Central Plains Chapter 21 unlocks new lands
Whether it is historical change or the fall of the dynasty, the only thing that remains unchanged in the land of the imperial capital is a truth.
Regardless of the dynasty, they have had high priests to assist the emperor in divination and pray for the country.
If the regent is responsible for helping with state affairs, then the high priest is to pray for the blessing of the world, and to pray for the auspiciousness and safety of all beings through spiritual communication with the gods.
Since the appearance of the first high priest, I don't know how many high priests there have been today. And Qi Ying is the latest high priest of the Xiu clan of the Imperial Capital Dynasty.
He was dressed in black and red robes, his face was solemn and expressionless, and the soles of his feet were windy, and he returned to the priest's mansion with the scroll he had picked up halfway like a treasure.
The first thing he did was to unfold the scroll in his hand and place it on the table, and look down.
The waiter beside him didn't speak, watching Qi Ying stay in place without any movement.
He felt a little strange why Qi Ying would bring back a painting, if it was other objects that he usually encountered, a man like him would not look at it directly.
Could it be that the person in the portrait was the little Emperor Ji Luo Yunying that attracted his attention?
Thinking about it this way, I can really understand it.
Qi Ying appeared late in the imperial capital, and two or three years after Luo Yunying left the palace, Qi Ying officially appeared in front of everyone, and then became the high priest of a country.
One is the high priest of a country, the other is the young daughter of the empress, and the two monarchs and ministers do not know each other. This may be what intrigues Qi Ying.
Because it is rumored that the empress has three sons, but he only knows that the eldest princess Xiuyunjin and His Royal Highness the prince Xiuyunjing, although he has heard of this little emperor, he has never seen it.
Qi Ying stretched out his hand and picked up the scroll and looked at it carefully, his purple eyes looked around, and he hung it in the most conspicuous place in the study. This surprised Huai'an, who was a waiter, so he asked.
"High Priest, the empress ordered this painting to be destroyed, not only did you bring it back without permission, but you still hung it in such a conspicuous place, will it ......?"
Qi Ying didn't answer his question, but asked rhetorically.
"Does this painting look good here?"
"Ahh Good... Pretty. ”
Qi Ying's waiter Huai'an was seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was the concubine of the military general Da Sima of the dynasty, and he had a calm temperament and did not like to talk.
In order to exercise his ability, Da Sima stubbornly asked the empress for his will, hoping to leave Huai'an by Qi Ying's side to practice.
Thinking about it selfishly, Da Sima also wanted Huai'an to stare at Qi Ying's every move as an eyeliner, after all, this person came strangely, although he had meritorious service to the emperor and had fruitful results, but he had to guard against it.
Two men who don't like to talk have known each other for six or seven years, and their "talking" on weekdays relies on eye contact and the tacit understanding accumulated from getting along with each other for a long time.
Neither of them likes to talk, they cherish words like gold, and in the eyes of others, they are like two dumb people getting along, and this mode of getting along makes others not very understanding.
Now, because there are more pictures than usual. Although the two have known each other for a long time, this time Huai'an didn't understand the reason why Qi Ying did this.
Did he really have other plans, as his father said?
A scroll unfolds and hangs on the wall. Huai'an also raised his head to see, although the person in the painting is young, he has grown into a prototype, and his appearance and silhouette are a talented beauty, and his future is limitless.
Between the eyebrows and eyes, it really looks like the empress...
"If it's pretty, hang it here. Isn't it also a beautiful sight? ”
The waiter Huai'an guessed that he didn't understand what Qi Ying was thinking in his heart, so he didn't speak.
Dignity and order, he should not say anything.
Qi Ying stood in front of the portrait for a long time without moving a single step, standing in place like a sculpture.
The fiery eyes in the purple pupils seemed to burn through the painting, and he looked at the small words on the scroll and muttered.
"Luo Yunying..."
In Fengyang Pavilion, Luo Yunying opened her eyes, touched her headache-splitting head, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
She has really been moldy for eight lifetimes, the sheep entered the tiger herd, escaped from death, and re-entered the tiger's mouth, sad and urging.
She stood up, looked around with a pair of big watery eyes, vermilion wood furniture, a large bronze mirror by the window, and was decorated with gauze curtains fluttering in the wind, and the only valuable thing in the empty small pavilion was the jade, agate, and jade Ruyi displayed on the table.
Luo Yunying got down from the bed and walked out, there was a black gold silk nanmu plaque hanging on the top of the red vermilion lacquer door, and there were three big characters 'Fengyang Pavilion' inscribed on it.
Before the yellow-haired girl could react, she slipped into the room again, put her face in front of the bronze mirror and looked at herself carefully, but fortunately, her face was not broken, and there were no scars on her body.
faded the coarse cloth clothes of the previous days, and wore a well-fitting goose yellow silk palace dress. The fabric is really comfortable.
She reached out and touched herself again, as if something was missing? Where did your jade dragon go to? I've been wearing it since I was a child!
After the jade dragon pendant was stolen by the boy, Li Chen found it for herself, for which she was grateful to Dade and took care of it. Even for fear that his father would be angry, he kept this matter secret and didn't dare to tell his father.
Now that Yulong Pei has been lost by herself again, she secretly regrets why it wasn't she who lost it. This is the most precious thing she wears herself, and it is her father's most precious object.
Luo Yunying was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, carefully thinking about where it should have fallen.
During the time when he stayed in the poor countryside, the jade dragon pendant was still worn on his body, could it be because he sneaked out that night and lost it on the road after a long journey, or was worn by the man in black on the way back.
She's scared stupid, what is going on every day!
Luo Yunying wanted to cry and shout, but she still couldn't speak, and sure enough, that incident really scared herself, and she really became a mute and couldn't speak.
"Awake?"
A beautiful female voice came from behind her, and when Luo Yunying turned around, she found that it was a richly dressed woman standing behind her, and she felt very familiar in a trance, as if she had seen it somewhere.
"The empress is here, and she still doesn't salute."
The eyeless maid next to her spoke.
Before Luo Yunying could react to what was happening, she gave her knee an intimate kiss to the ground.
Although she knelt, her eyes stopped at the woman who exuded nobility and majesty all over her body.
"Get up."
Xiu Yuzhen didn't blame the maid for her actions, and reached out to help Luo Yunying.
Etiquette is important, but it is still necessary to have a good relationship with your daughter.
"Go down first."
The maids withdrew from Fengyang Pavilion one after another and stayed outside the door.
Facing the strange woman in front of her, Luo Yunying always remained vigilant.
Don't look at her so amiable and smiling, but those people just now obeyed her, it must not be simple.
I guess she came here because of her.
A pair of big eyes were innocent and timid, which made Xiu Yuzhen laugh.
She was afraid of her.
"Are you curious how you got here?"
Luo Yunying nodded, and then reacted that he couldn't grow the morale of others to destroy his prestige, so he shook his head again.
"Don't be afraid, this is the Imperial Palace, I am your mother, and I am the empress here. Your name is Luo Yunying, your father's name is Luo Qinghe, and you live in the Jingming Hall in Cangzhou City. Your dad loves you, doesn't he? ”
Hearing what she said right, Luo Yunying nodded again. But I don't know what kind of medicine the woman in front of me is going to sell in the gourd.
"I am your father's original wife, and I am the empress of the imperial capital. You also have a sister, her name is Yun Jin, and there is an older brother named Yun Jing. You're safe here, no one will bully you. If you have time another day, your mother can take you out to have a look. ”
The more she listened, the more she didn't believe it, Luo Yunying even got out of her seat and stood in a distant position.
There is doubt in his eyes, do you really think you are a three-year-old child? The person who designed to kill so many people and brought himself here turned out to be his own mother.
Although she is very curious about her biological mother, this is not only a mother who appeared overnight, but also a brother and sister, no one will believe it.
"You don't believe me?"
Luo Yunying nodded and then shook her head, causing Xiu Yuzhen to laugh.
"So how do I prove it? Why don't you take a closer look at me, are we very similar? ”
Through the bronze mirror, Luo Yunying touched her face and looked at the person in front of her, she said how can she feel familiar, it turns out that the two people look similar between their eyebrows.
"If you still don't believe me, look what it is."
As she spoke, Xiu Yuzhen took off a jade pendant from her waist, causing her eyes to light up instantly.
In front of him was a piece of jade phoenix pendant, which happened to be a pair with the one he lost.
His jade dragon pendant was originally given to him by his father as a talisman since he was a child, and it turned out that his father cherished it so much because this jade pendant was a pair.
"This is the love of my mother and your father, one is a jade dragon pendant received by your father, and this jade phoenix pendant has been worn by me.
Back then, because of some misunderstandings, you and your father were left out. My mother felt sorry for this, but now it's okay, Ning Ning can be with her mother forever. ”
As she spoke, she walked to Luo Yunying and hugged her in her arms, she was going to push it away, but she felt that this embrace was so comfortable, this was the maternal love she hadn't felt for many years.
"Ning Ning, you don't have to worry too much. My mother will definitely let you live a life of wealth and glory and boundless power, and will compensate you for all the things you once owed, as long as you obediently listen to your mother's words. ”
Luo Yunying leaned on her arms, and suddenly broke free from her embrace when she heard this.
Xiu Yuzhen thought that she was going to run and was about to order to stop her, but she didn't want to see Luo Yunying next to the table and write on the table with her little finger dipped in tea.
"I... Think... Return... Go... Look for... Father... Daddy"
Xiu Yuzhen's face turned blue at first, and she looked at the person in front of her with her pupils trembling slightly in disbelief, and then changed her color and comforted.
"Ning Ning is good, my mother will let my father come back soon. You have a good rest here, and I'll send someone to bring you food later. But you have to be good. ”
Letting down her guard, Luo Yunying nodded obediently and watched Xiu Yuzhen leave.
By mistake, she found her mother, and she was still the empress of the dynasty, and her only daughter had brothers and sisters for many years, no wonder her father refused to let her go to the imperial capital, it turned out that her father and mother had a misunderstanding.
Now their family is finally reunited.
She really wanted to share this good news with Li Chen.
Xiu Yuzhen walked very fast, and the servant maid behind followed behind.
Her mind was messed up and her heart was crazy.
How did his daughter suddenly become mute! Why can't you speak?
What should she do? The eldest daughter Yun Jin is ill for a long time, and the eldest son Yun Jing is disabled and weak, so no one can take over his royal power?
Is Heaven going to drive her to death like this? She is not reconciled! Then he ran to the Luanhuang Palace, looking for Luo Qinghe, the dog man and the negative man, to settle accounts.