Chapter Seventy-Five: Princess Qinghe
No matter how she rushes and how she persuades, Shen Jin seems to be like a sculpture lying dead in Nanyuan and refusing to go.
She doesn't know how to drink, and even if she wants to drink, it's just a drink, and it's cold as the New Year approaches. Shen Jin brought cold wine, let him burn the wine and drink it again, he didn't want to, and Shen Nanyan left it to him.
Her brother is really good to her, she doesn't drink, and he doesn't force her, as long as she sits there and drinks with him.
For a whole night, she watched the man who had always prided himself on being dashing and dashing drank five full pots of wine in front of her, how wanton and chic she had been since she was a child, and how decadent and sad she was that day.
After drinking and spitting out the truth, the ancients did not deceive me. Maybe because she was there, her brother didn't get drunk and crazy like before after getting drunk, and told all the secrets in his heart in one go.
When she was about to leave, her brother pulled her hard and didn't allow her to go, and whispered over and over again: "You said that we are not suitable and can't continue to be together, but you tell me what is wrong with me, where is not as good as the emperor, just because he is the emperor, so you want to leave me?" ”
At that time, she immediately froze in place, her face was stunned, her brother was used to jumping out on weekdays, and there were a bunch of women who liked her, and the women he liked were also a bunch of them. It was the first time she had heard a woman's name from him, and the first time she had heard her say such a depressing word.
It turned out that he once had a relationship with Song Heng's favorite concubine Yufei when he was young. Maybe that relationship was too unforgettable, even if two years had passed, after hearing the news that his former lover had entered the palace as a concubine, he still couldn't avoid it and wanted to use wine to kill his sorrows.
Draw the knife and cut off the water, the water is more flowing, and the wine is more sorrowful. How could the sorrow in his heart be let go so easily, many times she saw him take out the painting that was pressed in the cabinet and specially collected, and looked at the person on the painting over and over again, unwilling to leave his eyes for a long time.
What has happened to her brother will make her chic and wanton brother unwilling to forget Concubine Yu, who has already become Song Heng's favorite concubine.
Later, when he was with Ah Ci, Shen Nanyan actually didn't agree with it in her heart, but when she saw him looking at Ah Ci affectionately, she was shaken and thought: "That's it, Concubine Yu is just the white moonlight she used to be, and what he loves at this moment is Ah Ci." That's all that matters. ”
Later, her brother really lived up to expectations, he really treated Ah Ci very well, he really liked Ah Ci, even if there was a cold war later, it was still reconciled to this day.
This old past is known only to her except for the person concerned. Even if he was with Ah Ci later, he still didn't mention it to Ah Ci. Her brother didn't mention it for his own reasons. Since this was their past, it was inconvenient for her to mention it to Sakura.
Besides, Ah Ci is kind and thinks about one thing too simply, if she knows about it later, I am afraid that it will also cause a gap between her and Shen Jin, and she can't mention it.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Yu actually knew that she knew about the matter between them, she remembered that her brother told her about this when it was after Concubine Yu entered the palace, and she was afraid that his brother would later find an opportunity to stay alone with Concubine Yu.
It's really a guy who is heavy and light on girls, Shen Nanyan couldn't help but scold. When she learned about their past, she was also by chance, but she didn't expect his brother to be good, so she turned around and told Concubine Yu.
Within a few days, Concubine Yu sent a message asking her to let Song Heng take her to the Imperial Garden no matter what, and at that time she was looking for an opportunity to meet with her in person to discuss in detail.
……………
The first major ceremony in recent years was arranged by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which was related to the canonization ceremony of Princess Da Zhou.
The princess has been in the people for many years, and now he has finally found it, not only the emperor is happy, but His Royal Highness the Prince, who has always liked to have a handsome face, has a smile on his face after a long absence.
Glazed green tiles, there are many palace maids and eunuchs standing on a long street in the palace, they stand straight with their hands together and wait to see the princess's Fengyi.
Li Xiu stood next to the sedan chair, personally helped Qingyin out, and led her step by step to the steps.
The palm of the hand he held was sweating, Li Xiu smiled lightly, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, there is a brother watching you here, you just have to put down everything and move forward." He was afraid that she would not be used to Da Zhou and would not be able to accept everything here for a short time, so he abandoned the title of "imperial brother" and called himself a brother, trying to make her feel at ease.
It feels good to have a brother who cares, and under Li Xiu's soft comfort, she suddenly felt that she was not so nervous, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, brother." ”
"You and I don't have to say thank you." Li Xiu smiled helplessly.
When Qingyin was about to say something, the voice of the master of ceremonies and eunuchs remembered in his ears, and it turned out that they had unconsciously walked on the high platform.
After Li Xiu gave her an affirmative look, he stepped aside.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor system said: Luan Shuguang is glorious, and Shufan is used to raise the emblem; The elephant clothes are exalted, and the end is held inside. Carrying the code of the order, with the grace of the Lun. Zier Li Shiyuan is the daughter of my exile who has been separated from the people for many years. His daughter is gifted, sexually and virtuous. Can cultivate the virtue of "Guan Ju" and worship the gift of pot teaching. It is advisable to show the rank in order to show the order. It is a golden book given by Fenger as the princess of Qinghe. The badge is full of Mao, and the queen of Yongsui is long. Oh yes! ”
As soon as this decree came out, the whole minister was stunned, and even the two princesses born after him showed jealous expressions on their faces. Princess Qinghe This is not an ordinary princess title, this is the same level as His Royal Highness the Prince, usually canonized princesses either in the name of the county, and then give the county to the princess as a fief, but Qinghe is not an ordinary county or district.
Qinghe is the most prosperous capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty in addition to the capital, and has always been known as the second kingdom of the Great Zhou, and a capital city contains more than one county and district, at least three or five, etc., it can be said that the princess of Qinghe alone can reach the rest of the princesses of the Great Zhou.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty favored this long-lost lord and gave her supreme glory. The courtiers standing at the bottom showed a smile of relief and approval on their faces, it was really a vision of the sky, and the emperor of their Great Zhou finally made a wise decision.
More than ten years ago, their king was wise and martial, appointed virtuous ministers, developed the economy internally, lightly paid for the meager endowment, let the peasants have surplus grain to comfort them, and traded with the Northern Qi of the Great Liang to govern the country in an orderly manner.
Now indulging in beauty and wine, he is the only one who pampers Guo's successor, and the country has become a miasma, and the harem court is a mess, and the ministers of the court have long been dissatisfied with Guo's emperor. If you only favor a woman, it's fine, and there has never been an infatuated lover in all dynasties.
If Guo is a sensitive, wise and good-natured mother of the country, it is just a femme fatale who was born to this woman who was later established as the queen by the emperor, beautiful and spicy, and it is properly the image of a demon queen of the country.
If it weren't for the fact that they still had a wise and martial prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, who worked hard to support and grasp the overall situation, I am afraid that their Great Zhou would have been captured by the Liang and Northern Qi partners.
In recent years, the emperor has become more and more mediocre, and some officials in the court have turned to the Guo family in order to be promoted and make a fortune, and there are many people who have risen to prominence by currying favor with the Guo family, and there are also some people who swear to be loyal to His Royal Highness the crown prince of the current dynasty, maintain the purity of the blood of the Great Zhou, and must not let the Great Zhou change his surname to Guo.
After listening to the announced will, Li Xiu's eyes flashed slightly, and he glanced up at the emperor who was standing not far away, if it wasn't for him threatening his father, I am afraid that his father would not even be a princess.
Now that his sister has been found, he not only has to protect her, but also give her the best things and make her the happiest princess in the world.
"Your Highness, the Guo family refuses to say the alliance, and curses the princess in the dungeon." The dark guard whispered in Li Xiu's ear.
He slowly turned the wrench in his hand, and his expression was scattered: "Since there is nothing to pry out of her mouth, there is no need for her tongue to stay." ”
The dark guard's expression tightened: "Your Highness wants to ......"
Guo is still a queen now, and the emperor did not abolish her, and after arresting her and torture her, he had to pull out her tongue, which was a bit too cruel. They have always only attacked men, even if they are women who have committed the most heinous crimes, they also have special female secret guards to try them, and now they are really shocked when they hear Li Xiu's approach.
"How?" Li Xiu glanced at the secret guard: "Soft-hearted? ”
"I don't dare to do it, but if I pull out her tongue, I can't ask anything from her mouth."
"Aren't you still handed?" Seeing Qingyin turn his head to look for him, Li Xiu raised his head and showed a bright smile to her.
The secret guard silently watched his master smile at Princess Chongqinghe, and secretly made up his mind in his heart that he must tell his brothers when he goes back, let them be careful on errands in the future, and it is good to offend anyone, and they must not offend their master's own sister.
Anyone can see that their master is very hurt to this sister, and a person who doesn't like to laugh on weekdays immediately smiles at her when he sees the princess looking for him.
……………
At the bottom of the deepest part of the dungeon, a woman in gorgeous clothes was soaked in water in embarrassment, her hands and feet were tied with iron chains, and she couldn't move.
The water in the dungeon was filthy, with a bright gray glow, and the occasional corpse of a few dead snakes floated on the water, emitting a foul stench.
Sewage overflowed her bulging breasts, and the parts above her breasts were exposed, and her fair skin was white and translucent, but the following parts were soaked in sewage, which occasionally turned into a pool of turbid red water.
The woman in the gorgeous clothes opened her eyes and stared at the prices floating in the water not far away, because there were trays to follow, and the prices would not sink to the bottom of the water.
The bright red blood gradually coagulated into black and red because of time, and the object was originally a whole piece, but now it was chewed by a carefully trained dog, and one piece after another was scattered on the tray, and looking at the amount, I was afraid that some of it would be swallowed alive by the dog.