Chapter 13: The Daughter of the Zhang Family
Empress Zhang looks much younger than her actual age, at most in her early thirties, and she has a kind of motherly bearing in her majesty.
The history books say that she is "beautiful and plump, her face is like Guanyin, her eyes are like autumn waves, her mouth is like a cherry blossom, her nose is like a hanging gall, and her teeth are fine", Liu Yongxi thinks that it is indeed so beautiful, but the understatement in these history books has never been able to write where Zhang Yan and Empress Zhang are really beautiful.
Although Empress Zhang wears a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, a pearl and emerald face on her face, beads and rings in her ears, a cyan Zhai dress, and a jeweled jade pendant Qiongju, she has a kind of honorable and luxurious, cold and glamorous bearing, but Liu Yongxi also saw the sexiness and femininity that came to her face, which made people feel extremely amazing.
This amazing feeling is very well hidden, Zhang Yan wraps herself tightly with a gorgeous dress and noble identity, but Liu Yongxi can still feel that whether it is eyes, skin, face or tears, it tells you what a beautiful and mature woman she is.
There is not only a thrillingly beautiful body hidden here, but also an extremely moving soul, and her smile makes Liu Yongxi feel a surprise.
How can such a peerless elegance wither at the most gorgeous age!
And since Taikanghou is an understanding person, he naturally won't waste time with his daughter, so he directly explained what was going on: "These people are all pillars of the imperial court, my father is fine today, and I just invited you out of the palace for the sake of Nandu." ”
"Nandu?" Now Empress Zhang's expression has become extremely dignified and solemn, and this is still the same old question for her: "The ancestral mausoleums and temples are all in Beijing, how to move south?" When the country is in crisis, although Zhang Yan is a daughter, she also knows that those who move south should be beheaded! ”
Compared with the sensible Taikanghou, Empress Zhang is obviously much more stubborn, and it was she who had just stirred up a possible plan to move south two years ago.
At that time, Zhou Yanru was in power in Yixing, and now the saint also feels that the situation is not right and feels that he must prepare to move south, but he has always been more resourceful and less determined to change, so he told Zhou Yanru, the first assistant, to secretly operate the southward relocation on the one hand, and on the other hand, he told Zhou Yanru that he must not disclose the opportunity to move south.
But I don't know what's going on, this matter actually reached the ears of Empress Zhang, so when Empress Zhang was chatting with Empress Zhou of this dynasty, she also questioned the southward migration on the grounds that the ancestral mausoleum and temple were in Beijing, and even said a few small words about Zhou Yanru.
Originally, this was just a few small talk between the aunts, but when the matter reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen, things became different again, and he felt that there must be a big conspiracy hidden behind this, so he must be investigated to the end, and even who is behind this matter.
Empress Zhang was even forced to almost mock herself at that time, which forced Emperor Chongzhen to give up the lead in continuing to investigate, but this time the southward relocation plan was completely ruined, after all, there are so many doubts and volatile that no accidents are allowed.
And now that the plan to move south is revisited, Empress Zhang still feels completely unreliable, after all, the Ming Dynasty is not only the capital in Beijing, but also the mausoleums of the ancestors and all the foundations that have been operated for two hundred years are in Beijing, how can she give up the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years and flee south to the south.
Empress Zhang has a righteous and awe-inspiring majestic spirit when she speaks, although Liu Yongxi and everyone present are obviously different from her, they are full of respect and love for her.
Liu Yongxi felt that Empress Zhang would be difficult to be persuaded by, after all, there was a discussion of moving south during the civil change, and at that time, a large army was also in the city, Xu Youzhen suggested that the capital of the country should be moved south to avoid sword soldiers, but not only was he scolded by the eunuch Jin Ying, Yu Qian even said in front of him in the court discussion, "Those who move south can be killed!" ”
And now Zhang Yan also unceremoniously repeats "Those who move south can be killed", everyone thinks that it will take a lot of effort to convince Zhang Huangtai in the future, but Zhang Guoji, the Marquis of Taikang, laughed: "These are all men's affairs, you don't have to care about it, although you have married into the Zhu family, but you are still Zhang Baozhu, and your father doesn't want you to suffer too many grievances!" ”
Empress Zhang, who was originally extremely dignified and majestic, burst into tears at this moment, and Liu Yongxi said beside her: "Queen Mother, please entrust us with the matter of the survival of the society, you just need to live a good life now!" ”
Zhang Guoji completely agreed with Liu Yongxi's opinion: "After all, you are the daughter of my Zhang family, my father can't let you bury the Zhu family, that is the country of the Zhu family and the world of the Zhu family, what does it have to do with our Zhang family!" Dad has already thought about it, if you refuse to cross south with your father, Dad will stay with you to live and die with this country. ”
Empress Zhang is a very traditional and very virtuous woman, and she also hides an extremely strong temperament in her heart, even if the sky falls, Zhang Yan will draw her sword with a smile, if it is not her biological father Zhang Guoji who speaks, but someone else, she will definitely fight to the death.
But since it is Taikang Hou Zhang Guoji, who is the biological father who loves her the most and feels the most sorry for her, and will also implicate her brothers and sisters and more relatives, she has to think about everything, and she can't help but think of many past events.
In the eyes of others, her fate can be described as "three thousand favors in one", it seems that no daughter is happier than her, she entered the palace at the age of fourteen and was favored by the Emperor of the Apocalypse at a glance from then on, but she would rather be an ordinary woman and live a life of husband and children, rather than live this kind of life that seems to be extremely noble but is painful.
After all, although she was a mother at the age of fourteen, such happy days only lasted for seven years, and she became a widow at the age of twenty-one.
But what makes her the most painful is all kinds of earth-shattering waves in her life, even during the apocalypse years of her mother's world, she was almost overwhelmed by the serial battles between the palace and the court, and when Emperor Chongzhen entered the unification, she suffered the biggest setback and blow in her life, when she felt that she would rather follow Emperor Xizong under Jiuquan.
The seventeen years of living in the cold palace made her understand that grief is greater than heart death, although she Zhang Baozhu is still alive, in fact, her heart is dead, except for Gu Fang's self-sinking, she can only let the rain beat the remnants, watching her face age year after year.
Although Emperor Chongzhen respects her as the imperial sister-in-law on the surface, Empress Zhang knows very well that she is just a very unfortunate little widow, and she must take on too many and too heavy responsibilities.
But Zhang Guoji and Liu Yongxi's words made her suddenly let go of many obsessions in her heart, and she couldn't help but think of the ups and downs that the Zhang family has experienced over the years.
Others may think that the Zhang family has been soaring over the years, but in fact, whether it is the Tianqi Dynasty or the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Zhang family has experienced countless major setbacks and even almost suffered a catastrophe, so she rarely spoke for the Zhang family over the years.
She originally thought that her father must have a lot of complaints after seeing her, but she didn't expect that she was still Zhang Guoji's daughter, although there are thousands of words, countless responsibilities, and endless stories, but at this moment she can fully understand the old father's choice: "Dad, I can consider going with you, who called me the daughter of the Zhang family!" ”
She is not only the queen of the Ming Dynasty, the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family, the imperial sister-in-law in Renshou Palace, but also the daughter of the Zhang family, she also has to think about the Zhang family and her father!
Liu Yongxi originally thought that he would have to spend a lot of effort to persuade this Empress Zhang, but he didn't expect Empress Zhang to be so reasonable and make up her mind, could it be that the Emperor of the Apocalypse would pick Empress Zhang at a glance among the five or six thousand red-faced beauties, and it turned out that she was the most sensible like Zhang Guoji.
It's just that the next moment, Empress Zhang asked Liu Yongxi: "But why do we want to go south with them, and who is this little prince?" ”