Chapter 177: The Emperor and Empress Return to the Palace
In June, news came from Chang'an that Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, was defeated and killed, and Sima Yue led his troops into Chang'an to welcome Emperor Sima Zhen back to the court. On the second day after the news was transmitted back to Luoyang, Yang Ting was ordered to prepare an edict to reinstate Yang Xianrong as the queen, and sent people to Kim Yong City to pick up the Yang Queen back to the palace.
The war stopped, the emperor will be welcomed back to the court, and the queen is back, which gives the people of Luoyang City great confidence, after the disaster of continuous war, they hope to live a peaceful life, so on the morning of picking up the queen to return to the palace, the people of the city are almost all dispatched, they will drive the road section around the water, one by one stretching their necks and waiting to see the queen's demeanor.
Yang Xianrong's heart was not turbulent, and he sat quietly in the gorgeous carriage, listening to the cheers of the people outside the car, and his heart was depressed. The reason why she returned to Luoyang was to support Sima Qin's accession to the throne, and on this condition Yang Ting to discuss with the king of the East China Sea and establish Sima Qin as the crown prince, she returned to the palace to continue to be her queen, and she only set off to come back after getting a positive answer, but it has been almost two months since she returned to Luoyang, and Yang Ting has never mentioned the matter of reinstating Sima Qin as the prince. What's even more ridiculous is that there is still a prince in Chang'an, when the king of Hejian abolished the position of the prince of the king of Chengdu and set up Sima Chi, the king of Yuzhang, as the prince, this prince and the emperor were held hostage in Chang'an, and it will not be long before they will return to Luoyang together.
Sima Chi is the son of Emperor Wu, Sima Zhen's younger brother, in his twenties, smart and studious since childhood, and has a good reputation in the clan.
Yang Xianrong has had trouble with Yang Ting more than once because of this matter, but Yang Ting still said the same thing: The position of the prince is Sima Qin's can't run away, but the abolition of the prince is also a big deal, and the king of the East China Sea has not yet taken charge, and it is not a sentence that can pull Sima Chi off the position of the prince.
Now the king of the East China Sea is already an auxiliary king, but in line with the distrust of Yang Ting, Yang Xianrong is still worried, this morning when she went out, Sima Tan's face full of anticipation also gave her a huge pressure, considering that he was young and couldn't hold his breath, she never told him about the things in the palace, just let him wait patiently in the Yang Mansion, she really didn't want to let him down.
Because of the huge team, the journey back to the palace was particularly long, Yang Xianrong gently lifted the corner of the curtain, looked at the people who were kneeling and kowtowing on both sides of the road, and his heart was indescribable, sour and uncomfortable. The emperor is stupid and inaction, and he has the trust of the people, not because they are stupid and brainless, but because there is no other way.
Entering the palace gate, Yang Xianrong got out of the carriage and transferred to a small sedan chair, walking in the familiar palace, Yang Xianrong held her daughter's hand tightly, this is the place where she was born, and the few memories left made her excited, chattering non-stop, completely forgetting the appearance of crying bitterly when she left in the morning because she was reluctant to those brothers and sisters.
The Xianyang Hall has been cleaned, and the furnishings inside have not changed, which is simple, making the palace seem a little empty. A group of palace maids and eunuchs knelt in front of the palace gate, and when they saw the sheep offering their faces coming in, they shouted in unison: "The queen is a thousand years old." ”
Yang Xianrong looked at these people, there were some familiar faces, there were not many of them, and the rest were unknown. The three people led by are Zhang Hui, Lin Shuang and Lin Xin, these three people followed her when Yang Xianrong entered the palace, and Yang Xianrong arranged their retreat in advance after confirming that they were imprisoned Kim Yong Cheng, and now they are back It seems that someone has specially arranged it.
"Mother, you're back." Lin Shuang's eyes were red and said, "Niangniang has worked hard. ”
Yang Xianrong smiled faintly, called everyone up, and then took out the handkerchief and wiped Lin Shuang's eyes, and said, "It's a good thing to come back, why are you crying?" ”
Zhang Hui glanced at Nian'er beside Yang Xianrong, and shouted in surprise: "Is this the little princess?" Grown so big? It's so beautiful. ”
"How do you speak?" Lin Xin stabbed Zhang back with a smile while crying, and said, "Our little highness is already good-looking." ”
Nian'er was a little shy, she didn't remember these people very well, but she also knew that these were the people who had taken care of her before, so she smiled sweetly at them.
A few people surrounded Yang Xianrong and Nian'er into the house, Lin Xin looked left and right again, and asked curiously, "Where is Sister Su Chen?" Why didn't you see her? ”
"She can't come." Yang Xianrong said, looking at the sudden change in the faces of several people, realizing that there was ambiguity in his words, and said: "She is married, and now she is the grandmother of Yangfu." "Hundred Flowers Literature
The expressions of several people relaxed at this time, and they congratulated one after another. As soon as Yang Xianrong sat down, one of the three of them picked up a pu fan and fanned it, one was busy pouring water, and the other was busy bringing snacks to Nian'er, with a smile on his face, Yang Xianrong was a little moved, and he was also glad that his kindness was exchanged for loyalty. Su Chen was going to follow into the palace, but she didn't agree, she is now the head of the Yang Mansion, what is the matter with following into the palace to serve people, and besides, a big mess of the Yang family can't be left by her. But Su Chen didn't enter the palace, and Yang Xianrong didn't have a caring person around her, so it was not so convenient for her to do things, but fortunately, there were still these three people around her who could be trusted, and it was much more reliable than looking for someone to cultivate again.
Yang Xianrong rested, and asked about the situation in the palace in the past two years, the three of them sighed, the palace has been a mess for such a long time, Sima Xin's remaining two imperial concubines have also passed away, the corpse has been stopped in the palace for a few days and no one has taken care of it, and even the people who are waiting around them can't stand it after emitting a stench, and they have left, and a few of them have a little conscience to make up some money to let people put the body in the coffin, pull it to the open space outside the palace and bury it, and the imperial tomb has not entered.
After leaving from the sheep Xianrong, there were no newcomers in the palace, the original old man died of illness, out of the palace, most of the palace doors in the palace were locked, a depression, and the rest of the people had nothing to do, if no one was in charge, the palace was probably going to be flooded by weeds.
The palace is a place to live, and when there is no one, there will naturally be no life. Yang Xianrong looked all the way from the palace gate, and knew that what they said was the truth, the Xianyang Palace was cleaned because she was going to welcome her return, but the rest of the palace was a dilapidated and dirty appearance. Once the imperial city becomes like this, is there still hope for this Jin Dynasty?
Yang Xianrong was a little tired, and wanted to rest for a while, so before going to bed, he instructed Zhang Hui to gather all the people in Changle Palace, and pack up Changle Palace to prepare to welcome the third princess back to the palace.
Half a month later, the king of the East China Sea welcomed Emperor Sima Zhen back to Luoyang and officially became a new generation of auxiliary kings. Seeing Sima Zhen again, Yang Xianrong almost couldn't recognize him, the man who was chubby but in good spirits was now much older, his temples were white, his eyes were blank, his expression was dull, and he looked at everything around him.
It can be seen that his life in Chang'an this year was not easy. Because the king of Hejian was facing the danger of being killed or assassinated every day, he became more and more chattering, coupled with Sima Yue's army in the east, Li Te's rebel army in the south and the rebel army in Shanxi became more and more courageous, his life became more and more difficult. Suspicion and anxiety disturbed the mind of Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, he was crazy every day, and his temper was also like a day, the people around him did not dare to provoke him, they all hid far away, and he had nowhere to vent his pressure, so he pointed the finger at Sima Zhen, where did he remember that he was the emperor, and he would scold him if he wanted to beat him. There was no one available around Sima Zhen, and he didn't even give him medicine after being beaten, and the dignified emperor huddled in his room every day, as long as he heard Sima Hao's voice outside, he trembled with fright, crying and shouting and begging him to let him go.
All this finally ended after the king of the East China Sea broke through Chang'an, in front of Sima Zhen, Sima Yue killed Sima Hao with a knife, and said with a smile to the emperor who was already frightened: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will take you home, your queen is already waiting for you in the palace." ”
Sima nodded busily, but he was also afraid of Sima Yue in his heart, after all, Sima Hao was so kind to him back then, but in the end it changed, he was afraid that Sima Yue would be the same as him, give him a good face for a few days, and beat and scolded him again when he was impatient. Therefore, he flattered Sima Yue almost humbly, nodding his head in front of him, if it weren't for the dark embroidered dragon robe on his body, no one would think that he was the emperor of the dynasty, but just an insignificant slave beside Sima Yue.
So, Yang Xianrong saw such a husband, he ruled the world, but he lived as much as a slave. Yang Xianrong has no love for this husband, but he has sympathy, in all fairness, when she first entered the palace, Sima Zhen was good to her, and then he also maintained her, but his strength was too small to protect her.
Yang Xianrong stepped forward, touched Sima Zhen's face, took his hand, and asked softly, "Does Your Majesty remember the concubine?" ”
Sima Zhen raised his cloudy eyes and glanced at Yang Xianrong, the eyes suddenly flashed a glimmer of light, he suddenly held her hand tightly, and said very excitedly but inarticulately: "Emperor, Empress, you, come back, come back?" He, they said, "No, don't die." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Yang Xianrong hugged the cautious man and said, "You are my husband, how could I not want you?" You can rest assured. ”
Sima Zhen was relieved at this time, Xu saw his relatives, and he finally dared to release his grievances for so long, so he hugged Yang Xianrong, buried his head in her chest, and cried loudly, crying for a long time, before he sobbed and said: "Them, they beat me." ”
"No," Yang Xianrong held back his sadness, patted Sima Xin's back and coaxed: "It won't be in the future, the concubine will protect you and won't let you be wronged anymore." ”
Sima was very tired, and in this rare peace of mind, he fell asleep in the arms of Yang Xianrong.