Chapter Twenty-Eight: Farewell Again
Sima Yan couldn't help but sigh softly, thinking that he was really a strong person, glad that he didn't listen to Yu Liang's words, and hastily decided that if he really made an order and kissed, I am afraid that it would really be the Golden Palace that would be stained with blood and die on the spot. That is really a military and civilian centrifugation, and the country is in turmoil. Thinking of this, Sima Yan swept Yu Liang with a cold eye.
Yu Liang shuddered suddenly, looked up and saw Sima Yan staring at him coldly, his heart jumped, and he hurriedly lowered his head.
Sima Yan ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair to send the woman who vomited blood back to her home to recuperate, and rewarded a lot of precious medicinal materials.
The eyes of the ministers of civil and military affairs in the palace also followed the woman down the palace, and they breathed a sigh of relief gently.
When Li Linfeng, the envoy of Xiyi, heard the summons to the palace, he was uneasy in his heart, and knelt on the ground: "Foreign Minister Li Linfeng, see Your Majesty the Jin Kingdom, long live long live." ”
Emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Yuan Dynasty said with a smile on his face: "Flat, no courtesy." ”
Li Linfeng arched his hand and said: "I don't know if the emperor summoned his ministers to the palace, but he will make peace." ”
Sima Yan smiled and said: "The king of Xiyi hired the city of five to marry the general, and the two countries were reconciled. I should have done it, but the general belonged to him and didn't want to marry another country, and I couldn't force her. If the king of Nanyi has a heart, I will marry the royal sister Princess Yongping to him as the queen, and I don't want her to hire the city, just ask the two countries to make friends and not invade each other, I don't know what the king of Xiyi wants. ”
Li Linfeng knelt on the ground: "When the foreign ministers came out, my king repeatedly confessed that he would only marry General Mao Lingfeng, and he would not want anything else." ”
The old Marquis Anding came out and said: Your Majesty, if the King of Xiyi really wants to make friends between the two countries, isn't it more suitable for the princess of a country and the royal bloodline than the general. Now that the emperor is magnanimous and exempts the dowry of the five cities, the king of Xiyi is still unwilling to marry the princess as the queen, which shows that there must be a deep meaning, and the evil intentions of the general are obvious. The emperor categorically could not agree. ”
Sima Yan looked at the old marquis with white hair, and was surprised in his heart, the old marquis usually rarely goes to the court, and the court rarely takes the initiative to participate in political affairs, but today he took the initiative to participate, and he must have been moved by the woman's arrogance and scars.
Emperor Jin Yuan's face sank and said: "The old marquis is reasonable, the general is unwilling to marry the queen of Xiyi, I must not issue an order to force her to die." "Since Xiyi doesn't really want peace, there's nothing to say. Please return, if not, I cannot guarantee your safety. After speaking, Sima Yan got up and went back to the palace.
Leaving Li Linfeng to stay in the Qianning Palace, he swept his eyes at Yu Liang and Prince Ning, both of them turned a blind eye, bowed their heads and hurriedly walked outside the hall. Li Linfeng had no choice but to get up and go down to the palace, pack up, and return to Xiyi.
Mao Lingfeng pretended to be unconscious, was helped into the sedan chair by Zhiqin and Zhiqi, and returned all the way back to the Guogong Mansion. When the old lady got the news of Mao Lingfeng's return to Beijing, she was already looking forward to it at the door, but she saw a big sedan chair stop at the door, Zhiqin and Zhiqi got off the horse and helped the young woman down from the sedan chair.
The old lady saw that Mao Lingfeng's eyes were closed, her face was pale, and her white clothes were a little red on her chest. couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly trembled forward to take his granddaughter's hand, and asked urgently, "How can this be, what happened." ”
Mao Lingfeng opened her eyes slightly and blinked: "Grandmother, granddaughter is fine, let's go back to the house first." ”
Seeing that her expression was different, the old lady hurriedly asked Zhiqin and Zhiqi to help her granddaughter back to Lingxiang Pavilion, retreated, closed the door, Mao Lingfeng slowly opened her eyes, sat up, and wanted to get up and salute. The old lady pressed her on the bed and said, "Don't be polite, tell me what the hell is going on, how did you become like this." "You
Mao Lingfeng briefly said what happened in the court, and said: Grandmother, I am really afraid that the emperor will make peace with him, and he will not be able to end it at that time, so he bit the tip of his tongue, spit out a mouthful of blood, pretended to be unconscious, and refused this family affair with a weak body and a soft heart of the emperor. ”
The old lady said sadly and indignantly: "If the emperor is really so mediocre and vain the loyalty of the Mao family, if he really makes a decree and kisses, you will go away and fly high, can the emperor ignore the world and punish my Mao family." ”
"Grandmother," the woman's voice choked. "It's all granddaughters who are unfilial, and grandmothers are worried."
"Silly girl, what is wrong with you, it is wrong to make mistakes, and it is also wrong to be ruthless and unrighteous in the royal family, if things really come to that point, and make the old body fight for his life, I must also protect you."
The old lady looked angry, and her face was blue with anger.
Mao Lingfeng was afraid that she would be angry, so she hurriedly persuaded her softly.
At this time, Zhiqi hurriedly ran in and shouted: "Miss, Miss, the emperor has rejected Xiyi and his relatives, and limited the envoys to leave Beijing in time." ”
"What." Mao Lingfeng stood up. Grabbing Zhiqi's hand, he asked, "This is true." ”
"It's true, the third master has just come back from the next dynasty. Now the main hall! Zhiqi cried with joy.
"Grandmother, now it's okay, I can put my mind at ease." The woman lay in the old lady's arms and murmured. ”
The old lady also breathed a sigh of relief and gently patted her granddaughter's back. After a while, the sound of slight breathing came, and the old lady looked down to see that her granddaughter had fallen asleep. Gently put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and carefully looked at the woman's tired face, haggard look. Sigh softly. It's really exhausting her, in just one year, the woman's eyebrows are full of heroism and fortitude, and the battlefield has made her a little less gentle, a little more ruthless and murderous.
The old lady's eyes were full of bitterness, and she gently picked up her right hand that stretched out of the quilt, and suddenly, a hideous scar in her right hand was visible. couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly rolled up his sleeves, and the scars on his arms appeared in front of him. The old lady felt pain in her heart, gently touched her granddaughter's sleeping face, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
Zhiqin walked in quietly and screamed softly, and the old lady got up and put down her sleeves. motioned for Zhiqin to go back to the room with her.
Zhiqin looked apprehensive and followed the old lady to Songhe Hall.
The old lady's face sank, she patted Zhuo Zi, and shouted, "Kneel." ”
Zhiqin pounced and knelt on the ground: The old lady was angry, because the young lady was afraid that the old lady would be worried, so she specially ordered the slave and maid to prevent the slave and maid from telling the old lady the truth. Please punish the old lady.
The old lady sighed: "I don't know what this girl wants, but the last time you returned to Beijing, you actually kept me in the dark, so why didn't I get angry, just that, that's it." Since she doesn't want me to know, I'll assume I don't know. Tell me more about the past year.
Zhiqin hurriedly ran out, called Zhiqi over, and told the old lady what had happened in the past year. The old lady who listened was stunned.
Mao Lingfeng actually slept until the next morning before waking up, Zhiqin came in with a bowl of ginseng soup, and as soon as the woman smelled the medicine, she got up and picked up the sword and ran. Zhiqin stared at the ginseng soup in his hand speechlessly, and looked at each other with Zhiqi and smiled bitterly. Gritted his teeth and turned towards Songhetang.
Mao Lingfeng practiced the sword for a while, sweating, and as soon as he returned to the room, the old lady sat in the room, and couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen my grandmother, I don't know what important things my grandmother came to find Feng'er in the morning." “
"Hmm." The old lady frowned: "Come over and drink this bowl of ginseng soup." ”
The young woman stared at a bowl full of ginseng soup, her heart was full of sorrow, hot sweat broke out on her forehead, and she said in a trembling voice: "Grandmother, Feng'er is not in serious health, so don't use this ginseng soup!" It's better for grandmother to drink and tonify the body. After speaking, he picked up the ginseng soup and handed it to the old lady.
The old lady felt funny, looking at the little woman's granddaughter, she almost laughed out loud in her heart, but her face was calm, and she said seriously: "There are other medicinal materials in this ginseng soup, which are specially prescribed by the imperial doctor for you to regulate your body." It's good for your body, so don't drink it quickly. ”
Mao Lingfeng was helpless, pouted and put the ginseng soup to his mouth, smelled the strong smell of medicine, frowned, pinched his nose, and poured it in one gulp. The old lady nodded with satisfaction. took the woman's hand and dined together in the main hall.
In this way, the old lady personally supervised Mao Lingfeng to drink medicine three times a day. Mao Lingfeng, who drank it, complained bitterly.
For three days, Mao Lingfeng stayed in the Guogong Mansion to accompany the old lady except for being called to the palace to see the queen, Sima Shun and Xie Wenjun asked to see him several times, but Mao Lingfeng refused, for Xie Wenjun, Mao Lingfeng probably knew why Yu Liang targeted him, in order to avoid suspicion, Mao Lingfeng hid and did not see him.
In the early morning of August 16, Mao Lingfeng hastily had breakfast, packed up, and said goodbye to the old lady, who took the woman's hand with red eyes and refused to let go for a long time. With tears in her eyes, the young woman gently broke the old lady's hand, turned and got on her horse and left. The old man looked at the figure that was gradually moving away, and his eyes were reluctant to leave for a long time. The old lady knew her granddaughter's thoughts, if it wasn't the Mid-Autumn Festival yesterday, I'm afraid she would have left a long time ago. I got up early today and left, I'm afraid I don't want to see the sedan chair pass by the door! It only adds to the sadness.
The autumn wind blows off the dead leaves, and the sun does not warm people's hearts. Autumn is bleak, bleak season. It adds a few parting sadness to the distant figure, and also brings endless lovesickness to the person who sees it off.
A figure with no left arm standing on the city wall, watching the thin and lonely figure of the young woman ride away, gradually disappearing from the end of sight. All kinds of feelings welled up in my heart, and this was the second farewell. I don't know when I said goodbye, thinking that I had come to the door to ask to see me in the past few days, Mao Lingfeng refused to see each other on the grounds that she was unwell. I couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in my heart. Just as he was about to turn away, he saw another familiar figure also standing on the other side of the city wall, looking into the distance.
Sima Shun looked at Xie Wenjun's lonely figure, hooked his lips and smiled, at least he would have a chance to get close to her in the future, wouldn't he? It's not like Xie Wenjun who will never have a chance. Didn't Mao Lingfeng refuse Xie Wenjun's request to see him this time. Thinking about it like this, my mood is actually a lot lighter.
At noon on August 16, Xie Mansion put up lanterns, and a big red sedan chair was carried to the door of the mansion in the blowing and blowing. Under the urging of everyone, Xie Wenjun led the red silk and worshiped heaven and earth. The tincture drunk at the banquet was drunk, and he was helped back to the cave room and fell asleep. The bride sat on the bed, tears rolling down. made up her makeup, and also poured cold water on her fiery heart. She clasped her hands together and felt resentment.
In the post station hundreds of miles away, Mao Lingfeng looked at the bright full moon in front of the window and listened to the sorrowful cicadas. The heart is like a knife, and the eyes are full of tears. Singing in a low voice, "The cold cicadas are poignant, the long pavilion is late, and the showers are at the beginning of the break." The capital tent has no clue, nostalgia, and Lan Zhou urges. Looking at the bright moon from afar, he was speechless and choked. Thinking of going, thousands of miles of smoke waves, twilight is heavy and the sky is wide. Affectionate parting since ancient times, even more Nakan, snubbing the Qingqiu Festival! Where do you wake up tonight? The willow bank, the wind and the waning moon. This past year should be a good day and a good time. Even if there are thousands of infatuations, who can you talk to? "Sing it in a low voice. Tears rolled down their eyes. ”