Chapter 54: The Heart
As soon as King Kang and the others went, they left Yecheng. The originally expected turmoil in the temple did not rise up, and Xuanyuan seemed to have suddenly changed as if he had changed a person, leaving behind the official documents that he had almost never left in his hand in the past, and "pounced" on Xia Wan, the princess of Changle from the Liang Kingdom.
If it is said that the Changle Princess Mansion built next to King Kang's Mansion was already extremely beautiful and luxurious, then the new palaces built by Xuanyuan Jue who ordered nearly one out of ten strong men from the entire Xuan Kingdom to rush to the palace are even more unique.
After only three years on the throne, Xuanyuan Xuanyuan's move soon left a notoriety of "absurdity" in Xuanyuan.
The people in the streets and alleys are all talking, let alone the ministers? However, even though the officials had made countless official advisories, Xuanyuan Jue took it as a wind in his ears, and in addition to feasting and drinking with the Xia brothers and sisters every day, he was urging the strong men in the palace to build the palace.
There are many new palaces, and it has almost reached the point of "five steps and one floor, ten steps and one pavilion". However, these extravagant palaces are actually only a small foil of green leaves, and in the middle of these many palaces, a tall platform that stands there like a star arching moon is the real protagonist.
Originally, the location of this high platform was the music place where the first emperor often came - Yanyuan Terrace. It seems that he has made up his mind early in the morning, and soon after Xuanyuan Qi and the others left, Xuanyuan Jue unceremoniously made a will, and sent someone to demolish Yanyuan Terrace, along with those corpses and bones that were buried deep under the stage, and after years and months, I don't know how long I hated.
"Your Majesty, the three-year filial piety period you have kept for the first emperor is coming to an end, and it is time for the wedding with Princess Changle to begin preparations."
It is still the study in the dormitory, and I still listen to the words of the next minister, but this time, Zuo Cheng and Gonggong Dan unexpectedly lost the tension on weekdays.
"The tiger roared, and one day suddenly turned into a tame raccoon slave, which really surprised me and made me feel uncomfortable......
In the past, he was used to singing and harmonizing with Gonggong Dan in the temple, and Zuo Cheng, who was unruly, but now he was suddenly so respectful in front of him, Xuanyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
However, at the moment, compared to Zuo Cheng, who suddenly changed his temperament, Xuanyuan Jue has a headache, but he has shirked the big wedding for a long time.
"Ha, Lord Zuo Cheng is really for the country and the people, and you have to deal with everything one by one to rest assured, since this is the case, let people pick a good day and start preparing."
The tone is relaxed and ordinary, but it makes people almost forget that Xuanyuan Xuanyuan, who originally said that he would keep filial piety for the first emperor for three years, did not want to marry Princess Changle from the Liang Kingdom so he shirked it.
"The emperor is the holy monarch of Xuanguo, the blessing of the country, the inheritance of your bloodline, not only a family matter, but also a national affair. The ministers who are loyal to the country and the monarch are naturally anxious for His Majesty. ”
Why did he suddenly soften his attitude, it was so that he could have a prince as soon as possible.
With a prince who can succeed to the throne, Zuo Cheng and others who have military power in their hands, it is easy to overthrow him.
"Lord Zuo Cheng is loyal, and I naturally know it, so there are some things that I have nowhere to complain about, so I have to tell you. Liang Guo's wolf ambition sent this Changle princess here, if I really set her up as the queen, not only will the Xuanguo royal family be mixed with the blood of the Liang people, I'm afraid, this Yecheng will also change hands......"
I don't know when, in the ears of Zuo Cheng, who bowed his head respectfully, such an eerie voice suddenly appeared, and no one paid attention to it, and no one knew when Xuanyuan Jue stepped down from the throne of the head and stood by Zuo Cheng's side coldly.
"Your Majesty, you are too worried, although Liang is strong and evil, but there is still a Han State between my Xuanguo and him, and he occupies a natural danger, and sits on a rich land of fish and rice, although the country is small and weak, but the residual power still exists, and it is not necessarily that Liang can bargain for a while."
Feeling a burst of compelling pressure from the emperor around him, Rao is Zuo Cheng has been crisscrossing the temple for many years, and he unconsciously replied with trembling like a thorn in his back.
"Oh? It is also said that the Han country is small, and the people in the country live and work in peace and contentment. But even if it is just such a small country, in Liang Jun's eyes, it will also be a delicious wine and food on the plate, not to mention, with the Han Kingdom in his hands, Xuanguo can be seen at a glance in his eyes. Lord Zuo Cheng is so confident, isn't it a bamboo in his chest, so Liang Jun has no heart to covet the territory of Xuanguo? ”
There are words in the words, and there are meanings, Lord Zuo Cheng, who had lost his momentum first, was silent, and his two thick eyebrows were almost screwed together by him.
"Lord Zuo Cheng, sometimes, if you are overconfident, you are arrogant......"
"The emperor forgives the sin, the minister was just confused and lost his words just now......"
"What is Lord Zuo Cheng's crime? What Fang just said is indeed not bad, and I occasionally talk about it with Dan Gonggong, but what Dan Gonggong and Zuo Cheng see is biased. That's it, let's talk about it later. Well...... By the way, I heard that there is still a daughter in Lord Zuocheng's family waiting for the boudoir, and I don't know if I am happy? ”
Interrupting Lord Zuo Cheng's words without saying anything, Xuanyuan suddenly asked about the youngest daughter of Lord Zuo Cheng's family, which shocked Lord Zuo Cheng's heart.
Could it be that this Xuanyuan Jue was planning to set up his daughter, so as to refuse the marriage with Princess Changle?!
However, the next moment, the words that Xuanyuan blurted out were far more shocking than what he wanted in his heart.
"Father-in-law Dan told me a few days ago that his nephew in the camp has been affectionate for the youngest daughter of Zuo Cheng's family for a long time, and he wants me to marry his nephew."
"Your Majesty, you can't do it, you can't do it, you can't do it!"
The heart is extremely earnest, don't say that it is out of love for her daughter, or for other reasons, how can the daughter of the dignified Zuo Cheng marry the nephew of a eunuch? !
This matter was also secretly mentioned to him by Father-in-law Dan, but how could he agree to marry his youngest daughter to a vulgar and reckless man who was more than ten years older than her?
Early in the morning, he expected Lord Zuo Cheng's jaw-dropping reaction, Xuanyuan smiled playfully, walked back to the throne slowly, and sat down peacefully.
"Lord Zuo Cheng doesn't have to be so anxious, how can he not do it? Although he is older, he is not a family of hairpins for generations, but he is also a general stationed in the battalion, is there anything wrong with your youngest daughter marrying? ”
Xuanyuan deliberately lengthened his tone slowly, and he looked at the old fox who was invincible in the future, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on his forehead.
"Little Girl...... Little...... The little girl has admired His Majesty for a long time, and she originally planned to draft into the palace to serve His Majesty, but this daughter is the only one, and those who are parents are naturally so partial that they want to leave the best to them. Your Majesty, I hope you will become a little girl! ”
Just now, in a panic, Lord Zuo Cheng had lost the opportunity, and wanted to persecute Xuanyuan, but now, the person who was persecuted was him.
"Lord Zuo Cheng is not joking, even if he doesn't want his youngest daughter to marry Dan's nephew, he won't push his youngest daughter into this troubled water, you know, there is no shortage of talents in Yecheng, why bother?"
Doing it deliberately, Xuanyuan Jue grasped the weakness of Lord Zuo Cheng. Lord Zuo Cheng's youngest daughter, he is not interested, but if he can rely on the marriage with Lord Zuo Cheng's youngest daughter, divide Zuo Cheng and Dan Gonggong, take back the military power, and at the same time break the idea of Liang Guo's marriage, why not kill one stone?
"Your Majesty, although the ministers have selfish thoughts, they are also for the sake of Xuanguo's society and fame......"
Trembling, Lord Zuo Cheng paused, as if there was something unspeakable, raised his head slightly, and quickly glanced at Xuanyuan before bowing his head in fear.
Seeing this, Xuanyuan knew that he had reached this step now, unless he had the courage to kill the king, otherwise, under his will, this Lord Zuo Cheng still had to obediently marry his precious little daughter to the nephew of the father-in-law of Nadan.
Unexpectedly, he didn't dare to act rashly, so Xuanyuan simply waved his hand to the palace maids who were still standing in the dormitory, and told them all to retreat together, leaving only him and Lord Zuo Cheng.
And here, after making sure that those idle things had gone away, Lord Zuo Cheng sighed and said slowly. "The minister heard that the spies in the Liang country reported that Xia Wan, the princess of Changle in the Liang country, although she and the Liang envoy Xia Zhengde who came together are brothers and sisters, but the princess of Changle has lived in the palace with Xia Zhengde since she was a child, and she is intimate and extraordinary."
"It doesn't hurt if the brothers and sisters of the clan live together. Lord Zuo Cheng, don't you want to tell me that this Xia Zhengde and Xia Wan are against humanity? ”
Xuanyuan said casually, holding an unusual black-covered document in his hand. This official document and the list of the Yu clan that were found at the beginning are all from the same place, the mysterious place in the palace that does not see the light of day.
Since he Xuanguo Zuo Cheng has arranged spies in Liang State to inquire about such secret things one by one, then he is the secret guard raised by the kings of Xuanguo in the past dynasties, and this little thing has naturally been included in the box.
When Xuanyuan first heard about this, he didn't believe it, but he was far away from Xia Wan. But now it seems that between Xia Zhengde and Xia Wan, the two brothers and sisters, I am afraid it is really as said in this secret case.
"The minister was frightened, and the emperor didn't know much about the customs of the Liang country, which was in the barbarian land of southern Xinjiang, and had been mixed with the alien race for many years, and was also infected with the evil customs. We and the Central Plains have always been unmarried, but the people of the Liang country have left this ritual law behind, and it is commonplace for the people, princes, and even the royal family to marry in the same clan. Your Majesty, how can a princess of the clan who came from such a rebellious land be able to afford the phoenix throne of Xuanguo?! ”
With a heavy kowtow, Lord Zuo Cheng knocked the ground with a strange sound.
Xuanyuan Jue, who was on the throne, heard what he said, and lifted his chin with his hand, and his feet were casually crossed on the table in front of him. Lord Zuo Cheng was still lying there, because he had not yet heard Xuanyuan Jue's reply and instructions.
"Fun, funny ......"
After maintaining such silence for a long time, Lord Zuo Cheng vaguely heard the whispers of the emperor in front of him.
"That's good...... Then, according to what Lord Zuo Cheng said, my big wedding, Zuo Cheng's marriage to a daughter, and the grand event of Xuanguo...... If Lord Zuo Cheng has nothing else to do, please return to the house early and negotiate with your little daughter......"
There was a headache for no reason, as if there were thousands of ants swimming and gnawing in his brain marrow, Xuanyuan frowned, and waved his hand impatiently to Zuo Cheng as he spoke.
At a critical juncture, the situation was so strange that he couldn't let the old fox under the steps notice.
"Okay, you fat-headed, big-eared eunuch! Since you don't show affection and think about something you shouldn't do, then don't blame me for tearing my face first! ”
Before he had gone far from the dormitory, Lord Zuo Cheng angrily kicked the bonsai on the ground, ignoring Xuanyuan Jue who was still behind him and the oncoming Dan Gonggong. He didn't even look at it, and just rushed past him angrily.
Xuanyuan Xuan, who saw this scene through the pane, smiled gloomily.
The plan has been made.