"Sister Aqing, you can eat something, you have been staying in the mourning hall since you came back yesterday, how can you stand it without eating or drinking."

Zheng Shuyao held a bowl of porridge, looked at me in front of the mourning hall, and persuaded softly.

I looked at a certain part of the mourning hall with empty eyes, and said numbly: "Thank you for your kindness, I don't want to eat." ”

Zheng Shuyao almost choked up and pleaded: "Sister Aqing, you must take care of your body, don't let the prince worry." The prince is already annoyed enough, don't let him worry about it anymore. ”

I saw that Zheng Shuyao's expression was different, and finally woke up from the pain of losing Ah Sleeve, and asked her, "What's wrong with the prince?" Is there something wrong? ”

Gao Changgong went to Qixiaguan to pick me up yesterday, picked me up halfway, and came back to ask the palace housekeeper to handle the funeral of Ah Sleeve, but he has not seen anyone, is there something wrong?

Under Zheng Shuyao's narration, I finally knew what happened yesterday.

Yesterday, a group of people in Yecheng heard that the ancestral court framed the king of Lanling, which caused the king of Lanling to be wronged and almost lost his life, so they were very excited and ran to the ancestral court to protest, and jointly wrote to the emperor to severely punish the ancestral court and seek justice for the king of Lanling.

The people made a lot of trouble, and some people even impulsively went to the ancestral mansion and set a fire, almost burning down the house. The people vowed to seek justice for King Lanling, but the government could not settle the matter several times. They threatened that if the emperor did not dispose of the ancestral court for a day, they would not leave for a day. The emperor was angry and wanted to kill all these people, and Gao Changgong could only persuade them in person in order to save the lives of these people, saying that everything was a misunderstanding, and the people were persuaded by Gao Changgong until the sun set, and these people were willing to leave.

Although the people left, the emperor was angry with the king of Lanling, thinking that he was bewitching, instigating the people to make trouble, and with bad intentions, he ordered his military power to be cut and ordered him to return to his house for reflection.

No wonder he left the house in a hurry yesterday, it turned out that such a big thing happened.

At the moment, Gao Changgong has enough worries, I can't bother him anymore, thinking of this, I barely cheered up and drank a little porridge.

Before I put down the bowl, a person suddenly broke into the mourning hall, and I was shocked, the person who came was a man in a sackcloth shirt, with a stubble face and a dirty face.

"Hey, I said you, I said you can't enter this place, you can't go in. Why don't you listen? "Behind the man is my maid Hongqu.

Hongqu explained to me and Zheng Shuyao in a panic: "Princess, madam, this person is a little guy who came to the palace to deliver vegetables, he doesn't know the way, and he went to the wrong place, so I will take him away." ”

Hongqu said that he was about to pick up the man, but the man did not move, stared blankly at the coffin in the middle of the mourning hall, and whispered: "Ah sleeve-"

This voice is Hu Lu Hengga!

Zheng Shuyao and I reacted immediately, and after glancing at each other, I instructed Hongguan: "Hongqu, you go outside and guard, don't let anyone in, I have something to ask him." ”

Although Hongqu was puzzled, he still went outside to guard as I instructed.

Zheng Shuyao looked around and asked in a low voice, "Little General Hulu, why did you become like this?" Where have you been these days? ”

Hu Lu Hengjia is indeed well disguised, and I can't even recognize him if I don't listen to the voice.

Hu Lu Hengjia just looked at the coffin stupidly, turned around again, and asked me in a low voice, "She really ...... He's dead? ”

There was a pain in my throat, and the feeling of heartache came over me like a vine, "She'll never come back." ”

After receiving my answer, Hu Lu Hengjia's body trembled, almost unsteady, as if all thoughts were lost, with red eyes, step by step, slowly approaching the coffin.

He touched the coffin with trembling hands, his face twitched in pain, and whispered: "Ah Sleeve, how can you die, how can you die?" Why don't you wait for me. ”

"Let me take one last look at her."

Hu Lu Hengjia pleaded with me with sad eyes, and I nodded with tears in my eyes.

The coffin was slowly pushed open, and slowly a pale and colorless face appeared, and she lay there quietly, her face lifeless, never to get up again, not to speak, not to laugh, and to sleep forever.

Hu Lu Hengjia's rough fingers stroked Ah Sleeve's cheek, and murmured in pain, "Ah Sleeve." ”

He stroked Ah Sleeve's face over and over again, heartache, reluctance, and despair. The moment the fingers were released, tears fell from his eyes, he covered his chest with his hands, and looked at Ah Sleeve, as if he was in extreme pain, and he actually cried.

Since then, there is no time to see each other, the yellow spring is blue, and heaven and man are separated forever.

——

After hearing the news that King Lanling was punished by the emperor, Zu Ting and Luo Ti were very happy and celebrated in Yeshui Tower.

"Master Zu, this time we have fought a beautiful turnaround!" Luo Ti admired the wisdom of the ancestral court.

"King Lanling thought that he could bring me down with a Mo Ziwei, but I didn't know that I still had a backup move. This time, I spent money to send people to spread the news of King Lanling's framing among the people, and persuaded those people to unite to seek justice for King Lanling. Those people are really stupid, they really think they can get justice for King Lanling! Zu Ting was very satisfied with his plan, and at the same time despised the people who were making trouble.

"Why did Master Zu have to stir up those people?"

Zu Ting smiled sinisterly, "I want Your Majesty to know that if the people do not obey his orders, King Lanling will win the hearts of the people more than him, and his position will be threatened at any time, so Your Majesty can make up your mind to get rid of King Lanling as soon as possible." ”

"Speaking of which, Master Zu, you are out of the way, and you dare to let those people make trouble in front of your house, and you almost burned down the house." Luo Ti sighed.

"As long as you can get rid of the thorn in the side of King Lanling, what is this sacrifice?"

"King Lanling is the son of Emperor Wenxiang, deeply loved by the people, won the hearts of the people, and has military power in his hands, if he has the heart to usurp the throne...... His Majesty was most afraid that someone would threaten his position, and he was already suspicious of King Lanling, but after this incident, His Majesty was even more jealous of King Lanling. Zu Ting prophesied, "Your Majesty is determined to get rid of him, and this time, King Lanling will definitely die." ”

As soon as King Lanling died, the entire court was his world.

——

Hu Lu Hengjia is gone.

He was afraid that staying in the palace for too long would cause people to be suspicious, and even Gao Changgong would be affected, but he couldn't see Gao Changgong after all.

After Ah Sleeve was buried, I decided to go to Zhou to find Yuwen Hu and avenge Ah Sleeve.

I thought Gao Changgong would stop me, but he didn't, and specially sent his right-hand man to escort me to Zhou.

When I was leaving, I didn't see Zheng Shuyao coming to see him off, so I asked Gao Changgong, "Why didn't the princess come?" ”

Gao Changgong said lightly: "I asked her to send her back to her parents' house." ”

Sent back to your parents' home? It wasn't Zheng Shuyao who wanted to go back, and Gao Changgong asked her to go back.

I asked, "Why did you send her back to her parents' house?" ”

Gao Changgong couldn't see any expression on his face, "My father-in-law and mother-in-law have not been in good health, and she should go back to visit them and do her filial piety." ”

I wondered and asked, "Didn't you go back with her?" ”

Gao Chang respectfully said: "I am busy with official business, how can I get out of the way?" ”

But I was thinking in my heart: I just sent someone back to my parents' house after the funeral, and I didn't go back with her, could it be that there was some conflict between these two people?

So, I decided to spread out the problem between Gao Changgong and Zheng Shuyao and say something from my heart, "Changgong, you and the princess have been in the knot for a long time, and you have to make it clear to her some words." ”

Gao Changgong's face moved, "Say what?" ”

My voice was clear and powerful, like a wind blowing away the clouds, "Make it clear that there is nothing between us." Actually, she cares a lot about things between us. I can see that she has you in her heart, but you, the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. ”

Gao Changgong's plain face moved, surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said uncertainly: "Really?" ”

I was sure, "Believe me, she confessed it to me herself." ”

"This knot has been bothering you for a long time, and it's time to untie it. Your marriage is not easy, you should cherish it, and don't regret it when you are gone and lost. ”

When I said this, Gao Changgong's heart was agitated, and his eyes were bright, as if he had condensed the morning light from the sky, but gradually, the brilliance in his eyes dimmed, and he slowly returned to calm.

That's all I say, I hope he can understand and stop entangled with Zheng Shuyao.

When getting into the car, Gao Changgong instructed Wei Xiangyuan, "Wei Xiangxiang, protect your wife!" ”

"Ah Qing, take care."

This time, Gao Changgong stared at me for a long time, and in his star-bright eyes, there was sadness that could not be dissolved, and there was reluctance, as if I would never come back.

This time I went to Yuwen Hu to take revenge, it was indeed dangerous, and life and death were unpredictable, but I didn't want him to worry, so I showed a smile that reassured him.

Gao Changgong also smiled back at me, his gaze looked through the silent and long skylight, and his smile was a little blurry under the reflection of the skylight, as if there was still a faint sadness.

I lowered the curtain and set out on my journey.

The carriage went for about two hours, and gradually came to a sparsely populated place, I felt that after sitting in the carriage for a long time, it shook so badly that I was a little dizzy, and Wei Xiangyuan stopped at a small tea shed on the side of the road to rest.

I sat down in a simple straw hut, where there were several men in the tea hut besides me, and they were talking and laughing loudly, very close to me, and what they talked about fell into my ears.

"Have you heard, a big incident happened in Zhou a few days ago."

"I know that it was the Otsuka Zaiyu Wenhu of the Zhou State who was killed by the Emperor of the Zhou State."

What the! When I heard the news, I stood up in shock.

A few people next to him were still chatting with interest.

"I didn't expect that the once invincible Yuwen Hu would die so miserably, all his sons were killed by the emperor, and the whole family was beheaded, leaving no one behind!"

I was completely shocked, Yuwen Hu just died?

I originally wanted to kill him to avenge Ah Sleeve, but before I arrived, he died first?

When I came back to my senses, I finally realized that something was wrong, Yuwen Hu died such a big thing, even ordinary people of Qi heard the rumors, Gao Changgong couldn't have not known, but he also asked Wei Xiangyuan to escort me to Yuwen Hu for revenge, this thing is strange!

I quickly walked out of the tea shed and said to the lieutenant, "Let's go back!" ”

When Wei Xiangyuan heard this, he hurriedly stopped me and said, "Madam, you can't go back!" ”

I saw that his face was wrong, so I immediately asked him, "Yuwen protected the prince but didn't tell me, and asked you to send me to Zhou Kingdom, do you and the prince have something to hide from me?" ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title is from Lin Kuan's "Juvenile Xing" in the Tang Dynasty "Revenge and Rushing to the Snow"