Chapter 163: Favorite Concubine

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Big Wild Goose Pagoda

This Tang Dynasty master Xuanzang in order to preserve the Tianzhu through the Silk Road brought back to Chang'an the scroll Buddha statue presided over the construction of the square tower, towering in the city of Xi'an overlooking the vicissitudes of life and the ancient city has been hundreds of years, the tower under the Great Enci Temple as the royal temple of the Great Xia Dynasty, has been enjoying the incense from the most noble royal family.

Emperor Gao Youxiao, Chongzheng Emperor, as usual, visited the Golden Buddha of each hall with great respect under the guidance of the abbot of the Great Ci'en Temple, and then stood in front of the temple door, as if waiting for something.

Countless royal guards with golden gourd axes lined up around them, like sculptures, guarded in front and back of the Great Ci'en Temple, inside and outside the courtyard.

Soon

A concubine with a long-tailed robe and a concubine under the service of three or five palace maids walked in from outside the temple,

Chongzheng, who was waiting for about half a cup of tea, saw the person coming, and his face was immediately full of smiles, and the joyful look made the furrows and wrinkles on the old face stretch out, and he took the initiative to meet him.

Needless to say, the only concubine who can make the old emperor wait like this, but has no anger, is probably the only concubine who favors the harem.

Of course, if this is put in the mouths of those ministers, it is very unceremonious to let the son of heaven with a golden body wait for a woman, even if it is a queen.

But Concubine Hui knew in her heart that when everyone didn't dare to lose her honor, the one that was the most unhonorable could make the old emperor refreshed.

"Concubine Ai has kept me waiting for a long time."

Chongzheng stepped forward with a smile, took Concubine Hui's Rouyi from the maid's hand, and held it tightly in his hand,

Concubine Hui didn't care about the close ministers and eunuchs behind Chongzheng, and nestled in his arms, and her eyes flashed twice towards Chongzheng, and said coquettishly: "What? Isn't the husband even willing to wait for his own lady? ”

This kind of title, which is not exclusive to the royal family, and is often used by ordinary people, always makes Chongzheng feel full of freshness, and the sense of playfulness is suddenly born, and he pretends to be displeased: "Xian'er is presumptuous, I am the co-lord of the world, the gentleman of a country, how can I be called the courtesy of the common people." ”

Concubine Hui's maiden name is Liu Xian, so Chong normally often calls her Hui Xian'er, and calls other concubines the title.

Concubine Hui knew that Chong was deliberately laughing, so she put on a pitiful little face and argued aggrievedly: "The ancients said: 'What is a gentleman, those who fall into the city do not serve it. If the emperor says that he is a gentleman of a country, then he says that the concubines do not have the appearance of a captivator, and he dislikes the ugliness. ”

As he spoke, he was about to squeeze out tears.

Where can Chongzheng stand the pear blossoms that she said would bring rain, and hurriedly persuaded each other with good words: "Don't cry when you love concubine, don't cry when you love concubine, don't I make fun of you, how can you say that you look ugly?" Everyone knows the appearance of the concubine, who dares to say that you are ugly? I cut off his head! ”

Chongzheng said while deliberately staring at the round eyes, and made a beheading action with the palm of his hand, which caused Concubine Hui, who was about to cry out of grievance, to laugh out loud and complain: "The emperor is used to laughing at me, I don't dare to be that Allure, if I do the Allure, won't the emperor be a gentleman?" ”

Looking at Concubine Hui nesting in her arms like a little quail, Chongzheng's compassion was beyond measure, and she lowered her forehead and whispered to Concubine Hui's ear: "It's enough to have a qing, what kind of gentleman to be!" ”

"The Emperor~~"

Concubine Hui's coquettish cry was long, and she turned straight into Chongzheng's heart.

These close ministers around have long been commonplace, all bowing their heads and turning a blind eye and turning a deaf ear, and there are still Chongzheng and Concubine Hui whispering arbitrarily outside the Buddhist hall in this large court.

After the two people who were nearly forty years apart for a while, Chongzheng took Concubine Hui in the direction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Chongzheng, who withdrew to Xi'an, either indulged in fish and water with Concubine Hui every day, or let the local officials have all kinds of banquets for various reasons.

When the two of them climbed to the height of three or four floors, they were already out of breath, and Chongzheng hurriedly waved his hand at Concubine Hui, signaling that he needed to rest for a while before climbing.

Concubine Hui was already out of breath, holding her slender waist with her hands, nodding and stopping breathlessly.

Chongzheng raised his eyes through the tower window, and caught a glimpse of the sky outside was unusually sunny, but he didn't find it under the tower just now, so he moved his already heavy steps and stood in front of the tower window of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda with his hands, overlooking the entire city of Xi'an.

Because the tower window was facing the northwest direction, he couldn't help but sigh while looking at it: "What a good place, it turns out that when I was still the prince, I came here with my father when he patrolled the border, and I also went to Lanzhou." At that time, Lanzhou and Xi'an were just as prosperous, but now, Lanzhou is probably full of devastation. ”

Concubine Hui saw Chongzheng standing by the tower window and sighed, knowing that he was worried about the war in the northwest, so she turned her beautiful eyes, walked behind him, and sighed long,

"Ah~~"

Chongzheng heard the sigh of the concubine behind him, hurriedly withdrew his eyes and thoughts, turned around and asked with concern: "I sighed because I thought of the war in Lanzhou, but what did the concubine worry about?" ”

Concubine Hui didn't answer, just lowered her head, and after a while, she sobbed softly,

Chongzheng saw her like this, and he became even more anxious,

"Aifei, you speak, what's wrong? Who wronged you? ”

Concubine Hui deliberately turned around, and after a while, she choked up and shook her head and replied: "Forget it, these things don't want to disturb the emperor, these things are all the affairs of the concubines themselves, the emperor is the king of a country, and he should take the world as the greatest, how can he be troubled by the trivial things of the concubines." ”

Where is Chongzheng willing to listen, can the dignified son of heaven still let his beloved concubine be wronged?

"What are you talking about, concubine, isn't your family affair my family affair? Only when the Qi family governs the country can the world be leveled, if even my own family has to be wronged, wouldn't it make the world laugh! Don't worry, just say it! ”

When Concubine Hui heard him say this, she nodded hesitantly, and said: "The emperor knows that the concubine was originally from Xi'an, and later my father was blessed by the Holy Grace to become an official in the court, and the family moved to Wangjing, so he still left a lot of relatives in Xi'an.

A few days ago, I talked with the elders of the clan and learned that one of the concubine's brothers went to the northwest to travel, how did he know that he just happened to encounter the Liao people who invaded the territory, and he was a scholar and couldn't get out, so he could only be trapped in Lanzhou Mansion, thinking that the Liao people would soon retreat, and when they came back at that time, they could just catch up with Enke of the imperial court.

Who knows, this battle is several months long, so that the poor clan brother who has a deep brotherhood with his concubines since he was a child, has studied hard for ten years, and he has the ambition to serve the country but is trapped by the Liao people who killed this day and can't even participate in the scientific examination. ”

As she spoke, she took out the handkerchief from her waist and gently dipped it in the corners of her moist eyes, looking very sad.

Chongzheng had never heard of Concubine Hui mentioning what kind of clan brother she had, and he was also puzzled in his heart, but seeing the wonderful person in front of him crying alive, he still thought about it so much in distress, and comforted: "Oh, I thought it was something, but it was just a question of sesame mung beans, I will help you make the decision?" Don't cry anymore, how can it be good to cry your eyes when you cry? ”

Concubine Hui listened to his words, stopped choking slightly, and asked, "Is the emperor serious?" Aren't you fooling your concubines? ”

Chongzheng said with a straight face: "You have no jokes!" When the time comes, let's go back to Beijing and bring your brother with us, and I will entrust him with his official position, and it will not be in vain for his ten years of suffering. ”

Then he took Concubine Hui in his arms and asked with a smile: "Now the lady should be satisfied, right?" ”

Concubine Hui's eyes were already a little joyful, but she still cried and said on her face: "Forget it, when the time comes, those imperial histories will give the emperor a fold, scolding the concubines for being a disaster, saying that the emperor is favored." ”

Chongzheng was just about to move out a statement that the concubine was not afraid of everything, but was interrupted by the voice of a little eunuch who was running up from under the tower,

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the war in the Northwest is on the way!"

The old emperor is thinking of making the concubine in his arms happy, not to mention that there is a war in the northwest, even if there is a war in Wangjing, he has to wait for him to make Concubine Hui happy.

He frowned and waved his hand impatiently,

"Go, go, go! I'll see it when I get back! ”

When the little eunuch saw the displeasure on the emperor's face, he was so frightened that he quickly shrank his head and ran down again.

Xu Liang, who was guarding at the entrance under the tower, was dressed in a crimson robe, looking at the little eunuch who had just run up and came down after a while, holding the fold in his hand, knowing that it was not handed to Chongzheng's eyes.

He turned around and said with a smile to the little colonel who was waiting on the side: "You still don't believe what the miscellaneous family said, look, didn't you ask the emperor to take it down?" ”

This little school has a fine and dense layer of white sweat under the iron helmet stuck on his head, he is the border army sent by Sun Dezhang to deliver the message, how do you know when this emperor is in front of him? If this day is not the time, then he will have to wait in Xi'an for a day or two?

Just when the little colonel was in a hurry, he saw a team of imperial guards holding golden melons coming from a distance, led by a person wearing a golden dragon scale armor, which looked golden in the sun, and the purple gold plate dragon spear with a dark purple color in his hand made this eight-foot height even taller and more powerful.

He knew that Chongzheng was on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and looked at this little colonel from a distance with a familiar face and a military dress, as if he was stopped under the tower and seemed to have something important, and thought that Xu Liang was deliberately making things difficult, so he had the heart to walk over and take a look.

When Xu Liang saw him coming, he hurriedly turned around and smiled and shouted at him, "General Sun." ”

"I don't know if the general is coming, but I have something to find the emperor?"

The General Sun also bowed to Xu Liang with a smile on his face and replied: "I happened to be passing by here, and I saw that this little colonel seemed to be in a hurry to see the emperor. ”

Before Xu Liang could answer, the little colonel who raised his head when he heard the sound seemed to recognize this General Long Xiangwei Sun, and hurriedly blurted out: "You are the major general!" ”

General Sun seems to approve of the title of this young general, but he still doesn't recognize the person in front of him.

"Are you ........."

The little colonel was excited when he saw the savior: "I am Lord Sun's personal soldier, and I was sent by the Metropolitan Governor to deliver the Northwest War Report to the emperor." ”

General Sun suddenly said, "Yes! I said why do you look so familiar, it turns out that you are a personal soldier under my father's account. ”

Then he looked at Xu Lianghe in front of the tower again, and asked puzzledly: "Isn't the emperor on it, just send it, I see that you are in a hurry, what's wrong?" ”

Xu Liang on the side smiled and said: "General Sun doesn't know, the emperor and Concubine Hui are enjoying the scenery, isn't this?" The miscellaneous family just asked someone to send the war report brought by the little general, and the emperor scolded him back without even reading it. ”

General Sun looked at the anxious white-haired sweaty soldiers, and then looked at the little eunuch behind Xu Liang who had just been scolded and still held the battle report in his hand. ”

Xu Liang looked at him with a smile, nodded slowly, and followed him to the side.

After General Sun turned his head and saw that there was no one else, he spoke: "Father-in-law, this little school is a soldier of the father's family, where do the people in the army understand our rules here, if you want to talk about things with the emperor, you have to go in person." ”

As he spoke, he blocked the sight of the people around him with his sideways, and stuffed a thin silver ticket into Xu Liang's cuffs without a trace.

The original signature smile on Xu Liang's face was now even brighter, and he stuffed the silver ticket in his cuff deep again,

"Why is General Sun so polite? The old governor is bound to serve in the future. ”

Then he turned to the little colonel and pretended to complain: "You kid, when you see the miscellaneous family, you don't know that you are the personal soldiers of the Metropolitan Governor, if General Sun just happened to pass by, wouldn't this delay the battle report of the Metropolitan Governor?" ”

General Sun hurriedly said: "Don't blame your father-in-law, the people in the army don't understand the rules, and you have to bother your father-in-law again." ”

Xu Liang waved his hand at the two of them: "Forget it, this kind of thing has to be done by the miscellaneous family to see the emperor in person." Then he turned and walked towards the tower, and when he passed by the little eunuch, he did not forget to point his eyes and scold him: "Come up with me, and learn hard!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

The little eunuch followed Xu Liang upstairs like a fart.

The little school in front of the door was also confused, why did Xu Liang's attitude take a 180-degree turn? I couldn't help but ask General Sun beside me: "Young General, wasn't this just scolded?" Why didn't it take a while for this to go up again? Can he hand it to the emperor? ”

General Sun looked at the backs of these two eunuchs, and the face that was still smiling just now sank suddenly, and he snorted coldly and said in a low voice: "Look, he has great ability, if this one can't be handed over, then I'm afraid no one in our entire Xi'an City can hand it over." ”