Chapter 254: Queen Nanzhao (I)
Morning, a touch of brilliant morning light through the towering and majestic Chang'an city gate, will be painted with fantastic colors, gold and purple, intertwined in the vibrant May sky and the earth, when the red sun finally jumped into the east sky, the moment the thin out, the solemn and high-pitched bell suddenly rang in the Daming Palace Hanyuan Palace, the bell instantly spread throughout the city, the bell on the upper floor of the square and the city also rang, today the country will spread its broad arms, the day when this small border country is embraced into its arms.
Chang'an Zhuque Street, on both sides of the wide street, Chang'an citizens who like to hunt fresh and exciting flocked out, three layers inside and outside, dense two human walls stretching for miles, tens of thousands of soldiers are desperately trying to maintain order, shouting, shouting, stretching their necks of anxiety, all of this comes from an interesting news, the queen of Nanzhao will come to Chang'an in person, and it is rumored that she is also the first beauty of Nanzhao.
A team of Nanzhao soldiers and the Yulin army of the Tang Dynasty greeted the guests from the Suzaku Street in an endless stream of processions, disappeared in the Suzaku Gate, about half an hour later, when the Nanzhao entourage of the official's horse team walked by, the crowd on the Suzaku Street slowly appeared on the street, the front and back were closely guarded by thousands of Nanzhao warriors in iron armor, people only saw the dense shields and murderous army, the gorgeous carriage only saw a corner, not to mention the beautiful Nanzhao Queen, just when the citizens of Chang'an were extremely disappointed, The crowd suddenly erupted in a burst of thunderous applause and cheers, only to see the top of the gorgeous carriage bloom like a lotus, a gold crown, dressed in a silver-trimmed gold silk dress, a gorgeous and noble queen appeared on the roof of the car, she smiled, her snow-white neck was as reserved as a swan, and her black hair like satin fluttered in the wind, frequently standing on the roof of the car and waving to the citizens of Chang'an, obviously she did it without permission, the guards and officials around the carriage panicked, and stared at the enthusiastic cheering crowd with extreme vigilance.
Standing on the roof of the car, Queen Nanzhao is naturally Awan, from the beginning of her resolute stay in the east to do a career, she is destined to embark on a road full of thorns, but fate always likes to play tricks on unprepared people, first she found that Li Qing's flesh and blood in her body, had to give up the position of the witch, just when she gave birth to a child and was ready to go to the Central Plains, Nanzhao had internal strife due to the death of Yu Chengjie, and the god of fate once again pushed her to the peak of the political situation.
At this moment, she stared at this majestic capital of the Tang Dynasty, and in this capital lived the man who haunted her dreams, where was he now? What's he doing? Does he remember himself and the poor child? She asked a series of questions all the time, but she never got an answer.
Ah Wan sighed softly, the arm raised in the air slipped weakly, she returned to the carriage with a gloomy expression, the guards breathed a long sigh of relief, but the surrounding Chang'an citizens saw the sad scene of this beautiful queen, their hearts swelled with infinite sympathy, all the people were silent, cheering no more, just silently watching the carriage pass by, entered the Suzaku Gate, passed through the imperial city, and went straight to the Chengtian Gate.
Under the Chengtian Gate, Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, sat on the high city tower, and the prime minister Li Linfu was leading hundreds of officials to wait in front of the Baiyu Bridge, they were dressed in various official uniforms, according to the rank of the prestige, although the Nanzhao is the border of Tibet, but it is directly related to the peace of the southwest of the Tang Dynasty, especially the support of Tubo Feng Jiayi, peeping into the situation in the southwest today, the importance of the Nanzhao is even more so that the Tang Dynasty dare not take it lightly.
"It's coming!" Someone shouted in a low voice, and the officials immediately lifted their spirits, looked south, and saw that the dust was flying in the distance, and the cavalry guide team in the vanguard stopped on both sides of the road one by one, and then, the main team with bright armor and flags finally appeared.
For a moment, the Nanzhao honor guard slowly stopped a hundred steps away, Honglu Temple Shaoqing stepped forward to open the carriage door, the music bell and drum sounded in unison, the long horn sounded at the head of the city, in a joyful music, more than a dozen maids surrounded Nanzhao Queen Yu Luo Wan, under the guidance of Honglu Temple Shaoqing, moved to the city gate.
Li Qing stood in a row on the right, silently looking at this noble and beautiful woman, this was once his unforgettable memory, in the east day and night, by the blazing bonfire, in the mysterious and strange temple, in their love between spirit and flesh, in the night of their passionate parting, there was a time to meet again, but none of them could have imagined that the day of goodbye would be on such an occasion.
"The emperor has arrived!"
The city gate opened suddenly, and hundreds of palace guards and internal officials surrounded Li Longji and Yang Guifei's dragon chariot crossed the white jade bridge and stopped, Li Longji smiled and strode down from the dragon chariot, and then took Yang Yuhuan down and went straight to the queen of Nanzhao.
This day he has been waiting for
The official audience of the king of Nanzhao is the most meaningful since the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, which means that Nanzhao returned to the position of a vassal state after experiencing the change in the east, and recognized the Tang Dynasty as its father country, which is something that has been ambiguous after the king of Pi Luo Ge.
But when Li Longji was still about twenty steps away from her, the careful Yang Yuhuan noticed the strangeness of Queen Nanzhao, her pace slowed down significantly, and her eyes did not look at the Tang Dynasty, but looked at the crowd of officials blankly, with the woman's directness, Yang Yuhuan realized that this gaze contained sadness and expectation.
Yes! Ah Wan finally found the man she thought about day and night, and saw the man who made her unforgettable and unforgettable, the eyes of the two suddenly met in the welcome Chinese music of the Tang Dynasty, and thousands of words were condensed in this short moment, time seemed to be stagnant at this moment, less than ten zhang apart, but it seemed to be separated by thousands of rivers and mountains.
Li Longji was less than ten steps away from her, Li Qing's eyelids drooped gently, the line of lovesickness was broken, and the sound of drums pulled Ah Wan back to the ruthless real world.
"The courtier Nanzhao meets Luo Wan and knocks on His Majesty of the Heavenly Empire!" Ah Wan Yingying knelt down and met Li Longji with the great gift of a courtier.
"No need to be polite, please get up!" Li Longji had a bright smile on his face, he held his hands in a false position, and sighed: "I also met your father in this place back then, he was heroic and unmarried, and in the flick of his fingers for decades, I met his daughter again. ”
"The courtiers also often listen to the teachings of their fathers, my Nanzhao was born according to the Heavenly Dynasty, attached to the Heavenly Dynasty and grew up, should be loyal to the Heavenly Empire, loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, although the father goes, but the national policy of Nanzhao has not changed, the courtiers come to the Hajj today, is to reiterate this position, may Nanzhao under the protection of the Heavenly Empire, and the Tang Dynasty prosper."
Speaking of this, Ah Wan waved her hand slightly, and more than a dozen attendants knelt down with red silk lacquer plates, raising their hands high on the lacquer plates, and there were more than a dozen gifts from Nanzhao Jin to Li Longji in them, all of which were ordinary Nanzhao specialties, mainly symbolic.
Perhaps moved by Awan's sincere tone, or perhaps satisfied with Nanzhao's humble attitude towards the Celestial Empire, Li Longji was in a good mood, and he smiled happily with his long beard in his hand: "Although you are the king of Nanzhao, you are still white in my Tang Dynasty, I officially canonized you as the king of Yunnan, the opening of the palace and the three divisions, and gave you 50,000 yuan and 1,000 silk horses." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor!"
At this time, the music started again, which meant that the audience ceremony was over, and the next thing was to hold a state banquet in the Yanying Hall to wash the dust for the Nanzhao monarchs and ministers who came from afar.
Ah Wan was just about to leave, but suddenly saw Yang Yuhuan ten steps away, and couldn't help but be shocked by her peerless appearance, she knew that Li Longji had no queen and no concubine, this Yang Yuhuan was actually the queen, she hurriedly saluted Yang Yuhuan and said: "The courtiers see the concubine!" ”
Yang Yuhuan smiled, stepped forward and grabbed her arm, the two walked side by side intimately, only to hear Yang Yuhuan laugh in a low voice: "I didn't expect Queen Nanzhao to be so gorgeous, and she hasn't married yet, I really don't know which young man is worthy of you." ”
Yang Yuhuan said this, but intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Li Qing, just now Awan's sadness towards Li Qing, she could see it clearly on the side, and remembered the special relationship between Li Qing and Nanzhao, she faintly guessed that the relationship between the two of them must not be so simple.
Yang Yuhuan's words made Ah Wan's face suddenly flushed and her expression twisted, but this child's delicate appearance was only retained for a moment, and her face immediately regained her calm, and she only smiled faintly: "Nanzhao has been through war for a long time and the people are in hardship, so I have no time to think about marriage, so let the concubine worry about it." ”
Yang Yuhuan saw that she didn't want to mention this matter, so he only smiled and said nothing, so he took her hand and took another phoenix chariot and went to Yanying Hall for a banquet together.
Although Ah Wan's mouth was plain, but her heart was unsettled, she wanted to see Li Qing but didn't dare to look back, so she looked at the magnificent Taiji Palace, and sighed in her mouth: "Our Taihe City is built on the mountainside, the palace is narrow, and compared with here, it is like a child." ”
Just when she looked back at a pavilion, her eyes quickly swept back, only to see that the hundred officials of the Tang Dynasty had been thrown a hundred steps away, in the faint crowd she didn't see the familiar figure, and then looked back, she saw, Li Qing was standing alone in front of the palace gate, looking at her from a distance, suddenly, Li Qing turned around slowly and left the city gate alone.
Awan's heart suddenly seemed to have fallen into an ice cave, and tears finally slipped helplessly from her face, at this moment, she was no longer the queen of Nanzhao, but the helpless Awan in the east.