Chapter 295: Pushing the boat down the river and the siblings are born
Yuan Shanjian didn't speak, but he was obviously moved by Lin Xingren's words. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Lin Xingren knew the emperor's mind best, and he stopped talking about it as soon as he clicked it.
At this time, Yuan Shanjian had an idea in his heart, and without hesitation, he quickened his steps and walked towards the Jiaofang Palace.
The lights in the Jiaofang hall are a little dim and very quiet, and there are only two people in the inner bed, Gao Yuanjun and Xiaohu. Gao Yuanjun knelt in front of the arc-patterned bronze mirror, and Xiaohu was helping Gao Yuanjun comb his hair with a lacquered wooden comb.
Xiaohu struggled to get up for a while, squatted for a while, the weather was hot, and he was so tired that he was sweating all over his body without much effort. In fact, Xiaohu is not a very careful maidservant, nor is she specially combed the queen's hair. It's just that she has always been close to Gao Yuanjun, and it's rare that the queen also likes her.
Xiaohu always felt that the queen was a very benevolent and kind master. She knew that sometimes she would be careless or carelessly pull the queen's hair, but the queen secretly endured it, and never punished her for the mistake she made by chance.
"Your Highness, comb it." While making a report, Xiaohu subconsciously looked up at the heavy curtain in the isolation place, as if reminding Gao Yuanjun, and as if saying to himself, "The Lord is coming soon." ”
"Don't wait, it's not a good thing that the Lord doesn't go to other concubines." Gao Yuanjun got up as if he was going to sleep. In fact, she was a little lost in her heart, and what she thought was the opposite of what she said. The tone in which she spoke to Xiaohu didn't look like she was condescending to the maid, but like she was persuading Xiaohu.
"Today, when the general enters the palace to see His Majesty, he may also say something important, so there is a reason why the Lord can't come today when he is busy." Xiaohu comforted her. Even Xiaohu was accustomed to the emperor's frequent visits to the Jiaofang Palace.
Yes, his eldest brother came back from Nanliang and was only happy about the pregnancy of the princess, and it took several days before he entered the palace to see the emperor. Gao Yuanjun felt that the eldest brother had lost the courtesy of a courtier, and he was too devoted to the princess. All of this made her dissatisfied. I don't know what he said when he met the emperor today?
At this moment, footsteps were heard outside.
"Your Highness, the Lord has come up." The palace maid who came in in a hurry didn't have time to give a salute before she returned.
"The Lord has come up!" Xiaohu turned his head to look at Gao Yuanjun with joy, and cleverly helped her to walk outside.
"Qingqing." Motozen's voice came through the curtain.
Soon, the Emperor has come in. His steps were a little heavier, and he seemed a little hurried.
Gao Yuanjun was overjoyed in his heart, and he ran out with a voice.
The curtain was suddenly raised recklessly, and Motozen broke in. He swept his eyes and saw Gao Yuanjun's long hair scattered, wearing only treasure socks, and a silk draped over his shoulders and about to come out.
Gao Yuanjun has never seen her husband act so fast, and in her eyes, Yuan Shanjian has always behaved moderately. Today's Genzen view is very different from what it used to be.
"Your Majesty......" Gao Yuanjun knelt down.
"Qingqing......" Yuan Shanjian walked in front of her in a few steps, scooped up Gao Yuanjun, who was half-kneeling and did not kneel, and wrapped his arms around her waist and refused to let go, as if he was afraid that she would disappear from his arms immediately.
The silk on Gao Yuanjun's shoulder slipped off when the two of them were entangled.
"What's wrong with my husband?" Gao Yuanjun couldn't help but doubt in his heart, this was too unlike the usual Yuan Shanjian.
Yuan Shanjian looked at her carefully, and there was a kind of reluctance in his eyes. It took him a long time before he replied, "Nothing." But there was "something" written in his eyes.
Gao Yuanjun didn't speak, and looked at Yuan Shanjian suspiciously. "It's okay to be straightforward, husband."
Yuan Shanjian couldn't see it, and blurted out, "I can't bear Qingqing in my lonely heart." ”
Gao Yuanjun's heart was suddenly surprised, and he didn't understand why he talked about this for no reason. For a moment, she even thought of the changes in Yongning Temple that she had heard of but had never seen. coincided with today's arrival of her eldest brother Gao Cheng into the palace. Could it be that the eldest brother wants to do something to his husband Jun Yuan?
"Husband, what is my brother going to do?!" Gao Yuanjun's face turned white with fright for a moment, and he didn't have time to think about it and blurted out a surprise.
"Qing already knows?!" Yuan Shanjian's face also changed and asked in surprise.
"I'm going to find the big brother!" Gao Yuanjun wanted to break free from Yuan Shanjian. Immediately changed his words again, "No, I'll go to my father." She always felt that her father Gao Huan's attitude towards the emperor was much more respectful than that of her eldest brother Gao Cheng. After all, Yuan Shanjian is also his daughter-in-law, so he always has to be scrupulous, right?
"This is what your eldest brother said himself, and it seems that it cannot be disobeyed. Lone would rather not be the son of heaven, and he didn't want to lose Qingqing, a good wife. Yuan Shanjian said sadly.
Gao Yuanjun's heart warmed up when he heard Yuan Shanjian's words, but Yuan Shanjian's meaning seemed to be different from what she thought, and he asked again, "Husband, what did my eldest brother say?" ”
Yuan Shanjian instantly crossed a trace of defense in his heart. He stared at Gao Yuanjun, seeing that her eyes were full of eagerness, and finally replied to her, "Brother Qingzhi is going to abolish Qing's position as queen......"
"What?!" Gao Yuanjun was in disbelief at first, and then he was furious. She didn't understand what the big brother meant. "Does my father know?" Gao Yuanjun immediately asked again.
"Lonely still doesn't know, King Gao knows, I don't know." Yuan Shanjian hesitated, "Isn't the matter of Great Wei all decided by the general......" He traced without a trace.
"Little Tiger!" Gao Yuanjun couldn't break free from Yuan Shanjian's embrace, turned around and called loudly, "Immediately send a letter to Jinyang Bafu at night and ask the reason for this matter." ”
Yuan Shanjian didn't interfere with Gao Yuanjun's decision, but just hugged her and didn't let go, rendering the sorrow and parting just right.
"Big brother, why did my husband abolish me? Isn't it true that I'm my own sister? Gao Yuanjun's tone was already full of dissatisfaction with Gao Cheng.
"The general wants to emulate the Yuwen black otter, and he wants to marry Princess Rouran." Yuan Shanjian sighed. "If Qing doesn't dislike it, he is willing not to be the Son of Heaven, as long as he and his wife accompany him to the end of his life."
"What Yuwen Black Otter has already done, why should the eldest brother follow him?" Gao Yuanjun tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart. She didn't expect her brother to be so cold, for the sake of her own power, for the sake of what so-called social society, she didn't care about brother and sister love at all. She suddenly remembered that her eldest sister, Empress Yongxi, Gao Changjun, died in the battle between the ministers and the imperial family, and she felt a little more resentful of this eldest brother in her heart.
Early in the summer morning, it dawns early. Cui Jishu even felt that this morning seemed to start in the middle of the night. He only remembered that he had gone out of the house at night, and had galloped all the way, not noticing when it was dark.
It was still early, but the sun was already dazzling. Cui Jishu's fat body rode on horseback, jolting up and down rhythmically as the mount galloped. The cheeks, which had been like white dough, turned red and drenched with sweat. The inner and outer robes on his body were already soaked with sweat. For Cui Jishu, he felt that a long time had passed. Running all the way, the sleepiness of getting up in the middle of the night has long since dissipated.
Out of Yecheng, through the green field, the village can be seen from afar, and the water of the Zhanghe River is gurgling. The water of the river is clear, reflecting the shadows of the trees on both sides. Drifting away, the grass is green. After a whole spring, the wild grass in the suburbs grew wildly, and a large patch of grass was intermittently intertwined.
If it weren't for Cui Jishu riding a horse, I'm afraid he would have been submerged in the grass. Cui Jishu was puzzled. Shizi hadn't been to Tongquetai for a long time, why did he suddenly remember that place again? According to his past experience, most of the time when the prince went to Tongquetai was because of confusion in his heart, or he had special thoughts.
Cui Jishu still remembers that in addition to a confidant like him, the prince has only taken one person to Tongquetai, that is, Yang Shunhua, the daughter of the Southern Liang Duguan Shangshu and Liang General Yang Kan. At that time, the prince was confused and fascinated by the little lady of the Yang family, and he wanted to abolish the princess and Princess Feng Yi Yuan Zhonghua, and set up the little lady of the Yang family as the concubine. As a result, he returned with a feather and a sharp spirit. The son of the world was rejected.
Of course, Yang Shunhua's identity is too special, and she is really not suitable to be a princess. She is a southerner, and her paternal family has repeatedly migrated north and south. In the Northern Dynasty, with such an important identity as Gao Cheng, who is in charge of the country, and his princess, how can he tolerate a person with a sensitive identity like Yang Shunhua?
As for today, Cui Jishu vaguely felt that today's events were still related to the eldest princess Yuan Zhonghua.
A few ruins and broken walls were hidden in the barren grass, and Cui Jishu slowed down in reverie along the way. Bypassing a few dilapidated pavilions and palaces, the Bronze Bird Terrace is already in sight.
Cui Jishu got off the horse and wiped his sweat. The servants met him and led the horse. The cangtou slave Liu Taozhi held the hilt of the sword hanging from his waist with one hand, and also looked at Cui Jishu and walked over slowly.
Liu Taozhi threw over a sentence stiffly, "Lord Lang is on it." He glanced behind Cui Jishu with wariness again.
Liu Taozhi didn't have any expression on his face, and Cui Jishu could see it clearly. This cangtou slave does not recognize anyone except the son, and he is extremely loyal and conscientious to the son, and no one else wants to serve him. Liu Taozhi didn't take anyone other than Lord Lang in his eyes at all. He is almost inseparable from Gao Cheng now, and he will go wherever Gao Cheng goes. This made Cui Jishu a little jealous.
He also ignored Liu Taozhi, he naturally knew that the son of the world was on it. I didn't have time to catch my breath and walked towards Tongque Terrace.
The stone steps on the stage were narrow and steep, and Cui Jishu carefully lifted his robe and looked down at the road, walking up to it step by step until he reached the top in one breath.
In fact, Tongquetai is also a remnant of the late Han Dynasty. Although at least more than half of it remains, it is not complete after all. Cui Jishu didn't understand, since the prince liked to come here so much, why didn't he simply repair it completely? It is not impossible to restore the three sets of Tongque, Bingjing, and Jinhu.
It's quiet and the scenery is great. Because there are residues, it's easier to repair. But Shizi just refused, as if he liked this incomplete high platform.
Panting for breath, Cui Jishu saw at a glance that Gao Cheng was really sitting alone on the seat in the middle of the pavilion, leaning on his waist and motionless, as if he was asleep.
The fence around the bronze bird platform can be viewed from the railing, and in the middle is a pavilion with no shelter, which looks a little strange. There should have been a heavy layer on top of this pavilion, but it had already been destroyed by hundreds of years of war. I heard that there was originally a huge bronze finch on the top of the pavilion that was ready to fly, lifelike and eye-catching, but now there is no trace of it.
Cui Jishu looked around, and Gao Cheng was the only one on the high platform. He walked over slowly and saw that Gao Cheng was still wearing a silk robe, but he didn't wear a three-beam Jinxian crown on his head, and only used a small jade crown to tie his hair in a bun. The feet also changed into the brocade shoes when they were in Shuangyanju, and they did not admire the solemn court clothes on their bodies. It's like I'm too tired to change my clothes, and I've only dealt with the most uncomfortable parts, and I'll talk about anything else.
At this time, Gao Cheng opened his eyes and looked up to see Cui Jishu.
Cui Jishu had approached and found that Gao Cheng's eyes were dark and his eyes were slightly puffy, as if he had not slept all night. Although it was summer, it was windy at night on such a high platform on the outskirts of the city, and his seat was very simple, and he only had a few waist hugging, which would not be too comfortable.
Seeing that he was wearing court clothes again, Cui Jishu blurted out and asked, "Has the prince been here all the time last night?" ”
Gao Cheng didn't speak, and straightened up from a few miles. Then he stretched out an arm to Cui Jishu, meaning to let Cui Jishu help him up.
Cui Jishu thought that he had a conflict with Emperor Yuan Shanjian when he entered the palace yesterday, and he was full of doubts and thought about how to persuade him. He hurriedly came over to support Gao Cheng. Inadvertently touched his hand, and his hand turned out to be cold. In such a hot summer, Gao Cheng's hands were actually cold.
"When the Son of the World saw the Lord yesterday, what did the Lord say to the Son?" With the relationship between Cui Jishu and Gao Cheng, he doesn't have to wait for Gao Cheng to speak, he can take the initiative to ask.
"Three points true and seven points false, which is annoying. Idiots are getting better and better at acting, it's okay in the temple, but it's really tiring to see it once in private. Gao Cheng walked towards the fence outside the pavilion in the early morning sun.
Cui Jishu followed behind Gao Cheng. "If he is willing to cheat, let him cheat, as long as he is not tired. Isn't there Her Royal Highness the Queen? I'm afraid I don't know what he's thinking? ”
At the mention of the queen, Gao Cheng's face became gloomy. Even Cui Jishu felt that there must be something in it.
"Queen, you have a gap with me." Cui Jishu was hesitating to ask, and Gao Cheng sighed to himself.
"The queen is always the general's own sister." Cui Jishu can only persuade like this. He also knew that this queen was different from Empress Yongxi, and was not as close to the general as Empress Yongxi.
"Yesterday, I made a proposal to the Lord, asking the Lord to abolish the Lord and ask the Lord of Shuofang to marry his daughter as a bride. I'm afraid that the queen will hate me. Gao Cheng kept the words in his heart all night, and finally found someone to express his heart.
"General......" Cui Jishu was so surprised that he couldn't speak. He couldn't believe that Gao Cheng had made such a stupid move. "Why is the Great General like this?"
Gao Cheng held on to the fence but turned around and stared at Cui Jishu, as if Cui Jishu knew it well but pretended not to understand.
Cui Jishu was also puzzled and looked at him incomprehensibly.
"There is no other way but to do so." Gao Cheng still stared at Cui Jishu in disbelief, his helpless tone did not match his distrustful expression.
Cui Jishu suddenly came to his senses, and blurted out a rhetorical question, "The general is for the princess?" His tone was as if he couldn't believe it at all. Indeed, he couldn't believe that Gao Cheng did such a thing. In fact, he was already worried about Gao Cheng at this time.
Naturally, what the general said to the emperor could not be changed overnight, and such a major event was in Gao Cheng's identity, how could it be a joke. But this news will soon reach the ears of the high king of the Jinyang Mansion. If King Gao knew that the prince had made this important decision privately, and he informed Emperor Yuan Shanjian with a word, he was afraid that there would be another turmoil between father and son. This will inevitably have an impact on Gao Cheng. Taiyuan Gong's wings are getting fuller and fuller, and he always looks sideways, who knows what will happen?