Chapter Seventy-Four: The Goldfinch Flies High (2)
In the Jiaofang Palace, everyone saw the King of Bohai and the Great Prime Minister Gao Yang walking in in a crown robe. However, his crown was not the garment of the county king. Twelve flat crowns and hanging beads, soapy clothes, red ......
The hall silently watched the strange scene in front of them. Queen Gao Yuanjun was the first to reflect, and she suddenly realized that the tragedy was today. And before she could do anything, the little emperor who was held by the palace maid actually "giggled" and laughed.
The little emperor smiled at his uncle Gao Yang.
Gao Yuanjun saw her son being held by the palace maid, not far from the entrance of the palace, close to Gao Yang. In despair, she saw Gao Yang walk over and reach out to hold the little emperor and her nephew in her arms.
The little emperor did not cry and refused. He probably thought the string of white beads hanging from his uncle's head was amusement, so he trembled and stretched out his little hand to catch the dangling string of beads. It's just that he's too young to have long enough arms, and he's so engrossed in trying to reach what can never be reached.
Gao Yang walked over to Gao Yuanjun with the little emperor in his arms, looked at Gao Yuanjun and said with a smile, "Today is the day of the Great Dynasty Ceremony, please go to the Taiji Hall with the Lord." ”
The twelve strings of white beads blocked him in front of him, making it impossible to see his expression clearly, but he couldn't feel the coldness on his body.
"What is the second brother going to do?" Gao Yuanjun asked hesitantly and nervously. She grabbed her hand and reached out to grab her son.
Gao Yang let go of one hand, and with the other hand, he shook him off with the clothes behind the child's back, completely like an object. The child didn't cry but laughed, thinking it was a game. He didn't know that his uncle was carrying him around, which had already frightened his mother.
"My sister forgot that she was Gao's daughter?" Gao Yang said sharply, "Those who are kings of the world can rule the world, and those who are as weak as the Yuan clan and are as weak as waste have any remaining strength to rule the world?" ”
Gao Yuanjun saw that her son was being carried by Gao Yang, and her heart was torn apart. I've always been cautious and don't want to be like this. I couldn't hold it back anymore, and said hoarsely, "Since the Yuan family can't keep the foundation, King Gao can take it, what does it have to do with a one-year-old child?" If the Yuan clan offers the world, will King Gao definitely be able to rule the world? ”
Gao Yang let out a weird sneer, "This year-old child is a descendant of the Yuan clan, does it really have nothing to do with him?" My sister is a woman, and she secretly wants to befriend the king of Qi to fight against me, isn't this just for this little child's premeditation? Today is an auspicious day, the Yuan family retreated, and I was appointed by Zen as the emperor, just in response to the mandate of heaven! He took the little emperor and turned around and walked outside.
Gao Yuanjun pounced like crazy.
In the Zhaotai Palace, Princess Jibei and several other wives were waiting for Queen Taishang to announce the good news of the marriage. Yuan Yuyi, the princess of Langya, who was dressed in a white linen dance dress, did not look anxious like others.
Seeing that Queen Taishang did not come, a few women deliberately came up with ideas to make a group of people and make a noise, asking Princess Langya to dance a song.
Yuan Yuyi did not refuse, and ordered people to play music and dance, while remembering in her heart who those women were.
After Gao Cheng entered the palace, he heard that the wives were all in the Zhaotai Hall in the garden, and he didn't have time to ask carefully and came to the garden.
Soon after he entered the palace, a large group of people and horses arrived outside the gate to strictly guard and prevent people from entering and leaving at will.
After Princess Qi and the eldest princess Yuan Zhonghua entered the palace, they were taken to Renshou Hall together with Princess Yuan Yuyi of Langya. The one who led the way was the little tiger of Jiaofang Palace, what this meant Yuan Zhonghua understood in his heart.
Thinking that it must be his brother Yuan Shanjian and Gao Yuanjun who have the same thoughts, they must decide this family business. That's why I asked Xiaohu to take her to Renshou Palace. Yuan Zhonghua thought that Empress Gao Yuanjun must also want to make it clear to Yuan Shanjian and Gao Yuanjun face to face in Renshou Palace, so he did not doubt him.
Princess Yuan Yuyi of Langya personally followed Princess Qi Yuan Zhonghua to the outside of Renshou Palace, only to say that it was inconvenient to enter without an edict and left.
Outside the Taiji Hall was the hussar general Gao Guiyan with his men waiting for him. Gao Yang entered the hall and wanted to ascend to the sky in one step, which was something he was very happy to see, so he was afraid of any accidents.
Waiting to finally see Gao Yang coming, Gao Guiyan was overjoyed.
Gao Yang was carrying his nephew, the little emperor of the Yuan family. Empress Taishang was supported by the palace maid with a disgraceful complexion.
"King Gao......" Gao Guiyan couldn't help but greet him with joy, and even forgot that he was injured a few days ago or had pain in his abdomen. He immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and changed his words, "Your Majesty! ”
When Gao Yuanjun heard this, he glared at Gao Guiyan angrily, and suppressed his anger and scolded, "Rebel and thief! ”
Gao Guiyan was scolded and sneered, "After all the fields like this, Empress Taishang is still so unchangeable, and she is not afraid of angering Your Majesty." He leaned over to Gao Yang again and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, that Yuan family wasted man refused to settle down, and somehow, he brought Princess Qi to Renshou Palace, I am afraid that he will use Princess Qi to blackmail King Qi and make King Qi and His Majesty ......" He didn't say it all.
Gao Yang listened attentively, but didn't speak, as if he was distracted by this. He already knew that Yuan Shanjian didn't have any good intentions for Yuan Zhonghua. Thinking of the last poisonous wine coercion, he can basically understand that today's Renshou Hall is the same Hongmen banquet.
Gao Guiyan had long known that his master was in love with Princess Qi and the eldest princess. He felt it was a good time to be courteous. He was about to ask for someone to take the eldest princess out of Renshou Palace, but to his surprise, Gao Yang suddenly turned around in anger and grabbed the hair bun of the Empress Gao Yuanjun. He carried the little emperor in one hand and Gao Yuanjun's hair in the other hand and walked towards the Taiji Hall regardless of etiquette.
Gao Guiyan was stunned, and hurriedly followed, following Gao Yang closely.
The others were stunned when they saw Gao Yangxing, as if they were madmen, but they didn't dare to speak.
"Where is King Qi? Big brother save me! Gao Yuanjun had no power to resist, so he could only shout sadly. Everyone who heard it was moved to tears.
In the Taiji Palace, there are a few courtiers who have stood for a long time. Everyone talked and whispered. Only Changshi Yang Su looked quiet and solemn. It's just that his slightly locked brow has already revealed his mood.
Yang Su himself couldn't tell what mood he was feeling now. Things weren't what he thought. He had been wishing for many years, but once he came to his eyes, he found that everything was empty.
When he saw the door of the temple open and Gao Yang, dressed in the crown of the Son of Heaven, walked in, he was powerless to change anything.
The kings of the Yuan clan such as Gaoyang Wang Yuanbin and others could not hide their anger and sadness no matter how much they concealed it.
There are not many courtiers in the palace, most of them are not high-ranking officials, and they also look at Gao Yang with different expressions and walk in, obviously not so agreeing.
Gao Yang casually shook off his sister, Gao Yuanjun, who was still the queen of Taishang.
Although the pain in Gao Yuanjun's head was relieved, his body fell to the ground. After a country, it is so embarrassed that its hair is disheveled and its clothes are disheveled. She couldn't care about her clothes and appearance, so she got up from the ground and chased after Gao Yang's back, wanting to take back her son.
Gao Guiyan stretched out his arm to stop Gao Yuanjun, and said sternly, "Queen Taishang can't be rude!" His tone was already full of disdain and unconsciously revealing arrogance.
Gao Yang had already carried the little emperor of the Yuan clan to the throne and sat down openly.
His actions have already made his mind clear, and there is no need to explain more.
Gao Yang's eyes swept over the courtiers below, who were few in themselves, and said, "The decline of the Yuan clan is the will of God, so it is a gift of Zen." The Emperor of the Martial Arts is also thinking of the common people in the world. My royal brother, King Qi, is even more vigorous, and the people are unprecedented. It's a pity that my father did his best and did his best; Although my brother has contributed to the world, he has a loss of personal morality, and he was killed for doing filthy things. Today, I am the emperor of Chan, the posthumous emperor is the emperor of Gaozu Shenwu, and the posthumous emperor brother is the emperor of Sejong Wenxiang, and the orthodox order is ......"
Before Gao Yang finished speaking, the courtiers below were already greatly surprised. No one had heard about the death of Gao Cheng, the king of Qi, why did he suddenly say this from Gao Yang's mouth?
The hope in Gao Yuanjun's heart was completely shattered, and he muttered to himself as if he was demented, "Big brother...... Big brother ......"
Gao Guiyan felt that this was the opportunity, and ordered the courtiers to kneel and knock on the new emperor.
Licheng Gao Yang was relieved. In any case, he received Zen first, and this emperor is ironclad. Glancing at Gao Yuanjun, he suddenly wanted to give some grace to the Son of Heaven, so he said, "Queen Taishang is naturally nonsense, after all, she is my sister, so she will be named the eldest princess." ”
Gao Yang inadvertently caught a glimpse of Yang Su, and felt that Yang Su had contributed to himself, and he happened to push the boat down the river to give Yang Su some favors. On a whim, he had an idea, and he immediately became excited, and then he issued an edict, "Eldest princess, Erfu Jun Yuan is an idiot, and he always wanted to murder Yu I earlier, and God will not let him live long, and sooner or later he will die." Yang Changshi has a credit to me, so it is a good thing to remarry Yang Changshi as a wife. ”
The courtiers were shocked. I think this emperor sitting on the throne is talking crazy. One moment the queen is the queen, and the other is the eldest princess, snatching people's husbands, and marrying casually, it's a big joke.
This is tantamount to an insult to Gao Yuanjun.
Yang Yu's face turned red and he didn't dare to refuse, so he only said "yes" to thank him.
Gao Yuanjun was demented as if he hadn't heard. It happened so much, too fast, that she didn't have time to accept it.
Fortunately, Gao Yang had a good temper when he was in a good mood and did not get angry. He was probably also tired, and he felt that he had already won the throne, so he lost interest in the little emperor of the Yuan clan who had been carrying it for a long time. casually threw the nephew in his hand towards Gao Yuanjun and said, "Return this thing to the eldest princess." ”
Gao Yuanjun's dementia is not reflected. But after all, it was a mother and son, she quickly sobered up, and subconsciously used her instinct to pick it up. However, she felt very bad in her heart.
In despair, Gao Yuanjun let out a terrible scream and cry. In the midst of her screaming and crying, it was accompanied by Gao Yang's laughter. Gao Yang seemed to have seen something particularly funny and ridiculous, which made him really laugh.
The people in the hall were horrified to see the little emperor of the Yuan clan fly out of Gao Yang's hands, pass over the top of Gao Yuanjun's head, and then fall, and finally fall heavily to the ground.
In this process, the Yuan clan and the courtiers did not take the new emperor on the throne in their eyes, and they all rushed to chase in the hall, all wanting to catch the little emperor.
But no matter how many people there are, nothing happens to chance.
Where the little emperor of the Yuan clan landed, he clearly heard the sound of melons and fruits falling to the ground and crumbling.
Blood flowed.
Gao Yuanjun was stunned for a moment, staring at his son who was lying motionless on the ground in a pool of blood, and then fell to the ground in anger.
Outside the gate, Princess Rouran Moonlight jumped out of the carriage as soon as the carriage stopped. No one ignored them and rushed to the palace.
Someone came to stop him, and Moonlight turned around and took her bow from the hand of the slave who followed Rouran, knocked it on the head and said angrily, "This princess entered the palace to meet at the order of the Empress Taishang, and it was not the turn of the slave to question." ”
The soldiers at the gate of the palace were actually not from the palace, but they were ordered to guard it here, but when they heard the words of "Princess Rouran", they didn't dare to stop it again, so they could only let the moonlight in.
The moonlight entered the palace, and when the eunuchs and palace maids met all the way, they asked where the princess and the eldest princess were. But no one can tell. For a while, it said Zhaotai Palace, for a while it said Jiaofang Palace, and for a while it said Renshou Palace.
Moonshine is an extremely intelligent person. She didn't ask anymore, thinking that these three places were actually going in one direction, and she didn't have to run around, as long as she walked all the way and then went in to find it, she would definitely be able to find Yuan Zhonghua.
Gao Cheng entered the palace first, and went straight to the Jiaofang Palace without entering the Renshou Palace. Seeing that there was no one in the Jiaofang Palace, he thought that the moonlight and the women were in the Zhaotai Palace. The uneasiness in his heart deepened, and he ran away from the garden before he could ask carefully.
Just after the Renshou Palace, when the eunuch asked again, he said, "Princess Moonlight is in the garden." But he didn't say where it was, Gao Cheng hurriedly asked if it was Zhaotai Palace. The eunuch said that he had seen Princess Moonlight by the pickaxe pond and was willing to take King Qi to find it.
Gao Cheng was anxious and left.
However, Liu Taozhi felt that the eunuch said something strange. Fortunately, when he came out of the cave temple in Busan, on the way back to Yecheng, Gao Cheng had already ordered him to send people to Cui Jishu, Chen Yuankang and others' mansions to briefly describe the cave temple in advance, so that the palace would come to see him, and he must have arrived.
The eunuch took Gao Cheng to the garden, and did not go to the Zhaotai Palace, but went straight to the Qiuxin Palace through the pickaxe pond.
Liu Taozhi couldn't help but pull the man and ask where he was going.
The eunuch insisted that the word "moonlight" could be heard clearly.
Gao Cheng thought that this eunuch couldn't know the name of the moonlight, it didn't look like a fake, and he was even more anxious. I have arrived outside the gate of Qiuxin Palace, the palace gate is closed, and I can't see if it is abnormal. It's close at hand, and it's really uneasy not to go in and take a look.
Liu Taozhi refused to be polite at this time, and escorted the eunuch to knock on the door. The gates of Akishin Palace opened almost immediately. It was Liu Taozhi who escorted the eunuch in first.
It was so barren that it looked like it had been uninhabited for a long time, and the courtyard was overgrown with weeds. In the past, Qiuxin Palace was a special place for Emperor Wei to store jade ritual vessels used to worship the heavens. I can't tell how long ago Xiao Qiongju, the princess of Liyang in Southern Liang, lived here.
The current Akishin Palace has long been depressed.
It was here that Gao Cheng learned the news of the death of his father, Gao Huan, the king of martial arts. Also present at that time were Taiwei Sima Ziru and Taibao Sun Teng, who undertook the legacy.
He had to hide the news and keep it secret in case someone caused trouble. But Hou Jing still found clues and defected to Nanliang. Now that I think about it, this is the real mess at this moment. Not only Hou Jing, but also the Yuan Shanjian and the Yuan clan, and the Liang Kingdom of the Southern Dynasties, who doesn't want to take advantage of the opportunity?
Qiuxin Palace is the last place he wants to come.
Stepping through the barren grass, walking up the stone steps, pushing open the temple door, Gao Cheng walked in.
"Moonlight." He couldn't help but shout her name.
The hall was dark and cold, and there was nothing to see, and people didn't want to stay here for a moment.
"Zihui......" Gao Cheng heard a voice. The voice was both familiar and unfamiliar. It wasn't the sound of moonlight, he could tell it right away, and he was alert, "Who is it?" ”
The lights are on. All the lights in the temple were lit. In front of Gao Cheng stood Li Zu'e.
Liu Taozhi, who followed up, saw that it was Mrs. Li, and he carefully looked and searched the palace, but there were only a few slaves and maids. It doesn't seem like there's any danger.
Liu Taozhi didn't notice that the eunuch who led the way didn't enter the hall, and he didn't know where to go for a long time.
The servant maid waited for the bronze ring to be lit and withdrew.
Liu Taozhi also retreated to wait outside the hall.
There are only two people left in the hall, Gao Cheng and Li Zu'e.
"Why are you here?" Gao Cheng asked, he didn't find the moonlight, and he didn't think about staying here for a moment.
"How did King Qi come here?" Li Zu'e asked rhetorically.
Gao Cheng suddenly remembered that Li Zu'e's maiden name was "Moonlight". She is the same as Yu Jiulu's family, and her maiden name is called "Moonlight". It's just that this "moonlight" is not the "moonlight" he thinks in his heart.
Even in such a dim palace, which can only be illuminated by lights, the Li family is also gorgeous. Wearing gold and emerald jewelry, embellished with pearls to show off the body, and the beauty of the country has such a gorgeous decoration, who can not love?
"King Qi only remembers that he is the king of Qi, and he no longer remembers that he was once the eldest prince of Manyun Pavilion in Tenglong Mountain, Jinyang." Sadness welled up in Moonlight's tone.