Chapter Seventy-Nine: Concubine Yang and Empress Xiao

ps: I'm going to accompany my wife to the exam soon, and the editor is also urging it to be put on the shelves, fortunately Lao Yu didn't bring a bank card, and he couldn't be certified, so he could only put it on the shelves tomorrow, and today because of the relatively little time, he can only have more chapters of 4,000 words, I hope you can understand.

"Lady of Sui?" Li Su asked a little strangely, today the mother concubine called him and Li Ke, and actually said that she was going to take them to visit Mrs. Sui, but Li Su had never heard of this person, let alone knew what the other party was from?

"You muddy boy, is Mrs. Sui Guo also called you?" Concubine Yang angrily stretched out her hand and nodded Li Su's head, but Li Ke was stunned when he heard this name, he was not like Li Su, he didn't know anything, he had already heard of the name Mrs. Sui Guo, and he also knew the complicated relationship between Concubine Yang and Empress Xiao and her mother in Chapter 79.

However, Concubine Yang then said with some self-reproach: "Alas, I am also to blame for this matter, no matter what, she is also your grandmother, and she has suffered so much, I, as a daughter, have never taken you to see her once." ”

"Grandmother?" Hearing this title, Li Su was also stunned, thinking about his mother's life experience, he immediately thought of a person, who could make him call his grandmother, should only be the hard-working Queen Xiao, at the same time, Li Su suddenly figured it out, why did Xiao Yu Xiao Lao Guogong take care of himself so much, that Queen Xiao is Xiao Yu's own sister, he is his uncle, and I heard that the relationship between their sister and brother is very good, it seems that Xiao Yu wrote a letter to this sister in the first place, was also belittled once by his father Li Shimin.

"Mother, what happened back then ......" Li Ke knows more about Concubine Yang, and he doesn't understand what happened to his mother today, why he wants to see his titular grandmother?

"Okay, no one is allowed to mention the things of the year again!" Concubine Yang glared at Li Ke, and then ordered Li Ke again, "You are not allowed to ask again, although Mrs. Sui Guo is not my Seventy-Ninth Chapter Yang Concubine and Empress Xiao's biological mother, but nominally she is still my grandmother and your grandmother, so after arriving, you will show me respect, especially you, Su'er, put away your flamboyant tongue for me, or I will come back to clean you up!" ”

Seeing that the concubine was furious, Li Ke and Li Su immediately shut up, although Li Su wanted to know very much what happened between his mother and that Empress Xiao, but now was obviously not the time. There are many records in history about his titular grandmother, and there are more rumors in the wild history, but whether it is the official history or the wild history, there are very few descriptions of this Empress Xiao after returning to the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't expect her to be named Mrs. Sui by her father.

After getting the two sons done, Concubine Yang asked people to prepare some gifts, now Concubine Yang is not like before, she can't hold anything decent in her hand, even if it was a gift from Li Ke to honor her, she also gave it to Li Su, and Li Ke complained about her mother. However, after Li Su had plenty of money, he immediately paid filial piety to Concubine Yang, and went into the palace every once in a while to give some gifts, and he was also generous, rewarding the palace maids in the palace at every turn, and now as long as Li Su enters the palace, a bunch of people will immediately gather around him to rush to serve.

After preparing a few more expensive gifts, she selected some commonly used gifts, and then Concubine Yang took the two Li Su brothers and went to the Sui State Lady's Mansion in a carriage. Although she is the queen of the previous dynasty, Li Shimin is very generous to her, not only is she named the lady of the Sui Kingdom, but also the mansion is on the edge of the imperial city, accounting for nearly half of the area, almost the same as Li Su's Liang Wangfu, of course, this is not known if it is for the sake of Concubine Yang and Xiao Yu.

Although the mansion is large and gorgeous, but for some reason, when Li Su saw this Sui State Lady Mansion from the carriage, he always felt an indescribable bleakness, and even in this hot summer, there was an eerie coldness inside and outside the mansion, but fortunately this was in the summer when the plants were luxuriant, if it was autumn when the autumn wind swept the leaves, it was estimated that this mansion would be similar to a ghost house.

The carriage arrived at the gate of the ghost house, but found that there was not even a person at the door, and a chamberlain brought by Concubine Yang immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the empty knocking sound rang for a long time, and finally someone opened the door through a gap, and an old man with white hair stuck his head out, squinted at them, and then asked lazily: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Although the old man's voice was very old, it had an indescribable sharpness, and seeing that his chin was also smooth, it was not difficult to guess that the other party should be an old eunuch.

"Wu Liangan, I didn't expect you to be so old?" Before the waiter who knocked on the door could answer, Concubine Yang, who had been staring at the door in the carriage, suddenly spoke, with a sense of being a person in a low tone.

Hearing Concubine Yang's voice, a trace of doubt flashed in the old eunuch's eyes, and he turned his head to look at the carriage, although the distance was not far, but his old eyes were so dizzy that he couldn't see the appearance of the people on the carriage at all.

Concubine Yang sighed, got up and prepared to get out of the car, Li Su was immediately the first to jump down and help her mother down. When Concubine Yang approached, the old eunuch finally saw the appearance of the person who came, and there was a trace of confusion in his eyes, and then his face immediately turned to ecstasy, pushed the door open and ran two steps, stepped forward and knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Old slave Wu Liang'an, see Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess!" His Royal Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose! As he spoke, he knocked his head several times in succession, and when he raised his head again, his face was already full of tears.

Suddenly hearing the title of 'Ninth Princess', Concubine Yang's expression was also stunned, she hadn't heard this familiar title for many years, she was ranked ninth among the sisters back then, so everyone in the palace was called the Ninth Princess. It's just that since the country broke down and the family died, she entered the palace to be Li Shimin's concubine, and this title has never been mentioned again, and then with the passage of time, the name of the ninth princess has gradually forgotten herself.

"Get up!" Looking at the old man in front of her, and thinking of some past events, Concubine Yang couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes, and reached out to help him up and said, "I heard that Mrs. Sui Guo is unwell, I don't know how it is now?" ”

The old eunuch named Wu Liangan stood up and wiped his tears, and immediately replied when he heard Concubine Yang's question: "Your Royal Highness, the queen didn't think about some tea and rice because the weather was too hot a few days ago, and her health was a little worse. "Although the Great Sui has been extinct for many years, Wu Liangan still uses the names of Concubine Yang and Empress Xiao back then, but he is so old, and he is a eunuch, and he is not afraid that someone will trouble him because of such a trivial matter.

Wu Liangan suddenly paused when he said this, and then slapped himself fiercely and said: "Your Highness, forgive me, the old slave is old and confused, and he let you stand outside the door for so long, Your Highness, please come in, the old slave will go to report to the queen, if she hears that you are coming, she will definitely be happy!" As he spoke, he welcomed Concubine Yang in very enthusiastically, and arranged for someone to lead them to the main hall to entertain guests, while he himself rushed to the backyard to report the good news to Mrs. Sui Guo at a speed that did not match his age, which really made people worry about whether his old bones would automatically disintegrate halfway.

Li Su took advantage of this opportunity to take a closer look at the mansion of the lady of the Sui State, which was more yin, but found that there seemed to be nothing special in the house, and there was a wide avenue at the main entrance, leading directly into the main hall of the main hall for guests, but unlike Li Su's mansion, the front of the main hall was not a flat square, but in addition to the avenue they walked, they were all planted with flowers and plants, and it seemed that they were not often taken care of, and some flowers and plants grew on the road.

They followed the servant who led the way into the main hall, as soon as they entered the temple door, they smelled a faint stale atmosphere, although the hall is very clean, it seems that someone should often clean it, but maybe the master's house has not been used for a long time, so the hall lacks a life, entering here is like entering an old house that has been uninhabited for many years, making people feel cool from the bottom of their hearts.

Concubine Yang looked around the situation in the hall, and sat down silently, but with a trace of sadness on her face, Li Ke and Li Su also knew that their mother was in a bad mood, and they didn't dare to disturb her, so they sat down under Concubine Yang's head respectively.

After waiting for a while, I heard a quick and chaotic footsteps coming from behind the apse, but when I walked to the corner door of the hall, the footsteps suddenly stopped, and after a while, an old hand opened the bead curtain on the corner door, and then a white-haired figure slowly walked out of it.

Li Su took a look and found that it was an old woman who came in, wearing a very ordinary skirt, and her thin body was slightly rickety, but there was a majestic momentum standing there, which made people dare not face it. It's just that now this majestic old woman has a somewhat sickly look on her face, and the corners of her forehead and eyes are also covered with fine lines, and she looks a little haggard. No need to ask, this old woman must be the former Empress Xiao of the Dynasty, and the current Lady of the Sui Kingdom.

As soon as this Empress Xiao came in, she immediately saw Concubine Yang sitting on the chair, her eyes showed an excited look, her face was a little more unnaturally flushed, and she said in a trembling voice: "Nine...... Jiuniang! You're finally ...... Finally come to see as a mother! ”

Although it was only two short sentences, it made the old lady burst into tears, and I saw her stretch out her hand and take a few steps forward, as if she wanted to touch Concubine Yang's face, but because she was too excited, coupled with the initial recovery of her illness, before she walked in front of Concubine Yang, her body suddenly leaned forward, and she was about to fall, and the servants who came with her screamed in fright, and wanted to rush up but it was too late. Fortunately, Concubine Yang reacted very quickly, hurriedly took a few steps forward, and helped the old man, which avoided a tragedy.

Seeing her titular mother so excited, Concubine Yang sighed in her heart, helped her up and said softly: "Mother, it's the daughter who is not filial, and she has only come to visit her mother today." ”

"No, it's my mother who is not good, I was so harsh on your mother and daughter back then, I thought that Jiu Niang you would never forgive you as a mother in your life, but I didn't expect Jiu Niang to be magnanimous, and you can even visit me, an ominous person, I~ I ......" In the end, Queen Xiao was crying, with endless remorse in her expression and tone.

Concubine Yang's mother is one of Yang Guang's concubines, because of her beautiful appearance and gentle personality, she is very favored, but this has caused Queen Xiao's jealousy, so from time to time she will find excuses to blame Concubine Yang's mother and daughter, Concubine Yang's mother is depressed for this, plus she has always been in poor health, and under the last serious illness, she actually died of incense, for which Yang Guang also cried bitterly, and Concubine Yang had already remembered at the time, she thought that her mother's death and Queen Xiao's deliberate dilemma had a direct relationship, so she had been very hostile to her, And Empress Xiao doesn't like this ninth princess who is very similar to her mother, and she is also very distant from her, and she is the last to think of any good things, and Yang Guang has many children, and she rarely thinks that she has such a daughter. So when I visited Jiangdu that year, almost all the princes and princesses went, but there was only one missing Concubine Yang, but who knew that the world was unpredictable, but Concubine Yang escaped a catastrophe because of this and became Li Shimin's concubine, while Queen Xiao was displaced and had enough of the country's ruin.

Although Empress Xiao indirectly saved Concubine Yang's life, Concubine Yang did not have any gratitude to her, after all, Queen Xiao had an unshirkable responsibility for the death of her biological mother, coupled with the contradictions and hostility between her and Empress Xiao in her youth, so in the eyes of Concubine Yang, Empress Xiao was still an unforgivable person, so in the fourth year of Zhenguan, Queen Xiao returned to Tang, but Concubine Yang, the nominal daughter, never came to see her, and even Xiao Yu never had a good face. The reason why she is so resolutely opposed is that in addition to Xiao Wenxin's status as a concubine, she also doesn't want her son to have anything to do with their Xiao family.

"Alas~, mother, the things of the year have passed, after going through so many things, what do you and I can't see?" Concubine Yang sighed and said with a desolate face.

After experiencing the tragedy of the country's collapse and the death of the family, Concubine Yang's hatred for Empress Xiao has faded a lot, but the deepest trace of hatred in her heart cannot be eliminated. Xiao Yu asked Li Su to relay the words to Concubine Yang, but Concubine Yang felt a trace of sympathy for Empress Xiao's bleak evening. Later, after knowing that Li Ke was falsely accused of rebellion because of the Tubo slaves, Concubine Yang was shocked and suddenly discovered that Li Ke and Li Su brothers did not have a reliable helper in the court.

After discovering this situation, as a mother who is very sensitive to politics, Concubine Yang made a decision, that is, to win over the Xiao family and let Xiao Yu become her son's eyes, ears and help in the court, so she suddenly changed her attitude towards Xiao Wenxin and let go of the grievances with Queen Xiao. All of this she did can be said to be for the two brothers Li Ke and Li Su.

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