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Kunning Palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is now the beginning of February, and the spring outside the hall is already sultry, countless trees have grown buds, and even the awe-inspiring winter wind has become much gentler, and the flowers in the flower garden outside the window have grown bones, and they are stretched out by the breeze.

It's just that this pleasant scenery is isolated by doors and windows, the doors and windows in the main hall of Kunning Palace are airtight, and they are full of candles, the smell of this candle oil is quite pungent, and if it is mixed with the smell of carbon in the copper basin, it will make people even more can't help but cover their noses.

It's just that Empress Dowager Zhang ordered to do this, and no one dared to be disobedient, since Empress Dowager Zhang's surname has become uncertain, the eunuchs and palace people who are serving in the Kunning Palace are also a lot more cautious.

Empress Dowager Zhang half sat on the couch chair, her body was slightly tilted, her face looked a lot thinner, and there was no previous plumpness, in front of her case was a cup of tea, and there was a string of Buddhist beads on the case. There is already an incense hall in Kunning Palace, where Empress Dowager Zhang spends most of her time, and she usually comes to greet the emperor, and she just passes the time in a few words.

Empress Dowager Zhang gradually became silent, and everyone in the palace knew about it, so there was less of the usual ease and leisure in this palace, and there was more of a dignified taste.

"Niangniang......" A eunuch stepped in and said in a low voice: "Liu Chengfeng, the king of Chu, has arrived, see you outside the palace." ”

"Pass the ......," Empress Dowager Zhang commanded in a low voice.

It didn't take long for Liu Chengfeng to come in, and when the queen was in charge, he was settling accounts, and when he heard the summons in the palace, he immediately rushed over, and when he arrived in the palace, Liu Chengfeng saluted and said: "Erchen has seen the queen mother." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes were raised, and the bright starry eyes that used to be now gray and dull.

She said lightly: "Liu Qing's family sat down and talked." ”

Liu Chengfeng nodded, sat on the seat that had been prepared, and said: "The Queen Mother has been haggard recently, you should pay more attention to the maintenance of the phoenix body, although Princess Taikang has moved out of the palace now, but I still can't rest assured of you, the mother should also take care of her body for the emperor and the princess." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang just nodded indifferently and said, "These truths are understood by the mourners, and the reason why I called you here this time is because of several recitals from the cabinet. Empress Dowager Zhang's finger pointed to the desk, and then said: "You are now the king of the domain, according to the law of the ancestors, it is time to become a vassal, and it is inevitable that people will gossip if you stay, although the mourning family and the emperor do not want you to leave Beijing, but now the ministers are making a lot of trouble, and now they can only let you go." ”

Liu Chengfeng didn't know whether to be happy or sad in his heart, he had stayed here for so many years, he had already regarded this place as his hometown, but he knew in his heart that this was a place of right and wrong, and the next extremely tragic fight was about to begin, Liu Chengfeng was not afraid to fight with people, but one of the two sides of the battle was the emperor and the other was the cabinet.

In terms of personal feelings, Liu Chengfeng hopes that the emperor will win, Zhu Houzhao has a tacit relationship with him for so many years, and the inseparable friendship, Liu Chengfeng sincerely hopes that his life will never have to experience setbacks.

But ask yourself, Liu Chengfeng also knows that if the emperor wins, it will not only be Zhu Houzhao who wins, but also Liu Jin's people, even if the cabinet and ministers are unbearable, after all, it is still for the good of the society and the world, once the emperor wins, then ...... Every time he thought of this, Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh, he looked up at the Empress Dowager Zhang, and couldn't help but think in his heart, this is only afraid that this is the last time he enters the palace, after going out of the palace, he will go to a place that is both familiar and unfamiliar to him, there, he will start from a new starting point, his future will be brighter, here, he is just a vassal, but when he gets there, he is the master.

"Why, you don't speak?"

Seeing that Liu Chengfeng was silent, Empress Dowager Zhang must have felt sour in her heart, but she asked with an indifferent look.

Liu Chengfeng felt a little choked in his throat, all kinds of emotions converged, and he took a deep breath and said: "Since Erchen is a vassal king, according to the law of his ancestors, it is natural for him to return to the vassal country, originally Erchen wanted to stay longer, but since the ministers are unhappy, how can Erchen make it difficult for the queen mother and the emperor, since this is the case, naturally he does not dare to stay here anymore."

Empress Dowager Zhang sighed faintly and said, "The mourning family knows, you are reluctant, how can the mourning family be willing?" When the emperor leaves, is it reluctant to mourn the family? But you still have to go, and you are the same, the mourning family believes in fate, this is the number of fate, the mourning family wants to be a widow in the number of fate, the emperor wants to be a widow, and the mourning family can only bear it. You are the same, the mourners know you, you don't believe in the destiny of heaven......"

Liu Chengfeng hurriedly defended: "Erchen also believes in the mandate of heaven. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang squinted at Liu Chengfeng and said, "You don't have to defend yourself, don't you know who you are mourning?" You are a person who does not believe in fate, and a person who does not believe in fate is good, and he always wants to change, but the mourning family tells you that there are some things that cannot be changed, and the emperor is leaving, can you change it? You're going to go to the domain, can you change your family? Only those who believe in fate know how to be obedient and obedient, and you don't understand these things now, but you will understand them later. ”

Liu Chengfeng was silent, he was thinking in his heart, am I a person who believes in fate? Perhaps, but ...... Liu Chengfeng smiled bitterly, because he didn't know who he was, if he was a person who believed in his fate, he was afraid that he would still be a poor scholar at most, or a little-known person, but now?

Liu Chengfeng suddenly smiled and said to Empress Dowager Zhang: "Niangniang is right, now that I think about it, Erchen is indeed not a person who believes in fate." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at him deeply and said: "The reason why you don't believe in fate is because you don't want to be at the mercy of others, when the first emperor was alive, he once said to the mourning family, you are a tiger, the tiger is unwilling to be bound by people, the tiger is only willing to walk alone, and the tiger can't tolerate others." Therefore, the first emperor thought about it and allowed you to be a vassal king, hoping to release you, a tiger, into the mountains and forests. ”

When Empress Dowager Zhang talked about the first emperor, the gray eyes suddenly glowed, and the whole person became much brighter, she continued: "The first emperor also said that the only difference between you and the tiger is that you are quite affectionate, so you must control your tiger, you can't use wealth and fortune and position, you need to use affection, the first emperor has the grace of knowing and supervising you, so you are willing to go to the soup for the first emperor; The emperor and you have brotherly righteousness and mutual care, so you will be one with the emperor. In addition to the first emperor and the emperor, the people in this world who want to subdue you are afraid that it will be rare again, so you tiger is better to be released into the mountains and forests as soon as possible, staying here will harm you, you go, more than a lifetime, I don't know when I can come to meet, but you remember, every time the mourning family now eats fasting Buddha, they will not only hope that the first emperor under the spring can continue to enjoy Qingfu in bliss, but also wish the emperor to enjoy the peace of the country, and hope that you and Taikang who are far away in Chu can be safe and happy, okay, that's it, Chen Shi is going to bring, The mourning family is going to incense, you go back and get ready, don't delay going out of Beijing, there is no banquet in the world, and now there are no people singing the song, so naturally it is time for the song to end up. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang said that the person who sang the song was naturally the first emperor, Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart, and couldn't help thinking: Yes, the people who sang the song are no longer there, and this scene should come to an end, but ...... He suddenly thought again: But in Lianzhou, thousands of miles away, where my stage has just been set up, and my play will continue to be performed, but this time, the real protagonist should be me.

He stood up, knelt on the ground respectfully, kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Zhang, and said solemnly: "The Empress Dowager also needs to remember that although the sons and princesses are far away, the empress dowager will always be in the hearts of the sons and princesses. ”

He stood up, Empress Dowager Zhang didn't look at him at all, pinned her face to the side, Liu Chengfeng sighed, turned around and left.

Behind him, the parted face swirled back again, but at this time, the indifferent face showed a little warmth, and the dusty eyes couldn't help but flash tears.

Liu Chengfeng left the palace without hesitation, of course he didn't dare to look back, as if as long as he turned back, his whole person would be broken.

Liu Chengfeng originally wanted to go to Zhu Houzhao to say a few words, but unfortunately he asked the eunuchs, only to know that the emperor had gone to the court to listen to the government, and there were too many things to save recently, and a lot of things were left behind, so the cabinet organized three court meetings, although the emperor didn't want to go, but the cabinet worked hard, but there was no way.

At this point, Liu Chengfeng hoped that Zhu Houzhao would participate in the court meeting more, after all, he had too little experience, and now the affairs of the court could be handed over to the cabinet to deal with it with full power, but what about the future?

People always need to grow up, people always need to become mature, and Zhu Houzhao, who Liu Chengfeng hopes to see, is a son of heaven who can enjoy peace and responsibility.

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao is still far from it.

Liu Chengfeng dismissed the idea of going to see Zhu Houzhao, hurriedly left the palace, and immediately released the news of leaving Beijing, so that the people in the family could get ready, that is, in the next two days, they would go south immediately.

Fortunately, everyone was prepared before, most people didn't have too much sadness, only Duoduo heard the news, was already depressed, and seemed very unhappy, Liu Chengfeng held her infant daughter to accompany her, Liu Fenger was just full-term, but she had grown a lot, although her skin was still a little dark, but she could still see the signs of a beauty between her eyebrows, Liu Chengfeng liked to hold her, and the child's nurse followed Liu Chengfeng at any time, if the child peed or wanted to feed, and then handed it over to the nurse.

Duoduo was originally depressed, but when she saw Liu Feng'er, she suddenly cried anymore, glared at Liu Chengfeng with an angry look, and couldn't help but tease the baby child.

After all, Duoduo is a girl who has not been involved in any affairs, she lives in the palace all the year round, and she has not been polluted by too many mundane things, so there are not many jealous things in the Liu family. In addition, this child has a unique status in the Liu family, and everyone likes it when he sees it, how can Duoduo be exempt from vulgarity.

(To be continued)