Chapter 19 The Coming Day is Long
Just when I was so angry that I wanted to scold, Manager Xu came to report: "Your Highness, Xiao Gongzi is here!" ”
"Let him in!" I sat up from the couch and straightened my clothes to try to look as good as I could.
Qingyu helped me pour a glass of chilled grape juice, and when he saw the fine beads of sweat oozing from the tip of my nose, he took out a towel and gently wiped it off for me. I also had a few more ice basins in the house, and a few in front of me, and a folding fan in my hand to bring cool air to me.
I've been crossing into Gu Tianba's body for more than a month, and in addition to taking my pulse, Qing Yu won't have any skin-to-skin contact with me. Of course I'm very happy to be so gentle and considerate to me today. But I also faintly noticed that his actions were too deliberate, deliberately so that I could guess that he was in trouble, if his emotional intelligence was not high!
"Your Royal Highness, I know that you have a deep affection for Princess Anping, but the people kneeling outside the East Palace are the founding loyal ministers of Tianyu Kingdom and the few brave generals who can lead troops to fight now. For the sake of a little contradiction between women, it is really impossible to make the monarch and the minister deviate from morality! ”
After listening to his words, the smile on my face still froze, "Are you here to help the group of people outside intercede or to help Lin Muhan intercede?" ”
"Neither!" Qing Yu looked into my eyes, "Has Your Highness thought about it, what will happen to those people outside if Yuguo leaves this day?" ”
"It's a big deal to promote some new generals, I don't believe it, my Tianyu country's 300,000 troops, can it be that without those people, won't they go into battle to kill the enemy?"
"Your Highness, there is naturally no shortage of warriors in the Tianyu army who go into battle to kill the enemy, but if there is no general who can lead and command them, it is just a group of scattered sand without order and strength cannot be concentrated. And this general who leads the troops to fight, in addition to martial arts, must also be proficient in various military art formations, and it may take some time to re-cultivate. Tianyu was founded in just 20 years, and the foundation is unstable, the war continues, without them, it is equivalent to cutting off an arm, a little enemy army takes the opportunity to attack, the unscrupulous general in the army called Tianyu how to face the war? ”
"Why fight? If others have the ability to let all the people in the world live and work in peace and contentment, why not take advantage of the beauty of others? Lin Muyu himself is a little person, like all little people, he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he knows that most people in this world want their family to be safe even if they live a little poorer and harder. Who is the emperor in the world and what does it matter to us, our wish is to be able to live a stable life without worrying about food and clothing.
Although I occupied Gu Tianba's body and became the crown prince of this Tianyuguo, my heart is still just the Lin Muyu who longs for the quiet years. Anyone's life is life, and it hurts to cut anyone with a knife. Fighting is just a struggle for power and profit, and once you will succeed, you will hang your head on your trouser belt and fight for it, it is better to plant an acre of land with a wife and children in a hot pit.
As for the emperor, it's just a job with a good salary! There is nothing wrong with competing for jobs. Why do you have to worry about those innocent people?
"Don't fight?" Qing Yu obviously didn't expect me to say such negative words, "Does Your Highness want to watch Tianyu Kingdom change hands with your own eyes?" ”
"What is the matter with the country breaking through the mountains and rivers? Mountains and rivers are the mountains and rivers of the world, the mountains are magnificent, the rivers are surging, who in the world can make the mountains and rivers bow down? The country is broken, and the important thing is that the people we care about are safe and sound. ”
"Your Highness! Do you think that if you give up Tianyu Country to others, you can let the people of Tianyu Kingdom avoid a war, but have you ever thought about it, if you change to the Northern Desert Huyan clan to rule this Tianyu Kingdom, will the people of Tianyu Kingdom, including yourself, still have a way to live? ”
The Northern Desert was originally a nomadic people who were fierce and warlike by nature, and after the fall of the Fengqi Kingdom, the Huyan clan was the strongest tribe in the northern part of Fengqi, and the other forty-eight tribes on the northern grassland were bloodied, and Huyanzhuo was called the emperor of the Northern Desert. Later, the Northern Desert expanded, constantly annexing the surrounding small countries, reducing those citizens to slaves, and bullying and trading them like livestock. If I really let the Northern Desert Hu Yanzhuo rule Tianyu Kingdom, I would rather all Tianyu Baixu die on the battlefield than let them live that life is worse than pigs and dogs, and life is worse than death.
"Not only in the northern desert, but also in the northern desert, after capturing the enemy's cities, they will massacre the cities, or loot the food treasures, and then set fire to destroy the cities that took hundreds of years to build. Does Your Highness think that if you surrender the enemy army without a fight, you will let the people of Tianyu Kingdom go? Since the destruction of Fengqi country for 20 years, the countries have been in constant war, the food supply is seriously insufficient, the farmers are hungry to plough the fields, the soldiers are hungry to fight, the so-called poor is extremely evil, do you think you surrender without a fight, they will not rob the people's food when they enter the city, and do not occupy the people's homes? The people are homeless and have no rice to eat, how can they live and work in peace and contentment? Qing Yu stood up, folded his hands and raised his hands to salute me respectfully, "Your Highness, think twice!" ”
I admit that I was too idealistic, thinking that the war here is the same as the US presidential campaign, and whoever comes to power is a virtue. The young people on the street are still drinking Coca-Cola and Starbucks; Scramble for apples 4, 5, 6. playing cards, smoking, and eating stalls; But I ignored that, after all, it was not the United States that was well-fed and blind, but it never moved Mexico and Canada around it, and never brought the flames of war to its side. If you are bored, you will start a war in other countries and watch the excitement yourself. Then take advantage of the fire to rob and pick up some benefits for nothing.
The war here is a face-to-face battle with real swords and real guns, and defeat is a corpse in the wilderness, and winning is only a few full meals. And these people who started the war and finally benefited from it, but they hid in luxurious palaces, wine pools and meat forests, hugging left and right.
Reality is always so cruel, and you have to give in to it. This is true of the war, and so are the kneeling men outside the East Palace. I knew I had to compromise. After all, I don't have any great talents, and I don't have the ability to change this era, so I can only adapt to this era.
At the moment, I really don't have any other way but to compromise.
Lin Muhan: Yes! Come to Japan, what you did to Mu Yu, I'll write it down for you first. And these people outside the East Palace, the tiger is not powerful, you really think I am a little cat? Anyway, Lin Muyu was the best student in the whole grade from the first grade of primary school to high school, even if he didn't have the ability to change the world, not everyone could handle it.
It's Shen time, that is, three o'clock in the afternoon, let them kneel for an hour or two, and when it's almost dark, I will put on a posture of adults not remembering villains and spare Lin Muhan. By the way, take a good look at these ministers who are messing around with Su Chonghua, and save them from threatening me in this way if they have nothing to do, I don't care, their old bones can't withstand such a toss a few times!
However, Su Chonghua is really too arrogant, and these generals and military officials, don't they just think that no one can lead troops to fight without them? When I find a candidate to replace them, and any of you provoke me again, I will remove him from his post and remove him from office!" Hum! Anyway, I'm a prince.
Hey, today's incident is really a wretch!
The next day, I lied to the golden-faced master that I was going to the secret room to take a nap, and asked him to open the iron armor for me. Then she changed into a simple women's dress and slipped out of the palace from the secret passage, all the way to the Prime Minister's Mansion and entered Mu Yu's courtyard.
Yesterday's incident frightened Mu Yu, coupled with Cai Ling's death, Mu Yu cried for a night and his eyes were swollen like two peaches, but he still reluctantly got up from the bed to participate in the competition of the first beauty. I was afraid that she would not be able to support her body, so I volunteered to participate in the competition on her behalf.
In fact, during these days, I often borrowed the reason of going to the secret room to take a nap, and asked the golden-faced master to help me unload the iron armor and sneak out of the palace to play with Mu Yu, and I didn't sneak back from the secret passage until dinner time. In addition to talking and chatting with Mu Yu, Mu Yu also taught me to play the piano and dance. Although he has only learned a little fur, Gu Tianba's skeleton is naturally soft and slender, even if it is just a simple hand, it has a light and wonderful charm when it is made.
Put on Mu Yu's dance clothes, wash off the dark face of the ointment to reveal the pearl-like smooth skin, tie the hair on the top of the head and tie it with a ribbon, the ribbon and the long tips of the hair hang down behind him, which seems random, but it makes the whole makeup more agile and generous, beautiful.
Let Mu Yu wait at home obediently, I covered the veil and rode Mu Yu's carriage to the place of the competition.
I'm no stranger to going on stage, because in the past, every time I didn't take the exam, I would be read out of my name on the rostrum at the whole school assembly to receive the award. But this time is different, because what I have to do is not to take the beautiful certificate from the leader and walk off the stage with my chest up in the warm applause of the students, but from this moment on, this stage belongs to me, applause or applause, it all depends on my immediate performance on stage.
The sound of silk and bamboo started, I gently raised my hand and rotated, the soft lilac gauze skirt bloomed into a blooming flower in the center of the stage as if it came to life with my dance, as my arms were raised, the wide sleeves slid through the white skin to reveal the slender arms intertwined and danced, and the slender ten fingers trembled gently like the silk blown by the breeze.
Sneaking a glance at the audience, full of appreciative eyes, I was secretly proud in my heart, it seems that the top three in this competition already have a place for me.
At that moment, a mismatched drum almost threw me out of order. Then, the pipa, which should have stopped, repeated the last few syllables, disrupting all the rhythms of the musicians, but no one stopped, and the music became more and more chaotic, even if I still danced the steps, but with the chaotic music, it seemed unintentional and even funny.
They did it on purpose! Otherwise, when there is a discord in the score, these best musicians in the capital should stop and start even if they can't get the music back on track, instead of playing like they are now.
Some people in the audience began to heckle, shouting that my dance was worthless, and bombarding me off the stage. I had to stop dancing and ask the musician to play again, and then the zither broke its strings, the sheng was dumb, and the little bell that played the dulcimer flew to the audience......
A beautiful solo dance actually attracted bursts of laughter from the audience. My face was flushed with embarrassment, but there was nothing I could do with these people, after all, I was alone, and they were obviously instigated. This is their territory, and I am as helpless and helpless as I was when I was forced to the hotel window that day.
"Cai Ling knows that he has no grudge with you and no enmity in the near future, why do you repeatedly tease me? If you don't want to accompany Cailing, you can go to the side to drink tea and hand over this stage to Cailing alone. Although Cai Ling is a woman, she also knows that she would rather be broken than broken, but I don't know whose benefits you have received, and you have tarnished the reputation of this musician so much! Or do you think that this elegant score is not worthy of the few taels of silver you received? That's why you despise the musical instrument in your hand so much and go along with that person! ”
The musicians are so pretentious, and now they are all speechless when I choke on them, you look at me, I look at you, and they all took their instruments and stepped aside.