Chapter 3: Ups and Downs (Part 3)
A pair of plain hands quietly reached over and gathered the folds on the ground together. "Don't clean it up!" Yang Guangguang shouted, and the moment he saw the owner of his hand, the resentment in his heart turned into grievances. Rushing up, he once again brought the other party together and kicked them apart, kicking and shouting orders, "Don't pick, I order you not to pick, stop, these are scraps!" β
But the master of the hand refused to obey the order, and squatted on the ground and moved forward a few steps, and once again gathered the scattered pieces.
"I said you weren't allowed to clean up!" Yang Guang roared and kicked the fold away again, and the owner of the hand went to pick it up again. He kicked again, she cleaned up, kicked again, cleaned up again...... Finally, Yang Guang and the owner of his hand were tired, and the two of them sat on the carpet panting, looking at each other and smiling bitterly.
"Who, which one is you?" Yang Guang turned his head and looked around, looking for the next target to vent. Several eunuchs immediately trembled with fright, and the frightened rats pressed their heads against the walls of the imperial tent.
"Your Majesty, don't blame them. If it is a state affair, the concubine should not come. But my husband is angry and his body is a family matter, so the concubine has to come! The owner of the hand replied gently, as if sitting in front of him was a child who was angry.
For his wife Xiao, Yang Guang has always been respectful and loving. His wife was born in the south surnamed Xiao, and she is one in a million talents regardless of blood, character, appearance, and wisdom. For so many years, whether it is a day of spring breeze or a day of fear, the two of them have been supporting each other through. In those days when the Jin Dynasty pretended to be frugal in order to win the heir, the Xiao family did not complain about the hardships of life. When he entered the world of the palace mother, Xiao did not forget the duty of a wife because he was too happy.
"Alas!" Yang Guang sighed helplessly, and stretched out his hand to push away the music beside him. He didn't want his wife to see what was on the fold. In order to show their loyalty, a few local officials who were as stupid as pigs gave him a lot of "unpleasant advice" based on the rumors of the people.
Empress Xiao smiled and moved her body, her hands and feet folded around her to her side. Pick them up one by one and stack them on top of each other. She tried her best not to let her eyes sweep to the fold, the harem would be criticized, her husband was already very annoying, and she didn't want to add another layer of trouble to him.
"Alas!" Yang Guang sighed again, turned sideways, and made a pile of music near his arm.
"Come on, concubine, Your Majesty rest!" Empress Xiao gently admonished. The movement of his hand quickened, and the carpet between the two of them was vacated.
The husband and wife smiled at each other, and they both saw love in each other's eyes. The two tired bodies slowly approached, approached, and finally leaned together, forming support for each other.
"Your Majesty, why is it so angry!" Empress Xiao folded the fold to his feet and whispered comfort.
"They are chasing after the wind and shadows and spreading rumors!" Yang Guang straightened his body and tried to make his wife more comfortable. "If I can tolerate other rumors, there are some things that I can't do at all, but they are all like they have seen it with their own eyes, and they are telling the truth!"
"Rumors stop at the wise! Your Majesty ignores it, and after a long time, it will naturally subside! Empress Xiao stretched out her shoulders and felt the solidity around her with all her tenderness.
"They say that I am a pervert, a whore, addicted to beauty and wasted the government, and ......" Yang Guang shook his head helplessly, "I also killed Gao Ying because I coveted Zhang Lihua's beauty!" β
"Poof!" Empress Xiao couldn't help but laugh out loud, "This, these things have no evidence. Even if His Majesty really likes which woman, it is His Majesty's private matter, what does it have to do with them! β
She smiled beautifully, although she was no longer young, she still made people feel that the tent lit up instantly, and then, everyone's vision slowly returned to normal.
"Aren't you angry at all?" Yang Guang asked in surprise.
"Zhang Lihua has been dead for more than 20 years, even if she didn't die back then, she is still over sixty years old, an old lady with goosebumps, what kind of wind do I have to fight with her for no reason? As for these sisters in the palace, who His Majesty is obsessed with and who he doesn't like, no one knows better than me, so why listen to outsiders chewing their tongues! Empress Xiao looked at the flowing clouds outside the window and replied faintly.
The husband is not a lustful person, if he insists that he is addicted to beauty, he may be the most obsessed with himself. He said that he liked the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, so he took himself down to Yangzhou. He said that he was not used to living in Chang'an, so he took himself to Luoyang. I didn't want to be separated from him for too long, so I went on an expedition to Goryeo, and he was also with him. Maybe this is a bit too indulgent, but the folk husband and wife still pay attention to your kindness and love, the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty is gentle with the queen, is it necessarily a crime?
"Although you are a woman, you are much smarter than those officials!" Yang Guang smiled bitterly and praised it, stretched out his legs, and used the tips of his boots to hook back the part of the song that he had just tried his best to push away, unfolded it, and pushed it under his wife's nose. It was written by a petty official from the Confucian family in Qufu, who kept saying that he did not believe in folk rumors, but advised the emperor to be diligent and love the people, stay away from the harem, and set a moral example for the people of the world. Obviously, in his bones, this person has taken all those rumors as facts.
"This is Your Majesty's private matter, and they are far away, so naturally they don't understand it very well. Thinking of his loyalty, Your Majesty should not pursue it! Empress Xiao glanced at the fold as fast as she could, and suggested with a smile.
"What about I? If I really belittle him, people in the world will think that I don't know what to do. But keep this foolish guy, he doesn't know how to block me in a few days! Yang Guang threw the fold into the air again, watching it slowly fall and float to the corner of the tent. If I really go back to the harem a few times less, and go to the court a few more times, I can make the anti-thief die down, and I am willing to agree to him. But I'm afraid that if I do this, the thieves still don't admit it! β
"Some people rebel, so naturally they pay equal attention to suppression. If the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are not available, how can the thieves put down the weapons in their hands by themselves! Empress Xiao shook her head and smiled. probably felt that the ideas of some officials were too wishful thinking, and a little mockery flashed between his eyebrows.
"I say the same thing, but someone pulls unrelated things together. To be honest, even in state affairs, some people are far less knowledgeable than you! Yang Guang also shook his head, and moved the folds that had just been sorted out and spread them out on the ground one by one.
"Look at them, this is my official of the Great Sui. Look, they put bandits everywhere They don't worry about it, but what are they worried about? Look at this, look at this......." he pointed his finger and showed his wife one by one. "Look, it's such a big pile, and there's a stack over there, and a few of them are talking about serious things. With a first-class official position, the best celebrity, he will entangle a five-grade general all day long. I don't know if they have too little to do, or if they feel that their days as officials are too long and they need to go home and rest for a while! β
Empress Xiao didn't want to be in politics, but she didn't want her husband to continue to be irritable. I had to follow Yang Guang's fingers half-push and half-on-the-spot to sweep a few glances at the music on the ground, and with a sweep, her curiosity was immediately aroused. There were more than a dozen copies of the folds that were spread out in front of him, except for one saying that the local flood was asking for relief from the imperial court, and another saying that the bandits were serious and the government had failed to expropriate and suppress them. The rest is actually written around whether or not to reward a five-pin general named Li Xu.
"Has this General Li offended many people?" Empress Xiao looked sideways at her husband and asked in surprise.
"He has just been a lang for less than three months, who can he have the opportunity to offend?" Yang Guang replied dejectedly. He felt humiliated and ashamed that the civil and military officials of the Great Sui had embarrassed him in front of his wife.
"He, is he from the Qinghe Li family or the Li family on the right side of the ridge?" Empress Xiao is worthy of the blood of Emperor Wu of Southern Qi in her body, and the second sentence is close to the point.
"It would be nice if he was born in the Qinghe Li family or the Li family on the right side of the ridge, at least someone would take care of it for him!" Yang Guang continued to shake his head and smile bitterly. It is difficult for no one in the DPRK to be an official, this folk proverb he has heard before, and now it seems that it is really a good saying.
"And what did he do out of the ordinary?" Empress Xiao continued to ask.
"When the army retreated last year, he went against the grain and rescued Xue Shixiong by the Ma Qi water. A few years later, I sent him to Maqishui again, and successfully picked up Yuwenshu and 300,000 troops! I just wanted to reward him, but suddenly he became heinous in the mouths of the ministers! β
"Your Majesty said this, the concubine understands a little!" Empress Xiao's eyes turned, and her gaze was as smart as water.
"You understand what! Tell me about it! Yang Guang asked while cleaning up the folds that had been spread out.
"This person has made too many contributions, and the ministers are sour, so prevent him from being favored!" Empress Xiao deliberately used a word to describe a woman to describe the thoughts of the ministers. The word was used so aptly that several eunuchs hiding in the corner of the tent couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Get out of here!" Yang Guang raised his head and scolded with a smile. The wife's words are too relieving, full of Huagon, all of them look bright and upright, but in fact, they are not as open-minded as a group of jealous women.
"No one is allowed to spread today's words, otherwise, don't blame me for being polite!" Facing the backs of the eunuchs, he added loudly. Turning around, he stretched out his arms and took his wife in his arms, laughing, and asked, "Then what do you say I should do?" β
"No, there won't be no one to speak for him!" Empress Xiao looked around vigilantly, and found that there was no sign of courtiers around, and her body went limp, and she lay comfortably in her husband's arms. "He comes from a humble background, and those humerus ministers around you must not like him. But these people have never been harmonious, and they will not all unite against a post-born boy! β
"If they all impeach one person, I really won't be too embarrassed. It's a big deal to give him a false position, and then let him go home to wait for the vacancy, which will save the ministers and save himself trouble! Yang Guang picked out a few other folds and unfolded them in turn in front of his wife's eyes. Look, these are praising him, and they simply praise him as the reincarnation of his grandson and the rebirth of Wu Qi. If I don't reuse him, I don't know the talent, and I'm stupid! β
"Is this person really that powerful?" Empress Xiao couldn't believe those words. Sit up a little straighter, and look at it one by one, Pei Ju, Pei Yun, Wang Anzhi, Yang Jingde...... A large number of civil officials, both familiar and unfamiliar, are trying their best to confirm Li Xu's merits.
These civil officials almost unanimously agreed that Li Xu had made the first contribution in both Eastern Crusades. Especially this last time, without him, it would have been impossible for the 300,000-strong army to return west safely.
"I see, this is taking advantage of the situation to share favors!" Empress Xiao smiled and said a term for harem ladies.
Note: Empress Xiao, that is, the concubine Xiao in folklore, the daughter of Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang Jianwen, and the wife of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui. After Liang's death, Xiao Yue defected to the Northern Zhou Dynasty and gave birth to this daughter. After the death of Sui, she was taken to the Turks, and later returned to the Tang Dynasty, where she was placed in the capital, where she died in her eighties. According to the official history, Yang Guang and the Xiao family had a very close relationship, resulting in very few concubines accepted by Yang Guang, which was completely different from the Huaxin Emperor in the wild history. Empress Xiao gave birth to Yang Zhao for Yang Guang when he was seventeen years old, and according to the woman's reproductive age, she was over sixty years old when she returned to the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Ye Shi said that Li Shimin accepted it in the harem, which is pure nonsense.
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