Chapter 180: Xia Cicada (19)
After a palace banquet, the hairpin of the noble concubine at that time was picked up by Scarlet, and it happened to be seen by Xiao, and after that time, Scarlet fell into Xiao's clutches step by step, Xiao was behind, Lan'er was in front, after some other means, Scarlet was firmly grasped by them, and they would follow them to harm people, and finally there was a scene in front of His Majesty and me, self-confession and framing of Cao's.
The Cao family was ungrounded, and in order to compensate her, she was named a concubine, but the original Xiao Guifei was grounded in the pavilion.
The Xiao family was born in the army, and its ancestors were nobles of the previous dynasty, and it was Xiao Yuanqing, a general under the command of Empress Zhang, who created today's foundation. However, General Xiao had no heirs, and after his death, the family business was inherited by his younger brother.
After the death of Empress Zhang, Taizu felt that General Xiao had no descendants to sacrifice, so he chose a son from his younger brother's children, passed on to General Xiao, and inherited the title of Wu Chehou, and the younger brother's family, because they had a meal with Empress Zhang, their family was also named Yuming Hou.
Therefore, the great sage has been circulating, the Xiao family has two marquis, and it was prosperous for a while, and it was an example for the world.
Until the previous generation, Yu Minghou was the heir of the lineage, and in the Wuchehou family, he chose an heir and inherited the throne. Therefore, the two marquis of the Xiao family today are a pair of brothers, Xiao Qiwen and Xiao Qiwu.
And Xiao is the sister of the two people. The descendants of Wu Chehou's family are all in the army, and now Xiao Qiwen, the deputy general of General Xu of the Southern Army, and later led the Feixiong Army alone, the number of Feixiong Army is 100,000, and he was originally General Xiao's personal soldiers, and now he is also regarded as inheriting General Xiao's legacy.
I thought that everything would end after Xiao was grounded in the pavilion, because I had been living a happy life under my mother since I was a child, and it turned out that I was still a little too tender.
The Feixiong Army was originally the younger brother of the Queen Mother, and the current general of the Northern Army, General Jiang Wanjiang, was under the control.
One day two years later, he secretly played to His Majesty, saying that the Feixiong Army had moved, and the original deputy general of the Feixiong Army, who was a general under General Jiang Da, was dismissed from his post by Xiao Qiwen on trumped-up charges and was idle at home.
Therefore, after some investigation, General Jiang learned that the Feixiong army had already dispatched from the garrison Pengcheng and marched south, and was about to reach the garrison of the southern army, General Xu Antai, and at the same time, the king of Yu, who was closest to the Liang army, also received a report from the spies that the Liang army was gathering troops and horses from the northern front, led by the general Zili himself, and in a few days, he could form an army to attack Dasheng.
"This is to flank the southern army inside and outside" Your Majesty glanced at me after reading the military report, and my heart sank, this is, and there is another war.
I was terrified, so I whispered, "Second prince, now on the mansion of Prince Lian, and Lord Lian is also on the southern line." ”
"They, I'm afraid that they will fight this idea again, come here, send a fast horse, send a letter to Prince Lian, and make the second prince Rongying..."
"No, Your Majesty, the second prince is only nine years old now." I grabbed His Majesty's arm, he was going to give the order to kill Rong Ying.
"I have to kill this rebel, I just let these rebellious ministers and thieves become unknown, and they will never come in the name of Zhao'er. As long as they are rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone of our holy people will be punished. ”
"Your Majesty, Lian, Prince Lian is an old general, and he has 20,000 soldiers under him, and he will definitely be able to protect the second prince. As long as Prince Lian sends the second prince into Beijing, we will protect the second prince and let them have no chess to use. It was Rong Tan who sent the letter to King Yu for His Majesty, and he didn't approve of it, so he immediately killed Rong Ying, "Your Majesty, the second prince, but your only child." ”
"Are you laughing at me again?" His Majesty's eyes were red, and his gaze couldn't stop turning on the faces of the two of us, but reason was slowly returning to his mind, and for a moment, I felt his tight arms suddenly loosen, and he knew that what Rong Tan said was right.
"Your Majesty, now the only thing that can save the southern army is the northern army that has been assembled and the Los Angeles army that my father said commanded, as long as the two armies set off quickly, General Xu is taking advantage of this time to step up the construction of fortifications, and deal with it properly, and when the three armies converge, it will definitely be a good news." Rong Tan wanted to talk about state affairs to His Majesty, so I took the opportunity to retire, and just returned to my palace, I suddenly remembered a very important thing.
I came to the Queen Mother's palace again, and the Queen Mother has also received the news and is repairing a letter to King Lian, asking him to protect Rong Ying.
As soon as she guessed it early in the morning, Your Majesty's first reaction was to kill Rong Ying to prevent future troubles, and after listening to what I said, she couldn't suppress her feelings and grabbed my hand, "Okay, good boy, it's right, at that time, you can stop Your Majesty, and there is the Xiao family, you must suppress Your Majesty, don't kill her, at least before catching those scourges of the Xiao family." ”
"Queen Mother, I heard that the daughters of the Xiao family are all in Beijing, and this is to keep the whole family here as a cover. I heard that Yu Minghou's wife had just given birth to a little son, and a few days ago she also put a full moon wine. "I think this matter is very strange, who rebelled and left his wife and children in Beijing, waiting to be exterminated and raided?
"Come to think of it, these people will all be killed in the near future, but it's a pity that the little son, who is still so young, will face the end of the total annihilation of this family." After the Queen Mother finished writing the letter to King Lian, she immediately asked Xuecui to send it.
"Queen Mother, you said that the sons, as the queen, will send the forbidden army to confine their entire family in the mansion before His Majesty makes a move, find a special person to guard them, and then ask these family members for their crimes after the dust settles."
"Yun'e, it's right for you to sympathize with these people, but as long as you think of their brothers and husbands, they are all in front, killing other people's brothers and husbands, and in the end, if these people can succeed, it will be you, your husband and your children who will be killed." The Queen Mother is also a person who has experienced great storms and waves, and she is very resolute in these matters.
"Wait, wait." I made up my mind, and the Queen Mother nodded, "Whatever you want, as long as you have your own plans." ”
"Okay, Erchen will do it." So I made up my mind and took a step ahead to protect the people of the Xiao family.
On the second day, His Majesty, who had already reacted, immediately made preparations and was meeting the enemy step by step according to the plan.
In this way, I think that as long as I am in the palace, I can wait for the good news. But one afternoon half a month later, Yining ran into the bedroom of His Majesty and me crying, her hair falling out because of running, and her whole body was lost. When His Majesty saw her, his eyes also darkened, thinking about it, General Xu had met with an accident.
"Brother Huang, Brother Huang... Antai he..."Yi Ning couldn't cry, and suddenly threw herself to His Majesty's side, and the whole person seemed to lose his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
"I already know that you mourn, and the horse is loyal to the country."
"Killed, killed the people of the Xiao family, and that slut." Yining cried breathlessly, her mood couldn't calm down, and in a hurry, she said her plan.
His Majesty glanced at me, and then said, "Now, do you still think that the daughter of the Xiao family who was left in the capital is pitiful?" ”
I lowered my hand, looked at Yining, and nodded.
But Yining didn't kill them after all, but failed to let herself go.
Crescent Moon stood beside me, holding my legs, looking at the burial tomb of her parents, not a single tear fell, but this little girl, who was only six years old, was trembling, the hand holding my clothes, also clenched tightly, I reached out and touched her head, "Crescent Moon..."
I was about to say something comforting to her, but she took the initiative to say, "Mother, my mother, it's too weak. ”
I looked at her slap-sized little face, then crouched on the ground and took her in my arms, she put her head on my neck and started sobbing in a low voice.
I stroked her hair and said to her, "Crescent, you are not your mother, you are not qualified to judge her." ”
"Mother, my heart hurts so much, I hurt so much." She said to me while crying.
I nodded, "Yes, I know, I know." ”
I wanted to raise this little girl, but the Queen Mother fell ill in bed because of the blow of losing her daughter, and at this time, Xu Yuaner appeared.
She is Xinyue's aunt, and I wanted to replace my mother and raise Xinyue, and I wanted to fight, but after a vertigo, I knew that I was pregnant. I still want to take care of this little girl who has been very close to me for a few days, but she said to me very sensibly, "Niangniang, you have enough things to do now, and Xinyue doesn't want to be a burden to you." ”
So, she was taken away by Xu Yuan'er. It's a feeling I'm all too familiar with. She didn't have to do anything, she could take away the people and things I wanted the most.
Xu Yuan'er dodged my eyes a little, but I still glared at her angrily. Over the years, she has had a good life, she just gave birth to her third child, Rong Tan is very good to her, and the mansion that was originally built for me has become a place specially built for her in the mouth of outsiders.
After sending away the new moon, I will also have peace of mind to raise the baby, and as for the rebellion of the Xiao family, I will also start to deal with it.
The Xiao family, the two brothers who were stupid out of the sky, actually didn't do anything, but attracted the Liang army, Liang Jun thought that he would attack the southern army with the Feixiong army, and finally it seemed to open the middle door, until the hinterland of the great sage, but the Feixiong army had just left Pengcheng, and before they arrived at Jicheng, where the southern army was located, they were first stopped by King Lian whose fief was between Jicheng and Pengcheng, separated by a Chang River, and the Feixiong Army was unable to cross the Chang River alone, 100,000 people, even King Lian's 20,000 personal soldiers were invincible.
The Liang army poured all its strength into the southern army, and after pulling out the southern army, he just came out of Ji City, and met the northern army and the personal soldiers of the king of Yu head-on, Zili almost died in battle, and lost two cities.
Feixiong Army saw the defeat of the Liang army, and the people in the army began to make frequent disturbances, and even crossed the river to surrender to King Lian, and in the end, the two brothers of the Xiao family were arrested, I don't know if it was really the case, or Xiao Qiwen in order to keep his younger brother, and when King Lian's people found Xiao Qiwu and his eldest son in the back camp, their father and son were all wounded and tied up by five flowers, and the eldest son was almost killed.
It was because of this play, no matter how you look at it, how it looks like a bitter meat trick, Yu Minghou's family was suspended, and the family was confined in the house for five years. And Xiao Qiwen's family, His Majesty ordered to raid the house and destroy the door.
At this time, he has been in seclusion, but this battle has completely revealed that King Lian has written to His Majesty, asking His Majesty, for the sake of his own face, and that he is willing to hand over all his personal soldiers to His Majesty, and has reached the request for the second prince to save face and not to kill her biological mother.
The second prince has the support of King Lian, His Majesty feels that this is a threat to Zhao'er, but I don't think so, I can see that King Lian really loves the second prince and wants to give him one, relatively speaking, the future of the past, after several years, King Lian has been dragging the time, he has also reached the age of the family, if there is a rebellious mother and uncles, he not only has no future, but even his wife can not marry.
His Majesty chatted with the Queen Mother for a while, and after coming back, he finally set a punishment for the Xiao family.
Xiao Shi, who confronted the queen mother in the palace, cursed with witchcraft, and after being discovered, he killed himself in anger.
In fact, she was given death, and when she was, she did curse the Queen Mother and me many times.
And the Xiao family, Xiao Qiwen's family was beheaded all over the house, and Xiao Qiwu's family was exiled to the borderland.
King Lian finally got what he wanted, after handing over his own soldiers, he died of illness soon after, and Rong Ying also decided on a good family business, she is the eldest lady of the Jiang family, I have seen that girl, she is sensible, and she is a good person.
In this way, I also felt calm again, and Zhao'er also chose her own crown princess, and she will marry soon.
He refused to eat, shut himself in the house every day, no one could persuade him, seeing that people were getting thinner and thinner, and he didn't look like a groom official at all, although I was worried, but because I knew the reason, I didn't want to persuade him, I just wanted him to figure it out by himself, and he must have to experience this outright loss for himself before he had a chance to cheer up.
Rong Tan told me these things, he said that when he lost me, he couldn't accept it, even if he received my letter, he was bent on breaking into the palace, even if he risked the destruction of the family, he also wanted to snatch me back, at that time, he finally calmed down after a long time, and now, he has slowly let go of me, and can still talk and laugh with me like now.
I know that he can see it, so I also hope that Zhao'er can see it like this, because only in this way can he really be liberated, and not like me, as if he has a huge scar in his heart, and whoever touches it will be in unbearable pain.
I didn't look anxious here, but I was in a hurry, Your Majesty, he came to my palace and asked me to persuade Zhao'er.
Over the years, he has also been a romantic person, pampering the palace maid, and choosing a show, but I don't know if it's because of his body, he doesn't have a child anymore, and now only Zhao'er is left, Jue'er has a fief, I don't know, but I hate my second prince Rong Zhao.
He loves Zhao'er, which is obvious to me and everyone, so I don't doubt his worries about Zhao'er, I just advised him, "These are his own affairs, and he needs to deal with them himself, and only when he understands it can he see through it and cheer up." ”
He must still be thinking about the girl in Yining's family, what is that girl's dissatisfaction with him? Don't want to be the crown princess? Was it instigated by her aunt and uncle? As soon as I heard his angry tone, I was very reluctant to talk to him anymore, "This is my son's own business, it has nothing to do with you and me, it has nothing to do with Xinyue and the family of King Yu, don't step on it here." ”
"Unrelated? Zhao'er is our son, you say this has nothing to do with us? I had just seen him from his palace, and I was so hungry that I lost my face, and after I saw it, my heart was like a knife. You're his mother, but you're here drinking tea and arranging flowers like no one else. Isn't he your own son? "Your Majesty is very angry, and his concern is chaotic, I can understand it, but this temper is not good when it happens to me.
I threw away the flower branch that I was pruning in my hand, and slapped the scissors on the table with a snap, "Now, it's your son's turn to taste it, what is love." When you were marrying me, did you ever think about such a day? The son you used to fill your heart, your father's neglect and silence of you, and the son who was raised by 100 obedience, finally has something that he can't get. You should also wake up, no matter how much you love Zhao'er, there must be something that he can't do and can't complete. No matter how much you change, you can't do it. ”
"Shall I marry you? You touch your own conscience and say, "What has I done to you all these years, has my heart changed for you?" Do you dare to say that you have not been impressed by me? Or is your heart originally made of stone? Have you been thinking about that person all these years? "Over the years, we have never quarreled, and I still maintain my very domineering character, and he also let me, even if he is angry, he will ignore me for a day or two, and on the third day, he will always tell me, and he will take a concubine, and we will naturally start talking again.
Speaking of which, it's only now that we've quarreled for the first time. I looked at his aggrieved appearance, and couldn't help but sneer, "What do you have to be inferior, and you still hold on to the things of the year." What's the use of you being nice to me? To be good to a person, it should be to do everything in his power to be satisfied, to achieve what he wants. But no matter how good you are to me, you can't erase the fact that you forced me to marry you. Your son is better than you now, and he knows that if the other person doesn't want to, then he will let it go. Do you want him to be like you, to rob the girl of the Xu family, and then let Xinyue, like me, live by someone who forced her for the rest of her life? ”
"Chai Yun'e, you can't be a man without a conscience, you touch your conscience and say, how have I treated you all these years? You also liked me, I can see it, and you have responded to me, but it was only after I married the Zheng family that you slowly distanced yourself from me and were with Rong Tan. When I have the ability to choose, I naturally have to fight desperately, that is, from the time we first got married, I told you, you are the only person I want in my life. But after all these years, you still haven't put me in your heart. You don't, you really don't have a heart. As he spoke, he sat down on a stool on the side as if he had lost his strength.
"Since you have this grievance, you should know my grievance. Yes, I like you. You're always by my side, like a silent, sturdy backing. I take a step forward, you step with me, and when I want to go backwards, you let me hide behind you. But all this, after you marry a wife, disappears completely. You made me understand that you don't belong to me, that you are already another woman's man, and that you are her back. So I quickly found another one I liked. From the first time I saw Rong Tan, I liked him very much, he had a gentle smile, listened to me patiently, and thought about me. I always wanted to marry him, but you ended it all. After I married you, I also tried to get back to the state of mind I had when I liked you, but I still haven't, and I'm trying to get back the me who wants to rely on you. But..."But I don't deny that I like you. Actually, I like Your Majesty, he did not say anything to me, and I also understand his grievances. It's just because of some anger in my own heart, and the arrogance of not wanting to be perceived by him.
"You really like him." His long-standing suspicions seemed to be confirmed, and the stunned in his eyes instantly turned to anger and other things.
"He was about to become my husband, and I naturally wanted to love my husband. But now my husband is you. ”
"Well, it's me. But in your heart, do you really regard me as your husband? If you really regard me as your husband, you should love and respect me, instead of ridiculing and sarcastically treating me as you did just now. ”
"Do you remember, when we were young, I would call you a little minion, and my mother beat me a few times because of this, she said, this is sarcastic and mocking you. But you never get angry, because you know I didn't mean that, that's just what I call you. But now, you don't understand what I mean. I know it's too much to ask of you, but you've always been nice to me and haven't changed. But just as Zhao'er can't force Xinyue, you can't force me to be the same as yours. I can tell you very clearly, I'm sorry, I can't. I can't do it, I have the same heart as you. With that, I turned and left the room.
I wanted to cry, but it wasn't because I was wronged, but I felt heartache, I was heartache for the pity in his eyes just now, but I couldn't make myself respond to him as he thought. I may be just awkward, but since he loves me deeply, he will definitely understand me.
After all, I thought it was too beautiful. Or maybe I've gone too far.
When I got that the second son of King Yu's second son was killed by his own nurse, I only thought it was a horrific murder, and this nurse was really hateful!
When I heard that Princess Yu was hit by the death of her favorite little grandson, the youngest son of the third son of King Yu, and died soon after, I was thinking that this Yu Wangfu may be unfavorable this year, how can so many tragic things happen in just one year, the beginning and end of the year.
I still don't realize what he did.