Chapter 67: The Dust of the Past
Xiao Jingning rested in the Yangju Palace.
looked at the full moon hanging high outside the window, and recalled the picture that I just remembered, it should be the happiest time for their family at that time, right?
If only we could turn back time and stop at that moment......
The Emperor's eldest brother ...... Brother Lin Shu......
They have all suffered injustice in their best years, one moment on earth, the next moment in hell.
Princess Xuanji, Xia Jiang...... The remnants of the Southern Dynasty?
Even if she was pampered and grew up, Xiao Jingning knew how suspicious her father was.
Her mother is actually just a palace person, and she is still just a palace maid after the king's arrival, and her status is slightly better than that of ordinary palace maids. It wasn't until his mother was pregnant that his father was happy that he gave him a beauty, which was really pampered for a while, and stopped at the concubine.
It wasn't until he had been with Nanchu for several years that Xiao Jingning slowly figured out some doorways. The reason why her father suddenly favored her mother at that time was not necessarily a sign that he wanted to attack the Lin family and the Yan family. He was suspicious of everything that could be a threat to him.
Former friends, brothers, loved ones, lovers...... All kinds of feelings, in the end, are still no match for the emperor's heart, all the good things are fake, maybe too fragile, and they will be broken with just a light poke.
Xiao Xin walked behind her, followed her gaze at the bright silver plate, gently hugged the person into his arms, and asked gently, "Queen, is this...... Got something on your mind? ”
Xiao Jingning still looked at the full moon and said, "I remembered some of the past, some people." ”
Xiao Xin said, "Can you talk to me?" ”
"The past does not leave dust with the wind, only the bright color has been recorded." With a sigh, Xiao Jingning said slowly: "A person's life is long, but it is incomparably short. There will be many experiences, maybe you will spend your life smoothly and without waves, or you may taste the ups and downs of the world. But no matter how that life will be spent, time passes, and the stars change, and those things and people will be buried. Most of the history that can be recorded is painful, and if you look closely, you will find that history is always strikingly similar, and it is always regrettable. But man...... We are always worried about history, but when faced with the same choices, we tend to forget them. As everyone knows, people in the future may also face history and choke for them. Even...... There are many truths that have been buried, and only those who have similar experiences will understand the truth that has been submerged behind the recorded history. ”
There are thousands of people in the world, whether they are good or bad, and in the end they are just a speck of dust in the long river of history. And the joys, sorrows, sorrows, joys and sorrows of a grain of dust, who cares?
Xiao Xin tightened her eyes and asked softly, "Why did you sigh, is it because of the remnants of the Southern Dynasty or Princess Xuanji?" ”
In fact, what Xiao Xin wanted to ask was that the queen remembered which people were drowned out in the truth, but she just came to her lips and replaced it with such a sentence.
Even if Xiao Jingning didn't analyze Xiao Xin's thoughts, he knew that he definitely didn't mean that.
She shook her head and said, "I just remembered that Young Marshal Chiyan and His Royal Highness King Qi. ”
Xiao Xin was silent for a while, and said softly: "My father often tells me, don't be suspicious at will, don't have a second Chiyan Shuai Mansion and Qi Wang's Mansion. Before his death, my father left me alone at the bedside and told me about my brother's life, and he hoped that I could protect him for the rest of his life, and I agreed. ”
Xiao Jingning was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around and asked in surprise: "Your father told you about the life experience of King Changlin?" ”
She had some guesses about Xiao Tingsheng's life experience, but she didn't delve into it, but she never expected Xiao Jingyan to tell Xiao Xin about his life experience.
Some things, in fact, are completely submerged and leave no traces is the best. If Xiao Tingsheng is really the blood of the royal family, once this news leaks out, no one will need to provoke it, and the courtiers will definitely target all the spearheads at the Changlin Palace. After all, as a prince with heavy troops, it is different whether he has royal blood or not.
"The queen knows?" Xiao Tingsheng's background is a secret, how can the queen know about it? A hint of inquiry flashed in Xiao Xin's eyes, and he asked as if he was normal, "Did your father tell you?" ”
Xiao Jingning shook his head slowly and said, "No one told me, I just guessed the identity of that Mr. Su...... I also have some guesses. ”
Mr. Su is Xiao Jingyan's taboo, everyone mentions him only as an honorific title, and never mentions his surname, so Xiao Xin doesn't know that Xiao Jingyan's surname is Su. But the gentleman who can make Xiao Jingning mention it, he can only think of such a one.
Xiao Xin asked, "Would the queen like to talk to me?" ”
Xiao Jingning turned to look at the full moon in the sky, was silent for a while, closed her eyes, took the initiative to lean on Xiao Xin's arms, and talked lightly about her suspicions.
After the Chiyan case, the first emperor did not believe that King Qi and Chiyan Shuaifu would rebel, and did not shy away from arguing with Emperor Cheng, so Emperor Cheng did not like it, and the four princes and the fifth prince at that time took the opportunity to squeeze him out of the circle of imperial power, and only patrolled at the border gates in various places. Emperor Cheng happened to not want to see him, so he pushed the boat along the river, and he was out of sight and out of mind with this son. Even when he returned to Jinling, the emperor did not often enter the palace, and was only able to enter the palace on the monthly viewing day to visit the Empress Dowager Jing, who was only a second concubine at that time. ”
Under such circumstances, the emperor met a woman with a child in the court, and after that, he took care of the mother and son, and until the woman died, the emperor still took care of the child. Others may think that the emperor fell in love with that woman, so he loved the child and Wu. But I could see that he was actually looking more at the child than at the child's mother. I just didn't think about the difference at the time. ”
"The former emperor and the young marshal of the Red Flame Lin Shu have not liked people who are gloomy and scheming since they were young, especially those staff members, almost all of them are this kind of people. After the Chiyan case occurred, the emperor stayed away from such people, and his subordinates were all bright and upright soldiers. So for Mr. Su, he was very disliked at first. ”
He wanted to get the child out of the court, but he couldn't. However, Mr. Su took advantage of the Nihuang County Lord's martial arts competition to recruit relatives, and brought out three children from the Yeyouting Court, and that child was among them. These are the three of Jian'an Hou, King Changlin and General Lin. ”
"Because of this child, the emperor and Mr. Su have a connection, but not many people know about it, and it is only after King Yu and the crown prince lose each other that some people suddenly realize. Mr. Su, a unicorn talent who was contested, chose the first emperor. After the emperor had power, he began to overturn the case of Chiyan. ”。
"The emperor is actually a very stubborn person, and it is useless for anyone to persuade him if he has determined something. But...... Obviously, Mr. Su is the kind of person he hates very much, but he can listen to Mr. Su's advice and cares about Mr. Su very much. This change will not happen overnight. Unless...... There is a problem with the identity of this Mr. Su. ”