Chapter 0157: The Difference Between Cloud and Mud
Early the next morning, Baili Palace.
"Emperor Qiqi, the servant Xiao Kanzi is instructed by His Majesty, please go to Chongyang Hall in a quarter of an hour to discuss the early dynasty!"
The emperor's attendant eunuch Kan Gonggong, who was a hundred miles old, stood grovelling at the gate of the palace of Fengyang Palace and said loudly.
"Bihe, you go and tell him, just say Lone~ and then arrive."
At this time, Gu Youlan, who had been dressed up, was standing in front of the huge bronze mirror, admiring her new clothes as the empress.
"Princess, didn't Your Majesty already tell you yesterday that you didn't let you call yourself lonely, and let you call yourself me, and it was just one night, why did you forget it?"
After the transmission came back, Bihe said softly while stroking Gu Youlan's skirt.
"Bihe, others don't know about me, don't you know?"
"From now on, there is only one emperor in this hundred miles country, and only the current emperor can call himself me, the fourth brother asked me to call myself me, that is the fourth brother's love for me, but I must be self-aware, I can't compete with the fourth brother for this glory, right?"
Gu Youlan caressed her cheeks and looked at her maturing appearance, while whispering.
"Alas, princess, the slave and maid can't compete with you......"
Bihe sighed and shook her head.
"By the way, princess, early this morning, Concubine Liu, Concubine De, Concubine Shu, Concubine Chang, and Concubine Lian all went to the Empress Dowager's Cixi Palace to say hello as if they had made an appointment in advance."
Hearing Bihe's words, Gu Youlan hooked the corners of her lips and smiled indifferently.
"Didn't they just make an appointment in advance? Needless to say? ”
"Now that the fourth brother has become the emperor, several other princes who used to secretly compete for power and seize the throne and form a party for personal gain, are now all crowned princes and rewarded with fiefs.
"On the surface, he said that he was greeting the imperial grandmother before leaving, but in fact, he was inside...... Hehe, it doesn't matter if you still want to fight for some more benefits, now that the imperial power can't be fought, then you don't need to ask for more wealth, right? ”
Gu Youlan turned around, sat down on the main seat lightly, took a sip of the newly enshrined bamboo leaf green tea, and said indifferently.
"Having said that, it's still the princess who has a good temper, judging from the information that Bai Yu and Lord Bai Ze secretly collected, the concubine Chang who secretly helped Chun Yuzi to make a trip to Queen Yuan, as well as the second princess and the fifth princess who once bullied you, you didn't pursue it, and they all let it go easily, and the slave and maid looked at it and didn't go well."
"You are not in the palace for a while, you don't know, it has been spread all over the palace and outside the palace, saying that you are ......"
When Bihe said this, she raised her eyes and looked at Gu Youlan, and stopped talking.
Seeing that Bihe wanted to say but didn't say it, and her eyes were evasive, Gu Youlan raised her phoenix eyes, "Oh? What do you say about me? ”
"The slave didn't dare to say it."
Bihe let out a "poof" and knelt on both knees, her eyes instantly filled with mist.
"Bihe, what are you doing here? Didn't I tell you that you don't need to be courteous to me in private? ”
"Princess, the slave maid has followed the queen since she was a child, and the rules and etiquette have never dared to be easily disobedient, now you are in the palace, and you are now the empress and empress, this rule, the slave and maid cannot be violated in any case, please forgive me, princess!"
Bihe said, "Dong Dong Dong" kowtowed three times.
"Well, you're always like this, well, I can't resist you, but you say, what did you hear?"
Gu Youlan picked up the teacup and waited for Bihe's next words.
"The slave said, don't be angry......"
Seeing that Gu Youlan nodded, Bihe said slowly.
"Everyone in the palace has passed on you, the reason why you transferred the imperial power to the four princes is because you know that you don't have the ability to rule a country, a woman is a woman after all, even if you ascend the throne and worship your ancestors, there is an auspicious omen of a hundred birds and a phoenix, but it can only mean that you can only be the mother of a country like Queen Yuan in the end."
"Moreover, you also said that on the surface, in order to show mercy, you don't care about the second and fifth princesses who have bullied you, but secretly, you are as timid as a mouse, and you have the shadow of being bullied by them in your heart, so you don't dare to fight with them, and you are afraid that they will retaliate against you in the future, so that your majesty's face is not good!"
Hearing Bihe's story, Gu Youlan couldn't help but laugh angrily.
Seeing that Gu Youlan was not only not angry, but also laughed out loud, Bihe's eyes were instantly full of surprise.
"Princess, aren't you angry?"
"Angry, how can I not be angry, I'm not a saint, I just don't want to deal with them...... But then again, you don't have to think about it to know who came from these words. ”
Gu Youlan stood up, brushed the hem of her sleeves, and straightened the crown on her head, "This crown is really heavy, it makes my neck sore." ”
"Princess, since you know who passed it on, don't you plan to pursue it?"
Seeing Gu Youlan rubbing her neck and shaking the crown on her head, Bihe hurriedly stood up and helped take care of it.
"Bihe, you remember, there are some things, some people don't need to worry about them."
"The clouds are always high above, floating in the sky, overlooking the earth, all are ants, the mud is always crawling on the ground, trampled by ten thousand people, looking up at the sky, envious, the difference between clouds and mud is not the same. One day, when you stand on a certain high position, you will understand these truths. ”
"Well, the slave and maid respect the princess's teachings...... However, last morning, His Majesty was furious because of these rumors, and I think His Majesty will not let the princess suffer these grievances in vain. ”
"Hehe, Bihe, the clear is self-purifying, the fourth brother also feels sorry for me, let's go, it's almost time."
"By the way, the princess has one more thing."
Gu Youlan said, and just as she was about to move, she heard Bihe's words come again.
"Huh? What else? ”
"Returning to the princess, since you left the palace these days, the slave maid heard Xiao Dezi say that the fourth princess often comes to Fengyang Palace to sit and wait for you, and Mama Lan, who has served you, is always running here when she has nothing to do, and she begs Xiao Dezi openly and secretly, and wants to come back to serve you."
"Oh? And what's going on? I can understand that Mama Lan wants to come back, but what does Baili Wenfeng mean by coming here to wait for me? ”
"Princess, you have already let Xiao Dezi come back, do you really plan to let Mama Lan come back too? If she hadn't colluded with Xiao Dezi with Concubine Wan Guifei to buy a murderer to assassinate you, would you have been thrown off the cliff? ”
Turning her head sideways, she glanced at Bihe's resentful appearance, and Gu Youlan smiled softly.
"Bihe, Xiao Dezi once betrayed me, if it weren't for Wan Guifei to kill him, where would he run to Danchunfang to take refuge in you? Although you tried your best to hide your identity at the beginning, didn't you let Xiao Dezi find out later? ”
Hearing Gu Youlan's words, Bihe's face was full of embarrassment, "But, princess, they still hurt you after all?" It's just that they didn't do any harm! ”
"Bihe, if Xiao Dezi really has the intention to hurt you and me, when he knows your identity, why didn't he tell Concubine Wan? You and I know very well that at the beginning, if it weren't for the fact that the lives of the whole clan were in the hands of Wan Guifei, Xiao Dezi would not have been ruthless and assassinated me. ”
"Mama Lan is the same, if it weren't for her son being pinched by Wan Guifei's life, she wouldn't have colluded with Wan Guifei...... Bihe, everything has a cause and effect, we can't just look at the effect, not the cause. ”
"But princess, since ancient times, killing people to pay for their lives, and paying debts and money, this is a truth that even a three-year-old child understands, and we can't ignore the crimes they have committed because they have suffered!"
"Hehe, Bihe, you mean to say that I don't understand these truths?"
Hearing Bihe's eager words, Gu Youlan shrugged her shoulders, with an unknown smile in her eyes.
"Slaves don't dare."
"Bihe, maybe you think the same as everyone else, you think I'm too kind-hearted, too kind, I know the truth of killing a hundred people, cutting grass and roots, but what you don't know is that I used to kill too much, and I carried too many lonely souls and ghosts in the depths of my soul."
"Now that I am living again, I don't want to add more sins, repaying grievances with virtue certainly makes people feel that I am weak and deceitful, but I don't care, who wants to say it, as long as I have a clear conscience."
"You know what? The 300,000 troops of the Gongxi Kingdom were swallowed up by my chaotic heavenly fire overnight, and in the past few days, I have often asked myself, although they want to attack our country, but they were burned to death by me, how innocent are they dead? ”
"But princess, if it weren't for you, once the 300,000 iron horsemen of Gongxi Kingdom rushed into Xiling County, it would be the people of our Baili Country who would be killed or injured, how innocent would these people be?"
"Bihe, of course I know this, but those soldiers, they also have wives and children, and they also know the preciousness of life, although their lives belong only to the monarch, never to themselves."
Gently patting Bihe's shoulder, Gu Youlan continued earnestly.
"So Bihe, what I want to say is that if the human race is not unified as soon as possible, such innocent lives will fall and disappear sooner or later...... Therefore, I don't have time to worry about these little things now, and the next big things have a long way to go, and these things will never be understood by these people. ”
After Gu Youlan finished speaking, she exhaled a deep breath of turbidity, ignored Bihe, who was still contemplative on her face, and casually dropped a sentence before leaving.
"Wait for me to get out of the morning court, let Baili Wenfeng come to see me."
With that, he clasped his hands and walked towards the Chongyang Palace.
"Spread the word of His Majesty, and all the ministers will meet ......"
With the herald's words, the big and small officials walked into the Chongyang Hall in an orderly manner according to the size of their official positions, respectfully and humbly.
"The emperor arrived, the emperor drove to ......"
Another chant was heard, and all the officials hurriedly bowed their heads in surprise.
"Long live Your Majesty, long live the Emperor......"
"Zhong Aiqing is flat...... Please take the throne of the Emperor! ”
Seeing his sixth sister, wearing a red brocade dragon robe and a golden crown, she was heroic and awe-inspiring, and the emperor greeted her with a smile on her face.
"What is Your Majesty saying, you are the emperor of a country in charge of the Dragon Seal today, so you should naturally sit on the top, Lone~ Today is also at the invitation of Your Majesty, come to the early court to listen, how can you speak loudly, or please Your Majesty return to the dragon throne!"
Gu Youlan said, bowed her head slightly, and the words she said were sonorous, and the righteousness shown was vivid.