Chapter 314: There Are Always Traitors Who Want to Harm Me (32)
World War I for two and a half years.
Meng Hui stayed in this world for three years, ruled for three years, found out the murderer, consolidated the family, and now dominates the country, turning the scene of the once three kingdoms into history.
Hearing the good news of Dayi's death and Da Yan's surrender, Meng Huigao sat on the dragon chair, and the corners of his mouth were slightly pulled.
She rarely reveals her emotions now, during the war, the court and China were calm on the surface, but the fighting methods of various families behind the scenes were also turbulent, and she had to spare some of her energy in the case of busy political affairs and wars to balance the family and maintain the stability of the court.
The courtiers saw that she was working hard, day after day, year after year, and never slackened, so they stopped persuading her to accept the harem. In order not to let the country be in a precarious state without an heir, Meng Hui did not hesitate to bring the nine daughters of Ji Yuan, Ji Wuwu and Ji Yuzhu back to the palace to be raised.
These nine little girls were all named emperors by her, and they lived and studied in the palace from the first to the twentieth of each month, and they could return to their homes to reunite with their parents on the tenth day of the month.
The three eldest emperors wished that these little girls lived in the palace every day, and the little girls themselves understood what their aunts meant, so they always found various excuses to stay in the palace to accompany them, and refused to leave.
Meng Hui doesn't care whether their pleasing hearts are pure or not, seeing this group of little girls babbling around him, sometimes he feels lively and funny.
In the past three years, she has done her best for the country, and has spent a great deal of effort to train heirs, not only recruiting wise men to teach them how to govern the country, but also inviting famous sages and sages from all over the world to cultivate their character.
As for the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, songs, etc., it is just to see their interest in learning at will, after all, they want to become a person who supports a country in the future, and they don't need to learn like men to curry favor with the powerful.
In the past three years, Meng Hui has not dealt with Wanning, until today, when he got off the court meeting, and someone came to report it as soon as he returned to Zixia Palace. Manning committed suicide by hanging from a beam in the courtyard where he was imprisoned.
"Let's bury it." Meng Hui did not feel joy or sorrow about this, even if Wan Ning did not commit suicide, she would choose to give him death when she decided to leave.
has been able to drag on for so many years, all because she is now extremely prestigious, and the world thinks that it is the destiny of heaven, but Wan Ning killed the emperor after all, and sooner or later someone will bring up the old things again.
Meng Hui's so-called thick burial was not buried in the imperial mausoleum, but to find a place where the mountains and rivers were quiet, so that Wanning's body would not be in a mass grave like a real criminal.
"Yes, the minion will do it. Your Majesty, rest for a while, several emperors will get out of school in a short time, and they will definitely come to accompany the emperor to eat. "Qingzhu has grown a lot in the past three years, fading the last trace of immaturity, leaving only the stability after precipitation.
As the empress's closest chamberlain, Qingzhu's status in the palace has always been not low, and even many officials have to call him father-in-law when they see him. He went out from Zixia Palace, explained Wanning's affairs, and instructed the people below not to be contemptuous, but to do it well.
Qingzhu knew that the reason why the empress had dragged on for so many years was to complete the father-daughter relationship. Wanning has always refused to die, but he committed suicide when the good news came today, thinking that he could hear the great concubine step into the prosperous era before he died.
He could see that the relationship between the two was extremely shallow, almost shallow to nothing, but when he was occasionally ordered to visit Wanning, he would still hear him concerned about whether the war had subsided and asked how the situation was.
Choosing to die on this auspicious day, Wanning should have no regrets. Qingzhu thought silently, turned around and went back to Zixia Palace, and saw that the empress did not listen to his advice to rest, but continued to devote herself to a new round of work, so he had to go and make a pot of tea for her.
"Qingzhu, how is the situation of the Bai family recently."
Meng didn't look back, and it was a common thing for her to do two things, and it was even easier.
Qingzhu knew that she was very concerned about this family that had risen during the war, so she responded cautiously: "General Egret has embarked on the return journey with General Jiang, and it will arrive in three days at most, and her husband Bai Ling has chosen two young people from good families for her, but she has not made a public announcement, presumably because she is afraid that General Bai will not agree." ”
Bai Lu has come back four times in the past three years, and each time she has to take Bai Ling home and throw the newcomer who serves her out of the house.
Bai Ling felt that the two only had two sons and no daughters, so he panicked, so he secretly asked around which family had more sisters, and after observing for a while, he wanted to bring them home. But the egret refused to accept it, saying that it would not accept anyone if it was adopted.
"Again?" Meng Hui felt that this Bai Ling was simply looking for trouble, looking quite a normal young man, but he didn't expect to do this in private. "Forget it, as long as they have fun on their own."
Meng Hui knew that the egret would definitely give birth to a daughter to inherit the family business, and it would be passed down from generation to generation until Bai Yu's generation. She didn't plan to take care of their family affairs, but just wanted to pay a little attention to it, and by the way, she wondered when the egret would give birth.
Hearing that there was no special movement in the Bai family, Meng Hui shook off the matter, half immersed in the recital, and half thinking about Ji Jin's hidden wishes.
For so many years, she has not been able to figure out what Ji Jin wants in her heart, in the eyes of the hundred officials and palace people, what Xi Jin wants seems to be just a prince who forgets the dust, and in the eyes of several long emperors, what Xi Jin wants is only power and beauty.
Meng Hui felt that an emperor who was once diligent could not be so simple, and there must be something deeper in his heart. She remembered in a trance that before she came, apart from her family, the only official she remembered was Jiang Xi, although she didn't remember whether this person was good or bad, but after all, she still remembered to tell her that this person was very important.
Could it have something to do with Jiang Xi? Meng Hui raised his head, planning to take a closer look when he saw Jiang Xi in three days.
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After reporting the finishing work, Jiang Xi and the egret received a lot of praise, and received a reward like flowing water, many things that they didn't dare to think of.
Leaving the two of them and some important generals to have dinner in the palace, while everyone went to the theater to continue drinking and watching the play, Meng Hui asked Jiang Xi to follow her to a secluded place, and after chatting, the topic turned to the emperor.
"You have known the emperor for a long time, and then you have a close relationship, have you ever blamed her?"
Jiang Xi was stunned, the wine was sober in an instant, and he pondered for a moment before saying, "When I was in prison, it was indeed strange. Later, it is not strange. Especially when I heard that the boy who forgot the dust was cut out of his tongue, his hands and feet were broken, and he was tortured to death in the land of fireworks. ”
Jiang Xi paused for a moment and sighed: "No matter how arrogant and domineering you used to be, didn't you end up like that in the end?" The culprit has been punished, and I am unscathed, and I will blame the deceived Empress? ”
Meng Hui nodded, and at this moment, he felt that his bond with this world had disappeared. She looked at Jiang Xi in amazement, but she didn't expect that Ji Jin's hidden wish was to ask Jiang Xi for forgiveness.
Ji Jin, who had been strong all her life, regretted it before she died, but the pride of being the empress made her instinctively bury this trace of regret and shame deep in her heart, and as a result, Meng Hui solved it by mistake.
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