【Chapter 13: Unpacking and Inspecting the Pomegranate Skirt】(1)
Seeing Xiao Jiangyuan's rare expression with such a true and gentle expression, Li Longji was a little unhappy. He doesn't run here all day long, not to see this. But even so, what could he do, he couldn't stop himself, and he couldn't compare to his grandmother, so he could only go with her.
At this time, some subtle voices came from Wu Cao's place. She slowly opened her eyes, but her gaze was a little blank, she looked straight up at the sky and began to mumble. Xiao Jiangyuan knew that she was coming again, so he stopped what he was doing and looked at her seriously, as if he was appreciating a plum blossom that was about to wither.
She clearly knew that Wu Cao's deadline was approaching, but she behaved extremely calmly, as if she had accepted all this peacefully. Her appearance made Li Longji feel very uneasy, and he knelt silently beside Xiao Jiangyuan, and by the way, he also listened to what kind of story his grandmother would tell this time.
“…… Until the end, our mother and son still can't be honest with each other...... I can only use Eliboli, scattered and gathered, just like the day a few decades ago, you went to the official ceremony to complain about me, but you didn't want the pedantic literati to directly raise the matter of abolishing the queen, and you didn't immediately refute it......"
This is the first time Xiao Jiangyuan has heard about Shangguan Wan'er's family affairs from Wu Cao's mouth, and Li Longji is obviously the same, while sighing in his heart, even if his grandmother is sick, she can pick up Shangguan Wan'er's absence to talk about this matter, while silently recalling that this matter should be the most thrilling twist and turn in the first half of her grandmother's life, except for Ganye Temple.
That was in the first year of Linde, forty-one years ago. The most widely circulated is that my grandfather was dissatisfied with the increasingly authoritarian Empress Wu, and asked the then prime minister Shangguanyi to discuss the abolition of the queen, but my grandmother found out earlier. The grandmother has a hard temperament, and she does not hesitate to show her fierceness when she threatened to tame the lion when she was in the middle of life. She not only tore up the draft of the book that had been written, but also made trouble and cried, first overwhelming her grandfather in momentum, and then bringing rain from just turning to soft pear blossoms, counting the past kindness, making her grandfather ashamed and unbearable, and then irresponsibly, pushed everything on Shangguan Yi's head.
After all, Shangguan Yi was the prime minister, and if his grandmother wanted to move him, he had to find a suitable reason, so in the second year of Lin De, he secretly allowed Xu Jingzong to slander Shangguan Yi and the eunuch Wang Fusheng, saying that they colluded to abolish the crown prince, that is, Li Zhong, the king of Liang, and rebelled, resulting in Shangguan Yi, Shangguan Tingzhi, the son of Shangguan Yi, and Wang Fusheng being executed together, the family property was confiscated, and the female dependents were confiscated into the court. Shangguan Wan'er was still in infancy, so she became an official maid with her mother Zheng.
That doesn't sound like that now. Li Longji settled down and listened carefully.
"You hesitated, and the official was appointed to draft the book after the abolition, if I hadn't arrived in time, if I hadn't arrived in time, if I hadn't arrived in time......" Wu Cao's breathing was a little tight, making people imagine the urgent line of life and death at that time. Xiao Jiangyuan hurriedly stretched out his hand and smoothed Shun Wu Cao's chest, but was suddenly tightly grabbed by Wu Cao's wrist.
Her strength burst out so much for a while, that Xiao Jiangyuan couldn't help frowning. Li Longji was also taken aback, so he wanted to quietly raise his hand and save Xiao Jiangyuan's wrist, but he had just straightened up and stretched out his hand, and he was immediately held tightly by Wu Cao, refusing to let go at all.
She held Xiao Jiangyuan in one hand and Li Longji in the other, propped up her neck slightly, glanced at Li Longji fixedly, and said in a trance: "Jiulang......"
Li Longji glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan slightly, but saw that she was only concentrating on helping Wu Cao set up the pillow with her free hand, and when he was angry, he smiled gently at Wu Cao and nodded: "I'm here." ”
Xiao Jiangyuan couldn't help but tremble his hands, frowned slightly, and turned his head to look at Li Longji, but only saw a helpless expression. She lowered her head and took a deep breath before raising her eyes to pay attention to Wu Cao's expression, and was slightly relieved to see that she had really admitted her mistake.
Pretending to be a grandfather, deceiving his grandmother, and being unfilial and disrespectful, he decided that this matter would not be spread out, and his reputation would be ruined, and he would not be able to move an inch in his life, but he was not afraid that His Majesty would suddenly wake up and beat him or ...... Give him a death?
Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan was finally willing to show a little vivid expression for himself, Li Longji's anger disappeared for most of it, and he was a little stunned for a while, in case his grandmother woke up and found out about it, he would be miserable. What the eldest brother said is that he has some childhood impulsiveness recently, but he has to be restrained and restrained, if he makes a mistake and never recovers, then he can't do anything.
Wu Cao looked at Li Longji quietly for a while, and suddenly chuckled: "You finally chose not to abolish me, not because I asked Shangguan Yi," she recalled the tone of the year, and said leisurely, "The saint is ill and can't take care of the government, so he entrusted me with the affairs of the state, and now if I am abolished, who will the state affairs be handed over?" Shangguan Yi, as the prime minister, wants to abolish the mother of the Tang Dynasty, is it because I am guilty, or because you want to be the second eldest grandson Wuji? ”
Li Longji couldn't help but admire in his heart, his grandmother's words were so beautiful that any sentence could be pierced into his grandfather's heart. My grandfather was young and ascended the throne, and the power of the court has always been in the hands of the eldest grandson Wuji, how much effort did it take to take it back, how could he be willing to hand it over to the courtiers again? And grandmother is a woman after all, honor and disgrace are tied to her husband, and she relies on her grandfather to ascend to the throne, coupled with years of kindness, children under her knees, grandfather is soft-hearted, and he didn't expect it to be so serious after the abolition, how could he not let his grandmother win?
It's just that my grandfather at that time never expected that my grandmother would have such great achievements in the future.
"After all, I am just your wife, and if I take your things for a while, I will return them to you sooner or later, and then you will hand them over to your children and grandchildren, which is naturally safer and safer than courtiers. What you were thinking about at that time was not the love of husband and wife, but what the relationship between husband and wife could bring to you, and I was calculating. I'm unwilling and have lingering palpitations, I've already held the power in my hands, how can I return it casually? I want to protect myself, protect my children, and I want more than that! I am obviously close to you, but when did I become a close relative?! We used to depend on each other for life and death, but in the end, we even have to be suspicious of life and death......" Wu Cao paused and sighed-
"Probably this, it's the emperor's husband and wife."
After listening to this, Li Longji only felt that his heart was up and down, chaotic, just like the great water of the Yellow River flooding some time ago, turbulent and turbid. Nervousness and uneasiness made him turn his eyes to Xiao Jiangyuan, only to see her with a thoughtful expression, listening very seriously, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word. He followed her gaze and saw that their wrists held by Wu Cao were close together through Wu Cao's fingers, and their relatives were also very close.
His mood was immediately gloomy. After Wu Cao finished speaking, he slowly fell asleep again, and finally let go of his hand, he immediately withdrew his hand and stood up, and was about to leave.
Xiao Jiangyuan saw that he came suddenly and left even more suddenly, so he couldn't help but panic in his heart, and blurted out: "King Linzi!" ”
Li Longji stopped and said, "Something? ”
Xiao Jiangyuan didn't know why he wanted to stop him, but since he had already spoken, it was estimated that letting him continue to leave would make him angry, so he had to take advantage of the situation and said: "Didn't the king just come, why is he leaving?" ”
Li Longji snorted lightly: "I can come if I want to come, I can leave if I want, when will you be a little eunuch who can control me?" ”
Xiao Jiangyuan was very unsure, so he got up and walked to the opposite side of Li Longji, raised his eyes and glanced at it, and said with a smile in his heart: "What Your Majesty said is mostly a dream, why bother to take it to heart?" Again...... She didn't say anything, in the Heavenly Palace, this is also an ordinary thing. ”
Li Longji was silent and said in a deep voice: "Look at me...... Like an ordinary person? ”
These words are full of meaning, but at this time, Xiao Jiangyuan can only hear the most superficial layer, think about it, purse his lips and smile: "The king has an extraordinary appearance, talented, and is the best among all the young gentlemen, he has not been an ordinary person since he was a child, and he will be limitless in the future." ”
This answer was not Li Longji's expectation, he finally turned into a helpless smile, and just about to sigh, he heard the eunuch outside the door sing: "Princess Zhenguo to." ”
Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Longji hurriedly bowed to the door: "Princess Zhenguo is fine." ”
As soon as Princess Taiping entered the palace, she saw Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Longji getting very close, and even stood side by side. She glanced at it lightly, the corners of her lips were slightly hooked, and the long skirt dragged in: "San Lang is also there." ”
"Aya misses her grandmother, and Saburo can't share his father's worries, so he has to come and see more." Li Longji said respectfully, as if he had always been so well-behaved and sensible.
Princess Taiping nodded, walked to the couch and took a look: "A-Niang's complexion is much better, it's really hard work." ”
Li Longji secretly raised his handsome eyebrows, glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan, who was unmoved, and a light smile almost overflowed the corners of his lips, and then he heard Princess Taiping say: "San Lang and Ah Yuan get along well. ”
Li Longji said with a smile: "When I lived in Shangyang Palace before, Xiao Neishou took care of my brothers and others quite carefully, so I am naturally grateful. ”
Princess Taiping's charming eyes flowed leisurely, and she glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan: "Ah Yuan is really left and right. ”
Xiao Jiangyuan lowered his eyes and stood with his hands crossed: "The slave is just a small servant, so naturally no one dares to offend." ”
"Little chamberlain?" Princess Taiping chuckled, "You are the inner servant of the province who is personally sealed by A-Niang, although you are from the fifth grade, you have entered the fifth grade, even if you are a scholar in the imperial examination, the ups and downs of the sea may not be like this in your life." The saint has never deposed you, although on weekdays, you have never been to the inner chamberlain to save some money, nor have you done anything that should be done in the internal service, but having a reputation is having a reputation, why should you be so arrogant? ”
Xiao Jiangyuan smiled slightly: "The princess is right, the slave maid wrote it down." ”
Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan had always reacted like this, Princess Taiping not only did not feel bored, but her eyes lit up, thinking of the purpose of coming today, but she smiled at Li Longji instead: "I fell in love with this little eunuch, so I talked and laughed a few more words, but I forgot that San Lang was still there, and I was really old, so I made San Lang laugh." ”
Li Longji has been secretly paying attention to Xiao Jiangyuan and Princess Taiping's comings and goings, and he couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "My aunt is in her prime, if she walks on the street with her nephew, who will not praise it when she sees it, this pair of sisters and brothers are really good?" ”