Chapter Ninety-Three: The Tide Has Been Set
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The rebellion of the king of Dongyang County was expected, Xuanyuan Li did not cover up the killing of Ji Wuwu, but when the matter spread, the first person to react was the king of Dongyang County.
Now Ji Yun of Great Wei is busy transferring troops back to seize the throne, and after Dayan seized three cities, although he did not withdraw his troops, he had no intention of continuing to fight, so the king of Dongyang County directly gathered his army and began to rebel.
The ministers in the palace are all trembling, and they are all clear about the ability of the king of Dongyang County, and no one in Nanzhao can beat him.
Xuanyuan Li seemed very calm, and methodically criticized the folds.
"The Jiangdong flood has flooded the farmland, Zhang Aiqing, you will be responsible for disaster relief."
Xuanyuan Li's voice sounded in the empty hall, this Zhang Aiqing had already gray hair, walked out tremblingly, knelt down to receive the order, but after receiving the order, he raised his head with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, the king of Dongyang County rebelled, you still have to prepare earlier." ”
When Xuanyuan heard this, he showed a slight smile, looked at Lord Zhang below, and said: "My lord cares about me so much, I am very grateful, this time you go to Jiangdong, remember to bring your family with you, the province has been implicated in the capital." ”
When everyone below heard this, they quickly knelt down, and they all began to speculate in their hearts about what Xuanyuan Li meant. Does it mean that the capital is no longer safe now, or is he planning to clean up the people in the capital and let Lord Zhang leave, but to protect him.
Everyone had different thoughts, but Xuanyuan didn't say anything.
continued to criticize the folds, and waited until everyone's kneeling legs were numb, and then heard him say: "The king of Dongyang County is a minister, and if he is a minister, he can't oppose my world." ”
When everyone heard this, their hearts were beating, Xuanyuan had some skills before, but they knew how much he had before, otherwise he wouldn't have been a proton in Dawei for so many years.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a guard trotting in outside, and presented a letter: "Back to the emperor, Dayan agreed to send troops to exterminate the rebels for Nanzhao." ”
"Okay." Xuanyuan Li stood up and looked at the more ministers who were talking below, he knew what they were thinking, but even if he let Dayan enter, he would not let the king of Dongyang County take away his position, he had worked hard all his life to get the position.
The news of Dayan's entry was soon reported back to Great Wei, and Ji Wuhuan was deploying troops to defend against Ji Yun at this time.
In the back palace, Shen Qing asked people to set a table in the courtyard, and An An was playing with the nurse on the side, but Zhang Xiaofang was very serious at this time.
On the table was Nanzhao's marching formation, and she looked at Shen Qing seriously: "I must go back this time, I can't watch my father have an accident." ”
Shen Qing bowed slightly: "You can go, but not now." Now that Mongolia is in civil strife, Ji Yun has occupied the north again, and Dayan is also helping Xuanyuan Li deal with your father, if you want to go back to Nanzhao in the belly of these places, it is better to wait for a while, and when Ji Yun is taken, Dawei will send troops to Nanzhao. "Yu Gong, Nanzhao provoked Dawei first, and they are also provoking this war now, Dawei is a big country, there is no reason not to fight, Yu Private, she will definitely take off Xuanyuanli's head with her own hands!
Zhang Xiaofang nodded with red eyes, and Ji Rui pointed to a gap on the side: "We can take a light horse through here and get to Nanzhao in advance." ”
"Xiaofang is a woman, I'm not at ease." Shen Qing said directly, this trip is dangerous, Zhang Xiaofang has experienced so much with her, just like her sister, she doesn't want to see her have another accident.
Ji Rui understood Shen Qing's concern, his slightly white thin lips lifted a slight smile, and said lightly: "I'll take her there." ”
When Zhang Xiaofang heard this, she was also stunned.
Turning his head to look at him, the sun just fell from him, he was dressed in a crescent white robe, his eyes were like stars, but the whole person was weak and pale, as if he would be dissipated by the wind if he exerted his strength. She suddenly panicked: "No, your body is ......"
"The bento is the last mile." Ji Rui's lips were raised, looking at the worried Zhang Xiaofang, his heart seemed to shine into the sun, warm. He saw the broken hair on her forehead, raised his hand and gently stroked it aside: "No matter what, I have to go to see my father-in-law and ask him if he is willing to marry you to me." ”
Zhang Xiaofang opened her mouth, but her eyes were wet, she couldn't hold back the sourness of her nose, she grinned and showed her big white teeth: "Okay!" ”
Shen Qing tapped his head with a headache: "Have you forgotten me?" Will I let you go? A weak female stream, a medicine jar, what are you going to do, add fertilizer to the land? ”
Zhang Xiaofang got up and protected Ji Rui, and looked at Shen Qing firmly: "Even if it is to add fertilizer, I will go." ”
Zheng Luo pounded the medicine in his hand, turned his head to look at Xia Rao who was standing upright on one side, the sunlight seemed to be coming out of her face, dazzling and dazzling, and it was inseparable from the eyes.
Xia Rao noticed his gaze and frowned: "Do you have something to say?" ”
"Hmm." Zheng Luo bowed his head and handed the medicine jar in his hand to Zhang Xiaofang: "Wait a few days, and I will soon walk out of the medicine for the ninth prince to extend his life." ”
"No waiting." Ji Rui smiled: "You can send it back when you are ready." "Nanzhao's affairs are urgent.
Zheng Luo opened his mouth in surprise, and there were people who didn't care about life and death, thinking, and turned his head to look at Xia Rao again.
Shen Qing understood Ji Rui's thoughts, and was a little helpless: "Have you been thinking about it for several days?" ”
"It's long overdue to see my father-in-law." Ji Rui smiled faintly.
Shen Qing knows his temperament, once he decides something, he must do it: "I will tell the emperor, since you have decided to leave, go out of the city today, and when the emperor agrees, I will let the arranged light horse go to you, don't startle the snake, now Ji Yun must be staring at the imperial city." ”
"Thank you, Queen!" Zhang Xiaofang saw that she agreed, so she smiled, and after speaking, she looked at Zheng Luo again, and squeezed her eyes at him: "Doctor Zheng, you continue to develop this pill, and I will give you more silver when I go back, so that you can marry Xia Rao." ”
Zheng Luo's face flushed, but he nodded heavily.
Xia Rao's face was also slightly red, but she glanced at Zheng Luo: "Earn it yourself." ”
Zheng Luo smiled at her: "Everything is up to you." ”
Xia Rao was so angry that he laughed out loud, and when An An heard someone laughing, she also giggled, and everyone looked at it and laughed heartily.
It's rare to relax in the palace.
In the afternoon, Zhang Xiaofang and Ji Rui were sent away, and Shen Qing was holding the child and lying on the soft floor to bask in the sun, and after a while, he saw news that the Queen Mother was coming.
Since Ji Wuhuan ascended the throne, Shen Qing has not seen the Queen Mother for a long time. In the previous impression, the Queen Mother was dignified and graceful, but now when I look at it again, she has lost a lot of weight, her hair has become completely white, as if she has added a lot of wrinkles, and her previously straight back has become a little rickety.
Shen Qing led her to the house and sat down, before asking, "Is there something wrong with the Queen Mother?" ”
The Queen Mother didn't speak, but looked at An An, the pink-carved doll, smiling at everyone, waving her little fat paws to hug.
Shen Qing looked at her eyes, somewhat understood her thoughts, turned her head to take An An in the nurse's hand, and said, "The Queen Mother wants to hug?" It's just that An An's child is very heavy. ”
Before Shen Qing's words fell, the Queen Mother had already reached out and taken the child herself, her eyes were very complicated.
An An is the time when he likes to jump, once he supports his squeaky nest, he can jump on tiptoe, and the person is heavy, even Shen Qing can't stand it, and the Queen Mother is even more so, and she is sweating profusely after a while, but she didn't put down the child, but pulled out a rattle from her sleeve, as if she was ready.
She shook the rattle, and An An's attention was immediately attracted, and An settled down and sat in her arms to catch the rattle.
The Queen Mother's whole spirit seemed to be refreshed, and she was really tired and couldn't hold it anymore, so she sent the child back.
Shen Qing looked at her and said that it was impossible not to sigh, in a short period of time, the stars have changed, the situation has changed, no one expected that it would be like this now.
"Che'er, are you alright?" The Queen Mother suddenly asked, she always knew that the eldest prince Ji Che had a connection with them.
Shen Qing nodded: "It's okay." ”
The queen mother's hanging heart finally let go, as if she breathed a big sigh, and said: "It's almost summer, when the sun is the strongest, I bother you to tell him, don't go out, endure it and it will pass, if you miss the queen mother...... she paused, that child, can leave so ruthlessly, how can you think of her. She smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Don't worry, as long as I am there for a day, I will help you." Most of Ji Yun's people in the harem, I have sent them away, you don't have to worry too much, An An is a good boy, you take it well. When she had finished speaking, she got up, but she slumped and fell on the stool.
The palace maids on the side hurriedly gathered around, and Shen Qing also asked people to call the imperial doctor, but the queen mother just waved her hand and looked at Shen Qing: "I'm fine, my own body, I know it very well, but I miss the emperor a little lately." ”
After the queen mother finished laughing, she let people get up and go out.
Xia Rao stood beside Shen Qing and watched: "The Queen Mother's birthday is approaching." ”
Shen Qing didn't speak, looking at the rattle that An An was still holding tightly in his hand, listening to the sound of the drum echoing in the hall, he didn't speak.
Dayan, in a private house.
The girl in a white shirt wore a wreath of flowers on her head, and asked the grandmother next to her with a smile: "Grandma, is it good-looking?" ”
"Beautiful." Mama chuckled, her eyes glanced at the person who was hiding in the shade of the tree to weave a wreath, the eldest prince was clumsy, and it took him many days to conjure up this one, and he ruined a lot of flowers and plants in the yard, and it was called 'learning', and he couldn't see Ling'er left and right, so Mama didn't care about him.
Ling'er laughed, her smile was like a gentle moon, like a warm sun, and she was dressed in dust-free white clothes to set off her like a fairy in the nine heavens, and she didn't eat the fireworks in this world at all.
After a while, Ji Che made up another bracelet, looked at the colorful garland in his hand, and then looked at the girl not far away through the garland, only to feel that the present world was stable, and it was worth dying like this.
As she was talking, a person rushed to outside the hospital, it was Yahuan, who was usually in charge of procurement, and she was holding a letter in her hand: "It was sent by the queen's mother." ”
"Sister-in-law." Ling'er looked very happy, but when Mama took the letter and looked at it, she frowned.
Ling'er asked a little anxiously; "Mama, what did my sister-in-law say, is Da Wei safe, we can go home?"
Mama didn't speak, looked at Ji Che, and handed the letter over.
Ling'er stood in place, able to smell the fragrance that had been appearing around her, her lips were slightly lifted, her cheeks were slightly hot, and her mood was like a blooming flower, which made her just want to laugh.
Ji Che looked at Mama's serious expression, didn't notice Ling'er, only took the letter, and after reading the content, he only felt that his heart was like a knife.
"You're sad." Ling'er said to the source of the fragrance in front of her.
Mama had never told her about Ji Che's existence, and she only pretended not to know, but now, he was sad, and the fragrance on his body had changed.
"What's wrong with you? Isn't it sad? Ling'er can I help you? Ling'er's hand holding the flowers in her sleeve clenched tightly, and asked a little nervously.
Ji Che opened his mouth and looked at Mama's pleading eyes, but he didn't make a sound after all.
He was destined to live for a short time, so why bother to tell her about his existence? How painful it must be to get it and lose it immediately. A woman like her should live a dust-free life, carefree, and dust-free for the rest of her life.
Ji Che left, the carriage was already prepared outside, he got into the carriage and went directly to Dawei. The queen mother is dead, and he should go to see him for the last time.
As soon as the Queen Mother died, Da Wei quickly calmed down, but Ji Yun seemed to be getting more and more crazy, killing people and seizing wealth all the way, and came to the capital.
His scheming is not enough, after all, it was the Queen Mother who used to plan for him in the capital, and as soon as the Queen Mother let go, the only foundation he had was wasted.
In the evening, Ji Wuhuan came back from the imperial study, and after teasing An An for a while, he took Shen Qing back to the room, looking a little tired.
"How's the Nanzhao War?" Shen Qing asked with a smile while holding his sturdy waist.
Ji Wuhuan took her in his arms, and listened to her voice, his expression relaxed slightly; "The king of Dongyang County is retreating one after another, but Dayan's people shouldn't kill him."
"Why?" Shen Qing continued to ask.
Ji Wuhuan raised his eyes to look at her, met her eyes and laughed softly: "Because Dayan will not be willing to be a human blade, especially Xuanyuanli's, Xuanyuanli must also know very well, so he is also mobilizing the Mongolian army." ”
"In this way, wouldn't Nanzhao be in dire straits." Shen Qing was slightly surprised, he didn't expect Xuanyuan Li to make such a decision.
Ji Wuhuan bowed slightly, rubbed his chin against her forehead, and said with a smile: "But Ji Yun is no longer a climate, the newly promoted generals are all young talents, and they will soon be able to take down Ji Yun." However, the Great Wei has suffered a serious loss of vitality this time, and the national strength is afraid to go back ten years. ”
"With you, Da Yan doesn't dare to make a mistake to Da Wei." Shen Qing said with a smile.
Ji Wuhuan said: "I will always grow old one day, and our children will have to pick up my mantle." ”
Shen Qing watched his eyes gradually deepen, and grinned and supported his shoulders that were about to bend down: "I'm here in Kwai Shui." ”
"I've calculated, not today." Ji Wuhuan blurted out, and Shen Qing's face turned red suddenly: "You are still one of these." ”
The affection in Ji Wuhuan's eyes faded, and he carefully took her in his arms and smiled: "I have a good memory." ”
Shen Qing was dumbfounded, but he hugged each other and fell asleep, and he didn't say anything all night.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it's already May.
Early the next morning, a light rain began to fall, and it fell on the eaves of the house, and merged into droplets of water.
Xia Rao came to report, Ji Che arrived.
"Have you been to the Imperial Tomb?" Shen Qing asked.
"He's still got mud on his feet, so he should have been there." Xia Rao said.
Shen Qing sighed lightly in his heart, and let people lead him into the palace, but he didn't see anyone, but went directly to the original queen's palace.
An An was a little fatter again, full of little chubby people, still so active, they giggled when they saw everyone, and the palace maids and grandmothers who took care of him were all rushing to hug him, but Shen Qing was also relieved. In the afternoon, after receiving a letter from Zhang Xiaofang, she and Ji Rui finally met the king of Dongyang County.
The news of Ji Yun's defeat came in the afternoon, and I heard that he was directly picked and killed by a young general, and Ji Wuhuan had no reward or punishment.
As soon as Ji Yun died, Great Wei stopped fighting and became peaceful. But this year's battle has drained the treasury, consumed the people, and cost the people and money, Ji Wuhuan said that the national strength has regressed for ten years, and Shen Qing knows that he is hiding it from himself, and now this situation, thirty years of regression is an optimistic view.
Mama called the four chief eunuchs in charge of food and clothing in the palace to come and wait for Shen Qing's orders.
These four people are all old people left by the Queen Mother, but they have never seen Shen Qing in the future, and now they are really surprised to see her for the first time. I saw that she was wearing a ruyi splendid cloud pattern palace skirt, holding an ordinary bun, and hairpins two or three phoenix hairpins, which showed that she was stunning. The body is slightly plump, but it is the kind of plump place that should be plump, thin where it should be thin, no more than no less, just right, the corners of the eyes and eyebrows are with a sense of charm, and when the eyes look over, they are a little sharp.
The four of them hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "I've seen Niangniang." ”
Shen Qing looked at the two of them, with a lot of expressions on his face, he was afraid that he had been camping in this harem for a long time, and he was not so easy to be obedient.
She spoke lightly, with a somewhat consultative tone: "Now that things outside the palace, I think several fathers-in-law also know about them." ”
"Yes." Among the two who looked restless, a father-in-law with a mole under his eyes looked up and said, his beard was gray, his face was wrinkled, and his time in the palace should not be short.
Shen Qing didn't care about his rudeness, and said, "It's good to know, then the palace won't explain much." There is only one thing that the palace has called you over, and that is to cut down on food and clothing and reduce the number of people in the palace. ”
"Frugal? Then the emperor and the masters have a rule on the clothing and food, how to reduce it? There is also the reduction of palace personnel, the ancestors stipulated that there must be 1,288 palace maids, 1,588 eunuchs, as well as guards and concubines......"
Shen Qing interrupted him with a light smile: "Gonggong Cai, the concubine of the first emperor, if she is innocent and is willing to leave the palace to remarry, register and let it out, if you are willing to stay in the palace, all the food and clothing will be reduced by half, including the palace and the little prince." The rest of the palace maids and eunuchs, do you think that the food and clothing have been reduced by half, how much more can you want? ”
Gonggong Cai was stunned for a moment, I don't know how this queen mother would know her name, but she still said with a stalk on her neck; "Niangniang, you are from the rivers and lakes, you don't understand the rules of the palace, but you can't command randomly. Now that the Queen Mother is gone, you have to drive out all the old people in the palace, and you have to reduce the use of the concubines of the first emperor, and even release those concubines, which is against the ancestral system! Even the grandfather is not allowed! ”
What he said was very rebellious, but if Shen Qing still cared about his reputation, he couldn't pull him down and cut him down.
Shen Qing looked at him with a smile: "This palace was indeed born in the rivers and lakes, and when my father-in-law said this, is he saying that this palace does not know the rules and does not understand the etiquette?" ”
"What a big guts, come on, drag down and hit ten boards!" Xia Rao drank it directly, but the two eunuchs at the door knew how much the emperor loved the queen, and regardless of whether Gonggong Cai was the chief steward of the harem, he dragged him out when he came up.
The three fathers-in-law next to him took a look, and then became anxious, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Queen Mother, the affairs in the palace really can't be so determined, there are indeed wars outside the palace, and the people are in hardship, but the nobles in the palace are all nobles, where can you reduce the general use to be like ordinary people......"
"It seems that the steward of the palace is also going to change." Shen Qing said lightly, and the little eunuchs at the door dragged out another one.
The remaining two honest ones obediently received their orders, but they were a little worried; "Queen Mother, do you want to talk to the emperor about this matter?"
"This palace will tell the emperor." Shen Qing smiled faintly.
The two of them were shocked, did the queen dare to love the queen without consulting the emperor before she came to give orders?
Shen Qing saw the doubts of the two and asked with a smile; "Why, this palace is in charge of the harem, and you can't give an order yet?"
"No......" The two of them trembled, but thought about the two stewards who had been dragged out just now. Those two people have also been old men in the palace for many years, which noble master saw that he didn't give a little thin face, and now he was dragged out because of the disagreement between the two sentences, this queen is really a fierce woman.
Shen Qing was not afraid of the name of this fierce woman, she just wanted to share some of Ji Wuhuan's burden in the palace.
After sending away the steward, Shen Qing got up and went to find the concubines living in the palace, and they came out of the province again, after all, now that the queen mother is dead, although she is the queen, but the concubines are also elders, if they make trouble, they will have to worry about Ji Wuhuan.
Originally, Xia Rao was still a little worried that Shen Qing would not be able to handle those essences, but she didn't expect that she would directly take fifty eunuchs with a board in one hand and a sweet red date cake in the other to visit the old ladies one by one, and she didn't let them have time to get together to discuss countermeasures, so all the way down, it was quite smooth.
But the palace is going well, but there are people outside the palace who are restless, and some people directly have the reputation of being the emperor's own sister, or they are still in the capital, and they are making waves, and they seem to have forgotten what their relationship with Ji Wuhuan was a year ago.
On the street, Yuan Ning'er looked at the old woman who was holding her leg on the ground, kicked it away, waved the whip she liked and snorted coldly: "Don't think I dare to whip you, when the queen mother married into my family, I also beat her like this, even the queen didn't dare to do anything to me, you are a pariah, you dare to shout here?" ”
"I don't care who you are, if you knock over my stall, you have to lose money, and our family will be counting on this life." The old woman begged as she spoke, the war was going on, and it was difficult for her family to even eat enough, and now she was finally able to come out and set up a tofu stall, but she was kicked over by Yuan Ning'er, and all the tofu in Baihuahua rolled to the ground, and she couldn't sell it anymore.
As she spoke, she begged, "Give the old woman a little money, or our family will not survive." ”
Why doesn't Yuan Ning'er want to give some money? But she has been swaggering and deceiving in the past few days, and the money has been spent, and she planned to leave the capital after making another profit, but she was entangled by her.
She was ruthless and kicked the old woman's heart: "If you want silver, go to the palace gate and ask for it, the queen will give it to you for me." With that, he saw the old woman lying on the ground with a white face and convulsing, turned her head and ran into the crowd.
The people who didn't know the truth talked a lot, but they were all talking about the new emperor's character. can have such a sister, so what kind of good person can he be?
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