Chapter 40 War
In the court, the ministers argued endlessly about the war between the Snow Country and Dashun.
The princelings led by Zuo Shangshu and Zhu Xian advocated a policy of gentleness, and the things that could be solved by a princess would never be done by using force, and the country's peace and security would be the long-term way.
The Ruiwang Party, led by Ge Zhongqiu, the right Shangshu, vigorously opposed it.
Ge Zhongqiu stood on top of the court, pointed at the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and shouted, "The matter of Princess Siran is vivid, you are a dignified seven-foot man, the pillar of the country, do you want to be so wronged and seek power?!" ”
What Ge Zhongqiu said was not ruthless, and even Emperor Yonghe, who was sitting on top of the Jinluan Palace, was ashamed.
When the emperor reigned, there was no example of princesses and relatives, and the court was unstable in the first year of Yonghe, and Emperor Yonghe sent Princess Chaoran to Dayue and relatives, in order to delay the army, which is understandable.
In the eighteenth year of Yonghe, Emperor Yonghe could say that the country was not solid, but at present, the army of Dashun was strong, the country was rich and the people were strong, and there was no reason to show weakness.
The crown prince Li Chenyi has not been loved by Emperor Yonghe since the nineteenth year of Yonghe, and it is natural that Emperor Yonghe will seconded whatever Emperor Yonghe says above the court.
In the past four years, King Rui changed his previous style of idle princes, not to mention the important ministers in the court, and successively married several official ladies as concubines.
The intent is clear at a glance.
The two sides argued, and Emperor Yonghe threw away in a fit of anger!
Yongyan Palace Yihuan Palace.
The seven princesses catkins are dressed in moonlight embroidered placket demons, with a coupling color embroidered brocade skirt under the waist, a cloud bun on her head, a tender green bead flower obliquely hairpin, and a pearl on the left hairpin, sitting on the warm kang in the inner hall, holding a crystal lotus flower with tears in her eyes.
When Concubine De returned to the inner hall, she saw such a scene of beautiful women crying.
When the seventh princess saw the noble concubine come in, she didn't call out the concubine, and the tears like pearls condensed on the eyelashes, and then popped and dripped down.
Concubine Degui just wanted to ask her what was wrong, but she saw the crystal lotus flower she was holding in her hand. Concubine Degui's heart tightened, her flower-like face turned pale, and she asked in a dry voice, "Xu'er, where did you get this crystal lotus?" ”
The seventh princess's hand holding the lotus trembled slightly, and she choked up, "The imperial grandmother ordered someone to send it, saying that it was a reward for me to play." Mother ......"
Before the seventh princess finished speaking, Concubine Degui was already holding her chest and shaking from side to side, and her eyes were black. Huizhi, the big palace maid who followed Degui Concubine, hurriedly helped Degui Concubine to sit opposite the Seventh Princess, and Degui Concubine covered her chest for a long time before she raised her head, and her head was full of pearls and emeralds.
After the palace maids served hot tea, Concubine Degui sent all the palace maids who were with her attendants out, and asked the seventh princess anxiously, "Didn't the mother concubine let you go to the queen mother's palace often to make her happy?" What did you say that you shouldn't have said? ”
The Seventh Princess put the crystal lotus back in the brocade box, picked up the snow-white post that was put aside, covered her face, and cried loudly, "Grandmother Huang must not like me." I've tried so hard to please her, but I'm not left with a bird-training in front of her! ”
"Bastard!" Concubine Degui was also quite helpless about the recklessness of her daughter's country, "You are a dignified princess, what do you do with a cheap maid compared to yourself?" Wouldn't it make the palace people laugh when it was passed out? The concubine asked you, what did you say last time you went to say hello to the Queen Mother? ”
The seventh princess took down the veil and said to the noble concubine with red eyes, "It's to please the imperial grandmother, and she personally served tea to the imperial mother, and then talked about Siruo......
Siruo is the name of Princess Siran before she was canonized.
When Concubine Degui heard these two words come out of the mouth of the seventh princess, her face turned two points whiter. poked the forehead of the seventh princess twice with his fingers, and said with hatred, "Princess Siran is now the shame of the entire Dashun Dynasty, plus her uncompetitive mother and brother, you are in front of her in front of the Queen Mother, can the Queen Mother be happy?!" ”
The seventh princess cried even louder when she heard this, "Mother, what should I do?" I don't want to kiss, and my daughter doesn't want to kiss. What kind of Rausch lotus, I don't want to step on the lotus to get married, I don't want to be with my relatives! ”
As he spoke, he took the brocade box containing the lotus flower and threw it on the ground, and the crystal lotus flower shattered into several halves with a snap.
Concubine Degui wanted to reach out to stop her, but it was too late. Looking at the lotus fragments on the ground, Concubine Degui was so angry that her hands trembled, and she endured her anger and said to the Seventh Princess, "This is a reward from your imperial grandmother, you smashed it like this, how will you explain it in the future?" ”
"I'm going to marry and kiss far away, what else do I have to confess? The big deal is that I die, and I don't want to live anymore......" The seventh princess lay on the kang pillow and cried, unable to listen to the words of the noble concubine at all.
Concubine Degui was angry in her heart, the seventh princess was her daughter in the end, and she couldn't watch her daughter being pushed into the fire pit.
The Seventh Duke wants to go to make peace, just because there is no princess as big as her in the palace, if there is another one, and his maternal position is not as high as herself, then the matter will be solved?
The eighth princess of Yu Concubine is the most suitable age, but in the end, she was married early, and Emperor Yonghe will not do anything to return to her. The nine princesses of the pure concubine are still young, and Emperor Yonghe will not consider it.
After eating a cold bitter tea, Concubine Degui had a measure in her heart. It was risky, but for now, she couldn't help but gamble.
After a long time, Concubine Degui said to the seventh princess who was still crying, "Su'er, do you know Yizhu Palace? ”
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In the summer of the twenty-third year of Yonghe, the border war intensified, and although the battle reports were won again and again, the face of Emperor Yonghe was still difficult to see.
Li Chenyun, the king of Ping, frequently asked Emperor Yonghe to send troops on the front line, and promised that as long as there were 50,000 more troops, he was ten percent sure that he would drive the enemy out of the territory of Dashun. He shouted that if he was given 100,000 lions, he would definitely step through the Chixue Mountain and add three more cities to the Dashun territory!
King Rui fought the main battle, knelt on the court and asked, "Father, send troops." Erchen is willing to bring 100,000 lions to join the five emperor brothers, and he will definitely deal a heavy blow to the snow country! ”
The prince immediately retorted, "Huangkou child! I don't know the danger of leading troops! Not to mention the supply problem, the timing of the transfer of 100,000 troops from the rich land south of the Yangtze River to the north will be a problem. Once the battle line is extended, the soldiers' bodies will not be able to eat badly, and their morale will also be affected. Coupled with the cold weather in the north......"
Without waiting for the prince to speak, Rui Wang Feng said angrily, "Could it be that I am dignified, and only Jiangnan has soldiers to adjust?" ”
Kyoto obviously has 150,000 elite soldiers, which one is not a warrior who is one against two?
The crown prince sneered, "Is the thirteenth brother fighting the idea of the Kyoto Guards?" These 150,000 elite soldiers are good generals who guard the imperial city and always guard the foundation of Dashun. What are your intentions in transferring them away?! ”
King Rui! Kyoto is located in the heart of the territory of the Great Shun Dynasty, and it can be said to be the safest place. At present, there is a war crisis at the border pass, can't we choose to transfer 50,000 elite soldiers from Kyoto to the border pass to solve the urgent need first?
But King Rui couldn't say this, because Emperor Yonghe's face was already very bad.
In the early dynasty, under the endless controversy between the princelings and the Ruiwang party, they broke up unhappily.
On the first day of the fifth month of the twenty-third year of Yonghe, King Ping sent a war report to ask for troops at the pass, and the truce of the snow civil strife was the best time to attack the city and plunder the land!
On May 15, the 23rd year of Yonghe, the Snow Country sued for peace, and the act of harmony was imminent. The atmosphere in the harem became tense again, and the seventh princess walked more and more frequently to the concubine Mei of Qingle Palace.
On May 20, the twenty-third year of Yonghe, Emperor Yonghe named the eleven-year-old nameless princess in the Yizhu Palace as the princess of Allure.
Allure is not only a title, but also a boudoir name.
On the day of the canonization of Princess Allure, Lingxi knelt at the feet of Empress Dowager Cui and sobbed in a low voice.
In the palace for five years, she gave up everything, and the only thing she took care of was the affection between her and the dream. Lingxi knew in her heart that Empress Dowager Cui acquiesced in her dealings with the nameless princess, otherwise she would not be allowed to go to Concubine Mei to learn calligraphy.
No matter what Empress Dowager Cui's purpose is, now she is the only one who can save Princess Allure.
"Queen Mother," Lingxi let her tears slide down, reaching out and grabbing the corner of Empress Dowager Cui's embroidered phoenix tail, "She's not a princess, she's not a princess, she's not a princess...... She is in the corner, living a child who is not even as good as a palace maid...... She's not a princess, the Queen Mother ......"
Empress Dowager Cui turned around, without the slightest anger on her face, and only said to Lingxi calmly, "She is a princess, the emperor's favorite princess of Allure, born to the first queen, and a noble princess of Allure." ”
Lingxi shook her head, "No, no, her biological mother is a lotus beauty......"
Empress Dowager Cui knelt down, pinched Lingxi's white jade chin with her hand, looked at Lingxi's tearful eyes and said, "In this case, don't let the mourning family hear it a second time." There is no lotus beauty in this harem, Princess Allure is the young daughter born to the first queen, and she has been raised in the palace of the mourning family. If you are confused again, it will only make the mourners more disappointed in you. ”
Lingxi's whole body trembled, and all that flashed in his mind was a dreamy smile.
Empress Dowager Cui staggered and sat on the low kang and said to the choked Lingxi, "The mourning family knows that she has suffered all these years, so what you and Concubine Mei do, the mourning family should not be able to see it, as long as it is not enough." But right now, the mourning family can't protect her. The mourning family was still thinking about how to give her a good marriage, and this was close to the Snow Country, but it did not disgrace her with royal blood......"
"The Queen Mother!" Lingxi let out a mournful roar.
Lingxi was punished by the Empress Dowager Cui for copying the Heart Sutra, which was in the Buddha Hall in the Yongshou Palace. There is no limit on the number of passes and no time limit. Empress Dowager Cui only said, "When your heart is calm, come out again." ”
Just like when she was asked to go back to Meixuan to train birds, she trained and came back.
On May 21, the princess of Allure moved to the Wutong Hall of Yongshou Palace.
The eleven-year-old princess of Allure, whose face has receded from the baby fat of her youth, is perfectly displayed with the contours of her face carved out of the finest white jade. A pair of big eyes are watery, and they move slightly, as if they can speak. The tip of the small nose is straight and straight, and the red and tender cherry lips are underneath, and even if you don't smile, the corners of your mouth are like a smile.
The princess of Allure is dressed in a water-colored embroidered demon, with a Luo skirt of the same color, a Lingyun bun on her head, and only two beaded flowers made of white down hairpins. There is no trace of gold and jade all over her body, but she is like a fairy who has fallen into the mortal world.
If she hadn't taken Yi Xue Xiruo to remove the locked wooden door outside the Buddha Hall of Yongshou Palace, she would have been a fairy......