Chapter 111: Worship
Lin Zheyuan still remembers that when he first saw Zhou Rui'an, he came on fine snow, and he was extravagant, and no matter how embarrassed he was, it was difficult to damage half of his beauty.
The man who was like a god, but he stepped down from the altar for the sake of his beloved, as long as Jiang Qingyue was involved, he would be like an ordinary man.
Lin Zheyuan couldn't help but think with some emotion, who would have thought of it? Jiang Qingyue used to be just a small dart master in Weiyuan Dart Bureau.
Jiang Qingyue stood in the room, she knew what day it was, she also knew that something would happen, but she didn't know what to do.
In her capacity, no matter what she does now, it seems to be wrong.
"Qingyue." Zhou Ruian pushed the door in, and the moment he saw Jiang Qingyue in the room, his heart suddenly settled down.
Jiang Qingyue turned around, and Zhou Ruian had already strode up and held her tightly in his arms.
"I'm back." Zhou Rui'an whispered, and kissed her gently on the lips.
Jiang Qingyue's expression moved, and she hooked the corners of her lips: "It's so good, it's a pity that I didn't save you back." ”
Zhou Ruian couldn't help hugging her tightly, and said in a low voice: "You just need to know that I came back for you." ”
Jiang Qingyue smiled softly, and suddenly, her nose moved, and then she frowned and said, "You came here after coming back from the prison?" ”
Zhou Ruian nodded, gently let go of her, and stared into her eyes with a pair of deep eyes: "Yes, as soon as I came out, I came to see you, and a group of ministers ignored it, did I do a good job?" ”
Jiang Qingyue knew that Zhou Ruian wanted to use this way to reassure her, telling her that he was still the same Zhou Ruian as before, and he didn't want her to think nonsense.
Jiang Qingyue's heart warmed, and then he said, "So, you didn't freshen up when you came out, right?" ”
Zhou Rui'an's expression suddenly stiffened on his face, very good, he came back to see her desperately, but she only cared about whether he took a bath or not!
It wasn't until he saw a touch of evil taste flashing in her eyes that Zhou Ruian knew that he had been fooled.
Zhou Rui'an also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he knew that Jiang Qingyue was also using his own way to reassure him.
The girl he likes has always been very special, she understands his uneasiness and his dedication.
"Don't you ask me, how is the second prince?" Zhou Ruian pursed his lips and asked in a low voice.
There is a sentence, the queen is right, that is, Jiang Qingyue's feelings for the second prince are indeed very deep, and Jiang Qingyue may not have such a deep father-daughter relationship with Emperor Xuande, but for the second prince, Jiang Qingyue really regards him as an elder brother.
So what the queen said was right, if he really killed the second prince, even if Jiang Qingyue could understand his approach, he would inevitably complain about him in his heart.
This is also the reason why Zhou Ruian hesitated in the end.
Jiang Qingyue lowered his gaze and said lightly: "You won't kill him now." ”
Zhou Rui'an's eyes flashed, and he noticed that Jiang Qingyue used a word, 'now', yes, he won't kill now.
Jiang Qingyue continued: "Just like the first emperor didn't kill you before, you won't kill the second prince now. After a pause, she raised her head and met his gaze: "A dead second prince is more harmful than a living second prince." ”
Zhou Ruian raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Why did Qingyue say this?" ”
"The first emperor only had one son, the second prince, and the queen attached great importance to the maintenance of the reputation of the second prince, so over the years, whether it was the government or the people, the reputation of the second prince was very good." Jiang Qingyue opened his mouth and said: "It may be excusable to kill the queen, but once you kill the second prince, I am afraid that it will cause disgust among the ministers and the people, and you have not yet ascended the throne, you have already left a bad impression, which is not conducive to your future governance." ”
"On the contrary, you leave the second prince alive, with your means, coupled with the current situation of the second prince, he will not be able to make too many waves." Jiang Qingyue raised his head and met his gaze, "So a dead second prince is a greater threat to you than a living second prince, and you won't do such a thing." ”
"Gone?" Zhou Ruian continued to ask.
Jiang Qingyue hesitated, bit his lip, and then said astringently: "If there is a reason, it should be because of me." After a pause, she continued: "I have a deep brotherhood with the second prince, if you kill him, you will be worried that I will have a dislike for you, anyway, the second prince is not a threat now, why don't you just leave him alive?" ”
Zhou Ruian sighed, and Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Did I guess wrong?" ”
In fact, about the life and death of the second prince, Lin Zheyuan also asked her, and she guessed Zhou Rui'an's mind at that time.
Zhou Rui'an's hand covered her cheek and whispered, "What makes you so unconfident?" None of the things you said earlier are reasons, the last one is. ”
The last one she said was because of her, so he didn't kill the second prince.
Jiang Qingyue's expression moved.
"I admit it, I've considered what you said before, but in fact, I don't care much, a second prince, his life and death can't affect me." Zhou Rui'an's deep gaze fell on her face: "But you can, your emotions, your preferences, can really influence my decision." ”
Jiang Qingyue smiled lightly, even though he knew that he meant to coax her by saying this, he still couldn't help but feel happy.
Jiang Qingyue felt that she was actually still a girl in her bones, and when she heard that the girl's family liked to listen to these beautiful love words, even if she knew that some of them were fake and not true, she couldn't help but be moved.
"Then, Your Majesty the Emperor, when do you plan to ascend the throne?" Jiang Qingyue asked: "You're not in a hurry, but the war in Liuzhou can't wait." ”
Zhou Ruian did not answer this question, but asked, "What about you?" When are you going to recover your daughter's body, and then ...... Be my queen? ”
Jiang Qingyue's eyes flashed, but he didn't speak.
Seeing her like this, Zhou Ruian immediately became vigilant, "You can't have never thought about this problem, right?" His tone suddenly became dangerous.
Jiang Qingyue was a little helpless, this man usually let her do everything, but she couldn't see her ignore the relationship between the two.
"Really, they are all people who are going to be emperors, why are they still so uncomposed?" Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but say.
"What happened to being the emperor? I'm going to be abandoned from the beginning to the end, and you still ask me to calm down? Zhou Rui'an asked incredulously: "Jiang Qingyue, I warn you, if you dare to run away and dare not want me, I will issue an edict to the world, accusing you of evil deeds, and let the whole world spurn you!" ”
Jiang Qingyue: "??? ”
Zhou Ruian hugged her, "Anyway, I don't care, you have already promised me to be with me, and I am also your person, don't try to play tricks on me." After a pause, he continued: "Also, I have already made a fortune, and my dowry is also very rich, so you will not suffer at all!" ”
Jiang Qingyue raised his eyebrows and looked at him and said, "You really should let those ministers take a good look at your current appearance, they will definitely regret recommending you as emperor." ”
Zhou Ruian snorted lightly: "What emperor to be, I haven't agreed yet!" After a pause, he continued: "Otherwise, I will directly disclose your gender, after the enthronement ceremony, we will get married, and I will crown you as the queen and be the emperor, and it is pitiful to have no queen." ”
As he spoke, he looked at her pitifully, hoping for the slightest affection.
Jiang Qingyue was unmoved: "Don't think about it, you want to ascend the throne, the people left by the queen, and the war in Liuzhou, you have to deal with it, it's enough for you to be busy for a while." ”
Zhou Ruian immediately said: "I can handle it!" ”
"I can't." Jiang Qingyue said coldly: "I haven't adapted yet, Zhou Rui'an, I need time." ”
Zhou Ruian was silent for a while, he knew that she actually had concerns, her identity had always been the biggest worry in her heart, and he was worried that one day after this matter was exposed, he would be in a dilemma.
Zhou Ruian sighed, "Okay, I'll give you time, but Qingyue, don't let me wait too long, maybe I'll have to rob the marriage when the time comes." ”
Jiang Qingyue chuckled, then nodded.
Because the Tatar army at the border pass was eyeing each other, all the ministers in the capital were frightened, and they were worried that the Tatars would come over, and they couldn't wait to urge Zhou Rui'an to succeed to the throne immediately.
Zhou Ruian was a little unhurried, and he didn't look in a hurry.
In the courtyard, Lin Zheyuan and others were sitting around making tea, and there was a sound from the Zhou Mansion next door.
Lin Zheyuan glanced at Jiang Qingyue, who was sitting opposite, "It seems that the imperial court has sent someone again, when will this prince be willing to let go?" ”
Jiang Qingyue said indifferently: "You don't understand, this is the fault of those celebrities, you have to ask people to ask you three times, you come and go so many times, as if you can show your worth in this way." After a pause, she continued: "I guess there shouldn't be a few times, and it's almost time. ”
Lin Zheyuan glanced at Jiang Qingyue without saying anything, and said hesitantly: "After that day, the prince will ascend the throne as the emperor, then you ......?"
Jiang Qingyue took a sip of tea and asked puzzledly, "How are we?" ”
"That's right, Zhou Rui'an ascended the throne when he ascended the throne, what does it have to do with Jiang Lang?" Shen Yanniang was also confused, "Yes, we can let Zhou Ruian give us a marriage!" ”
Lin Zheyuan glanced at Shen Yanniang patiently, this can't be a fool, right? He was really worried, he was afraid that Shen Yanniang would be open-mouthed in front of Zhou Rui'an, and if she said something that shouldn't be said, Zhou Rui'an would kill her in a fit of anger.
Lin Zheyuan thought for a moment, and then reminded her: "The person you once assassinated is now going to be the emperor." ”
Shen Yanniang: "!! "It's over!
Shen Yanniang hurriedly ran back to the room, packed her luggage, and planned to run away immediately, as for Jiang Qingyue, love is very important, but you must also have a life to love!
Jiang Qingyue: "??? ”
Lin Zheyuan glanced at Jiang Qingyue helplessly: "I mean your relationship," After a pause, he said hesitantly: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the harem cannot be without an owner for a day, at the age of the prince, it should be time to get married, the position of the queen, but there are many people staring at it, and you will ...... it then."
Jiang Qingyue felt a little headache, how could she tell Lin Zheyuan that she was a woman?
Jiang Qingyue said lightly: "That's what he should worry about, and it has nothing to do with me." ”
Lin Zheyuan was stunned for a moment, and then understood what she meant, no matter what kind of identity Zhou Rui'an is, whether he is the prince of the Jin Dynasty who is precarious, or the ninety-five lord who is full of words, she is only happy with that person, she doesn't worry about these things in the future, because she believes in his every decision.
Lin Zheyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, maybe it was because of such openness that Zhou Ruian would fall in love with her, right?
Lin Zheyuan also put down the big stone in his heart and smiled slightly: "I believe in the prince of the world, he will not fail you." ”
Jiang Qingyue raised the teacup and saluted him.
Zhou Rui'an: "!! "It's something he's been worried about!
Jiang Qingyue walked out of the house, and saw that the carriage and sedan chair outside the door blocked the water blocking the street, she shook her head helplessly, these are the ministers who came to persuade Zhou Rui'an, she sighed in her heart, it seems that the emperor is not so easy to be.
Jiang Qingyue thought about it, returned to the courtyard, and with a relaxed jump, he fell into the courtyard next door.
Immediately, she was surrounded by a group of guards.
Zhou Ruian is about to become the emperor, and this guard is more than twice as much.
Jiang Qingyue raised his hand and showed a smile: "Don't, don't be nervous, it's me." ”
Luo Bei heard the strange noise, hurried over, and saw that it was Jiang Qingyue, and hurriedly sent the guards.
"Ouch, Jiang Gongzi, why did you come down from the wall?" Luo Bei couldn't help but complain.
"It's not like I'm looking at too many people outside, so I'm thinking about taking a shortcut." Jiang Qingyue said innocently.
Luo Bei couldn't help laughing, "This kind of thing, you can do it!" After a pause, he said: "The master is in the study, and he has been annoyed these days." ”
"Then he just agreed, it's just a matter of time." Jiang Qingyue said, looking at Luobei inquiringly: "Why bother so much? ”
She felt that even if Zhou Ruian wanted to make a gesture, it would be almost the same, and he was not the kind of person who cared about this kind of superficial article, there must be something else hidden in this.
Luo Bei shook his head, lowered his voice and said: "The master has his own considerations, his subordinates can't say it, Jiang Gongzi might as well ask the master himself, if Jiang Gongzi asks, the master should not hide it." ”
Jiang Qingyue's eyes flashed.
While talking, the two had already walked outside the study, Luo Bei said goodbye, Jiang Qingyue knocked on the door and walked in.
Zhou Ruian sat behind the desk, his face was full of contemplation, looking as if he was thinking about something, Jiang Qingyue walked in front of him, and he realized.
Jiang Qingyue's gaze fell on the table, there was a date on it, November 12, Jiang Qingyue's heart flashed a doubt, what day is this? But in an instant, she thought that this was the death day of King Jin!
Zhou Ruian has been waiting for so long, in fact, to wait for the death day of the Jin prince! Thinking of this, her heart was suffocated.
"Why are you here?" Zhou Rui'an blocked the date on the table without a trace.
Jiang Qingyue said: "Come and see you." ”
Zhou Ruian stood up, walked to her side, and raised his eyebrows teasingly: "Are you coming to see me?" I thought you were here for the second prince. ”
Jiang Qingyue shook his head, "It's come to this, it's inconvenient for me to appear in front of him again, I don't think he will be willing to see me." After a pause, she said with some hesitation: "Moreover, I have always felt that the attitude of the Second Highness is a little strange recently, and it is too good for my brother......
Zhou Ruian looked at Jiang Qingyue with a stunned face.
Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but say, "What? Am I overthinking? As she spoke, she frowned with some annoyance: "Speaking of which, he can't know, but ......"
Recently, no matter how Jiang Qingyue thinks about it, she feels that there is something wrong with the attitude of the second prince, but there is no problem, and she can't say bluntly that she thinks the second prince may be interesting to her, how big is this face? Wouldn't it be embarrassing if not?
Zhou Rui'an didn't think so in his heart, he was stunned just because he didn't expect that one day Jiang Qingyue would really be able to see it! He also thought that Jiang Qingyue still thought that the second prince had a deep brotherly love for her!
"He should have known for a long time that you are the real Princess Ningyang." Zhou Ruian hesitated for a moment and said: "The queen also knows about this, since the queen knows, then the second prince must know, so I think he knows that you are his sister, and because the queen hurt you, he feels guilty about you, so he will be so good to you." ”
Jiang Qingyue suddenly realized: "I said, I see!" After a pause, she said with emotion: "Alas, I always thought he didn't know, but I didn't expect it to be so ......."
"Don't worry, as long as he is honest, I won't treat him badly." Zhou Ruian promised.
Jiang Qingyue nodded, she believed in Zhou Rui'an, he was not going to deal with a powerless person, he disdained to do so.
Jiang Qingyue went to the Second Prince's Mansion, and the Second Prince is now confined in the Mansion, while the Queen Mother was pressed into the prison of the Zongren Mansion and will be beheaded in a few days.
Jiang Qingyue was a little worried about the situation of the second prince, but this time she didn't go in, so many things happened, she didn't know what attitude to use to face the second prince now.
Because of the queen, she was separated from her parents; It was also because of her that the queen's calculations failed, and finally led to the queen's family falling to today's end.
Jiang Qingyue didn't regret her choice, but she also knew that after so many things happened, they could no longer drink as unshirkably as before.
"Although I have never called your brother, in my heart, you have long been my relative." Jiang Qingyue said softly.
Zhou Rui'an's enthronement ceremony has not yet been held, and there is another thing that cannot be delayed any longer, that is, the funeral of Emperor Xuande.
This belongs to the national funeral, Zhou Ruian went to ask Jiang Qingyue if he wanted to send Emperor Xuande on his last journey, Jiang Qingyue thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Emperor Xuande's tomb was selected a long time ago, and Emperor Xuande had already told him to be buried with Qing Guifei after a hundred years.
In terms of Emperor Xuande's feelings for Concubine Qing, this decision was also expected.
On the day of the burial, Jiang Qingyue followed behind Zhou Rui'an and personally sent Emperor Xuande on his last journey, she still couldn't call her father, she thought of the days when she spent time with Emperor Xuande in the dormitory, that was the only memory between their father and daughter, but she never recognized him.
Maybe there is always a lack of fate between their father and daughter.
When he arrived at the Imperial Mausoleum, Zhou Ruian squeezed Jiang Qingyue's hand, "Do you want to go down and have a look?" ”
Jiang Qingyue glanced at him in surprise: "Can you go down?" ”
"Don't you want to meet your mother?" Zhou Ruian said.
Jiang Qingyue thought about it and nodded, she thought!
"But, isn't that out of line?" Jiang Qingyue said.
The mausoleum of the king of a country, is that to say that you can visit it?
Zhou Ruian said lightly: "As long as you want, don't worry about anything else." ”
Jiang Qingyue's mood is extremely complicated, on the one hand, she is moved by Zhou Rui'an's obedience to her, and on the other hand, Zhou Rui'an is going to visit her father's mausoleum......
However, Jiang Qingyue still decided immediately, go down!
The two quietly left the crowd and went directly to the mausoleum.
It has been almost twenty years since the death of Qing Guifei, and her coffin is parked in the main tomb, which is extremely luxurious and has many burial goods, which shows Emperor Xuande's love for her.
I don't know why, the closer she got to the coffin, the more sad Jiang Qing became, the more sad it became, it was an irrepressible emotion, she covered her chest, something seemed to break out of the cocoon.
Zhou Ruian soon noticed her abnormality: "Qingyue? What happened to you? ”
Jiang Qingyue shook his head: "I don't know, I just feel very sad, very sad." She said, pointing to the coffin in front of her: "She is my mother, she must be my mother, I can feel it." ”
But the strange thing is that she didn't feel this way when she faced Emperor Xuande, and when she saw Emperor Xuande, Emperor Xuande was still alive.
But now, just a coffin has already made her heart surging and unable to help herself.
Zhou Ruian held her arm, this was the first time he had seen Jiang Qingyue look so out of control and vulnerable.
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhou Ruian said softly and comfortingly.
Jiang Qingyue walked in front of the coffin, the wooden lid of the coffin was not closed, and Jiang Qingyue got closer and saw that Qing Guifei was sleeping inside.
Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but widen his eyes: "She...... How could she? ”
Concubine Qing's loss was intact, as if she had just passed away, but she had been dead for almost twenty years, and she should have turned into a pile of white bones a long time ago.
Zhou Rui'an's eyes flashed: "Many years ago, a small country outside the province paid tribute to a pearl, which is said to protect the body for a hundred years of immortality, but unfortunately, this bead was later stolen and never found. And gave it to Concubine Qing.
At this moment, Zhou Ruian couldn't help but sigh, Emperor Xuande didn't say anything else, he was really single-minded and affectionate to Concubine Qing.
Jiang Qingyue's heart was moved, and her eyes flashed with tears: "This is my mother, I really didn't expect to see my mother one day, she is so beautiful." ”