114, who is ruthless
On the road to the outskirts of Beijing, a horse-drawn carriage galloped forward.
The carriage of the carriage is very large, but it is hung with a trace of red thread, and it looks like a simple commercial car.
"I haven't woken up yet."
"Let her sleep more."
The sound of a soft, soft conversation dissipated in the mountain wind.
A slight jolt slowly brought the woman lying in the middle of the carriage back to consciousness.
But his eyelids were heavy, his chest was burning, and he could only hear these two gentle voices in his ears, and then the faint light in front of him turned into darkness again.
Guangqing ten years, autumn hunting, to hunt black bears, take its head as the end, only held ten days, then the class returned to Beijing.
Fu Yang, who went with him, was named the Viscount of Chang'an because of his meritorious service, and was given thousands of acres of fertile land and 10,000 taels of gold.
But the newly promoted Viscount Chang'an didn't even go to thank him, locked himself in the mansion, and there were rumors outside, all saying... This young scholar, who went all the way from the ordinary people to the position of viscount and nobleman, died soon.
The Fu family has never married a wife, let alone a concubine, and has just earned enough glory for their ancestors, but they will be completely wiped out in this generation because there is no incense inheritance.
Compared with Fu Yang's matter, the thing that made more noise in the capital during this period of time was the news that the noble Jiang family had died.
Everyone knows that when he went to the woods that night, Jiang Mei went for Yu Lanqing, the queen of the Middle Palace.
If it weren't for Yu Lanqing's physical discomfort and inability to accompany the emperor that day, the person who was injured by a wild bear today and died is probably the queen.
The merits of Jiang Guiren are no less than Fu Yang, and the Jiang family has an incense inheritance, but they suddenly lost their beloved daughter, and they were also very sad.
The white silk of Jiangfu has been hanging for three whole days, and the queen is even more ill because of Jiang Mei's death, which can be seen to be sad.
Remembering Jiang Mei's merits, Wei Li was buried with the honor of a noble concubine and posthumously named Concubine Yi, which pushed the Jiang family to a position opposite the Yu family to a large extent.
The lively autumn hunt has become the eternal end of Jiangmei.
Fu Yang locked himself in the mansion, and half a month had passed since he learned the news of Jiang Mei's death.
It's like a world away.
He hadn't been too crazy these days, and most of the time, he just sat silently, watching the bare branches of the trees fall outside the window.
On the table next to him, there was an incense burner, and now even if it was a soothing incense, it would be difficult for him to sleep peacefully.
The red booklet by the incense burner is particularly eye-catching, it is the dowry gift he planned to give to Jiang Mei, this fold has long been worn out at the corner, and it is about to fall apart.
After ten years of obsession, there is still no way to do it.
On the day he knew of Jiang Mei's death, Fu Yang locked the door to accompany her, Wei Li calculated his temperament, and the people in the palace appeared in time and snatched the dagger from his hand, and by the way, he also brought Wei Li's words.
Jiang Mei is gone, but the Jiang family is still there.
If he dares to commit suicide, implicate the innocent Jiang family, and go underground, he will have no face to face Jiang Mei.
It's so ruthless, it's not even allowed to die.
Wei Li calculated correctly, it was impossible for Fu Yang not to care about the Jiang family, Jiang Mei was gone, he wanted to guard her family for her, how could she let her be under Jiuquan, and she would not be at ease?
So Fu Yang just sat like this, a person's heart hurt to the extreme, it turned out that there were no tears.
Jiang Mei's coffin, also because of the queen's exceptional grace, was allowed to be sent to the Jiang family mourning hall for worship the day before the burial, and then set off from the Jiang family and sent to the concubine's mausoleum.
When the coffin was delivered to Jiang's house, Fu Yang finally walked out of the house, he was dressed in black clothes, and walked forward to Jiang's mansion.
The snow-white gauze was hung all over the Jiangfu, Fu Yang stopped and stared, and after a long time, he walked in.
There were only people from the Jiang family kneeling in the mourning hall, and Fu Yang's appearance did not cause any waves.
Everyone was immersed in grief, and Mrs. Jiang cried in a low voice, which was even more desolate.
"I'm coming... Look at her. β
Fu Yang bowed to Master Jiang, took three incense sticks from the boy next to him, bowed three times, and then inserted them into the incense burner.
At this point, he should leave, after all, he and her should not have any other relationship.
Even if she is lying in the coffin, even if she has the grace of the queen, she is still the concubine of Dawei, and tomorrow, she will be sent to the concubine's mausoleum.
But Fu Yang really couldn't move his footsteps, he just wanted to stand here, stay here, even if he couldn't say anything, he couldn't do anything, it was better than sitting alone in the mansion.
Fu Yang was the first to come, and then people came in one after another, saying the words of mourning and change, offering three pillars of incense, and turning to leave.
People like flowing water came in and out, Fu Yang stood in the shadow by the door, and no one noticed him.
Most of these people have nothing to do with Jiang Mei, they have met a few times in the autumn hunt, and after a while, they don't even remember her face.
But these people still squeezed out a few tears, praising Jiang Mei as a heroine among the women who rescued the Middle Palace, and praising the daughter raised by the Jiang family for being loyal and filial.
What they want is just to leave their footprints when the Jiang family was grieving, and make the illusion of being kind to others.
After all, today's Jiang family is no longer the original Jiang family.
People love to conform to the crowd, once they have the same mind, they will feel more at ease when they start doing things.
Fu Yang's eyes never moved away from the coffin, the hall was full of sadness, and only he could empathize with the pain of the Jiang family.
Master Jiang naturally knew that Fu Yang had been standing in the corner, Jiang Mei almost fell out with his family for this scholar, who would have known back then that the nameless boy of the Fu family was now the first person to speak in the court?
He still thinks about Jiang Mei and remembers Jiang Mei, so it is not in vain that Jiang Mei made a scene for him at the beginning.
It's just that no matter how heavy the goodbye is, there will be a time to reach the end after all, from the morning to the evening, Fu Yang has not moved a step, and both legs have lost sensation.
At the end of the worship, it was Lord Jiang who personally sent Fu Yang out of the house.
"Young people, you have to learn to let go, and you can walk out in order to get in."
This is what Master Jiang said to him after sending Fu Yang out of the mansion and patting him on the shoulder before turning back.
Then the gate of Jiangfu was closed, Fu Yang slowly retracted his gaze, and muttered: "Can you walk out, can you walk in?" β
I'm afraid that in this life, it will be difficult to get out.
The carriage of the Fu family stopped on the side of the road, and the little guy stepped forward to ask Fu Yang if he was going to take the car back, Fu Yang shook his head and let the little guy drive the horse first, he wanted to take a walk.
I haven't gone out for so long, and when I heard Fu Yang say this, I was relieved, I was trapped for too long, and I would inevitably lose my popularity, so it was good to take a walk, so as not to always spread some words outside about Fu Yang's life, which made people feel uncomfortable.
Jiang Mei's coffin was sent to the concubine's tomb as scheduled on the second day, and the team sent by the royal family made a special trip to Jiang's house to carry away the coffin.
On this day, Fu Yang made an exception to drink, and the autumn wind was blowing, but he was only wearing a thin shirt.
Yue Yu has never been to the court, and Wei Li has not blamed a word, only that Fu Yang still needs to recuperate, and when everything is fine, it is not too late to come to the court.
Fu Yang couldn't appreciate such a generous grace, he even hoped that the bleak autumn wind could blow down his broken body, birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature, as long as he didn't commit suicide, how could Wei Li reverse the destiny of heaven?
He didn't drink well, he drank too much, he was dizzy, he couldn't sit steadily, so he simply lay down on the ground and looked at the clouds in the sky.
After watching it for a long time, my eyes were sour, and my tears were uncontrollable, rolling down the stream.
He didn't want to cry, but he didn't know why, maybe it was the bright and dazzling, the tear ducts were stimulated, and he couldn't stop.
Fu Yang raised his hand sleeve to cover his eyes, thinking that he could control it, but he didn't expect to choke even more, and in the end he only cried bitterly.
Her coffin passed through the capital, and he couldn't go to see her off, so he cried for her.
Then in this piece of your own mansion, don't endure it any harder.
Less than three days after Jiang Mei's funeral ended, the capital returned to its prosperous scene, Fu Yang still did not go to the court, and he did not go to see the mansion of the Viscount of Chang'an.
People were so calm that they had already forgotten about the autumn hunting, but the side gate of the Fu Mansion welcomed guests today.
The little guy outside hurriedly came in, saying that someone was looking for him outside, and the master's family was sitting in a sedan chair, and he couldn't see who it was.
Fu Yang waved his hand and said no, and continued to sit under the porch to watch the sky come out of his mind, but the little guy didn't leave, he groaned for a while, remembered the words of the person outside the door, took two steps forward, and put the thing in his hand in front of Fu Yang: "My lord, that person said that please take a look at this thing before making a decision." β
Fu Yang's thoughts were disturbed, and he glanced at the thing in the little guy's hand very impatiently, and with just one glance, the whole person seemed to have been struck by lightning.
Is that... The sword carved by the black jade, this string of bracelets, Fu Yang always thought that it was on Jiang Mei's hand, and it was buried with her.
How could it be here?!
He stretched out his hand to take the thing, and the whole person was trembling, and it was a long time before he clenched his fists, looked up, and said, "Where is that person?" β
"The sedan chair is at the side door." Seeing that Fu Yang had a reaction, the little guy hurriedly pointed in the direction and walked forward, leading Fu Yang to meet people.
Fu Yang's footsteps became faster and faster, and when he reached the side door, he saw a plain sedan chair and a subordinate with a face.
Seeing that he was neither humble nor arrogant, the subordinate took the lead in speaking: "My wife doesn't like to see outsiders, and I hope that Master Fu can invite a sedan chair into the house and find a place where no one can talk quietly." β
Fu Yang stood silently, and after a long time, he ordered to go down, not to leak the news, and then welcomed the sedan chair to the backyard of the mansion to talk.
The people in the backyard were all taken away, and at this time it was quiet and quiet, and there was no one else.
Fu Yang finally couldn't help it, he arched his hand at the sedan chair, and said in a trembling voice: "I don't know if Mrs. can tell me her identity, and... Where did this bracelet come from, this is especially important to Fu Yang, if he can tell it, Fu Yang is grateful. β
There was no sound in the sedan chair for a long time, Fu Yang raised his head and whispered, "Madam?" β
"Fu Yang, Yueyu refuses to show up in the court, is it because he resents the emperor for being ruthless?" A woman's voice came from the sedan chair, and Fu Yang's body shook, only feeling that the voice was familiar.
Thinking about it carefully, his eyes suddenly widened: "The emperor... The Queen? β
This voice is indeed the voice of the queen's mother, but Jiang Mei passed away, and the queen has been sick in bed for more than a month, how can it be... How did it end up here?
"If this palace asks you, you will answer."
Yu Lanqing's voice came coldly, as if a teacher was asking for guilt.
Fu Yang knelt down and saluted, and after a long sound, he said: "Minister, don't dare to resent the emperor, the minister only resents his own incompetence." β
"Your contribution to Dawei, the palace remembers, and the emperor also remembers, you are a pillar of the pillars, an important courtier that the emperor cannot lose, and the emperor's grand cause still needs the full support of adults." Yu Lanqing's voice came again, as if he had been sent by Wei Li to advise, "There is no point in hiding in the mansion like you, the mansion of the Viscount of Chang'an always needs its new owner." β
Fu Yang bit his lip and clenched his fists: "If the queen wants to say such high-sounding words to the minister, the minister can only dare to send the mother back to the palace, the minister knows that the kindness of the Son of Heaven is as heavy as Mount Tai, Fu Yang can only exhaust what he has learned all his life to be able to repay one or two, but not now, the minister has no way to pretend to be calm, pretending to be an unrelated person to go to the court, the minister can only say that he is sick in the house, even so, the emperor can't tolerate it?" β
The person in the sedan chair fell silent, Fu Yang knew that he shouldn't talk to the queen like this, but in his current mood, there was absolutely no way to go out.
"The emperor and the palace know that the adults are loyal, so the palace is here today to bring a grace to the adults." Yu Lanqing spoke softly, the wind blew through the curtain, and Yu Lanqing's side face could be vaguely seen in the sedan chair.
Grace?
Fu Yang smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "The grace that Weichen wants no longer exists, and I ask Niangniang to return this grace to the emperor, the emperor's mind, Fu Yang received it." β
Yu Lanqing held back hard, and when she heard this, she finally couldn't help laughing, she got out of the sedan chair, walked in front of Fu Yang, and pulled him up: "Are you sure you don't want to take a look at what kind of grace it is?" If this is returned, don't regret it, Fu Yang. β
Looking at Yu Lanqing's smile, Fu Yangleng paused, and then his brain stopped spinning sluggishly, and he didn't know what Yu Lanqing meant by this.
Seeing that Fu Yang was like a fool, Yu Lanqing sighed, stretched out his finger and pointed to the hand he had been holding in the palm of his hand: "The dowry has been given, you shouldn't regret it, right?" β
Dowry? Back?
Fu Yang spread out his palms in a daze, looked at the things in his hands, and then stammered as if he had suddenly opened his mind and was smashed on the back of his head: "Could it be... Niangniang's meaning,Yesγγ It's her... β
Yu Lanqing clapped his hands and hurriedly took over: "This grace, Master Fu, is it or?" β
"Yes, minister..." Fu Yang knelt straight down, his eyes were red, and he stared at the sedan chair in front of him, unable to take his eyes off it anymore.
Yu Lanqing turned sideways and whispered to the people in the sedan chair, "Did you hear that?" If thou wilt, come out. β
After a while, the person in the sedan chair moved, she lifted the sedan curtain, leaned out, and broke into Fu Yang's sight in a red dress.
Thinking about it day and night, the person who went back and forth in his dream was standing in front of him at this time.
She was dressed in red to be married, looked at him with a smile, and called him softly: "Brother Yang." β
Fu Yang's tears couldn't be stopped any longer, he knelt in place, his whole body was trembling, but he didn't dare to blink his eyes, for fear that the moment he blinked, everything in front of him would become a cloud of smoke again.
Yu Lanqing stepped forward quickly, took Jiang Mei's hand, walked in front of Fu Yang, and said, "What is Master Fu still doing in a daze?" β
Don't take it quickly.
Fu Yang stood up from the ground in a panic, he stretched out his hand and shook Jiang Mei's hand from Yu Lanqing's hand, her hand was warm, she was still alive, still standing in front of him.
"That... The coffin. After the huge surprise, Fu Yang suddenly remembered this question and looked at Yu Lanqing suspiciously.
Yu Lanqing raised his eyebrows, picked up the matter and told Fu Yang about it.
Yu Wenwu's arrow didn't hit the fatal point at all, and she stayed in Jiang Mei's tent to instruct the imperial doctor to seal her mouth, and then secretly sent Jiang Mei away from Yuhe for treatment.
At that time, there was nothing on the so-called carriage that was sent back to the palace for recuperation, and Jiang Mei had not returned to the capital since the day he was injured.
After a series of funerals and burials, what was in the coffin was just the palace clothes made by Jiang Mei when he was posthumously named a concubine.
"On the second day when you went to ask for grace, the emperor agreed with the palace to give you this grace, but the rules in the palace are extremely strict, Jiang Mei is immortal, eternal life, and it is difficult to escape the palace." Yu Lan smiled lightly, no matter how tortuous the process was, no matter how sad the process was for Fu Yang and Jiang Mei, at least now, they were together.
Ten years of regret has finally come to an end.
After listening to Yu Lanqing's words, Fu Yang couldn't calm down for a long time, and he and Jiang Mei knelt down together, thanking them for such a gift of heaven.
He originally thought that it was the most ruthless emperor's family, but this was not just said in the book.
But who says that kings are ruthless? The emperor's love is indescribable, because he has to take care of all the people.
The emperor's compassion is always mixed with a process that is difficult for ordinary people to understand.
Yu Lanqing took Jiang Mei's hand and wiped the tears on her face for her, this farewell, goodbye in the future, I don't know when, she knows that Jiang Mei is worried about herself, not at ease with herself, but in this life, Yu Lanqing doesn't want her to sacrifice and bury herself within the palace wall: "You don't have to worry about the palace, now the children are gradually growing up, the palace accompanies the queen mother and the emperor, in a few years, it will be a clean day, you just have to live your own life." β
Jiang Mei lowered his head and was speechless for a long time.
"Jiang Mei is dead, so she no longer has the status behind her, she can't enter your main door in a dignified manner, marry you as a wife, she can only be a concubine, but this palace believes that what her status is, it is just for outsiders to see, as long as you are firm in each other's hearts, a concubine is a wife." Yu Lanqing finally admonished, the current Jiang Mei is no longer the concubine of the Jiang family, but just an ordinary concubine in the backyard of the Fu family, "After a few years of turmoil, the emperor said that he would give you an errand to travel the whole country, and when you take Jiang Mei, no one will recognize you." β
Hearing this, Fu Yang bowed again, and under the cold and cruel surface of the king, there was still a hot heart.
Wei Li was also moved by this feeling, perhaps because he remembered the ten years that Yu Lanqing had been waiting for, or maybe he didn't want to lose such an excellent courtier, no matter what it was, in short, Wei Li nodded, allowing Jiang Mei to get rid of his identity as a concubine and leave the palace.
The Jiang family doesn't know about this now, Yu Lanqing means that at least wait until the matter calms down for three months, and then go to the Jiang family to slowly explain the matter, the Jiang family will definitely keep their mouths shut, and Yu Lanqing is not worried about this.
I can't stay here in Fu Yang for a long time, Yu Lanqing came with me this time, and I was to witness the marriage of Jiang Mei and Fu Yang, although Jiang Mei said that it was a concubine, but the wedding dress that Yu Lanqing prepared for her was still red, although there was no ceremony, everything was very simple, but Jiang Mei, who was wearing a handkerchief, smiled happily than any time Yu Lanqing had ever seen.
When she was in the palace, she had never been so happy.
Now that her wish has been fulfilled, Jiang Mei has never been a person who pays attention to these external things, and it has been her lifelong wish for the two of them to be together.
After all the ceremonies, Yu Lanqing sat in a sedan chair, left from the side gate of the Fu Mansion, and took a detour to the palace on a small road.
Zhao'an has been waiting for Yu Lanqing's sedan chair at the palace gate, and when he saw the top of Yu Lanqing's sedan chair slowly falling, he hurriedly stepped forward to support Yu Lanqing: "The queen mother, the emperor is waiting for the mother." β
Yu Lanqing nodded, and before going out, he told Wei Li that he wanted to have dinner together.
When he walked to the Qianming Palace, Wei Li was making tea himself, and when he heard the footsteps behind him, he didn't look back and knew that it was Yu Lanqing who came back: "How is it?" β
"The person has already been sent, I think in a few days, Fu Yang will be able to go to court normally." Yu Lanqing stepped forward with a smile, looked at Wei Li's clumsy technique, and said softly, "It seems that the emperor's tea art will have to be studied for a while." β
Wei Li has inexplicably fallen in love with these self-cultivation things recently, and has been learning to make tea for several days, saying that he will have nothing to do in the future, and he will drink a pot of tea with Yu Lanqing every day.
Hearing Yu Lanqing joking with him, Wei Li straightened up, poured a cup and handed it to Yu Lanqing: "I didn't cook it well, but it was also boiled for the queen to drink, the queen's products, can you grow?" β
Yu Lanqing took it, looked like he was tasting tea, took a sip, and said: "The emperor is talented, and in just a few days, the fragrance of tea has been left between his lips and teeth." β
With that, the two looked at each other and chuckled.
Yu Lanqing put down the teacup: "The emperor has fulfilled Jiang Mei, and the concubines have thanked the emperor for Jiang Mei's grace." β
"She deserves it." Wei Li's tone was light, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Jiang Mei's departure, on the contrary, he had been on the throne for so long and had done too many things involuntarily and involuntarily, but this time, he followed his heart.
"After a few years, I sent Fu Yang to work in the Jiangnan area, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, no one knows the former Jiang nobles, and I can still afford to give me so many years of credit." Wei Li smiled, knighthood and gifting people are all graces, if he hadn't seen them both willing to give their lives for each other, Wei Li would not be as firm that his decision was correct as he is now.
Everything in the world stresses cause and effect, and they really want to be grateful, so they thank themselves for planting good causes, and now they get good results.
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