12 The court fights, and the childhood plums are strange
Xiahou Chong was born in the Guogong Mansion, because his great-grandfather helped Emperor Nanyue Taizu to open the country, enjoyed the merit of the dragon, and was given a hereditary title with a different surname.
After that, there was a strange woman in the Xiahou family, which made Emperor Wenwen, the son of Emperor Taizu, admire, and asked for marriage many times and promised that the three generations of descendants would come from the Xiahou family, and finally hugged the beauty.
Since then, Nanyue has been a country for more than 100 years, and generations of queens have all come from the Guogong Mansion.
Now, although three generations have passed, those established rules since ancient times have made everyone tacitly default that the Xiahou family will continue to be favored in the past.
It is no coincidence that the book is not written, this generation of Moon Emperor Yueren, when he was still the prince, had a young relationship with Wei Mo, the daughter of the Wei family, and the Tianjing Temple presided over the criticism, and then Wei Mo became the crown princess, which is now the Queen of Wei.
Originally, it was just a love between men and women, but because of his special status, the matter of the Son of Heaven, it was related to the world, and the balance maintained for a long time in the court was broken, in order to quickly stabilize the dynasty and appease the Xiahou family, Yueren, who was still the prince at the time, accepted his father's suggestion and accepted Xiahou Lan, the eldest daughter of the Xiahou family, as a side concubine, which is now Lan Guifei.
Now the Wei family and the Xiahou family seem to be evenly divided, but in fact, the balance has long been tilted.
It was only because Empress Wei gave birth to the eldest prince Yue Tianyu fifteen years ago that she did not come out, and after the full moon, she refused to accept the crown prince's canonization on the grounds that the eldest prince was in weak health, which caused an uproar inside and outside the court of Nanyue Kingdom.
And the Wei family gate valve has no objection to this, but the following guests and the Wei faction in the court have a lot of grievances, although they dare not be presumptuous in public, but they secretly satirize the views of Queen Wei's wife and insult her virtuous name, Queen Wei has always ignored this, and only taught her son.
The eldest prince Yue Tianyu has been well-behaved and sensible since he was a child, and his appearance is outstanding, but because of his poor physique, he always makes the Moon Emperor feel distressed.
With the title comes a change in the direction of the wind in the court, because of the Moon Emperor's move, everyone has been sure that the Wei family will have nothing to rely on in the future, and most people's goals have turned to the second prince Yue Cong and the fourth prince Yue Zheng from Lan Guifei.
Among them, the moon from its name can be seen that the moon emperor has high hopes for it, if the moon is the only one who is favored by the moon emperor's father, then the moon is cultivated according to the heir, so it is highly valued.
Sure enough, he lived up to expectations, he showed extraordinary intelligence when he was young, he could sing at the age of three, he could give at the age of five, he could martial arts at the age of eight, and at the age of twelve, he took the initiative to ask Ying to follow his uncle and cousin to the border to practice, and now he has more than two years.
Xiahou Chong was one of the cousins who fought with Yuexi, four years older.
Because in a recent border battle, in order to save Yuecao from being injured, although he was no longer in serious trouble after treatment, he left a hidden disease that could affect his life and had not been cured, and Yuecao has always respected him.
Originally, Xiahou Chong should return to the border to meet his father and brothers after recovering from his injury, but the Moon Emperor remembered that his hidden illness had not healed, and that the protector had merit, so he ordered him to recuperate in Beijing, and appreciated his open-mindedness and bravery, so he was temporarily transferred to Beijing and served as the commander of the palace.
At this time, this young commander in front of the palace was dressed in black riding casual clothes, with a light wheat-colored face, with a clear outline but not sharp, if it weren't for the fact that he unconsciously released the cold air around his body to everyone, and picked up the tea soup with a cold face, it would be difficult to associate him with the general of the border pass who was in a broken iron suit on the battlefield of a hundred battles just by looking at his appearance.
On the other side, the eldest princess Yue Yun told him about how she secretly led a group of juniors to avoid Jingzhong's eyeliner and sneaked into this ravine.
Originally, she looked leisurely disgusted with the dark lines and defenses of the former palace commander, and told interesting stories along the way, until she talked about Xiahou Chun's snake venom in Yinshan yesterday, and subconsciously glanced at Xiahou Chong.
At the moment, there was a sense of guilt, this 'escape' not only gave the new commander a dismount, but also took his younger brother out of the house and was injured, and indeed blamed her, an elder, for not taking good care of her, in order to secretly go to see Bai Ran, she left them to play by herself.
Hearing that his younger brother was poisoned and injured, Xiahou Chong only raised his eyes and skimmed Yue Yunchu, and there was no other reaction, but Zhizhou Yan Xingge on the side had a faint bulge between his eyebrows, and his eyes wandered between Yue Yunchu and Xiahou Chong, but he did not interject.
After a while, Xiahou Chong got up, and Yue Yunchu hurriedly followed and walked with him towards the inner courtyard.
Lord Zhizhou, who was left aside, thought with a wry smile as he walked, what kind of bad luck did he have, hiding in such a remote place, he could also provoke this group of heavenly nobles, and then he would be busy.
At this moment, Yue Tianyu, Yue Cao, Yue Zheng and others were gathering in Xiahou Chun's resting room.
Yue Xiao half lying on the couch by the window, with his right hand on his head, holding a book in his left hand, reading quietly, his handsome eyebrows and peach blossoms outside the window reflect each other into a painting;
On the other side, Yue Tianyu was playing against Wei Wuji, the eldest son of the Wei family, and Yue Zheng and Wei Wuji's sister Wei Xueyan were watching the chess from the sidelines.
Poor Xiahou Chun, who was injured, hung his arms alone, leaning on the bed sickly, looking at this group of partners with sad eyes.
obviously said that he would accompany him to relieve his boredom, how could he find fun one by one, but he was still lonely in bed in a daze.
Xiahou Chun just wanted to get angry, but he saw Yue Cao suddenly get up and look at the door, and the rest of the people also stopped working and looked at each other in unison.
Several people in the room, except for Wei Xueyan and Xiahou Chun, the rest have been practicing martial arts since childhood, not to mention that Yue Cao has experienced in the battlefield, and he is even more deaf and clear-sighted.
"Brother Chun, look who's coming" The door opened from the outside in, and then Yan Baojing's excited voice came.
Xiahou Chong, Yue Yunchu, and Yan Xingge rushed in, and the April day, which was originally at a suitable temperature, actually became cold the moment Xiahou Chong entered the door......
Yue Cao was the first to react, immediately got up, and said with a bow: "Cousin, you are here." ”
"Xiahou Chong, the commander in front of the palace, has seen His Royal Highness the King of the South, His Royal Highness the Second Highness, and His Royal Highness the Fourth" Because all the people present are relatives, and they are dressed in civilian clothes, Xiahou Chong's salute is relatively simple.
Seeing this, Yan Xingge also stepped forward to salute together.
Yue Tianyu, Yue Zheng and the others also got up one after another when they reacted, thinking that they were sneaking out now, and the young girls who were still a little young and a little embarrassed were a little embarrassed.
"Ahem...... When going out, Commander Xia and Yan Zhizhou don't have to be polite, "The moon and the sky are the biggest here, although this scene makes him feel astringent, but with the name of "King of the Southern Moon", he also has to do a good identity.
"Okay, okay, if you see the ceremony, your family doesn't have to see outside" Yue Yunchu stepped forward and waved her hand and said, she is usually idle, and she is most unaccustomed to this kind of red tape.
"Chun'er, your brother came to see you, and this time he came out to cause a lot of trouble for him and Xingge. Your injury is treated in time, and we will rest for two days, and then we will go back to the imperial city, your brothers have not seen each other for some days, so let's talk slowly, and the others should not get in the way here. ”
As soon as Yue Yun's words fell, she signaled the others to evacuate, and the people who had just received the signal had not moved their bodies, only heard Xiahou Chong say, "Leave tomorrow." ”
"Huh?" Yue Yunchu turned around and was stunned, thinking that she had misheard.
"Pack your things tonight and leave tomorrow." At this time, there were many nobles in Tianhuang, and Xiahou Chong repeated it with a little patience.
"Wouldn't it be too rushed...... This, Chun'er is still ......"
After Yue Yun finished speaking, she was interrupted by Yue Yu.
"Okay, let's go back first, and leave tomorrow morning" Yue Cao responded for everyone, and then pushed Yue Yunchu to turn around and walk out.
"No, alas, why are you pushing me...... How do you ......?"
Yue Yunchu, who was pushed out of the door by everyone, was sitting on the stone bench not far from the house with a black face at this time, looking at the young girls in front of him who were quietly discussing the return trip.
Yan Xingge stood behind them, and as far as his soft gaze could reach, it was Yue Yunchu's long hair and graceful back, her ears were hot for a while, and her fingertips hanging down her sleeves moved slightly, and then quietly looked away.
"It's hard to come out and go back like this?" Yue Zheng said dissatisfied
"You didn't say it just now, and you pushed me out with your royal brother, you monkey cubs, it's really ......"
"Aunt Huang is not angry, just now the imperial brother should have just looked at Commander Xia, there must be other reasons for everyone to rush back, otherwise it is impossible for him to ignore Xiao Chun's injury." Yue Tianyu came forward to explain, Yue Yunchu calmed down a little, and then turned to Yan Xingge, who had been silent.
"You haven't spoken since you entered the door today, are you holding back something that you can't say in front of him, or do you not want to say it when you see me?"
Yan Xingge, who was named, was stunned for a moment, looked at Yue Yunchu and said with a smile, "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is serious, and the lower officials have nothing to say, and they have nothing to say." ”
"You!" Yue Yunchu had just suppressed the fire, and when she heard his indifferent and detached words, she was angry again.
"Is there really nothing to say?"
"Seriously" Yan Xingge put away his smile, lowered his head slightly with both hands, and no longer looked at her.
"Okay then, I really don't have anything to say to you."
As the only daughter of the former emperor, Yue Yunchu's status as the eldest princess has made her favored by her father, mother, and brother since she was a child, and she lives unrestrained.
But Nanyue's royal heirs are thin, she is the youngest daughter, the age difference with other brothers is too big, and she was lonely before the age of seven, and later because of her kinship with Xiahou, she occasionally saw her grandmother who took Xiahou Chong and Yan Xingge to attack.
The three children are of the same age, get along well, the Empress Dowager Xiahou saw that she was becoming more and more lively, so she allowed her to often take her to the Guogong Mansion to play, the three of them liked to sit together, listen to the old Guogong tell stories, and it can be regarded as having a childhood sweetheart.
It's just that he grew up, Xiahou Chong went to the border with his father, Yan Xingge, as the in-law and brother of the Xiahou family, it is inconvenient to have too much contact with Yue Yunchu, in order to avoid suspicion, he rarely shows up, and occasionally he just hurriedly says hello, Yue Yunchu doesn't understand at first, he can't be angry, and he looks for trouble as long as he sees it every time.
Later, the eldest lady of the Xiahou family, who was her aunt, couldn't stand it, so she mentioned it, Yue Yunchu was suddenly surprised, and then she came back with her nephews, Yan Xingge occasionally rode horses and archery with them, and traveled together on a boat, but as Yue Yunchu and the year passed, he became more and more indifferent and alienated until he left Beijing.
Yue Yunchu was puzzled, as a blue bird, she had lived for at least a hundred years, and Zhong Boran, who couldn't understand the divinity, was obsessed and unrepentant, so that she fell into the third reincarnation; I can't understand why Yan Xingge, as a mortal, went from a childhood sweetheart to a stranger, so deliberately alienated?
This is the question that Yue Yunchu has been pestering in his mind on the first night he left Beijing, and it is also the first time in a hundred years that she has been irritated with a mortal, or rather, a man, but she still doesn't want to take the initiative to ask this question.
"Aunt Huang, it's only an hour before you leave tomorrow, and you may be punished when you go back, let's think about tonight's activities, don't be sorry for this trip."
"yes, yes, when I think about the future of going back, I think I'm going to have fun tonight."
"It's hard to go far away, the emperor's aunt is not angry"
"The eldest princess is not angry, my brother has such a personality when he grows up, he has no malicious intentions"
Seeing these little boys and girls, coaxing her with a word, Yue Yunchu suddenly put aside the unhappy people and things, smiled, and listened to their excited suggestions for tonight's itinerary.
Over the years, the team of juniors has become larger and larger, and finally the juniors of the Wei family, Xiahou family, and Yue family have become an iron circle.
Yue Yunchu looked at their still a little immature faces, and only sighed in her heart, hoping that when they grow up in the future, they will never become like them, from familiar to unfamiliar, some things want to ask and don't know how to speak.
Xiahou Chong and Xiahou Chun finished chatting about the injury and went out of the room. Hearing the sound of excitement not far away, he glanced at Yue Yunchu who was sitting on the stone bench, and his eyes moved to Yan Xingge who was standing aside, and it happened that Yan Xingge turned his head, and the two met their eyes, one with disdain and scrutiny, and the other with helplessness and self-deprecation.