34. The past is bitter
"Wang Xian."
The prince led a group of eunuch guards to walk in from behind, he had watched Wan Yue lead His Majesty into the garden and followed with people from a distance, not daring to approach, but now as long as Gao Yang called his name, he immediately appeared in front of him.
"The minions are here."
"Concubine Pei of Nanxun Palace, despised the queen, defied the palace rules, sang in the middle of the night, regardless of the system, twenty rods, halved the silver, demoted the beauty, and was grounded in the Nanxun Hall for three months."
"No." Turning to Pei Meiren, who had just been demoted, "Pei Meiren, please." ”
This delicate and gorgeous face, I wonder if it can still look after years of wind and frost?
"Now, are you satisfied?" He lowered his head and asked in her ear.
Wan Yue instinctively took a step back and saluted respectfully, "Brother Huang laughed, obviously His Majesty felt sorry for the queen and disposed of Pei Meiren." ”
"Well, you should go back and rest early." Gao Yang waved his hand and motioned for her to leave.
"Sister quit." Wan Yue took a few steps back and turned to leave.
Looking at her departing back, obedient, gentle, humble, and polite, everyone who has seen this eldest princess is describing her with the most beautiful words in the world,
Whether it is the canonization ceremony, meeting with ministers or contacting other Gao relatives, she is calm and relaxed, and she has lost her original paranoia and stubbornness, but her eyes are not as clean as before, and there is a little more turbidity, which is more similar to the smoky gray eyes.
One word came to mind, perverse.
With a sneer, he also turned around and returned to his Dongshuang Hall.
The night is deep, looking at a touch of moonlight, humming a song and shuttling alone in this palace, she is happy, happy not because Concubine Pei suffered, but because she finally has the ability to fight back against those who have hurt her.
"Is the eldest princess a little ruthless?" An Youju, who quietly followed behind him, walked out and said softly.
"Where did General An start with this?" Wan Yue asked without changing her smile.
walked a few closer to her, with sorrow, with a tone of unbearable blame in her eyes, "Concubine Pei is not at fault, it is the eldest princess who touches the scales of the Son of Heaven in a few words, which will make her grounded with a cane." ”
The Son of Heaven is reversed.
The queen once shared weal and woe with the emperor, spent the most difficult years, endured shame, and endured fear, and now... He had already planned to give her three thousand favors in his heart, and she was his bottom line.
Wan Yue restrained her smile, her eyes were indifferent, and she would fall into the cold and cold together at a glance, "General An is the danger of the harem that you told me, the harem is like this, General An has been on the battlefield for a long time, but I can't use these methods on the table." ”
"I'm just reminding the eldest princess to be careful, you're very well at it."
He had only reminded her to be careful about the people and things around him, but she could already start fighting back, and although her smile was no different from before, she also had an indescribable feeling.
"General An's words... As a courtier, the matter of the harem has nothing to do with the previous dynasty, and it is not something that General An can put his beak on, this palace has long said that General An will forget the past, it seems that you have not done it! ”
What she has to do, she will do, and she will bear the result! It's not the turn of others to make irresponsible remarks, Wanyue has never liked others to point fingers, and listening to An Youju's words today is really harsh.
"The minister knows his mistake, please punish the eldest princess!" An Youju stretched out his clothes and knelt on one knee in front of Wanyue.
"General An is the pillar of the country, the pillar of the country, I am just His Majesty's sister, how can I say the words of punishment, but I also advise General An to be careful, he is a great achievement, and I am afraid that he will become a thorn in the heart of the Son of Heaven, General An should understand that once he enters the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and An Qing is a passerby from the beginning."
I have already seen through all kinds of things in the world, and weakness will only harm others and ourselves in the end.
She doesn't want to have anything to do with anyone else in this Northern Qi Dynasty, all she has to do is to keep Gao Yang and everything he has gotten, whoever is on this throne is a member of the Gao family, and the rest of the ministers won't care,
The so-called loyalty to the monarch and patriotism is only loyal to the person at the top of power, and in Wanyue's heart, that person can only be Gao Yang, and it is the glory of the royal family he brought to the Gao family!
Wanyue had already left, leaving only An Youju kneeling on the ground,
It was his father who followed Gao Huan, who was ordered by his father to follow Gao Yang, in the troubled times, only from the dragon can protect the entire family, and they worked hard to get this night and night, and the world is rising day by day.
But in the dead of night, he will look at this bright moon, in exchange for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, the family is noble and glorious, when the family is happy, why is he alone?
Since he was a child, he was taken by his father to practice with soldiers on the martial arts field, and he read a lot of books at night when the lights were dark, and he also had resentments, why he didn't have his mother's spoiling, and he couldn't accept his knees, and he was sometimes very jealous of his eldest brother,
He can be coquettish in his mother's arms, and whenever his father wants to punish him, his mother will cry and run out to stop his father, and the father can only be angry with himself, leaving a sentence of motherhood and indignation.
There is no one to shelter, so when his father scolds him, he can only stubbornly grit his teeth, stubbornly look at his father, and do not regret it, his father has high expectations for him, and he is also very strict, and his daily drills day and night bind his mind, and he has no time to think about anything.
On his deathbed, my eldest brother said that he was very envious of me, that my father had always loved me, and that I had excellent martial arts, but I had always envied my eldest brother, who had what I wanted the most, and looking back at myself, there was nothing left.
Slowly stood up, a cold chill came from his knees, it was a summer night, why was it still cold?!
The nights in the palace are always long!
The bright moon fell, the sun rose, Wanyue lazily got up and dressed up, sat in front of the mirror, fiddling with the dagger, always carrying an indescribable security, she would not forget the self-defense blade, this was a gift from An Youju, but she always told An Youju to forget.
The daytime in the palace is always long, tired of socializing, returned to his Wenyan Pavilion early, took a nap, sent everyone away, changed into the palace maid clothes she hid in the deepest part of the cabinet, and slipped all the way to Hanyao Palace with low eyebrows.
She has just been canonized as the eldest princess, and there are still many people in the palace who don't know her, so she can be so rampant, and I am afraid that she can only wait until the dead of night in the future, but now I haven't seen her for a long time and can't wait for night to fall.
If it weren't for the chains under his feet to remind him that he was a prisoner, he would have looked like a leisurely rich boy.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?" Wanyue slipped in quietly through the small door.
"As always." Closing the scroll, opening his arms, signaling that everything was fine with Wanyue, smiling faintly, and asking, "How are you?" ”
"Okay, that's good."
There's been a lot going on lately, but it's generally going in a good direction.
Chao Wanyue took a step in, and the chain under her feet made a crisp sound, "Oh? Have you ever encountered anything interesting? ”
"Ah, have you seen anything outside the palace?" Wan Yue couldn't help but walk towards him, staring at him with a pair of innocent evil eyes.
"I remember seeing it when I first came to Qi Kingdom, but I haven't seen it since I was here." He shook his head helplessly, since he was imprisoned, he could only raise his head and look at the boxy sky.
He couldn't help but look into her eyes, her eyes were bright, and she looked very interested in the outside of the palace, and asked, "Are you out of the palace?" ”
"Ahh No, I'm just a palace maid, how can I get out of the palace, but I just heard that people are yearning for life outside the palace in advance. "Since she left the palace, she seems to be unable to stay in this palace, she always wants to run out, and things outside are always very novel~" What about you? As soon as this sentence came out, she regretted it a little.
"Me? I also want to see the world outside of this Hanyao Palace, I believe that this day should not be too long, but this chain is very unsightly. He lowered his head, and the shackles that bound him could only restrain his body, but there was no way to stop him from turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain, and his originally plain eyes were mixed with hatred.
turned around, looked at Wan Yue, and smiled freely, "Would you like to watch the ending of this country with me?" ”
Wan Yue frowned and looked at him, "Why are you so obsessed with getting the world?"
He didn't know that what he was chasing was illusory, and in her impression, there was no emperor named Yuan Yu, and his future was still unknown.
"I've left something behind and want to find it." He chuckled, a smile on his lips that made him yearn for it, but when he got closer, he realized that he had already fallen into a trap.
"The throne?" Wan Yue asked in a daze,
"Looks like we're looking for the same thing." Yuan Yu sighed lightly, in this world of soldiers and disasters, it is not difficult to win the throne, caressing Wanyue's forehead, and said softly, "Later, we were born to live in troubled times, and there is no way to embark on this road, even if it is a road of no return..."
"No, all I want is to use my hands to end the troubled times, if I live in a peaceful and prosperous world, then I will stir up the world to create a troubled world, and I will end it with my own hands."
He was wrong, the world has settled down, there is no such chaos as it was at the beginning, such as the situation of today's three points is already clear, the Northern Qi regime is still consolidating, and he cannot subvert it.
"Oh, interesting." His eyes were playful, as if he had found a hint of relief in this silent court life, "I'm also interested in you." ”
"No... No, I don't think you should be interested in anything other than the throne. ”
The too close distance made Wanyue feel uncomfortable, and the only thing that could interest him was his own chess pieces, or the people he could use, but she was unwilling to be at the mercy of others.
"Bright women also catch my attention."
He got closer and closer, the two were almost close together, Wan Yue supported his shoulders with her hands, keeping a distance from him, he was dangerous, and he didn't dare to guarantee what would happen at such a close distance.
He grabbed Wanyue's wrist and pulled her into his arms, but he heard the sound of things falling, and looked down at the inappropriate thing, "This is... Dagger?" Yuan Yu put his hand on grasping her, picked up the dagger on the ground, and said sharply, "Are you also here to kill me?" ”