Chapter 76: Are You Human or Ghost?
The Buddha said: The seven sufferings of life, birth, old age, illness, death, resentment, love and separation, and can't ask for it. Among them, this love parting and asking for the most bitter.
In life, it is rare to meet a person who is happy with each other, and it is a happy thing to go from acquaintance to acquaintance and then to stay together. If you watch your loved one die, this kind of painful feeling can only be experienced by people who have the same experience.
You can't ask for it, you can't get what you want, and what you don't want is in front of you. King Chen, this is the situation now, after Chu Lixue's death, although he will also discuss with Jiang Tian how to take revenge, but the revenge on the Bai family did not make him happy.
"The eldest princess returns home, and pedestrians avoid it." A carriage slowly walked in the direction of Cloud City, and along the way, there would be people shouting loudly, and pedestrians would avoid it.
When the carriage arrived at the gate of the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the city knelt on one knee and saluted, Chu Lixue picked up the curtain with one hand, looked at the two big characters of Yuncheng on the city wall, and said secretly in her heart, Yuncheng, I am back.
The carriage traveled a distance before stopping, the little guy knelt in front of the carriage, waiting for the Duke of Dingguo and the eldest princess to step on his back and get out of the car, Chu Lixue looked at the emaciated body of the little guy, and felt a little unbearable, "You get up, I can do it myself." With that, he jumped off the side.
When the eldest princess and Dingguo Gong looked back and saw this scene, they couldn't help but smile faintly, and they all said that Princess Chen felt sorry for her subordinates, so it seems that what she said is true.
"Lixue, mother thinks so, in a few days I will hold a banquet for you, then I will ask the emperor to crown you as the county lord, and in the future, when I and your father-in-law die, everything in the Dingguo Mansion and the Eldest Princess's Mansion will be handed over to you, if there is a county lord's identity to suppress the formation, it will give you more help."
"Everything is bothered by my mother, and Lixue is very much arranged by her mother." Chu Lixue smiled lightly. Since she recognized her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Chu Lixue should do her filial piety as a daughter, since the eldest princess held a banquet for her, it was to give her a new identity and let her appear in front of everyone, whether she was Chu Lixue or not, as the eldest princess's daughter-in-law, naturally no one dared to provoke easily.
Hearing this, the eldest princess smiled faintly, she lost a daughter, and got another one, this feeling of loss and regain made her cherish it even more.
There are many banquets in Beichen, large and small, and the Rose Banquet is one of them. The eldest princess held a grand recognition ceremony for Chu Lixue on this day.
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all brought their families to participate, and even the emperor and the queen mother came to join in the fun. Empress Dowager Bai wanted to know very much that she had killed one of the daughters of the eldest princess, and that this recognized righteous daughter would have to live for a few days.
At the rose feast, the children of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty gathered together, "Hey, have you seen the righteous daughter of this eldest princess?" A woman in a pink dress whispered.
"No, I heard that she saved the eldest princess, and the eldest princess just lost her daughter, and she was very eye-catching when she looked at her, so she recognized her as a righteous daughter and brought it back to Cloud City." The woman in the green dress scoffed.
"Hmph, I don't know where the rough person came out, just because she also has such a grand event? I don't know how to lose face for a while. The woman in blue said as if she was ready to watch a good show.
And these words, by chance, fell into Chu Lixue's ears, and then said to the maidservants beside her: "Xiangzhi, who are they?" ”
"Oh, miss, the one wearing pink clothes is Shen Ruobing, the daughter of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the one wearing green clothes is Zhu Yunlan, the daughter of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Sun Miaoxiang, the daughter of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, who is wearing blue clothes."
Hearing this, Chu Lixue nodded, it turned out to be a few of them, when she was still Princess Chen, she had already heard the names of the three women, what was the name of the piano or something.
After a while, he heard a familiar male voice, "It turned out to be a talented woman in Cloud City." "Man floats lightly.
"Who should I be, it turned out to be the son of the Bai family. How? You didn't talk to the nobles in front of you, how did you come to this garden and our daughters? Shen Ruobing said coldly.
This Bai Shaofei originally had a bad reputation, but later there were so many deeds, and now Bai Shaofei is a plague god that the women of Cloud City can't avoid.
"I know that the three young ladies are chatting here, and they have come to pay a visit." Bai Shaofei said with a smile.
"Okay, since you've finished your visit, let's leave, after all, it's all women here, and it's not appropriate for you to stay here as a man."
"Okay, then Shaofei has retired, and a few young ladies will enjoy the flowers slowly." Bai Shaofei touched his nose and left in a huff.
When the guests had arrived, the emperor, the queen, and the queen mother had also taken their seats on the main seat, and the banquet began in a song and dance......
"Yalan, didn't you recognize a righteous girl? And today's banquet was held for her, why hasn't there been anyone until now? Empress Dowager Bai said with a smile.
The Empress Dowager Bai and the eldest princess are sisters-in-law, according to the rules, the Bai family was originally just a concubine, and she was not qualified to call the princess by her name, but she is now the queen mother, even if the eldest princess is not happy, she can't show it.
"Oh, I arranged for someone to dress her up, today is a special day, it must be solemn." The eldest princess said lightly.
"Hmph, do you want to dress up for so long? If it's a beauty, even if you don't use powder, it's a beauty, if it's an ugly person, you can't dress up and you can't do it, the eldest princess still let your righteous daughter come out to meet people quickly, this big guy is waiting. The queen scoffed.
Originally, she heard that the queen mother wanted the eldest princess's daughter to enter the palace as the imperial concubine, and she was already dissatisfied in her heart, who knows, the eldest princess didn't know how to lift, and the queen mother had to poison the woman, which was very much in line with her heart.
"Eldest princess, young lady is ready." The grandmother beside the eldest princess whispered in her ear.
"Well, then lead the young lady over to meet with her."
After a while, everyone saw a blue figure coming, and when the woman walked in, she clearly saw that she was wearing a water blue dress, and embroidered fine cherry blossom petals with pink silk thread on the skirt side, and then hooked a layer of gold wire, as if the cherry blossom was plated with a layer of gold edge, and it was dazzling in the sun. The aqua blue gauze on the outer coat is embroidered with rattan patterns with jade-colored silk threads. A green silk is held up by a lotus hairpin, which is carved from tourmaline stone. A few strands of blue tassels hang down the back of the head, and there is an eastern pearl hanging on it.
Look at the woman's face again, everyone, this ...... Isn't this Princess Chen?
King Chen, who was still drunk and dreaming of death, when he heard someone shouting the three words of Princess Chen, he raised his eyes and looked, wasn't it his Lixue? How could it be......
Shangguan Tianyu was also stunned, looking at the woman's figure blankly, knowing that she respectfully saluted the person on the throne, and then retracted his mind.
"Courtiers participate in the emperor, the queen mother, and the queen's mother. I wish you all a blessed life. ”
When the three of them looked at Chu Lixue, they were also dumbfounded, isn't this Princess Chen? Hasn't she been dead for half a year? Why is it here again, and she is also the righteous daughter of the eldest princess?
"Are you a human or a ghost?" The queen panicked.
"Queen Mother, of course the courtiers are people, why do you think the courtiers are ghosts? Could it be that you have done something wrong? ”
"Don't talk nonsense, what can this palace do?" The queen pretended to be calm.
"Oh? That's good. Chu Lixue smiled faintly.
Seeing this, the eldest princess hurriedly spoke out to break the embarrassing situation, Princess Chen's appearance is captivating, and no one who has seen it will forget it, and she is also careless, and she should be instructed not to be too conspicuous when dressing up.
"You...... What is your name? The Queen Mother said lightly. A few days ago, King Jing entered the palace and told her that he had met a woman who looked like Princess Chen, is there really such a similar person in this world?
"Back to the Empress Dowager, the courtier's name is Ling Qingya, and she is from the Medicine King Valley." Chu Lixue said lightly. Before she left the Medicine King Valley, the old valley lord had already told her that if anyone asked, just say that it was someone from the Medicine King Valley.
The Medicine King Valley is not only very famous in the rivers and lakes, but it is not something that anyone can easily shake in the entire Cloud City. The royal family didn't dare to easily find trouble in the Medicine King Valley.
Hearing this, the Queen Mother nodded slightly, it seems that the woman King Jing said that day should be her.
"Ling Qingya? It's really a good name, the mourning family and you are very close, otherwise come to the palace to live for a few days, let's have a good chat? ”
"Thank you for the queen mother's kindness, it's just that the courtiers were used to it in the medicine king Guye before, there are too many rules in the palace, so Qingya shouldn't go to live in the palace, not to mention that there are so many mothers in the palace, if you accidentally offend, you can't save your life, don't go, don't go, resolutely don't go." Chu Lixue waved her hand.
Now the Queen Mother is relieved, if Chu Lixue lets her go to the palace to live for a few days, she will definitely agree, maybe she can do something, but although this woman looks like Princess Chen, her temperament is very different.
Suddenly, the eldest princess suddenly spoke, "The emperor, the queen mother, don't be surprised by this girl's straight temperament, to be honest, I'm also worried that she will be bullied, today while I'm happy, I want to get a title for my daughter back, and I won't be bullied casually in the future." ”
"Auntie is really joking, how can I let people bully your righteous daughter? Since my aunt wants to ask for a title, then I will approve it, and I will make your righteous daughter the lord of Qinghe, okay? ”
"Okay, Qinghe, don't thank the emperor for his grace." The eldest princess said with a smile.
"Qinghe, thank you for the emperor's grace, thank the Empress Dowager for her grace."
"Oh? Do you want to thank the mourners? What a likable kid. The Queen Mother looked at Chu Lixue and said with a satisfied smile. At this time, she was even more sure that the one in front of her would definitely not be Chu Lixue's.
"Lord Qinghe, hello, I like you very much, let's be friends!" A woman said with a smile.