Chapter 5: Jade Bead Curtain

"I just heard those little eunuchs say that because the distance is relatively remote, when the palace was occupied by the Liao, the palace of our Caiwei Palace was not requisitioned by the Liao. Along the way, Mi Qing whispered with relief in Su Mi's ear, "Fortunately, fortunately, otherwise, if those vulgar Liao people lived, the slaves and maids would feel wronged for the mother......

Su Mi approached the gate of Caiwei Palace noncommittally.

The mood gradually became excited, and she had already seen the figure standing in the doorway waiting for her.

Looking at each other through the layers of snow, the cold wind became warmer.

A smile rose from the corner of his mouth, and Su Mi quickly stepped into the courtyard.

She looked up at him carefully, and after a long absence, his appearance had hardly changed, but his body had lost a lot of weight. The gaze in his eyes was clear and warm.

"It's fine that you're okay. She sighed softly, when he was in Ni Yuan's army, it made her worry day and night.

Chen Yan reached out and held her hand.

His hands were still as warm as they remembered.

He dragged her into the courtyard and sighed softly: "In those days in Yongzhou, Miss suffered, right? ”

"No," Su Mi shook her head, in fact, she was more relaxed than he imagined when she was in Yongzhou, and even if it was really hard all the way, with the result that both of them were safe now, all the hard work was worth it.

After parting, more than a thousand words, all kinds of twists and turns, were all exhausted in these two short sentences.

The two walked through the door.

In my memory, the last time I saw the Di Caiwei Palace was after being looted by the Liao people, it was all over the place. But at this time, it has been cleaned up neatly and elegantly by the palace people. The broken porcelain decorations have been replaced with new ones, the curtains and curtains have been re-trimmed, and every corner of the house has been cleaned to welcome its returning owner with a new look.

"Master," Seeing Su Mi coming back, several palace people greeted him with joy, and the first one was Xiao Luzi. At this time, I saw Su Mi. I couldn't help but let my tears fall. Stretched out his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes, then choked up and said, "It's the day you come back." I couldn't believe it when I heard the news from the palace that you were safe......"

He has been staying on the side of the Liao army to do some miscellaneous work such as breaking plates and sweeping the floor, others are clever and careful, and the Liao people have repeatedly purged, but they have not affected him. When the capital was finally recovered, the Liao people wantonly slaughtered the palace people. He saw the opportunity quickly, dodged in time, and escaped again. Because Su Mi returned to the palace, he had just been transferred back.

The people in Su Mi's palace, only he and Mi Qing escaped this catastrophe.

Several people have gone through hardships and changes, and when they met, it was naturally another gossip, talking about all kinds of things after parting.

Until the end of the day. Su Micai felt a little tired, and told a few people to rest separately.

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The next day, just after the first flash of morning light, Su Mi woke up,

"Why did the master get up so early?" Mi Qing was about to come in with a basin of water, and saw Su Mi sitting on the bed. I couldn't help but laugh.

Su Mi also smiled faintly, Mi Qing and Xiao Luzi thought that she had changed places and couldn't sleep for the time being. didn't know that it was the long-term military camp life that made her develop the habit of getting up at this time.

Inadvertently, the days of Jin Ge Iron Horse have been deeply imprinted in her bones.

Only Mi Qing knew that she had not been in the Liu family in the capital for the past two years, but she just thought that after she left with Qi Hao, she had been living in seclusion in the mountain villages outside the city.

Wash up. Su Mi sat down in her old seat. He turned his head to look at his face in the bronze mirror.

In the past two years, she has really not had many opportunities to look in the mirror, and the most careful time seems to be checking whether there are any flaws in her disguise.

From the palace bronze mirror in front of him. She had already looked at her face countless times, and at this time, this familiar bronze mirror also clearly revealed her changes. After being exposed to the wind and sun on the prairie for a long time, the originally beautiful face is less coquettish and more strong.

Su Mi couldn't tell whether such a change was good or bad, happy or melancholy......

She took out a jasper comb from the jewelry box and nonchalantly brushed her long black hair. Mi Qing served her to fix her hair in a bun.

"Niangniang, in order to congratulate you on your safe return to the palace, the gift has already been delivered. After a while, Xiao Luzi brought in a thick stack of gift slips from outside the house.

Su Mi responded lightly and asked casually, "What's there?" She has always been uninterested in these entertainments.

"It's all ordinary jewelry, precious brocade and other items, it's just ......" Xiao Luzi looked at the list in his hand, looked like he wanted to say something, and said hesitantly: "It's just ...... There were a lot of gifts from Master Meng's family in Jiangning Mansion. As he spoke, he pulled out a list. looked at Su Mi's expression, lowered his head and read.

"There are 12 feather gauze brocades, 12 sets of palace costumes, 12 Kunzhou purple jade, 12 night pearls, 12 phoenix hairpins, 12 pairs of pearl flowers, plus a pair of gold unicorns with emerald inlaid beads, a pair of jasper rich and rich, a white jade Guanyin Bodhisattva statue, a ......"

"So much?" Su Mi put down the butterfly hairpin in his hand, turned his head and asked suspiciously, "Who did you say sent it just now?" ”

"It's Lord Meng of Jiangning Mansion. Xiao Luzi said.

"Which Lord Meng?" Su Mi heard the difference inexplicably. Internal and external collusion has always been a taboo in all dynasties, and it is strictly forbidden for forces outside the palace to communicate with the concubines in the palace. Although there is no explicit provision in the palace of Daqi that palace concubines cannot give gifts from foreign ministers, they are generally not allowed to receive gifts. Unless it has a proper name, such as a birthday. At festivals and other times, when concubines are favored, there will naturally be officials who take advantage of these names to offer gifts to please flattery. For example, in the past, when Ni Guifei was the most favored, officials from various provinces and ministries would compete to offer precious jewelry and clothing on birthdays and festivals.

Of course, only favored concubines will have such troubles. Ordinary concubines will not encounter these problems at all. When Su Mi was favored in the past, there were also some routine gifts from officials, but they were ordinary clothes and jewelry, which did not violate the convention. But this time, these things. It's obviously going to lead to gossip.

Xiao Luzi saw that Su Mi didn't understand for a long time, and hurriedly added. "It's Concubine Wen's mother's family. ”

Su Mi suddenly realized that Concubine Wen was surnamed Meng.

It's just that Concubine Wen and Little Emperor Ji have already passed away, so why do you want to send these things? Su Mi's eyelashes trembled slightly, there was no trace of expression on his face, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Just leave the brocade and palace clothes, and send the rest back." ”

Xiao Luzi glanced at Su Mi nervously. said: "Actually, Master Meng, he ......"

"Whatever he wants?" Su Mi interrupted him lightly, and there was a coldness in his tone: "Now that the situation in the previous dynasty is disordered, I don't want to worry about these things, and besides, I am just a second-class concubine in the harem now, and accepting these things is not in line with etiquette and violates the palace rules." Could it be that you just returned to the palace to make people gossip about this little thing? ”

Xiao Luzi looked at Su Mi's face and lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

Seeing that Xiao Luzi had already retreated. Su Mi picked up the thick stack of gift slips and sighed.

To return to this palace is to return to a field of right and wrong,

Su Mi turned back to the dresser, and Mi Qing served her to dress up, "It's good to be simple and plain." Su Mi commanded softly.

Mi Qing answered. Just coil up an ordinary wishful bun for her. Use a silver bead to hold it, and then insert a few simple beads diagonally.

Just after inserting the last hairpin, Su Mi was about to get up, but she heard someone outside asking in a low voice, "Is Niangniang up?" ”

"Who's out there?" Su Mi asked in a loud voice.

"It's a minion, a minion Xiaoquanzi," a reply immediately came from outside, "Say hello to the mother." ”

"Which Izumiko is it?" Su Mi was puzzled, after two years of separation, the faces in the palace were unfamiliar.

Xiao Luzi entered the room and explained: "It's Li Quanshang, the newly appointed head of the Internal Affairs Office. ”

Su Mi got up and tidied up and passed people in.

He was also a young eunuch. Look at the face of goodness. vaguely thought that he had often followed He Yuwang in the past, and when he came in, he knocked on Su Mi in a regular manner. Respectfully asked: "The slave came too early and disturbed the mother's rest, it is really a crime that deserves death." ”

"It's nothing," Su Mi asked casually, "What about your master?" ”

When the little eunuch heard Su Mi mention He Yuwang, he immediately cried a few times, and then said with a handful of snot and tears, "Master, he is an old man...... Because he was loyal to the emperor and refused to obey the orders of the Liao people, he was beaten to death by those vicious Liao dogs. ”

At the moment, while wiping his tears, he told the details of how He Yuwang resisted the Liao people at that time, how the Liao people tortured and coerced, and how He Yuwang was loyal and unyielding.

Su Mi only heard a burst of amusement, she nodded, she saw He Yuwang's death with her own eyes, but because a cotton coat buried her life in vain, she didn't think that now she would become unwilling to serve the enemy and sacrifice her life for the country.

It's just that Su Mi was not interested in saying anything about such a trivial matter, so he comforted him casually and asked him about his intentions.

"The master has a spirit in the sky, and knowing that you still remember him, he can also be blinded by the old man. The little eunuch put away his tears and continued: "The slave has come to disturb Niangniang this time, you are here for a few small things, and I want you to come and ask you to get an idea." First of all, about the arrangements of the head palace people in Fengyi Palace and other palaces this time, I want to ask Niangniang to give a word, originally a palace like this, when there is no master, four to eight small palace maids or eunuchs are arranged to be responsible for cleaning and guarding inside, but now there is a shortage of people in the palace, and every slave is calculated, and it may only be able to divide two or three people to go. So come and ask the master what he means, how should it be arranged? Then there are a few palaces in the harem that were damaged by the group of Liao barbarians, such as Yaming Palace, where the Liao people caught fire when they came in. Burned a small half of the palace room, although the damaged underground palace room has been ordered to renovate according to the old practice, but Yaming Palace is located in the depths of the harem, this craftsman is inconvenient to walk, see if Niangniang wants to avoid the nearby palace people for the time being? There is also a shortage of manpower in the palace now, which is also a big deal. In fact, a few days ago, it was reported that His Royal Highness King Yan had already promised the treasury to allocate two taels of silver. The palace recruited palace people from the people on its own, and now the mother sees it, who will take care of this mission? And ......," the little spring said. It took half an hour to stop talking, and it was thanks to him that he had such eloquence, one by one, one by one. Foolproof.

It's just that...... These things...... Su Mi was stunned, when would it be her turn to come up with an idea.

Xiao Luzi observed the words and looks, knowing Su Mi's doubts, and hurriedly leaned close to her ear and whispered: "Niangniang, now you are the only master in the palace, you say this ......"

Su Mi suddenly realized that now. In the huge Qi Palace, there was only one concubine left in the entire harem.

The women who once stood with her in the depths of this palace, whether they were gentle and tactful, or shrewd and clever, did not escape the palm of the Liao.

Su Mi felt a burst of bitterness and didn't expect it. It's ironic that he won the final victory in this way.

Those old concubines...... Thinking about the life you went through before you left this palace...... Su Mi immediately raised her head and asked, "All the previous ladies are ...... at this time."

Hearing Su Mi ask, Xiao Quanzi only thought that she was thinking about the old days, and hurriedly explained: "The original masters, that is, the queen mother and Luo Zhaoyi mother, were all martyred when the city was broken, and as for the rest of the people, ......" Xiao Quanzi hesitated, those concubines who stooped to the enemy and served the Liao people have undoubtedly become a shame for Daqi.

"What about the concubines who fell into the hands of the Liao?" Su Mi asked.

"Those ......" Xiao Quanzi hesitated for a moment, for these former masters. At this point, I can't even find a proper name. He picked the words and replied truthfully: "Those old people...... Now they are all detained in the Soyu Palace. Waiting for the emperor's disposal. ”

Su Mi nodded and didn't speak, the fate of life is so unpredictable, no one can predict what awaits him in the next second.

In fact, they just want to live, but such a simple wish seems to be an unforgivable sin at this time.

These few matters have not yet been dealt with, and immediately the palace people outside came up to report again, and the newly appointed head of the Qianqing Palace also came to visit.

Du Danshun trotted into the house, called a thousand children, and without waiting for Su Mi to ask, he reported smartly: "Niangniang, the slave is here today to ask you about the title of your deceased mother." ”

As he spoke, he handed over a booklet. Su Mi took it and opened it to take a look, it was about the funerals and titles of the queen's martyred concubines. Lines of Danbi cinnabar are written with once glamorous names, either familiar or unfamiliar. Behind it is a solemn title, full of words such as chastity, courtesy, filial piety, and Chunsu. These illusory names are the final reward for these familiar or unfamiliar names, and they are also the last glory that gives these fresh lives, as the last face they pay for their young lives to save the great Qi in times of crisis.

Su Mi thought of these people, as well as those who were locked up in the Jade Palace, and he was distracted for a while.

After waiting for a while, I saw Su Mi muttering silently at the booklet. Du Danshun asked softly, "Niangniang, what do you think?" Originally, this matter was arranged by the Ministry of Rites, but the Ministry of Rites has recently been instructed to arrange bigger things, so this matter was handed over to the Inner Palace, and the palace will draw up the title and then summon the world to hold a funeral. The emperor is not well ill now, and it is difficult to deal with these affairs, so he can only ask your mother to bother. ”

said that it was a funeral, and the corpses of those martyred concubines had long been disposed of by the Liao army, and most of them were thrown into mass graves. Even the queen's corpse was hastily retracted, and the other concubines were even more helpless.

When Su Mi heard Du Danshun's words, he put down the booklet, picked up the teacup, and asked, "What's the bigger thing?" What else does the Ministry of Rites do? ”

"I heard that it was discussed by the ministers of the court and the central government to add nine tin ...... for His Royal Highness King Yan."

Add nine tin?! Su Mi's hand trembled, and she almost dropped the teacup to the ground. But his face couldn't help but change.

Chariots and horses, clothes, Zhu Hu, Na Ma, Tiger Ben, bow and arrow, iron Yue, Leze, and Ji Hu, which are called nine tin. This is the highest reward that the emperor can give to a meritorious hero, and more than a dozen people have received such glorious glory in history, especially in the troubled times of more than 200 years, many military generals with heavy armies have received Jiuxi, and most of them have become the founding kings of the new dynasty. So that for thousands of years, Jiuxi is no longer a simple emperor's reward for meritorious ministers. Instead, it became a precursor to the usurpation.

What does Ni Yuan's move mean?

At this time, the great trouble in the DPRK and China has not been eliminated, and although the strength in the hands of Mu Qinghan and Qi Hao is not enough to compete with him, they are also a lot of resistance when they join forces. Why is Ni Yuan so impatient?

And he was pulled up by Qi Long after all, and Qi Long was not dead at this time. Such a thing as usurping the throne, even if it is a yellow robe, will definitely be gossiped about by future generations. What's more, it is from the hands of Qi Long, who is considered to have the grace of knowing him.

Hasn't he always known how to be stoic and know how to wait for the best time more than anyone else?

"yes, I see. Su Mi quietly stacked this matter aside, his slender fingers unconsciously tapping the booklet on the table, and asked, "What do these titles of emperor mean?" ”

"The emperor was unwell, so he didn't even look at it. Just said that it was good to ask the Shangyi Bureau to watch it. ”

Su Mi nodded, picked up the booklet and looked through it carefully.

Du Danshun leaned over and whispered on the side: "Actually, the title of the martyr is not a big deal, that is, Concubine Wen is posthumously presented as a concubine of Gongyi...... This one ......"

"What's wrong with this one?" Su Mi asked.

"This ...... It is said that Concubine Wen ...... "Du Danshun hesitated and didn't know how to say it."

Looking at Du Danshun's flickering appearance, Su Mi immediately understood. These titles are given to those concubines who are fully chaste, although Concubine Wen also died on the day of the broken city, but she was defiled by the Liao people.

She suddenly thought of the thick gift list that had just been sent.

It turns out that it is for this empty name. It is for the faint stroke on the vermilion gold book, and it is for the ancestral hall to record the above two vague words.

Gong Yi, these two words, slightly, are just a piece of white paper, two drops of cinnabar, hidden in this full vermilion handwriting, will weigh more than a thousand gold.

I don't know why. Su Mi's heart was filled with disgust. "That's it, I don't have to talk about the past. Concubine Wen gave birth to a little emperor for the emperor, and she died to protect the emperor, so it is reasonable to be promoted to a concubine. She put the booklet back and said decisively, "That's it." ”

It's cold outside, but inside it's hot, and it's irritating.

As soon as Qi Long returned to the palace, he was sick, and everyone naturally didn't dare to disturb him with these chores, and now King Yan and Prince Yu, who are in charge of the government, are busy with post-war military affairs, the national economy and people's livelihood, where can they have the time to pay attention to these inconsequential trivial matters in the harem.

There is not even a serious person in the palace, and several leaders and eunuchs are very anxious, and now that Su Mi comes back, the harem can be regarded as having a master in charge.

In this way, Su Mi began her time in charge of the harem with the support of everyone.

In the next few days, many palace stewards such as the Shangfu Bureau and the Shangshan Bureau came to visit Su Mi, and the front foot followed the back foot, so busy that Su Mi didn't even have time to breathe. Fortunately, she is smart and alert by nature, and she has begun to work on these matters after a few things. In her busy spare time, she couldn't help but admire the queen a little, and she could persist for a long time in such a boring life.

"What do you mean about the affairs of the DPRK?" After sending away the celebrant of the Shangyi Bureau, Su Mi took a sip of the tea brought by Mi Qing, moistened his throat, and asked Xiao Luzi, who had just returned from inquiring about the news.

"I heard that the Ministry of Rites has officially submitted the excerpt, and many of the people in the court have written to express their agreement. "Xiao Luzi was ordered to go out to inquire about Ni Yuan and Jiuxi.

"How many?" Su Mi asked quietly.

"Well, it seems that almost half of the ministers said that it should be so. Xiao Luzi said.

"Half?!" Su Mi mistook the teacup in his hand, and his expression couldn't help but become solemn. After Ni Yuan decided on his plan to overthrow the world, in the past few years, he has gradually arranged for his henchmen to secretly withdraw from the capital. On the eve of the Liao people's destruction of the city, many officials, either sick or visiting relatives, or being released on official business, or stranded due to family affairs, quietly left the city that was about to fall into crisis. Even if they didn't withdraw from the capital, they got the news early, hid in the people, and escaped the search of the Liao.

If it weren't for the fact that when the Liao people turned against Ni Yuan later, Mr. Ge and Qi Hao both instructed the power in their hands to reveal the inside line that Ni Yuan had arranged in the city to the Liao people, and with the help of the Liao people's hands, some of his minions were cut off, I am afraid that today in the court, there will be more and louder voices supporting him.

Nearly half of them ...... And then the grass on the wall that is waiting to see what happens......

However, Prince Yu proposed that if Jiuxi was added, all the meritorious soldiers should be rewarded, and General Mu's contribution to recapturing the capital would not be inferior to the extermination of Nan Chen, and the reward should be awarded together. Xiao Luzi continued.

Bringing out Mu Qinghan can't stop the progress of things, Su Mi sighed lightly.

For Mu Qinghan, who has made the most outstanding contributions, although his prestige among the people has increased greatly, the first thing he encountered in the court after returning to the dynasty was not a reward, but the doubts of many courtiers. Doubting why he abandoned Juyu Pass without authorization, causing the Liao army to go south? If it was to rescue the capital, why did it delay and wait for more than a year before moving eastward and capturing the capital?

For them, at the beginning of the Liao army's entry into Beijing, the soldiers and horses in the Yu Pass had not gone south, and it could be said that they were loyal to their duties, in order to resist the Liao army in the north, but after abandoning the pass, they stopped in Laizhou for a long time, and did not immediately rescue the capital, so that they who were trapped in the capital suffered so much from the Liao army.

Ni Yuan left the impeachment of Mu Qinghan in the middle, which was also a means to suppress him in the future.

“…… Some adults also said that the emperor is frail and sick, and he should wait for the emperor to recover before making a decision. Xiao Luzi continued.

After all, adding Jiuxi is a major event that shocks the world, and now that the emperor is unable to govern, it is reasonable to be unable to make a decision, but relying on such an excuse, it can only be delayed for a while, not to mention Qi Long's body She knows best.

Su Mi pondered for a moment, Xiao Luzi looked at her face, hesitated for a while, and then whispered, "I heard...... I heard that Prince Yu is going to enter the palace today to meet the emperor and discuss this matter......"

The teacup in Su Mi's hand slammed into it, making a crisp sound, especially loud in the silent warm pavilion.

Immediately, she put down the teacup calmly and asked, "When is it?" ”

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