Chapter 139: The General Returns to the Dynasty
The envoys of Doro have not yet been found, and the court is like sitting on pins and needles, walking on thin ice, no one dares to talk about right and wrong, and the three early dynasties are all monarchs and ministers looking at each other. Until the northern Sichuan came to report, the Dora Emperor did not send envoys to make a pilgrimage, and the person who was called the Dora envoy had nothing to do with the Dora royal family. If the emperor catches someone, he doesn't have to look at his face, just kill him.
At this time, some people had the audacity to say that Emperor Dora was clearly shirking his responsibility, and if he hadn't sent him, how could he be called an envoy.
As a result, the third prince, who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb all the time, suddenly said coldly: "Who said that he was an envoy at the beginning?" ”
This sentence was like a stone thrown in the pool, which immediately caused an uproar, looking at the emperor's pale face, and the courtiers who had previously shouted that Hongyi and the envoys of Dora had personal relations should be turtles with shrunken heads. The third prince saw that all the ministers were like this, so he simply pretended to be sick and took leave, and recuperated at home, saving himself from touching the emperor's bad luck. The prince took the lead in taking leave, and several eye-catching ministers also excused themselves for various reasons, but some of them reacted slowly and became their wrongs.
For a time, the complaints inside and outside the court were darkened. Suddenly, one day, the emperor did not go to the early court, and someone asked the internal officials privately, only to know that the emperor left the palace last night and went to the imperial tomb with the eldest prince to worship Empress Duanming.
"Is the Holy Lord planning to make the eldest prince the crown prince?" Since Li Sinian refused her to deliver news to Yan Kaizhi, Shaohua has become a frequent visitor to Taoyuan, almost waiting for Li Sinian to bring her news outside almost twice a day.
"How so? It is not a big deal to worship Queen Duanming in the saint, if you want me to say that Queen Duanming is indeed a generation of virtuous queens, even the current imperial concubine is expected to be out of reach. Although her background is not higher than that of the imperial concubine, she does not have the spirit of a businessman, but is calm and noble...... What do you guys do here? Li Sinian closed the booklet and walked out of the room, just in time to see two figures fighting for a plate of taro balls.
Shaohua hugged a soft ball, pressed half of his body on the table, reached out to poke the plate of taro balls in front of Zhou Yan, and Zhou Yan picked up the plate to avoid her sneak attack. She flattened her mouth and whispered about Zhou Yan's stinginess, and Zhou Yan angrily rounded her eyes in response. She took advantage of Zhou Yan's inattention and reached out to grab it again, but when she saw Li Sinian coming out, the two of them awkwardly retracted their movements, pretending to have low eyebrows and pleasing eyes.
Li Sinian's brows twitched a few times, crossed the expressions on their faces, and continued: "Now because of the matter of the Holy Ancestor Sacrifice to Queen Duanming, many people are indeed setting their eyes on the eldest prince. In addition, the second prince has not yet lifted the ban, and the eldest prince can be regarded as in the limelight. "It's rare to take a break, I can accompany my mother and wife at home, but I found that my wife and sister are together and have become a demon king combination of the world." However, the eldest prince no longer has a mother's family, and he is afraid that he will not be able to compete with the second prince by relying on courtiers alone. ”
Since ancient times, the establishment of the crown prince is nothing more than the establishment of the heir, followed by the establishment of the virtuous and the able, which is also the reason why there are still many ministers who support the eldest prince Hongwen when the Queen Duanming passed and the Wang family was expelled. But except for his identity, Hongwen can't compare with Hongyi, and the two have been fighting for so many years, but they have never won a name.
However, the imperial concubine's maiden family, the He family, is a generation of military generals, with outstanding military achievements, and there are several memorial arches in the Pingzhou Mansion to show their merits. Now that General Dingxi is old, and the territory of Doro is also competing for the crown prince, once the new king ascends the throne, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not declare war on Qingguo.
Compared with Hongwen, the prince who has a nominal advantage, Hongyi himself is already both civil and military, and if the two countries go to war, Hongyi will naturally be more capable than Hongwen.
It's just that what Li Sinian didn't expect was that Hongwen took advantage of the limelight to openly implore the emperor to keep his promise and allow the Wang family to enter Beijing. At that time, the holy decree made three generations not to be allowed to follow, but it did not say who counted the three generations. Hongwen took advantage of the loophole, not to say that the patriarch of the Wang clan, who had the highest rank at that time, was the first generation, and those who were selected to be the same generation as Hongwen were considered the third generation. Therefore, if you find the orphan of the Wang family who is younger than Hongwen, it will be the fourth generation, and the ten-year period has arrived, and it will no longer be a problem to enter Beijing to recognize your ancestors.
It was rare for the emperor to approve Hongwen's request, and Hongwen immediately made a big splash and sent people to find the orphans of the Wang family, so many people also took the opportunity to turn the rudder.
Among these people who saw the wind and turned the rudder, including the lord of Yinghua.
The Ling clan secretly pinched a handful of sweat for Wanhua, and as soon as he passed the door, the county lord of Yinghua was busy standing in line. If he stood in the wrong team, he would be burdened by Wanhua, and the Ling family would regret it. Seeing that his wife was about to call her daughter back and persuade her son-in-law to stand in line, Li Xunzhuo immediately interrupted her thoughts. Li Xunzhuo thinks that the Ling family is purely unfounded, even if the second prince ascends the throne, will he still kill all the people in the camp of the great prince. Since Fan Erlang has the intention to gain fame, no matter who ascends the throne in the future, it will inevitably follow the wind and rain, if you are afraid of being affected, it is best to find a place far away from the mountains and rivers to hide.
Despite this, the Ling family still felt depressed, and Li Xunzhuo was afraid that his wife would be idle and would disturb his daughter and son-in-law's wedding day, so he chose to run to Huansiyuan diligently. Although he sent Su away, Huan Siyuan now has a Wen Xiang who is younger and more beautiful than Su, and more importantly, Wen Xiang has the same gentleness and consideration as Su, but she is stronger and more forbearant than Su, and she will not cry and cry at will. Seeing that the young concubine was so considerate, and persuaded him to return to Xiyuan often to be with the Ling family, Li Xunzhuo became even more fond of her.
Sure enough, this move immediately diverted the attention of the Ling clan and began to rectify the family style, for fear of spoiling another Su clan.
Just when the gossip in the capital was flying, the arrival of General Dingxi stopped the chaos, and everyone's attention was focused on him, but more curious about his general's wife, who had never shown up.
It is said that Xin Maoshan, the general of Dingxi, married the daughter of the patriarch of the Luo Bu clan, and was almost driven out of the family tree by the Xin family, because the Xin family thought that the Qiang clan was too beautiful and was afraid of bad luck. However, Xin Maoshan insisted, so angry that Xin Maoshan's father wanted to strangle this rebel with his own hands, and no one knew how to get Xin Maoshan's parents and clansmen to agree. However, it is humane, and part of the reason why the emperor let Xinmao Mountain garrison northern Sichuan is from the Qiang clan.
The Luobu people live in the white mountains of northern Sichuan, belong to the Qingguo, the men and women in the tribe mostly make a living by collecting medicine and hunting divination, it is said that the Luobu people all have a handsome face, but they will become foxes on the night of the full moon of fifteen, endangering the world. I haven't seen harm to the world, but when I see a fox on the White Mountain, most people will habitually default that it is the incarnation of a certain Luo Bu tribe. The fox has always been used to describe beautiful women, and the Qiang family, who is the daughter of the patriarch of the Luo Bu clan, was born particularly amazing, with a different face, hair color and eyes from the Central Plains women, which makes people see the possibility of losing their souls.
And the people in northern Sichuan, who are accustomed to seeing the wife of General Dingxi, said that the so-called transformation into a fox and seducing the soul is just a compliment to the beauty of the Luobu women, and they are used to seeing more. To say beautiful, being named the lord of Anxi by the emperor is stunning, compared to the bewitching and charming appearance of his mother Qiang, and inheriting some of the toughness and heroism of Xinmao Mountain that belong to the Central Plains.
Xin Zixuan, who is also from the same cell, looks like her sister, although she is also a stunning beauty, her hair color and eyes are the same as her father's, so Liu is more at ease.
Unfortunately, those who wanted to see Qiang's beauty were disappointed, she covered her face with a veil from head to end, and she didn't speak much. On the contrary, the beauty of the young man accompanying him made everyone's eyes fall out in shock, if it weren't for his tall figure and turbid voice, even if it was a woman, no one would doubt it.
"Five ladies! Five ladies! Really, that person is very good-looking, even better than the beauty in the painting, what red lips and white teeth, what closed moon shy flowers, what gods descend to earth, all of them will not be excessive! Youhan's face flushed with excitement, and her eyes flickered brightly, which even tickled her nerves more than the sight of gold, silver and jewelry. Just being glared at by him, I felt like I couldn't breathe, those eyes seemed to eat people, and I would tremble when I accidentally saw him, but I couldn't help but sneak another look. ”
Shaohua sat in front of the dresser and listened to Youhan describe Youning's appearance excitedly, looking at Youhan in the mirror, from her confused and stupid appearance, Shaohua could only sigh deeply in his heart, this disaster has finally come.
Chu He listened to it for a long time, but he only heard Youhan talking about how beautiful Xin Youning, the son of General Dingxi, was, how beautiful his eyes were, like a black pearl that could speak, and how his skin was white and tender, like snow falling on red plums, cold and enchanting. It seemed that there was no other content except this, and she couldn't help frowning and said, "The fifth lady asked you to inquire about the news, and you asked about this?" ”
It's just a man, no matter how beautiful he is, he can't be more beautiful than a woman.
"You didn't see it, I promise, if you did, you'd forget everything." Youhan's face was shocked, and he argued.
"I'm not like you, the young lady is already a rare beauty in Beijing, can she be more beautiful than her." In Chu He's mind, Xin Zixuan's appearance is already the first in the world, although her own lady is also good-looking, but she can't compare with Xin Zixuan.
Who knows, Youhan nodded like pounding garlic, "It's much better looking than the young lady." In fact, she also admitted Xin Zixuan's beauty, but after taking a look at You Ning, she felt that the world was just as beautiful as that.
"How is it possible, it's just a Langjun, and he can look better than a lady." Hatsu apparently didn't believe it.
"Don't believe it, see for yourself!" Youhan patted his chest and packed the ticket.
Shaohua sighed, and said in his heart that these two girls have been a little presumptuous recently, and they even praised others for their good looks, and they are still a gentleman. Although Yu Ning's appearance is, she knows in her heart that with her current appearance, she can't compare.
"Ahem!" Shaohua deliberately reminded them that the master was still in front of them, and the two of them were suddenly shocked and immediately bowed their heads to listen to the training. Shaohua opened his mouth for a long time, and when he spoke, his voice was a little trembling and hoarse, "Go out with me to have a look." ”
Youhan's eyes lit up, she nodded hurriedly, and quickly helped Shaohua up, but she didn't know that she was not excited because of Youning's arrival, but because of General Dingxi.
It's finally time for them!