186, Ready to Fly (1)
Aunt Cui put the crown prince on the small couch, covered him with a thin quilt, and said to the queen mother comfortingly, "His Royal Highness the crown prince is still young, I can't see it at this time, the child grows up, and the appearance will always change, this is just to make the queen mother feel relieved, in fact, she herself has doubts in her heart." She has also seen the emperor's appearance when he was a child, and he is indeed not very similar to the current crown prince. But is it wrong for the emperor to recognize the child himself?
She had another terrible thought in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it, the crown prince looked a little like another prince......
In Qingyan Temple, it was just a matter of lunch, and Honeysuckle had already inquired about the matter clearly. She quietly told Feng Miao, "Jing Xin and Nian Xin take turns to accompany them every day Miss Qin for a walk in the small courtyard, and it should have been Nian Xin's turn after four days, but she begged Jing Xin in advance to change the day with her, presumably someone was going to come that day." ”
Feng Miao praised "well done", and whispered a few words to her, telling her to spread it, just don't let Jingxin and Nianxin know.
That night, I didn't know what distinguished guests were being invited to the banquet in the palace of Changli, and the sound of music overshadowed the noisy voices. Changli Wangfu is the most luxurious and beautiful noble mansion in Pingcheng, several sons of Changli Wang, and they have always liked to drink and feast for fun, singing and dancing every day. The people who came and went in the market in front of the door were accustomed to the music wafting from the Changli Palace.
No one paid attention to the fact that at the small gate on the north side of the Changli Palace, an inconspicuous carriage was parked. The carriage came quietly at nightfall, and departed in a hurry while it was dawning.
As soon as the Empress Dowager returned to the Fengyi Palace, Aunt Cui hurriedly stepped forward to remove the hood covering her head and face, and arranged hot water to bathe her.
She had just changed her clothes and was about to take a nap and rest, when the little eunuch guarding the door suddenly hurriedly came in and said, "The emperor and the crown prince and young master Li have arrived together." "The Empress Dowager had to hurriedly put on a cloak and announce them in.
Tuoba Hong seemed to be in good spirits, and as soon as he entered the door, he saluted the Empress Dowager. Since he was a young child, every time he met the Empress Dowager, he must have done a good job. Until he has become a young and promising emperor, it has not changed. He sat on the edge of the bed and picked up the crown prince who was still asleep, "I just met Master Li, and he is going to teach him, so I will come with me to take a look." ”
Roughly awakened, Tuoba pouted and rubbed his eyes, leaning his little face towards his father. Tuoba Hong gestured expertly on his back to keep him asleep.
Seeing that the emperor treated the crown prince so affectionately and lovingly, Aunt Cui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that she was thinking too much. It is normal for children to look like their uncles.
But when the Empress Dowager saw this scene, the doubts in her eyes became deeper and deeper. She knew this grandson too well, he was a competent emperor, and he was full of joy and anger. The Empress Dowager originally had the idea of abolishing the emperor several times and re-establishing the Xianyang King Tuoba Xi, who had mediocre qualifications and the power of his mother's family. But Tuoba Hong's courtesy and filial piety deceived the Empress Dowager and made her give up this idea, and when she suddenly realized that Tuoba Hong's wings had grown up, it was not so easy to cut off.
She glanced at Li Chong and saw that he was just standing with his head bowed to one side, not speaking, not even looking at herself. The emperor is still here, and the empress dowager doesn't have much to say, so she can only hope that he will stay later and have a few good words with herself. She had no way out, and Rouran had promised that she would wait for the opportunity to ambush the emperor when he left the capital. At this moment, she especially hopes that Li Chong can agree with her and support her, just like when he killed the rebels in the past. After all, this is the man she has really loved for half her life, even if she can't be a husband and wife, at least she can stay together every day.
Tuoba Hong looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "The envoy sent to the Southern Dynasty came back a few days ago, and told me about the political situation in the Southern Dynasty, and there was a very interesting thing, and I just wanted to talk to my grandmother. ”
With a smile in his eyes, he seemed to be the same diligent and studious toddler he used to be. The Empress Dowager was a little stunned, the emperor had not told her about the government for a long time, and she didn't know how she would suddenly mention the matter of going to the Southern Dynasty today.
"The emperor of the Southern Dynasty was brutal and suspicious, and killed many virtuous ministers, including one named Liu Zhang, who had come to Pingcheng earlier." Tuoba Hong said slowly, "At that time, it seems that my grandmother summoned him in the Fengyi Palace, I happened to have an old illness at that time, and I couldn't be there, I heard that this Liu Zhang was also a handsome and beautiful man in the Southern Dynasty, and it was a pity that he died like this." If I had known earlier, I should have found a way to summon him to Pingcheng as an official. ”
The most sincere words that can't be sung made the Queen Mother's face change. When Liu Zhang came to Pingcheng, her name was Chaojian, but behind her back she brought the shameless request of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty to give up the city land in the Shouyang area. At that time, there was a rebellion in the north, and the kings of the court and the central government could not work together, so in desperation, she had to be wronged and resolve the dispute between the beds.
Receiving the envoys of the Southern Dynasty, it was supposed to be in the Ming Hall of the deliberations, but Tuoba Hong deliberately mentioned that the location was in the Fengyi Palace, and said that the envoy was handsome. In front of Emperor Sun and Li Chong, the Empress Dowager only felt embarrassed and embarrassed, but she couldn't say anything, because this matter was originally unjustifiable.
Her gaze swept towards Li Chong, but she saw that he just lowered his head silently, as if he didn't care about what was said between his ancestors and grandchildren. Even more unbearable than contempt and contempt is indifference.
Tuoba Hong got up at the right time to say goodbye, handed the crown prince into the arms of the nurse, and told the nurse to take care of her. Li Chong still stood up without saying a word and left with the emperor. The Empress Dowager raised her hand, trying to keep him, but her hand froze in mid-air, watching him walk away.
Aunt Cui couldn't bear to look at it on the side, and whispered to persuade, "The Empress Dowager should sleep for a while, Master Li is the young master of the prince, and he will always come to teach the prince again." ”
"Yes, he will come," the Empress Dowager repeated abruptly, "and every time he comes now, it's just to teach him." She lay down on the bed with her clothes closed, the corners of her eyes were so dry that they hurt, she was so used to being a dignified and dignified empress dowager that she had forgotten how to cry when she was weak.
She lay on her side, thinking of the niece who had been sent far away to Qingyan Temple. Feng Miao's shy and timid, joyful and resentful appearance actually made her unbearably jealous, even if she was sad and painful, it was better than being empty and numb like a walking corpse every day.
On the night of the fourth day, Feng Miao blew out the lights early, sat on the bed with her knees crossed, and Honeysuckle lay beside her, listening to the movement outside the window without saying a word.
When I touched it, there was a lot of noise outside the hospital. First, Huikong's higher-pitched and sharper curses were more than usual, then there was a loud shouting in meditation, then what seemed to be a tearing and kicking sound, mixed with the sound of something clattering and falling to the ground, mixed with the sound of a woman whimpering and crying. In the end, something happened that made Honeysuckle dumbfounded, and in the midst of the noise and chaos, a man's voice could be heard.
Feng Miao waved her hand at Honeysuckle and motioned for her to go out and have a look. Honeysuckle opened the door a crack and nimbly flashed out.
It didn't take long for Honeysuckle to cover his mouth and come back with a snicker, touch the bed and say to Feng Miao, "Nianxin had a private meeting with the man who came from outside in the stove room, and was caught by Huikong, and at this time he was noisily about to send it to the abbot." Huikong's scolding is very ugly, so don't listen carefully, so as not to pollute your ears. ”
Feng Miao coughed lightly, it turned out to be in the stove room, it was really a shame that she could think of it. She expected that Nianxin would have a private meeting with the man, and deliberately asked Honeysuckle to reveal it to Huikong. Huikong saw that they were not pleasing to the eye in the morning, and naturally wished that there was such an opportunity to rectify them. Buddhism is pure, but the mind does this kind of thing, Huikong is upright, and naturally refuses to let go easily.
She called Honeysuckle to her side, "This time I will tell you to do something more difficult, you go outside to watch the excitement, see the right time to blow the wind in Huikong's ears, let her not be relenting, and make sure this man pays for incense." Honeysuckle said yes and went.
The Rouran herdsmen had never been in the habit of saving money, and Feng Miao remembered that the last time they accidentally spied on their meeting, the man also took the gems brought by the North and gave them to Nian Xin. Let him take the money to forgive his sins, he will definitely not be able to take it, as long as he provokes Huikong's greed and asks her to detain this man, then the lord behind him will have to find a way to ask for someone.
She just wanted to see what the "Lord" was so divine before she could decide what to do.
As she expected, the man with a soft accent really couldn't come up with the money. After all, Honeysuckle came out of the palace, and in just a few words, Huikong's anger was fanned. She pointed to Nianxin's nose and scolded all the unpleasant words, but she still felt that it was not enough, and forced the man to take money to atone for his sins.
The Rouran man originally had a violent temperament, and he had to decide the winner if he disagreed with him on the grassland, but the man was insulted by Huikong in every way, and he did not return the favor, obviously very afraid of the constraints of the "Lord".
Huikong locked the man and Nianxin in the firewood room and deprived them of food and water. The man had no choice but to take off the beast tooth token on his body and ask Huikong to send a sister-in-law to take it and go to the post house to find someone. At noon the next day, someone ransom him with grain and jewels.
In the past, when he was serving in the Sogo Palace, Feng Miao also saw some Rouran relatives with Tuoba Hong. She didn't know who it would be, and she was afraid that he would recognize her, so she asked Honeysuckle to go and see it secretly. Honeysuckle went for a while before coming back, looking a little strange.
Feng Miao only thought that she hadn't seen much of the Rouran people and didn't know what to say, so she asked her if the appearance and clothes of the person who came here were the men wearing animal bones.
Honeysuckle climbed onto the bed, came to Feng Miao's side, lowered his voice and said, "It's not a man who came, it's ...... It is the maidservant Feishuang next to the six princesses. ”
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