XVIII: The Scepter
About to leave here, Zhang Yan slowly looked around the East Pavilion.
The curtain in the pavilion hangs low, the deep sweet benzoin fragrance is like, the vermilion wood pillar holds up the rafters of the dougong house high, the palace of the Qin and Han dynasties is solemn and solemn, and the people have lived in it for a long time, and the people are also quaint. She has been living in this palace since she came to Dahan, and now she is suddenly leaving, and she is a little reluctant.
However, when it was decided, she pressed her reluctant thoughts, came out of the hall with Tu Li, and met Lu Yi coming from the corridor, "Ah Yan, are you really leaving?" There was a faint reluctance on Qingli's face.
"Yes," Zhang Yan looked back and smiled, "No way, my aunt misses Ah Weng!" ”
Lu Yi lowered his head and smiled, with a little relief in his laughter, "I haven't been together with you for many days, and you're leaving." She took out a delicate multicolored purse from her arms, "Ah Yan, this is the embroidered bag I made myself, and you put it on your body, it is a thought!" ”
Zhang Yan was also a little reluctant in her heart, and said with a smile, "I don't know how to be a girl, so naturally I can't make an embroidery bag, this shark is also my beloved thing, so I will give it to Wu Niang!" ”
Lu Yi accepted the colorful orchid embroidered shark handkerchief and said, "If Ah Yan enters the palace in the future, she will definitely come to see me!" ”
"Definitely!"
"Ah Yan," Lu Yuan walked out with Zhang Yan's hand and said with a smile, "Take a closer look at what else you want to bring back to the house, don't miss it." ”
"Ah Niang," Zhang Yan turned around with Pisces and Khotanese Yupei, and said with a smile, "I just need to bring the green waist piano, and everything else can be bought again!" ”
Princess Lu Yuan's face was ruddy, her eyes were shining, and her lips between her eyebrows were smiling gently, like peony flowers raised in the palace, lush and open.
The taste of happiness that is about to return to her lover makes a woman as beautiful as a spring flower.
Empress Lu walked over, her eyes were reluctant, "This is about to leave the palace?" - You conscienceless Nizi is willing to leave your mother alone in this Changle Palace. ”
Lu Yuan was also emotionally aroused, his eyes were slightly red, and he smiled and soothed, "Auntie, where are you talking," she evoked the name of the past in the rich countryside, no longer called the queen mother, although there is less solemnity, but more intimacy,
"Now that Brother Ao is out of position, we don't have to live in that distant feudal country, just in Shangguan Li'an Mansion, which is very close to the palace, when do you miss your daughter, let Shen Zhan send someone to call me into the palace, and I will come to see you in half an hour." Even if you don't call me, I will come in to see you once every seven or eight days, but I am afraid that my mother will be annoyed by my daughter when the time comes. ”
Lu Pheasant smiled and said angrily, "How can A-Niang bother you,—— A-Niang will never bother you!" ”
She turned her head and asked strangely, "Why hasn't the carriage come yet?" ”
Aunt Su Mo frowned and said, "It's been a long time since someone called for it." Otherwise, send someone to urge you! ”
Before the words fell, I suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside the Jiaofang Palace, and three hundred Xianjia halberd-wielding southern troops rushed over neatly, surrounded the Jiaofang Palace, and He Guan, the middle attendant holding the edict, walked out and said with a smile, "Queen Mother, Your Majesty asks Princess Yuan to stay here for a few more days." There is no need to rush back. ”
Lu Yuan's face changed suddenly, "What does Father mean?" Her fingernails were pointy and clasped into her flesh, and she almost screamed, "Isn't my father already deposing Brother Ao from the throne of King Zhao, isn't it enough?" ”
"Man Hua," Empress Lu stopped her, her face solemn, "You go back and rest first,"
"Don't worry," her eyes were slightly condensed, and she was dark, "the queen mother will definitely help you understand." ”
"Wow-" sound, Xiao Zhang Yan in the nurse's arms didn't know when he woke up, his dark eyes looked at this, and then at that, probably because he didn't like the low atmosphere, and cried!
Empress Lu hurried back to the Jiaofang Palace, "What the hell is going on?" Did you send someone to ask Your Majesty? ”
"Her Royal Highness the Queen," Zhan Shi rushed to his face, his face was also gloomy, "The minister has already gone to see Your Majesty, but Your Majesty has avoided the Immortal Hall and refuses to see him." You see, this is ......"
Empress Lu sat down on the couch, only to feel that her heart was sinking, and she couldn't see the bottom, so she held her mind and steadied herself, raised her head and ordered, "Prince Xuan will come immediately." ”
"No need to go!" The male voice said in a deep voice, Liu Ying hurriedly came in from outside, nodded at the judge, and her face was very ugly, "What about Sister?" ”
"She was frightened, and I asked Ah Yan to accompany her back to the dormitory to sleep." Lu Houdao.
"Ying'er, what's going on? Could it be that Zhang Ao has been arrested into the court lieutenant again? ”
"It's not." Liu Ying said bitterly, "This time it's Sister A's own fault!" ”
Thinking of the news he had just gotten, a frustration ignited in his heart, and he used to take out the tea cup at hand, and said hatefully, "I hate Liu Jing, who killed that day, actually persuaded my father to marry the Huns and relatives with my sister, and be the Maudun clan!" ”
Lu Hou gasped,
The Xiongnu are a nomadic people in the north of the Han Dynasty and have existed since ancient times. Qin Shi was defeated by the famous general Meng Tian, withdrew from the south of the Hetao, and migrated to Mobei, and rarely went south for more than ten years. When Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, the Han people had no time to take care of themselves, and the Xiongnu took advantage of this opportunity to gradually become stronger on the grassland. Today's Shan Yu surnamed Yu Yu, named Qu Pule, in the first year of Qin II killed his father head Manshan Yu and self-reliance, self-styled title Mao Dun, meaning "saintly, strong", during the reign of the East Hu, west of the Yue clan, conquer the surrounding tribes, known as more than 300,000 people who control the strings, the Xiongnu power territory expanded to the most powerful scale in history, is a leading hero. In the Battle of Pingcheng two years ago, Liu Bang was besieged by the Xiongnu army led by Mao Dun in Baishan Mountain, and used the strategy of Chen Ping, the Marquis of Qu Rebellion, to bribe Mao Dun's Yu Yan clan with a large amount of Caijin, so that he escaped safely from the siege.
Such an eloquent and unsympathetic character, where can Lu Yuan deal with it? Not to mention, the legend of the Huns is cold all year round, the herdsmen live in tents, Ru Mao drinks blood, if the Hun woman dies, she will not be widowed, but as a property inherited by the husband's son, become her own woman, such a day, as long as you think about it, you will feel cold, she will never accept to let her Manhua to bear.
Lu Hou's face was pale, and he was about to ask hard, when he suddenly heard Zhang Yan exclaim under the curtain, "A-Niang." Suddenly startled, he turned his head to look, and saw Lu Yuan's body under the crystal curtain with a pale face.
Lu Yuan woke up on the couch leisurely, and in a trance, he saw his mother by his couch, and said with a smile, "Auntie, you are working hard again." Wait for Aung to come back......"
She suddenly stopped talking, closed her eyes, and closed the thin tears under her eyes.
"Man Hua," Empress Lu hugged her daughter and mourned, "Why are you so miserable and met such a ruthless Ah Weng?" ”
Lu Yuan's face was blank and he smiled sadly, "Queen Mother, I only want to know one thing: Jianxin Marquis Liu Jing's performance and family affairs, is it before or after the year?" ”
Lu Pheasant knew her intentions and said slowly, "It was at the end of last year." ”
Lu Yuan was silent for a while, and Fang responded softly, "Oh! ”
"Man Hua," Lu Pheasant saw that her face was like ashes, as if she had no interest in life, and she was scared in her heart, and called, "You don't want to scare A-Niang!" ”
Lu Yuan slowly turned his gaze, staring at his mother's face, and after a while, he suddenly giggled.
"Ah Weng, he's really, really-" She couldn't even speak happily when she laughed, and she held the ** screen for a while, and spat out resentfully, "It's really my good Ah Weng!" ”
Her warm eyes were cold at this time,
Although she is more innocent than ordinary people, she is not stupid!
At the end of last year, Liu Jing offered a strategy to be with the Huns, and at the beginning of the year, Liu Bang arrested Zhang Ao for the crime of "rebellion". When she didn't know the inside story, she was worried, and only hoped that her father would spare her husband for the sake of her daughter, but now, looking at these two things together, she knew the sinister intentions, and she felt like a fool, a fool who was played with and was grateful to him and kowtowed to thank him!
Thinking about Liu Bang's vicious attack Zhang Ao before, he didn't have the intention of forcing Zhang Ao to death, letting himself be **, and then marrying the Huns. Although he finally gave up in the end, when he thought of the relationship between father and daughter, he calculated to such an extent that he choked with depression in his heart, and almost spurted blood!
Lu Pheasant looked at his daughter, his eyes showed sadness, he reached out to stroke his daughter's soft hair, slowly brushed the ends of his hair, Huo Ran got up, and walked out of the west hall without looking back!
"Your Royal Highness," Su Mo hurriedly caught up from behind and asked anxiously, "What are you going to do here?" ”
"Go and fetch the queen of the palace, and the palace will go to see Your Majesty."
"But Her Royal Highness," Su Mo said loudly, "Your Majesty must have already settled in the Immortal Hall at this time, why should you bother?" ”
Lu Pheasant paused, glanced back at the direction of the Immortal Palace, and said coolly, "Even if he sleeps to death, he has to get up for the palace!" ”
"Empress Lu", the female official next to Mrs. Qi, Su Qiu, came out of the palace in a curling manner, stopped Empress Lu's footsteps, and said, "Your Majesty has already been placed in the palace, if Her Royal Highness the Queen has something to tell me, you might as well come back tomorrow to ask for a meeting!" ”
Empress Lu glanced at her and said lightly, "You go in and tell Your Majesty, the palace is waiting for him outside the palace!" ”
"Yo," Su Qiu said with a smile as she covered her sleeves and said contemptuously,
"Queen, why bother? You naturally have the courage to say this to Your Majesty, Su Qiu is just a little maid, but you don't have the courage to disturb Your Majesty's interest at this time. Even if you really stand on the **, no one knows, so let's go back and rest. Speaking of which, didn't His Majesty tell you to stay in the Jiaofang Hall last time, and don't run out and walk around if you have nothing to do? In the end, he hid his mouth and yawned, very lazy.
"Presumptuous!" Empress Lu reprimanded sharply, her face was like cold water, "The little female official dares to talk to this palace like this." Yongxiang Order. ”
"Yes." Zhang Ze replied.
"Bengong asks you, what is Bengong's duty as a queen?" Lu Pheasant asked.
Zhang Zegong said, "The queen is in the middle palace, the mother of the world, in charge of all the concubines and palace maids." ”
"What is the duty of the Yongxiang Order?"
"The slave and maid are valued by Her Royal Highness the Queen, and they are in charge of Yongxiang, responsible for detaining the maids of the palace who have committed mistakes, and punishing them."
"Okay." Lu Hou said coldly, "Arrest this cheap maid and blame her as a court cane." ”
"You dare?" Su Qiu screamed, "I'm Mrs. Qi's female official, and it's not your turn to punish you." ”
Empress Lu's expression was calm, and she looked at Su Qiu's eyes coldly as if she were looking at a dead person, "You were really ruined by Qi Yi, and you forgot that the queen in this Changle Palace is still the main palace." This palace is in charge of the queen's seal and manages Changle Palace, don't say that it is to treat you as a little female official, it is Qi Yi who comes in person, and this palace also dares to stick her!. ”
Su Qiu struggled like crazy, but was held by two strong little yellow doors, dragged to the court and held down, and a palace man stepped forward and pounced. In the past, the beautiful and arrogant, majestic female officials of the Immortal Hall received a rod on their backs, screamed bitterly, and screamed bitterly, and the Immortal Hall was in a panic, and the palace attendants ran around on the corridor. Empress Lu didn't care about it, she only stood under the corridor of the Immortal Palace, her back was lonely, and she looked up at the miserable candles in the Immortal Palace.
However, after more than a dozen canes, Su Qiu's back was already a bloody mess.
"Zhang Daling," Xiao Huangmen secretly came to Zhang Ze's side and asked, "How many canes are enough?" ”
"Eyeless guy," Zhang Ze waved his brush, hating iron and not making steel, "Kill the number!" ”