226: Tong History

The sky is gradually darkening, the lights under the corridors of the palaces of Weiyang Palace are lit up one by one, and the most majestic and solemn palace of the Han Dynasty is illuminated as a bright light from the open place of the high platform in the palace

The palace people whispered in the garden under the corridor, "Your Majesty has returned to the palace"

In the Jiaofang Palace, the female historian Shen Dongshou held the paper in her hand, walked through the long verandah, and returned to the palace behind the palace, like a lonely shadow, no one cared

The candle flame was lit, and the yellow light was projected on the wall of the palace, showing a lonely light, just like the Jiaofang Palace, which was stagnant after losing its master

Shen Dongshou sighed, it had been a whole year since Empress Zhang left the palace

"Zhou Li? Tianguan records: The female history is in charge of the queen's ceremonial duties, the second of the internal governance, in the Han Palace, the female history assists the imperial harem concubines in poetry and etiquette, and records the words and deeds of the concubines and the history of the imperial time She was born in the court since she was a child, studying literature and studying words, and now, she has spent 20 years of spring and autumn, and has already recorded the history of Tong, as a hobby of her own, once thought that she would grow old in the Han Palace like this, until she can no longer hold the pen, in order to stop such a life

However, her person is not old, but the frost pen in her hand has begun to be barren, because the young queen she should serve has lost a trace

In the Wen Pavilion of the East Hall of the Jiaofang Palace, the history of Tong in the previous dynasty has accumulated a row of bookshelves, but she can no longer write chapters

She was in a trance on her desk, and suddenly heard a gentle knock on the door of the palace in the quiet night

"Who?" She asked, in horror

"Shen Nushi?" The young chamberlain who pushed the door in was dressed in the most common small yellow door costume in Weiyang Palace, and smiled lightly, "Below, the Xuanshu Hall is waiting for people to be promoted, and at the behest of everyone, Xuanshen Nushi will see you."

Shen Dongshou was dressed in a silk robe, followed Guan Sheng and walked forward to see the young Huangmen zigzag all the way, and did not pick up the palace road to walk, but walked through the palace path, gradually deviating from the direction of the front hall of Weiyang, but turned to the north of Weiyang Palace, couldn't help but change color slightly, stopped and refused to continue walking, and asked sharply, "Are you really the person sent by everyone?" ”

Guan Sheng looked back in astonishment, "What is Shen Nushi?" ”

Suspicious, Shen Dongshou looked at the strange chamberlain in front of him, and became more and more suspicious, "Who are you, I used to serve by Empress Zhang's side, and I have never seen such an attendant as you by everyone's side, and," she pondered, "Everyone should be in the Xuan Room of the front hall at this hour, but you just took me all the way to the north of Weiyang Palace, what are your intentions?" ”

Guan Sheng smiled, "Shen Nushi doesn't have to be suspicious, I entered the palace with everyone from Lin Guang Palace in July last year, so Nushi rarely saw me before, I was indeed sent by everyone, but everyone didn't want this matter to be known by others, so it was cheap to engage in Shen Nushi, please follow me on."

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In the Han Palace, all the records of the words and deeds of the queen's concubines and the history of the royal affairs, that year by the record of the female history of the hands, after the beginning of the year, then copy a copy of the file, even with the previous dynasty by the imperial history of the record of the emperor's living notes, into the Shiqu Pavilion special storage of archives of the history of the Qing History room

In front of the guidance of the chamberlain, Shen Dongshou entered the Shiqu Pavilion, and after seeing a row of bookshelves in the Qingshi room, the young emperor of Xuanyi stood with his back to her with a thread-bound book, and then he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knelt on the ground, pressed his left hand with his right hand, and placed it on the ground in front of him, and at the same time tentacles his forehead, and bowed to him, "Courtiers Shi Shen Dongshou, see Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be happy for a long time"

After the tall bookshelf in Shiqu Pavilion, Liu Ying sighed, and recorded Ah Yan's Tong history in the seventh year of the previous Yuan Dynasty, and when she turned around, she saw a woman in her twenties who was bowing below, with heavy green silk, revealing a line of white forehead, dressed in a well-fitting crimson historian's costume rigorously and well-fitting, looking clean and capable

"You're the female historian who followed the queen?"

"Yes"

"After Empress Zhang entered the Jiaofang Palace in the fourth year of the previous century, her Tong history has always been recorded by you?"

"Yes"

A smile curled up on Liu Ying's lips, "I'm also an informed person" I thought, turned around and sat down on the couch behind the bookcase on the west side of the room

Since Ah Yan left the palace in the first month of the spring of last year, although he handled it and covered it up in every possible way, so that others could not know Ah Yan's whereabouts, he naturally couldn't hide Shen Dongshou, the female history who should have followed the queen every day

After Empress Zhang left the palace, the Jiaofang Palace was silent

And the book of Tong history handed over by Shen Dongshou in the seventh year of the former Yuan Dynasty still records the words and deeds of Empress Zhang, just as the Son of Heaven announced on the bright side: after the first month, he lived in the Jiaofang Palace, and then drove with the emperor to Yunyang Linguang Palace to spend the summer in August, after the eldest princess of Lu Yuan was seriously ill, the "queen" was filial piety, and after seeking the will of the two palaces, she went to Xuanping Hou Di to serve the illness......

Every day, in the morning and dusk, the rest and the end are recorded in "detail" by a tube of juanxiu's handwriting on the Tongshu customized from the finest hemp paper

"How many copies of Tong history are there in Weiyang Palace? Has anyone read it in the past year? ”

"Reply to everyone's words," Shen Dongshou held back the surprise in his heart, and said in detail, "Five years ago, the history of the harem Tong had two public and private files, one was stored in Shiqu Pavilion, and one was kept by the female historian herself. Because of the history of Tong in the harem of the female dependents, only the queen mother and the queen mother of Changle Palace are eligible to read, last year, except for the spring and March, everyone had to pass once in the Jiaofang Palace, and no one else touched"

"That's good" Liu Ying's eyes flashed a look of relief, pursed her lips, took the purple frost pen on the case, the Yulin ink that the case servant had just grinded, and on the spread out of the Tong annals, she revised it with her own pen and picked it up, and wrote while thinking about it, after half an hour, she put down the pen, and after the handwriting was dry, she handed it to the waiter beside her, and glanced at the female historian who had been kneeling in the hall with a smile, "Shen Nushi"

She put her hands on the ground, bowed long, and pressed her forehead against her palms

"I believe in your intelligence...... If someone asks me in the future, I'm sure you know what to say."

Shen Dongshou's heart was frightened, at this moment, he actually felt a solemn pressure from this palace man who was known as a gentle and kind son of heaven, "This is nature"

When the emperor's back was far away, Shen Dongshou raised his head and took the history of Tong that had been deleted and changed by the Son of Heaven himself

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When everything was settled, Shen Dongshou returned to his palace behind the Jiaofang Palace, lit the candlelight, and opened the scroll of Tong in front of the desk by the dim candlelight

On the snow-white hemp paper, there are all his former handwriting, because the time has been a little long, the ink is a little dark on some specific pages, the fresh Yulin ink is clear, the handwriting is clear, with the strength that the woman does not have:

"In the seventh year of the previous Yuan, in the summer and May, I went up to Yunyang Linguang Palace, and Empress Zhang served ......"

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"In autumn and July, the Huns committed the north, went to the sick, returned to Chang'an, could not look at things, Empress Zhang served in the Jiaofang Palace, very respectful"

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"Autumn and August Jiachen, a small recovery from illness, the first fortunate in the Jiaofang Palace, the Jiaofang Palace, the joy of smelling, the reward of the palace people is consistent"

"Wu Yin day, on the good luck of Zhang in the pepper room"

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"In autumn and September, the eldest princess of Lu Yuan was ill and worried, please go to the Empress Dowager Lu in the East Palace, and return to Xuanping Hou Di to serve the illness and pity Zhang Houhou's pure filial piety, Xu Zhi"

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"Wuxu day, Shangxingxin Pinghou Di, stop at the old residence summer garden"

"Yi Wei Day, Shang Xing Hou Di"

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"In the winter of November, the Imperial Physician's Office invited the queen's pulse, she was pregnant, and she was rewarded with money from the Pinghou Mansion and Jiaofang Palace, and the next day, the Taishi Bu Comet committed the moon, and he should be in the prince's son, so he kept it a secret."

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Shen Dongshou closed the title page and leaned against the cold wall of the palace with a complicated expression on his face

Ji's capital is Hojing, the founding of the country, the establishment of the Tong history system, the record of the words and deeds of the harem concubines of the Son of Heaven and the time of seeing the emperor, is for the Son of Heaven to teach the concubines and concubines the deeds of virtuous women, and to prevent Yin from messing up the harem, confusing the royal blood Now, the emperor Liu Ying personally operated the knife and forged the records of the history of Tong for Empress Zhang, in order to cover up the whereabouts of Empress Zhang these days, and set an exact date of conception for the child in the queen's womb

In the future, with this history as evidence, no one can question the origin of the fetus in the womb of Queen Zhang, who has not been in Weiyang Palace for a whole year, when she returned from outside

She closed her eyes

I have no expectations for the so-called relationship between men and women in the world, but at this time, Queen Zhang, who is extremely happy, has a strong sense of admiration in my heart

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The early morning sun shoots down from the first line of the eastern sky, falls on the roof ridge of the heavy eaves of the Weiyang Palace, and the ancient seal character Changle Weiyang four-character proverb, with a golden color, shines

In the Xuanshu Palace, Liu Ying, who had not slept all night, changed into the crown dress of the Son of Heaven and instructed the people around him, "Spread my will, and three days later, in the front hall of Weiyang, there will be a big discussion of the ministers again, and the ranking of the founding heroes will be arranged."

"No"

At the same time, in the Xinping Marquis Mansion, Zhang Yan woke up in Xia Xinyuan, and heard a low voice of questioning outside the door, "The queen's body is still healthy, and it is not appropriate to use hard food in the morning, why don't you cook a fresh meat porridge?" The voice was familiar, with a heartfelt concern

The corners of her lips couldn't help but curl, and she reached out to open the embroidered dragon and phoenix Chengxiang tent of the autumn fragrance yarn long letter, and called, "Tu Tu"

There was a moment of silence outside

After a while, Tu Yu pushed the door in, threw herself in front of Zhang Yan's bed, knelt down, and bowed, "Queen Mother" was already crying with joy

"The queen mother," said Tu Xu, "the slave maid heard that you were back yesterday, and she was really happy, but the maid was in the garden of the eldest princess, and the slave maid didn't dare to go over and disturb last night, worried that one night was not dawn today, so she was waiting outside......"

"I know you're good to me" The corners of Zhang Yan's lips curled slightly, and her expression was peaceful

"Niangniang," Tu Yu took advantage of the light in the room to look at Zhang Yan who was reclining on the couch Nanmu surrounding the bed screen, and saw that her figure was down, compared with before she left the palace last year, she was more than three points haggard, the skin exposed on the couch was outside the quilt, and the collarbone under the shoulders was slightly protruding, and she couldn't help but cry in a daze, "How did you lose weight like this?" ”

"It's okay" Zhang Yan just smiled indifferently, "Since I have returned to my home, I can always raise it back"

"Niangniang," Tu Yan's gaze fell on Zhang Yan's abdomen, seeing that it was still flat, not at all like a sign of being pregnant with a child who was about to turn five months, she couldn't help but be a little surprised and suspicious, and asked, "I heard that you already have a little prince in your belly, is it true?" ”

"How?" Zhang Yan squinted at the maid who grew up with her since she was a child, "You don't believe it? ”

"No," Tu Yu shook her head again and again, covering her mouth, tears of joy fell, "the slave is just happy"

"I thought...... The queen won't come back, I didn't expect ......"

Unexpectedly, in the end, you not only came back safely, but also finally achieved a positive result with His Majesty the Emperor, and from then on, with the emperor's husband and prince by his side, he was finally able to stay in Weiyang Palace happily for a long time

Tu Yu grew up with Zhang Yan since she was a child, and witnessed this girl change from the lord of Zhao Guoweng in Xiangguo City to the eldest lady of Xuanping Houfu; From the granddaughter of the Empress Dowager Lu of Changle Palace, to the niece of the emperor, the queen knows best how hopeless efforts and painful struggles Zhang Yan has had in this deformed relationship

Once, she thought that Zhang Yan had given up in despair after all, so she quietly left Once, how many times did she shed tears for this woman in the middle of the night and wet the scarf

Finally, God took pity on this weak girl, and in the end, gave her a good ending

"Okay," Zhang Yan got up and sat on the couch, leaning on the Nanmu bed screen behind her, and said reservedly, "You all come in"

Where the bedroom door was opened, Han Lian led a few maids in, bowed to the ground, touched her forehead in the palm of her hand, and said uprightly, "The maid sees the queen mother"

"Where's the solution?" Zhang Yan asked in surprise

"Back to the queen's words," reunited again, Han Lian's face also had a smile, "Since September last autumn, Niangniang replied to the Pinghou Mansion to serve the eldest princess, and the maid and Tu Yu followed the mother to serve, and Chu Fumu stayed in the palace with the relief of worries, and presided over the trivial matters in the Jiaofang Palace, if the worries were relieved and the news of the queen's mother's safe return was learned, I am afraid that she would be very happy."

"These days when I'm away," Zhang Yan sighed, "I've worked hard for you."

"Where did the queen mother say," hearing this sentence, Tu Yu and Han Lian both had red eyes, and smiled reluctantly, "It is the duty of the servants to be able to do things for the queen mother, and now, the queen mother has returned."

Now that Zhang Yan has returned, everything will be easy to say in the future

"By the way," Zhang Yan suddenly remembered and asked casually, "What happened to Muxi?" ”

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As soon as the words came out, Tu Yu and Han Lian both changed their faces slightly, and they wanted to say something, but they all wanted to stop, Zhang Yan saw it clearly, her heart sank slightly, and she asked, "Tell me, what happened to her?" ”

"Niangniang," Tu Yu hesitated, "I said yes, don't be angry"

"The day after you left, everyone personally ordered that Mu Xi be a young envoy, enjoy 400 stones, and stay in the back cabinet of the Zengcheng Palace."

"Queen Mother," Tu Yu trembled, looking at the indifferent look on Zhang Yan's face, and begged, "You are in poor health, especially if you still have a child in your belly, but don't be angry."

This paragraph does not count as words:

Someone once asked how to explain the existence of the child in her womb when Ah Yan returned from a catastrophe

Actually, I never think this is a problem, generally speaking, this matter is hidden from the child's father, since Liu Ying, who is the party and the father of the fetus, believes and takes the initiative to help conceal it, basically, except for the qualifications of Empress Lu as a mother-in-law, no one will take the initiative to pick this sensitive issue, although everyone will mumble and doubt in their hearts, but as long as they cover up the past on the surface, it is just secretly muttering and doubting

On the bright side, this is it, everyone can carefully study the history of Tong that Liu Ying personally modified

The date of pregnancy of the fetus determined here is the day of Wuyin in the autumn and August of the seventh year of the previous century, according to the official version, it is the day when Liu Ying fell ill and returned to Chang'an after the Xiongnu committed the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Yan served in the Jiaofang Palace

In other words, according to the statement on the surface, that is to say, these two people were good things that Liu Ying achieved when he was sick

cough, Liu Ying sacrificed an image drop for Ah Yan

As for why the pregnancy news hasn't been revealed for five months, there is no way to hide it, so I have to use the ghosts and gods Although the reason looks a little rough, everyone can see the emperor's attitude from this, and they don't dare to do anything

As for, in the end, Muxi is just a cannon fodder, cannon fodder, you don't have to care about the above