Chapter 35: In Zhaocheng

Luo Zhang sent a letter in the summer and May of the fifth year of Jian'an, and the date of the meeting was September 13.

The princes of the world were either on the way, or, like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, had already arrived in the Principality of Zhao at the beginning of August.

Outside Shojo.

It has entered autumn, the sky is high, above the blue sky, blue patches, and there are no clouds.

Yuan Cao and the two have been allied by blood since the last time, and this is the first time they have met.

Yuan Shao walked out of the carriage, his appearance was majestic, at the moment he was dressed in a solemn wide robe with big sleeves, which was even more elegant, and behind him were several carriages and guard knights.

Although Cao Cao is not good-looking, he has a heroic spirit, and the two who could snatch the bride together in the past met at this moment, and they were silent for a while.

Cao Cao felt infinite emotion in his heart, stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "Originally, don't come to harm." ”

Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao and the people behind him, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he also clenched his fists and said: "Meng De, don't come unharmed, didn't Liu Xie, the king of Hongnong, come?" ”

Cao Cao didn't expect Yuan Shao to ask such a sharp question as soon as he came up, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he said coldly: "Originally, how could you call Your Majesty by his name?" That's disrespectful! ”

Seeing Cao Cao's expression, Yuan Shao sneered, but there was a chill in his voice, and he rode his horse towards Zhaocheng, "Liu Xie?

When I defeat you, I will kill Liu Xie and let the world see, the puppet emperor is the puppet emperor. ”

While the two were talking, a line of knights galloped from the west, and the dust fell, and a large banner with the word Lu raised high appeared.

And the state of Mu Lu Bu has arrived!

Yuan Shao showed a smile on his face, stepped forward, and said loudly: "Fengxian!" ”

Lu Bu stopped the galloping horses, he was still the same majestic armor cloak, riding on the divine horse majestic, seeing Yuan Shao directly clasped his fists and laughed loudly: "Ben Chu Gong, I haven't seen him for a year, but are you okay?" ”

The two of them talked and laughed, and then they exchanged pleasantries and walked together towards the city.

A trace of jealousy flashed on Cao Cao's face, and his strategist group had said more than once that if he wanted to compete with Yuan Shao, the annexation state occupied by Lu Bu was the key.

In front of Zhaocheng, Luo Shu welcomed the three of them into the city, and Lu Bu looked left and right, very curious about the city.

Yuan Shao and Luo Shu were familiar with each other, so they stepped forward to talk and said in a low voice: "Son, this time I went to see Zhaogong, I don't know if the queen is there?"

As a courtier of the filial piety emperor, it is disrespectful to see that the queen does not worship. ”

Hearing this, Luo Shu glanced at Yuan Shao meaningfully.

The throne is passed to the son, and the first queen is naturally the queen mother, but the throne is passed to the younger brother, and the first queen is naturally not the queen mother.

After Cao Cao welcomed Liu Xie back, the first thing he did was to pay tribute to Emperor Xiaoshu, and the second thing was to add the title of Empress Tang to Empress Anping.

But now Yuan Shao doesn't use this honorific title, nor does he use the universal title of Empress Taishang, which is very subtle.

However, Luo Shu didn't care about the twists and turns, and said softly: "Father has invited Queen Tang here, and we can go to meet them later." ”

Since Tang Ji came to Zhaocheng, she has been living in the inner city, living a simple but fulfilling life, and learning various knowledge with Luo's girl every day.

On this day, she walked along the streets of the inner city to the courtyard where she lived, and when she got closer, she found that Luo Jin was waiting in front of the door, and there were several pretty girls beside her.

She hadn't seen Luo Jin for a few days, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly lifted her skirt and trotted forward, stopped, stopped in front of Luo Jin, her chest rose and fell slightly, and she gasped and asked, "Ah Jin, Ah Xuan, are you waiting for me?" ”

Luo Jin looked at Tang Ji's slightly ruddy fair face and smiled slightly: "Xi'er, the princes are coming to Zhao, they want to come to see you, and grandfather asked us to take you over." ”

Tang Ji had been studying with the high priest, so he naturally knew about Zhao Gong's invitation to the princes to Zhao, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

And those people still have to come to see her, she is a little nervous for a while, in Zhaocheng, she has long forgotten her identity as the former queen of the Han Dynasty.

After all, that identity brought her only negative emotions such as blood, killing, fear, cruelty, etc., and what she saw and heard when she was young made her wake up from nightmares countless times.

Luo Xuan, Luokong's daughter, said with a smile: "Sister Xi'er, go take a shower and change your clothes, I will personally dress up for you." ”

Tang Ji regards Luo Kong as a father, and her relationship with Luo Kong's daughter is naturally excellent, just like a sister.

Tang Ji was stunned, those memories full of blood and firelight killing began to hit her mind again, her slightly thin body began to tremble slightly, and her pretty face, which was originally slightly ruddy, instantly turned pale.

Luo Jin frowned slightly, then reached out and held Tang Ji's hand, the warm big hand made Tang Ji come back to his senses, looked at Luo Jin, only to hear Luo Jin smile and comfort: "Xi'er, don't be afraid, remember what I said to you on the night of the last full moon?" ”

Of course, Tang Ji remembered that Luo Jin said that the queen was carrying responsibilities on her back, and only after fulfilling these responsibilities could she become a free person, and now that these princes came to Zhaocheng, she was going to meet her, which was the queen's responsibility.

Tang Ji nodded, then walked into the courtyard with Luo Xuan, and then walked to the bath room in the back room, while Luo Jin waited in the front hall.

I don't know how long it took, Luo Xuan walked out with excitement on her face, knelt beside Luo Jin, and laughed in a low voice: "Big brother, the future sister-in-law is really beautiful, especially today, you are optimistic." ”

In the face of Luo Xuan's ridicule, Luo Jin didn't care, he was like this, Taishan collapsed before and did not change his color, always calm.

Tang Ji walked out from the side, she was wearing a complicated and gorgeous palace dress, and even a skirt that mopped the floor, which belonged to the queen, Luo had long expected this day, this set was from Luo Shi's best tailor, with delicate hair ornaments on her head, and the ends of her hair were spread down, and there were gold and jade decorations between the hairpins.

This is Tang Ji that Luo Jin has never seen, there are golden ornaments between her eyebrows, just like those queens who came out of the ancient picture scrolls engraved in Chang'an and Luoyang, luxurious and solemn, awe-inspiring and inviolable, she was born very beautiful, Tang Ji at this moment is not inferior to any woman in the world.

Luo Jin raised his hand and put it down, then stood up and came to Tang Ji, he was very tall, Tang Ji had to tilt his head slightly to see his face.

Luo Jin's eyes fell, there was still a trace of nervousness on her face, Luo Jin said with a smile: "Very beautiful, very solemn, such a Han queen is worthy of the princes to come to visit."

Your Majesty, the carriage is here, and the minister is holding your skirt, please here. ”

Luo Jin's words eliminated Tang Ji's nervousness.

Outside Tang Ji's courtyard, a daring warrior drove a carriage and parked outside, waiting for Tang Ji, Luo Jin and the others.

For Luo's family, the guests who can enter the inner city are old friends who have been friends for many years, such as the Marquis of Anyang back then, and it is impossible for Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to enter the inner city.

Between the outer city and the inner city of Zhaocheng, there is a palace room specially used to meet more status guests.

Just as not anyone is qualified to meet the emperor, the same is true for the audience with Zhaogong and the empress, the three princes of Yuan Shao naturally have no problem, and the entourage brought by the three of them is naturally not allowed to enter, only the courtiers around a few people can enter with them.

Everyone knelt in the hall, and behind them were rows of warriors with armor and swords, and even Lu Bu was drinking tea very quietly, and then whispered to Yuan Shao about Gongsun Zhan, a defeated general.

Luo Shu sat on the left hand side and also chatted with a few people, without waiting, and soon Luo Zhang, the high priest, Luo Jin, Tang Ji and others all walked in.

Yuan Shao and Tang Ji haven't seen each other for more than four years, thinking that Luokong entrusted him to send Empress Tang to Zhaocheng at the beginning, and now that they see each other, they really feel like they are in a different world.

After several people were seated, Yuan Shao and the three of them got up and dressed up, and then respectfully saluted Tang Ji and said: "Minister Yuan Shao and Lu Bugong greet Her Majesty the Queen, and wish Her Majesty the Queen all the best of luck." ”

"Minister Cao Cao respectfully greets Her Majesty Empress Anping, and wishes Her Majesty Empress Anping all the best of luck."

Tang Ji's figure was almost motionless, like a statue, he opened his mouth slightly, and said solemnly: "Yu An, Yuan Gong, Cao Gong, General Lu An." ”

This time, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu all admitted their identity as Hanchen, but the Han on both sides was different.

The three of them saluted Luo Zhang: "The foreign minister asked the public security." ”

Zhao Gong is a member of the two kings and three ke, and his political status is quite high, just like the two kings and three kee in the Bang Zhou period are one rank higher than the princes surnamed Zhuji.

After Luo Zhang returned the salute, Tang Ji looked at Yuan Shao, she naturally remembered Yuan Shao.

Five years ago, when she had not yet entered Zhaocheng, in her limited life, there were not many men who had good intentions towards her, except for her relatives and the unequaled Hou Luokong who was like a father, and Liu Wei, the only thing she was grateful for was Yuan Shao.

Those memories of escaping from Luoyang made Tang Ji couldn't help but ask: "Yuan Gong, how have you been all these years?" ”

Yuan Shao didn't expect Tang Ji to say such a warm and affectionate sentence, he originally wanted to insinuate Liu Xie's two sentences, but when the words came to his mouth, they turned into something else, "Your Majesty, thanks to your concern, the minister has been fine all these years."

Now I am relieved to see Her Majesty the Empress in Zhaocheng, and I have lived up to the trust of the unequaled loyal Marquis back then.

It's a pity that the ministers didn't kill Li Dao and Guo Yan with their own hands, and these Xiliang generals avenged the unequaled loyal Marquis. ”

Yuan Shao's words were both regretful and as if he was talking about something that had passed away.

Cao Cao was very uncomfortable when he heard it, especially when Yuan Shao deliberately pointed out Li Dao and Guo Yan, which felt like he was ordering Liu Xie again.

But in Cao Cao's view, although Liu Xie was established by Dong Zhuo.

But Liu Xie is the only royal orthodoxy, and the blood of the others is several generations apart, in the era of the world, blood is everything, why should other people compare with Liu Xie?

Although Cao Cao had a different mind in his heart, he thought that he had no problem in appointing Liu Xie as the emperor.

Yuan Shao is obviously a thief who does not respect the court, but he claims to be a loyal minister, and he always mocks himself with this matter, which makes Cao Cao feel very aggrieved all the time.

Cao Cao's mind was hot, and he said, "Your Majesty Empress Anping."

Your Majesty misses you very much, and often misses the filial piety emperor and your care for him, only sighs that he can't be filial to you, and asks the ministers to ...... you."

"Ahem!"

Suddenly, a somewhat violent cough interrupted Cao Cao's words, and the drama behind Cao Cao bowed with a red face: "Weichen lost his honor, and asked Her Majesty the Queen to surrender." ”

Cao Cao reacted suddenly, only to feel a chill coming, careless!

Yuan Shao just mentioned Wushuang Hou Zhongwu Hou Luokong, but did not mention Emperor Xiaoshu, after all, Siren has passed away.

Empress Tang is going to marry into Luo's in the future, let it pass in the past, and always be limited to the past.

Yuan Shao is so scheming!

Cao Cao took a deep breath and stopped talking, but retreated to the seat, and raised a little more vigilance against Yuan Shao in his heart.

If Yuan Shao knew Cao Cao's thoughts, he would definitely feel wronged, but it had nothing to do with him.

Tang Ji didn't care too much, her mind was not on this, and she didn't miss Liu Xie much.

When Yuan Shao and others met Empress Tang in the main hall, everyone in the side hall surrounded Yuan Shao's wife.

Because there was a small banquet after the audience, which was considered to be a breeze and dust.

So those who were not qualified to enter the main hall waited in the side halls, with the men in one room and the women in the other.

One of Yuan Shao's main purposes for coming to Zhaocheng was to bring Zhen Mi to appear, and it was more appropriate to leave this matter to Mrs. Liu, which proved to be very simple.

As soon as Zhen Mi appeared in the side hall, she attracted the attention of almost all the female dependents, even beautiful women like Cai Yan and Diao Chan.

Although she is still a little immature, unlike Diao Chan Cai Yan, who has completely discovered her own charm, even if she is already beautiful at this moment.

For more than 20 years, Diao Chan is the first time to see a woman who can be comparable to her in appearance.

The high priest felt a rather familiar feeling from Zhen Mi, she was the high priest of the Luo clan, and in the entire Luo clan, except for Luo Zhang, who was closest to King Su and Luo Shen Ji Lingjun.

So she came to Mrs. Liu's side and asked with a smile: "Madame is okay, I am the high priest of the Luo family, and this is the young lady of your family." ”

Mrs. Liu has been able to sit firmly on the throne of Mrs. Yuan Shao for so many years, naturally she is a person, and she and Yuan Shao are the same kind of people, and they may still be a little arrogant to other families, but they have a kind of humility from the bottom of their hearts towards the Luo family, and when they heard the high priest report to their family, they immediately smiled and said: "This is the young lady of the Wuji Zhen family, and it is also the daughter of me and my husband." ”

The high priest understood, this was a righteous daughter, but it didn't matter, the righteous girl was also a daughter, she looked down at Zhen Mi with a smile and asked, "Little girl, what's your name?" ”

"My name is Zhen Mi, Concubine Mi's Mi."

Concubine Mi, according to legend, is the daughter of the ancient emperor Fuxi, the original god of Luoshui.

Is this providence?

The high priest looked at Zhen Mi carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Your girl's face is really expensive!" ”

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Tang Queen, Yingchuan clan also, its ancestral home three dukes, his father moved two thousand stones, the court is illustrious, Emperor Ling then promoted the marriage of the prince, for the princess, and Emperor Ling, Tang Ji to Han Xiaochou Emperor's wife as the queen, the palm of the seal in the second seat, filial piety collapsed, Emperor Sheng plus the throne of Empress Anping, after entering Zhaocheng, Zhao Gong pity his loneliness, reverted to the marriage of Luo's son Jin, Luo's family lineage record Mingxi, and Gongzi Jin as the lord of Zhao, the world is called Mrs. Tang, and the future affairs are not recorded in this history.

Shi Chen said: The queen has been reinstated as the wife of the subject, and for three generations, she has never seen it, but the world calls it beautiful, and there are no rumors, and you can also see Luo's hope. - "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Queen's Chronicle"

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