A feeling that penetrated his soul ran through his mind, and he even felt that Xue Yuxiao and his childhood playmate at this moment were not alone in a trance. Wang Heng looked at her for a long time, and suddenly laughed, but in the laughter, he sobbed in a low voice, and called her in a slightly trembling voice: "Sister." ”

It is the "elder sister" of the righteous sister.

From then on, he could call it that openly, and no longer worry about his reputation. Because between heaven and earth, the two of them have been cut off.

Dajiangdong goes to go and does not return (1)

Chapter 81

Prime Minister Wang Cheng was seriously ill, and the affairs of Fengge should be temporarily replaced by Xue Sikong, supplemented by Jiuqing.

The emperor discussed with the Feng Pavilion for several days about the reward of the army, and the gold and silver gifts were piled up, and only the honor was unresolved. On this day, Xie Fu was replying to the documents in the palace, and the palace attendant suddenly came and reported: "Your Majesty, the four highnesses did not go to the banquet to see each other, so that the young ladies at the table waited for a day. ”

Xie Fu has frequently arranged banquets recently, Xie Budo's relationship with Feng Jun is too close, and his selfishness towards Xue Yuxiao is obvious, Xie Fu no longer intends to keep him by his side to use it - the best way to discard it is to marry him, and then send a decree to transfer his wife to another county, away from Kyoto.

Such a justifiable and reasonable name is not to be blamed.

Xie Fu frowned and asked, "He ran away again?" ”

The palace attendant bowed his head and replied: "His Royal Highness is arrogant and willful, and often forces each other, and we dare not stop it." ”

Xie Fu said coldly: "Get him back and come to the palace to see me." ”

The palace attendant left in response.

In addition to a few Peng Shi on Xie Fu's side, only the new Ziwei Commander Xie Ruoyu was on his side. Xie Ruoyu behaved differently from the previous one, as long as the emperor didn't talk about things, she would definitely be deaf and dumb, not asking anything, and she would be silent to the point of being almost stupid.

After this person entered Beijing, he replied to the emperor, saying that he was in a hurry to change horses on the road, and abandoned his attendants at the post station and came in a hurry, not wanting the horses to get tired on the road. She cherished the feelings of her fellow clans, and sent someone to collect the corpse and bury it on a later date.

Xie Fu didn't believe that this was just the consequence of Xie Ruoyu's struggle for power with her clansmen, and she only needed to use the winner among them.

And Xie Ruoyu behaved very quietly and cautiously after taking over, rarely spoke, except for going to the teahouse to listen to books, almost no interaction with other ministers in the court, until the granary was completed, and the small officials involved in the case were secretly beheaded early, and there was no leakage of the slightest rumor, she finally put her mind at ease and faced this person squarely.

"If you are foolish." Xie Fu pointed to the opposite position, "In the past, the Marquis of Triumph recommended you to me, saying that you were astute, but I saw her wrongly, you are a mute, where is the sign of sensitivity?" But it's good to be dumb, and that's it, it's good. ”

Xie Ruoyu didn't sit down, just bowed his head.

"Since she recommended you, I will also ask you what you think." Xie Fu stared at her sideburns covered by an official hat, "There are several excerpts from the government and the opposition, asking Xue Yuxiao to be crowned a prince, promoted to three levels, and being a general of Wei, with a rank of two thousand stones, and a rank of three divisions." There are also a few persuasion chapters, saying that the position of the prince is high and the lord is high, and since he is rewarded, he will definitely go away to the fief. Such an important minister, how dare she leave Beijing and not be in my eyes? ”

Xie Fu didn't want to be named a king with a different surname.

Xie Ruoyu lowered his head and replied: "The internal affairs of the court, a foolish martial woman, dare not answer." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it, I will absolve you of the sin of gaffes."

Xie Ruoyu hesitated again and again, and said: "Your Majesty is the master, and the world naturally hears Your Majesty's intentions." Besides, the prime minister is old, if there is no prime minister, the Fengge ministers will immediately fall apart, turn against each other, and the rabble. I have heard that now everyone is ready to move, each has its own opinions, and it is incompatible with each other, and it is difficult for even the great masters to cohesion...... Since the family is hostile, what is there to worry about? Your Majesty is pleased. ”

Xie Fu stared at her face, but the other party immediately lowered his head respectfully, so that Xie Fu's gaze could not fall on his face. The emperor pondered for a moment, raised his hand to reply, and the hall was very quiet.

After half a burnt incense, she said again: "You have done a good job in the granary, simply and neatly, and there is no proof of death." ”

Xie Ruoyu replied: "I should share my worries and sorrows for Your Majesty." ”

"The matter of grain and grass is related to the overall situation, if you change someone else, you will be confused, why don't you ask?"

Why? Xie Ruoyu thought in his heart that even if he didn't hand it over to me, he would hand it over to someone else to do. If the army is defeated and there is chaos, the person who changes the food with his own hands is not me, and the mastermind behind the scenes is not me, what is there to fear? If you are ignorant and anger the people, will I, a living person, not change with the times and expose them in public?

She was about to answer when there was a sudden commotion outside the hall. Several people from the palace shouted, "Your Highness, Your Highness, wait for a first report", "Your Majesty has official business, Commander Xie is still inside, you can't trespass, Your Highness......"

Voices mingle chaotically.

Xie Budo pushed away the palace attendant who was blocking him and walked over with an expressionless face. He was dressed in a begonia red shirt and wore a golden bell, and the sound was bursting. The black hair was loosely woven and bundled, and the broken green silk flowed down, lazy and lazy, regardless of the number of etiquette. When he entered the palace, he didn't look at Xie Ruoyu, and said directly: "The ruthlessness of the imperial sister is really the only thing I have seen in my life." Those straw bales and the like, but they are just a little bit of the glory of the scholars, so they judge me and pick and choose, which is extremely disgusting. ”

His cross-examination showed no mercy.

But Xie Budo himself, himself, was actually not angry, not even angry about this matter. He only vaguely sensed the signs that Xie Fu was going to abandon him and let him leave Kyoto. And he has something on his mind, and he will never give in.

"Disheveled, what does it look like." Xie Fu reprimanded, "If you don't report trespassing, you are too bold, you should be disciplined well." ”

Xie Budo sneered: "Discipline me? If the royal sister is upright, she can naturally discipline me. But the imperial sister can make the teacher and prime minister angry to death, and what face do you have to discipline me. ”

This remark hit Xie Fu's pain point, her face changed instantly, and her eyes were cold: "Shiro, the prime minister is just tired and sick, what does it have to do with me." I can't tolerate you anymore. ”

Xie Budo smiled when he heard this, and said, "It's really hard for the imperial sister to endure to this day. ”

In the past, his temper was still a little restrained. But because of his worries about Xue Yuxiao for several days, he was restrained and guarded, and he couldn't see each other, and even her news was difficult to hear...... Xie Budo was depressed and in pain, he didn't give in, he took off the gold decoration on his body in front of Xie Ruoyu, threw the small seal of the Coral Palace to the ground, and even took off the precious, flower-dyed red coat and removed it together.

Xie Budo had all the gold ornaments on his body, he was wearing a plain white shirt, his movements were silent, there were no sachets, jade pendants, and seals, and even the slightest trace of dignity on his body disappeared. He said coldly: "The bloodline theory should have died a long time ago!" I share the same surname with you, and I am deeply ashamed to live in the palace together. It is better to get rid of this surname than to be the son of the royal family and the common people in white than to be His Majesty's blood brother and sister. ”

Then he turned and left.

Xie Fu gritted his teeth and instructed indifferently: "The fourth prince has nothing to say or do, he lives in seclusion in the Coral Palace, I decree that he will be married, and he will be married on a certain day, and no one will be allowed to visit during this period." ”

The palace attendants looked at each other, all of them were terrified, and replied, "Yes." ”

……

The emperor rejected Xue Yuxiao's request to be crowned king, and only added the official reward and the post of general guard. Later, a marriage decree was transmitted, and the fourth prince Xie Budo was married to the daughter of the Sun family in Jiangdong, and the auspicious day was selected to complete the marriage in Beijing.

On the night of the will, Xie Ruoyu returned to the dormitory, changed her clothes and removed her armor as usual, and removed her sword, when she changed her clothes and was about to go to bed, she suddenly had a cold hair on her back and stood upside down, and the crisis was great, like a man's back, she turned her head to look, a sound of breaking the air suddenly came, with a muffled bang, rubbing her shoulders and piercing into the wooden door, and the flying knife pierced through the wood, almost through the door.

Xie Ruoyu broke out in a cold sweat, turned his head and bowed: "I don't know which adult descended to the cold house, please see me." ”

Suddenly a man raised his hand to light a candle, and in the dim light of the fire, she heard a very calm, familiar voice.

"Poof", the sound of the fire candle sounded slightly.

"Commander Xie lives up and down, there are only a few people to serve, and he is simple and cautious so far, which is better than the previous one."

In the firelight, Xie Ruoyu raised his head and stared, and saw Xue Yuxiao wearing a dark robe, with a jade hairpin ribbon, and lit the white wax on the candlestick. Behind her, there was a masked sword-wearing quacker, standing silent, like a green pine.

"It turned out that the general was here in person." Xie Ruoyu suddenly felt certain in his heart, and said tentatively, "On the official road of the capital, I still rely on the adults to show the way, otherwise I don't know what the situation is now." ”

Xue Yuxiao smiled in a low voice and said, "Lord Xie is very decisive, and he can slash his clan relatives, and he will have a violent attack when he hears the throne. If His Majesty knew that such a fierce tiger pretended to be soft and stupid, he would be suspicious and change his face again. ”

Xie Ruoyu replied: "It's just suspicious of me, but I can't tolerate the generals who block the road and lure me with the throne." ”

"Kill me?" Xue Yuxiao gently plucked the wick of the candle with a copper pick, "The military government is full of righteous indignation and excitement, and even the Jingwei who guards the royal family are complaining. Now that the prime minister is seriously ill, the family is in turmoil, and the situation is turbulent, it is a great time for heroes to emerge, even if Your Majesty orders me to be beheaded, I don't know how many people are willing to fight against me. ”

"The general has 4,000 troops, countless troops, friends in the army everywhere, repeated victories, and great prestige, and His Majesty has been afraid of it for a long time." Xie Ruoyu said.

"Doesn't she want to kill me? Her desire to kill me intensified, but she couldn't do it. ”

Xue Yuxiao turned his head to look at her: "I am looking for the commander, and I only have one thing to tell." The commander is a smart person, I don't need you to take risks for it, as long as the general situation is approaching, you will make Xie Fu's actions public to the world, and I will naturally assist the commander to succeed as the emperor, as for her edict and holy decree, please burn it. ”

As she said this, the person behind her took a breath and suddenly pressed his palm on her shoulder, his palm folded.

Xie Ruoyu trembled slightly, she suppressed it again and again, calmed the turmoil in her heart, suddenly got up, and confronted Xue Yuxiao: "Is the general's words true?" ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "You have been by her side for a long time, can't you see that Xie Fu is stubborn, arrogant and suspicious, what you have done for her, once it becomes a handle, she will immediately withdraw and retreat, and let you atone for her sins and die." For example, the guards of the Huangcang, is their dereliction of duty true? Or is it true that the officials and petty officials who inspected the grain and grass were corrupt and took bribes? It's just that she acted according to the emperor's orders, but was abandoned by the emperor, she was so ruthless and unrighteous, and the commander served her life, didn't she feel cold in her lips. ”

Xie Ruoyu swallowed with difficulty.

She gives people a completely different feeling from the son of that day. On that day, the son drove and forced each other with daggers and guards, with a cold meaning, as if he was judging people to life and death, and tempting people to take risks. But Xue Yuxiao always smiled, her eyebrows were gentle, and her voice was friendly, as if she was really thinking about others and treating them as friends, which made Xie Ruoyu almost feel that she was really worried about her safety.

Xue Yuxiao dusted off his robe, got up and stepped forward, and held her hand: "I am in the dark, the leader is in the light, I still show up, for the sake of the future of the leader." ”

Xie Ruoyu stared at her face, remembering the quarrel between Xie Budo and Xie Fu on that day in the palace. For blood relatives, there is no tolerance for admonition, not to mention that the two are only of the same clan, she thought about it quickly, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Yao Chan is in Shun, Shun is in Yu, and the general does not want to be Zen?" ”

Xue Yuxiao just smiled and replied: "Zen is voluntary, it depends on the meaning of the commander." The Xie family once chose a place for the Sima clan to be crowned king, and the rich places in the world were all at the convenience of the commander. ”

At this point, the two finally met sincerely and expressed their original intentions. Xie Ruoyu's floating mood suddenly fell to the ground—she knew that Xue Yuxiao had been planning for this matter for a long time, and it was impossible for her to be just a founding father and a close and loving minister...... She is so high, her family is prosperous, and only the emperor can go further. However, the other party repeatedly tempted him with the fame of "auxiliary", and Xie Ruoyu was afraid of the size of the throne and did not dare to bite the hook easily.

Although she is ambitious, she can weigh a few points of her own ability. It was an extremely cold and harsh position, and with Xue Yuxiao by her side, she would be like Xie Fu, who couldn't sleep and was suspicious every night.

Xie Ruoyu let out a sigh from his throat, closed his eyes and pondered, and suddenly said, "Jian'an Treasure Land is exactly what I want." ”

This place is far away from the two capitals, very rich, and the local princes are high and powerful, and the people are supported.

Xue Yuxiao said: "Please wait for the opportunity." ”

At this point, Xie Ruoyu immediately bowed his head and saluted in her direction.

At the end of the ceremony, the candle flame in the room was suddenly extinguished by the sword wind. When Xie Ruoyu rekindled, there was no one in front of him, only the back door was open and the night wind blew.

……

After quietly leaving Xie Ruoyu's residence, the two walked to a secluded and uninhabited place, Li Qingchou suddenly pulled off his mask, stared at Xue Yuxiao and asked, "You asked me to help you tonight, is it to rebel?" ”

Xue Yuxiao raised her hand and touched the place on her shoulder that she had scratched, and sighed lightly: "Fortunately, you are very patient, and when you hear what I am plotting, your face does not change." ”

"Yuxiao." Li Qingchou's expression was solemn, "This is a major matter of the three Yi clans, why didn't you discuss it with me before." Besides, although the court and military government are in chaos now, there are still many people who want the royal family, whether you succeed or not, you will be regarded as a rebel thief, and your reputation will be dirty, and it will be difficult to wash away, and the rumors will be chaotic and unstoppable. ”

Xue Yuxiao said lightly: "It's just an outsider's opinion." Could it be that when the Xie family gets the position, he is more upright than me? ”

"Outsiders?" Li Qingchou frowned, "That's a family, it's a big family." This road can not turn back, in the future, the history books are ruthless, will be 'anti-thief' metaphor for you, Chanjuan generation of famous generals and heroes, if you suffer this humiliation, your reputation will be lost, can you not endure it for a while, slowly figure it. ”

"Xu Xu Tuzhi......" Xue Yuxiao repeated softly, "There is you and me, so the army can still triumph, if she gets in the way again, kills Zhongliang, and makes the military government fall apart, then the northern expedition is hopeless!" The prime minister is only three or five days now, and his life is fluttering in the wind and rain, and the sickbed is murmuring, but he is still in the old capital. How do you make me endure? ”

If Prime Minister Wang Cheng is still in the court, she cares about the old ministers as the heart of the world, and she can still be patient. Moreover, Feng Pavilion, with Wang Xiu here, can be regarded as a lubricated state machine. Now that the family is fighting for power, the internal struggle is serious, if you don't take a big event to suppress all ethnic groups, I am afraid that even the prosperous and stable Jingzhao will be in turmoil.

Li Qingchou was silent for a long time, and at the moment when she was silent, Xue Yuxiao suddenly reached out and grabbed her, and said, "There is only you in this world, I can rest assured that I will give you everything." Li Qingchou, you are the only person I can entrust to the mountains and rivers, if I don't die this time, please take advantage of it, make a name for yourself, and then try to make a big deal. ”

Li Qingchou looked at her in a daze, and couldn't help but say, "Chanjuan......"

She paused and asked, "When are you going to do it?" ”

Xue Yuxiao said: "Wait for two things." First, the merchant ships I sent out were full of loads and needed time to return to Beijing to recover their lives, and they had already received letters, but they were only hiding their whereabouts, avoiding people's eyes and ears, and moving slowly. The second ...... I don't want the prime minister to know about this, so I can only act when she drives the crane to the west, and the righteous brother helps the coffin to go to the Taoist temple to guard the spirit and mourn. ”

Li Qingchou said: "At that time, please let Pei Langjun go to the Taoist temple and accompany Wang Lang." I would like to keep my sword out of view, and before the thing is completed, I will not leave an inch, so as to avoid Chanjuan's worries. ”

Xue Yuxiao shook his head: "If he doesn't want to, he will definitely ...... Accompany me until the last moment. ”

The morning light on the horizon is slightly dewed, and a line of fish belly white is flashed, and the next moment the glow bursts out, and the first glow dyes through the east.

Dajiangdong goes to go and does not return (2)

Chapter 82

Five days later, Prime Minister Xian died.

Hundreds of officials sent each other, and the emperor personally went to mourn, posthumously presented Wang Xiu with an official title in front of everyone, and gave countless gold, silver and silk silk. A few days later, Xie Fu suddenly changed the date of the marriage contract that had been written on the holy decree, and ordered the palace to hurry up the production of ritual utensils and marry the fourth highness at the end of this month.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the marriage of the son of the royal family has taken almost a year from the date of the marriage contract to the time of the actual ceremony, which is really rare.

Not only is it rare, marrying the prince in a hurry will also damage Xie Budo's reputation and decency. However, Xie Fu was extremely tired of him, and there were many things that happened during the time Xie Budo was imprisoned in the Coral Palace, so she would rather lose face a little than end the matter.

The prince's wedding banquet will be attended by the emperor, officials and officials' families. After Wang Xiu's death, Jinghua had serious infighting, conflicts from time to time, and it was lifeless, which was the only "happy event" recently. Most of Wang's clansmen in the court accompanied Heng Gongzi to mourn at the Taoist temple and submitted paperwork requests, so they were given permission not to come. And Lord Sikong temporarily held the Feng Pavilion, tired for a long time, and unwell, so he did not come.