Liang Guangyu stretched out his hand to help Nanliujing, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became.

Nan Liujing changed his words smartly: "Master Liang, do you want to go into the house and drink a cup of apprenticeship tea?" ”

"It's okay, it's not appropriate to make a big deal about your worship of me as a teacher, but a cup of apprenticeship tea is definitely indispensable." Liang Guangyu followed Nan Liujing into the house, "Do you have tea here?" ”

"Knowing that Master Liang usually likes to drink tea, I asked Gui Sheng to find someone to change a few taels of tea leaves to prepare, no, it just happened to be used."

"Forget it this time, don't waste this matter next time, I'll bring you a few tea cakes." Liang Guangyu said this, but he felt that Nanliujing's approach was comforting.

After drinking the apprentice tea, Liang Guangyu wanted to leave the palace before the curfew in the palace, and left in a hurry without staying long.

Nan Liujing sent him to the gate of the palace, and only then did he turn around and go back to the house to check the Sword of the Son of Heaven until his back disappeared from the end of his sight.

The cold light flashed, and the Sword of the Son of Heaven appeared in Nan Liujing's hand.

This sword is made of dark iron, and the blade is extremely sharp, and it can definitely cut through gold and jade.

The most special feature is its hilt.

The pattern on it is simple, and the outline of a golden dragon is carved with a special technique.

It's just a sword, but when you look at it directly, you will feel a sense of solemnity and majesty from the bottom of your heart.

"Why is this sword called the Sword of the Son of Heaven?" Nanliujing can't put it down.

No sword practitioner could refuse such a peerless sword.

[This is a very legendary sword.] ]

[Since its birth, it has had a total of five masters.] The four before you were all emperors. ]

[And the life experiences of these four emperors are also very interesting.] ]

[The first master of the Sword of the Son of Heaven, who ended the troubled times of the division of princes and became the founding emperor; The second master, who killed the alien tribes on the border, bowed down to him and won a hundred years of peace for the border. But its first and fourth masters both died for various reasons, ringing the death bell of the dynasty. ]

[Later, there were rumors that this sword was not available to emperors, but not all emperors were worthy of it.] ]

Nanliujing's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he couldn't help but glance at the Son of Heaven Sword a few more times.

No wonder this sword is legendary.

The first and second masters made it famous in the annals of history, and the first and fourth masters overlaid it with ominousness.

The charm is full of swords, and the jackals are in charge and bury the wheel. What kind of fate will he, the fifth master, let it go?

Thinking so, Nan Liujing retracted his finger bones and gripped the hilt of the sword harder and harder.

Late at night, Nan Liujing wore a comfortable middle coat and lay quietly on the bed.

He has the habit of reviewing before going to bed, closing his eyes and thinking about today's bits and pieces, and soon thought of the "target" that Liang Guangyu said.

Nanliujing is not surprised by this at all.

He has long known what kind of person Emperor Yongqing is.

What made him a little curious was-

"Teacher, why can the Ji family be so domineering?"

Yao Rong was leaning on the sofa reading a book, and when she heard Nan Liujing calling her, she turned her attention to Nan Liujing.

When he heard Nan Liujing's question, Yao Rong smiled slightly: [This matter is a long story. ]

This is the first time that Nan Liujing has asked her about the form of the DPRK and China.

It was no longer her initiative to indoctrinate him, he had begun to consciously understand the situation.

It seems that it is time for his heaven and earth to extend from this small cage-like Changxin Palace to the outside world.

Yao Rong thought for a while and said: [It's Chinese New Year's Eve now, let's celebrate the New Year first.] After the New Year, you will be fifteen years old, and I will tell you about the previous generation. ]

Nanliu nodded and slept peacefully.

Within a few days it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

Liang Guangyu was worried that his apprentices would not be able to eat good things, so he specially sent a lot of New Year's goods over, and also sent the New Year's money to Nanliujing in advance.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Nan Liujing sat in the library and listened to Yao Rong talk about history.

More than 100 years ago, the world was in turmoil, and Emperor Taizu rose from the troubled times, recovered the north, pacified the south, unified the world, established the Daye Dynasty in Luocheng, Kyoto, and rewarded those courtiers who fought the world with him.

Among them are the ancestors of the Ji family and the ancestors of the Yao family.

In the following decades, the Daye Dynasty recuperated, and the people came out of the pain of war, and the national strength reached its strongest.

But prosperity and decline are inevitable in every dynasty. After the prosperous era, the Daye Dynasty began to gradually decline, and the imperial power also weakened.

Twenty years ago, Emperor Yongqing ascended the throne.

The years after he ascended the throne were the most serious time for the party struggle between the DPRK and China. The battle between the civil servants and the military generals has reached the point of being desperate and life-and-death.

At that time, the first line of Wenchen was headed by the Ji family, and the first line of military generals was headed by the Yao family.

In order to balance the situation, Emperor Yongqing included the Ji daughter and the Yao woman into the palace, and successively made concubines.

Nan Liujing pursed his lips: "...... The Yao daughter in the teacher's mouth, but my mother's concubine? ”

Yao Rong nodded: [Yes, that's your mother.] ]

The Yao family, regardless of their grandchildren, men and women, has guarded the frontier for several generations, fought bravely, killed the enemy in blood, and shrouded in horse leather.

The achievements of the war are great, and the court of Yemen is withering.

There is only such a woman of appropriate age as Yao Rong, and she must enter the palace on behalf of the family.

Nan Liujing came into contact with the truth behind the death of his mother for the first time: "That Ji's daughter is a concubine." ”

[yes.] At that time, Concubine Li, who favored the sixth palace, had not yet entered the palace. ]

In the previous dynasty, there were the Ji family and the Yao family, and in the harem there were concubines and Yao Rong, and the situation was in a very delicate state of balance.

This balance lasted until the year Yao Rong became pregnant.

Perhaps, the disaster has already been surined.

It's just that the news of Yao Rong's pregnancy has become the spark that ignites the fire and medicine barrel.

When Yao Rong was one month pregnant, the border aliens began to make frequent small movements, and they constantly sent small troops to harass the people, making the people miserable.

At that time, General Yao Lao had many dark wounds left by the perennial campaign, and he retreated from the border and recuperated in Kyoto.

But Yao Rong's eldest brother, second brother, and younger brother all stayed on the front line of the border.

They keenly discovered that something was wrong, predicted that the alien race would have a large-scale war against Daye, and wrote to ask the imperial court to prepare early.

This letter was pressed down by Emperor Yongqing and Ji Yushan together.

When Yao Rong was five months pregnant, the situation on the border became worse and worse, and some scouts discovered traces of the activities of foreign troops, and General Yao urgently reported to the court for 800 li.

General Yao knew his son's character, and if he wasn't completely sure, he wouldn't have made this fold. Therefore, General Yao asked the court to allocate grain and grass and mobilize troops to support the border army.

In the end, Emperor Yongqing agreed to the matter.

However, because the grain and grass were dragged out and not in place, the alien army tried to cut off the support of the border army, resulting in chaos in the border war.

Emperor Yongqing panicked all of a sudden, transferred an army to General Yao, and asked General Yao to rush to reinforcements with troops and grain and grass.

Poor General Yao is already old, and he has to work hard day and night, so he is afraid that it will be too late.

Then, he caught up.

He rescued the besieged border army and organized an effective counterattack.

But later developments always give people the illusion that maybe General Yao caught up-

It's just the end of the Yao family and Wan Jingrui.

General Yao Lao, General Yao Da and General Yao Er died on the battlefield, General Yao Xiao was nowhere to be found, and Wan Jingrui was almost completely annihilated by the enemy.

Such casualties are nothing less than miserable, but in the case of completely falling into the upper hand, General Yao still tried to kill and wound the enemy as much as possible.

After this battle, the alien army retreated to the steppe, and the border fighting stopped.

Emperor Dayue of Yongqing ordered to posthumously crown General Yao, General Yao and General Yao Er.

Just as their coffins were about to be transported to Kyoto, several lieutenant generals who were lucky enough to escape actually accused General Yao of being greedy for merit. General Yao Lao They were in order to rescue General Yao Xiao, so they hurriedly sent troops, so that they fell into the trap of the enemy.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

Titles like "National Pillar" and "Backbone of Daye" require generations of sacrifices that last for more than a hundred years to be exchanged, but they can be buried because of a trumped-up crime.

How ridiculous.

How pathetic.

[More than half of the generals in the Daye Dynasty are either related to the Yao family, or are promoted by the Yao family. In addition, the Yao family has guarded the north for hundreds of years, and the people in the north trust the Yao family more than the royal family. ]

[Emperor Yongqing has long regarded the Yao family as a thorn in his side. ]

Nanliujing took a deep breath, his chest was full of grief and indignation, but the more angry he was, the more he could keep his head clear: "Teacher, there is something I don't understand. ”

"At that time, almost all the young and middle-aged people of the Yao family died in battle, no matter what, the Yao family could not return to its former position, let alone threaten the status of Emperor Yongqing."

"Why didn't he let go of the Yao family?"

Yao Rong's eyes flashed with coldness: [This matter has something to do with Ji Yushan.] ]

[I don't know how Ji Yushan did it, but after this incident, the military general's power was suppressed, the strength of Wenchen soared, and Ji Yushan completely controlled the court. ]

The civil and military battle finally ended with a complete victory for the civil ministers.

Ji Yushan, who was originally restrained, began to abuse his power; The concubine, who has always been gentle as water, has become more and more arrogant.

Nan Liujing's temples jumped straight when he heard this, and his eyelashes, which were as dense as crow feathers, fell down, forming a semicircular shadow under his eyelids, making it impossible for Yao Rong to see his expression at this time.

"What role does Ji Yushan play in this matter?"

"Will General Yao be defeated, is it a simple accident, or is there a human factor?"

Yao Rong shook his head: [Too much time has passed, even if there are any traces, they have been almost cleaned.] I didn't look into any useful information. ]

Nan Liujing frowned tightly.

After a moment of silence, Yao Rong said softly: [Since I mentioned these, I just happened to emphasize one thing to you. ]

Nan Liujing raised his head, revealing a pair of clear eyes like the blue sky after the rain: "Does the teacher want me to find out the truth and give justice to the Yao family and Wan Jiangshi?" ”

[The case of the Yao family involved Emperor Yongqing and the Ji family. If you have the opportunity in the future, I do hope that you can administer justice to the Yao family. But that's not what I'm talking about. ]

"That's?"

[It's a personal matter.] ]

[Liujing, I hope you don't blame your mother.] ]

[She is the person who loves you the most in the world, and the person who is looking forward to your arrival in the world.] If she could, she wouldn't risk a big belly when she was seven months pregnant. ]

However, it is impossible for a person who has regarded his father and brother as a great hero since he was a child to watch his father and brother die and be burdened with infamy.

Since she was born, she grew up listening to the stories of the ancestors of the Yao family. She knew that her struggle might not have much effect, but how could she watch it all happen and do nothing......

So she did what she could, and she didn't live up to her name until she died.

[When she died, she was worthy of her heart, but she was ashamed of you.] ]

Nanliu nodded and shook his head, unable to speak at all, and his eyes were red.

"I know ......"

Nan Liujing spoke, but finally couldn't control a tear.

He lowered his head and buried his face in the palm of his hand.

"I've always known that."

In fact, he rarely heard Gui Sheng and Aunt Chunyu talk about their mother's concubine, but the heartfelt nostalgia whenever they mentioned their mother's concubine was enough to make Nan Liujing sure that his mother's concubine was a very beautiful person.

She couldn't grow up with him, she must have a hard time.

He just didn't expect that her distress would be this.

Yao Rong looked at the child with a calm and sad gaze, as if he had seen him born from a pool of blood through those long years. At that time, the persimmon tree in Changxin Palace was still just a sapling.

Later, the trees grew, and so did the child that everyone thought would not survive.

He has grown into a similar appearance to the Yao family.

Whether it is appearance or character.

[You know she loves you, but sometimes, growing up alone in a cold palace will feel sad, and you will also fantasize about how nice it would be if she could be by your side, right?] ]

Nan Liujing wanted to say "no", but the words came to his mouth and swallowed back.

In the end, Nan Liujing still said what was in his heart: "I miss her very much, and I really want her to be by my side." ”

As if feeling that this answer ignored the teacher, Nan Liujing raised his hand and grabbed his hair, and whispered: "This is a wish that is destined to not be realized, but it doesn't matter, I have a teacher." ”

"With the teacher with me, I'm already very satisfied."

He quietly added in his heart that although he loved his mother very much, he felt that even if his mother was still alive, he probably couldn't do better than the teacher.

His image of his mother was always vague, until the teacher appeared, and his ideal mother image finally had a tangible appearance.

The teacher fulfilled all his imagination of female elders - gentle and powerful, like a ray of warm sun in winter.

You may be able to survive the winter without sunlight, but without the sun shining in the winter, it will definitely be painful.

It's a pity that just like he hasn't seen his mother, he hasn't been able to see what his teacher looks like.

I don't know...... There is no chance in the future.

The corners of Yao Rong's lips curled slightly, and he suddenly proposed: [Let's plant another persimmon tree.] It was planted right next to the previous persimmon tree. ]

[I have been with you for more than a year, and the persimmon tree is also a year-old.] ]

[The rings of large trees record their age, and the number of rings means how many years they have been planted.] The first persimmon tree records your age, and the second persimmon tree will record how long I have been with you. ]

This proposal immediately made Nanliujing come to the spirit.

It just so happened that he had been in the library long enough today, and Nan Liujing returned to the real world and planned excitedly.

"It just so happens that Master Tuoliang has been helping to find tree species these days, and when the snow melts and the climate warms up after a while, we can start planting trees."

"But I haven't learned how to plant trees yet......"

[I'll teach you, you just have to do what I say.] ]

Since last year's "golden cake" trend, there has been no shortage of persimmon trees around the capital. As long as there is vacant land, every household will find a way to find persimmon trees in the wild, and then transplant the persimmon trees to their doorstep.

Therefore, the tree species that Nanliujing wanted was quickly found.

When the begonias around the capital were blooming, Nanliujing, under the command of Yao Rong, planted a young persimmon sapling.

In addition to reading and practicing martial arts, he also has one more thing to do every day: watering the trees.

But soon, an incident happened that broke Nanliujing's peaceful but diligent life-

The concubine's grounding period ended, and the four princes didn't know what angered the concubine, and knelt in the imperial garden for two hours. When he was sent back to the palace by the palace people, his knees were all red and swollen.

On the day the news broke out, Yao Rong asked Nan Liujing: [Liujing, do you want to go out of the palace to have a look?] ]

Nan Liujing was stunned in place, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Outside the palace?"

[Yes, you and Gui Sheng both go.] ]

The harem is the territory of the concubine, and the concubine was grounded before, so she couldn't make too much trouble. Now who knows how she will toss, and it is too risky to let Nan Liujing stay in the palace again.

Nan Liujing couldn't help but look forward to it in his heart.

He had never set foot outside the palace.

Now, the teacher told him that he had a chance to go out of the palace and see the outside world.

"I want to go out."

"Teacher, I want to see the things outside, see if what is recorded in the travelogue is true, and see the great rivers and mountains of Daye."

[Of course, no problem.] ]

"But how am I going to get out of the palace? Can Emperor Yongqing's side agree? ”

Yao Rong brought up this matter, and naturally he had already thought of a way: [I found a pretending pill, after you take it, you will have some rashes on your body, which look a little similar to an infectious disease. ]

Produced by the teacher, it must be a high-quality product. Nan Liujing knew that he would definitely be able to leave the palace, and he was excited from the bottom of his heart.

But after the excitement, he looked at the small persimmon tree in the courtyard that had pulled out its buds, and his face fell: "My tree has just been planted, if I am not in the palace in the future, who will take care of it." ”

Yao Rongwaner: [Don't worry, this persimmon tree has begun to take root, and it can grow smoothly even without your care.] ]

Nanliujing sighed.

Yao Rong had no choice but to change his words: [If you are still worried, then you can let Lord Liang come over from time to time to take a look, water it, and apply fertilizer. ]

Nan Liujing suddenly smiled and put his mind at ease.

He pondered it for a day, and when Liang Guangyu came to Changxin Palace, he told Liang Guangyu and Gui Sheng the complete plan.

After a few days, Nan Liujing took a sick pill and had a lot of rashes on his body.

It's a little scary to look at, but it actually doesn't hurt or itch, and it will go away on its own after a few days.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liang Guangyu came to Changxin Palace, and it didn't take long for him to leave with a look on his face.

It didn't take long for Emperor Yongqing to know the news that Nanliujing was suspected of suffering from a contagious disease.

Emperor Yongqing's face changed greatly, and he immediately asked, "Will this disease be contagious?" ”

The chief chamberlain said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor hasn't had time to see it yet." ”

"How can this kind of thing be delayed, in case it infects me-" Emperor Yongqing walked around the main hall twice and said, "No, I can't let him stay in the palace." Send for him to be removed from the palace at once. ”

Chief Chamberlain: "Your Majesty, where are you going?" ”

"Just find a place." Emperor Yongqing waved his hand impatiently, "Do you want to teach you this?" ”

The chief waiter didn't dare to ask any more, and hurriedly retreated.

Liang Guangyu was still waiting outside, and when he saw the chief attendant coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward.

The chief attendant said urgently: "Lord Liang, Lord Liang, let's stand far away." "Distanced himself from Liang Guangyu and relayed Emperor Yongqing's order to Liang Guangyu.

Liang Guangyu seemed embarrassed: "Then who should send the prince out of the palace?" ”

Hearing this, the chief attendant looked at Liang Guangyu.

Liang Guangyu received his eyes, his face changed, and he gritted his teeth for a while and took the initiative to say: "Father-in-law, I have already been in contact with the prince, and I don't bother the two masters with anything, so just let me lead the team to send the prince out of the palace." ”

"It just so happens that I have an empty courtyard near the imperial temple, which is far away from Kyoto, and the scenery is beautiful, which is very suitable for the prince to recuperate."

The chief waiter smiled, Liang Guangyu's proposal really helped him a lot: "Then it will bother Lord Liang." ”

Liang Guangyu's acting skills are still in place.

can do his position, and there are few people who have bad acting skills.

He smiled bitterly: "It's easy to say, you and I are all doing things for Your Majesty." ”

The chief chamberlain hinted, "Your Majesty will know Lord Liang's mind." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Liang Guangyu came to Changxin Palace with a team of soldiers and horses, and directly waved people to go in and move the prince.

Gui Sheng was so anxious that he wanted to stop: "What are you doing here?" What do you want to do to Your Highness? ”

Liang Guangyu said: "Father-in-law Guisheng, we are also for the good of the prince, can he recover from his illness in this cold palace, and there may be a glimmer of life when he is sent out of the palace." ”

"Are you going to send His Highness out of the palace?" Gui Sheng's face was as pale as frost, and seeing that there were many of them, he softened his tone, "Okay, I won't stop you, but I will leave with His Highness." ”

Liang Guangyu bowed lightly and agreed.

Several guards moved Nan Liujing, who was lying on the bed and pretending to be asleep, to the carriage.

When Gui Sheng also got into the carriage, Liang Guangyu waved his hand: "Let's go." ”

The wheels swayed slightly as they ran over the bluestone floor. Nan Liujing opened his eyes slightly and smiled at Gui Sheng.

However, just in case, Nan Liujing didn't sit up right away, and it wasn't until the carriage was completely out of the palace that he pretended to have just woken up and asked what was wrong.

Then he sat up with Gui Sheng's support and quietly lifted the curtain of the carriage.

Windmills, sugar gourds, acrobatic performances......

The most common restaurants, teahouses, and steamed bun shops in the market are ......

The doll held in the arms of the mother, the child riding on the father's shoulder, the group of teenagers running by cheering, and the crowd returning home tired after a busy day......

Everything out there was so new to him.

The descriptions that he had only seen in books finally became tangible and deeply engraved in his mind.

As the sun sets, the sky is getting darker, and I don't know which restaurant was the first to light the lantern hanging at the door, illuminating the way under the feet of Guiren.

The whole long street seemed to be turned on by some switch, and one lantern after another gradually lit up.

The carriage was only more than ten meters away, and when he turned back, there were already thousands of lights behind Nan Liujing.

Nan Liujing thought that he would always remember this scene.

From this moment on, he was truly free.

The sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high for the birds to fly. The cold and lonely Changxin Palace could no longer trap him. ：，，