Chapter 248: Complaints
The Qingzhou army advanced, and Yu Qingwu and Yingyi rode behind. The two rode slowly, as if to prolong the time of the reunion after the most demurrage.
Ying Ji's death made Ying Yi lose her youthful vitality in the past, and as soon as she was with Yu Qingwu, the two were bound to fight, but at this time, neither of them was as cheerful as before.
The wind in early spring was still a little cool, Yingyi tightened the robe on her body, pulled the reins with one hand, and brushed up a lock of hair in front of her forehead with the other, looked at the Qingzhou army that opened the road in front of her, and said: "So many things have happened in just a few months, Chunwei was born, but my sister died, and Your Majesty also accepted a new concubine......"
"Life is impermanent, and the past is like smoke. Yu Qingwu looked sideways at Yingyi's delicate face, and said softly: "You are still young, and the road ahead is still very long, so you shouldn't be too sad about these irretrievable pasts." ”
"It's like I'm old!"
Yingyi was amused by Yu Qingwu's words, and in an instant it seemed to be back in the past, but the next moment the smile on her face disappeared, and she sighed instead: "Yuxi has only been in the palace for three days, and His Majesty has violated many ancient precepts for her. ”
Since Yuxi entered the palace, Xia Luqi seems to have changed a person, he may not be called a virtuous saint in the past, but he will not despise the court, and the favorite concubine is so, but now she is in front of the Manchu Dynasty and Yuxi lingering sympathy, although she is taking care of the little nephew in the harem, but she also heard about it.
Is it that Yu Xi is so beautiful that everyone can't put it down, or has his love for his sister disappeared? She didn't know what to do, but she felt that no matter what it was, if her sister knew something, she couldn't help but feel sad.
Yu Qingwu nodded, and didn't say anything, because these things were planned by him, and the reason why Xia Luqi changed so much was because he fell into Yu Xi's soul Gu!
"Alright. Yingyi Le Ma stopped, looked back at Yu Qingwu and smiled, and said, "Just send it here, His Royal Highness the Merry King, lest it take a long time for your confidantes to become ill." ”
Before the future imperial capital, on the one hand, she wanted to see her sister and nephew who she hadn't seen for many years, and on the other hand, she wanted to see the person who was playing with her again. It's just that after she came, everything was not as good as she imagined, her sister died, and the person she cared about was also a romantic embryo as the legend said.
She admits that she may have a little affection for him, but the life partner in her mind is very different from him, she will not share a husband with so many women, so she can only cut off this love thread that has not had time to extend. Perhaps, this is the best result.
Yu Qingwu smiled and said preciously, and after Yingyi nodded, she quickly came out with a clip of the horse's belly and caught up with the Qingzhou army in front.
When Yu Qingwu entered the city again, among the crowds of people leaving the city, one person was particularly conspicuous. Although his clothes are not gorgeous, his temperament is very good, his eyebrows are heroic, and his eyes contain wisdom. This person is none other than the chef Yiyin who entered the palace with Yuxi.
Yu Qingwu, who was on the horse, glanced at him and turned his gaze and went straight into the city, while Yi Yin also thought that he didn't see Yu Qingwu, and hurried out of the city with a rotten cloth burden on his back.
After entering the city, Yu Qingwu went towards the palace and entered the harem Qifeng Palace, which is the palace where Yuxi lived. When they found out that Yu Qingwu was coming, those palace maids hurriedly stopped laughing and bowed to each other, for fear that the king would reprimand him and others for not distinguishing between dignity and inferiority.
And Concubine Yuan Yuxi didn't have this kind of care, but she didn't frolic with Xia Luqi anymore. At this time, she was wearing an official uniform and hat, and the wide robe looked nondescript on her, but it also had a different flavor, she looked at Yu Qingwu with a light smile, and her smile was full of deep meaning.
"Hey, I've been caught by Lonely!"
Those palace maids didn't dare to move, Xia Luqi immediately hugged the nearest palace maid, and after tearing off the blindfold, he was about to kiss Fang Ze, but found that everyone around was standing still. He turned around suspiciously, and saw Yu Qingwu standing in the courtyard, he smiled, pulled Yu Qingwu to the jade table where the wine and food had already been prepared, and said, "I said how to catch them so easily, it turned out that you came!"
Pouring Yu Qingwu a glass of wine, he smiled and said, "Xiaoyi is gone?"
Yu Qingwu nodded, pointed to the people around him, and said, "Big brother, you are ......?"
"Play!" Xia Luqi pulled Yuxi beside him into his arms, stretched out his fingers and dipped them in the glass of wine, and then stretched out his fingers in front of Yuxi, who immediately smiled and gently sucked his fingers.
"Lone has never found out that life can be so wonderful!" While enjoying the pleasure of Yu Xi's soft lips, Xia Luqi closed his eyes and said: "Lone has decided, to collect the world's beauties into the palace, you are the Merry King, as a big brother, how can I fall behind?"
As soon as he heard Xia Luqi say that he wanted to collect the beauties of the world, Yuxi, who was held in his arms, spit out his fingers, pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, will you still care about your concubines so much when the time comes?"
"Of course!" Xia Luqi smiled and kissed heavily on the pursed red lips, and then said: "Beauty is Lone's favorite, how can Lone like the new and hate the old?" After a pause, he raised his hand to caress Yu Xi's tender earlobe, and said: "But the cook you brought is very bold, and a cook dares to teach Gu how to govern, do you think you should compensate something?"
Yu Xi smiled slightly, raised her head and bit Xia Luqi's earlobe, and said softly: "What compensation does Your Majesty want?"
"I want you!"
Xia Luqi, who was made by Yu Xi to rise in evil fire, smiled, picked her up and walked to the palace, but actually forgot Yu Qingwu on the table!
Yu Qingwu, who was left out in the cold, shook his head and smiled, raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, and then got up and left the palace.
Shortly thereafter, Xia Lugui really ordered all over the country to offer beauties, in less than two months, the harem beauties reached hundreds, and the huge palace could not hide so many concubines, and at this time Yuxi claimed that the palace was old, Xia Lugui immediately ordered to build the palace, decorate the Yaotai, make the Qiong room, and set up the jade gate.
It's just that under the years of conquest, the treasury has long been unable to afford such consumption, and in desperation, Xia Lugui has increased taxes and labor in the face of countless opposition, so that the original promise to reduce the burden and reduce taxes has not only not been fulfilled, but also heavier than the original tax, which has made the people of the world complain, and the dissent of the DPRK and China is getting louder and louder.
When a group of ministers led by Taifu Huaijian and Taishi Ling Zhonggu discussed how to persuade Xia Lugui to give up this extravagant life and be frugal, another group of officials headed by Prime Minister Zhao Liang tried their best to cater to Xia Lugui, especially Zhao Liang, and even put forward a proposal to build a wine pond meat forest, which won Xia Lugui's meaning.
The Tilting Palace, Yaotai, and Qiong Room can not be completed in one day, but the wine pond meat forest can be completed in a short time, and at the same time as the construction of the Tilting Palace, the wine pond that is enough for rowing is excavated. Three months later, the 50-zhang wine pond in the palace was built, and around the wine pond, which was large enough for rowing boats, was planted with rare treasure trees and covered with all kinds of animal meat delicacies.
The appearance of the Jiuchi Meat Forest made the pleasure of Xia Luqi more than in the past, and he frolicked and enjoyed himself in the Jiuchi Meat Forest with many concubines, palace maids and ministers led by Zhao Liang all day long. Because the wine pool was too large and deep, and it was full of alcohol, if people got drunk and fell into it, nine times out of ten they would drown. At the beginning, no less than ten people were drowned in one day, and later in order to put an end to this situation, Xia Lugui specially ordered a team of soldiers to guard the edge of the wine pond meat forest, and salvaged when he saw someone drowning. Although the number of people drowned is greatly reduced, there will be people who are left behind, and their lives will be lost in pleasure.
Under the pleasure all day long, Xia Luqi did not even go to the court anymore, Taifu Huaijian and Taishi Ling never saw the true face of the emperor several times, and in desperation, the two had to go to the Fuyao Palace, in a vain attempt to invite Yu Qingwu. The two of them are not stupid people, naturally like Zhao Liang, they can see the importance that Xia Luwu attaches to Yu Qingwu, and they also know that in this Manchu Dynasty, in the civil and military affairs, I am afraid that in addition to the Taishi who is in the north, Xia Lugui can listen to what Yu Qingwu said.
In the Listening Wind Pavilion, Yu Qingwu was listening to a woman Suqin with his eyes closed, and suddenly the sound of the piano was interrupted, and he opened his eyes, only to find that Lu Hu was waiting outside the pavilion with Huaijian and Zhonggu. He waved his hand to order the piano girl to retreat, and after the two entered the pavilion, he raised his hand to signal the two to sit down, and said with a smile: "Why do the two adults have time to come to the cold house today?"
The two didn't reply immediately, but looked at Yu Qingwu, who had not seen each other for almost two months, with doubts, and after a while, Huai Jian said: "Is Your Highness unwell, why haven't you seen so much haggard in two months?"
Now Yu Qingwu is full of black hair, mixed with a slight gray hair, and his face is not as shiny as in the past, and he does not look like a twenty-year-old person, but a little like a thirty-year-old person.
"You're worried. Yu Qingwu smiled, unwilling to mention his own affairs, and immediately asked, "The two adults came in person, but what do you need Xiao Wang's service?"
"Don't dare!"
Zhong Gu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty is addicted to pleasure all day long and ignores the government, I believe Your Highness has also discovered that Your Majesty has not been to the court for more than two months, and Zhao Liang and they have also enjoyed themselves in the harem with His Majesty for more than two months, this is not in line with the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, not to mention, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos, and Daxia will also be in danger!"
"Do the two adults want Xiao Wang to enter the harem and enter the wine pool to speak to His Majesty?" Yu Qingwu took a sip of hot tea.
"That's good!" Huai Jian nodded and said: "Looking at the civil and military affairs of this Manchu Dynasty, I am afraid that only His Highness's words will His Majesty be able to listen to it, not only will it be useless for us to speak, but I will not even be able to see His Majesty's next side!"
Yu Qingwu smiled and said: "That may disappoint the two adults, first, His Majesty ordered the Tianwei Army to build the Tianwei Palace, Xiao Wang is not only the Xia official Sima, but also in charge ......of the Tianwei Army, before the construction of the Tianwei Palace, there is no reason to speak, and there is no reason to speak at this time;
After a pause, he continued: "The two adults have also seen that Xiao Wang is in poor health due to a mistake in practice, and he will go to southern Xinjiang today to seek a cure, if it is delayed, I am afraid that he will not last a few days." Therefore, even if you want to make a statement to Your Majesty, you have to wait until Xiao Wang returns from southern Xinjiang. ”
It is approaching the one-year period when he made an appointment with Chi Lin, and the life continuation Gu of the primordial god is gradually becoming invalid, if he can't get the help of the witch king, maybe the primordial god will collapse, so he has no time to enter the palace again, and he has to go to southern Xinjiang to find the Jiuli relics in the near future.