When Luocheng was in chaos, the weather was not kind. It rained heavily for two consecutive days, and strong winds arose from the sea. As a result, two more villages were flooded, and the gate of Luocheng collapsed.
Through this opening, many refugees poured in, and two cases of robbery and murder occurred that night. As a result, the security of Luocheng could be said to be even worse. Please visit the latest free chapter of this book.
Empress Dowager Jade hurriedly entered the imperial study room, but was stopped by the chamberlain.
"The Queen Mother, the Emperor is discussing important matters with several ministers. I'm afraid I can't see the Queen Mother at this moment. Why don't the Queen Mother go to the flower hall next to you to have a rest and wait for the Emperor to finish..." The chamberlain hurriedly came forward and greeted him respectfully.
said.
"Who are they?" Queen Mother Jade asked in a low voice.
The chamberlain named several people, and Queen Mother Jade frowned. These people were Qu Yi's confidants and supporters of the boatman incident. Qu Yi did not summon Prince Yuan!
Queen Mother Jade stood for a while, then suddenly fainted and fell to the ground. The palace maids and nuns nearby were so frightened that they quickly shouted, "Hurry and declare the imperial doctor! Hurry and declare the imperial doctor!"
A quarter of an hour later, Queen Mother Jade was lying on the soft couch in the imperial study room. The imperial doctor knelt under her and carefully felt her pulse.
"Doctor Song, how is the situation?" Qu Yi asked anxiously.[
Imperial Doctor Song frowned and quietly raised his eyes to look at Queen Mother Jade. He saw that Queen Mother Jade had her eyes closed tightly. He knew something in his heart and quickly turned around to report: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is worried and overworked. I'm afraid.
You need to take good care of yourself!"
When Qu Yi heard this, he quickly stepped forward to hold Queen Mother Jade's hand and said, "Queen Mother, I have long said that I want you to relax. You see, you are already sick from exhaustion!"
Queen Mother Jade slowly opened her eyes and whispered: "Now the gates of Luo City have collapsed, and there is a flood approaching outside the city. People in the city have to have someone watch the door when they sleep at night. Luo State is already such a state.
In this situation, how can you make your mother feel at ease? Yi'er, do you still insist on having your own way?"
Seeing Queen Mother Jade talking about current affairs, Qu Yi frowned impatiently and became increasingly irritable.
Early this morning, Qu Yi led his men out of the palace incognito, inspected the collapsed city gate, and walked around the city. The situation now was really beyond his control, and there were more and more victims.
, we need supplies for food, clothing, housing and transportation. There are very few supplies left last time. If the rain continues...
Seeing the change in Qu Yi's expression, Queen Mother Jade quickly said, "Your uncle even said when he entered the palace that day that he would share your worries. Now that your uncle is in charge of the affairs on the Southwest Road, please discuss it more with him.
I might as well give you an idea!"
Qu Yi saw that Queen Mother Yu did not blame him as much as before, so she did not resist in her heart. She nodded and said: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I will discuss it carefully with the Emperor's uncle! Queen Mother, don't work too hard anymore, you should pay attention to your own health."
Bar!"
Queen Mother Jade could only nod her head and said: "Yi'er, I know you are high-spirited, but you are not in a hurry at this moment. You have just succeeded to the throne a few years ago, and God has not been kind to you in the past two years. Don't be anxious, take your time!"
Qu Yi could only nod his head and let Queen Jade rest in the royal study room for a while before having someone send Queen Jade back.
Two days later, the heavy rain finally stopped, but news came from all over the country that the rice was rotten due to improper drying. Luo's economy suffered another setback. At the same time, at the border between Luo and Rao, things in Rao were about to start.
Taking advantage of the situation, the Luo State was attacked from both sides, and the situation in the country was very turbulent for a while.
Time slowly entered November. Seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder, the food in Luo Kingdom was getting less and less. The hungry and cold people began to resist and began to riot. Some people took to the streets to demonstrate and protest against the imperial court's sealing of the sea.
Being autistic, as a result, Luo Country was truly in trouble.
Under the cover of Shopkeeper Huang, Lei Yuan, Tenglong and others stayed in Luo State, taking the opportunity to incite the people to make trouble, and used the land route to send a letter to Li State. When Chu Yiqing saw the letter, he was heartbroken.
Only then did he really feel relieved, and thought about the current situation. Anyway, the boatman was safe, so he was not in a hurry. He asked someone to bring a letter to Lei Yuan, secretly giving him some strategies, and asking him to adapt accordingly.
Long-term war of resistance.
News of the safety of the boatmen reached Chu Han, and the family members of the boatmen were relieved. Wu Yulian alone did not get any news about Boss Wu and Li Dayong. For a while, Wu Yulian got up and took the road.
Arrive at Shangjia Village and ask for help from Jin Yu and Zhao Xiaomai.
In Shangjia Village, the fields are now planted with wheat, and there is no work. Zhao Maimai just looks after the charcoal business, which is very leisurely. As soon as he got home from the city that day, he saw a man in his twenties standing at the door of the courtyard.
A 3-year-old woman was holding a child of about three years old in her hand, with a look of panic and sadness on her face.
"Are you..." Zhao Maimai was stunned and quickly stepped forward and asked.[
Wu Yulian met Zhao Maimai several times when she was in the famous town of Chu Mansion, and she recognized him immediately and knelt down to Zhao Maimai.
"Get up quickly. You said that you crying in front of me with your child is causing misunderstanding! Are you Wu Yulian?" Zhao Maimai also remembered it at this moment and asked quickly.
Wu Yulian nodded and sobbed in a low voice.
"Come in and have a rest. How did you come all the way here? But what's the matter?" Zhao Xiaomai quickly let people in to let Wu Yulian and her son in.
Jin Yu was playing with Pan'er in the house. When she saw Zhao Xiaomai coming back with a woman and a child, she felt nervous and ran out to have a look.
"Mai Xiangniang, this is Wu Yulian. My sister is from the Chu Mansion. Her father and husband are both boatmen. You have met her, do you remember?" Zhao Maimai said quickly.
Jin Yu looked at it carefully, then remembered and quickly let the person in.
"Madam, I really have no choice. Madam is thousands of miles away in the capital, so I begged her to come to her door!" As soon as Wu Yulian entered the door, she pulled her child and knelt down to Jin Yu.
"Get up quickly. My sister and I are from the same family. My sister's affairs are my business. If you have any difficulties, just ask!" Jin Yu quickly pulled the two of them up and looked at Li Hai who kept staring at the table.
Looking at the pastries on the table, I knew that the child was hungry after walking such a long way, so he quickly asked Xia Zhi to take the child to eat something.
Wu Yulian quickly thanked her, took a sip of hot tea, and said what she wanted. When Jin Yu heard this, he sighed and said, "I also know some things about the sea, so don't worry.
, I wrote a letter to my sister, asking my sister to inquire about your father and your man. Otherwise, you can temporarily live in my house with your children and have someone to take care of you. In this cold weather, you are the only one.
You can’t think wildly when you’re at home!”
Wu Yulian naturally wanted to live in the house and get the news as soon as possible, so she agreed. It happened that the workshop was preparing some bacon for the winter, and she happened to help.
Time passed slowly, and as December entered, the weather became colder and colder. In previous years, ships would not go to sea at this time, and they would celebrate the New Year at home. However, this year, due to special circumstances, Lei Yuan secretly escorted some boatmen to
Put it on and let the sea take you away.
Before the end of the year, most of the boatmen returned home, except Li Dayong and Wu Laoda.
Zhao Xiaomai went into the town and learned the news. Naturally, he felt sad for Wu Yulian, but seeing that the New Year was coming, he immediately decided to keep it a secret and let his mother finish the New Year first.
In the capital, it has snowed several times in a row. Chu Yiqing was lying on the door looking at the snow scene, but he was thinking about the boatmen in his heart.
"Yingrun, grind the ink for me!" Chu Yiqing suddenly thought of something and said quickly.
Yingrun responded and quickly prepared the Four Treasures of the Study.
Chu Yiqing wrote a letter, folded it and handed it to Yingrun, saying, "Have someone send it to Chu Han and tell Sister Jinyu to do what I said in it."
Yingrun responded quickly.
Yingrun went out, and Chu Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief. Although there was not much profit this year, at this time, when people's hearts were more stable, there was Wu Yulian... Chu Yiqing sighed quietly.
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is a traditional festival. According to past customs, the palace will hold some activities to make it lively. However, because of what happened on August 15th last time, the Queen Mother and several concubines were already afraid of Chu Yi.
Qing, naturally he didn't dare to ask for anything, so he just passed by quietly.
Seeing that the New Year's Eve is getting closer and closer, Chu Yiqing's mood is getting lower and lower. For more than half a year, she has been trapped in the palace, chatting so much that she can't cheer up for anything. Now in her dream
They were celebrating the New Year in Shangjia Village, giving out benefits to the villagers, and everyone was smiling.
Chu Yiqing was in a depressed mood, and Li Huang naturally noticed it, and asked Yang Moer to accompany her in the palace that day.
Yang Mo'er has married Chu Huan and is now a serious prince and princess. She is much quieter and calmer in her movements. While chatting with Chu Yiqing, she even talked about Lu Ningxin.
things.
"Mr. Lu's personality is really very diverse. On the day of his wedding, when someone gave him a gift, he refused to accept it or say anything about it. He also scolded the person, saying that they were bribing him, which made everyone very embarrassed. Later we
So he thought of a way to borrow his maid's jewelry and give it to Lu Mansion as a congratulatory gift. In this way, Mr. Lu won't have anything to say!" Yang Mo'er covered her lips and laughed, perhaps because of Lu Youli's character.
Such people are so rare that she intuitively found them very interesting.
Chu Yiqing didn't realize how funny it was. The more Lu Youli acted like this, the more Lu Ningxin suffered. Having an unkind father was not a good thing.
Seeing that Chu Yiqing was still unhappy, Yang Moer asked in a low voice: "Queen, are you worried about something?"
Chu Yiqing was startled, shook his head and said: "It's just the Chinese New Year, and I feel a little homesick!"
Yang Mo'er covered her lips and smiled: "So that's it. If that's the case, then you can go home with me. My father-in-law actually misses you very much. Although he rarely says it, every time he goes home, he will say
When I asked my husband about the affairs of the court, I could tell that on the surface, my father-in-law was concerned about the court, but in fact, he was concerned about the queen!"
When Chu Yiqing saw that Yang Mo'er had misunderstood, he didn't say anything but smiled faintly.
After Yang Mo'er returned to the Chu Mansion, she thought she had made a great contribution, and immediately told Chu Huan about Chu Yiqing's homesickness, and said: "I think the Queen Mother can't show her face, otherwise you and your father will go to the palace to see you
See the Queen?"
Chu Huan shook his head, "You misunderstood. It's not this family that Yi Qing misses, but Chu Han!"
Yang Mo'er screamed in surprise.
"Ever since Yiqing left this home, she has no intention of coming back. She regards Chu Han as her home. Now that things are going on in Chu Han, and with the Chinese New Year, her thoughts are naturally a little heavier. Okay, you
Don't worry, the emperor will definitely comfort her!" Chu Huan smiled, gently pulled Yang Mo'er's hair in front of her face and said with a smile.
Yang Moer's face turned red, but she really liked Chu Huan's ambiguous actions, so she no longer thought about Chu Yiqing's matters, but obediently lowered her eyes and eyebrows, and spoke to Chu Huan in a low voice.
Chu Huan sighed quietly in his heart. In the past six months, Chu Yiqing had been in the palace. Although he had not seen him many times, he had also inquired about Chu Yiqing's situation from the palace people many times. Now he has been very sure.
, the gentle and even cowardly Chu Yiqing before can never come back. Now the Chu Yiqing will respect her even when the emperor sees her. How can it be the same Chu Yiqing as before? In this way, he
I became more and more aware of Yang Mo'er's goodness. Slowly, my heart was full of Yang Mo'er!
The Queen Mother of the Holy Ancestor heard that Chu Yiqing was in a bad mood these days, so she called Chu Yiqing to Ci'an Palace and asked a few words of concern, and then said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and after the Chinese New Year is the Lantern Festival. This is
When the palace is the busiest, if the queen is too busy, just tell her in advance and the Ai family will send two people to help you!"
The words of the Holy Ancestor Queen Mother reminded Chu Yiqing, and Chu Yiqing quickly cheered up and said: "I won't bother the Holy Ancestor Queen Mother, I will definitely arrange the things in the palace properly!"
The Queen Mother of the Holy Ancestor nodded and said: "The Ai family also knows that what happened to Chu Han a few months ago worried you, but those are national affairs after all. As women, it is better for us to be less involved!"
Fortunately, the Li Kingdom did not have a rule that women in the harem were not allowed to participate in politics, so the Queen Mother of the Holy Ancestor mentioned it casually and did not blame her too much.
Chu Yiqing quickly nodded in response, secretly making up her mind to focus on matters in the palace. After all, her identity is different now!
After coming out of Ci'an Palace, Chu Yiqing called Madam Fang and Yang Hua over, gave them detailed instructions, and said, "Madam Fang, Madam Yang is an old lady in the palace. She knows a lot of rules. What do you have?"
Just ask her, this Spring Festival is the most important day of the year, so there can be no mistakes!"
Fang quickly responded.
With Yang Hua by her side, Chu Yiqing felt a lot more relieved. This time, unlike Chen Chuxin, she directly followed the palace rules and spent the New Year peacefully and peacefully.
The Li country is peaceful and welcomes the new year happily. However, it is a different scene in the Luo country. In the past three months, Tenglong and Lei Yuan have been leading people to cause trouble in Luo City in accordance with Chu Yiqing's instructions.
, spread false news, which made the already turbulent Luo Kingdom even worse. People were resentful outside the palace, and officials in the palace also had different ideas. At this time, Prince Yuan stood up and made peace with Li Guo to calm the people's hearts. However, Qu
Yi refuted it, and as a result, the Luo officials stood in two teams and fought with each other all day long.
Near the end of the year, another serious civilian riot broke out in Luocheng. This time, the people rushed to the palace gate. Qu Yi had to urgently mobilize the Imperial Guard Army to suppress it. However, this suppression would inevitably lead to casualties. As a result,
This aroused the anger of the people. It was rumored that both the black and white circles in Luo Kingdom's martial arts circles called Qu Yi a tyrant. On several occasions, they even entered the palace to assassinate Qu Yi, although they failed.
Empress Dowager Yu couldn't bear it anymore and secretly instructed Prince Yuan to release Li Dayong and Wu Laoda. She also wrote a letter and asked them to take them back to Chu Han and hand them over to Chu Yiqing. She wanted to ask Chu Yi
Qingdao requires personal affection.
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Dayong and Mr. Wu arrived in the capital. They first went to the Chu Palace to find Chu Huan, and notified Chu Yiqing through Chu Huan. Chu Yiqing heard that Li Dayong and Mr. Wu were still alive and immediately left the palace.
Prince's Mansion.
In the Prince's Mansion, Li Dayong and Mr. Wu had a full meal and were drinking tea. When they heard that Chu Yiqing had arrived, they quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
"Okay, get up quickly. Thank you for your hard work along the way!" Chu Yiqing quickly asked the two of them to get up and said, "I'm relieved that you two can come back safely!"
Mr. Wu quickly said: "Thank you for your concern, Queen Mother. We were also afraid over there, afraid that we wouldn't be able to see Yu Lian and our children. Fortunately, the jade pendant that Madam gave us saved our lives. That Queen Mother Yu is a good person and has always been very kind."
Take care of us and let the imperial doctor treat Dayong, otherwise, we really won’t be able to come back!"
Chu Yiqing slowly raised his lips and smiled: "She is smarter than Qu Yi and knows to save you two first, otherwise..."
Chu Yiqing's eyes darkened.
"Empress, Queen Mother Jade has given you a letter, please read it!" Li Dayong quickly took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Yingrun.
Yingrun took it, smelled it carefully, and then opened it carefully. After making sure there was nothing abnormal, she handed it to Chu Yiqing.
After Chu Yiqing read it carefully, he couldn't help but curled his lips again. She was not wrong. This Queen Mother Jade was indeed smarter than Qu Yi. In the letter, she did not talk to her as Queen Mother Jade, but only as Queen Mother Jade.
A mother said that Qu Yi had detained the boat and the boatman because of his anger. Now that the boatman has been returned, the boat will also be returned. As for the supplies on the boat, they will be deducted from taxes, which will only narrow the dispute between the two countries.
On to the issue of boatmen and supplies.
Chu Yiqing sneered, Qu Yi had wolfish ambitions, and he still refused to bow down until now. If he were to turn over, it would be more troublesome in the future, so it would be better to solve it once and for all.
After throwing the letter in the stove and burning it, Chu Yiqing raised his eyes and looked at Li Dayong and Wu Laodaodao, "I hope you come back safely. It's already the New Year. I wanted to keep you here for the New Year, but I'm afraid that Wu Yulian and her son will miss you, so today
Let’s set off, I’ll send someone to take you back!”
Li Dayong and Mr. Wu dared to ask Chu Yiqing what he meant, so they quickly kowtowed and thanked him.
The two came out of the palace and saw a large carriage outside the palace. On it were many specialties of the capital and two horses of fine materials. The two knew that this was what Chu Yiqing meant, so they were naturally happy and happy.
's returned home.
After all the boatmen came back safely, Chu Yiqing felt completely relieved this time, and was determined to fight Qu Yi to the end. He also thought that the four cities of Yanjing were not far from the border of Luo Kingdom, so he wrote again
I wrote a letter and asked the four cities of Yanjing to harass Luo Guo from time to time. They must let Luo Guo’s officials force the people to rebel!
After everything was settled, it was the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. Chu Yiqing and A Bao personally affixed and tied the couplets and lanterns of Qiankun Palace, and finally there was a hint of Chinese New Year atmosphere.
"Mom..." Chu Yiqing and A Bao were chatting and laughing when they saw Fu, wearing a cotton-padded jacket and cotton trousers, wandering over. Mrs. Xu was bent behind, with her hands stretched out to protect her sides, her eyes fixed on the sides.
I keep staring at the blessing, fearing that it will fall!
"Blessing, can you walk?" Chu Yiqing happily threw the couplet in his hand and hurried forward to catch Blessing. Blessing raised his little head and laughed.
"The little prince will be able to take steps a few days ago, but he is not steady. I didn't tell the queen because I wanted to give the queen a surprise!" Mrs. Xu said with a smile.
"Yingrun, nanny!" Chu Yiqing nodded. It was indeed a surprise. She didn't expect that her little blessing would be able to walk so soon. Thinking of this, Chu Yiqing felt a little sad. These days, she only worried about the boatman's affairs.
, but ignored the blessing.
"Mom, would you like A Bao to take his brother for a walk?" A Bao was also very excited and volunteered to step forward and hold the hand of blessing.
Chu Yiqing nodded, watching his two sons walking in unison and having fun, his mood suddenly brightened, and he caught up with them, holding their hands, and walked around the yard tirelessly.
Li Huang happened to come in. The attendants around him knew that when Li Huang came to Qiankun Palace, he didn't want people to yell and announce. If he didn't like people following him, they all immediately stayed outside the palace.
Li Huang quietly stepped forward. Chu had noticed it early in the morning, but seeing that he was in high spirits, she couldn't bear to let him down. He deliberately pretended not to know. When Li Huang got behind her, he hugged her from behind.
Then he looked back pretending to be surprised.
"It's great to see you smile!" Li Huang whispered.
Li Huang's words shocked Chu Yiqing. These days, her emotions were too exposed. Fortunately, she and Li Huang had been in love outside the palace for many years, otherwise...
"I'm sorry, I just miss home, especially at the end of the year!" Chu Yiqing whispered.
"I know, but this is the first year after we return to the palace. I can't accompany you to the villa outside the palace, let alone Chu Han!" Li Huang said apologetically.
Chu Yiqing nodded and said: "I just miss home, but now that I'm looking at Abao and my blessings, and holding your hand, my heart is at peace. We can still have a lively New Year in this palace!"
"
Li Huang nodded.
"Is there any news from Concubine Mother?" Since August 15th, Concubine Qing left a note saying that she was going on a long trip. In the past few months, she only had one letter reporting her safety.
, the rest is all news.
"With Uncle Sixth Emperor here, there should be no problem!" Li Huang whispered.
Chu Yiqing nodded and stopped interfering. He held Li Huang's hand and looked at his two good sons, A Bao and Zhu Zhu, who devoted themselves to living the new year in the palace.
Xiaoyao briefly wrote about Luo Guo’s affairs. It is a necessary process. Xiaoyao will try his best to thank Abao and give his blessings in the future. Hehe, Xiaoyao’s new article "The Fierce Concubine's Pastoral Scent of Medicine" is very interesting.
Guys, go check it out, the article will be finished soon, hehe