Unknowingly, it was the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month in the 19th year of Chongping, and the next day was New Year's Eve. However, every household in Shenjing City, as well as the merchants lined up on both sides of the street, many of them hung up white banners and cloth, shrouding the sky.
In an atmosphere of national mourning.
Palace Garden, Kunning Palace
Empress Song wore a white filial piety dress and sat on a soft couch covered with a mattress. Not far away, a pair of children, Chen Qianqian and Chen Luo, were talking.
In this way, a few days passed, and the sadness and hatred in Queen Song's heart undoubtedly dissipated a lot at this moment.
The beauty picked up a blue book in her hand. Under her beautiful eyebrows, her bright eyes were as bright as water, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of hatred in her heart.
At this moment, a graceful and graceful female official, as pale as paper, quickly entered the palace and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Rong is here."
While speaking, Concubine Duanrong walked into the Nuan Pavilion and said, "Sister, how are you?"
While the beauty was talking, she stood up and said, "Sister, are you here?"
Concubine Duanrong responded softly and said, "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve."
Empress Song's face showed a hint of sadness, and she said with emotion: "Yes, after New Year's Eve, it will be the first year of Jianxing."
The Chongping era that belonged to her, Song Tian, had passed.
At this moment, the beauty could not help but feel a little sad in her heart.
Concubine Duanrong's graceful face was full of worry, and she said: "Sister, in the past few days, the imperial decree has not honored my sister as the empress dowager. Maybe the new emperor has no such intention."
Empress Song's face was dim and unreadable, and her voice could not help but become a little cold as she said, "I'm afraid that he has already thought of deposing me and making his mother a concubine."
Concubine Duanrong frowned and said, "Sister, he has to worry about the outside world after all."
Empress Song said coldly: "Previously, Hanyuan Palace, Ran'er and Wei'er's affairs were made available to him."
Concubine Duanrong was silent for a moment and asked: "Sister, are Ran'er and Wei'er going home now?"
There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Empress Song's voice as she said: "They are all under house arrest now. After the first seven days, the concubine will not let the two of them go to the coffin to cry again."
In fact, depriving the two kings of Wei and Liang of the right to cry for their souls was also an expression of dissatisfaction with the two vassals' previous "forced palace".
Because of Emperor Chongping's decree, the King of Chu could not immediately deny it now.
After all, it can be called filial piety to have stayed true to your father's ways for three years.
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Hanyuan Hall, inner study room——
King Chen Qin of Chu, dressed in filial piety, sat behind the lacquered wooden desk, looking at a thin book on the desk, holding a red pen in his hand, with a look of joy on his face.
This is an imperial edict inviting the mother of the King of Chu to be the empress dowager. There is no doubt that some wise man in the Hanlin Academy wants to take this opportunity to invite her to favor her.
The reason is obviously that in the imperial edict issued by the new emperor not long ago, the Queen of Song Dynasty was not honored as the empress dowager as usual. Perhaps it was forgotten, or perhaps the "forced palace" by the two kings of Wei and Liang was not completely over.
King Chen Qin of Chu read the memorial, his face paused slightly, he thought for a moment, then placed a red pen in his hand on the blue and white porcelain pen holder beside him.
Having just ascended the throne, everything should be quiet and not moved.
At this moment, the eunuch of the Chu Palace entered the study and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen is here."
The empress is Zhen Qing.
At this moment, while Zhen Qing was speaking, the beauty was dressed in white mourning clothes, swaying her plump waist, quickly entered the inner study, looked at the King of Chu, and said: "Your Majesty."
In the past two days, Zhen Qing has been walking with a bit of hair. Although she has not applied makeup, her face is as graceful and bright as ever, and her face is full of joy like a spring breeze.
"Zi Tong is here." The King of Chu raised his eyes to look at Zhen Qing under his sharp eyebrows. He caught a glimpse of the beauty's plump and rosy face, and he felt a little excited in his heart.
Previously, when he saw Aunt Jinyang kneeling down and crying in front of the coffin, he was a little surprised in his heart.
If you want to be pretty, be filial. The ancients are sincere and I will not deceive you.
However, now is the period of national mourning, and we need to keep our hearts and desires low. Otherwise, if even a little bit of news spreads, the government and the public will be in an uproar.
Zhen Qing came closer, and the beauty said with a bit of unconcealed joy in her cold voice: "Your Majesty, the eunuchs and maids of the Sixth Palace have been changed, and the second uncle's side has also changed a group of palace guards to guard the palace city.
Your Majesty, the recent situation should be much better."
The King of Chu nodded and said: "Everything has been complicated recently. Zi Tong can handle it well and don't give evil people any more opportunities."
Zhen Qing's eyebrows were as curved as daisy, her voice was a bit charming, and she said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will be interested in you from now on."
In fact, it was a painful lesson because when the King of Chu went south to Jinling, his son was assassinated while he was at the post house.
King Chu asked: "How is Kunning Palace?"
Zhen Qing sighed and said: "I haven't moved out yet, so I'm not in a hurry. It won't be too late to make plans after next spring."
The King of Chu thought for a while and said: "You should be careful, but it's best not to cause any trouble. We have just entered the palace, so we can't let outsiders talk about it."
Zhen Qing's crystal-clear face was as white as jade, and under her slender willow eyebrows, her long, narrow, clear eyes showed a hint of coldness, and she said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will pay attention to it."
At the beginning, she suffered an unknown amount of anger.
King Chu frowned and said: "I have just succeeded to the throne, and there are also a lot of things. I want to give my mother and concubine a title, but now the way forward for the court is unclear. I don't know what the situation will be."
Zhen Qing said: "Your Majesty is worried that there will be opposition from the courtiers?"
The King of Chu put down the memorial in his hand, with a gloomy look on his fair face, and said: "There may be some Qingliu who dispute the etiquette and want to remonstrate directly. Now is the time of national mourning, and I don't want to do anything about it."
You have to make a lot of noise."
Zhen Qing thought for a while and said: "I thought the courtiers would not object. After all, Kunning Palace has lost its morals. His Majesty now does not respect Kunning Palace as the queen. There has been no sound of advice recently."
Under the two thick eyebrows of King Chu, a shrewd light flashed in his eyes, and he said: "It's not disrespectful, but he was awarded the title together with his mother and concubine, and after three or five years, he deprived her of the title.
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Obviously, the King of Chu had made up his mind to "settle accounts after the fall" from the beginning.
King Chu said: "Zi Tong, if you stay in the palace these days, it is best not to have any dispute with Kunning Palace."
Zhen Qing said confidently: "Your Majesty, don't worry."
"Qi Kun has already gone to Weinan to supervise the construction. It should be completed in May or June next year." King Chu said with a calm expression and a twinkle in his eye.
Zhen Qing said: "These cabinet ministers in the court are all left by the late emperor. If you want to control the government, you need to select new talents."
"Replacement will happen in the future, but now that I have just inherited the throne, it is really not as good as being still." King Chu said in a deep voice with a deep gaze under his sharp sword eyebrows.
After he succeeds to the throne, he will definitely carry out drastic reforms, so the cabinet should also have trusted ministers to control the power.
Zhen Qing asked: "Your Majesty, where is Jia Ziyu? What should we do?"
The king of Chu said: "Ziyu's contribution to the throne this time can be said to have saved the crisis. However, his title has already reached the level of king, so it is difficult to increase his title. I plan to give him an additional salary."
"Ziyu should not be short of that salary." Zhen Qing smiled and said: "The wives in his back house are pregnant with children. This time, the credit will be used to benefit the descendants."
"But that Miaoyu?" King Chu said with a twinkle in his bright eyes under his brows.
Zhen Qing said: "It was still widely spread in Beijing."
The King of Chu looked deeply and said with emotion: "Zi Yu is quite romantic. Although he is a handsome young man, he has not cultivated his personal ethics in these years. I don't know how future generations will evaluate him."
Zhen Qing chuckled lightly, and under her sword-shaped eyebrows, her eyes were as bright as water, and she said, "It's true that people who are not romantic spend their youth in vain."
King Chu said: "Let's not talk about this anymore. These days are the national mourning and mourning. I am also quite sleepy at the moment. I was just about to take a good rest."
Zhen Qing responded softly, but didn't say anything else. Instead, she looked at King Chu who was lying down on the bed beside him with the help of the inner prisoner. She felt confused.
After another year and a half, when the throne is more stable, she will send this man to see the late emperor.
If he hadn't just escaped for his own life, her eldest son wouldn't have died at the hands of the bad guys.
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Shenjing City, Ningguo Mansion
Jia Heng left the hall and went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the Grand View Garden. It was the twelfth lunar month in winter, and the white snow covered the bamboo leaves, intertwining green and white, which was quite artistic.
In the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, a biting cold wind blew in, making the bamboo forest rustle, and soon, snowflakes as white as reeds fell one after another.
In the side room, there were charcoal fires and copper basins burning in all directions. The fire was blazing, and the hot air rose thickly, blowing musk and scattering in all directions.
Daiyu sat on a soft couch covered with quilts and was talking to Zijuan. Xiren on the side picked up a blue and white porcelain teapot. Amidst the sound of water in the pot, it poured into the teacup.
A cup of cheese tea.
Then, he took the teacup and handed it over.
Daiyu's pure white face was as red as the clouds. Under her eyebrows, her beautiful eyes were as clear as water. She said in a quiet tone: "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so we shouldn't be able to set off fireworks this year."
"On the day of national mourning, these fireworks cannot be set off." Zicuckoo said with her eyebrows as curved as willow leaves and her clear eyes as bright as water.
At this moment, the maid Xue Yan entered the hall and said: "Miss, the uncle is here."
As soon as these words came out, Daiyu's bright and peach-like jade face seemed to show traces of joy, and she said: "He is here."
After a while, Jia Heng came quickly, looked at Daiyu with warm eyes, and said: "Sister Lin."
After the wedding, the originally thin Crimson Pearl Fairy Grass gradually became plump and soft to the touch.
Under Daiyu's beautiful eyebrows, her starry eyes stared with dew, her eyes flickered, and she said: "Brother Heng, why are you here?"
Jia Heng smiled and said, "Nothing else, I just came to see you."
As he spoke, he sat down close by, holding the slender catkins of the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass, looking at that soft and bright face, and said: "Sister Lin, it's a bit cold these days, please wear more clothes."
"It's warm in the room." Daiyu said with her starry eyes as bright as water under her smoky eyebrows.
At this moment, the attacker came very close. Between his shrewd eyebrows, his beautiful eyes that were as bright as apricots, he looked at the young man in the python suit infatuatedly, and said: "Your Highness, please drink tea."
Jia Heng responded softly, his face paused slightly, he smiled softly, praised him, and said softly: "Xi Ren is more virtuous."
Xi Ren's face, which was like a cloud of rosy clouds, was flushed with embarrassment. Wanli's eyebrows could not help but lower. She glanced at the young man in the python suit and said, "Your Majesty, you are really joking."
Although she is now Mrs. Gaoming, she is also the uncle's little maid.
Daiyu asked with concern: "Brother Heng, are you finished with the affairs in the palace?"
Jia Heng took the tea cup, took a sip, and said: "It's almost the same. It's already passed the first seven days. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I have to let all the civil and military officials go home to celebrate their family affairs."
The relationship between the monarch and his ministers is very important, but the family relationship between officials is equally important, and the palace can also sympathize with this.
While Daiyu was speaking, she sat down next to the young man. When she raised her face as fair as jade, her face as bright as the clouds, she called out in a daze: "Brother Heng."
At this moment, Zijuan and Xiren looked at each other, and then slowly exited the room, leaving the two of them alone.
Jia Heng pulled the beauty's slender shoulders and looked at the beautiful and bright jade face. He felt extremely fond of her and said, "Sister Lin."
"Brother Heng, eh~" Daiyu snorted slightly under her straight and delicate nose, but she saw the young man in python suit approaching. Suddenly, bursts of familiar warm and soft breath came over, imprinted on
On my own slightly moist lips.
A breakup is better than a new marriage. The two of them have not been married for a long time. It was originally a time when the sweetness mixed with the sweetness.
Daiyu gently touched Jia Heng's shoulders with her hands, feeling the boy's intimacy, and her heart filled with sweetness.
After a while, Jia Heng gently let go of Daiyu's shoulders and stared at the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass, feeling a little fondness in his heart.
The little sheep at the beginning has now grown up, and the shy expression between the beauty's eyebrows is even more inexplicable.
Jia Heng said: "My sister is not young this year. Let's have a child next year."
"Ah." Daiyu snorted softly, her beautiful eyebrows and shining eyes full of shyness and panic.
Jia Heng smiled and said: "When the time comes, if she is a daughter, she will be as smart as a younger sister."
As he spoke, he moved closer under his clothes, as if he was wallowing in the fragrance of makeup.
"Brother Heng, it's not dark yet." Daiyu's voice was as clear as a lark, full of shyness and brightness.
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Just close the curtain."
Daiyu: "..."
While Jia Heng was speaking, he gently hugged the beauty's fragrant and soft body, sat down on the embroidered couch surrounded by curtains, gently put his arm around Daiyu's shoulders, got close to the lamb that was gradually growing in size, and bowed his head among them,
Then she rolled around in the fragrant makeup.
I don’t know how long it took until night fell outside and the lanterns started to light up. The lanterns were swaying in the wind under the eaves in front of the temple.
Jia Heng stared at Daiyu who was lying in his arms. At this moment, the face of the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass jade was as red as drunkenness, almost like a red apple.
While Jia Heng was speaking, he reached out and gently pinched the beauty's plump cheeks, and said, "Sister Lin."
When Daiyu raised her eyes, her sparkling bright eyes seemed to be filled with charming waves, and she said: "Brother Heng, I'm hungry."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Sister Lin, okay, let's get up early."
While talking, Jia Heng lifted off a brocade quilt embroidered with hibiscus flowers covering Daiyu's body, and then found boots to wear.
At this moment, the attacker brought a steaming copper basin with a white towel on it. The girl's face was as red as an apple, and her eyebrows were even more shy, and she said: "Uncle, hot water
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Jia Heng smiled and said warmly: "I was just talking about washing my hands."
The scent of makeup and powder all over his body now, especially the gushing water of purple jelly grass, meant that he needed to take a good wash.
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Jinyi Mansion, inside the study room——
Qiu Liang was sitting on a pearwood chair behind a lacquered wood desk. His resolute and majestic face was gloomy and uncertain, and his eyes were full of rage.
Who assassinated him that night?
Is it really the King of Wei who is killing people and silencing them?
At this moment, Qiu Liang tapped his fingers lightly on the tables, making a "click-click" sound, and his heart was full of doubts.
If the King of Wei assassinated him, how could he lead his troops to besiege the palace after he was defeated?
Each and every one of these cases is really full of doubts.
"Back then, I was investigating the adultery between the Queen and Prince Wei, and something like that happened soon after. Could it be..." Qiu Liang frowned, his eyes flashing coldly, but he felt that there were other things that didn't make sense.
"However, the late emperor has passed away, and the queen has been imprisoned in the palace because of the rebellion between the Wei and Liang vassals. If we conduct the investigation now, we don't have to worry about other resistance, and we can even report it to the Holy One." Qiu Liang's eyes were cold under his thick eyebrows.
As soon as I moved, a bright light flashed in my mind.
Thinking of this, Qiu Liang called Captain Jinyi who was waiting outside and said, "Go and call Li Qianhu over."
After a while, Qianhu, surnamed Li, entered the study, saluted Qiu Liang, and said, "Commander Qiu, are you calling me?"
Qiu Liang's eyes were fierce and he said, "This commander has something to tell you."
The Jinyi palace guard came closer and said: "Commander Qiu, please give me your instructions."
Qiu Liang was silent for a moment and said: "It's the same as last time. You sent people to carefully investigate and interrogate the maids who were in charge of the palace when Empress Song went south to return to Ning."
Because Emperor Chongping has passed away, the originally restricted means can now be used.
Upon hearing this, the Jinyi Qianhu family named Li quickly nodded in agreement.
After that, the Jinyi Qianhu named Li said nothing more, turned around and left the study, and went quickly.
Qiu Liang watched Qian Hu, his cronies go away, with dark clouds and anger surging on his face.
If this kind of scandal is really true, Prince Wei will definitely be ruined after it is confirmed!
