It is early February, and the outside of the hall is already full of spring. Tender buds have grown on countless branches. Even the stern winter wind has become much gentler. Flowers in the flowerbed outside the window have grown bones.
The breeze blew and stretched his waist.
However, this pleasant scenery is separated by doors and windows. The doors and windows in the main hall of Kunning Palace are sealed with airtightness and are lit with candles. The smell of candle oil is quite pungent. If the carbon smell in the copper basin is mixed again
That makes people even more confused.
But Empress Dowager Zhang ordered to do this, and no one dared to disobey. Since Empress Dowager Zhang's temperament became unstable, the eunuchs and palace ladies who served in Kunning Palace have all become much more careful.
Queen Mother Zhang sat halfway on the couch chair, her body tilted slightly, her face looked much thinner, no longer as plump as before. She was placed in front of her desk with a cup of tea and a string of Buddhist beads on the desk.
There is a fragrant hall where Queen Mother Zhang spends most of her time. Even if the emperor comes to greet her, she just passes her way through a few words.
Empress Dowager Zhang gradually became taciturn and everyone in the palace knew about it. Therefore, the palace lacked the usual relaxation and leisure, and had a bit of solemnity.
"Empress..." A eunuch came in in a broken step and whispered: "The King of Chu Liu Chengfeng has arrived, see you outside the palace."
"Transfer..." Empress Dowager Zhang whispered.
Not long after, Liu Chengfeng came in full swing. When the Empress Dowager was deciding the score, he rushed over immediately when he heard the summons from the palace. When he arrived at the palace, Liu Chengfeng saluted and said, "My son has seen the Empress Dowager."
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Empress Dowager Zhang raised her eyes, and the bright starry eyes that used to be now gray and dull.
She said lightly: "Liu Qing's family sits down and talks."
Liu Chengfeng nodded, sat on the seat that had been prepared, and said with his body: "The Empress Dowager is haggard recently, so you should pay more attention to maintaining your phoenix body. Although Princess Taikang has moved out of the palace now, she still can't worry about you.
, The Empress should cherish her body for the sake of the emperor and the princess.”
Empress Dowager Zhang just nodded indifferently and said, "The Ai family understands these principles. This time I called you here because of several memorials from the cabinet." Empress Dowager Zhang pointed at the desk with her finger and said, "You are now sealed."
According to the laws of the ancestors, it is time to gossip for the vassal states. If you stay there, you will inevitably be gossiped about it. Although the Ai family and the emperor do not want you to leave the capital, the ministers are making a big fuss now and now they can only do so.
Let you go."
Liu Chengfeng didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow. After staying here for so many years, he had already regarded it as his hometown, but he knew it in his heart that this was a place of right and wrong, and the next extremely tragic battle was about to begin.
Liu Chengfeng was not afraid of fighting with others, but one of the two sides of the fight was the emperor and the other was the cabinet.
In terms of personal relationship, Liu Chengfeng hopes that the emperor will win, Zhu Houzhao has had a tacit understanding with him for so many years, and the unscathing friendship, Liu Chengfeng hopes from the bottom of his heart that he will never have to experience setbacks in his life.
But when I asked myself, Liu Chengfeng also knew that if the emperor wins, it would not only Zhu Houzhao, but also Liu Jin and others. Even if the cabinet and ministers are unbearable, it is still for the sake of the country and the world. Once the emperor wins, then...
Whenever he thought of this, Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh. He looked up at Empress Dowager Zhang and couldn't help thinking that this was probably the last time he had entered the palace. After leaving the palace, he would go to the right place.
A place that is both familiar and unfamiliar to me, where he will start from a new beginning and his future will be brighter. Here, he is just a vassal, but when he gets there, he is the master.
"Why, you don't speak?"
When Empress Dowager Zhang saw Liu Chengfeng silently, she must have felt sad, but she asked indifferently.
Liu Chengfeng felt a little choked in his throat, and various emotions gathered up. He took a deep breath and said, "Son of the son is a vassal king, according to the ancestors, it is natural to return to the vassal state and become a vassal state. Originally, the son of the son of the son wanted to stay for more days.
But since the ministers are unhappy, how can the sons make things difficult for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor? Since that is the case, they naturally dare not stay here again."
Empress Dowager Zhang sighed quietly and said, "Ai family knows that you can't bear to leave, but why can't the Ai family be willing to leave? When the emperor left, did the Ai family not want to leave? But what should be left still has to leave, and you are the same, Ai family
Believe in fate, this is a fate. In fate, the Ai family wants to be a person, and the emperor wants to be a person, and the Ai family can only bear it. The same is true for you. The Ai family knows you, but you don’t believe in destiny..."
Liu Chengfeng hurriedly defended: "My son also believes in the destiny of heaven."
However, Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Liu Chengfeng with a slanted eyes and said, "You don't have to argue yourself. Who are you, I don't know who you are? You are a person who doesn't believe in fate. It's good that people who don't believe in fate are always trying to change.
But the Ai family tells you that some things cannot be changed. The emperor is leaving. Can you change it? If you want to go, you can change it. Can the Ai family change it? Only those who believe in fate know how to accept things and obey them. You don’t have these things now.
If you understand, you will understand later.”
Liu Chengfeng was speechless. He was thinking to himself, am I a person who believes in fate? Maybe, but...
Liu Chengfeng smiled bitterly because he himself didn't know who he was. If he was a person who believed in fate, he would be at most a poor scholar of the revolutionary school and an unknown little person. But what about now?
Liu Chengfeng suddenly smiled and said to Empress Dowager Zhang: "The Empress is right. Now I think about it, my son minister is indeed not a person who believes in fate."
Empress Dowager Zhang looked at him deeply and said, "The reason why you don't believe in fate is because you are unwilling to be manipulated by others. When the late emperor was alive, he told the Ai family that you are a tiger, and a tiger is unwilling to be bound by others.
He is only willing to walk alone, and the tiger cannot tolerate others. Therefore, the late emperor thought about it and promised you as a vassal king, and that he hoped to release you, the tiger, into the mountains."
When Empress Dowager Zhang talked about the late emperor, her dark eyes suddenly shone brightly, and her whole body became much brighter. She continued: "The late emperor also said that the only difference between you, a tiger, is that you are very loyal, so you must control it.
This tiger cannot move it with wealth and wealth, but needs to use affection and friendship. The late emperor has the kindness of knowing and supervising love for you, so you are willing to go through fire and water for the late emperor; the emperor and you have the kindness of brotherhood and have the kindness of taking care of each other, so
You will also be one with the emperor. In addition to the late emperor and the emperor, people in this world who want to conquer you will probably be rare, so you, a tiger, should be released into the mountains as soon as possible. Staying here will harm you.
This time, it will take a lifetime, and I don’t know when I will meet each other. But remember, the Ai family now eats vegetarian food and worships Buddha every day. They hope that the former emperor under the spring can continue to enjoy the peace and happiness in the Pure Land, and also pray to the Emperor.
I can enjoy the peaceful country, and I hope you and Taikang who are far away in Chu can have peace and happiness. Okay, that's all, I'm going to take Chen Shi, and the Ai family is going to burn incense. You can go back and prepare
Don’t delay the day you go out to Beijing. There is no banquet that will last forever. Now there are no people singing the songs. Naturally, it’s time for the song to end and everyone will part."
Empress Dowager Zhang said that the person who sang the song was naturally the late emperor. Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a little sad and couldn't help thinking: Yes, the person who sang the song was no longer there, and this scene should come to an end, but
...
He suddenly thought again: But in Lianzhou, a thousand miles away, my stage has just been set up, and my play will continue to be performed. But this time, the real protagonist should be me.
He stood up, knelt respectfully on the ground, kowtowed to Empress Dowager Zhang, and said solemnly: "The Empress Dowager must also remember that although the son and Princess Taikang are far away in the sky, the Empress Dowager will always be there.
In the hearts of the minister and the princess.”
He stood up, Empress Dowager Zhang didn't go to see him at all, and turned her face aside. Liu Chengfeng sighed, turned around and left.
Behind him, the unobstructed face turned back, but at this moment, a little warmth appeared on the cold face, and tears flashed in the dusty eyes.
Liu Chengfeng left the palace without hesitation. Of course, he did not dare to look back, as if he would be broken as long as he turned back.
Liu Chengfeng originally wanted to go find Zhu Houzhao and said a few words, but unfortunately he went to ask the eunuch, and only then did he know that the emperor had gone to the court to listen to the government. He had saved too much recently and had a lot of things left behind, so the cabinet organized it one day.
During the three court meetings, although the emperor did not want to go, the cabinet was fighting hard, but there was no way.
At this point, Liu Chengfeng hopes that Zhu Houzhao can participate in the court meeting more. After all, he has too little experience. Now the court affairs can be handed over to the cabinet for full disposal, but what about the future?
People always need to grow up, people always need to become mature. The Zhu Houzhao that Liu Chengfeng hopes to see is an emperor who can enjoy peace and responsibility.
Obviously, Zhu Houzhao is still far from here.
Liu Chengfeng gave up the idea of going to see Zhu Houzhao, hurried out of the palace, and then released the news of leaving Beijing, so that the people at home could prepare for it. In the past or two days, they would go south immediately.
Fortunately, everyone was mentally prepared before, but most people didn't feel much sad. Only Duoduo was depressed and seemed very unhappy after hearing the news. Liu Chengfeng went with his baby daughter.
With her, Liu Feng'er had just been full-term, but she grew a lot. Although her skin was still a little dark, the signs of a beauty could still be seen between her eyebrows. Liu Chengfeng liked to hold her, and the child's wet nurse was
Follow Liu Chengfeng at any time. If the child urinates or wants to take milk, then leave it to the wet nurse.
Duoduo was originally depressed, but when she saw Liu Feng'er, she suddenly felt uncomfortable crying. She glared at Liu Chengfeng with an angry look and couldn't help but tease the baby in her cradle.
Duoduo is a girl who is not involved in human affairs after all. She lives in the palace all year round and is not polluted by many vulgar things, so there are not many jealous things in the Liu family. In addition, this child has a unique status in the Liu family, who has seen it
If you like it, how can Duoduo be free from the vulgarity?
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