The
long princess is engaged in business
again after her rebirth. The capital is still the capital, and the palace is still the palace.
Zhai Che entered the palace and walked through the roads she was very familiar with, the places where she grew up, the places where she had taken Chen Yu to play wantonly, and the places where they were hugged back and forth after they became the masters of the place again.
Red walls, green tiles, red paint.
As if the days in my memory were just yesterday.
The chariots and horses went all the way north until they reached the main gate of the Weiyang Palace.
“Miss Sheng, here we are.” Huang Hsi personally opened the curtain for her and said respectfully, “This is where you live.”
Jaffe mentioned to her that in the second year after her death, Chen Yu ordered the rebuilding of the Weiyang Palace. Now she raised her head and looked at the towering temple in front of her. It was obviously the same as before, but it seemed that everything was different. It’s
not exactly the same. There is a pavilion at the
top, with upturned eaves and corners, which is very eye-catching.
“What is that?” Sheng Yunlin asked.
“That’s the Stargazer, for stargazing.” Huang Xi replied, “If Miss Sheng is interested, you can go up and have a look later.”
Sheng Yunlin nodded.
In charge of the sky when the stars is the matter of Qin Tianjian, Sheng Yunlin has not always believed in this, but do not know when Chen Yu is interested in stargazing.
When she got out of the car, two familiar figures were already waiting at the gate of the palace. It was Xu Shanggong and Lan Cao. The moment he
saw her, the orchid grass looked stunned and subconsciously wanted to come forward, but was pulled by Xu Shanggong’s wrist.
Sheng Yunlin’s eyes twinkled.
Huang Xi seemed to anticipate Lan Cao’s movements and immediately said, “This is the Third Lady of the Marquis of Wu’an.”
The bluegrass is still bleary-eyed.
Huang Xi then introduced to Sheng Yunlin, Miss Sheng, these two are Empress Xu Shanggong, who is in charge of the female officials in the palace, and Aunt Lan Cao, who is in charge of the Weiyang Palace. Both of you are female officials in the palace, and the emperor has specially ordered you to wait on you, because he is afraid that ordinary palace maids will neglect you if they do not serve you well.
“I thank the emperor for his grace.” Sheng Yunlin said.
“The maidservant went back to the emperor’s side to wait on him.” Huang Xidao.
“There is a laborious father-in-law.”
Xu Shanggong led Sheng Yunlin into the Weiyang Palace. Every flower and tree in it was set up according to its original appearance. Sheng Yunlin knew how to go even with his eyes closed, but he still put on the appearance of coming here for the first time.
The bluegrass introduced her to the palace one by one, and her eyes never left her face.
Sheng Yunlin avoided her eyes.
They walked all the way from the outer palace to the inner palace and passed the Pifang Hall, which they had to pass through.
“This used to be the place where my Royal Highness dealt with government affairs and met with ministers.” Lan Cao said in a dumb voice, “Does Miss Sheng know?”? The Weiyang Palace was built by Your Majesty for your cousin, Princess Zhenguochang.
“I know, but it was burned by a fire.” Sheng Yun-lin’s eyes are calm. “Since the people are gone, why do we have to rebuild?”.
Lan Cao looked at her quietly for a long time before saying, “Your Majesty is afraid that when your Highness’s soul wants to come back, it will not be able to find a home.”
「……」
Lan Cao went on to say, “The furnishings here are always arranged as they were when Your Highness was alive.”. After the reconstruction, the emperor will stay here for two days every ten days.
Sheng Yunlin stopped.
Her eyes moved slightly, and her voice was harsh: “What’s the use of remembering now?”
「…… Is that you? The bluegrass suddenly asked.
「……」 Sheng Yunlin did not answer.
Your expression, your movements, and even your reaction to this Weiyang Palace tell me that it’s you! Do you really deny us?
“All right.” Hsu Shang-kung finally said, “Lan Cao, don’t be too rude.”
Sheng Yunlin pursed his lips.
“Miss Sheng, Lan Cao just missed her old master too much, so she said some nonsense. Don’t blame her.” As usual, Hsu Shang-kung kept his back straight, calm and elegant. “Your Majesty still has some things to do in the past. If Miss Sheng is bored, I can play chess with her to relieve her boredom.”
Sheng Yunlin smiled bitterly.
Xu Shanggong this man. He said that the bluegrass was absurd, but he just changed his way and tried to test her.
“I can’t play chess.” Sheng Yunlin finally said. As
the sky darkened, Sheng Yunlin stood alone on the star-picking platform, watching the sunset sink little by little, the afterglow enveloped the whole palace, the wings of wild geese fluttered, and the orange-red clouds gradually flowed.
Xu Shanggong came up with a child in his arms.
The child was less than one year old and could not speak. He lay obediently in Xu Shanggong’s arms, his big eyes rolling around, as if he were curious about everything.
Sheng Yun-lin turned his head doubtfully. “Is this..?”
“The eldest son of the emperor.” Xu Shanggong said, “Your Majesty has ordered me to bring it here for you to see.”
「……」 How
time flies! Does she have a little nephew?
Sheng Yun-lin was a little confused, but he still took the child and said, “What’s his name?”? Who was the birth mother?
“Your Majesty gave him the name’Ruohua. ‘His mother was Concubine Chang Hsien-fei.”
“And the queen?”
“The empress has never come out, so the virtuous concubine has always avoided the empress.”
“Mmm.”
Sheng Yunlin carefully looked at the child’s eyebrows and eyes, do not know if it is an illusion, actually feel a bit like the first emperor.
Maybe it’s really an illusion? After all, it hasn’t grown up yet. How can you see it now?
If my uncle and aunt knew under the spring.
If now, father, mother, uncle, aunt they are still alive, they are already old, right? There will also be grandchildren who will be happy.
She suddenly realized that so many years had passed. The last time she held her uncle’s arm and acted like a spoiled child with him was fifteen years ago.
Now Ruohua was in her arms, holding her in her white and tender arms and smiling at her.
“He seems to like you.” Chen Yu’s voice sounded behind her.
“See Your Majesty.” Aunt Xu said.
Sheng Yunlin looked back and turned.
She also held Ruohua in her arms and saluted: “I see your majesty.”
Chen Yu, dressed in bright yellow clothes and wearing crown jade, seemed to have been smoothed out by the sunset and became soft.
「…… No need to be polite. Xu Shanggong, take Ruohua back to Xianfei’s palace.
“Yes.” Xu Shanggong took Ruohua back from Sheng Yunlin and retreated.
Finally, there were only two of them left on the platform.
Sheng Yunlin looked at him calmly.
In fact, from today’s decision to follow Huang Xi into the palace, she has been psychologically prepared. If Chen Yu insists that she admit her identity, then she may not have to hide it. She can’t hide it
anyway. In the end get along too long, every move, and the past habits are no different, even the blue grass and Xu Shanggong can detect something wrong.
But Chen Yu did not mention these.
He stood on the star-picking platform, facing the entire palace, with one hand behind his back, and said to Sheng Yunlin, Si Tianjian is in charge of the celestial calendar. All the emperors of all ages have cared about what Si Tianjian said, but my elder sister doesn’t quite believe it. When Chen Yan usurped the throne, he had ordered Si Tianjian to calculate that the emperor’s star was flourishing, and the stars that affected him had all fallen. Therefore, although he did not find my body, he firmly believed that I had already died on the day of the palace change. But as a matter of fact, my sister and I have lived well in the secluded courtyard.
“Si Tien-chien is just trying to ingratiate himself.” Sheng Yunlin said.
Yes, that’s why my sister doesn’t believe it, and I don’t believe it either. Had it not been for the fact that when some decrees were promulgated, they needed to be obtained in the name of observing the stars at night, I would not have had to keep them. Chen Yudao.. But three years ago, I couldn’t help asking if I could find out where my elder sister was.
「……」
Jian Cheng said that although the eldest princess was regent, she was not an emperor after all, and there was no imperial star, so he did not know which star would represent the elder sister. I had no choice but to build this star-picking platform and watch the stars change here in person. I think Sister’s star must be very bright, right?
“When the people are gone, the stars will fall.” Sheng Yunlin looked at the sky.
The sun had completely set, the night of deep blue and dark purple was falling, and the moon was climbing up, surrounded by stars.
“When Concubine Xian was pregnant, I always expected her to be a daughter.” Chen Yu said with a wry smile, “At that time she was in a panic, thinking that I had rejected her, or that I didn’t want her to have a prince.”. In fact, I just feel. Perhaps the elder sister came back to me and gave birth to my child.
Sheng Yunlin could not help sighing.
Chen Yu said so, how can concubines in the harem not think too much?
“It was only later that I found out that it wasn’t that she had come back, but that I was happy in vain.” Chen Yu turned and looked at her with tears in his eyes. “But even if she comes back, she probably won’t come to me, much less recognize me.”
Sheng Yunlin’s heart suddenly ached.
But why? Why did it become like that?
They looked at each other, and the piercing pain was buried in their eyes. “I’ve always wanted to tell her,”
Chen Yu sobbed. “I’ve never disbelieved her.”
He changed his name, just as he had spoken to Sheng Yunlin.
I’ve hardly ever disobeyed her in my life, just once. I hope she realizes that I’ve matured, that I don’t need her protection anymore, and that I can do my own thing. I want her to look at me like a man, not like a child.
So I used the stupidest method.
I grounded her in the Weiyang Palace and told her she needed a good rest.
I just want her to know that I can do it alone.
I know I have a lot of responsibilities on my shoulders. I can’t be self-willed, I can’t show my emotions too much, and I can’t do things according to my likes and dislikes. Only this time.
I just wish she’d look at me.. You will find that I have grown up. How
on earth can he say it?
The deep and increasingly painful love buried in the bottom of my heart.
But the father and daughter of the Huo family started a rumour in the court that she was unwilling to give up power and wanted to rebel. They also said in the palace that I was at odds with her because I had not been in power for a long time, and then I hated her. I wanted to prove myself in front of her so much that I deliberately stopped going to the Weiyang Palace and didn’t even notice what was happening in the palace. By the time I found out, the Weiyang Palace had already gone up in flames.
Sheng Yunlin closed his eyes.
Word by word, like a sharp needle into her heart. It’s
painful.
I know she won’t forgive me. But I also know that she is extremely disgusted with the way Chen Yan lives in a muddle and constantly looks for a substitute for Princess Huayang. I don’t want to be hated by her when I see her again. Perhaps it will only be after a few years, when the four seas are at peace and there is a succession of rivers and mountains, that I will be able to allow myself to look for her. The
young emperor finally shed two lines of tears.
“I really don’t deserve her.”
He stood there like that, with the stars all over the sky behind him, but he was so lonely that even the stars were about to fall.
Chen Yu, as promised, sent Sheng Yunlin out of the palace the next day.
At that time is the time of the next court, Xie Fu’s chariots and horses stopped outside the palace, directly from Huang Xi there to pick up people. Jaffe saw that Sheng Yunlin looked rather absent-minded, but did not ask, but let her sit beside him, silently holding her hand.
Hsieh Chueh sat opposite them and said, “Sister-in-law, did the emperor miss the eldest princess so much that he asked you to come to the palace to talk?”
“Something like that.” Sheng Yunlin answered.
“He did a very strange thing this morning.” “Shocking,” said Hsieh Chueh.
“What is it?” Sheng Yunlin still looks.
“It’s not as exaggerated as he said.” “The emperor has mentioned the conferment of the crown prince,” said Jaffe.
Sheng Yunlin suddenly looked up. I
didn’t mean to hide it from you before, and I didn’t know about it until today. The emperor said in court this morning that last night Princess Chang had given him a dream in which she said that the emperor’s eldest son had amazing talent and could be the crown prince. Jaffe’s eyes were rather dignified.
Hsieh Jue added, My elder brother hasn’t returned to Beijing for three years. It was eight months ago that the emperor’s eldest son was born. It’s normal that he didn’t know. What’s more, at that time the emperor didn’t seem to like the child so much, and even after the birth of the prince, he was still a little disappointed, so everyone didn’t dare to talk about it too much, and usually didn’t mention it much.
“I saw the boy yesterday.” Sheng Yunlin said.
“Is it?” Hsieh Chueh was startled. “How’s it going?”
“I don’t see any amazing talent.” As Sheng Yun-lin recalls, “I loved to laugh, and I wasn’t afraid of strangers.”
“So you’re saying that yesterday the emperor let you see the eldest son of the emperor, and today you’re asking for the crown prince in the name of the eldest princess’s dream?” Jaffe’s expression became more solemn.
Hsieh Chueh also frowned. “That’s very strange.”. The emperor clearly doesn’t particularly like that child, but why is he suddenly going to be crowned crown prince?
“I don’t know.” Sheng Yunlin shook his head.
It can’t be because the kid was kind to her at first sight, right? A small part of the reason why
Chen Yu shows that he “doesn’t like Ruohua very much” is probably because those absurd expectations have fallen through, and more is to protect the child. Born in Huo Wan’s eyes of the emperor’s eldest son, only by his father’s rejection, not by the government and the public, even far away from the capital of Jaffe have not heard of, it is possible to survive in this palace.
Sheng Yunlin did not know who was more pitiful. After thinking about it carefully, she had no one to pity herself, so she should not go to pity others blindly. When the
carriage arrived at the gate of Xie Fu, Xie Jue got out of the carriage, while Xie Fei continued to send Sheng Yunlin back to Che yuan. There were only two of them left in the
car, and Sheng Yunlin leaned on Jaffe’s shoulder and said nothing. After a moment’s
silence, Jaffe couldn’t resist asking, “What did the emperor say to you?”
“It was three years ago.” “It was the fire at the Weiyang Palace,” said Sheng Yun-lin.
「…… What do you think of yourself?
“No, but I haven’t forgiven him yet.” Sheng Yunlin played with Xie Fei’s slender knuckles, but his eyes were not very focused. “I want to stay with you now, and when the Huo family is finished, I won’t care about these troubles anymore.”
“Mmm.”
“Have you arranged everything inside and outside the court?”
“In the name of martial arts, the imperial guards in the palace have recently stepped up their training, and the shadow guards have already placed men in the counties around the capital. If there is any change, they will immediately send a signal to the sky.”
“Well, let’s just wait and see.”. This is the last thing I can do for him as a sister.
“It’s up to you.” Jaffe looked at her quietly, his eyes deep.
I don’t know why, Sheng Yunlin felt that the way Jaffe looked at her today was a little different from the past, and what he said to her was also a little different.
“Jaffe, I’m going to be wronged to death. Give me a hug.” Sheng Yunlin acted like a spoiled child to him.
Now as soon as he saw Jaffe, Sheng Yunlin felt that he had become delicate. But whenever she asked for anything, Jaffe would always respond to her.
Jaffe stretched out his hand, took her in his arms, and kissed her on the side of her face.
“Do you still have any illusions about him?!” The middle-aged man asked in a harsh voice. Behind the
screen, the woman dressed in Fengyu’s beautiful shirt knelt on the ground, clenched her fists with both hands, and tears fell silently.
“My daughter wouldn’t dare.” It’s not that
I didn’t give you time, but what did he do to you? He now has an eight-month-old child as crown prince! You’re still sitting in the back seat, and he hits you in the face like this! Do you still think he has any affection for you?!
My daughter knows she’s wrong. From now on, his daughter will never remember him again!
With that, the woman in the Chinese shirt kowtowed heavily.
Jaffe asked for leave to rest for three days because of his big wedding.
Tomorrow was an auspicious day for the wedding in Xie’s mansion. As soon as Mrs. Xuan realized her wish, invitations were scattered all over the capital. All the people in the capital had prepared gifts and were waiting to go to Xie’s mansion for a wedding feast.
Sheng Yunlin tried on the wedding dress, head and makeup in Che yuan, and checked the process of tomorrow in detail. After making sure everything was safe, he asked the servant to put out the candle early and prepare to rest. She had to get up in the fifth watch tomorrow to dress up, and she didn’t want her face to be listless.
I hope I have a good dream tonight.
I hope I will have a good dream every day and night with Jaffe in the future.
……
She was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.
Che yuan is not big, and it is quiet at night, so the movement at the door can easily spread to the inner courtyard. Although it was faint when it came, she vaguely recognized the tone of a familiar voice.
As if there was a bad premonition, Sheng Yunlin suddenly felt a panic in his heart and hurriedly put on his shoes and ran outside the door. The noise at the
door became louder and louder.
Your Highness! Your Highness! You open the door —!
“Open the door!”
Is there anyone?! Is there anyone?! Open the door! Open the door! The moment
Sheng Yunlin opened the door, bluegrass in a black cloak appeared outside the door. She stood alone at the gate of Che yuan, holding a lamp in her hand, and her pupils were bloodshot red. As soon as she saw Sheng Yunlin, she dropped the lantern and took Sheng Yunlin’s hand.
Your Highness! I know it’s you! Save the emperor, save the emperor..
Sheng Yunlin’s heart was confused in an instant.
She managed to calm down. “Slow down. What’s wrong with him?”? What’s going on in the palace?
The empress has poisoned the emperor! The emperor is now in a coma!
「……！」 Sheng Yun-lin unconsciously took two steps back. “How could..” Huo Wan. How dare she! It
must have been the emperor’s appointment of the crown prince that drove the empress to a dead end, and the empress killed her in pain. Now the palace has been sealed by the empress, and the maidservants have fought to the death to escape!
Sheng Yunlin understood everything in an instant.
Why Chen Yu will say, when necessary, will force Huo Xuancheng to start; why Chen Yu will suddenly seal the prince; why Chen Yu will let people hold Ruohua to show her.. Is
he actually entrusting an orphan? The man
he forced was not Huo Xuancheng at all, but Huo Wan.
A child less than one year old, even if the crown prince, how can threaten Huo Xuancheng? I’m afraid Huo Xuancheng wanted to kill Chen Yu, but Huo Wan didn’t want to. He wanted to force Huo Wan to do it, so that the emperor was dying, the prince was young, and Huo Xuancheng would rebel openly. Even if you don’t rebel, you can hold the son of heaven to make the governors.
He put his life on the line and entrusted the child to her and Jaffe.
Ok This is the good emperor she taught! I don’t even know how to care for my own life!
…… But who is she to judge him? She clearly did this kind of thing of risking her life more than once.
“Let’s go back to the palace at once!” Sheng Yunlin pulled the orchid grass into the inner courtyard. She quickly put on her coat, went to the stable to lead the horse, and ran to the palace gate. The wind of the
summer night whistled in her ears, and the whole world was only the sound of galloping hooves and the beating of her chest like a drum.
Chen Yu. Chen Yu can’t die!
She hasn’t forgiven him!
A flash of lightning pierced the night, followed by a dull rumble of thunder. The stars and the moon were hidden in the dark clouds, and there was no trace of them.
Sheng Yunlin rode a horse and stopped at the gate of the palace. The guards at the
gate crossed their pikes and shouted, “Who broke into the palace gate at night?”
“Bold!” Blue Grass dismounted and tore off his cloak. “Don’t you even know me?!”
Aunt Bluegrass? The gate of the palace is locked, so don’t go in or out at this time.
“Open your eyes and take a closer look. This is Your Royal Highness!” Lan Cao said hurriedly, “If you don’t feel at ease, go and ask Xu Shanggong to come, otherwise you can’t bear the responsibility of colliding with Your Highness!”
The guard said seriously, “Aunt Lan Cao, are you confused tonight?”? Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, has long passed away. What’s more, the empress has just issued a decree saying that the palace has been broken into by thieves and has ordered a blockade.
“The thief broke in?” Sheng Yun-lin sneered, “a thief crying out to stop a thief.” It’s not that
she can’t get in, but she doesn’t have to go through the front door.
Just as she was about to take another road, the sound of the horse’s hooves suddenly came, and another man came here.
“Sheng Yunlin!”
Tall and straight figure, familiar voice.
Sheng Yunlin suddenly looked back, and in the light and shadow of the torch, Jaffe turned over and dismounted, looking anxious and serious.
She stood there quietly.
He didn’t call her by her first name so many times that he could count them on one hand. What should
she ask him? Ask him, “What are you doing here?”?
Nope. Now that he is here, the question is superfluous.
“You knew?” Sheng Yunlin’s face was expressionless.
“I don’t know if it’s tonight.” Replied Jaffe. The
thunder exploded again, deafening. The guards in front of the
palace gate were stunned. Lan Cao, Xie Taifu, and the name in Taifu’s mouth. Is the young woman in
front of us really the princess who died in the palace three years ago? As
Sheng Yunlin rode on his horse, he felt a little black in front of his eyes, his vision was blurred and not focused, and only the light of torches was left around him.
“Jaffe, don’t stop me.” Her voice was deep and dangerous.
“I’m not trying to stop you.” Jaffe said. The way
he looked at her.
Too familiar, such a look.
Indifference, pride, determination, and anger that tramples everything under foot.
It was His Royal Highness, the long princess, who walked out of Ye Youting many years ago. The familiar and strange man finally came back.
Sheng Yunlin closed his eyes for a moment before opening them.
Eyes become clear again.
She turned and looked at the high palace gate, the dark red wall paint, the bright yellow eaves, and the dark green tiles. Everything
she knew. A cage that has trapped countless people for a lifetime.
Jaffe took out an imperial edict from his sleeve.
“Your Majesty’s instructions are here.” All the people
present, except the two of them, knelt down hurriedly.
“When Princess Zhenguochang returns to the palace, no one can stop her.” “Open the gate!” Said Jaffe, word for word.
“Yes!” In a panic, the guard unlocked the palace gate and pulled back the iron curtain of brass nails. As soon as
Sheng Yunlin raised his whip, his horse galloped away without looking back.
Jaffe stood there for a long time until her back disappeared into the night. There
was a lot of thunder and lightning, a lot of rumbling, and then a sudden downpour.
Yin Shi San Ji.
The sun has not yet risen, and there are no stars in the night. The drizzling rain was about to stop, and the carriage rolled through the hollow, splashing tiny splashes of water and mud. In
the Zhai family’s sedan chair, Zhai Wentao said to his father, “The thunder last night scared me awake.”
“It’s normal to have a lot of thunderstorms on summer nights.” Zhai Yan doesn’t take it seriously. It’s been so many years
in a flash. Now that his son has been promoted to be the assistant minister of the Ministry of the Interior, he is old enough to retire. Why don’t you deliver it in a few days? An official
like him, who had worked for most of his life, retired from the position of the second-grade minister of the Ministry of Rites. According to the ritual system, he had to hand over the resignation three times before the emperor could approve it.
“My son always feels that something is not quite right.” Zhai Wentao said, “When I got up today, my eyelids were jumping all the time.”
“That’s because you didn’t sleep well last night.” Zhai Yan said with a smile, “Yes, today you’re going to Taifu’s house for a wedding feast. Have you prepared all the gifts?”
That’s natural. Speaking of which, I’m the same age as Taifu.
“In that year of your imperial examinations, you produced more than one third-grade official. You were in your prime.” Zhai Yan sighed. The
father and son chattered. Just after a rainstorm in the summer night, the air is filled with moist breath, stuffy people inexplicably some panic. When the
carriage was about to reach the gate of the palace, the coachman suddenly stopped.
“What’s the matter?” Zhai Wentao lifted the curtain and asked.
“If you want to go back to the master and the eldest young master, there are a lot of adult cars in front of you, and they are all blocked up.”
“What’s going on?” Zhai Yan frowned. “Go ahead and have a look.”
The coachman got off his horse, trotted to the front, asked around, and soon came back.
Master and young master, the palace gate is not open yet! They say that something happened in the palace last night, and that the empress has sealed the palace.
「……！」 Both father and son were stunned.
The two men exchanged glances, and Zhai Wentao whispered, “I told you that the thunder was too loud yesterday. It must not be easy.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.” Zhai Yan said cautiously.
Somehow, he smelled a very tense atmosphere. This atmosphere spread silently around him, suddenly reminding him of that night eight years ago, which was also a grand wedding celebrated by the whole capital, but eventually a river of blood.
After waiting for a long time, it was not until the east was white that the carriage in front began to move slowly.
“The palace gate is open!” Someone shouted, “Prime Minister Huo went into the palace to report, and opened the door!”
“Huo Xiang?” Zhai Yan frowned slightly.
The feeling of foreboding grew stronger.
Mao Shi Zheng Ke. In the Hall
of Supreme Harmony, the princes gathered. Standing at the head, Huo Xuancheng said bitterly, “My lords, the emperor was in a coma last night, as if he had been poisoned. The Imperial Physician rescued him overnight, but the emperor has not yet woken up!” As soon as
the voice fell, the court immediately exploded.
“How can that be?!”
“Has the poisoner been found?”
“So now we..?”
“There is no need for colleagues to be alarmed.” Huo Xuancheng said, “The empress has been serving the emperor all the time, and the imperial guards in the palace are already investigating suspicious people.”. The emperor is the real emperor, and he will be safe and sound. However, while the emperor is ill, the affairs of the state must not stagnate. The court still needs to operate, and your excellencies need to be more conscientious.
“What the prime minister said is very true!” Duan Yan, the minister of the Dali Temple, was the first to say, “We must be cautious and self-restrained.”. However, if there is something important, it still needs a backbone to make a decision. XiaGuan asked the prime minister to lead us!
“Wait.” Hsieh Chueh stood out. “Lord Duan, what you said in the last sentence was really very strange.”. Although the emperor was poisoned, the imperial physician tried his best to treat him, and the queen took good care of him, so he would wake up soon. During this period, I will do my job well. How can you say that as if the emperor won’t wake up for a while? Lord
Xie, what are you talking about! Don’t misinterpret Duan’s meaning at will!
“All right, all right.” Huo Xuancheng stopped Duan Yan. “What Lord Duan means is that if you are not sure about something but it is very urgent, you can temporarily report it to me and make a decision.”. When the emperor wakes up, the truth will be reported to the emperor. Don’t you think so, Lord Duan?
“That’s exactly what XiaGuan meant.” Tuan Yen says, “Perhaps it was just an inappropriate statement that Lord Hsieh misunderstood.”
Xie Jue frowned. Late
last night, the elder brother received the news from the people in the palace and went out immediately. He didn’t come back until it was almost dawn, and when he came back, he was all wet, and he didn’t know how long he had been in the rain. What the
hell is going on?
“I suppose your excellencies have no objection.” Huo Xuancheng said, “During this period of time, the prime minister will take the place of the emperor.”
“Wait a minute!” A high and shrill voice suddenly came from the rear of the Taihe Palace, interrupting Huo Xuancheng’s words.
Huo Xuancheng raised his eyebrows and turned to the high platform.
“The eldest princess has arrived,” Huang Xi shouted as he walked quickly out of the rear hall. In
an instant, the hall was in an uproar.
“Which princess?”
“Where there is a long princess..” “Huang Xi,”
said Huo Xuancheng with a black face, “how can you fabricate right and wrong at will?”
Huang Xi stood up straight and did not respond, but met the man who came out of the inner hall.
“Huo Xiang, don’t you even know this palace?” A cold voice came from far and near.
The bearer was dressed in crimson and purple court clothes, with silver piping, white jade, high bun, phoenix crown, eyebrows like distant mountains, and eyes like cold moon.
She stood high, just as she had three years ago. The only difference is that the curtain of beads has been lifted.
Huo Xuancheng’s pupils burst for a while.
“It’s you..”
But then he shouted again, “No!”! How could it be her! She’s already dead!
Prime Minister, the maidservant is talkative. Last night, it was the emperor’s most trusted Aunt Lan Cao who welcomed the eldest princess back. The Empress Xu Shanggong immediately handed over the seal of Shanggong, who was in charge of the female officials in the harem, and placed herself at the disposal of the eldest princess. There are also instructions from the emperor in the palace.
“Oh!”! This is ridiculous! Do you think that if you say so, you will believe it?! Huo Xuancheng snapped, “This is a capital crime of deceiving the emperor. Be careful that the emperor wakes up and wants your head!”
Sheng Yun-lin’s eyes were indifferent: “Huo Aiqing, after three years of separation, how come you’ve forgotten the face of this palace?”
Nature knows what the long princess looks like! But if the eldest princess is still alive, now twenty-nine years old, how can you be such a young girl? Look at her, ministers. Does she look like her?!
Not to mention suddenly killing out a person who looks similar to Sheng Yunlin, even if it’s really her? More than one third of the officials in the court were Huo Xuancheng’s people, and some officials who had been promoted to the capital in the past three years and had never seen the long princess, who could force these people to admit that the woman in front of them was the long princess herself?!
“Lord Taifu is here,” shouted the eunuch, who was singing outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Jaffe, dressed in a scarlet robe, walked quickly to the hall and bowed down.
“I see your Highness, the eldest princess!”
Sheng Yunlin’s eyelashes trembled slightly, like a butterfly flapping its wings.
Jaffe’s figure is as tall and straight as ever, and his back is straight.
“I’m late. Your Highness, please forgive me.”
“Taifu, please get up.” Sheng Yunlin’s voice is dry.
“Thank you, Your Highness.” Jaffe lifted his robe, got up, and raised his head.
They looked at each other in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It was only a moment, but it seemed as long as thousands of years had passed.
Jaffe turned to the hundreds of courtiers in the hall and said, “This is Your Royal Highness, Princess Zhenguo Chang.”. Three years ago, Princess Chang was killed by a traitor and was trapped in a fire in the Weiyang Palace. She was lucky to escape. After that, His Highness left the palace for three years and traveled around. When I returned to the capital, I learned that the former traitors were plotting a rebellion, so I became a member of the mansion of the Marquis of Wu’an and watched the changes in the court quietly.
All of a sudden, the court was full of whispers.
“Crafty?”? Which treacherous one? Someone asked. Sitting upright on the throne,
Sheng Yunlin said with a sneer, “I’m going to ask Prime Minister Huo Xuancheng. If you plead guilty now, I can give you a whole corpse.”
“Ridiculous!” Huo Xuancheng finally could not hold back the mask and roared, “Xie Yingzhan said you are the eldest princess, are you?”? He hasn’t returned to Beijing for three years, but who knows what kind of woman he has brought back from outside, who dares to pretend to be the eldest princess?! Just then
, Hu Zhengyong stood out.
“Xiaoguan can recognize the appearance of the eldest princess.”
“You?” Huo Xuancheng asked disdainfully, “You, a minor official of the fourth grade, can enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony. How dare you say you can recognize the eldest princess?” In the past, when Princess
Chang was staying in Jiangning, she promoted Xiaguan from a colleague to a weaving doctor in Jiangning. Xiaoguan was greatly appreciated by Princess Chang, and before she returned to Beijing, she dared to propose that she wanted to make a portrait of Princess Chang, but Princess Chang agreed to Xiaoguan’s disrespect. Hu Cheng-yung gave a clear account of the cause, and then said, “So, Xiaoguan knows that there is a very small lachrymal mole under Princess Chang’s left eye, which is not eye-catching.”. Whoever pretends to be the eldest princess must not have this lachrymal mole.
Everyone was surprised by this remark.
Sheng Yunlin smiled softly.
Really did not expect, now this long back of the lachrymal mole, unexpectedly also played an unexpected role.
She walked down the steps step by step, came to the princes, and finally stood in front of Hu Zhengyong.
“I’d like to ask Lord Hu to take a look at this mole on my face. Is it any different from the original one?”
“I have offended you.” Hu Cheng-yung raised his head and looked at Sheng Yun-lin’s face carefully for a moment. Then he said in a firm voice, “The location and size of this lachrymal mole are the same as your Highness’s previous ones, and your tone and manner are the same as your Highness’s!”! I will never admit my mistake! Then he took
off his robe and knelt down. “I respectfully welcome the royal princess back to the capital,” he said, “and ask her to take charge of the imperial seal again and lead the government.”
Jaffe immediately led the entire Qingliu group to follow: “We ask Princess Chang to take charge of the imperial seal again and lead the government!”
The vacillating courtier also followed Taifu and knelt down:.. Ask the eldest princess to take charge of the imperial seal again and lead the government.
The sun was rising slowly, and the morning light fell on the Hall of Supreme Harmony, rolling down the Phnom Penh. The Phnom Penh flowed down on Sheng Yunlin’s phoenix crown and skirt, and she stood in the morning light, noble and unobtrusive.
Civil and military officials are kneeling under her head, as in those days.
Huo Xuancheng still stood there, looking at Sheng Yunlin at the same level, his eyes like a jackal.
“You came back.” Huo Xuancheng whispered.
He smiled. The situation in front of him was far beyond his expectation, but it made him more excited.
“I can’t believe you didn’t die.” The slow, husky voice was like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter.
“I know you’re ready for rebellion. Even if I stand here now, you won’t give up.”
Now that she knows, why does the princess want to confront the old minister? Do you really think you can beat me this time?
“I have your daughter.” Sheng Yunlin said calmly.
“Is it?” Huo Xuancheng changed his tone. “So what?”? Now that she has done what I said, she must be ready to die. If you want to achieve great things, how can you not take risks?
Sheng Yun-lin stared at him for a long time before saying, “Of course I didn’t expect you to be threatened because of her, but I didn’t expect you to be so cruel.”
Huo Xuancheng sneered, “Princess Chang, do you think everyone is like you?”? You’ve been out there for three years without a trace, and now you’re back again for the sake of your good brother?
「……」
“Have you forgotten how he treated you?” Huo Xuancheng put on a look of surprise, “the old minister to help you recall carefully.”. It was just a few words of gossip from the former court, and you scolded him for a few words about the court, and he ordered you to be put under house arrest! You really shut yourself up in the Weiyang Palace and never stepped out. Can’t you get out, or don’t you want to?
Sheng Yunlin’s chest suddenly ached.
And what about him? Has he been to see you for a whole month? He keeps saying that he respects you and loves you, but when he goes crazy, he’s no worse than you! Huo Xuancheng’s tone was getting higher and higher, and his tone was extremely sarcastic. “One closed the door and didn’t go out, and the other didn’t even look at it. The old minister asked his daughter to set a fire, but no one noticed!”! Princess Chang, do you think you’re losing money?
“Even now, when you hear from thousands of miles away that the old minister has made a move, you have to come back. Even if you hide in Hsieh’s house to cover up your marriage with Hsieh Ying-chan, you have to help him yourself!”. Huo Xuancheng’s smile was even stronger, and he seemed to be extremely happy. “It’s too funny, too funny!”! How deeply does the eldest princess love the emperor, so that she can let the Taifu down like this? “Oh,” said
Sheng Yunlin coldly, “My marriage to Jaffe is not what you said. It’s no use trying to sow dissension.”
“Is it?” Huo Xuancheng raised his eyebrows and deliberately made a questioning look on his face. “Am I an old fool who made a mistake?”? Shouldn’t today be a big day for you and Taifu? Why are you both standing in this court?! Sheng Yun-lin, just admit it. How important is the little emperor in your heart? Not to mention one Hsieh Ying-chan, even ten can’t compare!
Sheng Yunlin suddenly did not dare to look at Jaffe’s expression at this moment.
Huo Xuancheng’s voice was so harsh that her heart was bloody and painful.
But she still stood where she was, motionless as a mountain.
“Report — —!” Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a soldier suddenly reported, “The border is eight hundred miles away!”! Suddenly the State of Qi had 50,000 soldiers on the other side of the Chu River, on the border with our Dynasty.
“Ha ha!” The voice of the messenger soldier did not fall, Huo Xuancheng had already laughed out. The courtiers did not know that the prime minister, who was usually gentle and refined, had such a crazy state, so they retreated a few steps. Look,
Sheng Yun-lin! I won in the end, didn’t I? His facial muscles were already twisted. “Do you know where the army of Qi came from?”? I invited you! Now I am the one supported by Qi. What’s the use of fighting with me in this court? Can you fight with me in the capital and deal with the border army at the same time?! Also, I tell you, the little emperor will die this time, you also obediently let him go, I will complete your two “sister and brother” friendship, let you be buried in one place after death. How about that? Is it enough to be benevolent and righteous?
Sheng Yunlin looked at him quietly, with a sad mood in his eyes.
Perhaps she had fought with Huo Xuancheng for so long that at this moment, she just felt a heavy sadness.
But the sadness is fleeting. Facing the courtiers, she said in a loud voice, Huo Xuancheng has colluded with the State of Qi with the intention of plotting a rebellion. All of you are witnesses! Those who didn’t kneel down to me just now will be counted as Huo Xuancheng’s henchmen and punished for the crime of rebellion!
“Sheng Yunlin, do you still think you can beat me?”
“Let this soldier finish his sentence.” Jaffe suddenly said. Outside the
hall, the frightened and somewhat dull soldier just woke up as if from a dream and said, “Report!”! The State of Qi claimed that Huo Xiang colluded with the King of Liang with the intention of helping the King of Liang to rebel. As long as I was willing to hand over Huo Xiang, they would.. Withdraw your troops!
Huo Xuancheng is stagnant all over.
His eyes were cloudy and bulging. “Impossible..” How is that possible?! The King of Liang sent me a message yesterday, saying that everything was ready.
Sheng Yunlin sighed.
“Huo Xuancheng, you are too confident.” Against the morning sun, her eyes were as quiet as a frozen lake, and her tone was indifferent. Eight years ago, you felt that this palace and the emperor were no match for you. That’s normal. But eight years later, you still think so, this palace can only think that you are self-confident, stupid to the extreme. If you think about it carefully, you can catch up with the King of Liang as far away as the capital. Why can’t I exchange what I need with the royal family of Qi? You don’t really think that this palace and the emperor have made no progress in these eight years, do you?
It’s you.. It was you that night. And the wind is traceless! You sent them, too! Huo Xuancheng was almost hysterical.
Yes, at this time Chen Bing and Chu Jiang are the Seventeen Princes of the State of Qi. This is my instruction. I also asked the Seventeen Princes to send you a message from the State of Qi by pretending to be the King of Liang. If you have anything to say, go to Qi and tell him. Maybe the King of Liang will die with you.
“Newspaper-!”! Ying Wei Fei Ying wants to see you! For the third time, a sound was heard from outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
“Xuan.” Sheng Yunlin said. When
the eagle entered the temple, he knelt down and said, Your Highness, the private army of the rebel Huo Xuancheng began to assemble this morning, and now they have all been captured. They were hiding in a village, disguised as villagers, the whole village is disguised, women and children are anti-thief wife and children. Now that the imperial army has surrounded the village, your Highness, please deal with it!
Every word is loud and clear.
When Huo Xuancheng heard this, he finally fell to the ground and muttered to himself, “How could..” How did this happen. I’m clearly fully prepared. How did this happen..
As he sat down heavily on the ground, the prime minister’s crown fell down. Huo Xuancheng’s hair was scattered, and he sat there like a beggar who had lost his mind.
The whole court was silent.
Finally, Sheng Yunlin snapped, “Minister of the Ministry of Punishment Chiu Chih-tung, Yin Hsieh-chueh of the Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Flying Eagle under the command of the Ying Wei Suo obey orders!”! The rebel Huo Xuancheng and his henchmen have all been arrested and put in prison to be dealt with. Huo’s house will be closed down immediately, and the Huo family will be punished for the crime of rebellion. Those who flee will be executed. The private army supported by Huo Xuancheng will be killed on the spot, and no one will be left!
“I will obey the decree!” “Don’t take orders!” All three spoke with one voice.
“My palace is tired, so retire from the court.” Sheng Yunlin said with an expressionless face. The imperial guards in the
palace also trotted into the palace at this time, the sound of weapon collision and the cry of mercy came, and the Hall of Supreme Harmony was noisy again.
Sheng Yunlin turned around and walked toward the inner hall, leaving only a purple figure, extremely graceful and frightening.
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