Chapter 151
The next day, the palace will know, the emperor received a descending clouds Xuan dance girl.
The empress dowager called Jin Wang to severely reprimanded, Jin Wang only said to see the emperor’s harem for a long time no movement, want to let the emperor in the longevity festival happy happy.
Fortunately, the emperor favored Smokey, in order to avoid the anger of the Empress Dowager, only to the status of beauty.
Smoke Rou also not the slightest thought, only want to accompany the emperor, do not care about the status of high and low.
The emperor liked her, more afraid to aggravate her, then sent her to Hui Guifei palace to live, and rare to tell the harem, not to make things difficult for her.
Hui Guifei has always been good-tempered, to take good care of her.
After seeing each other, I went to Fu Ning Palace once, see smoke, she as before entering the palace, wild and innocent, do not feel the slightest bit of constraints in the palace.
As the weather cooled down, the king invited the king to go hunting in the Jinling countryside, and Zhou Xianyang managed to find a chance to meet with the seventh uncle alone. He asked about the fire on the flower boat on the Wind Immortal Pond on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Seventh Prince was riding on his horse, retrieved his fully drawn bow and sighed: “It’s a pity that he died at such a young age.”
A rabbit immediately disappeared into the grass.
Zhou Xian Yang asked, “Is it the theater clouds or the drowned girl that you regret?”
The Seventh Uncle turned his horse around, a bit unhappy: “Xian Yang, you’re used to life and death, why don’t you know that the death of a human being is not a matter of fact?”
With that, he whipped his horse’s ass and left.
His back was no longer as straight as it had been when he was a boy. He actively paid tribute to the emperor’s beautiful women to curry favor with him, so he must have been accustomed to keeping his head above water all his life, and did not want to cause more trouble.
Zhou Xianyang was no longer obsessed with this, and he looked up at the blue sky, which was unusually high in the fall, and felt very lonely.
Not long after the Emperor’s birthday banquet, the King of Li was officially ordered to cut his title and demote himself.
This time, the dynasty and the field shook.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the matter between the Nine Gates Patrol Battalion and the Li Wang Mansion had already become a big deal. And the West Linmen broken, the emperor did this disposition, the court ministers also know a little inside information, few objections. After all, Li Wang is not the East Palace, this is not to talk about shaking the national capital.
Moreover, the Marquis of Yongan did not have any reaction, why should others be anxious.
But inside the palace, it was a different scene.
The Empress raised for many years of the Third Highness, a loss of power, the Zhang family two sons have because of corruption and incompetence down the horse.
In the harem, the Imperial Concubine is a well-organized family. Empress Zhang had no real power, only the emperor’s favor. Now comes a more young and beautiful smoke, the trend of exclusive favor has taken the place of the meaning of the Queen’s heart has never been more terrified.
This day, the empress took advantage of the fifteenth of the emperor and queen reunion night, want to give the king of Li beg a favor.
Who expected the emperor rare anger: “the harem shall not interfere in politics, the empress even forget this?”
The Empress hurriedly defended, “My concubine is only doing this for the sake of the child, for the sake of the family, and not for the sake of interfering in politics. Xianhan’s temperament is a bit hairy, but he has no bad intentions, he must have fallen for Xian Yang’s ways!”
The emperor grunted, “You dare to say that Yul Wang’s assassination in Jiangzhou, the assassination at the royal residence, and the fire at the Jing Yi Garden had nothing to do with you, with Lao San, or with the Zhang family in the slightest?”
The Empress hesitated for a moment.
Jiangzhou …… Jing Yi Yuan …… Wangfu …… There are true and false in this, but how can she say it in detail, moreover, there are some Xingxin maybe they are outside to do things, and did not know her. Empress Zhang can only kneel down and cry: “Your Majesty does not believe my concubine, what is the meaning of my concubine living ……”.
This time, the emperor did not have kind words to pacify her, and whisked his sleeve away.
Looking at the emperor’s departing figure, the empress stopped her tears, as if less than half a year, this day is colored.
She urgently called the Yongan Marquis couple into the palace to speak, Yongan Marquis also seems to be overnight, aged a lot.
Regarding the Empress’s concern, Marquis Yongan replied, ”Empress, after all, King Li is not your own flesh and blood. You should not be too sad that he is not a success.”
“What does brother mean by this?” The Empress then realized that her elder brother, who had been immensely firm, had faltered.
Only then did Marquis Yong’an make peace with the previous several encounters, “After the Yul Wang House assassin and the fire in Jing Yi Yuan before, the old minister had already met with His Majesty to plead on behalf of King Li. At that time, the emperor also summoned the king of yup, but the king of yup did not fall into the well, but on the contrary, speak for the king of Li, more solidified his name of innocent ah! Yu Xiangyi’s card, we’ve been planning for a long time, but King Li lost in the battle, I’m thinking that King Li can’t possibly be Yü Wang’s rival, and can’t be entrusted with a great cause.”
“So what! Is it possible to do nothing at all? Let that bitch’s son live happily ever after?”
Marquis Yongan sighed, “His Majesty’s style these three times, doesn’t Your Highness see it yet? Sin does not move anger, as long as the Empress Mother does not act rashly, neither the Li Royal House nor the unfilial son of the Zhang family will implicate you and I. If we do anything more, I am afraid that even you and I will be implicated. If we make more trouble, I’m afraid we won’t even be able to keep our queen and title.”
Empress Zhang didn’t believe it, “Your Majesty, treating us would never be so heartless!”
“Why not? Over the years, the sea pirates have been gradually pacified, the sea market has opened, and His Majesty appointed Xiao Quan to guard the coast last month, Xiao Quan now has a full complement of wings, and taking advantage of the accident of Pan’er and Qing’er, he is no longer bowing down to us as he did in the beginning. I am already old …… Your Majesty, and I don t need the Zhang family anymore. If you can keep your peace and quiet, you can still enjoy your glory, otherwise, I am afraid that you will end up in the same place as the Yu family.”
Empress Zhang was so anxious that she couldn’t sit still: “Why is brother confused! Could it be that by letting the Imperial Concubine’s child rise to the throne, we will end up better off than the Yu family in the future?”
“What does Empress Dowager mean?”
“King Li is no good, then King Kai, he is the eldest son of the Emperor, if he has the support of the Palace, his succession will be justified. We must not allow King Qing to ascend to the throne, Chen Shu’er and Yu’s have always been friends, her son won the world, she will be the empress dowager, and King Yu will follow the light! In the future, Yu’s life will be paid for, and she may come back to glory and wealth!
If it weren’t for Yu’s viciousness, I wouldn’t have to raise such a useless third son! If I had a child of my own, he would be the most filial, smart and capable child …… than Xian Yang, Xian Hui and Xian Yao ……”
As she spoke, the Empress wept bitterly.
Jing Yi Garden expansion thing, while it is not yet winter, intensified construction. Since the marriage, a rare moment of leisure when the storm subsides, Zhou Xianyang grabbed and meet each other, and enjoy the fall together.
Today, he and his wife will go on an outing together, and tomorrow, he will go hunting with his brother and sister-in-law from the Duke’s Office.
I heard that in the dynasty, the King of Qing is hot, the King of Qi also get a lot of ministers to support, the long sound. He does not get involved in these things, as usual, go to honor their own owed to the Princess of peace and quiet days.
One day, Rong Xiangmian heard Sun Mingyue said Jinling out of a pile of news, cage moon nunnery that a thousand years old apricot tree, back from the dead, such as ten thousand yellow butterflies flying, Xiangmian immediately told Xian Yang, to go together.
The Caged Moon Nunnery, near the West Mountain, is very familiar to Yang Xiangmian. On weekdays, it was a place frequented by commoners, and if it wasn’t for the strange story of the thousand-year-old apricot tree, not many of these noble families in the capital would have ever heard of it, let alone gone to visit it. Nowadays, it is more popular than those big Buddhist temples.
On the day of their wedding, they used to stay outside the nunnery without entering. Zhou Xianyang saw that Xiangmian was in high spirits, so he dressed in civilian clothes and went to the Caged Moon Temple to pray for blessings.
Along the way, the scenery is as beautiful as a picture, Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei follow, walking stops, when it is already noon.
“Master, there are two people following us along the way.” Xiao Bei reminded by using the effort of leading the horse.
Zhou Xian Yang said, “Follow if you like, don’t delay enjoying the fall is.”
“Whose family are they? Will they make a move?”
“The Criminal Justice Department.”
“…… “Xiao Bei knows that this is the emperor’s close troops, can not easily do it.
Rong Xiangmian was curious: “How do you know?”
“Chen Rixin told me.” Zhou Xian Yang stroked her sideburns that were blown apart by the wind, “I didn’t want you to know, it affects your mood.”
Rong Xiangxin said, “Don’t hide this kind of thing from me.”
However, it was only then that she realized that Zhou Xian Yang was right to be cautious. It was just a matter of rescuing Yu Xiangyi, but a meeting should be avoided if possible to prevent more trouble.
The emperor’s suspicion far exceeded her imagination. Even if all this seemed reasonable, he still intuitively guessed that Yu Xiangyi was rescued rather than dead.
Caged Moon Nunnery has a small facade, but inside it is a big place. There were really more visitors than usual, and after worshipping the Buddha and the Bodhisattva, they all went straight to the backyard to see the ginkgoes.
The ginkgo tree, in the clear sunlight, like a golden cloud bloomed in the overhead, covering the sky, than any man-made buildings and palaces are more shocking. The trunk of the tree was almost several times thicker than the ancient tree that had been painstakingly obtained from the seventh imperial uncle’s residence.
“This tree is becoming a spirit, isn’t it?” Xiao Nan marveled with his head held high.
The three people were dumbfounded.
There was certainly no shortage of ancient trees in the deep forests of Western Qin, but nothing this beautiful.
Rong Xiangxian had been here many times, and consciously explained to Zhou Xian Yang and Xiao Nan Xiaobei: “This tree is said to be a thousand years old, but a few years ago it was burned by a fire, and the inside was burned out. Unexpectedly, this year, it came to life, the yellow leaves look better than in previous years, the temple reopened the backyard, to the tourists.”
Around the incense, in the tree under the circle of three or four, join together to pray, and in front of the Buddha generally devout.
Sagami suggested, “Let’s make a wish.”
The three of them don’t believe in these things, and only watched Rong Xiangmian’s pious prayers.
It was crowded downstairs, so Zhou Xian Yang quickly took Xiangmian’s hand and climbed up to the Xingfang Pavilion with her to see the sights.
There was a high threshold to get up here, as you had to make extra merit. Some of the visitors could not afford to pay the money, but just watched from the side of the mountain without going in.
Rong Xiangmian put a silver ingot into the merit box, and Zhou Xianyang followed her into the pavilion, “I’ve dipped into the fourth girl’s favor.”
Xiangmian tilted her head, resting her cheeks, and looked up and down with smiling eyes: “Who made Langjun so good-looking, this girl is willing to spend money on you.”
Zhou Xian Yang was speechless for a while, he couldn’t catch up with the wangfei’s eloquence. The way the Wang Concubine verbally took advantage of him again made him want to bully him back properly.
Looking down at the apricot trees from the window of Xingfang Pavilion, it was another mood, heaven and earth were like a painting, and the colors were gorgeous.
Watching the multitudes below placing their wishes on a tree, Xiang Xiang felt that life was really powerless, she habitually tilted her body back and leaned on Yang Zhou Xian’s chest, saying, “I made a wish for you just now.”
Orchid-orchid like breath, gently lingering on the tip of her nose, Zhou Xian Yang unconsciously reached out and wrapped his arms around the waist of the princess, lowering his head and pecking his cherry lips, “Thank you.”
Rong Xiang Xiang immediately tried to push him away, “What are you doing? In public, it’s indecent.”
“There’s no one else here.”
“What if someone comes!”
“No one knows us anyway.” Originally he did not want to how, she so pouting, in turn aroused his interest, his hands hold more and more tight, pick open her lips, good to get back some of the mouth and tongue cheap, the arms of the person aung neck, tacitly meet him, feather eyelashes lightly trembling, breathing slightly shortened, how can not let a person’s heart moved.
Two people are entwined at the time, the door outside a sweeping nun voiced to remind them: “Shi master, the Buddha’s quiet place, please pay attention to words and behavior.”