Emperor Que Shaohua

Feng Jingyi, the head disciple of the Huashan School, brought his junior brothers Wei Qing and Jiang Han to Los Angeles, on the eighth day of the eighth month, and accompanied them from Yumen Pass, along with two disciples of the Kongtong School.Jianzong is of the same spirit, because Ji Tinghui once claimed that he learned swordsmanship from Kongtong in his early years, so he invited them to help identify and testify.

In August, golden osmanthus is fragrant and the market is full of beauty. When they passed through Donghua Gate, they were all attracted by the bustling and bustling scene in front of them. Rolling the dice, seeing the five young swordsmen wearing long swords, they dispersed as if they were exhausted.Two people turned around to report back, while the other two followed quietly, until they confirmed that they were asking for the way to Prince Jing's Mansion in the northwest of the city, then turned and left.

As soon as Luo Pingyuan returned to the mansion that day, King Jing sent Gu Yu to invite him to Lancang residence to meet with the Huashan faction. He had already heard that Feng Jingyi was coming to Gyeonggi, so he immediately changed into his normal clothes and went there.

Looking back, Ji Tinghui has been in prison for nearly four months.King Jing told him not to interrogate him, but to keep a close eye on this person in the sky prison, and not allow outsiders to have the opportunity to visit the prison or get close to him. Luo Pingyuan did as he did, and did not send anyone to monitor the Piaoxiang Restaurant in the Kunlun Mansion. But I kept it in my mind.Qingluan's whereabouts are unknown, he still wants to find out more about Wei Wuze's whereabouts from Ji Tinghui.

When King Ning approached the hall of Lancangju, he saw five or six young swordsmen in long clothes and plain bags sitting inside. King Jing, who was supposed to rest in bed, was sitting at the main seat, and was talking to them with a faint smile. talk.

Seeing Luo Pingyuan coming in, everyone got up to salute, and they seemed to be waiting.

Luo Pingyuan hurriedly stopped them from bowing down, and said with a smile: "Lu Yuan from the Hanshan sect is called Luo Pingyuan in this Luo city. He also went to Huashan with his master to pay respects. Now that several senior brothers have come from afar, he is very happy. "Thinking of the great kindness of the teacher and the friendship of the martial arts, these few words are extremely sincere.

When he used to go out with his teacher, he used the pseudonym Lu Yuan. The brothers of the Hanshan School all knew his real name, but it is common for martial arts to hide his real name, so no one thought about it.

Feng Jingyi already knew the origin of King Ning's master, now looking at his face, he could vaguely see the young Shaoxiu who came to Huashan back then.

He felt a little sad, but still led his two juniors to bow down, and said: "Your Highness treats each other with the same etiquette in the martial arts world, so you should obey your orders. This bow is not because of respect and courtesy, but for His Highness to see through the traitor Yue. Do it, capture him in the golden palace of the imperial city, and help our master to avenge his hatred, and Huashan will be deeply impressed."

Luo Pingyuan didn't like to be strong, so he accepted this gift and raised up a few people and said: "The sky net is well restored, it's sparse but not leaky, it's God's will."

At present, the rest of the people, according to their surnames, are all children of famous families who have been practicing swords all the year round, and their demeanor has an imposing air.Feng Jingyi was 27 and eight years old, and she lived up to her name, with elegant demeanor, yet free and easy. Luo Pingyuan really couldn't understand why Shi Wan abandoned him and chose Yue Gan back then.

After sitting down again, Luo Pingyuan couldn't help looking at King Jing, everyone from Mount Hua had arrived, logically the next step would be for them to meet Ji Tinghui in the prison, I don't know what the emperor's brother is planning.

Jing Wang Xu Shi had just talked for a while, his face was slightly tired, and now he said: "Bing Yuan came at the right time, I just told Feng Shaoxia that the Holy Majesty praised the Taiping Canyon battle very much, In addition to the case of Ji Tinghui, I know that you will be summoned when you come. But these days are approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, and His Majesty is busy fasting and bathing, and he will go to Huangjue Temple to offer incense on the fifteenth day, so I'm afraid there will be no time. It's hard work for Xia to kill the enemy repeatedly, if he doesn't mind the coldness of the mansion, he might as well live here for a few days. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, whether it is to invite an order to go to the prison or summon a meeting, it will be easier to arrange. "

Luo Pingyuan also knew that Emperor Tianyi was indeed fasting recently, so he decreed that the Ministry of Punishment postponed the date of drawing the autumn judging until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there were fewer foreign ministers than usual.It didn't take much for him to let everyone from Huashan Kongtong enter the prison, but seeing that King Jing deliberately postponed the date, he smiled and said, "It's not difficult to identify Yue Gan, but he must be taken away after he is verified. Some writing procedures need to be handled, and it will take a few days. Since the senior brothers have come, they can live in peace for a few days, and talk about martial arts and swords together when they are free, wouldn't it be good."

With Feng Jingyi's true heart, he wished he could catch Yue Gan all at once, escort him back to the sect, and deal with the crime of deceiving the master and destroying the ancestors according to the sect's rules, but he respected King Jing very much, and saw that he was in charge. King Ning of the Yuegan case also meant the same thing, and immediately nodded in agreement.

King Jing ordered his servants to tidy up the courtyard on the east side of Lancangju, and accommodate them and his party.

At this time, Yang Yue saw the opportunity and stepped forward, and whispered in his ear: "Your Highness, Master Xi Gu just came to see it, he didn't seem very happy, and said that if his subordinates didn't persuade you to go back to rest, he came to persuade him himself. "

Luo Yanhua smiled, but all unworldly experts inevitably have a somewhat weird temper, Xi Minghua is usually gentle, but when he is practicing medicine, he is resolute and resolute. He hates the patient's disobedience and cooperation, and wastes his hard work in vain.It must have made him quite unhappy to get up to meet the guests by himself.

He also felt mentally tired at this time, and he didn't know what was going on with the doctor's prescription. He drank three doses of medicine every day, and he just wanted to sleep all day long.His body was so limp that he couldn't lift his strength, it seemed that the exhaustion accumulated over the years had all surged up. It would be really dangerous to live too many days like this.

He originally had a lot of things to ask, but now he had no choice but to get up and say goodbye, leaving Luo Pingyuan to continue talking with everyone.

Huangjue Temple was built hundreds of years ago, and it has been a royal temple for all dynasties since then, with prosperous incense.Two years ago, the abbot of Huangjue Temple asked to raise funds to rebuild the temple and reshape the golden body of the Great Buddha in the main hall. Emperor Tianyi readily agreed. Apart from asking the household department to transfer money, he also allocated a sum from the palace treasury.In the 21st year of Tianyi, it was almost August, and the Buddha statues in the temple were all repaired and sculpted, and it was only waiting to reopen the main hall to receive royal incense.

When the news came, Emperor Tianyi was very happy. Thinking that the Mid-Autumn Festival was not far away, he issued a decree to visit Huangjue Temple in person on August [-]th, and burn the first incense stick in the main hall to pray for Yu Zhou Guozuo.Before that, it was even necessary to burn incense and fast for seven days to show sincerity. During this period, unless there were urgent court matters, the emperor would decree to discuss them after the festival.

Because the war in the northern border has reached a critical moment, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival is mainly thrifty and solemn. The Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival held every year has been reduced from three days to one day, but the people still attach great importance to August [-]th. There are all kinds of fruit and cakes in the store, vendors selling rabbit lamps can be seen everywhere on the street, and the temple fair before the festival is also lively.

Luo Pingyuan chose a day to enter the palace, greeted the emperor who was fasting, and said something with him.

Emperor Tianyi was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "I have read all the secret books sent by the emperor. The purpose of setting up grain depots in various state governments is to balance the price of rice, and to deal with various emergencies. If there are any mistakes or omissions, they must be supervised." They made up one by one. Don’t be afraid of trivialities, you must know that after the decree is issued, the subsequent supervision will be full of these redundant tasks.”

This is already talking about the way of governing, Luo Pingyuan bowed and agreed.He has always been careful when submitting the secret papers, and reported the facts according to the facts, so as to let the heavens hear the truth in various places, and sometimes he added some thoughts of his own. It seems that the emperor is quite satisfied.

Emperor Tianyi casually called the fifth prince, but he had another thing in mind.

Shen Ling, the deputy commander of the Jingyu Guards, led five hundred soldiers, and confiscated the houses of three grain merchants in Zhangzhou overnight. Nearly a hundred criminals were locked up. They all have tens or hundreds of thugs guarding the courtyard, and they have close connections with local officials.

Fortunately, the Jingyu Guards were well-prepared in advance and did not use Zhangzhou government soldiers. Instead, they transferred [-] soldiers from neighboring counties and counties to capture them in one fell swoop.These big families have huge wealth, and their fierceness and savagery and deep penetration in the local area have exceeded expectations.After learning the details, what he recalled in his heart was what Luo Yanhua said on the night of his birthday on the third day of May: "If this trend continues, in a few years, even if the father has a heart, he can still protect Yu Yu. Zhou’s countrymen?”

That night, King Jing's eloquence was sharp, and no one dared to speak like this in front of the king for many years.Seeing himself getting angry, he just said calmly: "It's only tonight that I can allow Erchen to say a few presumptuous words. Presumably no one else will say the same thing to Emperor Father."

It is true that after that night, Luo Yanhua's words in front of the king became more moderate, but everything he arranged still carried the original sharpness.In contrast, the courteousness of the prince Luo Wenxiao in recent days seems to be submissive and ineffective.

He thought about Luo Junping and Luo Linpian in turn. These sons are actually the best among men, but each has its own problems.His eyes fell on Luo Pingyuan in front of him. It was the youngest son who didn't care much about him back then. He still hasn't seen any obvious flaws. It's just that the birth mother's status is lower.

His eyes softened: "Bingyuan, many things will be learned slowly, go back and do it well, don't worry about it."

Luo Pingyuan entered the palace today, and wanted to see Luo Xuening, so he asked the emperor for permission, and then went to the harem.

When they arrived at Lanting Palace, Concubine Rong happened to be away, Luo Xuening was very happy to see Brother Wu Huang.Sitting in the palace room, the siblings, Princess Danyang read Lin Chen's letter page by page.

Luo Pingyuan saw that his younger sister Mingli's face was smiling at first, then gradually turned serious, and finally frowned and said: "He still refuses to come back, he wants to stay and join the war." As he said, he threw the letter away, showing a bit of anger , "After leaving, there was no news for more than 40 days, and in the end I wrote such a letter. When he returns to Beijing, I will ignore him."

"It turns out that Lin Chen has been away for more than 40 days." The sister's reaction was all expected, Luo Pingyuan said with a smile: "I haven't even counted the days, but Xue Ning remembers clearly."

Luo Xuening was caught by him, her face flushed, and she said annoyedly: "All of you just want to be heroes, since you don't even ask me every time, why do you write letters. The letter wasn't for me either, so it made me wonder. He likes borders and battlefields so much, Ai and the heroic generals under Brother Sihuang's tent gathered together, and he is so happy to see the ugly appearance of the people of Beiliao. Ann kills the enemy, there is no need to say anything to reassure me!"

Luo Pingyuan couldn't help laughing, it was very rare for Luo Xuening to lose his temper like this, he smiled and said: "Let me beg for Lin Chen, this letter was sent back with the urgent battle report from Liubaili, he has always I wrote and wrote on the way, but it wasn’t for me. Lin Chen always meant what he said. Since he said he would return after the war, he probably wouldn’t delay any longer. How about this, I’ll write a letter for you to talk about him and tell him to hurry up Come back, okay?"

"It's late, even if I stand in front of me right now, this princess won't forgive him." Luo Xuening said, but she could tell that the anger had basically passed away, her eyes were gradually clouded with worry, Unknowingly, he picked up the letter paper again and read it again.

This time she read very slowly, quietly reading from the beginning to the end of each page, and finally said in a low voice: "Brother Wuhuang, I am a selfish person. As a princess, I should put state affairs first, but What I thought was that he wouldn't go to the battlefield like others, and he didn't have to fight for any military exploits, as long as...as long as he doesn't get injured and he can come back safely, it's better than anything else."

Luo Pingyuan touched her hair full of soft silk, and sighed in his heart that girls are like this, no matter how you talk to her about family and country festivals or a man's aspirations, once you get involved with your sweetheart, don't expect her to be reasonable, princesses and daughters are not Can be exempted.

He talked for a while in Lanting Palace, trying his best to reassure the imperial sister.When they left, Luo Xuening sent them out, and the siblings walked through the imperial garden together towards the moon gate leading to the front palace.

Turning a corner, they saw several women walking towards this side from another direction. Looking at their directions, they had just come out of Concubine Han's Yunxiu Palace.When they saw King Ning and the princess, they hurriedly avoided the side of the road and bowed their knees.

King Ning gestured for forgiveness, and the leading girl raised her head. She was dressed in a pink palace dress, and her forehead was dripping with cinnabar.Luo Pingyuan felt a little familiar at first, and then remembered that it was Yao Qian'er from Chengyihou's residence.After the Wulan hunt last time, this young lady left some impressions on him, but he really didn't have anything to say to Yao Qian'er, so he still walked over after a short pause.

"Brother Wuhuang, you don't have to pay attention to her." After walking a few steps, Luo Xuening said. "You were almost plotted by her in the Wulan paddock. No matter how pitiful this kind of person looks, you need to stay away from her."

Luo Pingyuan didn't answer, and related rumors had spread to his ears. If he hadn't been in a hurry to see the emperor, would he have personally rescued people?In any case, it would be embarrassing enough for Miss Yao to have an accident before leaving the cabinet.

Luo Xuening said again: "Besides, she is quite proud now. Concubine Han Guifei told her to Qing Enbo, and she has already given the dowry. Qing Enbo has always flattered Yunxiu Palace. This marriage is settled, sincerely." The Yihou Mansion will be flattering the East Palace." She already hated Concubine Han Guifei deeply, so her words were a little blunt.

"Qing Enbo?" Luo Pingyuan frowned, He Jishan was definitely a good match, but he really didn't care about Yao Qian'er's marriage, so he stopped talking about it and changed the topic.

Yao Qian'er was not satisfied at this time.

Since she nodded, the official media came to the door, followed by asking about Najib and Najib. The etiquette went very quickly, and both parties seemed eager to finalize the marriage.The Qing Enbo Mansion sent a rich dowry gift, boxes and piles of valuable clothing materials, and dazzling gold, silver and jewelry.According to the etiquette and customs of Yu Zhou, the dowry received by the rich family must be included in the bride's dowry, and the bride's family should add another sum to show their dignity.

The news of the engagement has spread, and with the dowry, Cheng Yihou's mansion has gradually become a bit more happy, and the respect for Yao Qian'er has greatly increased. No one has mentioned it.

The anger in Yao Qian'er's heart finally subsided a bit, Miss Biefu wrote a letter to congratulate her, or invited her to be a guest, but she ignored it for the time being, and only focused on calculating her dowry.Her father, Cheng Yihou, obviously attaches great importance to her at present, and he also cares about saving face. It should be a bad idea to make a dowry, and she has to grit her teeth and add a decent dowry. She has to plan for herself.

Before entering the palace today to meet with Concubine Han Gui, she was somewhat proud of herself, no matter how smart and beautiful the woman is, she did not rely on her husband's family.He Jishan came to Hou's mansion on the day of the appointment, she took a peek through the screen, and saw that she was white and fat, and at the age of 36, she was already a big belly, which was far from the good match in her mind, but being so enthusiastic about marriage at least showed that she still valued it. her.What's more, Concubine Han Gui, who ranks high in the Sixth Palace, heard that the two families were engaged, and specially told her to enter the palace to talk, which represented honor and favor.

However, this kind of careful thought, which is considered to be a daughter's standard, came to an abrupt end after she arrived at Yunxiu Palace.

Concubine Yi was also there when meeting Concubine Han Guifei. The two empresses saw her embroidery and handwriting, and they all praised her for her outstanding talent. add body.

Yao Qian'er never expected to receive such special favor. When she was thankful, Concubine Han said she had something to do, got up from the phoenix couch and left, and the maids and servants also retreated. Before Yao Qian'er could react, only Concubine Yi was left in the hall. There are also two empresses who are close to the big palace maids Zhijin and Xingfen.

Half an hour later, the audience ended, Yao Qian'er walked out of Yunxiu Palace, and met King Ning and Luo Xuening not long after that, at that moment, she hadn't recovered from the shock she had just received.

In the Yunxiu Palace behind her, Concubine Han has already walked out of the back room. Through the seemingly tight but thin curtain, Yao Qian'er turned pale during her conversation with Cai, to pleading on the ground, and then nodding in obedience. Clearly.

She and Concubine Yi exchanged a tacit look, Concubine Yi said: "It's been done according to my sister's wishes, but I see that Yao Qian'er is always acting and has a flexible mind, so don't delay things."

"If you are not obedient, we have a solution. The living have their own opinions, and the dead have their uses. This is fate. He Jishan seems to be quite fond of her, and I try to keep her as much as possible." Concubine Han held the tea She used the lid to flick the tea leaves floating in it, and said leisurely: "Yao Qian'er dared to fall off her horse in public when she was hunting. What I like is that she is brave enough and wants to climb up. The engagement has been made." Well, if something goes wrong with Qing Enbo, who can she rely on for the rest of her life? With a flexible mind, you can better understand your own situation."

"Besides," there was a sneer on her lips, "Yao Qian'er is also a woman, I think in this world, the person she hates most now is probably King Ning."