Book of Changes

After receiving the news, Wang Lingshi hurried to the door to welcome the holy driver.

"Before I arrived, Wang Aiqing came to greet her. Aiqing's news is really well-informed." Emperor Wen walked inside as he spoke. "Where is General Wang retreating, I will take a look through the door."

"My father is retreating in Lingxu Pavilion, and the Holy One is tired after walking all the way, why don't you drink a cup of tea and rest first." Wang Lingrang gave the attendant a wink as he spoke.

"No need, I still have a booklet to read. I saw General Wang and left as soon as I saw it. Let's lead the way." Emperor Wen said.

"Yes, Your Majesty please"

Looking at this Lingxu Pavilion again, weeds are overgrown, and even the snow on the road has not been cleaned up.

"Does Aiqing often come to see Old General Wang?" Emperor Wen asked.

Wang Lingzhi shook his head in embarrassment, "Reporting to the Holy Majesty, I have come to visit, but my father reprimanded me. So I seldom come here."

Emperor Wen entered the Lingxu Pavilion, chatted with General Wang for a while through the screen, and then left.

That night, Emperor Wen thought about the past when he was a child, and he was full of emotions, so he called the brothers of the Wang family into the palace. Emperor Wen got drunk, and the brothers of the Wang family helped Emperor Wen back to the bedroom.

"Song Quan"

Song Quan stood guard outside the door, and when Emperor Wen called out to him drunkenly, he was stopped when he was about to go in.

"It was passed on to me that Xie Qiulang and Xie Qiuyue colluded with foreign enemies, secretly garrisoned troops, and formed cliques for personal gain. The evidence is convincing. I am grateful for the loyalty of Xie's family to the country for generations. , the Xie family brothers will be beheaded outside the Meridian Gate tomorrow at [-]:[-] noon."

Hearing this, Song Quan was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly knelt on the ground, and just begged for mercy, but was robbed by Wang Lingshi.

"Your Majesty, please think twice." Song Quan vaguely felt Wang Lingshi kneeling on the ground.

"Hurry up!" Emperor Wen seemed determined to kill the Xie family brothers.

"Your Majesty, please think twice"

"Come on, Wang Lingshi committed crimes below, dragged him out and beat him with [-] boards, and fined him half a year's salary."

That night, Song Quanchuan sent an order from Emperor Wen, Xie Qiulang and Xie Qiuyue were found suspected of treason and were thrown into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. They will be beheaded immediately at noon tomorrow.Wang Lingshi pleaded for mercy for the Xie brothers, was fined half a year's salary, and was hit with thirty boards. The news spread all over Luojing.It is said that Concubine Xie knelt outside the palace all night but was not summoned by Emperor Wen.

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At Sishi the next day, I saw Song Quan stumbling in and ran in, ignoring Emperor Wen who was still asleep, kneeling on the ground and crying, "The imperial concubine is dead!"

Originally, Emperor Wen felt groggy after a hangover, but now he was completely freed from sleep, "What are you talking about? Song Quan! The crime of deceiving the emperor should be punished!"

Song Quan knelt on the ground and said with a slight cry, "Yesterday the Holy Majesty sentenced Xie's family to be exiled for three hundred miles, and the two Xie adults beheaded today at [-]:[-] noon. The imperial concubine knelt and begged all night outside, and just returned to Zhaoyi Palace. dead"

Emperor Wen lifted the quilt and sat up, resting his forehead with one hand, and pondered for a while, "I will release Xie immediately... that's all, let's drive to Zhaoyi Palace."

In Zhaoyi Palace, Concubine Xie, wearing a flower hairpin and green dress, green leather and leather shoes, and fine makeup, lay flat on the bed.The maid knelt by the bed and sobbed.

Emperor Wen walked to Concubine Xie Guifei's bed and just looked at her quietly.The maid knelt down to Emperor Wen and kowtowed, "Your Majesty left a letter for the Holy Majesty" after finishing speaking, she took out the neatly folded letter paper and presented it to Emperor Wen with both hands.

After a long time, Emperor Wen received the letter.

"Xie Yunyi, the parents and daughter, returned with the former husband, and wished that the throne of the Holy God is as stable as Mount Tai, and the country of Zhao is peaceful and the people are safe."

Emperor Wen stared blankly at the sentence in the letter.

Seeing Emperor Wen's attitude, Song Quan asked cautiously, "The two sons of the Xie family are still outside the Meridian Gate."

"According to my decree, there is something strange about the conspiracy of the Xie family. Now put the Xie family brothers in prison, and the rest of the Xie family will be reinstated. Wang Lingshi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, will handle the case." Emperor Wen sat by Concubine Xie's bed , touched Concubine Xie Guifei's cheek weakly with her hand, and drew it back again.

"Yes," Song Quan said tentatively, "Your Majesty, Mr. Wang was beaten [-] times for pleading for Xie's family last night, and he is still lying on the bed."

Emperor Wen said, "Then hand it over to Dali Temple, and I haven't seen anyone in the past three days."

"Yes" Song Quan walked out with a room full of maids.

"Everyone has left, and there are only two of us left in this Nuoda room. We haven't been together like this for a long time. I don't know when it started. When we met, you didn't give me a good face. You obviously saw me and you before." Always smiling. "At this moment, Emperor Wen's imperial aura seems to have been taken away suddenly, together with his arrogance as a monarch," I know I have broken my promise, and I also know that I have betrayed you. But, Concubine Xie After all, I am the sage of the people in this world, not just your lord."

Emperor Wen sat there, talking to himself, as if two extreme personalities were arguing.One is Zhao Guo's high-ranking sage, and the other is the man who promised his wife to grow old together many years ago.

Emperor Wen is constantly brainwashing himself in his heart, I am the sage, I am the Nine-Five Supreme, and I will never regret it.But the more I think about it, the tears fall uncontrollably, "Ma'am, it would be nice for my husband to draw eyebrows for you."

Seeing that Xie Lingyi was lying there without making a sound, she could only reply, "Since Ma'am is tired, go to sleep for a while. Today, Ma'am will try the skills of being a husband. It's been a long time since I have played the piano for my wife. We will go to the pavilion after lunch." Playing the qin and singing."

The gate of Zhaoyi Palace was closed tightly, except for Song Quan who went in to deliver some seasonal fruits and vegetables, Emperor Wen was the only one.At the time of Youshi, an imperial edict came out from Zhaoyi Palace, pardoning Xie Qiuyue and Xie Qiulang, and returning them to their original posts.

On the second day, Emperor Wen pushed the early court again.Only one imperial decree was promulgated, Wang Lingshi and Wang Lingrang falsely preached the imperial decree, conspired to rebel, immediately deprived him of his official position, put him in a prison, and waited to be released.No explanation, no symptoms.

On the third day, when Emperor Wen left Zhaoyi Palace, it was another imperial decree to dismiss Mrs. Xie and posthumously enshrine Concubine Xie as the empress burial mausoleum.

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There was a heavy snowfall last night, Xie Qiulang was originally injured, and he went to jail for a while, and was informed of the news of his elder sister's death, so his old illness relapsed and he had a high fever.When Xie Qiulang just woke up, Mrs. Xie told Wang Lingshi that Wang Lingrang would choose a day to behead him, and Xie Jia was wronged.At that time, Xie Qiulang's mind went blank, and Xie Qiulang looked at Mrs. Xie in a daze.

"Grandson? Grandson?" Mrs. Xie looked at him worriedly, and couldn't wake him up no matter how much she called.I saw Xie Qiulang sitting up directly from the bed, ignoring his body, made a Taoist robe and rushed out.

"Wu An! Wu An!" Mrs. Xie leaned on a cane and shouted after Xie Qiulang, "Wu An, where are you going?"

"Save people, save people" Xie Qiulang kept chanting these two words as if in a daze.

Mrs. Xie stopped, gasping for breath, "Come here! Stop the Second Young Master!" But even if Xie Qiulang was ill, not a few girls could stop him.When Old Madam Xie got the news, Xie Qiulang had already entered the palace and knelt in front of Emperor Wen.