phoenix knot

When Han Chengjue received Liang Guanjing's letter, he rushed over almost non-stop. It took him half a month to travel from the capital to Beiping by boat.

Liang Guanjing prepared the chariot and went to the pier to greet the holy driver. Looking at the small fleet on the canal, she was very disappointed.

"It seems that he is not planning to go on a personal conquest." Liang Guanjing almost wanted to leave in a huff, not even planning to pick up Han Chengjue.

Xiyu persuaded her: "Don't be anxious, empress, you should first ask the emperor's intentions. If he is not going to go north to attack Suhebalu, you can still provoke him and lure him to go."

Liang Guanjing said: "The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first. Hundreds of thousands of troops go out to conquer Mongolia. It takes three to five months to prepare. I also thought that Gu Changfeng and his team might only be halfway back to the court. The ready-made army can be pulled over to fight, but the spies came to report that the main force had already entered Beijing to receive rewards, and the emperor left for the north after hosting a banquet for the ministers, so it can be seen that he does not want to fight at all."

Xiyu said: "The Ministry of War can do the preparation of soldiers, horses, rations and grass. Maybe the emperor is just impatient and wants to see you first."

Liang Guanjing shook his head, "I thought the same way on the way to the pier when I got up early, but the more I thought about it, the more I felt it was impossible. Now that Suhebalu has been defeated and retreated from the customs, it is impossible for him to have the strength to invade our dynasty in the past few years. Going to conquer Mongolia? When he was the king of Yan, people said he was good at fighting. I know him best. This person is good at fighting but not good at fighting. Put on the label of militarism, and the officials in the court have spoken beforehand. I overestimated Mingyue's position in his heart. In fact, to the emperor, he is just a favorite concubine. Is he guilty of such a big fight? Every year on the Qingming Festival A stick of incense is good enough, and if you write some poems and pass them on to future generations, maybe there will still be humanity saying that his love is as deep as the sea."

Liang Guanjing turned and left, Xiyu hurriedly followed her.

"Actually, I'm not much better. Mingyue's body doesn't exist. I only left a pair of earrings for me. I turned around and used her and the child's death as bait to encourage the emperor's imperial conquest to take the opportunity to seize power. I'm another What?" Liang Guanjing laughed at himself.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Han Chengjue saw Liang Guanjing turned around from a distance, and left without welcoming him, knowing that she had committed an old problem again, and acted recklessly, not even giving face to the emperor's husband.

Han Chengjue disembarked from the boat and went ashore. Instead of taking a carriage, he directly ordered a horse and galloped to catch up. His guards of the Royal Forest Army hurriedly saddled up the horses and chased after His Majesty the Emperor for fear of any mistakes.

Seeing him catching up like this, Liang Guanjing didn't want to make the emperor and queen chasing and fleeing one by one on the dry road in the country like singing operas, wanting to greet and refuse, so he stopped his horse and stood by the roadside waiting for him.

Han Chengjue got off his horse and rushed forward to support Liang Guanjing, preventing her from kneeling and saluting.He had mixed feelings, mixed feelings, and said: "Queen...you...you, you!"

Han Chengjue's performance of the empress's love is deeply sad and moving. Liang Guanjing couldn't enter the play, so he had to stand there in embarrassment. The Imperial Forest Army behind His Majesty was even more embarrassed. Commander of the Habayashi Guard, Fu Minghui, even turned his head and deliberately did not look at it. His subordinates also looked up at the sky one by one, at a loss.

The two talked for a while under the tree by the side of the road, but they didn't mention Su Mingyue, they only talked about the recent situation in the Northland and the preliminary preparations for moving the capital.After this battle, Han Chengjue insisted on moving the capital, and the voice of opposition in the court has also subsided. With the empress sitting in Beiping, it is almost possible to agree on changing the capital from Nanjing to Beijing.

After a while, the big driver arrived, the canopy covered the roof, and the emperor and empress got into the carriage hand in hand and walked together.

"Ah Yuan, I haven't seen you for so long, you are a little more beautiful than I remember." Han Chengjue reached out to touch Liang Guanjing's face.

Liang Guanjing frowned, resisting the urge to push him away, Xin Dao didn't say anything about the things my old lady worked so hard to do here, and he cared most about whether he was beautiful or not, so he said angrily He snorted: "Forget it, run around here and there, and fight in the north and south, the face is tanned."

Han Chengjue smiled: "It is said that one white can cover one hundred ugliness, but that is because beauty is not beautiful enough, so she can only cover her ugliness with whiteness. My queen is magnificent, and her appearance will not be reduced by half when she is white or dark. When she is white, she is as bright as the moon. If it’s dark, it’s even more beautiful and flamboyant.”

When he mentioned the word "bright moon", he suddenly thought of Su Mingyue, his face changed, and he said in a low voice, "She... really... died?"

Liang Guanjing also turned her head away, "Yes, although the concubine has not seen her in person, after so long, Lianxiang has disappeared, and she has a newborn child with her."

Han Chengjue let out a long sigh, and then stopped talking.

Liang Guanjing took Han Chengjue to inspect the city of Beiping. Craftsmen from all over the country had already recruited a batch of craftsmen to start repairing the old city of the former dynasty. Now they need to measure the land and add some more. She was not satisfied with the blueprints drawn by the original master, and the Ministry of Industry needed to assign more suitable candidates to handle the work.Han Chengjue complied with all of them, and asked the right servant of the Ministry of Industry to write down them one by one, and went back to discuss the construction of Xinjing with Master Shangshu.

The construction of official roads and the dredging of water transportation, Han Chengjue entrusted Liang Guanjing with full authority over these intricate matters.

"I can't do without a queen! With you in Beiping, moving the capital will go smoothly." Han Chengjue praised Liang Guanjing again.

In the evening, the Beiping Palace hosted a banquet for the ministers who had worked so hard to escort and accompany them. Han Chengjue thought that they disembarked and followed the emperor to tour Beiping City for half a day. Some of the older ones were already tired, so he sent everyone back early to rest.

He pulled Liang Guanjing into the inner hall, sat down in the room, when Qian Shanxue came to serve tea, Han Chengjue couldn't help but glance at her more.

"Is this the newly summoned maid?" Han Chengjue asked.

Liang Guanjing blew away the floating leaves on the water, his heart was like a mirror, and he didn't even lift his eyelids, "What did the emperor ask you?"

"Returning to the emperor, the maidservant was born in a brothel, the empress can't bear to let the maidservant be reduced to prostitution, so she took me in." Qian Shanxue knelt down, respectful.

Liang Guanjing said: "It's already broken, so it's inconvenient to serve the emperor by his side, it's okay to be here with the concubine." After saying that, he shook his hands and let Qian Shanxue back down.

The two of them talked about Su Mingyue, Lianxiang and others again. Liang Guanjing was angry that he refused to take the imperial conquest in person, to seek justice for Su Mingyue and the newborn child, and to pay bloody debts.

Han Chengjue could only persuade him with good words, saying that in recent years, wars have continued and the people have been overwhelmed, and the government and the opposition are looking forward to recuperating.Now that Suhebalu retreated to the outside of the pass, the imperial court couldn't be more relentless in pursuing him. He couldn't fight again for the death of a favorite concubine, and now he could only focus on the overall situation.Speaking of Su Mingyue, he couldn't help feeling sad, and the two of them sat silently for a while.

Han Chengjue asked about the details of Su Mingyue's disappearance, and asked Liang Guanjing if she was sure that she had really passed away.

Liang Guanjing told the story, then turned around and took out the pair of earrings from the dressing box and put them on the table, "This is the only thing she left behind."

She seemed unable to bear to look at the pair of earrings, so she turned and walked to the window to look outside, and said angrily: "Could it be that Mingyue died in vain? Since the emperor refuses to go, then I will lead the troops out of the customs and destroy Mobei."

Han Chengjue picked up the pair of earrings, and saw that she was still in the same tone, and couldn't help being annoyed, "One mouthful of you and mine, do you respect and love me as the emperor and husband? Do you still remember that you are a concubine? Isn't it all your fault for Mingyue's demise and death? She was a weak girl in the south of the Yangtze River. You brought her here to this bitter cold place. Did you ever think that this day would happen? I know you have feelings for me. Resentment, but you have repeatedly urged her to come to find me, isn't it because of your discord between me and her? Do you still have the face to complain that I don't want to take the lead? Poor her who is young and ignorant, and she listens to you in everything. Not to mention losing my own life in vain, there is also my emperor... If she gave birth to a child, I don’t know how smart, cute and cute, it’s all because of you! You are self-willed, domineering and fierce, how can you have a mother? The virtue of the world? You took away my beloved concubine...you! In short, you are the one who caused it!" Han Chengjue pointed at Liang Guanjing's nose and yelled, his feet kept chopping on the ground with a "dongdong" sound. Foam splashed and tears flowed.

Han Chengjue was in the middle of crying, and suddenly found that Liang Guanjing was crying silently outside the window, and started crying too.

Every time the emperor and empress quarreled, Han Chengjue was always out of breath, while Liang Guanjing was much calmer, and it was Liang Guanjing who was furious, hitting the table, throwing chairs and smashing things. The husband and wife have not seen her shed a tear for so many years.Now that she was crying like this, Han Chengjue was frightened, and he wiped away the tears on his face with the sleeve of the dragon robe, but Han Chengjue stopped crying, he stared blankly at Liang Guanjing crying.

Liang Guanjing's heart ached and she was so sad that she couldn't stand up, so she leaned against the window frame and wept silently, sobbing softly. This appearance suddenly touched the softest part of Han Chengjue's heart.

He remembered that year when flying flowers, boating on Mochou Lake, he and her were rubbing each other's ears in the boat.

He asked her to break off the engagement with Gu Changfeng, but she looked forward and backward with a worried face, and he said: "I will handle this matter, you just need to listen to me."

What could move him more than the bewilderment and worry of his daughter's family?He stole her heart, not from someone else, but from Gu Changfeng, a beautiful man who is famous all over the capital.

In fact, she didn't cry at that time, so it was beyond his expectation that Liang Guanjing could cry so heartbreakingly and beautifully.

He hugged her from behind, and stretched his hand through the crossed neckline. He wanted to hold her heart, but he had already got it. Where is the beauty's heart?

Liang Guanjing was only stunned for a moment, she didn't expect that Han Chengjue, who was crying so sadly just now, would have such thoughts in the next moment, but she didn't resist.

Han Chengjue said: "Do you think I should reward you with dozens of sticks?"

These words seemed to mean something, which made Liang Guanjing feel uncomfortable, and stretched out the other hand to untie her belt, but she still didn't move.

When Han Chengjue went out in the early morning, Liang Guanjing hadn't gotten up yet. She had to get up early to practice kung fu on weekdays, and there were only a handful of days when she got up late for so many years.

"Come here." Liang Guanjing snorted sullenly in the room.

It was Qian Shanxue who came in. She knelt in front of the bed with the warm water she had just prepared, twisted the towel and handed it to Liang Guanjing.

Liang Guanjing hesitated for a moment, but took it over, "Where is Xiyu?"

"Ling Shishi told her to go out, presumably there is something wrong." Qian Shanxue helped Liang Guanjing change his clothes without looking sideways.

"Okay, you go out, I'll do it myself." Liang Guanjing wanted to send her away.

"Ah Yuan..." She suddenly took her hand.

Liang Guanjing threw it away, "Did you call Ah Yuan?"

Qian Shanxue laughed, "Shouting is not allowed?"

Liang Guanjing looked sullen.

"I know you hate the emperor. I can help you kill him. How about a way of death that no one will notice?"

Startled, Liang Guanjing raised her hand and slapped her, "Do you know what you just said?"

Qian Shanxue didn't care, knelt on the ground and said: "Ah Yuan was beaten really lightly, so it can be seen that he is a person who cares about fragrance and love. I know you don't have me in your heart, but since Su Mingyue is no longer alive, can you consider me?"

Liang Guanjing really wanted to kick her out, and lifted her feet out, but found that her legs were bare. This posture was too obscene. She sat on the edge of the bed with her legs together, and sneered: "You are worthy of being compared with her ?”

Qian Shanxue got up from the ground and leaned forward again, "Will you pity my infatuation for you on the day I kill the emperor?"

Liang Guanjing looked very embarrassed now, she actually retreated, Qian Shanxue boldly raised her chin, "It is a treason for you to kill your husband, and the world will not tolerate it, so it will be difficult to convince the public in the future. I am different, I am She was originally a vixen, but in the history books she will be a demon concubine like Su Daji. If you want to eradicate me in the future, just don’t let people destroy my body. Three feet of white silk and a glass of poisoned wine are all fine. Yes, I don't want to be decapitated or hacked into pieces, is that okay?"

She spoke so seriously, Liang Guanjing didn't know how to answer, "You think too much, Han Chengjue is so stupid, waiting for you to kill him?"

A smile appeared on Qian Shanxue's lips, "Sex is like a knife, what do you think?"

Liang Guanjing looked at her, a little uncertain about this person, "What do you want?"

"Don't you know?" She kissed him suddenly.