Huaibi

During the three months after the Empress Dowager left, Xuan Yuxue stayed in the Buddhist Hall of the West Court of Prince Yu's Mansion all day long, recorded 49 volumes of scriptures, and painted a picture of "Ascension to Immortals".Emperor Yanshou felt his filial piety deeply, and thought of the girl under Emperor Hongxuan's knee, so he recognized her as his righteous sister.

This move shocked the world, and the news came out immediately. Some people sighed for Xuan Yuxue's sudden loss of the phoenix seat, and some were extremely fortunate. They felt that the word "queen" might not be better than "princess", after all, no matter how rich or noble I don't know how many women I want to share with, it's better to find a humble son-in-law, and only hold her in my hands for the rest of my life.

Amidst the divergent opinions, the ministers of the DPRK and China looked at each other in a daze, full of doubts.Especially on the morning of the day when the imperial decree came to light, there was an uproar in the Qianqing Palace, like a chaotic wind piercing through the forest, sweeping through thousands of branches and leaves, calling out a noisy and earnest sound.

Li Qingjue slowly raised his head amidst the noise, and looked at the person in the bright yellow dragon robe on the high dragon chair from a distance, his heart leapt up and then slowed down, and a smile gradually burst from his eyes.

When he returned home that day, even Li and his wife could see his happy mood.

Li Qingjue didn't mind the long journey and detoured half of the capital, specially waiting in a long line for a fat and tender roast goose that was crispy and oily. After returning to the house, he went straight to the kitchen to explain it to him, adding a delicious dish to the dinner.

Mrs. Li's family, who had always been restless, came out of the kitchen wiping her hands. She could only see half of his expression before turning around. There seemed to be a rare smile on his lips, and the corners of his eyes were also stained with a few touches of brilliance.

Mrs. Li's heart felt like a gentle breeze, she chuckled a few times, and then told Li Ruining about the scene with great interest. The meaning in her words was that Li Qingjue had a new look, and her life became more and more like a happy and comfortable person. ordinary people.

Li Ruining was also delighted to hear it, and he could think more deeply than his adoptive mother, so he knew why Li Qingjue was like this.

Rumors abounded in Beijing that it was the emperor's destiny not to marry early, so it was hard to find a "virtuous wife" as a celibate, but after a long time, it suddenly turned into nothingness.The world only knows to be suspicious and amazed, but how many people know that the reason why Ping Huaizhen is making such a fuss is because of Li Qingjue who is hiding in the mole between his eyebrows.

If it were Li Qingjue, why couldn't he feel the endless true feelings.

Li Ruining was happy for him, and when he poured wine for Li Qingjue at dinner that day, he didn't deliberately mention this matter, but only chatted with him about trivial matters.

The spring lanterns are colorfully decorated under the eaves, the streets of Beijing are criss-crossed, and the glazed lights of the city are transpiring like smoke.

Jiang Chang went out from the palace gate, rushed through the streets and alleys at the first night, and delivered a message to Li's mansion.This message is not taught to others, he has to personally deliver it to Li Qingjue's ears.

Li Qingjue walked around the mansion garden twice, and unexpectedly waited for him before returning to the dormitory, and heard him whispering with a smile: "Master Li, the emperor sent a servant to ask me, you are the one who is in love, you are the one to go, Or is he coming?"

The blunt words made Li Qingjue embarrassed, he didn't know how to answer, so he smiled helplessly.

Jiang Chang was still waiting for his idea, instead of urging him, he didn't want to wait for a reply after a while, but waited for another person to come.

A servant girl came to tell him that there was an adult surnamed Zhao waiting outside the mansion. The door boy wanted to invite him to the flower hall to sit for a while, but the visitor refused to enter, saying that he had to speak to Li Qingjue and left.

The word "Zhao Keyang" came to Li Qingjue's mind, thinking that unfortunately, it would be difficult to teach Jiang Chang to meet Zhao Keyang face to face, so he sent his maid to reply temporarily: "After I send Master Zhao away, I will follow you into the palace."

Jiang Chang nodded when he heard the words, and sat and waited under the pavilion in the courtyard as he intended, looking at the towering tree in the courtyard leisurely, recalling how many times ago when he came with Ping Huaizhen, the tree was so strong .

But I can't figure it out.

The moon shines like jade, and Li Qingjue rushes out alone with Jinghui on his back. Before he can step out of the house, he sees Zhao Keyang standing beside the stone lion at the foot of the steps, stroking the lion's sharp claws, his eyes quietly covering the cub under the claws.

"Lord Zhao." He walked down the steps and greeted him.

Zhao Keyang didn't raise his eyes, and his palm didn't move, he tapped his fingers.

Li Qingjue was at a loss, not knowing what important things he would come here at this time, because of his movements he also looked down, and immediately heard him ask: "Master Li, do you know what this is?"

Li Qingjue answered truthfully: "This is a stone lion."

"This is a female lion." Zhao Keyang raised his eyes at this point, "Since ancient times, there have been rules for arranging this pair of lions. It is male on the left and female on the right. The male lion plays with the ball, and the female lion caresses the children."

There was no greeting and no preface, Li Qingjue tasted the sincerity from this seemingly euphemistic but unscrupulous conversation, and slowly met his gaze.

"Yin and Yang are harmonious, firm and soft.

"Today's son is yang, and there is no harmony of yin, which is a disorder of the heavenly way; it is rigid, and there is no harmony of softness, which is abnormal in the way of humanity.

"There is no yin and softness, so that there are no successors in the country, this is a crime."

A few words in succession wiped out Li Qingjue's joy all day long, and made him realize that Zhao Keyang had already known the secret between him and Ping Huaizhen.

In the past, not talking about it was just to bear him for a while, but now that Ping Huaizhen has ascended the throne as emperor, but he is still trying his best not to marry him, and Zhao Keyang can't bear it anymore.

Li Qingjue's palms were covered with cold sweat under his sleeves, and suddenly he couldn't remember where the joy came from when he heard that piece of imperial edict in the court hall this morning.

Is Xiping Huaizhen sincere?When Xi was young, he made an absurd vow to never change?Or is Xiping Huaizhen the only one with his name from beginning to end in this life?

However, as a minister, he should clearly know the importance.

Zhao Keyang's sentence "there are no successors in the country" is the most serious. He knows that Ping Huaizhen will never be happy to accept concubines after he stands up, but if Ping Huaizhen, as an emperor, really has no children all his life, so as to make the country unstable, he will not be happy. Can't take it lightly.

Thirty years of thinking and thinking, crossing mountains of swords and seas of fire, slaying demons and evil spirits, and climbing on top of corpses, has finally come to this point. Is it necessary to turn thousands of hard work into nothing?

Li Qingjue couldn't answer.

In front of him, Zhao Keyang withdrew his hand from the lion, restrained his anger and sighed heavily to him: "Do you know what kind of remarks I heard in the office when the imperial decree came out today?"

He still didn't speak, waiting for the next word.

Zhao Keyang pondered for a while, and said bluntly: "'Israel serves the king.'"

Li Qingjue was shocked.

Thinking about it, it is now the second year of Yanshou. Since Ping Huaizhen ascended the throne, what he has done and what the emperor has done, is it just to give him the word "Ning"?

It's just a meeting of colleagues, leaving him a little face.

"I hope Mr. Li can listen to what I said today."

Zhao Keyang clicked to the end, bowed his hands and turned around.

Li Qingjue stood beside the lion and watched him go away, feeling as uncomfortable as being stripped of his concealing clothes and showing it to others.

The ever-soft spring lanterns were extremely glaring, he closed his eyes, remembering that there were still people waiting in the mansion, and regained his strength to step back.

Jiang Chang didn't wait for a long time in the courtyard. Seeing him coming back so quickly, he smiled from a distance and stood up to greet him. He approached and asked, "Master Li, is he going to leave now?"

Li Qingjue shook his head.

Jiang Chang was puzzled, and was even more stunned by what he said the next moment.

"Lao Jiang Gonggong told the emperor that the palace has been banned at that time, and the minister is afraid that entering the palace will be disrespectful and not in accordance with the rules."

After finishing the words, he no longer cared about him, and went back to the room alone to close the door. There were no lights and candles in the room, and there was no darkness through the window.

Li Qingjue sat in the dark for a long time, not knowing when Jiang Chang would leave, thinking over and over again what Zhao Keyang had said to him just now, thinking about it until he had a splitting headache and suffocated.

There seemed to be someone at the table accompanying him, and his vacant eyes were inspected by the faint moonlight, and it turned out to be his father's eyebrows. It seemed that the last time he saw him in prison, he was looking at him with countless expectations and concerns. .

He was so guilty that he lowered his eyes and didn't dare to look back. He laughed at himself for a long time: "What my father taught back then was to be upright in body, conduct and heart, and none of my children followed that... This body is not right, this behavior is not right, and this heart is not right." It’s not right, it’s disappointing.”

He Bingrong stretched out his hand to caress him, and felt the warmth of his palm, which made him open his eyes for a moment.

A familiar voice in front of him came to the ear corridor: "What is this dreaming?"

Li Qingjue gradually regained his sanity.

Ping Huaizhen waited for him not to arrive, after hearing the sentence "It's against the rules", she actually went out of the palace to meet her in person.However, Li Qingjue couldn't be happy, he clearly missed this person, but he still remembered what Zhao Keyang said, and turned his head away from his palm.

The smile on Ping Huaizhen's face was lighter, and he slowly retracted his hand, asking: "Is Qingjue tired?"

Li Qingjue didn't answer, stood up and stepped back half a step, and performed the courtesy of a monarch and minister with him.

"It's late at night, the emperor will go back."

Ping Huaizhen pretended not to notice his alienation, and coaxed: "You are still happy during the day, but who doesn't have long eyes to make you angry?"

"Perhaps the emperor got it wrong, and the minister is really not happy today."

"Why?"

Li Qingjue was cruel: "For the sake of the harem, there is no successor."

There was no one in the room, Li Qingjue bowed down and couldn't see Ping Huaizhen, even if he saw fear, it was difficult to see the emotion in his eyes clearly in the dim light, so he stubbornly put on an indifferent gesture to keep him away.

Ping Huaizhen didn't answer a word, stood up after a long time, and walked out step by step.