"Eunuch Cao, where is my cousin?" Zhao Zhuoyang had settled down in the palace. When he came out and didn't see Zhao Guangyuan, he grabbed Cao's house and asked.
"I've seen the young prince. Your Highness is probably in the fields right now."
"Ah, in the fields? My cousin is still in the fields? Did my uncle ask for it?" Zhao Zhuoyang looked surprised.
Cao Cuo was so frightened that he waved his hands hurriedly, "No, no, no, little prince, don't talk nonsense."
Seeing no one around, he breathed a sigh of relief. It would be bad if this reached the emperor's ears.
"The little prince also knows that the imperial mausoleum is a poor place. Our Highness has to issue an edict to get there. In the past, he was either copying scriptures and offering sacrifices, or just doing some flowers and plants to pass the time."
Cao Cuo's voice was mixed, telling some true or false stories about the daily life of the King of Yue, and he secretly glanced at Zhao Zhuoyang from time to time.
Prince Qi is deeply favored by the emperor, and the little prince is the youngest legitimate son of Prince Qi, so he is very favored by Prince Qi. It would be great if I could say a few nice words to His Highness so that His Highness could leave this hellish place.
Really, Your Highness is not in a hurry to kill this eunuch. Balabala just talked about it, which made him almost cry.
Sure enough, Zhao Zhuoyang heard this and felt doubly distressed. With his cousin's status, it was really hard to not enjoy the blessings in the royal palace in the capital, but to be trapped in the imperial mausoleum, copying scriptures and farming.
"I'm going to find my cousin."
When he got to the field, he saw his cousin dressed in plain clothes, wearing a pair of straw sandals, holding a hoe in his hand and working in the field.
It's one thing to hear Cao Cuo talk about it, but it's another thing to see it with your own eyes. Zhao Zhuoyang looked at his cousin who was a farmer in the field and stood there in a daze. My heart felt sour.
"Cousin."
Zhao Guangyuan turned around and smiled lightly at him, "Why are you here?" Seeing that he was about to go to the ground, he quickly stopped him, "Stand on the field stalk and don't come down."
Zhao Zhuoyang looked at the shoes with gold thread on his feet and paused.
"Cousin, why don't you ask the servants in the palace to help?"
Thinking that he was busy with the Winter Solstice Festival, the servants in the palace had no time to spare, so he said, "I'll go find the nearby mausoleums to help!" How could his cousin Longzi Longsun go to the ground himself?
"Need not."
Zhao Guangyuan glanced at him and sighed when he saw that he was still as sincere as he had been many years ago.
Explained: "I put some fertilizers on this land to increase the yield, and I want to record their changes myself. And the land is not big, so I can keep busy."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhuoyang did not dare to intervene at will. Silently standing on the field stalk to accompany him. As Zhao Guangyuan walked, he also moved his steps, walking from one end of the field stalk to the other.
After I saw my cousin plowing the ground and weeding, he carried the hoe to the ditch nearby. He didn't feel dirty at all and washed his feet with the sewage in the ditch. The white ankles didn't match the muddy water.
It only made his eyes feel numb.
"Cousin, let me get you a hoe." He couldn't help but put the hoe that was stuck in the ground on his shoulder. He didn't mind it being dirty and grinned at his cousin.
Zhao Guangyuan glanced at him and smiled.
Look at the land in front of you. The fertility of the land that has been fertilized has really increased a lot. From the seeds planted in the same batch, the vegetables only grew two buds in another piece of land, but this piece of land is already lush and lush. In a few days, it will be ready for potting. .
I don’t know what the situation is like over there. If the army's food problem can be solved, he will have less to worry about.
It’s just that I can’t buy fertilizer anymore. Zhao Guangyuan's eyes darkened.
Fortunately, he had sent a letter to Lin Jingning before, asking them to lead people to study fertilizers and combine them with local methods to find ways to increase production. Maybe there are some results.
"Go back." Zhao Guangyuan withdrew his gaze and called Zhao Zhuoyang to go to the palace.
The two brothers walked one behind the other on the narrow field stalks.
Zhao Zhuoyang stared at his cousin walking in front, staring at his straight back, feeling lonely no matter how he looked at him. "Cousin, when you get back, I will ask my father to tell Uncle Huang and ask him to call you back to the capital."
Zhao Guangyuan's eyes flickered and his lips were sarcastic.
"Don't force it. It's nice here. You can talk to the emperor's grandfather when you're bored." He wanted to go back to Beijing again, but he couldn't show the slightest intention to do so.
Zhao Zhuoyang raised his head and looked in the direction of Changling, only to feel a cold wind blowing around him.
He hurriedly followed up and said, "I have never met the emperor's grandfather." It was a bit regretful. I heard that the emperor's grandfather loved his cousin the most. If he had been born a few years earlier, the emperor's grandfather would have liked him.
"Cousin, I will tell my father when I get back and ask him to help you, so that you can spend the New Year this year in the royal palace in the capital."
Zhao Guangyuan was silent and asked him: "Did your father not say anything when he came?"
"My father said that this is my first visit to the mausoleum and he asked me to listen to my cousin. There is nothing else."
Zhao Guangyuan's eyes darkened.
"Oh, by the way, my father originally wanted me to send his beloved macaw to the imperial mausoleum for my cousin to play with for a few days, but then he refused, saying that he liked that bird so much that every day I had to tease it a few times, but if I didn’t say a few words to it, I would feel empty inside. So I didn’t bring it to me.”
Zhao Zhuoyang was very dissatisfied.
He had never thought about this at first. It was his father who said that he wanted to give his beloved pet to his cousin to relieve his boredom. It was him who said it himself, but when he brought it up, he refused again, hum. Go back on your word.
Zhao Guangyuan paused at his feet.
He raised his lips and said, "I haven't seen a talking bird yet. It's indeed a rare thing in the capital. However, I don't want to steal Uncle Qi's favor. I'll come to find out the strange things when I return to the capital."
"Hmm, then I'll let my father play with my cousin for a few days."
Zhao Zhuoyang felt that his cousin's life was so miserable that he could not stay in this place for a few more days, but his cousin stayed for six years. When he returned, he must ask his father to go to the emperor's uncle to plead for mercy.
The next day was the winter solstice. Lin Zhaoxia asked Chang Zhi and Lu Shanchang and learned that there is a saying in Daqi that "Winter Solstice is the New Year". Winter Solstice is the day for ancestor worship, and the whole family should gather together to worship ancestors and express their grief for their ancestors. .
Thinking that they had not seen Zhao Guangyuan for more than a month, everyone was feeling a little depressed, so Lin Zhaoxia decided to invite Lu Shanchang to have a lively dinner together on the winter solstice.
Lu Shanchang has adapted well these days. People who don't know the inside story only think that he comes to Haishi from other places, and do not think that he comes from Daqi a thousand years ago.
He is very familiar with the use of modern electronic equipment, and he is also actively integrating into the local customs, language, etc.
But Lin Zhaoxia knew that he was alone here, and he felt lonely inside. In the past, Zhao Guangyuan could always accompany him to talk, but now Zhao Guangyuan has not appeared for more than a month.
"It would be great if my dad were here tomorrow."
When he grew up, he heard his mother say that she would take him shopping and playing in the amusement park tomorrow, and she would also invite his eldest uncle and his godmother to have dinner together. Although he was happy, he was also a little regretful.
"The purpose of separation is to get together better. Maybe you will be able to see your father in a while."
After comforting Chang Zhi, Chang Zhi insisted on sleeping with her, and Lin Zhaoxia happily agreed. After finally falling asleep, Lin Zhaoxia felt like she was flying.
She flew through the long corridor, jumped over the buildings, and then flew to a palace. Finally, she landed straight there.
It was quiet all around, except for the sound of the night wind blowing through the treetops. The courtyard is covered with grass, and every step you take will startle all kinds of insects in the grass. Lin Zhaoxia stood in the courtyard with some fear.
This is where?
It looks like a dilapidated palace, or like a cold palace?
Just as he was looking at it, he heard a creak, and the courtyard door was pushed open. A lantern was stretched out first, and then a figure flashed in and quickly closed the courtyard door.
somebody is coming?
Lin Zhaoxia wanted to hide, but the man seemed to not be able to see her. He walked very fast, passed her and entered the hall.
Can't see her?
Lin Zhaoxia was stunned and followed the man. She made a sound while walking, but the person didn't turn around, and really couldn't see her.
"Your Highness..." the person called softly.
Lin Zhaoxia followed into the palace.
There was a figure curled up on the pillars in the hall, with his head buried in his knees. His hair was messy and he didn't know what he looked like.
"Your Highness, I have inquired clearly. The Queen's funeral is indeed tomorrow. The Emperor said that the shrine has not yet been completed. He said that the Queen will be sent to Baoen Temple first, and when the shrine is completed, she will be moved to the Imperial Mausoleum on Tianshou Mountain."
After hearing this, the man slowly raised his head and appeared in front of Lin Zhaoxia with an extremely decadent young face.
Zhao Guangyuan!
How come he is here? What's up with him? Lin Zhaoxia hurriedly stepped forward.
Zhao Guangyuan's eyes were dull and he looked at the visitor with a dull expression.
He couldn't see Lin Zhaoxia. Lin Zhaoxia had no choice but to stand aside anxiously.
The person in front of me is Zhao Guangyuan, but it doesn't seem like he is him. The queen's funeral? Could it be him six years ago!
I heard him say in a clear and cold voice, "According to the ceremony, the Queen's body was buried in the palace for three months. Why was the body moved in such a hurry?" His voice was hoarse, like a broken gong.
The visitor did not dare to look at him and lowered his head.
Zhao Guangyuan understood in his heart, he sarcastically leaned back against the column, "He actually refused to give my mother the last dignity."
"Some ministers said that the way the Queen died was too, too... unworthy of the dignity of the royal family, so Your Majesty ordered the spirit to be transferred tomorrow."
"Disgraceful? Hahaha, disgraceful!" Zhao Guangyuan raised his head and laughed, laughing until tears fell.
Lin Zhaoxia looked on and felt heartbroken. She slowly squatted down next to him, and her eyes fell on his face.
Zhao Guangyuan looked sad, "My mother, as the mother of a country, was supposed to be graceful and enjoy all the wealth and honor in the world. She married him and was his first wife. But who expected that she would end up like this? Even the ministers Even the bereaved ladies expressed their condolences and cried, but they refused."
His mother, watching her son and grandson die in front of her, was heartbroken.
Knowing that the emperor also wanted to punish him, he resolutely exchanged his own life for his.
He would rather turn back time and let him take the life of his mother. But he knew very well that if he was gone, the queen mother would never live alone. Zhao Guangyuan was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.
He turned around and hit his head heavily on the pillar.
The eunuch hurriedly stopped him, "Your Highness, please don't let your mind wander any further. The Queen gave up her own life in exchange for your life. If anything happens to you, how could the Queen be so embarrassed?"
Yes, the Queen Mother must be very sad. He can neither live nor die.
Zhao Guangyuan closed his eyes, and two lines of tears fell from the corners of his eyes.
"Didn't the Emperor give me an order to let me out? My mother is going to have a funeral tomorrow, and she won't let me go see her off?"
The man's head hung lower, "After the servant got the news, he quietly went to find Prince Qi. Prince Qi said that he had said everything he should say. He told the emperor that it would be fine even if you go and send the mother off and then be imprisoned back. But the emperor I still don’t agree. Prince Qi said, the Emperor treats you, treats you..."
"I'm afraid he hates me to death." I'm afraid he hates him to death.
"It was all because of me that my mother lost her life and that he was criticized by the world. Of the nearly thirty queens in Da Qi, not one of them committed suicide. I am afraid that he will be recorded heavily in the history books. He has no virtue."
Zhao Guangyuan's eyes were cold.
"Your Highness, the walls have ears." The little eunuch hurriedly turned his head and looked outside the palace, fearing that someone was hiding in the dark and eavesdropping.
Lin Zhaoxia glanced at him and reached out to pat him on the shoulder. The man was so frightened that he almost jumped up.
"Your Highness, there is someone in the dark!" He was so frightened that he moved closer to Zhao Guangyuan.
Zhao Guangyuan concentrated his attention and listened, "No one is there."
unmanned? The eunuch was dubious, and still looked around with some fear, "Your Highness, I have searched for all the people I should be looking for, but none of them succeeded."
He took a step closer and almost whispered: "Young Master Jiang asked his servant to persuade His Highness to leave the green hills and not worry about running out of firewood. He said that the Empress has stopped at the Temple of Repayment of Grace, and that as long as His Highness has nothing to do, he can go to pay homage at any time. There is no need to rush at this moment, I rushed to find trouble for the Emperor and told His Highness to lie dormant until the future."
For the future? What future does he have?
With his father's unyielding temper, I am afraid he will be imprisoned for the rest of his life. What future does he have?
He couldn't even escort his mother to the funeral, so what future would he have.
"Go away. Don't let anyone see you. Don't come back again."
Hearing these words, the eunuch's heart tightened, "Your Highness, you have a future only when you are alive. Don't let your mind wander."
Zhao Guangyuan hummed lightly and drove him away.
Seeing the eunuch tiptoeing away, Lin Zhaoxia looked away. That person couldn't see her, and Zhao Guangyuan couldn't see her either. Seeing how hopeless he was, Lin Zhaoxia felt heartbroken and couldn't help but want to hug him.
Seeing him stand up, he stood up too, not knowing what he was going to do, and followed him silently.
Lin Zhaoxia watched silently as he tore off a piece of gauze, tore it into thin strips, and connected them together. As a result, he waved his hand and the strip of cloth flew straight up the room. Liang fell down quickly again.
Seeing him putting the two ends together, Lin Zhaoxia realized that he wanted to commit suicide!
"No!" He hurriedly pulled him away.
Zhao Guangyuan looked at his arm in confusion, then looked away and tied the knot again.
"No, no!" Lin Zhaoxia tried her best to pull him back. You are going to die, how can you come out if you grow too long!
Lin Zhaoxia used all her strength to pull him away, and then pulled the cloth strips off the beams.
"Who are you?" Zhao Guangyuan couldn't see her, but he felt someone beside him and heard a voice. It was a woman.
"Can you hear me?"
Zhao Guangyuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "I can hear you." He could hear the sound, but couldn't see the person. There are rumors in the world that there is an invisibility technique, is it true?
Lin Zhaoxia pulled him and sat down, "You are too tall, I look tired."
Zhao Guangyuan clenched his fists, feeling the people around him and looking in her direction. "Who are you?"
Lin Zhaoxia organized the words, "I come from later generations..."
"Are you from the next generation?"
"Yes. So I understand the history of future generations and your future. I want to tell you that the temporary pain will soon pass. When you have gone through all the sailing and become famous, when you think about it, these pains will not be worth mentioning. , it will only make you stronger.”
"Do I still have a future?"
"Yes, you will have a beloved and a smart son. You like him very much..."
