Princess Qinghe said in a sad tone, "The nanny secretly told me the day I got married. It was only then that I understood why the emperor never let me call him father. I basically never saw him. The emperor was the one who had just given birth to me." I was given to other ladies in the palace to raise, and my mother only came to see me secretly when she missed me. Fortunately, my adoptive mother, Mrs. Yang, had always been on good terms with my mother, and I also received some special care from Mrs. Yang. Mrs. Yang also treats me as her own child."
Mu Sheng asked curiously, "Mrs. Yang?"
Princess Qinghe nodded and said, "Yes! It's Mrs. Yang, Gongzi Xiu's biological mother."
When Mu Sheng heard this, he was filled with emotions. It turned out that he had such a tortuous past.
Mu Sheng comforted her with kind words, "Sister, let the past go by. We live in the present, but we still have to look forward. There are still days to come."
Hearing this, Princess Qinghe snorted coldly and said, "How could it just pass like this? You don't know what your majesty, the loving father in your eyes, did back then. Do you know how he treated my mother back then? My mother is the queen of the family. , was the daughter of Zhao Wuji, the high minister of the Yue Kingdom, and her mother was proficient in martial arts. In fact, she had countless opportunities to escape from the Jin Palace."
"But in order to keep her by his side, Emperor Jin gave me to Mrs. Yang for adoption, and kept me firmly under Jin Palace. As long as I was in the palace for a day, my mother could never abandon me. I was the only one she ever loved. Descendants of the man Prince Sheng."
"It wasn't until my mother gave birth to you that she was destined to be trapped in this deep palace all her life and never be free again. It wasn't until many years later that I figured out the relationship here. I have been bound by my mother from beginning to end. I am the Jin Dynasty. He is a tool used by the Emperor to control my mother, how could I not resent His Majesty today?"
Mu Sheng had mixed feelings when he heard this. He didn't know how to comfort her. He was silent for a long time before saying, "I...sister, please don't do stupid things. He is an emperor who can bring down a thousand words."
Princess Qinghe smiled at him and said, "Don't worry! What can I, a weak woman, do? He is the richest emperor in the world. Unlike my mother, I have no power to tie a chicken, so what else can I do? In fact, I don't It’s not unreasonable, I know that the general trend of this world will eventually have an outcome, and I, a female generation, don’t care who your surname is.”
"But the way he treated my mother back then, I can never let go of this knot in my heart. Fortunately, I am a girl. If I had been born a boy, I might not have been able to survive until now..."
"I also had a lot of feelings today. You are my biological brother. I have been holding these words in my heart for I don't know how many years. I don't know who to talk to. Today I finally said it. I just always think of my mother and I always feel sorry for her. My mother feels guilty. If it weren't for me, she wouldn't have been depressed all her life..."
Mu Sheng said, "Sister..."
Mu Sheng couldn't say anything except kind words to comfort him... Childhood trauma always takes time to heal.
After bidding farewell to his sister, he left the princess's mansion. On the way back, Mu Sheng looked at the relics left by Zhao Ji in his hand, thinking about what the princess had said along the way.
When he returned to the house, he rummaged through the boxes and found Zhao Ji's ancient paintings, hung them in the room, looked at them for a while and then opened the box, only to find a silk book and a gold and jade bracelet inside.
Mu Sheng opened the silk book and read it word by word. After reading it, he felt uncomfortable. These were the last parting words left by the mother to her son. They expressed the mother's longing and reluctance. The bracelet left behind also expressed hope. able to pass it on to her future daughter-in-law.
Seeing this, Mu Sheng unconsciously had a tear slipping down on his hand.
This reminded him of the memories of his previous life and his parents in that life. I wonder if they were still healthy?
Mu Sheng looked up at Zhao Ji's portrait, bowed to her three times, and said to himself, "I will live a good life for your son..."
Mu Sheng called Yun'er and wanted to hear the story of his wife's life.
When Yun'er arrived at the house, she glanced at the portrait on the wall and said, "Master, what do you want from me? I heard that you went to Princess Qinghe's house."
Mu Sheng nodded and said, "Yes, my sister left me a box, saying it was my mother's relic."
Yun'er was surprised and said, "Oh! Really? Was it left by Madam?"
Mu Sheng then recounted to Yun'er what he heard from Princess Qinghe.
After hearing this, Yun'er said with a somewhat sad expression, "I didn't expect Princess Qinghe to know the truth of the matter."
Mu Sheng raised his head and looked at the woman in the portrait, who seemed to have a faint look of sadness on her face and asked, "Yun'er, how did my father treat my concubine when she was alive? My sister said that my concubine was always unhappy, right? so?"
Yun'er suddenly felt sad when she thought of Madam, and said, "What the princess said is true. Madam was extremely loved by His Majesty during her lifetime. Otherwise, the Emperor would not have kept the Princess in the palace to blackmail Madam. But don't worry, Madam is in the palace." He has never suffered any grievances. It can be said that the emperor is rare and wholehearted to his wife. He even wanted to break the tradition and make his wife the queen. Later, he gave up under the strong dissuasion of Cui Yan, the crown prince. If the wife really did it at the time With the position of Queen, Young Master, you are already the Crown Prince now."
Mu Sheng frowned slightly when he heard this, but didn't take it seriously.
Mu Sheng said, "Then why does the mother-in-law always have a look of inextricable sadness in this portrait? Is it because she has an unforgettable love for the Yue Crown Prince Sheng?"
Yun'er pondered for a while and said, "There is a reason for this, but it is not the main reason. I have been with Madam for a long time, and I probably know Madam's thoughts. Madam's inability to let go of her relationship with Prince Sheng is just one aspect. There is another reason for Madam's depression. Even she may have fallen in love with His Majesty, but the person she loved was actually the culprit that caused the death of her family. This made it difficult for her to let go, so she was depressed throughout her life..."
Mu Sheng sighed deep in his heart when he heard this, hey! The joys and sorrows in this world are always so similar.
He glanced at Yun'er who seemed to be still immersed in the memories of the past, and with a thought in his heart, he said, "Yun'er, come here for a moment."
Yun'er turned around and looked at Changping Jun in confusion as he walked towards him.
Mu Sheng picked up the bracelet on the table and put it on her wrist and said, "This is a relic of the mother-in-law, and it is also left to her future daughter-in-law. You must keep it carefully."
Yun'er was quite happy that he gave her a pair of jade bracelets, and she was playing with them! Upon hearing this, he quickly took off the bracelet and gave it back to him, saying, "Sir, this is impossible. This can only be given to sister Huiling. She is the wife, and I am not qualified to wear it..."
Mu Sheng pulled Yun'er into his arms, put the bracelet on her hand and put it in her ear and said, "Yun'er, in my heart, you are my wife, take it. I miss my mother." If I were alive, I would be willing to recognize you as my daughter-in-law, right?"
Upon hearing this, Yun'er's eyes suddenly burst into tears and she said, "Sir... Husband... I really don't deserve the way you treat me... I just want to stay by your side and be content."
Mu Sheng said emotionally, "Yun'er, you are worth it. I ignored your feelings too much in the past. Unknowingly, you and I have known each other for so many years. From the palace to this Changping Lord's Mansion, if I hadn't been restrained by etiquette and law, I must accept you as my wife, I really wrong you, accept it! Since I can't give you a status, just accept this bracelet, you are always the most important in my heart."
Yun'er said emotionally, "Husband..."
Yun'er lay in Mu Sheng's arms and cried, and he had no choice but to pat her back slowly to calm her down...
Mu Sheng was thinking in his mind that in this way, at least Yun'er would feel more balanced. Otherwise, given Yun'er's character, his wife Tian Hui and Yun'er would be incompatible sooner or later, and the palms and backs of his hands were all flesh, so he could only try to balance it. Card.
A few months later, the cicadas were chirping endlessly in the courtyard, and unknowingly it was July. The summer was hot. Mu Sheng was in a daze in the courtyard. He took a battle report from the front line and was analyzing the progress of the war in the northeast. Dreaming I think one day I can be like Master Xiu. Why don't I take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan?
In the afternoon, someone came to the palace to inform him that Mu Shengshi came to the palace to attend court as usual. When he came to the main hall of Xuanzhengyuan, he naturally found a place to sit down.
After a cup of tea, the emperor arrived at the Xuanzheng Yuan. All the ministers and workers shouted long live, and all the important officials of the imperial court reported their work to the emperor one after another.
At this time, a minister went to the imperial preface and said, "Your Majesty, the frontline military report is that the four Lingnan counties that we have opened up in the Jin Dynasty have been invaded by the Southern Barbarian coalition forces. According to the letter written by Lu Sheng, the chief general of Lingnan, Wu Chenghou, the Southern Barbarian coalition forces are so powerful this time. There are tens of thousands of people, and it is said that the leader is the leader of the Xi clan and the mountain puppets in the Southern Barbarian coalition, who is known as the Immortal Emperor."
"Your Majesty, the four Lingnan counties are the newly opened lands of our Jin Dynasty. The local people are fierce and disobedient to our government's governance. The local field troops can barely protect themselves. If they want to repel foreign enemies, they still want the imperial court to allocate 500,000 dans of grain and grass. Only then can we use our troops to go south to repel the enemy..."
The emperor held the frontline military newspaper and read it for a long time and only said, "Accurate report."
The emperor threw down the military report, raised his head and glanced at the lobby. His eyes fell on Mu Sheng and said, "Sheng'er, come closer."
Mu Sheng hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down, and said in reply, "Your Majesty, my son for thousands of years, would like to hear the holy teachings."
The emperor said, "Sheng'er, after the grain and grass shipment is completed, you will be responsible for escorting the grain and grass south to Lingnan, and by the way, you will work under Lu Sheng. You have grown up in a deep palace since you were a child, and you have to see how our Jin army marches and forms formations to eliminate enemy chiefs."
Mu Sheng's heart moved when he heard this. It seemed that his father was going to gild himself. It seemed that the situation in the military report, coupled with the emperor's casual tone, he felt that the situation on the front line was not very serious, and it might be better than that of Young Master Xiu. The problems encountered by the two northern counties are more difficult.
Mu Sheng thanked me and said, "Your Majesty, for ten thousand years, I will live up to your majesty's great trust. I will wear a shawl and cut my sword sharply, charge to kill the enemy, and strengthen the power of our Jin army."
Hearing this, the emperor nodded slightly and said, "Okay! Okay! Sheng'er, please step back. Now go find Nei Shi Tian Jian to raise food and grass."
After retiring from the Taiji Palace, Mu Sheng rushed to the official residence of his father-in-law Tian Jian. Because the transfer of grain and grass, national taxation, treasury management, etc. were all within the jurisdiction of Zhi Neishi, he also wanted to talk to his father-in-law. He handed over the work and stopped by to keep in touch with his father-in-law.
Several officials from the Neishi Mansion were already waiting at the door of the Neishi Mansion's residence. Mu Sheng exchanged a few words with them and went straight to the inner hall.
Entering the inner hall, I saw Tian Jian working very seriously at his desk. Not long after Tian Jian took office, his face was glowing and he worked extra hard. He jumped several levels and went directly from the middle level of the local government to the position of the central minister. In a high position, everyone must be dedicated and worthy of the leadership's cultivation and trust.
Mu Sheng smiled slightly and stepped forward to pay his respects, "My son-in-law pays homage to my father-in-law."
Tian Jian then looked up and found his son-in-law, Mr. Chang Ping, in the hall. He waved his hands with a smile and said, "It turns out Mr. Chang Ping is here. Come on! Please sit down!"
Mu Sheng sat down and exchanged a few words before handing him the document of the court's decision just now.
Tian Jian took the document and read it carefully. Sometimes he frowned and sometimes shook his head. After a while, he raised his head and said, "Mr. Changping, to be honest, I'm afraid it will be difficult to raise so much food and grass in a short time. Recently, I'm afraid it will be difficult." There have been disasters in many places in the pass in the past few months, and the court needs to allocate food and grass to help the victims. At the moment, I can only do my best..."
