When the heavy snow stopped at night, there was a garden in Qiguo Mansion. The garden was full of red plums and fragrant. There were soldiers stationed close to the wall, all wearing cold armor and looking very awe-inspiring.
King Qi Wanyanliang was wearing plain Confucian clothes and leaning on the railing. Standing beside him was his guard Qi Shili. When he saw the cluster of crimson winter plums, he couldn't help but sigh: "This year's plum blossoms are more beautiful than in previous years!"
Kai Shili responded: "Maybe it's because it's colder this year!"
He turned around and asked, "Can you give me the armbands and cloak that I asked you to give to Qingya last time?"
"His Highness ordered, how dare you forget!"
He turned around again and smiled slightly: "Well, it seems that the winter solstice is coming soon. People can't stand the cold. Qingya is afraid of the cold. This is what she needs. Although her Li family is a famous family, it is not as good as the good things in Prince Gu's house. many."
"His Royal Highness has a deep affection for the girl, which can be learned from heaven and earth."
"She has suffered a lot since she was a child. If the lonely king doesn't feel sorry for her, this girl doesn't know what to do. The lonely king is in power, so he must do his best to protect her. Besides, you know..."
"The Bohai Li family are full of royal relatives. If we gather this power, the lonely king will be able to spread his wings and fly high."
"In my opinion, the Bohai Li family is not as prominent as the Da family, nor is it as prominent as the Gao family. Why did His Highness choose the Li family?"
"The Li family is like a crossroads, connecting the Wugulu family, Wanyan family, Nalan family and Jiagu family, not to mention others, you know how noble the Wugulu family and Nalan family are. "
Qi Shili didn't know anything. After fighting for a while, he bowed his head and said: "Yes, I understand."
He lightly clasped his hands behind his back, and the cold wind blew through the fox fur collar around his neck, causing layers of fur to ripple. He raised his head to watch the red plums fall, and then nodded and lowered his eyebrows thoughtfully.
After a while, I saw a woman with a purple cloak and a gauze mask being introduced by the guards. She walked in gracefully on the snow, approached Wan Yanliang, and the two of them invited each other into the house.
Wan Yanliang said to Qi Shili: "Qi Shili, you must guard this place. If anyone comes near, you will kill without mercy."
"My subordinate understands!"
The room was filled with dim candlelight. After passing through the golden screen and entering the inner room, the cloaked woman took off her cloak and took off her veil.
This person is none other than the current queen. She is wearing a sapphire blue skirt, with several hairpins on her head. Her golden hairpin is covered with black silk, and the white pearls hanging between her ears are as bright as the moon. Every frown and smile is graceful. When you lift it up, you will be astonished.
Seeing that she had a frown on her face and was dressed in rich clothes, Wan Yanliang asked, "Why is the emperor's sister-in-law so haggard?"
She sighed: "It's not like you don't know that the emperor is a murderer. He quarreled with Concubine Jiagu while drunk last night, and killed Concubine Jiagu because of those concubines of the Zhao family. This palace was mourned. So I ran to see him and was scolded by him for a while."
"Concubine Jia Gu?"
"She is the eldest daughter of General Zhaowu. She has been in the palace for less than five years and is not even old enough."
"Then the emperor loves her very much, doesn't he? He has been promoted to three levels in five years."
"The emperor was so heartless and unjust that he even left me alone, let alone the other sisters. So, I sometimes think, in fact, all the tragedies in ancient times did not originate from the fights in the palace, but from the heartless and unjust monarch."
He looked at Zheng Zheng and suddenly laughed and took her into his arms: "Is the emperor's sister-in-law still afraid of him?"
She shook her head and laughed: "I just pity the harem sisters. I am not afraid of him. He has been a puppet emperor for more than ten years, and now he is addicted to alcohol. All the important affairs of the government have fallen on my shoulders, so I don't care about him." he."
"What are the royal sister-in-law's next plans?"
After hearing this, she blinked and thought, then stood up and took two steps to lean against the curtain pillar: "Plan? I want you to find an opportunity to pull the emperor off the dragon seat, and then make me the queen."
"I never thought that the emperor's sister-in-law hated the emperor so much! He is the husband of the emperor's sister-in-law, how dare he give up in front of her?"
As if she had suffered millions of heartaches, her eyes gradually turned red, she smiled bitterly, and walked gently along the curtain:
"Why are you so reluctant to part with me? I have worked with him and his wife for more than ten years. He was affectionate and affectionate when I was here. But now he is unkind and unjust, breaking my heart time and time again. He even fell madly in love with Concubine Xu Guo, his own sister-in-law. You threatened to destroy me, do you think I will endure it?"
He didn't understand the friendship between the two, he only knew that his only purpose was to ascend to the throne.
In his opinion, he was the most outstanding son of Emperor Taizu's eldest prince Wanyan Zongqian. He was indeed not destined for the throne because of his status as a concubine. In these years, he had been prime minister and had close contacts with important officials in the court, and he was already hungry for the throne.
He stood up and pulled her to sit next to the bed: "Sister-in-law, there is no need to be in such a hurry. The time is not right now, so we need to wait!"
"I am impatient, you have to look for an opportunity!"
"Yes, of course."
She quietly took off her clothes, took off the hairpin, touched her long black hair and asked again: "By the way, how is the girl next to you?"
When Wan Yanliang heard her mention Qing Ya, she felt a lot of guilt in her heart. He lowered his head and smiled, pretending not to care: "What can I do? The lonely king plans to give her a title and bring her into the palace! Will the Li family and the The two major forces of Wugu Lunjia have taken back a little bit."
"It's fine if you think so, just think it's just for political gain."
He smiled slightly and lowered his head: "That's natural. I am the prime minister, how could I like a child like her?"
The queen held her forehead, looked at his slowly gloomy face, and said tentatively: "I will make it clear to you that the most important thing for you now is to seize the throne, and other things will be put aside for the time being. "
"The lonely king has his own sense of proportion."
"Okay, as long as you are sensible, but you know that you must be on guard against others, so be more careful." After saying that, she took off another layer of her dress, leaving only her heart-warming clothes. Hold his neck.
"The lonely king thinks that keeping her has other uses. She is just a little girl. The emperor's wife does not need to be a soldier."
"I don't need to care about it. I just see that she has a mediocre appearance and is not particularly wealthy. The concubines in your house are all from powerful families. The imperial concubine is the daughter of a noble family and the grand master, and the wife Da is the countess of a general. My sister, I see that this little lady is from an official family, if you really accept the Li family, what kind of etiquette will you use?"
He was startled: "Slowly it seems that the most important thing right now is our big plan."
Her eyes turned with a hint of disbelief: "Okay, I believe you. The most important thing right now is to win over the emperor. We will have a bright future!"
"That's inevitable!"
After that, he pushed the queen down on the bed with one hand, and then pulled down the bed curtain. The red curtain on the bed was floating, and the man and woman in the curtain were enjoying themselves without any shyness or shame.
No one in the world would have thought that a powerful prime minister and prince, and a mother of the country whose women were all role models, would actually do such mediocre things in this small garden. Wan Yanliang had been involved in the palace for several years, and was different from ordinary people. The leisurely and relaxed attitude is like two people.
When Wan Yanliang came back early the next morning, he had just stepped onto the porch of his room and stamped his feet to remove the snow on his body and feet, when he suddenly heard a woman's delicate voice in the distance calling: "Your Majesty! "
Hearing the sound, he looked to the right and saw Shan Lirou, the concubine of Qi State, arriving wearing a light peach red skirt.
I could see just a few tiny plain beaded hairpins in her bun. She had lace shoulders between her plain neck. She was wearing a red dress with big sleeves and a long brocade skirt. When I looked closer, I saw her face. She is as beautiful as a silver plate, her eyebrows are as silky as willows, her red lips and white teeth are accompanied by bright eyes, and her every step and manner are all in line with everyone's style. Just one look at her, and you will feel that her gentle and graceful aura overwhelms all other beauties.
She came with a thick cotton-padded coat in her hand, brought it lightly to his eyes, and slowly raised her eyebrows: "Your Majesty, put on your cotton-padded coat quickly. It's such a cold day, what's the best if you freeze to death?"
He looked at her, nodded slightly, let her tie the belt of his cotton coat, and then took her hand and walked into the room: "Where has the imperial concubine gone? Her hands are actually cold!"
Lirou said silently: "I just went to check on Ying'er, and when I saw she wasn't there, I came back! I just stepped in the door and looked at the king and returned."
"She is not a good person. How can she let you go and see her instead of her coming to greet you, so she is so ignorant of etiquette?"
He sat on the armchair and looked at Lirou with her eyes lowered and smiling softly. Then he picked her up and placed her on his lap. He untied her fur collar with one hand and leaned down to touch her cheek and cheek. A kiss on the jade neck.
She only heard her shyly say: "Your Majesty, don't do this, it will be bad if others see it!"
He leaned close to her ear and said: "Why is it bad? We are husband and wife, and we are not doing some sneaky things together."
He looked at Li Rou's face and looked a little happy, so he asked again: "What's wrong? What makes Rou'er so happy."
The two of them looked at each other for a moment, and Lirou smiled again. He felt more and more confused. He wanted to ask more questions, and gradually heard the sound of a woman talking and laughing in the distance, so he picked her up and placed her gently next to her. On an armchair.
After a while, I heard the footsteps of several people approaching. Two women in simple and elegant brocade stepped in one after another. One was slightly plump, with fair and rosy skin, wearing a lotus pink skirt with large sleeves and a pattern, and the other one. She is beautiful, with a slender figure, and is wearing a small-sleeved dress with a light blue and moon white background.
The plump woman in the front is Da Nuahua, the beautiful lady of the Jin Dynasty, and the beautiful woman one step behind is the lady Xiao Ning. They both looked happy and saluted together: "I send my greetings to the king, and to the imperial concubine." Please greet me."
He raised his hand and asked, "What makes you two so happy?"
Wei Hua said with a smile: "Your Majesty, our Qi State Mansion is going to hold a happy event! Today, Fu Dihou's disciple Shan's family sent a matchmaker to come to propose marriage. Seeing that the king was busy with many affairs in the court, the concubine agreed to discuss the marriage. ”
The lady Xiao Ning also said: "Yes! Your Majesty, my uncle has been promised a good family, we are very happy!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately became angry: "Why didn't you send someone to tell the lonely king about such an important matter earlier?"
