Wearing a thick velvet cloak, she walked towards her. She didn't dare to meet other people in her messy attire, so she paused at the corner of the corridor and lowered her head. Seeing this, Wanyanyong put down his sword and went forward, and the two of them were invited together. A secluded place.
"Qingya, why are you here? Go back and rest quickly!" He urged anxiously.
She was so calm and looked so haggard. The biting cold wind swept through her loose hair and made circles in the air. It took a long time before she was willing to raise her head and look at him: "Your Majesty, I could rest in peace. But I vaguely heard the noise in the backyard, so I came to check it out, only to see some people on duty outside, saying that the king had found the thief and was going to kill him."
She gasped and said, "Your Majesty, don't kill anyone!"
Wanyan Yongnai was puzzled: "Why not?" After saying that, he started to get excited again: "They deserve to die. They hurt you so much. When the lonely king saw you being hurt, he wanted to kill him." Human skins, hanging their heads in the vegetable market!"
"If I don't kill him, where will my royal majesty be placed?"
"I will definitely kill them with my own hands!"
When he said this, the maid next to him was pushed back. Qingya supported the golden railing and lowered her chin again and again.
"Your Majesty, I am not the only one. You also have children, young and old. If any one of you leaves the residence tonight, someone will impeach you tomorrow. The Holy Emperor has been quite suspicious of the clan recently. , there’s no guarantee he won’t use this as an excuse to convict you of something.”
Wanyan Yong was stunned on the spot. Seeing the righteous and awe-inspiring look, he paused and lowered his head again, with the lock of hair entangled in his eyes.
"Qingya, how did you know my situation? But at that time, the lonely king was making peace with you?"
She never spoke again.
"Qingya..."
She interrupted him: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to talk about this. This matter... is very involved. I hope you will weigh it before making a decision."
"Qingya, but what about the injustice you suffered? The lonely king can't even do anything to those who bully you. What kind of prince is the lonely king?"
"The situation is bigger than the people, so this matter can only be dealt with secretly. It's not that I want to be a saint and love boundlessly, but we can't do anything now. If you kill them in a fit of anger, and then the villain slanders you, then the saint will definitely Action will be taken, and the entire country will suffer disaster. If you hand over a few of them to the Yamen, then what they will betray is my biological father and the entire Li family. What will happen to the fourth and fifth brothers?"
"You know, I am a member of the royal family now. If I know that my father sent people to beat me, how should I be dealt with according to the laws of the country? This is not a big deal, but my brothers and sisters, where will their future be placed?"
"Your Majesty, the Li family and your Majesty are one family. They both prosper and lose!"
"I hope your Majesty, please be merciful! I'll call Supervisor Zhang and come to the police immediately. Don't give the villain a chance to succeed. Only by staying in the mansion can everything be safe."
She then wanted to kneel down with her hands, and Wan Yanyong raised his arms to stop her.
In the dim night, he could no longer see her face. He could only see her twinkling eyes through the lights on the corridor and the snowy light outside the eaves. He stroked the warm sleeves on her wrists, and then followed the warmth. The sleeves were her hands of ice flesh and jade bones. He held those hands and said after a long time:
"I understand, the lonely king listens to you, don't kill them, don't kill them."
Wanyanyong walked towards the small stone path in the dark night. After taking two steps, he looked back and saw the woman in the corner of the corridor with wide plain sleeves still standing in front of the red door.
"Come here, drag these people out, eighty sticks!"
When the gangsters heard this, they kowtowed loudly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me, and thank you, Madam!"
"Thank you, madam! Thank you, madam!"
When the hustle and bustle in the backyard was over, he picked up the branches and leaves of the late bamboo and returned, only to see that the corner of the corridor was empty. She had already left. He stepped in front of the fence, his hands feeling empty and cold.
These days, when ordinary people ask about Qing Ya, some women in the market talk about it, saying that the prince was pregnant by his divorced wife. It happened to be a beautiful thing, and the prince took her back and raised her well. Others If the matter can be silenced with money, Zhang Jiyan also arranged to calm it down.
Those bandits were beaten half to death with dozens of sticks.
He was sent home and never dared to enter the city again.
"I naturally yearn for a free life, but I can't do anything about the situation. A woman's family will be bullied if she leaves her husband. Besides, I am pregnant now. How can I let my flesh and blood go through trouble again? I I must give birth to him well, and I will be a good mother-in-law and let him grow up happily."
When she said this, several days had passed. Mingxuan came to see her. The two of them talked about the events of the previous days. Qingya was still the same. Even though she was covered with scars, her There was also an indifferent smile on the pale face, with an incomprehensible sense of distance.
Everyone present, Xiyi was extremely happy and responded repeatedly, but after hearing this, Imperial Concubine Mingxuan was silent and not as open-minded as before. Looking at her growing belly, she recalled Wanyan Yong With such a joyful expression, her shoulders slumped down again and again, her eyes were red, and she left with a few casual instructions.
"What's wrong with sister?" Qingya called her.
"I'll go back and rest first!" Mingxuan's figure quickly disappeared in front of the threshold.
——"Come on! Come on! I shouldn't have been pregnant with this baby at this time, who would have let it happen, and I would feel better?" She looked at the cool style of hanging gauze swinging in the wind, and felt empty in her heart. I asked the waiter to add two furnaces of charcoal, then he retreated to the left and right and fell asleep.
On March 2nd in the early spring, he issued an edict to summon the Holy Spirit and ordered Yin Pu San Zhongyi of Henan Prefecture to return to Beijing to take up the post of Minister of the Ministry of War as arranged the previous year. He also demoted the clan members to Wujing to serve as local officials. Wanyan Yongnai traveled to Shandong. , Ren Jinan Yin. .c
On the eve of his departure, I don’t know what the emperor’s intention was, but he ordered the queen to hold a banquet in Chunshui Garden to pay farewell to Wanyan Yong. There was singing and dancing in the Chunshui Banquet Hall, the lights were red and the wine was green, Wanyan Liang and Wanyan Yong lived in the middle hall, and the queen led the four wives in the side hall. There is only a red corridor in the middle.
That night at the banquet, the emperor chatted with him for a long time, raised glasses to tea, and asked many questions. The emperor seemed to be in a good mood, but regardless of etiquette, he held Wanyan Yong's shoulders and the two drank happily.
Wan Yanyong acted respectfully and weakly throughout the whole process, timid and afraid to speak nonsense. Liang was extremely pleased with this, showing the wealth and power of his emperor at all times.
Wan Yanyong again ducked his head and escaped disaster until the dinner was over.
After the dinner ended, Wan Yanyong said goodbye in front of the palace. The emperor came slowly, asked him to stand up, and then walked away. In front of him were four married ladies coming out of the banquet hall. The emperor saw Qing Ya again, separated by the green bamboos. , her figure was looming by the railing, and I could see that she was thin, her whole body was plain, and the hairpins in her hair were shining brightly in the dark night.
Like everyone else, she took a few steps forward and said her respectful goodbyes without saying much else. Even before he had a chance to call her, she had already followed Wan Yanyong and left.
"It's a long way to Jinan, and it's still cold in early spring. I hope you... take care of yourself," he murmured, standing in front of the palace with his hands behind his back.
She seemed to hear something, so she turned her head quietly once, and then quickly turned back without any other movement.
When Wan Yanyong arrived in Jinan, it was already a month later. During this period, he and Pu San Zhongyi gathered in Zhending Mansion, Hebei for two days, and left after Xiang Ling and Zhongyi had a good time reminiscing.
The house built by the Jinan government is not as big as the new house in Zhongjing. Not only the garden is small, some houses leak, and the utensils are old. Wanyan Yong had no choice but to squeeze his wife, concubines, and children together. Since the fourth young master Xielu and the fifth young master Yunjian died in infancy, there were only two girls and three young masters left in the house, so he sent the young masters to live together. They arranged to live together, the girl arranged to live in a courtyard, the others Qinli and Xiang Ling lived in a large courtyard, the imperial concubine lived in a separate courtyard, and Qingya also lived in a separate courtyard because she was pregnant.
The family settled down in Jinan Mansion.
After Wan Yanyong became the Yin of Jinan, the Li family was ostracized. Li Shi had made great contributions in guarding and building the imperial city, so on March 10, Zhang Hao and others met with the emperor. The emperor saw Li Shi lying in front of the steps, extremely arrogant. Still looking indifferent to all things, he smiled and said: "Isn't this the uncle of King Yong?"
Wan Yanliang said again: "Do you remember the events of my youth particularly well? Do you have any regrets now?"
Shi replied: "Your Majesty has a mind for thousands of mountains and rivers, and he is not particular about trivial matters. Your Majesty, Xiangbi, doesn't want to pursue any further investigation into what happened back then!"
When he spoke, although his body was respectful, he always felt that there was an unbreakable arrogance in his bones, and his tone of voice was also dismissive of Wan Yanliang.
Wan Yanliang noticed his gesture and said something strangely - "You do have the style of a prime minister. You are upright and arrogant. What a pity! You had a great opportunity to have Taishi Shan as your disciple." Tu Shan Lirou’s father) has such a status, but you don’t know people well.”
"The Holy One laughed and said that I am stupid and only wish to occupy a small official position. It is enough for the Holy One. With the help of the Grand Master and the Prime Minister Wugu Lun, the Holy One will surely bring my great fortune to prosperity."
The emperor thought for a moment and then laughed: "In that case, get rid of Zhongxing Shaoyin!"
Li Shinai resigned and served as Zhongxing Shaoyin for a few days.
Later, he thought about it and found out that the emperor was jealous of the clan and was still brooding about the past. If he served in Beijing for a long time, he would be ostracized by the emperor if he was not careful. He might as well resign and return to his hometown.
He also wanted to plan a big event, so he went to the palace to ask for help. He returned to Liaoyang due to illness. He pretended to be haggard and went to court several times, and then asked the prime minister to speak in front of the emperor. The emperor agreed and ordered him to return to his hometown of Liaoyang with his family to reunite with his old relatives.
But the emperor didn't know that this was Li Shi's plan to retreat in order to advance, because it happened that Zhang Xuansu moved to Tokyo as the transfer envoy, and Zhang Xuuzheng also returned to Liaoyang - "Returning to Liaoyang was just a cover-up. Brother Xuansu was appointed to Tokyo." Ludu transferred envoys, Xuanzheng also returned to Liaoyang, and I returned to Tokyo. In this way, the Zhang family and the Li family were all settled in Liaoyang. The eldest sister (Li Hongyuan) also attracted many people from the Liu family in Bohai, so they just stayed there. ...Just waiting for an opportunity from your Majesty.”
"Although the king is angry about that girl Qingya, he is still my nephew. I will help him complete his great cause step by step. Our Li family will be the pillar of Dajin!" He said this to Kuike under the lamp.
So a few days ago, he packed up everything and headed to Liaoyang, Tokyo to reunite with his eldest sister Li Hongyuan.
