When the queen received the emperor's order, she was terrified and repeatedly confirmed it with the waiting people. Then, she went to Fu'an Hall to kowtow to the emperor, but was blocked from the door.
Her figure standing with an umbrella in the hazy spring rain shows her rare stubbornness. Other concubines passed by and saw her standing outside the red and green palace, and they all came forward to care, but she didn't say anything from beginning to end. The concubines understood everything from the servant's words, and followed him, standing in rows in front of the hall, letting the mist of spring soak their brocade clothes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please go back! Your Majesty has made up his mind," Gao Xiangu, who was beside the emperor, came out and bowed her head.
The Queen's trembling hands tightened, and she took a step closer: "Your Majesty should also give an explanation! Why did you suddenly summon Wulin Da?"
"Your Majesty, this is a strategy to test your ministers. As the master of the harem, Her Majesty the Queen should set an example by not interfering in the affairs of the court in front of the other concubines."
The chamberlain bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, please let me take the lead. I would like to ask Her Majesty the Queen to issue this edict as soon as possible."
"No, if Your Majesty insists on doing this, I will stand in front of Fu'an Palace." After saying this, she stood up with her crotch folded, took a few steps back and stood outside the corridor. A dense drizzle was falling in the air. She ordered the maid next to her to close her umbrella. Seeing this, the chamberlain tried to persuade him to no avail, but he was also at a loss, so he turned around and locked the door.
The queen stood there for an hour, and the concubines on the left and right were very attentive. Some held up umbrellas for her, and some took off their cloaks and put them on her. But she refused and ordered the concubines to step back. The empress was gentle and virtuous and loved by everyone in the harem. The concubines could not bear her suffering, so they simply followed her and lined up in two long lines to soak in the rain with her. Among them was the pregnant Tang Kuo.
The emperor came out after a long time, with his hands behind his back and his white plain robe standing in front of the red gate. He watched the concubines who were once dazzling and brilliant as spring flowers being splashed and washed in the rain. He also felt distressed, especially when he saw Tang Kuo is pregnant with Liujia.
"That's all, I'm taking back my order! You all should disperse, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. If this happens again, I will not be lenient."
The concubines paused for a long time, then bowed down to express gratitude, and left with the help of servants. The queen lowered her dark eyes, looked at the emperor's stern face, and turned around in disappointment.
He thought that the matter would be over, but the emperor went against his promise. On the third day after he promised to take back the decree, he ordered his subordinates to cut out the phoenix seal, put it on the imperial edict, and sent it to him as soon as possible. Go to Jinan Prefecture.
When the queen returned to the palace and found out about this, the imperial edict was irreversible. She scolded the palace officials in front of the emperor and sentenced them to death. She held the phoenix seal in her hand, took off her hairpin and knelt down outside the Xuanzheng Hall to ask the emperor to retire and retreat. Bit.
When the emperor saw her like this for the first time, he was so angry that he had her locked up in Longwei Palace and left all matters in the harem to be handled by Concubine Yuan.
On the day when the imperial edict was about to arrive in Jinan, the imperial concubine Mingxuan and Wanyanyong were riding horses at a racecourse. When they were tired from racing, they took a walk on the hill.
The two of them stood hand in hand, the fragrance of spring grass seeds already covering their sleeves. Mingxuan's plain clothes and shawl were fluttering and dancing in the breeze on the top of the mountain, as if they were hazy in the mist that had risen in the evening. Wanyan Yongcong When he hugged her from behind, the gauze floated up, covering his eyes, and a faint fragrance filled his heart.
Mingxuan had not been so happy and relaxed for a long time. Looking at the slowing sunset, the golden and reddish glow shone on her face, she stretched out her hand to point to the overlapping mountains and rivers and said: "When I find a day of leisure, I will go to that mountain with the king."
Wan Yanyong knelt down and asked, "Why do you want to go there?"
"The farther the place is, the more I want to see it. There must be different scenery there. I think it would be great if I could soar freely in the sky like the king's sea turtle. Then I want to go You can get there just by flying hard."
She said with a smile, and after speaking, her eyes turned red in the red glow of the setting sun.
"These days, at night, I always dream about the scene when we were playing together when we were little. I am a well-behaved lady, and the king is a free little prince. You like to take me out to ride horses and fly kites. I don't like boring things. Poems, books and classics are even a bit annoying, but I have to learn them. To become a woman who knows books and is polite, I can only sneak out and play with the king. That is the happiest time for me."
As she spoke, the tears in the corners of her eyes were about to fall: "I thought, I thought that by marrying you, I would be free.
, I can ride my horse every day, but I can't do this. I even look at you and hold hands with you, but others call me immoral. "
"Xuan'er..."
"Before I left the palace, my mother-in-law taught me how to behave as a mistress, to be virtuous, virtuous, beautiful, and wise, and not to be jealous of my concubines. I didn't take it to heart. I thought that after you and I made a marriage contract, you would It belongs to me alone, but in fact, I didn’t know until I got married that you will never belong to me alone.”
Wanyanyong lowered his head and then looked up at the red clouds in the distance.
"The winter I entered the mansion, Mrs. Zhang got married. It was the first time I guarded an empty room. I saw the red lanterns hanging all over the house, and I saw you enter the new concubine's bridal chamber with my own eyes. I still want to Pretend to be happy and smile at the guests."
"Your Majesty..."
"Huh? What's wrong? Why are you crying all of a sudden?" He brushed away her tears.
"I don't like concubines, and I'm jealous of them too. I'm jealous of Lady Zhang for giving birth to her eldest son. I'm jealous of Xiang Ling's beauty. I'm even jealous of Qingya. She can win your love with her coldness, but I can't say , I can’t be displeased, I always tell myself that I am the mistress and the king’s wife, and I must not embarrass them.”
"In these years of being a concubine, I have lost my Yun Chaan, my unborn child, and the king's affection."
"I wish I could go out for a breath of air and see the scenery outside the city, so that I can be more free and don't have to be so depressed."
"But I want to leave, but I can't."
After hearing these words, Wan Yanyong sighed deeply, and looked into her spring-like eyes again. He turned sideways and gently hugged her into his arms, and her head rested gently on his shoulder. .
"I know the difficulties in your heart, and I understand how difficult it is for you, but there are some things that are not something you can decide, nor can I decide. If, if I were born in a commoner's family, I don't have to worry about my situation and status. I would also like to I will spend my life together with you, but in the royal family, power is the basis and profit is the root, so I have to form alliances and secure my position in order to survive."
He paused and then said: "If...if Qingya was not a close nephew or an uncle's daughter, but she liked Wan Yanliang so much at that time, maybe I would give her her freedom and let her marry her. A wishful man."
"But this was achieved driven by many problems."
"The lonely king also regretted it. He made a big mistake against her and left her with no choice but to marry me. So over the years, I have always been partial to her and wanted to try my best to make up for my mistakes. But indeed, no matter what I do, It can’t be made up for.”
As he spoke, regret remained in the corners of his eyes. His eyes drooped and he looked at the woman beside him. When Mingxuan heard this, her eyes were full of tears and she stared at the sky, forcing them not to flow down.
"Who in the palace is helpless?"
Wan Yanyong looked at the sunset and felt that her pink face was as cold as water against her arms.
"Mingxuan, although I can't change everything, the lonely king will love you forever. You are my only wife," he said to the sky with his eyes full of falling clouds: "If one day, I can really ascend to the throne of the king of God, You are the queen of the Jin Dynasty, the only queen. Don't worry, I will make you feel at ease, and we will stay together for the rest of our lives just like we promised when we were young."
Mingxuan held his hand and looked at the falling night, crying and laughing: "That year, I was on the bank of the Hailuoyi River and listened to the most beautiful words in the world. The king said that he would build a house there and we would stay together for the rest of our lives. . In the past few years, I have never been there again. It must have been overgrown with weeds!"
Wan Yanyong could no longer answer her words with words. He could only hold her tighter, as if this could soothe her heart at this time. The words of loving her reached his lips, but he swallowed them again. .
The life in the mansion was really boring to the extreme. When she came late, Li Qingya wanted to have some fun, so she sat in the spring court and ordered people to light a fire and cook some roasted meat to eat. She was also alone in front of the empty moon. .
With her permission, Xiyi went out to play with her guard Zhang Jiyan, while Xiangxiang was busy on the side.
While eating, she remembered what Mingxuan said a few days ago, about the emperor collecting disaster relief funds from the clan. So she went into the house and put the hair on the dressing table and in the box.
He took out the crown jewelry and put it in a larger box.
Those pearls, jade, and golden crowns shone brightly under the candlelight. A rather large box was filled. She closed the lid casually and said to the servant: "When the king and the empress come back, I will give these to them. "..
The newly promoted Chengxin was stunned: "Madam, these crowns were specially purchased for you by the king. Are you sure you want them to be used as disaster relief funds?"
"Yes, all of them."
"But if the king sees it, he will be angry..."
"Nothing is worth mentioning in the face of the lives of the family. Things of gold and jade cannot be taken away in life or taken away in death. Now, the Holy Father has decreed that the clan will contribute money to aid the victims of the Yellow River. If the requirements are not met, , the country will definitely suffer a disaster, so this disaster relief fund is not the king’s business alone. I will also contribute. If the king doesn’t allow it, just tell him my exact words in person. "
The maid answered with satisfaction and took the box away. After walking a few steps, she called her back. I saw that she lightly walked to the bed, opened the flower brocade pillow, held the jade ring that Wan Yanliang had given her in her hand, took a small coffin and put it in it, then put it with the gold and jade, silently Close the lid.
Cheng Xin was shocked, "Madam..."
"go quickly!"
She smiled lightly, sat on the armchair, leaned against the coffee table, poured a cup of hot tea and held it in her hand. When the maid left, she didn't even drink it.
After Wanyanyong came back later, Chengxin did as Qingya said. Wanyanyong opened the box specially and saw the jade finger. Seemingly relieved, he smiled at his wife beside him and ordered someone to accept the gold and jade.
The imperial edict was to arrive at Jinan Mansion in the evening. Seeing that it was getting late, the apostle sent decided to go to Wanyanyong's mansion tomorrow to announce the edict.
