Qing Ping Le · Double Songs

It is no longer a secret that Empress Bintian and the East Palace are not in Nanyang City. Although the three provinces are high and powerful, they dare not deal with this matter lightly. Ye Mei and Li Chunsheng put down their bodies and rushed to the current Rong Mansion.After all, the most respected person in the clan is still Princess Anle, and only Rong Cheng is qualified to preside over such a major event without the East Palace.

On the day Sansheng found Rong's mansion, a large group of clouds happened to cover the sun and cast a moving shadow on the ground. Rong Cheng stood in the shadow and listened to Sansheng's hasty explanation. After the urgent words fell, he spoke slowly.

"The East Palace is not in Nanyang City, the two adults must have known it. The princess got the news yesterday and according to the schedule, the East Palace can return to Beijing within three days." After a slight pause, she continued, "The news from His Majesty Bintian The two adults have to suppress it for the time being, everything will be handled by herself when the East Palace returns."

The two old ministers also agreed with this move, but asked again, "What should the clan say?"

"You two adults don't have to worry. The princess will call the clan to explain this matter clearly. After all, it will be some time before Donggong returns to the city, and the clan should make preparations early."

"What the princess said is very true. Since the imperial family is comforted by the princess, the officials and others have to deal with matters such as His Majesty's last edict, so it is inconvenient to stay for a long time." After Ye Mei finished speaking, she bowed to Li Chunsheng, "The officials will take their leave first."

Rong Cheng returned the salute and said, "Two adults, go slowly."

The cloud gradually moved away from the sun, and the bright early winter sun shone straight down, covering Rong Cheng in a golden light, she raised her hand to cover the direct warm light, and the chill gradually subsided.The news of Empress Bintian came into the mansion long before the arrival of the two adults. At that moment, she couldn't calm down. She was already cold-hearted towards the Empress, but she still had three feelings of shame for Rong Ling. It's a pity that the matter has come to an end. There is no turning back.

On the day Rong Ling returned to the capital, someone was waiting for her fifty miles away. She suddenly felt strange and knew that something had happened, but she didn't expect it to be the news from Empress Bintian. She whipped her horse hard and galloped towards the city gate. After going to Miyagi, he didn't dismount all the way until he got off the horse outside the Luohua Hall, and then hurriedly dismounted and ran into the hall.

On that day, Donggong locked herself in the palace and did not see the courtiers. She had read the papers presented by the imperial doctor on the imperial case repeatedly, and there was nothing unusual.Her chest was heaving and she was punching me with both fists. Her mother was still thinking about how she would hang herself if she took over the government again. She knew that this matter was unusual, but she didn't want to get to the bottom of it and just assumed it was the truth.

The national funeral was held on the next day, because the clan and the three provinces had already arranged for her to worry about everything, after the ceremony was her enthronement ceremony, the country cannot live without a king.In just one month, the rulers of Eastern Xia changed, and the current ruler of Great Xia is Rong Ling. She moved from the Eastern Palace to the Taishang Palace, and became a real loner in this huge palace city.

During the national mourning period, according to the old rule, there are five days of rest for the late emperor. The past few days have been busy, and the always deserted palace city is rarely bustling. Although she and Rong Cheng met face to face, the communication was short. The clan was all led by Rong Cheng. She was so busy that she couldn't get away, as if she, the king of the country, was the only one who had the most leisure in this national funeral.

On Muxiu's last day, she went to Rong's mansion in secret. Rong Cheng saluted and respectfully invited her to take a seat as usual, but there was ice floating in her clever eyes, she looked at Rong Cheng quietly, and even said The words were also cold, "I know you went to Luohua Palace on the day the Queen Mother died."

Rong Cheng knelt on the ground and said calmly, "That day the three provinces secretly contacted the late emperor and your majesty was not in the palace. I was afraid that things might change, so I wanted to persuade the late emperor."

"Persuasion?" Rong Ling raised her brows lightly, her face turned colder, "Your Majesty can be persuaded by others, Rong Cheng, you can only deceive others with your words, but if you use them to deceive me, they are full of loopholes."

"I know that I can't deceive Your Majesty. I had some disputes with the late emperor that night, but it was all for the sake of the country, the country, the people, and the people. I have absolutely no selfish intentions."

Rong Ling naturally believed in her intentions, if the death of the first emperor was really related to Rong Cheng, then what Rong Cheng did was not only for the common people, but also for her and Rong Che.She didn't say a word but just looked at her quietly, Rong Cheng's prostrate posture was very submissive and calm, even under heavy pressure her back could still withstand it, she watched silently for a while, finally , the coldness still persists but he walks away without saying a word.

Seeing that Rong Ling left Dong Ge, she quickly helped Rong Cheng up on the ground, and asked with concern, "Is the Princess okay?"

"It's not a problem." Rong Cheng knew that Rong Ling's departure was because she didn't want to investigate the cause of the late emperor's death. They each knew it well. The sudden sudden death of the late emperor was too strange. Naturally, she knew that she had something to do with her, and she bet that Rong Ling was not heartless, but fortunately, she won the bet.

In the Palace of Chaowen, Rong Ling formally asked about politics as the Lord of the Great Xia, and the voices of the courtiers who lined up kneeling on the ground to worship the Son of Heaven resounded in her ears, and at that moment Rong Ling could feel her heart surging.

It's a pity that Rong Ling's excitement didn't last long, and Sanxing wanted to show off in front of the new monarch as before. This is a game between the monarch and his ministers. What Sanxing wants is the trust of the new monarch and the influence of the new monarch. Decision-making, and what the new king has to do is to keep the king's prestige and not be underestimated by the courtiers.

It's a pity that the three provinces are going to make a big fuss about Rong Cheng this time, and those with high positions in the clan who are favored by the new king are naturally targeted, and the foothold of the three provinces is that the first emperor Bintian's Anle Princess went there Chaowendian, and she was the last person to see the late emperor, so she was naturally full of doubts.

Ye and Li were in an uproar after saying these words, followed by a long silence, no one dared to speak first, even breathing carefully, but Pei Xian thought in his heart that these two old ministers might want to It's over.Sure enough, before Rong Cheng came out to identify himself as the new king, he threw down the paper on the royal case and smashed it heavily on the gold brick.

Rong Cheng hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, calm down." All the ministers followed suit, and there was another chorus in the hall, "Your Majesty, calm down."

Only to hear the new king angrily say, "What do you two mean? You mean my imperial sister, Princess Anle, killed the king? You two are so brave. Was Anle the only one who went to Luohua Palace that day? You, Yemei, are you? I haven't been to Luohua Palace, if I say that I suspect you, Mr. Ye, I am not much less than An Le."

"Your Majesty." Ye Mei's heart clenched, cold sweat broke out all over his body, and his chest became even more manic. He began to argue, "I just went to pay my respects to the late emperor. When the old minister left, the late emperor was still well. Your Majesty, please be careful."

"Not to mention my will. No one is allowed to bother the late emperor if the emperor's body is damaged. Let's just say that you Lord Ye justified that the late emperor was fine when he left, so it's not the same when An Le left? Are you slandering An Le? Are you seeing it with your own eyes or setting it up? Eyeliner?" Xinjun's voice turned cold, and he continued, "There are eyeliners in your three provinces in the imperial city, and they don't take me seriously."

"Your Majesty calm down, I'm not waiting." The new king's words carried the entire three provinces, and the wise and self-protective person hurriedly put aside the relationship, "I don't know that Master Ye has seen the late emperor."

The new king still defended Rong Cheng, saying, "The royal doctor's papers are all the same, and the guards in the palace also said that His Majesty was well when An Le left. Your Lord Ye criticized the princess against An Le for no reason. This is how you taught me how to do it." Do you deal with political affairs?" She ignored the kowtows and apologies from the people below, and said, "The late emperor Bintian is very sad and wanted to guard the tomb for the late emperor, but because the late emperor told me to put state affairs first, I did not Try to stay here and listen to your performance, but your words and deeds really chill me."

Without waiting for the people below to express their gratitude and apology, she said again, "I am tired, if there is something important, I will come to Linfeng Pavilion to find me in the afternoon."

The queen next to the new monarch pondered the holy will and sang loudly, "Retire."

After retiring from the imperial court, Rong Ling did not go back to the palace to rest, but sat alone in the Linfeng Pavilion. Before the royal case, there were unresolved court affairs. She took a memorial and opened it expressionlessly. She knew very well what disturbed people. There will only be more and more in the future. She is the new Lord of the Great Xia and must adapt and get used to it, so she forced herself to calm down and watch the memorial to forget her worries.

Xinjun was so furious that no one would dare to come to trouble her at this moment, and the quiet afternoon was about to pass, only Cui Botao's excerpt from Doctor Yushi caused ripples in her heart.She put down the notebook and said, "Announce Cui Botao to see you."

Cui Botao's expression was as calm as before, and he did not have any worries or suspicions about suddenly accepting the order. He approached Linfeng Pavilion and bowed to the ground, "My minister is attending Your Majesty."

"Come here, please take a seat." Cui Botao didn't refuse, just thanked En and took his seat, waiting for the new king's next words, and only listened to the new king's slow voice, "I just read your Theory of the Four Kingdoms and it was very useful, now I call you here, I want to hear you teach me face-to-face." She sighed softly, and then said, "I can't count on the three provinces. Although the six departments are my right-hand man, they won't talk to me from the bottom of my heart. Today I just want to hear from you. words from the heart.”

Cui Botao carefully looked at the new emperor's expression as if he was thinking. After a long time, he got up from his seat and performed the Jishou ceremony again. He said, "Please forgive me for the seriousness of the words."

"It's okay, Cui Qing can speak freely today."

Cui Botao kowtowed three more times, then knelt down and said, "I know that your Majesty is furious because of the three provinces' performance today, and I also know why the three provinces are insisting on this matter." He paused, and said, "One emperor and one courtier , who among them, especially those with high positions and powers, is not afraid of being left behind by the power, and the rich and the honor are not there, after all, people's hearts are toward themselves." He glanced at the new king on the throne, and said a rebellious sentence, "The same is true for the lord. "

Rong Ling was startled and signaled him to continue with his eyes, and he said again, "Therefore, there are endless checks and balances, temptations and intimidation in the court, so your majesty must be more clever than the ministers in order to maintain the king's prestige. Let me ask who can stand up for a long time?" The invincible place? The difficulty of being a king is that he thinks this is the way of being a king, and thus gets confused and falls into it, but the rules of everything are actually very simple." He looked at the new king with piercing eyes, and paused every word Said, "Being a king is nothing more than serving the people."

Rong Ling nodded if she had realized something, and Cui Botao finally said, "This country belongs to His Majesty, but the Great Summer belongs to the common people. I hope Your Majesty will understand that His Majesty's shoulders are not just about the court. And the whole summer."

Rong Ling looked at Cui Botao, his generous statement lingered in her ears, and the lingering lingering sound was still there, she said, "I understand everything Cui Qing said." She got up and helped Cui Botao up with both hands, and said, "There are still many things I have to do when I first took charge of the government. Insufficient, I will ask Cui Qing to teach me more in the future."

"Your Majesty is serious, I am deeply grateful for Long En."

After Eunuch An sent Cui Botao away, what Rong Ling picked up was the memorandum written by Rong Cheng. As Rong Che expected, it was Rong Cheng who cared most about the people in the areas burned by the war.She read the booklet again, and let out the second sigh of the day. Today, the court's gaffe was not just showing the king's prestige, she knew clearly that she would not listen to those old guys coming out to testify against Rong Cheng, even if she believed it in her heart. They are right.

"Your Majesty." The female officer's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Rong Ling's contemplation, "Your Majesty, Princess Anle, see you."

"Xuan."

When Rong Cheng entered the hall, he saw Rong Ling holding his memorial in his hand, he smiled, and saluted, "My minister sees Your Majesty." Rong Ling ignored her, she straightened her waist and said, "My minister It is also because of the booklet." Seeing that Rong Ling still ignored her, she said helplessly, "Miss Huang, are you still angry?"

Rong Ling put down the zhezi and rolled her eyes, "Don't think that you will be safe and sound if I am protecting you today. If one day you ask me to find out that this matter is related to you, I will be the first to let you go." over you."

"Sister Huang is what she says." Rong Ling said with a smile, "Can this humble minister get up?"

"Give a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Rong Ling said, "I've read all the points you mentioned, very good." She took out the jade badge and put it on the booklet, and said, "Now you can rest assured."

"My minister thanked His Majesty on behalf of the people of several prefectures affected by the flames of war."

"Before you prevented me from going to Jeju, but you didn't know that I had gained something else. Although this trip was mostly for selfish reasons, the places I passed by this trip were deserted fields and ruined cities. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have known what was in my heart. I cherish everything about Daxia very much.”

Rong Cheng said with a smile, "Miss Huang is becoming more and more like a king of a country, so that my ministers can feel at ease." She turned and said, "I heard that His Majesty summoned Lord Cui just now, it seems that the personnel affairs of the three provinces will be settled soon. Changes, I think that the situation in the court will be stable after a while, and I can go to Jingzhou with peace of mind."

"The case of King Changning has been vindicated. You don't need to go to Jingzhou again." Rong Ling raised her eyebrows lightly, "You just don't want to stay in the court and want to stay away from me, then listen carefully, I won't allow it." She saw Rong Cheng Wanting to argue, he said again, "This palace city is too big. In the past, the Queen Mother was here to accompany me. Now that Che'er is far away in Nanyang City in southern Xinjiang, the only person I would like to be close to is you. You still have to go." ?”

Rong Cheng's desire to retreat was a little loose, and Rong Ling deliberately brought out the late emperor to tell her, so she could only say, "I obey the order."

A triumphant smile appeared on Rong Ling's face, "I still want you to move to the palace, but do you want to obey?"

Rong Cheng hurriedly said, "This is not in compliance with the rules and I dare not stop it."

Rong Ling said, "I know you don't want to, I'll just say it casually, it's getting late and have dinner with me before going back." Rong Cheng bowed and obeyed.

In less than three days, Cui Botao's promotion of Zhongshu Province was published, followed by personnel actions in all three provinces. Although not big, it is self-evident that the new king's intention to rectify the three provinces is self-evident. There was a lot of bad luck with the king, and Princess Anle stopped going to court on the grounds of her health, and only recuperated in the Rong Mansion every day or helped the new king deal with some trivial matters in the clan.

The court situation gradually stabilized, and the days passed by very quickly, but there was one thing that gave Rong Ling some fun in this ordinary.The new king summoned the envoy from the Western Zhou Dynasty who had been neglected for a long time. Min Wenhao held a letter to meet the new king. He brought a gift from the Western Zhou monarch and the friendship between the two countries.

At the banquet, Xiao Hanqing expressed her intention of getting married, Rong Ling raised her brows lightly and cast her eyes on Rong Cheng below, Rong Cheng saw the teasing in her eyes and secretly complained, and she really heard her say on the main seat, "I am a member of the Great Xia clan. The one I am most worried about about marriage is An Le." She smiled at Rong Cheng, "An Le, I have seen that the Ninth Prince is a good-looking person who is a good match for you."

Rong Cheng said with a respectful smile, "My sister is the eldest son of the Ninth Prince, I'm afraid I'll wrong him, I see that there are still a few girls in the clan who are about the same age as the Ninth Prince and have not left the cabinet, Your Majesty can take care of the Ninth Prince from among them." Pick one out."

Xiao Hanqing hurriedly said, "Reporting to Your Majesty Xia, in our country we don't care much about the age difference and only want to be happy with each other."

Rong Ling raised her brows lightly, with a deep smile, and said, "I understand what the Ninth Prince means." Her clever eyes looked towards Rong Cheng, "I don't know if An Le understands the meaning of the Ninth Prince." The prince's mind?" Seeing An Le's eyes drooping and silent, she said again, "But I thought marriage matters should be up to you, so how about it? It's strange that An Le lives in the Rong Mansion where she lives alone, Ninth Prince If you don't dislike it, you can go for a walk often, and I will be happy if you can achieve a marriage. An Le, what do you think?"

Under the eyes of everyone at the palace banquet, Rong Cheng obeyed, "But it's up to His Majesty to make the decision."

Xiao Hanqing thought that there was a turning point and immediately followed, "Thank you His Majesty Xia Guo for making it happen."