Zhen Guo Princess GL

For me, February is always the best month, not only because this month is followed by January with my birthday and many festivals, but also because the cold winter is coming to an end, the warbler flies and the grass grows and everything grows, Also because this month is the mother's longevity, it is customary to stop executions, and the palace and court are filled with a happy atmosphere.

But February of this year was the worst month, not only because A Huan was not with me, but also because it was the first time that my mother left me aside and celebrated her birthday elsewhere except for the four years in Yeting.This reminds me of Li Sheng a long time ago. When we young children followed Shengjia around and acted like a baby in front of our parents, he always stayed behind in one of the two capitals. Dozens of days or even months.This is a custom left over from ancient times, which highlights the importance of the crown prince as the deputy king and the second crown prince, but it also makes the son of the "prince" doomed to be more alienated from his parents.

Now I actually have this treatment.Although nominally only assisting the grandson, although there are many other reasons this time, for example, I am weak and suffering from injuries, for example, the grandson has just gone through the storm and needs to be appeased and establish prestige, for example, the princess and her sister-in-law There was an affair, and although the emperor's A family temporarily spared her, they still couldn't let go of her infidelity to her son...but I was separated from my mother after all.

I realized a long time ago that all my kindness, honor, and disgrace come from my mother, and I also knew that my mother could not protect me for the rest of my life, but it was not until last year that I realized how strong the difference between this "grace, honor, and disgrace" is.

If she wanted to die in accordance with the etiquette, the mother would call Li Dian to come and give some instructions, and then Li Dian would go home and do the work—of course it was very simple, the father wanted the son to die, and the son had to die—but if A Huan wanted A Huan to die, he would Easier than keeping the rituals.

There is no need to go through Fengge and Luantai, no need to go through the discussion of the ministers, no need to go through the six ministries, no need to go through the trial and deliberation of the Sixing Temple or the Sishu Temple, and there is no need for a reason. The crown princess of the country, my mother's daughter-in-law, my brother's wife, my lover, can die under the stick on the spot.

Thinking back many years ago, when my father was still there and my mother had not yet exercised power, killing Mrs. Zhao was nothing more than a trumped-up charge. It was sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for "investigation". A few days later, Mrs. Zhao died. He died of illness, some said he died of starvation, and some said he committed suicide in anger.No matter which way of death, it is only in the words of the mother, and there is no need to explain to the outside world, because this is the wife of the king of Ji, the daughter-in-law of the mother, and a member of the smaller house of the emperor who takes the world as his house. It is "the son of heaven's family affairs".

Children belong to their parents. Although there are express provisions in the law, if parents kill or injure their children, they should be punished, but this punishment is not only reduced, but also extremely easy to escape.Wives belong to the husband, and a husband who kills his wife has the same law as a parent who kills a child.The subordinate officials belong to the superior officials, and it is almost one of the unspoken rules of the officialdom to kill subordinates who don’t like it with a stick. permitted by law.The courtiers belong to the monarch even more, the fifth rank, the sixth rank, the fourth rank, the third rank... Made a mistake. In the past, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty beat the minister with a horsewhip, and later, when the mother was hanging down the curtain, he urged his father to kill the minister, and died under the stick. , the highest is the first-rank Huangsun Junwang.

Long, long ago, I knew that this was a family world, but I always thought that since it was a "family world", the head of the family always cared about the family's ups and downs, and acted rationally.The emperors I have seen, no matter they are as kind as father, as strict as mother, or as mediocre as Li Dian, all confirmed my previous thoughts.In front of me, most of the time, they are tender and affectionate, and what they do, no matter whether they are stupid or wise, have clear and reasonable considerations. Even so, they are enough to make me and my subordinates be on guard day and night, walking on thin ice.I can't imagine what would happen if they lost their rationality as ordinary people.

And once they lose their rationality, there will be no system to restrain them unless they play tricks so that everyone betrays their relatives, their family and country are overthrown, others take risks and change dynasties.

The Sui Dynasty established three provinces and six ministries that could check and balance the monarchy, but the founding Emperor Wen himself often trampled on the dignity of provincial officials. In this dynasty, since King Qin's rebellion, the post of Shangshuling was vacant and refused to be given to his mother when he was regent. Liu Yizhi, who had not been deliberated by his subordinates, was given to death by a decree that was not deliberated by his subordinates. Since then, although the three provinces and six ministries are still operating normally, Fengge has become a private secretary-like existence prepared by the emperor on behalf of the emperor. Taiwan has become the mouthpiece of the emperor's will, and no one can resist the firm will of the ruler, no matter whether the will is good or bad.

And I was separated from my mother.I can't peek into her mood and mind at any time, I can't go into the palace to explain to her or act like a baby or negotiate with her at any time, keep the rituals and my life and death, or only a strange book with a jade seal in the hands of a strange servant above.

I felt strong fear again, and this fear was even stronger than when A Huan and I went hand in hand to the Temple of Manna. I stayed in the capital, anxiously waiting for A Huan's letter and news.

On the third day of February, I finally got the first home letter written by A Huan himself, which was attached to the handwritten letter from my mother sent by Gao Lishi.There is no seal on the letter to show that you are not afraid of people reading it.The content was nothing special, but it was a detailed description of her recent physical condition, thanking me for the knee pads and wheelchair I made for her, and at the same time telling me to go to bed early and get up early, and to eat well.The tone of the letter is not overreaching. If people read it, they will feel that it is abnormally detailed at most. However, in the eyes of those who know the relationship between the two of us, this can be regarded as a love letter that is too sweet to die—especially After seeing the word count of this letter.

The handwritten letter sent by my mother was only a few crosses. Apart from saying that she planned to come back after her birthday, she also asked about the preparations for the inauguration ceremony of Shouli. , postponed the inscription ceremony to March, if you think about it together with the matter of keeping the rituals and staying behind, you will know that my mother also has the intention of testing the rituals, and then she asked me about my illness Why, I didn't even mention the matter of ordering me to write back to her.

A Huan's letter has thousands of words in it, it's hard for her to expand so few contents into such a few words, and it still looks so smooth. Under the lamp, she looked at the book carefully considering the content word by word, unconsciously showing a smile, and found what she really wanted to say to me in the letter according to the number we agreed on: the prince uttered complaints, felt Being a prince is not as free as being a prince. I made friends with 13 courtiers and promoted six people. The list is as left.