[Rebirth] Chronicle of the Two Capitals

It was icy and snowy outside, but a ground fire was ignited inside the hall, and the warmth from the ground spread everywhere, so that no icicles ever formed under the eaves.It is warm, even if a sliding door is opened, the cold wind blows in and quickly melts into the warm surroundings. It is just ventilation. Looking outside the sliding door, there are a few clumps of green bamboo in the garden, newly planted last year, with bamboo poles It was still slender and fragile, and its waist was overwhelmed by the accumulation of frost and snow.

Seeing that the queen mother was fascinated, Tang Yu turned around to look.The two servants were hit on the top of their heads by the falling snow, and they were trying their best to strengthen these new and tender green bamboos. This situation was not very beautiful in previous years. Tang Yu twisted his body and lifted it up again When looking at her eyes, she inadvertently meets the Empress Dowager's eyes.

Her eyes were full of crumbling star shadows, brilliant and dazzling, and she couldn't take her eyes away after just one look.Tang Yu stared at her blankly for a moment, and suddenly there was a burst of sparks from the charcoal in the charcoal stove, waking her up, her eyes immediately dodged, and she forced a smile and said: "Aunt, you look at me like this, I'm so sorry. I'm a little embarrassed."

The queen mother bent her lips: "It was the same in the past, why are you so shy today? You seem to be acting strangely recently."

Hearing this, Tang Yan laughed a few times dryly: "Ah? Really? Uh... probably, maybe I've grown up." Often girls' thoughts are beyond the grasp of others, so they can use this as an excuse.

She was so guilty that she didn't dare to look directly at her anymore, the queen mother sighed silently, the white glazed bowl was full of the roasted venison she gave her, but at this moment she couldn't tell whether it was a chick feeding back.

The mood became complicated in an instant, and the roasted venison tasted the same. Even so, the Empress Dowager's eyes still fell on her face. In it, depicted in the bottom of my heart, it is like remembering the finely crafted nephrite that is hard to see with my own eyes.

Neither of them had much appetite, so after three rounds of tea, they stopped chopsticks at the same time, stood up, walked around, and digested food.The chaos of cups and plates was cleaned up by the palace servants.

Seeing that the two were about to go out, Liandong hurriedly brought a warm and thick fox fur, and wanted to wear it to serve the Queen Mother.But Tang Yu took the fox fur from her hand, walked behind the queen mother, and put the fox fur on her with his own hands. When he pulled up the collar, he accidentally touched the skin around her neck. The delicate and soft touch made her feel like being shocked by an electric shock. , took half a step back in shock, and forced himself to complete the last step of tying the belt.

Liandong handed over two hand stoves, the queen mother took both of them, and placed one of them in Tang Yu's palm, just looking at the scenery outside the hall, said calmly: "Let's go."

"Okay." Tang Yu walked out of the side hall with her side by side like a thief. She didn't see that the empress dowager's earlobes flew over the ambiguous crimson color quickly, and then faded away.

The garden is full of withered scenes. After walking through two corridors and walking straight again, you will come to Meilin.No one disturbs here today, the plum blossoms on the branches bloom in the wind, with bright red and plump petals, swaying in the whistling wind, blowing the face with both snowflakes and the quiet and cold fragrance of flowers.

The two of them stepped out of the corridor and stepped on the shoe prints on the snow-covered stone steps. A few steps away, a bird foraging for food in winter was looking up. It tilted its head, and its black eyes seemed to be looking at it. Whether the two behemoths in front of him would pose a threat to it, a moment later it flapped its wings, slid lightly across the snow, and fell straight down to the stone steps, begging for food with its mouth open.

The snow fell harder, and in an instant it covered all the paw prints left by the birds when they slid on the snow.

Seeing the gentle smiles on the faces of the two masters, Liandong sent people to the kitchen to bring some food.

The grain was packed in a small bowl, Tang Yu received it in his hand, and saw that the visitor was still carrying a gold wire birdcage, he looked at him coldly and said, "You don't need this, take it back." Everything has spirituality, and encounter is fate , but should not be trapped here because of this fate and his strong enough ability.

The servant hurriedly said yes shyly, and together with the golden birdcage, it went back where it came from.

Tang Yu squatted down and sprinkled a handful of grains in front of the bird. This bird was very human, and it was not afraid of being surrounded by many people. It started to eat the grains.

Tang Xi stretched out his hand to touch its smooth and supple feathers, and it moaned a few times, showing no sign of discomfort or rejection.The Queen Mother condescendingly saw the shallow pear dimples on the corners of her lips, and smiled to herself, not caring that the hem of her clothes would be wet from the snow on the steps, she squatted down, and when the birds had finished eating, she grabbed the millet from the bowl, Sprinkle evenly on the ground.

"Nine cold days, it's probably a little bird, but it ran out to look for food by itself, maybe it's an order?" Tang Yu looked at the bird's appearance, and speculated teasingly, "Maybe it made a mistake and was killed by its mother." kicked out."

The queen mother glanced at her lightly: "Just guessing. Even if the children make mistakes, the mother always tolerates and loves her first, and then thinks deeply about why she made mistakes and whether there are unavoidable reasons."

Tang Yu was joking, and the queen mother couldn't tell, but she spoke so seriously that the smile on Tang Yu's lips froze for a moment.She wasn't sure if she had made a mistake. After all, even in the modern society in her previous life, there were many parents who regarded their children with different sexual orientations as evil animals and mentally ill parents. What's more, she was not only a matter of sexual orientation.

"...Aniang," Tang Yu lowered his head, drew a circle with his index finger in the snow on the stone steps, and asked nonchalantly, "If my... son, my son made a big mistake, you... you Will you forgive me?" She didn't think it was a mistake in this matter, but if the queen mother thought she was wrong, she would definitely not refute it, but would fall into deep self-blame.

The Empress Dowager looked at her sideways, it was rare for her to hesitate because of her decisive and unprocrastinating temperament.After a while, she stretched out her hand, touched the back of her soft neck as she comforted her when she was a child, and said firmly: "Yes, I will forgive you." my fault?

While talking, the birds are full and fly away.

Even with a hand stove, it was still freezing to the bone after being outside for a long time. In particular, the hem of the two people's clothes was covered with snow, which melted and soaked inside when it was hot, and they were prone to get sick. They had to change their clothes first.

On the way back to the side hall, the queen mother told her about Zhang Jing's informant.When the case of Qin Mi's corruption of ink was concluded, Zhang Jing first told Wang Boyuan that he had bribed people for money and killed birds for food. Zhang Jing's intentions were clearly revealed.After being killed with a stick in front of the palace, Qinghe repeatedly invited Wang Boyuan to the mansion for a small gathering, which was also secretly arranged by the queen mother, waiting for Zhang Jing and Wang Boyuan to jump in at the same time.

The Empress Dowager looked ahead and said calmly: "Chang Geng, as a king, you need to have the ability to understand people, the right way to employ people, and the generosity to tolerate others. You should have your own grand plans and great achievements in your heart. Zhang Jing and his like have treacherous natures and have the spirit of troubled times. He is capable but has no talent for governing the world. Reusing him will only encourage the tendency of the party to fight against dissidents, and only care about internal fighting, so it is difficult to develop things that change course."

For example, the first emperor allowed the Yan family and the Xiao party to fight for more than [-] years. During this period, the domestic situation was stable because the predecessors planted trees and the descendants took advantage of the shade.However, if you don't seek a way out, you don't have the desire to make progress, and you can only end up sitting and eating.

Tang Yu nodded solemnly: "I will keep it in mind. The two servants of the official department are mediocre and incompetent, so it has been difficult for me to decide who will fill the vacancy of the minister. The vacation is approaching, so I simply procrastinate and live well in my free time." thinking."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "If Prime Minister Xiao recommends you, you should follow his advice." A few years ago, she still had doubts about Xiao Shen.Lu Yao knows that Ma Li has seen people's hearts for a long time, and now he can see that Xiao Shen is indeed a rare minister, upright and loyal.

"Okay." Tang Yan smiled, rolled his eyes, and walked in with her.

The two were served by Gong'e respectively to change into clean clothes.The days of winter are short, and when Tang Yi changed his clothes, it was completely dark, and the outside of the palace was covered with snow, half of which was illuminated by palace lanterns was dim yellow, and the half hidden in the shadows was faintly glowing.

Tang Yu waited in the hall for a while before the Empress Dowager came out. She put her palm on Liandong's hand, and her steps seemed a little slower than usual.Tang Yu went up to meet her, and said reluctantly, "Aniang, I'm going back, and I'll come back tomorrow."

The Queen Mother nodded: "The road is slippery in snowy weather, next time you come back earlier, don't stay until night."

Tang Yi readily agreed, longing for her to send herself outside the door like before, but she obviously didn't have this intention today, and she didn't even let Lian Dong send her off, but sent another charming maid who was close to her.

Such an arrangement has to be said to be unreasonable, Tang Yu felt strange in his heart, and suppressed his doubts.She walked out of Weiyang Palace, and headed for Xuanshi Palace in the deep night.

When she was about to go to bed, she remembered that Yan Shu had given her a travel journal, so she asked Chi Zai to take it from the bookcase in the inner room.Chi Zai held the lamp beside the bed and reminded: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, and I might damage my eyes if I read again."

Tang Xi opened the title page of the book, and replied lightly: "It's okay, I'll sleep after reading it for a while."

Chi Zai had no choice but to let her, and ordered someone to pick up the lanterns from the nearby palace lanterns to make them brighter.

No matter how interesting the travel notes are, they are all densely packed with words. After a while, sleepiness swept over. Tang Yu put down the book, lay down on the couch safely, and wanted to fall asleep.

Leaving Gong'e in charge of the bedroom, Chi then led the palace people back outside the hall.

The winter night was silent, and soon I was immersed in a peaceful dreamland.This night's dream was complicated and complicated. Maybe it was because she read the travel notes presented by Yan Shu before going to bed, and Yan Shu stepped into her dream first.In a daze, it seemed that it was the day when he glimpsed his own thoughts for the first time. Yan Shu sat at the table with the Queen Mother, and he put his hand on the Queen Mother's wrist——

This posture... No, it's not... He is gently resting his finger on her pulse... Diagnosing her pulse?Yan Shu was not compatible with his family, so he lived in seclusion in the mountains in his early years and refused to be helped by others. He once learned some methods of distorting yellows from Yu Sheng's father, and he used them to practice medicine when he was away. Over the years, his medical skills have become increasingly sophisticated.

Uncle is proficient in medical science, but the doctor at the Tai Hospital will ask for her pulse every month, so why did he take her pulse first after seeing her for the first time?

On the night of the Qianqiu banquet, the Queen Mother's sudden anomaly, today's anomaly...all kinds of details that I hadn't noticed before came to my mind like a tidal wave, and awakened Tang Yu from his sleep.

The sky outside the window had just dawned, she suddenly opened her eyes, immediately lifted the quilt, and went straight outside.

Gong'e, who was in charge of the bedchamber, heard the movement and hurried to the inner room. Seeing the emperor's face was as white as paper and sweating profusely, she was startled. Before they could ask, the emperor urgently ordered: "Call the doctor quickly!"

Although she didn't know why, Gong'e took the order and left, walked a few steps, and was stopped by the emperor again: "Let him bring the empress dowager's monthly pulse case."