Darkness of Rebirth

Weiyang Palace is the bedroom of Emperor Qianwen.Emperor Qianwen seldom stayed in the concubine's palace, but mostly in his own Weiyang Palace Yangxin Hall.The main hall of Weiyang Palace is the Hall of Self-cultivation.On weekdays, if he is not dealing with state affairs in the imperial study, he will review memorials in this hall of self-cultivation.

Today is the first day of the first lunar month in the 21st year of Qiansheng. From today onwards, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty will be exempted from going to court for [-] days until February.Although he is exempted from going to court, none of the things that should be dealt with can be left behind. Whoever is on duty has to go to the government office to be on duty for a day. If there is something important, he will write a memorial and submit it to Emperor Qianwen.

Emperor Qianwen, as the king of a country, could not tolerate any slack, even on the first day of the new year, he was not allowed to take half a day off, but he could wake up a little later than usual.At this time, it was only three quarters of the hour, and Emperor Qianwen had already bent over his desk to deal with the mountain of memorials.A batch of this memorial was processed, and another batch was sent, and it is unknown when the processing will be finished.

"Report to the Emperor, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Princess, Your Highness the King of Qing, Your Highness the King You, and Your Highness the Fourth Prince are waiting outside the hall." The little eunuch who was guarding outside the hall saw Her Highness the Princess and several princes coming from a distance, and then Cleverly advanced to the temple of self-cultivation.After he finished speaking, several people just walked to the door.

Emperor Qianwen had only these four sons and one daughter in his life, and now only the fourth prince, Dongfang Jin, has not been crowned king until seventeen years ago.

Dongfangdu left his personal maid, Banlan, in Fengqing Palace, and only brought a few ordinary court ladies and eunuchs with him, and then went to Emperor Qianwen's Weiyang Palace.On this road, the fourth prince, Dongfang Jin, was the first to meet.

Dongfang Jin was a lively and cheerful child when he was young, but the older he grew up, the more silent he became.She neither interacts with the crown prince or the third prince, nor does she seldom meet Princess Dongfang Lingwu. She just stays alone in her own Hongqin Palace, practicing calligraphy and reading, and occasionally goes for a walk in the imperial garden, which is regarded as fun and relaxation.

"Second Brother, is your health okay? I didn't visit the Emperor yesterday, please forgive me." Dongfang Jin treated Dongfang Du with respect and courtesy like a real brother, and said frankly that he didn't visit her yesterday. come out.

Dongfang Du raised his eyes to look at Dongfang Jin, and said with a slight smile: "It turns out to be the Fourth Emperor Brother. The Emperor Brother is in good health, but he still needs to use a wheelchair for a while. Please worry about it." Looking at Dongfang Jin in front of him, he was gentle and polite, with soft eyes, neither alienating nor getting close to him.

"Then why not let Jin push this section of the road." After finishing speaking, Dongfang Jin waved his hand to the little eunuch behind Dongfangdu's wheelchair, and went straight behind her, "To make up for the fault of not visiting the emperor's brother yesterday, the emperor Can you agree?"

This person was pushing the armrest behind him, and Dongfangdu couldn't refuse, so he could only nod his head in agreement, "Then thank you fourth brother."

The two of them didn't talk much along the way, they just walked towards Weiyang Palace quietly, and when they were approaching Weiyang Palace, they met the crown prince, the third prince, and Dongfang Lingwu.

Dongfangdu caught a glimpse of the flash of astonishment on Dongfang Lingwu's face, smiled slightly, and explained: "I happened to meet the fourth brother on the road, so he came with me." It's okay not to explain, After explaining, Dongfang Lingwu was even more surprised.Dongfangjin's bedroom is not on the same side as Dongfangdu's Fengqing Palace!

Dongfangdu was not familiar with the arrangement of those palaces, but Dongfang Lingwu did.Dongfang Jin was not embarrassed, and said directly: "Actually, I was specially waiting for the second brother there."

"I don't know that the relationship between the fourth emperor and the second emperor is close now." The crown prince interjected, "You and I should get closer..." He said looking at Dongfangdu, "You Say yes, Second Emperor~" The Second Emperor shouted meaningfully, except for Dongfang Du who heard the meaning of the words, the others were at a loss.

"It's natural. Du has been away from the palace for four years, and he has become strangers to the imperial brothers, sisters, and younger brothers. It is necessary to get closer and closer. No, it happens to be close to the fourth younger brother." Dongfang Du walked along the Dongfang table words go on.She didn't know that Dongfang Jin was waiting for her on that part of the road deliberately, but she didn't point it out.

Several people seemed to be chatting, walking towards Weiyang Palace while talking, but the one pushing the wheelchair was still the Fourth Prince Dongfang Jin.Dongfang Lingwu wanted to replace Dongfang Jin, but Dongfang Jin said: "Miss Huang, let Jin do such a trivial matter." He directly rejected Dongfang Lingwu.

Dongfang Lingwu glanced at Dongfang Du, saw her slightly raised her eyebrows, and said understandingly: "Since the emperor is so persistent, let the fourth emperor continue to push."

As soon as the five people walked to the main hall of Weiyang Palace, the little eunuch saluted and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Princess, Your Highness the King of Qing, Your Highness the King You, Your Highness the Fourth Prince, the slave has already reported to the Emperor, and your Highnesses can go in now." It's over." After the little eunuch finished speaking, he bowed his head sideways and made a gesture of please.

"My son pays homage to the father, long live the father." The five knelt down and saluted together, and then said a few words of greetings and blessings to Emperor Qianwen in sequence.

Emperor Ganwen put down the cinnabar pen, squinted and smiled to listen to the children's blessings to him, and when they finished speaking, he said: "Get up." After speaking, he got up, bypassed the dragon case, and went in front of the few people.

Looking at the grown-up children, Emperor Ganwen felt very relieved, but when he thought of certain things, his heart sank again, "Xi'er, you are 24 this year, you may be able to use this governance policy with ease?" Children will inevitably want to compare themselves with their father. He became emperor at the age of 20, and Dongfang Xi is now 24, but he is still the crown prince. This heart will inevitably change. The throne will be passed to him sooner or later. , Why do you want to be unwilling?

"With Taifu Zhao and Taifu Shen teaching my sons and ministers, this policy of governing the country has been learned." The policy of governing the country, the strategy of weighing, and the order of the emperor and ministers have all been learned. In addition, on weekdays, he observes and learns in actual combat in the court, and Dongfang Xi is confident. If he can be a good prince, even if he is enthroned as emperor at this time, he can also be a good generation of emperor.

Emperor Qianwen nodded, and said to Dongfang Du: "Du'er, you are nineteen now, and you have been crowned king, so you should marry a princess. After the first month, I will issue an edict to honor you among the ministers. Choose a virtuous and virtuous woman to be your princess..." Emperor Qianwen wanted to say something more, but Dongfangdu said: "Father, my son is not in a hurry to marry the princess at this time, after the body is fully recovered , let’s talk about choosing a concubine again.”

"This statement is reasonable, then wait until Du'er is fully healthy, and then the emperor will choose a concubine for you." He patted her on the shoulder, "Du'er, get well soon." Emperor Ganwen felt quite guilty Well, if he hadn't let Dongfangdu go to Jizhou City, she wouldn't have gotten sick, and she wouldn't have been so weak that she had to use a wheelchair instead.

Hearing that Emperor Qianwen wanted to choose a concubine for Dongfang Du, Dongfang Lingwu couldn't help but think, if he really wanted to choose a concubine, what would An Yun do?Could it be that he could only be with Dongfangdu secretly for the rest of his life?Apart from An Yun, there is also Dongfang Du's identity as a woman. If she marries a minister's daughter, this identity will probably be exposed!Fortunately, Dongfangdu refused, and Emperor Qianwen also agreed.But this can be delayed for a while, not for a lifetime, the best way is to marry An Yun Mingmei Zheng and be her princess.

Seeing that Dongfang Lingwu seemed to be distracted, Emperor Qianwen frowned and asked, "Wu'er, what are you thinking?" Looking at her like that, it seemed that she was thinking about something tangled in her heart?Thinking of Dongfang Lingwu's age, two years older than Dongfangdu, but not even having a son-in-law, Emperor Ganwen couldn't help but sighed deeply again, "Wu'er, don't worry, after the imperial examination, the emperor will choose a son-in-law for you." Good son-in-law..."

When Dongfang Lingwu heard this, he couldn't help but twitched the corners of his lips, wasn't she thinking about choosing a son-in-law to marry him!She was only worried about Dongfangdu and Dark Cloud just now!But having said that, she really needs to worry about the son-in-law.After having an in-depth conversation with Dongfang Du last night, she made up her mind that it was Chu Mi!

"Father, my son... my son listens to my father..." Dongfang Lingwu wanted to refuse, but when he got to the point of speaking, he realized that he had no excuse to refuse, so he had no choice but to change his words and follow Emperor Ganwen's wishes for the time being. , as if it was entirely up to Emperor Qianwen to make the decision.Dongfang Du once said that the four of them would leave the palace together and live a carefree life together. She believed that she could do it.

After caring about Dongfang Lingwu, Emperor Qianwen cared about Dongfang Xu and Dongfang Jin again. After nagging for more than half an hour, he let the five of them go back to their respective palaces.The five of them left Weiyang Palace, and went to Ganquan Palace together to greet Dongfang Xi and Dongfang Xu's biological mother, the current empress.

After leaving Ganquan Palace, Dongfang Xi and Dongfang Xu can naturally go back to their own palace, but Dongfang Du and Dongfang Jin still need to greet their mother and concubine.Before they parted, the prince said to Dongfang Du: "Second brother, two days later, at Youshi, the emperor will hold a banquet in the East Palace to celebrate you and the third brother becoming kings. Remember to come to the appointment on time. Huangjie and fourth brother remember a And come, we brothers, just in time to get close to each other."

This was the first time that Dongfang Ban hosted a banquet for Dongfangdu and the others. Dongfangdu didn't refuse, and nodded in agreement, "Thank you, Brother Emperor." Dongfangdu agreed, and Dongfang Lingwu and Dongfang Jin would naturally not refuse.

By the time Dongfangdu went to Zhaoxian Palace and returned to Fengqing Palace, it was almost time.At this time, An Yun unexpectedly did not get up, and was still sleeping on the bed.

Seeing that Dongfang Du came back, An Yun stretched lazily and asked, "Why have you been gone for so long? I thought I would be back in half an hour..." Isn't this just to say hello!How could it take more than an hour!

"Of course we have to chat after I ask you to be safe, so it took some time." Dongfang Du sat down beside the bed, stretched out his hand to gently stroke An Yun's side face, and thought that his hand was too cold, so he took it back.An Yun took her hand, put it under the quilt, and said with a smile: "It will be warm in a while..." After thinking about it, he said: "Why don't you come up and lie down for a while?" There are circles drawn on the back of Du's hand...

"Uh..." Dongfangdu felt her provocation/provocation/tease, hesitated for a while, finally bit his lower lip, shook his head and said: "No, wait for you to get up later, after breakfast, I have something to send you."