Chang'an ancient meaning

The sky is as blue as water, and the dew as white as jade.The air in the mountains in the early morning is clear and slightly humid. Because it has passed through the heavy osmanthus seeds, it still carries a strong fragrance of flowers. Just one breath, it is as sweet as drinking osmanthus dew.Xue Chongjian stretched his waist, looked up, and saw Li Chengqi standing by the lotus pond in the distance, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, beside A Luo, a maidservant in a light silk dress, holding a pen and inkstone.Xue Chongjian stepped lightly, first went to fold a red osmanthus and held it in his hand, hidden behind the screen of flowers and trees, quietly approached the lotus pond, and saw Li Chengqi with his head bowed and muttering to himself, throwing it in the wastebasket on the ground. Counting balls of paper, I think it was a waste of writing, Xue Chongjian laughed dumbly, and then realized that he got up early to work hard again, and said with a smile: "Does the king have a time when his talents are exhausted?"

Firstly, Li Chengqi was concentrating, and secondly, Xue Chongjian's clogs were silently stepping on the thick moss, and he didn't even know he was approaching, and was startled by him.Li Chengqi turned around and saw that Xue Chongjian was only wearing a white jacket and a blue round-neck robe over his shoulders, but he was kicking a pair of wooden clogs with bare feet.Xue Chongjian had just taken a bath last night, her long, ink-like hair hadn't been pulled up, and it was casually scattered on her shoulders, like a black waterfall cascading down.He came from the west, and the shining sun was shining on his face, shining his black eyebrows and handsome face like gold powder, especially those long eyelashes, which seemed to be covered with thin and thin lashes. The golden thread is twisted.People don't know whether the brilliance comes from the rising sun behind it, or from this face with variegated colors and engraved gold.

Li Chengqi narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking of those ancient praises that were as bright as the sun and the moon in his bosom, but he said angrily: "The autumn air is getting colder, you still have no taboos, why are the clothes not easy to wear?" Xue Chongjian handed the sweet-scented osmanthus When it was in Li Chengqi's hands, he put on the robe, tied the belt, and said with a smile, "I didn't see you when I got up, and I came to catch you—you often say that you have the demeanor of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, with your clothes loose, isn't that what it looks like?" Li Chengqi slightly He laughed and said, "The demeanor of the Wei and Jin Dynasties comes from natural inaction. How can you and I have such a state of mind." He looked at the waste paper in the wastebasket, and then turned his head to face the lotus pond. The contrast between red and white of the thousand-leaf lotus is really surprising, but when you look carefully, you can see that the petals are not unusual, they are cut out of silk, gathered into the shape of flowers, and inserted on the lotus leaves.

This mountain villa in Zhongnan Mountain was originally used by the queen. After Xue Chongjian got married, the emperor gave the villa to Princess Taiping, and the king of Liang funded the renovation and expansion as a dowry for the county lord of Fangcheng.The emperor once said that on Double Ninth Day, he would go to the princess's new manor to climb up to admire the chrysanthemums, so Taiping sent Xue Chongjian up the mountain early to make arrangements, Xue Chongjian called Li Chengqi, and the two lived in Nanzhuang at the end of August.Last year, Yang Zaisi praised Zhang Changzong's "lotus is like Liulang, non-Liulang is like lotus".After autumn, all the lotus flowers had withered, so Taiping specially ordered the skillful lady in Yeting to cut three hundred lotus flowers out of silk, and plant them in the pond of the villa.Recently, Li Chengqi visited every landscape in the villa, wrote several poems in each place, and distributed them to the emperors and grandchildren when he returned home, in case the emperor suddenly ordered everyone to write poems on the ninth day of Chongjiu, and they were caught off guard.Only this pond of lotus is artificial, with Shangguan Wan'er's "Jiancaihua" corresponding poem in front, it is difficult to make new ideas, and it is not his usual temperament to flatter the two, it is not satisfactory after a few days.

The grass and trees in the mountain are hazy, the clouds are flourishing and the sky is beautiful, but he knows that at the foot of the mountain where the river is as quiet as training, there is a court hall full of undercurrents and turbulence.After Li Chengqi accepted his concubine, the sons and daughters of Li Wu's family got married in order of age and relationship.Only the county magistrate of Yongqing, who was originally promised to Li Chongrun, died of malaria before he got married, and the emperor was depressed.Afterwards, Li Dan arranged the marriage for Li Chengyi and Li Longji, and was busy until the early autumn of the second year, when another major event that stirred up the government and the public occurred. : "The world is the world of gods and warriors. Although your majesty is orthodox, it is because of the old foundation of the Tang family. Today, the crown prince is back, and the years are full of virtue. Your majesty is greedy for his throne and forgets about mother and child. He Shengyan will see the Tang family. The ancestral temple, what is the order to pay homage to the tomb of the great emperor, why do you have to worry about it day and night, not knowing that the bells are ringing!"

As soon as this statement was made, the crown prince, Xiang Wang, and Princess Taiping were all terrified of the crime. Zhang Yizhi had always had a rift with Su Hengan, so he urged the emperor to go to prison for interrogation, but the emperor unexpectedly did not add any crimes.So King Xiang and Princess Taiping jointly asked the emperor to make the Zhang brothers kings, but the emperor refused, but he gave Zhang Changzong the Duke of Ye, which was a comfort to the two Zhangs.Afterwards, the emperor ordered Li Chengqi and others to expand the Five Kings' House, and gave the Zhongnanshan manor to Princess Taiping. Li Dan and Taiping understood their mother's intentions, and they both pretended to be asking for land and homes, and were busy with construction every day. mansion.

Seeing Xue Chongjian coming out, Ah Luo smiled and handed the lacquer plate holding the pen and inkstone to him and said: "Since the gentleman is serving His Highness, the slaves are going to be lazy." Xue Chongjian smiled and said: "You are used to her, she is getting more and more wanton It's over." It was a matter of last year that A Luo saw through the affair between the two, and Li Chengqi still blushed and lowered his head when he heard her tease occasionally.Seeing Li Chengqi bowed his head and said nothing, Xue Chongjian looked at the basket of waste paper and said, "I asked you to go up the mountain to hide with you, but unexpectedly I made you so hard." The temple is like a mountain forest, and now the government is changing rapidly, how can I calm down." Xue Chongjian frowned and said: "If you are worried about Uncle, let's go down the mountain to have a look today, the journey is about two hours, so you don't have to worry about it " Li Chengqi shook his head and said: "If there is something wrong, my father and aunt will definitely send someone to inform us, here——" He paused, and said in a low voice: "After all, it is better."

Xue Chongjian was silent, the two of them now have wives and their families are formidable, even such time together is rare when they return to the city.He stepped forward, kicked the wastebasket over, hugged Li Chengqi from behind and said, "Don't worry about the wetness and dryness, the weather is fine today, go hunting with me."

Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian went in together for breakfast, and they didn't even bring any entourage with them. They just used a horse to carry Xue Chongjian's tiger head and went hunting in the mountains.Although there are many manors and manors in Zhongnan Mountain, few people live there, and the prey in the mountain is not surprised by anyone, and it is very easy to hunt. By lunch time, the two of them have returned with a full load.As soon as he arrived at the gate of the manor, Shi Chun greeted him in a hurry, and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Sima Yuan from Xiangwang's Mansion is here, and he is having dinner in the hall." Respect, if there were no major incidents in the court, my father would definitely not send him up the mountain to spread the word.He hurriedly got off his horse in front of the gate of the villa, walked in quickly, and saw Yuan Shuji sitting sideways on the couch, gorging himself with a bowl of soup and cakes, thinking that he went up the mountain early in the morning and didn't even have breakfast, he was even more surprised and apprehensive.

When Yuan Shuji saw Li Chengqi, he didn't care about etiquette, stood up and wiped his mouth and said, "Your Highness and Erlang quickly follow me back to Beijing, something happened in the palace." Li Chengqi gasped, his limbs became weak, and he said in a trembling voice: " Are my father and aunt safe?" Yuan Shuji shook his head and said, "It's a matter in the crown prince's uterus. Early this morning, His Majesty ordered the arrest of King Shao Chongrun, Princess Yongtai, and Prince Consort Wei Wu Yanji."

The road down the mountain is rough, even if the three of them are anxious, they can't let the horse gallop, Yuan Shu himself can explain today's changes to Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian.Last night, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong cried to the emperor, saying that Li Chongrun, the eldest son of the crown prince, and the wife of Princess Yongtai privately slandered the Supreme Being, and talked about the improper entry and exit of the Zhang brothers.The furious emperor immediately sent Habayashi to break open the gates of Prince Shao's Mansion and Prince Wei's Mansion, and brought Li Chongrun, Wu Yanji, and Li Xianhui into the palace in their sleep.Perhaps it was because of the timidity and weakness of these young girls, or perhaps it was because Li Chongrun and Wu Yanji couldn't bear to let Xianhui, who was eight months pregnant, bear the punishment. He confessed to his crime.

The emperor now lives in the Wude Hall of the Taiji Palace, and Prince Li Xian lives in the East Palace on the east side of the Taiji Palace with his attendants.Yuan Shuji brought Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian into the Chongming Gate, and when they arrived at the Jixian Pavilion, Yuan Shuji, as a foreign minister, could not enter again, he held on to Li Chengqi's hand and said: "If you have a word, I hope your Highness will transfer it to the crown prince and Xiangwang, if you can't bear it, you will make a big mess. "Li Chengqi tremblingly said: "Flesh and flesh are connected to each other, how can your lord let the prince bear it?" Yuan Shuji said: "The people of Li are all in the mud, not just your highness's family. Isn’t it abandoning billions of people if you give up all your previous efforts because of love?” Li Chengqi slowly withdrew his hand and walked in quickly. When Xue Chongjian passed by Yuan Shuji, he gave him a hard look and scolded him: You sacrifice your children, are you willing?" Yuan Shuji looked at the backs of the two young men and could only sigh.

Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian hurried into the inner garden, and saw the outer hall of the prince's bedroom, his father was sitting with frowning, and the brothers around him were all worried, the princess Wei behind the screen heard the footsteps, and hurriedly asked: "Has Xian returned?" The scorching and sharp voice actually made Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian shudder. They bowed down to pay their respects, and their eager breathing turned into a faint cry, and Princess Tianping's low voice of comfort.

Li Dan sighed and said: "The crown prince was passed on by His Majesty and has not yet returned." Li Chengqi said: "Where are you going to moisten them again?" Li Dan glanced at him and said in a low voice: "Still at Your Majesty's place." The Lord got up and cried: "I'll go and get my sister back!" Princess Taiping sternly shouted: "Wu'er! Sit down! I'm going to make trouble for your father, don't you?" Princess Anle cried: "Aunt, my sisters are all eight. Yuesheng is pregnant, if they torture her, how can she stand it!" Li Chengqi remembered what happened to him in the judge's court that day, his heart ached, and he looked at his father with begging eyes, Li Dan sighed and said: " Wait until your third uncle comes back."

The shadow of the sweet-scented osmanthus in front of the court moved minute by minute on the bluestone tile floor. Li Chengqi thought of the sweet-scented osmanthus that Xue Chongjian held in his hand this morning.He thought of Di Renjie's death two years ago. Before he died, Di Renjie tightly held the hands of his third uncle and father, and could only cry silently.Everyone knows the meaning of these tears. This old man who has spent his whole life working hard for the Li clan, has no chance to see Li Tang's Kuang Fu in the end.The emperor used the cry of "the court is empty" as the highest evaluation of a generation of virtuous ministers, but in the past two years, the emperor gradually handed over political affairs to Er Zhang, and finally let the world see the consequences of Di Renjie's early departure.Although Yao Chong, Guo Yuanzhen and others were loyal and loyal, they did not have the power that Di Renjie had to make the emperor obey, nor were they strong enough to protect the descendants of the Li family who had fallen into a precarious situation again.

Li Chengqi was thinking wildly, when there was a chaotic and noisy sound in the courtyard, a servant shouted from a distance: "The prince is back!" Wei Shi and Princess Anle rushed out from behind the screen first, Li Dan didn't care about hiding, and ran quickly Going out to greet him, I saw the blue-faced Li Xian being staggered into the courtyard supported by several servants.Webster first grabbed Li Xian's sleeve and said anxiously: "Where's Chongrun? Where's Xianhui?" Li Xian didn't seem to hear it at all. He raised his head in a daze, looked at his younger siblings, and suddenly the corner of his mouth twitched. , Like a child who has been greatly wronged, he choked up and called out: "Ah Yue, Xu Lun..." His puffy body also sank in the hands of the servant.

Li Dan and Taiping hurriedly stepped forward to support them, and everyone worked hard together to bring the collapsed Prince Li Xian into the house. Taiping personally wiped the sweat from Li Xian's forehead, and Li Dan held a cup of tea , Li Xian took a sip from his hand.Webster was so anxious that his inner desires burned, he paused and said, "You should tell me quickly? Where are Chongrun and Xianhui!" Li Xian stared at his wife blankly, and repeated like a dementia: "Chongrun and Xianhui Hui..." He seemed to finally remember the meaning of these two names, choked up and said, "I brought them back..."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt that there was no sign of happiness on Li Xian's face. Wei Shi didn't have time to think too much, and said in surprise, "You're back? Where is it? Is Xian Hui safe?" Li Xian slowly lowered his head, He curled up, hugged his knees and said: "I locked them in the cold palace..." He suddenly hugged Li Dan's arm nearby, and cried loudly: "Xu Lun, Xu Lun, grandma put them Leave it to me, mother said she can't teach her grandchildren a lesson, let me interrogate them, what should I do, what should I do!" Taiping took a slight step back, leaning on Xue Chongjian, she looked at the crying third brother and The stunned fourth brother slowly revealed a surge of indignant sadness from her beautiful face.

An Le was still in a hurry to ask: "Daddy, why are you crying? Wouldn't it be good for the eldest brother and sister to come back? You come to interrogate them, it's better than letting them be tortured by Er Zhang!" Li Xian suddenly kicked over the cases on the couch, He didn't know whether he was in a state of distress or exasperation, and cried and cursed: "Okay! What's the matter! How can I interrogate! If they don't admit it, I'm selfish and deceiving the king. If they confess, you let me take the confession of slandering His Majesty. Go back to His Majesty!"

Only then did Wei Shi realize that the emperor's arrangement was terrible, and he hurriedly said: "Of course they can't be interrogated! Then, what should we do... Use the family law to punish them with a rod?" She tremblingly said with tears in her eyes: " ...but Xianhui's body..." Li Xian's crying stopped for a moment, and he raised his head to look at Taiping again, Taiping also had tears in his eyes, but he shook his head very slowly to Li Xian.Li Xian covered his face with his hands, and said in a low voice, "Don't use a stick...give me the white silk...【1】"

Hearing this sentence, the hall fell silent for a moment, and Princess Anle cried out first, "Daddy, are you crazy! You want to kill your elder brother and sister, you want to kill your own children!" Wei Shi also suddenly cried out: "No, no! I will re-moist a son!" She grabbed Li Dan's sleeve and cried: "Xu Lun! Your Majesty loves you and Taiping the most, please go and beg her to forgive you Let Xianhui die! They are young and ignorant, beat them up... Or, or demote them out of Beijing, I will accompany them out of Beijing..."

Xue Chongjian remembered that when Li Chongrun first returned to Beijing, he followed behind him shyly and timidly. Now, because of a few words, he was about to be ordered to death by his biological father.A burst of blood surged up in his chest, and he shouted: "I'm going!" Li Chengqi had been holding back for a long time, and followed up: "I'm going too!" But he was grabbed by Li Longji, and Taiping shouted sharply: "No one is allowed to go! "Li Longji stepped aside to block the door, grabbed Li Chengqi's arm with one hand, and put his hand on Xue Chongjian's shoulder, and said anxiously: "Brother, Hua Nu! This is a trap set by Er Zhang. He deliberately asked His Majesty to test Uncle San. Go and intercede." , not only can't save Chongrun Xianhui, but also bring Sanbo's family into trouble!"

An Le jumped up and cried: "What kind of family! If the elder brother and sister are dead, how can we have a family! Our family is in Fangzhou well, why do you want to bring us back! Now that something happened, you let my elder brother and sister be scapegoat!"

Wei Shi suddenly tore off the corolla and tinn from her head, and then tore off the silk tie on her body. She rushed out while crying, and shouted: "I am no longer the princess, I want to take the heavy Run and Xianhui return to Fangzhou, my Chongrun, my Chongrun is only 19 years old! I want to go back to Fangzhou, I want to go back to Fangzhou..." The bun on her head fell off, revealing the sparseness underneath White hair, a hairpin precariously pulling a strand of messy hair.Taiping trembled slightly in shock. Webster was only three years older than her. The 14 years of belittling had turned this former boudoir beauty into a prematurely aging village woman.

Li Xian, who had been huddled on the couch, suddenly jumped down, rushed forward and hugged Wei Shi, pressed her on the couch, pressed her mouth firmly, Wei Shi bit Li Xian's finger, and the bright red blood flowed from the bed. The corner of her mouth dripped down, Li Xian trembled in pain, but he never let go.

The princesses and princes in this room, the nobles of the imperial family, can only look at the crown princess with messy temple hair and the tearful prince, rolling, fighting, and biting silently on the couch together, ferocious but desperate, like in hell. A demon with its tongue cut off and its throat cut.When ordinary people have to meet grievances and leave irreversibly, there is still a cry to vent. Li Dan and Taiping both know that they cannot cry this out. They are too close to the throne, and the emperor can hear their every breath. It may become the crime of Fuyan's family.They all understand the grief of brother and sister-in-law, and it is exactly the same as when they lost their beloved.

Shao Wang Li Chongrun and his son-in-law Du Wei Wu Yanji were given to die in the cell. Only Li Xianhui bit his finger and wrote a blood letter on the white silk, begging his father to postpone his death for one day so that she could give birth to the fetus in his womb.Princess Taiping pleaded with the emperor through Shangguan Wan'er, probably the emperor still thought that Wu Chengsi was his favorite nephew, now that Wu Yanji is dead, Wu Yanxiu is stranded in Turkic again, and his life is uncertain, the child in Li Xianhui's womb may be Wu Chengsi's only descendant finally graciously allowed Li Xianhui's execution to be postponed for one day.

Li Xian didn't dare to ask the imperial doctor, it was Taiping who brought Wen Po and the doctor from the outside. Li Dan and others did not leave the palace that night. Encourage your daughter to work hard.When the night was getting thinner, Xianhui's cry of pain subsided, and Webster's desperate cry suddenly sounded again, Taiping wiped away the tears on his face, and whispered to Li Dan: "Fourth brother, please recite scriptures for Xianhui to save you." .”

Li Dan closed his eyes, knelt down, put his hands together and recited in a low voice: "Namo Amida Poye. Duotaka Duoye. Duodi Yeduo. Ami Lidu, Popi..." sung in the scriptures What is recited is the wisdom, light and supreme power of the Buddha. The Buddha told the world that as long as there is a sincere heart, you can have unlimited freedom and infinite tranquility.The Buddhists also say that for those who recite this mantra, Amitabha Buddha will always live on its top, and the present world will be stable.He has recited this volume of rebirth mantra every day for several years, why what he sees is the parting of life and death day after day.

Tai Ping walked into the prison cell, blood oozed from the straw under the girl's body, winding all the way to the door, Xian Hui was already in a state of anger, she suffered this night of suffering, but in the end she couldn't save the blood in her belly. child.Taiping came to Li Xianhui's side with blood, took the girl's body from the weeping and fainting Wechsler, gently held her hand, and brushed her hair covered with tears and sweat.

Taiping suddenly put his lips next to Xianhui's ear, and murmured: "Auntie will avenge you."

The author has something to say: [1] Li Chongrun died on the third day of September in the first year of Chang'an (701), and Li Xianhui died on the fourth day of September. They died in Luoyang, including Li Wu's intermarriage. , postponed for two years.Both old and new Tang books say that Li Chongrun was killed by a rod. I really can’t do it. Fortunately, Sima smashed the tank with a softer heart. The master and son-in-law Wei Wang Wu Yanji secretly discussed the matter. Yizhi sued the queen mother, and in September, Renshen, the queen mother forced her to commit suicide. Yanji is also the son of the successor." Yu Yu is very literary, I follow the light.

In Li Xianhui's inscription, there is a sentence "the pearl tire destroys the moon", so some people say that she died of dystocia, not the killing of her grandmother.But she died the day after her husband's elder brother died. She was either forced to death or frightened to death, no difference.

For those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, I really don't want to write this paragraph, but I feel that without this paragraph, there will be no future Empress Wei and Princess Anle.Sorry everyone.