[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Although Ziyue was afraid that there would be poisonous snakes on the way down the mountain, she was even more worried about Xing Xiuyan's accident, so she ran down the mountain desperately.She was abducted and trafficked when she was young, and after being resold several times, she lived a good life in the Lin Mansion. She was trained/taught by the nuns, and she was able to read and write. She was better than the young ladies of ordinary families.

And now she is deeply favored by Xing Xiuyan, I am afraid that the general masters in the palace are not as respectable as her, and so are the other four maidservants.

Xing Xiuyan also said that when they are around 20 years old, they will find a good family to marry them and prepare a dowry if they have someone to replace them.And Xing Xiuyan is in a high position, although he must use rules to manage people, but he really sympathizes with the girls, understands their expectations and feelings, treats people with kindness and righteousness, and they are also loyal to Xing Xiuyan.

When Ziyue ran near the golden tent, she shouted loudly, Jin Yiwei and eunuchs were startled and surrounded her.Ziyue is a grand maid, so she calls people because the imperial concubine needs people.Although Ziyue is only 17 years old, except for Zhao Gui, Li Dequan and her maidservants in the dye house, they all respectfully call her "aunt".

A group of Jin Yiwei and the empress heard that the imperial concubine and the eldest prince were in danger, so they dared not take it easy, so they hurriedly followed Zi Yue.

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But Xing Xiuyan was willing to suck the poisonous blood for Tu Hui to save others, but he still felt a little sick, thinking of the snake venom and the appearance of the wound, his throat always felt itchy.But she mistakenly thought it was the effect of the snake's venom, and that's why she didn't dare to move around to speed up the blood circulation. Although she had spiritual power to protect her body, Tu Yuanyi never said that she was invulnerable to all poisons.

Tu Hui stared at her obsessively. He never dared to look at her like this. At this moment, he felt buzzing in his ears, hot blood welling up in his chest, and he was sweating a little. As for his injured hand It was slightly swollen, but he didn't know it.

Xing Xiuyan, who had closed her eyes to rest her mind to slow down the blood flow, found that his expression and gaze were wrong, and finally opened her eyes. Her eyes were extremely beautiful, and the waves were lingering, as if they were about to shine into the soul of a person.

Tu Hui was in a daze, staring at those eyes for a long time, finally awakened by the wave of light, his cheeks suddenly brightened.

Xing Xiuyan did not understand the reason for his daze. The two had different positions. She had thought that their relationship was one of disgust and self-esteem, but she never thought that she would be his crush. She was his father's woman.

"Is your brain swollen? Or is your body numb?" Xing Xiuyan asked.

Tu Hui was secretly startled: How did she know?Does she know my heart?What can I do, she will definitely be angry and look down on me completely, or she will tell Father Emperor...

Tu Hui was a bit self-defeating, even if she and her father really wanted to die by themselves, what could he do? In short, his life was suffering, in such an embarrassing position, falling in love with the person he shouldn't love the most.

Tu Hui said: "Now that I'm like this, do you think I deserve it? If I die, you won't blink or shed a tear?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Hold on for a while, don't be nervous, the more nervous you are, the faster your heartbeat will be, the faster the blood will flow, and the faster the poison will dissipate."

It was only then that Tu Hui suddenly realized that she thought she had been poisoned to be dizzy and numb.

Thinking of her comforting him and sucking poisonous blood for him, Tu Hui couldn't help feeling a man's tenderness—even though he was only a 12-year-old boy.

"Don't you hate me?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Why should I hate you?"

Tu Hui said: "I'm the son of the queen mother, you still have something to do with me..."

Xing Xiuyan hehe: "You are the son of your mother, this matter is not your choice, it has nothing to do with you. I really didn't feel relieved about your handle, who is still young and ignorant? You can fall in love after two years , if you don’t have a woman you want to marry, just don’t involve a good girl with a high character. However, you have to be careful when you grow up/Women lie to you, the more beautiful the woman, the more deceitful it will be.”

Tu Hui's three views collapsed slightly, but he asked: "So you lied to my father?" He thought that if she was willing to come to lie to him, he would let her lie to her for the rest of her life.

Xing Xiuyan said: "There is no jelly... Your father is too smart, small deception is fine, he doesn't care about you, big deception is death."

Seeing her straightforwardness, Tu Hui couldn't help smiling slightly, and said, "Mother's queen is indeed inferior to you, no wonder father..."

Xing Xiuyan shook her head and said: "There is no one who is inferior to anyone. Emotional matters are not measured in this way. There are women who surpass me in the world, maybe there are quite a few, but saints may not necessarily want to take them." Xing Xiuyan secretly Think, everything is just fate.

Tu Hui said, "It's not this, so what is it?"

Xing Xiuyan smiled: "Children, don't be so curious. In a few years, you will understand when you get married and start a family."

Tu Hui started: "Who is going to get married and start a family?"

Xing Xiuyan thought to herself: Just like his father, Tu Yuanyi was also a proud emperor who wanted to save face before. It was difficult for him to put down his body to court her when she was unhappy or unhappy, and he clearly wanted it but would not say that he wanted it.

It is said that if a woman says no, she wants it, and it should be a man.

Xing Xiuyan was talking to Tu Hui at this time, so that he would not think about whether he would die or not, but she changed her mind. After returning to the capital, the Yang family was too corrupt because the House of Internal Affairs was too corrupt, and it was involved in the Miemen case and Ma Zheng. When the time is right, you have to act. It is not known whether Queen Yang's position is stable or not.At that time, the people of Queen Yang's faction cannot guarantee that she, the "demon concubine", has a bad heart and wants to persecute them.

Because most people find it difficult to review their own mistakes and always blame others.As for corruption and human life, they would think that whoever is an official is not corrupt?

The ugly side of human nature is definitely not alarmist.

Xing Xiuyan is also a little helpless, sometimes she clearly wants to be a good person, but she is also a bad person in the eyes of others.

Suddenly he thought, if this is the case, then what's the point of her not being aggressive at that time? Could it be that if she has the opportunity to be a queen, it is the same as when the ancients succeeded in rebellion and wanted to be emperor, asking three times?

Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor with a woman who resisted the pressure of the patriarchal society. At that time, Wu Zhou inherited Zhenguan and Kaiyuan, and it was also a prosperous dynasty.Wu Zetian was still really cruel and merciless, not only was she a concubine and concubine, but she also had blood on her hands.

But she was so heroic that she left a stele without words, and her merits and demerits were left to be judged by others.

She, Xing Xiuyan, is a mere queen but shrinks back because she is afraid of the "anti-concubine superior" girl group of later generations who will scold her for being a white lotus, a green tea bitch, what kind of hero is she?

God can't take it, but it's the blame. The number one fool in the ages is the number one joke in the ages.

Later generations scolded her [-] words of white lotus and green tea whore, but none of them had such power.Even including the historical status of the men who scolded her, no one can surpass her, unless the founding emperor of the next dynasty.But what kind of a hero is a man who can be the founding emperor, and how can he focus on the little woman?And who has seen Mao/tai/zu scold Wu Zetian for "the concubine is superior, disrespects his first wife, and does not keep his duty"?

The merits and demerits of thousands of years can be judged by others, Wu Zetian has such a mind, why didn't she see through this point?Wu Zetian has a kind of contempt beyond the world for those who will scold her in later generations.Her climb to the top, life achievements and stories make her no longer on the same level as them. This is the self-confidence and openness of a truly strong soul.

Xing Xiuyan suddenly reached a mysterious state at this moment, and ignored Tu Hui, but Tu Hui looked at her.

"what happened to you?"

Xing Xiuyan didn't answer, but Tu Hui approached boldly, until he was between the rulers.Although he was four years younger than her, he was already one or two centimeters taller than her, and he was able to look at her face at the same level.

At such a close distance, he was even more amazed by her peerless and elegant face.Her brows frown like distant mountains, her eyes are as clear as autumn water; her skin is fair and flawless, the ice and snow lack her warmth, and the jadeware lacks her softness.The shiny black, thick and soft hair was not tied up, but was only tied into two thick/long braids. It would be very unruly in the palace, but no one cares about her here in the city.On her forehead is a delicate pearl forehead, reflecting the luster in the sun.

At this time, there is no one around, if I hug her, no one will see.With such a thought, he felt his heart throbbing and his whole body felt hot.

He wanted to hug her, but before his brain instructed him what to do, his body had already rushed towards her, not because he was in a hurry.

The body is not under his command, but the snake's venom works.Although most of the snake venom was released, Xing Xiuyan also sucked some of it out for him.After all, a little bit of it entered the body. Originally, he was calm and the attack was slower, but the young man couldn't control his emotions again and again, which caused his blood to boil and his heartbeat to reach the extreme. Wouldn't it be courting death.If he hadn't focused too much on emotions, he would have noticed his physical discomfort.

Xing Xiuyan was in that mysterious state, as if in a trance, she didn't come back to herself until Tu Hui fell towards her, and caught him with her hands faster than her brain.

Xing Xiuyan helped him to sit down, took his hand and saw that it was swollen into a pig's trotter.She put aside her thinking just now, not letting him die is the key now.

She tightened the palace sash around his wrist, and said: "Don't be afraid, no matter what, your father will definitely save you."

Recently, because of the Yang family's affairs, Tu Yuanyi is no longer fond of Tu Hui, he is also his son, a tiger does not eat its own son.

Tu Hui smiled slightly and said, "I'm not afraid. If I die, will you come to worship me?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "No."

Tu Hui said sadly: "I knew I was nothing, I can't compare with father, not even the maids around you."

Xing Xiuyan stood in the position of an elder, with a fixed mindset, even if he was smart, he couldn't hear anything else.

He only thought that he was not as talented as Tu Yuanyi, and he felt that she looked down on him.

Xing Xiuyan said: "How do you compare with my maids? Some of them were abducted and sold, some were sold by cruel relatives, and some were sold because the family could not survive. Have you experienced their suffering? Of course you are not as good as you Father, how many sons did your grandfather have in those days, and only your father inherited the throne? Besides, what kind of mess did your father take over when you sat on the throne? Your grandfather and your uncles together Confounding your father, when did he give up? You were just poisoned by a little snake, so you gave up?"

Hearing what she said, Tu Hui felt more inferior in his heart, and said boldly: "Isn't it better for you if I die? In this way, your son will definitely inherit the throne in the future. It will also save the court from disputes."

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help laughing, and said: "My son has his own destiny. If he has the ability, you can't compete with him even if you are alive. If he doesn't have the ability, it's better not to sit in that position. That's what I love. He, then yours is still yours. The world is so big, if you are a good man, where is he not beautiful, but he has to show his ability in the nest of brothers? Then who passed the position of Emperor Tai/Zu to him back then? I have no such intentions , you don't have to be a villain."

Tu Hui said: "I...I don't want to die, but what if...you...can you sing me a song?"

"What?"

"When I was a child, my nanny would hum a little song to me."

"Don't tell me I look like your nanny."

"...No, I can't seem to see your face clearly, and I want to hear your singing." Tu Hui felt as if his body was about to lose consciousness, and his vision was a little blurred, which should be neurotic snake venom.

Singing, Xing Xiuyan's bloody face, she seldom sings to Tu Yuanyi, but she likes to play the flute and the piano for him.

At this time, thinking about what song is good, she still sang the brainwashing song "Calling" when she was still in school in her previous life.

How high is the sky, how long is the road, how big is the heart

where is home

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How high is the sky, how long is the road, how big is the heart

The corner of the sky and the sea is home everywhere

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Tears of joy and tears of sorrow call for the dawn

Yi people don't meet each other, bright moon sky hangs around long-term, long-term love

When Yi Ren is not around, for whom is the spring coming late

Tu Hui's whole body was paralyzed, his vision was blurred, his ears were still buzzing, but he could faintly hear her singing, and he couldn't help but have a satisfied smile on his face.

After Xing Xiuyan sang the song, seeing him so ignorant, she felt anxious, not to mention his life, if he couldn't hold on, she would definitely be in big/trouble.She seemed to have foreseen that a minister would crash and die on the big pillar of the Zichen Palace, and before she died, she shouted, "The demon concubine is a disaster for the country!"

Tu Yuanyi doted on her alone and nothing happened, it was covered up by the harem, and it was also thanks to the existence of Tu Hui, the son-in-law, and she had only been in the palace for more than a year, so we have to wait and see what will happen in the future.Therefore, even if there is a stubborn minister who can't do that, the safety of the eldest son of the emperor in ancient times is different.

Xing Xiuyan was thinking that she couldn't wait for Ziyue to find someone, so she carried him on her back first, when she heard footsteps faintly, and after a while, she saw two Jinyiwei running up.

"My minister sees the noble concubine..."

Jin Yiwei was about to bow down, Xing Xiuyan stopped: "What time is it, haven't you seen that the eldest prince has been poisoned? Hurry up and take him down the mountain, Xuan Tai Physician!"

"Yes!"

Jin Yiwei stepped forward, and the two lifted Tu Hui, who had fallen into a coma, and a strong Jin Yiwei carried him on his back and ran down the mountain.

And Xing Xiuyan didn't know how deep her poison was, but she still couldn't run away by herself for safety's sake, but after all Jin Yiwei was different from men and women, so she had to wait for the Xichang eunuch to come and carry her down the mountain.

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Shuofang paddock covers an area of ​​[-] hectares, and it is also used as a place for grazing on a horse farm affiliated to the Ministry of War on weekdays.This is the paddock that Emperor Taizong personally delineated, and it is as famous as the paddock of Tiewangshan in Youzhou, two large royal paddocks.

The autumn field has been dyed with warm yellow and red, and the autumn sun sprinkles with golden light, which makes the vast and profound world have a kind of intoxicating holiness.

The shouts of thousands of riders and Mongolian hunters shook the vast land. They galloped across the grasslands, poplar forests, and maple forests, and heard the sound of bows and arrows from time to time.They rushed back and forth, revealing the cruel beauty of primitive wildness.

Survival and ecology are actually food chains.

Humans do not have the wings of eagles, the sharp teeth of tigers and leopards, and the physique of bears and elephants, but they have become the master of all spirits because human beings are good at things.

Tu Yuanyi does not participate in the competition of his subordinates, but he also wants to show his skills when he arrives at the hunting ground. He brings the prince of Xining County, his father and son, Zhou Xianchuan, Lu Kun, Wang Ziteng and other senior generals, and a team of Jin Yiwei guards to try their skills in the hunting ground.

Wang Ziteng didn't expect him to have this honor. Since Emperor Qianyuan came to the throne, he has never been disliked by the emperor.He is proficient in bow and horse, and is good at military affairs. He used to think that he was the only one but inherited the remaining influence of the four major families, so he was quite arrogant and domineering.After Emperor Qianyuan killed many people and he was ostracized, he often felt that he was in danger. In recent years, he has been keeping a low profile and protecting himself. Even Jia Huan was arrogant, and he followed Wang Xifeng's rhetoric. I didn't pursue my own face any more.

He was quite surprised and flattered to be appointed to accompany him this time.

Tu Yuanyi led his ministers to gallop into the mountains, and the ministers also discovered that Emperor Qianyuan liked to hunt foxes with bright fur.

The emperor was extremely sharp, and saw a snow fox circling among the woods, and the imperial horse was not easy to run through the woods.

The emperor held the bow and drew the arrow, and suddenly jumped up from the horse. The bright yellow embroidered dragon cloak fluttered, and he flew up a big maple tree with his strength. .

With a whoosh, the ministers with good angles and sharp eyes saw that the arrow was crossing the snow fox's neck, and all the ministers cheered.

Tu Yuanyi jumped down from the tree twice again, and landed on the horse's back steadily. His lightness and archery skills made everyone present horrified.

Tu Yuanyi smiled and said to King Jin Shichao of Xining County: "I heard that Jin Aiqing won the championship in archery back then, and he was a great archer of the Zhou Dynasty. Why don't you show your skills today?"

Jin Shichao replied: "How can a humble official compete with the emperor, the sun and the moon?"

Tu Yuanyi smiled and said: "If the Jin family's children are not skilled in bow and horse, how can they guard Shuofang? The Jin family protects China internally and fights barbarians externally. I rely on it as my thigh. Ai Qing doesn't have to be humble."

Jin Shichao didn't know whether he should trust the emperor or not.The emperor has been infiltrating more in Shuofang, and now most of the civil servants are the emperor's people, and the influence of the Jin family in this traditional snobbish area has been greatly weakened.As for the generals, the emperor also forced people in when he went back to Beishou twice earlier. This time he also meant to let Xichang be stationed in Shuofang's army. Jin Shichao had many taboos, but he couldn't object.

Because now the 12 forbidden troops of the five-party army in Kyoto all have Xichang forces. Although the implementation of this system is difficult, it has also proved to be feasible. Doesn’t his objection now mean that he is disloyal?

But the emperor did not cut his military power, and rewarded the Jin family a lot. Jin Haochang, the son of Xining County Prince, was a hostage in Kyoto when he was eight years old, when Emperor Gaozong was still in power.After Suzong ascended the throne, Jin Haojian entered Dongwu School, where he was classmates with Prince Rong, Prince Fu, and Prince Ying.The emperor hired famous civil and military teachers for them, and the education was strict. He even forbade his son to be contaminated with female sex before he was 16 years old.Every time my son came back from Beishou, he also said that he deliberately did not do well in his homework, and was severely reprimanded by the emperor.It can be seen that the emperor still really hopes that the next generation of the Jin family will not be useless.

Belief or disbelief, kindness and prestige, benevolence and suspicion coexist, and the emperor also controls the court, and there are no powerful ministers in the court who deliberately obstruct him, so Jin Shichao is more cautious as a minister.

Jin Shichao said: "The Jin family has received the favor of the emperor, so they should serve the country loyally."

Tu Yuanyi smiled brightly, and said: "What a loyal and loyal patriot. If my lover is Yue Wumu, I will definitely not be Song Gaozong."

Jin Shichao felt chills down his spine again, thinking to himself that he had been immersed in the officialdom and the army for many years, why he spoke impulsively and nonsense all of a sudden.To say something about serving the country faithfully, comparing yourself to Yue Wumu, does it imply that the emperor is Song Gaozong?Does the emperor think that he has resentment for the Xichang forces entering the Shuofang army?

Jin Shichao hurriedly said: "How can Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty be compared with the saints? The heroism of the saints should be comparable to...Emperor Taizong."

After hearing this, all the ministers agreed with each other.

When Emperor Taizong was in power, the Great Zhou Dynasty was powerful all over the world. Most of his fierce generals got good results, and there were very few cases of killing heroes.I'm afraid that in this time and space, the prototype of Emperor Taizong of the Great Zhou Dynasty is Tang Taizong—even though there was Tang Taizong in history.

It is said that Tu Yuanyi has the legacy of Emperor Taizong, so as a courtier, he will have a better life.

Tu Yuanyi laughed, and suddenly heard someone report that there was a bear in front of him, so Tu Yuanyi hurriedly beckoned his ministers to go.This time, Tu Yuanyi didn't make a move, because Xiuxiu was petty and didn't like bear skin, so he asked his subordinates to make a move.

This time, it was Jin Shichao and Wang Ziteng who both shot an arrow and hunted down the brown bear, and both of them gave way.

At this moment, someone came to report that Xiao Jingyun had shot and killed the black eagle of Prince Burigude of the Khalkha Tribe of Mongolia.

It turned out that Xiao Jingyun had a bit of a taste for Prince Burigude Xiao Xiang Daiyu that day, and had planned to save his face on the hunting ground.

So Xiao Jingyun and several military officers from the Gongsheng Army who were born as Wu Jinshi closely followed the representatives of the Khalkha tribe in the shooting competition.

Those who came from Wu Jinshi were in the same discipline as Xiao Jingyun, and they knew that Xiao Jingyun had a good background and was favored by the emperor's brother-in-law, so he was naturally the leader.

Anyway, Burigude took a fancy to a prey, and Xiao Jingyun was highly skilled in martial arts, so he shot it first. Sometimes, in order to show his archery skills, he would shoot Burigude's arrows, and shoot his arrows halfway, so that the prey Ran.

Of course, Bu Rigude sent the eagles to hunt down the prey in order to win, but this time Xiao Jingyun had no choice for the time being, he could never compete with the ones with wings.The Gongsheng Army is an army that guards the palace, and they don't usually play this game. Unlike the Shuofang Army, there are generals who tame falcons.

Seeing that the Han people did not have falcons, Bu Rigude couldn't help feeling elated, and said to Xiao Jingyun: "If I beat you in the siege this time, how about you give me your fiancée to be your princess? A hero deserves a beauty, and I will treat her like a pearl." Such as treasure."

If two Mongol warriors fancy a girl, it is not uncommon for the decisive winner to win it.However, the engagement of the Han people is actually almost the same as going through the door, and a link of marriage is missed.Therefore, even if the fiancé dies after getting engaged, the fiancée may have to watch over the family.It is to make another marriage. If the new in-law's family doesn't mind, we have to see what the old in-law's family means, because if they don't withdraw from the marriage, they are still considered to be members of the in-law's family.

In the view of Han men, it is a shame and a shame for someone to covet his wife so rudely, and it is a symbol of uselessness.

How could Xiao Jingyun not be more annoyed, snorted coldly, and said: "Can you beat me by relying on flat-haired beasts?"

At that moment, another roe was found, and Brigud whistled and directed two black hawks to hunt it down.

Bu Rigude also looked at Xiao Jingyun and laughed, and said, "It's much better for that beauty to become a princess with me than to marry you!"

Xiao Jingyun sneered: "Do your daydream!"

As he said that, he put the arrow on the bow, and with a whoosh, the arrow was like lightning, and the black eagle flying in front was shot down, while the other black eagle was frightened and flew to a high place, circling in the sky up.

The Mongols of the Khalkha tribe were naturally furious, and Burigude was about to challenge Xiao Jingyun to a duel. Could it be that Xiao Jingyun was still afraid of him and naturally challenged him.

Some of the military officers of the Gongsheng Army who are afraid of accidents should report to Tu Yuanyi.