fluttering night wind

Before spring came, a great event happened.

One day in the first lunar month, Bai Qiongyu felt a little headache because of catching a cold.In the middle of Xie Xuan's class, the prince was exhausted and collapsed.The Yanzuo Palace was in chaos, Bai Qiongyu had always respected his master, and must thank the master for tea and dinner before leaving.Xie Xuan went to the side hall, and happened to see Wang Qian who had come earlier was also waiting there.As soon as Wang Qian saw him, he turned his head to one side and remained silent.Xie Xuan sat down opposite him, and said: "The prince is not feeling well, I'm afraid you will have to wait a little longer." Wang Qian just kept silent.

After waiting for a while, no one came, probably they all went around Bai Qiongyu.He inadvertently caught a glimpse of a scar next to Wang Qian's neck, and remembered that Bai Xiliu once mentioned that the owner of the Qingshang Hall refused to allow Wang Qian to enter the palace to teach piano.Xie Xuan was very nervous and asked: "Ah Shou, what's the matter with the injury on your neck? Was it your master?" Wang Qian was stiff, with one hand on his neck, and said coldly: "Thank you, Scholar, for your concern. And thank you Bachelor's has nothing to do with it."

Xie Xuanteng jumped up from the table, walked to his side, and shouted: "Who says it has nothing to do with me? Let me see, is the injury serious?" , Wang Qian's sleeve has been torn off while pulling.Wang Qian looked at the half of the sleeve, feeling sad from the bottom of his heart, and said angrily, "Scholar Xie, what kind of dignity is this?" Xie Xuan forced the facade, and then pulled his front with a ruthless hand, revealing half of his scarred arm.He stroked it with his hands, his eyes filled with tears, and said softly, "Ah Shou, does it hurt?"

Wang Qian also felt sore in his heart, and said in a choked voice, "I did it myself."

At this time, there was only a sound of exclamation from the entrance of the hall, followed by the sound of cups and cups shattering to the ground.Both of them secretly said "It's broken", facing the backlight at the door, they saw a servant girl squatting down in a panic to pick up the pieces.At this time, a large number of figures flooded in at the door, and the dark clouds generally covered the light at the door of the hall.

The queen took people to Yanzuo Palace to see the prince in the afternoon, and happened to see Xie Xuan and Wang Qian tugging in the dark room, their clothes messy.The queen turned pale with fright, and secretly ordered everyone present not to publicize the matter.But at night, the empress was restless, and went to the emperor's bedroom to discuss the matter. Bai Yansheng was furious, and Xie and Wang were immediately sent to heavy prisons!

It's true that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles!Throughout the first month of the new year, the streets and alleys of Yongjing were circulating this palace love story.On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Pei Shao visited the official residence of Prime Minister Sun Shuye.Sun Shuye was an upright official and never saw his colleagues and subordinates in his private residence, but when he heard that it was Pei Shao, he actually smiled and ordered him to come in.

"General Pei, happy new year." Sun Shuye was busy sitting on the warm bed in a white fox fur cloak.Pei Shao leaned on the Hu chair on the ground and sat down. Looking at it, he felt that the situation was extremely intimate.His fur cloak must have been brought out from Linxi, it's a bit worn out and hair-shedding.In the past, whether in Xuzhou or Yongjing, every winter, when he, Pei Lie, and Yanxing were playing outside the house, they could always be seen wearing a coat as if afraid of the cold, either writing hard, or making calculations.

"Prime Minister Sun has worked hard." Pei Shao said sincerely.

Sun Shuye pulled the collar of his cloak and said: "Clothes are not as good as new ones, people are not as good as old ones. General Pei, long time no see. Why did you come to see me?" Pei Shao then took out a memorial from his arms and raised his hands horizontally: " I hope that the Prime Minister will recite this excerpt for Your Majesty."

Sun Shuye folded his hands, just smiled and didn't look at it: "I won't do it! It's for Xie Wang's business. You can present it to His Majesty yourself."

Pei Shao was very embarrassed and had no choice but to put it back in his arms.Sun Shuye knew what he wanted to play for himself, and he didn't want Zhezi to be suppressed on the Yushitai, so he said: "Your Majesty will not send you two until the New Year is over, after the Lantern Festival, Mr. Xie is not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry? In the words, Pei Shao blushed a little, and stammered: "Prime Minister, I am naturally not worried about Xie Xueshi. The first time Wang Qian was recommended by Xie Xie to enter the palace, the second time was recommended by the princess... ..."

To be honest, he was afraid that the emperor would transfer his anger to Bai Xiliu.Sun Shuye sighed, took out a sandalwood box from the low-leg bookshelf at one end of the warming bed, opened it with the key he carried, and handed him a file from the top.Pei Shao took it and opened it, and the first page was a complaint, suing General Zhengxi Yu Desheng for murdering people and occupying land and houses.Judging from the time of inscription, it was three or four years ago.Behind the petition is the final case file of Jingzhao Mansion, and the statement is "There is no such person, there is no such matter"!

This bull's head is wrong... Pei Shao closed the file, thought about it again, and suddenly his heart moved.He looked at Sun Shuye, who nodded and said, "Princess Wude brought someone to find me. The owner wanted to stop Yujia in Yongjing and complain before the emperor, but he didn't expect that it was Princess Chang's Luanjia who stopped him."

Pei Shao suddenly remembered the old story of Bai Xiliu, who was hunting in Xishan a few years ago, because he was merciful to the lonely goose and lost his order, but was shot down by Yu Desheng with an arrow.Could it be that there has been a grudge since then?He looked again at the file in his hand, and with his eyesight and judgment, he was afraid that the murder and occupation of the land were almost indistinguishable.He raised the file in his hand angrily, and said, "Why didn't you report this matter to Your Majesty? Jing Zhaoyin is afraid of General Zhengxi's power, and the Prime Minister is also afraid of him? Is there any reason in this world?"

Really young and vigorous!Sun Shuye stretched out his arm to take back the file from his hand, put it back in the box, but handed him a letter at the bottom of the box.Pei Shao took the letter in dismay, and opened it to see that the paper had turned yellow. It began with "Sun Changshi Ruwen", which was the name before the founding of the country.He looked at the inscription "Rong Yue paused and worshiped again", and he was shocked.

This letter was written by Bai Xiliu's biological mother and Princess Xiao Rongyue of Beiyan more than ten years ago. history.

Sun Shuye waited for him to read the letter, then took back the letter paper from him with a dull face, put it back in the sandalwood box and locked it, and said calmly: "Do you know what's going on? I heard that the first person to propose to go to Yanzuo that day The person watching the prince in the palace is General Zhengxi's wife."

No wonder butter has no tolerance for water.It turns out that the provocation was before, and the anger has been deep.It seems that their target is Her Royal Highness.No wonder in the rumors in the market, some people alluded to this matter in the current dynasty, saying that because of the good south wind in the full court, the yin and yang were out of balance, and the society was worried that the rooster would sit in the morning.The more Pei Shao thought about it, the more angry he became, his face flushed, and he said, "Does Your Majesty know about this?"

Sun Shuye looked at him quietly: "So what if you know? So what if you don't know? Yu Desheng controls hundreds of thousands of troops, and all his subordinates are in Liangzhou, guarding the dangerous land of Yumen Pass. His Majesty has no one in his hands who can replace him. The dead are dead and the old are old, and those who can testify are probably far away in Beiyan. If this matter is to be investigated thoroughly, the two generals Yan Bailu and Liu Songnian will be implicated. General Liu, His Majesty has already chosen him to be Minister of the Ministry of War gone."

The two generals Yan and Liu heard that they went down the mountain with Yu Desheng, and later the three were separated by Sun Shuye, Yan Bailu followed Pei Lie, and Liu Songnian stayed with His Majesty for many years, never leaving.If this case happens, two people will definitely be involved, and I'm afraid they won't be able to escape the responsibility of coercion.

Pei Shao gritted his teeth and said: "They are determined to pour dirty water on the princess. The prime minister and the empress should discuss this matter. The Xie family also bears a responsibility."

"Xie's family?" Sun Shuye snorted twice, and said lightly: "Do you know why Empress Xie let the two of you go during the day, issued a gag order, and then went to His Majesty to commit scandal in the evening?" Pei Shao was stunned: "Could it be Is it because the palace didn't keep the seal tight and the news got lost?" Sun Shuye continued to sneer: "The Xie family lost this scandal, the princess lost, and His Majesty also lost, but one person will benefit." Pei Shao calmed down, After a lot of thinking, auspicious light flashed in my mind, and I asked anxiously: "Could it be His Royal Highness who is sick?"

The sick Bai Qiongyu was the most innocent. Although this happened in the East Palace, it had nothing to do with him when he was young.

"General Pei, since the founding of the country, His Majesty has not been canonized as a crown prince. How can there be such a thing as the Prince of the Eastern Palace?"

Pei Shao stood up abruptly, and said loudly: "Queen Xie wants to use this matter to suppress the princess's momentum. Your Majesty punished Xie Xuan. To appease Grand Tutor Xie, he might confer the crown prince as compensation. That's her idea!"

When Sun Shuye saw him for the first time, he was still a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes.Over the years, from south to north, from east to west, the little baby has grown into a handsome gentleman, and he can already sit here and discuss court affairs with him!Sun Shuye coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said with a smile: "Go back, just pretend you haven't been here before. Don't get involved in this matter, or the princess will be sad."

When Pei Shao came out of the prime minister's mansion, he was still indignant.After thinking about it, he went to Qing Shangguan again.Unexpectedly, the Qingshang Pavilion, which was crowded in the past, has also been closed, and a notice board with "the proprietor has something to do" was erected at the entrance of the alley far away.He turned to the back door, knocked lightly on the door, a servant came to open the door, saw him, and hurriedly let in: "General Pei, you came just in time, our pavilion master is sick."

Zhanyan 15 Lantern Festival is over.The emperor discovered that everyone has a gossip heart.Even the officials who were immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year's holiday still had the leisure and elegance to inquire about the scandals in the palace. As soon as the Yushitai opened for the New Year, it received memorials higher than mountains.After Bai Yansheng carefully read Baitai's memorials one by one, his face was heavy, and he went straight to Zheliuju.

Because of Xie and Wang's incident a year ago, Bai Xiliu has been listless all through the New Year.One day, she was studying the sword manual in the study, when she suddenly heard the sound of singing promises one after another outside, she went outside the hall to meet the emperor just in time to have a face-to-face meeting.

Bai Yansheng was notified until he walked outside the door, just to surprise her and see what she was doing.I saw that her hair was tied in a bundle, she didn't wear makeup, and she was used to dressing like a boy. She was holding a sword in her hand, but she hurriedly hid it behind her back.Bai Xiliu said with a flattering smile: "Father came in such a hurry!" Bai Yansheng raised his eyes and scanned the room.The books on the shelf are tilted here and there, a dagger is placed on the table, a horsewhip bow and arrow is inserted in a large white porcelain vase from Ru Kiln, a young eagle is squatting on a gold wire shelf under the window, and a pair of "Zhong Kui Catching Ghosts" hangs on the east wall. , Zhong Kui in the painting stared straight at the emperor with dark eyes.It doesn't look like a daughter's boudoir at all!

Bai Yansheng closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, it was calm.Bai Xiliu saw that his face was about to storm, she couldn't figure out the situation for a while, and her heart was also pounding.The emperor turned around and walked into the back hall without saying a word, Bai Xiliu chased after him and said coyly: "Father, it's very messy inside, why don't you serve tea in the main hall." Floating ten feet away, Bai Xiliu didn't even touch the hem of his clothes, she didn't even see how he was moving.

Dad's martial arts is still so good.She swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, and chased into the courtyard behind.The yard was covered with snow, a bleak scene.Only a vegetable garden was surrounded by a bamboo fence on the ground by the pool, and a warm shed was built on it, and the remaining charcoal fire embers were buried in the ground, and brocade curtains were used on the warm shed and the surrounding bamboo fences to keep out the wind.

Bai Yansheng was so angry that he couldn't straighten his waist.

Just as Bai Xiliu was about to come up to explain, the emperor turned around and took out a memorial from his sleeve and slashed at her face: "You have done a good job!" The sharp corners of the notebook scratched her forehead, and she held it in her hand, writing in black and white, The beginning is, "The system of this dynasty is honest and frugal...".She didn't bother with clichés, and looked down at ten lines at a glance, "Princess Wude, Wen Tian and Wu Xi, extravagance is the norm. A new greenhouse is made, with brocade as the tent, and charcoal fires on the floor in winter, to grow exotic flowers and plants to please her heart. Eat ten thousand coins, still saying that there is no place to put chopsticks..."

The wound on the forehead slowly oozes blood, adding a touch of color to the black and white memorial. "I don't keep women's morals, and I often dress up as a man to play all night. I make friends with treacherous people and introduce Wang Qian, a musician from Qingshangguan, to the palace as the musician of the East Palace. Wang Qian's qin way is not to supplement the country's morality, but to use Zheng Sheng as a chaotic song to confuse. Prince, play and sing every night, dirty and chaotic in the East Palace." When Bai Xiliu saw this, an unknown fire ignited in her heart, she suppressed her anger, and continued to look down: "On the outside, there are actors messing with politics, and on the inside, there are chickens. Sichen. Wu De even went into the navy to watch the battle. A woman in the army is afraid that the soldiers will not raise their spirits, and their morals will be corrupted. This is especially a disaster..."

If there is no woman, where will this world come from?If there was no Liu Jieyou, Bai Yansheng would have been squeezed out by Duan Hui and Fu Xi, and died before leaving the teacher; if there was no Xie Lianbi, Xuzhou would be trapped in a poor city, and the whole city would be slaughtered; Where do you start to talk about recovering from the disaster of war?There is no more ungrateful man in the world than this!

While Bai Xiliu was reading the memorial, Bai Yansheng wanted to see what was in the greenhouse, but when he reached the edge of the pool, he stopped in his tracks.The soil under the brocade curtain was carefully plowed into acres of ridges, warmed by the heat from the ground, and rows of green leek buds that could not be seen in winter were planted.

His eyes went dark, and a string of memories evoked a series of feelings, and the picture that had been settled in the depths of his mind for a long time emerged again like lightning and thunder... A little girl who was the same size as her, holding a bamboo basket, Digging for leek buds on the Nanshan Mountain outside Yongcheng City.For her seriously ill father, she picked up pheasant soup from the mountain, but the stubborn and loyal father spilled the hot soup all over her body...

Bai Yansheng turned his head and pointed at the maid standing beside him, and asked: "Zhenlie, what's going on?" The maid named "Zhenlie" was the grand maid of Zheliuju, who once served Bai Xiliu's biological mother Xiao Rongyue is the most dignified and reliable.Zhen Lie took a step forward, bowed his knees, and said: "The little prince was always sick a few years ago, talking nonsense while sick, and wanted to eat leek buds..."

"Zhenlie!" Bai Xiliu shouted, interrupting her.She knelt down in front of Bai Yansheng, touched her head to the ground, and said loudly: "It's my son who made a mistake!" Bai Yansheng seemed not to understand, and asked in confusion: "You said you were wrong, where is your mistake?" Bai Xiliu said : "My fault is that I didn't think from the perspective of the imperial envoy Zhou. It is only natural that Mr. Zhou can't understand what he is doing. I am willing to go to the Zhou Mansion to explain to Mr. Zhou face to face. Please also The emperor punishes his sons and ministers for their crimes of negligence, but don't blame others."

Bai Yansheng was so angry that she laughed, and said: "You are still in good spirits. Of course you can't let go of what you have done. Let me ask you, what happened to Wang Qian? What did he do in Yanzuo Palace? "Bai Xiliu kowtowed again and said, "Wang Qian is indeed a national player in the present age. There is an old saying: Three generations do not share rituals, but five emperors have different music. You can wash the ears of pine winds with the king, and there is no Zheng Weiyin in the world. Our dynasty is so big, Can't there be room for a musician?"

Bai Yansheng knew that this musician surnamed Wang was Qu Chengfeng's lover. Qu Chengfeng once meant to entrust the Qingshang Hall to him, but the mud couldn't stick to the wall. There is no sense of smell and enthusiasm.So he snorted and said: "He is very courageous, he and Xie Xuan, I can't forgive him lightly!" Because he hated Wang Qian for failing Qu Chengfeng's painstaking efforts, he was angry that Qu Chengfeng ignored people and delayed important events , so this time, even the Qingshang Hall is going to be beaten hard this time!

Bai Xiliu raised her head suddenly, her eyes were bloodshot, and said forcefully: "Father! All the responsibility rests with this minister, and this minister should not recommend someone who is not suitable for the court to enter the palace. I am willing to accept all punishments, so I will Father, please spare them."

Her immature voice was full of categorical determination, which moved the emperor's heart with compassion. Thinking of those unobtainable dreams and lost people, he finally sighed heavily. "Preach my will, Princess Wude is arrogant and disrespectful, and has failed me. Go to the title, receive the gold seal, and seize the fief. From now on, I will reflect on myself and do not leave the palace for nothing."

All the people present, except the eldest princess, were all shocked and knelt down to beg for mercy.Bai Xiliu also didn't expect that his father's punishment would be so severe, he was speechless in a daze.When Bai Yansheng was about to leave the hall, he came to his senses and asked: "Then what about Xie and Wang?"

Bai Yansheng's footsteps paused, without turning around, he said: "I have my own opinion."

In the sky prison of the Forbidden Palace, Wang Qian curled up on the wooden bed with a blank expression.At noon, a prison guard came to deliver the prisoners' meals, and saw yesterday's rice bowl lying on the ground untouched, and the food in the bowl was frozen hard.He cursed loudly, took away the old bowl, and called the prisoners to come get the food.Seeing that Wang Qian didn't move, he grabbed a steamed bun from the bowl and threw it at the prisoner.

The steamed bun hit the face and rolled to the ground again.Only then did Wang Qian look up, and it took him a while to see clearly that a five-petaled plum blossom was dotted with magenta in the middle of the white steamed bun.His heart shook violently, and he reached out to reach for the steamed bun, but his body stiffened, and he rolled from the bed to the ground with a gurgle.

"If you are safe, take plum blossoms as your faith."

His tears couldn't stop streaming down, he slapped the ground hard, and shook his handcuffs loudly: "Come on, come on, I want to compose music!"

The sound alarmed the jailer, who came to yell and curse: "You are crazy, this is a prison." After speaking, the man actually asked curiously: "You crazy musician, what song do you want to write?"

"Thinking of the things I regretted in my life, plum blossoms fell all over Nanshan."

He raised a dirty face that was washed by tears and was full of gullies, and grinned, "Three plum blossoms."

The development of things is beyond most people's expectations.

The emperor ignored the protagonists of this scandal and let them die in the sky prison, but punished Princess Wude heavily with vague charges.The wealth of information revealed by the nine words "remove the title, receive the gold seal, and seize the fiefdom" alone is enough for the people in the capital to guess for months.

After the Qingming Festival, Qi Wang and his wife, who had been stationed in Ganyang all the year round, returned to Beijing to report on their duties.Because Princess Qi had a miscarriage on the way, only King Qi entered the palace to see her.On that day, there was such a loud quarrel between the emperor and the king of Qi that the palace personnel on duty could retell the brief conversation between the two of them after a long time.

King Qi said: "Your Majesty treats your own flesh and blood like this, who is it for?" The emperor said: "The princess breaks the law and the common people are the same crime." King Qi was silent for a moment, and then said: "You are just like your father." The emperor ignored him.King Qi laughed and said angrily: "I went back to Yongcheng last year. Why did you delete the genealogy? Why are you not allowed to move her tomb and erect a monument? Even the geese can't remember her. In a few years, no one in the world will know Another her?"

The emperor was completely silent this time.

King Qi sneered and said, "You are really crazy. Do you think she is still alive..."

"Shut up!" The emperor shouted loudly.

The people on duty outside the palace only heard a sound like a storm.When the sound of wind and thunder subsided, the palace people poured into the hall, only to see brittle pieces all over the floor, everything that could be broken had been broken, and the emperor and King Qi were no longer in the hall.

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