fluttering night wind

After the Qingming Festival, Princess Qi Li Xiangnan was called to see her.The concubine is thirty years old, very glamorous, and has a hearty aura all over her body.Because of the miscarriage on the way back to Beijing, his face was still a little pale.

Bai Yansheng has always respected this younger sibling, one is because of Meng Ziying, and the other is because of Xiao Rongyue.Therefore, when Li Xiangnan arrived, Bai Yansheng stepped down to greet him: "My brother and sister have worked hard on the road, why don't you rest for a few more days?"

Concubine Qi sat down after thanking her for her kindness, she moved her wrists to ring the golden bracelet, and her steps shook the jade ring to ring, she opened her mouth and said: "Xiangnan came to plead for the king of Qi, the king of Qi has no king and no long-term, and it is an unforgivable crime to offend your majesty." Bai Yan's eyes dimmed and then became clear again , shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's my fault. I never asked him what happened in Yongcheng that year. Since then, his temper has changed drastically and he behaved perversely. Although Yanfeng used to be a taciturn language, but he would rather wrong himself than disobey others."

Li Xiangnan thought to himself, they used to be brothers, but now there is a difference between monarch and minister.In front of me, he is still the gentle and considerate Yanfeng.

Qi Wang and his wife are resident in Ganyang. They haven't seen each other for several years. When they met this time, they brought up drums and cheers at the head of Xuzhou city, and secret plots outside Jiangling city... all kinds of old things, they are full of emotion.Li Xiangnan said with a smile: "Xiannan heard in Ganyang that some people in the court said: women in the army, the soldiers' spirits are afraid, and their morals are corrupted. This is especially a disaster..."

The emperor's expression was very embarrassing, and he quickly interrupted her with a wave of his hand: "Shunan don't talk about it, it's all because of ignorance and ignorance. Although I vented my anger at the time, I didn't think about it for a long time. I never dared to despise women." Li Xiangan said with a smile: " But His Majesty still punished the princess severely. It is unbearable to be so tender. Does Your Majesty insist on protecting the princess in this way?"

Bai Yansheng sighed deeply, stared at her and said: "It's still you who can see clearly. You chase after each other in the power, every step is full of wind and clouds, and every step is full of swords and swords. Xiliu is still too tender, her biggest enemy is actually It's her."

"Those who can restrain themselves must be able to defeat the enemy." Li Xiangnan nodded in agreement, and said: "I want to plead for the princess, a small punishment and a big commandment, so I don't need to be grounded." As soon as she finished speaking, the emperor was very angry and angry. He laughed and said: "This ghost girl, she made up her mind in the first place. I can't change my word forever. But although she can't go out of the palace, you can always visit her."

It could be seen that the emperor was in a good mood today, so Li Xiangnan demanded a lot to pay back the money on the spot, argued hard, and asked for a few benefits for Bai Xiliu before resigning from the palace.Princess Qi then went to the Queen's Hall to pay her respects. Empress Xie appeared haggard because of Xie Xuan's affairs, but in fact she had other intentions.Li Xiangnan didn't have much contact with her, and after a few words of comfort, he came to Zheliu.

□□It's already deep, the willows are in disorder, and the flowers fall late when the wind is light.In the back garden of Zheliu Residence, the greenhouse has long since been demolished.There is a man practicing sword by the pool, the beauty is like jade and the sword is like a rainbow.Li Xiangnan saw her using the "Kuaixue Sword", the light of the sword dazzled his eyes like snow, he broke off half of a willow branch, and jumped forward to fight with her.Bai Xiliu was about to perform the last move "The snow is as light as the horse's hooves", when he saw a green shadow shooting towards him, he changed his move halfway, and changed to "Moon shoots the cold river" in the sword of "Gu Ying of the Cold River", which is not sticky .The two fought for about ten moves, Li Xiangnan found a gap, the willow branch hit the tiger's mouth where she was holding the sword, and the sword dropped from her hand.

Fengming's sword energy blows away the green leaves on the branches, green plums are like beans and willows are like eyebrows.Li Xiangnan looked at her and said with a smile: "It's well practiced, but it's still lacking. Women's strength is weaker than men's. In addition to being faster with the sword, they also need to be familiar with the kung fu of close-to-body grasping, otherwise the sword will be knocked out by others. But even if you lose."

Bai Xiliu's forehead was completely wet, sweat was steaming on her face, and she called out affectionately: "Princess, Aunt Xiangnan, Ah Liu misses you so much." She casually picked up the sword and threw it to Zhenlie who was at the side, and came to hold Li Xiangnan's hand. Arms, the two happily entered the study.Li Xiangnan saw a picture of "Zhong Kui Catching Ghosts" head-on, and couldn't help scratching her nose: "No wonder your father called you a ghost girl."

Bai Xiliu led her to sit down in front of the desk, the elder and the younger exchanged affectionate greetings.Bai Xiliu said casually: "Since the concubine can enter the palace, the matter of Xie and the king must have been settled?" Hearing the result of Xie Xuan's resignation and Wang Qian's exile in southern Fujian, she was greatly relieved and asked again : "General Liu Songnian has assumed his new post, right?"

On the same day as the decree to punish Xie and Wang, there was also a decree to order Liu Songnian to be Minister of the Ministry of War.Li Xiangnan was stunned for a moment and said meaningfully: "So you understand. Your Majesty must seriously prepare for the war in the past two or three years, and there will be no chaos in the northwest." The emperor severely punished the princess, Xie, and Wang for the purpose of appeasing the general who conquered the west. With the heart of victory, he took the opportunity to support Liu Songnian to the top, so as to contain the officials of the military town.

Bai Xiliu stood beside her with an ugly smile and didn't say a word.Li Xiangnan asked suspiciously: "I can't figure it out: You have only been back to Yongjing for two or three years, and you have been in the deep palace all day long, how did you have a grudge with Yu Desheng's son?" Bai Xiliu said contemptuously: "I have something to do with him. What kind of enmity? It's just that dudes bully men and women, and invade the land, which is a bit unacceptable." Li Xiangnan thought for a while, knowing how the princess is inseparable from Xie and Wang's affairs.Probably Yu Desheng's son fell in love with Wang Qian, but Wang Qian liked Xie Xuan.One is Shilin Qingliu, and the other is Northwest Titans. The two sides are fighting each other. One side pulls the princess as a backer, but the other side doesn't want to make you happy, so they use their own methods.During the period, Empress Xie and the Qing Shangguan came in to disrupt the situation. Everyone was trying to maximize their own interests, so they made today's situation.

Princess Qi couldn't help secretly rejoicing that she was right not to stay in Yongjing back then.So he sighed: "Your father also wants to protect you." Bai Xiliu retorted: "He always said it was for your own good and wanted to protect you, but did he protect all the people he really wanted to protect?"

Li Xiangnan was speechless, thinking of those long-ago events, thinking of Mencius Ying and Xiao Rongyue, his eyes filled with tears.The princess's eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same as that woman who was in tears back then. They all made mistakes, but they always woke up earlier than others.

Bai Xiliu said softly: "Most men in the world are heartless. It would be great if others could be like Qi Wang and his wife. There is no concubine in the court, and almost everyone in the world is monogamous." Li Xiangnan wiped his tears and said: "You are still young , you don’t understand. If you are willing to be someone else’s concubine, then you must love this person very much and seek benevolence.” Bai Xiliu knelt at her feet and looked up at her: “Just like my mother? But love is I can’t share it. I used to think that women’s lives are the cause of the times, and they are always the first to be sacrificed because they are weak, right?”

Li Xiangnan shook his head and said: "No. It's because they are tender and righteous, and have a higher awareness of the world than men. They have a unique spirituality, awaken earlier, and will abandon each other before being abandoned, before being broken Break yourself first."

There was a strange look in Bai Xiliu's eyes, and he said slowly: "Do you know, I once dreamed that a woman ascended the throne, named Zetian Dasheng Emperor..."

Li Xiangnan was shocked when he realized it. Looking around, there were no idle people inside and outside, so he patted his chest and said, "Princess is telling jokes, how can things in dreams be taken seriously?" Bai Xiliu felt a little cool in his heart, but Still unwilling to ask: "Men and men can be entangled in love and evil, why can't women be the ninety-five respects? The Zhou Gong system of rituals, the righteousness of husband and wife is the first of the three cardinal principles. If there is no husband and wife, there will be no father and son, and there will be no monarch and ministers. If men can’t behave like husbands, why should women behave like women? Besides, women are not weak.”

Li Xiangnan was speechless for a moment.

There is only the sound of wind blowing willows outside the window.

After a long time, it was Bai Xiliu who laughed softly and resolved the deadlock softly: "I'm just talking. Those who don't do something must do something. I just don't want to make my mother and A Xue sad."

The princess and Princess Qi talked for a long time that day.The maid came in to refill the tea and saw the princess kneeling at the princess's feet and fell asleep with her head on her knees. This scene full of motherhood added a few gentle and beautiful colors to this room that was not like a boudoir.

Since Princess Qi came that day, the princess' Zheliu Residence has been visited by people from time to time.Or Huben General Pei Shao, or someone from Qingshang Pavilion, or someone from Yujian Villa, all kinds of people.The emperor turned a blind eye, as long as she did not leave the palace to make trouble, he didn't control her too much.

Looking back, two or three years have passed.It was another year of Qingming, but outside Zheliuju, there was the sound of babies crying.

When Bai Xiliu heard the palace man's report, she didn't quite believe it for a while, but when she went to the front of the palace, she saw the parents and daughter of Xie kneeling on the ground, with a middle-aged mother holding a baby behind her, she was dumbfounded.She walked around the three of Xie Yu twice, stood in front of her and said with a smile, "This is Xie Xuan's son? What's his name? Why did you bring him into the palace?"

After kowtowing, Xie Yu straightened up. He was no longer the round-faced little bun. He was even more beautiful and refined, and said softly, "If the princess hadn't rescued him back then, the Xie family would have no such son. Therefore, the Tai Tuo and the empress ordered me to bring a thank you letter to the princess. Thank you for saving my life. Please give the princess a name for this son."

"Name..." The children of the Xie family seem to be all single characters, such as Xie Kun, Xie Zhan, and Xie Xuan.Bai Xiliu raised her head and thought for a while, then said, "Is that called Xie Shi? You don't have anyone with that name, do you?"

Xie Yu was taken aback for a moment, and immediately continued: "Gold and stone can be carved, and you can build an eternal career, and the merits of gold and stone. What a good name! Thank you, Your Highness, for giving the name."

Bai Xiliu scratched her head very ashamed, what she actually thought was the "stone" of "stubborn stone".She pulled Xie Yu up, and seeing that Xie Yu was wearing a goose-yellow dress, she said happily, "Yu Niang, your filial piety has expired." Xie Yu nodded with a smile, and said, "Yu Niang, please enter the palace to accompany Your Highness to relieve boredom." " Bai Xiliu tilted her head to look at her: "The empress asked you to come to Zheliuju to watch me?" Xie Yu's eyelashes trembled slightly, his eyes dimmed a bit, and he looked at her seriously and said: "Yes, according to the empress' order. Instead, Bai Xiliu laughed loudly, and said: "Liar! If the queen asks you to come, you will come, and you will not be the Yuniang I know. Besides, you still have Xie Shi with you. Does it mean that Xie Xuan has no one to be a father?" look like?"

Xie Yu bowed his knees and saluted, "Princess predicts things like a god. This child cannot be separated from me. Everyone around me thinks he is an eyesore, so why not bring him into the palace. Your Highness won't despise him, right?" Bai Xiliu had already walked to the nanny , took Shen Shen's little baby from her hand, held her in her arms and teased: "Little Shitou, little Shitou, you have to grow up quickly and be a big hero, to show your useless father."

As if to respond to her words, the child who was not yet one year old turned over in her arms, and Bai Xiliu felt a stream of hot water gushing out, splashing all over her body...

In the ninth year of Dacheng Xuanwu, Xiao Shu, the regent of Beiyan, was too hasty in implementing the Sinicization policy, which led to the joint boycott of several major tribes. Emperor Murong Yan had no choice but to dismiss Xiao Shu from office and put him under house arrest.After Xiao Shu resigned from office, Bai Yansheng looked at the opportunity, led an army of 15 at the beginning of spring, and started the Northern Expedition.The three armies encircled from spring to summer, from south to north, forming a siege outside Youzhou City, but they still couldn't take Youzhou City.

In the seventh month, Xishu's so-called 48-strong army descended down the river, covering the river with warships and warships.Before Qixi Festival, the forward has approached Xinting. (The following content is taken from Chapter [-] extra Tanabata)

Empress Xie Lianbi was sitting in the palace, and she was on fire in July, but she was cold all over, and she couldn't stop shaking while holding the military report.Liu Songnian, Minister of the Ministry of War, leaned on the ground and waited for a long time without seeing any movement, so he boldly raised his head and looked at the queen and said, "Your majesty, your majesty is still fighting fiercely in northern Xinjiang, and it will take three to five days to hear the news. It will take more than half a month. It's war or peace, what's your plan?"

Xie Lianbi raised her head and asked, "Have you asked Prime Minister Sun?" She already felt that she had made a mistake when she said it.Sun Shuye was busy with the turnover transportation before the war, and was overworked. The emperor fell ill after he left for the war, and now his personnel is unknown.

She hurriedly changed her words: "What's your opinion, Mr. Liu?"

Liu Songnian cautiously said: "I think that Xichuan is mostly showing off and beating, so he will not act recklessly. As long as we don't show weakness and keep strict guard, Jiangdong has no opportunity to take advantage of."

Xie Lianbi thought for a while, after all, this is not Xuzhou City in the Chongming period, this is the gateway to Jiangdong, the back of the emperor, and the foundation of Dacheng.So she said: "Lord Liu, pass on my oral order. After an hour, the ministers above the third rank will gather in the Chongzheng Hall. I want to hear everyone's opinions and brainstorm."

Liu Songnian knew that although the queen was a woman, she was very assertive from a famous family, so she should have made up her mind, but she didn't want to get the reputation of "not listening to advice", so she used the words of her courtiers to act arbitrarily.

After Xie Lianbi waited for him to leave, he walked into the dormitory of the apse, took out a hidden compartment on the phoenix bed, and took out a gold seal from it, with the word "Wu De" on the front and "As I come in person" on the back.She held the golden seal in her hand, which was handed over to her by the emperor before he left for the expedition. At that time, Bai Yansheng said: "After I leave, if there is any difficulty, return this to Xiliu, and the difficulty will be resolved."

With a gloomy face, she walked around the dormitory more than a dozen times, holding the golden seal in her hand until it was branded on the palm of her hand.Xie Lianbi stared at the garden willow songbirds outside the window, sighed heavily, untied a delicate purse from his waist, put the gold seal in it, and sent someone to Zheliu Residence.