Linque

Ling Qirong looked calm, and there was no sign of good or bad on his face. The leader of the shadow guards had always been like this, but Zhong Pinghou Chuhong had a sudden sudden feeling of ominous premonition in his heart.

He has always been prudent and cautious in the court, and if he makes a mistake, it seems that only his second son, Chu Heng, who serves in the imperial court, may implicate him.Thinking of this son, Zhong Pinghou felt complicated.

I don't know if the father and son are really at odds. This is Chu Heng's first year back home, and it is also the worst New Year's Eve for Zhong Pinghou.What Chu Heng said last night caused the family dinner to break up, and I didn’t see him in the Tai Chi Hall this morning—he even dared to be absent on New Year’s Day, and I don’t know who gave him the courage At a young level, it would be disrespectful and disrespectful. Maybe Ling Qi came here for this reason.

Zhong Pinghou speculated all the way, and when he reached the main hall of Jingcheng Hall, he was ready to bear Chu Heng's mistakes.

Therefore, instead of standing and waiting, he went to the hall and knelt down to salute, but he still didn't see the emperor's holy driver. The shadow guards and servants around him were like silent statues, standing on both sides with expressionless faces, which made Zhong Pinghou more and more sure. This trip was a misfortune rather than a blessing.

In the inner hall, Ling Ye was changing clothes.The emperor's clothes were complicated and grand, and it took a long time to put them on and take them off, but he didn't let the maids come to serve him, and he took off the clothes and accessories one by one.

Eunuch Gao was watching with a smile on his face, and he didn't urge him, he just ordered people to bring a few more smoked baskets over so as not to chill His Majesty.

After nearly half an hour like this, the dragon robe was finally changed, Ling Ye had another cup of tea, and then he walked to the main hall unhurriedly.

Zhong Pinghou Chuhong was a prominent figure in the court, and he had experienced many storms, but it was the first time for him to be left so naked by the emperor.His knees were sore, and a thin layer of cold sweat was condensed on his back.

The emperor came late and waved his hand to signal him to flatten.

"Why is Marquis Chu still kneeling? I went to change my clothes and made Marquis Chu wait for a long time, so don't have any opinions on me."

The emperor's words were inexplicable, and Chu Hong keenly caught the word "Zai". His right eyelid twitched a few times, and he said calmly and humbly, "Your Majesty has betrayed the evil minister, and the minister must never dare."

"Really," the emperor took a sip of tea slowly, raised his eyelids and said with a faint smile, "Not necessarily?"

Zhong Pinghou just got up, when he heard the words, he bent his knees and knelt back again, earnestly said: "Your Majesty has learned from you! I have absolutely no such intentions!"

The emperor was noncommittal and asked, "Did you see Chu Heng this morning?"

Zhong Pinghou gritted his teeth. After all, Chu Heng was his son, and this son was absent from the New Year's Day celebration for no reason. Doesn't that mean that the Chu family has a problem with His Majesty?

Zhong Pinghou felt gloomy in his heart, and quickly said: "A dog is disrespectful and disrespectful, and cannot be used for much. It is difficult to be the responsibility of serving Mo in front of the imperial court, and it is difficult to accept the honor of serving the temple in the Taimiao. It is really a debt of gratitude to His Majesty. It is all the fault of the officials who are not strict in teaching children. I really didn't expect that Zhuzi would be so presumptuous that he even..."

The emperor put down his cup, interrupted his words, and said suddenly: "Because I asked him to teach the prince how to learn calligraphy."

Zhong Pinghou was stunned for a moment, but didn't react for a while.

"Teaching children is not strict?" The emperor repeated these four words, and said in a low voice: "Are you talking about yourself, or are you talking about Lishan Mountain?"

Zhong Pinghou's face froze.

"Chu Heng's handwriting is very good, and the strokes are quite strong. Did you teach it?"

Zhong Pinghou blushed, knelt on the ground and did not respond.

"That's what Lishan taught. From this point of view, if you put these few words on your other sons, it would be appropriate." The emperor said casually, "But Chu Heng, at least it is more than enough to teach the prince to learn calligraphy. It can be considered useful, what does Marquis Chu think?"

Every word of the emperor's heart was punished, especially the first half of the sentence, Chu Hong's face twitched a few times, and he answered "yes" with difficulty.

"Insincere—" As soon as his words fell to the ground, the emperor immediately raised his voice, and Chu Hong's heart skipped a beat.

"When the Shadow Guardian reported it to me, I thought they made a mistake, but now it seems that Marquis Chu really has a problem with me."

Chu Hong really panicked now: "Your Majesty—"

But the emperor interrupted him again, the faint smile on his face disappeared completely, and he said coldly: "Xu Shao, the son of the Marquis of Jiayong, was once ordered to close the door and think about his mistakes because of his unreasonable comments on the imperial order and his words and deeds. Xu Shao is a lesson from the past, no one will do such a stupid thing again, but I never thought that you would be the first to repeat the same mistakes!"

There was cold sweat on Chu Hong's forehead, and he had a faint guess in his heart. He just knelt on the ground and said earnestly, "Your Majesty! I don't understand, I don't..."

"I don't understand? I think Chu Hou is pretending to be confused. It's okay, then let me ask you, do you think that Chu Heng should not serve ink in front of the imperial court, let alone serve the temple in the Taimiao, and should stay in peace. In the Hall of Martial Heroes, to be a titular guard of the emperor?"

Zhong Pinghou's heartstrings tightened, and just as he was about to deny it, he heard the emperor say again: "Answer after you have thought about it. Arbitrarily discussing imperial orders is nothing more than shutting your doors and thinking about your mistakes, but deceiving the emperor is a serious crime."

He suddenly fell silent.

The emperor didn't need to wait for his answer, he slapped the imperial case with a "bang" and stood up, the servant in the palace suddenly knelt down, his voice suppressed his anger: "I have said this to Xu Shao once, and I will say it to you now." Say it again, I don't care how much you feel unwilling to be fair, the law of the Great Yin is written in black and white, and the promotion and transfer of the emperor's guards are all based on the dictatorship of the Holy Heart. Fortunately, it turned out to be your fault for not keeping your duty, and it became an excuse for the public to give you a lecture. Zhong Pinghou, you are very good. Do you think it is difficult for Chu Heng to take on the important task, or do you think it is difficult for me to take on the important task? ?”

These words were so emphatic that cold sweat dripped down Chu Hong's back.In fact, as soon as Mrs. Ye finished what he said last night, he regretted it. These thoughts cannot be revealed in public. Once they are spread, the consequences can be big or small. Now the emperor has cooperated with Dongjun, and it is precisely with Lishan At that time, of course he didn't want to hear other people's opinions on Chu Heng.He was not a clansman who had not restrained the banquet afterwards, but he was still known by the shadow guard of the Son of Heaven.

Zhong Pinghou knelt down on the ground, Jishou bowed down, and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty has learned from you! I have no such intentions..."

"Remember your 'never have such a heart'," the emperor said coldly, "you are considered an old minister, I will save you some face, so you can save yourself from thinking about your mistakes behind closed doors, go back and call your "don't want people to see a joke" ' Together with your wife, study the Dayin Law carefully, learn the rules and decency, and next time, it will really become the only joke in the imperial capital."

Zhong Pinghou blushed, and nodded in agreement.

The emperor waved his hand impatiently, Zhong Pinghou saluted again, got up and took his leave, before he took a few steps outside, he saw that the emperor seemed to have remembered something again, and called him to stop: "I remember, is your son planning to leave recently? Entering the dynasty?"

Chu Hong's heart skipped a beat, he really panicked, and knelt down again and said, "Yes, Your Majesty..."

The emperor interrupted him with a raised palm, clasped the imperial case twice with his fingers, and said: "He is seventeen years old, but he is young. I haven't seen him much before, and I don't know what kind of heart he is—"

Zhong Pinghou's heart was hanging high, and he was about to speak, when he saw the emperor glanced at him, and said lightly: "But it depends on how you and Mrs. Ye are, if you want to be this son, you have to sharpen it One or two. Let's talk about entering the court after you have all learned the duty of being a courtier."

No matter how harsh the previous words were, they were just beatings, but these words hit Zhong Pinghou's heart like thunder.The Zhongli Chu family is an aristocratic family, and Chu Chen, as the eldest son, will definitely enter the court after reaching the crown.But if you really wait until you are 20 years old, it will be too late. All the descendants of the head of the family have always been at the age of [-] or [-] to go through the experience first, accumulate some qualifications and contacts, and wait until the crown to start the family business, both internally and externally. Convince.

Now the emperor said lightly to learn the rules, without setting a time limit, it was not considered a punishment but it was more than a punishment. Letting Zhong Pinghou's mansion knock out his teeth and swallow his blood, he lost all face.

Chu Hong hurriedly wanted to ask for mercy, but the emperor didn't give him this chance, he waved his hands and said, "Okay, I've reminded you if it's time to remind you, I won't keep you on the first day of the Lunar New Year, just step back."

After finishing speaking, the emperor turned around and went to the inner hall without waiting for Zhong Pinghou to respond.

When Ling Ye returned to Mingcheng Hall, it was already noon. Chu Heng was free and had nothing to do, so he really took Qingyan to read the words. When he saw him come back, he asked casually, "Why did it take so long for the congratulations?"

Ling Ye didn't tell him that he was going to trouble Zhong Pinghou, but only said: "I got caught up in some trivial matters."

Chu Heng nodded, "When Ayan and I came back, we met King Jing."

The shadow guard has already reported this matter to Ling Ye, and has already responded, Ling Ye's eyes turned cold, "The evil heart will never die."

"Forget it, it's a good day on the first day of the Lunar New Year, what to ask him for." Ling Ye leaned over Chu Heng's neck and sniffed it, and asked suspiciously, "Did you secretly drink?"

"..." Chu Heng looked away, "No, it was eaten at midnight last night, the cup you gave me."

Ling Ye didn't believe it, and looked at Qing Yan who was eating honeydew melon.Before Chu Heng could stop him, Dabai Tuanzi nodded innocently and sincerely.

Ling Ye looked at Chu Heng intently.

Chu Heng argued: "Isn't it natural to have a cup of Tusu wine on New Year's Day?"

"Should be, but you haven't recovered from the relapse of your old illness a few days ago, so you forgot how you promised me at that time?" ①

Chu Heng was speechless.

So at noon, Ling Ye poured Tusu wine again, and even shared a small cup of Dabai Duanzi, but he could only watch helplessly, and finally managed to get half a glass of wine with soft and hard foam, how hard it was.

The next day, Ling Ye and Jian Cong took Chu Heng and Qing Yan to Zhenbo Bieyuan outside the city.

Before leaving the imperial city, Ling Ye passed by the Changning Princess Mansion, and Ling Ye went in to visit his aunt.Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, according to the customs of the New Year, it should be the day when a married girl returns to her natal home.But the Tian family's blood relationship is weak, so Ling Ye can still have some friendship with Changning. In addition, there is a younger sister who married Wanzhou far away. She is the daughter of the imperial concubine Huiyuan. The youngest son was ill, Princess Qing and the eldest princess failed to return to the imperial capital this year, and Ling Ye and her had not seen each other for several years.

After sitting in the residence of the eldest princess of Changning for half an hour, they just set off for the outside of the city.

Zhenbo Bieyuan is the dowry of Empress Chengde. It is located at the foot of Yuquan Mountain and built against the hot spring. It is picturesque all year round and is a good place for relaxation and self-cultivation.

Ling Ye didn't have the time to come here before, but now with Chu Heng, he realized what kind of life and business environment is "I don't know how to change with time in the mountains".

During the Chinese New Year period, nothing happened in the court, and the ups and downs in the imperial capital could not blow to Bieyuan.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, a new batch of rouge powder was brought into the palace.There are no concubines in the harem, and the empress dowagers and concubines are getting old. These things are not used much. In previous years, most of them were rewarded to foreign wives.Ling Ye was not in the palace this year, so the Inner Court Secretary simply sent the batch of Luningxiang and Luozidai to Zhenbo Bieyuan to ask how to share the rewards.

Ling Ye took a few glances, then unscrewed a box casually, and the light fragrance lingered on the tip of his nose.The name of this rouge is "Lu Ningxiang", and it is an extremely rare treasure. Kyushu only produces so much a year, and it's all here.

Ling Ye looked at the refreshing Yicun Danyan in his palm, and suddenly remembered something, his brows relaxed, he smiled lightly, and said to Gao Bandit, "Leave a dendrobium."

"The rest, Rou is negotiating marriage, send some to Zhen Guogong Gu's mansion, and the princesses who come back to the imperial capital this year will also share a share. In addition, a few hu will be rewarded separately to that girl Yangjia. The little girl is not old. But everyone knows that 'women are those who please themselves', when I saw this little cousin at my aunt's house in the second day of junior high school, I dared to say that I wanted to find a county horse."

Ling Ye shook his head and laughed, and pointed to the other Rouge Meidai: "These send someone to Luyuan."

Chu Heng was framing the paintings at the side, and Ling Ye had nothing to do in Zhenbo Bieyuan these days, so he continued to draw the twelve pictures of flower orders, and now only the plum blossoms in the first month and the peach blossoms in March have not been painted.

Hearing this, Chu Heng raised his head: "What are you sending to Luyuan? My master doesn't like these things very much."

Ling Ye came over with the box of Lu Ningxiang, and said, "Mrs. Mu doesn't like it, but your sister should like it. It's for her."

Chu Heng was slightly taken aback, then pulled the corners of his lips lightly and shook his head: "The treasures used by the Queen are too expensive, and there are other sisters on top of her. Find some good rouge next to her."

Ling Ye knew what Chu Heng was worried about, and said: "Don't worry, no one in the Chu family dares to speak up, and Zhong Pinghou will never say anything. As for the Ye family, she has no courage to express any opinions now."

"what?"

"It's okay," Ling Ye shook his head, "Listen to me, send it to Luyuan, and say you were there when the reward was distributed, so I gave Lishan a few dendrobium. Chu Xin is one year older than Yang Jia, and will only be more Like these things."

Speaking of this, Ling Ye sighed lightly, with a little perplexity in his eyes: "I also have a younger sister. If Wen Jia can grow up, she will reach the age to know how to dress up."

The royal clan was prosperous, and the late emperor had many children. Ling Ye did have many younger sisters, but Chu Heng vaguely knew that the Wen Jia Ling Ye was talking about at this moment was the first princess of Chengde Empress Gu Huiyin Yaoshang.

Chu Heng moved his palm to cover Ling Ye's.

"It's okay, I just remembered it suddenly." Ling Ye looked up and looked around, "When my mother was pregnant with Wenjia, she lived here for a while, and said that if she was a daughter, she would give her this villa. dowry."

Ling Ye lowered his eyelashes. Many things from his childhood were gradually forgotten as he grew older, but Ling Ye remembered everything about Princess Wen Jia very clearly, because——

At the age of eight months, Empress Chengde fell by the shore of Mission Hills, suffered a bloody collapse, and suffered two days and one night.

That year, Ling Ye was seven years old. He stood outside Hanzhang Hall, watching the maids and imperial physicians come in and out. Everyone's clothes were more or less shockingly bloodstained.

The queen was still unwilling to abandon her daughter. When the sun was about to set the next day, the imperial physician was helpless and came out to ask Emperor Cheng for a decision.

The seven-year-old young prince already knew the meaning of life and death, he subconsciously ran a few steps towards the palace gate, then suddenly realized that his father was here, and stopped quickly.

Emperor Cheng looked at the prince with a rare trace of pity in his eyes, and said, "Save the queen."

The child died when it was born, it was a female fetus that had already been formed, Yaoshang was not supposed to be prefaced, but Nian was born as a queen and was named Princess Wen Jia.

Gu Huiyin's vitality was severely injured, her grief was uncontrollable, and her body deteriorated rapidly within a few days, and the medicine and stone were ineffective.

On the day the queen was pregnant and the accident happened, the news spread to the north.Governor of Shuozhou, Gu Chongshan, ran thousands of miles, [-] miles in a hurry from Feihuata Xuecheng all the way to Nanshan Buddhist Temple, seeking to see the Mahayana Buddhist master Wuju, and rushed to the imperial capital together, but only entered the gate of the imperial capital. The death knell sounded.

The 27th sound, the mother of the country guest day.

Gu Chongshan was a step late, and he didn't get to see his sister for the last time.

Gu Huiyin knew how to be the emperor's queen——Queen Taizu Zhaoyi won many women from Dayin Kyushu, but not everyone is Xiao Mingtang, and not everyone can meet Ling Zhaoyuan—she married Jiuzhong Que, eventually cast into a lifetime of regret.

——In the 13th year of Tianhe, Emperor Cheng passed away, and the young prince Ling Ye came to the throne. His uncle Gu Chongshan said this to the new emperor in front of the late emperor's mourning hall.

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① See Sacred Heart ([-]), Chu Heng was injured in Qiannuolou, and Ling Ye falsely claimed that the root cause of his illness had relapsed.

② 00's mother is involved in the plot to be written, so I mentioned it a little bit.