The Road of the Queen

The whole night came but there was no rain, only fallen leaves fell into graves.

Chrysanthemums are in full bloom.

The autumn wind blew past, blowing the long yellow petals into a scene of death.

In the morning, the mist has not dispersed.Cheng Wang Li Chunqiu went to the Suzaku Gate where he entered the palace in a red-topped light sedan chair.The city guard who guarded the gate recognized the prince's sedan chair, and let it pass without even looking at the token.In fact, there is another person sitting in Chengwang's sedan chair today——Yin Yuting Yin Liulang, the model of Chengwang's mansion.

Through the thick sedan chair curtain, the cold air in the palace still came in.Yin Yuting's nose was red from the cold, and his thick black eyes seemed to be frozen, black and without a gleam of light.

Li Chunqiu stretched out his hands to tighten the light fur on Yin Yuting's body, and complained to him, "I don't wear too much. I criticized the fox fur one, but you chose this rabbit fur one."

Yin Yuting said: "That fox fur one looks like an old fox, it's very ugly."

Li Chunqiu nodded his red nose and said with a sneer: "Look at you now, you don't look like a fox, but like a good rabbit. That's all, ugly daughter-in-law will also see her parents-in-law sooner or later."

Yin Yuting angrily knocked off Li Chunqiu's hand touching his face: "My lord, don't make fun of me."

As soon as he finished saying this sentence, Li Chunqiu picked up Yin Yuting's smooth hair to play with, insisting on making him a palace lady's bun.It was useless for Yin Yuting to cast blank glances at him, the two of them were tossing about tightly in the sedan chair, but the four bearers who carried the sedan chair were exhausted enough.

Finally entered the Phoenix Gate leading to the harem.There were more and more palace maids, and groups of sedan chairs stopped to salute when they met Prince Cheng.The little eunuchs with flour and beards walked lightly and swiftly, trampling through the fallen leaves all over the ground.

The sedan chair stopped at the entrance of Yongfu Palace, and Concubine Xue's personal maid came out to welcome her.The maid's name is Jin'er, and she is a clever girl.Although Li Chunqiu was brought up by Concubine Xue, he started his military career after he became an adult, and made great military exploits soon, and was the first among the princes to be canonized as king.After he became king, he opened a mansion and set up a courtyard, and established his own family. The memory of living in the palace as a child gradually faded, so he didn't often visit his mother and concubine in the palace.

This time the news that Li Chunqiu was going to lead troops to attack the Three Kingdoms had already spread in the harem. Concubine Xue missed her son and originally wanted to send Jin'er to Chengwang's mansion, but she didn't expect that Chengwang would come here first.

Jin'er is rejoicing that Niang Xue's wish has come true, and rushes out excitedly to meet Cheng Wang's car driver.When Li Chunqiu got out of the sedan chair, he raised the curtain of the sedan chair, and a handsome young man came out from inside.I saw this young man wearing a high-necked rabbit fur cloak, his figure was as tall and straight as a bamboo, his complexion was as white as frost and snow, and his dark pupils were shining brightly.When he got out of the sedan chair, he saw Jin'er looking at him in surprise and doubt, pursing the corners of his lips and giving a gentle and polite smile.Her delicate face was as peaceful as the drizzle in early spring and February, the cinnabar mole between her eyebrows was glowing red, and her face was as quiet and beautiful as a lotus flower.

Seeing that, the maid Jin'er blushed and quickly lowered her head, and asked Li Chunqiu in a low voice: "May I ask you, my lord, do you want to report this young master to your empress?"

Li Chunqiu nodded: "Please report to me, I will bring you a copy of the royal palace to see you."

Jin'er took the order to go in, and came out after a while to respectfully guide Li Chunqiu and Yin Yuting.

Palace doors opened one after another.Above the main hall, Concubine Xue was wearing a peony and phoenix-patterned huanhua brocade shirt, her hair was combed in a flowing bun, her face was exquisitely made up, and she was sitting upright on the upper seat.

Li Chunqiu met Concubine Xue and brought Yin Yuting to salute.Concubine Xue abdicated her seat and gave her a seat and tea for the two of them.After these red tapes were completed, Jin'er led the little maids to serve tea and fruits.

Concubine Xue looked carefully at her son Li Chunqiu's face, covered her face before saying anything, and said in a mournful voice: "The emperor has lost weight again."

Li Chunqiu smiled lightly: "My son is fine, mother and concubine don't have to worry. May I ask if mother and concubine are well?"

Concubine Xue nodded first, and looked at Li Chunqiu's moist eyes: "You are safe and well. I just miss the emperor day and night."

After all, Li Chunqiu and Concubine Xue are mother and child, although they have moved out of the palace for many years and rarely visit Concubine Xue in the palace, but Li Chunqiu couldn't help feeling sad when seeing his mother crying.

The mother and son said some personal words and talked about parting sorrows.Seeing that the time was almost up, Yin Yuting asked Concubine Xue how she was.

Since Concubine Xue saw Yin Yuting, she felt that he was unusual.Regardless of the fact that he was the first person Li Chunqiu brought into the harem for many years, he was born with such handsome brows and eyes, plump and delicate bones, respectful and beautiful, with a breath of fresh air flowing in his bright eyes, and a pair of flying eyes. Colorful long eyebrows, but there is a cinnabar red mole on the center of the eyebrows, which adds a bit of enchantment to him.Just now that Jin'er had reported that Yin Yuting was a reference in Li Chunqiu's residence, which made Concubine Xue look at him differently.

Yin Yuting straight to the point said to Concubine Xue: "I have important matters to report to the empress."

Hearing his awe-inspiring tone, Concubine Xue said seriously: "What do you have to report to this palace?"

Yin Yuting glanced at Li Chunqiu, and said to Concubine Xue: "This is a very important matter, I can only report it to the empress."

"Oh?" Concubine Xue frowned, and Li Chunqiu, who was sitting next to her, was also surprised. Concubine Xue asked, "Aren't you a reference to the emperor's family? Could it be that the matter you want to report even the emperor can't listen to?" ?”

Yin Yuting's expression was ice-cold: "No!"

Concubine Xue looked at Li Chunqiu suspiciously.

Li Chunqiu could only smile wryly, and nodded slightly to his mother and concubine.

Concubine Xue saw Li Chunqiu like this, so she had no choice but to say to him: "Since this is the case, the emperor should avoid it first." After saying that, she called the palace maid, Jin'er, to lead Li Chunqiu to the apse.

Other court ladies lifted up the crystal curtain, separating Concubine Xue from Yin Yuting.

A string of bright beads danced around the figure of the court lady behind the curtain, until the palace door was completely closed again, Concubine Xue's slightly indifferent voice came faintly: "You can say it. Is there anything important that I can only report to you?" Give it to me alone?"

Yin Yuting heard the question from the superior, but he was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, he carefully observed the four corners of the palace calmly, making sure that there was no extra eyeliner, and then slowly said: "Young minister, I want to discuss with the empress. His Royal Highness's marriage is a big event."

This sentence is really shocking. You must know that the marriages of princes are all assigned by the emperor.To put it bluntly, one is a small servant of the palace, and even the mother, stepmother and concubine have no room for influence.

Concubine Xue was shocked at first when she heard this, and then she just took it as a joke, her mouth turned cold, and she said contemptuously: "You are really talking outrageously. I didn't expect that the emperor's favorite person is actually you who don't know Anyhow, yellow-mouthed kid."

Yin Yuting said: "Your Majesty, I didn't say anything outrageous." He raised his eyes, his thick black pupils were shining brightly, but there was no expression on his snow-white face: "If your Majesty and His Highness Cheng Wang want to have a relationship, If you want to survive, you must marry His Royal Highness Cheng Wang!"

"The current situation is very unfavorable to His Royal Highness Cheng Wang. His Majesty the Emperor wants to appoint the eldest prince Li Changping as the crown prince. The power of the empress and Zheng Guogong has already reached the sky. If the eldest prince is appointed as the crown prince, half of the world will be Zheng Zheng." It's home!"

When Concubine Xue heard this, she looked solemnly, stared at Yin Yuting through the curtain and said sharply: "What? You said that half of the world belongs to the Zheng family?!"

Yin Yuting said: "Exactly."

Concubine Xue sneered, "It's a joke. This world will always belong to the Li family dynasty and belong to the emperor! No matter how powerful the Zheng family is, how can they share the world equally with the Li family!"

Then Yin Yuting was not in a hurry to refute: "Your Majesty, you know very well..."

"Presumptuous." Concubine Xue snorted.

Yin Yuting hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Madam, please calm down. I believe that you know what I mean."

Time seemed to have stopped, and the palace was so quiet that there was a sound of needles dropping.Suddenly, Concubine Xue's crisp laughter came from behind the crystal curtain, only to hear Concubine Xue stop laughing, she said: "The emperor really saw the right person. What's your name?"

Yin Yuting secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his face: "My name is Yin Yuting."

Concubine Xue's eyes lit up, and she smiled softly: "You child, you have both vision and courage. Yes, the emperor's marriage is also something I am thinking about. It's just that the emperor has never been interested in this matter, and the eldest prince has not yet become a prince. Marriage, according to the order of seniority, the elder brother should get married first."

"Your Majesty," Yin Yuting said, "His Royal Highness Cheng Wang must marry before His Royal Highness the First Prince!"

Concubine Xue was startled when she heard this, showing a surprised expression.

I only heard Yin Yuting explain: "The young lady who has a marriage contract with His Royal Highness is the eldest daughter of the country's uncle. Their aunt got married, and they kissed each other..." At this point, he deliberately lowered his voice and said: "In the future, I will definitely marry you." It is an unshakable rock on the way of His Royal Highness King Cheng's ascension to the throne!"

When Concubine Xue heard this, her eyes widened in surprise, and she lowered her voice and asked, "Did you just say you were ascending the throne?"

Yin Yuting raised his eyes, the dark eyes were bottomless: "That's right." The crystal curtain flickered darkly, making the cinnabar mole between his eyebrows glow.

Concubine Xue quickly restrained her surprised expression, and just stared suspiciously at Yin Yuting's spotless face: "These two words, how can they be easily uttered. Huang'er is just a concubine prince, and his ascension to the throne is far away from him." out of reach."

Yin Yuting knew that what Concubine Xue said was also reasonable.According to Li Chunqiu's qualifications and ranking, he is indeed far away from the throne.He was silent for a while, and replied word by word: "If His Royal Highness King Cheng can't be honored as a great treasure, empress, ministers, and even all those who are attached to King Cheng, the fate will be as miserable as leaves falling in the autumn wind."

Concubine Xue didn't expect him to say such words, she widened her eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"

Yin Yuting said indifferently: "What I mean is that the glory and wealth in front of the empress is just the shadow of the frost and the moon. Once the country changes hands, the empress thinks what will be left of you."

Concubine Xue held her breath, and a gust of cold wind blew, making the crystal curtain jingle.Yin Yuting's face was like an ice sculpture, and his eyes were as black as thick ink, and it was difficult to describe even the wonderful brushwork of a national player.

"I will mention the marriage of the emperor's son to His Majesty. I will try my best to do as you wish. As for whether this can be accomplished, it depends on Your Majesty's decision." Concubine Xue said after a long time.

After hearing this, Yin Yuting knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty is holy." He got up and was about to say goodbye when Concubine Xue shouted, "Wait a minute!"

Yin Yuting was startled, just raised his head and kowtowed down again: "Your Majesty."

Concubine Xue said: "Yin Yuting, how can I trust you?"

Yin Yuting raised his head, his eyes flickered like black glaze.

Concubine Xue asked: "It's hard to guarantee that you won't betray me and the emperor... What reason do you have to prove that you are worthy of my trust?"

Yin Yuting lowered his eyes, and replied in a low voice: "I am a staff member of Prince Cheng's residence, not to serve a third prince."