Emperor Que Shaohua

Jinglan Emperor Luo Pingyuan and his elder brother Luo Yanhua went to Prince An's mansion together in micro-clothes. It was in early summer and April. The flower event in Luocheng was already in full bloom. They left the palace city and walked south slowly. Branches of Hibiscus or Bauhinia.

Luo Pingyuan only brought four guards with him, and it was rare for King Jing to ride a white horse instead of a carriage.

The south of the city is the most pyrotechnic place in Los Angeles. It is different from the luxury of Suzaku Avenue and the prosperity of Qipan Street. The streets are lined with small shops and stalls. Drain the pot of water.

The two of them stayed in the solemn Miyagi and the quiet Lantai for a long time, and there was a special kind of relaxation among the bustling pedestrians.

"I received a letter from Cuiping Mountain the day before yesterday. The younger brother was supposed to leave the teacher in the middle of the year. Because he hoped that I could be present, Master Yang changed it to autumn and winter." Luo Pingyuan said, "Since I went down the mountain, I have not seen it for four years. Going back to Qixia Peak to pay respects to Master, I am really ashamed to say it, but Brother Huang must definitely go with me when the time comes."

Jing Wang thought of the junior brother of the Hanshan School he met during the martial arts competition in Los Angeles, and smiled knowingly. Three years later, that cute boy with round eyes must have grown into a young talent.He immediately raised his eyebrows: "Going to Cuiping Mountain is not a trivial matter. It is not easy for the adults in the court to resist. Your Majesty is sure that you will be able to make the trip?"

With a smile and slight teasing in his tone, Luo Pingyuan coughed lightly: "What's wrong, like today, I'm going out of the palace to breathe, and they can still tie me up?"

In the first year of Jinglan, the court was initially established, and the atmosphere was changed. The courtiers were not only delighted to be able to make great achievements under the rule of a young and promising emperor, but at the same time, in order to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and become a generation of good officials with a long history, they also began to work hard. remonstrance.

It is said that Luo Pingyuan is rigorous in his conduct, has great insights, is neither extravagant nor wasteful, but also diligent enough, so there is really nothing to be picky about; however, as for the emperor, he can't be as standard as ordinary people. , and finally identified two points that need to be advised: First, His Majesty is young, and since he ascended the throne, he has only been surrounded by the Empress. Zuo's blessing.Second, His Majesty seems to like going out in micro clothes too much.Unless there is a specific ceremony, I often hide my identity and act alone. I go to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices, I go to Huangjue Temple to worship in my clothes, I go out of the palace for an outing, and I hang out in the market with the emperor's elder brother Jing Wang... If things go on like this, how decent it is, no, How to show the majesty of the temple?The Yulin Guard and Jing Yu Guard, who were in charge of protecting His Majesty's safety, also expressed that they were under a lot of pressure.

For the sake of freedom, Luo Pingyuan has had many rounds of friendly and intense discussions with the ministers, but he just doesn't intend to accept a concubine.Let's see how many loyal ministers and righteous people and border people have been killed by a Concubine Han from Tianyi Dynasty?I have already married the queen, so let's forget about Sangong Sixth Courtyard.As for the question of not going out in low clothes, I have never delayed the affairs of state. I am clearly equipped with superior martial arts and more than enough to protect myself.You said try not to leave the palace easily, but I am not a prisoner.

Seeing that His Majesty accepts advice humbly, the ministers are determined not to change, and they are plausible, of course they refuse to give up.Especially the previous one, the majestic Emperor Yuzhou didn't even set up a harem, even though the huge palace was vacant, and there were thousands of court ladies and no one to serve him, what a shame!

For a while, there was a flood of remonstrance, and Luo Pingyuan said calmly, if the future offspring is not prosperous, the fourth brother already has a smart and beautiful little son, and the little brother Yueyue, and there is still no one in the clan to inherit the throne what?

The veterans were shocked and felt that it was inappropriate, but they were afraid that their persuasion would make His Majesty feel rebellious and make more difficult remarks, so the two sides fell into a stalemate.

Of course Luo Pingyuan understood why the emperor smiled and said nothing. It is conceivable that once he revealed his plan to leave Beijing for a trip in the second half of the year, he might be completely overwhelmed by the remonstrance the next day.

Thinking of Li Furen, who is mature and prudent, Fu Jianchen, who is elegant and elegant, Chen Yuanfu, who is good at citing scriptures and writing words, and the difficulty of convincing several civil servants to support him to leave Beijing, His Majesty felt a little short of breath and guilty.

But he had made up his mind.Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish. After all, I had limited experience in the early days, and I have been staying in Beijing for the past two years, so besides getting together with my master and my brothers, I will also spend several months traveling around the state capital with my brother, observing along the way. People's sentiments will be handy in dealing with government affairs in the future.

King Jing listened to the emperor's younger brother expressing his firm determination for the first time, and nodded ponderingly: "Alright, we will leave in August and return in the twelfth lunar month. Linpian should return to Beijing at that time. With him in Luocheng, state affairs will be handed over to Li Dashi For the time being, it should be okay."

He thought that he had to go back to Huaibi Village in Jinling, not only entrusting him with the position of suzerain, but also for Mu Shaoqing's and Wanli's marriage.Although Jiang Wanli agreed to the marriage contract, she hoped that her cousin would be present before she would be willing to get married. Since last year, Master Mu Shaozhuang, who has everything ready, has been waiting impatiently for nearly a year. Going to the capital, I have another decisive battle with Luo Pingyuan.Therefore, regardless of whether Zhu Jin still resigns and refuses to take over at that time, after going to Cuiping Mountain, he will definitely go to Jiangnan.

During the conversation, the hustle and bustle of people gradually faded away, and a mansion surrounded by green tiles and vermilion walls appeared at the end of the street. A small group of imperial guards patrolled outside the wall with guns and spears in their hands.

Luo Pingyuan recalled the scene when he came here for the last time and watched Luo Junping get off the escort carriage and enter the gate of the mansion, and he couldn't feel emotion in his heart.Nearly two and a half years later, the bronze lion in front of Prince An's Mansion is still alive and well, but the vermilion walls and gates have been seen to be mottled and peeled off, and the green glazed tiles are also missing several places.I don't know if it was broken or was secretly dug away.

"Brother Sanhuang used to be the most ostentatious, and there were eight guards in front of the mansion," he said, "Now the gate is locked, so I don't know what's going on inside."

King Jing didn't answer immediately, he knew that in the past few years, Emperor Tianyi never mentioned the third prince during the festivals.For Luo Junping, who was once bossy and reckless, perhaps being forgotten for a long time and being ignored by no one is the most difficult thing.

They were getting closer and closer to the palace, and the forbidden army had already stepped forward to stop them, but seeing that the two of them had a very good bearing and accompanied by guards, they must be the children of someone from a high school, so they didn't make any fuss; The sergeant recognized Luo Pingyuan's appearance, and exclaimed in surprise: "It's His Majesty who came personally!"

A pair of imperial guards knelt down to salute, and wanted to report to the superior again, Luo Pingyuan waved his hands and said, "I... I will go out of the palace with the emperor to relax, as I like, go in and have a look at the third brother, you just do everything as usual. "

The Lieutenant of the Forbidden Army secretly rejoiced that he did not take the time to drink in a restaurant today, and he couldn't help but think that Wang An seemed to be about to change his fortune.Ben ordered the sergeant to open the gate of the mansion, followed by the imperial guard guarding Luo Pingyuan and shouted: "Your Majesty said that everything is business as usual, so there is no need to go to war? Where is the side door, don't lead the way!"

Although King An was imprisoned, many guests and servants in the mansion were also driven away, but the family members and the remaining servants combined had dozens of mouths, so there was a side door at the side and rear of the mansion, and mule carts were allowed to transport them at a fixed time every day Vegetables, fruits and rice grains are brought in.As time goes by, as long as Prince An's Mansion is willing to spend more money, some fashionable and new items in the market can be bought into the mansion.But there is no such thing as freedom alone.

Luo Pingyuan and Prince Jing went around to the side gate together, and walked into the mansion along the staggered ruts. Seeing the deserted vegetation beside the road, he unexpectedly thought that the emperor's brother had been in the mansion for seven years, and he didn't know where the food and supplies came from. Is it also so involuntary?King Jing seldom mentioned the past years of living in seclusion, and he is still not very clear about the details, so he couldn't help but ask.

"My situation is different from that of the third emperor's younger brother. At that time, there was no explicit decree to prohibit leaving the mansion." Luo Yanhua thought for a while and said implicitly, "But if you act without authorization, it is easy to be regarded by the emperor as not guarding the river. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, I will stay in the mansion. The emperor sent Manager Yang to take care of internal and external affairs as soon as the application is made."

Luo Pingyuan nodded and said, "Boss Yang is indeed very capable. After finishing speaking, considering that Yang Yue was still the confidant of Emperor Tianyi at that time, the more capable he was, the more trouble he would cause to King Jing, so he couldn't help but look a little weird."

"In the first two or three years, when Langhuan withdrew from the Yangtze River, the most important thing was to turn light into darkness and settle down, so I didn't contact me many times." Luo Yanhua said, "Director Yang is still very upright. I used to be prepared for battle, but later I realized that I was so poor and helpless, there was really nothing to guard against, and it was important to make a living. As a result, I couldn’t be busy when I was busy. When Xie Ji and Mingyue Tower opened in Los Angeles, He is also used to me planting flowers and vegetables every day, and occasionally someone in the house flies over the wall."

He recalled that Yang Yue was ordered to come to Prince Jing's mansion, facing the old house, the deserted garden and himself who fell ill every now and then, full of doubts, annoyed and helpless, he couldn't help smiling.The imperial doctor could not be invited, the medicinal materials had no money to be seized, and the claim was deducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The dignified Royal Guard captain bumped into walls and looked at cold faces everywhere, as if he had fallen into the coldest yamen in the world. Said that the energy spent on monitoring me in those years is far less than worrying about raising money and maintaining expenses. When he was really in trouble, he even paid for it out of his own pocket."

Luo Pingyuan couldn't help laughing, King Jing downplayed it lightly, but he couldn't hide the hardships involved.He thought about calling Yang Yue over after returning to the palace, and asking about what happened in the past in detail. Even though time has passed, he still wants to know more.

Different from entering from the main entrance, the road from the side entrance of Prince An's Mansion first leads to the warehouse and firewood room.Both of them didn't know where Luo Junping was. After all, Luo Pingyuan had been here many times before, and he had received banquets in the back garden, so he identified the direction, led the emperor to turn around, and prepared to walk through the garden and around the inner house , go to the main hall and study located in the front yard.

The garden of Prince An's Mansion covers an area of ​​tens of mu, and no one has been met along the way. Luo Pingyuan saw that the garden was overgrown with weeds, and the broken branches and fallen leaves of last autumn and winter covered the pastures for feasting. It hadn't been cleaned yet, so I thought, Brother Sanhuang likes to be lively, now that the mansion is less popular, and there are no musicians to play and sing, he probably won't even come to the back garden.

In a flash of thought, a human voice came faintly not far ahead, like a slightly sharp female voice, constantly persuading and reprimanding, followed by a man's voice, which seemed very impatient.

A few steps forward, the voice became clearer, and the woman scolded: "I said, did you hear what I said just now? Every day, if you are so alive, you know that when you are fishing by the pond, the carp has been caught long ago! You If you want to be Jiang Taigong, can you sit until you are 80 years old?" The voice is crisp and hot, with a hint of sarcasm, falling into the ears like cold water pouring into a hot frying pan, crackling.

Following the man, he said angrily: "So what, there is food and drink anyway, living in such a big mansion, used by servants and maidservants, trying to be at ease, regardless of the flood outside, who can do anything to me now?"

"It's not going to be a big deal, but it's just involuntary and no one cares about it." The woman sneered, "Turn your head and look around, do you think this palace is still the beautiful maidservant of Guangsha in the past, with child servants like clouds? You Or is it the third highness who responds to every call and does whatever he wants? Those who can run have run away, and those who can't run have also pretended to be sick. Sitting and eating all day, what else is left but leisure? My old lady is really bad luck, seeing the sky with her in the deserted garden Listen to the bugs!"

He also said that my elder brother has been trapped in the frontier where birds do not lay eggs and cannot return. The family members go out, relatives and friends hide away, three aunts and six wives discuss merits, and every time my sister-in-law entrusts someone to hand in a letter, it is either complaining or sarcastic. Say father and mother's hair is all gray.Even though the prince used to be a body of gold, isn't he just a hairless phoenix now, at least he should be soft, please, can he cut down on his hair?You are so honorable! "

Luo Pingyuan remembered that there was indeed a pond not far ahead, where golden and red carp were kept in the past, which can be used for viewing and fishing when they are up.He and King Jing looked at each other, and he knew that it must be King An who was fishing here, and had a dispute with Princess Liang, but he happened to bump into him.Both of them felt that they could not advance or retreat, it seemed inappropriate to listen more, and it was even more embarrassing to show up to greet Luo Junping. However, they came to visit Luo Junping today, so they must not turn around and leave as if they had never been here.

After a moment of hesitation, there was a "snap" in the direction of the pond. King An had already dropped his fishing rod, and said angrily, "Please, please, do you want to bother me to death? Didn't I order you to send the cypresses in Bieye in the west of the city? Lan Tai, did your natal family follow suit?"

"It's so easy for the prince to say something, can you not do it?" Princess An is obviously not afraid of her husband's anger, but her voice is even higher, "Ten servants and five gardeners have been busy for five days, and they are all delivered It’s been half a month, and there’s not a single sound in the palace. Do you think it’s useful? Daddy’s right, you’re not called bowing your head, it’s simply provocation! Your Majesty has forgotten you in the past, but now you have offended King Jing. If it’s not good, I’ll add another crime!”

"Enough!" Luo Junping finally flew into a rage, "What do women know! Do you think that the situation of Prince An's Mansion will be better after the new king ascends the throne? Stop dreaming! Inside and outside the palace, there is one who does not miss old love, one who is ungrateful, and one who is an enemy Righteous, what's the use of begging them! To be honest with you, just because this king offended Luo Yanhua like that at the beginning, now that the feng shui has changed, and the fifth emperor is obedient to him, how can he allow me to have a better life? Otherwise, it has been several months since the new year, how could there be no decree?"

Concubine An seemed to be shocked for a moment, and then she was bitter: "Isn't it because of the instigation of Concubine Han Gui and the aborted crown prince to destroy a garden of peonies? Let's make an apology, and spend more money and double it to make it up, can't you? ...Looking at your dejected face, how did you harm others in the first place?"

Luo Pingyuan: "..." He was very speechless. Hearing Wang An's tone, it was obvious that he was the one who did not miss the old love, the one who was ungrateful was King Yun, and the enemy was Brother Huang.

"What can I do to him!" Luo Junping said angrily, "Anyway, it's useless to be humble, and it's useless to teach people to see clearly. I sent that congratulatory gift to tell him that Luo Yanhua should settle old scores casually, just rush Just follow me!"

Liang said: "You are quite heroic. You are just trying to save face. Besides, King Jing didn't care about it at all." He added, "You must show sincerity. If you don't try it, how will you know it won't work?"

King An said angrily: "Anyway, kneeling on the ground, I just don't want to worship Luo Yanhua!"

He seemed to be overwhelmed, and said coldly, seeing that you are afraid of getting involved every day, you really think that others will put the little Liang's house in their eyes.Forget it, I think it's meaningless to stay with me as a disabled person all day. If the tree falls and the monkeys are scattered, you're not bad either. I'll write a letter of divorce tomorrow and ask Uncle Duan Wang to intercede on his behalf. You can go back to your mother's house! "

After the words fell, Princess An was probably stunned, and she didn't make a sound for a while.After a few moments of silence, there was a sudden scream, which was extremely high-pitched in the deserted garden: "Luo Junping! It's useless for me to accompany you through thick and thin, never leave you, and take good care of you. I haven't mentioned reconciliation yet, but you Have the face to divorce his wife? Do you still have a conscience? I will fight with you today!"

There was a chirping sound, as if the fabric of the clothes was torn, and then Mrs. Liang began to cry, weeping and scolding, "In the past, Yingying and Yanyan, leaning on the red and nestling in the green, flaunting their might without accomplishing anything, ended up losing their arms." Now, the whole family suffers accordingly; now they are in a daze like a gourd, or they are drunk, knowing that they are pinched in the palm of their hands, and they are still holding their necks to make up for it! Look at yourself, look at the mansion What has become of the situation in the past! The villainous bureaucrat who came to the door every day to flatter me has long since disappeared. Only my father and brother love me and ask for help everywhere. Some things come in. Otherwise, how can you eat wild game and drink Chu Jiangchun! Seeing that Xier is eight years old, how will she discuss marriage after being locked up for a few more years? You don’t think about it, are you still a man? Besides, Now the wilderness is silent, even if you want to kneel down and beg for mercy, no one will accept the gift, so you just vent your anger on our poor women and children. You can rest, you will only bully the people around you. The concubine is really unlucky for eight lifetimes. It is good to suffer and suffer. .You write a letter of divorce today, tomorrow I will hang myself, and leave a letter to my father saying that you forced me to death! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo and

Although the cry was loud, it did not conceal the utterance of words clearly and fluently, the tone was high and low, and the rhythm fluctuated quite well, no matter how you listened, it seemed to be very proficient.

Emperor Jinglan and King Jing looked at each other, it seemed that the life in Luo Junping's mansion was boring, but it was turbulent from time to time, and not very lonely.

King An currently has a son and a daughter, the concubine is only three years old, and the eldest daughter Luo Xiyi is already eight years old.

In Luo Pingyuan's heart, he was both angry and funny, but also somewhat unbearable.It's just that he never thought that King An would blame the old grievances with the emperor brother for the ground-breaking so far.

In fact, he did not forget the third brother Luo Junping.Although King An's popularity has never been good, he has been imprisoned for quite a while after all. Of course there are people in the clan who have made trouble, but it is not enough that no one is willing to intercede for him. Du Tangli cried and pleaded in front of her, Luo Pingyuan had already taken this matter to heart.

To lift the confinement actually only needs an imperial decree, but until the end of his life, Emperor Tianyi did not issue a decree for a long time, and even expressed the intention that he might as well let the third prince continue to think about it for a few years.In Luo Pingyuan's mind, on the one hand, the father left the opportunity to be kind to himself, so that King An would be grateful and obey him in the future; Wang Dangchao sued the prince, and finally couldn't let go of the disastrous failure of the joint trial of the three divisions, and deliberately made Luo Junping suffer more setbacks.

When he saw the newly transplanted cypress tree by the Luoyan Lake in Lantai, he couldn't help laughing. He felt that King An had done wrong and evil before, but since he was betrayed and captured into the enemy camp, he lost an arm on the battlefield. It's been a lot of trouble; although Luo Wenxiao was exposed at the beginning for revenge, it also helped Langhuan Abyss.Therefore, in fact, it has already been discussed with King Jing, and at the end of the month, after the large emperor's coffin is delivered to the Lishan Mausoleum, the guards will be removed to let Prince An's mansion lift the ban.

Looking at it now, with a fierce wife in his family, it's no wonder that Luo Junping couldn't contain himself first.It's just that the narrow-mindedness seems to be irreversible. If you judge others by yourself, you will be narrow-minded if you think of Brother Huang.

While thinking about it, there were a few more sounds of cloth being torn, and Luo Junping became angry from embarrassment: "There is no end, you should have had enough trouble, go away, I want to be quiet!"

But after hearing a few pushes, King An was angrily, probably planning to turn around and leave, but the footsteps got closer and closer, walking straight towards the direction where the two were.

Luo Pingyuan glanced at King Jing, there was a smile in Luo Yanhua's eyes, not displeased.It's too late to dodge immediately at this moment, but it seems that it's okay to run into it like this.After a little hesitation, the three brothers met face to face on the overgrown Wangfu path.

Luo Junping looked as embarrassed as he sounded just now, his hair was disheveled, and his clothes were relatively thin in early summer. The neckline and hem of the half-worn cocoon silk robe on his body were torn, especially on the left sleeve, which was empty. The long slit is reminiscent of a defeated cock no matter how you look at it.For more than two years, he has been far from the sallow and thin face he had when he returned to Beijing. Due to staying out of the house for a long time, his complexion has become fairer than before. If his face is not covered with a few scratches and written Out of breath, but also quite delicate.

His gaze first came into contact with Luo Pingyuan in light yellow uniform, and then Luo Yanhua in green clothes. The whole person seemed to have been immobilized, even his expression and footsteps froze in place.

The three faced each other, and there was a moment of silence. Wang An raised his right hand and wiped his eyes, making sure that he was not hallucinating.

If it wasn't a little embarrassing, Luo Pingyuan really wanted to laugh. Before he decided to visit with Prince Jing, he never thought that the reunion after a long absence would be the scene now.Perhaps there is indeed something wrong with the way I always conduct private visits via microservices.

He cleared his throat, and was about to take the initiative to say hello, when a woman's scolding came from his ear: "Luo Junping, you still dare to leave, I haven't finished talking... who are you?...Ah! Your Majesty! "

The menacing yell suddenly turned into an exclamation, which went straight into the sky, and then stopped abruptly as if it had been cut off. Behind King An, a young woman in a small jacket and skirt appeared. Very messy, eyes wide open at the moment, covering mouth with one hand.A look of disbelief.

Birds were singing and cicadas were singing around, and the time was infinitely quiet, Luo Yanhua withdrew his thoughtful gaze, and said with a smile: "Long time no see, Brother Sanhuang, are you all right?"