[Rebirth] Chronicle of the Two Capitals

Chapter 56

People say that eventful autumn is eventful autumn. It is winter, but things are not necessarily less than autumn.

The emperor, who was good at riding and archery, suddenly fell off his horse while playing polo. His injuries did not heal and he had trouble dealing with government affairs for several days.Fortunately, the winter hunting has passed, and the envoys of the various vassal states who came to the dynasty also returned to their homeland as scheduled. Otherwise, they should take advantage of the opportunity, such as the Wutars, who may have a resurgence of evil intentions, and have nothing to do with it.

The end of the new year is approaching, and the various departments and government offices are sorting out the files for this year, and on New Year's Eve, they will seal the rest and reunite with the family.Most of the government offices are free, but there are also many busy ones. Since winter, the prefectures and counties north of the Yangtze River have experienced snowstorms and frost every day. In such weather, the houses of the common people are often crushed by snow and blown by the wind. In fact, the imperial court needs to help, otherwise the cold winter will definitely not be able to survive the cold winter.

This matter has always been under the responsibility of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the chief envoys of the states. The northerners are bloody, and it is common for bandits to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, and they have to send troops to suppress the bandits.It's just that there must be a shrewd and wise leader in everything to be able to work together and get twice the result with half the effort. This is an errand to prove one's talent and make it to the top. Many forces in the DPRK and China are intriguing, trying to squeeze people under one's own sect into it, and they are almost jealous.

The battle is the end of the battle, if the queen mother who is in power now does not show it, the final candidate must be screened by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yan Yi, and then the decision can be made.

After Yan Yi recovered, he entered the court for less than a year. At first, it was difficult for such an official to be tolerated by his party members, and he was more concerned about everything for the people.The snow disaster was urgent and there was no need to delay, so within two days after the memorials of disasters from all over the place arrived in Beijing, he proposed a team to relieve the people and appease the hearts of the people in the memorial book, and presented it first to the empress dowager and then to the emperor.

The big and small things in the court are all the result of multi-party games and mutual utilization, and Yan Yi's imitation is no different.He knew that if the emperor wanted to reform the government of officials, he must first suppress the trend of forming a party for personal gain, but he had not yet established a foothold, so if he wanted to use his fists, he had to rely on the emperor, and he had to follow the holy order in everything.The officials and officials in the draft are all single family members who are less involved in party disputes, and they are known for their talents, and they are not fools.

Not only that, but several female officials of the Hanlin Academy who were sitting on the benches were rowed over, so that they could accumulate merits during this trip, and when they return to the court in the future, they will be promoted soon.

The beauty is that these female officials are in the middle position of obeying the orders of the superiors and ordering the small officials when they go to help the snow disaster.

This draft has no flaws. After reading it, Tang Yu smiled and said: "The Qing family and the queen mother have read it. If the queen mother has no objection, it is feasible. There is no need to report to me." Although she is injured, she usually does not prevent people from visiting. , courtiers please see her, is there any reason not to allow it?It's just that her face is pale, her eyes are black and blue, and it is always worrying to look at, so this time, no one came up to persuade her to register as an imperial husband and accept a servant.

Yan Yi guessed that she would say this, and said frankly: "This is a court affair, Your Highness only holds power temporarily, and the minister should not exceed the rules."

Yan Yi's words were tactful, and the implication was to remind Tang Yu that His Majesty was going to be in charge of the government. In the past, it was not as good as now, and it is not advisable to hand over the government affairs of the country to the Queen Mother at will.

Tang Yu was not surprised that he had such an idea, she was not sullen, but just smiled lightly and said: "Qing, a well-educated person, I think I have heard about the story of the empress hunting the elk."

After the Southern Tang Dynasty, he was benevolent and cowardly, advocating Buddhism and Taoism, and was always compassionate.One day, he led his army to hunt in the dense forest, among birds and beasts, bent his bow and set up arrows, hoping to hunt elk.Suddenly he heard his voice like whimpering, and there were two tears at the first moment, the master blamed it, looked closely, and noticed that his abdomen was distended like a basin, the master couldn't bear it, so he let it go.Then, the fruit gave birth to a child.

Yan Yi nodded, indicating that he had heard something.

Tang Yu and him said with emotion: "Animals are like this, how can humans be inferior? My mother is a great favor to me. Without her, I would be nothing. Even if the throne of the country belongs to me, it also belongs to her. There is no distinction."

The past dynasties have ruled the world with filial piety. If the emperor is not stupid, it is common sense to pretend to be filial and obedient in front of the people of the world.Yan Yi has been ups and downs in the officialdom, and he has the ability to read people's hearts by observing words and expressions, but right now he can't see even a little bit of hypocrisy from Tang Yu's expression, maybe his words are heartfelt and passionate.

Having said this, Yan Yi has no intention of retreating and withdrawing troops because of his outspokenness and admonishment during the reign of the first emperor. In the eyes, in the heart.Although Yan Xun passed away, the Empress Dowager is still a daughter of the Yan family, and the Yan family behind her is still quite important. Besides... Yan Yi secretly looked at Tang Yu, her face has little similarity with the Empress Dowager, only her expression and behavior are very similar .

He is no different from veteran ministers like Xiao Shen - knowing that although the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are not biological mothers and daughters, they have a deep friendship with each other, so he wants to remonstrate again on the grounds that the tiger's poison is still cannibalistic.

The two sat in the hall, the sliding door was wide open, but there was a screen to protect them from the wind, and there was absolutely no coldness.

Tang Yi pressed his fist to his lips, and coughed for a long time, his face slowly showing a sick blush, Chi Zai stepped forward and respectfully said to Yan Yi: "Master Yan, the medical officer has ordered that Your Majesty should not be in charge during the day for too long. , I am afraid that there will not be enough rest and recuperation, which will delay the recovery of the injury."

Yan Yi is honest, but he is not stubborn. He is reasonable, so he had no choice but to retreat as he said.After stepping out of the palace gate, he walked on the quiet snowy road, and Chi Zai was ordered to see him off, so he asked Chi Zai: "Officer Chi, may I ask if His Majesty's longevity lock has been recovered?"

Chi Zai paused slightly, and sighed: "No, I search every corner of the Forbidden Palace every day, but there is always no news, and I am very worried."

The Jin Dynasty advocated Buddhism, and many people in the world believed in Buddhism. Even if they didn't believe in it, it was such a coincidence that the emperor lost his longevity lock and fell off his horse and was injured. stable.

On this day, it was snowing and the sky was clear.Feeling depressed in the house, Qing Dai made a proposal on her own, wanting to get someone to move a soft couch into the garden, let Tang Yu go out to bask in the sun, maybe her mood will improve after not seeing the sun for a long time.

Tang Yi had a very good temper, since the last time the Queen Mother visited, she seemed to have been stripped of her soul, she would do whatever Qing Dai said, and she would go as she said when she was asked to bask in the sun.

So now, she is lying on the couch in the begonia forest, watching everything quietly.

There are no flowers blooming and falling, no clouds rolling and clouds relaxing, only the inner voice like a dark tide, talking to herself.

In the past, there were so many things to do, I just wished I could break the time and make the best use of it. Now that I am recuperating from illness, I have a leisurely time. I suddenly feel that the days are like years. You can smell it carefully, and greedily suck such a negative and even rotten taste without knowing the essence.

For a moment, Guo didn't know whether it was the desolate scene or himself who was ashes.

Tang Xi withdrew her gaze from the withered crabapple tree, and took out a jade lock from her sleeve pocket.The exquisite things in the palm of the hand are warm and crystal clear, red as blood, and after so many years, the ribbon is getting old day by day.Back then, when she sent her name, it was the lock that A Niang put on for her. Now that she rubbed it, all kinds of things from the past suddenly appeared in her mind.

This time, maybe I can only put on the lock by myself.

Her slender white fingertips pressed against the chisel lines of Pisces playing in the water, and her jet-black eyelashes trembled slightly, completely covering up her deep and gloomy eyes.Just now, the palace servants retrieved the name lock—but the jade lock was not lost. Even if it was lost, there would always be something else that could replace it.

In the past two lifetimes, she has never given her sincerity to anyone. Perhaps because of this, she just received cold treatment from her for a few days, and was just avoided by her for a few days. It's just that the road ahead is long and hard to find, so she indulged herself into such a dispirited state. look like.

After being a king for several years, her self-esteem is always higher than before. She loves her, and has worked so hard to hide this love until now. Being seen through by her, she thinks that she has lost face, and being ignored by her is even more like being splashed in a pocket. After pouring a basin of cold water, he was both embarrassed and heartbroken. Looking around, maybe the soil under his feet was a little brighter than his own.

Aunt doesn't want to see me, so why should I bother her?She avoids me for one day, and I avoid her for two days, three days, four days, five, six, seven, eight days... After more than ten years of getting along, the slightest obstacle between each other should be gradually erased by the time spent.

Tang Yu clenched the jade lock between her palms, she pursed her lips, and thought to herself——Even if Aunt thinks I'm dirty, if I don't touch her again, I won't touch her with a single finger, she should be at ease stop?Even in the future, between A Niang and me, the mother and daughter who are almost strangers will be very good. Anyway, I will always say hello to her sooner or later. That's enough.

After she thought about it, hot tears suddenly overflowed her fingertips, which made her suddenly startled.Then he raised his hand to wipe his cheeks, only to realize that at some point, hot tears welled up in his eyes, fell on the jade lock, and then wiped her fingertips along the chisel lines.

Tang Yu hurriedly wiped away the tears from his face, but luckily the palace servant was pushed back by her just now, the surrounding was empty, there was no more face to lose, even now, there were no secrets for others to pry into.

She was so distraught that she put all her body and mind into cleaning up her appearance, so she turned a deaf ear to the sound of footsteps coming from far to near in the courtyard.

The trail is quiet and quiet, long and short branches of the crabapple trees protrude out, intertwined in the mid-air in a chaotic manner, casting dense shadows in the twilight of the sun.The Empress Dowager came alone, her elegant long skirt dragging along the ground, her beautiful and delicate face was covered with a touch of softness and warmth by the faint halo that occasionally escaped in the shadows.

The soft couch was right in front of her eyes, but the queen mother gradually stopped, she witnessed everything.There was obviously nothing in this courtyard, but it seemed that a mournful force was born, which suddenly destroyed Tang Yu's strength.This is a child she raised with her own hands. Although it is not her own flesh and blood, in terms of temperament, it is almost the same as hers. It is stubborn and restrained in the same strain, but she cried.

A desperately suppressed but uncontrollable sob came to his ears, and then, there was no movement again.Crying, or trying not to cry, the latter is undoubtedly more distressing.

The Empress Dowager stepped forward and reached the couch in the blink of an eye.

The winter clothes were heavy, so Tang Xi took off his cloak, and took off his outer shirt to his shoulders, as well as his middle coat, revealing his smooth and delicate jade neck and the snow-white skin below it.She wanted to wear the jade lock herself, and the palace servants would not dare to enter without her order, so even though it is an open-air courtyard, there is nothing wrong with it.

The wine jar in her hand was placed on the couch, and the slight sound obviously slipped into Tang Yu's ears. Her shoulders trembled suddenly, and hot sweat oozes from the fingers around the back of her neck. The hands of the jade lock ribbon also seemed weak, they were easily separated by the queen mother to take the two sides, but the jade lock was in her hands.

The queen mother had been watching her for a while, and was tinkering with the jade lock herself, but she couldn't wear it well.

After so many years, his hands are still very clumsy and need to be taught.

The Empress Dowager personally put on the "lost and found" jade lock for her. Seeing the tears in the corner of her eyes, she sighed in her heart and said in a low voice: "Xiao Qi."

This is equivalent to her baby name, the queen mother called her Xiaoqi, maybe she never hated her to the extreme.Tang Yu looked back anxiously, raised his eyes and responded, "...Aunt?"

The queen mother looked at her, but she gave a light reproach: "Crybaby."

The tone of these words was so pampering, it was very pleasant to listen to.

The author has something to say: Sorry, I worked overtime today and the replacement was late.