[Rebirth] Chronicle of the Two Capitals

Chapter 13 Family Letter

The vassal kings of the Jin Dynasty were entrusted outside and had no real power.Although the king of Xuancheng County left suddenly, there were three yamen guarding the land, so there was no need to worry about chaos in the fief because there was no owner.The posthumous title Wenyu, which means benevolence, good manners, and gentle nature, was named a loyal king, and the funeral was organized by the clan's government.Arranged one by one, there is no chaos because there are rules and regulations to follow, but the tricky thing is who will inherit the hereditary title.

The loyal king has no children around his knees, the eldest son Tang Dai is adopted by the emperor, and the side concubine has a daughter who is less than four years old and has little experience in the world.It was both a family matter and a state matter, so the emperor summoned his clan to order the king of Chu to discuss with several courtiers.

The king of Chu was in charge of the patriarch's decree, and the patriarchal records were as numerous as treasures. He said: "Prince Zhong had a deep friendship with Prince Rui when he was alive. Prince Rui's son was in a weak year and had a twin brother. It seems appropriate."

Concubine Rui's belly was full of courage, and she gave birth to twin brothers. The eldest son was Prince Rui's son, and the second son was adopted by Prince Zhong, inheriting the princely rank, and preserving the bloodline of Prince Zhong.King Zhong's fief is also adjacent to Prince Rui's fief, the customs and customs of the two places are similar, and the climate is suitable, so this move seems very appropriate.Several ministers agreed and wanted to second, but Xiao Shen suddenly said: "The fiefs are close, I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

The emperor nodded thoughtfully. Although he was young, he had a long political career. He experienced the rebellion of the Eight Kings when he was in power. Naturally, he thought more deeply than the king of Chu, who was in the corner of Anzong's mansion.One day if things change, wouldn't it be self-defeating for the twin brothers to rely on the proximity of the terrain to support each other?The emperor covered his mouth and coughed lightly for a moment, ordering another discussion.Xu Dehai offered the soup, the emperor only glanced at the black soup, then frowned and waved his hands: "This thing is useless, take it away."

The emperor has been ill for a long time, and the dragon's body is getting worse and worse. He has gradually lost confidence in the medical officers of the Imperial Hospital and has repeatedly reprimanded them as waste.From his point of view, the decoction is no different from white water, it even numbs his tongue coating and sense of taste.Recently, the emperor remembered that when the first emperor was seriously ill, he practiced alchemy with alcohol, and his face was glowing red. Even though the deceased empress dowager had told him not to follow the magic and heresy, how could he restrain his wish of extending his life when the sun was dying.

There were different opinions and disputes, so Yan Xun spoke out to find some sense of existence for himself. He said: "This matter is easy to be flexible. It is enough to choose another feudal domain in a beautiful and good land, and it can also show your majesty's benevolence for the younger brother."

The emperor asked: "In your opinion, where is it?"

Yan Xun replied with a smile, "Qiandi."

Everyone thought King Zhong was dead, Yan Xun ignored the previous suspicions and sincerely sought a safe shelter for the blood of King Zhong's descendants, who would have thought that he was such a villain.Xiao Shen and the King of Chu had a lot of history. Hearing the words, they only exchanged meaningful glances, but someone in the early days rushed to ask, "What do you mean by face? Guizhou is wild and barren, where prisoners have been exiled since ancient times. How can you show your benevolence?" The loyal king's bones are still cold, because of the petty grievances between his father and the loyal king, the grudge has been remembered to this day, the narrow-mindedness is staggering!

Yan Xun showed his innocence, and said with a sneer: "Wang Geshi's words are wrong. Guizhou has a vast territory and beautiful mountains and rivers. Wouldn't it be better than the fief of King Zhong before?"

The name of the first bird is Wang Ziyuan, and Li Kegei Shizhong has always been known for his courage and courage. An honest man, how can he compare to Yan Xun, whose skin is as thick as a city wall, and he was immediately trembling with anger from this rascal's sophistry.He raised his head and glanced at the emperor, hoping that he could distinguish right from wrong, loyal and traitorous, and uphold justice.Unexpectedly, the emperor thought for a while and said: "This move may be feasible, Yan Xiang will leave the fine merchants, and you will step down first."

Wang Ziyuan was stunned when he heard the words, and almost threw the wat board and scolded the emperor for being stupid-faint king!If you don't marry a concubine, you can't have intercourse, so you have no heirs and no children. Empress Yan has already been reincarnated several times. Who remembers you?Even if there are so many children in the clan and you are allowed to adopt them, you should take a long-term view and plan for the future. When will Yan Xun, a scourge and cancer, be cured now?Look at your sickly appearance, you don't have a few years to live, how are you becoming more and more incompetent, seeing that you can't even hold the title of "benevolent monarch", and "Yan Xiang" is more affectionate than anyone else!

Wang Ziyuan was well-known in the court for his irascibility and candor. People gave him the special title of "Fire Bull", but he was happy and leisurely, so he called himself "Fire Bull Layman".Xiao Shen and the king of Chu saw the veins on his forehead twitching violently, they exchanged winks, bowed to retreat and dragged the fire bull out of the palace.Wang Ziyuan was almost lifted out by arms, his feet didn't even touch the ground, he was so angry that he didn't care about his appearance, he yelled thickly, "Xiao Xiang! Prince Chu! You two don't want to stop me!"

Xiao Shen and the king of Chu really put him down, twisted his neck, and signaled him: go, go to die.

Wang Ziyuan was still angry, but after being impulsive, he finally found some reason. He stopped at the spot and looked at the closed palace door behind him, resentful and unwilling: "Yan Xun is narrow-minded, and the old enmity of the father's generation is taken as a new enmity to take revenge. , how can there be a noble family demeanor who is half-respectful of etiquette and integrity? Now that the Yan family is a entanglement of powerful forces in the court, one hair can affect the whole body, Xiao Xiang, Chu Wangye—our loyal ministers should..."

When Wang Ziyuan was indignant, he turned his head—Xiao Shen and the king of Chu left him on the spot, and walked away chatting and laughing a few steps away.Although Xiao Shen came from a poor family, he has broad shoulders and a thick back, and the scarlet robe makes him even more dignified; the clan's mansion is an idler who manages the royal household registration, and occasionally sends a few phoenix sons and grandchildren who are not good enough to go to Fengyang to face the high wall. However, especially after the Eight Kings' Rebellion, the royal family and relatives have been very peaceful in recent years, and they have no second thoughts.The king of Chu is the patriarchal order, and he has entered middle age again. The leisure and comfortable life has made him fat. The dragon on the crimson cross-collar robe looks round and cute from a distance.

Xiao Shen and the King of Chu had a lively conversation, as if they didn't care about the matter of the loyal king's vassal in Guizhou, Huoxen suddenly felt that his blood was like a fist hitting a ball of cotton, he was very boring, and waved Waving his sleeves, he chose another path and parted ways.

The Taihe Square is vast and boundless. The two walked side by side and walked slowly to the White Marble Bridge.Xiao Shen glanced at the finely carved stone bricks under his feet, his gaze seemed to be glued to it, and he could not move away for a long time.The King of Chu patted his fat belly, stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Xiao Xiang, you and I are both mortal ears, and what should come can't be stopped, so why bother to be so depressed?"

The emperor sent them away just now, Xiao Shen and the king of Chu dragged Wang Ziyuan, so they walked slowly, and clearly heard the emperor asking Yan Xun: "I heard that Yan Xiangguang made friends, and among them is someone who knows the art of rushing and judging?" Alchemist?" The emperor was sick for a long time, and the medicine and stones were ineffective. When the sun was setting, he wanted to be like the first emperor, and he pinned his hope of living the same life with the heavens on Qiuxian and asked.Yan Xun seemed to have a premonition. A few months ago, he set up an altar for a bull-nosed Taoist priest with great fanfare, and tried a hundred spirits. As a result, his reputation spread, and the emperor should have heard about it.

In this way, Yan Xun seized another weakness of the emperor, and the situation was unpredictable.Xiao Shen withdrew his gaze, and said with a wry smile to the King of Chu: "Xiao was entrusted by His Majesty the late emperor, so he dare not slack off, even if he breaks his old bones, he will swear to the death to defend the country and the country from falling into the hands of others. If you are unfortunate enough to be imprisoned in the future, I hope that Prince Chu will remember the old love and give me a cup of fine wine."

The king of Chu is good at wine. There is a large wine cellar in Bieye in the suburbs of Beijing, which stores the fragrant mash and exotic wines from the north and the south. The clan mansion has nothing to do on weekdays, so he turned several farms under the mansion into wineries and lived in the winery all year round. Wine to drink.He didn't want to come to Xiaochao, and he couldn't escape from Shuowang Dachao, and he couldn't bear to drink. When he went to court, he carried a jug and hid it in his arms. After kneeling three times and knocking nine times, the jug fell to the ground, and the smell of wine was overflowing. The soldiers stationed in Taihe Square swallowed when they heard it, and they were so greedy that they went to court and asked him to beg for wine. After coming and going, King Chu's winery became a gold-lettered signboard in Yanjing, and the supply was in short supply.

The King of Chu's family has a big business, they treat money like dung, and they are very generous. He laughed and patted Xiao Shen: "Xiao Xiang wants to drink, just go to the winery to get it, and be polite to me! The spring is just right, Shang Zan old man There is going to be a Hundred Flowers Banquet, so I ordered people to prepare ten altars of Hundred Flowers Brew, and I will have a feast next month, so I will have a real treat!"

When King Zhong passed away, there seemed to be a ray of heroic soul left in the world, imprinting traces of life continuation on Tang Dai's young body, making him grow up overnight.A few days ago, the weeping child hugging Shang Zan's knees disappeared and was replaced by Tang Dai, a young man with a strange and polite smile, including hundreds of people in the cold palace, which made the mother and son feel like they were living in a cold palace.

The emperor had visited several times in person to express his condolences, but he was ashamed to go too many times. After all, if he hadn't snatched Tang Dai over, the loyal king and his sons and daughters would have wrapped their knees, and the husband and wife were harmonious and happy.The Queen became the mother of Tang Daikou, and every day she always finds time to come and have a few words with Princess Zhong, so as to save her from being lonely. The two children were laughing and laughing like spring and melting ice. The layers of dark clouds covering Hanliang Palace dispersed day by day, and finally the sky was clear.

Holiday.A side hall in Weiyang Palace is warm in winter and cool in summer. The verandah and platform are bounded by bamboo curtains. Outside the bamboo curtains, there are lotus ponds and pavilions in the middle of the lake. In summer, the wind blows the lotus and in winter, you cook wine and enjoy the snow. The breeze is coming slowly, and the scenery is full of beauty.

Right now, the bamboo curtain was rolled up by the palace people, and the warm spring light came in.The queen is reading a book with a scroll in her hand. She has a quiet temperament, she does everything calmly and does not want to be disturbed by others.Tang Xi sat with her, his eyes were reading a book, and he was looking at her from the corner of his eyes. From head to toe, the loli version of "Heart and Mind" was written.The queen had no choice but to put down the scroll, and looked at her from the side: "You can't see with two eyes, and you can't hear with two ears. When you read a book, you can read it carefully. How can you learn to use it at the same time?"

Tang Yu raised her head, her eyes were wet and sincere, and she said: "The mother doesn't look at the son, how do you know that the son is looking at the mother?"

"... Sophistry." The queen raised the scroll and patted her. "You have sneaked a look at me once or twice, and pretended that I didn't know? Next time, if you are so inattentive, go to the study and stay by yourself. Well, it’s also good to practice calligraphy, you can always immerse yourself in it without distracting yourself.”

The queen wanted to say a few more words to her, but out of the corner of her eye she saw Liandong approaching from a distance, Liandong walked up to the two of them, and gave her a blessing: "Your Highness, the letter has arrived." Liandong presented a letter to the queen, but his eyes were intent Unintentionally falling on Tang Yu, Tang Yu even read a bit of "how can a husband ask for such a mother" from his eyes.She was curious, so she leaned over to look at the letter paper wax seal, and the child had no strength to open it. The queen opened a slit in the envelope and handed it to Tang Yu: "Take it out and have a look." Come on, you should be able to understand.

Tang Yi glanced inside, the letter paper was neatly folded inside, black ink stains could be seen faintly.She vaguely guessed what it was, but she couldn't be sure, she stretched out her hand and touched it lightly, and it felt extremely hot. She looked at the queen and said in a daze, "Queen, this..."

Seeing her like this, the queen knew what she was thinking, handed her the letter, and said softly: "It's just a letter from home, just see if you can understand it, if not, I'll read it to you again."

The Jin Dynasty had very strict control over the vassal kings, and when the loyal king passed away, Tang Dai could not help her soul to fulfill her filial piety, not to mention that Tang Yu's father had a history of rebellion.The queen said, "It's just a letter from home." When the queen handed her such a precious letter from home, there was guilt in her eyes, and she still felt that she had not done enough.Tang Yu clenched the letter paper tightly, not daring to look at the queen, for fear that she could not help crying the moment her eyes met, and she didn't know where so many tears came from in this life. She lowered her head and asked in a low voice, "Why did the queen mother hide it before?" Your son?" After the heart-to-heart talk in the courtyard, there was no news, she thought it was difficult to follow up on this matter, but she didn't know... Could it be possible that the queen mother was also reborn and time-traveled, she has a sense, and knows how to use surprises to create an atmosphere?

The queen touched her head and said with a smile, "I don't know if I can do it, and I can't take my promise lightly."