Bright Spring

Therefore, considering the significance of the sacrifice of the soldiers, I had to compromise and approve the restoration of the Annan Kingdom's clan.If you put aside your personal grievances with Empress Dowager Chen first, then think about the difference between Queen Mother Chen's reign and Li Li's reign.Empress Dowager Chen is still your clan of the Chen family. "

Chen Xianzhen pondered: "The Empress Dowager Chen is too weak."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "So you plan to use Annan's population and national strength to be hostile to Daming for a long time? Fighting will kill people, and many people will die."

Chen Xianzhen smiled wryly and said: "Isn't Li Li already killed by His Majesty?"

Zhu Gaoxu sighed and said: "If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own affairs. Those obsessions of yours are meaningless."

After a while, Chen Xianzhen said, "This song "Pipa Xing" was composed by Ruan Jian. Does Your Majesty remember Ruan Jian?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "Li Li's most important adviser."

Chen Xianzhen looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a strange expression: "Ruan Jian is proficient in Chinese poems and songs, and wrote many Chinese poems. He is the most talented Annan, and he admires everything about Han people very much. However, he was executed by His Majesty just like that." gone."

Zhu Gaoxu said expressionlessly: "He conspired to rebel. There is no warmth at all in power struggles."

There was a smile in Chen Xianzhen's eyes, like a sneer or self-deprecating, "Your Majesty has always been proud and never takes others seriously, especially the Annan people."

Zhu Gaoxu was speechless, speechless to refute.Think about how Ruan Jingyi even confessed his father's life for Chen Xianzhen. Chen Xianzhen must have had many suitors in An Nanguo back then, but now Zhu Gaoxu casually left him in Fengyang.As if she was right.

Chen Xianzhen then said to himself: "My last visit to Beijing was indeed arranged by Li Li."

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback and looked at her with strange eyes.Of course, he couldn't have expected that Chen Xianzhen would take the initiative to admit to a felony; to this day, there is no inference, no evidence, and no one tortures her. As long as she refuses to admit it, the truth will always be a mystery to everyone.

The corners of Chen Xianzhen's mouth turned up slightly, looked into Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, and smiled coldly again: "I know the matter is important. If you admit the capital crime, you will die if you die. Anyway, this place is just a grave of the living."

She paused, and then narrated: "Now that I think about it, I am indeed inferior to Queen Mother Chen. She is a person who does great things. Queen Mother Chen was born in a royal family and aristocrats. She voluntarily married the king of An Nanguo when she was a teenager. She is over fifty years old. The king. Later, Empress Dowager Chen devoted herself to please His Majesty, and only wanted to restore the country and take power. She had no entanglements in her heart at all, and she could admire people who were useful to her from the bottom of her heart.

Instead, I kept doing things that didn't work, contradicted myself, and had no long-term plans.

When Li Li found me, I had just been decreed by His Majesty to return home from the Great Ming capital.At that time, I hated you to the bone, but you didn't know and didn't care.You were in the Palace of Rouyi in the palace, you stained my innocence on that big table, you didn't even have a bed, and then you abandoned it like a shoe, and told me to go back to An Nanguo.Every time I think about that, I feel that I am not as good as a prostitute..."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what kind of expression he had, but his cheeks felt a little hot.

Chen Xianzhen said: "It happened that Li Li had great ambitions and intended to revive Dai Viet, and I was the clan of the Chen Dynasty. After listening to his words, I felt that I could do something for the country, so I agreed to follow his arrangement."

Zhu Gaoxu asked calmly: "If I didn't notice your abnormality, what are you going to do?"

Chen Xianzhen smiled wryly without hesitation: "Who knows? I didn't think about long-term things, I just wanted to take revenge on His Majesty, but I didn't think about how to take revenge. I'm afraid I can't do it. I come from a noble family and I can't do this kind of thing." Your Majesty may not understand how such an insult can make my life worse than death."

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Do you know how big a crime it was to threaten the emperor in the Ming Dynasty?"

Chen Xianzhen looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Zhu Jiu Clan? The Empress Dowager Chen is also a member of our clan. My family has already been destroyed, and it is not certain whether the remaining elder brother is still alive after the house was ransacked. Your Majesty will kill me now."

After she finished speaking, she straightened her chest and looked directly at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her, then suddenly stood up from the stool, and said, "Don't mention the discussion just now, you are not guilty if you don't admit it."

In Chen Xianzhen's eyes, there was a complex expression of surprise.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, and then said: "At that time, I really didn't care too much. It was not appropriate to send you here. This place is the location of the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum. You are from Annan, so you are not suitable for the Central Capital. The people in Houtian We are about to leave Zhongdu, so prepare yourself and leave with us."

He said and walked to the door.

Chen Xianzhen said in a real voice, "Where is Your Majesty taking me?"

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said: "I don't think about long-term things all the time. It was just a whim just now, and I haven't thought about it yet."

After hearing this, Chen Xianzhen laughed as if learning from her previous narration.However, her smile at this time has lost the sadness and melancholy before, and seems to be much lighter.

Chapter 921 The Strings of Last Night

Early in the morning, Yao Ji followed the emperor and officials to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum.The journey back and forth and the ceremony took several hours, and it was already noon when they returned to the Imperial City of the Central Capital.

After lunch, Yao Ji changed out of the blue-colored ceremonial robe and the heavy phoenix crown, and then asked someone to find an old eunuch who lived in the next place to lead the way, and went to Mrs. Guo's residence to meet.The entourage carried a box, which was just a gift prepared for visiting Guo Yan.There are silks and satins, new copper coins, and some rouge and gouache, all kinds of supplies.

When everyone walked into a courtyard, Yao Ji was a little surprised when she saw Guo Yan who came out to greet her.

Not seeing each other for a few years, Guo Yan has changed a lot.She seemed to have aged a lot, her pale skin had no luster, except for the fine lines on her face, the skin around her nose was also obviously drooping.She didn't pay much attention to her plain clothes, she looked like an ordinary woman.

After seeing the ceremony, Guo Yan led Yao Ji in.Yao Ji saw that on a table in this room, there were bronze mirrors, combs, small boxes and so on.Guo Yan seemed to have dressed up a bit before, but it wasn't long after the notification, so those things haven't been cleaned up yet.

"Concubine Xian hasn't changed, she's still so beautiful." Guo Yan looked at Yao Ji and said, her eyes were a bit complicated, and she subconsciously put her hand on her cheek.

"Where is it?" Yao Ji smiled, then turned her head and said, "Leave the things there, step back."

The entourage said "yes" one after another.

Yao Ji glanced at the box, "This is the queen's wish."

Guo Yan said, "When Concubine Xian returns to Beijing, thank her for me. Please sit here."

The two sat down on the chairs inside, Guo Yan was not far from the table, and still glanced into the bronze mirror from time to time.Yao Ji's appearance seemed to irritate her a bit, after all Yao Ji was not two years younger than her.

There were almost no men in the Imperial City of the Central Capital, and the officials and soldiers of the left-behind department would not come in; but Guo Yan still expressed frustration on the spot at her own fading.

Yao Ji suddenly realized that Mrs. Guo had no way to turn herself around.Beauty is indeed a major advantage of women, but unfortunately there is a time limit, and it is very easy to be squandered for no benefit.

"No matter what time it is, the queen always misses Mrs. Guo." Yao Ji said, "She often brings up things about your childhood."

Guo Yan said weakly, "I should feel a little guilty."

Hearing this, Yao Ji looked at her with a smile that was not a smile, and said softly, "But now, I'm afraid only the queen will miss you so much."

Guo Yan opened her mouth slightly, but couldn't speak.What Yao Ji said just now is undoubtedly the truth.

Yao Ji went on to say frankly, "The empress was not willing to interfere with who the majesty wanted to take with her when she went out of Beijing. In order to accompany the majesty, I offered to visit Mrs. Guo voluntarily, and the empress thought of a way out of it. The empress never ignored What about Mrs. Guo?"

Guo Yan did not respond.

Yao Ji said again, "When the deposed prince and his party were overthrown, Mrs. Guo was able to stay in the palace because the queen was thinking of a way."

Guo Yan raised her head and said, "Later, there was a fire in Fengyang, didn't everyone think mine was a problem? That's why they sent me here."

"It's hard for people to be desperate for others." Yao Ji said, "I think Mrs. Guo understands the queen's intentions in her heart, so she is so demanding. Otherwise, you will criticize someone who is neither relative nor relative. Is it the slightest bit?"

Guo Yan immediately turned to look at Yao Ji, her expression changed slightly and quickly, and she remained silent.

"At this point, I don't need pity." Guo Yan said, "It's good for me to guard the tomb here, and I can still accompany Zhan Kai."

Yao Ji said calmly, "The fire has nothing to do with the Holy Empress. This morning, the Holy Majesty got up very early. I only found out after I went out that the Holy Majesty was pacing around the ruins of the fire. The Holy Majesty has no guilt, only feeling."

Guo Yan's upper body heaved for a while, and her face showed resentment and pain. She seemed to be breathing a little shortly, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Wu Zhong, the old eunuch who set the fire, is Ma Enhui's confidant?"

Looking at Guo Yan's eyes, Yao Ji couldn't help feeling nervous.Yao Ji suddenly understood why Guo Yan was aging so fast, and the great grief in her heart might be unbearable for ordinary people.

Originally, Yao Ji had thought about using Guo Yan's hatred to deal with Ma Enhui, but in the end she didn't put it into practice, she was just thinking about it.Looking at it now, Yao Ji is glad that she didn't do anything wrong, otherwise things might not be under control.