[Sui and Tang Dynasties] Wise husbands emerge from under the whip

In the courtyard of the palace, the candles in the lanterns danced silently. The guards outside had their eyelids glued together because they couldn’t bear the deep tiredness. Staring at the front with a solemn expression, guarding the land.

The candles in the study burned most of the night, leaving only the length of the thumb.Yang Jian, who had approved the memorial in the middle of the night, was so tired that he fell asleep on the desk, with a stack of memorials that had not yet been reviewed under his arm. Eunuch Lin shook his head, took a candle to replace the one that was about to burn out, lit it and Covered the lampshade and stepped back to the side.

The door of the study was pushed open suddenly, and when he saw the woman who came in, he was about to salute, but was stopped by the other party.

Dugu Jialuo sighed softly facing the messy table with the outer shirt on Yang Jian's body.

Yang Jian was awakened by the dream, panting heavily, his eyes glazed over, he was still stuck in the dream and could not recover.

"Your Majesty..." A soft and boneless hand stroked his back to comfort him. Dugu Jialuo stood behind him and looked at him worriedly, "Your Highness had a nightmare?"

"Oh, it's the queen." Yang Jian breathed out after seeing the person beside him clearly.

"You have a nightmare, what is it, I would like to hear the details."

Yang Jian just nodded and said that he did it, but he didn't mention anything else, and his eyes were still confused.

Seeing his abnormal appearance, Lonely Jia Luo was even more worried, "The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, and he doesn't have time at night. His body will collapse sooner or later. Listen to my concubine, go and rest. Your body is your capital. If you collapse, it will be the biggest loss. "

"If I don't do my best, I will be ashamed of the world," Yang Jian sighed, his brows furrowed tightly, "I will not slack off in granting the destiny, otherwise I will be ashamed of both the heaven and the people."

Lonely Jia Luo couldn't bear it, walked behind him and pressed his temple lightly, "You, you just push yourself too hard, how can you bear the burden of the world alone?"

Patting her arm, Yang Jian signaled her not to worry, picked up one of the memorials, and opened it to read.When he first read it, he was immediately attracted by the content above, and then when he saw the name under the notebook, his eyes jumped, and he closed the notebook and put it aside.

"Yong'er's proposal is getting better and better." The ability to see ten lines at a glance allowed Lonely Jialuo to see the content clearly. When Yang Jian was still resting, she opened the booklet and read it. Some were painless, and some were long. I don't know what I'm writing, and some are perfunctory.In comparison, whether it is with others or with himself, Yang Yong's progress is rapid.

"The queen's massage technique is getting better and better." Yang Jian changed the subject.

Dugu Jialuo smiled and said: "Yuan'er taught me, she massages my concubine like this a few times a day, and my concubine feels refreshed. Let her teach me, and I want to massage you, the emperor."

"Yuan'er... The relationship between Yong'er and her is getting better and better, and it's what you've been expecting, Queen."

Dugu Jialuo smiled slightly, and said: "Yeah, Yonger has started to look like a competent husband, and now he can relieve the emperor's worries and troubles, and he can handle the affairs of the court safely, which shows that he is really doing it with his heart, my concubine Looking at him now, he is just like the emperor back then."

It was easy for Yang Jian to hear that there was something in her words, and he kept his eyes on the memorial. He stared at the handwriting on it, but there were many complicated emotions in his heart.

"Your Majesty, my concubine dares to say something about the rumors in the palace..."

Before she could finish speaking, Yang Jian cut off the conversation, "Empress, you also said that it's just a rumor, why should you take it seriously?"

The massaging hand stopped for a while, Dugu Jialuo said: "It would be great if it was a rumor."

In late July, when it was still hot, since Yang Yong's legs and feet healed completely, he always drank and wrote poems at Fengxiang Restaurant, Yao Cha, Ming Kerang and others to express his emotions.

So there is a saying in Chang'an Street: If you want to see beauties, go to Jinling, there are only beauties you can't imagine and we can't; Lyrics.

As a result, Fengxiang Tower has become a place where literati gather, and one can often hear high-spirited, arrogant or graceful words coming from there.And even if Yang Yong goes to the morning court every day, he looks like he is not in good spirits.

Yang Su saw it in his eyes and was puzzled. It was not that he was ignorant of the gossip spreading in the palace, but the problem was that the emperor did not say a word, and no one knew what plans he had in his stomach. This absent-minded state seemed to add to the accuracy of the news. However, when he went to the East Palace to discuss matters with the Crown Princess, he did not see that she had anything on her mind. On the contrary, the strategies he gave him were more and more sharp.

After the morning court, he hurried to the East Palace. When the servants of the East Palace saw him, they led him to the back garden as if they knew he would come.In the pavilion in the back garden, Ke Jing was sitting on a stone bench waiting for his arrival, while pastries were set up on the stone table in front of her, obviously waiting for a long time.

"Miss."

"Master Yang, sit down," Ke Jing pointed to the stone bench beside him, and said with a smile, "I know that you will come over, so I have prepared some food. If it's a little lighter, I'll just sit down."

Yang Su was even more puzzled. He walked over, his brows frowned, "Your Majesty knew that I would come over? Then I naturally knew the purpose of my visit."

Ke Jing covered his lips, and instead of answering him directly, he brought a teacup to him and said, "Drink some tea to moisten your throat first, my lord will tell you everything you want to know verbatim." you."

Yang Sumei jumped up, and his intuition told him that the next conversation was not that simple. Regarding Ke Jing, he never thought of trying to guess her mind, because this woman often suddenly finds out when you think she will do so. It doesn't follow common sense to play cards, but after thinking about it, this method is extremely suitable. The only thing he can do is to listen to what she said.

At the same time, in Fengxiang Building on Chang'an Avenue, Yang Yong was still drinking and chatting upstairs with his group of poets, while in the upper-class room in Jinling, Yang Guang was sipping the best tea and quietly waiting for Mama Jin to finish her speech.

Ever since he bribed Mama Jin to let her inquire about Song Yingying, Mama Jin has indeed kept her eyes open and listened to all directions, collecting as much information as she could from guest officials. She even asked her daughters to go to The guests kept their mouths full of news, but after a few days, what they got was still scattered.

Listening to those irrelevant news, Yang Guang's face became more and more ugly. Just when he was about to get angry, a maid named Lian'er came to report, saying that she knew the news about Song Yingying.Mother Jin and Yang Guang looked at each other, and she didn't let Lian'er in until he made a gesture of approval.

It turned out that the day before yesterday, Miss Luo, who Lianer served, heard that the jewelry store opened in the west of the city was the best shop in Chang'an, so she took her to choose jewelry, and there, she met Song Yingying's personal maid, Xueyan, and the two It was only when she was chatting with each other that she found out that after Miss Yingying was redeemed, she took refuge in a young man surnamed Yang and started running the jewelry store together. The young man surnamed Yang hired her to be the proprietress. Foresight makes the store's business better day by day.

At that time, Song Yingying also gave her and Miss Luo a pair of earrings, and invited them to come and play frequently.

Lian'er has seen that young man surnamed Yang, he is handsome and handsome, the kind that girls like, think about Song Yingying, although she is not the chief oiran of Jinling, she still lives a colorful life outside, They are also prostitutes, she and Miss Luo don't have such a good fate.

Envy is envy, but after all, I still have sincere blessings in my heart.When she heard that Mother Jin was asking about Song Yingying's whereabouts, the innocent Lianer thought she just missed Song Yingying and wanted to meet her.Unexpectedly, after entering the house, I realized that it was not Mama Jin who really inquired about Song Yingying's whereabouts, but the richly dressed man.

However, to be honest, in terms of appearance, the young man surnamed Yang is not as good as one-fifth of the man in front of him, although the young man surnamed Yang is also outstanding.

"Thank you, Miss Lian'er, for reporting," Yang Guang smiled at her, but the little girl had already been dazzled by that smile. He was a handsome man, but his smile was even more haunting.Before she came to her senses, there was a string of Sui five baht in front of her eyes, which was equivalent to her half a year's wages.

"This is the reward for Miss Lian'er. I will ask Miss Lian'er to pay more attention to Miss Yingying's affairs in the future."

Lianer thought that Yang Guang only cared about Song Yingying, she didn't doubt him, and thanked him repeatedly after receiving the money.

Yang Guang got up and went to the west of the city together with the young servant. When passing the temple, a servant came to report that Eunuch Lin had been waiting for a long time in the Prince Jin's mansion and asked him to return to the mansion earlier.Eunuch Lin usually goes to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, but now that he came here suddenly and asked him to go back early, there must be important things to discuss.

After weighing the two sides, he still went back to Prince Jin's mansion with the servant.So the carriage turned around and ran to the Prince Jin's mansion again.

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"So, what does the empress mean, let the humble minister be a spy?" Yang Su looked at Ke Jing, and carefully asked the doubts in his heart.Ke Jing deliberately asked him to join Yang Guang, but he didn't think it was that simple, so he got this decision immediately.

Kejing straightened up, smiling unfathomably, "The spy is still the enemy, that is Master Yang's choice, I cannot interfere with it, and for now, the emperor is very likely to send King Jin to help Sabolo Khan, and This is just the beginning. Once the King of Jin realizes that he should develop in the direction of seizing military power, then his power will definitely grow day and night. At that time, even if I don’t say anything, Lord Yang will have a measure. After all, you are so smart people."

Yang Su looked at her, lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

In the morning of today, the Turkic Sabolo Khan did send an envoy to the Sui Dynasty to ask for permission to lead his tribe to migrate to the south of the desert and live temporarily in the Baidaochuan area. At that time, Yang Jian immediately agreed. No decision was made, because the court, headed by He Ruobi, recommended Jin Wang Yang Guang to go out, while Han Qinhu admired Yang Yong. For a while, the two factions argued, causing chaos in the court, and Yang Jian was just angry He patted the table down and ordered to retreat, and the matter was settled.

However, judging from Yang Jian's alienated attitude towards Yang Yong recently... Jin Wang Yang Guang is obviously the most suitable candidate. If it is true as the princess said, once Jin Wang gets the military power, he will be on par with Yang Yong. Word of mouth, the final outcome is still unknown.

It's just that, when the matter has reached today's situation, she can still make an analysis so calmly and let him make a choice. If she is not sure, she will be so indifferent?Discuss with him how to go next, instead of sitting here to help him analyze the situation.

In other words, she had already anticipated his choice, and just wanted to see if he followed her choice.

It's a little uncomfortable, the feeling of being caught by a woman like this, but I have to say that she can really grasp his state of mind, leaving him speechless and powerless to refute.

"My minister dares, since the empress already has a plan, why don't you tell me about it?"

"Master Yang, I think you look like an animal. In my hometown, there is an animal called a fox. It is very cunning and smart. It knows what kind of environment is the most powerful for it, so it wants to catch you. It, in general, is unlikely."

Looking at Ke Jing in surprise, Yang Su touched his cheek, why did he come here suddenly.Afterwards, he suddenly realized, and his old face turned red.It was people who used this to call him that fox.

"But you are different from a fox. No matter how kind a fox treats it, it will never repay you. It can only be said that your behavior is the same as that of a fox. Once there is a monarch worth following, you will be loyal until death. Know how to choose to survive, and that's how you can live for a long time."

"Praise from the empress."

"It's not a compliment, it's just telling the truth," Ke Jing covered his mouth and smiled, and continued after a while, "My strategy is to abolish the prince."

Yang Su said "Ah", and lost his grip, the teacup fell on the stone table, knocked over and overflowed with tea.He took a quick step back, but still couldn't help letting the tea drip onto the official robe.

"Why should your lord be so surprised?" Ke Jing asked, looking at him with a smile.

Yang Su's face turned red again, thinking that he, a person who has been wandering in the officialdom and military field all year round, has seen bloody or hellish things, and has never lost his composure like this, but in the end in front of her, he still couldn't keep calm.

But he just didn't understand that before, he tried everything possible to lift the crown prince to a high place, but now he fell from a high place. Because the emperor was alienated, he began to lose his mind on government affairs. If he was abolished, wouldn't it push him to Deeper abyss?

"I would like to hear the details."

"Your Excellency also knows that the emperor is becoming more and more wary of the prince. No matter how hard the prince works, no matter how much others affirm him, I think it will be a matter of time before the prince is abolished. It is just a matter of time. If so, we will Do as the emperor wishes, firstly, so that his mind will no longer be on us, secondly, it will also give King Jin a surprise, so that we can decide the next step."

He stood up and hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please think twice, the matter of abolishing the crown prince is too risky, and I think it might cause bloody storms in the court, and innocent people will be implicated and victimized, this is absolutely unacceptable. "

"As your lord said, the risk of abolishing the crown prince is really great, and this palace is just making a bad move, it's not a perfect plan."

Hearing what she said, Yang Su was secretly relieved.He is not a merciful person, and he also deeply knows that as long as it is related to the throne, it is impossible not to see blood, and more or less someone will die because of it, but what he saw was the person beside Yang Yong. Those loyal ministers, if it really involves the abolition of the prince, some people from the Yang Yong faction will be demoted or killed. How many are loyal, reliable, and tacit?

It's not that Ke Jing doesn't understand this truth, but it can't prevent her from making the worst plan, so she moved out the worst plan first, and it's always good to think more.

Looking at the corner of the pavilion, she said: "If possible, just keep the prince away from here until..."

"Reap the benefits of being a fisherman." Yang Su finished her words, seeing Ke Jing smiling at him without saying a word, knowing that he had fallen for her strategy, he also laughed.It was a smile that was not mixed and concealed, as if the familiarity of the two people had increased to a higher level. Even though there was a large age gap, there was still a feeling of seeing an old friend for a long time.

The next day, Yang Jian ordered Yang Guang to send troops to aid Sabolo Khan. Just as Ke Jing expected, when Yang Guang led troops out for the first time, he not only defeated Ababa's army for Sabolo, and took back his wife, children, and children. He also gave Sabolo Khan all the seized human and animal items.

He also understood that the world had a lot to do with whether he had military power in his hands, and then his energy began to shift to seizing military power.

On the second day of August, Yang Guang and his army returned to the court together with Sabolo Khan's son Kuhezhen.Because Sabolo Khan sent Ku Hezhen to tell Yang Jian that he was willing to call Yang Jian the emperor, but he himself bowed his knees and would always be a vassal state of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Jian bestowed Yang Guang with thousands of pieces of silk, millions of dollars, and many good horses. Yang Guang's reputation was immediately improved, so that many officials came to curry favor with him.

In this way, until the tenth day of August, not long after the servants opened the door, a girl named A Chou with a veil came to Kejing, saying that she had something important to ask her.

The servant went around several times and got Ke Jing's permission to lead her to Fengqiyuan. Before she got there, she saw Ke Jing running out in a hurry.

"Follow me!" Without stopping, just saying this to her, Kejing ran towards Feng Qingxuan.

From Feng Qingxuan's back room, the woman's shouts came from, the voice became louder and louder, as if she was enduring some huge pain.

Before the imperial doctor arrived, Ah Chou was pushed into the back room by Ke Jing, asking her to find a way.Hot water, scissors, and needles and threads are all ready, but she has never delivered a pregnant woman before, so she doesn't know what to do.Blood mixed with water flowed out of Gao Liangdi's lower body, she knew it was a dangerous signal, and her life would be in danger if she didn't pay attention.

In less than a quarter of an hour, many people surrounded the room, men, women, old and young, and everyone had solemn expressions on their faces.They stared intently at the window, and even when it was closed they seemed to be able to see through the paper membrane.

Gao Liangdi was born prematurely. When she woke up this morning, she felt severe pain in her stomach, and her bottom was also wet. When she lifted the quilt, she found that the amniotic fluid had broken. Que Er hurriedly asked someone to inform Crown Princess Ke Jing. Time passed, and the quiet morning turned into the busiest of the day.

When A Chou asked Gao Liangdi to push hard, the imperial physician arrived, and she silently stepped aside, leaving the matter here to the imperial physician to handle.

Prince Yang Yong was in a panic in Feng Qingxuan's hall, hearing heart-piercing shouts from inside, tried to rush into the inner room several times, but was stopped by Ke Jing's servants.

His going in would only interfere with Gao Liangdi's delivery, but there was nothing he could do, so the only thing he could do was wait except to be anxious.

Seeing the pots of blood-red liquid in the hands of the maids, Yang Yong was so anxious that he was about to explode. The imperial doctors inside were anxious to deliver the baby, and he waited anxiously outside.

"No! The mother is bleeding too much, and she is unable to push the child. If this goes on, mother and child will be in danger!" The midwife was sweating profusely. Hearing what she said, Yang Yong pushed those who stopped him and rushed in. .

"Ai Concubine!" He grabbed Gao Liangdi's hand, "Ai Concubine, hold on, come on! Our baby is coming out soon!"

Gao Liangdi opened her eyes and smiled weakly at him, "Your Highness..."

Yang Yong nodded vigorously, "I'm here! I'm here, Aifei, come on, you can do it."

"Your Highness, please leave first. Any time you delay, your mother will be in greater danger." The midwife shouted anxiously from the side. She has delivered countless women, and her experience tells her that the situation is critical now and there is no room for delay. .

"I tell you that mother and child must be safe, or else your heads will be sacrificed!"

"Yes, yes, this old servant will definitely do his best, Your Highness, please retreat for a while."

The imperial doctors did not dare to disobey the order, but in fact no one dared to guarantee the final result.After more than an hour, when the baby's crying pierced through the entire Fengqing Pavilion, Yang Yong turned to the inner room, his anxious expression turned into great joy, and jumped on his face.

"Give birth, she gave birth! I have a baby!" Yang Yong almost repeated this sentence as he saw someone holding his hand, "I'm going to be a father! Haha——"

"Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations, Your Highness." Wang Liangyuan congratulated with a smile, but the smile didn't get into her eyes, "Congratulations, Your Highness finally got a dragon son."

"Yes, Longzi, it's Longzi!" Yang Yong was a little incoherent with joy.

"Your Highness, he is a lovely prince." The nanny came to Yang Yong with the baby wrapped in cloth, and smiled.

The prince is a lovely prince.

Carefully taking the baby from the nanny's hands, Yang Yong only felt that the baby was so delicate that it could be crushed at the touch of a pinch.The little milk doll closed her eyes tightly, her whole body was flushed, and her face was covered with sporadic red dots, and her small mouth was muttering, not knowing whether it was wanting to suckle or babble. "Why does Ben Gong think this baby is a bit weird?"

Ke Jing took the child from him, smiled and shook his head, "Your Highness, I heard that some newborn children look like this, and they will look better after a while."

"Oh, that's good...how did you hug it? I haven't hugged enough yet!" As he said, he hugged the child again, shaking it gently while talking to himself, "My child, I am Your father, from now on you will call me King Father, do you understand?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is one more! There is still one in your majesty's belly!" The imperial doctor ran out in panic, the hat on his head was crooked, and he didn't bother to fix it, "My majesty no longer has the strength to push the child gone."

The news exploded above Yang Yong's head like a bolt from the blue.Without the strength to push the child, either the child will die, or the mother will die, or both will die together. For Yang Yong, no matter which ending it is, it is sad.

"Your Highness!" The imperial physician waited for his instruction.

The weight in his hand suddenly became heavier, Yang Yong lowered his head and stared at the baby's sleeping face, and closed his eyes heavily.

"...Madam Bao!"

"Yes!"

It was another long wait. When the second cry of the baby came, Yang Yong looked at the back room in disbelief, speechless for a long time.The child in his arms seemed to have received some kind of induction, and began to cry too. The combined cries of the two babies one mile and one away made people's eardrums ache.

The joy spread around Yang Yong, but not long after, the nanny came to report, and Gao Liangdi used her last breath to push the child out.

The cheers seemed to be pinched by an invisible hand, and the sound was instantly silenced. Everyone looked at each other, only to realize that it was Gao Liangdi who had left.

"It's a princess," the nanny sighed, "Your Majesty tried her best."

On the same day, Yang Yong experienced two ups and downs. He was happy with a pair of twins, but lost his child's mother.

Looking at Gao Liangdi's blood-soaked face lying on the bed, Ke Jing saw the maddened Yang Yong for the first time.He flung himself on Gao Liangdi's cold body, calling her name over and over again, shaking her body, talking incoherently many incoherent words, no matter whether Gao Liangdi heard it, he kept talking, regardless of the family. No matter how the servant came to pull him to persuade him, he always yelled back.

And that woman never opened her eyes again, nor showed her gentle smile.

Ah Chou walked to Ke Jing's side, and she could feel Ke Jing's sadness. Although her sadness was so faint among this group of people, she still felt it.

She looked at Ke Jing's expressionless side face and said, "The life-saving pill is in her mouth, but she doesn't have the strength to swallow it..."

In fact, in the end, she saw Gao Liangdi's gratified smile after hearing the child cry, that kind of short-lived smile.After she gave Gao Liangdi the pill, Gao Liangdi looked at the child in the nanny's arms, with endless kindness in his eyes, and then quietly closed his eyes.

Sometimes people are just that weird.When she went out, she never thought of taking this pill, but she felt a particularly strong feeling in her heart that she must take it with her. Who would have thought that the pill would really come into use.If she feeds Gao Liangdi when she is still pregnant, maybe Gao Liangdi's life can be saved, but there are not so many ifs in the world.

Maternal love is great, Gao Liangdi can push her out for the sake of the child with what little strength she has left, but she no longer has the strength to swallow pills.

"You have tried your best, Miss Shui, I will not treat you badly."

Ah Chou stopped talking, she knew that with the intelligence of the Crown Princess, she would not be ignorant of the purpose of her visit this time, but all words were useless at this time.

"Your Majesty, please be patient, Ah Chou will see you again in a few days."

"No, you don't need to go back. You have no intention of going back when you come here. If you stay here, I will arrange a place for you."

Ah Chou raised his head, then lowered it again.

Her decision was not wrong, although it was not the best time.