Remembrance Hibiscus GL

With a "bang", Zong Xu slammed his fist on the case: "Slaves like Dou Jianye and Shu Yu are really rebellious and sinful. They should be executed immediately!"

Wei Lun saw that his face was flushed with anger, his body trembled and his hands trembled. He was startled, and hurriedly asked: "What happened? It made the emperor so angry?"

Zong Xu breathed out, and after a while, he threw a memorial to the ground: "Look for yourself!"

Wei Lun said: "This servant is a courtier, how dare you read the memorial, isn't the emperor wanting this servant's life?" Having said that, the corners of his eyes could not help but glance to the ground.

At this time, Zong Xu couldn't care about the rules set by his ancestors, and said: "Just watch if you tell me! There is no one else here anyway, so what are you afraid of!"

Hearing this, Wei Lun knelt down respectfully and held up the memorial. It turned out that it was a memorial jointly signed by Mudou Jianye of Lingzhou Prefecture, General Shu Yu of Yongzhou, Biejia of Liangzhou and other officials. He only read a few lines. Immediately, his expression changed: "This...this...this..."

Zong Xu said bitterly: "You see, these rebellious ministers, as great officials of the frontier, have been deeply favored by the emperor. It is the blessing of the country to choose to be a long-term ruler, ha, how bold and rebellious it is!"

Wei Lun read it carefully, and carefully placed the memorial on the case again. Zong Xu clenched his right fist and roared, "I will immediately decree that they will be stripped of their official positions, locked up in Beijing, and slaughtered for public display." , Slash all over the house!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Wei Lun called several times anxiously, and said, "Even if you want to issue an order, you have to go through the Empress Dowager."

"Empress?" Zong Xu calmed down a bit when he heard him mention Binglun, like a basin of cold water pouring down on his head, and repeated: "Empress."

Wei Lun looked back at the closed palace door vigilantly, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, think again, why can you see this memorial?"

After the founding of Dayan, it still followed the system of the previous dynasty. Except that the secret memorials were submitted by the emperor's servants, the rest of the memorials from all over the country were first sent to the cabinet. , and then returned to the cabinet and sent to various ministries for processing.Although Zong Xu succeeded to the throne as emperor, he did not take charge of the government himself. Bing Lun came to the court, so he naturally held the power of Zhu Zhu.Since the end of last year, she began to occasionally send the memorials she had approved to the Changle Palace for the emperor to read, and her intention seemed to be to let him learn how to govern and prepare for the future.

The memorial in front of him was naturally drafted by no one in the cabinet, and Binglun did not give a single word of approval, so it was supposed to be retained, but for some reason it was sent to Zongxu.

Zong Xu was originally in a hurry. He didn't think of this for a while, but when Wei Lun reminded him, he was stunned for a long time, and his tone changed: "Why didn't the queen mother approve it? Why didn't she punish these treacherous ministers? Could it be that she... "He didn't dare to think about it, but his heart seemed to be hanging high in the air, with nowhere to grab it, and it was extremely uncomfortable.After a long while, he suddenly sneered and said to himself: "Choose Li to be the eldest king? Uncle Ying Wang has passed away, and the rest are from distant clans. Zong Zhao's son has just been weaned."

Wei Lun couldn't bear to look at his expression, and kept his head down. At this moment, he couldn't help but whispered, "You don't have to choose among the clan to be a prince."

"Nonsense! Who would dare!" Zong Xu was furious, raised his hand and slapped him hard on the face, still feeling puzzled, he kicked him again: "You slave! Who gave you the courage? Talking nonsense in front of you!"

Wei Lun prostrated himself on the ground, let him kick and scold, and said: "Your Majesty, calm down, the humble body of this slave is not worth anything even if you beat him to death. Your Majesty, be careful about the pain in your hands. Don't get angry with the dragon's body." He said, While kowtowing like pounding garlic, Zong Xu abruptly withdrew his foot from his head, and stomped heavily on the ground: "Get up."

Wei Lun said: "I don't dare, it's the slave who deserves to die, for making the emperor angry..."

The anger on Zong Xu's face gradually disappeared, and he said weakly: "Actually, you didn't say anything wrong, I shouldn't take your anger out on you."

"emperor."

Zong Xu waved his hand, went back to the dragon chair and sat down, just stared blankly for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Perhaps the queen mother just wanted to warn me, I...we are indeed far from being close to her before. "

"The slave has always felt that the emperor should go to the Chongde Palace more often to serve the queen mother, so as to do his best."

Zong Xu glanced at him: "Really? Have you always felt that?"

Wei Lun didn't dare to make a sound, but he heard Zong Xu continue: "You know why I don't want to go any longer." Wei Lun's face turned pale suddenly, he looked around, and begged softly: "Your Majesty, that matter is absolutely impossible. Don't mention it any more!"

"Little Weizi, I must understand the Queen Mother's thoughts, and I must have trustworthy and loyal subjects." Zong Xu thought for a long time, and said in a low voice, "I want you to help me with something."

Wei Lun looked distressed: "What... what's the matter?"

"At the beginning of next month, I want you to go out of the palace."

Wei Lun's eyes were terrified: "Your Majesty, after the last treason incident, the palace restrictions have become more and more strict. If the slaves leave the palace privately and the queen mother finds out, they will lose their heads."

Zong Xu frowned and said: "Who told you to leave the palace privately, can't I send you out of the palace openly?"

"Then...then they will also check carefully, and the queen mother will know eventually..."

"What are you investigating? Know what?" Zong Xu was very angry: "I haven't said what it is, you are afraid of becoming like this, don't forget, you were the one who encouraged me..."

"Your Majesty! Just tell me what you want my slave to do." Wei Lun was stunned, before he finished speaking, he knelt to his feet and said with a mournful face: "But you can't blame the slave, there are still people inside and outside the palace. Who doesn't fear the Queen Mother?"

"Yeah, who isn't afraid of her?" Zong Xu had a weird smile on his face, and after a moment, he said softly, "But don't be nervous, it's Chai Biao's mother's [-]th birthday at the beginning of next month, I just sent you over to reward a few Things, just pass a few words by the way."

"Wh... What are you talking about?"

"I want to hear Commander Chai's opinion on this paper. If the queen mother really has something on her mind, I want him to stand by my side. Listen, you can say so." Zong Xu leaned down and whispered in Wei Lun's ear A few words.

Wei Lun said: "But, in case Commander Chai passes these words to the Queen Mother..."

"No, Chai Biao is a courtier trusted by the emperor and my grand tutor. He is absolutely reliable. Have you forgotten how he fought against Huo Mu and defended the imperial power?" Zong Xu said: "Of course, the last What's important is that he is now the commander of the outer guards, regaining control over the defense of the capital, so he can have a say in the court, and the queen mother will also consider his opinion."

"Yes, this servant must live up to the emperor's entrustment and bring the words to Commander Chai."

Zong Xu managed to squeeze out a smile, and patted him on the shoulder: "I know you can be relied on, if in the future, well, if I have a bright future, I will definitely not let you down."

At the beginning of winter, Shen Wenying brought her son Zong Zhao into the palace.It happened to be snowing on this day, and the snow fell on the imperial city, and the land was silvery white.

In the warm pavilion of Xiefang Palace, there are several branches of red plums, which are as delicate as fire and have a subtle fragrance.Hengbo sat slanted on the kang, accompanied Lianzhen to drink some green wine, while playing chess, while Baozhen, Yifang, and Yizhen were sitting on the ground around the smoked cage, drinking wine, Eating broiled mutton is enjoyable.

Suddenly, Lian Zhen was overjoyed to hear that the little palace lady reported that the Queen and Dowager Ying wanted to see her. She quickly put down the chess pieces in her hand, stood up and said, "Quick! Please!" Baozhen and the others also rushed to clean up the mess.

Shen Wenying led Zong Zhao in, and bowed her knees to salute: "My concubine greets Master Chen."

Lianzhen was full of joy and anticipation, but when she saw the woman in front of her face, her complexion was haggard, her face was thin, her originally lively and charming eyes became melancholy and lifeless, she was completely different from the appearance in her memory, and the smile on the corner of her mouth could not help but froze. Live: "Wen Ying..."

Shen Wenying seemed unaware, and only urged Zong Zhao who was at the side: "Zhao'er, don't greet the concubine Chen yet." Although Zong Zhao was not yet six years old, since his father passed away, he had already attacked the king as usual. Jue, because it was inconvenient to wear mourning in the palace, he was wearing a sapphire blue satin mink fur robe and deerskin felt boots, but he was very proud. Hearing what his mother said, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down: "My minister is for the empress dowager Chen." Please."

Lianzhen saw that he was born in pink and jade, handsome and cute, so she was very happy, stretched out her hand to pull him up, and said with emotion: "Wen Ying, your son has grown so big in a blink of an eye."

Zong Zhao stared at Lian Zhen for a few times, then turned to his mother and said, "Mother, Concubine Chen is so beautiful!"

The clear and childish voice of a child was like pearls on a plate, very pleasant, but Shen Wenying frowned, and reproached: "Zhao'er, why did mother teach you at home, why are you so unruly?"

"Wen Ying, don't teach him a lesson. This kind of praise sounds very useful to me." Lian Zhen took Zong Zhao to the kang: "Come, sit with me, tell me what you want to eat." Looking at Shen Wenying, she felt sad again, and could only force a smile: "Wen Ying, you sit too."

Shen Wenying sat sideways on the lower kang, drinking milk tea with her head down, and Lian Zhen asked, "But have you seen the Queen Mother?"

"No, the Queen Mother is busy and asked to come back another day."

"Have you met the emperor?"

"I've seen it. The emperor has been talking to us for a long time."

"Wen Ying, we sisters haven't seen each other for several years, we must have a good get together today, I will send someone to call Yun'er over, and we will have dinner at my place later."

Shen Wenying almost raised her head in panic: "No, I will bring Zhao'er to Concubine Rui's place. I have been away from Master Chen for several years, and it's not easy to catch up on old times."

Lian Zhen frowned, and said softly: "Wen Ying, when did we become so divided?"

Shen Wenying was holding the teacup, but kept silent, Lianzhen saw that she hesitated to speak, seemed to be full of thoughts, so she said to Hengbo: "You all go down, let us sisters talk freely, let the little girl The prince also took to the outside room and brought all kinds of pastries and sweets that the emperor likes to eat on a regular basis, and you were so kind to wait on him, carefully bumping and knocking."

Hengbo hurriedly said: "Yes." When Zong Zhao saw someone coming to lead him, he only looked at his mother, Shen Wenying said softly: "Go and play for a while, mother is here." Zong Zhaofang went out with Hengbo and others .

Seeing that the warm curtain was put down, Shen Wenying turned around, Lian Zhen said: "Wen Ying, I know about the prince, it is a great blow to you, ever since I heard the news of your return to Beijing, I have been looking forward to meeting you, I I can understand why you haven't entered the palace for so long, you need time, we will wait for you patiently, and we will meet again when you are ready." He sighed softly: "But we meet today, you make me feel very strange, In my heart, we are not sisters, but we are better than sisters. No matter we are together or separated, no matter the difference in status, status, no matter what happens, the relationship will never change. Yun'er and I, I am thinking about you day and night, worrying about your mother and son, Wen Ying, isn’t that how you feel about us? You have a master on the left and a concubine on the right. Could it be that you came here today just to ask the princess in the palace? Is your concubine safe?"

Tears gradually welled up in Shen Wenying's eyes: "You...do you still regard me as a sister? Is everything still the same as before?"

"Of course." Lian Zhen said in surprise: "Wen Ying, how could you ask such a question? What's wrong with you?"

Shen Wenying took out a silk scarf, wiped her tears, and said in a low voice: "Lian Zhen, if I ask you for something, will you try to help me as before?"

Lian Zhen became more and more strange: "Of course, you... have you encountered anything?"

Shen Wenying got off the kang, suddenly bent her knees, and knelt down at Lian Zhen's feet: "Lian Zhen, I only ask you for one thing, please save my Zhao'er's life no matter what, please read The former friendship, you must help me!"

In the center of Kuo Lang's study, there is a simple three-legged bronze brazier, inside which is piled with high-quality silver frost charcoal, which is burning bright red.

However, within a month, this majestic and magnificent mansion has changed its name, from "Great General Wu Wangfu" to "Zhu Kingdom General Xiangwangfu", every house, house, plant and tree in it have been changed. new owner.Now, the new owner Huo Lin is sitting on the huanghuali wood armchair where Huo Mu Xiangri was sitting, his handsome face is calm, his deep and dark eyes are calm, and he just keeps throwing the dead branches at hand, Entering the brazier, like this, seemed to remind him of the time when he was in the military camp, surrounded by the fire with the soldiers to keep warm.

The room is warm, and the fragrance of pine wood is getting stronger and stronger.

Sun Teng coughed lightly, and said, "That memorial has disappeared without a single wave."

Huo Lin said: "Dou Jianye and Shu Yu are too impatient."

Sun Teng said: "Not only are they impatient, but we are also impatient. The Queen Mother's side is really too quiet."

Without raising his eyelids, Huo Lin threw another pine branch into the fire: "The Empress Dowager has plans for the Empress Dowager."

Sun Teng said: "The subordinates are dull. I really don't understand why the Queen Mother reuses Chai Biao. The commander of the outer guard is such a vital position, and Chai Biao is Wen Zong's confidant and former minister."

Huo Lin said: "She also appointed Yang Zheng and Tao Zhijian as the commanders under Chai Biao, everything is under her control."

Sun Yue and his elder brother looked at each other, and said: "The subordinates know that the general and the queen mother are deeply in love, but even if the general blames them, the subordinates still have to say what should be said, Tan Ying, Xia Houjin and others don't need to say it. The queen mother promoted Ran Li as the general of the left guard, appointed Chai Biao as the commander of the outer guard, firmly held the entire capital in her hands, and released Jian Feng and others as generals of the states, isn't the general worried at all?"

"Don't I also have so many troops?"

Sun Yue said: "If there is no general, the general is afraid that he has already sat on the throne. If there is no general, others will not be able to take over the soldiers under the general's command. This does not represent the sincerity of the queen mother."

Huo Lin's eyes sank: "Shut up! Are you trying to provoke my relationship with the Queen Mother?"

Sun Yue knelt down on one knee: "I don't dare, I'm just worried that the queen mother can't fulfill her promise to the general, and I'm just worried about it."

"No matter what the queen mother does, it's not your turn to make irresponsible remarks." Huo Lin said: "This general and her are siblings, siblings, I have never let her down, and she will not treat me badly. You are not allowed to mention these words in front of me, do you understand?"

Huo Lin's confidant, Pei Che, sat drinking tea and remained silent. Seeing Sun Teng's brothers looking at him eagerly, he seemed to want to come out and help him to say something, but he just pretended not to see him. Sun Teng and Sun Yue had no choice but to He replied: "The subordinate understands."

The room suddenly became very quiet, only the charcoal fire made a slight "peeling" sound from time to time. Pei Che put down the tea cup, smiled, and changed the topic: "Today is Chai Biao's mother's birthday. Although the general did not go, but Carefully selecting those gifts and passing them over can be regarded as giving Chai Biao great face."

Huo Lin said: "Chai Biao is a capable minister, and deserves to be treated differently."

While talking, someone suddenly came back and forth: "General, General Manager Wei of Changle Palace is asking to see you outside."

Huo Lin was startled: "Director Wei? What is he doing here?" Then he said, "Call him in."

Pei Che said: "The student waits for a while."

But after a while, Wei Lun had already come in, seeing Huo Rin, he immediately smiled all over his face, and saluted Qian'er: "Slave pays my respects to the lord."

Huo Lin also got up and said, "Director Wei, it's snowing heavily, what kind of wind brought you here?"

A servant had already brought tea and melon and fruit cakes, the two exchanged a few words, and divided the guests and hosts to sit down. Wei Lun looked around, Huo Rin understood, nodded, and the servant girl immediately retreated completely.

Huo Lin said: "General Manager Wei left the palace today, did he follow the emperor's orders?"

Wei Lun looked at the friendly and gentle face in front of him, which was very similar to Binglun, and hesitated for a moment: "Yes, but the servant came to the prince's place for a personal matter."

"Oh?"

Wei Lun leaned forward: "This slave has something extremely confidential, and I want to report it to the lord, and I just want to take this opportunity to show my loyalty to the lord."

"What did Mr. Wei say, you are someone close to the emperor, and you should only show your loyalty to the emperor." Huo Lin showed a smile on his face: "However, what you said has aroused my interest, so I should listen to it carefully." Listen."