The First Traitor [Rebirth]

The purge of the Qi royal party lasted until mid-May. In order to fill the vacancy in the court, Yuan Ye opened his mouth and welcomed the nominations of low-level officials who are talented but unable to enter official positions due to lack of power. official.Naturally, all the officials would not let go of such a good opportunity, so the gate of the Yuan Mansion was almost full of people, and they never rested for a day.

The emperor is at the end of his strength, and the affairs of state affairs are all handled by the prince.As soon as the prince came to the throne, he was naturally happy in his heart, and at the same time he didn't forget that it was all thanks to the people who supported him, so his advice to Yuan Ye was almost as good as his advice.

In late May, the emperor passed away suddenly.

Before the emperor died, he was accompanied by the empress. He summoned the prince, the king of Liang, and the princes and princesses to meet him, and gave instructions on the funeral.

Not long after, the emperor closed his eyes.The imperial physician approached to confirm that he had passed away, and immediately there were tears inside and outside the palace.

After weeping, according to the etiquette system: in the name of a country that cannot be without a king for a day, all officials invite the prince to ascend the throne. The prince shirks, and all officials invite again. After three times, the prince will accept, but the old emperor must be mourned first .

Prince Long Yunyin took the emperor's edict and ascended the throne in front of the coffin, and after finishing the funeral of the old emperor, he officially ascended the throne as emperor and accepted the worship of all officials.Then canonize the queen as the queen mother, move to the "Fengxi Palace" where the queen mother lives, canonize the crown princess Ma as the queen, and canonize the eldest son as the prince...

The eldest son was loved by the old emperor at the beginning, so King Zhao thought that there was a reason for him to ascend the throne, so he was appointed as the prince so early, so as to reassure people's hearts.

After finishing the canonization, Long Yunyin began to canonize the meritorious officials again.Yuan Ye's title was directly promoted from Taishi Taishi to Taishi, and his position as Minister of the Ministry of Officials remained unchanged. At the same time, he was promoted from a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion to a scholar of Wuyingdian to assist the government.

And the new emperor just came to the throne, and he also needed to establish his prestige, so he ordered Luo Lao Hanlin to retire from office on the grounds that he was old and needed to go back to recuperate.Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Long Yunyin was trying to settle accounts. Although Luo Lao Hanlin did not explicitly side with the King of Liang, he was also labeled as a party of the King of Liang.

Luo Lao Hanlin was "tearful of gratitude" for this, and went home honestly.Later, in order to buy people's hearts, Long Yunyin gave him the title of "Prince and Grand Master" so that he can live in his life.

It has to be said that this practice of slapping a jujube is easier to buy people's hearts.Liang Wang's party thought they were going to be retaliated against, but Long Yunyin just let these things go, and didn't pursue them. They were also "deeply grateful" for this.Knowing that King Liang had no more hope, he honestly began to work for Long Yunyin.

There were also those who continued to speak rudely, but Long Yunyin said to the outside world: "The Qing family dares to offend Yan Zhizhi. Although I can't follow the good like the first emperor, I will not blame the past."

After half a year, the succession of the old and the new ended, and the court gradually stabilized, and the people slowly accepted the new king.At this time, the new king issued another imperial decree, calling Yuan Jing, the son of the former grand master, to offer wine to the Guozijian and take charge of the affairs of the Guozijian.

Everyone understood that Long Yunyin had already ascended the throne, so there was no need for Yuan Jing to save favors for him anymore, and for the sake of her merits, they mentioned her as there were still many vacancies in the court that had not been filled. in that position.

"If I hadn't made a covenant with your father back then, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to live my life." Old Luo Hanlin sat on the stone bench in the Huxin Pavilion, feeling deeply for Yuan Jing.

"Grandfather, what are you talking about? My grandfather has devoted himself to the country and the people all his life. No one in the hundred officials would dare to say anything bad about grandfather. How dare the emperor risk the world's disgrace for his grandfather?" Yuan Jing said.

"You don't have to coax me with good words. I haven't seen any big storms in my life?" After Luo Hanlin finished speaking, he paused and lowered his voice again, "I still need to remind you. Although the emperor seems to have a big heart, he can He will never let the old ministers such as the King of Liang go. He can see that he will let me go because of your father’s alliance with the past, but he may not let others go. Many of the King of Liang’s henchmen are also doing things for the people. Good officials, honest officials, they are just obstinate because they obey the ancient etiquette, please ask your father to help, don't involve too much."

"My son-in-law has made a note." Yuan Jing nodded.

"Also, you should know the eternal truth that prosperity will decline, and things will reverse when they are extreme."

Yuan actually fixed his eyes, and responded quite solemnly: "My son-in-law always remembers it."

After talking about the business, Old Luo Hanlin said again: "You have been married to Jiaoer for many years, and there is nothing going on?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Yuan Jing's face, and he said hastily, "This is not in a hurry."

Luo Lao Hanlin murmured in his heart, after all, he already had a child first, so it shouldn't be her problem.Could it be that his granddaughter was unable to give birth because of a hidden disease caused by falling into the water? !

Thinking of this, he was a little worried, and when he returned to the mansion, he told the old lady, but the old lady said angrily: "I'm going back to my hometown, why can't you let it go?!"

"It's about Jiao'er, how can you rest assured!" Old Luo Hanlin said, "In the future, when Yuan becomes an extremely human minister, he must use women to seduce him, and who knows if he will change? Ruojiao in the future You have no children, how can you be bullied?"

"That's fine, I'll talk to my daughter-in-law and let her go to Yuanfu." The old lady said.

Old Luo Hanlin pulled her back: "What's the use of telling her, she has been arguing with Qi Lang a lot recently about her natal family. Let her go to the Yuan Mansion, wouldn't the world be turned upside down?!"

Luo Qilang's wife's natal family has an indistinct relationship with Liang Wang, and because she is pregnant, she likes to think a lot.Her natal family often wanted to use Luo Qilang's relationship with Yuan's in-laws to climb up the big tree of Yuan's family, but Luo Qilang refused, so she made a fuss over it.

"Then I can go!" The old lady was angry and helpless.

When the old lady went to Yuan Mansion to look for Luo Qijiao, she was accompanying Yuan Xu to pick calligraphy treasures in Yuan Jing's study.

Although Yuan Xu was precocious, he could read poems and books at the age of three, and recite the "Three Character Classic" and "The Analects of Confucius" at the age of four, but after all, he couldn't do without a good teacher.So when he was five years old, Yuan Ye invited a world-renowned Confucianist master to teach him.

It turned out that as an uncle, she also wanted to give him a gift of enlightenment, but she was busy with government affairs, so she asked Luo Qijiao to take him to her study to choose calligraphy.She has a lot of treasures in her study, including Zhuge pen from Xuancheng, Li Tinggui ink from Huizhou, Chengxintang paper and Longwei inkstone from Wuyuan in Huizhou, these precious four treasures of the study.

The old lady saw that Luo Qijiao and Yuan Xu were very harmonious when they got along with each other, and they were quite motherly, so she knew that she still wanted a child in her heart.So he made a side note: "You like children so much, why don't you plan to have one or two?"

Luo Qijiao treated him with kindness because there was only a child, Yuan Xu, in this huge Yuan mansion, not because she liked children.She knew she couldn't explain it to her grandmother, so she smiled and asked the old lady why she came.

The old lady told her about the secrets of the boudoir, and she also regretted a little: "You have lost your parents since you were young, and no one taught you about these things..." Although she could teach Luo Qijiao, after all, generations were separated back then. To put it too bluntly, it has the meaning of being old.So when Luo Qijiao got married, the women in the clan taught her these things, and the old lady didn't ask.

When Luo Qijiao heard this, she couldn't laugh or cry in her heart. This is not her problem, but Yuan Jing's problem!However, she couldn't explain the whole story to the old lady, so she pretended to be listening carefully to reassure the old lady.

The old lady was worried that Luo Qijiao was thin-skinned and would not be able to say many things to Yuan Jing, so she waited for Yuan Jing to come back and entrusted Luo Qijiao to her.It turned out that when I contacted Luo Hanlin that day, I understood the reason for the old lady's visit. She nodded solemnly: "The grandson-in-law will definitely treat Jiaoer well according to his grandmother's instructions."

As soon as the old lady left, Princess Luohua arrived on her back, Luo Qijiao couldn't help being puzzled: "What's the matter today, one or two are rushing to me?"

Seeing that Yuan Jing was there, Princess Luohua became more vigilant, but due to Yuan Jing's current power, she could only treat her more pleasantly.Now she is no longer the princess who was protected by the late emperor and the empress dowager. Although she contributed a lot to Long Yunyin's establishment as the crown prince and was treated favorably by him, she didn't know when he would turn his back on her, so Act more cautiously.

Long Yunyin only found out after King Qi forced the palace that it was Princess Luohua who deliberately leaked the emperor and queen's praise of him, in order to force King Qi to act.And letting him know that there is no hope for him and the throne is the last straw that breaks the camel's back, forcing him to raise troops to force the palace.

Although there are many twists and turns involved in this, it can also be said that it is the traps set by those who support him, and the Qi Royal Party stepped into it, which is the key to his final victory!Afterwards, he also investigated the bandits who rebelled under the banner of King Qi, and found that their caliber was uniform so that no one could find any flaws.Although he vaguely guessed that this had something to do with "Lingyan", he had no evidence.

Later, he also hosted a banquet for Nan Consort and Princess Cheng Ya, making sidelines about "Lingyan".The couple are "frank" and say that "Lingyan" has been dismissed by the first emperor a lot, and the only remaining "Lingyan" that collects information from all parties has also fallen into the hands of Princess Luohua.

Back then, Princess Luohua often went to Princess Chengya's mansion graciously, and the emperor was also worried that Princess Luohua would have a bad life after his death, so he asked Princess Chengya to take care of her.Princess Cheng Ya thought about it, although "Ling Yan" is still controlled by her in name, but in fact, only their husband and wife know that the real main force of "Ling Yan" has been transferred by Nan Lian, and the rest are just used to fool others Just power.

For the emperor, Nan Lian was never surnamed Long.So Princess Cheng Ya gave the "Lingyan" to Princess Luohua, firstly to reassure the emperor, secondly, she and the son-in-law of the south can also take the opportunity to get rid of these chores, and maybe they can live a more carefree life in the future.

Long Yunyin thought that Princess Luohua was surrounded by women, so she also believed it. At the same time, she also thought that the bandits who played under the banner of King Qi might really belong to King Qi.As for "Lingyan", he didn't intend to take it back from Princess Luohua, nor did he think about handing it over to the Queen to take care of it.

After all, Emperor Taizong trusted Empress Shenghui back then, and Empress Shenghui passed it down to the daughter of the Long family. When he came here, there was no exception. After all, Princess Luohua was always named Long, and she never considered marriage, let alone threatened her. to his throne.

"Princess is busy with official duties now, and she often runs here, if word gets out..." Yuan Jing frowned.

"I'm the same sister as Xiaojiao. If I come to see her, no one else will talk too much." Princess Luohua smiled slightly.

"So that's it. I thought the princess came here in a hurry because she knew about my grandmother's order for me and my wife to have a baby soon!" Yuan Jing said meaningfully.

Luo Qijiao was used to these two people fighting each other, but when she heard Yuan Jing's words, her heart trembled, and she calmly looked at the newly added maid in the mansion.

Although the original words were not clear, she could also think of the rumor of "Lingyan".The original mansion is becoming more and more prosperous now, and the servants in the mansion, besides the housekeeper who is responsible for recruiting them, also have the concubine concubine bestowed by the emperor.And no one knows whether any of these people was ordered to monitor the Yuan family's "Ling Yan".

Although Princess Luohua was hit by Yuan Jing, she refused to admit it, but pretended to be confused: "Oh? There is another matter, I really don't know."

The two of them come and go against each other, one is the "husband" Luo Qijiao knows her identity, and the other is her "good sister" who she knows her feelings for.Luo Qijiao only felt a headache.

Fortunately, not long after, the stamen appeared and whispered a few words in Yuan Jing's ear, Yuan Jing left with a smile on her face.

Princess Luohua was happy for her short-term victory, but Luo Qijiao said, "It's just that the princess is back, and she's not in the mood to deal with you, so I left."

Princess Luohua gritted her teeth and scolded Yuan Jing again: "Shameless!"

"The love between uncle and sister-in-law is naturally against the norms, but..." Luo Qijiao looked at Princess Luohua with special meaning, and the latter knew what she meant, and sat down directly in front of her.

She said: "In the eyes of the world, falling in love with the same woman is against the rules. But so what, I don't deny that I am shameless, I just like you Xiaojiao!"

Luo Qijiao remained silent, and Princess Luohua was used to her answer, so she would not be particularly disappointed, and left after staying with her for a while.Before leaving, Luo Qijiao said: "I don't like that every time I do something, someone will hear it in your ears."

Princess Luohua's face paled: "I'm sorry, I cared too much about you, I never thought it would make you uncomfortable. I won't do it in the future."

"I know you can't help yourself now." Luo Qijiao said, Princess Luohua could not have done this without Long Yunyin's instigation, but it was also mixed with her selfishness.

The departure of Princess Luohua made the courtyard, which had been bustling for half a day, return to calm again.When it was time to eat, the kitchen ordered someone to bring her food, but she said, "Buy an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks."

The servants in the mansion thought she was waiting for Yuan Jing to come to eat, and they just felt sorry for her in their hearts.And she rarely dismissed the serving servants before the meal, and ordered no one to enter the yard.He thought she was annoyed at Princess Luohua's sending someone to watch her, so she didn't care.

"The delicious food, why doesn't Second Wife eat it while it's hot?" A figure flashed in from the window, followed by Luo Qijiao's familiar voice.

When Luo Qijiao saw the person coming, her mood improved a lot, and there was a smile on her face: "I saw the note you left in the morning, and I'm waiting for you, let's eat together!"