Tang riddles

After the coup that night, the palace was in chaos, with corpses everywhere.Since then, there have been a large number of imperial guards, eunuchs, and maids to clean up the aftermath and restore order in the palace.On that day, Li Jinyue happened to spend the night with her mother in the Daming Palace, where her grandfather Li Dan and her adoptive grandmother Dou Lu lived.During the coup, she was woken up, and her grandmother and mother kept hugging her, covering her ears, preventing her from hearing or seeing, but she knew very well what was going on outside.

Until the mutiny outside gradually dissipated, there was a faint smell of blood in the inside.Her grandmother and mother locked her in the bedroom and did not allow her to go out.

But in the past two years, Li Jinyue has learned [-]% of Yin Ziji's naughty, perverse, fearless spirit, and she is worried about the situation outside and the situation of Aunt Shangguan, so she really wants to go out and have a look.So relying on his own skills, he sneaked out through the window.

But when she saw those bloody scenes outside, she regretted it.Looking at the corpses carried by the inner prison and the imperial guards, the rolled up flesh, the open wounds, and the black and red blood splattered on the ground, emitting bursts of fishy smell, stimulated Li Jinyue, who was only ten years old, to want to vomit.

And when she came to the front of the Zichen Palace, there were tens of thousands of soldiers gathered on the square in front of the palace.They surrounded a large banner with a yellow dragon and a black background, and it was her father who stood under the banner.She climbed up to the top of the flying building, and saw the father of the stars holding the moon below, holding a big knife in his hand, and there was sticky blood dripping from the blade.And at his feet, a woman in a palace costume fell in a pool of blood.That was the Shangguan aunt she had known very well since she was a child. She was gentle, humble, and extremely intelligent. She could always understand her thoughts just right and give her what she wanted most.She taught herself poetry and calligraphy, and gave decoctions to her lonely and helpless mother.

But today, she fell under the knife of her own father.

The soldiers were raising their arms and shouting the title of King Linzi, and her father's handsome face was the faint smile of a victor.That day was the nightmare of Li Jinyue's life, the lingering smell of blood made her vomit directly on the flying tower.Fear seized her, and she could not shake it off for days.She didn't know what she was afraid of. She was clearly the daughter of the winner, and she was about to enjoy unparalleled glory and wealth.But she was afraid, and that fear seemed to come from an ancient place in her body, and it made her feel uneasy.

After she narrated all this to the other three friends, her mood gradually calmed down.Yin Ziyin was still young, and after hearing this, it was a big shock to her. Her little face was pale, and she clutched the corner of her sister's clothes in fear.Zhang Ruohan sighed heavily, then pursed his lips tightly.Yin Ziji hung his head, not knowing what to say.Wu Ya sat behind San Niang, his hands were entangled with each other uneasily.

"Chishi, maidservant lotus, I'm afraid of my father now, I'm really afraid of him. I think he is a man who can do anything, and his ambition is terrible. The teacher said that a man stands in the world and stands upright. , has ambitions. My father's ambition is the whole world, and now everyone in Chang'an understands that what he wants is the throne. For the throne, he even secretly launched a palace change without telling his grandfather. His In your eyes, is there still Father Jun?"

Li Jinyue's words showed a depth that was not suitable for her age.Only children born in the royal family would start thinking about these extremely complicated issues at the age of ten.

"Maomao, you know what you said just now, if you say it, you will be in big trouble." Zhang Ruohan said, "Nowadays, most of the courtiers and scholars in the court think that the current prince of the East Palace is a great hero, and the party of Empress Wei is chaotic. , It was he who stepped forward to get rid of the traitors for the court and the Li Tang royal family, and set things right. But he is such a hero, but his daughter thinks he is too ambitious. What will the world think of you? I am afraid they will not equate you with Wei The latter, those who are happy, are classified as ambitious women who attempt to disrupt the government."

After Zhang Ruohan said this, she subconsciously glanced at Yin Ziji, seeing that she still lowered her eyebrows, as if she didn't care about her words, her eyebrows slowly frowned.

"Will you tell it?" Li Jinyue looked up at Zhang Ruohan, then at Yin Ziji.

Zhang Ruohan lowered her eyes and said: "Maomao, you understand what I mean, I want you to be cautious. I know you feel uncomfortable, but your father is not something you can talk about. You said that your father has no king in his heart. Father, you must know that you have made the same mistake yourself. The current situation is very special, and as a royal daughter, you must be especially careful."

"Is it true that in this world, women can't do anything?" Yin Ziji, who had been silent all this time, suddenly opened his mouth.She slowly raised her head, her phoenix eyes were red, and both Li Jinyue and Zhang Ruohan were shocked.

She continued: "Empress Wei, An Le, are people without talent. My mother has said many times that ambition does not match talent, and you can't blame others if you fail. But what's wrong with Aunt Shangguan? How helpless? How miserable? She was implicated by her grandfather since she was a child, and she was sent to the court. She has nowhere to use her intelligence. If it weren't for the insight of the sage, she would be buried in the deep palace for the rest of her life. They said she Formed a party with Empress Wei and attempted to disrupt the government, but how dare she? What she wanted to do was to protect herself. But in the end, she still couldn't do it."

Li Jinyue's lips trembled, because of Yin Ziji's words, she was so sad that she shed tears.

"In this world, there was a Zetian sage, who set a precedent in ancient times, so Wei Hou, An Le, and even my mother, they all wanted to become the second Zetian sage. But Aunt Shangguan was innocent, she really She is innocent." She choked up for a moment, suppressed her anger, and gritted her teeth, "This world does not allow women to be talented. Zetian Sage is already an exception, so there is no second one allowed. Look at them What kind of words are they talking about? The rooster sits in the morning, the rope for the family! Why?! The sour scholar writes poems to express his anger at his lack of ambition, how many women are buried in the world!"

"Yin Ziji! You can't talk like that." Zhang Ruohan interrupted her sharply.

"Why?! I, Yin Ziji, just refuse to accept it!" Yin Ziji glared at Zhang Ruohan and said.

"If you don't accept it, how can I accept it? But this is the way of the heavens and the world. You and I have no ability to change it now. Let's just listen to what you said today. You must not spout any more crazy words outside, harming yourself and your family." Family." Zhang Ruohan said coldly.

Yin Ziji gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, but he could only endure the evil spirit in his heart.

Li Jinyue wiped away tears and said:

"Lotus Maid, Chishi, I am ten years old this year, Lotus Maid is nine years old, and Chishi is eight years old. Have you ever thought that five or six years later, we may be arranged by our parents to marry a complete stranger? Men. At that time, we will also start to follow in the footsteps of women in the world, guarding a husband, and live this life. I imagine that picture now, and suddenly I feel shuddering. Our grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers, aunts, all The women in the world are all living such a life. When they marry, they bet that they marry the right man. The bet is the rest of their lives. If they lose, they lose half of their lives. They seem to have no complaints. I think this is wrong, it is really wrong .”

Her words seemed to have pierced the hearts of Yin Ziji and Zhang Ruohan, and the two children instantly turned pale and were stunned on the spot.They had never thought about this question so carefully before.At this time, because of the tragic death of Shangguan Wan'er, his mind was stirred, and he couldn't help but feel a cold feeling on his lips and teeth.

"Sister, will you marry someone? I don't want you to marry someone." Qin Nu couldn't keep up with the conversation of the three sisters because of her age, and she didn't understand it. She was just infected by the atmosphere. Seeing the three sisters sad, she Also follow sad.But she understood the question of getting married, and tugged on sister's sleeve, feeling aggrieved.Most of the girls from rich families understood at the age of six or seven that she would marry off and live with a strange man in the future, and she didn't want her elder sister to leave home.

"Sister... my sister won't marry, Qin Nu can rest assured." Yin Ziji held Qin Nu's hand back.For some reason, she subconsciously turned her head to look at Zhang Ruohan, only to find that Zhang Ruohan was also looking at her. The eyes of the two children met, and both felt inexplicable.

"I...I don't want to marry..." Zhang Ruohan suddenly said with cheeks tensed, with a rare rebellion in his tone.

Li Jinyue and Yin Ziji looked at her in surprise at the same time.

"San Niang!" Wu Ya behind was anxious, how could San Niang have such an idea, if she confronts the Lord and his wife because of this matter, what should be done.

"No matter what kind of person my parents want me to marry, my ambition in this life is three words: follow my own way. I will only marry the person I want to marry. If I can't meet, I will not marry. In this life , never will."

"Okay! Such a good one, I will never give up!" Yin Ziji shouted happily, "Sister Lian Maid's ambition is to follow my own path, so my ambition is to live a life full of bliss. In this life, one should be happy and carefree!"

Li Jinyue said with a smile: "I'm afraid you didn't steal the lotus maidservant for your ambition."

"How can you say stealing?" Yin Ziji was anxious.

"Your bliss is boundless, but you can't get it by doing what you want? If someone forces you to do something you don't want to do, how can you talk about happiness? After all, you can't get bliss by doing your own way." Li Jinyue shook her head. Said.

Yin Ziji blushed, unable to find anything to refute, Zhang Ruohan covered his mouth and smiled lightly.

"Then, Mao Mao, what is your ambition, tell me." Yin Ziji refused to accept.

"My ambition..." Li Jinyue hesitated when mentioning this.She thought for a while, then slowly said:

"My ambition is to help the two of you achieve their ambitions."

Zhang Ruohan frowned, Yin Ziji said anxiously:

"Mamao, what are you talking about?"

Li Jinyue lowered her head and smiled wryly: "I am a daughter of the royal family, and I will not be able to help myself in the future, so I will not talk about walking my own way and achieving bliss. If my only friend has a good future, I will have no regrets in this life."

Tears welled up in Yin Ziji's eyes, he stretched out his hand to hold her shoulder, and said:

"How can you say such things, Li Maomao, you...do you think this is touching? Are you trying to piss me off?"

Zhang Ruohan shook his head and said, "Maomao, you think too low of yourself. If you are not doing well, how can Chishi and I live well. If you want us to be good, we three can't miss anyone."

"Yes, Sister Lotus Maid is so right!" Yin Ziji held his breath and said, "Mamao! Just wait, I will definitely help you. No matter what you want to do in the future, I will help you, and I will help you achieve it." !"

Zhang Ruohan also nodded.

Li Jinyue looked at them, smiled wryly and joked:

"If I want to take the throne, will you help me too?"

Seeing Zhang Ruohan and Yin Ziji stunned, she lowered her head and explained:

"Royal women are the most uncomfortable. If I really want to get a certain degree of freedom and happiness, I'm afraid I have to gain a certain amount of power and the ability to fight for myself. I still have to protect my mother, she is weak, I'm walking on thin ice next to my father, I can't let her go. I need power, I need influence. I'm just making an analogy, I don't really want to ascend the throne, so don't be nervous."

"If you want to ascend the throne, how about helping you?" Zhang Ruohan said lightly.

Yin Ziji looked at Sister Lian Maid adoringly, she only felt that Sister Lian Maid was extremely domineering today.So she also proudly patted Li Jinyue on the shoulder and said:

"If you want to ascend to the throne, I, Yin Ziji, will go through all kinds of troubles to help you, and I will do anything to help you! When you ascend the throne, let Sister Lotus Maid and I be at ease, and the three of us will be happy, hahahaha!"

"Okay!" Li Jinyue grabbed the teapot, filled three cups of tea, and took the lead in picking up one cup and said:

"I, Li Jinyue, swear today by replacing wine with tea. Since then, the three of us have stood by and helped each other to protect each other's aspirations and wishes to be fulfilled. We will never leave!"

Zhang Ruohan and Yin Ziji also held up the teacups and swore:

"I, Yin Ziji (Zhang Ruohan), swear today by replacing wine with tea. Since then, the three of us have stood by and helped each other to protect each other's ambitions and wishes to be fulfilled. We will never leave!"

After finishing speaking, the three girls raised their heads and drank the cup of tea in one gulp.

"Also, there's me!" Qin Nu was so anxious that she was about to cry, and the three sisters all forgot about her.

"Yes, yes, there is Qin Nu, let's do it again." Yin Ziji said hurriedly.

"Does it count again? Could it be too hasty..." Li Jinyue muttered.

"Let's do it again, this... Anyway, God doesn't care about doing it again." Yin Ziji said with a guilty conscience.

"..." Zhang Ruohan stroked her forehead with a headache, what the hell was she doing messing around today.

"Wow~~~You don't take me to play~~" Qin Nu burst into tears.

The third floor of the Nuan Pavilion was suddenly in a hurry.

The author has something to say: Poor and strong, the ambition not to fall into the blue sky.This chapter is the core chapter of the Qingyun chapter, and all the previous foreshadowing is for this chapter.Writing this chapter really touched me. These three girls are all extraordinary women in the world, and her ideas may be regarded as rebellious and unfilial, let alone the historical environment at that time.However, it is precisely because of them that the story of Tang Mi can be found. Many of my original intentions for writing Tang Mi are included in today's chapter.

In fact, someone from a film and television company approached me before and asked me for the film and television adaptation rights of Tang Mi.I refused, because I understand that once Tang Mi is adapted into a film and television drama, it will inevitably become a bg-oriented story, at most it will be changed into a marginal ball like Langya Bang.Then, the ideological foundation of constructing Tang riddles will completely collapse and cease to exist.Such a story would not be my Tang riddle, and the adaptation would lose all meaning.