Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

For Liu Qi's request, Lu Ci felt a headache, but he was not surprised.

Compared with the harmony between the most honorable couple in the world, Liu Qi and his wife Turning, although not in a sinister relationship, are extremely estranged.

Even Lu Ci, who has had a deep friendship with him for decades, saw his wife for the first time in the summer of the fifth year of Tianwei.

That was when she brought several servants to bring Liu Qishao the news that his father had passed away, and to take him back to his hometown to observe filial piety together.

In order to avoid suspicion, Lu Ci asked Liu Qi to temporarily move out of the prime minister's mansion. Fortunately, in the few days before returning to his hometown, he would stay with her temporarily in the new mansion he just bought last year. After resting for a day, I went to visit him the next night.

In Lu Ci's eyes, the woman in mourning was pale and haggard, with a tense expression, and a pair of black pupils trembling uncomfortably all the time.

Although she was accompanied by her husband Liu Qi, she took off the curtain and met Lu Ci, but her eyes flickered and avoided, her thin lips were tightly pressed.

Even though Lu Ci's attitude was gentle and polite, and she said "If you need anything, just ask the servant", she just bowed cautiously, then found an excuse, and hurried back to the room.

Seeing her treating her close friend like this, Liu Qi couldn't help frowning in dissatisfaction.

Lu Ci didn't care about it, but reflected on the inappropriate timing of his visit, and instead persuaded Liu Qi a few words.

After making his friends feel more sympathetic to his fear and helplessness in leading his servants to Beijing alone, he upheld the principle of closeness and closeness, and stopped talking.

After this short and cramped meeting, she didn't know what Liu Qi and Turnip had said in private, so she simply avoided seeing all his friends, and didn't stay in Beijing for a few days, so she and Liu Qi hurried on the got the car back home.

Lu Ci can actually guess the reason why Turnip, who has never met him before, has a grudge against him and refuses to talk to him.

There is no need to empathize, just a little imagination, it is not difficult to understand: when she stayed alone in the vacant room and served her parents-in-law, she never expected a family letter to greet her parents. You can hear "The Legend of Yuanyuan", which is popular in bookstores and lively discussions in the streets and alleys.

In "The Legend of Yuanyuan", Mrs. Liu has so much love for Lu Sanyuan, and she is jealous, which makes her lonely and embarrassing.

However, as a man, Lu Ci is the chief minister of the high-ranking and powerful court, and he is also the most cherished literary friend and poetic friend of his husband. "The Story of Yuanyuan" is just a display of friendship that makes the world laugh... Even if she is full of delicate feelings... Miserable, but there is not even a place to talk.

It's just that understanding is understanding. Naturally, Lu Ci will not comment on friends' family affairs.

And she obviously didn't want to see him, he didn't want to make fun of himself, and he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable, so he simply pushed the boat along the way, and let her do that.

Lu Ci originally thought that during the long three years of filial piety, the two of them would always be able to eliminate some of the estrangement. Maybe when he returned to Beijing to resume his job, he would be able to meet a sister-in-law who was in a much more cheerful mood.

Unexpectedly, three years passed in a flash, and Liu Qi who returned to Beijing on time was still chic and alone.

As for what happened to her afterwards, I only said "I prefer to stay at home" in an understatement.

And because both of her parents have passed away, even if Liu Qi gets Xiumu during the holidays, she will never think about going back to her hometown to visit her relatives.

Liu Qi was resolute, Lu Ci pondered for a while, and said frankly: "Young brother, I don't know if I can come back alive. You have a bright future in Beijing, so you don't have to worry about it with me."

When Liu Qi heard this, he immediately became unhappy: "Although Brother Yu is not as capable as Younger Brother and cannot help much, but with a clumsy pen in his hand, it is more than enough to record what he saw along the way. You left with Younger Brother, leaving me alone , no matter how bright the future is, how can I be happy?"

After so many years, Liu Qi already knew how much he weighed.

Although he is quite proud of his poetry, but in terms of official career, he can only be called mediocre.

Even if a friend made a few suggestions and avoided a few catastrophes that would ruin his reputation, and relying on his seniority, he might be able to rise to the next level, but it is absolutely impossible to be promoted to the Ministry of Education.

To be able to have the official status of the third rank today, he is already satisfied. Compared with the vain promotion, he is more willing to follow his heart and be with friends who can make him happy.

Lu Ci was helpless, and reminded him gently: "You can leave as soon as you say, it sounds good, but your wife who is still waiting for you in the countryside, how should you deal with yourself? According to "Song Xingtong", a husband who goes out three times If you don't return after a year, you can listen to your wife remarry, but she has been waiting for you for more than 40 years and still hasn't given up."

There are always couples in the world who are not in harmony with each other. Whether it is the law of the Song Dynasty or the worldly view, they are relatively more tolerant of the separation of labor and Yan. The harem, the remarried daughter Liu E who has won the emperor's heart alone - if she is willing to reconcile, no matter whether she remarries her lover or not, she may be happier and more comfortable than Yimeiku.

Liu Qi seemed to have anticipated this question, and replied calmly: "What to do in the past few years, what to do in the future. As early as the day when I took the imperial examination and came to Beijing to find you, I mentioned it to her. If she wishes to remarry, I will release my wife."

He even wrote no fewer than five letters to release his wife, and he generously promised that he would pay five years' salary in one lump sum for her support or remarriage.

It's just that she received it, but never used it.

Liu Qi is well known to be flirtatious and frivolous, but few people know that his heart is as clear as a mirror.

The so-called passion is actually fickle.

For Turnip, a wife who obeyed her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, except for the half-moon of affection she had when she first got married, nothing remained but dull.

It was the first time he went to Beijing to take the exam, and after seeing the splendor and prosperity of Bianjing, his mentality changed a lot.

Liu Qi always believed that if it wasn't for the blessing of the heavens that day, causing him to meet Lu Ci, the closest friend in his life, then in his life, he would probably be doomed to hang around the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, Goulan Washing House, and indulge in poetry, singing and dancing. Thousands of flashes, busy pleasing Pink Lady...

How can there be an official status from the third rank now, and how can there be an adventure in Tubo, and then witness the prosperous world with thousands of troops and powerful vibrating north and south?

He had originally thought that when he was old enough to retire from his achievements, he would take advantage of his bones to move, to visit the world's famous mountains and rivers, express his thoughts on the rivers and lakes, and live a mediocre life in vain.

But he didn't want the scene in Xiao Taotie's eyes to be a miracle that he had never imagined.

If there is no gully in the chest, there will always be a high-ranking official and a generous salary, which is also like a duckweed with a broken stem.

Since the hope of opening up another world is so precious, how can he not be willing to grasp it?

During the three years of filial piety, what Turning did not expect was that even though the dream of the two of them getting along day and night finally came, one side was restless and the other side looked at each other silently.

There is no longer the original love.

Once the filial piety period expired, Liu Qi couldn't wait any longer, and in front of Turnip, he ordered his servants to hire a car for him, so that he could set foot on the road back to Beijing early the next morning.

On the day of farewell, Turnip stood in the pavilion, silently watching her husband who had no attachment to her, with no tears on her face.

When Liu Qi arranged everything and turned around to say goodbye to her, she couldn't help but read softly: "On the journey, with books and swords, we will go all the way to the east. It's sad to leave the arms, we are young, and we are hard to get together. Beautiful woman Fang Xun is affectionate, so he bears to divide the couple..."

This song "Magpie Bridge Immortal Journey to the Journey" was written by Liu Qi with her heart full of reluctance when she was still in love with Yan Er and was forced to separate because of going to Beijing to rush for the exam.

When she got this word, although she couldn't show it on her face, she was full of joy, and she was looking forward to reuniting with her as soon as her husband was named on the gold list.

Little did they know that Liu Qi took the exam for the first time, even though she had great ambitions, she failed unfortunately. After that, she fell in love with a famous prostitute in a song hall, and there was no one in the world who waited for her bitterly.

Liu Qi listened to her recite his old words coldly, he was aroused and left his mind that day, and now things are changing, which inevitably makes him feel a little bit sad.

He sighed softly, looked up at the sky, and when he looked at her again, there was only peace and pity left.

Turnip knew in her heart that after this farewell, it might be difficult to see him again in this life, so she finally couldn't hold back, and asked the question she had been lingering for a long time: "Are you doing it for the future, or for the one who recognizes you, the Maxima?" Bole, would you listen to Zhong Ziqi playing your music?"

Liu Qi shook her head: "Neither of them."

He has seen the high sky and the wide sea that he has never seen in his dreams, and the beautiful scenery of the good days in the past can only be regarded as a waste of time.

Even those pleasant things that once made him proud and gentle in the countryside suddenly became extremely superficial, making people ashamed to talk about them.

In his opinion, what makes him happy is not Cidi himself, but a vast fantasy worth following to the end, so that this life will not be in vain.

Seeing that although she was silent, she showed her disbelief, Liu Qi didn't want to say more, just shook her head and sighed: "You and I are on our own side of the world, each cherishes... I still say the same thing, you can remarry, self-reliant girl Regardless of whether you are a household, I will never cut off your food, and you can divide your household items as you like."

Turnip gave a wry smile noncommittal, and then said with difficulty after a long while: "I won't send it down anymore, you, be careful all the way."

Liu Qi nodded, didn't give much persuasion, just greeted him neatly, got into the carriage, and told the convoy to set off.

The horse's hooves stepped down, and the smoke and dust billowed, but she stubbornly did not cover her face with the veil, allowing the dust and dust to fall on her face and into her eyes, making her vision blurred and tears streaming down her face in embarrassment.

How could she not understand?

Her husband cruelly abandoned her in pursuit of his dream...

And why didn't she use this life to pursue another fantasy dream?