Gu Qingci

Daxing has only passed down to Liu Yueying's place for three generations.

The mausoleums of Liu Yueying's father Gaozu and grandfather Taizu were all in Rongcheng. Because the capital was moved to the sky, a brand new altar was built around Jincheng.

According to the Zhaomu system of the ancestral temple, the first ancestor is in the middle, the left is Zhao and the right is Mu, the second is Zhao, and the third is Mu.The Jialing Mausoleum of Emperor Lingkong is the first emperor's tomb in Jincheng, so it was built in the center; the altar of the ancestral temple is in the northwest of Jincheng, facing the mausoleum of the two emperors in Rongcheng.

This sacrifice was the first time since the capital was moved, and it was very grand, complicated and grand.

Seven quarters before sunrise, the Taihe bell was played in the fasting palace, and the emperor got up and drove to the altar.According to the rules, only walking is allowed, and chariots are prohibited.When the bell stops and the drums start, the ceremony officially begins.On the altar is a burnt calf in the southeast, and a sky lantern in the southwest. The smoke and clouds rise misty, and the shadows of the candles flicker and shake red. On the top is the supreme emperor, and on the bottom are the important officials of the clan.

Liu Yueying went up step by step along the steps in the middle, and the rest of the people followed in order from left to right, orderly.

After the emperor gave the incense ceremony, the clan's important ministers bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.

During this period, Liu Yuehua vaguely felt that something was wrong with the emperor.

Liu Yueying seemed to be looking back on the high platform, constantly searching for something.

However, the distance is too far and the etiquette is strict, so many clan ministers below are watching, how can there be any mistakes, she dare not go forward rashly.

However, something was really wrong with Huang Jie, and Liu Yuehua was very worried.

Ever since that person was buried, she has never seen Liu Yueying shed a single tear. She goes to court, reads memorials, eats, and goes to bed on time every day...

She was too calm, so calm that everyone felt abnormal.

The name "Yang Li" and this person became a taboo in the Daxing court in an instant, and everyone kept it secret, for fear of touching the emperor's bad luck and losing their lives.

Ten springs, summers, autumns and winters, the sudden loss of such a person made even the eldest princess feel uncomfortable, let alone the emperor sister who lived with her day and night and shared the same bed.

It was not easy to get everyone to sit in attendance, and the wizards and monks came to the stage to perform chanting and the smoke was lingering. Liu Yuehua walked up the steps to the emperor's side while everyone was not paying attention.

Evergreen trees were planted around the top of the altar, as well as many large and small pines and cypresses. Even in October, it was still green and lush.There is a huge stone tablet in the center of the altar, and behind it is the main entrance of the Jongmyo Hall.

"Sister Huang, the most important part of the sacrifice is over, let's go to the hall to rest." Liu Yuehua observed the emperor's face and said softly.

Liu Yueying shook her head violently, stood on the high platform and looked down, her eyes swaying left and right without a fixed point.

"What's wrong with you, what's wrong with you?"

"No, no," Liu Yueying trembled, "Yuehua, I feel like she's coming."

"She—" The eldest princess was stunned, is it Yang Li?

"Can you feel it, Xiaoli's breath, I feel that she is beside me..."

It's all right if you don't say anything, but when she opened her mouth, ripples appeared in the peach blossom eyes, which were as stagnant as stagnant water, and the eye sockets were faintly red.

How could there be a ray of sunshine here?Liu Yuehua also looked around carefully, all of them were familiar faces: a few princes and concubines in the side branch, Prime Minister Zuo, three provinces and six ministries, two generals, and countless ministers in the distance...I'm afraid Miss Huang Too much thinking, hallucinations.

Liu Yuehua deliberated for a long time before she opened her mouth and said, "Miss Huang, have you forgotten that three months ago, the former emperor's husband was already famous..."

"Shut up!" Liu Yueying gave her a gouged look, her face full of embarrassment, "If you don't feel it, get out, don't get in my way here."

Liu Yuehua looked at the emperor's face gradually losing blood, and remembered that she had been sleeping more and more lightly recently, and would be woken up many times a night, so she hardened her heart and said, "But Miss Huang, Yang Li is really gone, no matter how hard she finds her... It doesn't help! This is just an illusion during the sacrifice, please wake up, please, cheer up, and don't think about her anymore—because you can't see her anymore!"

Can't see anymore? — it seems so.

But how can we not think about it, not miss it?In such a long time, it is you who open your eyes and you who close your eyes.

You have left your mark almost everywhere in my life.How could those things that were cleaned up and thrown away by them be wiped clean?

What you love is my bottle of aromatherapy; what you hate is the overdose of herbal medicine; the design drawings you left behind, stacks of paperwork memorials, the flute that hasn’t sounded for a long time, the formal clothes you wear when you go on a tour, and when you go to court. The court clothes I wore, and...the pair of jade pendants I made with you.

Ah.You don't want me anymore, and you don't want the jade pendant I gave you - "Sunflowers and trees are easy to spring". Without you, what spring do I need?

==

A year actually goes by very quickly.

Except for the personal maid in the bedroom, and the pillow towel that was wet with tears in the middle of the night, no one knew how Liu Yueying got through this year.

Everyone just thinks that the emperor has lost his favorite courtier.

In front of the emperor, the ministers are like leeks one after another, who will stop the court if they leave?

The emperor's sadness was nothing more than a show.And soon, the emperor wasn't so sad anymore. Just like before, he always had a cold face and seldom talked, but now he didn't even bother to lose his temper.

The imperial examination was forced to stop due to successive years of war, and it was restarted in the spring of the second year of Yuanqing.Those candidates are eager to try, and want to show their talents in the spring, many of them are dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Dream of being favored by the emperor and then entering the court as an official; The emperor is going to draft again, and many handsome men fight for it, and the fight is bloody.

In fact, the emperor handed over the Chunwei imperial examination to the regent.

Many, many things, the emperor gradually handed over to the regent.

There are no major affairs in the court now. After the Daxing Dynasty ruled Yanhuang, they danced and danced everywhere, and the common people almost had surplus food for a while, but there were more trivial matters.

After Liu Yuehua became regent, she became more and more busy, and Feng San also ran around in the Fengqi Army, so Xiao Wenjiu was often carried into the palace to accompany her aunt.

Wen Jiu, who is almost three years old, can already speak some sentences, and will sweetly call out: "I want Aunt Huang, give me a hug!" and then show a big smile.

In Wen Jiu's vague impression, her aunt was a majestic beauty, but she never smiled.She tried every means, tried her best to make her happy, but with little effect.Her aunt would sometimes go to rest in the gazebo of the imperial garden, and sit for an entire afternoon, not mentioning any dance musicians, just staring at the clouds in the sky in a daze, or holding a jade pendant with a broken ribbon and turning it over and over again.

Also, Aunt Huang's hands are also very cold.

The anniversary of Yang Hui's death just arrived, at the end of summer in the second year of Yuanqing, Liu Yuehua specially pushed aside many things that day, and rushed into the palace from outside to accompany the emperor.

Liu Yueying locked herself in the bedroom again, from morning to night, no water came in.When the sun gradually sets and the cool breeze rises, the gate of the palace will open.

She seemed to know that the regent had been waiting at the door for a long time, so she was not surprised at all, she just glanced at Liu Yuehua, and walked silently to the highest place in the palace.Liu Yuehua hurriedly followed behind her.

At the end of summer, the evenings have begun to cool down, and the chirping of cicadas is rarely heard. The originally lush and emerald green leaves are also drooping, and the delicate flowers are gradually drying up. Looking down, there are many residual reds on the stone road.

The highest place in Jincheng Imperial Palace is the same as Rongcheng, which is the bell tower.It’s just that it’s more open here, and you can see the Huaijiang River diverging in the distance, the Jiahe River swirls and chops into the Jiangnan land, and the mountains follow the plains—then the Yaotai Mirror coldly sprinkles some light, making them all wear white. filial piety.

Liu Yueying blew the wind all night on this high bell tower.

"After searching for so long, have you found Sha Yu's clue?" She asked suddenly.

"No, it's all useless news." Liu Yuehua replied.

"understood."

She seemed to be talking to herself, but she didn't seem to be, because the words were too light and slow, and they were blown away as soon as they came out.

"She wants to never see me again, how can she do it...I can't do it. I know it is selfish to enshrine her as an imperial husband and bury her in Jialing. If she knows, will she hate me even more..." She His hair was flying wildly with the wind, and his whole body was also thin, as if he was about to be carried away by the cool wind at the end of summer.

The bright moon is hidden in the tall trees, and the long river has no dawn. Liu Yuehua walked to her side worriedly: "Sister Huang, go back, it's dawn."

Liu Yueying didn't move, she felt that her limbs had lost feeling, and her ears were buzzing.

"Sister Huang—Yuehua understands that you have a lot of things you can't help yourself to. If you could do it again, would you...do those things to her again?"

Those things, do those things to her again... Liu Yueying's chest was getting tighter and tighter, but she was speechless.

It's not so much that I don't know how to answer, it's better to say that I dare not answer.

If you regret it, you will regret it, but there is nothing you can do.To manage one's affairs in one's position is the foundation of one's life, where the bones are, where the blood flows, and where the flesh rests.

Yang Li... I have failed you in this life, so my suffering today, my sorrow today, my greed, anger and ignorance today are all karma, and I cannot blame you.

If there is an afterlife...

Heh, what about the afterlife? You want to go to Qiongbi and fall to Huangquan with me, and you will never see me whether you are dead or alive...

Supporting weakly on the attic fence, his whole body slid down.

"Sister Huang!" Liu Yuehua supported Liu Yueying, and shouted to the back: "Hurry up, come quickly! Tell the imperial doctor, Miss Huang has vomited a big mouthful of blood!" The voice of the eldest princess was trembling.

==

Liu Yueying fell into a coma, had a high fever for three days, and never got sick again.

Almost all the affairs of the court fell on Liu Yuehua, and she didn't know how busy and tired the emperor was until then.The situation in the imperial court was treacherous, all parties were weighing the pros and cons, and thousands of people had different opinions. This heavy burden fell on her shoulders suddenly, and she had to bite the bullet and carry it.She was no longer a little girl who was firmly protected by the imperial sister's wings and shielded from open and hidden arrows.

During the few days when Liu Yueying had a high fever, her normally clean and fair face was flushed red, and she was still muttering something.The palace people didn't dare to listen, Liu Yuehua put her ear close to her to hear it, she was chanting "Xiao worry" every sentence.

Yang Li, what a damned woman, she tortured Sister Huang like this.

[A brief introduction to the Zhaomu system, if you are interested, you can download it on Baidu.Don't blame me for Liu Yueying's father, he still left someone to accompany you; unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, who was alone in Nanjing, the remaining thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty were all in Beijing, so miserable.The next chapter will not abuse Liu Yueying. 】