spring as old

Once winter comes, the year is coming to an end.

After returning from Xishan, Puyang would come to Weixiu's small courtyard every day, as if he had nothing else to do.Wei Xiu didn't chase her away either, she came when she wanted to.

This day is about to enter the twelfth lunar month.

The weather became colder, and the ice in Luoshui never melted again.As soon as Wei Xiu's legs were frozen, there seemed to be countless insects crawling and biting in the bones, which was unbearably numb and painful. Even if the room was roasted like a stove, it would not help.

Ah Rong changed the carbon in the brazier for a round, looked up and saw Wei Xiu's brows were furrowed, and knew that her leg was hurting again.It has been like this for many years, when outsiders are around, she endures it by herself, and she shows a little pain when she is behind them.

"Sir..." Ah Rong hesitated to speak, her heart ached for her, but she knew that her leg disease was stubborn and had a long history, and there was no cure.

Wei Xiu lowered her head to think about something, and also wanted to divert her attention away from her legs. Hearing her soft call, she raised her head to look at her. Seeing her sad face, she knew what she was thinking. She comforted her understandingly: "Don't worry, it will be fine when the winter is over." It seemed that A Rong was not the one suffering.

A Rong's eyes became hot, the years passed, she couldn't get used to it.The winter is over, and the spring tide is getting warmer. When it is cloudy and rainy, my husband's legs will not be much better than this time. When the sky is cloudy and wet, the pain will be unbearable and cannot be relieved.So day after day, year after year, there is no head at all.

Wei Xiu wanted to comfort her, but she also knew that the words spoken were really insignificant, no matter how much she said, it would be a waste of words, so she said flatly: "The princess will come later, don't let her see the clue."

Ah Rong hurriedly turned her back and wiped her wet eye sockets.

Wei Xiu turned her head to look at Bai Xue outside the window, enduring the sharp pain in her legs like being pricked by needles, and then thought of going to another place.

Not long after, Puyang really came over.

Holding the mansion paper in her hand, she walked in through the wind and snow. Wei Xiu stretched her brows with a calm expression on her face, but she involuntarily covered her knees with her hands, trying to make her knees feel better with the faint warmth of her palms.

Pu Yang walked into the room quickly, the wind and snow outside seemed to be on her body, her face was cold.Wei Xiu paused with her hands on her knees, her heart became solemn, but she didn't speak rashly, she watched Pu Yang sit down in front of her.

The warmth of the room melted away the chill brought by Puyang. After she sat down, she seemed to calm down, and passed the mansion in her hand to Wei Xiu: "The Xianbei and Qiang people in Hexi rebelled, killed the county magistrate, and occupied several counties. Land, the local governor, the Han people in Qianghu Tu Yicheng knew about it."

While listening, Wei Xiu opened the mansion newspaper and glanced roughly, her brows also showed a worried look: "It's still winter, it's freezing cold, it's inconvenient to march, if we can't get rid of this Qiang Hu as soon as possible Annihilate them, and in the spring of the coming year, it may cause a catastrophe."

This year's harvest is not good, and the Xiongnu outside the Great Wall have also suffered disasters, and their lives are poor. If they know that the country is unstable, they will definitely take advantage of the situation to take a bite.At that time, the northwest will be facing internal and external troubles, and it will be even more difficult to calm down.

Pu Yang also knew this reason, today when he came to court, His Majesty was furious, and all the ministers were shocked and offered advice to relieve their worries.Thinking of the abilities of all the gentlemen in the hall, Pu Yang's expression was more or less relaxed, and seeing that Wei Xiu was worried but not shocked, he said: "Sir, you seem to have expected it?"

With good eyesight, a few thin papers of residence newspapers floated onto the desk like feathers. Wei Xiu raised her eyes and glanced at Puyang, but did not hide it from her: "Before the trip to the West Mountain, Your Highness and my residence newspaper said that Liangzhou The governor Qianwu killed a group of Rongdi refugees, and I was vaguely aware that something was going to happen."

She downplayed it, while Puyang fell silent. After a while, she said: "Sir, since you have an idea, why didn't you tell me, do you know how many Han people died under the Qianghu butcher's knife this time?"

She restrained her tone, not letting herself appear harsh and critical, but the accusation in her words could not be concealed no matter what.Seeing that Wei Xiu was still indifferent, Pu Yang pursed his lips: "Qianwu is mobilizing troops to encircle and suppress them. It has been more than a month since they rebelled. These days, the number of Han Chinese who died under the butcher's knife may have reached tens of thousands. If you can Mention it, maybe, there is no need to shed this blood!"

That's tens of thousands of lives!Who can remain indifferent.

Pu Yang was angry, especially knowing that this tragedy could be stopped.

Wei Xiu was still indifferent, her eyes were as indifferent as refined, her lips had faded, and she looked extremely indifferent.Seeing her like this, Pu Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't blame her anymore, but directly hit the center: "Sir, you keep your mouth shut, but what kind of situation do you want to use this matter for?"

Wei Xiu just smiled at this time, she naturally has a plan, the plan is to push Zhou Qi up, if she chooses the emperor's grandson, she can plan it slowly, let a group of people in her hands climb up step by step, but the princess It can't be done, she is too weak to afford it.

The princess must never make mistakes. She has thought hard for many years, and there is no room for a single mistake.

Seeing Wei Xiu's smile, Pu Yang's expression darkened.Wei Xiu would never tell her the truth, she wanted to take this opportunity to make the princess more obedient to her.

"If, as Your Highness thinks, I want to use this matter to make arrangements, will Your Highness think that I am cold-blooded?" Wei Xiu asked lightly.

Pu Yang bit her lower lip, clenched her hands tightly, she didn't know how Wei Xiu planned for the emperor's eldest grandson in her previous life, but if she treats the lives of thousands of innocent people as worthless and throws them away at will, she cannot agree!

"Yes. Sir, it is really cold-blooded. Tens of thousands of people, they are not people in the situation, they are just innocent people who are satisfied as long as they have enough to eat and live, and some of them don't even know anything, even talk A baby who can’t even speak. I’m not a benevolent person, and once I succeed, my bones will be destroyed. I never thought that Cheng Daye could be peaceful and not have to die.” Pu Yang’s tone was unprecedentedly calm, but the firmness in her eyes was as firm as iron. Generally stubborn, "But people should have a bottom line. If you plan to take the lives of King Jin, King Zhao, King Jing and others at this time, I will applaud you for your resourcefulness. They are the ones in the game, and they should have the awareness to sacrifice their lives. So do I. But the people are innocent."

Pu Yang was full of disappointment, she had misjudged the person, she was thinking of the counselor she had invited back, it shouldn't be like this.

Looking back at that day in Xishan, the husband joked with her in the plum grove. She had a graceful figure in front of the beautiful scenery, and her temperament was as clean as the frost and snow on the petals. But in just one month, she let her see that she was not beautiful. He has a gloomy and cold side.

This person is not the person in her heart at all.

She believed in the wrong person.At the same time as she was disappointed, she also had a surge of fierce anger lurking in her chest, as if Wei Xiu had not only failed her expectations in terms of being a person, but had even failed her in other areas, and her heart hurt because of this disappointment .

Wei Xiu's face remained unchanged, Shi Shiran said: "Your Highness guessed wrong, I didn't use this matter to make arrangements, so it is inevitable."

Pu Yang was taken aback.

"I told His Highness about the gambling at the beginning. Some things can be adjusted according to the situation, and some things can't be done. This matter belongs to the latter." Wei Xiu said calmly, "Liangzhou Governor Qianwu is a member of King Zhao. Take office. Liangzhou is an important place to guard the frontier, and it should be guarded by people who are proficient in military affairs. It is not a talent for the frontier to lead the military bravely without planning."

When she said this, she looked at Puyang: "But this person is Zhao Wang's confidant, and he only took office three months ago. Your Highness thinks that His Majesty will replace this person just because of His Highness's words?"

There are so many things going on in the imperial court, one hair can affect the whole body, how can a princess of Puyang be able to control it with just one word.

It turned out it wasn't... Pu Yang was stunned, only then did she realize that she had blamed Wei Xiu, she mumbled: "But sir, why don't you remind me." Her face was a bit uneasy, but she was extremely happy in her heart, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Things that can't be done are nothing but troubles." Wei Xiu said calmly, she closed her eyes, showing helplessness and exhaustion on her face, as if she was saddened by the death of tens of thousands of people, and ashamed because of her powerlessness.

Pu Yang blamed a good person by mistake, and felt very ashamed, but she was not so easy to deceive after all, although Wei Xiu gave an explanation, but this explanation was too calm, every word was a cold analysis.She had an idea, if she made a suggestion to His Majesty, and told the pros and cons, His Majesty might not be willing to listen.In the past, she offered suggestions to His Majesty many times, and His Majesty adopted them all.

"I blamed Mr. wrongly." Pu Yang first apologized to Wei Xiu, no matter what, she misunderstood the truth about Mr. Wei Xiu.

Wei Xiu shook her head and sighed: "Your Highness may still not take it seriously. In that case, Your Highness might as well go to the palace to try. Leading Wu is not a talent on the border, and within a few months, it will be a national shame. If you want to kill Qiang Hu Chaos is wiped out in one fell swoop, and good generals should be chosen to replace them."

The implication is that she has said in advance that the princess can also enter the palace to have an audience, and there is still time to tell His Majesty what she said.It's just this matter, it will definitely not work.

Pu Yang was also embarrassed to see what was on her mind, but the business was important. Although the master predicted that His Majesty would not accept advice, she still had to try. She stood up and was about to leave, but saw that Wei Xiu's lips were frighteningly white. Can't help slowing down, worried: "Sir, are you feeling unwell?"

Wei Xiu raised her eyes, shook her head with a smile, and said softly, "It's just that I didn't sleep well last night, it's okay."

Just now she was still cold and indifferent, but now she is as gentle as usual, Pu Yang took another look at her, she still likes a gentle gentleman.

It's just that the business couldn't be delayed, Pu Yang didn't have time to ask any more questions, so he left and hurried into the palace.

As soon as she left, Wei Xiu heaved a sigh of relief, lifted her hem, and rolled up her trouser legs.Her legs are as white as jade, and they are also thinner than ordinary people. If she didn't massage them every day, they would be even more deformed and hideous.

Wei Xiu raised her hand and touched her leg, the whole leg was as cold as a dead object, her bones were itchy and painful, it didn't stop for a moment, like a blunt knife, cutting her flesh piece by piece, Years and months, he had to torture her until she became insane.

If you can bring hot water, wring out the veil soaked in boiling hot water and apply it to your legs, it will relieve a little bit, but Weixiu has more important things to do at this time, she took off the rolled up trouser legs, After tidying up the hem, he called Ah Rong and told her, "Let Yan Huan come and see you quickly."

On Zhou Qi's side, it's time to get ready.

Don't miss this opportunity.