[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Chen Yi originally thought that Xie Wanying was just out of anger, how many women were still looking forward to being taken back after getting divorce papers, but he didn't expect that she had already opened another household registration.

Chen Yi is a smart person, and a smart person tends to overthink, so he went to see the queen early the next morning before the queen left tomorrow.

The queen didn't want to focus on her official duties today, she was taking her daughter for breakfast, and planned to go out for a stroll after breakfast.

Hearing that Chen Yi came to see him, she guessed the reason for her visit and couldn't help laughing in her heart, and then she transferred her ideas to someone and sent Xie Wanying to come.

Xie Wanying said: "Your Majesty, I will definitely not go back."

Xing Xiuyan said: "Even if he changed his past, wouldn't you give him a chance?" In the eyes of the ancients, Xing Xiuyan dared not make decisions for others when a prodigal son turned his back for money.

Xie Wanying shook her head and said: "Your Majesty knows that he doesn't treat me sincerely. This kind of marriage is meaningless to me."

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "This matter has also wronged you, after all, merchants have no rules."

Xie Wanying said: "I chose this marriage at the beginning, and I also did it on my own."

Xing Xiuyan said: "Even so, you should listen to what he said."

Then he led her to the flower hall and lived in the back room, while Xing Xiuyan summoned Chen Yi under the service of the servant.

As soon as Chen Yi entered the flower hall, he stepped forward and knelt three meters away: "This humble official deserves death! Please punish me!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Chen Qing, what's the reason for this? Talk with your body."

Chen Yi said: "Weichen should kneel and play."

Xing Xiuyan said: "You know my temper, and I don't like this kind of thing." Then he took the tea from the waiter and took a sip gracefully. This kind of graceful and casual demeanor is different from ordinary women.

She only said this lightly, but Chen Yi knelt on the ground in embarrassment, which made him even more disturbed. It was not right for him to continue kneeling, and the queen didn't say the second sentence to flatten his body, so he didn't know what to do.

After a long while, Xing Xiuyan smiled lightly, like a mountain flower blooming in spring, and said: "Why, do you want me to help you?"

"Damn my minister, thank you, Empress Empress!"

Chen Yi got up, seeing that the queen didn't ask, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and play by himself.

"Empress, this matter is a matter of my family, I don't dare to bother the empress, but I really have nothing to do, so I come here to plead guilty."

So he made Chen's mother seriously ill and sent Xie Wanying back to Hangzhou to serve him, and then sent Zhang Shi who was welcomed to him in Hangzhou.Xie Wanying changed after she came back, she didn't agree with each other, she asked to get together and take Chen Shuang away.

He was just in a fit of anger, saying that taking his daughter away meant giving up, not getting married.

In the end, the divorce letter was given to her, and she left in anger. He thought about taking her back after a while, and there was a fight at the head of the bed and peace at the end of the bed. There was no overnight feud between husband and wife.

But Xie Wanying went to the organization department to file for the record, established a new household registration, and refused to go home.

Xing Xiuyan listened, just drinking tea, after he finished speaking, Xing Xiuyan asked: "This is the case, but you also said that it is your family's business, what crime are you asking me for?"

Chen Yidao: "My wife came out of the palace and got married in Cheng'en Gong's mansion. The great matchmaker of the empress protector, the humble minister is confused, and he owes the holy grace."

Xing Xiuyan chuckled and said, "Chen Yi, there is no need to be like this between you and me. You saved my life back then. Although you were not from Kedi, I think your character is pretty good. Wan Ying and I entered the She came from a noble family. Although she is arrogant, she is pure-hearted. I saw that one of you is unmarried and the other is unmarried. Isn’t it a couple? If you said that you minded her former status, how could I force her to do so? you?"

"Wei Chen dare not!"

"You don't dare, so it's not that you don't want to. But Chen Yi, how can there be a perfect person in this world? You think she is not perfect, she is old, and she is a second marriage, so she should endure what she 'should have endured' Mother-in-law's teaching rules, it doesn't matter if you give a little bit more, you are worthy of her by keeping her as the first wife. Your wife is not a young, innocent, passionate girl, and you should be compensated. But marriage is not calculated in this way, so it should be Forget it, I’m 1 people who don’t want to marry the emperor. Let’s say that, you’re not happy, you come from a merchant, and Wan Ying’s family has passed the imperial examinations for generations, so how can you compensate her?”

"I don't dare! I deserve to die!" Chen Yi bowed to the ground.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Your family thought it was the mother-in-law who overwhelmed the daughter-in-law, showing her prestige, beating the daughter-in-law so hard that she couldn't lift her head, but it's not true. If you don't believe me, just look at the officials in the future, who would like to marry a daughter-in-law? You marry."

Chen Yi begged: "Your Majesty's words awakened the dreamer, I just hope that I can take my wife back so that I can live a better life."

Xing Xiuyan said: "This is your family matter, I can't be the master. It is because of the chaos in the palace that you are here today. The emperor is right, don't give marriages if you have nothing to do, it will only create resentment. Although you It wasn't my palace's decree to bestow the marriage, but it's almost the same."

Chen Yi heard the word "given marriage", but thought that it would be disrespectful for him to divorce his wife who gave him the marriage, and he was even more afraid in his heart.The empress has so many ideas in mind, how could she not have thought of this?

"The humble minister and the criminal are disrespectful, please punish me."

Xing Xiuyan snorted coldly, and said: "I really want to punish you for being disrespectful, but it's not just this. What your family has done is doubting Xie's innocence? Will the sage and this palace deceive you? The sage really favored the Xie family, Can he still deny it? The king does not doubt the minister, but the minister doubts the king first."

Chen Yi hurriedly kowtowed like garlic: "I deserve ten thousand deaths for my crimes! But even though I was confused for a moment, I never intended to do so! Please learn from me." In this feudal era, the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die. Disrespect, decapitation.

Although he had thought about the identity of Concubine Xie Wanying, he still remembered that she was indeed innocent at the time, but he would also think about the rumors about the background of the Chen family's daughter-in-law in the Jiangnan area, and how everyone would think of him .

Even a nominal concubine is different from a boudoir girl.He would also think about whether she was also looking forward to the saint's favor in those years.Being provoked by her mother and Mrs. Zhang, and also greedy for Mrs. Zhang's purity and gentleness, it makes logical sense to be half-pushed and half-hearted.

Xing Xiuyan sneered: "I have never prevented my ministers from accepting concubines, nor my daughter-in-law's filial piety, but the methods have been so lowly, it can be seen that your Chen family resents this marriage. And the instigator of this is Ben Gong, I am sorry you."

Chen Yi's back was already wet, and he said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Although this minister is confused, he definitely has no such intentions."

Xing Xiuyan said: "Marriage is a matter of your love and my willingness, so I don't plan to pursue your marriage. But your Chen family is big in Zhejiang, and the children and in-laws of the clan say everywhere that the Chen family represents this palace. Liangba City..."

Chen Yi kowtowed and said: "I have been an official in Sichuan for a long time, but I have neglected to manage the family, please forgive my sin!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "The tree has dead branches. I don't think you can know all about it. You still made contributions in the Pingnan War. I will give you a chance. You will take half a year's leave, hand over the things in hand, and return to your hometown. Let's deal with the family affairs first. If someone says it represents me, I will invite you to meet my relatives and elders."

Chen Yi kowtowed: "My humble minister, thank you for your kindness!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "If Xie Wanying is willing to reunite with you, it would be good, but if she doesn't want to, it will be hard to chase after the husband once said, let alone written in black and white? You can hire another beautiful woman."

Hearing this, Chen Yi couldn't refute it, so he had to say yes, saying: "I have owed the grace of the saint, and please don't get mad at yourself for the matter of the humble minister. The humble minister is unworthy. From now on, I only wish to be loyal to the saint and the empress. To repay the emperor's favor."

Xing Xiuyan put his left hand on the table, tapped slightly, and said, "You and I have known each other for more than ten years, and I know what you think. There are many poor scholars in the world who have been poor for ten years, and only Bi Zijian passed the imperial examination. Whoever makes such great feats can't surpass the third rank in a lifetime. You are now living at the second rank, and you often feel that your talents are not met, and you are not satisfied because you are too smooth."

"Weichen... I know that I am blessed by heaven, so I dare not think about it."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "Wen, you are not as good as Duan Zhi, Wu, you are not as good as Wu Dafu and the others. You see that Duan Zhi is not convinced that he can be a feudal official, why don't you see that he passed the Jinshi examination three years ago, and this time he is the governor. Do you think it's just my support? This is the first and second rank, so how many capable people are fighting for it. In addition to the reputation of character and ability, it also depends on fate, and how much help his father-in-law Wang Ziteng has helped. How many joints have been opened up by walking. For 30 years or even longer, the imperial court and cabinet cannot allow people who are not from Jinshi to serve as officials in the frontier. It is Sichuan. , It is said that no one in the court should be an official. If you leave Sichuan, you will be unable to move an inch. As for the Donglin Party in the former dynasty, it was beaten so badly as early as Taizong's time. If your Jiangnan consortium wants to use money to disrupt the government, it is the crime of punishing the clan. gone."

There is no Donglin Party chaotic government, so there are honors, and honors are also dead in the original book period.Emperor Taizong hated the Donglin Party the most. The merchant consortium used money to control the Chaotang Party, which was to copy the house, because the dynasty still used honors to balance the Qingliu, and it was easy to control which faction's home it wanted to copy.In fact, according to the official history, although 1 people in the Manchu Qing Dynasty are not good, it is impossible for the Donglin Party and others to mess up the government. Can do practical things obediently.

Chen Yi was wiping away his cold sweat. This was no longer the calm and stunning girl in his memory, but the Queen of Great Zhou, who was determined to kill her.

Xing Xiuyan said: "No matter how special an exception is made in Sichuan, it is still Sichuan in the Great Zhou Dynasty. You are blinded and can't see Mount Tai. You only want to take advantage of Sichuan's special opportunity to smash all the rules. No one, including me, will allow it. You Although you are in a high position but your foundation is too shallow, you are married to the Xie family, you have the opportunity in Sichuan, and you also have in-laws to help you in the court. 'Long-term strategy'. You should reflect on your own life. If you sincerely plead guilty, restrain your selfish desires, and strictly manage your family, it is all for yourself. Don't think it is for the sake of me. I don't need you to do these things. Of course you won’t be rewarded for it.”

Her heart is like a mirror, Chen Yicai feels fear, but there is a little relief in the fear, companions are like companions to tigers, but she can say this, at least it shows that she has no intention of abandoning him now.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Being an official is the same as being a human being. You have to walk step by step. Even if you want to fly, the good wind will send me to Qingyun by force, and you must have the wind and wings. When you walk out of Sichuan, you should also be good." Look at how scholars in this world are officials, learn more and think more, since you have a karma with me, I still hope that you and my ministers will start well and end well."

This is the end of the story, in fact, in the eyes of the Jinshi, he was squeezed out like a merchant, and he didn't make good use of his in-laws in front of him. In fact, he was very fragile.If something happened in the family, if someone attacked him, the Chen family could collapse at any time.

It is even more difficult for him in the officialdom than Wu Dafu and the others, because Wu Dafu and the others have military power and fought on the battlefield.He is also a soldier, but a civilian.

The civilian staff of the Dazhou military can also be regarded as civil officials, such as those in the Ministry of War, most of whom are Jinshi.

"My minister...obey the order!"

Xing Xiuyan held the tea bowl and said calmly, "Kneel down."

Chen Yi went out as if his soul had come out of his shell, and Xie Wanying went out of the inner room, kneeling on the ground to thank her.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Actually, if you go back now, he probably won't dare to bully you again for the rest of your life."

Xie Wanying said: "I don't want to rely on my husband's awe of his mother to be a wife."

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "In fact, don't many women in the world come here like this? After a few years, the relationship between husband and wife can still be re-established, even if there are one or two concubines, but when you have a child, your thoughts are all on the child. .”

Xie Wanying asked stubbornly: "Dare to ask my mother, if... the saint treats you like this, will you go back?"

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help laughing, and said to himself: How far can you go?

Xie Wanying sighed: "The Chen family's style is like this, it's a good thing that I get out early."

Of course, Xing Xiuyan has received reports from Jin Yiwei in recent years, but she thinks that Chen Yi doesn't know much, and she still needs him, and she also cares about some old feelings.After all, just like the Jia family, the subordinates are evil. In fact, Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian couldn't control them.

Because of Chen Yi's affairs, the queen went out in Weifu, and she didn't go out until ten o'clock.

Xing Xiuyan dressed up as a man and took her daughter for a walk in Nanning City.Because of the war, Nanning, which was originally only a prefecture-level city, experienced a deformed prosperity.

Merchants, board and lodging and other service industries have grown several times, and now it is convenient for them to go shopping. Only the guards follow in low clothes, so they must be very careful.

The mother and daughter also want to buy some southern country gifts and specialties for Tu Yuanyi, Tie Zhu, and Da Zhu.In Thang Long City, all the Annan people were slaughtered or driven away, and the local area was left to waste, and there were no special products to buy.On the contrary, many treasures from the original imperial palace were presented to her. She picked out a few of them, and then put them into the public to convert silver, which was used as a reward and pension.

The mother and daughter picked a few pieces of strong brocade as souvenirs for the child's father and brothers, and bought some dried longan as snacks on the road.Originally, the accompanying waiters could do this, but the joy of shopping for this woman is rare.

"Mother, when we return to Beijing, we won't be able to ride elephants anymore."

"Are you reluctant?"

"Not only I can't bear it, Pan'er can't bear it either."

Xing Xiuyan smiled slightly: "Then don't you want to go back to Beijing?"

Tu Yuanyuan thought for a while and said, "That won't work either."

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "When your second aunt and I left Yangzhou, we were also so reluctant, but there are always new things waiting for you in your life. You have this memory is your most precious thing."

Tu Yuanyuan's youthful heart, but asked again: "Is Yangzhou fun? It is said that the fireworks will go down in Yangzhou in March. It should be a very prosperous place. I really want to go and see it."

Although Xing Xiuyan was strict, he still loved his daughter, and said: "I heard that the northern border is not peaceful now, your father and the emperor will go to the army personally, after the war, our family will go and have a look."

Tu Yuanyuan couldn't help worrying, and said: "Father doesn't know what's going on, let's return north quickly and help Father and the others."

Xing Xiuyan teased and laughed: "Oh? Is our Yuanyuan still the heroine Hua Mulan? Can you help your father fight?"

Tu Yuanyuan said angrily: "Mother, don't laugh at me! I also want to reunite with my father and brothers as soon as possible."

Xing Xiuyan sighed and said, "Northern Xinjiang is not easier to fight than the south."

Tu Yuanyuan said: "Are the Tartars very vicious? Worse than the Annan people?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Your father has the ambition to recover the former Ming Dynasty's homeland outside the pass, but the later gold has already been operating outside the pass, and the cold weather in the north makes it difficult to march."

Tu Yuanyuan said: "The famous general Lan Yu of the former Ming Dynasty was from Anhui in the south. Didn't he also go on an expedition to the Northern Yuan? It is true! It is said that during the Taizong period of this dynasty, heroes came out in large numbers, but the sons and ministers saw nothing more than the four kings and eight princes. It’s hard to support alone, so we can only manage Liaodong.”

Xing Xiuyan let out a hey hey and said, "Little girl has such a big heart!"

Tu Yuanyuan said: "Father is no less wise and martial than Zhu Yuanzhang, it's normal for Father to have such ambition."

Xing Xiuyan: "In war, people always die."

Tu Yuanyuan said: "But one battle can determine the fate of the country for 300 years, and these sacrifices have to be paid."

Xing Xiuyan looked at her daughter in amazement. She was supposed to take her to practice, but she overcame the bleeding to death. That day Annan assassin sneaked into Shenglong Palace, and she also killed someone with her own hands. She is no longer that little girl and princess.

But her mother, but also belatedly.The triplets were raised together since they were young, and the princess also went to study in the minister's study. She and Tu Yuanyi often taught her personally. The spirit of the proud girl of today is also influenced by her eyes and ears, which is not the same as that of ordinary ladies.

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "Xing, the people suffer, death, the people suffer!"

Tu Yuanyuan said: "Mother's empress is even more soft-hearted now. Houjin has lived outside the customs for a long time, and the danger of chaos and chaos hangs over his head. It's not that the people are suffering or not, and it doesn't matter whether they will live or not. How many times did the emperor complete?" The last wish of our ancestors to rule the world is to love the people."

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help smiling, Tu Yuanyuan was already in the year of the golden hairpin, maybe she was in the rebellious period.Of course she would not do anything disobedient, but she dared to express her views boldly and refute others, including her mother.

Tu Yuanyuan was also keen on the imperial court's foreign military use, but unfortunately she was too young, and their parents couldn't let her take risks.

To say that she is basically qualified as a battalion commander at this time.It is said that Ci does not control soldiers, and that day she led the guard battalion to forcefully rush through the Anguo assassin camp, and many people died, she did not know it, but she could do it.

I really want to look at my daughter with the eyes of an adult, but there is something wrong with her daughter being so "excited".

Xing Xiuyan originally wanted to mention that "fame and wealth in the world are like floating clouds", but he thought that he was still unstoppable, and young people always have their own paths.Just like she and Tu Yuanyi grew up through setbacks, some things need to be experienced by themselves.

Tu Yuanyuan murmured again: "Since the end of Ming Dynasty, it has been more than a hundred years since the separation of the Guanwai and the Central Plains, and it should be over."

Xing Xiuyan looked at the blue sky and thought to herself: It's all a mistake in their education. She and Tu Yuanyi's geography education to the juniors, even if they don't actually control some areas, they still claim to have sovereignty "since ancient times".Because of this, when their juniors appear on the stage, they can advance to attack and retreat to defend.

In fact, people in later generations also misunderstood it, including Sun Yat-sen in his early years, thinking that outside the customs did not belong to China.In fact, the Han, Tang, and Ming dynasties all had sovereignty over most of the land outside the customs.With such power and unrecovered land outside the Great Zhou, it is not truly unified.

Therefore, Tu Yuanyi is determined to fight for gold, and no one can stop him. Although he was convicted in Liaodong, he also used the name of "recovering his homeland".

Chaowen Wu can also get a glimpse of his ambition no less than Emperor Taizong, and the Qianyuan officials also have the ambition of "famous officials in the prosperous age", most of them are main fighters.