History of Yongwu

Nanshan Palace

Since Emperor Wu ascended the throne, the place has become more and more peaceful. It seems that someone is deliberately creating a harmony for the people who live in it.But it is actually difficult for the world to understand that the peace created in a piece of land is actually a cage, a cage built by people's hearts for themselves, and they are bitterly unwilling to let themselves go.

Ji An walked up the long imperial steps slowly with small steps, gently pushed open the palace door, and found Nangong Yuliang looking northward in the side hall without accident.

"Ji'an" Nangong Yuliang heard the sound of the door and said, "The snow in the capital seems to be a bit heavy this year. You said that the sacrifice to the sky may go smoothly for a few days?"

"I think it is possible. After all, this is not the first time that the capital has snowed heavily." Ji An smiled, and said after hesitation, "However, His Majesty has now entrusted the sacrifice and other matters to His Royal Highness King Jin, and I am afraid that he will not go there in person."

"It doesn't matter. Afterwards, there will be spring sacrifices, clan sacrifices, and four seasons sacrifices. His Majesty will never let Qin Sheng go on his behalf, and will always preside over it himself."

Nangong Yuliang smiled and turned around to sit on the opposite short couch. Ji An opened his mouth to say something, but finally gave up.What did the Empress Dowager look forward to? He understood that the New Year's Ceremony should go with the Empress Dowager as a rule, so that the Empress Dowager could meet Her Majesty, but... who would mention the Empress Dowager now!

Even His Majesty, never had a single word.

"Jian, where is my flute?" Nangong Yuliang suddenly asked while sitting there, looking around in a panic.

ah!Ji An snapped back to his senses, walked quickly to the side cabinet, took out the purple jade flute that was carefully kept in the drawer, and handed it to Nangong Yuliang with both hands.

"The slave saw you put it on the table, so he put it away"

"Look at my memory, why have I been so forgetful recently?" Nangong Yuliang took the jade flute and looked north through the window for a while. "Let's go, let's practice the flute."

"Yes"

At the foot of the mountain, a sentry horse galloped quickly from the official road, and he arrived at the gate of the palace in a short time. He jumped off the horse quickly, with some confusion in his steps, and strode towards the palace.

"Where is General Yue?"

"Who?" Yue Hong happened to be patrolling here, and walked over quickly when he heard the voice, "Huh?" He was surprised when he saw the person coming. He knew this person. In charge of His Majesty's bodyguard.

"General Wu, what's the hurry?"

General Wu's face was tense, and he walked quickly to Yue Hong's side, and grabbed his arm regardless of etiquette, "General, take a step to speak."

Yue Hong's heart skipped a beat, he glanced at the room beside him, and led him in quickly.

"What's the matter with the general? But what's your majesty's secret order?"

General Wu's face became tense again, and he suddenly couldn't hold back the silence for a moment, and knelt down on the ground with a thud, the expression on his face finally became sad and unbelievable.

"General Yue, Your Majesty... is dead!"

"..." Yue Hong's eyes widened suddenly, he took a step back and stared at him, unable to speak for a long time.

The room was silent, as if digesting the news, or waiting to wake up from a dream.

"Impossible! Impossible!" Yue Hong stepped in front of him, pulled his skirt and said, "How is it possible? Not long ago, His Majesty summoned me, how could it be!"

General Wu lowered his head halfway, his eyes fell on the ground, and he frowned. "General...it's true!" When we arrive at the palace, we will preside over the overall situation together with His Royal Highness King Jin."

Zhao Zhiping, Xue Fu, the overall situation, Yue Hong slowly let go of his hand, and he also looked at the blue bricks on the ground, suddenly remembering the last time His Majesty came to Nanshan Palace.

'I'm gone'

Your Majesty... Yue Hong's eyes turned red for a moment, he took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, "General Wu, what order do you want Yue Hong to do?"

"General Yue, Zhao Shangshu secretly ordered the villain to go out of Beijing to tell the general that His Royal Highness King Jin is about to succeed to the throne, but he was afraid that the villain had ulterior motives, so he asked the general to keep a close watch on the Nanshan Palace and never allow the queen mother to leave, let alone anyone to meet the queen mother, especially ··King Jianning outside"

"I understand." Yue Hong stood up, straightened his expression, and said with a very serious face, "Please rest assured, Xue Xiang and Zhao Shangshu, Yue Hong will firmly guard the Nanshan Palace until the position is stable."

General Wu looked at him, nodded, turned and strode away, Yue Hong looked at his back, his brows trembled, he stood under the eaves and looked north.

Just now he was a minister of His Majesty, but in an instant, that person who traveled thousands of miles of rivers and mountains was gone.

"Empress Dowager..." Nan Sheng quickly ran up the steps, pushed open the palace door and ran inward without stopping, "Empress Dowager!"

"What's the matter?" Nangong Yuliang stood up, looked at him strangely and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Suddenly there are more guards in the palace. Palace people are not allowed to move around at will. General Yue seems to have sent heavy troops to surround the empress dowager's bedroom."

Her heart beat faster, Nangong Yuliang pursed her lips, grabbed the purple jade flute at the side, glanced at Nan Sheng, and strode out of the hall.

The soldiers at the door of the "Queen Dowager" suddenly knelt down, "General Yue ordered the ministers to wait to protect the Queen Mother"

"What needs such protection?" Nangong Yuliang lowered his eyes, looked at him and said, "I want to see General Yue."

"General Yue has something important to do, so I can't see him for the time being."

"Then I'll go see him"

As Nangong Yuliang said, he took a step forward, and the soldier suddenly stood up and stood in front of him, lowering his head and saying, "The Queen Mother, don't embarrass the villain."

"You!" Nan Sheng took a step forward, but was stopped by Nangong Yuliang, "Okay, tell General Yue, because of our old friendship, please ask him to see me." Nangong Yuliang said kindly, and returned to the hall.

The hall was silent, Nan Sheng stood behind him, hesitantly said, "Queen Mother, could it be..."

"No." Nangong Yuliang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty won't hurt me. I'm afraid someone outside is causing trouble for His Majesty, or..." He stopped suddenly, discarding that terrifying and strange idea.

Beside Yuhu Lake, Nangong Yuliang scanned everything in front of him, saw a figure by the lake brighten up, and ran over quickly.

"His Majesty"

"Yu Liang..." Qin Yu turned around and looked at him in surprise, and asked with a smile on his lips, "Why are you in the palace? Didn't I let Yue Hong watch you and not allow you to come out?"

"Your Majesty" Nangong Yuliang stood not far from him, stared at him for a while and said, "Can we meet at the New Year's ceremony?"

"No, I can't go." Qin Yuhexi looked at him.

Nangong Yuliang frowned, but he wasn't sad in his heart. Perhaps this person was standing in front of him, and he couldn't be sad. He raised the corners of his mouth again, showing a very gorgeous smile.

"It doesn't matter, there are Spring Festivals, Clan Ceremonies, and a lot of time, I can always see you"

puff!Qin Yu laughed, and kept looking at him with a smile, "Have you brought your flute?"

"Bring it." Nangong Yuliang searched around, "Do you want to hear it?"

"I... I don't know the rhythm, would you like to play it for me?"

Of course, others couldn't understand, Nangong Yuliang blew a scale, and his eyes suddenly went dark.He opened his eyes and looked at the gently shaking green gauze curtain above his head, a teardrop slipped from the corner of his eye, and all the sadness poured into his heart at once.

"I haven't finished playing yet"

For two days, Nangong Yuliang waited in the hall for two days before Yue Hong finally appeared. In the main hall, he looked at the serious Yue Hong.

"General, why seal the palace?"

"This matter will eventually be done according to orders." Yue Hong avoided answering.

Nangong Yuliang frowned, walked down slowly from his seat, stood in front of Yue Hong, and helped Yue Hong with his shoulders drooping, "General, Nanshan Xinggong, you and I have been together for a long time, the general sees my every move now." , I won't... I won't trouble His Majesty, so... please tell me"

"This..." Yue Hong pursed his lips.

"General" Nangong Yuliang tidied up his sleeves and saluted solemnly and asked, "But someone is using me, making Your Majesty bothered again?"

Your Majesty can no longer be bothered now, Yue Hong suddenly burst into grief, he helped Nangong Yuliang "Don't do this, Queen Mother"

"General..."

The "Queen Dowager" Yue Hong's lips moved, and said hesitantly, "In fact, His Majesty is sick, that's why it happened." Yue Hong still chose to hide everything, and now everything has to wait for King Jin to ascend the throne before he can announce it to the world.

"Ill?" Nangong Yuliang looked at his expression, suppressed the panic in his heart and said, "Is Your Majesty seriously ill?"

"Martial law in the capital, the final general has not received any news, but wants to come..." Yue Hong was interrupted when he was about to say something.

"Martial law!" Nangong Yuliang's face changed drastically, and he took a step back, "Martial law! Sick... fell ill!"

"The queen mother?"

Nangong Yuliang is no longer that simple priest of Tianshen Palace, he can easily read the truth from Yue Hong's flashing words and cryptic expressions, what disease requires martial law in the capital, and even requires heavy guards to guard the Nanshan Palace, unless...

"General Yue" Nangong Yuliang suddenly grabbed Yue Hong's arm tightly, "I want to see him, I can save him"

"Empress Dowager" Yue Hong took a step back and said nothing.

"I'm not the queen mother, I'm not!" Nangong Yuliang waved his arms, never wanting to hear these two words.

Yue Hong shut his mouth and didn't speak anymore, just stood still at the door, Nangong Yuliang took a step forward, and knelt down.

"General Yue, I beg you, I just want to see him, I just want to see him, I can save him... I can..."

Yue Hong hurriedly knelt down and supported Nangong Yuliang, "The queen mother... the last general really can't, the queen mother..."

"I'm not the Queen Mother! No!!!"

Nangong Yuliang pushed him away and ran to the door, Yue Hong hurriedly chased him out, on the imperial steps, he firmly stopped Nangong Yuliang, not letting him take a step forward.

"General Yue, I have something to tell him, it's very important"

"But" Yue Hong hesitated, bowed his head and said, "The general will not let you leave"

"But I still have something to say to him, he should know, he should..." Nangong Yuliang wanted to say something, Ji An suddenly appeared under the imperial steps, looking up at the two "Queen Dowager"

"What?" Ji'an couldn't bear it, Nangong Yuliang was frightened for a while, and his voice trembled uncontrollably.

"There is a decree from the capital, Your Majesty, you are dead!"

"No...no...impossible"

Nangong Yuliang looked at the sky, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue and white clouds, if the prince died, how could there be such a good weather.

"Queen Mother!" Yue Hong screamed, and supported the fainted Nangong Yuliang.

In the darkness, Nangong Yuliang told himself over and over again that it was impossible, how could the prince be dead, absolutely impossible!

Prince, I haven't told you yet, I really want to be with you, don't care about etiquette, don't care about the world, I just want to see you.

I haven't told you yet, I'm sorry for you, I haven't compensated you yet, how can you die!

Opened his eyes, Nan Sheng and Ji An stood by the bed, "Where is the prince? I want to see him"

"Queen..." Ji'an seemed to want to comfort him, but he couldn't find any words.

No matter how Nangong Yuliang denied it, Emperor Wu was indeed dead. He died on a warm winter day. The sun was shining brightly on that day, with blue sky and white clouds. It was the same as the day when he learned the bad news. There was no difference because of the departure of an emperor.

The new emperor has ascended the throne, and he will be taken back to the palace and live in an imposing palace, which has shown that the emperor is benevolent and respects filial piety,

In the darkness, Nangong Yuliang sat in front of the window, hugging his knees and looking out of the window.

Why have I never dreamed of you?Why... But it doesn't matter, if you don't come, I will go find you!

"My lord, I have something to tell you"

I want to tell you, I shouldn't care about those hypocrisy, if I knew... I knew that you would leave so soon, even if the world spurned me, even if you hated me, I would not leave you half a step away.I shouldn't have left you alone in the palace, I shouldn't have let you go away alone in darkness and loneliness.

With a bang, the bronze wine bottle fell to the ground crisply, and Nangong Yuliang fell down on the couch with a smile on his face.

In the first year of Daxing, five days after the death of Emperor Wu, the Empress Dowager Nangong Yuliang of Xuande died of illness suddenly. She left a message on her deathbed and was buried in the west of Emperor Xuan's Mausoleum.To the west of the Mausoleum of Emperor Xuan, it is far away from the Mausoleum of Emperor Wu.