Shuangjiao

Early in the morning, Wen Xueqing was awakened by bursts of crackling noises.

"It's early, little lady, the beginning of the new year, and a new beginning. May the little lady be safe and happy, and be healthy every year."

Seeing Wen Xueqing, the servants congratulated her on the new year.

"Morning," Wen Xueqing was also beaming, "There are rewards in the mansion today, if you finish your work earlier, you can go back earlier, just arrange the rotation of the night duty."

The smell of burnt firecrackers filled the air, and Wen Xueqing congratulated Wen Wulang: "It's another new year, and I hope my fifth brother will be promoted every step of the way, and everything goes well."

Wen Wulang smiled: "Today is Zhengdan, you should go home early after you finish your work. When I come back from Yuanhui, the two of us will have some good New Year's Eve together."

Wen Xueqing nodded. On behalf of Princess Lekang and the Wen family, she wanted to pay a visit to the various aristocratic families and send gifts to celebrate the new year.She will be in charge of all human relations this year.

Yesterday's New Year's Eve, the emperor hosted a banquet for all the officials, and this morning there was a yuan meeting. Many people who had a few drinks last night had to rub their foreheads and mutter to court.

Wen Wulang frowned, looked coldly at Baiguan's lazy appearance, and turned his head to the other side.

The dynasty has not yet started, and the emperor has not arrived, so the officials can take a break in the small hall, drink tea and talk quietly, killing time.

"Goro came so early again today."

Someone spoke to Ongoro.

"His Royal Highness." Wen Wulang saluted, "Isn't it right to come early?"

It's almost time, and most of the officials still haven't come.

King Li smiled: "Actually, it doesn't have to be so early, His Majesty will procrastinate."

Wen Wulang didn't answer, the morning time is always set, but the emperor is lazy, it is common to arrive late and leave early, although it may not be delayed for a long time, but it is delayed.

Fortunately, these days not only nothing big happens, but good things happen.

In the war between Wei and the Xiongnu, because the weather was getting colder and colder, and there was no exciting record, the soldiers on both sides were exhausted.The end of the new year is approaching, and the soldiers are homesick. Both sides hope to cease the war and start peace talks.

"Both sides didn't take advantage of anything." Li Wang looked relaxed. He naturally hoped that Wei Miao would not fight too badly in the main battle. Although he didn't win anything, the Huns didn't take advantage of this victory. There is no need to cede land and pay compensation after negotiating a peace.

"Although this battle is peaceful, it is not easy. We must not be weak when negotiating peace." Wen Wulang said.

King Li nodded: "Naturally. The barbarian is also worthy of Xiao Xiang's Central Plains?"

Wen Wulang was relieved. King Li participated in most of this battle. When he wanted to negotiate a peace, he had a great say. When the Huns envoys came to court, they would be much tougher.

The other officials in the small hall talked leisurely about Zhengdan, and some even made an appointment to celebrate and have a drink together when they came to court.

Wen Goro also relaxed a lot. There was no war, so he didn't have to be so tense. He just rejected the invitation of other officials.

King Li asked, "Does Wulang want to go home and be with his family?"

Wen Wulang nodded with a smile: "Your Highness knows, there is a little lady in my family."

In fact, his impression of King Li is not bad, and many times his thoughts even coincide with each other.After all, like most officials who eat vegetarian fish and meat, King Li is definitely wise and active.

It's just that sometimes the power struggle comes to the fore.

Wen Goro was a little dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing he could do.He will not try to change King Li's mind.

Emperor Yuanhui was three quarters late.

The officials below all understood it, but they also took it for granted. When the internal supervisor announced sharply that Yuan Hui could enter the main hall, they all held the jade kui and walked slowly towards the court.

Before entering the hall, Wen Wulang suddenly stopped and looked up into the sky.

"Wen Wulang, let's go! What are you doing in a daze?" A close colleague reminded Wen Wulang in a low voice, "Dachao can't be late."

Wen Goro came back to his senses, and glanced at the sky again, suddenly felt the pain was unstoppable, he lowered his head and blinked.

"What's the matter?" Liu Xiancong who was not far away also noticed Wen Wulang's abnormality.

Wen Wulang is an important figure of the Wen family staying in Luoyang. He has an unstable foundation and has always been close to Wen Wulang.

Wen Wulang's eyes were red, and the corners of his eyes were full of tears: "I just looked at the sun for too long, please forgive me."

Liu Xiancong said: "The court has begun, let's go quickly."

Wen Goro responded and stopped looking at the sky.

But, why does he feel that the sky seems to be darker?

===

"Did you discover it?"

Lingrou made a sound suddenly.

"It's much darker around here." Wen Xueqing said.

It is said that they are visiting to celebrate the New Year, but in fact Wen Xueqing does not need to visit the door one by one, some just need to send someone to deliver the festival gift to the door.

She only went to some necessary places, seeing that it was still early, she turned a corner and came to Ling Rou.

The Ling family has declined in Luoyang, and now there is only Ling Rou alone, and there are not so many people coming to visit in Zhengdan.

"When the Chinese New Year gets warmer and the river thaws, we will take a boat back to Linzhou." Wen Xueqing looked into Ling Rou's eyes and said firmly, "Let's go back together."

The tender hands in the sleeves were fisted, and Ling Rou restrained her trembling body: "Okay."

The atmosphere was calm and there was no tension.

"After I visited other people, there are some things left that I haven't given away, so I might as well give them all to you."

Wen Xueqing feels at home in Lingrou's place, very comfortable and comfortable.

In the past, Lingrou might have ridiculed Wen Xueqing, but now, she doesn't have much opinion, but is quite happy.

Wen Xueqing treated her like an outsider at all, that's why she did this.

Realizing this, Lingrou looked more pleasing to the eyes at the items Wen Xueqing sent.

"I remember I received a pair of dolls from you when I was in Linzhou before." Lingrou gestured with her hands, "The two little dolls made of clay were made by refugees who fled from refugees, right?"

Wen Xueqing thought about it, and there was such a thing.

At that time, she gave a lot of things to the people around her, especially Ling Rou had more things.

"I can't help it. No matter who makes Linzhou noble girls love to learn from you."

Speaking of the reason, Wen Xueqing didn't blush: "You see that you have collected things and can help refugees, what's wrong?"

"Those two little dolls," Ling Rou coughed, and was still a little tangled up when mentioning this, "Did you ask someone to make them?"

"One is me and the other is you."

The craftsman said that in order to thank him, he took the appearance of Wen Xueqing, and the other Wen Xueqing thought about how to send Ling Rou, so he drew Ling Rou to make it look like Ling Rou.

She has seen the finished product, and it is quite similar.

"Oh..." Ling Rou paused, and asked, "Then, how did you come up with this idea?"

She still remembered those two puppets, one of them smiled and looked at the other.The other is wearing a Chinese dress with a cloud bun, which is very upright.

Ling Rou felt that the doll in Chinese clothes was Wen Xueqing. At that time, she was annoyed that Wen Xueqing didn't look at her, so she took a bamboo basket to cover it so as not to be upset.

"How to do what?" Wen Xueqing was puzzled, "The craftsmen made it after my appearance."

Last year, her face was still a little round, but when she went out, she was stabbed by a servant girl, her face was full of childishness.After the finished product came out, she was still dissatisfied that Ling Rou was much more mature than her.

"I drew your appearance based on my impressions." Wen Xueqing said, "Your clothes are difficult to draw, and the craftsmen even complained that your clothes were not easy to make. At that time, I wasted a lot of effort."

Ling Rou was stunned: "What... what?"

Could it be that she has made a mistake all along?

Wen Xueqing said to herself: "You always have a serious face, and you are obviously only one year older than me. Why are you so old?"

Ling Rou was in a trance, unable to listen to what Wen Xueqing was saying.

So, Wen Xueqing has always been paying attention to her, but didn't she notice?

When she didn't know, Wen Xueqing looked at her in her own way, but she didn't realize it.

"Wen Xueqing...Zhenzhen..." Lingrou's throat was dry, "I...I..." My thoughts were in a mess, I wanted to say a lot, but I didn't know what to say.

She looked at Wen Xueqing again, the sky was dark, and Wen Xueqing on the opposite side had burning eyes, and she was still looking at her without blinking.

Wen Xueqing never took her eyes off her.

If everything in this world cannot escape this catastrophe, if it is doomed to lose all lives, and the order of rituals and music collapses, should she seize the opportunity and do something before all the catastrophes begin?

Ling Rou suddenly thought of this.

===

The originally bright and white sky darkened little by little, and a small black spot appeared silently and slowly expanded until it swallowed the entire sun.

"Yes...it's a solar eclipse!"

The people on the ground all exclaimed, their faces pale.

They were afraid but did not dare to move their eyes, they knelt down on the ground one after another, knocked heavily, tears streaming from their eyes.

The sun is the image of the ruler, and the order of the countries on earth corresponds to the order of the heavens. Just as the stars in the heavens are not as bright as the sun and are governed, the countries on the earth must also be ruled by the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, when the sun in the sky has a solar eclipse, it means that the emperor has lost his virtue and benevolence.

The ominous omen from the sky indicates that disasters are about to happen to the dynasty. At this time, the emperor can no longer just sit idly by and pretend that he didn’t see it. He must act immediately. , retrial, etc., and even Sangong will be convicted and killed for this.

As soon as the solar eclipse appears, the emperor will beat drums, and all officials will wear plain clothes to rescue and drive away the dog.

The emperor was beating the drums, feeling uneasy.

A solar eclipse is a minister who conceals the appearance of the emperor. Is this God's foretelling that a strong minister will be born, is it to cover up his light?

Under the gloomy sky, the Son of Heaven weakly beat the hammer and drum, panting.

He looked blankly at the officials below, Zhengdan solar eclipse, is...does it mean death?

This dynasty has lasted for a long time, and various ills have accumulated more and more. As the emperor at the center of power, he is powerless to do anything about it.

When he was young, he also thought about making great achievements, but...it was only when he really sat in this position that he realized that it was too difficult.

There are too many things to consider, the aristocratic family is a big wall, and the princes and kings are also watching. He dare not act rashly, for fear that the fisherman will benefit and lose the throne for nothing.

There was a lunar eclipse last year, and there is a solar eclipse at Zhengdan this year.

This made the emperor terrified, and the world was about to be in chaos, but it was still when he was the king.Not to mention how the later history books will judge him, just seeing the officials around him staring at him intently is enough for him to feel uncomfortable.

Working together, it stands to reason that it should get twice the result with half the effort.

The Son of Heaven stared blankly at the servants below who were spitting flying all over the place, with one hand resting on his forehead, his temples were throbbing with pain.

Everyone has their own little abacus, and they are united vertically and horizontally, and parties are fighting each other. Everyone is fighting for their own interests.

The emperor slowly closed his eyes... Maybe he is not very suitable to sit in this position?

He stretched out his hand to summon an inner eunuch, and the emperor discussed with him: "Why don't I abdicate, what do you think?"

The fly whisk in the inner eunuch's hand shook, and he looked at Xu Changshi on the other side.

"Is it... the emperor's grandson?" Xu Changshi bowed his waist and walked in front of the emperor.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense. He abdicated, but he would not lose power completely. Originally, Liu Xiancong was his favorite heir.

This disaster might be resolved just like this...

The emperor's grandson Liu Xiancong is the son of the crown prince, and he watched him grow up. He is filial and capable, so he will definitely be able to take on this great task!

"Your Majesty! Absolutely not!" Xu Changshi interrupted the emperor's absurd thoughts softly.

If the Son of Heaven abdicates in such a hasty manner, they, the internal eunuchs whom he single-handedly supported, will be liquidated by each family!

Xu Changshi knelt down and spoke sincerely: "The emperor's grandson is still young and his foundation is not stable. Now that the prince has just left, only the emperor's grandson and the princess are left behind. Does your majesty have the heart to make the emperor's grandson the target of public criticism?"