Once magnificent, now brilliant

When the emperor received those collaborating letters, he didn't get angry, and he didn't even mention it to others. He just sat silently in the imperial study for a whole day without seeing anyone.

In the evening of the next day, the emperor went to the palace of the great emperor.

Rong Hong's health has improved a lot, and now Beijing has warmed up, which is also more beneficial for Rong Hong's recuperation.

"Sit down, I will talk to you." The emperor said to Rong Hong as usual.

Rong Hong then took the seat where the emperor was his subordinate, "I heard from Eunuch Li that my father is busy with government affairs these days, and my sons and officials are not easy to disturb. My father should take good care of his body."

"I will." The emperor sipped his tea, "Now that the front court and the harem are in chaos, I can't help but feel tired. But apart from the big problem of the leftist party, it's worth it no matter how tired you are."

Rong Honglue thought for a while and asked, "What do you want to do with the third brother?"

The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Do you want to beg for him?"

"I don't dare. The third brother harmed the army, which is an unforgivable crime. It's just that you saved face with the left minister. The empress is also in the middle palace, so you must always take care of one or two."

What Rong Hong said is correct, but for those who are interested, it is unavoidably too much temptation.

"I must give an explanation to the soldiers who died at the border, otherwise the morale of the army will be uncertain, and Dachuan will be restless." His words have already sealed the end of the third prince.

"Father Huang Shengming." Rong Hong also secretly breathed a sigh of relief - for him now, the only opponent left is Rong Cang.

For Rong Cang, Rong Hong didn't take it too seriously.Rong Cang has never been considered outstanding, and he has no relatives who are profitable. He does things well on weekdays, but he doesn't get much appreciation, so it's not enough.His body is not comparable to Rongcang, but behind him is a noble concubine.Although Concubine De Gui's family background is not as big as the queen's, it should not be underestimated.As long as these people are willing to support him, he still has a great chance of winning.As for the child, it's not too late for him to sit in that seat first.

The emperor looked at Rong Hong for a long time, his eyes were very calm, just like an ordinary father looking at his child.

Rong Hong was a little dazed, "What is Father looking at? Is there something on my son's face?"

The emperor smiled, shook his head and said: "You look like me, and you also look like your mother's queen. Looking at you, I will always think of your mother's queen."

Rong Hong also showed a little smile, it was in his best interest for his father to miss his mother.

The emperor stayed for a while, and said: "Your mother is a kind and gentle person. Based on her expectations of you, she probably hopes that you will live a smooth and safe life. I have already chosen a marriage for you. I am the daughter of the prefect of Jiangzhou. , who is just twenty, should be more stable than the younger ones."

Rong Hong probably didn't notice it himself, but the emperor has already seen the disbelief in his eyes.

Rong Hong was indeed fooled, he never thought that his father, who had chosen thousands of choices, actually chose such a marriage that didn't match for him.Jiangzhou is located in a remote place, and the place is not big. Even the magistrate has no real power in his hands except to manage one side's affairs, and the magistrate reports on his duties once every three years.He still remembered that the prefect of Jiangzhou was newly transferred last year, and his previous position was lower. Even if he had a chance to be promoted, it would be two years later, and he couldn't wait!

The emperor pretended not to notice anything, and continued to say: "You are not in good health, a warm place is more conducive to your recuperation. I plan to make you the King of Le and entrust you with Nanbin. There is no winter over there, so it would be perfect for you to go .”

"Father..." Rong Hong's voice trembled, he didn't know why everything went smoothly, but suddenly deviated from his expectations.

The emperor smiled lightly and said: "Hong'er, you are the son of me and the empress Yuan, I value you, and naturally hope that you will live a safe life. That's it, I will issue an order tomorrow, and you will also prepare to leave Beijing earlier."

Without further words, the emperor got up and walked out.

Rong Hong suddenly shouted: "Father, whether you really love me or just pretend, I really can't tell."

The emperor didn't care if he spoke out of proportion, "Of course I really love you."

"Then why are you doing this to me?! What am I doing

What's wrong?Just because I'm not in good health, won't you even give me a chance? !This body was given to me by you and the queen mother, not by myself! "Rong Hong coughed a few times, and became short of breath.

The emperor naturally understood what the "opportunity" he meant, and because he knew it, he was extremely disappointed in his heart - the child he really loved, in the end, all he valued was this position.

"Rong Hong, you didn't choose the status of your prince." The emperor's voice cooled down, "If you have a good body but live in an ordinary family, do you want to complain about that person because of your lack of ambition?" Didn't you choose the mediocre home?"

"Father...you can't treat me like this..." Rong Hong's tone became pleading.

The emperor looked at him indifferently, "Rong Hong, since the day you conspired with Violent Wolf, you have ruined your future."

Rong Hong was shocked, he didn't expect the matter to be exposed.The army at the border has dropped a lot because of Rong Li's relationship, and he thought that Violent Wolf's chances of winning would be greater.

"Rong Hong, I rewarded you with the private seal you stamped on the letter. One winter, you accidentally fell on the snow and knocked a crack on the seal, so the crack was still there when you stamped it, right? It's impossible to fake it. I didn't kill you because of the love between father and son for many years and the guilt towards your mother. I have done my best to you. I will not mention this matter to the outside world, and you can't put it away either. You should have the thought to do it yourself.”

Rong Hong slumped on the chair, his eyes completely lost - his life was decided like this.

When Qi Xiang returned to Beijing, he immediately read the letter from Eunuch Li.

It would save him from asking again.But after reading it, he didn't feel anything else. What he was upset about was always what happened to him, his mother, and Liang Fu. Others, even his father, couldn't arouse half of the water in his heart.

During his absence, Steward Pan also told him about the matter in Beijing. The third prince asked to be killed in three days. The great emperor had already left Beijing for the fief. But he remained expressionless.

"The emperor still cares about the relationship between father and son." Because of the empress Yuan, and because of the guilt towards the eldest prince, the emperor finally showed mercy.

"Is this the same as letting the tiger go back to the mountain?" Pan Butler couldn't understand.

Qi Xiang smiled lightly and said: "I didn't rebel at the beginning, but the rebellion may be even lower in the future. Since Concubine Degui just sent each other off and didn't want to follow, even if she understood the situation, there was no need to involve herself in it. Concubine Degui didn't Conspiring with the Eldest Prince, the chance of the Eldest Prince to stand up is basically gone. In addition, the marriage that the Emperor chose for him is too ordinary, so it should be like this in this life."

Another point is that although Nanbin is good, it is too far away.With the eldest prince's body, if he doesn't rest for a year or so after arriving there, he may not be able to recover.It can be said that it is impossible for such a person to prepare everything in a few years before returning to Beijing.

"In this way, the fourth prince's throne should be stable, right?" Pan Butler sighed.

Qi Xiang was still as cautious as ever, "Until the last moment, no one can say for sure."

On the day when the third prince asked to be killed, Qi Xiang didn't go to see it. He was not familiar with the third prince, let alone friendship.The matter of the father's generation was over, and he didn't intend to make trouble, so he didn't send the third prince off for the last time.

Of course, it was Mrs. Bai who asked him to eat, and he didn't care about anything else.

Bai Guanyou and Mrs. Bai didn't know that Qi Xiang and Que Shizhou had gone to look for Bai Junyu until Qi Xiang came back, and brought back news and letters from Bai Junyu.

Qi Xiang didn't say anything, but Bai Junyu told all about Qi Xiang's rescue of the army and him in the letter.Mrs. Bai really wanted to hold him in her hands and protect him, and the more she looked at Qi Xiang every day, the more satisfied she became, and the more she liked it.

When Bai Guanyou came back from the palace to discuss matters, he also brought back news about the empress, saying that the empress made a fuss in the palace, cursed the emperor, and stabbed the palace people. The emperor must consider abolishing the empress.

If the left minister is gone, and the third prince is gone, this group of forces will almost disperse because they have no central interests to pursue.Regardless of whether the queen knows what the third prince has done, as the mother of the third prince, it is impossible to sit back

Palace lord.

But now that the queen has been abolished, the successor should be Concubine Degui.Maybe Concubine De Gui also considered this, so she didn't follow the eldest prince, but chose to stand by the emperor's side.If Concubine Degui becomes the new empress, even if the four princes become emperors in the future, the new empress will be one of the legitimate empress dowagers, so there is no need to worry in this life.

A few days later, the army also returned to Beijing.A few days after Qi Xiang set off from the border, the emperor's imperial decree to let the army return to the court arrived, so he and Bai Junyu were actually separated for a few days.

Qi Xiang moved back to Qi's residence a long time ago, but before she "swept" the bed, she was abducted into bed by Bai Junyu who hadn't returned home.

Perhaps it was the result of the final decision that made them feel relieved. The two of them fought together day and night for three days before they finally stopped.Qi Xiang didn't want to move a finger anymore, and he didn't even wake up when Bai Junyu took him to take a bath.

At first, I thought I could have a good sleep and get rid of the tiredness on my body, but after I slept for an hour, before midnight, someone knocked on the door of the general's residence, saying that General Fengbei asked Bai Junyu to go back to the residence to change clothes Entering the palace, the emperor was assassinated.

This is not a trivial matter, even if Bai Junyu goes, it is useless, he should be there.So he had to let Qi Xiang go on sleeping alone, and hurriedly followed his father into the palace.

Almost all the ministers in the court were present, and after careful study, they realized that it was the empress who stabbed the emperor.

The emperor has already issued an edict to abolish the empress. Originally, the empress would be sent to the cold palace early tomorrow morning. Because of this, the palace people were negligent and let the empress take the opportunity to sneak out of the palace and go straight to the emperor's imperial study.The emperor was in a bad mood because of some recent events, so he didn't enter the harem, but slept in his own palace, so it wasn't hard to find.

Coincidentally, the emperor was irritable and bored, so he drove away the people around him and walked around by himself, watching the moonlight and blowing the breeze, which made him feel better.At this time, the queen rushed out suddenly and stabbed the emperor's chest with a pair of scissors.

The crazy laughter attracted Eunuch Li and the guards, only to find out that the emperor had been assassinated.

The queen was like a madman, saying that this is what the emperor deserves, so she should be buried with Rong Li.

The emperor was immediately carried back to the palace, and the imperial physicians rushed to treat him as best they could.

The queen was also pressed back into the palace, but she seemed to be really crazy, and the imperial physician didn't have time to control whether a deposed queen was really crazy or not, so she could only be locked up for now.

The imperial doctors diagnosed and treated for nearly two hours, and finally shook their heads, unable to recover.

The emperor lay weakly on the bed, and said to Eunuch Li: "Call...Call Rongcang...in..."

"Yes." Eunuch Li wiped his tears, took the imperial doctors down, and invited Rong Cang in.

Rong Cang knelt beside the bed with red eyes, "Father..."

The emperor's gaze flickers and disperses from time to time, and his voice is also very low, "Lao Liu, you are too young, and your aptitude is uncertain. Now, I, I have only your son who can inherit the throne. Tell me honestly, what happened to your brothers now? , how many have you touched?"

Rong Cang's expression remained unchanged, "Royal Father, the cause of everything is not because of the sons, but because of the greed of the elders, which ended up like this."

The emperor was silent for a moment, and said: "Yes, you have always been low-key and self-denying, and you don't fight or grab, but don't you really have no greed in your heart? I don't believe it, I don't believe that you don't have the slightest greed and covet for the throne. But... When you sit down In my position, you will find out that friends are not friends, and relatives are not relatives. At that time, do you still think this position is worth it?"

Rongcang was surprisingly calm, "Father, it's not that I don't have greed, but the word 'greedy' is not for my own glory. My Dachuan law has not changed for several years, even if some practices are extreme, yes It shouldn't be, but I still strictly abide by it. If things go on like this, what I get in exchange will only be the complaints of the people and the grievances of innocent people like Qi Xiang. My 'greed' is to seek a real justice, so that Everyone will no longer be unfair because of the law. The law is meant to protect fairness, and if it is unfair, it should be corrected, instead of blindly obeying and not knowing how to adapt."

Now that he has reached this point, he doesn't have to hold back some words in his heart, "Father, you said that my friends and relatives will become bad?"

This is what it looks like today.Indeed, if my identity changes, the people around me will naturally change too.But even if things change, as long as I trust them, they trust me too, and we remain the same.As for getting involved in power, people's hearts are not ancient, of course there are.But I believe that I pick my friends' eyes, and they are not that kind of people.As long as they don't hurt me with a knife, I don't suspect them. "

The emperor sighed softly, "I hope... everything will be as you imagined..."

Silently, the emperor took his last breath.

After the funeral of the first emperor, Rong Cang ascended the throne as emperor.He made his own mother and concubine the Empress Dowager, Taifu and Prime Minister Zuo, General Feng Bei as Marquis of Zhongning, Bai Junyu as General Protecting the Country, Xian Huan into the Ministry of Households, and Qi Xiang into the Ministry of War.

It's just that Qi Xiang and Xian Xuan resigned directly after the enthronement ceremony, expressing that they prefer a free life.Although Bai Junyu did not resign, he also told the new emperor to take a long vacation, saying that if the country is in trouble, he will return to the court to serve.At other times, he would just be a wandering wild crane, living a carefree life.

Rong Cang naturally understood their concerns, and he didn't force it. It took a long time to see people's hearts, and they still had a lot of time.

Qi Xiang went up the mountain on three knees and kowtowed nine times, and begged for a longevity tablet for Liang Fu. This is what he said before, and now is the time to do it.

In the temple, Que Shizhou is burning paper money for Liang Fu.Qi Xiang begged the elder to put the card on the table, and offered the incense himself, and then came to burn the paper with the master.

"Master, there is something I don't know whether to ask or not." Qi Xiang walked all the way, his knees and palms were broken, and his forehead was also red. He looked a bit embarrassed, but he was in good spirits.

"Just ask."

"Why did you help me back then?" Qi Xiang thought of many reasons, but never asked.The master was very kind to him, and he insisted on asking why, as if he felt that the master had other purposes.

But Shizhou smiled, and threw all the paper money in his hand into the brazier, "Qi Xiang, I am Liang Fu's uncle."

"What?" Qi Xiang was shocked, which he never expected.It's no wonder that whenever the master pays homage to Liang Fu, as long as the master is by his side, he will be with him.

"He is my sister's child, but something happened to my brother-in-law's family. When I arrived, there were dead bodies all over the place, and the child was gone. I have been looking for his whereabouts all these years. Unfortunately, when I found him, he was gone. "

Qi Xiang didn't know what to say, maybe it was a blessing for Liang Fu to grow up beside him with a smile, compared to knowing about the changes in his family?

But Shizhou went on to say: "Although I haven't seen him, I did find an earring belonging to my sister from among his belongings you kept. I made it myself and made it my sister's dowry. She often Wearing it, it is impossible to admit mistakes."

Liang Fu did have such a thing. He said that he didn't know whose it belonged to, but he had it with him since he was a child, and it might have something to do with his life experience.

"You used to mention him to me often. I know that he has been safe and happy with you these years, so I feel relieved. Since you have taken care of him on behalf of our family, and he gave his life to protect you like that, if I help you He protects you, and he will be happy if he knows it."

Qi Xiang's eyes were red, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

But Shizhou smiled and said: "There is no need to be sad, you have done enough for him. I don't have any other relatives around me, so I can count on you to take care of me in the future."

Qi Xiang nodded immediately, "Definitely. Just don't think Master doesn't take good care of me."

But Shizhou said: "Don't worry, even if you are old as a teacher, your health will definitely be better than yours, so you don't need to wait on me."

On the other side, Bai Junyu also asked Qi Xiang for a peace talisman in the Taoist temple again, hoping to continue to bless Qi Xiang with everything well.

Back at Qi's residence, Bai Junyu personally replaced the peace talisman on Qi Xiang.Give the old talisman to Bai Rudai and burn it in the temple.He also personally applied medicine to Qi Xiang's knees and hands.Feeling distressed, he knew that this was what Qi Xiang must do, so he would not stop it.

"The new house has been tidied up, we will set off when your little wounds heal over." Bai Junyu smiled.

He also bought a new house, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a quiet environment and a few plots of land to grow and play. He planned to take Qi Xiang to live there for a while, so that it would be convenient for Qi Xiang to recuperate.

"Okay. Yesterday Xianxuan came over and said that he wanted to open a branch for Cailuo, so we can take a look on the way."

"That's good." Qi Xiang should also save some private money for business, as long as Qi Xiang is willing, he will not stop it.

"Yesterday, Xianzheng discussed with me and said that he would come to us next month and ask us to make a small courtyard for him."

"Don't even think about it!" He didn't want others to disturb them.

Qi Xiang suppressed the smile on the corner of her mouth, "Didn't I want to grow some vegetables? It just so happens that he is here and can help us look after the vegetables, and we can go for a walk around."

"It makes sense." Bai Junyu immediately stopped objecting. Growing vegetables is actually quite hard work, he can't always let Qi Xiang do it, Qi Xiang can do it just by playing around.It would be appropriate for Youxian to help.

"Then it's settled." Qi Xiang stood up, "Let's go, Auntie's rose cake should be ready, I'll go eat some hot ones."

Bai Junyu smiled and asked, "Do you want me to carry you?"

"No, I can go."

Bai Junyu took his hand and said, "Then let's go."

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