The Prosperity of Jingdi Chronicle

One pair for life people.

Wei Minxuan hugged the quilt and sat in the darkness, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.She thought of the man she loved deeply, who used to cling to her hand and write these seven characters with her stroke by stroke.How happy she was at that time, and how ironic she is now thinking about it.

That year, when she first fell in love, she was moved by his deep affection for not marrying, thinking that he would be her lover.

That year, she abandoned her family and relatives, regardless of her reputation, just to be able to follow him around.

That night, there was no parental blessing, no extravagant wedding banquet, there were only two elder brothers, a few strings of firecrackers, and a pair of red candles, but she did not regret it, and she was willing to spend the rest of her life because of his affectionate gaze on her under the candlelight. Never give up and support each other.

Then, what did she get?

Maybe a lot, first the title of princess, then the grand conferment ceremony of the queen, and the promise of the only person in a lifetime that makes all women in the world jealous.It was just a follow-up in times of adversity, and in exchange for the most respected status of women in the world, such a bargain deal, what is she dissatisfied with?

Yes, as long as she can ignore the years of deception, she can still be the happiest woman in the world.As long as she can not pursue when this deception started and when it will end, she can still deceive herself and others, and be happy forever.

But, how could it be, once the seeds of doubt were planted, it was only a matter of time before they would bear fruit.

She kept thinking, when did this deception start?When they met again, when they exchanged letters, when she hugged him and called "Googoo" when she was young, or earlier, when she was just born, all of them Already have clues?

Since it's a deception, there will always be an end. Maybe it's not too late for her to discover all this now, at least it's much better than when she realizes it when he is too lazy to deceive her again.

Thinking of this, Wei Minxuan tried to force a smile again, but the corner of her mouth twitched, and tears fell down involuntarily.

Perhaps, it was the greatest stupidity in her life to always believe that the man who chased power would treat her sincerely.

She has always believed that he loves her, loves her to the point that Feiqing will not marry him, loves her to the point that he will never change his life.But what about the facts?If you really love her, why would you disregard her face, disregard the Wei family's face, to disturb my uncle's sleep, to expose the hustle and bustle that was so hard to cover up, and once again put my uncle at the forefront of the Wei family? , Let the world criticize the past that has long been covered up.

Is this the so-called love for her from the man she loves deeply?Even if it is such a big matter related to the Wei family, he is unwilling to discuss it with her, and he does not want to consider her feelings and the feelings of the Wei family. When she begged hard, he still insisted on his own opinion, or even now, he no longer needs it. If you don't worry about anything anymore, you don't need to deceive her anymore?

Perhaps, this is the truth of the facts.

In this way, on that night when countless people could not sleep, she cried and laughed, and sat withered in the dark all night.

At dawn on the second day, the maid who was driven out by her last night came to ask her tremblingly: the emperor is waiting for her to have breakfast together.

Such familiar words, such natural gestures, as if their dispute last night, simply no longer exist.

"I'm not feeling well, Your Majesty please take care of yourself." Wei Minxuan didn't bother to move, and sent the maid away in a hoarse voice.

Now that this deception has come to an end, why should she go on deceiving herself and others, whitewashing the peace, and playing the empress's love, conjugal love, and taking on the false name that makes all the women in the world jealous?

If he has become a habit of acting in these years and is still interested in continuing to act in this drama that has lasted for decades, he can do as he pleases, but she will definitely not accompany her again.

From that day on, Empress Wei Minxuan locked herself in the Kunning Palace on the grounds of being unwell, and saw no one except the greetings of her sons and daughters, especially the emperor, who was always kept out of the door.

Half a year later, Wei Minwen helped the coffin back to Beijing.Until the day of the burial, the queen did not appear in front of people.

This is the first time in these years that the prince and concubine who were inseparable as husband and wife back then, the current emperor and empress, did not appear hand in hand on such an important day. No matter how the emperor blocks and suppresses them, only The news of the estrangement between the emperor and the empress quickly flew across the sky of the capital like a bird with wings, and as time passed, it flew to a place farther away in the dynasty.

Although the entire capital city was still immersed in the aftershocks caused by the emperor's burial order, the families with unmarried daughters of the right age turned their fiery eyes to the emperor himself.

According to the ancestral system, the standard configuration of the emperor's harem is one queen, four wives, nine concubines, 27 world wives and 81 royal wives. Of course, all the maids in the harem are actually the emperor's spare women.But now there is only one empress in the emperor's harem, and the other seats are all vacant. After such a calculation, I don't know how many people feel itchy in their hearts.

When the emperor and empress were deeply in love, everyone didn't dare to act rashly even if they had ideas. Besides, the emperor still needed the Wei family at that time, so the dispute between the prince and the side concubine ended with the superb performance of the prince not loving the country and loving the beautiful woman. When they won the favor of the late emperor, no matter how unwilling they were, they could only extinguish their hearts.

But now that the crown prince has successfully ascended the throne, the Wei family has already fulfilled their historical mission, and there is also such a coincidence that the emperor and empress are at odds. If they don't try to get the emperor's idea, I'm afraid even God won't agree.

In this way, Jing Ke soon fell into dire straits.In fact, he has been established as the prince for 20 years, and has been in charge of the country for a full ten years. Political affairs and so on have long been difficult for him. Many enthusiastic eyes in the court hinted in every possible way that he can also find a way to get rid of it, which really gave him a headache. Unfortunately, after so long, the queen still rejected him and never forgave him.

After countless times of eating breakfast, lunch and dinner alone and guarding an empty room alone, at the risk of being hit and ridiculed by someone and saying he deserved it, he still summoned someone for an idea.

"Don't you think that thin door panel can stop His Majesty?"

Wei Minwen's meeting etiquette was impeccable, and there was nothing wrong with the tone of his reply, but Jing Ke still heard the meaning from his words, such as "hypocrisy and hypocrisy.

"I'm afraid sister Xuan will be even more angry." The door really couldn't stop him, but the empress hadn't calmed down for so long, and his tough approach couldn't solve any problems, it would only make the relationship between them worse. worse.

"Come and think of a way." From the day Wei Minxuan married Jing Ke, the Wei family had already boarded Jing Ke's boat. Now that the boat has finally arrived at its destination, it is obviously a very stupid thing for the owner and his wife to quarrel. thing.

Back then Jing Ke needed this marriage with the Wei family, and now the Wei family also needs this marriage to continue to be happy.No matter how many grievances Wei Minxuan has, as the emperor's wife, the mother of princes and princesses, and the daughter of the Wei family, she has long lost the right to be willful. Since the emperor is bent on peace, it is time to end.

But even if Wei Minwen is the empress's cousin, it would be improper to go in and out of the harem, so the job of persuading him finally fell on his wife, Mrs. Qi, the Marquis of Yongning.

Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Yongninghou, is gentle and virtuous, but she is not a person who is good at words, but how to persuade, obviously someone has already taught her.Thousands of words converged into one sentence for this time's consolation: As the mother of princes and princesses, you have no right to be willful now, empress.

"Sister-in-law, do you know that many years ago, Brother Minwen said to me, 'You are the wife of the prince and the daughter of the Wei family. At this point, you have long since lost the right to be willful. The Wei family thinks about it.', and today, my brother told me that I should think about the princes. I understand these reasons, but I am so unwilling. Why do men always only have interests in their eyes, and women's tears are so important to them? In other words, it’s nothing at all?”

The so-called many years ago, to Wei Minxuan, it seems like only yesterday.

It was the spring of Hongqing's 35th year, the tenth year of her marriage, and the fourth year when her husband was made the crown prince.After ten years of marriage, if there is any regret, it is that they still have no children.

In Bozhou, which is far away from the capital, although she was anxious and tried to seek medical advice, she never regarded it as a life-threatening problem, not to mention that her husband was always by his side to comfort her and support her, which made her feel uneasy. Realize the seriousness of this problem.But when she returned to the capital, her husband was established as the crown prince, and after she became the crown princess, the problem of the crown princess's lack of heirs quickly rose to the level of state affairs.

The ministers in the court first forced the crown prince to abolish the crown princess on the grounds of having no heirs, and after being rejected, they began to force the crown prince to accept the side concubine. Later, the officials of the crown prince's east palace also joined the ranks of persecuting the crown prince, together with the crown prince's brothers They made waves, and in the end, this matter finally turned into a multiple-choice question for the beauties of the world.

At that time, her elder brother Minwen was only the son of the Marquis of Yongning, and he came to persuade her to take the initiative to accept the side concubine for the prince.He talked a lot at that time, but she only asked one question: Why should the achievements of men be paid for by the tears of women?

She is not reconciled, but so what if she is not reconciled, as the crown prince's wife and the daughter of the Wei family, at this point, she has no right to choose, she must consider the interests of the prince and the Wei family.

As long as she is willing to take the initiative to take the initiative to accept the side concubine for the prince, the prince will not be regarded as a perfidy, because he did not break the promise of the only person in his life. In this way, the precarious position of the prince can be preserved. The crisis is over.

She understood all these reasons. At that time, she loved her husband deeply and believed that her husband loved her deeply. Even if there were tears in her eyes, she would not shed them. Even if her heart was sad, she planned to do what brother Minwen said.

When she started to work on this matter, her husband told her that she would rather be abolished than let her be wronged. At that moment, she couldn't say anything other than throwing herself into his arms and crying bitterly.

Later, the crisis became apparent.

That day, when the prince went to the late emperor to announce the statement that was later envied by women all over the world, and he loved beautiful women more than the country, the late emperor, who had questioned the prince about what it meant for the royal family to have no heirs, was not furious. They didn't decree to abolish him on the spot, but just stared at him for a long time, and finally said "as long as you don't regret it" and sent him away.

Hongqing has been celebrating for 35 years. For the couple, every day is like a year.The prince will be deposed at any time, and she would rather bear the pressure of being complained by her parents than to let go of his hand and let another woman enter the prince's east palace, even if this woman is another daughter of the Wei family.The tougher the times, the better their relationship became, and by the following spring, when she found out she was pregnant, she cried again, this time with joy.In this way, until the day when her first child, the long-awaited grandson of the emperor, came to the world crying, the dark clouds hanging over their heads were finally blown away.

The birth of the emperor's grandson finally stabilized the crown prince's position. The first emperor gradually handed over the political affairs to the crown prince, and began to live in the Xishan palace all year round. Of course, his uncle was always by his side until the last day.After his uncle passed away and the crown prince was ordered to supervise the country, the late emperor never left the Xishan Palace.

No matter how the world evaluates the relationship between the late emperor and his uncle, they really did not leave and join hands for a lifetime, and they would not have any regrets even under the nine springs.Over the years, she always thought that she would have such luck, and that she would stay hand in hand with the person she loves the most forever.Only today did she find out that the truth is so unbearable, no amount of affection is worth the benefits.

"Your Majesty..." Looking at the empress's thin face, Qi's eye circles slowly turned red.

Throughout her life, the queen was loved by her parents and elder brother, and her husband. Even the battle for the throne had never happened to her, so she still has such doubts.

There will never be an answer to her question. What men think is right may not be true for women, but as wives and mothers, they have no right to choose, even if they are unwilling, they can only go on like this.

"Sister-in-law, has brother loved you all these years? Do you regret marrying brother?"

"The concubine's body is half buried in the loess, so why talk about whether she loves it or regrets it?" Qi shook her head with a wry smile.

She thought of her girlhood, Lord Hou was still the eldest son at that time, when he came to ask for marriage, his father said that Qi Dafei was not even married, and he didn't want her to marry into a rich family, but he couldn't stand the torture of many relatives with three aunts and six wives, and finally she married into Yongning Hou Fu.

When she first got married, she understood the meaning of the words "walking on thin ice" for the first time.At that time, not to mention the women in charge of the inner and outer courtyards of the mansion, even the slightly decent maids were more able to hold their ground than her.The more careful she was, the more mistakes she would make. Later, it was the prince who taught her housekeeping, and the prince taught her how to deal with people. The prince never said whether he loved her or not, but respected her and cared for her. She solves troubles.

"Mother, Harmony is a kind of happiness, and respecting each other as guests is not a kind of happiness." Compared with those mistresses of aristocratic families who are busy fighting all day long, Mrs. Yongninghou's life is too ordinary. Her daily worries are only about her husband. Other than the food and clothing of her children, and the contacts between relatives, there seemed to be nothing else that she needed to worry about.

Qi tried her best to recall the days after marriage, but in the end she still could only come to the conclusion of "plain".

However, plainness is actually a kind of happiness. The disputes between wives and concubines in the Hou Mansion, the battle for the position of the son, and all kinds of contention that my father worried about in the past never happened. So far, there are still no ants to be found, so there is nothing to complain about such a plain place.

"Respect each other as guests?" Wei Minxuan repeated in a low voice, and after pondering for a long time, she said, "Sister-in-law, please rest assured, brother, I know what to do."

After the emperor and empress had been at odds for a year, the spring breeze finally blew through the bitterly cold inner courtyard of the palace. The palace servants, whether it was the Qianqing Palace or the Kunning Palace, were all relieved, and they were always working hard to reconcile their parents, the prince and the princess. Everyone, let go of the hanging heart, and everyone in the Wei family also raised their brows.

Some people are happy, others are naturally sad, but Jing Ke could refuse such a thing when he was the prince. Now that he holds the power alone, naturally there is no problem. The only problem is that he feels that he is getting more and more sensitive.

The queen is still the queen. Even if she is about to become a grandmother, she still maintains the innocent attitude of a girl. A flower or a grass can make her happy for a long time. It is actually very easy to coax her. Jing Ke Telling herself this way, she sensitively found that there was already an inexplicable gully between them, because the queen would rather be happy for a flower and a grass than for him anymore.

Being jealous with flowers and plants is really inexplicable, but Jing Ke is doing such things now.As long as the queen doesn't smile at him, he feels uncomfortable. Of course, if he shows this displeasure, the queen will treat him like a child, that is, everything is okay, you Whatever you say is up to you, but he still sees from her expression the similar perfunctory look when the late emperor coaxed him when he was young.

Jing Ke attributed her sensitivity and narrow-mindedness to the unfair treatment she suffered when she was young. For example, when he was born, the first emperor did not amnesty the world like his elder brothers did, and he was taken from the depths of his memory. Turned it out, and he listed it as the definite evidence that the first emperor was unfair to him.

But today, no matter how he feels that the late emperor was unfair to him, he has no place to reason since the late emperor has passed away, and even if the late emperor is still alive, he has no place to reason, so he can only live with these injustices. Like the perfunctory empress to him, he has no place to complain.

Originally, there was another person in this world who he could complain about, but the decree of letting the commander-in-chief be buried with him made their relationship worse than the queen's attitude towards him now. If it was before, that person would definitely comfort him and help him Think of a way, but now, that person will only use a respectful attitude to let him understand what it means: "If you commit evil yourself, you can't live."

Things have come to this point, he still will not regret it.He has never regretted such a luxury in his life. Once he has what he wants, he must work hard to get it, even if the so-called price is his feelings.

This kind of life has passed for several years. Jing Ke thought that this kind of life would last forever until the day they were buried in the imperial tomb. Unexpectedly, things turned around on the day when Anyang suddenly contracted a serious illness.

Anyang is their youngest daughter, his darling, and of course the queen's darling.The queen was worried, and he took care of her in front of the couch, and he was also worried, not only for her sick daughter, but also for her haggard wife.

During that period of time, they lived in fear, fearing that something might happen, and on the day when Anyang finally turned the corner, the two finally couldn't help but embrace each other.

"These days remind me of the 35th year of Hongqing." The queen leaned in his arms, and after a while, she suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, you told the late emperor that you were willing to give up the crown prince for me. This is the truth." ?"

He always thought that the empress's refusal to forgive him was because he asked the general to be buried with the late emperor, but he didn't expect the real reason to be here.

Originally, there were no fools in their Wei family. Some people looked like fools only because his beloved wanted him to be a fool.

The first emperor could not become such a person. He was born in the palace and grew up in the palace. The air he breathed was full of conspiracy and trickery.

He can't become such a person. He was able to go from being an unfavored prince to finally ascending the throne. He himself doesn't want to recall all the deceptions, lies and schemes during the period, so whether it is the first emperor or him, the desire They are all the same kind of people, and holding such a person can make them feel that there are bright and warm things in this world.

"No, it was a gamble." Originally, he could have used thousands of words to cover up the truth of the year, but he suddenly got tired of those sweet words, "It was just a gamble."

Back then, he was just betting that the late emperor would never abolish him, because he could do things that the late emperor would never be able to do in his life, for example, a pair of people for a lifetime, just for this reason, the late emperor would not abolish him Another reason for him, of course, was that the commander-in-chief was in his later years at that time, and the late emperor was already thinking about the affairs of the commander-in-chief.

In the end, he won the bet.

"If Your Majesty lost the bet back then, wouldn't you regret it?"

"Of course I won't regret it. I am willing to admit defeat. In this life, I will never do anything that I regret." In fact, even if I lose the bet, I may not have the chance to gamble again. His real opponent in this life is the late emperor. As for his elder brothers, he no longer cared about them at that time, but he didn't say these words to the queen in detail. After all, such rebellious words were not something the queen could understand and accept.

"If I have no heirs, what will His Majesty plan to do?"

Regarding the Queen's question, Jing Ke was silent for a moment and did not answer immediately.There are various reasons for women's infertility. If the woman is related to the emperor's heir, the reasons are more complicated. For example, in a certain previous dynasty in the history books, all the queens had no children, and these queens could not bear children. The unthinkable thing, in the final analysis, is just a means of the royal family to prevent their relatives from becoming big.

The queen married him for ten years without an heir. At first, it was because the queen was young, and he didn't dare to let her take the risk of giving birth at a young age. He consciously used contraception. After a few years, when he wanted a child, the queen Unable to conceive, searched all over the world for famous doctors but couldn't find the reason, he was still unable to conceive despite being in good health, such a weird thing, he couldn't help putting his suspicious eyes on the late emperor, but there was no evidence for such a thing It can't be said to others, and it can only be kept in the bottom of my heart.

"We have said this before, no matter whether I am the prince or not, I can continue the incense by adopting the descendants of the clan. Therefore, this issue has never been a problem for us." In the end, Jing Ke didn't talk about it either. His doubts about the late emperor, after all, such things as heirs also belonged to the category of obeying the fate of human affairs. No matter how powerful the late emperor's methods were, they might not be able to extend to his backyard. Besides, he subconsciously did not want to admit that the late emperor would treat him unfairly. To such a point, in order to test whether he is false or false, such a method has to be used.

"After my uncle passed away, Your Majesty suddenly sent Cheng'er to the Xishan Palace to accompany the late Emperor. Is it really just out of filial piety for a child?"

"Not only." Cheng'er is their eldest son, who was established as the grandson of the emperor the day he was born. After the death of the great commander, Jing Ke sent him to the Xishan Palace to be raised by the late emperor himself. , the queen always felt that she owed him, and somehow she remembered it today.

Back then he used filial piety to persuade the queen, of course, this was never the whole reason.

The father and son of the heavenly family are father and son, and they are also monarchs and ministers.The crown prince is the crown prince, but the crown prince has never been easy to do. Throughout the ages, I don't know how many crown princes could not bear the torment that everything can go wrong, and they capsized and fell into the water before they ascended the throne.

Especially when the king is getting old, and the subjects who were once loyal to him are thinking about retreating, these kings will become more and more suspicious, harder to serve, and more murderous.

When the Grand Commander was alive, the first emperor naturally believed in the loyalty of the Wei family. Even if he was married to the Wei family, the first emperor was certain that he would not be able to use the Wei family to do treasonous things.Now that he has this trust, for the sake of the Commander and the Wei family, the late emperor will have some pity for him no matter what, and is prepared that once the emperor goes first, the commander and the Wei family will be left to him to take care of.

But Datong took the lead, so Jing Ke naturally had to make plans early.With the relationship between the late emperor and the grand commander, when the grand commander first left, the late emperor would naturally miss the old relationship, but he dare not gamble on how long this old relationship can last, and whether someone will find a way to destroy it.

The so-called people leave tea to cool down, if someone waits for the opportunity to win the king's heart after the general is gone, many things will probably change.

He sent Cheng'er to the late emperor's side, but he was using Cheng'er's Wei family blood to remind the late emperor to remember the old love every now and then.

"Can your majesty guarantee that what you just said is the truth?"

"Sister Xuan, we are all going to be grandparents. What's the point of cheating. I admit that this marriage has been a conflict of interests from the beginning. Maybe you can't understand sincerity and interests. How can you think about it together? , this question is too complicated, I don’t know how to answer it myself, you and I have been married for decades, I still haven’t figured it out to this day, do I want to marry you because I love you, or fall in love because I want to marry you Yours. In any case, marrying you is the luckiest thing in my life. You have been by my side all these years. You should know how difficult it is for me to be where I am today. Don’t trust me and guard against me, as long as I think of you and my children, I can still persevere.” There are many reasons why he can persevere, his wife and children are of course one of the reasons, the others are all in his heart The reason why he does not want to tell people in the depths.

Wei Minxuan kept staring into his eyes, trying to analyze the credibility of his words from his eyes.Of course, with Jing Ke's skill, it's impossible for her to find out what's wrong.Besides, what Jing Ke chose this time is to only tell the truth that should be said, and not to say the truth that should not be said. Naturally, her eyes are innocent and pure.

"Forget it, as His Majesty said just now, we are all going to be grandparents. Even if Your Majesty is still lying to me, he can still lie to me for a few more years. I don't care about the past." , Wei Minxuan was also tired.

The fearful days of taking care of her daughter reminded her of the 35 years of Hongqing. In fact, what made her miss even more was when they lived in Bozhou.At that time, they were newlyweds, and even in a place as bitter and cold as Bozhou, they could live happily.

It would be great if she could stay in Bozhou all the time. Sometimes she couldn't help but think about it, and she felt that she was too selfish. Whether as a wife, a mother, or a daughter, she shouldn't be like this. Selfish thoughts, Brother Minwen is always right, no matter how much she hates his calm and cold correct words, she still cannot deny that he is always right.

No matter how deep the relationship is, she can't stand such a toss. Since she was confused when she was in trouble, she should continue to be confused when she is rich and honored now.She suddenly thought of the words that elder brother Minwen had brought her through his sister-in-law.

It's not hard to be confused.

She turned her head and glanced at the camellias outside the hall, silently leaned against the emperor's arms, and quickly closed her eyes.She still remembered that the emperor explained the reason why he planted camellias all over the palace: the blooms are so bright that your eyes will hurt after looking at them for a long time, and then you can take the opportunity to close your eyes and rest for a while.

At that time, she thought the emperor was joking, but now she finally understands his mood when he said that.If you feel pain in your eyes, just close them and rest for a while, the uncontrollable soreness will pass, everything will pass.

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"One life, one couple" is a fairy tale, even Nalan who wrote this sentence has never done it.There may always be conflicts and regrets between Jing Ke and Wei Minxuan. There is no way to do this. We cannot expect a happy ending in the life of cannon fodder.

Wei Minxuan's innocence was a result of Jing Ke's petting. If she had experienced all kinds of fights in the house and palace, she would definitely not ask such naive words again.

Jing Li also dotes on Wei Yan, but his method is different. He has been letting Wei Yan practice, let Wei Yan lead the army, deal with political affairs with him, and teach him the principles of governing the country. Therefore, Wei Yan has the ability, and he must be involved in politics. It's just that others don't know, thinking that he is only doing his own job.When Jing Li fell down, he used the method of thunder to expose how much power he really had. In addition, the Wei family was caught in a battle, which made them tear up so hard.For Jing Li, tearing up Wei Yan meant tearing up Wei's family, tearing up Jing Ke, even if someone was just speaking out, he would be swept into the typhoon.