The Marginal People of Jia's Family in the Red Chamber

"Your Majesty, Master Li has been kneeling outside the hall for an hour." The chief executive reminded softly.

"Let him kneel!" the emperor said angrily.

The head steward sighed in his heart, which was a rare emotion His Majesty had in recent years.Speaking of which, it has been four years since Cheng Engong Jia Qiong and Jia Huaijin went. Since he left, the emperor has become more and more unpredictable. He does not laugh when he is happy, and does not cry when he is sad. No, the emperor is not happy at all. when.

Lord Li knelt outside the hall for another half an hour, and the chief steward reminded again: "Your Majesty, it's been an hour and a half. When I was a child, Cheng Engong hugged and coaxed my fingers for a long time." The chief steward knew that he had to persuade, Otherwise, when the emperor's temper came down, he would have to vent his anger again.It's not terrible to vent your anger. The chief executive is most afraid of the emperor's self-sacrifice, not the chief executive's self-effacing. He has served His Majesty for 50 years, and he really regards His Majesty as his own child.

"Oh, that's all, let him come in." The emperor put down the memorial in his hand and sighed.

The head steward waved his hand, and naturally the little servant who had heard the oracle went to help Master Li Zhu, who was kneeling outside the hall.The two servants carefully helped Li Zhu up, and then helped him into the palace. A guilty official who was punished to kneel was naturally not worthy of being courted by the servants. The late Chengen Gong Jia Qiong.

Li Zhu came into the palace, and was about to kneel down to salute again, the emperor glanced at him expressionlessly, and said, "Stop kneeling, go sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Zhu was limped on the embroidered stool supported by the servant.

"I know it's wrong."

"I don't know." Li Zhu was still stubborn.

"I don't know!" The emperor smashed his teacup on the ground and scolded angrily: "You are a big man, the number one man hand-picked by me, and you want to marry a man in a whimsical way, and the book is in the stomach of a dog! Degenerate, I don't bother to stop you, but don't bring your master's name into trouble!"

"Uncle Jin never cared about these things." Li Zhu replied calmly, he and Jia Qiong had a real master-student relationship, but Jia Qiong just didn't accept him as an apprentice and gave him a serious title.Jia Qiong explained to Li Zhu, "Face and lizi, of course, lizi is beneficial. I have made many enemies. I don't know which day I will go, leaving you in trouble. Could it be that we are not masters and apprentices without the name of masters and apprentices?" So, even though it is well known that Jia Qiong has a mentoring relationship with Li Zhu, Li Zhu always calls him "Uncle Jin".

"He has a noble nature and doesn't care about himself, but you can't let the world slander him!"

"Your Majesty, Uncle Jin knows about this." Li Zhu calmly dropped a bomb, interrupting the emperor's anger.

"You, what did you say?" The emperor involuntarily leaned forward, trying to hear himself more clearly.

"Uncle Jin knew about this. I knew that I liked men a long time ago, and I also gave up on myself in distress, so I went to Lingnan in self-exile. It was Uncle Jin who heard what Ah Ming said and wrote letters many times before he figured it out. " Li Zhu explained, "Your Majesty, I sincerely agree with Wang Qing, and I beg Your Majesty to fulfill this."

Li Zhu struggled and knelt down and kowtowed, and took out the letter Jia Qiong wrote to him back then from his bosom.

The chief executive was about to go down to take it and present it to the emperor, but the emperor rushed over impatiently, grabbed the letters, and opened them tremblingly.

What caught my eye was Jia Qiong's self-proclaimed character.

"Admiration is inborn. Some people like the same sex, some people like the opposite sex, but there are more people who like the opposite sex, so naturally it makes people who like the opposite sex strange. It's like how red flowers are, and suddenly there are many green flowers. You It’s not strange to say it’s strange, so don’t suffer from it.”

"We should be more cautious when dealing with feelings, especially such unique feelings. When a man and a woman fall in love, there are separations and reunions, let alone men. So, once identified, you must be dedicated and sincere."

"Azhu, I believe that when you look at people, the person you like must be one in a million. There is no bad character, temperament, and talent. It is that person has one or two flaws. As long as you recognize it Don't let go! Of course, except for the heinous people, hahahaha..."

"I have one thing to tell you solemnly. There are many people in the world who yearn for a man, and want to marry a wife, and even take a few concubines for display. It is called passing on the family line and inheriting the incense. But I don't know if it is true yearning, affection How can there be a third person among them. No one in the world will die, and the descendants will either be cut off with you or with him. They will be brothers when they fall down, so why bother to adopt a brother's son, or simply adopt a son. , raising them together, wouldn’t it be faster.”

"You are not allowed to learn those disgusting things about setting up archways at the coordinates, or I will deduct your pocket money for three years!"

"But you are not allowed to meddle in other people's feelings. If the person you love already has a family, you should leave the scene gracefully. At this time, responsibility is more important than affection."

"Silly boy, when others judge you, they judge you based on your character and talent. Don't they judge who you like? How can you be as carefree and carefree as you were when you were alive! What's more, how do you know thousands of people?" Years later, you are not the one who pioneered, and everyone admires your courage and affection."

"Show me your lover, I have prepared a pair of jade ring fingers for you."

The emperor couldn't hold the thin letter paper with trembling hands, tears rolled down his face, he turned his head sideways, waved his hands and said, "Get back."

"Hahahaha..." The emperor sneered in the empty palace. It turned out that Jia Qiong thought this way. Then what was the meaning of his anxiety, sadness, pain, and anxiety back then? He should have told him directly. Just accept it?

What Jia Qiong said was that you don't know what will happen thousands of years later.

If Jia Qiong could not accept such feelings from the beginning to the end, the emperor could still feel comforted, but... what he dreamed of was originally within reach.

"Papa!" The emperor slapped himself twice with his backhand, scolding himself, "Idiot!"

The next day, the courtiers were shattered by the news that the emperor was a matchmaker for Mr. Li Zhu and his male partner and gave them wedding supplies.

Li Zhu and Xiao Xiao have also become the first same-sex couple who have been officially and secularly recognized throughout the ages, have a marriage certificate, a dowry gift, a grand wedding ceremony, and relatives' blessings, and are completely in line with etiquette.It really has been handed down to future generations.

The emperor was ill for a long time because of this, and when he recovered, an envoy from the Living Buddha of Tibet came to see him.The person who came to see him was the great disciple of the Dalai Lama, a living Buddha, and he is also a master of Buddhism. He is one of the best figures in Tibetan Buddhism. The only shortcoming is that he is younger.It was because he was young that he was asked to travel thousands of miles to the Central Plains to pay respects to the emperor.

After the two sides finished talking about the state affairs, the living Buddha in yellow background and red robe said: "Your Majesty, I am honored to have an audience with Your Majesty, and I have a private matter, and I need your Majesty's permission."

"Living Buddha, please speak."

"Your Majesty, please have a look." The living Buddha handed a book and a scroll of long paintings to the servants, and the servants presented them to the emperor. "This is a compilation of Tibetan customs jointly completed by Cheng Engong Jia Qiong of the Celestial Dynasty and my teacher, and a map of Tang Xuanzang's westward journey. The stunningly talented Cheng Engong and his teacher agreed that after he quit the court at the age of 40, I will go back to the west of Xuanzang with my teacher. My Tibet is too far away from the Central Plains. My teacher has been waiting for Your Excellency Cheng Engong. After your 40th birthday, there is still no news. Later, I heard He passed away. Before leaving, the teacher asked me to bring this book and this scroll, and asked to put it in front of His Excellency Cheng Engong's tomb to fulfill his wish."

"When the little monk arrived in the Celestial Dynasty, he only accepted His Excellency Engong to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, and no one else was allowed to pay homage to him, so I troubled His Majesty." The Living Buddha took out another letter from his bosom, and presented it: "This is the letter from back then. His Excellency Cheng Engong wrote a letter to the teacher."

Yes, the emperor took over the books and paintings, and felt miserable. It's a pity that Jia Qiong didn't wait until he was 40. He died at the age of 39 in a cold winter night.

The painting is a good painting, which shows in detail the route Tang Xuanzang traveled and the things to pay attention to on the way. The book is a good book. Tibetan customs and even the customs of various countries along the westward journey are clearly written on it. Jia Qiong really intends to turn 40 Afterwards, he withdrew from the court and lived his days of idle clouds and wild cranes.

That's right, he is always so calm, and what others want to grab is just insignificant in his opinion.Without opening the letter, the emperor could imagine Jia Qiong's cheerful tone, just like when they casually talked about the distant scenery.

"I understand. Please the Living Buddha thank the Dalai Lama for my kindness, and I will present it to the spirit of Cheng En." The emperor nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The living Buddha performed the Buddha's salute and proclaimed the Buddha's name.

When the meeting was over, the emperor sat alone in the empty hall, opened the letter silently, felt Jia Qiong's cheerful tone, and cried silently while reading it.

look!You are such a fool!You are ignorant, so you ignore his repeated requests to withdraw from the court, thinking that he is as busy as you; you are cowardly, so you dare not admit your feelings, and even want to shift the responsibility to him, thinking that he is as gloomy as you; Selfish and greedy, you want a virtuous wife, a filial son, and a loving lover, so you deserve this fate!The emperor cursed himself silently in his heart, sure enough, this disaster should have happened.

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When the emperor announced his will and the prince withdrew with all his relatives and noble ministers, only His Majesty the emperor was left struggling to die, and the empress with a calm face in plain dress in the slumped Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Queen, I haven't seen you for a long time." The emperor smiled with difficulty.

"Soon, only five years."

"It's been five years. He's been away for five years. I don't know if I can still catch up." The emperor smiled and said to the void. "I remember that the queen is the most virtuous and virtuous." "My brother is gone, and I still have to act in a scene of harmony between the emperor and the queen. I don't have to disgust myself." The queen's face remained unchanged, her lips and tongue were poisonous.

"Whatever you say, I'm going to find him anyway."

"Hmph, you can't do anything to him while he's alive, let alone after death! Don't worry, when you die, the Ai Family will remove your elder brother's bones and bury them in the Jia family's ancestral grave. Don't bother your elder brother again in this or the next life! "

"You, you!" The emperor pulled the curtain hanging from the dragon bed, and was about to get up and teach the queen a lesson.

The queen pushed him violently, and the bed curtain couldn't stand the force of gravity, it was torn to pieces.

"The person I hate the most in my life is none other than you. A greedy, cowardly, selfish, cruel, mean and ungrateful person like you is really rare in the world! You caused my brother to be assassinated and died, and I will never forgive you in this life Neither will you, your son!"

The empress put down her cruel words and left. At the door, the cries of the clan's important officials could be heard. The emperor smiled wryly. He could hear others mourning for him. It was unprecedented for him as an emperor.He closed his eyes unwillingly in the midst of these noisy cries.