Chapter 29 Chapter 29: A Moon Is Clear in Chengjiang (Part 2)

A few days later, Xuanling accused Guan Wenyuan of being disrespectful and framed Concubine Shu as an excuse to blame the Guan family. In a vigorous and vigorous manner, he involved Guan's framed ministers of the Zhen, Xue, and Luo clans, and found out that Guan's corruption and bribery over the past few years Dozens of crimes of committing crimes, making party members, and acting harshly and unkindly have shocked the ruling and opposition parties. On this day, after the rain, the sun cleared and the heat dissipated. The concubine Zhengui and I gave birth to several sons, Fang sighed: "The emperor doesn't know that Guan's mistakes and omissions, but the political affairs of the government and the opposition often affect the whole body, so don't act rashly. For such a thing, it is also a way to treat it slowly. Now the emperor has the intention of breaking its foundation."

Take it slowly, I naturally understand, just treat it slowly, when will you see the effect.And if the crimes are not counted together, An Neng will catch them all in one go, and cut the weeds and roots. I smiled, "Guan Wenyuan is domineering, and her two elder brothers are not much better. The emperor is going down like a thunderbolt, and they are also caught off guard." Her smile was as light as the wind, "Guan Wenyuan has been spoiled for a few years anyway, and her family has some power, how can she not be domineering? He saw that An's was so obedient in front of the emperor, and heard that her father was favored by the emperor." After being rewarded as a magistrate, there is not much security. Being an official or a concubine is the same, and it is inevitable that you will lose your shape under the emperor's favor."

I picked up a chess piece and muttered to myself, "The emperor stayed at An's place again yesterday." Concubine Zhengui raised her eyebrows slightly, with a look of disappointment, "Since the New Year's Eve dance, the emperor has treated her like a treasure. Although she has been neglected a lot because of the death of Concubine De, there is still some old love in the end, and the emperor rarely left or right. Stay overnight in Kongcui Palace, just don't let me look at Chi Shao's face again." "The emperor treated her really well," I smiled, "We are all trapped here, who knows what her father looks like outside, he is no more sensitive than Zhou Pei's younger sister who is an official at home, and she is more sensitive to any news."

The decline of the Guan clan became obvious with the arrival of the first autumn wind.Seeing him getting up from the Zhu Tower, seeing him entertaining guests, seeing his building collapsed, since King Ping Runan rose, Shi Huang Butler, after six or seven years of glory, has suffered a crushing defeat.When Zi'ao City was bleak in autumn, the Guan family also fell apart with the fate of each person.Home ransacking, exile, imprisonment, all adult men were cut in half, those under fourteen were exiled to the western border, and all wives and daughters were not served as official servants. After hearing the news, Guan Lu committed suicide in despair in prison.

That night, changing clothes, Guan Wenyuan was barefoot and begged hoarsely outside the Hall of Yiyuan. Her cries were so shrill that they resounded through the silent night sky of Zi'ao City. Except for the Queen Mother and Yu Yao, everyone was awake. Everyone is listening, everyone is seeing with their eyes and hearts.The queen mother is used to such things, but Yuyao, her ears can't hear anything except the sound of wooden fish and chanting. Of course, Guan Wenyuan also begged the queen before, and the queen who was falling out of favor was unable to take care of her.The queen closed the palace gate silently, and said to the crowd that she had a "headache".

At that time, Xuanling and I were sitting opposite each other in the west room of Yiyuan Hall.He was holding a copy of "Taiping Yulan", and I was obsessed with a volume of "Taishang Induction Chapter", reading it quietly. Yes, be quiet.As far as I'm concerned, I don't hear Guan Wenyuan's call sign at the moment, and Xuan Ling doesn't care about her at all.Xuanling also asked Li Changchuan to tell her, "I think you have served in the palace for many years, and you are only deposed as a commoner, and you will not be given death. Go back." Guan Wenyuan knocked on the palace door and cried loudly, "The emperor bestowed a crime on the concubine's natal family. Where can the concubine have a home to return to? The concubine's life would be better than death! Your majesty, you bestow death on the concubine and forgive the concubine's family!" "

Xuanling didn't pay any attention to it, and I didn't allow anyone to pull her away. This kind of despair would devour her faster than death. Guan Wenyuan's pleading became more and more miserable, and when there was no response, it began to turn into resentment. Resentment Xuanling His ruthlessness hates me for my viciousness.A thunder rolled past outside, and the sweltering weather was finally broken by a rare thunderstorm. It was a heavy rain all night, and the "squeaky" rain washed away the sweltering heat that had accumulated in Zi Ao City for several days, and it also relieved my suffocated heart a little bit.I accompanied Xuan Ling, who was drafting an imperial edict. The content of this edict is a thorough clarification of the grievances my father and brother have had for several years, and it is also the beginning of my parents spending their twilight years peacefully.I specifically begged Xuan Ling not to give my father a high official position, he is really old.

The rain was so loud that I gradually couldn't hear Guan Wenyuan's call sign. The heavy rain stopped, and before the first dawn of the morning came, I had lost sight of Guan Wenyuan in front of the Yiyuan Hall.Li Chang told me that she died in the heavy rain, her body was like a duckweed, and she was finally dragged to a mass grave. I didn't say anything, just left quietly.A new day begins, waiting for me, there are many trivial things in the sixth house. Yuyin entered the palace to ask for an interview, and she told me, "Gu Jiayi has left on her own, and her whereabouts are uncertain." She asked me, "Why didn't you use torture to extract a confession from Guan Wenyuan, and asked her to tell the Queen's envoy."

I shook my head to cut off this possibility, "There are still people alive in the Guan family, she will not tire those people to die together, and, she hates me to the bone, how could she want to lose someone who can restrain me." Yuyin was helpless, but Nanchang was relieved immediately, she said: "My lord has collected a lot of criminal evidence of the Guan family over the years, and now it is finally useful." I felt grateful in my heart, and said in my mouth: "The sixth king is your husband, and it is right to do your best for Yuezhang's family. It will be convenient for you to travel outside the palace in the future. Parents need you and the prince to take care of them."

Yu Yin nodded happily, "It's natural, elder sister don't worry." I smiled faintly, "The prince is willing to contribute so much, after all, it is because of your ability in the palace." I paused, "Is that one okay to get along with? Can you be wronged?" "Sister said Concubine Jing?" Yuyin smiled, and a long hairpin made of ruby ​​rhododendrons dangled a quivering bead pendant on her temples, making her look even more radiant. "What grievances can she give me? No one can leave you They are all the same person, and she is really a quiet person, so quiet that the prince has never seen this person in his eyes, not to mention that although her health has improved a lot, she just eats soup all day long. There is no shortage of food and clothing, but I can't speak a few words on weekdays, and I have never sat with her."

I felt a slight shock in my heart, and immediately said with a smile: "My lord didn't treat her with any affection, no more than having known you for many years. Since my lord doesn't spend the night with her, naturally you are the one to serve her properly." Yuyin smiled slightly, and quickly said with a smile: "Elder sister is used to making fun of me! But the prince really treats me very well." Perhaps, this would be good, everyone raised their eyebrows together, like acting. Isn't life like a play?Just like Xuan Ling and I, after acting for a long time, we will naturally join the show. From outsiders, it seems that we have such a deep love, but we only have a little bit of it in our hearts. After speaking, Yuyin and I went to see Yuyao together.When I told Yu Yao the news that "Guan Xi is dead", Yu Yao just listened quietly, expressionless, as if she was listening to other people's affairs. I put a glittering multi-treasure ring in front of her, her eyes lit up suddenly, she unconsciously put the ring in her palm, and said foolishly: "He still keeps it, he still keeps it!" She stood up abruptly, and a pearl hairpin made a ringing sound, her face full of pain, "Sister, he still misses me, he hasn't forgotten me! I'm going to see him, you let me see him for the last time! "She couldn't restrain the sobs in her throat, "Sister, he is dead, I will never see him again." I felt sore in my heart, I pulled her back and said, "You are crazy! He has his wives and concubines mourning for him at the execution ground, what are you running away for?!" Yu Yao was in agony, she was willing to listen, although her body was weak, she had great strength when she launched a ruthless attack.Seeing her struggling, Yuyin hurriedly stopped her and advised, "Sanmei, wake up! Why did Guanxi keep this ring by his side? It was taken from his concubine Liu Shi. Eldest sister is afraid that Sanmei will you Sad, don't let me say it," Yuyin's chest heaved unsteadily, "Has Sanmei forgotten the past? If you step out today, you will betray your clan and family, and tomorrow the Zhen family will become the biggest joke in the capital!" Yu Yao stopped struggling, and stood there quietly, as if struck by lightning, with a dazed expression, although Yu Yin was in a hurry to say something, but it was the truth, seeing Yu Yao like this, she couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly called out: "Third sister." Yu Yao held the multi-treasure ring tightly, as if about to crush it, "Second Sister, did you really pick it off from another woman's hand?" Yu Yin sighed, "Liu's is his eighth concubine." She held Yu Yao's hand, "Third sister, it's really not worth it." After a long time, Yu Yao softly said "oh", the voice was as thin as mist, "I will never remember this person again." room.Her gait was a little wobbly, like a misty wisp of smoke, which immediately disappeared behind the screen. Yuyin grabbed my palm, feeling remorseful, and regretted, "I'm the one who got impatient." I patted her hand comfortingly, and said softly: "You just said something I dare not say, and you are her sister who is willing to say such things to her." Yuyin nodded clearly, "Sister, let's go back and have a rest. When Concubine Jing comes to report this month's accounts, I will go back too." I nodded slightly, "I'll let Hua Yi take a good look at her. We sisters, Yu Yao used to be the most worry-free, but now it worries me the most." Yu Yao's life has returned to the days when her heart was like a dry well and the waves were calm.Guan Xi's death completely made her world lose its color, the color of joy, the color of sadness, all disappeared.I suspect that her world is actually only black and white, and the only answer to me is the peaceful sound of a wooden fish. Guan Wenyuan's death was like a ladle of ice water poured into the boiling oil in the harem. Suddenly, within a few days, all the jealous concubines stopped for a moment, quietly experiencing the consequences of her death. Everything in the story was meaningful and hesitant to speak, but what attracted another round of attention in the harem was Zhaoyuan An Lingrong's crying for his father. The destruction of the Guan clan made Xuan Ling want to punish the officials, and the more than 800,000 taels of silver and dozens of beautiful houses in fertile fields seized by An Bihuai were reported from this thorough investigation. Lu Zhaorong brought Shuhe with me. Seeing that her siblings liked her very much, Shuhe laughed innocently.I am teasing a white-feathered parrot on the porch.Lu Zhaorong smiled and said, "You just look at that bird, its fur is snow white. In the eyes of Zhaoyuan's father, whether this parrot will be regarded as beaten by silver." "Sister Lu is used to making jokes!" I broke off a spider plant leaf to tease the birds, "Three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand taels of silver, not to mention that An Bihuai is the head of the country, but the emperor's old man, eight hundred thousand taels of silver is counted." what!" Lu Zhaorong covered her mouth with a smile and said, "He would rather consider himself the head of the country, so what is the empress's father! I'm afraid the head of the country is also self-appointed by him, just to fool a fool." "If there is no fool, who will give him a silver house? The daughter's favor is the most important thing. Who cares whether he is a real or a fake ruler." Lu Zhaorong got up and came over, stroked the bird feather, "The emperor didn't regard him as the head of the country, but abolished his official position and imprisoned him. He was angry about the Guan clan's affairs, who let An Bihuai touch his head. His prefect again The emperor was promoted because of An's face, but An Bihuai is good, he doesn't cherish this gift, and instead acts recklessly, isn't it slapping the emperor's face to make people laugh? How can the emperor's temper be tolerated?" She smiled and gilded Some corn was added to the shelf of the birdcage, "I heard that Mrs. An has been kneeling outside the Hall of Yiyuan for two days, taking off her hairpin and waiting for a crime. She didn't yell like Guan Wenyuan, but just kept crying. It's cold, and the wind blowing on her body is enough for her. Madam, can you go and have a look?" I waved my hands again and again and said: "Forget it, sister, don't join in the fun, in case the emperor agrees softly, she will show us face when she gains power." Lu Zhaorong smiled and said, "That's all. I heard that it was one of his subordinates who reported on An Bihuai. Although his official position is small, he is courageous. He even dared to provoke the emperor's favorite concubine's father. It can be seen that An Bihuai is not a decent person." I chuckled to myself, that's right, a small clerk, apart from me and Zhou Pei, who knows that he had worked under Zhou Pei's father as a small official in charge of the grain depot for three years.I'm afraid even An Lingrong himself can't think of it.I smiled lightly and said: "What my sister said is that he himself can't be a man, and his luck is bad." However, that night when Fengluan Chunen picked me up to the east room of Yiyuan Hall, I saw the mausoleum. Her hairpin rings had all faded, her hair was scattered, and her usual elegant or colorful clothes had been replaced by a new one. Unpatterned ochre-colored clothes, hoping to take the blame on behalf of the father.She had been kneeling for two days and two nights, and when she heard that the water and rice were not getting in, she was on the verge of collapse. I passed by her and stopped, and said softly, "Why is my sister doing this? After all, my body is important." She turned to look at me, and said calmly: "Sister, you won't even give me a chance to take off your hairpin to plead guilty?" "Why?" I looked down at her, and the concubine's long skirt with golden begonia flowers and luan tail was dragging around her skirt, like a gorgeous flower blooming in the soil, "I'm just worried that the wind and dew in the night will freeze my sister badly, Otherwise, if a mouse came out of nowhere and bit my sister, how could I get malaria?" Her body trembled slightly, as if being blown cold by the wind, "Sister joke, why are there mice in Yiyuan Hall?" "Yes, I forgot, these are only in prison. I was worried about the wrong one. I shouldn't be worried about my sister, but about Uncle Ann." Li Chang bowed to invite: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is already waiting for your Majesty." I was sweet and gentle, "It's so cold, my sister might be blown to pieces by the wind, I will go and beg the emperor for my sister." I walked in alone, leaving her exposed.The palace of Yiyuan was so fragrant, Xuan Ling stretched out his hand to me: "I have been waiting for a long time." I said softly: "Seeing that Sister An is pitiful outside, my concubine advised her a few words." "How could she listen?" Xuan Ling said softly, "At this moment, she only has her worthless father in her heart. I promised him the magistrate and gave him the favor of promotion, but he ruined it like this, and it shames me." I stretched out my hand to stroke his cheek, "Don't be angry, no matter how bad An Bihuai is, it's An Bihuai's business, and it has nothing to do with Sister An, the emperor let her get up." Xuan Ling held my palm, "Your palm is so cold, you must have talked to her outside for a long time." He warmed his hands with a breath, "Why did I want to punish her? She knelt down and asked for it." It is unseemly to take the place of one's father!" I leaned on his shoulder, "Your Majesty, don't blame my sister, she is also eager to save her father." I asked Xuan Ling, "Will your Majesty forgive An Bihuai?" He snorted softly, "Why? I will not offend her, nor will I forgive An Bihuai because of her." "My sister has been without water for two days, and she doesn't sleep, the emperor is not afraid that something will happen to my sister?" There was a stern look on the corners of his lips, "It's a serious crime for a concubine to commit suicide, and it will hurt her family, so she dare not." Li Chang knocked on the door twice, and said softly: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, and Empress Zhaoyuan is still dancing outside the hall." Xuan Ling hesitated a little, then paced out. A dance like a frightened bird, startling the reflection of the bright moon in the sky.The mausoleum's beautiful hair is flying, and the skirt is like a unfurling flower, dancing on the cold jade steps, letting the autumn dew infect her moon-white socks. I was secretly startled.In memory, Xuan Ling couldn't resist this dance. "Beautiful! So beautiful!" He admired sincerely.He stood by my side in a loose robe, always looking drunk, with deep admiration and yearning condensed in his brows and eyes. I said softly: "It's a pity." He looked back at me, and I stood in the moonlight, thinking to myself, "Such a good dance should not be entangled with desire. Dancing for desire has lost the pure essence of the emperor." The true meaning of this dance." There was a long silence between the three of them. "Pure is the charm that dance should have." He pondered, took his clothes and put them on Ling Rong, and responded to her expectant eyes in an indifferent tone, "Ye Liang, send Zhaoyuan back." He didn't have time to look at her carefully Heavy disappointment, "I will imprison An Bihuai, if you beg me again, I will definitely kill him."