This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 260 Queen Loulan
Khitan Zhongjing Linhuang.

There is spring in the south of the Yangtze River, but Linhuang in the north is still snowing heavily.

However, within Xiao's mansion, the sound of Yingying, Yanyan playing and playing can be heard endlessly.

More than a dozen women from noble families, dressed in summer silk clothes or thin shirts, gathered to play in twos and threes, and some of them fluttered butterflies just like the women of Song Dynasty.

It is warm as spring here, the air is pleasant and comfortable, and the snow has piled up to the depth of the knees beyond a fence.

Several father-in-laws were wearing thick jackets, waiting outside the fence, heavy snow fell on their heads, and a thick layer was piled up on their clothes.

Fortunately, they were dressed thickly enough. Although they felt cold, they were not so cold that they could get frostbite.

Empress Xiao was sitting at the table, and to her left was the fence, as long as she stretched out her hand, she could catch some snowflakes.

Seeing the snowflakes gradually melting into water droplets in the palm of her hand, she smiled softly.

It's a reassuring smile.

Opposite her is the titular 'aunt', who is also the empress dowager, another woman from the Xiao family.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked away from the princesses next to her, then she looked at her 'niece' opposite her, and said with a smile: "Rong Rong, you have a great chance."

There is no envy in the words.

Xiao Rongrong replied with a smile: "It is also the ancestors who show pity for Rong Rong to find a place to live."

Women in the Northern Song Dynasty had quite a status, but women in Khitan were not as lucky as women in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Although Khitan is trying to learn the culture and system of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is impossible to completely transform from a nomadic tribe to a Confucian feudal dynasty within a few decades.

Today's Khitan still retains many customs and habits of nomadic tribes.

For example, treating women as property.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were laws expressly protecting women's personal safety and property rights, but in Khitan, there was no such content.

Whether a Khitan woman can get happiness and a safe place to live depends entirely on whether her man has enough 'morality'.

If the 'quality' of morality is not constrained by strong laws, it is difficult for the whole society to be a moral society in general.

Because there is a famous saying in later generations: the law is the lower limit of morality!
The simpler and ambiguous the law, the simpler, or lower, the lower limit of that society's Taoism.

In a society that doesn't even have a law to protect women's personal safety, it's hard to say how happy and safe their women are in this society.

Yelu Hongji said, 'May I be born in the Song Dynasty in the next life', even the head of a country has this idea, so what about the women in this country?

"Rong Rong, explain to me, why is Master Lu willing to give you such an important land of the immortal family?"

Xiao Rongrong bit her lower lip lightly, this question has been asked by many people recently.

Ordinary aristocratic ladies, Xiao Rongrong can smile without saying a word, let them change the subject by themselves, and stop asking.

But facing Empress Dowager Xiao, who is her aunt in name and mother-in-law in reality, she can only tell the truth.

"Auntie, do you remember that you went to see a fairy fox before entering the palace!"

Empress Dowager Xiao was stunned for a while, she showed an expression of being lost in memory, and after a while she said hesitantly: "I seem to remember such a thing, a big, white fat fox, there is a blue high wall wall, and then seemed to do something, but can't remember it at all."

Xiao Rongrong looked at her in surprise: "Auntie, you can't remember such an important thing?"

Empress Dowager Xiao and Xiao Rongrong are very similar in appearance, besides, every daughter of the Xiao family who enters the palace to be a queen will go to the secret place of the family.

"It seems to be a dream." Empress Dowager Xiao thought for a while and said, "I really can't remember."

Xiao Rongrong looked at the Empress Dowager Xiao with a strange look, and finally said: "This may be because the ancestors did this on purpose. Let's not talk about it, Auntie, you are going out of the palace this time, and you are here for a special trip. Is there anything you need to do for your niece?" of?"

"It's something." Empress Dowager Xiao said with a smile: "I heard that the land of the Immortal Family is full of aura. There are many benefits to living here. The children of our Yelu family are all very good. If they learn to practice martial arts, they can be together. If you stay in a spiritual place, dragons and phoenixes will come forth in large numbers."

Seeing the smiling face of Empress Dowager Xiao, Xiao Rongrong fell silent.

She understood the meaning on the other side, it meant to let out here and let the people of Yelu's family come in and live.

If it was Xiao Rongrong from before, maybe he would have listened.Queen, it's important to be able to make big things happen.

But now the entire Xiao family has fled to the 'Xiao' country in the west.

At this moment, only she and Empress Dowager Xiao were left in the Khitan family, and the Yelu family was full of malice towards the Xiao family members.

Only this place can give her enough sense of security.

Xiao Rongrong smiled and said: "Queen Mother, this matter is inconvenient."

Empress Dowager Xiao's expression froze slightly.

The title changed from 'aunt' to queen mother, which is enough to prove Xiao Rongrong's attitude at this time.

Empress Dowager Xiao was quite anxious.Although it is said that she did not receive much 'challenge', after all, she is the mother of the current king, and no matter how much the Yelu family hated the Xiao family, they would not go to the empress dowager to verbally attack her.

It's just that this didn't prevent Empress Dowager Xiao from responding in her heart, she felt that everyone in Yelu's family looked at her with ridicule and disdain.

So she planned to do something for the Yelu family, so that others would no longer see her so weirdly.

If people from the Yelu family can enter this land of the fairy family at will... I think my situation will be much better.

What's more, since people from Yelu's family can enter this place, they can come in as often as they want.

She made a good wishful thinking, and her heart was full of expectations.I thought that my niece would definitely listen to my own voice, after all, she is a 'mother-in-law' and also an aunt, and under the double identity of an elder, Rong Rong must nod in response.

It's just that she has been sitting in a high position for too long after all.

Forgot that she is only a queen mother now, and Xiao Rongrong is still the queen in name.

More importantly, Xiao Rongrong is not a fool.

She is very clear that she can live so easily and comfortably now, calling some 'girlfriends' over to play every day, all relying on this piece of land gifted to her by Master Lu.

This is the proof that she has the backing of an 'immortal', and this is the capital for her survival.

With this piece of land, she can continue to be a queen and live in Linhuang City as a normal person.

"Why is this inconvenient?" Empress Dowager Xiao still did not give up that little hope, she persuaded: "They are all a family, so what does it matter if they come in and stay for a while."

"This fairy land belongs to Reverend Lu, and Rongrong is just helping him take care of it." Xiao Rongrong still had a gentle smile on his face, but the expression in his eyes became more indifferent: "If a certain day Reverend Lu When I come back, what will I think when I see that the fairy land he put here is occupied by others? Naturally, I will be disgusted by him, but what about the person who occupied his spiritual land?"

Empress Dowager Xiao suddenly became dumb.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Rongrong smiled more happily.

You can use the ways of the world to suppress me, but why can't I use Lu Zhenren to back me up?
Afterwards, the two chatted casually for a while, and Empress Dowager Xiao left, her back seemed a little embarrassed.

Not long after Empress Dowager Xiao left, another noble lady performed the Wanfu ceremony first, then sat across from Xiao Rongrong, and asked with a humble expression: "Queen, about the real person Lu, about the rumored fairy fruit, jade bee jelly, Is there a way?"

Of course Xiao Rongrong has no connections, she shook her head.

But this person didn't believe it, she whispered: "If there is a way to do this, please tell me. After our Jiang family gets the fetish, there will be a big reward."

The Jiang (Chinese surname) family is the surname of Wu Li in the Khitan Army, similar to the generals of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Although it is not as large as the Xiao family before, it is still the door of real power.

After leaving such a sentence, the lady walked aside and chatted with other people.

Then a few more women came over and said about the same thing.

After evening, everyone finally left, and Xiao Rongrong walked into a temporary hut not far away that was built with wooden chips.

It was very small inside, with only room for a bed, a small wardrobe, and a dressing table.

But it was such a small space, which was completely incomparable with the pepper room in the palace where she lived before, but it made her really feel at ease.

Now almost everyone in Linhuang City knows that Xiao Rongrong has received the "favor" of Master Lu, and more and more women from the noble family are coming to him.

Knowledgeable, tentative, relationship-building, etc.!
Even though the Xiao family had become a 'rebel', it still couldn't stop these women from approaching Xiao Rongrong under the order of the family.

They had also heard the rumors from the Song Kingdom before, and they only half-believed about Lu Zhenren, but now after seeing it with their own eyes, they believed it completely.

Thinking of the fairy fruit and jade bee jelly that are said to be able to save people's lives, and the gods that are said to increase longevity, the hearts of these nobles are full of enthusiasm.

Originally, the culture of the Khitan Kingdom was 'ruled' by the Northern Song Dynasty. Now that this happened, they wished they would immediately betray Khitan, kneel under Master Lu's door, and serve as lackeys.

And now in the Khitan Kingdom, the only person who can have a relationship with Master Lu is Xiao Rongrong.

If you don't look for her, look for someone.

Even... now even Yelu Hongji, the ruler of Khitan, is quite afraid of Xiao Rongrong.

After eating some hot bone porridge prepared by the maid, Xiao Rongrong felt her stomach warmed up a lot, then she fell asleep on a small wooden bed, covered with a thin quilt, and fell asleep within a while.

The maid came in and helped Xiao Rongrong put away the bowls and chopsticks, then she made a thin blanket, spread it on the grass outside, and closed her eyes to rest on it.

Although it seems that she can only sleep in the open air, due to the characteristics of the system home, she is not worried that the wind and snow outside will pour in.

Xiao Rongrong actually provided her with a house and enough bedding.

But in the cold northern region of Khitan, if you don’t burn charcoal to warm the room at night, you will feel cold even if you sleep with more bedding.

It would be better to sleep on the floor in this fairy land to be warm and comfortable.

On the second day, when the snow stopped and the clouds cleared, Xiao Rongrong didn't wake up until near noon. She washed her face and rinsed her teeth under the comfort of the maid.

While helping her with her beautiful hair, the maid said: "Just now, when Madam was still asleep, the Zhang family's wife came to visit and saw that Madam hadn't gotten up, she left again. She also said that she would come and see you after noon. "

Xiao Rongrong sighed: "They all came to ask me how to meet Master Lu, and how do I know how to meet him? I guess Master Lu should be flying through the clouds, cultivating immortals and making alchemy."

In fact, Xiao Rongrong's guess was half right, and Lu Sen's side could barely be counted.

Although the aircraft is flying in the air at only 60 kilometers per hour, the advantage is that it is completely unobstructed by the terrain and can travel in a straight line, so Lu Sen's all the way westward, it stands to reason that there is no problem.

Lu Sen wanted to fly directly there, but finally found that if he flew directly, it would be easy to get lost because the distance is too far.

Finally decided to take the 'Silk Road'.

Alizee is quite familiar with this road.

And if you want to take the Silk Road, you must pass through the city of Xi'an.

So after Lu Sen left Hangzhou, he settled down in Xi'an on the first day.

At the same time, I saw my 'distant relative', Zhe Jizu.

That's why Lu Sen deliberately stayed here for one night.

At this time, Zhe Jizu had already retired from the Xingqing Mansion, and handed over all the internal affairs to Di Qing.

When Lu Sen came to the door, Zhe Jizu looked very excited and pulled Lu Sen to drink again and again.

Halfway through the drink, he was drunk and kept crying.

Said that he was sorry for his elder brother, sorry for his nephew, and said that he had brought soldiers and horses before and could not rescue his elder brother, so he could only watch his elder brother die under the iron hoof.

Even my cousin Yang Wenguang was involved.

So he didn't dare to face the members of Tianbo Yang's family.

Hearing this, Lu Sen sighed and said, "Wen Guang is still alive and has returned to the Yang family."

After Zhe Jizu heard it, he was overjoyed at first, and then wept even more sadly.

Yang Wenguang survived, but many of his elder brother and uncles died in that disaster in Xingqing Mansion.

He fell asleep crying and crying. Lu Sen sat in the room without sleep all night.

On the second day, before Zhe Jizu woke up, Lu Sen left some fruit and honey, and took Alizee on the road again.

Today's Lu Sen talked very little, so he was already very reserved, so he seemed even more taciturn.

Alizee asked cautiously: "Why is your husband unhappy?"

Through the glass cover of the aircraft, Lu Sen watched the scenery slowly passing by on the ground, watched the green gradually fade, and the yellow sand in the distance slowly occupied the field of vision.

"It's nothing, it's just that the current situation is unpredictable. This person was joking with you not long ago, but when he turned around, he disappeared and turned into a handful of loess." Lu Sen sighed, shook his head slightly, and said: " Let's not talk about these depressing things, where is the next stop?"

"According to our flying speed, the next stop should be to sleep in the wilderness. After all, the Xixia people's territory is nearby. But in two days, we should be able to reach Loulan, where we can rest for a day or two."

Loulan?

Lu Sen is quite familiar with this place name and is also very interested.

After all, Loulan, the world he was in, had disappeared.

But Loulan in the Northern Song Dynasty, according to historical records, seems to have disappeared.

"Is Loulan still there?" Lu Sen couldn't help asking, "We Song Dynasty haven't heard news from this small country for a long time."

Alizee nodded and said, "More than 200 years ago, the Kongque River was diverted, and Loulan moved its capital along with the water source. Naturally, it is no longer in the original place now, but it is still an important transit point on the westbound road. Moreover, Loulan is now the queen's enthronement."

Lu Sen snorted: "Queen?"

"Yes, it seems that she was originally a woman from the Han family. Because she was extremely beautiful, she became the queen first. After the sudden death of King Loulan, she quickly took the throne and governed Loulan very prosperously!"

(End of this chapter)