Chang Anqing

Chapter 4

When Li Sui came to Yang Yan's yard, she felt that compared with her aunt's dignified and noble Chaolu Courtyard, the Langao Courtyard with Angelica and Du Ruo planted in front of her was considered a gentleman's elegance. There is a faint vanilla smell in this moist water vapor.

Following this road of Fangcao, Li Sui walked to a small and fragrant courtyard, which was Yang Yan's always favorite place to rest. When he stayed on the porch, he could get rid of the wind and rain. Yu Nu carefully put away the umbrella and went with him. Niannu followed Li Sui step by step.

When the maids outside the door saw it, they hurriedly came forward to salute, but saw Li Sui put her index finger on her lips and waved her hand lightly.

Li Sui motioned Yu Nu and the two to wait outside the door, and then picked up the ru skirt and walked in, and went around the front hall to the study. Li Sui, who was about to enter toward the right hand, heard Yang Yan's gentle voice.

"This water is absolutely necessary, Jiuge."

Li Sui heard the sound for a while, but it turns out that even now, she still can't hide her touch when she hears this name.

When she walked in as usual, she saw Yang Yanzheng, who was wearing a round neck and wide-sleeved robe, was standing behind the long desk, while the woman pinching her sleeves and grinding her sleeves was not beautiful, but she was also graceful and charming, with a frown on her eyebrows. The moon pearl under the earlobe is truly gentle.

Li Sui was not surprised by the appearance of Jiuge, because she was the Xiao family that Yang Yan loved all his life.

Formerly known as Xiao Baoer, Gaozong was also an official family. Later, due to the involvement of the clan, he was exiled for the Tian family, so his family fell into disrepair. At that time, Xiao Baoer, who was only a baby at the time, went to the Yuefu with his mother. By chance, he was bought into the Taiwei's residence. She was smart and gentle, so she was assigned to Yang Yan as her maid by her aunt.

The name of these nine songs is taken by Yang Yan, which means "playing nine songs and dancing Shaoxi, talking about holidays and enjoying music".

I remember in her previous life, she was still Yang Yan's queen. She disagreed with Yang Yan on the assassination of Luoyang King Yang Che, so she was jealous of Yang Yan. At that time, Jiuge, who had disappeared for many years, appeared and entered the palace and became much favored. Concubine Xiao, who is always beside Yang Yan's pillow, warms the fragrance of nephrite, and conducts feudal affairs.

She never let go of those shallow methods.

But half a year later, Yang Yan suddenly died suddenly in Concubine Xiao's palace, and it was the Xiao family who personally fed him the poison.

During the interrogation, Concubine Xiao revealed that she was pregnant with a dragon fetus, but the imperial physicians in the entire imperial hospital could not detect the pulse of happiness.

At that time, it was too late. Her son saw with his own eyes that when his father's bones were not cold, she, the mother, killed his father's concubine with a cane, killing two of his corpses.

As a son, he inherited her appearance, but inherited the kindness of his father, Yang Yan. Since he saw the blood in Xiao's place, he has separated from her mother and son, and he is depressed and panicked all day long. all day long.

One year after he ascended the throne, he passed away, leaving only Ayu in the swaddling clothes as the new emperor.

After living for half her life, she never imagined that she would end up living like that.

The husband and wife were separated, the mother and son betrayed, and the court and the public suspected that she was jealous, poisoned the emperor, put the blame on Concubine Xiao, killed Concubine Xiao's mother and son, and kidnapped her young grandson in an attempt to control the government.

She has thought about these things over and over again, and after thinking about it, she has a calm and clear result.

Everything in the past seems to have originated from the Xiao family, and she has uncovered too many mysteries about the Xiao family.

After she married Yang Yan in her previous life, why did the Xiao family who served Yang Yan disappear?Where did the Xiao Shi disappear in those years?Why did she suddenly return to Chang'an, to Yang Yan's side?Li Sui knew very well that the Xiao family loved Yang Yan deeply. She poisoned Yang Yan with her own hands. If it was just to put the blame on herself, the price would be too high, and it would cost the lives of their mother, son and Yang Yan.

All of this is too coincidental, like a game of chess. It was not until the last moment of Xiao Shi's life that she played a crucial role.

Li Sui knew that in Xiao's mind, it was only the chess piece in someone else's hand, and the person who held her in his hand, since the day she and Yang Yan got married, has been wearing this piece for decades. In the end, he took every step of the way, using a Xiao Shi, who was not important, to make this game alive.

Thinking of this, Li Sui's hands under his broad sleeves couldn't help clenching tightly. Even she couldn't help but be afraid of this person's depth.

Now that she is alive again, she is destined to fight with this person for life and death, and she will never die.

……

"The only way to avoid this ink being soaked."

The old events were vivid in my eyes, but those familiar voices rang out in my ears again.

Seeing Yang Yan's gesture in person, Li Sui smiled and said slowly, "Erlang is so good at Yaxing."

Hearing this familiar voice, Yang Yan paused lightly in his hand, raised his head and met Li Sui's smiling eyes, his lips softened a bit.

"Aman is here—"

Although Yang Yan and Yang Che are older than Li Sui, because the three of them grew up together by Li's hand since they were young, their relationship is a little different. They are the sisters born to several other ladies in the house, and they call them two. Brother, Du Du Li Sui was never like this. He only called "Erlang, Saburo" all day long, and even Yang Chongyuan's couple was particularly fond of them, so they acquiesced.

"The county lord."

When Jiuge saw the visitor, he smiled and bowed respectfully. Before Li Sui could call, Yang Yan carefully saw some rain on the little lady's body. Said: "What are you doing here in such weather—"

Yang Yan babbled, then turned to Jiuge next to him and said, "Bring a bowl of ginger tea to the county master."

Jiuge smiled and walked away, Li Sui looked down at the little wetness on his body, walked to the case without caring, picked up the Duan inkstone on the case and rubbed it: "Wonderful and delicate like a child's skin, tomorrow is mine. Birthday, I want to come and see, but Erlang's congratulations are ready."

Seeing Li Sui's infatuation with Duan Yan, Yang Yan's brows and eyes were smiling, as gentle as always, while sticking out the tea-white embroidered Du Heng's handkerchief from the lapel, he said, "It was my birthday last year, and you were nothing but a bowl of noodles. Now, on your birthday, you want to go to the baby I just got."

Feeling that Yang Yan used Supa to wipe off the rain falling on her hair, the tip of her nose was still the faint Du Ruoxiang, the soft touch made Li Sui's heart move slightly, but when she looked at Yang Yan's serious eyes, Li Sui's heart was full. More and more dull, or rather calm.

Yang Yan has always been like this, being gentle and kind to everyone, so that people can't make mistakes.

If you change the woman next to you, I'm afraid that at this moment, your heart is already sprouting.

But she knew very well that he was just by nature and didn't know it at all.

It is because of this that he became the gentle and affectionate emperor in the previous life.

Li Sui's thoughts turned around, and he said with a smile on his face: "It's not because my uncle is partial, I only give you this good thing—"

Hearing Li Sui's words, Yang Yan's hand paused, and when it was almost over, he withdrew his hand and folded the Supa.

"It's your mother who called you here again."

Feeling the change in Yang Yan's tone, Li Sui put away her smile and looked at the humane who walked back to the case: "Even if my aunt doesn't say anything, I will come."

"That's right, it would be amazing if you didn't come. From childhood to adulthood, every time the brothers next to him were praised and rewarded by Aye, I would always provoke him into anger and ask you to come to the scene every time."

Yang Yan sighed needlessly on her lips, but covered with a forced smile, looking at the girl in front of her, her eyes were as gentle as ever, but Li Sui could see the silence and changes.

"Aye said... I am an unfilial son. I can't compare to the eldest brother, and I can't compare to Saburo Shiro and the others, but I only occupy the position of the eldest son."

Although the man's words were calm, Li Sui knew how a sensitive and soft heart was under this calm, quietly looking at Yang Yan's silent side face, how could Li Sui not know the relationship between the father and son after so many years of getting along as a husband and wife affection and estrangement.

"Deep love and responsibility, how could you be so wise that you don't understand this truth? But because of the love between father and son, I was very careful about these reproaches, so I forgot it."

Li Sui's voice was clear and clear, but her tone was as calm as always, which did not belong to her age. She slowly stepped forward, gently picked up the grind that Jiuge had just researched, and pushed it away little by little.

"You will be like this, so will my uncle. Even if he has been in the army for half his life and responds to every call, in front of you, he is just a father. If you are not the eldest son of the Yang family, then your uncle will naturally treat you leniently, and you don't have to find fault with everything. But you are not. Although the eldest brother is the elder, he is not the direct descendant. Although Saburo is the direct son, he is not the elder. Uncle's expectations for you are different."

At this moment, Li Sui has already said all the words her aunt wanted to comfort her, so she will not say any more. Father and son understand such a simple truth. However, Yang Chongyuan has been fighting for strength all his life. It seems gentle, but it is stubborn on the inside, and it is even more horny when it comes to those words that are heart-wrenching.

At this moment, the room was silent, except for a figure standing beside the gauze tent at the door.

The recent Yang Yan's pen can already see a bit of touch, and the tip of the pen trembles slightly. After a long time, Li Sui thought that the person in front of him would not speak anymore, but suddenly heard a voice slowly say: "Aman, Have you ever thought that after all, the royal family has a kindness to our Yang and Li families."

Hearing this, the crux of the matter was revealed. Yang Yan's life was benevolent, and even when he finally died, the courtiers proposed a posthumous title like "Emperor Zhaoren" for him, which is incomparable even to her.

But in such chaotic times, Li Sui can't say whether benevolence is a good thing or a bad thing, and he doesn't dare to say.

The Chen family of the Tianjia family treated the Yang and Li families very well. Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, they have reused the Longxi Li family and the Hongnong Yang family, who are the first of the five surnames and seven hope. The beloved daughter married Li Sui's father Li Zhang, and when she died, she entrusted her uncle Yang Chongyuan, who had high hopes for her son.

It is said that it is the favor of God, and it is not impossible.

But all of this is mostly due to the early establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, and the instability of the society. It is necessary to win over the Yang and Li families, who are centuries-old families and have founding achievements, so that the gentry can return to their hearts and the world is stable.

However, in the time of the late emperor, the situation had begun to reverse. Since he was in power when he was young, the late emperor became dissatisfied with Yang Chongyuan, the solitary minister, and gradually became suspicious of the Yang and Li families. Bit by bit deprive Yang's military power and cut off Li's power in the court.Spreading the eyeliner, staring at all the movements of the Yang and Li family, just waiting for the power to be ready to be released, and that's all.If it wasn't for the late emperor's sudden illness and his untimely death, when he was dying, he passed the throne to the younger brother of a mother's compatriot, the current sage, Yang and Li Ershi are still unknown today.

Since ancient times, the king and the important ministers have always been in this way.When the power of the important ministers is gradually increasing, and it is difficult to control, they will become the powerful ministers who sleep on the couch and sleep in the eyes of the king, and the killing party will be calm.But if the important officials are weak, how can they not fall into the situation of rabbits and dogs?

It is precisely because of this that the Son of Heaven, headed by the Shangguan clan, is pressing on the Yang and Li families step by step, and the Yang and Li families have long been in opposition to the Tian family.

In this game, there is no right or wrong, but everyone is greedy for power. The ruler and the minister are like a couple who share the same bed and different dreams, who can only suffer together and share the same joy.Who can say who is unkind?Who is unrighteous?
"Prosperity must decline. It's been like this since ancient times. The general trend can't be saved by you and me. What's more, you and I are still in this vortex, how can we extricate ourselves?"

Are you going to turn against each other?Cannibalism?

Or send yourself under the knife edge of the other party, in order to sacrifice your life for justice.

Li Sui didn't blurt out these words, but it was self-evident.

Hearing this, Yang Yan moved his eyes slightly, finally raised his head, and turned to look at the person beside him: "Could it be because of this that we have to do this dynasty for Dong Zhuo, Cao Mengde and the like—"

thief.

Looking at Yang Yanyi's eyes, Li Sui naturally knew what he wanted to say but didn't say, so he put down the pine smoke ink in his hand, fixed his eyes on Yang Yan's eyes, and said straightly: "The general trend of the world , changing rapidly. Now, not only did we choose this situation, but also the situation chose us.”

Feeling the subtle changes in Yang Yan's eyes, Li Sui couldn't help sighing, and said the last sentence gently and slowly.

"Now what you and I have to do, and what I can do, is to protect the people around you. If you have to ask for a black and white one like this, you will only be asking for trouble."

Li Sui didn't go on, but the meaning of it was already understood by the two of them.

Yang Yan was too naive to find a way to balance coexistence in this raging, life-and-death struggle.

At this moment, the house was silent, and only the rustling sound of the fading rain outside the window could be heard.

Yang Yan smiled suddenly, but with a bit of inexplicable alienation.

"Yes, this is Ah Man, more like Ah Man from our Yang family."

Hearing this self-deprecating voice, Li Sui didn't know what it meant. When he looked up, Jiuge in a purple dress just walked in and offered ginger tea respectfully.

"County master, it's time to take it. If you catch the wind and cold, how good is the banquet tomorrow? This ginger tea is cooked, and the servants have dried it again, just enough to be eaten."

The woman's words are gentle and her thoughts are delicate, like Yang Yan who is very close, but she is completely different from her Li Sui.

After all, Xiao Shi and Yang Yan are people on the same road.

"No wonder your caring, even aunt praised you."

Li Sui took the ginger tea, smiled lightly, eyebrows and eyes curved like the bright moon, and the originally beautiful face made Jiuge beside him lose his mind in an instant.

"I have to go to the palace to see my sister, so I won't bother you anymore."

Li Sui drank the ginger tea in one go, handed it back to Jiuge, dipped the silk handkerchief on the corner of his mouth, and turned around.

"Lang Jun, what's the matter with the county master—"

Jiuge felt the strange atmosphere. Holding the empty bowl, he turned to look at Yang Yan, but saw that although Yang Yan was sticking to the pen at the moment, he was just stunned. Voice.

When Yang Yan heard the sound, it was too late. The ink fell, and a beautiful word was destroyed. Instead, Yang Yan hurriedly put the pen down and moved the word on the paper, but the black ink had already soaked through the back of the paper. It was printed on the unfinished painting below.

Although the ink marks fell on the woman's eyebrows, it could be vaguely seen that the person on the painting looked somewhat familiar.

Seeing this, Jiuge stepped forward and put the tray on the side of the case. When he saw the painting that had been ink dropped, he couldn't help but look at the person in front of him, and couldn't hide his guilt in his words.

"It was the servant who was careless."

"Nothing to do with you--"

Almost at the same time, Yang Yan spoke out in his words, but there was no expression in his eyes. After only a moment's pause, he stretched out his hand astonishingly and lifted the picture out.

"Lang Jun-"

Seeing this, Jiuge was about to stop it, but heard Yang Yan speak out.

"Forget it, since it's ruined, what else are there to do?"

The man's voice was calm, but Qing Lingling's voice showed a somewhat complicated depression.

Li Sui walked out of the Langao Courtyard slowly, and Yu Nu held an umbrella for himself. Looking at the silky drizzle outside the umbrella, he couldn't help thinking of that dazed life.

After arguing with Yang Yan for a long time, there are some words she has not yet said. From the moment Aye married Aniang and Gaozong entrusted the old emperor to Yang Chongyuan, the Yang family and the Li family were in full swing, not only having the power to assist the government, but also the royal family. , If the future emperor is from the eldest sister, the future emperor will still have the blood of the Yang family.

Such power and grace have already made many people jealous.

Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.

The Shangguan clan rose to contain the Yang clan and the Li clan, and they became mortal enemies with the Yang clan and the Li clan since they were favored by the late emperor.

But now Emperor Yuan Cheng is cowardly, unable to hold the Yang and Li families as pawns like the previous emperor, but Shangguan, on the contrary, used the name of supporting the emperor to win over the old ministers, ready to kill the Yang and Li families at any time.

The Yang family, the Li family and the Son of Heaven faction were destined to be a battle not only for power and position, but also for life.

If you don't enter, you will die.

In the eyes of others, she follows the surname of the Li family. Even if she has half of the royal blood, in the eyes of others, she is the same family as the Yang family, who is suspected of usurping power.

These, when she went to the family banquet in the palace when she was a child, could be seen clearly in the eyes of those royal descendants, either cold, disgusted, cautious, or flattering.

Under this confrontation, if the Yang and Li families retreated bravely, would they be able to survive?I'm afraid it's a luxury if she wants to ask for a whole corpse.

Thinking of this, Li Sui couldn't help but want to laugh, whether to laugh at Yang Yan's innocence or his own ruthlessness.

She doesn't have that kind of fraternity, all she can do is to let herself live the life she wants, protect her father and mother, and the people around her will be safe for life, that's all.

She will not forget that in her previous life, it was because of Yang Yan's unquestionable innocence towards Yang Che, her mother's brother, that she was reduced to the point of falling from the tower to protect the country.

Sometimes even Renshan turns out to be a slaughtering knife.

(End of this chapter)