Gel makeup

Chapter 234
After leaving for Jinling today, Han Shouchen led his army northward to conquer southern Shonan, and the situation became tense again.For many years, the court and the rebels have been anxious in Hunan and Jiangxi. Every time something happens in Hunan and Jiangxi, people in the court are always panicked.

Adhering to Xiao Yi's absence in the capital, the imperial capital is prone to accidents. This time, Siqing was extremely cautious and did not dare to run around. She only stayed in the forbidden center and Xiyuan, which is connected with the forbidden center.That day, Siqing was talking about the battle with the Empress Dowager, and while they were talking, Princess An, Princess Duan, and Princess Yingchuan County came to greet the Empress Dowager and the Empress.When the Queen Mother asked about King Duan's illness, Princess Duan's tears were like broken beads.

The Empress Dowager comforted, "Your Majesty told Eleven to come back, are you coming back soon?"

Concubine Duan agreed, and the Queen Mother said again: "I'm relieved when we get married on Eleventh. But Xiao Jiu doesn't know what he thinks, this time he's sick again, and I haven't seen him come in. And the Shen family My child, I'm sick even before the first lunar month, and I don't know why. Tomorrow, I'm thinking of going to Baiyun Temple."

Before the Empress Dowager went to Baiyun Temple, King Xiao Jing first came to Yining Palace to pay his respects.After his recovery, he looked frail and cynical.Siqing felt more and more unable to see through him.The Empress Dowager didn't mention the matter of accepting a concubine for him, neither did Si Qing, they all talked about Duan Wang's illness.

Shen Jiangdong had a face-to-face meeting with Imam after a fall in the first lunar month, but he had a fever again after returning home, and he never left the house.Before leaving Beijing today, I specifically told him not to go out of the city to see him off.He hid in the mansion and never visited King Duan.

Ever since Li Yuanzhen was taken away from Beijing today, Shen Jiangdong has been handling the affairs of the Ministry of War.He was sitting at home that day, and Fan Ziran came to talk to him about the supply of food and grass on the front line, and they talked all afternoon.When Fan Ziran went out, Jiang Feng happened to come home from the military guards of the mansion, and called Fan Ziran at the door for questioning. Fan Ziran said that he was going to see King Duan at Duan Wang's mansion, so he left.

Jiang Feng entered the study, Shen Jiangdong was reading the letter, Jiang Feng said: "I bumped into Fan Ziran head-on."

Shen Jiangdong said: "The big thing is not good, this Han Shouchen is stronger than his father, Chenzhou is in danger again."

Jiang Feng said: "I heard that Yonghe County King has been really not going well."

At this time, Huaying came to serve tea, and because Jiang Feng asked Xiaying to go to Tonghe to deliver something to Gu Heng and his wife, so he asked Huaying, "Xiaying hasn't come back yet?"

Huaying said: "Not yet." After speaking, he saluted and left.

Shen Jiangdong put down the channel: "I said I would find a good marriage for her."

Jiang Feng said, "It's up to her if she wants. Who do you like?"

Shen Jiangdong half stood up, "Look...how is Xie Yan?"

Jiang Feng was stunned, "Why do you think of him?"

Shen Jiangdong didn't answer, Jiang Feng thought for a while and said, "I think it's okay, it depends on whether Xiaying is willing or not."

Shen Jiangdong said: "Xiaying is a person who knows the basics. If she marries someone who is not close to her, can she rest assured? I think Xie Yan has a gentle temperament, a kind heart, and a chance to change. I think it's good. He is at least the best in Pengcheng. It will take a year, let it go for a year and see if there is any more suitable one for Xia Ying. I don't know if Xie Yan will marry again in the middle, and if Xie Yan is willing in the future, if he is willing in the future, he can ask Liang Fen and his wife to be middlemen .”

Jiang Feng nodded, and Shen Jiangdong thought of something, "I see you prepared a gift?"

"Oh," Jiang Feng said, "When I was investigating Tang Peng's matter, I was injured by Dingfan's spies and rescued by a mother and daughter in the west of the city. A poor poet and gift family. I thanked her behind, but the other party didn’t accept it. It happened that I asked Xiaying to see her that day, and Xiaying said that they were going to move back to the suburbs, so I prepared a gift.”

Shen Jiangdong asked: "In the 21st year of Xining, when did you cut off Ding Fan's secret post in the imperial capital?"

Jiang Feng nodded, "Yes."
"This is really the right step," Shen Jiangdong said, "Otherwise it will be impossible to guard against, and I will really be led by the nose by the surname Han."

Jiang Feng shook his head, "I thought Han Shouchen would be finished this summer, but I didn't expect it to be like this again."

The weather turned hot, and Chenzhou was re-captured for Dingfan. After several years of fighting back and forth, the hearts of the people in the court were floating, and the war weariness was even better than in the past.

Letters from Jinling were frequently delivered to Siqing, but Xiao Yi still couldn't bear it, and insisted on his own conquest to fight Dingfan.Siqing didn't know how sure Xiao Yi was, but she knew she couldn't persuade her, so she didn't dissuade her.Without the restraints of the kings of the imperial capital, Xiao Yi will be arbitrary after all.

In the blink of an eye, it was the season when the lotus was just blooming. Siqing walked along the Taiye Pond alone in the evening, and found a small boat on the bank.When I looked up, I saw a large area of ​​Furongpu not far away, so I boarded a boat and paddled quietly into the lotus leaves.

The fragrance of lotus leaves hits, and the evening breeze and sunset make people feel in a trance.Siqing remembered that many years ago, in the pond in front of Jiahe's former residence, there was also such a large lot of hibiscus. She often rowed a small boat among the lotus leaves, lay in the boat, picked fresh lotus leaves, and took a nap on the surface.Gu Heng couldn't find her, so he knew she had gone to the lake again.It was easy to fall asleep then and there were no nightmares.In the dream, the weavers of Jiahe often spun lotus silk into thread, made it into brocade, and cut it into summer clothes.The summer clothes were worn on him, light and elegant, and he was overjoyed.Now she has many, many new clothes that she can't finish wearing, and she also has blue Zhai clothes.The new clothes will no longer appear in the dream, but there is no desire in the dream, only one frightening black hole after another.

The lotus in Taiye Pond is so beautiful. I have been in the palace for many years, but I have never taken a boat to enjoy it. The reason may be that that summer, in the lotus boat in the pond, I met her brother Ye Lancheng who changed her life.In a trance, I can still see Ye Lancheng's dark robe corner appearing between the lotus leaves. That jade pendant, that face, are things Siqing doesn't want to recall.The Ye family depicted by Ye Lancheng, Ye Xiufeng depicted by Ye Lancheng, and himself pretended by Ye Lancheng constituted an illusory and beautiful deception together, and she walked in step by step until she couldn't turn back.

Not far away, there is a kabuki singing: "The lotus boat floats in brocade moraine, overlooking the river as far as the eye can see. It is easy to cross the boat along the river, but it is difficult to get flowers against the waves. There is fog and doubts that the river is wide, and there is no wind to see the water. I am tired of picking in the morning. For a long time."

Siqing sat in the boat, listened carefully for a while, stood up and continued to row deep into the lotus root.There is a small island by the lake, and there is a pavilion in the middle of the lake on the island. Accompanied by faint singing, she saw a figure in white clothes in the pavilion.The sleeves are flung, and the soft waist is like a willow in the wind.Plain clothes and plain shirts, only the rings around the waist are jingle bells.It was Mrs. Pei who was dancing again.

The fragrance of lotus, clouds, music, beauties and graceful dances are all so beautiful that they are unreal. The scene in front of me and the situation by the pond in the outskirts of Jiahe alternately appear in Siqing's mind.Ever since Xiao Yi left Beijing, Siqing has been in fear, and there is rarely a moment when she is in such a peaceful state of mind.The setting sun shone on the water, and also on Siqing's face, warm and gentle.She suddenly thought, what's the weather like in Liudu now?
For a moment, she understood what nostalgia is, and felt nostalgia for Xiao Yi.Not mixed with any redundant things, just pure nostalgia.She was nostalgic for his voice and the smell of his clothes.Si Qing thought, this seems to be the moment when she has known him and loved him the most.

We went through so many things together, there were suspicions, temptations, quarrels, and chills, but I finally moved my heart.

At this point the kabuki changed the tune:
Latent parting, secret lovesickness, who will know the long pulse.

The moon is full of frost and leaves are flying, and the branches are crowed and dumb.

The green window is deeply locked in the cold and sad, and there is no need to complain about tears.

The lonely tassels are empty brocade curtains, and the long night turns late like years.

Xu Jiang looks like a hundred-year-old hibiscus, always holding her own in a deep boudoir.

Secret lovesickness, latent parting, the Yellow River is passing away, and the sun is disappearing in the west, and we will never know when we will meet each other.

Siqing didn't bother Mrs. Pei, Xiaozhou returned to the shore of Taiye Pond along the same route.

In the summer of that year, Han Shouchen once again assembled his troops and marched northward, and sent troops to various places to denounce the imperial court.After leaving Chenzhou, he led a boat division down the river and conquered Changsha.

Under the critical situation, Shen Jiangdong and his wife came to the palace to pay homage to the Empress Dowager and Siqing. Shen Jiangdong expressed concern about the matter of wanting to conquest in person today, but Siqing was speechless. I knew I couldn't persuade him."

Shen Jiangdong said: "Then let the Empress Dowager and Her Royal Highness be the masters, and plan a perfect strategy in the imperial capital."

The empress dowager said sadly again: "Is there any perfect solution, I can only take one step at a time."

On Mangzhong Day, Xiao Yi defied all opinions and led a navy from Jinling to Huxiang, where he fought a decisive battle with Dingfan on the shore of Dongting.

A few days after Xiao Yi arrived in Hunan, the imperial court defeated Dingfan on the shore of Dongting. Han Shouchen, the rebel leader of Dingfan, was seriously injured and died.Lou's letter said, "Drawing the old picture of a tiger slaying a dragon and sighing, the blood of the book has dried up the eyes of the phoenix. So far, the ten feet of Dongting water has flowed out of the year without tears." Then he threw himself into the water.

On this day, Siqing and Yining Palace went to Baiyun Temple to have a wedding ceremony, and received a good news on the way back.In the past, Emperor Wuzong once said to the Dingnan Fan, "Since you are in the town, I have no worries about the Southwest." Many years later, the Dingfan, who was famous in the southwest, was eventually crushed to pieces because of the failure of the rebellion.

This battle has been fought for six years, and the scene of Xiao Yi's determination to cut down the feudal clan six years ago is still vivid in his memory.The car drove through the Chengtian Gate, and the vermilion palace walls were so brightly red in the setting sun, Siqing opened the curtain to look out, a tear rolled down her cheek unconsciously.

After Han Shouchen died, almost all the elite troops who followed him to Huxiang were wiped out. Only the Jingjiang line was still in the hands of the rebels.Although Han Shouchen's old army resisted stubbornly, the decline is irreversible.The entire imperial city was in jubilation, and the sound of firecrackers could be heard for several days.

Although the good news came, Duan Wang's illness became more and more serious.Shen Jiangdong was finally able to go out after a few months of injury, so he visited Prince Duan's mansion, and came back to tell Jiang Feng, "It seems that Prince Duan will not survive this year."

Jiang Feng said: "His fake illness turned into a real illness unexpectedly."

The good news came back, Xiao Yi returned to Jinling and also fulfilled his promise, and wanted to take Siqing to Liudu for a trip to the south of the Yangtze River.Yining Palace didn't like to go out the most, and said early in the morning that they would not go to the south. Although King Duan of Jingzhong was ill, there were still Fan Ziran and Shen Jiangdong.Although Dong Gong was young, seeing how many bandits had been wiped out, he was not as cautious as before.

Naturally, Siqing would like to go back to Jiangzuo to have a look. After being separated for many years, riches and honors do not return to their hometowns, like walking at night in brocade clothes.The inner court then arranged an itinerary for the central palace, preparing to travel by water to Jinling, the capital.

Siqing didn't want to make it public, Jiang Feng wanted to contact Jiangnansi in the imperial capital, so he couldn't leave the capital.Siqing also didn't want Cheng Yingzhou to go south with her at this time, and smiled at Lingzhen: "Han Shouchen is gone, and there is an empress dowager in Beijing, so what is my life worth?" She insisted not to bring the Beijing guards southward.

In any case, Yining Palace disagreed that Qing would not bring the generals of the Jingwei to the south, and finally Siqing agreed to bring Yuan Lingbo, who was in the military guard of the palace, with him. Gong was speechless.

Qin Tianjian picked up the auspicious day of the zodiac, and Siqing also lived in Ninghua Palace to pack his luggage.When I entered the west chamber of Ninghua Hall one day and saw the clothes all over the floor, I took a step back in fright, "Where do you get so many clothes?"

Ling Zhen smiled and said: "This is all the girl's, it's just a part of recent years."

You have to bring the dress and crown when you go out, and find a palace man to keep them.In addition to the skirts and large clothes, Ling Zhen also packed several loads, even the autumn jacket, and a feather gauze cloak.Siqing asked again, "Is it too much?"

Lingzhen said: "It's hot in summer, so I don't need to change my clothes frequently. The light-colored shirts will get stains when I sweat, so I wear them for half a day, so I can bring more convenience for the journey. Also, it's autumn on the return trip, so it's hard to keep the water clean." It's cold, so you still have to bring a jacket. If I don't follow, Ling Bo can't take care of his own things, and I don't know if Yunchu can take good care of the girl."

It's not that Siqing has never traveled far before, so she couldn't help laughing and said: "There are so many people following, there is no need to think so carefully."

Ling Zhen said: "It will be inconvenient to wait on the road, the girl will miss me."

Zhonggong left Beijing in a hurry, before Siqing left Beijing, he secretly moved to Tantai, Nanshan, where he met Shen Jiangdong and his wife.

Jiang Feng was wearing a gauze-bottomed narrow-sleeved beige, with a high bun and a veiled hat.Shen Jiangdong was wearing a plain Taoist robe and his face was pale.Since Shen Jiangdong was injured in a fall, Siqing hadn't seen him for half a year, so she first asked him how he was recovering.At this time, it was hot in midsummer, and at noon, a group of people went to the tea pavilion in the shade of Tantai to talk.

This tea pavilion is built on the back of the Tantai, between the mountain roads, near a deep pool on the left, there is a waterfall pouring down, the sound of the water is lingling, and it feels cool when you hear it.Speaking of Han Shouchen's killing, Shen Jiangdong was the most emotional. The three of them said a few words about the situation of the battle, and the topic returned to Siqing's trip to the south. Opportunity, otherwise, in this hot weather, who would be patient to walk? I said to take Taikang, but Taikang was not willing to go.”

Shen Jiangdong said: "When His Highness arrives in Ning, it may be the time to conquer Jingjiang, so it's better to celebrate in Liudu."

Siqing said: "I don't think the court wants His Majesty to stay in Liudu for a long time. It's hard to say if there are any changes." She looked around, lowered her head and thought for a while, and said: "When I leave Beijing, you will definitely go See Mo Wei. There is something... I have been hesitating whether to say it or not."

Shen Jiangdong didn't answer, Jiang Feng said: "Is it related to the two uncles?"

Siqing shook her head, "You also know that the princess of Shangyang... the two uncles don't know about Mo Wei's life experience."

Shen Jiangdong regained his composure when he heard it, "Is it related to the sixth child?"

Siqing said frankly: "Princess Taikang is not my own, everyone knows that."

Siqing jumped back onto the eldest princess, Shen Jiangdong and his wife couldn't keep up with her thoughts, Jiang Feng said: "Your Highness, what about the eldest princess?"

(End of this chapter)