History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 241 Uncle Yun·Heart of the Emperor

The Jing water is clear and the Wei water is turbid. When the Jing water flows into the Wei, it is clear and turbid, not muddy, and very distinct. This is because the Jing and Wei are distinct and can be seen in the human mind.

At this time, it is spring and the cold is gradually disappearing.

The thatched cottage where Feng Yun lived was surrounded by a small courtyard to isolate the people coming and going, and there was still a bit of chill in the wind.

Two one-year-old children were babbling, recognizing objects, and learning words by the fire in the courtyard.

Feng Yun raised his eyes and looked at the two ignorant princes who acted according to their nature.

The first one is Bo Fu. Due to premature birth, he looks a little thinner, but his eyes are sharp and full of curiosity and inquiry. Although his face is immature, he has the inheritance of Bao Si, who is the king of the country. He is handsome and cute.

The other one is Yijiu, who is short and fat and looks honest, but has a bad temper. He has no cherishment for the things around him. He acts recklessly, is lazy when learning calligraphy, and has little respect for Feng Yun. .

When the two of them were like this, Feng Yun thought of an old saying - you don't see your age until you are three years old.

A child's disposition, if left unguided and left unchecked, may develop into a lifelong personality.

Just as the environment creates a person, what you know, feel and do is also an environment - your inner environment.

"You two, do you like learning calligraphy?" Feng Yun asked the two princes.

Bo Fu smiled shyly, stood up, and saluted respectfully but awkwardly, which showed his intimacy with Feng Yun.

"Sir, I like to learn calligraphy with you."

Yijiu on the side ignored Feng Yun.

At this time, Queen Shen came along the Wei River in a carriage. This time, as usual, she came to pick up Yijiu and leave at this time.

Feng Yun looked at it and saw that although the carriage was simple, it was driven by five horses and was for the queen.

However, the emperor had already ordered that both Queen Shen and Baosi should be self-reliant and raise their sons so that the two princes could understand the lives of the Zhou people. All the emperor gave them every month was just some animal meat and corn.

Even the cloth needs to be weaved by themselves, so where can they find the spare money to buy a carriage and raise five horses?

"Fengzi..." But there was another voice in the carriage.

The man dismounted and was a man, following Queen Shen.

Queen Shen and Yijiu both ignored Feng Yun.

The man saluted Feng Yun: "I am the son of Shen Kingdom and the direct descendant of Queen Shen."

"I came to visit my eldest sister this time, so I took a car."

is it?

Queen Shen comes to pick up Yijiu every day. Her shoes and socks are not muddy, so it doesn't look like she personally walked down the Wei River.

But Feng Yun didn't expose it either.

"Young Master Shen, I wonder if something happened?" If nothing happened, he wouldn't have arrived so grandly.

Prince Shen smiled and said politely, "It's true."

Gently touching Yijiu's shoulder, Yijiu felt close to his uncle.

"Yijiu studied calligraphy under Fengzi's sect, and he was the emperor's direct eldest son. He studied for several months, and he probably became associated with Fengzi."

Feng Yun frowned lightly.

Just listen to this person say: "I wonder if Fengzi has the intention to become the prince's half master?"

Half a division?

Queen Shen is the mother and the Emperor is the father. This time it was Queen Shen who asked for the request, so she is half a master. But as long as Feng Yun agrees, how can they not use Feng Yun's reputation to get the Emperor to agree too.

On the side, Uncle Fu, who stayed silently behind Feng Yun, was dissatisfied and held the corner of Feng Yun's skirt.

Feng Yun shook his head.

"Yun, Wuwei is the teacher of the prince. I came to teach the two princes this time. I am also fulfilling my duty of guarding the history of Tibetan Buddhism and teaching calligraphy."

When Feng Yun was in the court, he would open a path and tell stories to the children who might have been buried in the fields all their lives.

To the two princes, Feng Yun just taught them how to calligraphy and did not go too far to cause trouble.

Feng Yun didn't need to look to know that outside the courtyard, many pedestrians wanted to cling to the two princes and start a princely dispute.

It can be said that at this time, the eyes of all the princes in the world were focused on Feng Yun's small thatched cottage where Jingwei was clearly separated because of the prince's dispute.

If one of the two princes can get Feng Yun's approval to be his master, the situation may change greatly.

This is what the princes are worried about, worried that Feng Yun will choose a prince they cannot choose.

But it is also what the princes are looking forward to...

However, rather than expecting Feng Yun to support the princes' choice, the princes hope more——

When Prince Shen heard this, he asked, "What about Prince Bofu?"

The atmosphere around him was depressing because of Mr. Shen Guo's words, and passers-by subconsciously paused and looked out of the corner of their eyes.

Until the next moment, Feng Yun said softly: "Yun treats the prince's uncle as the prince, and it is the same as the prince's marriage. It does not matter because of his age or his direct concubine."

"The so-called learning of calligraphy will not result in one less stroke."

After Feng Yun said that, the pedestrians around him were obviously hurried, but they wanted to spread the news.

The temptation for Shen Guo was successful.

Queen Shen rarely had a smiling face.

"I heard that when Bao Si's sister returned to Bao State from Wu State, she met Fengzi on her way to the destroyed Dating."

"Fengzi made suggestions for Bao Si, returned home safely, and stabilized Bao's country with his words of support. And Bao Xiang went out as an envoy again. At that time in Fenghao, he was in the limelight..."

Queen Shen smiled lightly: "Fengzi and Baosi are similar in age. They are old friends from early years. In fact, it is natural for them to accept Bofu as their disciples."

Uncle Fu had never heard of this before. He stared at Feng Yun with his round eyes.

"Sister, Baosi and Fengzi just met by chance. Feng Yun's advice is also for Bao's country. Why does he come to offer advice for my sister?"

Bao Si is beautiful without makeup. Although her clothes are not as noble as Queen Shen's and her face is slightly cold, you can see the gentleness and kindness in her eyes that do not want right and wrong.

Beauty is inside but not outside, but she is beautiful both inside and outside.

"Feng Zian."

Queen Shen stayed here for a long time today, otherwise she would not have met Bao Si.

Queen Shen snorted coldly, but she did not retreat. She was a queen, how could she avoid Bao Si.

After Bao Si saluted Feng Yun and said hello, she waved: "Uncle Fu, come here. It's time for us to go back. I have a happy event to tell you today."

Bo Fu obeyed and trotted out from behind Feng Yun and came into Bao Si's arms.

Bao Si didn't want to talk to Feng Yun anymore, so she bowed to Queen Shen.

"Queen, please leave."

The uncle on the side also saluted carefully: "Queen, uncle, please leave."

Queen Shen is not a very evil person.

As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind, he immediately waved his hand and let Bao Si leave.

After learning that Feng Yun would not accept Bo Fu as her disciple, she no longer worried.

Going back on one's word is not the behavior of a saint.

Queen Shen also drove away with Mr. Shen.

"A young master from a great country is already a great virtue if he can control four horses, but how can he deceive others if he can control five horses?"

Sure enough, with the appearance of the Five Horses.

In the land of Fenghao, among the people of the Zhou Dynasty, Queen Shen was a luxurious mother and did not want to travel with the people. She was dressed in coarse cloth, but the inside was full of fine silk. When she returned home, her hair was full of pearls and hairpins.

In contrast, Bao Si's reputation gradually increased because she personally went to Jingshui to wash clothes and sewed clothes for the surrounding neighbors. The sound of weaving was heard endlessly.

As they discussed the queen and Baosi, no one stopped the queen.

The two princes were also brought to the public eye and people discussed whether they were virtuous or not.

His eldest son, Bo Fu, saw his love and affection. Although he was young, he was humble and polite. However, his eldest son, Yi Jiu, had a bad temper. Because he knew that his father was the emperor, all the common people he met on the road would look up and stop.

For those whose skin is chapped due to exposure to the sun and rain, whose appearance is rough, who live by hard work, and who live in the mud... look down upon and despise!

Who is virtuous and who is bad can be known at a glance.

This is a place of Jingwei, not the palace of the emperor.

Every word and deed of the two princes is known to the world... Children are young and cannot be hypocritical. For a moment, with the sound of discussion, the whole country was shaken, and the scholar-bureaucrats hoped that the emperor would order to suppress it.

But the emperor still said the same thing - he knocked to the sky and asked, "Bofu and Yijiu are both the sons of a humble man. They are virtuous. All they need to do is light their beacons and let the phoenixes and birds identify them. Then they can become princes."

But some people shouted, there is a difference between concubines and concubines!

The emperor snorted coldly and ordered that this man be removed from his post.

"Both my concubines and my concubines are my sons. We treat them equally and love them equally. There are natural laws for this. Why do you need to wait to make a final decision?"

Under this power, the scholar-bureaucrats were speechless.

You must know that the emperor just gave birth to a new son this month, but the emperor has been around Baosi, falling in love with Bofu, or going to Lishan Mountain to supervise the construction of the beacon tower. How can he love her equally...

……

"The emperor has enlisted the common people to build a beacon tower again." Manwa packed some bags in the courtyard. Today is the birthday of the emperor's third son. On the full moon, the emperor named the third son - Ji Yuchen, and granted permission for the two princes to come with their mothers to get to know each other. , so I have a short break today, and Feng Yun can also take advantage of the spring to go out for a while.

"I'm afraid the Emperor is not just as simple as building a beacon tower."

Feng Yun observes the sky.

This Zhoutian has been locked up by the emperor with heavy weapons. In this glorious sky, under the great luck of the Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years, Feng Yun used the power of a near sage to deduce the "Book of Changes", "He Tu" and part of "Luo Shu". Only some abnormalities can be seen.

Ordinary people, even with innate powers, cannot detect it.

"This emperor is very dangerous. He has no lack of pioneering spirit, but now the Great Zhou Dynasty is strong on the outside and powerful on the outside. He desires to develop but has no foundation for development. He can only consume the shadow of his ancestors."

"This is undoubtedly dangerous, just like during the time of Yu Yue, the Yue king used the destiny of the whole country to search for the "River Map", but he was lucky to succeed and failed, which led to many disasters."

Among them, Feng Yun was also one of the disasters triggered by Yuejun at the beginning, and his life was cut off.

"In times of great disaster, heroes emerge in large numbers. This is the continuation of humanity, the rotation of heaven, and the rebirth of earth."

During the time of Yu Yue, it was a time of great disaster for Da Ting, so Feng Yun was born. Feng Yun was pushed by the force of humanity to grow so fast.

Otherwise, in a time of peace, how could Uncle Zong allow non-gentry members to enter the palace of classics, and how could Dazai offer sacrifices to the emperor to fulfill Feng Yun and seek a chance for the revival of the ancient country of Da Ting?

This is the help of the situation.

And there are many such people in every place and every era.

This is humanity.

"At the end of the Shang Dynasty, great chaos broke out. Under the general trend, how many heroes were passed down through the ages and included in the human, Dao and heaven."

"Now...Dazhou is also going through this reincarnation."

Feng Yun's eyes were clear, but he was thinking about those heroic people who were engraved in the years of the human race during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

"Fengzi, things are packed."

Manwa arranged the carriage and came to ask Feng Yun.

Feng Yun saw this, nodded and said: "Take my piano and go on foot."

During the Zeng State, Feng Yun once obtained the Yaoliang Qin, which was a rare treasure of a foreigner and could be included in the blue pattern.

At this time, the blue patterns flashed and appeared around the beam.

Manwa took it and went out with Feng Yun.

And the surroundings were also moved because of Feng Yun's actions.

When Feng Yun came to the intersection of Jing and Wei and sat on the ground, there were already many admirers hiding around him.

"Boom..."

The guqin sounds, but Feng Yun rarely talks about the qin.

And looking at the clear distinction between Jing and Wei, one clear and one turbid, blending into one, it seems to be related to the changes of yin and yang, so I can't help but feel emotional.

There is no score for the guqin, just play it according to your heart.

This is the principle of yin and yang.

The surrounding flowers and plants are tender because of the sound of the piano, and the water waves are rippling because of the sound of the piano.

As the charm of Xuan Dao spreads, those who hear the sound of the piano around will feel as if they have fallen into the world of Feng Yun, feeling where the Tao is and where their hearts are.

The human heart is most comfortable at this time.

"Mom, this is Uncle Yun."

Bao Si took her uncle's clothes and returned from Zhou Palace, but she stopped when she heard the sound of the piano.

Bofu couldn't help but say the name Uncle Yun.

But Bao Si was shocked.

"Who taught you to call it that?"

Bofu was ignorant and felt uneasy when he saw Baosi like this.

"It's my father. My father said that Fengzi and his mother have known each other for a long time. We have known each other since they were children. At this time, I was learning calligraphy from Fengzi, so naturally I called her uncle, which makes me closer."

Baosi frowned. She didn't know what the emperor meant by this.

Was it to tell her?

Thinking of the emperor's increasingly weird behavior recently, she felt really uneasy.

Hugging Bo Fu, Bao Si looked far away, looking at Feng Yun who was intoxicated in the Tao. Hearing the sound of the piano beside his ears, Bao Si's eyes were moist.

Her heart moved because of the sound of the piano. What she was thinking about was the time in the Wu Kingdom, where she and her brother and father were at ease and contented even though they were despised in a foreign country.

After returning to the Bao Kingdom, becoming a concubine in the Great Zhou Dynasty was so...restrictive that I didn't dare to think about the future.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Bofu couldn't see his mother's eyes, but mother and son were connected, and he could feel his mother's helplessness.

"Uncle Fu..." Bao Si leaned close to Uncle Fu's ear and whispered softly: "Good boy, we don't want to be princes. We will be safe and smooth, and we will be fine with coarse clothing and simple food."

Uncle Fu didn't understand, but he nodded according to his mother's words.

Bao Si pursed her lips, but did not dare to say any more.

Because in simple words, it may be too much to hope for.

"Emperor, do you really love Bo Fu?" Bao Si whispered to herself in a voice that only she could hear.

"Dong..." The sound of the piano stopped, but the sound of the piano lingered on the treetops in the forest for a long time.

Everyone around him sighed with regret, and the lingering sound was unforgettable.

And Bao Si, who was awakened by the sound of the piano, suddenly felt a gaze watching her.

It's the emperor.

The emperor is also hearing the sound of Fengzi Qin.

Bao Si did not dare to neglect and hurriedly took Uncle Fu to go.

"The Emperor..."

"Well, I'll go to your place today, and I'll talk to Bofu about the sound of Fengzi's harp. If Bofu becomes the emperor in the future, he can ask Fengzi to teach him how to play the harp..."

Bao Si pursed her lips and boldly refused: "The emperor is joking, the queen has a legitimate wife, why does Bo Fu come to take office?"

The emperor smiled.

"Fengniao asks for virtue, and it will bring forth its own results. Both Bo Fu and Yijiu are possible... Alas, it is good to apply for the country. A big country can support the growth of Yijiu, but you are not bad at praising the country."

Bao Si felt a chill in her heart. She could see the emperor smiling slightly, but she could only smile and leave hand in hand with the emperor.

But my heart is complicated and difficult to describe.

Is the emperor telling her to get close to Feng Yun and build momentum for Bo Fu?

The so-called Shen State is a good and big country that supports Yijiu's growth... Isn't it because the emperor is afraid of Shen State and is dissatisfied with Shen State's interference in the emperor's heirs?

And the praise of the country is not bad...

Praise to the country, and get the promise of the Chu country to support him for fifty years, half of the country's people.

But this is the result of disobeying the emperor's order.

The emperor was also dissatisfied with Bao Guo. He was using Bao Guo as a threat to make her submit...

(End of this chapter)