carved heart

Chapter 96 Holding the Hand (1)
"Is it Wang Tu in the whole world? If you are forced to escape, why not change Wang Tu's surname."

Ah Yin could no longer understand.

What Shen Changtang had concealed for her had already been exposed in front of the emperor.

Now she must either hand over the nuclear sculpture in her hand, or die.If the emperor can intercept her halfway, he can also turn her mansion upside down.Ah Yin thinks a lot, she is not alone now, she has a big house and Qinghui Building, the burden on her shoulders is heavy.

But on the other hand, it was her grandfather's nuclear carving, which she couldn't hand over.

Ah Yin gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, I heard a story when I was young. When I was farming in Fennan, a vegetable farmer dug up the treasure buried by the previous generation. The neighbors came to congratulate me. The vegetable farmer was very happy." , in order to thank the neighbors for their daily help, they held a two-day running water banquet, so they were praised by others. Unexpectedly, a nobleman came to the vegetable farmer's house not long after, and he was the king of Fennan. The king of Fennan said that this was his fief , the treasure dug up should belong to him. The vegetable farmers refused and were tortured and persecuted by the king of Fennan. I am in danger, afraid that I will be the next vegetable farmer."

Counting this time, Ah Yin saw Emperor Yongsheng for the second time.

The number of times is still small, but she knows that she is not on the same level as this Ninth Five-Year Venerable, no matter how twists and turns her intestines are, it is better to be straightforward.

She paused slightly, and said: "If it is changed to the Holy One, I wonder if the Holy One will support King Fennan?"

Emperor Yongsheng squinted at her, with the coldness of the twelfth lunar month overflowing from his brows, he said: "I am the Ming Lord."

Although Ah Yin was afraid, she knew that she couldn't show any timidity at this moment. She straightened her chest and said calmly: "The Holy Majesty is a wise king, that is to say, he will not favor Fennan King, thinking that Fennan King should not take away the vegetable farmer's treasure. ?”

Emperor Yongsheng suddenly laughed.

"Yin Yuansheng's mouth is strict, but he never told you. The treasure of the vegetable farmer? Ridiculous! That is my Daxing's treasure. Your grandfather was just an ungrateful thief from the beginning to the end."

Ah Yin said: "The people of the previous generation are all dead, and there is no proof of death."

Emperor Yongsheng said: "It's okay to tell you, you have no way out."

When the world is united for a long time, it must be divided, and when it is divided for a long time, it must be united.

Before the Daxing Dynasty, the feudal lords separated their regimes, and all the heroes rose together.Among them was a group of civilians who could not bear the oppression and decided to rise up. The leader was extremely talented and had the appearance of an emperor. He was the founding ancestor of Daxing.

There are many high-level people around Taizu, and two of them are Taizu's left and right arms. The left arm is Shangguan Fu, a brave and skilled fighter, and the right arm is Yuan Yin, a counselor comparable to Zhuge.In the wild history stories, those who fight the world with bare hands are often supported by a nobleman, and Taizu also met this nobleman by chance.

The nobleman is from Southern Xinjiang. At that time, Southern Xinjiang had not yet entered the territory of Daxing, and it was a small country at the foot of the Central Plains.

The nobleman is called Jiang Gu, and he is a felon in the Southern Border Kingdom. When he was escaping from prison, he met Taizu and escaped.At this time, Taizu and the others knew that Jiang Gu had a treasure map of southern Xinjiang, and the king of Southern Xinjiang could not pry Jiang Gu's mouth open, so he was imprisoned.After this incident, Jiang Gu took out half of the treasure map for Xie Taizu.Taizu led people to go there, and he really found a huge treasure, and got the wealth to conquer the world.

Jiang Gu became Taizu's benefactor.

However, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, all industries were waiting for prosperity, and the national treasury was empty.Jiang Gu deeply felt the kindness of Taizu, and was willing to donate the remaining half of the treasure map, but he made a request, that is, he dictated the treasure map, and Yuan Yin carved it out with nuclear carving skills.

Taizu agreed.

Yuan Yin sculpted for a full month before carving out [-] core carvings, which together constitute the remaining half of the treasure map.However, Yuan Yin was greedy and had a different heart. Ashamed of his trust in Taizu, he took eighteen nuclear carvings away overnight.After Taizu found out, he immediately asked Shangguan to lead his troops to arrest Yuanyin. When Yuanyin fled, he rolled down the cliff and eighteen nuclear carvings disappeared. still missing.

"...Yuan Yin is your so-called grandfather."

Ah Yin bit her lip, looking unbelievable.

She shook her head and murmured: "Grandfather is not such a person, not..."

At this moment, Si Teng's voice sounded outside the house: "Your Majesty, the Holy Spirit has an order, and you cannot enter unless you are summoned. Hou...Hou Ye!" The emperor frowned slightly. He looked at the Yin family who was in a daze, and suddenly said : "Let him in."

Almost as soon as the words were spoken, the door was pushed open, and a figure appeared in front of Emperor Yongsheng, with Si Teng panting behind him.

Shen Changtang first glanced at A Yin at the side, and then at the dead false Duke Yuan on the ground, and knelt down with cold eyebrows: "Mingmu sees the Holy One." Then came an inkstone with a bang , the precious inkstone shattered all over the floor, and the black ink splashed on the luxurious robe.

"You who have never intruded into the imperial study room have now made an exception for a lowly woman. For her, how many things have you done secretly against me? How many times have you deceived me?" With a hard kick, the blood mixed with ink, and that dead face was facing Shen Changtang.

Emperor Yongsheng's voice was filled with thunderous fury: "Okay, very good."

Shen Changtang shook his head slowly, and said: "She is not lowly, she is the most noble girl I have ever seen, she did not bring wealth and family background, but she is intelligent and gentle, brave and decisive, she is self-reliant There are many noble girls in Yongping, but she is the only one who is as dazzling as light. I was fortunate to have the pity of the late emperor and the Holy One, so I have the power I have today. The Holy One thinks that she is not worthy of my minister. Abandon the glory of a lifetime, and only exchange for her." As soon as these words came out, Si Teng who was beside him was startled.As proud as Mu Yanghou, he actually said such words.

Even the dazed Ah Yin raised his head in astonishment, and looked at Shen Changtang foolishly.

Emperor Yongsheng's face was livid with anger.

"Shen Changtang, if you want to give up or give up, I don't agree. Someone, send Mu Yanghou out!"

Ah Yin shouted: "Wait, I..."

Before the words were finished, Emperor Yongsheng interrupted: "Take her down too, and you can't leave the palace without my permission!"

Ah Yin was taken to a palace, it was a coincidence that it was the Chaohua Palace that he had come back from last time.But compared to the last time, there is not a single lady in the palace. When night falls, the empty palace is pitch black and gloomy, making one's back faintly shiver.

Ah Yin is not afraid.

She lit the lamp herself, and found the stove in the side hall, and steamed five steamed buns from the remaining flour.She thought calmly about what the Emperor had said this morning.In fact, if you think about it carefully, there are loopholes in the emperor's words.

This is just one side of the emperor's words.

If she thought about it carefully, she could find several loopholes.For example, why did Jiang Gu divide the treasure map into two?Divide it in half and tell Emperor Taizu?For example, the most important point, Yong Shengdi did not mention Yin Yang Gu.

After five or six days, Emperor Yongsheng seemed to have forgotten her, and never called her again.But when she tried to leave Chaohua Palace, she realized that there were guards in the palace outside, so densely packed that even a fly could not get in.

Finally on the eighth day, Emperor Yongsheng summoned Ah Yin.

She was taken to a rockery in the imperial garden, and behind her were two servants, standing intently.She was wondering, when the voice of Emperor Yongsheng suddenly came from outside the rockery: "Have you thought about it?"

"It's Ming Mu who is obsessed with ghosts, begging His Majesty to give Ming Mu a chance."

Ah Yin trembled all over, it was Shen Changtang's voice.

Emperor Yongsheng said: "What opportunity do you want?"

Shen Changtang said: "I have figured it out. The late Emperor and the Holy Majesty treated me generously, but I hurt the hearts of the late Emperor and the Holy Majesty because of a woman. It is really not worth it. These few days, I have learned from the pain, and found that it was only because of the Majesty's disapproval. Only when you allowed it, did you have a heart of rebellion. So I came here today to ask the Holy One to grant a marriage for my minister, and I want to marry Princess Yucheng as his wife."

Emperor Yongsheng's voice gradually moved away, as if separated by layers of mountains.

After Ah Yin came back to her senses, she saw Emperor Yongsheng looking at her expressionlessly: "I said before, between you and me, the only person Mingmu can choose is me." Emperor Yongsheng tried to dig her face He showed an expression of satisfaction, but it was a pity that Emperor Yongsheng was disappointed.

She is extremely calm.

"The twelve core carvings should be returned to the Holy Majesty."

She sighed: "It was my grandfather who was sorry for my great grandfather. I just ask the Holy One to give me a chance to make up for my grandfather's mistakes. The remaining twelve core carvings are indeed in my hands. It's just that I was suspicious before and cruelly took the twelve core carvings away. The carvings are all destroyed, but I have a good memory, and I remember all the details of the twelve core carvings in my mind, I beg the Holy One to give me a chance, I can re-carve the remaining twelve core carvings in half a month."

A Yin looked at Emperor Yongsheng and asked: "I am the core carver for the Holy Master, can the Holy Master designate me as the Queen's nuclear carver? Lord Hou will marry Princess Yucheng, and I will be the core carver in the palace. From now on, we will have nothing to do with each other."

The emperor squinted at her.

At this time, the emperor found that he did not see the Yin family in front of him as clearly as he imagined.She didn't cry or make trouble, and calmly imagined for herself, which was completely different from what he imagined.He said: "I appreciate your decisiveness, yes."

A Yin moved from Chaohua Palace to the Nuclear Palace where the nuclear carver lived.

Originally there were five nuclear carvers in the palace, but now including A Yin who made an exception, there are six in total.Here, Ah Yin discovered that he had many acquaintances.Among the five nuclei carvers, one was just promoted from Shangguan's nuclear school, and the remaining four were all seniors of Ah Yin, and one of them was old Min, who was Fang Bo's apprentice.As far as these five nuclear carvers are concerned, A Yin's name is like a thunderbolt.

The significance of the existence of nuclear science is to find the eighteen states of nuclear carvings, and the promotion to become a nuclear carving master in the palace is to study the six nuclear carvings found so far, and piece together the rumored treasure map.

Not to mention Ah Yin's various deeds in Yongping, she has the remaining twelve core carvings on her body, which is enough to make the five core carving masters treat them differently.

Their lifelong mission to stay in the palace was to piece together the complete eighteen states of nuclear carving, and now victory is in sight.

When Ah Yin carved out the fifth core carving, the emperor came over.He didn't say anything, just sat there and looked at the carved core of A Yin, with a frightening frenzy faintly in his calm eyes.

Ah Yin pretended not to see it, and continued to carve the nucleus.

Not long after the emperor left, Mr. Min also came over.He looked at Ah Yin's technique of carving cores, and sighed: "I heard from Master before that Yuan Gong has six unique skills, and he has a self-made oblique knife. Today, I saw that it is true."

Ah Yin didn't stop his movements, and said: "I also heard Fang Bo mention senior, Fang Bo often praised senior as his proud disciple."

"A proud student can't resist the pursuit of the waves in the Yangtze River." Old Min looked at Ah Yin's craftsmanship and smiled wryly.

The engraving knife in his hand paused slightly, and Ah Yin asked, "Why did Mr. Min carve the core? Name? Benefit?"

No one had asked him this question so bluntly, and Mr. Min couldn't answer it for a while.A Yin lowered her eyes, tilted her knife slightly, and the majestic mountain shape came out of the core. She said softly: "Everyone has their own mountain in their hearts. A Yin thinks that it is enough to spare no effort to climb to the highest point."

Old Min sighed: "You have such a feeling at this age, I am ashamed." As he spoke, he felt a little pity for his talent, and said: "The palace is dangerous, you should take care of it yourself."

A Yin heard the implication, and took out a half-worn wooden sign from his sleeve pocket, with two carp on it.

Old Min's complexion changed slightly, and he smiled wryly again.

"Master gave you all this."

A Yin handed it to Elder Min, and said: "A Yin is new here, and I don't know much about the rules of the palace. If one day I get into danger, I just ask my senior to point out a way out." After Elder Min left, A Yin breathed a sigh of relief.

How could she not know the dangers in the palace?
It is one thing for the emperor to leave her to carve the core, but it is another thing to finish the carving.

After nightfall, Ah Yin walked to the nuclear palace.

Nuclei carvers who have stayed in the palace for many years often have private residences outside the palace, and even the nuclei carvers who have just come from Suizhou have now bought houses outside the palace.Ah Yin could not go out of the palace, and the emperor asked her to stay and carve the core, but in fact it was under house arrest. The privileges that a core carver in the palace should have, as long as it involves outside the palace, are not given.

Thinking with her toes, she also knew that the emperor agreed so readily, probably because she didn't find the twelve nuclear carvings in her house.

Ever since Shangguan's house caught fire that year and almost burned her grandfather's nuclear sculpture, she has been thinking about this day since she more or less knew about the eighteen states of nuclear sculpture, so she didn't tell anyone, including Ah Xuan. , I hid the remaining twelve core carvings by myself.

So much so that when Lin He later said that he wanted to see those miraculous nuclear carvings, Ah Yin declined.

When we returned to the nuclear palace, it was already completely dark.

Gong'e lit the lamp, and the palace gradually brightened up. Ah Yin's footsteps paused slightly, and his eyes fell on the car outside the palace.She has lived in the palace for several days, and the maid who waits on her likes to chat with her.Ah Yin has a good memory, and almost memorized the specifications and corresponding grades of the car.

She counted the birds and phoenixes on the carriage, and frowned slightly.

The pace quickened, and he entered the nuclear palace in an instant.Sure enough, there was a person standing under the vermilion corridor, wearing a peach red blouse with gold peony pattern and large sleeves, with pearl hairpins swaying on her jet-black hair, full of pearly luster, looking graceful and luxurious.

It was Princess Yucheng whom Ah Yin hadn't seen for a long time.

Ah Yin asked, "What wind brought the princess here?"

Princess Yucheng said solemnly: "Dongfeng."

Ah Yin was slightly taken aback.

Princess Yucheng looked at her again, shook her head, and said slowly: "I have been arguing with Yueming and Li Rong for so many years, and I never thought that I would kill you halfway. It's a pity, if you lose Mu Yanghou's heart can't be recognized by my father."

Ah Yin asked, "Is the princess here to demonstrate?"

"No." She said slowly: "I'm different from you. You have your Qinghui Building, you have a skill, and you can still gain a foothold in Yongping if you don't marry Mu Yanghou. And I am for Mu Yanghou. At this age, I can't marry anyone else except him. You may not know that my mother and concubine came from a bad background, and how much effort I have spent to get to where I am today. I beg you, please don't get involved. "

Ah Yin did not expect that Princess Yucheng would say such a thing, not to demonstrate, but to sell misery.

She shook her head and said, "The Holy Majesty opened the golden mouth, and your marriage with him is firmly established."

Princess Yucheng showed a strange expression, just for a moment, then it disappeared in a blink of an eye, she said: "There will be a winter banquet in the harem in two days, you can come too, there are many unmarried noble sons of Yongping on the list, and now you are the queen nuclear carver , the status is considered decent. I organized this winter banquet, and I will arrange a good seat for you. You have never attended a banquet in the palace, so you must not know how lively it is."

After Princess Yucheng left, the maid who often chatted with A Yin said, "Girl, Princess Yucheng wants to be your matchmaker!"

Ah Yin said: "If I don't get married for a day, Princess Yucheng will not feel at ease."

Gong'e blinked and asked, "Do you still want to marry Lord Hou?"

She pulled her lips: "Didn't I say it? The Holy Majesty's decree has been made, what else can I do? Mu Yanghou has voluntarily given up, what else can I fight for? You are still young and don't understand. The man gave up voluntarily. Going to fight is nothing more than making people sad. I accept Princess Yucheng's kindness."

Early the next morning, Princess Yucheng sent someone to send invitations to A Yin for the winter feast.On the day of going to the banquet, Ah Yin dressed up meticulously, and even put on a rare amount of lip balm, which made her face look like a lotus flower. The maid beside her was extremely amazed, and said: "Young lady is so beautiful that it should only exist in the sky!"

A Yin smiled lightly, lifted her skirt and put it out of the nuclear palace.

It is fortunate that the banquet is held in the palace, if it is outside the palace, the emperor may not allow it.Princess Yucheng really arranged a good seat for her. On the opposite side of the floor screen where she sat, there were several Yongping upstarts. She had been to her Qinghui Building several times, so she was quite impressed.

This was the first time for Ah Yin to attend a banquet in the palace, and there were many people in front of her, all of whom were dignitaries in the court, as well as concubines in the palace.The queen looked haggard and left the table after a while.

Ah Yin knew about the queen.After the prince lost power, his relatives were severely suppressed. The emperor thought that his old love would not be abolished, but now the queen's position is useless.A Yin withdrew his gaze, and the upstart Yongping opposite raised his glass to her.She also raised her glass and smiled at them from a distance.

(End of this chapter)