Rebirth after waste

Chapter 22

He gave a faint "huh", without distinguishing between emotions and anger: "Why?"

"Song Shangshu is just using his ancestors as gunmen for his own selfishness." Gu Yunxian said, "He said that he was worried that Mrs. Gu would become the second Wen family, but my concubine wanted to ask him, is this my concubine? Is it possible to become a queen for the first time recently? As early as the 25th year of Linqing, the concubine has been registered as a princess. If he really felt that the succession of Gu's daughters would be detrimental to state affairs, why didn't he show up at that time? Stop it? He dared not refute the will of the late emperor, but now he is here to be what kind of admonishment?"

There is another hidden meaning in Gu Yunxian's words.The Great Jin has always advocated integrity, and bluntly speaking, the ministers of Shangshu can get a good reputation among the Qingliu. If they are lucky enough to be dismissed in the end, it will be even more honorable to the ancestors.Such a person, even if he returns to his hometown and becomes an ordinary citizen, he will still be admired and admired by others.Because of this huge temptation, many ministers insulted the emperor with the goal of "being dismissed from office". Some people who were close to the age of official appointment even seized the time to launch a suicide attack on the king in the hall. The words in the memorial were harsh. Being mean, but begging the emperor to lose his composure for a while, and drive himself back to his hometown.

Most of the emperors also understood the plans of these ministers in their hearts, knowing that if they lost their temper, they would immediately be recorded by the historian as "self-willed, not humbly accepting advice", which actually fulfilled their reputation.Your Majesties are not stupid, they are not willing to be taken advantage of.Because of this, they are generally more tolerant towards those arguing officials, even though their teeth are itching with hatred, they say politely on the surface: "Thank you for your advice, sir, I understand."

But there are always exceptions.

The first emperor was the exception.

According to incomplete statistics, during the 13 years of the first emperor's reign, 37 ministers were killed by him because of his outspokenness, of which 25 were above the fifth rank; 79 were dismissed from office, and hundreds of people were relegated. .

With such a fierce record, no minister dared to talk about the late emperor's private affairs at will, and the officials were no more than decorations in Linqing's reign.

Song Qi did not dare to speak up when the first emperor was in power, but now he dares to obstruct the restoration. Isn't it because he thinks that the current majesty is easier to bully than the first emperor?

After Gu Yunxian said these words, he felt a little uneasy.According to the Empress Dowager, it is hoped that she will not intervene in this matter for the time being, and it is best to stay out of it.But she felt that it was easy to fall into a passive position like this, and if the situation was completely controlled by the opponent, it would be too late to regret.

She could have accused Song Qi of being instigated by others to deliberately obstruct her resettlement for her own benefit.But this will make the emperor feel that she has expectations for the successor, and even suspect that those ministers who support the restoration are also driven by her.So she chooses to avoid this topic, and draws the focus to Song Qi's desire for a clear name, blaming Jiang Dong.

The emperor's temperament should be that he hates those ministers who bully him like an emperor because of his age and qualifications?He is also not happy to lose to others, especially if the other party is his father.If the first emperor could make her a concubine, but he couldn't make her a queen, then he would be a big loser.

This move is too risky.These were just her speculations just now, if he didn't have this thought, it would be terrible!

"Admonish them directly to clear your name?" The emperor muttered silently, with a slight smile, "I almost forgot that they still have this problem."

Gu Yunxian's heart relaxed, only then did he realize that his palms were full of sweat.

"However," the emperor suddenly said, "Yunniang, you don't like Song Qi's words, just for this reason?"

His eyes were flat, showing no emotion.

Gu Yunxian pursed her lips, and said in a low voice after a long time, "It's not all because of this."

"Oh, what else?"

"Song Shangshu's words are disrespectful to Empress Zhenshu, as if she is the source of disaster for the country. The concubines envy Empress Zhenshu in their hearts, and don't like him talking about her like that."

The emperor laughed: "Song Qi's words are a little too much, but it's not enough. Anyway, he can't just allow him to exaggerate. I will use this as an excuse to refute him tomorrow."

After thinking for a while, he said, "Do you envy Queen Zhenshu?"

"Yes, my concubine has been envious of her ever since she saw this Que Qin song."

The emperor showed an interested expression: "Why do you envy her, tell me?"

"The concubine also said just now that she composed this piece of music with Emperor Zhongzong. The concubine only needs to look at the music score to know that the two of them must be in love with each other and have a good understanding." Gu Yunxian's voice was a little lower , "Just ask the women in the world, who doesn't want to have a tacit understanding with her husband, just like one person?"

The emperor looked at her silently.

When she said this, she kept her head down, her expression was a bit shy, but more sad.Her skin was as white as the precious Ding kiln white porcelain, with a layer of soft brilliance in the candlelight.He thought of the "powdering too white" that he had read in books before, and he thought that there really was such a thing.The slender and slender fingers were still resting on the strings, but he suddenly wanted to hold that hand in his palm and never let go.

"What an idiot." He said, his voice was very gentle, "If you want to, I will compose a song with you someday, why should you envy them?"

She doesn't speak.He had no choice but to walk over, hold her face in his hands, and was slightly taken aback when he saw her eyes: "Why are you crying?"

"With His Majesty's words, Ah Yun will die without regret." She said, tears streaming down more urgently.

He looked at her for a while, shook his head and laughed: "I can't stand women's tears the most in my life. Seeing you crying like this, I don't know what to say. Well, don't cry, I promise you, I will compose a song for you." Better tunes come. I ask myself, I will not lose to my great-grandfather in terms of quyi."

Before her tears were dry, she couldn't help but giggled: "Your Majesty is so confident. Last time, I bluffed my concubines by saying that my piano skills are comparable to Queen Zhenshu, but now I'm praising myself again."

He raised his eyebrows: "Who said I was bluffing you?"

Probably in order to divert the topic that would make her tearful, the emperor said solemnly: "When I was a child, my father had high hopes for me, so the requirements were extremely strict, and nothing could be left behind. He also felt that it was normal. Most of the masters were afraid of my identity and didn’t dare to be cruel, so they asked the elders to teach me. My piano art was taught by Princess Ningping Dachang. She is the daughter of Emperor Wenzong and the granddaughter of Emperor Zhongzong. , proficient in piano art, 'comparable to Empress Zhenshu'. When I heard Yunniang's wonderful music that day, I felt that it was not inferior to Aunt Ningping, so I praised you so much."

This was the first time he mentioned his childhood to her, and he still used such a plain tone.Gu Yunxian couldn't help being surprised, and was slightly taken aback.

Suppressing the strange feeling, she said: "Your Majesty is very pitiful when you say that you are. Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are also things that my concubines learned when they were young. If they don't learn well, they will be punished. Don't take it lightly. Your Majesty's experience is worth it." what?"

She said it bluntly, and he was not annoyed: "If you only need to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it is really fine, but other than that, I have to learn the strategy of governing the country from the gentlemen, understand the war situation of the countries in the Western Regions from the generals, and learn from the Habayashi Army. The commander practiced riding and archery martial arts. If he is so busy, isn't it worthy of your pity, Yunniang?"

She was speechless for a moment: "Your Majesty has the most reason, and my concubine can't speak against you."

He smiled at her, but saw that she lowered her head slightly in his gaze, revealing half of her snow-white neck.He looked at the bright spot, and suddenly remembered that a few nights ago, he held her in his arms, and the hot kiss fell on that spot, leaving a faint red mark.

Together with Qisi, he immediately felt a little hot in his body.However, she had already turned her face away at this moment, holding a handkerchief to adjust the makeup that had been crying just now.He has always been a very casual person, but now he suddenly felt that he was not calm enough to drag her over so hastily...

He coughed lightly, and she turned around, looking at her with wide red eyes.He said softly, "I'm a little thirsty."

There was actually tea on the table, but she felt that he might think the tea was cold, so she took another cup, poured it for him and brought it to the desk.

"Your Majesty," she called.He hummed and motioned her to put the teacup on the table.As soon as he let go of his hand, before he could react, he grabbed it.

He hugged her from behind, clasping her waist with his hands, only to feel that her waist was so full that it was really hard to hold her.Resting his chin on her shoulder, sniffing the fragrance of pheasant on her body, he whispered: "What kind of fragrance do you use? I really like the smell."

She blushed, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "Your Majesty, this is the front hall..."

Indeed, this is the front hall where the ministers are usually received, and there are two rows of inner prisons standing at the door, which is very inappropriate for the occasion.

He thought for a while, picked her up by the waist, and walked towards the East Hall.Lu Chuan was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and immediately understood, he gave He Jin a wink: "Go and call Tongshu Nvshi over here."

This is to be lucky.

He Jin was a little stunned.What happened during the day today, I thought that Mrs. Gu would be neglected, but His Majesty not only asked him to pick her up, but also played the tune and joked.Looking at his expression now, I am really very happy.

Gu Yunxian felt dizzy.It's not that she hasn't been hugged by him before. Once he has a temper, he can do anything.It's just that in the past, she was blindly restrained, so he didn't find it very interesting. The joy of the two of them in the boudoir was very limited, and it was unprecedented to be hugged to the bed in front of the palace full of servants like this.

The emperor put her on the couch, but saw that on the Shi Qing quilt, her black hair was scattered like flowing black ink, but her skin was frosty Saixue.Under the strong contrast, it actually looks a bit seductive.His cheeks were slightly red, and his bright black eyes glanced at him, then lowered them embarrassedly.

He looked at her, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and the flame inside became hotter.

Leaning down, his lips fell on her eyelids.Gu Yunxian heard his voice in a daze: "I thought wrong before. Why are you not a flower essence? Yunniang, you are the most attractive flower essence in the world."

He spoke vaguely, but she didn't understand.But she didn't have time to think about it carefully. His hot fingers stroked all the way down her neck, making her thoughts confused.

(End of this chapter)