It was a sultry midsummer, and the whole of Dashun fell silent during this season. There was no dispute in the court, no chaos among the people, no floods, and no fighting at the border. Everything seemed to have stopped, and everything seemed like a disaster was coming.
The last peace before.
Lu Songguan was demoted to the sixth rank, Zhongshu Yuanwailang, and was no longer qualified to go to court. The Lu family suddenly disappeared from the court, which can be regarded as a major event in this midsummer.
General Pingnan's palace formally asked the Lu family to marry Lu Ping, which really surprised Lu Song. He had deliberately spread rumors that Lu Ping had been ruined by Ren Xitao, creating a momentum, and wanted to take this opportunity to let Ping Nan
The General Mansion was relieved and at the same time gave up the idea of ​​suppressing him. After all, it would not be good for Ren Xitao's reputation if this matter were spread again.
But Feng Yuheng's test made the Lu family completely lose hope. Lu Ping was still dead, so how could she say it was a waste?
However, General Pingnan came to propose marriage when the Lu family had fallen to the bottom. Lu Song felt that things had turned around again, and wanted to take this opportunity to curry favor with General Pingnan, intending to climb back to a high position in the future. However, General Pingnan did not
Tell him personally: "You choose whether you want an official position or your life. If you marry your daughter to my Ren family as a sixth-rank official, our Ren family will not treat the child badly, and will also show some kindness to your family. But you
If you insist on going your own way and don't repent, don't blame me, General, for taking the blame for your Lu family!"
Lu Song fully believed that General Pingnan had the ability to take over the Lu family's responsibility, so he kept silent and let Ge take charge of it. They silently exchanged the wedding papers, and then let the Ren family take the decision and set the wedding date for next spring.
Autumn has finally come, and when the first hint of cool air in autumn blew into the capital, almost everyone let out a sigh of relief. The sultry heat of this summer always made them feel like they couldn't breathe, that kind of "
The premonition that a great crisis would break out always filled my heart, and it only gradually faded away when autumn came.
People felt that they might have thought too much. Today, the Dashun family is peaceful. There are six princes overseeing the country. Emperor Tianwu also stepped in to make the decision regarding the left prime minister. Outside, there are nine princes and seven princes who complement each other. The eldest prince is also financially powerful.
I support Dashun. What is there to fear about Dashun like this?
Concubine Yuan Gui was chopped up alive, and the Eighth Prince is still rotting in death row. It is said that the rot has reached to the knees, and the bones can be seen in the thighs. It is as horrifying as possible. But people just won't die. They just live and suffer like that, just like that.
, paying a fair price for what he has done.
No one thought he was pitiful, and even thought he deserved it. Quite a few of the former Eighth Prince's faction still stayed in the capital, because there were too many of them, and most of them were involved with the harem and concubines. It was impossible for Qianyi to activate his whole body.
Catch them all in one fell swoop. As the saying goes, to capture the thief first, capture the king. Once the Eighth Prince is captured, there will be no fear of those people causing trouble again, because the remaining princes have no one left for them to stir up trouble.
Under the instruction of Emperor Tianwu, people from the former Eighth Prince's party would be arranged to visit the death row every now and then, allowing them to see the fate of the Eighth Prince again and again. At the same time, they also thought about the fact that the prince had made a mistake and this was still the case.
If it were them, how would they be treated?
Under the strong sensory and mental stimulation, those people no longer dared to make mistakes, and the court quickly lost control. The Sixth Prince has always governed the country with culture, and during this period of supervising the country, he has repaired the library to a great extent.
It was so impressive that it convened a group of scholars to continue compiling books, and also reorganized all the schools and private schools in the capital and Shuntian Prefecture. Under Feng Yuheng's suggestion, many schools similar to Baicao Academy were opened.
Such professional academies focus on cultivating professional talents rather than just focusing on the theoretical Four Books and Five Classics.
In the cool autumn, Emperor Tianwu had the idea of ​​going hunting. In order to make the old emperor happy, all the princes and ministers also expressed their support. Only Concubine Yun, who lived in Prince Chun's Mansion, was not happy. She asked Xuantian
Hua: "How long are you going to go? We can't delay our trip to Ji'an County. We have agreed to arrive in Ji'an County before the eve of the moon. We will meet Mrs. An on the eve of the moon and come back after the eve of the moon.
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Xuan Tianhua smiled bitterly, "The royal hunting will only last for three to five days at most. Mother, there is no need to worry."
"Can I not be anxious?" Concubine Yun said with hatred: "You didn't take care of your matter yourself, but for the sake of my mother, I took care of it for you. You still look calm. It really makes people angry.
.You should learn from your ninth brother, when he hired Ah Heng, it was nothing for me to worry about."
Xuan Tianhua was startled, and suddenly he was thinking, if it were him who hired Feng Yuheng, wouldn't he be as careless as he is now?
He really didn't care much, or in other words, he didn't know how to care. He had never thought about these things before, and he had always felt that marrying a wife and having children had nothing to do with him. Until Concubine Yun forced him into this position.
When he came up, it was Feng Xiangrong again, so he nodded. But the nod was just a nod, but his heart didn't feel as throbbing as it should have.
After all, being nice to that girl is one thing and making him really attracted to her, but it's another thing.
Emperor Tianwu went to the royal hunting ground, and the procession was huge. Except for the sixth prince who oversees the country, all the other princes, princes, and concubines were accompanying him. The queen also led the concubines in the palace to accompany him. Officials of the fourth rank and above in the imperial court followed, and even some were
Allowed to bring family members.
In short, this was a hunt with the theme of "making Emperor Tianwu happy". People's purpose was to serve the old emperor well. Hunting was secondary, while singing, dancing and feasting were the serious business. Even Yao Xian brought a
The Yao family's three sons, three daughters-in-law, and six grandsons accompanied them, and they were specially instructed by Feng Yuheng to have some drinks with the old emperor as appropriate.
The hunting ground has been prepared for a long time. When people arrived, the tents had been set up and the site had been divided. It was similar to the last winter camp. The women's camp was spread out from the center according to the size of their master's official position. The prince, prince, prince
The concubines lived in another place, and the concubines in the palace also had special places, which were clearly divided.
People arrived in the evening. The palace cook had come here a day in advance and was making pots of rice. They were eating game from the mountains and drinking good wine brought from the palace.
When Emperor Tianwu left the palace, he suddenly felt relaxed and happy. He took Yao Xian to drink one bowl after another. Yao Xian gave him sobering medicine in advance so that the old emperor could hold on for a while longer. Don't drink a few bowls.
Just drunk.
After what happened to Concubine Yuan Gui, the concubines were all frightened, fearing that the emperor or the queen would bear a grudge for their initial flattery to Concubine Yuan Gui. Therefore, during this hunt, they were all quite honest and surrounded the queen one by one.
Everyone around them said good things and smiled. The grand occasion even gave the queen the illusion that it was many years ago when Concubine Yun did not enter the palace. These people would wake up every morning and dusk, gather around and talk and laugh.
However, it is still different. Everyone is old, and there have been no newcomers in the palace for more than 20 years. Which of these remaining concubines has not been marked by the passage of time? Even if they are well maintained, they are still different from those on the other side.
Compared with the prince's concubine and the ladies from various families, she is still much older.
The Queen thought that the only one who could compete with those young women was Concubine Yun, right? In her impression, that woman was very young and very old. She had been out once when she had a fire in the cold moon, and her face looked like that.
Not much has changed from what it was more than twenty years ago, which makes people envious.
The Queen is not someone who likes to stir up trouble. Since the concubines are willing to maintain a superficial harmony, she is happy to show harmony to Emperor Tianwu. After all, watching the concubines talking and laughing is better than watching people.
Noisy and strong.
There were no rules on the first night of the banquet. It was just free and easy. People could hang out with whomever they liked, regardless of their status. There were even sons of fourth-rank officials who came to compete with the eldest prince over his drinking capacity.
When Emperor Tianwu saw it, he laughed and said to Yao Xian: "Look, this is how it should be!"
Feng Yuheng also enjoyed such an atmosphere. She even brought a lot of red wine and drinks from the space in advance to the imperial chef and asked them to share them with everyone. The wine was snatched by the men, while the drinks were shared
Not to mention that the man on Madam's side was acting crazy when he drank. Since Madam and Miss had never drunk carbonated drinks, they were quite surprised for a while. They all talked about how delicious and magical this thing was, and even
Anyone guess where this stuff comes from? Did the imperial chef prepare it himself?
Xuan Tianming whispered to Feng Yuheng: "It's really a waste to give them such good things to drink."
Feng Yu Heng laughed at his stinginess: "It's not like you don't know that my space has the function of automatically filling it. What's the matter with how much I take out? It can automatically fill the left and right sides."
"I know." Xuan Tianming said again: "But I still feel that I am taking advantage of those people. They don't even know who dug the well, and they don't care about you."
"It would be best if people didn't miss me." Feng Yuheng said: "Everything that is abnormal is a monster! I don't want to be regarded as a monster. If all weird things happen from me, sooner or later one day
People will be suspicious."
Xuan Tianming's heart moved. He looked at a bonfire in front of him and suddenly asked her: "If there was a small place, much smaller than Dashun, but with kind people, stable court, and simple folk customs, no one would ask whether you are a monster or not."
, do you like a place like this?" 22*2 Pavilion 2,
Feng Yuheng was puzzled, "No one is asking whether I am a monster? Even if I take things in front of them, they won't react abnormally?"
Xuan Tianming told her: "Yes, yes, but they will treat you as a god as a matter of course. They have faith, and they believe that all good things, no matter how extraordinary, are given to them by the God of Faith.
They embraced it."
"Uh..." Feng Yuheng scratched her head, "Are people with faith very extreme? Will they risk everything and do radical things for the god they believe in?" After all, a certain person in the 21st century
The impression left by religious groups on her was not good, but also profound.
Xuan Tianming shook his head and said: "No, their belief is to do good deeds throughout their lives, and everything is positive. Not only are people not extreme, they are also very gentle and enthusiastic."
Feng Yuheng was moved by what he said, "Where is that place? I like places like that, can we go?"
Xuan Tianming nodded, "Of course you can go, but not now. One day I will take you to that place, to live in the days of small families and small businesses, not in a vast place like Dashun."
At the hunting ground, the young couple talked about their longing for the future, but they did not know that at this moment, two people were standing at the gate of the Deyang Gate of the palace, saying to the guards guarding the palace gate: "Open the door, I have something urgent to do."
Chapter completed!