Unlike the emperors of the past dynasties, none of the concubines in Li's harem were from noble backgrounds, including Queen Nangong.
Although Queen Nangong was the only daughter of Nangong Nong, the minister Youcheng who passed away due to illness, Nangong Nong was born in poverty and relied on his knowledge and talent to rise to the top. He was not an official with a prominent family such as Zhong'an Qiuwan in the same dynasty. Therefore, after Nangong Nong died of illness
After that, there was almost no one in the Nangong family.
Fortunately, the concubines in Li Zhi's palace were not of high birth, and none of them were higher than the princes of the family, so Queen Nangong did not have a difficult time.
After the death of Nangong Nong, the post of Shangshu Youcheng remained vacant. Some people said that Li Zheng favored the queen, so no more orders were issued.
Queen Nangong never inquired about the affairs of the previous dynasty, except for two times. One time was when Li Ju changed a law thirteen years ago, and there was widespread resentment among the people. The high officials of the former dynasty asked people to come to Queen Nangong, and Queen Nangong persuaded Li Ju.
Soon the laws and regulations will be overhauled.
Another time, two years ago, when the Duke's Palace was being investigated and convicted, all parties were implicated, and Queen Nangong came forward to save the lives of the Lin'an Duke's Palace from the knife's edge.
Now that such a big thing happened, the only person Bian Shizhi could think of was Queen Nangong.
Chamberlain Liao shook his head and said, "Where can the Queen be? The Queen is naturally in her Wende Palace. She knows everything that happens outside, but she doesn't want to care about it."
"Don't want to care?" Bian Shizhi was surprised.
Waiter Liao said "hmm" and didn't want to stay any longer. He simply bowed and said goodbye, then turned and left.
The palace door closed again, Bian Shizhi withdrew his gaze and looked back at Yu Shiling.
Yu Shiling looked sad and speechless.
Snow reflects in the sky, and under rows of glazed palace lanterns, the cold air of heaven and earth seems to be covered with a layer of rich color.
The steward's aunt Nianhe came running from the front, her footsteps hurried.
Prince Li He heard the commotion and looked towards the palace door.
Queen Nangong lowered her eyes and looked a little pale. She really didn't want to hear anything from the emperor.
Nianhe came in, saluted Li Hefu, and then leaned down to whisper in Queen Nangong's ear.
Li He looked at them, feeling a little uneasy.
"I know," Queen Nangong said in a low voice, "Go and take care of it."
Nianhe felt indescribably sad and nodded: "Yes."
Looking at Li He, Fu Li excused himself.
After she left, Li He said: "Queen Mother..."
Queen Nangong didn't speak, her expression was forlorn.
"How serious does the mother think the matter is?" Li He asked, "Is it true that the Tao family cannot be killed? Once they are killed, the world will be in chaos?"
After a long silence, Queen Nangong finally spoke: "He didn't dare to kill the Tao family, but now he does."
"Kill, what happens next?"
"Because he doesn't want to endure it anymore," Queen Nangong looked up at her only son, "It is true that the Tao family cannot be killed because your father is afraid. Didn't you expect that your father is actually afraid of Tao Lan. Now he has killed
Jiang, it's not that he wants to get rid of the fear in his heart, but that he doesn't want this country anymore."
Li He was stunned and opened his eyes: "What?"
"Perhaps he didn't want it a long time ago," Queen Nangong smiled faintly. "In the past two years, he has been plagued by nightmares and has been troubled for a long time. Things in the court have happened one after another, which has made him extremely annoyed. There have been wars and defeats all over the world.
Your father has been running away for years, but he can't escape."
"But my father is a majestic emperor, a man of literary and military skills, how can he be a coward?" Li He said hurriedly.
Queen Nangong glanced at him and her smile deepened.
Yingwei, that's because he has many capable people around him.
The original Daqian Dynasty was full of civil and military officials, with many soldiers and generals, so they naturally had heroic capital.
Now, what is there?
As for cowardice, why is he not a coward? Otherwise, why would he attack Dingguo Gongfu?
I’m afraid no one will believe it if I tell you that the emperor, the person he hates the most in his heart is not Tao Lan, Yi Shurong, or the fierce generals of Bei Yuan. The person he hates the most is the people who have made numerous military exploits in the Dagang. Dingguo Gongfu.
He hated the Duke of Ding for provoking a woman like Tao Lan who was not easy to mess with, and for destroying the entire northern territory like this.
He hated the Duke of Dingguo for not being able to repel the invasion of the Northern Yuan Dynasty at the first time, and for the inability of the Duke of Ding to fight effectively.
He also hates Xia Zhaoxue, hates that he didn't die, hates that Xia Zhaoyi died for him, hates that he was brought back from the north like a lost dog, but he still has to be respected by all the people!
But he, the emperor, still had to visit him personally, comfort him, and do it for the world to see!
During that time, Queen Nangong saw with her own eyes that Emperor Xuan Yan was stunned, talking about the unparalleled Xia Zhaoyi day and night.
He said that only a strange woman like Xia Zhaoyi could deal with a bitch like Tao Lan. It would have been better if she had not died. With the overwhelming anger of his father and brother's tragic death, Xia Zhaoyi would definitely be able to use many methods to destroy Bei Yuan. .
He also said that he couldn't sleep at night and was disturbed by nightmares. The hospital was full of waste. The only person who could cure him was Xia Zhaoyi, the master of rejuvenation.
He kept thinking about it and couldn't stop. After thinking about it once, he hated the Duke Dingguo's mansion even more.
At that time, Duke Dingguo's government had long been powerless. In addition, the world was in chaos and rebellions were everywhere. The ministers were uneasy and the nobles were swaying. Those who could not recover the military power outside would not obey orders. The emperor urgently needed to establish his authority. He needed to scare the ministers and princes' children, so he set his sights on Duke Dingguo's Mansion again...
Just like this, one by one, he found more and more reasons for himself to convince himself that he could kill him.
Inner demons are the most difficult thing to stop in the world, and for an emperor who is good at toleration, gloomy, and scheming, once his inner demons surge and grow, no one can stop him.
Queen Nangong couldn't stop her. She had tried all her strength, so if she couldn't stop him, she wouldn't stop her. Ever since she saved the Lin'an Marquis Mansion, all Queen Nangong had done in the past year was to watch the emperor escape coldly. and lazy politics.
No one can see that he is so cowardly. They all think that he is diligent and loves the people. In fact, he is a thundering pot, and his virtue is not worthy of it!
"It's a pity for you, my son," Queen Nangong said pitifully, "Your Highness."
You may not be able to become the emperor of such a great country, and you will not be able to possess this great country.
You study hard every day how to govern the country, every day you ask the great Confucian scholars how to be a benevolent king, every day you think about how to put an end to chaos and how to stabilize the world, but what a pity.
"Mother, you... make me scared," Li He said, his voice unconsciously trembling, "What a pity... what?"
"What are you talking about?" Queen Nangong said softly.
Li He's eyes were slightly red as he looked at his mother.
He suddenly thought of the gleaming golden dragon chair in the Taiyang Palace, of the thundering "Long live my emperor" when the civil and military officials of the dynasty bowed to their father, of thousands of troops standing silently, looking up at their father, just waiting for the emperor's order. The solemn momentum...
He was about to have all of these. When he was canonized as the prince, he walked to the high altar under the eyes of thousands of people, to respect the heaven and the earth and leave history. At that time, he was only one step away from all these.
Now, the queen mother is saying to him, what a pity?
