Chapter 365: Cunning and uprightness are two distinct things
Two days later, the people sent out reported back that the group was most likely Liu Yun and his gang members.
They were still sleeping day and night as before. What's more important was that one of them accidentally dropped his face mask and turned out to be Qingque's disciple.
Tomorrow night, this group of people will pass through Qingyang Mountain, two hundred miles away from the capital. The mountain road is steep and densely forested, making it a good place to set up an ambush.
After receiving this report, Liang Jing first explained to the queen and prepared to leave the palace.
I just came out of Ronghua Palace and didn't go far when I saw Xue Hengzhao.
Liang Jing stopped and asked her: "What are you doing here? Are you throwing yourself into a trap?"
Xue Hengzhao smiled and asked, "Are you going to leave the palace?"
Of course Liang Jing would not tell her the truth. He only said: "I have other things to do and I don't have time to talk to you."
"Mr. Liang, I'm here to ask you a favor." Xue Hengzhao said.
"You asked me for help?" Liang Jing was very surprised when he heard this, "You don't know that you and I should avoid suspicion."
"There is nothing between Manager Liang and I, so why should we avoid suspicion?" Xue Hengzhao disagreed, "When are you going to leave the palace to do business, you can stop by Yunshui Temple in the suburbs of Beijing. There is half a copy of the Bayeux Sutra there.
I want to take a look. I'm afraid they won't give it to others. Mr. Liang, you have a lot of face, so I can definitely make it happen."
"I don't like to meddle in other people's business." Liang Jing said with a cold face, "Besides, why do people like you need to read scriptures? Don't you think it's blasphemous?"
"You and I are the same kind of people. If Mr. Liang scolds me, he is scolding himself."
After saying that, Shi Shiran turned around and left. Liang Jing went straight out of the palace without even looking at her.
Yu Guming came to Tong'an Palace to pay his respects to the concubine.
The concubine said happily: "Your mother came into the palace the day before yesterday and stayed with me for most of the day. It's a pity that you were at Yangze Palace that day.
Is it time for you to take a rest today? Just stay with me! I asked them to cook your favorite food, you should eat more, I see you are still a little weak."
"Your Majesty said he... he will come today too," Yu Gu Ming said, "but he won't... arrive until lunch time."
"It's rare for Your Majesty to be so leisurely," the concubine smiled, "but His Majesty doesn't like eating gluten, so he told them not to make it. The vegetarian Babao duck should also use less sesame oil."
After saying that, he couldn't help but sigh, with a rather sad expression: "My sister's birthday will be in a few days, and the emperor must have thought of this. This life is really like a dream!
Sometimes I feel in a daze, as if I am just a teenage girl!
My sister is three years older than me, but she is a hundred times smarter than me. She has just been weak since she was young, so not being smart is not a bad thing."
"If the late Empress Dowager...if she could never have children, she would not...die prematurely." Yu Guming said, "Everyone says that giving birth to children is the most dangerous thing."
"My little ancestor, you can't say that. If the Queen Mother doesn't give birth to children, where will the emperor come from? What's more, which woman can't give birth to children?" The concubine smiled helplessly, "Heaven and earth give birth to people, and yin and yang are divided. From then on,
This is how Pangu decided to create the world. Is there any way?"
"Do women have to... have to give birth to children? They can live well without giving birth." Yu Gu said clearly, "If the wife is obviously weak, but she still wants to take the risk to give birth, then... then this man is not worthy.
Get a wife."
"You are a born weird child, and your inner thoughts are different from others." Concubine Rong was not angry, "Which family doesn't marry for the sake of having children? Everyone in the world thinks and does this.
If someone is not like this, it will be deviant. Not only will it make people laugh, but it will also alienate others.
What's more, even if this man loves his wife and refuses to give birth to her, how can the elders in the family agree? How many couples have deep love for each other, but how many are forced to divorce their wives just because they are infertile?"
"This... this is so unfair." Yu Gu Ming said, "I have long discovered that this world only knows how to bully women."
"Ming'er, you are a very kind-hearted child. Anyone who marries you will not be able to enjoy much happiness in this life." Concubine Rong looked at her grandson lovingly and joked with him, "Then ask your mother to find a girl for you."
With a daughter-in-law who is in good health and has children, you don’t have to worry about this."
Yu Guming blushed and muttered: "I don't want it!"
Just after he finished speaking, Xue Hengzhao came in and said, "Your Majesty is here."
Yu Guming quickly stood up and agreed: "Hengzhao... girl, you... you..."
"I'm going to make tea." Xue Hengzhao turned around.
Concubine Rong smiled and said nothing.
Then the emperor came and asked the concubine: "It has been rainy and humid the past few days. Doesn't your leg hurt?"
"Your Majesty asked the imperial doctor to use flint moxibustion to treat me several times, and it was very effective." The concubine said with a smile, "Your Majesty comes here rarely. There is nothing special about me, so just ask the girl to order a cup of tea.
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"I heard that there is a maid here who is very good at ordering tea. It's a pity that I don't come very often, and I'm always in a hurry, so I never have time to taste it." The emperor said with a smile, "I'll be there today and tomorrow.
, let’s drink tea and have a meal together, and we can steal half a day’s leisure.”
"Why don't you see Mr. Shang? It seems that I haven't seen him for a long time." The concubine asked.
"Shang Qiyan is getting older, and his gout is getting more and more serious." The emperor said, "Zhang Ze is by my side now."
"At first glance, this Eunuch Zhang is smart and kind, no worse than Gong Gong Shang back then," said Princess Rong.
After hearing this, Zhang Ze quickly said: "The concubine is very grateful. The younger one is really far behind. It's only because His Majesty doesn't give up that the younger one is lucky enough to serve His Majesty."
Xue Hengzhao had already brought the tea he had ordered. The emperor took a sip and said, "It's really good."
He looked at Xue Hengzhao again and said, "Why do you look familiar to me?"
"When I return to the emperor, I was serving in front of Concubine Fu." Xue Hengzhao said.
"Oh, yes, I remembered it." The emperor nodded, "Are you Xue Yingchen's daughter?"
"Yes." Xue Hengzhao replied.
"Tomorrow, where will the Xue family be sent? Do you remember?" The emperor turned around and asked Yu Guming.
"Lingnan." Yu Guming said.
"When Xue Yingchen wrote a letter saying something inappropriate, I gave him a chance. As long as he was willing to admit his mistake, he would not pursue it any further." The emperor sighed, "Who would have thought that not only would he refuse to repent, he would also write another letter, and his words would be even more urgent and completely disregarded.
My face."
The emperor looked at Yu Guming and said, "Ming'er, tell me, should I exile him?"
"Master Xue is a loyal minister who speaks out loud and dares to remonstrate. Even if his words are radical, the emperor should be tolerant." Yu Guming stopped stuttering this time, "It really shouldn't be punished so severely."
The emperor was so angry that he rolled his eyes: "You stubborn cow! Are you going to make your uncle angry to death?! If it weren't for the fact that you are my nephew, I would have to punish you!"
"I promised my uncle never to tell lies in front of you." Yu Gu Ming said, "Otherwise, wouldn't I be deceiving you?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. This child Ming'er is young and ignorant, and has a lonely temper." Concubine Rong said hurriedly, "Don't be the same as him."
"Don't worry, Princess. How can I be more honest with her?" The Emperor smiled, "Yes, no matter when, it is always rare to have someone who tells the truth by your side."