The mist is thick and the hot springs are gurgling.
Yang Yuhuan, dressed in gauze and bright red flowers, was lying on her side in a warm couch, with green silk like clouds and a charming appearance. Surrounded by the mist, she looked like a concubine and a fairy, as if in a dream.
However, there was always an unbreakable sadness between her eyebrows, condensed there and unable to go away.
Not long ago, Yang Yuhuan was banned in the Xingqing Palace. She was hopeless. She had lost all hope. She thought that she might die of old age in the cold palace, and she also thought that she might be poisoned by poisonous wine.
Although she finally escaped without incident, for a long time afterwards she would have nightmares every time she slept, and would wake up with a startle.
In the past, Yang Yuhuan had only heard the phrase "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger" in a play. In her opinion, Li Longji doted on her and respected her, so he would never abandon her cruelly.
Now, the cruel reality has completely shattered her fantasy.
Fear, uneasiness and confusion made Yang Yuhuan, who was originally worried about his future, begin to seriously consider his future plans for the first time.
"Empress, Your Majesty has entered the Hefu Palace."
Hearing the maid's complaint, Yang Yuhuan turned around and saw an unfamiliar face.
Some of the palace maids and female officials who had been serving her survived the harem cases and were tortured by the uncle to extract confessions, while others never came back.
"Got it."
Yang Yuhuan slowly sat up and asked his servants to dress and make up. Then he slowly left Wenchi and walked towards the palace.
Li Longji was in the side hall of the palace, using ink painting and freehand painting. When he saw Yang Yuhuan coming, he asked with a smile: "My beloved, come and take a look, how is my painting of sleeping lotus?"
Yang Yuhuan walked over to take a look and said: "Sanlang is very clever. He uses the lake as a mirror to reflect the lotus scenery. It is really like the floating fragrance surrounding the curved bank and the round shadow covering the Huachi..."
Li Longji frowned.
These two lines of Yang Yuhuan's poem come from Lu Zhaolin's "Lotus in the Quchi", but the last two lines of the poem are "I am always afraid that the autumn wind will come early, and I will drift away without knowing it", which has a hint of sadness and resentment.
Li Longji put down his pen and sighed to Yang Yuhuan: "This disaster is all my fault. Speaking of which, I am sincere and care about you too much, so I was blinded by anger."
Yang Yuhuan shook his head and said: "It's not Sanlang's fault that I am a concubine. A coincidence turns out to be a book. No one would have expected that before they got married, my mother-in-law and her husband would choose to have a tryst in the attic of Huaxe Xianghui Building."
Li Longji thought for a while and said: "This time not only has my concubine been wronged, but also my mother and Zhou Jun have suffered. I plan to hold a banquet in the palace and invite them as husband and wife to come together."
Yang Yuhuan nodded first and said: "This matter makes sense."
Then, she thought for a while and said: "My mother is about to give birth, so we should wait until she gets better before calling them into the palace."
Li Longji nodded and agreed.
At this moment, a servant outside the door sang: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Yang is here."
Li Longji was stunned: "Yang Guozhong should be busy collecting taxes, why are you coming to Lishan at this time?"
Chamberlain: "Mr. Yang looked hurried and said he had something important to report."
Li Longji first looked at each other and Yang Yuhuan, and then said: "Announce his appearance."
The chamberlain replied. Not long after, Yang Guozhong hurriedly walked into the palace gate. After greeting the emperor and the imperial concubine, he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, there is a big chaos in Longyou."
Li Longji's body trembled and he asked: "A big chaos?"
Yang Guozhong took a deep breath and continued: "The Tubo army invaded Shazhou through Longle Mountain, captured Ziting Town and Shounan County overnight, plundered the Daqi trade road, burned countless businesses, and took advantage of the Doulu army to rush to help.
On this occasion, he stormed Dunhuang and almost caused the city to fall."
When Li Longji heard this, he was so shocked that he couldn't stand still and asked anxiously: "What happens next?"
Yang Guozhong glanced at Li Longji secretly, and then said: "The Tubo army sent a petition to the Anxi states again, saying that the Tang Dynasty was tyrannical and unjust, attacking vassal states, occupying trade routes, imposing excessive taxes, and deceiving all states to attack the Tang people.
"Reading books is dull
Li Longji stared at Yang Guozhong with an ominous premonition in his heart.
The latter lowered his head lower: "As soon as the petition was issued, rebellions broke out in Shazhou, Xizhou, Tingzhou, and Anxi."
Li Longji was stunned on the spot, silent for a long time, and shouted angrily: "If such a big thing happened, why didn't anyone come to complain?!"
Yang Guozhong did not answer, but took out a memorial from his arms and presented it to Li Longji.
The latter opened it and saw that the memorial came from the Anxi Protectorate. It said that ever since Wang Si took charge of the Daqi Trade Road, he had collected excessive taxes and enriched his own pockets. Only aristocratic families were allowed to do business and foreigners were not allowed to cross the border. This caused complaints from various tribes in Anxi. If this continues for a long time,
I am afraid that something bad may happen, so please send someone to investigate as soon as possible.
Li Longji looked at the time when the memorial was folded again, but it was three months ago.
After closing the memorial, Li Longji shouted sharply: "Why have I never read this memorial?!"
Yang Guozhong whispered: "Your Majesty, the political affairs of the DPRK and Central Government are all controlled by the right prime minister, and the king was promoted by Li Linfu. There is naturally something..."
Li Longji took a breath of cold air.
Seeing this, Yang Guozhong added fuel to the fire and continued: "I heard that the Tibetan army's invasion was all thanks to the Hu people as internal agents. They were able to capture a town and a county in one night and almost captured Dunhuang. And those internal agents
The wealthy people behind the scenes were dissatisfied with Wang Xian's arbitrary actions on the Daqi Trade Road, so they decided to collude with Tubo."
When Li Longji heard this, he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Wang, this common man! He has ruined my big business!"
After saying that, Li Longji ignored Yang Yuhuan and Yang Guozhong who were present and walked out of the palace angrily, saying bluntly that he would go back to the palace.
Seeing His Majesty walking away, Yang Yuhuan saw a proud look on Yang Guozhong's face and reminded him: "In recent days, there has been instability both inside and outside the palace, so my brother should act cautiously."
Yang Guozhong said: "Guozhong has searched for someone to find out the case of framing the imperial concubine, and it was Li Linfu who was behind it. That old dog, seeing that the imperial concubine is the foundation of the Yang family, resorted to such a vicious trick, he should be cut into pieces."
Only then did I relieve the hatred in my heart!"
Yang Yuhuan: "The right prime minister gave orders?"
Yang Guozhong waved his hand and said: "The noble concubine does not need to worry about this matter, Guozhong will handle it properly."
Yang Yuhuan: "This time I was framed. Thanks to Princess Wanchun and Prince Consort Zhou, Yuhuan was able to escape and the Yang family was not left out. My brother should keep this kindness in mind."
Yang Guozhong hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "What the imperial concubine said makes sense."
Yang Yuhuan: "Princess Wanchun is about to give birth. If she successfully gives birth to a child, Yuhuan's status is sensitive and it may not be convenient for her to visit. Brother, remember to bring heavy gifts and go to congratulate her."
Yang Guozhong: "This is natural."
Yang Yuhuan: "As for dealing with the right prime minister, brother, why not take advantage of the visit and go to the princess's house to ask for advice, maybe it will be miraculous."
Yang Guozhong was stunned for a moment, and then said: "This time Wang Cai has taken a huge blow. No one can save him. Li Linfu is colluding with him and has an unshirkable responsibility. Guozhong is sure to use this matter to kill the two of them."
If we defeat them all together, why should we ask that Zhou Lang for advice?"
When Yang Yuhuan heard this, he shook his head and stopped persuading him.