You have no alerts.
    Chapter Index

    ☆, palace wall willow 42

    It wasn’t until much later that Yao Ji chatted with Liu Chenzhou about the past.

    She has always had a question in her heart, whether Liu Chenzhou is the son of Yong Shuren.

    At that time, they had left the imperial city and lived in seclusion in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River.When spring first arrives, the flowers in the river outshine the fire, and the water in the river turns blue.

    Beside the awning boat, a fishing line hung straight into the river. An orange tabby cat lay beside it, its fat body undulating slightly, but what was holding onto the fishing rod was a small white and tender paw.

    The boy was about four or five years old, with a plump little face that had not yet lost its baby fat. His face was now full of seriousness.

    He stared at the river without blinking, his big black eyes unblinking. If there was a slight turbulence in the river, his eyes would suddenly widen.Quecha did not pull up the fishing rod impatiently like other children, but waited patiently until the fish completely bit the hook. Then he raised his arm and a plump river fish fell into the bamboo basket on the side.

    The river breeze blows, and the faint fragrance of wine fills the air.On the other side of the awning boat, there is a small table and a pot of warm wine. Yao Ji and Liu Chenzhou are sitting opposite each other and drinking.

    “It’s been more than ten years in a flash…”

    After the thrilling incident more than ten years ago, Yao Ji finally chose to stay in the palace city.

    The emperor died, and within a few days, the queen mother who had been lingering on the sickbed also passed away. The queen went completely crazy and was imprisoned in Nan Nei again. The young prince ascended the throne. As his adoptive mother and the only person in the harem who had the ability to control the situation, Yao Ji was named the imperial concubine and listened to the government behind the curtain.

    Two years later, the imperial concubine became the empress dowager.

    Half a year later, the Empress Dowager took the throne.

    At that time, the young emperor was less than three years old, and the power of the empress dowager reached its peak for a while, and there was even a lot of talk among the people that “the queen mother became emperor”.

    Under the iron fist of the Empress Dowager, the reform strategy that had been brewing for three years was completely pushed from Beijing officials to the whole country. A large number of redundant officials and redundant personnel were reduced. The country corrected its long-standing shortcomings, and the national treasury that had not been filled for a long time even overflowed that year.

    The Dahua Dynasty finally had extra money to use to strengthen the country, dredging rivers, reducing taxes, and training its troops. The declining empire once again showed a trend of prosperity. Even the most pedantic old Taoists had to admit that “the queen becomes the emperor” and the people’s life was much better than when the two previous emperors were in power.

    Of course, this great achievement cannot be accomplished by one person.Everyone in the world knows that the internal minister in the Bureau of Ceremonies was the beginning of the reform.

    He put down the rebellion against the king twice, and after the death of the late emperor, he overcame all objections and enthroned the infant emperor at the time.

    At that time, there were still voices in the court supporting the King of Jin. After all, the young king was doubtful that the new emperor was too young to be able to secure his position in the country.Liu Chenzhou said: “The King of Jin has been a wealthy prince for twenty-two years. If he ascends the throne, how can he guarantee that he will be a good emperor?”

    – A baby who is still sucking milk in his infancy and a romantic prince who has already grown up. The former is just ignorant, but if the latter gets huge power, there is no guarantee that he will not get lost in it and become the second late emperor.

    It can be said that these words completely offended King Jin to death. It was rare that King Jin was not angry when he learned about it. Instead, he said: “I was not born to be an emperor, so I better not harm others or myself.”

    He deliberately entered the palace and met the then imperial concubine through a curtain. No one knew what they talked about. After leaving the palace, the King of Jin closed the door to thank guests. Until the Queen Mother came to the throne, she only recited poems and painted paintings and did not ask about political affairs.

    Another ten years passed, and on the day when the little emperor turned thirteen, the Queen Mother announced that she would retire to the Chang’an Palace and the Emperor would rule in person.

    At the same time, Liu Chenzhou, who had been in charge of the Bureau of Ceremonies and the East Factory for many years, also submitted his resignation. Although the young emperor repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, he still refused and left Beijing alone.

    As for where he went after that, there are countless folk opinions.Some say that he returned to his hometown, others say that he retired to the mountains and forests, and some even say that he went to the imperial mausoleum to be a minister of incense.

    In any case, the life of this legendary eunuch has come to an end in front of the public.

    He became prime minister, put down rebellions and led the army, and even served as the emperor’s teacher, teaching him the ways of sages. Everyone lamented his disability, but they had long forgotten that when he launched the reform, he was called a traitor by countless people.

    Less than half a month after he left Beijing, the Empress Dowager also passed away suddenly in Chang’an Palace.

    The era of “the queen becoming the emperor” has completely passed, and the Daye Dynasty has also ushered in a new prosperous era. In the nameless town in the south of the Yangtze River, there is an additional couple.

    A year later, their child was born. The husband spent two days looking through the dictionary, but finally gave the child a single name with the character “Fan”.

    He once had the world in mind and wanted to wipe out all the evils with his own efforts. In the end, he just wanted his children to be ordinary and happy for a lifetime.

    For his ambition, Yao Ji wasted more than ten years in the deep palace. That day Liu Chenzhou proposed to leave with her, but she said: “You have great ambitions, and I am willing to walk side by side with you. This imperial city was once a prison for me, but as long as you are here, I will feel safe everywhere.”

    Liu Chenzhou had never been a person who was good at showing his feelings, but at that moment, he thought that no matter how many unspeakable things he had, he would never push her away again.

    Love and joy were things that he had never thought about, even hated and feared.He entered the palace at a young age and saw too much filth and ugliness in his first half of his life.

    The late emperor, the emperor, the empress, master Hong Bao… and even Chen Huai and Wu Ping, all of them were ups and downs in this sea of ​​power and desire. Some acted wantonly, some were tortured, and some were lost in the desire for revenge.All are perpetrators and all are victims.

    Only one person told him, never lose yourself, never be swallowed by this deep palace.

    But later that person also died, and he taught him to read and practice calligraphy. Liu Chenzhou regarded him as an elder brother. In the end, he died under Ling Chi’s execution in order to avenge his father.

    In the end, there is only he in this world, and in the end, there is only he.Until he saw the persistence on another person’s face again, as if the clouds were breaking through the moon.

    It was then that Liu Chenzhou suddenly realized that he had been devoured bit by bit.

    He allowed Chen Huai to force Hong Bao to commit suicide, allowed the queen to drug him, and watched the emperor being manipulated without realizing it, only feeling happy.

    He seemed to have everything, but nothing. He didn’t dare, was afraid, stepped back step by step, and hid again and again. It turned out that he saw himself this way in his heart – he was raised as a molester, and he was dirty and ugly.

    “…I’m not worthy of you,” he gently hugged the girl in his arms, and every nerve in he seemed to be trembling, “Yaoyao, it’s me…it’s me who is not qualified to be with you.”

    “Do you dislike me?” Looking up, the girl asked instead of asking him why.

    He was stunned for a moment, but before she could answer, She said like a flurry of words: “I come from a humble background, I am a singer in the palace, I have been married, and I have to be a widow to my husband for the rest of my life. Will you dislike me?”

    Of course not, birth, entering the palace, these are not things she can decide. Even if she and the emperor are actually married, Liu Chenzhou will never dislike her because of it.He likes her, and it has nothing to do with her past or her experience.

    “Look,” she smiled slightly, her eyes as bright as stars, “There are all kinds of things in the world, some are pure and pure, some are notorious, and those who care, they think it is a big mistake…”

    “But the only thing I care about is you.”

    0 Comments

    Heads up! Your comment will be invisible to other guests and subscribers (except for replies), including you after a grace period.
    Note