It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 355 Weiyang Palace plots against each other

AD 306 is destined to be an extraordinary year.

It snowed all winter in Chang'an, making roads difficult and food scarce.

Not only did the people have no food to eat, even the people in the imperial city of Weiyang Palace did not have enough to eat.

Yang Xianrong obeyed the Queen's decree and requested that even the Queen's meals would only be four dishes and one soup, as long as they were full, and she did not ask for too much.

Other members of the royal family, aristocrats, and officials also reduced their meals to two meals a day and one bowl of rice, trying to save food until the weather warmed up in spring.

But under such circumstances, more and more people died of starvation, and the phenomenon of cannibalism also occurred. The people of Chang'an were extremely panicked, and every family closed their homes. Most of the people escaped from Chang'an City, leaving behind The gradually desolate city home.

Princess Pingyang also lives in Weiyang Palace and comes every day to talk to her brother Sima Zhong. She is fifty-five years old. Perhaps because of the difficult times, she looks unusually old and her mental state is not very good.

Mao Hongmao was also in the Weiyang Palace. He actually took over all the affairs of the imperial kitchen, especially using limited ingredients to carefully prepare some delicacies every day and send them to Princess Pingyang. Sometimes when the ingredients are not enough, they are sent to Princess Pingyang first.

But Princess Pingyang felt sorry for her silly brother and often gave him her own food. As time passed, Sima Zhong preferred to eat with Princess Pingyang, and only occasionally came to Yang Xianrong to eat. Because he disliked the food at Yang Xianrong's side because it was too sloppy and simple.

"Yang Mie, you can't always feed Mao Hongmao's food to Jing'er, you have to eat it yourself." Sima Zhong finally couldn't help it anymore, pointing to the chicken soup Sima Jing was drinking, "She is a child, what should she drink? Chicken soup? This is what I brought to you from the eldest sister, you see you have lost a lot of weight."

"It's okay, Jing'er is growing, so you can't miss out on these foods." Yang Xianrong didn't care, gently held the bottom of the bowl, and let Sima Jing drink slowly.

But after hearing this, Sima Jing did not dare to drink any more, and obediently pushed the bowl to Yang Xianrong.

"Jing'er, don't listen to your father. This bowl of chicken soup belongs to you." Yang Xianrong's voice was extremely gentle and unhurried, "Your Majesty, please don't say anything like Jing'er. In the past few days, I have been Commander Yuan doesn’t have enough to eat. If Jing’er gets sick, won’t Commander Yuan have to go out to find medicinal materials?”

"Why let Yuan Jianshuo go? Just let that little fool go." Sima Zhong was very unhappy.

"That little fool?" Yang Xianrong was stunned for a moment. When did a fool appear again in the palace?

"That messenger, Cao, is standing behind you like a fool every day." Sima Zhong still took out two small cakes from his arms, "You eat this quietly, I stole it from the eldest sister. "Your Majesty." Yang Xianrong was a little bit dumbfounded, but he still took the cake, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Don't you know about this?"

"She doesn't eat much, so she won't find out." Sima Zhong looked a little solemn, "I don't know what happened to the eldest sister. She doesn't eat, but she is white and fat. She looks very... Weird. Doctor Qin said it might be some kind of swelling, which is not a good thing. "

Hearing this, Yang Xianrong was shocked again. I have lived in Weiyang Palace for less than two months, and I only met Princess Pingyang on the third day after I moved in. She didn't say anything about herself, she just said: "Thank you for your hard work." Then she took Jing'er back to the Queen's Juyuan Palace, without saying a word about her use of the embroidered messenger to spread rumors about miracles. .

Mao Hongmao never showed up to her. All the food was sent to the kitchen garden by Zhang Liangxue and other palace officials, and the food was served in different ways every day. But Yang Xianrong was still worried.

Now that I heard that Princess Pingyang was ill, I felt even more indebted. So he said to Sima Zhong: "Perhaps I can go talk to the eldest sister and relieve her worries?"

"What worries does she have? She is very happy every day. She even lets her maid change a lot of clothes and has a lot of fun every day." Sima Zhong drank a cup of hot tea brought by Cuixi and felt extremely happy. Satisfied, "Yang Meie, there is actually tea here?"

"Brother Liu...Liu Yaocai bought some tea cakes before, but there were too many, so he couldn't take them away, so he left them at Yang's house. When the eldest and second brothers were pretending to eat, they felt that these things didn't take up much space, so they stuffed them in I didn't expect it to be quite delicious after brewing it." Yang Xianrong also poured himself a cup and held it in his hand, it was steaming.

"Oh, that Liu Yao, right?" Sima Zhong turned to look at Zhang Du and He Shaogong standing beside him, and asked: "How do I remember what I saw the day before yesterday? It said Lao Liu, oh, that Liu Yuan sect He made his subordinate Liu Yao a vanguard general and attacked Xiangyang and other places, and fought all the way south. "

"Yes, the emperor has a very good memory." Zhang Du nodded immediately.

He Shaogong has been standing beside the emperor. He no longer wears the official uniforms of the Jin Dynasty. Currently, he only wears his own private clothes, which are taupe and extremely low-key. However, the pair of cloth shoes make him look somewhat at home and leisurely. After all, he is not young, and his face is solemn. There is always a heavy feeling of concern for the country and the people. He sighed deeply, "Your Majesty, this Liu Yuan is the best general in the Jin Dynasty, and he is also the man who pacified the five tribes of the Huns. Now he has established his own... dynasty, known as the "Former Zhao", and has already done so. If you kill the emperor, this is a very bad thing!”

"Hey, it doesn't matter. Let Sima Yong send someone to check out the situation. Didn't he say that he is very powerful and anyone can defeat him? He just told me that Da Jin's empire is very solid." Sima Zhong shouted again. I had a cup of hot tea and felt better.

"Actually, Yang Xianyong has been staying in Xiangyang for a while, why not let him go?" He Shaogong was very cautious when he said this, not even daring to look up at Yang Xianrong.

As expected, Yang Xianrong immediately put down the tea bowl and said extremely unhappy: "What do you mean, Mr. He? What are you looking at? What do you want to see?"

"The Empress." He Shaogong knelt down, still lowering his head, "I know that if I say this, the Empress will definitely be unhappy, but has the Empress ever thought about it: A good man aims in all directions, not just to guard the world. In the warm nest next to your loved ones...or so I put it, your brother made great achievements in the battle of Chaoge. He is the most outstanding talent among the generals of his generation. You are now Let him follow you...Of course, it is important to protect your safety, but have you ever thought about it from his perspective, is he really willing to do this? ? He has obtained military power and his own troops, and he is so heroic. Who can stop him? If the emperor regains power in the future, won't he rely on the queen's military power?