Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 73
The journey was safe and sound.Eight days later, on the sixth day of December, we arrived at Tianshou City.There is a Xinggong in Tianshou City, Prince Li and Aunt Su have already sent people to clean it up, and Gu Qinghua is expected to live in the Xinggong for about five or six days.The accompanying officials live in large and small courtyards around the palace.

The imperial mausoleum is located on Tianshou Mountain, [-] miles north of Tianshou City. Gu Qinghua planned to lead the people to worship the imperial mausoleum on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Baishidian spent it alone to show his sincerity.

Tianshou City is a special place.It is special because it is a resettlement city, a city used to resettle the descendants of the Gu family who were pardoned from the frontier.More than 70.00% of the residents in the city are the descendants of the Gu clan who are near or far away. It is very difficult for non-Gu clan descendants to settle in the city unless they marry through marriage.It is also very difficult for the descendants of the Gu family to go out and settle down. They need to go through one by one review, and they need to report their whereabouts and living conditions to the clan mansion every two years. The clan mansion has the right to ask them to move back to Tianshou City at any time.

When Gu Tsinghua's royal driver had just arrived twenty miles south of Tianshou City, a flying horse came to report, and each house of the Gu family greeted the holy driver ten miles south of the city.

When Prince Li heard the news, he felt a "thump" for no reason, and hurriedly begged to see Gu Qinghua.

King Lijun is the head of the clan's mansion, and all the descendants of the ancient clan in Tianshou City belong to his jurisdiction. He is more nervous than anyone else on this trip of the emperor to worship his ancestors.If anything happens, it's all his responsibility!Moreover, he knew well that although the descendants of the Gu clan were pardoned and sent back, they did not gain a new life of freedom. Many people—especially the young man who was born in Tianshou City and had not suffered from exile on the frontier back then, had How many are willing to be trapped here?

If you are not reconciled, there will be resentment and hatred.

The closer he was to Tianshou City, the tighter the Prince Li's heart tightened.Hearing the news that the descendants of the Gu family went out of the city to pick him up, he was even more uneasy.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty has had a hard journey. According to my opinion, I'd better go back to the palace to rest. It's not too late to call the houses later." If King Li proposed, he would have already come to arrange the ancient arrangements in his heart. Gu Yuanyou, the eldest son of the family's various houses, scolded him all over the place: "Why are you making such a fuss?"

Seeing him like this, Gu Qinghua couldn't help laughing, and deliberately made things difficult for him, saying: "Isn't that good? They were born from the same root, and they are all the blood of Emperor Taizu. Now that all the houses are out of the city to welcome them, how can I be so easy?" What about their good intentions? Besides, as the Son of Heaven, I might be afraid that they won't succeed!"

King Lijun was at a loss for words and murmured for a while. Just as he was about to retreat, Xianglin suddenly said: "King Lijun, order Commander Lin to wait, so be on guard!"

"Yes!" Prince Li froze, responded in horror, turned around and hurried away.

Yu Jia continued to move forward, and soon he could see the long-awaited crowd in front of him.

The descendants of the Gu family are also of the blood of the Tian family, which is different from other towns. Gu Qinghua pondered for a while, and ordered the maid to close up the thin gauze curtain. In front of the descendants of the Gu family, there is no need to keep secrets. Seeing her shows her sincerity even more.

In the past, Gu Fengqing pardoned the descendants of the Gu clan. The reason why they were placed in Tianshou City was because the courtiers opposed their entry into the court; The reason is that she can't disgrace her father too much. After all, they were exiled by his father. If she recalled them to Zhai Fengcheng or the court, wouldn't it be telling the world that his father did something wrong?You know, the emperor did this for her!

At different stages, people's needs are also different.After so many years of stable life, it is normal for the descendants of the Gu family to be grateful to the emperor for saving the water and fire at the beginning, and to be dissatisfied because the higher needs cannot be met now.The purpose of Gu Qinghua's visit here, besides offering sacrifices to the imperial mausoleum, is more importantly to appease the descendants of the Gu family, and by the way, coldly select a few usable ones to take away, so that the descendants of the Gu family can have hope and avoid being used to take risks.She believes that it is also Gu Fengqing's goal to let the descendants of the Gu family return to the court and serve the country in the end, but everything should not be rushed, Gu Fengqing did not wait for the opportunity to complete it!
That being the case, why not let her do it for her!A big tree must not only have deep roots, but also have luxuriant branches and leaves to be a healthy and weather-resistant tree.The emperor is the root of the tree, and the descendants of the royal family are the branches and leaves. It is true that the dead branches and leaves need to be removed, but without branches and leaves to support and only roots, what kind of tree is this tree!

In this way, she naturally wants to show her sincerity first.

Gu Qinghua was distracted by random thoughts in her mind, and suddenly she was startled by neat bursts of "See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!", she opened her eyes, and it turned out that the royal driver had already arrived to greet him. In front of the children and grandchildren, at this moment, the descendants of the Gu family, old and young, men and women, are kneeling together, kowtowing to her.

Kneeling in front were several old men and old ladies with gray beards, wrinkled faces, and crutches beside them. They were all neatly dressed in fine clothes, but they looked trembling.

Gu Qinghua couldn't help being a little dazed. Outsiders were envious of the wealth and blood of the Tian family, but who knew that the one kneeling in front of her tremblingly was not the blood of the Tian family?Maybe back then, they also had the qualifications to sit on the world, and they also had the style of kings living in eight seats!
Gu Qinghua glanced at everyone from the corner of his eyes, everyone lowered their heads, remained motionless, their bodies were tense, and a silent sense of oppression came over their faces.Although they couldn't see their eyes and facial expressions clearly, Gu Qinghua and Xianglin could feel their fear, unwillingness and dissatisfaction.

Gu Qinghua and Xianglin looked at each other, and the two exchanged eyes imperceptibly: Since they want to show their sincerity, they should be more generous!
The ring pendant ding-dong softly, Gu Qinghua swayed, supported Xianglin's arm and stood up gracefully, with a smile on his face, he raised his hand and said softly: "They are all from my own family, you don't need to be polite, uncles, brothers and sisters, hurry up Flatten your body!" while slowly walking down the imperial body.

Suddenly there was a slight panting sound, some from the descendants of the Gu family below, and some from the accompanying officials.Everyone was startled, and a few bold subconsciously raised their eyes, opened their mouths slightly, and looked at Gu Qinghua in astonishment.

King Li's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted.

"Your Majesty..." His footsteps were weak, his voice was rough, and he stepped forward in panic to stop Gu Qinghua.

Unexpectedly, Gu Qinghua had already stepped off the imperial scorpion earlier than him, and came to an old man with a snow-white beard and a dress of azure five blessings who was kneeling in the middle, stretched out his hand to gently support him, and said with a smile: "Old man, hurry up!" Please, I am young, I don’t know how to address you, please take care of me!”

When Gu Qinghua said "Take care", her posture was already very clear, and the deep meaning in it was for the listener to discern.How could she speak casually on such occasions!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, old minister, old minister—" the old man groaned, tongue-tied and was helped up by Gu Qinghua, and the other person beside him was also helped up by Xianglin with a smile.When everyone saw it, they also got up slowly, and quietly glanced at Gu Qinghua with complicated eyes.

"King Li Jun came just in time!" Gu Qinghua caught a glimpse of King Li Jun with pale face and straight eyes walking over, smiled and let go of the old man's hand, and said to King Li with a smile: "These old people What is the number of generations, I, how should I call it?"

(End of this chapter)