little wife

Chapter 119

All the people in the courtyard knelt down to pay their respects. Emperor Shenghe smiled and motioned for everyone to flatten, and brought Concubine Xu Shu to the main tent facing south and facing north. All the princes and princesses sat at the bottom of the main tent. Sun also followed. Yang Ting was over six years old this year, but Mrs. Chen was not by his side, and was looked after by his aunt, the Second Princess.

Emperor Shenghe told everyone not to be restrained, he only wore a black dragon robe today, dressed casually, he just said that he was here for fun, and all matters were centered on Concubine Xu Shu.He was also dedicated to Concubine Xu Shu, fearing that she would be stage fright at holding such a grand event for the first time, so he came to join him due to illness.

This year's Xinke Sanyuan is not as dazzling as Jing Yun's year. The champion and Tanhua are both poor students who are nearly [-] years old.

Zou Yuanqing and He Yuan, who came to Dingyunhou's mansion to inquire about the rumors, were ranked second, but they looked like dragons and phoenixes, like gentle and elegant young masters.Ning Luo was a little worried. She still didn't look like a real person when she met a real person. How should she choose?

Jing Xi didn't care about it, and happily went on stage to play a well-practiced Caiyun Tune, which got a lot of applause, and that's all, she greeted Concubine Xu Shu and Emperor Shenghe gracefully, Sheng He As soon as the emperor heard that it was the second lady of Dingyunhou's mansion, he immediately ordered his servants to offer a reward.

When Jing Xi came back, she couldn't hide her excitement, and whispered to Ning Luo, "Your Majesty is really kind."

Ning Luo nodded absent-mindedly, and looked forward across the table, only to see Emperor Sheng He, although smiling, was obviously tired, coughing twice with his palms on his face from time to time.She looked towards the gauze tent where Jing Yun was again, obviously Jing Yun had long been absent-minded about the competition in the arena, and her eyes fell on Emperor Shenghe from time to time.

It's really frustrating, and I don't know what the father and son are holding back, are they each waiting for the other to compromise and bow their heads?
Ning Luo was so anxious that she didn't call.

After the six women had finished their performances on the piano, the next step was painting. Taichung was busy arranging pens, inks, papers and inkstones. Suddenly, there was a small commotion in the main tent. When Ning Luo went to visit again, Sheng Hedi is gone.

Jing Yun hurried all the way along the path. He studied in this Qionghua Academy for three years. He is the proud student of the dean Lin Qingju, and he is very familiar with every house and every tile here.

Sitting in the gauze tent, he looked up inadvertently, and Emperor Shenghe suddenly disappeared, and Eunuch Tian, ​​who was serving him, also disappeared. He was startled, and he stepped forward to ask. Concubine Xu Shu's smile looked very forced, It just said that Emperor Shenghe was a little tired and went to the inner courtyard to take a rest.

The person in charge of guarding today is the deputy commander of the Habayashi Army, Jananke, who is standing in front of the inner courtyard talking to several Habayashi soldiers. This person was transferred by Jing Yun after he left the Habayashi Army. On the way back to Beijing, they got along for a while, and they were not familiar with Jing Yun, but at this time, from the outside, they were Jing Yun's subordinates.

Seeing Jing Yun, Jiananke immediately bowed and said, "Why is Lord Hou here? Your Majesty, I am here, Lord Hou, please rest assured."

Jing Yun looked in absently: "Why did Your Majesty withdraw suddenly? What happened?"

"Your Majesty is a little tired, come and take a nap." Jananke said respectfully.

This answer was exactly the same as Concubine Xu Shu's, but the faint uneasiness in the bottom of his heart was lingering, Jing Yun hesitated for a moment: "Please go in and report, just say that I came to visit His Majesty."

Jananke said awkwardly: "Your Majesty has ordered, no one will come."

Jing Yun was stunned for a moment. In the past, Emperor Shenghe favored him very much. He personally bestowed him with the title of "Emperor's Constant Companion". He can come and go in and out of the imperial court at will with his waist card. He is always called by his side on such casual occasions. Accompanying the driver, there has never been a time when I can't see the driver.But since returning to Beijing, even though his official position has become bigger and bigger, he feels even more unfamiliar with Emperor Shenghe than before he left Beijing.

He took two steps back silently, his sharp and cold gaze fell on Jananke, who couldn't help but shudder, and said bravely: "Master Hou, this officer is also following orders, why don't you Grandpa, wait here for a while..."

"No need," Jing Yun said expressionlessly, "Pay attention to defense and ensure His Majesty's safety."

"Yes." Jananke replied, watching Jing Yun's figure disappear at the end of the path.

Jing Yun walked out of the Moon Cave Gate, and instead of returning to the flower viewing venue, he turned around and headed for the back garden of the academy.The courtyard where Emperor Shenghe rested was specially used by the academy to entertain distinguished guests. It was next to the courtyard where Lin Qingju rested on weekdays. The main rooms of the two courtyards were built with walls connected.

He often visits Lin Qingju here when he is studying. There is a towering ancient camphor tree in the backyard, which is as big as two people hugging each other. Turning into the back wall of the guest courtyard, avoiding the guards on duty in the backyard by the shade of the tree canopy, the cat waist came to the back window of the inner room.

He carefully pressed his figure against the base of the wall, poked open the window paper and looked in, only to see a smear of bright yellow leaning on the soft couch, the purple-robed Eunuch Tian half-kneeled in front of Emperor Shenghe, and was speaking in a low voice. What, and Emperor Shenghe's cough sounded subduedly. He had studied pathology with Dr. Jin for several years because of the lingering appearance of the person in his dream. "Voice from the bottom of my heart" was somewhat similar, and a trace of panic rose from the bottom of my heart, and he was stunned for a while, unable to recover.

"Who!" There was a stern shout, and some imperial guards found his trace.A gust of wind hit, Jing Yun leaned down lightly, avoiding the blade, turned his head and gave a "shh" at the guard.

Jing Yun single-handedly promoted many of the Yulin Army, and he happened to know each other in charge of the backyard defense, so he couldn't help being stunned: "Master Hou, you——"

"I'll be right away..." Before Jing Yun's words fell, the people inside were startled. Eunuch Tian opened the window and met his eyes.

Jing Yun was extremely embarrassed. He originally wanted to take a look at him personally, as long as Emperor Shenghe was safe and sound, he would leave without trace, but he didn't expect that the dazed kung fu just now would be leaked.He had no choice but to lift his robe and knelt down, and made up an excuse: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I want to take this opportunity to test whether there are any loopholes in the defense of the Habayashi Army, which disturbed Your Majesty."

Eunuch Tian's eyes were bent, revealing the fine lines at the corners of his eyes, apparently secretly laughing in his heart, but he didn't expose Jing Yun's lie on his face, and said with a smile: "Master Hou is really dedicated to his duty."

Jananke, who was in the front, hurried over. Seeing this scene, he was ashamed and ashamed. He also knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, please punish me for my poor defense."

Emperor Shenghe said a few words in a low voice, and Eunuch Tian said again: "Your Majesty said, if the Marquis of Dingyun's thousands of horses and horses are in a land without people, Master Jia don't need to blame himself, just ask the Marquis for advice in the future. Since Lord Hou is here, please come and sit inside."

When Jing Yun entered the inner room, Emperor Shenghe had already got up, sitting on the Arhat bed with a cushion on his back, holding the cup lid in his hand and gently brushing the tea leaves emerging from the water, looking leisurely, as if he had just The suppressed coughing sound was nothing more than his auditory hallucination.

It has been nearly two months since he returned to Beijing, and apart from meeting Emperor Sheng He a few times in the court hall, this is the first time he has met the saint up close.

Compared with the king he admired in his memory, Emperor Shenghe lost a lot of weight, and his originally clear and sharp eyes were a bit muddy, but he seemed to be in good spirits, far from the sluggish look he thought. Far.

"Yun'er," Emperor Sheng He stared at him, and smiled softly, "I thought that you would never come to see me in your life."

Jing Yun's face became hot, and he lowered his head: "Since I returned to Beijing, Your Majesty has never given up on me. My official duties are messy, and I can't get away from it all day long..."

"Really?" Emperor Shenghe said indifferently, "Two years ago, you insisted on going to the northwest, and I couldn't stop you, so I reluctantly let you leave the capital; Regret the big mistakes of my life; you conquered Bei Zhou, and your reputation spread far and wide. I was drunk, and my heart that had been hanging in the air for a year was finally back to reality. Yuner, I miss you all the time, how about you? ?”

Jing Yun was speechless. He left the capital, left the harem of the imperial court and the harem, like a bird flying high in the sky. However, he respected and hated Emperor Shenghe, his later biological father, and had complicated feelings. , he almost forced himself to forget the person who gave him life.

However, it was also the two years of parting, when he saw this king with the power of life and death again, something seemed to slowly break through and sprout in his heart.

In fact, his ability to sweep the Northern Zhou Dynasty this time is inseparable from the full support of Emperor Shenghe in the rear. If he hadn't said "do it cheaply", if he hadn't had the surprise soldier he hid for Ning Luo, even if he could finally Defeating the enemy will also take more effort and time, and bring even greater trauma to the land and people in the northwest.

Ever since he was a child, Emperor Shenghe's care for him has always flashed inadvertently, and the persuasion of Jing Cheng and Ning Luo also came to mind from time to time. people.

He hesitated for a moment, and then said with difficulty, "Of course I always think about Your Majesty...I want to defend the frontier and fight against the enemy for His Majesty..."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Emperor Shenghe's eyes. He had waited for so many days, hoping that Jing Yun could think clearly, but he never expected that what he was waiting for was such a sentence that only the friendship between the monarch and his ministers came.

He said with a blank expression: "I understand. You Lao Jing Aiqing is devoting all his energy to thinking about business affairs, but I am tired, so Aiqing will resign."

Jing Yun was stunned, and was about to retreat in embarrassment, but inadvertently caught a glimpse of a deep red on the small table of the Arhat bed from the corner of his eye.There was a "hum" in his head, as if something was exploding, and he jumped up at once, raised his hand to grab the smear of red in his hand, and spread it tremblingly to have a look.Sure enough, what was wrapped in the towel was a puddle of vomited blood that had turned black and dried up.

(End of this chapter)