Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 116
"This is a sacred tree. It is said that it is a ladder that can lead to heaven." He smiled, "The Queen Mother likes this garden very much. When she was pregnant with me, she always prayed under this tree for my safe birth and growth into a An outstanding king, but unfortunately encountered dystocia, even the imperial doctor in the palace could not help. Guo Erren Yehu ordered people to carry my mother emperor to the tree mother god. I didn't want to spend a day and night, but the tree mother god Let the empress give birth to me."

I couldn't help sighing: "It really is a sacred tree."

He naturally drew me closer, and raised his hand to point to the lush tree crown, "Until now, there are still many people in the palace who pray for safety and health, and to have a baby early, and they will write their wishes on colored silk and hang them on the trees. Enter Goddess."

It was only then that I noticed that there were bright brocades fluttering in the layers of green leaves of the giant green umbrella.

"Since the Queen Mother gave birth to me under this tree Goddess, she has ordered people to protect this Tree God. No one is allowed to climb, or they will be sentenced to death." He smiled and turned his face to me, "I just now When I came back from Qinzhong, I always liked to climb this tree when I had nothing to do, and because of this, I was always beaten by my mother and punished me for disrespecting the tree mother."

I was taken aback, he leaned towards me slightly, and said with a teasing smile: "I don't want to see that my wife likes to climb trees just like me today. Tell me, my lady, how can you bribe me so that I won't let me tell you that you are a tree-climbing mother privately?" Where is God?"

I don’t wear much today, and the autumn of the Western Regions still makes people feel a little warm. Now I am too close to the Great Turkic Emperor, so close that I can feel his hot breath on my face, and I can’t help getting more and more excited. hot.

When I was a child, Feijue always pulled me excitedly, pointed to the caterpillars on the leaves and asked curiously: "Wooden girl, wooden girl, look quickly, this flower is really rare, and it can move. Could it be this tree? God tree?"

At that time, Feijue would be disappointed for a while every time, and I sometimes asked him: "Why does fourth master always think about the sacred tree?"

He said honestly: "Then I can ask the tree of God to turn me into the greatest Khan."

Feijue, you finally became a great king, unified your country, and your name goes down in history.

I looked at Saruer's wine pupils, took a step back, and said with a faint smile: "But obviously His Majesty is also on the tree?"

He laughed for a while, looked at me for a while, stepped forward suddenly, held my sleeve and whispered in my ear: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, this is our secret."

The red-haired boy from Yubeizhai, with a caterpillar in his hand, said to me blushing: "This is our secret, wooden girl, you can't tell others."

Then, holding his red head proudly, he forced the half-dead caterpillar into my hand, "Take it, master, I will reward you. When I become the greatest khan in the future, master, I will I will give you a big golden rose garden and let you be my Ke He Dun."

At that time, I pretended to tremble with my hands, held the caterpillar like a dog's leg, and said obsequiously, "Thank you Lord Ron."

Then he stuffed the caterpillar into his collar, jumped aside, and laughed to see him scratching around like a monkey.

Now the red-haired young man in front of me said the same words to me, those sharp wine eyes were no longer as clear and warm as before, and now he is clearly flirting with me.What exactly is he trying to do?
"See Your Majesty for Guerren Yehu."

The chanting of the servants came from afar.Feijue stood back to his original place, twitched the corners of his mouth, and his wine eyes flashed a hint of displeasure at being disturbed.

My heart moved, I looked up, and saw a black shadow passing through the sea of ​​flowers from far to near, and came to us, bowing respectfully to Saruer.

Saruer smiled kindly: "Ye Hu came, but I couldn't meet him far away. I haven't seen you for a long time. How is Ye Hu?"

The sun was shining on the top of the man's bare head. When he raised his head, his facial features were still sharp and outstanding. The years had wrinkled the corners of his eyes, but his waist was still straight and proud.Those eagle-wolf-like gazes were sharper and more vicious, and they glanced at me quickly, and it was Guo Erren whom I hadn't seen in eight years.

He clearly smelled the fragrance of rose bushes, but there was a faint sense of murderousness. He knelt down obediently in the sea of ​​roses, "Thanks to the almighty Tengger and the blessings of Khan, this old bone is still alive." Strong, and can also fight thieves and enemies for Khan and His Majesty the heroine on the battlefield."

Saruer raised his head and laughed loudly, he helped Guo Erren himself, and praised: "You are worthy of being the number one warrior of the Turks. It is my great blessing to have Ye Hu in the court."

The two exchanged a few words of courtesy, and Saruer said happily: "The wooden girl has another child, you should go and see her, she always mentions you."

Guo Erren's resolute face finally broke into a slight smile, "Is that so? This kid won't even write to me."

"Don't blame her, I was the one who stopped her, and wanted to surprise Mrs. Ye Hu."

I was listening on the side, but I saw Guo Erren's eagle eyes swept over, and said slowly: "Who is this lady?"

Saruer glanced at me and said with a smile: "This is the outer room of Prince Dali. My lord, have you forgotten that I brought back two women who belonged to Prince Duan when I went to Doma last time?"

Guoerren raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Yes, the old minister remembered it. At that time, when the minister heard that His Majesty visited Xingduoma, he was very worried that the noble Khan would be hurt by the heart-eating devil. The almighty Tengger really blessed my emperor. Megatron Prairie."

Saruel laughed loudly.

At this moment, Ahina, who had disappeared for a long time, came forward and said a few words to them. Saruel turned around and frowned at me, then gave Amir a wink, and then turned around and went to the palace side by side with Goerzhi. walk around.

Amir stepped forward and said coldly: "Today is the birthday ceremony of the great Turkic goddess Zhan Ning, Empress Dowager Zhanning. His Majesty invited Madam to go."

Naturally, there is no place for me to refuse.I silently followed behind Amir, and of course he didn't recognize me affectionately, the two walked through the sea of ​​flowers silently one after the other.

Emperor Zhanning was not only a famous Turkic politician and military strategist, but also an outstanding musician.

She often composes and sings by herself. It may be that her musical talent reminds people of His Majesty's humiliation and being captured as a dancer, so she is rarely mentioned in official history. However, many of her self-created tunes are still widely used among the people. It spread and was very popular.It is said that she especially likes Kucha music.

After the Turkic conquest of Kucha, the Kucha dynasty disappeared overnight, but the ancient music of Kucha did not disappear together. Instead, it developed by leaps and bounds, and was organically combined with the Turkic music with the support of the emperor. It opened a new chapter in the music history of my time in the Western Regions.

Sure enough, before the extraordinary Winter Palace appeared in front of his eyes, the lively Kucha Le floated out first, full of joy.

I was ushered into the magnificent palace, which was already full of nobles and royals in fine clothes.The main hall is inlaid with gold and jade, covered with golden flowers, and every corner is carved with a half-length wolf god full of power.Sitting on the golden throne in the center of the hall is a red-haired woman who is nearly forty years old. A brilliant golden crown is pressed on the towering fiery red cloud bun. The curly remaining hair is thinly braided into countless red braids. The delicate golden tassels were tied together, and the golden light fell dazzlingly on her chest. She rested her hands lightly on the ferocious wolf head on the armrest of the throne. The tenth emperor of that family, Ashina Guliya.

Sitting under her head was a beautiful woman in palace attire. She was also dressed in Turkic royal robes and gold ornaments, but she looked exactly like Xuanyuan Shuyi, with a more noble temperament, but her face was a little melancholy. It was Yongye who had been married for three years. Xuanyuan Shuhuan, Princess Chengyi of the former dynasty.

"Cao Min met Her Majesty the Empress Dowager Zhan Ning."

I knelt down slowly, feeling the eyes of the woman in the main hall fixed on me.She didn't ask me to get up, and I didn't look up, just knelt there quietly.

At this time, the servant shouted loudly: "The great Turkic Khan, His Majesty Khan of Feidu has arrived."

Immediately there was music in the palace, and Saruer had already changed into a black brocade robe embroidered with gold wolf's head, holding Biying who was dressed in full dress - her belly was obviously bulging.This is the first time I saw Biying after I was imprisoned in Liangfeng Palace, she still didn't look at me, followed by her adoptive father Guoerren Yehu.

The noon sun shines in through the glazed windows covered with embossed golden rose patterns, silently refracting magnificent colors on the bright and smooth gold bricks, and analyzing the rich and prosperous patterns, just like the emperors and concubines in Gongyue City A flamboyant life.

All of a sudden, except for the Empress Dowager, no matter the nobles or the palace musicians, they all stopped and put their foreheads on the ground, shouting long live the Khan.

When everyone prostrated in obedience, the Turkic emperor became taller and stronger, his profile was as handsome and clear as a statue of a god, and the hall seemed to become more spacious because of him.

"I have met His Majesty Mother, may Tengger bless you with health and longevity, and everything goes well." The young emperor greeted his mother with a smile, and his loud voice echoed in the hall for a long time.

The queen empress smiled and got off the seat to help him up herself, lovingly stroking his face, "Oh, my lovely Saruer, you have lost weight. You have worked hard to fight Zhigu."

"Fighting for the great cause of the empire, what's the point of suffering? It worries my mother."

"Your wife, the empress of the Great Turk, prayed for you day and night with her mother. She has lost a lot of weight. You should take a good look at her." The empress tilted her head slightly.

Xuanyuan Shuhuan bowed and greeted Saruer with a trace of shyness, "Congratulations to Your Majesty."

Her gaze was flowing, and her stunning beauty was even more attractive because of her shyness.

Saruer smiled and helped her up, but she didn't want her to gently hold his strong arm.

Saruer was still smiling, but a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, and he broke free from her arms without a trace.

The brilliance in her eyes disappeared immediately, replaced by endless loneliness, and she caught a glimpse of Biying standing behind Saruer with a gloomy expression, retreating behind the Empress Dowager sadly.

I started to kneel a little numb.After all, I haven't knelt for a long time, but I'm still mentally prepared to kneel for a while longer, because I believe that at this time, all the attention of the empress turned to Biying.

The empress returned to the throne and said calmly: "It turns out that Princess Reyhangul is also here. Since she is not feeling well, there is no need to come here to congratulate her."

Biying moved into the hall, knelt down slowly and said, "I congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, and wish His Majesty the Queen Mother a long and boundless life."

"Empress, it was the minister who brought her here... Reyhangul also misses you very much." Saruer stood beside Biying and said softly.

The Empress Dowager turned her wine eyes slightly, and smiled lightly, "She misses me, so her father also misses me, so she dared to enter Gongyue City without my letter."

Everyone's complexion changed.

Guo Erren came forward and prostrated himself on the ground, "The old minister dare not, it is His Majesty's talisman that summoned the old minister. It is true that the old minister misses His Majesty the Mistress, and may Her Majesty always be safe and healthy under the glory of Tengger."

"Emperor Mother, Guoerren Yehu has always been concerned about your health, it was the child who called him into the palace, and wanted to give you a surprise." Saluer said softly.

According to unofficial rumors, when the Empress Dowager was still a princess, Guo Erren had just become the youngest bodyguard in the court, guarding the queen and the princess, and the mighty number one warrior became the little princess' favorite toy.One day when Ashina Dongbulke came to visit the princess, there was an assassin. Guo Erren blocked an arrow for the princess and was seriously injured. He was in a coma for many days. "

Guo Erren survived, but because of what the little princess said, he was exiled from Harhelin, sent to the front line to kill the enemy, and met Yuan Qingjiang, the greatest enemy in his life.In the second year, Ashina Dongbulke was plotted to poison him in the court by his favorite minister Moniahe. Guoerren rushed back and couldn't save him. Just when he was in despair, the original Qingjiang whom he hated the most claimed that he could save his sweetheart , the only requirement is that he and his Western Turks help him defeat Ming Huizhong.

Guoerren agreed, and the former Qingjiang sent Ziyuan dark men to rescue the tortured Ashina Guliya from the Persian royal court.When Guoerren saw Ashina Gulia again, he found that the little princess in his heart had fallen in love with the biggest enemy in his life, and what made him even more resentful was that she was pregnant with a child.

Guo Erren immediately challenged Yuan Qingjiang for his sweetheart in the custom of Turkic men.Soon Ashina Guliya gave birth to a handsome red-haired son, named Ashina Saruer, which means a steel sword that never breaks.

For this reason, Guo Erren became a domestic slave of the original family's Ziqi Mountain Villa. Some people said that he was worthy of being the number one warrior of the Great Turks and kept his promise, while others said that he survived because of Ashina Guliya and her precious son.

I looked around, and Guo Erren still quietly touched his forehead to the ground. The Empress Dowager's face was serious, and finally stretched out, and sighed, "Ye Hu fought in the battlefield in his early years, and his back was seriously injured. He knelt for a long time and injured his body. Please get up."

Guo Erren stood up slowly, with excitement flashing in his eyes, he bowed his head and said, "Thank you for your compassion, I am willing to fight this old bone for the Empress and Your Majesty."

The empress shook her head and chuckled, "Ye Hu should keep this old bone and watch how the great Saruer Khan governed the Great Turkic Empire into the greatest and richest country in the world."

The empress raised her hand slightly, and the musicians bowed their heads respectfully, and immediately erected konghou, crested konghou, curved-neck pipa, five-stringed pipa, pipa, flute, Jiegu, waist drum, tambourine and other instruments played in the hall. .The sound of dancing and music was melodious in the hall, two groups of court ladies with graceful waists, with green gauze flicking their lotus arms, gracefully danced a charming and seductive bell dance.

The Empress Dowager glanced at me, as if she just remembered that I was still kneeling on the ground.My legs were actually numb too.

"I heard that you summoned the woman of the Prince of Dali in the Golden Rose Garden. It is rumored that Duan's moon is lustful. Is she the pet that the Prince of Dali wants to redeem in the letter?"

Saruer smiled lightly and said, "The empress is still the most powerful, she is Duan Yuerong's favorite servant, Jun Mowen. Mother still remembers the silks that the child brought back for the empress and the empress when she toured the south of the Yangtze River this year? Aren't the empress and the empress Do you like them all? Those are from the hands of Jun Mowen who disguised himself as a man."

There was a slight commotion in the hall, and many people's eyes drifted towards me, probably because they thought of my status as Duan Yuerong's pet servant and the rumors about me being romantic.

The female empress looked serious, and said my name several times in Chinese, with a look of sudden realization, "Don't ask Mr. Donghai, the Penglai borrower! I never thought that such a rich and strange person is actually A daughter." She raised her hand slightly, and I slowly got up, and walked forward with a little trembling, and she asked with a smile in fluent Chinese: "What's your real name?"

"Back to Your Majesty the Empress Dowager," I bowed my head, "The real name of Caomin is Jun Mowen."

She was surprised and said: "It is often heard that Prince Duan has special hobbies. He likes to change women's clothing and be a female celebrity. It is rumored that the 'bead embroidery' worth a thousand dollars is actually made by Prince Duan. Could it be that these rumors are true, all of this is for you Is this concubine from men's clothing?"

Saruel took the lead in laughing, and a burst of mocking laughter resounded in the palace.Guo Erren was full of mockery, but Xuanyuan Shuhuan looked at me thoughtfully.

At this time, a person entered the hall, holding a brocade box, and an attendant reported loudly: "The envoy of the King of Dali presents a finger bone of Sakyamuni Buddha, wishing the holy body and health of His Majesty the Holy Empress."

Dali is a famous Buddhist country in the south, and there are countless monks who have become monks in Zen.Duan Yuerong also said that the Buddha bone is the treasure of Dali. It seems that Duan Yuerong was in a hurry and wanted to pay respects first and then fight.

However, in the Turks of this era, Buddhism had just begun to prevail in the empire, and its scale was far beyond that of other Western Regions.As for the many Buddhist countries in the Western Regions, there were many envoys from the Buddhist countries in their seats. When they heard that King Dali offered a piece of the Buddha's phalanx, they knelt down excitedly and chanted reverently.The Empress Dowager Shangfo stood up in surprise when she heard that, and bowed down to the brocade box containing the Buddha bones.

Immediately, he ordered the Buddha bones to be enshrined in the Buddhist hall in the palace first, and waited until the auspicious day to welcome them into the Turkic Youguang Temple.

(End of this chapter)