Xu Mingyi is an important official in the court, plus the merits of Conglong, and he has many disciples. Therefore, after the impeachment memorial was released, Xu Dang watched and spoke to Xu Mingyi step by step.
The Censor's Office took the Jiang Shilang who couldn't speak in the hall not long ago as an entry point. When investigating the political affairs of Jiang Shilang's life, they found out that their family had occupied fertile fields and harmed the people in Lizhou. These people can now be officials in the imperial capital, thanks to their close relationship with Xu Mingyi.
For Xu Mingyi's sake, Xu Dang discussed the matter with the Censor's Desk. But not only the Censor Desk, but even the Ministry of Personnel participated in it. The Ministry of Personnel provided a document on the evaluation of officials in recent years, and found that the officials who were approved by Xu Cheng had major problems in their performance. Not only that, but there was the Ministry of Household, which set out to investigate the origin of the Xu family's industry.
After several days in a row, Xu Dang realized with hindsight that such a large force was not directed against Xu Cheng by other people, but by the sage who had acted against him. So when the Ministry of War held Xu Cheng to be held accountable by the Wanzhou reinforcements, Xu Mingyi understood why the queen targeted him so much.
His first reaction was that Xuan Jingchen knew what he was planning. But after calming down, he vaguely understood that the queen might be holding him accountable for the death of Emperor Zhao.
He has been in Yuanzhou for many years, and he could not be considered innocent at first. This crime can be cleaned up, but when he asked Nianwang, Nianwang felt that it was unnecessary.
"According to August 15th, it's only two months away, everything is ready. Your lord is only one step away from the supreme position. Why do you still need a position under this person?"
Xu Mingyi felt that what Nianwang said was very reasonable, but vaguely felt that it was wrong. But he finally decided to retreat, resigned with the Queen, and handed over all the work before the Chongyang in September.
While writing the memorial that night, Xu Mingyi's door was knocked open. It was very rare to come here, but it was Xu Renqing, who had not spoken to him for many years. Xu Renqing stood outside the house, covered in darkness, quietly looking at Xu Mingyi in front of the case, without saying a word.
Xu Mingyi was surprised, looked at Xu Renqing, and asked, "Why are you here?"
Since he followed Nianwang's advice, he divorced the mother of Xu Renqing and Xu Renli's brothers ten years ago and married a new wife, and his career has grown steadily. But because of this, he left his heart with his only two children.
Standing at the door, Xu Renqing looked at his father, who was becoming more and more unfamiliar, and said, "Four years ago, when the Wanzhou reinforcements were involved, did your father also participate?" At that time, the nobles in the army used troops passively, so that the reinforcements were flat in Wanzhou. It took a long time. So that Xu Renqing was alone and could not stand out and support Emperor Zhao.
Xu Mingyi looked at his eldest son not far away, stopped writing, frowned and asked, "Who are you blaming your father for?"
Xu Renqing was all too familiar with his expression. He took a step back, closed the door, and said, "If my father does it, I advise him to resign and return home." He was familiar with the queen who grew up with him. , but became increasingly unfamiliar with the father who raised him.
Xu Renqing walked out of the yard step by step, and he could hear the sound of the inkstone being smashed from the room. Xu Renqing raised his head and sighed as he looked at the night sky where there was no light at all.
In the house, Xu Ming was indignant and scolded over and over again: "Little beast, don't think about who I am for and for whom!"
In Xu Mingyi's plan, after Emperor Zhao's death, Xu Renqing would have the opportunity to be with Xuan Jingchen. But he didn't know Xu Renqing at all, and in Xu Renqing's admiration and admiration, he had no extravagant hope of being with Xuan Jingchen.
He had been chasing Xuan Jingchen for many years, and as early as when she married the Prince Zhaoming, he had already seen clearly that he would never be a partner that Xuan Jingchen was willing to join hands with in his entire life. He can only act as a courtier, standing in front of her, guarding this ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains with her.
The matter became more and more intense with Xu Mingyi's resignation memorial, and the Queen had no intention of calming things down. In the line of Xu Dang, anyone who is found to be innocent will be demoted and punished. The huge Xu Dang, under the strength of the Queen, broke a gap, only waiting for the fall to be settled after everything was over.
While the imperial court was busy, the envoys from Subei had arrived at Yuanzhou City, and the troops and horses of the military exercises from various states had also arrived at Yuanzhou City.
Originally, the military exercise was to be led by the prefects of each state, but this time the queen ordered the prefects of each state to guard the station without returning to the court. Because of this, the generals who came to Yuanzhou are under great pressure.
This year's military exercise was combined with the routine hunting of noble sons. In order to show the majesty of a great country, the momentum was quite huge.
Before such a grand battle, Yuanzhou City was the first to usher in the Zhongyuan Festival on July 14th.
Among the traditional festivals of the Chu people, Zhongyuan Festival is a very important festival. Legend has it that on the day of Zhongyuan Festival, the ladder to the kingdom of God and the river flowing to the ruins will be opened to the living, so that the thoughts of the red dust will be passed on to the deceased.
On this day, many lonely ghosts wandering in the world with nowhere to go will also come to the mortal world to seduce strangers to replace their sins. On this day, all the legendary stories have already been written in the book.
Before the Mid-Yuan Festival, the envoy from the north who arrived at Yuanzhou City visited Prince Suhe once. Their arrival made Su He very unhappy, Zhong Lishuo saw him like this, put down his plan to spend the day with his family in Zhenbeihou Mansion, and prepared to go out in the evening to take Su He to the river bank for a stroll.
But I never thought that on this day, Zhongli came to the door.
"Young Master Su, I'm here today because I want to beg you." In the sunny late summer, Zhong Limu sat in the cool pavilion of the Houxi Mansion of Zhenbei, looking at the young man who looked like the eldest sister, and said sincerely. : "I begged Mr. Lin for many days, and he was willing to tell me. The original score of the "Untitled" is with you. I know the love of music lovers for the score, but this score was written by my sister. The only thing left in this world."
"My imperial sister, Emperor Zhao, died for the country. Everything she left behind during her lifetime was destroyed after the rebels entered the city. To be honest, what is buried in the imperial mausoleum at this moment is an empty coffin."
"My Zhongli's family has a custom of burning incense with the relics of ancestors since ancient times. Many emperors of Chu can receive incense in Dongling. Only my imperial sister..." Zhong Limu took a deep breath and swallowed the tears in his eyes. Going back, he choked: "There is nothing left in this world, not even the incense of future generations."
"For Young Master Su, this is a rare piece of music. For me, this is the only thing my imperial sister has left in the world." Zhong Limu got up, bowed to the young man in front of him, and said sincerely, "I beg Master Su, if you can give me that composition, no matter what Master Su wants, even if you spend all of Yunzhou, I will find it for you.”
The tears in his eyes moved Zhong Lishuo, Zhong Lishuo was reflecting, when he woke up, he made up his mind to cut off the past. Is it right or wrong
Zhong Limu was her only blood relative when she was Emperor Zhao, should this also be given up? Now, with her own power, can she really get close to the queen
She thought about the rumors that spread that summer, and felt deeply that she was weak and powerless. Although she didn't want this country, she really shouldn't be watching the Queen working hard alone.
Zhong Lishuo thought for a moment, and said to Zhong Limu: "This is something that Emperor Zhao left in the world. Since Sanyang said so, then I should give it. However, I have a request. Come with me to the shore of Liangshui, I am afraid that the guards will not allow it, can Sanyang take the prince out and watch the river lantern with me?"
Zhong Limu was overjoyed and said: "Don't say it's picking up the prince, even if it's your majesty, I will ask for it for you. Besides these, what else do you want? Bring it to your house."
"I also collected antique calligraphy and paintings, you can pick them up and take a look."
Zhong Limu was really happy. He had suffered many setbacks with Lin Mengdie, but he never thought that it would be so smooth here in Le Zhengsu. Zhong Lishuo shook his head and said, "No need, just this one is enough."
Zhong Limu complied, and immediately went to the palace to pick up Su He. On this day, Zhong Lishuo put on the white clothes that he hadn't worn for a long time, loosened the bun, tied the top hair with a jade crown, and spread the long hair on the back of his head.
Around her waist was a shakuhachi gifted by Qinglan, and she wore a sapphire jade.
Tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the day when hundreds of ghosts walk at night, all strangers walking on the road should put on masks and act as ghosts and ghosts to ensure their safety.
So Zhong Lishuo put the white fox mask on his face again, and walked out of Zhenbei Hou's mansion like that.
That night, she was not Le Zhengsu, the son of Hou's mansion from Lanzhou, but the son of Jianlu, who was the most popular among young women on the streets of Yunzhong City.
In the darkness of the night, Zhong Li finally met Zhong Lishuo on the bank of the cool water. Seeing her outfit, Zhong Limu was stunned in place. He looked at the boy in white who was walking towards him step by step, and in his mind he thought of the boy in the white coat and the white fox in the Yunzhong Palace many years ago.
The boy stretched out his hand and said, "Come with me."
Zhong Limu subconsciously wanted to put his hand in the boy's palm, but there was someone faster than him. It was a child's hand, white and soft with a chubby sensuality. Zhong Lishuo looked at Su He, who was being held by her with a well-behaved face, and smiled freely, "Go to the river and set off the lights."
As she spoke, she led Su He to the banks of the Liangshui River where countless river lanterns flowed.
Zhong Limu followed behind them and followed them absentmindedly.
The river lanterns are like stars, adorned with a long dark river under the night. Zhong Lishuo squatted on the river bank, put the names of his parents on Su He's river lantern, and helped him put it into the river together.
Today's river water can bring the thoughts carried by the river lanterns to Guixu, and it can also flow to the Kingdom of God. Su He raised his head, looked at Zhong Lishuo brightly, and asked, "Can Mom and Dad really receive it?"
"Of course." Zhong Lishuo nodded, looked at Zhong Limu who was also covered with a mask, and asked with a smile, "Isn't King Yunzhong going to set the river lantern?"
King Yun Zhong stared at her blankly, and it took a while to react, and he panicked and dropped two words—Zhao Ming.
Zhong Lishuo felt very complicated when he saw these words. She looked at Zhong Limu and reminded, "Don't you write your parents' names?"
"Written." Zhong Li lowered his head down and put his parents' names on the river lantern. While writing, he said: "Master Su's dress today reminds me of my imperial sister. When she was young, she liked to wear white clothes, with a chiba around her waist, and a white fox on her face."
Zhong Limu thought about the most beautiful scene in his childhood memory, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "As long as she goes out, all the men and women upstairs on the streets of Yunzhou will throw jade and veils for her. In our Yunzhou, This is the meaning of the spring breeze. Many people like my imperial sister very much, she is the most outstanding person in our Yunzhou. "
Yes, in Zhong Limu's heart, Zhong Lishuo is someone from their Yunzhou.
Zhong Lishuo thought about the rare happy but troublesome days in those few years, and also chuckled, "Is it just like it?"
As she spoke, she picked up a pen and dropped two words on her river lantern.
Zhong Limu raised his eyes, followed by the dim light, and saw the white fox son in front of him steadily dropping the words, "Ayan."
This is the name that Zhong Lishuo would drop every time he and Zhong Lishuo came to set the river lanterns when he was young. Zhong Lishuo never told him who this person was, but Zhong Limu knew that this was the person Zhong Lishuo had always missed when he was a teenager.
Zhong Limu was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the young master who made the last stroke, he raised his eyes and called softly, "Miki, it's time to put on the lights."
The lights are dark and dark. There was a mask behind Zhongli curtain, so he couldn't see the expression of the young man. He stared at the dark eyes exposed from the mask and stayed where he was.
The ink pen in Zhong Limu's hand fell, staining his new brocade robe.
The author has something to say: Sanyang is the word, and it is external.
Miki is a nickname, and he can call it by himself.
To reiterate the background:
Chu Wu, Xindong Emperor, both men and women can marry
Fixed thinking that the old saying that women wear men's clothes is that women disguise themselves as men does not apply here. A woman can be an official, a very dreamy world.
After the first twenty chapters, you should understand what type this is.
The clues are all in the wedge and the first chapter. If you don't believe me, look back and see which of the things written now is not implied in it. (The cause of death of Emperor Zhao, the death of Emperor Thorn, the aid of Wanzhou, the destiny of the Empress, etc.)
What else am I going to say... You guys have been so indifferent to people lately...
First offend the king of Yunzhong, and then the siblings will do things together, because Huyou Yunzhongwang is Zhong Lishuo's strong suit, after all, they grew up together.