Maoshi just arrived and the city gate was opened before dawn. A cavalry team of only five or six people handed over Lu Yin to the city gate guards. After the inspection was correct, they left the city in a low-key manner.
After walking out of the city for a while, the leader, a man wearing a bamboo hat covering most of his face, suddenly pulled the reins, turned around, looked at the towering city wall ahead, and stared at the direction of the imperial city for a long time. All the ups and downs of emotions were buried in the night.
After a long time, the confidant Jia Ding behind him reminded him in a low voice: "It's time to go."
Liang Zhen closed his eyes lightly, turned his horse's head back, threw off the whip, and rode away without hesitation.
Zhu Yunxuan sat in the dark all night, until the light of day dawned, Gao An told him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the gate of the city has been opened,... it should be gone... servant girl wait for you to rest."
"No need," Zhu Yunxuan said in a nasty voice, "change clothes for me and go to court."
The emperor, who hadn't shown his face at the court meeting for a long time, suddenly appeared today. All the sluggish officials carefully cheered up. Zhu Yunxuan directly ordered someone to read the imperial decree, listing the thirteen major crimes of Liang Zhen. Immediately beheaded, all should be sentenced to exile.
The imperial decree had already been issued a few days ago, Zhu Yunxuan asked people to read it again in public on the first day when Zhu Yunxuan returned to the court, the meaning of shock is self-evident.
All the ministers knelt down on the mountain and shouted long live, while Zhu Yunxuan, who was sitting high on the throne, remained motionless. Only at this moment did he truly become the lord of the world, and no one dared to despise him anymore.
After the court meeting, the cabinet and officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War were left behind to discuss the promotion of personnel to fill the vacancies. Zhu Yunxuan sketched his name on a piece of paper, and the officials standing below had different thoughts. Unhappily shut his mouth. Many of them had had secret contacts with Liang Zhen, the emperor had given them a lenient by not clearing them up, who would dare to show up at this time to provoke displeasure.
Zhu Yunxuan naturally knew what these people were thinking. In the court, the officials who colluded with Liang Zhen were not only those generals who were dealt with by him. , and then lead to turmoil in the court. Now we can only cultivate forces that are loyal to ourselves as soon as possible, and then weed out those disobedient people one by one.
After all the officials retreated, the Dali Temple Minister who had been waiting outside for a long time came in alone to report. In a day, he found out everything that Zhu Yunxuan asked him to investigate, and bribed the prison minister to move Liang Zhen in the prison. The one who was lynched was King Xian, who had already been deposed. Although he lost his title, he was still a close clan after all, so he still had a sense of dignity. It was not difficult to do this.
Zhu Yunxuan frowned, and said in a cold voice: "Someone once mentioned to me that the former Prince Xian's Mansion and Anlehou's Mansion had close contacts, you should go and check to see if there is really any unclear relationship between them. "
"The minister leads the decree." The minister of Dali Temple was worried. The former Anlehou Mansion was all the family members of the rebellious king Liang Zhen. Later, without the title, the whole family was taken to Zhuangzi by Liang Zhen. was filled as an official slave. Your Majesty dared to treat the restless King Xian as Liang Zhen's accomplice and take care of him thoroughly.
The emperor, who was once weak and deceitful, finally began to show his minions.
After explaining the matter, Zhu Yunxuan waved his hand, dismissed him, leaned back in the seat tiredly, and closed his eyes.
Several young eunuchs were cleaning one side of the hall, and one of them held up something he had picked up and came over to ask Gao An in a low voice. Gao An took it over and took a closer look, it was a string of Buddhist beads, it didn't look worth a lot of money, and it wasn't Zhu Yunxuan's stuff either.
Hearing the movement, Zhu Yunxuan opened his eyes again, looked at them, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Gao An handed the Buddhist beads to him, Zhu Yunxuan was slightly taken aback, it was something Liang Zhen never left his hands, he once mentioned it to himself, it was the only thought left to him by his father.
Zhu Yunxuan took the thing over, held it in the palm of his hand and rubbed it subconsciously, his eyes darkened slightly: "... where did you pick it up?"
The little eunuch replied: "Replying to Your Majesty, the maidservant just did the cleaning and picked it up under the couch."
Zhu Yunxuan pursed her lips lightly, and didn't ask any more questions.
The things Liang Zhen gave him in the past were all smashed and lost during their repeated quarrels. Now that he has left, all that is left is this humble string of Buddhist beads.
After a long silence, Zhu Yunxuan hung it on an ornament on the desk, looked at it quietly for a moment, and looked away.
Half a month later.
It was misty and rainy, it was almost dusk, the horse team stopped outside the inn, and immediately a young man came out to greet him.
Liang Zhen got down from his horse, and the servant who followed told him that this was the best inn in this town, they will stay here tonight, and they will go forward tomorrow, after crossing the river, it is the boundary of Jiangnan.
Liang Zhen was noncommittal and walked in without asking any further questions.
The servant went to open a room with the innkeeper. Originally he wanted a separate courtyard, but unfortunately, the last courtyard was already occupied an hour ago, but there were still a few rooms left in the upper room, so he asked them if they wanted it.
After Liang Zhen entered, he randomly picked a table in the lobby on the first floor and sat down. The waiter brought him hot tea. This town is big and close to the south of the Yangtze River. There are many people traveling from south to north, and the business of the inn is very booming. It was time for dinner, and there were quite a few people sitting in the lobby, chatting and chatting in dialects from all over the world, it was very lively.
Liang Zhen was sipping tea carelessly, when he heard that the table closest to him seemed to be a businessman from the north, talking about the case of Ni Wang's execution that had caused a sensation in Dayan these days.
"This king with a different surname is only in his twenties. He is really young and promising. Two years ago, he pushed His Majesty to the throne with all his strength. It's a pity that he is too flamboyant and hinders the emperor's eyes. This is bad luck. .”
"I've heard people say that there have been rumors in the capital that this king with a different surname is the first emperor... an illegitimate child, otherwise he would be able to hold a lot of power at a young age and be named a king with a different surname. , in the end, he made a wedding dress for someone else, lost his wife and lost his army, this day's family business, it's really tsk tsk... "
"That's not true, I've heard people say that the first emperor liked this illegitimate son very much, but no matter how much he likes him, he doesn't have the same surname as the first emperor. Once the first emperor is gone, how can the new emperor tolerate him? , It's useless to have meritorious service, and it's really embarrassing to lose your life."
"But in the final analysis, he also asked for it. Who told him to support himself and try to hijack the emperor and put him under house arrest
These businessmen were very bold, probably because the sky was high and the emperor was far away, so they talked about court affairs and even the emperor's private affairs without any scruples in their words.
At the end, Liang Zhen shook the teacup, licked the corners of his lips, and laughed at himself.
The servant came over and told Liang Zhen what the shopkeeper said, and asked him whether to stay or change to another inn.
Liang Zhen said lightly: "Let's just live here, anyway, we're all here, who would recognize me, the rumored murdered person."
Going up the stairs, the upper room is on the third floor of the inn. The room is relatively clean. Liang Zhen walks to the window, opens half of the window, and looks outside. Many people were busy going in and out of a courtyard, and there were people dressed as officers and soldiers guarding it.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at it for a while, called someone in, and ordered: "Go over there and see who is staying there."
"promise."
A quarter of an hour later, the people sent by Liang Zhen went back and forth, and told him: "Duke Dingguo brought his family, and they also left Beijing for the south about half a month ago. Catch up."
"Dingguo Gong..." Liang Zhen murmured in a low voice, thoughtfully, "Why didn't they live in the post?"
"The nearest post station here is not in this town, maybe it's convenient to live here."
Liang Zhen was still standing by the window, staring intently at the dimly lit courtyard. After a long while, he ordered again: "Go and find out, how many children did they bring... be careful, don't let anyone find out."
"promise."
The servant took the order to leave, and Liang Zhen pressed his hand on the edge of the window, tightening his strength unconsciously.
What Zhu Yunxuan said in prison that day, he couldn't tell the truth from the fake, but even if there was a one in ten thousand possibility that it was fake, he didn't want to let it go.
It is impossible for Zhu Yunxuan to keep the child by his side and raise it without a name. He said that the child is either really... gone, or sent out, and the only place he can send the child is him. brother there.
As time passed by, the food brought by the inn boy was already cold on the table, Liang Zhen didn't move, he stood by the window all the time, looking in the direction of the courtyard, his heart was repeatedly anxious with expectation and anxiety. awaiting the final verdict.
Half an hour later, the servant went back and forth again, telling Liang Zhen: "It's two children, a six or seven-year-old boy, and a half-year-old baby."
The high-hanging heart instantly sank into the deep valley, Liang Zhen's Adam's apple rolled, and he spoke with difficulty: "Are you sure?"
"This subordinate has already avoided the guards in the courtyard, looked around carefully, and made sure that they are indeed two children."
After being dazed for a while, Liang Zhen's gaze completely dimmed, and he said wearily: "Forget it, I understand, you can step back."
In the yard, He Huailing was having dinner with Yuanbao, when the people below came in and delivered the letter from Feige that Zhu Yunjing had just received, in which Zhu Yunjing said that they had passed Jiangdao this morning Xiangzhou is half a month away from Southern Xinjiang. Everything is fine, so don't worry about it.
He Huailing felt relieved, he and Zhu Yunjing separated two days ago, he led his two sons back to Fujian Province first, while Zhu Yunjing took the little prince to southern Xinjiang to seek medical treatment.
Yuan Bao asked him in a low voice, "When will Daddy come back?"
He Huailing smiled and patted his head: "When the little brother recovers from his illness, your father will come back."
A couple outside the episode (2)
In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, the sleepy little prince was sent to Duke Ding's mansion.
Carrying him out of the car, Zhu Yunxuan patted his son's head guiltily, and told him: "Your son, be obedient here and play with brother Yuanbao and brother Ming, after a few days, father and father will come to pick you up. "
"How many days is it?" The little prince raised his head and looked at him reluctantly.
Zhu Yunxuan felt even more guilty: "Uh... Maybe three days, maybe five days, definitely not more than five days."
"Okay," the little prince nodded obediently, raised his hand and waved, "Jin'er knows, Jun'er will be obedient."
"Good boy."
Zhu Yunxuan felt relieved, watched Min'er being led into the door by the nanny, turned her head and pouted at Liang Zhen: "Your wish has come true."
Liang Zhen chuckled and gave the order to set off.
The grass grows and the warbler flies, and the spring is full of vigor. It is the best time to go out for an outing in the city. When they arrived at Tangquan Zhuangzi at the foot of the Yuanji Temple, the two of them changed their clothes and went outside to wander around.
Holding Zhu Yunxuan's hand, Liang Zhen climbed up the back mountain of Yuanji Temple along the path, and stopped for a while. Liang Zhen picked a fruit, wiped it clean and handed it to Zhu Yunxuan.
"This kind of fruit is unique to Nanyang. I think it tastes good. I tried to transplant it here. Thanks to the hot spring here all the year round, it is hotter than other places, and it has grown. Try it."
Zhu Yunxuan took a bite, the skin was thin and juicy, sweet and sour, the taste was really good: "Very good."
Liang Zhen smiled and raised his eyebrows: "The taste will be even better when it's hot next month. I thought I'd ask someone to pick it up and send it to the palace. Today you just happened to come, so I'll let you have a taste."
Zhu Yunxuan said happily: "Then I really came to the right place."
The smile in Liang Zhen's eyes grew stronger, and he squeezed his hand tightly: "Go this way."
Talking and laughing, walking and stopping all the way, Zhu Yunxuan squatted down by the stream, picked up a handful of water, took a sip, and then naturally sent it to Liang Zhen, just like what Liang Zhen had done with him. Liang Zhen stared at Zhu Yunxuan with a smile in his eyes, lowered his head and took a sip of his hand, his warm lips lightly touched his fingertips, Zhu Yunxuan's hand trembled, and the last bit of water spilled out of his palm .
After receiving Zhu Yunxuan's offended look, Liang Zhen laughed loudly, and leaned over to kiss him on the cheek.
Zhu Yunxuan nudged his chest lightly with his elbow: "Look, there are still fish in this stream."
There are still a lot of fish, small ones, each one as long as a palm. Sometimes they gather together, and sometimes they scatter around with their tails wagging, wandering happily in the stream.
"It's so rare to have fish," Liang Zhen said, going down to fish for it, and he caught one just like that. "The monks who come to this back mountain are all monks from Yuanji Temple. If they don't kill, of course they won't catch them." Fish, the fish in this stream live too comfortably."
Zhu Yunxuan laughed and said, "Then why don't you let it go quickly?"
Liang Zhen blinked: "Why do you want to put it? Cook grilled fish for His Majesty later."
"... You're not good at this, the fish in the Buddhist land are all spiritual, how can you eat them at will."
"It doesn't matter, His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, so he can eat these spirits naturally."
"how about you?"
The corners of Liang Zhen's lips rose even more: "I am Your Majesty's queen, so naturally I can eat it."
He really asked someone to bring a wooden bucket, and caught seven or eight fish in one go. Zhu Yunxuan helplessly reminded him: "If you don't catch any more, you will not be allowed to come after the old abbot finds out."
"It's okay, just ask someone to put some fish fry in a while." Liang Zhen looked satisfied, handed the wooden barrel to the young man behind him, and held Zhu Yunxuan again, "Let's go, let's go up and have a look."
At noon, the two returned to the village at the foot of the mountain, set up a table in the courtyard in front of the house where they lived, set up a charcoal fire grill, sat on the ground, did not ask anyone to serve them, and grilled the meat by themselves.
The fish caught earlier were lined up on the shelf, as well as the marinated wild boar, lamb, and venison, and they were put on the shelf together. After a while, the aroma of the barbecue slowly wafted away. With white smoke rising from the ground, Liang Zhen held up a brush and spread a layer of honey on the crispy roasted meat, the aroma became more intense immediately.
Zhu Yunxuan looked at him with his hands on his head and smiled: "Is there anything my queen can't do?"
Liang Zhen smiled without saying a word, cut the grilled meat into small pieces, picked up a chopstick and blew it, and then brought it to Zhu Yunxuan's mouth: "Try it."
Zhu Yunxuan nodded while eating, poured out the warm wine, and raised his glass.
A mouthful of barbecue and a sip of wine, Zhu Yunxuan was a little drunk and dazed at the end, so he simply threw the cup and picked up the hip flask and lay down, with his head resting on Liang Zhen's lap, he lifted the hip flask and poured it into his mouth.
Liang Zhen pressed his hand: "Drink less."
Zhu Yunxuan looked up at him and smiled foolishly: "I want to drink."
Liang Zhen put the fruit he picked first to his mouth: "Eat this, relieve the tiredness."
Zhu Yunxuan stuck out his tongue and licked Liang Zhen's fingertips. Liang Zhen lowered his head and looked at him with a smile: "Your Majesty is drunk."
"Then why aren't you drunk?"
"When will Your Majesty drink too much alcohol?"
Zhu Yunxuan's face was flushed with drunkenness, his watery eyes kept flickering, and he muttered softly: "Then you can't let me go?"
"Who told you to be so greedy." Liang Zhen smiled and pulled back his loose hair, and wrapped it around his fingers a few times. After a while, he bent down and hugged him horizontally.
Zhu Yunxuan didn't move, wrapped his hands around Liang Zhen's neck, let him hold him, leaned his head on the crescent of his neck, and whispered: "It's only noon, the sky is bright..."
"Go soak for a while."
Passing through the house, Tangquan Pond was in the backyard, and when the water poured in, Zhu Yunxuan was even more drowsy and hot, so he turned his back directly, most of his body was out of the water, and lay down on the stone slab on the shore.
Liang Zhen stuck it up from behind, his fingers lightly stroking the flower on his waist that loomed in the water and became more and more coquettish, Zhu Yunxuan did not move, half-closed his eyes and turned his head to look at him, and said in a hoarse voice: "Does it look good?"
Liang Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Yunxuan didn't respond, but turned her head and closed her eyes lightly, with a smile always on the corner of her mouth.
Times have changed, and the imprint that once felt humiliating has long since been ignored, leaving those unnecessary troubles aside, this tattoo now has more of the erotic meaning, and it has become a kind of pleasure between them in bed.
Liang Zhen lowered his body, clasped his waist, pressed his lips to kiss the blooming red plum, Zhu Yunxuan flinched, and couldn't help complaining: "What time is it? I haven't been here once, can you Don't think about that kind of thing..."
Liang Zhen didn't mess around anymore, wrapped one hand around Zhu Yunxuan's waist, wrapped his other hand around his hair again, and murmured: "Ah Xuan, I want to do that kind of thing with you because I like you. "
Zhu Yunxuan was stunned for a moment, never thought that Liang Zhen would be so serious all of a sudden, it made him uncomfortable, coughed lightly, and whispered: "... I know."
Liang Zhen looked at him with a smile, Zhu Yunxuan's eyes flickered, and said: "I have the same feelings for you..."
"Yeah." Liang Zhen smiled and lowered his head, and pressed a light kiss on his shoulder.
Zhu Yunxuan turned around and faced Liang Zhen, his eyes moved down and fell on his chest covered with ferocious whip marks. The black leopard on his shoulder was made more ferocious by these whip marks, and his golden pupils shone brightly. , almost want to turn into an entity. Just like Liang Zhen himself, he is fierce in his bones, but Zhu Yunxuan loves the leopard on his shoulder very much, and also loves him very much.
After watching quietly for a long time, Zhu Yunxuan's fingers touched his shoulders, caressing his shoulders, his blurred eyes were full of obsession, Liang Zhen grabbed his hand, brought it to his lips and kissed it, and then leaned over to kiss him He kissed his lips, biting the moist lips, grinding them finely, making them extremely lingering.
"It's so hot..." Confused and fascinated, Zhu Yunxuan murmured in a low voice, and unconsciously pushed Liang Zhen's chest.
Liang Zhen smiled lightly against his lips: "It's better to be hotter and sweat more. This season is the easiest to get sick. His Majesty coughed last night."
"Did you hear that?"
Last night they had a little farewell to the newlyweds, they had a lot of nonsense last night, Liang Zhen fell asleep later, but Zhu Yunxuan tossed and turned without feeling sleepy, carefully hugging Liang Zhen, afraid that he would disappear again when he closed his eyes. What happened to Liang Zhen outside made him really terrified. He regretted countless times that he shouldn't have listened to him and asked him to be an imperial envoy to investigate such a dangerous case, but he almost never returned. He didn't want to experience the same thing a third time. .
Because of the depression in her heart, Zhu Yunxuan didn't sleep much all night, and then she caught a cold and started coughing. When she got up early, she kept suppressing it, but she didn't want to ruin her interest in going out to travel with her. In fact, Liang Zhen had discovered it earlier, and ordered someone to add extra clothes for him when he went out in the morning.
Liang Zhen pinched Zhu Yunxuan's chin, kissed him tenderly, and finally reminded him with a sigh: "Ah Xuan, tell him when you are sick, don't hide your illness and avoid medical treatment, you were like this before, why can't you change your problem now, in the future It can't be done like this again."
Zhu Yunxuan lowered her eyes: "If I say so, you will hold me in the palace again and won't let me out."
Liang Zhen smiled softly: "Tsk, Your Majesty is becoming more and more playful now. It's rare and rare. Was it because he was suppressed hard in the past few years?"
This bastard is always like this, the first sentence is serious, and the next sentence starts to tease him, Zhu Yunxuan is very annoyed: "Shut up."
Liang Zhen just laughed, slipped his hand down, put it on Zhu Yunxuan's waist, hugged him and pressed him in front of him, their bodies were tightly pressed together, Zhu Yunxuan was helpless: "Why are you..."
"Help Your Majesty sweat more." Liang Zhen said it as a matter of course, warm breath sprayed on Zhu Yunxuan's neck, and bit the back of his extremely sensitive ear, causing Zhu Yunxuan to be unable to conceal the moving voice that overflowed his mouth.
Zhu Yunxuan smiled and closed her eyes, and clung to Liang Zhen's body.