Xie Xuanchen was recuperating in Yulintang, and it was inconvenient to speak. The female officer led the way and led her all the way to the Jingzhai next to Yulintang Zhaixuan. There are lush bamboos planted around Jingzhai, and there is a lake not far away. If you read books and study here, it is indeed a clean place. But Mu Mingtang was brought here by the female official alone, which is a bit scary to say carefully.
But still in the palace, it was much better than Mu Mingtang expected. She originally thought that the empress dowager of the emperor wanted to bring her into the palace to be tortured and tortured.
Mu Mingtang was surprised when he first saw Jing Zhai, but after thinking about it, he understood.
Xie Xuanchen is so famous, and there was such a big battle last night, whether it was the injured person or the fire in the yard, it could not hide the people of the city. Within a night, everyone in the city must know that King Qiyang has woken up.
If at this juncture, Xie Xuanchen's princess was summoned to the palace and could not get in, what a bad reputation. Anyway, the Qiyang Palace is now full of the emperor's people. There is actually no difference between asking questions in the palace and asking questions in the palace.
Knowing that he was still in the palace, Mu Mingtang felt at ease. If she entered the palace, it would be called resignation. Now that she is still on her own chassis, she still has a chance.
After Mu Mingtang sat down, he didn't say three words, and Sun Daizhao asked: "The queen mother heard that the prince is awake, and she is very concerned. The empress heard that the prince was in a coma. During this time, it was the princess who was taking care of the princess. Thank you very much. Princess Qiyang, the queen mother sent a servant to ask you, wang ye, when did you wake up?"
Whether the Queen Mother is asking this question or the Emperor is asking, it doesn't really make a difference. Mu Mingtang clasped his hands, lowered his eyes, and said nothing. Sun Daizhao saw that Mu Mingtang did not speak, and asked again: "There are also chains on King Qiyang's body. Although King Qiyang has a distinguished status, the black iron chain was added by the emperor's edict. Even the queen mother does not belong to the emperor. Dare to be negligent, princess, don't you think so?"
"That's what the queen mother said."
"King Qiyang fell ill again last night. The Empress Dowager and the sage are very concerned about this matter. What is particularly suspicious is that the black iron chain opened for no reason. The princess is the closest person to the king of Qiyang. I dare to ask the princess, iron. How is the chain unraveled?"
Mu Mingtang narrowed his eyes and looked at the ground for a long time. After a while, she said, "I just happened to go to the wedding of King Jin yesterday, and I didn't know it."
Sun Taizhao frowned, and the other female officials also showed annoyance when they heard it. Sun Daizhao increased his tone and secretly put pressure on him: "Because King Qiyang's Shangxuan iron chain is the last edict of the late emperor himself, and the world will not dare to obey. The sage has said that if someone disobeys his order, as long as there is a reason for the incident, he can open it. One eye closes one eye, but if someone dares to despise the last emperor's order, he will never let it go. Disobeying the oracle is a serious crime of beheading, but if the princess can relieve the palace's worries, it is a great achievement The princess shouldn't understand such a simple truth?"
"My servant asks another question, Princess Mu, how did the black iron chain get untied?"
Mu Mingtang still lowered his eyes and said, "I don't know."
Mu Mingtang made it clear that he would not cooperate. Several female officials were angry. Sun Daizhao brushed his sleeves and said coldly: "I came here for the good of the princess, but I didn't expect the princess to be obsessed. In that case, the princess might as well. Quiet here, calm down, maybe you will remember."
After Sun Daizhao finished speaking, he went out with a group of noble and elegant female officials, leaving nothing for Mu Mingtang. Sitting inside, Mu Mingtang clearly heard the sound of the lock coming from outside the door.
Come on, now she's locked up too. She and Xie Xuanchen live alone in a room, but they really share the blessings and share the difficulties.
Mu Mingtang tried to push the door, but it didn't move. Mu Mingtang didn't bother to test the windows. It didn't matter if the windows were locked or not. She was in the Qiyang Palace. Even if she ran out, where could she go
If she really tried to open the lock, she would be thrown into the net.
After all, she is nominally a princess, and royals should behave respectfully, and greeting her with big sticks and sticks is a disgrace to the royal family. It seems that the people in the palace plan to lock up Mu Mingtang for a few days, ignore her and let her talk to others. When her mind is suppressed, they will send people out to be kind and powerful to break her will.
The biggest advantage of Mu Mingtang is that he can think openly. No matter what happens, he always thinks in a good way. Now that there are no women who are literate, Mu Mingtang first turned Jingzhai around, then found a bed with satisfaction and lay down to sleep.
She was stared at by the maid last night, and she was fighting with the big-eyed monster in her dreams. Now that no one is there, the room is spacious and clean, just for her to make up for her sleep. As for being panic-stricken, that's impossible.
Mu Mingtang slept until it was dark, and she slept comfortably. When she got up, she found that the room was dark and there was a simple plate of rice at the door.
This shabby is relative to the standard of the court. Anyway, for Mu Mingtang, she thinks the food is not bad.
Mu Mingtang brought the meal to the table in the dark. Facing the darkness of the room, she probably understood what the female officials meant. When they left, they took away the candles. At night, the room was dark, with no fingers visible, and the large furniture looked like beasts in the darkness. If you are afraid of the dark, you will be scared out of your mind if you come down like this at night.
If Mu Mingtang was an ordinary fifteen-year-old girl who was always held in the palm of her hand, she would really be afraid of Jingzhai at this time. It's a pity that Mu Mingtang is not. She ate in the dark and still has a good appetite. For those who have escaped, are they afraid of the dark and thunder
Just a joke.
Mu Mingtang adapts well and can't light the lamp, so she will continue to lie down and go back to sleep. She once again sighed that the rich are so nice. In a house where no one has ever lived, the furniture is complete, even the bedding is brand new. Mu Mingtang touched the fabric on the quilt and recognized that it was a new fashionable fabric this year, that is to say, it was changed this season.
In such a big palace, all the curtains, beds, tents, and window screens are changed every season, and there will never be a second time. After a year, how much will it cost
Mu Mingtang couldn't figure it out. She couldn't sleep for a while, thinking wildly, always feeling that it was an outsider who was squandering Xie Xuanchen's money in a different way. Xie Xuanchen has fought for many years and has seized the homes of several emperors. Not to mention the rewards of the emperors of the Zhou and Ye dynasties, but only the spoils of war that he himself called, I am afraid it is very impressive.
Mu Mingtang's temperament of a small citizen is particularly distressed at this moment. Xie Xuanchen looked at it and was very relieved, and after being in a coma for so long, how much money he had to be defrauded.
After thinking about it like this, Mu Mingtang realized that she seemed to have not seen the complete Qiyang Palace. She walked in the palace twice, once on the wedding day, she covered her head in red and couldn't see anything clearly; the other time was to see the wedding of Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei, she was followed by guards, and she didn't have time to look around. scenery.
Not to mention that outsiders don't take her as a princess, Mu Mingtang himself felt that she was a dereliction of duty as a princess. Married for a month, I haven't even seen all of my own home.
Mu Mingtang slowly closed her eyes, half-dream and half-awake still thinking, if there is a chance in the future, she must take a good look at the scenery in the Qiyang Palace...
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The female officials had expected that Mu Mingtang would be frightened by being locked in a small dark room for a day and a night, and everything must be honest. As a result, two days later, Mu Mingtang ate and drank well, and he didn't look haggard at all, but slept with a ruddy complexion.
Several female officials were very surprised, and at the same time faintly anxious. They can't easily leave the palace, and when they leave the palace, they have to complete the master's account no matter what. King Qiyang hasn't woken up yet, they can do everything easily, and when the killing god wakes up, it will be too late.
The imperial physician was helpless about Xie Xuanchen's illness, and they were not sure when Xie Xuanchen would wake up. Sun Daizhao was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, and he could only ask his own people to add some sleep aids to Xie Xuanchen's medicine. She quickened her hands and feet and pressed Mu Mingtang.
Sun Daizhao became cruel and stopped delivering meals to Mu Mingtang. Sun Taizhao thought, but a girl from the common people, short-sighted, stupid and ignorant, as the steward aunt in the Queen Mother's Palace, wouldn't she be able to take care of a little girl? Sun Daizhao calculated that Mu Mingtang had been hungry for two nights and a day, so on the second night, Shi Shiran opened the lock on the door of Jingzhai.
Suddenly light came from the door, and Mu Mingtang stretched out his hand to block his eyes before slowly getting used to the light. Sun Daizhao had expected to see a person who was described as embarrassed and on the verge of collapse, but after pushing the door and entering, Mu Mingtang's face was pale, but he still looked fine.
As if she just slept in a different bed for two days, other than that, it had no effect.
Sun Daizhao couldn't believe it when she saw it. She deliberately put a lot of harsh words to scare Mu Mingtang, and finally asked fiercely: "The sage has already known everything, and today is the last chance for you. If you explain honestly, For the sake of your honesty, the sage can let go of the past, if you still lie, oh, then no one can save you. Disobey the last emperor's order and be executed according to the law."
Mu Mingtang was unmoved. If the emperor had obtained the evidence as these people said, how could the emperor talk nonsense with her, she should have been drinking poisoned wine long ago. But Sun Daizhao still locked her up day by day, and as the days got longer, Sun Daizhao became more and more impatient, and became more and more angry.
It can be seen that the emperor is just guessing. He needs evidence, evidence that can keep Xie Xuanchen locked up. Xie Yi did personally have Xie Xuanchen locked up, and said that no one could open it without his order. But those were just angry words. When Xie Yi's anger subsided, how could he treat his own son like this.
But who would know that Xie Yi died suddenly, in a bizarre and abrupt manner, and left behind an inexplicable imperial edict that the throne would not be passed on to his son, but to his younger brother. Xie Yi died, and Xie Xuanchen's brand chain became a headless koan. Xie Rui excused the late emperor's will not to change, but still imprisoned Xie Xuanchen with peace of mind, and quietly took medicine to make Xie Xuanchen fall asleep day by day.
If it is consumed for a long time, Xie Xuanchen can always be consumed to death.
As a result, the fig leaf on which the entire royal family rested was torn apart by Mu Mingtang. Xie Xuanchen's chains were released, and the emperor would be instructed by the world when he locked it back again. He was really flustered when he left it like this, so he could only start with Mu Mingtang and try to pry words from Mu Mingtang's mouth.
As long as Mu Mingtang says something, the emperor can always take advantage of the topic and find a way to lock Xie Xuanchen back up. But Mu Mingtang did not grow up in the capital, nor was she a naive and ignorant Miss Jiao. She was bitten to death without saying anything. No matter how she asked, she said she didn't know.
Many thanks to the emperor's good son Xie Xuanji, who just invited Mu Mingtang to the wedding that day. At the wedding banquet, so many people saw Mu Mingtang. Mu Mingtang was not in the Qiyang Palace, and the evidence was overwhelming. What if it was during the time when Mu Mingtang was away from the residence that some strange person sneaked in and unlocked the chains
This possibility cannot be completely ruled out. Anyway, Mu Mingtang insisted that he didn't know, even if she starved to death, she would not change her mouth. Mu Mingtang dared to guarantee that the emperor would not dare to starve her to death.
Sun Taizhao was completely annoyed when he saw that Mu Mingtang did not enter the oil and salt, and did not eat hard and soft. She no longer kept her sympathy, but let people bring two plates.
The lid was lifted, and there was a red cloth bag on a plate with silver needles inserted in it. There was a bowl of dark soup on the other plate, smelling the smell, I'm afraid it's not a tonic for the body.
Mu Mingtang remained silent and looked at Sun Daizhao quietly. She hadn't eaten for nearly two days. At this moment, her face was pale, her lips were bloodless, and she was weak to a discerning eye. Even so, she did not show any panic or fear.
Sun Daizhao showed two things in front of Mu Mingtang, and introduced them one by one: "This set of needles is used by Si Zhengju, and it is specially used to teach those concubines or palace maids who do not know the importance. This kind of needles will not leave scars on the body, and the eyes of the needles will not be damaged. It's also small, and you can't see it after a while, so you can safely use it on the palace ladies. The women in the palace are all the emperor's people. If you don't punish you, you won't have a long memory. Usually, this kind of person is sent to the Sizheng Bureau. If you ask once and don't say anything, you will first pierce your hand. If you ask twice and don't say anything, you will put it on your waist. If you ask three times and don't say anything, then we can I can't be a little master, so I can only take off my clothes and discipline."
Sun Daizhao saw Mu Mingtang's face getting paler and paler as she wished. She deliberately pulled out a needle more than three inches long to show it, and then she was presented with another plate.
"Here is the medicine for cleansing the body, which is specially prepared for the master who has never conceived. Some masters are afraid of pain and do not want to have a child. This bowl of medicine will ensure that you will not be able to conceive again in your life. Princess Mu's age Gently, the slaves didn't want to show the princess these filthy things, but the princess kept on repeating, and she always refused to cooperate. The slaves couldn't, so she could only ask for these things. Princess Mu, you can choose one."
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Xie Xuanchen had a long dream. In the dream, his mother was still alive. Mrs. Yin held a lamp and stood at the door watching eagerly. Every time a car or a horse passed by at the intersection, she would look up and look forward to it for a long time.
The maid kept persuading Madam Yin to go back to the house and wait, but she shook her head in disapproval. Xie Xuanchen went home from the military camp, and when he walked to the intersection, he saw his mother waiting at the door again, and immediately turned around and left.
However, in just this moment, Mrs. Yin had already recognized him. Mrs. Yin immediately called his name, and the maids also called one after the other. Xie Xuanchen had no choice but to turn around resignedly and bite the bullet to see his mother.
His older brother had a rash when he was a child and never survived it. From then on, his mother looked at him like a flower, and the gust of wind was afraid that he would catch a cold. Xie Xuanchen couldn't stand the tiredness and crookedness of the woman, and every day, while his mother was not prepared, he went over the wall to go to Guo Mansion to play.
Guo Rong has liked him very much since he was a child, he is closer than his own son. Xie Xuanchen was confident enough to be able to make trouble in the Guo Mansion for a day. Xie Yi looked angry and scolded him when he came back. Later, Guo Rong became busier and busier, and his father was away all day. Xie Xuanchen had nothing to do in Guo Mansion, so he simply followed Guo Rong and Xie Yi to the military camp.
Mrs. Yin only had two children. When the eldest son died, she cried so hard, she was very careful with the younger son after that, for fear that he would also have some shortcomings. Xie Xuanchen followed the adults to the barracks, how could Madam Yin rest assured. She wanted to detain Xie Xuanchen at home, but in a blink of an eye, the kid ran over the wall again.
The whole government could not see him alone. Every time Xie Xuanchen ran around, Mrs. Yin couldn't put her mind at ease. She had to stand at the door and see Xie Xuanchen come back to feel at ease. When Xie Yi came back, he learned that his mother had been blowing the wind at the door for a long time in order to wait for him.
His childhood and youth were not warm, at least they were far from the beautiful family everyone imagined, and he was scolded for half of the year. But in general, he has a dignified and serious general father, and a gentle and beautiful mother from a family. Although his life is not a honeypot, he has never worried about foreign things.
At that time, Xie Xuanchen was young and full of energy to vent. After staying with the rough man in the military camp for a long time, he always thinks about the righteousness and the big things. Therefore, in the fifth year of Heping, which was later the first year of Hongjia, Guo Rong and Xie Yi were ordered to conquer Guangjin. Xie Yi, who was fifteen years old, took a knife and a horse and went after his father and Uncle Guo. army.
He ran away from home, naturally, sneaking, carrying Madam Yin on his back. Later, Xie Xuanchen regretted countless times, why did he leave, why did he leave his mother alone in the capital.
He didn't even say goodbye to his mother before he left.
Guo Rong and Xie Yi defeated the rebellion, but the army stopped in Yecheng and did not return to the dynasty. Later Emperor Gong of the Jin Dynasty was suspicious of Guo Rong, but now he is even more suspicious of his intention to rebel. Later, Emperor Gong of Jin was angry and ordered the family members of Guo and Xie to be killed.
Guo Xie's two houses, family members and even babies, were not spared. When the news reached Yecheng, Guo Rong was furious, and officially raised the flag of rebellion against the late Jin emperor who had lost his virtue.
It was in this war that Xie Xuanchen finally obtained the approval of Xie Yi and Guo Rong and officially led the army. Xie Xuanchen made great contributions to breaking the capital, and even Emperor Gong of the later Jin abandoned the palace to escape, but Xie Xuanchen chased him down and sent him to Huangquan with his own hands.
Xie Xuanchen killed Emperor Gong of Later Jin and avenged his mother, but Mrs. Yin never came back. Due to the father-son relationship between Xie Xuanchen and Xie Yi, and Mrs. Yin's absence, their father and son could not even meet peacefully.
Home is where the mother is, and the home is scattered when the mother is gone.
The person in memory who would turn on the lamp and wait for him to go home no longer exists.
Xie Xuanchen's dream was broken and chaotic. He dreamed that his mother was chasing him to tie a knot for him when he was a child, and he dreamed that he had been rolling with mud in the military camp for a day, and when he got home, he happened to see his mother standing at the door waiting for him. He clearly said many times that he would only make others have an accident, and he would never have an accident, but Mrs. Yin was still uneasy.
The gentle and beautiful lady in the dream gradually blurred into another young woman with a lamp. She came from a distance, lighting up the lights along the road one by one. When she turned sideways to light the lamp, she was extremely focused, with stars in her eyes and brilliant lights behind her.
Xie Xuanchen saw what happened when he went mad again in his dream. When he was manic, he didn't realize what he was doing, but his brain would record everything selflessly and let him see his own ugly state over and over again in his dreams.
After falling into a frenzy before, all he could see was red, flowing, fiery red. He stood alone in the center and was reviled by thousands of people. Only this time, among the many onlookers who avoided the crowd like snakes and scorpions, he saw a person who pushed aside the crowd and ran towards him without hesitation.
"You're just sick," she said. "Just go back to sleep. Let's go home."
After Mrs. Yin died, no one told him to go home again. Guo Rong married another, Xie Yi straightened the original concubine, and Xie Rui's family moved from Lin'an to the capital. Everyone has rebuilt their families, but he is the only one who walks alone.
When Xie Xuanchen woke up from the dream, Mu Mingtang's "go home" seemed to be echoing in his ears. He opened his eyes, expecting to hear Mu Mingtang's surprised voice, but after waiting for a long time, there was nothing.
He stood up slowly, thinking that she went to light the lamp again? Xie Xuanchen's movement disturbed the maid outside. The maid came in and saw that he was awake, so frightened, he dropped the medicine bowl: "Your Highness is awake!"