In the blink of an eye, it's New Year's Eve again.
At this time last year, Luo Huaiyuan and Yan Yan had already come to the fief, and they had a not very lively New Year. This year, the Cloud Palace was first built, so naturally it couldn't be the same as last year. On the first New Year, King Yun will entertain the officials of the fiefdom in the palace, and lead the officials to sacrifice to heaven and earth to announce the establishment of the fiefdom.
Compared with King Yun, who lives in a corner, King Jin and King Qi are both dominant. Last year, Emperor Xi ordered the two to return to Beijing for a New Year reunion, and this year, just after the twelfth lunar month, he issued an edict calling for the two to return to Beijing. Its popularity and popularity are almost unparalleled.
Compared with King Yun, who was obviously not very popular with Emperor Xi, there was another person who was even more unpopular with Emperor Xi, and that was the fifth prince Luo Jing, who had just been named King Jing.
The fifth prince, Luo Jing, had a mute problem since he was a child, and he was too dull to be loved by Emperor Xi. If King Yun did not invite Emperor Xi to see him, King Jing made Emperor Xi disgusted. Because of the existence of the fifth prince Luo Jing, it all reminded Emperor Xi of his own incompetence and shortcomings.
Fortunately, many people knew that Jing Concubine was crazy back then, and others only thought that Jing Concubine deceived the king and made the fifth prince like this. Otherwise, the birth of a prince who is in short supply in the royal family will be regarded as an ominous omen. To exaggerate it, it is possible for Emperor Xi, the monarch of a country, to 'sin on his own'.
Because of this, the fifth prince Luo Jing rarely appeared in front of people, and Emperor Xi also showed a state of ignoring him. Even in the twelfth lunar month of this year, just because the people of the Ministry of Rites asked a lot, they followed the rules and let the fifth prince who had just been crowned go out of the capital.
It gave everyone in Beijing the feeling that they were rushing the fifth prince out of the capital.
Of course, this little transparent fifth prince never caught the eye, but no one had any sarcasm or sympathy for him, just like seeing an unimportant person leaving a place that didn't belong to him.
When Luo Huaiyuan came out of Beijing that day, he once sighed that his caravan of honor guards was not as good as that of King Qi of Jin, and Yan Yan spat on his vanity. And King Jing's battle out of Beijing was much worse than his. The guards, the palace staff, and even the chariot and horse guards of honor seemed to have been put together in a hurry. They dragged on for a long time, and when they looked closer, most of them were not in the mood.
After all, in this kind of day, if you want to go to Jingzhou, a land of bitter cold, it will be like a funeral examination for anyone who changes it. Even if these people who follow King Jing to the vassal are not welcome, how can Jingzhou be compared with the capital, in the capital In the early days, going to Jingzhou would be considered a real exile.
There are two chariots in the team, which are very gorgeous and very beautiful, and you can see that they are not seated by ordinary people.
In one of the cars sat Princess Jing, Princess Xiao. At this time, she was full of resentment and kept complaining to the palace servants beside her.
First, he complained that Emperor Xi was too ruthless, and at this time, he drove his son and daughter-in-law out of Beijing, and then complained about Empress Xiao, the aunt of the same family. The most he complained about was his husband King Jing, complaining that he was incompetent, and he was dumb, so that she, the wife, also suffered.
The palace servants on the side did not dare to stop it, and they all knew the character of Princess Jing. Once someone said a different opinion, it would be noisy, it is better to let her vent a few words, and then that's it. Fortunately, the people in this car are all confidants. If King Jing or the people around him know—
His Royal Highness King Jing is fine, he is a person with no temper. Xiao's nanny, Li Ma, thought of the face of Fu Shun, the chief eunuch, and she couldn't help shuddering.
"Princess, don't say a word. Your Highness has been febrile since yesterday. Did you send someone to greet him?"
Mammy Li has a different relationship with the Xiao family. She has been breastfed since she was a child, and then the Xiao family married and entered the palace with her. Naturally, she doesn't speak like other people who are scruples.
The corner of Xiao's mouth twitched sarcastically, "It is said that ugly people like to be mischievous, and this dumb person will also get angry. It's a pity that no one loves or loves him, even if he is sick, he is still thrown out of Beijing. already."
Mammy Li didn't dare to say any more, for fear that her own princess would say more horrifying words later.
In fact, Mrs. Xiao is usually not so mean, but being thrown out of the capital at such a time, Mr. Xiao, who was already very opinionated about marrying a dumb prince, felt even more resentment in her heart.
Mrs. Xiao was originally a daughter-in-law of the side branch of the Xiao family. She set a marriage relationship at an early age and was her childhood sweetheart cousin. Unexpectedly, Empress Xiao slammed into the bar and chose her to be assigned to the fifth prince.
This marriage was not happy from the very beginning, Xiao Shi was full of resentment, and the husband she faced was a mute who couldn't speak, and she didn't even have any extra expressions, which made her even more resentful. And although the fifth prince can't speak and has few expressions, he is not a fool after all, and he has a lot of thoughts about his wife in his heart.
When the two were newly married, they didn't get warm, and then they became even less so, and they gradually became strangers. Of course, Xiao shi will still do the superficial work that should be done. After all, in the palace, she is the first person who can't run away when there is a big trouble.
On the other side, in the fifth prince's car.
That is, it is a long journey, and it is the prince's chariot, which is naturally unusual. This car is not only gorgeous on the outside, but also extremely large on the inside, like a room that can be moved. It is divided into two parts. There are a few low couchs, cabinets, books, etc. in the front, which are used for living. There are beds in the back for rest, and even a clean room.
In the front position, a woman dressed as a palace servant's aunt was sitting there crying, while a person dressed as a eunuch was comforting her.
"Don't cry, there is Imperial Physician Hu with me. Before I leave, I also ordered someone to collect some herbs and prepare them. Our Highness will be fine."
"Why do you think His Majesty is so cruel? Isn't it his own son? His Highness was expelled from the capital in such a hurry when he was seriously ill."
The man dressed as a eunuch, about forty years old, with a white face and no beards, and with fine lines at the corners of his eyes, could tell that he was a person who loved to laugh. At this moment, his cheeks twitched, and then he sighed: "Okay, don't talk about this in the future, if you think about it this way, it's better if we go out of Beijing, stay away from that place, and the future will be smooth. ."
Aunt Qi touched her tears and said, "I know it too, but I just feel sorry for our Highness."
Fushun rolled her eyes and said with a sullen face: "What do you feel bad for? You shouldn't feel bad, but you do."
His words meant something, not only to refer to Emperor Xi, but also to condemn the chariot behind Princess Xiao. For Aunt Qi to hear it, it means more to condemn the Xiao family. After all, as King Jing's wife, His Highness has been feverish since yesterday, and Mrs. Xiao never came to greet her.
Aunt Qi sighed: "This princess is really inappropriate!"
Fushun snorted coldly, and then he showed a different kind of sullenness from his usual smile, "You don't call her that in the future, how is she worthy? Mrs. Xiao, our family remembers it!"
"Okay, you can take a look at His Highness's face."
…
Luo Jing lay on the couch, staring at the roof of the car, listening to the movement outside.
His nose is high and straight, his lips are thin and pale, and his profile is beautifully shaped, with eyebrows like ink paintings. Luo Jing is the kind of extremely beautiful man, so beautiful that people can't tell the difference between male and female. The only thing is that he has almost no expression fluctuations on his face. At first glance, he looks like a jade carving person.
In fact, Luo Jing woke up a long time ago, but he couldn't come to his senses.
There were many, many things in his mind that he couldn't imagine, but he had to believe. Because he is him and he is him.
Let's put it this way, Luo Jing has lived two lifetimes. He had just died from a glass of dove wine before, but when he opened his eyes again, it was the day before he left the capital.
…
"... You have lived a life of confusion, confusion, nothing to do, and you don't want to make progress, you are just a useless... You want peace and peace, but is there peace in this world? You don't fight or fight, the result is Now it's…”
Xiao's face was terrifyingly twisted. This woman who was originally his wife was now very strange.
Luo Jing always thought that he would hate this kind of disgust and contempt. In the past, when he encountered these things, although he didn't show anything on his face, in fact, he always felt uncomfortable in his heart. But in recent years, eating fast and chanting Buddha made his heart like water. He looked at the woman with a twisted face in front of him, and his heart was absurd.
"... Your throne will be our Heng'er's from now on... Your Majesty said, if you die, everything you own will belong to our mother and son... Stop struggling, it's useless to struggle... "
"...you're just a mute, and a mute is a waste of food..."
Luo Jing just watched silently, watching her go crazy.
"...you drink it yourself, don't force me to do it, your majesty said, if you don't want to drink, let me do it yourself..."
Luo Jing's white jade-like but skinny hands squeezed the wine glass, held it up, and drank the wine in the glass. Just like he usually drinks occasionally, his posture is normal, his expression is normal, his eyes are indifferent, but he is looking straight at her.
Xiao Shi's face with heavy makeup was suddenly soaked in tears, like crying and laughing. She hunched over her waist and covered her face with her hands, but she couldn't stop the tears that were pouring down.
"Luo Jing, don't blame me, I can't do anything about it, people are selfish, I'm just for Heng'er... If you don't die, my son will die... I'm just such a son, I can't let him die... "
Luo Jing felt something coming out of the corner of his mouth, he opened his mouth...
I want to say, you are stupid...
But can't say anything...
…
The story is like a most clichéd tragedy. Luo Jing's life trajectory before leaving the palace in his previous life is exactly the same as this one.
A prince who was born with a mute disease and was so sluggish that he could not express any expression on his face. Such a prince was destined not to be seen by the entire palace.
Even his own father and emperor disliked him, how could he expect others not to dislike him
Fortunately, this can be regarded as a layer of protection, allowing him to live safely to adulthood, marry a wife, and become a clan.
It is impossible to have no resentment, but resentment is an extremely heavy thing to Luo Jing, too heavy to bear. He didn't know what he would look like in the future if resentment occurred. He can only try his best to ignore and ignore, to block all those bad things.
He went out of Beijing quietly and honestly, respectfully and cautiously doing everything a vassal king should do. All he wanted was peace and tranquility and indifference to the world, but it was a pity that he misestimated people's hearts.
In the last life, King Jin started a rebellion as a vassal king. Although he made a rebellion against his brother, the prince, until he finally ascended the throne of the Ninety-five, it is impossible for him not to understand the potential threat of the vassal king. As soon as his position was settled, he began to clean up the various vassal kings, and the first to bear the brunt was his brother Qi Wang, who helped him ascend to the throne with his compatriots.
At that time, Luo Jing knew it was over.
Sure enough, after that, it was pressing step by step. Emperor Jin continued to use various excuses to take back the rights in the hands of the vassal king, leaving only the iron hat prince that was hereditary and irreplaceable, and even restricted the behavior of the vassal king to only allow him to move in his own mansion, which was like imprisonment.
In order to dispel the wariness of Emperor Jin, or to leave a way out for his children, Luo Jing chose to convert to Buddhism. His conversion to Buddhism is not a fake, except that he has not been shaved and has not become a monk. But in the end, Emperor Jin still did not let him go, and a glass of dove wine ended his short life.
In the last life, Luo Jing died at the age of thirty.
…
Luo Jing moved slightly, and lightly opened his thin lips: "Fu—"
The voice was hoarse and small, extremely dry, and couldn't be heard at all if you didn't listen carefully.
Luo Jing was still not used to using his mouth, he stretched out his hand, picked up the golden bell on the short table next to him, and shook it. There was a sound of rubbing the corners of the clothes, and the door in the middle that separated the front and back was opened.
"Your Highness, are you awake?"
"It's good to wake up, it's good to wake up. What can your Highness use, can you use water?"
"water."
Aunt Qi and Fushun looked at each other, and their eyes were filled with excitement that could not be concealed.
"His Royal Highness can really speak..." Aunt Qi started to cry again, this time she was crying with joy.
Yesterday, Luo Jing was in a coma. When he woke up, he said, "You are stupid", which shocked Aunt Qi and Fushun. After that, Luo Jing didn't speak again, and the two of them just took it as a misunderstanding. Who knew that they had given such a big surprise today.
This voice is not pleasant, even unpleasant, but in the ears of the two, it is like the sound of heaven.
"Secret, secret."
Fushun and Aunt Qi both nodded.
Both of them have been in the palace for a long time. These two people can protect the fifth prince to grow up so big. Even Luo Huaiyuan envies that Luo Jing did not suffer much in the palace when he was young. There are these two loyal and capable minions.
The convoy continued to move forward, and the gears of fate began to turn slowly.