Jiangnan, a water town, has picturesque scenery in four seasons, but now it is also affected by wars and wars, and the situation is tense.
Zongzheng Wuyou took the jade seal and imperial edict to establish himself as emperor in the Jiangnan fiefdom, known as "Southern Emperor". The patriarchal government had no plan and the imperial edict was in hand. He ascended the throne in the capital and became the emperor. The world called it "Northern Emperor". So far, the Kingdom of Lintian was divided into two.
The powerful country is divided, and the marriage between Lintian Kingdom and Qiyun Kingdom failed, and the situation is already in dire straits. The prince of the Northern Yi Kingdom, who had surrendered to the Lintian Kingdom and then fled, took the opportunity to gather an army of tens of thousands to rebel against the rebellion, regain power, and wanted to capture the Lintian Kingdom to avenge his shame. To wipe out the rebel army. The small border countries in Zhouzhou began to move around, and each recruited troops. The Wanhe Continent is now in chaos, and the heroes are vying for the throne. The Dust Wind Kingdom is famous for its war horses, and it has become a hot rivalry for all the countries.
Although the winter in the south of the Yangtze River is not three feet colder than that in the north, it has a damp and cold feeling. This imperial palace was transformed from the original palace, not as magnificent as the imperial palace in the capital, but better than the simple atmosphere.
In the Manxiang Palace, on a recliner made of sandalwood, Man Yao leaned against the wall against the quilt and looked down at the letter in her hand. There was a table full of letters on the way of ruling, all of which Zongzheng Wuyou had read. The ancient culture is extensive and profound. She used to have countless certificates and knew the languages of the six countries, which is useless here. Although she learned the same management, but this is not the other, the situation is different, and people's thinking is deeply ingrained. In order to better help Zongzheng Wuyou, and to stand by his side and work hand in hand with him, she needs none of this knowledge. It is also necessary to integrate modern knowledge and ancient situations to come up with the most suitable suggestions. During this period, her kung fu soared immediately, and her swordsmanship did not lag behind. She had improved to a great extent. With the help of Zongzheng Wuyou, she had already advanced to the eighth level, and the ninth level was just around the corner.
"It's snowing!!" Someone outside the door yelled. She heard the sound and looked up, and it was snowing outside the door. The pure white snowflakes flew in the air, and fell on the clean blue floor tiles in the yard and quickly melted away, leaving traces of wet marks.
At this time, it has been three years since she came to Jiangnan, and this snow is the one she saw in Jiangnan, and it feels a little fresh.
It's been a year, and in the past year, she and Zongzheng Wuyou have no time to mourn the spring and autumn, nor have time to join hands to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. At the beginning of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, with the loss of tens of thousands of troops, it is naturally very difficult to fight against the stable north of the emperor. Fortunately, the Beiyi Kingdom's rebellion and counterattack brought them a chance to recuperate, and they must grasp it well. After Zongzheng Wuyou ascended the throne, he changed from his previous carelessness, and implemented new policies to stabilize the people's hearts, with clear rewards and punishments, and decisive actions, which made people respect and fear him at the same time. At the same time, recruiting troops everywhere, and taking advantage of Wuyinlou's location in the martial arts world to recruit talents, practicing meritocracy is the way to use it, and soon established a reputation as the Southern Emperor that is not inferior to the Northern Emperor.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." A palace maid hurriedly stepped in.
Man Yao raised her head, frowned and asked, "Why are you so panicked?"
The few people around her in the past are no longer by her side now. Xiao Sha is the commander of the forbidden army in the palace, and has a lot of affairs. Xiang Ying is named the new general of the guard, responsible for training the new army, and has another mansion outside the palace. Xiao Ke found out that a rare medicinal material called "Blood Black" has the miraculous effect of black hair. She decided to enter the world to practice and travel all over the world to find this strange medicine for Man Yao. Zongzheng Wuyou attached great importance to this matter, sent two evil spirits to accompany him, and ordered the News Pavilion of Wuyinlou to do its best to find out where the medicine could be obtained.
The palace lady entered the room to salute, and said: "Your Majesty, just now, this servant and servant met Eunuch Xiang from the Yizheng Hall outside. I heard from Mr. Yang that the emperor lost his temper in the Yizheng Hall. Now the Yizheng Hall is full of ministers. It has been less than half an hour. , didn’t even call those grown-ups to get up.”
Man Yao was slightly stunned, Dai Mei frowned slightly, this year, no matter what happened to Zongzheng Wuyou, no matter how troubled or angry he was, he could deal with it as he wanted, he seldom lost his temper, what is going on today? up? She put down the letter in her hand, lifted the quilt, picked up the fox fur at the side to put it on, and walked quickly to the Yizheng Hall.
It was cold, snowy and windy. The solemn and solemn Palace of Political Affairs was silent.
In the hall, Zongzheng Wuyou was wearing a black dragon robe, embroidered with a five-clawed green dragon and bordered with gold thread, in front of the royal case carved in black with the Fulong prison case. Half of his black silk was tied up, and he wore a golden crown of carved dragon hair. His fairy-like face was even more handsome than ordinary people. But at this moment, his face was cold, his phoenix eyes were slightly raised, his eyes were deep, no expression could be seen, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and he sat there without saying a word.
He looked at another newly opened memorial in his hand, and the slender fingers holding the corner of the memorial turned blue and white due to the force of the fingertips, revealing the anger that he could not bear in his heart.
Several ministers bowed their heads and knelt down. They held their breaths and concentrated. There was thin thin sweat on their foreheads, and the cold wind poured in. They couldn't help shivering.
The people outside the palace lowered their heads tightly, not daring to speak out. The sharp-eyed slave saw Man Yao coming from a distance, a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes, he raised his hand to wipe off the cold sweat, as if he could finally take a breath, he hurriedly kowtowed : "The servant pays homage to the empress! The empress is a thousand years old!"
Manyao didn't wait for the notification, and went straight into the hall. The ministers in the hall glanced and hurriedly lowered their heads a little lower.
Zongzheng Wuyou raised his eyes, his cold and majestic eyes slightly softened a little, he put down the ink brush, closed the memorial in his hand, stretched out his hand towards her, and said, "You are here."
"En." She responded softly, walked to his side as if there was no one else around, and was pulled by him to sit beside him. Both of them spoke and acted very naturally. When Zongzheng Wuyou was seriously injured when he just returned to the south of the Yangtze River, she was his deputy in handling government affairs, so she was no stranger to the Hall of Government Affairs. strangeness. They often mentioned that her concubine was in charge of politics and was disrespectful to the emperor, but she laughed it off, and Zongzheng Wuyou just ignored it.
"What's the matter? Did they make you angry?" She sat down and asked with a soft smile.
"It's nothing." Zongzheng Wuyou raised his hand to brush off the snowflakes that hadn't melted from her hair on her shoulders. The movement was soft and natural, and he said again: "It's such a cold day, you don't stay indoors to warm up. What?!"
"I heard that you are angry here, come and have a look." The two of them didn't look like the relationship between the emperor and concubine at all, but like an ordinary couple talking the most ordinary and warm words, and that The flat tone seems to make people hear the taste of eternal life.
She smiled, and reached out to pick up a bright yellow memorial that was left in the corner of the imperial case. It was obvious that this memorial was one of the sources of his anger.
Zongzheng Wuyou had sharp eyes and quick hands, pressed the memorial, then took her hand, wrapped her cold hand in his palm, and said casually as if nothing happened: "It's nothing to see. Your hand Always so cold!"
Manyao was startled, looked at the memorial in doubt, and then looked at the tense and tense old officials kneeling below, she smiled lightly: "It seems that what happened today is because I stand up! My lords, I don’t know what other things this palace has done to harm the country and the people recently, which deserves such solemnity from all the lords?” She proposed some new policies for the benefit of the people in her own name, which hurt the interests of these nobles, and was rejected by them. Bearing grudges is also a matter of course, as she expected. It is better to make them hate her than Zongzheng Wuyou. Although she was smiling, her gaze was extremely sharp, as if it could penetrate a person's heart with a single glance. Several ministers even lowered their heads, not daring to look at her. Only Prime Minister Sancho, who was kneeling at the very front, raised his eyelids to look at her. He was about to speak, and Zongzheng Wuyou's sharp eyes shot out. Sweeping around, Zongzheng Wuyou said in a deep voice after seeing Prime Minister Sang's excitement, "That's the end of today's discussion, let's all step down."
"According to the order, the ministers will leave." Several ministers hurriedly kowtowed their heads as if they had received an amnesty, and Prime Minister Sang glanced at Manyao before leaving.
After they all left, Zongzheng Wuyou pushed back the servants around him, held her in his arms, and used his kung fu to warm her up.
Manyao broke away from him, and pulled up the fox fur collar. Shaking his head lightly, he said, "No need, I wear so many clothes, I'm not cold." "In fact, she is a little afraid of the cold, but every time she does this, it will make him very tired. He is already very tired from handling so many complicated government affairs every day.
Zongzheng Wuyou pulled her over, hugged her directly, went to the chair behind the screen for a temporary rest, and pulled the quilt to wrap the two of them together. He was not afraid of the cold, but he knew that she was.
Leaning comfortably in his arms, Man Yao felt warm and comfortable. Her eyes passed through the gap where the screen was folded, and landed on the separated and unprocessed memorial. She sighed slightly. Although she was reluctant, she still spoke softly Asked: "You don't need to deal with government affairs?"
Zongzheng Wuyou hugged her tightly with both arms, put his chin on top of her head, lowered his eyelids to cover the look in his eyes, he pondered for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "Stay with you for a while. Those things, It’s okay to let it go.”
Manyao felt that something was wrong with him today, she sat up, turned around to look at him, saw his brows were frowned, she frowned and asked: "Wuyou, what is it that made you angry? Today, they played against me again. what""
Zongzheng Wuyou raised his hand to gently caress her beautiful face, and touched her white hair at the ear temples, his eyes were distressed and gloomy, but he smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just small things, don't worry Mouth" as he said, he hugged her into his arms again, making his chest her reliance.
Man Yao sighed, seeing that he refused to speak, she stopped asking. She leaned against him quietly, feeling this rare moment of relaxation.
The snowflakes flying outside the window are dropped on the moon-white window paper by the cold wind, and the fused white reveals a touch of tide, just like the lovers embracing each other in this winter, happiness and bitterness coexist at the same time.
"Worriless, what are you thinking?" She looked out the window and asked softly.
Zongzheng Wuyou also looked out of the window, did not answer immediately, after a while, he said: "I was thinking, should we... ─ should we have a child?" When he said this, a complex look flashed in his eyes. Anger also has pain, but the voice is extremely gentle. They never use cold words like Zhen and concubine between them. They are just a couple of lovers, just you and me. This is not a verbal communication between them, but a kind of spiritual fit.
Man Yao's body froze suddenly, and her lips immediately turned pale. That tragic experience left an indelible shadow in their hearts, and whenever she thought about these things, she would unconsciously feel fear and shame in her heart. So they have never really had sex in the past year. In fact, in this regard, not only is she avoiding, but he is also careful not to ask for it. Although I can't live like this forever, at least not now.
Zongzheng Wuyou felt the stiffness of the person in his arms, and he hurriedly smiled and said, "I'll just talk about it, don't worry about it. I received a tip today that the war in the Beiyi Kingdom has been calmed down, and its prince was killed, and he raised 50,000 soldiers, but Conquer 80,000 surrendered troops. On the east and west sides of the capital, there are small border countries taking advantage of their large army to take a share of the pie, and captured four cities one after another. And we have been harassed by people in the south, who don't want to give us a chance to recuperate. For this, you have What's your opinion?"
Manyao thought for a while, then raised her head and said: "In my opinion, this matter is definitely not that simple. All countries are moving together, and they are all coming to Lintian Kingdom. I am afraid that some people are too ambitious and deliberately add fuel to the flames. Mr. Weng Bang Everyone knows the principle of fighting for the fisherman's benefit, but not everyone can be the fisherman. Looking at the current situation in the world, it seems that only the Qiyun Kingdom and the Chenfeng Kingdom are still standing still."
Zongzheng Wuyou's eyes moved slightly, and he asked, "How much do you know about Emperor Qiyun?"
Man Yao's eyes gradually changed, and she shook her head slightly. She didn't understand, really didn't understand. That person is so deep that people can't even see the edge. Everything she thought before was completely shattered on that day. She thinks that person is a truly terrifying person! Leaning on his broad chest, she felt horrified when she thought of all the abnormal behaviors that man had shown to her before he pushed her to hell. Looking at the vast sky full of snowflakes, she frowned and said quietly: "He is a devil who can laugh and push the person he loves to hell!" Before losing consciousness that day, the look in that person's eyes... The affectionate and true feelings made her want to tremble. During the three years in Qiyun Kingdom, he treated her better than any other concubine in the harem, but now that she thought about it, she suddenly realized that all the concubines she had seen seemed to have a little bit of her. Mark of. Or eyes, or lips, or face, body shape. In the past, even if she saw it, she would never have thought of it.
Zongzheng Wuyou was slightly taken aback, squinting his eyes, thoughtful. A ghost who can laugh and push the person he loves to hell! Such a person must first have the courage to push his heart to hell, and then he can push his beloved to hell. This kind of person is absolutely ruthless and terrifying! He can often turn his own weakness into a bargaining chip for him to win.
Thinking of this, he fixed his gaze, "Aman, could it be that he treats you..."
Man Yao shook his head and said: "I don't know, maybe it's not me, ─Forget it, don't talk about this, we are in the palace all day, and the information we get is given by others, we should also go deep into the people occasionally to visit people's feelings, maybe What will be gained. It’s just right, it’s rare to have a snowfall, so it’s good to go out for a walk to get some fresh air.”
Zongzheng Wuyou thought about it and nodded.
Man Yao asked a court lady to bring her gauze cap, she rolled up her white hair and hid it in the gauze cap. Otherwise, with her image, people would definitely recognize her when she went out.
Zongzheng Wuyou leaned back on the chair lazily, staring at her movements quietly, with deep eyes, and suddenly asked: "Aman, what do you think of him going out in person?"
Manyao froze slightly, and naturally knew who the "he" he was referring to was. She pondered for a while, and said: "Maybe he didn't deploy properly before, and he didn't trust him enough to let ordinary generals lead troops to suppress the chaos." This reason is actually untenable. How could a thoughtful person like Banchou not have deployed in advance? ? Ordinarily, when he first came to the throne, he should focus on stabilizing the people and handling the political affairs of the court, and the war in the Northern Yi Kingdom does not necessarily have to be his own, but why? She doesn't know either.
After getting her hair done, she turned around and said, "Anyway, it's a good thing that we get a chance to recuperate. Huh? Why don't you change your clothes?"
Zongzheng Wuyou raised his eyebrows, got up and went to the Linqi Hall next door, took off the golden dragon hair crown, changed into a dragon robe, and put on a white brocade coat with dark patterns, which lost some of his prestige and made him look more elegant. casual.
Man Yao frowned and said, "Is that why you go out like this?"
Zongzheng Wuyou looked down at his clothes, "What's wrong?"
Man Yao said: "Too eye-catching."
Zongzheng Wuyou was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, that smile looked a bit evil, Man Yao was stunned for a moment, she hadn't seen this swollen smile for a long time. She knew what he was thinking at the moment, the corner of her mouth twitched, and she turned around, "Forget it, that's it. Let's go."
Zongzheng Wuyou strode over and held her hand with a smile. They didn't take anyone with them, just the two of them left the palace. This is probably the most comfortable moment in more than a year. For them, such comfort is a bit of a luxury, so it is extremely precious.
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