The Tai Chi Palace was the most sultry, with ice basins placed at the four corners, the ice cubes slowly melted, and the sound of dripping dripping echoed in the empty halls and pavilions.
Li De stared at Yao Ying for the first time, his phoenix eyes were slightly raised, and the corners of his eyes were wrinkled with tiny lines.
Yaoying noticed his suspicion and vigilance, and her face was as usual.
She knew that Li De was suspicious and shouldn't have said these things to him, but the matter had come to this point, she was about to marry away, and she had nothing to worry about.
Before leaving, she had to make plans for Li Zhongqian and Xie Guifei.
"Aye." Yaoying looked directly at the gloomy emperor in front of the dragon case, "Back then, you reached an alliance with the Xie family, promising that if you can achieve great things, you will definitely share wealth with the Xie family, and the Xie family will recruit troops and horses for you. , To help you recover Wei County, unite the Zheng family, the Cui family, the Xue family, and the Zhao family, and elect you as a general, this is the second account."
Li De was silent.
Yaoying paused for a moment and said, "My uncle Xie Wuliang is dead. The Xie family, old and young, women and children, committed suicide by taking poison. There is no blood left in the Xie family. , she is the daughter of the Xie family, my brother is the grandson of the Xie family, and I am the granddaughter of the Xie family."
She said word by word, "I, Li Yaoying, as the granddaughter of the Xie family, ask Li De of Wei County to fulfill the promise of the year."
Li De squinted his eyes, and his expression became more and more cold.
Yao Ying continued: "My uncle once instructed my brother not to rely on the old love to ask the sage for anything, because he understands that the sage has long been willing to break the contract, and forcing the sage to fulfill his promise will only anger the sage and let him My mother and brother have had a more difficult life."
"Uncle is a gentleman. He has the world in his heart and the heart to help the society. He always considers the overall situation and does not take his own gains and losses to heart."
Yaoying paused, her cold eyes fell on Li De's face: "My uncle has a broad mind, it's not the reason for your untrustworthiness."
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Xie Wuliang was good at making friends. Back then, he only met Li De once, and immediately decided that this poor man was a hero who could break the pattern of separatism in the Central Plains, and was willing to form an alliance with the Li family.
But he firmly opposed his sister Xie Manyuan marrying Li De.
Xie's direct line was withered, and Xie Wuliang's siblings had depended on each other since childhood. Xie Manyuan had never stepped out of Jingnan. He was naive and simple, and asked his elder brother: "Brother, since Li De is an unparalleled hero in the world, why don't you allow the elders of the clan to marry? Don't you always sigh that we don't have a son who can lead troops to fight?"
Xie Wuliang replied: "Sister, Li De can fight well, govern the army strictly, is good at winning people's hearts, and dares to break the barriers and reuse the poor children. I would like to follow him and assist him. He will surely achieve great things in the future and become a clear and prudent man. A good king, but that doesn't mean he is a good husband. Besides, I thank the family for a hundred years, guard one side, and protect the people. I am extremely noble, and I don't need to be a relative to seek wealth and glory."
Xie Manyuan said anxiously, "Brother, how do you know that Li De is not a good husband? His wife was from a humble background and died in the chaos of the army. He desperately tried to avenge his wife. Everyone said that he was a man who valued love and justice."
Xie Wuliang shook his head and sighed: "Sister, you don't know Li De. His love and righteousness are only for his subordinates, his servants."
Xie Manyuan didn't understand Xie Wuliang's worries, thinking that all this was an excuse for his brother's refusal to marry, and was depressed.
Seeing that his sister was not persuaded, Xie Wuliang turned to persuade the other clansmen: "Li De is from a wealthy family, and since he started his army, he has been relying on the in-laws of the Li family and generals from the poor family, and he is more wary of the family. Assisting him will surely be extremely prosperous in the future, but if the Xie family wants to go further as an in-law, it will only bring disaster."
"Er Niang can marry Li De's younger brother, Li De's nephew, but not Li De!"
"Marrying Li De is tantamount to taking chestnuts from the fire!"
The Xie clan thought that Xie Wuliang was completely unfounded, and Li De took the initiative to ask for a marriage. Where did the disaster come from? He insisted on marrying the Li family.
Xie Manyuan was in love at the beginning of the period, and she was obsessed with Li De, she didn't eat or drink for him, and she lost weight.
The Li family begged Xie Wuliang again and again, swearing and swearing that if she could welcome Xie Manyuan to enter the door, she would be respected and not make her suffer any grievances.
Xie Wuliang only had a younger sister like Xie Manyuan, and he couldn't bear to see her wash her face in tears every day, and seeing the sincerity of the Li family, she could only promise to let her sister marry.
"Forget it, as long as my brother is here for a day, I can protect you for a day."
On the day of the wedding banquet, Mother Tang and Li Xuanzhen suddenly appeared at the banquet. Xie Manyuan was stunned and didn't know what to do.
Xie Wuliang took Xie Manyuan away, sighed, and told her: "Sister, remember, don't embarrass Mrs. Tang and her son. If you embarrass their mother and son, Li De will not alienate you, but he will do it one by one. It's something to keep in mind until the day he can't stand it."
Xie Manyuan was in a state of turmoil, remembering his brother's advice, and since then, although there was inevitably a quarrel with Tang's in the inner house, he never harmed their mother and son.
No one would have thought that Tang Shi would die while pregnant.
As soon as she died, Li De's head turned white overnight, and Xie Manyuan was completely left out.
Xie Manyuan was disheartened.
Xie Wuliang found his sister again, and told her over and over again: "Sister, don't mention the covenant of the year with the general, remember, don't mention a word!"
Three years later, the frail and sickly Xie Wuliang sticks to Jingnan with a frail body.
When the city was broken, he asked his subordinates to cut off his own head and sacrifice to the enemy.
"Tell Erniang, don't be sad for me, Xie Jiaerlang, it should be like this!"
"Second Niang, Brother A will not be able to protect you in the future. Take good care of yourself, Hu Nu and Qiniang, don't let Hu Nu follow the martial arts, and don't bring up the covenant with Li De."
"Brother is gone."
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It has been eleven years since the collapse of the Xie family.
Yaoying understood why Xie Wuliang left such last words.
Because he knew Li De.
Tang Shi is dead, and the alliance between Li and Xie has become a reminder of Concubine Xie's life.
Xie Guifei didn't mention it, Li Zhongqian didn't mention it, and Li De wouldn't reveal his own scars.
They seem to have forgotten the promise of the year.
The former family members of the Xie family in the DPRK knew Li De's taboos, and tacitly did not mention the Xie family.
Everyone forgot about Xie Jia.
Forget about the Xie family who sacrificed on the battlefield from generation to generation.
Forgot to bury the heroic soul of a foreign country.
Forget the grassy green tomb of the Xie family's ancestral tomb in Jingnan.
I forgot Xie Wuliang, who, despite being sick and weak since childhood, still worked hard to calm down the troubled world and ran around everywhere.
Yaoying did not forget.
Not only because she is the granddaughter of the Xie family, but also because she was born in troubled times, grew up in troubled times, and lived abroad when she was five years old. She has seen too many moments of separation of flesh and blood, separation of life and death.
Mountains and rivers are broken, and sorrows are everywhere.
Yaoying is also one of those struggling to survive in this chaotic world. She admires the Zhu family who helped turn the tide back then, the Xie family who sacrificed their lives to the national disaster and turned their backs on death. Zhi's uncle Xie Wuliang.
It is precisely because of the former ancestors of the Zhu family, the Xie family, and countless heroes who resolutely stood up when the mountains and rivers fell, throwing their heads and blood to protect the people, in exchange for peace and tranquility, in exchange for the peace and prosperity of the people. it is good.
Some people admire Xie Jia.
However, more people can't understand the ancestral teachings of the Xie family. They mock the Xie family for being pedantic and ignorant, and they laugh at the Xie family for not knowing how to plan for themselves. They only know how to lead troops to fight. After the fall, Xie Wuliang, the son of an aristocratic family, had no choice but to put down his stature and associate with businessmen, and he was covered in copper stench.
Yaoying once thought that if her uncle Xie Wuliang was still alive, she would persuade him to protect himself and advise him to make more plans for the Xie family.
Because she is just an ordinary person who wants to live a good life with her family.
Xie Wuliang would not follow her advice, he would just laugh it off.
Xie Jiaerlang is not a person who is greedy for life and fears death.
Fight for your country and die.
For the world, for the common people, for the people, but not for myself.
Such a Xie family has completely broken blood.
Disappearing like smoke, dispersing like clouds.
Today, eleven years later, Yaoying stands in front of Li De, standing on the broad hall of Liangyi Hall, and says word by word: "Sir, I am not asking you for mercy as a girl of the Li family, but As the granddaughter of the Xie family, I want justice from the loyal king of the Xie family!"
"My aunt is the only bloodline of the Xie family in this world. My uncle does not ask for anything else, but only hopes that you can treat my aunt with kindness. You swore to take good care of my aunt. Your Majesty, have you done it?"
Weeping blood, every word is loud.
Li De didn't say a word and looked at Yaoying quietly.
The Suan incense burner continued to breathe out a stream of light cigarettes.
Yaoying was exhausted, her body trembled, she stood firm, and then said, "The third bill is for my brother."
The corner of her mouth twitched: "Aye, back then, the Li family supported my brother to be the heir. Empress Tang fought with my mother for this. My daughter wants to ask you something."
Li De's face was still as gloomy as water, but the scrutiny in his phoenix eyes gradually faded away, replaced by surprise and some other things: "Qiniang, what do you want to ask?"
Yaoying's face was calm: "Aye, from the beginning to the end, have you never thought of setting up my brother as the heir?"
Li De was stunned, and his expression became more and more shocked.
Yaoying sneered: "As expected."
She looked sarcastic: "Aye is good at calculating, from the moment you knew that Empress Tang and the eldest brother were still alive, you believed that the eldest brother was your heir, but at that time you hadn't recovered, and you had to rely on the Xie family. , you are afraid that the Xie family will harm Empress Tang and deliberately neglect Empress Tang, so that my aunt thinks you have her in your heart."
This is one of the reasons why Concubine Xie went crazy afterwards: she thought Li De had loved her.
"Later, Aye was full of wings and didn't need to be afraid of the Xie family. At that time, you had already obtained the support of the noble family, and there were constant conflicts between the poor family who came to you and the noble family. My brother's grandfather was the Xie family, and you deliberately pretended to be unable to live in the family. My elder brother and eldest brother make a choice in order to paralyze the family and balance the family and the poor."
Everything Li De does has far-reaching considerations. For the overall situation, he can sacrifice everything, even dragging the young Li Zhongqian and the young Li Xuanzhen into the muddy waters of the dispute between the princes.
Yaoying closed her eyes: "Pity my brother, he always thought that Aye had really placed high hopes on him, and in order to get a compliment from Aye, he studied poetry and books and practiced martial arts every day... It turns out that he was in vain... "
Li Zhongqian always thought that the dispute between him and Li Xuanzhen's son led to Tang's death, which made Li De hate him and Xie Guifei, and he was depressed and miserable when he was young, but he didn't know that all this was just Li De's strategy!
The emperor's mind is cold to Sri Lanka.
In the previous dynasty, the Zhu family perished in the hands of the aristocratic family. Li Xuanzhen had always been afraid of the family, and never really trusted the family. In order to suppress the family, even the Tang family and Li Xuanzhen became pawns in his hands.
He has only loved one woman from the Tang family in his life. He loves her, respects her, and uses her.
The humble concubine Rong in the harem was also a pawn of Li De. Most of his concubines were daughters from aristocratic families, and people like Concubine Rong were used to balance the harem.
Yaoying stood in front of the dragon's case, her eyes fell on Li De's gray hair.
"Li De, being your son and daughter is the greatest sorrow for my brother and I in this life."
Li De smiled lightly, as if mocking himself, but at the same time as if he didn't care.
Yao Ying didn't care about his reaction, "As a king, he can be ruthless, unscrupulous, shameless, and use brutal means to achieve his goals, as long as he can convince the people, maintain long-term stability and rule, and make governance When the common people are well fed and clothed, he doesn't have to worry about being overthrown."
"In the previous dynasty, the Zhu clan was eager to get rid of the constraints of the aristocratic family, and tried to suppress the family by reforming the governance of officials, promoting the poor, and vigorously recommending the imperial examination system. The result was that the family was overridden, and the last emperor was a stupefied monarch, intensifying conflicts and provoking wars, causing the people to live in poverty, and uprisings continued in various places. , but it was the rebellious family that really destroyed the Zhu family."
If it weren't for the uprisings of noble families in various places, how could the last emperor be forced to flee south and die at the hands of a traitor
Yaoying looked at Li De: "Aye, the moment you and the Xie family reached a covenant, you already thought about how to suppress the Xie family. Even if there is no Queen Tang, my mother will still be left out by you, my brother is destined to I can't get your love."
Li De put away his half-smile expression, and didn't say a word for a while.
Yaoying looked at him with deep eyes that couldn't see happiness or anger, her eyes were like a pool of still water: "Sir, how do you plan to pay these bills?"
A bright beam of light shone through the mullioned windows, fell into the dark hall, and caught Yaoying.
It seems like a quiet night, with floating light and haze, full of pear blossoms blooming in the moonlight melted night.
In the heaven on earth, the silver clouds are penetrating.
Li De looked at Yaoying and suddenly thought of a person.
The author has something to say: Yesterday was a little less, sorry, we are an epidemic area, it is completely blocked, and I am a little anxious.
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ps: The quiet night is heavy, and the floating light is hazy. This sentence refers to a poem.