On the 10th day of the first lunar month, everything is auspicious, and it is a time to witness miracles. Song Xiyuan, a wealthy and rich man in the south of the Yangtze River, succeeded in his counter-attack and became the number one person in the world. In a few years, the middle school has changed its owner twice, and the whole country is amazed, from the famous family to the fish-selling grandpa at the end of the street, everyone is talking about this, gossip, gossip and gossip.
Business people come to the conclusion that a boss who doesn't want to be an emperor is not a good boss.
The famous family came to the conclusion that a son who does not want to be an emperor is not a good son.
The local people in Yangzhou City came to the conclusion that Yangzhou people who do not want to be emperors are not local people.
The conclusion drawn by the three teachings and nine-liu of the cook and dealer is the most incisive: a man who does not want to be an emperor is not a good man.
The final result is nothing more than a coffin conclusion and a cross proverb—
"The emperor takes turns doing it, and he will come to my house next year."
More than a month later, under the imperial decree, Pei Yanzhen, the regent who took power after the mutiny three years ago but did not become emperor, was released to Luoyang City, and he was named the king of Zhongzhou, and he was not allowed to set foot in the capital during his lifetime.
Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that although he was named a king, he was actually imprisoned. It's just that no one wonders why it was only confinement and not execution. However, how can the power struggle of this Lichang be conjectured by the common people, but they are all secrets of the palace.
My father, my aunt and my brothers finally had to return to Yangzhou's Shen residence, and I took Xiao'er to leave the capital and return to Yangzhou after that rainy night.
Yes, the reason why Song Xiyuan was able to instigate the success of the rebellion was precisely because of the mutual help from both inside and outside of my father and I. Daddy not only helped him with his military pay, but also arranged for him to connect with the Tubo Kingdom. Therefore, when Song Xiyuan entered Beijing, most of the soldiers were borrowed from the Tubo King. And I stole the rubbing of Pei Yanzhen's private seal and gave it to Song Xiyuan. I also kept an eye on it when I read the memorial for Pei Yanzhen every day. Whenever I came into contact with the memorial of an important military aircraft, I copied a copy of the flying pigeon to him. In addition, Song Xiyuan himself is by no means a wine bag and a rice bag. He has a well-planned plan. On the surface, he seems to be hanging around in the flowers and not doing his job. In fact, he started to plan this when Pei Yanzhen first took power three years ago.
I thought that the Yangzhou Shen residence would have been vacated and abandoned after being plundered, but it turned out that every plant and tree were well maintained. Even when I finally left the wing, the plum blossom hairpin that I placed in front of the dressing gown did not move at all, and everything I could see was spotless and the windows were bright and clean. Even the big myn, who was so loud and talkative, was still hanging under the windowsill, jumping on the shelf excitedly, looking down at the family who came and went and became lively again.
I haven't seen him for two years, my little brother Shen Zai has completely lost his childishness, and he has grown a lot taller. Standing next to me, there is a faint manly spirit, which makes people feel stable. The eldest brother, Shen Shi, married a local Loulan woman last year. She was slender and charming. Although she was not famous, her father and aunt did not object. Now that the family moved back to Yangzhou, the Loulan woman naturally followed.
The family seems to have a tacit understanding, never mentioning those old people and things, just pretending that the past few years have been blank. On the day I first returned to Yangzhou, my father hugged my shoulder and pressed it into his arms. He sighed, "Miao'er, I just blame your father that I don't know who I am, and I misunderstood you!"
I leaned against my father's shoulder and looked at the faintly slender West Lake in the distance, with a smile on my face, "It's fine now."
The revival of the Shen family's family was rumored in private in Yangzhou City, and it almost overshadowed the matter of Song Xiyuan's ascension to the throne. Anyone who could find an excuse to come to the door would have to go to the Shen family to see it with their own eyes. Touch the faces of the Shen family members to see if they are warm.
The best martial arts troupe in the country was invited back home by his father, and the clanging voices could be heard in the Shen family mansion, but compared to the hustle and bustle of singing on the stage, the audience watching the show was much quieter. My younger brother was busy with business, my aunts were playing mahjong, Xiaoer was reading, and I was the only one left facing the stage.
I often wonder whether I am watching the play offstage, or whether the martial arts students are watching me on stage.
"Miao'er, what are you thinking?" Dad slapped me on the head like a child.
Day by day, my original problem of forgetfulness got better and better, but I got distracted symptoms. Sometimes my distraction lasted for an hour or two. Now it's like this. In the huge theater, I don't know how long I have been distracted. If it wasn't for Daddy Tiesha's palm, I'm afraid it wouldn't be until the sun goes down before I can return to my soul.
I turned around and smiled at Daddy, "It's nothing, just a little tired."
Daddy walked around the armchair and sat beside me beside me. He looked at the empty stage, asked for a cup of tea, and said, "Miao'er, that boy Song Xiyuan..." It was only in the next moment that he remembered what he had just mentioned. People are not what they used to be, so it doesn't seem right to call them that, so he changed his tune and said, "You know, Your Majesty still has old thoughts about you. You don't have to..."
"Daddy." I cut off Daddy's words and put my hand on the back of Daddy's hand, "You also know it's an old idea. Since it's old, let it pass."
Daddy slapped his thigh with a golden knife, "My daughter is so ambitious! There is no fragrant grass anywhere in the world. We don't want the old ones. Daddy will find you a new one tomorrow!"
Before I could defend myself, my father strode out of the park with high spirits.
I could not stand up from crying and laughing all over my clothes. With the neatness of my father's words and actions, I'm afraid that tomorrow, as soon as I open my eyes, someone will come to the door to propose a kiss. I have to explain it to my father clearly.
I went out of the theater and walked around the rockery pavilion. I didn't find my father, but behind the Qingxuetang I saw the eldest brother's wife playing with the big myn.
She seemed to be trying hard to get the mynah to speak, but she had an alien jerky tone. No wonder the bird refused to speak. I couldn't understand it. I couldn't complain that the mynah was usually a slob, but now he has his mouth tightly closed. , looking deeply at the dog's tail grass on the rockery.
The eldest lady was also a little temperamental, but seeing her reach out and gently tug at Brother Myna's tail, the bird who was still posing seemed to be frightened. Madam, she said something in her mouth and scolded: "Copy or execute! Copy or execute! Copy or execute!"
I grabbed the smile from my lips, these four characters were taboos in my heart for the nightmare, and I was suddenly yelled out by it so loudly, every word hurt my brain.
It's just that this mynah's yelling not only disturbed me alone, but even Xiao'er, who was reading a book on the sunny side of the rockery, was provoked by the sound.
The eldest lady was first taken aback by the seriousness of what the myn said, but then she seemed to have reacted and poked at it with a willow branch, "You still put on airs to scare me? Who taught you to say this? of?"
Xiao'er seemed a little pitiful to see that mynah was being poked and jumped up and down, so she tapped the corner of the rockery and replied softly, "It was taught by Sansan, auntie."
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"Sansan? Who is Sansan?" The eldest lady wondered.
Xiao'er didn't answer her anymore, and sat back in the pavilion to read again, but the eldest lady couldn't, and finally walked away embarrassed.
I was standing under the eaves of the corridor, and my suspicions suddenly arose. Isn't this what Brother Myna learned by chance when Pei Yanzhen and Song Xiyuan were conspiring? Xiaoer said that Song Xiyuan taught it to say? However, Pei Yanzhen himself admitted that he had said these four words
"How does Xiao'er know that this is from the Three Three Teachings?" I entered the pavilion and sat down beside Xiao'er.
When Xiao'er saw that it was me, she leaned over and leaned into my arms, "I saw Sansan coaxing it with minced meat."
"Oh? Where did you see it?"
Xiao'er pointed with her little hand, "It's in the small house at the back of the garden. I caught the kitten and saw it."
The wooden house at the back of the garden was used for piling fertilizers and placing flowers and seeds, and it was rarely visited by people. Yes, Song Xiyuan had worked as a gardener in the Shen family for a while. At that time, this big myn would often stop on his shoulder and beside him. But, what does he intend to do like this? Is it to covertly inform our Shen family? …
A month later, the new emperor went to the south to inspect the people's situation all the way to Yangzhou. Mingming, the Song family's house in Yangzhou is more elegant and gorgeous than anyone else's, and the emperor wanted to live in the Shen family.
Although Song Xiyuan stayed at the Shen family in the past, it wasn't two trips, but now his identities are very different. This time, it can't be called "temporary stay" but "pick up". Although the new emperor did not ask much, the Shen family always It's not good to neglect him hastily, so the family suddenly became busy. I thought that the only person in the Shen family who sincerely hoped that Song Xiyuan would come, and that was Xiao'er.
Xiao'er has been the closest person except me since she was a child. Since she heard that Song Xiyuan was coming half a month ago, she has inadvertently asked twice.
On the day the new emperor first arrived, Xiao'er was still a little unfamiliar and reserved when he saw him. After Song Xiyuan had been making trouble with him for a while, after half a day, I would find him by the fish pond in the back garden. Song Xiyuan fell into a dream on his shoulders.
While Lu Ying was about to salute him, Song Xiyuan made a silent gesture to her, lest to wake Xiao'er, while handing the soft sleeping child into Lu Ying's hands for her to hug.
"Miaomiao, are you sure you have made a mistake?" After watching Lu Ying send Xiao'er away, he suddenly turned around and asked me a question in Yangzhou dialect that made Renzhang Er's mind puzzled.
"What's wrong? Miao'er doesn't understand what Your Majesty said." I replied respectfully, with half-brows lowered.
"Miaomiao, aren't you shattering me? Why do you need so much restraint when speaking between you and me? You should call me by my name." Song Xiyuan stretched out his hand to support my arm, but I avoided him without a trace. He retracted his hand and brushed his brows, and said, "Are you sure that Xiao'er's biological father is... not me? Look how close Xiao'er is to me."
In the distance, a maid of Song Xiyuan was standing guard outside Xiaoyuedong in the back garden. I turned my head and said leisurely, "It's not difficult to understand. The principles of coaxing a child and coaxing a woman are basically the same. Your Majesty has always had a good relationship with women, and coaxing children is also very handy."
Song Xiyuan sneered and knocked the folding fan in the palm of his hand.
"Your Majesty is joking." I bowed slightly towards him. At this moment, a gust of wind passed over my head. When I looked up, it was the big myn who had spotted Song Xiyuan for some reason. He even recognized it, and flew off his shoulder, calling out excitedly.
Song Xiyuan tapped its black and shiny head with a folding fan. Now that mynah is more and more like an uncle, he was annoyed by the knocking. He opened his mouth and said: "Or copy or execute!"
Hearing this, Song Xiyuan seemed to be stunned, and the folding fan in his hand froze in the air.
"Your Majesty taught it, right?" I turned around and looked directly at Song Xiyuan, "Otherwise, with Pei Yanzhen's meticulous temperament, how could he let a lingering myn go to the side when discussing important matters. And although this myn is smart, he is not human after all, how can he say it after hearing it once?"
I was waiting to thank Song Xiyuan for letting the bird tip off the news, but the next moment, Song Xiyuan's face darkened and he cut me off: "Yes, I taught it."
I didn't have any doubts at first, but when I saw his uncertain expression, there seemed to be other hidden feelings, and my heart turned.
Song Xiyuan is by no means a simple person, as he promised me at the beginning. I promised to help him at the beginning, but only on the premise that he would be successful and that he would not harm Pei Yanzhen's life. At that time, he promised to do it easily, and he didn't take his life after the event. However, it was not to fulfill the promise, but to return the He has a strong army of elite soldiers and is not under the control of his seal, but only listens to Pei Yanzhen himself. Now, although Song Xiyuan has ascended to the throne, he has not yet developed his wings, so he has to be afraid of the soldiers he has in his hands, so he only transfers Pei Yanzhen to Luoyang, and he can be a good friend to me. The true character of the businessman is revealed.
With Song Xiyuan's flamboyant temperament, if he taught this mynah the four characters for the purpose of ventilating the news, if he heard me mention it now, he would definitely be asking me for credit, but his face changed suddenly, and he seemed extremely reluctant to mention this... A bold but bad guess slowly took shape in my heart...
"Pei Yanzhen's original words..." I stared at him, "Has Your Majesty missed something?"
"Miaomiao!" Song Xiyuan avoided my gaze and lowered his head to comb the fine hair on the neck of the wren, and he raised his head abruptly when he heard the words, "You know what?..."
"Since I have helped His Majesty, don't I even have the right to know the truth?" I looked at him, lest I miss the subtle changes in his expression.
Song Xiyuan didn't start, he stretched out his hand to support his temples, as if he didn't know where to start, and finally turned around with a wry smile and said, "Yes, I taught this mynah out of context back then, but if it weren't for his ruthless means to cross the river and tear down the bridge to kill me As for the Song family, how can I leave the good Taiping merchants to do nothing, and insist that the authorities do their best to fight for the number one seat in the world?"
"He..." I was cut off as soon as I opened my mouth.
"After you wrote your divorce letter and left the Song family, I joined forces with Pei Yanzhen. I was regarded as his subordinate and helped him win the throne. Unexpectedly, I entered the secret room of Pei's house one day, but I heard his conversation with Zhan Yue. Only then did I know that neither the emperor nor Pei Yanzhen would allow the Song family to grow bigger." Song Xiyuan clenched his hands tightly.
"Do you know what Pei Yanzhen said to Zhan Yue?" But seeing the corners of his lips curled into a sneering smile, "He said: After the matter is completed, the Song family must not stay, and the Song family will either be copied or executed!"
"The Song family has long been a thorn in their eyes. No matter who is in the top position, it will always be the wealthy and giant businessmen like Song and Shen who are used to charge the treasury! And the Shen family... Although Pei Yanzhen promised me that he would take the Shen family businessman after I succeeded. All the way back to the Song family, in fact, he will never move the Shen family... Only the Song family! If we want to protect the Song family, the only way is to sink the boat, and I will take the throne myself!"
There was a buzzing sound in my head, I didn't know what was going on in my heart, "So, you cut out a few words and taught that mynah, so that the Shen family would misunderstand that Pei Yanzhen was going to attack the Shen family? All the Shen family on Pei Yanzhen's side turned their backs to help you get into the blue sky?" At this moment, all the fog was clearly revealed, and I suddenly realized, "I always thought that Pei Yanzhen did that bro who lost his voice nearly three years ago, but now it seems that it was His Majesty. Why?! If Pei Yanzhen wants to seal the mouth of the myn, why would he only use chili peppers? I am afraid that His Majesty was afraid that Pei Yanzhen would hear something bad, so he sealed his mouth with chili peppers. I am afraid that Xiao Langzhong was also sent by His Majesty?"
"Miaomiao, you are really smart." Song Xiyuan smiled bitterly, "I didn't intend to deceive you and Daddy Shen like this, but if you were in my position, you would have done the same."
"Your Majesty is good at calculating! Shen Miao is not smart at all..." Her spine was pulled away instantly, I covered my face and slowly slid down along the edge of Xiaotang Liuli, "If it is not extremely stupid, how could a wren be allowed to do so? Brother tricked me into confusion, confusing black and white..."
"Miaomiao, my plan is not sophisticated and thorough, as long as you look closely, there are many flaws in it. It's just... Whether it's me or Pei Yanzhen, you have never trusted me wholeheartedly... If there is a slight disturbance, you will immediately stand on the opposite side. , the first thing to question is the two of me..."
I couldn't hear what Song Xiyuan said, but looked down at the shadow of the koi in the pond surrounding me and opened and closed his mouth until the sunset and the moon rose.
"Today, you are alone in this old temple in the deep mountains, are you not afraid that I will kill you?"
"Anything is fine, as long as you don't cry anymore."
“Shen Miao and Jiangshan, Shen Miao is in front and Jiangshan is behind. What I allow you today will definitely be done.”
"I thought... it was another dream..."
"Miao'er, are you still afraid of me? Still don't want to believe me... Or, you never thought of marrying me again?"
"It's always a good and bad thing, and it's not necessarily a bad thing to see..."
"Yanzhen is incompetent, has no long-term possessions, and only has a country close by. If Miss Shen takes pity on her, Yanzhen is willing to recruit the country."
Allure the country to hire? ... !
Is it...
Could it be that he knew my actions from the beginning to the end and understood my purpose, but he never exposed them and let me deceive them? That's why he said that "not being able to see is not necessarily a bad thing", so there are those four words that seem to be a joke but are actually from the bottom of the heart
I rudely picked up the pool water and splashed it on my face, the messy water surface like broken jade shone on thousands of pale me, the hatred that once supported me, the anger that once disturbed me, instantly cracked, and all kinds of tastes hit me In my heart, after the erosion, only confusion remains. The people in the water looked at me bewildered, like a homeless child, not knowing the past or the future...