Li Changle is coming soon? She is wearing a concubine-colored skirt, with a goose-yellow shawl on her arm, as fresh as a spring flower.
Li Changle bowed to the queen, and sat obediently at the bottom: "Aniang, are you looking for me?"
The empress looked at Li Changle's clothes, with emotion in her eyes: "You are seventeen years old? In the blink of an eye, you have grown up too?"
Girls who are sixteen or seventeen are youthful and bright no matter what they wear. Li Changle doesn't know? Why did the empress suddenly mention her age? As before, she acted like a baby out of habit: "Mother, I? Don't grow up. I want to stay by your side forever."
The queen smiled slightly: "You can live in the palace as long as you want, but you are already seventeen years old, and if you don't recruit a son-in-law for you, others will say it?" Ale, what kind of man do you like? Jun?"
Hearing this topic suddenly, Li Changle didn't feel shy, but disgusted. In Li Changle's mind, he checked the sons and daughters of the aristocratic families one by one, and found that good-looking, there were a bunch of concubines around him at a young age, while those who were clean and self-sufficient had mediocre talents and looks.
Especially with Gu Mingke and Pei Ji'an Zhuyu in front, Li Changle felt mediocre to everyone. But it's impossible for both of them?, one is her brother-in-law, and the other refuses? Her.
Li Changle was quite unhappy, she was a princess and deserved the best choice, but now she was allowed to condescend to other people after seeing the real Mo Shangren Ruyu. Li Changle was so bored in his heart that he couldn't reproduce the passion he once had when he hid behind the screen to watch the husband.
Anyway, the best things are not hers. Li Changle lowered his head, pretending to be shy, and said, "My daughter is young, so she never pays attention to your husband. Auntie can arrange it."
The queen nodded, and said: "I think so too. You don't know the world, so how can you consider marriage. I'll give you an idea? One candidate, what do you think of your second cousin, King Wei?"
Li Changle was stunned, she paused, raised her head and said with a smile, "Aniang, you're making fun of me again. How could it be possible for me and King Wei..."
Li Changle looked at the Queen's expression, and her smile froze little by little: "Aniang, are you serious?"
"Junwu? Jokingly, I won't lie to you." The queen used to call herself "I", but before she knew it, it became "I", "I know? After Pei Ji'an divorced, you I have been unable to get out. But the man who has changed his mind, it is useless for you to think about it. Wei Wanghe? You are also a childhood sweetheart. You used to play together when you were young. You are not inferior to Pei Ji'an. You are cousins again. It's better to be more intimate than to marry outside the Pei family."
Half of Li Changle's body is cold, and her mother actually asked her to marry Wu Yuanqing? How can Wu Yuanqing match him! Li Changle had a feeling of being offended, but in front of the empress, Li Changle said patiently: "My father hasn't finished keeping his filial piety. Now it's not appropriate to consider getting married. Let the king of Wei go find someone else."
Li Changle's city is superficial, and her little thoughts are not enough in front of the empress. The queen saw that she was unwilling, and said slowly: "Your grandmother is seriously ill again? The imperial doctor said that she might not be able to survive this winter. Her only wish is to see you get married and start a business before she is alive. The crown prince is already married, and He Lanmin is also settled? Husband's family, only you and Yuan Qing are left, and they haven't settled down yet."
Li Changle was stunned, unable to speak for a long time. She murmured: "But, there are so many daughters in Luoyang, why did you bring the two of us together?"
The queen sighed inwardly, did you say it? After so long, Li Changle still didn't hear it. The empress wanted Li Changle to marry Wu Yuanqing, on the one hand to fulfill Yang's wish, but more importantly, to consolidate her own power.
If you don't check, you don't know? There are so many people who conspired against Li Yuanjia, that old man. The empress also realized that no matter how good her political performance was and how much she had benefited the courtiers, in the hearts of those people, she was still a rebellious woman. All the courtiers wanted was to push her down and replace Li Huai with the throne, even though the empress was far more suitable to be emperor than Li Huai.
Loyal to the emperor and patriotic, good-natured? Husband and son, even if the empress personally raised the sons of poor families, they also recognized the Confucianism in their hearts. Politics is a man's world. A woman who even participates in politics will be scolded by the world. What's more, the empress is so bold that she wants to stand on top of all the men and proclaim herself emperor.
The empress is now relying on her prestige to intimidate the ruling and opposition parties, and she has sat on the throne, but she knows that those courtiers shouted long live, but they never really regarded her as a king in their hearts. They were acting, waiting for the opportunity to overthrow the Queen.
The most disobedient thing in the empress's life is her fate, no matter whether it is a courtier of the aristocratic family or the royal family of the previous dynasty, if she dares to oppose her, she will be killed. In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the only ones who really share the destiny with the Queen are the Wu family.
After much deliberation, the queen felt that the best way to consolidate the situation was to let Li Changle marry her nephew, so that the Li and Wu families would be integrated into one, and the child born would have both the blood of the queen and the surname of the Wu family. Really no worries.
But Li Changle has the habit of being a little girl, and she only sees herself. The queen didn't bother to say any more, and said calmly: "Although you have to keep your father's filial piety, you can't ignore your grandmother's wish. Your grandmother can't last? How long, her only wish is to see you and Yuan Qing get married. She loves you for so long, you will not even satisfy her last wish."
Li Changle was horrified, and stood up suddenly from his seat: "Aniang, this is different! If grandma has other wishes, I can do anything, but this is not allowed! Wei Wang has already married a wife once, is it true?" ? Am I still going to marry and be my stepmother?"
"I've made up my mind." The queen didn't want to get angry with Li Changle, so she interrupted her coldly, and said to the female officer, "Send Princess Guangning back and let her calm down."
The female officer kept sticking to the ground, not daring to raise her head. Hearing what the queen said, they quietly glanced at the excited Princess Guangning, and stepped forward silently, trying to pull Li Changle away.
"Princess Guangning..."
"Let go!" Li Changle broke free from the female officer's arm, staring at the queen desperately and fiercely, "Wu Yuanqing is your nephew, so am I not your daughter? It shouldn't be like a gift, given to the Wu family casually. A Niang, can it be? In your heart, my life-long happiness is not as good as the Wu family's face?"
"You are presumptuous." The queen shouted angrily. The palace people inside and outside were frightened? They jumped and hurriedly knelt down: "The empress calm down."
Li Changle was also frightened, and tears welled up in his eyes. Tears flowed down her face, Li Changle cried and begged: "Mother, I don't want to marry Wu Yuanqing, I don't like him at all. Please, take it back."
Li Changle was so squeamish since she was a child, and the people in Xingxing Palace would not dare to give the moon, but now she is crying like this. The servants in the palace couldn't bear it, but the empress looked at Li Changle calmly all the time, and after a while, she said, "Send Princess Guangning back."
"Auntie..."
"Yuan Qing is a good boy. When you marry, you will understand how good he is."
"Don't!" Li Changle suddenly broke down and roared, "He has no talent, no virtue, no education, no skills, and he likes to go shopping in flower streets. How dare I marry such a man as his successor? I would rather die, Don't be insulted like this either."
The female officer was terrified, and hurried to pull Li Changle. How can the queen be happy when she scolds the nephew of the Wu family for not learning and not being skilled in front of the queen? But the empress's complexion had turned gloomy, she slammed down the armrest heavily, and said angrily: "Presumptuous! I pity you for being a young girl, spoiling you everywhere, I never expected to raise such an ungrateful bastard like you. I gave birth to you and raised you, and I kindly considered for you in the future, but I still feel resented by you. Is this how you repay your parents' kindness?"
Li Changle's eyes widened, and tears fell straight from his eyes: "If my father is here, he will never let me marry someone I don't like."
Hearing this, the servant trembled with fright. He wanted to remind Princess Guangning not to offend the empress, but the queen was right there, and the servant was anxious but dared not say anything. The queen looked at Li Changle coldly, and said angrily? Jiji calmed down instead: "Okay, so you are angry in your heart, and you are also blaming me for taking the Li family's throne?"
Li Changle felt the danger, and whispered with his lips: "I didn't..."
"What a good daughter." The queen sneered, and she suddenly looked stern, and said, "Did you forget? The day Pei Ji'an retired, first? How did the emperor reconcile? Did you say it?"
Li Changle's face turned pale instantly as if he had been hit hard. That's right, now that Li Ze is gone, Li Changle misses her loving father day and night, but when Tubo and his wife were married, Li Ze also forcefully separated her and Pei Ji'an, determined to marry her A courtier who is beneficial to the East Palace.
What is the difference between what Li Zedang did at the beginning and what the current empress does? Is it all just royal power
The queen suppressed her anger, and said coldly: "This is your duty as a princess. Pull her down and keep her under strict supervision. She is not allowed to leave the palace until she is married."
The female officials knew that the empress was really angry? They bowed their heads and said yes, and quickly carried Li Changle away. Li Changle was spoiled and spoiled, how could he outnumber the strength of the crowd, and was soon forcibly pulled out. She struggled while crying, and before going out, she turned her head with all her strength, and saw her mother sitting high on the golden palace, her eyes were stern and indifferent, without any warmth.
Li Changle suddenly realized that the empress was no longer her aunt?, but the emperor.
I don't know? Which sentence of Li Changle stimulated the queen, and the queen quickly arranged for Wu Yuanqing to marry Li Changle. As for Li Changle's filial piety... why should I keep the filial piety of the former emperor
The empress even has a ready-made reason. Mrs. Yang is lingering on the sick bed, and her life is not long. The wedding of Li Changle and Wu Yuanqing happened to be a great joy for Mrs. Yang. Maybe Mrs. Yang is in a happy mood, and she will recover from her illness all at once
Before Gao Di was alive, the empress and? But this little friendship is neither pure nor strong. With the queen's ascension to the throne, once? That bit of warmth has been swallowed up by suspicion. How can the love between husband and wife full of use and anti-use compare to the mother-daughter love between Mrs. Yang and the Queen
The imperial decree of marriage between King Wei and Princess Guangning was soon announced to the world. When Li Chaoge heard it, he was taken aback for a moment, and then continued to explain the task. She is currently investigating Chongmingniao on the surface, but has secretly sent someone to investigate Wu Yuanqing. She suspected that Wu Yuanqing was calling for a thief. He forged a Chongming bird. Later, he was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he quietly killed the Chongming bird and planted it on Li Huai. As long as the source of the Chongming Bird is found out, all of Wu Yuanqing's spooky tricks will be revealed.
As for the marriage between Wu Yuanqing and Li Changle, Li Chaoge couldn't control it, nor would he.
The Queen intends to congratulate Mrs. Yang, and the wedding process is arranged very quickly. The samurai got his wish and was very proud, while the others reacted very flatly. Even if the empress can use the imperial power to suppress it, it is not a glamorous thing to marry in the filial piety, so the empress did not hold a big wedding. Li Changle's wedding car drove into Wei Wang's mansion very low-key, which was completely different from the grand occasion when Li Chaoge got married that year.
On the wedding night, after the guests dispersed, Wu Yuanqing returned to Qinglu. Although Li Changle is wearing festive bridal makeup, the expression on his face is extremely indifferent. She pointed to a row of beautiful court ladies behind her, and said, "I heard that King Wei is so beautiful, so I specially picked them? Twelve beauties are given to King Wei. I am in poor health tonight, so let them serve King Wei."
Li Changle was about to go out, but was stopped by Wu Yuanqing: "Cousin Guangning, I accept your wish, but tonight is your wedding night, how can I neglect you and favor others?"
"You let go!"
Seeing this, the maid beside Li Changle wanted to step forward to save Li Changle, but Wu Yuanqing gave him a cold look: "Although Guangning is a princess, she is also Princess Wei. Are you still here because you are dissatisfied with the marriage?"
How dare the maids. The row of maids in the back looked left and right, bowed their heads in salute, and walked out quickly
Li Changle watched helplessly as everyone left the green house, and only she and Wu Yuanqing were left in the glowing red space. Li Changle looked at the dazzling red silk above his head, a line of tears slowly seeped from the corner of his eyes.
Maybe it's because the wish has come true? Not long after Wu Yuanqing and Li Changle got married, Mrs. Yang's illness took a turn for the worse, and it seems that she won't be able to survive this winter? The maids woke up this morning, rubbing their hands and exhaling. Is it extremely cold outside? There is frost on the ground, and if you are not careful, you will slip and fall. The sun shone on the ice crystals, and even the light was pale.
While warming her hands, the maid hurried to serve Mrs. Yang. But Mrs. Yang woke up early today? Her complexion was rosy, and her spirits were rare. The maids all thought of the flashback, they kept silent, and hurried to report to the master.
When Mrs. Wu Meng heard that Mrs. Yang had returned, she didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly sent someone to the palace to deliver a letter to Prince Wei's mansion.
When the queen came to the throne, she named her father emperor and her mother Yang the queen mother. But the court disagreed. The empress repeatedly wanted to move the ancestral tablet of the Wu family to the Taimiao, but the courtiers firmly opposed it. Even the empress dowager Yang was not recognized by many.
Although Mrs. Yang is a second marriage, she is also from a noble family and she understands righteousness very well. The queen's habit of reading is learned from Mrs. Yang. When the empress was planning to become a queen, Mrs. Yang did a lot of work outside the palace. Although the empress is now enthroned, her foundation is not solid. Madam Yang is not fascinated by the flattery of outsiders. She declined the title of empress dowager and refused to live with the empress in the palace. When she was sober, she would not be called Queen Mother, but Mrs. Rongguo Yang.
The Yang family and the Wu Meng family are both there, and the Wu family should not be divided according to reason, but Wu Yuanxiao and Wu Yuanqing were crowned kings respectively, and Wu Yuanqing also married Li Changle, so the two brothers lived in two mansions. Usually Wu Meng stayed at the eldest son's mansion to take care of Mrs. Yang, and occasionally went to Wu Yuanqing's mansion to see the younger son and his wife.
Prince Wei's Mansion was not far from Prince Liang's Mansion. After a while, Wu Yuanqing and? Li Changle came? Then the Empress, Li Chaoge and? Gu Mingke also came?.
When the news of Mrs. Yang was sent to the palace, the queen was in court, and the queen immediately suspended the court meeting and left the palace in modest clothes. As the emperor, the empress should not have easily left the forbidden court, but she insisted on coming to see her mother for the last time, so Li Chaoge had no choice but to personally escort her.
When Mrs. Yang was sick, she saw many children gathered together. Her three daughters, her stepson and step-in-law, and her grandsons, grandsons, and granddaughters were all standing in front of her. Mrs. Yang no more? Unfortunately, she tremblingly raised her hand, Wu Yuanxiao immediately held it and asked, "Grandmother, what do you want to say?"
Mrs. Yang struggled to say: "You are all here, so I don't worry. After I leave, you have to help each other. It is easy to break alone, but difficult to destroy in groups. Only when you work together can you carry forward the Wu family. .”
Wu Mengshi and Wu Yuanxiao's husband and wife should be, Li Chaoge lowered his head, hid in the crowd, and did not respond and did not speak. She quietly glanced at the people around her. The empress looked sad, Mrs. Wei wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and Wu Yuanxiao and his wife knelt beside Mrs. Yang as the eldest son and direct grandson, with a look of family revitalization, who else? Wu Yuanqing was kneeling half a step back, with Li Changle at his side. There was a long gap between them. If it weren't for the clothes on their bodies, it would be hard to recognize the two as newlyweds.
Li Chaoge's eyes swept silently, and suddenly found that she seemed to be the only outsider in this circle. The Empress, Mrs. Wei Guo, and Mrs. Han are the daughters of the Wu family, Wu Yuanxiao brothers are the incense of the Wu family, and Li Changle is the new daughter-in-law of the Wu family. After counting, Li Chaoge is an outsider.
After Mrs. Yang finished explaining to her children and grandchildren, she passed away suddenly. The filial sons and daughter-in-laws surrounded her and immediately began to cry.
The queen sent away? Mother, the spirit was hit hard. The female officer hurriedly served the queen back to the palace to rest, Li Chaoge followed behind, took a last glance, and said, "My condolences to King Liang and King Wei, but the queen's safety cannot be compromised. I will escort the queen back to the palace first, and I will come to mourn my grandmother later. "
No one in the Wu family dared to stop her. If something happened to the queen outside the palace, no one would be responsible? I can't afford it. Li Chaoge left, Gu Mingke naturally went with him, Li Changle sent the queen to the door, watched the queen board the imperial chariot, Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke followed side by side, and left together.
Only she was left in the Wu Family. As the daughter-in-law of the Wu family, it is her duty to serve the deceased mother-in-law. The palace is no longer her home.
Li Changle stood at the door for a long time. Wu Yuanxiao's wife, Mrs. Xu, came back after changing into mourning clothes. Li Changle was still standing at the middle gate, gazing at the direction of the palace team leaving. Xu can understand this kind of mood very well. She walked up to Li Changle and said softly: "Princess Guangning, are you still looking at the queen? Just married people are like this. When I was just married, when I thought of the whole family You are a stranger, and returning to your mother’s house is to be a guest, so I can’t help but cry secretly under the quilt. You and Wei Wang kissed each other, your mother-in-law treats you kindly, and no one in the family dares to bully you. After a few days, you get used to it?"
"Habit?" Li Changle twitched the corners of his lips sarcastically, "It's also a princess. When she gets married, the whole country celebrates it. Before she gets married, she has her own princess mansion. She never pays respects to her mother-in-law, and she doesn't need to pay her respects. Husband arranges a concubine room, and she is the only one who decides the whole house? Forget it. Why doesn’t she have to get used to it?”
This... Mrs. Xu is silent? How can she say this, Li Chaoge's marriage is called recruiting a son-in-law, and Gu Shaoqing is the one she likes, and the man Shang Gong? The Lord can no longer take concubines, life after marriage is not up to her. But Li Changle is married to King Wei. Although Li Changle is also a princess, the status of the daughter-in-law of the Wu family is higher than that of a princess.
They are obviously the same sisters, but their married lives are completely different. No wonder Li Changle is not reconciled.
Mrs. Xu sighed secretly when she thought of the scene she saw in front of Mrs. Yang's hospital bed just now. It's no wonder that Li Chang is happy to be hard-pressed. Princess Sheng Yuan and Gu Shaoqing are about the same age. They are both young and beautiful. Sitting side by side is as beautiful as a picture scroll. Gu Shaoqing was originally from a noble family, cool and beautiful, holding a lot of power and keeping himself clean. Although he was forcibly snatched by Li Chaoge, he didn't show any reluctance when getting along. However, Li Changle was forcibly pointed to Wu Yuanqing. Wu Yuanqing was older than Li Changle at the age of nine years. Personal morality is far worse? If you count appearance, body posture, talents, learning, style of conversation, etc., the difference is even worse.
Wu Yuanqing and Gu Mingke stood together, like a large-scale humiliation scene, whoever saw it would lose their mentality. Thinking of this, Mrs. Xu is quite envious of Li Chaoge. First of all, the former female relatives privately said that Sheng Yuangong's master did not observe women's morals, and even did such a thing as robbing a man by force, which is really embarrassing to women. But now Xu compares the fate of the two sisters, and feels from the bottom of his heart that Li Chaoge is really too smart to exchange his intangible reputation for a real good son-in-law.
But Mrs. Xu couldn't say these words. She sighed, shook Li Changle's hand firmly, and said: "Everyone has their own destiny, thinking about other people's affairs will only make yourself unhappy. Princess Guangning, You will have a long time ahead, just take your time?"
"Everyone has his own destiny..." Li Changle murmured, and suddenly burst into tears for some reason, "Could it be? Is this my destiny?"
Xu looked at the delicate and weak Li Changle in front of her, as if seeing her own sister. She took pity on Li Changle, wiped away her tears, and persuaded him, "Princess Guangning, you have already married the king of Wei, don't fight against the empress and the king of Wei, and follow along." Wu Family, you may not be worse than others in the future. You are not warm and cold with King Wei now, how can you be happy when you see the Queen? You should think more for yourself."
Li Changle calmed down. Seeing that Li Changle had listened, Mrs. Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The place in the imperial palace is the most cannibalistic place. Slowly, it will turn people into monsters."
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The case of Zhang Sunyu's treason was investigated? For four months, Gu Mingke read all the letters, books, and materials inside and outside the Changsun's house, and interviewed many witnesses. In the end, no trace of Changsun Yu's collusion with the King of Han was found. Gu Mingke summarized the investigation results into a notebook and handed it to the queen, but there was no response for a long time.
The empress seems to be very busy and hasn't seen this brochure yet, but Li Chaoge understands that the empress is not satisfied with the result. Later, the empress transferred Gu Mingke away with excuses, and the case of Zhang Sunyu's treason was taken over by other people.
Lai Junchen volunteered, and as Lai Junchen intervened in the case of the eldest grandson's family, the turmoil of rebellion spiraled out of control like pouring oil on a burning house. Many long princesses and princes were implicated. Anyone who had contact with Li Yuanjia, Li Chong and others would be labeled as rebellious, and the family would be ransacked and beheaded, or the whole family would be exiled.
Lai Junchen's logic is very simple. They received King Han's letter but did not immediately report it to the Queen. Isn't this just secretly supporting King Han's rebellion? Such rebels, what are they doing
Li's clan blood flowed like a river. The queen vigorously liquidated the power of the clan, and did not spare the courtiers in Luoyang. Keep those who are wise and kill those who are not. Those who oppose her are the more talented? The more dangerous they are, they should be eradicated as soon as possible. They left? Some of them were replaced by people.
The fire burned bigger and bigger, and finally, it even implicated the Pei family.
Pei Xiang was impeached and his eldest son Sun Yu was related by marriage, and he was suspected of participating in the conspiracy. Lai Junchen proposed to take the Pei family into prison and interrogate them together.