Chapter 131: Qiongtai Golden Palace from Autumn Dust

After the rain is cool, the autumn wind is full.
Looking at the imperial garden, the flowers are withering, the trees are bleak, only the clear lake is blue, the sky is thousands of miles, the yellow leaves are flying.
Along the Lianyun across the two banks of the lake, a servant in a deep green caged gauze robed quickly from the direction of Wutai Hall. Because he walked too quickly, the long beads hanging from the cap shook sharply, but he simply Regardless of sorting out.
When I entered the Tsinghua platform, a thin layer of sweat was leaking out of the maid’s face, and when he arrived at the sleeping hall, he hurriedly said to the maid on duty: "Please inform me, and see the lady."
At this time, Baguio came out of the sleeping hall, asked him a few words, and said: "You come with me."
The servant followed Baguio into the sleeping hall, and the deep hall became warmer and warmer, and Du Ruo's fragrance was faintly floating in the air. Turning around the long corridor of the Jinglong Palace, and entering the inner palace, Baguio asked him to wait outside and report first.
The maid stood under her head holding her breath and quietly raised her eyes to see the beautiful flowing clouds screen. The maid rolled up the purple gauze tent layer by layer and saw the queen leaning on the phoenix couch. Baguio whispered something in front of him, a soft and slightly sullen voice seemed to come out through the clouds on the screen: "What's the matter?"
The servant hurriedly knelt forward and bowed his head and said: "Qi, Niang Niang, Master Yan ordered the villain to come and invite Niang Niang, please move to Wutai Hall."
The queen asked: "What's wrong, isn't the emperor in Wutai Hall today?"
The servant said: "The emperor was discussing matters in the Wutai Hall today, and he blamed several ministers. Even Qin Guogong and Changding Hou were involved. At the moment no one can persuade the emperor to stay, so he has to come and invite the empress."
With a slight ringing sound, the queen on the phoenix couch was supported by the maid. The attendant saw that the queen moved and turned out of the screen, and the soft moonlight clouds were scattered on her body. The black hair was like a waterfall, and her eyes were deep like autumn water, and the voice was a bit colder than before: "This is why?"
"It seems that it was because of the burial of the Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager Hehui. The adults played their remonstrances, and they angered the emperor. This is what happened."
Qing Chen moved slowly, frowned, turned around, and said to Baguio: "Change the court clothes and go to Wutai Hall."
In front of Wutai Hall, Yan Xi stood not far behind the emperor, anxious. Looking up from the front of the prisoner, he moved his toes out calmly, knowing that he moved his rod to execute the sentence.
Several ministers removed their official uniforms, leaned over and propped on the ground, raised their gauntlets high in the hands of the servants, drawn a sharp arc in the air and pulled their backs, with a slap, but after a few minutes, blood was flying.
Little blood, falling on the bluestone ground, the sound of the gauntlet falling one after another, was frightening. Fortunately, the attendant in the execution was able to get a hint from Yan Xi that he understood that the emperor wanted to keep people under his rod. Although the momentum of his men was appalling, they all left room. Otherwise, if you go down hard, you can destroy the muscles and bones without seeing the blood. How can these civil servants stand it?
The autumn wind was killing, and the dead leaves flying in the square in front of the temple. The emperor stood with his hands under the golden canopy umbrella, and looked at the ministers who continued to persuade him coldly. His expression was pale, and his emotions were difficult to distinguish.
The Emperor's burial in the East Tomb involves the burial of the emperor and queen. According to the ritual system, the Queen Xiaozhen and Queen Yin, who were canonized by the Emperor of Heaven before his death, and the Royal Concubine Lian, who was later named Hehui, should all be buried together in the tomb. However, many ministers believed that the Empress Dowager Hehui had served Mu Di and the Emperor of Heaven, and that he should not be buried with the Emperor of Heaven at this time, so they expressed their objections.
But what was unexpected was that after seeing the memorial table, the emperor made an decree to open the tomb of Emperor Mu and move the coffin of the queen mother to the burial. The courtiers were even more unacceptable. They showed their remonstrances and fought against the court, and gradually developed into a dispute over whether the queen mother can be buried in the tomb. Earlier this morning, a famous court attendant, the chief attendant, kneeled in front of the Wutai Hall, again for this.
The emperor refused to accept his advice, and ordered people to expel the Yushi who insisted on hard advice from the palace. Unexpectedly, this servant yushi actually hugged the pillars and shouted: "Your Majesty can open the words of the world's scholars, so why not listen to the advice of the ministers? The ministers speak with death today and listen with the truth!"
After talking about it, he ran into the pillar, and if it weren't for the waiter to stop him in time, he would really splash the blood.
This even aroused the unity of the ministers present, and they knelt and played fiercely. However, no one expected that the always forgiving emperor was furious on the spot, and immediately ordered the two ministers headed by the court to be blamed and ordered all the ministers to go out and observe the punishment. Anyone who dared to say this would follow this example and be severely punished. No loan.
"Your majesty's move is contrary to the ritual system, and the ministers fear the danger and chaos of the society, and worry for your majesty..." Before Qin Guo finished speaking, he saw the emperor's dragon slammed his sleeves: "Bring it down!"
Immediately two servants stepped forward to stand up Qin Guogong. The officials were shocked. Chang Dinghou next to him hurriedly bowed his head and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, Qin Guogong's veteran minister, is old enough, how can he bear this slap? Heavy responsibility?"
Everyone begged for mercy, but Qin Guogong still insisted: "If you don't use etiquette and law, the country is in danger, and the death of the minister is not regrettable. Please also your Majesty put the country first!"
The emperor usually treated these elders and important ministers with respect, but today he seemed to be really angry. He looked straight ahead and never glanced down from the corner of his eyes. His expression was decidedly cold and chilling for no reason.
King Cham was able to see thoroughly from the side, during this period of time to rectify the deficits, the emperor's neat methods, firm determination, and thoroughness made many people in the DPRK feel at risk. Today, some of these ministers are indeed indifferent to the past, holding on to etiquette, but more are vainly trying to make trouble and disrupt the political situation. The emperor today reversed the practice of admonition in the past, and even did not hesitate to act with the imperial rod. Obviously, he knew it and did it intentionally. In the face of these gentry clansmen and princes, if you want to successfully investigate the deficit, it is necessary to have thunder means to deter the court. Therefore, he could not persuade the emperor to act coldly.
But the king Hao next to him was kind, and seeing the situation worsening, he finally couldn't help but stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Majesty, there is no objection to the affairs of the court. There is nothing wrong with the minister's advice. Even if you say something inappropriate, you should be forgiving. Your Majesty. This move may make the officials afraid of words in the future, and the officials will be silent. Please your Majesty to consider it more."
King Zhan's eyebrows tightened slightly, and then he turned his head to look at the emperor, and saw an imperceptible wave in the emperor's eyes.
At this moment, the attendant in front of the hall suddenly said: "The queen is here!"
Yan Xi was overjoyed, and King Zhan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The trouble was too big, and only the queen could ease it.
The queen was dressed in phoenix crown, with a solemn makeup, followed by a few female officials and walked into the Wutai Hall along the White Stone Imperial Road, and looked sideways at the minister who was being punished in front of the hall, with a calm expression. When she reached the stage, she lightly tightened her belt, and bowed her respectfully: "See your majesty for concubines."
Ye Tianling's cold and solemn expression eased slightly, and he personally helped her: "The queen is flat."
Qing Chen didn't follow his hand to get up, looked at the steps, and said tactfully: "The courtiers have tasted it, since ancient times, they have not been sentenced to doctors. Nowadays, courtiers are being blamed in the court, and the courtiers cannot bear to meet each other. I beg your majesty first Forgive them."
Ye Tianling's hand stiffened, and she looked down and saw that the nine divine four phoenixes were crowned softly and quietly, with beads hanging down. Qing Chen bowed in front of her like this, and the long flap of Ming Hongluan's clothes stretched out behind her. Buckle is a zhenjing and virtuous lady in the palace. He coldly retracted his hand: "Are you also here to persuade me?"
Qing Chen raised his head and said: "The concubine heard that His Majesty wanted to open the Mu Emperor's Tomb. Wouldn't it disturb the Mu Di Ling Palace? Presumably it would be unbearable for the Queen Dowager to have knowledge. Your Majesty's filial piety will not make the Mu Emperor and the Queen Mother difficult. Ann. The courtiers have spoken more intensely, and your majesty has already fined him, so don't continue to pursue it."
Ye Tianling's eyes quietly sank, as if the deep coolness of the entire cold autumn was trapped in it: "Then the Queen Mother and Emperor Mu are buried together, do you also object?"
Qing Chen said: "The concubine does not think it is right." When she said this, she and Ye Tianling looked at each other, and her fine eyelashes were lightly raised.
In front of the temple, Ye Tianling watched Qing Chen for a long time, and Huo Ran turned around in his sleeves: "I have said that there are people who admonish this matter, just like this, haven't you seen it?"
Qing Chen still leaned over quietly: "Since his concubine is a queen, he has the responsibility to advise his majesty. Even if his majesty has to punish his concubine for this reason, his concubine will not complain."
Ye Tianling turned his back to her and raised his eyes to sweep to the front of the hall. The officials saw him sinking: "Come here! Take the queen down!"
At this time, if you say to bring it along, you will be held accountable on the spot. The officials were horrified when they heard this, even Qin Guogong, who insisted on his remonstrance, was dumbfounded.
The waiter next to him couldn't believe the will he heard with his own ears, and looked at each other and was at a loss. Yan Xi was so frightened that he didn't expect that even the queen would come to no avail, so he hurriedly knelt down and asked, "Your Majesty, how can you withstand the responsibility of a daughter..."
Ye Tianling frowned and interrupted him: "The queen is pampered and arrogant, and she commits a rebellion, and sends it to Changxiao Palace to think about it behind closed doors."
Changxiao Palace is a cold palace in Yeting, specializing in claustrophobic concubines. Ye Tianling's voice lags behind, and the surrounding ministers are in a mess, and then it turns into a dead silence, no one dared to say more.
"The concubine abides by the order." Qing Chen said with his eyes down, and slowly got up.
Suddenly two voices sounded in front of the main hall at the same time, stopping the servant nearby: "The minister has something to play!" "Please think twice!" One is Feng Yan and the other is King Zhan.
Ye Tianling seemed unheard of what they said, and said indifferently: "Did I not hear what I said?"
The waiters had to step forward, but no one dared to be presumptuous, and only whispered: "Please, please."
Qing Chen walked along, seeming to turn his eyes to look at Tian Zhan overnight before being taken out of the Wutai Temple. Ye Tianzhan was taken aback for a moment, Qing Chen's eyes meant to stop him, and the moment he turned his head, he clearly saw a different kind of light in her eyes.
The autumn breeze is weak, the autumn grass is long, the pepper room is empty, and autumn dust is everywhere.
Baguio came back from outside with tears in her eyes, but she was looking for a bed quilt, and she was humiliated by cold words everywhere. The people in this long night palace are snobbish and cooler than the autumn wind.
The cobwebs between the beams are dusty, and the broken leaves on the ground are withered. There is only one cold and hard low couch in the room, with a yellow wooden table next to it, which is extremely simple. Qing Chen exudes her clothes, standing in front of the window and quietly looking at the clear and distant sky, calmly facing the situation in front of her.
Baguio stepped forward and said: "The window is cold, so my lady don't stand here." She turned to cover the window as she said, but the window frame was covered with dust, and she flew all over her body when she moved, choking her coughing.
Qing Chen walked to the low couch, raised his long sleeves lightly, swept away the floating dust on the couch, sat down and looked at Baguio's expression carefully, and said with a smile, "I told you not to go and touch a nail?"
Baguio frowned bitterly: "What are they all! One by one. I beg each other, they..." She said a few words, fearing to upset Qing Chen, she held it down, just watched Looking at the house, he was worried, "What should I do at night like this? No, I'll go to the maid-in-hand here."
Qing Chen said: "You don't listen to what I said? Don't go anywhere. I saw a lot of chrysanthemums outside just now, so accompany me to take a look." She stood up while talking, and walked outside.
Baguio was stunned: "Manny, why are you still in the mood to look at this, what is this place?"
Qing Chen smiled and said: "I'm afraid that this place will last for a while, and the surrounding walls look strangely monotonous in vain, not as good as the courtyard."
Baguio hurriedly followed her: "I don't want to think of a way, what use are these flowers?"
Qing Chen said: "What can I do?"
Baguio couldn't help saying: "I don't know what happened to the emperor..."
When Qing Chen turned her head faintly, Baguio was only half talking. Qing Chen didn't say anything any more, just stepped out of the corridor and picked a chrysanthemum in his hand. Seeing her leisurely look, Baguio walked around to admire the flowers, and raised her eyebrows: "People say that the emperor is not in a hurry to die a eunuch. What catches your eyes?"
Qing Chen stood in front of a cluster of golden chrysanthemums, and when the wind passed, a little bit of fragrance fell over his sleeves: "One flower, one world, one leaf and one bodhi. If your heart is not at peace, naturally you can't see the wit of this flower growing by itself."
Baguio said sadly: "Can you calm down?"
Qing Chen laughed without saying a word, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, followed by someone said: "The queen empress is really elegant, and I still have the mood to enjoy the flowers at this time." She and Baguio turned to look and saw a few Qingyi Xuan The female officer in the skirt stood behind her, and the head was about forty years old, with harsh eyebrows and a sneer, looking at Qing Chen.
Qing Chen glanced at her dress, not surprised by her disrespectful attitude, and said quietly: "The chrysanthemums in the Longxiao Palace are well bloomed, and the palace gardens are also quiet."
The female official said: "The mother can be quiet here in the future, the days are still long, but she is afraid that the mother can't stand it."
She was full of irony in her words, and it was obvious that she was deliberately looking for trouble, Baguio said angrily: "In front of the empress, what do you say?"
The female officer sneered and said: "Queen empress? I have been in this palace for decades. I have never seen any empress who enters here and can go out. What about empress empress? When you arrive at the Changxiao Palace, you must follow the rules of the Changxiao Palace. , No one is the same!"
"You..." Baguio was so angry that Qing Chen stopped her with his gaze, and asked: "Are you a Yeting female officer?"
"Not bad."
"I don't ask much about the trivial matters of the palaces and halls. I don't know that Changxiao Palace has its own rules. Let me talk about them. What are the rules? Let me listen."
Qing Chen's tone was light, his eyes swept over her eyes, neither happy nor angry. The female officer seemed to slap in the water with a palm of her hand, unable to concentrate, she didn't realize that the water had already splashed all over her body: "The rules of the Changxiao Palace will soon be known. I dare not say anything else, what about Princess Cham in Qianmen Temple, The empress will never miss a point here in the future."
Qing Chen's pair of phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, before he could speak, he heard a stern rebuke: "Bold! How dare to be presumptuous to the empress, and not clap!"
The female officer looked at the person who was speaking, her face suddenly changed, and the person here was Wu Wei, the minister and provincial supervisor. With Wu Wei's appearance, there were waves of purged boots, and a series of imperial guards moved into the Changxiao Palace, quickly guarding everywhere from the inside out. The female officer was surprised and hurriedly leaned back to the side, curtly saluting: "I have seen Duke Wu."
Wu Wei didn't even look at them, and turned to salute the queen respectfully: "Niang."
Qing Chen nodded, but looked at the female officer. Although it is a remote and cold palace like the Changxiao Palace, after two cleanings, the Wei family has already collapsed, and there is still remnant power in the palace. No wonder the emperor, and even King Cham, can no longer tolerate foreign relatives.
The female officer looked at the heavily guarded Changxiao Palace, and then at Wu Wei, who was respectful to the queen as usual, she had already felt bad. When she raised her head, she was shocked when she touched the queen's quiet eyes.
Qing Chen paced slowly past the female officer with a cold expression: "I don't remember that there is another Princess Cham in Qianmen Temple, Wu Wei, since someone is confused, let her see clearly."
Wu Wei bowed his head and said, "Old slave follows the order."
The female officer was frightened there. When she woke up, her arrogant appearance was long gone, her legs softened, and she thumped and knelt on the ground: "Niangniang... Niangniang is good! The servant knows wrong!"
The queen was fluttering in plain clothes, and she had already taken her steps away, and her proud back walked away calmly, she didn't even leave room for a bit of struggle, she was completely dismissive of it.
Wu Wei waved his hand behind him and ordered his servant to follow Yi's order. He ignored the female officer and followed the queen.
In addition to the guard who blocked the gate of the palace, there were four other servants and four maids who followed Wu Wei. However, in the time of a stick of incense, the previous palace room was well organized, with a full range of tents, brocade quilts and fur-cloth heating stoves. In front of the couch, a golden bronze stove with a rosy phoenix was placed, and the magnolia incense commonly used in Tsinghua Taichung was placed, and the smoke was light. , And the clean breath of autumn breeze, the room is clear and peaceful. Wu Weigong said: "I see, what else is missing?"
Qing Chen stepped into the room, smiled when he smelled the incense, and turned back: "It's hard for you to be thoughtful. I have an unfinished book next to my pillow for someone to bring it. You don't have to come here these days. ."
"Old slave took it down."