Invincible son

Chapter 1163 1164 [Life is like a play]

At the beginning, Pei Yue, as the envoy to welcome the bride, didn't have much contact with Princess Qinghe, only some etiquette contacts during the journey together. Therefore, all his impressions of this fateful princess of the enemy country were focused on bearing humiliation and taking care of herself. On the description of the overall situation and the like.

Hearing Princess Qinghe's sentimental question at this moment, Pei Yue was a bit dumbfounded, thinking that the other party thought of him too highly, but at the same time he couldn't help being a little shocked.

He glanced unintentionally at the palace people in the palace, because Liu Xian attached great importance to and loved Princess Qinghe, most of these people were old people brought by Princess Qinghe from the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and only a few were internal eunuchs transferred by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. .Regardless of their identities, the palace people seemed to have never heard Princess Qinghe's words, and they all bowed their heads and lowered their eyebrows with calm expressions.

Pei Yue realized in an instant that this seemingly submissive and weak-tempered princess of the Southern Zhou Dynasty had conquered the people around her in the half a year since she came to the capital.

His surprise didn't stop there, Princess Qinghe's vision was not like that of a deep palace woman.Under the premise of lacking information sources, she can conclude that there will be a battle between Liang and Zhou in a short time based on the few words of Liu Xian on weekdays. It should be known that even if Pei Yue issued a warning, some of the important officials in the court were still against him. This is dubious.

With this in mind, Pei Yue swallowed the excuse he had prepared, and said in a low voice: "The noble concubine should understand that this matter cannot be turned around by manpower. The general trend is like a wheel that no one can stop, and even Your Majesty will have many choices."

Princess Qinghe was slightly taken aback.

She is a smart person, and soon understood the deep meaning of Pei Yue's words.

The north-south confluence is inevitable, the difference lies in the way and means that Liang will choose.Once the Southern Dynasties take the initiative to send troops, Daliang will definitely take the most vicious counterattack.After the iron cavalry crosses the south, there will be no eggs under the overturned nest, and the royal family of the Southern Dynasty will also be thoroughly cleaned up. Even if Liu Xian likes her no matter how much she likes, she will not be soft on this matter.

Unless the emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, that is, her father, offered the vast land with both hands, and Daliang regained his homeland without a single soldier, then he should be able to receive the courtesy of the court and live in Kyoto as an idle prince.

But even if she is thousands of miles away from her homeland, she also knows that this is absolutely impossible. Even if her father and emperor can't bear to lose their lives, the nobles in the military will never sit still, let alone those aristocratic families whose centipedes are dead but not stiff.

Of course, she also understood that the reason why the late emperor, who died half a year ago, agreed to Liu Xian's marriage to her was simply to use her status to make it easier for the Li people on the south bank of the Tiancang River to accept the fact that they belonged to Beiliang.Conquering the territory may be very fast, but it will be a long process to conquer people's hearts. If there is a Liang empress who is born in the royal family of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the difficulty of this matter will be much reduced.

It's just that after Emperor Kaiping passed away, Empress Dowager Wu refused to allow Liu Xian to make her queen, and the scenery ahead became more foggy.

After a moment of silence, Princess Qinghe said dejectedly: "Emperor Gaozu set the iron law that the harem should not interfere in politics. I dare not forget it, but I can't erase my own background after all. It is inevitable that I will feel panicked."

Pei Yue nodded and said: "This is human nature, the noble concubine does not need to blame herself."

Such a smart woman, but also extremely cautious.

The simple word "birth" points out her embarrassing position in this majestic palace.

If Daliang could regain the Southern Zhou Dynasty at a small cost, and bloodshed and sacrifices would be minimized, Princess Qinghe's position as a noble concubine would naturally be safe and secure, and in order to appease the people of Zhou, Empress Dowager Wu would at least treat her favorably on the bright side.But judging from the current situation, there must be a battle between Daliang and Southern Zhou. Once the south bank of the Tiancang River is bloodied and corpses are scattered all over the field, how can the Empress Dowager Wu allow her bloodline to become the prince of Daliang in the future?

Furthermore, by that time, Empress Dowager Wu would allow a Southern Zhou royal woman to occupy the position of imperial concubine?
All she can rely on now is Liu Xian's favor.

At this moment, there were many twists and turns in her heart, and Princess Qinghe still didn't see any waves in her words: "I miss my relatives, and made a sudden slip of the tongue, which made Wei Guogong laugh."

Speaking of relatives rather than homeland, Pei Yue couldn't help feeling secretly, and then calmly said: "Although things in the world are often unsatisfactory, I believe that things are caused by man. Regarding whether the disaster of war can be prevented, the court officials are not sure, but how to do it as much as possible?" His Majesty and ministers are willing to work hard to avoid too tragic wars. After all, the Southern Dynasty was full of culture and there were hundreds of families of poetry and books. No one wants to see those rare books full of painstaking efforts of the sages destroyed in the flames of war. .”

A gleam appeared in Princess Qinghe's eyes.

The relationship between Liang and Zhou is complex and simple. The complexity lies in the fact that various forces in the Southern Zhou Dynasty are intertwined. It is difficult to sort out the context and prescribe the right medicine.As for Daliang, the easiest way is to send troops south, crush all the blocking forces into dust, and then smash the original family pattern and stand up.

Pei Yue's words are both a comfort and a reminder. Liu Xian's attitude is very important. As long as he supports Pei Yue to take over the affairs of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the young Guogong will try his best to control the war within a certain range, and the final result may not be the same. So tragic, it will naturally affect the fate of her and the royal family of the Southern Dynasty.

She couldn't help saying with emotion: "Duke Wei's words are like clearing the clouds, which makes people suddenly enlightened."

Pei Yue lowered his head and said, "The imperial concubine is ridiculous."

Princess Qinghe is not an ordinary person, but with her somewhat embarrassing status, and the place she can control is limited to the Mingde Hall, in today's chess game that spans thousands of miles, the things that can be done are naturally extremely limited.She probably knew that the fragile peace between Liang and Zhou was difficult to maintain, but apart from indulging in sentimental and tormented emotions, she didn't know how to try her best to mend the weak relationship between the two countries.

Today's brief meeting with Pei Yue, although both of them spoke very restrained, seemed to point out a way for her.

Thinking of this, she finally had a calm smile on her face, and said slowly: "Your Majesty once said that Wei Guogong and Sister Churong still have contacts in private, and I have an unfeeling request. Would you like to help me?"

Pei Yue said: "Concubine, please tell me."

Princess Qinghe's gentle tone revealed a bit of reminiscence about the past: "Churong's girl seems to be straightforward, but in fact she likes to hide many things in her heart without telling others. In the past, every year on her birthday, I would personally give her Prepare a congratulatory gift, and then talk to her personally. Now that I am separated from her in the north and south, meeting is also a delusion, and what happened last year will definitely leave a painful memory in her heart, but I don’t know who can help her resolve."

Pei Yue's expression was a little strange.

The relationship between him and Xu Churong cannot be concealed at all, after all, when he brought Xu Churong back to the other courtyard in Puqi City on the north bank, even Han Gongduan knew about it.After returning to Beijing, he also confessed frankly in front of Emperor Kaiping and Liu Xian. Of course, he was not talking about the relationship between his sons and daughters, but clarified that Xu Churong was the link to the Nandu family.

But Princess Qinghe's words not only showed that she understood what she had hinted earlier, but even carried a hint of being a matchmaker in it.

But the crux of the matter is...

Pei Yue remained silent, Princess Qinghe didn't care, and continued: "The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is sister Churong's birthday. I have prepared a birthday gift for her during this period. Please pass it on to me, Duke Wei. , I wonder if it is possible? This palace has already stated to His Majesty in advance, and His Majesty has already agreed."

Speaking of this, Pei Yue naturally had no reason to refuse, but he inevitably had a toothache.

It's fine if you don't know Xu Churong's birthday, but if you know it, how can you pretend nothing happened?

Don't say that Xu Churong had such important news before, but he just handed over the gift for Princess Qinghe, but he didn't express anything. I'm afraid that little girl will come to the capital in a fit of anger.

Pei Yue didn't doubt that the other party had such courage.

He suppressed the reverie in his heart and said calmly: "The imperial concubine has orders, and I must obey them."

Princess Qinghe smiled slightly, and continued: "Although it's a private matter of the palace, it's not going to break the rules of the palace after all, so the congratulatory gift has been handed over to Neifang, and they will send someone to the Duke of Wei's mansion later."

She did this obviously because she did not want to leave any risk, and asked Neifang, who was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to inspect the gift. After it was archived in the palace, it was naturally safe, so as not to be attacked in the future.

Pei Yue couldn't help being a little dazed at the moment, although he couldn't see the other party's face through the screen, he seemed to see the former Concubine Wu Gui.

When Emperor Kaiping was alive, that imperial concubine was cautious in the harem, never making a wrong step, just like Princess Qinghe today.

He suddenly felt that things became interesting.

(End of this chapter)