Shao family has a daughter

Chapter 107 The Cloud Opens and the Moon Brightens (1)
Two days later, King Gao Qi of Chu hurried into the palace.

Concubine Wan had been waiting these two days in a rage, so she hurriedly kicked people away and asked, "Have you got rid of that scourge?"

"That's right." Gao Qi frowned.

"What do you mean?" Wan Concubine raised her voice, "Yes, yes, yes, no." With a gold-rimmed tea bowl on her hand, she asked angrily, "Is the scourge dead? Tell me quickly."

Gao Qi said solemnly: "The four people we sent didn't come back."

"Didn't come back?!" Wan Bi turned pale with shock.

"Mother and concubine, don't worry." Gao Qi said again: "But the inn where Prince Jing was resting caught fire, and the whole inn was burned down. My son pondered for a while, it should be that the four people killed and silenced them, set the fire, and then They left separately. After all, assassinating Prince Jing is a major crime, and it makes sense for them to leave after killing someone. Apart from this, my son really can't think of any other possibility."

Who would have thought that Gao Chen would send someone to "hunt and kill" his wife?
Gao Qi never imagined that the four killers had already died in the hands of Gao Chen's men, and had been burnt to a clean slate, which happened to be the corpses of Xian Hui, Li Nai, Jin Ye, and Yu Zi.Anyway, the people are already scorched, with a handful of dry charcoal, it is impossible to know who is who, and it is even more impossible for Gao Qi to investigate.

Wanbi listened, thought for a while, nodded and said: "It should be so."

A few days later, there was news from Prince Jing's mansion that the princess was suddenly caught in a fire on the road, and her whereabouts were unknown. Now the mansion is doing its best to search for someone.

Concubine Wan immediately felt relieved, and said cheerfully: "Looking for someone? I'm afraid I won't be able to find him for the rest of my life. The fourth child did this because he was worried that Shao Xianhui was bestowed by the late emperor, and it was difficult to explain. He dared not directly say that she had been burned to death." That's all."

Gao Qi thought about it and nodded, "Mother Concubine is right."

Concubine Wan was happy for a while, but her eyes were sour, and she murmured to the sky: "Xiaohe... the two scourges of the abolished concubine and Shao Xianhui are already dead." Wiping her tears, "Just look away, hurry up Reincarnated to live."

Gao Qi also felt uncomfortable, and after a few words of persuasion, he said: "Mother Concubine, the day when the fourth son will be a vassal should be coming soon."

"Really?" Concubine Wan eased her mood, and became happy again, "Very good! Hurry up and go to other provinces, and never come back." If the fourth son hadn't supported Shao Xianhui, how could he have harmed his daughter?But the couple did not end well, one died and the other was kicked out of the capital, they really deserved it!

At this moment, Concubine Wan didn't know that Gao Chen had classified their mother and son as dead!

At that time, those killers were discovered before they approached the inn, and the people arranged by Gao Chen killed three of them, leaving only one alive for interrogation.After some torture, it was found out that Concubine Wan and the King of Chu had instigated it secretly, but they were also silenced.Then the four corpses were buried in the sea of ​​fire together, no one was alive, no corpse was seen after death, and there will never be any news again.

Gao Chen didn't move for the time being, but there are many important matters waiting to be dealt with right now, so he just ignores Concubine Wan's mother and son for the time being.

"No problem?" he asked.

"There is nothing wrong with it." Chu Qi replied: "Someone secretly escorted the concubine and concubine along the way, until... I met Lu Jian, and now I have taken a boat from Qingshui Bay and went all the way south. When I arrived at Huzhou, it was the sphere of influence of the great general Wang Jiao. , to keep the princess safe and secure." After a pause, "In addition, Lu Jian's household registration has also been changed."

"Understood." Gao Chen waved his hand to make people retreat, feeling a sense of loss in his heart.

Xianhui finally left her, and Lu Jian changed her household registration.If she died, she would probably forget about herself, and then stay in Huzhou with Lu Jian, living in peace and stability for the rest of her life.Even if he is alive and picks her up after the big event is successful, it is hard to say whether she is willing to come back.

It's not without bitterness, but... I don't regret this choice.

Xianhui, you must live well.

"My majesty, the Taibai demon star is flickering frequently recently, I'm afraid..." Qin Tianjian looked puzzled, hesitantly said: "Something unlucky will happen."

"What will happen?" Emperor Qing asked displeased.

"This... I can't predict it." Qin Tianjian hesitated to speak, paused, and then said: "But around the Taibai Yaoxing, there are still a few stars colliding with each other, regardless of priority, this is probably the cause The reason for the frequent appearance of demon stars."

"Collision? No distinction between primary and secondary?" Emperor Qing's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

Now I, my eldest son, and my fourth son are not colliding with each other?Isn't there no distinction between primary and secondary?Thinking about it carefully, this is indeed the reason for the turmoil in the court.

Qin Tianjian will stop when he is ready, so it would be better not to say more.

A few days later, when Taibai Yaoxing made people panic, something happened suddenly in the capital, whether it was big or small, it caused another wave of turmoil.

The late Gao Xi's wife, Princess Huaisi, has been living widowed in the residence of Prince Huaisi, with only her niece Lin Xiuyan who fled from afar by her side.Originally, the two aunts and nephews lived peacefully, which was also quite good.One day, Princess Huaisi wanted to go swimming in the lake, and Lin Xiuyan accompanied her, but the princess accidentally slipped and fell into the water!

Lin Xiuyan relied on her ability to touch water, so she jumped down to save others.

Princess Huaisi was rescued, but... Lin Xiuyan drowned in the lake.

"How could it be like this?" After hearing the news, Empress Zhou suddenly lost her strength, leaned back in the chair, and murmured, "Why... why is it like this again."

That sad nightmare of that year resurfaced again.

On Lantern Festival, Lantern Night, the second child took the fourth child to see the lantern.The lanterns on the bridge are beautiful, but there are too many people. The fourth child sitting on his brother's shoulder is mischievous and accidentally falls down.The second child went to rescue him, and the boys also jumped into the water one after another. The fourth child rescued him, but the second child died in the river under the bridge.

Just like that, the second daughter-in-law married into Prince Qing's Mansion as a widow.

After this incident, the fourth child often had nightmares at night, calling his second brother in his dreams, and often couldn't sleep all night, sitting in shock until dawn, and his daily conversations gradually decreased.Later, I saw a doctor for him, took medicine, and ordered sedative incense, but it still didn't work. In the end, he put a knife by his side to barely fall asleep.

All these years, he has never used girls by his side, and everyone privately guessed that this was probably the reason.

——Afraid that Nightmare would kill someone.

After many years, the past was reminded again.

Empress Zhou felt sad and in a trance.

"Mother." Princess Wuyang frowned slightly, and asked, "You mean, isn't this a bit too coincidental? Recently, the Taibai Yaoxing incident is all pointing to the fourth child, saying that his astrological position is not correct, and it is not suitable for him to continue. Stay in the capital. Now that Lin Xiuyan dies, rumors and rumors will spread all over the sky again, and it is planned that he will kill his brother first, then his wife, and then even his sister-in-law will get in the way."

Why couldn't Empress Zhou guess this?After a long silence, he sighed: "Forget it, let the fourth child go early."

It can't go on like this, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be a situation where father and son brothers kill each other.

The next day, someone in the early court submitted a memorial and brought up the matter of the prince resigning himself as the crown prince again.The man wrote a large memorial, thinking that Prince Gao Dun's previous memorial was justified. Although Prince Jing Gao Chen did not take the title of heir, he took the word "virtuous", and he was more suitable to be the prince than Gao Dun.

These remarks once again provoked an uproar.

Gao Chen watched the courtiers arguing coldly, he had never supported anyone to submit such a memorial!They didn't really support themselves as the prince, but they deliberately made a noise so that their father would be taboo.He was sneering in his heart, and another courtier expressed the credit for Prince Jing's achievements. After all, he implied that the world was brought down by himself.

Sure enough, the father's face became more and more gloomy and ugly.

"Your Majesty, please approve the memorial of His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Yes." Someone answered, "Prince Jing has done a lot of hard work, and the country depends on him to maintain its stability."

"Have you finished?" Gao Chen interrupted coldly, "Father is the Ninth Five-Year Lord who is destined by destiny. When he raised troops to kill King Yan and other rebels, it was also by Father and His Royal Highness who led the troops into Beijing, not I do it alone. If you can't even see this clearly, it can only mean..." The tone became more and more fierce, "You are all a bunch of blind people!"

The booing courtiers were a little embarrassed if he didn't prevent him from saying that.

"Father." Gao Chen clasped his fists, "I have never had such a thought, let alone instigated anyone to say such a thing. If there are people who don't know the seriousness and don't distinguish between right and wrong, please punish them severely, so that they can be innocent. It's a bright future!"

Emperor Qing was not relaxed because of these words, he still frowned and waved his hands: "Retire."

Who knows how sincere the fourth brother's words are?Is it a deliberate cover-up?In terms of credit, it is true that the fourth child has contributed a lot to his success in ascending to the throne of God, but... would he be able to conquer the country without the support of the Qing Palace's army?This world was brought down by Prince Qing's Mansion, not him!
——Don’t feel guilty about yourself.

In fact, it's not that he didn't consider letting the fourth child be the prince.

But the fourth child has too much hostility and sharpness, not as gentle and honest as the boss.——Thinking of the rumors about Taibai Yaoxing, thinking of the young and promising second child Gao Xi, who died early because of saving the fourth child, the more disgusted he became do not like.

The most important thing is that if the fourth son becomes the crown prince, he will have many constraints, not to mention where the boss will put him.I am only 50 years old, so in the next two or 30 years, I have to be a puppet emperor?For the rest of the year, you can only spoil your grandchildren?

In the world, how can there be any reason for Lao Tzu to swallow his son's anger?

Emperor Qing found a reason to be firm in his thinking - the order of the descendants makes it difficult for the world to change.

That's right!This is the truth that has not changed through the ages.

In the afternoon, Emperor Qing called a group of courtiers to discuss and determine the territory and date of Gao Chen's domain.While the discussion was in full swing, there were footsteps outside, and a young eunuch anxiously shouted: "Report to the emperor, the Fujian navy hastened the secret report for [-] li!"

Emperor Qing received the secret report and saw that there were rogue bandits in Fujian again, killing people and setting fire, disturbing the people's peace.

"Your Majesty." Shen Shilang of the Ministry of War observed his words and suggested, "I see, this secret report came at the right time. The bandits in Fujian are making trouble, and Prince Jing is a good candidate to lead the army to put down the chaos. Wait a few months, Prince Jing After the turmoil in Fujian was put down, I happened to choose a good piece of land there and become a feudal lord, without having to go back to the capital."

Emperor Qing's eyes lit up, yes, this is more logical.

Otherwise, the fourth child would rush to drive him away after he had made immortal achievements. No matter how high-sounding the reason he found out, he would appear to be a bit anxious.And the fourth child had won battles in Fujian before, so it was very appropriate to let him go, and then let him become a vassal in Fujian, which is not considered expulsion.

Just let Gao Chen lead the army to fight, Emperor Qing was worried, wouldn't it give him a large part of the military power?So he hesitated for a while, and said: "After the fourth son becomes a vassal, someone must bring the soldiers back. Those who have no qualifications may not be convinced, so they must choose a reliable general."

"That's right, it takes some qualifications to be appropriate."

"I'm afraid that one general is not enough." A courtier objected, "We have to have two more lieutenants to help each other..." In fact, it is to hinder each other, lest one person is not reliable enough, "Be sure to let the army go out, how many People come back."

Everyone was chattering, and they all came up with suggestions and discussions.

After Gao Chen received the news secretly sent by Shen Shilang, he was silent for a while, and finally...he still had to go to that step.In the capital, being under strict surveillance by his father, he was unable to move, and he forced himself to hand over his military power, so he had to take a step back and go to Fujian to get the military power in his hands first.

Everything is in their own hands, no mistakes.

However, when I return to the capital in the future, it will be the time when father, son and brother will meet each other in battle. If you lose, you will die!However, even if you win, it is hard to say that it is something to be extremely happy about.

In the emperor's family, there will never be a father-son-brother relationship.

When the news that Gao Chen led 12 elite soldiers went south to Fujian to pacify the bandits reached Huzhou, and then to Xianhui's ears——she had just settled down in Li's Mansion in Huzhou, changed her clothes, and sat down to drink the first drink. Mouth tea.

Now Lu Jian has changed his household registration and is called Li Yu.

According to the news released to the outside world, Li Yu came to Huzhou from other provinces and planned to open a small shopkeeper of a pen, ink, paper and inkstone shop.The population of the family is very simple, there is only one frail and sick younger sister, and a few servants, it can be regarded as a small rich and safe family.Li Yucai had just passed away his first wife, and because of his deep relationship with his wife, he vowed to keep his wife filial piety for three years and not remarry.As for Li Yu's younger sister, she is in poor health and has been eating medicine since she was a child. She will probably be an old lady for a lifetime.

In this way, please refuse the trouble of other people's mediation.

Xianhui felt a little touched in his heart, he never thought that a scholar like Lu Jian who only knew how to read and make a fuss could do things so properly.Along the way, thanks to his careful care and consideration, otherwise it would have been so smooth?Besides, I don't know where to go, where to live.

She didn't know that the success of this journey was carefully arranged by Gao Chen.

Otherwise, how could Lu Jian, a frail scholar and a group of female relatives, be so safe and smooth along the way?As for changing the household registration and changing the name and surname in Huzhou, this is not an easy thing to do.In this regard, Lu Jian said that it was the result of an old friend who had some contacts in Huzhou and was running around.

Although Xianhui felt that Lu Jian's old friend had some skills and had doubts, she didn't think about Gao Chen.To her, Gao Chen really broke her heart, and even "burned himself to death", he was a complete stranger.

"Little sister." After getting settled, Lu Jian came over and asked, "What else is there? If you need anything, just tell me."

"That's good." Xianhui smiled, and handed him an envelope, "There are 3000 taels of silver bills in it, and the journey must have cost a lot, as well as the house and future expenses. I can't afford you for nothing."

"No, no need." All of Lu Jian's expenses here were arranged by Gao Chen, so how could he ask for Xian Hui's money?What's more, even without Gao Chen's arrangement, there is no reason to eat soft meals.He waved his hands again and again, "Over the years, I still have some savings, enough for food and clothing."

Xianhui insisted on giving it to him, "If you don't accept it, then I will take Madam Li and the others to find another house."

Nanny Li hurriedly winked behind her.

Of course, Lu Jian couldn't let her find another place, because apart from Gao Chen's arrangement, other places are certainly not completely safe.Although this small courtyard is ordinary, one-third of the residents around here are arranged by Gao Chen. From the street to the end of the street, it can be said that the security is very tight.

It's not safe to change to another place, and it's a woman's family with a single family.

So I had no choice but to nod, "Okay, I'll put it aside for now, and I'll talk about it when I need it urgently." Then he talked about other interruptions, lest she would have the idea of ​​looking for a house again, "The food here is all southern style, and it's the same as before in Xianzhi Town. almost……"

Xianhui raised her eyes to look at him, feeling emotional in her heart.

At this time in the previous life, as early as last autumn, my brother-in-law had won the title of Qiu Wei Xie Yuan, and Lu Jian was No. 6, but in this life, he was interrupted by King Yan's treason, the late emperor died, and even Qiu Wei was cancelled.

This year, Qiu Wei should be held again, but brother-in-law Song Wenting may still have a chance to refer to it, but Lu Jian never has it again.

Speaking of it, there are some causes and effects, and going around is all because of myself.

Sometimes I think about it, if it wasn't because of my previous life that I showed that little affection to him, he would not take himself seriously, would not save Xiaohe, and would not have a series of troubles later.

As it is now, it is impossible for him to refer to Zhongju again, and he can only be a small shopkeeper for the rest of his life.

For him, his whole life was ruined.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Jian said for a while, seeing her distracted, "Is there something wrong?"

"No." Xianhui shook her head, it was too late to say regret, and it was meaningless.So he just smiled and said: "Very good, you have worked hard these days, I should thank you." He is a foreigner, so it is not appropriate to give him something, so the 3000 taels just now can be regarded as gratitude.

Although the relationship with Gao Chen was completely broken and they never looked back, they did not intend to renew their old relationship with Lu Jian.

Even pretending to be brothers and sisters, some distance should be kept clearly.

(End of this chapter)