Empty White
The officials of Qianzhou refused to recognize the blood-stained shirt and only recognized the imperial edict of His Majesty the Emperor.
The rebel king is dead, but his children and relatives are still imprisoned in the lower state. How will they make a living?
In my opinion, life is in danger.
If you don't release the rebellious prince's children and relatives, then the Queen Mother will be unkind and Your Majesty will be unjust.
The three of us, Ah Xiang, Yuan Xiao, and I, along with Ru Di and Xiao Chang An, fled back to Chang An overnight.
Without stopping for a moment, without taking a break, we completely abandoned everything in Qianzhou, and fled Qianzhou at the risk of our lives, heading towards Chang'an.
On the way to escape, I was busy and confused, and I can't remember many things. I only remember that while riding a horse to escape, I told Xiao Chang'an about the good things about Chang'an. Ru Di and I talked about it day and night, talked about it when we leaned against each other, and talked about it when we slept together.
I talked about the sun in Chang'an, Rudi talked about the moon in Chang'an, Axiang talked about the prosperity in Chang'an, and Yuan Xiao talked about the splendor in Chang'an.
We escaped from Guizhou, and when Li Junming caught up with us on horseback, his face was as red as the sun. I held back my words and my laughter.
At that time, our group was already in Shizhou. When we reached this point, the king had no choice but to allow the mother and daughter to follow us back to Chang'an.
I remember that day, we were on the official road in Shizhou, Ru Di leaned on my shoulder, we survived the disaster, and we always had endless things to talk about.
"Chang'an has lost the Li family, and the Feng family has been convicted. I'm afraid that Jingzhao Chang'an will not tolerate the Li family's long-term prosperity. Will Chang'an also have to endure the hardships we have suffered since childhood?"
I felt worried as I touched Chang'an. Rudi told me, "Don't be afraid. I'm not afraid, and you shouldn't be afraid either. I will live well and protect her. Little Chang'an will grow up..."
Yes, with his mother by his side, Chang'an will grow up well.
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people came chasing us from behind, with horses neighing and dust flying. There were three riders in the group.
It came from the direction of Lizhou.
The man introduced himself as Du Tingfang, the governor of Lizhou, and said he was originally from Jingzhao. When I heard his name, I immediately asked Yuan Xiao to stop his carriage.
The governor of Lizhou was the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple who was "driven out" of Chang'an by me - Du Tingfang.
He went to jail “because of” me, and I “rescued” him from jail.
He found out that I was in Shizhou and chased me on horseback for a day and a night.
When he met me, Du Shaoqing didn't say much, and I didn't mention anything about Chang'an.
I had never met him before, but it felt like meeting an old friend after a long separation.
After a day and night of horse racing, he came over just to give me two jars of Du Kang tea.
He gave me Du Kang tea and I treated him to a drink.
We were about to have a drink on the official road, but unfortunately, the wine was knocked to the ground by King Guangcheng's whip.
The jar was broken and the wine was spilled, not a drop left.
King Li was rude, so Du Shaoqing just said that he came in a hurry and should prepare a few more jars.
"Heaven drinks, earth drinks, and so do I. This is fine wine. I thank you, my lord, for your kindness."
I said with a smile.
"If we meet again in the future, I will invite you to drink again."
He also said with a smile.
No one paid any attention to the rude King Guangcheng.
I set out for Chang'an, and he rode his horse to Lizhou.
One on the left and one on the right, both say take care, all over the world, both say goodbye...
After Du Shaoqing left, Rudi asked me quietly, "Do you like him?"
"Du Shaoqing and I are a perfect match, talented and beautiful. Unfortunately, we are not destined to be together..." I sighed with a smile.
"You don't like him." Ru Di said with a smile.
I sighed helplessly, and the rude King Guangcheng snorted coldly, and even scolded me for being unfaithful to my husband.
I touched the crown and showed him the Taoist robe.
The nun solemnly told King Guangcheng, "I entered Taoism early in the morning. Is this to keep the virtuous wife's code of conduct for the Taoist ancestor?"
"You bad woman..."
King Guangcheng kept scolding me.
"You're clearly a bad woman, so why do all the men in the Li family like you?"
"All of us royal family members were destroyed by you!"
"You are the nemesis of the men in our Li family..."
"Besides the King of Qi, the King of Anle, the King of Ping, the King of Ning, the King of Wei, the King of Shu, and the King of Heng, who else is there?"
King Guangcheng was furious and asked casually.
"There are many more." I said truthfully.
The king was so angry that he could not speak and could only whip his horse.
"So which one is best for you?" he asked me.
"The son of the Li family who survived the late emperor." I thought again and again, "It was Li Junhong."
I tell the truth.
The late crown prince Li Junhong.
King Guangcheng had nothing to say.
The horse under him jumped up, and he hit it, cursing, "Sooner or later, you'll make me die of anger, and you'll be satisfied!"
It was summer when we left Chang'an and it was autumn when we returned.
On the day I arrived home, the reeds outside Chang'an City were in full bloom and looked extremely beautiful.
Looking at his hometown, the accumulated homesickness of the wanderer is scattered in the days and months of Chang'an and gathered in the smoke and clouds of Chang'an.
Like reed tears and reed flowers, falling all white.
She brought her daughter Chang'an to kneel down and pay homage to her mother Chang'an.
At dusk that day, Ru Di and I hugged each other and cried bitterly at the foot of the city gate, and King Guangcheng even cried with us.
It was then that I realized that he was not a barbarian who only knew how to wield swords.
After crying enough, we returned to Chang'an.
That day happened to be the saint's birthday, the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there was no curfew in Chang'an.
This new calendar has become the old calendar year by year.
Ru Di hugged Chang'an and looked at the lights on the streets of Chang'an. She didn't dare to go into the neighborhood at night just to avoid being arrested by the Jinwu.
I said with tears in my eyes, Rudi, you have gone too far, you have gone too long, so far that you have forgotten the Mid-Autumn Festival of this dynasty, and there is no curfew at night...
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Junming was holding little Chang'an, and A Xiang was supporting Ru Di. I shamelessly knocked on the gate of Yinyue Palace again.
That time, Princess Yi Yang did not drive A Xiang and me out of Yinyue Palace, she even let Yuan Xiao enter the palace.
The next day, I led Rudi and her daughter into the palace, presented the blood-stained clothes, and deceived the Saint Queen Mother.
But that time, when Eunuch Dong came to pick someone up, he stopped me outside the palace gate on the orders of Empress Dowager Feng.
Ru Di brought Chang'an and Xueyi into the palace. The empress dowager allowed the mother and daughter to return to Chang'an, and gave them a place to live and money. When Chang'an got married, the palace would restore her title of county princess.
As for Sanlang, who was still in Qianzhou, the Empress Dowager did not care about him.
There is a hidden reason why Empress Dowager Feng refuses to meet Princess Feng.
The Queen Mother refused to see me. There must be a reason for this which I am not aware of.
I had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but I didn't know where the dew came from or where the frost fell.
Could it be that the Queen Mother knew that I had killed Sanlang? Could it be that she knew that I had conspired with the Saint to kill Prince Anle? Or that she knew that I had secretly instigated the mother and son of Taiji Palace? Could it be Yang Yanji...
I have done so many evil things, and the bad deeds have piled up like a mountain, even I can’t count them all.
Just as King Guangcheng scolded me, I am an out-and-out bad woman.
When I returned to Xingningfang, I asked my relatives and friends, and I asked my close party - the two eldest princesses Huayang and Anyang.
Li Yanyan said, "In the summer, the emperor fell ill, and the palace doctors couldn't figure out what the illness was..."
"The emperor was ill, and we sisters took turns to go to the palace to take care of him. Even when he was ill and in his dreams, he was still thinking about moving the capital... My eldest brother's heart was in Luoyang, and the Queen Mother couldn't persuade him. Even though he couldn't say many benefits, the Queen Mother had no choice but to agree to move the capital." Li Mimi said.
"Empress Dowager Feng has agreed to move the Beidi to the Eastern Capital. But our Saint, whether asleep or awake, constantly mentions Luoyang. The higher-ups said the capital should be moved, but none of the three provinces and six ministries took action. And now, even the words he spoke of have vanished. This palace thinks that when the Pinglu Rebellion broke out, the Saint went to Luoyang. Perhaps, he has important sons and daughters in the Eastern Capital, and that's why the crane slaves of Taiji Palace keep thinking about him."
Princess Huayang guessed the emperor's intention and described the emperor's true nature. I nodded repeatedly, feeling that it was absolutely right.
That autumn and winter, the small jade talisman on my waist became a forbidden sign in Taiji Palace.
During the same period, in Chang'an, Luoyang, and all the states under the heaven, waves of women from prominent families moved into the Taiji Palace and became the adopted daughters of the empress dowager.
There were many different opinions inside and outside the palace.
One theory is that Empress Dowager Feng kept ladies from various families to enrich the emperor's harem, while another theory is that Empress Dowager Feng wanted to depose Empress Yang and establish a new one.
I heard that during that period, people entered and left the palace every day.
That’s all I know.
That autumn and winter, Concubine Tong was seriously ill, and I had no time to care about worldly affairs.
Even if there is a fight between mother and son in Taiji Palace, I have no intention of provoking it.
The Imperial Concubine Dowager requested permission to leave Taiji Palace and move to Princess Huayang's Mansion. The four of us, Huayang, Anyang, and Zhaoyang, accompanied our mother every day.
The concubine's illness is incurable.
The doctor said that it might be difficult to see the next spring.
No matter how reluctant you are, it is ultimately your destiny.
I knew it well, but I could only cry behind my mother's back, and my ears became worse because of my crying.
Even if I am a saint, life and death are still unpredictable.
The Concubine Dowager understood the will of heaven. She asked us sisters to love each other and take care of our sick little sister Zhaoyang together. We knelt together and cried together in response.
On the day of the beginning of winter, I left the princess's mansion and went to the outskirts of Chang'an City to see off my younger brother Luo Jiao.
He requested permission to be transferred out of the capital and to take up a post outside the capital.
The saint allowed it.
Outside the city that day, those who came to see Luo Jiao off included Luo Ran, Yan Qi and Yan Lin, Minister Xiao, Xiao Pupu, the Princess of Qinyang County, Yan Xuqing... and even His Majesty the Emperor.
The sage personally sent the emperor's disciple away. The two of them were like king and minister, minister and king. They used to be at loggerheads with each other, but that day the king and minister were in harmony, as if they were one party. I don't understand why.
Xiao Pupu, Yan Xuqing, and the Princess of Qinyang like Luo Jiao, while Luo Wei likes Princess Shouyang Li Jiaojiao.
Princess Shouyang has the mind of a child, and Wei Zeze acts more like an adult than her elder sister.
Dalang acts with decisiveness and decisiveness, but he lacks planning.
He knows his own heart, proves his intentions, and makes his intentions clear.
A few days later, he reported his proposal to the princess. The princess did not like Dalang, and the Luo family was of poor background. The princess was unwilling to lower herself and rejected the marriage on the spot.
How can one party force a relationship between a man and a woman?
Moreover, Princess Shouyang was a very powerful and favored lady from the Li family.
The princess used to pester Luo Jia Dalang every day, but since that day, the princess refused to see Weize again.
Shouyang always loved playing games, and Luo Jiao mistook playfulness for seriousness; Luo Jiao always observed courtesy, and the princess mistook true feelings for respect.
Both sides will misunderstand.
The princess refused to see Luo Jiao and was even more unwilling to go out again. Prince Xin found Dalang of the Luo family for his beloved daughter. For the princess and out of guilt, Dalang asked to be exiled from the capital under the pressure of Prince Xin and left Jingzhao Chang'an.
That day, outside the city of Chang'an, Luo Jiao looked back at Chang'an for a long time, but in the end he did not wait for Li Jiaojiao.
Being sent out is real, leaving Beijing is real, testing is real, and hoping is real.
"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have said anything. If I had kept quiet, I would have been able to see her every day. I regret it now."
It is rare that Luo Wei also regrets love.
"Many years ago, when Imperial Concubine Guo was in power, the princess was imprisoned in the palace with Prince Xin from a young age. Including her parents, biological mother, and older sister, there were less than ten people in the palace. Before she was eight, she had never seen a stranger. Because of Imperial Concubine Guo's persecution, Shouyang's mind is no more than that of an eight-year-old. She was doted on by the late emperor, loved by Prince Xin, indulged by the sage, and protected and tolerated by everyone inside and outside the palace. With the mind of a child, how could she possibly like an adult?"
I advised Luo Jiao not to make things difficult for the princess and I advised him to let it go as soon as possible.
It would have been better if I hadn't said it. As soon as I did, I gave Luo Jiao an excuse. "Ms. Guo has harmed the world and persecuted our maternal grandfather's family. She even harmed the princess like this. I shouldn't blame her, nor should I blame her. Don't worry, sister. I know what's going on with me."
"How can Dalang know his limits?" I asked my younger brother.
He said, "Since she has a childish mind, she will still need the protection of adults in ten or eight years. I will do my job well and wait outside Chang'an. I will not hinder the princess from going out..."
Another Yan Xiang, another flower and bird envoy.
I was choked with emotion and speechless.
Dalang left heartbroken, and finally said only one sentence, "My brother has the same feelings as the saint, and my sister should also take care of herself."
My younger brother looked at my older brother, and I looked at Luo Jiao.
"I will take care of myself." I promised my brother.
On the winter solstice of that year, my mother and Zhaoyang returned to Taiji Palace from the princess's mansion. Concubine Tong wanted to spend her last winter in Taiji Palace.
Children cannot stop their mother's will.
On the day of Xiaohan, Empress Dowager Feng suddenly summoned me to the palace.
For my birthday, I guess.
That day I was supposed to go to the Li family imperial tomb outside the city with Huayang and Anyang. We sisters had to keep an eye on the Ministry of Works and the Mountain Tomb Envoy to prevent them from cutting corners.
It was on that day, my twentieth birthday, that I lost everything in one day, overnight.
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