Red and White
Wave after wave of people rushed into Xingningfang.
Everyone made a big fuss, but it ended in failure.
Groups of people left the Luoyang Marquis Mansion.
Prince Guangcheng injured someone and abandoned his sword before fleeing. Li Yinyue and Tan Jiyue followed him...
Princess Shouyang had been away from home for many days. Her father called her back several times, but she refused to leave. Prince Xin came to look for her in person and finally brought her back to the palace.
The Princess of Wei came from the left, and the Princess of Heng came from the right.
The King of Wei and his wife on the left returned together, while the King of Heng on the right did not leave. After taking a look around, the wife of Heng said it was interesting and decided to stay with her husband Li.
One day, someone from the Yan family came and said that my nominal mother had hanged herself with a white silk scarf.
If one plan fails, try another.
As it happened, the person who came to Taiji Palace was Eunuch Zhu himself. Eunuch Zhu said that the saint had slipped and fallen into the water and fell into the East China Sea Lake.
The emperor's body is intended to fill the eight rivers of Chang'an.
Hanging, not mentioning life or death, gasping for breath without knowing whether he is dead or alive.
He fell into the water, but no funeral bell was heard, as the monarch of our dynasty is still here.
The sage is in poor health, and all the men and women in the royal family are summoned to the palace to take care of him.
People in the imperial court, most of the men and women of the Li family are staying in my house. Without wasting any effort or thought, I wish that as soon as you leave Taiji Palace, you can go straight to the Luoyang Marquis Mansion in Xingningfang.
I am a member of the Yan family, so the Yan family in Yongfufang invited me to go. I am not a member of the Li family, so the Yongle Hall in Taiji Palace also invited me to go.
The mistress of the Yan family, after failing to persuade me through hard tactics and soft approaches, tried to lure the tiger away from the mountain. She wanted to trick me out of Xingningfang and out of the Luoyang Marquis Mansion.
Once I go out and come back on horseback, will I still be able to see Yang Yanji?
By then, there will be no flesh and blood left, and no bones left.
Mr. Zhu was kneeling on the ground, as if he was using his knees to force me into the Taiji Palace.
If something goes wrong, I will have to leave. If the two of us die together, I will have a decent excuse.
I said to him, "The saint is the saint of the world. The mistress is now only my mother."
I asked him, "How can I be loyal to the king and neglect my mother?"
In the name of Nianci, I do not worship saints.
In the name of loyalty to the emperor, I will not see the mistress.
On the surface, kings are supposed to be loyal to their emperors, and daughters are supposed to be filial to their mothers.
Behind my back, you are my enemy and my mother is my hatred.
How can I be loyal to the king, and how can I be filial to my mother?
Things chase things, people chase people, I am dying but not dead, I am about to die but not dead, I am really dead or pretending to be dead, my heart has its own clear judgment.
Before Huayang entered the palace, she spoke to me quietly. She told me to stop at a certain point and be careful not to make a big fuss that could not be resolved.
I responded silently.
Taiji Palace, Yongfufang, I didn’t go anywhere.
When a saint falls into the water, the sound of stringed instruments and bamboo pipes is considered a great act of treason.
I was in my Luoyang Marquis Mansion, with the door closed, playing funeral songs on my jade flute alone.
Two pieces of good news were received in one day.
Unfortunately, the lake water is not turbulent enough and the white silk is not strong enough.
The Li family and the Yan family escaped unharmed.
I was happy twice for nothing.
The Yongle Saint of Tai Chi, the mistress of the Yan family.
Inside and outside the palace, I have enemies.
Their enemy - I, am still alive and well. How could they be willing to leave this world and close their eyes one by one?
Almost, almost, my life was almost complete, with both suffering and happiness.
Before the drums sounded, the ladies and sons of the Li family came out of the Taiji Palace one after another at daybreak.
Princess Anyang told me, "Big brother is crazy... The saint fell into the water... He is crazy..."
"The saint woke up, and the emperor recognized the Qing people and laughed out loud. The Yongle Hall was full of people kneeling. He looked at us and laughed for a whole cup of tea." Princess Shu said to me.
"One moment he called us stupid and useless, another he blamed us for being blind, another he scolded us for not being able to share his worries, another he thought us being an eyesore in Yongle Palace, and then he refused to allow the Li family to attend to him when he was ill. He flew into a rage and drove us out of Taiji Palace, leaving no one behind. It was clearly the Emperor's close ministers who were failing to serve him well, yet His Majesty couldn't bear to reprimand the concubines and eunuchs around him, but took his anger out on us outside the palace. Saint, you're truly mad..."
Princess Huayang said this to me.
"We are princesses, princesses, princes, and consorts. We are not the carp raised by our wives in the East China Sea Lake. Do we have to hold our breath and hide at the bottom of the lake all the time, waiting for the emperor to fall into the water and carry the saint ashore?"
Princess Heng complained, but Prince Heng held her mouth shut. "He's the Sage of Taiji Palace, how can we say that? And you're even more forbidden to say anything."
Princess Heng is a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty and a saint. No one can speak of her, and the Li family is the least allowed to speak of her.
That night, with the doors and windows locked, Huayang, Anyang, Prince Shu, and Princess Shu were with me. In front of everyone, Prince Consort Shen asked me, "Luoyang, do you really want to marry that musician?"
Princess Huayang had drunk some wine and was leaning on the table, dozing off. When she heard these words, her whole body moved, her gold hairpins and jade rings moved slightly, and the flowers on her face sparkled and became full of vitality.
Li Wanwan suddenly opened her eyes, glared at her husband, and asked, "Is this a matter of the Shen family?"
"Is this a Li family matter? Or a Tian family matter?"
"What do you have to do with the Yan family's affairs?" the princess asked.
The prince consort did not answer.
"My dear son-in-law, please stop talking and stay away..." the princess ordered.
After the princess's lecture, Prince Consort Shen turned his back, sighed, and said nothing more.
There was silence in the Luoyang Marquis Mansion for a while.
"Princess..." I stood up and pushed Li Wanwan to show my goodwill to Prince Consort Shen.
"This is the Yan family's business. If it's because of Luoyang and hurts the relationship between you and your wife, how can you let Li Nu have the face to enter the princess's mansion again?" Youyu helped me and persuaded me with soft words.
Li Wanwan smiled and filled a glass of wine and handed it to the prince consort. Shen Yulu was still angry, but he took it and drank it.
Huayang pointed at me and said with a smile, "Don't blame me, Prince Consort. Although she and I haven't sworn vows to heaven and earth, we have shared the same bed for many years. If we were to say that the affection between me and Li Nu is even greater than that between you, Prince Consort."
Li Wanwan was still smiling. She said to Li Junling and Wang Youyu, "You two only know how to indulge Li Nu, but you don't know her true feelings. I don't know the Queen Mother, I don't know the Saint, but how could I not know our Marquis of Luoyang? She doesn't even look down on the Saint, so how could she marry a musician?"
"Yes, my sister will never marry a musician." Li Meimei agreed.
"The mistress of their Yan family forced her to marry into the Zheng family, but she refused, which is why this happened. Li Nu is clearly trying to get angry with the Zheng family!" Li Anan said.
"Yes, my sister is very ruthless." Li Meimei said.
"Even if the saint of Taiji Palace forced her with a knife, she would not marry Yang Yanji." Li Wanwan said with a smile.
"Yes, my sister will not marry randomly." Li Meimei said.
Under heaven and on earth, the only ones who understand me are Li Mengmeng and Li Mimi.
If you like listening to music, do you have to marry a musician who plays any instrument?
If you like killing people, do you have to marry a butcher who is sharpening his knife?
What I hate and fear most in my life is that I am different from the men and women in Yongfufang.
If I am required to marry someone of a lower status before I can get married, then I would rather die than marry.
In this life, the next life, and the life after that, I would rather study the scriptures that I cannot understand. Even if I can recite the name of the Taoist Patriarch Qingniu, I will never marry.
But I will not give up until the mistress of the Yan family is dead.
The north of Chang'an has been hot for a few days, but it has not delayed the spring flowering period.
The Queen Mother and several concubines were in Hibiscus Garden, preparing to enjoy the spring blossoms on Flower Day.
The day before the Flower Festival, Eunuch Dong came from Furong Garden. He conveyed the Empress Dowager's oral instructions, asking me to go to Furong Garden with her on the Flower Festival, and also "invite" the famous Yang Yanji to go with me.
After Eunuch Dong left, Yang Yanji knelt on the ground, not daring to move. I asked him, "Do you want money or an official position? If you want money, this marquis will give it to you immediately."
Yang Leren remained motionless, saying only, "Mountains of gold and copper will eventually run out. I have been a servant for many years, and I also want to... become your minister. I hope the Marquis of Luoyang will grant me this."
After saying that, he kowtowed to me.
"It's neither difficult nor easy to get an official position...Tomorrow at the Flower Festival, I will ask the Empress Dowager for it for you," I said.
"When you visit Furong Garden, you must not overstep the line in front of Empress Dowager Feng, and you must not be rude in front of Concubine Tong." I ordered Yang Yanji.
"If you dare disrespect the Empress Dowager, disrespect the Concubine Dowager, and talk nonsense about the Marquis of Luoyang's mansion, I will chop off your head, hollow out your body, and cut off your limbs, leaving you covered in blood and a life worse than death..."
Yang Leren knelt on the ground and nodded repeatedly. He dared not refuse.
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