It was a hot and humid summer, and the whole of Dashun was quiet in this season. There was no dispute in the court, no chaos among the people, no floods, and no wars at the border. Everything seemed to be still, and everything seemed to be the last calm before the disaster.
Lu Song was demoted to the sixth rank of Zhongshu Province's deputy minister and no longer qualified to attend court. The Lu family suddenly disappeared from the court, which was a major event in this midsummer.
The Pingnan General's Mansion formally asked the Lu family to marry Lu Ping, which surprised Lu Song. He had deliberately spread rumors that Lu Ping was abused by Ren Xitao, creating a momentum, and wanted to take this opportunity to make the Pingnan General's Mansion suffer a loss, and at the same time give up the idea of suppressing him. After all, if this matter spreads again, it will not be good for Ren Xitao's reputation.
But Feng Yuheng's physical examination completely destroyed the Lu family's hope. Lu Ping was still a perfect girl, so how could she be wasted?
However, when the General Pingnan Mansion came to ask for marriage again when the Lu family had fallen to the bottom, Lu Song felt that things had turned around and wanted to take this opportunity to curry favor with the General Pingnan Mansion, intending to climb back to a high position in the future. However, General Pingnan told him in person: "You choose whether to be an official or a life. You marry your daughter to my Ren family with a rank of sixth rank. My Ren family will not treat the child badly and will also show some kindness to your family. But if you insist on your own way and refuse to repent, don't blame me for destroying your Lu Mansion!"
Lu Song fully believed that General Pingnan had the power to wipe out the Lu family, so he said nothing and let Ge take care of the exchange of engagement letters in silence. Then the Ren family decided to set the wedding date for next spring.
Autumn finally arrived, and when the first cool breeze of autumn blew into the capital, almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The sultry summer had made them feel like they couldn't breathe, and the premonition of "a great disaster would break out" always filled their hearts, and only gradually faded away with the arrival of autumn.
People felt that they might have thought too much. Today, Dashun was peaceful, with the Sixth Prince as regent, and Emperor Tianwu also made the decision on the matter of the Left Prime Minister. There were also the Ninth Prince and the Seventh Prince supporting each other, and the First Prince backing Dashun financially. What was there to be afraid of with such a Dashun?
Concubine Yuan was skinned alive, and the Eighth Prince was still rotting in the death row. It was said that his flesh had rotted to his knees and the bones were visible at the base of his thighs. It was as horrible as it could be. But he just wouldn't die. He just lived in agony, just like that, paying the price for what he had done.
No one felt sorry for him, and some even thought he deserved it. Quite a few of the former Eighth Prince faction still remained in the capital, and because there were too many of them, and many of them were involved with the imperial concubines, it was impossible to capture them all in one fell swoop. As the saying goes, to capture a thief, you must first capture the leader. If the Eighth Prince was captured, there would be no need to worry about those people stirring up trouble again, because the remaining princes no longer had anyone to stir up trouble for them.
Under the instruction of Emperor Tianwu, people from the former Eighth Prince's faction would be arranged to visit the death row every now and then, so that they could see the Eighth Prince's fate again and again, and also think about it, if the prince made a mistake and this was the case, how would they be treated if it were them?
Under the strong sensory and mental stimulation, those people dared not act rashly anymore, and the court quickly lost control. The Sixth Prince has always ruled the country with literature. During his time as regent, he built a library in a very good manner, summoned a group of scholars to continue compiling books, and reorganized all the schools and private schools in the capital and Shuntian Prefecture. Under Feng Yuheng's suggestion, he opened many professional academies like Baicao Academy, focusing on cultivating professional talents instead of just focusing on the theoretical Four Books and Five Classics.
When the autumn air was cool, Emperor Tianwu had the idea of going hunting. In order to amuse the old emperor, all the princes and ministers expressed their support. Only Concubine Yun, who lived in Prince Chun's mansion, was not happy. She asked Xuan Tianhua: "How long will you be gone? You can't delay us from going to Ji'an County to propose marriage. We agreed to arrive in Ji'an County before the moonlit night, so we will meet Madam An on the moonlit night and come back after the moonlit night."
Xuan Tianhua smiled bitterly, "The royal hunting trip will only take three to five days at most, mother, there is no need to worry."
"How can I not be anxious?" Concubine Yun said angrily, "You don't take care of your own affairs, but I, as your mother, take care of them for you. You still look calm, which really makes people angry. You should learn from your ninth brother. When he proposed to Ah Heng, I didn't worry about it at all."
Xuan Tianhua was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he was thinking, if he were to propose marriage to Feng Yuheng, would he not be as indifferent as he is now?
He really didn't care, or rather, he didn't know how to care. He had never thought about these things before, and even always felt that marrying and having children had nothing to do with him. It was not until Concubine Yun forced him to this point, and the other party was Feng Xiangrong, that he nodded. But he nodded, but he didn't feel the throbbing in his heart.
In the final analysis, treating the girl well is one thing, and making him truly moved is another.
Emperor Tianwu went to the royal hunting grounds with a large team. Except for the Sixth Prince who was the regent, all the other princes and princesses were with him. The Empress also led the concubines in the palace. All the officials above the fourth rank in the court followed him, and they were even allowed to bring their families.
In short, this was a hunting trip with the theme of "please the Emperor Tianwu", and the purpose of the people was to serve the old emperor well. Hunting was secondary, and singing, dancing and feasting were the real things. Even Yao Xian brought along the three sons, three daughters-in-law and six grandchildren of the Yao family, and was specially instructed by Feng Yuheng to drink some wine with the old emperor.
The hunting grounds were well prepared. When people arrived, the tents had been set up and the grounds had been divided. Similar to the last winter hunting, the women's camps were spread out from the center according to the rank of their masters. The princes and princesses lived in other places, and the concubines in the palace also had their own special grounds, which were clearly divided.
People arrived in the evening. The palace's chefs had come here a day in advance and were cooking. They ate game hunted in the mountains and drank fine wine brought from the palace.
After leaving the palace, Emperor Tianwu felt refreshed and pulled Yao Xian to drink bowl after bowl of wine. However, Yao Xian gave him sobering medicine in advance so that the old emperor could hold on a little longer and not get drunk after just a few bowls.
After the incident with Concubine Yuan, the concubines were all terrified, fearing that the emperor or the queen would bear a grudge against them for their flattery of Concubine Yuan. So they were all quite honest during this hunting trip, surrounding the queen and saying nice things and smiling. The grand scene even gave the queen an illusion, thinking that it was many years ago when Concubine Yun had not entered the palace, when these people woke up early and late every day, gathered together and talked and laughed.
However, it was still different. Everyone was old. There had been no newcomers in the palace for more than 20 years. Which of the concubines who stayed behind didn't have wrinkles on their faces? Even if they took good care of themselves, they were still much older than the princes' wives and the young ladies of various families.
The queen thought that the only one who could compete with those young women was Concubine Yun, right? In her impression, that woman was very young and very resistant to aging. She had come out once during the fire in Yuehan last time, and her face had not changed much from more than 20 years ago, which made people envious.
The empress was not a person who liked to stir up trouble. Since the concubines were willing to maintain superficial harmony, she was happy to pretend to be harmonious for the Emperor Tianwu to see. After all, watching the wives and concubines talking and laughing was better than watching people quarreling.
There were no rules for the first night's feast. It was free and easy. People gathered with whoever they wanted, regardless of their social status. There was even a son of a fourth-rank official who came to challenge the eldest prince to a drinking contest. When Emperor Tianwu saw this, he just laughed and said to Yao Xian, "You see, this is how it should be!"
Feng Yuheng also enjoyed this atmosphere. She even took out a lot of red wine and drinks from the space in advance and gave them to the imperial chefs to share with everyone. The wine was snatched by the men, and the drinks were distributed to the ladies. Not to mention the men's crazy drinking, the ladies had never drunk carbonated drinks before, so they were quite amazed for a while, and talked about how delicious and magical this thing was. Some people even speculated where this thing came from? Was it mixed by the imperial chef himself?
Xuan Tianming whispered to Feng Yuheng: "It's really a waste to give them such a good thing to drink."
Feng Yuheng laughed at him for being stingy: "You know that my space has an automatic filling function. What does it matter if I take out a lot? It can be automatically filled back."
"I know." Xuan Tianming added, "But I still feel that those people got away with it. They don't even know who dug the well when they drink the water, so they don't think much of your kindness."
"It's best if people don't think of me." Feng Yuheng said, "Things that are not normal are monsters! I don't want to be regarded as a monster. If all the strange things come from me, sooner or later I will be suspected."
Xuan Tianming's heart moved, looking at the bonfire in front of him, he suddenly asked her: "If there is a small place, much smaller than Dashun, but the people are kind, the court is stable, the folk customs are simple, and no one will investigate whether you are a monster, do you like such a place?" ︽②︽②︽.*②阁︽②,
Feng Yuheng was puzzled. "No one is investigating whether I am a demon? Even if I take something in front of them, they won't have any abnormal reaction?"
Xuan Tianming told her: "Of course they will, but they will naturally worship you as a god. They have faith, and they believe that all good things, no matter how unusual, are given to them by the god of faith, and they gladly accept them."
"Uh..." Feng Yuheng scratched her head. "Are people with faiths all extreme? Doing radical things regardless of the consequences for the god they believe in?" After all, a certain religious group in the 21st century left a bad and deep impression on her.
Xuan Tianming shook his head and said, "No, their beliefs require them to do good deeds throughout their lives, and everything is positive. Not only are people not extreme, they are also very gentle and enthusiastic."
Feng Yuheng was moved by what he said, "What place is that? I like places like that, can we go?"
Xuan Tianming nodded, "Of course you can go, but not now. One day I will take you to that place, to live a small family and a small business, instead of a vast place like Dashun."
At the hunting ground, the young couple talked about their aspirations for the future, but they didn't know that at this moment, two people were standing at the entrance of the Deyang Gate of the Imperial Palace, saying to the imperial guards guarding the palace gate: "Open the door, the king has urgent business to rush back from the hunting ground, and must enter the palace immediately!"
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