Chapter 283 Spring Breeze
Lou Li stayed in Haiyue Cottage to accompany Zhu Huaizhen and ignored everything.
During this time, the generals of Southern Yan came to visit and begged Lou Li again and again. They believed that Lou Li, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was a natural god of war and could help Southern Yan gain more benefits in Southern Chu.
Unfortunately, Lou Li wanted to sing and Zhu Huaizhen wanted to listen to the opera.
Princess Ronghua Zhu Huaizhen was seen lying on a beauty couch surrounded by black lacquer and gold-painted scrolls of poetry and paintings, holding a round fan with a mahogany handle embroidered with pomegranates, cats and butterflies, moving it back and forth, her posture as lazy as a Persian cat.
Orioles chirp at dawn in the jade trees of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai waterside pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse. Here, amidst the mossy, blue tiles, I once slept in a dreamlike state; I've witnessed fifty years of rise and fall. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake, and owls roost on Phoenix Terrace. Dreams of the ruined mountains are the most real, the old land hard to lose. I don't believe this map is changing manuscripts. I'll compose a lament for Jiangnan, and sing it until I grow old.
After singing "Peach Blossom Fan", "The Injustice of Dou E" was sung next.
The sun and moon hang in the sky at dawn and dusk, and spirits wield the power of life and death. Heaven and earth, supposed to distinguish between the clear and the turbid, yet how could they have confused Dao Zhi and Yan Yuan? Those who do good suffer poverty and a shorter life, while those who commit evil enjoy wealth and longevity. Heaven and earth, seemingly coveting the strong and bullying the weak, yet they also seem to go along with the tide. Earth, if you can't distinguish between good and evil, what are you called Earth? Heaven, you misjudge the wise and the foolish, unworthy of being Heaven! Alas, all I can do is shed tears.
"Ali, it seems like a spring breeze is blowing." Zhu Huaizhen smelled the fragrance of flowers and murmured to himself.
The winter in Southern Chu is too short, so short that it seems to have never come before.
"Your Highness, Emperor Chu Ming has lost his dignity." Tu Mi whispered.
"Zhen'er, I didn't do anything." Lou Li immediately waved his hand.
Seeing this, Zhu Huaizhen was a little amused and helpless.
She didn't say anything either.
"Your Highness, the Northern Zhou, Northern Jin, and Southern Yan have openly occupied the Dazhao Palace, and dragged out Emperor Ming of Chu's concubines and palace maids one by one to humiliate them, especially the empress, and took turns taking a mandarin duck bath. The empress could not bear the humiliation and hanged herself. Emperor Ming of Chu was afraid, and actually offered the young girls coaxed back by his confidants to them to play with. The young girls were less knowledgeable than the empress, and could not bear such hardship. They wanted to die together with them, and ended up implicated their families and were torn apart by five horses. Today, Jiangcheng is a miserable world. The women of Jiangcheng have suffered humiliation, and the men of Jiangcheng have fought bloody battles. Soon, Jiangcheng will become an empty city." Tu Mi told the story slowly, full of grief.
At this moment, those young women from Nanchu have completely understood the profound meaning of Princess Ronghua.
They really wanted to rush out and avenge their friends.
They were also tied to their children and did not dare to leave because Princess Ronghua had warned them that if they left, they must take the children with them, regardless of their lives.
To put it bluntly, people from Southern Chu are too stubborn, and stubbornness leads to easy breakage.
"They are facing a difficult problem right now: should they kill Emperor Chu Ming and divide up Southern Chu, or should they support Emperor Chu Ming as a puppet emperor and only take land and compensation?" Zhu Huaizhen rubbed his forehead and sighed.
"Zhen'er, do you have a headache?" Lou Li suddenly took Zhu Huaizhen into his arms and blew gently on his forehead.
Zhu Huai was really wondering what Lou Li was doing, and then he saw Chen Mingan.
Oh, Chen Mingan probably came here to rest.
Nan Yan hasn't decided which option to choose yet.
However, when he saw Lou Li and Zhu Huaizhen cuddling each other, he felt a pang of sadness in his heart and did not dare to disturb them.
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