The Four Concubines

Chapter 80 Haiyan Heqing Sheng Ziwei 26

When Changsun Wugou heard the words, the smile on his face froze immediately.

Yun Xiao looked at her eldest grandson Wugou seriously, and saw that she slowly stopped her smile, and the body that was originally upright seemed to have been exhausted, and it became limp.

Yun Xiao supported the side of the bed, frowning and forced herself up.

Seeing this, Changsun Wugou hurriedly went to help, and placed a soft pillow behind Yun Xiao, but Yun Xiao took the opportunity to pull him into his arms.

It was early autumn, when the temperature was most suitable, but Changsun Wugou found that Yun Xiao's hand holding him was cold, without much warmth.

"The last time I personally went to Guangxia, I didn't have time to say a word..." Yun Xiao said suddenly, the eldest grandson Wugou lay on Yun Xiao's chest, quietly listening to Yun Xiao's heartbeat.

"Now I also feel that I can't say anything." Yun Xiao smiled.

"Why?" Changsun Wugou asked softly.

"I don't have much time..." Yun Xiao murmured.

The eldest grandson Wugou unconsciously clutched Yun Xiao's clothes tightly without making a sound.

Yun Xiao raised her head and said with emotion, "In the first seventeen years of my life, I was like a walking corpse. Then the imperial city underwent a great change and I had no choice but to ascend the throne. Afterwards, I went north and west to strengthen the government."

"Huh." Yun Xiao sighed a long time when he said this, with a smile in his voice, "I always thought that I still have a long time, but now I only have ten years."

"I promised you to be a good emperor. Although the matter of Pinglang has not been resolved, I still want to ask you first, am I qualified as an emperor?"

"En." Changsun Wugou replied with tears in his eyes, gritted his teeth to keep the tears from falling.

Yun Xiao bent her lips, "That's good, for the first half of my life, I lived for Daqin, and for the remaining ten years..."

Yun Xiao held Changsun Wugou's hand tightly, "I want to live for myself and for you."

The eldest grandson Wugou nodded in Yunxiao's arms.

"After dealing with Pinglang's matter in a few days, we will leave the capital secretly. I will take you to see Liaojiang, Guangxia, Jiangnan, and Donghai. , let's go all over again..."

Yun Xiao felt her eldest grandson Wugou clenching her front more and more tightly, her eyes drooped slightly, but her tone was still optimistic without any trace of sadness, "Cry if you want... But it's agreed, you can only cry this time, you If I don’t feel sorry for myself, I still feel sorry for you. If people in the world know that Empress Changsun is still crying at such a big age, your image will be gone..."

Yun Xiao slowly stopped her voice, Changsun Wugou gripped her clothes tightly, she didn't make a sound but Yun Xiao felt waves of damp heat gushing out of her chest.

Yun Xiao subconsciously tightened her arms, opened her mouth, but stopped speaking. She wanted to say that she was reluctant, that she wanted to grow old with her, that she wanted to live a long life with her...but in the end she couldn't say anything, she wanted to say Not a word could come out of my mouth.

Yun Xiao doesn't have great wisdom, nor is she very wise or stupid. She is very afraid of death. She was afraid of death when she became the throne, and she was also afraid of death when she worked hard to govern the country. Because she was afraid of death, she had to solve all kinds of problems that threatened her from the source.

But ah...

Since when did she not fear death?

It was the grandson Wugou's deafening speech outside the imperial capital, the smiling faces of the common people in Zhancheng, or the three-year absence of the grandson Wugou, or the yellow sand swept by the Guangxia royal court...

...actually earlier than these.

Yun Xiao looked up at the top of the bed, feeling the sadness and sorrow of the person in her arms, recalling that day, a line of tears shed silently.

……

Since that day, Yun Xiao's body began to recover rapidly, and Zhou Si was amazed at the recovery speed. She prescribed the medicine Yun Xiao took every day. There may be such miraculous effects.

She was curious in her heart, but no matter how much she called the pulse and applied acupuncture, she couldn't find the reason. In desperation, she had to attribute it to Yun Xiao's special constitution.

But Yun Xiao knew in her heart that she and Luo Shui should have agreed on her "ten years of life".

Ever since the eldest grandson Wugou cried in Yun Xiao's arms that day, his energy has returned, and he is still the gentle and gentle eldest grandson empress.

Xiao Chuo, on the other hand, has never been to Weiyang Palace since that day.

When Zhou Si came to give Yun Xiao her pulse, she inadvertently mentioned that Xiao Chuo had come to her alone and asked about the way to continue her life. Upon hearing this, Yun Xiao smiled and felt warm in her heart.

It was not until the eve of the Great Ceremony of Nations that Xiao Chuo stepped into Weiyang Palace again, still following Luoshui behind him.

In Weiyang Palace, Yun Liang was taken over. Tomorrow's highlight is Yun Liang's acknowledgment of his ancestors. When Xiao Chuo arrived, Yun Xiao was talking and making gestures with Yun Liang. They didn't know what they were talking about. The two laughed. , the edges and corners are the same.

The eldest grandson Wugou looked at the two of them with a satisfied smile on his face.

Seeing this, Xiao Chuo paused, feeling pain in his heart.

"Ah. Yanyan is here." Yun Xiao saw the person coming.

"Aunt Xiao, Sister Luo." Yun Liang quickly stood up and saluted.

During this period of time, he has officially started to study books and reasoning, and he knows what etiquette and conversation are, and he is no longer as casual as when he first came here. Seeing outsiders, but the seniority is still raised.

As for why Luo Shui is still her sister...

After Yun Liang understood the self-seeking look Yun Xiao gave him when Luo Shui wanted to take him to Luoshen Palace, he excluded Luo Shui from the dogmas he had learned, and there was only one for Luo Shui.

What she says is what she says!

Xiao Chuo and Luo Shui took their seats, Yun Liang stood obediently aside, Yun Xiao raised her eyebrows when she saw this, "I said, what are you two doing usually, scaring the child like this."

Xiao Chuo glanced at Yun Xiao, seeing that she was still indifferent as before, and then looked at his grandson Wugou, looking at Yun Xiao, his eyes were still only gentle, without any sadness.

They...don't know?

No, no, if Changsun Wugou didn't know, it wouldn't be like that before... Yun Xiao probably couldn't hide it either.

Then they are like this...

Xiao Chuo was engrossed in his thoughts, and looked straight at Yun Xiao, but didn't speak to him.

Yun Xiao raised her eyebrows and waved her hand in front of her eyes, "Hey! Wake up, what are you thinking?"

Luo Shui took a sip of tea, then answered the conversation with a smile, "We didn't do anything to this child. We are also working hard to teach martial arts and literature every day, right?"

When Luo Shui finished speaking, his gaze had turned to Yun Liang.

Yun Liang nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "Enen, Sister Luo is right, Sister Luo has worked hard."

Hearing this, Yun Xiao didn't understand, it must be that Luo Shui didn't know how to torment Yun Liang, so she raised her eyes and gave Luo Shui a hard look, Luo Shui smiled and said what to you.

The eldest grandson Wugou got up and refilled Xiao Chuo's tea bowl with tea. Xiao Chuo raised his head and carefully looked at the expression of the eldest grandson Wugou. It was different from the previous "face changing", and it could be seen that the smile came from the heart.

"So why did you come to see me?" Yun Xiao looked at Xiao Chuo who seemed to be offline today and asked again.

Xiao Chuo came back to his senses, let go of these things, and told Yun Xiao about the arrangements for the next few days.

"One more thing." Xiao Chuo said at the end, and added, "Yamato's envoys are still under house arrest at the post station. Tomorrow's grand ceremony..."

"Let them come to participate." Yun Xiao showed a row of small white teeth, "Don't worry, they said that Daqin didn't treat people with courtesy, shame on me. Naturally, I have to throw them in a big place to be honest."

Xiao Chuo nodded silently, he didn't plan to stay for a long time, and got up to leave.

"Yanyan." Yun Xiao called out suddenly when Xiao Chuo was about to walk out of the gate of Weiyang Palace.

Xiao Chuo turned his head, suppressed the sadness in his eyes, and looked at Yun Xiao calmly.

Yun Xiao suddenly raised the corners of his mouth.

Xiao Chuo was stunned for a moment, and saw the young emperor standing in the prefect's mansion and looking at her with stars covering the moon in his eyes.

"Thank you and please."

Yun Xiaoru said.

Xiao Chuo took a deep look at Yun Xiao, turned around and strode away without saying a word.

……

After leaving Weiyang Palace, Xiao Chuo's aura was completely vented, he stopped his steps, and stood between the palace walls in a daze.

Luo Shui stepped forward, held Xiao Chuo's hand, and comforted her silently.

"Why..." Xiao Chuo murmured softly.

Luo Shui didn't ask Xiao Chuo what he was asking, a rare look of melancholy appeared on his bright and beautiful face, but it was fleeting. He raised his head to look at the gradually clear galaxy, and just said, "We can't fight for the same life." , we can only fight for the day and night.”

"Morning and evening..." Xiao Chuo's heart trembled again when he heard Luo Shui's words.

Xiao Chuo lowered his head and held Luo Shui's hand instead. Luo Shui looked at Xiao Chuo in surprise. This was not the first time Xiao Chuo took the initiative to shake her hand, but it was the first time it was so tight.

Is... Are you afraid?

Luo Shui sighed secretly in her heart, she has had such complicated feelings for a long time.

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The day of the ancestral recognition ceremony

Yun Xiao put on the long-lost imperial clothes, different from the court clothes, the imperial clothes were more formal, and it was still Changsun Wugou who helped Yun Xiao tidy up the skirts.

After all, Yun Xiao is a woman, but fortunately she is not short, and her body is straight and straight. She wears it layer by layer, although she doesn't have the feeling of calmness and prestige, but the emperor's appearance is still fully revealed.

Outside the Imperial City Hall.

Hundreds of officials stood under the 99-step jade platform one by one, looked up at the emperor who was not tall but stood tall on the high platform, and the old officials sighed in their hearts. Yun Xiao is not yet [-] years old, but his achievements have come Ding, the general trend has come, and they can be regarded as witnesses of the prosperous age.

The eyes of the newly appointed court officials are full of enthusiasm. Their official career has just started, and they all want to leave a brilliant mark in this prosperous age.

Yun Xiao accepted the gaze of all the officials with a blank face, and the ceremony officials began to chant, and the horn flute blew to the sky, resounding throughout the imperial capital.

After the ceremonial officer finished reading the congratulatory speech, he bowed and stepped back. At the end of the hundred officials, Yun Liang, dressed in a uniform, walked straight towards Yun Xiao step by step, in a uniform, with small but firm steps.

How long is the 99 jade steps?

Yun Liang didn't know, he only knew that whenever he raised his eyes at that time, he could always see Yun Xiao looking at him with a smile on his face, so he had the courage to continue walking up.

The second day after the ancestral recognition ceremony was over, it was the All Nations Ceremony.

Since the beginning of time, envoys from all over the world have been heading towards the imperial city in an endless stream.

When the sun has just set and the moon is about to rise, the dinner officially begins.

The envoys entered the hall one by one with the gift cards. Yun Xiao sat on the ninth step, beside him sat the eldest grandson Wugou who was dressed in a fine attire, on the eighth step were Xiao Chuo and Zhou Si, next to the eldest grandson Wugou was Luoshui and Chen Wei.

The courtiers who had already entered the arena looked up from time to time, and even the envoys who had an audience couldn't help but glance up. Today, it was the first time that the beauties of Qin Emperor Yunxiao's harem showed up together in costumes. Even Luo Shui also gave Yun Xiao a lot of face this time, wearing a palace uniform.

The five girls each have their own merits, some are gentle, some are cold, some are like immortals, some are intellectual, and some are charming.

Later generations have historical records of this grand ceremony, and the stylus official commented:

The world is very beautiful, with five points in the Qin Palace, four points in the wonders, and one point in the Tibetan world.

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I feel so bad, I can't write three or four, I can only write one or two.

As for when the earlier day was.

You can guess.