Chapter Fourteen The Queen's State Is Very Weird
In the first year of Linde (664 AD), the eighth day of the 10th lunar month, at 5 noon.
In the northwest of Penglai Palace, the Sanqing Daojun Temple and the pavilion to the west, the atmosphere was extremely awkward. Two brothers from the Wu family sat opposite the stone table, with their bodies facing east and west, and their eyes focused on the Helan family. She was dressed in high-end and elegant clothes, and her appearance was unruly.
She is just twenty years old this year, and she is more charming than when she was young. She is of the best figure and facial features, and can be called the most beautiful country. If she is ranked as a beauty, she will be among the best. Although Mei Niang is beautiful, she is a little older and pales in comparison.
Wu Kang couldn't help but sigh that his impression of Helan was still in Wuzhou. Before getting married to Xiaoqing, Mei Niang asked Wushun to go to Wuzhou thousands of miles. She took her children and organized his wedding as Sister Yuan, which was considered to be a dedication.
They get along very well and like Helan the most. Every time they come home from get off work, they always carry her to play. Unfortunately, luck makes people feel bad. I don’t know when or why, but my relationship suddenly becomes distant. During the holidays, I go to the Wufu to visit Yang. Minzhi is doing well, but she ignores her.
When she arrived in the field, she was named the wife of Wei and had sex with her uncle. Wu Kang was secretly sad. How could such a sensible child have grown crooked? If her brain could be in line with her appearance, she would not have come here and might have a good end.
Holding a wooden cage in her arms and two white rabbits is auspicious today. It will be offered by Chen Shi Dynasty. Now it is five o'clock in the afternoon, less than three hours, and it is in her hands. It is not necessary to think about it. The gift from Li Jiu to her shows how deep the honor and favor are.
But after this extreme child got the White Rabbit, he actually came to show off. You are nephews, you should have loved each other, why do you regard them as enemies? Yu Guang secretly looked at Mei Niang. Her face was as deep as water, her phoenix eyes were angry. Her brows were flat, her breathing was a little disordered, and she seemed to suppress her anger.
As his mind turned around, Wu Kang smelled a conspiracy and secretly cursed Li Jiu's bastard. He handed the auspiciousness I offered to Helan. Do you know that she would show off her power? He deliberately stimulated Mei Niang, made her lose her mind, and made her moves beyond her control, collecting excuses for the abortion.
The black-bellied bastard, he plotted against his wife like this, you are so heartless. Wu Kang quietly stretched out his feet and touched Mei Niang's clogs to change her mood. Soon, he turned his eyes and stomped on his toes. His breath stabilized and returned to calmness.
Helan walked into the pavilion, glanced over Wu Kang, and criticized sarcastically: "If I remember correctly, General Wu's title, the founding Duke of Dongyang County, seems to be the second rank. On the other hand, my title is one level higher than you from the first rank of Wei. Why don't you respect me when I see this lady?"
Taking chicken feathers as arrows and looking at the airs, Wu Kang laughed silently and said with a smile: "We are a family, don't be polite, let alone I am an uncle. General Xin Hongliang of the Right Fengchen, whose uncle is just a commoner, but he regards him as his own father. He treats him with filial piety and respects the world."
Helan sneered, came to the stone table, sat down carelessly. He put the wooden cage on the stone table, took out two vegetable leaves, and carefully fed the white rabbit, but still said: "My cousin is calm, my mother is not close, and your uncle is still a vain. Besides, your uncle is still a false nature. He has no blood relationship with my mother, so he picked it up halfway."
What he said was not a word, Mei Niang scolded sternly: "Shut up to me. Kang Lang's biological father is the grandfather's younger brother. This is true, no one can question it. You are from Helan, and you are not qualified to criticize him. Speaking of rules and etiquette, can a mere wife of Wei be better than the queen? Why don't you treat him?"
The roaring sound was very loud, and the quiet yard seemed particularly harsh. She suddenly stood up, condescending with murderous intent. Helan was frightened, her pretty face was red, and she quickly came to her senses. She snorted coldly and continued to feed the white rabbit, with an extremely unnatural expression.
Wu Kang is not natural. Mei Niang has always been steady, so how could she lose her composure? It is very abnormal to have a provocation from pediatrics to lose her mind. Is it true that my identity is considered a reverse scale by her? It is not logical to say that we have no blood relationship, and all the civil and military officials in the court know it well.
Mei Niang pointed to the rabbit cage and said with a cold face, "The four snow rabbits are auspicious. They appear at Kang Lang's house, and the two stay in the Wu family. I am the helm of the Wu family, and the two little white rabbits belong to me. Will I envy you? I have what you have, but I have you don't, so I remind you not to be foolish."
Helan suddenly looked up, her eyes collided with anger, and the scene was extremely awkward. Wu Kang frowned slightly. Mei Niang said something just now, and she lost her previous level. With her cunning, she would not be angry and uncomfortable due to provocation?
I couldn't help but feel a little worried. Looking at Helan's arrogant look, it felt ridiculous. He was both a villain and a clown. You were just a toy in Li Jiu's eyes. If a man had great ambitions, he would only love beauty and would not be addicted to beauty.
Or I was wrong, not just a toy, but also a tool for him. I used you to torture Mei Niang, let her feel threatened, and thus made many tricks. Because everything about Mei Niang comes from the position of queen, this is her fundamental. When threatened, she will lose her mind. The black-hearted Li Jiu has achieved his goal.
Wu Kang felt sorry for Mei Niang and decided to send Helan, and he was still kind and said: "Mrs. Xue, the wife of Hedong, is unfathomable. All the promises he gave are to make fun of you. To put it bluntly, you tie up eight of them, and you are not her opponent. So following my advice and keeping her away will inevitably have advantages and disadvantages."
Helan suddenly turned his head, his expression flashed with panic, and then moaned softly, quickly retracting his left hand. She was accidentally distracted and was bitten by a rabbit. She was so pitiful. She forced herself to calm down and denied: "I have not had much trouble with her copying scriptures. The time is almost over. I want to accompany the saint to worship Buddha, so I will say goodbye first."
After saying that, he didn't do anything, and left with a rabbit cage. He looked hurried and seemed to be frightened. Mei Niang gloated and soon felt depressed, with bitterness on her face. She gritted her teeth and asked Wu Kang: "What kind of evil have you committed? Why are those who betray me? Are they all so-called relatives?"
There is nothing to worry about. There is no family affection in politics. The ones you want to plot against most are often relatives. Because they know how glorious you are. Because of envy and jealousy, they will confuse their hearts and delusions to replace them. Also, because of family affection, you will take it lightly and may capsize your gutter.
This is a cliché. Wu Kang was too lazy to talk nonsense. He stood up and stretched out his hand and put it on her forehead. He felt it carefully for a moment and frowned and asked, "I am sensitive to temperature. My sister has a low fever, 37 degrees Celsius. What's going on? Is it infected with the cold? Have you ever hired an imperial physician?"
Mei Niang rolled her eyes, knocked off his hands, scolding her for being too big or too small. She covered her mouth and yawned, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and said unhappily: "What is Celsius? Your strange words are not allowed to tell me again. But you are right, it is indeed a cold. I have been taking medicine these days, maybe it is in Zichen..."
Speaking of this, I blushed, and after a brief shook, tears came out in my eyes, and I gritted my teeth and said, "It's all my fault that little bitch, who has been seducing the saint's soul. It's been more than half a month, and I haven't come to Penglai Palace. I don't want to be neglected. I went to Zichen Palace five days ago and pestered the saint's affection. The desk was a little cold, so it was covered with wind and cold..."
I'm so embarrassed, you are a forty-year-old, and you are still playing with high difficulty. Mei Niang is not shy, but she is even more miserable: "You can feel that he is perfunctory and even neglecting me. The day before yesterday, the day after, my lower abdomen was so painful that I asked Baliang to inform me, but he ignored me."
Not only is it neglect, but there will be something even more cruel, but unfortunately it cannot be said explicitly. Wu Kang pondered and whispered to her: "When a woman has a menstrual period, her body temperature has increased slightly, which is normal. It may not be the wind and cold, so she stopped the medicine first, but it was three parts poisonous. If she could not take it, she would not take it."
In his previous life, he was a warm man and also a spare tire. In order to please the goddess and understand physiological knowledge, women will have unstable emotions and fluctuate very much during menstruation. They are prone to irritability. Even if they are trivial, they will quarrel about it and cannot control their anger.
The provocation of Helan was not handled well, and this is also the reason. Mei Niang nodded, covered her mouth and yawned, and was still depressed: "I know the reason for the indifference of the saint, and I'm involved in political affairs. But it's not my fault. He was ill at the beginning and allowed me to participate in politics."
Mei Niang accused in a low voice, as if she was venting her voice, and she said a lot. Wu Kang listened with a very heavy heart inside, all of which were expected. Rights were like drugs, and as long as she was contaminated, she would be unable to stop. Li Jiu inherited the wind disease, and after repeated attacks, she went from occasionally part-time to full-time secretary.
Politics is interests. After handling it for a long time, there will always be differences. Differences breed conflicts. Mei Niang is more powerful and may make arbitrary claims. It will naturally cause dislike. The conflicts accumulate deeper and deeper, and the disgust gathers bigger and bigger, and there will always be an outbreak.
The fuse was Li Yi's mansion. That day, he was rude and soon realized something was wrong. But this bastard had an extremely inappropriate attitude and did not apologize to the right master, but asked Mei Niang to make peace. The result was self-evident. Li Jiu hated him even more and dismissed his right prime minister. He did not want to lose power, so he took his anger on Mei Niang, and his extreme resentment finally broke out.
But they have a good relationship. After all, they have married couples and have four sons together, so they are hesitant. If a person has something to worry about, he feels uncomfortable and always wants to find someone to tell him. Mrs. Xue, the wife of Hedong, is his caring person, an enlightenment teacher and a nanny, and is the best talker.
The Xue family was born in the Guanlong family and the most determined anti-Wu faction was that because of the deposed king and established Wu, he became a monk and a nun. In the face of a god-given opportunity, he would definitely not let it go, so a storm was brewing. First of all, adding fuel to the fire, saying bad things about Wu's family, aggravated Li Jiu's inner disgust towards Wu's family.
Secondly, he won over the court officials, such as Shangguan Yi, Liu Xiangdao, and others, through various channels, to draw charges of Wu's crimes. As Xu Juan said, Shangguan Yi secretly submitted a memorial and begged to depose Wu's family. Li Jiu's harem was soft, and he was flirting with the court officials, and he grew up the desire to abolish the martial arts. He chose to destroy the memorial, which was the best evidence.
Xue persisted and continued to fuel the fire, targeting Helan. She deliberately made friends and won over, using her ignorance to provoke and suppress Mei Niang. As the same thing, Mei Niang's foothold was the throne of the queen. In order to maintain her position, she would lose her calmness and even use any means.
As Xue's thoughts were right, what she wanted most was this result. If a person loses his calmness, he would make mistakes and thus leave a handle. She was eyeing her. If this handle crossed Li Jiu's bottom line, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Wu Kang was very sure that Helan had only two passes to get the White Rabbit. Either from Li Jiu or Xue asked for it, and then transferred it to Helan. But no matter what, Helan came to provoke him and would be instructed by two people, and it was most likely Xue.
I couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Mei Niang said something later but didn't hear a word. What mistake could it break through that line? The stinky Taoist Guo Xingzhen, the man who claimed to be a hundred years old but was less than fifty years old. He entered the palace for no reason and colluded with the Xue family. What role did he play in the Xue family group?
I can't figure it out, the more I think about it, the bigger my head is, and I'm so annoyed that I scratch my head. Since I became a monk and a nun, I should see through the world. The Buddha often taught me that I should not hurt the lives of ants, cherish moths, gauzes, and lamps, and monks are compassionate. But you don't do human affairs, brew political storms, and involve countless families...
Wu Kang cursed Xue, and suddenly felt a headache and his forehead was knocked again. Mei Niang yawned and pretended to be angry and scolded: "I'm talking to you, why are you so nagging? Then let's not talk about it, go back to accompany Xiaoqing, and have a wife forget about Sister."
Wu Kang was speechless and couldn't laugh or cry, shaking his head and making fun of it: "Don't knock on the forehead, it's dull enough, and you'll be stupid if you knock again. I'm thirty years old, not thirteen years old. Let the younger generation find out that my old face has no place to put on."
Mei Niang curled her lips and stood up to complain: "It's best if you are stupid. You'll be surrounded by you and stay with me forever. But then again, our sisters and sisters have a long talk and are much more cheerful. Send me back to the palace. Only Kang Lang is caring in his heart and dares to trust you."
This is my honor. Wu Kang smiled silently and accompanied her out of the pavilion. When he came to the gate of the courtyard, he glanced out of the corner of his eyes and found that Guo Xingzhen was looking around at the gate of the hall. He sneered at the corner of his mouth. No matter what medicine he sold in your gourd, it would turn into poison and then he would eat it.
When I was discharged from the hospital, I walked southward and walked in front of the ceremonial guard. The team was swaying. Soon I raised my eyebrows and saw her yawning repeatedly, as if she had not woken up. I lowered my voice and asked, and got a strange answer. After the menstruation came, my sleep quality was very good.
I sleep until dawn, and I don’t even have dreams and sleep longer. This is a mystery. I sleep for ten hours and I’m not energetic. After thinking hard, I still can’t make sense. I guess I’m old and will be affected by my menstrual period.
When he arrived at the north gate of the bedroom, he signaled the team to stop. Wu Kang lowered his voice: "Sister, listen to me, I have been cautious in my words and actions recently, and don't interfere in government affairs. No matter what I do, I must think twice before I act, and never be impulsive. Don't go to the Sanqing Palace, that hundred-year-old liar, don't make friends again."
Mei Niang hesitated and finally nodded, supported by Baliang and entered Penglai Palace. She could feel that Kang Lang had something to do and was dealing with big things. Since he didn't want to say it, then don't force it. He had his concerns, and in any case it wouldn't harm me.
Following the Zichen Palace wall, Wu Kang continued to travel south. When he passed by the Tongshu Forest, the palace servant ran out of the palace. He quickly held the knife in his right hand and relaxed his nerves in an instant. It turned out to be Xu Juan'er. She seemed to be nothing, and threw the paper ball by the forest and passed by him.
Sure enough, I found the right person. The little girl was very smart. Wu Kang gave a charming look. He came to the paper ball, took out the silk cloth from the bag, pretended to wipe the leather boots. After looking at the six directions, he picked up the small paper ball, rubbed it with one hand, and read it quickly.
The beautiful handwriting weighs a thousand pounds. The first sentence at the beginning: Shangguan Yi has been here. When he aims at the entire content, he feels dizzy, his teeth hurt his tongue, and he forces himself to calm down.
The note said: Liu Xiangdao was the position of Taichang Bo in charge of the position of Zheng, and Liu Xiangdao no longer inspected the procuratorate. Shi Yuan, the chief of the Zhou royal palace, took over this position. He also had a younger brother, Linzhangyuan, Xiangzhou, and was sincere and appointed as the magistrate of Wannian County.
The letter from the governor of Jianzhou Xue Yuanchao and his aunt Xue was successfully intercepted by Wuying. The letter extracted information and it was confirmed that the two Genji brothers were affiliated with the Anti-Wu Group. The second bombshell, Zuo Suji Zheng Qintai, was promoted to Sirong Taichang Bo.
Wu Kang curled his wry smile and quickly walked out of Yanying Gate. Looking at the palace building, he suddenly got lost. He turned his head and looked around, three classic questions hovered in his mind: Who am I, where am I, what am I doing...
The Xue family's overthrow of the Wu Group, and its power expanded rapidly, scaring him out of his courage. One was King of Han Li Yuanjia, two prime ministers of the current dynasty, one was the Minister of Personnel, one was the Minister of Justice, one was the Minister of War, one was the General of the Left Wuwei Guard, one was the Minister of the Secretariat, one was the Minister of the Wannian County Magistrate, and one was the Prince of Chang'an County...
I am just a general, without any military power, and without any help. I am single-handedly fighting the Xue Group, where does it come from? Why do I fight? Even if I am covered in iron, how many pounds of nails can I get? At this critical moment, what does Li Jiusheng and his official position mean?
I really want to spit out the fragrance, but I don’t know who to scold me, walking aimlessly, but I don’t know where to go. There is only a smirk on my face, and no one will help me. Even if Su Dingfang learns that the other party’s power, he will be discouraged. Since he has no chance of winning, just suffer alone, so that my wife and daughters, as well as my sister Mei Niang, will be happy for a few days.
I don’t know how long it took, but my vision gradually blurred and I couldn’t see anything. So I stopped and regained a trace of spiritual consciousness. It turned out that I was crying. I raised my sleeves and wiped my tears. When I heard the concern, I asked: “What’s wrong with General Wu? Are you feeling uncomfortable?”
The sleeves passed through the corners of my eyes, and the soul immediately returned to the shell. The two officials in front of me had a concern expression. Wu Kang looked around, smiled bitterly, and replied politely: "Thank you for your concern, my body is fine. I was accidentally confused just now, and the mud and sand were confused."
He tried hard to retrieve memories and compared the buildings in front of him. He came to the Lantai official office in a confused manner. His original name was Secretariat, and his subordinate was Xitai (Secretariat). He had two departments, the Book Bureau and the Taishi Bureau, and now he was called the Siwen Bureau and the Secret Pavilion Bureau.
The former Taishi Bureau Order, and the current Secret Pavilion Doctor, should be Li Chunfeng. His main business, the changes in the sun, moon, stars, and the differences in the wind and clouds, leads his subordinates to take charge of them; his part-time business, divination and stimulation, is simply called the old sage.
My brain crashed just now and my legs were out of control, so I came here. It seemed that I was being pulled by mysterious forces in the dark. Can Mr. Li Chunfeng help me break the deadlock? He was a life-saving straw, and Wu Kang bowed and bowed: "My brothers, Li, the Secret Pavilion Bureau, are you in the official office? I want to visit him."
The two nodded happily, and led the way with their bodies sideways, with a very excited expression. The tall and thin man on the left whispered to flatter him: "Everyone in the world says that generals, senior officials of the third rank, and the common people treat others. Even if they meet beggars, they will treat each other with courtesy. The general is approachable, and the rumors are indeed true."
Wu Kang was gentle and modest. He was a loser in his previous life and was arrogant in this life. But this is good. Only by respecting others can one gain respect. Soon he went to the Secret Pavilion Bureau and the minor officials went to report. In less than half a minute, Chunfeng came to greet him.
The two of them greeted for a moment, then walked together and walked into the Secret Pavilion Office. He is 62 years old this year and is in good spirits. Compared to the last meeting, he has a lot of white hair. So Guo Xingzhen must be a liar. Li Chunfeng is so awesome, he will naturally age. Who are you?
When he came to his office, Wu Kang closed the door, lifted up his purple robe, and knelt directly on the ground. He looked up at Li Chunfeng and said in a very honest manner: "I have no choice but to do anything when the disaster is coming. I beg Mr. Li to help me again."
Chunfeng was first surprised and did not support Wu Kang, but calculated quickly. Suddenly, he was stunned and looked extremely ugly. He didn't know how long it took, but sighed and said lightly: "I am shallow in Taoism, and I can't spy on the chess game, so I can't break the situation..."
Chapter completed!