Chapter 148: Clearing the Clouds and Seeing the Sun
"Who are you?" In a side palace in the Song Palace, Emperor Zhao Ji of Song asked Li Sanjian's follower.
The entourage sent by Li Sanjian to give the gift was a handsome young scholar, and it was obvious that he was a man dressed in a man at a glance.
"In front of Your Majesty and the Empress, Nunu dared not lie or be against him. Nunu is the concubine Xu of Li Zhizhou." Xu Tingting told Zhao Ji in truth.
Xu Tingting and Cai Yingxue's two daughters rushed to Kaifeng Prefecture, Song Jingshi. At this moment, Li Sanjian's memorial had just been sent to the court, and the court was delayed by many things, so Xu Tingting had enough time to deal with it.
"Xu?" Zhao Ji sneered when he heard this, "Are you the daughter of Li's Jin Bank?"
Before Li Sanjian took Li Wanting as his concubine, he had only one wife and one concubine, and his wife's surname was Cai and his concubine's surname was Wang. How could Zhao Ji not know about this? At this time, a concubine Xu suddenly emerged, and then this woman must be Li Wanting, Li Sanjian's new concubine.
Li Sanjian took Li Wanting as his concubine and was once impeached.
"Your Majesty is very clear. Nunu used to be Li, but after marrying an official, he changed his surname to Xu." Xu Tingting said in a low voice.
Although Xu Tingting disguised herself as a man, she could not hide her national beauty. At this time, Zhao Ji couldn't help but compare her concubines with Xu Tingting, but none of them could compare with Xu Tingting.
"Cover your ears and steal the bell!" Zhao Ji shook his head slightly and said, "What's going on with Li Hanren at the moment?"
"I'll tell your Majesty that the pirates in Quanzhou are currently raging. The officials are in charge of the order to supervise the construction of warships and train new soldiers to eliminate the pirates in Quanzhou."
"The pirates in Quanzhou are raging? Has it really reached the point where it must be cleared?" Zhao Ji asked after hearing this.
"That's right!" Xu Tingting replied: "Businessmen dare not go out to sea to do business, fishermen dare not go out to sea to catch fish, and the people cannot live and work in peace. This is all caused by pirates."
"Yeah!" Zhao Ji nodded after hearing this, "What is the difficulty with Li Hanren at the moment? Do you need me to do?"
"Your Majesty treats the officials like this, I thank you for your Majesty for yourselves." Xu Tingting said after a blessing, "The officials said that Quanzhou affairs are not important matters of the court. The court must be in the north and northwest. Therefore, Quanzhou dare not cause the court to get hurt. The officials only ask His Majesty to give him some time and give him trust. The officials will be able to clear the pirates in the southeast, calm the sea and pacify the enemy, and repay His Majesty for his grace of knowing his acquaintance."
"He is aware of the truth!" Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, "Tell him after you go back that I will not pursue his crime of ignoring the government this time. If he can calm the enemy, I will not stingy in rewards. If there is any mistake, I will punish him with the previous crimes and I will never spare him."
"Nu Nu obeys the order!" Xu Tingting hurriedly knelt down and thanked her.
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Yaohua Palace is a royal palace. It was not used to imprison women in the palace when it was first built, but a Taoist temple.
In the second year of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, the guilty concubine Du was imprisoned here. Since then, Yaohua Palace has been used to imprison women in the palace, or the deposed women in the palace also live here.
Yaohua Palace can also be said to be a cold palace.
The most prominent word for the cold palace is cold, cold reception, cold, dark and humid. People living in Yaohua Palace do not pay attention to it, no one serves, and extremely poor living conditions.
Living a miserable life.
"I have disturbed the practice of Saint Meng. Please forgive me if I am guilty!" On this day, Xu Tingting came to Yaohua Palace and entered the palace. After seeing the deposed queen Meng, she hurriedly bowed.
Living in Yaohua Palace and not being allowed to meet outsiders without permission, but Xu Tingting, under the arrangement of Liang Shicheng, still easily entered Yaohua Palace and met the deposed queen Meng.
"Where is there any other saint Meng in this world? You can just call it "Immortal Master". "Meng, the deposed queen, looked up at Xu Tingting and said after hearing this.
The deposed queen Meng wore two corners of the scarf on her head, using the second ritual scarf of the Dharma II ritual, wearing a brown and a blue Taoist robe with a skirt, and a pair of black duplex boots under her feet.
The Taoist robe is more suitable for her body, highlighting Meng's plump figure. Although she is plump, she does not look fat. Instead, she is round and smooth, and has a graceful look. She is slightly thin on her face and has a clearer appearance.
Emperor Zhao Ji of Song re-appointed the new party Cai Jing and others and demoted the man who was eliminated by Yuanyou. Meng was implicated again and was deposed for the second time. He returned to Yaohua Palace and was given the title of "Xiweiyuan Notification and Miaojing Immortal Master".
The deposed queen Meng once again entered the Taoist dynasty for guilt, and his age was only over twenty years old.
Such a young age may have to live the life of the ancient Buddha's green lamp, which made Xu Tingting feel compassion when she saw it.
Xu Tingting nodded softly when she heard this.
"Who are you? Why did you come to Yaohua Palace?" Meng then asked Xu Tingting.
"I am Li Sanjian's concubine, and I come to visit the immortal master at the order of the official." Xu Tingting replied after pondering for a moment.
"Li...Magistrate...What's going on now? Will the court punish him?" Meng was shocked and asked repeatedly when he heard this.
Meng's concern is beyond words.
When Meng was sixteen years old, he entered the palace. His grandfather was the defensive envoy of Meizhou, an official of the fifth rank. His father was only a marquis of the Gemen. Meng was born into a family of officials from the Song Dynasty.
It is precisely because the Meng family was born in a small official family and was not easy to be favored and charming, dignified, skilled, knowledgeable, talented, gentle, and not spoiled. Therefore, they were deeply loved by the two empress dowagers, especially the empress dowager Gao, who was obedient to the government. Under the auspices of Empress Dowager Gao, they married Emperor Zhezong of Song Zhao Xu and were appointed as the queen. The ceremony of enthroning the queen was also extremely grand.
At that time, Meng was also very glorious.
But the good times did not last long. Not only did Meng not be favored by Zhao Xu, but after Empress Dowager Gao died, she was deposed as the queen due to the "Gu Poison" case in the palace and was incarnated into Yaohua Palace. She was the first time she entered the Taoist temple for crimes. At this time, Meng's only bones, Princess Fuqing, died early.
Since the young Meng married Zhao Xu, most of the time, she stayed alone in the empty room, and her only flesh and blood left her. Her life experience is extremely miserable.
What did Meng do? Meng did nothing. After becoming the Queen of Song, Meng took care of the harem, cultivated her body and virtue, frugal food and clothing, treated everyone well, and was dignified. She was deeply loved by the eunuchs in the palace and the palace maids.
Zhao Xu died and Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne. The Empress Dowager Xiang took control of the country. So Xiang re-established the Meng family, whom he loved, as the queen, and used his crown and clothes to go out of Taoist clothes. Meng family returned to the palace and was called "Empress Yuanyou".
At the same time, even if the word "Yuanyou" is less than a few years later, after the death of the Empress Dowager Xiang, Cai Jing and his followers impeached Meng, and thus deposed the position of Empress Meng. Meng was once again promoted to the Taoist throne for crimes and was moved to Yaohua.
Residence in the palace.
Why is a weak woman with a miserable life experience so mercilessly? Why is she a victim of the "party struggle" of the imperial court?
The most regretful thing is that she married into the imperial family. When Meng was young, she also had a dream of a girl, which was to marry a wishful husband and then live a harmonious life with her husband and children. However, because she married the emperor, she ended up in a very sad ending.
When the civil and military officials in the court were deposed, only two of them spoke for Meng and only two of them complained about Meng.
One is that when Meng was first deposed, the censor Dong Dunyi resolutely wrote a letter to the Meng family to be honest and declared his injustice. Zhezong was furious, and Cai Bian, Cai Jing and others slandered him, wanting to punish Dong Dunyi for serious crimes. Fortunately, Zeng Bu and others defended him, and were able to be lenient and demoted to Zhixingguo Army.
The other one is Li Sanjian. When Meng was deposed for the second time, he wrote to the court to make an injustice for Meng.
However, Li Sanjian met Meng only once, but he was indignant and spoke for Meng and made injustice for Meng. How could this not make Meng grateful to Li Sanjian?
Although Li Sanjian's motivation is a bit impure...
While thanking Li Sanjian, Meng also complained about Li Sanjian, and complained about why Li Sanjian was so ignorant. He ignored his future and made a plea for a woman who had entered the Tao for crimes...
You should know that when Dong Dunyi made an appeal for the Meng family, he was over 60 years old and was not far from resigning. Li Sanjian was only over 20 years old at this time, and his future was bright.
"Nu Nu has already received the promise from His Majesty that he will not pursue this matter anymore. Please rest assured the Immortal Master." Xu Tingting replied after hearing this: "The official asked me to bring a word to the Immortal Master."
"What...what is he?" Meng felt that he was a little out of control, so he hurriedly calmed down and asked.
"The clouds and mist are shrouded, but there will be a day when the clouds will clear and the sun will be seen." Xu Tingting replied.
He is such a person who shows mercy everywhere. Seeing this, Xu Tingting couldn't help but think in her heart, "It's okay if she is an ordinary person, but at worst she can have another concubine, but who is Meng? Do you dare to show mercy? Aren't you afraid of losing your head?"
"The clouds and mist are shrouded, but there will be a day when the clouds will clear and the sun will be seen..." Meng murmured and repeated after hearing this.
At this moment, are there any other words that can comfort Meng more than this?
Li Sanjian's words were like a clear spring pouring into Meng's heart, making Meng's heart more and more grateful to Li Sanjian, making Meng's gratitude almost shed tears.
"I'll give you a word to Li Zhizhou!" After a long time, Meng slowly said to Xu Tingting: "Imperial Library, Five Library Three, Twelve."
The Imperial Library, the Five Library Three, and the Twelve? Xu Tingting was extremely puzzled when she heard this.
Xu Tingting originally thought that Meng was going to ask her to bring Li Sanjian some gratitude or even love words to him... But what does this sentence mean? Xu Tingting was puzzled.
"I will definitely bring it here, please rest assured by the Immortal Master." Xu Tingting nodded.
"There is one more thing. Tell Li Zhizhou when you go back." Meng then glanced at Xu Tingting and said, "The princess is married."
Chapter completed!