Urban Sims

After dawn, the city gate opened wide and the two of them entered the imperial capital.

He reined up the horse and stopped at the entrance of the palace, and helped the woman get off the horse. Just two steps into the ground, her body went limp and she almost fell to the ground.

Zhou Ming supported her again and asked with concern: "Miss Yu'er, are you okay? Why don't I take you to another place to have a rest and return to the palace later." Shangguan Yu'er's flower buds have just broken through, and she couldn't even ask for it last night. Called crazy, the sequelae are naturally like this: he walks with a limp, his eyebrows are wrinkled from time to time after the wound is touched, and his face looks extremely unnatural.

The woman pushed him away gently and said calmly: "Mr. Zihua, there is no need to help me. Yu'er can go back to the palace alone."

After saying that, she adjusted herself for a few seconds, stood up straight, took standard court steps, and walked forward with her expression returning to normal.

"Miss Yu'er, one day, I, Tian Zihua, will marry you!"

Zhou Ming called to the back of the figure who had taken a few steps away.

The woman turned back and smiled brightly, and said in a free and easy tone: "If you can get Mr. Zihua's words, Shangguan Yu'er, this life is enough."

This smile made Zhou Ming slightly absent-minded, and he could only sigh: Dazhou women dare to love and hate. When they meet a man they fall in love with, they put down their reserve, like moths to a flame, and do not hesitate to put their body and mind into it, even if there is no result. Be entangled in hypocrisy and never regret it.

A replay appeared in his mind like a movie. His wife Cui Rou, his concubine Chu Jingling, and the four concubines who were born as maids all seemed to be like this. They were all focused on him.

Even for Princess Anping, whom he was going to save this time, he had actually already felt that her affection for him had never diminished, but only deepened.

"It seems that the love debt I will bear in this life will not be less, but more."

However, he will not be particularly troubled by this. He will accept it if he can, and he will not accept it if he can't. He should keep a good balance and not be short-tempered or fall into the love of children. He will not be entangled or forceful. He will maintain a balance in all aspects and everything will go smoothly. Just make it natural.

…

Returning to the palace, Shangguan Yu'er first went to the inner court to report (people in the palace were not allowed to leave at will, and the itinerary had to be reported daily), then took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and had lunch. In the afternoon of the same day, He rushed to Furong Garden, asked to see the emperor Li Zhi and the queen Wu Mei, and presented this "On the Great Country".

"Tian Zihua wrote an article again? Read it to me quickly! I haven't read his article for a long time."

Emperor Li Zhi said excitedly, maybe because Tian Zihua has produced too few works in the past few months, he feels that he has had a severe headache recently, and his daughter Anping is not sensible. It was learned that in order to prevent the Zhou Dynasty and the Turks from fighting again, and for the sake of the peace of the people of the two countries, she felt that she had a heavy responsibility, and took the initiative to propose a marriage. She was willing to marry the Turk king and ensure peace between the two countries forever.

Li Zhi, who heard the news at that time, was dumbfounded and thought: Is there something that my daughter Anping can't think of that makes her want to do such a stupid thing?

Can peace between the two countries be maintained by just one woman? In the hundred years since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, it had made peace with neighboring countries more than ten times, but the wars had not stopped. The wars had to be fought, and no one showed mercy to anyone.

Therefore, he wanted to call his daughter Anping over and do some ideological work to persuade her to give up this idea. However, Queen Wu Mei rarely came to see him these days and said that she would go to persuade Anping and promised to persuade her daughter to come back. , Li Zhi was relieved.

"On a big country? Tian Zihua?"

Queen Wu Mei's eyelids twitched at the side, and something bad came into her heart. What does Tian Zihua want to do? What else are you trying to do?

Shangguan Yu'er held the article in her hands, cleared her throat, and began to read in a measured tone.

Emperor Li Zhi and Queen Wu Mei listened carefully with open ears. When they heard some of the arguments in the article, they nodded repeatedly and agreed with it.

After reading more than half of the article, Queen Wu Mei still didn't hear any problems. She felt that everything was normal. She even sighed with regret: Tian Zihua, why can't you be used by me? You have such talent and knowledge, you alone can defeat millions of soldiers!

Suddenly, her expression suddenly changed, and she even wanted to snatch the article and tear it into pieces!

But it was too late, she heard: "Shun, it has stood for a hundred years without falling, and has never been destroyed by the barbarians around it. This is because it does not claim vassal status, pay tribute, do not make peace, and does not cede territory. The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country." ! In this country and its people, from top to bottom, everyone’s blood is like this, everyone is strong and lives a strong life! Even if they die, they will not change their clothes and hairstyle, will not insult their ancestors, and will not kneel to foreigners. How can it not be considered a great country?"

After hearing this sentence, Wu Mei felt bad. She heard a heavy breathing sound in her ears. She turned around and saw Emperor Li Zhi, his face was red, he was panting like an ox, his whole body was shaking, and his eyes were wide open. Suddenly he sat up from the bed and roared like thunder: "What a man who doesn't surrender, pay tribute, make peace, or cede territory. The emperor guards the country and the king dies! I can do it, I can do it too!"

After saying that, Emperor Li Zhi seemed to have been tapped on his acupoints. He remained frozen motionless for more than three minutes without blinking or breathing.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you, Your Majesty? What's wrong with you, Your Majesty?"

Wu Mei noticed something was wrong and quickly patted his back, but there was no response. He seemed to be dead.

"Your Majesty!!" Wu Mei shouted, with a hint of crying in her voice.

"I'm here~"

Li Zhi, who had been stiff for a long time, suddenly relaxed his dull expression, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, as if he had forgotten what had just happened, and then with a face of ecstasy, he suddenly jumped up from the bed and said: "My head doesn't hurt anymore. It doesn’t hurt anymore, it feels so good, so good!”

After the memory was restored in his mind, Li Zhi walked barefoot in front of Shangguan Yu'er, bent down, picked up the article she had just thrown on the ground in a hurry, dusted it lightly, held it solemnly in his hand, and scanned it again After reading the above text, he praised: "This "On Great Nations" should be framed on my bedside and read three times a day to clarify my ambition!"

At the same time, he sighed: "Mr. Zihua, you are so talented, how can you be willing to assist Zhou? Are you waiting for me to visit the thatched cottage three times?"

Li Zhi remembered the allusion about treating a virtuous corporal and visiting a thatched cottage three times.

However, with the emperor's noble body and paying close attention to the lower-class grassroots people in Guizhou, this posture seems to be too low and inappropriate.

However, as long as you can persuade those great talents to become officials, you can really ask them to visit the thatched cottage three times. What will be left in the history books is a good story about a virtuous king and a famous minister.

And with Tian Zihua's talent, he is enough to become the protagonist of this story!

For a moment, Li Zhi felt anxious.

The queen of heaven, Wu Mei, looked at the sickly emperor, but now he looked so radiant, and hated her teeth itching. But at the same time, she also understood: It is impossible for her daughter, Anping, to marry the Turkic king. On the contrary, She still had to adjust her strategy to get back the few lies she had told before, so that the emperor Li Zhi would not be resentful towards her, and she had to find a way to seal some people's mouths so that everyone would not know. The idea was hers.

After thinking for a while, she turned her eyes and thought of a good idea.

…

Daming Palace, in Princess Anping’s room.

"Ping'er, my mother was just talking in a fit of anger at the time, and she didn't intend to let you get married to the Turks. Your father had already told me about me, and my mother also asked the Turkic envoy to withdraw from the marriage... Ping'er, you are already eighteen years old. , your elder sister Chang Ping, at this age, is already the mother of two children... For your marriage, the queen mother is worried, Ping'er, can't you let the queen mother relax?"

Empress Wu Mei took her daughter Anping's hand, wiped the corners of her eyes with silk, while speaking earnestly and severely criticizing, and occasionally looked like a helpless loving mother. Anyone who saw her could understand that this mother's good Hard work.

"Queen Mother, Anping realizes her mistake!"

Princess Anping burst into tears, threw herself into Wu Mei's arms, and said with great self-reproach: "Queen, Anping is obedient! Anping agrees to find a man to marry, no matter who the man is, as long as it is not married far away, Anping is willing to listen Mother’s arrangements, no longer willful!”

After suffering such a big blow, Princess Anping finally chose to give in, let go of her obsessions, and only hoped not to live in a nightmare world in the future.

"Ping'er, you're right if you think so. The queen mother also knows who you like in your heart. Ping'er, the queen mother asks you, are you willing to marry that Tian Zihua? If you are willing, the queen mother will marry you for you." Make the decision, call Na Tian Zihua into the palace, and ask his opinion on this matter. If he is also interested in you, the queen mother will not object to you being together..."

Queen Wu Mei told Princess Anping something that surprised and delighted her.

Princess Anping buried her head down, and preached with a red face: "Mother, Mr. Zihua already has a wife, and he is a man of love and righteousness. How could he do such a thing as divorce and marry me again..."

A royal princess with a rich body cannot marry anyone as a concubine, not even a common wife, she must be a real wife!

Because the royal family must reflect the dignity and dignity of being a royal family, although Princess Anping sometimes feels that as long as she can stay with the man she loves, it doesn't matter if she doesn't have a status.

but……

If she really dares to be someone else's concubine and do things that damage the dignity of the royal family, not to mention that her father, queen and queen can't tolerate her, the whole royal family will also shout and kill her. place.

And Mr. Zihua's official wife, Cui Rou, has also met Princess Anping many times. She is a lively, cheerful, innocent and kind woman. On the mahjong table, the two have played mahjong together several times, and their relationship is very good.

Therefore, Princess Anping, who is also kind-hearted, cannot do anything to hurt this woman.

"Ping'er, don't worry, my mother has a sense of propriety. She doesn't need to ask Tian Zihua to divorce her before she can marry you to a good match..."

Queen Wu Mei said a bunch of words in her ear to ensure the best of both worlds.

Hearing these assurances, Princess Anping's answering voice became weaker and weaker, and her head was buried lower and lower. When she got to the back, she didn't hear what the queen mother was saying at all, and she didn't see the cold killing intent that occasionally flashed in her eyes. , just fell into his own longing for happiness, getting more and more drunk.

…

Early the next morning.

Zhou Ming, who was summoned to the palace, waited in the side hall all morning. At noon, he was summoned by Queen Wu Mei.

"His Royal Highness, it's not that Caomin doesn't want to marry the princess, it's that Caomin already has a wife. She and Caomin are childhood sweethearts and have a deep relationship. Caomin can't do such a thing as being rich and divorced his wife."

Princess Anping, who was hiding behind the curtain, heard the words of the man in the palace, her smile gradually froze, her heart was extremely bitter, her grief was greater than her heart's death, tears rolled down her eyes uncontrollably.

It's impossible, it's impossible between them, as long as his wife is still there, they will never be together, even if this man just said himself, "Being able to marry the princess is something that the grass people are extremely happy and wish for." things".

But after the word "just", everything returned to reality.

However, the grief-stricken Princess Anping suddenly heard her mother Wu Mei say in a cold tone: "You don't need to be rich and rich to divorce your wife. You only need to wait until the auspicious day to marry my daughter Anping. Why do you need to be used for other things?" Worry? I have sent someone to take care of all your worries, Tian Zihua, don't be ungrateful!" After that, her heart skipped a beat.

Especially when she heard the words "send someone" and "solve", she immediately thought of something.

"Mother, did you send someone to Mr. Zihua's house to kill Mr. Zihua's wife with poison?"

Princess Anping, with tears still on her face, came out from behind the curtain and questioned her queen mother, Wu Mei.

"What?!"

Zhou Ming, who was a little confused by the strange words of the Queen of Heaven Wu Mei just said, was taken aback, pointed at the Queen of Heaven Wu Mei and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, the Queen of Heaven, did you really do this?"

"So what if I did it? People were sent out early in the morning. Your wife must have been dead for a long time!"

Empress Wu Mei's tone was cold, seeing his anxious expression, she was very relieved!

"You...I will kill you to pay for her life!"

Zhou Ming clenched his fists with red eyes. After knocking away the two eunuchs, he rushed to the palace to kill Wu Mei. She was so frightened that she turned pale, stood up and ran away, shouting "Help, help!"

If not for Princess Anping, who was standing not far away, desperately holding on to Zhou Ming who was almost losing his mind, crying and begging: "Mr. Zihua, please go back and see your wife. Maybe she hasn't drunk the poisoned wine yet. Die! Don't kill my mother, everything is because of me, if you want to kill, kill me!"

Zhou Ming calmed down a little and heard the footsteps of a group of guards rushing towards her. He immediately hugged her, gave up chasing Wu Mei, turned around and rushed out of the palace.

After the alarm gong sounded, almost all the elite guards in the palace took action. There was a cry of "catch the assassin" and "shoot to death anyone in white clothes". He had no choice but to activate his full potential and run as fast as lightning, all the way. Knock down a hundred elite guards, and go straight out of the Daming Palace.

After riding on the red dragon horse, his speed did not slow down for a hundred miles, and it took him only half an hour to finish the race. After arriving at the mansion in Fengyang Village, he rushed through the gate, desperately looking for his wife Cui Rou, and found her sitting on a bed in the backyard. In the pavilion, she was playing with a wine glass in her hand. The wine glass contained amber liquid, which was as thick as gold juice and emitted a special aroma. She couldn't help but raise the glass and pour the wine into her mouth.

"Can't drink!"

Zhou Ming rushed over and slapped the wine glass in her hand away with a slap, and the glass fell to pieces on the ground.

"Husband, this is the Baihuayu brewing wine bestowed on me by the Queen of Heaven. What's wrong with me stealing a cup?"

His wife Cui Rou looked aggrieved, tears welling up in her eyes. After she received the jug of wine specially given to her by the Queen of Heaven, she wanted to listen to the eunuch's words and drank it on the spot, but she also wanted to keep it for her husband. After returning, the two shared it together, so they didn't drink it all the time.

However, after being aroused by the aroma of wine, she couldn't help but want to have a drink first, but she was treated like this by her husband.

"Don't drink it, it's poisonous wine!"

Zhou Ming motioned his wife to look at it, but he saw that a large amount of white foam was coming out of the marble on the ground that had been splashed with wine, making a sizzling sound.

"ah!"

His wife Cui Rou's eyes widened in disbelief.

…

That evening, before a large number of pursuing soldiers from the imperial court came to kill him, Zhou Ming, who felt that it was not suitable to stay for a long time, ordered everyone in the mansion to clean up briefly, get on the carriage, take all the clan soldiers, and return to his hometown in Qingzhou!

"Your Highness Princess, why are you..."

Less than ten miles after the convoy had gone, under the bright moonlight, a familiar-looking figure wearing a blouse and riding a strong horse appeared in front of the road. Zhou Ming, who was riding forward, was surprised. .

Princess Anping!

"Mr. Zihua, I'm homeless, can you take me around the world? I don't care about my status, you will live up to me?" The woman took off her gauze and asked with two lines of crystal tears on her face.

"You are already like this, if I fail you again, what will God do!"

Zhou Ming rode his horse up to her, stretched out his arms around her slim waist, and pulled her into his arms, letting her lean on his shoulder and cry, her cries filled with endless relief and joy.

She thought to herself: Mr. Zihua, it’s so good to be with you and stay together forever, so good...

It's a bit difficult to deal with the conflicts in this chapter, but it won't lead to overturning.