Chapter 145 Tell her about the Northern Qi Dynasty
Hearing this, Xiao Jinyu understood what he wanted to say. In the third year of Taiqing Dynasty, she indeed ordered someone to send a letter to the Cui family in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. The friendship between my father and my father is irreversible, but I really have no intention of asking for help.
"Everything in the family is unpredictable. We should put the family first. Why should Cui Langjun blame himself? This is an unforeseen thing! Your friend will not blame you!"
"But……"
Cui Heng wanted to say something else, but Xiao Jinyu interrupted: "Maybe she doesn't necessarily need your help. One is in the south and the other is in the north. Even if we meet thousands of miles away, it's too late!"
The more he heard her say this, the more guilty and sentimental Cui Heng felt.
"But I didn't see her for the last time. If I had read this letter earlier and known about Hou Jing's desire to marry into a wealthy family, maybe I could... lend a helping hand, and she wouldn't have... …”
Hou Jing, as a surrender minister of Nan Liang, was highly valued by Emperor Liang. Hou Jing, who was favored and arrogant, even proposed to Emperor Liang that he would marry the two powerful families of Wang and Xie, but he was politely rejected by Emperor Liang. The emperor's meaning is: As a Xianbei slave, he is not worthy of girls from the two major clans of Wang and Xie, but he can lower his requirements and seek girls from the southern noble clans such as Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang.
It was for this reason that Hou Jing held a grudge, and after conquering Jiankang, he carried out devastating killings of the two powerful noble families, Wang and Xie.
Every time she recalled this incident, Xiao Jinyu felt unbearable burning pain in her heart.
But she still said calmly: "Cui Langjun, don't blame yourself for this, this book has nothing to do with you."
"Then, can I still be friends with her?"
Xiao Jinyu smiled slightly.
"Of course, you can," she replied.
Cui Heng looked at Xiao Jinyu and smiled as if he was relieved. After being silent for a long time, he suddenly asked solemnly:
"Have you heard about Emperor Wenxuan?"
Xiao Jinyu nodded and said, "I heard that both Fenghuang and Lu Yu mentioned it."
"In the first seven years of his reign, Emperor Wenxuan was considered a wise king, but after that, for some unknown reason, his temperament became extremely violent. My second brother married Princess Le'an. On the day of his father's death, Emperor Xuan came to our home. Asked Princess Le'an how the Cui family treated her, she just replied casually that her husband treated her well, but my mother treated her badly. Just because of this, Emperor Xuan killed my mother and had her head removed. Throw it over the wall..."
Speaking of this, Cui Heng's eyes showed a hint of resentment and sadness.
"He was addicted to alcohol and had no desire to kill. He even had a pot and a saw in the Jinluan Palace. Whenever he got drunk, he would go crazy and kill people. Many officials and ministers were slaughtered by him without guilt. Later, the ministers If you can't, then send the prisoner in prison to him for him to kill for fun!"
"Li Shi, the wife of Prince Yuan Pia of Wei, was the sister of the then Queen Li Zu'e and an aunt of Li Mi. Because Emperor Xuan once broke into Prince Wei's palace privately and took a fancy to Li Shi, he...forcibly took possession of Li Shi. Later, Emperor Xuan often visited Prince Wei's palace and even wanted to accept Li as Zhaoyi. To this end, he actually called Prince Wei Yuan Ang to the palace and shot him with hundreds of arrows to kill him! />And the Yuan family, the aunt of Gao Changgong, Prince of Lanling..."
Cui Heng paused, and seeing that Xiao Jinyu's expression was still slightly calm but clearly showing curiosity, he continued,
"The Yuan family is Princess Feng Yi of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When Emperor Wenxiang, the father of Gao Changgong, was still alive, he once wanted to abolish his wife and support Zhaoyi, but he gave up the idea after my father strongly advised her.
Later, Emperor Wenxiang was assassinated, and Emperor Xuan Gao Yang immediately took over his authority, controlled the government, and established Daqi. Later, due to alcoholism and the humiliation of his brother Gao Cheng when he was young, he broke into the Yuan family's Jingde The palace, confiscated all the treasures in the palace, and humiliated her in the Gaoyang Palace... This matter reached the ears of Empress Dowager Lou, who reprimanded Emperor Wenxuan. Unexpectedly, Emperor Xuan directly pushed Empress Dowager Lou down. The ground caused Empress Dowager Lou to fall and get injured..."
At this point, Cui Heng was silent for a long time, as if waiting for Xiao Jinyu to ask him questions, but Xiao Jinyu also remained silent, as if thinking about something, waiting for his next words.
"Gao Changgong is the fourth in the family, and the Yuan family has only one legitimate son, Gao Xiaowan, King of Hejian. Gao Changgong's eldest brother Gao Xiaoyu was hated by He Shikai last year because he admonished Queen Hu not to touch the hands of her subordinate He Shikai. , He Shikai slandered the emperor Gao Zhan, and Gao Xiaoyu was eventually secretly drunk with poisoned wine by Gao Zhan's order and died...
In addition to Gao Xiaowan and Gao Xiaoyu, he also has three brothers, namely Gao Xiaoheng, King of Guangning, Gao Yanzong, King of Ande, and Gao Shaoxin, King of Yuyang..."
Hearing this, Xiao Jinyu nodded and asked, "What about Gao Changgong's biological mother? Who is his biological mother?"
Cui Heng was slightly startled and said rather hesitantly: "It is said that his biological mother's life experience was very controversial and was not suitable to be made public, so even the historians erased this woman's name. No one knows who his biological mother is? "
"Don't Cui Lang know?" Xiao Jinyu asked again.
Cui Heng still nodded: "Yes!"
Xiao Jinyu nodded and stopped asking.
After pondering for a moment, Cui Heng said again: "My dear lady, no, the princess, I am telling you this not to intimidate you and make you fear the Gao family or even Gao Changgong. I know that my dear lady, you are not easily fooled." It scares people, but the emperor of the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty is not the emperor of Nanchen... Although the current emperor Gao Zhan is not as crazy and murderous as Emperor Wenxuan, he is violent and lustful..."
"I know what Cui Lang means. Although Chen Xu, the emperor of the Southern Chen Dynasty, is hypocritical, he can still do a good job in appearance and listen to advice and be a wise king. However, the emperor of the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty shows his unfilial piety and disloyalty openly, even Cui Lang wants to tell me this, the beastly emperor who kills admonishers wantonly and is not even willing to do anything superficial." Seeing her summarizing everything he said so calmly, Cui Heng was embarrassed and didn't know what to do. What to say? He really wanted to say that the current emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty was also extremely lustful and even liked to seize his brothers and wives. If her beauty spread to Gao Zhan's ears, Gao Changgong might not be able to protect her. !
But he couldn't say such words. In the end, he had to remind: "Princess Princess, you are so beautiful. When you get to Qidi, for the sake of safety, it is best to hide your appearance..."
"Yes! I will!"
Xiao Jinyu nodded with a smile and said: "I am also very grateful to Cui Lang for telling me all this and letting me know how to take the future." Then he asked, "By the way, Cui Lang knows so much about the Northern Qi royal family and the court, how can he know Lu Lingxuan?" ?”
Cui Heng's expression changed and he nodded: "Yes. She is the second female official in Qi State to serve in the court besides your mother Xiao Luan. She was originally the wife of the traitor Luo Chao. Later, Luo Chao rebelled and she was punished and confiscated from Ye Ting. She became the wet nurse of Gao Wei, the current prince, and thus won the trust of Queen Hu and Emperor Gao Zhan! "
"Is it just because she is the prince's wet nurse that she has the trust of the emperor Gao Zhan?"
Cui Heng thought for a while and then replied: "I heard that this woman can do magic and calculate the fate of people and countries. She once begged for rain for the people at Bingjingtai in Yebei City, and successfully prayed for rain. Therefore, she was deeply loved by the people. Love!”
I see!
Taking advantage of the right time and location, we won the hearts and minds of the people!
Therefore, he won the favor of the emperor!
Xiao Jinyu nodded and saluted Cui Heng again: "Thank you Cui Lang, Ayu will leave first!"
Turning around to leave, Cui Heng suddenly called out in a low voice: "Xie Yuqing!"
Xiao Jinyu's steps suddenly stagnated and she turned back to look at him.
Her eyes were a little cold, and Cui Heng quickly changed his words: "No! Xiao Jinyu, what I want to tell you is that your father wrote a letter to my father in the past, hoping that our two families would get married and we would have two surnames. Well, if my father hadn't suffered such an accident, he would have agreed, and so would I."
There were tears in his eyes, full of regret and sadness.
"But I missed it! If...I mean if anything happens to Gao Changgong in the future, you can come to me at any time. I will never miss it again..."
"Cui Lang——" Xiao Jinyu interrupted him abruptly and said seriously, "Let go of your guilt and obsession with your friend!"
"Furthermore, I won't let anything happen to Gao Changgong. Since I have chosen this path, I will keep going.
I will accompany him through life and death! "
Cui Heng was anxious for a moment, thinking that she had misunderstood what he meant, and hurriedly explained: "No, that's not what I meant..."
"I know. I know Cui Lang you have no ill intentions."
Gao Changgong fought all year round and narrowly escaped death in the killing field. There were also people in the court who did not want to make things easier for him. There were always swords and shadows around him, and life and death were unpredictable.
"Cui Lang, let it go!"
She said these last words solemnly, then turned around and walked outside the cabin. As soon as she left the cabin door, she saw Prince Lanling standing in front of her, looking at her with a rather focused expression.
"Chang Gong——"
She called out with a smile.
Gao Changgong didn't say a word, he just held her in his arms.
The river is rolling, the boat has sailed towards the center of the river, and there are constant sounds of wind, waves and sails.
The river breeze made her feel very cold. Gao Changgong unknowingly hugged her a little tighter. He didn't know how long it took before he suddenly picked her up and walked into a reserved room in the cabin.
(End of chapter)