The Record of Reemployment of the Laid-off Emperor

Chapter 12 [Old Dream] The sky stops extending

What you hear may be false, but what you see may be true.

It wasn't until one month after Qi Guanwei moved to the Eastern Palace as a subordinate official of the crown prince that I realized that what I experienced that day at Spring River Night was not just a big dream when I was lazy during the day.

Qi Guanwei really came, at the beginning of September.For a whole month, I was in a state of erratic state, I couldn't believe that such a proud Qi Guanwei would be willing to be inferior to others, but I couldn't help but feel complacent.

The rattan courtyard in the northwest corner is exclusively for officials to discuss matters. In the past, even if I drank wine and wandered around the palace, I would never take a step closer to the rattan courtyard.

A group of wine bags and rice bags is off-putting to see.

During the first month of Qi Guanwei's arrival, I really wished I could live in the rattan courtyard and grow up in the rattan courtyard.Out of inexplicable vanity, I always like to ask people to lift a chair to sit on the top when the subordinates are working, even if they don't do anything, it's interesting to just watch the whole day.

In view of the fact that I went too often, the subordinate officials who could have been mixed up had changed from the past, sometimes immersed in writing and writing, and sometimes talking fiercely.

Qi Guanwei is different from the group of pretending subordinate officials, he will meticulously help me with the irrelevant chores assigned by the court, and even find time to help me sort out the messy old accounts.

He also seemed magnanimous in the face of my occasional difficulties.

Such a comparison would make me seem petty, and I would not let go of Chen Zhima's rotten millet.

The evil relationship between me and Qi Guanwei stems from a one-sided unwillingness.

Many years ago, when I was too young to remember whether it was five or six years old, I lived with my mother and concubine in the most remote Huilou in the palace.The person in charge of taking care of us is an old nanny who is blind in the left eye. It is said that her hands and feet are not clean. She was found taking the master’s belongings privately. In a rage, the master ordered someone to goug out his eye. The blind and ugly nanny He was sent to Huiyuan.

I like her very much. The concubine mother is an honest and responsible person. She was imprisoned in Huilou and did not dare to leave, and I was also imprisoned in Huilou under the wing of concubine mother.An unruly nanny came to Huilou, she would hide away, think Huilou was poor, and take the forgotten prince out to meet the world.

Thinking about it now, she should be very proud of being superior to the prince as a slave.

She would take me to the imperial garden, we hid in the rockery in the imperial garden, put our eyes on the narrow gap and looked out.

"See? The one in pink with golden flowers," she curled her lips, her face stuck to the rockery.

"That's His Majesty's most beloved Mrs. Zhaoyu. She wears colored glaze, every inch of cloth is gold. A thread has fallen off her body, and you mother and child can't use it up in a lifetime." Her words were offensive.

I squatted under her, and imitated her appearance, sticking to the gap and looking out, colorful flowers, fluttering butterflies, and fragrant people.I couldn't bear to blink, for fear of missing these dazzling sights I had never seen before.

Huilou is a building like a surrounding building, where many frustrated people live in the palace.I can often hear the whimpering sound, like a bird crying blood.I was afraid of these voices, and desperately wanted to escape, but all was in vain. The courtyard of Huilou was too deep, and the sky of Huilou was too narrow.Standing in the building and looking up, the sky seems to be drawn on the boundary and stop extending, and I am trapped in a square cage.

The rare sight of singing birds and the fragrance of flowers, the rare sight of vast sky, I especially cherish the short time when I leave Huilou.

The nanny's eyes greedily chased after the concubine in gold and silver, but all my eyes were attracted by a small figure sitting by the pool.

It was a boy wearing a sapphire blue satin shirt and buckskin boots. It was the first time he saw his peers in the palace, and he couldn't contain his excitement.I want to ask if he is sixteen or eighteen, do he like jujube cake?

I grabbed the corner of Mammy's clothes and described to her the boy's location. Mammy soon saw the boy. She covered her mouth pretentiously, pointed at me and then at herself, and finally waved her index finger, "He and We are different, that Qilin son of the Sima family will be the chief Sima in the future, as for you." She looked at me pityingly.

different?what is the difference?

"My father is the co-lord of the world! I am the prince!" I retorted loudly angrily.

Mammy laughed so hard that she didn't care about touching her head on the rockery, "Hahahahahaha, let alone you, even His Majesty today is not as good as Da Sima. Do you know what the common people say in private?"

"It would be great if the surname of Tianxia was Qi Guan instead of Qingyang."

The memories came to an abrupt end here, and I entered the rattan courtyard again.

The subordinate officials who had barely pretended for a few days finally showed their true colors, and Qi Guanwei was the only one in the spacious meeting hall.I stood silently outside the window and watched for a while. There was an oil lamp on his desk.

He took out the silver scissors and cut the light cord, and when he looked up, he finally saw me standing outside the window.

"Your Highness," Qi Guan Wei propped himself up on the table and got up, the mercury-colored fabric stacked on the futon straightened with his movements.

I walked up to him and asked casually, "Why did you choose me?"

After a month, my mind, which was dazzled by the ecstasy of being subdued by Qi Guanwei, finally calmed down.I began to test him and provoke him in various ways.He didn't seem to be doing it on a whim, and of course I wasn't so naive as to think that Da Sima's son would embarrass me. What was Qi Guanwei thinking?What are you plotting?

"Otherwise, who should the subordinate choose?" Qi Guan smiled.

A very gentle smile, the tails of his eyes slightly raised, appearing non-aggressive.

But I still can't trust him, I want my life, my son can do things for me with all his heart?

Speaking of which, I, an outcast in the palace, can become the crown prince, thanks to that old man Qi Guandu.It is impossible for the clan to allow outsiders to confuse Qingyang's blood. If they want to be emperor or crown prince, they must have blood from Qingyang's family.

And the courtiers headed by Qi Guandu were unwilling to accept those powerful offshoots of the clan to be the crown prince. Under the game of several forces, Xiao Shiqi of Huilou was pushed to the front of the stage.

The seventeenth prince, according to the old lady who took care of him, has a soft and cowardly temperament, and his mother's family is weak, so he is simply a ready-made puppet candidate.

My fate has undergone earth-shaking changes. The ridiculous thing is that my life is not up to me, nor is it up to Qingyang Tuo. We are all pawns at the mercy of others.

But the clan and Qi Guandu misunderstood something, Qingyang Bi would rather grit his teeth, break all his bones, be beaten to the bone by the rebellious army who broke into the city, and not be a canary trapped in a birdcage.

In Huilou, no matter how hard I stand on tiptoe and look up, all I can see is a narrow world.

Since I was born as a swan, I should spread my wings all over the world.

I can't refute Qingyang's failure. The facts are in front of us. Qingyang Tuo, Qingyang Shen, Qingyang Xiuning, one generation after another pushed the Yong Dynasty to the end.

But Qingyangbi is different, I want to take back the lost land of the Yong Dynasty, I want to reproduce the grand occasion of all nations coming to court in Taizu's time, I want the blind mothers to never dare to disrespect me again, I want the people in the world to never say no again "It would be great if the whole world didn't have the surname Qingyang."

This retrograde road is doomed to walk alone.

Not long after I became the prince, Qi Guandu discovered my dishonesty, he needed an obedient prince, an obedient emperor, and not long after, the East Palace received a poisoned red coral.I understand that this is a warning, if there is another time he will kill me.

So, did Qi Guanwei come close to me for my life?

It's a pity that I can't find out anything, I can't directly expel Qi Guanwei from the East Palace, at least right now I can't tear myself apart with Qi Guandu, no matter what kind of thoughts Qi Guanwei has when approaching the East Palace or me, I must handle it properly. Offer up the great Buddha.

In addition to suspicion, I also have complex emotions that I can't explain clearly.Qi Guanwei was Qi Guandu's most proud son, a brilliant phoenix embroidered with gold and silver threads on this rotten screen in the Yong Dynasty.If he can come to me, if he can understand my whims...

I fine-tuned Qi Guan to manage the warehouse, a boring and boring job, and after more than a month, he still hasn't shown his flaws.

Although I didn't publicize it, the fact that the son of Da Sima was appointed to the East Palace was still spread in Peidu over time. There was a stir between the government and the opposition, and Qingyangtu sent me three handwritten letters to let me enter the palace.And the most excited person was none other than Jiang Xingzheng, he rushed to the door angrily, "Qi Guanwei really thinks you are an official? Why did you accept him?"

"He is restless and kind, don't you know? There must be some conspiracy with his father, and he just wants to kill you!"

Facing Jiang Xingzheng's barrage of questions, my old god blows away the heat from the tea soup, and takes a sip, "Of course I know what he's worried about."

"Know you still?" Jiang Xingzheng's pen tip almost hit my face.

Kick his knees with bent legs, "Go away."

Jiang Xing was stepping back with his legs in his arms, baring his teeth and grinning, still yelling, "You couldn't give a valid reason today, so I took a knife and stabbed that restless and kind dog thief to death, bah, no, it's Hu Meizi. Your Highness is stupid ah!"

What a cheap metaphor, I caught up and made up for it. Hearing Jiang Xingzheng's miserable howl, I said in a comfortable mood: "He, he wants to fight against Da Sima." How to believe the conclusion.

First of all, isn't it condescending to say that the old man didn't have to go to such lengths to send his son to get close to me if he wanted to kill me?

Secondly, Qi Guanwei came to the East Palace in early September, and it has been more than two months, he has never been back to the Sima Mansion, and his son has done such a big thing without authorization, the old man has not expressed his opinion.

The only explanation is that there is an irreconcilable conflict between the old man and Qi Guanwei.

"What?" Jiang Xingzheng's eyes widened.

I analyzed it carefully for Jiang Xingzheng, "You want to..."

"Mother! What do I think! Your Highness, master! Do you think it's possible?" Jiang Xing slapped his thigh violently and interrupted.

I forcefully held him down, "Shut up."

"Last year, Mrs. Jiang asked you to be engaged to the second mother of the Luohe Zhuang family. You turned around and redeemed your familiar Huaniang on the night of the Spring River, and took him as a concubine."

Jiang Xingzheng blushed when he was poked into an embarrassing incident, and stammered: "That's to fight against my father! You have seen the second wife of the dealer, her arms are thicker than my thighs, her face is as big as a pan, and her body is like a fat pig. Waiting for an ugly woman to be a wife!"

I patted him on the shoulder, "That's right, Da Sima wants my head, and Qi Guanwei wants my head to grow on my neck."

"It's not right, it's not right," Jiang Xingzheng shook his head like a rattle, suddenly leaned down and let go of my hand, turned around and ran outside.

When I came back to my senses, I had run away without a trace, leaving behind a string of white smoke.

This idiot!I was so angry that my heart ached, I followed behind him.

Jiang Xingzheng went straight to the Fuji Courtyard without turning a corner. I couldn't outrun him. When I chased him to the Fuji Courtyard, he had already pinched Qi Guanwei's lapel and wrestled, "Qi Guan Shaoyou, what the hell are you worrying about? Isn't Your Highness miserable enough? What are you going to do? Get out of the East Palace quickly, or I will kill you today!"

That's right, Qi Guanwei, whose character is Shaoyou, directly addressing people by their names in the Yong Dynasty was extremely offensive.

Qi Guan frowned slightly to avoid conflicts with Jiang Xingzheng.

I held back my anger and pulled sideways, and from the corner of my vision, I caught a glimpse of Qi Guanwei's mouth being torn, and then he pretended to hug Jiang Xingzheng by the waist.

The room was already in a mess, and the paper, ink, brush and inkstone on the desk were not spared, they were all affected by the flames of war, lying all over the floor.

My eyes are sharp, and there is a painting lying on the ground. Even though it is largely ruined by ink, I can still see a vague outline. The painting is a person, a woman.

Something is wrong, Qi Guanwei is actually drawing a woman, who is it?How old are you?Which lady?

My heart was like a cat scratching, I turned my face coldly, Jiang Xingzheng pushed him out of the rattan courtyard with his arms, and rushed back without stopping.

The messy study room has been tidied up by the maidservant, but Qi Guanwei is nowhere to be found.I hastily searched for Qi Guan Wei Su again, I have to find out clearly today!

As soon as I stepped into the small courtyard where Qi Guanwei lived temporarily, I heard a male voice, very soft and soft, with a little hook at the end.

Full of suspicion, I lightly poked a hole in the window paper, grabbed the edge of the window and looked in.

There was a soft couch next to the bed, Qi Guanwei changed into lake blue casual clothes and sat with his back facing me, and there was a man kneeling between his legs, holding a silk cloth in his hand, he was treating the wound on the corner of Qi Guanwei's mouth.

From my line of sight, I could just see the appearance of the kneeling man, the two crescent eyebrows that are thinner than the average man, the almond-shaped eyes, the slightly lower roots, and the impoverished air that cannot be washed away.

Hold!Isn't that who?The 'accompanied reading' I brought back from Taixue, Xun?

At this time, Qi Guan slightly raised his hand and rubbed his head, coaxing a child, "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt."

I let go of my hand violently, and my whole body petrified by the window, I understand, I understand everything.

Why did Qi Guanwei take the initiative to approach the prince whom he despises, and even lowered his status to become a minister of the East Palace.

It's all for him!

——Qi Guanwei turned out to be a fucking love interest!