Xian Xian

Chapter 130: exile

No matter what Li Chaoge asked before, Gu Mingke was able to do well. But this time, after she had spoken for a long time, Gu Mingke did not answer.

Li Chaoge raised his eyes in surprise: “You don’t even know?”

“Naturally.” Gu Mingke put down his hand and slowly rubbed his knuckles with his fingers. “I’m just an ordinary person. How can I know everything?”

Still acting, Li Chaoge rolled his eyes silently and said: “No one else, you don’t need it.”

Gu Mingke laughed: “I really don’t know.”

She actually felt that he was selling off, she looked at him too highly.

From birth to death, even now, he hasn’t figured out what? It’s the way of kings.

Li Chaoge stared at Gu Mingke’s expression carefully and found that he was open and natural, with reminiscences and thoughts in his eyes, but he was not joking. He turned out to be serious?

Li Chaoge thought it was a little strange, she said half-jokingly: “I thought you were omniscient and omnipotent. It turns out that there are answers in this world that you don’t know?”

“Of course.” Gu Mingke held up his sleeve to pour tea to himself, “I am also a human being, so naturally I have my own limitations.”

This was the first time Li Chaoge heard Gu Mingke say that he had limitations, and she couldn’t help being stunned. In her eyes, Gu Mingke has always been ruthless and perfect. He never makes mistakes and has no selfishness. Because he is too perfect, he looks like a statue in a shrine, except that he does not look like an individual. But now, Li Chaoge suddenly realized that he would also have his own limitations and shortcomings.

After Gu Mingke finished speaking, he did not see Li Chaoge speaking for a long time. He raised his hand and shook it in front of Li Chaoge. Li Chaoge’s eyes focused instantly. Gu Mingke retracted his hand and asked, “What do you think?”

Li Chaoge’s eyes remained on that hand subconsciously. Gu Mingke’s palm was very narrow, his fingers were slender, his skin was white as jade, and his knuckles were slightly raised, symmetrical and beautiful. I have to say that these hands are very beautiful.

He really? He is a lucky man beloved by the Creator.

Li Chaoge shook his head while thinking wildly: “Nothing?.”

Gu Mingke did not pursue it, and said leisurely: “Today, I originally thought you would not go.”

Li Chaoge knew he was talking about the Pei family? Li Chaoge could not show up, but Gu Mingke was the cousin of Pei’s family. He lived in Pei’s house for so many years, and he had the best food, clothing, shelter, pen, ink, paper and inkstone. In any case, the Pei family is very benevolent to Gu Mingke.

Now that the Pei family is in trouble, Gu Mingke doesn’t say anything, and he can’t justify it because of reason. If Gu Mingke came forward, it might annoy the queen, so if Li Chaoge took the person out first, the queen couldn’t say anything.

Li Chaoge said lightly: “As a husband and wife, your uncle and cousin are in trouble, I can’t just sit back and watch.”

Gu Mingke quietly looked at Li Chaoge under the light. He had planned to find the queen tomorrow, but when he returned to the princess mansion, the attendant said that Li Chaoge had gone out. Gu Mingke knew at that time that Li Chaoge had gone to Tingwei Prison.

They were originally married in a fake marriage. Two adults get together like a child playing house. It is not easy to maintain the superficial harmony. Gu Mingke never thought that Li Chaoge would do this for him. In this matter, it would be better for her not to express her position.

Gu Mingke said: “In fact, you don’t have to be like this. The Pei family is kind to me, but it has nothing to do with you.”

Li Chaoge looked at him with his chin, and said quietly, “You don’t think of me as your own.”

Gu Mingke suffocated, choked for a moment and then gave up: “Okay, you are right.”

Li Chaoge smiled. She stretched out her hand to touch her eyebrows, and suddenly felt a little tired: “You said it is right to kill innocent people for the sake of power?”

In the previous life, she thought it was right, so she killed her brother, sister, and mother, doing whatever she wanted for her power, but now she started to hesitate.

Gu Mingke looked at her calmly and tolerantly, and asked, “What do you want to say?”

Li Chaoge sighed, slowly leaning on the cave, closing his eyes and saying: “If you have the excuse that you can benefit more people after you have power, you just let yourself kill people. Then after you get the power, don’t you have more reasons to kill? For the sake of an illusory righteousness, can you justly deprive others of their lives?”

Gu Mingke was a little surprised. He didn’t expect Li Chaoge to ask this. Mortals are in the game, fighting each other for their own power and interests, and never doubt themselves. Only by jumping out of this circle and standing on a high place can you think about whether these actions are right.

Li Chaoge’s thoughts gradually began to divorce from mortals, and Gu Mingke was very pleased. Only when thinking is beyond small affection and selfishness, can a powerful force be effective. Otherwise, she would be a powerful princess in the mortal world all her life.

Gu Mingke said: “It depends on who is concerned. Everyone feels that they are independent and rational, but in fact, no one can be completely objective. All our thoughts are based on our own standpoint. To the family In other words, the emperor’s courtesy and the corporal, and the ruler of the arch are the Mingjun; for the people, the sage is the age of taxation, and even no emperor; for the monarch, the centralization of all powers and the people of the world can be called a Mingjun. . What are you asking? It is Ming Jun, it depends on whose stand you stand.”

Li Chaoge hasn’t moved for a long time, but Gu Mingke’s words are so rebellious, he dare to say that for the people, there is no emperor to be the real flourishing age. But Li Chaoge also knew that he was right. People’s desires are endless. Even the grassroots emperor, before he becomes the throne, he will be sympathetic to the common people. Once he is on the throne, his mind will change. He wants to enjoy the fine clothes and jade food, wants to sit on three thousand beautiful women, wants his descendants to be the emperor for his generation, and even wants to live forever.

Take this vigorous treason case as an example, the empress, aristocratic family, the royal family of Li, and the poor family, no one has done anything wrong. But the final result was blood flowed thousands of miles away, and countless people were ruined.

Li Chaoge covered his eyes with a headache and asked, “Is this always the case?”

Gu Mingke was in a daze. He thought of something that happened a long time ago. After a long time, he whispered: “Yes, it has always been like this.”

“Then who is right and who is wrong?”

Gu Mingke couldn’t help laughing. He got up and sat on the other side, took away the fingers Li Chaoge was covering his eyes, pulled her to sit up, and said, “Today, you have a problem for me. Go back and rest and stop thinking about it.”

“You are the most arbitrarily judged case, even you don’t know?”

“Stupid girl.” Gu Mingke supported Li Chaoge’s shoulder, sighing, “It is easy to judge a person’s right or wrong, but it is too difficult to judge a country’s right or wrong.”

Is it right or wrong to slaughter the subjects of other countries in order to survive? Is it right or wrong to abandon the minority for the vast majority of people in the country? The merits are in the present age and the misfortune is in the ages. Is it right or wrong?

Gu Mingke didn’t know, nor did Li Chaoge. Li Chaoge didn’t want to face the truth, so he closed his eyes and leaned his head on Gu Mingke’s shoulder. She tossed for a long time and was really sleepy. Gu Mingke waited for a while, pressed her head and pushed her away: “Go back to sleep.”

He wouldn’t let her rely on it, she would rely on it! Li Chaoge controlled Gu Mingke’s wrists with both hands, and placed his head on Gu Mingke’s shoulders aggressively like a fight. With a slight force on his wrist, Li Chaoge grabbed him even harder. Gu Mingke waited for a while and asked, “Are you comfortable doing this?”

To be honest, it was not very comfortable, but Li Chaoge refused to give up, and said righteously: “I slept well on the couch just now, and you have to pull me up. Now take your shoulders to lean on for a while, you Still not willing?”

“Since you are not afraid of twisting your neck, let’s do it with you.” Gu Mingke didn’t bother to care about her, it was not him who was uncomfortable anyway. Li Chaoge’s whole body was tense at first, his neck stiffly draped over Gu Mingke’s shoulders, and his neck was stretched uncomfortably after a while. Seeing that Gu Mingke’s hand was completely relaxed, she slowly relaxed her strength, quietly adjusted the angle, and finally felt more comfortable.

Li Chaoge was fainting and falling asleep, suddenly felt itchy in his neck. Li Chaoge suddenly opened his eyes, holding the threat instinctively with both hands. After she woke up, she realized that Gu Mingke had taken a feather and quietly scratched her neck.

Li Chaoge glared at Gu Mingke, and he was so angry that he said, “What are you doing?”

“I’m afraid you will fall asleep.” Gu Mingke said, “It’s not good for the spine to fall asleep here, so I go back to bed when I am sleepy.”

“I can sleep better without you!” Li Chaoge angrily snatched the feather from his hand and threw it away. With feathers floating on the ground, Gu Mingke said unhurriedly: “If you are angry, you will anger foreign objects. I’m afraid it’s not good.”

“Believe it or not, I will anger you?” Li Chaoge was excited and accidentally twisted his neck. Gu Mingke supported her neck from behind and kneaded it slowly: “I said that sleeping in that way will cause pain in my neck, you have to believe it.”

Li Chaoge still snorted coldly: “Shut up, who told you to use feathers to recruit me? I am angry now when I see feathers.”

Gu Mingke asked, “I haven’t found the Chongming Bird yet?”

“No.” Li Chaoge sighed, “I sent someone to investigate the bird. It was indeed caught by an old farmer from the mountain. He said that when he caught it, the bird had two eyes, bright feathers and colorful tail feathers. The voice was clear and loud. He felt that this bird was not a mortal thing, so he dedicated it to the court. So? How can you not find the obvious characteristics?”

After listening to Gu Mingke, he was quiet for a while, and said: “Trees grow in spring and fall in autumn, and weeds grow and flourish every year. Birds and animals may not always be the same color every year.”

“You mean…”

“Strength is the source, and the appearance of feathers is the appearance. If you are too attached to the appearance, you may be deceived.”

What seemed to flash in Li Chaoge’s mind? She thought it was Wu Yuanqing’s deception, but the old farmers and surrounding villagers can testify that Wang Wei did take away a spirit bird. Li Chaoge made a circle and returned to the original point. These few days have been extremely distressed. But if all the additional assumptions were thrown away, Wu Yuanqing really sent a bird into the palace, and the palace gate guard had never seen anyone bring a bird out, so the heavy bird should be in the palace.

The appearance may change, but one more bird will never change. Is there anything in the palace? There is something too much in the place… Li Chaoge’s eyes widened suddenly, that bald chicken! Yeah, why did she neglect it? With the aesthetics of the palace, how could it be possible to raise such an ugly chicken?

That is the heavy bird that has lost its fur!

Bai Qianhe was lying on the bed and was dug out. He stood in the dark imperial garden, holding his arms trembling: “Princess, so? It’s late, why? Work overtime? Don’t you and Ma Ma don’t have a nightlife?”

“Shut up!” Li Chaoge tucked a fire fold into Bai Qianhe’s hand and threatened, “Find the bald chicken as fast as possible. When? When will you find it, and when will you go home?”

Bai Qianhe yawned and reluctantly took over Huozhezi’s work. Li Chaoge definitely did what he said. If he can’t find it today, he will spend the night in the cold wind.

The power of nightlife is powerful, and soon Bai Qianhe took a bald chicken out of the bushes. Seeing its fleshy wings and bare tail, Li Chaoge couldn’t bear to look straight and opened his eyes. Today’s heavy bird is like a broiler with clean hair and about to be cooked, ugly and unique.

Li Chaoge and Bai Qianhe sneaked into the palace, and now the night is dark and windy, it is not good to wake up the queen to offer birds. Li Chaoge didn’t worry about leaving it outside, so he took it back to the princess mansion. Gu Mingke had changed his clothes and was about to rest. At this time, the window next to him moved, and then a woman jumped in with a chicken in her arms.

Even if Gu Mingke was used to seeing big scenes, seeing Li Chaoge coming back with a chicken at this moment, he still couldn’t hold his hand. Gu Mingke was silent and asked, “Are you going to let a chicken spend the night in your house?”

The Zhongming Bird tweeted, and Li Chaoge argued for it: “It’s not a chicken.”

“There is no difference.” Gu Mingke looked cold, “I don’t think birds and chickens are very different.”

Li Chaoge lowered his head and glanced at the heavy bird in his eyes. Okay, there really is no difference. But this is her object of closing the case, if it is really lost, it will be troublesome. Li Chaoge said: “It has all its hair off. What if it freezes to death if it is left outside the house?”

“It won’t die.” Gu Mingke said coldly, “throw it out.”

Under the pressure of Gu Mingke’s eyes, the Zhongming Bird shrank pitifully into a ball. Li Chaoge couldn’t bear it in his heart: “I know you Xijie, but it’s pretty clean, so you can bear it for one night for now.”

Gu Mingke, an obsession with cleanliness, couldn’t accept it at all. In the end, Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke agreed to three chapters and kept the chicken.

Sitting on the bed, Li Chaoge watched Gu Mingke personally put down her tents one after another, pulled the screen to the largest extent, and then closed the door tightly. After going out, he still warned the Zhongming Bird who was locked in the Jiadian: “Stay in this room and don’t move around.”

Zhongming Bird gave a cautious cry, as if he could understand Gu Mingke’s words, very well-behaved. Sitting in the sleeping hall, Li Chaoge heard the outer hall door close. After that, Jiadian was really quiet as if there were no living creatures.

Li Chaoge secretly thought that Gu Mingke’s deterrence was indeed very high, and all the spirit creatures were afraid of him. Including the little Peony last time, she cried when she saw Gu Mingke.

interesting.

The next day, after the imperial court released the office, Bai Qianhe took the other two to the princess mansion to look at Mingbird. Ma Linlang sat on the pad and looked at the white chicken, speechless for a long time.

Bai Qianhe came over and said, “Look, I’m right, it’s ugly.”

“Leave a bit of virtue on your mouth.” Li Chaoge said lightly, “It can understand people’s words.”

Bai Qianhe was shocked, his eyes widened. Only Zhou Shao was always thinking about the business: “Does it really have two eyes?”

Li Chaoge took a sip of tea and nodded casually: “Look carefully, yes.”

Zhou Shao was amazed that the rare and exotic animal in the legend actually existed. If a dragon appeared in front of him one day, he would not be surprised.

Ma Linlang didn’t know what to say? For good: “So we tossed for more than half a year, and in the end it was actually under our noses? Why did it become like this?”

“This is the natural cycle of the heavy bird, just like cats and dogs fading in a certain season, but it fades a bit completely.”

Ma Linlang was speechless, and after a while, he asked: “Then why is it? Will it escape from the cage?”

“Because of Wu Yuanqing’s key.” Li Chaoge said, “He once opened the bird cage in front of everyone. At that time, his key was swallowed by the Zhongming Bird. It’s a pity that the fool never found it.”

Bai Qianhe put the pastry into his mouth in one bite, clapped his hands, and asked, “Princess, what are we going to do next?”

“Gu Mingke said that it will be released in these few days, and soon, it should grow hair. When it grows a little better, it will be sent to the queen. It saves it now, and those people want it again. Talk about us cheating.”

In fact, this is only one reason, and there is a more important factor-the queen is taking the opportunity to get rid of her dissidents under the guise of a heavy bird attack. Otherwise, if Li Chaoge didn’t find the Chongming Bird in six or seven months, how could the queen not rush or rush it?

Li Chaoge intends to wait for a few more days, and when the queen is about to have an episode, she will offer the “Chongming Bird” to end this long political liquidation.

The other few people nodded, but Bai Qianhe caught the point: “What the horseman said?”

Li Chaoge was stunned, and then said without changing his expression: “He has read a lot of books, he found them from ancient books.”

Bai Qianhe gave a long cry, wondering if he believed it. He blinked, and suddenly got close to Li Chaoge and winked at Li Chaoge: “Princess, I heard that you went to Tingwei Prison yesterday to pick someone up, and you are locked in the imprisonment, and no one is allowed to visit. Now the Chongming Bird has been found, what should the two people do? ”

“It’s closed, what’s the urgency?” Li Chaoge didn’t care, “Wait for the heavy birds? When will the hair grow up, and when? When? Let them out again.”

Bai Qianhe screamed, and secretly exchanged sights with others. What does Li Chaoge do?…It’s true and ruthless.

So many aristocratic families in the capital were implicated, but the Pei family was held in a safe cell because of their relationship with Gu Mingke, but that was only the case. Lai Junchen is so arrogant. Yesterday Li Chaoge was in front of others, but Lai Junchen didn’t dare to let go. What about the empress? He didn’t say anything.

From this point of view, Gu Shaoqing is the most irritating person in the Eastern Capital.

The New Year’s Eve of the first year of Suigong passed silently and tastelessly. Every family is worried, how can they be prepared for the New Year. In the early spring of the second year, the momentum of liquidation finally slowed down. In February, Princess Sheng Yuan returned the lost and recovered Chongming Bird. The Chongming Bird was as red as fire, and the tail feathers were even more gorgeous than before. Li Chaoge didn’t use a cage, but naturally took the Chongming bird to the temple. She waved her hand gently, and the bird spread its wings and flew high, with a crisp, high-pitched cry in her mouth.

The sound of the birds was like a phoenix, and the birds outside responded one after another. The monarchs and ministers were all stunned by this scene. After the heavy bird circled the palace a few times, it rushed out of the palace, flapped its wings and flew towards a high place.

When Wu Yuanqing saw it, he quickly yelled: “Hurry up and grab it, you can’t let it go.”

Li Chaoge raised his hand and said to the queen: “Holy Lord, the Chongming bird and Luanfeng are both spirit birds. The spirit bird can’t be succumbed to the cage. It is better to let it return to the mountains and forests and listen to its freedom. After that, it soars on the land of the Great Zhou. Naturally, it is protecting the Wuzhou dynasty.”

Wu Yuanqing still refused to accept it, but the empress looked at the flying bird, she did not reluctantly, but said: “No matter, it is naturally raised, and it doesn’t love restraint, so let it be free.”

With the queen’s final word, Wu Yuanqing could only shut up. He thought about what happened just now, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He was the one who contributed to the Zhongming Bird, so why? Li Chaoge just let it go? It was a good trick to borrow flowers to present the Buddha, she took the initiative to release the spirit bird, but it seemed that Wu Yuanqing didn’t know the general situation.

The queen’s lead to the imperial liquidation of the court was the loss of the Chongming Bird. Now that the Chongming Bird has been found, it would be too stalking to pursue the rebellion. As the Chongming Bird flew away from Luoyang, the vigorous treason case in the Suigong period also came to an end.

Many princes and princesses were given to death in the process, and the ministers were a little better, but the exiles and ransackers were countless. Long Sun Yu was released from prison, and he was convicted of conspiracy. Fortunately, the emperor was sympathetic and did not decapitate him, but exiled him to Qianzhou. All of his sons were also exiled, and the world was different.

The conditions in other places are no better than those in Chang’an and Luoyang. The difference between their father and son, is it true? They may not be able to see each other again. The grandson’s family is ready to set off with a sad look, and there are no longer a few in the other families that are shrouded in clouds.

Although the Pei family was eluted, they were also implicated by the grandson family. Pei Silian was relegated to Yunzhou governor and soon took office. Gao Zihan’s family was not spared either, and the princess of Dongyang and her husband were demoted to Wuzhou, and their descendants went with them. Gao Zihan was worried about the hard work on the road and insisted on sending his parents to Wuzhou.

It was a sunny day when Gao Zihan left Beijing. She sat in the carriage waiting to leave the city. The team moved slowly. Gao Zihan heard people outside intermittently saying: “The queen has ordered a 30% tax exemption this year. If there are elderly people in the family over 50, they can also go to the county office to receive a longevity allowance.”

“Yeah, the queen also opened a nursery. If there are sick, disabled, or too many children to support, they can be sent to the nursery. How many days have I heard that there will be a girls’ school in Dongdu, free of charge. Recruiting female students, if there are talents, they can enter the palace to follow the queen, and maybe they can be appointed as a female officer.”

“Female officer? Real? Fake?”

“Naturally it is true, isn’t Princess Sheng Yuan just a woman as an official.”

“Oh, our Yaoniang has been strong since she was a child, but it’s a pity that there is no money in the family, so that his elder brother will marry a wife. If women don’t receive restraint repairs, can they give Yaoniang a try?”

“Yes, as long as you can pass the exam, you can enter the women’s school. If you enter the palace as a female officer in the future, you can also be exempted from corvee.”

The maid whispered in Gao Zihan’s ear: “Lady?”

Gao Zihan returned to his senses and asked, “What’s the matter?”

“The princess sent a message just now, saying that it will be our turn to leave the city soon, and the lady is ready.”

Gao Zihan nodded. She was sitting in the carriage, suddenly feeling unspeakable.

To them, the empress is undoubtedly a country thief, a tyrant, and many people in the Li family have had their bodies in different places because of her unprovoked suspicion. She is not a good person to courtiers and aristocratic families.

Her hands were covered with blood, but the low-level people and the poor were praising her for her merits. Gao Zihan is at a loss, what exactly is this world?

The carriage Gululu started, stopped at three steps, and finally drove out of the city gate. She was about to leave Luoyang, Gao Zihan felt an unspeakable sense of melancholy. At this time, the sound of horses’ hoofs came from outside.

Gao Zihan, the ghost envoy, opened the curtain and saw a woman riding a horse rushing through the city gate. Gao Zihan was startled, and immediately opened the door and came out: “Sheng Yuan?”

Li Chaoge stopped in front of the Gao family’s motorcade. She strangled her horse and leaped off lightly: “I heard that my aunt and Gao’s cousin left Beijing today. I’ll send them off for a ride.”

Gao Zihan didn’t expect that once she was full of friends and guests, and she immediately fell into the cold after the disaster. The last one to send them off was nothing? Li Chaoge had a relationship.

Gao Zihan sighed, she knew her identity was sensitive, and Li Chaoge was kind to come out to send her, but if the words are spoken for a long time, it will inevitably lead to the queen’s suspicion. Gao Zihan said: “Thank you, we have taken your heart, go back soon.”

In front of him, Princess Dongyang heard the movement and lifted the curtain to watch. Li Chaoge bowed his hand in the direction of Princess Dongyang, saying goodbye: “Auntie, cousin, this is a bumpy journey to Wuzhou, everyone, take care.”

Gao Zihan’s eye sockets are somehow wet. She tilted her head to dry her tears and said, “I will take care of my mother. You and Gu Shaoqing are in the capital, so take care.”

Li Chaoge nodded and gave them one last look, then turned on his horse, and left as if Tathagata came. Gao Zihan was wearing a curtain, standing in front of the carriage, looking at the back of the woman in front of him for a long time.

Many years ago, it seemed that it was also such a spring day, and she invited a few boudoir friends to play Fu Ji. At that time, Pei Chuyue and Li Changle were as close as sisters, the eldest grandson Sanniang and the eldest grandson Wuniang were arrogant, the girls gathered together, and their eyebrows were full of innocent arrogance.

Today, Gao Zihan insists on going to Wuzhou with his parents. Her husband and mother-in-law are very dissatisfied and are already on the verge of peace; Li Changle married Wei Wang as his wife, and is still the jewel of everyone’s infatuation; Pei Chuyue has a miscarriage and loses vitality and blood, Gao Zihan leaves Beijing to go. When visiting her, her brows remained unchanged, but the fire in her eyes could no longer light up, and she did not mention Li Changle the whole time.

The eldest grandson Sanniang and the eldest grandson Wuniang were affected by her parents’ family. Back then when we played Fu Ji together, how carefree the girls were, and now they are all drifting apart.

She alone has never changed. Back then, she jumped up the tall buildings alone without any weapons. Now she is out of Beijing empty-handed just to say goodbye to her relatives.

“Lady…” the maid yelled timidly behind him, Gao Zihan lowered the curtain, took a final look, turned into the car, “Let’s go.”

In the spring of March with long grass and ying, the tall and solemn Luoyang city, and the girls in plain clothes on horseback, all turned into distant shadows behind Gao Zihan. Gao Zihan sat in the car and said silently behind him.

Farewell, Dongdu, Imperial Palace, Li Chaoge.

Her teenage career and her Luoyang years are all over.

-“Chongming Que” is over.