bookrandom Chapter 1038: The rare person I meet every year is the Emperor of Liang
Chapter 1038: The rare person I meet every year is the Emperor of Liang
In fact, the envoys from the State of Liang had been resting in the post house for several days, and they sent spies to hang out in teahouses and taverns every day, listening to the growing rumors that the "prince consort has survived".
It was not until the storyteller's son-in-law had become a god who had descended to earth with "thunder in his hands and the sun and moon in his eyes" that the envoy leaders Wu Xianwen and Wang Yi stroked their beards and laughed with satisfaction.
The time has come, and I, the Emperor of Liang, should be treated like this!
When their Emperor of Liang represented the Northern Wing and defeated the Archer God Ju Wuzhong, who understood the feelings of these two old guys?
It's so frustrating!
Burning with jealousy!
He wanted to grab everyone by the collar and yell, "That's our Liang country's Emperor Heng! He's from Liang! He's our family!"
However, not only could they not yell, they also had to pretend to be unfamiliar with him in order to conceal Emperor Heng's true identity.
Looking at Emperor Mingde of Beiyi shouting and jumping there, looking at the people of Beiyi hugging each other and reveling, shouting "Beiyi will win" and "Prince Consort, Prince Consort!"
How aggrieved! The two old guys were drooling with envy!
That was clearly the honor they deserved! Who could understand how upset the two old guys felt at that time?
Whenever they talked about the past, they would hug each other and cry.
Now, it's their turn to be proud.
I just want to laugh three times: Ha! Ha! Ha! That person who is famous all over the world and rarely seen in a thousand years is my Emperor of Liang!
The former Emperor Heng, the current Emperor Yu, is our Liang people! Ours! Ours! Ours!
There was no such happy moment in their lives. The two old ministers had been dormant for half their lives, and only at this moment did they taste a little pride.
I feel like after all these years of hard work, the rewards are finally coming.
Even if I die, I can rest in peace.
On this day, the delegation members dressed in newly made crimson purple official uniforms and held high the Liang flag and appeared on Zhuque Street. The flag fluttered in the wind, attracting the people of the city to flock to watch.
The people were so proud that they could not express it in words. "We are so proud of the Northern Wing! The new emperor ascended the throne, and the Liang Kingdom sent envoys to congratulate him!"
"I heard that nowadays, all the countries are in chaos, and only our Beiyi and Liang countries are peaceful."
"Yes, yes! Wan has been in civil war for a long time. I don't know whether the cow will kill the horse or the horse will kill the cow!"
"Why bother with that? As long as our emperor is strong and the North Wing is peaceful, we ordinary people will have a peaceful life!"
The resentful woman in the crowd sat in the carriage, and occasionally lost her temper, "Are you done? When can our carriage go over?"
The driver came over several times to reply that the official would not let the woman pass. When the woman got angry again, the driver was too lazy to reply.
The woman became even angrier, pointing outside and cursing, "Look, look, you're still asking! Who is the master? I'll sell this guy off when I get home."
The driver was tired. You keep saying this from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, but it's just thunder without rain. Why don't you sell one? You have the right to sell, sell, sell!
He was a servant of the Zhou family, not a servant of the Huang family. His indenture was in the hands of the old lady, and his family had worked for the Zhou family for generations, so he was a family man. Why did this woman sell him out?
When the envoys of Liang State drove away from the long street, the onlookers dispersed in twos and threes. The carriages that had been stopped on the street for a long time were finally allowed to pass, and the drivers whipped their horses and drove them back onto the stone road.
The woman in the carriage kept cursing all the way, but she couldn't associate the ceremonial procession of the Liang envoys with the "Shi Anxia" she mentioned.
She first returned to Ruyi Inn, and waited until three quarters past the hour of You, when dusk was deepening, before she got back into the carriage with her maid.
The copper bells on the eaves jingled, and the woman suddenly became excited. She wanted to go home.
She went back to her parents' home and was finally able to see her mother.
This time when she returned home, the woman did not dare to make a big fuss and deliberately avoided the ostentation. Only a carriage with a green curtain quietly stopped in front of the gate of her parents' home.
Of course she wanted to go in through the main gate, but the doorman wouldn't let her. He pointed to the corner door with a sly look on his face and told her carriage to go in from that side.
The woman swallowed her anger in silence, her eyes seemed filled with poison.
The concierge's eyes revealed a hint of contempt. If the lady hadn't secretly given him some money, he wouldn't even be able to get in through the corner door, and he's still complaining!
The coachman did not ignore the doorman's expression. He thought to himself that he must explain clearly to his master how his wife was treated at her parents' home, so that he would not be kept in the dark.
He stopped the carriage in front of the corner gate of the Huang Mansion.
Before the wheels came to a complete stop, Zhang, who had been peeking out from the corner door, came over with a lantern in hand, "Miss..."
As soon as the call came out, she was stunned.
This! How could this still be the young lady who looked at the flowers by the water?
But the woman had sharp eyebrows and a mean face. Her eyes were like two pools of dead water, but they were shimmering with a poisonous sheen.
The material of her clothes was not bad, and although the style was not up to par with the fashion in the capital, it was still decent.
The sky-blue ice silk gauze summer shirt was originally woven from the finest Jiangyun weave. It was as thin as a cicada's wing, and under the light it revealed ink-like smoky patterns.
But now wrapped around her skinny body, it looked like a crumpled piece of rice paper draped over a bamboo frame. The silver peony rose and fell with her rapid breathing, like a withered flower that had been drained of its spirit, and the whole piece of satin looked dull and cheap.
Mother Zhang led the eldest daughter and the maid into the corner door with lowered eyebrows, but secretly made a gesture to the doorman.
When the small black lacquered door creaked shut, the carriage with green curtains was still standing alone in the alley, and even the horse was tactful enough not to snort.
After the driver waited for the guests to enter, he couldn't help but spit, took out his pipe and knocked it on the sole of his shoe.
A dot of scarlet flickered in the twilight, making the sneer on his lips particularly clear, "Bah! What rich young lady!"
He picked up his pipe, got off the carriage, handed some change to the doorman, and started chatting with him.
As they chatted, he was shocked... What? His wife had been expelled from the family long ago? Why was she still acting like a rich lady?
The woman and the maid followed Mother Zhang through the side door and into a dark alley.
The moss-covered brick wall was so narrow that they were almost brushing against each other. In the twilight, only a swaying lantern was seen in front of them, casting distorted shadows of the three people on the wall, just like three wandering ghosts.
They walked around the abandoned well and through the old warehouse full of debris for half an incense stick of time. The woman's embroidered shoes were stained with mud, and the hem of her skirt was hooked by the roses.
Seeing that the eldest daughter's face was extremely gloomy, Mother Zhang had to explain, "Eldest daughter, you were not supposed to come back. Madam was worried that people from other rooms would gossip about her, so..."
The woman shouted, "What nonsense! You don't need to remind me that I have been expelled from the clan!"
Mother Zhang: “…”
Since that was the case, she was too lazy to try to please someone so she turned around, rolled her eyes, and went straight to Madam Wen's yard.
This Wen is Huang Haoqing’s original wife, and also Huang Sining’s mother.
The woman who broke into the Huang Mansion like a thief was Huang Sining, who had not returned to Beijing for a long time and had married another man.