NCCnovel Chapter 1256 The Prisoner
Chapter 1256 The Prisoner
Liang Chongyue left without hesitation.
Everything that needed to be investigated in Qiyang has been investigated. The land and farmland are now growing crops, just waiting for the harvest.
Liang Chongyue opened the panel and calculated the distance. If he went there now and returned after the inspection, it would only take a month for the round trip.
By the time they returned, the rice in Qiyang's fields was ripe.
They can also catch up with the rice harvesting season.
Since leaving Guanzhong, Liang Chongyue had never seen such vast expanses of golden grain fields again.
After making this decision, Liang Chongyue put the blueprints away and returned them to the drawer.
Turning to look at Li Yu'an, who was still in her arms:
"You should all go with them. Have a few officials from the neighboring county sent over to keep an eye on things, and send more secret guards to Qiyang. Qiyang won't be in chaos for a while."
Li Yu'an naturally wished he could be with His Majesty every day and every year.
Upon hearing this, the gentle smile on his lips became even more flamboyant.
Fei He went out on business, and Li Yu'an will inform him of the matter when he returns.
Liang Chongyue went to find his mother, the Empress Dowager, and saw the system lying unconscious in the courtyard where his mother lived. It was already mid-June, but the system didn't seem to mind the heat.
He found a big tree and lay down.
Even if someone walks right in front of it, the system doesn't react at all.
Liang Chongyue deliberately stood in front of it, and the system opened its eyes after a while, the moment it saw that it was its host.
His eyes immediately closed again.
He didn't utter a single word during that time, and even turned over, leaving only his back to Liang Chongyue.
The next second, the system's snoring sounded, leaving Liang Chongyue speechless.
Liang Chongyue simply ignored the system and went to his mother's room, where his mother had just woken up from her afternoon nap.
Liang Chongyue noticed the weariness in his mother's eyes. Although his mother had been very happy to reunite with her old friend these days, she was still very tired.
But seeing her old friend not doing well, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but feel sad.
These days, Li Furong has been living in the room next to her mother's, and the two share a courtyard.
According to the information Liang Chongyue received, the two of them often chatted until midnight every day.
Sometimes, even when Liang Chongyue was up, the Empress Dowager was still asleep.
"Your Majesty looks tired these days. How about I take you out for a walk to relax?"
Xiang Huayue had just woken up when she saw His Majesty sitting by her bedside. When she heard His Majesty say that he wanted to go out for a walk, Xiang Huayue nodded in agreement without the slightest hesitation.
Liang Chongyue: "Empress Dowager didn't even ask me where I was going before agreeing so readily?"
Xiang Huayue got out of bed and sat in front of the dressing table to let Chun Chan do her makeup.
After taking two sips of sweet tea to moisten his throat, he slowly said:
“These past few nights, Furong has been sighing about how lucky I am to have given birth to His Majesty, which means the Xiang family will enjoy endless wealth and glory from now on.”
It made me think about many things too.
Liang Chongyue was originally sitting by her mother's bedside. This place was different from the palace, and the room was smaller.
When the Empress Dowager sat down at the dressing table, Liang Chongyue changed positions and sat behind her.
You can also see the expression on your mother's face through the dressing table.
Similarly, the Empress Dowager could also see her.
"What has Mother thought of?"
In fact, Liang Chongyue roughly knew what her mother was thinking, as her mother had often chatted with her about these things in the past.
After she ascended the throne, her mother gradually kept these words to herself.
She was actually capable of handling things independently from a very young age, but at that time the overall situation was uncertain and everything was subject to change.
Her mother was always worried about her, and she never truly grew up in her mother's presence.
Until she murdered her father and ascended the throne...
Liang Chongyue was unsure whether her mother had ever complained about her.
Despite holding considerable military power and being only one step away from imperial authority, she forced her own father to commit suicide in front of everyone.
The father who loved her the most in everyone's eyes.
Even though she deceived the emperor several times, her father always treated her with utmost respect and gentle disapproval.
......
Perhaps that's how it seems to others, but for her, she had no choice but to act on it.
The Emperor disliked that Minglang was a girl, so he had a new idea.
Her father's wavering attitude towards her was like the imperial edicts hidden behind plaques of righteousness and justice.
Very few people know about it.
That wasn't a surprise her father left for her; it was her father's right to change his mind at any time.
When she saw the succession edicts hidden behind the "Upright and Just" plaque, the huge plaque felt like another form of torture for her.
Every time she sat under that plaque, it was a silent mockery of her.
They ridiculed her for being unworthy of her position and for her illegitimate succession.
It was like the silent sigh her father gave her when she was a child.
I sighed, wondering why she wasn't a son.
It's a pity she's so outstanding.
He sighed, lamenting that none of his sons could compare to her...
When she took her father to the city wall, she wanted him to see clearly that his incompetent sons didn't even have the courage to look her in the eye.
Look at the soldiers who were impressed by her bravery.
Look at that desolate imperial city, the one that had imprisoned her mother for half her life, the imperial city that had driven her out—it was so magnificent and vast.
Now that she's back, she's even better than when she left, and no one dares to act arrogantly in front of her anymore.
Everyone will have to kneel and look up to her. She will be the first female emperor in the world. She will inherit her father's empire, and for thousands of generations to come, there will never be a male emperor again.
She could never forget the moment when her father, who was already on his deathbed, struggled to lift his eyelids and look at her.
His eyes, which looked like withered wood, were still clear, just as they had been when his father held court, his majesty undiminished.
It was as if all the changes in the world were within his expectations.
He calculated and worked hard for the Great Xia Dynasty.
But she was the variable that her father couldn't predict. He knew that one day she would rebel and overthrow the traditions of all dynasties that had lasted for thousands of years.
She was the child he raised himself, and she always had some of his shadow in her. Later, when she couldn't sleep, she would always look at her father's life.
Go back and learn.
Many years later, she finally understood the meaning of the last smile her father left her on the imperial city wall.
It wasn't a sense of relief at his failure, nor was it a helpless acceptance of his impending death.
It is certainty.
He didn't want her to come, yet he was certain she would.
He calculated the only constant among the variables.
Just like his father had done years before, he stormed in in the same way, and in the same way, he respectfully saw his father off to his final resting place.
Now his daughter is too.
What a magnificent and vast imperial city it was, trapping generation after generation of people.
As Liang Chongyue was thinking, her mother's voice drifted over, as if she were telling an ordinary story.
“When Your Majesty was young, I felt that with Your Majesty by my side, I had hope for the future, and I could stay with Your Majesty for the rest of my life.”
As Your Majesty grew older, you became proficient in both literary and military arts, surpassing even the princes. I felt proud, but also worried that Your Majesty's intelligence, even as a princess, might hinder others' advancement. Therefore, I carefully protected Your Majesty in everything, fearing that anyone might set their sights on you..."