Chapter 1162
Chunyu held a big funeral at the general's residence, and all officials, big and small, in Beijing and China came to offer their condolences. Even some well-informed officials from other provinces have moved to the capital, just to show their faces in front of the old general Chunyu, whom the new emperor relied on most, in order to leave a good impression on Chunyu An. It's more or less convenient.
Everyone knows that the old general Chunyu An is the greatest contributor to helping the new emperor ascend the throne, and he is also the person who is most able to speak in front of the new emperor. Zhengchou has no reason to curry favor, and Chunyu Ling's death just provided them with a wonderful good opportunity. Therefore, even though it was a funeral, the mood of those who came to express condolences was the opposite. They even rushed to give gifts, saying that it was a funeral ceremony, but each gift was more valuable than each gift, and there was a faint tendency of comparison.
Chunyu An was well aware of this, but he couldn't tell the truth. While accepting the gift, he was soft-hearted, but secretly a little flustered.
How short-sighted these ministers are! They only saw that he assisted Li Jian to ascend the throne, but they forgot that the first thing that any successor with a bad reputation should do when he ascended the throne was to massacre the heroes in order to cover up the crimes he committed in order to obtain the throne. offense. The reason why Li Jian hasn't done anything to him is entirely because he still holds Zong Sui's military power, and Zong Sui is going to fight Dashun now, so Li Jian needs to continue to rely on him. But this is all temporary, Chunyu secretly knows that Li Jian's desire to turn his face is always there at any time, so he must firmly hold on to the power in his hand, and even more so during this period, he must try every means to make Chunyu Qing, who is already a queen, daughter Give birth to a son-in-law as soon as possible, so that his Chunyu family can be more secure.
Chunyu secretly dragged his sick body to meet the visitors, but Madam Ma couldn't stand it any longer. Are these people here to offer their condolences? The drunkard's intention is not to drink, don't think she can't see it. She was so angry that she had nowhere to vent her anger, so she finally found a time when no one was around and caught Chunyu An and vented, complaining in pain: "At the beginning, I didn't agree to marry Ling'er to that Bu Cong, a big Shun!" It's just a traitor, our Ling'er is the first daughter! But you have to let her marry, that's all right, Bu Cong took Ling'er away in order to avenge himself, but he couldn't keep Ling'er's life. Tell me , Linger is gone, how will you let me live in the future?"
Chunyu felt sad when he heard this secretly, and he said to his wife: "Ling'er is not only your heart, but also my most beloved daughter! She is dead, don't say you don't know how to live, I don't know how to live either But so what? We can't really die, we have to continue to live, because apart from Ling'er, there is Qing'er who needs our help. Ma'am, you have seen it all these years , Linger has been in a trance since she fell off the horse that year. Except for Bu Cong, she is resistant to almost everyone, including you and me. Seeing that she is getting older every day, her condition has not improved , I was also anxious, and I let her marry out of desperation!"
"Are you worried about Ling'er?" Ma pointed to Chunyu and said, "Is it for Ling'er or for your power? You helped Bu Cong get a general position, and you also got a small share of it." The military power has strengthened your own strength even more, do you dare to say that these are all for Linger?"
"Otherwise, who else can it be for?" Chunyu An stomped his foot, "For Ling'er, for our family, if I don't strengthen myself, can I wait for the new king to cross the river and tear down the bridge one day, and drive us all to extinction? Madame! Ling'er is dead , please believe me and stop making trouble!"
In fact, Mrs. Ma is also a sensible person, she knows Chunyu secretly's pain in his heart, today's quarrel is in the final analysis because of her daughter's affair, and she is angry, so it's fine to vent it. But that doesn't mean she forgave Bu Cong!
Ma Shi will never forgive the person who killed her daughter. Therefore, today the general's mansion set up a spirit, only Chunyu Ling's spirit seat was set up, and there was no Bucong. It showed that Chunyu's family didn't care about the son-in-law who came to visit. In their hearts, Chunyu Ling's daughter was always the most important.
Chunyu secretly watched his wife leave with tears in his eyes, sighed, and said to his attendants: "Let someone go to the palace to deliver a letter to the Empress! Ling'er is her elder sister, she should go home and deliver to her elder sister whatever she says." Zhu Xiang's, I believe the emperor can understand. Besides..." He thought for a while, and then said: "Tell the empress, let her take the initiative to hand over the military power in Bu Cong's hands to the emperor, no matter who the military power is, anyway, you must first make it clear Attitude, we don't want it at Chunyu's family." After speaking, he waved his hand, "Go!"
Chunyu An's words were quickly taken to the palace intact, and told to Queen Chunyu Qing.
Chunyu Qing never expected to receive such a message. He was stunned for a moment, as if he hadn't realized it, and asked the person again: "What did you just say? Who died?"
"Go back to your mother, it's the young lady, the young lady... has gone."
"Ben Gong's sister..." Chun Yuqing was a little distracted. She and that sister used to be so close that they talked about everything. The two of them basically slept together in the same bed since they were young. That was when Chun Yuling fell from a horse. It was also to save Chun Yuqing who was in danger. Afterwards, she cried because her sister was about to die. She even bumped into a pillar and wanted to die with her sister, but unexpectedly, Chun Yuling came back to life. It's just that Chun Yuling, who came back to life, seemed to be a different person, who didn't recognize anyone, talked nonsense all day long, and was as unfamiliar as a stranger to her closest sister.
She had made countless efforts to restore Chun Yuling to her original state, but no matter what she did, she couldn't see any improvement. Until the two got married separately, there was no intersection since then. Gradually, the original sisterhood faded away.
Now, she has become Zong Sui's Empress Empress, but her elder sister died. Chunyuqing's tears flowed down uncontrollably, and he was about to collapse and burst into tears. The servant of General Chunyu's mansion who came to pass the message hurriedly persuaded him: "My mother's day is sad." Then he took two steps forward, and whispered: "Master I have something to ask the servants to bring into the palace."
Chun Yuqing was taken aback for a moment, tears were still in his eyes, but his grief stopped. She glanced at the servant girl, and then told the court ladies and eunuchs beside her: "You all go down!" She didn't wipe away her tears until she was gone, and then said: "Say it! What did father ask you to bring? "
"Master said, please leave the palace to express condolences to the eldest lady, and also propose to hand over the part of the military power in the hands of the son-in-law to the Zong Sui court in front of the emperor."
"En?" Chunyu Qing was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "Why did my father do this? My brother-in-law is dead, so the military power should naturally be taken over by my Chunyu family. Father, this is..." She stopped in the middle of her sentence He stopped for a while, and smiled wryly. What are you asking? Could she still not know what her father was thinking? Since ancient times, the emperor's most taboo is to make great achievements, not to mention that Chunyu's family still has a lot of military power. My father did this to show his goodwill to Li Jian, and he wanted to express that Chunyu's family did not want to hold too much military power. She nodded and said to the servant girl: "I know, you can go back! Tell father, I will do what he said."
The servant girl saluted and exited the hall, her tears soon resumed. The maid Ruohong came in, holding a plain dress in her hand. Chun Yuqing changed his clothes, and took Ruohong and the eunuch Wuyan to see Li Jian.
Naturally, Li Jian had heard the news a long time ago. Seeing the Queen coming in plain clothes, she hurriedly stood up to greet him, and before Chunyu Qing could salute him, she took the initiative to say: "The Queen, please don't be too polite. If something like that happened at home, I'm sorry." It is also extremely heartbreaking. I heard that the empress had a very good relationship with my sister when she was in her mother's house. I know that you must feel uncomfortable. I was about to go to see you, but I didn't expect the empress to come first."
Chunyuqing was crying like pear blossoms and raining, and she said to Li Jian: "My concubine is very grateful to the emperor for his kindness. I want to ask the emperor to let me go out of the palace to offer incense sticks to my sister. My sister has treated me very well since I was a child, but now she suddenly goes away. Yes, this concubine is really uncomfortable."
"That's what it should be." Li Jian took her hand and said, "I was supposed to go with you, but the battle between Zong Sui and Dashun is coming up, and the battle reports ahead are one after another, so I'm really too busy .The empress will go here for me! Tell the old general to let him mourn, but you must not hurt yourself because of this, Zong Sui's country still needs him to protect it!"
"Has the war started?" Chun Yuqing asked suddenly, and immediately realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and quickly explained: "Just now the emperor said that there was a battle report, could it be that a fight has already started? If that is the case, the concubine will meet with my father in a while." He will tell him that no matter how important family affairs are, they are not as important as state affairs, so he must not delay the war because of this."
Li Jian shook his head, "The battle hasn't started yet, so the queen doesn't need to worry, the most important thing is for the old general to take care of himself. Also, about the part of the military power in the hands of the infantry general..."
"The concubine is about to talk to the emperor about it." Chun Yuqing said, and at the same time looked at Li Jian, observing his reaction carefully.
When Li Jian heard that Chun Yuqing also answered these words, he couldn't help but shrink his eyes a little bit, and there was a little imperceptible coldness in his words: "Oh? What did the queen say? But I hope that the general will hand over the military power to the old man." where is the general?"
"Your Majesty." Chun Yuqing took two steps back and knelt down, "Your Majesty, what the concubine thinks is exactly the opposite of what the concubine said. The concubine wants to tell the emperor that since the concubine's brother-in-law is dead, what he originally held The military power should be returned to the emperor, and it should be under the emperor's command."
"Give it back to me?" Li Jian was a little surprised, "It is said that the infantry general is the son-in-law of old general Chunyu, so it is only natural that the military power should be handed over to Chunyu's family. I was just about to tell the queen that I would let old general Chunyu take over! Unexpectedly The queen actually..."
"Your Majesty." Chun Yuqing interrupted him, and said, "Since ancient times, ministers have always obeyed the orders of the king. No matter how much credit he has made, he is the king's minister. The country's soldiers are also the king's soldiers. It should not be taken for granted. What's more, the concubine is your wife, and her name is included in the royal family. As the empress of Zong Sui, the first thing that comes to mind should be the emperor's interests. The concubine believes that the military power rests with the emperor In his hands, such Zong Sui has more confidence. Therefore, the concubine begged the emperor not to give that part of the military power to Chunyu's family, and asked the emperor to take it under his command!"