Chapter 269: Firm Attitude

"Empress Zeyuan and Empress Jinghua made great achievements during their reign. The biggest difference between them is that Empress Jinghua once deeply loved someone, while Empress Zeyuan has nothing to comment on emotionally."

Three palaces and six courtyards are the norm for emperors, so the situation of Empress Zeyuan is too unusual among emperors. She has never truly loved anyone, so no matter how many people there are in the harem, it is not enough to waste too much ink in history books.

And Nan Xi wants to understand Empress Jinghua, obviously because she wants to understand her emotional experience.

Nan Xi nodded slowly: "Empress Jinghua only lived to be thirty years old?"

"Well, she is a strange woman." Xuanyuan Xi said, "She personally trained and created a generation of powerful ministers, but because of this powerful minister, Yinghua died young and almost destroyed the country."

"Empress Jinghua was already sixteen when she ascended the throne. She probably doesn't need a regent. Why was the person next to her named a regent?"

Xuanyuan Xi glanced at her: "You know Empress Jinghua quite well."

Nan Xi said: "I don't know much, I just heard a few words from Rong Yu."

Xuanyuan Xi thought for a while: "Actually, I don't know much about some things. There are no detailed records in the history books. I only know that Empress Jinghua and the Prince Regent did fall in love. Maybe the Empress loved each other deeper. The more common theory is that the Prince Regent He was very ambitious and wanted to take the throne as his own. At that time, he had overwhelming power and almost controlled the entire court. In the end, he was reluctantly killed by the empress, so that peace could be restored to the country. "

After a pause, "And after losing the man she loved most, Empress Jinghua was also severely hit mentally. She fell ill and died not long after."

Nan Xi frowned: "The regent's power is overwhelming, and he is ambitious?"

"This is recorded in the history books." Xuanyuan Xi said, "Many ministers also firmly believe this."

"But there is a priest's hall in Dongling, doesn't it mean that no one dares to rebel?"

"Controlling the imperial court and controlling the world, does it make any difference whether he rebels or not?" Xuanyuan Xi smiled lightly, "He used Empress Jinghua's love for him to gradually gather power and evade the queen's power. Even if he did not rebel, he would still have great power in the government. In fact, it is also in the hands of the regent."

Nan Xi slowly shook her head: "This shouldn't be true."

"It's not important whether it's true or not. What's important is that the descendants of the royal family in the future will take a warning and won't watch what happened to Empress Jinghua happen again." Xuanyuan Xi said lightly, "So Xi'er, you come back to Dongling this time. , I’m afraid there’s still a tough battle to fight.”

Nan Xi was silent for a moment, "Do you think the regent's ambition is really greater than his feelings?"

Xuanyuan Xi looked at her in surprise, wondering how she could be so obsessed with this issue, and pondered for a moment: "There is a notebook of Empress Jinghua in the Dongling Palace Library. It has been treasured for many years. If you really want to If you know the inside story, maybe you can come and have a look."

Nan Xi said nothing, and the scene from the dream appeared in her mind.

The man who was pleasantly surprised by the eldest princess's words, his biggest wish as a boy was that the eldest princess would not choose an imperial husband for the time being after she ascends the throne. Will such a boy who only cares about the eldest princess change his mind as an adult because of power and interests?

Rong Yu said that the man killed all the concubines of Her Majesty the Queen - such behavior could be understood as jealousy, but in the eyes of the civil and military ministers, it was an attempt to disrupt the imperial court, be authoritarian and domineering, and was unforgivable.

Although the achievements of a life are left to future generations to comment on, there are some things that individuals have different subjective understandings of, and the accounts recorded in history will certainly be different.

But one thing is for sure.

No one knows the truth better than the two people in the game.

Nan Xi was silent for a moment and said calmly: "My attitude has always been firm. If I marry Rong Yu, I will only have him as my husband in this life."

No one can try to influence her marriage.

Xuanyuan Xi smiled lightly: "Rong Yu can't just watch you have any status with other men."

Nan Xi didn't say anything, but finally understood why Rong Yu developed so much power.

Holding four hundred thousand soldiers and horses is not enough. The real confidence is to control the huge power of Jiuxiao Pavilion. Maybe he just wants to have a strong reason to stop her decision to choose the emperor's husband one day?

Nan Xi thought about it, her eyes and heart were filled with ripples, and she didn't know how she felt in her heart.

"Since I'm not in a hurry today, Mom will take this opportunity to have a good rest for another day." Nan Xi finished drinking the tea in her hand and put down the cup, "If you want to go to the city for a walk, let Yin Yue and Yin Shuang accompany you. ”

"Is this your husband who can't wait to find you?" Xuanyuan Xi smiled and shook his head, with some understanding in his eyes, and stood up to leave. "It seems that he has figured out something and wants to talk to Rong Yu. Clearly...but I'm still curious. Are you worried that you and Rong Yu will follow in their footsteps when you suddenly become interested in the relationship between Empress Jinghua and the Prince Regent?"

Nan Xi shook her head: "No."

Xuanyuan Xi saw that she didn't want to say more, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "Young girls can't help themselves, so I won't ask any more questions."

The sun has risen outside, and the bright weather is much warmer than yesterday. The bright sunshine makes people feel relaxed, and there is a bright and comfortable feeling of parting through the clouds and seeing the moonlight.

After Xuanyuan Xi left, Nan Xi told Yin Yue to prepare a rich breakfast. Then she walked out, found out where Rong Yu was, turned around, and walked towards the back garden.

From a distance, I saw a man standing in the warm pavilion where they were yesterday.

Different from the closure yesterday, today all the bamboo curtains in the pavilion are open and fixed with strings by the maid.

The man standing alone in the warm pavilion looking at the boundless sky, his figure standing with his hands behind his back, slender and thin, standing tall and silent, making people feel an lingering loneliness and desolation, which makes people feel distressed for no reason.

Nan Xi felt a subtle pain in her heart. She sighed softly and walked along the garden path. Rong Yu, who had a high level of cultivation and keen senses, did not notice Nan Xi's arrival until she entered the warm pavilion today. He was immersed in his own thoughts, as if his soul was wandering in the sky.

Nan Xi stood quietly in the warm pavilion for a moment. Seeing that he did not respond, she could not help but walk forward slowly with some helplessness, walked behind him, gently stretched out her hands to wrap around his waist, and put her cheek against his back: "Rong Yu."

Rong Yu came back to his senses instantly, was silent for a moment, turned around and gently embraced her in his arms.

"Rong Yu." Nan Xi whispered, "Was Rong Huaijin sentenced to death by Empress Jinghua?"

Rong Yu pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "No."

"Does Rong Huaijin have the ambition to become emperor?"

"No."

"Then he..." Nan Xi raised her eyes, with deep affection in her eyes, "Did he plot against Empress Jinghua?"

Rong Yu was silent, his noble and handsome face was as stiff as an ice sculpture, and after a long time he said: "I did."