Chapter 134:
Gao Qi waited outside the study, bowed respectfully to Luoshen, pushed open the door for her, and whispered, "Little lady, go in, everyone is waiting inside."
The candle was brightly lit in the room, Gao Qiao sat on the square couch, saw her come in, nodded with a smile, and motioned her to come to him.
Luoshen boarded the bed and sat beside his father.
Gao Qiao didn't speak immediately. Father and daughter were relatively silent for a moment, Luo Shen said, "Daughter can't serve on father's side in the future, I just ask Aye to remember to take care of himself wherever he goes."
Father explained everything here one by one. Obviously, he will leave Jiankang soon.
Many people in Jiankang City, including Gao's family, all thought that Xiao Yongjia had already died in the military riot, and the reason why Gao Qiao was reluctant to hold a funeral for his deceased wife was just because he still stubbornly refused. Just accept this fact.
There is even a secretly circulated argument - those people are talking behind their backs, the reason why the death of the eldest princess will hit Gao Xianggong so hard that he still can't accept it is because he is half-born and his wife just died there. Before giving birth - such a tragedy in the world, no matter who it is, it can't be relieved for a while, no wonder he is so brooding.
It has been more than half a year, and there is still no news from my mother. Thinking that her life and death were uncertain, that her father was leaving soon, and that she didn't know when the next meeting would be, her heart was slowly filled with sadness and melancholy.
Gao Qiao said: "Ami, Aye went to Bailuzhou last night, the boat arrived at the mouth of the island, and then came back..."
He paused for a while, then slowly raised his eyes and landed on his daughter's face.
"Aye has no face to land on the island..."
He smiled wryly.
Luoshen looked at the deep lines engraved on the corner of his father's lips, resisted the sourness in his eyes, and said, "Aye, everything happened to A-niang is an accident, don't be too..."
Before he finished speaking, he stopped.
How could the father not be sad, and how could he not blame himself?
Gao Qiao smiled and nodded.
"Aye wanted to leave Jiankang a long time ago, and now he can finally achieve his wish. Aye knows that your mother is still here. Don't worry, Aye will bring her back one day."
"Aye-"
Luo Shen couldn't bear it any longer, and his eyes turned red.
Gao Qiao patted her daughter's hand gently to show her comfort.
He said: "Ami, I know what you and Jingchen are thinking. After Jiankang is settled, you originally planned to go with him to Yicheng or Chang'an. Those are good places, better than Jiankang. But Now, you can't go. Aye wronged you."
In the past, the imperial court had a regulation that all ministers above the third rank, whether they were courtiers or foreign ministers, had no special reason, and their family members had to live in the capital for a long time.
This regulation, after the imperial court moved to the south, gradually became useless because the power of the emperor was overridden by the aristocratic family. Until not long ago, after Xu Mi's rebellion was settled, Feng Wei felt that the Xu family had all moved out of Jiankang long before Xu Mi's rebellion, so that they were unrestrained and unscrupulous, so he proposed to the Ministry of Rites to restore the previous one. this ordinance.
When it was proposed at that time, the Empress Dowager Gao Yongrong nodded naturally, and none of the civil and military officials below disapproved.
Feng Wei is an example to all officials. Just half a month ago, he had already connected his old father, who originally lived in Yuzhang, to Jiankang. Hundred officials, regardless of civil or military, followed suit.
"Jingchen's mother has inconvenient eyesight and is getting old. Feng Wei specially mentioned it to me at the time, saying that she doesn't have to follow this order. But Ami, Jingchen holds a high position and is the head of all officials, and everyone looks forward to it. , you are Mrs. Sima..."
Gao Qiao looked at her daughter with a look of apology and guilt in her eyes.
"If you don't live in Jiankang, then this order is useless, and there is no way to order hundreds of officials, and the upper and the lower will be effective."
A few days ago, before Li Mu returned to the court, Luoshen already knew about it.
In the future, if there is no special reason, no matter where Li Muren is, he must live in Jiankang for a long time.
I used to think that I would follow Li Mu and take Ajia and the others to Yicheng, but now it has failed and it is no longer possible. It would be a lie to say that there is no disappointment in my heart.
But this is the end. As long as her husband is the chief Sima of the imperial court for one day, she must be Mrs. Sima for one day.
She had no choice, just like Li Mu.
Today, he looks incomparably beautiful. In the eyes of outsiders, he is of high authority and majesty. But who knows, the title of this big Sima, for him, may just be an invisible bond?
Luoshen looked at his father, couldn't bear it any longer, and said something out of his mouth.
"If my daughter has something to say, she is disobedient, and she wants to ask the grown-up. Aye, my daughter still remembers, once upon a time, Aye, you clearly thought that Mr. Lang had unruly intentions and was always on guard against him. Now, why do you force him to do it? This big Sima? That throne in the palace, whoever has the ability in the world, who wouldn't covet? Aye, aren't you afraid that he has a high position and loses his balance, and that one day he will really have a desire to do things?"
Gao Qiao was silent for a long time, and said: "Ami, since you asked, Aye will not hide it from you. Even now, Aye still can't see through Li Mu. After he captured Chang'an, it was not so much an outsider. Chen Fanzhen, it is better to say that there is no court, Aye can't see the appearance of a loyal minister in him. But when Dayu was facing extinction, it was he who came back to rescue and turned the tide."
"He is unwilling to be loyal to the imperial court, and his heart clearly seems to be in conflict with the imperial court, but what he has done is completely regarded as a loyal minister and a good general, and there is nothing that can be blamed."
"The Southern Dynasty has long since been terminally ill. There is no powerful person in charge. With the help of these people in the court today, there is no need to wait for the day when he plans to usurp the throne. The court itself may have to fall first."
"Ami, do you understand what Aye means? Li Mu is like a double-edged sword. To be good, the court may be able to change its decline. Withered trees come to spring, and to evil, the emperor's foundation of the Xiao family of Dayu will be overturned. Impossible..."
He concentrated for a long time and looked at Luoshen.
"Aye also reconsidered. But in the end, Aye still chose to hand over the Great Yu to him. Bet on this one, and bet on his own vision."
He pulled the corner of his lips mockingly, revealing a bitter smile.
"Aye has missed a lot of people in his life. But this time, Aye feels that he should not see it wrong again."
"Besides, you are by his side. Aye hopes that while you are his wife, you will not forget your responsibilities as Gao's daughter."
Gao Qiao stared at his daughter and said this slowly.
Luo Shen was stunned, his heart gradually became dazed, and he was extremely sad.
She remembered that a long time ago, her mother had taught her earnestly, saying that she was not only the daughter of Gao's family, but also the wife of Li Mu.
But tonight, her father reminded her that while being Li Mu's wife, she should not forget her responsibilities as a daughter of the Gao family.
What does father mean, how could she not hear it?
After all, my father still did not completely trust Li Mu. Even if he has decided to believe him, he will hand over the Southern Dynasty that he has painstakingly maintained for many years into his hands.
She couldn't help but see the scene where her cousin took the young emperor to the house that night, and then secretly talked with her father for a long time in the study, her face was pale, and she said word by word: "Aye! what happened?"
"You don't need to be suspicious of people, but you don't need to be suspicious of people. You need Langjun to support this court, but you don't trust him. Even you are like this, let alone others?"
"My daughter will never forget the responsibility that a daughter of the Gao family should bear. If it wasn't for the word of the Gao family, my daughter would never have married him."
"But now, I really don't understand, Da Yu is important, but Aye didn't think about it. With such a high position as Lord Lang, if he is so powerful in the future, others will not be able to tolerate him. At that time, should he be Killing yourself in the name of a so-called loyal minister?"
"If so, this loyal minister is not inappropriate! Forgive her daughter for being unfaithful and unfilial, and her daughter will leave Jiankang with Langjun, so as not to be involved in this so-called loyalty and treason in the future!"
She got up, kowtowed heavily to her father, got up and went to bed.
"Ami!"
Suddenly, his father shouted from behind.
Luoshen stopped, turned his head slowly, saw his father get up from the couch, and stood up slowly.
"Ami, Ayefu's three generations of Emperor Xiao. Before your grandfather died, you entrusted Dayu Yinyin to me, and Aye dare not forget it. What is the details of the conversation between Aye and your cousin the night before, Aye is inconvenient. Repeat, but Aye assures you that he was not conspiring with the Queen Mother of the dynasty to be detrimental to Li Mu!"
"Aye can only tell you that the queen mother of the dynasty, she is no longer the cousin you used to be, and you can no longer look at her with the old heart. But if she can do her duty, help the young emperor. After ZTE, the country can be maintained and the people can live in peace, then everything Aye has done today can be regarded as worthwhile.”
"This arrangement is the last thing Aye can do under his promise to your grandfather that day. I have tried my best. Whatever God wills, everything will be decided by God..."
After Gao Qiao finished speaking, he coughed again, coughing non-stop, with a painful look on his face.
Seeing his father like this, Luo Shen felt another burst of sorrow in his heart, and hurried back to his father, supported him, and rubbed his back. Slowly straightening up, turned around and walked to a bookcase against the wall, and took out a small box from one of the drawers.
The box, with its lid, was locked with a copper lock, and a key was placed on it.
Gao Qiao turned around and walked to Luoshen.
"Ami, after I leave, you can keep this thing for good. Aye, I hope you don't have to open this box in the future. But in the future, one day, in case of emergency, it may be able to help you. You put it away."
Gao Qiao handed the small box together with the key above it to Luoshen.
The box was slightly lowered, and Luoshen didn't know what was in it, so he took it over and stared at his father, motionless.
Gao Qiao stared at his daughter's face for a long time, raised his eyes, looked in the direction of the door, and said, "Go ahead."
"Aye!"
A smile appeared on Gao Qiao's lips, and she nodded at her: "Go!"
Luoshen tightly grasped the box in his hand, turned around, turned back to the door three steps, opened the door, and saw a figure standing at the door of the courtyard of the study.
She hurriedly turned her head and wiped her eyes quickly.
Li Mu saw that the study door was opened, and Luoshen's figure appeared at the door. He quickly walked over, took a few steps up the steps, glanced at the trace of tears left in the corner of her eyes, frowned slightly, and then looked at the door. Gao Qiao, who was in the room, said solemnly: "It's getting late, my father-in-law also please rest in peace, my son-in-law will bring Ami back." After speaking, he bowed to him, stretched out his hand to hold Luoshen's hand, and whispered beside her ear. He said "go" and took her away.