Zhu Changxiao's version of the Sui Dynasty

Qi Shanxing invited Xiao Yu into the guest room, boiled some tea, and the two sat opposite each other and chatted. After a few pleasantries, Xiao Yu asked, "I heard that King Xia sent troops quickly and destroyed Yu Wenzhi in two months, and the people were very happy. But there is one thing that I would like to ask for your help."

Qi Shanxing smiled and said, "Minister Xiao is too polite, please tell me if you have anything to say."

Xiao Yu pondered for a while and said, "During the Jiangdu mutiny, all the women in the harem of the Sui Dynasty fell into the hands of Yu Wenzhi, including my own sister Xiao Jun."

"Oh?" Qi Shanxing asked, "Are you referring to Empress Xiao?"

"That's right." Xiao Yu said.

Qi Shanxing pulled at the tuft of mustache on his chin, and then he understood Xiao Yu's intention. He thought to himself that Yu Wenzhi had been exterminated, and he had not heard of the capture of Empress Xiao, so he asked with doubt: "Does Minister Xiao want me to help find Empress Xiao?"

Xiao Yu said: "To be honest, my second sister was bullied by Yu Wenzhi, and we are heartbroken. Now that the Tang Lord and the King of Xia have joined forces to attack Liu Wuzhou, I would like to take this opportunity to ask for your help. What do you think?" Xiao Yu ordered his men outside the house to bring in some gifts.

The gifts arrived, and Qi Shanxing was surprised. He rolled his eyes and smiled falsely: "What's the difficulty? It's easy, it's easy. If we meet, we will help each other. How can I fail the trust of Lord Xiao?"

The tea was boiling, and Qi Shanxing picked up the teapot to pour tea and drink tea, and had another detailed conversation with Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu entrusted Qi Shanxing with the task of finding his second sister Xiao Jun, and also gave him a lot of gold and silver. Qi Shanxing was overjoyed when he saw the generous gifts from Xiao Yu.

The next day, Qi Shanxing hurried back to Yongnian, the capital of the Xia Kingdom.

Xia King Dou Jiande established his capital in Yongnian (now the southern part of Handan, Hebei Province), and the soldiers, armor, harem, gold, silver and jewelry captured by the commander Wang Fubao from Liaocheng were all transported back to Yongnian.

The large group of carriages and horses moved forward. The mule carts that Yu Wenzhi had robbed to carry palace maids were now carrying beauties again. Xiao Jun also rode in the mule cart with other women. They were all stained with blood and looked miserable, no longer as beautiful as before.

The mule cart moved slowly forward, and from a distance, the top of the capital Yongnian could be seen faintly. When they saw a place to rest, they felt that they were moving slower and slower, and finally stopped. The maids in the carriage didn't know what happened, and they stretched their necks to look forward. A group of soldiers surrounded another mule cart and watched. A soldier named Xia shouted, "This old man is dying. Does anyone know him?"

When they heard that it was a captured old man, all the maids lost their curiosity. Only Xiao Jun got off the mule cart and walked over to ask, "Wait for me to see him. Maybe I know him."

Xiao Jun came closer and took a closer look. It turned out to be the old minister Zhao Cai. He was already dying. When he saw Xiao Jun coming, Zhao Cai forced himself to open his eyes and opened his mouth to speak, but it was difficult to speak. Xiao Jun said, "It's okay to talk now that you have fallen to this point." Then he put his ear to Zhao Cai's mouth, and then he faintly heard Zhao Cai say, "This old minister is about to die, and I suddenly realized that saving my life is important, and it's not easy to survive."

After that, Zhao Cai's head tilted and he died. As they were all captives, Xiao Jun did not dare to call him "My Lord" directly, but just cried, "

"Lord Zhao, Lord Zhao..." Several soldiers nearby sent Xiao Jun away, wrapped Zhao Cai in a torn straw mat, and buried him hastily.

After finally escorting him to Yongnian, Zhao Cai died of illness in a foreign land. He has been in exile until now, and he just wants to save his life. The soldiers of the Xia Kingdom drove all the captured people into the city. The captured soldiers were taken to the west of the city, and the captured harem women were all taken to the east of the city.

There was a large courtyard in the east of Yongnian City. Thousands of palace maids were driven into the courtyard. The tired and hungry palace maids were no longer as happy as before. Fenghua, all of them were dejected and weakly sitting on the steps of the courtyard.

A shrill voice shouted: "The princess has arrived!" The civil and military officials of the Xia Kingdom present all knelt down to pay homage, and Xiao Jun also knelt down to pay homage with the captured palace maids.

I saw an orange satin sedan chair carried to the center of the courtyard, and a person walked out of the sedan chair, wearing a plain cloth auspicious bird embroidered robe, with a high bun and no headdress. As a princess, her dress was simple. Looking at her appearance, she looked very Ugly, it can be said that:

The face is wrinkled like a toad, with short eyebrows and eyes and a small garlic nose.

The shoulders are high, the head is short and there is no neck, and there is a birthmark on the ear.

This princess is Cao Xiuhua, Dou Jiande's original wife, and now Princess Xia. Dou Jiande was poor in his early years and had a hard life. He could only marry an ugly wife to support his family. The couple loved each other. Princess Cao was born in poverty and was illiterate, but she was orthodox in her heart and attached great importance to chastity. She was determined to follow the example of Empress Dugu of the Sui Dynasty, who only allowed monogamy and advocated Practice diligence and thrift.

Today, when she came to the courtyard, Princess Cao looked at the maids of the Sui Palace. Each of them was young and beautiful, as beautiful as a flower. It was true that the women in the palace were different from those in the common people. Now that they were captured by the Xia Kingdom, they all wanted to marry and turn their lives around while they were young and beautiful. After all, marrying a man means having clothes and food. If you spend your time getting old, you won't be able to find a good family.

Looking at the beauties, Princess Cao couldn't help but say, "I heard that Yang Guang was unrighteous and kept so many concubines. No wonder beauty is a disaster." After hearing what Cao said, the maids were so scared that they dared not look up, for fear that Princess Cao would be jealous and persecute her more severely.

The accompanying woman said, "Since ancient times, it has been said that gambling leads to theft, and adultery leads to murder. Yang Guang harmed many women and was killed. He deserved to die."

Princess Cao stood among the women and scolded them again, "Since ancient times, loyal ministers have protected one master, and heroic women have married one husband. You were originally concubines of the Sui Palace, but you didn't cherish yourself and became Yu Wenzhi's concubine. Where is your chastity? Where is your integrity? Humph! "

Princess Cao looked at these palace maids and beauties with disdain, and left with a wave of her sleeves. Following her was a female official who was nearly 60 years old. She was the female chief steward of the palace, named Gao. Gao hurriedly followed a few steps and asked, "Princess, how should we deal with these palace maids like this?"

"What palace maids? They are obviously sluts and whores!" Princess Cao sighed, "They should be cut into pieces, but I am also a kind person. I will send these unfaithful palace maids to temples, shave their heads and chant Buddha, become nuns, and stop causing trouble in the world."

General steward Gao just turned around after receiving the order, "Wait," Princess Cao said, "The king is busy with state affairs all day, and he can't be without servants.Young and charming women will surely seduce the king. If there are women over fifty, send them to wash the king's feet. "

"I understand, old slave." Chief Gao said.

Gao returned to the courtyard and asked loudly, "Listen, who is fifty years old? Stand out."

As mentioned earlier, Yu Wenzhi drove away all the old and ugly palace maids in order to save cattle and carts. These captured maids suffered all the way and hoped to show off their youth and accompany the king in the palace. No one answered, only Xiao Jun walked out slowly from the crowd. Chief Gao looked her up and down and asked, "How old are you, old maid?"

Xiao Jun said, "I am fifty-three this year. "

General Manager Gao waved his hand and ordered them to be taken away. Looking at these young and beautiful palace maids, General Manager Gao said: "Princess Cao has issued an order that all of you sluts who have caused great trouble should be driven into temples, shaved heads and become nuns, and be ordained to cultivate good deeds!"

After hearing this, the palace maids suddenly realized the truth and cried and complained. The Xia Dynasty soldiers who were escorting them drove thousands of young palace maids to temples to become nuns. It can be said that:

As beautiful as the heavens, how can ugly women not be jealous of the immortals?

Don't say No one knows how to pity jade, and no one has ever cherished beauty.

Xiao Jun was taken to a carriage by General Manager Gao. As they drove forward, they could see the palace of King Xia from afar. The palace was named Wanchun Palace. The decoration inside the palace was simple, and all the palace maids wore plain clothes to show the frugality of King Xia Dou Jiande and Cao Xiuhua.

When they arrived at a small pavilion, General Manager Gao took them into a bathroom and said to Xiao Jun: "Your walk and behavior also show that you have been in the palace. I won't say much about the rules of being a maid. Hurry up and wash off the dust and blood stains, change your clothes, and arrange your work."

"Yes." Xiao Jun bowed and saluted, took off her rough clothes, and went into the wooden tub to bathe.

General Manager Gao placed a comb and a bronze mirror in the outer room and sat aside waiting. After a while, Xiao Jun changed her clothes and came out. General Manager Gao looked at her carefully: "Oh, you are still a pretty maid. "

Xiao Jun was shy and timid. Chief Steward Gao looked around Xiao Jun and praised with a smile: "This sister is really beautiful. The maids in the Sui Palace are all picked from thousands of people."

This compliment was directly on Xiao Jun's face. Xiao Jun just lowered her head and said nothing. Chief Steward Gao waved his hand and Xiao Jun followed him to the inner palace. Chief Steward Gao asked as he walked: "What is your surname and name, and where are you from?"

"My name is Xiao, and I am from Jiangnan." Xiao Jun said.

Chief Steward Gao couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder she is still so delicate at this age. It's rare that she is still a Jiangnan woman. ”

Following Chief Manager Gao, we came to the Qinzheng Hall in the inner palace. Xia Wang Dou Jiande was playing the guqin, plucking the strings and making waves of music. Gao said through the curtain: "Reporting to Xia Wang, the foot-washing woman selected by the princess has been brought here."

Dou Jiande ignored her and wiped the guqin and said: "The king has always been frugal and taught him all the rules."

"As you wish." Gao brought Xiao Jun to the side room and said to Xiao Jun: "Xia Wang has always been frugal and hates to be thrifty.Hate luxury. Those who serve the king must not waste food, wear gold and silver, eat meat and drink, accept gifts from outsiders, write obscene poems, or have an affair. If you break any of these rules, Princess Cao will never forgive you! " Xiao Jun bowed and replied, "Don't worry, I'll take note of it." Gao picked up a note on the table and pointed it to Xiao Jun, "This is the King Xia's daily routine, when to change clothes, when to eat, when to bathe, when to wash feet, when to clean the feces and urine basin, all written clearly, you must remember it in your heart and don't neglect it."

"Don't worry, I'll take note of it." Gao said, "King Xia usually rests in the bedroom of the Qinzheng Palace when he is busy with government affairs in the harem. He doesn't get close to women or eat meat. These habits must be remembered. Whenever I rest in the Qinzheng Palace, you will serve me, so don't let the princess worry."

"Don't worry, I'll remember this." Seeing that Xiao Jun was a well-behaved person, Gao handed over all the chores to Xiao Jun, and left the Qinzheng Palace with peace of mind.

When Xiao Jun had tidied up her residence, it was time for Xia Wang Dou Jiande to wash his feet, so she quickly boiled hot water and brought a wooden basin to the Qinzheng Palace. Seeing the foot-washing water, Dou Jiande sat down on the bed in his cloth shoes, and Xiao Jun knelt in front of him and lowered her head to wash her feet.

Looking at the woman's reserved manners, Dou Jiande simply asked, "I heard that you are a woman in the Sui Palace. What errands did you serve in the palace before? ”

“Your servant…” Xiao Jun lowered her head, unable to answer for a moment, thinking that she was the queen, how could she serve others.

Dou Jiande was a little confused and said, “Why don’t you answer? Raise your head.”

“I…” Xiao Jun was so scared that she trembled a little, but she dared not not to raise her head, and raised her head slightly.

Dou Jiande would have been fine if he didn’t look at her, but he looked carefully this time, “Ah! Aren’t you Empress Xiao?”

Thinking back to the day when the deserter at the Great Wall was caught and when Ma Daogu was assassinating the emperor, he had seen Empress Xiao’s face twice, and the memory was still fresh. Today, the two looked at each other and were both shocked. Xiao Jun was so scared that she quickly lowered her head, moved her knees back a little, and kowtowed to the ground: “Your servant Xiao Jun, I deserve to die, and I frightened the emperor Xia. ”

Dou Jiande stretched out his legs, pushed the wooden basin aside, put on his cloth shoes, and reached out to help Xiao Jun up: "Madam Xiao, please get up quickly. How can I accept such a great gift?"

"I dare not. I have survived many deaths to be a maid in the palace..." Xiao Jun kowtowed tightly and did not dare to get up. Dou Jiande then helped Xiao Jun up: "Madam, don't be afraid. Looking back on the past, you are my lifesaver. How can I neglect you?"

Xiao Jun then stood aside timidly. Dou Jiande helped Xiao Jun sit aside with both hands. Looking at Xiao Jun's panicked face, Dou Jiande comforted her: "I was a deserter from the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo. Yu Juzan wanted to dig out my eyes. If it were not for the kindness of the madam to save me and punish Yu Juzan, how could I be here today? ”

Xiao Jun said: "It's an old story, not worth mentioning."

Dou Jiande said again: "The king of Madaogou led his followers to assassinate the emperor, please don't alarm the queen.Phoenix chariot, I can't bear to do it, just to repay the grace of saving the Great Wall. "

Xiao Jun bowed her head and chanted: "Your Majesty, you spared my life, I am grateful."

"Your Majesty, don't be polite. It's a coincidence that I can see you today. It's a blessing." Dou Jiande suddenly felt that the deserted palace was more interesting, and asked: "What did your Majesty like to do most in the palace in the past?"

"Just playing the piano and reciting poems." Xiao Jun said.

"Okay!" Dou Jiande said: "Tonight, my majesty is in a good mood. Please play the piano and sing a song to cheer me up."

After Dou Jiande said this, Xiao Jun couldn't refuse, so she had to take away the foot basin, turned around and sat next to the piano, and asked: "I don't know what your majesty wants me to sing? ”

Dou Jiande said: “Your Majesty, you can sing whatever you want, no need to be shy. "Xiao Jun plucked the strings of the zither, and the beautiful sound was melodious. She sang:

I was the queen and you were the captive. You called me the King of Xia and I was the servant. I looked up to the sky and complained to you. I cried on the moonlit night and was a slave of a fallen country.

How many innocent people died in vain, hoping for fame and fortune. Looking back at the emperor's plan, I sighed that the sins were unforgivable.

After Xiao Jun finished singing, she cried with hatred. Dou Jiande was moved by the scene and was also filled with emotion. He walked up to her, squatted down, and held Xiao Jun in one hand, holding her in his arms, and wiped away the tears of the beauty with the other hand. The two of them cherished each other and admired the stars and the moon together.

As the night deepened, Dou Jiande picked up the beauty, put her on the couch, and opened her clothes. Xiao Jun covered her chest and advised: "Your Majesty, don't do it. Your Majesty is a person who abstains from sex. If the princess knows, I am afraid that I will have no way to survive. ”

“I can set the palace rules and also abolish them, why bother!”

“Your Majesty…” Xiao Jun wanted to shirk responsibility, but Dou Jiande was a martial artist, and he pulled his belt hard. Xiao Jun couldn’t resist, and the red curtain fell, and the dragon and the phoenix sang, and it became another romantic story. This is:

Men who abstain from sex are just rumors, and they just hope they haven’t met a true beauty.

It’s a fiction that they can remain calm when a woman’s arms are in their arms, and everyone in the world knows that human nature is good.

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