Chapter 4 Chain

With the support of the powerful and court officials in Chang'an, Li Chengning successfully ascended the throne less than a month later. His reign was taken from the Zuo Zhuan's words, Tianqi. In the third year of Changyuan, he changed his name to the first year of Tianqi (about 714th year of the Western Age).

He moved from the Prince's Mansion in Yuanfang to the Penglai Hall of the Daming Palace. Gao's new widow, who was not Li Chengning's biological mother, moved to Chengxiang Hall. Although Princess Jincheng lived in Chengxiang Hall and Princess Taiping was also recuperating here, it was a huge scale and could be fully accommodated.

The wives, Nine Concubines, Concubines, etc. of the late emperor Li Shouli were tragic. It was fine if they had children. Enough to leave the palace and go to Zhiyuanfang to live with the princes and princesses. Those who had no children and had no power were sent to the Yeting Palace west of Taiji Palace to live, which was equivalent to a cold palace, and they could only live there in seclusion until they were old.

By this time the power center had completely moved eastward to the Daming Palace, and the Tai Chi Palace became the deserted Li Palace. After the reform of the canal transportation, the status of the Dongdu gradually declined, and the dry and comfortable Chang'an Daming Palace became denser and more lively.

Those concubines are like other things in the world. Once they lose power, they can be abandoned in the corner and fend for themselves. The living space only belongs to those who are active on the stage of history.

The Ming Palace has been very busy recently. When the regime bid farewell to the old and welcomes the new, there are many big and small matters. Xue Chongxun went home after participating in the throne ceremony of the new king.

He noticed the abandoned women who were driven to the Yeting Palace. At this time, he was probably the only one who noticed such trivial matters at the top of the court.

Sometimes I feel a little uncomfortable, is it sentimental?

I remember a poem: The silver candle is cold in autumn, and the light silk fan is blowing on the fireflies.

The night at the sky is as cool as water, lying on the Alpine Weaver Star...

But feeling is one thing; actual decision making is another, and he even seems a little cold and ruthless whenever he needs to do that.

Because people cannot immerse themselves in those poignant and beautiful things, poetry and reality are different.

When he returned home, a slave came to report that the Minister Liu (Liu An) from Luoyang had sent a messenger and was waiting in the living room of the downward room, and he had to meet the King of Jin before handing over the things.

What's important about Dongdu?

This is the first idea of ​​Xue Chongxun.

Because in the past, Liu An sent letters to Chang'an, he handed them over to the manager of the royal palace and then placed them in Xue Chongxun's living room; this time he had to hand over in person, it must be something important.

Thinking of this, Xue Chongxun went straight to the downcast room to meet the guests. There were two people waiting there, and after the ceremony, he presented a box.

Xue Chongxun accepted the things and asked the slaves to arrange food and accommodation, and returned to Luoyang after taking the reply letter to Liu An.

After sending the messenger, he opened the box and suddenly a jewel was radiant in front of him, but he saw a pair of jewelry underneath a letter.

Because the living room door was not closed, Xue Chongxun took out a letter and closed the box...

After all, it is not a glorious thing to close officials’ property.

The letter paper was naturally written vertically without punctuation. Xue Chongxun probably browsed it and only mentioned the jewelry at the end.

It was said that it was given by a wealthy family in Luoyang, but because he saw that the inlaid with rare pearls were too expensive, he did not dare to keep them privately, so he sent them to Chang'an.

Xue Chongxun didn’t have anything to accept when Liu An gave me, but the reason for giving me is too far-fetched. Why did you come here for holidays and holidays?

After a while, Xue Chongxun naturally said: Liu An might have intentionally entered the court as prime minister.

At this time, the coup had just passed the new king ascended the throne, and was killed by the rebels, Cui Shi, the Minister of Revenue...

Liu An is currently the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and Transportation Commissioner, and is sent to the Eastern Capital to manage the grain transportation. He has sufficient qualifications and abilities for the vacant central position. The key is that those who defect to Xue Chongxun in the early stage, and some of them want to go further to the court as prime minister. Isn’t this a great time to advance?

He thought that it was indeed a good thing to let Liu An enter the Political Affairs Hall. Now the palace and the Northern Ya are basically on their side, and there are only three provinces and six ministries in the Southern Ya. Among them, the prime minister and the officials are particularly important. Arranging more direct descendants is of course the best way to control the regime.

Xue Chongxun sat next to the coffee table and pondered for a while, and his fingers unconsciously tapped the chopping board.Thinking of this, he stood up, picked up the box and went back to the inner palace, so he naturally accepted the things.

As soon as he entered the gatehouse, he met Sun. Because he was an elder and a servant were present, Xue Chongxun hurriedly bowed and said, "Good Mother-in-law, okay."

Sun smiled and pointed to the box in Xue Chongxun's hand and said: What are you holding?

Oh... Xue Chongxun pondered for a while.

Last time, I came back from Longyou and brought some jewelry from Tuyuhun people to my wives and concubines. At that time, I did not give Sun's jewelry for the sake of the difference. Later, I learned that Sun likes gold, silver and jewelry very much, but I was a little apologized.

The thing that Liu An gave now seems to be a necklace or something. He hadn't had time to look at it yet. Anyway, jewelry or something is the same for him. Just know it's valuable.

This kind of jewelry is useless, he does not have the enthusiasm to collect, and he is not as good as selling gifts from others...

Thinking about it, I can't use it if I keep it. Anyway, Sun is a family, so let it go.

Xue Chongxun couldn't say it was given by the minister, so he avoided talking about the source and handed over the box directly: Ask your mother-in-law to take care of her subordinates.

This is?Sun took it in confusion.

Xue Chongxun smiled and said: "I only have one piece of jewelry, and it seems unfair to give it to others, so I give it to the adults. I only have one mother-in-law, right?"

Sun said happily: Did you buy it for me?Very filial.

Xue Chongxun refused and said: I don’t collect jewelry. Please do not refuse, please accept it with a smile.

Then I won’t be polite to you, save it for you.

Xue Chongxun hurriedly said: Giving it to the adult is your thing, but I don’t know if it’s suitable... You can wear it on and take a look when dinner is coming.

The two of them said a while, and then Xue Chongxun went back to the room. Sun took the gift to the account room and returned to Tingyu Lake.

She remembered Xue Chongxun's words that she wore new jewelry during dinner, which meant that she should have dinner together, so she went back to her room to change her clothes.

Naturally, the jewelry must be matched with the clothes, so she opened the box and saw what kind of jewelry it was.

As soon as she opened the lid, she saw the red, green and gems shining brightly and beautifully. Sun was usually very solemn, but she liked these beautiful jewelry very much. When she saw the gems, she could see that it was a good thing that was valuable, so she was naturally full of joy.

When she saw that the servants were not here, she covered her mouth and laughed a few times, her joy was like a little girl.

She reached out and grabbed the jewelry, and saw that there were many chains connected together, and various gems and pearls were worn together with red gold chains...

It was a bit strange. She thought it was a necklace when she saw it, but why did the necklace have so many chains?

Of course, it is not a few necklaces put together, it is a whole that connects them together.

Sun was curious and spread it out with both hands to see what kind of jewelry it was.

After a while, she finally understood, and her face suddenly turned red like a February flower: it was actually a bellyband made of bead chains!

How can I wear this thing?Of course, only when worn underwear and sticking to the upper body is invisible at all. It can only be seen if you take off your clothes in the room. The purpose is to add interest in the room.

Sun hurriedly took away the chain, got up and pulled up the door and bolted it. His chest was undulating and he jumped.Xue Chongxun’s bad thing, what kind of jewelry is hard to give? It’s such a shameful thing!

She sat in front of the dressing table for a while, and by chance she saw the face in the bronze mirror, still with a look of shame.Holding the chain in her hand, her heart was up and down, and her mind was blank.

Do you really want to wear it?

Wearing it means…

Sun was very hesitant. After all, it was contrary to common sense to what happened to Xue Chongxun. It was time for the world to be dissatisfied with people other than her husband, let alone the other party was his own sn in law, which was really a bit dirty.

But when I thought of Xue Chongxun touching his breasts, he held hands quietly in the study last time, and the relationship was already a bit like that. Anyway, there wasn't much of it, so who knows if I put it in it?

As long as you don't take that step...

She kept finding reasons for herself.

In fact, the very important reason is that she has never seen such jewelry before, and she really finds it novel. In addition, she likes jewelry, so she naturally wants to wear it on herself.

Smile of sweat came from Sun's palm, and after thinking for a while, I finally figured it out: I put it quietly, and I will find an opportunity to return it to Xue Chongxun, and I will say I didn't wear it... That person must have bad intentions!

Since it is something worn inside, there is naturally no need to match clothes.Sun sat for a while, looked at the door latch for a while and confirmed that the latch was ready, pulled up the curtain and began to take off his clothes layer by layer.

Remove all the clothes on your upper body and put the bead chains on it. It felt a little cool on your skin, but after a while the gems will be warmed by the body temperature and no longer ice people.

She didn't put on her clothes immediately, and looked at it in the bronze mirror. Unconsciously, seeing this situation, her nipples swelled up.

The weather in early spring is still a little cold. Even if there is charcoal in the house, it feels very frozen after sitting naked for a long time.

When Sun saw it for a while, he wanted to take off the chain and put on his clothes, he felt that wearing the chain was very beautiful, so he was a little reluctant to let it go. He gritted his teeth and just waited for it to wear it inside and put it on directly.

After cleaning up, someone knocked on the door outside, which scared Sun.Although I was wearing all the clothes, I felt a little guilty when I just did that secret thing.She hurriedly asked: Who is it?

The maid Xiaocui said in the voice: The husband sent someone to urge him, saying that the dinner was ready and asked the wife to go over and have dinner together.

Sun said with relief: I'm changing my clothes, come out immediately.You replied to the message and will pass soon.

Xiao Cui replied: Yes.

Sun had already packed up, looked in the mirror and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it. Then he pulled the door bolt and walked out.

Seeing Xiao Cui, she said: It’s already evening, so I won’t change my clothes, I will change it tomorrow... Look, is it different for me?

Xiao Cui looked up and down at a daze, shook her head and said, "Mrs. I am still wearing the same clothes as before."

Um.Sun nodded calmly and said, bringing the lantern on it and leaving.