It turns out that there really exists a sentence or a few words in the world, and it is enough to make one's heart break.
Yan Xiaohan thought in fear, "Is this written for me?"
He was like a person who was about to freeze to death in a world of ice and snow. When he was about to despair, he suddenly saw a little light. Whether it was an illusion or a phosphorous fire, he seemed to have grabbed the last straw.
The handwriting has blurred its original shape, and there is no characteristic at all, but Yan Xiaohan still stares at those four words, his eyes are burning, as if he wants to burn a hole in the white silk. If Fu Shen was present, he would probably recognize that his dazed energy was exactly the same as the symptoms of his drug addiction in Kwong Fengcheng.
Qiu Yebai's drug addiction had long since given up, but the heart addiction that Fu Shen raised was getting worse every day.
Gradually, the boiling mood calmed down, Yan Xiaohan let out a long sigh, and the tense shoulders gradually relaxed. Only then did he realize that he was sweating profusely on the back of the cold day.
He carefully folded the white silk and put it away, as if drawing a little warmth and strength from it, and walked slowly towards his mansion.
In a blink of an eye, it's New Year's Eve.
Due to the turmoil last year, the current situation was turbulent, and the country was in crisis. This year, all the ceremonies in the palace were simplified. Emperor Changzhi offered sacrifices to the sky and prayed for blessings. On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the Xue family of Zhaoyi was pregnant. This was the first child to be ushered in the New Year Palace of the New Dynasty. The omens were very auspicious. The Changzhi Emperor was overjoyed and promoted the Xue family to the concubine Shu, and rewarded her father, brother and family.
When Yan Xiaohan heard the news, he felt uncomfortable, so he privately asked the eunuch who was serving by the queen to ask questions. He is now nominally commanding the Imperial Army, but in fact, since the emperor has no one to use, there is no eunuch in the inner minister, and foreign affairs are still under Yan Xiaohan. He is like the big housekeeper in the emperor's backyard, and he has to manage the housekeepers and servants. He is very reluctant, but there is nothing he can do.
When the capital city was broken, Princess Qi Fu Ling took the infant, who was still in swaddling, and escaped to Jiangnan without any risk under the guard of the royal family's family and the Duke of Yingguo's mansion. When Emperor Changzhi ascended the throne, Fu Ling was canonized as the Empress of the Middle Palace. The couple had a very good relationship at first, but at the beginning of the new dynasty, Emperor Changzhi took several daughters from aristocratic families as concubines in order to win over the Jiangnan gentry, and the originally deserted harem quickly turned into a battlefield without swords and swords. The queen is soft on the outside and tough on the inside. She is not good at fighting. She has been neglected several times, and the two of them gradually become estranged.
Yan Xiaohan didn't notice the intrigue in the harem at first, until the end of last year, when the princess suddenly developed acne and fever. Yan Xiaohan took it to heart after hearing about it, and he was asked to investigate privately. He actually found a palace maid from the Queen's Palace who secretly passed the news with the concubines of other palaces. Under torture, the palace maid confessed that she had wiped the princess' hands with the towel she brought from outside the palace, and then the confession was presented to Yulan. The Changzhi Emperor Longyan was furious, but finally put it down gently and only sent the concubine into the cold palace. thing.
From then on, Yan Xiaohan only knew what the Empress was living in the palace. Although Fu Tingyi, the Duke of Ying, also fled to Jiangnan, he has never eaten human fireworks.
Not long after, the concubine hanged herself in the cold palace for no reason. Since then, Yan Xiaohan will set aside a little time every month to check on the Queen's situation. He didn't avoid people on purpose, and he didn't even mind others asking. He and Fu Shen were a justifiable family, and supporting Fu Shen's sister was naturally a matter of course.
Needless to say, just with this move, Fu Ling's life in the palace improved immediately.
Xue's father is one of the four scholars in the south of the Yangtze River who participated in the discussion of Yanying Palace. She is also the most favored one among the concubines in the harem. There is no direct son in the middle palace. She is pregnant at this time. That's not good news. Yan Xiaohan asked the eunuch and heard that the queen was just unhappy and had no other plans. She also put out the thought of taking precautions for her before it happened. She just asked the servants to be more careful and not be tricked by someone with a heart.
However, the world is unpredictable. On the twelfth day of the second lunar month, during the Flower Festival, there was a sudden uproar in the palace. It is said that Concubine Xue Shu was bumped into in the garden. Unfortunately, she had a miscarriage and the child was not saved.
The one who collided with Concubine Xue Shu was the maid of the Queen's Palace. When she was arraigned, she did not say a word. She threw herself to the queen and slammed her head into the pillar in the palace, killing her on the spot.
This time, the queen was justified and couldn't explain clearly. Emperor Changzhi was furious. Anyway, he cared about the relationship between husband and wife. He didn't impose a heavy punishment.
Emperor Changzhi did not necessarily know that the queen was most likely framed, but he did not need the truth. Standing behind the Xue family are the Jiangnan nobles, half the sky in the new dynasty, the Changzhi Emperor still counts on these people to serve him, and the Fu family behind the queen is already an empty shell. Comparing the two, it is clear at a glance which is lighter. For the sake of the bigger picture, he could only choose to sacrifice the queen.
However, he forgot that there was also a "Fu family" who was not named Fu in the DPRK.
On February 14, the second day after the empress was imprisoned, Concubine Xue Shu was dragged from the bedroom into the cold palace. The courtyard was dilapidated, and few people were there. She was covered with a handkerchief, her hair was messed up, and she was sobbing and struggling to be caught by two people. A strong eunuch was thrown into an empty room.
This is where the concubine who framed the princess lived. After her death, the palace maids and eunuchs thought it was unlucky and didn't set foot there easily. No one had cleaned it for several months, the cobwebs were all over the place, the courtyard was covered with moss, and Concubine Xue Shu was thrown on the cold and dirty ground.
She was also pampered and raised since she was a child. How could she have ever suffered such grievances
In the hazy sight, someone seemed to be blocking the sky. After a while, a pair of black boots stopped in front of her, and a young, low-pitched male voice came from above her head: "Is that her?"
The eunuch who arrested the person had a fierce look on his face, but he was very respectful to this person: "Master Hui, it is the Xue family."
The man made a low "um" and walked forward past her. Someone in front of him had already cleaned the table and chairs for him. The corner of his brocade robe was raised. He sat down in front of Mrs. Xue and instructed the servant: "Help her up , the cloth in the mouth is gone."
The handkerchief was pulled out of Xue Shi's mouth, and she couldn't help gasping for breath. She resisted the pain and got up. When she saw the person sitting in front of her eyes, she couldn't help but startled.
Although the men she has seen are limited, all of them are young and romantic with good looks, but this man is the most outstanding and handsome one she has ever seen since she was a child.
His brows were quiet, and when he wasn't smiling, he had a gentle touch. Seeing Shi Xue looking at him in a trance, the corners of his eyes were slightly bent, and he asked, "Do you know who I am?"
Xue Shi suddenly felt lost, hurriedly lowered his head, and murmured, "No... I don't know."
"My official surname is Yan, and I was instructed to lead the Imperial Army. I have some friendship with your father, Xue Shangshu."
The three words "strict" and "forbidden army" were like a basin of cold water pouring down on the head, and Xue's heart was instantly cold, and there were only two words left in his mind: it was over.
Since the princess had an accident last year, most of the concubines in the harem have restrained themselves and have a little more respect for the queen—not respecting the queen, but fearing the person who supported her behind her back and killed the concubine who murdered the princess.
The emperor's humerus close minister and the commander of the Imperial Army, Yan Xiaohan.
In the Yuantai Dynasty, Feilongwei was rampant, and he had power over the government and the opposition, and people's discoloration changed. This person is the leader of Feilongwei. It is said that he acted strangely and his methods were cruel. , even in the new dynasty was still reused by the Changzhi emperor.
The astonishment dissipated, leaving only panic, Empress Xue Shicang retreated, trembling: "What are you doing..."
"Concubine Shu," he asked casually, "do you have no idea what this official is doing?"
"I don't know!" Xue Shi forced his composure, and said sternly, "It is a capital crime for a foreign minister to break into the palace without permission. If you dare to do something to me, aren't you afraid that the emperor will hold you accountable?"
Yan Xiaohan said, "This official is instructed to guard the imperial palace, so naturally, I can't sit back and watch a vicious woman like you deceive the king. If you know who I am, you should be clear, not to mention you, even if your father is here, this official can also catch it."
Xue shivered: "You... I am the emperor's concubine, it's not your turn to intervene... I want to see the emperor!"
Yan Xiaohan sneered, "If I call you Niangniang, do you really think that you are Niangniang?"
Although he was smiling, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Framed the queen, murdered the emperor's heir, do you think you can still walk out of this palace gate alive today?"
"...You are the queen's person, why are you helping her?" Xue was finally scared to cry by him, and shouted incoherently, "I can give you anything she gave you! You—"
"Because her surname is Fu." Yan Xiaohan interrupted her lightly, "You planted the empress at the Huachao Festival, and you are rushing to break my taboo and court death."
Flower Festival? What does it have to do with the Flower Festival
Xue's face was dazed, and one of the eunuchs standing beside him was coming from the north. After thinking about the "Flower Festival", he immediately understood: Hah, isn't that the person who married Jingning Hou last year? day
Fu Houye's whereabouts are unknown now, and the queen is his only sister. No wonder Mr. Yan is so popular, and the Xue family is really unlucky, and he has committed the crime.
After Yan Xiaohan arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he did less to send people to the West, but occasionally, he seemed more surly and vicious. This kind of venting is actually useless. It is just that he has been stabbed in the reverse scale.
The eunuch stepped forward with a piece of white silk in his hand, and said softly, "Niangniang, please."
Xue shi looked at Yan Xiaohan in disbelief, her eyes were splitting, but the man didn't look at her, staring at the bunch of white flowers outside the window, wondering what he was thinking.
Seeing that she didn't move, the eunuch said yin and yang strangely: "If Niang Niang insists on not doing it herself, the servant will have to take you on the road."
Yan Xiaohan turned his head at this moment, and said indifferently, "I heard that Concubine Shu was born in a high-class family. She has read poetry and books since she was a child, and can sing and dance well. There was a minister who asserted that your fate was precious and that you would definitely get a good son-in-law. Speaking of this, he couldn't hold back, and let out a sneer from his nose: "The whole city of Jinling is full of such rumors, and the empress may believe it too, thinking that she is the next Wei Zifu."
"This white silk has already given you enough face," Yan Xiaohan stood up with the armrest of the chair, looked at her condescendingly, and said sensibly, "It's best to be more conscious, if you don't know what's good or bad, this official will turn you into a man. Become the next Mrs. Qi."
If Xue Shi was struck by lightning, she knew poetry and prose, read the history books, and immediately understood Yan Xiaohan's threat, and she also clearly knew that she was doomed today and would die.
Emperor Gaozu of Han favored Mrs. Ji Qi and gave birth to a son Liu Ruyi. With his holy favor, he almost replaced the crown prince Liu Rong several times. When Emperor Gaozu died, Liu Ruyi was summoned to the palace by Empress Lv to be killed. *
The battle between Concubine Shu and the Empress is not just a battle for the harem, but a battle for the future prince, a quiet confrontation between the old ministers in the north and the new nobles in the south of the Yangtze River.
Yan Xiaohan walked away with a flick of his sleeves.
In the first year of Changzhi, on February 14, Concubine Xue Shu went crazy after giving birth, became insane, and hanged herself in the cold palace.
In the evening, the stars were scattered like snow, and Changqiu Palace hurriedly announced that the imperial doctor asked for a pulse. It was diagnosed that Empress Fu was pregnant, and the court and the public went up and down, all of them thought it was a good omen.