The Prince He couldn't bear to look away, and he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Second brother, this is the sin you deserve."
"Are you even afraid of Rong Xia?" Jiang Luo leaned in front of the door and said hoarsely, "If you don't even care about me, no one in this world will care about me anymore."
"You're so shameless," Ban Huan stood in front of Prince He. "You've done so many evil things, but you're too embarrassed to pretend to be pitiful. It's just that you see your cousin is soft-hearted, so you're just pampered and arrogant."
Liu Banshan felt that the word arrogance and arrogance seemed inappropriate to use here.
"Ban Hua..." Jiang Luo stared blankly at Ban Hua, and suddenly burst out laughing wildly, "You, a former county master and Rong Xia, will have a good end? I am in such a miserable state today, you How long will it last?"
Ban Hua sneered: "No matter how many days I have, at least now I am the queen, and you are a prisoner. Instead of caring about me, it is better to think about your future."
"He is my family, my partner, and the person I care about the most," Rong Xia walked to Ban Yan, her eyes like winter's ice, so cold that it makes one feel chills from the bottom of her body, "Looks like you are being imprisoned, King Ru. There is still too little time to get here, otherwise it would not be so nonsense."
Jiang Luo remembered these days in the prison with fear in his eyes.
Ban Hua looked at Jiang Luo calmly and lowered his eyelids slightly.
Rong Xia no longer looked at him, and turned to look at Prince He: "Prince He, do you think I would believe that the person who assassinated Hua Hua was the one who arranged it?"
Prince He looked at Jiang Luo in prison, and after a while he said with difficulty: "It's not him."
"It seems... Your Highness knows who the murderer is?" Rong Xia turned to look at Prince He, as if he was just asking a very light word.
He was silent for a long time with the prince: "Yes, I know."
Ban Hua looked at Prince He in surprise. She always thought that this matter had nothing to do with Prince He, but Prince He suddenly said that he knew who the murderer was. With his character, he voluntarily confessed to Shi Shi who might be the real murderer
"Who?" Rong Xia asked.
There was silence in the prison for a long time, and Ban Hua looked at the prince and did not speak.
"My princess, Shi Suyue."
and the Prince's Palace.
Shi Shi put on his most gorgeous robe, wearing a nine-phoenix hairpin, and sat upright on the toffee chair. The moment the Janissaries rushed in, she smiled.
"With the princess," Du Jiu stepped into the main courtyard and looked at the woman sitting on the head. She was graceful and luxurious. Although she was not a very beautiful woman, her bearing was unmatched by ordinary women. , arrest you into the palace."
"Capture?" Shi Shi slowly stood up, "Ben Gong had long expected that on this day, how could the new emperor tolerate us old people from the previous dynasty? It's just a life left and right. take it."
Du Jiu smiled lightly: "Princess has lost his mind, Wei Chen asked the princess to assist in investigating the case of the queen's concubine being attacked by an assassin."
Shishi's face was pale, but the momentum on his mouth was not weak at all, "What Your Majesty wants to do is just an order, why should you make any excuses. As a weak woman, Ben Gong can only obey orders."
Du Jiu heard what she meant, that His Majesty was embarrassing the old man in the past. He had seen a lot of this kind of tricks by a woman in the back house when he was a secret spy, so he didn't care about it at all.
He glanced at the servants of the Prince's mansion who were afraid to express their anger, and chuckled lightly, "Princess, you are not a high-ranking woman in the harem.
"I also ask the princess to leave immediately."
Shi Shi sneered and walked out the door.
When she walked out of the gate of the Prince's Mansion, she stopped and looked at Du Jiu: "Where's the prince?"
Du Jiu bowed and saluted: "Please don't worry, Princess, you are very good with His Royal Highness."
Shi shi frowned: "I didn't ask if he was okay, I wanted to know about him..." She paused and didn't speak again.
At this time, it was already dark, except for the two lanterns hanging in the palace, Shi Shi couldn't see the slightest light on the street. She glanced at the carriage parked in front of her, which was exquisitely crafted with a phoenix engraved on it.
Holding the handmaiden's hand to step onto the carriage, she looked back at the guards who surrounded the carriage. The faces of these people were all in the shadows, making people feel terrified for no reason.
Outside the Suzaku gate, Shi Jin was stopped by the guards.
"Master Shi, please come back, it's getting late, Your Majesty won't see you." The guard did not dare to offend Shi Jin, so he could only persuade him, "If you have something important, you will be willing to hand the book to the Dayue Palace at the end. But if you enter the palace at this time, I'm afraid something is wrong."
"Please pass the information on your behalf, Wei Chen really has an urgent matter!"
The two guards looked at each other, hesitated for a long time, and then said helplessly: "You wait for a while, and the last commander will send someone to inform you. As for whether it is successful or not, the last commander can't guarantee it."
"Thank you two generals!"
"Don't dare," the guard smiled embarrassedly, "We're just guards, how can we be called a general, Master Shi is the last general."
"Wait, this is not the Vermillion Bird Gate," Shi Shi lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced around, "This is Xuanwu Gate."
Du Jiu ignored her and took her directly into the palace.
In the main hall of Dayue Palace, Ban Hua sat on the right side of Rong Xia, next to the prince, with a gloomy expression. When he saw Du Jiu coming in, he glanced behind Du Jiu.
"Your Majesty, Empress, and the Princess have already brought them."
"Xuan."
Rong Xia glanced at the Prince and said indifferently, "With the Prince, is there anything I need to say?"
He shook his head silently, and the whole person was extremely decadent.
Shi Shi walked into the hall without salute Rong Xia and Ban Hua, nor looked at Prince Harmony. She stood straight in the hall and looked at Rong Xia and Ban Hua without evasion, with a mocking smile on her face, " You are sitting on it now, but your methods are more sophisticated."
"You are so strange, you don't blame Jiang Luo for the flesh and blood of the common people, you don't blame the Jiang family for making a mess of the whole world, but all the grievances are spread on us," Ban Hua retorted, "The change of dynasties is natural, Isn't the Jiang family's throne also taken from the Sima family?"
"Ban Hua, you have today's status only because you have a beautiful face," Shi Shi raised his chin, "You don't have to be eloquent with me and show off your status as a queen. In the harem, the most important thing is Women, especially beautiful women, you will have a disappointing day sooner or later."
"What's wrong with my beautiful face? I'm eating your rice and drinking your water," Ban Hua stood up from the table and said with a smile, "Actually, I think the two sisters of the Shi family have a lot in common, such as Always look down on my face."
"But why do you look down on me, just because I'm beautiful?" Ban Hua laughed, "If you look down on beauty, then I'm willing to let you look down on me for a lifetime. I just don't know whether some people look down on me or envy me. And me?"
"Shut up, you are such a frivolous woman who only attracts men by her looks, how can you compare to me?!" Shi Shi pointed at Ban Huan, "Even if I die today, my grievances will watch every day. You, let's see how long you can be proud."
Ban Hua found that Shi Shi hated herself very much, or was extremely dissatisfied with her. She stepped down the steps, twisted Shi Shi's hand pointing at her with her backhand, and pushed her a few steps away with ease: "Prince and Concubine He is a well-informed woman, how can you not know that it is impolite to point your finger at someone?"
Shi Shi was in pain, covered her hands and stepped back, she looked at Ban Hua hatefully: "Ban Hua, you have received all the favors of the Jiang family, but you have given Rong Xia the tiger talisman of the Three Armies, you are worthy of the ancestors of the Jiang family. , Do you have a face, the Eldest Princess De Ning?"
Did she give Rong Xia the Tiger Talisman of the Three Armies
Ban Hua raised her eyebrows, she probably understood why Shi Shi wanted her to die, because in Shi Shi's heart, she gave Rong Xia the Tiger Talisman of the Three Armies, and helped Rong Xia win over the general's heart, and the Jiang family would lose.
"With the princess, you may not understand some things," Ban Hua looked at Shi Shi with pity, "it's not me, but the Jiang family who made you unable to be the queen. I can be the queen because my husband is the emperor. But without me, he can still be emperor."
"What the Jiang family lost... was the people's hearts," Ban Hua shook his head and sighed, "If you don't even understand this, it would be a good thing not to be a queen."
"You shut up, you shut up, everything is an excuse."
Shi Shi suddenly took off the golden hairpin from the hair and rushed towards Ban Hu. Ban Hua easily avoided, reached out and tapped Shi Shi's wrist, the golden hairpin fell in response, and Shi Shi was also slapped to the ground by Ban Hua.
"If it's not necessary, I won't hit a woman." Ban Hua straightened the folds on the sleeves without the slightest hesitation.
"Hua," Rong Xia rushed to Ban Hua's side, "you're all right."
"I'm fine." Ban Hua shook her head, and Prince Jianhe also got up and walked over, and said, "This is a matter between us women, you men, don't interfere, all go back and sit down."
Rong Xia glanced at Shi Shi who was lying on the ground, turned and sat back.
He and the prince stood stiffly on the spot, slowly turning their heads and closing their eyes. He knew that she had always been tolerant towards women, but this time, Su Yue had completely offended her.
"If you just want to kill me, I'll spare you this time because you didn't succeed and you're my cousin's wife," Ban Hua squatted down, grabbed Shi Shi's neck, and forced her to look at him , "But if you want to plot against my man, then I can't keep you."
Shi Shi said in a hoarse voice: "What if you kill me, I am still the last crown princess of the Great Ye Dynasty, and my name must be taboo in history. Today I die at your hands, even if thousands of years pass, the people of future generations will also be You will know that you are a queen with blood on your hands."
"People die like lights go out, who cares what others say in future generations," Ban Hua looked at Shi Shi's proud face, and couldn't help but slapped her face fiercely, "You want fame in future generations. , well, I will fulfill you."
"Cousin," Ban Hua looked back at the Prince with an expressionless face, and let go of the hand that was pinching Shi Shi's neck, "Shi Shi is fornicating with foreigners and assassinating the Empress, so she is not worthy of being a princess. Today, I will make the decision for you to divorce her. , let her name in history."
"No, you can't do this!" Shi Shi couldn't allow her status to become no longer noble. She knelt in front of the prince and said, "My lord, we are husband and wife, you can't treat me like this."
Prince He looked at Shi Shi, whose hair was in a mess, and remembered the second brother in the prison. When the second brother begged him, it seemed like the same. He didn't really respect and love his brother, he just felt that he should intercede for him and tolerate him.
The same is true for Shi Shi, who married him because he was the prince, and she valued the status of the prince, not him.
"My lord, my lord," Shi Shi grabbed the robes of the prince and the prince, "Would you like to say something?"
He and the prince bent down, took out a handkerchief and wiped away the tears from Shi Shi's face, then opened Shi Shi's hand little by little, "Shi Shi, how have I treated you all these years?"
Shi Shi looked at Prince He in confusion, not knowing what to say.
"I married you back then. Later, because my father rewarded two concubines, I always felt guilty for you. Even if you gave them both, I always thought I didn't know, and didn't even go to see them." He smiled wryly, "I don't know if this is helping you or hurting you. You are more dignified every day, and I even often wonder if I hurt you and made you unhappy in the East Palace. "
"I learned later that you don't care what I think at all, you want a stable crown princess, and you want a heir," Prince He pointed to his chest, "Su Yue, even if I am a royal man, I also have a heart."
Shi Suyue stared blankly at Prince He, before asking back after a long while, "Since you're not with those concubines, why did you make them pregnant again?"
"Have you forgotten?" He and the prince stood up straight and took two steps back, "You arranged them into my room when I was drunk. Now I have only one daughter under my knees, and her biological mother was giving birth to a child. , died of blood in the stool. Whether her death was accidental or man-made, I have never checked, and I dare not check. "
"It's all my fault, I'm sorry for you, and I'm sorry for them," Prince He closed his eyes and didn't meet Shi Suyue's eyes, "Suyue, since you and I are ruthless, why should you force me."
"After all, you still have to weigh Ban Hua's heart and leave me!" Shi Suyue looked at Prince He angrily, "She is not your biological sister, just your cousin, why do you treat her like this? it is good?!"
He shook his head with the prince: "Suyue, you still don't understand. Some things are not measured by status and interests. Although I am indecisive and incapable, if someone treats me in person, I know."
"For your Shi family, I have already wronged Hua once, and I will not let her be wronged a second time." Prince He opened his eyes, his attitude became extremely firm, "Wei Chen, there is no objection."
"Jiang Han, I hate you!" Shi Suyue's eyes were red, and she looked crazy, "You handed over the throne to someone else, I've been calculating for you for so long, but you have to abandon me for others, you have no conscience."
"Are you for me, or for yourself?" Prince He sighed in disappointment, turned to Rong Xia and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Chen's ineffective stewardship caused the Empress to be in danger, and Wei Chen was extremely ashamed. The old affairs are over, Wei Chen asked Your Majesty to allow Wei Chen to guard the tomb of the Royal Family of Daye, and not interfere in the affairs of the court."
"Cousin..." Ban Hua's face changed slightly, "Why are you so troubled?"
"Niangniang, I am not a person who is good at strategy. If I go to guard the imperial mausoleum, I can get a bit of peace." He gave a big gift to Rong Xia, the pro-king dynasty, "I beg Your Majesty and Niangniang to make it happen."
"Precise play."
Ban Hua looked at Rong Xia and Prince He, but did not speak.
"My lord, my lord..." Shi Suyue wanted to grab Prince He's leg, but Prince He no longer looked at her, turned and left the hall, disappearing into the night.
"His Royal Highness!" Shi Suyue lay on the doorstep and cried out, "My concubine is wrong, my concubine is really wrong, don't treat me like this..."
When an indecisive person doesn't look back, it means that his heart has already been broken, and nothing is worse than death.
At this moment, a eunuch stood outside the hall and said, "Your Majesty, your majesty, Master Shi asks to see you."
"It's so late, what is he doing here?" Ban Hua glanced at Shi Suyue, turned to Rong Xia and whispered, "He came to intercede for Shi's?"
Rong Xia held her hand, turned to the eunuch and said, "Xuan."
Ban Hua coughed dryly: "Isn't it more troublesome to let him come now?"
"Don't worry," Rong Xia gave her a gentle smile, "There are some things that should be dealt with earlier."
As soon as Shi Jin entered the Dayue Palace, he saw Shi Shi lying on the ground crying bitterly, his heart jumped, and he quickly stepped forward to salute Ban Hua and Rong Xia respectfully: "Wei Chen has seen His Majesty and Empress."
"Master Shi doesn't need to be too polite, give me a seat."
"Wei Chen is guilty and dare not sit down." Shi Jin lifted the corner of his robe, and actually bowed to Rong Xia, "Please forgive me."
"Oh?" Rong Xia raised her eyebrows, and after pouring a cup of tea for Ban Hua, she turned to look at Shi Jin, "I don't know what's wrong with Master Shi?"
"My sister is so daring that she dares to offend the Empress. The ministers are extremely frightened and come here to plead guilty." Shi Jin bowed again, but this time it was Ban Hua, "I beg the Queen to punish her."
When his forehead touched the cold ground, Shi Jin couldn't see Ban Hua's expression, nor did he have the face to look at Ban Hua.
"Master Shi is here to intercede for Shi's family?" Ban Hua looked at Shi Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, and turned to look at Shi's family, "Shi Suyue, have you ever thought that if things fail, your family will be affected? In your heart, Is the back seat more important than the family?"
Shi Shi shook his head sharply: "This is what I did alone, it has nothing to do with him, please... Empress."
She didn't ask Ban Hua just now, but at this time, she finally asked for someone.
"If you knew there would be today's result, why did you take the risk?" Ban Yan waved his hand, "Shi Jin, you step back, this matter has nothing to do with you."
"My lady..."
"Shut up," Shi Suyue didn't want Shi Jin to speak again, she looked at Ban Hua, who was sitting on the head, so beautiful that she didn't look like a real person, and wiped away the tears on her face, "I got married to the prince when I was nine years old, and all the people around me Everyone tells me that I am a crown princess and a future queen. I was born to be a queen. I look forward to it every day, and I want to put on a phoenix robe and a phoenix crown, and accept the adoration of women ordered by hundreds of officials. ."
"I was born to be a queen," Shi Suyue looked at her well-maintained arm, the light in her eyes dimmed a little, "I'm not reconciled."
But at this time, seeing that her younger brother would rather offend Rongxia for her own sake, and also enter the palace to plead for mercy, she was unwilling and resentful, and seemed to be no longer so surging, "I confess, but this matter has nothing to do with others, please Your Majesty and The queen spared others."
Rongxia didn't answer, he was looking at Ban Hua.
Ban Hua understood that he wanted to give her the decision-making power on this matter, she stabilized her mind, and called Du Jiu, who was guarding outside, in: "Du Jiu, send someone to strictly investigate the entire capital and search for the remnants of the previous dynasty. Indiscriminate killing of innocent people, but not letting go of those who conspire."
"Yes!" Du Jiu was stunned. The Empress was the one who wanted to thoroughly investigate the previous dynasty. If she didn't like the current dynasty and wanted to return to the previous dynasty, she would not be able to escape under this thorough investigation.
This time, the Queen Mother was really annoyed by Feng Yan, otherwise she would not be so reckless.
He led the order to retreat, and when he walked out of the Dayue Palace, he couldn't help but stop when he thought of the words Jiang Luo said in the prison. The Empress was so angry because the Shi clan sent someone to assassinate her, or did the Qi Shi clan want to plot against your majesty
Although His Majesty's anger and anger were indistinguishable, at least he could tell that His Majesty's eyes were full of the Empress.
It's the Queen's Concubine...
She seems innocent and innocent, with a simple mind, and she does things according to her heart. But if you are tempted, you will find that she is an extremely complicated woman. Since he was a child, he has been wearing brocade clothes and jade food, and the stars hold the moon, but he has also practiced martial arts.
Anyone who has practiced martial arts knows that a person who can't endure hardship will not be able to practice well, even if he has martial arts talent.
However, although Niangniangwen can't write poetry, it is not as lacking in literary talent as rumored, and her martial arts skills make many sons ashamed. Although she is lazy and willful, she has never done anything more than Emperor Yunqing. Bottom line thing.
The more he thought about it, the more shocked, Du Jiu suddenly felt that Ban Hua was inscrutable.
"Shi Jin, take Shi Suyue with you," Ban Hua said slowly, "I leave her life to you."
She lowered her eyelids, her eyes were cold.
Rong Xia's index finger lightly rubbed the teacup a few times, then turned his head and smiled at Ban Hua to show his support for Ban Hua's decision.
"Thank you... Your Majesty, thank the Queen Mother." Shi Jin kowtowed to the two of them, turned around and went to Fu Shi Suyue, "Go, come back with me."
Shi Suyue bowed to the emperor and the queen, and followed Shi Jin out of the Dayue Palace.
The Xiangye Mansion has long since disappeared. The courtyard where Shi Jin lives now was given to him by the imperial court. Although it is not as luxurious as the Xiangye Mansion, it is considered complete. He asked the servants to wait for Shi Suyue to change her clothes and comb her hair, and said to Shi Suyue, "You have a good rest, and you can live here in peace in the future."
"Ah Jin," Shi Suyue stopped Shi Jin, "a few years ago, my mother mentioned to me that there is a woman you like, who is she?"
"She's already married, and I forgot about her," Shi Jin looked at Shi Suyue calmly, "Why do you need to mention the past."
"I know," Shi Suyue sat in front of the mirror and inserted a step into her hair, "she had a marriage contract with Xie Qilin at that time, so you went to the border to avoid news about her."
"It's a pity that everything is beyond people's minds," Shi Suyue stroked her temples, and when she heard the sound of the watch outside, she suddenly laughed, "It's the third watch."
Shi Jin looked at the gorgeous Zhu Chai in her hair and couldn't help but said, "Retire the hairpin earlier and rest."
"I know," Shi Suyue asked, putting a good amount of lip balm on her lips, "Why are you here?"
"For the sake of the family, I failed to save Feixian," Shi Jin said with a low expression, "I can't let this happen a second time."
Hearing this, Shi Suyue smiled, with tears in her eyes, and turned to look at Shi Jin: "A Jin, do I look good?"
"nice."
"Me and Ban Hua, who looks good?"
Shi Jin didn't answer.
"In your eyes, she is probably the most beautiful," Shi Suyue still just smiled, dyeing her brows a nice color with her eyebrows, "Go out, it's time for me to sleep."
Shi Jin glanced at Shi Suyue who was shining brightly, "Have a good rest, don't think too much about other things."
"I understand," Shi Suyue put down her eyebrows and looked at Shi Jin gently, "It's cold at night, pay attention to your body."
Shi Jin bowed to her and withdrew silently.
Watching Shi Jin leave until his footsteps could no longer be heard, Shi Suyue painted a gorgeous peach blossom between her eyebrows.
She draws very seriously, and every stroke is careful, as if she is doing the most important thing in life.
She has been dignified all her life, and before she left, she also wanted to add some color to herself.
Maybe a long time ago...
She also envied Ban Hua.