Ah, I'm another year older. "
An Mei smiled lightly, and said: "If you are old, what are we? We are about to die?" Pulling her away, she said: "Today each palace will start its own business, you are lucky."
"What's so delicious... I'm still worried about what to eat..." Meng Fuyao was dragged lazily by him, then suddenly stopped: "Ah? Is there something delicious? Ah? You cook?"
An Mei didn't answer her, Meng Fuyao wrinkled his nose, and stared at his back with contempt, he cooks? These pampered and pampered guys who don't touch the spring water and even hate the smoke in the kitchen, can't they be a plate of boiled vegetables and a plate of boiled vegetables
The lights in the Nuan Pavilion were turned on one after another, dispelling the darkness just now, and the carved copper stove made the room warm and fragrant. The round table in the pavilion was covered with colorful and fragrant aromas.
Meng Fuyao stared blankly at the tempting mixture of medicinal and vegetable aromas, each color and shape of the dishes, even the radish carved beautiful peonies, for a long while, he sniffed.
She said: "This world is really illusory..."
An Mei gave her a piece of Poria biscuits, and said: "Eat first to fill your stomach, I'm afraid you will suddenly pounce on it."
Meng Fuyao ate a few mouthfuls, suddenly became angry, and muttered: "So someone can do it..."
An Mei was only smiling, and slowly served her vegetables, Lord Yuan Bao squatted and pulled his sleeve, An Mei conveniently stuffed the plate of cakes into her arms.
After dismissing the light bulb, he said to Meng Fuyao who was eating thoughtfully under the lamp: "At least we two spent a happy new year together."
Meng Fuyao put down his chopsticks, and said slowly: "In the past, my years were very lively and lively..."
An Mei poured wine for her: "Are there many people?"
Meng Fuyao was startled, shook his head, and then said in a little perplexity: "Hey, there were also two people, why did I feel that it was so lively then?"
Many, many years ago, the lights in the hut were dim, not as magnificent as this warm pavilion; the dishes on the table were few, not as full of rare treasures as this brocade table; Eating hot pot, you sandwich me in the steaming heat, and I sandwich you, each blushing and smiling... the warmest past that died in memory.
On the side, Anmei's hand paused, she turned her head to look at her, her eyes shifted for a moment, and she said after a while: "I'm going to be sad when you say that."
Meng Fuyao woke up, and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, people always like to remember when they get old."
An Mei shook her head helplessly and stopped talking. The two ate quietly facing each other. Meng Fuyao only felt that this moment was peaceful and comfortable. There is the thoughtfulness and tenderness that is only for her.
After a while I heard him say, "Any New Year's resolutions?"
Meng Fuyao thought for a while with her chopsticks in her mouth, her eyes were clearly black and white under the light, shining like black and white agate.
She said: "I hope my wish will come true and the people I love will live well."
An Mei lowered her eyes, drank the soup slowly, and Meng Fuyao asked him again: "What about you?"
An Mei was silent, and Meng Fuyao didn't want to force her to ask, but it would be difficult to resist if she forced out some love words.
When the two of them finished eating, Meng Fuyao smiled and said: "I have to go to sleep quickly, I will not be safe tonight." Master Yuan Bao who hugged his stomach so much that he couldn't walk left, and only when he was about to reach the door did he hear An Mei say solemnly:
"I hope that every year, every year, someone will accompany you to celebrate the New Year."
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Every year, there are people who will accompany you during the New Year.
Who is that person
Meng Fuyao hugged Master Yuan Bao in the darkness, her sleepless eyes gleamed, thinking about hearing those words, she turned her head and saw that gentle and fierce man, ecstatically looking at the silhouette of Xuanyuan Imperial City decorated with lanterns and festoons.
That city... the beginning and end of that life, at that moment, what was he thinking about
Meng Fuyao let out a sigh, relaxing in the midnight snowy and slightly chilly wind.
And the night is deep.
"Report-"
The sound of chaotic footsteps and hurried reports broke the silence of the night in the imperial city. Countless people flocked to Chongxing Palace and Chengming Palace, and there were terrified cries from somewhere vaguely.
Meng Fuyao smiled in the darkness.
She opened the door and went out, standing on the steps, glanced at Concubine Shu Jinyun Palace Chief Eunuch who was kneeling under the steps with sweat all over her face, and said coldly, "What are you shouting about in the middle of the night?"
"Hui Madam..." The eunuch's face was terrified, and even his voice changed, "Concubine Shu, Concubine Shu... something happened to her!"
Meng Fuyao frowned: "Show Jinyun Palace!"
The Jinyun Palace was already full of people, Xuanyuanmin and the concubines had already arrived, people from the Imperial Hospital kneeled all over the room, and when Meng Fuyao arrived, Concubine Shu's body was already cold.
Hurrying into the brightly lit inner hall, Meng Fuyao met Xuanyuanmin's eyes and stepped aside, Meng Fuyao sternly said: "Where are the people who are serving Concubine Shu tonight? Kill them all—"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Concubine Shu's maid, Xiang Jie'er, was stripped of her palace skirt, her hair was disheveled, and a few eunuchs knelt with their arms crossed. At this moment, tearful and struggling, she walked up to Meng Fuyao on her knees: "My Majesty, you are not a slave Fact, Concubine Shu complained of stomachache after eating Yunsi chicken slices sent by Concubine Yu..."
Meng Fuyao suddenly turned her head and looked at the jade concubine Jianxue who had already pulled out her plug. Jianxue showed no signs of panic, knelt down neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "The dish was given by my concubine, but it was delivered by the concubine Xian. Cook it yourself."
"Concubine Yu!" Concubine Xian yelled angrily, her face was ashen, and Meng Fuyao also yelled angrily: "Concubine Yu, don't bite people in a hurry—"
Concubine Xian was stunned, and looked at Meng Fuyao in surprise, but Meng Fuyao bowed to Xuanyuanmin: "Your Majesty, please judge."
"The harem is your business." Xuanyuan Min said: "I am very sad... I am going to see my beloved concubine again, ah, my concubine Shu..."
The actor danced his sleeves and threw himself at Concubine Shu, and went to act again, Meng Fuyao had no choice but to say, "Bring Concubine Yu to Zongzheng Temple for questioning, Concubine Xian is also suspected, so she is temporarily confined in the palace pending investigation, and is not allowed to go out."
"Why did you restrain my foot?" Concubine Xian glared, "Could it be that the Empress is suspicious of my concubine?"
"Can Empress Xian concubine clear herself of her suspicions immediately?" Meng Fuyao squinted at her, "I think that I have handled this matter fairly and taken care of it. If Concubine Xian has anything to say, I have no choice but to invite you to Zongzheng Temple say clearly."
"Hmph!" Concubine Xian stared at her for a long time, and seeing Xuanyuanmin "caressing the corpse and crying bitterly", she said angrily, "You domineering queen, one day..."
Meng Fuyao smiled and said, "How?"
Concubine Xian opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't dare to say anything, she stomped away, and slammed the palace door loudly before leaving, Meng Fuyao only smiled and said: "Concubine Xian has a very temper."
The concubines were silent and did not dare to speak, Meng Fuyao said again: "Concubine Hua, stay and comfort His Majesty well, don't make him sad and hurt the dragon's body too much."
Concubine Hua was overjoyed, and Concubine Yao Gui's face was ashen - tonight Xuanyuanmin turned over her brand, just touched her body before the accident, praised her as pink and soft as a snow baby, and promised to be promoted Her concubine's title is Xue, and now such a mess, the good things are gone.
And this month, it was not the first time that Concubine Hua seized her opportunity to invite His Majesty to favor him, both openly and secretly.
Her face was flushed, her breathing fluctuated, her nails were deeply embedded in her palms, and the jewels and jade in her hair bun collided with each other faintly due to her trembling body, making a delicate sound.
Meng Fuyao acted as if he hadn't seen it, ordered people to restrain Concubine Shu's body, went out of the palace to report the news, and prepared for the funeral, then said: "It's all gone."
She turned around, walked out the door slowly under the respect of everyone, raised her eyes to look at the dark sky, and the snow finally spun and fell.
How many corpses will this snow cover
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Three days later.
Xuanyuan was shocked by the successive changes in the palace.
Concubine Yao and concubine Hua had a quarrel when they met on the road. The two pushed each other. Concubine Yao pushed Concubine Hua into the pool. The water in Dongyue Pool was bitterly cold, how could a delicate concubine bear it? When Concubine Hua was caught, she had already died.
Xuanyuanmin was busy caressing the corpse again and weeping bitterly. "Empress Yuwen" did nothing, and directly passed Concubine Hua's family into the palace. Almost fainted, but was persuaded by Meng Fuyao with great difficulty, Mrs. Hua knelt down and begged the Queen to avenge her beloved daughter, Meng Fuyao spread his hands, and said embarrassingly: "There is no one on Tianhan Road, only a few maidservants testify against Concubine Yao Gui, who speak lightly and bitterly There is no evidence, and Yao Guipin refuses to admit it again, let alone..." She quietly approached Mrs. Hua's ear, and said: "Yao Guipin's father, a bachelor Yao Ling, has entered the palace several times, and he said that he would guarantee his life. In this matter, Mrs. Hua, you must know that Master Yao is also a celebrity under the Prince Regent's command, so this palace is very embarrassing... "
Mrs. Hua raised her brows upside down: "Well, you are a dog, Yao Ling who kills and kills!"
She turned over and got up, forgetting to thank her, and hurried back to her mother's house to find her younger brother, Li Yuan, the Commander of the Jingwei Commander, one of the powerful figures in charge of the Kunjing army, and belonged to the Regent's camp with Yao Ling, but they were at odds with each other. Not allowed.
When Li Yuan heard that his niece had been wronged, he was furious. He immediately mobilized the three thousand soldiers under his command and rushed to Yao Ling's mansion. Before Yao Ling could react, Li Yuan had already brought a large group of soldiers to fight Pressing the knife into the mansion, he grabbed Yao Ling's breastplate and cursed: "You old dog who can't be redeemed!" With a flash of the knife, the white knife went in and the red knife came out.
Immediately, this reckless man who was born as a frontier general killed the whole Yao family, and when he was done, he smeared blood on the soles of his shoes and walked with strides, as if nothing had happened.
The whole family of the Yao family was killed, which shocked the government and the public. Yao Ling belonged to the group of Prime Minister Situ Mo, and all the ministers in the group were married to each other. The wife of the Yao family and the daughter-in-law of the Yao family were both the daughters of important ministers in the Situ Mo group. Yuan stabbed the hornet's nest, how could the ministers belonging to Situ Mo's department be willing to give up, some of them also controlled part of the defense of Kunjing, and also had troops in their hands. How could the Li Group be willing to give up if they also entered the Li family and the Hua family? As a result, after two scuffles, Kunjing fell into chaos among courtiers and bloody storms.
This chaos, the two groups with deep grievances broke out completely due to the death of a concubine and the deliberate provocation of one person, and quickly burned the entire Xuanyuan court with an unstoppable momentum, nearly 80% of the officials Involved in this turmoil, in the end, there was even a chaos of buying murder and corpses lying on the street. The personal safety of the ministers could not be guaranteed. , the entire Xuanyuan government fell into a semi-paralyzed state, and in the end, when the chaos ended, more than a hundred court officials in Kunjing alone lost their lives, and their ranks ranged from small officials with important positions to first-rank officials.
Bloody Kunjing, precarious, Xuanyuan in the twelfth year of Zhaoning, the sun and the moon are not shining, people's hearts are restless, just like the corpses scattered on the street, people seem to see the power of power through the bloody battles between the two groups. The end of the reign of the Regent, whose world is now crumbling.
This seemingly inexplicable but deliberate riot was called Kunjing Scarlet in later history.
At this time, Xuanyuan Sheng has experienced the pain of the power check and balance technique he has always played - he has cultivated the two groups to be irreconcilable, and a spark will erupt at the slightest spark. He has divided the entire city's forces into two groups for joint management, in the name of mutual integration , In fact, they are spying on each other, now the two groups are fighting in a melee, together with the military camp under their jurisdiction, even though he ordered them not to follow and make trouble, people's hearts are already fluctuating, and they are shocked three times a day.
And the core figures of the two groups who are the calmest and most able to control the overall situation are now dispatched far away. The appeal for Prince Yi's case to be rehabilitated must always pay attention to the next move of King Dahanhan who is stepping on his face. At this moment, he knows that there is a problem in the harem, but he can no longer take care of it.
And the woman who stood on the top of the harem with her hands behind her back, smiling and watching the fierce bloody fire that she participated in controlling, finally took her time and entered into her final plan.
That final plan was aimed at the last and most loyal force under the King Regent, the father of the Concubine Xian, the Gao family of Prince Xiping.
Before that, she had to let Concubine Xian "kill" the queen!
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On December 27th of the twelfth year of Zhaoning, it was clear after the snow.
Meng Fuyao smiled and stepped into the Suxin Palace where Concubine Xian was confined. Concubine Xian came up to her with some anxiety, and asked, "Ma'am, are you here to relieve my confinement order?"
Meng Fuyao looked at her with a smile, and kept seeing her anxious and obediently knelt down before nodding her head and ordering others to read her edict—Since the chaos outside the palace, Xuanyuanmin took the opportunity to clean up the palace staff, and now they have enough staff. Trustworthy.
Concubine Xian's expression changed as she listened.
Yizhi has counted that since she entered the palace, she has been jealous, unworthy, disregarding human life, disrespecting the palace, and oppressing the concubines...
"No! I didn't!" Concubine Xian yelled angrily halfway through the reading, got up and tore up Yizhi: "You framed me, you framed me!"
"Is there no disrespect to the main palace?" Meng Fuyao smiled: "Why didn't you go to pay my respects on the day this palace entered the palace?"
"I ordered the maid and the queen to take leave!"
"Oh?" Meng Fuyao tidied up his sleeves slowly, "Then do you still remember what Ben Gong said at that time?"
Concubine Xian didn't remember, Meng Fuyao kindly reminded her: "This palace said that if you are sick, you should treat it."
"That's right, that's it. If you say you're sick, you should be treated."
"Yes." Meng Fuyao smiled, "But I told you, are you not coming?"
"..."
"As for disregarding human lives..." Meng Fuyao smiled, "Come here... Take out those beautiful bones and remind the concubine Xian that she has a bad memory."
The white and pitiful bones of the gardeners buried in the cold palace were pulled out, and the ferocious bones approached the concubine Xian with the reddish soil, and the bloody mud smell and the unique rotten smell of the bones approached her. Concubine Xian faced the door, she let out a scream, thrust her eyes straight up, and was about to faint.
Meng Fuyao didn't want her to faint now, she hadn't done what she asked her to do.
She stepped forward and patted Concubine Xian lightly. Concubine Xian awoke from her confusion, and saw Meng Fuyao, who was smiling, leaning over like a devil in front of her eyes. A pair of tiny golden scissors.
Scissors…
She stared at Meng Fuyao's eyes, those eyes were full of brilliance, floating waves, swirling shadows, blurry flickering, seemed to be talking.
What are you talking about
Her mind became slightly dizzy, and layers of fog rose, spread, fell, and drifted.
She felt that she also seemed to be drifting, turning into powder, mist, smoke, and the master of this world floating freely.
Then…
Then she didn't know.
When she became a little conscious, she saw eunuchs and sergeants all over the hall, the queen lying on the ground covered in blood, and His Majesty was weeping bitterly as he caressed the corpse.
She felt the palm of her hand was a little cold and sticky, and when she looked down, her hand was covered with blood, and a pair of small scissors was grasped in her palm.
Then she saw His Majesty coming over angrily, pointing at her nose, cursing something, and saying something to the sergeants, those dirty and vulgar soldiers came forward and pulled her up without mercy.
Her bun was torn off, her dress was trampled, and her noble hairpins were torn on the ground. She didn't struggle, but just looked at His Majesty blankly. The sweetheart, the little sheep, the little rabbit, swore to love his concubine, His Majesty, with all the king's favor.
But he ignored her, just looked at her with fire-breathing eyes, cold, heartless, strange and hateful, and cold.
turn out to be…
She smiled lightly and said:
"Really..."
These are the last words left in the world by the concubine who dotes on the sixth palace.
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The case of Concubine Xian's empress shock shocked Jinghua. The evidence of her empress murder was conclusive. In addition, she threatened to make the empress look good. It's really worse than a pig or a dog.
She was thrown into the cold palace, and the court demanded to punish the murderer who killed the queen. The king of Xiping County knelt down and begged the regent for help, and the beleaguered regent hesitantly agreed.
However, before he had time to act, Concubine Xian, who was thrown into the cold palace, committed suicide that night.
She didn't die in the net of conspiracy, but died of love.
However, for the politicians who are always in a hurry, her death is just an arrow shot at the last barrier of the Regent.
Concubine Xian obviously committed suicide, but when the king of Xiping County, who lost his beloved daughter, entered the palace, Emperor Xuanyuan showed him the evidence that Concubine Xian was strangled to death, and even handed over the murderer to him—this murderer, Xiping The king of the county knew that he was one of the double-faced spies he had arranged into the inner palace to monitor the empress according to the order of the regent.
At this time, needless to say, the Prince Regent must have known that there was no way to exonerate her daughter, and promised him to save Concubine Xian. In desperation, he simply killed Concubine Xian first! Then pretend to commit suicide!
Xuanyuanmin wept at the Prince of Xiping, and had a sincere heart-to-heart with him: "Your Majesty... In fact, I love Concubine Xian the most. I just want to wait for the limelight to pass and leave her alive. I don't want to... oh... the rabbit died It is not uncommon to see dogs cooking and birds hiding all their bows..."
The king of Xiping County wiped his tears and returned to the mansion immediately. That night, three cannons were fired, shocking Kunjing.
He reversed.
After being weakened day by day, the majestic power of the king regent finally collapsed completely with the betrayal of the king of Xiping County.
That night, the rumble of cannons on the outskirts of Beijing was heard all over Kunjing, and Xuanyuan Palace also heard about it. Everyone closed the palace door, terrified and silent in the darkness, waiting for the bloody sky to change color again. In the closed Chongxing Palace, There is a "ghost" slowly wandering in the middle of the palace.
The long wind was silent, and Meng Fuyao lifted her long hair. She slowly looked at the palace where she had lived for two months with her hands behind her back. Everything, today she used the most perfect way to end the queen's journey, and there will be no more Yuwen Zi in the world.
Power is like a knife, which can split all resistance brazenly, and can also slowly thin down a fortress like a mountain; the deceitfulness of the human heart can overturn all the wind and clouds in the world, and can be built and destroyed.
At this moment, Meng Fuyao suddenly felt exhausted and desolate, the Kunjing Incident, Xuanyuan Palace chaos, how many people died among them? She didn't dare to count, and she didn't count, once she succeeded, all her bones would be wiped out, and the throne of a country would require bloodshed.
She slowly opened her hands, the palms of which were as white as jade in the darkness, she looked at them like that, thinking to herself, how much blood is on these hands
Crumbs suddenly fell from the palm of his hand, Meng Fuyao rolled his eyes and smiled.
You've been so busy recently, why did you forget about this child
Xuanyuan is about to cause trouble, so take her away and send her back to the Tang family. She is still a child and should not be sacrificed in this dark palace.
She opened her hand and said, "Ah Guang, come down, sister will take you home."
Someone above gave a soft "Hmm", and the small body immediately jumped down, with the sweet fragrance of flowers and soft snacks, reminding people of some soft and sweet thoughts.
Meng Fuyao embraced her warm body, and her hard heart softened a little. She stroked Tang Yi's bald hair and said softly: "It's almost over..."
Her voice stopped suddenly.
In front of my eyes, a cold light flashed.
Tang Yiguang flipped his palm, and a dagger was as cold as the moonlight, and he shot suddenly!