In the dim room, Qi Lian was sitting on the ground covered with a layer of hay, his hair was messed up on his back, and his light-colored robe was also stained with dust, and he looked very embarrassed.
He looked gloomily at the narrow window above his head, and he could vaguely see a little bit of starlight, and there were footsteps behind him. He looked back and saw who was coming. He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed mockingly: " Sure enough, it's you." Besides him, who else could silently take him from the border town of Gaoluo country all the way to the capital of Dafeng.
"The prime minister of Gao Luo country suddenly disappeared, the interior of Gao Luo country is in chaos, and there are constant battles between parties," the visitor stood outside the prison door, looking at Qi Lian expressionlessly, "This is a good show, what does the prime minister think about Qi Lian? Exciting enough?"
"I call myself a villain, but in front of you, I am truly ashamed," Qi Lian stood up and patted the blade of grass on his body, "I don't know when you started to doubt me?"
"I've been suspicious of you from the beginning to the end." The person who came was not angry because of the sarcasm on Qi Lian's face, he walked to the table and chair placed next to him and sat down, "Suddenly appeared in Gaoluo country ten years ago, and then became a The adopted son of the Qi family has become the youngest prime minister of Gao Luo Kingdom."
"If it wasn't for your Jin family crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, would my Lin family be in such a state?!" Qi Lian looked out of control and looked at the people outside the cell, "My Lin family is full of people, regardless of gender, age, and children. If there are loyal servants, I will die at the hands of the executioner like other family members. Tell me, what did our Lin family do wrong?!”
"When he doted on my aunt, he made my Lin family look great, and turned his head to the queen and lost his son. It was just a few words from the traitorous concubine, and he regarded my aunt as a murderer who poisoned the prince," Qi Lian held the prisoner with a grim expression on his face. The doorpost looked at the person who came with red eyes, "Dozens of people in my Lin family, dozens of people, were beheaded like this. Whenever I recall their eyes full of grievances in the midnight dream, I can't wait to eat your flesh. , drink your blood!"
"You Jin family are ruthless and unrighteous, but you also like to pretend to be affectionate," he breathed heavily in his throat, like an irritated lion, losing his mind, "even you are the same. , What's so important to Gu's daughter is that you use your feelings to let the Queen Mother let the Gu family help you stabilize the country. Jin Yang, what's the difference between you and a dog emperor? "
"Shut up!" He Ming, who was behind Jin Yang, scolded, "Don't talk nonsense!"
"I'm talking nonsense," Qi Lian laughed mockingly, "Look at how well you pretend, even the servants around you think you really love the Queen. It's just that the poor Gu's daughter was held in the hands of her family since she was a child. Palm, married a hypocritical man, and thought he was truly affectionate and regretful to himself, which is really pathetic, ridiculous and pathetic."
He Ming was shocked when he heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look, but there was no expression on His Majesty's face, as if Qi Lian's words had no effect on him, could it be...
The chill slowly spread from his back to his whole body, his feet softened, and he fell to the ground unconsciously.
"Is my love for the queen true or false, and what has it to do with you?" The visitor raised his hand, and immediately the torches on the wall ignited, and a flawless face was also revealed in the firelight.
He is long and jade-like, wearing a light-colored dark-patterned brocade robe on his body, and his blue silk is tightly tied with a jade crown, like a turbid and elegant son.
Just standing here, he became the most eye-catching presence in the cell, because he was so extravagant and handsome.
"When I fled to Jinzhou back then, you were as embarrassed as I am now, no, even more embarrassed than I am now," Qi Lian lowered his head and laughed when he saw his appearance, the laughter echoed in the cell, especially mocking Yu Jiao said, "You are lying on the ground like a dog, being ridden by your younger brother as a horse. Let me think about your eyes at that time... unwilling, resentful, and violent."
"What a terrible pair of eyes, the first time I saw them, I thought they were not human eyes, but mad dogs," Qi Lian looked at Jin Yang contemptuously and mockingly, "but those noble families praise you for your words and deeds. You are as graceful as jade, look how blind their eyes are."
Slowly turning the jade wrench on his thumb, Jin Yang expressionlessly listened to Qi Lian's words, raised his head and said, "So what?"
Qi Lian looked at the other party's ice-like eyes and was stunned, yes, so what? Those arrogant families will also bend down in front of him.
He laughed at himself, walked to the corner, didn't think the weeds on the ground were damp, and sat down directly: "You should marry the woman Sima Xiang, that woman is like you in her bones, and will do anything to succeed. If the two of you are together, you must have many common interests. A lunatic like you, why bother to provoke a girl like the Gu family?"
Speaking of this, he shook his head again and said with a smile: "I forgot, the more you are, the more you like those clean and beautiful things, because you are dirty, smelly and bloody, so you are more interested in those beautiful things. I'm particularly interested in things. I'm afraid that people like you will sully the beautiful things."
"I detained you here because I didn't want to listen to your nonsense." Jin Yang stood up, walked to Laomen and looked down at Qilian, "I don't need you to tell me what I mean. At least I didn't betray the country. Rong, let alone being a minister of another country. If the ancestors of the Lin family knew that you were going to collude with Gaoluo Kingdom and Prince Rui's mansion to rebel and cause chaos in the world, do you think you still have the face to see them?"
"What does the chaos in the world have to do with me? My Lin family was wronged, and when the whole family was beheaded, who in Dafeng stood up and said a word for my Lin family?!" Qi Lian said angrily, "The world treats my Lin family like this. , why should I take care of the world?"
Jin Yang looked at Qi Lian's frantically distorted face because of extreme hatred: "Who said that no one interceded for your Lin family back then?"
"You're right. Back then, the Gu family and Yang Guogong's family stood up and said good things for my Lin family." Qi Lian's expression became calmer, he lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked at Jin Yang, "But there is another What's the use? The Gu family treats you faithfully, but you deceive his daughter with your feelings. The Duke of Yang's family is upright, but you stole Yang's son's sweetheart. That's why you men from the Jin family are so disgusting. It smells bad, you do this, aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"As a prisoner, why should you consider whether I have retribution?" Jin Yang lowered his eyelids and placed his white fingers on the prison doorpost. His movements were very light, as light as stroking a lover, "There is something wrong with the late emperor, and it is not the reason why you can sell your country and cause wars. Do you know how many innocent people in the world will suffer if there are wars? They do not You have harmed the Lin family, and you have never attacked the Lin family, don't you feel bad about it?"
"I don't know how you brought me back without telling the truth, and I don't want to know," Qilian leaned his head against the wall and closed his eyes. I know what you want, and I won't give it to you."
Jin Yang put his hands behind his back, glanced at him quietly, and said calmly: "Even if you don't teach the evidence that Prince Rui's mansion is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, I can make Prince Rui's mansion unable to lift its head."
"Of course you can do it, but you are such a ruthless person who always likes the scenery on the face, don't you always like to look for evidence before doing things?" Qi Lian said without opening his eyes, "Your Majesty, please Go back, please forgive me for not being able to send it far."
Jin Yang walked out of the prison with an expressionless face, and behind him He Ming and a few silent little eunuchs immediately followed with lanterns.
"Your Majesty, be careful with the steps." He Ming lifted the lantern closer so that he could see the road ahead more clearly.
Jin Yang took out a handkerchief, covered his mouth and coughed a few times, then said, "For the next few days, no one will talk to Qilian, and there is nothing to do except give food."
"Yes." He Ming hurriedly responded.
Jin Yang took a few steps forward, and suddenly felt a little cold around his neck. He looked down and saw that the jade droplets hanging around his neck fell out at some point. When he was walking, he swayed and touched his neck skin, so it was extraordinarily cold.
He paused, reached out and touched the jade droplet lightly, then tucked the jade droplet into his collar, and walked faster towards the Zichen Palace.
After returning to the Zichen Hall, he found that Gu Rujiu was not in the hall, frowned, and asked the palace attendant serving in the hall: "Where's the queen?"
"Go back to the emperor, the empress went to the Luanhe Palace."
Jin Yang frowned, nodded and said, "I understand, you all step back."
He Ming raised his head and glanced at the emperor, bowed and stepped back with the others, and even closed the door for Jin Yang.
The room suddenly became dead silent. Jin Yang walked to the soft couch that Gu Rujiu usually likes to lie down on, and took out two biographies from under the soft couch. There was also a bookmark in the biography, which showed that the book had not been read before the owner left. .
He opened the first page and saw that it was written, "A hundred years ago there was a mountain called Xiushan, and there was a white fox in the mountain..."
The brushwork is very rough, but the plot has a bit of meaning. This beautiful fox demon fell in love with the noble son. For his sake, he gave up his cultivation and only wanted to be a mortal. Unexpectedly, this noble son seems to have no regrets for the beautiful fox demon, but in fact, he just wanted to get the fox demon's heart and soul, refining the elixir of immortality and presenting it to the emperor, so that he could marry the princess.
In the end, the son got the blood, the fox demon died in tears, and the son did not end well, because the emperor used the elixir of immortality and died suddenly.
It turned out that the blood of the fox demon was too domineering, and the emperor, as a mortal, could not bear it, so he died violently.
There are many loopholes in this story, but the ending is different from other novels. Other novels always pursue a perfection, but this story ends with death.
He closed the notebook in his hand and looked at the flickering candles on the table, his eyes interfering a little.
In the Luanhe Palace, Gu Rujiu was sitting on the top, with Taifei Qian and Taifei Sun sitting on the bottom of her. There were delicate desserts in front of the three, but no one moved.
Gu Rujiu glanced at the two with a smile, and then said, "Trouble the two concubines, I invited the two to come today, just to chat and pass the time."
When Taifei Sun heard this, she smiled and said, "The Empress is willing to talk to us, we are too happy to talk about trouble."
Concubine Qian echoed with a smile, looking at the teacups and snacks at hand, but did not dare to touch them.
"The two of you are my elders, and they have stayed in the palace for many years. They know the rules of the palace better than I do," Gu Rujiu said with a sigh, "I once imprisoned an ignorant palace maid half a month ago. , I don't know... She lost her life in prison two hours ago."
"Is there such a thing?" Concubine Qian showed a look of surprise, "Could it be that she committed suicide in fear of sin?"
"It's not clear yet," Gu Rujiu shook his head. "This matter should be handed over to Dali Temple to investigate, but the harem is the resting place of His Majesty, and there are female relatives. I'm afraid it is not suitable for people from Dali Temple to come."
"The Queen's words make sense. People from Dali Temple are indeed not suitable for coming to the harem," Tai Concubine Sun smiled and hesitated for a moment. "What's more, this is a court lady who committed crimes, and there is a high possibility of committing suicide in fear of crime."
"Having said that, it's just that I'm still a little uneasy," Gu Rujiu's face became even more worried, "If this palace maid was killed by him, then the harem would be too dangerous."
Concubine Qian and Concubine Sun both looked solemn and did not speak, as if they were very afraid of the death of the palace maid.
"I think that since the harem is not very peaceful now, the two concubines have valuable status. If something goes wrong, the empress dowager and the emperor will be worried. It is better that the two concubines go to Lin'anbee Palace for a while before this matter is investigated. , I will take the two concubines back after the matter is cleared up." Gu Rujiu said this, and sighed heavily again, "This is also a helpless move, please be considerate of the two concubines."
When Taifei Qian and Taifei Sun heard the words, their expressions changed greatly. What does the queen mean, do you want to expel them from the internal power and move them to Lin'an
Lin'an is Dafeng's companion capital. Many concubines and concubines who had no children and were favored by the emperor in the past in Dafeng would be moved to the Lin'an Palace after the death of the emperor, but this was basically only when the new emperor's harem was full. But in the current emperor's harem, except for the empress, there are no other women, and the empress wants to drive them away
But despite their dissatisfaction, can they just say no
Concubine Qian and Concubine Sun knew in their hearts that if the queen insisted on sending them away, they would have to go to the Lin'an Palace to die alone.
"It's not early, the two concubines should go back to the palace to rest early," Gu Rujiu didn't seem to see the ugly expressions of the two concubines, stood up and said, "This palace is also a little tired."
Concubine Sun and Concubine Qian had no choice but to stand up and saluted: "Congratulations to the Empress."
Watching the queen leave, Sun Qian and the two walked out of the Luanhe Palace, the smile on Sun Taifei's face disappeared little by little: "Concubine Qian, you are always so reckless, if it weren't for you, how could the queen plan to send us to Lin'an Palace? ?"
Lin'an Bie Gong is a tomb of the living dead, not a cold palace is better than a cold palace, there is almost no other chance to come out except to die.
I heard that a few decades ago, there was a noble concubine in the palace who was very favored and jealous. Later, the emperor rushed all the women in the harem to the Lin'an Palace, and only favored the noble concubine.
Some women were selected to enter the palace, and before they saw the emperor's face, they were sent to the Lin'an Palace, and they were all white-headed palace maids to death.
"Don't talk about me, isn't it your work?" Taifei Qian glared at Taifei Sun displeased and walked away.
Concubine Sun's complexion changed, and she finally lowered her face and gritted her teeth: "What a queen!"
"Niangniang, are you really going to send the two concubines to the Lin'an Palace?" Qiu Luo was a little worried. In the past, the concubines who were sent to the Lin'an Palace were selected daughters from ordinary families, but Concubine Qian and Concubine Sun The mother's family is a noble family in the capital, especially Sun Taifei, her mother's family is not only prominent, but also has a marriage relationship with the Sima family.
"It depends on whether they are willing to go to the Lin'an Palace," Gu Rujiu smiled, looking up at the bright moon hanging in the night sky, "If they are unwilling, they must show their sincerity."
Qiuluo pondered for a moment, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Baolu looked blankly at the Empress and Qiuluo, and lowered her head silently.
"Empress Empress, you are back," He Ming saw Gu Rujiu, and immediately greeted her enthusiastically, bowing to her, "The emperor has been waiting for you for a long time."
Gu Rujiu walked into the house and saw Jin Yang flipping through the little book that he had not finished reading, he smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, is this story interesting?"
Jin Yang stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms, and said with a smile: "There are too many loopholes, but the fox demon has love and righteousness, which is very rare."
"It's a pity that no matter how affectionate and righteous you are, you meet a man with a heartless heart," Gu Rujiu asked casually before she finished reading, "How is the ending?"
"I just flipped through it roughly," Jin Yang threw the book aside, put his head on her shoulder, and said solemnly, "The man was finally cracked and killed by the car, and his soul was sent to the eighteenth hell afterward."
"This is a good ending," Gu Rujiu smiled, "I am the most impatient to see a man make a woman bruised all over, and at the end of the two tears, I am forgiven, and I can also be rich and rich.
Jin Yang hummed.
Gu Rujiu reached out and stroked the back of his head lightly, and said softly with a smile that was not a smile: "If two tears can be forgiven, then the feelings of innocent women are too cheap."
"Jiu Jiu is definitely different from these women." Jin Yang gently kissed her neck.
"Of course I'm not the same as them," Gu Rujiu stroked her index finger lightly and landed on his neck, feeling the throbbing of the warm blood flowing under the blood vessels, she murmured, "If you dare to be like this kind of man , then I will pull you and die with me."
Jin Yang raised his head and stared into her eyes. In the dark pupils, he saw a beating flame and his face.
"Okay." He held her hand with a smile, lowered his eyelids and lowered his head, "I knew that Jiujiu was different."
In early summer, the night was not too hot. When a thunderstorm sounded, Concubine Sun sat up from the bed in horror.
The veil swayed gently, and Yingyingchuochuo brought out a shadow.
She gasped for breath and said in a hoarse voice, "Someone." Another thunderous sound suppressed her voice.
Concubine Sun was a little scared, and pulled the quilt covering her body. In a blur, she saw that there seemed to be a person standing in the corner. The fear in her heart was even worse, and she even stopped breathing.
At this time, a flash of lightning flashed past the window, and she saw the dark shadow walking towards her. When she saw the other person's face clearly, she finally couldn't help screaming loudly.
"Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager!"
"There are ghosts! There are ghosts!"
In the pouring rain, two eunuchs ran in the rain. They were soaked all over, but they didn't dare to reach out to wipe them. One of them didn't step on his feet firmly and fell a big somersault on the ground. He got up with his hands and feet and continued to run.
The direction they were running was Zichen Hall.
Gu Rujiu was awakened by the sound of thunder. She glanced at Jin Yang, who was sleeping peacefully beside her, and when the lightning flashed, she reached out and covered his ears.
Just after the next thunder sounded, she heard footsteps from outside, and then Bai Xian's voice came over: "Your Majesty, the Empress, something happened to Jing'an Palace."
Noticing Jin Yang's movement, Gu Rujiu patted him on the back lightly: "You go to bed first, it's the concubine's business, I'll take a look."
"It's raining so hard outside, let's talk about it tomorrow." Jin Yang sat up and heard the sound of rain outside, frowning, "Don't go out, what if you get caught in the rain."
"If it wasn't for a major event, the Jing'an Palace wouldn't have sent someone here at this time," Gu Rujiu called someone in to help her get dressed, but she didn't care about Wan's hair, she directly said to Jin Yang with her hair loose, "I want to go over there. Look, come back if there is nothing wrong." She walked to the bed, pressed Jin Yang into the quilt, and then pulled the quilt to his chin, "Lie down and wait for me to come back."
It was inconvenient for Jin Yang to go to the concubine's bedroom, so he had no choice but to pull the quilt and nodded.
The carriage was ready outside, Gu Rujiu lifted the corners of her skirt and sat in the carriage: "Quickly go to Jing'an Palace."
The rain hit the roof of the car, and Gu Rujiu brushed the hair behind his ears, and lifted the curtain of the car window expressionlessly.
The palace lanterns hang high outside the window, but it looks a little hazy in the rain, and it is a bit colder for no reason.
Arriving at Jing'an Palace, Gu Rujiu bent down and got off the carriage. After just a few steps, the rainwater floated under the umbrella and wet her pendulum, but she couldn't care about it at the moment, because Taifei Sun came from the inner palace. 's screams.
She stepped up and walked into the inner hall, and saw Taifei Sun holding a palace maid with messy hair, not only trembling all over, but also muttering something.
"Grand Concubine Sun, what's wrong with you?" Gu Rujiu raised her hand to avoid the others in the room from greeting you, then approached Grand Concubine Sun and whispered, "Tai Concubine Sun, are you alright?"
A flash of lightning flashed, and Taifei Sun suddenly screamed again. She grabbed Gu Rujiu's hand suddenly, opened her eyes and said, "There are ghosts, there are ghosts, she is here."
The wrist was gripped by Taifei Sun, and Gu Rujiu frowned. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Taifei Qian's voice behind her.
"In the palace, at the foot of the emperor, where did the ghosts come from, Taifei Sun, please be careful!"
When Gu Rujiu turned around, she saw that Concubine Qian was wearing a dark palace attire, her steps on the temples swayed slightly, and there was a bit of dissatisfaction in her serious expression.