The attendants didn't expect that Kun Wushang would really do such a thing, and subconsciously drew their swords at each other.
"Hold... stop!"
Kun Junyue, who fell on the ground, struggled to straighten his upper body and stopped his attendant. Kun Wushang squatted down and half knelt beside him, looking at him at the same level.
Just when everyone was puzzled, Kun Junyue smiled at him.
"Many... thank you, this is... not the worst ending for me."
Kun Wu smiled back, "I know you don't want to come out, let alone die so ugly, there's only so much I can do."
Rather than let him be imprisoned in a post house waiting to die, and live in misery for a lifetime, it would be better to drink a glass of poisoned wine and die more decently.
He raised his hand and put it on Kunwu's injured shoulder, "Help, help me to lie down."
Kun Wu obediently supported him to lie on the bed, straightened his body, and covered him with brocade.
Kun Junyue's eyelashes trembled and became heavier. He whispered, "I'll tell you a secret. In fact, I know that wine is poisonous."
Kun Wu raised his eyebrows sadly, thinking that he knew to take that unique chronic poison for years to Emperor Kun, so he naturally understood the pharmacology of some poisons.
This is not surprising to the children of the Xikun royal family.
Kun Junyue suddenly smiled slyly, "Although I am grateful to you for sending this jug of poisoned wine, after tonight, others will definitely talk about your cruelty and cruelty to kill your flesh and blood brothers."
When he was dying, he wanted to make Kun Wushang feel embarrassed, but Kun Wushang just smiled, "Since I'm here, I'm ready for this."
The blood in Kun Junyue's mouth spit up more and more, his eyes gradually became loose, and the corner of his mouth smiled slightly, "I'm sorry... Seventh Brother."
Those eyes, which used to be proud and domineering, have been slowly closed.
He walked peacefully, and the poison specially selected by Kun Wushang did not make him experience another pain at the end of his life.
He turned his head to look at the attendants standing on the ground. The attendants read something from his gaze, knelt down one after another, and kowtowed to the corpse.
Kun Wushang stood up and said: "I will ask Your Majesty for your grace to arrange the funeral ceremony for the emperor. If you are willing to stay, you will mourn for him. If you don't want to, go back to Xikun!"
No one acted strangely. They were still immersed in the grief of Kun Junyue's death, and the rough men kept wiping away their tears.
Kun Junyue has done nothing good in seeking power and profit all his life, but his subordinates are still loyal to him.
Kun Wushang didn't say anything more, and walked out with Lun Yue.
After such a short time, the snow outside floated up again.
Kun Wushang stood under the two red lanterns in the posthouse, looking up at the catkins floating in the sky, wondering what he was thinking.
Lun Yue who was behind said: "Master, why did you do this by yourself? The crown prince and you have always been enemies, even if you want to make him look good for the sake of kinship, there is no reason to do it yourself."
As he spoke, he took a look inside the post house, and he was afraid that the people in the post house would know the news that Kun Junyue was poisoned to death.
Kun Wushang is still standing here, isn't he waiting to be caught
He hurriedly asked Kun Wu to get into the carriage, and the latter smiled lightly, got into the carriage and said: "If you don't come by yourself, what should I do? I can quietly order someone to pass the poison in, so that he can end himself decently. But if that happens , the survivors of Xikun must suspect that the Beili court killed him. Yufu is vigorously governing Xikun, if this crime is held on her head by someone who has a heart, won't it affect her progress in governing Xikun?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and opened the corner of the curtain of the carriage. Snowflakes flew into the car from outside. He raised his hand to catch one, but his cold palm failed to melt the snow away.
Blowing into the palm, the snowflakes flew outward against the direction of the wind.
The corner of his mouth curled up, looking innocent, "Do you think I really just want to show respect to the emperor? I want to give Yufu a face even more. Prince Xikun died of illness in the capital of Beili, which can still be questioned." Yufu's reason. What I want to do is to make her innocent, and as for the bloody hands, I can do it."
As Lun Yue listened, his brows became tighter and tighter, "Although the crown prince was already terminally ill, he was poisoned to death by you, and His Majesty must deal with you. Otherwise, how can you stop everyone in the world? I'm afraid you will be devoted to her, But she..."
He couldn't bear to go on.
That young and beautiful Majesty only had General Gu in his heart. During the annual banquet, he stood behind Kun Wushang to guard him. Looking up from a distance, he could see the sparkle in her eyes.
That brilliance is only available to General Gu.
The same is true for General Gu, when he looked at her, his eyes were as bright as stars, making people sigh inwardly, what a pair of lovers!
Kun Wu was hurt but waved his hand, "You are so nagging, what time is it, why don't you go back to sleep soon, what are you talking about?"
Lun Yue was taken aback, and subconsciously closed his mouth.
…
When the old age was over, everyone in the East Palace gradually dispersed.
Ning An and Ning Ping had long been sound asleep, and Kun Yuyang patted them both, and did not bring them back to their room to sleep until after the guard.
Gu Huaijiang and others also went back to their rooms to rest, the palace in the East Palace that was prepared for the members of the Gu family remained as it was, and Yufu and Gu Shubai also returned to the Hall of Eternal Life to rest.
It was late at night, but the palace was as bright as day.
Red and yellow lanterns were hung all over the sky, the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army on duty in the palace were all there, and the palace people who were looking at the candlelight and lamp oil were also there. Seeing the emperor and his wife passing by, they all bowed and saluted.
A thin layer of snowflakes under the feet creaked and creaked. Not only did a little snow not freeze the feet, but it was also very interesting.
Yu Fu stepped on it, deliberately wanting to hear the sound of Xue Hua being trampled, so Gu Shubai took her two hands and told her not to fall down no matter how much she danced and made trouble.
The two spun a few times in the snow, and finally stopped and laughed.
"This is the happiest New Year's Eve I have had in so many years!"
Yu Fu felt sincerely, and Gu Shubai said: "It's also my happiest New Year's Eve. In previous years, all kinds of unexpected things happened during the New Year. Only this year is the real family reunion, and I can watch the New Year with you."
After that, he pinched her little face, "Aren't you sleepy?"
Yu Fu shook his head, and the two walked forward side by side, "Maybe I'm so happy, so I don't feel sleepy at all. I've never walked around in the palace so late at night, it's such a wonderful sight."
In the extreme darkness, the countless lanterns become more and more colorful. This kind of light is completely different from the lights when the night falls.
Gu Shubai suddenly thought of something, "At this moment, the plum blossoms transplanted in the Palace of Longevity must be more beautiful."
Yu Fu's eyes lit up, and he took his hand and rushed forward a few steps, "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go back and have a look!"
Those plum blossoms were transplanted from the plum garden in the imperial garden. Gu Shubai personally selected and transplanted them, and even such small things as building and earthing were done by him.
Yu Fu liked it so much that he ordered someone to take care of it. Under such careful care, the plum blossoms in the Imperial Study Room and the Hall of Eternal Life really survived.
The two rushed back to the Hall of Eternal Life, only to see that many red lights were lit in the palace garden, and the plum blossoms in the corners lit up more and more vividly.
Yu Fu walked forward joyfully, lowered his head and sniffed the flower branches lightly, "So I burned high candles to illuminate the red makeup, so the plum blossoms illuminated by the lights are more secluded and detached than in the daytime."
The red plums are illuminated more redly, and the white plums are illuminated with mottled red shadows, each with its own merits.
Gu Shubai looked at her face under the red light, her fair skin was flushed red by the light, the warm light seemed to come from her body so naturally, no need for extra makeup.
She turned her head and met his gaze.
"What do you see me doing?"
Didn't you say you came to see plum blossoms
He just stared at her.
Gu Shubai smiled, "I was afraid that the flowers would fall asleep late at night, so I burned a tall candle to illuminate the red makeup. I don't know if this candle is to illuminate the flowers, or to illuminate people who are more beautiful than flowers?"
Yu Fu shamed Hao, "Okay, make fun of me, let's see how I take care of you!"
She casually picked up a lantern from the side, raised her hand and leaned towards Gu Shubai, as if she wanted to shine the lantern on his face, "The ancients described Pan An as a beautiful man, and he said that he was a beautiful peach and plum blossom, scorching and shining. Qing's appearance is not inferior to Pan An's, so he should be illuminated with a tall candle!"
Gu Shubai dodged and said: "Pan An is so beautiful, how dare I compare with him? I can't do it, I can't do it!"
"It's too late to say it's impossible."
Yu Fu swung the lantern to illuminate him, one ran and the other hid, the sound of laughter shook the branches of snow off.
After going back and forth several times, she finally accidentally fell down, and the lantern in her hand was thrown out, Gu Shubai leaned under her and hugged her.
Yu Fu lay on top of her and said, "Why are heroes flying up to hug the woman in the storybook, and the two of them spun up to the sky and then fell slowly—"
She glanced at the plum tree next to her, "Accompanied by the rain of flowers all over the sky, the two of them landed slowly. But every time I fall, you always land before me."
Gu Shubai lay in the snow, raised his hands behind his head nonchalantly, "I'm not sure if your hands and feet will be knocked when I pick you up, this way, although it's more embarrassing, it can guarantee your safety Just be fine."
Yu Fu looked at him silently, feeling in a panic.
Even lying on the snow, he is so casual, full of informal style of a famous official, which makes people forget the commonplace when they see him.
It's embarrassing for others, but it's hard for people to look away when it's him. Could it be that beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Yu Fu couldn't help laughing, Gu Shubai pulled her up, and brushed off the non-existent snowflakes for her, "What are you laughing at?"
Yu Fu also patted snowflakes for him, and told him what he was thinking while taking pictures, but Gu Shubai raised his eyebrows, "You have discovered all of this, and you haven't, besides you, there is no woman who admires me, right?" ?”
Yu Fu was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly realized that there was a provocative meaning in these words.
He said that there is no woman who admires him, that is to say, there are many men around Yufu who admire her.
Not to be outdone, she said: "It's not that there is no, it's that they dare not. Beili is my territory. When I was in Dongling, did you dare to say that there was no?"
When he was in Dongling, women who admired him could line up from the west gate of Lin'an to the east gate.
It's a pity that at that time there was a majestic Princess Danyang dominating him, so that other noble girls from aristocratic families wanted to get close to him but did not dare to offend Princess Danyang.
Gu Shubai deliberately snapped his fingers, "Counting the Princess Danyang who later empathized with each other, there is barely one. As for Emperor Ning, Yin Shuo, Kun Wushang, Grand Master Tian..."
He laughed and said, "There are still more people who admire you, you can't count them with just one slap."
Yu Fu rubbed his nose in embarrassment, wondering why she picked up this topic, now it's over, let's go around into the pit, shall we
She suddenly stood on tiptoe and quickly pecked his cheek lightly, then ran towards the inner hall without looking back, looking shy.
Gu Shubai was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to realize that this was Yufu's apology to her.
How can it be that simple
He is not so easy to pass.
Gu Shubai followed closely behind, closed the door of the inner hall, and blew out the candles...
Early the next morning, both of them woke up more than half an hour later than usual.
The palace servants in the Palace of Eternal Life all thought it was because of keeping the year old, no one knew how tumultuous it was in the bedroom last night, with mandarin ducks crossing their necks.
She became more and more sleepy in the middle of the night, but he refused to let go, and he didn't know where he got so much energy.
He didn't calm down until the dark tide was rising and she couldn't bear it anymore and fell into a deep sleep...
Yaolan and Lianbi were guarding in the outer hall, the things for washing had already been prepared, but there was no movement in the hall, the two of them chatted in a low voice.
"Lianbi, Your Majesty has asked about your marriage several times, why are you not in a hurry?"
At such a young age, Lianbi urged her to get married with an elder tone, but Lianbi immediately refused, "Your Majesty is not in a hurry, and said that if there is no one I like, I will choose slowly. Why are you in a hurry?"
Yufu is the most democratic, she will not do such things as forcing others to get married.
Yao Lan said awkwardly: "I'm not in a hurry, I care about you. You're not young anymore, if you're over twenty, there will be fewer unmarried sons of the same age."
Lianbi has long had the sea in her heart, even though she let it go now, looking at men all over the world, she always feels that she is not as good as that one.
As Yufu said, if there is no suitable one, pick slowly and don't rush. So what if I can't get married for the rest of my life
She served in front of the imperial court, and no one dared to talk about her if she couldn't get married.
She glanced at Yao Lan, and suddenly said with a smile: "You are still playing tricks on me here, does it mean that you have someone you like and want to ask His Majesty to marry you, but you are too embarrassed to say so, so you use me as a raft?"
"You're talking nonsense!"
If it wasn't for the hot water in her hand, Yao Lan would really want to hit her, "How can I have a crush? I'm still young, and I can still accompany Your Majesty for several years!"
Seeing that she was in a hurry, Lianbi became even more interesting, "Why are you so young? You are the same age as His Majesty, and you will be sixteen this year. Your Majesty has been married for almost a year. Are you not in a hurry?"
The more she said, the more outrageous she became, Yao Lan was about to tear her mouth open when she suddenly heard movement in the bedroom.
The two hurriedly stopped chatting and went in to serve and wash.
Yu Fu was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, he half sat on the bed and let Yaolan and the others manipulate her, wiped her face and changed her clothes, while Gu Shubai was already dressed and sat at the table drinking tea.
He looked at Yufu's confused face with great interest, it was really cute.
Yao Lan put on the embroidered shoes for her, showing hesitation on her face, not knowing whether she should say something or not.
Yu Fu didn't open his eyes and said, "Yao Lan, what happened?"
Yao Lan was taken aback, "How does Your Majesty know, can you read minds? Or did you secretly open your eyes?"
She lowered her head to look at Yu Fu's eyes, they were obviously closed, how did she know what happened
Yu Fu slowly opened his eyes, and twitched the corners of his mouth proudly, "You smell bad."
Yao Lan lowered her head and sniffed at the front of her clothes, "It's not smelly."
And how does the smell relate to what happened
Yu Fu's nose fluttered, "There is a sense of hesitation. Tell me quickly, what is it that you are hesitant to say?"
Only then did Yao Lan say: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just unlucky. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, so you shouldn't say unlucky things."
Gu Shubai, who was drinking tea, glanced at her and didn't speak.
Yu Fu said: "I never care about bad luck or not, let's just say it."
Yao Lan had no choice but to say: "The prince of Xikun, who was locked in the posthouse, died suddenly last night. Jingzhao Yin's mansion has already gone to inspect and died of poisoning. The prince's entourage confessed and said..."
"say what?"
"It is said that Emperor Kun went there last night, and the prince died suddenly after he left. The wine brought by Emperor Kun is still on the table, and it is indeed poisonous."
Kun Wu wounded and poisoned Kun Junyue to death on New Year's Eve
Xi Kun is gone, and Kun Junyue is also dying of terminal illness, so why should he do this
Yu Fu lowered his head and thought for a while, then glanced at Gu Shubai again, vaguely understood the intention of Kun Wu's injury, and couldn't help but stand there in a daze.
Yao Lan didn't speak any more, she was silent for a while, then Gu Shubai said: "It doesn't matter why Kun Wushang did this, what matters is that Kun Junyue was the prince of Xi Kun after all, and there must be an explanation to Xi Kun for his death. "