In the afternoon of this day, Murong Ci squinted at two cups of tea, and Shen Zhiyan asked to see him.
In the main hall, she sat on the throne and stood aside after Ruyi served tea.
Shen Zhiyan didn't look directly at her calmly as usual, but was a little reserved, not knowing where to put his gaze.
"Zhiyan, I am still the same person you knew before, not changed." She smiled slightly.
"Your Highness, now the whole court is in an uproar and the city is full of astonishment. The matter between His Highness the Crown Prince and the Yuwang has become the topic of conversation among the people in the city after dinner. Those rumors are true." He spoke softly, regaining the feeling of getting along with His Highness in the past.
"It's true." She said flatly.
"I have known Your Highness for many years, but I have never found that His Highness is negligent."
"If you find out, how can I deceive the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty?"
"That's right." Shen Zhiyan became worried, "The group of old ministers headed by Yang Taiwei will not let it go. I am worried that they will embarrass Your Highness."
"Yuwang will take care of it. I just need to wait for the marriage and enthronement." She smiled gently.
"It can be seen that His Highness and Yu Wang really love each other."
Murong Ci chuckled, and he said again: "Your Highness, I have something to say, I don't know whether to ask it or not."
She nodded, "Go ahead."
Shen Zhiyan said: "After your Highness ascends the throne, you will be pregnant within a few months, and women are usually hard-working in October, and government affairs are busy. Has your Highness thought about how to take care of it at that time?"
Her eyes darkened, "Actually, I have thought about these issues too."
Pregnancy and childbirth must be hard for a woman, and her energy is low. It is impossible to take care of government affairs, so Murong Yu can only be regent. At that time, will he help her wholeheartedly? Will he have a different heart? Today, she knows that she should trust him and doesn't want to doubt him anymore, but times change and people's hearts will always change, so she has to worry about it.
She is very moved and relieved by what Murong Yu has done right now, but she dare not think deeply about it in the future.
"That's all I can say. Whether the king is ambitious or not, His Highness knows him best." Shen Zhiyan said earnestly.
"Ben Gong understands." Murong Ci suddenly laughed, "After a while, Ben Gong will marry you and Princess Duanrou."
"Thank you Your Highness." He smiled warmly.
At this time, Murong Lan, the worry-free princess, came to visit, and he resigned and left.
Murong Lan smiled and held her hand, more cordial than ever, with a sweet smile, "Brother Huang, no, Sister Huang, from now on, I want to call you Sister Huang instead, is that okay?"
Murong Ci nodded, "I am your sister, you seem very happy."
Murong Lan said seriously: "That's natural. Because the younger sister returned to the palace not long ago, she is not very familiar with everything in the palace. Before the imperial sister was a man, the younger sister wanted to tell her what was in her heart, but she didn't know how to say it. It's all right now, Sister Huang is also a woman, sister Chen doesn't have to worry, she can say anything to Sister Huang."
Murong Ci patted her head, "Silly girl."
"Father has passed away, and our palace is getting more and more deserted. After the imperial sister gives birth to the child, the younger sister will help the imperial sister to take care of the child, okay?"
"How can this work? You are not too young, you should be given a marriage."
"Sister Huang, sister-in-law doesn't want to marry yet." Murong Lan lowered her head shyly.
"Women always want to marry. I will help you pay more attention and choose a son-in-law for you who has both civil and military skills and good looks."
"Sister Huang" Murong Lan was even more embarrassed, so she turned away.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore."
"By the way, sister Huang, there is one thing that my sister has been holding back in my heart for a long time, and my sister doesn't know whether to say it or not."
"Let's talk." Murong Ci picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
Murong Lan pursed her lips, frowned and thought, should I say it
Murong Ci asked in surprise, "Why didn't you say it again?"
Murong Lan hesitated to speak, "Sister Huang is going to marry brother-in-law Yu Wang, sister-in-law"
Murong Ci was puzzled and said, "It's related to Murong Yu."
She nodded, "It seems to have something to do with it, it was the night my father died."
Murong Ci's heart tightened, "Say it quickly."
"The night my father passed away, my younger sister had a rest, but for some reason, she suddenly couldn't fall asleep, and I missed my father especially. So my younger sister went to Qingyuan Hall to see my father. My younger sister went to the main hall of Qingyuan Hall At that time, I saw Wuying coming out of the sleeping hall."
"You know Wuying"
"I didn't know each other at first. My sister went to Qingyuan Hall to see my father every day. That Wuying often led people to patrol around Qingyuan Hall. I bumped into him a few times and then I knew him. He claimed to be Wuying, and my minister My younger sister asked a few palace people, and found out that he is Yuwang's man, and guarded the palace according to Yuwang's order."
"That night when he came out of the royal father's bedroom, the royal father had already passed away." Murong Ci suddenly felt that the death of the royal father might not be that simple.
"The younger sister saw him coming out of the royal father's bedroom, so he saluted the younger sister and left. As soon as the younger sister entered the bedroom, the servant said that the emperor had passed away." Murong Lan remembered that he would never see his father again. Embarrassed, she couldn't help feeling sad, her beautiful eyes were red.
Murong Ci's hand holding the teacup trembled more and more.
Murong Lan quickly took the teacup in her hand, "Sister Huang, be careful"
A little later, the tea was poured on the legs.
Seeing the change in Huang Jie's expression, Murong Lan said worriedly: "Huang Jie, what's wrong with you, Chen Mei shouldn't have said this?"
Murong Ci suppressed the shock and panic in his heart, and relieved
Said: "Silly girl, you should tell Ben Gong earlier. Ben Gong is a little tired, you should go back first."
Murong Lan knew that this incident had greatly shocked Huang Jie, so she resigned and left.
Murong Ci's hands were clenched slowly, his brows were deeply frowned, and his face was covered with frost.
Murong Yu, is your father's death related to you
She summoned Qin Ruo, gave some instructions, and asked Ruyi again.
Ruyi thought about it carefully, and said: "That night, the servant accompanied Young Master Rong in the East Palace. Later, the palace servants came to report that Young Master Rong left in a hurry when he heard that the late emperor had passed away. He must have gone to the Qingyuan Palace. Why did His Highness ask again? There's nothing wrong with this."
Murong Ci shook his head, "Go down first."
If His Highness still disagrees today, he is very worried, but he doesn't know what to do.
After half an hour, Rong Zhan entered the East Palace through the secret passage.
After hearing Murong Ci's question, he also became heavy, "I did set up a few eyes and ears in the Qingyuan Hall, and according to those eyes and ears, Wuying did enter the Qingyuan Hall, and he went in alone. After he came out, it was reported that the late emperor had passed away."
"Why didn't you tell Ben Gong about such an important matter?" Murong Ci sternly said.
"Your Highness, it's not that I don't say nothing, but based on this alone, it cannot be concluded that Wuying murdered the late emperor." Rong Zhan explained anxiously, "Your Highness, calm down."
"Bengong is very calm." She closed her eyes, and tears fell down suddenly.
"Your Highness thinks that Wuying was ordered by Yuwang to kill the former emperor." He opened his eyes in shock.
"It's not impossible." Her heart ached like a knife.
"However, he has no ambitions for being so kind to you. If he had, he wouldn't help you to the top, and he wouldn't suppress the turmoil in the court."
"Have you found out what I asked you to investigate?"
"It was found, and it has something to do with Yuwangfu." Rong Zhan had to say that the rumors that have been raging in the palace and the capital these days should be spread by people from Yuwangfu, although Yuwang's people did it very secretly.
"What I expected is not bad." Murong Ci's tense body suddenly relaxed, and he confirmed the doubt in his heart, so he was not so nervous and anxious.
However, anger and disappointment seized her heart, and it hurt her heart.
He considered it carefully: "Your Highness, if Yu Wang is really ambitious, why did he accompany you to find the ruins of the ancient Jialan country? Why did he go into danger and why did he sacrifice his life to save you several times?"
She smiled bitterly, "Maybe he treats me sincerely, but his ambition and ambition make him not willing to be the man behind the empress. In a few years, Bengong will trust him and rely on him more, so He can easily steal the country, and he can also win a good reputation of being loyal and virtuous."
Murong Yu didn't tell her that she was pregnant with his flesh and blood, but spread the matter to the public. When the city was full of storms and the court's important officials threatened to force the palace, he could show up and announce the "truth", so that he could marry the future empress logically and become a... Imperial husband.
He tried his best to plan, didn't he just want to get the country and beauties in a logical way
this is his ambition
Rong Zhan persuaded: "Your Highness, I always feel that the matter is very important, you should think twice."
Murong Ci nodded, "I won't be impulsive."
Just, why is my heart so painful, so painful
Murong Yu, you are still not willing to submit to women, is that right
That night, she tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.
"Let's say goodbye"
It was the voice of the father.
She opened her eyes suddenly, and saw her father standing in front of the bed, looking at her sadly. With tears streaming down her face, she said in a hoarse voice, "Father, Father!"
"Ci'er, I can't accompany you anymore, you have to go the rest of the way by yourself." Murong Cheng said lovingly.
"Father, tell my son, who killed you." Murong Ci asked anxiously.
"I don't know either. Ci'er, don't think wildly, you have to hold on." He urged earnestly.
"I don't know what to do"
"Murong Yu is cunning and scheming, don't trust him too much."
"Father, did he kill you?"
"Don't avenge your father, your father only wants you to be well and take care of the entire Great Yan Kingdom."
"My son will."
Suddenly, Murong Cheng's face froze, and he vomited a lot of blood, which stained his robe red.
Murong Ci shouted hoarsely: "Father Emperor!"
She wanted to rush over, but she couldn't move her whole body. She tried her best to reach her father, but she couldn't.
At this time, there was another person behind him, that person held a bloody dagger, smiled viciously and treacherously, and looked at him with great satisfaction.
Murong Yu
"It was you who killed Emperor Father" she roared angrily, her voice cracked and sharp.
"So what if it's me?" Murong Yu's handsome face was covered with a cruel smile and a ferocious murderous look, "What can you do to me?"
"I'm going to kill you!" Murong Ci roared through gritted teeth, stretched out his arms with all his strength, his claw-like five fingers trembled, and his knuckles turned white.
"Are you willing to kill me? Don't forget, you are pregnant with my flesh and blood." He smiled viciously, "If I die, our child will have no father. When the child grows up, he will know that you killed his father with your own hands." , will hate you forever."
"You" she was about to explode with anger.