Five days later, on the thirteenth day of July in the twenty-two year of Youchang.
The sun was shining brightly in Shangjing, and Ji Minghao escorted the prince. Although the journey was full of dangers, there were no dangers.
It is now a hundred miles away from the capital, and it will be there in a day or two.
In the palace, Emperor Qi Wenyu stayed up all night again.
In the battle of Qinghe County, he lost completely, and without Beishan, he was beheaded.
During this month, the three guardians of the Xuanbing Palace took the old part of the Xuanbing Palace to slaughter his people in Shangjing.
His bodyguards, his kingsmen, his dark guards, died in large numbers.
And after these people killed the guards, Yu Linjun, they didn't bother, they ran fast with oil on their feet, which was completely different from the Xuanbing Palace that Qi Wenyu knew before.
It's not open and aboveboard at all, and it makes people's teeth itch, but there is no way.
He wants to guard against the Queen, guard against the Li family, guard against the Ji family, guard against the Wu family.
To this day, those who have not died in Qi Wenyu's hands are not fuel-efficient lamps.
One punch was invincible to four, and without Beishan, the biggest pillar, he felt a little powerless.
When he woke up in a trance in the morning, Qi Wenyu remembered the past.
At that time, before he ascended the throne, he was surrounded by trusted friends, all of whom recognized him from the bottom of their hearts and helped him ascend to the throne.
People are changeable.
Ji Mingxi's parents, the queen, he, the four of them were born noble, the other three were children of aristocratic families, and he was born in the royal family.
They met when they were children, when they were teenagers, the four of them roamed the rivers and lakes together incognito.
He can give his back to any of the other three.
Then, they met Concubine Zhen, the mother of the fifth prince.
He also met Xuan Bing Palace's female palace master who only loves beautiful men and acts unruly.
Qi Wenyu knew very well that if he wanted to ascend to the throne, the empress of the Li family would be the best candidate for his wife.
Therefore, even if he loves Concubine Zhen in his heart, he treats Concubine Zhen as his sister.
After wandering outside for half a year, the four returned to Shangjing.
He married the queen, and Ji Mingxi's father married Ji Mingxi's mother.
Then the late emperor fell ill, and the imperial doctor said that it would not last long, and the capital city was surging.
With the help of the Li family and the Ji family, Qi Wenyu took the throne with the blood of the imperial brothers.
Concubine Zhen comes from the Miaojiang Gu clan, which has caused harm to the rivers and lakes, and has always been despised by the world.
Qi Wenyu took action, helped Concubine Zhen, changed the civet cat to the prince, brought Concubine Zhen into his harem, and protected him under his wings.
But after that, everything changed.
The queen quarreled with him every day. Ji Mingxi's mother and the queen were close friends, while Ji Mingxi's father listened to his daughter-in-law.
The three of them stood together and stayed away from him like that, as if he had done something unpardonable wrong.
He is the emperor, above all people.
Three thousand beauties in the harem, more than normal.
Concubine Zhen also spent some time with them, why can't the queen be more tolerant
Other concubines and queens can accept it, but why can't Concubine Zhen not
He and the queen have promised many times that Concubine Zhen will always be Concubine Zhen, and the position of the empress will only belong to the empress.
Growing up from a young age, he has always kept the love of roaming the rivers and lakes together.
But the queen's eyes are getting colder.
The Li family behind her also wanted more and more, and began to change tricks to urge him to walk around the Queen's Palace more, saying that now that he has no direct son under his knees, it is better to give birth to a direct son as soon as possible.
how
He had only ascended to the throne for only a year, and the Li family began to think about the prince, thinking this country should be surnamed? !
The Ji family and the Li family got closer and closer, as if they were wearing the same pair of pants.
In the harem, there are more and more conflicts between the queen and the concubine Zhen.
Qi Wenyu didn't understand that the queen had everything, the status of a mother in the world, and the daughter of a noble family. She was born with a golden spoon, golden branches and jade leaves.
As for Concubine Zhen, she has been hiding since she was a child.
She only has him.
He is only her.
But the queen, still unable to tolerate Concubine Zhen, started to attack Concubine Zhen.
In the end, he also attacked him and Concubine Zhen's five children.
Even if Qi Wenyu hates the Li family and dislikes the prince, he originally thought of demoting the prince to the prince, and then letting him enjoy his old age in peace.
After all, the prince is his bloodline.
Tiger poison does not eat children.
But why, they want to kill Wuer!
Since he killed Wu'er, no one can blame him.
No wonder he.
But the sky has no eyes, the prince actually survived well, and the Queen of the Wu family Ji family lived well.
Knowing this, Qi Wenyu would never care about his former friends and leave behind the children of the Ji family.
They should all die with their parents!
Blame him, he was still too kind, thinking that Mingxi's father saved his life when he was old, he couldn't bear to let the Ji family cut off the blood.
The end of the tender-hearted and soft-hearted is like this.
Now that he is under the enemy, isolated and helpless, no matter how he looks in front of him, it is a dead end.
The emperor came back from the early morning, locked himself in the imperial study, and thought about it for a long time.
Then, he called out all the dark guards behind him.
Fifty-three remain.
The emperor intends to go to the Queen's Palace.
Whether or not the death situation can be transformed into life, the queen is still the key as when he became emperor.
After the queen came back from the temple, she said that she was ill and locked herself in the palace.
Now the upper and lower capitals of the capital are terrified of talking about the cold, because the Ji family and the Wu family have tuberculosis.
The queen contracted the cold and said that she was afraid of tuberculosis, so she closed the palace door and went out.
The emperor wanted to summon the empress to the imperial study, but she used such an excuse, and he could not make such a will.
The queen traveled with him in the rivers and lakes back then, and knew many martial arts masters, and her skills were not bad. Naturally, the emperor could not go unprepared.
He could only bring in at most eight bodyguards disguised by dark guards, and if he brought too many, it would not sound good to spread out, and it would not be conducive to his conversation with the queen.
With less, the emperor was afraid that the queen would be unfavorable to him.
The emperor picked the eight he trusted the most among the fifty-three secret guards, and then placed the two most trusted at the front, that is, behind him.
Those two dark guards were not outstanding among dark guards, and their brains were not flexible enough, but they were more honest and honest.
And the emperor observed for many years, such a disposition can not be pretended. If they are really traitors, they will be exposed in the early years.
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The queen was wearing a thin white coat and holding a blood-stained handkerchief, sitting on the threshold, leaning against the door, looking at the lotus flowers in the pond in the backyard.
Just like when she was twelve or thirteen years old.
I always like to sit and watch flowers and trees like this.
But a lot of things have changed, her eyes are no longer so innocent, and the corners of her eyes are all wrinkled.
In the other hand of the queen, there is a letter.
The letter came from Liangzhou and arrived in her hands a few days ago. It was in Wu Weian's handwriting.
The queen remembered the time when she was in the rivers and lakes.
She never thought that the son of the Wu family was actually Xuan Bing's son.
That Xuan Bing is a demon girl, and when she sees a good-looking Erlang, she can't help but tease her.
The reason why they had a relationship with Xuan Bing back then was that Yun Xi's father was too good-looking and attracted him.
After a lot of entanglement, Xuan Bing smashed Yun Xi's father's mind, and felt that the emperor was not bad.
But the emperor naturally did not despise Xuan Bing for such a chaste woman who wandered among men's flowers. When he was seen, he felt that it was an insult to him.
The grudge was already in his heart, and then he had a legitimate excuse for entanglement of interests. Qi Wenyu lied to Concubine Zhen and poisoned Xuan Bing.
She couldn't see clearly at that time, but she finally understood that Qi Wenyu was such a disgusting and hypocritical appearance.
It seems that what he does is a last resort, and others are forcing him.
It is the same virtue as that delicate and weak Concubine Zhen.
Concubine Zhen really didn't have a bad heart, but the queen hated her extremely.
Concubine Zhen had a miserable life and was kind-hearted. When she saw a rabbit who was injured on the road, she had to treat it.
How many people died because of her
But she was still innocent.
She said that she had no way, that she didn't really want to enter the harem, and she didn't want to grab a man from her.
Yes, but she doesn't want to, isn't she already in the palace
As the daughter of Li's family, the queen has been in the harem for more than 20 years, and she is not a kind person.
The emperor killed her son, causing her to suffer day by day and suffer the pain of losing her son.
She started to kill his beloved, and let him also feel that life is better than death.
The crown prince will be able to return to Shangjing in a few days, so many things should be brought to an end.
Only, the queen looked at the piece of paper.
Although she has arranged according to the paper, can Wu Weian be sure that Qi Wenyu will come to her
Since Concubine Zhen's death, he has never stepped into her palace gate.
"Niangniang." The maid next to her stepped forward, "The saint is here."
The queen raised her head, stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Oh? Is that so?"
She coughed a few times, but didn't stand up and went out to meet him. She shredded the paper in her hand and put it into her shoes and socks, and then sat there still.
The emperor's pace was unhurried and very steady: "Queen."
The queen coughed a few times, stood up against the door frame, and saluted him: "I have seen the emperor before, why did the emperor come here?"
The emperor stood in her three-step position with a gentle face and smiled: "I came to see you, do you feel better?"
The queen held the bloody handkerchief and looked at the emperor's face. His smile seemed to be no different from that of the year.
She fell in love with him back then, that's the scene.
The girl ran out of the mansion, and the young man was waiting for her outside the mansion. He stood under the tree with a sword in hand. When he saw her, he raised his head and smiled gently.
Just this smile has ruined her life.
The queen coughed again: "The concubine may be suffering from tuberculosis, isn't the emperor afraid that the illness will pass to you?"
The emperor said solemnly: "What nonsense, it's just ordinary wind and cold."
Empress: "Your Majesty, the imperial physician said that it might be tuberculosis. If this is the case, if it is passed on to the emperor, the concubines will become sinners. Please return the emperor as soon as possible."
The emperor sighed slightly, looked into the eyes of the queen, with countless complicated emotions, his lips moved slightly, and he took off the emperor's aloof appearance, showing an old state, and softened his face: "Ying Er, you are thin, also old."
The queen smiled weakly: "Everyone gets old, doesn't it?"
The emperor raised his eyes, and his words carried the vicissitudes of more than 20 years: "Yes, I am also old."
After a moment of silence, the emperor looked at the lotus flowers outside and said warmly: "That's it, Ying'er, that's it. We are both old and we have fought for half our lives. You and I both stop, the prince is still the prince, you are still you, and so am I. It's still me. Let's live a good life, and in two or three years, I will pass the throne to the crown prince, and let's go to the places we walked together to see again, how about it?"
The queen was stunned for a moment, and something flashed in her eyes.
Once upon a time, before there was no Concubine Zhen, she and he were the same.
It's so sweet that it smells like sugar in the air.
But they are nothing but a mirror, a mirage.