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The little emperor is in a very good mood. His master has won the battle ahead. The situation on the battlefield is extremely favorable for the Northern Expeditionary Army. Moreover, Mr. Chen Yin and a large number of literary figures have begun to make a move for the court. Under the leadership of Lan Wuqing, it is running normally like a machine.
"Your Majesty, just now the Eunuch Wei of the Compassionate Ning Palace came to report that the Empress Dowager wants to hold a banquet in the Imperial Garden tonight, and I beg you to go to the banquet." You Shaoqing reported with a smile: "The Empress Dowager said that Lord Xue has won the battle ahead. , that is something worth celebrating, so wine is placed on the table, please enjoy it."
"Oh!" The little emperor frowned: "Why is she so interested today?"
You Shaoqing smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you have been busy with all kinds of affairs these days, and you are very busy. You can relax if the Queen Mother invites you. I heard that the Queen Mother specially arranged a few orchids to dance for the Holy Majesty."
"Hu Ji?" The little emperor seemed to think of something and was a little dazed.
On the grassland, that cute little girl...!
"Who else did you invite?" The little emperor was thoughtful.
You Shaoqing shook his head and said: "Eunuch Wei said that the Empress Dowager didn't invite anyone, she just wanted to be alone with the Holy Majesty...!" After a pause, she said in a low voice: "My Majesty, the Empress Dowager probably wants to get together with mother and child."
"Mother-child love?" The little emperor said indifferently, "She is not my mother."
"Then my lord... is this banquet going to pass?"
The little emperor thought for a while, nodded and said: "Forget it, she is the queen mother after all, and the harem is deserted, so I'll go and see her too!"
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The moonlight is like water, quietly scattered in every corner of the imperial garden, and the fragrance of flowers is full of the courtyard.
"Mother, please!" The little emperor raised the wine cup, looking very respectful.
The Empress Dowager smiled slightly, she was extremely glamorous, raised her glass to greet her, her face became even more rosy when she drank the wine, she put down the wine cup and said softly: "Emperor, Commander Xue has won the Northern Expedition, it is really gratifying to congratulate, I want to congratulate the Emperor of."
The little emperor shook his head, and said: "The queen mother only captured Yizhou, which is still far from the great victory of the Northern Expedition." thing."
"Unexpectedly, Master Xuehou has the talent to lead the army. I didn't see it before." The Queen Mother said quietly: "It is really a great fortune for the Holy One to have such a capable minister."
The little emperor said with a smile: "Master has many abilities, so commanding troops is naturally a no-brainer."
The queen mother sighed, and said: "Emperor, this is the first time that I am alone with you... Speaking of which, you are now the only family member of this palace."
The little emperor smiled lightly, but did not speak.
In the heart of the little emperor, why didn't he wish to have many relatives, and why didn't he wish to have complete fatherly love and motherly love. Although Deqing died, Xue Poye gave him love equivalent to that of a father. Once Ye Qingyao died, the little emperor could no longer receive the greatest maternal love in the world.
Whenever in the dead of night, sleeping alone in the huge bedroom, the little emperor would not fail to shed tears.
Han Min has the name of a mother, but not the reality of her mother.
The little emperor also thought about whether he could get maternal love from the queen mother, but the indifferent attitude of the queen mother made the little emperor quickly withdraw his heart and close it tightly. At least he would not accept the mother's love from the queen mother again.
"Perhaps you don't have a deep affection for me." The queen mother said leisurely: "But I regard you as my own son. The late emperor passed away, you and I are orphans and widowed mothers, we must work together to keep the late emperor The mountains and rivers left behind."
The little emperor said with a straight face: "Mother, don't worry, since the emperor inherits the throne of the father, the country that has been passed down will naturally be governed well. Although the emperor is young and ignorant, all the ministers of the court are the humerus of the father. The minister is here to assist the emperor."
The queen mother said indifferently: "Emperor, if the Northern Expeditionary Army returns triumphantly and captures Yongzhou, what are you going to do with King Mingyue?"
The little emperor frowned. At this moment, he didn't like discussing this topic very much.
However, it was his mother in name who was asking the question after all, and as the head of the harem now, he couldn't give her face too much, he pondered for a while, and said: "What do you think the queen mother should do?"
"Is the emperor going to kill him?" the queen mother said calmly.
The little emperor was not shocked by this question, but said indifferently: "I have been to the Ministry of Punishments, and I have read the national laws of Chu State. Rebels will be killed without mercy, but the punishments are different according to the severity of the rebellion. .”
There was a faint smile on the corner of the Queen Mother's mouth, and she suddenly asked: "Emperor, do you... hate your father in your heart?"
The little emperor's expression changed suddenly, his body trembled slightly, and his eyes instantly became sharp and stern. Looking at the queen mother, he said slowly: "The queen mother shouldn't ask such a question. As a child, how can you hate your parents."
The queen mother smiled happily: "He knew you were by his side, but he didn't recognize you for more than ten years. When he was about to die, he entrusted this burden to you... Do you think he is a good father?"
The little emperor looked around, and there were only five or six court ladies and eunuchs around, so he sneered and said, "No matter what, he handed over the most precious country to me... This is more than enough to make up for what he owes."
The queen mother laughed and said, "Emperor, you are an honest person."
The little emperor said leisurely: "Master taught me that sometimes, I should be honest, it will make me more comfortable."
"Master...!" The queen mother murmured, "It seems that the emperor has a lot of affection for your master."
The little emperor said indifferently: "He is an indispensable person in my life."
"Emperor, I am a little worried." The Empress Dowager sighed softly: "You treat him like this, but he may not be able to start well and end well."
The little emperor picked up the wine cup, drank it down, and waited until the maid beside him stepped forward to refill it, and then said indifferently: "The emperor doesn't understand what the queen mother means. Master... naturally he can start well and end well."
"His power is too great. How many people are there who have more real power than him?" The queen mother also picked up the wine cup and took a sip: "Emperor, once a person has more power than he can bear, how many people are there?" A heart cannot be at peace."
"Mother, this joke is not funny." The little emperor looked indifferent.
The queen mother smiled and said: "Of course you won't believe it. I'm just talking casually. It's just you and me here, so don't be shy."
The little emperor stood up and bowed slightly: "Mother, the emperor is too weak to drink, so I will take my leave first... It's late at night, mother should go to bed earlier."
The queen mother said indifferently: "Are you going to leave? My palace specially arranged songs and dances for the emperor... Could it be that the emperor doesn't even accept this kindness from my palace?"
The little emperor hesitated to speak, and sat down slowly.
"Let them come up!" The queen mother ordered lightly.
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Hu Ji was wearing extremely revealing clothes, and her plump body floated out from the side like a cloud.
There were five orchids in total, although four orchids were dressed in nude, the one in the middle was tightly wrapped, and even his face was covered with a black veil.
From the looks of it, that orchid seemed to be more plump and strong than the others.
The little emperor didn't pay attention to watching it. He just dealt with this program like an errand, and he didn't have any interest in appreciating it.
Several musicians started playing music, and the orchids began to dance.
"Emperor, you don't seem to like this dance." Although the Queen Mother's voice was soft, it was still heard clearly in the ears of the little emperor: "These orchids on the grasslands are considered beautiful in the country, the emperor ... don't like beauties?"
The little emperor thought about the grassland, thinking of that cute little girl, that fragrant leaf, and said indifferently: "Are they... beautiful and heavenly?"
He has naturally seen beauties on the grassland, Sumayou, Chinatai, all of them are several times more beautiful than these orchids in front of him.
"Does the emperor know how much I resemble your biological mother?" the queen mother said abruptly.
The little emperor glanced at the empress dowager, that face did make him feel good about it, but..., the emperor said slowly: "The empress dowager is indeed very similar to my mother, the painting my father drew is now in my In the palace... But, the queen mother doesn't seem to have my mother*li!"
Hearing the words, the queen mother felt a serious flash of coldness, but it was fleeting, and smiled and said: "Your mother is indeed beautiful." After a pause, she asked again: "Emperor, if one day, you find that this palace will be your mother." stumbling block, what will you do?"
The little emperor was a little surprised, what happened to the queen mother today, asking these strange and taboo questions made him a little bored, and said coldly: "What will the queen mother do? How will you deal with stumbling blocks?"
The queen mother giggled and said: "Emperor, you are so smart, you can push all problems to me." There was a cold light in her beautiful eyes, and her voice suddenly became cold: "If there is a stumbling block, it is natural to kick it away. "
The little emperor stood up again, and said indifferently: "The queen mother has already answered for me. I am tired and have to go back to the palace to rest."
The two eunuchs who followed the little emperor hurriedly lifted up the lanterns, and wanted to lead the little emperor away, but they heard the empress dowager's voice from behind: "Liu Zichan, do you still want to leave today?"
"Bang!"
There was a crisp cracking sound, and the Empress Dowager smashed the wine cup in her hand on the ground heavily, smashing the wine cup into pieces.
This is the signal.
This is also the Queen Mother's last card. The victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army made the Queen Mother realize that the court must be in chaos. Only when the little emperor is private can the Northern Expeditionary Army withdraw its troops. Otherwise, the plan to rely on the Northwest Army to achieve its goals is likely to fail.
This is an adventure.
But she had to take the risk. Apart from this opportunity, she couldn't think of any other better opportunity.
There is an unspoken gap between the little emperor and himself, and he will definitely not enter the Compassion Palace alone. Besides, wherever the little emperor is, he will be protected by a large number of guards and the "ghost valley" in the dark. He is also a martial artist himself, and has almost no chance of assassination.
Only tonight, in this secluded imperial garden, when the mother and son are together, is it possible to take advantage of the lack of guards and kill the little emperor with one blow.
Although the little emperor is good at martial arts, the queen mother believes that the kung fu of Yi Chenyuan, who has been silent for many years, can completely kill the little emperor.
Assassinating the emperor, not everyone dares to do it, anyone can do it.
Yi Chenyuan was the queen mother's most trusted candidate.
The Empress Dowager had already thought that once the little emperor was assassinated, she would immediately rearrange the scene and create an assassination scene that had absolutely nothing to do with her. tonight.
The moment the wine cup was smashed down, the Empress Dowager's eyes shone with fanaticism, and her beautiful face twisted with excitement.
Suddenly, a figure flashed out from the dancing orchids, like a sharp arrow, it charged straight at the little emperor.
It's the tightly wrapped orchid! ! !
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"My lord, be careful!"
When the two eunuchs saw Hu Ji's sudden stabbing, they were shocked, and stepped forward to block the little emperor.
The little emperor didn't panic, and had many adventures with Xue Poye. He knew that the more nervous and dangerous the situation, the more he had to remain absolutely calm. He took a step back, raised his breath, and channeled his energy into his hands.
"Hu Ji" is of course Yi Chenyuan pretending to be.
Yi Chenyuan's body flew horizontally in the air, and suddenly there was a gleaming dagger in his hand, and he rushed straight to the little emperor, within two steps, he had already rushed over, with a flash of cold light, the dagger cut through a hole in an instant. The eunuch's throat, Yi Chenyuan kicked away, facing the little emperor, the dagger stabbed fiercely at the little emperor's chest.
The little emperor was a little surprised at this time, he never thought that this "orchid" in front of him was so fast and powerful, the dagger was already in front of his eyes before his energy came out.
The little emperor gritted his teeth, and took another step back. His brows were furrowed, and at the very moment, he pulled the maid beside him and stood in front of him.
"puff"!
The dagger pierced into the maid's chest without hesitation, and Yi Chenyuan kicked it away again, attacking the little emperor again.
The queen mother saw the little emperor pulling the maid as a shield, she was slightly startled, he did not expect that the little emperor's heart was so vicious in this critical moment.
"call out!"
The night air was torn apart, and a shadow that was stronger than lightning struck directly at Yi Chenyuan's back.
It was a feather arrow, as fast as lightning, it was so powerful that it tore through the air, and shot out from the flowers not far away.
This feathered arrow is too fast, and the archer's archery skills are extremely superb. Accuracy, speed, and strength have all reached the extremely high level of archery. Yi Chenyuan heard the sharp wind behind him and had to give up attacking. Little Emperor, dodge with all your strength.
Even though he tried his best to dodge, the feathered arrow still shot into his shoulder mercilessly. He gritted his teeth, and in the severe pain, the second arrow had already arrived.
"puff"!
This arrow hit Yi Chenyuan's ankle and broke his hamstring. He gritted his teeth, trying to hold on, but his body fell down involuntarily.
Han Min's face paled and became extremely terrifying, looking at the place where the sharp arrow shot out.
Under the faint moonlight, she faintly saw a person walking slowly from among the flowers. The person was holding a longbow and carrying a quiver, just like a god of death, walking slowly.
Like a bat, the man's attire was surprisingly strange.
"Ghost Valley...!" Han Min murmured: "Bat...!" Suddenly, a look of despair flashed across his eyes, and he hissed: "It's you, you are... are you the leader of Ghost Valley?"
The bat stopped in its tracks and knelt down on one knee in front of the little emperor: "I deserve death for frightening the Holy One!"
The little emperor turned blue, looked at the "Hu Ji" who was half kneeling on the ground and trembling slightly, and asked coldly: "Who... are you? Who appointed you to assassinate me?"
Of course he didn't know that the person in front of him pretending to be Hu Ji was Yi Chenyuan, the son-in-law.
Yi Chenyuan pulled the scarf on his head, revealing a handsome face. Although there was some pain deep in his eyes, his expression was still calm after all. Two feathered arrows penetrated into his body, and blood slowly flowed down. Just frowning slightly.
"Is...it's you?" The little emperor was finally surprised: "Uncle...uncle...!"
Yi Chenyuan smiled sadly: "Your Majesty, do you still recognize me as uncle?"
"You...why did you assassinate me?" The little emperor didn't know whether he was sad or angry, his hands were shaking: "Zhen...what did I do wrong?"
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"Your Majesty, you are not wrong, they are wrong!" A soft but heavenly voice sounded slowly, deep in the shade, the beautiful and refined eldest princess slowly walked out of the shadows, followed by the old monster Eunuch Hong.
She stepped into the flowing water, as if floating over.
Han Min's eyes showed a terrifying murderous intent, but this murderous intent was soon overwhelmed by despair.
It turned out that his own plan was completely under the control of the other party.
Although the imperial garden had been cleaned before, and all irrelevant people left here, and even sent guards outside the garden, no one was required to enter, but all of these, of course, could not stop the eldest princess.
Eunuch Hong is fully capable of quietly bringing the eldest princess into the garden without disturbing anyone. As for the bat, as the leader of "Ghost Valley", the Royal Garden is naturally free for him to come and go.
When Yi Chenyuan heard the eldest princess' voice, his pupils contracted and he closed his eyes slowly.
"Auntie!" Seeing the eldest princess, the little emperor called softly, "You...why are you here?"
The eldest princess looked at the little emperor lovingly, and said with a smile: "Emperor, don't you blame me if Auntie doesn't come again. Is the emperor okay?" Although her voice was soft and calm, the little emperor saw endless things in her beautiful eyes. sadness.
Yi Chenyuan assassinated and did such a crazy move for another woman, just betrayed his wife, how could the eldest princess not be sad
The little emperor shook his head, turned to look at the queen mother Han Min, and said coldly: "Mother, are you hosting a Hongmen banquet for the emperor tonight?"
Han Min said leisurely: "Emperor, do you think this Palace ordered him to assassinate you?"
"Tell me, is it you?" The little emperor's eyes already contained murderous intent.
"What if I say no?"
The little emperor didn't speak, but the eldest princess sighed quietly, without looking at Yi Chenyuan, she said softly: "You are a good man, you pretend to be a woman, and you do this kind of rebellious act for such a shameless woman?"
Yi Chenyuan opened his eyes, looked up at Han Min, disappointment flashed deep in his eyes, and said lightly: "This matter has nothing to do with him, I planned it alone... You don't have to make things difficult for her, I will bear all the blame."
A faint smile appeared on the corner of Han Min's mouth, and he said leisurely, "Did you hear what he said?"
The eldest princess walked to Yi Chenyuan's side, squatted down slowly, squeezed the silk handkerchief in her hand, and gently wiped the cold sweat that broke out from Yi Chenyuan's forehead due to physical pain, wiping it very carefully and carefully, with a soft voice: "You know, I don't blame you for the wrong thing you did... I just hope that one day you can go home and return to me and Yi'er... You know, I will give you a chance, but You... you get deeper and deeper...!"
Han Min walked towards Yi Chenyuan slowly, and said with a sneer: "Would you believe this woman's nonsense? What a bright future you had before, you could make great achievements... But marrying this woman will ruin everything for you, you just live Poor thing in her shadow...!"
Looking at the two most important women in his life, Yi Chenyuan smiled wryly.
Just a few steps away from Yi Chenyuan, Han Min's expression suddenly turned cold, two sharp steel needles appeared from nowhere in her hand, and with all her strength, she shot at the unsuspecting long man. Princess.
"Get away!" Yi Chenyuan roared wildly, pushing the eldest princess away with all his strength, and stood in front of her.
"Puff!"
The steel needle pierced Yi Chenyuan's chest mercilessly.