The sky at first dawn was gray, as if it was covered with a layer of thick fog. The trees on both sides of the palace road were covered with cold dewdrops. When the woman passed by, the dewdrops just swayed in the wind and dripped down, hitting the corners of Daqing's cold eyes, like the tears that could not flow out of her heart. And she didn't feel the ice-like temperature, and she didn't even raise her hand to wipe it. She hurried forward, her heart was empty and lonely, she didn't think about anything, she didn't dare to think about anything.
Longxiao Palace was watching, she walked to the door, the palace people hurriedly saluted her, she went straight in without even looking sideways from the corner of her eyes.
When she came to the door of the bedroom, she suddenly calmed down and stopped, the surrounding was quiet, except for her own depressed and heavy heartbeat, she could not hear any other sound. She stood quietly at the door for a while, looking at the closed doors and windows, hesitatingly stretched out her hand, trembling slightly. With five fingers lightly pressed against the thick and beautifully carved wooden door, she bit her lip, then moved her hand a little further, slowly clenched into a fist, and paused in the air. In just a short moment, she had asked herself countless times, should she go in? After stepping in, will her world be turned upside down? She wasn't quite sure.
The brows were furrowed, and the red lips turned pale. what to do? What on earth should she do? She who had always been sober, suddenly hesitated.
Close your eyes, and think back to his words: "You just have to believe in me! No matter what happens, in this life... only you are my Zongzheng Wuyou's wife!" She should believe him, no ? She gathered herself together, bravely pushed the door open, and did not choose to escape, which was her trust and respect for him.
As soon as she stepped into the room, she was taken aback for a moment, and what caught her eyes was the mess all over the floor, as if a tragic fight had taken place. The cold wind blows in, stirring the only large carved bed in the house that is still intact. **The bright yellow bed slowly swayed in the wind, and the waves created made people's eyes hurt. She frowned, and looked at the familiar clothes scattered on the ground in front of the bed, there were spots of red blood on them. Startled, she quickly approached the bed, lifted the bed curtain, and was slightly taken aback, but there was no one in the room. The bright yellow brocade quilt was rolled up at the corner of the bed, and the white sheets were not as flat as they used to be, but crumpled and full of folds, as if every inch had been scoured by hands. Beside the pillow at the head of the bed, there are large bloodstains on the white surface, which are dazzling and shocking.
"Come on, come on." She turned her head and yelled a few times.
The eunuch outside the palace immediately entered the room upon hearing the sound, and asked cautiously, "What orders does your empress have?"
Manyao pointed to the bloodstains and asked, "What's going on?"
The eunuch took a look with his head, his face changed, and there was surprise. Busily knelt down and kowtowed: "I don't know, I deserve to die! Last night the emperor sent all the servants in this palace out, so that the servants are not allowed to come in without order."
Man Yao was startled, and scanned the whole room, and found a porcelain bowl on the ground that had been split into two parts, and there was still a little brown medicinal juice in the bowl, which had solidified. She bent down to pick it up, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Xiao Ke who seemed to want to enter but did not dare to enter, and said in a deep voice, "Ke'er, come in."
Xiao Kuang was noticed by her, so he slowly walked in, with his head lowered, his gaze trembling.
Man Yao stared at her sharply, and asked, "What happened? What's in this bowl? Ke'er, you know it all, don't you? If you don't tell me, don't talk about it in the future." Follow me.
Xiao Ke was startled, and looked up to see her cold and determined face, knowing that she was angry, he quickly said: "I said, I said, yes, it is... Nixue!"
Half of the porcelain bowl in Man Yao's hand fell to the ground with a bang when he heard the word "Nixue", and then fell into several petals. That shrill voice echoed in the room, as if it wanted to pierce the eardrums. Xiao Ke's body trembled, his knees softened and he knelt down in front of her, "Sister Princess, I'm sorry, I, I...,-I shouldn't have given Nixue to the emperor, but...",
Man Yao's mind went blank, she couldn't listen to what Xiao Ke said. With a sway, she staggered back a few steps, the eunuch had quick eyes and quick hands, hurried over to support her, she waved her hand away, her face pale as paper.
Against the snow, against the snow! He served against the snow? ! Worry-free, how could he? how come,…
Knowing this, she would rather she not believe him, would rather be willful, break into Dragon Cloud Palace last night, and tell him that it was her birthday and he should be by her side, but she didn't do that.
Her throat was choked, and a layer of water mist appeared in her eyes. Through her hazy eyesight, she looked at the broken porcelain bowl lying on the ground, and her heart felt as if someone was slashing at her heart with a knife, making her breathless. She clutched her chest, took a deep breath, and only after a while did she recover, and asked, "Your Majesty... where is he?"
Taizhong hurriedly said: "If you go back to your mother, the emperor has already gone to the Hall of Harmony."
After hearing this, Man Yao quickly walked towards the Hall of Qianhe, almost running all the way. Along the way, tears welled up in her eyes, and she was thinking a thousand times. She had long since ignored her status and just wanted to see him right away.
When I came to this hall that symbolized the supreme right, I found that the hall was also empty.
"Where did the emperor go?"
The guard said: "Return to your mother's words, there is a riot in the army, the emperor Gangzhou led all the adults to the northern barracks." Before he could finish his sentence, Man Yao had disappeared before their eyes.
The recruit barracks was in the north of Jiangdu, so she asked someone to prepare a carriage and went straight to the barracks.
"Who is it?" The guard at the gate of the barracks stopped the carriage and asked sharply.
The coachman scolded: "Bold! There are imperial concubines and empresses in the car, so get out quickly."
The guards were stunned for a moment, looking a little flustered, and looked at each other. After kneeling down to pay homage, one of the guards raised his head and said sonorously: "There are rules in the army. Women are not allowed to enter without permission. Madam, please come back."
Man Yao raised the curtain of the carriage, jumped onto the back of the black horse in front, grabbed the spear from the guard, and cut off the reins connecting the black horse and the carriage with his backhand. She didn't pay attention to the guard's obstruction at all, she glanced sharply, and slammed the whip, and the horse galloped towards the barracks. The guards were shocked, but they couldn't stop them. They could only stand there and stare blankly at the white figure that disappeared in a blink of an eye. They forgot to shout: "Someone broke into the barracks!"
The guards in the inner camp were stunned when they saw her, and Man Yao asked in a deep voice, "Where is the emperor now?"
The guards subconsciously pointed in one direction, and replied in a daze: "At the training ground." Before they recovered, the woman in front of her had already ridden away. They regained their senses and murmured: "How can there be such a beautiful woman in the world! Ah? No, her hair", "," At this point, the man exclaimed: "My God, she wouldn't Is it our imperial concubine or empress?"
Another guard hurriedly covered his mouth and cursed:! 'Stop barking, you want to find you! "
The training ground for new recruits is vast as far as the eye can see. Hundreds of thousands of people were silent.
The ministers lowered their heads slightly, and Xiang Ying, the new general in uniform, knelt on one knee at the emperor's feet, bowing his head and raising his eyebrows. The soldiers in the training ground suddenly fell silent amidst the chaos of rioting and denunciation.
Recently there have been rumors in the army: the imperial concubine's red face and white hair must be the reincarnation of evildoers, some evildoers are there, the world will never have peace, and the country will perish!
They went from dubious to convinced, and now, looking up at the incomparably noble emperor on the high platform, the root causes of their riots can no longer be the reason.
Hundreds of thousands of people stood chaotically in the training ground without formation. Holding spears in their hands, they looked up in shock at the steps extending upwards. On the magnificent high platform, in front of all the officials, stood a man. The man was dressed in a black dragon brocade robe and had sharp eyes. , majestic. I saw him expressionless, looking down on all living beings like a born king, with a magical power that makes people have to surrender. He glanced coldly, and all the soldiers in the audience knelt down one after another like waves.
This is their emperor! Fairy-like figure, god-like aura, demon-like eyes, but what shocked them the most was not these, but the long hair that they regarded as a symbol of monsters! They can suspect that the imperial concubine is a demon king who harms the country. She is just a harem woman who can be abolished at will in their eyes. However, the supreme ruler of life they recognize, the emperor of a country, must not be called evildoer!
Man Yao dismounted, stood at the corner behind the high platform, leaning on the porch pillar, and looked at the outstanding and upright man in front of him, tears streaming down his face.
In his memory, when he first came to Jiangnan, he had gently stroked her white hair like snow, and his eyes were filled with distress. She smiled and asked him, "Would you dislike him?"
He said: "There is a medicine that can make me unable to dislike you. If you are afraid, then I will take it. She leaned in his arms, smiled and said to him: "What is it? "
He said, "Nixue." She asked curiously, "What is Nixue?"
He looked at her, smiled without answering.
Later, she asked Ke'er to know what Nixue is. Nixue is a rare poison, extremely domineering, it will not kill people, but it can make people taste life and death, and life is worse than death. Those who take this poison will reverse their blood vessels, like ten thousand arrows piercing the heart, tearing the liver and intestines. It can make the young man's hair turn white overnight like snow. And the consequence is... Ten years of life lost!
At that time, she was so shocked that she couldn't be more shocked, and repeatedly told him not to move this idea. At that time, she hugged him tightly and said to him over and over again: "I am not afraid, I am not afraid at all. I know you will not dislike me, but if you have gray hair, I will dislike you. So you have to promise I, whether you find Xuewu or not, you will never touch Nixue. Otherwise, who will accompany me and keep me warm during the missing ten years?"
He stroked her cheek with a smile, and responded softly:! 'good. "
Now, in order to curb the rumors, not to succumb to those people's manipulations, and even more to live up to her love, he finally obeyed Ni Xue, after a night of severe pain, just like her, he has a hair full of silver hair. He didn't need any excuses, he just needed to stand there, and from now on, no one would dare to talk about her white hair! She tried her best to calm down the turbulent emotions at the moment, and tried her best to control herself not to rush towards him. Just like that, she hid behind the colonnade and looked at him from a distance through the hazy mist.
On the high platform, someone moved a chair, Zongzheng Wuyou sat down with his clothes lifted, and glanced at the ministers on both sides, his eyes were deep and no emotion could be seen.
There was silence all around, and everyone was waiting for the emperor's speech.
Zongzheng Wuyou rested his arms on the armrests of the chair, and said in a deep voice filled with deep internal strength: "I heard that rumors in the market have spread all over the government and the military camp recently, and my family affairs are very concerned by the subjects, so today, I will Come here early in the morning, and discuss with the ministers. Come, please come up from all battalions."
"Follow the order! Generals, please!"
There was a slight commotion on the training ground, and the generals of each battalion looked at each other. We all know how sacred and solemn the emperor's early court is. Throughout the dynasties, how can ordinary battalion generals like them be qualified to participate? For ordinary soldiers, even seeing the emperor is a great gift. The soldiers were both excited and frightened. They looked cautious and stepped up to the high platform carefully. They were so close to the emperor who was as far away as a god in their hearts. They only felt that it took a lot of courage to stand.
"See the emperor, long live my emperor!"
The sound of worship from 100,000 people, like thunder and thunder, reached the heavens.
Zongzheng Wuyou said: "Pingshen." Looking sharply at Prime Minister Sangqiu, he said straight to the point: "Sang Aiqing, as the head of all officials, what do you think of this rumor?"
Prime Minister Sang came out, and within a few steps, his mind turned a few times, and he replied: "Report to the emperor, it is related to the emperor and the empress." The old minister dare not speak nonsense. However, any rumors are usually not groundless, the identity of the empress The origin is unknown, and it is indeed easy to attract people's attention."
Good old fox! I can't talk about the white-haired evildoer, so let's talk about her identity.
Zongzheng Wuyou had a sneer hidden in the corners of his thin lips, with no emotion visible on his face, and asked, "In my opinion, how should this matter be settled?"
All the ministers were stunned, and noticed that the emperor said to calm down, not to find out!
Prime Minister Sang pondered and said: "For example, he glanced sideways at an adult next to him, and the minister understood, and came out and said: "Report to the emperor, it is actually not difficult to settle the matter, as long as the emperor registers a person as soon as possible." A virtuous queen, the queen will take care of the affairs of the harem, so the emperor will naturally not have to be bothered by trivial matters in the harem. "
Zongzheng Wuyou stared at him, and asked: "Aiqing means, like, - I, I'm not as good as a woman?"
The minister was startled, and he couldn't help but knelt down when he saw the god king's evil and cold gaze like a pool in hell, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "I don't dare! What I mean is... "
Zongzheng Wuyou didn't wait for him to speak, and said in a low voice. : "I'm sorry you don't dare! Lovers think, who is the most suitable to be the mother of this country?"
Another minister came out, taking the previous one as a lesson, carefully wording his words, and said: "Reporting to the emperor, I think... Sang Yangyou, the daughter of Prime Minister Sang, is the most suitable person to accept the letter from the court, knowing the book and respecting the etiquette." Said Ba took a sneak peek at the young emperor, but unexpectedly he was meeting that sharp gaze, he couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head.
Someone opened first. Immediately, other ministers echoed: "I also think the prime minister's daughter is suitable." "
In less than half a moment, as many as half of the officials were listed. Zongzheng Wuyou narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, and glanced lightly, while the other half, seeing the emperor's deep eyes, did not dare to move.
Zongzheng Wuyou showed an ambiguous smile on his thin lips, and said: "Aiqings know the prime minister's daughter very well. You follow the court training from a young age, and you know the book well...Is that so, Sang Aiqing?"
Prime Minister Sang's eyes flashed, and he was about to step forward to answer, but Zongzheng Wuyou didn't want to hear his answer, but ordered Xiao Sha, the commander of the imperial army behind him, "Bring people up."
"Follow the order." Xiao Sha waved his hand to the back, "Bring it up."
On the other side of the place where Man Yao stood, at the end of the pillars of the Military and Political Palace, two guards dragged a man and a woman to the high platform. The clothes of the man and the woman were disheveled, the hair was disheveled, and the gap between the open necks was full of red marks from being bitten, and it was easy to see why. The two were thrown in front of the officials by the guards, the woman woke up slowly, lay down on the ground, raised her head slightly, rubbed her eyes, she still didn't understand what happened.
Prime Minister Sang's expression changed in surprise, he pointed at the woman on the ground, his fingers trembling slightly, and said: "You, you... may I ask the emperor, this... what's going on?"
Zongzheng Wuyou sneered and said, "Sang Aiqing doesn't know? Why don't you ask your daughter!"
Only then did the woman come to her senses, remembering what happened last night, her beautiful face turned pale instantly, like a dead person. She entered the palace with a mission, and she hadn't seen the emperor for five days, so she had to wait at the place where the emperor must pass, and tried her best to attract the attention of the emperor. Finally, she got her wish and stepped into the dragon sky, which symbolizes the highest power. palace. It's a pity that even if she tried her best, she failed in the end.
Facing her father's reproachful gaze, Sangyang grasped the loose skirt of her chest, lowered her head in shame, and said nothing.
The Ninth Prince endured it for a long time, and he wanted to speak a long time ago. Now it was his turn to speak, and he stood up and said, "Master Prime Minister, can't you see such an obvious thing? Your daughter can't wait to be on the queen's throne!" The throne, actually used coquetry to seduce the king, but it turned out! Unable to be seduced, I couldn't bear the loneliness, so I found a guard to have an affair,-" He said, looking around at the ministers who recommended Sangyang as the queen, and mockingly said: " Is this what you call knowledgeable and courteous? Ha, this king has learned a lot today! After all, she is also the daughter of the prime minister's mansion, and she is not a street prostitute... Sigh!" Shaking her head pretending to be regretful, she felt sorry for her. These people hate it so much, if they didn't deliberately spread rumors and provoke right and wrong, how could Seventh Brother accept Ni Xue
When Prime Minister Sang heard this, his beard trembled with anger, his eyes widened, and he said: "King Jiang is speaking, please pay attention to your identity.
The Ninth Prince smiled and said: "I'm very sorry, I'm used to speaking casually, the prime minister doesn't like to listen to it? Then it's no wonder this king, who told your daughter to do such shameless things?" His voice was loud and spread all over the place. The audience raised their eyebrows, turned to face the soldiers, suppressed their normal smiles, and said in a serious voice to the 100,000 new troops below, "We soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, you are the future heroes of the country! Tell us Holy Monarch, do you want such a woman to be your queen?"
The soldiers below looked at each other, and Xiang Ying immediately raised his right hand and took the lead in shouting: "Of course not!" The battalion generals on the stage heard it, and then shouted: "No!"
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of thousands of soldiers raised their spears together and responded with a louder voice, "I don't want to!"
The 100,000 voices and the majestic momentum shook the entire barracks and countless hearts.
The ministers who recommended Sangyang as the empress knelt down and kowtowed in panic, saying repeatedly, "I am guilty! I am guilty!"
Zongzheng Wuyou watched this scene indifferently like someone outside the theater, his face was still expressionless and his eyes were deep and unpredictable.
Prime Minister Sang's face was pale, it was because he underestimated the young emperor. I had to lean down and worship: "I have no way to teach my daughter, please forgive me!"
The Ninth Prince turned around and said: "Master Prime Minister, don't rush to plead guilty, there are still people who are not present. Come, bring that person along!"
A middle-aged man wearing a scholar's cap was dragged up. The man had long been frightened out of his wits by the momentum, his face was ashen, and his whole body was trembling at this moment.
The Ninth Prince turned around a few times in front of all the civil and military officials, and asked with his head: "Do you know who he is? Your Excellency, you should know best, right? He was ordered by our Lord Prime Minister to be in a private teahouse. That bastard who spread rumors that the imperial concubine is an evildoer!" As he spoke, he turned around and kicked the storyteller hard, kicking him a few times, the man screamed and rolled his eyes , almost passed out.
Prime Minister Sang panicked from the bottom of his heart, pretending to be calm, and said: "Your Majesty, this old minister is mad, and this old minister is loyal to the Southern Dynasty and the Emperor. Please, Your Majesty, look into it!"
Zongzheng Wuyou picked the corner of his eyes, got up, and slowly walked in front of him, his sharp eyes swept over all the civil and military officials, slightly curled his lips, and said with a half-smile: "I have been on the throne for one year, and all the lovers have done it. I know what happened and what I said. Is it loyal? Is it traitor? It is not based on a word of mouth, but on what he does."
Those ministers were shocked by his gaze, and they all knelt down and said: "The emperor is wise!"
Zongzheng Wuyou said again: "I remember Aiqing said just now that everything will never be groundless. Since King Jiang said it in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, there must be some basis for it. We don't Ga-listen."
Prime Minister Sang knelt on the ground with cold sweat on his forehead, but he couldn't argue.
The Ninth Prince smiled triumphantly, took out a mule of letters from his arms, and asked, "Master Prime Minister, do you recognize these things?" When Prime Minister Sang saw it, he was terrified, and instinctively stretched out his hand to grab it. The Ninth Prince seemed to expect him to make a move, so he quickly jumped away, holding the letter with his head held high, and showed it in front of everyone, pointing out that Looking at the seal at the end of the letter, he raised his voice and said: "If this king is not mistaken, the seal at the end of these letters with you frequently should be the private seal of the emperor of the Northern Dynasty!"
"Ah?..." The ministers were in a commotion.
Prime Minister Sang stared, shook his head and said, "Impossible, how did these things get into your hands?"
The Ninth Prince squatted down, raised a big smile, and said very happily: "I'm sorry, just before you went out in the morning, this queen brought someone... ─Copied your home, dug this from the basement of your study How about it? I can find it so secretively, didn’t you expect it? Sigh, after searching for more than half a year, it’s not in vain!”
Prime Minister Sang collapsed on the ground, looking at the expressionless emperor high above him in disbelief, they actually searched him for more than half a year, and now his house has been confiscated, but he didn't know it, thinking that the emperor trusted him a lot, And relying on his huge power in the south of the Yangtze River to stabilize his throne, but unexpectedly, he has already been the fish in that person's plate, and he is still dreaming here in the Spring and Autumn Period, thinking that one day he will control the emperor and seize the imperial power. In the end, not only his only daughter was killed, but also the whole family was implicated. This is the price of ambition!
This turbulent early court finally came to an end in the imperial decree.
"Prime Minister Sancho colluded with the enemy country, spread rumors to slander the reputation of the imperial concubine, disturbed the court, caused a mutiny, and conspired to seize power and usurp the throne. This is an unforgivable crime! Now he will be removed from office and punish the nine clans! From today on, who dares to mention the selection of the queen? In this moment, Zongzheng Wuyou, under the awe-inspiring gazes of all the ministers and soldiers, and the resounding shouts of "The Emperor is wise!" Gorgeous exit. And everyone knows that the downfall of Prime Minister Sang must be followed by a court shake-up, and they will soon realize that.
Zongzheng Wuyou stepped down from the high platform, and at the turn, he saw the white-haired woman standing behind the pillar. I saw tears in the woman's eyes, staring at him infatuatedly. In the woman's eyes, there are noble monsters, love, distress, and deep affection.
He was slightly taken aback, walked over quickly, frowned and said, "Why are you here?" In such a strong wind, she didn't even wear a fox fur, and she didn't know how long she had stood here. Regardless of other people's eyes, he stretched his arms around her body and led her to the imperial chariot behind.
Man Yao pursed her lips and did not speak, looking at the intertwined red blood in his eyes, and the deep exhaustion hidden between his brows and eyes after a night of torture, his heart clenched into a ball. She bit her lips tightly, not daring to speak, for she was afraid that if she opened her mouth, she would cry out uncontrollably.
When the thick bright yellow curtain was lowered, it blocked the cold winter wind and blocked everyone's eyes. She couldn't bear it any longer, and threw herself into his arms recklessly. Tears welled up in her eyes rolled down, penetrated into the man's clothes, and wet his chest. The heart of ice melts into a pool of spring water.
She clenched her fist, beat his chest, and choked up, "How could you do this? Did you forget what you promised me? You said you would never touch Nixue, you said you didn't want to spend one day less with me ,..."
Her body trembled slightly, and her heart was full of fear that he might leave her one step earlier. What a heavy price to lose ten years of life!
Zongzheng Wuyou hugged her tightly, his snow-like hair fell down and became entangled with hers, it was impossible to tell who belonged to whom. He lowered his head and pressed his chin against her forehead, stroking her thin back with his slender fingers
"Aman, don't worry, I will always be with you. Be good, don't be afraid, huh?" He softly coaxed the woman he loved in his arms, held her face in his hands, gently wiped away the tears on her face, and kissed on those delicate lips.
He obviously felt her body tremble, from his gentle probing to deep seeking, his careful cherishing trembled her soul.
She put her arms around his neck, tears were still rolling down between her lips and teeth, spreading a salty but happy taste. While sobbing, she used all her strength to respond to the man who cherished her with his life. The lips and teeth rubbed together, causing tremors from the heart, and the deep desire that was suddenly detonated in the body came violently and violently.
This has been their unrequited kiss for more than a year, and it happened so naturally. At this moment, they all forgot the humiliation and the hatred and pain that were engraved in their hearts.
Thank you so much for your birthday wishes! I wanted to take a day off for my birthday, but I have to go to the hospital tomorrow, so I stayed at home and wrote my article obediently today, and I didn’t go anywhere. I was so late in order to make more, I’m sorry! I may not be able to update tomorrow, because I don’t know what time I can go home tomorrow night. I'll try my best to write and see if I can survive tonight! well!
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