Nong Hua Makeup
Chapter 165
Chapter 165
At night, Xue Wenqian took his concubine back to the room to rest.
After some exercise, he quickly fell asleep on the bed, and when he woke up again, he was woken up by a basin of cold water.
He opened his eyes suddenly, and saw the woman in white sitting beside him at a glance.
This woman is really beautiful, with willow eyebrows and stars, but unfortunately, she may be crippled because she is in a wheelchair.
"Who are you?" He asked hurriedly before he realized his situation.
Xian Yue glanced at him and sneered: "It seems that he hasn't woken up yet, give him another basin of water."
"Yes." The maid on one side responded, and directly poured a basin of cold water on Xue Wenqian.
Xue Wenqian was shivering from the cold, only then did he see clearly where he was, it was actually a dark and damp basement, where the sun was not visible, and his whole body was soaked with water, he felt that the cold was about to go to his heart, and his whole body was frozen tremble.
He asked Xianyue with his dark purple lips that were a little stiff: "What are you guys going to do?"
"Let you do me a favor." Xianyue smiled slightly.
"This is your attitude of asking others to help..." Xue Wenqian was about to get angry when at some point, Xianyue took out a whip in his hand and whipped it forward fiercely, Xue Wenqian felt the pain like a knife being stuck on his body.
He gritted his teeth, didn't dare to lose his temper after all, just endured to look at her, and before he could ask, the maid came forward and took a pill and stuffed it in his mouth, forcing him to swallow it.
Xue Wenqian coughed violently, only to realize that he had swallowed the pill.
He squeezed his throat, looked at the person in front of him uncomfortable, and said through gritted teeth, "What do you want me to do?"
"Now you know how to be obedient?" Xian Yue looked at the unwillingness in his eyes and knew that he was not at ease at all, so she asked coldly.
"You..." He gritted his teeth secretly, and kept silent, afraid that she would beat him with that whip again, so he could only hold back his anger and said, "I'm just a commoner, I have no right or money..."
"That's right, don't you want your wife to help you find a concubine?"
"That was a joke..."
"I don't care if you're joking or not. If you don't manage tomorrow's affairs well, you will die from gut piercing. No one has an antidote except me!" Xuan Yue snorted coldly.
Xue Wenqian immediately went to hold his throat to vomit, but was kicked to the corner by the maid: "Be honest."
Xue Wenqian is terrified now, his good life has only just begun, how could he die of gut piercing?
He gritted his teeth, looked at Xuanyue, and finally nodded.
In the early morning of the next day, the capital became lively, because today the emperor and queen were going out to hunt in the palace, and their chariots would pass by the market.
The guards came early in the morning to clear the way and waited for the people from the palace to come out.
Lin Jinhua had already changed her clothes at this moment. It was a newly made phoenix robe, mainly red, supplemented by black, dignified yet luxurious.
On the well-tied bun, there were two gold thread aprons with rubies on the left and right sides, and a ruby between her eyebrows, which made her eyes look blacker and brighter.
"Ma'am, get ready."
"Well, be careful for a while." Lin Jinhua glanced at Mo Feng, Mo Feng nodded deeply, and they went out.
When Ah Bao went out with him, he still felt strange because he didn't see Mo Hua: "What's wrong with Sister Mo Hua?"
"Suddenly she was not feeling well, so she stayed and rested." Mo Yue smiled lightly, and then Ah Bao nodded, An An was ready to go out.
Nurse Cui sat with the wet nurse, seeing her nervousness, she smiled slightly: "Don't worry, even if there are people with evil intentions, as long as the empress is here, nothing will happen." Nurse Cui is now confused. Zhi believed in Lin Jinhua, and always felt that no matter what it was, she could save the day.
The nurse looked at the two 'people' in her arms, and finally nodded.
Soon Lin Jinhua and Zhao Huaiyan boarded the chariot, the Mongolian envoys Batu and Baozhu, and envoys from other small countries also came.
Everyone set off together, and the guards in the capital were even more serious, surrounding all the roads along the way.
Lin Jinhua was sitting upright, looking at the surrounding people and smiling slightly, but Zhao Huaiyan grabbed her hand in the next second.
"Your Majesty, this place is outside..."
"It's okay." Zhao Huaiyan stared straight ahead without letting go of her hand.
When Lin Jinhua heard this, she only smiled slightly.She knew that the rumors of him being a concubine in the court popped up again recently.
After walking forward like this for about half an hour, I finally arrived at the Xishan Hunting Ground.
The foot of the Xishan hunting ground was already surrounded by officers and soldiers. After getting off the carriage, Zhao Huaiyan did not continue walking, but turned around to help Lin Jinhua.
The officials who followed looked at each other with heavy hearts.
They have always stubbornly believed that there should be more concubines in the emperor's harem, and no matter how beautiful the empress is, they will get tired of looking at them, so today they brought their daughters and nieces and so on. Can have a fancy.
With this in mind, after saluting, he followed them up the mountain slowly.
Baozhu and Batu followed behind, admiring again and again: "The emperor and the empress really love each other."
"It's rare to see someone like this, but I see a lot of beauties today, the emperor may bring one or two back."
"I don't think so." Baozhu snorted softly and patted his elder brother on the shoulder: "A gamble?"
"Okay, what's the bet?" Batu was also happy to make her happy, but she said directly: "Just bet on a man named Xu Chengqing. When I win the bet, you can go to the prison and get him out. I want to marry him."
"Prison?" Batu panicked. He remembered that the prison that Baozhu had been to was Dali Temple. The prisoners in Dali Temple were all imperial court felons, so they got out. Baozhu, as a princess who came to marry her, how could she What about marrying a prisoner who offended the Daqi court?
He frowned slightly, and said: "If you lose, you are not allowed to mention this man anymore, and find a clean and favored official in Daqi to marry, is it possible?"
"Understood." Baozhu trusted Zhao Huaiyan [-] percent. She was not good at anything else, and she was quite accurate in judging people. She knew from the way Zhao Huaiyan looked at Lin Jinhua before that this man would definitely not fall in love with others. human.
After finishing their bet, the two also went up the mountain.
When I came to the hunting ground today, after preparing for the ceremony at the beginning, many young officials were sent to hunt. Batu, a grassland expert like Batu, naturally also went, and the person who got the most prey could get an imperial decree from the emperor.
As for the content of the imperial decree, no one knows what it is, but it must be a good thing as a reward, so as long as they can ride a horse and get a bow, they will naturally go.
The rest of the female relatives went to play games like throwing pots.
Lin Jinhua and Zhao Huaiyan sat in the upper seats and waited quietly. It is impossible for everyone to be safe when they go out today.
Sure enough, it didn't take long to see someone coming out from below.
"emperor."
"Yan Aiqing."
The minister with white beard and hair who just spoke was an old minister from the former court. He walked tremblingly to the middle and said: "Your Majesty, I had a dream last night."
"What dream?"
"I dreamed that you had a brother." He said.
He just finished speaking, and the ministers who were watching the fun calmed down. The emperor's brother, isn't it the King Mu who has been rumored privately in the capital recently? Concubine Jiang said that he is the emperor's biological mother, so King Mu is the same as the emperor. This is a disgrace to the emperor.
Zhao Huaiyan hadn't opened his mouth yet, but soon someone said: "Lord Yan, why are you saying this all of a sudden. The emperor naturally has a brother."
"Not a brother of the Zhao family." Lord Yan said with his head down.
Zhao Huaiyan's face darkened, but Lord Yan said deliberately: "The emperor purposely does not recognize his biological mother, but all the ministers recognize that Concubine Jiang is the Yin concubine back then. Your majesty, you don't even recognize your biological mother. Unfilial."
The old minister had just finished speaking when Lin Jinhua's hand grabbed Zhao Huaiyan's.
Zhao Huaiyan felt the softness of her palm, and the anger in her heart dissipated a little, she just looked at him indifferently and said, "Today, Yan Aiqing wants to accuse me?"
"The minister is willing to die, but also to keep the emperor awake all the time. You are deceived by the demon queen, and you refuse to accept a concubine, let alone recognize your birth mother. Isn't the demon queen beguiling you behind your back?" he said loudly.
As soon as the words fell, many people stood up and knelt down behind Lord Yan: "Please don't be fooled by the demon queen!"
These words sounded together, Zhao Huaiyan looked at the other people present, and the others quickly lowered their heads.
Baozhu was dumbfounded, the queen obviously didn't do anything, how did she become the demon queen?
"You ministers are really unreasonable. If the emperor doesn't accept concubines, that's the emperor's business. Why did the queen become the demon queen?" She asked in confusion.
"This……"
"Princess Baozhu, if the queen hadn't instigated it behind her back, how could the emperor not accept the concubine?" Nada asked back.
Baozhu was even more amused: "It can't be that the emperor himself doesn't want to accept concubines? He can unify the three kingdoms and become the current monarch, so in your eyes, is he so incompetent? And I wonder, you defeated generals, what face do you have?" Ask the emperor to accept his concubine here, your daughter is not beautiful, and has inherited the temperament of your defeated general, how dare you go to the palace with a shy face? Are you worthy?"
Baozhu has a straight temper, but she also knows what the words said today mean.
She wants to consider Mongolia's long-term plans, and she wants to please the emperor and queen. As for these pedantic ministers, she doesn't care.
As soon as she said this, Xu Zhaozhao almost wanted to applaud her.
The ministers below turned pale and pale, saying that they were defeated generals... Really.
Their daughters were also very embarrassed. If the eyes could kill, Baozhu might be killed by them eight hundred times.
Lin Jinhua took a special look at Baozhu and smiled, but in fact, she and Zhao Huaiyan had expected this scene a long time ago, and it was for the next plan, but after being teased by her like this, the anger in her heart didn't go well. few.
The corner of Zhao Huaiyan's mouth also raised a little smile, looked at the people below him coldly, and said: "In your eyes, I am a fool?"
"Of course not." Everyone hurriedly saluted. Although he refused to admit his concubine and his biological mother, he was definitely outstanding in his political achievements.
"Since not, do you know the consequences of slandering the queen and humiliating me today?" Zhao Huaiyan continued to ask indifferently, his indifferent voice made all the people below tremble.
Lord Yan glanced at the people behind him, and then said: "Then why does the emperor refuse to recognize his biological mother..."
Zhao Huaiyan raised his eyes, looked at Concubine Jiang who was quietly hiding not far from here, and said indifferently: "Concubine Jiang is the Empress Dowager of Xixia, you must not forget this matter. Even if there is a kindness in birth, there is no kindness in raising her." For the sake of Daqi Jiangshan for me, do you think that I should welcome the Empress Dowager Xixia to Daqi Empress Dowager for me?"
"This..." All the officials were dumbfounded, but Concubine Jiang who was not far away turned down her face.
"But Your Majesty, Concubine Jiang is your biological mother..."
"It's also King Mu's birth mother. I think that in the name of Xixia's surrender, I named her a concubine. Where did it happen?" Zhao Huaiyan asked back.
Master Yan's complexion turned pale, but he was speechless for a moment.
Just as he was thinking, a servant came running over and said, "Your Majesty, when Young Master Yan was hunting, he was snatched away by wild beasts."
"What!" Lord Yan's complexion turned pale, and he almost fainted.
Zhao Huaiyan said indifferently: "Since that's the case, just send someone to look for it."
Looking at the attendant's unhurried attitude, Mr. Yan suddenly understood that the emperor must have been prepared a long time ago, and his son might not have had any accidents at all.
He looked at Zhao Huaiyan tentatively, and said, "Your Majesty, there is only one son in the Yan family."
"Since that's the case, then I will give you a few concubines to continue your Yan family's heirs." After finishing speaking, he looked around, raised his hand and pointed at the daughter of the minister who followed Lord Yan to force him before: "From today , you canonize as the county head and serve in the Yan Mansion."
"emperor--!"
The legs of the fathers of the two young ladies were weak, but they specially presented their daughters to the emperor with their beautiful clothes!
The two ladies also rolled their eyes and passed out immediately.
Lord Yan glanced at the wife who was sitting not far away from the tigress, her hands were trembling: "Your Majesty, I don't want to take any more concubines..."
"Master Yan, why should you be polite to me? Didn't Lord Yan say just now that it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention that you have weak children under your knees, so you should take concubines." Zhao Huaiyan took his words exactly. Give it back to him.
"But your majesty, my minister... my minister..." He stammered for a long while, but couldn't say anything, Zhao Huaiyan continued: "Could it be that there is a witch in the family, and you are not allowed to take concubines? If so, why don't you divorce that tricky woman?" !"
Mrs. Yan's face was livid with anger, and she almost came forward to beat Mrs. Yan violently. When she heard this, her eyes became dizzy with anger.
Master Yan understood that the emperor was taking revenge on himself, and he didn't care about himself as an old minister at all.
He himself felt chilled, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed a few times before saying tiredly: "Your Majesty, this old minister is confused. This old minister can no longer be an official. Please allow the emperor to resign and return to his hometown."
Zhao Huaiyan's face became even colder, and he looked at him indifferently: "The court is in the midst of employing people, and Lord Yan is a minister of the humerus, how can he leave?"
"emperor……"
"Come here, promote Mr. Yan to be a second-rank official, double his salary, and keep him as an official in the court." Zhao Huaiyan said indifferently, before letting you go, you refused to leave, thinking that if you commit any crimes, you can resign and escape what.
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Yan felt regretful in his heart, why did he commit such a foolishness, after hearing Concubine Jiang's crying, he had to beg for her in a muddleheaded manner.
He wanted to cry but had no tears, kneeling on the ground in an extremely embarrassing posture, but Lin Jinhua didn't show much sympathy.
These old ministers thought that they were really loyal to the emperor if they cried and shouted a few words. Well done.
She lightly took a sip of tea, looked at the young ladies around who were too frightened to move, and smiled slightly: "Don't you like playing pitching pots?"
"luv't!"
The ladies hurriedly answered the conversation, but they didn't dare to stay in front of the emperor, so they turned around and ran to the small forest next door.
The rest of the ministers who echoed were neither angry nor sorry, and were about to cry out in embarrassment, but not long after, another servant came to report, and the beast snatched away two young princes, and one of them almost died. down the cliff...
Without exception, these sons belonged to the ministers who came to make trouble.
They knew Zhao Huaiyan's determination and ruthlessness. Before, they only thought that after he became the emperor, he would have some scruples. They didn't expect that now, he would still go his own way and be so ruthless!
The ministers below had completely stopped thinking about sending their daughter to the palace, and one of them was a little smarter and said: "Your Majesty, my daughter is not young, and I ask the Emperor to marry you."
"Yes, the minister's daughter also asks the emperor to give her a marriage."
……
Zhao Huaiyan raised his head indifferently, and looked not far away, the figure of Concubine Jiang had disappeared.
His hand on the side tightened slightly.
Zheng Jiaojiao, who was sitting at the bottom, looked at Lin Jinhua who was drinking tea with peace of mind, and she was so envious. As a woman, how could she be as noble as the emperor and still spoil her so far, while she...
"Hurry up, the empress is going to rest, you go and talk." Xue Wenqian hurriedly pushed her away.
Zheng Jiaojiao bit her lip slightly, looked at him anxiously, and then saw that Lin Jinhua had indeed got up and seemed to be going to the tent on the side, so she also got up and followed.
As soon as they left, Xue Wenqian looked around, and took advantage of Zheng Qiong's inattention, and left quietly.
"The emperor hunted today, why didn't he invite humble ministers?"
A slightly gloomy voice came, and everyone looked at it, wasn't it King Mu who was the center of the discussion just now?
King Mu seemed to be different from before, his face was much gloomy, and when he walked over, there was still a little gloom in his eyes,
"Sit." Zhao Huaiyan said calmly when he saw him.
"You don't need to sit down. Now that you are here, why don't the emperor ride horses and hunt together with the humble ministers? Let's see who is stronger, the emperor or the humble ministers, how about it?" Changsun Qiye laughed directly: "Is it possible that the emperor dare not Let’s compare, after all, I’ve heard people say that when you’re poisoned, you’ll have seizures from time to time, and you’re afraid you won’t be able to compare with the minister, and you’ll get poisoned again, right?”
As soon as the words came out, the ministers below all started discussing, if the emperor was really poisoned, then he must be given a concubine as soon as possible to extend his heirs!
Zhao Huaiyan smiled slightly: "Since King Mu wants to compare, then I will compare with you."
"If the humble minister wins, please ask the emperor to agree to a request of the minister, is it possible?"
"any request?"
"If the emperor can hunt a deer and come back here earlier than the minister, the minister will take Concubine Jiang and leave the capital forever and never come back. If the minister wins, the emperor will agree to marry the minister's elder sister, the eldest grandson Xianyue, as his concubine. "The eldest grandson Qi Ye sneered, as if he had changed himself.
Xu Zhaozhao heard that something was wrong, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Xu Boshan.
"Don't worry." Today, he seems to have prepared in advance, maybe King Mu will appear, and it is also expected by the emperor, he must have his own plan today.
"But……"
"Trust the emperor." Otherwise, Jinhua wouldn't be gone now.
Although Lin Luzhi looked anxious underneath, he didn't speak.
Zhao Huaiyan glanced at the eldest grandson Qiye, her phoenix eyes were cold: "Okay."
After finishing speaking, eldest grandson Qiye turned around to pick a horse. When Zhao Huaiyan came down, he took a special look at Lin Jincheng. Lin Jincheng nodded slightly, and the two seemed to have some plan.
Only then did Zhao Huaiyan turn around and leave indifferently.
As soon as he left, the courtiers present relaxed a little, and started talking about the relationship between grandson Qiye and Zhao Huaiyan, and some of them were still talking about Master Caiyan just now, thinking that the emperor did it on purpose.
Lin Luzhi coughed coldly, then looked at them and said, "They are all old ministers. After all these years, I still don't understand what to say and what not to say?"
As soon as he opened his mouth, his murderous look suddenly appeared, and the people below obediently shut their mouths.
However, there were still some people who were not reconciled, they approached Xu Boshan and said: "Master Xu, your daughter has also reached a good age, why not send her to the palace..."
"Seeing that the lord is about to send himself to serve, how dare Zhao Zhao take the position of the lord?" Xu Zhaozhao said coolly from the side.
The minister's face turned red suddenly, he didn't expect Xu Zhaozhao to say such words!
Xu Boshan also looked at Xu Zhaozhao and said, "You are a daughter, even if you know the truth, you can't say it."
Xu Zhaozhao smiled knowingly: "Daughter knows, but it's a pity that even if this adult wants to serve in the palace, he must clean himself up no matter what. Those young men in the streets are all young and beautiful, my lord Don't embarrass the emperor too much..."
"You... you..." The minister's face was livid, seeing that the people around him were still laughing, and he didn't dare to confront Xu Boshan, so he gritted his teeth and sat back.
Xu Zhaozhao still wanted to make a funny face, but Xu Boshan twisted his ears: "Little girl, if you dare to say such things, go back and kneel in the ancestral hall for me!" It's too much, how could he allow his daughter to offend people like this.
But having said it all, they were relieved to see how angry they were.
Jiang Qingshu sat in the lower position, and kept silent all the time, he only picked up the wine cup, and was about to pour down the wine suddenly, when someone beside him said: "Master Jiang, you are considered a favored minister, why don't you go talk to Xu Master Lin, do you drink?"
Humanity on one side.
Jiang Qingshu turned his head and glanced, and it was indeed the former Minister of Southern Xinjiang.
He smiled slightly: "What do you want to say?"
"It's nothing, I just feel that with your ability, your status is not as good as those related households..."
"My lord's words are wrong. You haven't seen the skills of the lords of the Xu family." Jiang Qingshu saw that he was still trying to provoke him, which was very funny. For his own kindness, he would never do anything to betray him, not to mention that Zhao Huaiyan had never treated him badly, he was already very satisfied.
"But……"
"My lord, you don't have to worry about it. I will truthfully report what you said today to Mr. Xu." After Jiang Qingshu finished speaking, he got up and sat down on the other side.
Baozhu silently watched these people play tricks, felt extremely bored, so she simply got up and went to the camp, ready to see the queen.
Lin Jinhua was sitting in the tent, and when Zheng Jiaojiao came, she realized that the tent was empty and there was nothing there.
Lin Jinhua was a little surprised to see that it was her.
"Miss Zheng, no, it's time to call you Mrs. Xue."
"Jiaojiao has met the empress." She hurriedly saluted, Lin Jinhua glanced at her expression, and laughed: "Is she pregnant?"
Zheng Jiaojiao raised her head slightly in surprise, seeing her warm eyes when she looked at her, her eyes turned red instantly, and she nodded with a smile.
"If you're pregnant, you need to rest more. Your father actually asked you to run around. It's too careless." Lin Jinhua said with a smile, and then said to A Bao who was beside her: "Go and help Mrs. Xue sit down."
Zheng Jiaojiao saw that she treated her so peacefully and was of no value at all, so she suddenly didn't want to say Xue Wenqian's words.If the empress's maid marries him, she will inevitably end up in the same fate as herself.
She gritted her teeth slightly, and talked with Lin Jinhua, but didn't get to the point, until Mo Yue, who was waiting outside, rushed in: "Empress, something happened to the emperor!"
"What's wrong?" Lin Jinhua also hurriedly stood up and asked.
"I heard that when the emperor went hunting, he suddenly fainted from poison, so hurry up and have a look!" Mo Yue hurriedly said.
"Let's go!" Lin Jinhua hurried out, ignoring Zheng Jiaojiao.
When Baozhu came, she happened to see them rushing out again, after thinking about it, she also followed.
As soon as they left, Zheng Jiaojiao hurriedly chased them two steps away, thinking about what she hadn't said, and then looking at the bruises on the back of her hands that could hardly be concealed, she bit her lip slightly, but she didn't know that Xue Wenqian According to Xianyue's order, he quietly went to the tent where the grapes and wine were placed.
The inside and outside of the camp were heavily guarded, and when they saw him coming, they stopped him immediately.
Xue Wenqian hurriedly took out Zheng Qiong's badge and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm from Dali Temple. The Empress is worried that there are spies hidden here, so she specially ordered Dali Temple to investigate."
"Are you here to check?" Nurse Cui came out and frowned slightly when she saw that the badge in his hand was indeed the badge of Dali Temple.
"Of course, I'll go in and have a look, and I'll find clues soon, so you just stay around. If you don't believe me, you can go find the empress immediately." After Xue Wenqian finished speaking, she was still a little nervous. The plan went wrong, and the queen has not been lured away by her, so he will be in trouble.
Sure enough, Mother Cui immediately sent someone to investigate, but soon someone came to report that the empress was not in the camp.
"Mother, this matter is extremely urgent. If something happens to the prince and princess, even the lower officials will be involved." Xue Wenqian's heart sank into his stomach.
After thinking about it for a while, Mother Cui still let him in, but she didn't go in herself.
"Watch him."
After Xue Wenqian entered, the worry on Madam Cui's face disappeared in an instant, and she only gritted her teeth and told the surrounding guards.
The guard responded quickly.
At this time, Xianyue thought that the plan must be foolproof.
In the dense forest, she waited alone, until the sound of horseshoes gradually approached, she finally turned around and saw Lin Jinhua who was in a hurry.
"The empress is here?" Xianyue smiled and looked at the people who hurriedly got off the carriage, waiting to see the astonishment and astonishment on her face, but there was nothing.
"I have given you several times to survive, why don't you?"
After Lin Jinhua came down, she said calmly.
Xian Yue frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
"You will do it today, do you think we didn't guess it?" They have been in the inner palace and rarely come out. Now hunting in Xishan is the best opportunity for Xianyue, anyone can imagine it.
"So what if you guessed it?" Xianyue sneered: "Lin Jinhua, do you really think you have a good plan?"
"Almost." Lin Jinhua smiled lightly, seeing that the moon was still the same as before, and then said; "Sometimes, I also wonder what are you obsessed with. Do you really love Huaiyan to the bone, or love yourself more , you can't accept that Huaiyan never loved you, so you come here again and again, just to prove..."
"No, you're talking nonsense!" Xuan Yue immediately became annoyed and shouted at her.
Lin Jinhua didn't make a sound, but seeing her like this, she probably guessed it.Maybe in her heart, she herself doesn't know who she loves.
Xianyue saw that Lin Jinhua was only looking at her pitifully, and couldn't bear it any more. She clenched her fists and said coldly: "Since talking to you is so unpleasant, why not. Lin Jinhua, go to hell, If you are dead, I will be able to live the rest of my life smoothly." After speaking, the medicine powder scattered all over the sky.
Lin Jinhua did not expect this. She did not expect that Xianyue would use poison to completely abandon her pride as a princess of Xixia.
Mo Yue quickly took the cloak to cover Lin Jinhua's body, and led her back three steps, but in the midst of the powder all over the sky, someone killed him soon.
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly. For some reason, Huaiyan hadn't come yet. According to the plan, he should bring troops here...
"Are you worried about Zhao Huaiyan?"
"How is he?"
"Being held back by a person who has the same face as mine and yours, Lin Jinhua, you didn't guess that!" She snorted coldly, but her assassin was about to hurt Lin Jinhua, and then There was a sound of horseshoes, and then Lin Jinhua was hugged by a pair of strong arms, and quickly jumped out of the powder, and quickly fell behind Xuanyue.
"Hey, it turned out to be you, why, do you want me to hug you today?" Baozhu put Lin Jinhua down, and then looked at the white-clothed Xuanyue and said.
Xianyue didn't expect to kill a precious orb halfway, and said in a deep voice: "This is none of your business, if you don't want to die, go quickly."
Baozhu pouted: "Why should I listen to you?"
"you--!"
"Empress Empress, are you okay?" Baozhu hurriedly asked Lin Jinhua, but Lin Jinhua hurriedly grabbed her and glanced aside, only to see the dart that Xianyue fell into the air.
Xianyue smiled indifferently: "In that case, you should all die here. Lin Jinhua, I won't talk to you anymore. Your children are now in my hands. If you don't die, they will die. You yourself select!"
Baozhu was taken aback: "You can do it, kid, why are you so vicious!"
"Shut up—!" Xuan Yue heard the word vicious, gritted her teeth and scolded her fiercely.
Lin Jinhua only said indifferently: "The child is doing well in the palace now, have your people sneaked into the palace yet?"
When Xianyue heard the words, she immediately knew that she had been cheated again, she didn't bring her child out at all today!
"What a Lin Jinhua, you are so good at making calculations, let's see if you can save your life today, come and kill me!" She shouted angrily, and dozens of men in black suddenly appeared around her.
These men in black have high martial arts skills, and Mo Yue turned pale when she saw them: "They are all assassins in the clouds!"
"It's all the assassins!" Xianyue sneered, she will fight this once today, if she can't kill Lin Jinhua, she has no way out.
"Kill me!" She ordered, seeing the pale faces of the people present, she smiled triumphantly.
Lin Jinhua, Lin Jinhua, you have today too!
She gritted her teeth coldly, and the assassins quickly surrounded her.
But Lin Jinhua never thought of being alone in danger.
When those people approached, Lin Jincheng, who had been lying in ambush all this time, finally came out with his soldiers.
Thousands of elites lay in ambush two days ago, waiting for Xuanyue to appear, and now as soon as Xianyue made a move, they quickly locked their direction and chased after them.
"Leave me alone, kill Lin Jinhua for me!" Xianyue pinched her fingers hard into her palm, wishing she could get out of the wheelchair.
Her eyes were red, and she stared fiercely at Lin Jinhua's figure, with only one sentence in her eyes, kill her, kill her!
Lin Jinhua is protected by Baozhu Moyue and others, and she is fine for the time being, but Xianyue's desperate heart made her underestimate. She thought that with her eldest grandson Qiye in her hands, she would leave a way out for herself no matter what. She would do it so decisively, but she didn't expect her to do it anyway.
Soon, Lin Jinhua was stabbed in the shoulder by a fierce assassin's sword. At this moment, a chill suddenly spread, and a black figure quickly passed by. The next second, the assassin's arm holding the sword It broke on the ground.
Xian Yue looked at the person who suddenly appeared, and her heart finally went cold.
"I didn't expect it to come so soon." She smiled sadly.
Zhao Huaiyan didn't even look at her, just hugged Lin Jinhua in his arms, and said apologetically, "I'm late."
"It's not too late, is King Mu okay?"
"Stunned." Zhao Huaiyan said.Today's purpose, one is to make the ministers below completely give up, the second is to keep the eldest grandson Qiye who came to the door automatically, and the third is to make the moon.
Her deliberate plan to murder Hua'er and the child should come to an end.
Because Zhao Huaiyan came over, Mo Feng and the imperial guards also rushed over quickly, and dozens of assassins with high martial arts skills could not stop these more than 1000 elites.
Xian Yue watched them die one by one in front of her, and finally let go of her clenched hands.
The maid came to her and said anxiously: "Princess, you go first."
"I'm not leaving." She was already tired, and He Lianjing was no longer with her. No one cared about her life anymore, and she was also tired.
"Princess, keep the green hills here..."
"There are no more green hills." Although the body is still young, it seems that the oil lamp has dried up.When did it start?In the past few days, when she even had the idea of seduce, but was rejected by others, it must have been the time when someone even poured tea on her.Or maybe it was the time when He Lianjing also completely gave up on herself.
Back then, I was the aloof Princess Xianyue, someone who never bothered to use despicable means, but now she has become the person I despised the most, and she even thought of ways to seduce her...
She didn't speak until the maid in front of her also died by their swords.
She looked at Zhao Huaiyan in front of her, and raised the corners of her mouth coldly: "Huaiyan, have you never liked me at all?"
Zhao Huaiyan frowned slightly, and Xianyue already knew the result.
She laughed, and her face suddenly became stern: "Then you all go to die!" After that, she threw a dozen darts with both hands, and the guards on one side saw this, and raised their swords towards Xianyue's heart without saying a word stabbed in the past.
Seeing the cold blade approaching, Xian Yue had no intention of avoiding it, but slowly closed her eyes, waiting to die.
But just when she thought she was bound to die, a muffled groan sounded.
She opened her eyes, but saw Helian Jing's face, and the cross-edged sword piercing through his heart, blood gushing out like a spring. .
"you……"
"Live well and let go of these hatreds, okay?" He Lianjing has been following in the dark, he knows all her plans, and just now he could help her kill Lin Jinhua, but he doesn't want to do that anymore.Will Xianyue be really happy if she kills Lin Jinhua?No, a noble and proud person like her will only suffer from the fact that she is becoming more and more despicable day by day, so he is willing to die.
Xianyue looked at him, tears came down all of a sudden: "Didn't you want me?"
"Where is the princess, I will be there." He Lianjing raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but he had no strength left.
He fell to the ground powerlessly, looking at the figure in the crowd who had never come out, Mo Xue, you are here too.
Looking at the person lying on the ground, Mo Xue felt that her voice seemed to be dry and hoarse, and her legs and feet were no longer in control.
"Mo Xue..." On one side, Mo Yue looked at her with a snow-white complexion, and didn't know whether it was right or wrong to agree to bring her here.
Mo Xue stepped forward and wanted to walk to He Lianjing's side, but Xian Yue fell down from the wheelchair and yelled at her: "You all go away!"
Blood flowed from He Lianjing's mouth, he could see Mo Xue standing not far away at a loss, he could see the panic in her eyes.
So happy, she actually likes me.
Why did I want to provoke her in the first place?If he was still devoted to Xianyue back then, there would be one less sad person now.
"Mo Xue, let's drink again in the next life..."
"Sorry……"
His tears slowly slid down and fell on the hand that Xuanyue was holding him. Along with his blood, it turned into a bone-piercing poison, sinking into Xianyue's heart.
Xianyue let him half lie on her body, and finally sobbed and cried out loud. She had never cried in her life, but now she didn't know why her heart hurt so much.
Perhaps she was willing to give him her own body back then, not because she was drunk...
"He Lianjing..." She called out softly, but He Lianjing had no more strength left, he looked straight at Zhao Huaiyan, begging him to play the string moon again: "Your Majesty, please..."
After all, he didn't say anything, and with his last breath, he was drowned in the dust.
He could see Lin Jinhua standing silently behind, Mo Xue, and the grief-stricken Xianyue.
After all, he missed and failed, and only one death can cut off these thousands of threads of love.
"Huaiyan, it turns out that I stopped loving you a long, long time ago." Xianyue hugged He Lianjing, and finally looked up at Zhao Huaiyan with a smile, her tears couldn't stop falling.He was standing there, still as cold as a god, still the most honorable man in the world, but unfortunately he didn't love himself, and he was so heartless that he didn't give him even the slightest bit of pity or love.
Perhaps from a certain moment, when she didn't even know it herself, she gave her heart to He Lianjing. Unfortunately, she didn't realize it until He Lianjing died.
Zhao Huaiyan didn't speak, just looked at her lightly, without sympathy, and no longer indifferent.
"He Lianjing asked you to let me go, I know you will agree, but there is no need, there is nothing in this world worthy of my nostalgia, Zhao Huaiyan, I hope I will live forever, and I will never meet you again." Xianyue said with a smile , pulled out the hairpin on his head, and stabbed it into his heart without attachment.
Lin Jinhua unconsciously took a step forward to stop her, but it was a step too late.
When Xianyue fell to the ground, she felt an unprecedented ease, no expectations, no hatred, no torture of not being loved, and no regrets of not knowing what to get.
Suddenly there was heavy snow in the sky, and the feather-like snow fell down, stained with blood, bright red was dazzling.
She finally laughed, let go of her hand, and the two jade bottles fell out.
One bottle was given to her by the eldest grandson Qiye, a poison that no one could cure, and the other bottle was the antidote she had prepared long ago for Zhao Huaiyan.
(End of this chapter)
At night, Xue Wenqian took his concubine back to the room to rest.
After some exercise, he quickly fell asleep on the bed, and when he woke up again, he was woken up by a basin of cold water.
He opened his eyes suddenly, and saw the woman in white sitting beside him at a glance.
This woman is really beautiful, with willow eyebrows and stars, but unfortunately, she may be crippled because she is in a wheelchair.
"Who are you?" He asked hurriedly before he realized his situation.
Xian Yue glanced at him and sneered: "It seems that he hasn't woken up yet, give him another basin of water."
"Yes." The maid on one side responded, and directly poured a basin of cold water on Xue Wenqian.
Xue Wenqian was shivering from the cold, only then did he see clearly where he was, it was actually a dark and damp basement, where the sun was not visible, and his whole body was soaked with water, he felt that the cold was about to go to his heart, and his whole body was frozen tremble.
He asked Xianyue with his dark purple lips that were a little stiff: "What are you guys going to do?"
"Let you do me a favor." Xianyue smiled slightly.
"This is your attitude of asking others to help..." Xue Wenqian was about to get angry when at some point, Xianyue took out a whip in his hand and whipped it forward fiercely, Xue Wenqian felt the pain like a knife being stuck on his body.
He gritted his teeth, didn't dare to lose his temper after all, just endured to look at her, and before he could ask, the maid came forward and took a pill and stuffed it in his mouth, forcing him to swallow it.
Xue Wenqian coughed violently, only to realize that he had swallowed the pill.
He squeezed his throat, looked at the person in front of him uncomfortable, and said through gritted teeth, "What do you want me to do?"
"Now you know how to be obedient?" Xian Yue looked at the unwillingness in his eyes and knew that he was not at ease at all, so she asked coldly.
"You..." He gritted his teeth secretly, and kept silent, afraid that she would beat him with that whip again, so he could only hold back his anger and said, "I'm just a commoner, I have no right or money..."
"That's right, don't you want your wife to help you find a concubine?"
"That was a joke..."
"I don't care if you're joking or not. If you don't manage tomorrow's affairs well, you will die from gut piercing. No one has an antidote except me!" Xuan Yue snorted coldly.
Xue Wenqian immediately went to hold his throat to vomit, but was kicked to the corner by the maid: "Be honest."
Xue Wenqian is terrified now, his good life has only just begun, how could he die of gut piercing?
He gritted his teeth, looked at Xuanyue, and finally nodded.
In the early morning of the next day, the capital became lively, because today the emperor and queen were going out to hunt in the palace, and their chariots would pass by the market.
The guards came early in the morning to clear the way and waited for the people from the palace to come out.
Lin Jinhua had already changed her clothes at this moment. It was a newly made phoenix robe, mainly red, supplemented by black, dignified yet luxurious.
On the well-tied bun, there were two gold thread aprons with rubies on the left and right sides, and a ruby between her eyebrows, which made her eyes look blacker and brighter.
"Ma'am, get ready."
"Well, be careful for a while." Lin Jinhua glanced at Mo Feng, Mo Feng nodded deeply, and they went out.
When Ah Bao went out with him, he still felt strange because he didn't see Mo Hua: "What's wrong with Sister Mo Hua?"
"Suddenly she was not feeling well, so she stayed and rested." Mo Yue smiled lightly, and then Ah Bao nodded, An An was ready to go out.
Nurse Cui sat with the wet nurse, seeing her nervousness, she smiled slightly: "Don't worry, even if there are people with evil intentions, as long as the empress is here, nothing will happen." Nurse Cui is now confused. Zhi believed in Lin Jinhua, and always felt that no matter what it was, she could save the day.
The nurse looked at the two 'people' in her arms, and finally nodded.
Soon Lin Jinhua and Zhao Huaiyan boarded the chariot, the Mongolian envoys Batu and Baozhu, and envoys from other small countries also came.
Everyone set off together, and the guards in the capital were even more serious, surrounding all the roads along the way.
Lin Jinhua was sitting upright, looking at the surrounding people and smiling slightly, but Zhao Huaiyan grabbed her hand in the next second.
"Your Majesty, this place is outside..."
"It's okay." Zhao Huaiyan stared straight ahead without letting go of her hand.
When Lin Jinhua heard this, she only smiled slightly.She knew that the rumors of him being a concubine in the court popped up again recently.
After walking forward like this for about half an hour, I finally arrived at the Xishan Hunting Ground.
The foot of the Xishan hunting ground was already surrounded by officers and soldiers. After getting off the carriage, Zhao Huaiyan did not continue walking, but turned around to help Lin Jinhua.
The officials who followed looked at each other with heavy hearts.
They have always stubbornly believed that there should be more concubines in the emperor's harem, and no matter how beautiful the empress is, they will get tired of looking at them, so today they brought their daughters and nieces and so on. Can have a fancy.
With this in mind, after saluting, he followed them up the mountain slowly.
Baozhu and Batu followed behind, admiring again and again: "The emperor and the empress really love each other."
"It's rare to see someone like this, but I see a lot of beauties today, the emperor may bring one or two back."
"I don't think so." Baozhu snorted softly and patted his elder brother on the shoulder: "A gamble?"
"Okay, what's the bet?" Batu was also happy to make her happy, but she said directly: "Just bet on a man named Xu Chengqing. When I win the bet, you can go to the prison and get him out. I want to marry him."
"Prison?" Batu panicked. He remembered that the prison that Baozhu had been to was Dali Temple. The prisoners in Dali Temple were all imperial court felons, so they got out. Baozhu, as a princess who came to marry her, how could she What about marrying a prisoner who offended the Daqi court?
He frowned slightly, and said: "If you lose, you are not allowed to mention this man anymore, and find a clean and favored official in Daqi to marry, is it possible?"
"Understood." Baozhu trusted Zhao Huaiyan [-] percent. She was not good at anything else, and she was quite accurate in judging people. She knew from the way Zhao Huaiyan looked at Lin Jinhua before that this man would definitely not fall in love with others. human.
After finishing their bet, the two also went up the mountain.
When I came to the hunting ground today, after preparing for the ceremony at the beginning, many young officials were sent to hunt. Batu, a grassland expert like Batu, naturally also went, and the person who got the most prey could get an imperial decree from the emperor.
As for the content of the imperial decree, no one knows what it is, but it must be a good thing as a reward, so as long as they can ride a horse and get a bow, they will naturally go.
The rest of the female relatives went to play games like throwing pots.
Lin Jinhua and Zhao Huaiyan sat in the upper seats and waited quietly. It is impossible for everyone to be safe when they go out today.
Sure enough, it didn't take long to see someone coming out from below.
"emperor."
"Yan Aiqing."
The minister with white beard and hair who just spoke was an old minister from the former court. He walked tremblingly to the middle and said: "Your Majesty, I had a dream last night."
"What dream?"
"I dreamed that you had a brother." He said.
He just finished speaking, and the ministers who were watching the fun calmed down. The emperor's brother, isn't it the King Mu who has been rumored privately in the capital recently? Concubine Jiang said that he is the emperor's biological mother, so King Mu is the same as the emperor. This is a disgrace to the emperor.
Zhao Huaiyan hadn't opened his mouth yet, but soon someone said: "Lord Yan, why are you saying this all of a sudden. The emperor naturally has a brother."
"Not a brother of the Zhao family." Lord Yan said with his head down.
Zhao Huaiyan's face darkened, but Lord Yan said deliberately: "The emperor purposely does not recognize his biological mother, but all the ministers recognize that Concubine Jiang is the Yin concubine back then. Your majesty, you don't even recognize your biological mother. Unfilial."
The old minister had just finished speaking when Lin Jinhua's hand grabbed Zhao Huaiyan's.
Zhao Huaiyan felt the softness of her palm, and the anger in her heart dissipated a little, she just looked at him indifferently and said, "Today, Yan Aiqing wants to accuse me?"
"The minister is willing to die, but also to keep the emperor awake all the time. You are deceived by the demon queen, and you refuse to accept a concubine, let alone recognize your birth mother. Isn't the demon queen beguiling you behind your back?" he said loudly.
As soon as the words fell, many people stood up and knelt down behind Lord Yan: "Please don't be fooled by the demon queen!"
These words sounded together, Zhao Huaiyan looked at the other people present, and the others quickly lowered their heads.
Baozhu was dumbfounded, the queen obviously didn't do anything, how did she become the demon queen?
"You ministers are really unreasonable. If the emperor doesn't accept concubines, that's the emperor's business. Why did the queen become the demon queen?" She asked in confusion.
"This……"
"Princess Baozhu, if the queen hadn't instigated it behind her back, how could the emperor not accept the concubine?" Nada asked back.
Baozhu was even more amused: "It can't be that the emperor himself doesn't want to accept concubines? He can unify the three kingdoms and become the current monarch, so in your eyes, is he so incompetent? And I wonder, you defeated generals, what face do you have?" Ask the emperor to accept his concubine here, your daughter is not beautiful, and has inherited the temperament of your defeated general, how dare you go to the palace with a shy face? Are you worthy?"
Baozhu has a straight temper, but she also knows what the words said today mean.
She wants to consider Mongolia's long-term plans, and she wants to please the emperor and queen. As for these pedantic ministers, she doesn't care.
As soon as she said this, Xu Zhaozhao almost wanted to applaud her.
The ministers below turned pale and pale, saying that they were defeated generals... Really.
Their daughters were also very embarrassed. If the eyes could kill, Baozhu might be killed by them eight hundred times.
Lin Jinhua took a special look at Baozhu and smiled, but in fact, she and Zhao Huaiyan had expected this scene a long time ago, and it was for the next plan, but after being teased by her like this, the anger in her heart didn't go well. few.
The corner of Zhao Huaiyan's mouth also raised a little smile, looked at the people below him coldly, and said: "In your eyes, I am a fool?"
"Of course not." Everyone hurriedly saluted. Although he refused to admit his concubine and his biological mother, he was definitely outstanding in his political achievements.
"Since not, do you know the consequences of slandering the queen and humiliating me today?" Zhao Huaiyan continued to ask indifferently, his indifferent voice made all the people below tremble.
Lord Yan glanced at the people behind him, and then said: "Then why does the emperor refuse to recognize his biological mother..."
Zhao Huaiyan raised his eyes, looked at Concubine Jiang who was quietly hiding not far from here, and said indifferently: "Concubine Jiang is the Empress Dowager of Xixia, you must not forget this matter. Even if there is a kindness in birth, there is no kindness in raising her." For the sake of Daqi Jiangshan for me, do you think that I should welcome the Empress Dowager Xixia to Daqi Empress Dowager for me?"
"This..." All the officials were dumbfounded, but Concubine Jiang who was not far away turned down her face.
"But Your Majesty, Concubine Jiang is your biological mother..."
"It's also King Mu's birth mother. I think that in the name of Xixia's surrender, I named her a concubine. Where did it happen?" Zhao Huaiyan asked back.
Master Yan's complexion turned pale, but he was speechless for a moment.
Just as he was thinking, a servant came running over and said, "Your Majesty, when Young Master Yan was hunting, he was snatched away by wild beasts."
"What!" Lord Yan's complexion turned pale, and he almost fainted.
Zhao Huaiyan said indifferently: "Since that's the case, just send someone to look for it."
Looking at the attendant's unhurried attitude, Mr. Yan suddenly understood that the emperor must have been prepared a long time ago, and his son might not have had any accidents at all.
He looked at Zhao Huaiyan tentatively, and said, "Your Majesty, there is only one son in the Yan family."
"Since that's the case, then I will give you a few concubines to continue your Yan family's heirs." After finishing speaking, he looked around, raised his hand and pointed at the daughter of the minister who followed Lord Yan to force him before: "From today , you canonize as the county head and serve in the Yan Mansion."
"emperor--!"
The legs of the fathers of the two young ladies were weak, but they specially presented their daughters to the emperor with their beautiful clothes!
The two ladies also rolled their eyes and passed out immediately.
Lord Yan glanced at the wife who was sitting not far away from the tigress, her hands were trembling: "Your Majesty, I don't want to take any more concubines..."
"Master Yan, why should you be polite to me? Didn't Lord Yan say just now that it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention that you have weak children under your knees, so you should take concubines." Zhao Huaiyan took his words exactly. Give it back to him.
"But your majesty, my minister... my minister..." He stammered for a long while, but couldn't say anything, Zhao Huaiyan continued: "Could it be that there is a witch in the family, and you are not allowed to take concubines? If so, why don't you divorce that tricky woman?" !"
Mrs. Yan's face was livid with anger, and she almost came forward to beat Mrs. Yan violently. When she heard this, her eyes became dizzy with anger.
Master Yan understood that the emperor was taking revenge on himself, and he didn't care about himself as an old minister at all.
He himself felt chilled, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed a few times before saying tiredly: "Your Majesty, this old minister is confused. This old minister can no longer be an official. Please allow the emperor to resign and return to his hometown."
Zhao Huaiyan's face became even colder, and he looked at him indifferently: "The court is in the midst of employing people, and Lord Yan is a minister of the humerus, how can he leave?"
"emperor……"
"Come here, promote Mr. Yan to be a second-rank official, double his salary, and keep him as an official in the court." Zhao Huaiyan said indifferently, before letting you go, you refused to leave, thinking that if you commit any crimes, you can resign and escape what.
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Yan felt regretful in his heart, why did he commit such a foolishness, after hearing Concubine Jiang's crying, he had to beg for her in a muddleheaded manner.
He wanted to cry but had no tears, kneeling on the ground in an extremely embarrassing posture, but Lin Jinhua didn't show much sympathy.
These old ministers thought that they were really loyal to the emperor if they cried and shouted a few words. Well done.
She lightly took a sip of tea, looked at the young ladies around who were too frightened to move, and smiled slightly: "Don't you like playing pitching pots?"
"luv't!"
The ladies hurriedly answered the conversation, but they didn't dare to stay in front of the emperor, so they turned around and ran to the small forest next door.
The rest of the ministers who echoed were neither angry nor sorry, and were about to cry out in embarrassment, but not long after, another servant came to report, and the beast snatched away two young princes, and one of them almost died. down the cliff...
Without exception, these sons belonged to the ministers who came to make trouble.
They knew Zhao Huaiyan's determination and ruthlessness. Before, they only thought that after he became the emperor, he would have some scruples. They didn't expect that now, he would still go his own way and be so ruthless!
The ministers below had completely stopped thinking about sending their daughter to the palace, and one of them was a little smarter and said: "Your Majesty, my daughter is not young, and I ask the Emperor to marry you."
"Yes, the minister's daughter also asks the emperor to give her a marriage."
……
Zhao Huaiyan raised his head indifferently, and looked not far away, the figure of Concubine Jiang had disappeared.
His hand on the side tightened slightly.
Zheng Jiaojiao, who was sitting at the bottom, looked at Lin Jinhua who was drinking tea with peace of mind, and she was so envious. As a woman, how could she be as noble as the emperor and still spoil her so far, while she...
"Hurry up, the empress is going to rest, you go and talk." Xue Wenqian hurriedly pushed her away.
Zheng Jiaojiao bit her lip slightly, looked at him anxiously, and then saw that Lin Jinhua had indeed got up and seemed to be going to the tent on the side, so she also got up and followed.
As soon as they left, Xue Wenqian looked around, and took advantage of Zheng Qiong's inattention, and left quietly.
"The emperor hunted today, why didn't he invite humble ministers?"
A slightly gloomy voice came, and everyone looked at it, wasn't it King Mu who was the center of the discussion just now?
King Mu seemed to be different from before, his face was much gloomy, and when he walked over, there was still a little gloom in his eyes,
"Sit." Zhao Huaiyan said calmly when he saw him.
"You don't need to sit down. Now that you are here, why don't the emperor ride horses and hunt together with the humble ministers? Let's see who is stronger, the emperor or the humble ministers, how about it?" Changsun Qiye laughed directly: "Is it possible that the emperor dare not Let’s compare, after all, I’ve heard people say that when you’re poisoned, you’ll have seizures from time to time, and you’re afraid you won’t be able to compare with the minister, and you’ll get poisoned again, right?”
As soon as the words came out, the ministers below all started discussing, if the emperor was really poisoned, then he must be given a concubine as soon as possible to extend his heirs!
Zhao Huaiyan smiled slightly: "Since King Mu wants to compare, then I will compare with you."
"If the humble minister wins, please ask the emperor to agree to a request of the minister, is it possible?"
"any request?"
"If the emperor can hunt a deer and come back here earlier than the minister, the minister will take Concubine Jiang and leave the capital forever and never come back. If the minister wins, the emperor will agree to marry the minister's elder sister, the eldest grandson Xianyue, as his concubine. "The eldest grandson Qi Ye sneered, as if he had changed himself.
Xu Zhaozhao heard that something was wrong, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Xu Boshan.
"Don't worry." Today, he seems to have prepared in advance, maybe King Mu will appear, and it is also expected by the emperor, he must have his own plan today.
"But……"
"Trust the emperor." Otherwise, Jinhua wouldn't be gone now.
Although Lin Luzhi looked anxious underneath, he didn't speak.
Zhao Huaiyan glanced at the eldest grandson Qiye, her phoenix eyes were cold: "Okay."
After finishing speaking, eldest grandson Qiye turned around to pick a horse. When Zhao Huaiyan came down, he took a special look at Lin Jincheng. Lin Jincheng nodded slightly, and the two seemed to have some plan.
Only then did Zhao Huaiyan turn around and leave indifferently.
As soon as he left, the courtiers present relaxed a little, and started talking about the relationship between grandson Qiye and Zhao Huaiyan, and some of them were still talking about Master Caiyan just now, thinking that the emperor did it on purpose.
Lin Luzhi coughed coldly, then looked at them and said, "They are all old ministers. After all these years, I still don't understand what to say and what not to say?"
As soon as he opened his mouth, his murderous look suddenly appeared, and the people below obediently shut their mouths.
However, there were still some people who were not reconciled, they approached Xu Boshan and said: "Master Xu, your daughter has also reached a good age, why not send her to the palace..."
"Seeing that the lord is about to send himself to serve, how dare Zhao Zhao take the position of the lord?" Xu Zhaozhao said coolly from the side.
The minister's face turned red suddenly, he didn't expect Xu Zhaozhao to say such words!
Xu Boshan also looked at Xu Zhaozhao and said, "You are a daughter, even if you know the truth, you can't say it."
Xu Zhaozhao smiled knowingly: "Daughter knows, but it's a pity that even if this adult wants to serve in the palace, he must clean himself up no matter what. Those young men in the streets are all young and beautiful, my lord Don't embarrass the emperor too much..."
"You... you..." The minister's face was livid, seeing that the people around him were still laughing, and he didn't dare to confront Xu Boshan, so he gritted his teeth and sat back.
Xu Zhaozhao still wanted to make a funny face, but Xu Boshan twisted his ears: "Little girl, if you dare to say such things, go back and kneel in the ancestral hall for me!" It's too much, how could he allow his daughter to offend people like this.
But having said it all, they were relieved to see how angry they were.
Jiang Qingshu sat in the lower position, and kept silent all the time, he only picked up the wine cup, and was about to pour down the wine suddenly, when someone beside him said: "Master Jiang, you are considered a favored minister, why don't you go talk to Xu Master Lin, do you drink?"
Humanity on one side.
Jiang Qingshu turned his head and glanced, and it was indeed the former Minister of Southern Xinjiang.
He smiled slightly: "What do you want to say?"
"It's nothing, I just feel that with your ability, your status is not as good as those related households..."
"My lord's words are wrong. You haven't seen the skills of the lords of the Xu family." Jiang Qingshu saw that he was still trying to provoke him, which was very funny. For his own kindness, he would never do anything to betray him, not to mention that Zhao Huaiyan had never treated him badly, he was already very satisfied.
"But……"
"My lord, you don't have to worry about it. I will truthfully report what you said today to Mr. Xu." After Jiang Qingshu finished speaking, he got up and sat down on the other side.
Baozhu silently watched these people play tricks, felt extremely bored, so she simply got up and went to the camp, ready to see the queen.
Lin Jinhua was sitting in the tent, and when Zheng Jiaojiao came, she realized that the tent was empty and there was nothing there.
Lin Jinhua was a little surprised to see that it was her.
"Miss Zheng, no, it's time to call you Mrs. Xue."
"Jiaojiao has met the empress." She hurriedly saluted, Lin Jinhua glanced at her expression, and laughed: "Is she pregnant?"
Zheng Jiaojiao raised her head slightly in surprise, seeing her warm eyes when she looked at her, her eyes turned red instantly, and she nodded with a smile.
"If you're pregnant, you need to rest more. Your father actually asked you to run around. It's too careless." Lin Jinhua said with a smile, and then said to A Bao who was beside her: "Go and help Mrs. Xue sit down."
Zheng Jiaojiao saw that she treated her so peacefully and was of no value at all, so she suddenly didn't want to say Xue Wenqian's words.If the empress's maid marries him, she will inevitably end up in the same fate as herself.
She gritted her teeth slightly, and talked with Lin Jinhua, but didn't get to the point, until Mo Yue, who was waiting outside, rushed in: "Empress, something happened to the emperor!"
"What's wrong?" Lin Jinhua also hurriedly stood up and asked.
"I heard that when the emperor went hunting, he suddenly fainted from poison, so hurry up and have a look!" Mo Yue hurriedly said.
"Let's go!" Lin Jinhua hurried out, ignoring Zheng Jiaojiao.
When Baozhu came, she happened to see them rushing out again, after thinking about it, she also followed.
As soon as they left, Zheng Jiaojiao hurriedly chased them two steps away, thinking about what she hadn't said, and then looking at the bruises on the back of her hands that could hardly be concealed, she bit her lip slightly, but she didn't know that Xue Wenqian According to Xianyue's order, he quietly went to the tent where the grapes and wine were placed.
The inside and outside of the camp were heavily guarded, and when they saw him coming, they stopped him immediately.
Xue Wenqian hurriedly took out Zheng Qiong's badge and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm from Dali Temple. The Empress is worried that there are spies hidden here, so she specially ordered Dali Temple to investigate."
"Are you here to check?" Nurse Cui came out and frowned slightly when she saw that the badge in his hand was indeed the badge of Dali Temple.
"Of course, I'll go in and have a look, and I'll find clues soon, so you just stay around. If you don't believe me, you can go find the empress immediately." After Xue Wenqian finished speaking, she was still a little nervous. The plan went wrong, and the queen has not been lured away by her, so he will be in trouble.
Sure enough, Mother Cui immediately sent someone to investigate, but soon someone came to report that the empress was not in the camp.
"Mother, this matter is extremely urgent. If something happens to the prince and princess, even the lower officials will be involved." Xue Wenqian's heart sank into his stomach.
After thinking about it for a while, Mother Cui still let him in, but she didn't go in herself.
"Watch him."
After Xue Wenqian entered, the worry on Madam Cui's face disappeared in an instant, and she only gritted her teeth and told the surrounding guards.
The guard responded quickly.
At this time, Xianyue thought that the plan must be foolproof.
In the dense forest, she waited alone, until the sound of horseshoes gradually approached, she finally turned around and saw Lin Jinhua who was in a hurry.
"The empress is here?" Xianyue smiled and looked at the people who hurriedly got off the carriage, waiting to see the astonishment and astonishment on her face, but there was nothing.
"I have given you several times to survive, why don't you?"
After Lin Jinhua came down, she said calmly.
Xian Yue frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
"You will do it today, do you think we didn't guess it?" They have been in the inner palace and rarely come out. Now hunting in Xishan is the best opportunity for Xianyue, anyone can imagine it.
"So what if you guessed it?" Xianyue sneered: "Lin Jinhua, do you really think you have a good plan?"
"Almost." Lin Jinhua smiled lightly, seeing that the moon was still the same as before, and then said; "Sometimes, I also wonder what are you obsessed with. Do you really love Huaiyan to the bone, or love yourself more , you can't accept that Huaiyan never loved you, so you come here again and again, just to prove..."
"No, you're talking nonsense!" Xuan Yue immediately became annoyed and shouted at her.
Lin Jinhua didn't make a sound, but seeing her like this, she probably guessed it.Maybe in her heart, she herself doesn't know who she loves.
Xianyue saw that Lin Jinhua was only looking at her pitifully, and couldn't bear it any more. She clenched her fists and said coldly: "Since talking to you is so unpleasant, why not. Lin Jinhua, go to hell, If you are dead, I will be able to live the rest of my life smoothly." After speaking, the medicine powder scattered all over the sky.
Lin Jinhua did not expect this. She did not expect that Xianyue would use poison to completely abandon her pride as a princess of Xixia.
Mo Yue quickly took the cloak to cover Lin Jinhua's body, and led her back three steps, but in the midst of the powder all over the sky, someone killed him soon.
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly. For some reason, Huaiyan hadn't come yet. According to the plan, he should bring troops here...
"Are you worried about Zhao Huaiyan?"
"How is he?"
"Being held back by a person who has the same face as mine and yours, Lin Jinhua, you didn't guess that!" She snorted coldly, but her assassin was about to hurt Lin Jinhua, and then There was a sound of horseshoes, and then Lin Jinhua was hugged by a pair of strong arms, and quickly jumped out of the powder, and quickly fell behind Xuanyue.
"Hey, it turned out to be you, why, do you want me to hug you today?" Baozhu put Lin Jinhua down, and then looked at the white-clothed Xuanyue and said.
Xianyue didn't expect to kill a precious orb halfway, and said in a deep voice: "This is none of your business, if you don't want to die, go quickly."
Baozhu pouted: "Why should I listen to you?"
"you--!"
"Empress Empress, are you okay?" Baozhu hurriedly asked Lin Jinhua, but Lin Jinhua hurriedly grabbed her and glanced aside, only to see the dart that Xianyue fell into the air.
Xianyue smiled indifferently: "In that case, you should all die here. Lin Jinhua, I won't talk to you anymore. Your children are now in my hands. If you don't die, they will die. You yourself select!"
Baozhu was taken aback: "You can do it, kid, why are you so vicious!"
"Shut up—!" Xuan Yue heard the word vicious, gritted her teeth and scolded her fiercely.
Lin Jinhua only said indifferently: "The child is doing well in the palace now, have your people sneaked into the palace yet?"
When Xianyue heard the words, she immediately knew that she had been cheated again, she didn't bring her child out at all today!
"What a Lin Jinhua, you are so good at making calculations, let's see if you can save your life today, come and kill me!" She shouted angrily, and dozens of men in black suddenly appeared around her.
These men in black have high martial arts skills, and Mo Yue turned pale when she saw them: "They are all assassins in the clouds!"
"It's all the assassins!" Xianyue sneered, she will fight this once today, if she can't kill Lin Jinhua, she has no way out.
"Kill me!" She ordered, seeing the pale faces of the people present, she smiled triumphantly.
Lin Jinhua, Lin Jinhua, you have today too!
She gritted her teeth coldly, and the assassins quickly surrounded her.
But Lin Jinhua never thought of being alone in danger.
When those people approached, Lin Jincheng, who had been lying in ambush all this time, finally came out with his soldiers.
Thousands of elites lay in ambush two days ago, waiting for Xuanyue to appear, and now as soon as Xianyue made a move, they quickly locked their direction and chased after them.
"Leave me alone, kill Lin Jinhua for me!" Xianyue pinched her fingers hard into her palm, wishing she could get out of the wheelchair.
Her eyes were red, and she stared fiercely at Lin Jinhua's figure, with only one sentence in her eyes, kill her, kill her!
Lin Jinhua is protected by Baozhu Moyue and others, and she is fine for the time being, but Xianyue's desperate heart made her underestimate. She thought that with her eldest grandson Qiye in her hands, she would leave a way out for herself no matter what. She would do it so decisively, but she didn't expect her to do it anyway.
Soon, Lin Jinhua was stabbed in the shoulder by a fierce assassin's sword. At this moment, a chill suddenly spread, and a black figure quickly passed by. The next second, the assassin's arm holding the sword It broke on the ground.
Xian Yue looked at the person who suddenly appeared, and her heart finally went cold.
"I didn't expect it to come so soon." She smiled sadly.
Zhao Huaiyan didn't even look at her, just hugged Lin Jinhua in his arms, and said apologetically, "I'm late."
"It's not too late, is King Mu okay?"
"Stunned." Zhao Huaiyan said.Today's purpose, one is to make the ministers below completely give up, the second is to keep the eldest grandson Qiye who came to the door automatically, and the third is to make the moon.
Her deliberate plan to murder Hua'er and the child should come to an end.
Because Zhao Huaiyan came over, Mo Feng and the imperial guards also rushed over quickly, and dozens of assassins with high martial arts skills could not stop these more than 1000 elites.
Xian Yue watched them die one by one in front of her, and finally let go of her clenched hands.
The maid came to her and said anxiously: "Princess, you go first."
"I'm not leaving." She was already tired, and He Lianjing was no longer with her. No one cared about her life anymore, and she was also tired.
"Princess, keep the green hills here..."
"There are no more green hills." Although the body is still young, it seems that the oil lamp has dried up.When did it start?In the past few days, when she even had the idea of seduce, but was rejected by others, it must have been the time when someone even poured tea on her.Or maybe it was the time when He Lianjing also completely gave up on herself.
Back then, I was the aloof Princess Xianyue, someone who never bothered to use despicable means, but now she has become the person I despised the most, and she even thought of ways to seduce her...
She didn't speak until the maid in front of her also died by their swords.
She looked at Zhao Huaiyan in front of her, and raised the corners of her mouth coldly: "Huaiyan, have you never liked me at all?"
Zhao Huaiyan frowned slightly, and Xianyue already knew the result.
She laughed, and her face suddenly became stern: "Then you all go to die!" After that, she threw a dozen darts with both hands, and the guards on one side saw this, and raised their swords towards Xianyue's heart without saying a word stabbed in the past.
Seeing the cold blade approaching, Xian Yue had no intention of avoiding it, but slowly closed her eyes, waiting to die.
But just when she thought she was bound to die, a muffled groan sounded.
She opened her eyes, but saw Helian Jing's face, and the cross-edged sword piercing through his heart, blood gushing out like a spring. .
"you……"
"Live well and let go of these hatreds, okay?" He Lianjing has been following in the dark, he knows all her plans, and just now he could help her kill Lin Jinhua, but he doesn't want to do that anymore.Will Xianyue be really happy if she kills Lin Jinhua?No, a noble and proud person like her will only suffer from the fact that she is becoming more and more despicable day by day, so he is willing to die.
Xianyue looked at him, tears came down all of a sudden: "Didn't you want me?"
"Where is the princess, I will be there." He Lianjing raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but he had no strength left.
He fell to the ground powerlessly, looking at the figure in the crowd who had never come out, Mo Xue, you are here too.
Looking at the person lying on the ground, Mo Xue felt that her voice seemed to be dry and hoarse, and her legs and feet were no longer in control.
"Mo Xue..." On one side, Mo Yue looked at her with a snow-white complexion, and didn't know whether it was right or wrong to agree to bring her here.
Mo Xue stepped forward and wanted to walk to He Lianjing's side, but Xian Yue fell down from the wheelchair and yelled at her: "You all go away!"
Blood flowed from He Lianjing's mouth, he could see Mo Xue standing not far away at a loss, he could see the panic in her eyes.
So happy, she actually likes me.
Why did I want to provoke her in the first place?If he was still devoted to Xianyue back then, there would be one less sad person now.
"Mo Xue, let's drink again in the next life..."
"Sorry……"
His tears slowly slid down and fell on the hand that Xuanyue was holding him. Along with his blood, it turned into a bone-piercing poison, sinking into Xianyue's heart.
Xianyue let him half lie on her body, and finally sobbed and cried out loud. She had never cried in her life, but now she didn't know why her heart hurt so much.
Perhaps she was willing to give him her own body back then, not because she was drunk...
"He Lianjing..." She called out softly, but He Lianjing had no more strength left, he looked straight at Zhao Huaiyan, begging him to play the string moon again: "Your Majesty, please..."
After all, he didn't say anything, and with his last breath, he was drowned in the dust.
He could see Lin Jinhua standing silently behind, Mo Xue, and the grief-stricken Xianyue.
After all, he missed and failed, and only one death can cut off these thousands of threads of love.
"Huaiyan, it turns out that I stopped loving you a long, long time ago." Xianyue hugged He Lianjing, and finally looked up at Zhao Huaiyan with a smile, her tears couldn't stop falling.He was standing there, still as cold as a god, still the most honorable man in the world, but unfortunately he didn't love himself, and he was so heartless that he didn't give him even the slightest bit of pity or love.
Perhaps from a certain moment, when she didn't even know it herself, she gave her heart to He Lianjing. Unfortunately, she didn't realize it until He Lianjing died.
Zhao Huaiyan didn't speak, just looked at her lightly, without sympathy, and no longer indifferent.
"He Lianjing asked you to let me go, I know you will agree, but there is no need, there is nothing in this world worthy of my nostalgia, Zhao Huaiyan, I hope I will live forever, and I will never meet you again." Xianyue said with a smile , pulled out the hairpin on his head, and stabbed it into his heart without attachment.
Lin Jinhua unconsciously took a step forward to stop her, but it was a step too late.
When Xianyue fell to the ground, she felt an unprecedented ease, no expectations, no hatred, no torture of not being loved, and no regrets of not knowing what to get.
Suddenly there was heavy snow in the sky, and the feather-like snow fell down, stained with blood, bright red was dazzling.
She finally laughed, let go of her hand, and the two jade bottles fell out.
One bottle was given to her by the eldest grandson Qiye, a poison that no one could cure, and the other bottle was the antidote she had prepared long ago for Zhao Huaiyan.
(End of this chapter)
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