Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 261 Assassination of the Prince
In the Lin family, Mrs. Lin looked at her only grandson, Lin Yunxi, and her heart was extremely complicated. What happened after the emperor passed away today seemed to be a coincidence, but it was too coincidental. This kind of coincidence made her not even have the courage to ask.

However, there is a sense of blame.

Blame Lin Yunxi for not reporting it: "Xi'er, you have grown up."

Lin Yunxi knew that old lady Lin was dissatisfied. She was dissatisfied when Huo Mingzhu became the queen, but not her wife. She was even more dissatisfied with Huo Mingzhu's treatment of the Huo family. There was her daughter there!As for herself, she helped Huo Mingzhu to stabilize the situation. She couldn't bear it anymore. She, who had always been in control of the overall situation, met for the first time two juniors that she couldn't control. One was her granddaughter and the other was her grandson. What she did was such an important matter, of course she was dissatisfied.

Being able to call him over until this time, Lin Yunxi still admired Mrs. Lin's determination: "Old ancestor, you should know the reason why grandson did this."

"You say so arbitrarily, how can I know?" Mrs. Lin cast all the anger in her heart on Lin Yunxi. She can't do anything to Huo Mingzhu at this moment. She controls the life and death of everyone now. , when the prince ascends the throne, she can use the prince's hand to do whatever she wants.

Thinking that Huo Mingzhu could be so vicious even her own father, no matter how dissatisfied Mrs. Lin was, she still had to weigh it up.

Lin Yunxi was calm and polite: "Old Ancestor, the Emperor has passed away. As the General of Zhengbei, I should return to the Emperor as soon as possible to protect the Emperor's dragon body, and prevent any unruly people who intend to plot evil and leave in a hurry that day. , it was too late to talk to the ancestors."

When old lady Lin heard what Lin Yunxi said, no matter how dissatisfied she was, she could not accuse him of being wrong. She was angry about Lin Yunxi helping Huo Mingzhu, not about bringing soldiers and horses to surround the suburbs. Yun Xi pretended not to understand, but she couldn't explain clearly.

Lin Yunxi saw the old lady Lin's appearance, and said again: "Old ancestor, now that the new emperor has not ascended the throne, and the dragon body of the previous emperor has not been sent to the imperial mausoleum, it is time for the grandson to contribute, so it is not good for the grandson to be here. I will stay here, and I have to go back to the palace and strengthen my guard, so my grandson will leave."

After Lin Yunxi finished speaking, he withdrew. Originally, he received a report from home, and Mrs. Lin told him to go back quickly, so he didn't want to come back. But after thinking about it, if he didn't come back, Mrs. Lin The wife might be even angrier, so she came back, but now it seems that coming back makes old lady Lin even more angry.

Coming out of Mrs. Lin, Lin Yunxi wanted to leave the Lin mansion directly, but he saw Lin Congyue standing between the sky and the earth with his hands behind his back.

For some reason, Lin Yunxi felt that his father seemed different. As for what was different, Lin Yunxi couldn't tell, so Lin Yunxi walked over.

"Father."

"How is the situation in the palace?" Even though Lin Congyue was also in the palace in the morning, he was in a hurry to come back to rescue Lin Ruyi. Therefore, he didn't know what was going on in the palace, so he asked this question.

Lin Yunxi said: "Everything is in order."

"Queen, how is it?" Lin Congyue was very ungrateful to Huo Mingzhu at first, he had the same opinion as Mrs. Lin, Huo Mingzhu's method of dealing with the Huo family made him angry, but because the other party was the queen, he had no choice but to deploy in secret, The emperor asked the emperor to put Huo Mingzhu under house arrest in the harem, and not to make trouble again, but before doing anything, the Huo family collapsed, and the emperor also died.

However, after knowing what Lin Ruyi did, Lin Congyue was left with nothing but sadness in his heart. Huo Mingzhu would be like this, probably because he also knew about this. For killing his mother and enemy, this method is also reasonable Original.

But, as Lin Congyue, when faced with such relatives who killed each other, he felt helpless and full of sadness.

"The queen is fine." Lin Yunxi thought that Lin Congyue was asking about Huo Mingzhu's safety. Although he was a little surprised to hear that Lin Congyue would ask about Huo Mingzhu's situation, but thinking of his father's love for Huo Mingzhu in the past, he didn't hesitate. I feel strange.

"In a few days, I will return to the border town as my father. Now that the dynasty is in turmoil, it is inevitable that there will be Tartars coming. I will guard the border, so that the heart of the new emperor will be at ease." Lin Congyue just wants to leave here, he is the overlord in the battlefield , But between these grievances and entanglements, he can do nothing.

"Father, you don't need to guard the border town yourself. Why don't you make plans after the New Year." Lin Yunxi didn't know the inside story, and was surprised when he heard that Lin Congyue was about to leave. Although Lin Congyue's concerns were right, but It's not that necessary. If you really want to go back to the border town, you can talk about it after the next year.

If we really want to talk about the role of Lin Congyue, it would be more useful if he stays in Shangjing. He always feels that Baili Zonglu will not give up so easily, and he is afraid that something will happen before the new emperor ascends the throne , and Huo Mingzhu is the queen at the moment, and the person standing in front of the prince, her danger is even greater.

When Lin Congyue heard it, he shouted: "Presumptuous, the imperial city is important, and the border towns are also important. If the Tartars really attack and no one sits in the border towns, what do you think will happen."

"Yes, my son would like to follow the instructions." Lin Yunxi knew that the more Lin Cong made up his mind, he would stop persuading him.

"Well, let's go." Lin Cong Yue waved his hand to let Lin Yunxi leave.

Although Lin Yunxi thought it was strange, he didn't think about it deeply. He didn't have time to think about it at this moment, so he hurried into the palace and returned to his post of protecting Huo Mingzhu.

Huo Mingzhu had known for a long time that there were two forces in the Lin family in the dark, one belonged to Lin Yunxi, which did no harm to her, and the other might belong to her uncle or Mrs. Lin, but when that force disappeared, Huo Mingzhu thought for a long time, not understanding why she dealt with the Huo family, but the Lin family could tolerate it, and finally withdrew the force that interfered with her.

However, at the moment, she can't control so much. She has the same idea as Lin Yunxi, and Baili Zonglu will definitely not let it go. I am afraid that Baili Jingqi will take action before Baili Jingqi ascends the throne. Therefore, she All my heart and soul were put on Baili Zonglu.

It can be said that the current situation is when Huo Mingzhu and Baili Zonglu are in opposition. Huo Mingzhu wholeheartedly wants to greatly reduce the power of Baili Zonglaw at this time. Know everything.

And Baili Zonglu was disturbed by Huo Mingzhu, and planned to kill the prince Baili Jingqi before letting the emperor die, and he was the logical heir to the throne.

However, now that the prince is not dead and the emperor is dead, the prince is the heir to the throne, and he is at most a prince, so he plans to assassinate Baili Jingqi in the daytime, and he will take the opportunity to find The 'assassin' killed him, but Lin Yunxi led his troops to block off his troops, and the hidden guards did not dare to do anything, but at this moment, Huo Mingzhu came out and announced that the prince would inherit the throne , disrupted his plan, how could this prevent Baili Zonglu from hating Huo Mingzhu so much.

However, no matter how much he hated, the subtle feeling for Huo Mingzhu in his heart made Baili Zonglu never think about taking Huo Mingzhu's life.

However, he will not give up Jiangshan, he also wants beauties, both of which belong to him, so Baili Zonglu really plans to do something.

When the emperor passed away, the adult prince or prince had to come back to attend the funeral, and before the new emperor ascended the throne, he had to live in the palace to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to make trouble. Therefore, Baili Zonglu was living in the palace at the moment.

Baili Zonglu arranged for someone to assassinate the prince, and he wanted to go to the prince's palace first, and arrange some things first, so as to create opportunities for the people in the dark, but when he arrived in the palace of the prince, he heard someone shouting loudly Voice: "There are assassins, protect the prince."

Baili Zonglu frowned. The people he arranged would not do anything until after midnight, and it was dinner now... Thinking of this, Baili Zonglu quickly ran towards the hall.

As a great hero of Dayong, Baili Zonglu has experienced hundreds of battles, and his martial arts are also very good. After running a few times, he came to the hall calling for an assassin, and rushed out a The man in black, with a sword in his hand, ran straight towards Baili Zonglu.

Behind him, a large group of guards chased out, saw Baili Zonglu, and shouted: "My lord, catch this man, he will assassinate the prince."

It stands to reason that the guards are not qualified to ask a prince to arrest the assassin. Now they are called Baili Zonglu. The first thing is to see the assassin rushing in the direction of Baili Zonglu, and the second is that Baili Zonglu usually pretends to be kind. And loyal, so the guards shouted directly.

Baili Zonglu was annoyed at the assassin's incompetence and came to assassinate again, which ruined his plan. With the appearance of this assassin, the security work tonight must be more stringent, and it is no longer suitable for shooting. Therefore, he hated the man in black to the bone .

The hand was like a tiger's claw, and it grabbed the man in black's chest. If Baili Zonglu grabbed it like this, he would be seriously injured if he didn't die, but the assassin's ability is still good. When he turned around, he opened Baili Zong Law offensive.

The man in black smiled: "My lord is very skilled."

Which assassin would have the guts to laugh at Baili Zonglu under such a heavy siege? Didn't he take Baili Zonglu seriously?

Baili Zonglu was annoyed at the fact that the assassin dodged his attack as soon as he dodged, but when he heard that the assassin was still sarcastically speaking to him, he became furious at the moment, and this move became more and more ruthless, wanting to directly The assassin was killed, but the assassin's kung fu was really good. After defusing Baili Zonglu's several attacks, he didn't love to fight and ran away directly.His movements were so fast that even Baili Zonglu had no defenses.

As soon as the assassin left, Baili Jingqi hurried out with a white face. When he saw Baili Zonglu, his face suddenly found a safe haven, which made Baili Zonglu very depressed.

"Uncle Huang, you're finally here." Baili Jingqi seemed to be frightened, and when he came up, he eagerly looked at Baili Zonglu, looking at his appearance, as if he was looking for Baili Zonglu's protection.

Baili Zonglu didn't bother to look at Baili Jingqi, but looked around, and sternly shouted at the soldiers: "Why are you all on duty at night, the assassin is alone, and he can come and go freely in this uterus. "

"This subordinate is guilty." All the guards fell to their knees on the ground, begging for mercy.

Baili Jingqi then said: "Uncle Emperor, Jingqi is fine."

"Jing Qi is fine now, what if something happens? Now that the emperor has passed away suddenly, Jing Qi, as the crown prince, is related to the future of Dayong, how can your safety be trifling." Baili Zonglu glared at those kneeling on the ground. bodyguard.

Huo Mingzhu said: "What the Ninth Prince said is very true." Huo Mingzhu, who was wearing a mourning dress, came slowly with Su Ling, apparently knowing about the assassin and came in a hurry.

Seeing Huo Mingzhu, Baili Zonglu's eyes darkened, and he said to Huo Mingzhu: "Why is the Queen coming here? Don't get caught in the wind and cold in this windy, frosty and snowy place. Now that the emperor has gone, the Queen must take care of herself. "

When Baili Zonglu said these words, Huo Mingzhu only found it funny with his tender and tender appearance. This Baili Zonglu was still acting, and she had no choice but to follow suit: "I heard that the crown prince is in the womb. When an assassin appeared, he hurried over."

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When Baili Zonglu heard it, he asked suspiciously: "The Queen's footsteps are so fast, did you hear the assassin just arrived?"

Su Hui couldn't help but said: "My lord, don't talk nonsense, the queen and the servants have all walked to the East Palace, and they heard the shouts, and, lord, you know that our empress's lightness kung fu is good, so how can you make it so fast?" Inside rushed over."

"Sulu, don't be presumptuous." Huo Mingzhu scolded Sulu.

Su Hui lowered her head and retreated, while Huo Mingzhu asked the prince, "Jing Qi, did the assassin hurt you?"

"If you go back to your mother, never." Baili Jingqi was obviously surprised that Huo Mingzhu would come here at this time.

Only then did Huo Mingzhu nod in satisfaction, while Su Yu walked up to Baili Jingqi and presented a box respectfully, Huo Mingzhu said: "It's better to keep this relic by the prince's side, the prince is not good now Let those demons and goblins get close, and you won’t be afraid if you are enthroned, and you will be protected by the aura of a real dragon.”

The prince was stunned for a moment, and then Xiao Anzi took the box: "Thank you, Empress."

Seeing the relic that Huo Mingzhu handed over, Baili Zonglu's face flashed a trace of cruelty. He didn't expect that the relic did not appear beside the emperor, but instead appeared beside Huo Mingzhu. Rumors, If the relic burns the note with the person's birth date written on it together, and then hands it to that person, that person's life can be controlled by the person.

Although Baili Zonglu did this at that time, he just wanted to break the dragon spirit on the emperor, so that he could kill the emperor more easily, instead of pinning all his hopes on the relic, he also I don't really believe that the emperor's life can be taken in this way, it's just a thought.

However, when he saw the relic appearing in Huo Mingzhu's hand, Baili Zonglu inevitably felt uncomfortable, but at this time, even if he was uncomfortable, he couldn't show it and let others see it. Therefore, Baili Zonglu Law then stood by without saying a word.

Huo Mingzhu didn't miss the surprise on Baili Zonglu's face, she smiled secretly in her heart, she was still thinking why this relic was sent from Baili Zonglu's hand to the emperor's hand, what's so tricky about it?
It's not in vain that she spent a little effort to search, and finally found out the deep meaning of this relic. From this point of view, Baili Zonglu is also a person who worships ghosts and gods. If she knows that she came for revenge, she is afraid of that face. It will look wonderful.

On the other hand, Huo Mingzhu has been waiting for Baili Zonglu to ask her for Huo Huaiyu. Now it seems that Baili Zonglu may have forgotten that there is such a person as Huo Huaiyu, pity her sister.

These seven days passed quickly, the imperial palace was originally covered in a piece of white snow, but it took on a new look overnight, and the whiteness disappeared without a trace, which represented the arrival of a new dynasty.

Baili Jingqi ascended the throne as the emperor, and the body of the first emperor had been coffined and sent to the imperial mausoleum, as were the concubines, wives and eunuchs who were buried with him. When the stone gate of the imperial mausoleum was lowered, Huo Mingzhu became the empress dowager.

The original empress dowager became the empress dowager and moved to Renshou Palace, while Huo Mingzhu stayed in the empress dowager's Cining Palace.

Because the new emperor was young, and Huo Mingzhu had already participated in the government when he became the national teacher, so after becoming the empress dowager, the officials asked Huo Mingzhu to attend the court on the grounds of assisting the new emperor.

Baili Zonglu, who had made great contributions in rescuing the crown prince in the womb, was now named Prince Duan, and everyone in the Lin family of Pingyang Hou was promoted to a higher level, including the old lady Lin.The reason why Huo Mingzhu did this was of course to win over Mrs. Lin. Even if she became the Empress Dowager, it would not work if her natal family was not strong. The Huo family is gone, and the Lin family is the most suitable candidate, because Lin Yun Xi wholeheartedly supports Huo Mingzhu.

The new emperor ascended the throne, but did not amnesty the world as usual. Of course, this is Huo Mingzhu's handwriting. If the world is amnesty, then the Huo family will be spared. Wouldn't it make Huo Mingzhu's previous efforts in vain, so , the new emperor ascended the throne, this amnesty is not included in the list, but the tax is reduced.

The new emperor ascended the throne and set up a banquet for the officials in the imperial garden. Huo Mingzhu, dressed in the queen mother's court dress, was graceful and majestic, and together with Baili Jingqi, accepted the worship of the officials.

Baili Jingqi was dressed in a yellow robe, sitting on the dragon chair, with a vague imposing manner that could not be ignored, making Huo Mingzhu slightly squint his eyes and look at him, but finally met Baili Jingqi's smile at her .

Huo Mingzhu sighed in her heart, why did she think that Baili Jingqi was a good material to become the emperor, even if she became the emperor, she would not be able to change her silly appearance, and Dayong is probably not a good person in his hands. Yes, the ministers asked her to listen to the government, and they were afraid that Baili Jingqi would not be able to handle state affairs and would ruin Dayong.

Huo Mingzhu is already in a high position at this moment, although it is hatred that caused her to become the queen mother, but when the honor and disgrace of the entire country and society are entrusted to her, she also feels the heavy burden on her shoulders.

Coupled with the fact that Baili Zonglu has not received the punishment he deserved, Huo Mingzhu feels even more that the power in his hand must be used well.

Glancing at Baili Zonglu, Huo Mingzhu smiled faintly.

After this period of recovery, Baili Zonglu has accepted the fact that Baili Jingqi ascended the throne as emperor. When the former emperor was still alive, he had already lived a life of calculations, but now he has only delayed his calculations. Just days.

Baili Zonglu is not optimistic about Baili Jingqi at all, so how long can a foolish emperor sit on the throne?Now, it is Huo Mingzhu that Bailizong Law Firm has to deal with.

In the past, he never thought that the country would fall into Huo Mingzhu's hands in the end. If he knew, he would not let Huo Mingzhu climb up to this position so easily.

However, after thinking about it, even if Huo Mingzhu helped him get the throne, a woman needs a man's love after all. She must be angry that she was entangled with Huo Huaiyu before, so she took the trouble to send Huo Huaiyu to the imperial mausoleum.

In this matter, Baili Zonglu didn't know that Huo Mingzhu made Huo Huaiyu a human being and sent him to the imperial mausoleum.

Ever since Huo Mingzhu dealt with Huo Huaiyu, Baili Zonglu always believed that Huo Mingzhu killed the Huo family because of his entanglement with Huo Huaiyu and therefore held a grudge.

Huo Mingzhu's method may be a bit cruel, but in Baili Zonglu's view, this is someone who does great things. She is very appetizing to him, and believes that only a woman like Huo Mingzhu is qualified to stand beside him On the other hand, now that Huo Mingzhu holds a lot of power, it is a good time to take her down.

Thinking of this, Baili Zonglu walked up to Huo Mingzhu slowly, and said to her: "I will see the Queen Mother."

"Prince Duan is dead."

"Thank you madam."

Huo Mingzhu watched him bring up the wine glass, then smiled lightly and said: "Could it be that Prince Duan still wants to have a drink with Ai's family?"

Huo Mingzhu's words reminded both of them of the allergic reaction caused by the glass of wine that Baili Zonglu deliberately made her drink during the ceremony between Huo Mingzhu and Ji.

Baili Zonglu thought that Huo Mingzhu was reminding him of the past, and Huo Mingzhu acted first. She knew very well that Baili Zonglu would definitely be able to let her drink, even though she was the empress dowager, You can refuse directly, but Huo Mingzhu doesn't want to refuse Baili Zonglu's toast in front of the officials, so she speaks out first.

Baili Zonglu said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager has a good memory, but I will not be so reckless again."

Of course Huo Mingzhu knew what Baili Zonglu was referring to, so she just smiled: "Today is the new emperor's enthronement day, everyone is so happy, if Aijia doesn't drink some wine, I'm afraid it will spoil everyone's interest, but this wine I really can't drink it, why didn't Prince Duan drink it on behalf of Ai's family?"

When Baili Zonglu heard Huo Mingzhu's words, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. He was already sure that what Huo Mingzhu did before must be because he was angry with him. That's why she got rid of Huo Huaiyu in such an extreme way.

From this point of view, Huo Mingzhu has him in his heart.

This realization made Baili Zonglu feel excited. If so, even if he doesn't sit on the throne, this country is still his, so it doesn't matter if the silly prince sits for a while.

Baili Zonglu quickly said: "Don't talk about drinking a glass of wine for the Queen Mother, what if you want my ministers to go up the knife mountain and down to the frying pan." After speaking, Baili Zonglu picked up a wine glass that was left on Huo Mingzhu's desk , Drank the wine inside.

Huo Mingzhu looked at him with a smile.

After Baili Zonglu finished drinking, he fell down on the ground and said, "My minister, thank the Queen Mother for the reward."

Huo Mingzhu said: "Prince Duan, get up."

"Thank you, Empress."

When Baili Zonglu got up, he got close to Huo Mingzhu, and said to Huo Mingzhu in a tone that Huo Mingzhu could hear: "This king has thought about the matter of Yu'er, the Queen Mother must be angry in her heart, and this The king also felt remorse in his heart, if the queen mother hadn't entered the palace, I'm afraid it wouldn't have ended like this, it's all my fault that the king didn't tell his heart at that time, which caused you and me to miss so many days."

Baili Zonglu had deep affection for Huo Mingzhu on his face, and he had already expressed the feelings in his heart after saying each word.

Huo Mingzhu just smiled faintly.

Baili Zonglu looked at Huo Mingzhu's smile and thought it was extraordinarily good-looking, so he couldn't help but look a little crazy, and said: "After I rescued you from the assassin that day, you have a different feeling in my heart. It’s just that this king has not been aware of the status, but this king feels that it is not too late to be aware of it now, you and I are still so young, and we will surely have a long time in the future.”

Huo Mingzhu thought to himself, Baili Zonglu is so daring, but at this moment, he dared to say such words in front of her, because he insisted on his identity, thinking that as a great hero, he would definitely fall in love with him?Still thinking, dealing with Huo Huaiyu is a treat.

Thinking of this, Huo Mingzhu's smile is even brighter. If so, Huo Mingzhu thinks it's not bad. If Baili Zonglu wants her and Jiangshan to get it, then she will give him a blessing, let him get everything first, and then let him get everything. A good taste of despair.

When Baili Zonglu saw Huo Mingzhu's smile, he felt that everything was as he had imagined. At this moment, Huo Mingzhu leaned into Baili Zonglu's ear and whispered: "What does Aijia think of what Prince Duan said?" Because I like it, if Prince Duan can't understand the reason, it will be too disappointing to Aijia. Now that Prince Duan has turned this corner, Aijia feels that what he did in the past was not in vain. Aijia and Prince Duan The good days are just beginning."

Huo Mingzhu's words made Baili Zonglu overjoyed, thinking, as expected, he did not make a mistake in this move, so when he looked at Huo Mingzhu, his eyes were full of tenderness.

After Baili Jingqi on the side saw it, a trace of deepness flashed in those eyes.

(End of this chapter)