Uncle Nine

Chapter 218 She's Dead

As soon as King Mao's words came out, hundreds of officials agreed. At that moment, not to mention Zhao Lu, even Dongfang Yue narrowed his dangerous eyes.His eyes were cold and stern, when did all the officials of the court have such a close friendship with King Mao?It stands to reason that King Mao seldom cared about the affairs of the court, so the officials shouldn't be like this—to put it bluntly, there was a little fear.

The imperial envoy stepped forward to salute, "I will speak to the emperor, but I have objections."

Zhao Lu hurriedly said, "Say."

"Your lords' words are very true. What Su Guogong and Lord Mao said is not completely unreasonable, but you seem to have forgotten one thing. In the hands of Lord Rui, there is still the gold medal for avoiding death left by the late emperor. I don't know my lords who have the guts to make fun of the late emperor's order to avoid death? If Prince Rui hadn't walked out of Prince Rui's residence in person, who would dare to break into Prince Rui's residence?" The Imperial Envoy chuckled.

He continued, "When the late Emperor was alive, he especially favored Prince Rui. The mansion of Prince Rui was given an oracle that outsiders were not allowed to enter without permission, and were not allowed to handle cases and arrest people in Prince Rui's mansion. I wonder if you remember these things? If you do, then you should also I understand that even if Prince Rui is imprisoned today, trapped in the prison, there is no executioner in the world who would dare to kill Prince Rui."

When the voice falls, everything is silent, and the needle can be heard.

This is indeed somewhat beyond everyone's expectations, and it also reminds people of the palace change 16 years ago.Dongfang Yue's complexion changed, his eyes were extremely ruthless, the palace change was originally done by him.Now that someone has turned over the old account, he is naturally very unhappy.

No one dared to say anything, and the atmosphere was instantly frozen to death.

"Your Majesty!" Xie Yun suddenly stood up, "Prince Rui can postpone this matter for now, and first reward the ministers who have made great contributions to the king." After speaking, he turned his attention to King Mao Zhao Yu and Dongfang Yue.

Zhao Lu pursed his lips and remained silent, clenched his fists in his sleeves, and lowered his eyebrows slightly.

A palace change that was not considered a palace change caused heavy losses to the guards in the palace, and many new faces were replaced to fill the vacancies in the palace.In the final result of the matter, it seems that Mao Wang did not benefit much, as if all the beneficiaries were Dongfang Yue.Since the regent king was demoted to Su Guogong, and now he has been restored from Yipin Su Guogong to be the regent king, what a glorious position this foreign surname king is in the Great Yan Dynasty.

It's just - faintly, even Dongfang Yue himself felt something strange.

Even if Zhao Shuo was imprisoned, who would dare to touch him?
If he wants to lose, he will lose to himself, not to anyone else.There was nothing more sad than death, he sat there in a daze, thinking about that smiling face like a flower.His brows are curved like a moon, and his eyes are bright.Her favorite sentence is: Zhao Laojiu, I'm hungry.

There were footsteps coming slowly, and he didn't need to look up to know who it was.

Dongfang Yue!
"Zhao Shuo, it's unexpected that you have today." Dongfang Yue sneered twice, looking at Zhao Shuo who was sitting on the wooden bed with an unruffled expression through the cage, "Prince Rui was so high back then, Now he is a prisoner, at the mercy of others."

"Even if you are a prisoner, you can't be slaughtered!" Zhao Shuo took a breath, "Don't forget, this king has the gold medal of the late emperor, and there is a piece of imperial edict in hand, it is you I don’t dare to touch this king easily.”

"Hmph, you won't be Prince Rui anymore, and you will be deprived of the throne in a few days, and you will be just a commoner by then." Dongfang became more indifferent. To this day, Zhao Shuo is still so indifferent, which really makes him unhappy. , "I heard that Xia Yu is still dead."

Hearing the word Xia Yu, Zhao Shuo's eyebrows suddenly raised slightly, then he lowered his eyebrows and did not speak again.

"Dying from blood exhaustion, I think it wouldn't be too painful." Dongfang Yue took a deep breath, and for some reason, felt a slight pain in his heart.That kid—no, it was a little girl. If it wasn't because his own blood could cure Zhao Yan's poison, he thought that he might take her into his family one day.It's a pity that not only was she out of luck to follow Zhao Shuo, but she shouldn't have such extraordinary talent.

"Why do you pretend to be merciful?" Zhao Shuo's eyes turned red, "You just need to remember that she is dead, and that's enough. The rest has nothing to do with you."

Dongfang Yue looked at him coldly, and was suddenly speechless.

After thinking about it, he said, "You seem to know something."

Zhao Shuo didn't look at him, just smiled wryly, "What's the use of knowing? It's better not to know. If you don't know, maybe she won't die. Dongfang Yue, if you learn the truth one day, I think you will suffer more than me. It's even worse. It's a pity that I won't tell you, there are some secrets you don't want to know in this life. This is my punishment for you. "

Dongfang Yue frowned in astonishment, "Zhao Shuo, what do you know?"

"I've said it all, don't want to know in this life, still ask?" Zhao Shuo sneered, then let out a long breath, and lay on his back on the wooden bed.What are you thinking?Thinking of Xia Yu, thinking of his little girl, thinking of the sideburns and the decision of life and death.

The loss after gain is a heart-wrenching memory.

Dongfang Yue left in a flick of his sleeves, but his heart felt like a big rock, which he could not let go.What lingered in his mind was Xia Yu's last look, which was a kind of resentment, a kind of determination, and a kind of unforgivable.

When a person is weak, the soul is the most vulnerable.

She once called mother, it was because what she lacked in her life was the love of her parents, the regret of her biological parents.It's just that this regret, after life and death, no longer exists.

The Empress Dowager Bao Yao stood at the door of the Ci'an Palace's bedroom with a dull expression, standing still like this, watching the heavy snow falling one after another outside.This is the biggest snowfall this year, and the snowflakes hit my body painfully.

A gust of cold wind blew through her brows, her eyes were red, and she looked down at her hands.

Fang Ying stepped forward and put the cloak on the Empress Dowager Bao Yao, "Empress Dowager, it's too cold, don't stand in the wind, be careful of the wind and cold."

She looked back at Fang Ying in a daze, "Aijia's hands have never been clean since the moment they were stained with his blood. When she was born that year, Aijia was very fortunate that she was a girl and not a boy. Otherwise, the world of the Great Yan Dynasty would have long been in jeopardy, how could the Ai family be worthy of the late emperor."

"Hearing her cry for the first time, the Ai family hated her very much, really hated her. At that time, when she was young, she only wanted to let him cut off her children and grandchildren. She never thought that she would be pregnant in October, and the Ai family would feel pain. The Ai family refused. Take a look, and send it out while it’s in a mess.”

"But today, what a crime!"

She suddenly knelt at the door, sobbing in a low voice, "Why do you want to come back? Why can't she die outside, but at the hands of her parents? Why do you want to do this? The Ai family doesn't want to kill, and never wants to kill again!"

"Empress Dowager, it's all over, she will never come back." Fang Ying cried, "There will be no such person in the future, Empress Dowager, don't worry! There will never be again! For the sake of the late emperor, for the emperor The empress dowager has no choice but to take the throne. If she knew about it, she would not hate the empress dowager."

"Aijia is the most cruel mother in this world." Empress Dowager Bao Yao wept, looking at the white world outside, smiling sadly, "Aijia, killed her twice, twice—"

In the end, the sound was like mosquitoes and flies, and all voices were gradually drowned out by the sound of wind and snow.

There are some things in this world that can be repeated, except life, only once.

The choice between life and death, if you make a mistake, you can never do it again.

"Empress Dowager, the princess is here." Wu En stepped forward to salute.

Fang Ying hurriedly helped Empress Bao Yao, and wiped away the tears on her face, "Empress Dowager?"

"Let her in!" The Empress Dowager Bao Yao let out a long breath, and instantly regained her original composure.

Zhao Yan sat in a soft sedan, landed outside the door, and stepped on the snow carefully to come in.Although the plain face was still haggard, it could be seen that his complexion was much better.She has been tortured by the poison for more than ten years, and it is only now that she is free.

The servants all retreated, and the doors and windows of the dormitory were closed tightly to block the sound of wind and snow outside. In the quiet dormitory, only the beeping and beeping of the charcoal fire in the brazier could be heard, accompanied by the crisp sound of candles.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Yan knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Queen Mother Bao Yao, "Thank you, Yan'er, for saving my mother's life."

"You should talk to Dongfang Yue, not Aijia." Empress Dowager Bao Yao sat on the bed, took a sip of hot tea, and said indifferently.

Zhao Yan's eyes were warm, "Mother's queen?"

"Yan'er, Aijia is ashamed of your father, so he tolerates you extremely. You know Xia Yu's identity, right?" The candlelight flickered, and Empress Bao Yao frowned, "Don't tell Aijia, you don't know .You were brought up by the Ai family. What is your character and what do you think in your heart? Would the Ai family not know? In this palace, the Ai family has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice."

Hearing this, Zhao Yan remained silent.

"Aijia knows that you want to survive. For so many years, Aijia has watched you suffer, dying, and Aijia is also in pain. But from now on, your life belongs to Aijia. Don't play tricks in front of Aijia. The Ai family has already used your tricks." The Empress Dowager Bao Yao's eyes darkened, "It was exchanged for Xia Yu's life."

Zhao Yan pursed her lips, "Actually, the queen mother doesn't have to do this, Yan'er's life is not as good as——"

"The matter has come to this, what are you talking about? The Ai family doesn't blame you, after all - the person who sent her to die with his own hands is the Ai family." When she said this, she suddenly choked up, and then did not continue. .

Zhao Yan looked up, but saw that the hand of Empress Dowager Bao Yao even holding the cup was trembling slightly.Lowering her head and crying, Zhao Yan sobbed softly, "Mother, don't say that, Yan'er knows she's wrong."

"Stop Dongfang Yue for Ai's family." Empress Dowager Bao Yao got up and sighed softly, "Your body is already half healed, and the imperial court will no longer be able to contain him. Now that Prince Rui is in prison, he is alone, so he probably won't be able to survive. After a while, the world will be his. The Ai family doesn't want to see Dayan Jiangshan change his surname, do you understand?"

Zhao Yan nodded, her eyes hurt slightly, "Yes."

"Aijia is tired, you go down! Rest well, don't let down Xia Yu's life." The Empress Dowager Bao Yao walked away.

"Aunt?" Zhao Yan cried.

Empress Dowager Bao Yao stopped in her tracks, but did not turn around, "I will swallow these two words from now on, and I am not allowed to say them again. From the beginning to the end, the Ai family lived alone, and now they only live for their son. Back off!"

Zhao Yan opened her mouth, but after all she was unable to speak, she wiped her tears and walked out of the bedroom.

The wind and snow outside are still the same, but people's hearts are cold, so they can't warm up anymore.

"Although the princess is in good health, the imperial doctor said that the last point is still missing. The residual poison has not been cleared, and there is a possibility of recurrence." Lan Zhu carefully helped Zhao Yan into the soft sedan chair, "Princess, it is better to be careful."

Zhao Yan took a deep breath, she was finally able to live a happy life, and she was extremely happy, "It's okay, it's just a walk, it should be a breather. Although I have lived here since I was a child, this huge palace , but never visited every corner of the palace. When the snow stops, I will go there myself. I have earned this time with great difficulty, how can I waste it so easily.”

Lan Zhu smiled and raised her hand, "Get up the sedan chair and go back to the palace."

The snow is still falling, and there are snowy scenes everywhere.The reflection of the snow makes the sky and the earth appear extremely dazzlingly bright.Zhao Yan thought that she could finally walk out of the palace openly, walk out of the shadow of illness, and finally live like a human being.The feeling of being reborn is so good!
The moment she returned to Kangning Palace, she met the person she least wanted to see.

Zhao Lu sat there waiting for her indifferently, without any color on his face, even looking back, it was bitingly colder than the wind and snow outside.

"See Brother Huang." Zhao Yan saluted.

Zhao Lu sneered, "You just came back from your mother's place?"

Zhao Yan nodded, "Yes."

"Your body is just right, so you don't have to go through such a torment!" Zhao Lu sneered, "You don't have to worry about bad things. There won't be another Xia Yu who can detoxify you."

"What the emperor said is very true, Yan'er will be careful, and don't let the emperor worry too much." Zhao Yan bowed her head and was respectful.

Zhao Lu sneered, "Look at the walls of your Kangning Palace, they were all pulled down by the little emperor. Do you think Xia Yu would come in directly if she died with peace in her eyes? Without the walls, it will be more unimpeded."

Hearing this, Zhao Yan was startled.

Zhao Lu continued, "That's my sworn brother. I have no brothers or sisters in my life, and all I hope for is the slightest family affection from the royal family. Only now did I realize that in this cold palace and the cold royal family, I want to find that Family affection is simply a dream. Although the emperor is strong, he even decides on some political issues."

"But his surname is Zhao, and he is for the Zhao family. And what about Dongfang Yue? His surname is Dongfang!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Lu suddenly looked back and stared at Zhao Yan fiercely, "Tell me, if he really wins the world, who will be in the world in a hundred years? Is it you? A generation of empress, Dongfang Yan?"

Zhao Yan thumped and knelt down, "Why did the emperor say that? Yan'er dare not!"

"What else are you afraid of? People dare to kill, even the sky dares to bully, what else can you not do?" Zhao Lu said lightly, but the weight of the words was not light, "The empress pampers you and is used to you. You, I don't know why, and I don't want to know. The world of women is completely different from the means of men. Maybe she is doing it for my own good, but she never thought about whether I want it or not. "

"The queen mother is dedicated to the country and the country of the emperor, and has no other thoughts." Zhao Yanfu knelt on the ground.

Zhao Lu leaned over and squatted down, "Really?"

"Yan'er dare not lie to the emperor." Zhao Yan knelt down and couldn't get up.

"What about you?" Zhao Lu asked.

Zhao Yan looked up in astonishment.

He sneered, his eyes were ruthless, he was not the submissive puppet emperor back then, "Are you helping the queen mother to stand on my side, or are you helping Dongfang Yue, to be your feminist world in the future?"

"Yan'er is incompetent and can't sit in the world, so she is naturally respected by the emperor." Zhao Yan was trembling.

"I might as well tell you that King Mao has made a move. The Eighth Emperor Uncle, who has been hiding so deeply, has finally surfaced. There is no little Emperor Uncle in this world. After all, Dongfang Yue is not alone. The so-called good people don’t come and those who come are not good, you’d better keep your eyes open and stand against the camp, otherwise you will end up with a decapitated body, don’t blame me for not reminding you.” Zhao Lu sneered, pointing cold fingertips Lifting her delicate jaw, he forced her to face the eyes that looked directly at him.

Zhao Yan's eyes widened, and she looked at the domineering Zhao Lu in horror.

"Dongfang Yue, the death date is not far away. If you put on a good posture, Zhao Yan will still be a princess. If not, it is not impossible for the princess to die young." Zhao Lu got up and walked away without looking back.

In the snowstorm, Zhao Lu walked out of Kangning Palace and disappeared from Zhao Yan's sight.

"Princess?" Lan Zhu hurriedly supported Zhao Yan, "Your Majesty—"

"What he said is not wrong at all." Zhao Yan lowered her eyes, her terrified look faded away, and she remained calm and calm in an instant, "Dongfang Yue can't be alone, King Mao obviously came prepared. This Eighth Emperor Uncle, seems to be promiscuous, but actually keeps a low profile. Once Prince Rui falls, he will appear at the right time, and wants to put Prince Rui to death."

"It is conceivable that he took a long time to plan. I don't believe that he acted recklessly. If he can stand up to the court in a separate court against Dongfang Yue, he must have great power in his hands. But King Mao has not had the power of the court in his hands these years. How can he Dare to go to the Golden Palace?"

Lan Zhu frowned, "What the princess means is that King Mao and the civil and military officials may have colluded with each other for a long time? Or maybe they have secretly stored up their strength."

After coughing twice, Zhao Yan nodded, "We have to wait and see what happens. I'm only worried that King Mao's stepping out of the scene this time is by no means so simple. I'm afraid he might have another trick. If that's the case, It only teaches people that they cannot be defended against.”

Lan Zhu lowered her eyebrows, "The princess has just recovered, so don't worry too much, take care of your body first."

Zhao Yan nodded, her life was more important.

Let's talk about other things later!

At least, Zhao Shuo couldn't die.

Not to mention the emperor's refusal, even the gold medal in Zhao Shuo's hands, and the gang of veterans under him, would not fully agree.

The appearance of King Mao was beyond Dongfang Yue's expectation, but he was not completely unaware.Sometimes, people have to trust their sixth sense.Standing with hands behind his back, standing at the window of the study, Dongfang Yue's eyes were cold.

"Father." Dongfang Xu came in and bowed in salute.

"Go and find out whether there are any accomplices behind King Mao. It is absolutely impossible for him to become stronger and bigger by himself. How can we talk about politics in the Jinluan Palace. His brain is not so flexible and easy to use, otherwise the nine sons would win How could he lose to the first emperor?" Dongfang Yue remained cold.

Dongfang Xu nodded, "Yes."

"Also." Dongfang Yue turned around suddenly, staring at Dongfang Xu with piercing eyes, "Xia Yu, is he really dead?"

Dongfang Xu took a deep breath, "Father asked this question too many times, Xia Yu died of exhaustion of blood, there is no mistake, it was Xu'er who saw it with her own eyes. Otherwise, how could Prince Rui be heartbroken, and walk out of Prince Rui's mansion without restraint?" .”

Dongfang Yue nodded, "The princess's body should be in good shape!"

"The princess has been poisoned for a long time, and the remaining poison has not been cleared for a while. It is also my fault that the emperor came early and pulled out the tube at the last moment. The princess—is it the last step?" Dongfang Xu lowered his eyes and whispered, "But only The remaining poison is not cleared, as long as there is no recurrence, it will gradually get better."

Dongfang Yue stopped talking, Dongfang Xu turned and left.

The snow outside is still falling.

Dongfang Xu spread out his palm, and the snow fell on his palm, and it melted in an instant, and the coolness spread all over his body instantly.

"Dead." He murmured to himself, then smiled wryly, and said, "Dead." When Zhao Shuo was also dead, he went to collect her bones, and then made a beautiful pair of bones, Be with her every day.

As for Zhao Shuo, he couldn't be with her in life, and it's hard to be in the same hole with her in death.

It can be regarded as revenge, and it can also be regarded as fulfilling oneself.

It's really a beautiful thing to kill two birds with one stone.

Xia Yu——he will never be able to return to Zhao Shuo's side again.

Excellent!

Unexpectedly, in the Yangxin Pavilion in Prince Rui's mansion, candlelight was flickering, Xunmei was touching the dead body of Xia Yu, as if she suddenly remembered something, "Taxue, do you still remember the way the Palace Master used to practice and become obsessed with fire?"

Taxue was stunned, and looked at her with red and swollen eyes.

"Anu, go to boil the hot water, keep it on. Get ready for the bath right away, hurry up! Tread the snow, don't you always have Baihua Qinglu on you? Bring it, hurry up! Hurry up! It's been more than six hours, maybe There may be a turning point, if it is too late, it will really be too late!" Xun Mei shouted.

Anu rushed out, Xunmei immediately picked up Xia Yu's body, and went towards the bathtub without saying a word.

Xia He was frightened, and hurriedly went to guard the door. He couldn't help, so he could only watch out.

Sister, there is only so much I can do for you.So many people have not given up on you, you must hold on.

(End of this chapter)