Jizhou was lost, and the news of Yuan Jing's death in battle was only concealed for a few days.

After all, one side of the city was lost, the court officials were killed in battle, and the movement was too big for the messenger to intercept it, but the news still flew to the capital like wings.

Since the rebellion of King Qin, the emperor, who had been hit hard, would no longer roar like he had done the previous times when he heard the bad news, and sat alone in a daze for a long time before the ministers could see the blood red in his eyes.

"Say it, what should I do? ”

The emperor's disheartened expression sent chills down the hearts of all the courtiers.

The emperors are like this, what else can they do?

"Your Majesty, at this time, you can only do your best to keep Yongzhou. If Yongzhou can't hold it anymore, then the capital will be in danger!"

Zhao Shizhen had to answer hard.

Although he knew very well in his heart that there were no soldiers who could be transferred to reinforce Yongzhou now, except for the Jingwei who guarded the capital, he, the squire of the military department, really couldn't even take out a decent army.

"Then you come to tell me, how to defend Yongzhou, do you want me to take the Jingwei Imperial Guard to conquer in person?"

Zhao Shizhen suddenly regretted his mouth, the emperor is completely unavailable now, and whoever comes out will be arrested.

But let the emperor drive the expedition in person, who has the courage to let him go?

If the emperor falls into the hands of the enemy, then the game is completely over.

"The emperor is the Ninety-Five, and at this time he is naturally going to sit in the capital, and Weichen means ......"

Zhao Shizhen said, glancing at Fang Handong.

"It's better to follow Prime Minister Fang's intentions and hand over the culprit of the year to the Qin Wangfu, in order to slowly plan with the Qin Wangfu, and then think of other good strategies. ”

Fang Handong also glanced back at Zhao Shizhen, he felt for the first time that he actually had a heart for this guy.

The courtiers below all thought that the emperor would be furious again, and they all lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the emperor's face, but silently admired Zhao Shizhen who dared to mention this again in their hearts.

But when the emperor heard this kind of words this time, he didn't get angry, but swept over the courtiers who shrunk like quails with a sad look, and said for a long time:

"Think about it. ”

The ministers looked up in disbelief.

The emperor finally agreed and bowed to the Qin Palace?

In the harem, when Concubine Shu heard the news again, the insecurity she had been feeling these days had turned into monstrous anger.

"How could he do this to Bengong! Bengong didn't do that for the first emperor back then! If it wasn't for Bengong to attack first, I don't know if he has the current throne! All of them are a group of white-eyed wolves!"

Concubine Shu scolded angrily, and in the end she actually shed tears.

"How could they ...... me like that"

The palace maid and eunuch who were waiting on the side saw Concubine Shu like this, and hurriedly retreated.

In the palace, if they see the master so out of shape and stupidly here, then there is only a dead end waiting for them.

But they are not without doubts in their hearts, no matter what happened back then, it is said that the first emperor did not treat Concubine Shu well, why does Concubine Shu say so now?

Only Xiurong, who was left, knew the bitterness in Concubine Shu's heart.

In the eyes of others, Concubine Shu has been favored all her life, when the first emperor was there, she favored the six palaces, and the first emperor was gone, and the emperor was particularly respected.

However, the first emperor only favored Concubine Shu but did not love, and even, more just used.

used her to balance Queen Qiao's control of the harem, and used the Xu family to fight against the Qiao family back then, and in order to prevent the Xu family from becoming the next Qiao family, she didn't even let Concubine Shu stay with a son and a half daughter.

Compared with the real favorite concubines in the history books, Concubine Shu was used by the first emperor, and now she has to be settled by the emperor, and it is too miserable to end up like this.

"Is it my fault that I can't give birth, or that I won't give birth?

Concubine Shu scolded and cried at the same time, already crying hysterically, almost collapsed.

Xiurong looked anxious, but she also knew that if she went to persuade at this time, she would only be scolded in vain, and it would be useless.

She searched her intestines and scraped her stomach, thought for Concubine Shu for a while, picked up a handkerchief and wiped her tears for Concubine Shu, and persuaded tentatively:

"Concubine, the emperor now respects the queen the most, why don't we go to the queen mother and plead for you in front of the emperor?"

"Why should Bengong beg her? What's the use of begging her? Do you think she will care about Bengong's life or death?"

"Why doesn't she care about the life or death of the concubine? Don't forget, concubine, she is your own niece and nephew!"

Dear niece?

Concubine Shu, who was already crying, almost couldn't react at once, how could she have any capable niece-

Xiurong is saying that Wei Wan is Xu Chenghuan's name?

Even if she understood, Concubine Shu was still depressed:

"Even my own brother doesn't want to care about me anymore, how can she offend the emperor for me again?"

"Then let the slave maid test the queen's tone first. ”

Xiurong thinks that no matter whether it is useful or not, this can be regarded as the last straw.

Wei Wan also heard all the bad news.

But compared with the panic of everyone in the capital, there was even a trace of unknown excitement and excitement in her heart.

In this depressing palace, which is almost insane, she is not happy.

Maybe it was because of her attitude towards Xu Chenglin that day, from that day on, every morning when she was dressing up, the combing palace maid who couldn't stay by her side would remind her again and again.

"Niangniang knows that the most important thing for a person to live is his duty, and he must always remember his identity in order to live a long time. ”

Every time she wanted to grab the comb and fall on the palace maid's face, but when she thought of her family in Jiangnan, she still didn't have the courage.

The Qin army was victorious, the imperial court was defeated, and all the people living in the capital were worried about what kind of lowly dust they would be reduced to if the capital was lost.

But she felt that if there was a day, she would be completely liberated.

Maybe she can also talk to the people of Qin Wangfu about the conditions and see if she can get what she wants.

"What does the queen want?"

Every time the emperor asked her this, she smiled and smiled without saying anything.

If she said that she wanted to cause trouble for his country and didn't let him do this Lao Shizi Emperor again, I don't know if he would strangle her?

And on this day, when the emperor returned to the harem, he suddenly hugged her and cried bitterly.

"Cheng Huan, I just want to give you a stable life, why is it so difficult?"

Wei Wan knew that he was talking to the empty man again, so he ignored him until he had enough of crying and stopped.

But who knew that the emperor actually pulled her sleeve and asked her:

"If one day, I have nothing, will you still be by my side?"

That flustered and timid look was like a needle tip stabbing Wei Wan.

She couldn't bear it, and comforted him gently:

"No matter what time it is, the concubines are willing to follow the emperor. ”

When the Emperor heard her reply, he was silent for a long time before he got up and left as if he had made up his mind.

And soon, the news of handing over Concubine Shu to quell the fire in King Qin's mansion spread throughout the harem.

Is the emperor planning to bow his head in order to keep the throne?

So when Xiurong asked to see her, Wei Wan didn't have to think about it, she knew what she was here for.

"Go out and tell her that this palace doesn't want to see anyone from Cining Palace. ”

She was in the name of Xu Chenghuan, and she knew in her heart that the order that Mr. Yuan gave her was to try her best to help the Weibei Hou Mansion, but she never said that she would also take care of Concubine Shu.

According to all kinds of rumors in the palace about the year, Concubine Shu was indeed the black hand that killed Princess Qin back then, she protected Concubine Shu at this time and obstructed the revenge of King Qin's mansion, and she was not eaten by a dog in her brain!

Xiurong was helpless, and begged for a long time, but got the same answer.

When Concubine Shu saw Xiurong coming back dejectedly, she instantly understood what was going on.

The unwillingness and madness in her heart, after the past, Concubine Shu's heart was full of all thoughts.

She smiled miserably:

"Well, at this time, there is no need to do all this useless work...... She wasn't my niece in the first place, and as you know, she's just a pawn I took away. Besides, she was already dead. ”

I don't know why, I used to hope that Qiao Huan's children had gone through pain and had no good death.

But at this moment, her heart actually missed the appearance of the soft and glutinous little girl back then, pulling the corners of her skirt and calling her "aunt".

"Originally, I was sorry for her, but now, I don't have anything to say. ”

Concubine Shu sat in front of the dressing table, looked at the woman in the mirror who was gradually looking haggard, and said in a loud voice:

"Xiurong, dress up for me, as attentive as the day I met him. ”

Xiurong looked at Concubine Shu, who had suddenly calmed down, and a wave of fear rose inexplicably in her heart.

This "he", needless to say, she also knows who it is.

What is the concubine trying to do, she is going to find Zhan Shichun?

But the person who most wants the concubine to die quickly in this world is Zhan Shichun, right?

At dusk, Concubine Shu walked up to the Star Picking Pavilion in the sunset.

The draft has passed, but the Star Picking Pavilion has become a dojo dedicated to James Shichun.

Divination and prayer, stargazing and fortune measurement, at this time, Qin Tianjian also became extremely busy.

When James Shichun heard footsteps, when he turned around, his pupils shrank slightly-

If he didn't look at that face, just look at the hair accessories and clothes, and the glow like the burning fire, he would almost think that he would go back to the day when he first met Xu Shuning when he was a teenager.

It was a spring banquet held among the nobles, and he and a group of merry young men laughed and judged the ladies of various families.

The women who appeared turned away in shame, but only a girl in pink with her hair combed high and many pigtails braided did not run away shyly, but walked towards them.

Then he slammed a large wine glass hidden in her sleeve and smashed his forehead out of the black green patch, not to mention that he even fainted on the spot.

He is the only seedling of the Zhan family, and after returning home, his grandmother hugged him and cried fiercely, and he was about to go to the Weibei Hou Mansion to settle accounts.

But he felt that he was at a loss and stopped his family from letting his grandmother go over.

He felt that he was embarrassed enough, but she still came to Zhan's house the next day to see his jokes.

"Zhan Songlin, why are you so weak and can't help the wind?"

"Why don't you say you're fierce like a dominatrix?"

She laughed at him like a flower, and he scolded him fiercely.

But a childhood sweetheart's young years began at that time and ended when he met another person.

The tenderness of the past has a little bit of quietly climbing into James Shichun's heart.

However, in the next moment, when Concubine Shu got closer and closer, the traces of time on her face suddenly became clear, no matter how pink the dress, no matter how delicate the girl's pigtails, there was no way to make everything go back to the past.

"Xu Shuning, don't think that if you dress up like this, I will be soft on you......"

"Of course I know you'll never be soft on me. ”

Before Zhan Shichun finished his mean words, Concubine Shu cut off his words.

She walked up to James Shichun and stared up at him, her misty eyes roaming over and over his wrinkled face, as if looking for her lover back then.

In the whistling wind, only listen to her low sigh:

"Pine forest, it turns out that people will grow old...... If I could have seen that you were just like this when you got old, I probably wouldn't have liked you for so long. ”

"You have deceived me so hard in this life. ”

She turned and walked over to the railing, her rounded fingers brushing over the delicate railing.

"This place, it's so beautiful. ”

She exclaimed like a young girl, then looked up at the starlight that was gradually spreading out, and smiled back:

"When you hated me, you used to say that even if I die in front of you one day, you will not look at me again. ”

"But I think it's worth it to die in such a beautiful place, to die in front of you. ”

She closed her eyes, and suddenly leaned forward, and at once her body climbed over the railing and fell towards the Star-Picker.

"Concubine!"

Xiurong, who was waiting for His Excellency to pick up the stars, suddenly saw this scene, and was so frightened that his soul flew away and screamed.

A smile overflowed on Concubine Shu's lips.

She has been stubborn for this person all her life, so even if she dies, she will let him remember her forever.

But her body only fell slightly, and she was grabbed by the ankle, dragged back into the railing, and fell to the ground hard.

"Xu Shuning, you want to die so cheaply, it's a dream!"

She was knocked to death when she heard his cold voice ringing in her ears.

"I will make you unable to live, you can't die, and then you will die a thousand times more painful than Ah Huan!"

He looked at her funny appearance of being a girl dressed as a girl in her forties, and smiled viciously:

"You say, if I let the emperor know that you are the one who makes him heir, what do you think will happen to him?"

The blood in Concubine Shu's whole body froze, and she finally felt incomparable fear-

The emperor who has become a madman probably won't even leave her a decent way to die, right?