Concubine Mo screamed miserably, covering her eyes and rolling on the ground, but such cries were gradually drowned out by the familiar sounds of begging for mercy.

It's her children.

From small to large.

One after another.

There are those who kneel on the floor tiles and kowtow desperately, and those who point to their biological mother and scold in order to get their mother's tolerance, some who bring out all kinds of people to blackmail Zhao Ziye, and there are two trembling and urinating people who fill the audience...... However, Zhao Ziye, who was not far away, stepped them into the water one by one.

Although she had no eyes, Concubine Mo could imagine how she lifted her skirt lightly, revealing the gold silk shoes under her skirt, so indifferently and happily, pressing her own blood and bones, little by little, into the cold lake bottom in winter!

She trembled, pleaded, spoke incoherently, was embarrassed, and regretted it - if she had known that this concubine, who had always been gentle and elegant, would do such a crazy thing, she would definitely be honest and be a side concubine who kept to herself!

But there is no if.

It seems that in Zhao Ziye's life, the most respected thing is that before the "epidemic" in the palace, she has always been recognized as a model of beauty and a model of a good wife.

This is also the most regretful years of her life.

Trembling, Concubine Mo heard the plea of the prince Rong Qingchu and the county lord of Qingfang.

It is for the half-brothers, such a scene, the concubines of King Gaomi are all scared into the last leaf in the cold wind, and the young sons and daughters, how can they not be greatly impacted?

Rong Qingdrunk and the county lord of Huihe were guilty of sin, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

Rong Qingchu knelt on the ground with the county lord of Qingfang, kneeled to Zhao Ziye, pulled the hem of her clothes, and tried to intercede for her half-brother: "Concubine Mo is guilty, but the crime is not as good as the younger brothers, and the younger brothers are still young and ignorant......"

Zhao Ziye slapped Rong Qingchu's words with a backhand: "Brute, they are young and ignorant?!They have my remuneration, and your compatriot brother is young and ignorant?!"

Rong Qingchu heard the pain in the mother's anger, and felt uncomfortable for a while, so he lowered his head and was silent.

"Mother, I just found the clothes of the clear salary, and the clear pay may still be alive. Lord Qingfang tilted his head and said, "If he returns from the day......

Having said this, Zhao Ziye still wanted to hear it, so that his expression eased a little.

But the county lord of Qingfang continued: "If he returns from the day of the Qing Dynasty, how uncomfortable would it be to know that his mother had killed so many siblings for him?"

Zhao Ziye froze for a while, suddenly grabbed the eldest daughter's bun and dragged it towards the lake!

Aunt Zhao and the others hurriedly dissuaded, and said to the county lord of Qingfang: "The little prince is the brother of the county lord, and he was harmed by the cheap maid of the Mo family, the county lord does not want to feel sorry for his brother, but speaks vigorously for the son of the enemy, what is the difference between this and stabbing the heart of the mother with a knife?

However, Zhao Ziye didn't pay attention to the left and right, and pressed the frightened daughter into the water, and only pulled it up when she was about to suffocate, and pressed it down again at the end, and after several times, he saw that the county lord of Qingfang was already dying on the shore of the lake, looking at himself with fear and resentment, before he stood up, took the handkerchief handed by the maid and wiped his hands, bowed his head and sneered: "You have only been tossed so once, you dare to look at your biological mother with such eyes, the person who gave birth to you and raised you!" and Qingyu was first taken away from the city, and then shipwrecked at sea...... You say that even if he survives, how much suffering and how much fright he should have suffered?! Not to mention that he is much younger than you!"

"You still dare to say that he will be uncomfortable when he comes back?!"

"Then I'll just let you go down to accompany the Mo clan's evil seeds...... Would you like to?!"

The county lord of Qingfang choked up, and didn't dare to say a word.

Aunt Zhao looked at her master's face and gestured for people to drag her away.

Next, Zhao Ziye drowned Concubine Mo's bloodline one by one, and his eyes fell on Concubine Mo again.

At this time, the side concubine had lost her usual cunning and luxury, and the two dark blood holes on her face were indescribably terrifying in the night, and she sat on the ground in a daze, as if she could not accept the departure of her sons one after another.

As if feeling Concubine Zheng's gaze, Concubine Mo said in a hoarse voice, "Aren't you afraid of retribution when you do this?"

Without waiting for Zhao Ziye to answer, she immediately said, "Yes, I murdered your son...... So you killed all my sons, but I murdered only one of you! You ...... Why don't you let me go, and you don't let go of my sons?!"

"You yourself became a poisonous woman first, are you still qualified to count on your child to meet a good person?" Zhao Ziye's eyes were cold, and he laughed softly, "Moreover, you cheap, if it weren't for your aunt, who was also not from a high background, and was not even qualified to step on the threshold of the palace, your bloodline could be compared with my child?!"

"Even if the concubines are different, they are all the blood of the prince!" "Concubine Mo shouted fiercely, "They are also all royal blood!"

Zhao Ziye said coldly: "But their foreign family, the Mo family, is worthless! And my children, they are the grandsons of the Zhao family! It was the first emperor who pulled my father and brother to cry bitterly, and he also wanted to tie up the bloodline of Rong Jing's important ministers......"

She said in a contemptuous tone, "What? Do you think I'm desperate to treat you like this? No, after tonight, I will still be Rong Jing's wife and the mistress of this Gaomi Palace!"

"Your death is not worth mentioning!"

Concubine Mo didn't speak again, only said, "I don't believe that you will have no retribution." ”

Zhao Ziye didn't want to say anything to her, so he ordered left and right: "Drag it out and scrape, even the bones are broken with me and fed to the dogs!"

After the end of the concubine's mother and son, by the lake, the concubine and the children of the concubine were a little relieved, thinking that if she beat again, the matter would be over.

After all, they were all innocent in the murder of Rong Qingyu.

It's just that no one can imagine it......

Zhao Ziye's gaze roamed back and forth over them, and after a long time, he suddenly said, "I remember, the origin of the Mo family's cheap maids is not even as high as some of them?"

When these words came out, the concubine was shocked: "Niangniang, the concubine is ......"

"Send them all down!" Zhao Ziye interrupted them, his expression was tired, his tone was light, and he pointed at the bottom of the lake at will, but it was the bottom of the lake that made everyone look at each other, "The Mo family covets the position of the prince, so she has ambitions. Who knows if these people will have the same thoughts? I'm tired, and I don't know how long I can last. The prince and the county lord are still young, in case they ...... If there is another thing about paying off, even if I die, how can I get rid of the guilt in my heart?"

Seeing them scrambling to kowtow and beg for mercy, she just looked at it expressionlessly, and said for a long time, "You want to live, you want your children to live, mothers in the world, their minds are almost the same." I also hope that my children can be well, in front of me, let me watch a little bit of growth and recognition, start a family...... It's a pity, because of my stupidity, my hesitation, my most innocent and pitiful child, that's it...... People say that I don't want to feel such a heartbreak again...... So I can only ask you to die!"

"From now on, in this backyard, there can be concubines, but no more concubines are allowed. ”

Zhao Ziye's tone was flat, but his eyes were as cold as a knife in a cold night, "I don't want to see anyone, anything, threaten my bloodline again...... Aunt Zhao, do you understand?"

Aunt Zhao sighed and took a step forward: "Didn't you hear the words of the princess?

The soldiers silently drove the concubines and the heirs of the concubines to the bottom of the lake, and some beauties struggled to rush to Zhao Ziye and beg for mercy: "Niangniang, the concubine has only given birth to a daughter, and the girl can't compete for the position of the son!

"......" Zhao Ziye just looked at her indifferently, not moving, not speaking.

After a while, on the shore of the lake, which gradually calmed down, she turned around and looked at Rong Qingdrunk, who was already kneeling and crumbling not far away, and the county lord Huihe.

"Mother, don't !!" Seeing that she staggered to Rong Qingzui, dragging Rong Qingdrunk towards the lake, Rong Qingchu and the county lord of Qingfang were shocked, and even Aunt Zhao trembled, "Mother, this is your biological flesh and blood!!"

"Qing Yu is also his sibling. Zhao Ziye grabbed Rong Qingdrunk and looked at the second son who was usually the most worried, his pale lips moved, and his voice was as cold as ice slag, "Has he ever cared about his poor younger brother?......! Keep him, and you will have a peaceful day in the future?!"

"Mother!" Seeing her press Rong Qingdrunk into the lake, Rong Qingchu was frightened and climbed up to hug her legs, the honest prince would not be flattering, he could only shout one after another, "Please, Mother, Please, Mother, Princess, Please, Mother!!"

…… Zhao Ziye woke up from midnight, looked sideways and saw the white hair on the pillow, and was in a trance for a moment.

That night, she failed to drown Rong Qingzui after all, because the clumsy Rong Qingchu resolutely jumped off the lake after persuasion to no avail, vowing to live and die with Rong Qingzui.

Aunt Zhao and other henchmen who were watching from the sidelines could not sit idly by.

After all, Zhao Ziye has a total of three biological male heirs, Rong Qingyu has been considered dead, Rong Qingyu can die if he is drunk, but if Rong Qingyu is gone...... How will she continue to gain a foothold in the palace?

Even with the support of the Zhao family, it will definitely not be able to stop King Gaomi from continuing to take concubines and have children.

"In that case, wouldn't Niang Niang make wedding clothes for others?!" Aunt Zhao persuaded hard, "Wouldn't it make the Mo family under Jiuquan laugh out loud?!"

Zhao Ziye finally let go of his hand, and also asked Rong Qingjiu to be pulled out of the lake and sent back to the house.

And herself, just sitting by the lake, looking at the lake, spent the night in a daze.

The county lord of Huihe and the county lord of Qingfang knelt behind her all night, but in the middle of the way, the two pampered little county lords couldn't hold on.

But after witnessing Zhao Ziye cooking concubines and concubines, and almost drowning Rong Qing's own son, they didn't dare to say anything at all.

After dawn, the wide lake was filled with corpses.

His hideous face was full of resentment.

Aunt Zhao and the others were terrified, but Zhao Ziye looked indifferent.

She even wanted to find someone to suppress the souls of these people at the bottom of the lake, and they were tortured day and night.

But this matter was not possible in the end because of Old Madam Qin's interference.

Old Madam Qin was shocked by what her daughter had done, but she was not shocked: "My son, don't be afraid! King Gaomi now has a request for our family, and he doesn't dare to do anything to your mother! The most important thing to worry about is whether he will settle old accounts after he takes the throne...... Those cheap maids are okay, the key is those heirs, in the end, it is his bloodline!"

Zhao Ziye just sneered and said, "He insisted on killing the Mo clan, so I let him go." Otherwise......"

Otherwise, she would kill this person desperately, even if this move would put herself and the rest of her children in danger, and even the Zhao family would be affected!

That trace of mercy and guilt that King Gaomi gave to Rong Qingyu, a sister-in-law with a shallow fate, saved his own life.

Many years later, Zhao Ziye recalled that in this life, the most regrettable thing was to be too exemplary.

Before leaving the cabinet, she was the most exemplary lady in Chang'an, and after leaving the cabinet, no matter how impatient she was with Concubine Mo's aunt and nephew in private, at least on the scene, she was always impeccable, and she was recognized as a model of a noble lady who witnessed the vision of the first emperor.

However, if life could be restarted......

That year, there was news in the palace that the second concubine of the Shu family planned to succeed Rong Qingdrunk as the heir and enter the East Palace because she had nothing to do with her knees.

For the second concubine, Rong Qingzui is a very good candidate, not the eldest son, there is a brother and heir to the Gaomi Palace; he did not grow up in the palace, and he must not be close to his biological parents; there are no rumors of talent, and he will not work hard after coming to power, so he doesn't need the Shu sisters at all, so he kicked them aside......

And he is very close to Emperor Xuanjing, and in the absence of a prince in the royal family, it is natural for him to become an heir as a nephew.

Zhao Ziye, who had not shown up on the couch in Xiangji Hall for many years, had a hard time going out and secretly entered the palace to meet the second concubine: "Niangniang can't let Rong Qingdrunk be the heir!"

"Is this reluctant, princess?" Shu Guifei and Shu Zhaoyi have been favored for many years, and they don't like this kind of negativity, so their tone is a little unhappy at the moment, "In that case, why do you want to ask people to live in Zhao Mansion for many years?

Zhao Ziye just calmly recounted the murder of his brother when Rong Qingdrunk was ten years old, and said indifferently at the end: "If the two mothers thought that he was young at the time, he must have corrected it over the years...... Then I have nothing to say!"

After speaking, she got up and said goodbye, and without waiting for the second concubine to answer, she walked away.

In the evening of that day, the news of the second concubine's refusal to allow Rong Qingdrunk as his heir reached the ears of King Gaomi.

King Gaomi was furious about this and personally went to Xiangji Hall to question.

It's not that he doesn't know Rong Qingdrunk's temperament, and it may not be a good thing for Gaomi Wangfu after coming to power, and out of grievance for Rong Qing's remuneration, the couple also don't want Rong Qingdrunk to ascend the throne.

But the Shu sisters have no one in the court, if they choose the bloodline of King Gaomi as the prince, then the regent in the future must be King Gaomi!

In this way, when the Empress Dowager Meng and the Meng family are eliminated, King Gaomi can let this son get out of here and come to power by himself!

The couple had a big quarrel, and in the end, although King Gaomi walked away, he was also powerless.

The palace's closest chance to the throne died abruptly.

A few years later, Princess Gaomi said to King Gaomi, who could only survive on the sickbed: "At that time, I did this just because I didn't want the person who hurt my brother to have a chance to be recorded in history, but I didn't expect that it was He'er who went around and around and finally ascended the throne. Maybe in the dark, I didn't give you the blessing of getting drunk and ascending to the Ninth Five-Year Plan. ”

He didn't even live to be the emperor.

This kind of behavior made Rong Sleeping Crane be discussed for several years, but with Da Mu's zhongxing, some small sections were quickly forgotten.

In the history books of later generations, Emperor Zhenqing is a legendary and highly praised emperor.

It makes countless people yearn for it.

Generations of people have added layers of halos to him, those dark, bitter, entangled, melancholy, regretful ...... All of them have been quietly washed over the years.

Zhao Yu once comforted his sister: "The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds and work their muscles and bones." What happened to the crane back then was not because God wanted to give him a heavy responsibility. Even if you don't get drunk, if you don't have your negligence...... He will have to suffer as a whole. ”

However, for Zhao Ziye, she lost her salary after all.

Fifteen years later, the beautiful man who returned, his name is Sheng Sleeping Crane.

Even if she later changed her surname back to Rong, she has the unique ruthlessness of the royal family and the disapproval of her six relatives in her bones, after all, it is not her clear payment.

The child, who was as innocent and ignorant as a snow ball, was gone when she killed his nurse in a fit of rage, right?

There is one of the last words of the Empress Dowager Zhao who was posthumously sealed by Da Mu that has never been announced to the public, and even her son Zhenqing, who was most concerned about when she went, did not know: "If I am a woman again in the next life, I will definitely be a jealous woman!"

pampered and arrogant, relying on his family background to be domineering, he doesn't care about the world's discussions, and he doesn't care whether his husband really loves him or pretends to welcome him...... Use all glorious and dishonorable means to protect your own bloodline.

Instead of being under the discipline of the boudoir and the upright family style, he was careful to be a noble girl and a noblewoman, obviously relying on his mother's family, knowing that his husband didn't dare to turn his face with him at all, but he still lived his life to the point where the concubine from a humble background almost ruined all the blood and bones.

When she said this, she was already dying, and suddenly thought of her daughter-in-law Sheng Weiqiao, who she didn't like.

Many people, including herself, have always believed that she doesn't like Sheng Weiqiao because Sheng Weiqiao is too squeamish and willful, and she is not good for Rong Sleeping Crane, she is not the kind of virtuous helper at all, but she wants to let Sleeping Crane keep pleasing her, coaxing her, and taking care of her.

There are many people who persuade from this direction, and Zhao Ziye himself believes it.

It wasn't until this moment that she suddenly realized that she didn't like this daughter-in-law, but that she regretted not becoming Sheng Weiqiao as soon as possible.

The pampered queen who relied on her parents' pampering and upbringing, even if the person she married became the king of a country, she did not change her early petty temperament at all.

Zhao Ziye couldn't see her child grow up, but she could be sure that if Sheng Weiqiao also gave birth to an heir on the fifth day, she would definitely not agree to send the child outside the palace.

I won't watch other women covet things for themselves and their children, and endure for the word "virtuous".

Such an arrogant and natural attitude should have been something that Zhao Ziye and her children could have.

Zhao Ziye looked at the door, knowing that the person would not come, but after all, he still maintained this posture and swallowed his last breath.

Postscript:

Rong Qingchu has inherited the throne of King Gaomi for several years, and it is not even his brother Emperor Zhenqing who is sitting on the throne, but his nephew Chengtai.

He often dreamed of his mother concubine recently, no, it should be a scene before the death of his mother, Empress Dowager Zhao.

Over the years, either because of Emperor Zhenqing's methods, or out of guilt for Emperor Zhenqing, he has never said that he sent dozens of urgent reports before the death of Empress Dowager Zhao, and he has not been able to wait for Emperor Zhenqing's resentment.

But there is anger in the heart.

At the same time, I also remembered Zhao Ziye's request before her death, that is, not to be buried with Rong Jing, and to let Rong Qing go to see Tortoiseshell Island on her behalf.

The matter of the joint burial is very opposed to Rong Qingchu, after all, Rong Jing may have been very dissatisfied with him in the early days, but later, after the "epidemic" in the palace, maybe he has such a son under his knees, maybe he thinks that compared to a thoughtful son like Rong Qingzui, he is still more honest and honest, in short, King Gaomi is good for him.

How could he bury his biological father separately from his biological mother?

Especially what he knows is that Rong Jing actually really loves Zhao Ziye.

is so admirable that even if he knows the truth about the "epidemic" in the palace, and Zhao Ziye has murderous intentions towards him, he can't really blame her.

Otherwise, he would not have lived in the same mansion with Zhao Ziye for so many years, and he has always maintained respect and care for this princess.

When she was a teenager, Rong Jing, under the arrangement of the first emperor, saw the famous Miss Zhao family in Chang'an for the first time, and it was love at first sight.

This family business, the father and son of the first emperor are almost satisfied to the heart.

But before the first emperor died, he waved back left and right, but earnestly told him not to favor the concubine too much.

The reason is very simple, the Zhao family was originally the arm chosen by the first emperor for Rong Jing.

If Rong Jing is too fond of Zhao Ziye, then ...... The young Rong Jing can easily become the puppet of the Zhao family.

Even if he ascends the throne in the future, who knows if he will continue to be surnamed Rong in this world?

The first emperor patiently analyzed for him, emphasizing that the best attitude is to respect and favor Zhao Ziye to a certain extent, but must not be spoiled to the point that the backyard is clean.

In order to prevent Rong Jing from being strong in blood and temperament, and unable to control the womanhood, the first emperor specially told Concubine Mo about this consideration, and asked Concubine Mo to continue to supervise Rong Jing after her death.

As a result, Concubine Mo became wary of the entire Zhao family, and looked at the Zhao family like future rebels and thieves.

For the sake of "good son", she designed her trusted niece Mo to be a side concubine.

Zhao Ziye's concession seemed to her to be evidence of the wolf's ambition: "If you really love you, how can you not make a big fuss about such a thing? You must know that now we are asking for the Zhao family, if she doesn't give in an inch, can our mother not give in? This truth, a smart person like her will not think clearly." It can be seen that the Zhao family is ambitious, pretending to be virtuous, but it is just to paralyze you!"

Rong Jing played a perfectly sensible and just right person in the concubine's "Don't forget the expectations of the first emperor for you" again and again.

Respect and maintain the concubine, and the rain and dew in the side room are not harsh.

He thought that this kind of patience would come to an end after all, and when the time came, he could also put down the mask and shelf, and talk to Zhao Ziye for a long time, and talk about the thrilling glance of his youth.

However, after that snowy night, Zhao Ziye, who stood up from the lakeside, was full of gorgeous hair, and since then layers of frost have condensed between the two.

There will never be a day of melting.

It seems that Zhao Ziye's will, Rong Jing's last will, must be buried with his wife.

Rong Qingyu was sandwiched between his parents, and his mood was complicated and indescribable.

Occasionally, he would have the idea that it would be nice if Rong Sleeping Crane's younger brother had never existed.

Then they may lose the battle, but they will not wither like this.

But soon he will reproach himself, which is a very unconscionable thought.

What's more, if it weren't for Rong Mianhe's accident back then, which caused Zhao Ziye to kill the backyard of the palace, he would not have been as unreservedly favored as Rong Jing.

often feels that his father's love is paid by his younger brother.

The older Rong Qingchu gets, the more he likes to recall, and the more he thinks about it, the more tormented he feels.

This year, he finally planned to fulfill his promise to Zhao Ziye and go to Tortoiseshell Island.

He thought that the Emperor Taishang, who was in Nanfeng County, would be willing to accompany him to take a look.

However, the Emperor remained in the palace.

At this time, there were still a few people on Tortoiseshell Island, probably the old people of Wuyi Camp, who returned to their roots, and these people regarded Tortoiseshell Island as their hometown, and when they grew older, they moved back to the island to live, and they didn't care about the inconvenience of living here.

They didn't pay much attention to Rong Qingchu's arrival.

It's just that for the sake of the face of the Emperor Taishang, I found two relatively young people and took him to see some places where the Emperor Taishang lived back then...... These places have long since been destroyed, and most of them are in ruins.

Because the tortoiseshell island is on the sea after all, the humidity is heavy, the wind is strong, the South China Sea is warm and warm, and the grass and trees are verdant, when Rong Sleeping Crane took the Wuyi Battalion and the Jishan Battalion to fight in the north and south, the manpower on the island was too powerful, and he couldn't take care of all the buildings, and Rong Sleeping Crane really had no feelings for his former residence.

The only thing that is well preserved is probably the cave where the first five days lived.

Rong Qingchu had never paid attention to the fifth day of the junior high school before.

Until this trip, the person who led the way said casually: "The emperor of this valley has lived with the fifth master for a few days, and the name of the fifth master is the fifth day of the first month, which was raised by the emperor." Said it was because I met on the fifth day of the new year...... As for whether it is or not, I don't know. ”

Rong Qingchu suddenly burst into tears.

What he thinks is that the fifth day of the first month meets the fifth day of the first month, which may not be true, but he is afraid that it is because the beginning of Rong Sleeping Crane's life is because he was born on the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

At that time, the clan bloodline on the island named the little leopard who depended on each other "Chu Wu", is it to remember, or is it self-deprecation, or hatred?

Later, when he went to the palace, he asked the Emperor Taishang this question alone.

However, the Emperor just smiled: "Who remembers the events of so many years?

The majesty between the emperor's eyebrows, who is no longer young, has faded a lot because he accompanied the Empress Dowager Sheng Weiqiao to live in Nanfeng County. The smile at the corner of his eyes and eyebrows was bright, and he looked at the sky and clouds.

Rong Qingjiu, who thought he was wooden, speculated and speculated, but he couldn't guess whether he really forgot, or did he pretend to forget?

Later, when he retired, he saw that the younger brother broke a flower branch, walked leisurely across the corridor, and went to insert a bottle for the Empress Dowager Sheng, the couple played and laughed and scolded as if they were still teenagers, looking at them through the window lattice for a long time, Rong Qingchu smiled a little self-defeatingly: Maybe the emperor didn't forget, but he didn't care at all, so he didn't bother to say much.

And these people, at least the two generations of Gaomi Palace, have always had to live this life in this tragedy, heavy and depressed.

Probably this is the price of being the eldest son but not having the talent of the son, so that he gave birth to the ambition of Concubine Mo and caused the tragedy of the palace?

On the way out of the palace, Rong Qing thought about it.

He died a month after returning to Chang'an, and Emperor Chengtai and King Lingqiu personally came to mourn.

The Emperor Taishang personally set a good name and ordered to be buried next to Rong Jing's mausoleum.

Extremely glorious.