Chapter 481: Rouge is like blood
The woman was very curious about why the old man in front of her was willing to send someone to live under the fence after the end of the battle of the West, and became the director of the Crow's Nest to bring those wandering masters of the West into his hands, and rescued her from the prison of the Criminal Department who had committed the crime of killing the king, obviously what agreement was reached with Chu Xiaohua, and the old man seemed to have been enduring something.
It is said that he handed over the two princes of the dead country to Chu Xiaohua's hands, in order to kneel and beg Chu Xiaohua for mercy to the Xilin scholars, otherwise Chu Xiaohua would not agree to let these two finished eggs grow up safely in the Dayin Palace, although in the end Su Changqing's actions disappointed everyone, but Su Changyan returned to Xilin as the empress, the ending was not satisfactory but it was satisfactory, and the old man could not find any reason to condemn Chu Xiaohua.
Chu Xiaohua concealed from all the ministers that he turned a minister from the west into the director of the crow's nest, and included the remnants of the Xilin masters into the crow's nest, and used their hands to kill the courtiers of the Yin country, if this matter is known to the people of the Yin country, it will inevitably cause an uproar, after all, they all have family and friends who died on the battlefield in the west, and many people died in the west, and the same is true of the Yin country, how can the people of the west become weapons in their own hands and use them to slaughter their compatriots who have made mistakes?
Chu Xiaohua didn't care about these thoughts to curb his actions, the people who were useful to him were his compatriots, and one of the maids beside his son was the princess of Xilin.
Chu Xianzhao's protection of this deceased princess is in everyone's eyes, no one will feel that the princess has been wronged by his side, not to mention that the restoration of Xilin is Chu Xianzhao's promoter, just by virtue of this, Chu Xianzhao can be said to be as kind to Xilin, but everyone only remembers that he killed the last prince of Xilin, and hatred is difficult to forgive with reason.
The old man dressed in black but with white hair as snow sighed softly: "The best thing Chu Xiaohua has ever done to Xilin is to give birth to Chu Xianzhao's son, I thought that after he became the emperor of Yinguo in the future, the life of the people in Xilin should be better, but now this madman has forced his son away." β
"I don't stay in the crow's nest all year round, I will also go out for a walk at night, to see our princess and the prince, when the princess just came to Yinguo, I once went to Chu Xianzhao's residence to visit Her Royal Highness the princess, and saw the child kneeling in the courtyard with a book in his hand, the princess sat next to him and read with him, the snow was like goose feathers, the two children accompanied each other, Chu Xianzhao also made a few jokes with the princess from time to time to make fun of her, I watched them on the beam of the house for a night, and did not leave until they went back to the house to sleep, I only felt that I liked the child named Chu Xianzhao very much, and felt that he was with the princess, even if the west is in the dead country, the princess will not feel lonely. β
The old man's eyes were full of memories and remorse.
The woman said softly: "When His Royal Highness the Prince rebelled, why didn't we come out to help him, maybe there was a chance-"
The old man interrupted her without hesitation and said
"Not a chance, and by the time I know the news, it's too late, I shouldn't have let him-"
At this point, the old man sighed and said no more.
The woman was speechless, and suddenly felt that the matter of Su Changqing leading the rebel uprising at that time was inextricably linked to this director.
The old man suddenly raised his head and said: "But we still have a chance to defeat Chu Xiaohua, and use Chu Xianzhao, a chess piece that has gone crazy in Chu Xiaohua's opinion, to deal with him, after you go to Nanlu to find Chu Xuanzhao, tell me first, and then I will inform Chu Xiaohua." β
The woman did not hesitate and said, "I only listen to the teacher." β
The old man said with a smile: "I hope that before I go to hell, I can pull Chu Xiaohua down with me, but I don't know if you will come?"
The woman shook her head slightly and said, "My father is a good man, he won't be in hell, so I want to go to heaven to see him, and I hope that Lord Yama won't embarrass me, a poor woman." β
"But they will accompany you, teacher. β
The woman looked at the pitch-black shadows standing behind the old man, if she hadn't seen the silver buttons on both sides of the crow's beak mask on their faces, she would have thought that behind the old man was a black wall, and it was these people's hands that plucked the heads of countless Yinguo officials.
Killer of the Night, Raven Qiwei.
"Chu Xianzhao left the Yin Kingdom full of anger this time, I want to see how this father and son will kill each other in the future, I want to turn his own son Chu Xiaohua into his biggest enemy, let him taste the feeling of betrayal and separation, and die in endless torture...... Although I can't kill Chu Xiaohua with my own hands, I can kill Chu Xiaohua with Chu Xuanzhao's hand, drag this biggest demon in the world into hell, let him suffer the poisonous fire of hell, and there will be no peace for eternity!"
"Since Chu Xiaohua wants to win so much, then I want him to win nothing!"
The old man's voice was filled with endless anger and resentment, and a chill in his pupils was like a thousand-foot ice spring.
"It's pathetic. β
The woman put on the hood on her back, covered her face with a crow's beak mask, and turned away.
She returned to the small courtyard that was silent and uninhabited, gently pushed open the door and entered, took off her cloak and set it aside, sat down in front of the bronze mirror and opened the dressing box, which was as carmine as blood.
She took off the mask and set it aside, stretched out a finger that was as moist as a spring onion, and slowly applied it to her lips.
Rouge was like blood, like the blood that flowed from her fingertips.
Every time she kills someone, she takes a vial of blood from his body and takes it back to make rouge.
During the years she served as a crow guard, the only things that interested her were only three things, killing, putting on makeup, and copying poetry.
The corners of the room were filled with thick poems, all of which were quiet when she had nothing else to do
The heart is copied, and after each one, she will use her father's bloodstone seal to slowly settle the money, and the red clay used is the rouge on her mouth.
"The ancient palace is sparse, and the palace flowers are lonely and red. The white-haired palace maid was here, sitting idly and talking about Wang Zong, this situation could not be eliminated, so she frowned in her heart......"
The charming-eyed beauty who tilted her head in front of the bronze mirror and smeared rouge on this bewitching face, at this time, her red lips were as full as blood-red roses, the woman pursed her lips, and slowly read out this love poem that I don't know how many times I have copied it.
Ten years ago, a young girl sat here, trembling and taking off the duckbill mask on her face, and then smearing the blood from her fingers on her lips for the first time.
Ten years later, the girl has become a woman, but the bright red on her mouth has not faded by half a point, and it is more bewitching and moving than ten years ago.
The woman looked at herself in the bronze mirror, her eyes were empty, and she said to herself: "Father, mother, my daughter is going to Nanlu to find someone." If you have a spirit in heaven, please bless your daughter for a successful future, because she does not want to die in a land so far south from home, at least not before our enemies. β
In the tears, she seemed to see the face of the deceased in the bronze mirror, and the woman's eyes were demented and tears flowed.
She didn't wipe away her tears, and said with a smile: "Pathetic?"
ββ
"Why is Your Majesty so free to come and see us today?"
Chu Xun looked up and saw the man standing in front of the door, his eyes were indifferent, as if he was looking at a stranger
Since Chu Xianzhao left, she had never called this man father again, but Your Majesty.
After Emperor Yin woke up from the heavy blow, Chu Xun never paid attention to the affairs of the imperial court anymore and kept taking care of the pregnant Su Nianyu.
Now Su Nianyu has a big belly, Emperor Yin wanted to sneak a look at this woman who was not his daughter-in-law in name but was actually pregnant with his grandson, but he didn't expect Chu Xun to be here, which made the iron-blooded king feel a little embarrassed.
However, Su Nianyu seems to be very open-minded, Emperor Yin previously told her that Chu Xianzhao did not die but left temporarily, no matter what reason she left, she couldn't care, but as long as Chu Xianzhao was alive now, the child in her womb would not become a posthumous child, which was enough.
Speaking of which, Emperor Yin has always been indifferent to the marriage of his eldest son and daughter, if it is placed in the countryside of Yinguo, it is rare for a woman like Chu Xun to be almost twenty years old and not married, and the same is true for the eldest prince Chu Yingyang, but let the youngest Chu Xianzhao marry the princess of the Bottle Kingdom.
But this matter is still in vain after all, and now the child that Su Nianyu is carrying in her belly is the first grandson of the Chu royal family.
It's just that the emperor's grandson's mother is a Qinglou woman, which makes Emperor Yinhuang inevitably feel a little regretful, but he is not a stubborn and rigid country man, the child's father is Chu Xuanzhao, just let the past pass.
The eunuch at the door closed the door willingly, and Emperor Yinhuang tried his best to put on a gentle elder's appearance, and walked over with a slight smile in his eyes.
It had been almost three months since that incident, and when he counted that his own grandson might be born in a few months, there was finally something to be happy about.
Chu Xun looked at his father with a smile on his face, and there was a trace of coldness and fear in his heart for no reason.
She has been avoiding Emperor Yinhuang these days, but it is the first time that she has not asked her father for almost a month, and this time Emperor Yinhuang took the initiative to come to see herself and Su Nianyu, which made her a little unsure of how to deal with it.
In the Great Yin Palace, Chu Xun has always been the one who is not afraid of Emperor Yin, until after that incident, in the face of the weeping eagle Wan who was almost reduced to ruins, Chu Xun, who has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, finally understood how terrible his younger brother and father's strength was, especially the corpses and blood swept away in the palace these days, which made her deeply feel the coldness and darkness of this palace.
She didn't have the courage of her aunt to scold Emperor Yinhuang for killing her son at the wedding in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and then leave the palace with her daughter, nor did she want to fight Emperor Yinhuang's self-depravity by not eating or drinking like Chu Yingyang.
This is her home, she is a caged finch that can't fly out of the palace, no matter how bright and gorgeous the feathers on her body are, her wings will eventually be broken by herself.
If she could, she would rather never see this man's face again in the next life, especially when she learned that since Chu Xuanzhao left, Emperor Yin, who had never been a woman, had chosen a concubine for the first time, which made her heart even colder.
The king is always cruel, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't have a son, anyway, there are as many women in this dynasty as he is willing to give birth to a child for him, so how can he worry about the problem of severing the bloodline.
Even though her face became more and more gloomy and ugly, to her surprise, Emperor Yin's face was still like a spring breeze, and he stood at the door for a while with a thick skin, and he didn't go to greet him, Su Nianyu was embarrassed, although she didn't dare to look directly into Emperor Yinhuang's eyes, she sat up from the bed with her stomach up, thinking about kneeling down to Emperor Yin.
Chu Xun gently pressed her down, and said solemnly in the face of Emperor Yin: "Your Majesty is not in the imperial court at this time, what are you doing here, with me, the princess and other maids taking care of her, Your Majesty does not need to worry about anything." β
Emperor Yin put down the king's figure, and said in a good voice: "She is pregnant with my grandson, of course I am worried, I still want to give her a name, otherwise I really can't get over it." β
Chu Xun sneered lightly, and said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty is really a kind elder, let my daughter listen to it so moving, if my younger brother can hear your words, I don't know how to thank you in my heart." β
At the mention of Chu Xianzhao, Emperor Yin's tone obviously deepened, and said, "Chu Xun, I just want to come to take a good look at you today, not to quarrel with you."
, I have my own arrangements for Xiao Zhao's affairs. β
"yes, you'll always have a plan, and being your son and daughter is reallyβ"
Su Nianyu pulled Chu Xun's sleeve to prevent her from continuing to ridicule Emperor Yin, and it would not be beneficial for the family to continue to fight.
Chu Xun looked at this soft woman with smooth and white skin and her nephew in her belly, it has been almost two years since Chu Xianzhao brought her into the palace to pinch her fingers, and when the two met at the beginning, they always looked at who was unpleasant, especially Chu Xun looked at her and her younger brother's concubine-like appearance, and couldn't wait to slap her in the face and scold her shamelessly to seduce her younger brother.
The slap that used to want to be sucked into her face is now gently caressing her belly, and she, like Emperor Yin, also hopes that the child in Su Nianyu's belly can be born safely, after all, blood is thicker than water.
Su Nianyu stood up and walked in front of Emperor Yin, lightly made a blessing, and said happily: "Your Majesty has a lot of government affairs and came to see me and Her Royal Highness the Princess, and I really don't want to go." β
Only then did Emperor Yin see her figure clearly, stretched out his hand from the imperial robe, and gently stroked her belly before helping her sit on the chair beside her.
This process was thrilling to see Chu Xun, from Chu Yingyang's mouth, she learned how strong Emperor Yin's true strength was, if he hadn't arrived in time, maybe these hands would have personally ended her brother's life.
"I hope Your Majesty can be kind to the child in this belly in the future, and I don't know if I can give birth to a boy. β
Emperor Yin said with emotion: "Whether it is male or female, I will naturally be good to this child, I promise you that after the child is born, I will personally name him, and will never let him become an illegitimate child in the mouth of the world." β
The more Chu Xun listened, the more he wanted to laugh, and Emperor Yinhuang put on this gentle tone, if people who don't know still think that what she has in her belly is your child.
Su Nianyu shook her head and said: "I just thought that Xiao Zhao could come back soon, I don't need a name or anything, especially if I was born like me, I was criticized, my child was born as a prince of a country, as a mother, I am already very satisfied, the only thing I want now is that the child's father can come back soon, can Your Majesty promise me to bring Xiao Zhao back?"
Emperor Yin sighed and said, "Xiao Zhao...... Now that he is on the southern side, I have planned to send someone to find him recently, you can take care of the baby, and don't worry about Xiaozhao. β
Su Nianyu nodded with red eyes, although he said it very quietly, he was still heard by Chu Xun.
Nanriku ...... It turned out that her younger brother went to Nanlu, no wonder her people couldn't find Chu Xianzhao's whereabouts no matter how they searched, it turned out that he had already left the Dayin Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Chu Xun's heart shook for a while, compared to her phoenix with broken wings, she didn't expect her younger brother to fly so far and cross the ocean to the land of the Southern Continent.
Emperor Yin stayed here for the first time
Li accompanied them to lunch for a while, during which Chu Xun didn't say a word, but Emperor Yin chatted with Su Nianyu, asking her if she was uncomfortable in the palace, whether she was used to eating food, in short, it was polite words.
It was not until almost the afternoon that Emperor Yinhuang planned to leave when Su Nianyu wanted to rest, and even Chu Xun left with him, no longer disturbing Su Nianyu to rest.
The father and daughter walked silently in the long palace gate, during which the eunuchs and palace maids they met all knelt down and bowed, although it was autumn, but for some reason the sky was gray this afternoon, as if in the cold winter.
The road on both sides of the palace road was lit with faint palace lights, shining on the bodies of His Majesty Emperor Yin and Her Royal Highness the Princess, and suddenly the shadow that suddenly disappeared was like a sword that was repeatedly unsheathed, making the palace maids and eunuchs on the road feel sincere fear.
Now that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World has left, he has covered the entire palace with a layer of frost since the end of summer, and in the past he could still be heard smiling and greeting the palace maids, but now the prince who made the whole palace feel admired and lively has disappeared, and some people even said in the dead of night that they saw a white figure appear in the palace, this figure has no mouth and nose, only a pair of purple eyes, some people say that it is the soul of the prince.
These words naturally reached the ears of Emperor Yin, who is a monster who looks a little like a human, in addition to the identity of the emperor, he is also a father, a brother, and a husband.
It was precisely because of Chu Xianzhao's departure that his identities suddenly became blurred, and everyone did not dare to call him in a second way except for calling him His Majesty in unison, which made him feel deeply helpless.
In addition to helplessness, Emperor Yin had more complex emotions in his heart, which could perhaps be defined as anger, he was angry that the princess of Daqin that Chu instantly summoned back, and angrily gave up his own robe for his son Yin and put on Daqin's dragon robe, that was the first time he wanted to kill the two of them so angrily, but now it made him feel extremely regretful.
Today, I saw Chu Xun's eyebrows and eyes, and thought of Chu Xianzhao, who was taken away by Princess Daqin with bruises all over his body, Emperor Yin's eyes became even more complicated, and he said slowly: "Xunxuan, don't blame my father for being ruthless, I can tolerate Xiao Zhao's outrageous behavior, just like Miss Su who was brought back by him, at that time, you wanted to die and not let her be with Xiao Zhao, but I felt that there was no problem at all, not all women outside the palace were dirty, and there were very good women who were suitable for Xiao Zhao." But the reason why I was so angry that day, and even wanted to kill this son with my own hands, was because your brother was bewitched by a woman who was extremely cunning, and she wanted to use your brother to achieve some unseemly things, and I was also out of helplessness. β
Chu Xun only felt ridiculous when he heard it, the extremely cunning person, wasn't it you talking about yourself?
When she turned her head to look, she found that Emperor Yin's body had become rickety at some point, and the monarch had to die if the biological father in front of him wanted to be in Yin
If the country kills a person, it is even easier than pinching an ant to death, and he can always find an excuse to appease the people, just like the great priest who was executed by him that day, no one dares to use these two things to blame Emperor Yin.
It was this man who made the Great Yin Dynasty above the countries of the Northern Regions, as long as it didn't damage the overall situation, whether it was right or wrong, he didn't need to explain and no one dared to question what he did.
At this time, in such an autumn afternoon, Emperor Yinhuang seemed to take the initiative to admit his mistakes, and as if he shirked his responsibility, he spoke to his daughter.
(End of this chapter) I want to talk about "The Throne of the Apocalypse" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~