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At the beginning of March, the sun is bright, and the early blooming cluster of peach blossoms has already revealed its new stamen. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Li Shuci sat quietly in front of the dressing table, looking at the person in the mirror. The corners of her eyebrows and eyes had already revealed the bitter thoughts in her heart. Diao Liu died, and Yang Yan came to inquire about it, but Li Shuci didn't show anything, but he suddenly felt lonely and empty. I thought that this person had waited for her wholeheartedly for many years, and was willing to understand her, love her, and tolerate her. If she can marry such a person, her life can be considered complete.

She let herself in the mirror, trying to lift the corners of her lips and bloom a smile. A beam of sunlight hit the mirror, and the light in the bronze mirror was in a trance, and then, she saw the breezy and moon-like man standing behind her, with soft light and shadow on his body, his long body was not stained with a trace of mortal dust, and his eyes looked at her in the mirror, the smile that forcibly suppressed the pain.

She was startled, stood up suddenly, turned around, and said in surprise: "Lord Wang?"

He sat down, and then let out a very natural 'um', his eyes softened by the warm sun, and he said, "Why are you surprised?

Li Shuci pulled herself out of her unresponsive emotions at this time, she subconsciously glanced at the door, and said with a dry smile: "Ah, ha...... That, I thought the prince would come over at night...... So ......"

There seemed to be a smile in the eyes of the Confucian king, and he said: "That girl of yours is guarding outside the door, and when she sees that this king is coming, she will naturally not stop her." But you seem to have gotten used to the king's coming here at night?"

"Huh? ah...... No, no...... I mean, the prince naturally comes whenever he wants......" After speaking, Li Shuci felt that this was wrong, and his face was red all the way from his forehead to the roots of his ears, and then spread to his snow-white neck, as thick as the peach blossom outside the courtyard.

The Confucian King's gaze stayed on her half-scattered hair, Li Shuci was a little embarrassed, when she didn't go out, she usually didn't like to pull her hair in a bun, and only pulled the hair on both sides to the back of her head, trying to be so relaxed. How did she know that the Confucian King would come at this time? She lowered her head slightly in embarrassment, and her black hair slid down from her shoulders to the placket, hanging down softly along the soft old silk white skirt......

At this moment, the Confucian King felt a long-lost lightness in this girl who was lazy in spring dressing, allowing him to temporarily let go of the complicated heaviness that he had suppressed for many years. His face was calm and unwavering, but the corners of his mouth curled a little, "Say it." ”

Li Shuci was stunned for a moment, feeling more and more embarrassed, and forced herself to concentrate on recounting the discoveries she and Helian Tao had made in the past few days. The Confucian King listened quietly at first, but when he heard it, his face was already ugly, "What you said is true? If there is half a falsehood, you have already committed a heinous crime, and no one can save you!"

The red glow on Li Shuci's cheeks receded, her eyes were firm, she forgot the previous embarrassment atmosphere, her back straightened, and she said word by word: "None of what you said today is false! ”

The Confucian King closed his eyes in reverie, and only opened his eyes after a while, his pupils were cloudy, as if a storm was coming, and he said: "I did suspect that the death of my mother was related to Empress Shen, but there is one thing you said is wrong...... The relationship between my mother and Empress Shen is not only not tense, but also very close. Queen Shen was able to enter the palace back then, and it was also because of my mother's concubine......"

"How could it be?" Li Shuci didn't expect this to be the case at all.

King Confucius shook his head, "I was still young at the time, and I didn't know if there was anything inside, but then my mother died of illness, and soon after, Empress Shen had an accident...... Although I have doubted it, I have not found any trace for many years, and if it is said that my father killed Empress Shen in order to avenge my mother's concubine, I don't believe it. I know my father better than anyone else. He only has this world in his heart, and even my mother, who has been by his side since childhood, is just one of his favorite things......"

Li Shuci hesitated for a while and asked, "Lord Wang, please forgive me for being unreasonable...... Concubine De's life experience......"

"My mother is indeed an orphan of the previous dynasty...... Chongnan went through three generations of emperors, and after the first Nanwu Emperor destroyed the previous dynasty, he gave the most beautiful princess of the previous dynasty to one of his sons, that is, my father's imperial uncle, but this imperial uncle died in the battle for the throne not long after...... The second emperor, Emperor Chongwu, after the first emperor ascended the throne, gave the princess to a courtier, who was so humiliated that after giving birth to her daughter, she hanged herself...... And that daughter is my mother, the courtier doesn't treat her as a human being at all, and the queen mother, who was still a concubine at the time, saw that she had a pitiful background, so she asked her to come and let her be a girl by her side. At that time, my father was a very inconspicuous of all the princes, and by chance, they met, and she accompanied him through one difficult day after another...... Until his father ascended the throne and became Concubine De. ”

The Confucian King whispered, his voice seemed to travel to the past, bringing the poor Concubine De Niangniang to Li Shuci's eyes, "My mother is kind-hearted, in my impression, I have never seen her angry with anyone, and I have never even wrinkled her face with anyone, when I was three years old, I can already remember many things, when Queen Shen entered the palace, there were four princes born to concubines in the palace, but as Queen Shen gradually gained power, the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother all died in different accidents...... I was left with only one prince, and the unborn child in Empress Shen's womb, and I could feel that my mother's state of mind seemed to have changed...... Later, my mother fell ill and couldn't afford to get sick, and she died not long after. On the day of production, Empress Shen burned Jingrui Palace to ashes with a fire...... Mother and son are dead......"

Li Shuci was miserable, but he was even more convinced that Concubine De's death must be related to Empress Shen: "Then can the prince know, why doesn't the monarch believe that Empress Shen's mother and son are dead?

"All the palace maids in Jingrui Palace have almost been wiped out, but there is one palace maid who is the palace maid in Concubine Hui's palace, named Dou'er. Suddenly gone...... Concubine Hui Niangniang had quite a trick, and it didn't take long to find out that this palace maid was entered by Queen Shen and then sent to Concubine Hui's palace. ”

"Dou'er, is Dou'er Gu Rou?"

The Confucian King nodded, "According to what you said, it is indeed possible that it is the same person." ”

"It seems that Queen Shen is a good chess player, and she has already taken precautions......

"That's right, Queen Shen is scheming, Concubine Hui is the most born in the rivers and lakes, and her identity is not obvious, but the power in her hands may not be worse than that of Queen Shen at that time, but she has never been able to conceive an heir. After Empress Shen's death, Concubine Hui became pregnant......"

"This Empress Shen's methods are really amazing......"

"Not long after Queen Shen died, the king ordained the queen, I am afraid that the father was afraid that the Shen family would send another daughter of the Shen family into the palace as the queen, so he used the excuse of falling in love with the queen at first sight, and directly cut off the ambition of the Shen family. The Confucian King frowned: "Over the years, what I have never understood is why my mother and concubine recommended Empress Shen to the palace, what is the relationship or entanglement between them? What is the origin of this Empress Shen? Is she really just a side branch of the Shen family or an ordinary woman who lives in the house? And your grandfather's concubine, the Shen family, is there any connection with Empress Shen? Why is she holding the token of the former emperor in her hand...... And what happened to my mother's death? ”

A heavy fog escaped between the two of them, and there was silence.

Confucian King Jin Sheng, the most noble and wise prince in Chongnan, was like a child who had lost his beloved items in front of Li Shuci at this time, dazed and sad.

Li Shuci didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only say: "Lord Wang, the truth will always be revealed one day." ”

The Confucian King regained his previous look, looking at her, the momentary confusion seemed to be just an illusion of Li Shuci alone, and even the only trace of gentleness in his eyes before disappeared, he said: "You are a little woman who has not yet reached the end of time, where did you get the courage to dare to explore the deepest and most unsightly secrets in the palace? ”

Li Shuci said softly: "Lord Wang, everything in this world, no matter how long, will one day present its truest side in front of everyone, if there is the truth, then it is destined to be revealed, not whether you dare or not, but whether you want to or not." ”

The Confucian King looked at her deeply, stopped talking, and left quietly as he had come. Only Li Shuci's voice was left to dissipate around like a cloud. She stood still for a moment, as usual, when nothing happened, called Qingge to come in to help her change clothes, what happened these days is much more urgent, she feels that there are some things, she should discuss with her father, after all, her father is the only concubine of the Li family.

Li Shuci walked to Li Weiqing's study, but found that he was not there, she turned around and walked through the long vermilion carved corridor, and walked towards Mingshoutang, now the Yao family is with the old lady every day for a moment, and even Li Weiqing is alienated by her.

"Mother. ”

Hearing Li Shuci's voice, Yao took his eyes off the old lady's body, "Ah Ci, you're here." Your grandmother's condition is getting worse...... In the past few days, I have been sleeping more and more ......" said, her eyes were red, tears were condensed, Li Shuci saw her like this, her heartache was also irrepressible, and she couldn't say words of comfort, she just hugged Yao's and talked about other things, trying to divert her attention.

"Mother, just now I went to my father's study, but he wasn't there?

Yao wiped his eyes and said, "Your father's uncle died of illness, and only your aunt and cousin are left in the family, so your father wants to take them to the Li family, and they will go to Beijing this afternoon." ”

Li Shuci only felt a buzz in his head, and asked urgently, "Father's cousin?"

Yao Shi said angrily: "How can Ah Ci even forget his own relatives? ”

Li Shuci only felt that his hands and feet were frozen there: "An Qirong?"