Yu Yan reorganized his clothes and just knelt in front of the door when the red wooden door was suddenly burst open by a strong force. Under the dark of the day, the emperor stood in front of him in a dark blue red dragon robe. His expression was not clear in the backlight, but the murderous aura and anger that soared into the sky could be perceived lightly. Yu Yan put his head on the ground and saluted heavily: "Emperor Jin'an."

In the midst of the lightning and fire, a woman with long hair suddenly jumped out from behind him, and she was only wearing a pajamas woven of silk under her purple jade Xuan pattern robe, and before Yu Yan could raise her head, she rushed forward and grabbed Yu Yan's neck fiercely, and said hysterically: "Return my Yongxi!" ”

Yu Yan never knew that Ning Shuyuan's thin body contained so much strength. She only felt that the woman's two fingers were deeply embedded in her veins, and her breathless brain gradually went blank. At the same time as the consciousness faded, the cry in the ears seemed to be from the distant shore, so heart-rending, and the listener was moved.

Ning Shuyuan was so sad that she cried and fainted. As soon as Yuyan's neck was loosened, she also collapsed to the side, gulping out the cold and wet air of the morning. The man standing upright in front of him looked at the scene in front of him, but he didn't move.

"The queen is dressed solemnly, as if she knows what is happening."

There was still a bitter and bloody breath in her throat, but Yu Yan couldn't care about it, she touched the ground with her head again, trying to keep her tone steady: "The son of a sinister is not filial, and he knows that he has caused a monstrous disaster." The concubines have no way to discipline them, and they are willing to bear the responsibility together. ”

The emperor looked coldly at the mother and son kneeling side by side, and the color of blood on his face seemed to be sucked out little by little. "Now that you have confessed your sins, there is no need for me to repeat them."

"The concubine didn't dare to ask the emperor for forgiveness, but," she paused, and then said in a deep voice, "Yongtai had a dispute with the eldest prince, and in a hurry, he accidentally overthrew the eldest prince, at most it can only be regarded as an unintentional mistake." The emperor's concubines were also sad about the loss of their son, but they also asked the emperor to be clear. ”

Yu Hao's gaze turned on her rather tired face, which was already covered with a layer of gloom: "Unintentional mistake? Didn't you orchestrate this tragedy? ”

"The concubine has never had such a heart." Yu Yan's voice was cold and quiet, as if he had expected him to ask such a question. "If there is such a intention, the concubine will do it seamlessly."

Yu Hao's eyes suddenly froze, and the green tendons on his forehead were already visible. Ning Shuyuan, who was beside him, had just regained her senses at this time, and when she heard this, she stood up with the help of the palace maid, and pointed at Yongtai, who bowed his head and was silent, with one hand: "Blood debt and blood repayment, this palace wants him to pay for one life!" ”

Yongtai was so frightened when he heard the words that his face was bloodless, and he kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy: "Erchen really has no intention of harming people, and the father wants to make decisions for Erchen!" ”

"If the emperor wants to sentence Yongtai, the concubines naturally have nothing to say. It's just that the emperor has already lost a son, does he really want to kill them all? Yu Yan raised his eyes slightly, his expression was as cold as ice under the eaves, "Yongxi is the emperor's flesh and blood, isn't Yongtai anymore." ”

"I don't have this bastard son!" Yu Hao couldn't suppress his grief and hatred, and kicked Yongtai to the ground as soon as he raised his leg. However, where did the young man dare to cry out for pain at this time, and hurriedly dragged his body in severe pain to crawl towards Ning Shuyuan, "Concubine Ning, you have regarded Yongtai as your own since you were a child, do you really want to kill Yongtai." ”

Ning Shuyuan was already in tears at this moment, and a pair of scarlet eyes glared at Yu Yan fiercely. "It's all you...... Today's step is all your fault! She was so grief-stricken that she was about to faint again. Yu Hao knew that her body like her could not withstand any blows, so she had to send someone to send her back to the palace first. Yu Hao's eyes when he looked at Yongtai were disappointed, angry, resentful, and moved. Maybe at this moment, he really wanted to kill this unscrupulous son to comfort Yongxi's spirit in the sky, but he had to desperately suppress this impulse.

The emperor ordered Yuyan and Yongtai to be placed under house arrest in the palace respectively, and no one was allowed to contact them without a decree. And when the will was handed down, Yu Yan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. After all, tiger poison does not eat children, so although she is sorry for Ning Shuyuan, she has saved her child after all. Looking at Yongtai's distant back, she knelt down little by little, this kind of protection is the last time after all.

During the few days of the grounding, there was no servant around him, even personal palace maids such as Su E, who were restrained and tortured separately. Three meals a day would be brought into the temple as usual, but there would be no sign of the person who delivered the meal. For this matter, what kind of uproar there was in the harem of the previous dynasty, Yu Yan didn't know anything. She just knelt in front of the Buddhist shrine all day long and closed her eyes and chanted, and there was nothing else in her ears except the sound of leakage. It's like entering a closed world, she doesn't have to care about cumbersome palace rules and etiquette, fickle people are sophisticated, and all grievances and hatreds seem to be far away at this moment. She is just a reciter with no waves in her heart and no choice.

She knew that Yu Hao didn't kill her because of the child in her belly. Over the years, he has gradually evacuated his original veins, especially since the loss of Chengying, she has almost cut off contact with the outside world. Sima Zhong is old and no longer the mainstay of the court. Yu Hao cultivated a group of henchmen and controlled the entire court for him. He was an outstanding emperor, ruthless but wise. first used Qin Suyue to get rid of the queen mother, and then used himself to get rid of the queen and the imperial concubine. And these women, even if they know that they are being used, are willing. It's just because the life of the people in the harem is nothing but dedication to the emperor.

Now, it's time for him to get rid of himself.

It has been more than ten days since I saw the emperor again. He wore the usual clothes of the mercury-patterned sea wave bat, and there was no pendant between the sleeves of his plain shirt. Xu is because during the mourning, his beard and hair were not taken care of, and the pale blue outline of his face showed that he had aged a lot for no reason. When Yu Hao came in, Yu Yan didn't notice it, and still knelt on the gold silk cushion intently, chanting and praying without distraction, until the cold and hoarse voice sounded behind his head.

"What is the use of reciting more scriptures when people are gone?"

Yu Yan slowly came back to her senses, and she was also dressed in white. Between her eyebrows, the former nobility and arrogance were flattened, and she knew that she was a slender and weak woman. "The concubine has seen the emperor. The concubines chanted the scriptures just to calm their hearts. ”

The Son of Heaven chose a place to sit down, but looked at her indifferently: "The resentment accumulated over the years can be calmed down overnight." If this is the case, the Qin family, who eats fasting and recites Buddha, does not have to end up like this. ”

She knew that it was a bad omen for the emperor to compare her with the empress dowager. However, he didn't argue, just hung his head and listened.