Chapter 42: Killing the Palace
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Under the sun, the man was dressed casually, his honey-colored chest was exposed, his eyebrows were like flying feathers when he smiled, and his eyes were shining like colorful jewels.
Feng Zhiwei said "ah", and almost planted an upside-down onion from the horse.
I never thought that thousands of miles away, this person would appear here.
The man met her so surprised that he couldn't help his gaze, and smiled heartily, but in those bright and compelling eyes, there was also some special meaning flowing, vicissitudes, emotion, and infinite agitation that he tried to suppress.
Such complex emotions flowed out, and his eyes were like phoenixes, shallow and shallow with crystal light.
However, he only raised his chin higher, looked at Feng Zhiwei refreshingly, and smiled.
Prairie boys, don't shed tears for joy.
Not far away, only the eight guards of Qibiao were left, looking at their king with a smile on their chests and a warm expression.
Feng Zhiwei looked at everyone around, took a breath, jumped off the horse, looked Helian Zheng up and down for a long time, and then smiled: "Which gust of wind actually blew you here?" β
"The Wind of the Overlord." Helian Zheng raised his hand and led her horse, walked to a place where there were few people, and whispered in her ear, "The living Buddha of our grassland turned out to be the empress of Xiliang, how can I, the lord of the grassland, not come to escort?" β
Feng Zhiwei was a little surprised, she didn't inform Helian Zheng to come to this troubled water, after all, the grassland and Xiliang are too far apart, and Helian Zheng is such an identity, how can he casually leave the grassland and run, since she didn't inform her, could it be Ning Cheng? But she never told Ning Cheng who Gu knew about it.
Suddenly remembered that he was worried about the safety of his knowledge when he was drifting on the sea, and Young Master Gu said that it was okay, could it be that the young master informed him?
Gu Nanyi came into contact with her eyes, nodded slowly, and said simply, "To Xin Zongchen." β
Feng Zhiwei immediately understood that when Gu Nanyi knew her identity, she went to Zong Chen, and Zong Chen was afraid that she would be involved in the Xiliang political controversy, so he simply notified Helian Zheng.
The young master also began to slowly understand how to raise arrangements.
She suddenly remembered something and said, "You all came out, what about the grassland?" β
"Empress Dowager Peony." Helian Zheng said with a smile, "Chamutu can walk by herself, she is in a panic, I said that I have something to go out, she is busy to follow, and finally I rolled up the burden and ran away, she had no choice but to stay and watch the house, you can rest assured, the peony flower is not easy to mess with." β
Feng Zhi smiled, of course she knew that the peony flower was not easy to mess with, when the old king of Shunyi died violently, the prince was not returned outside, and she could protect the royal court and the royal army at such a difficult moment, but she was afraid that the grassland that had been cleaned up now? I just don't know if her belly pocket that "must be turbulent" and "must be sprayed thin" has changed a few words to embroider?
"How's it going?" She saw Helian Zheng take her to the west of the city and entered an inn, where the three floors and the outer three floors were covered, and Helian Zheng's people were inside and out, so she knew that it was not the time to enter the palace, so she simply went to the study with him.
"Lu Rui did it." Helian Zheng sat down and said with a smile, "But it's not the killing king of the big sword soldiers you imagined, the regent has the power of the army, the foundation is very deep, and the chances of rashly making a move are not great, in fact, Lu Rui did want to do it on the day of the regent's birthday, but as soon as he got up, the regent noticed it, and almost took all the people arranged by Lu Rui, and then everyone knew that Yin Zhishu was really not so simple, a few days ago Lu Rui made some inconspicuous small moves in the Korean army, slowly moved a group of his cronies to key positions, and instigated the border army to make trouble, Taking this opportunity to promote the change of defense in the autumn, I wanted to change a group of veterans who had followed the old emperor from the dragon to the capital, but the result was changed, and the regent also transferred the 30,000 horses of the Fengshan Longlie camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and directly transferred them to the Changping Palace to garrison. β
Feng Zhi listened quietly, and suddenly said, "Does Lu Rui want to lurk down and take a roundabout way to regain the country?" β
"I think so." Helian Zheng said, "When force and conspiracy are not enough to work, they will be imposed on the upper with inheritance rules, bypassing the regent, directly pointing the finger at the false emperor, and on the most formal occasion, confirming the true identity of the knowing, the ministers of the court still follow the orthodoxy, and there is no reason to respect the false emperor, and at that time, it will be the regent, and he will not be able to cover the sky with one hand." β
"This is a ......bit of a risk," Feng Zhi groaned slightly, but in her opinion, there was no better way - even if Lu Rui had been preparing for many years, he was under the regent after all, and there were many constraints, so it was indeed impossible to cripple the regent with one move.
But you can't cripple the regent, so that you know that ascending the throne under the watchful eye of such a person is tantamount to putting her life in the hands of jackals, how can it?
"Lu Rui has a secret letter for you." Helian Zheng handed over a letter to Feng Zhiwei, Feng Zhiwei read it quickly, burned the letter on the fire, and said lightly: "Lao Lu has a good calculation, what he means is that I will come forward to prove that I know his life experience, he maintains the image of the regent's loyal minister, and the golden palace seems to be right, but he will secretly help me, he said that only by maintaining his current position and authority and continuing to lurk by the regent's side can he better protect Zhizhi and give the enemy a blow when the time is ripe in the future." β
"I don't feel comfortable giving him my knowledge, who knows what kind of heart he has?" Helian Zheng was the first to object.
Gu Nanyi was silent, obviously not at ease, he could guarantee Gu Zhizhi's personal safety, but he couldn't cope with the tricks of the deep palace.
"Oh, one more thing." Helian Zheng suddenly remembered something, and said a little reluctantly, "The news of your disappearance has been transmitted back to Tiansheng, Your Majesty is furious, and ordered Xiao Yao and Chun to be at the border of Chen Bing, Xiao Yao Chunyu is eyeing in Longbei, looking like he is going to use force if he can't find anyone, over there Hua Qiong is also practicing all day long by the Weishui in southern Fujian, and there is nothing to cross the river halfway through, people are nervous, she immediately brings people back, so that the Xiliang border defenders don't even dare to sleep, Yin Zhishu has been worried a lot recently, and the emperor's birthday doesn't care much. β
Feng Zhi smiled slightly, knowing that Ning Yi really transferred Yao Yangyu and Chun Yumeng to the front line of southern Fujian and Longbei, she thought about it and asked, "Birthday is tomorrow?" β
"Yes, Lu Rui is still waiting for your reply."
Feng Zhiwei nodded and said: "Looking at the current measures of the Xiliang Imperial Court, although Lu Rui did not kill Yin Zhishu, he has already made a lot of preparations, as long as he can guarantee that he can know about the smooth ascension to the throne, kill Yin Zhishu, leave it to me." β
She smiled and stretched, "He can save the country in a roundabout way, I don't want to let a tiger know by my side, in fact, this person, no matter how big or small he is, it is very easy to really die." β
Helian Zheng laughed and said with deep feelings: "Yes, are there still few people who were killed by you?" β
Feng Zhi glanced at him slightly, and suddenly saw a shadow in the distance across Qi Biao, unrelentingly looking here, she recognized it for a while before she recognized it, and said in amazement: "Isn't this Jiarong, you brought her out too?" β
Helian Zheng patted his head, looking like he had forgotten about it, "I was so happy to see you, and I only cared about talking about things, and forgot about her, okay, just a word, you take her away and return it to Ning Yi, Lao Tzu is about to be crazy by her." β
Feng Zhiwei looked at his expression and knew what was happening, people say that strong women are afraid of pestering women, but sometimes strong men are also afraid of pestering women, and the king of Shunyi, who is as broad-minded as the grassland, seems to be unable to stand the gentle and tough woman's red powder around his fingers.
I understood in my heart, but I pretended to be stupid on my face and blinked, "Huh? Why? Aren't people already following you? β
"Follow a fart ......" Helian Zheng almost burst into foul language, glared at Feng Zhiwei, and suddenly realized that he was afraid of falling for this woman again, so he immediately changed his color, and said with a smile, "She didn't follow me, but I followed you, isn't my only concubine Feng Zhiwei?" She is the only beauty in my royal tent. β
"Sounds like I'm sorry for you." Feng Zhiwei held his chin and pretended to think about it, and discussed with him, "Or, you wrote a letter of resignation and divorced me?" β
"Don't think!" Helian Zheng replied simply, waving his hand not like he was confessing but like he wanted to kill, "Even if you can't occupy someone, it's good to occupy a name!" β
Having said this, Feng Zhiwei is not joking, she glanced at Jiarong, and saw the love and admiration in the woman's eyes clearly, Luohua is intentionally ruthless, Helian Zheng will not accept her no matter what, if she really wants to take her away, how will this woman live a miserable life? Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little resentful of Ning Yi, who somehow got people out, and then ignored them and threw them on the grassland, what the hell is going on?
Looking back, Ning Yi was only afraid that he would forget about this woman, in addition to being attentive to himself, this person really only had four words of indifference and ruthlessness to others.
She pondered for a while, and there was nothing to do, so she had to put it aside first, first took out the paper scroll that Changning Zhiyan gave to Lu Zhiyan in her arms, wrote a few words on one of them, handed it to Gu Nanyi and said: "Nanyi, this matter is important, you go to Lu Zhiyan in person, give this to him, remember to bring a guard to recognize the way." β
Gu Nanyi went silently, Feng Zhiwei looked at Helian Zheng with a smile, her eyes were full of calculations and terrifying, but Helian Zheng sat still on his legs with his arms on his shoulders, looking at her happily, even if you calculate me, I am happy, I am afraid that you will forget me.
He looked at her with that kind of joyful eyes, and he couldn't get enough of it, thinking that she looked good with raised eyebrows, sighed beautifully, spoke beautifully, and looked good with big white eyes, even if she didn't do anything in a daze, it was better than the most beautiful morning on the grassland.
Feng Zhiwei looked at his sincere and enthusiastic gaze, he was weak at first, turned his eyes, sighed for a while, and said, "Helian, I really don't want you to wade into this troubled water, I don't want you to wade into any troubled water." β
"The place you are in is my favorite grassland." Helian Zheng raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Where did the muddy water come from?" β
Feng Zhiwei was silent, Helian Zheng propped his hands in front of her, stared at her eyes, and said, "Auntie-Empress Dowager Peony said, don't talk about two families in the family, she also asked me to bring you a gift, oops, I almost forgot-" As he spoke, he took out a soft cloth bag from his arms and handed it over, and asked with great interest, "What is it?" Open it up and take a look. β
As soon as Feng Zhiwei's hand touched the cloth bag, it was like being burned by fire, and she didn't need to open it, she knew by the feeling that it was "must be turbulent, it must be sprayed!" β
"Uh...... Thank you for me, Concubine...... I'll take this and this. She sat down under the cloth bag at once, facing the curious gaze of Helian Zheng, for fear that he would continue to ask, so she quickly changed the topic and got down to business, "Okay, I'm not polite to you, you still think I'm verbose if I talk too much, Ming'er's preliminary plan is still the same as Lu Rui, I want to trip up the regent, and before he comes, I will confirm the background I know, just now Nanyi went to inform Lu Zhiyan to help with this, but I'm afraid that Changning Domain alone is not enough, I still need you to go." β
"You're trying to tie him up in a fake alliance? My grassland and Xiliang are thousands of miles apart, how can he believe it? β
"Interests are not divided into regions and national bodies," Feng Zhiwei said, "Xiliang is a place that is damp, hot and rainy, rich in medicinal materials, but it is not possible to raise horses, and you have the best horse farm in the world, and you also make good iron tools, but lack medicine, and Yin Zhishu is ambitious, and has always spared no effort to expand the military strength, you have what he needs most at the moment, you exchange war horses and iron weapons with them for medicine and food, they will not be willing to refuse." β
"It's just that we are far away on the border of Tiansheng, and Xiliang is separated by nearly half of Tiansheng's land, and the war horse and the country strictly prohibit leaving the country to cross the market, how to complete this exchange for such a long road? If this issue is not resolved, Yin Zhishu will not believe this so-called alliance proposal. β
Feng Zhi smiled slightly and praised: "Our king has grown and become more and more meticulous. He was rewarded by King Helian with a roll of his eyes before he smiled: "Changning is among you, I will negotiate with the little prince of Lu to let you cross, Changning's power cannot be underestimated, it seems that it only has Changning Domain, in fact, the power is all over the three nearby roads, with them to do their tricks, you can ensure that you have no problem in the first half of the road, after all, you take the border road, the Tiangao Emperor is far away, as for the final crossing, there is Huaqiong in southern Fujian, Yao Yangyu Chun Yumeng in Longbei, Yan Huaishi and the Shipping Affairs Division in the South China Sea, you take the land route by water or scattered, there are people to deal with you, I will make arrangements in the court, and I will also give Xiaoyao a reasonable reason to help you...... What's more......" she said leisurely, "Changning Dayue Xiliang Three Places Alliance, Dayue has actually been demolished by me, but Xiliang and Changning don't know, they will attack as promised, hehe, when the time comes, Tiansheng still has the leisure to manage the actions of a group of horse merchants, I think it's hard to say." β
Helian Zheng was stunned, he didn't know about the alliance of the three places, Feng Zhiwei said it simply, and then said the strategy dedicated to Jin Siyu, Helian Zheng frowned and thought for a while, and after a while, he came back to his senses and said in shock: "Aren't you yin in the three places?" Jin Siyu's side immediately set out a large army to seize the throne, and it was inevitable that it would be impossible to divide the energy to attack the Tiansheng border, but Changning and Xiliang here were already bound to move, once the fight started, Changning Xiliang would fall into passivity at least in the early stage of the war...... Now you are yin not in the three places, but in the four countries, and there is an unlucky Tiansheng who was kept in the dark! β
"If Jin Siyu divides his troops to clamp down on the Tiansheng border," Feng Zhiwei said, "I'm worried about the new hatred and old hatred, and if it doesn't get right, it will hurt our grassland, so it's better to just take a salary from the bottom of the kettle and drive him to do business, don't join here." β
"You are really terrible...... Helian Zheng glared at her, "Jin Siyu is only afraid that he will be grateful to you for this wonderful plan, but he is afraid that he will regret wronging you, thinking that you are actually a good person, but he doesn't know that it is just because of your selfishness." β
"I'm not selfish for you?" Feng Zhi looked at him with a slight smile.
Helian Zheng immediately moved the stool to her knee, and climbed along the pole to hold her hand, "Oh my concubine, I know that you love me the most......"
Feng Zhiwei kicked his stool to the ground......
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The next day, Emperor Xiliang's third birthday.
At this time, it can be seen that the regent's power is leaning to the west of Liang, his birthday, from Changping Palace to the regent palace, ten miles of color road, everywhere is the flower building color hoof, now the color hoof is still there, but it is taken out again to put it on a swing, and it is not because this is the emperor's birthday and more solemn, from this point alone, the imperial history can impeach him for not being subordinate, but unfortunately the imperial historians are deaf at the moment.
The emperor's birthday, in the morning in the main hall to accept the bow of the hundred officials, the lunch banquet, the evening harem celebration banquet, the emperor is still young, there is no show girl, this harem celebration banquet, is the Empress Dowager Dong set a table to finish.
The regent is up today, there are two big circles of blue and black hanging under him, he has been worried a lot recently, the big and small things in the court and the middle of the country are constant, make up for this side of the leak there, as if he said hello and keep out of the situation, at first he didn't notice anything, a country, there are countless situations every day, and gradually feel that something is wrong, some situations are a little sensitive, so he is more careful, on his birthday, it seems that there are people who mix in the birthday worship crowd, chase out the other party but commit suicide, no clues can be found, He faintly felt that there seemed to be a hook net with a flickering cold light in the dark, silently approaching his back, so he strengthened his defense, and really protected himself.
However, at the peak of the most suspicious, the feeling of being watched suddenly disappeared, as if the other party had given up the plan and withdrawn the hand that had been leaning out, or he was suspicious a while ago, so that the heart that had been hanging high could not be put down, and the long-term suspicion was very draining, and although the regent talked and laughed as usual, his eyes gradually revealed tiredness.
What's more, there was also the disappearance of Wei Zhi, such an important person disappeared in Xiliang, which suddenly made him a head and two big, Tiansheng Chen Bing boundary, he had to mobilize the border army, and it was not that he did not suspect Jin Siyu, but this must not be said to Tiansheng - tell Tiansheng that Wei Hou may have been taken captive by King Da Yue'an? Wouldn't that be tantamount to telling that Xiliang and Da Yue have a relationship?
The regent got up early with a lot of worries, thinking that after today's birthday, he would send the people of the Changning Domain out as soon as possible, so as not to cause any more trouble.
His prince's car, guarded by 3,000 guards, from the city regent palace, through the Xishui Street, Panlong Street, Nanshi Street, six archways, from the Wuyang Gate into the palace, this route, is the palace advisers for three days and three nights without sleep to deliberate and formulate, the most open and safest road, the route through no dead ends and hiding places, and on the roof of the houses on all sides, every three zhang there is a sharpshooter holding a bow to hide, as long as there is any wind and grass, kill no matter.
This kind of iron bucket-like defense, no one in the whole world can approach within three feet.
The prince's car drove slowly along the established route, and three street corners, Lu Zhiyan held a scroll of paper in his hand and flipped through it with interest.
Wei Zhi that guy was finally willing to move this thing.
He refused to use the promise he made to him even when his life was threatened, what kind of big thing would happen at this moment that made him find himself without hesitation?
Unfold the paper scroll, which was written in a very sloppy font: "Lead him to change his course, take the road of the Flower Temple, delay for more than a quarter of an hour, as for the way, you think for yourself." β
You're welcome.
Lu Zhiyan listened intently to the sound of the opening of the road in the distance, his thin lips pursed, revealing a playful smile, he was born in the prince's family, and he was the prince in Changning, he naturally knew that it seemed simple to block the king for a quarter of an hour, but it was a great difficulty at this moment, a little disturbed, the escort guard didn't matter who you were, you would immediately shoot ten thousand arrows, and what you want to say will not give you a chance, not to mention that he has to change the perfect route that has been perfected a long time ago? When is he a fairy?
Wei Zhi, are you testing me or making things difficult for me?
I didn't say I had to pay attention to you.
Lu Zhiyan leaned against the wall, his fingers gently rubbed the paper roll, his expression was both excited and annoyed, he sniffed lightly on all sides, as if he smelled the smell of the mountain rain coming, the peach blossom eyes were slightly picked, and his fingers rubbed the paper roll.
But......
He smiled softly, like a fox.
This risk is very interesting, why not play it!
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The moment the regent drove out of the palace, Feng Zhiwei and Helian Zheng also left the inn, dressed up in a low-key manner, bypassed three streets outside the inn, and broke up.
Helian Zheng went in the direction of the Flower Temple, and Feng Zhiwei went in the direction of the palace.
Before parting, Helian Zheng asked Feng Zhiwei hesitantly: "Are you sure that kid from Lu Zhiyan will really be obedient?" As far as I know, he's not a fuel-efficient lamp. β
"Don't worry." Feng Zhi smiled slightly, "It is precisely because he is not a fuel-efficient lamp that he will definitely be obedient, he has already made me sulky, waiting to press me to make me admire, how can I be willing to give up this opportunity?" β
Helian Zheng smiled and said, "You have never been wrong to figure out other people's thoughts. He looked at her deeply and smiled, his eyes were soft when he looked back, and a snow-white white neck poked out of the collar, delicate and slender, and suddenly his heart moved, and he couldn't help but want to hold her hand and tell her to be careful.
I didn't want his hand to stretch out yet, but Feng Zhiwei had already stretched out his hand first, held his hand sincerely and calmly, and said, "Be careful." β
Helian Zheng was stunned, looked up at Feng Zhiwei's eyes, then turned his eyes away, and said with a smile: "What danger can I have, I'm a gift, you go quickly, hurry up." β
Feng Zhi let go of his hand and smiled away, but Helian Zheng didn't leave immediately, he stood on the corner of the street, looked at her back for a long time, and smiled bitterly for a long time.
The three falcons on his side came up, and the loyal man had a strange smile on his face at the moment, he saw Feng Zhiwei take the initiative to hold the king's hand, and intuitively rejoiced for the king, Helian Zheng looked at him strangely, and said, "What are you laughing at." β
The three falcons couldn't hide the smile on their faces, and the corners of their mouths looked at Feng Zhiwei's back.
Helian Zheng stood in the late autumn wind and shook his head lightly among the bleak yellow leaves, "No, it's nothing to laugh at. β
The rectum grassland man touched his scalp in a daze.
"I'd rather her be shy and evasive, than I want such initiative and calmness......" Helian Zheng sighed and walked away, behind him, the grassland man asked stupidly: "Why?" β
His king had already walked away, his straight back going farther and farther in the deep alleys, leaving only a word, in the withered yellow of the ground, with the autumn wind circling.
"You don't understand."
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Feng Zhiwei turned a street corner, several people silently led the horse and waited, she got on the horse and went straight to the palace gate, did not take the main gate where the golden and brilliant hundred officials entered and exited, but arrived at the north gate of the coffin corpse, where the big Sima Lu Rui was waiting in person.
"I'm about to turn to the main gate to enter the palace, I can't be absent at this moment, the Ministry of Rites is still waiting for me." Lu Rui looked anxious, and got straight to the point without saying a word of greeting, "I'll send you into the palace now, you must bring the concubine and His Royal Highness to the main hall, I have already sent people in the palace to trip the Empress Dowager Dong, but the news from inside doesn't seem to be so smooth, everything is up to Marquis Wei, the regent doesn't know how Marquis Wei arranges, can you be sure to stumble him for half an hour?" Hey, what about Master Gu? β
He asked a series of questions in one breath, Feng Zhi smiled, and said: "Da Sima has too many questions, and now is not the time to answer them one by one, in short, there is no turning back when you open the bow, you can rest assured." β
"Okay." Lu Rui also simply, "Although Wei Hou will do it, please rest assured that Wei Hou will not be able to kill the regent, but give me half a year, he will definitely be put to death, and within this half a year, I will save His Highness with my life." β
Feng Zhiwei glanced at him deeply, this Lu Rui is also a smart person, he saw her biggest scruples at a glance, he didn't speak, nodded, and quickly entered the palace from the open palace gate, behind the door, there were already two little eunuchs, silently.
Lu Rui looked at her calm back disappeared, and the nervousness in his heart disappeared slightly, he looked at the sky, it was now the hour of the hour, the regent set off from the palace, because the team was huge and not fast, half of it would arrive at three o'clock in the morning, the ceremony began at the beginning of the ceremony, his plan was to throw out Gu Zhi's identity at the beginning of the ceremony, and the old ministers who had already arranged the series immediately recognized the lord, which required at least half an hour late for the regent, and he couldn't come forward, Wei Zhi entered the palace again? Who can do it now?
But Wei Zhi said that there was no turning back when he opened the bow, only to believe in him.
He hurriedly mounted his horse and turned to the main entrance, where the hundred officials had gradually gathered.
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Feng Zhiwei entered the palace, hurriedly put on the eunuch's robe in the duty room, there were people arranged by Lu Rui along the way, and then quietly continued, coping with waves of interrogation, the regent's recent energy is outside, he only suspected that someone was going to do something to him, but he never expected that the person who could really move him had already been sent to the most dangerous and safest place by Feng Zhiwei in advance - the palace.
Just arrived at the emperor's dormitory, Feng Zhiwei looked around and nodded with satisfaction - Zong Chen's secret guards are here, it seems that their hiding skills are getting better and better, and they have hidden and protected Gu Zhiwei in the palace for so many days, and they have not been discovered.
However, Luanjia, who stopped outside the dormitory, made her eyes narrow.
This seems to be the Queen Mother.
Empress Dowager Dong here?
It is said that it is normal for her to pick up the emperor to go to the court with her at this moment, but it should be more that the emperor goes to her to ask for peace, and then goes to the palace with her mother, what went wrong?
She bowed her head and shrunk her shoulders, and walked in silently with one of the emperor's chamberlains, and before she entered the inner hall, she heard the little emperor's crying voice.
"Nope! No! I'm going to take Zhizhi with me! β
There was a faint sound of persuasion from the palace maid, a low coaxing of the grandmother, the sound of the emperor pushing down the tea cup paper, and the sound of the eunuch screaming to support him, and the mess was arguing fiercely.
But he couldn't hear the voices of Empress Dowager Dong and Gu Xiaoxiao.
Feng Zhiwei was a little determined in her heart, it turned out that she would not take the matter of going to the palace, and then she frowned - knowing that she had been following the emperor to the palace recently, the little palace maid held a box for him, and even the ministers were used to it, now that the emperor is on his birthday, why didn't she go?
She originally came to see Zhizhi, and it was best to let Zhizhi follow the emperor to the palace, but it was not easy for the concubine to bring it out, and her energy was going to be put on that side, but now it seems that it is not easy to even know that she wants to go out.
She took advantage of the chaos in and out of the hall, walked in silently, and shrank aside.
There was a lot of commotion in the hall, and no one noticed her coming in, and the little emperor was jumping up and down, smashing a tea bowl in his hand viciously at the grandmother who stopped him, smashing the grandmother's head to the point of bleeding.
Only Gu Zhizhi, who had been holding her cage and teasing the owl named Xiao Qi, who ignored anyone, suddenly raised his head and glanced at her attentively.
Feng Zhi was slightly surprised by the child's acuity, and hurriedly made a gesture, Gu Zhi glanced at her and turned his face away.
Empress Dowager Dong didn't notice the movement here, she stood in the hall, her face gloomy, her head full of phoenix crowns and pearls, trembling in the wind.
The waves in her heart were turbulent at the moment, almost drowning all reason, if she hadn't tried to restrain herself, she was afraid that she would have had a seizure long ago.
A few days earlier, she received a secret report from the palace people that the crazy concubine who lived in the abandoned palace was a little weird recently, no longer scribbling, and suddenly quieted down, but in the middle of the night, she would suddenly get up and walk around excitedly.
This secret report aroused her vigilance, the secret concubine has been crazy for several years, which play is this singing?
She ordered people to increase the surveillanceβno one knew about it, and she had been sending people to spy on this concubine, who everyone seemed to be crazy and useless, without a single day for three years.
If she didn't have this patience, perseverance and prudence, why would she survive in the treacherous harem, childless and motherly until now?
There is no new progress over there, and in the early hours of this morning, the chamberlain reported that he had caught a grandmother and probed his brain outside the palace of the concubine, but it was a close grandmother beside His Majesty.
She immediately interrogated the mother herself, and the mother-in-law did not say whether she was alive or dead, she ordered someone to skin her, inch by inch to her chest, and the mother-in-law finally screamed and confessed.
She said that there was something she wanted to ask the concubine, she said that the concubine gave birth to a child, and the mother who was in charge of the delivery was her friend, and she had told her that night, the child of the concubine was a daughter, and said that the child was a bit like the concubine, with thin eyebrows and long eyes, and then the midwife disappeared, and she kept this secret in her heart from then on......
She immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Concubine Mi's daughter!
Concubine Mi gave birth to a daughter, she knows, when she broke into the inner hall, the child has disappeared, she tortured Mama to get this result, and immediately extinguished her mouth, but somehow, it was still leaked out, she recalled Concubine Mi's appearance, and compared with the little girl named Gu Zhizhi, but she felt that her mind was blurry - she was the queen's honor, hated the concubines below, and never looked at them on weekdays, after Concubine Mi went crazy, she painted her face like a ghost all day long, and over time, everyone gradually forgot her original appearance - now I know, This turned out to be Concubine Mi's good intentions!
After interrogating Mama, she immediately ran to the emperor's dormitory - no matter what today, she must leave this little girl!
At this moment, she stared at Gu Zhizhi coldly, thinking about how to deal with it in her heart, the identity of the little girl is a trouble, she is the righteous daughter of Tiansheng Wei Hou, once she dies in the Xiliang harem, she will not be able to explain to Wei Hou at that time, Wei Zhi is a powerful person, and the person who moved him is only afraid of endless troubles, Ah Shu has repeatedly taken care of her to take care of this girl, but now that she knows her life experience, how can she let her go?
Her eyes flickered, and her mind was uncertain.
Feng Zhiwei looked at her expression, knew in his heart that it was not good, and quietly moved a few steps forward.
Just a few steps away, he was stopped by two eunuchs with big shoulders and round waists, and squinted and said: "If there are no rules, don't retreat!" β
Feng Zhiwei hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and retreated to the side, while estimating the distance of the Empress Dowager in case she made her own move, while thinking that the Empress Dowager Dong and the regent were really a couple, and they did not forget to take every step in this strict harem.
Over there, the Empress Dowager Dong has already made a decision, no matter what happens today, let's leave this child's life first!
But in any case, you can't do it in front of so many people, and you can't have an outsider!
She stood upright and shouted, "Emperor! β
Her voice was not high, but she had her own authority, and the emperor who grabbed a paperweight and was about to knock the palace maid's head was shocked and looked up at her.
"Don't mess with the emperor." Empress Dowager Dong had already changed her kind face, "You go to the chariot first, and the queen mother will teach Miss Gu some etiquette, and then come." β
The little emperor changed his face with joy, opened his eyes wide and asked, "Really?" β
"When did the Queen Mother lie to you?" Empress Dowager Dong smiled lovingly, carried him off the table with her own hands, sorted out the crooked hat for him, handed it to the palace maid on the side, and made a face, "Send the emperor quickly, don't miss the time." β
"The Queen Mother." The little emperor was very trusting, lying on the palace maid's shoulder and stretched out his hand to her, "Hurry up." β
"The emperor can rest assured." Empress Dowager Dong smiled and watched him go out, turned around, and said in a calm voice, "You all stand down, oh, Mama Li stays." β
Her cronies Li Mama bowed, the rest of the mermaids retreated, Feng Zhiwei stood there still, and the eunuch who brought her in quietly pulled her sleeve and said in a low voice: "Go, go!" β
How could Feng Zhiwei be willing to leave at this time, as soon as she hesitated, a eunuch beside Empress Dowager Dong had already looked sideways, her heart tightened, and after thinking about it, it was really not the time to do it at this time, so she had to grit her teeth and retreat.
When she stepped out of the threshold, she glanced back, Gu Zhixiao didn't look up, she kept holding the cage, and shrank there a little timidly, Mama Li pulled down the tent and covered her small figure.
Feng Zhiwei stood in the outer hall, a little uneasy, while making a secret signal to signal the secret guard to find a way to go up to the top of the hall, while worrying that if something really happened, he was afraid that he would be too late to make a move.
This is not some time ago, she can hide Gu Zhida in the palace, no one dares to touch her, now it seems that Empress Dowager Dong seems to know something, once she wants to do it, how will Gu Zhizhi deal with it?
The chamberlain guarded the door of the inner hall so much that a fly didn't want to fly under their noses, Feng Zhiwei thought about it, approached the eunuch who had brought him in before, and stuffed a bag of things into his sleeve.
The eunuch can be sent by Lu Rui to carry out this task, naturally he is a smart person, he knows what it is when he shakes his fingers, and he looks at Feng Zhiwei in a daze, Feng Zhiwei pouts at the two eunuchs, and then makes a gesture behind his back.
The secret guard, who was hidden in the shadows, shot a stone into the courtyard with a snap.
"What a sound!" Someone immediately asked, and a group of eunuchs and palace maids walked in that direction one after another, but only the two eunuchs guarding the door of the inner hall did not move.
Feng Zhiwei had already expected that a look would pass, and the eunuch who brought her in immediately understood, her body was crooked, as if her steps were unsteady, but she dropped a bag of things in her arms to the ground, and a bag of things spread out, and the treasure light rose, but it was a bag of jewelry and jade.
The golden light was shining with thousands of qi, which immediately attracted the attention of the two eunuchs.
"Good boy! Steal! The two of them immediately hurried over and stepped on the jewels on the ground.
The two eldest brothers were silent...... This and this...... Small filial piety, small filial piety......" The eunuch wiped his sweat, and his fingers picked at the soles of the feet of the two eunuchs.
The two men looked at each other, their eyes flashing greedily, and they bent down to pick up the things.
With such a bend, Feng Zhiwei, who had already turned behind them, entered the hall in a flash.
The huge hall was covered with a thick carpet, and the ground was littered with things thrown by the emperor just now, Feng Zhiwei carefully avoided those things, and slowly approached the tent behind the screen.
Just after walking a few steps, he suddenly heard a sound under his feet, and the hall immediately shouted: "Who?" β
Empress Dowager Dong came out, looked around vigilantly, found no one, and retracted her head with confidence.
Feng Zhiwei, who grabbed a tent and swinged on the top, wiped her sweat slightly - if she hadn't reacted quickly just now and jumped up, she was afraid that she would be discovered, once she was discovered, she knew that she was close to them, and that Mama Li was a martial artist, and they would be in trouble if they knew it as a hostage.
She was careful this time, knowing that there were mechanisms in this hall, and there was a sound when she stepped on it casually in some places, presumably the attendants in the hall knew it, but outsiders didn't understand.
I had to carefully test first and then move step by step, and when I heard the almost loving voice of Empress Dowager Dong behind the screen, she knew to Gu, "Doesn't Miss Gu change her clothes?" β
Gu Zhixiao seemed to be shaking his head, holding her cage and not letting go.
"This thing ......" Empress Dowager Dong frowned and looked at the owl in the cage, she really deserved to be the child of Concubine Mi's slut, raising birds and raising such an ominous bird, I heard that this child and this bird are inseparable, and she is also grateful that she can stand such a disgusting thing.
"This bird can't be brought to the temple, you have to put it down."
Gu Zhizhi still shook his head, "It's fun." β
"There's something more fun in this palace." Empress Dowager Dong smiled, with a sincere face, pointed to a beauty-shaped lamp on the wall behind the couch, and said: "There is a hidden bell there, a Western clock, as soon as you break it, a little bird will come out to tell the time, and it will be very good." β
Behind her, Mama Li suddenly trembled.
"Really?" Gu Zhixiao seemed to be moved by the little bird's singing, and the black eyeballs in his slender eyes moved to the bone.
Empress Dowager Dong looked at these eyes, her eyes flashed, she took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "I don't believe Mama will show you." β
She looked back at Mama Li, the woman lowered her head, smiled, and broke her fingers on the lamp base, and sure enough, the wall opened, and a glass bird popped out, and she screamed a few times and shrank back.
Gu Zhizhi clapped his hands and laughed: "It's fun!" β
"You try it too." Empress Dowager Dong looked at Gu Zhizhi with gentle and encouraging eyes.
Feng Zhiwei's heart tightened.
"How?" Gu Zhizhi stood on the couch, holding her cage, looking at the lamp, she raised her hand, just enough to reach the base.
A trace of viciousness flashed in Empress Dowager Dong's eyes, and she said with a smile: "Down, twist, and it will open." β
Feng Zhiwei's heart jumped again, and she took another step forward, at this time she was already thinking about whether she should rush up first regardless of whether there was a sound under her feet.
"What's the twist?" Gu Zhizhi tilted his head and stepped on the futon, looked up at the lamp and asked.
Mama Li stepped forward to teach her, Gu Zhizhi The cage suddenly opened, the owl flew out, and was pounced into Mama Li's arms, the Mama was frightened, and retreated, Gu Zhizhi had already laughed, and said, "Mama, Mama, Xiao Qi is so naughty, you help me catch it." β
The owl was jumping on the ground, and Mama Li had to catch it, Gu Zhizhi held the cage and looked at the lamp intently, Empress Dowager Dong was anxious, seeing that she didn't know what to do, she was ruthless in her heart, walked to the couch, took her hand, and said, "That's-"
"Whew!"
Feng Zhiwei, who was only halfway through, rushed forward desperately.
"Click."
As soon as Empress Dowager Dong approached, Gu Zhizhi raised her hand, and the cage bounced open, and the sharpened strip at the top ejected instantly, stabbing into the face of Empress Dowager Dong who had just walked to her side like lightning!
Bloodshot!
fluttering sounded, and on the snow-white walls on all sides, blood flowers were splashed like plum blossoms!
Feng Zhi was slightly stunned.
Mama Li, who caught the owl Xiaoqi, knelt on the ground, tilted her head, and looked at Gu Xiaoxiao, her expression was like a ghost.
Empress Dowager Dong couldn't even let out a miserable cry - Feng Zhiwei, who reacted the fastest, stepped forward and covered her mouth.
Countless blood holes on her face were bubbling up suddenly, and the blood emitted a strange dark cyan, which was obviously poisonous, and the poison was quenched by Feng Zhiwei who stayed up all night with Gu Zhiwei.
Empress Dowager Dong's hand scratched weakly in mid-air, grabbing Feng Zhiwei's sleeve, leaving countless spots of dark blue blood marks, her face was beaten into a blood sieve, and she couldn't distinguish her facial features, the miraculous thing was that her eyes were intact, and her eyes had gradually dimmed, but she was still staring at Gu Zhixiao.
The child held her cage and stood there blankly, as if she didn't expect that she would kill someone with this move, Feng Zhiwei felt that the Empress Dowager Dong in her arms was gradually softening, and a muddy sound came out of her throat, knowing that she had no skills to return to the sky, she also put her mind at ease, turned around, and looked at Gu Zhixiao with incredible eyes.
This little three-year-old child actually raised his hand to kill the mother of Xiliang a country!
Who wants to get it?
Empress Dowager Dong never dreamed that she would die at the hands of a three-year-old child, but she knew by looking at her expression that she would not be blind to death.
Feng Zhiwei suddenly remembered what he said yesterday: "Big people sometimes die easily." "Now it seems that it is not only easy, but also too wronged.
Who says children are harmless?
Who knew that Gu knew that cage was a first-class killing weapon in the world?
Who knew that she had entered the deep palace since she had entered the deep palace, and since she knew her father's request, she had never left this murderous cage for a moment?
Who knew that the little emperor of Xiliang had already told her all the murderous organs in the palace to show off?
If she wants to protect her father, she must first protect herself.
The little child, staring at the Empress Dowager Dong, who was staring at her until death, there was nothing in her eyes, Feng Zhiwei wanted to cover her eyes, and suddenly felt that this action seemed hypocritical and unnecessary to this child, but looking at her expression, she was really a little worried.
Gu Zhixiao suddenly let go of his hand, the cage fell, Feng Zhiwei hurriedly threw away the body of the Empress Dowager Dong, reached out and copied the cage in his hand like lightning - the cage mechanism has been opened, and if you move it casually, it may be Gu Zhixiao's life that is lost.
But from this action, she finally saw that Gu Zhizhi had really lost her soul, she raised her leg and kicked Mama Li, who was so shocked that she hadn't come back to her senses, took the small body in her arms, patted her back, and said softly: "Know, know......"
The child buried his face on her shoulder, and there was no movement for a long time, Feng Zhiwei panicked, afraid that she would not anticipate the power of the cage enough, and would be scared out of the problem, so she hurriedly broke her face, and only then did she realize that Gu Zhizhi had burst into tears at some point.
She kept crying, but there was no sound, and big tears rushed out like spring water and splashed on Feng Zhiwei's face.
Feng Zhiwei's eyes were red for a moment.
Only she knows that this is not the only nightmare in this child's life, and it can slowly fade away over time, this is just the prelude to the bloody life of Empress Xiliang, the most cruel beginning.
From now on, she will never be innocent and happy, and she will always be trapped in a plot of intrigues.
I know that I am worthy of being this empress, but I know that I should not bear such a fate.
She herself had enough of such a fate, how could she let this little child's weak shoulders bear such eternal pain again?
"Know ......" she gently wiped the tears on her face, "Aunt will take you away......"
Gu Zhizhi suddenly pushed her away.
She didn't look at the corpse of the Empress Dowager Dong, didn't look at Feng Zhiwei, didn't look at the killing cage, she looked at the hourglass on the wall.
Two o'clock.
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Two o'clock.
The regent drove the car and was heading to Nanshi Street.
He was pretending to sleep in the sedan chair, and in a daze, he seemed to see someone coming with a smile, leaned down, gently swept his sideburns, and said, "Ah Shu, I'm leaving, you take care." β
In the dream, he tried to open his eyes, but he couldn't see who it was anyway, so he had to hold on to her sleeve and say, "Is it Xiao Ruan?" What are you doing here? Where are you going? Build a Jubilee Palace? β
Xiao Ruan smiled and didn't say anything, her eyes were so leisurely in a blur, as far away as a cloud of smoke, like when she became the imperial brother and concubine that year, the look of the queen in the hall when she saw her.
But he was a little anxious and said, "What are you going to go?" The royal brother is dead...... Wait a little longer...... Soon we'll be together......" His fingers reached down, touching her fingertips, cold.
The bone-chilling coldness woke him up in an instant.
He opened his eyes and found that he had a very short dream in a very short moment, and there seemed to be Ah Ruan in the dream...... Dong Ruan.
He sat up, feeling a cold sweat behind his back.
Then he heard a long, mournful cry.
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Alas, I thought I could write about Ning Yi today, and I wanted to write it quickly until he didn't hesitate to write more updates, but it was still not enough, it seems that it will be Ming'er