When Wang Liefeng walked to the door, the Queen Mother was sitting on the edge of the bed, "Impermanence, come here." ”

Impermanence said: "Yes." He walked over and knelt down before the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother touched his head, and he lowered his head, revealing a protruding green tendon and a skinny neck, as docile as a small animal.

He looked like he was no more than seven or eight years old, which reminded Zhao Ji of the Ming Xin in Zhao Ji's arms.

Does Narushin kill too?

Zhao Ji shuddered.

"Impermanence looks really cute, always so cute, so obedient, I let impermanence protect the emperor, impermanence will protect the emperor, I let impermanence kill, impermanence will kill. Impermanence has only made mistakes once in his life. The Queen Mother stroked her cheek, and her tone was not shocked, "Are you the best boy who listens to the Queen Mother?"

The Queen Mother's words were light and unfazed, but others heard a little thrilling: impermanence is a machine that kills people without paying for their lives, a terrifying beast that seems to have no offensive power, and the lives of his men are afraid of countless people. Whenever Impermanence appeared, everyone's hearts were shocked, and maybe one day he would kill him. The Queen Mother knows about this, and even many times, she is the one who manipulates the whole thing.

So what about this time? Everyone doesn't know, but the Queen Mother is really anxious about the emperor's affairs. Although the emperor is not her biological flesh and blood, since the pro-government, the Empress Dowager Gao's concern for the emperor has increased day by day. Empress Dowager Gao is actually a person who is afraid of loneliness, and this fear is even worse than death; she faces too many life and death, so she always needs to be accompanied by someone on weekdays, and even has to be greeted by more than a dozen people to bring tea and water, and she can't wait to let the entire forbidden army protect herself when she sleeps; so she asked Impermanence to protect the current Emperor Zhezong, and asked her not to leave an inch - just to prevent this kind of thing from happening today.

However, impermanence also fails. Perhaps he has prevented a possible danger a thousand times, but if he fails once, it means that all his efforts have been lost.

Many things don't accumulate over time, but one mistake can send you to hell.

Impermanence nodded and said: "No matter what the Queen Mother asks Impermanence to do, Impermanence will do it." ”

The Queen Mother smiled slowly, and when she smiled, she shed tears. She held Impermanence's face in both hands, kissed his forehead, and said, "Good boy, Impermanence, do you remember that I told you to keep your hairpin all the time, never lose it, and take it out when something happens to the emperor? Impermanence, it's time." Find out, where is it?"

The room fell silent.

Impermanence's childish voice echoed in the room, appearing clear and abrupt: "Queen Mother, impermanence has always carried a hairpin on her body. ”

There was no sadness or joy on his face—the child's face was expressionless, which made people feel frightened, and a great calamity was coming. He stretched out his hand to his bun, took off his hairpin, and handed it to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother broke off the widest part of the hairpin tip and poured out half a small pill. The small pill was gray and inconspicuous, but the Queen Mother seemed to regard it as a treasure and hid it on the most trusted impermanence for several years.

When the Queen Mother saw the pill, she seemed to feel a little relieved, and sighed again: "Impermanence, you eat it." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother. ”

"Wait. When Impermanence was about to swallow the pill, the Queen Mother took the pill and held it in the palm of her hand, raised her head and said to the feminine eunuch standing aside: "Tong Guan, go get water." It's cold, don't be too cold in the water, it's freezing people, and the mourning family wants to ask you. ”

The eunuch bowed his head and said, "The Queen Mother can rest assured." ”

Soon, the servant handed over a jar of water.

The Queen Mother asked, "Is it hot enough?"

The subordinate was stunned for a moment, but the eunuch reacted quickly and said, "It's hot enough, it's hot enough." Queen Mother, this water is not ordinary water, it is the hottest and hottest molten iron, which is made of iron melting, and if you don't drink it in time, it will soon condense. ”

The Queen Mother's eyes rolled slightly, she lowered her head and fiddled with her nails, and said, "Got it." Impermanence feels cold, the mourning family doesn't feel cold, you pour this medicine into impermanence for the mourning family, he is still young, his throat is thin, and the mourning family is afraid that he will not be able to swallow it. Lighter, slower, let him drink both. ”

The eunuch said, "Yes." He glanced at a few subordinates next to him, and the subordinates understood, and immediately stepped forward to hold down impermanence, and impermanence had no expression on his face, like a lifeless puppet. The third person took the pill from the Queen Mother's hand, and the fourth person lifted a pot of molten iron.

The little eunuch on the side saw it and quietly asked Grandpa Yang: "Grandpa Yang, what are you doing here?"

Gonggong Yang whispered: "Fool, I've been in the palace for a few months, and I don't know what I'm going to do? What does Impermanence do, protect the emperor's people, but the emperor suffered this catastrophe, how can he escape punishment?"

The little eunuch was frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "But impermanence listens to the queen mother so much, and the queen mother doesn't even give a little accommodation? The queen mother likes impermanence so much, why does she want impermanence now—is it to let him die? At least he once dedicated his life to the emperor." ”

Yang Gonggong said in a low voice: "Presumptuous! The emperor's life, how can one person and two people measure it? No number of people can replace it! Moreover, nothing can shake the principle of the queen mother, and ten thousand good things cannot allow a one-time mistake." ”

"I see. The little eunuch asked again: "Then, what is this pill ......?"

Gonggong Yang frowned and said, "Naturally, he was afraid of death, so he was poisoned to kill himself." ”

I saw the third person pick up impermanence, take it, and put the medicine into his mouth, the queen mother stared at impermanence, watching impermanence raise her head and swallow the medicine and open her mouth for people to check. The two guards stepped forward, poked their fingers into his mouth, looked up and down, inside and out, and then reported to the Queen Mother: "The medicine has been taken." ”

"Good. The Queen Mother laughed softly, her eyes were like a feeding female bird, and she said gently, "Good boy, just take medicine and your throat is uncomfortable, let's drink some water." ”

Impermanence's eyes were empty, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "Empress Dowager Xie-"

The Queen Mother nodded. At the moment when the Queen Mother nodded, the subordinate stuffed a funnel into the mouth of impermanence, went deep into the throat, and poured melted iron. Impermanence stiffened, his limbs trembled, he shivered, he coughed—but he couldn't make a sound, and the molten iron flowed from the corners of his mouth, burning all the way down his face, uncovering his flesh and flesh, and heat rising up the cold temple.

It seems that no one has ever seen impermanence in such pain, his eyes widened, twitched, scorched black from the inside out, he subconsciously wanted to curl up, the queen mother frowned, and the four subordinates immediately pulled his whole person apart and stretched. The funnel fell to the side, impermanence raised his head violently, and screamed silently—he could no longer make a sound, his skin was red and black, his eyeballs were bulging outward, bulging to an unbelievable degree, and then suddenly shattered, shrunk and dented, only to see impermanence like a deflated ball, his head hanging down at once, and no more sound.

There was only a dull air of death, and a faint stench.

- Impermanence is dead.

The Queen Mother didn't look at Impermanence, and said, "Take it and throw it away, it smells weird and disgusting." ”

Servant: "Yes." ”

The Queen Mother stood still, and said coldly: "Also, what is the use of keeping these imperial doctors? You can change a batch for me, you must use the fastest speed, you must invite the best doctor, and no matter what conditions are prescribed, they will be met." As for these, you know how to deal with them, right? The mourners didn't even let go of impermanence. ”

Yang Gonggong's eyes rolled, and he smiled: "Yes, the slave understands." ”

The Queen Mother drank tea and glanced at the imperial doctors being dragged out. One of them seemed to be very reluctant to walk, and tried to stay a little longer with his hands on the ground, causing many bright red blood marks on the ground from the abrasion of his fingertips.

When a physician was dragged out, he saw Wang Liefeng standing at the door. They immediately pounced on him as if they had seen a savior: "General Wang, General Wang...... Help me, please!, General Wang—" He was pulled back, his hand still desperately reaching this way.

Help me, General Wang, help me.

The imperial doctor is really a thankless profession, he is highly respected on weekdays, and when he arrives at the palace, he has to face a group of top unreasonable nobles all day long, and if he can't cure it, he will lose his head - life and death, whether he can be saved, most of the time depends on fate, will, and desire to survive - Wang Liefeng was born and died for several years, and he has counted these.

However, Wang Liefeng stopped talking and closed his mouth again. After they were taken away, he walked in, bent down and saluted, "Queen Mother, what do you command?"

He felt that almost everyone's eyes were projected on him, some were surprised, some looked like saviors, and some were jackals, tigers and leopards—he saw Zhao Ji who couldn't kneel down for a long time, and then saw Zhang Dan's deep eyes like the sea.

Zhang's eyes paused his thoughts for a second.

Before killing, people will always show some fierce looks, or grinning teeth, or bruising muscles, or laughing wildly, or roaring boldly, this kind of look will shock the enemy, so that the enemy has a moment of discomfort - "discomfort" is a fragile moment, which means that it is impossible to respond perfectly to the next action, and it is easy to be killed, and this kind of deterrence is called "murderous aura".

Wang Liefeng had seen a similar expression on the battlefield on the frontier, the soldiers' eyes were full of decisive determination, and the murderous aura was tinged with timidity; when the enemy generals were dueling, their eyes were full of ferocity in sight, and they were quite excited, and their murderous aura was sweet. When he returned to Bianjing City, the murderous aura turned into an indescribable look, mostly vicious, but the degree of creepiness was the same.

Zhang Dian is one of the most murderous people. Zhang Dian has the deepest malice towards people who are not his own party, such as his father, such as himself, such as His Royal Highness Duan Wang. However, he has no such inclination towards the queen mother, who has the power of life and death, and is closer to a collaborator who hides his original intentions, is cowardly and waits for an opportunity to retaliate.

He was never polite when he saw himself, and the generals themselves had no status, so he looked at him without concealing his eyes: "Wang Liefeng, when you see the Queen Mother, don't kneel down!"

The Queen Mother sat on the edge of the bed, just drinking tea, and didn't mean to help him speak. So Wang Liefeng knelt down beside Zhao Ji, kowtowed, and said, "Minister Wang Liefeng, respectfully invite the Queen Mother Sheng'an." ”

The subordinate reached out to take the cup for the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother stood up, wringed her hands, and looked at him condescendingly, "Wang Liefeng, you ignored the rules of the palace and neglected your duties, causing the emperor's life to be in danger, and you should be punished severely." However, you have always been loyal to the imperial court, and the mourning family felt that you should not be too harsh on you, and Prime Minister Zhang also proposed to let you make up for your mistakes. Well, I won't let you die - from tomorrow you will no longer be a general. How about being a Taishou?"

Wang Liefeng said: "Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager not to kill." ”

"-Imperial Grandmother!" Zhao Ji suddenly shouted, and suddenly all eyes were focused on him.

"Imperial Grandmother, please. Zhao Ji begged, "General Wang is stationed at the border pass, if he is degraded, how will he command it in the future!"

"Presumptuous!" Zhang Dian changed his face, and pointed at him viciously: "His Royal Highness Duan Wang, do you still dare to come to beg the Queen Mother?" Do you know how many prohibitions you have committed, Your Royal Highness Duan Wang?" He suddenly glared at Wang Liefeng viciously, "You can't get rid of suspicion! Queen Mother, according to what the ministers have seen, it is better to punish the two together!"

"What are you talking about, I'm punishing the old zombie?" Zhao Ji exclaimed, "Imperial grandmother, are you going to punish your grandson?"

Zhang Dian looked at Zhao Ji with a slight smile: "His Royal Highness King Duan, you are suspected of murdering the emperor, and second, you are suspected of witchcraft committing chaos, the human and material evidence is there, and the Queen Mother will not kill you, it is already the greatest mercy!"

"Imperial grandmother!imperial grandmother!" Zhao Ji shouted, "Do you believe in your grandson?"

The Queen Mother said leisurely: "Ji'er, tell the truth to the imperial grandmother. ”

"The grandson didn't dare. Zhao Ji said, "Imperial grandmother-"

"Don't mess around!"

One sentence scared Zhao Ji so much that he didn't dare to speak out.

The last time the imperial grandmother spoke like this was when her father died.

Although Prime Minister Zhang's words are angry words, they are not inaccessible. ”

The Queen Mother could have avoided saying these words. However, Zhang Dun preemptively said this, and it was irretrievable.

At this time, Yang Gonggong suddenly shouted: "The emperor is awake! The queen mother, the emperor is awake!" He was very excited, "We must try our best to let the imperial doctor protect the emperor, and use the best imperial doctor ......"

The Queen Mother waved her hand, and he quickly stopped his voice.

I saw the young emperor sit up in despair, his eyes seemed to be looking for something.

The Queen Mother helped him and asked softly: "Your Majesty, are you awake? What do you want? ”

"I'm ......" The emperor looked around in a trance, his lips were pale and blue, his skin was almost transparent, he glanced around, and when he saw Zhao Ji, he suddenly raised his hand, pointed at Zhao Ji and said, "You, you, brother, you-"

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, pointed at himself and said, "What's wrong with me?"

"You—" the Emperor suddenly turned hideous and screamed in fear, "why did you kill me?"

Brushing the ground, Zhao Ji's face turned pale, and he said in disbelief: "What?......?

He looked up and saw the Queen Mother's gloomy face.

Zhang Dian said on the side: "Come on, put King Duan and Wang Liefeng in prison, and wait for your life!"