The maid unfastened her cloak and changed her robe, and there was a jumble of steps near the hallway, mixed with the voice of a woman.

Empress Taishang, who learned that King Changshan had left Beijing, came to the Zitai Council Hall with anger.

"Yuan Ying, I think you're crazy."

As soon as she entered the door, the queen shouted loudly, and the shadow of the former dignified and virtuous queen disappeared without a trace, and the palace people only saw an angry woman standing on the hall, glaring at the emperor.

"Oh, Mother is here, please take a seat." Yuan Ying just glanced at her and asked the maid to continue combing her hair. I don't know when she started to let her maid comb her hair a thousand times before going to sleep, and I heard that this would keep her head awake and active, so that she could quickly make correct judgments.

"Emperor, I hope you can reconsider it when you still have time, and decide carefully, it is definitely not a good thing for Lin'an to let the tiger return to the mountain. Your Majesty, you won't be unclear how much effort we have put into sitting here today. Empress Xu's face was more than a little ugly, and her whole face had lost its gentle beauty.

A figure shook in front of the door of the hall, and Mu Liangzuo hung his head and was standing not far from Queen Xu.

Yuan Ying found out that he was coming, but pretended not to see it. The man's terrible jealousy made her feel powerless, and reminded her of the folly and ridiculousness of marrying him at a young age, and that this defect made her inferior in every way to the other sisters.

The idlers and others withdrew, the door of the main hall closed, the mother and daughter looked at each other, and several lanterns shone brightly on the hall.

"Your Majesty still remembers, what kind of opportunity made you enter the East Palace, step by step to get to where you are today." Empress Xu stared at her face tightly, but she turned her head.

"Remember, he is a scholar, and I can still remember his Dao name - 'Shenxiao Palace Purple Cloth Xuanchong Daoist'." He snorted lightly and smiled bitterly, "There is one more thing, the hundred-year-old stone lion outside the Spiegel Hall is gone." ”

Empress Xu smiled coldly: "Although the emperor does not serve the gods and Buddhas, he is convinced of physiognomy, we are just using this to make a fuss and send the princess who is destined to return to the East Palace." Why, before His Majesty's wings are full, he is about to settle accounts with the Xu family? ”

"Destiny? Since today, my mother should have eradicated her on the day when Yuan Lingjun left Changshan to avoid future troubles. ”

Yuan Ying let out a long breath, her eyes slightly constricted, and she fell into deep thought.

At that time, she was still Princess Xu, and the Xu family secretly found a Taoist from Songzhou, and after seeing his own face, he said wonderful, saying that he had auspicious clouds to protect himself, and he was born with the appearance of the world, the life of the emperor, and he would soon be on the throne.

At that time, he was in turn all the princesses of the face, he said to the emperor, Tongqing princess Yin Hall is shrouded in black fog, close to the fear of bad luck, within three days, Tongqing princess's biological mother Xiao Huo is really sick, sleepless, the doctor is helpless, the emperor posted a notice to seek a cure, after the search for no result, the seriously ill Xiao Huo sent to the Yaoguang Temple to recuperate, the Taoist prophecy also came true, it can be seen that the one does have some real ability.

Later, he went to look at Princess Fan's facial features, shouted a few times, his eyes were angry, and he drove away a princess in public: "You dare to be filthy if you want to live." ”

At that time, she clearly saw the disgusting face of the Taoist, the smug smile of her mother, and the indignant face of her father.

Empress Xu, who also thought of this, closed her eyes, the situation at that time was vivid, and the words of the Taoist priest were especially in her ears, which made her afraid.

"Yuan Ying, since you know everything, your mother has nothing to hide. That Xuanchong Taoist did have the ability, but he was greedy for money, and he was not afraid of revealing the secret of heaven, so his brother bribed him with money and let him make a scene in front of His Majesty. Later, I asked him privately, and he said that you do have the qi of an emperor, but the qi is very short, and there will be another princess to replace it in the future. ”

"So my mother sent someone to assassinate Yong Guo, marry Tongqing instead, and frame Lingjun, just because the Taoist priest made up a few nonsense words, and tried his best to cut off the princess's lifeline."

Empress Xu grabbed Yuan Ying's sleeve and burst into tears: "Mother just wants to leave you a clean throne." Yuan Niang, you are too soft-hearted and affectionate, and you always refuse to kill, who can help you, the Xu family is just for the interests of the family, so I have to help you with my mother, who gave birth to you, why can't you understand my mother's hard work? ”

The Yuan Lingjun under Fan Jiang's control makes people have to guard against it, what did the emperor say about 'broken intestine grass' back then, it was not his heart's meat, it was too late to rejoice, how could he be willing to give up her.

At this moment, Empress Xu suddenly thought through. Hate is the root of love, the emperor's ultimate goal is just to protect Yuan Lingjun, where is she "broken intestine grass", it is clearly the silverfish of the royal family, it is the magic barrier and stumbling block of Yuan Niang, it is a permanent scourge to keep it, it is better to wait for the opportunity to pull it out.

"Your Majesty, please give the order quickly, this is the last chance to get rid of her."

Yuan Ying raised her forehead and sighed: "Let her go!" She said weakly.

"Confused, Your Majesty will definitely regret it in the future."

"Is Mother going for me to push all my sisters into a corner? Do you have to kill them one by one before you give up? Stop, mother, don't do anything too much, otherwise the retribution will be unpleasant. Yuan Ying looked at her with red eyes, and couldn't bear to turn her head.

"We can't stop, Fan Jiang's ability forces us to turn a blind eye, and these two have to be eliminated." Empress Xu grabbed her sleeve and shook it vigorously, pleading.

Yuan Ying stood up awkwardly and made Empress Xu fall to the ground: "As the master of the harem, my mother should live a good life as a woman in the deep palace, instead of pointing fingers at an emperor, you still don't know when you have usurped the imperial power, and you will not let go until when." ”

Empress Xu was stunned, looked at her daughter in front of her in disbelief, and suddenly felt strange and alienated: "Your Majesty, my mother only begs you for this one thing, and I won't care about it anymore, okay?" ”

"From now on, Hugh will not meddle in the affairs of the government again." Yuan Ying waved her hand away and resolutely walked out of the main hall.

Empress Xu fell to the ground, staring at her resolute back, tears falling down her cheeks.

"-Yuan Ying!"

Her heart-rending call came from behind her. Yuan Ying paused and walked decisively towards Zitai.

Looking at the door of the palace that was open to both sides, Empress Xu was lying on the desk, her face was bruised and distorted, and her anger made her completely lose her mind.

"The Imperial Mother."

Yang Zhai rushed to hear the news, saw her lying on the ground, and stepped forward to help her sit down.

"Do you still listen to me?"

"It was you who gave Yang Zhai a qiē, and you are my respected imperial mother. My sister became like this, but she couldn't understand her mother's hard work, but I saw everything my mother did. Yang Zhai knelt down and swore to the sky, "Yang Zhai swears here that he will always obey his mother's orders." ”

"Good, good!" After saying a few good things in a row, Queen Xu raised her face and laughed wildly, "It is worthy of the child I raised, and it is more affectionate and righteous than the biological daughter." She looked like a madwoman, and her eyes were so red that they were dripping blood.

Yang Zhai was still lying on the ground, his face buried in the dark looking uneasy.

"Yang Zhai!" Empress Xu gritted her teeth, and her ruthlessness appeared on her fair-skinned face, and she said word by word, "Pour all your strength into chasing and killing Yuan Lingjun." ”

At this moment, everyone is on the trajectory of their destined life, and no one can truly predict the future and predict how they will end.

Yuan Lingjun was already in the carriage on the way home, stroking his abdomen with his hands, smiling at the stretching of the rivers and mountains, and the extravagance of the rivers.

Emperor Hongjia walked quickly on the corridor, she had something she hadn't dared to do for a long time, and she wanted to finish it.

Princess Yang Zhai, who came out of the council hall, stood on the high platform, and at this moment she was facing the most difficult choice, I don't know whether to move forward or stay where I am?

Yuan Luo, who is far away in Peiguo, is hugging Jiao'er and sharing with her family the name her father has set for her child.

In a simple thatched hut in Maoling, the oil lamp is dim, and Princess Tongqing is still copying Buddhist scriptures over and over again.

And the Emperor Taishang happened to finish dancing a sword, used up the tea cooked by Maosheng, and sat alone for a long time, and took out a small piece of old silk in his skirt, with six characters on the silk, and the words were heartfelt.