September 12 of the first year of Daxing, it is the day of Emperor Wu's sacrifice, on this day, the emperor and queen dressed in dark clothes led the ministers, concubines, and heirs of the emperor to hold a grand ceremony to commemorate Emperor Wu in the Taimiao.

The Queen Mother did not participate due to the phoenix's physical illness.

This grand and solemn ceremony lasted from early morning to mid-afternoon.

At that time, everyone was exhausted, and according to the rules of the Jin Palace, the courtiers could only stand outside the temple, and only the queen mother, the emperor, the heirs and the concubines could enter the temple.

When the emperor and queen stepped out of the temple with the concubines and the emperor's heirs, the courtiers retreated to both sides of the Danqi in two columns in an orderly manner to send off the emperor. However, just when the emperor and queen had just finished walking the Danqi, the originally clear sky was covered with dark clouds in the blink of an eye, followed by lightning and thunder, and the concubines behind had not finished the Danqi, and the heavy rain followed.

This heavy rain came suddenly and urgently, no one thought that such a fine weather would rain suddenly, so the waiters did not bring rain gear, this time it can be anxious for everyone, for a while the sound of "escort" came and went, noisy, everyone was in a hurry, the scene was chaotic.

When the emperor returned to the temple and the courtiers stood on the corridor in front of the temple to hide from the rain, there were bursts of exclamations coming one after another.

Because in the chaos just now, many yellow strips of paper fell from the sleeves of Shen Luyi's clothes, and the pieces of paper seemed to be painted with bright red charms, as piercing red as blood, and the most terrible thing was that the back of each yellow paper was filled with cinnabar words such as cursing the emperor "The soul is restless and will never be reborn".

Seeing this, the elder Jiang Xun of the Imperial Historical Observatory took the lead in kneeling on the ground and played loudly: "This is the blood curse, the most vicious blood curse in the curse!" Your Majesty, this Concubine Jing entered the Taimiao with this spell full of 'blood curse', and committed a great crime of disrespect, please ask the emperor to deal with the crime quickly! ”

With him taking the lead, all the ministers knelt on the ground and shouted, "Please ask the emperor to deal with the crime quickly", and surrounded the gate of the Taimiao Temple at a very fast speed.

Seeing this, Xi Ze's expression changed again and again: "This matter is a serious matter, how can it be lightly convicted?" Stand down! ”

However, when the ministers heard this, they didn't have the slightest intention of retreating, and Song Bingguo, the prime minister of the left, kowtowed heavily to Xi Ze, and said earnestly: "How can the emperor tolerate such a demon girl?" Please ask the emperor to give death to Concubine Jing immediately! ”

As soon as his voice fell, the right prime minister Fu Jingchuan also said righteously: "Your Majesty, Concubine Jing cursed the emperor with a blood curse, heaven and earth are not tolerated, otherwise how could this originally fine weather suddenly rain?!" If it weren't for the fact that everyone was shocked by the rapid rainstorm just now, presumably the blood curse hidden in Concubine Jing's sleeve would not have been discovered by the light! This is heaven warning the emperor, Concubine Jing is a demon who is a disaster to the country! Please ask the emperor to give her death as soon as possible, so as to ensure the safety and stability of my Great Jin Kingdom! Don't make a mistake out of love! ”

So for a while, everyone kowtowed, screamed, and screamed, and there was chaos, only Xia Wanfeng stood in the center alone, and finally was pulled down by his father Xia Kai and knelt on the ground, and he came back to his senses. However, when he wanted to get up again, he was stopped by Xia Kai and couldn't move.

On the other side, Xi Ze was furious when he saw this, and said angrily: "Enough! ”

When everyone heard the sound, they were instantly silent, and Taimiao immediately fell into a dead silence.

At this moment, Shen Luyi had no time to care about everyone's criticism, she looked at the charms that fell from her body in a daze, and the last trace of reason told her that she couldn't stay in the temple for long, in case there were other big disrespectful things that were "shaken" out in the temple in front of the emperor. So she turned around and quickly ran towards the gate of the Taimiao, but before she could advance a few steps, she was blocked by the ministers blocking the gate of the Taimiao.

"Go away, this palace is going out! Go away! She pushed the ministers desperately, but they wouldn't let go.

At this moment, Xi Ze's voice came from behind him: "Let go!" Let her out! ”

Who knows, those ministers still didn't let go, and still loudly begged Xi Ze to give Shen Green clothes to death. Xi Ze couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "You even dare to disobey the holy decree, do you want to rebel?" ”

When everyone saw this, they were all taken aback, and they all knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to plead guilty: "The emperor is angry!" ”

Without any obstruction, Shen Luyi stepped over the gate of the Taimiao.

However, a scene that surprised everyone even more was revealed.

Shen Luyi, who crossed the gate of the Taimiao, did not escape, she knelt straight at the gate facing the Taimiao, looked ahead, and said blankly: "Your Majesty, Lu'er is wrong, Lu'er shouldn't have entered the Taimiao with these disrespectful things on a big day like today, Lu'er really deserves death!" But Your Majesty, Lu'er really doesn't know why so many charms suddenly fall from her body! Lu'er really doesn't know! You have to believe in Lu'er! ”

The rainstorm outside stopped for some time, Xi Ze stood in the hall and nodded, and said, "I believe you, Lu'er, you get up first, this matter ......"

However, before he finished his words, Shen Luyi continued to himself: "Although Lu'er herself almost doesn't believe in herself, the words on this spell are really not written by Lu'er!" But......" She trembled and picked up a charm, took a deep breath, tried her best to hold back the tears in her eyes, and said with trembling lips, "But how can this word, this official book, and this trace be exactly the same as what Lu'er wrote herself?" Lu'er herself can't tell the real from the fake! But Lu'er really didn't write such a rebellious word, Lu'er didn't! Look at this' Sheng's word, Lu'er remembers, that is, you held Lu'er's hand to teach Lu'er a stroke of a stroke, at that time you told sù Lu'er that not all women have to be weak as water, both rigid and soft is the best, so what you taught Lu'er is not Juanxiu's regular script but the strong Lishu, Lu'er still remembers that year Lu'er shot the bull's-eye for the first time with a bow, you were so happy that you rewarded Lu'er with a jar of daughter red buried under the green bamboo of Lushuiju, saying that it was to wait for Lu'er to get married when he took it out and drank with Lu'er, and now Lu'er has been married, but you can no longer drink with Lu'er! And also...... Xiao Guo asked Lu'er to be friendly, you love Lu'er, you are not willing to marry Lu'er far away, you treat Lu'er as kind as a mountain, you are far better than your biological parents in Lu'er's heart, how can Lu'er curse you with the official book you personally taught? Even if you beat Lu'er to death, Lu'er won't do this! ”

The hot tears finally burst the embankment, rolling down one after another, chopping continuously.

Only then did everyone understand that the "emperor" in Shen Luyi's mouth was not referring to Xi Ze, but to the first emperor.

Xi Ze turned around in pain, tried his best to hold back the tears swirling in his eyes, and took two steps to the side. Although he couldn't listen to it anymore, he still didn't want to stop Shen Luyi from expressing his sorrow for the emperor.

However, Shen Luyi's words did not end, the more she spoke, the more sad she became, the more excited she became, completely immersed in her own world, she grabbed the threshold of the Taimiao, as if she wanted to get closer to the tablet of the emperor: "Your Majesty, you haven't met Lu'er in a dream for a long time, you just went there, you will come every night, why don't you come a day now, don't you want Lu'er?" Are you blaming Lu'er for not finding the real murderer? If so, Lu'er doesn't dare to argue, Lu'er is really incompetent, it's been a whole year, Lu'er has also been investigating for a whole year, using all the power he can use to investigate, he really tried his best to investigate, but he still didn't find the real culprit, in fact, Lu'er blames himself every day, but Lu'er is not lazy, there is really not a day, can you forgive Lu'er? Lu'er will redouble his efforts to track it down in the future, don't you leave Lu'er behind, okay? Lu'er can also tell you a secret, although the third brother ordered that you can't go to King Yu privately, but Lu'er still secretly went to Shangyang Palace behind the third brother's back, Lu'er can't find out the results when he checks and checks, the only possibility is only him, but no matter how Lu'er says it, King Yu insists that the poison of the last bowl of medicine is not from him, he would rather die than admit it, he would rather die than admit it...... Your Majesty, you sue Sù Lu'er, what should Lu'er do? Who is the real culprit and who is he? Tell him to come out, and Lu'er will fight with him now...... Ah......h

At this moment, this spell all over the ground brought great stimulation to Shen Luyi, and even a fatal blow, she wept bitterly and told the infinite sorrow for the emperor in her heart, and the pain and hatred that had been suppressed for a whole year were like a flood that suddenly burst the embankment at this moment, with unprecedented explosive power to wash all around, and its momentum of turning over mountains and seas was almost unparalleled in the world. Especially when it came to King Yu at the end, she clenched her hands into fists and slammed the threshold of the Taimiao Temple, one after the other, tirelessly.

However, this originally small sound was like thunder in the dead silence of the Taimiao at this moment.

When Xi Ze heard the sound, he suddenly turned around and stepped a few steps to Shen Luyi's side, hugged her tightly into his arms, restrained her hands that were still beating the threshold, and eagerly comforted: "Don't cry Lu'er, don't be like this, you calm down!" Lu'er, father didn't leave you, he loves you so much, how can he be willing to leave you? So you must be calm! It's okay Lu'er, it's all over! With the third brother by your side, you will get better! ”

At this moment, Shen Luyi's love had collapsed across the board, and she fell weakly into Xi Ze's arms and cried loudly: "You come out, I, Shen Luyi, fought with you, why do you want to harm the emperor?!" If you have the ability, you will come out for me...... What is it to hide? You come out ......"

Seeing this, Xi Ze's heart was like a knife, he knelt beside Shen Luyi, hugged Shen Luyi tighter, and called loudly: "Lu'er, Lu'er, Lu'er, you listen to the third brother, you are like this, how heartbroken it should be for your father to look at it in the sky, do you know that he will cry!" The third brother promised you that you would do your best to find the real murderer! Don't cry, third brother, please stop crying, okay......"

When everyone saw this, they were stunned one by one.

Those courtiers who asked Xi Ze to punish their crimes and give them death seemed to have all suddenly become "dumb", and no one thought that this person who was originally accused of being disrespectful to the former emperor would respect the former emperor more than everyone present - she didn't even dare to take half a step into the Taimiao to ask for sin, and who else dared to accuse her of being disrespectful to the emperor?!

Xi Ze looked at the people who were still kneeling around, and angrily reprimanded: "All of them are for me to retreat!" The sooner you retreat, the better! ”

Only then did everyone come to their senses and scrambled to leave.

Wang Ningxuan wiped the tears on his face, and after everyone who should retreat retreated, he took off his outer robe, walked to Xi Ze's side, gently covered it on Shen Luyi's body, and smiled at Xi Ze.

Although this is only a small detail, it is extremely warm, the breeze is blowing, Xi Ze nodded to Wang Ningxuan, he picked up the Shen green clothes that gradually recovered and calmed, and looked at the sky in front of him, at this time, the rainstorm has long stopped, the sky is clear again, and the endless sky blooms with dazzling brilliance again, as if it is a new life, giving people great hope. Xi Ze settled down, raised a shallow smile, and said warmly to the people around him: "Ning Xuan, now accompany me to send Lu'er to the Green Shadow Palace, okay?" ”

"Concubine, that's exactly what I mean!"