Wu Jing didn't have any displeasure with Qiao Ya's cynicism, on the contrary, he just thanked Qiao Ya again for his help, and then got on the horse and went back to the barracks.

Qiao Ya took her apprentice back to the Yaxin faction and discussed it with Li Shuyao, and Li Shuyao took her jade card to chase after the five-faced ghost remnants, and she had nothing to do with the rest.

On the other side of the capital, people are panicking these days. It has been three days since the death of the first emperor, and the succession to the throne has not been temporarily suppressed, and the queen has not let go, and some ministers have even folded to let the queen ascend the throne. After all, one of the successors of the An family is a descendant of Concubine Shu, and the other is a Taoist priest.

Nowadays, even if a person with a foreign surname succeeds to the throne, it is better than that the country is not as strong as the monarch.

However, the queen did not obey their wishes, but refused to ascend the throne, only saying that after the King of Jingyang and the remnants of the Xiao family were cleared, she would go to the Yaxin faction to ask for guilt and take the second prince back to ascend the throne.

With the queen's assurance, the ministers could only press their patience to lead errands. But the remnants of the Jingyang Wang are involved a lot, and after this investigation, in the eleven provinces of Xiliang Kingdom, there are people from the king of Jingyang.

In addition to some generals, even among the civil officials, there are many lackeys of King Jingyang. As soon as the list was exposed, the queen smashed three jade fingerguards on the Hall of Light.

This time, the queen did not spare these people, and those who should be locked up in prison pending trial, and those who should be killed were directly pulled out of the market to read the charges and beheaded on the street to show the public.

Even the families of the officials were not spared, and all of them were exiled.

A bloody storm blew on the land of Xiliang Kingdom, which was even more brutal than the purge when the emperor ascended the throne. There are only a few people who complain, but everyone in the court is in danger. No one expected the queen who looked gentle and virtuous on weekdays. The means are so ruthless and ruthless.

However, the queen's faction did not waver at all, they knew that if they didn't use some ruthless means, they were afraid that others would still gossip about the second prince's ascension.

Only when these people with intentions are cleaned up, and after the second prince ascends the throne, will he step into the footsteps of the first emperor.

But in this way, the queen's reputation will be completely ruined. It turned out to be the most beloved woman, famous for her kindness and affinity, and now everyone talks about her, only saying that she is a kind appearance in her deep heart, but she is a devil in her bones.

How could the queen not know the rumors about her from outside. But the more rumors there are. The more ruthless her actions became, until the Xiao family was beheaded all over the house, her last wish was fulfilled.

On this day, Concubine Shu sat in front of the cold palace gate, looking at the sun above her head. The heart is cold into winter. Since the death of the first emperor. She hadn't heard anything for ten days. It wasn't until she heard that the Xiao family was all over the house, and she didn't know why, but she only had a feeling of relief in her heart.

This is retribution, right? Concubine Shu smiled bitterly. Looking at the wall full of dead vines, it should have been early summer, when the creepers here were at their most luxuriant, but the cold palace was cold, and even the creepers could not grow.

Listening to the birdsong from outside the wall, Concubine Shu was a little surprised, what has she done in her life, and since when has she only had rights in her eyes?

Recalling that she was still a cardamom year, when she saw the emperor for the first time, that bright yellow imprinted in her eyes, and the emperor who was still young and handsome at the time suddenly hit her heart hard, leaving a distinct trace.

Maybe at the beginning, she still had hope, but since she learned that she married Ying Qiao'er together, but she was a side concubine, her heart changed a little.

Concubine Shu smiled bitterly again, and glanced at the blue sky, the dazzling sunlight did not make her retract her gaze, but made her feel like she wanted to fly into the sky with the light.

Looking at it, she felt that if she closed her eyes, she could reach where the light was. So she slowly closed her eyes, and in her ears, she heard the last words of her life: "Niangniang, if you are tired, go in." ”

On June 3, the seventh year of Xuanwu in Xiliang State, Concubine Shu died.

The next day, the queen announced the death of Concubine Shu, and made an exception to open the imperial mausoleum, so that Concubine Shu was buried next to Emperor Xuanwu.

Seven days later, after the funeral was completed, the queen sat in the Fengqi Hall and was stunned.

It's time for her to go, right? There is nothing to remember here, the man she married at the beginning was actually dead in her heart. Now that even the woman who has competed with her for many years is gone, and she feels that there is no interest in this palace.

In fact, as early as the moment she was beaten into the cold palace, she had no love for the palace. It was just revenge, in order to punish the negative person, she promised Qing Chu Zhenren to come back and cooperate with her actions.

Now the voices in the court that support Hongguang have accounted for ninety percent, even if Hongguang comes back without her, he can sit firmly on this dragon chair.

Thinking of what she had done these days, the daughter of the girl named Ying Qiao'er leaned on the pillow, the corners of her mouth hooked, and she smiled slightly. Even she didn't know if it was a wry smile or a relaxed laugh. She just felt like laughing, wanting to make everything before this laugh.

"Niangniang, General Chu is out asking to see you."

Ying Qiao'er raised her head, looked at the eunuch who reported the news, and smiled again: "Aren't you going back?" ”

Yuli glanced at the queen, and lowered her head again: "Didn't you leave either?" ”

Ying Qiao'er sighed slightly, propped up the pillow and stood up: "Let's go, at least before Hongguang comes back, what needs to be done has to be done." ”

Chu Yicheng came here with a resignation, and the queen was very surprised to hear it, but she also knew what he was thinking in her heart.

That's right, at least after the new emperor takes office, it won't be so easy for them to leave. But if they don't leave, the new emperor may be left with a pimple in his heart, after all, they are all the people who took office to the new emperor, and the new emperor will suspect them of arrogance.

How smart Chu Yicheng is, you can know from the beginning that he has sided with Qiao Ya. The queen back then was no worse than him, so she naturally understood his mind.

It's just that......

"The mourning family doesn't care about this, if the general wants to resign, he has to wait for the new emperor to take office."

Chu Yicheng's face was full of anxiety, and he lowered his voice and pleaded: "Niangniang, Weichen does not seek glory and wealth, but only wants the Chu family to be safe in their lives." If the mother is forced to force each other, Weichen only has ......"

The queen smiled skillfully, and Chu Yicheng was slightly stunned.

"Only what? Do you want to cut off your arm or break your leg? I know your thoughts very well, but you should believe that Hongguang is different from the first emperor. No, you should believe that the people taught by Qing Chu are different from the people of this world. ”

Chu Yicheng was stunned, heard the queen's subtext, he thought for a moment, and finally kowtowed to the queen and retreated silently.

The next day, the empress announced in the court that she would leave for the Yaxin faction and beg the Nine Heavens Goddess to exchange for the second prince. (To be continued.) )