Chapter 222: Finale + Extra
Empress Dowager Cao knew that Li Che's words were by no means alarmist, King Gong committed adultery with his brother and sister-in-law, such a thing came out, even if the Cao family worked hard to protect each other, but if Li Che was determined to kill King Gong, no one in the world could jump out and say no word.
At this time, the Empress Dowager Cao finally panicked, she hurriedly looked at King Gong kneeling in the hall, but King Gong didn't look at her, as if he hadn't heard her words, let alone noticed her gaze. It seems that his life and death have long been out of his mind.
Empress Dowager Cao's hand holding the armrest tightened and tightened, she finally made up her mind, raised her head and looked at Li Che and said, "There are a lot of strange things about this matter, how could King Gong appear in the harem in the middle of the night?" Besides, without Cao Ying's permission, how could King Gong enter her bedroom? It must be ......"
Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Cao Ying's laughter.
Cao Ying's laughter was full of mockery, she raised her head to look at the Empress Dowager Cao, and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager is right, this matter is indeed quite strange, for example, the concubine has a pack of drugs in her hand, and for example, there is still a secret incense in the concubine's room, Your Majesty only needs to send someone to check, and it will definitely be found that this secret incense is exactly the same as that used by Concubine Cao Shu at the beginning." ”
She finally figured it out, and also figured out what Cao Fei was all about, she hated only that she was blinded by temptation, so she didn't notice Empress Dowager Cao's conspiracy, she hated it, she really hated it!
Cao Ying's face was full of hatred, that unforgettable hatred, even the Empress Dowager Cao was shocked, she panicked and said: "As a noble concubine, you don't know how to use secret incense to seduce King Gong, and now you are still unrepentant......"
"Enough!" King Gong, who had never spoken, heard Empress Dowager Cao's words and suddenly interrupted her. The disappointment and pain on his face were so obvious, he looked at the Empress Dowager Cao and said softly: "Enough is enough for the queen mother, it's really enough......"
He turned to look at Li Che: "I did it alone, I coveted the beauty of the concubine, secretly replaced her incense with the secret incense of the Western Regions, and bought off the palace people around her, and put drugs in the imperial brother's tea, everything was done by me, cousin, she didn't know, and the younger brother knew that his guilt was unforgivable." May one death pay for one's sin. It's just that her cousin, all she thinks and thinks about in her heart from the time she was in Ji Lu is Your Majesty, and I hope that Your Majesty can spare her life for the sake of the past and the Cao family. ”
"What nonsense are you talking about!" When Empress Dowager Cao heard this, she was immediately anxious: "Obviously, it was Cao Ying who seduced you first." It's clear that she can't stand the loneliness......"
Cao Ying sneered again when she heard this. King Gong interrupted Empress Dowager Cao's words. looked at her and said bitterly: "Uncle only has two daughters, for you and the Cao family, I knew that they would not be happy but I forcibly sent them in." Isn't it enough that the queen mother has already killed one? Do you have to force your uncle to separate from you before you stop?! ”
As soon as King Gong's words came out, Empress Dowager Cao's face was suddenly flustered, she looked at King Gong, and then at Cao Ying, a little overwhelmed, especially the bitter hatred on Cao Ying's face, which gave her a sense of inescapability, but she couldn't retreat!
She must save her only child!
Empress Dowager Cao raised her chin, so that she had some confidence to look at it, she turned her eyes to Li Che and said: "Right and wrong are at ease in the hearts of the people, Cao Ying She doesn't know how to seduce King Gong, King Gong is confused by her at the moment, and he will take the blame alone." ”
"Really?" Li Che snorted lightly when he heard this, and he raised his eyebrows: "Take someone!" ”
As his words fell, Wai Long Yi walked in with a woman dressed as a palace maid, and as soon as the woman appeared, Empress Dowager Cao was shocked.
The palace maid looked at the surprise on Empress Dowager Cao's face and smiled: "Does the Empress Dowager still remember the slave?" ”
Remember, how could she not remember!
This palace maid is none other than the palace maid she sent to poison Cao Fei!
Empress Dowager Cao looked at the palace maid, and her voice trembled: "You...... You...... Aren't you dead?! ”
The palace maid smiled again when she heard this: "The Queen Mother may not know that the slave maid was already His Majesty's wolf group secret guard long before entering the Cao family's secret guard!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Empress Dowager Cao still didn't understand anything, she closed her eyes in despair, and finally couldn't stand anymore, and sat on the high seat.
Cao Ying frowned when she heard this, she looked at the palace maid and asked hurriedly, "Who are you?" ”
The palace maid smiled and didn't answer, but Li Che on the side opened her mouth lightly: "If you want to know why Cao Fei died, you might as well wait, and when Master Cao comes, it's not too late to talk to you." ”
When Empress Dowager Cao heard the name of Master Cao, she immediately screamed: "Don't! Please, don't! ”
However, it was too late, and the loud voice of the eunuch outside completely made Mrs. Cao feel like ashes: "Mrs. Cao has arrived!" ”
Master Cao walked into the hall in civilian clothes, he glanced at Cao Ying and King Gong, who were kneeling on the ground in disheveled clothes, and frowned slightly and looked at the Empress Dowager Cao on the high seat, but the Empress Dowager Cao did not dare to meet his gaze, dodging left and right.
Master Cao took two steps forward and came to Li Che to salute: "The minister has seen Your Majesty, but I don't know what Your Majesty is calling the minister into the palace late at night?" ”
Li Che glanced at him, after the incident in Shaanxi, Taishi Cao was no longer as radiant as he used to be, and the rich and noble color on his face was replaced by a touch of almost invisible haggardness.
Li Che sighed: "Cui Laifu will tell you about this matter." ”
When Taishi Cao heard this, he looked at Cui Laifu in a blink of an eye, and Cui Laifu coughed lightly and told the whole story, but this time he said it very comprehensively, telling Liu Xuan how Li Che drank the sobering soup with the drug on the night of her birth, and how Cao Ying and King Gong were upside down.
Master Cao listened quietly, and his head hung down as he listened.
However, the matter was not over, Cui Laifu looked at him, and explained tonight's events one by one, naturally he made it clear where the drug came from, what the secret incense was, and finally he also made it clear that King Gong was secretly sent to Cao Ying's couch by someone who was hit by the secret incense.
When Taishi Cao heard the end, his eyes suddenly turned to look fierce, he raised his head and turned his eyes to look at the Empress Dowager Cao on the high seat, and asked sharply, "Why do you want to do this?!" ”
Empress Dowager Cao sat on the high seat dejectedly and did not answer.
Li Che said lightly on the side: "It's not too late for Master Cao to get angry after hearing about the matter. ”
Cui Laifu heard this, and immediately told him how Cao Fei used secret incense to sneak into the Qianqing Palace. After finishing speaking, he glanced at it with a little pity, glanced at Taishi Cao, who was trembling all over, and sighed: "As for why Cao Fei died, I hope Taishi will listen to it." ”
The palace maid on the side answered: "Taishi, the slave maid is the secret guard of the Cao family, in the name of the Queen Mother, infiltrated the Xuchang Nunnery, and gave Miss Cao a cup of poisonous wine, the Queen Mother specially instructed that the slave maid must watch Miss Cao swallow her last breath with her own eyes, and blame Liu Guifei for the matter in front of everyone." ”
That's all said and done. Everyone looked at Master Cao. Waiting for his reaction.
Taishi Cao seemed to be ten years old for a moment, he looked at the Empress Dowager Cao, and said in a dumb voice: "Ah Nuan, what they said is true?" ”
A Nuan is the milk name of the Empress Dowager Cao. Empress Dowager Cao heard that call. His body trembled. She bowed her head, did not speak, did not argue.
Taishi Cao closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again: "Ah Nuan, why did you become like this?" I remember you loved to laugh when you were younger. A sugar gourd can also make you smile with satisfaction all day, you are now the queen mother, even if I see you, you must salute, why do you still do this? Is Ah Nuan still there when he was a child? ”
Empress Dowager Cao finally raised her eyes to meet Taishi Cao's gaze, her lips moved, but she didn't make a sound.
Taishi Cao looked at her, his body kept trembling, and he said in a dumb voice: "Fei'er is your one who advocates marrying Your Majesty, in order to consolidate your position, for you I agreed, Fei'er lost her mother since she was a child, and admired and attached to you as her own mother, I only ask you, why do you want to treat her like this?!" ”
Empress Dowager Cao didn't answer, but Cao Ying, who was kneeling on the ground, sneered: "For what? Auntie, this is for me! ”
Cao Ying looked at the Empress Dowager Cao with a smile: "My aunt really took great pains for Ying'er, and she did not hesitate to poison my sister with her own hands and blame Liu Xuan, in order to arouse the unwillingness and resentment in my heart, my aunt is so attentive, Ying'er is really flattered!" ”
Hearing this, Taishi Cao looked at the Empress Dowager Cao deeply, hoping that she could say a word of rebuttal, but she didn't.
Empress Dowager Cao has no way to refute at all, the facts are in front of her, and there is no room for her to refute.
Taishi Cao took a deep breath, turned to Li Che and gave him a deep look: "Now the old minister has no face to face His Majesty, but this matter is all done by the Empress Dowager Cao, Ying'er and King Gong don't know, and I hope Your Majesty's subordinates will show mercy." ”
Li Che glanced at Taishi Cao, who looked weak and old, and also sighed lightly: "Concubine Liu gave birth early, and Empress Dowager Cao volunteered to go to Xuchang'an to pray for the princes, and vowed to spend her life in Xuchang'an to show her sincerity. Cao Guifei suddenly fell seriously ill and died, my heart was very painful, I understood Cao Taishi's love for his daughter, and allowed her to take the body back to Cao's house for burial. ”
He paused and looked at King Gong and said: "King Gong is worried about state affairs, and it coincides with the war in the northwest, so he voluntarily asked for orders to go to the northwest. ”
After saying this, he didn't wait for Master Cao to speak, so he said: "Master Cao is working hard for state affairs, take Cao Ying back." ”
Master Cao's body trembled, and he immediately knelt down: "The old minister thanked Your Majesty." ”
Li Che sighed again, turned around and walked out of the Qiankun Palace, heading straight for the Ganlu Palace.
Liu Xuan didn't sleep, she knew that tonight would not be peaceful, because it was still in the middle of the month, and she didn't dare to bother to read, so she just lay quietly on the bed and watched the snow falling outside the window.
Li Che slowly walked into the dormitory, turned around and closed the door of the hall with his own hands, came to the bed and sat down.
Liu Xuan looked at him and asked softly, "Are all things dealt with?" ”
Li Che nodded, he took Liu Xuan's hand, and said softly: "Xuan'er, I will treat you the same in this life, and you will always remain the same as now, okay?" ”
Hearing this, Liu Xuan gently snuggled in his arms, and then nodded heavily, and said firmly: "Okay!" ”
On the morning of the second day, the Empress Dowager Cao went to Xuchang'an to pray for the princes, Cao Ying's dead body was brought back to the Cao family, and King Gong was appointed to oversee the army to go to the northwest, which blew up the entire court.
Everyone in the court is a human spirit, and there have been so many changes overnight, and they know in their hearts that there must be a reason for it, but they can't ask and don't dare to ask, they just bow their heads.
Taishi Cao's temples turned white almost overnight, and he stepped forward and bowed and said, "The minister has a book to play." ”
Li Che glanced at him and said lightly, "Master Tai, please speak." ”
Taishi Cao took a deep look and said respectfully: "Although Concubine Liu Guifei is a former right-hand relative, freedom means love and filial piety. He took care of his seriously ill grandfather by himself at a young age, and then buried his grandfather alone and kept filial piety for three years. Guifei Niangniang, because she couldn't bear to refuse the last wish of the emperor, followed the will of the emperor to marry the prince of Ning, although the name is a woman, but the body and mind are clean, and now she gave birth to two princes for His Majesty. The minister implores His Majesty to make Liu Guifei the queen! ”
Li Che frowned slightly when he heard this. He looked at the people in the court and asked lightly, "What do you Aiqing think?" ”
Everyone looked at each other and didn't know how to answer for a while, and then Mrs. Liu came out of the ranks, bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "As the Taishi said, Concubine Liu Guifei is very affectionate, filial and has great merit. The ministers and the prince pleaded with Your Majesty. Liu Guifei was appointed as the queen. ”
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Cao both set an example. Everyone immediately bowed their heads and shouted: "The ministers seconded the proposal and implored Your Majesty to make Liu Guifei the queen!" ”
Li Che looked at the hall, his thin lips raised slightly: "Quasi-Aiqing's play!" ”
Went down. Li Che did not go to the imperial study for the first time, but went straight to the Ganlu Palace, today is the first day of Liu Xuan's confinement, she is holding a prince on the left and right, sitting in the backyard basking in the sun.
Seeing Li Che coming quickly, raising his little face and smiling at her, Li Che looked at her, standing still three steps away from her, his face was also smiling, he looked at Liu Xuan with joy in his voice: "Cui Laifu Xuan Paper!" ”
Liu Xuan was slightly stunned when she heard this, only to see Cui Laifu open the holy decree and read: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I inherit the order of heaven, Qin Shao Hongtu, the way of the country, and the family is the foundation." The love of husband and wife, the righteousness of Qiankun. In fact, with the respect of the ancestors, the sincerity of the co-support, and the only importance of the qualifications, Liu Xuan, the righteous daughter of Mrs. Liu, has the virtue of chastity and quietness, and is called the choice of the mother's ceremony, and it is advisable to inherit the temple of heaven and earth, and only obey the order of the Queen Mother, and hereby register it as the queen. ”
After a sealed decree was read like this, Liu Xuan didn't even kneel down to receive the decree, she looked up at Li Che in a daze, only to see him show a big smile at herself.
Liu Xuan was stunned for a while, and then she came back to her senses and smiled, she just sat like this, holding the two princes in her arms, and smiled: "The concubine has the order, thank you Lord Longen!" ”
End of book.
Extra:
Time flies like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, three years have passed.
Liu Xuan looked at the two little guys running around the hall, and touched her high bulging abdomen, she was about to give birth, and this fetus was first diagnosed as a female fetus by Gong Hospital.
Maybe it was because he was tossed enough by the two leather boys, after Gong Yuan first announced that his baby was a girl, Li Che was extremely happy, and even named the child in his womb Yuan.
Yuan is the meaning of beautiful jade, although Li Che opened his mouth to take it, but through a Yuan word, it can be seen that he has been thinking silently for a long time.
Unlike the names of these two bastard boys, one is a fan, the other is a fan, no matter how it sounds, it seems to be taken casually, and one fan and one fan, it is not easy to distinguish between them.
Before she could react from the shock when she received the will that day, Li Che told her another piece of news that made her happy, that all the horses in the horse farm had been cured!
She took the greatest credit for this, and she worked tirelessly on the horse farm for two months until all the horses were cured, and then returned to the annex.
Liu Xuan recruited Jin He into the palace to thank her, but she never thought that she waved her hand and said: "The queen must not change me Jin He again, I am now Yan Yingxue, if the queen really wants to thank me, you might as well let Your Majesty inform me of Liu Zhiqing's whereabouts, so I can go to find him." ”
Thinking of Jin He at that time, no, thinking of Yan Yingxue is expectation in her eyes, Liu Xuan couldn't help but chuckle again, in order to thank her, Liu Xuan immediately called Li Che and asked him to inform Yan Yingxue of Liu Zhiqing's whereabouts.
After Yan Yingxue learned of Liu Zhiqing's whereabouts, she didn't even thank her, so she hurriedly left the palace to find someone.
Xu Yan Yingxue's affection touched Liu Zhiqing, or Liu Zhiqing couldn't resist her entanglement, in short, today is the day Liu Zhiqing returns to the dynasty, and it is also the time of his wedding with Yan Yingxue.
It's a pity that Liu Xuan can't go in person because of the imminent delivery, so she can only take the child in the palace.
It is also strange to say that these two children are obviously twins, but their appearance is not very different, Li Fan's appearance is the same as Li Che, and Li Fan ......
Liu Xuan looked at Li Fan's face and smiled slightly, and she called softly: "Fan'er, come to the queen mother." ”
When Li Fan heard this, he immediately left Li Fan, walked on two little feet, and came to Liu Xuan's side happily all the way, raising a little face with an overly prosperous face and asking in a milky voice: "What is the so-called matter of the queen mother calling her sons?" ”
The corners of Liu Xuan's mouth twitched slightly when she heard this, Li Fan's temperament was like Li Che, he didn't talk much and was cold, but Li Fan was the opposite. Talkative and extremely curious.
She touched Li Fan's head, took out a handkerchief and wiped the beads of sweat on his head, and said softly: "Today, let Uncle Long Yi lead you to meet someone?" ”
Li Fan's eyes lit up when he heard this: "But the prince of King Ning that his father and mother often mentioned to the emperor?" ”
Liu Xuan smiled and nodded: "Exactly, are you willing to see him?" ”
Li Fan nodded again and again: "The prince of King Ning is the god of war of my dynasty, and Erchen has long wanted to see if he is as powerful as the legend!" The father said that his brother will be the prince in the future, and the son is the existence of the god of war like the prince of King Ning, defending the zombie and expanding the territory for his brother! ”
Liu Xuan smiled when she heard this, she nodded and affirmed Li Fan's great ambition: "Since this is the case." Today, the prince of King Ning has just returned to the dynasty. At this moment, you are in King Ning's mansion, let Uncle Long Yi lead you to see you. ”
Looking at Li Fan's longing eyes, Liu Xuan smiled and called Long Yi.
Long Yi glanced at her, and then at Li Fan. Then he picked up Li Fan. In an instant, it disappeared in place.
Deng Yu was sitting in the training ground and watching the guards practice. Today is the day of Liu Zhiqing's wedding, he doesn't want to join in the excitement, he only needs to remember the wedding scene once.
Just as he was wandering out of the world. Suddenly, a milky voice called out with a thick pride: "Hey, the one with the mask!" You're the prince of King Ning, right?! ”
Deng Yu frowned when he heard this, and turned his eyes to look at the source of the voice, only to see a pink-carved boy raising his chin high, looking at himself with disdain, and when he saw the appearance of the boy, Deng Yu was stunned.
He looked at the dragon beside the boy in disbelief, and when he saw that the dragon nodded at him, his hands suddenly trembled uncontrollably.
He choked slightly in his throat, and looked at the boy quietly for a long time, until the boy frowned unhappily and shouted at him: "Are you a fool?" This prince is asking you! ”
Looking at the proud appearance of the boy, Deng Yu suddenly got up, came to the boy in three or two steps, looked at him condescendingly, and mocked in a soft voice: "Bastard boy, you should call your father the king!" ”
Yes, today King Ning has passed the throne of the king with a different surname to Deng Yu, and now Deng Yu is no longer the son of King Ning, but King Ning!
Li Fan frowned when he heard this: "I have a father!" ”
Deng Yu smiled lightly, his voice softened, he rubbed the top of Li Fan's head, and said softly: "He is your father, and Ye is your father!" ”
Liu Xuan's fetus is really a daughter, and Li Che guarded it every step when this fetus was born, even if Wen Po said how many times the delivery room was unlucky and begged His Majesty to leave, Li Che just didn't move at all.
It's just that Liu Xuan regretted letting him accompany him very much, because his lips were white, and his whole face was bloodless, and he looked even more haggard than a pregnant woman.
Fortunately, the birth of this fetus went very smoothly, otherwise Liu Xuan suspected that before Yuanyuan was born, Li Che would faint first.
Yuanyuan grew up to a year old, and she looked very much like Liu Xuan, and now no one in the court dares to say the words that let Li Che fill the harem, because Liu Xuan is no longer the Liu Xuan of the year, she has nearly half of the money and silver in the dynasty, especially the good horse in the horse farm, which is the target of everyone's scramble.
What's more, the new jade vein discovered by the daughter of the Liu family last year, the entire Liu family has become a new upstart in the capital.
At this time, don't say that you offended Liu Xuan, that is, someone slightly upset Liu Xuan, from Li Che to hundreds of civil and military officials, they will all look at them with angry eyes.
Especially the four-year-old prince, his eyes are cold, which can instantly make people feel that they are in an ice cellar, and they feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.
Jiang Xiaogongzi was also transferred to the capital because of his meritorious service in governing Shudi, and he took his daughter-in-law to visit Liu Xuan once.
Liu Xuan stared at his daughter-in-law for a long time, always feeling a little familiar and looking at her, Jiang Xiaogongzi smiled at her gracefully, and pointed to his daughter-in-law to solve her puzzles: "This is the stupid little guy next to me, her name is Chen Ronghui, she has always been a woman in men's clothes with the minister's side, and the queen has seen it many times." ”
After he said this, Liu Xuan suddenly realized, isn't it, this appearance is the little guy who has been following Jiang Xiaoxiao's side.
Seeing this, Liu Xuan coughed lightly, looked at Chen Ronghui with ill intentions and said, "You even look down on a person like him?" At the beginning, he sent Geng Ti and me, and he took it back very shamelessly, such a villain, how can you rest assured to marry him? ”
Chen Ronghui's reaction greatly surprised Liu Xuan, not only did she not refute when she heard this, but nodded again and again: "What the queen mother said is very true, he is so shameless, knowing that I am a woman, but he ......"
Jiang Xiaogongzi covered her mouth when she heard this, and then smiled at Liu Xuan, ignoring Chen Ronghui's struggle, opened her eyes and said nonsense: "She knows that the minister is not the villain like the mother in her mouth, she has always liked the minister, so the woman dressed as a man has always been by the minister's side." ”
Chen Ronghui suddenly struggled more and more when she heard this, and greeted Jiang Xiaogongzi with her hands and feet, Jiang Xiaogongzi endured the pain, but she covered her mouth and didn't let her say half a word.
Seeing this, Liu Xuan immediately laughed, tears of laughter flowed out, she covered her stomach and waved her hand at Jiang Xiaogongzi: "You take her away quickly, if you don't leave, either she will be covered by you and lose her breath, or you will be beaten by her to the point of bleeding." ”
Jiang Xiaogongzi generally covered Chen Ronghui's mouth, while pretending to say goodbye to Liu Xuan lightly, but the appearance of leaving quickly betrayed his embarrassment at the moment.
Sun Xun also married in that year, and it is said that he was a quiet woman who was very compatible with him.
The years are quiet, and friends are happy.
In the evening, Li Che played the music, and when he turned around, he saw Liu Xuan looking at him quietly with a smile on his face.
Li Che came to her side, gently took her into his arms, looked at her and asked softly, "What's wrong?" Why have you been staring at me for so long today? ”
Hearing this, Liu Xuan put her hands around his neck, stood on tiptoe and dropped a kiss on his thin lips and then pulled away, looking up at him: "The concubine is just thinking, with you in this life, the concubine is the happiest woman in the world." ”
After she finished speaking, she dropped another kiss on his thin lips, and then whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, I love you......"
Li Che's eyes turned abruptly when he heard this, picked her up horizontally, and strode towards the bed.
No matter how the world changes, she and him will be inseparable in this life, with the same heart and mind, and will never abandon them.
Perhaps, this is the highest essence of happiness. (To be continued.) )
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