King Xiang's face was very gloomy, he didn't expect that the carefully prepared things would go wrong, and he didn't expect that Li Weiyang had already understood their conspiracy, just to lure the snake out of the hole! He thought that no matter how smart this woman was, she was just raised in the boudoir, but he didn't expect that she was much more cunning than the upright Guo family! Now this situation has all become its own! His affection was far calmer than that of Concubine Hu Shun, so he helped his mother up, and the smile on his face looked very cold: "Guo Jia, my mother is the concubine Shun who was personally canonized by His Majesty, even the queen mother can't be deposed lightly, and it's not your turn to teach you a lesson!" ”

Li Weiyang's smile became very gentle, and he turned his head to look at Pei Hou, who was high above, and said, "Niangniang, look, King Xiang just said that I questioned your power to hold the Six Palaces, but now I see that he is disrespectful to you!" ”

This kind of words, if it were someone else, I was afraid that I would have jumped up on the spot, but Empress Pei only smiled slightly and said: "King Xiang is just protective of his mother, and he has lost his sense of proportion for a while. ”

Li Weiyang's gaze and Pei Hou looked at each other, but there was not a trace of ripples in them.

"Niangniang, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, my niece and nephew made a mistake, you only gave two choices, one is a glass of poisonous wine, and the other is the criminal department to ask the crime, and now the person who broke the law has become Concubine Shun and the king of Xiang, what are you going to do? Could it be that a loss of proportion would be enough to exonerate them? Concubine Hui said coldly.

Li Weiyang's smile was calm, and his eyes were bottomless: "Concubine Hui doesn't have to worry, it doesn't matter what framed me, the most important thing is that Concubine Shun killed Princess Huaiqing, just like the queen said just now, this move insulted the dignity of the royal family in Yuexi." If Niangniang refuses to deal with them, it will only arouse the anger of the entire clan, and I think that Niangniang will definitely punish them severely, and will never tolerate adultery. ”

Before she finished speaking, Concubine Hu Shun had already shouted: "Niangniang, this matter is all done by me, and it has nothing to do with the King of Xiang or the Hu family!" I just can't see that Concubine Hui is always pressing on my head, so I want to start with her niece and give the Guo family a heavy blow, and I have nothing to do with others at all! ”

"Mother, you're just saying that now, is it too late?" Li Weiyang's cool words shocked Concubine Hu Shun, "You don't really think that this matter can be carried down by yourself, right?" You forced Princess Daimyo to frame me, not to attack Concubine Hui, but to coerce me into marrying King Xiang, isn't it? ”

Concubine Hu Shun said sharply: "Don't talk nonsense, my son doesn't know about this from beginning to end!" ”

"If it weren't for the sake of leaving chips to threaten me, why would you keep Zhao Yue's life, you could have killed her in the first place, wouldn't you?"

"You!"

"You first bribed the daimyo, then murdered Huaiqing, framed Zhao Yue, and led me into the game step by step, the fundamental purpose is to hold the Guo family hostage, but what is the use of you as a harem concubine, holding foreign ministers hostage, can you still be the empress yourself?"

"It's full of gibberish, I don't understand it at all!" Concubine Hu Shun's face was full of shock, and her body was trembling.

"At first, I couldn't figure it out, but now I understand, you use the Guo family is small, the purpose is to strengthen the power of the King of Xiang, if he is at ease to be the prince, why do you want to take the power of the foreign minister for himself? There must be an unspeakable secret in it. ”

"You ......"

"The last point-" Li Weiyang took a step closer, looked at her coldly, and said, "If you see that you are forced to marry and fail, you will murder me, if I make a mistake, the Guo family will definitely be heartbroken." But you have been hiding in the shadows, only pleading with the queen to deal with it, obviously with the intention of provoking the Guo and Pei families! In this way, even Prince Yongwen and King Jing are implicated, only King Xiang is out of the matter, and you dare to say that you are not fighting for the throne for your own son! ”

"Shut up!" Concubine Hu Shun screamed, shook off King Xiang's arm, and threw herself at Li Weiyang.

This time, Li Weiyang didn't dodge, her waving arm was grabbed, Li Weiyang's eyes like a cold pool stared at her, close to her, keeping a distance where they could feel each other's breathing, and said in an extremely cold voice: "Concubine Shun Niangniang, if the King of Xiang wants to ascend the throne, what role does the Hu family play in it?" I think that today's events are very important, and it is impossible for the Hu family not to participate, let alone not to know! ”

Li Weiyang's tone was gentle, but his strength was great, Concubine Hu Shun struggled desperately, but Li Weiyang let go of his hand, and Concubine Hu Shun fell to the ground on her back.

Li Weiyang looked at her who was unbearable on the ground, and remembered Princess Huaiqing's shy smile, and her eyes became even colder. She herself is indifferent, but she is not emotionless, Princess Huaiqing is kind-hearted and has no quarrel with the world, but she was drowned alive, Concubine Hu Shun and King Xiang did too much! "Let me sue you, even if you succeed in provoking the two families and making us turn against each other, your son's desire to ascend the throne is also wishful thinking, and it is absolutely impossible!"

"You, you, you shut up......," Concubine Hu Shun hissed, "I never thought of it that way!" ”

Concubine Guo Hui looked at it coldly and said: "Concubine Shun, you actually hide such a big ambition, and you still want to support your son to ascend to the throne, this is not a grudge, this is coveting the prince and having bad intentions!" If what you do today spreads, the entire Yuexi royal family will become a laughing stock in the streets and alleys! Concubine Hu Shun, why are you so stupid! It is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world that an immoral and incompetent woman like you dares to be delusional! Then, Concubine Guo Hui looked at Queen Pei and said slowly: "Niangniang, is this crime enough now?" ”

Concubine Hu Shun's face was already extremely frightened, and she lost her voice and said: "Queen Mother, Niangniang, don't listen to their nonsense, they are all framed!" I'm just ...... It's just ......" probably because she can't even justify herself, so she can't go on halfway through it.

Empress Pei smiled lightly, not caring about what Concubine Guo Hui said, and exhaled like a lan: "Yes, the murder of a member of the royal family is a capital crime, and coveting the position of the crown prince and plotting against him is also a capital crime. In my opinion, it is better to detain the two of them first and investigate slowly. ”

Survey? Now that the evidence is conclusive, what else is there to investigate? When Empress Pei said this, it was clear that she was giving Concubine Hu Shun and King Xiang a buffer, so that the Hu family had a way to turn around...... Li Weiyang smiled coldly, and said in his heart, Empress Pei, you have finished watching the tiger fight, do you plan to reach out and take care of it now? But you're smart, and no one else is stupid!

At this time, the eunuch outside said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

This voice came, and the faces of the entire hall changed. Concubine Hu Shun seemed to still have hope, but King Xiang suddenly turned pale, but Concubine Guo Hui smiled, but it was Empress Pei who did not change color. She glanced at Li Weiyang quietly, but she looked like she was smiling.

It turns out that Guo Jia still has a back hand, and his strength should not be underestimated. Empress Pei lowered her beautiful eyes and laughed.

It seems that it has been a long time since I have met such an interesting girl, no wonder An Guo will be planted in her hands.

She stood up and led the crowd to salute the emperor. Li Weiyang lowered his head, only to hear footsteps, and then naturally someone said, "Calm down." ”

Li Weiyang raised his head, his eyes slowly moved up, first saw a long plain belt, red as the lining, vermilion embroidery as a decoration, and then the four corners of the clothes were about to fly in the air, the mouth was colorful, fluttering to the sky, the waist was a belt full of jewels made of leather, and the white jade ornaments hung on it were very dazzling.

The person in front of him is Emperor Yuexi, although he is not young, but he is a person who has been neglected by the years like Empress Pei, and his long figure and toned silhouette are particularly eye-catching. His fair complexion and handsome woman-like countenance, which are unique to the Yuexi royal family, are set off by this gorgeous imperial dress to make it even more elegant and noble.

From Yuan Lie's appearance, Li Weiyang could guess the appearance of Emperor Yuexi, but in front of him, this man was still more handsome than she expected. The only thing that ruined his appearance was the dark black shadow under his eyes, a dark red mark between his eyebrows, and the yin owl breath under his eyes, as well as the fine lines at the corners of his mouth.

He was a man who was always angry, and he must have had headaches all the time. Li Weiyang knows that people with headaches will habitually pinch their eyebrows, and the longer it lasts, the easier it is to leave a mark. Looking at the emperor's red seal, it is by no means something that can be formed overnight, and it even faintly glows brown. It can be seen that he is pinching extremely hard, so the pain must be extraordinary.

Concubine Hu Shun raised her head hopefully like a drowning person seeing a piece of driftwood, only to see Yuan Lie standing beside the emperor with a smile, and said: "I was playing chess with His Majesty just now, and suddenly I heard that there was a disturbance in the harem, so His Majesty took me to listen to the trial, but I didn't expect it to be so lively." ”

The emperor heard all the conversations just now! Concubine Hu Shun's hope suddenly turned into despair, Empress Pei took a deep breath, took a few steps forward and said: "Now, Miss Guo is trying her best to point out Concubine Shun and King Xiang, and the concubines are also embarrassed, and I don't know how to deal with it-"

The emperor glanced at the empress coldly and said, "Yuan Lie, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Lie raised his eyebrows and smiled ill-willedly: "The evidence is conclusive, of course we have to ask for guilt." ”

When Li Weiyang heard this, he glanced at Yuan Lie, and the eyes of the two were staggered, but Yuan Lie was smiling.

King Xiang is still calm on his face, but his fingers are trembling, he has been afraid of the emperor since he was a child, just because the other party is moody, he is a normal person when he is happy, and he looks like a madman when he is angry, fortunately, he has never cared much about the affairs of the harem, and he doesn't care about the fight between them, so King Xiang dares to be so presumptuous, but today the emperor will be invited here, yes, it is Yuan Lie, it must be King Xu! Only his affairs, the emperor will take a second look! King Xiang immediately made a decision, his face was gloomy, and he suppressed the trembling nerves on his face: "Father, the mother concubine was fascinated by personal grudges for a while, so she would do such a thing, and I beg my father to look at the face of the mother concubine for many years, and surround her life!" As for me, the pure one is self-purifying, I don't know what my mother did, and I don't understand where Miss Guo's accusations come from, please return my father's innocence! ”

Now it is impossible to exonerate Concubine Hu Shun, and the mother and son exchanged a look just now, and they already understood. Concubine Shun can only be sacrificed to protect the King of Xiang and the Hu family.

Yuan Lie pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes shining: "I heard that His Royal Highness King Xiang has listened to Concubine Shun the most since he was a child, and he even had to ask for instructions on changing his clothes, could it be that Concubine Shun didn't tell you about such a big thing?" Someone has to believe this! ”

"King Xu, you and I have no grudges in the past and no enemies in the near future, why are you staring at me!" The king of Xiang was extremely angry.

King Xu Yuanlie seemed to regard the persecution of their mother and son as a pleasure to do, and he was very interested.

At the beginning, Concubine Hu Shun and King Xiang were almost startled when they saw Yuan Lie himself-this little prince was too handsome. He was tall and fair-faced, slightly taller than the current emperor. Especially his glass-colored eyes, which are the most unforgettable, even more handsome than when the emperor was young. Among the Yuexi royal family, the only one who can compare with the appearance of King Xu Yuanlie is the emperor when he was young.

Such a young man with a peerless appearance was even more liked by the emperor than their sons, no, it was simply favored. None of these princes could have a meal with the emperor, and if they spoke for half an hour, they never felt the so-called father's love and expectations. All of them thought that the emperor was born without such feelings. He hasn't set foot in the harem for ten years, and he's even less interested in his children, and he doesn't even seem to be interested in government affairs anymore. But that didn't mean he was foolish, and they didn't even dare to say a word under those sharp eyes. But this Xu Wang Yuanlie, since he appeared in Yuexi, has obtained these things that they tried to fight for but couldn't get. In the clan, such an outstanding person as King Xu, who has obtained the Sacred Heart like this, and who lives like this, is really a potential threat to the throne. Fortunately, King Xu is not a prince, and he will not inherit the throne no matter what.

For such a person, they have tried to win him over, but they have not been able to do it by all means.

He was completely indifferent to the Hu family's overtures, discarding the jewels and beauties they had sent, and showing no interest in the positions of power they had promised. He has never attended a royal banquet, but he is busy and doesn't know what he is doing, and even the summons to the emperor are only occasionally answered, and he does not care. But such a person actually fell in love with Guo Jia.

Yuan Lie smiled and smiled again, and said, "I'm presiding over justice." ”

King Xiang was so angry by this sentence that he wanted to spurt blood, justice, what is justice, there are many people they have wronged, why haven't I seen you King Xu so kind to take care of this kind of idle matter!

Yuan Lie no longer looked at him, and turned to the emperor and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the king of Xiang is plotting against him, and Concubine Shun murdered the princess, this is a capital crime, not only them, but also the Hu family, should be handed over to the criminal department for trial together." ”

When Concubine Hu Shun heard this, she was forced to calm herself and not lose her posture in front of the emperor, but her hands were in her sleeves, but her fingers were cold.

The emperor looked at Yuan Lie, nodded, and was about to speak, but felt a splitting headache. His head had been getting more and more painful lately, and all the doctors thought that his tongue was white and thin, and his pulse was tight, which were symptoms of chilling. So most of the time, he could only watch the recitals and listen to government affairs in the warm hall, but even though he was exposed to the slightest cold wind, he would cough incessantly, become irritable, irritable, and feverish. Now in the past few years, his old illness has recurred faster, and between hot and cold, the feeling of suffocation has slowly hit.

Empress Pei saw that he was unwell, and said with concern: "Your Majesty, are you starting to have a headache again?" She looked very caring, as if from the heart.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Concubine Guo Hui also hurriedly walked over, as if she wanted to stretch out her hand, but stopped in mid-air.

Concubine Hu Shun's cry came again: "Your Majesty, the concubine is confused for a while, but things have nothing to do with King Xiang!" ”

King Xiang also wanted to come forward, but was stopped by Yuan Lie: "Your Highness, now that you are a suspect, I am afraid that it is not appropriate to approach Your Majesty." ”

"What do you say? I'm my father's own son, what are you, it's not your turn to speak here! ”

The sand in the hourglass in the hall was flowing, little by little, the sound of each grain of sand falling was clear to the ears, so the sound of such a quarrel was also very clear. The emperor said angrily: "Shut up! In fact, his consciousness was already a little blurred in this pain, what was going on, why did this happen every time he got angry, as if his body was out of control, and he was going crazy with heat! And the boulder on the chest is getting heavier and heavier. There seems to be a hand in the neck of the card.

Li Weiyang kept looking at Empress Pei's face in this chaos and tension, her face seemed to be very calm, and she was not panicked, as if it was commonplace for the emperor to show such a painful expression, there was nothing unusual, and such a look was the same on Concubine Guo Hui's face. None of them showed any abnormalities in the emperor's illness, which showed that the emperor's illness had already accumulated over time, and everyone was used to it.

Blood rushed into the emperor's eyes, he suddenly pushed away the eunuch next to him and stood up, until he walked in front of Concubine Hu Shun, one hand lifted her chin, Concubine Hu Shun showed a look of fear under such eyes: "What a beautiful face, I have been facing this face for many years." I heard that Concubine Ai killed Huaiqing? Well? ”

Empress Pei's face seemed to be smiling, but she couldn't tell what kind of complicated expression it was. Seeing this situation, Concubine Hui subconsciously took a step back, but Yuan Lie said lightly: "Yes, Your Majesty, Princess Huaiqing was drowned." ”

"Oh, drowned—" The emperor's pain seemed to become more and more intense, he silently repeated Yuan Lie's words, smiled to himself, and said, "The speed of the criminal department is too slow, the trial of the case is a month, the sentence is a month, and the execution will have to wait for next year." ”

Li Weiyang looked at Emperor Yuexi, but he clearly saw that his expression was unusual, and the anger in those eyes became more and more vigorous, and he didn't look like a normal person at all. She subconsciously glanced at Yuan Yeol, but saw that he was very calm, as if he didn't notice anything unusual at all.

He must know something, but what is wrong with the emperor?

Concubine Hu Shun obviously felt that something was wrong, her whole body was trembling, but she didn't know how to break free from the person in front of her, she glanced at King Xiang in fear, but King Xiang didn't dare to raise his head to look at them at all, let alone plead for his mother.

"You, come here." The emperor suddenly let go of Concubine Hu Shun's chin and beckoned to his personal eunuch, the eunuch bowed his head and approached, the emperor whispered a few words, the eunuch did not even change his expression, and retreated, and after a while, he saw him directing someone to carry a bath bucket in, which was full of water. The emperor pointed at Concubine Shun and said, "Throw her down!" ”

Concubine Hu Shun looked at him in shock, and said in a lost voice: "Your Majesty—"

"Your Majesty has a life, and Niangniang forgives her sins." As soon as the old eunuch waved his hand, four eunuchs came up and lifted Concubine Hu Shun up, and Concubine Hu Shun shouted desperately: "I don't want it, I don't want it!" I don't want it! Sheng'er, save me! Help me! Help me! ”

King Xiang took a step back with a blank face, and then suddenly realized something, and wanted to go up and grab Concubine Shun's arm, but was blocked by King Xu: "His Royal Highness King Xiang, I advise you to leave it alone." King Xu's cold gaze suddenly woke up Yuan Sheng, and he immediately understood that if he stepped forward now, he would only anger the emperor and make him punish himself together! Of course, King Xu is not kind, but he doesn't want to get in the way of the execution!

Concubine Hu Shun struggled desperately, her hair was all scattered at once, the beautiful jewels fell to the ground, and she didn't even care about her lotus-like arms and shoulders exposed, but she screamed non-stop, but her mouth was quickly blocked by a veil, the palace maids and eunuchs watched this scene in horror, almost stunned, everyone watched Concubine Hu Shun being thrown into the big bathtub, Concubine Hu Shun struggled to climb up, but the four eunuchs pressed her head and pressed down desperately, and then, her beautiful face began to become hideous, The struggle began to become messy, and at this time, Li Weiyang saw that there were four or five black scorpions hanging on her barely stretched out snow-white arms, and the scorpions were constantly pestering her, and she was tossing and turning, but she couldn't make a sound.

Li Weiyang looked at the emperor, and the other party's face still had that kind of headache and sick expression. It turned out that this bath bucket was filled with live scorpions full of fresh and dancing teeth. In terms of numbers, there were as many as two or three hundred of those scorpions. It is better to kill the head or chop it than to be thrown into the scorpion pile. The scorpions angrily climbed onto Concubine Hu's soft body, flicked their tails and stung violently. Concubine Hu Shun screamed, as if she was struggling, and her expression of despair and horror was far greater than a thousand cuts. However, the more she struggled, the more the scorpion stinged. Countless venoms stung into her body, causing her whole body to swell and swell.

Some of the palace maids and eunuchs were timid, covering their eyes with their sleeves, or bowing their heads, not daring to look at them at all.

Yuan Lie's gaze was cold, he was not afraid of such a scene, but he walked in front of Li Weiyang and blocked her, of course, he knew that she was not afraid, but such a scene, after watching it, it would inevitably leave a deep impression in his mind. He was afraid that she would be even more sleepless at night......

"Lie'er, don't stand far away, come and see!" The Emperor smiled and raised his hand to him, beckoning him to come over.

Yuan Lie also smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I can't see blood, it's better to stand farther away." Once upon a time, he had to stand behind Li Weiyang for her protection, and gradually, he learned to let himself have a cold heart. Only in this way can she be isolated from danger. Therefore, knowing that the emperor was not normal, he still led him to see.

King Xiang trembled, and almost didn't dare to raise his eyes to look, or even say a word. There are more than 2,000 guards in the inner courtyard of the palace, all of whom are dressed in armor and ready for edicts, and are equipped with swords. Especially the eunuchs who were close to the emperor, they all looked ordinary on the surface, but he knew that those people were all extremely powerful. Now these people are staring at him with their eyes, and if he tries to save Concubine Hu Shun, in a matter of moments, those people will fly over and cut off his head. Not only them, but also the guards outside gripped the hilt of their swords. If the emperor gave an order, he would definitely rush forward without hesitation.

He could only watch cowardly, and blood was biting out of his mouth, but his face was like loess, and he was speechless.

The emperor turned his head to look at him and said, "Why don't you speak, don't you intercede for your mother!" ”

King Xiang was already terrified to the extreme, and after a long time, he squeezed out a few words: "All major matters are handled by the father, and the sons dare not beak." ”

The Emperor smiled: "What a good son of mine. This is said in an unusually gentle tone, but it is also creepy.

King Xiang's body trembled even more, and he almost didn't dare to say a word.

The emperor glanced at the bath tub and his expression softened: "This scorpion has been raised for a few years, but it's a pity." "This kind of scorpion is called the blue sting, which grows in the deep mountains of the western part of the country, and has a characteristic that the poisonous needle is extremely thin, although it is very poisonous, but it will not kill immediately within a moment of being stung, but will be in severe pain all over the body. Therefore, Concubine Hu Shun in the bathtub kept struggling, desperately trying to climb out of it, but a eunuch kept holding the top of her head and pressing her into the bucket. Then, Li Weiyang saw that the blood spread out little by little, flowing all the way to the ground, and Empress Pei looked at this scene indifferently, and her face did not fluctuate at all.

Mrs. Guo clenched her hands and turned her face away, Li Weiyang had been standing by her side, watching quietly.

"The poisonous needle of that scorpion is very sharp, and when it pierces into a person's body, it will continue to gush blood, so many scorpions, the pain can be imagined." Yuan Yeol said softly, "In the past, there were many people who were not poisoned, but died alive. ”

Li Weiyang looked at it, and only felt that those black scorpions were very terrifying, even if she felt so, not to mention those palace maids on the side? All of them were pale, trembling with fright. Princess Nankang couldn't stand anymore and sat down softly.

There was more and more blood in the tub, but it was all brown venom. The emperor smiled faintly and said, "Add water." ”

The eunuch did not raise his head, so he ordered people to continue to put cold water in the bucket, and the blood gradually merged with the water, and the entire bath bucket was dyed red, and the blood actually spread over Hu Shunfei's legs, chest, arms, shoulders, and finally neck, and finally, gradually submerged her head. This scene is so bizarre that everyone is stunned.

The emperor waved his hand, and the eunuch pressed Concubine Hu Shun's head into the blood, she was still struggling, but she was getting weaker and weaker, and finally stopped moving. Concubine Hu Shun lost her breath and was drowned alive by her own blood, just like the way Princess Huaiqing died.

The people in this hall were already trembling and didn't dare to speak, and the King of Xiang kept his head down, obviously watching Concubine Hu Shun die in front of his eyes, but there was no movement, as if he was blind, deaf, and dumb. Li Weiyang was originally very disgusted with this person, but seeing the current situation, he couldn't help but feel that King Xiang couldn't bear a word, and he was also an extremely powerful person. If you change yourself, I'm afraid you may not be able to bear it.

When the emperor saw the blood, it was as if he suddenly woke up, he shook his head lightly, and said, "Don't bother me about these things in the future." ”

Li Weiyang thought to himself, after today's play, I'm afraid no one will dare to bother you in the future.

Yuan Lie glanced at the emperor and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, what should His Royal Highness the King of Xiang do?" ”

King Xiang gritted his teeth, Yuan Lie, what kind of hatred do I have with you, you want to deal with me like this?!

The emperor pinched his eyebrows, took a deep breath, and said with a calm expression: "King Xiang...... What does the queen mean? ”

A smile appeared behind Pei, and he said in a low voice: "Naturally, I listen to His Majesty's intentions......"

The emperor nodded, as if he was very tired, and said, "Although he is my son, he participated in this framing and even killed his own sister, so he was demoted to a commoner and expelled from the court. ”

Li Weiyang stared at the emperor, I don't know why, his anger and ruthlessness just now seemed to be a madman who was forced to lose his normalcy by illness. Now that his headache had passed, he had regained his original temperament.

King Xiang didn't expect that he would be demoted to a commoner, his face changed suddenly, and he crawled over desperately: "Father, the son is wrong, the son is really wrong, you spare me, spare me!" "He fights for power with those brothers on weekdays, once he loses the identity of the king of Xiang, he will become the fish and meat of everyone, I don't know what kind of terrible situation he will face, he doesn't want it, he doesn't want it! Originally, he just wanted to force Guo Jia to marry him, how could he become like this!

"The Hu family must have also been involved in this matter." The emperor's face was indifferent, and he ordered someone to drag the king of Xiang aside, "All the officials above the fifth rank of the Hu family are dismissed and exiled, okay, this matter will end here." Lie'er, you can accompany me to finish the game of chess just now. ”

Yuan Lie lowered his head and said respectfully, "Yes." ”

Three days later, in the palace of Concubine Hui, the flowers in the courtyard bloomed just right, and the flower branches swayed gently in the wind, which was as beautiful as poetry. Concubine Guo Hui was watering the flowers, Li Weiyang and Mrs. Guo were sitting on the side and watching quietly, and the three of them seemed to be very leisurely. Nankang saw it in his eyes, and somehow he didn't dare to approach.

Mrs. Guo raised her eyes and saw Nan Kang, couldn't help laughing, and beckoned to her.

Princess Nankang's face turned red, since what happened three days ago, she has been hiding in her palace, she didn't dare to come to see her mother, let alone Guo Jia, she always felt that everything was because she was stupid and too gullible, so she would be taken advantage of, which affected Guo Jia and caused Mrs. Guo to get sick. But she obediently walked over and saluted the crowd.

When Concubine Guo Hui saw her, her eyes were a little warmer, but she didn't speak, lowered her head and continued to water her flowers.

Nankang's expression froze obviously, and after a silent salute, he wanted to turn around and leave. Li Weiyang stopped her, "Nankang, come here." ”

Princess Nankang's face was even more guilty, and said, "Sister, it's all mine, if it weren't for me-"

"It's not you, it's someone else, since they are sincere in wanting to harm others, how can they give up lightly?" Mrs. Guo sighed and said gently.

Nankang felt even more guilty: "I went back and thought about it for a long time, and I blamed me for being too negligent, at that time, I obviously saw the clothes that the daimyo gave to Sister Huaiqing, which was a color that Sister Huaiqing never liked to touch, which showed that Princess Daimyo had already known that Sister Huaiqing was dead, and this dress was also found casually to pretend." Otherwise, she and Sister Huaiqing are so good, how could she give her a gift that she doesn't like at all? ”

No wonder Nankang's expression was very strange at that time, Li Weiyang smiled and said, "You can think of this, it's already progress." ”

Concubine Guo Hui glanced back at Nankang and said, "Two more flowers have bloomed today, let's take a look." ”

Nankang's face showed a happy look at this time, and he hurriedly leaned over. After talking to Concubine Guo Hui for a while, and then came to Li Weiyang, she asked Ai Ai, "Sister, have you forgiven me?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled: "When did I blame you?" "There is no fault in naivety, not to mention that no matter what Nankang does, it will have no effect on her, if she is really killed and married to Yuansheng, the person to blame is not Nankang, but that she is not smart enough. A truly strong person will not put his sin on others.

At this time, the palace maid on the side saluted and said: "Niangniang, there is another palace maid in the cold palace today, saying that she doesn't want to serve her anymore no matter what." ”

Concubine Guo Hui raised her eyes, glanced at them lightly, and said, "Oh, is it?" ”

The palace maid lowered her head: "Those people came to ask the mother to show me." ”

Concubine Guo Hui's smile was very gentle, and she said: "The master is not easy to serve, and the slaves and maids are also innocent, since she is so difficult to serve, just don't let people care, just send three meals a day, keep your breath." ”

"Yes." The palace maid retreated, and Nan Kang's face showed a look of incomprehension.

Concubine Guo Hui looked at Nankang and said slowly: "You and the Daimyo are sisters, go and see her." ”

Princess Nankang showed a look of surprise on her face, and then said, "No, I won't go, she is no longer my sister!" ”

Li Weiyang saw her true thoughts and smiled: "Niangniang let you go, there must be her reason." ”

Her heart sighed secretly.

Nankang is a good boy, but it is impossible for such a person to survive in this court. In the past, Concubine Guo Hui took too much care of her, so much so that she forgot how cruel the outside world was, and now Concubine Hui is ready to let her understand something.

It is indeed a pity to destroy the innocence and goodness of a person.

But...... Life is never perfect, is it? Only by constantly making yourself sharp and strong can you protect yourself and the people around you.

The concubines who have fallen out of favor and made mistakes in the past generations have been sent down and placed in the cold palace, there is only one palace rule, and they are not allowed to come out for life, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the past have to detour every time they arrive here, for fear of being contaminated with mildew. Although he had long known the dilapidated state of the cold palace, when Nankang walked in, he was still frightened by the desolation and desertion here. This cold palace was very large, with hundreds of rooms, but most of them were empty, overgrown with weeds, and even the gates were covered with thick dust and devastation.

The palace maid knew that the nobleman was coming, so she deliberately waited at the door, and led Li Weiyang and Nankang all the way inward, only to hear moans and screams, as if she was not entering a cold palace, but a prison where a madman was imprisoned. Eventually, they stopped at the door of one of the most dilapidated rooms, and Nan Kang glanced at Li Weiyang, and then walked in, the bright sky light was cut off, and all the gold and painted colors of the carved railings fell off, accumulating thick dust and messy and dense cobwebs.

Then, she saw Princess Daimyo lying on the bed. She fell from a height of three meters at that time, if she recuperated well, she could get better in a few months, but she was demoted to the cold palace, and there was no doctor to diagnose and treat her, the original place where the fall was injured began to fester, and the bones were also damp, and the injury that was not strict deteriorated a lot, and it became the same as her biological mother, who could only lie on the bed, and couldn't even turn over. In addition, this cold palace is dirty and dirty, full of insects, she lies motionless, can only let those insects gnaw her, and the skin on her body begins to fester, inch by inch, pus, and her appearance is extremely terrifying. She seemed to want to drink water, but she couldn't reach it or get up.

"A woman who can push her own mother downstairs, no one will come to treat her." Li Weiyang said softly.

Princess Nankang looked at this scene in shock, and said in a lost voice: "She...... She...... It's better to let her be freed as soon as possible, and live like this......"

"It's a pity that she will have to live like this for many years." Li Weiyang just smiled and looked at Princess Daimyo with a painful expression, this kind of feeling of lying in bed and not being able to move for the rest of her life, now she has also tasted it. When she pushed her biological mother downstairs, she must have never imagined that she would have such a day. Li Weiyang could have let her die, but death was too cheap, and only by letting her taste the same pain as the people she persecuted would she know how wrong she was.

Nankang looked at the person lying on the bed, her lips were chapped because she couldn't drink water, the abscesses that flowed down her body had soaked the entire bedding, and even mosquitoes and flies began to crawl on her...... Nankang subconsciously took a step back, and couldn't help but lean over and retch a few times.

This is one of her most delicate and beautiful sisters, but now she has become like this. Although he knew that she deserved to die, Nankang just couldn't accept this fact, and he couldn't accept it. She turned her head sharply and said, "Sister, you kill her!" Kill her! ”

Li Weiyang said in a gentle, but resolute voice: "Nankang, don't you understand? ”

Nankang was shocked, his eyes confused.

Li Weiyang said slowly: "Concubine Hui asked you to come, just to let you see the fate of the daimyo." If we lose today, we will only be worse than the Daimyo, and when the time comes, they will not let go of the innocent you. Didn't you notice? Why did the daimyo ask you to go with him? Because they are ready to say that you are following Concubine Guo Hui's instructions to help me cover up my crimes! Got it?! ”

Princess Nankang looked at Li Weiyang with a very shocked gaze, and then looked at Princess Daimyo, and suddenly burst into tears and couldn't say a word.

"Not only the Daimyo Princess, but also His Royal Highness the King of Xiang, he is no longer a prince. Poor man had no power, he was hunted down everywhere, and he was cornered, but I sent someone to save him. ”

"You...... You save him? Princess Nankang was even more puzzled, shouldn't Guo Jia hate King Xiang the most? If they hadn't designed it, she wouldn't have been wronged.

"I rescued him and sent him to a puppet troupe, where they put him in a giant puppet, held him hand and foot, and made him perform for the children every day, and of course, like the daimyo princess, he would live a long and forever life." Li Weiyang said calmly, looking into Princess Nankang's eyes, "In this way, he no longer needs to run away everywhere, and he doesn't have to worry that his enemies will find him, and he can still be raised and cheered for by someone for the rest of his life." Of course, he had to pay the price of a pair of eyes and tendons for this comfortable life, but I don't think he would mind, because he didn't need those anymore......"

Princess Nankang cried out loudly, pushed Li Weiyang away, and ran away.

"Isn't it fun to scare little girls?" A voice suddenly rang out.

Li Weiyang turned his head, looked at the handsome man in front of him and smiled: "If she has been so naïve all the time, she really has to stay at this age and not grow up." ”

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Edit: I read this chapter and found out that you like scorpions very much, and besides, Emperor Yuexi is crazy, so all his sons and daughters are crazy

Xiao Qin: Well, that's a very pertinent assessment

PS: The eldest aunt came to visit, and it hurts darkly, so let's review it tomorrow, >_