Jiang Yu remembered what happened after Huo Shijiu locked himself in the study and got drunk that day. His fingertips touched her cheeks and neck, and she seemed to feel his tears burning her, straight to her heart.

With Huo Nineteen's loyalty and distress to the little emperor, this matter is obvious to the world, and the damage to him will not be less than that to the little emperor.

Jiang Yu wiped the fine sweat on her forehead with her sleeve, grabbed the brocade fur that was casually placed on the plum blossom stake, walked out quickly, and casually ordered: "Prepare the horse." ”

"Madame wants to go out?" Bing Song trotted to follow, holding a paper umbrella to cover Jiang Wei from the snow.

She wore a ponytail high today, her long black hair hanging straight down her waist, because she had just played with people, and her body was hot, and the snow on her head and shoulders had melted, wetting her hair and shoulders.

When Bingsong saw it, he persuaded: "Madame should change her clothes and go out first, so as not to catch a cold." Do you still have to take care of Xiao Shizi? ”

When Jiang Yu heard this, her fast steps were a meal, and then she went to the inner house.

She didn't want to catch a cold again, and she couldn't hold her son for days. Thinking of the seven catties of soft and fragrant little body and the smile on her cute little face, Jiang Wei felt that her heart was about to soften into water, and no matter how anxious Huo Nineteen was, she didn't want to reduce the chance of getting along with her son.

After returning to the bedroom, changing clothes and getting ready, I also ate the ginger soup prepared by Bingsong to ward off the cold, dried my hair and put on a warm hat, and then I ordered someone to lead the "dark clouds", and rode in the direction of the palace by stepping on the snow. Although the horse rode fast, Jiang Wei knew that she couldn't enter the palace wall, and Huo Shijiu would definitely enter the palace this time, but it would not come out immediately. He had a lot of trouble to face.

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The courtyard where the dormitory is located has not dared to enter since early in the morning, and because of Jingtong's orders, the little attendants are happy not to come close to find death. They do not dare to talk freely about the private affairs of their masters. But the news that has just exploded is too shocking. Even though they have long since broken their roots. I can't help but be curious.

These eunuchs, one more of the most valuable of their kind?!

Because all the chamberlains and guards were dismissed, the empty courtyard that was uncleaned was covered with a layer of snow, and a line of footprints stretched from the front of the courtyard gate to the bottom of the porch, which was almost covered by new snow. On the glazed tiles of the vermilion wall, the dim sky hung low as if it would fall down at any time, and the air was cold and suffocating, making people's backs chill.

The charcoal fire in the dormitory is burning, and it is as warm as spring. But it couldn't warm people's hearts, and the beast-like crazy roar was already hoarse, but the little emperor threw the dagger in his hand, and frantically tied it to the brocade quilt and cotton mattress at once, and the blade was pulled out, bringing up the flying cotton wool.

Jing Tong knelt beside the emperor, burst into tears, and kowtowed: "Slave, please beg you, emperor, please take care of the dragon body." You must cherish yourself, Your Majesty! Don't look at the minions, so look at the Marquis of Jinning! That's all you have to do. Jin Ninghou was also distressed. ”

"Get out! Get out of here! The little emperor's dagger was inserted into the bed board too hard, and he couldn't pull it out after wasting a lot of strength, but instead fell to the ground with a flash.

He grabbed his hair with both hands and tore it desperately: "What does it mean for me to live!" It's better to be dead clean! The last voice gradually fell into his throat, and when he looked up, he suddenly got up and slammed into the bedpost.

"Your Majesty!" When Huo Nineteen was in front of him, the little emperor's head hit Huo Nineteen's abdomen, and the two fell on the dragon couch together, which also made Jingtong and Cao Yu break out in a cold sweat.

"Your Majesty, you're not hurt, are you?" Huo Shijiu didn't care about the abdominal pain, and hurriedly helped the little emperor up, seeing his unkempt hair and red eyes, his heart was like a knife: "Your Majesty, you listen to the minister." ”

"I don't listen! You're all laughing! Let's laugh at it! Haven't you been tired of me for a long time? Have you long felt that I am a burden, a dou who can't be helped? Go ahead! I will die today, so as not to be ashamed of the emperor and have no shame to see the people of Limin! In the end, he no longer called himself me, and tears flowed down his face, like a helpless child.

Huo Jiu cherished the child he had brought up, he was only fifteen years old, and he had experienced so much pain. And in the years he has been with him, he is twenty-nine years old, but his heart is already as tired as if he has been ninety-two.

However, he must not give up what he should insist on and struggle. If he relaxes for a moment, the safety of his family will not be guaranteed.

"Your Majesty." Huo Shijiu's voice calmly straightened the little emperor, and wiped his tears with his sleeve: "Rong Chen is overstepping the rules, say something heart-wrenching." It has happened, even if you are angry and resentful, it will not help. If we have half a point of relaxation at this time, it is likely that we will lose our lives! ”

"I don't care anymore, I don't have a face to live!"

"Could it be that after so many years of hard work, does the emperor want to give up? If you give up now, then the emperor's forbearance for six years since he ascended the throne, and the hardships paid by the ministers and you will be in vain! When we go underground, how do we go to see the emperor? The Chen family's great fortune is going to be handed over to that old thief like this? Yes, he does have an advantage now, but our plan is also being implemented, so it may not let him take advantage of it. Your Majesty, if you have the courage to die, don't you have the courage to fight? ”

"You said it easily, I'm ruined now......"

"The emperor is a person who wants to be the first emperor of the ages, besides, your illness is not incurable, you are still young, and there are still many opportunities!"

The little emperor was persuaded by Huo Shijiu to gradually stop his tears, bit his lip, and said for a while: "Brother Ying, this matter, I, I really don't have the intention to hide it from you, it's just ...... It's hard to speak, I recognized Qijin as a righteous son that day, and I ......"

"Your Majesty." Huo Shijiu smiled gently, and wiped away the little emperor's tears with his sleeve again: "Your difficulties are known to the minister, you are the monarch of the minister, the nephew of the minister, and the younger brother of the minister." The minister will never have an opinion on the emperor on unnecessary matters. ”

"But I, the emperor, have done so useless, too wretched, I really can't die immediately!"

"It's not that the emperor is useless, it's bad luck, you took over the mess left by the emperor when you practiced Zuo. You have been practicing Zuo since you were nine years old, and what you have done will be obvious to the world in the future, which will only make people admire your forbearance and patience! Those who can achieve great things since ancient times must first make sacrifices that ordinary people can't imagine, and the emperor is the same! He wrote a history book every day, and the emperor was ready to fight and defeat the traitorous minister Kuang to restore the dynasty. It's going to be a brilliant stroke. It will be admired and praised by future generations! ”

"Really? But I really feel that I am really shameless to live like this now. ”

"The minister is still the same sentence. Since the emperor is not afraid of death, why is he afraid of staying and fighting with that old ghost? If the emperor wins, not only will our years of hard work not be in vain, but the people of the world will also have a good life, and stabilize the great good deeds of the people. On the contrary, if the dog thief succeeds, the emperor will go up, and the next one will be the minister's turn. Then there are those Qingliu ministers and people with lofty ideals who are really loyal to the emperor, the court will fall into a bloody storm, after the dog thief tramples the Zuo, he doesn't know how to abuse the people, and the emperor will become the last emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom, and the history books written by the victor will not record the real emperor, maybe they will only make up some disparaging words about the emperor, so that future generations will not be able to see the truth. ”

The little emperor's love has calmed down a lot, and under Huo Shijiu's patient persuasion. The irritability is gone, and there is no crying. Look at his face that seems to be back to normal. Completely different from Fang Cai's frantic appearance, Jing Tong and Cao Yu on the side also breathed a sigh of relief.

He can still listen to what he says, and that's a good thing: "Your Majesty, it's not you who should be damned." ”

Huo Jiujiu stood up, "Those who don't live with you, the ministers will purge you one by one, and they will never let them be proud for too long." ”

In the mind of the little emperor, since the death of the first emperor, he appeared in the dim palace and stretched out his hand to him, and he was also full of complicated feelings such as vigilance and inexplicable trust and put his little hand on his hand, this man has been doing his best for him.

Now he was faced with unprecedented humiliation and trouble, and he was like a mountain, with his not very strong body, holding up a sky for him to breathe.

The little emperor no longer wants to cry or seek death.

Maybe he should listen to Huo Nineteen's words and let go and fight?

"Grandpa Jing." Huo Nineteen smiled at Jing Tong.

Jing Tong immediately saluted: "Master Hou commands." ”

"Father-in-law Jing went to send a message to Concubine Zhao and asked her to come here to accompany the holy driver."

Jing Tong glanced at the little emperor inquiringly, and when he saw that the little emperor had no objection, he bowed and retreated.

But after a while, there was a sound of snow treading outside, the palace door was open, and Jing Tong said with a smile in his voice: "Please go this way." ”

Huo Shijiu raised his eyes and saw that she was a twenty-eight-year-old girl, born dignified and beautiful, and at first glance she was a very standard lady.

Concubine Zhao lowered her eyes to the inner hall of the dormitory, and saw that there was a foreign man in the house, and the emperor was untidy and his hair was scattered, and the bed was full of mess, and her heart jumped suddenly.

Such a messy scene, the emperor did not shy away from letting her see it. This doesn't make sense! If it's a private matter, shouldn't the emperor secretly carry someone behind his back? She knew that she was not close enough to the emperor to know his thoughts, and she was already nervous.

"Mother, please kneel." It was Huo Nineteen's mouth.

Concubine Zhao was stunned for a moment and looked at Huo Nineteen in disbelief.

A foreign minister dared to let her, as a palace concubine, kneel? And the most important thing is that this happened in front of the little emperor, and her man didn't open his mouth to stop it, nor did he say anything.

Concubine Zhao felt a chill in her heart, she knew that something was wrong.

As early as she promised her father to help her uncle for the sake of the family, she knew that she would have to embark on this road sooner or later, and sooner or later.

She was fearless. lifted the skirt, knelt down according to Huo Shijiu's words, and gave the emperor a big salute: "The concubine greets the emperor." ”

It was clarified that it was the emperor who knelt down, not Huo Nineteen.

The little emperor's face was bloodless, his eyes were dull, and he couldn't see his feelings, as if he didn't notice that there was an extra person in front of him at all.

Huo Jiujiu smiled, "You are quite smart, since you are a smart person, you don't need to let me bother more." Say it yourself, what the hell is going on. ”

Concubine Zhao withdrew the gaze that had been looking at the little emperor, and the last glimmer of hope in her heart was shattered. My heart was cold, my hands and feet were cold, and my body began to tremble, but I gritted my teeth and didn't speak.

She is already like this, and now she is needless to bite out of her family and make the whole family suffer. To sacrifice, she is enough.

Seeing her like this, Huo Jiu smiled and said, "Niangniang is so strong, but it makes me feel a little admired." But I don't know who I am, right? ”

Concubine Zhao looked at Huo Shijiu's beautiful face and opened her mouth, but she couldn't make a sound.

Jing Tong came close with a sneer. grabbed Concubine Zhao's long hair. Hold it hard. Her eyes immediately burst into tears. Screamed.

"Niang Niang still knows each other, don't come to this time and make a left grudge with the emperor and the Hou Ye, just say what you need to say, if you wait for the Hou Ye to order our family to pry open your mouth, there is no guarantee that you will lose a few teeth."

Concubine Zhao's eyes widened in horror, tears slid down her cheeks, and she looked at the little emperor beggingly, her lips moving. "Your Majesty, save your concubines."

The little emperor still didn't react, as if Concubine Zhao didn't exist at all.

Huo Shijiu opened his mouth one step before the emperor: "As a palace concubine, you don't think about the emperor, but instead do things like eating inside and outside and conspiring with others to slander the emperor." Now that you have caused such a consequence, you still don't want to repent, you can't bear the guilt of asking for it, and you don't come until the emperor orders you, and now you dare to ask the emperor to save you? ”

Huo Shijiu stood up, walked slowly to Concubine Zhao, slowly stiffened, and said, "I think Niangniang still doesn't know who I am." I am Huo Ying, the former commander of the Jinyi Guard. The current Jinninghou. Although I am no longer in the Jinyi Guard Yamen, it is not difficult to thoroughly investigate the Zhao family, but there are many people under me over the years. What's more, no matter what the situation is, the emperor is the emperor, and if the emperor casually orders it, the consequences will be very bearable. Niangniang, you said that your family thinks that you have climbed a big tree, can your so-called big tree protect your whole clan this time? ”

Concubine Zhao trembled violently, and her begging for mercy finally overflowed like broken tears: "Marquis Jinning, Rao, spare my people, the concubine is willing to die!" ”

"Don't worry." Huo Jiu was laughing, casually picking up the dagger that the emperor threw on the ground.

Concubine Zhao trembled like chaff, her eyes were round: "You, you ......"

"I never hit a woman. However......" The dagger was inserted into Concubine Zhao's abdomen, pulled out, and blood gushed out: "But I have never had a rule not to kill women." If you dare to calculate the emperor, you deserve to die. ”

The dagger thrust in and out again, and stabbed and pulled out again......

Zhao Concubine was so soft that she fell to the ground, and Huo Shijiu's knife was still stabbing into the mud-like body again and again, and blood splashed when she pulled it out, splashing his cheeks and clothes.

His hatred will never be less than that of the little emperor. And for the first time, his viciousness has never been reflected in his own violence.

"Brother Ying, enough, enough." The little emperor suddenly came back to his senses, staggered closer, and hugged Huo Shijiu's arm: "She's not good, and she won't change your dirty hands." ”

"You shouldn't dirty the emperor's hands, what the minister does is just what the emperor wants to do." Dropping the dagger and wiping the blood stains on Zhao Concubine's skirt at will, Huo Shijiu smiled and said, "Please forgive the emperor for the reckless sin of the ministers." ”

"No, I know, you're for me, this woman deserves to die."

Huo Jiu smiled and said, "The emperor still instructed the people of Jinyi Wei to check on the Zhao family, so as to confirm our guess." ”

"I'm just afraid of startling the snake, otherwise it's more reliable to use Brother Ying's secret connections. Don't alarm the old fox. ”

"Then according to what the emperor said." Huo Shijiu helped the little emperor to stand up, and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister will definitely protect you, if this plan can't succeed, if God really doesn't open his eyes and doesn't give us a way out, this can't be blamed on the emperor, it's all the ministers' ineffective protection of the lord, and the ministers will go to the emperor to ask for guilt." ”

"No, no, no, Brother Ying, you've done your best. It's not good for me. It's not good for me. The little emperor suddenly cried into tears, and he couldn't care about Huo Shijiu's bloodstained body, so he hugged his waist: "I'm sorry for you, and I also caused you to be gossiped by those people outside, and my sister was scolded." I found out that I couldn't do it a long time ago, and I was worried that I would lose my inheritance in the future, and because I trusted you the most and liked seven catties, I made this decision. I have kept in mind everything you have done over the years, and if something really bad happens in the future, when it comes to the next level, it will naturally be me who will go to ask the emperor for guilt, and this qiē has nothing to do with you, it is my fault. ”

The little emperor was like this, Huo Shijiu was also at a loss, his hands hung in the air, he hesitated for a moment before touching his head, and sighed: "Your Majesty, in the future, the ministers will inevitably go down to see the emperor first." ”

Cao Yu pursed her lips when she heard this.

The little emperor was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Why do you say that! ”

Huo Jiujiu looked at the little emperor's crying face full of snot and tears, and wiped his face with his sleeve: "Because the minister is more than ten years older than the emperor, the emperor forgot?" ”

The little emperor's tense back relaxed slightly, and he shook his head and said, "When this matter settles down, I will find a good imperial doctor." Resident at your house. Good life takes care of you. ”

"The minister thanked the emperor first."

The little emperor wiped his face. After feeling crying, I looked at Zhao Concubine, who was already dead on the ground, and my mood was much better. But when I thought that tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet was about to face the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu, I felt frustrated and panicked in my heart,

Huo Jiujiu knew what he was worried about: "Concubine Zhao died violently, and Haosheng was buried, and the courtiers were just chasing after the wind, and they couldn't conclude anything without getting accurate news." Do they still have the audacity to send someone to investigate? The emperor should not show his feet, so he will be naturally fine. As for the British duke, he would invite a few doctors to treat the emperor. ”

The little emperor said: "That's what I'm worried about, the people he sent, I can't refuse ......"

"No, the emperor can refuse." Huo Nineteen said: "This kind of thing, if the British public listens to the words of the people and sends someone to ask you for a pulse, you can put on the appearance that the British public does not trust you and you are very sad to make a scene, and then choose a concubine to sleep, and the idea creates a momentum, and the problem can be solved naturally." ”

The little emperor wanted to ask. He is already like this, how can he still ask the concubine to sleep.

Think about it. Coercion and temptation, how can you not even control your own woman? He didn't ask Huo Shijiu at the beginning, he only nodded heavily.

Sure that the little emperor must be fine, Huo Shijiu instructed Jing Tong to dispose of the corpse and tidy up the dormitory, while he and Cao Yu accompanied the little emperor to change clothes and wash, and ordered someone to send lunch over, and accompanied the little emperor to eat and drink enough.

The little emperor really lay down in the afternoon and rested, and Huo Shijiu left with Cao Yu,

In front of the door of the dormitory, Jing Tong gave Huo Shijiu a big salute and kowtowed heavily, "Thank you Jinninghou, the slave kowtowed to you."

"Father-in-law Jing, hurry up. These are the things that a courtier should do. Huo Nineteen helped people up. The tone is gentle and humble.

Jing Tong shook his head and said: "The slave follows the emperor's side, and he sees it most clearly, the Marquis of Jinning is sincere to the emperor, the emperor knows, and the minions also know that in the future, as long as it is for the good of the emperor, the Marquis of Jinning only instructs the minions, and it is a matter of one sentence to go up and down the knife mountain and go down to the oil pot, and the minions will die to repay the kindness of the Marquis of Jinning." ”

"Gonggong Jing is really serious, you and I both work for the emperor on errands, as courtiers, we naturally want to repay the emperor's kindness, and Gonggong Jing's thoughts are also on the emperor."

"Yes." After too much, Jing Tong finished expressing his loyalty, so naturally he would not say more, but personally sent Huo Shijiu and Cao Yu to the carriage.

As the carriage departed along the long palace road, the snow was heavier than ever, and the ruts that their carriage had run over were immediately covered with snowflakes that were falling one after another.

On the carriage, Cao Yu sat cross-legged opposite Huo Nineteen, silent.

Huo Shijiu didn't have the heart to say much, although his face was as usual, his frowning brows revealed his suppressed mood at this time.

Cao Yu said: "Master should change his clothes first, don't go back to the house and ask Mrs. to see the clues, but worry." ”

"That's what you said." Huo Shijiu came back from his contemplation, and went to the warm water in the pot to wipe his face and hands on the handkerchief.

As soon as he wiped it, the carriage stopped.

"What's going on?" Cao Yu lifted the curtain and asked. But he saw a man and a horse standing in front of the carriage.

The body of the horse is like the finest black satin, and the crystal ice cube is formed in the snow, which makes it even more miraculous. Immediately, he was dressed in a jade-colored brocade coat and a snow-white warm hat, with a gorgeous face and a quiet expression, like a fairy in the snow.

"Ma'am?"

Huo Nineteen was stunned, and hurriedly wiped his face and hands. I regret why it is not good to live in the palace and come out after it is cleaned up.

Jiang Yan had already turned over and dismounted, shook the snow on her body, held a jet-black horsewhip, and her fawn skin soft boots guessed the creaking sound in the snow, because her toes were itchy because of the cold, she was impatient to walk, so she simply jumped over and arrived in the carriage in the blink of an eye.

There was more Jiang Yan in the narrow carriage, and it immediately became crowded.

The smell of blood on Huo Shijiu's body also came to his nose.

Jiang Wei frowned, looked at Huo Shijiu's stunned appearance, and joked: "Could it be that the emperor wants to eat chicken today, and you personally pluck the killing machine?" ”

Huo Shijiu laughed twice, knowing that he couldn't fool him, so he smiled and said, "It's killing a 'chicken'." ”

Jiang Yu took his handkerchief and took his hand to wipe the blood stains from the cracks between his fingernails.

Cao Yu got out of the car with a big coat, rode on the "dark cloud", and ordered him to go home.

The carriage started again, and in the slight swaying, Jiang Wei focused on wiping his hands and face for him, and said with a smile for a long time: "In the future, I can do things like killing chickens, I haven't done it for a long time, I smell this smell and my hands are itchy." (To be continued......)