The author has something to say: I originally planned to write a chapter of extras, but it seems that it will take two chapters to explain the fate of all the characters clearly, this chapter is written about King Ping and Concubine Fang, and the next chapter is written about King Ping and Shen Xuanzhen.

When he was born, his father and mother named him the single character, Zhao, Bright, Sun, Bright, but his life has never been bright since he was six years old.

The mother concubine is a collection of thousands of favors, the father and the mother are inseparable, and the father has said countless times that "Zhao'er is like me"

The mother concubine always smiled gently and looked at the father and son, he was happy at that time, and the Guanju Palace where the mother lived was warm and happy.

Suddenly, one day, he came back from studying in the study, the atmosphere in the Guan Ju Palace was tense, the palace maid and the eunuch each had horror written on their faces, he searched the entire dormitory, and did not see the figure of the mother, he shouted to the nurse: "Where is the mother?" ”

The nurse looked sad and said with tears: "Concubine Xiao was beaten into the cold palace by the emperor"

He couldn't believe that his father loved his mother, not a high-ranking emperor to a concubine, it was a man's love for a woman.

Overnight, everything changed, beyond the comprehension of his young mind.

He was crazy to go to the cold palace to find his mother, but was stopped by the palace people, and after a few days, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the palace people, he went to find his father, but his father avoided it, and then passed the decree that he would never see his biological mother.

He secretly ran to the cold palace, the cold palace was guarded by guards, he tried his best not to see his mother, in the past two years, he vaguely learned from the flickering words of the palace people, learned that his mother had fornicated with the guards with knives in front of the palace, which made his father angry, he didn't understand these at the time, but when he grew up, he felt more and more that this was a conspiracy, his mother loved his father, even if he was young, he also understood.

Finally, the opportunity was waited for by him, it was the first day of the year, the palace was lively under the festival, taking advantage of the guards guarding the cold palace to take precautions, he sneaked to the cold palace, that night was very dark, there were no stars, he climbed an ancient tree outside the cold palace wall, and saw that the light of the cold palace dormitory was on, the mother must not have slept yet, he just wanted to slip down from the tree, he saw three people coming out of it, and in an instant, by the faint light shot from the cold palace, he recognized one of them as the queen's palace, those three people were very sneaky, clever in action, and seemed to be well versed in martial arts, Disappeared in the dark in an instant, there was no trace, he felt that something was wrong, hurriedly climbed down the tree, the door of the dormitory opened a gap, he picked up the crack in the door to look inside, the hall was like a bean, he gently pushed open the door of the temple, there was no one around, suddenly, he found that there was a person lying in the shadow of the door inside, one hand stretched forward, as if asking for help, he exclaimed, "mother" pounced, no matter how he called, the mother did not answer.

Fortunately, the cold palace is remote, few people come, not to mention that it is late at night, the palace maid who followed the mother concubine has probably fallen asleep, and the guards have gone to the palace to enjoy the wine banquet, I don't know where Gao Le went, he was crying darkly, the palace door behind him sounded, and he was not heard, a figure flashed in, he was dragged away by that person, that person was the eunuch Sheng An, who was in charge of the Guan Ju Palace, and he would do a little light, and found that the master was missing, so he guessed that he would come here, and if he let people know, it would be a monstrous disaster.

After the death of his mother, his father fell ill, and he has not seen his father since then, and his father does not want to see him, probably as much as he loves, he hates as much as he wants, and his father hates his mother.

He was surrounded by indifferent eyes, and his father pointed out that Concubine Xie raised him by Xie Zhaoyi back then, and he became untalkative, sometimes not saying a word all day, unless Mr. asked and had to answer, at other times, no one knew what he thought.

He often went to the bamboo forest in the southwest corner of the harem alone, a remote place that few people visited, and the faint and sad sound of the flute floated out through the bamboo leaves.

One day, an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, who had inadvertently walked here, was attracted by the beautiful sound of the flute, and the girl was very beautiful, especially with a pair of talking eyes, she approached him and innocently asked, "Who are you?" Why is it also in the palace? You blow it so nicely. ”

"I'm a court musician" He was not good at joking, but somehow for the first time in his life, he made a joke.

That girl was the later Concubine Fang, Concubine Fang, Concubine Shu was her aunt, and she often followed her mother into the palace.

After that, she came here to listen to him play the flute when she entered the palace, and she listened obsessively and attentively.

Later, she became the crown prince's concubine.

At the age of fifteen, he was crowned king, established a palace, and left the palace. A place with painful memories.

He began to implement the plan step by step, with the help of the power of his mother's mother's family, his biological mother Concubine Xiao was punished, but the Xiao family did not fall, his uncle Zhenguo General, was born and died, and his military achievements were impressive.

Before he moves, he must first avenge his mother, he repeatedly considered that Queen Guo, who killed his mother's enemy, is now the queen mother, and it is almost impossible to start, so he can only start with the queen mother's son An Wang, he wants to let the queen mother taste the pain of losing her son, just like the pain of losing her mother back then.

But during this period, he met that woman, the woman who made him unable to let go of his life, and the situation took a sharp turn, and he found out that there was another person who framed his mother's concubine, although he couldn't be sure, just doubted, but this person was too suspicious, but this person's rights were supreme.

Concubine Xiao died, the biggest benefit is the current emperor, the crown prince at that time, if Concubine Xiao does not die, then the position of the prince is likely to change hands, because at that time, the father and the emperor have already established their own intentions, but the opportunity is not yet ripe, and he is afraid of the opposition of the courtiers.

In fact, he had thought about all of this, but he saw it with his own eyes, and Concubine Xie misled, which made him convinced that Empress Dowager Guo killed his mother.

As the truth emerged, he strengthened his determination to take the throne.

The best time to do it is in the next year, the state capitals and counties are negligent in taking precautions, he and Li Wang should cooperate with the outside, carefully arranged, Li Wang quickly sent troops, waved the army to the north, the state capitals and counties were caught off guard, all the way like a bamboo, straight to the Beijing Division.

King Li's army and the army of the imperial court met in Cangzhou, a bitter battle, and finally defeated the main force of the imperial court, conquered Dezhou, Jining, Linqing and other places, and advanced to the Beijing division, but the emperor still has a faction of loyal ministers and good generals, the capital is like an iron bucket, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he can not attack for a long time, he persuaded Wu Qian, the guard of the west gate of the capital, to open the gap, and the soldiers outside the city exploded the gap in the south gate city wall, and the army of King Li swarmed in, unstoppable.

The emperor issued an order to retreat to the inner city, and the soldiers defending the city quickly retreated to the inner city in order to preserve their strength and resisted stubbornly.

This time, the battle dragged on for too long, and in the end, the imperial reinforcements arrived, and they had to retreat to the southwest, which was the nest that King Li had run for many years.

The emperor relieved himself and immediately sent troops to attack, but the imperial court had just experienced a war, and the troops were lost, and both sides were unable to start a war.

In the following years, the imperial court sent troops several times, and King Li was seriously wounded and died in a battle.

King Ping took over from King Li to lead the southwest army, he recruited troops and horses, waiting for an opportunity, but this opportunity needed him to fight.

Ten years later, the Royal Palace

"Concubine Fang, the emperor went to the palace of Wang Meiren, who was newly drafted into the palace"

The eunuch Deshun peeked at Concubine Fang's face, Niangniang's face was as plain as water, without any waves, Concubine Fang sighed, she went from a concubine to a beauty, but it took ten years from a beauty to a concubine.

Seeing that the master didn't speak, Deshun said cautiously: "It will be Niangniang's birthday in a few days, do you invite the emperor to come?"

Concubine Fang smiled bitterly at the corner of her lips, and said faintly: "How long has the emperor not come?" ”

Deshun accompanied him and said in a low voice: "The emperor hasn't been here for another year."

"The palace remembers that it was this time last year, when the emperor went to An Jieyu's palace and came to sit down."

Why do you mention these things, it is like talking about other people's affairs, the bitterness in my heart at the beginning, accumulated over the years, has long faded.

Concubine Fang raised her hand, Deshun followed the direction of her fingers, understood, and handed over a bronze mirror, Concubine Fang's fingertips swept over the sideburns, and there was a silver wire in the blackness, her delicate hand was gently pulled out, and she lifted it to the sun, even the roots were white, and sighed, "It's old"

"Niangniang is not old, just like back then, Yanguan harem" Deshun said against his will, he has been waiting for Concubine Fang since he entered the palace, after several ups and downs, Concubine Fang is still in place, it's not that his master is not smart, it's this palace, there are people outside the world, there is a sky outside the sky, it's a pity that his master met Queen Li, the more shrewd woman.

At this time, a eunuch hurriedly went to the palace, "Back to Niangniang, the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital has arrived"

She forgot that she couldn't sleep at night these days, got up early, lost a lot of hair on the pillow, and ordered someone to go back to the queen's mother, but after several days, there was no movement, and even she forgot, so the hospital sent a doctor.

For so many years, she has fought openly and secretly with Queen Li, and every time she falls behind, she should be glad that she still has her life when she encounters such an opponent.

"Ask the Imperial Doctor to come in"

The middle-aged man sent by the Tai Hospital this time was a middle-aged man she had never seen, with an elegant appearance, a salute, and a calm voice: "Weichen asked Niangniang for pulse"

The two sides were separated by a thin veil, and the middle-aged Qin imperial doctor concentrated on it, and after a while, he said: "Niangniang's illness seems to be fine for the time being, but the future is worrying. ”

Concubine Fang was originally leaning lazily, but when she heard this, she sat up straight, quite nervous, "How do you say it?" ”

Imperial Physician Qin said in a calm voice: "Doesn't Niangniang hear that people have no long-term worries, and there must be near-term worries."

Concubine Fang frowned, this imperial doctor is yin and yang, and there are words in his words.

"If the mother wants to hear the details, please ask the mother to retreat."

Concubine Fang said softly, "Let's go down"

The palace maids and eunuchs all withdrew from the dormitory.

"I can say it this time, what kind of illness is this palace? But it doesn't hurt to say."

Imperial Physician Qin took out something from his sleeve and handed it to her silently, Concubine Fang took it and took it in her hand to look at it carefully, this is a bamboo flute, her eyes are so familiar, she suddenly returned to many years ago, the young boy and the innocent girl, she sat quietly aside, watching him hold the bamboo flute, and the melodious flute blew a pool of spring water.

In the middle of the night, she still clearly remembered the situation at that time, but after many years in the deep palace, she had already passed the age of innocence, several times she had died and died, her life was hanging by a thread, and she no longer believed in the truth.

She said softly; "Tell me, how does he want me to help him?"

Imperial Physician Qin smiled, Concubine Fang understands people, and understands that people are easy to speak.

Imperial Physician Qin said what he had already thought about, "That person asked me to bring a message to Niangniang, if Niangniang helps him, after the matter is completed, whatever Niangniang wants, as long as he can do it, he will agree to Niangniang"

"How do you help?"

Imperial Physician Qin's voice was so low that only two people could hear it, "Weichen has a bag of things, and he can use it when it is critical, and he can't afford to be unaware." ”

Suddenly, a cold wind blew in the hall, Concubine Fang's body shook, she had already guessed that it must not be easy for him to let her do, she sneered, "If this palace agrees, I am afraid that if I can't wait for him to succeed, this palace will not be able to see the sun tomorrow."

Imperial Physician Qin said calmly: "Don't worry, this medicine will not attack at that time, it will take three or five days, if Niangniang does it hidden, there will be no mistakes."

Concubine Fang didn't speak, and Imperial Physician Qin said again: "Niangniang is a person who understands, why not block it, that person knows that only Niangniang has the guts, if it happens, it can ensure the glory of Niangniang for a lifetime."

After speaking, both of them were silent for a long time, and Concubine Fang said, "Let me think about it."

King Ping calculated that she could agree, after many years of experience in the deep palace, Concubine Fang was no longer the simple and kind little girl she was back then, she was scheming enough to take on this big responsibility.

King Ping raised troops, this time, the court had already taken precautions, quickly sent troops, blocked the army of King Ping, the two sides lined up, was preparing to start a war, the news came from the court, the emperor was seriously ill, could not come to the court, the court had to hand over to the young prince, this time, the southwest army was very powerful, the army of the court learned the news, people were frightened, a fight, it was defeated, the two armies fought, hundreds of thousands of troops, a retreat, it was like a tide, out of control.

King Ping's army drove straight in, and soon, Kyoto was conquered, and the eunuchs of the inner court had already responded and opened the palace gate.

Three days later, Emperor Zhao Shixian issued an edict of abdication, King Ping called the emperor, changed the year name to Dechang, posthumously sealed the biological mother and said that filial piety, Zhenyi Gongchun Wen Hui Tianhong Holy Empress, and the first emperor was buried in Yongling, and the first emperor and three queens were buried together.

Empress Li and the crown prince were demoted to concubines, and Concubine Fang was named a noble concubine, and the meritorious ministers were rewarded, and those who returned to the courtier first continued to be used by the imperial court.

The ministers asked to set up the middle palace, but Emperor Dechang rejected it, and then named the concubine Zhou as the concubine of the Ping Palace, temporarily assumed the position of queen, and took care of the harem.

The palace is a remote and cold palace, and the former emperor Zhao Shixian, who has been deposed as a concubine, is lying on the dragon couch when he is unconscious, his face is blue, and he looks like he has been deeply poisoned, and his consciousness has fallen into a coma.

There was a slight sound of footsteps, he opened his eyes slightly, and a plain white woman walked towards him, glaring, his face was as frightened as death, "You...... You are ......"

The plain-clothed woman smiled softly, "Prince, don't you know me?" I am the concubine Xiao that you once called back again, in front of your father and emperor, you respect me like a biological mother, why did you hurt me back then? ”

Zhao Shixian's lips trembled violently, and he said in a weak voice: "I didn't intend to harm you, I was forced to be helpless"

Saying that, he coughed violently twice, spit out a mouthful of black blood, and the person fell into a semi-comatose state again.

Emperor Dechang slowly walked out from behind the curtain, and the woman in plain clothes was obviously relieved, and said, "Your Majesty, the things of the year have finally been clarified. ”

"Concubine Gui helped me again, how can I thank you?"

"Your Majesty, at the beginning of our acquaintance, I'm afraid no one thought that today, there is only a transaction left between us"

Zhao Shizhao smiled bitterly, there was no joy of victory, "We can't go back, we don't even know ourselves now"

"What does the emperor want to do with him?" Concubine Fang looked at the couch.

"Do you need to do anything?"

Zhao Shizhao turned around and left with not very easy steps.

"The emperor investigated Concubine Xiao's death in the palace in vain, and he won't find out about the head of the concubine, right?" Mama Xue, who has been with Concubine Xie for some years, was a little worried.

"He's a wise emperor, won't he find out?" There was not the slightest fear on Concubine Xie's face, "This palace has lived long enough, so my sister has waited for me for many years" Concubine Xie's voice echoed in the empty hall.

Mama Xue was shocked, "Back then, the emperor favored Concubine Xiao alone, and it was not only the concubine who hated her in the palace, if it wasn't for Concubine Xiao who died, how could the concubine have a bright future?" ’

When Concubine Xie mentioned the events of that year, there was a silence between her eyebrows, "Although the first queen has treated me differently for a few years, I know that he can't forget Concubine Xiao in his heart, and I can't compete with a dead man for favor." ”

The Imperial Study

A eunuch ran in in a panic, didn't care about wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead, and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, Concubine Xie committed suicide"

Zhao Shizhao closed his eyes, opened them, and said flatly: "Miss her to raise me, and bury me thickly"

He walked out of the hall, the sky was clear and clear, his deep gaze passed through the red wall, and the northern geese flew south, how is she?