There was silence in the hall for a moment, and the pins could be heard.

Everyone looked towards the queen, and the queen's expression was cloudy and uncertain, and she did not speak.

"Brother Yao."

Begonia suddenly opened her mouth and said softly.

The cloaked man, who was sitting on the side drinking wine, nodded, put down his glass, and stepped forward to remove the rotten cloth from the mouths of the two people who were tied up.

"Say, what's going on?"

"This, this ......"

The two of them were at a loss and looked nervous.

"I let you speak!"

The emperor, who had been calm before, suddenly shouted, and all the officials in the hall trembled.

"Yes, yes," one of the two kept kowtowing to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I'm just a steward of the Cen Mansion, and I don't know much, but as far as I know, the assassination of the saint back then was indeed done by our Cen family......" This person said, his voice did gradually get quieter, and he didn't dare to look up at the others, but he just kowtowed vigorously, and the other person next to him seemed to be frightened, motionless, staring straight ahead.

The hall fell silent for a moment.

"I have an objection!" This time it was Zuo Zongming who broke the silence, "Such a subordinate, a scumbag, may have been threatened by you to say this!" ”

Xiao Yue smiled when she heard these words, and was about to refute, but was stopped by Haitang. Zuo Zongming's voice fell, but for a while, there was no one to speak.

"Queen Mother, if you say something, tell them quickly, we have been wronged!" Zuo Zongming's face turned red and shouted to the queen again.

"What happened back then...... The queen looked a little hesitant, paused, and finally seemed to have made up her mind, "I did it indeed." ”

"Shi ......" Although he had made some preparations in advance, but when he heard these words with his own ears, the emperor was still disgraced, "You, you ......"

"When I entered the palace and was favored by the emperor, the Cen family has already started to plan."

The queen said, her voice was cold, and she didn't seem to have a trace of emotion.

"The Cen family has made a fortune by doing business since their ancestors, although the businessmen do not have much status, but we have wealth, and with wealth, we naturally have the capital to buy people.

"Although the emperor is a Ming monarch, but there are many reckless people in front of heavy money, as long as you have money and promise to give them some higher official positions than now, naturally there will be people who are willing to cooperate with us, and the more people who cooperate with us, it will be easier to persuade some difficult targets, such as General Zuo.

"This man's reasoning was so subtle," she said, looking at Begonia, "nothing wrong, it is true,

"It's just that there is only one thing that has not been explained," she smiled self-deprecatingly, "I didn't expect that this point of my own assertion has become one of the doubts.

"Let's talk about General Zuo first, the Cen family had very early contact with General Zuo, and General Zuo didn't agree to us at first, but then we figured out what he wanted, but the ridiculous emperor didn't know that although General Zuo was concerned about the court, he was dissatisfied with the emperor's way of governance, just blindly in a corner of peace, this is not the way he wants,

"This troubled world has lasted for many years, sticking to a corner in his opinion will sooner or later become a vassal of other countries, what he wants is to fight on the battlefield and open up territory, we promised him that if the Cen family is in power, he will definitely go to this troubled world to stir up trouble.

"General Zuo was bought, and it was much easier for many of the remaining forces to buy it.

"Zuo Zongming, this person, I asked General Zuo to buy it, such a cook has a lot of knowledge, it is very easy to buy, and buying Zuo Zongming is just for me to get rid of a person by the way when I get rid of the emperor, but unfortunately the emperor didn't get rid of it, and that person didn't get rid of it."

After the queen finished speaking, she smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Your Majesty, you know that I am willing to accept me even though I am not perfect, which really touches me, and it is also with the growth of my horizons in the palace over the years that I realized how stupid my former self was, and I would fall in love with such a layman, and the disgraceful things in the past, which can be erased, will naturally be erased."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall widened their eyes, the queen has been in the palace for so many years, and they have never heard that the queen is not perfect.

"So, your former lover is the cook surnamed Zhao?"

The emperor was hoarse.

The queen did not answer this article, and continued to take care of herself: "After the assassination failed, we regarded Prince Mu as a substitute for the dead, and at the same time, in order to prevent some forces from swaying and leaking the news, we also secretly purged some people, and the rest, such as General Zuo, for him, the cooperation is over, that's all." ”

As the queen's voice fell, the hall fell silent again, and the ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to say, and the emperor only had a gloomy face and did not speak.

"Just, is that so?"

A voice came from the door of the hall abruptly, and everyone followed the voice, only to see a person wrapped in a cloak, with a low hood covering his face, but I don't know when this person came to the hall.

The queen glanced at this person with some astonishment, and said, "That's the case. ”

Zhao Wuya smiled a little self-deprecatingly, shook his head slightly, staggered to the table and sat down, and slowly lifted his hood.

"Xue Ling, I haven't seen you for many years."

Looking at the vicissitudes of life under the hood and the empty eyes, everyone shuddered for no reason.

"Xue Ling, I've been waiting for so many years, I remember the past vividly, but now, I finally let go, I don't blame you, I don't have any right to blame you, after all, I'm just a cook, a short-sighted reckless man, but you are the queen of the world," Zhao Wuya said hoarsely, "Zhang, no, now it's called Zuo Zongming, I want to thank you for helping me disguise myself as a subordinate to sneak into the City Lord's Mansion, so that I can see such a good show, but you are really born to be rebellious, When I rescued you from the mouth of the beast and asked you to be a royal chef with you, you betrayed me, and even betrayed the emperor......"

Zuo Zongming's face was already blue and white at the moment, and then he suddenly let out a roar that was not like a human voice, and rushed towards Haitang, but before he could pounce, Yao Bai on the side was already the first to arrive, grabbed Zuo Zongming's right shoulder with one hand, and pulled it violently against his chest with the other hand, Zuo Zongming's shoulder immediately made a "click" sound, and Zuo Zongming screamed miserably - he fell to the ground and fainted.

Haitang got up with Xiaoyue and said to Zhao Wuya: "Brother Wuya, let's go." ”

Zhao Wuya didn't say much, nodded silently, and followed Haitang and his party out of the hall.

Begonia's last words wafted through the hall: "It's time for the farce to end, and we should go", followed by a suffocating silence.

Two days later, in Hangzhou, he painted in the courtyard of Tang.

"Brother Tang, thank you for your help this time, let me see the true face of that woman."

At a wooden table in the courtyard, Zhao Wuya thanked Begonia quite sincerely. "No need to be polite," Begonia sighed, "What are your plans in the future?" ”

"My wish in this life has come true, and I can be an idle cloud and wild crane with peace of mind in the future." He seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Don't you hate her?" Xiao Yue saw the pain that flashed in Zhao Wuya's eyes.

"Hate, of course hate, but more hate myself, after all, it's more just my own wishful thinking...... I can see it too," he waved his hand, and the conversation changed, "Xiaocheng, how did you get from this trip?" ”

"It's a lot of gains, but it's all the work of the master." Old Cheng replied from the side, looking at Zhao Wuya's eyes with a deep sense of worry.

"Xiaocheng, is the hairpin given to you still by the teacher?" Zhao Wuya asked again, but he didn't wait for the old city to answer, and continued, "Take it well, this thing was originally Cen Xueling's, I lived with her in a mountain forest full of gardenias, and we both liked this flower very much, so we engraved the hairpin with the words 'Gardenia Dust', the first two words mean that we are married under the gardenia, and the last two words symbolize that our love is solid, as if the dust has settled The fact cannot be changed, but now it seems that the last two words are telling the end of this relationship...... In any case, this hairpin was the most important part of my life, and the story between me and her has been settled, and I picked you up but you are also under a sea of gardenias, which may be the purpose of this hairpin's future existence.

"Moreover, it's time for you to become a teacher, and in the future, you will continue to be an idle cloud and wild crane as a teacher, and it is time for you to really enter this noisy and chaotic world, this hairpin should be a teacher salute."

"Master, don't you want me anymore?" The old city was stunned.

"How come, you can go with me, and I will see you off" Zhao Wuya smiled, and turned to Haitang again, "Brother Tang, thank you, it's time for me to leave, see you in the future, Xiaocheng still hopes you will take care of it." ”

Xiao Yue looked at the figure of Zhao Wuya chasing Zhao Wuya from the old city and walking towards the courtyard, and sighed lightly: "Brother, is this good?" ”

"Whether it is for Zhao Wuya or Cen Xueling, this is probably the best ending, after all, they are infatuated lovers, and they are trapped by infatuation after all."

"But, is it just a hasty end, like this, is this really good?"

Xiao Yue asked again, she seemed a little sad.

The sky gradually became gloomy, and it seemed to be another precursor to the arrival of a heavy rain, and the figures of Zhao Wuya and the old city gradually disappeared from sight, and Xiao Yue looked at the direction they left with a somewhat lonely expression.

"Silly girl," Haitang gently rubbed Xiaoyue's head, "After so many years, so many things have been experienced, what else do you can't see, in the final analysis, these are other people's lives, all we can do is to leave a faint but vital trace in it...... For them, this is already the best ending. ”

"I understand," Xiao Yueqiang laughed a few times, "we shouldn't be mixed with personal emotions in the first place, maybe it's just that we are a little uncomfortable returning to our old business after many years." ”

Xiao Yue stood up and jumped, sighed, and said to Haitang with a smile: "Okay, let's look forward to the next life!" ”

Haitang also smiled lightly, cooperating with Xiao Yue, smiling between her eyebrows and eyes, and frolicking with her.

But soon the two stopped, and Haitang also sighed heavily and said, "Zhao Wuya's last wish in this life is like this...... Maybe I'm not used to it. ”

The two sat at the table, both a little worried.

They still remember, before the banquet began-

"I've loved him for so many years."

The queen said.