Chapter 166: Finale 1
Cai Rao is a dignified seven-foot man, but he still can't help but shed tears, only feeling that there is a stone in his throat, and he can't even say half a word.
However, a deep voice came from inside the tent, "You're here?" ”
He hurriedly raised his head, but saw that Huan Yu had opened his dark eyes at some point, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty." ”
Huan Yu didn't tell him to get up, but after a long time, he continued, "I'm afraid that time is running out, and there is only one thing I want to do now." ”
Bucai held back his tears, "The emperor will be able to live with heaven and earth, and the world is still waiting for you to govern." ”
Huan Yu laughed softly, but it was accompanied by a heart-rending cough, and a faint trace of blood overflowed from his pale lips.
"Live with heaven and earth? That's the biggest curse on me, what I've been doing for so long, even she isn't there. Huan Yu's eyes suddenly ached, "It's better for me to go to the hell first, if she goes early, she won't wait for me on the Nai He Bridge." ”
didn't know that he had already cut off his own life, so he only asked, "What does the emperor want to do, Weichen will definitely do his best." ”
Huan Yu slowly closed his eyes, "Spread my will, posthumously seal Jiangmo as the queen, and the nickname is Mu." ”
He had already expected Huan Yu to do this, and there was no surprise, so he only said respectfully, "Weichen respectfully obeys the holy decree, but Weichen wants to ask the emperor to call the shots, let Lord Liu Mengxi return to Beijing from the border pass, and then ask you to accept his sister Liu Ayashuang as the imperial concubine." ”
That Liu Ayashuang was the original Aunt Wei, since she was picked up by his brother, she changed her name, and wiped out everything in the Protector's Mansion in the past, just waiting for Huan Yu to take her into the palace.
After a long time, he didn't see any sound, he held his breath and looked, but saw that Huan Yu didn't know when he fell asleep again, and the breath was also vague, and his eyebrows were also tightly wrinkled, as if he was trying his best to hide the endless pain on his body.
Presumably, he didn't listen to what he said later, but he couldn't bear to wake him up, so he left the gauze tent and left the dormitory that made him feel suffocated.
When he walked to the front of the palace, he saw the eunuch Zhou Gonggong waiting there, and the cold wind blew his dark purple robe. ”
He looked at the palace building in the distance and said, "The emperor has ordered two things, and you will immediately draft a holy decree." ”
He still didn't wait for Huan Yu's approval, and wanted to let the people of the Liu family enter Beijing, but he didn't know whether it was right or wrong, and Huan Yu sent Liu Mengxi to the frontier, because he was afraid of his wolf ambitions, and now that the DPRK and China are unstable, it is natural that someone can support the overall situation.
And the people of the Liu family are tantamount to the best move, but it is also the most dangerous move, but if he can't be allowed to enter Beijing, Huan Yu is afraid that he will not survive until his deadline and will be killed by the remnants of the Zheng family.
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This year's cold winter was extremely cold, and the northland was even more snowstormed one after another, and I don't know how many houses and grass huts were crushed, how many cattle, sheep and horses froze to death, and even the roads were blocked by heavy snow.
However, Liu Ayashuang still entered the palace on the coldest day, and the bleak palace was like a hell of the underworld, without half a point of vitality, even if she was wearing the most gorgeous clothes, she still couldn't add a touch of color to this palace, and could only follow it to dim and perish.
She took the holy purpose of the concubine and kowtowed in front of the Cheng'en Palace to thank her, and she also chased Jiangmo as the queen.
Huan Yu personally wrote a poem for Jiangmo, and wrote three volumes, and Liu Ayashuang faintly saw that there were faint blood marks on the ink, and her heart suddenly became cold, and it was rumored that he was not lightly ill, she didn't believe it, and when she saw such a situation, she also doubted.
It was only at dusk that she walked to her bedroom with the support of the palace people.
She is now the only imperial concubine in this harem, but she is not favored by three thousand, and all she is left with is endless jokes. She won Zheng Qiang and Qing Kite, but she didn't get everything she wanted.
She knew that Huan Yu would not come to see her, so she went to the Cheng'en Hall in person.
Everyone in the palace knew that her brother was the one who was calling for wind and rain in the court now, so naturally she didn't dare to stop her, but she still saw it.
Now he is just a foreign minister, and staying in the palace in the middle of the night is already beyond the rules.
"Niangniang, Weichen has something to say to you." Bucai's voice was hoarse, as if there was something unspeakable.
Concubine Liu retreated from the people around her, only to feel that her heart sank and sank, and it took a long time before she slowly asked, "How is he?" ”
"Time is running out." After finishing this sentence, he knelt on the cold stone platform and touched the ground with his forehead, "Please forgive me, the emperor doesn't know about your entry into the palace, and it is Weichen who makes his own decisions." ”
After listening to the first half of the answer, her feet were already weak, and after listening to the second half of the sentence, she only felt that a dull stick had hit her, if she hadn't reached out and held the white jade pillar, she was afraid that this child would have fallen to the ground.
"You are so bold, even my brother was deceived by you." She muttered this sentence for a long time, but she thought of Huan Yu in an instant, and Huan Yu didn't even know about her entering the palace, what kind of appearance he had become when he was seriously ill? !
"Go in the palace and take a look at the emperor, the palace knows the proportions, and naturally won't say half a sentence if you shouldn't say it."
Naturally, there is no reason to stop her anymore.
When she entered the hall, she saw a man lying behind the tent, and the shadow of the lamp reflected his outline, which was so quiet, as if it could be dispersed at any time.
She stretched out her slightly trembling hand and lifted the yellow veil, but saw the person behind the veil slowly open his dim eyes, and it took a long time to turn in her direction.
"How are you?" His voice was hoarse, and his throat seemed to have cotton in it.
But he hasn't seen her for a few months, and he has revealed the second half of his life, but I'm afraid that he hasn't deceived her, and his time is really running out.
Her tears rolled down as soon as she brushed up, and she knelt on the cold ground, "My brother asked me to enter the palace to serve the emperor." ”
"Why bother to enter the palace to accompany me, a dying man." He smiled nonchalantly.
She had a lot to say to him, but he seemed to have exhausted all his strength when he had said only a few words, and fell into a deep sleep again.
She had seen him too many times, but she had never seen him like this, in the past he was full of calculations, but he was as warm as jade, and the clouds were light, and now he was such a weak patient.
Through the thin bedclothes, she faintly saw a trace of blood on his chest, and the wound was actually split again.
She twisted the horn for him, and then slowly walked to the outside of the dormitory, but when she saw the eunuch Zhou Gonggong waiting there, she stopped, turned around and asked, "When the Qing family raided the family and wiped out the clan, are the things collected still there?" ”
That father-in-law was only promoted later, and he was just a little-known figure before, only hesitated for a moment, and then hurriedly replied, "It's all old things, and after all these years, those treasures have long disappeared, I'm afraid that there are some worthless calligraphy and paintings left." ”
Concubine Liu sighed, "I don't know that the weight of those things in his heart far exceeds those priceless treasures." ”
Soon she ordered someone to go to the outer treasury of the household department to look for those things, but Xiao Wei was very extravagant, and those treasures were really missing, and what was left in the register was only some calligraphy and paintings.
Soon the chamberlain hurriedly returned to the palace, she only looked through it herself, and sure enough, she found a few words and poems of green kites inside.
She personally sent it to Huan Yu the next day, Huan Yu saw it, but it was rare to feel better, and even ate more imperial food, although he was later vomited out by searching his intestines, but his complexion was also very good.
He looked at it for a day, and she was by his side without regrets.
She was originally from a humble background, and she only knew a few words, so she didn't think that she would remember a few of her poems clearly these days, and even those that she could copy by herself.
Huan Yu didn't drive her away, just let her accompany her, and the two of them were lonely in this deep palace, ignoring the affairs of the previous dynasty, as if they were isolated from the world.
This may be the most quiet and beautiful time in her life, as if the position of queen is no longer important to her, as long as she can be by his side.
But the things of the previous dynasty still kept reaching her ears, all of which were the intrigues between her brother and Bucai in the previous dynasty, and where was her brother's opponent, it was suppressed and could not compete.
She still guessed her brother's rebellious intentions, because Liu Mengxi sent people into the harem many times to ask her how Huan Yu's condition was, and she only barely passed it perfunctorily, but on that blizzard night, all her dreams were shattered.
This night there was a heavy snow of goose feathers, and even though there were five or six charcoal basins in the hall, I still felt chills all over my body, and even my hands and feet were almost numb.
It wasn't until late at night that she barely felt a little sleepy, and when she closed her eyes, she heard the screeching sound of swords intertwined in the distance.
Everyone in the palace slept soundly, and even the attendants and palace maids who kept vigil dozed off, and she was the only one who heard it.
Concubine Liu didn't even have time to put on shoes and socks, so she hurriedly pushed open the door of the dormitory, and through the pavilion hall, she faintly saw the surrounding palace walls, pieces of firelight, and people's screams.
But seeing the smoke billowing out, swallowing the sky and the earth like a giant beast, the bird in the cage had predicted this palace change earlier than the palace people, fluttering its wings and making bursts of screams.
Concubine Liu stood there at a loss, and faintly saw that the lights in the palace were turned on, and those palace people came out to see in their clothes, and then screamed, waking everyone in the palace.
And at this moment, I saw her maid Yuntong running over, grabbed her arm, and said hurriedly, "Niangniang, Childe is now attacking the city, so don't you dare to resist now, it won't last long, Childe told you to find a place to hide, lest the sword has no eyes and accidentally injure you." ”
After speaking, she grabbed Concubine Liu's arm and wanted to leave quickly, for fear that she would not find someone to hold her hostage, and if she threatened her with her life, she was afraid that she would miss a big incident.
Concubine Liu refused to leave, her red eyes were full of stubbornness, "No, I'm going to find him, even if I die, I want to be with him." ”
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On the tower where he was standing, the gate under his feet was already mutilated, and soon the traitors would be able to storm the palace.
His silver armor was already covered with blood, whether it was his subordinates or the traitors, and even the feathers on his helmet were dripping with red blood.
He watched the people around him fall one by one, so he kept screaming, but to no avail.
It was he who made a big mistake, he thought that Liu Mengxi would be able to protect Huan Yu's throne, but he never thought that it was he who gave these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to other people's hands, after all, he did not have Huan Yu's eloquence and strategy, and he couldn't prevent such a wolf ambition.
Soon, he saw that the attack under the city had stopped, and a man in the crowd came out on a high-headed horse, raised his head and shouted, "No, the commander of this country remembers you so loyal, spared your life, and now that you are the only one left in the forbidden army, do you still want to fight?" ”
"Bah, the wolf's ambition was rescued from that prison by the emperor, if there is no him, the grass on your grave is only afraid that the wall of this palace is high, and now you don't repay the favor, but you want to rebel." I gritted my teeth with hatred.
"He, his life is not long, if I don't make this decision today, he will go in the next day, won't the world be in chaos." The heavy snow fell on his armor, but it was quickly turned into cold droplets by the raging fire, "I thought he had a lot of money, but I didn't think that he would fall to today's field for a woman, where is it worth me to follow?!" ”
didn't just scold, he has followed Huan Yu since he was a child, and he is also a person who knows etiquette, this is the first time he has done this.
It wasn't until a sharp arrow pierced through his armor and passed through his chest, and a mouthful of sweet blood splattered from his throat that he fell down the tower.
His last gaze was still in the Cheng'en Palace, and he could no longer protect his second son.
The snow fell on him, and the snow was soon able to cover his body, and he finally closed his eyes with guilt.
The city gate has been broken, the palace has been in chaos, Liu Mengxi ordered people to put out the fire, and mentioned that he went straight to the Cheng'en Palace.
Huan Yu is kind to him, but the two of them have just used each other over the years, and there is no kindness, so he can kill Huan Yu without any scruples.
However, when he came to the Cheng'en Palace, he saw that the people in the palace had already rushed in a panic, and the servants who had behaved in the past were stumbling one by one in embarrassment, and they had no physique for half a day.
The door of the Cheng'en Hall was open, and the cold wind poured in, and even the candles in the hall were clearly extinguished.
He stepped into the hall and lifted the heavy curtains, but saw his sister sitting beside the dragon couch, her eyes were hollow, her expression was dull, even if she heard the footsteps, she did not raise her head even a little.
"What about people?" His voice was full of urgency, if he let Huan Yu escape tonight, he would have left a curse.
Concubine Liu slowly raised her head, and there was finally a hint of luster in her dark eyes, "I don't know, he was no longer there when I came, he left by himself, and no one took him with him, only taking away the calligraphy and paintings I found for him." ”
Soon, Liu Mengxi asked his subordinates to search up and down the palace, but there was no shadow of Huan Yu, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.
Then he searched in the capital, but he didn't find it, but the doctor who was auscultating the pulse said that the limit of Huan Yu was approaching, and he found the head that didn't have a few days to live, so he gave up.
And this palace change is called "Jiazi Change" by later generations, on this day, the emperor Huan Yu is missing, life and death are unknown, and it is Liu Mengxi who ascended the throne, the country changed hands, a generation of new ministers for old ministers, and the people, there is no big problem.
Huan Yu, who was recorded in history, became a joke, and he ended up like this after less than a year on the throne.
And what was left to him in the history books was only eight words, "It's not good to be colorful, and it's like killing people." ”
It's just that people have long forgotten that Huan Yu was such a courteous corporal, a beautiful wind god, and a person who many women admire in their hearts.
Liu Ayashuang left the palace on the second day of her brother's accession to the throne, her status was embarrassing, and her brother wanted to make her a princess to compensate her.
But she has already lost her earthly heart, and she is only determined to become a nun.
A small sedan chair sent her to the mountain, and only her personal maid Yuntong followed her.
When she got out of Beijing, she looked at the rippling plum blossoms outside the city, and couldn't help but think of the plum blossom picture of the green kite, which was also lifelike, but more delicate than this living one.
By this time the snow had stopped, almost drowning her knees.
And at this moment, she suddenly thought of something, and she hurriedly told the sedan chair man to stop. Then she hurried down the mountain, and the cloud pupil hurriedly called her, "Miss, where are you going?" ”
In a hurry, Liu Ayashuang turned her head slowly, "I know where he is, I'm so stupid, I should have thought of it a long time ago!" ”
Liu Ayashuang and Yun Tong arrived on the second day, when the sun had sunk, and the sky was going to be dark soon, and the glow on the glass-like snow was so beautiful.
Zhaoling originally had a tomb guard, but the palace change has long been known, and the guards naturally threw away all this and ran away, after all, what was placed here was the coffin of the former protector, and Huan Yu was no longer their emperor.
But at the entrance of the Zhaoling Tomb, there was a white figure, and that person was leaning against the stone gate, closing his eyes tightly, but the smile on his face was so satisfied, as if he had won the treasures of the world.
The two of them walked over on the heavy snow, and the cloud pupil walked fast, first probing his hand under the man's snort, and suddenly his face changed greatly, "Miss, he ...... He's ......"
Liu Ayashuang smiled and brushed the snow on his sideburns, her movements were so gentle, "Shhh, be quiet, he's asleep, don't make any noise to him." ”
At this time, the last ray of light disappeared between the pines and cypresses, and the whimpering wind accompanied by the cry of the jackdaw, kept coming, but the people locked up in the mausoleum did not know that life and death were separated forever.