"I'm going to die, you're happy."

On the hospital bed, Chen Qian's face was pale and haggard, and she was weak, like a dead leaf and a piece of yellow, which would be swept away by the autumn wind at will.

"Of course I'm happy that you're dead." I made no secret of my hatred for him.

Chen Qian couldn't move anymore, only those eyes were still alive. His gaze fell on me for a long time, very entangled, and in the end, he still asked, "Have you ever loved me?" Even if it's just for a day. ”

"Never, not a moment." I answered directly, without even thinking about it.

The last trace of hope in Chen Qian's eyes also dissipated like wind and smoke, and he murmured in his mouth, as if he was unwilling, "You are really hard-hearted as iron." Why, why? ”

Without a trace of emotion, I said coldly: "From the moment you use me and hurt me, there will be no possibility between you and me." You single-handedly pushed me into the abyss, and even if you treat me well later, I will not relent. ”

"Chen Qian, in fact, you don't love me at all, you are just curious about me and want to tame me. If you really love someone, how can you be willing to hurt? And you, but always hurt me in the name of love, oppress me in the name of love, and you make me miserable. Everything you have done to me, so shameless, so ugly, I hate you for granted. But you are so ridiculous that you glorify the harm you have done to me in the name of love. "I almost cried when I thought back to the pain of the past, but I held back and just stared at him with crazy hatred in my eyes.

I put it bluntly, exposing his selfishness, "Do you love me, or do you love yourself?" You think you treat me well, you think you love me, but in fact, you are just unwilling. Chen Qian, admit it, you don't love anyone, you only love yourself. ”

Chen Qian looked blankly, looked at the gauze tent on the top, and said in a low voice: "You're right, I'm just unwilling, unwilling to not get your love, unwilling to lose to you." I don't love you, and I never have loved you. ”

Chen Qian kept repeating to me, as if to convince me, more like convincing himself.

I turned around slowly, turned my back to Chen Qian, and walked away without any nostalgia.

"Qingqiang, don't go, let me look at you again." Behind it was Chen Qian's faint begging voice, mixed with a trace of inexplicable affection.

My body froze, but I didn't look back, but for a moment, my eyes regained their tenacity, and I resolutely walked out of the Shiqian Palace.

"Your Majesty has died—"

A shrill chant of the chamberlain was heard from inside the hall.

My steps paused.

Dead, dead, finally dead.

I was stunned for a moment, and laughed irrepressibly, "Good death, good death!" ”

Little by little, the laughter grew louder and louder, and finally turned into a hearty laugh.

At that time, the sky was blue and the clouds were sparse, the wind rose and fell, and the begonia flowers in the courtyard fell colorfully, blowing me all over. I looked down at the white snow-like begonia petals in my palm, and my heart ached, and the tears fell without warning. The revenge was avenged, and at this moment, my heart was filled with endless sorrow and desolation.

——

At night, Li Fei brought a pot of wine and said coldly: "Your Majesty has an order, once he goes, he can give Niang Niang Niang wine, and execute it immediately, without further delay." ”

Chen Qian, you really won't let me go even if you die.

I looked at the poisonous wine that had been poured on the wooden plate of the waiter, and said forcefully: "What if I just don't drink it?" ”

Li Fei's gaze became fierce, "That slave had to come to help Niang Niang in person." ”

My hands and feet were still handcuffed with iron chains, and I couldn't escape, so Li Fei ordered the attendant to hold me down and personally brought poisoned wine to me.

"Lifei, don't!" With an exclamation, the wine glass in Lifei's hand flew out and spilled on the ground.

Li Fei looked at Qinglan who knocked the wine glass flying in surprise, "Qinglan, what are you doing!" ”

Qinglan shook her head and pleaded, "Sister Lifei, don't hurt Niangniang. ”

Li Fei ignored her and was about to pour another glass of wine, but who knew that Qinglan pounced on her and smashed the entire wine bottle to the ground.

Li Feiden was furious, "Qinglan, you are bold, you dare to disobey Your Majesty's orders!" ”

"Come on, take Qinglan down for me!"

"I'll see who dares to move!"

I followed the sound and looked, it was Chen Ji, who actually surrounded the Yilan Hall with a group of guards.

Li Fei looked at him and wondered, "Lord Wang, why are you here?" ”

Chen Ji said with a serious face: "This king heard that some palace maids committed crimes and murdered concubines, so I came to check." I don't want to, there are really people who are so bold and reckless, and there is no king's law. ”

Li Fei hurriedly explained: "Lord Wang, it is not the slave who wants to harm Hua Shurong, but His Majesty's last life, once His Majesty dies, Hua Shurong can no longer live in the world." ”

"This matter, General Manager Jiang Yu also knows."

Li Fei hurriedly turned to Jiang Yu, who had come with Chen Ji, for help.

"Jiang Yu, did the imperial brother say anything about this before he died?"

Jiang Yu looked at me, then at Li Fei, and said calmly: "Your Majesty has never said this. ”

"You talk nonsense!" Li Fei shouted excitedly, his eyes swirled between me, Chen Ji, and Jiang Yu, and suddenly realized, "I understand, it turns out that you have already colluded!" ”

"Someone, take this fake edict from the emperor, and the palace maid who committed the following offenses will be escorted down and executed on the same day!"

"Let go of me, let go of me!"

Li Fei screamed and was escorted away by the guards.

I watched Lifei being taken away, and with a heart in my hanging, I finally settled down.

When Chen Ji's cold gaze touched me, he softened and said softly, "Okay, it's okay." ”

After everyone retreated, only me and Chen Ji were left in the Yilan Palace.

"Qingqiang, these days, you have been wronged. I have no choice but to send you to the imperial brother. If the royal brother knows that I have found you, but I hide you from him, it will arouse suspicion. But now that I'm the Auxiliary Minister, no one can help me, and we don't have to be afraid of anything. Chen's eyes were full of pride and excitement.

I was unmoved, and said lightly: "The prince is now in power, Chen Guo will soon be the prince's, Qingqiang congratulates the prince on his great cause." I just don't know, when will the prince send me back to Qi Kingdom? ”

Chen Ji said disappointedly: "You still want to return to the Lanling King?" ”

"Qingqiang, don't you understand the king's intentions for you?" Chen Ji suddenly shook my hand.

I gently withdrew my hand and said as quietly as a lake: "Lord Wang, I am not a little girl who has just fallen in love, do you think I will believe your words?" ”

Chen Ji looked like he had been hit and muttered, "Qingqiang, you doubt me, how can you doubt my sincerity to you?" ”

"Really?" I only thought it was funny, and said, "Lord Wang, I chose to form an alliance with you at the beginning, just because I knew that because of your fanaticism and desire for power, you would not be a person who was willing to be subordinate. Your scheming and scheming are definitely no less than Chen Qian. So, I chose to ally myself with you. Your scheming can be used on Chen Qian, and in the same way, it can also be used on me. ”

"You already know that I am Zuo Qing's disciple." Chen Qian planted someone next to Chen Qian, so he could naturally learn my identity from Chen Qian, but he pretended to know nothing in front of me, and his scheming was not deep.

I was disgusted with these people pretending to deal with them, so I directly exposed the illusion that Chen Ji had been creating all along, "You deliberately pretend to have a good impression of me, because you want to extract the secret of the world's ambitions from me." At the beginning, you wanted to cancel the agreement with me, not because of the deep brotherhood with Chen Qian, but because Chen Qian found that you and I were too close, and you were afraid of arousing Chen Qian's suspicion and losing everything you had, so you pretended to tell me that you wanted to give up the plan to seize power. You're pretending to be like you, and you've managed to fool me. Including, this time, you handed me over to Chen Qian, also to win Chen Qian's trust and dispel his suspicions, so that he could hand over the military and political power to you before he died, am I right? ”

Chen Ji's complexion gradually changed, becoming more and more ugly, and dark clouds gradually appeared in his eyes, deep and unfathomable.

In the face of my accusation, Chen Ji looked sad, as if he was deeply hurt, "Do you think that in the past, all the nervousness and concern I had for you were fake?" ”

I smiled coldly, "You're not nervous about me, you're nervous, you care, it's just something on me." ”

Chen Ji's face became more and more disappointed and sad, "It turns out that I am such a person in your eyes?" ”

My smile disappeared, and I said impatiently: "What else do you want from me, Chen Ji, I won't give you what you want." ”

Chen Ji's expression was gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "You have misunderstood me too much, and you can't listen to what you say now." But that's okay, it's a long way to go, and we still have a long way to prove that I mean for you. ”

Looking at his sincere appearance, I avoided it indifferently, and my eyes were full of mockery. This Chen Ji is really more capable of pretending than his brother, he has been exposed, and he can continue to act as if nothing happened, and his thick-skinned face has to be admired.

After Chen Ji left, I began to analyze the current situation in Chen Guo. Chen Qian died, and he wanted to pass on the throne to his son, but the prince was young, Chen Ji was ambitious, in the inner palace, he had the support of the queen mother, and outside, he held the power of the court, which can be described as a moment of power, no one can compare. Sooner or later, this throne will change hands.

How do I get rid of Chen?

For a while, I thought of Gao Changgong, will he come to save me?

"It's out of the water, come on! It's out of the water—"

A choking smell of smoke hit, and I suddenly heard the water in the palace, I was so shocked that I got up from the bed, opened the door, and Qinglan outside the door said to me with an anxious face: "Niangniang, it's on fire, hurry up!" ”

I was pulled away by Qinglan, ran all the way, and waited out of the inner hall, only to see a fire in the Yilan Palace, and the inner servant heard the news and hurried to put out the fire.

Those who fled, those who fought fires, people came and went, and the entire Yilan Palace fell into a panic.

"Mother, it's not safe here, let's go somewhere else." Qinglan saw that the fire was spreading more and more, and she became even more nervous.

"Mother, let's go—hmm—"

Before Qinglan finished speaking, a hand suddenly stretched out in the shadows and covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief with a misty fragrance, and after a while, Qinglan fell down.

Behind Qinglan was a man in an inner service robe, his face hidden in the night, extremely scary.

"Qinglan!"

I was startled, pulled my skirt and ran, "Come on, help-"

The wide palms sealed my mouth so hard that I wouldn't make a sound, and I began to struggle.

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Lu You's "Shi'er" in the Southern Song Dynasty, "Dead Yuan Zhi Everything is Empty"