The god of war of the country of Qi, Prince Ning Qi Hao died.

The old emperor of Qi State, who had just been "rescued" from Yonghe Palace, couldn't stand the stimulation and died.

These two pieces of news, like an earth-shattering thunder, spread all over the two countries.

The heavy rain that had been going on for two days seemed to be grieving with everyone.

Yesterday, Du Jiang, Qin Feng, and Gu Nianshi's Praetorian Guards, adding up to hundreds of people, have been digging with their bare hands since the day, but the rocks and soil blocks under their hands are like a bottomless pit, and they have not been able to dig their heads.

Everyone's fingers were peeled off and their nails were bald, but no one stopped for a moment in the heavy rain.

Because, even if their prince and their commander die, they must dig him out.

However, it was not until the early hours of this morning that I finally dug out half of the arm in black clothes.

The flesh and blood of that arm were blurry, and I couldn't tell whether it was Mo Li or Qi Hao.

It was bloody, like minced meat that had been fed to dogs, sloppy and sticky.

It is mixed with dirt and gravel, which makes people unbearable to look at it again.

Later, it was Liang Kuan who ignored the struggles of Du Jiang and Qin Feng and knocked people unconscious and took them back.

When Gu Jinli woke up, she was lying on the bed in the old mansion of King Nanyang.

There are still three familiar little faces guarding in front of me, but the eyes of the three maids are red and swollen.

Her throat was dry, she moved her lips, and her voice still couldn't stop trembling: "Ah Qiao, Qi Hao...... What about Qi Hao? ”

"Master......" Ah Qiao didn't dare to look at Gu Jinli and lowered his head.

She covered her mouth, for fear that she would not be able to hold back her tears as soon as she spoke.

He Xiang wiped Gu Jinli's face with a handkerchief, and whispered: "Master, you are still very weak now, let's talk about anything clearly, okay?" ”

"Not good!" Gu Jinli pushed away Hexiang's hand, she sat up strongly, and got off the ground barefoot, "I'm going to find Qi Hao!" ”

Ai Yue, who was on the side of the "master......" couldn't help it, and cried loudly: "Don't go to the prince, the prince was buried under the mountain, Qin Feng and Du Jiang dug for a long time before they dug out an unformed arm!" ”

"Woo ......"

"Bang!" Gu Jinli didn't stand firm, and fell forward to the ground.

She looked up and looked at Aiyue in a daze, her eyes lost focus, "Impossible, Qi Hao can't die, he can't die!" ”

Hexiang's tears fell, she squatted down, and said sadly: "Master, the prince is really ......"

The word "dead", no matter what, she couldn't open her mouth.

"No!" Gu Jinli shook her head again and again, crazier than Mo Li, who was stunned in the cave, she got up, and rushed out, her eyes were scarlet: "Qi Hao's life is mine, I didn't let him die, he can't die!" ”

"If he has already gone to the Hades Palace, then I will go to the underworld and snatch him back!"

The rain continued to fall, and Ah Qiao naturally couldn't just let Gu Jinli run out like this.

She stopped Gu Jinli, choked up, and said, "The slave knows that you are sad, but you can't be resurrected after death, you ......"

"I don't believe it!" Gu Jinli didn't know where the strength came from, so she pushed Ah Qiao to the ground and ran out of the yard in the cold rain.

"Sheng'er!" Chen Zexuan, who was in the next room, clutched his chest, coughing while chasing after him.

But Gu Jinli only wore a thin white middle coat, ran all the way out of the palace, and turned over on the horse.

Relying on her memory, she raised her whip and rushed to Yaoshan.

Chen Zexuan ignored the injuries on his body, pushed away the umbrella that his subordinates were holding behind him, and only wore a middle coat and chased after him on horseback.

"Drive!" Gu Jinli rode her horse and galloped on the street, startling many pedestrians to scream again and again.

Gu Jinli's mind kept reminding of the last scene in the cave, where large stones smashed on Qi Hao's body, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and then he looked at her and smiled.

Although she was unconscious, she could clearly sense that Qi Hao wanted her to leave with Chen Zexuan.

He left her a chance to live, and he wanted her to live well.

At that time, even though it was silent, Gu Jinli knew what she was talking about.

Ah Gu, I love you.

Ah Gu, I love you.

I love you......

He loved her, and she always knew it.

But before she could tell him, she loved him and never changed.

I don't know if it's too windy or too rainy, in short, Gu Jinli's face is wet.

"Sheng'er, slow down!" Chen Zexuan held the reins of the horse, and his voice was a little weak.

After all, there are serious injuries everywhere on his body, and riding a horse will only aggravate his injuries for him.

Gu Jinli seemed to be inaudible, and her speed was even faster.

Chen Zexuan had no choice but to chase after him.

Soon, the two arrived at Yaoshan, which had been almost razed to the ground and became unrecognizable.

In the heavy rain, Liang Kuan was leading people to build a mound for Qi Hao in the same place.

Compared with Du Jiang and Qin Feng, Liang Kuan is the calmest one.

After digging for nearly a day and a night, they found nothing but the one that could barely be seen as an arm.

They had enough time to continue digging, and when they dug up to Huangquan, they would definitely be able to dig out Qi Hao's broken body.

However, Liang Kuan gave up.

They couldn't even bear the pain of losing Qi Hao, how could they dare to watch Qi Hao's scattered body scattered around as if it had been automated?

Find Qi Hao's body parts one by one, and then piece them together, this process will inevitably have to be heartbroken again.

Therefore, Liang Kuan decided to let Qi Hao sleep here.

Although it is a barren mountain range, it is better in the middle of nowhere.

Qi Hao has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he has been intriguing with people off the battlefield so far, so it is time for him to find a quiet place to rest.

All around, people will plant large pine trees and cypress trees.

After the tomb is repaired, Liang Kuan plans to put two more "Hundun" tombs next to him.

Chaos is one of the four fierce ancient beasts guarding the tomb.

There was a cloud in the ancient book: "There are beasts in Kunlun West, which are like dogs, with long hair, four legs, like a dog without claws, with eyes but not seen, unable to walk, with two ears but not heard, some people are intellectual, there are abdomen without five treasures, there are intestines straight but not spinning, and the food path is over." If a person is virtuous, he will rely on it, and if he is virtuous, he will go to evil. ”

Since Mo Li, the heinous villain, was also buried in the ground with Qi Hao yesterday, Liang Kuan felt that letting the Chaos Guard Soul could protect Qi Hao on the one hand, and on the other hand, Mo Li's soul could be devoured alive.

When Qi Hao was alive, he was misunderstood by Mo Li and Gu Jinli.

Now that Qi Hao is dead, Liang Kuan doesn't want to let Mo Li's ghost haunt Qi Hao anymore.

However, when he did this, he didn't know that he would inform Du Jiang and Qin Feng, who were close to Qi Hao, in advance, which could be regarded as cutting first and then playing.

Therefore, Gu Jinli was looking at the white flags that were blown up by the wind on the other side, and there was a chill all over her body.

"Qi Hao......" She walked with heavy legs step by step towards the place where Qi Hao was buried.

"Concubine Gu?" Liang Kuan's eyes were bloodshot, he didn't expect Gu Jinli to come, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly walked over with an umbrella.

Gu Jinli's eyes stared straight ahead, she didn't seem to see Liang Kuan who came over to give her an umbrella, like a person who had lost his soul, just calling Qi Hao's name one after another.

Walking to the mound of clothes, she knelt on the ground, dug out the soil in the pit that had not yet been filled, and muttered, "Qi Hao, I know you are not dead." ”

"You said you wanted me to leave you unless in the next life."

"This life is not over yet, you are reluctant to leave, right?"

"Concubine Gu, the clothes on your body are all wet, why don't you go back?" Liang Kuan Liang Kuan knew how important Gu Jinli was to Qi Hao, so he still said in a hoarse voice: "If the prince has a spirit in the sky, he will also feel distressed when he sees you like this." ”

No one wants to accept the fact that Qi Hao is dead, but there is no way to escape.

Qi Hao desperately let Gu Jinli escape, Gu Jinli can only be worthy of Qi Hao's sacrifice if she lives better.

"Qi Hao, I beg you, please hold on!" Gu Jinli seemed to be living in her own world, and she dug mechanically.

"Smack", the nails were broken, revealing pink flesh, and she couldn't feel the pain in her fingers.

"Sheng'er!" Chen Zexuan dismounted, and he was also soaked from head to toe by the rain.

"Qi Hao is dead, and he will never live." He grabbed Gu Jinli's hand, distressed and helpless, and said, "Sheng'er, don't dig anymore, okay?" ”

Gu Jinli didn't know whether it was cold or heartache twitching, her body trembled, raised her eyes and looked at Chen Zexuan quietly, and it took a while to cry out with a "wow".

"Qi Hao!"

All emotions are like a flood that has burst its embankment, surging out with this sound of "Qi Hao".

She is like a little beast unwilling to be slaughtered by fate, crying stubbornly and sadly, which makes people can't bear to cry when they see it.

Chen Zexuan's heart also hurt along with Gu Jinli, he patted Gu Jinli's back and said softly: "Sheng'er, my brother will accompany you." ”

Gu Jinli cried so much that she couldn't breathe, and Chen Zexuan couldn't do anything but comfort her.

This kind of painful loss of a loved one, although others can empathize, can never be replaced.

Liang Kuan propped the umbrella on top of the two of them, looking sad.

At the same time, the palace was covered with white cloths.

The old emperor died, and the king of Nanyang, who was halfway back to Nanyang, hurried back regardless of the wind and rain.

The Queen Mother lost her son and grandson at once, and fell to the ground without taking a breath.

The eighth prince is still locked up in the Mingyang Palace, so the responsibility of handling the old emperor's funeral can only be entrusted to the king of Nanyang.

The body of the old emperor was lying in the coffin of the golden silk nanmu, he was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and his face was also more ruddy under the special "whitewashing" of the palace maid.

It's raining today, so I can't be buried until the weather clears.

As for Qi Hao, his bones are gone, and he can only build an empty tomb for him in the imperial mausoleum.

The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the most important thing at the moment is the establishment of a new emperor.

Originally, Qi Hao was a proper candidate for the new emperor.

But now, Qi Hao is buried at the foot of Yao Mountain.

And the person who can ascend to the throne, except for the old emperor's only son, the eighth prince, is the king of Nanyang, who has real royal blood.

King Nanyang was naturally reluctant to take over the throne, but the throne could not fall into the hands of people with foreign surnames, so when he was struggling with whether to go to Mingyang Palace, Gonggong Jia wiped his old tears and gave a letter to King Nanyang, saying that it was written by the lord of Yunguo.

In fact, this letter should have arrived in the hands of the old emperor a few days before yesterday.

However, because of the heavy rain, there was a lot of delay on the road, so it was delivered today.

It's a pity that the old emperor died suddenly, and now it is the king of Nanyang who is in charge of the overall situation, so Gonggong Jia had no choice but to hand over the letter to the king of Nanyang.

The King of Nanyang didn't know what the Lord of the Yun Kingdom would write a letter to do at this time, so he hesitated for a while, but still opened the letter.

After reading it, he was shocked, "Gonggong Jia, this king has something to ask you, and I hope you will answer truthfully." ”

Father-in-law Jia didn't know why, and nodded: "Lord Wang, excuse me." ”

Clenching the letter paper tightly, King Nanyang asked, "In the early years, the concubine Gu Fang beside Prince Ning was the daughter of Emperor Feng and the goddess Feng Se?" ”

Gonggong Jia never thought that King Nanyang would ask this, he lowered his old eyes and said in a low voice: "Yes." ”

After a pause, he remembered the old emperor's obsession with Feng Se, and sighed: "Back then, Feng Se rejected the emperor many times, and the emperor was angry in his heart, so he united with the lord of Yun and the high priest of Feng Guo to destroy Feng Guo. ”

King Nanyang is a bright and upright person and likes to make friends.

When he was young, he had dealings with Fenghuang and Fengse, and he admired and admired both of them.

Whenever he thought of the destruction of the Feng Kingdom and the tragic death of the Phoenix Emperor in the sea of fire, the King of Nanyang felt very sorry in his heart.

He didn't expect that Feng Se and Feng Huang also had a daughter in this world.

And this daughter is Gu Jinli, who committed suicide by jumping off a cliff back then.

"It's a pity that Concubine Gu was already ...... two years ago" Father-in-law Jia thought of Gu Jinli again, and his tone was a little lower, but he was abruptly interrupted by King Nanyang.

"No, she's not dead."

Father-in-law Jia opened his mouth wide, thinking that he had misheard, "What did you say?" ”

King Nanyang pursed his lips, and his voice was a little excited: "She's not dead, she's still alive." ”

After saying that, he suddenly had an idea in his heart, and strode towards Shoukang Palace.

Gonggong Jia didn't know why King Nanyang was suddenly so excited, shook his head, and shed tears in front of the old emperor's coffin.

After King Nanyang arrived at Shoukang Palace, it happened that the Queen Mother also woke up.

When she saw the king of Nanyang in front of the bed, she burst into tears: "Shicheng ......"

King Nanyang wiped the tears of the Queen Mother with a handkerchief, and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, now that the emperor and Prince Ning are gone, you can't fall down again." ”

"If your body is broken, who else will be able to defend this kingdom?"

When the Queen Mother heard this, her tears became even more, "The mourning family is old, and time is running out." ”

Holding King Nanyang's hand hard, she looked at him with blank eyes: "Shicheng, the country of Qi can't be without an owner, it can be regarded as a mourning family begging you, you took the emperor's son." ”

The Queen Mother can be regarded as watching King Nanyang grow up, what his temperament is, she can't understand it anymore.

Even though he knew that the king of Nanyang loved freedom, the queen mother could only do so.

Besides, the throne originally belonged to the king of Nanyang, and now the king of Nanyang will succeed to the throne, which can be regarded as returning to the original owner.

King Nanyang withdrew his hand from the Queen Mother's hand and said slowly: "Queen Mother, this king didn't take it before, and he still won't." ”

"However, there is one person who can pick it up, but I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will not."

"No, the mourning family will never pass on this position to Xiaoba's evil obstacle!" The Queen Mother didn't even want to think about it, and gritted her teeth and said angrily: "If it weren't for Xiaoba and the Empress making the emperor angry like that, how could the emperor be ......?"

The chest was so angry that it fluctuated, and the Queen Mother's attitude was very clear.

"It's not Hachi." King Nanyang shook his head and continued: "Queen Mother, more than ten years ago, the Kingdom of Qi, the Kingdom of Yun, and the Kingdom of Feng stood side by side. ”

"But the Qi Kingdom later united the Yun Kingdom, destroyed the Feng Kingdom, and slaughtered countless people in the Feng Kingdom."

The Queen Mother didn't understand why the King of Nanyang suddenly mentioned Fengguo, so she was puzzled: "You...... What do you want to say? ”

"Queen Mother, if you owe something to someone, you should pay it back." King Nanyang took a deep breath and said softly: "Emperor Feng's daughter is still alive, since Xiaoba is not qualified to succeed to the throne, let the orphan of Fengguo take this son." ”

"Shicheng, are you crazy?!" After hearing this, the Queen Mother's voice unconsciously sharpened a little, "The country that our ancestors of the Qi Kingdom worked hard to build, and the Mourning family guarded the country for the emperor for decades, you want to give it to the orphans of the Feng Kingdom?" ”

Even Mama Lan on the side looked at King Nanyang like a fool: "Lord Wang, aren't you joking?" ”

"The Fengguo Palace was destroyed by fire back then, and no one in the palace survived, how could there be any orphans of the Fengguo?"

In Mama Lan's opinion, the reason why King Nanyang said this must be just an excuse to resign from the throne.

In the letter from the old emperor of Yunguo to the old emperor, it was mentioned that the handwriting written by Gu Jinli when he followed Qi Hao to Yunguo as a guest was almost the same as that of Gu Concubine back then, so it was suspected that "Lin Sheng" was Gu Jinli.

He wanted to use this as "intelligence" to ease the relationship with Qi Guo, after all, Qi Hao successfully tripped the Eighth Prince, and the power returned to the hands of the old emperor and Qi Hao.

King Nanyang was genuinely happy to know that Emperor Feng's daughter was still alive.

The reason why he wanted to give the throne to Gu Jinli was to make up for the deaths of those creatures in Feng Kingdom, and secondly, he also felt that Xiao Ba was not suitable to shoulder the burden of the king of a country.

Third, although he had not been in contact with Gu Jinli, he had heard many deeds about "Concubine Gu" before.

She is versatile, kind and intelligent, and is a rare good woman.

The most important thing is that King Nanyang believes that Gu Jinli, as the daughter of Fenghuang and Fengse, will definitely inherit her parents' broad mind and ability to govern the country and the people.

In the eyes of the world, a woman's lack of talent is virtue.

Harem women can't interfere in politics at will, but King Nanyang feels that as long as there is a suitable opportunity, talented and ambitious women can also hold up half the sky.

Since ancient times, it is not important that there are no women as emperors in history, it is important that they have the courage to dare to break with the world and stereotypes.

Men who say that women are a scourge are the most despised men.

Because they blame the incompetence and absurdity of men on innocent women.

Of course, these "crooked reasoning" that don't sound out of tune are also whispered by Princess Nanyang in his ears in private.

At first, it sounded counterintuitive, but after thinking about it carefully, King Nanyang felt that it made sense.

No woman is lowly and humble, and it is only those men who are prejudiced against women who should be looked down upon!

King Nanyang suppressed the thousands of choices in his heart and said slowly: "Queen Mother, Lin Sheng is the daughter of Emperor Feng. ”

Lin ...... Lin Sheng? The Queen Mother thought that she had taken a lot of medicine prescribed by "Lin Sheng", and suddenly her chest was so tight that she couldn't breathe.

"Queen Mother!" Seeing this, Mama Lan hurriedly calmed the Queen Mother.

King Nanyang poured a cup of tea for the Queen Mother and slowed down his tone, but he still did not change his mind: "Queen Mother, the one who is diligent and loves the people is a good emperor." ”

"Moreover, the world is divided and combined, and this is one family."

"The people of Fengguo were simple and simple, and Emperor Feng never had the intention of annexing and occupying other countries."

"Compare your heart to your heart, if the land of our country is occupied and the people are slaughtered, can you accept it?"

"You...... Don't tell the mourners! The Queen Mother looked at King Nanyang with a disappointed face, and said sadly: "What is the mourning family for?" ”

"That's it, that's it!"

"In this world, the mourning family can't be the master!"

"Tomorrow, the mourning family will move to Bailu Mountain and never return to the palace!"

With that, she coughed red-faced.

"Queen Mother, don't get excited, take care of yourself!" Mama Lan was afraid that the Queen Mother would do something bad again, so she hurriedly gave King Nanyang a look: "King Nanyang, tell the Queen Mother quickly, you were joking just now!" ”

The words he said were like water spilled out, and King Nanyang couldn't take it back.

The throne of the ancients also has a few precedents of passing on the virtuous but not passing on the relatives, but those who are virtuous and capable are all men.

Even if he felt that his suggestion was very unreasonable, he suddenly wanted to gamble and choose a virtuous and talented woman at the risk of the world's disapproval.

Perhaps, he wanted to do something for the dead Feng Se and Feng Huang too much, but he couldn't do anything, so he could only use this to express the guilt in his heart for those undead.

If he is willful and crazy, he will only be willful and vain this time in his life.

gave a salute to the Queen Mother, and the King of Nanyang arched his hand and said: "Queen Mother, Bailu Mountain is covered with snow all year round, your body can't stand the cold, if you don't dislike it, then wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne, follow the king back to Nanyang." ”

Hearing these words, in the ears of the Queen Mother, she was even more angry, "You...... You get out of the mourning house! ”

For so many years, it was too late for the Queen Mother to love King Nanyang, and this was the first time she was angry with King Nanyang.

King Nanyang knew that the Queen Mother would not be able to pass this hurdle in his heart, so he sighed and walked out of the hall.

The Queen Mother hid her face and cried bitterly, wailing: "What kind of sin did the mourning family create, giving birth to such a ......"

"Woo...... O emperor, the mourning family is sorry for you! ”

King Nanyang listened to the cry behind him, his steps paused, and he left Shoukang Palace with an umbrella in a complicated mood.

Two hours later, the rain cleared.

A holy decree shook the clouds and the earth again.

In his capacity as acting regent, the king of Nanyang drafted a holy decree.

The gist of the decree is that the old emperor collapsed, Prince Ning died, and the throne was inherited by Gu Jinli, the orphan of the Feng family.

As for Xiaoba, he was removed from the imperial family and demoted to a concubine.

The Queen Mother was furious, and immediately moved to the palace of Bailu Mountain with Mama Lan, and left a message that she would not return to Beijing for the rest of her life, and would spend her days in Bailu Mountain.

If it weren't for the eye-catching jade seal on the holy decree, I'm afraid everyone would think that this holy decree was fake.

In the streets and alleys, inside and outside the city, everyone is talking about it.

Some people think the same as the Queen Mother and Mama Lan, King Nanyang must have been lowered.

Some people agree with King Nanyang's approach, after all, the old emperor of Qi destroyed the Feng Kingdom for no reason, which is a very immoral and disgraceful thing.

The lives of the people of our country are human lives, and the people of the country of Feng deserve to be slaughtered?

In short, everyone argued about passing the throne to Gu Jinli.

Of course, the identity of Gu Jinli, the orphan of the Feng family, was also announced to the world.

The "little male pet" who was favored by Prince Ning Qi Hao before his death was the substitute concubine who jumped from the cliff of despair two years ago, Gu Jinli.