Empress Yao came to the Pure Meditation in person, but Master Kurong failed to get up to greet her.

The boy who was in charge of serving him told Empress Yao that the old national teacher had been sleeping and waking up these days, and his spirit had been poor.

Empress Yao frowned slightly, and asked Qiu Mo: "This palace remembers, a few days ago, you brought the imperial doctor over to check the pulse of the old national teacher?" ”

"Yes." Qiu Mo replied, "The imperial doctor said that the old national teacher is old and frail, and he needs to rest in bed and recuperate carefully. ”

She was not satisfied with Qiu Mo's answer, and asked, "Didn't you find out what the disease was?" ”

Qiu Mo thought carefully for a while, shook his head and said, "It's just an old disease." ”

Queen Yao didn't ask her anymore, and said with a smile: "It is said that the illness is like a thread, but the old national teacher's illness is long." ”

The boy did not understand what she meant, and stood aside with a blushing face and his head bowed.

Qiu Mo hurriedly reminded the boy and said, "Go in and spread the word, and say that the queen has something to see the national teacher." ”

It wasn't until she saw Master Kurong's sick face with her own eyes that Empress Yao believed that the Imperial Doctor was helpless about it.

Master Kurong was lying on the couch sickly, and his whole person looked shriveled like a peach pit.

Empress Yao walked to the front of the couch, he turned his yellow eyes with difficulty, and his mouth made a muffled rumbling sound.

He tried to signal the boy to help him up, but as soon as his head tilted, a string of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"That's it, the national teacher is sick, so there is no need to salute."

Empress Yao suppressed the disgust in her heart and smiled gently: "This palace heard that the national teacher has been ill for a long time, so I specially came to visit. ”

She originally wanted to ask Master Kurong to come forward and personally preside over a ceremony in front of the first emperor's spirit.

But Master Kurong described it as withering, and his breath was like a gossamer, and he was afraid that he couldn't even get out of bed.

"Qiu Mo," Empress Yao instructed, "go back and ask a few more imperial doctors to come over for consultation." ”

She asked Guru about his diet and daily life, and quickly got up and left the Pure Meditation.

On the way, Qiu Mo asked her: "Niangniang, since you want to do something to quell the rumors of haunting in the palace, why don't you invite the young national master to preside?" ”

Liu Tingchuan is the only descendant of Master Kurong, and his prestige in the palace is no less than that of Master.

But as soon as Empress Yao thinks of him, she will think of that silver hair and those waves of ancient well-like eyes.

He's so unreal.

For some reason, the thought seemed to have taken root in her heart.

Empress Yao sighed and said, "He once predicted that Ziwei Xingshen would fall, and he refused to take back the prophecy when this palace ordered him." ”

Qiu Mo nodded, "Niangniang thinks that the young national teacher is not obedient enough?" ”

"You are an old man in the palace, do you remember that on the day the third princess was born, he also said 'Qingluan is out, the world is peaceful'?"

Liu Tingchuan said a few words lightly, and she ruined the opportunity to pull out the thorn in the flesh of Concubine Shu.

Empress Yao's eyes grew cold, and she said in a low voice: "This person is not just disobedient. ”

Qiu Mo persuaded her: "Niangniang, but the rumors of haunting in the palace still have to be quelled as soon as possible." ”

Otherwise, rumors spread in the harem of the former dynasty, questioning her incompetence in the sixth palace and her unworthiness to sit in the position of the queen mother.

Empress Yao laughed and said: "In the twenty years since this palace entered the palace, I have seen a lot of cannibals, but I haven't seen a man-eating ghost yet." ”

Qiu Mo replied: "Although Niangniang doesn't believe it, everyone in the palace is watching." ”

"Niangniang might as well let it go, please ask the young national teacher to exorcise evil spirits," her smile was cold, "Cheng, it is Niangniang's blessing protection." ”

No, there are ready-made substitutes for the dead.

Empress Yao walked for a while, and Master Kurong closed her eyes and slowly wiped the saliva from the corners of her lips with her fingertips.

The boy quietly reported to him the movements in the palace.

When he opened his eyes again, they were shrewd and cold, and there was not a trace of cloudiness.

Master Kurong was still lying in place, and a clear sneer came out of his throat, "He is worthy of being a good apprentice for his master." ”

In this palace, there is not enough chaos.

The mourning hall here is haunted, and the emperor dreams over there.

The first emperor actually gave a dream to Chu Ning, the third princess who was the most unfavored before.

And this dream alarmed the harem.

It's just because Chu Ning said that the first emperor ordered her to hold the seal in a dream.

To hold the seal means to be in power.

In charge is the power to decide the life and death of the people in the world.

At first, Empress Yao didn't believe it, saying that Chu Ning missed his father too much, so he would say this kind of nonsense.

But King Shin soon invited several important ministers into the palace.

As soon as Yao Xingyuan came, he sneered and said: "The third princess has never even seen a jade seal, don't you think that holding a seal is as simple as picking up stones?" ”

Wang Qitang was also suspicious, shook his head and said: "Forgive the old minister, this matter is by no means child's play, the third princess is cautious." ”

Chu Ning saw that they didn't believe her, so he smiled and said, "Do several adults think that this palace is talking nonsense?" ”

"Nachen and others are looking for fun." Yao Xingyuan said angrily, "His Royal Highness King Xin, there is no need to discuss such nonsense, right?" ”

Shi Yihuai sneered: "In the daylight, the third princess will dream a lot." ”

He made a pun and ridiculed Chu Ning for being a pipe dream.

Yao Xingyuan saw that no one was convinced, and immediately shouted: "The first emperor is in mourning, and the third princess is disrespectful, what is her intention?" ”

Shi Yihuai directly retired and said: "There is something in the minister's mansion, so I won't stay to listen to the third princess talk in her dreams." ”

With a wave of the folding fan in King Xin's hand, he blocked his way and said with a smile: "Lord Shi is slow." ”

Wang Qitang saw that King Xin deliberately favored Chu Ning, and he was worried, and said with a sad face: "Third princess, there is no basis for what you say." ”

Chu Ning was at a disadvantage, and Yao Xingyuan asked proudly: "The third princess said that the first emperor ordered you to hold the seal, and the minister only asked, what about the jade seal?" ”

After the palace change, Empress Yao immediately ordered someone to search the palace.

But the palace people under her staff dug three feet into the ground and did not find the jade seal of the country.

Hearing this, Empress Yao finally raised her head and squinted at Chu Ning.

Chu Ning replied calmly: "It's in the main hall." ”

"Impossible!" Empress Yao said sharply.

As soon as the two of them spoke, the others looked at each other, and they all felt strange.

Chu Ning looked at Empress Yao with a smile, deliberately waiting for her to speak first.

Empress Yao felt speechless, so she had to explain: "After the palace change, the palace was worried that the jade seal would be outside the palace, so she specially sent someone here to find it. ”

King Xin's peach blossom eyes narrowed and asked, "Didn't the imperial sister-in-law find it?" ”

Yao Xingyuan's face turned pale for a moment, staring at his sister, only to see Queen Yao purse her lips and nodded.

He was unwilling, and retorted: "I haven't even found Niangniang's person, can the third princess still be able to conjure up out of thin air?" ”

"Lord Yao's words are wrong," Chu Ning replied, "not to conjure, but to take out." ”

Shi Yihuai's eyes swept over sharply and asked, "Where is the jade seal?" The third princess should not be pretentious. ”

Chu Ning did not answer, but asked, "As long as you see the jade seal, your lords will admit that what this palace said is true?" ”

Everyone was silent, Chu Ning looked at Empress Yao and asked, "What does Niangniang think?" ”

Empress Yao suddenly felt helpless, so she reluctantly replied: "Take out the jade seal first and give it to your lords to see." ”

King Xin answered: "If the jade seal is true, this king will believe you." ”

After getting King Xin's promise, Chu Ning turned around and walked to the front of the dragon chair, squatted down and groped for a while.

The wall behind the dragon chair slowly moved away, revealing a secret compartment that seemed to be connected to the secret passage.

Everyone watched in amazement as she took out the jade seal from the dark grid.

Chu Ning walked to the front with the jade seal in his hand and explained: "This secret passage was secretly created by the founding empress Chu Mingsi. ”

King Xin forgot to close the folding fan, knocked the fan on the palm of his hand, and said in amazement: "This king doesn't know ......."

"Only the emperors of the past dynasties know about this matter, and today in order to prove their innocence, this palace will inform you of all these royal secrets."

Saying that, Chu Ning's expression was solemn, "What other doubts do you have?" ”

On the night of the palace change, she sneaked into the main hall through this secret passage.

But she did not tell her brother the secret of the secret passage in her previous life, and no one in the later emperors knew about it.

Naturally, no one present could doubt it.

Empress Yao was slightly stunned, and blurted out: "Why didn't the first emperor get out of the secret passage?" ”

Chu Ning pretended to be calm and replied: "My father ordered me to hide in the secret passage, protect the jade seal, and fight the thief alone. ”

Empress Yao suddenly felt sour, complained in her heart, and stopped talking.

Yao Xingyuan stubbornly said: "It's nothing to know the secret of the secret passage, it's just that I just happened to bump into it." ”

Chu Ning's smile turned cold, and he asked rhetorically, "Then why didn't the First Emperor inform Lord Yao about the secret passage?" ”

"You!" Yao Xingyuan jumped up in a hurry, but was shouted by Shi Yuhuai: "Lord Yao! Why not identify the authenticity of the jade seal first? ”

They were dumbfounded when they saw the jade seal.

"Your Highness," Wang Qitang's brows furrowed, "Why is the jade seal missing a corner?" ”

That night, Chu Ning smashed the four princes to death with a jade seal.

The fourth prince is also a hard-scalped man, and he actually knocked off a corner of the jade seal.

Chu Ningyun replied lightly: "When the anti-thieves seized the seal, the national seal had a spirit to protect the king, and the anti-religious and rebellious ministers and thieves died on the spot. ”

Before the words fell, Shi Yihuai suddenly cried bitterly, fell to the ground and wailed: "This is a sign of the shattering of mountains and rivers!" ”

He pointed to the broken jade seal, "Niang Niang Mingjian!" It must be the Holy Grandfather's omen and warning, and he doesn't want to see the person entrusted by the jade seal. ”

King Xin asked, "According to the meaning of Lord Taifu, should the national seal be taken by the thieves?" ”

Shi Yihuai ignored it, grabbed the ground with his head, and cried loudly: "Chicken Si Chen, the mountains and rivers are broken!" ”

Wang Qitang looked at King Xin with a sad face, obviously unwilling to accept Chu Ning as emperor.

Immediately, Shi Yihuai's mournful voice resounded through the hall, "The country will not be long!" ”

"Definitely." Outside the hall stepped into a handsome man, silver-haired and blue-robed swaying without wind.

Liu Tingchuan walked to the palace and said: "Niangniang Rongyu, the palace changed and the ministers rushed to the front of the palace because of the celestial phenomena, but what they saw was the image of Qingluan turning into a phoenix. ”

Qingluan turns into a phoenix, the heroine of the world.

Since the night of the palace change, his prophecy has spread in the palace, and everyone present has heard of it.

Empress Yao looked up at Liu Tingchuan and asked, "Why did the young national master come suddenly?" ”

Liu Tingchuan replied: "Last night was the seventh day of the first emperor, and it was difficult to look behind the first emperor, so the yin and yang of the night of the soul were out of order. ”

Everyone stared straight at Liu Tingchuan, but Queen Yao lowered her eyes.

She was silent for a moment, and then asked slowly, "In this way, has the last wish of the first emperor been fulfilled?" ”

Liu Tingchuan didn't have a trace of expression on his face, and replied lightly: "I don't know." ”

Shi Yihuai suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha! What a show! Why did the first emperor find the third princess to dream? ”

"Lord Shi," Chu Ning held the jade seal and asked rhetorically, "I don't know about this palace, why don't you tell your lords?" ”

Shi Yihuai laughed, pointed at Chu Ning and Liu Tingchuan, and sneered: "It's you, and you, colluding with each other to play this play!" ”

Chu Ning said indifferently: "Oh? How did Hongu learn about the secret passage? ”

Shi Yihuai stiffened his neck and said angrily: "Did the first emperor say that he ordered you to hold the seal?" ”

Chu Ning hooked his lips and smiled, looked at everyone, and said, "Which other adult has doubts?" You might as well ask Lord Shi to go down and ask for clarification. ”

Yao Xingyuan gloated and chuckled a few times, and felt unwilling in his heart.

Wang Qitang's expression was complicated, looking at Chu Ning, and then at King Xin.

At this time, Shi Yihuai suddenly went crazy and grabbed his hair, shouted "mountains and rivers are broken", turned around and hit the pillar.

Fortunately, a few quick-eyed eunuchs grabbed him, otherwise blood would inevitably be splattered on the spot.

Shi Yihuai howled and cried, grabbed the ground with his head, and made a lot of fuss.

Queen Yao couldn't be the master, so she had to break up hastily, saying that it would be discussed another day.

Liu Tingchuan has already set a funeral date.

"It's set in three days, how?" He asked Chu Ning.

Chu Ning said with a smile: "The young national teacher doesn't turn over the yellow calendar, doesn't ask the ghosts and gods, and hastily sets the day of the national funeral, are the people in the Ministry of Rites willing to follow it?" ”

Liu Tingchuan said lightly: "No one has ever dared to refute what this seat has decided. ”

Chu Ning thought for a while and said with a smile: "Three days, just right, let them mess with themselves." ”

Moreover, although there were ice cubes, it was the end of summer, and the body of the first emperor was already showing signs of decomposing.

The two were speechless for a while, sitting together and drinking tea silently.

Chu Ning felt a little uncomfortable, and took the initiative to find something to ask him, "How do you plan to end the haunted thing?" ”

"As it should be, so it will be."

Chu Ning smiled and said, "In this palace, those who dare to make a fuss about ghosts and gods are probably the only ones who are young national teachers." ”

His eyes were like a cold pool, and he didn't see any waves.

"The so-called ghosts and gods are born in the hearts of people. Although I am a young national teacher, I have always believed in ghosts and gods. ”

Liu Tingchuan said slowly: "Not only do I not believe it, but I am also disrespectful, because ghosts and gods are just tools to deceive people's minds. ”

Chu Ning nodded and agreed: "But there are always people who would rather believe in ghosts and gods than in themselves. ”

If Liu Tingchuan knew that there was a dead and alive female ghost in front of him, he didn't know how to feel.

Liu Tingchuan suddenly raised his eyes, looked at her fixedly, and asked, "Why did you go to the main hall that night?" ”

Chu Ning was stunned for a moment, on the night of the palace change, after she woke up from rebirth, the first person she saw was Liu Tingchuan.

It was Liu Tingchuan who told her that the rebels blocked the emperor in the main hall.

At the time, he didn't ask where she was.

Now that Liu Tingchuan suddenly asked, Chu Ning didn't know how to answer.

After a long time, Liu Tingchuan finally said lightly: "If you don't want to say it, you don't have to force it." ”

Chu Ning just breathed a sigh of relief, and he continued to ask, "Do you remember, why did you go to Taimiao?" ”

In the memory of the original owner, it was Liu Tingchuan who asked her to meet in the Taimiao.

But Chu Ning was not the original Chu Ning after all, she was a little weak-hearted, and said in a low voice: "Remember." ”

"Since you remember," Liu Tingchuan said with a sigh, "you should know that I don't want you to get involved in danger. ”

He had long known that there would be a mutiny that night, so he would make an appointment with Chu Ning in advance to the Taimiao.

Liu Tingchuan's eyes floated with a layer of emotion that she couldn't understand, as hazy as a mist, and then dispersed in an instant.

He looked at Chu Ning, there was a trace of emotion on his flawless face, and asked, "Have you ever blamed me?" ”

"What do you blame?"

Liu Tingchuan said in a low voice: "Blame me for spreading rumors and insisting on pushing you to the cusp." ”

And the throne is on the cusp of that storm, and they both know it well in their hearts.

Hearing him say this, Chu Ning smiled with relief and said, "This palace has entered a dead end, and only by going against the wind can we save our lives." ”

Liu Tingchuan saw the scene in the palace on the night of the palace change, and knew that the only way to save Chu Ning's life was to help her ascend the throne.

Listening to Chu Ning's answer, Liu Tingchuan was stunned, he didn't expect her to say such a thing.

Chu Ning chuckled and said: "Even if this palace doesn't fight, there are people who want to fight, why does this palace give up their lives to the world?" ”

Her eyes were fluttering, and she smiled smartly.

But he could see that it wasn't a girl's eyes.

Liu Tingchuan vaguely felt that Chu Ning was alienated from him, and now that feeling was even stronger.

In the end, it was borrowing the corpse to return the soul, Chu Ning felt empty when he saw it like this.

Liu Tingchuan's eyes were very light, very light amber, like a pale tea soup brewed when a few pieces of new tea had just passed the water.

The corners of his eyes are slender and slender, and at a glance, they seem to have a thousand words.

Chu Ning pursed his lips and looked at him, trying to recall the past between the two in his mind.

Countless fragments came to mind in an instant.

She suddenly felt infinitely aggrieved, and just wanted to throw herself into the arms of the person in front of her and cry loudly.

Such an impulse was extremely strong, but Chu Ning knew very well in her heart that this was the feeling of the original owner and not hers.

It was as if she had been split into two people, one deeply attached to him, the other looking at it all coldly.

Calm and fiery emotions drove her to no return.

The two looked at each other without saying a word, just staring at each other deeply.

His eyes are like ancient wells without waves, but they seem to be able to set off waves in an instant.

Chu Ning suddenly understood, he was her monstrous waves, he was her sting and equinox, he was the only kindness in her world.

But that she is not the current Chu Ning.

His thin lips were pulled up, and he asked softly, "Your Highness, are you okay?" ”

Chu Ning heard his voice sound low, "I'm not good at all. ”

As soon as the words came out, Chu Ning himself was taken aback.

Liu Tingchuan seemed to have expected her to say such a thing, and the corners of his lips and eyebrows provoked a very shallow smile, "I'm not good either." ”

That shallow smile, like a spring breeze, melted in an instant.

Chu Ning was stunned for a moment, and the shallow smile soon disappeared.

Liu Tingchuan suddenly said: "I heard that a female corpse was fished out of the lake in the Imperial Garden. ”

Chu Ning suddenly came back to her senses and remembered what happened when she killed Jingqin and threw her body into the lake.

He seemed to know everything, and said meaningfully: "Your Highness, be careful of slippery roads by the lake. ”

Chu Ning lowered his head and thought about it, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "There is a reluctant request from this palace, and I want to ask the young national teacher to help." ”

"What?"

Chu Ning asked a little embarrassedly, "Do you have any money?" ”

"How much?"

The corners of her lips hooked, and she smiled slyly: "Enough to buy a life." ”

Chu Yue's biological mother, Concubine Rong, fainted from crying in the mourning hall.

Empress Yao ordered someone to send Concubine Rong back to the palace, but Concubine Rong had a high fever after she returned, and she woke up from time to time.

Chu Yue stayed by her mother's side and ordered someone to go to the Tai Hospital to invite the Tai Doctor.

Knowing that her mother was just too tired, she relieved herself and rushed in the direction of the mourning hall.

Empress Yao has always been strict with the harem concubines, and often uses some inconspicuous mistakes to punish everyone.

If Concubine Rong's mother and daughter are not in the mourning hall to guard the spirit of the first emperor, it will inevitably attract criticism and lead to Empress Yao's punishment.

Although Chu Yue is still young, she knows everything in the palace.

As she walked through the Imperial Garden, she saw many palace maids and eunuchs rushing to the lake.

Lakeside?

Chu Yue instructed the palace maid and said, "Go and ask, what's going on over there." ”

The palace maid answered, turned and left.

Chu Yue's eyelids suddenly jumped, and she slowed down and waited in the gazebo on the side.

The maid soon returned, put her hand to her mouth, put it to her ear, and said, "A dead man has been fished out of the lake." ”

Chu Yue's heart suddenly jumped wildly.

She clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand and pretended to be calm and said, "What is so rare about the dead?" ”

The palace maid quickly glanced at the palace people walking outside the pavilion.

"Ordinary palace maids and eunuchs fell into the water and disappeared, so naturally there is nothing unusual."

A layer of fine sweat broke out in Chu Yue's palms, crumpling the silk handkerchief, "Isn't it the palace people who died?" ”

The palace maid's face turned pale, and she hesitated and said in her ear: "It's the aunt next to the queen's mother." ”

Chu Yue felt the tips of her fingernails sink deep into her palms.

The palace maid's voice also trembled obviously, "Fourth princess, it's Aunt Jingqin." ”

Jingqin called for wind and rain in the palace, so not majestic, many palace maids and eunuchs were punished by her, afraid that she was afraid to death.

Even if Jingqin was already a corpse, the palace maid felt afraid.

She didn't notice that Chu Yue's face had already changed.

"Let's go, go and sit in the palace of the third sister." As she spoke, Chu Yue stood up holding the palace maid's hand.

Accompanied by her personal palace maid, she walked in the direction of Chu Ning's dormitory.

She had to find the third sister before the guards informed Empress Yao about the events of that night.

Chu Yue gritted her teeth, and her small steps went faster.

Around the corner, Chu Yue almost bumped into a woman.

The woman screamed and shoved her away.

She was not large enough, her body was very light, and she was pushed to the ground by the man.

At this time, Chu Sleeve saw clearly that it was her half-sister Chu Yue who she had just bumped into.

"Fourth sister, as a princess, you have to walk like you walk."

Chu Sleeve glanced at the servants behind him and motioned for them to ignore it.

As she spoke, she walked up to Chu Yue and looked at her condescendingly, her eyes full of indifference.

"You don't have to pay me anything." Chu Sleeve said coldly, "In the future, you must remember the etiquette in the palace, don't lose your dignity." ”

Chu Yue lowered her eyelids tamely, "The second emperor sister has taught her a lesson." ”

Chu sleeves have the support of Queen Yao, and the palace maids around Chu Yue dare not speak out.

Her arrogance became even more arrogant, and she rebuked the palace maid and said, "Even the master can't serve well, is it all wood?" ”

None of the people present were deaf, and everyone could hear it, and Chu Sleeve attributed the fault of Chu Yue's fall to the palace maid.

"The master has taught him a lesson." The palace maid gritted her teeth and helped Chu Yue up.

Chu Yue saluted Chu Sleeve to leave, but was stopped by her, "By the way, the fourth sister looked in a hurry, where are you going?" ”

"Mourning Hall." Chu Yue tried to stay calm.

Chu Sleeve looked at her suspiciously, and the corners of his lips provoked an inexplicable smile, "Let's go to a place with my sister first." ”

Chu Yue's heart tightened, "Where?" ”

"Fourth sister, the queen mother is invited."