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Han Ruzi didn't have time to say goodbye to his wife, so he was sent into a carriage outside the mansion and went straight to the palace under the escort of a team of eunuchs and guards.

When he got out of the car, he found that the destination was not Cishun Palace, where the Queen Mother lived, but a narrow and dilapidated alley, vaguely familiar, and suddenly remembered that this was the place where his mother had been imprisoned, and his heart sank, thinking that he was also going to be imprisoned.

Several eunuchs couldn't help but say that they embraced the deposed emperor into a small courtyard, and then pushed him into a small room, and closed the door from the outside without giving an explanation.

In this case, no one can be calm and fearless, the most frightening thing is not the danger that is imminent, but the ignorance, the house is dark and cramped, and the smell of decay floats, Han Ruzi is like being thrown into a strange crypt, and there may be wild beasts pounced from any direction.

He stood at the door for a moment, and wanted to turn around and slam on the door, begging the eunuchs outside to let him out, but he knew it was useless.

"Your Majesty is here?" A weakened voice asked.

Han Ruzi was terrified, looked fixedly, and found that there was a low bed in the corner against the wall, and the voice came from above, "Imperial concubine? ”

"Hey, am I still?"

Han Ruzi slowly walked to the bed and saw the haggard face, which had not been seen for half a year, it had lost all its luster in the past, but it definitely belonged to the imperial concubine.

was summoned to the palace to see the imperial concubine, Han Ruzi was puzzled, "I thought it was ......"

"Thought I was dead." The imperial concubine continued for him. After resting for a while, he continued: "Why is the Queen Mother willing to let me die happily? She's going to torture me a little bit......"

"You asked me to come?" Han Ruzi has some sympathy for the imperial concubine. But I really don't want to hear her talk about the grievances between sisters.

"Really? Oh. That's right, I wanted to see Your Majesty, but I didn't expect her to agree. ”

Han Ruzi was also surprised, and took another step forward, "Is there anything I can help you?" ”

"You're the Emperor......"

"No, I'm not the emperor, I've been abdicating for a month."

"The Queen Mother didn't kill you?"

"It seems that no, I was made a tired marquis. I had my own mansion, I was free and comfortable, and I had a good time. ”

"Free?" The imperial concubine sneered, her breathing suddenly became heavier, and she coughed violently for a while, Han Ruzi wanted to help her up, but the imperial concubine raised her hand and refused, and after a while, she quieted down, "How can you be free?" You think you've taken to the sky, but you're actually wearing a rope. She tugs at you and you'll fall to the ground. ”

"That's better than staying on the ground all the time." Han Ruzi said. Even if this is not the Imperial Palace, he will not be open and honest with the Imperial Sword.

"It's useless to say this, I came to you because I wanted you to do me a favor."

"I've stepped aside." Han Ruzi reminded.

"A small favor, you're not the emperor, it's easier."

"Why are you looking for me?" Han Ruzi didn't remember that he owed the imperial concubine a favor, on the contrary, the imperial concubine had deceived and used him.

The imperial concubine seemed to have forgotten about those things, raised her arm weakly, motioned for Han Ruzi to come closer, and suddenly coughed violently again.

The patient's request was hard to refuse, and Han Ruzi hesitated to sit down on the edge of the bed, with a hardwood board under his buttocks and only an extremely thin layer of mattresses.

"I'm going to die, and I don't have to be tortured by the Queen Mother anymore."

Han Ruzi couldn't see the scars on the face and hands of the imperial concubine, her so-called "torture" was obviously just a rhetoric, and failing to see the queen mother being punished was probably a kind of torture for her.

"It is impossible for my bones to enter the imperial tomb, and it is my biggest regret that I cannot be with Emperor Si after death." The imperial concubine had to stop and rest for a while, "There is a Bao'en Temple in the west of the city, where there is a stand-in tablet for Emperor Si, who made him a monk to eliminate disasters, that was when he was a child...... Either way, that tablet must be connected to the soul of Emperor Si. ”

The imperial concubine raised the hand in the bed and stuffed something into Han Ruzi's hand, "Here is my soul, help me hang it on the tablet, only you can do this, you have been the emperor, and the ghosts and gods have to give you three points." ”

Han Ruzi looked down, and in the palm of his hand was a small white fish made of jade, but his eyes were red, there were holes on his tail, and he was wearing a brocade rope.

"Do people really have souls after death?" The imperial concubine asked.

"Yes." Han Ruzi closed his palm, "I can't promise anything, but as long as I have the opportunity, I will go to Bao'en Temple and hang it on the tablet." ”

"That's enough, your words are more trustworthy than anyone in the palace."

Han Ruzi also lied, but it was really not suitable to mention it at this moment, he asked, "Just this matter?" ”

"Well, I'm sorry, I hurt you, but I asked you for help."

"The eunuchs may take the jade ornaments away."

"If that's the case, I'll accept my fate." The imperial concubine sighed.

She seemed to have nothing to say, Han Ruzi got up, did not say goodbye, walked to the door gently, knocked twice, someone outside opened the door, he walked out of the dark and oppressive hut, breathed the air outside again, and felt a burst of relief.

A eunuch came over and stared at Han Ruzi's palm, Han Ruzi didn't explain, handed over the jade ornament in his hand, the eunuch took it in his hand, bowed down and said, "Please wait here." ”

The eunuch left in a hurry, presumably with a jade ornament to see the queen mother.

Han Ruzi didn't want to go back to the house to see the imperial concubine, so he paced back and forth in the small courtyard, and saw that the eunuchs were not strictly controlled, so he came to the gate of the courtyard again, stood in the alley and watched back and forth, several eunuchs glanced at each other, did not interfere, but followed out, stood on both sides, and silently set a range of activities for the tired marquis.

Han Ruzi had no intention of running around, he just wanted to take a breath in a spacious place, but he couldn't get rid of a thought: this place once belonged to him, even if it was only the emperor in name, he could mobilize the bitter people and the palace gate lang to do things for him, but now he stood here like a prisoner, and the words he said would no longer have the slightest power on the eunuchs.

Out of the courtyard next door came a eunuch, dressed in rags. Holding a few sticks of firewood in his arms. Suddenly, I saw the carriage and the crowd in the alley. Obviously startled, it was too late to go back, threw down the firewood, knelt on the snow, and shivered.

Just by looking at his face, Han Ruzi recognized that the person was actually Jing Yao, the former supervisor of the Central Committee.

The Queen Mother wantonly slaughtered the rebels she had never met, and seemed to be more willing to open the net to the disloyal people around her, watching them fall from a height. Struggling in the dirt.

The two eunuchs walked over and scolded and kicked their former bosses, Jing Yao crawled back into the courtyard, and never came out, and several pieces of firewood were scattered outside.

After waiting for nearly an hour, the eunuch who asked for instructions hurriedly ran back, "Please get in the car." ”

Han Ruzi sat in the car and lifted the curtain several times to peek out to confirm that the carriage was really driving outside the palace until after leaving the palace gate. He sat down steadily, only to feel a burst of weakness all over his body.

At the gate of the Tired Marquis's Mansion. The eunuch asked the tired marquis to get out of the car, and returned the jade ornament by the way, but still did not say a word.

The palace was already in chaos, and they kept sending people to the palace to inquire about the news, but they couldn't find a word except for guarding the palace gate and stomping their feet.

Zhang Youcai has been guarding outside, only one step earlier than the tired marquis, almost everyone in the whole house greeted him, and Cui Xiaojun's eyes were swollen from crying.

Han Ruzi got out of the car, ordered the eunuch to be rewarded by the mansion, smiled at everyone, and then took his wife's hand and went back to the back house.

"I thought...... I thought ......" Cui Xiaojun couldn't stop believing in tears, but this time she cried with joy, "I begged Lao Jun, but she ......"

"It's okay, it's the imperial concubine who wants to see me."

"The Imperial Princess?" Cui Xiaojun was taken aback and finally stopped crying.

Han Ruzi took out the jade ornament and explained the matter briefly.

"The Queen Mother actually allowed you to go to see her, and also allowed you to bring out the jade ornament!" Cui Xiaojun was even more surprised, "Are you really going to Bao'en Temple?" ”

"Since you agreed, let's go if we have a chance."

"I want to go with you, Bao'en Temple has a great reputation, and they all say that the Bodhisattva there is the most spiritual, I want to burn a few more pillars of incense for you."

"Give it to us." Han Ruzi said with a smile.

"You won't ...... Go to the palace again, right? ”

"It's hard to say, I have to participate in the court ceremony, and the queen mother can't help but summon me ......"

"No, no, I mean you want to 'go back' to the palace?" Cui Xiaojun asked her husband this question for the first time.

Han Ruzi shook his head, "There is a prison there, the imperial concubine and Jing Yao are imprisoned in it, why not the queen mother?" I don't want to go back, I just want to be able to pick my mother out one day. ”

Cui Xiaojun leaned on his chest and said softly: "That's good, I know how uncomfortable it is to be despised, but I also know how difficult it is to fight for power, the Cui family is in danger and I don't know it, I'm really afraid that you will also fall into it." ”

"I'm a real 'loner' now, I can't fight if I want to, don't worry, I won't be so stupid."

Cui Xiaojun smiled, she likes her current life, the more plain the happier she is, she moved her husband's chest, she said: "When the weather is warmer, I will clean up the back garden, there is a big place, it would be a pity to waste it." ”

"Okay, let's clean up the garden together."

Soon after nightfall, Han Ruzi went to see Yang Feng, but the chief manager did not go to the door to greet Tihou during the day.

Han Ruzi didn't care, explained the matter again, and finally asked, "What does the Queen Mother think?" ”

Yang Feng shook his head, "Don't ask me about women's hearts, I don't understand." ”

In Yang Feng's view, the Marquis of Tired's entry into the palace this time has nothing to do with the struggle of the imperial court, "Are you afraid?" He asked.

Han Ruzi stared at Yang Feng for a while before he said: "To be honest, I was frightened, I became a king and lost a king, but the loser's experience was much worse than that of 'Kou', and in comparison, killing the head was more merciful." ”

"Good." Yang Feng nodded.

"Good?"

"If a person does not understand what the danger is, then he is only reckless, not brave. The fear of failure shows that you can make the right choice. Remember, no one is forcing you, even if you're tired, it's much better than your old life. ”

"Is there stability in the life of the tired marquis?"

Yang Feng was silent.

Han Ruzi had already made a choice, "The imperial concubine is right, I still have a rope tied to my body, not only the queen mother, no matter who pulls on the other end, I will fall to the ground." ”

He paused, "Yang Gong can't stand being toyed with, and neither can I." ”

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