I have to say that Yuan Yao still misses Cui Jiaren's old feelings, and such things just put her in the cold palace. The so-called cold palace is not a palace room with a plaque with the word "cold palace", but a few abandoned courtyards that are inaccessible, and there are also a few palace people who take care of food and daily life, but the scope of activities is strictly restricted, which is actually equivalent to being imprisoned.

And Peng Jun was not so lucky, he was imprisoned by Yuan Yao in a secret prison in the palace and tortured, forced to ask about the cause and effect of the incident. This prison is not known to the outside world, nor does it have a name, and most of the people in the palace call it "black room", which is specially used to try some cases involving royal decency; Or maybe the emperor was particularly disgusted, and thought that the procedures on the table were not enough to relieve the hatred of the criminals would also be imprisoned in the "black room". After thinking about it, Peng Jun seems to have two sides, so it is expected that he will enter the "black house".

The eunuch in charge of the "Black House" is named Cao Ying, who is severe and cruel, and is easy to use heavy punishments, even if the innocent person has to shed his skin in his hands, not to mention Peng Jun, who has lost his human form on the first day of entering and has suffered a lot.

Seeing Cao Ying's figure from afar on this day, Peng Jun was busy begging for mercy: "Father-in-law Cao, if you have something to say!" Say it well! The lower officials have important things to explain, which is very important to Your Majesty! ”

Cao Vulture approached and bit Peng Jun's ear: "But some people want Imperial Doctor Peng not to say anything, and be obediently beaten to death by the minions." ”

Peng Jun's eyes widened, and his pupils trembled violently: "I want to see Your Majesty!" I want to see Your Majesty! ”

Cao Vulture stepped back and sneered: "Imperial Doctor Peng, wake up!" How is it possible for Your Majesty to see you today? He turned around and beckoned his subordinates, "Take good care of Imperial Doctor Peng, don't kill him all at once and arouse His Majesty's suspicion." ”

"Yes!" His men readily agreed, and dipped the whip into a barrel filled with salt water beside him.

"Cao Vulture, you bend the law for favoritism, and you can't die well! Cao Vulture, you are despicable and shameless, and you will be damned! As Peng Jun scolded more and more fiercely, Cao Ying's two eyebrows gradually twisted together, and finally couldn't help but instruct his subordinates again: "You, cut off his tongue, and the noisy and noisy really fucking affect the mood." ”

At this moment, in the Taiji Palace, Emperor Yuan Yao was also extremely angry in the face of the ministers kneeling on the ground, but he couldn't cut their tongues so willfully like Cao Vulture.

Although Yuan Yao on the throne was already gloomy and his muscles were bursting up, the general Hu Shen was still chattering: "Cui Zhaoyi's immorality has brought shame to the royal family, and his crime should be punished, so it is not appropriate to continue to stay in the harem." ”

Yuan Yao roared, "I asked you how did you find out? ”

Hu Shen is "righteous and strict": "If people don't know, unless they don't do it, Your Majesty only needs to judge whether what the minister said is reasonable, so why bother with how the minister knows." ”

Yuan Yao gritted his teeth and looked around at the group of "dead admonitions" who knelt on the ground: "The internal worries are endless, the external troubles are not peaceful, and the court is not giving you a fortune to interfere in my family affairs." ”

Yi Hangding generously said: "The king is selfless, Your Majesty's family affairs are state affairs, if the harem can't be the first to correct the atmosphere to set an example for the people, then where will my Great Wei's ethics be placed?" ”

"Shut up!" Yuan Yao was speechless, "Believe it or not, I will kill you now?" ”

Yi Hangding: "The dragon is chopped, compared to the dry section, the minister has to be in the same column with these two people, what is the regret?" ”

Just when Yuan Yao and the ministers were at a stalemate, there was a sudden exclamation from the crowd: "Cui Taichang? Cui Taichang? It turned out that Cui Xuan couldn't stand the stimulation and fainted.

"Hurry up and take Cui Taichang to seek medical treatment, today's matter is over, and we will discuss it another day!" Yuan Yao took the opportunity to announce his retreat from the dynasty and went straight to Lantian Palace angrily.

This time, Hu Bizhu was not surprised to see Yuan Yao: "Your Majesty is coming again, and the concubines are terrified." ”

"Less nonsense, say! Isn't it you? "Although Yuan Yao people have gone from the Taiji Hall to the Lantian Palace, they have never stepped out of the shadow of anger in their hearts.

Hu Bizhu: "Your Majesty, don't be impatient, what is a concubine?" ”

Yuan Yao took a deep breath: "I ask you, did you pass on the events of that day to the outer court?" I was angry at the time, and I didn't block the news in time, but the next day, I strictly forbade people in the harem to talk about it, how did Hu Shen and them know? I'm afraid that only the queen has this condition and guts, right? ”

Unexpectedly, Hu Bizhu admitted very quickly: "That's right, it's the concubine!" ”

Yuan Yao: "It's good if you admit it, come on!" ”

Hearing this, the two guards came and stood aside to wait for Yuan Yao's instructions.

Hu Bizhu was not afraid: "Your Majesty wants to take the concubines?" Are you also in the cold palace? The concubine was worried about His Majesty's decency, so she informed the general of the matter, hoping that he could help His Majesty save face. In all dynasties, fornicating harem people abound, which is nothing new, but if any emperor is guilty and allows the gang to be dusty, it is a big joke. Does Your Majesty want to be the laughing stock of all the people in the world? In that case, who will respect Your Majesty from the bottom of their hearts and do their best to carry out His Majesty's orders? Why did Your Majesty quell the civil strife and revive the Great Wei? Unexpectedly, the concubine was dedicated to His Majesty, but in the end she ended up with Cui Jiaren, which is really ridiculous and sad. ”

Yuan Yao sneered: "Help me? They were demonstrating to me, telling me that I could not do whatever I wanted, and that in the end I had to act on their faces in retaliation for my removal of Hu Dun from office. ”

Hu Bizhu slowly approached Yuan Yao, quietly wrapped her arms around his back, and threw herself into his arms: "Things in the world are always inseparable from using each other and taking what they need, why should Your Majesty care about their motives, as long as the final result is beneficial to Your Majesty?" ”

Yuan Yao gently pushed Hu Bizhu away: "Then what does the queen want from me by doing this?" The tone was much calmer than before.

Hu Bizhu looked up at Yuan Yao, her tears blurred: "Love!" All wives in the world have the love of their husbands, but their concubines never get a day! ”

Yuan Yao was stunned on the spot, speechless for a long time.

The two guards waited for a long time and didn't see any instructions from Yuan Yao, and finally couldn't help but ask, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

Yuan Yao weakly waved back the two: "It's okay, you guys retreat first." ”

At this moment, Xu Yicheng trotted over with a panicked expression: "Your Majesty, Mama Su, who took care of Cui Zhaoyi, came to report that Zhaoyi had committed suicide by hanging herself early in the morning!" ”

"What?" Yuan Yao's face changed greatly, and he turned around and ran, "Xu Yicheng, lead the way!" ”

Yuan Yao walked like the wind, disappeared in a moment, Hu Bizhu looked at the direction of Yuan Yao in a daze, without saying a word, and suddenly shouted hysterically after a while, for a long time, as if to vent the resentment and dissatisfaction that had accumulated in their hearts for a long time, so shocked that the palace people hid aside one by one and watched from afar, not daring to approach. In the end, it was Anshu who was deeply affectionate, stepped forward and hugged Hu Bizhu tightly, tears raining down: "The queen is fine, the queen is fine, there are slaves and maids, it's okay." ”

Hu Bizhu vented to regain her composure, and whispered next to An Shu'er: "Go find Cao Vulture, do it as soon as possible, and let him kill all the people who know after the incident." ”

An Shu nodded and left.

The day after learning the bad news of Cui Jiaren, Taichang Cui Xuan also died of illness at home. At the funeral, Chongxin Hou Cui Mingyou wore linen and filial piety, and was in a trance, and even forgot to pay tribute to the guests who came to pay their respects several times. In just a few months, he has tasted the ups and downs of the world, originally with a passion to serve the country, not wanting to be ruthless, after a big war because he became a crippled and useless person and had to withdraw from the battlefield and return to Luoyang. But Sai Yong lost his horse, he lost his legs, but in exchange for the title of a marquis, his sister Cui Jiaren also entered the palace to become the most favored concubine of Emperor Yuanyao, what else is there to be dissatisfied with? However, the impermanence of the world is often unexpected, and it has only been a long time, but the sister who has always been well-behaved and sensible broke out a scandal of fornication with others, committed suicide in shame, and was buried with the rites of a concubine after his death.

But he knew in his heart that it was impossible for Cui Jiaren to do such ugly things, and they all said that the harem was more dangerous than the battlefield, and it seemed that he was not deceived. As for who wants to kill his sister, in the case of Cui Jiaren and Peng Jun dying one after another, everything has become his personal speculation, and there is no way to find out. But the most hateful thing is the Hu clan's henchmen, although they were admonishing and fighting against Yuan Yao in the court that day, but those words were like a knife, piercing into the hearts of their father and son again and again, until they were full of holes.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be a little envious of Geng Bao, if he also died on the battlefield like him, then for him, his father will always be the great Wei Taichang admired by thousands of people, his sister has always been that carefree young girl, and their family has always been the illustrious Qinghe Cui clan.

However, he didn't know that the Youyan battlefield where he had spilled his blood was somehow not half a rebel army at this moment, and it was the Rouran people who were several times more dangerous than Yuan Rui who replaced the rebels entrenched there. Yuan Rui led his army to fight with them several times, and also suffered several defeats, in the face of the disparity in strength, all strategies and tactics seemed so pale, and it did not help to turn the tide of the war.