(a)

I took a step closer to Yang Biao. I said firmly, "It's me." ”

Yang Biao took a step back again, he didn't retract the knife into its sheath. He bowed to me with his sword and said, "Your Excellency is the Queen." ”

I said, "Can you still call yourselves vassals?" Don't you want to hide behind my youngest son and be the master of this world? ”

Yang Biao said: "The queen can't blame Weichen for this matter. It was really His Majesty pressing step by step, and the minister had to make this decision. ”

I said, "If you don't agree with the idea of disarmament, you can speak freely during the court discussion, say all your reasoning, and let the subjects of the world judge and analyze together, why do you want to express your firm support in front of Your Majesty and the Manchu civil and military forces, but set a trap behind your back, hold the emperor hostage, and intend to lead troops to besiege the capital?" Is this the work of a husband who stands up to the sky and the earth and is upright? ”

Yang Biao said: "You women, you can't understand the world of men. The world of men cannot be so direct and naïve, and sometimes they have to use petty tactics. As the saying goes, soldiers don't get tired of cheating. ”

I said, "Where is Your Majesty now?" ”

Yang Biao said: "It's in the courtyard next door to us. The minister gave him plenty of time to seriously consider whether to abdicate voluntarily. He had already refused several times, but the minister had repeatedly tolerated and still gave him one last chance. ”

I said, "I want to see Your Majesty and make sure he is safe." ”

Yang Biao said: "Since the queen has come tirelessly and unexpectedly appeared in front of the minister, it is easy to see Your Majesty." If the queen promises the minister not to meddle in this matter, the minister can let the queen see His Majesty immediately. ”

Yang Biao said: "Yang Biao is not a vicious traitor. Since the military admonition, Yang Biao has not deliberately abused His Majesty, if he is slightly disrespectful to His Majesty, it is also the people below who are indignant for a while, and they have not mastered the proportions, which is not Yang Biao's original intention. After Yang Biao found out, he immediately stopped and corrected it. His Majesty is now safe and sound, and the Empress can rest assured. ”

Yang Biao said: "The minister has followed His Majesty for many years, and although there have been frequent differences in political views in recent years, there is no personal grudge. What Yang Biao wants is to change the course of the country's politics, and not to take the lives of His Majesty and the crown prince. The minister just wants to get justice! ”

I said, "I hope what you say is true." If Your Majesty has any strengths and weaknesses, I will never abandon him and live alone. ”

(b)

At this time, I once again felt a colic in my abdomen, I stood unsteadily, reached out to hold the pillar next to me, and took a few deep breaths.

Yang Biao said: "The queen is about to give birth when she is pregnant, so why bother to come here and take risks in person." The queen has been working on a saddle horse all the way, do you want to go and rest for a while? ”

I swallowed the pain, gritted my teeth and said, "No." ”

I insisted on sweating, "If Your Majesty insists on not writing the abdication edict, what are you going to do to Your Majesty?" ”

Yang Biao said: "Until now, Your Majesty will definitely refuse to fulfill it, and Yang Biao has no other way." ”

I said, "If you want to murder Your Majesty, kill me now." ”

I left the pillar, took another step forward, and I said, "Use that knife in your hand!" The knife used by the old general! Come and kill me! ”

Yang Biao said with a gloomy expression: "Empress, this matter actually has no effect on you. Whoever sits on the throne of the emperor or the husband or the son will not be affected. You can still maintain the supreme honor. The minister promises that he will never embarrass you and the new emperor. ”

I said, "Your Majesty is alive and well now, how can there be a new emperor!" Just because you want to seek justice, do you want to go to the capital and reopen the war in the world? Are you going to release the beast that you used to put in a cage with your own hands? Where is the justice of the people of the world? Who will seek justice for them? ”

I said, "If the old general hadn't saved your life many times, what kind of domineering general would be standing here, armed with a steel sword, threatening the king of the country?!" If you feel that there is no justice, and that Your Majesty owes you justice, you can take my life to pay it back! As long as I live, I will never allow you to provoke the war in the world again for any reason! You have no choice, you have to get your hands covered in my blood to get justice! ”

Yang Biao looked at me, and he shook his head. He said, "You are the daughter of General Chen, the sister of the late general, how can I kill you?" If I kill you and let this sword stain your blood, will the Han army accept me as their commander in the future? I'm not that stupid. ”

Yang Biao said: "However, queen, a person can have many ways to die. For example, an old illness attacks and dies. For example, death due to an unexpected childbirth. ”

Yang Biao said: "Now, it is getting late, and the time for His Majesty's final decision is almost over." This stalemate cannot be sustained forever. The minister's patience is not unlimited. Queen, I can let you go to see Your Majesty, let you be together as husband and wife, and this child in your womb, and discuss what to do. You are so eloquent, you must persuade Your Majesty, at least, for the sake of this child in your belly. For the sake of the late general's love for rescuing me many times during his lifetime, I especially give you a face, and I have decided to extend the deadline again and give you the last night as a couple. By dawn tomorrow, if Your Majesty still refuses to issue the edict of abdication and refuses to pass on to your youngest son, then Your Majesty will die of a heart attack because of the military parade and hunting, and you will die in time for treatment, and you, the Queen, will be frightened and grief-stricken because you witnessed Your Majesty's sudden death, and you will give birth early, suffer from difficult childbirth, in order to save Your Majesty's posthumous child, you decide to sacrifice yourself and leave your blood for Your Majesty. In the face of the unfortunate death of the emperor and the martyrdom of the empress, the ministers will fulfill their last loyalty, carry the edict of His Majesty and the descendants of the royal family born to you who sacrificed your life, escort the coffins of your husband and wife back to Yunjing, and support the new monarch to ascend the throne. If the crown prince, Wei Guoqing, Chen Shouye and other people want to preserve the last flesh and blood of your husband and wife, do not start a war, and finally burn the jade, you must know each other, open the city to let my army in, impose a total curfew, support the new monarch, and act in accordance with His Majesty's edict. ”

I listened to Yang Biao's words, and my heart was really infinitely sad. When Yang Biao was pierced through the chest by the enemy's arrows, you would rather endure the inhuman pain yourself than give him painkillers and save his life. At the last moment of your life, you didn't forget to remind him again and again, and you still hoped that he would be able to start and end well in his relationship with Liu Shen and have a happy ending. It's a pity that all your cherishing and preservation of his talent has been wasted by him.

(c)

I looked at Yang Biao and wanted to say something more. However, there was a sharp pain in the abdomen again. I couldn't hold back, snorted, held my stomach, bent down in pain, sweat gushing down, beads of sweat crackling down my cheeks and falling on the green bricks on the ground.

I couldn't stay on my feet, so I had to retreat to the pillars, lean against them, and breathe as deeply as I could. As the labor pains intensified, my knees went limp, and I sat down along the pillars.

Yang Biao looked at me with unbearable abdominal pain, and said, "This is what you asked for, the queen." The minister has done nothing to you, the queen. ”

He turned and walked out of the door, and called out to the left and right, "Come, get her up, and send her to your majesty." ”

In the cramping pain that made people feel like the world was spinning, I thought vaguely: Although I was not able to persuade Yang Biao to change his ways, at least I confirmed that Liu Shen was still alive and well, and I came here to buy a whole night for him and for the Qinwang troops outside, and at the same time to pass on the news of Yang Biao's rebellion to the garrison here, Li Guozhong will seize this gap to contact the troops who are also opposed to the rebellion and loyal to Liu Shen, and cooperate with the army of Chen Shouye Qinwang who is about to arrive. If Yang Biao wants to realize his delusion, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

I felt someone coming towards me. They dragged me up and crossed the threshold.

I saw bits and pieces of blood on the ground I passed.

I'm bleeding red and I'm about to give birth.

While I was being dragged by them like this in pain, I was thinking about Liu Shen in a blur, thinking about his face, and thinking about the soft words in my ear when he came to Zhaoyang Palace to say goodbye.

I silently said in my heart: "King Han, help me, this daughter of ours seems to be born early." (To be continued.) )