Another day passed and another day came, and Chu Xiurong once again came to the emperor's diligent palace, and was once again refused to see by the emperor.

Chu Xiurong was not worried, handed over a few books to the eunuch, and left.

The eunuchs outside the hall looked at him, their expressions were not sympathetic, but admiration, the emperor has been in a bad mood since he recovered from his illness and abolished the crown prince, not only did he not see the king of Qi, but also the concubines of King Yan and King Lu were not seen, and the king of Yan and Lu were at a loss and afraid and did not come, only the king of Qi as usual, came to greet every day, and did his own thing every day.

King Qi has such a calm personality and accompanies the emperor, is it because his father is in a bad mood, and his sons are avoided?

There are more and more praises for King Qi, and even among the courtiers, there are private rumors that if the crown prince is set up again, King Qi is the most suitable.

The emperor looked at the eunuch Jinzhong holding the piece sent by Chu Xiurong, and said lightly: "I really underestimated him, thinking that he was the most delicate, but I didn't expect him to be the most tenacious and have such great ambitions." Said and sneered, "But it's not strange, do you remember, since he was poisoned, no matter how painful it was, he didn't cry, how old was he at that time, how did that sentence come about?" Being able to endure what others can't endure is certainly extraordinary. ”

The eunuch Jinzhong couldn't answer this, and lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, don't think about this." So he said something happy, "There is good news over there in Xijing, Xiliang soldiers and horses are retreating." ”

But hearing this, the emperor's face did not have the slightest joy, but became more gloomy.

The invasion of the Western Liang soldiers and horses was caused by the stupidity of the prince, and the northern army that went to meet the Western Liang soldiers and horses was mobilized by Chu Yurong.

The latter made the emperor even more angry.

"With the heroic Iron Mask General here, Xijing I don't have to worry." The Emperor said coldly, "I'm worried about myself and this imperial city now. ”

Eunuch Jinzhong bowed his head: "His Royal Highness is not, the matter of Xijing is also urgent-"

The emperor slapped the table: "You still have good things to say for him!" ”

The eunuch Jinzhong knelt on the ground and said that the old slave was guilty.

The emperor didn't look at him, and said coldly: "What kind of person he is, I know very well in my heart, there is nothing he doesn't dare to do." Speaking of this, he laughed out loud, "My sons, which one would not dare to kill the king and kill the father?" ”

Eunuch Jinzhong knelt on the ground and choked with tears: "Your Majesty, don't think about it, you are not only a father, you are the emperor, and the emperor is a lonely person, bitter." ”

Listening to the words of the eunuch Jinzhong, the emperor felt that he wanted to cry, but he raised his hand to wipe it, and there were no tears, probably because the tears were dried during the days when he was killed and sick.

"The people in the palace are almost cleaned up, right?" He asked coldly.

Eunuch Jinzhong responded: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Concubine Xu, Concubine Xian's side has been cleaned up." ”

The emperor picked up a piece of music, held it in front of his eyes, cast a shadow on half of his face, and a cold voice came from behind the music, "I see that they all want to go to the cold palace to be with the queen." ”

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The atmosphere in the harem was tense, and the cold palace was even more inaccessible, and a eunuch turned in from outside the wall, until he walked to the room where the queen was, and did not meet anyone.

The eunuch looked in and saw an old woman cooking porridge on the stove.

The eunuch was stunned, almost didn't recognize that this was the queen, the queen originally had no graceful demeanor, she used to rely on clothes and headdresses to set off, but now she has no fancy clothes and jewelry, and she is much older all of a sudden.

"Mother." He couldn't help but hurry over, "What are you doing here?" ”

The queen didn't raise her head, and she didn't care who it was, she just said, "Eat." ”

The eunuch looked at the small iron pot on the stove, and he didn't know what kind of paste was boiling in it, so he couldn't help but cover his nose: "Niangniang, can you eat this?" It's hard to eat, right? ”

The queen sneered: "As long as you can eat, you can live if you eat, this palace will not starve yourself, this palace will live well, waiting for the prince to ascend the throne, and when the time comes, this palace will be the queen mother." She stirred the iron pot with an iron spoon and gritted her teeth, "Let these little sluts like Concubine Xu and Concubine Xian kneel at the foot of the palace." ”

The eunuch said in a low voice: "Niangniang, you don't know yet? The crown prince has been deposed. ”

The queen turned her head and finally looked at him, her eyes were fierce: "Bold, what nonsense are you talking about!" As he spoke, he raised the iron spoon and hit him, "My Jin'er is a natural emperor, if it weren't for Jin'er, the emperor wouldn't have lived today, and he would have been killed by the princes and kings a long time ago!" If you dare to abolish Jin'er, don't think about it well, the emperor! ”

The eunuch saw that she was going crazy, and was afraid of attracting others, so he hurriedly admitted his mistake: "The slave maid said something wrong, the prince is fine." ”

Only then did the queen take back the iron spoon and continue to mumble and stir the iron pot, no longer paying attention to the eunuch.

The eunuch looked left and right, took out a rag from his sleeve, and strangled the queen's neck.

The queen was caught off guard, and fell backwards with the iron spoon, grabbing the rags with one hand, but the eunuch was thin and strong, and dragged the queen backwards, all the way back, to the pillar, leaning against the pillar, and then exerting force—

The queen made a gurgling sound, her feet slowly stopped struggling, and the iron spoon in her hand slowly drooped, clanged, and fell to the ground.

The eunuch let go of his hand and watched the queen in front of him fall softly, her face fading with fierceness, and a trace of lament flashed.

"It's better to be dead." He muttered in a low voice, "Your son wants you to die, what's the point of living." ”

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Although the food in the cold palace is delivered every three or five times, it will not really make the queen starve to death, today is the day to send the meal, the eunuchs in charge of delivering the food carried wooden barrels, and rushed to the eunuchs and palace maids of the cold palace who heard the sound of the door and rushed over to grab the food, and went straight to the queen.

"Mother." They shouted impatiently, "It's time to eat." ”

When the words fell, I didn't see the queen rush out, I raised my head and saw the skirt swaying in front of my eyes, and when I looked up again, I saw the queen hanging on the beam, and her face looked at them condescendingly, like a ghost.

With a clang, the eunuchs threw down the barrels, and the screams pierced the cold palace.

"Queen, you killed yourself—"

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When Chu Yurong heard the news, he was on his way to Xijing, and he sat by the bonfire and looked at the finally ripe hawthorn fruit of the Zhuyun Temple sent by the fast horse.

"Okay, I haven't seen enough after a day." Wang Xian said angrily, "When is it, I'm still thinking about letting people pick fruits from Zhuyun Temple." ”

The fair-skinned young man under the firelight did not have the terrifying appearance of slashing the head of the day, his eyes were bright, the corners of his mouth were smiling, and he was holding a hawthorn in his hand and turning in front of him.

"Don't be nervous." He said, "There is Chen Liehu in Xijing, so you can rest assured." ”

Wang Xian frowned: "What if Chen Liehu cheats Princess Jin Yao?" One strike, not to mention Xijing, the capital will be in danger. ”

Chu Yurong said: "What are you talking about, you are underestimating Miss Danzhu again." ”

"What does this have to do with Chen Danzhu! Say her father! "Wang Xian is so angry, why don't you leave Chen Danzhu in three sentences!" Her father doesn't want her anymore, and when the time comes, it's time to come to the capital and cut off the head of this unfilial girl! ”

Chu Yurong handed the hawthorn to his lips: "Have you forgotten what Miss Danzhu said?" No matter how unlovable she is, she is also her father's treasure. "Squeak and bite down, the sweet and sour made his eyebrows and eyes wrinkle, "Miss Danzhu really didn't lie to me, it's really not delicious——"

Miss Danzhu, Miss Danzhu has said so many nonsense, where does he remember, Wang Xian rolled his eyes, what to say, Fenglin rushed from the night.

"Your Highness, the queen committed suicide."

Wang Xian was stunned, Chu Yurong chewed the hawthorn and got up suddenly.

"Back to Beijing." He said.

With these words, the man had already flown away from the campfire and rushed into the night, where the horses neighed.

Wang Xianyu stood by the bonfire and was stunned, "The queen is dead, what are you anxious about." Then he understood what Chu Yu was anxious about, and then his face became even more ugly.

"I said I never wanted to ride a fast horse again in my life."

"Especially for Chen Danzhu!"