“…… Why? Bai Ling's voice was a little dry.

"Because her younger brother," Qu Guifei said softly, "is only eleven years old, and as old as you...... also participated in tonight's mutiny in the Left Guard Battalion...... Do you hear the sound of firearms? ”

Bai Ling shook his head again.

"Maybe it's underground, so I can't hear it." Qu Guifei said in a low voice, "They are attacking the Heart Palace...... The emperor is still there, but it's a pity that ......"

It's a pity that this last side can't be seen after all.

Qu was silent for a moment, then spoke in a low voice.

"Concubine Ning is dead, it seems that I should be sad...... But I didn't. She said softly, "I'm relieved for her."

"The Xue family and the Chang family are the same, full of loyalty, and she, like my mother, is a person who values integrity more than life...... I understand her grief and indignation. ”

Qu Shi thought about it, and his expression became solemn.

"Do you know, I used to envy Xue Yang very much, I envied her even in the deep palace to live extremely warmly, always know what she wants, always unswerving, I want to be like her many times.

"But that's not my way anymore, so I never learn.

"There are some things that I understand too late." Qu Shi was a little emotional, "But fortunately, I finally understood."

"Niangniang...... Bai Ling struggled to prop up his upper body, "You ......"

"Time is running out," Qu Shi looked at the girl in front of him, "Don't interrupt me, let me finish." ”

Bai Ling bit his lower lip.

"Where did you just go......" Qu Shi blinked, she remembered for a moment, and then smiled, "Ah, about my way...... I remember the last time you entered the palace, I talked to you about this, but at that time I was only vaguely aware of a direction, and I didn't think too clearly.

"It's true that as Concubine Ning said before, I'm sometimes too 'weak'. If only I could have half as resolute as her...... I won't be forced to do this by my mother and brother.

"But all the same," Qu laughed, "if I were half as resolute as Concubine Ning, I wouldn't be her friend...... Except for me, there is hardly anyone in the palace who can tolerate her temperament.

"Am I really weak?" Qu Shi shook his head slightly, "No, I'm not weak, people like Qu Xiu are weak. I just wanted too much to make the people around me do well, but I lacked some skills......

"After all, if a man does not know how to satisfy himself, he will not know how to satisfy others; If you don't know how to take care of yourself, you can't take good care of others. ”

Qu looked thoughtfully at the withered straw nearby.

"Gentleness is never a fault, my real fault...... It should have entered the palace as the emperor's concubine, and there were expectations of the Qu family behind her.

"As for Ah Tuo...... "Qu Shi's eyes filled with pity, "there are some things that can't be avoided...... Poor born in the emperor's family. ”

Speaking of this, Qu Shi looked down at Bai Ling.

"I'm here tonight, and that's pretty much what I want to say to you. I want to thank you, but also I want you not to blame yourself for some things in the future. I still think back to the first time I saw you......"

Speaking of this, Qu Shi smiled, "I feel like I've been reliving again in the past few months." ”

She looked at Bai Ling with a little nostalgia, "It's really good to meet you......"

Looking at each other, Bai Ling's tears welled up.

"I embroidered a purse for you, thinking it was dirty, so I didn't bring it here." Qu Shi stood up, she gently patted the dust on the top of her skirt, "I put it under the bed you usually sleep in in the east side hall of Chengqian Palace, remember to get it when you go out."

“…… You will be safe, Burling. Qu Shi said in a low voice, she lowered her eyes and nodded, as if to respond to Fang Cai's words again, "You ...... It will be safe. ”

……

"Draw your sword."

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Han Chong gave the final order.

The ammunition of the firearm has been exhausted so far, but the soldiers of the Left Guard Battalion are still constantly launching new encirclements and suppressions against the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Thirty-six embroidered spring knives were unsheathed at different positions in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Everyone held their breath and waited for the next attack of the rebels.

After enduring a night of fighting, everyone in the Heart Cultivation Hall showed a similar kind of exhaustion—except for Heng Yuanjun, whose face was pale and weak from the start.

Another rain of arrows struck, and everyone was already hiding behind the hard furniture, and the feather arrows pierced more paper windows, shooting the Heart Cultivation Hall to a thousand holes—Qiu Shi was the only one who frowned tightly at this time, and pounced on the corpse of Emperor Jianxi with fear.

After the rain of arrows, it's time to charge.

Heng Yuanjun looked at the morning light cast from those broken window holes-

It's dawn.

On this night, the people of Pingjing stayed awake all night.

First, the emperor's death knell sounded, and then there was a strange and terrifying sound of battle in the palace.

When the sky was bright, the north gate of Pingjing City was blasted open.

Everyone was afraid that it was not the Jin people who had already come to the city, but they slowly heard that it was the prince of Prince Gong's mansion who returned to the city to quell the rebellion with a black wave of mausoleum guards.

The bold young man sneaked to the side of the main road in Pingjing City, hiding in the shadows of the buildings, watching the team slowly approaching from a distance.

Chen Yicong was ragged and covered in mud and blood.

Holding high the edict handed to him by Huang Chongde last night, he walked towards the palace in the center of Pingjing step by step.

Behind him, the iron armor of the five thousand mausoleum guards broke into the sunlight.

There had never been such an army in Pingjing - they all wore black masks, and every step was neatly aligned, like dead soldiers coming out of a cemetery.

The boy's voice echoed over Heikyo—

"The forty-sixth generation descendant of the Great Zhou ancestor Zhuang Gong, the sixteenth generation descendant of Emperor Taizu Shengyuan, the great-grandson of Emperor Gaozu Jiahe, the great-grandson of Emperor Tianqi, the grandson of Emperor Jianxi, and the son of the new Emperor Prince Gong Chen Yicong, returned to Beijing with five thousand Qin Wang dead soldiers, Jingping civil strife, and swept away the rebels!"

"The forty-sixth generation descendant of Zhuang Gong, the ancestor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the sixteenth generation descendant of Emperor Taizu Shengyuan, and the great-great-grandson of Emperor Gaozu Jiahe......"

"The 46th generation of descendants of Zhuang Gong, the ancestor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, ......"

Jingping civil strife!

Sweep away the rebels!

The people rushed to tell each other, they couldn't memorize the long ancestral genealogy in front of Chen Yicong, but everyone understood one thing - the noise they heard last night was a rebellion! It's a usurper!

Who is plotting the rebellion?

Who is usurping the throne?

I don't know!

But in short, now the orthodox bloodline descendants of the Great Zhou have returned with an army of King Qin!

There was a certain unconcealable excitement on the faces of the people, as if the throne were their own—a rarity of the kind today.

Everyone realizes that a history that will inevitably be written in the history books in the future is now happening right under their noses.

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