Chapter 295: The Empress Dowager dies

When Empress Zhang heard this, she stopped sobbing, and there was a silence inside.

Shangguan Wanxuan never imagined that she would hear such words, only to feel that a scorching thunder seemed to explode above her head, and her heart was choked with breathlessness, and she couldn't help but take a few steps back. In an instant, shock, sadness, and bitterness all came up, and the whole person couldn't help but be stunned on the spot. It wasn't until the tears unconsciously slipped down her hands that the warm touch woke her up, but she was so disheartened that she withdrew little by little.

The foreground is blurry, and it turns out that the many shelters he received in the harem were also exchanged for his father and brother with their lives!

Shangguan Wanxuan could barely tell the time and road, and when Shuanghuan came up, he was frightened, and wondered: "Niangniang, could it be that the Empress Dowager is ......?"

There seemed to be a noise in his ears, but as if he hadn't heard anything, Shangguan Wanxuan still kept moving forward until his feet gradually lost his strength, and then he slowly sat down softly with the column on the corridor.

The maid Shuanghuan didn't know what to do, so she was so anxious that she walked around the side, and saw someone coming from a distance, it turned out to be Concubine Lu with the fourteenth princess, thinking that she had just been notified.

Seeing that it was Shangguan Wanyi, Concubine Lu raised her head and wondered: "Imperial Concubine, what's wrong with you----

The fourteenth princess was still young, and when she saw Shangguan Wan's face full of tears, she was so frightened that she cried first.

"It's okay, I'm fine, it's okay......" Shangguan Wanshu shook his head slowly, took the hand of the fourteenth princess, and smiled reluctantly: "Princess, go in and take a look, it's not in vain that the Empress Dowager hurts you." ”

As he spoke, tears rolled down again, as if he tried his best to contain it, but to no avail.

The fourteenth princess leaned into her arms and said with tears in her eyes: "Sister-in-law, I'm afraid ......"

Concubine Lu's face was puzzled, but she had never been a talkative person, and she didn't ask much, but said: "I just heard the news, so I brought the princess over in a hurry, the imperial concubine, you are pregnant and it is inconvenient, please rest here, and I will bring the princess to the empress dowager first----"

Seeing that Shangguan Wanshu just bowed her head lightly and didn't speak, she pulled the fourteenth princess forward, and after walking a few steps, she turned back and added: "Imperial concubine, don't be too sad, hurt your body and hurt the child in your womb." It's a bit cold today, and it's windy......"

Shangguan raised his hand weakly and said softly: "I know, thank you Concubine Niangniang, Niangniang will take the princess first." ”

There are bamboos planted everywhere in the purple bamboo courtyard, there is no snow on this day, and the cold wind rolls the bamboo leaves and falls, like the wind is very strong, mixed with many half-green and half-yellow leaves, and there is still thin juice at the broken petioles. A remnant leaf fell on Shangguan's graceful skirt, and gently picked up a leaf, only to feel that he was like this remnant leaf, and couldn't help muttering: "It turns out that this is ...... like this."

Shuanghuan couldn't understand it next to him, and said with concern: "Niangniang, it's better for the slave to help you up." ”

---- it turns out that the so-called affection is all fake. Between her and him, there is already no forgiveness.

Shangguan Wanwan thought desolately, it seemed that there was no need to say anything more, everything was false. In this life, no matter what you do, it will only increase the pain between each other.

How so? How did I come to this point, God, how cruel you are, why did you deprive me of my last thoughts?

Time slipped by little until "Boom! Boom! The death knell of "dong ......" rang out, and one after another came. Shangguan Wanxuan seemed to have lost her pain, but she just looked ahead against the wind, and the last glimmer of concern was gradually dissipating with the cold wind of midwinter......

The Empress Dowager died suddenly of illness, and there was naturally a mourning in the harem, but the court was even more chaotic, and the deployment of the previous painstaking management was completely disrupted. Although he didn't sleep all night last night, Jun Yuxuan's eyes were still sharp, staring at the ministers and saying: "Last night, everyone discussed all night, analyzed the pros and cons, weighed the strength, and said that the vassal king was not allowed to enter Beijing. But I see that the current situation is very favorable to the vassal kings, how can they give up? ”

"Your Majesty ----" Lord Geng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, stepped forward and said: "Weichen thinks that the situation may not be so bad that it is irretrievable, as long as it is properly arranged, it is not an opportunity. ”

"Oh?" Jun Yuyu coughed lightly twice, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's all this time, don't sell sour Confucian words, if you have any good ideas, just say it straightforwardly." ”

"Yes." The Ministry of Industry Shangshu is the youngest among the ministers, and he is also one of the heroes who supported Jun Yuchen's accession to the throne, and at the moment he first bowed slightly to the ministers, and then he played: "Now that the empress dowager has passed away, this dynasty attaches the most importance to filial piety, if the emperor decrees that the vassal kings do not have to enter Beijing to fulfill their filial piety, there may not be a situation where everyone accuses the emperor of being ruthless and unjust." On the contrary, each family has its own difficulties, as long as it can cause internal strife between the vassal kings, there will definitely not be a situation where the five vassal kings will gather in the capital at that time. Needless to say, the king of tranquility in the west, the three sons are fighting for the throne of the prince, who is willing to leave the domain easily to let others take the advantage? And now, the prince of Chen Liuwang is in Beijing, and it is enough for him to take his father to mourn. ”

Jun Yuyu bowed his head slightly, and asked again: "Then what do you mean, do you mean that I will gather a prince from each of the vassal kings to replace their father to enter Beijing to wear filial piety?" Well, that's an idea, but what about the external name? ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry about this, Weichen thinks that as long as this decree is issued, the civil strife in the vassal king's mansion will be enough to consume their ambitions. However, these people, except for the emperor's siblings, are all self-respecting, and the emperor has to get rid of them! ”

Hearing this, Jun Yuxuan's eyes were cold, and he sneered, "These so-called imperial uncles, I have endured them for many years, how can I not know the key points?" It's just that now, it's not the best time, and it's important to prevent him from entering Beijing and causing chaos first. ”

The courtiers below were silent for a while, as if they had concluded that the vassal king would definitely enter the capital, and there would be no war, so their faces sank like ice edges. The matter stopped here, Jun Yuxuan asked the ministers to go down to draft a decree, and find a reason to strictly order the vassal king to enter Beijing, anyway, everyone knew that the emperor just didn't want the vassal king to enter Beijing to guard filial piety, as long as it was in line with this theme, what reason was the same.

After a while, because it was already past the meal, everyone was hungry. Because it was the Empress Dowager's hot filial piety period, the little eunuch served vegetarian food, Jun Yusulfone pointed to a bowl of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Geng, who was left alone, and drank a few sips by himself, as if adding some spirit, and said with a smile: "You seem to have something to say, there is no one at the moment, you don't have to be bound by the usual rules, no matter what you think." ”

Then Lord Geng hurriedly put down the bowl and glanced to the side, and when Jun Yucheng asked Liu Chan to withdraw with the people, he approached and whispered: "Now we are using troops with Xiangluo State, but there have been rumors in the court recently, saying that the brave general Shangguan Yuanji was captured by Yi Buqun for some reason. Your Majesty, the controversy caused by this matter in the government and the opposition is not small, you must be cautious! ”

Jun Yuxuan nodded and said, "Well, I understand what you said. I have already ordered to save Shangguan Yuanji at all costs, so this news, no matter what, can only be determined to be fake. After Shangguan Yuanji returned, this rumor would be self-defeating. ”

When Lord Geng heard this, he said, "So, the emperor is already completely sure that he can save General Shangguan?" ”

"Well, although there are not ten percent, there are seven or eight percent! It's an eventful winter, and many things have come together. Geng Aiqing, I've had to work so hard for you these days. ”

"The emperor can rest assured, Weichen and others have received the emperor's grace, and they will not give up!"

After Lord Geng finished speaking, he retired, leaving Jun Yusulfone alone, and spent the night in the imperial study to review and review the folds, and did not rest until the third watch.

Early the next morning, it snowed again. The palace is full of vegetarian and white patches, which is more than the snow in the wax moon, as if winter is coming in advance. The Zizhu Courtyard was mourning all day long, drifting along the wind and scattering in the sky, vaguely as if it could be transmitted to the Jiaoxiang Palace, Shangguan Wanwan sat in front of the window and listened, stroking his high and bulging abdomen with his hand, and there was no expression on his face.

Shuanghuan stood beside him with a cup of flower tea, steaming white steam, and whispered: "Niangniang, don't always keep the discomfort in your heart, don't take care of your body, how can it be good if you get sick." ”

Because during the state funeral, Shangguan Wanxuan also changed into a lotus-blue silk filial piety dress, wearing a nine-luan thorn flower pleated skirt, and did not look back when she heard the maid speak, but just ordered: "Well, what time is it now?" ”

Shuanghuan asked the little palace maid to see the copper leak, and persuaded: "Niangniang, the slave maid heard that the emperor has reversed the day and night in the past few days, and he has contracted the wind and cold, and the mother just doesn't want to visit, but she can also ask the slave to send some soup over to show her concern." ”

Shangguan Wanxuan didn't speak, and the little eunuch went back and forth, saying, "Niangniang, it's already time." ”

Shangguan nodded politely, and the pendant string of the golden phoenix beads shook with it, shining with bright brilliance, setting off the master's tired face, "This palace is not hungry, let's not be busy preparing dinner first, let's sleep for a while." ”

When the palace people heard this, they didn't dare to persuade again, so they could only bow their heads and respond. The snow light lined Shangguan Wan's pale face, and it even more seemed that her black eyes were lifeless, and the whole person seemed to have been drained of all her essence and spirit overnight, leaving only an empty shell with an empty appearance.

On the way back to the palace, Jun Yuchen and Zichu heard the news of the death of the Empress Dowager. Zichu was very sad at the beginning, and she had real respect for the Empress Dowager, an elder who had always protected her with all her heart. When the two heard the news, they changed into plain white filial piety clothes, and Jun Yuchen also blamed himself very much and said that it was really his great unfilial piety to fail to let the imperial grandmother see his child born before she died.

Then, the next day, I received an urgent letter from Jiang Jiantao. After Jun Yuchen read the content of the letter, he couldn't help but be stunned, Zichu saw that he rarely showed such an expression, thinking that something had happened again, so he took it and looked at it, and then looked at each other, I don't know why.

After a while, Zi Chu hesitated and asked, "Is this true?" Jiang Jiantao, he actually talked to that ....... Ye Heming is getting better? It's unlikely, right? ”