Chapter 9: Two Sides and Three Blades

Three days later, the funeral of the Queen Mother was held, beautiful, but solemn.

The funeral ended perfectly, which largely came from Wanyan's efforts, Li Shimin since he learned the news of the death of the Queen Mother, he has been ill since then, and most of the funerals of the Queen Mother were arranged by Wanyan instead of Li Shimin. With this funeral over, the theories of prophecy and restraint really fell out of place.

But the failure does not mean that everyone will forget, and those who have the intention to provoke will not let go of any trace that can be discredited. Wanyan knows how many people have poked her back in the back these days, saying that she is pretending, and the Queen Mother is still pretending to be here.

Wanyan didn't care what others said, but kept silently planning and arranging, until the day of the Queen Mother's funeral, everything was settled. Li Shimin participated in all the funerals with high spirits, but fainted again when he was guarding the spirit in the mourning hall. None of the concubines present did not want to go to take care of Li Shimin, only Wanyan was still kneeling there, guarding the emperor's spirit, which was also to fulfill his greatest wish at this time.

At this time, Wanyan was empathetic and terrifying.

These days, Zhao Nan almost stayed in the palace and didn't go home, and followed Wanyan to be busy, and spent a lot of time for the funeral of the Queen Mother. Such a full and busy situation also made Zhao Nan forget a lot of troubles. The relationship between him and Wanyan is not as ambiguous as before, but they cooperate tacitly and complete the matter successfully, which also makes Zhao Nan quite gratified.

During the seven days of keeping filial piety for the Queen Mother, Li Shimin would go to the mourning hall to guard the spirit as long as his body allowed, but Wanyan stayed here and did her filial piety for Li Shimin. No matter what others said behind their backs, Wanyan didn't reply, which showed Wanyan's reasonableness.

Since the funeral of the Queen Mother, Tang Changyu and Liubin have been idle at home, the emperor is seriously ill, and there is no early dynasty. In this way, the two of them have a lot of free time to think about some trivial things, and piece together the clues they have found before, but they still can't find anything valuable.

However, they quickly gave up, because they found that Wanyan, who was also in the whirlpool, was so calm, and they didn't need to care too much. Besides, most of the accusations are still aimed at Wanyan, although this is very inhumane, but they still have a trace of happiness.

After all, Wanyan is the person the emperor will protect, but they are the ones who will fall into the abyss if they take a wrong step.

After the first seven days, Li Shimin's health gradually improved. In the past seven days, the person who summoned Yunchen came to meet Li Shimin once, and presented Li Shimin with an elixir that was claimed to be a panacea.

Li Shimin was originally disdainful of this kind of thing, but that Yunchen touted his elixir as a divine object, he said, the elixir that others came to him was refined in the medicine furnace, but his was only obtained from the psychic immortals, this Arabian Nights, Li Shimin naturally did not believe it.

But Yun Chen was very persistent, and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, you have been overly worried in recent days, and you have become ill from hard work in the past, so you can't afford to get sick, and the prescriptions prescribed by the imperial doctor are all palliative, not the root cause, and you have not been able to get better, why not try the grass people's methods, if it is really useless, it is not too late for you to refuse." ”

Li Shimin was still sick and didn't want to say much to Yun Chen, maybe Ruilin would be wrong, so he handed the elixir held by Yun Chen to Li Shimin, Li Shimin wanted to try it, but he just refused, and then treated Yun Chen for the crime of bullying the king, so he picked up one of them and swallowed it.

Suddenly, a fluttering sense of relief came to his heart, and Li Shimin had an unprecedented sense of ease, which paralyzed all the pain, which made Li Shimin strange and surprised. In the past, he looked down on these things, but now he is a little shaken, can he really not try?

"Your medicine ......" Li Shimin was a little embarrassed, he insisted on calling this thing a medicine instead of an elixir, as a high emperor, how could his face allow himself to accept a thing that he insisted on veto in front of a commoner, but he was unwilling to show his expectations.

Yun Chen seemed to see Li Shimin's thoughts, so he thought about giving the emperor a step, so he said: "Your Majesty, it's better for the grass people to leave a course of medicine for you to try, if the emperor is satisfied, then call the grass people into the palace to deliver the medicine." ”

Li Shimin closed his eyes, hummed in agreement, and asked Yun Chen to retreat, and asked Ruilin to follow Yun Chen to get the medicine, Ruilin glanced at Yun Chen, smiled slightly, the two exchanged a look, and then bowed and withdrew from the emperor's bedroom.

When the two came out, they met Wanyan who came in, Ruilin and Yunchen saluted Wanyan and left in a hurry, the moment Wanyan pushed open the door of Li Shimin's bedroom, there was a cold smile on the corner of her mouth, and in the dark night, a trace of cold murderous aura flashed in Wanyan's deep black eyes.

Wan Yan walked into this palatial palace, and she looked around with a blank face, even though she was already so familiar with the place. Those gorgeous and delicate furnishings can't bring a trace of warmth here, Wanyan is still wearing that white dress, and her face is a little pale without powder, which seems to be a little out of place with the golden splendor here.

Li Shimin was lying on the dragon bed not far away, Wanyan looked carefully, now he is so weak and powerless, he is no longer the hero who is high and dominant, how much hatred Wanyan has in her heart, even she can't count it. At this moment, she could obviously kill Li Shimin effortlessly, but she didn't, she wanted a little bit, torture him to death.

It's been six years, Li Shimin has trapped her for six years in this rich cage, and this dormitory has traces of their love everywhere, and it also records the sadness of this Wanyan climbing up step by step. It's just that these emotions accumulated in the bottom of her heart, Wanyan has never mentioned it to outsiders, one day, she will fulfill all her wishes, let the whole world worship her, and let the Turks become the masters of this Tang Dynasty.

She has been dormant by Li Shimin's side for many years, how many grievances she has suffered, how many killings she has experienced, for this day, this day is getting closer and closer, she has to be patient, a good killer always completes the accurate killing plan at the last moment, Wanyan thought, she can too, not to mention that she still has such a good helper.

Wanyan was thinking distractedly, Li Shimin on the bed seemed to be awake, looked at the figure standing far away, and called out very weakly: "Yan'er." Wanyan put away her cold gaze, replaced it with a gentle smile, slowly walked to Li Shimin's bedside, and sat down.

Wanyan held Li Shimin's hand, and said in a soft voice: "Your Majesty, did the concubines wake you up, the affairs of the Queen Mother's side have been handled for you, don't worry, rest well, take care of the dragon body." ”

Li Shimin looked at Wanyan's haggard face, she was still wearing that white dress, she should have come here directly after dealing with the affairs of the mourning hall, her eyes were red and bloodshot, I don't know how many nights she stayed up day and night, and she seemed to have lost a lot of weight.

Li Shimin was quite distressed, he could imagine how many things Wanyan had handled for him these days, how much pressure she had carried, and how many people expected her to make mistakes and make a fool of herself, but she handled everything in an orderly manner, so that people didn't even have the opportunity to deliberately find mistakes.

Li Shimin patted Wanyan's hand, her skin was still so silky, Li Shimin felt a lot of emotion in his heart, she was still so young, but she was old. Li Shimin couldn't see any tired expression on Wanyan's face, but he still said: "Yan'er, you have been tired these days, my side, thanks to you, don't be tired, go back and rest early." ”

Wanyan insisted on refusing to leave, saying that she wanted to see the emperor fall asleep before leaving, Li Shimin closed his eyes, and the scenes of getting along with Wanyan quickly appeared in his mind. Wanyan in Li Shimin's memory, no matter what the occasion, is so perfect and impeccable, like a delicate puppet.

An astonishing discovery came to Li Shimin's mind, for so many years, he was only immersed in his love for Wanyan, but he never noticed that Wanyan was not happy at all. Otherwise, why did she show no negative emotions, and her smile was always the same.

Li Shimin secretly scolded himself in his heart for being confused, as an emperor, but he forgot to use his usual keen observation to gain insight into the closest people around him, Li Shimin thought that he could not give Wanyan happiness and satisfaction, but he did not suspect that Wanyan had other intentions at all.

Li Shimin heard the sound of Wanyan slowing down and quietly leaving, and his heart was full of guilt.

Wanyan returned to her dormitory, tiredness and fatigue gradually came to her heart, and she had not slept for so many days, even if she was shrewd and capable, she should be tired. Wanyan sat at the table, poured herself a glass of water and drank it, rubbed her temples vigorously, and as soon as she relaxed, Wanyan felt that she had a splitting headache.

A man flashed out of the darkness and asked in a deep voice, "What, tired?" Wanyan obviously didn't have any panic, she was used to the man's elusiveness, and she still rubbed her temples without answering.

Seeing that Wanyan didn't answer, the man was not angry, and said to himself: "How can this brother be tired when he is tired, the show has just begun." With that, he left on his own, and re-hid himself in the dark night.

Wanyan didn't speak the whole time, and when she saw the man leave, she lay down on the bed, and as soon as she touched the pillow, she had already fallen into a deep sleep, and now, she didn't want to think about anything.

She was really, so tired.