Chapter 5: Entering the Palace
The three swordsmen entered the palace late at night and brought three pieces of information. He is the most rigorous of the thirty-three tricks, and he is also the one with the highest talent, the strongest martial arts, and the youngest.
Sanqi reviewed the information collected one by one:
Liu Ji, the king of Yue, was sick and bedridden, and his life was short. Among his twelve sons, the most capable of taking on the great responsibility was Liu Duo, the ninth prince. But he is not a descendant, the queen Gong wants to set up the third prince Liu Yu to succeed to the throne, and now Liu Duo is secretly meeting with Xin Yingqu, the commander of the Qilin Army of the Yue Kingdom, to force the posture of the palace.
Yixiao spread the message, and hibernated in Shu for three years, but did not see the people complaining, and the people of the city moved. Han Si, the king of Shu, was assisted by General Jiang Manwen and was reviving his national strength. The "Soul Hunting" quest continues......
According to the comprehensive information provided by the Er Yao of Biansai Huchuan and the Thirteen Tricks of Yanbei, Shen Changjun was born in Mobei since he was a child, and grew up in the Xianming Temple of Yuji Mountain. His youngest sister Shen Biyue is the orphan daughter of his uncle Shen Huan, who has been sick and frail since she was a child, and she is no different!
Wang Qu bowed his head, habitually stroked his forehead with his hand, thinking, pacing back and forth, and after a long time, he asked Sanqi: That is to say, Shen Changjun can be used by me.
Three together: No abnormality for the time being!
He does not give his own opinion, but only responds on the basis of the information gathered.
Wang Qu stopped, seemed to remember something, and waved his hand to deny: No, these two people are a little strange!
On that day, he returned from Qiyun Mountain, but he happened to meet her in front of the apricot blossom, with a familiarity that he had never met, but also a familiar strangeness.
He knew that she was Shen Changjun's sister, and he spoke frivolously, but there were still three points in ten points that he meant. Now that the position of Tai Lieutenant is vacant, the clan faction is gradually weakening, and the eldest princess faction is getting bigger and bigger. If he wants to seize power, he must find a capable person to assist him, and he will talk with Shen Changjun for two nights, and he feels that it is very compatible. But he didn't want to enter the court as an official, and asked why, but he said that his young sister was sick and didn't want to mess with the world!
Planning, scheming, prudence and caution, the one who held the kite string took the first step!
Since Sanqi left, he did not sleep together, and lay in bed and fell into deep thought. The apricot blossoms have been falling for so long, as if you can still smell the aroma. It's a pity that at this time and at that time, the mood is different.
The next day, everyone in the palace knew that the emperor was going to add a new Zhaoyi, so he chose to enter the palace the day after tomorrow and live in Yonghe Palace. In this way, the Shuyi and Jieyu in each palace and hall couldn't sit still. Only Liu Jieyu of Zhangping Palace didn't care, she only instructed the waiter Zhuang Qiu to take care of the trivial things in the palace, and concentrate on studying singing and dancing by herself. She was originally the most popular singer in the eldest princess's mansion. After Wang Qu ascended the throne, the eldest princess dedicated her and another singer to him. It's a pity that Wushuang's life is thin, and he died half a year after entering the palace. She became Wang Qu's Liu Jieyu, living in Zhangping Palace, and had little contact with others.
There are no clouds from afar, no fire from close, and the first quarter moon is embedded in the sky, like a lost lonely person, extremely quiet.
Yonghe Palace is a very secluded palace, far away from the three palaces of Yongle Palace, Zhangping Palace, and Shouchun Palace, not to mention the Taiji Palace, I am afraid that the mocking wind on the house may not see people for a long time. The sun is slanting in the west, and the palace has already been lit up. Shen Biyue dragged her heavy body and sat on the chair. Shen Biyue has been in the palace for three days, but these three days have taught her to suffer a lot. really responded to that sentence, and the official university crushed people to death.
As soon as she entered the palace that day and settled down a little, Caihe, the palace maid in charge of Yonghe Palace, took her to Yongle Palace to meet the queen.
Yongle Palace carved beams and painted buildings, magnificent, full of gold and jade beads, red and purple Ting, I saw Jingzhi whispered a few words to the queen. The queen's eyelids were visibly retracted, staring her up and down, in her usual manner.
Caihe motioned for her to kneel and bow to the queen, and Shen Biyue endured the burning pain in her heart and knelt down: Shen Zhaoyi of Yonghe Palace visited the queen.
The queen didn't mean to let her get up. After such a cup of tea, Shen Zhaoyi kept kneeling.
But according to Shen Biyue's thoughts, where is she willing to kneel all the time. She straightened up, looked up at the queen and said, "Doesn't the queen plan to let me get up?"
It was a polite tone, but the queen did not say anything and continued to drink tea.
Seeing her demeanor, Biyue asked in a tone that was neither light nor serious: Doesn't the queen plan to let the concubines get up?
"This palace has always been puzzled, why did the emperor make you Zhaoyi. It's been three years since I picked a girl, and where did the emperor meet you? You have no illustrious family background, and you have no peerless talent. The queen approached her and stared at her, looking down: "Is it because of your face?" ”
This face was painted by Shen Changjun for three years, and it was created by the pain of peeling skin and bones.
Biyue sighed with slight contempt in her voice, which was a voice that others couldn't hear, stared into her eyes and asked, "Queen, why did you sit in the back seat?" ”
"Presumptuous! The main palace is the queen of the emperor's own title. She was a little angry, and even if someone questioned how she got to the back seat this year, she wouldn't say it so blatantly. It's like having an extremely ugly scar on your body that has been lifted out in public by others.
At this time, Caihe bowed his head and said, "The queen is angry!" The slave is a capital offense! Zhaoyi entered the palace today, and the maid had not had time to tell Zhaoyi about the number of etiquette in the palace, and he collided with the queen, and asked the queen to cure the slave's crime, don't blame Shen Zhaoyi! ”
Even if the queen was angry in her heart, because her identity was not good, and she was the emperor's newcomer, she was not too ugly, so she took a deep breath and ordered: Shen Zhaoyi will offend the queen and be punished for kneeling in the Spirit Hall for three days. If he is not diligent in teaching, he will be punished and kneeling together.
I can still get through it on the first day, but I can't stay up anymore on the second and third days. Biyue rubbed her legs and sat on the futon, and Caihe rubbed her knees for her, but she still didn't dare to get up on her knees. Seeing this, Biyue pulled her up and said: There are only you and me here, if you don't say it, I don't say it, naturally no one knows!
She replied: The servant doesn't dare, and Zhaoyi also asks to kneel well, so as not to teach the gods to be angry.
She knelt there reverently, motionless. This is the first time Biyue has taken a good look at the servant girl in front of her, she is only thirty, her face is beautiful, her ice muscles are like jade, her lips are thin, her eyebrows are like willows, her eyes are like stars, and the tails of her eyes are swept to the sideburns.
Shen Biyue doesn't believe that there are gods in this world, in her opinion, if there really are gods, she should have heard her prayers a long time ago! After kneeling for a day, she felt that the Fuling Hall she was in was really small compared to other palaces in the palace. In order to relieve boredom, he talked with Caihe.
"Why is this Fuling Hall so deserted, it seems that very few people have come!" She asked.
Cai He replied: "This is the queen asked the emperor's permission to build, in order to pay tribute to the innocent people who died in the battle of Jinguan, it is considered a private building, naturally smaller." ”
Battle of Jinguan! Dead people!
Biyue only felt a breath of air gushing out of her chest, choked in her throat, and there was an extra layer of coldness in her eyes, clenching her hands and knees to hug herself, this is the posture she does every time she is in pain. She thought that the tens of thousands of corpses in Shu Kingdom could not be rested in peace by Wang Qu and Han Zhongyu by building a Fuling Temple.
Seeing her burying her head in her body, Caihe trembled slightly, thinking that she had been wronged and cried. comforted: "Zhaoyi is young and beautiful, and she will definitely get the emperor's favor in the future!" These grievances are nothing today, and the queen is merciful, so it would be good to be respectful in the future. ”
She thought that they would never get along peacefully, let alone put on a respectful posture. If you want to gain a foothold in the palace, you must get the emperor's favor in order to last for a long time.
But how can we get grace?
entered the palace, but did not see him, and he did not summon her. Did he know who he was or was he ......
Biyue was lying on a strange bed, thinking about it unconsciously, maybe she was too tired, maybe it was one step closer, she didn't sleep well, and she dreamed of many people and many things.
In the second year of Zhaoxi, she put on a wedding dress and embarked on the road of harmony, marrying Wang Qu, one of King Liang's least favorite younger brothers.
Her father told her: This is to go to Liang to save tens of thousands of people in Shu. Wu'er is the hero of Shu!
My brother felt sorry for her: Thousands of Xishu soldiers are not as strong as you, and it is the incompetence of my Anguo Marquis's Mansion!
Ning Qiu said: I will accompany Miss to Yuzhou!
Where is Yuzhou! Yuzhou is not good at all!
King Xiang of Yuzhou is a young man who is silent and doesn't like to laugh very much! The new princess who often avoids him!
Don't let her touch the bookcase, don't let her touch the bluegrass, don't let her touch the king of Xiang......
She was not allowed to go out, she was not allowed to see the living, and she was not allowed to be half a step away from King Xiang......
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In her dream, the jaws on the hilt of the sword glared at her angrily, stabbing her in the chest, and she fell to the ground, vaguely remembering that the blood on the sword was falling drop by drop, and the smell of blood was all around......
Sweat soaked through her clothes and stuck to her body, the wind was already cold at night, so it added a layer of coolness, and she hugged herself tightly. Su Qing always noticed her discomfort in the slightest movement, and came in and asked: What's wrong with the girl?
She didn't change her name to call her Zhaoyi, and she never called her Miss, only called: Girl.
Sometimes, Biyue still asks herself: will she betray herself like the one she once was.
But she couldn't get the result! People's hearts are unpredictable, how can it be a year of getting along or ten years of feelings!
I still remember that day they abandoned the boat and landed on the shore and went to Youzhou by land. Driving all the way north, it happened to be a blizzard, so I was delayed in the post house for a few days. On a snowy day, Shen Biyue picked a few plum trees in the corner of the backyard with the fragrance of flowers, and the frost covered it, making it extraordinarily exquisite. Looking at the plum blossom in his hand, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise slightly, but he suddenly thought of something, his eyes were closed, his brows were twisted together, and he threw the flower on the ground fiercely.
"Help me!" When Fang was about to leave, she heard someone's breath calling out to her.
Shen Changjun sat on the desk in the guest room of the post house, drinking hot tea, and his mouth was still steaming when he spoke.
He asked, "Yue'er, why do you want to save her?" Besides, I don't know who she is! ”
"I didn't want to save her, but I liked her eyes very much, and they showed a little strength." She looked at the snow outside the window, and seemed to be distracted, but it taught her to think of the past.
Once upon a time when she was in the palace, she had also seen a pair of powerful eyes.
The snow fell for several days, and after half a month, they drove north again.
"Sister, take me with you!"
"Sister," she repeated meaningfully, sneering, "I hate being called 'sister' the most in my life, you don't have to come to me, I saved your life on a whim, you don't have to be grateful to me." ”
"Benefactor, Wu'er's parents died early since he was a child, and there are no brothers and sisters in the family, if it wasn't for the benefactor to rescue him that day, I would have already covered the body in the snow, and taught the wolf to take it away, Wu'er is a vulgar person, not afraid of anything, begging to be a rough maid ring with tea and water by your side, or make you a human flesh stool to get off the car. I just want to be able to follow my benefactor for the rest of my life, in order to repay the grace of saving my life"
"You're not afraid of anything?" She asked suspiciously, shooting Wu'er's eyes with extremely empty eyes.
"Yes, not afraid!" Wu'er replied with her piercing eyes.
"Okay, I have a dagger here," he said and threw the dagger in front of her, "I've never seen a human heart, so why don't you dig out your heart and let me see, I want a bright red heart, I want to see with my own eyes whether it really changes!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Wu'er stabbed the dagger into his chest, and the blood flowed, falling on the thick snow drop by drop, staining the ground red, like a red plum in the winter snow, dazzling. Shen Changjun stepped forward and snatched the dagger, if he didn't stop it in time, this fool would really want to gouge out his heart and hold it in front of her.
"I named you Suqing, and from now on you will be my personal maid, and your heart will be kept for me in the future!" So saying, he took off his cloak, threw it into her arms, and got into the carriage alone.
In this way, Su Qing only called her: girl! I never called my sister again.
Su Qing tucked the quilt for her and lay on the head of the bed to accompany her. Biyue was also much relieved to see her. In the past six months, whenever she had nightmares and couldn't sleep steadily, Su Qing would lie on the side of the bed and accompany her, sometimes kneeling all night. Changjun sometimes said: Su Qing doesn't talk much, and he is stupid, so he must be missing one soul and one soul among the three souls and seven spirits, and he is all obsessed.
In addition to Cai He and Su Qing in Yonghe Palace, there are also two waiters in Qingning and Zhu Fei, who are only twelve or thirteen years old, and they are handsome, but they can admit that they are not credible in Biyue's heart.