Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Past
According to the righteousness of the general, he couldn't suppress the evil deeds, and it quickly spread in the palace.
Emperor Xiao hugged three or two concubines, sat on a silky brocade mat, drank fine wine, and laughed at Sima Nan who was standing on the side.
"Sima Nan, aren't you a combination of heaven and earth, aren't you the sword of justice and the pride of heaven? How can you not even suppress a demon? It's a big joke, enough to laugh at the rest of my life. โ
Emperor Xiao looked up to the sky and laughed a few times.
Sima Nan was like a statue, as if he hadn't heard what he said.
"Sima Nan, you have killed so many people, when you sleep at night, will you feel a chill down your spine? It is said that the ghost has come to you and wants to seek revenge on you. โ
Emperor Xiao's voice turned cold, and his eyes were full of hatred.
Sima Nan is still standing like a stone statue.
"This is the palace, because the dragon is here, so the ordinary souls can't enter, but don't forget, husband, husband, they are also immortals, this is their home, they will definitely go to your inner chamberlain to find you for revenge.
Although they are all kind people, no matter how kind people are, they will be resentful of their own death, so they will all become life-seeking ghosts full of anger! โ
Emperor Xiao stood up, walked up to Sima Nan, and said viciously.
Sima Nan finally sighed, his frozen face was slightly sad: "Your Majesty, why do you hate me so much?" If you hate me so much, wouldn't it be nice to order me to be killed? โ
Emperor Xiao took two steps back, flashed his eyes, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, snorted coldly, picked up the green silk of a concubine, dragged her up, hugged her into his arms, and laughed twice: "Baby, accompany me to the back to see if my dragon qi can suppress the demon." โ
The concubine in his arms looked at him in horror, and forced a smile: "Your Majesty, this blue sky and white day, the demon doesn't dare to show up, let's still drink and sing, okay?" Nu Xin learned an ancient style, is it good to sing it to the emperor? โ
Emperor Xiao's evil face suddenly became gloomy, and he pushed her to the ground, pulled out the sword on Sima Nan's waist, and stabbed it straight into the body of the concubine.
Yan Concubine had a frightened look on her face, snorted, held the hilt of her sword, and fell to the ground and died.
Emperor Xiao smiled evilly, stuffed the sword into Sima Nan's hand, and rushed to the two eunuchs who ran over and said loudly: "General, why do you want to kill my concubine again?" I just summoned them to drink to relieve their boredom because they were depressed, and now that there is no military emergency, can it be that even the general will not be able to interfere with me? โ
Sima Nan lowered his head, wiped the blood on the hilt of the sword with a brocade handkerchief, and inserted the sword back into the scabbard without replying a word.
"Father-in-law Ming, bury her well, she died for me, she died unjustly, I am sorry for her." Emperor Xiao shed two tears and instructed the Ming father-in-law who ran over.
Gonggong Ming commanded the little eunuch to drag the people away and clean up the blood-stained ground.
Emperor Xiao sat down again, ordered the remaining concubine to pour him wine, her eyes were full of provocative light, and waited for Sima Nan to make trouble.
He killed people in front of Sima Nan more than once, and after the killing, he blatantly framed him.
He waited for Sima Nan to be angry, and waited for Sima Nan to settle accounts with him.
But Sima Nan didn't do anything, acquiesced in all these charges, and didn't plan to deal with him at all, which made him very unhappy, and he felt that he had nowhere to vent his emotions.
"Sima Nan, why are you so indulgent to me, do you like me? Don't want to be angry with me? Until now, you don't even have a woman by your side, although you married Guan Yong, but only for brotherhood, and you didn't have a round room with her.
This kind of behavior of yours suddenly makes me think about it, do you have a habit of breaking your sleeves? Do you want to sleep with me? โ
Emperor Xiao held his wine glass, stared at his face, and opened his mouth with an evil expression.
Sima Nan's eyes were cast into the distance, and he didn't hear what he was saying at all.
No matter what he said, Sima Nan didn't want to hear it anymore.
Back then, he swore a heavy oath in front of Master Liao that he would assist the emperor for the rest of his life and be loyal to the royal family for the rest of his life.
Master Liao has the grace of saving his life and raising him, he can't break his oath, even if Emperor Xiao is not good, he has to accompany him to go on.
Empress Dowager Liu helped Mama Jiang and approached with a gloomy face.
Emperor Xiao took the evil charm on his face, became serious, and got up to give a salute.
Empress Dowager Liu sat down at the railing, glanced at her son, frowned slightly, and waved her hand to let the concubine who accompanied the wine step down.
"If the queen mother has anything to say, just call the child over, why do you need to go in person, this hot day, beware of the heat." Emperor Xiao personally handed a cup of tea to Empress Dowager Liu and said with a smile.
Empress Dowager Liu took the tea, took a sip, and was stunned for a long time before she spoke: "How do you plan to deal with the haunting matter of Shanggong Courtyard?" โ
Emperor Xiao grinned and pointed at Sima Nan: "Erchen has already asked the general to deal with this matter." โ
"Fart, last night, Sima Nan went, he was not the opponent of the demon at all, and the demon was not afraid of him, the mourning family thought about it, this ghost is not even afraid of Sima Nan, and ordinary people can't suppress her, is it better to invite the monks of the White Horse Temple to come to the palace to do a dharma, and it is good to be over-exceeded?"
Empress Dowager Liu collapsed her face and said coldly.
"It's up to the queen mother." Emperor Xiao smiled and said.
"General, I remember that there were two palace maids burned to death in the backyard, an old man and a young man, when you were supervising the battle at the border gate, and the Shang Palace Bureau investigated the matter, saying that it was because of the old woman burning firewood and causing the flood, I will be suspicious of it.
Now it seems that there is something strange about the big water, maybe the Shanggong Bureau presented to the mourning family is not the truth of the matter, general, since the unjust soul is now reborn and disturbs the harem, I will trouble you to re-find out the truth of the day. โ
Empress Dowager Liu said solemnly.
Sima Nan responded.
"The queen mother also believes that it is a demon who worships evil?" Emperor Xiao asked with a smile.
Empress Dowager Liu squinted at him and snorted coldly: "Whether it is a demon or not, you will know it after a check, how can it be trusted." You only take care of your own affairs, and the mourning family only asks you, how is the Jiangnan Salt History case handled? Can the new candidate be denied? This is an important matter related to taxes, and you must be cautious. โ
Emperor Xiao smiled, glanced at Sima Nan, coughed dryly, and stammered a little: "These things, wellโโ, haven't they been discussed a long time ago?" The candidate has also been decided, Sima Nan knows it, if the queen mother wants to know the details, just ask him. โ
Empress Dowager Liu stared at him hatefully, helped Mama Jiang, and turned to leave.
"After the son-in-law sends his mother, the queen walks slowly." Emperor Xiao shouted behind the Empress Dowager Liu, and instantly regained his cynical complexion.
"Your Majesty, the minister is going to investigate the incident back then." Sima Nan said.
Emperor Xiao shook his head: "Sima Nan, that was an old thing seven or eight years ago, not many people know, aren't you very compatible with the old woman in the Shanggong Bureau?" watched a play and played chess or something together, just ask her, and you will know the truth. โ
"At that time, Han Shanggong had just sat in the position of Shanggong, and the first major thing he took over was this matter, since she closed the case by accident, she must think it was an accident and asked her useless."
Sima Nandao.
Emperor Xiao laughed, shrunk his body, and snorted: "How many years ago is the old thing, what do you do with it!" But it's good to re-check, but I don't really believe it was an accident.
That old woman, I still remember, a kind person, who looks shrewd and not old and confused, how could she be so careless, and besides, there is no cooking stove in that room, what kind of firewood did she burn? Isn't that suspicious? โ
Emperor Xiao said slowly.
Sima Nan looked at him in an inquiring tone: "The emperor knows the truth? โ
"The truth? I don't know. Emperor Xiao was stunned and said quickly.
"Does the emperor know that girl?" Sima Nan asked.
Emperor Xiao spread his hands helplessly: "Talking to you, it's really hard, if you say more, you will be grabbed by the braids and can't turn over."
I do remember her, but I want to state first, she was the one who seduced me first, and I haven't been so obscene that even those female nuns in the Shang Palace Bureau took the initiative to contaminate it.
I did sleep with her for a few nights, and I liked her a lot, so she had to inch in, forcing me to make her a concubine.
I'm just playing, where I will move my sincerity, but I covet her young, beautiful, and enchanting people, so I keep lying to her, saying that when she is pregnant, I will make her a concubine.
She had been waiting for me to make her a concubine, and I felt sorry for her sudden death.
If you hadn't been overseeing the army at the border, I would have thought it was a good thing you did. โ
"Did she reveal the rumors with her mouth, someone knew that she was going to be named a concubine, so they killed her." Sima Nan asked.
Emperor Xiao sighed and shook his head: "I have thought so, but it is unlikely, she lives in the backyard of the Shanggong Courtyard, and my concubines are all here in the main palace, and they can't see each other.
She has the scheming to hook me, she won't be unaware of the stakes, and it is impossible to do such a stupid thing. โ
"I'll go check it out."
Sima Nan arched his hand and walked away.
There is some helplessness in his heart, if he says that Emperor Xiao is a bad person, his heart will not allow it.
But Emperor Xiao did a lot of bad things that made people think he was a bad person.
Sima Nan suddenly felt very tired and tired, maybe running around with his beloved woman would be happier than this kind of life?
He felt that he was on the verge of collapse, and he really couldn't bear this burden on his body.
He is beginning to regret it now, he shouldn't have sworn in front of Master Liao at all, tying his life to this filial emperor with a completely unpredictable temperament.
He walked into the backyard of Shanggong Courtyard alone.
Because it is haunted, it is so quiet that there is no one in sight.
He walked slowly towards the ruined house, now overgrown with grass and shrubs.
In the tall bushes, there is a faint shadow of green lotus.
He couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, all the unhappiness gathered in his heart was swept away, and an excited smile appeared on his face, and he ran over and shouted at the shadow: "Calm down." โ