(a)

In front of the ink court,

It was pitch black, the palace lamp was not lit, and the surrounding area was barren and silent.

"Li'er, you go in and turn on the lights to find it, I and the dark guard are outside to guard the wind for you, don't worry." Emperor Jin stuck to the sideburns of the Empress Shang and explained calmly.

Empress Shang smiled lightly, turned her face sideways, and after casting a rather heartbroken gaze at Emperor Jin, she walked forward and walked into the pavilion without hesitation.

In the midst of the moonlight, I don't know where I found a worn-out candle in the dark, and then, I only took out a fire fold that I had prepared before from my sleeve, and explored how to light the candle.

Shang Hou looked around with a candle lamp in his hand, and couldn't help but feel in his heart that the current ink pavilion was not very different from before, but it was more messy

In the impression of the poster, the brushes on the case should have been placed from large to small, but now they are small and large.

As far as the collection of books on the shelves is concerned, Empress Shang still remembers that Emperor Qing mentioned to her before why there were not many books on the shelves of the Ink Pavilion, all because Emperor Qing had a quirk that he had raised for twenty years

That is, every time the Qingdi finishes a book, he will burn it until there are no books on the shelf, which means that the Qingdi has read all the books, but now counting, the collection of books on the shelves is not only not less, but there are also a few more unexpectedly.

There are also tiger skin quilts on soft couches, and the Qingdi likes wool quilts the most on weekdays, as for materials such as animal skins, they will not be used on the bed at all.

Therefore, there are all kinds of signs

This shouldn't be the depression we've just seen, unless

Unless someone does it on purpose!

It's a trap!

When Empress Shang realized this, she immediately wanted to go out and tell Emperor Jin, but it was still a step too late.

The Empress Shang had just turned around and was about to open the door with his hand

Suddenly, the outside was incomparably brighter, like daylight, and the Empress Shang looked vaguely from inside the door, and there were roughly thousands of palace lamps hanging in the formation.

Shang Hou leaned against the door for a moment and heard it

"You are Emperor Jin?"

"Exactly! What do you have to teach you?"

"I don't dare to teach, but I have already heard the name of Emperor Jin, and I don't know why I got into it today...... Trap?"

"Fire...... Doomed?"

"It's you!"

"Humph!"

"If Emperor Jin is arrested today, he will be ...... Maybe the net will open up ......"

"Tied up? It's up to you? It's the biggest joke I've ever heard! ”

"Then the picture will come to the ...... to learn and learn"

……

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of cold blades clashing, mixed with mournful shouts, and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground also sounded as the fight gradually intensified......

I don't know which voice belongs to Emperor Jin, and the Empress Shang has thousands of thoughts in her heart, anxious and worried......

But after discussing it, she also knew that these unstable emotions made her meaningless for the current situation.

So, I have to be calm!

Stabilization! Stabilization!

Shang Hou kept admonishing himself like this in his heart.

Only if I find the imperial seal can I completely rescue my son from the dire situation.

Therefore, the Empress Shang analyzed himself again

In addition to seeing that this is a trap, everything around me also tells me that the rebel led by the man outside really hasn't found the imperial seal yet.

The reason for this is simple

If they had found it, the ink pavilion would not be as cluttered as it is now, old and new.

Suddenly,

The door of the pavilion that was locked from the inside by the Empress Shang made a loud noise, and it was estimated that someone outside had slammed it.

Shang Hou looked at the window screen that was gradually dyed red, looked at the hazy figure falling outside the door, and couldn't hold back her tears, in her thoughts, while praying to the heavens, "Don't let Childe have something, don't let Childe have something!" ”

At the same time, he silently told himself, "I must not let Childe have trouble!" ”

"Where is the imperial seal, where is it, and where will my grandfather put it?"

Shang Hou just had no clue and kept saying this over and over again, just hoping to remember some useful clues.

Then, the Empress Shang seems to have discovered some rules in the Ink Pavilion

Whether it is on the bookshelf, on the soft couch or on the table, there are traces of it being swept over, and even the lid on the incense burner has been removed, and the only place that has not been searched is that

Feet.

Feet?

After thinking about this, he only quickly knelt on the ground, and carefully searched inch by inch with his hands on his head.

After the incense is burned out,

"By the way, this is it!"

But at this time,

A chaotic arrow pierced in from the window, and it happened to be fixed on the skirt behind Shang Hou, which startled her, and Shang Hou had no choice but to tear off the skirt cloth when she saw this, and then turned around and continued to lie on the ground and pulled out the floor tile with her fingertips

Really!

It's empty!

Shang Hou stretched out his hand from the empty place, and unexpectedly touched a box, but he didn't know where the strength came from, and he pulled out the not light box at once.

Open it and take a look

Zhu Run is translucent and emerald, exuding thousands of rays of light, there is no doubt that it must be the imperial seal.

The Empress Shang was overjoyed, raised her feet and rushed out of the door, stood on the steps, held the imperial seal high with both hands, and shouted, "The imperial seal is here, don't kneel yet!" ”

The imperial seal, for the subjects of Ling State, is a god-like existence, and whoever gets the imperial seal is the destined emperor!

For a moment, both sides paused.

Empress Shang swept his eyes, only to be shocked to find that the leader of the chaotic party was actually the prime minister of Ling Guo and the general of the Chinese army, both of whom were the ministers that Zeng Rili's grandfather relied on the most.

The prime minister sneered and said, "Where did you find it?" ”

Empress Shang snorted when she objected, and said righteously, "Whoever it should be, you can get it casually, if it's not anyone's, you can't get it by all means!" ”

"Throw the imperial seal over to the prime minister!" The general of the Chinese army pointed at Shang Hou viciously and ordered.

"You still want to order me? Tell you, even if I break it and the jade is burned, I won't give it to you! Shang Hou said in a disdainful tone.

"Do you give or not?" The general of the Chinese army shouted angrily to the queen of Shang.

"Don't give it!" Shang Hou is also a strong voice.

The voice fell, and the Empress Shang only saw the general of the Chinese army rising into the air and attacking him, and before the Empress Shang's body could react, Emperor Jin had already blocked the Empress Shang before he was stabbed, and then turned around angrily and fought desperately against him.

It all happened so fast!

Empress Shang was stunned for a long time, and when she came to her senses again, Emperor Jin had stabbed the general of the Chinese army to death under the sword, and the secret guard also took advantage of the situation to tie up the prime minister who was difficult to support alone, and then, a group of leaderless chaotic parties all put down their blades and lost their fighting spirit.

Empress Shang found the figure of Emperor Jin in the crowd and ran there

"It's really scared to death, Xin Hao, you're okay!" Empress Shang suddenly threw herself into Emperor Jin's arms and said tremblingly.

But suddenly

Emperor Jin's whole body twitched, and two mouthfuls of blood came out of his mouth

"Childe ......" Empress Shang tried all her strength to hold him up, but after all, he fell to the ground with Emperor Jin.

"Li'er...... I...... It's okay. An inappropriate smile appeared on Emperor Jin's pale face.

"Where are you hurt?" Empress Shang's eyes kept searching everywhere on Emperor Jin's body, and asked with tears in her eyes.

"I didn't ...... What ...... hurt," Emperor Jin said, and blood spilled uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth.

Seeing that Emperor Jin was trying hard to swallow the blood raw, Empress Shang opened his mouth and said distressedly, "Don't ...... I'm fine, I'm ...... I'm not afraid at all, Childe, you...... You'll be fine! ”

At this time, after several secret guards dealt with the chaotic party in batches, they also surrounded the generals, and one of them said, "The master must have been too heavy with the knife he just received." ”

Emperor Jin's faint breath gradually fainted in the arms of Empress Shang, and Empress Shang hurriedly said to the dark guard, "Go find the imperial doctor!" ”

(b)

A nameless fire almost engulfed the entire West Palace to the point that there was no scum left.

If it is providence, I have nothing to say, but this matter is man-made!

The viciousness of the heart can be seen!

The imperial doctors are now scattered in three rooms to save people and administer medicine, Bai Yan has just woken up, and he has always insisted on staying by the side of Shang Hou, and he refuses to leave no matter how much he persuades him.

Shang Hou raised his eyes and saw the full moon on the silver plate hanging in the night sky, and couldn't help but kneel down in front of him, and prayed, "God, please don't take them away, Shang Shuli swears here today, if they can all be safe, Shang Shuli is willing to exchange thirty years of life in exchange!" ”

Woodland

The imperial physician in the dying room hesitated to step out of the door, and the Empress Shang hurriedly got up from the ground, turned to the imperial physician expectantly and asked, "What's wrong?"

The imperial doctor immediately knelt on the ground, lowered his head in confusion and mourned, "Niangniang, the princess has already gone!" ”

Empress Shang's feet immediately softened, and tears burst out of her eyes uncontrollably, but Bai Yan held Empress Shang firmly on the side, and after Empress Shang stood in place for a long time, she instructed, "Lai'er, go and prepare for the princess." ”

At the same time, many terrible associations appeared in the mind of the Empress Shang

Will Qihua be hopeless?

Will Childe leave me too?

……

Therefore, the Empress Shang only collapsed and slapped her head with her hand and blamed herself, "It's all my fault, it's all my ......."

Bai Yan pulled her over again, forcefully broke off her hands that kept beating her head, and said, "What do you blame?" It has nothing to do with you at all, and the murderer should be blamed if you want to blame! ”

When Empress Shang heard this, she suddenly quieted down, and suddenly said to Ying'er, "Let the secret guard bring the arsonist to the palace!" ”

presently

The two guards pressed the arsonist up, dressed in a tight black coat and wearing a black scarf, so that he could not distinguish the age of the man and the woman.

The man was forced to kneel in front of me by the secret guard, and then he smiled to himself and raised his face, "How, are you happy?"

"Who are you, and why did you risk your life to set fire?" The Empress Shang was puzzled and asked angrily.

"Who am I? Yes, who am I, of course you won't recognize me, Miss Shang! Oh no! After the business! The man first laughed wildly, and then suddenly glared at the merchant queen.

"Yes, you...... You are the little palace maid of the Weaving and Embroidery Bureau! The chamberlain stretched out his hand to the man and said as he recalled.

"Weaving and embroidery bureau?" Shang Hou still didn't understand and asked more deeply.

"Yes, Lord Chamberlain, good eyesight!" The man squinted his eyes and glared at the chamberlain with an eerie gaze.

The chamberlain sat down on the ground with a twitch, and his legs trembled uncontrollably from the gaze.

"I recognize you too, you and I have a relationship, you have long been hidden in the palace, ready to start, right?" Bai Yan suddenly thought about it, so he reasoned to the man.

"Yes, I have already entered the palace," the man paused lightly, looked at Empress Shang and Bai Yan with disdain, only stared at Empress Shang angrily and added, "Back then, my father didn't want to hurt you at all, he just wanted to kidnap you to discuss the business of embroidery cooperation with Shang Gong, but it was because of Emperor Jin that he lost his hand, my family would go bankrupt, and my father would cut himself, all because of Emperor Jin, all because of your ......"

"But at the time of Tanabata?" Empress Shang searched the past in her mind and confirmed it to her.

"Exactly, I hate you, I want revenge, so I have been hiding in the palace for many years, but it is too difficult and too difficult to kill you, so I have never found a chance to do it." She sneered, and the queen of Chaoshang was so sure.

"What you want to kill has always been the palace and Your Majesty, why do you ...... Do you want to attack the princess and the crown prince?" The Empress Shang couldn't help but shout angrily at her.

She pointed at the Empress Shang and blamed, "That's because you ...... You killed the people I love the most! ”

Empress Shang was so angry that the green tendons on her forehead burst out, and she stepped forward and kicked her fiercely, and said with tears in her eyes, "When did this palace and Your Majesty kill the person you love the most, this palace and Your Majesty don't know who your favorite person is at all!" ”

"After I knew that you were the granddaughter of Emperor Qing of Ling Kingdom, I asked him to hide in Ling Guo, who knows...... Who knew that in the recent civil unrest in Ling, he died tragically outside, and there was no news again...... If he hadn't entrusted his last words to others before he died, I probably wouldn't know if he was dead or alive! She propped herself up from the ground with her arms and looked at Shang Houdao with sad eyes.

"That's what he helped to plunder, and you deserve it, and so do you!" Empress Shang frowned and reached out to pinch her jaw vigorously, slowly lifted it, and approached the right way.

"How? Well? Doesn't it hurt to lose a loved one?" She seemed to be showing her victory to the empress.

The fingers that Empress Shang pinched her jaw trembled slightly, only shook her jaw hard, withdrew her hand and said, "Pull her down, Ci Ling Chi!" ”

After the secret guard got the order, he coldly carried her and retreated.

The Empress Shang realized helplessly in her heart

A business has implicated so many lives, as the saying goes, the monthly loss is profitable, and the water is overflowing, all of which are common sense, why do so many people not understand and can't see through?

Isn't it enough for a person to live a lifetime with the people he loves and cherishes?

Everything else is just icing on the cake, isn't it?

Empress Shang was thinking that the imperial doctor who took care of Qihua had already walked out of the door, and after waking up, he saluted to Empress Shang, "Although the prince is fine, he still needs to rest well, the wound of the skin and flesh will be healed in two days, and the mother doesn't have to worry!" ”

After holding her sleeves and listening to Bai Yan with her heart, Empress Shang turned her head and said to Bai Yan, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Immediately afterwards, the imperial physician on the child's side also walked out, I don't know whether he was happy or worried, the Empress Shang hurriedly walked in front of the imperial doctor, and asked anxiously, "How is Your Majesty?"

The Imperial Physician bowed and replied with a very complicated expression, "Your Majesty...... I was injured a few days ago, and I haven't recovered yet, and now I'm injured on top of injury, but fortunately, Your Majesty is a person who practices martial arts, and it should be okay to cultivate a good life, but ......"

Empress Shang stopped in the middle of what the imperial doctor had said, with a sad look, so she asked, "And then?" Go on! ”

The Imperial Doctor replied to Shang Hou very annoyed, "Can ...... It's a wound on the face, and there's really nothing the minister can do......"

Empress Shang just raised her eyebrows and glanced at the imperial doctor, but she felt bad, so she swept around and walked into Emperor Jin's room, and Bai Yan also went with Empress Shang.

The smell of decoction in the nose, the hollow cool window that opened widely, and the water-blue gauze made the shocking burns on Emperor Jin's face clear and abnormal.

Empress Shang just stood in front of Emperor Jin's bed and watched weakly

The beautiful face that used to be is now like this, and when he wakes up, he will see what to do......

The Empress Shang was stunned as if she had thought of something

grabbed Bai Yan's arm beside him in shock, maybe Bai Yan would be the last straw for Childe.

"Bai Yan, you are a divine doctor, do you have a way to heal this injury?"

Bai Yan pondered for a long time, but shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Even you can't do it, isn't that son ......" Empress Shang desperately let go of the hand that grabbed Bai Yan, slowly knelt forward beside Emperor Jin's bed, looking at the burns on Emperor Jin's face, and stretched out his hand but didn't dare to touch it, he could only cry with regret, and muttered distressedly.

(c)

That night was the hardest night I ever endured.

At the last moment before I fell unconscious in the fire, I felt a sharp pain in half of my cheek, but I lost all my strength and could not move, I thought I would not be able to escape this fate, but

I was conscious again, I could feel Li'er beside me, and I could feel the pain in my right cheek like a pinprick and a sword.

I tried to open my eyes, all the scenes slowly became clear from blur, the night was already very deep, Li'er just leaned on the edge of my bed and fell asleep, she looked very tired and tired, too, so much happened in just two days, she should be very unhappy......

I raised my hand and touched the sore spot on my face, the tentacles were potholes, so I only tried to lift my hands and feet, propped up from the bed, and dragged my sick body to the silver mirror where Li'er was dressing daily, but I took a few deep breaths, and then imagined my current appearance in my mind a few times, before I dared to lift the brocade steps on the silver mirror

It was a devastation in sight, and even I was scared back a few steps, if this was the case, how would Li'er feel when she saw me in the future? How will the ministers of the court feel when they see me in the future? How else will I go out and meet people in the future?

It's better to take advantage of the time to raise your knife and judge yourself!

No, no, if I die like this now, then where will I put the people of Ye Kingdom, where will I put Li'er, I can't be so selfish!

But...... But my face ...... I felt scared and even disgusted when I saw it myself, what should I do...... I can't take it......

Can anyone tell me...... What am I going to do......

Between the entanglements, my afterglow once again subconsciously swept over Li'er, Li'er is the love of my life, I can't let her suffer this sin, I want to think of a way to let her leave, leave with Bai Yan.

That Bai Yan is affectionate to Li'er, of course I can see it, and Li'er is also affectionate to him, but it is only with me first that he hides that affection deep in his heart......

Before, of course, I was confident that I could keep Li'er, but now ......

I don't have that qualifications, and I can't be so selfish.

It was almost dawn, and I suddenly heard a series of footsteps from far and near

Someone's coming!

I hurriedly closed the mirror and carefully went back to bed and pretended to be asleep.