Chapter 12: The Assassins
"What if, I say? What if I say this is the place for you? "The emperor took a step closer, and the Ming Huang Tuan Dragon Dynasty boots stopped in front of me, and the hem of the dragon robe with splendid auspicious clouds shook in front of my eyes, brilliant and dazzling.
I gritted my teeth and said word by word: "If the emperor is willing to condescend to other concubines and take a step closer to other concubines like he treats Qingwu, you will find that compared to their gentleness and virtuousness, Bing Xue is smart, Qingwu is just a clown." The emperor has the world in his heart, he can tolerate all things in the world, and the concubines are like clouds, how can he not let go of a stealing ant? ”
"Hearts for the world? Concubines like clouds? The emperor smiled coldly: "You are laughing at my fraternity and absurdity, right?" ”
"Qingwu is in vain."
"Get up," he stood with his back to the ancestral hall, his hands in his hands, the cool breeze blowing, blowing the horns of his robe, and the five-clawed golden dragon loomed, as if he was driving the clouds.
I stood up silently and waited behind him, silent for a moment.
"Qingwu, you see, standing in front of this ancestral worship hall, overlooking my splendid rivers and mountains, the prosperity of the entire capital is in full view. The whole world is not the king's land, this is all my country, the land, as far as the eye can see.
Qingwu, as long as you nod your head today, you can stand at the height of the admiration of thousands of people and the worship of all people, accompany me, and guide the country with me, I can promise you a lifetime of Chang'an, splendid world, and I will share the country for thousands of generations! ”
The words are sonorous and powerful, full of the heroism and domineering of a generation of emperors, like a hundred refined iron, without the slightest childlike affection, but with soft fingers.
I didn't dare to hesitate and hesitate for a moment, lest he misunderstand, so I immediately lowered my head and firmly refused: "Your Majesty, in fact, Qingwen knows that you appreciate me only because I am somewhat similar to Aunt Xiyue's temperament, and Aunt Xiyue should be the person you relied on and respected the most in your childhood, so you like to use such a standard to measure every woman around you."
Qingwen thinks that she is vulgar and uneducated, and she will never be able to compare to Aunt Xiyue. However, there is one thing that I am very similar to her, and that is stubbornness. Aunt Xiyue only has a white horse and a silver spear in her eyes, and she leaves the prince with a graceful demeanor; And the young woman, who is small-minded, can only tolerate the next Gu Liangci. ”
The bell and drum sound under the mountain sounded, under the ancestral hall, the two canopy phoenix ceremonial guards were slowly coming here side by side under the guidance of the celebrant female official, and the inner supervisor set up a festival under the ancestral hall, incense, book, treasure four cases, the Ministry of Rites sang, and the civil and military officials stood on both sides to welcome Qingqing and Lan Yinger.
"The auspicious time is coming, Your Majesty, Rong Qingwen will retire." I breathed a sigh of relief and whispered.
The emperor was silent and silent, his eyes were still looking into the distance, he didn't know what he was thinking, and there was a storm in his dark eyes.
"Your Majesty, the young woman is retiring." I raised my voice a few more points.
A guard hurriedly climbed the stairs and knelt down on the steps: "The Ministry of Rites invites you, the auspicious time has come, everything is ready, will the concubine ceremony start now?" ”
He withdrew his gaze, glanced down the mountain, bowed his head, and then waved at me helplessly, allowing me to leave. I took three steps back, turned and walked towards the bottom of the main hall.
"Young woman," he stopped me suddenly, and I stopped hesitantly, turned around, and looked at me with a burning gaze: "My queen mother once said to me: If you love a woman, then summon her into the palace, give her supreme wealth and glory, and make her the happiest woman in the world; If you hate a woman, then you also call her into the palace and give her a golden house, rich and flashy, lonely court, and a lonely life.
Today is her big day, and it is also the death day for her to enter this flashy grave. If she dares to plot against you, I will give her a lifetime of gold and a cold house, and she will be left in the ancient palace.
And, actually, my heart is also very small. ”
I turned around and bowed my head, Qingqing and Lan Ying'er were already surrounded by the palace people, stepping off the sedan chair, dressed in a gorgeous and dazzling, flowery palace costume, and a golden and luxurious phoenix crown.
Lan Ying'er, it should be the one the emperor said, the rich house is also a flashy mound, from now on, she can only look up at the sky at the four corners in this boxy palace wall, and watch the clouds roll up.
I walked slowly down from the side of the stairs and passed by the arrogant Lan Ying'er.
"Hmph, Su Qingwen, you are so bold, you were originally the county lord, it doesn't matter if you see me arrogant and rude, today is my concubine ceremony, you dare to look at no one like this?" Lan Ying'er rebuked coldly.
"Dare to ask Miss Lan, can the canonization ceremony be completed?" I didn't look back.
"I," she said for a moment, "the holy decree has been issued, and I am Concubine Lan's mother." ”
"Oh, it turns out that Miss Lan can't wait to become Concubine Lan's mother. It seems that we have misunderstood Miss Lan's mind all along. However, I'm sorry, the emperor also issued a holy decree just now, and promoted me to the county lord of Yipin, which shows that I can't kneel. Dare to ask, Concubine Lan, can you afford my gift? ”
"You, you" Lan Ying'er was unexpected, staring at me with shame and resentment: "How is it possible?" You don't deserve it! ”
Some palace people persuaded in a low voice: "The canonization time is coming soon, Niangniang Mo is as knowledgeable as her, and if the auspicious time is delayed, the emperor will be displeased." ”
Lan Ying'er just remembered her current identity, in front of everyone, if she loses her manners, it is always bad, and she smiled coldly: "Liang Ci is just temporarily charmed by you, I want to see how long you can be arrogant!" ”
"Hehe, I will never be arrogant because of what I honor, but because I Su Qingwen lives a righteous life, so, if Miss Lan Ying'er wants me to be subservient in front of you, I am afraid that I will be disappointed."
Qingqing's demeanor came in all directions, pulling Lan Yinger's sleeve and whispering comfort, the pear vortex on her cheeks was still looming when she smiled lightly, but now in my opinion, it has changed a taste and style.
I smiled coldly, didn't bother to talk nonsense anymore, and walked over with my head held high.
A guard hurried past me, whipped up a gust of wind, and without stopping, went straight to the top of the ancestral hall.
All the officials are whispering, the concubine ceremony is not a child's play, ordinary government affairs can't be disturbed, is something happening in the court? So 100,000 urgent.
I stopped and turned around suspiciously, the emperor had already stepped down from the ancestral hall, and his steps were a little hurried.
"Order, the ceremony of sealing the concubine is suspended, and stand by in place." The emperor turned to Gonggong Guo and instructed, and when he passed by me, he grabbed my hand: "Follow me." ”
I was caught tightly by him, and I couldn't break free, so I could only take three steps and two steps, all the way tightly: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?" ”
"I can't tell for a while, but you'll know when you arrive."
"And where are we going?"
"My Imperial Study." The emperor replied without looking back.
The Imperial Study? I looked around and saw that heavily armed palace guards were also gathering in our direction, what was going on? Also, what about cool words? Why didn't I see his shadow on the concubine ceremony just now? Where did he go?
Could it be that something happened to the palace guards?
Fortunately, the imperial study is not very far from the ancestral hall, and the emperor is in a hurry, so I walked a few steps closely, and the kung fu of a cup of tea arrived. The door to the imperial study was closed, and the door was heavily guarded.
The emperor pulled me, hurriedly pushed the door and stepped in, only to find that a man in black was kneeling on the ground in the imperial study, who seemed to have been clicked on the acupoint, stiff and unable to move. Look at that petite figure, it should be a woman.
I looked around, only to find that the study was messy, it seemed that someone was rummaging or fighting, and there were two people standing next to the bookcase, it was Liang Ci and Crazy Stone.
Could it be that there are assassins in the palace? I quickly broke free of the emperor's grip on me without a trace.
"Caught somebody?"
The emperor curled his hand into his cuffs and asked indifferently, without a hint of surprise, obviously he had expected it.
"Emperor Qiqi, as the prince expected, when the concubine ceremony was about to begin, this servant sneaked into the imperial study, rummaged around here, and was captured by us." Crazy Stone lowered his head and said respectfully, he had always had a hippie smile, and it was rare to see him with such a demeanor.
"Hmph, sure enough, I dare to trespass in my imperial study. Have you ever been interrogated? The emperor turned to sit on the dragon chair behind the bookcase, and asked in a deep voice with his head turned to the wild stone.
"Emperor Qiqi has not been interrogated yet. This woman is good at poisoning, and I dare not take the liberty of unlocking her acupoint, lest she repeat her old tricks and commit suicide by taking poison. Mad Stone explained in a low voice.
"Well, that's reasonable, Qingwu, then I'll trouble you, go forward and check carefully, whether she is carrying poison."
Liang Ci entered the room from the moment I entered the room, glanced at my hand with the emperor, and was silent from beginning to end, his face sank like water, and it was clear that he was a little angry. I secretly thought about it for a while, and I didn't know how much effort I had to waste to coax him, and I wandered out of the world for a while, and I didn't hear the emperor's words clearly.
"Qingwu, you have to look carefully, especially if there is any highly poisonous medicine in her mouth. Only after the investigation is clear can we unravel her dumb hole interrogation. Mad Stone added.
I came to my senses, took two steps forward, squatted down, and the person kneeling on the ground was none other than Mo Yue'er!
"Mo Yue'er? It turned out to be you? You're not dead! I exclaimed.
Mo Yue'er heard my voice, raised her eyes and glared at me, her angry eyes almost spewing flames, without fear.
Her eyes immediately succeeded in arousing my anger, and the lore I carried with me was handed over to Shui Lin for safekeeping before entering the palace, and now I am unarmed. I looked around, stood up without hesitation, picked up a sword that had fallen from the ground, and rushed straight towards Mo Yue'er on the ground.
"Today, I will kill you to avenge the innocent death of Hui'er and Sixth Aunt!"
Standing behind me without saying a word, the cold body moved, and the red refining sword at my waist came out of its sheath, breaking iron like mud, and splitting the sword in my hand in two. My mouth was slightly numb, and the broken sword fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
"Qingwu, don't be rash!" Mad Stone exhorted.
Liang Ci stepped forward and patted me on the shoulder: "Mo Yue'er is hateful, but the master behind her is the culprit." Aren't you so reckless as they are right? ”
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