The situation in the capital is becoming more and more wonderful, and the fireworks on Chinese New Year's Eve seem to be still in sight, but in the past few months, the country has fallen into a situation of southern conquest and northern war. Now the news that General Dingxi was seriously injured is even more of a blow to people's hearts.

After that day, the defenders found that more and more people were moving outside Beijing, and the capital of a country, which should be trusted by the people, seemed to have become the most dangerous place.

In the blink of an eye, it was two days, and there was no letter from the northwest, anything could happen in the ten days from the initial news to the capital, and now there are two more days, Rong Heng's life and death at the border pass are uncertain, if he dies, I don't know if even the evidence that the emperor and the Korean uncle collaborated with the enemy to frame the prince will disappear.

Naturally, the Chiba family only hopes that Rong Heng can get out of the way, and it doesn't matter if there is any evidence.

In the past two days, the family has been quiet, except for the laughter and crying at the beginning, the adults rarely speak, if Rong Heng has any three long and two short, Hui Li said what to do if she wants to return those things to others, so to speak, but the family understands that Hui Li is thinking carefully about the matter between her and Rong Heng.

When spring arrives, it's time for the flowers to be grateful.

The flower path of the Hou Mansion of Shenshan is full of flowers, white or pink, accompanied by a few green leaves, the lightness of spring, should give people hope, but Liang Dingshan walked away all the way, and saw the sister who was supposed to sweep the flowers with a broom in the depths of the flower path, but she was in a daze, such a bright and lively girl, as if she had returned to the late autumn of that year.

Dingshan smiled slightly and walked to his sister: "Huili, this place is cleaned up, go and sweep away the fallen flowers in your sister-in-law's garden, otherwise you will roll all over the ground at the beginning of the year." ”

Huili woke up, oh for a moment, but when she saw her brother coming, her heart tightened again, will my brother get any news?

"This is for you." Joyama's hand behind his back reached out and handed his sister a folded piece of stationery. A thin, wrinkled sheet, with ink pouring through the back of the paper, it didn't look like a letter.

"What is this?" Hui Li asked, opening the letter.

Sister, I'm fine, wait for me to come back and marry you.

The scribbled dozen or so big characters, and a bit of pen power, seem to have been written in a hurry by an injured or seriously ill and weak person.

Hui Li raised her head sharply to look at her brother, and Dingshan smiled faintly: "Caught in the letter sent to me by Rong Heng, I think it should be for you." ”

Hui Li's heart jumped suddenly, this piece of paper and two sentences, as if it weighed a thousand pounds, this person was domineering and arrogant, and said that he wanted to marry her, but he turned around and went so far away, but ...... Even if it was so far away, even if something so big happened, he remembered it and had to give himself an explanation.

And back then, after Xiangtai confessed to her, he didn't make Huili feel reliable to put her mind at ease.

"Rong Heng, what is he thinking about you, the letter to me was ghostwritten, he claimed that the injury was not light but not life, but he still has to leave you a few words in person." Joyama stretched out his hand to support his sister's shoulder, "Don't worry, General Rong can't die." ”

Hui Li turned her back on her brother, not wanting him to see her expression, but asked, "In your heart, are you already planning to marry me to him?" ”

Dingshan said: "My brother will not interfere with your marriage, it may be too late to say it now, and it is not because His Royal Highness has the responsibility to stand up to the sky that I said this, my brother regretted a little that he said those words to you at the beginning." Your life is yours, and it is my brother's wish to hope that you are happy, but even if it is a hard and sad life, you should face it yourself, and you should make your own choice. ”

Hui Li turned around and shook her head: "At that time, I knew in my heart that Xiangtai was not the man I wanted to marry, but that kind of relationship was very tangled, on the one hand, I was rational, and on the other hand, I couldn't let go of it no matter what." As for this person......"

Joyama said: "If you don't want to, my brother would rather not be a brother and friend with him, and he will never let him bully you." ”

Hui Li smiled: "He won't bully me, but I want to wait for him to come back and take a good look at him as a person." ”

Joyama asked his sister lovingly, "Are you tempted?" ”

Hui Li's cheeks were crimson: "What did my brother say?" ”

With General Rong's letter of safety, the entire capital and the court breathed a sigh of relief, General Wu's ship had gone to sea, and all the Japanese people who came to the border of the East China Sea were suppressed, and the east was temporarily peaceful. It will take at least a year for General Wu to know what will happen after he goes to sea, and although he can't easily relax his vigilance at the moment, at least the things in front of him are finally one thing missing.

Since Xiangtai was in charge of the country, the pressure has been very great, but he has supported it well, his son finally has a chance, and Concubine Fang is so proud that she can hardly hide it, but the emperor is gradually weakening. He was recuperating in the palace of Concubine Fang, and when winter and spring should have improved, the number of Xuan Taiyi became more and more frequent.

The empress's spirit is excellent, since Chinese New Year's Eve, she seems to have completely disappeared from her illness, at least in front of people, the grace is not reduced by half compared to the past, this day the news that General Rong's injury is unhindered, she seems to have come to say hello to the emperor, but it seems to have calculated the time, and came early to take a final look at this person.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet appeared, the ministers almost never saw the emperor again, and if they saw him again, they would inevitably be shocked, and the emperor had lost a lot of weight, even if he was not in the prime of life, he should never be so old. In the eyes of the queen, it is also embarrassing.

"This palace wants to talk to the emperor alone for a while, Concubine Fang, kneel down." The queen raised her hand, the phoenix on the wide sleeves spread her wings, the golden thread bloomed with dazzling light, Concubine Fang Guifei has been living under this phoenix all her life, but she doesn't care, whoever has the last laugh is the real winner.

"The concubine retreated first." Concubine Fang Guifei respectfully withdrew, but the queen called out to her, "I'm afraid that you will eavesdrop outside the door, just let my people guard it, and you and your subordinates are not allowed to approach." ”

This is said so bluntly, but Concubine Fang Guifei has not changed her face, anyway, the emperor can't do anything now, what else can they do.

The emperor looked at them with a funny look on his face and said to the empress: "You and her have fought for a lifetime. ”

The queen went to bring a bowl of tea and brought it to the emperor's mouth, and when she saw that the emperor didn't drink it, she sneered: "The emperor is afraid that his concubines will be poisoned?" ”

The emperor closed his eyes, and the queen said again: "Such a slut, what qualifications does she have to fight with her concubines, she is not worthy." ”

"Why did you keep Xiangtai?" The emperor asked.

"Without Xiangtai, the people in the clan will be ready to move, and my inheritance has not grown up yet." The queen's answer was clear, "Now is the most opportune time." ”

The emperor slowly opened his eyes: "The outside world, how is it now?" ”

The queen said: "The situation is very good, the Japanese people in the East China Sea have all been subdued, the general of Dingxi in the northwest is not injured, and he is not injured and lost, it is said that he is just careless." ”

The emperor looked at her deeply and frowned, "What good is this for you, I thought that you would use the same method back then." ”

The queen sighed: "They are all smart children, how can we walk the same path and be seen through by them?" Your Majesty, you must live well and pass on the throne to Jiye with your own hands. ”

The emperor sneered: "I'm afraid that I won't live to that day." ”

The queen looked him up and down, and said coldly: "That's also your own choice, if you go back to Fengyi Palace with me, at least I can let you live." You and I are husband and wife after all, there is no affection and kindness, I am kind to you. ”

Yes, this path was chosen by the emperor himself, he didn't want to live and be tortured by his conscience, he chose the most complete escape, but he didn't have the courage to end his life, he gave himself to Concubine Fang. In the past, Concubine Fang looked forward to his health and longevity, and could shield their mother and son from the wind and rain, but now that her son is out of breath, he has arms in the court, and he has the courage to carry the country, so ...... The current Fang Guifei must hope that he will disappear immediately.

The son is unwilling to accept that he is alive and cede the throne to him, so only when he dies can her son become the emperor.

The queen opened the lid of the tea bowl, smelled the soup and frowned: "Whether there is medicine or not, I can't smell it, poor emperor, drink poison as a tonic day and night." ”

The emperor smiled coldly, and the calmness of dying was chilling: "Who knows." ” △≧△≧

The empress got up to leave, and the emperor asked her again, "What do you want to do with Chiba?" ”

"The emperor handed everything over to Xiangtai, just hoping that he could turn the situation around, didn't he?" The queen said proudly, "Then why sing about it, you should firmly believe in your son and will not let me succeed." But...... I'm afraid it's too late. ”

She walked out of the palace proudly, she didn't care if the person inside would die in the hands of Concubine Fang, even every cloud and rain in the past, she fantasized that this face was a little similar to his brother, she had no feelings and nostalgia for this man, and it was precisely because of this man's cowardice and incompetence that she became what she is now.

Fortunately, everything is going to end, and soon even the Ji dynasty will cease to exist, and when that day comes, she will destroy the prince's mausoleum and crush that slut to ashes, and she will ...... herself Buried by his side.

On this night, an urgent report broke through the blockade of the defenders and rushed into the mansion of the Marquis of Kamiyama, and Dingshan was awakened in his sleep. Two days ago, there was a riot in the south of the Yangtze River, thousands of people gathered into an army, under the banner of Shending Village, sweeping the towns and villages like locusts crossing the border, killing men and raping women, and even burying the elderly and children.

The lights in the front hall were brilliant, Zhuo Xi and Chu Ge were all solemn, Chu Ge had clearly been to Jiangnan, thinking that those little minions who could not disperse into an army would not be able to become a climate, who knew that it would become this situation overnight.

Chiba put on a cloak over her bedclothes, came slowly, and could feel the tension of the atmosphere in the hall through the door, and she suddenly remembered the sadness when she saw the prosperity on Chinese New Year's Eve, and that delicate mood came to her heart again.