It is the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the sky will be dark but not dark, and the snow outside the window is rubbing and falling non-stop.

In the courtyard, there are a few plums, a few bamboos, a few pines, and a tiger cat licking the water droplets falling from the tip of the eaves.

The door of the black oil courtyard with the colorful door god was open, and eight eunuchs carried the Ming and Huang Buyu by, followed by a silver-topped and blue-topped four-person official sedan chair.

Aunt Fang Mu held a green silk oil umbrella, stepped into the threshold, a mother-in-law who swept the path and opened the way to meet her, the two muttered for a while, she took out a string of money from her sleeve cage and handed it over, the mother-in-law took it, thanked her, and went.

There were no people in the courtyard, and the wet bluestone slabs were gradually covered with a thin layer of snow.

When she walked through the corridor and lifted the red felt curtain of the main house, she saw Shunyu curled up on the kang, turning her head to look out of the window.

There was no fireworks in the room, Fang Mu lightly walked with his hands and feet, went to burn incense, buried two pieces of green charcoal in the brazier, and then hugged a mattress and put it on Shunyu's legs.

After a while, I heard Shun Yu ask in a very low voice: "I just passed in front of the door in a sedan chair, who else is besides the emperor?" Where are they going? ”

Fang Mu said truthfully: "Back to the queen's mother, it is the military department Shangshu Xia, you came to the time, has been waiting in the study, just accompanied the emperor back to the palace, will be in the Jiying Palace, watch the civil and military hundred officials to congratulate." ”

A cool breeze came through the crack of the window, blowing Shunyu's soft sideburns slightly messy, she raised her hand to brush it, and asked again: "It's quieter outside than before, and the concubines have all been accepted into the palace?" ”

"Back to the queen mother, everything that should be left is gone!" Fang Mu's words have always been leaky, but Shun Yu heard this, and what she said was ridiculous, with a sneering look on her face.

It wasn't until the tiger cat outside the window was pacing coldly that she withdrew her gaze, but saw that Fang Mu was still standing silently on the side of the kang with her hands down, so she smiled: "What are you still doing here?" Do you want to watch Hongu die? You've seen the appearance of poisonous hair, but it's not good-looking. ”

As if to say the center thought, Fang Mu's eyes flickered, but she was instantly calm, she was the person next to Xia Guifei, when the emperor and the concubine were forcibly driven here, the palace people who were waiting didn't bring out a few, and the emperor saw that there was no one available around the queen, so he ordered her to serve so far.

may know that her heart is not here, and the queen has always been indifferent to her, not close, and rarely even talks.

Even if it is the fate of the master and servant who is as thin as paper, she can't help but calculate, and she doesn't need to feel too guilty.

"The emperor asked me to stay here and give the queen a .......ride!" Before he could say a word, he could hear footsteps outside, and the palace people came in and said, "Xia Guifei is here!" ”

Before the words fell, a woman dressed in a begonia red feather satin cloak with a beaded head had come in, and saw Shun Yu sitting on the big kang near the window, wrapped in a primrose-colored sprinkler mattress, and her complexion was slightly porcelain white, which was no different from usual, but she was stunned, and she didn't know who she was asking: "Haven't you had poisonous hair yet?" ”

Shun Yu pursed the corners of her mouth and sneered: "Xia Guifei is early, and it will be the right time to come in two moments." ”

"It doesn't matter! I could have a few words with you. Xia Guifei didn't care, Fang Mu had already brought a chair for her to sit down, and poured boiling tea.

"It's really cold in this room." She took a sip of tea and sneered slightly with some regret: "It's rare that urn of plum blossom wine is made into carmine, if you can eat a cup, how good it would be!" Fang Mu, don't you say? ”

Fang Mu lowered her eyebrows and said: "The wine was made three years ago during the Xiaoxue Festival, the emperor collected some plum petals in the evening water, pickled them, and brewed an urn with his own hands and buried them in the corner of the courtyard, which was specially for the queen to eat, and the concubine couldn't touch it!" ”

Xia Guifei raised her eyebrows lightly and smiled: "Are you rare for me?!" It's not as rare as this life! ”

Shun Yuyuan didn't feel cold, but at this time, she felt an eerie chill wandering around her limbs, and the bones in her body were trembling.

Two years ago, Zhu Yi, the king of Hao who guarded northern Xinjiang, led his troops to rebel under the banner of "Qingjun side", and pulled the current emperor and his nephew Zhu Yu down from the dragon throne of the main hall, and confined him and his concubine outside the palace, in this remote mansion.

He also coerced Zhu Yu to issue a summons, allowing him to be regent on the grounds of illness, and then a large-scale killing, and the Manchu Dynasty was loyal to Zhu Yi's henchmen.

One night, Shun Yu quietly entered the Shen Mansion with a warm sedan chair and went to meet Zhu Yi's favorite minister, the second master of the first assistant, Shen Erye.

When she left, it was the early morning five days later, she got off the sedan chair with a tired look, walked through the hall in despair, and saw Zhu Yu standing alone under the corridor concentrating, hearing the movement and hurriedly welcoming her, she didn't ask Shunyu to say, only grabbed her hand and took it to an old plum tree, watched him bury the urn in the ground, and then raised his face with a gentle smile: "I know that you love to eat plum blossom wine, I only give you a special brew, not fake the hands of others." ”

Shun Yuyuan was still full of fear and shame, and suddenly moved to tears, and can still recall Zhu Yu's expression at that time, just like the Qingwu young man who had bright eyebrows and eyes and warmed her when they first met.

She did not hesitate to use her beauty to help this man return to the Jinluan Palace, but he, from that moment on, carefully prepared an urn of sweet and poisonous wine, and only waited for the imperial power to hold it again, and toasted her.

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Shunyu smelled a smell of rust, wiped the corners of her lips, the blood had stained half of the veil, she was about to die!

I heard that Xia Guifei was still asking: "Does the queen know what the emperor did to coax you to eat poisonous wine?" ”

seemed to know that she ignored it, so she simply replied: "You and Lord Shoufu have been in turmoil in the palace for three years, when King Hao was regent, there were already ministers and officials who were impeached, and the emperor protected no one dared to touch you, and now the emperor has to restore the throne, and he will be the harem of the Qing Dynasty, and he will serve the public with authority." This time, it seems that you are really to blame, but no one is to blame. ”

When the words fell, there was a sound outside the curtain, but it was a eunuch in charge with a tail in his hand, who came to ask the concubine Niangniang after speaking, and had to rush to the palace to accompany the emperor into the palace to congratulate.

This is to raise the identity! He was born from the heart and showed a flattery on his face.

They are all obedient and sound-seeking! Shun Yu raised her eyes and looked at Xia Guifei with a happy face, her heart moved, and she said calmly: "When you were fighting for the throne with the palace in the old years, I heard that Lord Xia had thoroughly investigated the case of the Tian family's beheading, and I only asked you if you knew who was the mastermind?" ”

Shunyu is the orphan of the Tian family, and for several years since entering the palace, he has pieced together the terrifying truth bit by bit.

The palace or the court regards the Tian family case as a taboo, and it has always been secretive. Even if the emperor occasionally saw her feel and mention, he was always vague, and his expression was full of remorse, he actually fell for the trick of a powerful minister, but there were words of suffering.

After all, it was he who criticized the red.

"How do I know this? You're asking the wrong person! Xia Guifei's face was bright, and she answered absent-mindedly, but somehow her hand slipped, the tea bowl fell to the ground, and she splashed the tea on the ground, and she was obviously going to rest on the lacquer table.

"Bad luck!" He stood up with a mutter, glanced at Fang Mu, frowned, and said, "What are you doing, why don't you follow me into the palace quickly." ”

Fang Mu only hesitated, then quickly responded to the order, and went to open the curtain cage, Xia Guifei rubbed the handkerchief, walked slowly step by step, walked to the door, stood slightly, and suddenly glanced back.

It was getting late, and the candle flame was going out, and a wisp of smoke was rising.

The dim light and shadow gradually flowed in the room, and the glow of the white snow penetrated through the thin window, staring shallowly on the big kang, and the dying queen straightened her waist and sat quietly and calmly.

Xia Guifei was in a trance, no wonder even the second master Shen was fascinated by her, she was really a beauty, and even her appearance when she died was as stunning as a peach and plum.

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On December 29, the fourth year of Jianwu, Empress Tian died at the age of 25. On the auspicious day of the next month, the concubine Xia was canonized as the queen.

On February 10 of the fifth year of Jianwu, Emperor Jianwu felt that Shen Zetang, the first assistant, helped him restore the emperor's throne and made him a prince, adding 500 stones.

Since March of the fifth year of the founding of the armed forces, Shen Zetang, the first assistant, said that he was ill and did not leave the house, and refused to preside over the cabinet affairs.

On January 10 of the sixth year of Jianwu, the second assistant Yang Yan Shangshu impeached the first assistant Shen Zetang for eight counts, and Emperor Jianwu was furious.

On February 1, the sixth year of Jianwu, Shen Zetang, the first assistant, was beheaded.