In the cold winter of the lunar month, the sky is full of snow, and the whole of Kyoto is white.

After Qiong'er's funeral, Chengdong took her incinerated ashes back to her hometown for burial.

Because Qiong'er once said that she wanted to live a life like a fairy with him in the mountains and wilderness with him when she was old.

After the abolished prince hanged himself, the emperor and others were worried, especially the queen, who fell completely ill and kept taking medicine for the past few days.

Because the prince has long been flattened as a concubine, he cannot be buried according to the prince's ceremony, and he has not been able to clear his grievances until his death.

The emperor's hatred for King Jin became stronger and stronger, and King Jin caused his son to die a bad death, and even recorded this in the history books.

Towards the end of the year, the country of Guava sent envoys to send New Year's gifts, and at the same time asked the Emperor of Great Chu for the princess to promote the goodwill of the two countries.

But the emperor and the queen have a princess under their knees, and that is Princess Jingshun. And Jingshun is still young, only fourteen, although she is almost old enough to get married, but after all, she is a golden branch and jade leaf, not like a folk daughter, and when she is old, she will go to talk about marriage.

In addition, the queen is already depressed because of the abolition of the crown prince, and if her only daughter is asked to marry far away, I am afraid she will not be able to accept this blow.

Therefore, the emperor was even more upset, and he was at a loss, so he had to summon the ministers into the palace to discuss.

Guava and Da Chu have always lived in peace, if the emperor agreed to the marriage, then the two countries would be more friendly and support each other, but if he refused......

The country of Guava will also marry other countries, and when the time comes, it will be attacked by others, and Da Chu will be attacked by the enemy and be in a weak position.

King Jin and others have tried their best to let the emperor marry Princess Jingshun, which is the easiest way, with a little woman can be exchanged for a hundred years of friendship between the two countries, and there is no need to sacrifice a soldier and a general, a grass and a tile, why not.

Although the emperor understood this truth, he was reluctant to give up in his heart after all.

Seeing that all the ministers almost unanimously agreed with King Jin's suggestion, he was furious again, feeling that everyone was towards King Jin, and now King Jin's prestige in the hearts of everyone had far surpassed him.

"King Jin, I don't agree to marry Princess Jingshun far away, if he Riguawa Kingdom and others unite to attack my Da Chu, you personally lead the troops into battle, do you have a chance of winning?" The emperor looked directly into the eyes of King Jin, and that sharp gaze was about to overwhelm people.

Everyone had already smelled the smell of gunpowder, so they had to keep silent, after all, not everyone has the same capital as King Jin, and if they anger the emperor, they will only have the share of the head on the ground.

King Jin's body under a purple court robe was magnificent, and his deep eyes made it impossible for people to guess what he was thinking, so he replied lightly: "The emperor knows it, why do you want to ask this king?" ”

"I ordered you to go to crusade against Guava, and kill them first without leaving a piece of armor, in case he Guava brings troops to attack!" The emperor was also mad and said such a thing.

As soon as these words fell, many courtiers knelt on the ground and begged: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the country of Guava has always been friendly with our country, and if we lead troops to attack at this time, not only will we be criticized, but also our chances of winning are not great."

"It's a cold winter, if you send troops at this time, it must be a waste of money and labor, and the New Year is approaching, the soldiers have to go back to their hometown, and they have to have a good New Year.

Ministers, if you say a word, the spitting stars are about to drown the emperor.

King Jin watched coldly, even the ministers understood these simple truths, how could the emperor not know, but he was already so angry that King Jin was dizzy.

Things have not been going well for a while, and the King of Jin has become more and more perverse, and he, the emperor, wants to take the burden and quit.

Ministers, you and I said one sentence at a time for a long time, and then stopped, and the anger on the emperor's face still did not subside.

King Jin only said coldly: "Your Majesty, today you summoned the ministers to discuss whether to marry Guawa, since the emperor has not made a decision, then the king will retire first." ”

After speaking, before the emperor agreed, he brushed his sleeves and left. He entered the palace with Ruan Jiaqing, Ruan Jiaqing is now watching Ruan Jingting in the prison, he doesn't want Ruan Jiaqing to stay in that kind of place for a long time, and wants to take her back to the palace with him.

The ministers had long been accustomed to this "style" of King Jin, so they were not surprised, but the emperor was so angry that he threw all the folds and teacups in front of him to the ground, which frightened the kneeling ministers to tremble.

"How can I be the emperor, or is he the emperor?" The emperor finally expressed his dissatisfaction with King Jin.

The courtiers admonished again: "Your Majesty, the King of Jin is just telling the truth, and this matter still needs to be decided by the emperor himself." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers all know that you are reluctant to respect the princess, but there is no way to do it. The envoy of this Guava is still in the palace in Kyoto, and the emperor must make a decision as soon as possible. ”

There seemed to be a bunch of flies flying around the emperor's ears, and he was almost noisy, and he suddenly felt a pain in his chest, and he fainted with anger.

The ministers were panicked, and the eunuchs around the emperor hurriedly went to invite the imperial doctor, and finally said that they were angry, and then they fainted, as long as they rested for a while, it would be fine.

Knowing that the emperor was in good health, the courtiers dispersed one after another, and along the way, they were all talking about the Guava country's request to marry the eldest princess.

Now that the relationship between King Jin and the emperor is becoming more and more angry, if the relationship between the two of them really breaks down one day, everyone has to think about which team to stand.

Everyone is a smart person, and naturally knows that the power of King Jin is greater than that of the emperor, but after all, the emperor is the right master, and his name is more justified, so they have their own advantages.

The heavenly prison of the palace, Ruan Jiaqing felt a sour stomach as soon as he stepped here, the taste here was strange, it was the dampness after the rain and the smell of blood that had dried up. The whole space was very dim, except for a few oil seals on both sides that shone faintly. When the wind blew it, two lamps were extinguished. There is no daylight here all year round, and even the air is muddy. A normal person can't stand it for a while. The people who are locked up here may not be able to get out for the rest of their lives.

It was not only the smell of dampness and blood, but also the smell of death.

The jailer took her to the cell where Ruan Jingting was being held, only to see Ruan Jingting lying on the cold ground, with only a tattered quilt next to her, dirty, and there was a strong smell of blood here.

Ruan Jiaqing took out a handkerchief and covered her nose, the sweet fragrance of plum blossoms on the handkerchief came, and she felt more comfortable.

"How is she?" Ruan Jiaqing asked the jailer.

The jailer glanced at Ruan Jingting mockingly, and said disdainfully: "I can't die, the Queen Mother ordered people to use ginseng to hang her every day, just to make her worse than dead." ”

Although the jailer didn't know who this person was and what kind of crime he had committed, he only had the order of the Queen Mother, and he knew that this person was about to be a dead person, so who would care what kind of identity she used to be.

"Find a basin of water and splash her awake." Ruan Jia said coldly.

She knew that the Queen Mother would not let Ruan Jingting go, and what Ruan Jingting had done, she would eventually pay the price one by one today, and she didn't need to do it.

She just wanted to catch up with the fourth sister and send her off by the way, and it would be in vain for the sisters.

It is said that Ruan Jingting gave birth to the child by force, and there was neither a stable wife to deliver the baby, nor a doctor to diagnose and treat her. And he had heavy bleeding when he was born, and it took more than two hours for the child to be born.

Ruan Jingting had a blood collapse after giving birth, and later the Queen Mother's patient stopped it with medication, but her body was already losing too much, and now this life is just a long time.

The child was a baby boy, and after being born only a few weak weeps, he lost his breath.

Ruan Jingting originally wanted to use this child to rise step by step, but she didn't expect that success would be due to this, and defeat would also be due to this.

What she has done is revealed, and the only end is death.

But this child is innocent, she has been with the child for more than eight months, and she already has a strong feeling.

But her child died in front of her with her own eyes, so how could she not be sad.

Now this kind of taste is that you can't survive and die.

Ruan Jingting was splashed with cold water, her whole body was wet, very uncomfortable, she opened her eyes and saw Ruan Jiaqing standing outside the iron fence looking at her.

"Ruan Jiaqing, seeing the way I am now, are you satisfied?" Ruan Jingting laughed, her hair was messy, like a madman.

Not only was the cell damp, but there were also insects crawling over her from time to time, biting her so much that it was almost fatal to itch.

This time came again, Ruan Jingting put her hand into her clothes, and kept scratching, scratching hard, until her skin was injured and scratched bleeding, and she was willing to stop.

"It's all your own fault, and you can't blame others." Ruan Jia said lightly.

She just wants to see Ruan Jingting's miserable situation with her own eyes, so she can go back and burn a piece of incense for Qiong'er and tell her that she will get revenge.

"Do you know why I killed that maid?" Ruan Jingting sat up suddenly, she leaned against the wall, although her breath was weak, she still cheered up to deal with it.

In front of Ruan Jiaqing, even if she held her last breath, she couldn't let her underestimate it.

But now she doesn't know what she looks like now, she looks like a madman, where is the image of the beautiful prince and concubine in the past.

Hearing Ruan Jingting mention Qiong'er, Ruan Jiaqing's nails were about to cut the skin of her hands, and a strong hatred hit her heart.

"Why?" Ruan Jiaqing's voice trembled a little.

"Because I'm jealous of her, hahaha!" Ruan Jingting laughed, this kind of sharp and piercing laughter echoed in the prison, very penetrating.

"She is just a little maid, and in the end she can marry a wishful husband, and I, I am the fourth lady of the Prime Minister's house, although I am not a concubine, but I don't lose to you in everything, I have loved King Jin for many years, but he doesn't even want to look at me. In this way, forget it, how can her lowly subordinate get happiness! ”

Ruan Jingting said with a hideous face.

That night, she left the table to return to Cining Palace, and when she saw Qiong'er and Chengdong, she was jealous.