Chapter 400: Martyrdom
At the city gate, Shu Yu and Ruizhu were in a stalemate.
In Dongling, Zhao Guifei's blood was sprinkled in the underground palace.
Everyone didn't expect that at the end of the funeral, when the ministers retreated and were about to seal the underground palace, Zhao Guifei, who had been calmly guarding the Hehuan Hall since the death of Emperor Yuanjia, would die on Emperor Yuanjia's coffin and be martyred!
Junchen was stunned on the spot, but Liuli, who had always been by Zhao Guifei's side, was the first to react, screamed "Niangniang", flew up, and picked up Zhao Guifei, who was shriveled on the ground.
I saw that Zhao Guifei's face was bloody, and she was no longer breathing.
But her face was very quiet, without the slightest pain, as if she was not going to death this time, but to the appointment, to her and Emperor Yuan Jia's appointment with Huangquan.
Han Yan, who was protecting Emperor Kangping, quietly breathed a sigh of relief after the initial surprise.
If Zhao Guifei had not been martyred, then her existence would have been a dilemma for the young Emperor Kang Ping: not killing her was not enough to appease the anger of the public, but killing her would have violated the oath to Emperor Yuanjia.
Now, everything is gone, and Emperor Kangping finally no longer has to be entangled in the grievances and hatreds of the previous generation, and sits on the throne with peace of mind and loves the people.
The news of Zhao Guifei's death soon spread back to the capital with the monarchs and ministers who returned to Beijing, and public opinion was in an uproar for a while.
The concubines and their families who were persecuted by Zhao Guifei naturally applauded, and even people such as the Queen Mother who hated Zhao Guifei felt that she died too easily, and it was difficult to calm their anger for half their lives.
But for ordinary people, Zhao Guifei's resolute martyrdom is like a heart-wrenching elegy, which makes them moved and sighing, and when talking about Zhao Guifei, they can't comment on "loyalty" or "infatuation".
As a result, the Queen Mother and others were even more annoyed, and they hated to hang Zhao Guifei's corpse.
In Ci'an Palace, the Queen Mother tightened her veil, looked resentful, and said hatefully: "If you die in a collision, it's cheaper for her!" Hmph, she thought everything would be over as soon as she died? Just wait! ”
The Empress Dowager glanced at the Empress Dowager and said coldly: "At the moment of major events, you can only take care of these?" ”
The expression was very disdainful.
The Queen Mother's face changed, and she subconsciously looked at Shu Yu, who was sitting down, with shame and shame on her face, and she was extremely embarrassed.
In the past, the Empress Dowager would occasionally scold her in front of the people in Ci'an Palace, but first, she had long been used to it, and secondly, those people were her own people, and the Queen Mother endured it and passed.
But now in front of Shu Yu, an outsider, the Empress Dowager has never saved her any face, which is too much! When she receives the concubines and wives in the future, how can she sit calmly on the top and accept everyone's worship?
The queen mother endured and endured, but she couldn't bear this breath, and she was angry for a while, so she replied without softness or hardness: "Everything in this palace is helmed by the queen mother, and the concubines can take care of it, of course, there are only these 'little things'." ”
This sentence can be regarded as very vicious, firstly, to extract himself from the palace changes that are slowly kicking off, and secondly, to scold the Empress Dowager back and forth with self-deprecation.
The Empress Dowager has never been so ignored by the Empress Dowager, she choked with anger when she heard the words, she was speechless for a while, and the Buddha beads that were originally rotating in her hand were also stunned.
After a long time, the Empress Dowager calmed down, sneered, and said, "It's good to know that you are ignorant and incompetent, so you can only cling to the mourning family." Put away your little calculations, be careful, and don't let Mrs. Qinghe see the joke! ”
The expression was very disdainful, and it was even better to treat Gonggong Li kindly.
On weekdays, I see that the Queen Mother is also well-behaved and submissive, and she is quite interesting, but she didn't expect to question her majesty in front of Shu Yu and stage an "infighting" to let outsiders see jokes!
The Empress Dowager felt very faceless, and she was angry in her heart.
The Queen Mother was indignant for a while, so she couldn't help but blurt out sarcasm, and as soon as she finished speaking, she regretted it first, and had the intention to give the Queen Mother a step down.
Who knew that before she could speak, she was first reprimanded and reprimanded by the Queen Mother so bluntly, and the anger and depression that the Queen Mother had barely suppressed in her heart suddenly came out again.
She is the queen mother of a country, not the slave of the queen mother, how can she be allowed to humiliate her three times and twice in front of the foreign ministers' wives?
When the Queen Mother thought so, she simply straightened her waist and didn't start, and if she didn't answer the Queen Mother's words, her expression was full of unconvincing.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she almost fell upside down, if she wasn't afraid that Shu Yu would see the joke, she would have wanted to directly order someone to slap the Empress Dowager.
Shu Yu lowered his eyebrows and sat down peacefully, listening to the scolding of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, while quickly thinking of a way to get out.
At the gate of the city, Rui Zhu intended to take her, the Meng family, and the Qi family to the Ci'an Palace at the same time to coerce Emperor Kangping and the Han family, but she was afraid of the crowds of people on the street and the boiling words, and even saw that the Han family's guards and maids surrounded the "fainted" Meng and the "anxious" Qi family, and they couldn't succeed for a while.
In order to avoid complications, Rui Zhu had no choice but to give up her previous plan, and only forcibly took Shu Yu away on the grounds of the Empress Dowager's decree.
Although she is greedy for great merit, she also understands that whether the Meng family and the Qi family can bring it back does not affect the empress dowager's plan, but if she loses her hand here in Shu Yu, then she will not be able to return to the palace to explain.
Besides, someone has to pass on the news that "Mrs. Qinghe County was invited to Ci'an Palace by the Empress Dowager" to Han Yan and Emperor Kangping to know if it is not.
Shu Yu saw that Ruizhu did not achieve his goal and vowed not to give up, in order to protect the Meng family and the Qi family, he could only temporarily agree to the "invitation" of the Empress Dowager, follow Ruizhu into the palace, and then wait for an opportunity to escape.
It just so happened that she also wanted to know what the plan was for Emperor Yuanjia to be buried just now, and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager had done this.
As the other party's trump card, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother must be reluctant to let her die easily.
Unexpectedly, before she figured out the path of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, she first watched a bloody scene of their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law scolding.
The Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother were not convinced, and they were disgusted and resentful, if they didn't have more important things to do now, they were afraid that they would continue to "tear up" on the spot.
After a long time, the two of them barely suppressed the anger in their hearts and started to get down to business.
"Mrs. Qinghe thinks that the mourning family invited you to the palace this time, why did you do it?" The Empress Dowager simply stopped looking at the Empress Dowager, a popular and hated thing, and asked Shu Yu, who was sitting at the bottom.
When Shu Yu saw that the Empress Dowager's spearhead was aimed at him, he instantly retracted his thoughts, lowered his head and responded humbly: "The Empress Dowager is kind, and the courtiers dare not speculate on themselves." ”
The Empress Dowager saw that Shu Yu was still respectful, and the depression in her heart dissipated slightly.