In the past few years, Pei Zhao has always had a dream.

In the dream, Su Ying was still a little girl who had just turned twelve years old, wearing a heavy queen costume, and she couldn't even walk, so she let the palace people take her to the Chaoyang Palace. It was very dark and cold in the Chaoyang Palace, and she didn't see half a figure, she was so young, and she grew up in a honey pot since she was a child, how could she stand this kind of grievance? Immediately she whimpered and cried.

He was distressed and anxious on the sidelines, and repeatedly stretched out his hand to take her into his arms to comfort her, saying "Ah Jin, don't cry", but he couldn't touch her hand. Only then did I remember that she was still in Turkia on the day she entered the palace.

At that time, he stood in the vast desert of the Turks, never thought about what the emperor's new queen looked like, never thought that he would fall in love with someone, never thought that that person would be her.

Fortunately, this time, he rushed back.

He heard his own voice, with the tiredness of a night of fighting and the joy of seeing her well: "Don't cry. ”

Su Ying obviously still had tears in her eyes, but she hurriedly smiled at Pei Zhao: "I didn't cry, I just ...... Just hungry. ”

This reason is reasonable...... Outrageous.

Su Ying secretly blushed, regretting why she didn't want to say something better, such as being sleepy or tired, how can it be much better than being hungry. However, after the words came out, she couldn't afford to regret it anymore, so she had to pretend to be calm under Pei Zhao's smiling gaze and ordered: "Go and prepare breakfast!" ”

Breakfast is made by Duan Niang personally guarding the food bureau, Yangchun white ice cream, cherry fried, ruyi roll, and Erding porridge are all Su Ming's favorite foods in the day. Her sentence "hungry" was just said casually, but at this time, she really felt hungry when she saw the steaming meal, and looked at Pei Zhao with a smile: "You are also hungry, come and eat." ”

At this time, Su Ying was still dressed like last night, dressed in gorgeous clothes and with strict makeup, Pei Zhao had never seen her dressed like this, and looked at her with some apprehension, until she screamed again before she came back to her senses and had dinner with her.

"Didn't you say you were going to unravel the Nine Links to show me?" After the palace people removed the table, Pei Zhao looked at Su Ying with a smile: "Now I want to see it, is it okay?" ”

It was very good that he was willing to see it, Su Ying immediately taught Yun Luo to get the Nine Rings, and said with great interest while unraveling the Rings: "You see, the most important thing in solving the Nine Links is to know which step to take and which step to take, and the next few steps are very particular, like five ......steps at this time."

Su Ying said carefully, Pei Zhao also listened carefully, but in half a pillar of incense, she untied the nine rings, and she was quite proud in her heart, Pei Zhao saw her childish appearance, a little laughed, suddenly remembered something, and asked her: "Which palace do you like?" ”

Su Ying was stunned for a moment at first, but quickly reacted, yes, since Her Majesty has died, she is no longer the queen, so naturally she can't live in Hanyuan Palace, so she lowered her head and thought about it seriously.

Duan Niang quietly told her that she was already the queen mother after last night, so according to the rules, she should live in Rongshou Palace. But that place is big and quiet, it's really not fun, if she had to choose, she would prefer Changle Palace, very close to the Imperial Garden and Baihuazhou, and there is a nest of birds under the eaves. At that moment, he said without hesitation: "I like Changle Palace, is it okay?" ”

Changle Palace is the closest to the emperor's bedroom, and Pei Zhao happens to think the same way. smiled at her: "I said, you will live well after I become the emperor, and if you want to do anything in the future, just ask, you don't need to ask anyone." ”

Pei Zhao has always been a person who says the same, Su Ying was full of joy, and said with a smile: "Then what I want to do most right now is to go back to my palace first, remove the phoenix crown on my head, and then sleep well." ”

Pei Zhao nodded and said, "I also have some things, I'll go with you." ”

The outside is already bright, the sunlight is excellent, look along the white jade steps, only see a large stretch of glazed tile roof reflecting the light in the sun, the arch cornices, extremely magnificent. He has never liked to ride on the chariot, and when he saw Su Jin's phoenix chariot moving steadily to a place that his line of sight could not reach, he took the attendant behind him and walked slowly. Large and small palaces are lined up one after another, and the highest palace in the imperial city is the Xuanzheng Palace, after walking half a cup of tea, you have faintly seen the top of the octagonal palace, the night pearl embedded in it is not special in the daytime, but it is brilliant as a golden crow at night.

Even last night was as dazzling as ever.

When he walked into this hall last night, the room was full of candlelight, and the emperor was leaning on the dragon chair in the middle, watching him walk in step by step, and he gasped for a long time before saying, "You are here?" He smiled hoarsely, "I said a long time ago that this seat will be yours sooner or later, but I never thought that you were so patient in the past, but you couldn't wait tonight." ”

He stood quietly in his usual seat, and only after a while did he speak lightly: "Your Majesty has lost." ”

"Your Majesty?" The Emperor smiled and asked him, "Do you know why I hate you so much?" Because I've always known that you've hated me since I was a child. Since you are sensible, you are no longer called my father, you don't regard me as a father, why should I treat you as a son? ”

"Your Majesty hates me no matter how much you dislike me, and now you have to hand over Da Cao to me." His heart rose with joy, "Your Majesty's sons, Pei Duo is stupid and dull, and Pei Ming is young. As for Pei Yu, His Majesty valued him so much that he ordered him to go out of Beijing to inspect the four continents with a decree, but he could only live up to the emperor's grace, he failed to come back when he was in Jiulong Mountain, and now he can't come back. ”

The emperor's emaciated face suddenly became angry: "Do you remember that you promised me that after you ascended the throne, you would not move Yu'er in the slightest and treat him with princely courtesy?" ”

"Of course I do." Pei Zhao's face was expressionless: "Actually, why did Your Majesty tell me repeatedly?" You have already prepared a will to Su Shi, no matter what kind of incident Pei Yu will have in the future, as long as it is not a major crime of rebellion and usurpation, I can't deal with him. ”

The last life talisman left for Pei Yu was also recognized, and the emperor laughed out loud instead: "I suddenly remembered Liu Jianzheng, at that time he said that Su Shi's daughter was born the queen's life, and the one who got this woman must be Mingjun, so I ...... And you, you and I are incompatible, if you stay by your side, there will be endless troubles...... cough cough cough ...... Now it seems that I have never really gotten Su Shi's daughter, and I was coerced by you, so I have to pass it on to you, if I really can't be considered a Ming Jun, I think it must be the destiny of heaven! ”

"Destiny?" Pei Zhao looked coldly at the emperor's withered face: "Your Majesty just said the Mandate of Heaven, but in fact, whether it is the Mandate of Heaven or man-made, Your Majesty can't resist it." Or do you ask Your Majesty to make an order quickly, more deeply, and the ministers can wait, I don't know if the 30,000 elite soldiers five miles away from the imperial city can wait? ”

The emperor tightly grasped the corner of the dragon robe: "I will not die for a moment, and the edict will not be issued for a moment, even if you are not the emperor, you are not afraid that I will condemn you for the crime of rebellion?" ”

"Where is the rebellion? The throne of the sons and daughters is justified. He chuckled: "Your Majesty knows that half of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty are already my staff. It should be thought that there is no difference between this edict and not. It's just that if you can make people willing and convinced, that's the best."

"I have actually been hesitating before, whether this position is for you or for Yu'er, now it seems that my decision is not wrong, you are much more ruthless than Yu'er." The emperor laughed again, but he couldn't laugh anymore, held his breath, and said in a deep voice: "Pei Zhao, you are indeed the son I hate the most, but you are also the son I admire the most. He struggled to hold the jade seal, trembling and covering the edict in front of him, as if he had exhausted all his strength, he collapsed on the dragon chair, his face flushed, and he gasped for breath.

He got up and saluted, turned and walked towards the temple gate, and the emperor murmured behind him: "In a few hours, the sky should be bright, the sun rises and sets, it is fate." ”

Hits?

Recalling the two words muttered by the emperor when he was dying, Pei Zhao couldn't help but sneer, he had been planning for many years, but he only missed two things, one was the emperor's ceremony that should have been completed last night, and the other was the emperor's sudden death. Although the former forced him to raise troops, the latter allowed him to achieve his wish without losing a single soldier, which shows that even the number of lives is under his control. The Xuanzheng Hall was close at hand, and he looked up at the clear blue sky, which was so sunny that there was no cloud.

Prime Minister Su Shi has a total of five sons and one daughter, of which only the third son Su Chen serves in the Imperial Forest Army, and the other four sons are all gentle and elegant civil officials, and at this time, the fifth son Su Wei and the fourth son Su Hui, who have always been calm and calm, have changed their previous appearance, and discussed what they were discussing in the courtyard with Su Chen, looking quite anxious.

"My father and eldest brother and second brother were announced into the palace by King Ning early this morning, and they haven't come back at this time, isn't King Ning knowing about our affairs with His Royal Highness King De and detaining them in the palace?" Su Hui was slightly worried between his eyebrows: "His Royal Highness King Ning is notoriously ruthless, I'm really worried!" ”

"Fourth brother, don't panic!" Su Wei gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty has a secret decree hidden in my father's hands, I think King Ning will not act rashly for a while, I am only worried about Ah Jin, she is alone in the harem, Yun Luo is a bad person, and I don't know if she was safe and sound in the mutiny last night!" ”

mentioned the most beloved sister, the three of them only felt that they were hanging to their throats and eyes in one breath, and they were uncomfortable all over their bodies. Su Chen said hatefully: "If it weren't for the strange power of the hexagram that Liu Jian was using at the beginning, why would my sister have been sent to that cannibalistic place!" I thought about it, if my father and they didn't come back at noon, the three of us brothers would rush into the palace with the secret decree and the rest of the people under King De's hands, and rob my father's brother and Ah Ying out! ”

When the three of them were in a hurry, the maid in the house suddenly came to the courtyard to call someone, saying that Su Shi was back, and there was a small yellow door in the palace to announce the decree.

When they entered the main room, they saw that their father and brother were really safe and sound, so the three of them relaxed a little, lifted their robes and knelt down to listen to the order.

The will is not very long, it is about to say that there were assassins entering the palace last night, and King Pei Yu took the lead in leading troops to escort him, and then he and King Pei Zhao of Ning responded to jointly exterminate the thieves. It's just that the first emperor died, and Pei Zhao, the king of Ning, ascended the throne, and after the national funeral, Su Ying will be officially canonized as the queen mother, so the rank of Su Fu's wife is higher, so Su Yao's mother Su Yao was promoted to a first-class lady, and the other four sisters-in-law were also promoted to the rank as usual.

The faces of everyone in the Su Mansion did not show the slightest joy, and Mrs. Su took the lead in speaking hurriedly: "Have you seen Ah Ying after you enter the palace?" How is she now? She is the daughter of the Su family, what will the new emperor do to her?! As he spoke, he couldn't help but shed tears: "His Royal Highness King De has been saved, and we are still the same as before, outside with fine clothes and food, and the family lives in peace, but my daughter will suffer in that unpredictable harem!" ”

"Madame, be careful!" Su Shi looked solemn: "The new emperor knows what we have to do with His Royal Highness King De, but fortunately, I have a secret decree in my hand, since the new emperor can let King De go this time, let us return safely, and promote you to your level, how can he attack Ah Jin?" ”

Su Fu's eldest daughter-in-law, Su He, who had just been named the lady of Zhengsanpin, comforted: "Mother is not in a hurry, you also know my sister's temperament, she has never been naïve and innocent in not causing trouble, but now that she is the queen mother, and she does not hold the phoenix seal and does not hold power, why should Your Majesty be afraid of her?" ”

The second son, Su Xuan, also said: "Before leaving the palace, my son had ordered someone to go to Ah Ying's palace to inquire about the news, Ah Ying was fine, and the eldest brother also gave enough money to the palace people, so I don't think Ah Ying will suffer any grievances." ”

Mrs. Su was a little relieved, but she was still choked, Su Shi sighed, and said quietly: "At the beginning, I had no choice but to send Ah Ying into the palace, just begging her to live safely in the harem, and I don't know what ...... future."

On July 11 of the 32nd year of Ming'an, Wenzong Pei Yanxue, the third son of the emperor Ning Wang Pei Zhao succeeded to the throne, which was Jingzong, known as "the rule of Yuan Ding" in history.