Chapter 40: The Past Is Like Smoke

Xia Shixiong didn't say much, walked to the desk, and unfolded the scroll.

Shi Zhongyu thought that there must be a picture painted on the scroll, and I believe that eleven out of ten people must think so. Considering Xia Shixiong's commitment to the Empress Yuan, Shi Zhongyu felt that this scroll must be a picture of a beautiful woman, a portrait of the Empress Yuan.

However, the scroll was empty, with only a thin piece of silk attached to it in the middle. There are a few faint red dot-like marks on the silk, which looks ...... Like blood. Because of the age, it has shown a purple and black color, and on the snow-white silk, under the background of the light green weeds embroidered, it is a bit desolate.

This is an embroidered handkerchief, even if the female red of Shi Zhongyu is very poor, but after all, she is living in Yuwangfu and Dayan's richest man's house, and her eyesight is still there, and she can see that the texture and embroidery of this embroidered handkerchief are excellent. It's just that a woman's embroidery will embroider some flowers, butterflies, small fish and birds, who would like to embroider a clump of ordinary grass?

"What is this?" Shi Zhongyu couldn't help but ask.

"This is the embroidered handkerchief of the Yuan Queen, and on it is the blood she shed for me." Xia Shixiong smiled sadly, "The past is like smoke, thirty years ago, I made an oath to this piece of silk to protect the safety of His Royal Highness King Yu with my life without betraying the emperor." His Royal Highness King Yu never forgave me, but I did do it out of sincerity. ”

He said this affectionately, but frankly. Shi Zhongyu thought that the emotional stories of the older generation would not be easily told, but he didn't know whether Xia Shixiong was because she was a goddaughter, or because she had been suppressed for too long, and finally found a reason to vent, so he told her directly.

She felt that it must be the deepest pain in Xia Shixiong's heart, and she didn't want to hear it, but she couldn't move her steps. And Xia Shixiong's expression is so straightforward and natural, bright and fair, like a dusty night pearl, he finally has the opportunity to shine, which makes people feel a sense of admiration.

"Back then, the emperor was the least chance of seizing the throne among the princes, and the old emperor thought that he was gloomy and calculating, not the dragon nature of the Son of Heaven." Xia Shixiong sat on the chair, stretched out his fingers and touched the silk handkerchief, with a distant expression, "However, the former emperor is very good at managing contacts, if it comes to good popularity, no one can compare." ”

"Godfather, that's because you...... Honest. Shi Zhongyu originally wanted to say the word "stupid", but he was not very respectful after all, so he temporarily changed his words. And she has a good impression of Murong Ke's grandfather, at least, his evaluation of the former emperor is very correct.

Xia Shixiong shook his head slightly, "You don't understand, Xiaoyu." People are not immutable, and there are very few people who can keep their hearts unchanged after all. The emperor was not so cold when he was young, otherwise how could there be so many people willing to throw their blood for him? It's just that after he won the throne, his mood changed, and he wanted to keep too many things, so he became ruthless. If this is not the case, why is there a saying that 'rabbits and dogs are cooked, and birds are hidden'? ”

"When he was demoted to a concubine, he was not the emperor." Shi Zhongyu did not have the slightest good impression of the emperor, so he spoke politely.

"Treating Queen Xia badly, each of us has a little responsibility." Xia Shixiong smiled bitterly, "The emperor hesitated back then, and he didn't want to live up to his wife, but it was the loyal soldiers and ministers around him who strongly advised him. Xiaoyu, who do you think these people are? There is the old man Gan, the king of Ningshan, the father of the current king of Ling, and me. ”

Shi Zhongyu's heart is cold.

She can understand the mentality of this group of people, and at the critical moment of the struggle for the throne, sacrificing a woman is necessary and irrelevant in the eyes of this group of ambitious men in this feudal society. None of them expected the harm this decision would have on the woman, let alone that Queen Xia would become so perverted after this blow.

Now, is anyone doing such a thing in front of Murong Ke? Tell him that it doesn't matter if a stone in the jade dies. Men, what they can't lose is only ambition, not the love of children.

Thinking of this, she sighed unconsciously, and then became optimistic. What if someone slanders? This is actually a test of the relationship between the two, if you can't get through, it's not a real relationship. On the contrary, real gold is not afraid of fire.

"The emperor is sorry, in fact, it is only the Chen family, and Lihua." Xia Shixiong called Empress Yuan's maiden name and continued, "Although Queen Xia and the former emperor were childhood sweethearts, the Xia family and Queen Xia herself do have the heart to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix. And Lihua is really being involved in this unwarranted disaster. If she hadn't met a few of us, maybe she would have married well, and now she has a group of children and enjoys a happy family. ”

Hey, how many of them do you know? It seems that there was a story before marrying the emperor. Shi Zhongyu thought secretly.

"That year, the old emperor sent the emperor to the Northern Yuan capital to do business." Xia Shixiong was completely caught in the memory, his face seemed to flash with brilliance, obviously that memory was the best in his life for him, "It is said to be an errand, but it is actually a negotiation with the Northern Wei Dynasty." At that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty was also in turmoil and was unable to invade the border, so it signed a very fragile armistice agreement with Dayan. However, the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty have never had faith at all, this errand is really a bit dangerous, none of the princes took this errand, only the first emperor and the king of Ningshan were willing to go, and I and Gan Lao accompanied as attendants. ”

"Did you meet the Empress Yuan in the Northern Yuan Capital?" Shi Zhongyu asked.

Xia Shixiong nodded.

Just when Shi Zhongyu thought that he would hear that the young lady of the family was killed and rescued by the prince passing by, so he formed a romantic and bloody bridge, Xia Shixiong said, "The Chen family is a local noble family, and it also has power in Beijing. As you know, the atmosphere of Dayan is open, and this is especially true in the Northern Yuan Capital, we had a very happy conversation with the patriarch and sect master of the Chen clan at that time, and we met Lihua, who was only sixteen years old at the time, during the dinner in the evening. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Shixiong's face suddenly showed an extremely gentle expression, and his heart softened, obviously the scene that affected his life clearly appeared in his mind, in front of his eyes, and in his heart.

"Does His Royal Highness King Yu look alike to Empress Yuan?" Shi Zhongyu asked again.

Someone has said this before, given that Murong Ke's appearance is more beautiful than that of a peerless beauty, you can imagine the peerless appearance of the Empress Yuan.

Xia Shixiong nodded, "It's very similar, it's like a mold is carved." It's just that King Yu looks like a man at first glance, and Empress Yuan has a touching kind of softness and innocence. What kind of natural beauty and charm do you think? Lihua is the first beauty in the Northern Yuan Capital, and those who seek relatives can line up from outside the gate of her house to the border. Even, because Lihua's grandmother was a nobleman from the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were also princes from the Northern Wei Dynasty who came to court. ”

This is the reason why the first emperor was not at ease to give the Northern Yuan to Murong Ke, right? Just because he has one-eighth of the Northern Wei blood in his blood! What a boring worry. If Murong Ke was willing to collaborate with the Northern Wei Dynasty, why did he fight the Northern Wei people and be hated by the Northern Wei people?

"However, Lihua's father, that is, the patriarch and sect master, loves his only daughter like a treasure, and he only thinks that no one is worthy of his daughter, so Lihua has not yet decided on a marriage when she is sixteen years old." Xia Shixiong sighed, "This is fate." After the patriarch of the Chen clan saw us, he had a secret conversation with the former emperor for a few days, and for some reason, he thought that the first emperor would seize the throne, so he bet on the former emperor. And he firmly believed that this Dayan was worthy of being the queen only if his daughter was the daughter, so he had a marriage contract. In fact, he can't be blamed for thinking so. Lihua is not only peerless, but also brilliant, and her chest is not inferior to a man. And the former emperor knew that the Chen family had a big secret that could help him seize the throne, so he also had the heart of this marriage. ”

"The secret is the secret passage?"

"Exactly." Xia Shixiong nodded, "Don't underestimate that secret passage." At that time, the princes wrestled, and no one was sure of victory, and the fact that forcing the palace soldiers to admonish and causing the enthronement was the best way to seize the throne, which was equivalent to stabbing the blade straight to the heart. With that secret passage, it can be said that not a single soldier is wasted... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］