The fourth year of the beginning of Thailand, summer.

It was very hot, but the cicadas could not be heard, only a large flock of crows, which quacked and annoyed.

"It's all over."

"As you wish, it's all over."

Queen Hong, who had a broken arm, sat in front of the couch, picked up a small cup of tea, and slowly sipped it.

She wanted to question, mock, and scold, but in the end, only the sadness in her heart finally turned into a long sigh, and swallowed it together with the tea that was already cold and bitter.

"You guys, how can you do that? You are traitors, traitors! ”

Bai Zhenshu, who was stunned, seemed to be suddenly awakened, and the whole person was hysterical, sweeping all the tea sets in front of Queen Hong to the ground and shattering them.

Empress Hong held up the only spared small teacup in her hand, and her eyes were as cold as the snow in the winter of Qingguo.

"So what? If you continue to do this, even Qingguo will die! ”

Bai Zhenshu kept shaking her head, "No, impossible!" Just give me a little more, give me a little more time—"

Empress Hong sighed lightly, "Listen! Do you hear that? Why can't you hear the cicadas outside, only the crows chirp so much? It's dead people, there are too many dead people! You are in the palace, and you have three meals a day. But the people outside are already eating Yizi! It's cannibalism, people cannibalism! ”

Bai Zhenshu was startled, her face was snow-white and her mouth was half-covered, but she still couldn't stop the rancid smell that loomed in the air.

That, that's the smell of the dead.

At the earliest, when her father and the first emperor, uncle and nephew were vying for the throne, she had smelled it.

Bai Zhenshu hurriedly interrupted her thoughts, unwilling to think too much.

But I remembered that when I first returned to Qingguo, I also remembered that I had indeed done some good things.

She learned from Mei Niang and His Royal Highness the King of Han, and the government came forward to lend seeds and livestock to the people. After it is cultivated, the government only extracts small profits, and the rest is used to support the people.

At that time, the people, who had just experienced war and tyranny, were sincerely grateful to the newly appointed benevolent queen and gave them all their trust and loyalty.

At what point did this kindness begin to deteriorate?

Is it because Baek Jung-sook wants to suppress the Hong family and fight for more power?

Or is it the courtier that Bai Jung-sook wants to win over, explicitly implying that he wants to collect benefits from the people?

Or is it the husband who Bai Jung-sook married, who wants to fight for a more prominent position for their Hong branch?

……

Baek Jung-sook doesn't want to think about when things started to get out of control.

She just didn't understand why the drought in Qingzhou had been in trouble for three whole years, the area was larger, and the situation was more serious than that of Qingguo, but there was no turmoil?

But Qingguo, in just one year, the people have revolted everywhere.

The slogan is not "Qingjun's side", but "the heroine of the world, Qingguo suffers"......

She went from being a beloved queen at the beginning to becoming the culprit who only knows how to favor men and bring disaster to the country and the people, and it has only taken so many short years.

Today's Bai Zhenshu really regrets it.

Emperor Yan Wu hurt his eyes back then, Meiniang, oh, she is now Queen Lin, and she wants a bear bile, but what she sent was ginseng.

Later, when Qingguo was drought, Bai Zhenshu was cheeky and sent a letter to Meiniang for help. She knew that the beautiful girl had always been kind and kind, and the letter was full of pitiful words. Then Queen Lin replied to her, it was a hundred taels of gold.

Just enough to buy the ginseng she had back then.

Gold.

But what's the use of her asking for gold!

She can't eat or drink, she wants food, food!

She wanted to send troops out to sea to fish, or go to a distant place to buy. Fulu Island, which could be lost from the hands of the former emperor, tightly choked Qingguo's throat.

Xue Shen stayed there and generously released all the fleets sent out by Qingguo. However, not a single ship was able to return.

No black hands.

Lord Xue is very ethical.

He just led those Qingguo ships to the idle desert island, farming and fishing, and did not have to suffer the heavy taxes and exploitation of Qingguo.

Then, the soldiers on the ships rebelled against their generals.

After obtaining the consent of Lord Xue, he secretly drove the boat back and took all the children away.

In this way, Qingguo fled nearly twenty percent of the people in just a few months!

Bai Zhenshu saw that the situation was not good, and decisively sealed all the ports with heavy troops.

As a result, public resentment boiled. There are even more rebellions.

Baek Jung-sook began to regret it again.

In the beginning, when the situation was not out of control, she did not take a more appropriate way to solve the problem. On the contrary, they still want to fight for power and profit, and want to take advantage of turmoil and monopolize power.

So, she used iron-blooded means to suppress the hungry people. But because of this, a more violent counterattack was gained.

In the end, although Baek Jung-sook has been down, she has never really starved. Little did she know that hunger was the craziest thing in the world.

When there is not enough to eat, man becomes a wild beast.

Bai Zhenshu's husband, the child of the Hong family who was ambitious and talented, pretentious, and led the troops to suppress it, died in the torrent of the people's resistance.

It was bitten alive.

All the flesh on his body was eaten by the people.

Bai Zhenshu didn't dare to imagine what kind of death it was. She didn't really know to be scared until that moment.

On the other hand, Hong Mingxiu, but after being driven out of the court by Bai Zhenshu with heavy troops in the morning, he poured all his money into the warehouse and released grain.

Then, with a few people who still have their sanity, they try in every possible way to grow that little bit of thin grain.

And after the people bit the prince to death, they didn't even bother to deal with Bai Zhenshu who was hiding in the high palace city. went to invite the "loyal ministers and good people" in the eyes of the people, Hong Mingxiu came out. I begged him in every way to come up with a good plan for the survival of the people of Qingguo.

There is only one way that Hong Mingxiu finally gave.

Confess to Dayan.

It's not like before, as a vassal of the subject country of Qingguo. Instead, it was officially incorporated into the territory of Dayan, as one of his states, and asked for rescue.

Otherwise, just because the queen offended Queen Dayan like she did in the past, why should people help?

It's like if the people want to go to the offended people to borrow food, don't you have to bow your head? There is no way to be a long-term worker or a tenant for others.

If you want to live, can you have a face?

The common people are always more practical than the aristocracy. They didn't even think about it, so they agreed.

Anyway, it's just a different person to be the king, whether someone from the Bai family is the king, or someone from the Min family is the king, is there a difference for them?

Taxes are all the same to pay, it just depends on who has the ability to take everyone to live.

But for Baek Jung-sook, this is a completely unacceptable betrayal!

What is she if she loses the throne? What else could she do?

Listening to her unconsciously muttering, Empress Hong couldn't help but sneer, "If all the people are starving to death, what are you?" What else can you do? ”

In a word, it was like an initiation, and finally woke up Bai Zhenshu.

Her face was snow-white, and she suddenly thought of a very famous sentence in the Han book.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat.

The people are like water, and the king is like a boat.

Bai Zhenshu has been sitting on the boat, manipulating the current, so that she has forgotten what is the use of the boat when the river is dry?

"But you are like this, what good do you get by doing this?"

If Qingguo is gone, Bai Zhenshu can't be the queen, what about the Hong family? Doesn't Hong Mingxiu also have to lower his official position?

There was a rush of palace footsteps, and even vaguely with a little briskness, they ran to Queen Hong's side, looked at Bai Zhenshu, and whispered a few words.

Empress Hong laughed.

"Say it out loud, tell our Queen!"

The palace people smiled, "Emperor Dayan has made a decree that Lord Hong will be the Marquis of Gyeongju and the first prefect of Gyeongju, and he will be treated as a border Tusi and hereditary." As for the queen, in order to respect the royal family of Qingguo, you are still raised in the palace according to the identity of the queen. ”

Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Bai Zhenshu almost screamed.

"Hereditary? Actually allowed the Hong family to be hereditary? Even if it's hereditary, shouldn't it be the main palace? ”

The palace man covered his mouth and snickered, "What did the county lord say?" You have already married into the Hong family, and now the Hong family is glorious, and you also have a share. ”

Queen Hong's laughter became louder and louder, and she even slapped the table with her remaining hand.

"Bai Zhenshu, Bai Zhenshu, when we took you back to Qingguo, we were sincere and wanted to cooperate with you and govern Qingguo well. But your heart is big! is grudgeful and stingy, he wants to leave us alone, and he doesn't count the monopoly of power, and he has completely offended Queen Dayan. It's good now, you have destroyed the Qingguo country. I don't know if you will have the face to meet the ancestors of the Bai family after you die! ”

She helped the palace people to get up, and finally glanced at Bai Zhenshu with contempt.

"Let's go, it's time for us to congratulate our uncle on his ascension to Qinghou. Dayan's grain, too, is it? ”

"It's coming, the queen can rest assured, it's with the holy decree. Fang Caihong...... When Qinghou asked people to talk, he also treated him diplomatically and asked the queen to go to soup porridge together, so as to calm people's hearts. ”

"Uncle is always so thoughtful in his work. Fortunately, she is the daughter of the Hong family in this palace, the royal family of Qingguo has collapsed, and her uncle is still protecting her, and this palace is also blessed. ”

"That is, Niangniang has always been generous and benevolent, so she naturally has the favor of God......"

The master and servant drifted apart, leaving Bai Zhenshu stunned.

Qingguo, it's really gone.

Bai family, how many are left in the Bai family besides her?

Either died in the war of that year, or died in the factional struggle that followed.

At that time, she wished that all the Bai family members were dead, and she was the only one left, so that she could dominate the imperial power.

But now that I look around, I am at a loss to realize how helpless I am as a lonely person.

If she hadn't been selfish and overly ambitious from the beginning, she might have been able to be her queen now, but now......

Now it's all empty.

Dead?

Bai Zhenshu touched her neck and suddenly shivered.

Yes, it hurts, right?

Well, let's just survive.

Wasn't the Queen Xu of Dayan also abolished? She didn't die, so why did she die?

Bai Zhenshu finally found a reason, and survived with peace of mind.

As for the future, she can only be treated as a widow next to the Xu family, and she has nothing to say about living in shabby.

Because Hong Mingxiu said that she caused too much turmoil. Taking care of her is to stir up public resentment and invite trouble.

Baek Jung-sook had no choice but to admit it.

Man, as long as you take the first step, it is an endless retreat.

It's better to die than to live.

In her life, she can only live in regret.

Dayan Harem.

It's so cold that even half of the wild grass can't grow out of the harem, because there are many people and few things, Concubine Xu is now so idle that there is only one thing left to do to pull weeds, and when she sees a little green in the crack of a brick, she doesn't even think about it, so she goes to pinch it off.

It is because of the current Dayan harem, which is unprecedentedly clean and tidy, and it is very trouble-free.

So the little palace maid who was in charge of cleaning also had the leisure to listen to Concubine Xu's show.

"It's just that the palace is alive, and you have to think about a pair of children. If she is like the queen of Qingguo, she was hanged by a rope earlier, and her life is too embarrassing! ”

Yes, yes, that's what you say.

Seeing that the little palace maid has a good attitude, Concubine Xu is expecting Ai Ai and asks the key point.

"Princess Qinghe and King Qin, what have you been busy with lately? It's been gone for a while. ”

It's still a familiar recipe, it's still a familiar taste.

The little palace maid smiled, "Aren't they all the same?" It's all right. Don't worry about it. ”

Concubine Xu couldn't ask anything, so she walked away.

The little palace maid covered her mouth and snickered, and the aunt in charge came over, poked her head and said, "What is it!" What did you say? ”

The little palace maid said, "Don't worry, it's all taught by my aunt, I didn't say a word if I shouldn't say it." Isn't it always true that a colt has never been in a proper position? Why does the eldest princess of Qinghe still have to go to work with the horse? ”

My aunt saw that Concubine Xu was walking away, so she started gossiping, "This is also our emperor's broad-mindedness and true eldest brother demeanor." Not to mention choosing a good colt for the eldest princess of Qinghe, she is willing to reuse the pony.

It is said that this is also what the queen said. The family should not only be able to do it with its brothers, but also with its sisters and husbands, which is a sign of prosperity. Now that the emperor and queen also have two princesses, do they have to raise their carefully taught daughters and thousands of chosen husbands, and they have to be cultivated into waste? Isn't that a scourge for both other people's sons and their own daughters?

Therefore, the emperor said that the rules will be changed in the future. The husbands of the princesses, don't be confined to a place like Honglu Temple. How capable you are, how much official position you hold.

As soon as the emperor's words came out, the concubines in the palace who had princesses were grateful, and they all praised the emperor's wisdom. ”

The little palace maid stuck out her tongue naughtily, "It seems that in the future, the 'emperor and princess will also be worried about marrying', and she will not worry about it again." ”

"Isn't it? I calculated, the eldest princess of Qinghe is now packing her luggage and is busy, and before she leaves, she will come to the palace to say goodbye. ”

The little palace maid's flexible eyes glanced to the side, "Is it the same as when King Qin left Beijing?" I heard that he is now studying outside and has a good reputation. Many great Confucians praised him, and I am afraid that he will be able to write books and speak in the future. ”

My aunt looked at it and nodded unabashedly, "In short, the emperor is benevolent, and he doesn't restrict the emperor's brothers." It is also a blessing in our palace, how many years has it been, when will there be such a peaceful harem? Blessed, you little ones. ”

The little palace maid grinned and pulled her away.

A eunuch flashed out from behind the pillar, quickly returned to the palace, and reported these things to Concubine Xu.

Concubine Xu listened with joy and sorrow.

When her son-in-law is out, she is naturally happy.

"Only this kid didn't tell me if he was leaving! Where is her son-in-law going, and is it good? If it's not good, the palace can still talk to the emperor. ”

The eunuch's scalp was numb, and he hurriedly stopped, "Since it was arranged by the emperor, can you trap the horse?" Besides, this is the messenger of the colt, if you want to say it, others will say that it is the colt who picks and chooses. And if the horse misunderstands the princess because of this, the little couple will be discordant, and it will be even more unbeautiful. You might as well take a look at the things that fit on the princess's road and give her a bit of a thing or two. ”

Concubine Xu thought about it, so she had to go back to the house to work.

But the eunuch smiled and said, "Ask the mother to reward some more money, and go back to the slave maid to buy two boxes of snacks and fruits, so that the little palace maid and aunt can be gifted." It is clear that people deliberately say it to the slaves, and it is not good to pretend not to know. ”

This, and this is indeed a reward.

Concubine Xu had no choice but to reward this eunuch together, otherwise how undecent?

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Although her life is better than that of Bai Zhenshu, she is not rich.

If you want to say that the richest person in the palace is the current queen mother.

If only she could be like her, no, no, even if she could be as rich as half of her, how nice it would be!

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