When Gu Jue arrived at the palace, it was already midday, and it was snowing heavily on the gloomy sky, and it was constantly pulling. The undulating palace, the golden and splendid palaces with deep grief, and the snow on the covered bridge were not cleaned by anyone, but before they could melt, they were trampled clean by the princes and ministers who came and went. 、

As soon as the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he died young, and the courtiers who came to mourn were all crying bitterly, crying and breaking their liver and intestines.

The emperor's body has been buried, and the queen is holding the little prince in mourning clothes and crying loudly.

Under the stormy imperial power, the emperor only left such a young prince, how can a child who is still in infancy take on a great cause.

Gu Jue came to the emperor's coffin, and at this time, there were only two people left in the hall, he and his sister, and the suppressed anger could suffocate people.

"How did the emperor die?" Gu Jue's voice was full of accountability, he didn't believe it anyway, as outsiders said, the emperor used forbidden drugs indiscriminately and injured the dragon body.

"Since you've already heard about it, why bother asking Hongu again?" The queen wiped her bloated eyes with a handkerchief and glanced at Gu Jue.

When Gu Jue heard this, a somewhat mocking look appeared on his face, "How many forbidden drugs Chu Xixi fed him, Weichen is clear, according to the dose, he can survive until next year." ”

The queen's hand holding the handkerchief trembled slightly, and there was a trace of nervousness in her eyes, "Maybe he overindulged in his desires and didn't get through it." ”

What a shrewd person he was, he could see his sister's weakness at a glance, and the words that he had been holding in his heart still asked, "Queen Mother, the queen suddenly died in your palace, obviously someone didn't want him to leave alive." It seemed that ink was poured into his eyes, slowly spilling away, "Did the emperor see Feng Huang that day?" Did he know about the ridiculous things you did? ”

The queen mother was noncommittal, "Why mention the previous things, it's just that Ling'er ascended the throne, and the palace will be down the curtain in the future." ”

"Weichen just now outside the palace listened to the discussion of the king's henchmen, saying that the prince is just a stinky child and cannot ascend to the throne." Gu Jue sneered, "I'm afraid that the prince will not die, and he still wants to ascend the throne." ”

The queen's face showed a ruthless expression, "Now the people in the court are eyeing each other, and they just want to drive our mother and son out of the palace, Donglang, the only sister in this world can believe in you." ”

Seeing her sister's pleading appearance, Gu Jue couldn't help but feel a burst of bitterness in her heart, no matter how powerful she was, she was just a woman.

"As long as Dong Lang is in one day, he won't let anyone bully his sister." Gu Jue said solemnly, without the slightest hesitation.

Just as he finished saying this, he heard the queen say in a tentative tone: "I have passed on the decree of Yi, and now the foundation of the royal family is unstable, and the prince of Nan'an, Fenghuang, inherited the throne and changed it to King Nanjing." ”

As soon as he heard that his sister said such a thing in front of the emperor's coffin, his face suddenly changed, and he immediately sneered: "Sister, Feng Huang is too shrewd and calculating, you can't fight him, and now you want to return the throne to him, which is tantamount to self-destruction." ”

The queen was silent for a long time before she sighed and said, "I won't give him any power, and dragging him out is just to suppress the king." ”

Gu Jue's eyes showed bursts of anger, but his face tried his best to endure it, "I hope my sister remembers today's words." ”

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The night was as dark as water, and the lantern shone with a warm light, illuminating the snow on the silver floor, and there were still bird footprints on it, like maple leaves.

The cry of the Forbidden City seemed to reach Yu Zhiyan's ears through the heavy snow.

She was there to be distracted, when she saw a sound of footsteps behind her, creaking and creaking, from her boots stepping on the snow.

Yu Zhiyan hurriedly turned around, but saw Gu Jue standing behind her, her whole person was tired, and even her smile was tired, "It's so cold, why are you standing here?" ”

Hearing the words of concern, Yu Zhiyan walked over slowly and gently took his hand, "How are things handled in the palace?" ”

"The emperor died, but the imperial tomb has not yet been repaired, so I had to park the coffin in the mausoleum of the first emperor, and I had to wait for someone to repair it urgently overnight." Gu Jue didn't seem to bother to mention this annoying matter again, "The crown prince will ascend the throne tomorrow, and the ceremony will be held tomorrow, but it's a pity that you can't see it." ”

Seeing that what he said was not what he wanted to know, Yu Zhiyan couldn't help blurting out and asking, "How did the emperor die?" ”

The knife-like wind cut his face, and he originally wanted to tell her the answer that the world knew, but he still didn't, "It was Feng Huang and the queen who killed him together, presumably yesterday the emperor saw that they did something unseemly in the palace." ”

Under the faint light of the lantern, her face was as white as jade, and there was a faint light flowing, "He is the son of heaven, but he was still calculated and lost his life." ”

Gu Jue saw that her face was full of worries, and she was very pitiful, so she hurriedly took her hand and walked to the house, "Just have dinner with me, I've been hungry in the palace for a whole day." ”

She thought he was just mentioning it casually, but she didn't expect that he was really hungry, the emperor was in mourning, and the courtiers' homes didn't dare to use fishy food, and only a few light meals were prepared in the kitchen, but he ate two large bowls of rice.

Yu Zhiyan had been in the snow for too long, and the shoes and socks under his feet were already wet and cold. Just when she came back after changing, she saw that Gu Jue was already asleep leaning on the bed, he was sleeping very unsteadily, and his brows were frowning.

And she just wanted to take the brocade quilt and drape it on his body, when the voice of the little guy outside came again, "General Gu, it's time for us to enter the palace." ”

The corners of his sleepy eyes slowly opened, and he only pulled his clothes and left, he only told Ke Yu to fold a few words and hurried away, thinking that he would come back to see her.

Yu Zhiyan thought about Gu Jue's words just now, Feng Huang actually dared to plot against the Son of Heaven, wasn't he afraid that the queen mother would suddenly kill people and destroy her mouth? What should she do then?

A few days later, the emperor's enthronement ceremony, the palace people and courtiers took off their mourning clothes and knelt in front of the Jinluan Palace.

And kneeling at the front, in addition to those clans, there are also Fenghuang and Xianwang. Now everyone knows that the Queen Mother brought Feng Huang up just to suppress the King Xian.

With the sound of gongs and drums, the opening of the dynasty has been fixed. The youngest queen mother hugged the emperor who was still in swaddling clothes and slowly walked in front of everyone.

The queen is wearing a phoenix robe, and the flying phoenix on her head is holding a pearl the size of a fingernail, which is lifelike.

Everyone already knew the queen's methods, especially that there was a Gu Jue behind her, so everyone didn't dare to object, and even the king had to give up fighting for the throne.

After all, in the eyes of the ministers, Gu Jue is just a murderous ghost who does not blink an eye, and his mind is extremely narrow-minded, and no one dares to be a bird

And where has the infant little emperor seen so many people, he has already been frightened. The enthronement ceremony has not yet been completed, and where does the Queen Mother dare to coax him, she only carries him up to the steps, and only comes to the dragon chair.

However, before the queen mother's feet stepped on the steps of the carved dragon, a figure rushed out of the crowd, shouting as she ran, "It was you who killed the emperor." ”

Only then did everyone see that the person who rushed out was actually the emperor's master Weng Tan, when the emperor was still the prince, he repeatedly made remarks, saying that Gu Yinglian had murdered the concubines of the East Palace many times, and was extremely jealous, and persuaded the prince many times not to favor the princess too much.

But at that time, how could the amorous prince listen to this unpleasant advice, but he became more and more fond of Gu Yinglian.

That Weng Tan is extremely loyal to the emperor, and now that the emperor has died violently with banned drugs, in her opinion, the queen is also responsible, after all, she is in charge of this harem, and she can't know everything about what the emperor does.

At this time, everyone saw that the gray-bearded Weng Tan was still holding a sharp dagger in his hand, and the guards who were standing far away had no time to stop all this.

Just when Gu Yinglian thought that she was going to die, he heard the sound of the cold blade sinking into her skin, but she didn't feel pain, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Feng Huang blocking in front of her.

At this time, Gu Jue, who was standing far away, rushed over, subdued this Weng Tan at once, and then handed it over to the guards in front of the palace, asking them to escort him to the prison immediately.

And the frightened queen handed over the emperor in her arms to Sun Xi on the side to coax, and then checked Feng Huang's wounds.

But he saw that he had already fallen to the ground, and the cold dagger was inserted into his chest, leaving only the silver hilt, and the wound was extremely deep.

Her hand involuntarily tested his snort, and it was so light, as if it would break at any moment. A sense of remorse rose in Gu Yinglian's heart, she never thought that Feng Huang was willing to die for her.

If he can be safe, she is willing to pay whatever it takes. It was jealousy that made her lose her mind, and now she regrets it so much.

Gu Jue was standing beside her sister, seeing that her face had changed greatly because of the sealing of the phoenix, she was afraid that she would lose her physique, so that others could see the clues, and she coughed lightly, "Queen Mother, if you delay any longer, I'm afraid you will miss the auspicious time." ”

At this time, the imperial guards had already carried Feng Huang away, and the blood on his chest slowly dripped to the ground along the embroidered robe of the dragon.

When Gu Jue was busy in the palace these days, it was difficult to return to the mansion these days, and he only occasionally asked the eunuch to pass a few words, or write a letter to Yu Zhiyan to send it over.

The handwriting on his letter was very sloppy, and she must have taken the time to write it, and she did not want to disturb him, so she only told the messenger to go back and tell him what had happened to him in the past few days.

However, today the crown prince ascended the throne, Yu Zhiyan was embroidering flowers in the house, and Mrs. Wang of the Dali Temple Qing family, who met at the palace banquet that day, came to visit her, and brought a few treasures, saying that she was filial to her.

If Yu Zhenyan only asked someone to send her away in the past, but these days, the maids led by Bao Xiao'er refused to say more than half a word to her, and she was about to get sick.

So she let the lady in and talk to her, and although the lady was intent on flattering, they had a good conversation.

Mrs. Wang saw that she was wearing ordinary clothes at the palace banquet that day, especially compared with the wives of those powerful ministers, she was simply shabby, so she always thought that she was simple, but she didn't know how extravagant and wasteful she was when she came to the Chengguo Mansion.

Her cotton robe was made of tribute brocade, the collar and cuffs were sewn with the neck hair of a white fox, and even the hand stove in her hand was made of the finest enamel.

Yu Zhiyan was rare and enthusiastic to leave her for dinner, and Mrs. Wang looked at the dishes on the table and was so shocked that her jaw dropped. She had also seen the world, and she only counted the food on this table, which cost a few hundred taels of silver.

Mrs. Wang had heard of General Gu's famous arrogance, but now that she has seen it, it is true.

After the two of them had dinner, Mrs. Wang saw that it was getting late, so she was about to leave. It's just that before leaving, God mysteriously took out a book from his arms and put it in Yu Zhiyan's hand.

Yu Zhiyan didn't know what she was thinking, but as soon as she opened the book, her face turned red, and she closed it again with a "snap".

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "I heard my lord say that the queen mother wants the general to marry the princess of the Huns, and you have to keep your position, this is what I have worked so hard to find, and the person who painted this is the best painter in Beijing." ”

Yu Zhiyan hesitated for a while before he wanted to return the hot potato to her, "Since Madame you like it like this, how dare Zhiyan win people's love?" ”

Mrs. Wang smiled, "I have studied this with my master, and you will keep it in the future, sister, and learn a few tricks to ensure that you can capture General Gu's heart." ”

Yu Zhiyan had to shirk it, but Mrs. Wang had already left, and disappeared into the corridor with the help of the maids, as if she was being chased by a hungry wolf.

Yu Zhiyan had also seen these when he was in the workshop, but he never paid attention to it, and he never looked at it, and now that he has a copy in his hand, he doesn't know what to do with it.

She originally thought that she would let those maids throw it away, but she was afraid that they would see it gossiping, and the rumors would spread behind her back, which was not good after all.

Thinking so, she hid the book under her pillow, and when she fell asleep at night, she couldn't help but think about it, and tossed and turned for a while, but she didn't feel the slightest sleep.

I don't know how many hours she stayed up, but she still didn't sleep, so she took out the book again, and then flipped through page after page, and finally became interested.

She blew out the few candles left in the house like a thief, and then put the couch lamp on the couch, and took a closer look at it by the dim light and blocked it with a quilt.

Just when she was getting carried away, the quilt on her body was suddenly torn open, and she only felt her heart skip a beat, and she almost screamed.

"What are you doing here?" Gu Jue's voice rang in her ears with doubts, "I saw that there was a light in your quilt, and I thought the quilt was lit." ”

Yu Zhiyan hid the book behind him, "Why did you come back?" ”