Chapter 91: Brightness and Darkness (4)
Panting heavily, I took one step at a time, and the blood almost soaked through the sleeves of my coat. Pain awakens, but it makes people drowsy. In my mind, I was thinking of what Xiao Xuan had just done in the Qianxin Palace. How did he fan Xiao Xianhang without hesitation, how did he poke the seal into the flesh and blood of his own son with great force, how did he use clever words to deceive innocent children......
In the harem of the end of Shu, the imperial heirs are thin. Xiao Xian can come up with such a ruthless method, in his heart, anyone can sacrifice for his throne and great cause, Xiao Xianhan is the best person he can easily control. With such a violent act, should I be grateful that he acquiesced in Wang Gushan's murder of his mother instead of doing it himself.
Looking at Xiao Xianhang's appearance tonight, it is very much like he has been poisoned, or he has been fed medicine, so he will not feel any pain, neither struggle nor scream, and even hurt himself with a sharp knife. If Shen is not dead...... No. Looking at what Xiao Xuan did today, even if the queen and Wang Gushan didn't use my mouth to bring down the Shen family, she was doomed to death.
There was so much confusion in my mind that I didn't even notice that someone was blocking my way. I almost rushed headlong in front of that person, and I was scolding myself for being so distracted, and when I was anxiously thinking about how to deal with it but couldn't do it, the person in front of me whispered through the palace lamp: "Emperor Lingyue?!" ”
Thankfully, it's a single pass.
Most of the precautions and vigilance disappeared in an instant, and I slowly raised my head, and I was even more shocked when I saw my face: "Why is the emperor's face so pale?" …… It's ......"
Covering the wound and exhaling deeply, I realized that I could not even finish my words because of the pain: "Single...... Thank you very much tonight. ”
"What is the emperor still saying about at this time?" Urgent and shocked, Shan Guo saw my injury with the palace lamp, quickly calmed down, and said quickly: "Shan Guo will send Emperor Ji back to the Mirror Flower Palace to deal with the wound first, if it is infected......"
"I beg you for one thing." Abruptly interrupting the single, I bothered my spirits and took out the piece and a letter from my arms: "Please give this piece and letter to the man who sells sugar paintings in Long Lane." I've detailed the ins and outs...... Just ask you to take a risk......"
No matter how hard I could bear the pain of tearing my arm, I suddenly fell to my knees and slammed my knee, but I didn't feel anything compared to the wound on my left arm.
Shan Guo was shocked, and hurriedly picked me up and took the object: "Shan Guo has already said it, but if Emperor Ji has a life, Shan Guo will not obey anything." But now, Shan Guo must first send the emperor back to the Mirror Flower Palace to heal! ”
He took a step forward for us, and I tried my best to break away from him. Almost delirious, I whispered slowly, like a fire in my heart: "Delay it again...... I'm just scared...... Single over ......"
I raised my eyes and tried to look at him, "This is the last time I trouble you...... Now, go to the alley and look for the man......"
Full of disbelief, full of resistance and hesitation, full of entanglement and unspeakable. For a moment, Shan Guo gritted his teeth fiercely: "Yes." ”
He put the letter and the recital in place. These two things are the last key to turning the tide of Lianghong, and they are tied to the lives of many innocent people.
Seeing that Shan Guo was walking away, I continued to move towards the Mirror Flower Palace step by step. I don't know how long it took me, and I crashed headlong into the backyard of the Mirror Flower Palace. The eunuch in the palace followed the sound, I leaned over and threw myself on the ground, and he only saw the clothes on my body for a while: "Yaolu? How are you here? ”
My injured left arm was hidden under me, and when the eunuch was about to come to help my right arm, a deep female voice came out of the horizontal thorn: "What are you doing?" ”
Hurriedly turned around and knelt down, the eunuch trembled and explained: "Yijing Changdi Ji, Yaolu fell here, I don't know ......"
"Go down. Ben Diji will dispose of it. ”
Still silent, Yaolu's face was hidden in the dark, and she could only vaguely see her dignified outline. The eunuch hurriedly responded, without even glancing at me, and quickly left.
His figure disappeared from the corner, and Yao Lu walked out of the shadows in broken steps, and gently helped me up: "You are the eldest emperor...... How did it get like this?! ”
"Be quiet." I let her hold my right arm and said calmly: "I'll go back to Shenbi Hall first, and you will clean up the blood stains on the ground, and don't leave a trace." Then make a basin of hot water and get some gauze. ”
“…… Be. Slightly stunned, Yao Lu simply responded. By the time she entered the Shenbi Hall with all the necessities, I collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.
In the past, Yaolu was always injured due to big and small things when she was in the Xianglu Palace, but at this moment, she has bandaging experience, and she actually handled the wound very cleanly. I closed my eyes, exhausted: "Just ...... It's all night tonight, thank you, Haruka. Thank you for giving up your life. ”
"What did Chang Di Ji say? This is Yao Lu's willingness, and he can help the eldest emperor Ji a little, which is the honor of Yao Lu. ”
Touching the back of my hand in distress, Yao Lu raised his eyes, and there were tears in his eyes: "It's just that if Yao Lu knew that the eldest emperor would be injured, it would be so serious...... Yao Lu will definitely go for the eldest emperor. ”
"I deserve this wound." Panting and sighing, my brows were heavy: "No one can replace me, and I can't avoid it." Even if you don't suffer from this sword today, you will have to endure it tomorrow, even yesterday. ”
Sighing silently again, I looked back and smiled at Yaolu: "It's not too early, you are worried until this time, it should be too late." Go and rest, and sleep for a while today. ”
Seeing that I was in a bad mood and that my injuries were no longer serious, Haruka nodded obediently, covered the futon for me, closed the doors and windows and left.
Or because of the ointment applied to the wound, or because the pain in my subconscious was still unbearable, or because the impact was so great tonight, and there were so many accidents, I woke up at three o'clock in the morning.
For me, today is destined to be an extraordinary day since the time of my son; As far as the queen and Qu Yao are concerned, it is just another rising sun, and they still have to continue their surveillance. On the way to Yongning Palace in a hurry with Qu Yao, she asked me quite strangely why there seemed to be a smell of medicine on my body, and I only replied lightly, the clothes I wore today have been in the sandalwood box for a long time, and I have been dyed with the smell of the wooden box.
The queen wanted to know about the arrest of the people of the Western Wilderness at night. When I drank tea with her, she only mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally: "I heard that earlier this day, a thief from the Western Wilderness was finally caught in Zhongshu City. I wanted to take the opportunity to get something out of his mouth, but who knows...... The man was so ambitious that he bit his tongue and committed suicide. ”
My heart sank, and I was slightly shocked: "You committed suicide?" It must be terrifying. The queen really has the posture of the mother of the country, and she is not afraid of half a point. ”
I didn't expect how I would answer, the queen was stunned, and then smiled: "What's so terrible about this?" It's just that the sin deserves it, and it's just a matter of going early and late. It's Ling Zhou, how can you sleep so deeply today? ”
"It turned out that I ate too much at dinner last night in Yongning Palace, and I went back to Jinghua Palace to drink tea and disappeared, but I couldn't sleep because of it." I was embarrassed to say: "The queen mother will not entertain Ling Zhou with such delicacies in the future, it is not polite, Ling Zhou really can't afford it." ”
I was amused to laugh out loud, the queen looked at me, with a trace of nostalgia, a trace of nostalgia, a trace of sadness, all kinds of mixtures, as if I was looking at an old man: "Wangshu always accompanies Concubine Min Xian in Sushang Palace these days, and rarely comes to the palace again when he has free time." Thanks to Ling Zhou, he is willing to come to Yongning Palace and talk to the palace. ”
"The fate of Ling Zhou and the queen mother has been decided early in the morning, didn't the queen mother also say it herself?" I smiled, and there was a deep meaning between my words that the queen didn't understand: "If Ling Zhou leaves one day, the time to be with the queen will be less and less." Ling Zhou, like the queen's mother, cherishes this period of glory very much. ”
A flawless smile evoked for a moment, and the queen slowly bowed her head. I pursed my lips and listened to her inconsequential gossip, and my heart sneered indifferently at her record with Ling Kun on the battlefield.
I got up again the next day, and after waiting for a long time, I didn't see Qu Yao. I ordered Yaolu to go to Yongning Palace to inspect, and when she returned, she said quite strangely: "The people of Yongning Palace did not let go of half of their mouths, only said that the queen mother had something to do today and was not in the palace." When the slave maid returned to the palace, she met the virtuous concubine Niangniang and the Eighth Emperor Ji in the Maotong Garden, and the virtuous concubine Niangniang told the slave maid that early this morning, the queen went to the Qianxin Palace, which was the emperor's will passed on by the single guard beside the emperor. ”
Knowing that the moment I had been waiting for for a long time had finally arrived, I drank the tea in my cup, got up and straightened my skirt: "I got up early today, so I took advantage of the time to make a few dishes by myself, which is a pan-night flavor." Since the queen mother and the emperor are in the same place, let's take more and go to the Qianxin Palace. ”
There is no doubt that there is him, and Yao Lufu should be. So I packed up and stopped, summoned a sedan chair, and I and Yaolu stood in the main hall of the Qianxin Palace.
After a brief explanation in the future, I looked at the queen and Xiao Xun's somewhat unhappy faces, Fang Qi's lips said half a word of resignation, and Xiao Xuan threw the chapter in his hand to the ground as if no one was around.
It's always not right to leave quietly. I raised my eyebrows and stood aside, and the queen glanced at me in the gap, but after all, she pressed her mood and didn't say much.
"The emperor is angry." Looking at Xiao Xuan, the queen pondered: "Ling Kun is young after all, and victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. Although both sides of the Western Wilderness and Hu Ru attacked fiercely, the concubine believed that the eventful autumn would eventually pass. ”
"Previously, General Ling Kun was brave and brave, and he won many battles." did not hide the ridicule, Xiao Xuan didn't even look at the queen, and vigorously turned over a note.
“…… Emperor. After being silent for a long time, the queen cautiously spoke: "The concubine has something important, I hope to tell the emperor." ”
A senseless sound came out of the tip of his nose, and Xiao Xun didn't move. The queen's expression was a little apprehensive, but after a moment's pause, she still insisted on opening her lips: "Concubine please play the emperor, temporarily remove Ling Kun from the post of general." ”
"What?" Xiao Xuan frowned, and finally looked at the queen who was already kneeling: "What do you mean by this?" ”
"Ling Kun's qualifications are shallow, and his spare strength is insufficient, so he may not be able to take on the responsibility of defending against the enemy."
The queen said quietly, ignoring the surprise of everyone in the hall: "Although he won several battles, he won only because of the emperor's trust and the emperor's protection." There are many other generals in the army and the court who have deep qualifications and experience, and are strong in martial arts, and their concubines ask the emperor to ......"
"The queen will find a way out for Brother Ling, preserve her strength, and retire after success?"