Chapter 001: Wedge

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When the sound of the bell chime sounded, it was already the end of the night, the snow was still falling silently like butterfly wings, and the majestic imperial city was even more lonely like an iceberg snow sculpture under the shroud of boundless snow.

Thousands of ironclad soldiers were already standing neatly at the foot of the imperial city, just waiting for the moment when the white-robed general on the war horse in front of him gave the order to attack the city.

However, the long figure only clenched the reins hard, looking at the imperial city not far away and not moving for a long time.

"Jungong, the time has come!" A subordinate couldn't help but step forward and urged in a low voice.

The man on horseback remained silent for a moment.

The subordinates seemed to be a little anxious, so they hurriedly dismounted and knelt on the ground, and persuaded in a sincere tone: "The county prince, now that the arrow is on the string, I have to send it, and I hope that the county prince will not have the kindness of a woman again!" ”

Hearing this, the man's brows furrowed, and his deep star-like eyes were covered with thick sorrow, and after holding his breath for a moment, under the gaze of all the soldiers, he finally slowly raised his hand, and his lips, which were blown dry by the cold wind, began to move slowly.

"Siege!"

With the cold words spit out, the imperial city that had been silent for most of the night suddenly shouted to kill the sky, the dark tide surged, the boundless darkness was like a huge beast dormant in the lacquered night, devouring tens of thousands of black armored troops in an instant, the fierce cold wind swept through, and only the roar of the wind dragging the banner and the shouts mixed with the blades hitting each other at the foot of the empty imperial city were left.

In the depths of the palace, the terrible crying and screaming were endless, and the Empress Dowager Chu, who heard the news, couldn't help but close her eyes, twisted the Buddha beads in her hand and recited sincerely, the cold wind of the winter night attacked, and finally extinguished the last trace of silver charcoal spark in the basin.

Miaowei, the palace maid in charge, hurriedly came to the Xianyang Palace, knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Chu with a puff, and said sadly: "Niangniang, the prince...... has gone, the imperial doctor said that the prince has the same serious disease as the previous emperor, and because of the perennial service, he is now sick to the bone marrow, and the hospital is ...... There is no power to return to heaven. ”

The palace maid said sadly, but the expression on the face of the Empress Dowager Chu, who heard the news, did not change much, she still closed her eyes, and let out a almost inaudible sigh, as if the death of the prince had already been expected by her, and there was nothing strange about it.

Also, since Emperor Yuan moved the capital to health, the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty seems to be cursed, and he has been blessed and died, even the Empress Dowager's husband, Emperor Kang, has only been the emperor for two years and died suddenly, and the Empress Dowager's biological son died of illness before he reached adulthood......

"Mother, this is already the sixth...... They all said ......"

Miaowei's voice trembled, and she raised her eyes to peek at the young queen mother who was still kneeling on the thin ball.

The woman in front of her was dressed in a smoky purple and golden Guangya Fengyue peony drape, dragging more than three feet to the ground, wearing a phoenix crown with phoenix luan pearls and jade, revealing a side face with white skin and snow, Qiong's nose is high, and the cherry lips are moist and not pointed.

Jin people are mostly beautiful and weak, the posture of autumn water, the appearance of the bright moon, and the state of sickness and weakness, so that they can be called beauty, and this queen mother, who has just turned thirty, is in the grace and luxury of revealing a compelling glamorous light, so beautiful that it is public, and even so beautiful that people dare not look at it, some people say that people with such a look are born with a rich life, but how expensive the life is? It's not that he was widowed at a young age, and he lost his only biological son before he reached middle age, in just ten years, the Great Jin Dynasty has changed six emperors, and it's no wonder that people outside say so......

Thinking of those absurd and disgusting rumors, Miaowei couldn't help but feel a trace of disdain in her heart, and even a hint of joy.

"What do you mean?"

Empress Dowager Chu suddenly interrupted Miaowei's thoughts.

Miaowei immediately knocked her head to the ground and replied, "Niangniang, the slave doesn't dare to say it!" "What else is there to say? After so many years, with your shrewdness and wisdom, it is impossible not to have heard those unbearable rumors.

Empress Dowager Chu smiled.

"Yes, if you don't say it, the mourning family also knows." She said.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Chu did not continue to ask, Miaowei mustered up the courage to continue: "Niangniang, the crown prince died suddenly, the position of the prince is vacant, the Great Jin Dynasty is once again facing internal and external troubles, and the kings are ready to move again, and now there are very few troops in the imperial city, and the gate lords and scholars are only watching from the wall, and only the big Sima ......"

Before she finished speaking, she saw the Queen Mother, who had been sitting on the thin ball with her back to her and bent knees, suddenly stood up, and as she got up, a fierce and luxurious aura pressed down from the sky above her head.

Miaowei couldn't help but breathe for a while, and after a long time, she bit her lower lip as if she had made up her mind, kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Chu again, and said: "Niangniang, the slave maid wants to give up the country to others, it is better to hand over the authority to Huan Da Sima, at least Da Sima Nian has been in love with Niangniang for many years, and he will not let Niangniang ......"

Years of affection?

Empress Dowager Chu suddenly sneered and shouted, "Someone! ”

The two guards immediately stepped forward and placed two spears around the palace maid's neck.

Miaowei's expression changed greatly, and she shouted in horror: "Niangniang, why is this? ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a snap, and a hot pain suddenly appeared on her cheeks, but it was Mama Lin who slapped her in the face.

"Why? You betrayed your mother, fornicated with foreign enemies, and betrayed your boss for glory! Mama Lin shouted.

"Mother, the slave is wronged!"

Miao Wei struggled and shouted, Empress Dowager Chu laughed again, in front of this solemn but empty and lonely Buddha hall, she stepped on the high-toothed clogs and calmly walked in front of her.

"Huanjia Yulang, as bright as the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, fluttering like the wind under the forest, has made many healthy noblewomen dazzled and fascinated, and flocked to it." She said with a smile on her face, and asked, "Are you one of them?" ”

At the mention of the four words Huan Jia Yulang, Miaowei's beautiful face was unconsciously dyed with a flush.

"Ten years ago, when the mourning family ascended to the back position, they said that if you were allowed to give him a concubine, you were willing to beg the mourning family to keep you, and at that time, I regarded you as the most trustworthy person around me and believed in you."

Miaowei looked panicked, and was wondering why Empress Dowager Chu mentioned this matter, but when she suddenly changed her words, she suddenly said: "However, the mourning family never thought that the henchmen I have carefully cultivated for ten years turned out to be the sword that really hangs above my head!" ”

"...... What the hell are you talking about, mother? ”

Empress Dowager Chu didn't answer again, and at this time Mama Lin shouted: "Miaowei, until now, you still dare to deceive Niangniang, it was you who stole Niangniang's forbidden army talisman and passed the news of the prince's critical illness to the King of the East China Sea, attracting the Xianbei general Murong Ke to enter the city, so that Da Sima created this opportunity for King Qin, it was you who joined forces with Da Sima to launch this bloody coup!" You don't know your sin! ”

"Mother's ......"

As if unexpectedly, Miaowei's body trembled sharply, wanting to argue, but at this time, the two guards violently lifted her up, and the palace maid who felt the danger was attacking couldn't help but shout in fright: "Niangniang, Niangniang...... Ah Wei didn't do anything wrong, Da Sima assisted me in the Jin Dynasty for more than ten years, and has always worked hand in hand with Niangniang to advance and retreat, calm the civil strife, and resist foreign enemies in the north, his loyalty is the sun and the moon, if it weren't for Niangniang to listen to the villain's gluttony, why did he force him to get to this point......"

If it weren't for the mother's greed to listen to the villain's words, why would she force him to get to this point!

Really? After more than ten years of help, more than ten years of sharing honor and disgrace, he really wants nothing else?

Empress Dowager Chu's expression changed slightly, and her eyes seemed to be full of sadness, or ridicule.

And at this moment, the palace maid who was dragged outside the hall saw that begging for mercy was useless, and scolded wildly: "Gu family, you are just an impostor, if it weren't for the planning and assistance of Da Sima, how could you get today's honor with your humble concubine who was abandoned by the family!" ”

"You Kefukezi, the harem is filthy, it has long been intolerable to the world, for your own selfishness, in order to block those leisurely mouths, you want to destroy the full door of Da Sima, you poisonous woman......"

"Shut her mouth!" Mama Lin immediately commanded, and turned to the back of the Empress Dowager Chu.

The voice outside the Xianyang Hall gradually faded away, and then stopped abruptly, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall couldn't help but bow their heads in shock, and no one dared to speak for a long time, so except for Mama Lin, no one saw that the Empress Dowager Chu, who had always been unfazed and graceful, also had a trace of pain in her eyes at this time, and a trace of sadness.

Gu's, how many years no one dares to call her like this, from the day he was sent to the Langya Palace, she has been crowned with the surname of her husband since then, from the Langya princess, to the concubine, to the queen, the queen mother, for more than ten years, she has been walking on Pu Bing, step by step, fighting with the concubines in the palace, and then fighting with those cunning men in the court, everyone wants to call her the queen mother, but today, even she herself is gradually about to forget the original surname, the original family.

Yes, she is not surnamed Chu at all, she is just an impostor, an impostor he used to deceive the Sima clan and consolidate the imperial power.

How ridiculous, in order to stay by his side, she was willing to drink the bowl of water that erased her memory, and from then on, she put aside her family and completely became his person, serving him in life and death, thinking that her desperate efforts would at least get a sincere heart, but where could she have thought that after she gave herself to him with joy, what she got was not his promise not to leave, but a mission that imprisoned her for a lifetime.

Like Chun Shenjun, he dedicated her pregnant to the Langya King who is expected to become the crown prince, and then the Langya King inherited the throne, she became the queen without hindrance because of the birth of the heir, but in less than three years, her husband died of illness, she became the second queen mother of the Jin Dynasty to listen to the government, and sat in this position for ten years.

And none of these six emperors died of sudden illness like her husband.

She knew that from the moment she met him, she was just a pawn in his hand, a bloody blade, but she didn't expect that her hands would be stained with so much blood.

She repaid the kindness of his life, but in the end she left herself covered in dirt and devastation.

Now, when the value of her chess piece is exhausted, it is time for him to come, and take away all that he planned from her with thousands of troops and horses!

Empress Dowager Chu smiled, looked at the fire outside the hall that lit up the sky gradually approaching, and suddenly ordered, "Mama Lin, bring the mourning family's makeup!" ”

"Mother-"

Mama Lin was shocked, and replied helplessly, turned around and ran into the Empress Dowager Chu's bedroom, and presented the makeup with the jade seal in front of her.

Empress Dowager Chu took out an object from the makeup and handed it to Mama Lin, and suddenly said, "Mama, let's go!" ”

"Niangniang......" Mama Lin seemed to expect something, and knelt down in horror.

"Let's go!" Empress Dowager Chu spoke, then looked at the palace maids who were looking at her with pleading eyes, and said again, "Let's go!" Go and tell Da Sima that the mourning family will do what he wishes, and promise to save your lives! ”

The palace maids and eunuchs were overjoyed when they heard this, and they left like birds and beasts.

Empress Dowager Chu took out another thing from the makeup, and Mama Lin couldn't help but pounce in horror when she saw it.

"Mama, the mourning family is just a woman, how many years has the mourning family been scolded Si Chen, in the end, there must be a time for the mourning family to prove their innocence! It should also be the last good thing to do for the people! ”

"Mother...... "Mama Lin couldn't help choking.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Chu had already lifted the jade pot and filled herself with a glass of wine.

Mama Lin wanted to stop her, but she heard her whisper: "I want to know you and live a long life." Because of the promise of this sentence, the mourning family drew the ground as a prison and imprisoned himself for a lifetime! ”

"Mama, the mourning family doesn't want to see him again, the mourning family is dead, and I don't want to hear him say a word again, he lied to me, he lied to me for a lifetime!"

Because of this almost inaudible sentence, Mama Lin finally cried out without words, and finally slowly let go and slowly fell to her knees!

The torches approached, the sound of swords entered the ears, and the last gate of the temple finally burst open, and the rebels poured in like a tide!

……

On the cold winter night of the seventh year of the Great Jin Dynasty, the prince died, and the gate lord clan led by Huan Che raised troops to launch a rebellion, wanting to expel the regent Empress Dowager Chu from the stage, and finally died in the deep palace.

When Huan Che rushed into the Xianyang Hall with the rebels, what he saw was the Empress Dowager Chu sitting on the Fengxian platform in a phoenix-crowned gorgeous dress, the nine-fold Chinese yarn hanging down from the steps, and a jade bottle just slipped from her white hands, sprinkling a few blush on the mahogany floor.

The wind is blowing, a silk silk floats over, and the beautiful font written in blood on it is presented in front of you - Huan Che, the country is for you, never see each other!

The country is for you, never to see each other!

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