Miaoyi took out a scroll from her bosom, handed it to Su Mi and said with a smile: "This is the portrait of the former owner here." ”

Su Mi opened the painting scroll, and her face couldn't help but show a look of amazement, the painting was a green-clothed beauty, peerless, she had seen countless beautiful women, but she had never seen a woman, as in the painting, her eyes were as innocent as a newborn baby, and the corners of her eyebrows were as charming as the most gorgeous peony.

It's just that between those eyebrows and eyes, Su Mi looked at an indescribable familiar feeling, as if he had seen it somewhere......

"How's this painting?" Without waiting for Su Mi to come up with anything, Miaoyi interrupted her thoughts and asked.

"Celestial Beauty." Su Mi exclaimed: "The painting is also of the highest quality, but it is ...... The painting seems to have taken a long time to complete, and the brushwork is very strange...... "She did not skimp on her praise, and was able to express such a contradictory temperament of the person in the painting, and the painting skills of this artist are very exquisite." However, Su Mi saw that there was something strange about this brushwork, and she didn't know how to explain it, which gave her the feeling that it had taken a long time to complete, and she seemed to be unfinished and hesitant to look at the brushwork.

"I didn't expect Lian Jieyu to also have research on painting." Concubine Miaoyi smiled: "You are right, this painting has been painted for three years. And it was painted by the artist according to the deep impression in his memory. ”

"By the time the painting was completed, the concubine had already passed away for more than ten years, and this place had already been desolate." She looked around and said: "A few years ago, this was originally a place to be demolished, but unfortunately because it happened that the former dynasty Dingguo Gonglian suffered a defeat, and the palace was nervous, so it was delayed and has been delayed until now. In fact, if the Queen Mother and her old man knew that there were still people who would think about this place from time to time, I am afraid that they would not have written to ask the emperor to be thrifty and delay the project, after all, compared to their own virtuous reputation, or the secrets contained here are more important. ”

Su Mi's heart "chuckled" for a moment, only to feel a stagnant feeling in her heart pressing up, and she intuitively felt that the secret that Miaoyi was about to reveal was not simple.

"I entered the palace in the fourteenth year of Emperor Xianqi," Miaoyi changed the topic and talked about her own affairs, "These must be Jieyu's knows, right?" ”

Su Mi nodded frankly, she had sent someone to investigate Concubine Miaoyi's past.

"I haven't lived in this palace for more than ten years, but the days of my life have been exhausted," Miaoyi smiled sadly, "When I entered the palace, the scenery was infinite, but after all, I was young and vigorous, I don't know...... This harem seems to be full of flowers, but it is actually filthy. ”

"If you don't want to be favored at the beginning, you know how to hide your foolishness and clumsiness, but you can live for a long time, if you are favored, on the surface it looks like the scenery is infinite, but in fact it is on the cusp of the storm, killing every step of the way, and a slight mistake is a fall from grace and a crime, and the deep palace is lonely. It's good if you just fall out of favor and die, but it's even more unfortunate that even your family members are implicated and have no place to die. Miao Yi said, a flash of hatred flashed in her eyes,

Her father and brother died on the battlefield of Shu, and sure enough, there was an insider, Su Mi said secretly. She also sent someone to inquire about the ups and downs of Concubine Miaoyi in the palace, although they are all things on the surface, but she can also faintly feel the bitterness and hardships in that fall, and speculate that the inside story is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface.

"It's a pity that I'm in the palace, let alone avenge them, I can't even worship and collect the funeral." Concubine Miaoyi's voice was sad and desolate: "Fortunately, there is an old man who found the remains of his family for me after leaving the palace and returned to his homeland." ”

"The deceased?" Su Mi asked suspiciously.

Concubine Miaoyi didn't answer, she was already completely immersed in the memories. In the middle of the sound, she asked Su Mi: "Do you know that the first emperor Rongma destroyed countless countries and established supreme deeds in his life?" ”

Su Mi nodded, she naturally knew the exploits of Qi Long's father, the husband of the person in front of her, and the previous generation of Qi Emperor, Qi Wu Emperor Qi Min. It was in his hands that Daqi changed from a medium-power country to the number one power it is today. Although it has a certain relationship with the strong support of the martial arts people called by the withered leaf Zen master, the more important reason is that Emperor Qi Wu himself is indeed a stunning monarch.

Qi Long was arrogant and often mentioned his father, and the foundation of the first emperor was an insurmountable mountain for him. He is bent on surpassing his father and becoming the overlord of today, and this ambition is mostly influenced by the first emperor, and sometimes, she can feel Qi Long's reverence and ambivalence for this great father from the idle conversation.

"The first emperor was a lustful and amorous man," Miaoyi continued,

Lustful I'm afraid yes, amorous may not be, Su Mi secretly said in his heart, compared with his exploits, Emperor Qiwu's harem is also or even more famous among the people, every time a country is destroyed, he will put his concubine Zongji into the court, plus the palace concubines who came in through many channels such as folk selection, official drafts, etc., when Emperor Qi Wu died, there were nearly 1,000 concubines left behind.

Although it is not as good as the magnificent scene of more than 10,000 palace concubines in the previous dynasty, it is also rare among the emperors of the past dynasties.

"The first emperor not only loved beauty, but also liked to collect pictures of beauties."

This Su Mi also knows, I heard that Emperor Qi Wu never forgot the five beautiful pictures, and Qi Long also said that he would collect the five pictures and burn them together to worship his father.

And in today's world, the best painter to depict beauties is Dong Qianguang of Liang Guo, who can be called a contemporary person, that Dong Qianguang is also a unique genius in the world, bent on looking for beauties all over the world, drawing into a picture, the beauty picture he depicted is circulated, it can be said that it is worth a thousand gold, and the rich and noble people at that time are not asking for it. The first emperor also admired his paintings, that Dong Qianguang to the end, it is said that he has seen the most beautiful five women in his life into a picture, only a few flowers representing the beauty of the picture were painted, but did not paint a real person, and claimed that his limited pen power could not draw the beauty of the real person, so he could only use flowers as a metaphor. Because there are only five such paintings, they are called five beautiful pictures by the world, but I don't know that this makes all the lustful people in the world flock to it and miss it. ”

And what kind of characters are in those five beautiful pictures, because there are no characters in the picture, and Dong everyone doesn't want to explain it, so most people in the world don't know. But there is one person who is no longer clear, that is, Shen Luyi, the favorite concubine of the last emperor of the Liang State at that time. ”

Su Mi is also familiar with Shen Luyi, and this incident is an anecdote that has been widely circulated in the world.

It is said that Emperor Wu of Qi was lustful and coveted Shen Luyi's beauty, so much so that it was rumored that it was for Shen Luyi that he attacked the Liang State and destroyed it.

In fact, the reason that really made the world rage at this time was that when Emperor Qi Wu attacked the capital of Liang, he did send someone to order Emperor Liang Shun, the last emperor of Liang, to sacrifice his favorite concubine, when Shen Luyi had just given birth to the last prince of Liang for Emperor Shun. While still sitting on the throne, I learned the news. She is a chaste woman, when she heard that she summoned the disaster of swords and soldiers for the country, she was heartbroken, in order to make Emperor Qi Wu die, even after the siege of the Liang army for three months, before a war, in front of the soldiers of the two armies, jumped from the towering city, jumped down from the high city, at that time, the soldiers of the two armies were shocked and discolored, Emperor Qi Wu was even more heartbroken, and hurriedly ordered someone to rescue, but unfortunately after all, it was a lack of skills, and the beauty died of incense.

Emperor Wu of Qi was furious after asking for the beauty and ordered his soldiers to storm Liang Jing, and finally captured the city. This makes the world praise a chaste martyr at the same time, but also do not forget to add a lot of ironclad evidence of the red face and disaster in the history books, and at the same time, it also makes the folk ordinary pawns have another topic full of taste after tea and dinner.

Of course, there are rumors in the street corners and alleys that Emperor Liang Shun saw that the general trend was gone and wanted to sacrifice his favorite concubine, but Shen Luyi was chaste and self-guarded and categorically refused, so he jumped off the city on the spot; Some people also say that Emperor Liang Shun knew that he would die, so in order to make Emperor Wu die, he pushed Shen Luyi off the city and buried him; There is also a legend that Shen Luyi was not actually dead, he was saved by Emperor Wu again, and then the beauty accompanied the hero...... In short, all kinds of rumors extend under the rich imagination of the common people, whether fragrant or sad, all built on the blood of a hard-working woman who amazed the soldiers of the three armies and the emperors of the two countries.

For the peerless legend of a generation of beauties like Shen Luyi, Su Mi certainly has her own feelings and opinions, but now Miaoyi mentioned her for what? She looked at Concubine Miaoyi in bewilderment.

"There are also all kinds of rumors about this anecdote among the people," Concubine Miaoyi paused and said, "Although they are all made up out of nothing, there is one rumor that is coincidentally made up." ”

She turned her head, looked at Su Mi, and said word by word: "Shen Luyi really didn't die at that time. ”

Su Mi was startled, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, she only felt as if she had captured something, but she didn't seem to understand anything, she looked at Concubine Miaoyi eagerly, and her heart began to beat "dong dong".

Shen Luyi, the first beauty of the old Liang, twenty years ago, the favorite concubine of Emperor Qi Wu, and the person in the painting is vaguely familiar...... The news flashed through her mind one by one, and a vague thought suddenly took shape in her heart, and Su Mi was so shocked that she could barely sit still. She looked at Concubine Miaoyi with three points of horror and seven points of expectation in her eyes.

Concubine Miaoyi smiled, the woman in front of her was indeed smart, she should have grasped the clue, she was just about to continue, suddenly there were a few noises outside, and it seemed that someone was gradually approaching.

"Who is it?" Both stood up and looked out the window.

In the distance, the voices of several little eunuchs calling out loudly, "Lian Jieyu! "It seems that he is looking for Su Mi.

"Someone has found it, you can go out first." Miao Yi said, "We'll talk about it another day." ”

Su Mi nodded, walked out of the palace gate, she rounded the corner and turned south, walked through a bush, and walked out from the other direction.

"What's the matter?" Su Mi asked.

A few little eunuchs who were looking for someone turned around and saw Su Mi coming out from behind the flowers, and hurriedly greeted him, "Jieyu Niangniang, why did you come here?" The emperor asked about you just now. ”

Su Mi naturally responded and followed a few people back.

The candles at night were bright and moving, and it was almost midnight after the feast. Su Mi returned to Caiwei Palace, sat in front of the pear wood dresser, Mi Qing helped her remove the hairpin ring on her head, Su Mi looked at her face in the bronze mirror, and suddenly smiled, "Have you heard any rare rumors in the palace recently?" ”

Mi Qing's hand froze, and Su Mi knew that she must have thought of the rumor on herself.

"Niangniang means ......," Mi Qing replied with a flash.

"It doesn't matter, such sensational rumors naturally need to be dealt with even more sensational." Su Mi smiled charmingly. She took out the portrait she had just gotten from Miaoyi and unfolded it.

Mi Qing saw the portrait on it by the candle flame, and couldn't help but exclaim, "What a beautiful person." ”

Su Mi nodded, she was indeed a peerless beauty, "Do you look at this picture a little familiar?" ”

Mi Qing looked at the beauty in the painting suspiciously, hesitated for a while, and said, "It's a bit like ......."

"Like whom?" Su Mi raised her eyebrows and asked.

"This ...... The eyebrows seem to be a little ...... Like the emperor. Mi Qing whispered.

All kinds of speculations and rumors about the newly favored Lian Jieyu on the way to worship gradually subsided in the palace, and occasionally someone said it, and if they couldn't say a word, there would be palace people who cautiously pointed in the direction of Xifu Palace, and put their fingers to their mouths. They can ignore Lian Jieyu's grace, but the other person's majesty will automatically keep them silent.

At the same time, a more mysterious and sensational rumor began to spread slowly in the court, and everyone who talked about it would unconsciously look around, perhaps because the relationship was more important, so it was also extremely secretive and cautious.

"Where did you hear this rumor?" Listening to the words of the queen's report just now, the queen mother's calmness couldn't help but change color.

"It's from the palace on the side of the road." The queen looked at the face of the queen mother nervously, the current emperor is not the biological son of the queen mother, but the palace people, adopted by the queen mother, such rumors have appeared in the place where Qi Long succeeded to the throne, but it was quickly quelled because of the resolute disposal ban, and now who has turned it out?

Looking at the Queen Mother Tieqing's face, she hesitated for a moment and asked, "Queen Mother, what should I do now?" How could this matter be ...... again?"

Is it just a boring rumor of the palace people? It's impossible, this time the rumors and legends are clear, and even the palace where the emperor's biological mother originally lived was said,

"Who else knows what happened back then?" The Queen Mother thought for a while, knowing that the people in the Duyue Palace must be the ones who really knew about the things of the year, it is impossible for anyone to exist, even if it is a person who knows the slightest clue, it has already been dealt with completely, and now more than 20 years have passed, and the people in the palace have been rotated several times, and the palace people of that year, regardless of the master and slave, are no longer in the palace.

"By the way, Queen Mother, could it be those concubines?" The queen pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked.

"Now these concubines and concubines in the palace are all in the palace ten years later, and it is impossible to know about the events of that year." The Queen Mother shook her head and said.

"Although they are not the old people of the year, they have been in the palace for many years, and they may also hear some rumors." The queen said.

The Queen Mother thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "You said that on the day of the birthday banquet, who did you see when you asked Yurui to go to find Lianjieyu?" ”

"I met Concubine Miaoyi."

"Where did you see it?"

"It's in Xitou Ning Xinyuan...... the queen stopped, she suddenly thought, isn't Duyue Palace there?!

"And after that?" The Queen Mother asked reluctantly.

"After that...... Yurui and those minions were sent away by Concubine Miaoyi. ”

"In other words, where did the two go after no one saw them?" The Queen Mother's face was cloudy.

Later, when the emperor ordered the little eunuch to look for it, he saw Lian Jieyu walking out of the flowers alone, still near the Duyue Palace. But no one saw Concubine Miaoyi again. The queen said thoughtfully.

"In other words, during this period of time, no one knows if the two are together or what they said?" The Queen Mother sneered.

"Queen Mother, so it's Concubine Miaoyi......" the queen wondered.

"It's not necessarily her, but most of it can't get out of it," the Queen Mother closed her eyes and said with a sigh: "She has been respectful to me all these years, remembering my kindness in promoting her in front of the first emperor and letting her be favored again, I have always underestimated her." What did she think in private, and how much did she know about the events of the year......"

The concubine Miao was favored and pregnant, and she was in the limelight in the palace. There are even rumors that the first emperor promised her that if she gave birth to a prince, she would teach her personally, and she would inevitably raise a prince who she was satisfied with. Although Qi Long, who was under the knees of the Queen Mother, had the support of the Wang family, the first emperor was not very satisfied with it. made the queen mother, who was still the queen at the time, have to think about it. Concubine Miao, her father and brother happened to be generals under Wang Hao's banner, so the Queen Mother ordered Wang Hao to play a little trick when attacking Shu. The news of the death of her family in the war was sent to Concubine Miao, and sure enough, Concubine Miao had a miscarriage, and then it was logical to fall out of favor.

originally thought that everything was over, but after losing her favor, Concubine Miao, who was not very respectful to herself, gradually became servile, because she lost the emperor's favor, so she had to find a backer? Or is it an ulterior motive? The Queen Mother tried several times, she dealt with it calmly, and the Queen Mother gradually reassured her, and did not prevent her from returning to favor, and then she was still respectful to the Queen Mother, and even in order to let Qi Long ascend to the throne of the crown prince, she also made a lot of contributions to Qi Long's establishment of the prince, and the Queen Mother was completely relieved of her so far, she must not know what happened back then.

So after the first emperor died suddenly, she became a concubine safely.

Now that so many years have passed, could it be that she has been lurking and calculating since then?!

The Queen Mother felt her heart pounding.

"Queen Mother, it's better to ...... Concubine Miaoyi first," the queen suggested, and the queen mother naturally understood the unspoken half-sentence.

"No, now that the rumors have spread, I am afraid that it will make people suspicious for no reason, and now it doesn't matter what others say, the key is what the emperor thinks when he hears such rumors." The Queen Mother smiled bitterly, "This child has been suspicious since he was a child, and he is only afraid of ......"

"I have sent someone to secretly track down the rumor-mongers, and strictly ordered the palace people to silence them."

"This is useless, no matter how these words are passed on by those palace people with broken mouths, the key is whether they can enter the emperor's ears," the queen mother shook her head and said: "Since someone passed these words out at this time, it must be sure that the emperor will know, even if the palace people are stopped, they can't block the emperor's ears." ”

"So what about now?" The queen asked anxiously, she didn't understand the importance of this matter, did she just do nothing.

"Let's take care of Concubine Miaoyi secretly, and ask people to pay close attention to the movements." The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and said: "At present, if we make superfluous moves, we will be truthful, and now that your father is leading the army to go out, the emperor will not make any moves on the surface, but ......" The Queen Mother sighed, "It's hard to say in my heart." ”