Although it is late autumn in the southern hemisphere, I am still tanned into black charcoal in the past half month. I just went home yesterday, but I found that the network cable was all broken, and when I inquired, the property management explained that it was the community line upgrade that would be broken until the end of this week. In order to avoid everyone thinking that Sister Hai broke her promise, so I ran to the company in the name early in the morning to update, but tomorrow Saturday, the company does not work, so I can't go online, but the network cable will probably be available the night after tomorrow, please understand.

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(Do you remember the last episode of the previous chapter?) It was King Jing who said that he had objections...... ）

Xiao Jingyan's voice was not loud when he said this, but the whole tone revealed a fierce sonorous meaning, Emperor Liang's half-hanging eyebrows suddenly trembled, and slowly raised it, and his slightly cloudy eyes narrowed, and some sharp light flashed, which fell firmly on King Jing's face.

"You...... What's the objection? Emperor Liang's long tone couldn't hear joy and anger, but he didn't have much kindness. King Yu, who was sitting on his left-hand side, immediately adjusted his sitting posture respectfully, and the corners of his lips picked up, but this smug expression was immediately consciously controlled by himself.

King Jing didn't look at King Yu, but paused again and replied: "Erchen thinks that no matter what the case was back then, it was after all the pain of the royal family, and the loss of the court should be a blessing rather than a curse. Xia Shouzun has always been known for his iron fist, which is really admirable, but now that the rule of his father is not a troubled time, how can the word heavy canon be lightly mentioned? As for what is the way to rejuvenate the country and what is the way to die in the country, from afar, it is said that there are sages of the past dynasties who have written books and made speeches, and when I look closely, I see that there is my father and emperor Shengming, but Xia Shouzun only asked me if I was right, how dare I answer? ”

King Jing, who had never been known for his eloquence, replied to such a high-level remark, which surprised his opponents a little. King Yu straightened his waist and was about to refute two sentences, but Xia Jiang had already laughed and said, "In front of Your Majesty, it is common for people to have different political opinions. If Your Highness does not approve of my proposal, even if it is no, why is it so angry? Could it be that I just stabbed His Highness with something that upset you? Then the old minister will accompany him first. ”

"Yes, Jing Yan, you ......" King Yu was busy trying to help, and as soon as he said a few words, he received a quick glance from Xia Jiang, and immediately paused. He is a smart person, and in a flash, he understood that Xia Jiang didn't want the two of them to be too cooperative, so as not to arouse Emperor Liang's suspicions, and the words turned to the tip of his tongue, and he changed quickly, "...... What Jing Yan said is actually right, but his temper is a little bigger, but Xia Shouzun is also more careful, you know that Jing Yan is just so temperamental, so he won't have any other intentions, right? ”

"Whether His Royal Highness King Jing had other intentions or not, the old minister didn't hear it, but what you just said, 'no matter what the case was back then', the old minister didn't understand. This case was personally examined and approved by His Majesty one by one, and it was not unpleasant to say anything about it, could it be that His Royal Highness has not yet made the distinction clear until today? ”

In fact, at this time, King Jing only needs to explain a few words such as "I don't have this intention", "I don't have any objections to the facts of the case", and the matter will be torn apart, Xia Jiang is a veteran minister, after all, as a vassal, it is impossible to chase and fight indiscriminately, but King Jing is King Jing after all, and thirteen years of persistence and stubbornness are not something that can be smoothed out in just over half a year recently, and it can even be said that it is some truths that have been discovered one after another recently that have made the fire of anger in his heart burn more vigorously, so at this moment, Although he knew that Emperor Liang, who liked to listen or not on the surface, was actually waiting to see his reaction, Xiao Jingyan really couldn't make him ignore his true heart and say something sleek and flattering.

"How things happened back then, I really don't know, I only know that when I was ordered to send the East China Sea to leave the capital, King Qi was still a virtuous king admired by the world, Lin Shuai was still a meritorious loyalist, and the Red Flame Army was still a heroic teacher who protected the northern border of Daliang, but when I came back, I was told that they had become rebels, traitors, sinners, dead deaths, dead deaths, in addition to mass graves and spirit cards, I didn't even see a corpse, but how can I distinguish clearly?"

"I see," Xia Jiang nodded without moving, "It turns out that in the heart of His Highness, as long as you have the virtue and reputation of a virtuous king, the military merits of the Lord, and the heroic division of the generals, can you rebel?" ”

After Xia Jiang's malicious question, Meng Zhi tried his best to look at King Jing and suggest that he calm down. But the hot blood that has been boiling is difficult to cool down instantly, when the deepest and most painful wound in this life is crushed under the feet, the thirty-two-year-old Xiao Jingyan really can't let himself endure it: "The so-called rebellion has no real traces, and all I see is a report on the case of Xia Shouzun." ”

"No, you only saw Xia Shouzun's case report?" King Yu interjected softly, "Jing Yan, haven't you even seen the edict from your father's father?" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Liang, who was leaning on the pillow, finally put down the hand that was supporting the side of his forehead, sat up straight, stared at King Jing's eyes and said slowly: "Jing Yan, about my handling of the Chiyan case...... Do you have any grievances? ”

Although this sentence sounds ordinary, but a careful taste, in fact, it is already extremely heavy, King Jing immediately changed from sitting on the side to kneeling, bowed to the ground, but when he raised his head, what he said still did not mean to retreat.

"Erchen didn't have any dissatisfaction with his father, Erchen just thought that King Qi had always been ......"

"It's Xiao Jingyu!" Emperor Liang suddenly became angry and said in a loud voice, "What else is Lin Shuai, that's the rebel Lin Xie!" Have you learned how to prelude to you?! ”

King Jing bit his lower lip fiercely, the tooth marks were deep, and Fang stabilized the twitching muscles on his face. Meng Zhi immediately knelt down and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the New Year is approaching, please take a break from the anger of the Son of Heaven and calm the people's livelihood......"

"Jing Yan should not say a few words," King Yu also persuaded softly, "In front of me and my ministers, how can anyone so contradict my father?" ”

In fact, since the beginning of the debate, King Jing has only said two sentences to Emperor Liang, and these two sentences have no intention of contradicting each other, but as soon as the charge of King Yu is deducted, it seems that anything Jing Yan said is intentionally aimed at Emperor Liang, which is really a powerful soft knife.

Meng Zhi's forehead had begun to sweat a little, but he was not a quick and flexible person, and he couldn't think of any way to resolve the current situation for a while, but he was just anxious in his heart.

"Your Majesty......" Gao Zhan, who had been kneeling at the corner of the hall, quietly crawled over at this time, leaned into Emperor Liang's ear and whispered, "The slave dares to remind Your Majesty that the time for your daily foot bath is coming, and there is a message from Zhiluo Palace, and Concubine Jing has prepared it......"

Emperor Liang's chest was obviously undulating, and he looked at these people with different expressions at His Highness...... Meng Zhi, who was confused and uneasy, King Yu, who was trying to appear deferential and peaceful, Xia Jiang, who was expressionless, and King Jing, who was kneeling there and did not continue to plead, but did not ask for guilt.

The old emperor, who had passed his ears, suddenly felt deflated, closed his eyes and waved his hand weakly, and said, "Stand down, all retreat......

King Yu was slightly disappointed, and wanted to say more, but was stopped by Xia Jiang's eyes, so he had to endure it and salute and withdraw with everyone.

Outside the palace, King Jing stiffened his face, did not glance at the two companions, and walked away quickly. King Yu and the prince fought for many years to play the superficially harmonious Tai Chi Kung Fu, for the new opponent's cold and hard style is very uncomfortable, looking at his back blankly, it took a long time to stomp his feet, turned back and said: "Xia Shouzun, look at him like this......"

"It's not bloody. His Royal Highness was a little restless, and the old minister also retired. Xia Jiang replied briefly, arching his hand. King Yu understood why he was so cautious, looked left and right, said no more, and parted with him in return.

As soon as the three of them left, the emperor's chariot had been carried to the front of the Wuying Palace, Gao Zhan carefully helped Emperor Liang out, boarded the car and swayed towards Zhiluo Palace. In recent months, Emperor Liang's foot has suffered from wind attacks, and he is often in pain, and the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor has not had a great effect, but the medicinal bath and foot steaming therapy prepared for him by Concubine Jing can reduce the symptoms, so he goes there regularly every day, and Gao Zhan's reminder is not fake, but the timing is just a little more coincidental.

Of course, Concubine Jing didn't know about the turmoil in Wuying Palace, but even if she knew, it was difficult to say that her casual and peaceful attitude would change because of this. After taking the car into the palace, in addition to what should be said in response to etiquette, she didn't say a word, only busy serving Emperor Liang to half-lie down and half-sit down on the soft chair, remove shoes and socks for him, and steam his feet and massage. Usually at this time, Emperor Liang would talk to her to relieve her boredom, but today he was in an abnormal mood, and as soon as he sat down, he closed his eyes, as if he was asleep, only the three folds wrinkled between his eyebrows showed that he was unhappy. Concubine Jing didn't ask why, and when she saw him close his eyes, she took an incense towel, folded it warmly, and gently covered him over his eyes, and replaced it again every half an hour.

About half an hour later, after the steaming treatment was completed, Concubine Jing took the white socks made of old cloth and soft cotton for Emperor Liang to put on, put his legs flat on the stool that the palace maid had moved, and folded his ankles slightly higher, and then began to pound his legs. While he was busy, Emperor Liang suddenly reached out and took the incense towel from his eyes, leaned over and grabbed Concubine Jing's wrist, pulled her in front of him, and shouted, "Concubine Jing!" ”

"Yes," Concubine Jing was pulled over by him calmly, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

"You told me, what did you think of the case of Chiyan back then?"

Asked by this abrupt question, Concubine Jing's peaceful eyes rarely had a ripple, and she asked hesitantly, "Why did Your Majesty ask about this ......?"

"All you have to do is answer me. What the hell do you think, I have to listen to the truth. ”

Concubine Jing slowly put away her hand that was beating her legs, took a step back and knelt down, and bowed her head and said, "Your Majesty asked, and the concubine didn't dare not answer." It's just that no matter how the concubine answers, it will inevitably make His Majesty sad, so I will ask for my Majesty's forgiveness first. ”

Emperor Liang was slightly moved, sat up, and asked, "What do you say?" ”

"The concubine was born in the Lin Mansion, and she has a very close relationship with the concubine, and Your Majesty has long known it. If the concubine comments badly, won't Your Majesty be sad that Concubine Chen has no close friends in life and no remembrance in death? However, the case of Chiyan is handled by Your Majesty personally, with your Shengming, it must be to stabilize the court, if the concubine cares about the personal relationship with Concubine Chen, and exonerates the people in Chiyan, Your Majesty will inevitably think that the concubine does not understand your painstaking efforts to stabilize the overall situation...... The concubine is just a small concubine in the deep palace, no matter what her opinion on the Chiyan case is, it is a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning, but if your majesty is sad because of the concubine's answer, it is a great sin for the concubine, so the concubine is bold, please forgive your majesty in advance. After that, Concubine Jing bowed to the ground and bowed again, tears in her eyes bursting out of her eyes.

For Concubine Chen Lin Leyao, in fact, Emperor Liang himself has often secretly remembered and mourned over the years, so Concubine Jing mentioned the old relationship with her, which was the softest place in Emperor Liang's heart, not only did he not get angry because of this, but he had a sense of sympathy, stretched out his hand to signal Concubine Jing to approach, and sighed: "Forget it, you are as soft and kind as Concubine Chen, and I will not embarrass you." You're by my side, and I don't know you yet? After all, you are different from the queen and concubine, and the affairs outside the palace should not involve you, but ......"

Seeing Emperor Liang weeping and sad, Concubine Jing hurriedly took a handkerchief to clean her face with him, and said softly: "The concubine understands that His Majesty had the intention to open up to Concubine Chen, but you also know that although she is kind-hearted, she is a Jiangmen bloodline after all, and in the face of such a situation, she is naturally unwilling to live alone." Based on the concubine's understanding of her, it is not so much that she committed suicide because she was afraid of sin, but that she felt sorry for Your Majesty, and felt that she had nothing to love. ”

Concubine Jing's remarks made Emperor Liang feel very comfortable, and he couldn't help nodding again and again. To say that Emperor Liang was not ruthless to Concubine Chen, he was disthroned before his death, buried briefly after death, a thin coffin, a lonely grave, no monument mausoleum, no sacrifice, in addition to the fact that there was no explicit decree to make her commit suicide, the cool things that could be done were almost done, but now that she is old and reminiscent, she always chooses to think about her leniency for her, so as to win psychological comfort.

"After so many years, now you are the only person in this palace who dares to talk to me about Concubine Chen." Emperor Liang stroked the back of Concubine Jing's hand and said with emotion, "You entered the palace less than a year after Jing Yu was born, you naturally know how good I am to their mother and son...... The day before yesterday, I saw Yan Que, he rarely appeared in front of me all year round, I almost forgot about him, but when I saw him the day before yesterday, I found that there are some things that I can't forget at all......"

"The concubine is wondering why Your Majesty has a lot of emotions today, it turns out that it is because she has seen the ...... of Yanhou"

"Not really. The reason why I remembered these things was because Xia Jiang entered the palace today and told me that he had caught a Red Flame rebel who had slipped through the net......"

Concubine Jing was taken aback, and it took almost all her strength to control the hand she was holding without trembling, but her face couldn't help but change, she hurriedly lowered her head, stabilized her mind, and said for a long time: "It's been more than ten years...... I don't know who the rebel is? ”

"You don't know, it's Xiaoshu back then...... Belch...... It was a deputy general in the Red Feather Battalion back then, and his name was Wei Zheng. ”

Concubine Jing calmed down a little, secretly exhaled, and said, "How could it be? Didn't the case report back then say that the entire army of the Akabane Battalion was annihilated, and it should not have survived? ”

I thought so too, so I asked Xia Jiang specifically. He said that Wei Zheng had a big life, and originally he, as the head of the deputy general of Chibane, should indeed be in Meiling Beigu, but that day he happened to be ordered to go to the main camp of Nangu Chiyan on business, so he had a glimmer of life to escape. If he was still in Northvalley, he probably wouldn't even have a skeleton by now. ”

Speaking of Wei Zheng, Emperor Liang lost the warmth when he mentioned Concubine Chen, and his tone was cold. Concubine Jing only felt cold all over her body when she heard this, and she only relied on the deep control that she had cultivated for many years, and did not show any inappropriate expression.

Why was the Akabane Battalion in Kitaya killed by a hotter and more ruthless killer than the main camp back then, and the fire was wiped out so completely, in fact, Concubine Jing understood it in her heart.

Lin Shu, the commander of the Red Feather Battalion, the heroic son of the sky, is the only son of Marshal Lin Xie of Chiyan and the eldest princess of Jinyang, and has been the meat of the Empress Dowager's heart since she was a child. When the Chiyan case first broke out, the old empress dowager, who had gone through three dynasties but never interfered in court affairs, went to the Wuying Hall with her feet on her feet, and with tears on her face, she asked Emperor Liang to remove Lin Shu's name from the list of main culprits. For the Empress Dowager, who was already heartbroken at the time, she couldn't do it to save the Red Flame Army, but at the very least, she hoped to at least save the life of her great-grandson, who was only seventeen years old. However, what she didn't know was that Emperor Liang, who had made up his mind to withdraw the Red Flame Army, would never leave behind the young general who went to the battlefield at the age of thirteen, had a unique strategy, and had an undefeated reputation in all directions, so as to lay hidden dangers for himself. Therefore, although he was forced to reluctantly agree to the Empress Dowager and did not list Lin Shu as the main culprit who must be arrested, he still secretly ordered Xie Yu to ensure that Lin Shu did not have the slightest chance to escape with his life.

And the eldest princess of Jinyang, who had been quietly waiting for the news ahead, broke into the palace with a sword on the day she heard the bad news of her husband's death and son, and killed herself in front of the Chaoyang Palace in public, splashing blood on the jade steps.

However, the Empress Dowager's serious illness and the blood of the eldest princess of Jinyang did not stop Emperor Liang from re-establishing his iron fist of supreme monarchy, and three days later, Xiao Jingyu was given to die. On the same day, Concubine Chen committed suicide.

The once vigorous and talented Qi Wangfu disappeared, leaving only the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty from then on.

The concubine in the deep palace began to carve the coldness of the royal family into the bone marrow from that time. Among those who died, there was Lin Xie, who saved her life and regarded her as a sister, the eldest princess of Jinyang, who had a good relationship and admired each other, and Concubine Chen, who was dependent on each other in the palace and loved more than sisters, but she had to hide the tears shed for them, hide the resentment and anger in her heart, put away all her wisdom and emotions, and stay in a corner of the deep palace like an invisible person, waiting for the unknown ending.

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