Chapter 229: The Secret of the Year
"It was Concubine Rou Niangniang who sent us to kill the Twelve Highnesses, and that day we pretended to be separated from the Twelve Highnesses, and then the assassins took the opportunity to chase and kill the Twelve Highnesses, but on the way, we met the Nine Highnesses and the Fourth Highnesses to rescue them, and the Twelve Highnesses escaped." There was no need to ask, the strong man opened his mouth and directly told the events of the day.
"Later, after the Ninth Highness and the Fourth Highness left, the Twelfth Highness escaped, and we waited for the Fourth Highness and the Ninth Highness to leave, and then killed the Twelfth Highness again." The strong man spoke.
The strong man's words made everyone sigh, and they couldn't believe it, could it really be that Concubine Rou assigned someone to kill the twelve princes Bei Liuliang.
Concubine Rou's heart was cold, she didn't expect her own henchmen to betray her, Concubine Rou didn't know that the man at this moment didn't want to live, only to die.
"Seeing that this person is scarred, I am afraid that His Royal Highness the Ninth will be beaten into a trick, which is really unconvincing." Concubine Rou said.
Beiliuyun was not in a hurry, just when everyone thought that Beiliuyun had any new evidence, they saw him turn his head and say to Beiliuguang: "Please abolish the Queen Mother." ”
Bei Liuguang was stunned: "This... The evidence that Brother Jiu said is insufficient, and it is really not enough to abolish the Queen Mother. ”
Bei Liuguang refused simply, but he was not deterred by Bei Liuyun's momentum.
"Since His Royal Highness has been reluctant to make a decision, it seems that the emperor of Beiyan can only do it by another person." Beiliuyun opened his mouth lightly, but everyone was shocked.
"Beiliuyun, are you planning to usurp the throne?" Zhao Zichuan asked sharply.
A flash of disdain flashed in Beiliuyun's eyes: "Have you ever seen a person who plots to usurp the throne stand so openly above the court?" ”
Zhao Zichuan was speechless for a while, thinking of the series of methods of this man he had seen when the Zhao family defected to Beiliuyun, and his heart was a little cold.
No one dared to make a sound for a while, and Beiliuyun continued casually: "The palace sent people to search the imperial mausoleum, and found the ashes buried in the name of Beiliuguang, and the altar was engraved with the birth date of the deceased. ”
Concubine Rou's face turned pale, and she stood up from the phoenix chair with some shaking, and her steps on her head trembled.
"The altar is exquisite, with dragon patterns tattooed on it, but the palace thinks that Niangniang's child was not dead, and now she has become the emperor of Beiyan, so don't place this impure blood in the imperial tomb, so as not to confuse the royal bloodline." The North Flowing Cloud opened quietly.
At this time, the commander of the West Factory handed over a delicate jar, which had a dragon pattern of pinched gold wire, and the colorful glazed green bronzing was lifelike, decorated with precious gems.
The jar swirled gently in the man's slender fingers, like a delicate work of art.
Concubine Rou held the phoenix chair with one hand, her eyes fell tightly on Beiliuyun's hand, and she never spoke.
The ministers sensed that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and one of them spoke: "That's true, since Niangniang thought that the dead child was not dead, it can only mean that the ashes in this imperial tomb are not Niangniang's bloodline at all, so it is better to remove the imperial tomb as soon as possible, so as not to confuse the royal bloodline." ”
Concubine Rou's lips trembled a little, and she couldn't open her mouth no matter what she said.
Zhao Zichuan's heart also tightened, and he stepped forward and said: "Since it has been confirmed that he is indeed not of royal blood, it is also appropriate to remove the imperial tomb, but Your Highness the Ninth is that you search the imperial tomb without authorization and disturb the peace of the royal family, you are a little bold!" ”
Bei Liuyun gently unscrewed the lid of the jar with one hand, and said to Zhao Zichuan casually: "This palace kowtows, only looking forward to the return of my father, thinking that my father has been guarded by General Zhao before, but now that my father is missing, General Zhao has not even given an explanation, which is really chilling." So the palace had to carefully search any suspicious places. ”
Zhao Zichuan was speechless for a while, and his heart trembled a little, but thinking about the fact that the 100,000 army was now in his hands, he had a little confidence: "In your eyes, is there still His Majesty's existence!" ”
Beiliuyun did not rush to argue, held the open jar in one hand, and gently knocked the jar upside down.
Concubine Rou's eyes tightened, and the gray-white ashes drifted out little by little like fine sand, Concubine Rou finally couldn't hold it back, and staggered down from the phoenix chair: "Don't!" No! ”
Without waiting for Bei Liuyun's movements to continue, Concubine Rou had already stepped on the long phoenix robe, rushed to him between falling and getting up, and grabbed the jar in Bei Liuyun's hand tightly with both hands.
Beiliuyun didn't compete with her, but just quietly looked at Concubine Rou with red eyes.
Bei Liuguang stood on the dragon chair and watched Concubine Rou's reaction, puzzled, and didn't know why she cared so much about the fake ashes of herself.
Concubine Rou had tears in her eyes, and a touch of ruthlessness flashed under the tears, looking at Beiliuyun's eyes without concealing her killing intent.
The ministers were also puzzled by Concubine Rou's reaction for a while, what the hell is going on?
"Now the North Streamer on the dragon chair is not fake at all, he is not royal blood! You shouldn't be on the dragon chair at all! Beiliuyun said sharply.
"You talk nonsense!" Concubine Rou roared with red eyes, holding the altar of ashes tightly in her arms.
A touch of chagrin flashed in Zhao Zichuan's eyes, but Bei Liuyun continued: "The real Bei Liuguang has long since died, and the corpse happens to be the ashes in your arms, you just found a person with a similar appearance to confuse everyone, so the current Bei Liuguang is simply fake!" ”
"Nonsense!" Concubine Rou's father said sharply.
Bei Liuyun said unhurriedly: "If the Bei Liuguang on the dragon chair is really the bloodline of Concubine Rou, after the new emperor ascended the throne, why did Concubine Rou keep listening to the government, and why did she refuse to hand over all the state affairs to Bei Liuguang?" ”
The ministers suddenly realized for a while, it turned out to be like this, then it is no wonder that Concubine Rou cares so much about the irrelevant ashes of this altar!
Bei Liuguang on the dragon chair staggered, a little unable to believe that his mother, who had been writing to himself since he was a child, and giving him infinite warmth and care was fake, no, he didn't believe it... But indeed, as Beiliuyun said, if everything is not fake, why does she control the government and refuse to let go, why does she care so much about the ashes, why is she a mother who can't bear to be separated from her own flesh and blood for more than ten years...
Bei Liuguang ran down from the dragon chair and ran to Concubine Rou: "No, it's not true.. You said you were my mother's... You told me that a short separation is for a long time together... Why did you lie to me, why did you lie to me! ”
Bei Liuguang looked at Concubine Rou angrily, all these years, he has been living outside the palace, all day long he is facing the endless teaching of Mr. Xi, and the never-ending knowledge of conspiracy, every lonely and boring day and night, is because of a letter from her and persevered, but now, they told him that he is just a chess piece in her hand, all together are fake, fake!
This made Bei Liuguang, who had been burdened with everyone's countless expectations since he was a child, unable to bear it for a while, and roared at Concubine Rou with red eyes: "You liar! You liar, you're just using me, you're just using me! ”
The tears in Concubine Rou's eyes burst down in an instant, like a rushing river, sliding down drop by drop: "No, Guang'er, you have to believe in your mother.. You have to believe in my mother..."
Concubine Rou put the jar in her hand on the ground, stepped forward to hug Bei Liuguang, and comforted: "You have to believe in your mother, your mother didn't lie to you, your mother really didn't lie to you, your mother has been hanging the curtain to listen to the government, because she is afraid that you will not be able to control the government for a while, you are the first emperor, and your mother can not rest assured." ”
Bei Liuguang did not quiet down because of this, looking at Concubine Rou's eyes with deep scrutiny and suspicion.
Bei Liuyun took the reaction of the two in his eyes, stood aside and said quietly: "Niangniang's words are also interesting, Your Majesty has been meticulous and carefully cultivated since he was a child, but in the end, he is not as good as Niangniang and a woman." ”
When Bei Liuguang heard this, he became restless again: "Yes, you are just a woman, but you can't rest assured that I am in charge of the world, since this is the case, why don't you become the emperor yourself, what do you want me to do, you liar!" ”
Bei Liuguang was furious, Concubine Rou looked at the doubt and anger in his eyes, tears kept flowing, she wanted to explain something, but she couldn't speak, she could only keep repeating: "You have to believe in Mother... You're really a mother's child.. You have to believe in my mother..."
Bei Liuguang didn't wait for the explanation he wanted, and he was a little disheartened and disappointed.
looked at the delicate jar on the ground on the side, pushed away Concubine Rou, and kicked it over.
'Smack! 'Boom.
The porcelain altar exploded in an instant, and the gray-white ashes filled the sky.
Everyone was stunned, but they didn't expect Bei Liuguang to really kick the ashes away.
Concubine Rou came back to her senses, staggered to her feet, pushed Bei Liuguang away, and roared: "He's your brother!" ”
Bei Liuguang was stunned for a moment, and everyone didn't react, but Concubine Rou trembled and raised her hand to slowly pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground: "Guang'er.. Mother, I'm sorry for you... Mother, I'm sorry for you..."
No matter how they were pieced together, the broken porcelain pieces were difficult to recover, and Concubine Rou's hands became bloody.
The scattered ashes were spread in a thin layer on the red carpet, and the wind outside the temple blew and disappeared into a touch of light sand.
Concubine Rou knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, holding the broken porcelain piece tightly with both hands: "Guang'er.. Light..."
The delicate bun was crumbling, the beads on her head were scattered, and she was embarrassed by a luxurious phoenix robe, and she no longer saw the calmness and demeanor when she sat on the phoenix chair a moment ago.
Many ministers have been thinking in their hearts, some people can't figure out the situation for a while, and some people have already guessed the truth of the matter.
Bei Liuguang stood in place a little dazed, his brother... His older brother...
Slowly stepped forward, looked at Concubine Rou and said, "Who am I?" Who the hell am I!! Am I your child or not! ”
Concubine Rou glanced at him painfully, slowly raised her hand, and grabbed his wrist: "You are my mother's child.. It's my mother's brightness.."
"That's... So who is he! Bei Liuguang took a step back in disbelief and pointed to the ashes scattered all over the place.
"She's your brother Bei Liuguang." Concubine Rou slowly stood up from the ground.
Walking in front of Beiliuyun step by step, his words were a little sharp: "It is worthy of His Royal Highness the Nine, the secret that has been buried in this palace for many years, I thought that I would die here, and I didn't want to be discovered by you." ”
"This palace has to admire Niangniang's good intentions and good means, I thought that Niangniang was just a female Zhuge and strategized, but now it seems that Niangniang is a loving mother, and she is really affectionate for her own pair of heirs." Beiliuyun opened his mouth casually.
Concubine Rou sneered: "So what? Even though this palace has carefully laid out this game of chess, no one can deny that Liang'er is the biological flesh and blood of the first emperor, and he is the rightful emperor of Beiyan today! ”
Bei Liuguang staggered back a step, it turned out that he was not called Bei Liuguang, but Bei Liuliang.
Concubine Rou looked at the glass-colored eyes of Shangbei Liuyun, as if she had seen the scene of the year.
Back then, after all kinds of forbearance, she finally got a noble son, not only that, but she was also diagnosed by the imperial doctor with the joy of having a twin.
Emperor Beiyan was overjoyed and favored her more and more, but she was afraid that the limelight would be too strong, and she repeatedly made some small mistakes, so that Emperor Beiyan sometimes blamed her or even alienated her.
When she was pregnant in October, she was cautious everywhere and put her mind on her children.
I thought it was foolproof, but who would have thought that on the day of production, something went wrong after all, and the two sons lost one of them, and the eldest son, Bei Liuguang, was born shortly after he was born, and he broke his breath in her arms.
To this day, she can still remember the feeling at that time, the cold that began to chill from the soles of her feet and kept cold everywhere in her body, the feeling of watching her child die little by little, but she couldn't do anything, the kind of regret, the kind of self-blame, the pain that was difficult to breathe, after several years, she still does not forget.
The gentle and soft body became stiff little by little, the bright eyes, closed little by little, and never opened again, the already weak cry became weaker and weaker, and at that moment, she felt that she had died with this child, and would never live again.
In this way, Bei Liuguang died, and she hugged her second child, Bei Liuliang tightly.
Xu is God's favor, this child is always fine, looking at his fleshy little face, her heart gradually softened.
A tear fell on the baby's cheek, and she only hated why a good brother was separated from life and death as soon as he was born.
Looking at those bright eyes, a touch of fear rose in her heart, she was afraid, afraid that in this deep palace, she would not be able to protect him, afraid that in these long years, she would lose him one day.
She didn't have a child anymore, she couldn't live without another child, and a great fear surrounded her, and she sat on the bed all night with the child in her arms.
I haven't slept all night, I haven't closed my eyes all night.
It wasn't until the next night that she finally made a decision.
The elder brother bought the palace people, and used a basket to carry a child who looked somewhat similar to Beiliuliang into the palace, and took the real Beiliuliang out of the palace gate and raised him carefully outside the palace.
It is precisely because of this that she indulges Beiliuliang, who is the Twelve Princes, and is extremely pampered, so that the child brought into the palace from outside the palace has become more and more arrogant and lawless.