Chapter 154: Selfishness
Chinese Lou Yue, who had recovered his memory, rushed all the way to the city of Bianzhou and asked to see Su Liuying.
The guards of Bianzhou City didn't know him, and now that the two countries were at war, it was the sensitive time when the grass and trees were all soldiers, and after seeing the clothes and clothes of the Hudi people on him, not only did they open the city gate to let him enter the city, but also guarded the sharp arrows in their hands aimed at Lou Yue and his party, forcing them to leave.
If it were normal times, Lou Yue would definitely come forward and fly into Bianzhou to see Su Liuying despite the rain of guns and arrows, but he also knew that now was a sensitive moment, and he was afraid that if he did this, he would deepen the contradictions between the two countries and be regarded as his provocation to Dayong.
Coupled with what he had done to Su Liuying before, he was afraid that his sudden and reckless entry into the city would make her hate herself more and more, so she finally endured the panic in her heart, put away her weapon, and pleaded to visit Princess Heshuo.
On the third day, Chen Taishou heard a report from the next person, saying that there were Hu Di people who refused to leave under the city gate and insisted on seeing the eldest princess.
When he saw clearly that the person standing below was Lou Yue, he couldn't help but look surprised. Lou Yue also recognized Chen Taishou, and when he saw him come out to see him, his heart was relieved, and he stood under the city wall and bowed his hand to him, and said loudly
"Lord Chen, I haven't seen you for a long time, can you help me pass the word down and let me see the eldest princess in the next place?" Chen Taishou's expression sank - Dayong was in the civil war, and the eldest princess Heshuo was ordered to take people back to Beijing to save the car, and Hu Di and Dayong were about to fight, but at this time, Hu Di must not let Hu Di know that Dayong is now in civil strife, let alone let this prince Hu Di enter the city and see the weak troops in Bianzhou City...... Chen Taishou said coldly
"The eldest prince go back, now that the war between the two countries is imminent, this gate will not be opened for the Hudi people." Hearing this, Lou Yue's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said
"My lord misunderstood, I just want to see the eldest princess. There is some misunderstanding between Xia and the eldest princess, and I want to explain it to her in person, and I hope that the adults will fulfill it! "Don't say that Su Liuying is not in the city at this time, even if she is, Chen Taishou doesn't want to let this prince Hu Di come to disturb their princess's heart again at this time, so he said coldly
"In what capacity did the eldest prince come to see our eldest princess? The eldest prince forgot why the former Taishou Su died because of it?! If you let the eldest princess meet you, and then you will be accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason, it will hurt our eldest princess - so, the eldest princess said, I don't see you! After that, without waiting for Lou Yue to answer, he turned around and left the city tower and didn't say anything more to him.
Lou Yue didn't believe that Su Liuying would be reluctant to see him, he guessed that Chen Taishou and the officers and soldiers guarding the city did not tell Su Liuying the news of his request to see him at all, so he sent out a ringing arrow made by himself outside Bianzhou City, hoping to lure the shadow guard or Su Liuying out to see him.
Lou Jiayingwei was originally founded by Lou Yue, and the Mingdi arrows that message each other were also designed by him himself, so he knew the practice of Mingdi arrows.
After the Ming Di arrow was released, Lou Yue waited hopefully for Su Liuying to come to see him, or the shadow guard to come to see him, so that he could also bring her news.
However, Su Liuying returned to Beijing to rescue the driver, did not take away a single soldier from Bianzhou, and left all the troops to guard Bianzhou, and only took away all the shadow guards, so no matter how Lou Yue waited outside the city, he did not wait for the people he wanted to see...... Lou Yue was not reconciled, but no matter how many Ming Di arrows he put outside the city, he couldn't wait for Su Liuying, or even the shadow guards.
And King Hu Di also sent someone to urge him to go back, bluntly saying that Hu Di's army was already assembled, the grain and grass were ready, and it would reach the border of Dayong in two months at the latest, and a war between the two countries was inevitable, so he immediately went back as the vanguard general...... Lou Yue had heard that King Hu Di was going to attack Dayong in Chengchou before, but he didn't expect everything to come so quickly, and Hu Di's army was about to sweep south.
He asked the palace people who passed the decree coldly,
"How many troops did Hu Di prepare for this southern expedition?" Palace humane
"600,000 troops." Lou Yue looked at the city gate standing high in front of him and said
"How many guards are there in Bianzhou?" The palace man looked at Lou Yue's expression cautiously and said proudly
"I heard that the eldest princess of Dayong holds the tiger talisman of 300,000 troops, plus the daily defenders of Bianzhou, there are about 400,000 troops less than ......" Hearing this, Lou Yue's brows tightened - with such a disparity in strength, it is difficult for Dayong to win.
What would she do if the two countries were to go to war? What is he going to do? Lou Yue's heart was painfully entangled, not knowing how to stop this big war...... On the other hand, Su Liuying, who didn't know that Lou Yue recovered his memory and went to Bianzhou to find him, took the shadow guard all the way to the capital, and wanted to return to the capital before the Southern Yunnan army entered Beijing.
However, Gu Xiao, the king of Southern Yunnan, had already thought that Emperor Jing Ming, who was forced to have no way out, would ask Su Liuying, the eldest princess, for help, so he actually set up an ambush early along the way to intercept Su Liuying.
However, Su Liuying did not return to Beijing with the ironclad soldiers, only a few dozen shadow guards followed, and the group disguised themselves as fleeing civilians to blend in the group of refugees entering Beijing, crossed the ambush of the King of Southern Yunnan, and returned to the capital.
And on the second day after Su Liuying entered the capital, the army of Southern Yunnan also approached the capital, and the 300,000 army surrounded the entire capital like an iron barrel, forcing Emperor Jingming to abdicate...... In Weiyang Palace, Emperor Jing Ming almost knelt down for Su Liuying.
In just half a year, Emperor Jing Ming is also a lot haggard, the riots and disasters caused by the snow disaster have not been resolved, and the king of Nandian has rebelled again, and now he has reached a desperate situation where the soldiers are approaching the city, so how can he, the new monarch who has just ascended the throne of God, be embarrassed?
He looked at Su Liuying, who was silent, with a panicked look, and said in a trembling voice
"Sister Huang...... The traitor is outside the city, and he will attack the city and force the palace soon, what should I do? What should I do with Dayong's country - Sister Huang, when will your ironclad army arrive? Looking at Emperor Jing Ming, who had long since lost the high-spirited and arrogant attitude he had at the beginning, Su Liuying said calmly
"How many guards are left in the capital now? How long can we still have food and grass? Emperor Jing Ming said with a white face
"There are less than 100,000 garrisons, but the grain and grass are enough...... I'm worried that the old thief of Gu Xiao won't besiege the city for too long, and will break through the city directly and enter the gate...... "Indeed, Emperor Jing Ming didn't guess wrong, Gu Xiao didn't intercept Su Liuying on the road, I didn't know that she had entered the capital a day earlier, I just thought that she was on the way with the ironclad army, so in order to fight quickly, she really wouldn't trap the city, and just wanted to break through the city gate as soon as possible and enter the palace, capture the emperor and establish himself as the king...... Looking at Emperor Jing Ming's flustered appearance, Su Liuying said
"If you drag him for five days, no matter how much he shouts outside the city, the emperor should not go out of the city to face the battle, just defend the city gate. Da Sima led the ironclad soldiers on the way to come, and it is expected that they will arrive in five days, and at that time, the ironclad army and the guards should be reconciled inside and outside, and they will definitely kill the old thief of Gu Xiao and quell the rebellion. With Su Liuying's words, Emperor Jing Ming's long-panicked heart finally settled down, even if he wondered in his heart, why Su Liuying's ironclad army would come into Li Xiu's hands, but at this time, no matter who it was, as long as he could help him defeat Gu Xiao, he couldn't ask for it.
Emperor Jing Ming, who was relieved, swept away the look of defeat on his face, and his face was radiant again, and he happily promised Su Liuying
"If the imperial sister can help me quell the rebellion this time, I will give another twenty cities at the border pass to the imperial sister as a fief, so that the imperial sister can enjoy endless glory and wealth......"
"And that Gu Xiao ......," Emperor Jing Ming gritted his teeth and said
"I must take off his head and punish him for the nine clans. All rebels, kill on the spot, to set an example - see who dares to rebel again!
Emperor Jing Ming said this half of hatred, but it still showed that he was frightened by this rebellion. Therefore, he will be determined to kill on a large scale and achieve the deterrence of killing chickens and monkeys. Su Liuying's brows furrowed unconsciously, and she got up and came to Emperor Jing Ming to retreat
"Your Majesty, if the ironclad army can successfully quell the rebellion this time, I don't need any fiefdom, only one request!" Emperor Jing Ming looked at her and hesitated
"What does the imperial sister want?" Su Liuying said
"Gu Xiao is probably damned, and it is also appropriate for the chaotic ministers and thieves who have caused chaos in the world and brought disaster to the people of the world to punish his nine clans, but please let the emperor let go of the soldiers in his hands and give them a chance to make up for their achievements!" Emperor Jing Ming looked at Su Liuying inexplicably, his eyes flashed with anger, and he said with a cold face
"The Southern Yunnan army is all rebels, how can we keep them? They are Gu Xiao's comrades, and they should all be killed! Su Liuying sighed
"Your Majesty, do you remember what I wrote to you before? Hu Dijun is really going south. King Hu Di now only hopes that our Dayong civil strife will be defeated and he will reap the benefits of the fishman......" After listening to Su Liuying's words, Jing Ming's face turned white again - at this time, Su Liuying would not lie to him again.
So, everything she said turned out to be true!?
"Your Majesty, a vicious battle between Dayong and Hu Di is inevitable. We can't kill each other internally, and it is the main thing to find a way to leave more soldiers to deal with Hu Di, so the Southern Yunnan army can't be killed, and they must be left to protect the country for the imperial court! At this time, no matter how suspicious Emperor Jing Ming was, he also felt Su Liuying's sincerity to Dayong, and his heart was finally moved, thinking that he had treated her like before, she could safely guard Bianzhou at this time and not risk returning to the capital to save herself.
But she returned here to be a common enemy with herself when the capital was in the most crisis, and she couldn't help but feel guilty
"Sister Huang is right, everything is up to Sister Huang." After discussing state affairs with Emperor Jing Ming, without caring about being tired, Su Liuying went to Concubine Ning's Changxin Palace.
After half a year, when she returned to Dayong's harem, Su Liuying felt that everything was so familiar, but it was very unfamiliar...... Because of the war outside the city, the entire harem was shrouded in silence and solemnity, and the masters and ladies of the harem were not as fierce as usual, and they began to worry about when the rebels outside the city would retreat and whether they would fight in the palace...... Ever since she heard that Su Liuying had returned to the palace, Concubine Ning had been standing at the gate of the palace with a big belly and looking forward to her.
Now seeing her appear on the path in front of the palace, I burst into tears of joy. Before she could catch up, Su Liuying had already stepped forward to support her and choked up
"...... I am back! The moment she saw Su Liuying, Concubine Ning's hanging heart instantly fell to the ground.
Both hands grabbed Su Liuying's hand tightly and said excitedly
"Hotaru, it's good for you to come back...... I'm not afraid if you come back! Su Liuying can understand Concubine Ning's state of mind, she can rely on her husband who left suddenly, leaving orphans and widows in this deep palace, and because she was favored in the palace before and was in charge of the harem, she naturally will inevitably offend people, so when she loses her support and rights, her life will be more difficult than other concubines, not to mention that she is still pregnant with the posthumous son of the first emperor in her belly...... I haven't seen her for half a year, Concubine Ning doesn't know if it's because of her pregnancy, or because she can't feel at peace, the whole person is strangely haggard, there is a desolate color between her eyebrows and eyes, and her face is not very good-looking.
Su Liuying helped her into the hall, looked at her expression, and wrinkled her eyebrows with concern
"Niangniang's blood is not very good, is it that the palace people waiting around her are not careful?" Concubine Ning smiled bitterly and didn't reply to her words, but turned her head and asked about Lou Yue.
After making a wish on the top of Cangshan that night, Su Liuying began to try to make herself forget about Lou Yue, so when she mentioned him in front of Concubine Ning again, her mind was much more balanced, and she indifferently told Concubine Ning everything that happened to Hu Di.
Hearing this, Concubine Ning stared at Su Liuying with wide eyes and disbelief, and she couldn't recover from Lou Yue's amnesia for a long time.
Su Liuying smiled bitterly
"Maybe from the beginning of the day, I have been inseparable from him, so ...... The child couldn't keep it, and he forgot about me. But now this situation is good for him......" In order to avoid Concubine Ning's panic, Su Liuying did not tell her what Hu Di had done.
Seeing that she said it easily, and her expression was full of grief that could not be concealed, Concubine Ning knew that she would not be able to let go of Lou Yue in her heart, and was about to open her mouth to comfort her a few words, just at this time, Lin Mu came to Changxin Palace to ask Concubine Ning for peace pulse, and when she saw Su Liuying, she was surprised and smiled happily at the same time.
"Wechen has seen the eldest princess. At this time, the eldest princess can come back, but it is a great luck. Seeing Lin Mu, Su Liuying remembered what she had told him when he left the palace before, so when he left after diagnosing his pulse, he said goodbye to Concubine Ning and sent him out.
As soon as he came out of Changxin Palace, Lin Mu's expression darkened, and Su Liuying's heart sank when he saw him, and he went straight to the point
"Lord Lin, what I entrusted you with before, do you have eyebrows?" Lin Mu's eyes sank, and he looked around silently, and said in a deep voice
"Weichen carefully checked the medical case of the first emperor nearly half a year before his death, and found that the first emperor's pulse was abnormal two months before his death, the pulse phase was sometimes disordered, and the liver fire was more vigorous than usual."
"But at that time, it was the beginning of autumn in September, the weather was dry, and the Tai Hospital probably thought that the first emperor was just a little hot, and at that time, there was an incident between Queen Lou and the Lou family, so they all thought that the various abnormalities in the first emperor's veins were caused by mood......" Su Liuying's heart tightened, and he asked in a serious voice
"What did Lord Lin find?" Lin Mu hesitated for a moment, and finally said in a deep voice
"Weichen suspects that the first emperor was scattered by someone." remembered that his father was poisoned and died, but it was consistent with what Lin Mu said.
Su Liuying stood with her back straight, but the cold sweat had soaked her middle clothes, she never thought that the murderer who killed her father would attack her father two months ago!
Suppressing the chill in his body, Su Liuying's eyes looked coldly at the dull sky outside the Quartet through the high palace court, gritted his teeth and trembled
"So...... My father was poisoned to death by Wushisan?! ”
"No, it was another poison that killed the first emperor." Su Liuying looked back at Lin Mu with a solemn face in horror and said in a trembling voice
"Another poison? What poison?! Lin Mu shook his head helplessly and said
"On the day of the first emperor's poisoning, Wei Chen's colleagues from the Tai Hospital were all rescuing the first emperor on the spot, but they found that the poison in the first emperor's body was very ruthless, not like what we came out of the Central Plains, so the colleagues in the Tai Hospital were at a loss, they didn't know what the poison was, and they couldn't concoct the antidote...... "Listening to Lin Mu reiterate the matter of his father's poisoning and death that day, a bright light flashed in Su Liuying's mind...... She gritted her teeth
"Have you found out who poisoned my father?" Lin Mu Road
"The first emperor has fallen into the coffin and entered the mausoleum, and there are not many people who know the inside story about his poisoning and death, but I am afraid that even the current emperor does not know the real cause of the emperor's death. The Tai Hospital was also banned from spreading the matter, so Wechen didn't dare to visit openly, so he could only investigate secretly, which made it a lot more difficult to do......"
"However, later, Wei Chen found out that another person in the palace died of this poison." Hearing this, Su Liuying's whole body trembled and said in a trembling voice
"Who is it?" Lin Mu Road
"The princess still remembers the Sui Jieyu who killed Yan'er. She died on the day of delivery, and even the child was suffocated to death in her womb...... "Su Liuying's legs were weak, and she hurriedly sat down on the cloister with the carved railing, panting heavily, and her head was roaring.
Is Sui'er dead? So, who was the one who poisoned her and her father? Could it be that this person has hatred with his father and Sui'er?
! Su Liuying's mind was full of Sui'er kneeling in the main hall of Weiyang Palace that night and kneeling down to herself for help, and the next moment, the figure of the murderer appeared in her mind.
It's Rongqing, it must be Rongqing! She hated her father, and that was because her father forced her to reconcile with Li Xiu! And she hated Sui'er, but because she later realized that her fake pregnancy was exposed by Sui'er, so she wanted to kill her and the child to vent her anger.
And the ruthless poison that Lin Mu said was very likely to be obtained by her from An Wang Louyu...... The dense chill spread from the soles of her feet to her whole body, and Su Liuying even felt cold in her hair.
She still remembers that before her father died, he not only asked her to shelter Concubine Ning, but also asked her to forgive Rong Qing in the end, saying that she was also a poor person, and she lost her mind for a person who didn't love her, and let her forgive her for the sake of her sisters...... Her whole body trembled, and Su Liuying thought incredibly, could it be that her father knew that it was Rong Qing who poisoned him, so he hid his poisoning, and specially asked himself to let Rong Qing go?
Su Liuying's heart was painful and cold, her mind was already in a mess after a thousand turns, and her face was as white as paper.
Looking at her description, Lin Mu guessed that she must have someone suspicious in her heart, and just reminded softly
"If the princess has the object of suspicion in her heart, it is the best, and she must be careful to watch out for this person in the future." Back in Weiyang Palace, Su Liuying was still in shock and couldn't come back to her senses, and it wasn't until Princess Linglan came to see her that she pressed the chill in her heart and gossiped with her.
She casually asked Ling Lan about the recent situation of everyone in the palace and said
"I don't know what Princess Rongqing has been busy with since I left?" Ling Lan said
"After the eldest sister left, the second sister moved into the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, and accompanied the Empress Dowager to chant sutras and chant Buddha every day, living in a simple house, and rarely appeared in front of everyone again." Hearing this, Su Liuying remembered that the previous Queen Lou also liked to chant and chant Buddha the most, and also set up a small Buddha hall in her Yongkun Palace, but when Qingxing had an accident, she ordered Lou Jiayingwei in front of the Buddha to kill herself and Li Xiu in the Buddha hall.
The hypocrisy and viciousness of the mother and son are exactly the same! At this time, someone came to Cining Palace, saying that the Empress Dowager wanted to see the eldest princess!
After Su Liuying resumed her status as the eldest princess, she has not been very well treated by the Empress Dowager, but she didn't expect that this time she would take the initiative to summon herself.
Doubts flashed in her heart, Su Liuying finally came to Cining Palace with the palace people. In the side hall of Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager sat on the soft couch by the window, looked at Su Liuying, who knelt down to greet her, raised her hand to let her get up, and said slowly
"I heard that you gave Li Xiu the talisman that your father handed over to you, and asked him to return to Beijing with 300,000 ironclad troops to escort him?" Su Liuying's heart tightened, and she said in a deep voice
"Yes......"
"Heh, your father's bones are not cold, but you have forgotten all your father's will - what did your father say when he demoted Li Xiu to Beijing, you can't return to Beijing without a will! Why did you let him come back? The Empress Dowager asked Su Liuying sharply, and her eyes also felt deep.
Su Liuying didn't expect that at such a moment, the Empress Dowager was still thinking about this, and couldn't help but say in a sullen voice
"At this time, it is an extraordinary period, and the imperial court is the time to employ people, so it is important to take care of so much, and it is important to quell the rebellion......"
"What you mean by this is that Dayong has no more capable people except for that Li Xiu?! And the mourning family also heard that when the emperor asked you for a military talisman, you insisted on refusing to hand over power. If you left the talisman when you left Beijing, why would you be forced like this by traitors today? The more the Empress Dowager spoke, the more angry she became, thinking about Dayong's current situation, and at the same time she was anxious and hateful, she was also willing to be instigated by someone with a heart, and she actually blamed Su Liuying for taking away the talisman.
Therefore, the Queen Mother looked at Su Liuying and said coldly
"Whether it is to quell the rebellion or your selfishness, you know in your heart." Thinking that he was anxious for the sake of Dayong, he had given up everything, and he was threatened by Li Xiu and agreed to marry him against his will, and now he was questioned by the Queen Mother in front of him about his bad intentions, Su Liuying also became angry in his heart, and said coldly
"When my father gave me the talisman, it was for me to guard the Bianzhou Chongsai. And I gave the talisman to Da Sima, which was also an expedient measure, in the hope that Da Sima could lead the army to quell the rebellion...... Everything I do is for the sake of Dayong, why be selfish?! Since Su Liuying came in, Rong Qing, who had been standing beside the Empress Dowager silently, finally raised his head at this time, looked at Su Liuying coldly with deep cold eyes, gritted his teeth and suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly
"At this time, the imperial sister will stop deceiving the empress dowager - when my father gave you the talisman, he gave you a dowry and gave you a future concubine, so the concubine selected by the imperial sister is Li Xiu, who disregarded the royal face and ruthlessly reconciled with me?!" In the six months since she left Beijing, Su Liuying has long forgotten many people and things in the capital, including her hatred for Rongqing.
However, after hearing Lin Mu's confession, thinking that it was very likely that she poisoned her father, the hatred for her in Su Liuying's heart rolled and churned again-if her father was still there, how could Da Yong become a scattered and vulnerable state now, and he didn't have to be threatened by King Hu Di, sadly separated from Lou Yue, and married Li Xiu, whom she no longer loved.
And her Bianzhou, as well as thousands of people in Dayong, will not suffer hardship...... The hateful Su Liuying couldn't wait to immediately pull out the dagger on her waist and kill Rong Qing, but she couldn't kill her without real evidence!
And if it was really her who poisoned her father, Su Liuying felt that it would be too cheap for her to give her a knife! Pressing the monstrous hatred in her heart, Su Liuying looked at the hatred that could not be concealed in Rong Qing's eyes, knowing that she had never let go of Li Xiu in her heart, and couldn't help but hook her lips and smile proudly at her
"Yes, he is the concubine chosen by this princess - the day the rebels are pacified, which is the time when I and Li Xiu are married. Sister, you must come and drink our wedding wine! "Cat flutter Chinese