Of course, the queen didn't dare to argue, she did these things with a bottom in her heart, and once the matter was revealed, the emperor would deal with her. This punishment of kneeling is already light, and Imperial Doctor Hao, who conspired with her, was ordered to be beheaded.

The emperor's perfunctory attitude was lost, and his face was full of impatience. He looked at the guards and ordered, "Take her down!" ”

The guards stood still with frightened expressions on their faces.

The queen didn't know where the hardness came from, and she said quietly: "Don't be so troublesome!" Hongu will go by himself! ”

With that, she got up and walked towards the palace gate.

Really, without resistance, kneeling there.

The emperor also summoned Sikong Hua, the chief of the guards, and instructed him to find out the brocade guards who were seen at the gate of the city. Those brocade guards were used by the queen and could not be kept.

He asked Sikong Hua to dismiss the disloyal Jinyi Wei from the palace and find some reliable people to come over.

In addition, the emperor instructed Liu Xin to let him find other death row prisoners tomorrow and replace Imperial Doctor Hao from the prison. Moreover, he instructed Liu Xin to secretly send away Imperial Doctor Hao's family, give them a large amount of silver taels, and let them go incognito and go to the people to make a living.

Liu Xin was relieved a lot at this time, it turned out that the emperor was true to his word. This move is to really protect Imperial Doctor Hao and give Imperial Doctor Hao freedom and new life.

Seeing that the queen was really punished by the emperor to kneel at the door of the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, Liu Xin believed that the emperor was really determined to deal with the queen.

In the canopy of the cold night, the half-moon hung obliquely, and the stars twinkled dotted.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, the emperor was consulting Song Liang's information files, and Liu Xin was waiting on the side.

At the entrance of the palace, the queen knelt in humiliation. Her personal palace maid smiled and painted, and in order to show her loyalty, she also knelt with her.

The guards standing beside the queen and them were there blankly, not daring to look at the queen at all, and all of them were carrying their hearts. They were afraid that the queen would be punished and humiliated at this moment, and she would pour her anger on them.

At first, the queen thought she was kneeling, just for show. She thought that the emperor was just angry for a while, and when the anger subsided, he would let her get up.

However, two hours passed, and the emperor seemed to have forgotten about her and had no intention of getting her up. It was late at night, and at this time in the past, she should have gone to bed, but she was still kneeling here.

After kneeling for two hours, she gradually felt a little unbearable, and her calves below the knee were numb. If you really kneel like this all night, then what's the point?

Even if she can persevere, that's enough to choke. Let's not talk about whether her body can survive it, it's a hurdle in her heart, I'm afraid she can't get over it.

The queen wailed in her heart, she was a noble queen as a queen, she called for wind and rain on weekdays, she was always the only one to punish others, where was she punished by others like this? The body was uncomfortable, her legs and feet were numb, and she had to clench her teeth and still be able to get through.

This bit of physical suffering is nothing to her, the key is that she can't get over face. If he really kneels until dawn tomorrow, I am afraid that more people will laugh at him, especially the ministers of the DPRK and China. Moreover, she represents the Xia family, and if she is punished like this, I am afraid that the Xia family will be despised.

That's what she can't stand the most.

However, the emperor was angry, and she did make mistakes, and she did not dare to brazenly get up and plead with the emperor. It's even more impossible to call a laughing painting.

Thinking about it, she could only think of her emperor, King Yong'an.

"Laughing, come here." The queen decided to ask Xiaohua to help, and whispered to Xiaohua, who was kneeling beside her.

Laughing and raising her eyes, the queen suddenly called her, which surprised her a little. She moved down, approached the queen, and asked in a low voice, "Queen Mother, what's wrong?" ”

The queen whispered in the ear of the laughing painting: "You go and invite the king of Yong'an to come." ”

With just a few simple words, the smile painting will figure out the meaning of the queen thoroughly. She nodded again and again, with a firm expression: "Queen Mother, don't worry." The slave and maid will find the prince. ”

The guards guarding the side turned a deaf ear to the movements of the queen and the laughing painting. Where do they dare to meddle in the queen's affairs? They could only acquiesce to Xiaohua kneeling with the queen, and then watched Xiaohua leave, but they didn't dare to ask a word.

Another hour passed, and the laughing painting that had left was folded back.

When the queen saw the dejected smiling painting, her heart sank, did her emperor ignore her?

Xiaohua came to the queen's side, and then whispered: "Queen mother, the prince is not in the palace, and the palace people who serve the prince say that the prince and Miss Wen Xuan went out of the palace together." ”

Hearing this, the queen had mixed feelings in her heart, why did things happen so coincidentally? She was punished to kneel for the first time, and her emperor didn't leave the palace once in a few years, but she left at this time? Is this even God going to punish her?

She was very remorseful, and when her emperor asked her about anything during the day, she didn't say anything. She knew something was going to happen, but she didn't keep him. Ay! It's too late to say anything.

The joke looked panicked and sighed worriedly: "Queen Mother, what can I do about this?" ”

The queen had something on her mind and was depressed, but she pretended to answer easily: "It's okay!" An'er and Xuan'er are together, and the palace is very relieved. ”

Mingming Xiaohua asked about the queen's situation and asked the queen what to do, but the queen was concerned about the safety of King Yong'an. This made Xiaohua a little speechless, she bit her lower lip, and finally didn't say anything more, just sighed lowly.

It seems that it is impossible to get the emperor to intercede, and the queen can only find another way. She was worried that there was no way, and suddenly, her eyes fell on Xiaohua, and she turned around, and an idea came up.

A trace of coldness flashed in her eyes, and the queen said in a dissatisfied tone: "Xiaohua, you go back to the Tianfeng Hall first, you don't have to kneel here with the palace." ”

Xiaohua's eyes widened, and he looked at the queen fixedly, and his words were full of flattery: "The queen, the slave is willing to accompany the queen here!" ”

In an instant, the queen's face pulled down, as if a cold current suddenly swept by, and suddenly became cold and severe. An indescribable displeasure swept up around her, and she said harshly, "Get out! This palace does not need the sympathy and pity of others. ”

Xiaohua's eyes were full of doubts, and his tone was full of grievances: "Queen Mother, the slave just wants to accompany you." ”

The queen held her stomach for a while, and she couldn't find a place to vent, and she found a way to attract the emperor. Her face was gloomy, and she smiled sinisterly and slyly: "Da! Da! Da! You Hongu! The farther you roll, the better! This palace doesn't need you to accompany you! No one should try to see Hongu jokes! ”

Hearing this, Xiaohua was terrified, and sat on the ground. Thinking about being killed by the queen, her face turned pale, and her eyes revealed suspicion. How can the queen see that she is not sincere?

The queen began to curse in her mouth, but the more she scolded, the louder she was, and the more she scolded, the more ugly it became.

In the first year of Xingde, Hong Gaode proclaimed himself emperor, established the Great Western Kingdom, and set the capital of Fengcheng. In the early days of the establishment of the regime, the surrounding countries were eyeing the Great Western Kingdom and provoked wars for no reason. Before the expedition, Xu Guifei, the mother of Xigong, was 8 months pregnant. The emperor proposed an edict, if the prince was born, he would be named Hong Chengye, and the prince would be established, and if he was born a princess, he would be crowned Princess Changyu.

After Emperor Hong left the palace, Queen Xia made a plan to let Xu Guifei slip the fetus, who knows, the sky did not fulfill her wish, and the fetus in Xu Guifei's womb was born, and it actually survived.

"Your Majesty has already doted on Concubine Xu, and now, she has given birth to a prince again, and I see that our master and queen throne will not be able to be kept."

"Isn't it? Listening to the palace maid in the West Palace, the prince was born white and fat, very cute, his face resembled His Majesty, there was a righteousness between his eyebrows, and he must be a good emperor when he grows up. ”

This is the little palace maid in the queen's palace whispering in private.

Even if they don't talk about it, the Empress Xia knows that if she doesn't try to get rid of the prince, I'm afraid that life won't be better in the future.

She immediately summoned her elder brother Xiangye and Chu Xiang, the head of the imperial guard, to discuss countermeasures. They plotted to burn down the West Palace, which was carried out by General Chu.

At the critical moment, General Chu gave up the idea of harming the prince and exchanged his own son for the prince's exit from the palace.

Xu Guifei cried and cried, turned her heart sideways, picked up the hairpin, and used the tip of the hairpin to tattoo the word "heaven" on the prince's left shoulder. The stab is in the child's body, the pain is in the mother's heart, and after the stabbing is finished, Xu Guifei's painful liver and intestines are broken. She trembled and hung a jade pendant on the crown prince, which was given by the emperor himself, and there is only one in the world today.

Concubine Xu Guifei kowtowed to Chu Xiang, and said with tears in her eyes, "General Chu, please accept my three bows, your great kindness and great virtue, this palace will repay it in the next life." ”

"Niangniang, you can't help it, please get up ...... quickly" As he spoke, he heard footsteps outside, General Chu picked up the prince and hurriedly fled through the side door.

Xu Guifei fainted.

The person who came was the imperial doctor Feng Nanyang. Legend has it that this person was originally a man in the rivers and lakes, and his nickname was the fortune teller. He can pinch and calculate, not only has excellent medical skills, but also has extraordinary martial arts. He took away General Chu's son, performed light skills, shuttled freely in the palace, easily got rid of the pursuit of the palace guards, and left the city safely.

After Xia, he ordered people to burn down the West Palace, and Xu Guifei and a cadre were buried in the fire. During the inventory of the body, it was found that the body of a baby was missing. Plus General Chu Xiang's whereabouts are unknown. Empress Xia and Xiangye concluded that the prince was most likely taken away by Chu Xiang. So, Empress Xia secretly sent people to hunt down and kill General Chu Xiang.

In the fourth year of Xingde, the emperor returned triumphantly.

Xia Hou was shrewd and capable, and kept this matter a secret. Emperor Hong didn't believe that Xu Guifei really died in an accident. He often dreamed of the crown prince, and he has been sending people to investigate the matter secretly, but he has not been able to find out the truth, Chu Xiang disappeared, and Feng Nanyang also disappeared.

In the fifth year of Xingde, the queen gave birth to a son, and Emperor Hong named him Hong Cheng'an. The queen thought to herself, the emperor obviously did not have high hopes for this son. Empress Xia thought to herself, even if the emperor delayed issuing an edict and appointing a new crown prince, Emperor Rihong would die, and the throne would be her son's sooner or later. However, she still had some concerns, twenty-four years ago, she sent someone to hunt down and kill Chu Xiang, Chu Xiang was seriously injured and died, but the prince did not know who rescued him.

For more than 20 years, there has been no news of the prince. If the crown prince is still alive, then he will be the biggest threat to Hong Chengan's succession to the throne. Besides, once this matter is revealed, she and Xiangye will definitely be in trouble.

Emperor Hong Gaode reigned for 24 years, he worked hard, knew people well, the country was strong, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Emperor Hong grew old and missed his lost prince more and more, and finally fell ill.

Knowing that Emperor Hong was ill, Feng Nanyang sneaked into the palace to see the emperor.

"Bold Feng Nanyang, you are guilty, you have been hiding for more than 20 years, and I have been sending people to look for you and General Chu for more than 20 years. Do you know about Concubine Xu? Emperor Hong cried with joy when he saw him.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty. When the queen wanted to burn down the West Palace, the minister arrived after learning about it, and the minister came one step late, and the prince had been taken away by General Chu. In a panic, Zhongchen rescued General Chu's son and handed him over to a foreign master to raise. For the past 24 years, I have been secretly searching for the whereabouts of the prince, but I have never found it. The ministers have the great trust of the emperor. Feng Nanyang was full of guilt.

"What a queen. Over the years, I have seen her keep to herself and teach the emperor carefully, but I never thought that she would be so vicious. I'm going to send her to the cold! Emperor Hong gritted his teeth angrily and slapped the imperial case.

"Your Majesty, you can't do it. There is no evidence, if the emperor does this, it will definitely cause turmoil in the court and panic among the people. Feng Nanyang persuaded.

"I can not pursue the queen's guilt first, but the prince can't be left behind, and I must find him back." The emperor was resolute, calmed down for a while and sat on the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, look for the prince openly, and the prince will inevitably be framed. It's better to visit secretly. Feng Nanyang suggested.

Emperor Hong painted a portrait of a twenty-four-year-old man according to his own appearance, handed it over to Feng Nanyang, appointed Feng Nanyang as the minister of the Qin Mission, and gave Shang Fang a sword.

"Emperor, where are you?" Emperor Hong sighed.

In the twenty-fifth year of Xingde, the country of the Great West was peaceful and peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Wunan Mountain in the northwest of Fengcheng, the imperial capital, after the heavy rain, the sky is exceptionally clear, the sun has tilted westward, and the clear blue sky has disappeared. In the afterglow of the sunset, the mountains still maintain the freshness and coolness after the rain, just like "after the new rain in the empty mountains, the weather is late in autumn." The realm.

Wunan Mountain, a mountain full of bamboo, a boundless sea of bamboo. At the highest place on the top of the mountain, there is a secluded and elegant dwelling, all made of bamboo, divided into two layers up and down, hanging a plaque, with four big characters "Wunan Villa" written on it. There is a large yard in front of the bamboo house, and the yard is planted with exotic grasses. When the breeze blows, you can smell the aroma of flowers and plants.

"Senior brother, you have to stay a few more days when you come back this time, we haven't seen each other for two years. I heard that everyone in the rivers and lakes calls you the son of a fan. A delicate-faced girl stood in the courtyard, wearing a white dress, no fat powder, but it was fresh and refined, like a budding white lotus, only to hear the girl's voice was extremely sweet: "Your martial arts are so powerful, I have your protection, and I am no longer afraid of encountering thieves and gangsters." ”

"I don't like to listen to flattery. I usually tell you to practice martial arts diligently, but you don't practice seriously. Senior brother Chu Tiankuo gently patted the head of the cigarette with the fan in his hand, put on a straight face, and pretended to be serious: "If you meet a bad person in the future, I don't care about you." ”

"Hmph, you don't care about the little junior sister." Yan Xiang pursed his lips, glared at Chu Tiankuo, turned his face away, and pretended to be angry.

"Heh, you are my only junior sister, how could I not care about you. During the time I was away, I walked the rivers and lakes thinking about you and Master in my heart. Chu Tiankuo looked at her with a look of annoyance, and said with a smile: "I can't protect you for the rest of my life, you will always marry in the future." ”

"Senior brother, if I marry you in the future, you can protect me for the rest of my life." Yanxiang buried his head in Chu Tiankuo's arms and said coquettishly.