The Empress Dowager stood outside the Chongzheng Palace, silently looking at the open space in front of her.

The white marble floor tiles have been cleaned cleanly, nothing can be seen, the high Kyushu platform near the side, was built by Emperor Taizong of the year, and the Sihaitai on the other side is far away, together with the arch guarding the Chongzheng Hall in the middle, the three buildings are connected together, always give people a sense of majestic oppression.

Standing here at this moment, she especially felt that this sense of oppression was particularly strong. When she was young, she stood on the platform and looked down, just looking at it made her feel dizzy, and her hands and feet were sore.

But Rong Ming jumped down from above.

Like a big bird, he smashed his head straight down, meaning that he never wanted to live. And she, watching from afar, couldn't do anything, she didn't even have time to rush over to see him one last time. She could only see the shocking blood on the white marble floor tiles, like a sharp and invisible dagger, stabbing into her heart fiercely, twisting her heart to pieces, and the pain was so painful that she couldn't breathe.

She felt that she no longer had a heart, that she was a person without a heart or lungs. Her husband died, her son died, and her lover died, but she was still standing here, alive and well, thinking about the future of the Fu family, thinking about the Yuwen family, and who should sit on the throne...... People like her are people who don't have hearts and lungs, right?

She stared at the open space for too long, and the second prince Yu Wenfu, who was holding her, quietly pulled her sleeve with some fear, and reminded her in a low voice: "Grandmother ...... the emperor"

The Empress Dowager withdrew her gaze expressionlessly and looked at the people standing silently on the side. The clans all had gloomy faces, as if they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak; The ministers all hung their heads down, as if they were too preoccupied to speak; The young emperor Yu Wenbai stood aside, with a hint of sarcasm in the corner of his lips, looking at her defiantly; Yu Wenchu stood in the sect room, half-lowered eyes, quiet and peaceful; Even though the people of the Min family wanted to pretend to be calm, the joy on the corners of their lips could not be concealed.

The Empress Dowager squinted, pointed to the place where Rong Ming died, and said loudly: "Pass on my will, Rong Ming is loyal to the Lord, has great merit, forgives the sins of the Rong family, restores his fame, and has a good funeral." ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was in an uproar. Yu Wenbai's eyelids jumped, and he wanted to speak angrily, but his maternal uncle, the eldest brother of the Empress Dowager Min, the secretary of the military department and the young master Min Shixing, immediately coughed and winked at him again. Yu Wenbai pursed his thin lips very unwillingly, and looked at the officials of the Qingliu faction with a gloomy face.

Finally there is a royal history out of the team, this is a clear stream from a poor family, since the loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, to maintain the orthodoxy of the lineage as their own responsibility, of course, can not tolerate the dictatorship of the chicken Si Chen, relatives dictatorship, so very impassioned voice: "The Empress Dowager Rong, this is not appropriate......"

Before she finished speaking, the Empress Dowager was already furious: "How is it inappropriate? What's wrong? ”

Yu Shi wants to say that this eunuch **** court, you can't reward him so clearly, otherwise the royal face will be lost to you, but for the anger of the Empress Dowager and the expressionless Fu father and son not far away, he didn't have the courage to say this after all. When she was hesitating to phrase it, the Empress Dowager had already attacked: "Come on, give me this thing that has no king, deceives the world and steals fame, and causes chaos in the dynasty, and I will be heavily punished with forty court rods!" ”

No one dared to intercede for him, he could only watch him being dragged down and heavily blamed, Yuwen Bai was like thunder, he only hated this bad man for having no ability, and he didn't dare to risk his life to expose the ugly things of the Empress Dowager to the public, and put the Empress Dowager in the harem at one time, and then had no face to come out and point fingers at government affairs.

Min Shixing was also very unhappy, and looked at the officials of the Qingliu faction with a gloomy face, hoping that whoever could follow the agreement they had agreed before would actually come out with an official who was not afraid of death and tear the face of the Empress Dowager. Yet all who were seen by him silently lowered their eyes. These poor sours who speak don't count! Min Shixing stared at one of them, who was known for his ability to speak well, and he couldn't wait to shout his name to push people out.

At this moment, Fu Cong coughed lightly and said calmly: "Obey the decree of the Empress Dowager." It's not early, the Empress Dowager and Her Majesty should rest, let's disperse. ”

So all the people bowed in silence and withdrew in turn.

No matter how stupid Yu Wenbai was, he knew that the trick he arranged was broken by the Fu family in advance, and these people were either bought or threatened, in short, they all betrayed him. He trembled nervously, raised his finger to Fu Cong tremblingly, gritted his teeth and said, "Fu Xiang!" ”

Fu Cong had already walked far, but when he heard the words, he stood up again, saluted him respectfully, and asked again suspiciously: "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

Yuwen Bai screamed angrily: "How dare you ......"

"How dare you?!" The Empress Dowager snatched it up, stood in front of Yu Wenbai, raised her hand, and simply slapped Yu Wenbai with a loud slap. She turned her back to the ministers outside the hall, and the wide and complicated palace clothes covered her movements tightly, except for Fu Cong and Min Shixing, who stayed, as well as the attendants, and Yu Wenfu, no one knew that Yu Wenbai had been slapped by her.

Although the people who witnessed it would not spread the word, Yu Wenbai couldn't deceive himself, he, a dignified ninety-five, was actually beaten by an old witch who occupied the magpie's nest! It's still a slap in the face, and it's still so loud! Is it bearable, which is unbearable, he screamed childishly, wanting to rush over and kick the Empress Dowager, Yuwen Fu rushed out tremblingly, bravely stood in front of the Empress Dowager, blushed, and opened his arms in fear, wanting to stop the crazy Yuwenbai.

Yuwen Bai hated Yu Wenfu so much, and when he saw Yu Wenfu, he would remember that this person was always preparing to replace him as the emperor, and took away everyone's love for him. He really wanted Yuwenfu to die, since Yuwenfu gave him this opportunity, of course he wouldn't miss it, he staggered and pulled out the sword of the Son of Heaven, wanting to stab Yuwenfu.

This move was so surprising that even Min Shixing didn't expect that Fu Cong was far away, and he couldn't come forward to help. Yu Wenfu opened his mouth wide in surprise, he didn't know that he had to pay such a big price to protect the Empress Dowager from being offended.

The Empress Dowager was also taken aback, she hurriedly reached out to grab Yu Wenbai, but Yu Wenbai deftly avoided it, and fiercely grabbed Yu Wenfu's shirt in the chest. Aunt Mu rushed over, and was about to snatch Yu Wenbai's sword desperately, when a hand suddenly reached over and firmly grabbed Yu Wenbai's Son of Heaven sword, separating him from Yu Wenfu at once.

Yu Wenchu's voice was calm and gentle: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger." ”