The gray sky, the drowsy palace, the morning sun in the east jumped out of the horizon not long ago, and before it had time to sprinkle the warm light throughout the land of Qingguo, it had been swallowed up by the dark clouds that did not know when it arose and where it came, and the red light suddenly appeared clear and dim, and the sky became darker and darker.

In the harem, the palace maids who got up in the morning to wash and bathed began to boil water, and the miscellaneous eunuchs began to sweep the dust on the ground with bamboo brooms that were taller than their own people. Those nobles were no exception, although the strange situation in Kyoto was faintly heard in their ears these days, but that matter was only known to a very limited number of people in Qingguo, so people did not know what was going on.

At the gate of the garden, the big people who looked at the imperial study from a distance were naturally one of the people who knew about this matter, but their eye sockets were deep-set, and their faces were solemn, like mud tire wood carvings, and they did not react at all.

Old Dean Chen has been in the imperial study for a long time, but there has been no movement, because everyone is far away, so he has not heard the rare angry roar of His Majesty. Among these people, Ye Chong and Eunuch Yao may have this kind of strength, but they will not stupidly gather their skills to eavesdrop on the voices in the imperial study. It would be nice to hear less about those things.

Chen Pingping wanted to hear it, wanted to hear a reason, an explanation, so he returned to Kyoto, sat indifferently in the wheelchair of the black sè, and quietly looked at his master, the emperor of Qingguo, His Majesty, who had been waiting for him for decades, and wanted to hear from his mouth what was going on back then.

When people are about to die, what they cling to is nothing more than the most angry and incomprehensible mysteries in the course of life.

However, Emperor Qing didn't answer, he just looked at Chen Pingping quietly, since he heard Chen Pingping's words, he has been maintaining a standing posture, looking at each other indifferently and slightly, and has been looking at each other for a long time.

The limang in his eyes gradually turned into a faint mockery, and there were many great puzzles. The corners of his eyes narrowed slightly, like a lion, watching a wandering ghost passing above his realm, in vain plucking the physical tree, announcing something to himself.

Emperor Qing laughed strangely, tilted his head slightly, pursed his lips very tightly, looked at Chen Pingping and said lightly: "Unexpectedly...... Actually...... It's because of these, because of these!"

Emperor Xià's heart was puzzled, he couldn't figure it out, he looked at Chen Pingping, like looking at a monster, after a long time of silence, shook his head and sighed speechlessly, until this time, he finally understood why this old black dog who had followed him since he was a child, why did he betray himself, why he did not hesitate to die, but also returned to Beijing to question himself.

Emperor Qing was very clear about the love of those partners for that woman back then, but no matter how he thought about it, he could never have imagined that Chen Pingping would have a strong desire for revenge because of a woman who had been dead for many years, and stood on the opposite side of him. He sat back on the couch and was silent for a long time, with his hands on his lap.

Chen Pingping's hands were on the armrests of the black sè wheelchair, looking at him silently and indifferently, without saying a word, just waiting for that answer.

Emperor Qing's face was slightly pale, and after a long time, he said softly: "For her...... You betrayed ...... I?"

The meaning contained in this sentence is very sad, very sad, and there is a kind of anger and annoyance from the deepest part of the heart.

"I just want to know why. Chen Pingping sighed and said: "In my life, I have never seen a woman like her again, no, I should never see someone like her again, she landed in this mortal world like a fairy, and tried her best to change what she should change and save what she thinks should be saved." She helped you, saved me, saved Qingguo, and made the world better...... And you, but ruined her alive. ”

There was no exclamation point in the voice of this sentence, no anger, just a wave of sadness and sadness.

Emperor Qing was silent for a long time, his palms slowly rubbed on his knees, no one had ever asked him this question in person in this life, more precisely, no one dared to ask him this question at all, and few people knew this question, but everyone who knew this question had now become a wisp of wandering soul in the loess.

None of the closest friends knew about it.

"I didn't kill her. Emperor Qing's eyes narrowed, facing the old black dog in front of him, he didn't need to explain anything, but he didn't know why, in the deepest part of his heart, there was a trace of hidden pain, a trace of hidden pain that he had forcibly suppressed for more than twenty years, so it slowly penetrated out, occupying his body and mind, wanting the most powerful man in the world to explain something.

Maybe it's to Chen Pingping, maybe it's to the woman in the yellow shirt in the portrait of the harem Xiaolou, maybe it's ...... His Majesty the Emperor just wanted to explain to himself.

"I didn't kill her. His Majesty the Emperor's voice raised a little, his tone was firmer, his tone was a little colder, he repeated it again, and said with squinted eyes at Chen Pingping.

"You didn't kill her?" Chen Pingping's wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were so deep that they almost covered his eyes, he raised his head a little tiredly, looked at His Majesty the Emperor, and asked with an extremely indifferent laugh, "Then how did she die?"

"Don't say anything about the Western Expedition and didn't return, don't say anything about the rebellion of the princes and nobles, don't say anything about the Mandate of Heaven, just at that time, I, Fan Jian, Wuzhu, Ye Chong...... Everyone happened to be out of Kyoto, and it just so happened that she had just given birth to a child, and she was at her weakest!" Chen Pingping's eyes stabbed at the emperor's face like two knives, and Han Qinqin said: "Your Majesty rules the world with filial piety, it's best not to put these sins on the queen mother, the queen's idiot and her family have been carrying the black cauldron for you for twenty years, do you want your own biological mother to carry it again?"

"The Western Expedition to the Grassland, it is your will! Fan Jian was only the treasurer of Taichang Temple and a member of the household department at that time, and he was responsible for the supply of military supplies, why was he also transferred by you to the royal tent to accompany the army?" Chen Pingping's eyes narrowed extremely tightly, and countless chills seeped out from those sparse and old eyelashes, "Military logistics, according to our methods back then, has always been handed over to Fan Jian to deal with with it with full authority, when I was on the expedition of the Daqing Iron Cavalry, he usually stayed in Beijing to deal with a qiē, why did you have to let Fan Jian follow you into the Western Expeditionary Army that time?"

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that if Fan Jian stays in the capital, the tiger guards secretly trained by his subordinates will ruin Qin Ye's big business?"

The corners of Chen Pingping's lips flashed with a sneer: "Yes, I mentioned the old man of the Qin family again, who would have thought that this veteran of the Three Dynasties turned out to be the killing move that Your Majesty left in Kyoto...... Ye Chong, who was the garrison of Kyoto at the time, was also urgently summoned into Dingzhou, and the entire Kyoto was under the control of the Qin family, even if the queen wanted to rebel and attack the Taiping Courtyard, but if Qin Ye didn't nod, who could do it?"

"When Qin Ye jumped out of the rebellion in Kyoto three years ago, Majesty, are you very happy that you finally have the opportunity and an excuse to get rid of the only person who knew that you played the role in the bloody case of the Taiping Villa?" Chen Pingping said coldly to Emperor Qing: " Of course, you don't care about killing people, even if the Qin family says anything, you won't care, but Fan Xian has grown up after all, you have to accept that you and her son are the most successful of all your sons, the longer you get along, the more you value Fan Xian, the more unwilling you are to let him know that his biological mother died at your hands, so Qin Ye ...... How can he do it if he doesn't die?"

Chen Pingping's slightly sharp and slightly sandy voice kept sounding in the imperial study, Emperor Qing didn't speak, just listened indifferently and calmly, listening to these words, his expression was slightly weird, there seemed to be a faint sadness, but there seemed to be a faint relief.

"Let's go back to the Taiping Courtyard twenty-two years ago. Chen Pingping said a little too quickly, these words are probably the words and inferences that this old cripple has been secretly enduring for decades, and finally had the opportunity to vomit in front of His Majesty the Emperor, he coughed loudly, and two unhealthy blushes appeared on his coughing face.

After a long time, he calmed down, sighed and said: "Let's talk about me again, since you have decided to make a move to the Taiping Villa, of course you will not allow me to stay in Kyoto, so the defense line of the entire north is suddenly in a hurry, and from time to time there are rumors that the country in the north is about to attack the south with all its might." As the president of the Supervision Yuan, I am the first to plan the military, and your majesty is busy with the affairs of the western expedition, so I have to drive the northern hunt on behalf of the saint and go to investigate the situation in person. ”

"Now that I think about it, who can make the entire military system cooperate with this performance, and even mobilize the forces of foreign countries, except for Your Majesty's intentions?" Chen Pingping's eyes narrowed, and said: "However, I have always had a question in my heart, can you make the newly established Northern Qi Dynasty cooperate with Your Majesty's intentions, could it be that you and the dead bald head of Kuhe secretly colluded?"

"Of course, Kuhe is dead, and I have nowhere to ask anyone. Chen Pingping shook her head.

"I didn't look for bitter lotus. At this point, Emperor Qing finally spoke indifferently and said the first sentence, "I don't need to find anyone, and I haven't found anyone." ”

Chen Pingping looked at him with a pitiful and disdainful gaze, and said: "Finally, when it comes to Wuzhu, he is the most unlikely person to leave her side, and he left Kyoto at that time. There is no doubt that this is the thing I can't understand the most over the years, as long as Wuzhu is by her side, no matter who is in this world, I am afraid that it will be difficult to kill her. ”

Emperor Qing's eyebrows twitched slightly, but he remained silent.

"Your Majesty, I have always been suspicious of you, and I have always been suspicious of Fan Jian, I have never known who did this among these partners at the beginning. The corners of Chen Pingping's lips drooped, and she said slowly: "However, it wasn't until many years later, when Wuzhu told me that he met a person in the alley outside Fan's mansion, and he killed that person, and he himself was seriously injured, that I figured out one thing." ”

"There are too few people in this world who can hurt Wuzhu, except for the four great grandmasters. Chen Pingping said calmly: "So I judged that another messenger from the temple came to the world. ”

"If the people in the temple were able to come at that moment, then twenty-two years ago, they could have come too. You and I both know that only people from the temple can make Wuzhu so jǐngti, and even leave her side, so that people from the temple do not come close to her. ”

"The assassination of the people from the temple outside the Fan Mansion was aimed at Fan Xian, but it was Wuzhu who was injured, and that was because Your Majesty you always wanted to know where Wuzhu was. Chen Pingping said: "And the first time someone from the temple appeared, it was aimed at her, but it was still Wuzhu who was transferred. ”

"Wuzhu seems to be a wall, a wall that only a temple can shake and mobilize. Chen Pingping suddenly laughed and said, "Although there are only two times, both times are too coincidental, and they both appear in the season when you have a motive. ”

"Your Majesty, I know you've always been jealous of the fifth child. Chen Pingping's pupils became indifferent, and she looked at Emperor Qing quietly and said, "Since Fan Xian entered Beijing, you have always wanted to know the true whereabouts of Wuzhu, fortunately...... Fan Xian has always kept it a secret from me, so naturally you don't know. ”

"Why are you so jealous of the fifth child?" Chen Pingping's lips curled slightly, and she laughed sarcastically, "Are you afraid that the fifth child will know what happened back then, and take that iron drill to the palace to kill you?

His Majesty the Emperor suddenly laughed, shook his head and said, "No, it's just that people like Lao Wu shouldn't be stored in this world, and they will go wherever they come from." You may not know that when An Zhi was in Shanzhou, I asked Uncle Liuyun Shishu to see Lao Wu once, and as long as Lao Wu has not fully woken up, he will not pose any threat to me. ”

"This is what you have always believed, a monster like the Great Grandmaster should not exist in this world in the first place. Chen Pingping said indifferently: "So I'm curious, why are you still alive and don't commit suicide?"

This sentence was very vicious, but the emperor's face did not tremble in the slightest, perhaps that kind of affection was brewing in his heart, but it still did not break out at this time.

Chen Pingping did not have the slightest timidity, and still said indifferently: "Back then, you transferred all our people, and provoked the queen's idiot to go crazy, and then let Qin Ye watch from the sidelines, and the bloody case of the Taiping Courtyard happened, although this seems simple, but in fact it is extremely difficult, as long as there is a problem in one link, she ...... Maybe he still won't die. ”

"A simple and powerful plan with no shortcomings, in this world, only you can weave it. ”

Chen Pingping gently stroked the smooth armrest of the wheelchair and sighed: "Especially about the people coming to the temple, I still haven't figured out why and why the temple will act according to your plan. ”

"Maybe it's because your purpose is the same, you both want her to be quietly erased. Chen Pingping looked at Emperor Qing sarcastically.

Emperor Qing was silent for a long time, did not refute this inference, but said with a gentle smile: "You old dog, you have been thinking about how to harm people all your life, it is not difficult to think about these things clearly, I just never thought that you would always remember this matter." ”

"Yet. He said in an accentuated tone, "I ...... Didn't kill her. ”

"Yes, you didn't kill her. Chen Pingping laughed, laughing extremely weirdly, "Our great emperor, of course, will not personally kill the woman who has the grace of reinvention to Qingguo, of course you will not kill the great benefactor who helped the old Li family sit on the dragon chair, of course you will not kill the woman you love the most in your heart, and of course you will not kill your son's biological mother." ”

"Blood is hard to wash away, and you certainly don't let it flow to your hands. Chen Pingping's brows furrowed extremely tightly, and her voice was forced out from the depths of her chest, and the coldness was overwhelming, "Your hands are still white, you will always be incomparably bright and correct, and the blood on your hands is only those stupid or violent people under the dragon chair......"

"We avenged her and swept away all the stubborn princes and nobles in Qingguo, how much blood was shed in Kyoto that night?That night, all the relatives of the queen and the queen mother were killed, did you laugh quickly?" Chen Pingping asked faintly: "All the light is poured into your body, all the darkness and shamelessness are attributed to your subordinates and relatives, there is nothing better in the world." ”

"Of course you didn't kill her. Chen Pingping pursed her lips, coughed softly, and said slowly: "Because you have never moved a finger...... Especially after the death of the old Qin family, no one in the world knows about the one in the darkness back then, and no one has evidence that it is His Majesty who personally accused the Taiping Courtyard of the bloody case. ”

"However......," the old cripple in the black wheelchair shook his head sarcastically, "you will never be able to convince yourself, nor will you be able to convince the slave me, nor can you change this fact...... Twenty-two years ago, you killed her with your own hands, killing a great ...... No, it's a lonely woman who just gave birth to a son for you and is in the weakest moment of her life. ”

"There is no more despicable and shameless thing in the world than this. After Chen Pingping finished saying the last sentence, her whole body looked tired, and she sat on the black sè's wheelchair and slowly closed her eyes.

The emperor also slowly closed his eyes, his always calm face looked a little pale, and he was silent for a long time and then said softly: "Yes, I killed her." ”

Immediately, he opened his eyes, and there was calm and solemnity in his eyes, and said, "So what?"