The sound of crying faintly came from the corner of Shufang Palace, and Concubine Yi, whose eyes were slightly red, looked at the eunuch kneeling in front of her, smiled very reluctantly, and asked the eunuch to leave the palace. After a moment of silence, she held her hand in her sleeve tightly, clutched the handkerchief tightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "I don't believe it." ”

At this time, the palace was already in chaos, and the queen mother had several wills one after another, whether it was the queen of the East Palace or Ning Cairen, they had to move to Hanguang Hall to live immediately. And the Yigui concubine, who raised the youngest son of Emperor Qingguo, is no exception.

At that time, in the palace, Concubine Yi heard these wills clearly, and of course understood that the so-called moving to the Hanguang Hall to live was just to facilitate the monitoring of these people in the palace.

Her mind was a little dazed, and she didn't know what kind of situation she and her son were going to face...... The emperor is dead, the emperor is dead! Her sideburns were a little messy, and she shook her head vigorously, as if she wanted to drive this earth-shattering news out of her mind.

"How can the emperor die, how can he die?"

She bit her lower lip tightly, and her rosy lips were bitten with a blue and white mark. The rain outside the palace had stopped, and the cicadas had stopped, but the chill in the air had filled the air, enveloping her body and making her shiver.

Although His Majesty the Emperor has never had any special preference for women, and there are only more than 20 concubines in the harem, but Yi Guifei is the most favored one in recent years, if she wants to say that she has no feelings for the emperor, it is naturally false. However, her sadness, her trepidation, and her uneasiness at this time were not just because of the news of His Majesty's death.

The military, the Supervisory Yuan, the prefecture and county, and thousands of miles sent a message to Kyoto, and conveyed the great news to the nobles in Beijing - the assassination of His Majesty!

However, the intelligence of the military and the state and county is that it was the Inspectorate Fan Xian who assassinated His Majesty!

Lord Xiao Fan colluded with Dongyi City to look around the sword, and on the occasion of the sacrifice of Dadong Mountain, he conspired against the heart and killed the king!

However, the information on the part of the Supervision Yuan only confirmed the death of His Majesty, and in the description of the specific process, it was extremely vague, but it confirmed the truth of the first two messages.

............ However, Yi Guifei didn't believe it!

It's not that she doesn't believe that His Majesty the Emperor has died, but she doesn't believe that this matter was done by Lord Xiao Fan at all! This doesn't make sense at all, His Majesty the Emperor sacrifices to the sky, he wants to abolish the crown prince, and Fan Xian's position will only be further consolidated after the sacrifice to the sky, how could he suddenly choose such a ridiculous move at this moment?

Concubine Yi was really scared, she felt that a net had been put on Fan Xian, and she was followed by Shufang Palace. She was born in the Liu family, and she was as prosperous as Fan Fu, and Fan Xian was even more hand-picked by His Majesty...... Master of the Three Princes!

If Fan Xian really became the first offender of the rebellion, the Fan Mansion would naturally be beheaded all over the house, and the Liu family would not be spared, and Concubine Yi might be pushed into the well, and the three princes ...... "Mother! Mother!" The three princes, who had just received the news, ran into the hall, crying all the way. When he ran in front of Concubine Yigui, he stopped in a daze, and looked at his mother cautiously with those eyes that were more mature than his peers.

Concubine Yi nodded a little distractedly.

The third prince pursed his mouth and forcibly endured it, but he still didn't hold back, and he cried out loudly and threw himself into the arms of Yi Guifei.

After a while, Concubine Yi gritted her teeth, pulled her son out of her arms, looked at his eyes viciously, and said vigorously: "Don't cry, don't cry, it's not the time to cry...... Your father is a king who stands up to the heavens and the earth, and you can't cry. ”

The third prince, Li Chengping, sobbed, but stood strong in front of his mother and nodded heavily. After many years of court life, following Fan Xian's year in Jiangnan, this nine-year-old fierce prince who dared to open a green building has already been tempered enough, and it is extremely important to know that his mother has to explain at this time.

"Now it's all rumored that it's your master, Master Fan, who is driving it. Yi Guifei stared at her son's eyes.

After the third prince's eyes were a little flustered, he immediately calmed down, and said hatefully: "I don't believe it......! He had no reason. ”

Concubine Yi smiled reluctantly, patted her son's head and said, "Yes, although there is news from the military and the state and county, few people will believe your master, and it will be unfavorable to Your Majesty...... You know, he's your father's most important courtier. ”

"It's not just that we don't believe it. Concubine Yi gritted her teeth and said: "The Queen Mother doesn't believe it, otherwise the Fan Mansion would have been copied at this time, and the crazy woman would not have been buried in the soil by the Queen Mother." ”

The third prince nodded.

Concubine Yi lowered her voice and said, "But the Queen Mother will not believe it completely, although I don't know why...... Your uncle is about to enter the palace, Sister Chen and Sisi's girl are also going to enter the palace, if the Queen Mother really believes that the matter of Dadongshan was done by your master, I am afraid that immediately, the Fan Liu family will be in a desperate situation. ”

"What can the child do?" The third prince clenched his fists, knowing that his future had been completely pressed on the body of his master Fan Xian, if the master was really beaten into a murderer, he would no longer have the strength to turn over.

"Don't do anything, just cry, be sad, and accompany the Queen Mother ......" Yi Guifei suddenly sighed, a trace of pity flashed in her eyes, and she hugged the third prince into her arms again, "The matter of Dadongshan has not been clarified for a day, and your master has not returned to Kyoto for a day, so the Queen Mother will not immediately do anything to the Fan family." We need this time to influence the Queen Mother, and then ...... Waiting for your master to come back. ”

The third prince was silent for a moment and nodded, he, like his mother, had always had great confidence in Fan Xian, in their hearts, as long as the master returned to Kyoto, he would definitely be able to solve the whole thing.

The eunuch was urging outside.

Yi Gui Concubine had some six gods and began to prepare to move to Hanguang Palace.

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in the eyes of the third prince, and he took out a quenched dagger given to him by Fan Xian from under the table, and carefully hid it in his cute little boots.

He didn't agree with his mother's previous words, and there wasn't necessarily how safe it was in the Hanguang Palace, what kind of crazy thing the two brothers couldn't do for the chair left by their father?

―――――――――――――――――――― crown prince Li Chengqian slowly sorted out his clothes, there was no trace of crazy joy on his face, the news of the emperor's death reached the palace, and His Royal Highness the crown prince, like all the princes and ministers, fell to the ground and cried, and it was difficult to hide his sorrow.

It's just that his face is sad and a little more pale. Walking to the door of the East Palace, he bowed deeply to the twilight in the far east, and two strings of tears fell from his eyes.

After a long time, he straightened up, straightened his body, and thought sadly in his heart: "Father, it's not that the son is unfilial, it's just that you have forced me to the point where there is no way out." ”

Hong Zhu led the guards at the door of the East Palace, waiting to ask the queen and the prince to move to the Hanguang Palace.

The prince glanced outside the palace gate, turned around and glanced at the queen, frowned slightly, forcibly covered the helplessness in his eyes, held his mother's hand, and whispered in her ear: "Queen Mother, please mourn." ”

The queen mother, who has always been noble-looking, has been trapped in the East Palace for half a year, and she has long since lost her original glory, but now she suddenly heard the news of His Majesty's assassination in Dadong Mountain, and the woman who was the emperor's childhood sweetheart still collapsed, and the whole person listened to the news from the palaces like a walking corpse, but she could only sit on the couch and cry.

"Your father is dead...... the queen looked at the crown prince with blank eyes.

The prince slowly lowered his head and said, "The child knows, it's just ...... Everyone is going to die. ”

There was still a sadness on his face, but the words were extremely indifferent.

The queen seemed to regain her senses in an instant, understood these words, looked at her son with an incredulous face, opened her mouth wide, and did not speak for a long time!

"The sacrifice to heaven is not completed. The crown prince said in a low voice: "The son will rightfully become the next emperor of Qingguo, and you will be the queen mother." ”

The queen didn't know how many complicated feelings surged in her heart for a while, her lips trembled, and it wasn't until a long time later that she spoke: "Yes, yes, yes...... Fan Xian, damn it, I'm ...... I said a long time ago, that's a demon star...... Our old Li family...... It will always be ruined at the hands of their mother and son...... Stay for a while and go to Hanguang Palace, and immediately ask the Queen Mother to issue an order to behead the Fan family! No, all the Fan and Liu families will be beheaded, and Chen Pingping's old dog will be killed!"

The crown prince held the queen's hand and suddenly became a little heavier, and the queen was in pain and stopped her mouth.

The prince attached himself to her ear and whispered word by word: "Don't say this, remember, don't say a word...... If you still want me to sit on that dragon chair, don't say anything. Nowadays, no one will believe Fan Xian killing the king, and if you want to say that, no one will believe it...... So we have to wait in the Hanguang Palace, in another four or five days, the human and material evidence will come back, and if you don't say it then, the Queen Mother will know what to do. ”

The queen trembled, as if she had never known her son.

The prince finally whispered in her ear: "Qin Heng is going to enter the palace in a while...... On the old man's side, you speak, and the queen mother is good at talking. ”

――――――――――――――――― in the mansion of the second prince not far from the palace, the second prince is like his brother, while tidying up his clothes, simulating sadness, as a member of the Son of Heaven's family, what he is best at is acting, so when he thinks about many things in his heart, the expression on his face is still in place.

Princess Ye Ling'er looked at him indifferently from the side, and did not step forward to help, and asked softly for a moment, "Do you believe it?"

The second prince's hand paused, and he replied calmly: "I don't believe it, I appreciate Fan Xian, he has no reason to do this." ”

Ye Ling'er frowned and asked, "Then why...... That's what the rumors are saying?"

"Rumors are just rumors, and they stop at the wise. The second prince bowed his head slightly, rolled up his snow-white sleeves, he was wearing a light single coat today, and he looked extremely low-key and silent, "Before there is evidence, I won't believe that Fan Xian would be so bold." ”

Ye Ling'er's heart softened, and she said softly: "Be careful when entering the palace." ”

The second prince smiled reluctantly, patted his wife's face, and said: "What should I be careful about? Father, the emperor is in a big line, but now he is not mourning, and when the affairs of Dongshan are clear, the whole country will mourn, and then the crown prince will ascend the throne, and I will still be the inconspicuous second prince." ”

"Are you willing?" Ye Ling'er looked at him in surprise.

After the second prince was silent for a moment, he suddenly spoke: "I won't hide it from you, I suspect that the matter of Dongshan was done by the prince......"

Ye Ling'er was taken aback and covered her mouth tightly.

The second prince smiled bitterly and said, "It's just a guess." ”

After saying this, he walked towards the gate of the mansion, summoned his personal entourage in the corner, and commanded softly: "Inform my father-in-law and be ready to enter Beijing at any time." ”

Yes, the father died, and the second prince stood at the door of the mansion, and suddenly felt that the sky above his head had begun to shine with a beautiful blue light, and no one could stand in his way. He saw the affairs of Dadongshan very clearly, because Her Royal Highness the eldest princess had never hidden it from him.

The crown prince will ascend the throne when he ascends the throne, but no matter whether Fan Xian is dead or alive, how can the old guys standing behind Fan Xian be arrested?

A sneer appeared on the corner of the second prince's lips, he would help the prince, let him sit in that chair for the time being, let him face the strong backlash of the Supervision Yuan and the Fan family, he just needs to look indifferently, the prince's waste, when it is revealed that he is the mastermind of killing his father and the monarch in the future, see what fate he will fall to!

――――――――――――――――― it's too late to grieve.

All those who knew the news of the assassination of His Majesty the Emperor did not have time to grieve, and after a moment of shock, they began to arrange the follow-up calmly and even somewhat indifferently, and those who were qualified to sit in that chair began to prepare, and those who were qualified to decide the ownership of that chair began to ventilate secretly.

Although the Queen Mother asked the relevant personnel to enter the palace as soon as possible, she still gave those people enough time to communicate.

Everyone seems to have forgotten that the one who died was the most powerful king since the founding of the country, the supreme who ruled this land for more than 20 years, and the symbol of the god jīng of all the people of Qingguo.

They were disturbed by the dividends in front of them and the fragrance on the tip of their noses, and they only had time to be excited and panicked, pretending to be sad, but they didn't have time to really grieve in their hearts.

Except for one person.

............ The eldest princess slowly pushed open the gate of the royal courtyard, which had been nominally closed for months, and stood calmly on the stone steps, looking at the carriages and eunuchs that came to welcome her into the palace below, her beautiful features did not tremble at all. She was dressed in a thin white dress, very pretty, plain, and extremely sad.

She didn't look back at the other courtyard, slowly raised her head, looking at the blue sky after the sky was dispersed, the sadness on her face became heavier and heavier, thicker and thicker, thick to the extreme, faint to the point that there was no trace of love, and the jade-like skin seemed to be transparent, so that all the people in the world could see the true emotions in her heart.

The pain and the calm.

Li Yunrui smiled slightly, the clear light scattered, and whispered to a certain wisp of emperor soul on the distant mountain in his heart: "Brother, let's go." ”

Then she got into the carriage and drove towards the palace where the ownership of Qingguo was about to be decided.

Unlike the crown prince and the second prince, she didn't bother to guard against the Supervision Yuan and the Fan Mansion at all. Because she stands taller and sees farther. The crux of the whole thing has been confirmed with the three tired horses who have returned to Beijing all the way, and the rest of the things are just very simple.

As long as His Majesty is dead, the whole thing is over.

Regardless of whether the Queen Mother will believe Fan Xian killing the monarch, but after all, she is the Queen Mother of Qingguo, she must believe it, and the eldest princess also has a way to make her believe it.

As for whether the crown prince or the second prince will succeed to the throne, the eldest princess Li Yunrui doesn't care much, all she cares about is the death of that person.

I can help you, and when you abandon me, I can ruin you.

The woman in the carriage laughed, then cried.

―――――――――――――――――――― rain slowly dripped from the branches at the city gate, and it had been several days since the three horsemen entered Beijing to report the news. There are no impermeable walls in the world, the changes between Miyagi and the Castle Gate Division, the Kyoto Prefecture officials doing their best to maintain law and order, and the unusual silence of the Inspectorate made the people of Kyoto faintly guess the truth of the facts.

The truth they couldn't believe.

The reactions of the Li people are always different from those of the magnates, they look at things more directly, and sometimes more accurately, they only know that His Majesty Qingguo is a good emperor, at least from the perspective of the lives of the people of Qingguo, Qingdi is a rare good emperor.

So the people were sad and weeping, and they didn't know what the future of this kingdom would become. They also had doubts in their hearts, and they didn't believe that Lord Xiao Fan would be ...... no matter what That traitor who deserves a thousand cuts!

The officials didn't believe it at first, but the five hundred black horses of Fan Xian's relatives have not returned so far, and the official ship parked in Lanzhou has disappeared without a trace. The testimony of Dadongshan's surviving "living mouth" pointed directly at Fan Xian, and countless evidence began to gather in the palace, although it was not enough to prove anything, but it could convince some people who were willing to be persuaded.

Fan's house has already been charged.

The Guogong Mansion was also charged.

Maybe what is coming is bloodshed.

I heard that the palace began to prepare for the crown prince to succeed to the throne.

The soon-to-be-deposed crown prince succeeded to the throne...... History and reality are always so absurd.

At this time, a merchant selling soybean oil, wearing a hat, used the documents of the Miyabo Division to enter the east gate of the city, which had been changed from fully enclosed to semi-closed, walked to a corner of the southern city, and stayed in an inn.

Through the window of the inn, you can vaguely see the front and back houses of the Fan Mansion surrounded by heavy troops. The merchant took off his hat, looked at the mansion in the distance, clutched his chest and coughed twice, a hint of complicated emotion flashing in his eyes.

............ (I've been staying at my best friend's house in Shanghai, and I haven't seen my friend for three days - this is the big problem caused by not being in one place for a long time, friends don't see each other for four or five years, and if they don't see each other, they are angry, so they run around the streets of Shanghai day and night, enduring the chest tearing pain caused by cold and inflammation.)

I was taking my pills all the time, drinking very little, but my illness didn't get better, and I was stuck in a frenzy when I saw that appointments were always missing on the paper—when did I become such a busy social person? Why is it that every trip to the big city is as long as a chūn trip?

This annual meeting, after deliberately postponing the period of leaving Shanghai, is because there are too many friends who want to meet and chat, but they still can't arrange it properly, which is my own problem. Occupy some pages, snap your fingers to friends you haven't seen, and I'll come back next year.