"Bang!"

The muffled sound of knees hitting the wooden planks was a bit heavy in the cold and dignified study.

Cui Yuan realized that something was wrong.

He raised his head and looked at Sima Baoxiang.

The beauty is still dressed in gorgeous clothes and has a high crown, graceful and elegant, but she has lost the tenderness of her daily veins, and her phoenix eyes are majestic as if they have been quenched with ice, which is terrifyingly cold.

He was puzzled: "What is the princess doing?!" ”

"Why?" Sima Baoxiang chuckled, "Today, this palace is here to ask for the account from twenty years ago." ”

Twenty years ago......

Cui Yuan immediately recalled the past that he had just remembered half-asleep and half-awake.

The only old account between him and the princess is the poor Princess Jian'an twenty years ago.

He frowned, stared at Sima Bao for a long time, and then said, "It turns out that at the beginning, you were not willing to hand over Princess Jian'an...... You lied to everyone. ”

Sima Bao sneered again and again: "She was born in October when she was pregnant in this palace, and she is the treasure that this palace puts on the tip of her heart!" Willing? How can it be! It's just that I know that there is no way out, and I am just forced! Cui Yuan, over the years, this palace has not dared to forget the original hatred, thinking about it day and day, sleepless nights, only hating that she couldn't suffer for her at the beginning! ”

"So, marrying me is also a step in your revenge plan?"

"Not bad! Pretend to marry you, so that the royal family and all the families can rest assured that this palace has no grudge against them. and then used the identity of the Cui family's wife to cover up, privately raise his own army, and bribe the officials of the DPRK and China......"

Cui Yuan listened to these words, and only felt that the words were shocked.

After so many years of pillow people, he has never recognized it.

He still vividly remembers the picture of Sima Bao standing on the imperial steps with a baby in his arms, calmly overlooking all the families.

Now that I think about it, where is her eyes calm, and they are clearly full of unforgettable hatred, right?

He was silent for a long time, remembered something and said: "In this way, the serial murder case that once shocked Jiankang was also your handiwork?" ”

"Yes, this palace wants to let those who agree to Jian'an go to Luoyang as a proton also taste the pain of losing their daughter." Sima Bao's face was cold, "This palace is not a saint, and I can't repay my grievances with virtue." I have to let them taste the pain that this palace has experienced, so they can stop! ”

By the end of the sentence, her voice had become sharp and fierce.

There was a long silence in the study.

The brass Boshan furnace in the corner is quietly burning with stone leaf incense, and a line of green smoke slowly rises from the hollow of the furnace lid, as straight as the lonely smoke of the desert.

Cui Yuan knelt there, hanging his head in silence.

The sun fell on the floor, and he stared at the jumping spots of light, his old face showed confusion, and his always tall body seemed to become a little rickety.

He also grew up reading and knows what it means to be polite, righteous and honest.

What happened back then......

If it was on him, he would still hold a grudge to this day.

It wasn't until the green smoke was about to burn out that Cui Yuan slowly raised his head.

The man took off his majesty as the head of the Cui family, he looked at Sima Bao's makeup, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes showed a strange gentleness.

His voice was very soft: "Back then, we did it wrong. Because of the greed for comfort and wealth, he chose to avoid war and seek peace, and even put all the responsibility on the head of a baby girl, which is really a big joke in the world. In the future, when future generations read this historical material, they will surely laugh at us fiercely. If the princess wants to take my life, she will take it directly, and Cui Yuan will never resist! ”

The man was so frank, but it made Sima Bao a little uncomfortable.

Her willow eyebrows tightened: "Don't think that if you take the initiative to confess, this palace will forgive you!" ”

She knew that many of the families who voted in favor felt guilty, and even quietly set up an ancestral hall for Jian'an in the privacy of the mansion.

But so what?

That doesn't buy back Jian'an's life.

This group of people can only apologize for their sins by dying!

Cui Yuan took out a dagger from his sleeve.

He pulled out his dagger and rubbed the sharp blade with his fingertips: "It is said that the Cui family is powerful, but only I know that what I am good at is just dancing with power and forming a party for personal gain in the small Jiankang City." In my life, I have never had ambitions, never made military achievements, and never loved my family and territory. Compared to the original partner who died on the battlefield of the princess, I am much inferior after all. Ever since the word "yes" was written in the court, I knew that I was a villain who was greedy for the future. ”

In the face of his confession, Sima Bao was quiet.

"I have been mediocre in my life, and the only thing that is extraordinary is that I have taken the initiative to take the initiative for the public." Cui Yuan smiled self-deprecatingly, "A high-ranking person shouldn't be tempted or can't be tempted, but Cui Yuan is willing." ”

The words landed, and the dagger stabbed deep into the heart.

Sticky blood flowed down the wound and gradually stained Cui Yuan's hand red.

He stared at Sima Bao's face, and his eyes were full of affection.

Sima Baoxiang slowly stood up, as if he couldn't believe that he would choose to commit suicide to apologize.

She took two steps back and watched Cui Yuan fall in a pool of blood.

She turned pale and hurried out of the study without saying a word.

Under the porch, Cui Shen turned to look at her and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why is A-Niang's face so pale?" What does my father say, can I sincerely repent? ”

Seeing that Sima Baoxiang didn't speak, he entered the study curiously.

After a while, he stepped out of the threshold, his tone as calm as ever: "Father is gone." ”

Sima Bao looked at the flowers and plants in the garden.

These flowers and plants are all varieties she likes, and Cui Yuan knows that she likes them, so she planted many of them in the mansion with her own hands.

Over the years, he has been very fond of her......

Cui Shen was like an outsider watching from the sidelines, and he didn't show the slightest sadness about Cui Yuan's death, but only asked with interest: "Father should love Auntie very much, but I don't understand, what is it like to love someone?" Over the years, has A-Niang ever loved him? ”

Sima Baoxiang did not answer this question.

She raised her hand and rubbed the corners of her forehead, calmed down for a while, and then looked in the direction of the palace and said coldly: "It's time to enter the palace." ”

Cui Shen laughed: "Yes, it's time to enter the palace." ”

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Good night duck