"Since the evidence of fornication is conclusive, there is no need to check it again, Zheng Jieyu, strangled immediately!"

"Ah...... No, don't, the concubine was framed, Concubine De, you have to believe the concubine. Zheng Jieyu begged bitterly.

"Framed?" Concubine De sneered: "You used a water truck to transport the maniac to your palace, and even your personal palace maid personally admitted that you had an affair with this maniac, could it be that you were also framed?" ”

Zheng Jieyu was already in a state of disarray, her legs were unstable, and she was pressed to the ground by two eunuchs at once, she looked at the madman who was tied up on one side, and then looked at the palace maid who betrayed her beside her, her face was as cold as the moonlight at that time.

Zheng Jieyu begged bitterly: "Concubine De, there are no concubines, concubines have always been loyal to Your Majesty!" The madman concubine in this water truck doesn't know each other at all, and the concubine is wronged. ”

Concubine De's eyes were cold: "Isn't Sister Jieyu usually born with a sharp mouth and a lotus tongue?" Today's evidence is conclusive, and no matter how clever you are, you will inevitably be guilty of death. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Jieyu looked up at Concubine De's cold expression, and then seemed to be white, and hurriedly broke free from the hands of the two eunuchs, stepped forward on her knees, kowtowing like pounding garlic, like a sound in the dark night, hitting people's hearts.

"Concubine De, the concubine knows that she is wrong, the concubine's mistake is to instigate her son to slander you in front of His Majesty, and the fault is to compete with you for favor, and the concubine will obey you in the future."

Concubine De's face was cold when she heard this, the corners of her mouth were raised like a crescent moon, and her face loomed in the mist of the night, but it seemed to hide endless danger.

"Zheng Jieyu," Concubine De said calmly, "What else do you dare to say?" ”

Zheng Jieyu clenched her teeth, but trembled, looked at her hands and shook her head: "No, no, Niangniang, the concubine's faults have been confessed!" ”

Concubine De pinched the jade bracelet, slid her fingers back and forth on it, and said idly: "Do you dare to do it?" In fact, your biggest mistake is that you met Hongu. ”

Zheng Jieyu's pale face seemed to be covered with layers of frost, she stepped forward on her knees again, hugged Concubine De's right foot, and cried desperately: "Concubine De, you will spare the concubine's life, His Royal Highness can't live without his mother!" ”

Concubine De was no longer patient, clenched the jade bracelet in her hand, kicked Zheng Jieyu away, and shouted to everyone: "It's all for the palace!" His Majesty and the queen have been to Huazhou for more than a year, Zheng Jieyu is unbearable and lonely in the deep palace, and the harem is filthy. ”

As soon as the words fell, the two eunuchs dragged Zheng Jieyu over, dragged her to the well, took out a silver dangling long sword, and shook it in the cold moonlight.

The black clouds in the night sky were getting thicker, and it seemed that a heavy rain was coming.

Zheng Jieyu sizzled in pain, gritted her teeth and yelled at Concubine De: "Lu Yan is looking for you slut, you don't have to die!" ”

Concubine De turned her back, and the knuckles of the jade bracelet turned white.

Suddenly, Zheng Jieyu began to look up to the sky like crazy and laughed wildly: "Yu'er, Yu'er!" My mother died for you, and my mother died for you! You're going to repay your mother—"

Her screams suddenly collapsed like strings, and a burst of bright red warmth followed, sprinkled on the cold ground like a dragon, Zheng Jieyu whimpered a few times, and fell to the ground in breath.

There were more and more black clouds in the air, and suddenly a lightning bolt pierced the sky, and the rain was like a waterfall, hitting Zheng Jieyu's corpse, and the blood on the ground was also dyed with ripples, like a blooming peony.

"Concubine De, Zheng Jieyu is dead, let's go back to the palace." Eunuch Liu Yuan begged.

Concubine De's eyes were wide, and her face was full of annoyance: "Drag Zheng Jieyu's body to the mass grave and bury it." Drive for the palace and return to the incense hall! ”

The torrential rain shrouded the summer palace in a bleak cold, the blood on the ground was washed clean by the rain, and the mist of midnight gradually rose.

Returning to the Hanxiang Palace, Concubine De's eyes were red, she looked at the three incense sticks on the wall of the inner hall, walked over slowly, and placed the jade bracelet with her body temperature in her hand on the altar.

"Daughter," Concubine De muttered, "my daughter, you haven't had time to call me a mother......

In the dimly lit room, the candle flame reflected the shadow of Concubine De on the wall, swaying slightly. Concubine De stared at the offering platform for a long time, with a little light in the corners of her eyes, as if waiting for a reply that would never come, for a long time, for a long time.

The drought has been a long time, and this heavy rain has been raining for three days in a row.

It was summer, and Zhu Wen occupied the eastern capital of Luoyang.

In order to prevent Emperor Li Ye from falling into the hands of Zhu Wen, Li Maozhen, Han Jian, and Li Keyong temporarily formed an alliance with the three of them, so that the emperor and Empress He could escape safely from Huazhou and return to Chang'an.

After returning to Chang'an, the emperor changed the name of the year to "Guanghua" to celebrate.

On the day when the emperor returned safely, the palace was busy with various matters after welcoming the emperor back to the palace. Because he was busy dealing with government affairs, the emperor was indifferent to Zheng Jieyu's affairs and handed over full authority to the empress. Because the evidence of Zheng Jieyu's matter was conclusive, the emperor deliberately did not let the matter be publicized, so that the queen hastily gave up.

At the beginning of the heavy rain, the queen came to see the emperor in the morning: "The concubines have something to ask for, and I hope that Your Majesty will approve it." ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "The queen said it directly." ”

"Zheng Jieyu passed away, His Royal Highness King Qian lost his mother at the age of fifteen, the prince was innocent, the concubine was the head of the harem, and the concubine's child was the concubine's child. Therefore, the concubine wanted to include him in her own name, and also to avoid traitors looking down on His Majesty's bloodline in the future. ”

The emperor slowly closed the fold, thought for a moment, remembered the old years, and said: "Last year, you fled to Huazhou with me, and you were already wronged. During your stay in Huazhou, you didn't even get the queen's canonization gift, and I felt very guilty in my heart. Now that you are the queen and have a noble position, and you are my eldest son and the biological mother of my ninth son, it is only natural for you to adopt King Qian. ”

A hint of joy flashed on the queen's face, and she curtsied: "The concubine will thank Your Majesty Longen for His Royal Highness King Qian." Recently, the concubines have been thinking about something, Your Majesty has returned to the palace smoothly, it is already a happy event, and the concubines see that there are not many concubines in the harem now, and it is time to choose and choose, so they should be happy for Your Majesty. ”

"If the queen doesn't say it, I'm about to forget. I'll leave the matter to you. Four years ago, I named the third child as the pious king, and presumably others would not dare to underestimate him, and now that he is included in your name, it is the greatest kindness to him. ”

When the queen heard this, she said with a pleasant face: "The concubine will thank Your Majesty Long En for His Royal Highness King Qian." ”

"Recently, the feudal towns have been unpeaceful one after another, and I also plan to let Sikong Jun lead the forbidden army to Xiangzhou in two months."

"Let Sikong Jun go to Xiangzhou?" The queen was puzzled: "Why Xiangzhou?" ”

The emperor sighed, "If I think about it, only Xiangzhou has the advantage of being located. Oh, I also plan to let Sikong Jun set off early in the morning on the day the show girl enters the palace, which can be regarded as a good luck. ”

The queen smiled lightly: "With Your Majesty's blessing, Lord Sikong will be able to return safely." ”

In this way, the queen bowed and retreated, and returned to Qingning Palace with her maid Zhenlan.

Qingning Palace is the residence of the queen of the main palace, the queen is quiet, the whole palace is exceptionally quiet, quiet and cool.

The personal palace maid Zhenlan helped the queen to sit in front of the dressing mirror, and said angrily: "Niangniang, the biological mother of the Third Highness is accused of fornication, why do you bother to rob the Third Highness to raise it?" ”

The queen smiled slightly: "The palace and His Majesty have been going to Huazhou for more than a year, and the affairs of the harem have been handed over to Concubine De, do you know why?" ”

Zhenlan replied according to her words: "The snipe and the clam are fighting, and naturally we benefit." ”

"The palace is not in the palace, and the highest ranking in the harem is Concubine De, who has long wanted to put Zheng Jieyu to death. Now that Zheng Jieyu is dead, as the queen, it is enough to obtain the custody of the three highnesses. What's odious is that Concubine De actually executed Zheng Jieyu for the crime of defiling the palace, which almost made His Majesty angry with His Royal Highness King Qian! ”

After speaking, the queen neatly pulled out the phoenix hairpin on her head and threw it heavily on the makeup, and the sound was like a thunderclap.

The ylang-ylang fragrance in the hall made a burst of mist, Zhenlan trembled slightly in fright, slowed down, continued to smooth the queen's hair, and murmured: "This step is our miscalculation, after all, you were still a concubine at that time, but fortunately, Your Majesty didn't say anything, and it can be regarded as living up to your hard work." ”

The queen looked at the bronze mirror and said angrily: "This Lu Yanxun is calculating everywhere, and in the ten years since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the palace has been unwilling to tear her face with her. In the past, when the palace was still a concubine, she relied on being ranked third among the four concubines, speculating about the thoughts of the palace all day long. Now it's time to pick draft girls again, you go and tell the selection envoys to choose young and beautiful women with no family background to enter the palace to frustrate Concubine De's spirit. ”

"The slave maid found out for you yesterday, the Xiao family in the south of the city is not bad, I heard that the Xiao family is also born well, if you get your love after entering the palace, I may be able to help you bring down Concubine De."

"Shaw? This palace has never heard of it, it seems to be a small family," the queen pondered: "Then send someone to the Xiao family, if you are really born beautiful, you can also share a little bit of Concubine De's favor." ”

"The Xiao family is in business, and I heard that the elder brother of the Xiao family joined the army, but I don't know who he is under his command."

The queen hesitated for a moment and rubbed her temples, "That's it, let the selection envoys call the shots, the palace won't worry about this, as long as the appearance is good." ”

"Yes."

The queen replied again: "There is one more thing, Jiang Cheng is a guard in the inner court, and on the day the show girl enters the palace, let him go to Chang'an West City to escort him." ”

"Yes, sissy."

After this rain, the weather was scorching again after a few days. There was a sound of cicadas that flickered far and near, making people feel bored, and the palace maids of each palace brought cold water, and a basin was sprinkled on the ground, trying to bring a little coolness.

There were also eunuchs in the Privy Council who helped sprinkle water, and the pious king looked at a group of lazy eunuchs with a blank look, and his heart was heavy.

King Qian's mother, Zheng Jieyu, was executed by Concubine De, so he entered the palace to guard the spirit, and stayed in the side room of the Privy Council at the moment. Because Zheng Jieyu was convicted of defiling the palace, no one dared to visit.

Human feelings are sophisticated, and this is the case.

The king's name is Li Yu, the third son of the emperor, who was crowned king four years ago, and his mother Zheng is also a noble son and promoted to Jieyu.

Seeing that King Qian's road ahead was calm, but Zheng Jieyu was executed for the crime of defiling the palace, he naturally couldn't swallow this breath in his heart no matter what, and he closed the door all day long.

The hot weather made people even more irritable, and Cen Shun, the eunuch in charge of King Qian's side, brought a wind wheel and ice cubes, and brought an extremely delicate green jade pillow, which was gently placed on the head of King Qian's bed, as if he was afraid of making noise to King Qian.

King Qian looked at the green jade pillow and said upset: "'Why do you need amber as a pillow', now this king uses green jade as a pillow, so that people can laugh at this king's corruption?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Qian has misunderstood," Cen Shun lowered his eyebrows and said: "This green jade pillow has always had the effect of calming the nerves, and there have been a lot of trivial matters recently, and seeing that the draft girl is about to enter the palace, let's consider the method that Lord Jiang Xuanhui said." ”

King Qian's eyebrows seemed to contain a ball of anger and nowhere to vent, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The selection envoy actually chose the Xiao family impartially. This king asked someone to inquire, and the brother of the Xiao family was actually under the command of Sikong Jun! Sikong Jun was originally the commander of the forbidden army, if the Xiao family entered the palace, wouldn't Sikong Jun's forces be all over the harem and the forbidden army? ”

Cen Shun choked slightly, and smiled reluctantly: "So Master Jiang asked you to consider whether to steal the beam and change the pillar." ”

King Qian looked around, slammed the door of the palace shut, clenched his fists and said, "If we really change the show girl according to his method, it will indeed be good for us!" ”

Cen Shun breathed a sigh of relief and approached: "Yes, if you replace the Xiao family with your own people, you can still fight against Concubine De's forces, and it can be regarded as avenging your mother." Your Highness, it is said that your mother was shouting that she died for you......"

Before the words fell, King Qian's clenched fist fell heavily on the desk, and his eyes looked like a wolf, "Concubine De killed my mother like that!" If this king had not been kindly adopted by the queen, I am afraid that he would have become the next target of Concubine De! ”

Cen Shun nodded, his expression was also moved: "Your Highness, what Lord Jiang means is to let Qingyun, a woman from a humble background, enter the palace in place of Xiao's identity." On the day when the show girl was selected, Lord Jiang would arrange everything, and then we only needed to cooperate, so that Qing Yun could smoothly replace Xiao Shi into the palace. ”

"What's Shaw's name?"

"This ...... No one knows this woman's name, only Xiao. When the time comes, just let Qingyun enter the palace instead of the Xiao family, and no one cares about the surname. ”

Cen Shun hung up the Lu'an tea that had been cold on the table for half an hour in the air, and the fragrance of tea in the hall was suddenly overflowing, and it seemed that the summer heat had gradually faded a little.

King Qian looked at Zheng Jieyu's tablet in the distance, his eyes were slightly red, and he smashed the tea cup in Cen Shun's hand to the ground for a moment, trembling and agreed: "Okay, the queen's side, I will hide it, and this king will do what Jiang Xuanhui said, and come up with a plan to steal beams and change pillars!" ”