Weiyang Palace.

The emperor seemed to have a premonition, and ordered Bai Ziche to serve the decoction in the Weiyang Palace for a long time.

Everyone knew that this was an excuse, and the emperor was just afraid that Bai Ziche would die before the ancestor worship ceremony in vain. But Bai Ziche is very serious in everything he does, he is as skilled in taking care of patients as he is in taking care of children, and there is a kind of maturity and stability that does not fit his identity.

The emperor relieved himself of a matter of concern, his condition gradually improved, and he began to take care of the flowers and plants in the conservatory again.

Charcoal fires burned day and night in the conservatory, and ventilation gaps were dug out in the four walls, making it as warm as spring. The emperor wore a civilian dress and carefully cut the flowers and leaves. The leaves of the daffodils are slender and long, and the roses are so fragrant that they sneeze white.

"The sage said that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh. I don't have the ability to be a good cook, but I will be a gardener. The emperor took off a handkerchief and handed it to Bai Ziche, picked up a pot of phalaenopsis orchids, and looked proud, "What do you think of this pot of flowers for Mo Xue?" ”

Bai Ziche covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and said straightly: "Orchids are delicate, they are rare in the clouds, Mo Xue must like them." ”

In fact, there are already a lot of flowers and plants rewarded by the emperor in the middle of Akiba Mountain, and the things given by the emperor should not be neglected, and Yuzhu has found a lot of florists for this, for fear that one will accidentally raise it to death. Chu Shixia has no talent for vassal elegance, and in her opinion, narcissus and garlic are only poisonous and non-toxic, and she doesn't care about these things.

"I've heard that some people get rashes all over their bodies when they encounter pollen, and since you are not feeling well, you should not stay here for a long time." The emperor said with a little regret, "Let's go, let Mo Xue pick it another day." ”

The father and son walked through the huge flower room when they suddenly heard the sound of rubble above their heads. The emperor was stunned for a moment, but Bai Ziche reacted immediately, grabbing the emperor's hand and rushing out regardless of humility.

In the next moment, the roof of the flower house collapsed.

The two figures rolled to the ground at the same time, knocking over a shelf of breeding peonies. One is dressed in palace costume and holds two short blades; Another person described him as sneaky, with a silver ghost mask on his face, and he looked particularly petite. The palace man's face was cut into a fine and dense wound, and the human skin mask was on the verge of falling apart.

Bai Ziche escorted the emperor and retreated, rushing out without looking back.

The palace man glanced at the Luo Assassin who was lying on the ground panting, and turned to rush towards the defenseless Bai Ziche and the emperor. The assassin grabbed a pot of orchids and threw it at the palace man, who turned around and kicked the flower pot and pounced on Bai Ziche.

It was just a momentary slowness, and another figure fell from the sky, thrusting between the two of them like a sharp blade, and grabbed the palace man's wrist and folded it back. The sound of the joints popping was clearly audible, and the short blade slammed to the ground. As if he didn't notice the pain, the palace man slashed his other hand towards the man's throat.

The uninvited guest pushed a palm between the elbows of the palace man, and the paralysis of the muscles and veins made him disarm. The hand of the comer rose from between the elbows of the palace man, grabbed her throat, and her footsteps fell, pinching her neck and smashing into the fragments of flower pots all over the ground. The palace man's neck twisted slightly, and red and white blood and brains gushed out from the back of his head, and he didn't move.

The person who got up from the mess all over the place knelt down in front of Shen Zhou, "Nanshan, I've seen the head of the house." ”

Shen Zhou's face was also wearing a hideous silver ghost mask, and he looked a little more terrifying than the palace people who had died a tragic death.

"King Qin is reversed." Shen Zhou turned around and said to the emperor and Bai Ziche.

——

Xuanzheng Palace.

Pei Yao hugged the restless Bai Yan and kept stroking the top of his head, trying to comfort him.

Bai Yan was not as panicked as he was when he encountered a palace change for the first time in his life. He looked fixedly at Bai Ziche, who was helping the emperor to sit on the dragon chair, took a deep breath to calm himself down, and even comforted Pei Yao in turn: "Auntie, don't be afraid. ”

The cabinet, the courtiers of the six ministries who were on duty tonight, and the ministers who had stayed awake late at night and rushed into the palace because they were alarmed by the drums of the Gyeonggi Guard. The emperor held his forehead, and before he could recover from Fang Cai's assassination, his head was splitting.

"Your Majesty, the King of Qin claimed that His Majesty was confused by traitors, so he made this decision and raised troops to serve the king!" Hubu Shangshu took the lead in standing up and arched his hand, "The minister dares to ask Your Majesty, why did you abolish the elders and the young, abolish the ancestors' etiquette, and cause this disaster?" ”

"Presumptuous." Bai Ziche coldly scolded, "King Qin rebelled, intending to kill the king and kill his father, but you are here to question Your Majesty, what is your intention?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Qi, it's better to protect yourself." Hubu Shangshu didn't let it go at all, and said coldly, "You have formed a party in the DPRK and China for personal gain over the years, and even colluded with important border officials like the Chu clan in Yunzhong, you should be the leader of today's disaster!" The thief whom the King of Qin begged, you are the first. ”

The emperor couldn't bear it anymore, and a hot tea smashed on the forehead of the head of the household book. The head of the household was smashed and the blood flowed, and the ministers knelt down in panic.

"Do I have to approve my son to appoint him as the prince?" The emperor's face was gloomy, and he stood up with the dragon chair, "Whoever is not satisfied, who can rebel?" I'm still standing here, I'm still the emperor, so it's not his turn to bully the king! ”

"Your Majesty, the son kills the father, and the father kills the son, all of which are unspeakable ugly things!" Hubu Shangshu said in a loud voice, "His Royal Highness King Qin's approach is appropriate, and King Qi is not at fault for bullying his brother?" If the Gyeonggi Guard breaks through the palace, how should His Majesty deal with himself? I hope Your Majesty thinks twice! ”

The Chen Party of the DPRK and China sparsely echoed it.

The emperor was so angry that he was about to find something to smash this rebellious thief to death, when he heard someone say: "Why is there such a sneaky person around Your Majesty, where is Yu Linwei, where is the forbidden army?" Is Your Majesty really deceived by traitors? ”

The emperor turned his head and saw the sinking boat standing behind the pillar with his sword in his hand. Shen Zhou did not appear, but only showed a corner of his clothes.

"That's my man."

Qing Lingling's voice ran through the entire hall.

Chu Zhixia went to the hall with a sword, and the civil and military officials saw the blood stains on her white clothes, and couldn't help but retreat one after another, getting out of the way. Chu Zhixia was wearing a thin white robe, the blood splashed was like a plum blossom in full bloom, and the Buddha beads on his wrist were eye-catching.

"I intercepted the news that someone intended to assassinate him tonight and ordered him to enter the palace to protect His Majesty." Chu Zhixia walked in front of Hubu Shangshu, and the blood coagulated in the corners of his eyes was like a charming and amorous cinnabar mole, "Lord Shangshu, don't spew blood, a traitor, I have a grudge." ”

Tobe Shangshu was forced to take a step back by the smell of blood all over her body.

"Oh, I forgot, I'm also one of the traitors that King Qin wants to beg." Chu Zhixia tilted his head to look at him, a sarcastic smile flashed in his eyes, "King Qi is the first, and I am the second." My head is worth a thousand gold and ten thousand households. ”

"What do you want to do? Do you still want to kill people in the Xuanzheng Palace! "Hubu Shangshu was about to be frightened, and shouted for himself. He tried to hide behind his colleagues, but found that his frightened colleagues had long since retreated.

"To kill or not to kill, naturally His Majesty has the final say." Chu Zhixia knelt down in the direction of the emperor and saluted, "Minister Chu Zhixia, the escort is late, please forgive your majesty." ”

The emperor's face turned slightly pale, and he said, "It's good that you're safe." ”

"40,000 Gyeonggi guards are about to enter the city, I hope Your Majesty will make a decision as soon as possible."

Chu Shixia said clearly, "The King of Qin threatened to 'punish the rebel thief and clear the king'." The deputy commander of the Gyeonggi Guard has been killed, and those who do not want to rebel in the Gyeonggi Guard have all been martyred, and the Chen family is full of rebellion, and the Chen family house is empty. ”

Hube Shangshu said again: "Your Majesty, there is still a way to retreat at this time!" Does Your Majesty really want to see father and son in the same room? 40,000 Gyeonggi Guards, Yulin Guards and the Forbidden Army can't stop it! ”

"The Son shall kill his father, but the Father shall not kill his Son?" Chu Zhixia sneered, "What kind of truth is this?" Why should Lord Shangshu be an official, go to Yuanjue Temple to sit in the position of the Buddha, and be worshiped by the world every day with incense, isn't it beautiful? ”

"Chu Zhixia, you provoke the affection between Your Majesty and the father and son of King Qin, with ill intentions! You Yunzhong Chu Clan has heavy troops in your hands, and you should be clean and self-conscious, why do you want to be entangled with the King of Qi! Hubu Shangshu glared angrily at Chu Zhixia.

The emperor slammed the table and said angrily: "Are you the courtiers of my Bai clan or his henchmen of the Chen clan?" King Chen Bing of Qin, the imperial capital, wants to take the palace city, he is an out-and-out chaotic minister and thief! Those who exonerate this thief tonight, slander the king of Qi, persuade those who surrender, and intercede can be beheaded! ”

The emperor was so angry that his eyes were blood-red, and he pointed at the Hubu Shangshu and gritted his teeth and said, "That's such a thief!" ”

Drinking the snow and the cold light flashed, Chu Zhi Xia Zhen went to the blood beads on the sword, and pressed the sword back to the sheath. Tobe Shangshu covered the wound between his throat, blood spurted wildly between his fingers, and he fell to the ground heavily. The ministers gasped, lest they avoid it, and gave up a large open space.

"The Chu clan in the clouds, willing to fight to the death for Your Majesty."

Chu Zhixia half-knelt on the ground and bowed his head.

——

The gates of Miyagi were guarded everywhere, and the courtiers were guarded in batches, both for protection and surveillance. The emperor was so angry that he almost fainted, Bai Ziche personally cooked ginseng soup and poured it for him, and the emperor barely held on and handed over the power of Miyagi's military defense to Chu Shixia.

Yan Jue hurriedly ran down from the city gate and went straight to the front of the Xuanzheng Palace.

Chu Zhixia sat on the icy steps and wiped the blood from his face and neck with a wet handkerchief. Snowskull was clad in heavy armor, and the smell of blood in the air excited it, and it kept scraping the ground with its horse's hooves. Chu Zhixia waved at Yan Duel, and the small shadow beside him suddenly jumped up and threw himself into Yan Du's arms.

"Brother!" Yan Shu was frightened and burst into tears.

Yan Jue checked her up and down to see if she was injured, and saw that although there were bruises on her wrists, she was always fine. Yan Jue breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and was about to kneel down in front of Chu Zhixia.

"Excuse me, lose your life." Chu Zhixia hurriedly waved his hand and said wittily, "I burned down your house, just don't let me pay for it." ”

Yan Shu is a small key to this mutiny, because the person on duty in Miyagi tonight is Yan Jue. Yan Jue is naturally loyal, but Yan Jue's parents died early, and Yan Shu is his only blood relative. In the case of a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, the defender will need to be even more determined.

"They want to kidnap you and threaten me?" Yan Jue stroked the bruises on Yan Shu's wrists, feeling distressed.

The relatives of the Yan family have bad intentions, and Yan Jue knows it. But Yan never expected that these people would be so bold as to participate in the mutiny, and even wanted to kidnap Yan Shu to coerce him.

Chu Zhixia coughed dryly and said embarrassedly: "That's what I grabbed when I pulled her on the horse." ”

Chu Zhixia touched the tip of his nose and said, "Don't talk about these useless things, how about the defense of Miyagi City?" ”

"The walls have been splashed with water, as you will, and the walls are frozen and difficult to climb. However, Yu Linwei plus the forbidden army has a total of 20,000 people, and the enemy number is twice as large as our army, and there are no reinforcements, so it seems that the chances of winning are not good. Yan Jue's face was worried, "Do you still have a backhand?" ”

Chu Zhixia took off the light armor on Xue Cheng's back, put them on one by one, and said, "I will lead Cheng Yuan's subordinates out of the palace city, after I leave, you must lock the city gate until dawn, no matter what happens, don't open it." ”

"Now, out of Miyagi?!" Yan Jue was surprised.

"Little Marquis, protect Your Majesty." Chu Zhixia turned over and buckled his armor, and his voice came out through the cold gold and iron gaps, and he actually smiled slightly, "Success or failure is here." After this battle, maybe I can go home. ”

"I've missed the moon in the clouds for a long time."

——

The queen dressed up and walked through the chaotic corridor step by step. Yu Linwei, who was ordered to search for the assassins and sneaky people in the palace, was confused when he saw this, and he didn't know whether to take her or not, so he had to report it to Sun Yan.

Sun Yan asked the emperor and led the queen into the Xuanzheng Palace.

The queen is nearly forty years old, with a delicate and dignified appearance, and she is not a peerless beauty. She doesn't like to laugh, and she rarely has expressions, and she has the scent of sandalwood in the Buddhist hall all the year round, which makes it difficult for people to get close. But the queen never embarrassed people, and was easy-going to the point of incomprehension.

The queen is dressed in a bright red woven gold phoenix robe, decorated with phoenix eyes with a huge and clear night pearl, a gorgeous gold crown on her head, and a phoenix mouth holds a pearl, fluttering her wings and flying.

This is the queen's auspicious dress, which is only worn during the ancestor worship ceremony and the canonization of the queen.

"I didn't look for you, but you came to the door yourself." The emperor's expression was sorrowful, "Your good son, did he think about your life or death before he started?" Chen Wan, it has been in vain that you have spent so many years of the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, and the son you have taught is a murderer who kills his father, and a son who cares about people's lives. ”

The emperor was wrong, Bai Huan did send someone to take her away. But the queen refused, and after freshening up, she went to the Xuanzheng Hall alone.

"The concubine is guilty, please punish Your Majesty." The queen bowed down in a dignified manner and said.

The emperor was a little irritable, he ignored the queen all these years, and the queen rarely came to him. One of the few times was when the queen begged him to promise Bai Huan and Huo Wenqing's marriage, but in the end it caused a tragedy and offended the Huo family in vain.

"You go, I don't have the time to cure your sins tonight." The emperor waved his hand and said.

But the queen did not leave.

"The concubine married His Majesty at the age of sixteen, and the young husband and wife should not be tired of each other. The concubine knew that this marriage was not what His Majesty wanted. His Majesty is the respect of the Ninety-Five, but even the marriage has to be restrained, so even with disgust with Ah Huan and Ah Yu, the concubines have never complained. ”

The emperor covered his forehead and said impatiently: "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?" ”

"Chen's involvement in the government and politics has brought disaster to the country and the people. Ah Huan rebelled today, which was indispensable to Chen's instigation and rebellion, and the Gyeonggi Wei rebellion must also have Chen's handwriting. The queen smiled miserably, and tears glistened with tears in her head, "From today on, the Chen family is a thief who has never been easy to find. ”

"But does Your Majesty know? Ah Huan is strong in small things, and he is top-notch in everything, just to make His Majesty smile. But His Majesty never looked at him more. Although Chen's sin is unforgivable, Ah Huan has come to this point, doesn't His Majesty have the slightest compassion? ”

"If I don't have compassion, when Huo Wenqing dies, I should kill him!" The Emperor was furious, pacing back and forth like an angry lion, "What do you want to say?" You want to say that his rebellion is all forced by me! ”

The queen shook her head and said softly but firmly: "I beg your majesty, for the sake of Ah Huan's suffering for so many years, do not punish him for capital crimes." The concubines and children have no way, and they are willing to call them lost and return with death, and ask Your Majesty for mercy. ”

She took off the golden hairpin in her hair and stabbed it into her throat with lightning speed. The emperor's exclamation was curled into a thin line in her ears, and disappeared without a trace. The queen slowly lay down in the spread of the phoenix robe and the warm blood, and closed her eyes.

Zhenmin Empress Chen Shiwan, entered the palace at the age of sixteen and awarded the queen a treasure. Both father and brother are thieves, and the Chen family has devoted himself to worshipping the Buddha for 20 years, and does not ask about the world. His son Huan, a coup d'état, Chen could not bear his guilt, and he committed suicide in front of the emperor to apologize.

"Next chapter: "The internal strife of the Nine Shadows Division is endless, and the confrontation between the two armies of Chu and Chen shows their own magical powers." 」