On rainy nights, the wind wets the leaves, and the sound disturbs people's dreams. The rain curtain under the palace wall is fine and dense, supporting a heavy barrier.

With a few lightning flashes and thunders, people in their sleep couldn't help frowning, and the breath of panic spread.

The capital was shrouded in a quiet night, and it was a little bleak.

The wind and rain have come, and the sound of horses' hooves is crisp.

Splashing sludge and splashing puddles of water again.

At the gate of the palace, someone drove a horse and shouted, "Open the palace gate!" Open the palace door! ”

The man in black who was chasing behind him rushed to the gate of the palace desperately, threatening to stop the man on horseback.

On the palace gate, the feather sword was brushed out, and the leader of the forbidden army raised his hand and ordered, "Release the arrow-"

Several arrows were fired in unison, and they stabbed into the chest of the man in black.

A mouthful of red blood sprayed at the gate of the palace, soaking the silent slaughter left by the councillor in the dark night.

The palace gate opened, and a team of guards rushed out to fight the man in black.

Swords collided, sonorous with the sound of rain getting louder,

Heavy rain washed away mottled bloodstains.

On a rainy night, the palace is lit up one by one.

The fast-legged internal official ran to the Funing Hall with a rolling belt.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

The vigil was about to stop the inner guard, but the inner official shouted, "Someone has assassinated at the gate of the palace!" ”

The lights of the entire hall were lit up, and the emperor got out of bed in his clothes.

In the Shou'an Palace, the Queen Mother learned of this, and the palace people waited with their heads bowed.

The Queen Mother sat on a high seat dressed and looked up in the direction of the outside of the hall, and sighed.

"It's raining so hard this night."

At the gate of the palace, the blades were connected, and the rain fell on the reflective blades, and then splashed back to become dark red.

The group of men in black retreated with injuries, and two teams of men and horses ran out of the palace gate to chase after them.

The sound of horses' hooves crushed the breath of the night rain.

The gate of the palace opened, and a column of men and horses ran out, and put their spears on the neck of the horseman, and the man's strength was exhausted, and he slid straight down and fell on the stone ground at the palace gate.

Open your eyes and sleep for a long time, and you will not be blind to death.

A guard dragged the horse rope into the palace gate, and Wei Shudong, the leader of the forbidden army, stood with a sword in the palace gate.

The sound of heavy rain at this time became more wild, and the voice of uneasiness in my heart became louder and louder.

Approaching the horses, Wei Shudong saw clearly.

There was a dying woman tied to the horse.

Long hair is scattered, lips are pale, and clothes are ragged.

But the gold-encrusted jade plaque tied to the horse's back made him not to ignore.

Royal nameplate.

"Zuo Yang!" Wei Shudong shouted.

"Here!" Zuoyang is out of the ranks.

"You continue to keep vigil at the gate of the night palace here, and a few of you, follow me to take this woman to face the saint." Wei Shudong commanded.

"Yes!"

A moment later, there were rows of inner guards kneeling at the entrance of the Funing Palace, wet clothes on a rainy night, and water stains flowed at the door of the hall.

"Imperial Doctor Ding can't do it, call Imperial Doctor Huang, Imperial Doctor Zhang, and Imperial Doctor Li all over!" The emperor was furious and smashed several porcelain vases.

"Nope! Call me all the people in the hospital! ”

"Your Majesty, it's late at night, and the imperial doctors are ......," an old chamberlain said tremblingly.

The emperor raised his foot and kicked him to the ground.

"Resting, sleeping, and other reasons, I don't care, call them all!"

"If the eldest princess has a strength, I want you all to be buried together!"

The emperor turned around and went to the inner room again.

The woman lying on the bed was the woman tied to the ground on horseback.

At this moment, her body temperature was terrifying, her lips were chapped and pale, her face was blue and red, her eyes were closed, and the palace maid was kneeling beside her to feed water.

I can't even drink a sip of water.

Seeing His Majesty come in again, Imperial Physician Ding wiped the cold sweat on his forehead in panic.

Kneeling and reporting, "The minister has prescribed a prescription to reduce fever and nourish blood and continue life, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is in critical condition, with multiple knife wounds on her body, and it is raining, and the wounds are festering, causing fever. If you can wake up after tonight, it will be auspicious, and if you can't wake up, you will ......"

Imperial Doctor Ding said that his body was trembling, and he stubbornly reported it.

He was dragged by the inner prison in his sleep, and his body was also wet and embarrassed.

The emperor waved his sleeves, furious, and his eyes were covered with a layer of cold frost, "If the eldest princess can't wake up, you don't have to wake up." ”

The maid of the palace was so frightened that the basin fell to the ground with a "clang", and the water in the basin spread to the emperor's feet.

The palace maid hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty is angry...... Your Majesty is angry......"

The rest of the whole temple was in deathly peace.

The emperor lifted his eyelids and looked at the palace maid, his expression was grim, "Come on, drag her down to me, who can serve the eldest princess!" ”

Two prison guards came up and dragged the woman out.

At this moment, the Queen Mother rushed to the inner prison.

"Emperor, Emperor!" The Queen Mother was old, and she almost tripped over the steps while helping the inner eunuch up the steps.

The palace maids behind them stared cautiously and fearfully, for fear that the Queen Mother would fall, but they couldn't afford it.

"The Queen Mother." The emperor came out of the back room to support the queen mother.

"But is it really Joan'er?" The Queen Mother has always been solemn, but her voice is trembling at this moment, and her pearl yellow eyes are full of disbelief.

His Majesty nodded heavily.

The Queen Mother's tears flowed down and she grabbed the emperor's sleeve, "Is Qiong'er in there now?" His voice trembled, as if it were filled with tears.

As he spoke, he was about to go to the inner hall, but the emperor stopped the queen mother, "The queen mother should be prepared, the situation of the imperial sister is not very impressive." ”

The Queen Mother cried even more tears in her heart.

This child is delicate when she is young, she has a son and a daughter under her knees, the eldest son drowned in the imperial flower pond, and the second son is the current saint.

But since ancient times, the first king and his subordinates, and then the relationship between mother and son, she and the emperor cannot let her enjoy the feeling of motherhood like a folk mother and son.

Only Song Qiong, her youngest daughter, the eldest princess of the dynasty.

She held Qiong'er in the palm of her hand for fear of falling, and held it in her mouth for fear of melting, she was reluctant to suffer a little, and she tried to find Qiong'er whatever she wanted.

Her Qiong'er is a royal princess, with golden branches and jade leaves, even if they are married, other princesses are sent to Saiwai and sent to Fanguo, only her daughter is the best to marry, and she is sent to Qingguo, which is comparable to Dasheng.

These days, the old emperor of Qingguo has died, and the court is arguing about whether to send troops to Hanhai, she thinks that this is a good time to recover Hanhai, but on the other hand, she is afraid that Qiong'er will suffer from the war and be humiliated by Qingguo as a threat.

In addition, the official always admonished, saying that she was behind the curtain, grasped the government, and refused to give power to the emperor.

So I didn't say anything, just waited to see what happened.

I didn't think that before the imperial decree came down, Qiong'er ran back to the capital from Qingguo so far away, how much suffering she had to suffer along the way!

The emperor helped the Queen Mother into the inner hall, and when the Queen Mother saw the dying person on the bed, she couldn't help exclaiming, "My child! ”

The Queen Mother sat on the edge of the bed and grabbed Song Qiong's cold hands and rubbed them, obviously her body and head were hot, but her fingertips were cold and frighteningly cold.

The palace maid knelt on the side to wipe Song Qiong's face, and the queen mother wiped Song Qiong's forehead with a towel herself.

"My child, how can you be so thin, there is no human appearance, you can only see skin and bones." As he spoke, he wiped away his tears.

said sadly, "You used to love beauty the most, like a butterfly in the palace, why did you suffer so much now, Qingguo is so far away, how did you run back!" ”

"So many wounds, separated from you, is like cutting flesh on the queen mother's body!"

The Queen Mother cried almost angrily, and the emperor ordered the palace maid to take the towel in the Queen Mother's hand and help the Queen Mother to the bench next to the bed.

"Don't worry too much about the queen mother, the body is the most important! If the royal sister wakes up and you fall ill, what should I do? ”

The palace maid took the decoction and medicine to the side of the bed to help Song Qiong and fed it one by one, but she couldn't feed it at all.

The Queen Mother became even more sad when she saw it, and asked Imperial Doctor Ding, "The eldest princess can't drink the medicine, is there a way?" ”

Imperial Physician Ding replied, "Returning to the Empress Dowager, there is an ancient acupuncture method, and the needle is inserted into the acupuncture points, which can be used to promote qi and blood, and continue the life of the surname. ”

The Queen Mother lamented, "Then there is Dr. Lao, you can give it a try." ”

"Yes." Imperial Physician Ding stood up, knelt for a long time and staggered, not daring to slack off, took out the needle bag from his medicine box and unfolded it, and the rows of silver needles reflected in the candlelight, which was frightening.

The Queen Mother couldn't bear to look at it anymore and called the emperor.

"Emperor."

"The Queen Mother." The emperor responded.

"The mourning family has something to say to you." The Queen Mother helped the emperor to stand up.

The two went out of the inner sanctum.

dismissed the people.

The Queen Mother sat on the bench, and the Emperor stood in front of her.

"The people outside who are going to break into the palace tonight are here to hunt down Qiong'er?" The Queen Mother asked coldly.

The emperor nodded, "I have already sent someone to investigate, so the queen mother doesn't have to worry." ”

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "How can you not be worried?" Qiong'er is now lying in the inner hall, life and death are uncertain, how can you call the mourning family not worried! ”

The queen mother slapped the handrail a few times, and the emperor hurriedly persuaded, "The queen mother is careful of her body." ”

The Queen Mother gritted her teeth and pointed at the emperor, "These days, in order to avoid suspicion in the Hanhai incident, have I ever participated in the imperial court?" ”

"Not really." The emperor was a little cramped, and it was precisely because the Queen Mother did not express his position that he hesitated and didn't know how to choose.

"You're the emperor! If you want to start a war or peace, who dares to disobey an order! I haven't dealt with it well for so many days, so that someone with a heart has taken advantage of Qiong'er! The Queen Mother's hands trembled vigorously.

The emperor was a little cramped, "The queen mother is angry, and the royal sister is not necessarily being used, maybe she feels that the situation is wrong and runs out." ”

The Queen Mother was furious for a moment, and slammed the cup on the table to the ground angrily.

"What an obvious situation, how can you say such an assumption, Emperor!"

The emperor hung his head and did not dare to speak.

"Let me ask you, how many factions are there in Hanhai today?" The Queen Mother asked directly.

"The first and auxiliary factions advocate mutual markets, and the parliamentary ministers advocate war." The emperor replied in a proper manner, like a student who was tested by a teacher.

"And what are you inclined to?" The Queen Mother asked again.

The emperor couldn't help but sweat coldly, "I think that the mutual market can use trade, and the war can recover the Hanhai." ”

"Emperor, I'm asking you how to choose, not the pros and cons."

The emperor wiped his sweat, "Please speak up to the queen mother." ”

The Queen Mother sighed, "The mutual market is a temporary benefit, and only the peak season can promote trade every year, but it is safe." The war took advantage of this opportunity to recover Hanhai, but it lacked the name of justice. ”

"Now, Qiong'er has been so wronged that she has been chased and killed at the gate of the palace, if we seek safety again, we will be a bad seed!" The Queen Mother's tone Yu said Yu Chong.

The emperor responded, "The queen mother is right. ”

"No matter who killed Qiong'er behind this scene, it must be Qingguo. Emperor, do you understand? Although the Queen Mother is old, her eyes are still sharp.

"The queen mother is saying that we will send troops to Hanhai on the grounds that Qingguo killed the eldest princess Jinghe and took the initiative to destroy the alliance." The emperor said.

The Queen Mother nodded, "That's right, no matter which courtier obstructs this matter, you don't have to pay attention to it, no matter if you live or die, you will go with them, and the people who bullied my royal family have arrived at the gate of the palace, how can you swallow your anger with such an arrogant behavior!" ”

The emperor didn't know, "But the people who attacked the palace tonight are not necessarily the people of Qingguo, they are in civil strife at this time, how can they have the leisure to kill the princess of the allied countries?" ”

The Queen Mother sighed, "Emperor, of course the people who come will not be from Qingguo, they wish that the eldest princess would stay in Qingguo, and if there is a war in the coming days, they can also use them as hostages to blackmail us." But our princess is married, but they don't protect it, and they lose their responsibility. The movement is so big tonight, the news will come out of the capital tomorrow morning, and if we are calm and quiet, we can still carry out mutual markets with Qingguo peacefully, so that other allies think that our eldest princess of Dasheng is a casual ornament! ”

The emperor bowed his head, "Okay, I will summon the cabinet into the palace now." ”

"Wait." The Queen Mother called the emperor again.

"What else is the matter with the Queen Mother?"

"Emperor, the case of Shen Zhiyun and Gu Hanshu, I think that the evidence is false and false, and it can't be counted, as for the criminal caught from the Gu family, just put her in the edict for review. As for Shen Zhiyun and Gu Hanshu, they can be suspended for investigation. One is the second assistant of the cabinet, and the other is the prince's son, and he is both imprisoned, who do you want to do the government affairs of these two. The Queen Mother said.

"Yes, Queen Mother, tomorrow I will let Shao Xi release the two of them and suspend them for investigation." The emperor said.

"Emperor, the emperor's prestige cannot be demonstrated by punishment or imprisonment, and he must not be so impulsive in the future and cause turmoil in the court." The queen mother held on to the handrail and wanted to get up, but the emperor hurriedly stepped forward to caress her.

"When you stopped the rain, no matter whether Qiong'er woke up or not, let Qiong'er move Qiong'er back to Yuxiu Palace, and not let the eldest princess recuperate in Funing Palace. Funing Hall is the residence of the emperor. The Queen Mother said.

"Yes, Queen Mother." The emperor responded.

The emperor called the palace maid in the inner prison, and the old inner eunuch helped the queen mother.

"The mourning family originally wanted to accompany Qiong'er until she woke up, but unfortunately she was too old to stay up, and her muscles and bones couldn't stand it." The Queen Mother said as she spoke, and her eyes were a little moist, but her body didn't allow it.

Now in the middle of the night, she was awakened by the attack on the palace, and because of Qiong'er's suffering, she was injured by Qiong'er, and she also discussed government affairs with the emperor and wasted her mind, and now her legs and feet are weak and weak, and she can't walk on her own without being supported.

Sad, sad.

Why is she just a woman, she can only spend half her life in the harem, in vain she reads the scriptures, and when she was young, she was full of wisdom and had nowhere to go.

Now that she is old, behind the curtain, she is afraid that the mouthpiece of the official pen and ink will say that she is a dictatorship, her son is not decisive enough as the emperor and has no courage, and her daughter risked her life to return to the palace across the two countries, and her life is dying, but she can't even stay up for a long night, how can she guard this prosperous country for the first emperor.