As soon as the first lunar month came out, the remaining snow on the ground began to melt gradually, and the snow fell sparsely down the eaves of the temple. In the * of the Great Chu Middle Palace, there was a row of palace maids kneeling all night, all listless and sad.

This night, a pair of legs kneeling were sore and painful, the stagnant water wet the trouser legs, blown by the cold wind, freezing people's hair upside down, and the sound of knocking legs came from time to time in the courtyard, but it could only be knocked on or twice secretly. There are two stout mothers-in-law standing behind him, I heard that it was the mother-in-law who carried the sedan chair in Zhao Shangshu's mansion in the past, and the strength was very strong, and the two mothers-in-law each held a soft whip in their hands. Whoever is upset will be whipped up.

Someone stole his eyes and glanced into the cloister of the eaves, where the chair was empty. Zhao Kezhen sat there before, with a gloating face.

The little girls craned their necks and looked into the middle palace dormitory.

Syllable!

A little girl was whipped on her back, and with a scream, more than a dozen palace maids seemed to be broken branches by Qi Brush, and buried their heads deep in their chests.

"I don't know how to die, Concubine Zhao is talking to the queen mother, how many heads do you have, and you dare to peek?"

Talking about things, the little palace maids all bit their lips in unison, Concubine Zhao and the queen have long been speculative for more than half a sentence, what do they have to talk about?

Kneeling at the head was the queen's close palace maid, who had been with the queen for a long time, so she was particularly concerned about the queen's safety. Last night, the queen coughed very badly, and said that her body was cold, and she didn't get better even if she covered two quilts. The imperial doctor didn't let him see, he had just poured a soup woman for the queen to warm up, but Zhao Kezhen came in. Zhao Kezhen snatched the soup woman who had just been filled, and couldn't help but say, pulled out the cork, and poured the boiling water inside into the charcoal basin.

Boiling water doused the silver and carbon in the charcoal basin, filling the house with choking smoke and fire. The queen was choked by the fireworks, and coughed even more, as if she wanted to cough out all her internal organs. The queen was sick, very sick, but Zhao Kezhen turned a blind eye.

Zhao Kezhen used to have a dog-like flattering face in front of the queen, but now with the prince, her waist has also stood up. When he saw the queen, he didn't bow down, and his tone of voice had a foxy banter.

They knelt in the courtyard all night, and no one took care of the queen, and they didn't know what was going on with the queen.

The queen's close palace maid listened carefully to the movements in the room, wondering what Zhao Kezhen had done to the queen. It's just that there was a dead silence in this room, and I couldn't hear the slightest human voice. As the old saying goes, no news is the best news. The palace maid comforted herself, it's okay, this at least shows that Zhao Kezhen didn't punish the queen, doesn't it?

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the room, and the sobs of the women were mournful, and the hearts of those who cried were furious. The little palace ladies raised their heads one after another, but two ruthless whips slashed at them behind their backs, causing them to dodge.

The two mothers-in-law stopped and mocked: "A woman in the hall is crying, and a group of women outside the hall are crying." No wonder people often say that women are made of water, look at your delicate appearance, are you waiting for the old lady to wipe your tears?

The little palace maids were afraid of being beaten again, so they stopped crying one after another, licking their wounds alone like a wounded little beast.

Boom!

Listening to the voice, you can know that someone knocked down the washstand, and the brass phoenix wash fell heavily on the ground, and it bounced on the floor tile a few times.

"Niangniang!" The little palace maids were suddenly a little frightened, because they didn't know what was going on in the hall, and the voice was even more terrifying.

"Shut up! Kneel honestly!" the two old women behind them raised their leather whips again.

The hall was pitch black, and the red candles had burned out, but there was no little palace maid to replace the lamps and candles. Through the sunlight through the window lattice, you can see the bronze phoenix pattern washing that has been knocked over to the ground, and the water is stained, and the soft rose petals are floating on the water surface.

The queen sat slumped on the ground, her body trembling like chaff, she held her arms with both hands and kept rubbing them, but she couldn't warm them up. It's like falling into an ice hole, freezing through the cold, cold from the inside out. Last night was not too cold, so I thought I was just a fever, and after four or five hours, the chill not only did not disappear, but became more serious.

Zhao Kezhen stood proudly in front of the queen and looked at her with interest: "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you?"

The queen opened her mouth, and her upper and lower teeth squeaked together, like a rat stealing a candle. The queen raised her face: "You, how do you know?"

"Haha, how do I know? Of course I do. Zhao Kezhen couldn't help but take a step forward: "I also know that you will be even more uncomfortable tomorrow, the whole body is burning from the inside out, no matter how cold the weather is, you will feel stuffy and abnormal." ”

The queen's body trembled, but her consciousness was still sober: "You, you hurt me!"

"Hurt you?" Zhao Kezhen looked up to the sky and laughed: "What did the queen mother say? Isn't this what you should bear?"

Zhao Kezhen leaned over, stared at the queen's eyes, and said word by word: "Do you know how your son treats me? I will never forget that kind of coldness and isolation. You and the former emperor married me to the crown prince, but you just wanted to use the marriage to provoke the relationship between my father and the tall man. But who of you has considered me for me? You have appointed me as the princess of Duanwang, but you have tried your best to match between Xiao Rongzhan and Wei Yuanxi. I was supposed to be the crown princess, but you deliberately connived at Wei Yuanxi to steal my position as the main concubine. It was also you who acquiesced in the prince's snub to me and caused me to be a widow in the prince's mansion. You even connived at Wei Yuanxi's oppression of me in every way, and who knows my pain? Now I am just doing it in the way of others, and I am just doing it to others. ”

The queen and Zhao Kezhen were close at hand, and even the white fluff on Zhao Kezhen's face could be seen clearly. The queen looked at her resentfully, not caring about the torment and torture on her body, and grabbed Zhao Kezhen's neck.

Zhao Kezhen grabbed it with her backhand, easily tore the queen's arm open, and pushed hard, and the queen fell to the ground with a fit fit.

Zhao Kezhen stood up and sneered: "The poison has sealed your bloodline, you don't even have the strength, and you still want to kill me?" ”

"Didn't you stubbornly want to marry Zhan'er in the first place? How did you promise this palace? You said that even if Zhan'er doesn't love you, you will also be a housewife who keeps to yourself. But what did you do? Because you were jealous of the wind, you dared to raise your sword to assassinate the Donglin Sect Master, and in the end you almost took Zhan'er's life. It's just that you don't want to repent, and you are becoming more and more vicious, after Yuanxi and Zhan'er got married, you conspired and calculated, and teamed up with the enemy to kill Yuanxi's child. It's really strange that Zhan'er looks down on you because of your humanity!"

"Shut up!" Zhao Kezhen glared angrily, grabbed the queen's placket, and strangled her almost breathlessly.

"You forced me, if you don't take away my position as a concubine, how can I kill her child!"

The queen sneered: "Even if you sit firmly in the position of the main concubine, you will still kill Yuanxi's child, because you will be jealous, you will be jealous that Yuanxi is better than you in appearance and temperament, you are jealous of Zhan'er's feelings for Yuanxi, and you are jealous of Yuanxi's talent and ability." She is better than you in everything, even in a higher background than you. ”

Zhao Kezhen was completely enraged, grabbed the queen's jaw, took out a bottle of sorrow, and poured it down.

"Old witch, you say so much, just to let me kill you, do you think I, Zhao Kezhen, are so easy to deceive? Of course I won't let you die, now that you drink double the sorrow, you have to endure double the pain. Zhao Kezhen smiled wryly: "Do you know? It's really interesting to see you in pain." ”

Zhao Kezhen poured the second bottle of medicine, and the queen only felt that her body was getting colder and colder, and every inch of skin on her body hurt like a pinprick, and even her lips began to numb. The man was stung on his body, and the queen couldn't help but reach out and grab it, and the skin was red, and the blood was scratched, and the stinging sensation could not be reduced by half a point.

The queen couldn't help it, so she pulled out a golden hairpin from her hair. This golden hairpin is not sharp enough, but it is enough to pierce the throat. It's better to die than to endure this endless pain, right?

As soon as the queen raised her hand, she was caught by Zhao Kezhen: "You want to commit suicide?"

The queen didn't want to talk nonsense with her, and tried her best to grab the hairpin with what little strength she had left. Zhao Kezhen flipped her wrist and hurt the queen's wrist, and the golden hairpin fell to the ground with a thud and was kicked away by Zhao Kezhen. Zhao Kezhen grabbed the queen's neck and said in a low voice: "It's not that easy." ”

"You can't stop me, as long as Bengong is willing, Bengu can bite off his tongue. ”

"You want to be beautiful!" Zhao Kezhen increased the strength of her palm and strangled five finger marks on the queen's fair-skinned neck: "Old demon woman, this sad taste, you must have received it." I might as well tell you that once you drink this poison, it will follow you for the rest of your life. Take the antidote once every seven days, otherwise you will suffer the pain of ice and fire. If you dare to die, I will give your son a bottle, and I will never, ever give him an antidote. ”

Zhao Kezhen said it, she thought it was very interesting, and sneered: "If you don't believe it, just die." But you have to remember, don't rush to walk on the Huangquan Road, maybe your son won't be able to bear this pain, and will come to you soon. ”

The queen's mind has long been worn hard by the queen mother, but no matter how strong a person is, there will always be a soft place. Zhao Kezhen knew that the queen's only weakness was the crown prince Rong Zhan, as long as she threatened her precious son, no matter what she wanted her to do, she wouldn't dare to say a word.

"What do you want to do?

Zhao Kezhen snorted: "Queen Mother, you really have insight, have you guessed this little bit of thought?" Now that you know, I simply don't say dark words, you listen well, as long as you do what I tell me, I will never hurt the prince, and I will give you an antidote on time, if you are disobedient...... What will be the result, think for yourself. ”