In the first year of Kaiyuan, in the summer and May, Tai'an Palace.

As the sun sets, the sky burns like flames in the afterglow of the setting sun, as if it still tells the story of the tragedy of Kyoto that night.

Wei Shengguang was dressed in a yellow robe, sitting on the highest bluestone steps outside the door of the health hall with his hands on his knees, and looked at the eunuchs and palace maids who were rushing back and forth to clean the palace with a gloomy face.

This year's new champion Lang Su Zhan stood beside him respectfully, bent down slightly, shrunk his shoulders, with a faint smile on his face and a flattering look in his eyes.

Su Zhan's career can be described as smooth sailing, and he is making steady progress. Not long ago, he was just a Hanlin scholar with no anecdotes, and all he could do was help His Majesty the Emperor draft the edict, and he had no real job, so he groveled behind Yuwenhong all day long, trying to curry favor with Yuwen's family and seek a way to survive in Tai'an.

Similarly, it is also to get close to Mei Sanniang.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that heroes are angry at the crown, Su Zhan, as a weak scholar, has no power to restrain the chicken, but deep down he also hides such heroism. Therefore, after learning that Yuwen Hong wanted to dedicate Mei Sanniang to His Royal Highness Wei Shengshao, Su Zhan was furious.

He thinks that beauties naturally want to be worthy of a handsome and talented person like him, why is Wei Shengshao's pig-headed beast? But after all, it's just a matter of thinking about it, Su Zhan is still a little self-aware, even though he is much better than Wei Shengshao, but when it comes to status, it is far worse.

At this moment, Wei Shengguang found him.

A very simple reason, Hanlin Bachelor, just a small position, but the edict he handled, but can easily change the situation in the world, with the assistance of Sikong Quan, Su Zhan borrowed a piece of paper in the name of the empress, and trapped the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the mansion that night, so that no one knew what happened.

And in the battlefield where the corpses were strewn all over the field, only the traitors and loyal ministers remained.

No one will investigate the authenticity of that edict, and no one dares to pursue it. Wei Shengzhao is dead, the queen is silent, and the rice paper is covered with the bright red blood-colored seal of the heirloom jade seal, who will have nothing to do to touch the new emperor's tiger whiskers?

After the matter was completed, Wei Shengguang fulfilled his promise and promoted Su Zhan to the Yellow Gate Squire.

This is the closest position around the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven's close attendant, one step to the sky, it is enough to explain everything, it seems that the new emperor is planning to support a new family.

The important ministers of the court had to start evaluating this little champion again, and muttered in their hearts when did this kid become so close to His Second Highness?

So someone whispered, His Royal Highness was addicted to wine earlier, and lingered in Mingyue Tower all day long, and it is said that Master Su often goes to Mingyue Tower, this back and forth......

Everyone suddenly, damn, friends of wine and meat.

But although the hundred officials slander in their hearts, they are helpless, in this world, having the ability is a kind of ability, flattery is also a kind of ability, who will please His Majesty, who will be favored, it is no more common.

So the smugglers rushed up, and even Su Zhan's uncle Su Sheng's family also followed the tide, not to mention the father Su Taishou who was far away in Los Angeles, presumably his mouth was grinning to his ears.

However, Su Zhan still had a regret in his heart, he couldn't find Mei Sanniang.

Su Zhan once personally asked the forbidden army who participated in the battle that night, and the answers he got were all "Mei Sanniang is dead, and she was stabbed through by the sword of King Fudongming".

Su Zhan originally wanted to praise the Tianxin Sect, they rescued Mo Jun, and even more confirmed the charge of "the general colluded with the Tianxin Sect against the party", although it was really to let Mo Jun go, but the blessing and misfortune were not yet conclusive;

He was extremely resentful, but there was nothing he could do, 10,000 of himself could not be the opponent of King Fudongming, how could he take revenge? So he seized the opportunity to say bad things about Tianxin Sect in front of Wei Shengguang, and by the way, he didn't forget to bring Sikong Clan.

Because Su Zhan could see that Wei Shengguang had obvious problems with the Sikong clan, the biggest contributor to helping him usurp the throne.

The second point is marriage.

The favored ministers and ministers close to the Son of Heaven all have a marriage relationship with the royal family, and even the original princess of Wei Shengguang is also the daughter of the Yang family.

But Wei Shengguang is still hesitant about the marriage, and now Sikong Quan only has one son left, and he has to support Su Zhan to balance the relationship between the two. But looking at the entire royal family, there are only two princesses who can be worthy of the two with the most noble status, one is Wei Shengguang's own daughter, who has just been full moon and can't be counted, and the other is Princess Taiping Wei Shengqiao.

After learning the news, the turquoise on Su Zhan's face suddenly disappeared.

According to legend, Her Royal Highness the princess is more beautiful than the Oiran Mei Sanniang, Su Zhan has naturally admired her for a long time, but she naturally couldn't afford it at that time, so she retreated to pursue Mei Sanniang. But he is no longer what he used to be, how can such a good thing be let go?

Therefore, he wants to express himself more and more in front of Wei Shengguang, and desperately tries to squeeze the commonplace.

However, Su Zhan also heard that Princess Taiping was loved by Emperor Wen, and she was asked to choose her own Ruyi Langjun for marriage, and she was not forced. Therefore, Su Zhan couldn't help but worry in his heart, and once expressed his opinion to Wei Shengguang euphemistically, but the latter replied to him with a sneer.

"Now that I'm the emperor, I can't help this girl to play tricks!"

Su Zhan was overjoyed in his heart, obediently closed his mouth, and said no more.

Just like the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, whether it is the younger generation or the old ministers of the Three Dynasties, no one dares to say more than half a word in front of Wei Shengguang, this is the majesty that an emperor should have, it is not strange, but in the past, people were in awe of Wei Shengzhao from the heart, and now it is another emotion from the depths of the heart.

Fear.

"You, come here. Wei Shengguang waved his hand to a palace maid who was cleaning the palace, and his tone was calm.

The palace maid lowered her head and walked cautiously, her mouth trembling with fear: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty." ”

Wei Shengguang pointed to the whitish floor not far away, and said with a smile: "Why hasn't the bloodstains been cleared yet?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The slave maid has done her best, and she does not dare to slack off in the slightest! I hope Your Majesty will see it!" the palace maid hid her worn fingers in her wide sleeves, knelt in front of Wei Shengguang with a "poof", and pleaded with a crying voice.

"Oh, what do you mean...... Are you too incompetent, or am I mistaken?" Wei Shengguang's smile became more and more penetrating, and his deep voice was like a beast-like roar from the abyss, like a Shura urging death in hell.

The palace maid kowtowed desperately and cried: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, how can you make mistakes! It is the slave and the maid who are incompetent! It is the slave and the maid who are incompetent!"

The silence in the palace was suddenly terrible, only the poor palace maid beat "dong dong" again and again, and people cast pity on her, and their hearts were full of sour and desolate.

In less than three sounds, his head was already bleeding, but the palace maid still repeated this action mechanically, and the ground that had been bumped was suddenly stained red with blood.

Even Su Zhan behind him couldn't bear to turn his head, he knew what would happen in the next scene.

A drop of red rain fell from her forehead, splashing a splash of blood.

And this red, like such a scarlet eye, is terrifying.