Chapter 38 (18)
Shen Shiyun seemed to have expected his answer, as if breaking a dream as thin as a cicada's wings, and smiled: "It's a pity that the beauty in your eyes has long been stained with blood. Although it is not up to me to do it myself, with my manipulation, there will be people who will be the pawns. With just one look at me, they will pave the way for me and deploy everything for me, so why do I need to do everything myself? Knowing how to cultivate henchmen and make use of this manpower at the same time is also a strategy. If only by assimilating with him can I catch up with him and surpass him, then from the moment the Shadowless Villa was destroyed, I would have become an avenger, and my background was destined for the task I faced. As long as I think that under my heavy deployment, although he is careful, he is powerless to change the status quo, so he can only retreat into the trap step by step, covered in blood, kneeling in front of me, begging me for mercy...... At that time, I asked him to atone for the dozens of lives that were broken in his hands, and I wanted him to go through all the sufferings and finally die a tragic death...... For this reason, I can do whatever it takes, even if it is to sink me into the sea of suffering, and I will never recover, and I will be reviled by the world forever, even if my hands are full of blood, and I will be incarnated as a reincarnated Shura!"
Tang Yuan seemed to be completely unconscious, and his eyes only saw her delicate red lips squirming rapidly, word by word into his ears, and it took a long time before it slowly rose into his mind, and it took a long time to reflect what she was talking about. I felt a blank in my mind, and there seemed to be an invisible drumstick in my chest that hit me repeatedly.
looked at the woman in front of her in a daze, she was more beautiful than flowers, and she was captivating the country and the city...... But at this time, looking at her peerless appearance that has tempted her for seven years, she can no longer feel the slightest beauty. What he saw in front of him was not the object of his own desire, but more like a poisonous snake with his head held high, proudly spitting out letters, announcing his victory to the world.
Historically, the more beautiful things are, the more toxic they are, and this law applies to both animals and plants. And now that Tang Yuan is in Shen Shiyun's body, it can be said that he has seen this ruthless law again. His face twisted in extreme pain, and he said, "It's terrible...... Yun'er, you have changed, your indifferent cruelty, and now you make me feel strange, and I even feel ...... I'm starting to don't recognize you. ”
Shen Shiyun laughed loudly, this laughter came suddenly, but it also stopped abruptly. He looked at Tang Yuan coldly and said, "Don't come to question me why I have changed, but think carefully about whether you have really known me? Your impression of me is just a kind of phantom created by relying on the old one-sided and vague concepts. You want me to be perfect, you want me to be as you like me everywhere, and you want to ask such a person, whether the world exists or not? Now that you see that the real me does not match your phantom, you will never dig into the memories of your stupid head, but will only accuse me and ask me why I have become a stranger to you? I have always been just me, and I have not changed, since you do not understand me clearly, do not define me so arbitrarily. Your life since childhood, although it has been a little hard, at least you have no worries about food and clothing, at least your life is unhindered, at least there are your relatives, always with you, at least after you are the champion of high school, everything comes and goes, you have become the most beautiful young man in the first year of Shunzhi, and you are also the dream that all students who study hard in the cold window reverence and admire! And you, you have never experienced, because of a cruelty that should not exist, under the sword of the enemy, your relatives left you one by one, and lost everything overnight, between heaven and earth, only you are left alone, no one cares about you anymore, needs you, as if you are completely abandoned from the world. What is even more ironic is that the brute who has dealt you such a heavy blow is still thinking about you at any time and is going to take your life? Have you ever experienced that your once closest and most trusted friend suddenly became a bitter enemy overnight, and even all your happiness was buried by his own hands? Do you want to hate him? How can you hate, but how can you not hate? However, your hatred is as strong as a fire, enough to burn your whole person into ashes from the inside out, but in his eyes, it is the most insignificant thing, but it is just a little joke and a little condiment after his tea and dinner! When he is in a good mood, he will 'play' with you, and usually he will disdain you. Hate and be hated should be equal to each other, but in the eyes of the other party, you are nothing at all, and you try your best, but you only get him a 'disdain'...... Do you understand the feeling of the sky suddenly collapsing before your eyes? Since you have not experienced it, you are not qualified to criticize me and judge me for right and wrong!"
Tang Yuanyuan sighed lightly, watching her whole body tremble with anger, her eyes were also red, and she couldn't bear it, so she said bitterly: "Yun'er, let it go...... No one's actions can escape the punishment of heaven. I know the darkness of officialdom better than you, and when you step into this whirlpool, you can't turn back, and you don't have to bury yourself for the sake of your enemies, causing pain to your relatives and happiness to your enemies. Now that the emperor doesn't know all your secrets, if you can get lost as soon as possible, it's still too late. Why don't you go to live a peaceful life with him?"
Shen Shiyun was already smiling so that tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and said: "How can you expect the center of the intersection of power and desire to be calm? What's more, do you really think that the emperor you are loyal to knows nothing? No, he can know, but the power in his hands no longer allows him to resist. Now this battle has already reached a fever pitch, and it only takes a fuse to trigger a trigger...... Then there will be only one victor between me and him, that is, only one will survive. This is true, and it is irreversible. Even if I let him go now, he will not spare me, we husband and wife are destined to embark on this path. ”
Although Tang Yuanyuan's tone was still firm, the meaning of her words was clearly a little loose, and for a while he seemed to see hope flashing, and hurriedly said: "I will help you go to the emperor and ask him to forgive you for your crime of treason, and he will be punished lightly! He is not an unkind monarch, he can pardon Ling Beile's crimes, and he must still have the original feelings for you." Now you are just a thought in your head, and you have not yet put it into practice, and even if you are guilty, it is not a big crime. The point is just whether the emperor is willing to forgive you. ”
Shen Shiyun sneered: "Young Master Tang, it turns out that you have such a big face. Since ancient times, rebellion must be a capital crime, how can there be any forgiveness? Can you convince him to break this thousand-year-old tradition? Hmph, Xuanshuang...... What do you know? He's just an insignificant little man, and it doesn't matter if he kills or not, so he pretends to be generous, so that my son will be grateful to him and be on his side in the coup. He will make this move, and it is precisely by officially declaring war on me. ”
After a pause, her face suddenly turned, revealing the smile that turned all beings upside down when she was playing and singing in the Agarwood Courtyard. The soft palm gently caressed Tang Yuan's side face, his eyes looked at him affectionately, his lips were close, he breathed like an orchid, gently sprayed on his face, and said softly: "Yuanyuan, I know, you have always treated me very well, in this deep palace, only your feelings for me are true." You are like my friend, my loved one, and you will always be on my side at all times. I want to use the Seven Demon Heads, and I really have no way to do it, so I made a decision. Actually, I don't know that I'm playing with my life, but I don't have a second way. I want to live, too, but the only way to survive in this court is to hold power...... If you promise me to be on my side and to give me advice and help me to take the throne, I can promise you that I will never associate with that demon again for the rest of your life. ”
Tang Yuanyuan's expression stiffened, as if he had struggled in his heart, and said in a flat voice: "Actually, what the emperor knows, I also know it for a long time, for so many years, you have been using me, right? If you think about it, you should know that you were already the imperial concubine at that time, how could you become interested in one of the thousands of candidates for the exam? Afterwards, you deliberately talked to me about the old days, but also to use me as bait to catch Menglin. So we drank and chatted in the little inn, and only halfway through did we break into the many black-clad killers...... also includes Brother Li, he is dedicated to you, but in your eyes, he is just a tool with the sign of 'Martial Arts Alliance Master'. The tragedy of the Chen family's annihilation, although it has nothing to do with me, is also the trap that you led out of Meng Lin and the remnants of the Shadow Sect. I have already told you that if you want people to know it, you can't do it unless you do it. There are many other things in this, I have only touched on them slightly, they are all thought of by the emperor himself, and I don't even have a chance to help you say a few good words. But although he believes, he is unwilling to dispose of you, he is not only an emperor, but also a husband and a father, and he still thinks of this family affection. We give you the opportunity again and again, waiting for you to change, but you miss it again and again, and you have to make yourself so unbearable......"
Shen Shiyun clapped his hands lightly and said viciously: "Wonderful, really wonderful! This palace has always been puzzled, who is the person next to me who has a cheap mouth and talks nonsense in front of the emperor, it turns out that the ghost is you? Then have you ever been worthy of the trust of this palace? Whoever betrays me will not end well!"
A trace of shame flashed on Tang Yuanyuan's face, and he said, "Forgive me, Yun'er, I didn't betray you, I just ...... Just trying to save you. You can dispose of me, but I don't want you to get deeper and deeper...... However, you can't threaten me, after all, I am a frank and honest person, with a clear conscience, and I owe nothing to you. ”
Shen Shiyun said: "That's not necessarily, haven't you forgotten that you can have today's status, how did you get all this?" Tang said remotely: "I won the first place in the imperial examination, so I am highly appreciated by the emperor, and this has nothing to do with you." ”
Shen Shiyun sneered: "You have nothing to do with it, what is the use? Maybe your answer to that examination paper is indeed very good, but there are thousands of talented people in the imperial examination, so why did the emperor choose you alone? If it is known that you are old friends with the palace, then no matter how you explain it, you will not be able to escape the suspicion of going through the back door." Yes, you can say that there have been many champions in all dynasties, and it is not that you can't pass the test with your real skills. But this palace asks you, what kind of official positions did those champions do when they first entered the imperial court? Only you, who has just stood out from the imperial examination, and then won the emperor's appreciation, and have been directly named the head of the Hanlin Academy, can have this honor? Moreover, you are a Han Chinese candidate under the examination of the Manchurian magnates? Anyone will suspect that there is something strange in it. Those important ministers who are officials in the same dynasty as you, many people have long looked down on you, and are jealous that you are flying too fast, and they are all planning to give you small shoes to wear behind their backs. Now that such a big basket has been poked, this palace has no doubt about their ability to fall into the well, what, do you want to try?"
Tang Yuan couldn't believe his ears for a while, and it just sounded in the mouths of others, but this poisonous tirade was narrated by Shen Shiyun, who he once loved. Argued: "You...... You can't ......."