Chapter 75 [VIP] After she left (Part 2)

On April 25th in the twentieth year of the early Ming Dynasty, Nan Ruoli was appointed by heaven to ascend the throne as the emperor and herself as the empress. She replaced Zhou Liyan and changed her name to Yanyuan.

In May of the first year of Yanyuan, just half a month after the Qingyutai Rebellion, the newly ascended empress went to the south of the Yangtze River with all the guards without hesitation. Instead of going to the most prosperous Huaizhou, she went straight to the remote Pingcheng.

The guards didn't know why the empress did this, and they didn't dare to spy on the Lord's actions easily. They only knew that the empress was very happy when she arrived in Pingcheng.Not enough dowry.

These words made the female officer nod her head again and again, half of the national treasury is here? How could it not be enough?Even a princess can marry.

Just... dowry?

The female officer stared wide-eyed, not daring to ask.

Got it? Agreed, the empress entered Pingcheng with peace of mind, she was full of vigor, and pretended to be serious, but she failed to welcome her Fengjun back, and she also failed to find her bright moon.

That night in Pingcheng, someone saw that the accompanying new Taifu Qi Yu entered the empress's room. The two talked for a long time, and faintly heard the sound of porcelain shattering in the room.

After Qi Yu left, the female officer saw with her own eyes that their always cold female emperor turned red? Eye sockets, even the hand holding the cup was a little unsteady, not the same as before?.

She saw the empress looking up at the moon by the window, standing there all night under the moonlight.

On the second day, the empress sent an order to return to the capital, her expression was normal, and she was no longer frustrated. The tears she occasionally saw that night and the figure who stood withered all night seemed to be just a dream of the female official.

People in the world don't know why the empress went to Pingcheng and returned to Beijing quickly. They only know that the first thing the empress did after returning to Beijing was to rebuild the tomb of Emperor Zhao. All the gold, jade and antiques were put into it, and the tomb of Emperor Zhao was piled up.Two treasuries.

When the craftsman was modifying the dragon coffin, he found that Emperor Zhao's body had disappeared, and he reported to the Empress in panic.The empress was furious and ordered people to investigate the matter thoroughly, and wanted to punish those who stole Emperor Zhao's body to death.

That night, Yuanxi found out the thief.

He looked at the man in front of him who looked like a lunatic, and it was hard to imagine that this man used to be a gentleman who was as gentle as jade and loved by women.

"Yan Zixun." He called out that person's name, his voice was calm, not as tense as before.

Yan Zixun was combing the hair of the person on the bed, his expression was focused, his eyes were full of nostalgia, and he didn't hear Yuan Xi's words.

Yuan Xi's eyes fell on the face of the person on the bed. wonder what method Yan Zixun used? At this time, she seemed to be asleep. There was still a vague smile on her lips, her expression was lively, except for her paleness.His face and bloodless lips, everything else is just like a living person.

Touching the clothes on her body, Yuan Xi's eyes instantly turned cold? Then he drew out his long sword and put it on Yan Zixun's neck, "Dare to insult Your Majesty like this, damn it."

Regardless of Yan Zixun's disregard, he still carefully combed her long hair, twisted it around his hand, tied it into a bun for her, and then slanted it with a jade hairpin. A beautiful woman who can be called a national beautyappear before them.

"This is her." Yan Zixun smiled slightly, "This should be her."

Yuan Xi knew the truth as early as when the green waist cleaned up the appearance for His Majesty, but when he really saw her in women's clothing, Yuan Xi still trembled. In those unspeakable dreams, sheIs it like this?

He suppressed the emotions in his eyes, but the tip of the sword penetrated into it? A little bit, and said in a cold voice: "You defiled? Your Majesty."

Yan Zixun turned his head to look? He glanced, as if he heard some joke, "Compared to someone, I'm still far behind."

He turned around slowly, and Yuan Xi didn't change his expression even when he was being stabbed with a knife, and said to him with sarcasm, "Well? Don't tell me, those dreams are all fake."

Yuan Xi seemed to have been poked in the center, his voice turned cold, and he said, "It really is you." The sachet not only has the function of inducing fear.

Yan Zixun didn't comment on his accusation? No, he sneered and said, "You really dare to come to see me." His voice was deep and dangerous.

Yuanxi also recovered? The original deserted look? With force on his arm, the tip of the sword cut through Yan Zixun's neck, "Give her back to me."

Yan Zixun laughed and said: "Return?" He held Yue Qing's hand and said contemptuously: "In what capacity did you say that?"

Yuan Xi didn't say a word, but the sharper sword could see his thoughts.

Yan Zixun rubbed Yueqing's icy fingers with both hands, "I just went back? I went to Medicine Valley. It was you and others who harmed her. What else do you have to ask me for her?"

His voice became colder and colder, "If it wasn't for you, I would have already cured her by now, and then took her to hide in the mountains. I won't see you wolf-hearted or dog-lung fellows again."

When Yuan Xi thought of the day when she bumped into his knife point, he felt pain. "I didn't intend to harm her."

He said so.

Yan Zixun found it funny, "Didn't you intend to harm her? Then where did the other poison on her body come from? And this fatal sword wound, dare you say it's not your fault?"

His voice was shallow, but his words were heart-warming. Yuanxi inserted his fingers into his palms, "I... didn't intend to kill her. The poison was a fake death drug. I just wanted to save her."

"Fake death drug?" Yan Zixun snorted coldly, "That's obviously a poison that seals the throat with blood! Even if she doesn't jump off the tower, she will definitely not be able to live!"

Yuan Xi only felt a tremor all over his body. He remembered that day when His Majesty pulled down his sleeves and pleaded with tears in his eyes if he could stop drinking. Did she... know this morning?

But? After knowing what was in the wine glass, His Majesty still drank it? The wine that killed her...

She has nowhere to ask for help, her heart is ashamed?...

Yuan Xi covered his heart and mouth, and the long sword fell to the ground. There was a "ding" and a crisp sound, which made Yan Zixun look at him. He glanced, "Looking for skin with a tiger, one daywill be devoured."

Betrayed by him, watching him plan her world step by step, watching him pass poisoned wine to her lips...

Your Majesty, she... how much pain should it be?

Yuan Xi took a big mouthful of air, but he still felt that the air in his chest was getting thinner and thinner, and the lack of oxygen made him almost unable to breathe.

Seeing him like this, Yan Zixun still felt dissatisfied, his eyes gleamed with ill intentions, "Do you think that His Majesty died? Your Mu family caused you to lose your father when you were young, and you became a servant in the palace?", will hurt her like this?"

Yuan Xi froze in place, could it be?...

Yan Zixun became more and more excited when he saw that he was being poked in the center? He approached Yuanxi and asked him to look at him, "As you thought, the one who destroyed your Mu family..."

"Not her."

With a sound of "click", Yuan Xi seemed to hear the sound of his own heart breaking, no...wasn't she?

"To be precise, she was controlled by the ecstasy master hired by the queen mother, and her temperament changed drastically because she was controlled. My uncle once said that when he was young, his majesty respected Taifu Mu the most, and it was absolutely impossible for him to cut down Mu Yu himself.It is impossible to kill your whole Mu family."

"Is it the queen mother? Is it the queen mother? Not used to your father teaching your majesty? To be a good monarch, she is afraid that your majesty will leave after learning these things? Her control, that's why she controls your majesty and makes her kill her with her own hands? YouFather."

"So, you were wrong?"

Yan Zixun watched? Yuan Xi's face quickly turned pale, and there was still a confused look in his eyes.

He felt that the blow was almost enough, so he didn't speak anymore, and walked straight to Yueqing's bedside, caressing her face with gentle expression, his gentle movements were like the lingering love between lovers.

Yuan Xi's complexion was pale. It turned out that it was not His Majesty, but the Queen Mother... It was him, wrong report? Revenge, wrong hatred? People...

he did it all? what?

Stealing the defense map, colluding secretly with Nan Ruoli, even asking for a glass of poisoned wine from the enemy, and personally killing His Majesty who trusted him the most.

That's his protector...

"From now on, I will be your protector, Yuan Xi's exclusive protector."

There seemed to be the promise he lied to her that day in his ears, and Yuanxi's throat gushed out a fishy sweetness, but he clenched his teeth tightly, trying not to make himself more ugly.He gritted his teeth like this, but a trace of blood still flowed down his lips and dripped on the back of the sword at his feet, splashing out a bloody flower.

Yan Zixun covered Yue Qing's eyes, turned his head and glanced at him lightly, "If you want to die, don't get dirty? Her eyes."

Really? She definitely doesn't want to see him.

She said that day that she wanted to let him know what it was like to "have nothing to ask for".She has always known his thoughts, and also understood the dirty thoughts that were disgusted by others under his pretending to be ignorant.

Holding the long sword, Yuan Xi struggled to get up from the ground, and walked slowly towards the door. Before leaving, he glanced back at the person on the bed.

She seemed to be just asleep, with a smile on her lips and affection in her eyes. She was someone he had coveted for years.

He tried his best to look away, and before stepping out of the room, he said, "Take her away, as far away as possible." It's best not to be seen by him again.Otherwise, he might not even leave the body to Yan Zixun.

It was raining lightly outside the house, Yuan Xi looked towards the sky, the moon was hidden behind dark clouds, and he was not allowed to see it.

Why... no moon?

Yuan Xi stood in the yard against the rain, staring straight at the hazy sky. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and his whole body was soaked? But he still didn't give up? He stubbornly looked at the sky.

The wind and rain outside the house was still there, and Yan Zixun went to bed barefoot inside the house and hugged the people around her tightly. She was as cold as a piece of ice, but Yan Zixun didn't realize it, and still hugged her tightly.

He whispered in her ear, "Why didn't you wait for me to sleep?" The man in his arms didn't say anything, Yan Zixun chuckled, "Why are you still shy? The person who flirted with me the first time he saw me camewhere it goes??"

He rubbed Yue Qing's lips with his fingers, "You just? Like this? Touched my lips..." The man in his arms retorted, and he said dotingly: "Okay, okay, not this." He moved his finger and putAt the corner of Yueqing's lips, "It's here."

"It's really stingy." He said warmly?

"Punish you with a kiss."

"No kiss? How about I kiss you?"

As soon as the words fell, Yan Zixun covered the lips of the person in his arms, instead of poking inside, he just rubbed his lips carefully. Even so, Yan Zixun was not very happy.

He let go of her lips, and left a light kiss on her forehead, "We want to be together forever..."

"Remember? You want to stay with me forever."

He hugged a dead body and whispered intimately, with a satisfied smile on his face.

 …

Yuan Xi outside the house was still waiting for the moon, the wind and rain became more and more severe, hitting him coldly in the face, Yuan Xi didn't move, just stood straight in the yard.

Until the morning, the sun dissipated? In the dark night, the moon did not appear.

The people in the courtyard sprinkled a piece of dew, their bodies moved slightly, and they limped away? This secluded small courtyard.

 …

In the end, Emperor Zhao's body could not be found, so she put her clothes in the coffin to make a tomb. The empress was furious, and beheaded several soldiers guarding the tomb and the craftsman who cast the coffin.It is even more "Zhaoyuan", the Zhao of Emperor Zhao.

This incident was the most scandalous event during the Empress's tenure, and the whole world was in an uproar. The aristocratic families and students in the capital all spoke out and criticized, saying that if the rooster wakes up in the morning, it will make the gods furious and punish him.World.

Even if the news that the Southland is like a peach blossom garden is well-known, they still hold malice towards Nan Ruoli's proclaiming the emperor, and they all refuse to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Southern Emperor.

What's more, they even threatened that Nan Ruoli should give up the throne to her father, that is, Nantang, the former Minister of Rites, would come to sit.

As soon as this statement came out, some remnants of the Zhou Dynasty echoed it one after another, making Nantang proclaim the emperor even more powerful in the capital.The leader of the rebel army went to the capital and destroyed? Da Zhou ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

When the Jingcheng clan rumored that they were going to surround him to become emperor, he always looked down on Nan Ruoli in his heart, but he was just a child who was abandoned by him, no matter how powerful he was, he could not be called emperor as a woman.If you don't wait for him to ascend the throne, be a princess and be happier.

As a result, Nantang secretly contacted other clans, and behaved like a monarch.

As a result, the rumors in the capital became more and more noisy.

Until May 17th, Yuan Xi, the former personal servant of Emperor Zhao, entered Nanfu with a knife, and cut off Nantang's head amidst a crowd of exclamations, and hung it on the Nanfu plaque, and no one was allowed to take it off.

When he killed Nantang, there was only one sentence in his mouth.

Those who disrespect His Majesty will be killed.

Everyone was in an uproar, saying that he was a servant of Emperor Zhao, now that the Great Zhou Dynasty had died and the new dynasty had come into being, he dared to be so arrogant and domineering.

Because of the kindness of the Empress, all the remaining officials of the former dynasty after the Qingyutai Rebellion were retained? The original official positions were all upright and clean people without blood.It was precisely because of this that they were very dissatisfied with Yuan Xi's behavior, and asked Yuan Xi to be impeached one after another.

However, Nan Ruoli ignored the memorials to impeach Yuanxi, and even promoted Yuanxi to be Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and also in charge of the dark prison, making him in charge of killing all over the world.

The first thing Yuanxi did when he took office was to reshape the spiritual position for the former Taifu Muyu, build an ancestral hall, and rectify his name, and he himself changed the word "Yuanxi" bestowed by Emperor Zhaodi, and restored the surname of his family.The land took the name of Emperor Zhao as its own name, and changed its name to "Mu Zhao".

Mu Yu's Mu, Zhao Zhou's Zhao.

This action aroused criticism from everyone, secretly said: "Those who disrespect His Majesty will be killed." I don't know which Majesty it is talking about.

But they didn't dare to say more in front of others, because at this time, Mu Zhao was ordered by the emperor to accept the emperor's favor, and the empress personally allowed him to use the year name as his name.

During Mu Zhao's tenure, he slaughtered all the remnants of the previous dynasty, and the dark officials had nowhere to hide.

There is even a saying among the people, Mu Zhaozhi, the son does not cry.

The capital city in the first year of Zhaoyuan was destined to be shrouded in blood.

In June of the first year of Zhaoyuan, Yi Chao colluded with Qi Yun, the Marquis of Pingyang, and invaded Yan before it recovered its strength. The border once collapsed, and three cities of Dayan were quickly taken away within seven days.

The people in Beijing are in a state of panic, for fear of being involved in the ruin of the country and family after the Qingyutai Rebellion.After the last iron and blood method, the empress quit the ruling and opposition parties, and devoted herself to researching new items for the people's livelihood. All matters were decided by Tai Fu Qi Yu and Shang Shu Mu Zhao.

Qi Yu and Mu Zhao also had a quarrel over personal matters, and they had a dispute over the selection of the leader.

It wasn't until the ninth day when Yi Dynasty invaded, and on the third day when Dayan learned the news, General Xie Ji, who led the army during the Southern Rebellion, invited troops to go out.

Neither Qi Yu nor Mu Zhao objected, and appealed to the Empress for permission to go on the expedition.

On the eve of the expedition, Xianwei North General Xie Rong entered? Xie Ji's room.

He sat at the table and said nothing.

It was Xie Ji who said first, "What's the matter, uncle?" This was the first time that uncle came to him on his own initiative after he came back.

Xie Rong raised his eyes and looked? Xie Ji glanced at it. The lonely and brave young man had already faded away and became a general who was stronger than him. But all this...why was it at the cost of sacrificing her??

Xie Ji was surprised by Xie Rong's deep gaze, "If uncle is fine, I..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Rong interrupted? He said, "Treat Zhaoqing well."

Xie Ji keenly sensed something was wrong, "Uncle?"

Xie Rong didn't explain, "Me and? Your aunt is planning to go back to Huaizhou's hometown and take Xiaoyu with her. Zhaoqing's kid is clamoring to fight with you. Fortunately, he is good at martial arts. He has been practicing martial arts for the past four years.Are you on the battlefield?"

Xie Ji looked at Xie Rong, tears flickering, "You and? Aunt... are you going to give up? Ji'er?"

Xie Rong lowered his head. He thanked his family for their loyalty. Even if His Majesty personally lured Ji'er to rebel and ordered him to send soldiers to the Southern Army, he would not be able to accept that he was the villain who would destroy Da Zhou.

He propped himself up, Xie Ji got up quickly, Xie Rong walked in front of him, patted him on the shoulder, "You have grown up, you know how to tell right from wrong, Yan Dynasty is very good, and it is good to the people, as long as? Yes... this is not my country."

Xie Rong looked at Xie Ji seriously, "You will grow into the most powerful general, serving the country and the people? This time, Yi Dynasty invaded, and you must beat him a hundred miles away from the border! Even if Dazhou ceased to exist, but this land is not something that the Tartars can occupy.”

Xie Ji burst into tears, and nodded repeatedly under Xie Rong's gaze, "I will, uncle, I will definitely beat them out."

Xie Rong smiled at him, turned around to leave the room, and sighed as he walked: "If His Majesty is still here, he will be pleased to see these soldiers."

Xie Ji had come to watch his uncle go away. After hearing his uncle's murmur, he stiffened his face and subconsciously said: "Your Majesty?"

"Which Your Majesty... Could it be that uncle is confused? Right?" He lowered his head and stopped looking at Xie Rong.

Xie Rong stopped walking, turned around suddenly, and said in a deep and deep voice, "She is the best monarch, bar none."

His tone was firm and shocking, Xie Ji raised his eyes to look at him, and when he saw Xie Rong's firm gaze, he suddenly understood what?

Those things he thought were going well...

Those battles that he felt were his natural talents...

And those amazing swords that have been collected...

Xie Ji suddenly felt that he was ridiculous.

He was like a clown, complacent about the military achievements sent by others, and wanted to show off in front of her after returning to court.

As everyone knows, these are all offered by others, just wait for him to receive it?...

Xie Rong had already left the room, leaving Xie Ji alone at the table, weeping uncontrollably for a whole night.

On the second day, Xie Ji led an army of 200,000 troops to the north to attack the captives. He was riding high on the horse, with a cold face and cold air all over his body.

Others only felt that General Xie was about to go to the battlefield, so his whole body was full of murderous intent, because he wanted to kill the enemy.Only those who know him well are shocked, and this depression can't be concealed. Is General Xie preparing to die on the battlefield?

No matter what other people think, the army of the Northern Expedition is destined to embark on the journey, in order to protect their homeland and go to the cold northern border.

On June 23, the first year of Zhaoyuan, the army of the Northern Expedition arrived at the border.

At this time, the border has been occupied by the Yi Army, and the corpses of the people of the Yan Dynasty are scattered all over the wilderness, whether old or weak, women or children, all died here.

On the first night when General Xie arrived at the border, he raided the camp of the Yi Army and took the heads of the enemy army. This made the Yi Army panic and helpless, and took back a city on the border before dawn.

In this one battle alone, the morale of the army was stable. Xie Ji struck while the iron was hot, and captured four cities in a row. Even the fourth city that was taken by Yi Chao during the army was taken back to Dayan.

However, in March, Yi Chao raised his flag and surrendered, asking for a truce. When the news spread back to the capital, everyone was shocked and praised Xie Ji for bringing the star into the world.

The empress is also satisfied? Because of Xie Ji's bravery, he was granted the title of Marquis of the North, and personally bestowed a "General Star" plaque, which was hung high in the Weibei General's residence for the world to look up to.

On October 17th of the first year of Zhaoyuan, the Empress summoned Xie Ji, Marquis of Zhenbei, back to Beijing to receive the reward. Xie Ji refused to listen, and led the army to attack Yichao, capturing four cities in a row, and drove Yichao soldiers a hundred miles away from the border.

Regarding Xie Ji's petty behavior, Yi Chao's officers dared not speak out, so they could only move away silently.

The Empress praised Xie Ji when she heard about this, saying that she should pay back to Yi Jun in this way, so not only did Xie Ji not be punished for resisting the decree and not returning to the court, but also gave countless rewards, which made people jealous.

After taking back the four cities, Xie Ji sat on the city wall? One night, no one knew? What was he thinking while looking at the dark night...

On the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Zhaoyuan, Xie Ji went to the border to stay permanently, and the empress allowed it.

So far, Xie Ji, Marquis of Zhenbei, stationed at the border, defended the line of defense, and never entered the capital again.

 …

On the first day of the first lunar month of the second year of Zhaoyuan, the empress recalled the officials who had been sent to various places in the previous dynasty, reunited in the capital, and appointed them again.

It was extremely cold in midwinter, and it was rare for Jiangnan to fall. A heavy snow, non-stop for three consecutive days, covered the whole city with snow like goose feathers, covering it with a piece of white.

At Yuefu at the end of Wuyi Lane in Pingcheng, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

The servant walked away from the charcoal fire, exhaling white breath, "Here we come?! Stop knocking?!"

The door opened, and a young man in Tsing Yi in fox fur looked at him with a smile, and nodded at him when he saw him.

The servant seldom saw such a noble young man with a jade face, so his voice became softer. "Who is the young man looking for?"

Pei Shu's face was hidden behind the fluff, only a pair of eyes were exposed. After hearing this, his pretty eyes lit up a little bit, and he said expectantly: "I'm looking for your son."

His eyes brightened slightly, and his heart was full of joy.

Is he coming for an appointment?

But the servant's doubtful words made him cold, "My son? My family only has an eight-year-old lady, and there is no son."

"My lord, let's look elsewhere." The servant quickly closed the gate to block the wind and snow outside.

"It's really strange. One or two of them came to look for my young master. There is clearly no young master in my house." The servant's murmur floated out from the crack of the door, and floated into the heart of the person outside the door.

Pei Shu stood quietly in front of the dark and solemn gate, the snowflakes were blown obliquely by the wind and hit his clean fox fur coat.

His eyes fell on the fox fur clothes given by the empress, he didn't know what to think, and after a while, he turned and stepped into the snow.

Walking to the entrance of the alley, a housekeeper in a coat greeted him, "My lord, have you found the person you are looking for?"

Pei Shu's footsteps paused slightly, snowflakes fell on his eyelashes, knocking off a piece of ice crystal, "Go back."

The butler said "Ah?" in surprise. Did he leave before he was found?

Pei Shu didn't talk anymore, and got into the sedan chair, his voice was light, "Let's go."

The cyan sedan chair moved forward slowly in the heavy snow, and the gate of the Yuefu was getting further and further away behind it, until it was hidden in the snow and no shadow could be seen anymore.

The butler quietly followed the sedan chair, and when he passed by a tree, a large piece of snow suddenly fell from the top of the tree, and he couldn't dodge in time and was beaten.

When he was hastily clearing the snow on his head and body, there seemed to be a sigh in his ear.

"Can't find it anymore?"

Butler Qi looked around, but found no one. He scratched his head strangely, and the bearer in front called him, "Follow!"

The butler hurriedly responded, "Here we are!"

The sigh was blown down by the wind, drifted away with the wind and snow, and Siyi was in this silent snow field, never to be seen again?

The snow was so vast that pedestrians never saw pedestrians again.