Three days later, in the early morning, in a side hall of Gaoyang Palace in Nancheng, the late emperor's concubines were led to the palace by eunuchs. They knew that their end was approaching, and everyone almost collapsed emotionally, crying bitterly. Some had dull eyes, as if they had lost their souls. , let everyone around you do what you want.
In the side hall, the head of a middle-aged eunuch had a cold face. He stepped forward and lectured: "Dear gentlemen, you are loyal to the late emperor. How can you behave like this by crying like this? Remember, you voluntarily sacrificed your life for His Majesty. , you will still be the apple of the late emperor's eye when you are underground, and your glory and wealth will remain the same. Your family will be generously supported by the court, so you don't have to worry about anything. Now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, he has pity on your sincerity for your loyalty to the late emperor, and has specially issued a decree to reward you generously. Dear relatives of the nobles, you nobles can go on your journey with peace of mind.”
After the middle-aged eunuch finished speaking, he came to the front of the woman, bowed slightly and said: "Mrs. Sun, you used to be a celebrity in front of the late emperor. You have the highest status among the nobles in the harem, so you invite me first."
Sun Xuan raised her head and glanced at the middle-aged eunuch, and then at the three-foot white silk in front of her. She felt sad in her heart. She entered the palace at the age of fourteen, and now she is only twenty-three. It is a good age, and now she will follow the late emperor. And go, she is not willing to die, she has not lived enough.
When the middle-aged eunuch saw Sun Xiao standing on the spot, he impatiently urged: "Mrs. Sun, you are setting an example for the harem. Hurry up."
Sun Xuan glanced at the middle-aged eunuch. In the past, she didn't even bother to take a look at this bunch of dog slaves. Now that her backer is gone, these guys dare to look down on her.
Sun Yu suddenly became angry and sneered in reply: "What if I don't obey?"
The middle-aged eunuch snorted coldly and said: "You are so shameless, but you still think that you are the late emperor's favorite concubine? Come here, drag her to the back hall, and we will execute her in person."
After saying this, two tall and strong eunuchs suddenly jumped out from beside the middle-aged eunuch, carried Mrs. Sun and went to the inner hall. Sun Xuan was caught by the two strong eunuchs, and his face turned pale and he was in great pain. The eunuch wanted to To prevent the prisoners from struggling, they directly grab the hands and locks. They don't care whether the victims are comfortable or not. In their eyes, there is no essential difference between these people and the dead.
The middle-aged eunuch narrowed his eyes, stared at the women and said with a sinister smile: "Everyone has seen it clearly. We still advise you to recognize the situation clearly. If you don't want to show dignity, we will help you show respect, hum!"
When the girls heard this, they held their heads and cried incessantly, but they had no choice but to move towards the end of their lives under the persuasion and urging of the palace people around them.
Seeing that killing chickens to scare monkeys was effective, the middle-aged eunuch flicked his sleeves and went to the inner hall, where he saw Sun Shu being put on the execution platform and unable to move.
The middle-aged eunuch proudly chose a piece of white silk that he thought was the most beautiful. He didn't know what the difference was between this white silk and the other. This was his personal practice, and he had to prepare three white silks every time. Bai Ling.
The middle-aged eunuch tied Bai Ling into a complicated knot and gently put it around Sun Xuan's neck.
The middle-aged eunuch said: "Mrs. Sun, if you have offended many people, don't blame us. This is an order from above. We slaves are just following orders. You can go on your way now."
Sun Yu's mouth had been blocked for a long time, but he couldn't utter a word. He just kept crying, lamenting the injustice of his fate in his heart.
At this moment, the middle-aged eunuch took a deep breath and pulled Bai Ling around with both hands. He tried his best to pull Bai Ling around. The inmate Sun Xuan felt a huge sense of suffocation invade her whole body. It was extremely difficult to breathe. She was like a drowning person. The feet shook and struggled desperately until there was no sound, and a fresh life withered.
After the execution was completed, the middle-aged eunuch stepped forward and personally checked Sun Shu's pulse. Seeing that Sun Shu's peerless appearance had just faded away, he sighed and said, "What a pity! What a pity! You two Mrs. Sun, please take off the torture rack and follow me."
The two tall eunuchs bowed in agreement, carefully carried Sun Xuan's body onto a stretcher, and followed the middle-aged eunuch outside the temple.
At this time, Yang Jin, the general manager of the palace, was waiting outside the palace. When he saw Sun Yu's body being brought out, Yang Jin's face changed slightly.
The middle-aged eunuch, with a flattering smile on his face, stepped forward and whispered softly: "Mr. Yang, please don't worry. This matter was done by the villain himself. There will never be anything wrong. The villain is just afraid that other people's carelessness will damage Yang." I am in charge of your old man's important affairs, so I personally took action. Mrs. Sun was just strangled by her humble position and fainted, and her life is absolutely not affected."
When Yang Jin heard this, he was half relieved and said, "Well, things went well."
Yang Jin was worried, so he stepped forward and carefully felt Sun Yu's pulse. Although it was a little weak, at least he was alive and well for now.
Yang Jin carefully took out the Turtle Breath Pill given to him by the emperor from his arms, opened Sun Zhu's mouth and fed it in. The pill melted in his mouth. Yang Jin worriedly felt Sun Zhu's pulse repeatedly for a long time, and finally He couldn't feel her pulse anymore, and he nodded slightly in his heart. The medicine given by the emperor was really effective.
Yang Jin stood up and said, "Well, okay, send Mrs. Sun for autopsy, and you don't have to worry about the rest."
Seeing this, the middle-aged eunuch cautiously approached Yang Jin and asked, "Manager Yang, are you trying to get someone from above?"
Yang Jin snorted coldly and said: "Don't pry around when you shouldn't know. You'd better keep this in your stomach. If you want me to hear a rumor in the palace, you know the consequences..."
When the middle-aged eunuch heard this, he was frightened. He waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "Manager Yang, don't worry. After all these years, don't you still know who I am? I'm famous for being strict. If I want to Otherwise, the humble position would have been moved."
Yang Jin seemed to agree with the middle-aged eunuch's words, so he took out a bag of gold from his arms and handed it to the middle-aged eunuch's hand, saying, "Things were done well. This is the other half of the reward. Keep it."
The middle-aged eunuch pushed the money back with a smile on his face.
Yang Jin's face turned cold when he saw this and said, "What? Do you think you don't have enough money?"
The middle-aged eunuch waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Mr. Yang, my Grandpa Yang, please don't misunderstand me. How dare I accept your money? It's my duty to do things for you. Half of the reward is considered a villain." Honor your family."
Hearing this, Yang Jin nodded slightly and said, "You're pretty good at it."
Yang Jin took advantage of the situation and took the money back into his arms. Although Yang Jin was one year younger than the middle-aged eunuch, he was the N-level official. He was the general manager of the inner court, and that was me.
Yang Jin thought about it and realized that this matter was of great importance. Even if he didn't give him money, he still had to feed him some sweet dates. He said, "Let's do this. There is a vacancy at the Xiaohuang Gate in the inner court recently. When the time comes, I recommend you to take over."
The middle-aged eunuch was overjoyed when he heard this. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Grandpa Yang, you are my biological grandfather..."
Seeing this, Yang Jin smiled slightly. Originally, there was no magical elixir like the emperor, and he had to take care of the department responsible for the autopsy. Now, it is easier to get away with it.
He felt a little pain in his heart for the money he had collected over the years, hey! Forget it, compared to losing the emperor's trust and risking his own life, this little money is nothing.
That evening, as the night grew darker, Yang Jin ran all the way to the emperor's palace with sweat on his forehead. Yang Jin stepped forward and whispered to Mu Sheng.
Mu Sheng asked: "Is the matter done?"
Yang Jin stepped forward and whispered: "My servant cleverly used the method of a golden cicada to escape from its shell, and replaced Mrs. Sun's coffin. It turns out that there was only one pottery figurine of equal weight in the coffin to be buried with the imperial mausoleum. Your Majesty, don't worry."
Mu Sheng nodded slightly and said, "Okay, you did a good job on this matter."
Mu Sheng stood up, turned around a few times with his hands behind his back, and said, "I want to see how she is doing. Please make arrangements first, and we will leave the palace secretly immediately."
Yang Jin said: "I will make arrangements now."
At this moment, Yang Jin was surprised. It seemed that Sun Yu was quite fond of the emperor. A woman who could control two generations of emperors, father and son, was really not an ordinary person...
It was night, and an unmarked carriage quietly ran out of the south gate to somewhere outside the city.
After a moment of burning incense, the carriage suddenly stopped. Yang Jin opened the curtain, looked around, and then stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, we are here."
Yang Jin helped the emperor get out of the carriage. Both of them were wearing cloaks, and their faces could not be seen clearly under the surrounding firelight.
After a while, another carriage drove towards them with people neighing and the people on the carriage carefully lifted a coffin from the back of the carriage and placed it gently in front of Mu Sheng and Yang Jin.
Yang Jin waved his hand and said: "All of you, please step back."
Everyone agreed, and only Mu Sheng, Yang Jin, and a coffin were left around. Mu Sheng stepped forward and lifted off the coffin lid with a palm of his hand.
I saw Sun Xiao lying peacefully in the coffin, as if he was asleep. When Mu Sheng saw this, he froze in place. After a while, he stepped forward and slowly stroked Sun Xiao's face. A powerful spiritual power entered Sun Xiao's face. The power of the Turtle Breath Pill gradually dissipated in Yu's body, and Sun Yu's pale face slowly regained its color until she regained her strong pulse.
Sun Hao slowly regained consciousness, as if she had been in a deep dream. She slowly opened her eyes and saw a mysterious man wearing a cloak appearing in front of her. She shrank back in fright.
Mu Sheng stepped forward and held her jade hand, took off her burqa and said, "Don't be afraid, Yu'er, it's me."
Sun Shu couldn't hide the look of shock in his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty? Why?"
Mu Sheng stared at Sun Yu's beautiful face and said, "Are you still willing to come back to me?"
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When Sun Yu heard this, he shook his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I am the late emperor's woman. This behavior is against human ethics. I deserve to die..."
Mu Sheng took her into his arms and said: "Yu'er, I have never forgotten you. I never thought that you were the late emperor's woman. Now that the late emperor has passed away, why should you, a living person, be buried with him?" I can't save other people. What I can do is save you. Whether you go or stay, it all depends on your thoughts."
Sun Yu just cuddled in his arms and kept crying. She recalled the good times the two of them had in the side hall of Tai Chi Palace.
After a long while, Sun Huang raised her head, looked at the man who had snatched her back from the hands of death, and said: "Sun Xiao is determined to follow you in this life. I am your Majesty's person in life, and your Majesty's ghost in death. As long as I can make my concubine I will stay by your side and serve you, and I will do whatever you want me to do.”
After hearing this, Mu Sheng said: "Okay, okay, Yu'er, I understand what you mean. After all, you are the late emperor's woman, and you cannot see the light. If you want to stay with me, you can no longer be Sun Yu from now on." , you no longer have a family from now on, do you understand?"
Sun Yu nodded slightly and said: "I understand, I have been to the execution ground and died once. Today is the first day of Yu'er's rebirth. Your Majesty can still treat me as you did in the past."
"Yu'er, I've wronged you."
Mu Sheng turned to Manager Yang and said, "Yang Jin, please arrange for Yu'er to enter the palace as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Yang Jin looked embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, many old people in the palace know Sun Guiren. If you enter the palace directly, you will be in trouble. I suggest that Sun Guiren go to the Tai Chi Palace where the late emperor practiced immortality for a while. Settlement is not far from here. The place has been renovated. The palace staff have all been re-recruited. No one knows Sun Guiren. In the future, after your majesty officially ascends the throne, you can use excuses to replace the old people in Qingyang Palace. I think this is the case. More secure.”
Mu Sheng nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay! Very good! I'll do as you wish."
Mu Sheng comforted Sun Yu and said, "Yu'er, I've wronged you."
Sun Yu wiped his tears, hugged Mu Sheng tightly and said, "I am not wronged. I just want to stay with His Majesty and serve you, even if I am a woman with no name or status for the rest of my life."
