The fire that broke out at night burned down three or four palaces in the Xiyuan of the Imperial Palace, centered on Leng Palace. Fortunately, the place was remote and the damage to the harem was not great. But the queen's death shocked the government and the public.
"Is the person really dead?"
"My lord, when we returned to the imperial hospital for examination, the general was nearby. A total of three imperial doctors examined him and found that he was indeed dead."
Lin Zhongting, the Duke of Zhenguo, slowly stroked his thumb, his eyebrows half lowered, as if deep in thought.
"Where is the prince now?" Lin Zhongting asked.
"The prince is guarding the ruins of Leng Palace with a sword. No one is allowed to get closer, and no one is allowed to collect the corpse for burial."
"It's so ridiculous, how can this be decent?" Lin Zhibai, the second son of Duke Zhen Guo, sneered disdainfully, "Doesn't he know that after death, people have to be buried in the ground?"
"The more absurd he is, the better." Lin Zhongting raised his eyes and smiled slightly.
Then, he said to Lin Zhibai: "I will ask your wife to go to the palace later to see the Queen Mother. She said that the prince lost his mother when he was young. Although his behavior is inappropriate, his behavior is pitiable and there is no need to restrain him."
Before he returned to the capital in a hurry, Jiang Ning received a message from the palace: "There was a fire in the palace, the cold palace was destroyed, and the queen died."
Jiang Ning's hands shook, her feet went weak, and her eyes suddenly went dark. Fortunately, the little eunuch who was following him was smart and supported him, so that he didn't fall directly to the ground.
At the same time, Xiao Yi also received the news.
At that time, Dr. Zhang, who was accompanying the army, was pulling out arrows for him. When he launched a strong attack in the early morning, he took the lead and was very brave. He led his army to fight fiercely for a day with the Yu State army. In the end, Tiansheng's army captured Agu City, but he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder and was seriously injured.
"What caused the fire?" Xiao Yi closed his eyes slightly and asked quietly. He was leaning on the bed with his bare upper body naked. Doctor Zhang was carefully cleaning the wound on the side.
"Commander Wei is still investigating the cause of the fire." Du Yang bowed his head and replied respectfully.
After hearing this, Xiao Yi remained silent for a long time.
Du Yang couldn't get the instruction and felt uneasy. He boldly took a look and saw that His Majesty seemed to be asleep?
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Du Yang called softly.
"What else is there?" Xiao Yi didn't open his eyes, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was impatient.
Du Yang felt a chill in his heart, he really shouldn't have reported such trivial matters to Leng Gong. But it’s not like there is no queen, that person is always the queen. No, the Ministry of Rites is still waiting for a reply.
Du Yang had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue.
"The Ministry of Rites sent a letter asking what should be done with the queen's phoenix body?"
"Stop the coffin and wait until our master returns to the court to discuss it." Xiao Yi said quietly.
After Lin Feifeng heard the news, she broke into Lin Zhipeng's tent angrily regardless of her pregnancy.
"Where do you have the courage to set fire to the cold palace!" Lin Feifeng was furious.
"Your Majesty, be careful!" Lin Zhipeng's face darkened. He looked outside the tent and saw that they were all guarded by personal soldiers, and his face looked better.
"There is nothing to be cautious about! If something happens to the queen, the first person in the world to suspect is the Lin family!"
"What's the point of being suspicious? As long as there is no evidence, it's just some rumors that will dissipate in a few years." Lin Zhipeng sat down slowly.
"Besides, everyone in the world knows that she is the guilty queen and should have been sentenced to death long ago. Your Majesty only spared her life for the sake of the prince. But the hatred of genocide is always a hidden danger in the future, and the Lin family is also sharing your worries for your Majesty. .”
Lin Zhipeng suddenly laughed. He glanced sideways at Lin Feifeng: "Do you think these things done by the Lin family can be hidden from His Majesty?"
Lin Feifeng fell silent, but she still frowned dissatisfied: "Does my father not believe that I can successfully ascend to the back seat, or does he not believe that I can't even handle a mere Shen Zhuo?"
"Why do you need to worry so much?" Lin Zhipeng said with a smile, "Father just wants to give a meeting gift to his grandson who has not met yet. The nights are long and there are many dreams. It is safer to resolve some things earlier."
Two days after capturing Agu City, Tiansheng's army entered Agu City, and Xiao Yi also moved into the city lord's mansion.
Late at night, Xiao Yi was sitting in the study room of the City Lord's Mansion dealing with various backlogged memorials.
Not far from the desk, a man was kneeling on the ground, wearing a mysterious silver-colored tiger uniform. He was a member of Xiao Yi's personal guard Longhu Camp.
"Is the person really dead?" Xiao Yi held the memorial in his hand, but his eyes did not fall on it, but stared out the window at the dark night.
"Back to my lord, the Queen's personal bodyguards failed to bring the Queen out." Lu Yun paused, and even though he was breaking out in a cold sweat, he continued bravely, "The chief and deputy deans of the Imperial Hospital and the Queen Mother have all checked. The Queen is indeed dead."
"If I had known that Shen Xi was so incompetent, I should have killed them all three years ago." Xiao Yi's eyebrows were cold and stern, with a chill in his eyes.
Lu Yun suddenly felt an invisible coercion coming over him, and he couldn't help but lower his body lower.
"Where is the prince?"
"The prince had been guarding the ruins of the cold palace before, but was later persuaded to leave by the tutor. Now he is guarding the empress's coffin every day."
"Useless thing!" Xiao Yi said coldly, "If you can't even protect your own mother, what's the use of him."
How dare Lu Yun talk to him?
Suddenly, Lu Yun smelled the smell of blood in the air. Out of the vigilance of the secret guard, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked around, only to see Xiao Yi's bandaged shoulder. Blood was flowing, and the blood had already soaked into the brocade robe.
Lu Yun was shocked: "My lord, your wound has collapsed. I'll go find Dr. Zhang."
Xiao Yi closed his eyes and said coldly: "No, you can go down."
Lu Yun looked at Xiao Yi worriedly. The latter's fingertips were dripping blood drop by drop, but he couldn't obey his orders, so he finally stood up and retreated.
The person who escorted her was clearly allowed to enter the palace, but she also left a passage out of the palace for her. Why! Why don't you leave? !
Still as willful and indulgent as ever! Extremely stupid! Forget it, just die!
Xiao Yi thought angrily and suddenly felt a splitting headache. He gritted his teeth and cursed secretly, did the traitors in the country put poison on the arrows?
Xiao Yi's brain began to feel dizzy from the pain, red mist spread in front of his eyes, and the dark night turned strangely red. A fishy sweetness filled his throat. He clenched his fists and suppressed it tightly.
All night long, Xiao Yi sat in the study without saying a word. It wasn't until dawn that the blood mist in his eyes gradually faded away.
Xiao Yi canceled his class and returned to the court.
Capturing Xiayu State was the clarion call to conquer the Omar Empire.
Conquering the Omar Empire and unifying the Yagu Continent was the dream of all the kings of the Tiansheng Dynasty, and it was also Xiao Yi's dream.
Xiao Yi led his army on a new journey, passing through Yu State and continuing northward.
This battle lasted three full years. In the past three years, Xiao Yi's beatings were extremely brutal, as if he was possessed by a murderous god.
Xiao Yi fought on the battlefield for three years, and Shen Zhuo's soul wandered in the palace for three years.
Shen Zhuo originally thought that he would suffer the pain of being burned, and that he would be destroyed in the fire with no bones left, but he didn't.
She only remembered that she gradually ran out of breath while talking, so she closed her eyes in exhaustion. Unexpectedly, when I turned around, I opened my eyes again in the sunshine full of the smell of gunpowder smoke.
She looked at her light and transparent hands, and then at the gray body lying on the ground beside her.
Shen Zhuo knew that he was really dead.
Ever since he became a wandering soul, Shen Zhuo knew that it was true that he would be buried in the grave. Perhaps it was because her coffin could not be buried that she could not pass away smoothly. Every time he thought about this, Shen Zhuo scolded Xiao Yi from head to toe a hundred and eighty times.
Shen Zhuo initially stayed by the side of the prince Xiao Wei every day. She felt heartbroken when she saw her seven-year-old son kneeling beside her body holding a heavy sword and not allowing anyone to come near. His little eyes were red and swollen from crying. It doesn’t work.
Shen Zhuo hugged Xiao Wei in vain, sang and coaxed her, but unfortunately, Xiao Wei could not sense her presence at all.
Seven-year-old Xiao Wei pursed her lips tightly and stayed by her body, stubbornly waiting for her to wake up.
Shen Zhuo stroked the top of his head over and over again, whispering comfort, even though she knew the other party couldn't hear her, she didn't stop.
Shen Zhuo kept praying to God, hoping that his son could escape from the palace. I don’t know if her sincerity worked, and Xiao Ye left the palace smoothly three months later.
Shen Zhuo wanted to leave with Xiao Wei, but as soon as she reached the palace gate, she was blocked by an invisible force. No matter how hard she tried, she could not step out of the palace gate, so she had to watch her son leave.
After that, Shen Zhuo wandered around the palace all day long, watching the servants and maids rushing around the palace, watching Xiao Yi's harem concubines being sour and jealous for some insubstantial pet, just like what happened more than ten years ago. Own.
After seeing it too much, Shen Zhuo couldn't help but despise his former self. Why was he so fascinated by that beautiful skin?
Shen Zhuo still clearly remembers the spring day when he first met Xiao Yi. Willows were hanging low by the lake, there was a gentle breeze, the sun was just right, and the spring scenery was in full bloom.
The young man in green shirt riding on the lake shore has a tall and straight figure and a cold eyebrow. He is really handsome! "The stones are like jade, the pines are like emeralds" cannot describe Xiao Yi's style at that time.
Even now, the most irresistible thing to Shen Zhuo is Xiao Yi's beauty. Even if there is hatred between the two of them, even if she is now a wandering ghost.
She shamelessly forced Xiao Yi to marry her back then. At that time, she thought that sincere dedication would always move God and make stubborn people nod... She never thought that the final outcome would be to die in the cold palace, become a wandering ghost, and bring disaster to the Shen family.
How stupid and willful I am!
It's all because the spring scenery is so beautiful, beauty is misleading.
