Chapter 31 Thirty-first secret

The red gown is embroidered with nine phoenixes with gold thread, which is very glamorous when illuminated by the lights. The heads of the phoenixes are drawn up on the shoulders, forming a proud posture, which contrasts with the crowns of twelve dragons and nine phoenixes on the head.A long bead string with more than 3,000 pearls hangs down, shining brightly with every gesture.The room was full of red, but she still couldn't suppress her luxurious outfit. Jiang Chenyu was sitting in the Enpei Palace. From today onwards, she became the master of this palace and the number one person in the harem.But she didn't feel joy at all, she just stared at the Coiling Dragon Candle on the desk for a long time.

Although it is an auspicious day, it is a pity that the sky is not beautiful, and the sun has not been out since the morning.Before, everyone was worried that it would rain, which made the grand ceremony impossible. However, God still gave me face. The clouds were piled up and piled up, but they didn't rain for a long time. It must have rained at midnight... Jiang Chenyu thought lightly about this irrelevant question. The laughter of Huai Jin and Zhu Yu approached from far away, and came in from outside the door, and then the door was pushed open, and Huai Yu giggled like a bell and said: "Empress Empress, the emperor is here!"

Jiang Chenyu looked up and saw Zhao Yin. Different from her formal attire, Zhao Yin is still wearing casual clothes, looking very casual. Holding Yu secretly winked at her, then backed out with a smile. Zhao Yin walked to the couch, looked her up and down from head to toe, and said with a smile, "It's pretty." Jiang Chenyu raised her eyes and looked at him quietly. Zhao Yin picked up the jug on the table casually, poured himself a glass of wine, sat down, and said quietly: "Oh, my queen looks really good-looking today...but I don't know why, but there is no joy on her face. But think I'm late? I'll apologize to you, come, come, take this glass of wine as my thank you gift. Thank you for your hard work these days." After finishing speaking, he handed the wine to her.

Jiang Chenyu stretched out both hands to take it, and drank it silently. Zhao Yin rolled his eyes and smiled closer: "That's right, drink some wine, and your face will turn red. There are all beauties in my harem, but only you, the queen, are the most intelligent and lovely. , getting along with you is like a spring breeze, the most pleasant." While speaking, he leaned towards her, stretched out his hand and gently touched her cheek, with infinite tenderness and sweetness.And his voice became softer and softer, "Since you entered the palace, I haven't pampered you well, today is a beautiful day, we...shouldn't waste it..."

Jiang Chenyu's eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings. Seeing her reaction, Zhao Yin smiled more happily: "The queen is nervous? Don't be nervous, I will treat you well..." Jiang Chenyu put down his wine glass, and said slowly: "Your Majesty... Can my concubine ask you a question?" "I'll ask you later, okay? Now... I should do something else..." Zhao Yin said, reaching out to untie her belt.Jiang Chenyu didn't stop his movement, but just stared at him with big eyes as bright as morning stars. Zhao Yin was unnaturally stared at by those eyes, so he could only sigh lightly, and let go of his mouth: "Okay, okay, let's talk about it."

"Why... the emperor let me be the queen?" Zhao Yin raised his eyebrows and smiled again. He took a few steps back, poured himself another glass of wine, and said casually while sipping it slowly: "Didn't I say that, I am rewarding you." "Why does the emperor reward his concubines?" A series of questioning finally made Zhao Yin feel that something was wrong. He stopped, looked at Jiang Chenyu's unusually serious expression, laughed dumbfounded, and coughed a few times: "Okay, then I will tell you. Frankly speaking, It's really the first time in my life that I've seen a woman like you - volunteered to be my counselor, and she's performed well in Cheng Guo, and she's extremely witty, but none of those are enough to move me .Do you know why?"

Jiang Chenyu shook his head. "Because you have far more capital than others. Therefore, I am not moved." Seeing Jiang Chenyu's confused look, Zhao Yin smiled, "In other words, because you are Jiang Zhong's daughter. You were born with The conditions that are superior to ordinary people, your father's power and connections can allow you to easily accomplish many things, so I am not moved. However, a person like you who was born in a famous family and grows up rich is dependent on the income of the family. How dare you break up with your father—this is what really moves me."

Jiang Chenyu's eyes flickered a few times. Zhao Yin sighed softly, and his voice became gentle: "You...you know very well that if you leave your father and your family, you will really be fighting alone in this harem, and you will have no backer to rely on , there is no way to get through, and there is no family relationship to miss... With your intelligence, you will not be unaware of the serious consequences. Even so, you still gave up. Therefore, the moment I learned that you gave up your family, I Just say to yourself, I want to reward you, this woman who has done the most extraordinary thing in the world."

Jiang Chenyu pursed her lips, her eye circles were slightly red: "Then the emperor...why does he attach so much importance to the act of abandoning his family?" Zhao Yin frowned: "Chen Yu, what exactly do you want to ask?" "Is it because the emperor himself is also a sufferer, so he empathizes with it?" With a "bang", the flagon was knocked over.Zhao Yin stood up all of a sudden, staring at Jiang Chenyu with a serious expression. And Jiang Chenyu, still sitting on the couch, continued without even twitching his eyelashes: "The emperor is wondering? In fear? Thinking why the concubine would know about this? Isn't it?"

Zhao Yin lowered his face and said: "Jiang Chenyu, everything must be done in moderation!" Jiang Chenyu stared at him with a pair of crystal clear eyes, then suddenly smiled.Her facial features are soft, so she rarely has a sharp expression, but at this moment, the corners of her lips are slightly raised, and her eyelids are slightly drooping, but she is smiling extremely coldly.And in that cold smile, the red lips that are as gorgeous as spring flowers pulled out a graceful arc, every word was cold: "Your Majesty, who is Langya?" Zhao Yin's face suddenly changed color: "You...what did you say?"

"This name is rare. Since the founding of our dynasty, there have been a total of thirteen people with this name, and among these thirteen people, there is only one who can be related to the court. Moreover, it is very special. One of them. The emperor... do you know who it is?" A fierce light flashed in Zhao Yin's eyes, and he said coldly: "Jiang Chenyu, what exactly do you want to do?" "What are you doing?" Jiang Chenyu landed on both feet, and slowly stood up, her long skirt suddenly covered the ground, she lightly clasped her hands, and walked over step by step, looking at the present day with a queen's attitude. The most honorable king of the Bi Kingdom, neither humble nor overbearing, "Your Majesty, today is an auspicious day, so the Emperor chose today to crown his concubine, and the concubine also chose today to ask the Emperor for something." "What?" Facing such an aggressive Jiang Chenyu, Zhao Yin trembled involuntarily. "justice." "What?" Zhao Yin almost thought he heard it wrong. So Jiang Chenyu said it again: "Government—the way—the concubine is talking about justice. The emperor doesn't know what this is? That's right, the emperor has always acted willfully and recklessly, and he is the only one who respects himself. How can you feel the grievance of others?" Anger flashed across Zhao Yin's face, but he suppressed it quickly, instead of being angry, he smiled and said, "Okay. Continue. I want to hear how I owe the word 'fairness'!" Jiang Chenyu was not frightened by his aura, and smiled slightly: "Okay, then let's start with Mrs. Xihe. Mrs. Xihe is really beautiful. Thanks to the blessing of the emperor, my concubine was able to travel abroad. I saw all kinds of beauties. But all of them added up are not worth a Mrs. Xihe." Zhao Yin let out a "hum". "Such a beautiful woman should of course belong to the emperor. Therefore, the emperor sent someone to play tricks and made her father Ye Ran owe a large amount of gambling debts. In the end, he had to mortgage his daughter to a human trafficker, and then through the human trafficker After being sold into the palace, she became the emperor's concubine logically. Afterwards, the emperor was afraid that the news would leak out, so he killed Ye Ran. From then on, Madam Xihe became a helpless orphan and could only guard the emperor. Alone." Zhao Yin endured and endured, and finally couldn't hold back and said: "Zhen and Xihe... are not what you said at all!" "It's not what I said, so what? Does the emperor want to say that you really love each other?" Jiang Chenyu looked at Zhao Yin beside the lamp, feeling extremely disappointed in him, "Your Majesty, look at Xihe, look at her What has it become now! I really like someone, how can I bear her like that? Didn't the emperor see the expression on her face the moment she saw the young master's head? Why does the emperor think she is crazy? You ruined her Killed her! You ruined her and the young master!" "So what!" Zhao Yin jumped up all of a sudden, and roared disregarding his appearance, "I am the emperor! What is the emperor? Is it the land of the king in the whole world, and the subjects of the king on the shore of the land? The whole world is I. What's more, it's a woman! So what if she belongs to Ji Ying? Who says Ji Ying isn't the emperor?" "Why Ji Ying is not the emperor but the emperor is, isn't the emperor the clearest?" Jiang Chenyu's soft words made Zhao Yin's whole body shudder, and then fell silent. Panting for breath, Zhao Yin sat back on the seat by the table, stared at her, and calmed down for a long time before saying: "You really did your homework...Okay, then let me see how much you have done with your homework." The degree, how many points can be scored. Tell me, tell me!" "The reason why Ji Ying is not the emperor is very simple - he was born with heart disease and asthma, he is not healthy enough, so the Ji family was very disappointed with this child, so they postponed the whole plan for a year until you were born." The candlelight flickered, illuminating Zhao Yin's face, flickering on and off. Jiang Chenyu took a deep breath and said, "I won't go into details about the process here..." At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded faintly, like an innocent soul from hell, with an obsession engraved in his bones and blood: "Why don't you elaborate? I want to hear it too." With a "squeak", the door opened, and a figure wrapped in lights appeared in sight. With long hair as white as snow and a tall and slim body, when she raised her eyes, the starlight paled, and when she pursed her lips, everything dimmed. She is the number one beauty in the Four Kingdoms——Xihe. For Xihe's appearance, Zhao Yin was naturally extremely shocked, and jumped up from the chair again: "Xihe, you...how could..." "Why would I come?" Xihe smiled sweetly, stepped up, entered the door, and then closed the door behind her backhand, "Of course it's a big show tonight, as one of the protagonists, I have to come." "Aren't you...crazy?" Zhao Yin looked at her in disbelief. Just an hour ago, Xi He was snuggling in his arms and drinking medicine with a childlike expression and blank eyes, but this For a moment, she walked in so calmly and with the utmost grace, with a calm expression and a charming smile, which can be called peerless. Zhao Yin's expression turned into anger in an instant: "You deceive the emperor! How dare you pretend to be crazy and lie to me! You, you, you and her unite..." Jiang Chenyu sighed lightly: "Your Majesty, you are wrong." "What did I do wrong? Could it be that Xihe is still crazy now?" "Madam is indeed not crazy now. But before, she was really..." Before Jiang Chenyu could say more, Xihe had already walked over, put his hand on her shoulder lightly, and said with a smile: "No need to explain, true or false, crazy or stupid, it doesn't matter at all for now. What I want to hear... is the truth about the Ji family." With a single word, the atmosphere in the room was brought back to the original gloomy and chilling. A strange color flashed in Zhao Yin's eyes, and then he smiled slowly and sinisterly: "There will be no truth. You, you can't tell," he first pointed at Jiang Chenyu, then at Xihe, "and you , can't hear." Both Jiang Chenyu and Xihe looked at him quietly. "What are you waiting for? Tian Jiu!" Zhao Yin's face darkened. However, the room was quiet, except for the occasional flickering of candles and the crackling sound, there was nothing else. Zhao Yin panicked: "Tian Jiu? Tian Jiu? Tian..." "No need to call, no one will come. Tian Jiu will not come, Luo Heng will not come, and the guards outside will not come in either." Jiang Chenyu said lightly. Zhao Yin tremblingly said: "You, where did you get Tian Jiu?" "Tian Jiu went to visit relatives." "What? Visiting relatives?" "Don't the emperor know that Tian Jiu has a brother? A real brother. And that brother, unfortunately, also became a secret guard, and in the end, you assigned him to me." Zhao Yin said with a gloomy expression, "You mean—the master is leaving?" Jiang Chenyu applauded: "The emperor really has a good memory, he still remembers his name." "Isn't he dead?" Jiang Chenyu smiled: "The emperor really trusts the concubine, so what does the concubine mean?" "But I obviously also received a dark report of Shi Zou's death..." Jiang Chenyu withdrew her smile, and said seriously: "That was arranged on purpose by me." "what?" "Master Zou has become disabled in order to save me. If he returns to the palace in this state, as a useless person who knows a lot of secrets that cannot be revealed, he will only end up dead. Therefore, I beg my brother to deliberately set him as seriously injured. The appearance of dying has been concealed from everyone, and he was sent to a safe place to recuperate." Jiang Chenyu laughed again, "And an hour ago, I ordered someone to accidentally disclose that address to Tian Jiu knows, so at this time, he should rush to visit his only relative in this world." "Nonsense! What relatives! The dark guards have no relatives! Their only relative is me!" Zhao Yin was furious. "That's what the emperor thinks!" Jiang Chenyu sternly retorted, with even more disappointment in his eyes, "It's precisely because the emperor never considers others, so he only thinks that everyone is as cold-blooded and ruthless as you, and doesn't even care about brotherhood. , and even turned around and killed my elder brother who is connected by blood!" Zhao Yin was hit hard, his legs went limp, and he collapsed on the chair. He looked ahead without focus, and murmured: "Brother?" "Yes. Brother. Ji Ying, it's your brother." The rumbling thunder sounded as if specially responding to these words, followed by the late autumn night rain pouring down. Xihe's tears also slid down, and after shaking her frail body a few times, she staggered and fell on the brocade couch. Perhaps, the only one who was calm was Jiang Chenyu, but her fingers tucked into her sleeves were also trembling uncontrollably.After all, what she is going to say now is the biggest secret of the Bi Kingdom, which involves a wide range of relationships and has a serious relationship, which can be said to be unprecedented throughout the ages.Once leaked, the consequences would be disastrous. In the crackling rain, her voice was like a water lotus entangled in the bottom of the water for many years, struggling and circling and finally surfaced: "A long time ago, there was such a secret about the Ji family—the Ji family There are 'Lianchengbi' and 'Siguopu'. These two things can make this family always occupy a place in the court and remain invincible. But for a long time, no one has seen these two things Things. My father has been trying to find these two things since he became the right minister, so as to bring down the Ji family, but after wasting a lot of money and manpower, he still found nothing. But in the fourth year of Tubi, he felt that everything was ready. Be patient again, and start to attack Ji Ying..." The room was quiet, the two obedient people were speechless and hoarse, but the one who spoke was heartbroken.Sometimes, Jiang Chenyu feels that she is no longer alive, and it is another person who stays in this body and supports her to speak.Otherwise, how to explain why she was able to tell such a terrible story so calmly?Calm as if dead. "On the one hand, my father secretly bought important officials in the court, especially Ba Zhi of the Imperial Academy. He really spent a lot of effort to let them come forward to slander Ji Ying. On the other hand, he set up a situation with Wei Yuheng to wait for Ji Ying to enter the urn. Finally He succeeded, he used a very low-level but direct and effective method to kill a generation of famous officials. And what surprised me is-why the emperor tolerated him doing this kind of thing! Tolerate him cutting off his most powerful Ji Ying is the emperor's most trusted and beloved courtier, isn't he?" Jiang Chenyu turned his gaze from Zhao Yin to Xi He who was lying on the couch speechless, "This At that time, I knew one more thing, and that was—Ms. Xihe was once Ji Ying's lover. She was deliberately snatched away from Ji Ying by the emperor. It's like letting me into the palace by force." Xihe forced a smile, but before the corners of her lips raised, it turned into a sigh that could not be uttered. "Why? Why did the emperor rob Ji Ying while robbing his woman? Why did the emperor agree to kill Ji Ying, who is clearly indispensable to the whole country? During this time, I had trouble sleeping and eating, and my thoughts were full of thoughts. Fortunately... I didn't wait too long, and soon, God gave me the answer. On the night the Queen Mother died of illness..." "The queen mother? Did the queen mother tell you?" Zhao Yin suddenly became excited. "Before the Queen Mother died, I was the only one who stayed by the bedside. She mistook me for another person, a person named Langya. And Langya is Ji Ying's mother." Rumbling, another thunderbolt flashed across, reflecting The windows were lit up. Jiang Chenyu looked at Xihe, and said softly: "March 29th in the third year of Tubi, do you still have any impressions of this date?" Xi He trembled all over as if some horrible memory had been evoked, and her breathing suddenly became short of breath. An unspeakable pity floated on Jiang Chenyu's face: "Madam must have an impression. Because that day, Madam waited for Ji Ying in the apricot forest all night. But he didn't come." "Why... why do you know?" Xihe's voice was extremely hoarse, and every word was forced out through the gap between her teeth. "The reason why he didn't come is because... he was betrayed and couldn't come." Jiang Chenyu bit her lower lip and said slowly, "And all this started from the death of the son's mother on the tenth day of February. Say……" Rumbling, lightning and thunder, the flickering light penetrated through the window paper, as if the walls were also cracked. It also brings the story back to the tenth day of February in the third year of Tubi. That night, Langya was seriously ill, and all the relatives of the Ji family gathered together to wait for the news, but she didn't see anyone, she just called Ji Ying in... Ji Ying walked into the bedroom where only a single lamp was lit, smelling the smell of medicine, even though he was always calm and introverted, his eyes were red. Just about to light the lamp, Langya on the hospital bed said, "No, no more lights... I'm afraid of the light." Ji Ying quickly stopped, walked to the side of the couch, held her mother's skinny hands, and called softly, "Mother." "Baby...you're here." "Yes mother, I came back from Huahe." Ten days ago, he was sent by Zhao Yin to build river defenses. As soon as he arrived in Huahe, he received bad news and hurried back. Therefore, he was covered in dust and his face was unwashed. I didn't have time to change my clothes, and I was extremely haggard. But Langya looked at him, as if seeing the most beloved thing in the world, stretched out his hands to hold his face, and called out affectionately: "Baby...my, good baby..." "Mom, I'm here. I'll always be here." "You promised to do one thing for your mother." "Ten, one hundred, I promise you." With his son's assurance, Langya smiled, but there were many unspeakable regrets and sorrows in his smile: "You... do you know why I want you to assist Zhao Yin with all your heart?" Ji Ying was startled, and replied, "Because...he married my sister." Langya shook his head. Ji Ying said again: "Because he is a good emperor." Langya sighed softly: "Because...he is your younger brother." Rumbling, torrential rain, wantonly washing everything in the world. Ji Ying's eyelashes raised, then lowered again, and then raised again, only a little bit of shock appeared in his pupils.Langya looked at these subtle changes in his expression, and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, you have been taught that Mount Tai collapses in front of you without changing your color, and the elk thrives in the left without blinking...I am very satisfied." Ji Ying was silent for a long time before she opened her mouth and said, "I...can I ask...why?" "Of course I can, because I must tell you. Because, Tubi...was originally the world of our Ji family!" Rumble. The weak candlelight shines on Langya who is dying. The years have eroded her original beauty and health completely and thoroughly, but it has compensated her with a pair of wise eyes. Langya, the daughter of Zhong Shangshu, was the most beautiful woman in Kyoto when she was a girl. She was married to Luding Hou Jixi as his wife.If you want to use the genealogy to record this person, there may be only one sentence like this, but for the entire Ji family, she is the real hero. When she married Ji Xi, Ji Xi was just a famous and mediocre Marquis, and the Ji family was chaotic and intriguing.The status of the original No. 1 gentry was gradually divided up and replaced by the three clans of Wang Xuejiang. After she married into the Ji family, she ruled the family with an iron fist. It took ten years of work to reunite the disorganized Ji family, and finally be able to sit on an equal footing with the four great scholars.Therefore, all the people in the clan looked up to her, and had great admiration for this headed mistress.Now, her life was dying, and everyone came to visit her, waiting for her last words, but ignored her real master, Ji Xi. Ji Ying was taught by her since she was a child. Although she was told to be independent and make up her own mind in everything, she still obeyed her mother.Therefore, no matter what words came from his mother's mouth, he would not be too surprised. Therefore, when Langya uttered such a sentence that could cause turmoil in the government and the public, Ji Ying's eyes flickered slightly, his brows frowned, and he looked at her fixedly. "You must have heard about Lianchengbi and the Four Kingdoms Book when you were a child." "yes." "So, do you think our Ji family really has these two things?" Ji Ying shook her head. "Actually, we have." Ji Ying's eyes widened suddenly. "When the Taizu Emperor Jiwu founded the country, he sworn brothers with our ancestors, so he promised the Ji family the eternal marquis, but the fact is far more than that-the Taizu was barren and had no heirs. He also has no other relatives. Therefore, after discussing with your ancestor, he took away a newborn child from Ji's family. That child will become Emperor Hui later. At the time, he told Emperor Hui the truth, and since then, Emperor Hui has reused his courtiers with the surname Ji, making the Ji family unrivaled for a time." Amidst the thunder, Langya spoke slowly, although his voice was weak, his tone was calm and convincing. "Emperor Hui passed this secret to Emperor Xiao before his death. Emperor Xiao passed it on to Emperor Tan. Emperor Tan passed it on to Emperor Xian. Therefore, the royal family has always been aware of this secret. The so-called Lianchengbi actually refers to this bit of royal blood, as long as the country of Bi still exists, there is no reason for our Ji family to perish. However, the first emperor... broke his promise." Speaking of this, Langya smiled coldly, his smile was extremely cruel. "Because he likes that daughter of the Wang family so much that he forgot that his surname should have been Ji!" After Ningshu ascended the throne, he was named Jiaping.In the sixth year of Jiaping, Zhenji, the youngest daughter of the Wang family, entered the palace. She was originally just a little beauty.But Yun Shu fell in love with her at first sight, and he was full of grace, step by step from beauty to nobleman, and then to queen.In the ninth year of Jiaping, the Wang family gave birth to a prince, the later prince Zhaoquan. "When the Wang family was favored, the entire Wang family followed the chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven, especially the father of the king, who held 70% of the power in the country of Bi, and suppressed the Ji family. Your father was cowardly and had no ideas. When he was at his worst, everyone except Hou Ye Outside of the title, there is no real power. I saw the decline of the Ji family, and felt that this could not continue. Therefore, it became a very urgent matter to re-send an heir from the Ji family. At that time, I happened to be pregnant with you, so , I originally planned to send you to the palace, but I didn't expect that you were born with heart disease and almost died. The doctor said that if you don't take good care of it, you won't even live to be three years old. I am reluctant to send you to the palace for a while. Let's go, not to mention that under the dictatorship of the Wang family, if other princes are born in the palace, they will suffer. In this way, I waited for another year. In the eleventh year of Jiaping, I had Zhao Yin." Ji Ying couldn't help asking: "So, you coerced the late emperor to make him have to admit this son?" "No. How dare I threaten the first emperor? I just bought the eunuch beside him and arranged for the first emperor to have an affair by the lakeside listening to songs. But at that time, all the thoughts of Xiangshu were on the concubine Zhen. Maid, but I forgot about it in the blink of an eye. But it doesn’t matter. Ten years later, I will remind him to remember. For this reason, I made a promise to Concubine Yun, who was not favored at the time, who is now the Queen Mother, as long as she adopts Yin Yin Son, she is the next queen. I have arranged everything properly, just waiting for Yin Er to be born. Unfortunately, he was just born, and I didn't have time to hug him, so he was rushed into the palace and lived a hard life for ten years. ..." Langya said this, with tears streaming down his face, "I'm sorry for him... But, I have no other way. At that time, there was no one in our family who could shine on the family. That's all, when I go out to fight, suppress chaos and rehabilitate, it's all from the Wang family... So, the only trump card I have in hand is Emperor Hui's blood, and I can only use this method." Ji Ying sighed in her heart, but her face was still calm, she stretched out her hand to caress her mother's hair, her movements were extremely gentle. Langya grabbed his hand and smiled gratifiedly: "Fortunately, you have grown up little by little. I have exhausted all my efforts to cultivate you, and you have lived up to my expectations at all, and you are even better than I imagined, mother Kiss me, I'm really... really proud of you. However, the more outstanding you are, the more praise you get, the more I feel guilty for Yin'er. Because I was afraid that the Wang family would find out, so in those ten years, I was in a daze. I didn't help him once, but ten years later, when the time was right, I signaled the eunuch to lead him to Xiangshu. When I heard that he didn't even know the words, my heart felt like being cut by countless knives, and the pain was unbearable... …So, baby, the only thing I want you to promise to mother is——in this life, no matter what happens, no matter how the world changes, you will protect your little brother. Help him and assist him wholeheartedly, and take care of your mother He will make up for everything that the Heji family owes him!" Langya stared at his son who was known as the reincarnation of Bai Ze by the outside world, his literary talents, martial arts, insight and resourcefulness were all extraordinary, filial and courteous, and he never said anything wrong to her. He asked seriously, "Can you...can you agree?" Yes.How many years ago was the rainstorm night.Guarding her mother's bedside, watching her faint breath and passing away, she was so sad that she couldn't express it, and the words she told him before she died were like a sharp knife cutting the bones, like flesh and blood being rebuilt. Zhao Yin... turned out to be... his younger brother... his own brother... And the so-called Lianchengbi is not real wealth, but royal blood... If he hadn't been in the middle of the game, he had to know the truth, otherwise, no matter how absurd and unconstrained, he would never have thought that such a thing would exist in the world... Facing her dying mother, facing the secrets about the entire family and even the entire country, Ji Ying... succumbed. He could only choose to submit. "My son... remember my mother's teachings, throughout my life, I will assist the emperor wholeheartedly, and I will do my best until I die." "Okay." After Langya got an affirmative answer, the breath he had been hanging on for a long time also slowly dissipated. Ji Ying suddenly remembered something, grabbed her hand and said anxiously: "Wait, mother! The emperor is my younger brother, so how can he marry my sister?" "Your sister...has..." Langya's pupils began to slack, and the next words were barely audible, "...it's..." "What? Mom! What are you talking about? What happened to my sister? What happened to her? Mom! Wake up! Wake up! Mom! Mom..." Ji Ying, who always kept in mind the instruction and asked to keep his emotions and anger at bay, finally Breaking down, he hugged his mother eagerly, wanting to know more from her mouth, but it was too late, Langya's hand hangs down feebly, and he stopped breathing. On the tenth day of the second lunar month, it rained heavily, and the mistress of the Ji family, Langya, died. "What's wrong with Ji Hu?" Xi He couldn't hold back the shock when he heard this, and jumped up from the bed. "What's wrong with Ji Hu..." Jiang Chenyu repeated to this point, turned his head and glanced at Zhao Yin, "I think the emperor is the one who knows best. Isn't it? Your majesty." When Jiang Chenyu narrated Langya's last words before his death, Zhao Yin didn't say a word, as if his whole body was numb, now when Jiang Chenyu asked, he just smiled coldly: "Don't you know everything? So why should I say it?" "Okay. Then I'll say it. If I'm wrong, please correct me, Your Majesty." Zhao Yin snorted coldly. Jiang Chenyu turned to Xihe: "Madam, have you seen Ji Hu?" Xihe shook her head: "I know Xiaohong... Ji Hu was already married when Ji Ying was born." "Then what happens after you enter the palace?" Xihe smiled sarcastically: "After entering the palace, I don't even see myself, let alone others." Although these words are ironic, they are true.After Xihe entered the palace, she spent all day looking for pleasure, drunkenly, dreaming and dying, probably she even forgot about herself. "Like you, I have never seen Ji Hu." Jiang Chenyu turned his gaze to Zhao Yin again, "This famous noble concubine has always lived in other people's legends. I have really seen Ji Hu in this palace." I have checked her people, but there is no one. Your Majesty, is it strange to you? No one has ever seen a concubine. It is not necessary for a concubine to pay respects to the queen mother or visit the queen. Even if they concubine No matter how powerful the family is, such behavior is too strange, right?" Zhao Yin looked at the ground expressionlessly, without any reaction at all. Jiang Chenyu smiled faintly: "So I sent someone to start her investigation before entering the palace. Ji Hu is the eldest daughter of the Ji family. She is ordinary in appearance, but talented and intelligent, and writes good articles. The article "National Beauty, Natural Fragrance" I watched it too, and it was indeed a stunning and ecstasy masterpiece. It is no wonder that the emperor immediately went to the Ji Mansion to propose marriage when he saw it. But now it seems that it is more like a show, to make a helpless A prince from a humble background is the quickest to gain power—what could be faster than marrying a minister’s daughter? Since the day she married the emperor, Ji Hu has never shown her face in front of outsiders. Even...September 25 Even when Qi Aohou was buried, as her own sister, Qi Aohou's closest relative in this world, she was not present." "Yeah, why is that?" Xihe couldn't help asking. "Why... I also want to know. There is no way. Since people don't come, I can only go. But I dare not go to Duanze Palace. The first is that there is no boat, and the second is too ostentatious. The palace's eyes and ears There are so many, if the emperor finds out, wouldn’t my previous efforts be in vain? So, I had no choice but to ask Xue Cai to help me go to Ji’s house, to Ji Hu’s former boudoir, and bring me her poems. After reading it, I was surprised to find that the "Song of Changyang", which was said to be written by Ji Hu drunk on the second day of August, was inscribed in the 26th year of Jiaping." "You mean that article was written by her five years ago?" "yes." "W-how...is this happening?" Xi He was stunned. "Ji Hu's talent is so unattainable because of her unparalleled legend. But in fact, when it comes to being number one in the world, there are still more talented people than her. Her strength lies in letting an emperor They are all overwhelmed by her. The world is best at following the trend. Since the emperor has already said it, can they not follow suit? Therefore, whenever her manuscripts are circulated, they are all copied. But after careful study, she circulated There are not many manuscripts out there, and they add up to less than ten. Before she got married, there was nothing else except "National Beauty and Natural Fragrance". But the poems brought by Xue Cai illustrate a fact-her marriage The manuscripts that were circulated later were written by her before she got married. That is to say, she never wrote anything after she got married. Combined with all kinds of weird phenomena, I came to a conclusion—"Jiang Chenyu took a deep breath In a low tone, he slowly said the answer, "Ji Hu is dead." Xihe exclaimed, "What?" "Ji Hu is the emperor's biological sister. She can't really marry the emperor. Moreover, if Wei Yuheng hadn't lied, he and Ji Hu should have been a couple. In order to regain the glory of the past, the Ji family wanted to make a new one. The emperor, therefore, sacrificed his own daughter." Rumble—— The wind and rain outside the window are raging like there is no tomorrow. The big raindrops hit the fragile window paper, making people feel that they will break through the paper in the next moment. The cold night was so piercing, and the three people in the room remained silent for a long time. Suddenly, a chuckle resounded faintly, and then it turned into a sneer, a mockery, and finally a loud laugh. Jiang Chenyu and Xihe looked up together, and saw Zhao Yin sitting at the table with distorted facial features, extremely terrifying. Xi He couldn't help asking: "What are you laughing at?" “我笑你们一个愚蠢无知，一个自以为是，所以演的这出逼宫戏，拙劣荒诞，真是好笑啊好笑！” 曦禾面色微变，有些乱了：“你说什么？” 昭尹根本看也不看她，只是径自盯着姜沉鱼阴笑道：“姬忽已经死了？真亏你能异想天开出这样的桥段出来，真是太好笑了。真当这满宫的人都是死人不成？真当这天下都是死人不是？” 姜沉鱼并不慌乱，依旧神色镇定，目光清明，淡淡地开了口：“那么你告诉我，姬忽在哪里？” “我为什么要告诉你？你有本事就自己去查啊！你不是很厉害么？连连城璧的秘密都挖出来了，那么四国……”昭尹突然收口。 但姜沉鱼没有放过他这一瞬的失言，立刻道：“四国谱？姬忽难道与四国谱有关？” 昭尹紧紧闭上了嘴巴。 姜沉鱼盯着跳跃的烛光，默默地出了会儿神，然后悠然一叹，道：“我明白了。” 曦禾看看昭尹又看看她：“明白什么了？” “我有一个一直未能解开的疑惑，现在，终于明白了。”姜沉鱼说着瞥了昭尹一眼，扬唇一笑，“还真要多谢皇上提醒啊。” 昭尹的脸变得很难看。 曦禾追问：“你到底明白什么了？” 姜沉鱼直起身来，以嫣红的烛光为背景，以窗外的风雨为配乐，扬起她流金泻玉的长袖和裙摆，盈盈而笑：“我明白了一个事实——既然连城璧可以是一个人，那么四国谱，为什么就一定要是书？” 最后一句话，回响在空荡荡的皇后寝宫内，又一记霹雳闪过，照得昭尹的脸，极尽苍白。