Chapter 32 Thirty-second round of cause and effect

"When my father bought Hanlin Bazhi, he didn't know the secret that Ji Ying and the emperor were brothers. Therefore, he could only frame the Ji family for corruption and ruin the country, and collected a lot of evidence that the treasury's money disappeared. I thought that he used that strong evidence to sway the emperor. But is this the case?" Tears glistened in Jiang Chenyu's eyes, and his voice suddenly became sad. "When Xue Cai was sent to Jiangdu for disaster relief, he wanted to break his head for money. His goal at the beginning was not to deceive Guandong Mountain, but to get money from Ji's family. But, the final fact is—— The Ji family has no money. Not only that, but it has no rights. Is it surprising? Now that the Wang family and the Xue family have disappeared, the Jiang family is hiding their strengths and biding their time, and the Ji family is thriving. Now, they have no power or money? Why? Possibly? After a thorough investigation, it turns out that the young master did all of this deliberately. He is different from Langya. In order to revive the Ji family, Langya did everything he could, even allowing the clansmen to exercise power and pervert the law. In the end, although the Ji family It was brilliant again, but the inside was also riddled with holes and filthy. After the young master took over the Ji family, he began to gradually clean up the house. Because he did a good job, it was calm on the surface, and no one noticed it. When people noticed it, They have already been dismissed from office and lost their powers—this is Ji Ying."

Zhao Yin sneered. Jiang Chenyu stared straight into his eyes, and said softly: "Your majesty, you said that my act of breaking up with the family moved you very much. When Father gets rid of Ji Ying, you are like, you have completely broken with the Ji family." "Why can't I break with it?" Zhao Yin's eyes showed extreme hatred, and the corners of his eyes twitched, "Is it just because my body is bleeding from the Ji family? It's ridiculous! Langya, what a great headed mistress, For the sake of my family, I actually sacrificed my son! Ten years! I lived in that deserted hut next to Fengqi Lake for ten full years! I was short of food and clothing, and suffered all kinds of humiliation! Who made me become like that? Arranged my fate before I was born? Well, since they pushed me to sit on the throne of the Ninth Five Lord, I should bear the corresponding consequences. They thought I would be grateful and repay them? Dreaming! I was fledgling before , so I still have to rely on Ji Ying, but now it’s different, the world is mine! The power is mine too! I want to get back little by little the suffering I have suffered. What is a mere surname? What are my parents who didn’t raise me? What are my elder brothers who should have walked my way but escaped by chance? What are all of them? What are they?”

How many years ago, a solitary lamp shone in the dark room, shone at the man's crazy eyes, and screamed at him—you owe me, you owe me, you owe me your whole life! Jiang Chenyu looked at Zhao Yin and screamed, but didn't dissuade him, just looked at it so lightly. Zhao Yin... Did he say the same thing to Ji Ying back then?When he was determined to snatch Xihe away, when Ji Ying rushed into the palace to confront him after hearing the news, was it also his words that made Ji Ying feel ashamed in the end? People, and people, are really... different... There is such a son. There are also such emperors.

Jiang Chenyu couldn't help but smiled bitterly, and said in a low voice: "Yes. Because it was too painful, because it was too heavy, because we disagreed with them, and the road was different... We all abandoned the family for one reason or another, only Young master, he obviously despises the behavior of favoritism and fraud, and obviously hates the bad habits of greed for money and lust, but because those are his relatives, he silently took over the burden, persisted, did not give up, and used his softest The method changed the family... This is the gap between you, me, and him."

The corner of Zhao Yin's eyes twitched, as if he was hit by the last sentence. "Since the Ji family is not corrupt, where did the money from the treasury go?" Jiang Chenyu changed the topic again, "On September 21st, I saw a dragon drawn out of Duanze Palace in Fengqi Lake. The boat, there are two people on board, and one of them is the famous Shan Weng Yanrui." "What? Weng Lao has been to the palace?" Xi He was shocked again. "I thought it was very strange at the time. Why did Yan Rui enter the palace without making a sound? Why didn't Yan Rui go to Duanze Palace after entering the palace? Why didn't Yan Rui come back sooner or later? I didn't come back, but I came back on the day I did something for the young master... I can't figure it out. Now it seems that I paid too much attention to Yan Rui at that time, and neglected another matter that was close at hand-the second person .”

"Second person?" "Yes. At that time, there was a second person on the small boat. But because she was holding an oar at that time, and she was thin and mediocre in appearance, so I thought she was a maid from Duanze Palace, so I didn't take it to heart. Only now did I realize that it was a big mistake. ——That person is Ji Hu." Jiang Chenyu turned to Zhao Yin and said, "Am I right? Your Majesty." Zhao Yin smiled coldly, neither admitting nor denying it. Jiang Chenyu then continued: "As I said before, even the wall of the city can be a person, why must the genealogy of the Four Kingdoms be a book? Where did the money from the treasury go? The emperor's secret guards like Tian Jiu are not Little, who is training the dead soldiers for the emperor? Who is spreading the intelligence network, so that what happened in Jiangdu on September 19th spread to the imperial capital two days later? When all these are connected, an answer becomes It's very clear..."

Xi He continued with a trembling voice: "It's Ji Hu... Ji Hu is the spectrum of the Four Kingdoms?" "To be precise, it's Yan Rui. Ji Hu, maybe his disciple, maybe his lover... It's not certain yet." Zhao Yin sneered and said, "Why? Is there anything in this world that the queen is not sure about? Doesn't the queen know everything?" Jiang Chenyu was not provoked by him, and replied calmly: "As long as you give me a little more time, I will definitely find out." Zhao Yin closed his mouth again. Jiang Chenyu ignored him, but turned to look at Xihe: "I'll continue and tell you why the young master didn't attend the appointment on March 29th."

She finally talked about the question that Xi He cared about the most. Xi He's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he clutched the skirt of his chest tightly, trembling slightly. Seeing her like this, Jiang Chenyu secretly sighed in her heart, unable to tell if she felt more pity or more sad.There is only one thing for sure, good luck makes people, and fate is often cruel, whether it is for her, for Xihe, or... for Ji Ying. "One day in March, Zhao Yin came out of the palace and saw you, and then he decided to want you." Xi He bit her lower lip, Zhao Yin's words that day reappeared in her mind at this moment, overlapping with Jiang Chen Yu's words, exactly.

"It was a chilly spring in March. You were washing clothes by the lake. You were wearing thin clothes. Your nose and hands were red from the cold. Then you took out a jug of wine from behind, drank a few sips, and continued working... You were very focused on washing clothes at that time, and you didn't see me in the carriage by the road at all, but I kept looking at you through the window, and kept watching. Since then, I have said to myself, I must get you. "But he also knew about your relationship with Ji Ying, so he deliberately told Ji Xi about it. "...So, a few days later, I called Ji Xi into the palace and told the old man that I wanted his son's lover.

"Ji Xi went back and told the young master. The young master was naturally shocked and refused to allow it. Therefore, he wrote a letter overnight and sent it to you, asking you to wait for him in the apricot forest on March 29th. " Xihe's vision suddenly became hazy, and tears welled up, covering everything in front of her eyes. And Jiang Chenyu was also very uncomfortable. She never forgot the expression on the housekeeper Cui's face when he knelt in front of her that day and told the old things. I slapped myself and cried so hard... "I'm sorry, young master! Madam, I'm sorry for our young master!" Cui cried bitterly while patting her chest, "Young master trusts me and asked me to deliver a letter to Miss Xihe. I sent it too, but I came back On the road, the more I thought about it, the more afraid I became, afraid that the young master would take Miss Xihe away and fly away like that, leaving all of us in the family behind... So, after returning to the mansion, I went to spy on the young master, and saw that he was really there After I packed my bags, my heart suddenly became cold... Old lady, I am not human! I was obsessed with ghosts at that moment! I just, just, just went and told the master! Wuwuwu..."

Jiang Chenyu, who heard the news, was extremely shocked, but still reached out to Cui Shi: "Butler Cui, get up first, if you have anything to say, speak well..." "I won't get up! I won't get up! I did such a thing, betrayed the trust of the young master in me, forcibly separated him and Miss Xihe, I am not human..." "Then... what happened?" Cui raised her old face full of tears, and said with a choked voice: "After I told the master, the master asked me to find all the people who were in the capital at that time, and they held a meeting overnight. Kneeling in the ancestral hall, looking at the tablet of the old lady, he knelt so straight all night without moving. He finally stood up at Mao Shishi. I knew he was leaving, so I hurried to inform the master and the others. So , when the son came out of the ancestral hall..." When Ji Ying came out of the ancestral hall, he first saw a little light, it was a torch held in someone's hand.The wind was strong, the flames flickered, and for a moment, he couldn't see the man's face clearly. Then, the second point of light, the third point of light... Countless points of light appeared one after another. The light sources gathered together, illuminated the night, and finally illuminated the face of the person holding the torch. Ji Ying was stunned, he couldn't help but took a small step back, and looked at the people coming one after another in the yard, all of them were holding torches, looking at him quietly, every pair of eyes seemed to be silently accusing him . And the person who appeared first in the crowd walked towards him slowly, step by step, staggering.The man walked up to him, didn't say anything, just lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down on his knees. Ji Ying stepped back again and again, looking at that person with red eyes, trembling involuntarily. The person who knelt down was Ji Xi. It's his father! It's his old father who is old and sick! His old father, just holding the torch, raised his face and spoke, every word was like a knife, soft but deadly: "Baby, you, you can't go." "thump--" "thump--" "thump--" The sound of knees landing one after another. Ji Ying turned around in horror, only to find that those holding the torches had all knelt down in a circle.The black and dense heads contrasted with the jumping flames. The scene was extremely shocking, and also extremely... hurtful. "Young master, you...can't leave!" What is the scene of hundreds of people calling at the same time? Hundreds of people knelt on the ground and called out at the same time. What kind of scene is it? Hundreds of blood-related relatives knelt on the ground and called out at the same time. What kind of scene is it? Those who have not experienced it can never imagine it. It was a bloodless destruction. Ruined a young man who was discouraged by the officialdom and wanted to take his lover away and stay away from disputes. The night wind was cold. Spring is cold. Ji Ying stood in the middle of the sky full of flames and dark human heads. Behind him was the ancestral hall where the tablets of ancestors and ancestors were placed. Known girls are waiting with great expectations... He raised his head, looked up at the dark sky, and then smiled little by little. "Ha...haha...hahaha...hahahahahahaha..." "baby?" "Young master?" "Hahahaha..." He couldn't hear everyone's call, he just laughed, tears almost flowed down his face, and then gently asked God In a word: "Is it just because the one I sent away wasn't me?" This sentence is incomplete, half a sentence is missing, but no matter what the other half is, it doesn't matter... How many years ago, when I knelt in front of the spiritual seat, the hourglass flowed, the night moon faded, I finally made a willful decision, no longer worry about anything, I can give up everything, and I have to find someone, and I will stay away from the world and never return; How many years ago, when he opened the door, his eyes were hurt by the raging flames. In the flames, the elderly father walked out of the crowd, bowed down to him. "After the young master asked that sentence, he fell straight backwards and fell to the ground. We were so frightened that we quickly carried him into the house. At that time, he had a heart attack and was unconscious, and then remained in a coma. We were in a coma for three days and three nights. On the fourth day, he finally woke up. We were very happy, but no matter what we said to him, he didn’t respond. He just lay straight on the bed, looking at the sky outside the window, saying a word Don't say anything." When Cui said this, tears burst into tears again, "During the few days when he was in a coma, I heard that Miss Xihe's father owed a lot of money, so he sold his daughter into the house. In the palace. Sin... My wife did a sin... If I didn't tell the master that day, the young master took Xihe away, he wouldn't be in such pain, he and Xihe would be happy...Why should I Are you going to inform me? Why? Although Young Master didn’t say a word of blame to me later, I know that he must hate me in his heart. I’m sorry Young Master, I’m sorry for him..." The whimpering sound gradually subsided from Cui Shi's body, and gradually became clearer on Xi He's body. Jiang Chenyu blinked, she was still standing in Enpei Palace, talking about the most disturbing past for her, there was still one crying person in front of her, but it was no longer Steward Cui who had been guilty all her life, It was Xi He whose life was delayed by a fight. She couldn't help but raised her hand and touched Xihe's head, just like Xihe had touched her countless times to comfort her during the period when Xihe was crazy.Sure enough, Xihe raised her arms to hug her the next moment, buried her head in her arms, and cried until she couldn't make a sound. Jiang Chenyu said softly: "So the young master didn't go that day, it's not that he didn't want to go, but that he couldn't go. You...forgive him." Xihe didn't say anything, but buried her deeper into her arms.The wet water stains quickly spread along the fabric, Jiang Chenyu looked at the corner of her clothes dripping with water, wondering how many tears did Xihe shed to get her clothes soaked? And the instigator of this tragedy, sitting aside and watching his two concubines crying bitterly, suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled maliciously: "Is it painful? Is it angry? Cry. Cry as much as you want. Anyway You can only cry. I am the woman who robbed Ji Ying, what's the matter? I just want him to die, what's the matter? I'm just ungrateful, vowing to draw a clear line with the Ji family, what's the matter? You know all this, but can you But what am I?" Jiang Chenyu let out a long sigh. Zhao Yin became more and more proud after hearing this: "Now, all stumbling blocks have been removed, and all the power is in my own hands. Those who follow me will live and those who oppose me will perish! Let me tell you, not only will I become the emperor of Bi Kingdom, but when the time comes Now, I want to annex the other three kingdoms for you to see! I am the first emperor of the ages, and I will be the second ancestor! I..." Just as I was shouting here, my complexion suddenly changed, and I covered my chest with displeasure. I can't believe it. "Zhen, Zhen... Zhen..." He stretched out his hand to grab the table, but in the end, he fell to the ground, his hands and feet were limp, and he couldn't exert any strength. Zhao Yin stared at Jiang Chenyu in shock, and hissed, "What did you do to me? What did you do? What did you do!" "Why don't you ask me what I did to you?" The one who spoke was Xihe who had been crying in Jiang Chenyu's arms, she stopped crying, slowly pushed Jiang Chenyu away, and turned her face away come over.Bullying Shuang Saixue's skin made her eyebrows and eyes appear darker, black and white, and put together an extreme beauty on her face, that beauty was soul-stirring, but also piercingly cold. Zhao Yin was stunned for a moment: "You...you...what did you do?" "Isn't the concubine's medicine delicious? The emperor is so kind to the concubine. The emperor tastes all the concubine's medicines first, and then feeds the concubine..." Xihe stood up while talking, taking a step Step by step, he walked towards Zhao Yin. Zhao Yin hurriedly backed himself up with both arms, and said in horror, "Medicine? What kind of medicine?" "The emperor forgot? Those medicines that my concubine has been taking these days." "What's wrong with the medicine? What's the matter?" Xihe's voice was leisurely, as if talking about other people's affairs: "There is poison in the medicine." "Nonsense, nonsense! You obviously drank too!" "Yes, the concubine drank it too. If the concubine didn't drink it, how could the emperor drink it?" "You...you, what do you want to do?" "What are you doing?" Xihe raised his head, dazed for a moment, but soon smiled again, lowered his head, stared at Zhao Yin with an almost gentle gaze, and said, "The emperor doesn't like it very much. A concubine? The emperor has done so many painstaking things to get the concubine. The concubine is really touched. The concubine doesn't want to live anymore, but she can't bear the emperor. After thinking for a long time, she decided to take the emperor with her. Your majesty, Would you like to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day as the concubine?" As he said, he bent down and moved closer. But Zhao Yin became more and more terrified, kicking her legs wildly, trying to kick her away: "Get out! Get out! Don't come near me! Don't come here! No, don't..." Xihe took out a pill from her bosom, and said softly in a coaxing tone: "Don't be afraid, your majesty, this is the last medicine you take, as long as you take it, you will feel no pain at all. Come on, the same as before, your majesty Take a bite first, and the concubine eats the rest..." "Go away! Go away! You lunatic! Crazy! I won't eat it! If you want to die yourself, I won't...let me go..." Zhao Yin struggled desperately. Xihe was hit on the face by him a few times, and kicked on the body a few times, but she seemed to feel no pain. She straightened up and looked up to the sky with disapproval and laughed: "Look, this is the so-called liking. Your Majesty, are you right? The concubine's liking is nothing more than that!" "Go away! Get out of here! Come here... come here..." Zhao Yin hissed, but the voice from his throat was not as high-pitched as he expected, but hoarse and rustling, barely audible . Jiang Chenyu at the side saw this scene in his eyes, and felt that the world was ridiculed, and the world was sad. Zhaoyin...has he ever liked Xihe?He deliberately robbed Ji Ying of his sweetheart in order to take revenge on Ji Ying?But he obviously wanted Xihe to be the queen at one point.Moreover, during the days when Xihe was insane, the care and sorrow he showed were so sincere, if he said it was just pretending, she would never believe it.But now, at the critical moment of life and death, his true nature is fully exposed. He is still that selfish emperor. In his heart, beauty and favor are nothing compared to power and country. Zhao Yin, the favorite is only himself. Therefore, his kindness to her these days is nothing more than the emperor's whim.No need to be grateful, no need to feel guilty. Having figured this out, Jiang Chenyu took a deep breath, and slowly said: "Stop making trouble. We don't have much time. Tian Jiu will leave for three hours at most. We have to finish dealing with this place before he comes back." everything of." Xi He stopped laughing, stepped forward, grabbed Zhao Yin's chin, and stuffed the pill in.Zhao Yin struggled desperately, but his hands and feet were helpless, and it was just a waste of effort: "You, you... What are you giving me? What is it?" "A dream for thousands of years." The person who answered him was Jiang Chenyu, "Has the emperor heard of this poison? Yes. This is a poison Jiang Wanyi newly developed, and I haven't had time to inform the emperor. As the name suggests, taking After taking this medicine, people's limbs will gradually become numb, and their brains will gradually become unconscious, as if they are about to fall into a deep sleep. You will not die, you will always be alive, but you will not know anything, and you will be unable to do anything ..." Xihe smiled sweetly: "That's right, these days, I have been taking this kind of medicine. Because the dose is very small each time, I can't detect it. People who take this kind of medicine have a long incubation period. During this period, as long as you don't drink, you are no different from ordinary people. But once you drink..." Xihe covered her lips and smiled, "It's just like the emperor now... My whole body hurts, and I can't use any strength. But It doesn't matter, you won't be in pain soon. Not only will you not be in pain, but you won't feel anything..." "You...you two...you two sluts! You actually joined forces to deal with me! You..." Zhao Yin was so angry that his eyes split open. Xi He suddenly lowered his face, and said viciously: "You forced that too!" Zhao Yin was stunned. "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be separated from Xiaohong; if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have to come into this ghost place; if it wasn't for you, my unborn child wouldn't be lost; if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be in such pain ... My whole life is over, I've spent it with you, I've accepted my fate... But why, why don't you even let Xiao Hong go?" Xi He said, grabbing Zhao Yin's lapel, desperately Pulling, crying and saying, "Give me back Xiaohong! Give me back! Give me back! He is your own brother! He gave me and Chen Yu to you! He did his best for you and devoted himself to everything He didn't feel sorry for you at all! Why do you hate him? Is it because he was sick since he was a child that he didn't enter the palace to become emperor? So, on September 21, the piece of Buddhist music from Duanze Palace called After returning my memory and regaining my consciousness, I made up my mind to take revenge! I can’t just go crazy like this without knowing anything! I can’t let the murderer get away with it! I want revenge! Revenge!” "It wasn't me who killed Ji Ying! It was this woman! It was this woman's father and brother-in-law!" Zhao Yin said without hesitation, and put the blame on Jiang Chenyu. However, Xihe didn't even look at Jiang Chenyu, her hateful eyes were still fixed on Zhao Yin's face, like nails driven into wood, sharp, deep, firm, and even rusty and mottled: " Without your acquiescence, would Jiang Zhong dare to really kill Xiaohong? That’s right. The person who killed Xiaohong was indeed Wei Yuheng, but the person who made him lose his will to survive was you, you He has a younger brother of the same bloodline! Compared to Wei Yuheng's conspiracy of a clown who is not popular, you are the one who really stabbed him with a fatal knife. It was he who wholeheartedly protected, supported, endured, but You who finally betrayed him!" Jiang Chenyu's tears finally fell. In the early morning of the second day of August, when she was sitting in Du Juan's room and listening to Wei Yuheng triumphantly telling how he killed Ji Ying, she wished she could jump over and kill him to avenge her son.However, compared to the anger and resentment that flooded her body, the last bit of reason told her that things were not that simple. What kind of person is the young master, how could he die in a small conspiracy so easily?He has encountered more complicated and dangerous difficulties than that, how could he not be able to deal with Wei Yuheng? Therefore, there must be something hidden in it, she checked. On the way back to the palace, she began to investigate, prepare, and endure. She wants to know who is behind the scenes manipulating everything, driving everything, and causing all this. And the final answer is - Zhao Yin. If it wasn't for Zhao Yin's murderous intent on Ji Ying, his father would not have dared to take advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury, and when Wei Yuheng started to attack, he was as smart as Ji Ying and as insightful as Ji Ying, so naturally he knew Zhao Yin's intentions at the first time. betray. It was Zhao Yin who abandoned Ji Ying. So, Ji Ying could have escaped, but he didn't.He could have turned it back, but he didn't. A foreign land is not a home country. His last concern for his homeland and his family, in the end, killed him. Xihe undoubtedly understood this very well. So, when Jiang Chenyu came back from Ji's mansion that day, seeing Ji Ying and Xihe's same painting style, she was so sad that she couldn't help but hugged Xihe and cried bitterly.Xihe hugged her back, raised her head and kissed her forehead like a child kissing her mother, then buried her head in her arms, and whispered four words. At that moment, Jiang Chenyu almost thought he was hallucinating. However, the strength from her fingers, and Xihe's trembling back all showed that she did not have auditory hallucinations.Xihe really spoke just now, and what she said was—— Avenge him! She...was awake. That is to say, from that day on, Jiang Chenyu and Xihe began to join forces with a tacit understanding, one was responsible for secretly investigating the real cause of Ji Ying's death, and the other was entangled Zhao Yin so that he could not do his best.In this way, day by day, it has accumulated to today's ending. Looking at Zhao Yin who was convulsing and trembling on the ground, and looking at Xihe who was standing intact but didn't have much time left, Jiang Chenyu's heart twitched violently, like thousands of knives It's like tumbling inside, the pain is so painful that I can't speak, and I can't breathe smoothly. Zhao Yin said with difficulty: "You treat me like this, you are rebellious, and there will be no good ending..." Xi He smiled coldly: "You said there is no, so there is no? Think about it, if you are paralyzed, who will the country's affairs fall into? That's right, the only person who can take over is the queen. And when a country's When the emperor is in vain, isn’t the queen the biggest one? Once you become a queen, you can do whatever you want. Everything you dream of is in the hands of the queen. You say, isn’t this ending good enough?” "It turns out that what you... want is my country?" Zhao Yin was completely shocked at this moment. Xi He lazily said: "That's right. Is it a problem?" Zhao Yin said anxiously: "Okay, even if Jiang Chenyu becomes the queen and wins the world, but what about you? Xihe, you are also poisoned? You are not the queen, what benefits have you gained?" Xihe's gaze suddenly became extremely sad, and every word was trembling: "Benefits? Do you think... do I still want to live?" Zhao Yin was shocked heavily. Xihe smiled, her smile was extremely miserable: "Didn't I say that? I don't want to live anymore. I was already crazy, and I forgot everything, which is fine. But, on September 21st, I woke up again. I... ...I hate this feeling when I wake up...I don't want to wake up at all..." Crystal tears rolled down from her eyes, and the thick eyelashes were wet and stuck together, looking indescribably pitiful, "In When I was insane, Chen Yu was with me. For my insanity, she didn't show any impatience. She still took care of me carefully and tenderly, combed my hair, helped me dress, and even helped me dress. Shoes... At that moment, I said to myself in my heart, I want to repay her. As a person, living in this world is just a waste of food. What I bring to others is only misfortune, and I also make my loved ones so painful... ...but at least before I go, I have one good thing to do." When she said this, she turned around, slowly stood up straight, looked at Jiang Chenyu, and said word by word: "There must be someone responsible for this matter, so I will bear the charge of killing the king." Jiang Chenyu looked at her with tears streaming down her face. In fact, as early as when they joined forces to deal with Zhao Yin, the ending was already doomed: one had to be sacrificed and became Zhao Yin's funeral object.Only in this way can we completely bring down Zhao Yin and avenge the young master completely. However, the person who was sacrificed could have been hers. Xihe, however, left the chance of survival to her. In this regard, Xihe once said: "Don't think that death is necessarily bad. To live alone and face the burden and responsibility of a country is actually far more difficult than death. I am a useless person, I can't handle those important national affairs. So, Chen Yu, let me die." In this way, Xi He took the poison and successfully induced Zhao Yin to be poisoned as well.But Jiang Chenyu waited until the post-sealing was completed, until the fact that she became the Queen of the Kingdom of Bi could not be changed, and then on this night, she sent Tian Jiu away and had a complete showdown with Zhao Yin. "I'll leave him to you. With your ingenuity, you know what to do next. Don't you? The Empress of Bi Kingdom." Xihe said, turned and walked towards the door. Jiang Chenyu couldn't help calling out: "Where are you going?" Xi He pulled out a sarcastic smile and said four words: "Go back and wait for death." Jiang Chenyu's heart tightened, and she subconsciously wanted to stop her: "Wait! Actually... Strictly speaking, the people who really killed the young master were my father and my brother-in-law. He, they haven't..." Xihe suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at her quietly. Jiang Chenyu's fingers trembled because she was too ashamed, and she choked up, "I... I, I treat them...they..." Xi He stared and smiled, her beautiful eyebrows, open-minded and calm demeanor, and the understanding and pity deep in her eyes... These full of emotions made her look shining. She never smiled like that.Or, since entering the palace, she has never smiled like this. But now, she smiled. Then, he said a word with the most melodious voice in the world: "Ji Ying let go, I let go, Jiang Chenyu, don't tell me you still can't let go?" At this point, Jiang Chenyu has fully realized. The relatives you like, get closer, and the relatives you don't like, gradually distance yourself.Blood is a thing, although it is innate, there is no choice.But how to go in the future life, but it can be chosen by oneself. Facing the family, Ji Ying chose to accept all of them. He endured all kinds of pain caused by it, and used his softest way to grind away their edges and corners, and changed them into what he liked. Facing the family, Zhao Yin chose to completely deny it and make a clean break.He loathes his true identity, and hates the childhood tragedy caused by it. The result of extreme selfishness is to cut off the most solid and reliable wing.When Ji Ying died, all the connections he had worked so hard to build for the emperor were destroyed, and Zhao Yin's own status was not as stable as he thought.Therefore, when Luo Heng announced to his courtiers on the second day of December that the emperor had suddenly fallen ill and could not go to court, no one doubted it.But when the days passed day by day and the emperor hadn't recovered from his illness, the empress could only rule on his behalf. A small number of courtiers quarreled for a while, but there was no result, and they finally chose to remain silent. So the government gradually stabilized, and life went on so logically... On the eve of New Year's Eve, Jiang Chenyu stayed by Zhao Yin's bedside and fed him.He was lying flat on the bed, unconscious, but still alive. The so-called eating was nothing more than porridge made from various tonics, which he pried open his mouth and poured down.However, feeding is very laborious, and often after feeding a bowl of porridge, the clothes are full of porridge stains. The seven sons lined up in a row, standing in the outer hall and reporting routinely through a curtain, and all they played were small things about how to celebrate the New Year.So after listening, Jiang Chenyu nodded: "Just do what you say." "Yes." Seven sons looked at each other, turned and left. Huai Jin hurried in and said, "Ma'am, Madam is here." The wife that Huaijin refers to is only Mrs. Jiang.When Jiang Chenyu heard that his mother was coming, he put down the spoon in his hand, wiped off the spilled porridge soup with a wet handkerchief, got up and said, "Mother came alone?" "That..." Huai Jin stammered, "Master is here too." Jiang Chenyu smiled lightly. She just knew it. Ever since she broke up with her father, her father has always hoped to reconcile with her, and he has given a lot of hints, both openly and secretly, that today is New Year's Eve, and it is impossible for him not to make good use of this opportunity.That's all.Since I came with my mother, I couldn't see her. After thinking up to this point, Jiang Chenyu said: "Please come in." The maids on both sides stepped forward and lowered another curtain, completely separating the inner room where Zhao Yin was from the outer room. Jiang Chenyu put on her clothes and went to the outer room, just as she sat down at the table, Huai Jin led Jiang Zhong and Mrs. Jiang in.Both of them kowtowed: "See empress empress, thousand years old, thousand years old." "Please get up quickly and watch the seats." After the Jiang couple sat down, Jiang Zhong looked at his daughter, hesitated to speak, and finally pushed Mrs. Jiang. Mrs. Jiang understood, and presented the food box next to her, saying: "The concubine personally made dumplings stuffed with fresh shrimps. Also please accept it with a smile." Jiang Chenyu's eyes are slightly hot: In the past, when I was in my natal family, every year during the New Year, my mother would personally make dumplings and put copper coins in the dumplings. Whoever eats dumplings with copper coins will have everything going well in the coming year... The past is so vivid, is it not? Warm. Huai Jin quickly took the food box over, opened it, and put it on the table: "Your Majesty, look, the dumplings are still piping hot! It's so good! Madam, are you eating now?" He was about to set his chopsticks. "Let's eat now." Jiang Chenyu said lightly, causing Huaijin to stop.And Mrs. Jiang at the side couldn't help showing a bit of disappointment.But Jiang Chenyu smiled at her, and said: "If mother doesn't dislike it, I will come to visit tomorrow in person, how about eating freshly cooked?" Mrs. Jiang was surprised and joyful at the same time, she stood up all of a sudden with excitement, and said in a trembling voice: "Okay! Okay...OK...I'll go back and get ready!" Jiang Chenyu smiled, got up and pushed her back to the seat and said: "Mum, it's true, there is no such thing as saying that wind is rain. There is still time to prepare tomorrow morning." "I... I, look at me, I'm confused... Hehe..." Mrs. Jiang smiled, her eyes turned red. Jiang Chenyu said: "Mother came to the palace, but have you visited my sister?" Mrs. Jiang hurriedly said: "I want to go! I brought her one too, oh no, it's two! She is pregnant, so she needs to eat more." "I think my sister must be waiting so green in the Jianing Palace now, mother should hurry up and send the dumplings to her." “好。我这就去！”姜夫人说罢看向姜仲。 姜沉鱼道：“我与父亲还有事要说，母亲您先过去，父亲稍后就到。怀瑾，你陪母亲一起去。” “好。那我先走了……”姜夫人在怀瑾的陪同下欢欢喜喜地离去。 姜沉鱼看着她的背影，直到消失得看不见了，才将视线收回来，转投到父亲脸上，两人的目光在半空中一碰，姜仲有点儿坐不住了，垂下眼睛，装模作样地把玩着茶杯，轻叹道：“又是大溪菊茶，看来，你还真的非常喜欢这茶呢……” 姜沉鱼的目光在茶上转了一圈，淡淡道：“我是个很顽固的人。喜欢了一样东西，就会一直喜欢下去。” 姜仲抬起头，直直地看着她，流露出几分悲哀之色：“没错。而你讨厌的东西，也会一直讨厌下去吧……” “我很少会讨厌什么东西。” “所以一旦讨厌了，就无法挽回了，是么？” 姜沉鱼沉默了一下，回视着自己的父亲，缓缓道：“父亲，我不讨厌您。” 姜仲整个人一颤，刚在动容，姜沉鱼的下句话就紧随而至：“我只是无法原谅您。” “关于姬婴之死，其实……其实我没想让他死，我只是想要连城璧和四国谱，弓箭上有毒我也是事后才……” 姜沉鱼抬起一只手，阻止了他下面的话：“现在说这些都已经晚了，不是么？而且……” "And what?" 姜沉鱼凄然一笑：“父亲你对不起的，难道仅仅只是一个姬婴么？” 姜仲眼角抽动，沉默良久，才开口道：“沉鱼，你是我的女儿，是骨肉至亲！难道你要为了那些外人，真的跟你父亲我决裂么？沉鱼，就算为父再怎么对不起天下，对不起苍生。但为父对你……自问一直是疼爱有加。除了姬婴，其他但凡你要的，为父什么没有给过你？” 姜沉鱼柔柔地抬眼道：“可如果我说我只要姬婴，怎么办呢？” 姜仲一怔，继而暴躁了起来，怒道：“姬婴姬婴姬婴！什么都是为了姬婴，为了那个根本不爱你的男人，你丢尽了身为一个大家闺秀、身为一个皇妃，甚至身为一个皇后的脸！” 姜沉鱼也不生气，表情依旧柔柔淡淡，甚至还笑了笑：“我不偷不抢不犯法，仅仅只是仰慕一个人而已，有什么可以丢脸的？如果我这样都算丢脸，那么哥哥调戏别人家的姑娘，嫂嫂骂街弄得家丑人尽皆知，爹爹调包了自己的亲生女儿，又杀死了抚养杜鹃长大的一对老人……这种种行径，又算什么呢？” 姜仲哑口无言。 姜沉鱼深吸口气，站了起来：“不过，之前种种我也不准备追究了。你是我父亲，这点我没的选择，也无可更改。我唯一能做的，就是公平地持法待你。从今天起，你若有徇私枉法之事，事无巨细，皆以国法处置，绝无私情可说。换言之，若你于国有功，我也会按例嘉奖。今后您的仕途之路会怎样，父亲还是自己掂量着点儿吧。” "you……" “母亲的饺子应该已经送到嘉宁宫了，父亲也请去吧。女儿不送。”姜沉鱼别过脸去。 房间里，沉寂了好一会儿，姜仲就那么直直地坐着，看着三步之遥的女儿，却像是在看一个陌生人。 许久，他终于摇摇晃晃地站了起来，一躬身，行了一礼：“老臣，告退。” 姜沉鱼没有回头。 姜仲走到门口，忽又停步，犹豫再三，还是忍不住回头问道：“别人的公道，为什么要由你，一个外人，来替他们出头？” 姜沉鱼想了很久，才回答道：“因为我是姜沉鱼。我做得到。” 世事的安排必定有其宿命的玄机。所以，既然命运让她走到了这个地步，命运让她成为了璧国的主宰，那么，就由她，还那些弱势的人们一个公道。 她做得到。