Chapter 36 Thirty-sixth round of broken brocade

The Mid-Autumn Festival in the sixth year of Tubi has come gradually in a thriving scene. At noon on August 14th, when Jiang Chenyu was feeding Zhao Yin, Luo Hengtong reported, "Your Majesty, please see me." Jiang Chenyu put down the medicine porridge, and just as he ordered people to put down the curtain, Jiang Huayue walked in under the guidance of the maid: "The concubine sees the queen." "Sister, don't be too polite. Please take a seat. Come and sit." Jiang Chenyu went out and invited her to sit at the table in the outer hall. Looking at her plump cheeks, she couldn't help saying happily, "My sister is recovering after giving birth. Well done, smells really good."

"Ever since I listened to your words and stopped taking that medicine, I feel that my body is getting better every day." Jiang Huayue said, looking at the curtains in the inner room intentionally or unintentionally, before saying, " I just received the letter, and it turns out that my mother and father are already on their way back to Beijing. If there is no accident, we will arrive home around Shen time today. So let me ask you, do you want to go home together tomorrow?" "Of course. I also received the letter, and I was about to go to my sister to discuss this matter. Coincidentally, my sister came." Since receiving the letter from her mother and knowing that everything is fine now, Jiang Chenyu is very happy. I was happy, so I arranged to go home to visit my relatives. When I thought of seeing my mother tomorrow, I couldn't calm down.

At this time, there was a little dispute outside the door, Jiang Huayue said quickly: "Ah, that's my nanny." Jiang Chenyu ordered: "Let her in." A nanny-like woman walked in holding a crying baby.Jiang Huayue stepped forward to take the baby: "Xin'er, what's the matter? Didn't you tell you to stay at home and wait for your mother? Why are you crying?" The nanny said worriedly: "I don't know what's going on. His Highness the Crown Prince cried suddenly. No matter how hard he tried to coax him, he couldn't be coaxed, so he had to bring him to find his mother."

Jiang Chenyu saw at the side that the baby looked so cute, she couldn't help but yearn for it: "Can you let me hug it too?" "Of course." Jiang Huayue turned around and handed the baby over. Jiang Chenyu caught it carefully, shook it, the baby stopped crying, glanced at her, twisted his mouth, and started crying again. "Oh, good boy, don't cry, don't cry, Aunt Huang is here... Sister, is he hungry?" "No, I just had milk." Jiang Huayue saw that it was useless for her to hug her, so she took Xin Ye back and coaxed her softly for a while, "Sister, I have a merciless request..."

"Sister, please tell me." Jiang Huayue's eyes drifted towards the inner room: "It's like this, Xin'er hasn't seen the emperor since he was born. Can you let him meet his biological father? I know the emperor is unconscious now. Ben You shouldn't ask for that, but..." Jiang Chenyu was a little hesitant, but when he saw Xin Ye who was crying endlessly, his heart softened, and he nodded and said: "Okay. Come." After finishing speaking, he got up and led the way. The two walked into the inner room together, and Jiang Chenyu signaled the maid to open the curtain. After the curtain was opened, Zhao Yin's peaceful sleeping face appeared in Jiang Huayue's eyes——

He lay there, his hair and face were very clean, and he could be seen to be well cared for. Looking at his soft and relaxed expression, it's really hard to imagine that this person has been sleeping in bed for a whole year. Thinking of the previous loving scene, Jiang Huayue's eyes turned red, and she lowered her head and said to the baby in her arms, "Xin'er, don't cry, come and see, this is your father. He fell asleep, fell asleep It's been a long time, so I didn't bother to talk to Xin'er, but it's okay, when you get older, he will wake up, and then he will take Xin'er to many, many places to play... OK? "While talking, he moved Xin Ye to Zhao Yin's face.

The baby seemed to understand her words, and suddenly stopped crying, and opened a pair of big black and white eyes, fixedly looking at Zhao Yin on the bed. Seeing his reaction, Jiang Huayue couldn't help but said happily: "Look, sister, it really works. Xin'er stopped crying!" Seeing this miraculous side, Jiang Chenyu couldn't help but sigh in his heart that blood relationship is really a wonderful thing. Could such a young child become calm because he sensed his father's breath? Jiang Huayue patted Xin Ye lightly and said: "Xin'er is good, you must grow up healthy and healthy, and when you grow up, you can talk to your father. My father likes Xin'er the most, good boy..."

Xinye stared at Zhao Yin intently for a while, then suddenly his mouth twisted, and he began to cry again. Jiang Huayue panicked: "Oh, what's the matter? Don't cry, don't cry... Forget it, I'll take him back to the palace first, maybe he will be better when he gets to a familiar place." While talking, she hurried out Walk. At this moment, there was a "clang" sound, and the heavy object fell to the ground. Jiang Chenyu turned her head, it turned out that the maid serving at the side knocked over the washbasin beside the bed.Knowing that she was in trouble, the palace maid hurriedly knelt down and said with a terrified expression: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, he...he..."

"What's wrong with him?" Jiang Chenyu followed her gaze, and found two lines of tears streaming down Zhao Yin's face. He... woke up! In an instant, a huge fear surged from the soles of her feet, Jiang Chenyu almost screamed, but she finally controlled herself, widened her eyes, watching the tears slowly slide down Zhao Yin's cheeks and flow onto the pillow .But Zhao Yin's other parts remained motionless. She took a step forward, grabbed his hand and began to take the pulse, but felt that the pulse was very strange, and she couldn't see the reason with her own level, so she said in a deep voice: "Tell the imperial doctor!"

The maids hurried to call for someone. Jiang Huayue said anxiously at the side: "Sister, the emperor is... is he going to wake up?" "have no idea." "But, he shed tears, and he reacted!" "have no idea." "Your Majesty? Your Majesty?" Jiang Huayue couldn't help but took a few steps forward, freeing up a hand to caress Zhao Yin's face, "Your Majesty? Can you feel it? I'm Huayue...I brought the prince to see you, His name is Xinye, he is just seven months old, and he still can't speak..." Xin Ye who was crying, Jiang Huayue who was full of hope, and Zhao Yin who was crying on the bed but still not awake, formed a strange picture. Looking at the picture, Jiang Chenyu felt like an outsider. Looking down on everyone through a layer of veil.But in fact, any move by Zhao Yin, life or death, may shatter her to pieces.

Jiang Chenyu took a deep breath, and said the second order in a deep voice: "Pass to Xiang Xue." Another group of palace people responded and left. Not long after, Jiang Huai led two imperial physicians to rush over, just about to salute, Jiang Chenyu said: "Stop kneeling, let's see what's wrong with the emperor?" Jiang Huai and others rushed forward to check, but as soon as they put their fingers on Zhao Yin's veins, a very strange expression appeared on their faces, and they were stunned. Jiang Huayue at the side urged: "Prince doctor? How's it going?" Jiang Huai staggered back half a step, plopped down on his knees, and said in a trembling voice: "My minister is one step late, the emperor has... already... passed away..." Jiang Chenyu only felt a "hum" deep in her ears, and she never heard the next words. At the same time, her vision suddenly went dark, and she vaguely heard someone exclaiming: "Your Majesty! What's wrong with you, Your Majesty?" ?” But the boundless darkness covered the sky, and she suddenly lost consciousness—— In the dark curtain, many ethereal voices swayed back and forth. "Your Majesty? Your Majesty..." "Sister? Sister..." "Shen Yu? Shen Yu..." However, none of them was what she wanted, or rather, what she expected.What is she asking for?What exactly are you asking for? "Miss Jiang's family?" Is this it?Is it this one? "It's getting late, take the young lady back home." Who is it?who is it? "Miss invites Ying to come here because of something. If there is something to do, it doesn't matter who made the appointment?" When is it?when is it "It's the baby's brusqueness, and I sent a message in a hurry, hoping that I didn't disturb the young lady's business..." No, don't want this sentence, don't want this sentence.That's not what she wanted, no, never! However, that person never called her the way she wanted, from the very beginning to the young lady, and later, when he was most intimate, he only called her "Shen Yu". That person is someone else's "Little Red", but he will always be her "son"... Jiang Chenyu felt that her mind was groggy, and she knew that she was dreaming, but she couldn't wake up.Then, the dark curtain gradually dissipated, and a faint image appeared: a very thin child, dragging something, walking forward with great difficulty. There was silence all around. The child stumbled and staggered, that thing was too heavy, and he was too thin, so every two steps he took, he had to stop and rest. The scene gradually approached, and the things on the ground gradually became clear. It turned out to be a woman, a woman who was motionless and didn't know whether she was dead or alive.A flash of inspiration flashed in her heart, and for a moment, she seemed to know what she had seen, a certain familiar aura was close at hand, she looked sideways, and was shocked—— Zhao Yin, standing one step away from her, stood side by side with her, watching the scene quietly, watching the child keep procrastinating and procrastinating but refused to give up. "Your Majesty..." She heard herself tremblingly speaking, her heart was extremely frightened and confused. But Zhao Yin didn't seem to notice her at all, just quietly looked at the young man in the distance, two lines of tears flowed down from his eyes, he didn't smile, he looked very sad. "Your Majesty..." She couldn't help stretching out her hand towards Zhao Yin, wanting to pull his sleeve, but in the next moment, she found herself grabbing the child's hand, which was skinny and as cold as ice.But the child raised his head to look at her, his mouth and nose were blurred, but he had a pair of big black eyes. "Help me..." the child cried, "Help me...my mother got drunk and fell into the lake...help me..." She felt very sad because of these words, and was about to agree to help him, when the child suddenly put on a ferocious expression, and shouted at her: "Why did you harm me? Why did you harm me! Jiang Chenyu, how dare you lay down on me?" Poison! How dare you usurp my country! You will die! You will experience retribution!" retribution-- retribution-- retribution-- The shrill roar seemed to possess extremely powerful power, like a cold hand stretched out and strangled her neck severely. Who will save her?save her!Just one word!With one correct sentence, she can escape from this nightmare!Say it, say the right thing... Just as she was struggling like this, a clear, sharp and cold voice suddenly pierced through the thick fog, and struck down like a bolt of lightning: "Zhao Yin is dead. Are you still awake? How long do you want to escape?" The fog dissipated in an instant, and Jiang Chenyu opened his eyes at once. At the entrance of the eyes, there is Huaijin's delighted face: "Your Majesty! You are awake! Your Majesty is awake! Your Majesty is awake!" Jiang Chenyu turned his eyes a little numbly. Beside the big red curtain, a white figure was as eye-catching as snow. He still had a deep and indifferent expression. He was still at a childish and immature age. Then a person will feel inexplicably at ease when he is alone. She struggled to stand up and sat up, and when she spoke, her voice was hoarse: "Xue Cai... what did you just say?" Xue Cai said expressionlessly: "You are finally willing to wake up. If you don't wake up, the emperor won't be able to be buried." Jiang Chenyu felt thunder roaring in his head, and couldn't help holding his head.By the way, before she passed out, the imperial physician said that Zhaoyin was dead... That was not a dream... But why? Obviously heard Xin Ye's cry, so she shed tears; Obviously began to react to the outside world... Why did he die all of a sudden? He was too unwilling to die, that's why he came to question her in his dream and take revenge on her? Jiang Chenyu had a splitting headache and couldn't help moaning. Xue Cai at the side suddenly stepped forward, brought a bowl of soup in front of her, and ordered: "Drink it." Jiang Chenyu glanced at the soup that looked like clear water but exuded a faint medicinal fragrance, frowned, but obediently drank it without asking any questions.Strange to say, once the soup was drunk, the cooling sensation spread quickly in the body, and even the headache was greatly reduced. She couldn't help asking: "What is this?" "poison." "real?" "Fake." Xue Cai stared at her, "Let's see if you dare to eat it without asking what it is next time." "But isn't it what you gave?" Xue Cai was startled, a little moved, but immediately showed a disdainful expression and said: "Even if I give it to you, you can't eat it indiscriminately." "So you're so suspicious that you don't even let yourself go..." "That's because..." A strange color flashed in Xue Cai's eyes, and then he lowered his voice very seriously, "You are about to become the emperor of a country, and there are many wolves around you who are staring at you, waiting to pounce on you. Come up and eat you." Jiang Chenyu was shocked heavily, and stopped his hands in the air. After a while, he turned his head to stare at Xue Cai as if he was slow to react, and said softly: "What are you talking about?" "There are many wolves staring at you, waiting..." "It's not this sentence, it's the previous one." Xue Cai took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "You are about to become the emperor of a country." Although Jiang Chenyu was weak all over, she jumped up in shock when she heard this: "What did you say? Who wants to be emperor?" "You." Xue Cai's voice sounded so clear that it was almost terrifying in the close distance, "It's you, Jiang Chenyu." "What are you kidding?" Xue Cai leaned closer, looked her in the eye, and said coldly, "I'm not joking. Zhao Yin is dead, and you are the next emperor." "Are...are you kidding me!" Jiang Chenyu finally got angry, and jumped to the ground, ignoring her bare feet, and said anxiously, "What happened during the time I passed out? Why did you Such a crazy idea? Where is the emperor? Where is the emperor's body now? No, no...Is today the fifteenth? Mother is home, I'm going to see her..." Her head suddenly twitched, the pain She fell to the ground all of a sudden, what happened to her?What happened to her? Xue Cai clasped her hand with such strength that she almost screamed, but the pain in her bones miraculously offset the pain in her head. She raised her eyes tremblingly, looked at him, and saw him His expression was unprecedentedly sad. "Xue Cai..." "It's the last step." Xue adopted a gentle voice that she had never heard, or he had never used before, "It's only the last step, just walk over. Jiang Chenyu, you have gone so far For a long time, I gave up so many things, is it just to stop here?" "But... I... I don't want to be the emperor..." Maybe his voice was too gentle, maybe his eyes were too kind, Jiang Chenyu burst into tears, "I never thought of marrying Zhao Yin Instead, I just want justice, because he was too much, he blamed his unfortunate childhood on the young master, and hurt the young master deeply, and even finally abandoned the young master... Losing the young master, I am too painful, I must I have to find something to do for myself to offset the pain. So I choose to put on the hypocritical cloak of doing justice for the sky, get involved in dirty and dirty politics, and grab the power that everyone in the world wants... I don’t like every day at all. They all go to court, and I don't like to review memorials, and I don't like to say goodbye to my family and Aiqing... A person like this is not me, not me, Jiang Chenyu!" "But you did a good job, didn't you?" Xue Cai's eyes were full of sadness, which made him look so soft. "Xue Cai, I saw Zhao Yin in my dream just now, I dreamed that he turned into a child, so pitiful, really pitiful... I regret it, I regret that I let him go without giving him any chance Turned into a living dead, I regret that I didn't even give him a chance to reform himself. In fact, as an emperor, he is more suitable and better than me. I, I shouldn't rob him... Xue Cai, he's dead, he's dead now, no matter how much I feel guilty, it won't help, I regret it, I really regret it...I don't want it anymore, I don't want anything..." "It's all about your guilt. Zhao Yin died, so you feel ashamed of him, so you don't want to go any further, but listen to me—you must go to the throne." Xue Cai's tone was very serious. But at this time, Jiang Chenyu couldn't listen to anything at all, and just kept shaking her head: "I don't want it, I don't want it. I want to go home, I want to see my mother... By the way, I don't want to be anything anymore, I don't want anything. It doesn't matter, I want to go home to be with my mother, I want to spend her last life with her, I want to be a good daughter..." At this point, she stumbled up and walked out staggeringly. Xue Cai roared: "Then what about this country?" "According to my court calendar, pass it on to Xinye." "He's only one year old!" "With you guys assisting him, it's fine." "Do you think this is possible? Who will listen to him?" Jiang Chenyu's footsteps stopped, and after a long period of sluggishness, she slowly turned her head and said, "You're right...Okay, then I'll go to court with my sister and continue to watch over the country for him , and wait for him to grow up slowly. In short, I absolutely don’t want to proclaim myself emperor. This is Zhao Yin’s dynasty, and I want to return it to his son.” Xue Cai showed an extremely disappointed expression. The two just looked at each other and didn't speak for a long time. After about half a cup of tea, Xue Cai lowered her eyes and finally spoke in a terribly gloomy voice: "Then, please forgive me for not being able to accompany the Queen Mother any longer." Jiang Chenyu's heart sank, and he said anxiously: "What?" "Goodbye. Queen Mother of Bi Kingdom." After Xue Cai said this coldly, she turned around and left. "Wait! I won't let you go!" Xue Cai stopped, raised her lips and smiled sarcasticly: "Only the strongest king can order me. And you, such a cowardly woman, you should hold the child and continue to dream of family harmony." Jiang Chenyu hastily went to pull him, but only caught a piece of his sleeve, and then heard a "stab", the sleeve was torn.Xue Cai strode out of Enpei Palace without even looking at the broken sleeve. Only Jiang Chenyu was left, staring blankly at the half of the sleeve in his hand, it was clearly the pleasant early autumn, but at this moment, it was as cold as ice. Xue Cai never appeared again. Jiang Chenyu thought at first that he was just being angry with her, but as time passed day by day, when Xue Cai didn't see her for a long time, she realized that this time, he was serious. Zhaoyin's funeral was arranged by Jiang Huayue, and she realized that her sister was also very capable, and she handled such trivial and complicated matters in an orderly and meticulous manner.Therefore, on the one hand, the idea of ​​abdicating power and delegating power became more firm in his heart, and on the other hand, he was disturbed by Xue Cai's affairs, so he couldn't concentrate on handling the government affairs anyway. Sometimes when I think about it, I also feel that I am ridiculous: I am angry with a nine-year-old child.But Xue Cai... For her, she was never as simple as a child... Sometimes Jiang Chenyu even felt that because of Xue Cai's existence, she felt that the young master hadn't completely left, and some part of him would stay in the world forever, by her side. But now... Even Xue Cai is gone... Jiang Chenyu couldn't eat or sleep for several days in a row, when she heard the door knocking in her sleep, she always felt that Xue Cai had come back, but when she opened her eyes, she was disappointed again. In the end, she couldn't stand holding Yu anymore, and said, "Madam, why do you care so much about that little Xue Cai? That guy is an old god, his eyes are high above the top, he looks down on people, and he doesn't treat Madam well." Hurting and drinking, there is no appearance of being a courtier. This kind of slave, one less is one, so that everyone will follow the example and think that the empress is easy to bully." She didn't answer.Holding Yu would not understand.You don't know, if there is a person in this world who has gone through the most painful stage with you, then he has become indispensable to you. For her, Xue Cai is that indispensable. How amazing the world is, so many years, stumbled, stumbled to the present, so many people gathered and scattered, scattered and gathered, came and went in a hurry, disappeared without a trace. Only he, step by step, came to the side. Now, when he turned around and left, the place beside him was empty and could no longer be filled. How to do how to do…… Huai Jin poured a cup of tea, handed it to her, and said softly, "Your Majesty, let's drink some tea." Jiang Chenyu lowered her head, and it was Daxi Chrysanthemum Tea again, her heart became even more entangled.For a person like myself who likes a certain kind of tea and will always drink it, if he adapts to a person, but suddenly loses it, how can he bear it... "Your Majesty, why don't you go and see the Prime Minister." Jiang Chenyu trembled: "What?" Huai Jin smiled, and there was a clear insight in the smile: "The empress and the prime minister have been quarreling for so much, and it's time to calm down. Since the empress is so reluctant to part with the prime minister, let's put down the airs and make up. I think the prime minister may also I'm waiting for my wife." Jiang Chenyu let out an "ah" and was taken aback. "Your Majesty, although the Prime Minister has the talent of the world and is a once-in-a-century child prodigy, he is still too young. There are many places where he can do well, but there are some places where he can't do well. That's because no one taught Him, empress, think about it, his whole family was wiped out when he was seven years old, grandparents, parents and relatives, all died. Now even the empress ignores him, and the empress thinks that he is now alone at home, guarding the building Isn't the lonely mansion very pitiful? So..." Before Huai Jin finished speaking, Jiang Chenyu jumped up and rushed out, shouting while running: "Prepare the car! Prepare the car! I'm going to the Prime Minister's Mansion—" Huai Jin was right. In fact, Xue Cai is more pitiful than her.At least, she still has parents and sisters, but Xue Cai, except for an aunt Xue Ming who is still in the cold palace, has no relatives. If she really cared about this person and was unwilling to let him leave, she should try her best to keep him - such a positive method was her consistent behavior of Jiang Chenyu. Xue Cai, there must be a way to get the best of both worlds in this world.I'm not the emperor, but you don't want to leave, okay?good or not? Jiang Chenyu involuntarily grabbed at the skirt of his clothes, as if holding on to the most sincere hope. A solitary lamp reflects the cold window. The bamboo branches swayed gently in the evening wind, making a rustling sound, making the surroundings even more lonely. The black silhouette is reflected on the white window paper, and it seems to be still. ——When Jiang Chenyu stepped into Ji's mansion and was led into the inner courtyard by Steward Cui, and looked at the study from a distance, this was what he saw. Xue Cai never moved out of Ji's mansion. Although he could have his own mansion after becoming prime minister, he refused.Regarding this point, Jiang Chenyu understood in her heart, if it were her, she would choose to stay in Ji's Mansion.Not only because there is the aura left by the son here, but more importantly, Ji Ying's mansion is really convenient, it is very close to the palace, the transportation is convenient, and the facilities in the mansion are all available, the design is reasonable, no matter what you do, you can use it Maximum efficiency in minimum time. But at this moment, when she saw Xue Cai in Ji's mansion with her own eyes, she felt that she was wrong.Because everything presented in front of my eyes is so bleak, how can I be happy living here? Steward Cui followed behind and said, "Since Xiang Xue took over this place, all the servants have been disbanded, leaving only me and a cook who cooks. I only help with some daily cleaning, and I can't get involved in other things. Getting started." Jiang Chenyu stared at the figure reading a book on the study window, and asked in a low voice: "Has he always been like this?" "Xue Xiang has a relatively withdrawn personality. Every day, only his subordinates come to discuss routine matters, and few people visit. And..." Butler Cui sighed when he said this. How do you trust others, we are not allowed to enter his room without his summons." Jiang Chenyu's heart became a little heavier, she waved her hand to signal Cui Shi to step back, and then went forward and opened the door of the study alone. As can be seen on the window paper, Xue Cai was reading a book, and when he heard the sound, he didn't look up, and still buried himself in the book. Since he didn't greet her, she didn't open her mouth and walked around the study first.The study was almost the same as the one she visited last time, and it seemed that Xue Cai was deliberately keeping it the same.The bow hanging on the wall has not been taken away, Xue Cai is not ready yet? After Jiang Chenyu observed silently for a while, he walked to the desk and looked at it. The book Xue Cai was reading was the "Six Patriarch Altar Sutra", and he slowly recited a passage of it: "Why bother to uphold the precepts? What's the use of practicing Zen? Kindness means caring for parents, righteousness means sympathy for each other, yielding means harmony between superiors and inferiors, and tolerance means that all evils will be peaceful. If you can drill wood to create fire, red lotuses will grow out of mud. It's a word of loyalty..." Sure enough, Xue Cai let out a sneer when he recited it here, but his eyes were still frozen in the book, refusing to look at her. Jiang Chenyu simply stretched out his hand to hold down the book, and said: "You saw me coming here, so you deliberately read this book to satirize me? Why don't you speak out in front of me if you have something to say?" "I have nothing to say with the Queen Mother." Xue Cai took out the book from her hand and turned to the other side to continue reading. "Fortunately, you are still the prime minister of Bi Kingdom, you should be beheaded if you shout such titles indiscriminately." "Then chop it off." Xue Cai disapproved very much, "Anyway, my head should have been chopped off two years ago." "Xue Cai!" Jiang Chenyu grabbed the book in his hand and said angrily, "Look at me!" Xue Cai raised his eyes, and squinted at her with his eyelids half drooped: "What orders does the Empress Dowager have?" "Don't talk to me so viciously." Seeing that Xue Cai was about to laugh again, Jiang Chenyu didn't know where the thought came from, and stretched out her hand consciously to grab his ear. Xue Cai was afraid that she had never been treated like this in her entire life, so she was stunned. It was only then that Jiang Chenyu realized how out of control he had done, looked at his hands and at Xue Cai's ears, and froze in place. The two stared at each other silently for a while. In the end, it was Jiang Chenyu who woke up first, hurriedly withdrew his hands, hid behind his back in embarrassment, coughed a few times and said: "Anyway, I came here specially to see you, you...don't show me the face of a door god. " Xue Cai looked at her quietly, her pupils were dark, as if she had no expression, and it seemed that she couldn't read it because she had too many expressions. Jiang Chenyu's heart suddenly softened, and she said softly, "Xue Cai, you have always been sensible, so today I will come to reason with you. If you can persuade me, I will listen to you, but if I After convincing you, you have to listen to me and come back to court obediently. Do you... agree?" Xue Cai stared at her for a long time, then turned his eyes away.Based on Jiang Chenyu's understanding of him, knowing that he did so would be considered agreeing.So she took a deep breath and said sternly: "Then let me say it first. Xue Cai, I don't want to be called emperor for three reasons. First, a woman is an emperor, which is a disaster for the country. Although there is already a female emperor in this world— ——Yi Shu of Cheng Guo, but we are very clear about what everyone says about her and how they see her. I, Jiang Chenyu, do not have the courage to challenge the thousands of years of etiquette and tradition.” Xue Cai didn't respond. Jiang Chenyu said again: "Secondly, if I become the emperor, what kind of identity will you let Xinye use to inherit Tubi in the future? If I am the emperor, the country must change. No way, unless someone seizes power halfway, the next king will also be named Jiang. I cannot let the Jiang family go to this point and be charged with the crime of usurping power and changing the country. Even if I can control the situation with an iron fist for a while, but a hundred years later, How will the history books write about me? How about the Jiang family? How about Xinye? This is too cruel for him. Xue Cai, over the years, have not enough children been destroyed because of the succession? If Zhaoyin hadn't been sent to the palace, he wouldn't have distorted personality, and the son and Xihe wouldn't have to be separated; if Yifei didn't have his mother who died early, he wouldn't be eccentric and crazy; if Yishu hadn't been raped by his father, he wouldn't be sinister Indulgent, unfeeling and cold-blooded; even... and you. Xue Cai, you should know better than others how important a stable childhood is to a person. We are irreparable, but at least we You can leave happiness and joy to the next generation, can't you? I can't be so selfish and only think about myself, I have to think about Xinye, and I have to think more about the well-being of the people in the world." Xue Cai's eyes flickered a few times, as if he was a little moved. Jiang Chenyu slowly put the scriptures in his hand on the table: "Third, Xue Cai, do you know? Zhao Yin told me before his death that if I really want to be good for Xinye, I should adopt him and become a Be my son and raise him personally. Of course, the situation was different at that time, Zhao Yin was still alive, and maybe other concubines would have other heirs, so if you want Xinye to become the prince and the sole heir to the throne, then it is right for the queen to raise him The name is the most correct. Now Xinye no longer has such worries. But at that time, after listening to Zhao Yin’s words, I felt very uncomfortable. That night, I had a dream. I dreamed that many court ladies and eunuchs rushed into the Jianing Palace, Forcibly took Xinye away, saying that she would be handed over to the queen—that is, I was raised. My sister fell to the ground at that time, crying and crawling forward, trying to get her child back, but it was useless. Then, she went crazy, Locked inside the fence, with disheveled hair, crying with blood and tears on his face: "Give me back the child, give me back the child..." I woke up from that dream, trembling all over." Xue Cai's lips moved a few times, and then pressed tighter. "Xue Cai, after waking up, I said to myself, the person in the fence is my sister, who is not related by blood but has siblings. I can't let her suffer that kind of situation, I can't destroy Her whole life. Zhaoyin can be ruthless to Ji Ying, and Yishu can force her brothers to death, but I can't. If I do the same, then what is the difference between me and them—the people I despise What? So, Zhaoyin is dead, and the throne belongs to Xinye, and no extraneous incidents can and will not be allowed. Do you understand?" Xue Cai silently picked up the scriptures, turned around and put the book back on the shelf, then, maintaining the posture with her back facing her, said softly, stopping and stopping, "I... just... ...I just want you to marry..." Jiang Chenyu's eyes widened suddenly - she had to say that she had thought about countless possibilities, but she never thought that the reason for Xue Cai's persistence turned out to be this. The light shone on Xue Cai's back, and also overlapped his shadow on the bookshelf, so it looked like there were two of him.And he turned his back to Jiang Chenyu, never turned around, and whispered: "Zhaoyin is dead, Xinye ascended the throne, you are the queen mother, doomed to die in the palace, lonely life. But, you are only seventeen years old, the future The road is still very long, although... Ji Ying is dead, but you will meet other people who will cherish you and treat you well - as long as you have that opportunity. And proclaiming the emperor is your best and only opportunity. When you become a queen, you can have a harem, and you can choose any husband you like, and you... can be happy..." His voice became lower and lower, until it was barely audible. Jiang Chenyu's nose was sore, she couldn't help but stepped forward, and hugged Xue Cai from behind like that. Xue Cai was a head shorter than her, and she hugged him like a child - but in fact, he was indeed a child. "Fool...fool..." Her tears flowed down, she was moved and sour at the same time, "How could you think of such a reason? You still get angry with me for such a reason, ignore me, and make me sad Days...fool..." Xue Cai remained motionless, letting her hug him, his face was hidden in the thick shadows, and no one could see his expression clearly at the moment. "I..." Jiang Chenyu continued intermittently, "I don't want to marry anymore, really. Maybe in the eyes of you and everyone else, I am a miserable woman. Those who want to marry don't like me and die The person who married me didn't like me, and died too. As the mother of the country, I began to age before I fully grew up; when I become a queen mother, I will wither prematurely in my life. But, fool Why don't you know? I am here, this place..." She touched her chest, "Because there once lived a person, such a beautiful person, so although I am lonely, I am not empty." She turned Xue Cai's body around, held his face in her arms, looked at him with extremely gentle but sad eyes, and said, "As you said, only Mrs. Xihe is more beautiful than Mrs. Xihe. to be your wife..." Xue Cai frowned, and retorted: "I just made things difficult on purpose..." Jiang Chenyu smiled: "But if it were me, it would be true that the seas were once too difficult." Xue Cai was silent again, and her long eyelashes were drawn down to cover her eyes. "So, Xue Cai..." Jiang Chenyu put down his hand, and went to hold his hand instead, so that the four hands held each other, passing each other's body temperature, "Let's make up, okay?" Xue Cai's hand visibly trembled. 姜沉鱼这才露出一点点委屈的表情，低声道：“我可不可以把我们之前的事理解成是在吵架？如果可以的话，那么，我可不可以请求不要吵架？薛采，如果现在问我这世上最不愿失去的人是谁……我的答案，是你。” 薛采的呼吸明显紧了起来。 “我若失去了母亲，因为潜意识里知道总会有这么一天，所以我会做足准备勇敢地继续走下去；我若失去了姐姐，虽然悲伤但会更努力地去照顾新野，让她没有牵挂；我若失去了其他人，都可以有各种各样的方式弥补和割舍，但是……我若失去了你……薛采，你知不知道，你于我而言，不止是你啊。你是我十三岁时爱上公子的理由；你是我为公子报仇的副手剑；你还是我成为璧国皇后以来的第三只手……”说到这里，姜沉鱼合拢双掌，将薛采的手包在了里面，凝望着他的眼神，一字一字道，“既然此生注定让你我结缘，那么，就绝对不允许被天命之外的事情所破坏。我们，和好吧。” 薛采久久地注视着彼此交握的双手，最后，生硬地点了下头，就当是同意了。 姜沉鱼的笑容一下子灿烂了起来：“那就这样说定了，你明天就得回来上朝。” 薛采又轻轻地“嗯”了一声。 姜沉鱼凝视着他，幽幽一叹道：“你……有时候真像我的哥哥呢……” The corners of Xue Cai's eyes began to twitch. 姜沉鱼扑哧一笑：“但更多时候只是个不懂事的小弟弟罢了。” 薛采立刻将手从她手中抽了出去，然后皱起眉头，瞪着她。 姜沉鱼眨了眨眼睛，故意打趣道：“其实啊，你不知道吧？当太后的虽然不能光明正大地嫁人，但其实也可以有后宫，收罗一大堆男宠的哦。比如先秦时的赵姬与嫪毐；比如北魏时的冯太后与王睿李冲李奕等臣下；再比如……” 薛采迅速坐回到了书桌旁，一边拿起书笺开始回信，一边冷冷道：“娘娘如果没什么其他事的话就请回吧。微臣很忙。” 姜沉鱼见目的达到，便掩唇笑着转身准备走人。刚走到门口，身后却传来薛采的声音：“等一下。” 她回头，眸光流转：“什么事呀？薛弟弟？” 薛采对她这个称呼却没什么反应，严肃的小脸上有着一种奇异的怜悯：“你今天所说的话，我每一个字都记住了。” “所以？”见他这么一本正经，她反而觉得有点不安。 “所以，若是他日发生了什么，你只需想起今夜，你说过的这些话即可。” “嗯？”越来越不明白了。 “没什么事了，你走吧。”薛采说完，低下头又开始写字。 姜沉鱼一头雾水地看了他一会儿，心知若是他不想说，就算她继续追问也没有用，算了，反正迟早会知道的。一想到她和薛采冰释前嫌了，心情不禁又好了起来，一路上微笑着出了府。她坐上马车，在车内也想着薛采刚才的一系列反应，想到他那句——“我……只是……想让你嫁人而已……”心中甜甜的，又酸酸的。 甜的当然是薛采竟会为她考虑到这种地步，这个眼高于顶从不把任何人放在眼里的孩子，却会一心一意地为她着想，多么温暖，多么感动。 酸的则是其实正如他所说，成为女帝她才有机会得到感情上的归宿和幸福。而太后……所谓的男宠一说，不过是一场戏谑罢了。她不是那样的人。她清楚这一点，薛采也很清楚这一点。 母亲，对不起啊……女儿这一生，看来是真的与生儿育女、举案齐眉无缘了…… 刚想到这里，马车骤停，突如其来的冲击力，令得她顿时坐不稳，朝旁边栽倒。顾不得胳膊的疼痛，她连忙掀起窗帘探头问道：“发生什……” 才说了三个字，声音就戛然而止。 一支长箭嗖地破空飞来，几乎是贴着她的脸颊，钉在了车壁之上。 姜沉鱼连忙缩回车内，紧跟着，外面响起了侍卫的叱喝声和兵器相接的打斗声，偶尔还有受伤倒地的闷哼声，乱成一片…… 姜沉鱼缩在车中，揪住自己的衣襟，忍不住瑟瑟发抖。她此番出宫乃是临时起意，因此带的护卫并不多，而且淇奥侯府又近，原本以为不会有什么大事，不曾想竟然就会遇到伏击。 who is it? 是谁要暗杀她？ 一时间，脑里飞闪过了无数个念头，但每一个，都残忍得让人害怕。 “噗”的一声巨响后，一把刀砍进了车壁，紧跟着狠狠一拉，整个车厢就像个纸盒一样散了。车壁倒下去后，姜沉鱼终于看到了外面的情形—— 她所带的二十名侍卫已经全部倒在地上，模样可怖地死去。 僻静的长街风声呜咽，十几名蒙面黑衣人呈圆形朝她聚拢，将她围在了中间。 这是姜沉鱼生平第二次遇到伏击。 上一次，是在程国。那次起码还有师走在她身边，因此虽然惨烈，却并不感到太害怕，而这一次，则是彻彻底底地只剩下了她一个。 这些人想做什么？他们有想要的东西吗？如果可以对上话的话，也许还有一线生机…… 但其中一名黑衣人抬起手做了个杀的姿势，姜沉鱼的心顿时沉到了谷底——他们想要的是她的命！所以根本不会给她任何机会！ 眼看着众杀手四面八方地朝她扑过来，姜沉鱼不由得绝望地闭上了眼睛。然而，就在她闭眼的一瞬间，耳旁风声呼啸，无数种复杂的声音乍然而起，想像中的疼痛并没有如期降临，姜沉鱼一呆过后，缓缓睁开眼睛—— 只见那十几名蒙面黑衣人保持着前扑的姿势，一动不动，露在黑巾外的眼睛则充满了恐惧，说明他们还没有死。 what happened? what happened? 姜沉鱼连忙转身，就看见了朱龙。 朱龙的手指悠然地从其中一名黑衣人胸口收回，然后侧过身来对她拱手参拜：“属下救驾来迟，还望娘娘恕罪。” “你……你、你从哪里来的？”她闭眼之前，四周根本没有人啊，就算朱龙轻功再好，也不可能横飞十几丈瞬间就出现在了这里，不但如此，还连点十几人的穴道制服了他们。 朱龙依旧毕恭毕敬道：“回娘娘，属下一直藏在娘娘的马车下面。” 姜沉鱼惊骇地去看那个已经四分五裂了的马车，唯独车底还好好地安在轮子上，也就是说，朱龙之前就藏在车底下？ “你为什么会藏在我的马车下面？还有，他们都是谁？他们为什么要杀我……” “这些问题，还是由主人来告诉你吧。” “啊？”姜沉鱼一怔，继而顺着朱龙的目光回头，就看见长街尽头，慢慢地走出了一队人马，清一色的白衣飒爽，肩披图腾。 ——白泽。 是白泽。 姜沉鱼的心揪紧了，然后就见一个小小的人影，跟在人马之后，慢慢地，悠然地，用一种从容不迫的气度朝这边走了过来。 “薛采……”是他。 他……也来了…… 薛采走到她面前，挥了挥手，十二名白衣铁骑立刻下马，将那些黑衣人五花大绑，掀去他们脸上的黑巾，露出真实面容来。 薛采走到其中一人面前，冷冷一笑：“罗大人，好久不见啊。” 该人约摸三十出头，长得又瘦又小，脸上还有个铜钱大小的痦子，模样有点眼熟，但姜沉鱼一时间，却想不起他的身份。 那人怒目圆瞪，几乎要瞪出火来，却苦于穴位受制，不能说话，因此只能恨恨地瞪着薛采。 薛采转过身，平静地说了一句话：“杀了。” 绑住那人的铁骑应了声是，手起刀落，头颅就一下子掉了下去，一股血柱飞出来，尽数泼在了他身后的柱子上。 姜沉鱼大吃一惊，没想到薛采竟然什么都不问就开始动手杀人。而其他的黑衣人也显然被这一幕给惊到了，脸色煞白。 薛采背负双手，慢吞吞地在黑衣人面前一一走过，边走边道：“张大东，你的表妹还在窑子里等着你拿到钱去赎她么？陆小周，跟了罗与海十年，他可总算肯提拔你了啊，只可惜你的武功，还是半点进步都没有呢。贾小九，娶了萧将军的女儿，也不能让你一步登天么？怎么还要自己亲自来杀人啊……”他每走过一个人面前，就说出对方的身份来历，直将对方本已毫无血色的脸，说得更是面如死灰。 薛采挨个儿说了一遍后，转身冷笑道：“你们以为我会严刑拷打，要你们说出主使者是谁么？你们以为能仗着那点儿见不得人的秘密要挟我么？那就大错特错了。你们每一个人我都清清楚楚，你们身后的靠山是谁，想达到的目的是什么，我通通一清二楚……所以，我根本就不需要对你们逼供，也根本不需要什么证据。不过——”说到这里，他有意无意地瞟了站在原地整个人都已经彻底呆住了的姜沉鱼一眼，目光中闪过一抹很复杂的眼神，再度看向众黑衣人时，就多了几分邪恶，“我今天心情不错，所以决定饶过你们其中的三个人。你们哪三人先开口把今天的事件真相说一遍给我们的皇后娘娘听，我就放了谁。其他人，哼哼。”他虽然没说其他人会怎样，但是鲜血淋漓的头颅还在地上，下场如何，已很明显。 因此，众黑衣人彼此对望一眼后，争先恐后地喊了起来—— “娘娘！是罗与海罗大人指使我们来刺杀娘娘的！” “罗与海是收了萧将军的好处，说是事成之后升他当二品大官……” “姜贵人与萧将军已经联手，只要除了娘娘，扶植小太子登基，姜贵人就会启用我等……” “我只是想拿点钱去救我表妹而已啊，呜呜呜呜……” 一个个声音，非常紊乱地交汇在一起。 姜沉鱼怔怔地立在原地，只觉得偌大的天与地里，忽然间，就只剩下了她一个人，谁也不在了。她什么都看不见，也什么都听不见。 Why? 为什么为什么为什么为什么？ 众黑衣人七嘴八舌地说着，越说越乱，越说越杂，最后薛采喊了声：“停！”这呱噪声才得以停止。 薛采挥挥手，铁骑们就押着那些黑衣人离开了。 他这才走到姜沉鱼面前，默默地看了她一会儿后，朝她伸出手。 姜沉鱼的睫毛颤了一下，目光从他的手，往上看到他的眼睛，然后，一把将他的手拍开。 薛采露出意料之中的表情，没有生气，只是看着她，淡淡道：“罗与海和萧青勾结起来，唆使姜贵人对你设下的这个暗杀之局，原本定在八月十五，你回家省亲那日执行。但那天出了点意外，你因为震惊于皇上的去世而晕厥，此后一直闭门不出，罗与海无计可施，苦等了许久。而在那之前，他和姜贵人暗中收买了给皇上擦身的宫女，给他下了另外一种毒药，让他提前死亡。也就是说，从半年前开始，他们就在策划这一切了。我接到消息后，为了避免打草惊蛇，所以只是默默观望，暗暗部署，没有说破。” “然后你就故意给了他们这个机会？”姜沉鱼终于能开口出声，声音却干涩得可怕，“你串通了我的侍女怀瑾吗？让她游说我来看你，并将消息放了出去，让那些人以为有机可乘，于是埋伏在这里等着杀我吗？你是不是觉得我应该感谢你？谢谢你救了我？” “我只是用事实告诉你——许多狼都在暗中虎视眈眈，等着吃了你。而其中最大的那只狼，名叫姜画……” “够了！”姜沉鱼呐喊出声。 薛采再次露出那种悲悯的目光，动了几下唇，却不再说话。 姜沉鱼捂住自己的脸，只觉身体里像燃烧着一把火一样，灼热得快要炸开，必须要做点什么才能宣泄出去。于是她转向朱龙，沉声道：“你送我回宫！”又走到一名铁骑面前，“把你的马给我！” 铁骑连忙将缰绳呈上。姜沉鱼一把接过来，翻身上马，然后狠抽一鞭，白马吃痛，撒蹄狂奔。 朱龙看向薛采，薛采朝他点了点头，朱龙这才也翻身上马，追了过去。 长街漫漫，两骑白马一前一后地飞快奔驰着，清脆的蹄声一下一下，仿佛能将人的心也一起踏碎了。 而薛采望着两人的背影，眼神深幽，有点期待，又有点悲伤。