Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve Thousand Leaves and Thousand Voices Are Hate

Although Zhaoyang Palace didn't care about the affairs of the other women in the palace, this change reached everyone's ears at one o'clock.While waiting for Ruan Wushuang to change clothes, Mo Zhu calmed down and said, "Finally understand what it means not to report, but the time has not yet come. It's a good deal for her, how dare you slap the young lady? Who is our young lady, from childhood to adulthood, how have we ever I have suffered this crime. I can't wait to tear her into pieces..." Ruan Wushuang couldn't help but chuckled: "I really can't tell, our Mo Zhu's heart is really made of Mo, it is black." Mo Zhu said angrily: "Miss, you can still laugh at this time, help that bad guy Talk..." Ruan Wushuang was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "She probably didn't know it was mine, to her it was just beating a slave."

Yin Shuiya was the most favored in the harem for a while, and the emperor treated her differently from others.Presumably Concubine Yin's heart was high and arrogant, she had already set her sights on the lost Zhaoyang Palace.In ancient times, the battles in the harem were not all about the successor.If today's events don't happen today, they will still happen in the future. While talking, a maid came in and reported: "I want to report to the Empress, Aunt Mu Qing, please see me." Ruan Wushuang looked up at Mo Zhu, a little surprised.Aunt Mu Qing's health has been very poor recently, and she has been lingering on the sick bed. How could she arrive at Zhaoyang Hall so late?Mo Zhu put down the clothes in his hands and greeted him.

Mu Qing's body was quite plump at first, but after more than a year of illness, he is now so emaciated that only bones remain.A maid came in with the help of a maid, and when she saw Ruan Wushuang, she was about to kneel down and salute while supporting Mo Zhu.Ruan Wushuang hurriedly said: "Gu Gu, don't be too polite. Sit down quickly." Mu Qing bowed and said, "My servant thank you for your kindness." Ruan Wushuang saw that her face was as dark and yellow as wax, and her bones were as thin as a stick. It seemed that her condition was still not getting better, but that it was showing signs of aggravation. She said with concern: "A few days ago, the imperial doctor prescribed the medicine, did you take it as it is?" Mu Qing owed He bowed and said, "The servant has been eating, thank you for your concern."

After talking for a while, Ruan Wushuang looked at her expression as if she wanted to say something, and understood in her heart that Aunt Mu didn't want to say some things in front of Mo Zhu.Then he ordered: "You go down first, there is no need to wait here." Seeing her retreat, Ruan Wushuang said: "Aunt Mu, if you have anything to say, just tell me." Mu Qing looked at her, Ruan Wushuang let loose her long hair casually, her elegant face became thinner, suddenly sighed and said: "Empress Empress, even though Mu Qing is a servant, she has always looked after you since she was a child. I grew up. There are some things that I have always wanted to say, but I am afraid that if I don’t say them, I will never have a chance to say them again..."

Ruan Wushuang said softly, "Aunt Mu must have made up her mind to tell me today, that's why she came here, isn't it?" Mu Qing nodded, turned his head to look at the candlelight on the gilded platform, clear and distant: "Back then, the empress dowager married the first emperor, outsiders only knew that it was the marriage that Emperor Gaozong referred to, but they didn't know that the empress dowager loved the first emperor very much at that time. .But when I entered the mansion, I found out that the late emperor already had a concubine Ji. In fact, this is very normal among princes, which prince is not like this?"

Ruan Wushuang smiled wryly.Maybe he was an exception, or maybe he sent Concubine Ji out of the mansion before she entered the mansion... But she didn't investigate carefully.It's not that she doesn't want to, many things are just afraid of getting to the bottom of it, the first person to hurt is herself. "But the empress dowager has always been arrogant and arrogant. She didn't know how to bear it at first. Occasionally, when the late emperor favored his concubine, she would get jealous and quarrel with the late emperor. But the more noisy, the more the late emperor ignored her and turned her cold. Until later Only then did the empress dowager find out that the late emperor did not ask Emperor Gaozong to marry her because he loved her, but to take advantage of the power of the Ruan family. The first emperor loved a concubine named Ou. From then on, the empress dowager's temper began to develop It has changed, it has become intolerable to the concubines of the mansion..."

While talking, Mo Zhu lifted the curtain and came in, interrupting Aunt Mu's words. Mo Zhu said: "Miss, there is a servant who wants to see you." Ruan Wushuang raised his head in surprise: "Who is it?" Mo Zhu replied: "I don't know him, I was going to send him away. But he said It was ordered by the emperor." The maids were all outside, and the palace lanterns illuminated the quietness and solitude of the hall.A servant was standing in the hall, his face was hidden in the corner of the veil of varying light and shade, seeing Ruan Wushuang, he moved his whole body out of the shadow.

The light and shadow of the eight-treasure glazed lamp was bright, reflecting his face—Ruan Wushuang was shocked, and she would never forget this face again. She stood there coldly, and said to Mo Zhu: "Go down and rest first, you don't need to wait tonight." She kept trying to figure out who instructed him? He walked towards her and walked around her, with a haughty expression and puzzled eyes: "Ruan Wushuang, I have never understood what is it about you that can confuse Hao Zhe so much ?” She was surprised that he was so bold that he dared to call Baili Haozhe by his name.But something seemed to be grasped in my mind, and there was a jolt, as if the lid was about to be lifted, and something was about to be released.

The man looked at her, and said with a faint smile: "I think you have always wanted to know who it was that night?" She stood there, unable to move. Something is about to come out!But she had an urge to escape.She shook her head, no, it wouldn't be like that... Even if he grounded her in the palace for the rest of her life, she would still be happy.In this case, everything in the past, he was still somewhat true to her... He just couldn't stand her infidelity! The man stared at her motionlessly, as if hungry wolves, tigers and leopards were leisurely sizing up their prey, enjoying the thrill of conquest: "I'll tell you today, the old man in the Liuxia Building by Taiye Lake back then This man is the current emperor, your husband." His voice was neither soft nor heavy, but it rang in his ears like thunder.

She had already guessed more or less, but it was confirmed from his mouth that she only felt the cold from the inside out, and the pain from the inside out, and it was almost untenable.The things she always thought were all empty, all fake, and always have been. The man smiled.She saw that his mouth was raised, very excited, and the flesh on his face kept trembling.His laughter should be loud, but why can't she hear anything?He pinched his palm desperately, but he didn't feel anything. It turned out that he couldn't feel it when the pain was so extreme, it was just numb.She backed away slowly until something pressed against her back and she couldn't go any further.

She couldn't do anything, just shook her head and gasped for air.It seemed that if she didn't, she would be suffocated.After a long time, she found her own voice and asked, "Why me?" The voice was ethereal and strange, like the sky from the sky, how could it be hers? The man came over and pinched her chin, his eyes were cold and piercing, like sharp knives: "Why you? Of course it's you, it can only be you! Because you are the daughter of the Ruan family!" His voice was getting colder and colder.She wanted to look at him, but her eyes were so erratic that she couldn't see him clearly. He let her go and turned to look at the peony latticed window.It was dark outside, as if hiding countless human-eating beasts.The night before the escape was also so dark that I couldn't see my fingers.He was cold and hungry, curled up in a pile of rags.Both of his parents died since he was a child, and he has been relying on Lianying's grandmother for relief until now.Now, now... In this world, there is no way out except to escape. He stared blankly, as if he had fallen into boundless memories: "Let me tell you a story. A long time ago, there was a girl named Lianying who was born in a small village with beautiful mountains and rivers. When she was fifteen years old, her hometown There was a severe drought, and the grains were not harvested. Many people in the village came out to flee the famine, and she and I came out together. Two half-sized children, begging all the way, went through untold hardships, and finally arrived in the capital." "When she arrived in the capital, she found a job first, and was lucky enough to enter the prince's mansion at that time as a maid. She was very happy. The salary in the prince's mansion was very high, and she could send it back to help the only grandmother in her family. The serious grandma was treated and recuperated. Grandma's illness improved day by day, she was so happy... But later, for some reason, the princess took a fancy to her and transferred her to her side. Naturally, she was very happy, She told me that she would have the honor to serve the empress in the future, saying that this was a blessing she cultivated in her previous life. But... But we didn't expect it at the time, this was the beginning of her nightmare..." He turned his head and said viciously: "It was designed by your aunt Ruan Yujin. Because Lianying looks very much like the dead concubine of the late emperor. If she had always been the lowest maidservant, the late emperor would never have seen her. But she Ruan Yujin took her to Ruan Yujin's side, and the late emperor saw that she couldn't let her go. Lianying had no choice but to become the late emperor's concubine. But Ruan Yujin saw that she was very favored by the late emperor, and gave birth to a son. So I refused to let her go. A few days after she gave birth to Haozhe, Mu Qing poisoned her soup and poisoned her to death... I was hiding outside the window, Watching Lianying writhing in pain on the bed, watching her leave..." She leaned there, and slowly closed her eyes, that's it... that's it.With so much hatred, what he wants is not only Jiangshan, but also the lives of their Ruan family.So it's her, so it can only be her! The truth is so hurtful!She would rather not know.But she found out today, it should be time for him to stop. The man looked at her with a smile, as if admiring her pain: "Ruan Wushuang, it's painful to be used by others. Hao Zhe planned it from the beginning. If he didn't take your body first, how could you agree?" This marriage. What makes me strange is that Hao Zhe hasn't revealed that he took your body, so why have you agreed to it? However, this does not hinder our plan." "Marrying you is equivalent to getting Ruan Yujin's help. Although I hated her to the bone, I had no choice but to rely on her power at that time. As we expected, with Ruan Yujin's help, Hao Zhe quickly got That's what he wanted. Then, there is no need for Ruan Yujin to exist..." She suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes were full of shock and pain: "Aunt...Aunt also killed him!" In fact, Ruan Yujin did not want to live anymore, not Hao Zhe killed her.But he didn't deny that things that made her more painful also made him happier. He laughed, stared at her, and said word by word: "Now, there is no need for you to exist!" She didn't seem to be surprised at all, and just looked at him quietly.There was no trace of fear in Rushui's eyes, only a deadly calm. He was somewhat disappointed, he took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and shook it in front of her eyes: "This is what Hao Zhe ordered me to bring to you. Don't worry, it's colorless and odorless, just take a sip, and you will be free forever. " Pulled her hand and put it in her palm. She lowered her eyes and stared blankly at the small and exquisite porcelain vase. Her hands were warm and soft, and the tone after the rain had passed without a trace of variegation.All the objects used by the royal family are ingenious.Even such little things are no exception. "You let empress empress go, I, Mu Qing, will bear everything alone." Mu Qing stood behind them while supporting the pillar.Apparently she overheard their conversation. The man squinted at her, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, and laughed wildly "hahaha": "What are you? But, you don't have to be in such a hurry if you want to die, you can only die at most. It will be about a month. Then you can go underground to reunite with Ruan Yujin." Ruan Wushuang closed his eyes, it turned out that he also poisoned Aunt Mu. Mu Qing knelt down towards him with a "plop", kowtowed and said: "Everything is the servant's fault, it has nothing to do with the Empress Empress. The poison back then was planted by the servant himself, and it was also the servant who poured it on her. .” The man gritted his teeth and said: "Death, you think it's so easy. You're just a dog of the Ruan family. It's easier for me to kill you than to trample an ant. What I want is to make the whole Ruan family live forever." Disappear in this world. Let every member of the Ruan family not be able to survive or die. Haha...haha..." He kept laughing wildly, almost insane. After laughing enough, he turned his head and looked at the porcelain bottle in Ruan Wu's hands, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Empress Empress, in this palace, the emperor wants someone to die in the third watch, and that person will definitely not live to be five years old." What's more. The slave will send the empress respectfully." With a flick of his sleeve, he turned and left. Sadness is worse than death, she knows all the truth, and the relationship between her and Hao Zhe has come to an end.There is no longer any possibility for the two of them. The night in the imperial garden was as dark as lacquer, and the wind was as strong as a trumpet.Standing in the deep shade, looking at Ziyi Pavilion not far away, he said silently: "Zhe'er, don't blame Uncle Shen for being cruel, you forced Uncle Shen to do this. Since you don't make a decision, then Uncle Shen will make the decision." Help you make a decision!" If Zhe'er hadn't cared so much about her, he wouldn't have done anything to Ruan Wushuang.Zhe'er would not even be willing to be touched by others, how could he be so cruel and touch her family!Now as long as Ruan Wushuang is gone, Zhe'er will have no reason to soften his heart. Mu Qing helped Ruan Wushuang who had fallen to the ground: "Empress, it's the servant who hurt you, it's the servant who hurt you!" Ruan Wushuang shook his head blankly, and said in a low voice: "Everything is fate." The harem It has always been like this, and it is also a battlefield, either you die or I die, you can't blame Mu Qing, everything she does is based on her aunt's orders, and she is just to protect her.Presumably his mother is not the first person, and she will not be the last person in this palace. He stood up shaking, and returned to the inner bed step by step.Sitting softly on the couch, there is no strength in the whole body, even if you want to move your fingers, it seems that you can't do it.Can only sit, sit blankly.The moonlight came in through the mottled windows, bright and beautiful, but it didn't suit her. I heard that life is like a play, if there is a midnight dream, I really hope it is just a play, just a nightmare for her.What's ridiculous is that a play has a beginning, a climax, and an end. There are ups and downs. But she has nothing left!She used to think she had a lot, but she didn't know that it was really just a play by him. The drama is fake, loving couples have different beds, brothers and sisters have different mothers, and they travel thousands of miles every day without leaving the house. Today they are farmers and scholars, and tomorrow they will be high-ranking officials and relatives of the emperor.But it's true what happened to her.Everything in the past is just his play, just his play.It turns out that all the lingering tenderness and affection in the past were just drama! It's just that she doesn't know, and she is still obsessed with it... He hated her so much and hated their family. From the very beginning when the two met, he had already calculated and started to make arrangements.So step by step, deliberate, waiting for nothing more than to get rid of them. Crouching in the corner, it was so cold, the cold did not come from the outside, but from the bottom of her heart, as if it had penetrated from the bones, and even every meridian was filled with icy chill.She thought she would cry, but she didn't, not even a single tear fell.I just feel cold, so cold, and trembling uncontrollably. Everything between him and her needs a death to come to an abrupt end.I will never see you again in this life! Shi Quanyi waited for the emperor to sleep, and was just about to leave when he heard the commotion in the imperial garden outside.Just as he was about to withdraw from the inquiry, a servant came hurriedly at the door, his voice was shrill and anxious: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Shi Quan hurriedly reprimanded softly: "Speak softly, you don't want your head anymore! The emperor just fell asleep..." The servant's forehead was stained with sweat, and he said in panic, "Grandpa Shi, it's not good... Zhaoyang Palace, Zhaoyang The temple is flooded..." Seeing that the curtain on the bed had been torn apart with a "shua", the emperor asked sharply: "What?" The servant reported again: "Report to the emperor, the Zhaoyang Palace is flooded." Baili Haozhe was in an indescribable flustered heart, only felt his back dripping with cold sweat, got up suddenly, ignored his shoes, got off the bed, and strode hastily towards the window. The west window was pushed open with a "bang", and a gust of wind blew in. The Zhaoyang Hall not far away was blazing fiercely. No!He turned around and picked up the skirt of the servant, and stared at him coldly, but his eyes were full of panic: "Where's the queen? Where's the empress?" The servant had never seen the emperor in such a gaffe, and was so frightened that he almost fainted and trembled. He said in a low voice: "The empress is still inside..." Baili Haozhe let go of him abruptly, and said coldly to a group of servants kneeling around: "Pass on my word, if you can't rescue the queen, you will be buried with me." , he just felt flustered, as if he was about to lose her forever. He strode out suddenly, Shi Quanyi chased after him and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, shoes, shoes——" The guards and attendants in the attic saw that the emperor was wearing close-fitting clothes and stepping barefoot. Run wildly on stone bricks. Baili Haozhe only felt fear, and the never-before-seen fear was like a vine, boundlessly wrapping around his heart.When everyone saw him, they kowtowed to salute. The Zhaoyang Hall was filled with flames, a sea of ​​red... The world seemed dead silent.A group of useless waste, running back and forth.Baili Haozhe stared blankly at the fiery scene, Wushuang, do you want me and Chengxuan?Well, I'm here to find you! He rushed into the hall suddenly.Shi Quanyi stood aside, he had already seen something wrong with the emperor.At this time, "Plop" knelt down, tightly hugged the emperor's legs with both arms, and begged: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Take care of the dragon body! Your Majesty!" He coldly ordered: "Shi Quanyi, you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard courage, how dare you stop me!" Shi Quanyi broke down in tears: "Your Majesty, forgive me for being bold, even if you kill me tonight, I will still Say something..." "So many attendants are unable to rescue the Empress from the palace... Your Majesty, Your Majesty... I am afraid that the Empress is... I am afraid..." Baili Haozhe seemed to be going crazy, and roared angrily: "Shut up...shut up...you dare to say one more thing, I'll kill you...I'll kill you..." The sky brightened up one by one, and gradually became whiter.There are countless burnt smells floating in the air, and there is a dead silence.Everyone knelt on the ground, but there was no sound.It was so quiet, even the sound of "cracking" from the unburned pillars could be heard from time to time. The emperor was only wearing close-fitting clothes and a sable cloak. He stood still in one posture, like a stone statue, a stone statue with a hideous face. A group of useless people fell to the ground and reported with trembling voices: "Your Majesty, the fire started from the apse of the Zhaoyang Palace. In addition, the climate is dry at the end of autumn, and the wind is strong tonight... slaves and others deserve death!" The emperor seemed to be saying something. He didn't hear it either, and asked, "Where are the guards of Zhaoyang Palace?" His voice was cold from the bottom of his heart. Shi Quan hurriedly ordered someone to bring over the guards who were on duty tonight, and saw several of them knelt on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said in trembling voices: "The emperor spares my life. The emperor spares my life." Baili Haozhe had murderous intent in his eyes: "Excuse me?" Some of the attendants were already crying: "I beg the emperor to show mercy, please forgive me. The servants and others are also following your emperor's order to leave..." Baili Haozhe's eyes sank: "Followed my order?" Those people kowtowed desperately, and replied: "At Haishi, a father-in-law came over with the emperor's order, saying that the younger ones should retreat and rest, and they don't have to stay here tonight. The Zhaoyang Palace is on vigil. Please forgive me! Please forgive me!" "A father-in-law?" Baili Haozhe asked doubtfully. "Yes, yes..." Those few people described the general appearance of the man. After hearing this, Baili Haozhe didn't say a word, his eyes became colder by the minute, and he clenched his fists tightly. The locked door was kicked open with a bang.The two doors slammed into the wall with two "ping-pong" sounds. The force was so heavy that people could immediately feel the anger of the person who kicked the door. Shen Nuochou was not surprised at all, he sat down leisurely, and poured two cups of tea in a leisurely manner: "Zhe'er, it's rare that you are thinking about Uncle Shen, so you came here to see me." Baili Haozhe rushed in front of him, grabbed him, his eyes were red: "It's you, what did you do? What did you do to her? What did you do to her?" Shen Nuochou stared at him fearlessly and said, "I didn't do anything, I just told her that the crown prince is your own flesh and blood." Baili Haozhe trembled when he heard that, his eyes seemed to burst into tears. Huo Lai: "How dare you disobey my words! I will kill you, I will kill you!" Shen Nuochou suddenly laughed: "Lianying, your Zhe'er has grown up." He looked at Baili Haozhe and said calmly, "You kill me, if you can be ruthless and kill me, On the contrary, I feel happy. Because if you can do something to me, you will be able to get rid of the rest of the Ruan family. Then my revenge has been avenged, and I have nothing to love." Baili Haozhe held the clothes on his chest, shook them bitterly and said, "Why, why don't you let her go. I told you that you are not allowed to touch her at all!" Shen Nuochou stared at him and laughed: "Why, why did I get rid of her? Ask yourself!" "She was just slapped by Yin Shuiya's maid, you can't bear it anymore, and demoted Yin Shuiya to Shangshui Palace in such a hurry. People didn't know her identity before they did it. If they knew her identity and slapped her Slap, don't you feel that you are still angry after cutting her into pieces!" "Zhe'er, I know you too well. You are bewitched by her—you are in love with her. You can't allow others to do her any harm. But have you forgotten? Who killed your mother. Who made you lonely and helpless since childhood. Who is it? It's Ruan Yujin! It's their Ruan family!" Baili Haozhe let go of him sadly, and said in a hysterical way: "I have always remembered my mother, so I endured it all the time, restrained her in the Zhaoyang Palace, endured not to love her, endured it." I wanted to make myself hate them... But what did I get? Can my mother come back to life? But I still endured it, reminding myself all the time, I can't love her, I can't pamper her... because Ruan Yujin Kill my mother. Because she is the niece of the enemy!" But she was gone, gone since then, and disappeared from his life forever.It was as if a deep, deep, deep hole had been dug in his heart. He had never felt such pain, as if he knew clearly that the warmest and brightest color in his life had also left with her from now on. He stumbled back a few steps, tears streaming from his eyes slowly.Shen Nuochou felt pain for some reason: "Zhe'er, you are the emperor, the biggest emperor in the world. Do you want any kind of woman? Why are you crying?" Zhe'er seemed to be the one crying in the corner back then Children, lonely and helpless, so eager to love and be loved. Baili Haozhe shook his head helplessly, tears rolling down from his eyes one by one: "I don't want anyone! I don't want anyone! I just want her... I just want her..." Only after she appeared did he know what warmth is. When he first got married, he didn't care too much.But slowly, she is in his heart... As long as he returns to the mansion, he can feel her breath, her presence... She will put on clothes for him, watch the night for him, worry about him... That is For the first time, he felt what a home is. The huge mansion is no longer a few rooms. But all this is lost forever! Baili Haozhe exited the room in a daze, slowly closed his eyes, turned his head and said: "Come on, tie him up and send him to Qingzhou." Uncle Shen was like half his father since childhood, accompanying him all the way. With him coming, he can't kill him.But he can't let him go.He was imprisoned in Qingzhou, his hometown, for life. And what about himself?He will also be imprisoned in this cage that everyone admires forever.Can no longer come out.The void that life cannot fill is sometimes just a wrong hand!