Chapter 10 Chapter Ten Flowing Water and Peach Blossoms Intermittently

Sheng Yan had a serious illness, and started to have a high fever the next day, muttering nonsense.Shang Xun stood by, lowered his head and listened carefully, but he couldn't hear anything clearly.Her whole body was scalded badly, medicine and stones were ineffective, and she was confused when seeing people talking, and her whole body was frightened and cold when she saw the wind. Although Shang Xun wanted to stay by her side and guard her all the time, the situation soon became tense.As expected by the imperial court, after King Rui went to northern Xinjiang to rest for a while, he immediately raised his troops and came straight to the capital under the name of the Qing emperor.

"In the early hours of the morning, I received the Ganzhou governor's report. Two days ago, King Rui had approached Weiling Pass. Weiling Pass is the first natural danger in Ganzhou. If it is captured, I'm afraid... Rui Wang's army will go south. Please make a decision, Your Majesty. Will Beijing send troops to reinforce it?" Yin Huaxiong, Minister of the Ministry of War, reported. "Ganzhou is an important town in the northwest, so of course we can't just sit idly by. It's just that the generals near the north either used to be under King Rui's command, or had contacts with King Rui. Now their hearts are fluctuating, so it's not suitable to be dispatched. I don't know what to do." Zhongshu Lingjun Lan Xie frowned and said, "Just look at the soldiers in the south."

"If you mobilize soldiers from the south, you may not be familiar with the affairs of the north, and you won't be able to adapt to the climate after the past. When the time comes, your troops will be frustrated. How will you fight?" Yin Huaxiong asked. Jun Lan said confidently: "It's always a good thing to be able to resist for a while. Besides, I think King Rui's hasty rebellion will not last long. When the time comes, the court may not fail to negotiate peace with him." But everyone knows that once King Rui started an incident in the north, he would get a lot of response. I'm afraid it's the court that won't last.Shang Xun also knew that Jun Lanxie was a veteran of the three dynasties, so he would not be ignorant of this truth, but he had always been an enemy of King Rui, and the northern generals had a lot of rifts with him, so he would never hope that the northern generals would gain power, even if it was At stake.

Yin Huaxiong, Minister of the Ministry of War, was speechless for a while when he was restrained by Jun Lan. Shang Xun asked, "Since Jun Zhongshu recommends the southern generals, is there anyone he likes?" Jun Lanxie hurriedly said: "There is one minister, there is absolutely no problem. That is Xiang Yuanfei, the king of Zhennan who used to be the right-hand man of the regent, and after King Rui gained power, he was moved to the south to pacify Champa." Speaking of this person, everyone echoed, only Yin Huaxiong hesitated and said: "But Xiang Yuanfei has fought hard in Champa for more than two years, and has not seen any achievements. Will he be able to make achievements this time when he returns to the court?"

Jun Lan took the contract in one gulp: "Xiang Yuanfei was originally a fierce general, and he was reprimanded by King Rui. Naturally, he has an unshakable hatred. The climate in Champa is humid and hot, and there are countless rainstorms and swamps. It is indeed not what he is good at. He has already become famous in the north. In Xinjiang, it is natural to be an enemy with King Rui." After discussing and going, they couldn't find a better person, so the Ministry of War issued an order to transfer Xiang Yuanfei back to northern Xinjiang to guard Lanzhou. The Ministry of War negotiated all night in the Chuizi Hall, deploying to appease the army in the north, and the monarchs and ministers stayed there all night.They didn't disperse until the sky was getting bright and it was agreed to transfer Xiang Yuanfei back.Shang Xun didn't have time to rest, so he went to Chaoqing Palace to see Sheng Yan, and Diao Kuo reported that he sweated a lot last night, and now he has slept peacefully, and the body heat has receded.

Only then did Shang Xun feel at ease.He left Diao Ku outside and went in to see Sheng Yan by himself. She had already woken up and lay quietly on the bed in a daze.The window was wide open, and her whole body was exposed to the sunlight. She was so bright that she didn't have any blood color, and she was almost as crystal clear as a jade in the backlight. Shang Xun's heart suddenly filled with deep attachment, and he called softly: "Ayan." She looked up at him, slightly raised the corners of her mouth, and called him: "Your Majesty." "Are you okay?" He sat down beside him and took her hand.

"It's okay." Sheng Yan forced a smile, closed her eyes, leaned on his shoulder, breathing calmly. She lost a lot of weight, her skin was pale, her breath was weak, and she was as thin as the beauty on paper.Shang Xun reached out to touch her shoulder, and said softly, "Ayan..." Sheng Yan responded, "Huh?" He just wanted to call her.So both of them were silent and did not speak.The wind was calm outside the window, Sheng Yan heard his very light breathing, it turned out that he was exhausted all night, couldn't stand it now, and fell asleep in her arms.

The whole world was extremely peaceful, not even the sound of birds singing, only the two of them, leaning on each other. Sheng Yan gently stretched out her hand and hugged him in her arms. When her illness passes, the New Year will come. On the first day, the emperor's relatives and wives entered the palace as usual to meet the queen mother, concubine and concubines in the harem.Naturally, the empress, concubines and concubines attended together. Sheng Yan went out of the inner hall for the first time after her illness, and saw the plum blossoms outside, the countless gorgeous flowers had fallen into mud.She felt that the sun was too strong and couldn't help closing her eyes.Shang Xun stretched out his hand to cover her from the sun, and asked from the side: "You are still weak, why don't you go this time?"

She shook her head slowly and said, "I'm ready." The banquet was held in the Jiayu Palace. The empress was dignified and meticulous in the details of etiquette. There were twelve dragons, nine phoenixes, pearls and emerald crowns, and the red robes with large sleeves were embroidered with golden dragon and phoenix patterns.Sheng Yan accompanies her. Although she is also wearing a Xiapei, she wears nine golden flowers on her head according to etiquette. The inch part is decorated with embroidery as a presser foot.Walking around for a while, the corners of the skirt are like water ripples, and the color is like a halo of yellow moon under the lamp.She was originally an extremely beautiful person. Although she was thin and haggard after being ill, under the brilliance of a room of pearls and jade, she was as moist as a pearl, and her whole body was covered with a faint crystal light. Beside her, it still pales in comparison.

The people in this hall all thought in their hearts, no wonder the emperor loves Concubine Sheng De so much, it is indeed a celestial presence. After the empress and imperial concubine toasted Shang Xun, Sheng Yan offered the wine glasses.He took the wine, gently shook her hand, smiled and said softly: "Fortunately you don't wear a phoenix crown, it's so beautiful." She lowered her head and pursed her lips and smiled. The imperial court is now in a precarious state, so although there were many banquets, Shang Xun only drank a few glasses of wine and left early, leaving a few concubines to continue to host.

Seeing Sheng Yan's tired face, the Empress Jun leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Are you still in good health?" "Thank you Queen for your concern. I'm just recovering from a serious illness and I'm still a little tired." Sheng Yan said. "Why don't you go back and rest first?" the queen asked.She was hesitating when Jingtai came in outside and said to Sheng Yan: "Empress Defei, the emperor has something to call for." She quickly nodded and agreed, stood up and just went outside when someone hurriedly chased after her and asked, "Concubine Mu, are you feeling well?" Sheng Yan recognized Xing Ren's voice. Since this child recuperated in the palace last time and was driven back to her mansion, there have been frequent changes in her palace, so she hasn't seen him for a long time.Now that she heard him calling her concubine mother, she remembered that she already had a child. She turned her head slowly, and saw Xingren's purple brocade clothes.He was just growing up, and his physique was thin. In the night, wearing dark clothes, he looked as if he was going to be submerged in darkness.There is only that upright and beautiful little face that makes people love. She nodded slightly, and said in a low voice, "I've been feeling better recently, but I haven't heard the Taifu and lecturers talk about you recently, have you put more effort into your studies?" "Yes, I've been working hard and working hard." He said quickly. Sheng Yan smiled faintly, stretched out her hand to touch his forehead, and said, "I'd better be obedient in the future." While the two were talking, Sheng Yan suddenly felt a chill on her cheeks, and when she looked up, the snow was slowly falling again. The sudden snow fell silently, the whole palace gradually turned white, and the chill was overwhelming. Xingren saw that Shengyan's hair on the sideburns was stained with snowflakes, condensed on the strands of hair, and shone like broken crystals under the light of the palace lantern, he couldn't help but raised his hand, held Shengyan's hands, and called her: " Concubine Mu...I heard that Emperor Father's injury hasn't healed yet, you have to change his medicine every day, it's not good if you fall ill now, you must pay attention to your health." Sheng Yan nodded slightly, pulled her hand back, and said softly: "It's snowing heavily, you should go back to the hall first." "No, Concubine Mu." He suddenly laughed, held her hand again, and asked like a fool, "Where's my lucky money?" Only then did Sheng Yan remember, she looked back at Diao Mu, Diao Mu hurriedly took out the money from her bosom, wrapped it in red paper, and handed it to Sheng Yan.Sheng Yan took it, handed it to Xingren, and said: "Although the new year has passed, the New Year's money is a bit late, but it's still a good fortune." "I knew that Concubine Mu had completely forgotten about me..." He said dissatisfiedly, grabbed the red envelope from her hand, took the opportunity to touch her hand, and said, "Concubine Mu, your hands are so cold." "I'm not in good health recently, of course not as good as your children." She finally shook off his hand and said displeasedly. "Yes, yes, thank you, concubine mother, I'm leaving..." He took the red envelope, turned around and ran away. Sheng Yan and Diao Mu watched the child run away in the snow, his red and purple clothes stood out in the snow, like the traces of blood solidified in the white snow, it was shocking. In the warm pavilion of Rencui Palace, there is a thick brocade tent, which is airtight, and the earth dragon below is burning warmly. As soon as Sheng Yan entered, she felt as if her whole body was about to melt, it was so warm and comfortable. Shang Xun saw her coming in, nodded slightly, and beckoned her to sit beside him.Sheng Yan hurriedly asked: "Didn't the emperor say something is wrong? What is it?" He whispered: "It's nothing serious, just thinking about the noise over there, you must be tired, so I called you back earlier." She smiled slightly and sat beside him.Shang Xun looked at the melted snowdrops on her temples and asked, "Is it snowing outside already?" She nodded and said, "I just dropped it, and it's quite big." "Really?" Shang Xun joined hands with her, went to the window and lifted the curtain to have a look, sure enough, the whole world was already a piece of broken jade and jade.The snow that fell on the dead branches outside the hall was heated by the atmosphere of the earth. The snow melted on the branches and was frozen by the wind. All the trees were covered with a layer of crystal clear ice, illuminated by colorful palace lanterns. It seems that the jade trees and Qiongzhi are all over the place, the light is brilliant and gorgeous, and the whole universe is like a world of glazed glass. Shocked by the strange scenery, the two couldn't help but stood in front of the window and looked at it for a long time. It wasn't until Shang Xun coughed while clutching his chest that Sheng Yan realized that he was injured, and hurriedly pulled him back to sit down. It is warm, so Shang Xun's clothes are not thick. When he coughed, it seemed that he accidentally burst his chest. She quickly and carefully unbuttoned his clothes, and saw that the bandages inside were already stained with blood. He frowned and said, "What are these people in Tai Hospital doing..." "The old wound from last autumn has never healed. It was injured by King Rui a few days ago. The wound that was better was torn again. How can it be so easy to heal?" Shang Xun was annoyed. road. The medicine originally applied to the wound has been soaked in blood, so of course it cannot be used.After Shang Xun and Sheng Yan got back together, they became very close, and almost all of the matter of helping him change his medicine fell on her. Everyone in the palace knew about it, so Jingtai quickly went to the side to take out the medicine and handed it to Sheng Yan. Sheng Yan took the snake oil from the side and poured it on the medicine, kneading the medicine until it was moistened, the faint fragrance of the medicine spread in front of her, slightly bitter.She pressed the medicine with her fingers, smoothed it out, applied it gently on his wound, bandaged him, and said in a low voice, "If you continue to apply this medicine, you will have to stop for a few days, otherwise If the skin can't stand it, let them get some medicine powder for rubbing." Shang Xun nodded slightly, with a troubled look on his brows, he took her hand and let out a sigh of relief. Sheng Yan knew that the court was very troublesome recently, so she asked: "I don't know a few days ago, it was said that the King of Zhennan will be transferred back, but has it arrived in the past few days?" Shang Xun frowned and said: "The man has already arrived, but he is now in the prison." Sheng Yan was shocked, and hurriedly asked what was going on. "He brought his subordinates and his son, Xiang Yunhuan, and stationed thirty miles outside the capital. Jun Zhongshu went to work on my behalf, but Xiang Yuan didn't know that the court was empty and no one was there, so he even bargained on the spot, saying that he I am afraid that the title of King of Zhennan will not convince the public, he is not willing to accept the imperial court's 100,000 troops, nor is he willing to deploy an army, so he wants the imperial court to give him a real name." It turns out that although the King of Zhennan is known as a king, he is a false name and has no fiefdom. He asked the court to give him a real name in order to get a piece of his own fiefdom and divide the land. Sheng Yan was startled and furious, and asked: "This is okay, how can it be!" "Of course not. There has never been a system of princes and kings in this dynasty. Even King Rui has no fiefs of his own. What qualifications does he have to threaten the court?" Shang Jie said angrily, "The news came today that not only Weilingguan is not safe , Even Lanzhou has already fallen, come on, he doesn't have to go to reinforce Lanzhou, I sent someone to send him directly to the prison." Sheng Yan hesitated and said: "Now there is an army brought by him outside the city, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to send the commander into prison?" "It's out of control. He also thinks that the imperial court dare not move him, so he dares to go to jail blatantly. This is for us to see." Shang Xun said, as if he was too excited, he suddenly covered his chest and smacked the corner of his mouth Blood gushed out, the color was black and purple, quite scary. Sheng Yan hurriedly hugged him, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?" "Chest...a itchy pain..." He couldn't breathe, and said reluctantly. "Your wound is open, it's better not to get angry, don't think about it yet." Sheng Yan comforted him. He frowned, and was about to say something, but suddenly he choked on his breath, his face turned blue, and he fell down immediately.Shocked, Sheng Yan threw herself beside him, asking anxiously, "What's wrong?" "On the chest...the wound is here..." He pointed to his chest with difficulty. Sheng Yan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly tore off the medicine he had just applied, but it was too late, Shang Xun's chest had turned black and purple, and the wound was bloody and bloody, which was shocking. In this medicine, at some point, it was poisoned by someone. Sheng Yan immediately turned her head and called Jingtai: "Hurry up and call the imperial physician!" Jingtai turned around and rushed out, Sheng Yan heard his panicked and sharp voice outside the hall: "Hurry up, call the imperial physician, hurry up..." But even if it was such a weird sound, she didn't feel anything. In panic, she was looking back at Shang Xun, when she suddenly felt a tightness in her neck, and Shang Xun strangled her neck with his weak hands, huh Panting, he asked in a trembling voice, "You...do you know..." Sheng Yan's mind went blank, she shook her head with difficulty, unable to speak, she didn't know what he was talking about. Shang Xun only felt a tearing pain in his chest. He knew in his heart that he could not live anymore. Last autumn, when he was struggling to die, he had a thorough understanding of death.Now, perhaps he must go. It's just that the woman in front of her poisoned her own medicine with innocent panic on her face, looking at herself like this, just like when she let King Rui go away, she was leak-tight, it was really scary. He strengthened his hands and tightly strangled her neck. His face was already distorted under the urging of severe pain and death. He put his ear close to her ear which was dying, and whispered: "Even if If you die, you have to die with me...because, Ayan, I can't leave you to others..." Sheng Yan's chest hurts, she can no longer breathe air, because her vision is blurred, only a piece of yellow is left in front of her eyes. Last fall, he once faced death.He asked her, "How long do you plan to live after I die. At that time, she didn't have the courage to follow him, because there was another person in her heart. But now, she has nothing to do with that person, and she has vowed in her heart to love the person in front of her with all her body and mind—isn't it like this in the world?A mandarin duck does not stay alone, but a butterfly must fly together. When the one you love dies, the other will follow him. For a lifetime, a lifetime, that's it. Thinking of this, she felt the severe pain in her chest, her neck seemed to be broken, and her expression was already in a trance.But she exhausted all her strength to touch Shangxun's face with her hands. Tears kept falling from her eyes, but a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth with difficulty. She trembled her lips and said softly: " Yes...Shang Xun, we will always be together...I am with you." With just this light sentence, she had already tried her best, and the blood from the corner of her mouth gushed out, bright red coral color, dripping on the back of his hand. The warm blood dripped on Shang Xun's hands, and he seemed to wake up suddenly. He looked at the livid Sheng Yan, her face was full of tears, but smiled to himself with difficulty. Because of this smile, the violence in his whole body disappeared in an instant. "Ayan..." He called her name in a low voice, unknowingly, let go of his hand on her neck, hugged her tightly, and buried his face on her shoulder. Sheng Yan suddenly took a breath of fresh air, and immediately gasped for breath, but before she recovered, she felt her chest was warm, she stretched out her hand to touch it, and it was covered with black and purple blood—it was the blood on his body, stained so deeply. Her chest was wet. She raised her hand desperately, trying to press the wound with her clothes, but it was useless, she only got his blood all over her hands.She stared blankly and couldn't help crying bitterly. Shang Xun only hugged her tightly, and asked in a low voice, "Ayan...do you...hate me?" She clenched her lower lip for a long time, then said in a trembling voice: "I... If I met you in the first place instead of King Rui, how good it would be." Unknowingly, Shang Xun also shed tears. He buried his face in her hair, feeling that the pain in his chest had passed away, and his whole body felt warm, like soaking in warm water, extremely comfortable. She was the one who was willing to live and die with him. It was the greatest luck in his life to finally know this before he died. "I, the only thing I hate is King Rui Shangjie." She murmured as if suffering from a nightmare, "If this person is not in this world, how wonderful it would be... If this person never appeared, how good we would be... ..." "Ayan..." Shang Xun opened his mouth slowly and whispered, "He wanted to kill me, and now he succeeded. He wanted to kill your mother, and he succeeded. But the only thing he failed to do is you In the end, he fell in love with me..." He exhausted his last bit of strength and smiled, "He... is so pitiful, isn't it?" Sheng Yan felt his hands slipping down slowly, he embraced his own hands, lost all strength, and fell down on the bed. When the imperial physicians arrived, Shang Xun was already unconscious. The medicine on his chest had indeed been poisoned. The poison directly stimulated the heart, and he was dying. "This poison... seems to be the same as that used when the regent died suddenly in the palace..." The people in the imperial hospital said tremblingly, "Dragon saliva is the poison that the royal family has always used to deal with palace officials and important officials. It is certain that he will die, but now the emperor is touched by the wound, and the poison is suppressed by other medicines, so the emperor's life was not taken away for a while, but..." The sudden death of the regent in the palace was not caused by King Rui Shangjie? Sheng Yan clenched her hands into fists, and her nails were firmly embedded in the flesh of her palm. The emperor, who has been suffering from injuries and illnesses for half a year, is now in a coma. Although under the desperate efforts of the imperial doctors, he finally did not stop breathing, but he even lost consciousness, which is no different from death. All the people in the Imperial Hospital were exhausted and tried all kinds of methods, hoping to wake up the emperor, but all were ineffective. In the end, they could only tell the queen and concubine De tremblingly that the emperor would not wake up in the near future. The only thing that can be hoped for is a miracle, or, Waited forever. But waiting, who knows what he can wait for, maybe what he waits for is the day when his life is exhausted and he finally never opens his eyes again. No one thought it was a coincidence, everyone knew who the murderer was—— At this moment when the situation is turbulent and the world is uneasy, the emperor has become like this, and the only person who benefits is the one who is advancing step by step towards the capital, King Rui Shangjie. People from the Defense Department began to investigate the people who handled the medicine in Rencui Palace.However, although the imperial physician and the servants and maids in the palace were all strictly questioned, nothing was found. And the courtiers can be said to be the most troublesome people. They discussed that the country should not be without a king for a day, but now the king still exists, but the poison is so deep that I am afraid that he will not wake up for a while.The empress dowager was moved to the Xihua Palace, and she was far away from the imperial court. Now there is only one empress and two concubines left in the palace. Zhongshu ordered Jun Lanxie to take the lead in paying homage to his daughter, the queen, and said: "The prince is young, although he can act as the supervisor of the country, but I also ask the queen to assist the prince to preside over the political situation and the government. make plans." Jun Rongfei leaned on the palace maid, almost fainted from crying, reluctantly shook her head, and said: "My palace and the noble concubine don't understand these things at all, only the concubine De is close to the emperor, and sometimes drafts an imperial edict... …And Concubine De is the concubine appointed by the Emperor, and now Concubine De is naturally assisting the Crown Prince and presiding over the government from behind the curtain. I only wish to pray for the Emperor in the palace, and hope that the Emperor will wake up soon." Concubine Yuan Gui also knelt down beside her and told the queen that she was willing to follow the queen and not care about worldly affairs. From then on, she would serve the emperor every day and pray for the emperor. Helpless at her daughter's incompetence, Jun Lan turned her head to look at Sheng Yan. She sat on the chair, dazed, staring at the algae well on the roof, not knowing what she was thinking, and said nothing.Her face was pale, but her gaze was not distracted. It was different from the reaction of ordinary women in the palace. At least she was still thinking about things, and she was relatively calm. Jun Lan thought in her heart that when the emperor was around, she was very fond of Concubine Shengde, but after his death, Concubine Shengde's reaction was the calmest. It seems that this woman may be ungrateful, Not easy to deal with. Thinking of such a woman who is about to intervene in the imperial court, Jun Lanxie feels a little headache. For him, it is really a blessing for the court that a weak and incompetent person like his daughter controls the harem, but there is no other way, so he has to lead a group of courtiers, Turning to Sheng Yan, ask her to take charge of the government. In fact, although it is claimed to be in charge, it was only a puppet of the imperial regime when the emperor was unconscious and the prince was young. However, although she knew this clearly, she still nodded and agreed to them. Before the comatose Shang Xun's sickbed, she took Yuxi and finally said her first words to the ministers—— "No matter what the price is, the traitor must be punished and his corpse be torn to pieces!" For this reason, when other people in the palace were panicking, she bit her lower lip, suppressed crying, and discussed with the officials the etiquette of the crown prince supervising the country, urging the internal bureau to make clothes, and sorting out the palace where the prince lived forever. Issuing the edict of the crown prince acting as supervisor of the country, allowing temples across the country to pray for blessings, and amnesty for the world... In one night, she had to do countless things. When she was exhausted, her eyes turned black, and she desperately hoped that she would fall down quickly, and never mind these things again.Originally, she should guard the unconscious Shang Xun, quietly waiting for him to wake up.Originally, she only needed to shed tears like everyone else, praying that her husband would open his eyes, hug her tightly, and live a complete life. But there is still a kind of sorrow in this world, called reality, which forces her to go on step by step. For, when she embraced the unconscious Shangxun, she swore the oath soaked in blood. After crying all night, everyone's eyes were swollen like peaches.Sheng Yan ordered the queen and concubine to be helped back to rest, and also ordered to clean up the Jiayan Palace for Xingren to live in temporarily. It's not that I don't want to shake hands and cry alone, it's just that there's no other way, now she's the only one left in the palace, the empress and concubine are so cowardly, the queen mother can't do it, she's seriously ill, she's the only one left, still supporting everything in the palace . She was alone in the hall, exhaustion and sadness almost overwhelmed her, but she still held on, walked to Shang Xun's bed, held his hand, and looked at him. With delicate features, he fell asleep peacefully.Like a baby who has never seen the wind and rain in the world, he is not in this complicated world, but now, he is dreaming sweet dreams in another quiet place, happy as he wants. Sheng Yan pressed her cheek against the back of his hand, breathing quietly. "Shang Xun, you must wake up early... because, I am really no match for that person." As she spoke, she was dazed for a while, and then murmured: "But, who can be his opponent?" There is no such cruel and ruthless person in this world. Who can be his opponent who can be so cruel to the old, the weak, women and children, and to his own brother. The resentment, and the despair of inevitable failure, made Sheng Yan feel like a dying fish, twitching futilely on the shore. However, even though she knew that no matter how much she struggled, she was still not reconciled. Even if she could stop him by one step, she would never let go of the opportunity. However, her matter of listening to the government in the harem went smoothly. Originally, she was just a puppet, she didn't care about small things, she couldn't control big things, her only responsibility was to discipline Xingren.And Xingren, a naughty child, seems to know that he is not the same as before, so he has become obedient, and he is very respectful to her. He comes to pay her respects every morning and evening. , but after being reprimanded by Sheng Yan twice, he just sat there obediently as a decoration.Sometimes when the court was full of quarrels, Sheng Yan would see Xingren sitting on the dragon chair, quietly playing with a bug in his hand, when he was behind the throne. Sheng Yan had a headache, but she also secretly felt envious of him.This child really doesn't seem to feel that the imperial court is in jeopardy and the building is about to collapse.He lived heartlessly, happily, like an ordinary child. Is this luck, or is it misfortune? Sheng Yan really didn't know, just like she didn't know where she should go now. King Rui's influence in the northwest is not trivial, and he has also received assistance from foreigners. Now the northern states are ready to move. After the emperor was poisoned and passed out, the situation was even worse. Everywhere had no confidence in the court's orphans and widows, and tried to surrender. King Rui is not here few.Bad news came again today, the Huaihe Governor was beheaded for blocking King Rui's left-wing army. Jun Lanxi brought up the old matter again, and also mentioned Xiang Yuanfei. Now the court has nothing to do. Although Sheng Yan claims to be the ruling concubine, she has no real power in the court, so after the court dispute came to a conclusion, she After signing the imperial edict, Xiang Yuanfei was conferred the title of king of Chu. From now on, Chu will be like a country in China, and he will no longer have to pay taxes. However, he pays tribute every year and the court has something to do. The court went to fight against King Rui. Xingren looked at the imperial edict prepared by Nie Jushan, raised his head and asked her, "What does the concubine think?" "It's not up to us," she whispered. He let out an "oh" without much reaction, and took it and stamped it on the imperial edict. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment took the imperial edict to pick up the person in person. The people in the court finished their discussions and turned around, secretly relieved. After all, it will be a month or two to be safe now. Sheng Yan returned to the palace, and Xing Ren also followed in, asking: "Mother Concubine, is it true that the imperial court is really in trouble?" Sheng Yan thought to herself, it was just a dying struggle.But it can't be said that in her heart, she secretly hopes that Xiang Yuanfei can last for a while—and, if King Rui really captures the capital... At that time, what can Shang Xun do? So, if this is the case, she can't kill him, she can just commit suicide. Thinking of this, she actually felt relieved in her heart, so she laughed and said to Xingren: "It's not too bad, don't worry, you are the officially canonized prince, no matter what King Rui is, you are just a rebellious minister Thief." Xingren nodded, then stared at her suddenly and asked: "Concubine Mu, if King Rui comes, maybe you can have a good life... because he likes you." "Don't talk nonsense!" she immediately said angrily. Xingren was taken aback, looked at her nonchalantly, and carefully called her: "Mother Concubine..." She felt her loss of composure, pressed her chest, took several long breaths, and then calmed down, and then said: "Don't think about it, now, we are at odds with King Rui. Everything in the past... everything in the past was wrong. of." Xingren nodded inwardly without knowing, and looked at her timidly with a pair of clear eyes. She sighed and called him: "Your Majesty..." Before she could say anything, Diaogu rushed in from the outside and said, "Your Majesty, Jun Zhongshu and Mr. Li from the Ministry of Punishment are asking for an audience, saying that it is an extremely important matter for the court!" Sheng Yan felt vaguely in his heart that it must be Xiang Yuanfei's business. He didn't know what else he could ask for after such a big concession from the court, so he suddenly became irritable, turned around and led Xingren out of the palace to meet them. Jun Lanxie was still barely calm, but the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was standing there with his feet shaking.Seeing Shengyan and Xingren coming out, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment staggered and knelt down on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "I'm a negligent minister, I'm a capital crime..." The Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice was replaced by Zhao Mian after he defected. He used to be the left servant of the Ministry of Justice. Sheng Yan understood his trembling mood and asked, "Is there any request for Xiang Yuanfei? You can discuss it. If you can make concessions, you will be satisfied." That's it, what else can we do now?" The Minister of the Ministry of Punishments was speechless, and Jun Lanxie also knelt down and said in a low voice, "Xiang Yuanfei... is dead." Shocked, Sheng Yan's expression changed drastically, and he asked, "What's going on?" The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishments stammered: "I don't know...Xiang Yuanfei has been in prison for a long time. When the imperial edict is issued, we will welcome him out. Who knows that when he is released from prison Suddenly, someone among the jailers rushed out and hit him in the left rib with a knife... We have already captured the jailer, but he... said... the person who ordered him was..." Sheng Yan asked angrily, "Who is it?" "Concubine De and His Highness the Crown Prince please forgive me for my innocence." Jun Lanxie said. Sheng Yan nodded and asked, "Who is it?" "The jailer said... Concubine Sheng De ordered him to do it." "How unreasonable!" Sheng Yan stood up, trembling with anger, "I have been in the palace, when did I have contact with the people in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment?" "Of course the ministers know that this person must be slandering casually, but for some reason, Xiang Yuanfei's son, Xiang Yunhuan, has already received the news that his father died in the prison. Now he has surrounded the capital and wants to... ..." Seeing that Jun Lanxie had said this, Sheng Yan didn't dare to continue, so she sneered and asked, "Are you going to kill me to vent your anger?" Jun Lan shook her head and said in a low voice, "He rebelled." Sheng Yan was disturbed and at a loss, this was really an internal and external trouble, and King Rui hadn't cleaned it up yet, yet another moth like this appeared here again. In her irritability, she thought of another thing, Xiang Yunhuan, whom she had met once, in that spring, in the heavy rain, arrogantly dragged Rui Wang Shangjie, who almost killed her. And half of her encounter with King Rui seemed to be due to him. The memory is not old, it is still there yesterday, as if the peach blossom was still on her temples, she slowly raised her hand, wanting to touch the flower on her head, but when she stretched out her hand, she could only touch the cold spot of emerald green. Phoenix hairpin. She bit her lower lip, and held her hand in mid-air for a long time before she managed to say a word: "I want to go to the prison myself, and I must interrogate that jailer thoroughly!" The Ministry of Punishment was close to the city wall. When Sheng Yan was driving down the road, he heard the commotion outside the city clearly. It was the sound of troops being dispatched. The sound of horseshoes and soldiers shouting combined together, which had long ago disturbed the nearby residents. Woke up. "The Ministry of War has summoned soldiers to prepare to defend the city. Although the imperial court once summoned a hundred thousand troops, they only recruited more than 80,000, and all of them were outside the city. Currently there are only 3,000 defense divisions in the capital. The 5,000 Imperial Forest Army may not be able to join forces with the troops from the outer city to fight against Xiang Yunhuan." Jun Lan said behind her. Sheng Yan looked at the panic-stricken people standing on the street looking up, then turned her head silently, and went inside the Ministry of Punishment. If the capital falls like this, how many families will be ruined, like her and her mother, who lost their loved ones and struggled in the cold night? But, who knows... maybe they will have a better life, maybe the whole world will thank King Rui for pacifying Kyushu and ending this chaotic situation... She felt hopeless without knowing it, and recently she felt hopeless frequently. What will happen to Shangxun?Can he wake up?But even if he wakes up, what will happen to the situation? The world is in chaos, the four directions are in turmoil, and all of this is actually in the hands of the person she met in the spring, under the peach blossoms. It was still dark inside the dungeon.Sheng Yan went in and took a look, and there was a bloody smell wafting out. The person who was tortured was no longer a human being. It seems that the people in the Ministry of Punishment are not afraid to use any means to torture the culprit. Seeing her coming in, the dying man hanging on the rack slowly raised his eyes to look at her, parted the corners of his mouth, forced a ferocious smile, and said, "Concubine Sheng De, tell the little one to help you." The little things have already been done..." Sheng Yan is now immersed in sadness and despair, and she is not too angry anymore, she just asks: "When and where did I order you? What is your name, what do you do, why don't I know?" He lowered his head, chuckled, and said, "Come closer, I'll tell you..." 盛颜犹豫了一下，看到他的手脚都被牢牢锁定，动弹不得，于是慢慢地走过去，问：“你要说什么？” 他伸长脖子，凑到她的近旁，低声说：“瑞王……让我代为向你问候。” 她愕然地睁大眼睛，急问：“什么？” 他却大笑起来，如同疯狂，片刻之间，喷出一口鲜血，立刻气绝。 刑部的人赶紧冲上来，撬开他的嘴巴一看，无奈地回头看着盛颜，说：“已经咬舌自尽了。” 盛颜却听若不闻，她木然地转身离开，回到宫里去。 他成功了，举手之劳，让朝廷唯一可以倚仗的力量，就这样成为了另一股威胁。 已经是正月了，元宵刚过，京城却一点气氛都没有，朝不保夕的感觉，深深地压抑在京城上空。 她陪着昏迷的尚训，在床榻边坐了一会儿，抬头看见外面，落光了梅花的树枝，还没来得及长出叶片，光秃秃的枝头，在逐渐暗下来的天色中，根根直立，萧索无比。 她走出去，在没有一点生气的庭中徘徊了好久。黄昏暗紫色的夕阳下，她一个人来回走着，恍惚觉得是去年春日，满树桃花纷乱，那个人——那个她现在最恨的人，在树下静静地看着她，微笑。 时光真残忍，才不到一年，如今，人事已非。 要是当初，没有遇到他，该有多好。 那个时候，她又怎么会想到，如今她活着的目的，就是与他为敌。