Daughter of Hou's Mansion

"Aluan, I'm sorry...I'm sorry..." Shangguan never knew how to make the person in his arms stop crying, so he could only caress Qingluan's back clumsily.

Qingluan didn't know where to get her breath, she opened her mouth and bit Shangguan Jue's chest, as if she wanted to vent the fear and hesitation that had been hidden in her heart for half a year, her body was still trembling slightly , Tears are like broken beads.

Shangguanjue was even more flustered and at a loss, he said again and again: "Aluan, you can bite me and beat me, please don't cry, okay, I'm sorry, it's my fault, I've made you suffer again."

Although Qingluan bit him up, but in the end he was very reluctant to use force, so he had to hit him twice hard to vent his dissatisfaction.

Shangguanjue lifted Qingluan's face carefully, wiped her tears with his fingers, and said: "I'm back, don't be afraid anymore."

When Qingluan heard this, her tears became more and more violent.

Shangguanjue didn't know how to stop his A Luan from crying, as if the tears couldn't be wiped away, but in a hurry, he blocked Qing Luan's mouth with his mouth.

The long-lost reunion kiss is like a spark that ignites the passion between the two.

For the first time, Qingluan let go of her reserve and shyness, sticking out her tongue almost the moment Shangguanjue's lips pressed against hers, Shangguanjue froze instantly, Qingluan's enthusiasm scared him a little, but Anyway, I forgot to cry.

Shangguan Jue paused for a moment, then unceremoniously turned against the guest.

Lips and teeth depended on each other, and even if they smashed their tongues, they didn't stop. Qingluan seemed to be going all out, taking the initiative and enthusiasm that he had never had before.

The sound of "Boom" startled Mr. Zheng and Bai Zhou outside the carriage.

But it was Qingluan who was in passion, and Shangguanjue hit the back of his head heavily against the wall of the carriage.

This impact also brought the two of them back to reality. Shangguan Jue rubbed the back of his head and couldn't help taking a breath. Seeing this, Luan lay in Shangguan Jue's arms and couldn't help laughing out loud.

But as soon as the laughter came out, the lips were involved, and the smile on his face froze. He reached out and touched the lips that were chapped because of being too excited.

The laughter in the carriage made Elder Zheng and Bai Zhou relax.

And the defenders who directed the people to leave the city also knew the situation in Stone City, and loudly announced the retreat of the Beibei Army, and cheers rang out for a while, sweeping away the decadence ahead.

At this time, Qingluan still recovered from the excitement and got out of the carriage. She saw the people rushing to tell each other away, and saw Sister-in-law Quan also jumping out of the carriage. She couldn't hide the joy on her face. I have only lived in Stone City for a few days, but I have already developed feelings for this tough and simple city.

His waist tightened, but was brought into his arms by Shangguanjue. Qingluan's body stiffened for a moment, and then he relaxed. Anyway, they don't need to follow those strict rules and regulations anymore. Seeing those hugging each other and weeping with joy People, their embrace like this is nothing at all.

"That's great, isn't it?" Qingluan sighed softly, and she leaned gently in Shangguanjue's arms.

"Yes, that's great." Shangguan Jue had a smile on his face.

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When the news of the battle in the northwest reached Shangjing, the emperor was not going to court much.When winter entered, his health deteriorated, and the court was basically taken care of by the old prince and Lu Guogong.

"So when Beirong attacked the city, it was stated that it refused to send troops to support, relying on the [-] defenders of Stone City to resist the attack of the [-] Beirong army, and Stone City was almost destroyed." The old prince held the stack. Battle report, his face was gloomy.

Shangguan Rui was leaning on the big chair, there was basically a warm brazier burning in the room, his body was still covered with thick hair, he looked old, like an old man in his twilight years.His spirit is very low, but the situation in the northwest is a major event, not to mention that this statement is also a confidant he sent out, so he must tell him about this matter.

Duke Lu sat on the left hand seat, and cast a glance at the gray-faced emperor. It seemed that the emperor would not be able to last much longer. Then he looked at Prince Qin opposite him. They are not young, but they look ruddy, and it is almost no problem to live another 30 or [-] years. Such a scene is not what they are willing to see.

Duke Lu lowered his head slightly, his right hand gently turned the jade wrench on his left thumb, he didn't intend to intervene in the battle in the northwest, it was originally a game between the emperor and Prince Qin, the emperor probably didn't think of it at the time, His body would fall so fast, and he still wanted to take back the military power in the northwest, and used statements to suppress the people in Prince Qin's mansion.

But at this time, he had to rely on Prince Qin again, presumably the emperor regretted it in his heart.

It's just that the son of King Qin has such a great ability. In just a few months, he successfully instigated the rebellion of King Qi of Beirong. He also had to stop attacking Daxia first, and successfully broke the siege of Stone City.

Such a comparison makes the statement even more incompetent. A majestic marshal actually disregards the safety of the country for his own self-interest. How can such a person become the commander of the Northwest Army?

The emperor also smiled helplessly in his heart, so he could only say: "Uncle Emperor, what you said is that he is really not suitable to be the commander in chief."

Shangguan Miao's angry face was slightly darkened, and he said in a slow tone: "Then how does the emperor think this matter should be handled?"

The emperor said: "I really didn't expect Jue'er to have this ability. The emperor's uncle can be regarded as a successor. Let him go back to Beijing for the statement, and leave the northwest to Jue'er." Some compromises were necessary. At that time he Ambitiously wanted to take back the military power in the Northwest, but he was not granted it. After the prince's incident, his health became worse and worse. Now he still needs Prince Qin to help him stabilize the court. I am afraid that the task of taking back the military power in the Northwest He couldn't finish it in his hands.

After discussing the matter in the northwest, the emperor's complexion became even worse. He waved his hand and said, "I will trouble the emperor to worry about other matters. I am very tired and want to rest."

Prince Qin and Duke Lu had no choice but to leave.

For a moment, the only sound in the room was the emperor's intermittent coughing.

Eunuch Wang hurried forward with a cup of ginseng tea and said, "Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon's body."

The emperor gasped for a few breaths, and then slowly removed the white silk to wipe his mouth, which was dotted with scarlet. Seeing this, Eunuch Wang gasped, and then knelt down with a "plop".The emperor's face changed a few times, and finally he said weakly: "How many years have you served me?"

Eunuch Wang was worried. Now the emperor's mind is not so easy to figure out. He is afraid that the emperor will rise up and let him be buried, and his little life will be confessed like this.

"It's been about ten years." The emperor didn't wait for Eunuch Wang to answer, and said to himself, "Okay, get up, there are not many people who can talk to me now."

The emperor paused for a moment and drank two sips of ginseng tea, the feeling of suffocation in his heart subsided a little, and then he ordered: "Go, bring over the scroll in my study."

Eunuch Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried away. Although he had served the emperor for so many years, he was regarded as the most favored person around the emperor, but now the emperor's mind was really different than before. As an eunuch, I am afraid that this serious illness will not be reconciled to the emperor.

Seeing that Eunuch Wang had gone out, the emperor leaned softly on the couch, and the windows of the room were tightly closed.Since he got sick, he couldn't blow the wind, the doors and windows were closed, and the house was lit regardless of day or night. Sometimes he couldn't figure out how many days had passed in such a daze.

Think back to the time when I was full of confidence and wanted to be a good emperor, but after only a few years, he couldn’t do it anymore. How could he be willing? Ken gave him some time, at least until his son was an adult.

He can imagine how difficult the future will be for the child who is only in his infancy, but he has nothing to do.

The emperor just stared straight at the roof, and closed his eyes forcefully, as if something slipped from the corner of his eyes.

Eunuch Wang came very quickly, and the moment he stepped into the room, the emperor returned to his previous appearance, beckoning to him, motioning him to open the scroll.

Inside the scroll is the back of a young girl. Eunuch Wang is standing in front of the emperor's soft couch with his body bowed and his head bowed.

The emperor's expression was tinged with nostalgia, he stretched out his hand to touch the scroll lightly, but said in his heart: "Shao'er, I will come to you again in a short time, when Ji Jiying was trying to board the Ninth Five-Year Plan My lord, we have exhausted our minds, but now that I think about it, this person is nothing more than that, the height is too cold, maybe my heirs are not prosperous because there is too much blood on their hands, now that I think about it, I am an emperor. It’s not as good as King Wei being a fool, at least he’s too dumb to know what to think, and he won’t go to any lengths for the sake of power.”

I don't know how long it took, but Eunuch Wang's raised hands were sore, the emperor let him take it away, and there was no need to put it back, just put it on the dragon bed in the dormitory.

Eunuch Wang responded, and heard people say that everyone will miss the good times in their lives when they are about to die, and now the emperor has brought out this picture scroll that has been shelved for many years... Uh, I can't think If you think about it again, it would be treasonous. Eunuch Wang quickly shook his head and placed the painting in the emperor's bedroom.

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In Kunning Palace, although the empress had an accidental premature birth, her body recovered quickly. Because the emperor was seriously ill, the harem seemed to be covered with a thick shadow.The concubines in these palaces all entered the palace after Shangguan Rui ascended the throne. They were all at the most beautiful age of seventeen or eighteen. I thought that this woman who entered the palace and became the emperor would be able to bring something to the family once she was favored. Prosperity and wealth, but now that the emperor is about to die, what else do they have to look forward to, all dreams are shattered, in the future, it will be either a blue lamp, an ancient Buddha, or a white silk, but for a person, If they can live, they don't want to die. They can't see the emperor, so they can only try their best to please the queen mother and queen, hoping to save their lives.

After Jiang Yao sent away a group of concubines according to the queen's order, she complained: "If your empress doesn't want to deal with them, you can refuse them directly. They all have a purpose, who cares about their flattery."

The queen was wearing a purple gold thread embroidered peony dress, which was noble and elegant. It seemed that God had treated her very favorably. Although it was only a few months after giving birth, her figure returned to its original appearance. Fat and not thin.

She was hugging and teasing her son, when she heard Jiang Yao's complaint and replied: "In this palace, whoever lives has no purpose."

Jiang Yao glanced at the queen. The queen spends a lot of time with her son every day, and those nurses are only useful for breastfeeding. The most common sentence in the queen's mouth is that she can't let her son grow up I don't recognize her as my own mother.

People who don't know think that the queen loves her son, but Jiang Yao knows that the queen is actually just guilty.

"Sister, uncle said that the emperor's health seems to be getting worse and worse, but he has no intention of establishing a crown prince so far, aren't you worried?" Jiang Yao raised her head and asked.

The queen then looked at Jiang Yao seriously and asked: "What exactly do you want to say? The emperor has already brought up Prince Qin's mansion and several ministers of his father. Isn't it clear what this means?"

"But Prince Qin is the regent, and my uncle is just an assistant minister. The old prince has the final say on important matters in the court, and even those ministers are more convinced of him." Jiang Yao said with a frown, which is the same as the last of the Jiang family. What you want is different.

"There are some things that can't be rushed. The old prince is the elder of the three dynasties, and his prestige among the people and the courtiers is naturally higher than that of his father, but so what, he is the future emperor." Raising the little prince's little hand, he took a cloth tiger to tease him.

Jiang Yao lowered her head, but twisted the handkerchief with her hands.After a moment of silence, I heard the Queen ask again: "I heard that you have someone to intercept and kill Wei Qingluan again?"

Jiang Yao's complexion sank, and she said in a cold tone: "Sister, have you forgotten that Wei Qingluan of Weiyuan Hou's Mansion has already died of illness, how could I send someone to intercept her?" Speaking of this, she said Burning with anger, this Wei Qingluan's face is too thick, she has already become like this, and she still wants to go to the northwest to find Shangguan Jue, she is really shameless.

Of course the queen knew what Jiang Yao was thinking, she just said: "I don't want to say anything, I just want to warn you not to lose your sanity because of a man, there are so many men in this world, no one will do anything without them?"

When she married into the palace and became the master of the Kunning Palace, she also thought that man was her god, and everything about her would surround him, but after staying in the harem for a long time, she realized that, For a woman, it is better not to have a man who is absent.

The queen lowered her head and looked at the prince with big round eyes. Anyway, as long as he sits on the throne, nothing else matters.

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In the secret room of Princess Duanmin's mansion.

Lin Zixuan always knew that the eldest princess was actually planning some important things, but although he tried to please him in every possible way, the eldest princess also let him handle some important things, but the most important thing was not to let him participate.

However, today he was finally going to get in touch with the most important secret with Princess Duanmin, and his heart couldn't help but beat a lot faster.

The long corridors are inlaid with night pearls on both sides. The life of the princess mansion has been stretched these days, and the princess even dismissed a lot of friends, but I really didn't expect that there is such a secret road hidden in the princess mansion. Well, those illuminated night pearls should also be of great value. It seems that his understanding of Princess Duanmin and the Princess Mansion is still far from enough.

Lin Zixuan followed the eldest princess step by step, with his head slightly lowered, his eyes flicked past the empty sleeves, and his expression sank all of a sudden.

Thanks to this severed hand, he was never able to go to Princess Duanmin's bed again, but also thanks to this severed hand, he gained the trust of Princess Duanmin by relying on his own brains and the city, so he entered the bed today. Secret passages.

But he will never forget the revenge of losing his hand, Shangguan Jue, he will definitely make his life worse than death.

While Lin Zixuan was thinking about it, Princess Duanmin turned into a secret room.

Lin Zixuan quickly calmed down, lowered his head, and from the corner of his eyes, he was looking at this secret room, like a small hall, with a huge stone chair on the top, and two rows of chairs underneath. People are here.

Among these people, some Lin Zixuan knew, such as the left servant of the Ministry of punishment, and some he didn't know, but it seemed that they were all ministers in the court, and there was no such secret room on the surface. minister of relations.

Lin Zixuan's thoughts turned back and forth, and he faintly formed a thought that shocked him. However, after this thought was formed, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated again. From what it looked like, their plan didn't just happen every day or two. If things can really happen, it means that what greets him is an extremely bright future.

Just who is the person above?Lin Zixuan looked up at the vacant main seat, and honestly followed Princess Duan Min and sat down on the first seat on the right.