box of hearts

Chapter 218 Broken Marigold (6)
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Emperor Qi Hong's illness, after a full ten days, healed inexplicably as if there were no symptoms at the time of the onset.The next day is the last day of May.That is, on this day, the fate of every insider will be determined.

Changhe Xiaoxing, fourth watch.Under a thin blanket on the bed lay the traitor Wang Chaezhao, who was once powerful, with his eyes closed tightly, as if he didn't want to take a second look at the bedside.Sitting by the bed was his third son, Wang Zhengting.Wang Zhengting didn't care about his father's attitude. Instead, he leaned over from the fine rattan chair, and carefully tucked up the quilt for him, "Father, if my son goes today, he will definitely turn the world around and revive the king's family. Please wait patiently." good news."

Corresponding in the distance is the shiver of his younger sister, Queen Mother Wang, in the deep palace.The eunuch Wu Ran hurriedly supported the mistress to stabilize the cigarette pole, "Don't worry about the Queen Mother. The failure in the early years was due to Xi Mian's obstruction, but now Xi Mian wants to join hands with the master, so it must be foolproof."

"just in case……"

"No chance." In the dark Qianqing Palace, Xi He interrupted Qi Hong's hesitation, "The arrow is on the string, so we have to fire it."

"No, I don't want to give up." Qi Hong let out a long breath, staring at each other with great solemnity, "Mother, you promised that you would never hurt the emperor's life. Noble and crowned king, let him live in glory."

Xihe smiled indifferently, "You are the emperor, you are the master."

At the beginning of the twilight, from under the cold blue sky, gradually emerged the majestic Forbidden City, layer by layer, city by city, an endless series of layers.

Everyone is here, just waiting—

Qi She came, late, still unhurried, hung his disabled right leg on the threshold, walked a few steps, stopped, "Chen Qi She knelt down to ask the queen mothers of the two palaces and the emperor Wanan."

The heavy palace gate slowly closed behind him.

The East Nuan Pavilion is set up as usual, with Qi Hong on the golden lacquered Kowloon chair as the boundary, Qi She and Wang Zhengting are in the west, and Xi He and Wang are sitting side by side in a veil to the east.

"The Regent rises."

It's Xihe's voice, very light and quiet, as if solidified.

Qi She's voice didn't waver or fluctuate, but was straight and steady: "The emperor's holy bow is not good, and I have asked several times to enter the palace to serve the sick, but I have not been allowed. I am very relieved to see the Eucharist in person today."

Someone snorted, it was still Xihe.Across the veil, her bright yellow golden armor brushed past her auspicious clothes of flowers and dragons, "The reason why you two are secretly announced to enter the palace today is related to this matter. The emperor bowed without hesitation for no reason." , but the whole hospital couldn’t figure out why. Until yesterday, someone found this under the emperor’s bed—”

It was his apprentice Quan Fu who took Zhao Sheng's place next to the Empress Dowager before. Quan Fu held a piece of paper full of paintings, approached it, and presented it to the two people seated one after another.Qi Shepi glanced at Yang Qiu, Wang Zhengting only nodded, and the paper returned to Xihe's fingers.

She raised the paper again and shook it, "The scientific name of this thing is 'Eighteen Hell Maps of the Universe'. I don't need to say more about what it is used for! Fortunately, the emperor is blessed by the heavens, and the dragon spirit is strong. Only then did he have to get out of the catastrophe. This kind of demonic oppressive method requires the detailed date of birth of the victim. And just a few days before the emperor fell ill, someone went to the Imperial History Museum and quietly borrowed the jade document that recorded the emperor's horoscope. out."

As soon as this remark came out, things became obvious.The "Jade Document" stored in the Imperial History Museum is a file that records all information such as the place, date, hour, horoscope, birth mother, and people present of the birth of the royal children.Whoever borrowed Qi Hong's jade document is naturally the murderer who cast the curse.

Xi He intentionally paused, and then called out: "Master Wang!"

Wang Zhengting bowed solemnly, "The minister is here."

"One of the defenders who watched the museum that day knew the details, didn't he?"

"Go back to the Queen Mother, that's right."

"Where is this person now?"

"Just wait outside to be summoned."

"Bring it in."

The person was brought in, trembling, described as wretched, and only knew to kowtow and say "long live".Xihe pressed the golden-thread python pillow in his hand in annoyance, and frowned horizontally, "On the day you were on duty, someone went to the Imperial History Museum to borrow the emperor's jade document to see it. Is there such a thing?"

The man didn't dare to lift his eyelids, and even kowtowed twice, "Yes, there is such a thing."

"The Emperor's Jade Document is extremely confidential, why did you lend it out privately?"

"Because that person's face is too great, the younger ones dare not refuse to borrow it."

Xi He slammed his hand on the armrest of the carved dragon throne, and said angrily, "You bastard! How much is face worth before the national law? You should be severely punished for being so negligent and dereliction of duty!"

The defenders were even more frightened, kowtowing like chickens pecking rice, "Quiet the empress dowager! Calm down the empress dowager! The little one didn't dare to dereliction of duty. Although the little one was forced to lend the emperor's jade document, he still asked the person to write it down according to the rules. IOU."

The Eastern Empress Dowager Wang, who had been silent all this time, stretched her slender neck out of the collar of pearls and emeralds, like a rattlesnake standing upright, "Oh? Where is the IOU?"

"It's right here with the villain!" The defender pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket, and held it upright in mid-air.

Mrs. Wang flicked a jade-carved red phoenix on her temples, followed by a golden dragon holding a fire pendant under her ear, "Who is the one who wrote the IOU?"

The defender looked around, then lowered his head again, "The person who wrote the IOU is in this room."

Behind the gauze screen, Wang Shi met Xihe's eyes, and said nervously and expectantly: "Don't be afraid, just say, I'm sorry you are not guilty."

"Yes." The person put down his hand and fiddled with the note in his hand, "That person is—"

"Your Majesty!" The tense situation was suspended for a moment because of this sudden cry, and everyone turned their eyes to Qi She, the regent.Qi She stared at Qi Hong on the throne with open eyes, and something was shining in his pupils, "Your Majesty, the technique of performing nightmares and victories endangers the king. There is no such thing as bullying the king except Ling Chi." The second punishment, unless the evidence is convincing, should not be taken lightly."

Qi Hong looked straight at him, and burst into tears.He remembered the countless raging winds and rains, the great dangers of the gully, and the time and time again his uncle bowed and stretched his arms to make a boat for him, and he remembered how his generous and powerful hands were in front of him. In front of the unexpected death, he threw himself in and snatched him out; but he immediately remembered that the same hands buried Jinsha's tragic death.He knew that Jin Sha was executed by his mother, but how could a person hate his mother?He had no choice but to hate the man his mother had appointed, who must have—must have, something to hate.For example, in the pile of memorials, he will always have puzzles that need to be pointed out by that person; in the Central Committee of the Hundred Officials, when he gives instructions, the ministers always turn their faces to that person, and they will only turn to him when they get approval. On the hunting ground, if he wants to hunt rhinos, leopards, and any prey bigger than rabbits, he always asks for the consent of that person; in the school army, he was frightened by the shock, but the man waved it with a golden dragon embroidered on his side without changing his expression. The banner of that person, and the galloping horses under that person's command, those "longevity without boundaries", those "mountains and rivers are eternal", shouldn't they belong to you and only belong to you?
In fact, there is no need for excuses. When we think something is too good, such as power, we will not believe that others don't want it.And even when we run into someone we don't want, we feel indebted to him.The best way to repay a debt that cannot be repaid is to write it off.Just like when a chick wants to break its shell, there is no need to pick it. The egg is full of its own vigorous bones.

Qi Hong swallowed his tears, removed his gaze from Qi She, lowered his adam's apple that had just bulged out, and said with his mouth that was beginning to grow a small green beard: "I have thought about it, although I committed a heinous crime. , but in order to avoid shocking public opinion, this person will be arrested secretly, so that neither the ministry nor his family will be implicated."

Xi He, Wang Shi, and Wang Zhengting, they all saw that Qi She knew that he had fallen into a trap, because on that face that almost never showed any emotion, that person who was still holding on to the dragon chair refused to let go Deeper eyes filled with deeper despair.They watched him drop his eyelids, and the corners of his lips twitched morbidly, "That's really——God's grace is mighty." Qi She turned his head slowly, and pointed at the witness, "Speak, then Who is the person?"

The defenders became full of confidence, without any hesitation, they tossed words loudly: "It is Mr. Wang Zhengting!"

The whole room was suddenly filled with an uproar that was so quiet that it became loud.

Many pairs of eyes collided like unresolved abacus beads, you look at me, I look at you...Empress Dowager Wang suddenly straightened up, and the stamen Huasheng on the top of her bun trembled, "You are talking nonsense! "

"Queen Mother," his brother Wang Zhengting stopped, swept Qi She up and down, and laughed viciously, "There is no need to act now, just tear your face. Come! Come! Come!!" He originally said He walked around in a circle, rushed to the door and shouted, "Come here! Come here! Li Lin, Yin Dequan! Are you deaf?! Where are you?!"

(End of this chapter)