Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 100 The Grand Finale (1)
Life after life, never leave, never give up, this is such a beautiful wish.It is so beautiful that people almost forget the cruel world.

After Chu Huotian went to court one morning, he suddenly fainted without warning in front of the officials.The heavy jade crown fell on the icy imperial steps, and the huge south beads scattered away.Bright yellow shadows drifted down in front of them.

Chu Huotian's handsome face was revealed in front of the officials.The emperor who has always been mighty and slandering finally revealed his most vulnerable side.Like the most unshakable faith suddenly collapsed.The entire Golden Luan Temple suddenly exploded.

When Ouyang Ruo heard the news, his heart skipped a beat, and the jade comb in his hand fell to the ground with a snap, breaking into several pieces.

She knelt down in a trance, holding the fragment, the old man said, comb it off, and the love will end.Little by little she gathered the comb in her arms.Seeing that her hand was scratched by the jade piece, Dexuan, who was sending the message, didn't know it, so he hurried forward to pull her up, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, go quickly, the emperor suddenly passed out, go quickly..."

Ouyang Ruo's heart beat anxiously, and she held his hand tremblingly: "How come? How?..." She didn't believe it, she didn't believe it!

How could the emperor, who had never had any minor illnesses, suddenly pass out.And there are no signs.

"No! No!" She finally screamed and ran out like flying.Dexuan was taken aback for a moment, followed quickly, and repeatedly ordered the servant to prepare the shoulder chariot.

He rushed forward and pulled back Ouyang Ruo who seemed to be going crazy: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the emperor just passed out, it's okay, it's okay... Hurry up!" He pulled Ouyang Ruo tightly Stopped, and yelled at the little servant who was flustered.

Ouyang Ruo didn't know what to say.

The shoulder chariot came over, and she went up tremblingly.Flying towards Ganlu Hall.

hurry up!Hurry up!
She doesn't believe it!A few days ago, Chu Huotian's helpless voice still echoed in her ears, he said, "But, if another prince is established, I... I am afraid that after a hundred years, I will no longer be able to protect you..."

I can no longer protect you...

No, she should have thought of it a long time ago. If he said that, something must have happened, it must be.

But damn it, she was so smart in vain, why couldn't she hear Han's great worry when he said this?Why!
Ouyang Ruo clenched her lower lip tightly, and a bloody smell spread in her mouth.The growing panic magnified in her mind, infinitely magnified.

She was almost out of breath.

No!This cannot be the result.He hadn't had time to watch their child sit on the throne of God.

The tears in Ouyang Ruo's eyes fell more and more urgently, and she couldn't wipe them away.

In the distance, a corner of Ganlu Hall is getting closer.

In front of the "Manna Palace", the silent palace people who came in and out, and the worried faces of the ministers who bowed their heads and whispered in groups in front of the palace from time to time... All these made Ouyang Ruo feel a huge fear. come face to face.

She got off the shoulder chariot, and Dexuan quickly helped her to go forward, but she just felt that the sky was too dazzling, her eyes were blurred, and she could no longer see the road under her feet clearly, and the bluestone steps of more than ten steps felt extremely long.

A red figure squeezed out from the group of officials and walked towards her quickly. Ouyang Ruo didn't look at him, but only supported De Xuan and walked towards the palace gate.

The man hurriedly said: "Mother, the emperor should be fine..." Ouyang Ruo looked at the person in a daze, finally pushed him away from his eyes, and only said to Dexuan: "Go, call Mr. Zhao... ... go!"

She couldn't see anyone clearly, and she didn't want to talk to anyone.

Third Young Master Zha stared blankly at her staggering forward, feeling despair and sourness in his heart.After all, he did not exist in her heart, and it was his wishful thinking from the beginning to the end.

crazy dream!Everything is a crazy dream!The slightly hot wind in May blew by, and a corner of his heart suddenly collapsed. At this moment, the dream that had immersed him for so many days and nights finally woke up.

He left slowly in a daze, leaving behind the complicated and frightened whispers and everything...

Ouyang Ruo finally entered Chu Huotian's bedroom, and Zhao Qingling who rushed over after hearing the news was frowning to diagnose Chu Huotian's pulse.And he was lying on the bed with his eyes tightly closed, under his straight nose bridge was his thin and tightly pursed lips, cold and majestic like an emperor.

But this thin lip is now dry and lifeless, which makes Ouyang Ruo's heart ache.She rushed forward and asked anxiously: "Mr. Zhao! What's going on?..." Hot tears rolled down my face.

Zhao Qingling shook his head lightly, washed his hands with cold water next to him, and cut his pulse again.Li Jingcai, who was kneeling next to him, had already cried, his red and swollen eyes were like rabbits, he said hoarsely to Ouyang Ruo: "Go back to Jieyu, Your Majesty has always felt a headache these past few months, and there are also injuries from previous years." , and feel unwell from time to time..."

Before he finished speaking, Ouyang Ruo suppressed his anger, and said angrily, "Why don't you go to Xuan Tai Physician to show the emperor? Do you insist on delaying until now?!"

Li Jingcai pursed his mouth, and kowtowed heavily: "The emperor doesn't want to tell the imperial physician, saying that he only suffers from a headache due to worrying too much. The servants tried to tell the empress several times, but they were all stopped by the emperor..." After he finished speaking, he asked again. Crying with remorse.

Ouyang Ruo tried her best to calm down her flustered heart, and yelled at Li Jing who was about to cry: "What are you crying for! Go outside and guard and stop. When a minister came to ask, he said that the emperor just had a cold occasionally and had already Wake up. Mr. Zhao is administering needles for the emperor, everything is fine. Remember, keep the mouths of those irrelevant palace officials, if there are rumors, it will be a fraud!" She slightly raised Qingdai's phoenix eyebrows, with An indescribable majesty.

Li Jingcai was dumbfounded when he heard this, and Zhao Qingling, who was silent, flashed a hint of admiration, and said to Li Jingcai who was in a daze, "Chairman Li has followed the emperor for so many years, and many big storms have come over him. How can you not understand such a trivial matter? Hurry up." Bar."

His voice was always calm and breezy, as if everything in the world was not worth worrying about.However, such a lazy voice makes people feel that everything is really good.

Li Jing hurriedly put away his tears, wiped his face, and said respectfully: "Yes, I obey." After he finished speaking, he stepped back quickly, his footsteps were no longer messy.

Ouyang Ruo watched him retreat, and then seemed to let out a puff of breath. She looked at Zhao Qingling sadly, with tears in her eyes, and asked with hope: "Mr. Zhao, what happened to the emperor?"

Zhao Qingling's clear eyebrows also faintly converged into the word "Chuan". He turned his head to look at the motionless Chu Huotian, and sighed: "Your Majesty, you have been poisoned."

Ouyang Ruo only felt dizzy, she tried her best not to faint on the ground, staggered to help Chu Huotian's dragon bed, sat down slumped, her hand touched Chu Huotian's cold hand, and grasped it intuitively, Never let go.Why does my heart hurt like this, the pain is unbearable, as if a knife is piercing me inch by inch, the pain is so painful that I can't even cry out.

After a long time, Ouyang Ruo asked dumbly, "What kind of poison is it?..."

How could it be poisoned?The first emperor was poisoned to death by the queen, and finally forced the palace to rebel.Since Chu Huotian's new dynasty established itself, it has been very strict with the emperor's daily diet, even to the point of harshness.How could there be such a mistake again?
Zhao Qingling looked at her pale complexion with three points of understanding, and seven points of pity, and said word by word: "It is a very rare poison, and its name is--'King Killer'!"

Ouyang Ruo tightened his hands, and squeezed Chu Huotian's unconscious palm even tighter.A voice in my heart shouted: "No! Why! Who is so vicious!"

"Kill the king?!" Ouyang Ruo repeated mechanically, looking at Chu Huotian's numb and unconscious face, shivering.

The color of Zhao Qingling's eyes gradually darkened, with a surge of gloom, he slowly said: "This poison is colorless and tasteless, and cannot be detected by silver needles, but the effect of this poison is extremely slow, you have to wait for a certain dose before you can get it together." Outburst. The emperor was originally in good health, but he is busy with state affairs and lacks energy. The poisonous blood easily goes away with the blood and disperses in the internal organs. In fact, the poison has penetrated into the internal organs of the attack today. If the antidote is not prepared within half a month, then..."

He couldn't bear to go on talking, Ouyang Ruo finally choked up and caressed Chu Huotian's handsome face like a stone sculpture with trembling hands, tears streaming down his face.

Zhao Qingling sighed softly, and said to her: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will try my best, but if it is difficult to cure the poison, then it will be even more difficult to control the court outside. My Majesty, I am afraid that the situation will change, and I will be afraid of going down." Those people who are poisonous will make trouble when the emperor is unable to manage affairs, and then the consequences will be..."

Ouyang Ruo was shocked, looked at Zhao Qingling's extremely serious face, moved her lips, and was about to say something.Suddenly Li Jingcai's voice came from outside the hall: "The empress is here..."

The two were taken aback, and looked at the door of the palace together.

The queen is dressed in a deep purple phoenix suit with a wide swing and a phoenix tail, with eight exquisite hairpins of eight treasures on her head, and a gold hairpin with nine phoenixes holding pearls on her forehead. Under the dazzling pearls, her pale complexion is revealed.

Ouyang Ruo and Zhao Qingling looked at each other, and they both saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes.The two hurriedly came forward to meet, the queen glanced at Chu Huotian who was motionless on the dragon bed, and the weird expression disappeared in a flash, which was so fast that it was unpredictable.

She sighed softly, looked sideways at Zhao Qingling, and asked softly: "What's the matter with the emperor? Seeing that the ministers are panicked, I have already ordered them to retreat."

Zhao Qingling kept his composure and said calmly: "Empress, don't worry, the emperor just feels cold occasionally, coupled with worrying about state affairs for several days, that's why he suddenly fainted. My minister has already given the emperor acupuncture to let the emperor rest for a few more hours." He said With his wide sleeves moving quietly, he put away the medicine box next to him a few times, as if he was about to prescribe medicine.

The queen glanced at him again before saying "oh".She glanced at Ouyang Ruo at the side, and said coldly: "Then the emperor will trouble Mr. Zhao's family to take care of him, but Mr. Zhao is a foreign minister after all. It is better to ask the imperial doctor to come to see the doctor. And the family members of the palace, just in case……"

She dragged out her tone, and Ouyang Ruo stood respectfully with her hands down, her bare hands unconsciously clenched into fists.How could she not understand the empress' innuendo, but she really didn't have the mood to argue with her at the moment, and only hoped that she would leave quickly so that her chaotic thoughts could be sorted out.

Seeing that she was indifferent, the queen snorted coldly and walked out slowly.

Zhao Qingling watched her walk out of the "Honey Dew Palace", and quickly wrote two different prescriptions with the pen in his hand, one was very common, but only for treating colds, and the other was full of writing.He called Li Jingcai, handed it over to him and gave him careful instructions, before he let out a long breath.

Ouyang Ruo was already sitting next to Chu Huotian, her clear eyes were full of water, full of love.Looking at her beautiful and sad side profile, Zhao Qingling was momentarily bewildered.

Ouyang Ruo caressed Chu Huotian's cold hand, couldn't hold it anymore, and said to Zhao Qingling with hatred: "Mr. Zhao, who are you trying to harm the emperor, and the method is so vicious. He is a good emperor who works diligently and loves the people. Is it necessary to murder him for their shameful selfishness?"

After she finished speaking, great unwillingness surged in her heart, and she said to the unconscious Chu Huotian: "Huo Lang, I will definitely find out the murderer and tear him into pieces!"

She spoke very lightly, but she had a hatred that was cold to the marrow.After she finished speaking, she got up and hurriedly walked out of the hall.Zhao Qingling asked anxiously, "Where is your lady going?"

Ouyang Ruo paused, a trace of ruthlessness that did not match her face flashed across her beautiful face: "I'm going to investigate! Those who serve food, and the maids in charge of tea and snacks are all dragged out one by one for inspection. I can't believe I can't find it!"

Seeing her angry expression, Zhao Qingling sighed softly in her heart: "Your Majesty, you don't have to go." Ouyang Ruo looked back in astonishment, but saw a wry smile on his face.

"Why?!" She asked suspiciously, and walked back step by step, with strong suspicion flashing in her clear eyes: "Does Mr. Zhao know who did it?"

Zhao Qingling looked at her despondent look, and felt bitterness in her heart: "Your Majesty, you don't have to doubt this humble minister, this poison is definitely not from this humble minister. Does your Majesty think that the Empress Dowager is strange just now?"

Ouyang Ruo was stunned, then shook her head and said: "It can't be her. If something happens to the emperor, what good will it do her? Besides, they have been husband and wife for more than ten years..." Before she finished speaking, Zhao Qingling laughed softly .

In the emperor's house, the relationship between husband and wife, father and son... nothing can be as tempting as the golden throne.The blood-like fact has been staged for generations, she had already lost her voice in the middle of her words.

Zhao Qingling shook his head and sighed: "Don't say that the empress doesn't believe it, I don't want to believe it at all. It's just that I saw the empress so calm just now, so I became suspicious. If the emperor was assassinated or attacked in the past, the empress would always be panicked. The minister pledged her life to guarantee the emperor's safety, but now she is not only not worried, but also blindly drives the minister out of the palace. This is too unreasonable."

Ouyang Ruo was half-believing, her heart was already in a mess, her previously sober mind could not even understand anything unusual, she sat down on a chair, and said after a long while: "The empress has a weird temper after a miscarriage. I can't see anything unusual about her. My heart is too chaotic, too chaotic..." After she finished speaking, she couldn't help the tip of her nose sore again.

He was like her sky, suddenly collapsed, and only then did she realize how important his protection was to her. It turned out that her usual unscrupulous and secret actions were only showing off his love in her subconscious.But now, I realized how naive and ridiculous I was, and at this juncture, I lost all my strength.

Zhao Qingling watched her cry again, and walked forward slowly, the scent of medicine on his body seemed to come from the most peaceful comfort, Ouyang Ruo looked up at him, and said with a tearful smile: "Does Mr. Zhao think that this palace is too useless... …Can’t do anything but watch him lying unconscious?”

Zhao Qingling smiled slightly: "Your Majesty will be in chaos if you only care about it. Besides, the emperor is not incurable, but it will take time." He leaned down slightly, and a gleam of light flashed in his clear and energetic eyes: "My Majesty has done so much. , Don’t you have no confidence in yourself at this very moment? The empress is unpredictable now, and the officials below are watching. At this moment, it is only at this time that the empress is needed to turn the madness, the empress..."

Ouyang Ruo was startled, saw the serious and pensive look in his eyes, and his heart tightened: "What do you mean?"

Zhao Qingling looked at the light leaking from the carved window lattices outside the palace. The spring outside the house was brilliant, the grass was growing and the birds were flying. It was a scene full of vitality. However, this unpredictable court and harem had hidden murderous intentions. If one was not careful, there would be no bones left .

Zhao Qingling stood up, and said coldly: "If my guess is right, the sky in Chu Kingdom is about to change."

Ouyang Ruo was startled, his words were like a basin of ice water waking up her dizzy head heavily.She shivered shiveringly, looking at the unconscious Chu Huotian, a layer of determination appeared on her clear face.

She, never, never let the country he took so hard to change hands again!

Thinking of this, she miraculously regained her usual calm look, and bowed deeply to Zhao Qingling: "Mr. Zhao will guard the emperor's country with this palace."

Zhao Qingling's face was moved, and finally she bowed solemnly: "Zhao will definitely die!"

The wind outside the window was soft, passing through the hall, brushing over Chu Huotian's numb face, a tear quietly oozed out from the corner of his eye, and disappeared after entering the knife-cut sideburns.

……

Although Zhao Qingling seemed undisciplined, once he encountered a serious matter, he seemed to be a different person, concentrating on it, moving his hands and eyes, and the medicinal materials that Li Jingcai got quickly made him boil and shatter.Unable to speak up, Ouyang Ruo called Dexuan to help.The three of them worked together to boil the medicinal materials into bowls of soup, and Ouyang Ruo poured the medicine into Chu Huotian's mouth.Several people were so busy that they were sweating profusely.

After two hours, Ouyang Ruo felt that Chu Huotian's hands and feet were warmer, and his hands were not so stiff.Zhao Qingling took the pulse for him again, and then let out a long sigh: "The medicine is effective, it depends on tonight."

Ouyang Ruo was so tired that he was dripping with sweat, and only then did he let go of his heart.She was about to say something.Li Jing suddenly came in with a look of embarrassment on his face and said: "My lady, the lady Xu and Concubine Wan outside want to come in to see the emperor, but the servants can't stop them!"

Ouyang Ruo's heart tightened, she pondered for a while, and said to Li Jingcai: "Go, tell the two empresses that the emperor has fallen asleep, and I will go over to talk to them."

She called Wan Hui to the side hall to clean her face and make up, and changed into clean clothes, then Shi Shiran went to meet them.

There was still a trace of panic on Lin's thin face, when she saw Ouyang Ruo approaching, she quickly grabbed her hand, patted her chest and said, "Sister Ouyang, what's the matter with the emperor now? However, Manager Li didn't allow me to go in and have a look. Sigh..." There was a hint of resentment in You Yuan's tone.

Ouyang Ruo smiled slightly, helped her to sit down, looked at the thoughtful Xu family on one side, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, don't you know the emperor's temper? She said she was fainted, but she actually went to the 'Manna Hall' Woke up, and Mr. Zhao said that the emperor had worked too hard and caught the wind and cold at night, so he had to rest more. Now he has taken medicine and fell asleep. The emperor ordered, don't disturb. So the younger sister can't let the older sister in. "

Seeing that she was smiling brightly, her gentleness and gentleness were the same as in the past, Lin was relieved, and then said sourly: "It's still the emperor who loves my younger sister, and no one around can serve her, only my younger sister can get close."

Ouyang Ruo didn't know how to answer the words for a while, so he could only smile.Xu, who was silent on the side, said lightly: "What's so strange about this, the emperor likes her, so naturally he wants her to accompany her more, since it's always been like this, sister Lin, don't be jealous."

Mrs. Lin choked on her words, boldly glared at her, and snorted: "I don't believe that Elder Sister Xu doesn't like it."

Seeing the two of them bickering, Ouyang Ruo felt annoyed for a while, but fortunately, Mrs. Xu only smiled and did not speak.Ouyang Ruo said a few more words to them before sending them out.

Lin Shiyou was talking about something, Xu Shi suddenly said: "My veil fell off, sister Lin, you go first, I have to look for it. Maybe it fell on the chair."

Lin didn't doubt that he was there, so he left.Ouyang Ruo was puzzled, but seeing Mrs. Xu came in again, Ouyang Ruo smiled and said, "Sister Xu, what color is your handkerchief, and this concubine will help you find it."

Mrs. Xu came in, closed the door behind her backhand, and said with a half-smile: "Sister Ouyang, don't play charades, that woman Meng Lin Zhiqiu is okay with your nonsense, but she is still a little short of Meng Bengong. heat."

Ouyang Ruo's heart skipped a beat, her expression remained unchanged, and she said with a smile, "Sister Xu, what are you talking about? Can I still lie to you, sister?"

(End of this chapter)