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Chapter 373 The Empress Dowager Died

The setting sun stretched Xiao Que's figure very long.

Emperor Zhao looked at Xiao Que, his eyes had regained clarity, and he became the unfathomable emperor who was decisive in life and death in the past.

The dialogue between the two has ended, and now the situation in the capital is under Xiao Que's arrangement, and it is completely in his hands. He is seriously ill and is bedridden, and Xie Jiajun is stationed in the capital in the name of King Qin. The only thing that can be counted on in the overall situation of the DPRK and China is Xiao Que.

Emperor Zhao called his confidant Xia Shouzhong. Xia Shouzhong had been with him for many years and was the only person he could trust. Xiao Que did not stop him.

After a while, Xia Shouzhong came in, and Emperor Zhao ordered Xia Shouzhong to draw up an edict.There is always Xiao Que in the palace for today's affairs, but his imperial decree is still needed to settle today's affairs.Xiao Que still stayed in the palace until this hour, what he was waiting for was the imperial decree.

In his imperial decree to deal with yesterday's matter, he could not make Xuan Ling a tiger, nor could he deal with Xiao Que who was too cheap, so naturally he had to think more about it.

Emperor Zhao issued several imperial decrees in succession.

"Without my will, the prince is imprisoned in the cold palace, and no one is allowed to get close to the cold palace to deal with the prince." Xia Shouzhong studied ink and wrote the decree on behalf of Emperor Zhao.

Emperor Zhao's will was obviously addressed to Xiao Que. After listening to Emperor Zhao's words, Xiao Que said obediently with a slight smile on his face: "My minister, obey the order."

"The empress came to the family, she lost her virtue, she thought of her elder brother's contribution to me, abolished the position of empress, and put her in confinement in the cold palace. She will not leave Fengyi Palace for half a step in this life." Emperor Zhao's voice did not have any emotional ups and downs.

Back then, the young couples were not without love. At that time, he only regarded her as gentle and obedient, and he could see Chaoyun's shadow in him.After she gave birth to the prince, she gradually became more ambitious, and she couldn't see him favoring other concubines.

It's not that he doesn't know how many harem concubines and his heirs Linyan has harmed secretly, but it's just that there are too many things to do in the previous dynasty and he doesn't have time to pay attention to them.

The power of the Lin family gradually grew, and Queen Lin's child died before her first birthday, so he let the child of Li Meiren, who was killed by Queen Lin, be fostered under Queen Lin's knees. promise.

Xuan Ling rebelled under Xiao Que's instigation, because he wanted to keep someone to restrain Xiao Que, so Xuan Ling would not move, but Queen Lin - he would never be lenient in dealing with it!

"No matter what happened in the palace yesterday is not allowed to leak out, if there is even half a sentence, there will be no mercy!" After the three decrees were finished, Emperor Zhao seemed very tired, panting, looked at Xiao Que and asked: "Yuyan, I believe you can do it."

At this moment, the two have resumed the relationship between the monarch and his ministers before ordinary people. Xiao Que saw Emperor Zhao's gaze on him, smiled lightly, and said: "My minister, obey the order..."

Such similar eyebrows and eyes looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile. Emperor Zhao's hand clutching the quilt had bulging veins, and said, "If there is nothing wrong, Ai Qing will step back."

Xiao Que has been calculating for so many years, and now all the people in the capital are his troops, so what!As long as the blood oath was still there, Xiao Que would be firmly held in his hands, and he would not dare to act rashly.As long as he's alive and healthy and back to normal, the situation isn't too bad!
"Have you found a way to detoxify the poisonous dust in your body?" Emperor Zhao suddenly asked when Xiao Que stepped out the door, and sure enough, Xiao Que's back paused.

Emperor Zhao coughed twice, and said: "I'm not in good health these days, I can't trust the imperial doctor in the palace, you let Ruochenzi enter the palace to recuperate my body."

Although Xiao Que's face was expressionless, his fists in his sleeves were clenched and loosened, and he looked at Emperor Zhao with a sneer and said, "Because of Master, why would the genius doctor come to see you in the palace?"

They used to be close friends in the past, but what Emperor Zhao has done these years, the old friends have long turned against each other.Not to mention the eccentric Ruochenzi, even the broad-minded Master Kuchan, a disciple of Buddhism, never returned to the capital after Emperor Zhao ascended the throne.

Emperor Zhao was not annoyed by Xiao Que's sarcastic remarks, but said in a very calm tone: "He will, he knows that if I die, it will not benefit you at all."

Xiao Que didn't answer, and walked away directly.

This person's despicable Xiao Que is clear, so he is not annoyed.

How could Xiao Que not know what Emperor Zhao was planning? Didn't he just want to use the blood oath of the past to restrain him?The corner of Xiao Que's mouth twitched into a sneer, and now the comparison is the patience of the two of them, he did not kill Emperor Zhao because of the blood oath.But now the situation in the capital is under his control. When Emperor Zhao sees that his country is devoured by him bit by bit, and everything he has worked so hard to get is lost bit by bit, is it still afraid that Emperor Zhao will not ask him for the last condition? What do you do?

Xiao Que stood on the high jade steps of Qinzheng Hall, the wind blew his sleeves - even though he was wearing official robes, he was unparalleled in demeanor, as if he was a banished immortal.

The setting sun reflects the blurred brilliance on the stone steps of white marble. Qinzheng Hall is the highest geographical location of the palace, and you can see the red walls and green tiles in the distance. Standing here, you will have an illusion-as if you can control the world Can be held in hand.

Xiao Que stretched out his hand slowly, what seemed to be what he wanted to hold in the palm of his hand, was it the petals of the crabapple flower blown by the evening wind?Is it the last afterglow of the setting sun?Or, something else...

And just at this moment, when he was about to hold it, the tranquility was disrupted by Wuhen's hurried footsteps.

In the 26th year of Emperor Zhao, on the fifth day of May, the Empress Dowager passed away.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the death knell in the palace rang, and the birds flew home in fright. Xiao Que maintained that posture and stood at the gate of the Cining Palace. From dusk to the beginning of the lights, his face was expressionless. No one could see the sadness and joy in his eyes.

On his white official robe, there are still some mottled bloodstains - that is the bloodstain of Aunt Suxin, the old man who has been with the Queen Mother since Chujiang, and after the death of the master he has served all his life, he took the Queen Mother away. After bringing his last words to him, he chose such a path.

It is difficult to have both in life, he is always wandering in constant gains and losses.From the year he was 16 years old when he received the palm seal of the Dark Emperor, he rarely went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay respects to the Empress Dowager.The queen mother thought that he blamed her for concealing his mother's affairs, so she didn't go to the Compassion Palace.

He hated Emperor Zhao, but he never blamed the Empress Dowager—the Empress Dowager was the only person in the palace who treated him well. From the age of four to five, when he was still a child and had no ability to protect himself in the deep palace, it was the Empress Dowager who took him into the palace. Protected under the wings.

It's not that I'm not grateful, I don't go to the Compassion Palace, it's just that I don't know how to face it.He knew that she had been at odds with Empress Lin in the deep palace all these years, and he was afraid that the Empress would be vicious, so he had always sent secret guards to protect her in secret, but he never expected that he would not be able to see her for the last time before she died.

Aunt Suxin said that the queen mother kept calling his name before she died.

Even the last relative in the world will leave him...

Xiao Que moved, the red blood on the hem of the clothes was bright red and glaring—before she chose to commit suicide, even though Xiao Que sensed something was wrong, he couldn't stop her. Blood gushed out from the old maid's neck, and she couldn't Speaking, Xiao Que couldn't question the authenticity of her last so-called last words.

That figure as proud as a cedar tree stood there, and no one dared to go up to disturb him—thus, no one saw his pale snow-like cheeks and terrifying expression.

Everything has come to the point where it is now-and why is it like this?
Perhaps it was because of standing there for too long, the blood gradually spread from the frozen fingertips to the heart, it was too cold to stand at this high place.At that moment, Xiao Que missed that little girl very much. She once said: "No matter what happens, I will stay by your side."

"No matter what kind of person the young master is or what he becomes, I like the young master..."

Her warm hands and clear eyes are what he has pursued all his life... But now, is she thousands of miles away in Ningzhou?

"Young master..." He heard Wuhen's panicked cry, but he fell down like a jade mountain...

Fu Yunshu, who was thousands of miles away, felt flustered inexplicably. When pouring tea, the water in the teacup shook out and burned the back of his hand.

"The situation in Luoyuan is not that critical yet, why do you have to rush so desperately?" Jun Zelan thought it was because Fu Yunshu was too tired that he was so dazed, so he said with a smile.

Fu Yunshu glanced at Jun Zelan and didn't say much, but tapped the cup with his fingertips and said, "In the capital... any news in the past two days?"

Jun Zelan glanced at Fu Yunshu clearly, and said, "You can just ask Xiao Que if you have any news, why bother to ask in the capital."

Without hesitation, Jun Zelan said with a smile, piercing through Fu Yunshu's thoughts.Fu Yunshu's eyelids twitched, looking at Jun Zelan—how could this person be so gossip.

Knowing that the mention of Xiao Que and Fu Yunshu would make her furious, Jun Zelan couldn't hold back her curiosity, and tried to test it from time to time, but she never found out what happened between the two of them.So he had no choice but to touch his nose and said: "I'm on my way these few days, even if there is any news from the capital, I can't receive it in time. After two days, when I arrive in Ningzhou and settle down, what do you want to know? I'll let the dark guard go That's it for investigation."

Fu Yunshu's eyes fell to the outside of the inn - in two days, we will be able to reach Ningzhou.

After leaving that place for so many years, it seems like a lifetime has passed since I set foot on that land again.

When Fu Yunshu was thinking quietly, he saw Jun Zelan holding his forehead and shaking his body. Seeing Jun Zelan like this, Fu Yunshu couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with you?"

The teacup in Jun Zelan's hand fell to the ground, her body was a little wobbly, she wanted to struggle but finally fell down on the stool again, said through gritted teeth, "This is a black shop..."

The cup fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and as the cup in his hand fell to the ground, he saw many men in black wearing swords appearing in the originally empty inn, staring at them menacingly.

Such a posture - it is clearly not as simple as a black shop...

(End of this chapter)