Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 79

Shanglin Nunnery couldn't find Mingshuang, so he went back to the palace immediately, summoned the nanny who was on errand with Mingshuang to ask privately, and the experienced old nanny insisted that Mingshuang was a sixteen-year-old yellow flower girl, and she would never Get it wrong, or you will be charged with deceiving the king.

With certainty, his beating heart finally fell silent.

She is not Changge, yes, it can't be, if Changge is really determined to leave, with her temperament, how can she start again?

Since she left, she naturally took her beloved son with her. How could she fail to protect her son and let him live on the street?
But a few coincidences, there are always similar people among all living beings.

Crazy, crazy himself, so crazy that he indulges in fantasies and delights in them.

How ridiculous.

He sighed, his eyes were as pale as an abyss.

In the past few years since Changge left, he was angry, lost, suffering and confused, but deep in his heart, he was always waiting, waiting for a hope that had long been elusive, and one day he heard his silent call, drifted back, and became reality.

However, time can kill people's hopes and expectations. Every night under the moonlight, I fall asleep with that vague hope, and then I open my eyes day by day, facing the empty bed and lonely pillow, listening to the scattered wind that can't stop wandering in the huge palace complex. , his unspeakable hope was constantly thinned by the unchanging morning light.

In the end, he didn't think about anything anymore, he didn't expect anything, and he wasn't disappointed, but he didn't want to chase another warmth, those gentle eyebrows and eyes were beautiful; those meticulous services were very considerate; There are many concubines he cares about; those are all good, but none of them are what he wants.

He thought, just like this for a lifetime, that's fine, with her like that, who can expect to have a lifetime?There was a period of time, and this life was enough to chew those thick and colorful years carefully.

He didn't want to accept any woman who wasn't her.

She leaves, but he won't.

Until I saw her, this woman named Mingshuang was not as beautiful as her, but not inferior to her intelligence and calmness.

He couldn't help being attracted to her, and in the attraction he kept resisting.

He didn't want to betray his heart, and he didn't want to deceive himself again to anesthetize himself. He didn't know whether it was the woman he was attracted to, or the faint shadow of an old friend behind her.

What kind of a deep painful bewitchment is love, which makes people so depraved that they can't help chasing even the phantoms of nothingness.

Xiao Jue, oh Xiao Jue, you are so incompetent.

With a wry smile, he withdrew his hand, Xiao Jue simply looked at Qin Changge, "You...you look like a person."

"Empress Xiangxian?" Qin Changge blinked, and threw back the answer straight to the point.

The founding queen was good at perceiving other people's hearts, and Qin Changge naturally knew that he was making a choice with Xiao Jue's expression just now.

Xiao Jue stared at Qin Changge in astonishment, and watched her smile slowly, a little sad for some reason.

"Many people have said this...Your Majesty, may I ask, how am I like her?"

Xiao Jue didn't notice that she claimed that she was no longer a slave, but "I", but kept silent for a while, and said, "No, don't look like it, don't look like it."

Startled, Qin Changge understood what he meant, and pursed her lips. She was a little touched, thought for a while, and said tentatively: "I heard that the first queen was murdered..."

Xiao Jue suddenly turned his head, his eyes were fierce.

Qin Changge immediately shut up.

The sharp blade-like gaze shot Qin Changge's face for a week, and gradually withdrew the sharpness. Xiao Jue's expression showed a trace of fatigue. After a long while, he leaned on the couch and said in a low voice: "She is not a good person... even I once blamed her For her heart... But, for the country, for me, she has nothing to owe..."

Perhaps today's events made him feel tired inside, and it was rare for him to make an exception to mention Ruiyi. There was a kind of heaviness in those cold and indistinct words that one dared not touch.

Closing his eyes, his thoughts suddenly drifted away, and he returned to the Chihe Grassland back then. It was during the first Chihe Battle. He was plotted against and issued a military order, and he was always in danger of being destroyed. However, she cleverly planned to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and traveled to several states. Among the three forces, they dealt with him and relieved his worries. That battle was finally won. He waited for her to come back on the grassland. It was the first time they had been separated for a long time. All over the sky, the tip of the long grass in the morning was covered with a faint hoarfrost. In his anxious sight, the girl was dressed in a light yellow dress, as pure as the color of the fine and fine feathers of a young bird, riding a black horse in the wind. At that time, she thought the horse was not fast enough, so she suddenly flew up and walked on the grass, covered with yellow clothes and green grass, glistening with white frost, gliding across the wind, flying like a fairy, and when she finally threw herself into his arms , the frost and dew on the grass are not damaged.

The bright and beautiful picture faded away in an instant, and was replaced by the grand and luxurious Dayi Palace. At the ceremony for the canonization of the empress, the founding empress had a golden hairpin with phoenix wings and a bright moon. A rainbow that fell to the ground flew down to the jade hall, and the crown of six dragons and three phoenixes with gold dots and emerald pearls hung down crystal strings like water drops. Even the brilliance of the precious jewels could not be covered by her gorgeous color, and her smiling eyes made him, who was standing smiling in front of the throne, shaken with joy and joy.

In this world, his and hers, at this moment, the height of the nine layers, above the palace, reigns over the world, the glory that everyone looks up to.

Then, inexplicably, it was burned out by a demon fire that fell from the sky.

He showed a slight smile, bleak.

Opening his eyes, he met Qin Changge's gaze, who was staring straight at him. The infinite exploration and faint confusion in that gaze shocked him.

And Qin Changge has already turned his eyes away in embarrassment, looking down at the ground... His expression is so innocent... so innocent that she can't control herself...

Looking at her carefully again, Xiao Jue seemed to have finally made up his mind, and said, "Do you want to..."

"Report to Your Majesty!"

The loud roll call from outside the hall interrupted what he was about to say.

Xiao Jue was startled, frowned and turned his head.

Qin Changge let out a silent breath.

It was Xia Houjue, the commander of the bodyguards who came to repay, and took He Nanny according to his order. At this time, he was holding the old woman and knelt at the bottom of the steps. Seeing Xiao Jue coming out, he immediately held up a hairpin and offered it up.

Holding it in the palm of his hand and looking at it, he found the imprint on the part of Caitan's testimony. Xiao Jue snorted coldly, crushed the hairpin with a smack, kicked the woman who was trembling on the ground and turned into mud Son, said in a cold voice: "Drag it, stick to death! When it's over, take off her coat and send it to the Longevity Palace!"

Flicking his sleeves, he turned and entered the hall.

At this time Wen Chang had already come out, seeing his younger brother's expression was not good, he sighed slightly: "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to make a big move, let alone today..."

With a sneer, Xiao Jue looked up at the caisson on the top of the hall, the fury in his expression had gradually dissipated, and he was a little more helpless.

Wen Chang wanted to persuade her, but Qin Changge shook his head at her, but Xiao Jue immediately turned to look at her and said, "What are you shaking your head for?"

Qin Changge had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty did not intend to go to war, and this servant advised the princess not to worry."

"How do you know that I don't have such a plan? Someone wants to harm me, the emperor's sister, why can't I touch her?" Xiao Jue's eyes were aggressive.

Sighing again, Qin Changge had no choice but to continue talking nonsense: "If your majesty really intends to settle accounts with the queen mother, the old woman should have left her alive just now. Since she was killed, she naturally planned to cover it up. If the slave girl guessed correctly, what next is your majesty? Give this woman a random charge, and then take the opportunity to replace all the palace people in Longevity Palace, right?"

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Jue was silent for a while, and said irrelevantly: "I'm tired, sister Huang should rest early, and I will go back to Longzhang Palace." After saying that, he glanced at Qin Changge again, and got up and went away .

It snowed that night.

The first snow in the winter of the third year of Qianyuan.

The sky has been overcast for a long time, and the snowflakes finally fall at the moment when the twilight sinks. First, there are scattered snowflakes, and then gradually become as big as plum blossoms, rolling down with the wind, like dancing sleeves, like butterflies piercing the curtain, blossoming like pearls. Rui Qionghua, adorning jade buildings and towers, makes the world more empty and sparse because of the pure white color.

Qin Changge put on a Duoroni cloak inlaid with squirrel fur, with a brass hand stove in his sleeves, and quietly walked out of the gate of Jin'ou Palace.

She heard that no one was allowed to enter or leave Longzhang Palace at night, so she thought about going to see it, and then remembered Xiao Jue's strange sleepwalking in Shanglin Nunnery, wondering if he also had this problem when he was in the palace?

Along the way, Jin'ou Palace is not far from Longzhang Palace. In the middle, you need to pass Jingfu Palace, where Concubine De lived, and Fengyi Palace. These two palaces are now vacant, and there are dark palaces along the way. The voice of the people can't find the royal family's wealth and grandeur, dark red moss grows under the dark yellow palace wall, and the figure of the person walking in the swirling snow is lonely and lonely.

When passing by Fengyi Palace, Qin Changge thought of the prosperity and the ruins after the prosperity, and sighed a little, couldn't help taking another look, but only after this glance did he realize that the gate of Fengyi Palace was actually It's a lie.

With a soft sigh, Qin Changge knew that Fengyi Palace had been locked by Xiao Jue since the day it was completed, but who opened the long-sealed palace gate in this weather and at this hour?
Aroused by curiosity, Qin Changge sneaked in. The courtyard was dark and without lights or fire. After waiting for a while, he finally saw the queen's palace that almost no one in the palace had seen with his own eyes.

With a glance, Qin Changge was stunned at the gate of the palace.

There are no exotic flowers and plants, no jade steps and golden palaces, and no gorgeous and dazzling decorations.

It’s just arch bridges and flowing water, open pavilions, one color black and white, white stone for the body, black tiles for the roof, and blue reliefs carved on the verandah railings, all of which are flying birds with wide wings and strange shapes, with simple and domineering lines. The posture is proud.

The ground is covered with green, white and black pebbles, and the nine palace patterns are complicated and mysterious. In the yard, only one color of white plums is planted, with brown branches stretching vigorously, and the branches are dotted with plum blossoms. All the houses have long windows with continuous windows. It is gold, not carved, simple black, faintly glowing, and there is a gossip lamp hanging from the corridor, and the lamp flame is also blue.

(End of this chapter)