Roufu Diji

Chapter 12
Rou Fu Di Ji · Volume [-]

1. Yanghua
Rou Fu sat on the rock under the willow tree, with a volume of books on her lap, she looked down intently, with a calm expression like water.In the sunny spring season, the sky is clear and clear. The branches of Fusu comb the air that circulates in the light golden sunlight, and a little fluff like snow flies all over the sky. Some of them float on her hairline and shoulders. She doesn't realize it. Concentrate on reading the book, but if there is a flower falling on the book, she will immediately brush it away, not letting it stay for a moment.

The spring breeze and Xiaoyang, twenty-eight beauties, elegant and soft pictures.Zong Juan stood in the corridor in the distance, smiling, not because of the situation, but because of the book in her hand, the content must be too heavy for the present time.

Finally turning the last page, she raised her eyes to an uncertain place, and sighed with infinite worry. It was unknown which dynasty's record of rise and fall reminded her of the fate of her own country.

He walked towards her.She quickly sensed the intrusion of his distance, looked at him vigilantly, and the invisible thorn stood up instantly.

He often came to tell her the news of Song's army retreating steadily at this time, so she frowned at this moment, unconsciously clenched the book in her hand, and her little brain was probably spinning fast again, looking for a reasonable and not embarrassing defeat for her ninth brother. cause, and words in his defense.

But this time was different, he stood still in front of her and told her that he would take her into the palace to meet his mother, and asked her to go back to her room and change into a dress.

Her eyes showed her relief at that moment, Xu was secretly glad that she didn't hear any more bad news about Song Jun, she naturally accepted his request, stood up, and walked back to the room.

This is the spring of the sixth year of Tianhui.She has been in his residence for more than half a year, and to a certain extent, she has recognized the fact of living with him, but she has always maintained a spiritual battle with him.This state was not ideal, but he didn't feel any dissatisfaction, and lived with her in a nonchalant way. Now after his mother asked again, he decided to take her to let his mother see her.

When Heshi Lie saw Rou Fu, his expression was as usual, very calm, he didn't hold her hand enthusiastically to ask for warmth, nor did he feel alienated and indifferent, but only smiled and nodded at her, as if she was used to it People are average.

"This appearance is the same as what I thought before." He Shilie said, looking at Rou Fu and asked kindly, "What's your name?"

Roufu hesitated for a moment, then looked carefully at He Shilie, and finally answered: "Yuan Yuan."

He Shilie smiled and said, "It sounds like a good name. I don't understand Chinese. What does the name Zong Jun and Yuan Yuan mean?"

Zong Jun replied, "It refers to jade biscuits with holes."

Rou Fu was very surprised when he heard that, he opened his eyes wide and turned to look at Zong Jun.Zong Jun just smiled.

"Jade Bi..." He Shilie groaned, then took off a piece of jade pendant he was wearing, and handed it to Rou Fu: "I can't find a suitable jade pendant for you at the moment, this jade pendant has been with me for many years, what do I do?" It is love, and now I give it to you."

The shiny sapphire is hollowed out and decorated with Yin lines. A sea dongqing swoops down from the sky, and there is a lone goose on the ground, hiding its head in the lotus leaves.

Rou Fu stared at it silently for a while, then slowly stretched out his hand to take it.

"Don't you want to thank you?" Zong Juan reminded from the side.

Her lips moved, as if to say thank you, but quietly.

"Okay, you don't have to be so polite." He Shilie calmly put aside the embarrassment, and continued to chat with Zong Juan casually.

After coming out of Qingyuan Palace, Rou Fu walked out with Zong Jun, holding the jade pendant carefully and carefully, Zong Jun saw this, and told her: "This jade pendant was given to my mother by my father when he was young."

Rou Fu was silent for a while, and asked after a while: "Why did your mother give me this jade pendant?"

"Perhaps because I thought you were a good fit, I picked something I like and gave it to you." Zong Juan said lightly, and suddenly smiled, "Do you think there is any special meaning?"

Rou Fu couldn't help blushing, turned his face away and said, "I never thought there was any other meaning!"

Zong Juan suppressed his smile, took a deep look at her, and said in a rare serious tone: "I will not marry you as my wife, and you will not be my only woman. You must remember this clearly."

Rou Fu was stunned and took a few steps to savor his words carefully, the blush on his face gradually faded, he bit his lip, and said coldly: "Don't bother you to remind. I never thought of marrying you, how many do you have?" What does a woman have to do with me! I am not your woman, and my husband will not be you, please remember this clearly."

"I've already said it, you might as well write it down." Zong Juan said, then stopped talking and led her to continue walking outside.Rou Fu raised his head slightly, pursed his lips tightly, and opened his eyes as wide as possible, obviously not wanting the mist in his eyes to condense into water droplets.

"Yuan Yuan." Suddenly hearing someone calling Rou Fu, the two stopped at the same time.At this time they were passing through the back garden of the palace, and there was a woman sitting in a pavilion not far away, accompanied by two maids behind her, the one who called Rou Fu was the sitting woman, seeing Rou Fu staying behind, she turned and smiled at her.

jade box.Now she has a slightly plump figure, wearing a loose and gorgeous dress, with a carefree demeanor, but also a different kind of elegance.

"I heard that Mrs. Zhao is pregnant with the prince, go over and congratulate her." Zong Juan said to Rou Fu.

Rou Fu had already taken two steps in the direction where she was, but she stopped immediately when she heard the words, with a contemptuous and disgusted look on her brows and lips, Zong Juan knew that she must have thought of the jade box presenting her beauties and It's not about saving Maode.

Rou Fu turned around to leave, Yu He stood up and called again, but unexpectedly, after taking two or three steps, his face suddenly changed, he covered his lower abdomen with his hands, bent down in pain, and let out a soft cry, his pale face There are sweat beads on it.

Looking back, Roufu stopped again and looked at the jade box in puzzlement.

"Ma'am! What's wrong with Ma'am?" The two maids screamed and rushed to help the jade box.The jade box could no longer support it at this moment, half fell to the ground, with one hand supporting the ground and the other hand still covering her lower abdomen, she lowered her head and bit her lips to endure the pain. After the silence, he suddenly raised his hand and pushed the maid away, angrily said: "Go away! Stay away from me!"

Startled, the maid let go, stepped back a few steps, and called out timidly, "Ma'am..."

"What's wrong with her?" Seeing the situation of the jade box, Rou Fu also turned to ask Zong Jun in some panic.

Zong Juan was also surprised.She clutched her lower abdomen tightly, and it looked like she was probably aroused, but why didn't she want to be helped by the maid, but instead sweared at each other?

"Yuan Yuan, Yuan Yuan..." Yu He fell to the ground, tried her best to open her half-closed eyes under the severe pain, stretched out her trembling right hand towards Rou Fu, and her voice gradually weakened: "Come and help How am I..."

2. blood light

Rou Fu still hesitated, staying where he was, his eyes wandering uncertainly over the jade box.

Yu He's expression darkened, and he stopped calling her, and withdrew his hands and gritted his teeth, trying to stand up by himself, but just as soon as he got up, he bent down and sat down again, and the sweat that flowed down soaked his forehead hair, sticking to her hair in strands. On her pale face, the lower lip had already been bitten by a bright bloodstain.

"Alas..." Rou Fu sighed heavily, then ran towards her quickly, stretching out his hand to help the jade box up.

Yu He smiled slightly at her, and said softly: "Help me back..." Before he finished speaking, his body softened again, and he almost fell down again.Rou Fu was busy supporting him, and raised his head to glance at Zong Jun asking for help.

Zong Jun saw that the jade box was completely bloodless, that it was difficult to move, and that the weakness and pain did not seem to be pretentious, so he went over and found that the jade box was almost unconscious, and his body was supported by soft blessings. Looking around, he saw no one except the maid of the jade box, So he stretched out his arms and picked up the jade box. He wanted to ask her maid to lead the way to take her back, but after thinking about it, he realized that he was a man, and after all it was inconvenient for him to enter the dormitory of the lord's family, so he changed his mind and hugged the jade box. Turn around and go straight back to the mother's palace.

Seeing this scene, He Shilie was very surprised. After asking about the situation, he hurriedly asked Zong Jun to put the jade box on the bed in his bedroom and lie down. What did she eat today.

Yu He barely opened his eyes to look at her, and smiled wryly: "I only eat the meals cooked by my two maids... Today I have a bad appetite, so I only drank some porridge cooked by them..."

He Shilie stood up straight, with no expression on his calm face, then ordered someone to fetch a box, opened it himself, twisted out a pill from inside, handed it to the jade box, and said, "Take it."

The jade box took it, but did not accept it immediately, hesitantly asked: "What is this?"

"Medicine." He Shilie replied simply, without much explanation, just said: "Don't worry, I have no reason to harm you."

After staring at it for a long time, Yu Box slowly put the pill into his mouth and swallowed it. He lay down, put his hands on his abdomen, and looked up, but his eyes were empty, as if resigned to fate, waiting for the pain to go away or death to come.

Heshi Lie looked back and ordered his maid: "Go and invite the imperial physician... and the queen to come here."

"Someone ate something for elder sister Yuxiang to harm her and her child?" Rou Fu who watched silently for a while suddenly asked.

"I didn't say that." He Shilie said to her warmly, and gently pulled her to sit down, "What is the reason, we have to wait for the imperial physician to diagnose. If there is anything, the queen will decide."

A middle-aged lady came quickly with a dozen maids and servants. She was gorgeously dressed and had a dignified demeanor. She was Wanyan Sheng's Empress Tang Kuo.As soon as Yu He saw her, he wanted to stand up and salute, but she quickly stopped him and said, "If you are sick like this, you don't need to be more polite." Although the tone was not very warm and friendly, it was quite polite.

The imperial doctor who came later completed the diagnosis of the jade box under the watchful eyes of the queen, and said: "The food Mrs. Zhao ate today must contain decoctions that can cause miscarriage. Drugs, so the unborn child can still be kept."

Empress Tang Kuo nodded, waved the imperial doctor down to dispense the medicine, and then asked the jade box: "This matter must be investigated by people around you."

Yu He smiled lightly and said, "Everything is up to the queen."

Zong Juan saw that the jade box's complexion had eased, and it was related to the disputes in the palace, and it was inconvenient for him to stay for a long time, so he left with soft blessings.

Zong Juan has been paying close attention to the progress of this matter.Hearing that Wanyan Sheng was furious when he learned about it, he personally went to Heshilie's Palace to pick up the jade box, and ordered the queen to investigate and severely punish those who administered the medicine.The queen arrested the two maids in the jade box and tortured them severely. The maids finally confessed that Mrs. Li ordered them to inject medicine to kill the fetus in the jade box.

This concubine Li is a woman presented by the Xixia Kingdom, and she is also an unsurpassed beauty. Before the jade box entered the palace, she was always favored by the lord. After the jade box was registered as a concubine, she gradually fell into the cold. Therefore, she is very fond of the jade box. Dissatisfied, he will be sneering and sarcastic when meeting, even in front of the master, he will occasionally have disagreements with Yu He.Since the maid had confessed that she was instructed by Concubine Li, Wanyan Sheng immediately ordered someone to drag Concubine Li out of the palace, beat her with thirty sticks, stripped off her title of wife and sent her to a secluded courtyard.

The two original maids of the jade box were also given to death.After this incident, she seemed to no longer trust any Jurchen maids, so she politely asked Wanyan Sheng to find two people from the old palace of the Southern Dynasty from the laundry yard to serve her personally.

Song girls escorted to the capital were first selected by the royal family and nobles, and the other [-] palace family members were sent to the Marshal's Mansion Women's Concert Hall for the Jin people's pleasure, and the Shangjing Laundry House received the remaining [-] girls, Instead of serving as slaves, they wash clothes for Jin people, which is actually like a brothel, where Jin people often go to find Song girls for fun.This time Wanyan Sheng ordered people to choose two well-looking jade boxes, one was Qu Yun'er, and the other was Qin Gezi.

With Yan Sheng's permission, Yu He often invited some family members of the Song family who had been rewarded to the clan generals to come into the palace to chat with her, and Rou Fu was among them.

Zong Jun originally thought that Rou Fu might not be willing to enter the palace to be in touch with Yu Hen, but she actually agreed that as long as Yu Hen invited her, he would enter the palace to accompany her.According to Rui Ge, who accompanied her into the palace, Rou Fu still took care of the jade box with all her heart, and the daily food for the jade box was still cooked by her personal maid. During the whole process of the meal, Yu He was allowed to eat without any problems, and sometimes he would taste it first.

Zong Juan felt a little strange, so he asked Rou Fu: "Why do you care about Mrs. Zhao so much? I thought you would never forgive her when I saw you gnashing your teeth and scolding her so much at the second brother's funeral."

Rou Fu said: "She is my sister after all. It is wrong for her to flatter the Emperor of Jin, but I don't believe she will really feel happy. Someone in the palace wants to harm her. If even her own sisters don't help her, She will be very pitiful. Besides, it is already very unfortunate for us to be living in a foreign country together. In the face of bullying from outsiders, if I still fight against her, it will be tantamount to helping those who want to bully us."

Zong Juan looked at her with an appreciative smile: "You seem to have grown up a lot all of a sudden."

"Just think about it when you have nothing to do, and you can always figure out something." Rou Fu looked up at a dark cloud in the distant sky, as if suddenly remembered something, and felt a little melancholy, "If Big Brother didn't follow Brother Kai ..."

Seemingly aware of the inappropriateness of talking about this topic in front of Zong Juan, she stopped talking and Zong Jun didn't ask, but she knew what she wanted to say.A thin layer of joy covered his heart, knowing that the girl's mental growth was the same as her increasingly beautiful appearance, and she did not disappoint him.

As for Yuxiang, from the day he first met her, Zong Juan felt that she must be an unusual woman. Compared with her cleverness that is not easily revealed, the beauty of her appearance is not very important.Her beauty, unpredictable personality, and her master's almost unbelievable love for her from outsiders have become the content that people in Beijing talk about, and even deduce many strange and magical legends.For example, when Mrs. King of Jinkang was pregnant with a jade box, she dreamed that a boy in Tsing Yi descended from the sky, holding an iron plate with two jade seals in it, and said to her, "God bestows your daughter as a concubine." King Jinkang After the wife woke up, she couldn't understand it, thinking that her husband was a member of the clan, so how could the daughter marry the king and become the queen and concubine.A few years later, the jade box was playing by the pool in the palace, and picked up a jade seal, which was engraved with "Jinfei's Seal", and has been wearing it ever since.During the Jingkang Incident, the jade box was taken away together with the palace family members. The general who escorted her got drunk several times and tried to misbehave with her, but he fainted every time and couldn't come near him. Dedicated to the Lord Lang.

Zong Juan didn't really believe these legends, but was quite curious about the fact that the general who wanted to invade her fainted several times. He didn't believe that the jade box would have divine help to keep her innocence so strangely. He guessed that she must have used some kind of method Knocks people out, but how does she do it?This woman is indeed not simple, intelligent, and dangerous.

He also didn't believe that the matter of the jade box being drugged would be as simple as it appeared on the surface, and would be resolved so quickly. An incident that happened after that somewhat confirmed his conjecture.

On that day, Rou Fu went to the palace to accompany Yu Hen as usual, and Zong Jun also went to see his mother. When the sun was setting, he went to pick up Rou Fu outside the gate of Yu Hen Pavilion. Just in time, Yu He sent Rou Fu out. with a smile.At this time, a woman suddenly rushed out from the shadow of the corner, her clothes were shabby and dirty, her hair was disheveled, and her red eyes were about to bleed. Want to kill me? That's right, I wanted to cut you and your bastard into pieces, but I didn't give the medicine, your damn girl said it was me, did you instigate it..."

Hearing what she said, there is no need to look closely to know that she must be the deposed Concubine Li.Before she got close to the jade box, she was pulled back by the door guard.While struggling desperately to beat the servant, she continued to curse.Rou Fu squeezed Yu He's hand, and took a step back unconsciously, while Yu He remained calm, gently pulled out the hand held by Rou Fu, walked slowly to Concubine Li, stared at her and said, "It's not me. "

Concubine Li spit at her face suddenly: "Bah! Shameless bitch, who else would it be if it wasn't you? This trick is really cruel, who would have thought that you would use the child in your womb to set the blame on others? You are so vicious, you will be punished by heaven, and you will not die!"

The jade box slowly wiped away the saliva on his face with his sleeves, without the slightest hint of anger, he only said to the servant who was holding Concubine Li: "Madam Li, please go back and rest."

After the servant agreed, he escorted Concubine Li to leave, Yu He then turned to look at Rou Fu, and smiled: "It's all right."

The matter did not end there.It is said that after Wan Yancheng heard that Concubine Li had run out of the cold palace to make trouble, he went to find her personally with a knife, grabbed her hair, which was as messy as dry grass, and forced her to look up, showing her always slender and beautiful neck. As soon as he cut with the knife, blood spurted out, drenching him all over.He dropped her and left her convulsed to death in a pool of blood.When he returned to the jade box palace, the blood on his body was even warm.

It is said that Yu He greeted him with a smile, calmly wiped away every bit of blood on his face with a silk scarf, said nothing, and leaned against him, with a charming and gentle expression as usual.

3. Knighthood
Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, father and son, and hundreds of clans were captured and went north. They were first imprisoned in Yanjing. In October of the fifth year of Tianhui, they moved to Dading Mansion in Zhongjing. The second common people of the Song Dynasty went to Beijing."

In August, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan arrived at the Huining Mansion in Shangjing, where they were ordered to kneel down in plain clothes to worship the Jin Taizu Temple, and had an audience with Wanyan Sheng in the Qianyuan Hall.

"I've seen your father and your eldest brother." Zong Jun told Rou Fu after returning from court that day.

Rou Fu's eyes flashed, and he asked, "How are they?"

"It looks pretty good, at least there is no illness or pain, but the spirit is not very good. When kneeling down to the Taizu Temple, Guoxiang thought that their heads were not lowered enough, so he scolded them a few times, and they were startled, and they kept sweating." Zong Juan looked at Holding the corner of Rou Fu's lips, "Now it seems that you really don't look like them."

He said these few words in a leisurely manner, and he didn't intentionally sarcastically, but Rou Fu's complexion sank a little, and then he turned his face away quickly, so that he wouldn't let him observe the increasingly obvious shame and anger in her eyes.

"You let them come to Beijing just to humiliate them?" She said, just a few words like a cluster of jumping cold flames.

He didn't answer directly, and after he sat down, he said unhurriedly: "My lord said that they were once the kings of a country. Let them enter Beijing to receive titles."

Rou Fu doubted: "The Lord will confer titles on them? What?"

Zong Juan couldn't help laughing, and said: "Master Lang named your father the Duke of Hunde and your elder brother the Marquis of Chonghun."

She was silent for a while, her eye circles gradually turned red, but she suppressed the tears as she was used to, and then looked up at Zong Juan with hatred, as if he had given her the two insulting titles of father and brother.

"You don't have to look at me like that. This matter has nothing to do with me. If I were the lord, I wouldn't tease the two prisoners like this." Zong Juan said, paused, but changed the topic again, "However, your father and brother have this You can't blame anyone for what happened. Those who can't keep their own country can't have both life and dignity."

She turned around and walked to the door, looking at the scenery in the distance, leaving only his stubborn back, not giving him a chance to appreciate her sorrow.After a while, he asked again: "Will they stay in Shangjing in the future?"

Zong Juan shook his head and said, "I don't know yet. But the Lord Lang probably won't let them stay in Beijing forever."

Rou Fu seemed to want to say something, but swallowed the words again, only sighed softly.

Zong Juan understood her thoughts and didn't say anything. He just pretended to remember something casually and told her: "Gaitian King Zongxian returned to the capital from the clouds, and tomorrow he will have a banquet in the mansion for Duke Hunde and Marquis Chonghun. I have always Make friends with him, and he will invite me to go, you can go with me."

She didn't turn around to respond, but Wen Yan raised her head slightly, but remained silent, and he knew that what he just said had given her a moment of light.

As soon as he entered Zongxian's mansion the next day, he saw a man in purple came out with a smile on his face.The man was about forty years old, tall and tall, with powerful tiger eyes, and a rather heroic appearance, it was the owner Wanyan Zongxian.

Zong Xian usually either fights in the South or in the North, or goes back and forth between the Privy Councils of Yunzhong and Yanjing, and seldom returns to Beijing. Therefore, when he sees Zong Jun who has been away for a long time, he feels very friendly, and immediately hugs him and greets him, chatting and laughing all the way Lead him and Roufu to the hall.

Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan are already sitting in it.Rou Fu saw that they had shaved their heads and braided hair, and were dressed in golden clothes. They looked haggard and looked dejected, not like the old kings at all. Tears filled their eyes, and they called "Daddy" with sobs, and ran to Zhao Ji Get down on your knees.

Zhao Ji hurriedly folded his arms, caressing her hair lovingly, with tears in his eyes.

Rou Fu wiped his tears with his sleeve, forced a smile, then turned his head to greet Zhao Huanfu, and called "Big Brother".Zhao Huan also hurriedly smiled at her, then looked past her and fell on Zong Juan who was following him.

"This is the eighth prince Zong Jun, and he is also the son-in-law of Duke Hunde." Zong Xian explained with a smile behind him.

Soft Fu suddenly felt ashamed, his face turned red in an instant, and he lowered his eyes.Zhao Huan was embarrassed for a while, and his smile was very stiff, while Zhao Ji looked at Zong Jun lightly, and only smiled wryly.

Zong Jun was quite calm, he bowed his hands to Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, which was regarded as a salute, Zhao Huan hurriedly bowed his hands back, Zhao Jilue nodded towards Zong Jun, then pulled his soft hand slightly back to one side, looked at her, and said with a smile: "Yuan Yuan looks very good." Then he asked, "Are your sisters okay too?"

Rou Fu suddenly said: "Not good. On the way to the north, many sisters suffered unbearable sufferings and died one after another. Only twenty people survived to the capital, and most of them were rewarded as concubines by the nobles of the Jin Kingdom. Raised in the palace, they will inevitably be given to Jinren when they become adults. Those who are rewarded with Jinren may not live well. I heard that many people are often beaten and scolded by their masters or big wives, and life is worse than death... At last The poor fifth sister..."

Zhao Ji stopped her with a long sigh: "Stop talking, I know about it, your fifth brother-in-law told me when he came back... Where is your beaded sister?"

"Beads..." Rou Fu became more and more sad, "She was married to a general who stayed in the Central Plains..." But he tried to smile and comforted his father, "But it's okay, then she will be closer to home. She is married to Jin will be the main wife. I have received a letter from her, and she said that he treated her very well. Don't worry too much, Dad. "

Hearing that they mentioned Ning Fu, Zong Juan signaled Zong Xian to open the banquet, and pulled Rou Fu to let her sit beside him, not allowing her to continue talking with his father.

Zhao Ji was sad to hear that, so he sat down sadly, pulled his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes, with a sad look on his face.

During the banquet, Zongxian toasted Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan several times, and Zhao Ji also toasted a cup, saying, "My father and son were taken care of by the king in many ways when they were in Yanjing. I thank you with wine here."

Zong Xian smiled brightly: "To be honest, it's not my intention to take care of your father and son. If you want to thank me, it shouldn't be me."

Zhao Ji was stunned, not knowing what he meant by this.Zong Xian glanced around and ordered: "Madam, please come and see me."

Everyone was silent, waiting for his wife to appear.It took a long time to faintly hear the sound of wearing rings coming from the inner room, gradually approaching, and finally the person had clearly walked behind the screen of the chairman where Zong Xian was sitting, but he seemed to hesitate, and stopped there, hesitantly refusing show up.

4. Ice cream
Zong Xian couldn't wait long, seeing that she couldn't move, he simply stood up and reached behind the screen to pull her out.

It was a middle-aged beautiful woman.The black and purple six-pleated skirt is embroidered with whole branches of flowers all over the skirt, and the skirt is lined with iron bars, so the hem of the skirt is expanded and puffed up, which looks very gorgeous; The two sides are forked, the front length brushes the ground, and the back length drags the ground for more than a foot. The waist is tied with a five-color ribbon;

Being pulled out suddenly by Zong Xian, she turned pale with fright, raised her head hastily, just in time to meet Zhao Ji's visiting gaze from the opposite side.

The flash of light is involuntarily generated when the four eyes meet, but it is instantly annihilated in the eyes that seem to be close to each other, and the joy of the long-lost reunion is dissipated by the time and space of the stars. The two bowed their heads in unison, trying to hide. The shame and embarrassment that spread to the corners of the eyes and brows.

Zhao Huan was also quite surprised to see this lady, coughed unnaturally, and lowered his head to stop looking closely.And Rou Fu stared at her blankly, as if he hadn't recovered for a while.

Seeing this scene, Zong Juan immediately understood that this lady must be Zhao Ji's virtuous concubine Wei Shi, the birth mother of Southern Song Emperor Zhao Gou.After Webster went north, he was acquired by Zong Xian. He had heard about it for a long time. Just now when Zong Xian mentioned the matter of taking care of Zhao Ji and his son, he guessed that it was related to this lady. Difference.

Zong Xian asked Mrs. Wei to sit down beside him. Mrs. Wei bowed her head deeply, not daring to say a word, her face was filled with clouds up to her ears, her hands clasped her lapels in a daze, she felt ashamed to death.

Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan also just sat down with their heads bowed, neither speaking nor toasting and holding chopsticks. There was no sound in the hall, and the atmosphere of the banquet cooled down.

After a moment of silence, Zongxian ordered the maid to bring wine to fill Zhao Ji's father and son and Mrs. Wei, and invited them to drink together. He said to Zhao Ji, "I take care of your father and son because of Mrs. Wei's face, do you know?"

Zhao Ji had nothing to say, he just raised his glass to pay tribute to Mrs. Wei, and drank another glass of wine.Zhao Huan then forced a smile and raised his glass to Madam Wei, "Thank you Madam." Then he drank it himself first.

Mrs. Wei smiled sympathetically, drank the wine in the glass in front of her, still lowered her eyes and said nothing.

This matter is delicate, and Zong Juan felt that it was inconvenient to say anything more, so he remained silent during the dinner, and finally Zong Xian spoke first, and said to Mrs. Wei: "You haven't seen each other for a long time, why don't you talk now? It doesn't matter if you don't say anything, listen It is said that Hun Degong used to order people to sing and dance for fun at banquets, and your song is very good, so you might as well sing another one for him now."

Mrs. Wei didn't respond either, she lowered her head even more, wishing she could bury her face in her bosom.Zong Xian urged again, but she still refused to agree, and finally just shook her head, tears were about to fall.

"Alas..." Zhao Ji sighed suddenly, and said to Zong Xian: "In the past, Mrs. Wei sang songs for me, let me sing for her today, and thank her for her years of love to me .”

Immediately, he struck the cup on the table with his chopsticks, and sang aloud: "Cut the ice cream, lightly stack it several times, pour the cold rouge evenly. The new look is beautiful, the fragrance is overflowing, and it is ashamed to kill the maid of Ruizhu. It is easy to wither, and it is more beautiful." How much, ruthless wind and rain. Sorrow. The idle courtyard is desolate, several spring evenings. With so much hatred for leaving, these two swallows have never been able to speak. The sky is far away, thousands of rivers and mountains, I know where his Forbidden City is. Why don't you think about it? In dreams, sometimes I have gone. There is no evidence. And dreams, sometimes I don’t do it.”

When he sang this word, his expression was desolate, and the meaning of the word was extremely sad. Zhao Huan and Rou Fu who were listening at the side covered their faces and wiped away their tears, but Mrs. Wei couldn't bear it anymore, hot tears rolled down, she covered her face with a silk scarf , Although trying to suppress it, there is still a cry of mourning.

Zong Xian didn't know much Chinese, so he couldn't understand Zhao Ji's lyrics, so he asked Zong Jun, "What does the song sung by Duke Hunde mean?"

Zong Jun replied indifferently: "It's about Wing Chun flowers, and it probably describes the scene that Hun Degong saw during his journey."

Zong Xian smiled and shook his head to everyone: "You Nanren are so thoughtful, you can cry like this even when you sing a song about flowers."

Mrs. Wei wanted to smile when she heard the words, but she was too sad in the end, her lips were curved, but her brows were always furrowed, she was neither crying nor smiling, it was very ugly.

Seeing this, Zong Xian sighed and said, "It's not that I don't know what's on your mind... that's all, if you still miss him, go back with him today."

As soon as this remark came out, not only Madam Wei was inexplicably astonished, but also Zhao Ji and the others widened their eyes and suspected that they had heard it wrong.After a while, Mrs. Wei said softly: "I know that I have lost my temper, and I will never do it again in the future. Your Majesty, please don't make fun of me like this."

"I'm telling the truth." Zong Xian said solemnly, "Forcing you to stay by my side, I'm not happy to see you depressed all day long, so it's better to let you go with him, it's a good deed of adult beauty .”

Everyone looked closely at Zong Xian's expression, and they all felt that he was very serious, and he should not be pretending to be provocative, so they turned their attention to Mrs. Wei again to see how she would answer.

After meditating for a long time, Mrs. Wei slowly raised her head to stare at Zong Xian, and sighed lowly: "The matter has come to this, how can we turn back? The slave family is willing to continue to follow the king, and will never leave him for the rest of his life."

Zhao Ji turned his head silently and smiled rather desolately.After Zong Xian looked at her for a while, he burst out into a hearty laugh and said, "Okay! You have a heart after all, so it's not in vain for me to treat you like this!"

Then Zong Xian put his arms around her shoulders, drank a glass himself, and then personally filled the pot for Mrs. Wei, and raised the glass for her to drink. I drank too fast, now I feel dizzy and dizzy, I may not be able to continue to accompany you, please allow my family to leave the banquet and go back to the room to rest."

Zong Xian nodded in agreement, Madam Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly started to leave, not wanting someone to stop her at this moment: "Wait a minute!"

Everyone in the hall looked towards the source of the sound, and saw that Rou Fu had stood up beside Zong Jun, his face was full of anger, and his eyes were burning towards Mrs. Wei.

5. Mother of Nations
"Empress Empress!" She stared at Mrs. Wei and called out, trying to keep her tone calm, but her brows were frowning, her mouth was tightly pursed, her breath was aggravated by the pent-up anger, and her chest heaved and fluctuated accordingly.

Hearing her address like this, Mrs. Wei was a little dazed for a moment, subconsciously turned her eyes around, as if she didn't know she was calling her, and wanted to find out who she was referring to.

"Empress Empress, Emperor Empress Empress," Rou Fu said again, saying each word clearly, "I am calling you. Didn't you hear that Ninth Brother has respected you from a distance—his mother is Empress Xuanhe, Too much queen?"

Mrs. Wei's face turned pale immediately, and she took a few steps back slowly, until she suddenly touched the screen, she raised her head in shock, her lips trembled slightly, half-opened and silent, tears rolled in her eyes, she was still crying, maybe she had lost her mind .

Zong Jun immediately got up and shook Rou Fu's wrist, and then said goodbye to Zong Xian, saying that he had other important matters and would not be able to stay for a long time, and that he would hold a banquet to make amends at another day, and then walked out with Rou Fu.Roufu broke free desperately, rushed to Mrs. Wei, held her hands and persuaded her earnestly: "Mother Wei, Beishang Mengchen was not at fault for you. How could Yuan Yuan not know the grievances? But since King Gaitian is willing to let you go back Daddy's side, why don't you agree? Now that you are the mother of the country, you should put your family and country first in your actions. Don't be greedy for a moment of wealth and damage your reputation. If you lose to your father, it will affect the reputation of Ninth Brother and make the King of Song Dynasty fall Be the laughing stock of the Jinren!"

With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Wei withdrew her hand, and quickly ran behind the screen. Rou Fu wanted to chase again, but bumped into Zong Xian who was walking to block him.Zong Xian gave her a cold look, and with a flick of his hand, she was thrown to the ground.

Zhao Ji quickly walked over to help Rou Fu, shook his head and said: "My good boy, don't argue, it's useless to talk about it."

But Rou Fu stubbornly turned his head to look at the figure behind the screen, and said with tears in his eyes, "No! She is Brother Nine's mother, how can Nine Brother's mother take the initiative to commit herself to the enemy!"

Zong Juan came again and dragged her away without saying a word.Rou Fu struggled, but it was as ineffective as usual, and his body was involuntarily dragged out by him.She was helpless, but she turned her head frequently unwillingly, and shouted inwardly: "Mother Wei! You are the Supreme Empress of Song Dynasty... Think about Brother Nine, think about Brother Nine..."

The shadow behind the screen stood silently, her skirt didn't move, and her shoulders were trembling slightly, but she never showed up again.

Zong Juan threw Rou Fu into the carriage, got into the carriage and sat down beside her, ordered his servant to ride the horse, and the carriage rumbled towards Zong Juan's mansion in response to the sound of the horse's hooves.

Sweeping at Roufu, he saw her leaning against a corner of the carriage as if exhausted, her eyes half-closed tiredly and sadly, and there was still lingering anger in her small beeping mouth, Zong Juan didn't intend to comfort her, and just said: "She made the right choice. , is a very sensible approach.”

Roufu turned around and ignored him, and at a glance, she was quite disdainful.

He didn't look at her either, he leaned back with his hands behind his head, looked straight ahead, and said, "Was she favored before? Did your father ever look at her? I heard that your father was born when your ninth brother was born." It was only later that she was given a decent title, and the final 'Xianfei' was also bought for her by your Ninth Brother at the cost of envoy Jinying."

She remained silent.He continued: "She has been with your father for many years, probably suffering outweighs happiness, right? She didn't enjoy many blessings, but because of the identity he gave her, she suffered so much. If she hadn't met Zong Xian, what would happen now is hard to say. Just now You can also see that she is dressed in gorgeous clothes and dressed as the main room, which shows how much Zong Xian attaches great importance to her. People in the capital laughed at Zong Xian for letting so many girls from the Southern Dynasty not choose, but picked a half-old mistress as his wife, But he didn't care at all, he took good care of Mrs. Wei, this kind of affection, but what did your father give her?

"Even if she can ignore Zong Xian's concern and return to your father for the sake of loyalty and fame, what will happen? Even now, there are still many women around your father. The Lord not only let Queen Zheng follow him all the time, but also gave him You kept a few concubines, all of whom should be younger and more beautiful than Madam Wei. It is said that in February and March this year, three of them gave birth to two sons and a daughter for your father. Even if your father treats her like a guest on the surface, will he not mind? Mrs. Wei will be in an embarrassing situation at that time. It is also a woman from the Southern Dynasty, why can't you put yourself in her shoes? You Since you can forgive Mrs. Zhao, why can't you forgive her?"

"Because she is different from the jade box, and she is also different from any of my father's concubines." Rou Fu finally couldn't help but turn around and retort, "I know she has difficulties, but now that she is the mother of the country, the honor and disgrace involved are not She is alone. The family can be destroyed, the country can be destroyed, but the integrity of the mother of a country cannot be lost! Concubine Wei Xian must have been in the dust before, and it was not what she wanted. It is pity, but since she has the opportunity to leave today, why would she want to leave? Are you willing to stay and serve the Jin people? Self-interested feelings are insignificant before the dignity of the Song Dynasty. The loss of integrity in the heart is far worse than in the body. My ninth brother struggled to clean up the mess after the country was destroyed, and led the army to return to the country so hard, but he His mother did not return to his father's side, and took the initiative to serve the enemy in the Kingdom of Jin, not to mention how he would be ridiculed and ridiculed after the news, just talking about himself... how sad he should be..."

Speaking of this, I was choked up and unable to speak, and tears fell down.

Zong Juan smiled back, and said: "Your ninth brother, your ninth brother...you seem to be all attached to him...Are you sure that he is really worthy of your wholehearted protection?"

"Of course." She wiped her tears and said, "He is my Ninth Brother, the king who is in charge of Song Zhongxing. I don't allow anyone to say disrespectful words to him or do things that will harm him."

Zong Juan nodded leisurely and said nothing.But Rou Fu became more and more sad as he thought about it, and kept crying all the way, even returning to the mansion.Ye Zongjun was lying beside her that night, and when he turned around, he touched the pillow soaked by her tears. Hearing her continuous sobbing, he couldn't help but think of the night when she lost her virginity to him. She is so sad.

6. Split Robe
A similar thing happened again after that.That day when she came back from the Jade Box Pavilion, she got out of the car and walked straight back to her room, leading her white dress and walking under the golden sycamore tree. Her steps seemed heavier than usual, and she could hear the crisp leaves veins on the ground. Her feet shattered.Her face was as beautiful as ice jade, but there was no trace of warmth in her expression.Her lips were pale, but her eyes were reddish, and an angry glare flashed from the corner of her eyes. As she walked, two invisible sharp edges seemed to draw out in the transparent air, startling several jackdaws flying along the way.

She walked past Zong Juan without looking sideways, when Zong Juan called her, she quickly disappeared at the end of the courtyard as if she hadn't heard her.Zong Juan then called Brother Rui who was walking behind her, and asked her, "What's wrong with my little madam today?"

Brother Rui said: "Just now she met Mrs. Wei, the king of Gaitian, at Mrs. Zhao's place, and she suddenly started arguing. Later, Mrs. Zhao said something to her coldly, so she stopped arguing and took me out of the palace immediately. government."

At this time Zong Xian has left Beijing to fight again, but this time he left Mrs. Wei in Beijing, and Yu Xiang often called her into the palace as a companion, so it was only a matter of time before he met Rou Fu.Zong Juan asked again: "What are they fighting for?"

Rui Ge replied, "I'm not sure...I was chatting with Qu Yun'er outside at the time, but I didn't hear the truth."

In the future, when Yuhe sent someone to invite Rou Fu, she would first ask if there was someone else, and if she heard that Mrs. Wei was there, she would definitely refuse, not even with excuses.She gradually became very silent, and the frequent quarrels and disputes with Zong Juan in the past were less. She still insisted on reading and sometimes practiced riding a horse.After she let go of the foot binding, although her feet still couldn't return to the appearance of natural feet, they also became a lot bigger, making riding a horse no longer seem so difficult.When riding a horse and galloping, she will be in a rare good mood, and she will be in a good mood when she raises her eyebrows and looks back, but sometimes she will suddenly rein in the horse in high spirits, and then turn her head to look at the clouds, her eyes are suddenly sad, and the initial smile quietly fades into a distant one. Boundless traces.

In October of the sixth year of Tianhui, Wan Yansheng decided to move Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan's father and son, Yu Hen's father, Jinkang County King Zhao Xiaoqian, and other [-] members of the Song clan to live in Hanzhou, and gave them [-] hectares of land to make them own land. Plant crops to be self-supporting.

On the day of departure, Zong Jun took Rou Fu to see him off outside the city, and saw the figures of his father, brother and others, but Rou Fu didn't want to approach, and just stood at a distance, looking sadly.

A group of people from the Song Dynasty, either in an old car, or riding a thin horse, or more on foot, formed a winding line in the cold wind, and penetrated into the depths of the autumn grass as high as a person on the horizon, tending to another Strange lands and unknown fates.The carriages of Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan were in the middle of the team, and Rou Fu was hiding behind a row of trees, running along with the speed of the carriage, light dust staining his clothes, and tears streaming down his face.

The dilapidated carriage moved very slowly, and the wheels turned slowly, making creaking sounds, like sighing three times at a step.Suddenly someone came galloping on horseback, raised his sleeves and shouted: "Mr. Hunde, please stay."

The motorcade stopped, and Zhao Ji came out from the car. Seeing that the person who came was a palace servant, he nodded and asked.The servant said: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Hunde, Mrs. Zhao will see you off."

It didn't take long to see a chariot approaching quickly, decorated with gilded crested heads and yellow knots.As soon as the car stopped, the jade box came out and walked in front of Zhao Ji, saluted with a blessing, and said: "Young Master, the mountains and rivers are far away, so take care all the way."

Zhao Ji hurriedly returned the gift, looked up and saw that the jade box was bloated, and knew that she was pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said: "Madam should take care of herself now, because it is cold outside the city, so there is no need to rush to see her off."

Yu He blushed, lowered his head and asked softly, "Uncle, where is my father?"

Zhao Ji raised his eyes and looked forward: "He is walking ahead on horseback."

Yu He followed his gaze and saw her father Zhao Xiaoqian, king of Jinkang County, standing two or three zhang away on a horse.He is still wearing a green robe from the Song Dynasty, which has been washed and faded, but it is extremely clean. The material of the clothes is thin, and the back skirt is fluttering in the wind.He was staring at the jade box silently, with a calm expression and clear eyes.

Yu He hurried over immediately, raised his head and smiled and called out, "Father!"

Xiaoqian didn't answer, and only looked at her slowly.Yu He deliberately chose to wear a wide plain dress today, but she couldn't hide her nine-month-pregnant figure after all. She was immediately ashamed, covering Gao Long's abdomen with her hands in panic, lowering her head with tears in her eyes, like a Children who do wrong.After a long time, seeing Xiaoqian remained silent, he raised his head reluctantly, tried to smile and said: "Father, I have asked the Lord Lang, he promised to let you stay in Beijing, and he will give you a mansion and make you an official." , there is no need to go to Hanzhou to farm. Come back with me, Dad."

Hearing this, Xiaoqian dismounted from his horse, bowed to the jade box, and said, "Thank you for your kindness, madam. As a captive of the Song Dynasty, Xiaoqian has no talent and incompetence, so how dare he stay in Beijing to be an official of the Kingdom of Jin. Xiaoqian is deeply favored by the emperor of Song Dynasty. , even though the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, you can't lose to the Taoist emperor, and you will be with him to the death. In the past, you can share wealth and honor with him, and of course you should share weal and woe with him today. Madam, please come back, Don't talk too much with me and other prisoners of Song Dynasty, lest your son will not like it. Madam's honor is hard to come by, so you should cherish it."

Xiaoqian is the eldest son of Wu Rong Wang Hao, the second brother of Emperor Shenzong Zhao Xu, and he is a cousin of Zhao Ji. He has a very good relationship with Zhao Ji since childhood, and he has always been upright and loyal. He is quite respected and has a high status in the Song clan. .

Seeing that he didn't agree, Yuxiang wanted to persuade him again, but when he met his non-angry and self-imposing eyes, he retracted his words, knowing that it would be useless to say it, and understood that he was very dissatisfied with his flattery in front of the lord. Then he smiled sadly, seeing his thin clothes, tears welled up in his eyes, and then said: "Father, it's windy today, why are you wearing such thin clothes?" Then he ordered the maid to take out the prepared sable fur coat The cloak, I personally took it with both hands and offered it: "Father..."

Xiaoqian waved her away without waiting for her to finish speaking, said "madam, please come back" and got on the horse again, ready to set off.Yu He was shocked, threw away his cloak and hurriedly grabbed his horse's reins, and said tearfully, "Father, do you really not forgive your daughter?"

Immediately Xiaoqian looked down at her quietly, and finally said again: "Madam, if you want to gain a higher status in the palace, having a father like me is undoubtedly the biggest obstacle. I dare not drag Madam any longer. This place and Madam broke up the father-daughter relationship, and they will have nothing to do with each other from now on, Madam may as well find another nobleman from the Jin Kingdom to be her father, and I will go to Hanzhou to farm, and everyone will be happy."

After speaking, she pulled her hand away, kicked the horse's belly lightly, and the horse started to move forward.With tears in his eyes, Yu He grabbed the hem of his robe, followed the horse, but still refused to let him go, sobbing, "Father, listen to me..."

Xiaoqian stopped, looked at the smoke and dust in the sky, and sighed softly, "Yuxiang, you are the greatest shame in my life." Then he pulled out a sharp knife from his boot with his lower hand, and swiped it backward, causing the rear train to crack Opened, Yu He fell to the ground holding the half of her train, but Xiaoqian didn't look at her again, swung his whip down, and first rode his horse forward.

Yu He fell on his knees and walked a few steps, watching his father's disappearing figure and weeping bitterly.Seeing this, Zhao Ji rushed over, reached out his hand to help but hesitated, and turned to signal the maid of the jade box to help her up.

But Yu He suddenly pushed away the person who came to help her, stood up slowly by herself, rested one hand on her lower back, and stroked her abdomen with the other, trying to stand still, then pulled her sleeves to wipe away the tears on her face, turned around indifferently and got into the car .The look of mourning just now disappeared in an instant, and if the blood in her eyes hadn't faded, it was almost impossible to see that she had cried so deeply.

Her phoenix chariot turned around and drove back to the city, Zhao Ji and others also continued on their way.Rou Fu had been standing behind the bushes and staring blankly, only now did he regain his senses and looked up, seeing Zong Jun beside him watching the jade box and the chariot, as if he was in deep thought.

7. Prince
Yu Fang acted on her fetal gas, and gave birth to a son on the night of her return to the palace. She was born half a month prematurely, and the child looked quite thin. Fortunately, there was no danger, and the mother and child were safe.And Wanyan Sheng was 54 at the time, and none of the concubines in the palace had given birth to a child for several years before that, so he was very happy. He named the newborn Zongshu, rewarded him with a jade box and silk jewels, and sent more slaves to serve him. All internal and external celebrations were carried out in accordance with the regulations, and all expenses and scenes were not reduced because of the status of the jade box from the Song Dynasty.

After hearing the news the next day, Rou Fu immediately went to the palace to see the mother and child in the jade box. When he came back, he looked very happy, and before Zong Jun asked himself, he said: "That child is really small, only a little bit big..." Splitting his hands, Compared with the length of less than a foot, "the face is flushed, and the small face is wrinkled, like a little monkey. When the mouth is closed, it is as small as a cherry that has not grown up. It is extremely difficult to feed him water. The water dripped on his lips, and then let him slowly suck it in. But if he started to cry, oops, his eyes and nose were all shrunk, and all he could see was a gaping mouth... ..."

It was rare to see her talk about anything with such high spirits.Her eyes were bright, and she looked at the person in front of her jumpingly, as if she saw the baby she described, and her bright smile made her face have the halo of lotus in early summer under the dawn sun, pure without haze.

"Newborn babies are always like this." Zong Juan said, and lightly touched her pink cheeks.

She was in the middle of talking, but she didn't pay attention to Zong Juan's movements. Instead of evading like usual, she nodded after listening to his words, and said, "Yuxiang also said the same... I heard from my nanny before that the newborn The uglier the child, the better, and he will be beautiful when he grows up. I think Shu'er will be very beautiful in the future, just like a jade box..."

Zong Juan laughed at her: "Why do you care so much about other people's children. Since you like children so much, we might as well have one ourselves."

These words made her change color instantly. "No!" Her face sank and she said resolutely, "I will not have children for you."

It's not up to you to decide.Zong Juan thought to himself, but didn't say it, ignoring her rising anger, but smiled and said nothing.However, when his eyes glanced at her flat belly, he was slightly surprised. They had been together for more than a year, but she had never been pregnant. He didn't think she would have a way to avoid this from happening. Could it be that this little girl just relied on her will? Can it affect God's will?

Since then, Rou Fu has frequently entered the palace to visit the jade box and Zong Shu who is called Shu'er by everyone, and he can't help repeating the big and small things about Shu'er in front of Zong Jun: Shu'er has a good appetite. He is white and fat, not like a skinny monkey at all; Shu'er has big eyes, but he doesn't like to move around like ordinary children. He often stares at things for a long time; Shu'er is so brave, today The wet nurse slipped her hands while holding him, and he fell on the bed. Everyone was terrified, but he didn't cry at all; One hundred taels, but no matter how people tease him, he won't laugh...

She said these things as fun at first, but as months passed, when she gradually realized that there were more and more differences between Shu'er and ordinary children, her tone was no longer so relaxed and cheerful, and began to change. I became worried: "Why can't Shu'er still not laugh? He is almost two years old, and other children should be able to call their parents when they are this age, but not only can't he call, he can't even smile, and he can't even laugh." I don’t cry often, the porridge fed to him by the nanny last time was a bit hot, but he swallowed it gulply, and later I found out that his mouth was scalded, but he didn’t cry..."

There seems to be something wrong with the kid's mind.Hearing what she said, Zong Juan came to this conclusion.And this matter has also become a topic of interest to the concubines and clan ministers. The drug accident in the early pregnancy of Yuhe and the subsequent premature birth are enough to affect Shu'er's intelligence, and people inside and outside the palace are whispering happily. , couldn't hide his gloating look between talking and laughing.

Naturally, Yu He also saw the abnormality of his son. "This child seems a bit silly." One day, she was lying on a soft couch outside the palace, looking at Shu'er who was in the arms of the nanny staring blankly at the fallen flowers in the courtyard, and said wearily.

"No!" Rou Fu on the side denied fiercely, as if his child had been slandered for no reason, "Some children learn to speak and walk later, and it would be better if they were older."

Yu He just smiled: "It doesn't matter if you're stupid or not?" Then she put one hand on her stomach and closed her eyes lazily.

At that time, she was pregnant again, which shows the prosperity of the holy family.Shu'er's mind relieved those who were worried that this child would affect their own interests, but they didn't expect that she would give birth again so soon, and those vaguely hostile eyes fell on the jade box and the child in her womb again.

At the end of Tianhui's seventh year, Yu He gave birth to another son, who was even more adorable than Shu'er because of his delicate features. He was given the name Zong Qing, and his nickname was Qing'er.

When Qing'er was two or three months old, she was caught with wind and cold, and she didn't recover after several days.When Empress Tang Kuo heard about it, she ordered someone to bring a bowl of boiled medicine, saying, "This medicine is very effective in treating children with cold." At that time, Qing'er bleeds to death from seven orifices.

After Qing'er died, Yu He kept hugging him tightly and pressed his face against his little face until he couldn't feel any warmth, then he suddenly raised his head and uttered a mournful cry, which resounded through the palace. It's been a long time.

Wan Yancheng rushed over after hearing the news, and when he heard the imperial doctor said that the medicine Qing'er was taking was highly poisonous, he immediately ordered someone to send the queen to ask her why she had done such a murderous act.

Empress Tang Kuo was startled and said: "The concubine gave Qing'er the medicine out of good intentions. If he wanted to cure his illness, how could he poison him?"

Wan Yancheng said: "The imperial doctor found out that the remaining liquid in the medicine bowl is highly poisonous, could it be that he wronged you?"

Empress Tang Kuo hurriedly knelt down and argued: "If I really want to harm Qing'er, I should find a perfect strategy, right? Is there any reason to give poison blatantly?"

Hearing what she said, Wanyan Sheng was momentarily at a loss for words, and began to lower his head in thought.At this time, weeping like a jade box with pear blossoms in the rain, wiped away the tears, and said quietly: "The queen is the head of the six palaces, and she can decide the fate of the three thousand palaces, even if one or two concubines and their children are openly killed. What's more, as the daughter of a prisoner of the Song Dynasty, Yuhe's life is like nothing... But Yuhe has always been cautious in his words and deeds since he entered the palace consciously. I don't know it, although the empress punishes me alone, why bother to vent my anger on my child..."

Having said that, he covered his face with his sleeves, weeping uncontrollably, his soft body leaned over, crying and fell into Wanyan Cheng's arms.Wanyan Sheng hurriedly put his arms around her, brushing the strands of her loose temple hair, and repeatedly comforted her.Seeing that Empress Tang Kuo was furious, she simply stood up, rushed over, slapped the jade box across the face, and said angrily: "Bitch, don't stir up trouble here! I'm talking to the lord, how can you intervene?" portion!"

Wanyan Cheng was extremely angry, and he kicked the queen to the ground with his leg raised: "You are so arrogant in front of me, so you must be used to being arrogant, and it's not surprising that you openly poisoned my prince."

The queen shook her head and said with tears in her eyes: "You believe what she says? You are really fascinated by this vixen, can't you see that she wants to frame me?"

"Alas..." Yuhe suddenly sighed, and under Wanyan Cheng's gaze, she walked up to the queen with a graceful gait, stared at her, and said, "Queen, do you dare to swear? In front of the lord, point at yourself The life of your son, the friendship between you and the master for many years, and the honor of your Tang Kuo family, you swear that you have never had the intention of harming my child, and have never let anyone pour medicine into the bowl?"

8. Spring cold
Empress Tang Kuo was stunned when she heard this.What the jade box asked her to swear by was all things that she cherished more than her life.Needless to say, the life of her son and the long-term relationship between her husband and wife, as a woman of the Tang Kuo family who married into the royal family, maintaining the family's honor for generations is the most important duty of her life.

The rise of the Tang Kuo family is due to the fact that Tang Kuo Duobao, the empress of Jingzu Zhaosu.Duobao is extremely intelligent, generous and knowledgeable. Since she married Jingzu Wu Gunai at the age of 15, she has been with her through thick and thin, sharing weal and woe and creating great achievements together.Ugunai died of illness at the age of 54. Duobaozhen then assisted his second son, Libo, to maintain the tribal rule and expand his power. The brothers of Libo, who used soldiers, must first report to their mother before doing so. Later, Taizu Wanyanmin was able to unify Jurchen and establish Jin The country is also because the grandmother assisted the grandfather and father to lay a solid foundation for it.Under Duobao's arrangement, the eldest son Wanyan Wuyashu, the second son Wanyan Min, and the fourth son Wanyan Sheng all married women from the Tang Kuo family. Since then, the Tang Kuo family has become the most prominent The descendants, clan princes and concubines are willing to give priority to the Tang Kuo clan when they marry, and the Tang Kuo daughters who marry into the royal family are also proud of their own births, safeguarding the interests of their own family at all times, and never want to do anything that harms the clan. A matter of honor.

Therefore, everyone who heard it knew the importance of this oath, and they all stared at Empress Tang Kuo to see how she would react.

After staying for a long time, the queen did not open her mouth to swear, so Wanyan Cheng sneered: "It really is you."

Empress Tang Kuo no longer denied it, looked straight at the jade box, and said, "Zhao Yubox, I underestimated you." After saying that, she stood up, arranged her dress and hairpins, and then slightly raised her head towards Wanyan Sheng: "Please, Mr. The Lord condemns."

Wanyan Cheng looked sideways and said: "Immortality and envy of women, how can you be a mother to the world! You go to Wailuo Courtyard to live for a while, and think about it."

The Wailuo Courtyard is where concubines who fell out of favor lived.The queen saluted and received the order, and before going to look back at the jade box, she saw the jade box standing pretty behind the master of the house, she just withdrew her charming look, and watched her off, her two cuts were calm and calm.

Wanyan Sheng did not formally issue an edict to abolish the Empress.Abolishing the empress is no small matter, not to mention that Tang Kuo's descendants cannot be ignored, and the princes tried their best to protect the empress, so Wanyan Sheng only said to let the empress shut up and think about her mistakes, but no longer let the empress be in charge of the affairs of the harem, and gave most of it to the jade box take over.Yu He's power over the harem caused the courtiers to panic and dissatisfaction, and repeatedly remonstrated with Wan Yancheng, but Wan Yan Sheng saw that Yu He was acting prudently and cautiously, not arrogant and self-confident, so he didn't take it seriously, and ignored the voice of criticism.

Rou Fu was also in the palace when Qing'er died, and when he came back that night, his expression was different, and he stayed behind closed doors.The next day, Zong Jun didn't pay much attention to this after hearing about it, he only said that Roufu loved Qing'er, so he was very sad, but unexpectedly Roufu continued to be sad for several days, and finally became depressed and became sick.

One night, Brother Rui ran over in a panic and told Zong Jun: "Little madam is hot all over, and she can't stop talking nonsense while she's crying."

Zong Juan jumped up and went to look at her.I saw that her face was flushed with burns, two lines of tears trickled down from her closed eyes, her lips trembled slightly, and she muttered indistinctly.

Zong Juan touched her forehead and called out, "Yuan Yuan."

"Ah, Ninth Brother..." She reacted immediately, as if trying to open her eyes, but she couldn't open them anyway, so she slowly stretched out her hand to reach up: "Is that you, Ninth Brother?"

Zong Juan held her hand, speechless.

"Brother Nine, I killed someone...I killed Qing'er...I hugged him and fed him the medicine one mouthful at a time. He kept turning his head to avoid it and cried. I thought he thought the medicine was bitter, so he continued Feed him, I didn't know the medicine was poisonous...he started to vomit...at first it was the medicine, then it was a mouthful of blood...I saw blood coming out of his nose, eyes and mouth, red and black...he His face gradually turned purple..."

Her intermittent narration reproduced her fear that day. Zong Juan embraced her, she couldn't distinguish time and space for a moment, and she cuddled up to the people around her in a daze, crying: "Brother Nine, I want to go home... When can I go home?"

On a chilly spring night, her hot face was pressed against his chest, and the tears she shed wet the skirt of his clothes, making her instantly icy cold.Zong Juan hugged her and remained motionless until she calmed down and finally fell asleep exhausted.He left before she woke up, leaving her a clinging dream.

Two days later, Yu He asked her maid, Qu Yun'er, to invite Rou Fu into the palace.Rou Fu half-lyed on the sickbed, and said a polite refusal to Qu Yun'er. Zong Jun noticed that she was staring at the maid with a faint uneasiness in her eyes, and when she lowered her eyes and turned to the side, there was a deeper shadow on her eyebrows.

Zong Juan knew that her fear might not be entirely caused by making Qing'er take the poison by mistake, and he thought she would not tell the truth, so he didn't ask.When her condition improved, they prepared chariots and horses to carry her into the chariot.

"Where are you going?" she asked in surprise.

He simply replied: "Traveling."

9. Flowers
The trip lasted for several days, and he never told her that this outing was a long journey, and she seemed to no longer care about where the end was. She curled up under a white fox fur, even covering her face, only her clear eyes and clear and graceful eyes were exposed. The overflowing black hair is strangely peaceful, and a carriage rolls across mountains and forests under the bright sun and moonlight.

One day, the carriage stopped on a hill, and Zong Jun helped Rou Fu to get out of the car. She looked around, was a little surprised at first, and then smiled.

The sky is blue, the sun is like gold, the hills are criss-crossed, and thousands of peach trees are planted in the middle. A light pink mist enveloped the room.

In the shadow of peach blossoms, there is a kind of flower man, holding flower scissors, with his back facing them, walking and stopping, picking branches and pruning from time to time.He has a handsome figure, not like a rough and strong golden man, and he casually wears the ordinary gold-style narrow-sleeved round-neck shirt, which has the style of Song people's robes with wide sleeves.

"Alas, these peach trees can no longer be pruned!" An old man shouted and ran towards him, "Winter pruning is over, and the time for topping and tipping has not yet come, so don't prune casually."

The flower grower looked back after hearing the sound, and the elegant smile on the handsome face was blowing in the air, like a gust of wind moving the mirror surface of the lake, the sunlight flickered like golden ripples.

"Although the pruning has been done, the flowers and branches are not beautiful enough. They should be trimmed a little bit to make the branches look like clouds and wind." He said with a slight smile.

The old man sighed: "This is a fruit tree, and it is not a peach blossom that was planted in the palace in the past. According to the way the three officials cut it, how can it bear much fruit this year!"

The flower grower didn't argue, and nodded slightly: "Well, it's my fault, I won't cut more from now on." As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly frowned, put his left hand under his lips, and coughed lightly.

The old man hurriedly said with concern: "The three officials are sick, so you don't have to work hard. I can take care of the orchard."

He still smiled and waved his hands: "Small stubborn illness, it's okay..."

The two were talking, but they heard the sound of horseshoes, and looked sideways, and saw a group of golden men galloping towards them with smoke and dust on their horses and whips.

The leader was about forty or fifty years old, wearing a sable gown with a gold knife on his waist, he should be a general of considerable status, when he saw the flower grower, he glared at him, pointed at him with his horsewhip, and asked, "Who are you?" Zhao Kai?"

The flower grower sized him up and smiled: "Yes."

With a flick of the golden man's wrist, the whip danced into the air like a spirit snake, Zhao Kai subconsciously raised his sleeve to block it, and only heard a "pop", and the whip fell hotly on his face and arms, and his sleeves It cracked in response, and a bloodstain bloomed on his left cheek and ear.

"What a barbarian," said the golden man, with veins protruding from his head, and his appearance was fierce, "how dare you seduce my daughter!"

Rou Fu on the hill turned pale, and asked Zong Jun urgently: "Who is that golden man? This is... Hanzhou?"

Zong Juan nodded: "That man is A Lisu, the minister of Hanzhou."

Zhao Kai wiped off the blood oozed from his face with his sleeve, looked down upon this aggressive golden general, and kept his smile unchanged: "The beauty offered me a peach, so I rewarded him with Qiongyao, what is the crime?"

A Lisu didn't understand these words, but he didn't bother to study them carefully, he said angrily: "Don't make excuses, if I don't beat you to death today, I won't solve the hatred in my heart!"

Rou Fu was shocked, pulled Zong Juan and said: "Go and tell him to stop, don't allow him to hurt my brother Kai."

Zong Juan was rather calm. He looked to the right and said, "Someone is here."

Rou Fu followed his gaze, and saw a young girl galloping towards her on the right road, riding a bay red pony, her red clothes fluttered, and the hairband on her forehead was inlaid with red gemstones. The burning flames floated to the eyes with the wind.

"Don't hurt him!" She yelled all the way up to A Lisu and Zhao Kai, got off her horse immediately, threw herself at Zhao Kai without thinking, put her arms around his neck, and used her body to block A Li for him. Suo swung his whip again.

A horsewhip cracked several layers of clothes on her back, and the exposed scars on the skin made A Lisuo stunned, then sat upright on the horse's back, and sternly reprimanded: "Brother Duoning, get out of the way!"

Zhao Kai sighed lightly, stroking her back and said, "Does it hurt? Leave me alone, go home quickly."

But Brother Duoning still didn't let go of Zhao Kai, he just turned his head resentfully, glanced obliquely at A Lisu through the hanging braids, and bit his pink lips with his white teeth: "If you If you want to hurt him, kill me first!"

A Lisu glanced around, and ordered: "Pull her away."

Brother Duoning immediately turned around and angrily swept over the bullying A Lisu attendant: "Who dares to come here?"

The attendants then stopped, Ah Lisu shouted: "They don't dare, I dare!" Then he waved his horsewhip at them.

Unexpectedly, this time Brother Duoning was no longer willing to be beaten. When the whip fell, he raised his hand to grab it, grabbed the end of the whip, pulled it vigorously, and snatched the whip from A Lisu's hand, threw it on the ground and kicked The buckskin boots stomped a few times, then turned to look at A Lisu, and raised his jaw: "A Lisu, I like Kai, I want to marry him, you don't care!"

"I don't care? I don't care about my own daughter?" A Lisuo trembled with anger, "Okay, since you don't treat me as a father, I will only treat you as your daughter in the future!"

Brother Duoning stared at him, with gleaming almond eyes, and said nonchalantly: "Then it's settled, I won't be your daughter, and you don't want to meddle in our affairs from now on."

A Lisu sneered, and slowly pulled out the saber at his waist: "Since you are not my daughter, I don't need to worry about it. Since you don't like it, it's better to kill it with one knife..."

Brother Duoning was startled, he raised his eyebrows and stepped forward to say something, but was held back by Zhao Kai.He moved forward, blocked her behind, and said to A Lisu: "There is nothing wrong with Ai in this matter, Kai is willing to bear all the responsibilities, please don't hurt her, my lord."

A Li said coldly: "Of course you can't escape, I don't want such a daughter either."

He raised his saber and was about to chop it off when he saw it, when Zong Jun made a sound and shouted on the hill: "A Lisu, stop."

A Lisu heard the sound and saw that he was very surprised to see Zong Juan, so he didn't swing the saber down for a while.

Zong Juan walked over quickly, and calmly said some words of persuasion to the anxious father, A Lisu might not be listening, his eyes were still locked on the rebellious daughter, while Brother Duoning didn't realize it, and stood by Zhao Kai , holding his hand quietly, the agitated expression between his brows disappeared without knowing when, and occasionally he raised his head to stare at Zhao Kai, his eyes were gentle, and above the sky, a cloud drifted lightly.

The hostility in A Lisu's eyes gradually dissipated, and he turned red before he knew it. After hearing Zong Jun say, "For my sake, we might as well let go of today's matter", he sighed dejectedly, and said to his daughter, "Let's go." , well, you can live with him in the future, just don't regret it." Then he didn't say any more, even Zong Juan ignored him, turned his horse's head, and galloped away with his entourage.

"I will never regret it." Brother Duoning watched his father go away, also with tears in his eyes, after saying this, he smiled slightly.

When the spring breeze returned, Zhao Kai couldn't help coughing a few more times, Brother Duoning hurriedly stroked his back and asked, "Have you recovered yet?"

Zhao Kai didn't answer, and smiled at her gently: "You don't regret it, but I regret it. You sacrificed so much for me, if I die in the future and leave you alone, what should I do?"

"How could you die?" Brother Duoning patted him, "I didn't agree, do you dare to die?"

Zhao Kai shook his head and said: "Life and death are up to you and me to decide. I'm in a terrible situation. When I die in the future, I don't even have a coffin to bury me. How can you not be burdened by me for the rest of your life? Thinking about it now, really I'm sorry."

Brother Duoning lowered his head and thought for a while, took his hands together, and suddenly smiled again: "What are you thinking so much about? If you die and there is no coffin, I will bury you in a manger, and then... then put your child Raising adults..."

These words made Zhao Kai startled: "You..."

Brother Duoning stroked his lower abdomen, his face flushed, but he was very happy.

Zhao Kai understood, feeling emotional for a moment, held her hand instead, and smiled, but said nothing.

"Brother Kai." At this moment, Rou Fu approached slowly and called him softly.

Seeing that it was her, Zhao Kai's smile suddenly brightened, and he was pleasantly surprised: "Yuan Yuan, it's you. Why are you here?"

Rou Fu was quite ashamed, glanced at Zong Jun, lowered his head and said, "He brought me here."

Looking at the situation of the two of them, it is not difficult for Zhao Kai to guess what is going on here, he nodded slightly at Zong Jun, then pulled Rou Fu close to him, and asked, "How is he treating you?"

Rou Fu was stumped by this question, she blinked hesitantly, as if she didn't know how to answer, after a while, she finally nodded slightly.

Zhao Kai smiled slightly relieved.

Brother Duoning saw that they were very close, so he was a little puzzled, he looked at Rou Fu with hints of guard, and couldn't help asking Zhao Kai: "Who is she?"

Zhao Kai told her: "She is my younger sister Yuan Yuan."

Brother Duoning's doubts disappeared, and he happily gestured to Roufu.

"This Jin Guo girl treats you very well." Rou Fu said to his brother with a smile.

Zhao Kai started to lead Roufu into the peach blossom forest, and explained slowly: "At first I planted trees here well, but for some reason she always disliked me, beat and scolded me every day, I couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, I deliberately teased her..."

Rou Fu couldn't help smiling: "No wonder she's so devoted to you now... What about you? Have you made the fake come true?"

Zhao Kai didn't answer this question, he waved his hand to look at the surrounding peach blossoms, and said: "When I left Beijing that day, I promised to draw a picture of cherry blossoms for you when I came back, but unfortunately I can't do it now, fortunately I have planted this peach grove, when the flowers bloom, It's also like a beautiful picture scroll. Today's scene can be regarded as repaying your promise?"

A peach blossom fell due to the wind, and fell on Zhao Kai's shoulder together with the shadows of the peach branches.Rou Fu picked up the fragile and thin five-petal pink flower with his fingers, and his gaze was a little erratic: "How can the cherry blossoms in the past be the same as the peach blossoms today?"

"The cherry blossoms in Genyue are particularly young. The pink color is endless, and it can withstand squandering. When it blooms in a prosperous place, let it fall like rain, and the branches are still fragrant and colorful, just like the prosperity of the prosperous age. Compared with it, The jagged peach branches in this deserted flat forest are much more deserted, and against the changes in the world, people and flowers are even more desolate. Isn't it?" Zhao Kai asked her, and gently shook his head, "The flowers bloom all over the tree, and the flowers fall Wan Zhikong. After all, what is the difference between this flower and that flower?"

Rou Fu looked at him in surprise: "Brother Kai now talks like an old monk, has he seen through the world?"

Zhao Kai smiled: "When you are extremely poor and bored, you can think through a lot of things."

Continue to walk in the peach forest, ask about each other's recent situation, talk about fathers, brothers, sisters, and even babies. "Where is Yingfu now?" Zhao Kai asked.

Rou Fu shook his head: "I don't know either. But she had already left the palace with the people you sent, and I didn't see her on the way to the north. I guess she escaped the disaster."

"What about you?" Zhao Kai sighed, "Why didn't you escape?"

"Me?" Rou Fu lowered her eyes and said, "At that time, the Empress had brought Lan Xuan's sister-in-law into the palace, and I wanted to wait until the next day to find her and go with Jin'er and Zhuanzhu..."

"So, you lost the chance to get away." Zhao Kai put his arms around her shoulders pitifully, and said, "My father and I feel sorry for you when you lost your mother when you were young, so we have always cared for you in every possible way. I don't want you to grow up and live a shorter life." Others work hard."

Under his gaze, Rou Fu smiled shyly, avoided talking about himself, and asked: "You have asked all the people you knew in the past, but why didn't you ask sister-in-law Lan Xuan?"

As if a drop of rain fell into the water, several layers of ripples formed, the light in Zhao Kai's eyes changed slightly, he turned his head to look elsewhere, and remained silent.

"You know about her?" Roufu asked.

He shook his head, looking sad.

Rou Fu asked again: "Does that mean you don't want to know, or have you already guessed?"

After waiting for a while, he turned his head back and looked at her smiling, but his eyes were filled with sadness: "Okay, tell me how she is."

So she told him about Lan Xuan's fall into the well for Shouzhen, and he listened calmly, without any surprise, as if what she said was just an old thing that he had already known.After she finished speaking, he tried his best to smile: "She is Lan Xuan, otherwise, what can I do?"

However, a sudden dizziness made him almost unable to stand up. He leaned on the peach tree beside him with one hand, shook the branches, and a mouthful of blood gushed out from the chaotic red flying flowers.

Rou Fu hurriedly supported him with both hands, and asked with tears: "What's wrong with Brother Kai? If I knew this, I wouldn't mention it."

"Kai!" Brother Duoning, who had been watching them from a distance, also screamed when he saw this, and hurried towards them.

"Even if I vomited up all the blood, I still can't remember the two tears she shed for me at the time of parting." Zhao Kai said, and his own tears fell along with it. "She is the world of mortals that I can't see through."

Gradually choked with sobs, he began to cry emotionally.This abnormal emotion also alarmed Zong Juan who was watching coldly. He approached and looked at the Southern Dynasty prince with indifference, not without surprise in his heart.Just take a look at him, and you can tell that he is an elegant person, no matter what situation he is in, he will meticulously maintain his innocence and restraint, and will not allow himself to lose his composure in front of others, presumably even when he is angry, he is still gentle with every gesture of his hands and sleeves No match, and now, he was crying unabashedly, sad like a child.

Brother Duoning tried to comfort him at a loss, but to no avail. Finally, he looked up at Roufu, his honey-colored face flushed with anger, "What did you tell him?"

Rou Fu wiped away his tears, his eyes were cloudy: "I only now know how important Lan Xuan's sister-in-law is to you, but why did you..."

"Her life was spotless, and she was born with a pair of clear and clear eyes, seeing me too clearly. I, probably let her down." After a long time, Zhao Kai calmed down a little, but the depression was still deeply locked. Between the eyebrows, "The more I care about her, the more afraid I am, the more alienated I am. I only think about this afterward, and everything can't be repeated."

"What are you talking about?" They were speaking in Chinese, and Brother Duoning couldn't understand, so he finally couldn't help but interject.

Rou Fu looked at the Jurchen girl who was fighting with her just now, hid her tears and smiled friendlyly at her, then said to Zhao Kai: "My eyes are full of mountains and rivers and my thoughts are far away, falling flowers and wind and rain hurt the spring even more. It's better to pity the people in front of me."

Zhao Kai sighed softly, and stared at her gently: "What about you? Don't let our mistakes hurt you anymore, and bear what you shouldn't have to bear. You are innocent, so learn to be kind to yourself."

Rou Fu glanced at Zong Jun, facing his elder brother, he didn't know where to start to say a thousand words, and stood there for a while, only to sigh in the end.

Brother Duoning saw that they were chatting on their own and still ignored him, so he got anxious and pulled Zhao Kai's sleeve and asked again: "Kai, what are you talking about? Did you mention me?"

Kai smiled at her: "I told my sister, you are a good girl, and you can learn to recite poems from me... Did you recite the one I taught you the other day?"

"Yes!" Duoning replied happily, and then began to recite in jerky Chinese, "The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground...Looking down at the bright moon, raising your head and thinking about your hometown!"

The other three couldn't help but smile when they heard "Looking down at the bright moon, raising their heads to think about their hometown". Brother Duoning saw it and asked Zhao Kai in confusion, "Did I recite it wrong?"

But Zhao Kai shook his head: "No, you recited it very well... raise your head and think of your hometown, raise your head and think of your hometown..." After muttering these words, he raised his head slightly, looking at the distant blue sky, and the shadows of clouds in the sky merged into his eyes , quietly turned into a layer of mist.

"It's time to go." Zong Juan spoke at this moment and said to Rou Fu.

Rou Fu was startled: "Go now? Where are you going?"

"Go back to Beijing." Zong Juan said, "Your father and the rest of the Song clan planted rice five miles away, but I don't think it's necessary for you to see them."

Rou Fu was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you let me see my father?"

Zong Juan replied: "It's not really going back to her mother's house, maybe every family member has to see each other? So what? It's inevitable to cry again. What's more, Jinkang County King is inseparable from your father. How are you going to talk to him about it?" Jade box?"

"Jade box..." Rou Fu seemed to have a heart twitch suddenly, and a look of pain appeared on his face, he bit his lip and took a step back unconsciously.

As soon as Zong Juan held her hand, she followed him away without hesitation.Zhao Kai caught up with two steps, called them to stop, then bowed to Zong Jun, and sincerely said to him: "Please be kind to Yuan Yuan, sir."

Zong Juan smiled noncommittally, and pulled Rou Fu to continue walking.Zhao Kai stood still and watched them off, He Feng let out a long sigh.

Brother Duoning approached him, took his arm, and said softly: "I know how to recite the poem last time, can you teach me another one?"

Zhao Kai turned his head, his eyes caressed the peach blossoms again, and that sad smile appeared on his lips again.

"Okay..." He nodded in agreement, closing his eyes and whispering softly in the wind, "Peach and plum blossoms in the east of Luoyang City, who will fly here and there? The daughter of Luoyang cherishes the color, and often sighs when she sees the falling flowers. This year, the color of the flowers will change. Who will be next year when the flowers bloom again? I have seen the pines and cypresses destroyed as salary, and I heard that the mulberry fields have turned into the sea. The ancients did not return to the east of Luocheng, but today people are still obsessed with falling flowers. The flowers are similar every year, and people are different every year... ..."

10. Destiny
When he visited his mother again, in front of the Qingyuan Palace, Zong Jun came across a jade box that had just come out.

Moving like a leisurely cloud, her clothes fluttering lightly, this woman's every move is calm, seeing Zong Jun, Bo Shi smiled like a gleam.

Zong Jun also saluted, lowered his head and glanced around her, he could see through the uneasiness under her calm expression, and guessed her purpose of coming to see He Shilie.

The two rows of attendants all held valuable things in their hands.Ginseng, deer antler, sable fur, antiques and jewelry from the Southern Dynasties, all of which are of the highest quality, and there are quite a few of them. They are not from Heshi Lie’s palace. The covered gauze hangs faintly, as if it has not been touched at all, which also proves that the Heshi Lie family rejected these gifts.

The jade box that is full of elegance in the harem of the Dajin actually has nothing but the Lord's favor.The snowflakes in spring are no match for the warming weather, and melting is a fate that can be endured at any time. Her current position is so fragile and ethereal.

The queen's loss of power does not mean that she, the daughter of a prisoner of the Song Dynasty, has a chance to be made a queen, and her current favor has aroused the panic of the powerful officials of the Dajin clan. Keep the current queen or try to make Wanyan Sheng set up a new Jurchen family They are actively planning to make Shuyuan the queen.

After Zong Qian suggested Wan Yan Sheng to be a newcomer, he had already selected several candidate women for him, all of whom were daughters of Pei Man and Tu Shan. Zong Qian's mother and main wife came from these two families respectively.

Zonggan's actions angered Empress Tang Kuo's eldest son, Zong Pan. On the one hand, he fought openly and secretly with Zonggan, and on the other hand, he discussed with his advisers and party members, seeking a way for the empress to gain the forgiveness of the lord and regain control of the harem.

The Tang Kuo clan members of the later family firstly considered how to protect the interests of their own clan. The eldest brother of the queen supported Zong Pan to rescue the queen, but he did not dare to put his hope only on this. He chose several talented women from among his daughters. Or, if the queen cannot step out of the cold palace, she is going to send her daughter into the palace.

In any case, even if Wanyan Sheng is really abolished, the re-established queen may be Pei Man, Tu Shan, or another Tang Kuo, but not Yu Xiang, the daughter of the Zhao clan.

Even though she is good at dancing, she is always alone and helpless.As soon as the new queen is established, she will instantly return to the state of an ordinary concubine, which must be the last thing she wants to see.She needs some strength that can help her, and work with her to prevent this from happening, and the Heshi Lie clan who has been kind to her in the past is Wanyan Cheng's respected emperor's wife, and the only noble person she can approach now.

But the Heshi Lie clan would not accept her solicitation, Zong Juan knew this very well.My mother has never had close contact with any concubine in the harem in her life, and she treats everyone friendly and polite, always keeping a calm and appropriate distance.She had extended a helping hand to her when the jade box was in distress, but she didn't get close to her because of it, and it was only natural to politely decline her bribe at this time.

Seeing Zong Jun looking at the gifts, the jade box slowly explained: "I saw that Empress He Shilie's life is extremely simple, and her daily expenses are not what a queen should have. It seems that the stewards in the palace have always been negligent, so I picked some supplements today. Bringing playthings and delivering them in person is also a due courtesy. Unfortunately, Empress He Shilie doesn't seem to like it. Can the eighth prince tell me what your mother likes on weekdays, so that Yu He will not behave so rashly next time and offend her old man? Not happy."

Zong Jun smiled and said: "Madam misunderstood. It's not that my mother doesn't like it, it's just that she is used to being simple, she doesn't like precious playthings, her body is still healthy, and she doesn't need so many supplements, so I asked Madam to bring them back, but Madam kindly accepts them. Mother must have understood."

Yuxiang also smiled slightly: "Mother Mo Ruozi, what the Eighth Prince said is exactly the same as what Empress Shicai He Shilie said."

Zong Juan said: "As a son, you should understand your mother's temperament and habits."

Yu He nodded slightly, and said again: "I heard that the eighth prince has gone to Hanzhou?"

Zong Jun replied: "Yes, take Yuan Yuan for an outing."

"The eighth prince still has the heart." Yu He said with a smile, then looked at the attendants on both sides, and told a maid next to him: "Gezi, take them back first."

The maid's name was Qin Gezi, and like Qu Yun'er, she was a Southern Dynasty palace maid who was selected from the laundry yard to serve the jade box.At this moment, he bowed down and agreed, and left with his attendants, leaving only Qu Yun'er in the jade box.

Yu He looked at Zong Jun again, and asked: "Can the Eighth Prince follow me to the back garden and talk to me about the beauty of the spring day?"

Knowing that Chunjing was not the only thing she wanted to know, Zong Juan did not refuse, and calmly followed her to the back garden.

Sitting in the pavilion, Yu He casually asked Zong Jun about the scenery along the way, then suddenly changed the subject, and said: "This trip to Hanzhou is not close, the eighth prince must have other official duties, but he can still share Appreciating the spring scenery with my heart, it is really free and easy.”

"Official work?" Zong Juan shook his head and smiled, "This trip is indeed to take Yuan Yuan on an outing, because she is homesick, and let her meet her third brother by the way. I am such a talentless person that I can't be reused by the master. How can there be many?" Business can be done!"

Yu He glanced at his face leisurely: "The eighth prince is too modest. The eighth prince is talented in literature and proficient in Sinology. I have heard of this all along. Recently, I heard that you are also good at martial arts. In the fifth month of the seventh year of Tianfu, you followed the late emperor. And the second prince defeated the Liao army and captured the Liao lord princes Qin Wang, Xu Wang and Princess Aoye alive, you were only a teenager at that time, and this matter has already become a good story in the country."

"Where?" Zong Juan didn't show any joy when he heard her mentioning his glorious achievements in the past, "that day's battle achievements belonged to my father and my second brother, and what I did was insignificant."

The jade box didn't continue to compliment, and looked up at the fresh green on the branches in the garden, then asked him: "Then Princess Aoye of the Liao Kingdom is also a beauty, right? Can the eighth prince accept her?"

Zong Jun replied with a smile: "It is very beautiful, but I am not blessed to enjoy it. I dedicated her to my father."

"Dedicated to the late emperor?" The jade box asked in surprise, "but I have never seen her in the palace."

"Of course I can't see her now." Zong Juan said: "After the father died, the Lord Lang gave her to die and be buried."

Yu He didn't speak yet, but his eyes were rippling like waves, which showed that there was also a chill in his heart.After a while, she sighed softly: "It's not surprising that a daughter of a subjugated country has lost half of her life involuntarily."

Zong Juan continued that smile, and lowered his voice slightly, but it was enough for her to hear clearly: "Madam, why are you so sentimental. You are entrusted with the destiny, and you are beyond words. How can you compare it with other daughters of subjugated countries."

"Being responsible for the destiny?" Yu He met his eyes and asked again, "How do you say that?"

Zong Juan kept his posture of sitting idle, without turning his side, and the corner of his eyes had swept across Zhou Zhou without a trace.Except for Qu Yun'er who stood silently behind the jade box with downcast eyes, there was no one staying in the back garden at the moment, and occasionally someone passed by, but they were all in a hurry. The only people who could hear them were the birds flying on the branches.

So without any worries, he said: "Isn't Madam a heaven-sent jade seal? From this, it can be seen that Madam's mother's respect for the world is predestined."

"Jade seal..." Hearing Zong Jun mention this item, the jade box was not surprised, but shook his head, "That's just a concubine's seal, and now I'm the concubine of the lord, and I have indeed complied with the seal I picked up that day." It's a sign, but how can I, a courtier of the Southern Dynasty, expect to be in the world? The eighth prince said this, and the jade box was really terrified."

It is unknown whether the legendary jade seal exists or not. Zong Jun has always disbelieved in the strange rumors about the jade box. What he said just now was half intended to be a test, but now seeing her expression so calm, he is even more curious. Could it be that she Is there really such a seal?
Calmly, he continued the topic just now: "Madam, there is no need to be scruples. Since the jade seal is engraved with the 'Golden Queen's Seal', it means that God's will is so, and the Lord will sooner or later make Madam the Queen."

The jade box stared slightly, and asked: "My seal is engraved with the 'Golden Concubine's Seal', where did the Eighth Prince hear that it is the 'Golden Queen's Seal'?"

"I've forgotten where I heard it from, but that's what I heard, and I'm sure it's not wrong." Zong Juan's tone was firm, as if the jade seal was his own: "Madam, why don't you take out the jade seal and have a look at it?" , to see if Zong Juan made a mistake."

The jade box said with a smile: "The things I carry with me, can I still remember what is written on it?" While talking, he untied an embroidered silk bag tied to his belt, and he took out a jade seal from it. , I looked at it first, and then handed it to Zong Jun: "Look, am I right?"

Zong Jun took it, and saw that the jade seal was carved from Khotan jade, the whole body was white and moist, with chi and tiger buttons on it, and cloud patterns engraved on the four sides.The head of the Chi tiger is like a tiger, and its body is like a lion. It is a composite of a Chi and a tiger.Chi represents the earth for Yin, and the tiger represents the sky for Yang.Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, chi and tiger buttons have been used only for the seals of emperors and concubines. The jade seals of ordinary concubines generally use fu buttons, but the jade seal of the jade box uses chi and tiger buttons, but the seal surface is inscribed with "Jinfei" The seal of "four characters.

Really good carver.Zong Juan secretly praised it.The shape is simple and simple like an antique from the Qin and Han Dynasties, which is enough to be authentic. It's hard for her to find a Southern Dynasty jade craftsman with such craftsmanship to make this seal for her in the Kingdom of Jin.The words "Golden Concubine's Seal" are humbly engraved on the seal surface, but the chi and tiger buttons that ordinary Jin people do not understand its meaning are used, and the saying of "Heaven-given Jade Seal" is used, which will become a reason for adhering to God's will in the future.This woman had planned it long ago, and her scheming was really deep.

Looking up at the jade box, seeing that she was concentrating on observing his expression, he warmed it up a little before the sneer in his heart appeared on his lips. Zong Juan stared at the guarded woman, making his smile appear very Sincerely: "I'm not mistaken, it really is the 'Golden Queen's Seal'."

The jade box smiled and said: "It's strange, what others see is the seal of the golden concubine, why does the eighth prince see it as the seal of the golden queen?"

Zong Jun handed the jade seal back to her: "Since this jade seal is a gift from heaven, it must be different from ordinary products. It contains spiritual energy, and the true meaning may not be seen by everyone."

Yu He caressed the inscription on the printed surface with his fingers, and looked at Zong Jun with a smile: "The Eighth Prince is indeed a caring person, but Yu He's life is limited and his blessings are shallow, but I just hope that I can live a peaceful life with Shu'er, and I dare not have any unreasonable thoughts."

Zong Jun said with a smile: "My lady has dragon eyes and a phoenix forehead, and a heavenly face in the corner of the earth. This kind of fate is rare in the world. The future wealth will be limitless, and it is not something that the lady can refuse."

The jade box wondered: "Hey, is the eighth prince also good at reading faces?"

Zong Juan said: "But I know a thing or two. It's Madam's life, so people can tell it at a glance."

Yu He smiled and said nothing, and after a while, he sighed suddenly: "Queen He Shilie is really lucky to have a son like the eighth prince who is both versatile and talented, but it's a pity that my special son is born with a lack of talent and is very stupid... In the future, the eighth prince If you have time, you might as well teach him more, Yu He is very grateful."

Zong Juan nodded: "Ma'am, you are being polite. I and Shu'er are brothers, and we should help each other. I dare not take the word 'teaching'."

"That's it, Yuhe will thank the Eighth Prince first." He bowed, and after saying this, Yuhe slowly straightened his sleeves on his knees, sat up straight, and leaned back slightly, looking at Zong Juan with a charming look in his eyes, Just like when she usually watched Yan Sheng.

Zong Juan was waiting for her to say that, and now he heard it, his face was very calm, he looked at her, and smiled tacitly.

"Madam, it's time to go back and let the little prince take the medicine." At this moment, Qu Yun'er reminded quietly.

Yu He stood up, bid farewell to Zong Jun, walked a few steps, then looked back suddenly, seemed to remember something in an instant, and smiled at Zong Jun: "The sons of the former emperors have their own strengths: the second prince and the fourth prince have made great military achievements, and the eighth prince is proficient in Sinology. He is very resourceful, the eldest prince is not only good at governing the country, he is also good at medicine, but unfortunately I asked him to treat Shu'er several times, but he always refused, so Shu'er had to continue to take the lukewarm medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor. I don't think I'm getting any smarter..."

Now Zong Juan was very surprised: "Brother is good at medicine? How come I don't know?"

Yu He also opened his eyes wide, as if taken aback: "The eighth prince doesn't know? The eldest prince often communicates with the imperial physicians to learn about medical skills. It is said that any general who was injured and fell ill while leading the army was the one who first learned about the illness. Then send the appropriate imperial physician to treat them..."

Zong Gan?Zong Juan was startled, and a doubt could not be stopped floating in his heart: "Then, when my second brother was sick, it was also the elder brother who sent the imperial physician to treat him?"

Yu He nodded and said: "I heard from the lord that it's like this...however, the imperial physician didn't perform well that time, and even a small cold disease couldn't be cured... Maybe it's because the second crown prince has a high position and authority, and the imperial physician faced such a situation... The nobleman is afraid of misdiagnosis, so he treats it cautiously, but it is self-defeating..."

"High position and weight..." Zong Juan repeated the word in a low voice, and he smiled wryly, "High position and weight..."

Yu He glanced at him, smiled and said: "The second prince passed away for a long time, the eighth prince still thinks about it now, it is really brotherly love." After saying that, he turned around lightly, and left slowly with Qu Yun'er.At this time, there was a sudden wind blowing down an early-blooming rose that she had pinned in her hair. The flower floated to Zong Juan's feet with the wind. Duan sniffed, then smiled and bowed to her.The corner of her right lip twitched, half of her smile was charming, and she walked through the garden under his watch, she brushed away the flowers and willows.

11. Drug lead
If what Yuxiang said is true, Zong Gan deliberately concealed his dealings with the imperial physicians, and claimed that the imperial physician Zong Wang treated was sent by Zong Pan at the request of the Lord Lang, which seems to have ulterior motives and is extremely suspicious.

Zong Qian is a stable person, he is in a high position but not domineering, and he has always gotten along with Zong Jun. After Zong Wang's death, he helped take care of the funeral and took good care of Zong Wang's family, so Zong Jun never suspected that he was with the two brother's death.Now, after hearing what Yu He said, I gradually remembered that Zong Qian was a powerful minister of state affairs, and he was the auxiliary minister. At that time, Zong Wang was in charge of the Yanjing Privy Council, and together with Zong Han, he controlled the military power of Dajin. He always listened to the orders of the imperial court, and often disagreed with civil servants when returning to the court to discuss matters. Due to his military exploits and power, Wanyan Sheng had to lean towards him in decision-making.Even if he doesn't have much scruples in front of the Lang Lord, Zong Wang must not take Zong Qian seriously, not to mention political differences, even if he gets along in private on weekdays, it is unknown if he offends Zong Gan with his words and deeds.And with Zonggan's temperament, even if he has a grudge against Zongwang, he will not reveal it, and it is very possible to secretly commit a murderous hand and blame Zongpan.

Judging from the order of succession to the throne, he is the eldest son of the first emperor and concubine. If all the descendants and grandchildren die early, it is not that he has no hope of succeeding to the throne.Of course, judging from his usual behavior of seeking stability, he will not allow himself to be in danger and become a target of public criticism. Now he has asked the landlord to hand over Wan Yanquan to his care, and arrange the life and education of the little grandson single-handedly. , In this way, if Wanyan Quan came to the throne in the future, Zonggan would definitely use him to obtain the power he wanted.

Thinking back to Zong Ganyan's expression of laughing at Yanyan and the cordial greeting he must do every time he saw him, Zong Juan couldn't help but shudder.After entering the Qingyuan Palace to see his mother, he expressed his doubts and asked his mother if he knew that the imperial physician who was visiting the general abroad was sent by Zongqian.

He Shilie looked at him and asked, "Concubine Zhao told you that? I heard that she invited you to the back garden to talk."

The mother's calm expression made Zong Juan feel that she knew all this already, and now he didn't find it strange to hear him mention it suddenly, as if she had been waiting for him to ask.

Zong Juan nodded and said: "After Zong Gan is now persuading the Lord Lang to establish a new one, Concubine Zhao is suspected of attacking Zong Gan by saying this, but if she didn't fabricate this matter out of thin air, then Eldest Brother would be inseparably responsible for the death of Second Brother. "

He Shilie sighed: "It's not good for you to pursue this matter, even if you want to pursue it, now is not the time."

"Why don't you pursue it?" Zong Juan pressed his saber with his hand, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "It's not the Jurchen man's style not to take revenge."

Heshi Lie frowned and said: "I don't like your current appearance. With murderous intent written on your face, are you afraid that people will not know that you want to deal with him? You should take care of yourself first. In the current situation, you can take care of yourself." What are you fighting with them? If there is a slight change, your life will be lost."

Zong Juan lowered his head for a moment, smiled again, and his expression softened immediately: "Thank you for reminding me, mother. Please rest assured, mother, I have my own sense of what to do now."

Regarding Zonggan's matter, He Shilie refused to say more, and changed the topic, talking about the jade box: "Then Concubine Zhao...you should stay away from her in the future."

Zong Juan asked: "What did mother see?"

He Shilie looked at him sideways: "She is very dangerous, you can't fail to see."

"Dangerous?" Zong Jun asked with a smile, "Is it a dangerous person or a dangerous situation?"

He Shilie didn't answer directly, but said: "She is like a vortex at any time, and anyone close to her may be swept into it at any time. Therefore, it is extremely unwise to contact her." Then he stared intently at Zong Jun, He solemnly said, "Besides, you must not forget that you are the prince of Dajin, and you cannot help this Song girl do anything that will harm Dajin."

"Mother is serious." Zong Juan said, "I can't see through her little thoughts. I just met by chance just now, so I casually said a few words to her that she listened to. If she really has some intentions, I will never At her mercy."

He Shilie smiled slightly, and said: "You have always been so confident... She is a very smart woman, but now she is in a very unfavorable situation, so she is a little impatient... If she can really bear the current paragraph , maybe you can really do something, and then, I'm afraid you may not be her opponent."

In the next few days, rumors about the jade box spread in the palace one after another, saying that the jade seal bestowed by her day often had auspicious rays of light, and those with discerning eyes could tell that the inscription on it was not actually the seal of the golden concubine. , but the "Golden Queen's Seal", presumably it should be a sign that she will be established as a queen... More people have passed it on, and the details have become more and more detailed. Ruiguang's color brightness, when and how it flashes, and the lettering How to transform is described vividly.The Jurchens originally worshiped the heavens and the earth and revered the gods. Many people believed after hearing the rumors that some nobles who had adopted the daughters of the Song Dynasty even frequently let these wives and concubines into the palace, intending to curry favor with the legendary new queen, the jade box.

But Rou Fu never entered the palace again, even if Yu Hen ordered people to invite her again and again, she always refused with excuses.Zong Jun knew that she was suffering from heart disease due to Qing'er's death, so he didn't interfere, and he didn't intentionally contact the jade box either.

One day, I saw Qu Yun'er, Yu He's personal maid, came to ask for an interview. She didn't wear palace attire, she was dressed like an ordinary street girl, and she didn't take a sedan chair, she came on foot.Zong Juan was surprised, and after thinking for a moment, he guessed that the purpose of her trip was unusual.

Sure enough, after seeing Zong Juan and Rou Fu, she asked to get rid of the attendants around her before saying: "Mrs. Zhao wants to ask the Eighth Prince to find a cure for the little prince Zong Shu."

Zong Juan said: "Since it was Madam's order, Zong Juan is willing to help. But if you want to find medicine to treat the prince's illness, if you directly tell the Lord Lang and ask him to pass on the order, it will be much faster than me looking for it, Madam. And why do you want the girl to work so hard to make this extra trip?"

Qu Yun'er explained: "Madam found this folk prescription for brain disease from the ancient medical books of the Southern Dynasties, because this medicine is not only difficult to find, but also very special. If the Lord knows, I am afraid that Madam will not agree to use it. Dispensing medicine for the little prince, so Madam ordered her servants to come and ask the Eighth Prince to help her find it."

Zong Juan then asked: "Then what is this medicine?"

Qu Yun'er looked up at him calmly, and replied, "Human brain."

"Human brain?" Rou Fu immediately turned pale and asked in shock.

Qu Yun'er nodded and repeated, "Human brain."

Zong Juan was not surprised, and asked her with a smile as usual: "Does it have to be a human brain? Can I use a sheep's brain or a pig's brain instead?"

Qu Yun'er was taken aback when she heard the words, and immediately regained her previous expression, and answered smoothly: "The eighth prince is joking. If the brains of livestock are available, madam can just ask the imperial dining room for it, why bother the eighth prince for help?"

Dressed in commoner's clothes, under the lowered eyelashes cast a shadow of the court, this woman who is a jade chest, also has some demeanor of her master in her demeanor.Zong Juan watched her with half-closed eyes, not saying yes or no for a while.

"She... wants the Eighth Prince to kill someone?" Rou Fu asked in a deep voice.

Qu Yun'er said with a slight smile: "The eighth prince can find a death row prisoner for execution and then take his brain. This is not an unreasonable thing."

Rou Fu asked again: "Who is this prisoner on death row designated?"

"No." Qu Yun'er replied, bowed slightly to Rou Fu, and asked, "Does Diji have any questions for your servant?"

Rou Fu was silent, Zong Juan said at this moment: "Please report to Mrs. Zhao, since you want to cure the little prince, Zong Juan will try his best to find this medicine. You can take it in two days."

Qu Yun'er thanked her, bowed deeply and said goodbye.She walked away calmly, her skirt swaying like a slight wave, but it reminded him of the vortex his mother mentioned.

Rou Fu helped Qu Yun'er off the door, the evening sky brought a cool wind, she couldn't help shivering.Now the air can be described as gloomy and cold in an instant, and the temperature in this season has always been clearly separated by daylight and dark night.She has been in the north for a long time, but she has never been used to adding clothes in time. When standing in the wind, her figure looks particularly thin.

Zong Juan saw it and called her to come in, but she shook her head and walked away dejectedly.

Zong Juan couldn't figure out the purpose of the jade box for the time being.He didn't believe that the human brain can cure the disease of stupidity. If it is really for the treatment of his son, what's the harm in asking the master directly for it?How could Wanyan Cheng, who was already killing people like hemp, think this is cruel.Qu Yun'er came here in plain clothes, apparently also to deceive others.But what she wants this human brain for is quite puzzling. Is it just that she wants him to kill someone for her to prove his sincerity in serving her?Everything will not be so simple, the truth of the conspiracy must be hidden under this weird request.

A chat with someone the next day gave him a glimpse of the clues by accident.

During the day when he entered the court to discuss matters, Zong Gan said that he wanted to find a master of Sinology for Wanyan Quan, so Zong Juan casually recommended Han Fang, a direct scholar of Zhaowenguan.Han Fang, courtesy name Gongmei, was a Han Chinese from Yanjing. He was in his forties at this time, and when he was young, he was the top Jinshi in the imperial examination in the second year of Liao Tianqing.After Jin destroyed the Liao Dynasty, he also entered the court as an official. Because of his meritorious service in Goryeo, he became a direct bachelor of Zhaowenguan and concurrently served as a post-official official.He was well read in poetry and books, and Zong Jun often asked him about Sinology, so he suggested that Zong Qian let him teach Yan Quan how to learn Chinese.Zong Gan saw that he was indeed knowledgeable, prudent, upright and not a cunning person, so he nodded in agreement, and suggested that the master should add Han Fang as an admonishing doctor, and move to the Hanlin to serve as a lecturer.

After the dynasty was over, Han Fang found Zong Jun to express his gratitude, and Zong Jun chatted with him for a while.During this time, I heard Han Fang cough twice, and said, "These nights are cold and windy these few days, Scholar Han, please take care."

Han Fang smiled and said, "It's not a problem. It's just an occasional cold. I've prepared a few medicines myself, and I'll be fine after two days of drinking."

Zong Juan immediately asked: "Scholar Han still understands medical theory?"

Han Fang waved his hand and said, "I've read some medical books randomly, but I don't dare to say I understand them."

Zong Juan then asked: "I don't know if a bachelor has ever read in a medical book that someone's brain is used as medicine?"

Han Fang thought about it and shook his head: "I've never seen it before." After a pause, he said suddenly, "But I've heard people say that the human brain can be used in witchcraft to control people's thoughts and behaviors."

Zong Juan opened his eyes: "How to control it?"

Han Fang said: "I don't know exactly how to do it. I just heard from a relative in the Southern Dynasty that a few years ago a witch in Bianliang City used to take human brains and use talisman water to trick her husband into obeying her orders. When she was discovered, the prefect of Kaifeng beheaded her for public display."

The question in his heart was vaguely answered. Zong Jun smiled and said to Han Fang, "Thank you."

"The eighth prince doesn't have to be so polite." Han Fang also asked him with a smile, "Why did the eighth prince suddenly want to ask about this?"

"It's nothing." Zong Juan replied lightly, "I read about taking human brains in a Southern Dynasty book, but the book didn't go into details about the use of taking them. I guessed that human brains can be used as medicine like bear gall bones. , that’s why I came to ask the scholar.”

After chatting with Han Fang again, it was already night after returning home, and seeing the light in the study, I knew it must be Roufu.When I walked in, I saw her, the case was full of stacks of medical books, and she was frowning through the books one by one.

"Don't worry about it, this time, she won't harm her son." Zong Juan sat down and said to her, "Now Shu'er is her only son, and it is also an important condition for her to keep her status."

She raised her head and looked directly into his eyes in surprise, and the corners of his lips raised to show her a little smile.

"Don't smile at me like that." She turned her head coldly, looking at the image of the flickering candle on the ground, "I hate your smile like this."

"Why?" Zong Jun asked.

"This kind of smile seems to have no emotion, but it is hideously vague, as if pouring it into water, it will precipitate several layers of color."

"Really? Have you noticed that Concubine Zhao smiles at people like this?"

"Jade box..." She sighed softly, "She has been like this since she was a child... The first time I saw her was on the Father's Tianning Festival in a certain year. She accompanied her father into the palace to celebrate. Because of her It's just a princess of the county, without any title. When Empress Zheng introduced the concubines to her, my sisters showed arrogant expressions to her, and she walked back to her father, holding his hand, still looking at the sisters. , as if nothing had happened. I noticed her and smiled at her, and she smiled at me, but when I went to take her hand and asked her to play with me, she pulled it away softly and firmly , looking at me, still with that faint smile on her face. When I saw my dad later, she had a different attitude, quick thinking, articulate, and fluent in coping. My dad was very happy to see her, and she exceeded the limit Her daughter is Zongji. She thanked Ruyi and seemed to be smiling happily. But when she turned around and faced my sisters, her smile disappeared immediately, and she raised her eyebrows at them, her eyes were cold. Then I When I grow up, I gradually understand that many times when people smile, it’s not just to express joy, but I still often can’t understand the smile of the jade box.”

"It's not necessarily a bad thing if you don't understand it." Zong Juan said, looking at her with a softer gaze: "If you understand it, you will smile at others like this."

She turned to stare at the fireworks on the candle, feeling endlessly disappointed.After a while, he asked Zong Juan: "Are you really going to find a human brain for her?"

Zong Juan nodded and said, "Why didn't you look for it? Isn't she going to use it to treat Shu'er?"

Unknowingly, a meaningful smile appeared on his face again, Rou Fu glanced at it lightly, got up without saying a word, abandoned the book and left.

The next night, Qu Yun'er arrived as promised, and Zong Jun handed her a food box. Qu Yun'er opened it and saw that it was a brain, bright and white, with a few streaks of red blood on it. It was taken out not long ago.

12. Mirror Dance
One slender hand picked up the small silver knife next to the fruit plate, and the other hand supported the selected honeydew melon on the table and cut it lightly. The honeydew split open immediately, revealing a bright water-colored light orange under the light yellow-green skin. Red pulp.The jade box peeled out the pulp in an orderly manner, cut it into evenly sized pieces and put them on the plate. A thin gold bracelet was exposed under the moiré brocade cuff, swinging leisurely on Ru Yuhao's wrist with her movements.

This day was her 21st birthday, the master hosted a banquet and invited the ministers of the clan to celebrate her, and specially ordered them to bring along the daughters of the Zhao clan whom they had accepted.The crescent eyebrows are just swept lightly, and the vermilion lips are just smeared, without any intentional modification. During the banquet, the beautiful woman is charming and beautiful. She is quietly in the middle, still dazzling like a light source. Turning her eyes leisurely, the morning sun combs through the clouds , Xiaotian found out from then on.

She is wearing a floral brocade gown with a narrow collar and a sash around her waist. The two ends of the belt hang down in front and float down long. Her waist is so slender that it seems that she can't hold it. Although she has given birth to two sons, she is still graceful and slender as if she was never married. girl.All the men in the hall were staring at her, she didn't seem to realize it, she casually cut the melon in her hand, put down the silver knife, and picked up a piece of cut fruit with a silver spoon, which deepened the faint smile on the corners of her lips , raised his head, his eyes wavered slightly, and brought the silver spoon to Wanyan Sheng's mouth, asking him to taste it.

Wanyan Cheng blocked it with his hand, and said to her with a smile: "Have you forgotten my concubine? The imperial doctor said that my diarrhea has not been completely cured, so I should not eat more fruits."

Zong Juan, who was sitting nearby, lowered his head and raised his glass after hearing this, submerging the smile that couldn't help overflowing into the fine wine in the glass in time.

Before that, Wanyan Sheng had continuous diarrhea for several days. It is said that it was caused by eating the "Ice and Snow White Jade Soup" prepared by the Song Palace's secret recipe by Qu Yun'er, the personal maid of the jade box.The color of the soup is like tofu brain, with ice and snow in it, honey and floral dew, it is cold and fragrant.It's not yet summer yet, but those few days in Beijing were extremely hot, so when Wanyan Sheng saw this soup, he was overjoyed, immediately drank it up, and was full of praise.Unexpectedly, he suffered from abdominal pain soon after, and had diarrhea for several days. Now his complexion is sallow, his eyes are dark, and he seems to be much weaker and older.

After the accident, Qu Yun'er immediately knelt down in public to plead guilty, and confessed that she accidentally used unclean ice and snow, which caused the Lord's illness by mistake. Never use it again.And Wanyan Cheng didn't seem to blame Qu Yun'er's master Yu Hen at all, he still loved her very much, and celebrated her birthday with a large number of teachers, which made the concubines and ministers even more worried. If things go on like this, it is very possible for him to make her queen regardless of everyone's criticism.

However, this is far from the end, the present feast should be the prelude to a good show.Zong Juan turned his head to look at Rou Fu beside him, and saw that she was looking at him with some doubts, so he smiled at her: "What are you looking at?"

Rou Fu's eyelashes flickered, and he asked, "What's so ridiculous that makes you laugh again and again?"

That being said, his meaningful smile just now did not escape her eyes, and this little girl is now paying attention to his thoughts.Zong Juan smiled even more cheerfully, and said to her in a low voice: "Among the women in the palace, you are the only one who can compare with Mrs. Zhao, isn't it gratifying?"

Unaccustomed to his abrupt but rather intimate compliments, she turned her head to look away awkwardly, her face was not happy, but her cheeks were flushed after all.

Seeing Wanyan Cheng's refusal to eat honeydew melon, the jade box put down the silver spoon, frowned, and sighed softly: "It's my concubine who was negligent, and only thought that the master likes to eat honeydew melon, so...it's a pity, after cutting it for so long, it turned out to be nothing but melon." It's all in vain..."

Wanyan Cheng laughed and said: "It won't be in vain, it's the same for me to feed my concubine these honeydew melons with my own hands." After speaking, he took the silver spoon by himself, and sure enough he fed the honeydew melons to the jade box himself.

The jade box did not refuse either, took a few mouthfuls before taking the silver spoon, and said with a smile: "Don't dare to bother the lord anymore, the concubine can get the food by himself."

Wan Yancheng nodded in agreement, and then glanced at the musicians in the teaching workshop in the hall. The musicians understood, stopped playing silk and bamboo music, and switched to drums.

First, a musician stands in front of the big drum and beats the drum. He beats various parts of the drum, drumsticks and drum stand, and plays the overture solo. The rhythm is slow at first, and gradually becomes faster. There was a jingle of bead rings, and five maikos poured in from outside the hall, all of them were plump girls of seventeen or eighteen.

Their faces are painted with red powder, peacock feathers are inserted in their heads, their upper bodies are half naked, and their necks are hung with gold, silver, glass, caravan, agate, real pearls, and roses. Matching armbands, five-color long skirts, and foot ornaments with pearls and jade hanging on the ankles. Each person holds two mirrors, raises their hands up and down, waving them left and right. Draw electric mother.

This is a mirror dance derived from Shamanism, a traditional religion of the Kingdom of Jin.All the gold people cheered and cheered, and the girls from the Song clan felt a little shy when they saw the half-naked maiko, but they couldn't match their curiosity, so they all quietly raised their eyes to watch.

After the maiko appeared, dozens of drums sounded in unison with the main drum. The majestic and sonorous sound rumbled like a thunderstorm. The collision of the accessories on the body of the maiko during the dance was vaguely like the sound of rain, and the mirror light Like electricity, it flashed across the gloomy air in the hall, flickering and moving in a strange way, guiding the priority of the thunderstorm drum music.After a burst of exciting movements, the main drum finally rang heavily, and the maiko gathered and spun. Four women lined up on both sides of the lead dancer, bowed their knees and bowed their heads, and interlaced their mirrors in their hands. The lead dancer raised his arms and legs like flying into the sky. , raised the mirror high, and a flash of lightning stabbed sharply at the chairman, falling on one person's face.

jade box.

The mirror dance comes from the shamanistic sacrificial ceremony, which is intended to drive away evil spirits and eliminate disasters, but it is definitely not a music dance dedicated to wedding banquets, and it is even more disrespectful for the dancers to shine the mirror light directly on the jade box.The Lord Lang was neither sullen nor angry when he saw this, obviously he knew about this earlier, and perhaps it was even at his behest.During the banquet, everyone stared at the jade box to see how she would react.

From the moment she danced, Yu He's smile faded away, she sat down and looked at her coldly, when the mirror light fell on her face, she didn't see any panic, she just tilted her head and closed her eyes, a look of disgust flashed past.

"This is a dance that I specially ordered someone to perform for you. It has the effect of subjugating demons and demons, exorcising ghosts, and protecting the safety of the country and society. Why don't you like it?" Wanyan Cheng asked Yuxiang with a smile.

The jade box returned to its normal state in an instant, and replied with a clever smile: "The master took the trouble to order the dance for the concubine, how could the concubine not like it. Whatever the master bestows, the concubine will accept it gratefully."

"Really?" Wanyan Cheng glanced at the side, and the waiting servant took out an edict and offered it with both hands, Wanyan Cheng took it, and looked down at the jade box with a half-smile, "I have prepared a copy for you. It is a generous gift, I wonder if you will accept it gratefully."

Everyone heard that it was a "generous gift", and seeing Wanyan Sheng issued an imperial edict, most of them guessed that it was an edict to set up a jade box as the empress, and they all held their breaths and waited for the edict to be announced.Yu He also stood up and left the table, knelt down to receive the order.

Wanyan Sheng threw the imperial edict in front of her and said, "You can read it for yourself."

The jade box picked up the imperial edict, unfolded it, and gradually changed color: "Master Lang decided to move Duke Hunde and Marquis Chonghun to Wuguo City for imprisonment?"

Wan Yancheng nodded slowly: "I heard that the entire Zhao clan had a lot of complaints about you, my concubine, and that your father even cut off your robes, so I moved Duke Hunde and Marquis Chonghun to Wude, who was even more bitter and cold." Imprisonment in Guocheng as a punishment, to see if they dare to offend you in the future. This generous gift should be quite in the favor of Concubine Ai, right?"

This statement was far beyond everyone's expectations.It was Zongbi's suggestion to move the second emperor of Song Dynasty to Wuguocheng.The Jin general established Liu Yu as the puppet emperor to rule the Central Plains, and now the Southern Dynasty has Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi as generals, and has recovered a lot of lost ground, and it will expand. Therefore, I have repeatedly asked to move the two emperors to the far north to prevent them from exchanging news with the Southern Dynasties and deepening possible political dangers.But Wanyan Sheng never made any instructions, presumably because of the jade box, and today, on the occasion of Concubine Zhao's birthday, he announced that they would be moved to the Five Kingdoms City, and said it was a generous gift for her, although the jade box had never been shared with the Hanzhou clan. There is no connection, but such a decision is obviously unacceptable to her, a daughter of the Zhao family.Wanyan Cheng had always favored jade boxes, and this move was extremely abnormal, except for Zong Juan who watched the changes quietly with a clear expression, everyone was surprised.

Sure enough, the jade box sighed softly, bowed its head and bowed again, and said: "As the daughter of the Zhao family, how can I ignore the kinship and kinship? This migration will go north for hundreds of miles. The place is bitter and cold. It is not a faint heart. The Hou can bear it. The Lord is a minister and concubine, if he can protect his father and son from freezing and starving, it is like a minister and concubine receiving holy grace."

Wanyan Cheng chuckled: "You have told me this many times a few days ago."

Yu He raised his head and looked at him calmly, with cold eyes: "Yes, the concubine has persuaded the lord many times. The lord also has fathers, brothers and uncles, why don't you let the concubine alone? And the concubine remembered that the lord had promised himself last night, saying We will definitely keep them in Hanzhou. Once a gentleman speaks, it is hard to follow, let alone you have no jokes."

"Oh, I promised?" Wanyan Cheng pretended to be contemplative, and then sneered slightly, "I remembered, I have already drank your ice and snow white jade soup, so I should obey you, you want to be a queen, you want me If your son is so powerful, and even wants my life, I will bow my head and obey, how can I not agree to such a trivial matter?"

The blood on his face faded, and the jade box was speechless for a while, but he still looked at Yan Cheng with calm eyes, looked closely at his eyes and his smile, and after a moment of silence, he said slowly: "My concubine doesn't understand what the lord just said just now. .”

"Okay, then I'll let someone explain it in detail so that you can hear it clearly." Wanyan Cheng raised his arms and clapped his hands, and someone outside the hall walked in immediately upon hearing the sound.

It was a maid, dressed in the same palace attire as an ordinary court lady, with her head bowed down, she walked slowly into the hall with careful steps, knelt down and saluted, then raised her head to take a quick look at the jade box, and then lowered her head again. Dare to look again, his face was flushed red.

Yu Xiang's lips gradually curved into a cold arc, seeing her look of disdain: "Pigeon, it's you."

13. Witchcraft
This maid is Qin Gezi, one of the two personal maids selected by Yuhe from the laundry yard.Hearing the voice of the jade box, she shrugged and stepped back a little, as if she wanted to stay away from the master who had been with her every day and night for this year as much as possible, but she still bowed her head deeply, greeting the master with a trembling voice.

Wanyan Sheng gave a brief instruction: "Say."

Qin Gezi hesitated for a moment, but the sudden silence startled her, she did not dare to delay, and finally began to speak softly: "Since entering the palace, Mrs. Zhao has never forgotten the pain of losing the country and family for a day. Shuo Wang will burn incense and pray to the south, and weep in the middle of the night when I sleep alone. Recently, I learned that a minister advised the Lord Lang to establish a new queen, fearing that the new queen would endanger his current status, so he was very worried. Then I heard that the Lord Lang intends to marry the Duke of Faintness and the Duke of Faintness. When Hou moved to Wuguo City, he was even more worried, and he also knew that the Lord Lang always disliked her interference in government affairs and mentioning Song captives. Every time he was melancholy and deeply frowning, Qu Yuner, the maid, offered a plan to use the technique of witchcraft to capture the heart of the Lord and make the Lord obey his wife. Even for him to appoint his wife as the queen, it is not difficult for the little prince Zongshu to be very familiar with him."

"The art of witchcraft?" Zong Gan, who was sitting on the side and listening attentively, said in amazement at this moment, "It is said that the emperors of the Southern Dynasties were most jealous of witchcraft. Waste, Madam Zhao, as a daughter of the imperial clan in the Southern Dynasty, how could she not know the power of it? Moreover, she is so young and has no contact with monks or Taoists, how could she know the method of performing the spell?"

Qin Gezi replied: "In the past, there was a witch in Bianjing who used witchcraft to control several people. Finally, when she wanted to use this witchcraft on her husband, her husband noticed her and reported her to the government, so she was beheaded for public display. This witch is Qu Yun'er's cousin. Her father bribed Caixuan when he sent her to the palace, and deliberately concealed the matter. Therefore, the people in the palace did not know the relationship between Qu Yun'er and this witch. Seeing Mrs. Zhao being depressed and worrying all day long, Qu Yun'er told her about it herself, and told her that she had seen her cousin perform the spell before entering the palace and knew how to perform it. She refused at the first hearing, but Qu Yun'er repeatedly said that the method is simple and easy for outsiders to see, so why not try it, if it succeeds, all problems will be solved, even if it fails, no one will know about it, and it will not implicate Madam. Madam hesitated for a long time, seeing that there was nothing else to do, and finally decided to accept Qu Yun'er's suggestion."

Hearing what she said, everyone at the banquet was very curious and asked how the witchcraft was performed, but Qin Gezi shook his head: "I don't know exactly how to be a slave. Mrs. Zhao has always acted cautiously. Qu Yun'er is the one who favors Qu Yun'er the most on weekdays. Not very close, the discussion between Qu Yun'er and his wife was originally kept from the servant girl, but the servant girl was surprised when she saw Qu Yun'er quietly getting up to find her wife in the middle of the night, so she followed secretly. I only vaguely heard that the most important thing is to add talisman water to the brain of a stranger, adjust it with ice and snow, and make people swallow it. Later, Qu Yun'er went out of the palace to find the human brain, added ice and snow honey to make "ice and snow white jade soup" ', it looks like a refreshing dessert on the outside, but after careful research, it must not be able to taste the brainy taste. Qu Yun'er gave this soup to his wife to trick the Lord into taking it, and then secretly did it... Fortunately, Lang The Lord is the Son of Destiny, and he is blessed by God, and this kind of evil method can't harm the Lord at all..."

Zong Gan nodded and sighed: "Leaving such a lowly maidservant in the palace is really a disaster." Looking around the jade box, he didn't see Qu Yun'er, so he asked Qin Gezi, "Where is Qu Yun'er now? We must find out and punish severely. "

Qin Gezi turned his head slightly and peeked at the jade box again, and said: "The Lord started to have diarrhea after drinking the soup. Mrs. Zhao pretended to be angry when she saw that the situation was not good, and reprimanded Qu Yun'er and drove her out of the palace. Guess, she was probably afraid that the master would be suspicious, so she let Qu Yun'er out of the palace first to save Qu Yun'er's life."

"I will not forgive this lowly servant girl lightly." Wanyan Cheng said coldly, "I have ordered the Imperial Army to go out of the palace to search for her, and search the entire capital to find her."

"That lowly maid deserves to die, but she's just a dog that obeys her master's orders. It's this woman from the Southern Dynasty that my father should punish severely!" Zong Pan pointed at the case, pointing at the jade box, his eyes reddened by alcohol and blood. With undisguised pleasure, "Since she entered the palace, there has been no peace in the harem. My mother was also framed by her, and she still lives in the Wailuo Courtyard. I have long advised my father to beware of her. This woman has always had different intentions and wanted to charm her." Now that the emperor has deceived the emperor to be the queen, and then interferes in the government and seizes the great gold, the emperor should understand now, right?"

Wanyan Sheng nodded, and said to Zong Pan: "Now it seems that your mother has been wronged, I will pick her up." Then he turned to Qin Gezi and said, "Let's talk about the queen."

"Queen..." Qin Gezi hesitated and said intermittently: "The poison that killed little prince Zongqing was not given by the queen... Madam Zhao herself... put the deadly poison in that bowl of medicine..."

Hearing this, the audience was in an uproar. Everyone stared at the jade box with shocked expressions, but the jade box remained indifferent, maintaining its previous posture, listening to Qin Gezi's words without a trace of fear, as if the crimes she said were fundamentally wrong. Nothing to do with oneself.

Zong Pan sneered, and said to Wanyan Sheng: "Tigers are poisonous and don't eat their offspring, and this woman actually murdered her own son in order to win favor, which shows her cruelty. My mother is kind and kind, but she framed her like this, It is not an exaggeration to shave her thousands of times. I want to know how the father will deal with her, is it Ling Chi, or the car crack?"

Wanyan Cheng looked sideways at the jade box, and suddenly smiled: "How do you think I will deal with you, Yu box?"

The jade box also sneered slightly, and said: "Since the concubines entered the palace, they have always been favored by the lord, so they are often envied by the concubines in the harem. It is common for them to maliciously attack the concubines in private, and it is not uncommon for them to deliberately frame them." Not uncommon, the Lord should be very clear that Qin Gezi must have been bribed to fabricate such things to slander the concubine. The concubine has always served the Lord with all her heart, and now the Lord would rather listen to her words than believe her Concubine."

Immediately, he turned his head and glanced at Qin Gezi, lowered his eyes and asked her: "Gezi, who did you benefit from this time, and actually came to harm me out of conscience?"

Still in a calm and calm tone, her voice was not loud, but it still surprised Qin Gezi, sweat dripped from her forehead, her lips trembled, and she mumbled something indistinctly, but she couldn't spell out a word.

Wanyan Cheng suddenly pulled up the jade box, held her tightly in his arms with one hand, and stared at her with a just smile: "You want to know who made her say these words?"

Yu He stared at him, saw the answer through his suddenly constricted pupils, took a deep breath, and said, "It's you."

Wanyan Cheng laughed: "Yu He, Yu He, you are so smart, how could I be willing to kill you!" He picked up a glass of wine from the table, drank half of it himself, and then brought it to Yu He's lips, Yu He tilted his head indifferently Avoiding it, Wanyan Cheng didn't force it, drank it all by himself, threw the wine glass, and continued, "I have had diarrhea for several days after drinking the soup you provided. This disease is so serious, it is unprecedented, I feel strange, Guessing that someone tampered with the soup and put some unclean things in it, deliberately causing me diarrhea, so I called your personal maid, Qin Gezi, to ask. I just wanted to ask if you knew there were foreign objects in the soup. I didn't want to ask Qin Gezi, but I was trembling with fright, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and kept saying that it had nothing to do with her, so I knew there must be a deeper inside story. Keep asking, at first Qin Gezi seemed to care about the relationship between your master and servant , Blindly prevaricated and refused to say it clearly, then I raised my hand and ordered someone to put 50 taels of gold in front of her, but she still hesitated, and I increased it to 500 taels, 5000 taels, and said that when she told the truth, I would book her as a concubine. Sure enough, the eyes of this lowly servant girl gradually lit up, and she recruited them all at once, from the beginning to the end, she explained clearly and clearly everything you did without telling me!"

Then squinting at Qin Gezi, Wan Yancheng said again: "This girl has always been timid, how dare she lie in front of me to frame my favorite concubine? What's more, she is not smart enough in her daily actions. It is not an easy thing to talk about it in such an orderly manner. I am really shocked to hear that you have kept such a hidden danger beside your pillow for many years without realizing it! Fortunately, God bless Dajin, and you are the most indispensable in the Southern Dynasty. It is the villain who betrayed the owner and asked for glory, and let me see through your conspiracy in time."

Stretching out his hand to caress the clean and cool face of the jade box, Wan Yancheng sighed, but his tone suddenly turned cold: "Leaving you in the palace is really a serious problem for the heart and soul. Outside, there is hatred between father and brother, and inside, there is jealousy. Once misfortune happens, I will regret it too much."

The jade box struggled suddenly, trying to push Wanyan Cheng away with his arms, and looked at him expressionlessly, with more and more burning anger flickering in his eyes. "Don't touch me." She said, her voice sounded cold and distant, as if floating out of a dusty time and space that had been crushed by time, "I can finally tell you in person that every time you touch me, Every word I say makes me feel extremely disgusted!"

Wanyan Sheng didn't expect her to react like this.According to the usual routine, the palace servants who were about to be punished would either repeatedly yell their grievances, kneel down and beg, or be so frightened that they were at a loss for words, but Yu Xiang said in a tough gesture he had never seen before. Say this.Wanyan Cheng couldn't help being taken aback, he didn't take any action for the time being, the hall was also completely silent, and everyone was silent.

Yu He raised his hand and pointed at Wan Yan Sheng angrily, and reprimanded him: "You are just a little Hu slave in the north. Once you succeed in one day, you dare to invade the Shang Kingdom, destroy the Song Dynasty in the south, destroy the Khitan in the north, do not practice benevolent government, and only focus on killing You, prostitutes, wives and daughters, made my father and brother suffer alone and suffer in a bitter and cold place. In the future, you will be full of evil, and you will be destroyed like this!"

Wanyan Cheng was furious, and immediately pressed the saber with his right hand, and was about to pull it out.

Seeing this, Yu Box sneered: "On the day I entered the palace, I lost something that was more precious than my life. What a pity to die! I only regret that I lost everything with one careless move. A day of shame for the country and the family."

At this moment, Wanyan Cheng smiled instead of anger, let go of his sword, pulled her close again, picked up the small silver knife that cut the honeydew melon for him not long ago, and said softly to her: "Listen to you people from the Southern Dynasty, Smart people have a heart with seven apertures, I really want to see if you have such a heart!"

As soon as the words fell, the hand suddenly increased strength, and the small silver knife immediately dug into the chest of the jade box.

Yu He cried out in pain, Wanyan Cheng let go of her hand, and she fell to the ground.

All the female family members in the house also cried out in surprise, especially the woman from the Zhao family, her pale face was full of traces of fear, the only exception was that she left the table immediately and ran towards the jade box like the wind.

"Yuan Yuan!" Zong Juan started up, but he didn't catch her in time.

Rou Fu ran to Yu He's side, stretched out his hand to support her, let her lie on his back, and called her with a sob: "Sister Yu He..."

Yu He smiled sadly: "You don't blame me anymore?"

Rou Fu was speechless, but nodded hastily.

At this time, Qin Gezi, who was kneeling, stood up in shock, stared blankly at the jade box, and suddenly shed tears, and took two steps closer, as if about to say something: "Ma'am..."

"Go away!" Rou Fu looked at her with chilling eyes: "She rescued you from the laundry yard and treated you kindly, but you betrayed her."

"No..." Yu He covered Rou Fu's mouth with his hand, turned his head to look at Qin Ge Zi with difficulty, glanced at Yan Sheng again, smiled faintly at Qin Ge Zi, and nodded meaningfully at her.

Qin Gezi blinked in confusion. He didn't know what the jade box meant, and he didn't dare to ask. He still lowered his head and didn't speak.And Wanyan Sheng's eyes wandered between them suspiciously.

Yu He gently hugged Rou Fu's neck, motioned her to bow her head, and then whispered in her ear: "Betrayal is a shameful crime, don't let those who betray you go."

Rou Fu didn't quite understand, and looked at the jade box with a frown, but the jade box didn't say anything more.

"Father," Zong Pan stepped forward to point at the jade box at this moment, and asked, "You just killed her like this? Isn't it too cheap for her?"

Wan Yancheng waved his head: "Of course not. The knife didn't actually hurt her heart, and she couldn't die for a while."

Zong Pan smiled and said: "That's good! She killed her own son and planted it on my mother's head, but she has hurt her, why not send her to the mother's pavilion and let her skin her skin with her own hands."

"I planted your mother?" Yu He sneered when she heard the words, and looked directly at Zong Pan. What kind of good person do you think your mother is?Is it true that the character is good and the mother is beautiful in the world? "

"My Qing'er..." She lowered her eyes slightly, her heart felt sad, and a trace of blood slowly snaked down from the corner of her lips, "Yes, I injected the deadly poison, but the queen herself also injected it into the medicine." After taking the poison, it’s just that the poison can’t kill people. If Qing’er takes it, he won’t notice any abnormalities for a while, but the medicine is harmful to people’s minds. When Qing’er grows up, he will become like Shu’er... and Shu’er, The abortion pill I took by mistake when I was pregnant with Shu'er was actually given by the Queen's maid, and she even blamed Concubine Li, killing two birds with one stone...In this case, I simply took Qing'er's medicine Let this vicious woman get her retribution earlier..."

Wanyan Cheng frowned and asked, "How do you know these things about her?"

"You guys will bribe my people, but didn't you think that I can also learn this trick?" Yu He glanced lightly at Wanyan Sheng and Zong Pan, slightly raising her eyebrows with clear disdain, "You Jinren will also sell their masters for glory. .”

Wanyan Sheng and Zong Pan looked at each other, the veins on their foreheads that were about to burst showed their rising anger.

"Mother." A childish call suddenly sounded in the strangely quiet hall.Everyone heard the sound and looked for it, only to find that the person who made the sound was Shu'er who was hugged by the wet nurse hiding in the corner.

Yu He was also surprised, this was the first time Shu'er spoke, and he was calling her.

Shu'er struggled out of the nurse's arms, staggered towards the jade box with unsteady steps, and kept shouting in her small mouth as if practicing: "Mother, mother, mother..."

Yu He smiled slightly, and stretched out his right hand toward him: "Come on, Shu'er..."

Shu'er continued to approach step by step, Yu He's smile deepened, and a bright radiance gradually appeared on his face...

With a sound of "噗", the sharp blade was unsheathed, and then the silver light was like lightning across the sky, and it swung down, sparking a bloody light.

Blood splashed into Yu He's eyes, she closed her eyes subconsciously, and Rou Fu's mournful cries sounded in her ears, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Shu'er lying in a pool of blood, whose head and neck had been severed by a knife—the young The child had not even had time to utter his final cry.

In an instant, the last trace of blood faded from his face.Rou Fu hugged her tightly, and Rou Fu's tears dripped on her hairline, but she was speechless and had no tears, she just stared blankly at her son in a pool of blood.

Zong Pan arrogantly wiped away the remaining blood on the saber, and then bowed to Wanyan Cheng: "Father, you won't blame me for killing this bitch's son, will you?"

Wan Yancheng waved his hand: "It's okay. The evil seed of this Southern Dynasty woman will become a disaster sooner or later, let alone a fool!"

Yu He suddenly sat up straight, leaned over and touched Shu'er in front of him with his hand, then pulled his hand back, looked at the blood-stained palm, remained silent for a moment, then slowly turned around, turned the blood-red palm outward, and stared at Wanyan. Sheng, word by word, said clearly and decisively: "After I die, I will be a ghost, wandering between the palaces and palaces of Shangjing, day and night. Waiting to see the iron hoofs more barbaric than Jurchen break through the country of Jin, waiting to see you Jin People are slaves and maidservants, their heads are in different places, and they suffer a thousand times more miserable pain than Song people!"

Zong Pan was furious, he showed his saber and was about to chop it off, but Wanyan Cheng stopped him and said coldly: "Zhen will order someone to drag her out and execute her naked outside the palace gate."

"Yuan Yuan..." The jade box fell to the ground again as if it had collapsed, but still calmly opened its eyes to look at Rou Fu, squeezed her hand, and smiled as if encouraging.

With tears in his eyes, Rou Fu nodded solemnly, then grabbed the handle of the knife on the chest of the jade box with both hands, pulled it out suddenly, then raised the knife high before everyone could react, and swung it down with all his strength. It is completely submerged into the jade box, and it is impartial. The place where the stabbing is the heart of the jade box.

Jade Box's whole body shook, and immediately recovered its calm demeanor, lying silently, not even groaning.Her eyes are half closed, she smiles, and casts her gaze upwards in a daze, as if she sees the three springs beyond the clouds and the lingering world of mortals through the dusty dome.

The imminence of death made her tilt her head overwhelmed, her eyelashes lowered, and a clear tear fell from her eyes.

"Father..." she called softly.

That was the last voice she left in the world.

14. Nightfall
Rou Fu pulled the knife away from Yu Hen's body, arranged her clothes and slightly messy hair, let her lie down in a peaceful and elegant posture, and knelt beside her silently, staring at her for a long time.A gray shadow gradually approached, blocking the light in front of Roufu, she raised her head, Wanyan Cheng pointed at her with a cold white light on her face.

She looked directly at this demonic man without fear, and the endless hatred ignited the cold flames in her eyes. She calmly and firmly held the blood-stained silver knife by her side again, stood up, raised her hand, and a bead of blood was on the blade. Suddenly startled, the tip of the knife shone brightly, and then swung down quickly, stabbing at his abdomen...

A strong hand grabbed her wrist in time, and the other hand quickly grabbed the knife in her hand, threw it on the ground and kicked it away, Zong Juan grabbed her from behind Rou Fu, she struggled subconsciously, he He increased the strength to restrain her, and covered her mouth tightly with one hand, preventing her from saying anything.

Wanyan Cheng didn't lower his sword, but still pointed at them, raised his chin slightly, and said coldly: "Zong Juan, get out of the way."

Zong Juan did not let go, nor did he move a step, and said to Wanyan Cheng: "Master, this matter has nothing to do with her, please let her go."

"Irrelevant?" Wan Yancheng sneered, "She is the sister of Concubine Zhao, and she often communicates with Concubine Zhao, she is also involved in the rebellion, let alone committing such arrogance in the palace, stabbing Concubine Zhao to death. She should have been freed a long time ago. Tell me, can I spare her?"

Zong Juan said sternly: "Although she is Concubine Zhao's sister, she never likes Concubine Zhao's daily behavior and has not been in touch with her for a long time. She has no idea about the conspiracy. She is pure in nature, and she did what she did today out of Sisters have a close relationship, and their actions have not endangered the big gold, and the two have not hurt the body of the dragon, the Lord has the heart of the emperor, and will not take this little girl's disrespect to heart."

The current situation reminded Zong Pan of the fight for Rou Fu with Zong Jun in the past, and he was quite unhappy. He wanted to add insult to injury, looked sideways at Rou Fu beside Wanyan Sheng and said, "This woman's eyes are more vicious than Concubine Zhao's. I am afraid that I will do something more harmful to the country and the people in the future, so it is better to kill him early."

"She's just my concubine, she has no power to restrain her, what great things can she do?" Zong Juan argued vigorously, "If the Lord let her go, I will lock her in the mansion for punishment and discipline, and let her be punished in the future." Stay away from the imperial confinement, if she offends Lord Lang again in the future, Zong Juan is willing to die to apologize."

Wanyan Sheng ignored him, and only repeated the cold words: "Zong Juan, get out of the way."

Zong Juan shook his head, while Rou Fu kept struggling, and kicked Zong Juan violently with both feet, trying to make him let go of her. Some indistinct sounds came out from the covered mouth, Zong Juan knew that it must be She cursed and reprimanded the Jinren, and dared not relax a bit, locked her mouth firmly, and tried her best to protect her life that was tied to the front line.

Wan Yancheng didn't say anything more, raised his arms and straightened his sword, and stabbed at Rou Fu's chest that Zong Jun was holding.

Zong Juan didn't have time to think about it, and immediately hugged Rou Fu's back and turned to dodge to one side, but the sword was approaching, and after all, he couldn't completely dodge it, and the sword pierced Zong Juan's right arm.

His body couldn't help trembling under the pain, but he still didn't let go of Roufu.

Wan Yancheng drew back the sword, looked at Zongjun's blood on the tip of the sword, and sighed: "The eighth prince who followed the former emperor to destroy the Liao came back in a complete victory, and was never hurt by the Liao people. I don't want to think that I will be killed by a woman from the Southern Dynasty now." Do not hesitate to fight with your life."

Zong Juan smiled lightly, and blocked Rou Fu with his body: "She is my woman, and she has not committed any unforgivable crimes, why didn't I save her?"

Rou Fu was silent for a while, two lines of tears fell down, and slid across the back of Zong Jun's hand and fingers respectively. He felt that the temperature of the liquid was scorching hot, as if he had been scalded, and his heart suddenly trembled slightly.

Rou Fu began to struggle unwillingly again, turning his head left and right to try to get rid of the control of his hand, he sighed, and regardless of the blood flowing on his arm, he insisted on wrapping her around her waist with one hand, and covering her mouth and nose with the other, so as not to let her make any noise.

He increased his strength and reduced the air she could breathe. The pent-up anger burned her face but she couldn't find a place to pour it out. She gradually became weak, her hands and feet became weak, her consciousness gradually became blurred, and she finally suffocated.

She woke up in the middle of the night, surrounded by darkness and feeling cold.

She stretched out her hand to detect things around her, but she touched someone.He immediately sat up and held her hand.

The familiar touch and the familiar breath of this person made her instantly understand who he was.She was stunned and asked, "Am I dead?"

He said, "With me here, you will not die."

She opened her eyes wide and tried her best to see the surrounding environment clearly, but there was no light, so she was forced to give up this attempt, and lowered her eyes and asked, "What place is this?"

He told her calmly: "The prison in the palace."

Gradually remembering what happened not long ago, she was not surprised at all, but when she thought of him, she asked in puzzlement: "Why are you here?"

He smiled in the dark: "If I'm not here, I can't guarantee that you can get out from here."

Wanyan Sheng has always refused to let her go, even though he saw that he did not hesitate to bleed to protect her, he also said that he would put her in prison for punishment, and he knew that any punishment that would be imposed on her would be a devastating disaster for her, Leaving her at this moment is tantamount to giving up on her, so he decided to stay with her, even if he stayed in the prison in Gongyejian, he would have time to think about how to take her away safely.

She was silent, and suddenly asked in surprise: "Where are my sisters? Have they been released from the palace?"

He hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should tell her the truth, but her hand was still cold for a long time.She persisted in her questioning, but he finally said the truth: "The Lord said that all Zhao women who have close contacts with Concubine Zhao on weekdays will be held accountable. Most of your sisters were tied up in the courtyard and killed with sticks."

The dark night made it impossible for him to see her expression at this time, and the room was silent, and she didn't make any sound.He probed with his hand, only to find that her face was covered with tears.

She tilted her head angrily to avoid his caress, and said, "Why do you bother to save me? Living a moment like this is torture."

"I must find a reason to save you?" He thought about it and smiled, "I still want to drink the tea you made. You don't know how to cherish your life, so I have to cherish it for you."

She didn't speak for a long time, just buried her head on her knees, and there was a faint sob.After such a long time, he stroked her hair and found that she was trembling slightly, so he asked, "Is it cold?"

She didn't answer, he took off his coat, put it on her body, then gently pulled her over and hugged her in his arms.

She resisted as usual, and while struggling, she suddenly touched the bandaged wound on his right arm, she stopped, and slowly touched there back and forth.

He guessed that she might suddenly slash at the wound again, but she never did, and just touched back and forth hesitantly with her fingers.

He stretched out his arms and hugged her again, this time she didn't move any more, she snuggled into his arms and wept quietly.

Two days later, Zong Jun's mother He Shilie led them out of the prison.Zong Jun asked his mother privately how to persuade the Lord Lang to let them go, and He Shilie replied indifferently: "I just let him understand that the girl is your weakness. What big things can a man who loses his reason for women do? With her around By your side, you are just an insignificant reckless man."

Although Zong Juan was displeased after hearing this, he did not refute, just smiled and bowed his head.

Heshi Lie shook his head and sighed: "You should also remember this. I also want to know what is so good about her that she can make you forget my teachings, lose your mind, and do such reckless things without thinking thing?"

"She is free from emotion, has a clear distinction between love and hate, and never hides her temperament." Zong Juan restrained his smile and said, "I protect her, just like protecting the self who only lives in my heart."

(End of this chapter)