in the sound of swallows

Chapter 149 Pretend
Jiang Biyue looked terrified, she raised her head inadvertently, and there was a bruise on her neck.

Concubine Hua frowned, subconsciously glanced at the emperor, relaxed slightly, and leaned back on the chair.Looking at Concubine Jiang's appearance, I thought to myself, could it be a coincidence?
Before she did it, Concubine Jiang was punished by heaven?
"The concubine is jealous of the high status of the concubine Yan Gui and the wealth of the concubine Shen, so she wants to frame two birds with one stone, and that's why the concubine Xi vomits blood and dies." Jiang Biyue lowered her head and said in a trembling voice: "The concubine knows it's wrong."

"Bengong said that I was instructed by the gods and would not do evil things." Shen Hanlu looked sacred and inviolable, and raised his sleeves: "Being framed by Bengong is your own death!"

Shen Guiyan helped Fu's forehead, this line was too exaggerated, she was really afraid that Shen Hanlu would fly straight up in the next moment.

Concubine Jiang cooperated very well, so she burst into tears on the spot, her body trembling, and said: "Just now, my concubine was strangled by an immortal, and he told my concubine to be loyal to the emperor, with a magnanimous heart. The crime committed by my concubine is already unforgivable, so I came here to take away my concubine's life...Fortunately, the emperor's dragon spirit passed by and rescued my concubine. The concubine does not want to live, but to tell the truth so that the concubine Shen can clear up her grievances, and the punishment imposed on the concubine , can also be less."

"God's punishment..." Fu Xueshi was shocked for a long time, and finally came to his senses: "There is no record of heaven's punishment in ancient books, can you tell me what it looks like?"

Jiang Biyue looked at him with eyes full of horror, and murmured for a while before saying: "Heavenly punishment is heavenly soldiers and generals coming down to earth to take your life, no murderer can be found, no trace, no matter how high the official is, how powerful the martial arts are." , can't escape!"

Her voice trembled with utter fear, and it didn't look like a fake at all. If she hadn't just returned from the gate of hell, she wouldn't be able to say such a thing.

For a moment, everyone in the hall trembled. No matter how knowledgeable Fu Xueshi was, he was also a little scared.

First it was a plaque given by God, and then it was punished by God. Could it be possible that today's Holy One really has a golden dragon protecting his body, which belongs to destiny?
Gu Chaobei said: "Since Concubine Jiang has pleaded guilty, let's go to the clan's residence first."

Jiang Biyue burst into tears, and raised her head to take a deep look at Gu Chaobei.

"Sinful concubine, take orders."

Shen Guiyan sighed slightly when she saw something flickering in her eyes.

Jiang Biyue did not do this, but only she can bear the crime.

Concubine Jiang was dragged down, and Xueshi Fu said, "Your Majesty, the old minister should not interfere with the affairs of the harem, but when God punished him, the old minister thought..."

Still not enough to believe it.

Before the second half of the sentence had a chance to be spoken, there was a scream from outside.

Everyone was shocked, the emperor and Yuwen Changqing reacted the fastest, and ran out of the palace to see.Fu Xueshi followed closely behind.

Concubine Jiang had already collapsed on the open space outside the palace, with a long sword stuck in her back, bleeding everywhere.Zhuiyun and other guards were watching the sky in horror.

"What's going on!" The emperor shouted angrily.

Zhuiyun hurried over and said: "Back to the emperor, I was just about to take Jiang Shi to the clan mansion, but suddenly a sword flew from the sky, piercing Jiang Shi's body!"

"Yes, this subordinate also saw it!" The surrounding guards said in horror: "It fell from the sky, it seems to be directed at Mrs. Jiang!"

"God's punishment, this is heaven's punishment!" The timid guard was so frightened that he immediately hid under the eaves of the palace.

Fu Xueshi's beard trembled, and the fear in his eyes increased.

The concubines saw the corpse again, exclaimed a few times, then turned their backs.It is related to the royal family's scandal, so naturally it cannot be spread to the outside world. The emperor calmly said: "Zuiyun, I took Jiang's body down for disposal. By the way, I will send an order that ten days later, I will open an altar to worship the ancestors."

"Yes!" Zhuiyun agreed, and together with another guard, carried Jiang's body away.

Fu Xueshi's mind was in a mess, the emperor turned his head and said to him: "Recently, there is a lot of chaos in the court. It may be that the ancestors of the Ming family are about to show their spirits. The bachelor is also going to arrange the ancestor worship. Today's affairs in the palace are just When everyone sees nothing, don’t spread the word.”

"...I understand." Fu Xueshi was a little unsteady, and retreated with a trembling body, without having time to look at Fu Guipin.

Shen Guiyan looked at the blood on the ground, raised her eyebrows slightly, and then said with a serious face: "The people in the harem, the concubine Hua should also take care of her, and no one will do intrigue in the future, and Concubine Jiang's fate will be the same. It should be a warning."

"The concubine understands." Concubine Hua's face was uglier than anyone else's, but she still responded with a smile.

Shen Hanlu was complacent again, God's punishment, those who offend her will be punished by God, the emperor really protects her, and gave her such a protective umbrella.It's a pity that it's not true, if it was true, she would be the first to let Shen Guiyan feel this way.

The Empress Dowager Nian saw the blood, said it was unwell, and went back to pray to Buddha.People from all the palaces dispersed, and the emperor took Yuwen Changqing to the study.

"Let's start tonight." Gu Chaobei looked at Yuwen Changqing and said, "You know what to do and what not to do."

"I understand." Yuwen Changqing smiled, and finally had a chance to have a good time.

There was no one on the palace road, only concubine Hua's master and servant.

"Where are the others?" Concubine Hua asked Hongzhi as she walked towards Huaqing Palace.

Hong Zhi shook her head and said, "Fang Deling hasn't come back since he left."

Concubine Hua asked Fang Deling to strangle Concubine Jiang to death, and then the emperor convicted Concubine Shen, so she tried to blame Concubine Shen for Jiang Concubine's death.

Who knew that Concubine Jiang did die in the end, but not at her hands.Fang Deling also disappeared.

What exactly is going on?Who disrupted everything she had planned?She didn't believe the Heaven's Punishment that came out of nowhere, but Jiang Concubine did die in front of her, and was killed by the sword that fell from the sky.

In fact, the ones who saw the sword falling from the sky were the group of guards around the emperor, the emperor and General Yuwen.

She didn't suspect anything, it's just that all of this happened too well, and what's even more exasperating was that Shen Hanlu narrowly escaped death again.

The hateful Shen Guiyan didn't care about anything, and threw them all to her. If she didn't fall for the trick, she wouldn't take the aggressive tactics, which made her very passive, and she could only fight with this group of women by herself.

Concubine Xi was killed by her, Concubine Jiang died for the crime, and now no one in the palace knows her secret, which is actually good.She is also considered clever, able to make so many small moves under Gu Chaobei's nose without being noticed by him.In the past, I always thought that the emperor was very powerful. After winning so many times, Concubine Hua became a little more confident.

She can also play with men in the palm of her hand, just like Huchang back then, after a few drunken days, wouldn't she just obediently surrender and leave all the secret letters written by Queen Mother Wen in her hands?It was also like this that later Gu Chaobei was able to secure the position of servant and was looked at differently by the emperor.

Gu Chaobei was not as difficult to deal with as she imagined.

Taking a deep breath, Concubine Hua smiled and relaxed.There is nothing to worry about, as long as you have the heart, what can't be done?

The sky was getting dark, but no one in the palace dared to sleep. The incident of Heaven's Punishment frightened everyone, for fear that a sword from the sky would fall on him.Although the emperor said that it should not be spread indiscriminately, everyone in the palace still knows about it, and probably many people outside the palace also know about it.

However, Concubine Jiang, who was punished by heaven, was wearing a dark cloak at this time, and was sent out of Miyagi by the emperor himself.

"It's easy to go all the way, don't go back to the capital, and you will have no worries for a lifetime."

With tears in her eyes, Concubine Jiang took the burden, and murmured, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

If Gu Chaobei hadn't saved her, she would have died too.It's good to just leave the palace now.

Even so, she was still very reluctant, and the tears kept falling.

The emperor didn't say much, waved his hand, turned around and disappeared into the palace gate.Jiang Biyue took a deep breath, put on her cloak and hat, got into the carriage, and finally left without looking back.

Shen Guiyan lit the lamp and waited for someone to come. When it was completely dark, Gu Chaobei didn't let her wait in vain.

"How did Yan'er know that I would come tonight?" the emperor asked her with a smile.

Shen Guiyan pursed her lips and said, "When you cast a net, you will always tell me what kind of fish you catch. The concubine thinks so, so I'll just wait and see."

Gu Chaobei let out a low laugh, and reached out to hug her into his arms: "The fish are still those fish, but this time the net is thinner and has a blade on it. If my hands are full of blood, will Yan'er feel disgusted?"

Shen Guiyan raised her eyebrows: "The emperor didn't have blood on his hands before?"

Slightly stunned, Gu Chaobei coughed lightly: "Can't you cooperate with me and say some affectionate words? For example: 'Even if the emperor's hands are covered with blood, the courtiers and concubines will follow each other forever', I am so happy to hear that. "

With a chuckle, Shen Guiyan shook her head and said: "No matter what the emperor looks like, whether there is blood on his hands or not, from the time when my concubine marries you, you are the person who will be with me for the rest of my life, and you will be the one who will be with you for the rest of my life. will leave."

The surroundings suddenly warmed up, Gu Chaobei coughed lightly, turned his head away uncomfortably, and said, "I'm here to tell you a secret, how could it be flirting."

Shen Guiyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, a good Fengyue is such a rascal when she says flirting.

"What secret?"

"Tonight, some people will die." The emperor picked her up, put her on the bed, and touched her swollen belly by the way: "That is my sin, and I have to get rid of it. They all If you say that I have a dragon aura in my body, I think, I will protect you. Even if there is any retribution, I will stand alone."

Shen Guiyan was slightly taken aback.

Today's punishment from heaven is really just a cover, the cover used by the emperor to slaughter the rebels in the court can be logically used to cover up all faults.

The Jiang family is innocent, and the death of the concubine Xi has not been found out at all.But looking at Gu Chaobei's appearance, he didn't have the heart to investigate those. What he cared about was how many dissidents he could get rid of this time.

Lowering her eyes, Shen Guiyan reached out and hugged him.

"What's wrong?" Gu Chaobei raised his eyebrows.

"The concubine is sleepy," she said.

The child is five months old, and her lethargy has not changed at all.Gu Chaobei chuckled: "Then you go to sleep, I will watch over you."

(End of this chapter)