Cold Palace’s Abandoned Consort

I frowned and looked at him for a long time. I didn't wait for his answer, and was about to ask again, but I heard the queen Yin next to him mutter, "Liu Shizhou?"

I turned in surprise and looked at her.

Since she was stupid, although she can still talk and do things, all she wants to do is focus on her own things, almost no reaction with the surrounding environment, and rarely outside things can stimulate her, but just now , I just told Yao Lao the name "Liu Shizhou" and she responded!

She also knows Liu Shizhou?

Just as I looked at her in amazement, a ignorant expression appeared on Empress Yin's face, which had always been expressionless, and she slowly raised her head to look at Yao Yao: "Liu Shizhou ... Liu Shizhou ..."

She kept mumbling the name, the more she thought, the weaker the light in her eyes was, the more she seemed to be thinking about something.

I hurriedly said, "Yes, Liu Shizhou, do you know him?"

Queen Yin turned her head and looked at me, her face blanked again.

But in a daze, as if trying to think about something again, I said urgently: "Liu Shizhou, he was an official in the court, once an official in Yangzhou, and later assassinated, do you remember him?"

Queen Yin looked at me with a more uncertain look.

Yao Lao quickly reached out and held her hand, then said to me, "She doesn't know, she doesn't know anything."

"But she just--"

"She's crazy now. What she says and does is crazy."

"..."

"She still regards Liu Gongzi as her own son. Is it really her son?"

My brow frowned-how could that be?

However, Queen Yin is crazy, and she has never been crazy for no reason. She clearly has some impression of the name, and she is very impressed, otherwise she wo n’t react to the name after being foolish. But before I say anything, Yao Lao has grabbed her hand and comforted softly: "It's nothing, this person has nothing to do with you."

"..."

Queen Yin looked at him blankly for a while, her voice calmed down gradually, then nodded: "Oh ..."

I hurriedly said, "Yao Lao!"

He turned to look at me and said, "Ms. Yan, this thing has been going on for so many years. Now, what's the point of asking again?"

I felt that he was obviously perfunctory, and could not help but frowned: "The old man's words may be a little evasive and light, and Liu Shizhou's life and death may be a trivial matter to others for decades, but for Qing Han, that It was his father's vengeance, of course he had to ask, and I--I can't ignore it. "

Yao Lao looked up at me: "Why?"

"Because," my voice trembled slightly. "Because, Chang Mingzong's actions in Yangzhou at that time were supported by the Yan family."

"..."

"I want to know, is it my father, is it him-this order."

Hearing me say that, Yao Lao opened his eyes sharply and immediately understood.

If I doubt someone else, I can comfort Qing Han, or I can revenge him with all my heart, but if that order was given by my father, if I and him became a relationship of enemies, what should I do?

For a time, Yao Lao's expression was also chaotic.

He looked at me with a difficult face, and remained silent for a long time, and said, "Miss Yan ... In fact, you don't need to worry. This may not be Ling Zun's order ..."

"..."

"He, he's a man of the world, and he doesn't care about one person, the gain or the loss."

"..."

"So I don't think it's him."

When I heard this sentence, my heart suddenly let go.

Although he was not an affirmative answer, at this time, I couldn't believe this sentence. Maybe everyone just believed in the fact that they were willing to believe.

As long as it is not my father.

As long as it is not him, there will be no obstacles beyond me and Qinghan.

just--

My eyes got a little deeper, and I looked up at Yao Lao's blinking eyes, and said, "Well, do you know who issued the order?"

Yao Lao didn't even look at me, and his gaze shifted to one side: "How did I know?"

"..."

"Miss Yan, don't forget. At that time, I was always in Jingcheng, and she was locked in a prison by the sky. How did I know about Yangzhou?"

"..."

"You asked me the wrong person."

I looked at him and said nothing, and Yao Lao had been holding up the queen Yin who kept whispering to herself and said, "Well, after speaking for so long, she is tired, let her rest first. It's late It's time for Miss Yan to take a rest earlier. "

"..."

He's chasing customers, but I know more clearly what he's avoiding, but I don't say much, stand up from the good, and laugh: "Okay, the **** who disturbed her for so long, It's time to take a good rest. I leave first. "

After speaking, he exited the room.

When I walked out, the twilight had come, and the surrounding light seemed a little dim, but I felt that there was a little light in front of me, letting me know where I should go.

Queen Yin and Yao Lao, the two of them must know something, and may have played a role in this matter more or less. Although Yao Lao just said that he was in Beijing at that time and was imprisoned by Queen Yin, he was very clear that it was easy to leave that place with his ability. Huang Tianba often visited him in the jail. I have encountered it once, and it is naturally easy to convey any order.

Unfortunately, Huang Tianba is far away from Mobei. I have no way to ask him, and Yao Lao seems to have made up his mind not to speak.

It seems that only to find another chance to test Queen Yin alone.

I looked back and watched the Queen Emperor Yin slightly reflected on the window, looking very thin, and after a while, turned and left.

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The next time, I always wanted to find a chance to get closer to Empress Yin. It happened that Yao Lao had seen through my mind. Every time he came, he was by her side. He couldn't say two words and he urged me to leave. I knew he was guarding me, and I was inevitably frustrated.

Even if I am Miss Yan Family, at this time I can't overpower others, or two elderly people.

Moreover, the poison on Qing Han's body has not been solved.

If the order to assassinate Liu Shizhou was not given by my father, it can be said that the poisonous thorn in my heart was pulled out, and the thing that most worries me now is the poisoning of mild cold. Detoxification still requires medicine, so I will temporarily Can't offend him.

This matter can only be done slowly.

The most important thing right now is negotiation, which is going on hard day by day.

The first item is to discuss port opening.

The second is the operation of salt and iron.

...

The most important and most difficult one is taxation.

This is a difficult topic to talk about. Pei Yuanzhang's policy of spreading acres into the acres in the Central Plains is a great shock to the big family in Xichuan. He also understands that the reason why Pei Yuanxiu can stir up the fire So many powerful gentry rebelled against the court, largely because he had shaken the interests of those people.

And now, for Xichuan, naturally such a squall cannot be so fierce.

Therefore, the two sides have negotiated for a long time on the taxation system and age.

In fact, the most difficult thing that Qian Chen had talked with several old patriarchs before was also this one. It can be said that he was sacrificing his own interests in exchange for the success of a peace talk. I think he promised a lot to these people, even if As such, the negotiations were difficult.

This matter, after a full three days of discussion, was barely reached a consensus.

After just talking for a few days, I felt that Qingchen was thinner all over again, and his face was blue-gray.

Coming out of the lobby, I was so distressed that I grabbed his arm and said softly, "Now things are over, you can take a good rest."

He looked up at me, his pale lips smiling slightly.

The smile disturbed me, and I asked, "What's wrong?"

He said, "It doesn't matter, it's all over."

"..."

"Tomorrow, it's the most important thing."

"...?"

I looked at him in wonder.

I've been recording what he and Pei Yuanzhang talked about these days. It can be said that everything I want has been discussed, especially the tax system, which is the most concerned issue on both sides, but he said that it doesn't matter. It matters tomorrow.

What could be more important than this?

I looked at him in wonder: "Dust, what is it?"

He smiled: "Sister don't have to worry about it. When things are done, Xichuan's calamity will pass."

I looked at him with a deep frown, and for a long time I couldn't return.

Sure enough, the next morning, when I got up early in the morning, I heard that the two of them went to the lobby and started talking again.

But this time is different from before. When we talked before, all the old patriarchs and court officials of all the big families were present. We had paper records. We could look at them from a distance and probably figure out the direction of the negotiations. The news came, the civil servant and I in charge of the recording could go over and record what was negotiated on this day.

But this time, only two of them and no third person could get close.

Everyone faintly felt that today should be the last day of negotiations.

Therefore, everyone was waiting at this end of the promenade. Ministers of Civil and Military Affairs, even Tang Yuan, and Father An, all came here in person. Even Alan stood in the crowd. Although there were many people, no one spoke. Speaking, everyone just looked at the probe involuntarily.

Usually, the two people who will come out at the moment of the moment, today has passed, there is no movement.

Twilight came and lanterns hung all around.

There are still bright lights over the lobby.

Although the night of late autumn was already very cold, but at this time, I could not help but get a cold sweat, just looking over there, I heard a footstep behind me, looking back, Ye Yunshuang was also here waiting.