They all say I'm a puppet

The third year of Chunxi's reign in Nanxia was an eventful one. First, Xili, a small country on the southwestern frontier, invaded the border of Nanxia. However, they went to the four cities of Nanxia in a row for more than ten days. There were no generals in the Nanxia Dynasty to fight. In the end, Taiwei Chen Yuan personally led an army to fight south.The war in the southwest has not improved yet, and the general Zhao Ying who was stationed in Hedong faced the son of He Hongyi in Hexi again.

Regardless of whether they won or lost, these two battles were extremely exhausting of Nanxia's national power. After the war was over, it would take a long period of recuperation to recover.Unexpectedly, before the end of the war, on the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, at the family banquet in the harem, Emperor Chunxi drank poisonous wine and died of poison.

The Southern Xia royal family has gone through catastrophes in recent years. By the time of Emperor Chunxi, the blood was already weak. Emperor Chunxi had no blood under his knees. His sudden death was a serious blow to Nanxia. Who would succeed him became the most worrying thing for the whole court. In addition, now that Chen Yuan is in the southwest, Su Kun, the senior official who is in charge of the government affairs, has an incomprehensible attitude. Even though the bones of Emperor Chunxi are not cold, and even the murderer who murdered him has not yet been identified, some people in the court are ready to move, gradually revealing their thoughts that have been hidden for a long time Come out, the purpose is to point directly at the throne that obviously has no successor.

But no matter how intrigues and strife in the imperial court, what kind of waves will be caused, the calm in the imperial city is like a pool of stagnant water.The body of Emperor Chunxi has been encoffined, and the coffin is parked in Changle Palace, waiting to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.Princess Yongning personally entered the palace to help Empress Su take care of Emperor Chunxi's death.

The moon and stars were scarce, and the imperial city was quiet. All the people at the banquet that day were still locked up in Zhengyang Palace by Empress Su, and people from Dali Temple entered the palace to investigate the murderer who killed Emperor Chunxi.After Princess Yongning helped Empress Su arrange everything properly, she was worried about the young girl in the mansion and left the palace in a hurry.The courtiers who came to mourn during the day had also left, and only two brothers and sisters of Empress Su remained in Changle Palace to guard the spirit of Emperor Chunxi.

Therefore, no one noticed that there was a person sitting on the roof of the main hall of Changle Palace, holding a jug in his hand, facing the cold moonlight, sitting quietly for a long time.

A figure quietly approached him, stood in front of him, sighed softly, and said, "I've been looking for you all night, and you're actually hiding here."

Cang Lin raised his head and glanced at him, then looked away, as if he hadn't seen that person at all, picked up the jug back, took a big sip of wine, and then slowly replied: "There are already people in the imperial city. After becoming like this, who would care where a little eunuch like me went?"

Xun Cheng didn't mind his attitude, and sat down next to him. From this position, as long as he lowered his head slightly, he could see the open space in front of Changle Palace, the dim lights reflected from it, and even the swaying figures inside.Xun Cheng turned his head and glanced at Cang Lin: "Empress Su has already returned to Zhengyang Palace, and now the only one guarding the spirit is that Su He, why don't you go down and have a look?"

During the day, Changle Palace was crowded with people, and Xun Cheng felt that it was normal for Cang Lin to appear at such a time. Now that it was getting late and all the hustle and bustle had dissipated, Cang Lin might also want to go down and have a look.After all, they used to be almost inseparable. Cang Lin spared his own life to keep the little emperor's life, but he never thought that the little emperor would die overnight.Although Xun Cheng didn't quite understand it, he could imagine how uncomfortable it would be when he came to Cang Lin.

Cang Lin took another sip of wine before slowly shaking his head: "I dare not."

The night before, he carried Fu Yu's body back to Changle Palace, saw Cheng Zhong from panic to bewildered and then in pain, but he couldn't say a word.He didn't know what to say to Cheng Zhong, and he didn't know how to explain it. Before the dinner, the two of them went out together talking and laughing together, but in the end it turned out that he came back with Fu Yu's corpse on his back.

Even he himself didn't know what went wrong.

Afterwards, Empress Su brought people to Changle Palace, and pushed him away from Fuyu's corpse forcefully and decisively. He stood aside and watched them change clothes and cleanse face for Fuyu. Later, the courtiers got the news and entered the palace. , The crying filled Changle Palace, and Cang Lin heard it, which only made him feel unbearable pain in his chest.

Later, he climbed up to the roof in the dark and sat on it for a whole day. At this time, no one would care about the existence of a little eunuch like him, and everyone in Changle Palace was busy going back and forth.Cang Lin was sitting on the roof, listening to all the sounds below, but he didn't even dare to go down to have a look.

Sitting here, as long as he can't see the cold coffin, he can pretend that everything below has nothing to do with Fuyu, and he can pretend that he is just waiting for a test from Xun Cheng like many nights before, and when the sky is getting brighter, He pushed open the door of Changle Palace exhausted physically and mentally, and he could still see Fuyu lying on their bed, sleeping soundly.

The cries below could be heard clearly in his ears, crushing all his fantasies, he didn't dare to go down to have a look at the coffin containing Fuyu, but he also didn't want to hide elsewhere, so he could only restrain himself on this roof.

After careful calculation, Xun Cheng has known Cang Lin for three years, he is already familiar with Cang Lin's temperament and temperament, and he has gained Cang Lin's rare trust.It was the first time he saw him like this, as if something had been pulled out of his body, which reminded Xun Cheng of an old saying subconsciously—there is nothing more sorrow than death.

Xun Cheng felt that he should say something to comfort Cang Lin, but he was really not good at it.After hesitating for a moment, he stretched out his hand to take the jug from Cang Lin's hand, poured it into his own mouth, and after taking a big sip, he said, "Then what are your plans next. The little emperor is dead, so you don't have to stick around." This is the imperial city. With your current skills and the current situation, as long as you want to leave, no one can stop you."

Cang Lin suddenly turned his head to look at Xun Cheng, his dark eyes looked at Xun Cheng's guilt for no reason, after a while, Cang Lin said coldly: "Did He Hongyi do this?"

Xun Cheng was stunned and shook his head: "He didn't mention this matter in his secret letter last time. I don't know if it was because he was wary of me after the failure of the assassination last time, or if it was just related to him at all. It doesn't matter. After all, his attention should be on the battle in Hedong now, so he might not think of it."

Cang Lin lowered his eyes, slid his fingers over the roof tiles, and said softly: "The people locked up in Zhengyang Palace don't have the guts to do this, Fu Yu, Fu Yu's death will not do them any good. Originally Only Chen Yuan and He Hongyi could get benefits, but Chen Yuan had countless opportunities to attack Fuyu before, so there was no need to choose when he was not in the capital. After all, the southwestern side had already given him enough headaches under the influence of He Hongyi. Not long after he left the capital, many people could no longer hold back, and killing Fuyu at this time would not do him any good."

He stood up slowly and looked towards the northwest: "He Hongyi disturbed the southwest, forcing Chen Yuan to leave the capital, and sent his eldest son to Hedong to contain Zhao Ying. As planned, he blamed this matter on Chen Yuan, and then led his army back to the city in the name of Fu Yu's revenge. I guess if it goes according to his plan, he will return to this imperial city in a short time."

He turned his head, looked at Xun Cheng, and said slowly: "So I won't go anywhere, I will stay here and wait for He Hongyi to come back, and I will make him pay with blood."

Cang Lin's voice was not high, but the last few words seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth.

Xun Cheng was shocked by the hatred in his words, and after a long while, he said: "Although, although I have always felt that with your ability, you might make great achievements one day. But now you are helpless after all. There are no helpers, even if He Hongyi returns to Beijing, you won't be his opponent for a while."

Cang Lin turned his face away, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "I can bear it, and I can wait." Speaking of this, he lowered his eyes and said softly, "I was in a hurry to take Fuyu out of the palace, and even thought, if , if we can live a comfortable life like he said, maybe I can let go of all these grievances, as long as he is by my side. But now that he is gone, I don’t have any worries anymore, I have a lifetime , you can settle this score with He Hongyi slowly."

Xun Cheng frowned. He looked at Cang Lin for a while, and finally said: "I know that you have been with that little emperor day and night in the past few years, and you have a good relationship. Now that he died suddenly, you are very uncomfortable. But after all, people cannot be resurrected after death." After a while, the little emperor will be buried in the imperial mausoleum, everything will be a thing of the past, and you will let it go slowly."

Cang Lin smiled and shook his head lightly. He put his hand on his heart and looked up at Xun Cheng: "I can't let it go." He said softly, "I don't understand until I'm gone, what he really means to me .” His voice was bitter, and there seemed to be a hint of choking.After a long time, he shook his head gently, "Forget it, it's getting late, you go, I want to be alone for a while."

Xun Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Cang Lin's state, finally just sighed lowly, put the jug at Cang Lin's feet, turned over and jumped off the roof, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Cang Lin stood alone on the roof, looked up at the same lonely moon in the sky, bent down and picked up the wine jug under his feet, raised his hand and poured the remaining wine in the jug into his mouth, pouring the spicy and cold liquid Swallowing it down, holding the empty jug in a daze for a while, he threw the jug on the eaves, bit his lower lip, and finally turned over and jumped off the roof.