After being reborn, being alone as a queen

A small building somewhere on the outskirts of Beijing

This is a small two-story building made of bamboo, surrounded by dense bamboo forests, and criss-crossed with bluestone paths, even people who have walked through it ten times and a hundred times will easily go astray if they are not careful.

Two people sat facing each other in the forest, and there was a chessboard in the middle, with bamboo leaves falling one after another, like rain or falling flowers.

Their robes and black hair are gently rolled up by the breeze in the bamboo forest, as if they are not in this noisy world, and they have become another quiet world.

One is neither arrogant nor impatient, and the other is tepid.

After an unknown amount of time, someone finally opened his mouth and sighed:

"It seems that in this game, the widow lost again, and the skill is not as good as the others."

There is a bit of frustration in the tone and a bit of inexplicable complexity

The person who opened the mouth had narrow and long eyes, resembling a fox, looking at the black and white checkerboard with a bit of regret mixed with twinkling eyes, a straight nose, and plump lips slightly raised.

He wore a black satin robe with no pattern, smooth fabric, quite a bit of homely comfort. The wide sleeves slid down his elbows with the movement of his chin, revealing a thin and white wrist. A string of sapphire bracelets.

That sapphire is smooth and without any flaws, and there is a hint of clear green in the blue color. One can tell at a glance that it is the best jade, and it is priceless.

This kind of sapphire is also called Emperor Jade, and among the countries in the four directions, only Beiyan produces this jade. Even the largest country, Southern Chu, probably only has a little bit of annual tribute.

The identity of the person in front of him was already revealed.

Another person heard the words and replied: "It's been so many years, your chess skills really haven't improved at all."

There was no expression on his face, as if he had experienced the same thing too many times

The man's smile deepened: "When it comes to playing chess, how dare I compare myself with the emperor's uncle."

The other person raised his eyes and glanced at him, his eyes were calm: "This kind of chess game is just on paper, don't think I don't know what you did."

The man stood up, and the wind lifted the hem of his clothes.

He stood with his hands behind his back and said: "Sure enough, you can't hide anything from Uncle Huang. If Song Liyuan can get it, it will definitely be of great help to Beiyan. If necessary, Uncle Huang will not blame you for making such a bad move."

The latter showed no fluctuations on his face, and stretched out his hand to take a piece from the opposite white box, and Shi Shiran dropped it on the board.

The chessboard, which had already been cornered and turned into a dead end game, was easily reversed by this move.

Surviving a desperate situation, he seemed to have the strength to fight Heizi for another [-] rounds.

The man's eyes lit up, and his eyes showed admiration: "Uncle Huang is really good at chess, and there is probably no second person in the world for his resourcefulness."

The person on the opposite side lowered their eyes and had no intention of answering.

After a while, he finally ended the game alone.

The sunspots and whites on the chessboard were evenly matched, and in the end they all died, and no one won.

The man regretted: "It's a pity, such a good game."

"It's nothing to be sorry about. Things in this world have their causes and effects. Sometimes there are some things that can only be broken into pieces."

The man didn't understand the deep meaning of his words, he looked at the chessboard on the ground just like the situation in the world, and felt quite desolate in his heart.

"If Uncle Huang was willing to take this position back then, I'm afraid Beiyan wouldn't be in second place now."

No matter how sincere his words were and how deep his emotions were, the man he called Emperor Uncle remained unmoved, like a jade statue carved from cold jade.

His voice was cold and thin, without any trace of popularity, he said: "Since you know my heart, why bother to talk too much, I was like this many years ago, and I am like this now."

The man said unwillingly: "Many years ago, the emperor's uncle had a blood feud, but now? Isn't that enough?"

The latter remained silent, his lips were so thin that they were somewhat mean, and there was no color.

He has answered in the most direct way.

The man's face slowly sank: "Why is the uncle so ruthless? The widow admits that Mu Chenyang is a rare wise king, but he is too soft-hearted. Once Song Liyuan dies, it will not be a big deal."

The other person was silent for a moment, then said, "Yusheng, I told you so."

Di Yusheng turned around, and the long and narrow fox-like eyes were full of resentment and resentment: "What did you say? Did the emperor say he didn't want to join the WTO? The emperor is clearly biased!"

"Born with the emperor's fate, isn't it something that you and I can change with human power?"

"Then uncle, don't you..."

"To shut up."

Di Yusheng also knew that he had said the wrong thing in a moment of impatience, so he remained silent.

The man didn't intend to blame him, he just said: "Why did you come to me?"

Because Zhai Yusheng didn't know, but he knew it very well.

Anyone who tampers with the destiny will have to pay a heavy price. Such an idea must be extinguished the moment it is born.

Di Yusheng hesitated for a moment: "Is it right or wrong for Uncle Huang to think that the widow is doing this?"

The man asked back, "Then why did you do that?"

Di Yusheng had long lost the indifference on the chessboard, and gritted his teeth: "Didn't the emperor say that the emperor was born to have noble people to help? Then why can't the widows grab it? It just so happens that Song Liyuan is dead. People's tongue, isn't it just playing into the hands of the widow."

The man had already guessed his purpose: "So you sacrificed your own sister?"

Di Yusheng sneered: "What is my sister? Once she succeeds, she will be ashamed. As long as she can achieve her goal, it will be meaningful. Duan Jing has always been gentle and generous. I believe she can understand everyone's heart."

It's over, it's useless to talk about it.

The man didn't speak again

Come to think of it, he didn't have much time for himself.

...

When Song Liyuan was alive, he made many enemies, whether it was in the Jianghu or the court, countless people wanted to kill him.

But because he was imprisoned in the palace for three years, the officials who originally intended to befriend him or those who were attached to him found other backers, and the enemies failed to find any loopholes, and his power was also weaker. 01: 30 o'clock.

When the news of his death came out later, everyone thought it was the day when all the birds were in hiding, and the rabbits were dead and the dogs were cooking. They also lamented that His Royal Highness, who was known for his "kindhearted heart" more than ten years ago, was really cruel and merciless. He even killed the most loyal dog under his knees.

After more than half a year, people who originally thought they were reincarnated dared to run out openly, as if to show the message of 'I'm not dead yet'.

The whole of Nanchu is like a pot of boiling water, boiling and cannot be suppressed.

Everyone in the world feels cheated

What's more, I feel like I've been tricked

Some time ago, because of the rebellion, in order not to involve King Jin An, the reasons for the officials who were dealt with were kept secret. Only the courtiers knew the inside story, but they only knew it was rebellion, and they didn't know what else was hidden in it.

And the people are afraid of the imperial court, although they dare not say much, but they inevitably don't have a bunch of messy guesses in their hearts.

Now it's popping up again.

At the beginning, it was Mu Xiu who announced to the world that Prime Minister Li Yuan committed suicide in the East Palace, but now he appeared in front of people alive, and not only a few people saw it, but a large number of people saw it.

Now even the people who tried their best to protect Mu Xiu at the beginning are a little shaken now.

Moreover, on the way Xie Jin and Mu Xiu returned to the capital, the news of Princess Heqin's death for no reason had already been leaked by those who cared, and the people became more and more panicked.

The boulders were smashed into the lake one by one, causing huge waves. Although the result has not been seen yet, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just the water surface before the storm.

The tree wants to be calm and the wind does not stop.

The palace was not peaceful either, and the Yushi Terrace was almost overwhelmed by the courtiers' memorials these days.

Everywhere is not peaceful, there are people claiming to be the minions of the prime minister showing up, burning, killing and looting.

Even small towns are not spared.

A group of petty officials couldn't hold back and didn't know how to deal with it, so they had to send all of them to the emperor.

In just a few days, Zhao Chengde was almost bald by Fuchen: "Hey, think of a way, what can we do! The prince is not making trouble now! But the courtiers and the people are starting to make trouble again! You can't even get out of here!" Cleaned up!"

Duan Nan was sitting in the hall, with stacks of folders on the small table by his elbow, Xie Jin was sitting on another chair, and behind him stood Fang Yuan with a worried face.

The dragon case was also full of golden memorials, which almost completely covered Mu Xiu who was sitting in the back flipping through them one by one.

Mu Xiumo frowned, looked at the similar content on the booklet, and subconsciously twirled the hollowed-out jade wrench on his thumb.

Duan Nandao: "Excuse me, bluntly, there must be something strange in it. If not, how could the people's reaction be so fierce."

Xie Jin closed a booklet, slapped it on the table, and said with a sneer, "These officials are not able to play the role that officials should play with their monthly salaries. The officials at Yushitai don’t want to do it either?”

If he was still in power back then, no matter whether he was not doing anything with a monthly salary or was unable to fulfill his duties, he would have been dismissed long ago.

Your Majesty has a lot to do every day, if all the trivial things are sent to the imperial court, what's the use of this full court official?

Duan Nan didn't shirk at all, he stood up and faced the Long Case and made a series: "This group of petty officials usually don't have any opinions, and they have never encountered so many things at the same time. They are too involved, and they are really unsure. The idea will only be sent to the imperial court, this matter has caused the emperor to worry, it is indeed a negligence of duty, your majesty please punish."

Mu Xiu was quite angry at first, but Xie Jin's subconscious concern made him lose all anger.

He stood up and said, "Get up, don't be an example."

Zhao Chengde looked at the atmosphere in the hall and said, "Your Majesty, this old slave is going to make some tea."

Mu Xiu nodded.

Zhao Chengde slowly withdrew from Chaoyang Hall, the little eunuch waiting at the door saluted and said, "Master."

Zhao Chengde turned around and said with a whisk: "Let you call our Eunuch Zhao outside on weekdays, master, master, master, master! Do you have eyes on your body as lanterns? Didn't you see that your majesty and the adults are bothering you! If we don't come out, you Don't you know how to make some tea?"

The little eunuch pursed his lips: "Before the slave came to serve, Mr. Zhao Xiaogong specially instructed the slave not to trespass in the hall, otherwise, otherwise, his life may be in danger..."

Zhao Chengde stared at him, and said for a while: "Okay, let's go make tea with our family! Serving in front of the emperor, you must use your brains, how many times have I taught you!"

The little eunuch had no choice but to follow behind him step by step. Before leaving, he took a curious look into the hall, and said in surprise: "Master, Eunuch Zhao, I know Mr. Yu Shi, but how can the young master attend government affairs?"

Zhao Chengde said: "Didn't you hear how special Your Majesty is to that person?"

The little eunuch said: "I also heard about it, but I just can't figure it out. Is it because of the meritorious service in the spring hunting last time?"

Zhao Chengde didn't want to explain further, he just said: "You just need to remember that from now on, that's the empress of our palace."

The little eunuch was so frightened that his eyes almost popped out of his sockets: "What?! Queen?! But isn't the young prince a man? Is this the relationship between the emperor and the young prince? But the young prince is the son of a courtier. ah!"

Zhao Chengde glanced at him: "What happened to the courtier's son? What happened to the man? As long as our Majesty likes it, what is impossible?"

The little eunuch scratched his head, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "That's true, speaking of which, this young duke is really very good-looking, even the original Yue Niangniang is a bit inferior."

It seems to be no surprise, none of the powerful officials in Beijing has a male pet or something.

After a while, the little eunuch seemed to wake up again, and said, "Could it be that Your Majesty really intends to make a male empress?"

Zhao Chengde didn't answer this question directly, and sighed: "There are a lot of problems with not being smart enough, are you tired of working?"

The little eunuch shrank his head, and hurriedly said: "I don't want to ask any more questions, thank you, Master!"