Funing Hall

In a drowsy state, Empress Dowager Sun heard bursts of "Long live", she opened her eyes reluctantly, and asked softly, "Is it about to start?"

"I'm afraid it is." Aunt Wang was holding the porcelain bottle, her hands were still shaking.

Empress Dowager Sun sighed: "Today I wanted to talk to him face to face, and then beg for mercy for my family, but I didn't expect my body to live up to this."

Aunt Wang didn't answer her.

The Empress Dowager Sun murmured: "After the Dragon Boat Festival, I will be executed, but I can't see my father and brother again, and I don't have the face to see them. I don't know what my mother is like, and I don't know what my sister-in-law is like. I entered the palace at a very young age and didn't get along with them much. The structure is too small, but the character is not bad, it would be fine if Yu Niang brought her to Songzhou. Mother, ah, mother, father and brother are gone, who can protect her?" She said, and said, "I need to get better soon. Even if my father and brother are not around, I still have to protect my mother..."

Empress Dowager Sun rarely thought about it, but Aunt Wang still didn't say a word.

"Yu Niang, I don't blame her. It's true that we delayed her. Auntie and I have lived such a tiring life. She shouldn't be like this anymore. Da Lang, Da Lang... Sigh." Empress Dowager Sun lay on the bed, Ai Ai said this, and the more she talked, the more troubled she became. She asked, "What is wrong with our Sun family? After all, we didn't harm him? He is already the emperor, why can't he let me go?"

Only then did Aunt Wang answer, her voice was cold: "Your Sun family is certainly not at fault, the fault is others."

Although Empress Dowager Sun was very sleepy, she heard these words clearly, she opened her eyes again and looked at Aunt Wang.Seeing it this way, she was startled, why does Aunt Wang have such an expression?

Aunt Wang simply took a few steps forward, stood in front of the couch, and said coldly: "In the eyes of your Sun family, those who are wrong are others, and those who are bad are others. Everyone has to listen to what you have to do. Except you , Why have you ever regarded others as human beings? Everyone, in your eyes, is just a beast, just a tool!"

"you……"

"Me?" Aunt Wang called herself "Handmaid" for the first time in front of her, "I hate your Sun family so much! I can't wait for your whole family to die! Your Majesty has spared you all!"

Empress Dowager Sun is not dull, although she is sleepy, her mind is still clear.

Aunt Wang acted like this, her mind flashed, she frowned, and suddenly asked: "What did you eat for me?!" She woke up in the morning, in good spirits, except for the bird's nest porridge brought by Aunt Wang, nothing else Did not eat either.

Aunt Wang smiled: "I only ate bird's nest porridge for my mother."

Empress Dowager Sun grabbed the quilt and shouted loudly, "Come on!"

Aunt Wang sneered: "Young lady, please save it, the maids have already gone to watch the excitement. Now, in the palace, who cares about you except me?"

"you!"

"Even if it's me, huh, I care about you? I hate you so much!"

"How dare you betray me!"

"Betrayal?" Aunt Wang bent down to look at her, "Your Majesty doesn't know, I have betrayed you for more than twenty years!"

She was too close to Empress Dowager Sun, upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Sun immediately stretched out her hand and slapped her across the face, Aunt Wang's face was turned sideways.She laughed softly, and slapped Queen Mother Sun even harder.Empress Dowager Sun took a deep breath and looked back at her in disbelief: "You hit me! How dare you hit me? You betrayed me? How dare you betray me!!" Empress Dowager Sun rolled her eyes and stared at her fiercely. "You did it on purpose! You deliberately harmed Zhao Cong and wanted to fall on me! Who is it, who wants you to betray me?! Who are you using!"

"Big lady is smart after all, she can figure it out like this."

"What else did you do behind my back?!"

"What did you do? The empress has not been pregnant for many years, what do you think is the reason?"

"It's you!"

Aunt Wang smiled triumphantly: "It's me, it's not in vain that I put those ingredients that can prevent pregnancy in your meals every day."

Empress Dowager Sun gasped with hatred, if she hadn't failed to conceive, why would she be like this?If she could conceive, she would have been a legitimate queen mother long ago, and she would have had her own son long ago!Her eyes were red with hatred, she looked at Aunt Wang, and said word by word: "You have been with me in the palace for many years, I have only believed in you since I was a child, even if Qingming died for you, I did not kill you. How dare you betray me!"

"You didn't kill me because you believed in me? You didn't kill me because there was no one in the palace for you to use! You just kept me for you to scold and order!"

"Why on earth did you betray me!"

When Aunt Wang thought of this, she wanted to spit out blood. She smiled: "Why? Why did you betray you? Do you still remember my poor husband and daughter?"

"They died for some reason, what does it have to do with me?!"

"What does it have to do with you?!" She stretched out her hand to grab the Queen Mother Sun's neck, and said angrily, "You don't care about shame, and you have to go home to have a private meeting with Zhao Congde before your big wedding, but Sun Jiayunlang and his mother Zhou Niangzi saw it. Yours Good father, for you, you actually gave Chen Lang medicine, let him lie on the couch with Mrs. Zhou, and was caught by your good brother! You thought my Chen Lang really died in an accident?!" Aunt Wang said His eyes were even more blood red, "He was stabbed to death by your elder brother a few times!"

Empress Dowager Sun never knew this, she opened her eyes wide, forgot to struggle, and looked at Aunt Wang in shock.

"My daughter?! How old is my daughter, and she will be sold to Hualou by that bastard Sun Feng!! She is only six years old!" Aunt Wang cried out as she spoke, "You The Sun family wants me to harm people for you in the palace. How many people have I harmed for you? I will grow up with you, enter the palace with you, kneel with you, and suffer with you. I wish I could gouge out my heart for you. The Sun family treated me like this?! Why do you want my family to pay for your faults?"

After Queen Mother Sun was shocked, because Aunt Wang was holding her neck, she could only reluctantly say: "Why didn't you tell me earlier."

"Tell you? Tell you, you will make the decision for me? Can you return my husband and daughter? You can't! You just want to be the high queen, you want both fame and affection. Your Sun family is of the same line, really So selfish!"

Empress Dowager Sun was stunned and said in confusion: "You are my nurse, and I will not abandon you. Are you going to betray me just because of this?"

"The two lives of our family, in the eyes of my mother, are probably nothing? But they are my everything! Even for them, I am willing to die. But before I die, I will drag people to go down with me. hell!"

After Aunt Wang finished speaking, she unscrewed the cork on the porcelain bottle and wanted to pour it into Queen Mother Sun's mouth.

Empress Dowager Sun regained her senses in a panic, struggling desperately against sleepiness.

Aunt Wang was so strong that she went to break her mouth. The Empress Dowager Sun was still resisting, but Aunt Wang suddenly smiled strangely: "I forgot to tell the empress, in fact, my daughter was rescued later." Looking at the Empress Dowager Sun, she said calmly, "Speaking of which, I must also thank my mother. My mother is acquainted with the prince of Wei Jun when she urinates. She is a childhood sweetheart. Because of my mother, I can know the many preferences of my son, and I can also help my daughter win his favor. Although my daughter doesn't know who her mother is, I have chosen the people around me, and I can do something for her."

Empress Dowager Sun squinted at her.

Aunt Wang smiled: "My daughter is the side concubine Xu in their mansion. The prince loves her very much. At the beginning, the concubine was granted by the empress herself."

Empress Dowager Sun felt dizzy, she remembered that side concubine, she had to be made a side concubine, and went to the palace to thank her.She hated that she was Zhao Congde's favored concubine, but Zhao Congde couldn't stand his begging, so she finally made her a side concubine.Seeing Concubine Xu in person, seeing Concubine Xu has a good-looking appearance, but she is somewhat similar to herself, and still thinking of Zhao Congde is all because she misses her.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be so.

"The son rescued my daughter from the flower building, found someone to adopt her, gave her a surname and first name, and married her. I will repay the son. Now, the noble daughter of your grandson's family will also marry me. Where's the grandson!"

Empress Dowager Sun's eyes were red, she didn't want to hear Aunt Wang's next words, but she couldn't resist at all.

Aunt Wang smiled and said: "Madam, you are actually quite pitiful. You are the prince of Zhao, you really love you? What he loves is only your status. He loves your status as the daughter of the Duke's Mansion, and even more loves your queen and queen mother." Status, he has no choice but to marry you as the concubine? You don't know how the prince tried to please the Jiang family in order to marry the concubine!"

Empress Dowager Sun is able to accept betrayal from the whole world, she is a cold person.

I can also slowly accept the death of my father and brother, after all, my father and brother have done something.

The only thing she can't accept is that in her life, the person she really admired has been lying to her and using her.

The happiest time in her life was the three years when she first met Zhao Congde.

"I will kill Your Majesty for him. If Your Majesty is really dead, the dirty water will be on you too. Prince Zhao is a descendant of the Duke of Wei, and he has the Jiang family as his backing. He just happened to be the emperor! He became the emperor, although my daughter I don’t know that I am her mother, but she can be a noble concubine! What happened in Luoyang? That was also done by the son, the son had already discussed it with the Jiang family, and the dirty water was poured on you! Your grandson family has long been useless They want you to die!"

Empress Sun closed her eyes.

"Your Majesty, you are really pitiful. You have been cheated for more than 20 years."

Aunt Wang stretched out her fingers to pry her mouth again. Empress Dowager Sun wanted to resist, but she was powerless.She suddenly felt that it would be good to die like this.

She was really tired, she followed Aunt Wang's hand and opened her mouth, Aunt Wang indifferently poured a bottle of medicine into her mouth.

Empress Dowager Sun wanted to take another look, but she was already unable to open her eyes.

After a few breaths, her head hung to one side, and a few lines of tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

In the carriage outside the west gate of Jin Mingchi, Zhao Congde woke up leisurely. He remembered what happened before he passed out, and he wanted to jump up with a jerk.The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the "Second Steward" leaned halfway in, and said with a smile, "My lord, let's go in."

Zhao Congde's drug had passed, but he was still a little drowsy. He squinted his eyes at the person in front of him and said angrily, "Who are you!"

"The young one is your second housekeeper."

"Aren't you—" Zhao Congde hadn't finished speaking, the "Second Butler" covered his mouth with his hand, and said with a faint smile, "My lord, go in with the young one, you still have a good life."

Zhao Congde refused to listen, and struggled to wriggle. "Second Steward" put a knife across his neck: "If the prince is disobedient, this knife has no eyes."

"...You, you put it down!" Zhao Congde was most afraid of death.

The "Second Steward" smiled and picked up the cloak on the side and put it on him: "Your Majesty, please put on a cloak. There is a lot of water here, and the wind is very cool. You are not feeling well, so you can't blow the wind."

He grabbed Zhao Congde by force, forced him to put on a cloak, and was dragged off the carriage.When he saw the guard guarding the gate in the distance, he wanted to call for help. The "Second Steward" stretched out his hand to support him, put one hand into his cloak, with the knife in his hand across his waist, and said with a light smile, "Your Majesty, this knife really has no eyes."

Zhao Congde trembled and walked forward with a stiff body.

Walking to the gate of Jin Mingchi, the guards saluted: "I have seen the prince!"

The "Second Housekeeper" said sadly: "Our son is unwell and came late. The main gate is full of common people, so we had to enter through this gate."

The guards believed it when they saw that the prince had a pale face, he had to be supported on the road, and he was still wearing a cloak in the summer, and he looked so fragile. They also cared and said: "Come in quickly, the water battle hasn't started yet, you Go inside and rest!"

Zhao Congde couldn't hold back, and wanted to ask for help again, but the knife in his waist sank a little.Zhao Congde could feel that he was bleeding, his face turned paler, he finally shut up, and walked into Jinming Pond obediently.

After Aunt Wang finished the medicine, she saw tears in the corners of Empress Dowager Sun's eyes, and she couldn't help shedding some tears.

She also really loved the Empress Dowager Sun, otherwise she wouldn't have done so much for the Empress Dowager.She has loved and cared for her for more than ten years, and it is for this reason that she hates her so much when she is treated like that by the Sun family.

But just today, she took the life of the eldest lady she loved most in the past with her own hands.

She cried and murmured: "My lady, why are we bothering?"

She cried for a while, wiped away her tears, but felt something was wrong.Although the poison's effect is not very fast, but it is not enough to prevent death by now!

She reached out her hand to the Empress Dowager Sun's nose, and was shocked, she was so angry!And very stable!It doesn't look like the breath after being poisoned at all!

Just at this moment, a gust of wind blew outside, and the door was pushed open!She broke out in a cold sweat immediately, and she didn't dare to turn her head, but someone behind her smiled and said: "The little one is here with the son, is the empress here?"

At this moment in Baojin Tower, after everyone shouted "Long Live", Zhao Cong ordered them to stand up.

Zhao Cong took a few steps forward, praised Jiang Qian himself, and said that this is the blessing of the whole world, not because of him alone, and everyone was very moved by what he said.

Jiang Qian was so moved that he even wiped his eyes.

The corners of Zhao Cong's mouth froze, and he hurriedly said: "It is because of the hard work of all the people that the heavens can be touched and the "Jiahe" descended. To sum up, for fear that the subordinates would kneel again, he hurriedly said, "Jiangjia Jinyuan produces Jiahe, so it can be seen that they are also good people, so they can be selected by heaven."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"The Jiang family has lasted for several generations. It is a blessed family. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and there is a golden harvest from the sky. Taking advantage of this auspicious day, I should obey the will of God. I named Jiang Han, the head of the Jiang family, as the Duke of Jia, the eldest son Jiang Qian is the son of Lord Jia!"

Everyone shouted "Your Majesty is wise".

Jiang Qian even expressed his gratitude to the Jiang family with red eyes, Zhao Cong almost couldn't bear it.

Fortunately, Jiang Qian accepted it as soon as he saw it, and after three more kowtows, he walked to Baojin Tower and went upstairs to observe the same.

It just so happened that the auspicious time had come, Zhao Cong said with a smile: "Let's start the competition!"

Fu Lu nodded, walked to the front, and said loudly: "Start, sound the horn—"

With the sound of the horn, the men on the boat below were shirtless, raised their oars and "roared" three times, then fell silent, and waited for the next horn to sound, and the day that thousands of people were looking forward to today would begin. Wonderful water battle.

At this time, there was silence in Jinming Pond, everyone stared at the boats and sailors on the water with bated breath, waiting for the order to be issued.

In the silence, just as the horn was about to sound, there was a sudden sound of falling water not far away.

The voice was extremely loud, and everyone was stunned for a moment. Before returning to their senses, a flustered female voice sounded again, loudly saying: "Your Majesty——" and a similarly flustered thick male voice: "Your Majesty!!!"

Zhao Cong felt that something was wrong, but someone had already checked downstairs, and the Fifth Hall was not far away. After a while, someone rushed to report: "Your Majesty!! The Empress Dowager and Prince Wei's son fell into the water!"

Zhao Cong frowned: "Get him up quickly."

"Yes, just, just..." the guard stammered.

"Just what?" Zhao Cong frowned.

The bodyguard is Zhao Cong's personal guard, and he is also a child of the family. He is talented and unmarried, and the guard at home is strict.His face was flushed, and he whispered honestly: "Your Majesty, the empress and the son fell into the water together, wearing only obscene clothes..."

"..."

Zhao Shiqi raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.