The queen mother was shocked and did not speak for a long time.
Is this still the child she raised with her own hands?
The young emperor who said that he would only trust her forever and would never trust others, and that others would only deceive the untrustworthy?
Apparently not anymore.
Today's Xiao Yulan is tall and tall, and although he has not been involved in politics for a long time, he has handled it with ease. It doesn't take much time to see that his emperor's appearance is true.
As an emperor, he didn't trust his courtiers wholeheartedly. Anyone who wants to secure the throne has a balance in his heart.
What made Xiao Yulan believe Luo Wenge's words without thinking.
The queen mother couldn't think of anything else except that he fell in love with Luo Wenge.
Only when you regard someone as your sweetheart will you trust them, worry about the other person's situation, and even quarrel with Luo Wenge because of her.
Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager really wished she hadn't killed Luo Wenge!
She scolded in a deep voice: "Emperor, don't forget who you are!"
Xiao Yulan said with a sassy smile: "I have never forgotten it, and I want to ask my mother one more question, is it necessary to cut off all emotions and desires if you become an emperor?"
The queen mother said solemnly: "The emperor should have the world in mind, and should not have personal affairs with his children. Those things are too much for you."
"Based on what the empress mother means, when I become an emperor, I should be prepared to die alone. I can't just like whoever I like, and stay with whomever I want until I grow old?"
"Your Majesty misunderstood this again. Being born in the royal family means that you are destined to be extraordinary. As an emperor, you cannot be compared with ordinary people. Others can be monogamous, but you can't. You will have many concubines. To balance the future The morning rain and the dew are evenly exposed, let alone a man who disregards the world and slips the world."
"I want to go against the way, what should the queen mother do?"
The queen mother wanted to say that if this was the case, then the emperor would wait to be impeached by the officials.
However, these words lingered in her mouth for a few times, but she could not utter them. She suddenly thought of the current situation in the court. The two people who could threaten Xiao Yulan the most are now disarmed and returned to the fields, and they have no right to speak. Many of the new important officials are Xiao Yulan's hand Supporting and supporting, people who were members of Shen Dang and Xu Dang before did not dare to stand out and be a leader. Who dares to offend Xiao Yulan in this court?
It can be said that Xiao Yulan can do whatever she wants, as long as she wants.
The queen mother felt that she could not catch her breath, and confirmed again and again: "Your Majesty really wants to do this?"
"I still want to ask my mother if she really wants to do this?" Xiao Yulan asked back.
The Empress Dowager will never give up if she has the intention to kill.
She wanted to kill Luo Wenge, the idea was that people are immortal, Xiao Yulan didn't want Luo Wenge to die.
When the Empress Dowager was not smiling, there was coldness on the brows and corners of the eyes, making people afraid to look directly: "Is the emperor going to sing against Aijia for a man?"
Xiao Yulan didn't reply for a while, it seemed to be a signal of weakness in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, and then Xiao Yulan said: "I don't want to, but if the Empress Dowager forces me to make a choice, then I can't help it."
The empress dowager's face was ashen, and for the first time in her life she felt that the emperor's son was raised for nothing.She said angrily, "he's a man, are you out of your mind?"
"I know he is a man." Xiao Yulan replied in a muffled voice.
Seeing his posture of not being able to pull back eight cows, the queen mother felt her head ache, and her tone softened: "Emperor, breaking sleeves is against human ethics, do you really want to go your own way?"
Xiao Yulan's eyes were slightly hot. After all, he was the one who raised him. He insisted on confrontation for a while. Once his attitude softened, he would become hard-hearted and said in a gentle tone: "Queen, it is better for him to be alive than dead."
The queen mother somehow thought of Luo Yao who had supported him, and her chest was full of sadness: "Does it mean that he is dead, and you also feel that you will not be able to live?"
Xiao Yulan noticed a word, 'also', which made the queen mother say this, which meant that this kind of thing had happened before.
His eyes locked on the queen mother like a falcon, and he asked lightly, "Who else has done this?"
The Empress Dowager did not expect him to be so perceptive, and said with a stiff face: "No, Aijia wanted the emperor to understand that the matter of cutting off his sleeves was against the heavens. As the son of heaven, the emperor insisted on doing so. Heartbroken."
The Empress Dowager wanted to change the topic, but Xiao Yulan insisted on holding on to it: "The one who can make the Empress Mother say this must be someone close to her. This pair should both pass away, one will go first, the other will be unhappy, and finally die at the same time. It just so happens that the queen mother knows each other, so..."
Then this is easy to find.
Xiao Yulan's complexion gradually changed. When he was young, his father and Mr. Luo Ge occasionally had intimate scenes, and after his father died of a serious illness, Mr. Luo Ge showed various signs. Xiao Yulan suddenly raised his head: "Father, he..."
"No!" The Empress Dowager interrupted Xiao Yulan's words suddenly, as if convincing him as well as herself, "Don't think too much, the emperor, your father is innocent and upright, otherwise where did you come from?"
It is true that this is a fatal problem, but it is not enough to convince Xiao Yulan.
He is an adult who has thought independently for many years, and he is no longer deceived by one or two nice words. From the impatient rebuttal of the Queen Mother, he already knows the answer.
The queen mother also realized that she was making a fuss and was likely to attract suspicion, so she fell silent immediately.
Xiao Yulan's heart was complicated, she felt sad when she knew that her father had cut off her sleeves and married a wife and had children, and she was sad because of a marriage that hurt the three of them.
The queen mother is poor, because she married a man who doesn't love her;
The father is hateful, because he ruined a woman's life for the sake of the country;
That Luo Ge who can only watch them get married is always sad, because he is destined to be a courtier.
Xiao Yulan finally remembered something, why Luo Wenge had no mother since she was a child, and she had never heard that Luo Ge had ever married a wife.
Xiao Yulan smiled bitterly: "Mother, I don't want to follow the old way of my father."
"The Ai family said, it's not what you think!" The queen mother couldn't stand anymore, it seemed that Xiao Yulan could trust her only by walking.
"Then what is the truth, is the queen mother willing to tell me?" Xiao Yulan asked.
The queen mother was silent again, this topic is like a devil that seals people's hearts, people are afraid to speak, for fear that if they speak, they will die.
Xiao Yulan nodded again and again, and sat down powerlessly: "No matter what they do, I will never go that way. In this world, I want it, he, I want it, and please don't persuade my mother."
Seeing that he had made up his mind, the queen mother really wanted to beat him severely like she did when she was a child.
But now that Xiao Yulan has grown up, she has to consider her identity if she wants to fight. The Queen Mother was tired, and asked with a weary face: "Emperor, there is no possibility of turning back after some roads, have you really made up your mind?"
Xiao Yulan didn't hesitate at all: "Yes."
"Okay." The queen mother replied warmly, "The emperor is determined to want him to take over the world again, so the Aijia can only make up his mind to kill him, so that the emperor will not think about it, and the Aijia thinks that the emperor will not give up his great cause just because he is dead. Bar?"
Xiao Yulan's pupils shrank slightly, and he couldn't believe that the queen mother had made such a decision when he said this, he trembled: "Mother queen."
"The Ai family is also for the good of the Ning Dynasty. The emperor wants to look down on a man, make a scene known to everyone in the world, and shame the royal family. The Ai family can only preemptively prevent this secret from being exposed." The queen mother said resolutely. .
Xiao Yulan gave a bleak smile: "The queen mother insists on doing this, and the minister there can only say something unfilial first."
The Empress Dowager's eyes saw water, seeing Xiao Yulan lifted up her clothes and knelt in front of her, her heart ached so badly, this is the child she raised with her hands and was cared for under the calculations of others.
Her heart ached when she saw Xiao Yulan knelt down and kowtowed, the Empress Dowager burst into tears and suddenly lowered her body and hugged Xiao Yulan's shoulder: "Is the emperor going to force Aijia to death?"
Xiao Yulan was also very sad: "Is the queen mother going to force me to death?"
The queen mother cried so hard that she couldn't breathe, and said with a sob: "The Ai family saw with your own eyes how happy and how your father died, and saw their joy for half their lives, and their sorrow for the rest of their lives. I don't want you to go down that road again. No one can understand."
Xiao Yulan hugged the Empress Dowager back, the trembling sound disappeared, and her tone was unprecedentedly domineering: "No matter how hard or difficult the road I want to go, I will stick to it. Empress Mother, as long as you don't stop me, I don't think there is anything I should care about."
The Empress Dowager stroked the back of Xiao Yulan's head, tears could not stop: "The Ai family is terrified that you will be cast aside by the world. There are no lies in the historian's writing. If you make a decision, you will be with a man for the rest of your life."
Before communicating with Luo Wenge, Xiao Yulan had thought about many, many things.
Dare to send someone to invite the Empress Dowager, after considering all the right and wrong consequences, Xiao Yulan thought that there was no need to be afraid. For a person who has died once and experienced so many things, Xiao Yulan can see it much more clearly.
Facing the Queen Mother's question, he dared to answer from the bottom of his heart: "I accept it."
The queen mother had nothing to say, and slowly let go of Xiao Yulan, she said with tears in her eyes: "The little emperor of Aijia has grown up after all, and has thought about many things, so there is no need for Aijia to worry about it."
Xiao Yulan's throat moved slightly.
The queen mother continued: "The Ai family may not kill him, but if one day they find out that he betrayed the emperor, the Ai family will get rid of him without hesitation."
Xiao Yulan was more decisive than the Queen Mother on this point: "When the time comes, the Queen Mother doesn't need to take action, I will do it myself."
He also couldn't tolerate Luo Wenge's betrayal. No matter what aspect, Luo Wenge could only be loyal to him, and it could only be him.
If the queen mother doesn't believe his words, it's safer to do it by herself at such a critical time.She let go of Xiao Yulan calmly, and warned: "In the future, the emperor must be more careful, this is a forbidden love, most of the eyes are on you, if you are not careful, it will lead to a big mistake."
"Thank you, Empress Mother, for reminding me that I will act cautiously." Xiao Yulan said, after these days, he had already gotten used to it, especially when getting along with Luo Wenge, it was indeed something that he should pay attention to.
The queen mother took a deep look at him again, and sighed: "From now on, the Ai family will not bother about the affairs of the previous dynasty. The emperor can take care of himself. Recently, he has performed very well in dealing with Shen Jue and Xu Yingping's affairs. Now they are gradually Step down from the altar, I believe His Majesty has other arrangements for them."
Xiao Yulan poured a cup of tea and handed it to the Empress Dowager: "The harem still needs the help of the Empress Dowager."
The queen mother took a few sips of tea and moistened her throat: "When does the emperor plan to announce the death of the queen?"
The hall was empty, which made the Empress Dowager's voice a little indifferent.
Xiao Yulan rubbed the teacup, the delicate touch made his thoughts drift, and his voice sank slightly: "It was announced in two days, Shen Ruqing should deal with it, so as to put pressure on Shen Jue, so that he will leave and have no face to come back."
"The emperor should know how thick-skinned Shen Jue is. If Shen Ruqing's miscarriage is a secret history of the royal family, it will not prevent him from returning to court." The queen mother said that she naturally stood by Xiao Yulan's side in balancing Shen Jue.
Xiao Yulan has also considered this, and has a way to deal with it: "Don't worry, Empress Mother, I have my own calculations, and I will definitely not give him a chance."
The queen mother sighed again when she heard the words: "I really grew up."
Even though Xiao Yulan didn't want to admit it, it was true now, he was different from a long time ago, with a young face and a mature heart.
The Empress Dowager lamented that she didn't want him to respond to these words. After coming tonight, the mother and son talked a lot, uncovered a lot of mysteries, and they can get along better in the future.
"The Ai family is a little tired. The emperor has a rest earlier. The Ai family will go back to the Longevity Palace first." The queen mother put down the teacup and patted Xiao Yulan's hand that supported her. "Tomorrow the emperor will take some time to visit Shen Ruqing. When I saw her, she said that she wanted to report something to the emperor."
What could Shen Ruqing do to see him?
Xiao Yulan roughly guessed it, and nodded in agreement: "Tomorrow morning, I will go to see her in the future."
"The Ai family is leaving first." The queen mother said, "The emperor doesn't need to send it off. The Ai family still wants to be quiet."
Xiao Yulan stopped when she heard the words, and watched as the Empress Dowager was supported all the way away.
Eunuch Li stood outside the hall, not daring to come in.Just now, I heard a little bit about the situation in the hall, and guessed what the mother and son said.
From the former emperor to Xiao Yulan, Eunuch Li had everything he should know. He had never mentioned it before, so he wondered if Xiao Yulan would ask about it later.
If you really ask, should you answer truthfully?
Eunuch Li was struggling at this moment, the deceased had already passed away, so it was not good to bring up the past, as it would be a scandalous existence for the royal family.
After thinking about it, he heard Xiao Yulan's call: "Eunuch Li."
Eunuch Li came back to his senses and walked over quickly: "Your Majesty."
Xiao Yulan took off the fox fur from the hanger and put it on her body, bowed her head and tied it: "I'm going out for a while, you stay outside the hall."
Eunuch Li knew where he was going, and asked in a low voice, "News from Ruoleng Palace...?"
"I will come back myself. Take the time to announce the queen's death when I come back. I will get people to cooperate." Xiao Yulan said, Xiao Yulan would sweep away anyone who made Luo Wenge's identity unidentified.
Many people know that the queen is Luo Wenge pretending to be, so he will erase this identity directly to see who can dare to threaten out of thin air.
Xiao Yulan acted swiftly and resolutely, leaving no room for others to survive.
Eunuch Li did not let go of the chain, and said very clearly: "This old slave will take care of it."
"Well, I'm leaving." Xiao Yulan held up a lamp, stepped into the secret door and turned her head, "I know something about my father in my heart, the reason why I don't ask is the dead, Eunuch Li, don't worry, I won't ask past."
This caught off guard and almost made Eunuch Li kneel down.
Xiao Yulan left after saying this, and this walk lasted most of the night.
He definitely left before Luo Wenge woke up. Eunuch Li washed and undressed Xiao Yulan for the morning court. Not long after Xiao Yulan left, Eunuch Li arranged for the little eunuch in Fengqi Palace to report to the Palace of Peace, saying that the queen was not up.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were so shocked that they could not speak. Xiao Yulan on the high platform shook her hands and dropped several memorials.
Eunuch Li took a few steps back, trying to smooth things over as he walked: "The empress and the empress love each other deeply, and your Majesty is deeply grieved. You have to rush to see the empress. I hope you adults will forgive me."
Of course, no condemnation was issued for this matter, and the ministers dared not even shout.
Xiao Yulan, who had withdrawn from the Hall of Peace earlier, turned around and went to the Leng Palace first.
The abandoned cold palace is worse than the dilapidated city god's temple outside the city. In this warm sunny place and humid and cold weather in the dark, living in the cold palace is undoubtedly a slow death.
Fortunately, Xiao Yulan didn't go too far, and at least left two complete rooms for Shen Ruqing to hide in.
When Xiao Yulan stepped into the room, his demeanor was in harmony with the surrounding environment, all of which were cold and implied murderous intent.
Shen Ruqing's health was not very good after giving birth, and she was still recuperating in the bed when she moved to the cold palace, with only one maid, Huamei, brought from Shen's residence, by her side, and this girl was considered loyal.
Seeing Thrush, Xiao Yulan frowned slightly: "You go down first."
Huamei didn't want to go down, because of Xiao Yulan's calm and majestic demeanor, she curled up and retreated, somewhat afraid of him.
Shen Ruqing was leaning against the head of the bed, covered with an old cotton quilt, her face was pale: "Before I die, I still wish to see Your Majesty."
Xiao Yulan kept ten steps away and didn't go any further: "The Empress Dowager said that you want to see me."
"Yes, I want to see His Majesty." Shen Ruqing forced the lower corner of her lips, unable to smile even if she wanted to, "It seems that when I saw Your Majesty, it was the Empress Dowager's intention. Your Majesty never took the initiative to come and see me."
"I don't pay attention to this aspect." Xiao Yulan said lightly.
Shen Ruqing sneered: "It's just that you don't pay attention to me, I guess His Majesty knows what I'm going to say today."
Xiao Yulan didn't deny it either.
Seeing this, Shen Ruqing smiled bitterly: "It turns out that His Majesty really knew from the beginning that the Empress is Luo Wenge."
"How did you know?" Xiao Yulan asked.
Shen Ruqing had no intention of hiding anything, and said plainly: "He is bigger than Xu Jinyuan, his appearance is excellent, and his eyebrows and eyes are very similar, but there is one fatal thing. He has a tear mole at the corner of his left eye, and Xu Jinyuan does not."
This is indeed a terrible place, Xiao Yulan remembered that when making the shadow guards pretend to be like Luo Wenge, it was a wrong step.
Xiao Yulan looked at Shen Ruqing a few more times: "You also wanted to threaten him with this?"
Shen Ruqing honestly admitted: "From the moment I made up my mind to cuckold you, I have been thinking of ways to subvert your dynasty. I rarely saw my father when I was a child. Every time I asked my mother, when will my father come? I have something to do, let me wait, I will wait, from morning to night, from dawn to dark, from spring to winter, a year has passed, and I have not waited for him. Later, my mother was seriously ill, and finally I waited for him gone."
Xiao Yulan frowned: "You hate me because of his busy schedule?"
This is clearly venting anger.
Shen Ruqing nodded, with a slightly cold smile on her lips: "I just want to know if the emperor is busy or not. If not, there is nothing wrong with giving up the throne to others."
"Is this the reason why you Hong Xing cheated?" Xiao Yulan asked.
Shen Ruqing sneered and said: "No, the reason why I am dating is because I don't want to marry you, and I don't want to be an emotionless pawn between you and my father. I know you didn't mean it, so I canonized the imperial concubine, just like you I don't like Xu Jinyuan."
Seeing the hatred on Shen Ruqing's face, Xiao Yulan was a little silent, and suddenly said: "During the canonization, I asked Eunuch Li to bring you a letter, didn't you see it?"
A daze flashed in Shen Ruqing's eyes, and then she said more ironically: "Could it be possible that Your Majesty created something out of nothing? I only received an imperial decree from my father."
Xiao Yulan didn't think there was something wrong with Eunuch Li, it meant that the letter fell into Shen Jue's hands.
That is not a letter, only a few words and the seal of the jade seal.
It said that if Shen Ruqing had other ideas, he would definitely rely on this letter to enter the palace to face the saint.
From the beginning to the end, Xiao Yulan didn't wait for Shen Ruqing to ask for an interview. He thought that the other party was voluntarily ordered by Shen Jue to enter the palace. Now it seems that there is something hidden in it, but this is not important to them anymore.
Shen Ruqing's injustice cannot be erased, and Xiao Yulan will not let her out of the palace, so she can only be left in this cold palace to fend for herself.
Xiao Yulan really had nothing to say to Shen Ruqing, turned around and wanted to leave, when she heard Shen Ruqing lightly said: "If I die, please send me out of the palace, I don't want to be imprisoned after death, thank you in advance."
Xiao Yulan didn't answer, walked a few steps forward, and heard Shen Ruqing talking to herself again: "Your Majesty, be careful of Shen Jue, he won't let it go, remember to protect Luo Wenge, the one who can deal with Shen Jue is not His Majesty but him. "
The door of the Leng Palace closed slowly behind her, Xiao Yulan's eyes were full of indifference, her expression was like an ice sculpture, and she went to Fengqi Palace when Eunuch Li couldn't keep up.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Xuanzhi, the empress passed away due to illness. She was in a beautiful and beautiful age, and the long and heavy drums resounded through the city of Changle, no more, no less, exactly four times.
Those who heard the sound of the drum were shocked when they looked around, and all guessed which noble person in the palace had gone, and after all, only the queen was the only one.
Shen Jue was instructing the housekeeper to pack his luggage and planned to go back to his hometown to hide his strength for a few days, when he heard the sound of drums, he took a book and paused, and when he heard the sound of drums, the book in his hand fell to the ground unexpectedly, his expression changed, it was not good.
In the prison cell of Dali Temple, the relatively silent members of Xu's family heard the sound of the drum with different expressions, and their eyes coincidently fell on Xu Jinyuan, who was exhaling more and breathing less. Is this beating the mourning drum in advance?
At the end of the busy work at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Murong Yu, who was about to cooperate with Xie Wenxuan in arresting people, heard the national funeral, closed the paperwork in his hand, and looked at Xie Wenxuan, and a sentence appeared in the eyes of both parties: The queen is gone?
Luo Wenge, who was supposed to be asleep after drinking the medicine, woke up to the dull sound of drums beating all around. His vision was hazy and his consciousness was confused. He struggled to get up, and saw the court envoy standing by the window and looking in the direction of the sound of drums.
His lips moved slightly, and his thoughts gradually became clear: "The sound of mourning in the palace, is it because the queen is gone?"
The court envoy didn't notice that he was awake, and was startled by the sudden noise, and turned to stare at him: "Why are you awake?"
Luo Wenge said innocently: "I was woken up by the sound of drums."
The court envoy suddenly doubted the power of his prescription, and murmured to him: "It's gone. The vassal kings who just left Beijing have to turn around and return to the city. They have to be present at the queen's death ceremony."
Luo Wenge was surprised: "Did I sleep for five or six days?"
He remembered that King Yun had said that he would leave the city on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and the court envoy said that they had just left the capital. Wasn't that the fifth or sixth day?
Luo Wenge rubbed his head in annoyance, accidentally sleeping for so many days.
The court envoy didn't pay attention to slipping the tongue and sulked secretly. Seeing him thinking again, he said angrily, "What are you thinking about? It doesn't matter how long you sleep outside. Take care of your injury."
"The envoy is willing to talk so much, can you say a few more words and tell me how Shen Jue is doing." Luo Wenge pleaded slightly.
The envoy stuffed a cup of tea into his hand, with a rather reluctant expression on his face: "It's good, I plan to sell my daughter back to my hometown, but looking at it right now, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave."
Once the queen died, Shen Ruqing's fate would not be much better.
As Shen Ruqing's biological father, Shen Jue cannot blame him.
Holding the tea in his hands, Luo Wenge said to himself, "He probably has a way out. Even if the empress dies, he still has someone to spare. What would it be?"
Is this still the child she raised with her own hands?
The young emperor who said that he would only trust her forever and would never trust others, and that others would only deceive the untrustworthy?
Apparently not anymore.
Today's Xiao Yulan is tall and tall, and although he has not been involved in politics for a long time, he has handled it with ease. It doesn't take much time to see that his emperor's appearance is true.
As an emperor, he didn't trust his courtiers wholeheartedly. Anyone who wants to secure the throne has a balance in his heart.
What made Xiao Yulan believe Luo Wenge's words without thinking.
The queen mother couldn't think of anything else except that he fell in love with Luo Wenge.
Only when you regard someone as your sweetheart will you trust them, worry about the other person's situation, and even quarrel with Luo Wenge because of her.
Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager really wished she hadn't killed Luo Wenge!
She scolded in a deep voice: "Emperor, don't forget who you are!"
Xiao Yulan said with a sassy smile: "I have never forgotten it, and I want to ask my mother one more question, is it necessary to cut off all emotions and desires if you become an emperor?"
The queen mother said solemnly: "The emperor should have the world in mind, and should not have personal affairs with his children. Those things are too much for you."
"Based on what the empress mother means, when I become an emperor, I should be prepared to die alone. I can't just like whoever I like, and stay with whomever I want until I grow old?"
"Your Majesty misunderstood this again. Being born in the royal family means that you are destined to be extraordinary. As an emperor, you cannot be compared with ordinary people. Others can be monogamous, but you can't. You will have many concubines. To balance the future The morning rain and the dew are evenly exposed, let alone a man who disregards the world and slips the world."
"I want to go against the way, what should the queen mother do?"
The queen mother wanted to say that if this was the case, then the emperor would wait to be impeached by the officials.
However, these words lingered in her mouth for a few times, but she could not utter them. She suddenly thought of the current situation in the court. The two people who could threaten Xiao Yulan the most are now disarmed and returned to the fields, and they have no right to speak. Many of the new important officials are Xiao Yulan's hand Supporting and supporting, people who were members of Shen Dang and Xu Dang before did not dare to stand out and be a leader. Who dares to offend Xiao Yulan in this court?
It can be said that Xiao Yulan can do whatever she wants, as long as she wants.
The queen mother felt that she could not catch her breath, and confirmed again and again: "Your Majesty really wants to do this?"
"I still want to ask my mother if she really wants to do this?" Xiao Yulan asked back.
The Empress Dowager will never give up if she has the intention to kill.
She wanted to kill Luo Wenge, the idea was that people are immortal, Xiao Yulan didn't want Luo Wenge to die.
When the Empress Dowager was not smiling, there was coldness on the brows and corners of the eyes, making people afraid to look directly: "Is the emperor going to sing against Aijia for a man?"
Xiao Yulan didn't reply for a while, it seemed to be a signal of weakness in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, and then Xiao Yulan said: "I don't want to, but if the Empress Dowager forces me to make a choice, then I can't help it."
The empress dowager's face was ashen, and for the first time in her life she felt that the emperor's son was raised for nothing.She said angrily, "he's a man, are you out of your mind?"
"I know he is a man." Xiao Yulan replied in a muffled voice.
Seeing his posture of not being able to pull back eight cows, the queen mother felt her head ache, and her tone softened: "Emperor, breaking sleeves is against human ethics, do you really want to go your own way?"
Xiao Yulan's eyes were slightly hot. After all, he was the one who raised him. He insisted on confrontation for a while. Once his attitude softened, he would become hard-hearted and said in a gentle tone: "Queen, it is better for him to be alive than dead."
The queen mother somehow thought of Luo Yao who had supported him, and her chest was full of sadness: "Does it mean that he is dead, and you also feel that you will not be able to live?"
Xiao Yulan noticed a word, 'also', which made the queen mother say this, which meant that this kind of thing had happened before.
His eyes locked on the queen mother like a falcon, and he asked lightly, "Who else has done this?"
The Empress Dowager did not expect him to be so perceptive, and said with a stiff face: "No, Aijia wanted the emperor to understand that the matter of cutting off his sleeves was against the heavens. As the son of heaven, the emperor insisted on doing so. Heartbroken."
The Empress Dowager wanted to change the topic, but Xiao Yulan insisted on holding on to it: "The one who can make the Empress Mother say this must be someone close to her. This pair should both pass away, one will go first, the other will be unhappy, and finally die at the same time. It just so happens that the queen mother knows each other, so..."
Then this is easy to find.
Xiao Yulan's complexion gradually changed. When he was young, his father and Mr. Luo Ge occasionally had intimate scenes, and after his father died of a serious illness, Mr. Luo Ge showed various signs. Xiao Yulan suddenly raised his head: "Father, he..."
"No!" The Empress Dowager interrupted Xiao Yulan's words suddenly, as if convincing him as well as herself, "Don't think too much, the emperor, your father is innocent and upright, otherwise where did you come from?"
It is true that this is a fatal problem, but it is not enough to convince Xiao Yulan.
He is an adult who has thought independently for many years, and he is no longer deceived by one or two nice words. From the impatient rebuttal of the Queen Mother, he already knows the answer.
The queen mother also realized that she was making a fuss and was likely to attract suspicion, so she fell silent immediately.
Xiao Yulan's heart was complicated, she felt sad when she knew that her father had cut off her sleeves and married a wife and had children, and she was sad because of a marriage that hurt the three of them.
The queen mother is poor, because she married a man who doesn't love her;
The father is hateful, because he ruined a woman's life for the sake of the country;
That Luo Ge who can only watch them get married is always sad, because he is destined to be a courtier.
Xiao Yulan finally remembered something, why Luo Wenge had no mother since she was a child, and she had never heard that Luo Ge had ever married a wife.
Xiao Yulan smiled bitterly: "Mother, I don't want to follow the old way of my father."
"The Ai family said, it's not what you think!" The queen mother couldn't stand anymore, it seemed that Xiao Yulan could trust her only by walking.
"Then what is the truth, is the queen mother willing to tell me?" Xiao Yulan asked.
The queen mother was silent again, this topic is like a devil that seals people's hearts, people are afraid to speak, for fear that if they speak, they will die.
Xiao Yulan nodded again and again, and sat down powerlessly: "No matter what they do, I will never go that way. In this world, I want it, he, I want it, and please don't persuade my mother."
Seeing that he had made up his mind, the queen mother really wanted to beat him severely like she did when she was a child.
But now that Xiao Yulan has grown up, she has to consider her identity if she wants to fight. The Queen Mother was tired, and asked with a weary face: "Emperor, there is no possibility of turning back after some roads, have you really made up your mind?"
Xiao Yulan didn't hesitate at all: "Yes."
"Okay." The queen mother replied warmly, "The emperor is determined to want him to take over the world again, so the Aijia can only make up his mind to kill him, so that the emperor will not think about it, and the Aijia thinks that the emperor will not give up his great cause just because he is dead. Bar?"
Xiao Yulan's pupils shrank slightly, and he couldn't believe that the queen mother had made such a decision when he said this, he trembled: "Mother queen."
"The Ai family is also for the good of the Ning Dynasty. The emperor wants to look down on a man, make a scene known to everyone in the world, and shame the royal family. The Ai family can only preemptively prevent this secret from being exposed." The queen mother said resolutely. .
Xiao Yulan gave a bleak smile: "The queen mother insists on doing this, and the minister there can only say something unfilial first."
The Empress Dowager's eyes saw water, seeing Xiao Yulan lifted up her clothes and knelt in front of her, her heart ached so badly, this is the child she raised with her hands and was cared for under the calculations of others.
Her heart ached when she saw Xiao Yulan knelt down and kowtowed, the Empress Dowager burst into tears and suddenly lowered her body and hugged Xiao Yulan's shoulder: "Is the emperor going to force Aijia to death?"
Xiao Yulan was also very sad: "Is the queen mother going to force me to death?"
The queen mother cried so hard that she couldn't breathe, and said with a sob: "The Ai family saw with your own eyes how happy and how your father died, and saw their joy for half their lives, and their sorrow for the rest of their lives. I don't want you to go down that road again. No one can understand."
Xiao Yulan hugged the Empress Dowager back, the trembling sound disappeared, and her tone was unprecedentedly domineering: "No matter how hard or difficult the road I want to go, I will stick to it. Empress Mother, as long as you don't stop me, I don't think there is anything I should care about."
The Empress Dowager stroked the back of Xiao Yulan's head, tears could not stop: "The Ai family is terrified that you will be cast aside by the world. There are no lies in the historian's writing. If you make a decision, you will be with a man for the rest of your life."
Before communicating with Luo Wenge, Xiao Yulan had thought about many, many things.
Dare to send someone to invite the Empress Dowager, after considering all the right and wrong consequences, Xiao Yulan thought that there was no need to be afraid. For a person who has died once and experienced so many things, Xiao Yulan can see it much more clearly.
Facing the Queen Mother's question, he dared to answer from the bottom of his heart: "I accept it."
The queen mother had nothing to say, and slowly let go of Xiao Yulan, she said with tears in her eyes: "The little emperor of Aijia has grown up after all, and has thought about many things, so there is no need for Aijia to worry about it."
Xiao Yulan's throat moved slightly.
The queen mother continued: "The Ai family may not kill him, but if one day they find out that he betrayed the emperor, the Ai family will get rid of him without hesitation."
Xiao Yulan was more decisive than the Queen Mother on this point: "When the time comes, the Queen Mother doesn't need to take action, I will do it myself."
He also couldn't tolerate Luo Wenge's betrayal. No matter what aspect, Luo Wenge could only be loyal to him, and it could only be him.
If the queen mother doesn't believe his words, it's safer to do it by herself at such a critical time.She let go of Xiao Yulan calmly, and warned: "In the future, the emperor must be more careful, this is a forbidden love, most of the eyes are on you, if you are not careful, it will lead to a big mistake."
"Thank you, Empress Mother, for reminding me that I will act cautiously." Xiao Yulan said, after these days, he had already gotten used to it, especially when getting along with Luo Wenge, it was indeed something that he should pay attention to.
The queen mother took a deep look at him again, and sighed: "From now on, the Ai family will not bother about the affairs of the previous dynasty. The emperor can take care of himself. Recently, he has performed very well in dealing with Shen Jue and Xu Yingping's affairs. Now they are gradually Step down from the altar, I believe His Majesty has other arrangements for them."
Xiao Yulan poured a cup of tea and handed it to the Empress Dowager: "The harem still needs the help of the Empress Dowager."
The queen mother took a few sips of tea and moistened her throat: "When does the emperor plan to announce the death of the queen?"
The hall was empty, which made the Empress Dowager's voice a little indifferent.
Xiao Yulan rubbed the teacup, the delicate touch made his thoughts drift, and his voice sank slightly: "It was announced in two days, Shen Ruqing should deal with it, so as to put pressure on Shen Jue, so that he will leave and have no face to come back."
"The emperor should know how thick-skinned Shen Jue is. If Shen Ruqing's miscarriage is a secret history of the royal family, it will not prevent him from returning to court." The queen mother said that she naturally stood by Xiao Yulan's side in balancing Shen Jue.
Xiao Yulan has also considered this, and has a way to deal with it: "Don't worry, Empress Mother, I have my own calculations, and I will definitely not give him a chance."
The queen mother sighed again when she heard the words: "I really grew up."
Even though Xiao Yulan didn't want to admit it, it was true now, he was different from a long time ago, with a young face and a mature heart.
The Empress Dowager lamented that she didn't want him to respond to these words. After coming tonight, the mother and son talked a lot, uncovered a lot of mysteries, and they can get along better in the future.
"The Ai family is a little tired. The emperor has a rest earlier. The Ai family will go back to the Longevity Palace first." The queen mother put down the teacup and patted Xiao Yulan's hand that supported her. "Tomorrow the emperor will take some time to visit Shen Ruqing. When I saw her, she said that she wanted to report something to the emperor."
What could Shen Ruqing do to see him?
Xiao Yulan roughly guessed it, and nodded in agreement: "Tomorrow morning, I will go to see her in the future."
"The Ai family is leaving first." The queen mother said, "The emperor doesn't need to send it off. The Ai family still wants to be quiet."
Xiao Yulan stopped when she heard the words, and watched as the Empress Dowager was supported all the way away.
Eunuch Li stood outside the hall, not daring to come in.Just now, I heard a little bit about the situation in the hall, and guessed what the mother and son said.
From the former emperor to Xiao Yulan, Eunuch Li had everything he should know. He had never mentioned it before, so he wondered if Xiao Yulan would ask about it later.
If you really ask, should you answer truthfully?
Eunuch Li was struggling at this moment, the deceased had already passed away, so it was not good to bring up the past, as it would be a scandalous existence for the royal family.
After thinking about it, he heard Xiao Yulan's call: "Eunuch Li."
Eunuch Li came back to his senses and walked over quickly: "Your Majesty."
Xiao Yulan took off the fox fur from the hanger and put it on her body, bowed her head and tied it: "I'm going out for a while, you stay outside the hall."
Eunuch Li knew where he was going, and asked in a low voice, "News from Ruoleng Palace...?"
"I will come back myself. Take the time to announce the queen's death when I come back. I will get people to cooperate." Xiao Yulan said, Xiao Yulan would sweep away anyone who made Luo Wenge's identity unidentified.
Many people know that the queen is Luo Wenge pretending to be, so he will erase this identity directly to see who can dare to threaten out of thin air.
Xiao Yulan acted swiftly and resolutely, leaving no room for others to survive.
Eunuch Li did not let go of the chain, and said very clearly: "This old slave will take care of it."
"Well, I'm leaving." Xiao Yulan held up a lamp, stepped into the secret door and turned her head, "I know something about my father in my heart, the reason why I don't ask is the dead, Eunuch Li, don't worry, I won't ask past."
This caught off guard and almost made Eunuch Li kneel down.
Xiao Yulan left after saying this, and this walk lasted most of the night.
He definitely left before Luo Wenge woke up. Eunuch Li washed and undressed Xiao Yulan for the morning court. Not long after Xiao Yulan left, Eunuch Li arranged for the little eunuch in Fengqi Palace to report to the Palace of Peace, saying that the queen was not up.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were so shocked that they could not speak. Xiao Yulan on the high platform shook her hands and dropped several memorials.
Eunuch Li took a few steps back, trying to smooth things over as he walked: "The empress and the empress love each other deeply, and your Majesty is deeply grieved. You have to rush to see the empress. I hope you adults will forgive me."
Of course, no condemnation was issued for this matter, and the ministers dared not even shout.
Xiao Yulan, who had withdrawn from the Hall of Peace earlier, turned around and went to the Leng Palace first.
The abandoned cold palace is worse than the dilapidated city god's temple outside the city. In this warm sunny place and humid and cold weather in the dark, living in the cold palace is undoubtedly a slow death.
Fortunately, Xiao Yulan didn't go too far, and at least left two complete rooms for Shen Ruqing to hide in.
When Xiao Yulan stepped into the room, his demeanor was in harmony with the surrounding environment, all of which were cold and implied murderous intent.
Shen Ruqing's health was not very good after giving birth, and she was still recuperating in the bed when she moved to the cold palace, with only one maid, Huamei, brought from Shen's residence, by her side, and this girl was considered loyal.
Seeing Thrush, Xiao Yulan frowned slightly: "You go down first."
Huamei didn't want to go down, because of Xiao Yulan's calm and majestic demeanor, she curled up and retreated, somewhat afraid of him.
Shen Ruqing was leaning against the head of the bed, covered with an old cotton quilt, her face was pale: "Before I die, I still wish to see Your Majesty."
Xiao Yulan kept ten steps away and didn't go any further: "The Empress Dowager said that you want to see me."
"Yes, I want to see His Majesty." Shen Ruqing forced the lower corner of her lips, unable to smile even if she wanted to, "It seems that when I saw Your Majesty, it was the Empress Dowager's intention. Your Majesty never took the initiative to come and see me."
"I don't pay attention to this aspect." Xiao Yulan said lightly.
Shen Ruqing sneered: "It's just that you don't pay attention to me, I guess His Majesty knows what I'm going to say today."
Xiao Yulan didn't deny it either.
Seeing this, Shen Ruqing smiled bitterly: "It turns out that His Majesty really knew from the beginning that the Empress is Luo Wenge."
"How did you know?" Xiao Yulan asked.
Shen Ruqing had no intention of hiding anything, and said plainly: "He is bigger than Xu Jinyuan, his appearance is excellent, and his eyebrows and eyes are very similar, but there is one fatal thing. He has a tear mole at the corner of his left eye, and Xu Jinyuan does not."
This is indeed a terrible place, Xiao Yulan remembered that when making the shadow guards pretend to be like Luo Wenge, it was a wrong step.
Xiao Yulan looked at Shen Ruqing a few more times: "You also wanted to threaten him with this?"
Shen Ruqing honestly admitted: "From the moment I made up my mind to cuckold you, I have been thinking of ways to subvert your dynasty. I rarely saw my father when I was a child. Every time I asked my mother, when will my father come? I have something to do, let me wait, I will wait, from morning to night, from dawn to dark, from spring to winter, a year has passed, and I have not waited for him. Later, my mother was seriously ill, and finally I waited for him gone."
Xiao Yulan frowned: "You hate me because of his busy schedule?"
This is clearly venting anger.
Shen Ruqing nodded, with a slightly cold smile on her lips: "I just want to know if the emperor is busy or not. If not, there is nothing wrong with giving up the throne to others."
"Is this the reason why you Hong Xing cheated?" Xiao Yulan asked.
Shen Ruqing sneered and said: "No, the reason why I am dating is because I don't want to marry you, and I don't want to be an emotionless pawn between you and my father. I know you didn't mean it, so I canonized the imperial concubine, just like you I don't like Xu Jinyuan."
Seeing the hatred on Shen Ruqing's face, Xiao Yulan was a little silent, and suddenly said: "During the canonization, I asked Eunuch Li to bring you a letter, didn't you see it?"
A daze flashed in Shen Ruqing's eyes, and then she said more ironically: "Could it be possible that Your Majesty created something out of nothing? I only received an imperial decree from my father."
Xiao Yulan didn't think there was something wrong with Eunuch Li, it meant that the letter fell into Shen Jue's hands.
That is not a letter, only a few words and the seal of the jade seal.
It said that if Shen Ruqing had other ideas, he would definitely rely on this letter to enter the palace to face the saint.
From the beginning to the end, Xiao Yulan didn't wait for Shen Ruqing to ask for an interview. He thought that the other party was voluntarily ordered by Shen Jue to enter the palace. Now it seems that there is something hidden in it, but this is not important to them anymore.
Shen Ruqing's injustice cannot be erased, and Xiao Yulan will not let her out of the palace, so she can only be left in this cold palace to fend for herself.
Xiao Yulan really had nothing to say to Shen Ruqing, turned around and wanted to leave, when she heard Shen Ruqing lightly said: "If I die, please send me out of the palace, I don't want to be imprisoned after death, thank you in advance."
Xiao Yulan didn't answer, walked a few steps forward, and heard Shen Ruqing talking to herself again: "Your Majesty, be careful of Shen Jue, he won't let it go, remember to protect Luo Wenge, the one who can deal with Shen Jue is not His Majesty but him. "
The door of the Leng Palace closed slowly behind her, Xiao Yulan's eyes were full of indifference, her expression was like an ice sculpture, and she went to Fengqi Palace when Eunuch Li couldn't keep up.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Xuanzhi, the empress passed away due to illness. She was in a beautiful and beautiful age, and the long and heavy drums resounded through the city of Changle, no more, no less, exactly four times.
Those who heard the sound of the drum were shocked when they looked around, and all guessed which noble person in the palace had gone, and after all, only the queen was the only one.
Shen Jue was instructing the housekeeper to pack his luggage and planned to go back to his hometown to hide his strength for a few days, when he heard the sound of drums, he took a book and paused, and when he heard the sound of drums, the book in his hand fell to the ground unexpectedly, his expression changed, it was not good.
In the prison cell of Dali Temple, the relatively silent members of Xu's family heard the sound of the drum with different expressions, and their eyes coincidently fell on Xu Jinyuan, who was exhaling more and breathing less. Is this beating the mourning drum in advance?
At the end of the busy work at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Murong Yu, who was about to cooperate with Xie Wenxuan in arresting people, heard the national funeral, closed the paperwork in his hand, and looked at Xie Wenxuan, and a sentence appeared in the eyes of both parties: The queen is gone?
Luo Wenge, who was supposed to be asleep after drinking the medicine, woke up to the dull sound of drums beating all around. His vision was hazy and his consciousness was confused. He struggled to get up, and saw the court envoy standing by the window and looking in the direction of the sound of drums.
His lips moved slightly, and his thoughts gradually became clear: "The sound of mourning in the palace, is it because the queen is gone?"
The court envoy didn't notice that he was awake, and was startled by the sudden noise, and turned to stare at him: "Why are you awake?"
Luo Wenge said innocently: "I was woken up by the sound of drums."
The court envoy suddenly doubted the power of his prescription, and murmured to him: "It's gone. The vassal kings who just left Beijing have to turn around and return to the city. They have to be present at the queen's death ceremony."
Luo Wenge was surprised: "Did I sleep for five or six days?"
He remembered that King Yun had said that he would leave the city on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and the court envoy said that they had just left the capital. Wasn't that the fifth or sixth day?
Luo Wenge rubbed his head in annoyance, accidentally sleeping for so many days.
The court envoy didn't pay attention to slipping the tongue and sulked secretly. Seeing him thinking again, he said angrily, "What are you thinking about? It doesn't matter how long you sleep outside. Take care of your injury."
"The envoy is willing to talk so much, can you say a few more words and tell me how Shen Jue is doing." Luo Wenge pleaded slightly.
The envoy stuffed a cup of tea into his hand, with a rather reluctant expression on his face: "It's good, I plan to sell my daughter back to my hometown, but looking at it right now, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave."
Once the queen died, Shen Ruqing's fate would not be much better.
As Shen Ruqing's biological father, Shen Jue cannot blame him.
Holding the tea in his hands, Luo Wenge said to himself, "He probably has a way out. Even if the empress dies, he still has someone to spare. What would it be?"
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