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Dead silence, except for shallow breathing, there is no sound in the private prison.

Unlike Concubine Yu who stared at her obsessively, Zhao Zhen's gaze avoided her without a trace.The injured hand clenched slowly, as if trying to suppress the unspeakable dull pain in his heart with the pain of the wound.Beads of blood dripped to the ground again along the cracks of the fingers as the grip strength intensified.Concubine Yu saw it in her eyes, her eyes were full of tears, and her heart ached.

She walked forward slowly, knelt down, gently held up the blood-stained hand, and said sadly: "Your Majesty is really in a lot of trouble. Last time, this hand was injured by broken porcelain, and this time it was even more injured by a sharp knife." With such a deep incision, I don’t know how many days it will take to heal, and I don’t know if there will be scars.”

Zhao Zhen pulled his hand back violently in anger, but accidentally slammed the back of his hand on Concubine Yu, knocking her to the ground. "Since you choose to betray me, why do you have to pretend to be a real couple here?"

"Pretentious? Does Your Majesty think that Yuzhen's feelings for you are all fake?" Seeing that Zhao Zhen didn't want to look at her at all, she smiled wryly. "Since Your Majesty has come here, it must be Han Mengfei who told His Majesty my identity?"

Zhao Zhen wondered, "What is your identity?"

Concubine Yu was taken aback, and laughed at herself: "Really? He didn't betray me. He is still somewhat loyal to the Chai family."

"I guessed you from Han Mengfei's inadvertently leaked words. The only one in the harem who does not treat me sincerely for power, except for the queen, is you. The queen has been watched by people I sent, so it cannot be her. Then only in the You are the Concubine Yu who guards my spirit in the Palace of Compassion and Ning." Zhao Zhen looked around the private prison and said with a sneer: "I didn't expect there to be such a place in the mother's palace. It seems that the relationship between you and the mother is unusual."

"Naturally. The Queen Mother has long ignored the affairs of the harem. The reason why she knows what His Majesty has in mind is of course Yuzhen who leaked it to her."

"How did you know that?"

"Your Majesty, did you forget Princess Deyi?" Seeing Zhao Zhen's expression changed, Concubine Yu comforted her, "Actually, Your Majesty does not need to blame Ying Er, the princess told me about this so that I can find a way to catch His Majesty's heart." , so that Zhan Zhao can be freed from His Majesty's feelings. It's a pity that I don't have the ability to ask myself."

"So the imperial garden's assassination of the exhibition guard was also designed by you and the queen mother? Why?"

Concubine Yu sneered and asked back: "That man stole my husband, how can I tolerate him?!"

Zhao Zhen was choked and hung there, swallowing it with difficulty, his expression was gloomy like dust.Filled with resentment, he asked again unwillingly: "What about the queen mother? You originally cooperated with her, but why did you suddenly turn around and let Zhou Tong kill her? What is your relationship with the Chai family?"

"Actually, it's nothing. The reason why I will help the Chai family is very simple. Because my surname is also Chai, and I am the daughter of the Chai family."

Unlike Concubine Yu who looked indifferent as if she was saying something unworthy of mentioning, Zhao Zhen was greatly surprised.But after thinking about it carefully, it was reasonable, so that she could explain what she did.Sighing, thinking that all the entanglements of grievances and grievances, in the final analysis, are the muddled accounts of the Chai and Zhao families, Zhao Zhen slowly calmed down and said: "Han Mengfei didn't reveal your identity, and it's not that you are only loyal to the Chai family. But he is the same as you, his surname is Chai, he should be your half-brother."

Concubine Yu was stunned for a while, then lowered her eyebrows slightly, smiled relievedly, and said with relief: "Really? That's very good. The Chai family can leave a trace of blood in this world, and Yuzhen will die without complaint."

Hearing Concubine Yu frankly mentioned the word "death", Zhao Zhen couldn't help frowning even tighter.Concubine Yu's attitude was too weird, as if she wanted to die.But could he really have the heart to ask her to die?How could the relationship between the two of them be fake for so many years?Even if it's not in the name of love, at least it's a family relationship that goes with each other.

Beads of blood overflowed from the wound that was clenched again due to the entanglement in his heart.Concubine Yu felt very distressed, tore off the clean cloth strips on her body, knelt and moved in front of Zhao Zhen, while bandaging his wounded hand, she said bitterly: "Yuzhen's death deserves more, so why should your majesty feel embarrassed? Zhou Tong deliberately took the wrong dragon cup and sent the cup of poisoned wine to the Queen Mother. It was I who asked him to use needles to prevent His Majesty from saving people at a critical moment. Your Majesty can blame me for the death of the Queen Mother, and Yuzhen died. that is."

The more Concubine Yu took all the blame for her crimes, the more suspicious Zhao Zhen felt.He thought and shook his head again and again: "No, you want to kill the Queen Mother, there are too many opportunities, why do you have to choose that day to do it?"

"Naturally in order not to expose myself and make His Majesty think it was just an accident."

"No." Zhao Zhen suddenly grabbed Yuzhen's shoulders with both hands, staring at the familiar yet unfamiliar beautiful face with reddish eye circles. "Yuzhen, even though you have done so many unforgivable things, I have never doubted your feelings for me. You are...for me, right? You are afraid that something will happen to me, so you are called Zhou Tong Temporarily exchange the poisoned wine for the Queen Mother, right?" Feeling that Concubine Yu was stiff and speechless for a moment, he finally realized a fact and sighed. "It turns out that you didn't kill the queen mother, it was me!"

"No, the queen mother was killed by my concubine! It has nothing to do with your majesty. The concubine originally wanted to let her go, after all, she is your majesty's biological mother, but who knows that the court rumors are spreading, and the concubine knows that she has nothing to do with your majesty. Blood relationship. And she, Liu E, is so deceitful that even the few remaining members of my Chai family will be uprooted, so how can I, Chai Yuzhen, allow her to frequently use vicious hands and cruel persecution?"

Concubine Yu showed a ferocious look, but when she looked into Zhao Zhen's eyes, she turned into a bluff, and there was only a flood of pain in her heart.He pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. "Don't talk about Yuzhen. You are not such a person. Why do you have to distort yourself to such an extent for someone who has failed your love?"

The moment it touched Zhao Zhen's chest, what was ruthless had long since disappeared, and a string of crystal clear teardrops rolled down instantly.Concubine Yu's heart trembled to the point of being moved by the warm embrace, and she couldn't help showing a sweet smile.It turned out that she was so beautiful in his heart.If possible, she really hopes to keep this beauty forever. ... It's just no, no matter how much he owes her, he is still her beloved husband, how can she let him end his life with the guilt of killing his mother?

"Your Majesty, have you really understood what kind of person Yuzhen is? That weak and kind Li Yuzhen, who needs His Majesty's protection in everything, has long since disappeared, and was wiped out by this man-eating harem. Do you think Shang Chunlin really committed suicide? Oh, Your Majesty is wrong. Now that the matter has failed, the useless chess pieces will naturally be disposed of. It was the concubine who asked the Queen Mother to find someone to strangle her to death in the cold palace, and pretended to hang herself."

"You... that's impossible."

"Why, Your Majesty doesn't believe it? It's a pity, facts are facts. Does Your Majesty really think that I have feelings for Shang Chunlin?" Looking up to the sky and laughing, Concubine Yu pushed Zhao Zhen away to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Your Majesty knows about this huge harem, why did the concubine choose her as the scapegoat? Hmph, of course it was because I hated her. Once the concubine could give birth to a lovely prince for your majesty, It was Shang Chunlin who deliberately made things difficult for me in the imperial garden when my concubine was pregnant and caused me to have a miscarriage. She killed my child, and I will take her life. It is fair to repay my child."

Zhao Zhen stared at the person in front of him incredulously, and couldn't understand it a little more. "Yuzhen..."

"It's not just that. I also connected with the Red King of Khitan to deal with Zhan Zhao. Otherwise, how could His Majesty think that everything is so coincidental?"

"What you said is true?" Thinking that every time something happened to Zhan Zhao, the figure of the Khitan prince would appear, Zhao Zhen couldn't help believing it.

"Does Your Majesty believe it now? The kind Li Yuzhen you know is just an illusion. I have been able to live in this harem until now, and the means are far more clever than you imagined. If I just want to prevent His Majesty from being poisoned, why should I let you be poisoned?" Zhou used hemp needles to prevent you from saving people? So, I killed the queen mother. I am avenging the countless souls of the Chai family who died in vain."

Concubine Yu punished her heart with every word, which made Zhao Zhen feel weak all over, and his heart was extremely tired.He said dejectedly: "You're right, the Empress Mother does owe you the Chai family. As a son, I failed to help her repay it, and I failed to protect her, so I have no position to blame you....Let's go. "

"You let me go?"

"Yes, let's go. Let's settle the grievances between the Chai and Zhao families." Zhao Zhen turned his face away and looked up into the distance, with tears in the corners of his eyes. "Although the empress is my first wife, you, Li Yuzhen, are the only one who is truly regarded as my wife in my heart. Now, the fate between you and me is over, and it is impossible to go on."

Concubine Yu couldn't believe it: "You won't kill me?"

Zhao Zhen closed his eyes and smiled wryly: "I have no right to kill you. When I was assassinated in the palace, if you hadn't had the foresight to let me wear a leather guard to block most of the piercing by the flying cloud dart, I would have died. You killed me I failed to save my mother, and almost killed Zhan Weiwei with tricks. I will never forgive you for these actions. But you have also saved me, and your feelings for me have never been fake. Therefore, the relationship between you and me Time, it’s considered clear.”

"No! What is Liangqing? If you want me to go, where can I go?" Concubine Yu burst into tears, she grabbed the corner of Zhao Zhen's clothes tightly, and cried, "Yuzhen gave all her feelings to you!" Your Majesty, there has long been no place for me to show mercy in this world."

Seeing Zhao Zhen's unmoved appearance, Concubine Yu suddenly stopped speaking, revealing an extremely weird smile.She stood up tremblingly, walked to the corner, picked up the dagger that had been thrown away, and held it tightly in her palm again.When she walked slowly towards Zhao Zhen again, a look of despair emerged from the corner of her mouth. "Without love, all that is left is hatred. Your Majesty, have you ever thought about what a woman will do when she is forced to hate? She will endlessly deal with the one who calls her The person who hates her will use the cruelest means to torture him, so that that person will have to live or die. As long as there is still breath left, she will definitely not let him live a good life. "

Huo Ran turned around like lightning, Zhao Zhen grabbed Concubine Yu's wrist holding the dagger and shouted: "I have already let you go, why do you insist on forcing me to kill you?!"

Tears flowed down again.

You can let go of the hatred of killing your mother with your kindness, but the only thing that concerns that person is your Achilles' heel?

Your Majesty, why do you call Yuzhen so embarrassing?

Concubine Yu burst out laughing, crazy to the extreme. "Your Majesty can let the concubine go. But the concubine will never let Zhan Zhao go. As long as I live for a day, I will find a way to kill him. Although I lost today, I still have a chance. Your Majesty will not let you go." Are you willing to kill me? So, one day, I will let Zhan Zhao die in my hands."

"Don't even think about it!—"

"My dear Majesty, you can't protect him for the rest of your life. Your Majesty must have seen the tricks of courtiers, as long as you give me another chance, I will definitely be able to do it! I will definitely not let you regret your decision today."

"Shut up!" Zhao Zhen's eyes were bloodshot, and suddenly he turned over Concubine Yu's palm emotionally, grabbed the dagger and put it on the opponent's slender neck.Concubine Yu was taken aback, seeing that the dagger's edge was already pressed against her skin, but she still stopped abruptly.She couldn't help laughing again, ghostly and evil, charming and charming. "You kill me! If you don't kill me today, I will show up and die in the future!"

The last word "death" came out, and the corners of his eyes were filled with murderous intent.Like the last straw that bent a camel's back, Zhao Zhen let out a series of howling wailings before he finished speaking. With a sound of "shua", there was a flash of white light in front of his eyes, and a large amount of bright red blood splashed out from between the tender neck, covering Zhao Zhen's body and face.The sinister smile froze on that distorted face, but it miraculously returned to its original appearance in the next instant, a kind of beauty that got what it wanted.

Concubine Yu slowly fell into Zhao Zhen's arms, looked at Zhao Zhen's expression of wanting to cry, and said with difficulty: "That's right.... You are the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, the master of this world... Those needless weaknesses, Kindness, let Yuzhen... come and bury it for you."

"Why?...Yuzhen, why do you insist on forcing me to kill you?"

"Because... this is my wish. Compared to losing you forever...I would rather choose to die....Forgive my selfishness, but only in this way...Your Majesty will always remember me in your heart." Seeing Zhao Zhen closing his eyes in pain Close to her eyes, she tremblingly stretched out her blood-stained fingers to touch the other's cheek, as if touching the most precious treasure in the world. "...promise me that after I die, I will announce my crimes to the world and punish them according to the law....my husband...will become a wise king of a generation of holy masters in the future...since I can no longer serve you...I also Can't allow myself to discredit you..."

"Yuzhen..."

"Promise me, protect yourself well...you can only protect him if you protect yourself.... Never...don't be soft-hearted to the enemy again....and...don't trust that Red King from Khitan... ...that man's palace is too deep...I'm afraid you will be used by him... Husband, don't be sad...in fact, I can die in your arms in the end, I am...satisfied in this life..."

Zhao Zhen thought he would shed tears, but holding Yuzhen's body until it became stiff and cold, his eye sockets were so dry that nothing flowed out.Putting down the corpse in a daze, standing up in a daze, looking at the life that has passed away in a daze.He suddenly felt a crack in his heart, as if something was different, but he couldn't tell what had changed.

He staggered out of this private prison, and met Xue Liang who had heard the news and found him head-on in the Palace of Compassion and Ning.Xue Liang was scared to death by Zhao Zhen's blood stains, and thought that his majesty was injured.When the six gods were in turmoil, Zhao Zhen, who was absent-minded, suddenly raised his eyes and looked at him indifferently, and said in a cold voice: "The decree is announced to the world, the concubine Li Yuzhen, who is rebellious and poisoned the empress dowager, has been killed on the spot and her virtue is abolished." The title of concubine, go to the rank, list the heinous crimes, and warn the world to follow others." After finishing speaking, he left the Palace of Compassionate Peace in a daze.

Yelv Zongche did not go with Bai Yutang, but wandered in the imperial garden not far from the Palace of Compassion and Peace. At first he saw Zhao Zhen's leaving back walking hard, so he followed without thinking much, until he came to a place full of people. Lin Yuan of the plum tree saw Zhao Zhen stop.

Zhao Zhen raised his hand to cover the scorching sun, thinking that his heart was gloomy, why is the scorching sun in the sky getting hotter?Could it be to warm his heart which is as cold as ice at the moment?Hearing Yelv Zongche's polite greeting behind him, he slowly turned around and looked at the other person, not paying any attention to his embarrassment at the moment.

Yelu Zongche was terrified by the horrific appearance of being sprayed with blood in front of him, and for some reason he always felt that he had a bad premonition.Just as Yelu Zongche was about to bow and leave, Zhao Zhen said calmly: "My lord's proposal, I have made a decision. Don't you want to hear it, my lord?"

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I... don't intend to form an alliance with you."

Yelu Zong was puzzled and said, "Why?! If it has been proved that Mr. Zhan was robbed in prison, it has nothing to do with our Khitan embassy, ​​it is a misunderstanding."

"There is no reason, my lord, please go back."

Yelu Zongche still wanted to say something, but he saw that Zhao Zhenyun had drifted away after a few ups and downs of Qinggong.Only Yelu Zongche was left alone in the plum grove, feeling angry, he punched the plum branch to make the leaves fall, and cursed "Damn" at the same time.

But at this moment in Zhuyixuan, as soon as Imperial Physician Dong withdrew his hand to check the pulse, Bai Yutang immediately went up to him and asked, "Princess Dong, what's the matter with the cat?"

"Guard Bai, don't worry, Mr. Zhan is fine, he just feels a little cold. Although Hua Gong Powder has been poisoned in his body, as long as the time passes, it will be fine."

Bai Yutang was puzzled and said, "If it's really just a cold, how could the cat faint suddenly?"

"This..." Imperial Physician Dong twitched his beard, and said, "Master Zhan was frightened or shocked, and stagnated in his heart, causing the blood supply to the heart to be slightly blocked, and then he fainted for a while."

Bai Yutang touched Tan Zhanzhao's neck with pity, and felt that his body heat seemed to intensify, and he couldn't help but hate: I don't know what Concubine Yu said to Mao'er in prison, and that person who has always been strong could bear it. I can't help being sick like this.

After sending the imperial physician away, Bai Yutang didn't want others to take care of Zhan Zhao, so he drove the servants away.Wiping and feeding medicine, doing everything by himself, even though it was some trivial chores, Bai Yutang enjoyed it.It wasn't until late at night, when Bai Yutang, who was tired all day, stood by the bed and couldn't help dozing off, that a figure quietly came into the room.

"Who?" Bai Yutang, who woke up suddenly, felt relieved when he saw that it was Zhao Zhen.

At this time, Zhao Zhen had already cleaned and tidied up, and changed into clean regular clothes.He walked to the bedside and saw that Zhan Zhao was still awake, and asked, "What's wrong with Guard Zhan?" Bai Yutang repeated what Imperial Physician Dong had said, and couldn't help but worry: "I don't know what's wrong with Maoer, although he has already taken the medicine. , but the fever still hasn’t subsided, and people have been in a coma.”

Seeing Bai Yutang's tired face, Zhao Zhen said, "I ordered someone to prepare a side hall elsewhere, so Guard Bai might as well go and have a rest first."

Bai Yutang shook his head and said, "No. The cat hasn't woken up until now, so I'm really worried." He suddenly thought of something and tried carefully. "I don't know... what happened to that Concubine Yu?"

"She's dead."

"What?" Bai Yutang asked in surprise.He wanted to ask more questions, but seeing Zhao Zhen's expression of reluctance to say more, he swallowed his doubts.

"Guard White, if you don't want to take a rest, can you please go and check the group of Khitan envoys?"

Bai Yutang wondered: "Hasn't the misunderstanding been resolved? Why did Your Majesty want to investigate them again?"

"Before she died, Concubine Yu said that she had indeed colluded with the Khitan Red King. What we misunderstood was only his attendant Xiaoqi, but it doesn't mean that the King of the South Court has no problem. Just in case they have any unfavorable actions to defend the exhibition , I hope you can make this trip yourself."

Hearing that it was related to Zhan Zhao's safety, Bai Yutang immediately made a decision.He gave Zhan Zhao a reluctant look, and happily took his orders and left.

It wasn't until there was no one else in the room that Zhao Zhen sighed quietly and sat down beside Zhan Zhao's bed.

Staring at the slightly haggard face of the person on the bed, he couldn't help reaching out and gently touching the other person's face.He murmured: "Guard Zhan, do you know? In just less than a month, I have lost my mother and wife one after another. There are fewer and fewer important people around me. Now I am truly alone. Their deaths , I can hardly absolve myself of the blame. Actually, now, I have a little regret, regretting why I can't come up with a way to get the best of both worlds, and let them live well while protecting you. It's all my fault, but God won't Give me one more chance to come back."

Raise your finger up, gently caress the broken hair on the hairline, when the thumb brushes across the shadow under the eyes, gradually, the eyes can't help but become obsessed. "The loss is too much for me to bear, but fortunately, I still keep my vow. In this world, you are the only one, and I will never lose it."

Deep in love, no matter how hard to restrain it, the emperor leaned down and carefully captured those slightly cold lips with his own warmth.

But at the same time, the eyelids of the person on the bed moved frequently, and suddenly opened his eyes.

The author has something to say: the first update in October.

十一长假放个三更吧，后两更分别在10月5、10月9日凌晨12点过后。

Strive to write as much as possible this holiday.But I still have to bring a baby, so I can't devote myself to writing.Most of the writing now is to set the alarm clock to wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning, and then write for an hour or two every day, and I am getting used to this process.

The ins and outs of the entire incident in the palace should be explained clearly, but there may be omissions, if there are, please help me to bring them up in time so that I can revise them.

This chapter is actually added, because when I wrote it earlier, I broke down one of Zihong's design elements—it is absolutely impossible to let Xiaolong and Mouhong form an alliance now, otherwise how can Zhaozhao go to Khitan to continue the story?I have no choice but to hand over this arduous task to Concubine Yu. It is really difficult for you to complete the task before dying.

Don't hit me when this chapter stops at this juncture, if you get everyone ready for the next chapter, Xiaolong's feelings will explode completely.The plot should be quite intense.

Finally, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!