Huamo

Sha didn't pay attention to him, and went straight to the main hall, but Cheng Mi squinted his eyes and saw him up to the altar, with a dark and sinister expression.

It's time for the court to come, if today it is to announce the assassination of the emperor, Gongsun Rong, and the death of the emperor, or the empress to read the late emperor's edict and deal with the funeral.

It is true that the death of the emperor was not announced at the Civil and Military Officials Center before the last court—the news in this palace always spreads quickly, not to mention that Gongsun Qi made a big commotion yesterday, and all the officials sent spies to inquire about the news. Therefore, it was a foresight for the Minister of Rites to give Li Jinsha a gift this morning.

Empress Nangong Ling entered the palace 16 years ago. Her mother is respected all over the world. She has a gentle and stable temperament.With the curtain hanging down the hall, the officials could only see the figure of the queen sitting behind them, and heard the voice:

"Last night, the royal family, Gongsun Qi, rebelled and sent assassins to attack His Majesty... However, before his reinforcements arrived, the troops from the two factories wiped him out, but His Majesty has already..."

The voice was choked with sobs, in order to maintain a proper manner, they couldn't continue, the officials saw the figure behind the curtain wiping their tears with a handkerchief, thinking that the normally quiet and elegant queen could not hold herself back, it was really sad.So they knelt down one after another, and loudly asked the empress to mourn.

"My palace has reinstated An Xuansu to take charge of the government affairs, and I will also entrust the handling of the rebellion to him," the queen finally restrained her emotions, and continued: "As for the succession, your majesty has already decided to pass it on to Prince Ke. Son, after these few days of preparations, you can ascend the throne..."

In the mournful narration of the queen, all civil and military officials, relatives and nobles could not help but be moved by it, some wiped their tears, some sobbed and even wailed loudly. Everyone has a miserable look, and I don't know how much is true and how much is false.

The government and the public mourn, like fog but not flowers.

*****

The dragon falls and the phoenix stops. The Fengci Palace was originally a magnificent palace built by Gongsun Rong when Nangong Lingfang entered the palace.Now that Gongsun Rong passed away, the palace is quiet, but the empress still looks the same as before.

A woman in a plain dress is sitting on a phoenix chair, holding a silver hairpin in her hand, her brows are condensed, and there is a little cinnabar on her forehead, which seems to be a melancholy cloud.Suddenly there was a sound from outside the curtain, and she sat up startled: "Who?"

The young man in purple walked out from outside the curtain, walked forward and knelt down, his movements were graceful and smooth, and his brows were not disturbing: "See empress."

Seeing that it was Li Jinsha, Nangong Ling immediately stretched her brows and eyes, showing a bit of compassion.She put down the silver hairpin, went forward to help him up, and unconsciously brushed off the snowflakes falling on the black hair with her hands: "My good boy, didn't you say that you will come to Fengci Palace in half an hour from next morning? Why are you here so soon?" gone?"

Li Jinsha lowered his eyes and replied in a low voice: "The ruling and the opposition have changed, and I thought it was time to come and talk to the empress."

Nangong Ling heard the long sigh, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Today, I also tried my best to squeeze out so many tears." Then she looked at Li Jinsha who also had red eye circles, half teasing, half teasing It was mocking: "Oh, look at you crying too..."

After exchanging greetings, the two sat down to drink tea. Nangong Ling brought out exquisite glutinous rice cakes. Looking at the young man in purple in front of her, she thought back and said, "I remember when you first came to Ben Gong's side, this was your favorite food."

"Thanks to your mother's love," Li Jinsha took a bite, raised his eyes and asked, "I don't know what your mother wants to do with those concubines?"

Nangong Ling's smile deepened when she heard that, she tapped on the edge of the porcelain with her nails: "What do you think?"

Li Jinsha raised his eyebrows, the tacit understanding between master and servant for more than ten years is unspoken-they have long been familiar with the harem women's dispute, all kinds of strange tricks, some of which have been played by him and others, and some are disdainful to use That's all - how to discard these leftover chess pieces is up to you and me.

Nangong Ling is full of smiles, and under her graceful and elegant appearance hides a woman's heart as deep as the bottom of the sea.She looked at Li Jinsha, who had been by her side since she was six years old, and lamented that time went by and things changed: "At the beginning, I saw that you were a beauty, so I held you up. I didn't waste my heart in vain."

"Your Majesty is the peerless beauty, and this servant will definitely do his best for your Majesty."

There is no woman who will not be happy when she hears words of praise, Nangong Ling also smiled like a flower, raised her glass and said in a low voice: "Today is an auspicious day, replace wine with tea."

The sound of porcelain is clear and clear, reflecting the setting sun, all in words.

When An Xuansu came in, Li Jinsha and Empress Nangong Ling were already sitting in the palace, ready to talk about what to do, except for the faint tears at the corner of their eyes, it seemed that nothing had happened.

"My minister, see the queen."

Before An Xuansu knelt down, Nangong Ling had already lifted him up: "Xuansu, don't be restrained. When the late emperor was in power, you were the one who relied most on you. Now..." Speaking of this matter, Nangong Ling said With tears in her beautiful eyes, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief and continued, "The late emperor once said that he told me everything in detail. If you hadn't intervened with An Chen, it wouldn't be feasible. You know Xuansu's status in the court. Nuliu, fortunately Ke'er is protected by you."

"Empress, please rest assured, I will do my best to assist the young master to ascend the throne and help the new emperor become a wise emperor." An Xuansu looked at Nangong Ling firmly and said.

"The funeral of the first emperor and the enthronement of the new emperor will all be hard work for Xuansu." Nangong Ling looked at An Xuansu sadly and hurtfully.

"My minister, obey the order."

"Today, the palace is looking for you, and there is another matter, which is about the witchcraft that is making people feel uneasy."

"My minister has also heard about it," An Xuansu said with great concern, "I don't know what method this voodoo murderer has used to control the will of the people and intend to disturb our Dahua country. If we don't deal with it in time, it will be a hidden danger to our Dahua. It's really frustrating. Worry!"

Li Jinsha glanced at him: "In my opinion, this thing should have originated from the rivers and lakes. It seems that those green forest people intend to rebel. There may be more clues from the martial arts investigation."

"Of course," Nangong Ling frowned lightly, "I have never dealt with government affairs, and now I don't know what to do. It makes sense to listen to Admiral Li's words, so let's start with the Jianghu and intervene in major events in the martial arts world. Maybe there will be some effect." .”

"Yes." An Xuansu and Li Jinsha took the order together.

"Let's all back down."

"Wei Chen retire."

"The slave retire."

When Li Jinsha arrived at the entrance of the criminal department, he saw Shangshu Huang Tao respectfully greet him, and bent down to the big man who walked out of the sedan chair with a smile on his face, he said: "Oh... how can Admiral Li have the time to come to the criminal department to investigate?"

"How is the investigation of the sword that assassinated the late emperor?"

Huang Tao immediately led him in: "Admiral Li really asked the right question about this matter. I have asked some people who have been in the martial arts, but I really can't see where it came from?" He asked someone to take it out. show him.

Li Jinsha took it over and saw that the dagger was ordinary, and there was nothing special about it. Just as he was about to put it back, he accidentally touched the brush washer, and the clear water spread to the edge of the table, soaking the dagger. He frowned slightly and quickly picked up the dagger, but unexpectedly found a thin willow leaf notch on the bottom of the hilt after being soaked in water...

"It's just an ordinary sword, you can seal it up as evidence." Li Jinsha said and threw it back on the table, but there were dark waves in his eyes.

"That's good." Huang Tao smiled brightly: "Come, come, drink tea."

"No, let's leave first." Li Jinsha said to get up.

At this time, a servant suddenly ran in, almost bumped into Li Jinsha in a panic, and then hurriedly knelt down in panic to apologize.

As soon as Huang Tao saw Li Jinsha frowning, he immediately pointed at the servant and cursed: "What did you do so carelessly, and you damaged Admiral Li? What are you going to do?!"

The servant wanted to cry without tears, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Master, master, it's not good, the young master went to Lihong Pavilion with Prince Lu again!"

【Bianling · Lihong Pavilion】

It is rumored that Lihong Pavilion gathers beauties from Bianling and even the whole world, and the common people say that all the women here have the beauty of the country and the beauty of the sky, and they are a little more charming and enchanting than the concubines in the palace, so there are many High-ranking officials and dignitaries often come here to hunt for beauty and surprises. They spend a lot of money for a spring night and steal the fragrance of the brothel, which can be regarded as the joy of life.

Not to mention the death of the emperor, even if the foreign enemy invades and subjugates the country, this Lihong Pavilion should still be prosperous. Therefore, today there is a lot of mourning in the court hall, but there are singing and dancing here - dancing like colorful silk fluttering, like flying murals, long sleeves bowed like The hibiscus comes out of the water, the angluan shrinks the crane, seductive and seductive, the song is like the cry of a warbler, the jasper is plucked, and the curl is like smoke around the wall for three moments without a break.The women wear gorgeous clothes, and although the accessories are not as good as those in the palace, they are more flashy and diverse, dazzling the eyes.And this Lihong Pavilion is not only full of geisha, but also a group of beauties, each of them twisted their waists and posed like women, which really feasted the eyes of the visitors.

Although the old bustard Yang Hong is over half a century old, she still has a charming charm. Holding a round fan in front of the door, she saw the precious visitor at a glance. She was happier than the emperor's presence. She shook the round fan in her hand and yelled:

"Oh hello—my benefactor—you are finally here, Mr. Lu—"

This howl made everyone in the pavilion feel like drops in a boiling oil pan. Those who had guests stretched their necks unwillingly to look at them, while those who had no guests rushed to the door, and some geisha were trampled on. He dropped his shoes, picked them up eagerly, and then hurriedly ran up to them, as crazy as reincarnation.

"Senior Lu, I miss you so much!"

"Lü Xin, Lu Baby, why don't you come to the pavilion for ten days and a half months, my slave's family is hungry and thirsty, and no one can take it."

"Master Lu is more and more beautiful, unparalleled in the world! I am fortunate to inherit the rain and dew from my master..."

"Sweet heart! I want to die, little slave..."

But I saw this half-stupid, half-mad man who fascinated everyone in Lihong Pavilion, dressed in plain white with embroidered dragon scales, yellow hexagram jacket with gold trim, black and black boots with tassels, elegant and elegant clothes, and a golden crown on his hair. Above all, it is Gongsun Lu, the only son of the Sixth Prince, who was young and weak, and a frequent visitor to Lihong Pavilion, known as Bian Ling's number one playboy.

If you want to be a dandy, you really have to live