The Invincible Art of Oriental Invincibility

It was still early in the morning, and a group of palace people from Renshou Palace came to Zhaode Palace stepping on the snow that fell at night. The dead branches of pear trees planted in Zhaode Palace looked very bleak with snow wrapped in them.

The leader, Hua Yu, said to the two classes of eunuchs and maids behind him:

"The Empress Dowager has a decree to bring the noble concubine to Renshou Palace for interrogation." After speaking half and half, the eunuch and maid took Wan Shi out of the palace regardless of the obstruction of the Zhaode Palace.

Guier, the maid of honor next to Wan's, slipped out of Zhaode Palace while everyone was not paying attention. Hua Yu and Liu Chang looked at Guier's back and said nothing.

The Empress Dowager Zhou of Renshou Palace had no nonsense to Wan Shi who was kneeling in front of her, and directly placed the poisonous wine and white silk in front of Wan Shi:

"The Ai family rewards you with dignity, you can choose for yourself."

Zou Ganzheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Qianqing Palace, is discussing with Zhu Jianshen about the New Year’s ceremony in the palace. Guier runs outside the gate of Qianqing Palace and is stopped by Wang Zhi:

"what happened?"

Guier looked anxious:

"Someone came from the Empress Dowager's palace to take away the imperial concubine!"

Wang Zhi didn't dare to delay, turned around and entered the Qianqing Palace.

"The daughter-in-law in the palace spent a lot of money this year, and I beg you to have fireworks in the capital this year..." Zou Qian was still complaining when Wang Zhi hurried in to interrupt him.

Zou Gan's face suddenly became ugly, and what he didn't expect was that Zhu Jianshen shook his sleeves and left after hearing Wang Zhi's words.

People in the outer palace of the main hall of Renshou Palace held their breath and stood quietly, and from a distance, they saw Zhu Jianshen, who was huddled in front of and behind him in the verandah, walking quickly.

Zhu Jianshen's face was full of anxiety, and he walked in a hurry without caring about his usual imperial demeanor.When he came to Renshou Palace, he asked sharply the group of palace people who were already prostrate on the ground:

"Where is the concubine?"

The leading palace man replied in a low voice:

"In the empress palace!"

"When I came to the Aijia Renshou Palace, I didn't ask the queen mother, but I asked the concubine first! What a good son raised by the Aijia!" Zhu Jianshen was about to say something when he heard the angry Queen Mother Zhou questioning in the main hall.

The anxiety and anger on Zhu Jianshen's face subsided a little, and the palace man picked up the curtain to enter the Renshou Palace, passed through the outer hall and entered the inner hall, and saw Wan Shi kneeling on the ground, and there were drinks and white wine on the tray in front of Wan Shi. Aya, as if she wanted to bestow death on the Wan family.

When Wan saw Zhu Jianshen coming, he turned his head and took a deep look at Zhu Jianshen, with tears still on his face.

Zhu Jianshen shrank his pupils and saluted the Queen Mother with a smile, then asked the Queen Mother with a smile:

"What's the matter with the queen mother? She brought the noble concubine from Zhaode Palace to Renshou Palace, and she is still so grand?"

Empress Dowager Zhou slapped the table full of anger, pointed at Wan Shi and scolded:

"Poisonous woman! In the past, she mutilated your harem heir Aijia because you doted on her and didn't want to say anything more, but instead she made her boldly use her mind on the prince!"

Wan walked two steps on his knees, crying and defending the Queen Mother Zhou aggrievedly:

"I don't have any! The palace is full of eyes, how could I poison the prince in my own palace!"

The Empress Dowager Zhou was even angrier when she heard Wan's rebuttal:

"You mean a seven-year-old child who doesn't know that he drank it and commits suicide? Hua Yu, give Wan's mouth to the Ai family!"

Hua Yu, who was standing by the side, took a step forward and was about to be pushed back by Zhu Jianshen:

"I see who dares!"

Empress Dowager Zhou glared:

"Let's see who dares to stop me!"

Zhu Jian sighed deeply, took a step forward, stood in front of Wan Shi as if nothing had happened, and apologized to Queen Mother Zhou:

"Mother, the crown prince is awake now, and the son ordered the imperial concubine to think behind closed doors. Calm down."

The Empress Dowager Zhou hated iron but not steel:

"You only have such an eight-year-old son in your thirties, how can you be so confused! Aijia can see that Wan's harem is restless every day that he is alive..."

"Wan Shi, why are you dawdling, even if the emperor comes, you will not escape death!" The Empress Dowager Zhou no longer concealed her dislike for Wan Shi.

Wan's eyes were red and swollen, and he was no longer as fierce as before. Kneeling on the dark red carpet of Renshou Palace, he looked weak.She slowly stretched out her Danko-stained hand to pick up the poisonous wine in front of her. She was about to raise the wine glass when a strong hand pressed it down. Wan Shi looked over with tearful eyes. Her fear was soothed, she silently turned her face aside, leaving Zhu Jianshen with a fragile expression.

Zhu Jianshen lifted his robe and knelt in front of the Empress Dowager Zhou's young face, unwavering:

"If the queen mother wants the imperial concubine to die, she wants the son to die!" After speaking, he took Wan Shi's hand into his own.

Zhu Jianshen's words silenced the already quiet Renshou Palace, Hua Yu and Liu Chang silently withdrew to guard the door.

The Empress Dowager Zhou watched Zhu Jianshen open her mouth several times and was finally so angry that she couldn't speak. She rubbed her forehead and didn't want to look at Zhu Jianshen.

Zhu Jianshen grasped Wan Shi's hand, and quietly wiped the sweat from Wan Shi's palm with the back of his own clean hand. He sighed again and said to the Queen Mother Zhou:

"Mother, you know how hard it is for a son to be the emperor. After the father was deposed, it was so hard in Xiaonan Palace, not to mention that the son was a former prince. You were not by his side in those years. The only son was Wan Shi, and there was only Wan Shi. I will never leave my son." As Zhu Jianshen kowtowed to the ground, his Adam's apple rolled and his voice choked:

"Son, we can't live without Wan Shi!"

Wan Shi, who kept turning his face away from Zhu Jianshen, slowly closed his eyes with tears rolling down his eyes.

After a long time, the Empress Dowager Zhou sighed and helped Zhu Jianshen up:

"When you were young, the Ai family owed you..." said the Queen Mother Zhou and stared at the Wan family, "If you teach the Ai family to know what you did in the harem, even if there is an emperor, the Ai family will never forgive you about you!"

Wan's bowed his head again and again.

The Empress Dowager Zhou continued:

"The prince is getting older, and it's time to go out of the court to give lectures. The emperor needs to take more care to find some reliable teachers to teach the prince."

Zhu Jianshen repeatedly said yes.

After Zhu Jianshen and Wan Shi left, Hua Yu and Liu Chang entered the Renshou Palace to serve the Empress Dowager Zhou. Hua Yu asked:

"Your Majesty, is this how you spared the noble concubine?"

The Empress Dowager Zhou breathed a sigh of relief:

"You know, if the Ai family really killed the Wan family, I am afraid that the emperor will also remember the Ai family. After this beating, the Wan family should be more peaceful."

Liu Chang nodded and complimented the Queen Mother Zhou:

"That's right, if you don't beat her up, she really thinks that the surname of this imperial palace is Wan!"

Empress Dowager Zhou laughed, pointed at Liu Chang and scolded:

"You slave."

The lanterns and festoons on Heimuya began to prepare for the New Year.

Dongfang Bubai sat by the bed and Lu Buping took his pulse:

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Lu Buping asked Dongfang Bubai's three pulses.

Dongfang Bubai was wearing a white shirt, and touched his left chest with the other hand. There was no sound of heart beating inside. He frowned and asked if the road was uneven:

"Can a person live without a heart?"

Lu Buping shook his head:

"How is it possible? Then you will become a fairy!"

Dongfang Bubai withdrew his hand with a calm expression on his face. He still remembered the past, but now that he recalled all the emotions that he was obsessed with at the beginning, he could no longer feel them, as if his feelings had become a pool of stagnant water after he lost his heart.

Lu Buping looked at Dongfang Bubai:

"Master, don't you have a heart?" He said with a smirk and stretched his hand towards Dongfang Bubai's chest, but Dongfang Bubai grabbed his wrist.

Dongfang Bubai just glanced at him, and Lu Buping retracted his wrist embarrassingly.

Dongfang Bubai got out of bed, walked to the table, poured a cup of tea for himself, and handed it to his lips. He thought carefully about what had happened in the past few years, and thought it was just a nightmare. When he woke up, everything went back to At the origin, he is still Dongfang Bubai, and Zhu Youtang is still that kid Zhu Youtang.

He took up a pen and wrote a reply letter to Zhu Youtang: the past is the same as the past, don't worry about it, don't go back.

As soon as Zhu Youtang woke up, he saw at the table that he had written a letter a few days ago and Liu Chang sent it to Heimuya to inquire about Dongfang Bubai's recent situation. Just ten words made Zhu Youtang silent for a long time.

After Zhu Youtang took good care of himself, it was already the New Year. The palace was decorated with lanterns, festoons, incense and firecrackers. On New Year’s Eve, Zhu Youtang woke up from Wenhua Palace and went to Renshou Palace to pay respects to Empress Dowager Zhou and Concubine Ji. In the evening, Zhu Jianshen attended the A family banquet held in Qianqing Palace.

Maybe it was because Zhu Youtang drank too much pepper and cypress wine during the banquet, and Zhu Youtang's head began to hurt and he felt dizzy, so the palace servants around him helped him go out to sober up.

29 On this day, the moon was no longer round. At the gate of the hall, I saw the moon hanging in the winter night sky for a long time. Zhu Youtang had already forgotten that this was the first few years he had been in the world.

"I want to leave the palace alone!" Suddenly, Zhu Youtang threw away the palace servants beside him.

"Your Highness, there will be a curfew soon." The maid Yan'er beside him reminded him.

Zhu Youtang childish:

"I'm leaving the palace!..." Before Yan'er could move, she fainted on the ground.

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