empress and princess

According to the old rules, every time a victorious battle is won, the Empress Dowager Wei will summon the Ninth Prince, God of War, and light a special incense for her as a celebration, and this time is no exception.

Wei Si in the hall lowered his eyes, his expression a little complicated.A string of round jade beads was wrapped around her fingers and kept turning, while the other hand was holding tightly the sachet that never left her body, and her fingertips were stroking the embroidered double phoenix playing with water cloud pattern from time to time.

"Ah Yong." She murmured, saying Qin Jiufeng's baby name.

It is no exaggeration to say that this name has been used throughout her life.

Wei Si clearly remembered the wonderful moment when they first met in the General's Mansion 40 years ago.

——"Hey! You look so good-looking, what's your name?"

——"Wei Si, Wei Zhixian."

——"I remember you! My name is Qin Jiufeng, and my nickname is A Yong. Do you remember, don't forget me next time we meet!"

At that time, the child in purple yelled crisply, then showed his white teeth, and smiled at her with a smile on his face.

Wei Si never forgot this smile.

Not long after, familiar footsteps gradually resounded from the Taishang Palace. After all, the person was ordered, and Qin Jiufeng came with a cold body.

In the end, he stood in the corner of the hall without saluting Wei Si, and slowly picked the ashes in the incense burner with his slender fingertips.This incense is the honor and favor bestowed by the Empress Dowager Wei, and it is also the scent of incense that the Ninth Prince likes most, and it is also the belief she has insisted on.

But now her faith has collapsed, and her heart is torn apart. The reunion of the old people is not without the slightest joy. Because of this unique way of meeting, Qin Jiufeng even sneered: "Sister-in-law, everything is as you wish, what else do you want to say at this time ?”

Mrs. Wang.Qin Jiufeng's most hated title, a title she wanted to get rid of all her life, was the first time she called it in front of only two people.

At that moment, Wei Si held the jade bead tightly, endured the discomfort, and said slowly: "You won't believe anything I say at this point, but I still want to say that I did nothing wrong from the beginning to the end, and I gave all my heart and soul for Daqin I can't turn back after making the first plan! I don't think it's wrong to do so. Jiufeng, others can hate me, but you can't."

"So, even Ji Huang blames you for hating you, you don't care?" Qin Jiufeng flexed his fingers, shaking the rising blue smoke, only a wisp of it was stained, and his sleeves were full of fragrance.

"She is a king. These ordeals are just the experience of her life. She must learn to bear the pain. If one day she knows the truth and hates me, I have nothing to say."

"You really are still so cruel." Qin Jiufeng said, with a calm face, but there was no trace of despair in his heart, and sighed: "That dead man Li Shizhou is right, I have never been able to overcome the difference between monarch and minister." Knowing the truth, why? Are you still looking for guilt?

"Nine Phoenix..."

"You are indeed right. This is your choice. It has never had anything to do with me. I understand this very well. But have you ever thought about how you will clean up the situation if something happens to Ji Huang in your plan?!" Qin Jiufeng Huo Ran turned to stare at her, his eyes gradually turning red.

Wei Si was speechless, she knew whenever Ji Huang was injured when they were fighting outside, "I sent a lot of hidden guards."

"Will it work?" Qin Jiufeng threw the incense burner away, and the open flame was extinguished immediately, and the half stick of incense was left in ashes. "You use this method to force Jihuang, force her to cut off the relationship between her children, force her to kill ministers who disagree with your political views, force her to rule the world, and finally force her to become a lonely family. You are satisfied, right?"

"No matter what, even if I don't force her, this is what she should do as a king!" Wei Si raised her head and said, the two of them finally came to the confrontation.

"What about me, where do you put me? Am I just your pawn? Your executioner?" Qin Jiufeng laughed angrily.

"Yes." Wei Si greeted her, and although her eyes were filled with tears, she spoke a single word, but her tone was still firm.

"Whether it's a pawn or an executioner, I admit that I used you and your sincerity to me to complete an indispensable step in this game of chess."

"As for the chess pieces in this game, besides you, Li Shizhou, Wei Jin, the Li family, the Han family, Prince Qi's mansion... and Chu Huaimin, and even myself, the entire Great Qin Kingdom, are also included. I myself Knowing that you are not a good person, you will use all means to achieve your goals. But so what, once you are successful, there will always be people who sacrifice. Are there still few people who die in the world? Li Shizhou sacrificed his life for the country. Doesn’t she also hope that the country will be peaceful? "

"As for my purpose, you have already said it just now, to sweep the six kingdoms and force Jihuang to rule the world."

"So, I need you to assist Jihuang by her side and help her conquer the Six Kingdoms."

"Whether you call me ruthless or call me vicious, Aijia has indeed used you to stabilize his position."

The incense burner had already been dumped to the ground, spilling dust all over the floor. Qin Jiufeng held her face with her hands at this moment, her forced composure completely collapsed, her face collapsed, and finally she slipped powerlessly and sat on the pile of dirt.

When the pain in her arm broke out, it caused her more grief than the abused body and mind.

God, she had thought of this scene before coming here, but she was really pierced by thousands of arrows, and the feeling was more than heart-piercing.

Wei Si on that side trembled slightly, walked up to Qin Jiufeng and knelt down, and finally saw her dead eyes.Wei Si's heart tightened, and she raised her hand to gently stroke Qin Jiufeng's white hair: "I owe you so much in the first half of my life, and I will make it up to you in the second half of my life. From now on, there will be no more wars in the world, you... What are your plans, my lord?"

Intend?Even though she, Qin Jiufeng, had made great military exploits in her life and was a noble prince, she was still lonely in the end.

Qin Jiufeng hugged her knees, but she didn't get angry and quarreled with Wei Si. She buried her face under her legs helplessly. After a long silence, she said in a hoarse voice: "Sister-in-law Wang, I'm different from you. My heart is not as strong as yours, and I can't hold too many things. I have been waiting for you for most of my life, and I have waited enough, and I don't want to wait any longer."

Wei Si's hands froze, her throat seemed to be strangled, and it took a long time to regain her senses.

"I've thought about it. I'll retire to the harem when Ji Huang ascends the throne, and I'll never care about human affairs in this life. This can be regarded as an explanation from me to you." Wei Si said, still stroking her pale face. Hair, gently opened his lips: "If I say, this time I am willing to go with you, will you take me away?"

Qin Jiufeng once firmly believed that as long as the six countries were unified and Wei Si's biggest excuse was realized, Wei Si would have no reason to shirk, and he really wanted to fulfill the promise between them and go out of the palace with her.

Wei Si made many excuses: Ji Huang was still young, and she supported Ji Huang to ascend the throne. Later, when Chu State captured ten cities in Qin State, she felt that she was deceiving people too much, so she had to fight back to protest, and then Zhao State attacked and bullied people too much... and then she He also said that Ji Huang hadn't been in power yet, Ji Huang hadn't gained a foothold in the court, and Ji Huang hadn't gotten married yet...

I am tired of hearing too many excuses.So that when Wei Si really said the words to leave with her, Qin Jiufeng was already disheartened and reacted indifferently: "Stop lying to me, how could a person like you be willing to let go of your favorite royal power. "Full of ridicule.

"A Yong, believe it or not, I always have you in my heart."

"Are you really willing to fly away with me?" There was another long silence. After this sentence, Qin Jiufeng raised his head. There were no tears in his eyes, only a cold abyss like a bottomless pit.

Whether it's true or not, on the day Jihuang ascended the throne, Qin Jiufeng said that she would definitely attend the appointment as scheduled.

****

Ten days later, King Qin was restored, and half a month later, on the third day of March, he was crowned emperor.

After the ceremony, Qin Jiufeng just stepped into the Changxing Palace when he first smelled a strong and pungent smell of wine.

Beside the bed, I saw Chu Huaimin bent over, holding a light blue handkerchief in his hand, dipping it in water to wash it off.On the couch, the so-called Son of Heaven, her eyes were closed tightly, her face was flushed, and the smell of alcohol radiated from her body, she was so drunk that she passed out.

Ji Huang's alcohol capacity is not bad, and she seldom gets drunk at ordinary times, unless something difficult happens, Qin Jiufeng immediately frowned, and stepped forward to ask Chu Huaimin: "It's a beautiful day, why does she drink so much?"

Chu Huaimin lowered his head, wrung out the handkerchief, sat on the edge of the bed and wiped the sweat off Qin Jihuang's face, and then said softly, "It must be uncomfortable to use alcohol to numb yourself."

After returning to the palace, the king of Qin didn't see the queen mother at a glance, as if he was an enemy. Rumors spread everywhere in the palace, saying that the king of Qin was going to take action after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

Only those in the game can guess that King Qin's refusal to meet is very likely because he cannot face his mother.

Others can analyze and guess it, so Qin Jiufeng can naturally guess it too.But at these times, whether Ji Huang went to court or dealt with government affairs, she acted as if nothing happened. She pretended that Ji Huang didn't know about it, so she didn't say much.

Qin Wang didn't want to expose the truth, he seemed to want it to be a permanent secret, and as the little emperor's uncle, she naturally had to help conceal it.

Seeing that Chu Huaimin took good care of Ji Huang without any grievances, Qin Jiufeng silently sighed for the pair of fateful mandarin ducks, and then she hung the Bright Sword that had followed her for decades on Ji Huang's bedside post.

When Ji Huang wakes up, she can see it when she opens her eyes.

"If you kill me, Ji Huang won't let you go. How can you be together if you hate each other across your family and country? And you have already chased me to Qin, don't you want to let go of those old enemies and be with Ji with peace of mind? Will the phoenix share the world?" Then Qin Jiufeng asked a question, which was also a fatal contradiction.

"The prince is not dead, Huaimin is restless for a day, and the souls of [-] heroes are restless. They shed blood for the Chu country, how dare I live up to their loyalty and bravery."

"Then what about Jihuang, would you rather give up again?" Qin Jiufeng asked closely.

Chu Huaimin was silent, his face darkened, and he got up after a long time, saying: "I will always be the princess of Chu, and this is an identity that I cannot change."

"Good! You really know right from wrong and understand the general situation. You are a rare and peerless person. This king admires your tenacious belief and reason, and this king will always remember you, Chu Huaimin, Princess Chu."

Qin Jiufeng laughed loudly and kept circling around, not at all afraid of waking up the sleeping man.The little Huang uncle immediately leaned over, flicked Ji Huang's forehead, kissed her face several times back and forth, then straightened up contentedly and turned around: "Xu Shi, come and take my life!"

When the time came, I still had to go to the Taishang Palace to make an appointment.

After coming out of the palace gate, Qin Jiufeng straightened his clothes and left without hesitation.

As the empress dowager's bedroom, the Taishang Palace is naturally very magnificent.There is a beautiful back garden closest to the Empress Dowager's dormitory. There is a century-old tree in the garden, and beside the tree is a high wall.This is so difficult... The Ninth Prince performed lightness kung fu and jumped up, and landed steadily under the century-old tree.

Elope, still with a king and queen mother, of course, you need to hide your eyes and ears, and you can't be too arrogant.

Xu is old, and his inner strength is not as deep as before. Qin Jiufeng stood still, but he couldn't breathe smoothly, so he raised his hand and covered his lips and coughed a few times.

This cough affected the whole body, not only was the scarlet overflowing between the fingers, but also the old scar on the arm began to stir up trouble again.

Qin Jiufeng had no choice but to sit down and wipe his hands casually in the weeds beside him.

After wiping it clean, she breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that her breathing gradually returned to normal, and took out from her sleeve the kit that Li Shizhou gave her before his death.

The letter was still the same letter, Qin Jiufeng had read it countless times, and just rubbed it day after day, the whole letter began to look old.

The font remains unchanged, and it is still Li Shizhou's regular and delicate pen marks.

After reading the content again and again, Qin Jiufeng's emotions fluctuated like a dead pool.

"Damn Li Shizhou, die so fast, I can't even catch up with you..." She muttered as she crumpled the letter into a ball, wishing she could stuff it back into Li Shizhou's mouth before smashing the letter.

Just write about the strategy, and when you finish writing, you just want to stir up your feelings, tell her something to live well, wish her a long life, and see you in the next life like this nonsense!

Apart from caring about her baby Jihuang, she really has no attachment to this world.

elopement?She's not young and frivolous, she's already old and doesn't even have a single black hair, so she really can't handle the beautiful story of elopement in the storybook.

That Empress Dowager Wei has been sharp all her life and obsessed with power, so it's no wonder that she really wants to go back to the countryside with her.

Even if Wei Si didn't lie to her and really followed her out of the palace today, she was unwilling to take Wei Si out of the palace, just four words, no waiting after the expiration date!

The day before yesterday, Wei Si officially announced that she would retire to the harem. It was not useless to do so. At least she helped Ji Huang resolve the conflict between mother strong and son weak. Does she believe that Wei Si can go back on his word?The ministers will not agree!

Wei Si has played with her all her life, so she should play with her this time.

Thinking of this, Qin Jiufeng, who was dressed in purple, slowly showed a barely bright smile.

Because the arm injury became more and more unbearable, let alone forced a smile, my breathing also began to become short of breath.

Qin Jiufeng sat cross-legged, finally unable to ignore the injury that had followed her for many years.With the sleeve of the left hand rolled up, the whole arm was black, and the blood vessels protruded as if they would burst at any time, and this large piece of black was surrounded by a small white spot, which was a pinhole-like hole.

In fact, not only Li Shizhou was poisoned that night in Chu Palace, but even she was not spared. It's just that Li Shizhou was quite unlucky, and he couldn't resist without any internal strength.

Seeing blood seals the throat, the poison has no antidote, and death from the poison is inevitable.

In the end, Qin Jiufeng sighed helplessly.The injured arm has become heavier and heavier, and the little internal strength left is constantly being consumed. Finally, the toxicity can no longer be suppressed, and there is no need to suppress it anymore.

Still the same sentence, even if she Qin Jiufeng made great achievements in battle in her life and was a noble prince for a lifetime, she was not alone in the end.

However, if she died in Wei Si's bedroom, Wei Si's expression must be very bright then, right?

No matter, she will be willful this time!

"The scenery of the mountains and rivers is beautiful, but I have no life to enjoy it together. The bright moon is shining on the old man, but I can't see the old man at that time. Everyone, take care of it, there will be no future..."

Qin Jiufeng snorted, her voice getting lower and lower. After smiling at the bedroom not far away, she leaned against the tree roots and closed her eyes. When she fell into the darkness, there seemed to be a ray of light flashing in front of her eyes, like a familiar figure. The distance gradually approached her.

The author has something to say: this life is too bitter, bless the next life, the prince will have a good life.