empress and princess

—— "Will Yiai's family's way of handling things leave hidden dangers for Daqin? No."

——"Chu Peisi must die. Only when she dies can the state of Chu truly pass away."

The Empress Dowager Wei deserves to be an eagle at the top, always standing on the highest point overlooking everyone, such a powerful man, although he lives in the harem of women, he can hardly conceal his vigorous ambitions.Empress Dowager Wei has persisted in her belief for decades, a belief that no one can shake, and she never hesitated or flinched when she was ruthless for her belief.

The grand princess of Chu State, who is famous for her intelligence and intelligence, didn't even find out when she was tricked into the scheme and when she became the Empress Dowager Wei.At that time, the few words they exchanged, the Empress Dowager Wei had already teased the eldest princess so much that she couldn't sleep and eat, and her heart was full of knots in the days to come.

How can you not be tender and full of knots?

On one side is his sweetheart Qin Jihuang, who has always resisted all opinions and vowed to keep her by his side. For this reason, he did not hesitate to confront his mother, openly turned against the court officials, and devoted himself regardless of past suspicions. The life of Chu Peisi, the only bloodline of the deceased emperor's brother, is in jeopardy.

This time it's time to choose between life and death again, how can Chu Huaimin stay in the enemy's Qin Palace without worry?Obviously not.

Since meeting Empress Dowager Wei that day, during the next two months, summer and autumn alternated. In his free time, Chu Huaimin would often sit alone in the courtyard of the Changxing Palace. Apart from enjoying the coolness and admiring the autumn flowers, he would just stare at the withered yellow leaves falling from the treetops. , floating in the air for a moment with the wind and finally returning to the root scene, at this time her heart will be confused, and she often looks back on her life.

This life has been full of ups and downs, and I can't count how many times I can't help myself.

In the season of May, the weather is not very hot, and the wind blowing is still accompanied by wisps of chill.Chu Huaimin gathered the brocade clothes, and after sitting for a long time, the wind blew up her untied black hair, covering half of her face.His thoughts were not interrupted at this time, they were still disturbed, it was difficult to be quiet, so Chu Huaimin lowered his head and sighed lightly.Lamented her life, so ups and downs, so parting wonderful.

Although Chu Huaimin did not participate in the government affairs, Qin Jihuang came to ask for opinions on many things, which made her want to avoid it.

Although Qin Jihuang reported good news but not bad news, she had heard a little about it in the harem.

King Qin began to seize real power.

Even if the Empress Dowager Wei retreated to the harem, there were many parties in the court, and King Qin could not completely control the power for a while.

At this critical juncture, Chu Huaimin hardly ever left the Changxing Palace, she knew that she could just keep herself safe.Qin Jihuang has her own things to do, she is very busy all day long, and she seldom talks about love. Of course, Chu Huaimin also has unfinished things, so she doesn't want that person to distract her, let alone let him talk about it .

So Chu Huaimin sat alone in the courtyard, slowly reviewing his life.

Those years of war are still a scene of hell when I think about it.

In the first half of my life, I have been hurt, hated, cried, struggled, entangled, ups and downs, and felt helpless and deeply guilty. These are all common things.

There are some words that Chu Huaimin can only hide in his heart, and he can't say them out.

Because whenever faced with a choice, even if she was in a desperate situation and had to ask someone for help, she always put that person's options at the back, just like this time.

There is guilt, but there is no regret.

Because in Chu Huaimin's cognition, there is a family and a country before one can exist.She is the princess of Chu State, and the common people support her and respect her. Chu Huaimin was raised and worshiped by the common people of Chu State, so she should be the ghost of Chu State after her death.Therefore, the righteousness of the family and the country and the personal relationship between the children should naturally choose the righteousness of the family and the country. Even if there is a chance to choose again, she is obliged to go through fire and water for the righteousness of the family and the country.

Family and personal love, that day Qin Jihuang asked her if she was willing to go with her, and that person also said that if there was no place for Chu Huaimin in the world, if he came to her, she would protect Chu Huaimin's life without any worries, but Chu Huaimin Min finally chose the former.

She gave up again and again, but Qin Jihuang did not give up again and again.Who is more ruthless?

But there is not only one love word between them.

There are still too many entanglements between the two of them, and these entanglements can no longer be sorted out clearly in this life.

They really love and hate each other, and hate is no less than love, but that fool Qin Wang is too obsessed, he would rather pretend to be confused to the end, even if he knows they are impossible, he will fight for them desperately.

Chu Huaimin thought more than once, where does love come from?After plotting and betraying again and again, they can still love and hate each other.Love is like those intricate entanglements, she can't even figure it out.

The owed Jun En is not clear in this life, and I am afraid that he will not be clear in the next life.

Chu Huaimin has a cold personality, and was born in such a scheming palace. Coupled with his parents' early death and his elder brother's cowardice, he naturally developed the habit of being calm and introverted, talking less and doing more, and he doesn't like to talk to others.Even after so many years, Qin Jihuang has never heard her heartfelt words a few times, never got Chu Huaimin to say I like you.

Being vulnerable and helpless, pouring out your heart, and giving yourself to others without reservation, these are the fatal wounds of life in a cruel palace. Of course, Chu Huaimin will not allow himself to expose his flaws and let others take advantage of them.

Chu Huaimin was actually unwilling to lose Chu State to Qin State.

In terms of wit and strategy, she won't lose to Qin Jihuang, at most she will be tied. She is slightly inferior to Queen Mother Wei, but she admits it, but it doesn't mean she will lose.

No matter how powerful a person is, they will have their own weaknesses, and Queen Mother Wei is no exception.When Queen Mother Wei set up this life-and-death chess game, it was earth-shattering and weeping ghosts and gods. After learning about it, Chu Huaimin also doubted it for a long time. It was not until Queen Mother Wei showed up that she believed in this game of chess. At the same time, she also found the key to breaking the game.

How every move in the whole game of chess is played, it is not difficult to see that it revolves around one person, and this person is the key to breaking the game, and this person is also the weakness of the Empress Dowager Wei——Qin Jihuang.

Her daughter is the Empress Dowager Wei's weakness.As long as Qin Jihuang dies, there will be no backbone on the chessboard, and no matter how earth-shattering the game will be, the situation of the world will never continue to favor Qin. This is definitely a chess game with both danger and opportunity.As long as there is an accident in a certain link, leading to the death of King Qin, the final result will be ugly.So Mrs. Wei is really a lunatic in the aftermath. She put her daughter's life as a bet and was really desperate.

But in the end, Empress Dowager Wei is more clever than Chu Huaimin in calculating people's hearts. She is right. According to Chu Huaimin's temperament, she is likely to give up fighting to the death. will save her life.

So Empress Dowager Wei won and Chu Huaimin lost.

On a bright afternoon, with dead branches and fallen leaves flying all over the sky, Chu Huaimin looked at the half-bare tree thoughtfully. After looking at it for a long time, sometimes a sudden thought would startle her into a cold sweat.

She thought of that, Qin Jihuang is the king, and she has far-sighted plans, so naturally she must consider for Daqin's foundation.Although the state of Chu was destroyed, the nobles of the state of Chu were not willing to submit to the state of Qin. How did they gather secret messages in private, how did they send people to persuade the eldest princess Chu Huaimin, including how to buy people's hearts and plan to oppose Qin in the future? It was impossible for Ji Huang not to find out.

Qin Jihuang's heart is like a mirror, but she has never suppressed the nobles of Chu State, not even a word.

Chu Huaimin knew very well that the man took her feelings into consideration and gave her a bit of a slap in the face, but this did not mean that one day in the future, Qin Jihuang would not do anything.The words are still the same, she is the king, not the king of Chu Huaimin alone, she is the emperor of the Great Qin Kingdom, and will not be controlled by anyone after all.

I remember that they rode together on the day they returned to the city and entered the palace.Qin Jihuang said in person that there is no right or wrong in this world, it's just that different positions and actions are different, and that's probably what it means.Chu Huaimin understood this truth, and of course he could understand that Queen Mother Wei wanted Pei Si to die, which was not too much from Qin's standpoint.

But Chu Huaimin is not a submissive temperament, she will never accept it.

Another month later, Chu Huaimin flipped through the old almanac and silently counted the number of days before the number outlined in cinnabar.Waiting day after day, when that day finally arrived, Chu Huaimin immediately burned incense and took a bath, then changed into neat clothes, and went to visit the Supreme Palace in a refreshing manner.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Wei was standing on the bridge in the back garden, her eyebrows and eyes were always slightly curved, and she was holding fish food in her hand, and she sprinkled handfuls of fish food on the lake surface, causing the red carps to splash and splash desperately, scrambling for food. Of.

If it weren't for the empress dowager's face being much older and her hair more gray, Chu Huaimin would really have thought that the empress dowager Wei had a pretty good life recently after seeing this scene.

Chu Huaimin walked lightly to her side and shoulder to shoulder, and didn't say anything to disturb the Queen Mother Wei's interest in feeding. Standing on the bridge, she also watched a group of fish robbing her for food, and soon she saw that the fish were almost fed, so she spoke softly Voice: "I'm here to say goodbye."

Wei Si paused, and immediately took the handkerchief Chu Huaimin handed over to wipe her hands, and asked in surprise, "Are you leaving now?"

"I should do what I should do."

"What should you do?" Wei Si followed this sentence, thought for a moment, then shook her head: "The Ai family really can't think of what you should do, isn't what you should do now is to cooperate with Ji Huang to pull the trigger together Sad family?"

Chu Huaimin sent a smile when he heard the words: "To be honest, I really want to take this opportunity to overthrow you, let you down completely, and taste the feeling of losing your favorite. But this is not what I should do. This It's the queen mother, you and the king of Qin, and your internal affairs of the Qin country have nothing to do with me."

Mother and daughter turn against each other, isn't this a great pain in life?

Wei Si chuckled lightly: "The Ai family has already tasted the feeling of losing their favorite, so I am not afraid to taste the feeling of losing anything." After saying this, she carefully folded the handkerchief and returned it to Chu Huaimin, her eyes still soft "Ai Jia remembers that King Qin also has a piece of the color handkerchief in your hand. The workmanship and embroidery are exactly the same, and she puts it on her chest. She really puts you at ease. If you leave Qin Palace, she will be very sad. , her efforts for you will be in vain. And Aijia can only express her great regret, you can't step on Aijia with your own hands, and you can't be the queen of Qin, and you can't be written in the history of Qin for the rest of your life."

A warm pillow in vain, it's not just as simple as being sad.Chu Huaimin was only stung by the first half of these words, fell silent, clenched the handkerchief tightly in his sleeve, and asked lightly: "Has the queen mother ever regretted it?"

"Many people have asked me this question, but most of them I don't want to answer. I have responded to Li Shizhou's words, and I can answer you today." Wei Si said softly, looking directly into Chu Huaimin's eyes, and said a word Straight to the heart again! "It's done, it's a great achievement. It's lost, it's just a handful of loess."

It's done, the achievements are tens of thousands of years, and the defeat is nothing more than a handful of loess.

Understood.

The Empress Dowager Wei didn't care about the queen's regret at all, she only cared about failure and success.

After all, the Empress Dowager Wei, who was able to fight for her own daughter, [-] lives are nothing in her eyes, but it is the Empress Dowager Wei who has set foot on the road to success.

Chu Huaimin lowered her head, how could she smash her teeth and swallowed back this breath, only felt the bitter and bloody taste on the tip of her tongue, after a long stalemate, she finally bent down and saluted Wei Si slowly: "In that case, Everyone has their own aspirations, and I have nothing to say. Hereby, Huai Min wishes Empress Dowager Wei great achievements, eternal dominance, eternal fame, and... endless loneliness!" She should have gritted her teeth at the last sentence.

Wei Si smiled and accepted her congratulations just like that. "Why don't you wait any longer? Jihuang vigorously promotes the reform, and in three to five years, you will be able to be together in a legitimate way. At that time, the Ai family will never be able to stop you."

Chu Huaimin straightened up and raised his head: "I've made up my mind."

"Must go?"

"I have to go."

"When are we leaving?"

"Morning."

The two were silent for a while.

"Okay, very good." Wei Si finally opened her mouth, stroking Chu Huaimin's shoulder with her hand, as gentle as a kind elder: "There are many things in this world, if you do it against the sky, you will not be comfortable in the end, it will be painful. Concubine Chu's favor in this palace may not be a good thing, and choosing to leave the palace may not be wise to protect herself."

She leaned over and listened to Chu Huaimin and said again: "Peisi is still young, so she can't listen to foul language. She is a good child, but if she has been infected with her ears since she was a child and listened to too many bad words, she will definitely be full of resentment towards Daqin in the future." , No one can guess what she will look like in the future. One day she is in the palace, one day is a hidden danger for Daqin, you take her by your side to take care of her, Aijia can rest assured."

The voice was so deaf, Chu Huaimin breathed a little harder, but he couldn't say any smart words anymore.

The two stood side by side for a long time, each having their own thoughts.After the group of fish at the bottom of the lake finished eating, they flicked their tails to the surface of the water a few times, and soon dispersed.

"The Empress Dowager cherishes it."

"You are precious too."

After this sentence, the conversation ended, Chu Huaimin turned around, and walked down the stone bridge slowly.Wei Si on the bridge looked at her back, vaguely saw the girl from back then, and said that she was happy that she would go back to Qin's Mi Xi with her.His eyes gradually turned red, and finally a trace of sadness arose in his heart: "Excuse me, Concubine Chu, where are you going from now on?"

Chu Huaimin paused for a moment without looking back, and then said in response: "Wandering around the world, the world is home." There was no trace of hesitation in this sentence.

Good boy.

Mi Xi's daughter.

Wei Si waved her hand, her brows and eyes were still bent, and she actually smiled with two faint tears.She also chased after her: "Concubine Chu, don't worry! Wei Si will definitely enjoy the loneliness in the world."

Subjugate?How can a noble person be a slave?

Will not die.

****

On the day when she entered the city and entered the palace, Qin Jihuang asked her: What is the purpose of you returning to Qin with me?

When Chu Huaimin heard this, he panicked for a moment.Because she really had a purpose, not simply following that person back to Qin.

Chu Huaimin has three purposes.

First, take the life of the Ninth Prince as promised, and second, meet with the mastermind behind the scenes, all of which have been completed.

As for the final purpose...

Tonight, the wind is clear and the moon is bright again.There was a message from Shu Yudian, saying that King Qin would be busy for another hour and could not return to the palace in time. King Qin asked Concubine Chu to rest early if she was sleepy, and not to wait for her.

Concubine Chu didn't wait any longer, and used her lightness kung fu to sneak out of the palace.

The night was getting deep again, and the crooked moon in the sky sometimes disappeared, and sometimes it bloomed like silver through the clouds; before Chu Huaimin arrived at the gate of King Qi's mansion, a mess of movements could be heard from a distance.It wasn't that they were in a panic, but that the mansion was full of joy, because half a year after the old prince passed away, Prince Qi's mansion finally ushered in a new life.

People coming in and out of the east wing came out with pots of blood, and the child hadn't landed in the mother's womb.The people in the mansion were both happy and anxious. Under such circumstances, no one noticed that there was an extra person in the remote place.The man stood there all the time, listening and watching, and raised his head when he was tired, watching the erratic moon very patiently.

Later, the situation was not right, and a stable woman ran out and was very panicked, shouting that something bad happened, the princess was exhausted and almost fainted, she really had no strength, and had a dystocia.In desperation, Wen Po hurriedly asked where Lord Qi was, and hurried out to make up his mind.

But unfortunately, Prince Qi entered the palace today, and at this time he was rushing back, when he heard the news that the princess was having a difficult labor on the way, he almost fainted.

"How's it going? How's the princess! Where's the child?" Qin Mingyue asked when she caught someone yelling as soon as she stepped into the gate.

Those who were grabbed by him and asked just opened their mouths, before they had time to explain, Prince Qi disappeared in the blink of an eye.The man didn't stop at all, and rushed to the east wing.

Qin Mingyue panicked, but he didn't see any sad tone all the way, everyone was relieved and even smiled, he finally came to his senses and strode into the yard with cold sweat on his face: "Where's the child? !"

Wen Po immediately greeted her: "My lord, you are back home, you don't know, thanks to Miss Chu's ingenious hand..."

Afterwards, what Wen Po said didn't catch Qin Mingyue's ears, and she froze in place as if she had been frozen.In front of the door of the East Wing, a woman in white looked as cold as usual, and he was familiar with the swaddling baby of that 'thing' in both hands. It was not long ago that the princess was pregnant, and he had prepared it early.

The hairs on Qin Mingyue's back stood on end, her joy was completely diluted, and she was speechless for a moment, as if stuck in her throat: "You..."

The concubine Chu who was supposed to be in the palace, unexpectedly appeared in his mansion in the middle of the night!

"Congratulations King Qi, you have won a small princess." Chu Huaimin announced the good news in a cold voice.

Qin Mingyue shivered violently.

"What do you want to do? The child is innocent! You came at me..." Once he entered the side room, he finally couldn't help it, trembling all over, and only had his child in his eyes.

Chu Huaimin quickly dodged him and swooped in, holding the infant firmly in his arms, and said, "Give me back the edict of abdication."

"Here it is! Here it is..." Qin Mingyue knew that she was no match for Chu Huaimin after losing her martial arts, so she immediately turned around, frantically waved away the books on the case, frantically rummaged through the files to find the edict of abdication, and threw it to Chu Huaimin. "Give me the child!"

"Your child, I will return it to you. But the blood account between us should be settled properly, Lord Qi."

The candlelight was dim, Chu Huaimin stood in the corner and disappeared into the night, she spoke every word without any movement of the corners of her lips, but she spoke very seriously.

Qin Mingyue was startled: "Are you here for revenge?"

"Yes."

"Why, why are you looking for me? I'm just a pawn, why are you all refusing to let me go? What does Wei Si want to do? She promised to save my life! Chu Huailang was not killed by me, Really, you believe me! I didn't kill him, he..."

Qin Mingyue panicked and screamed louder and louder, but looking at the little person in Chu Huaimin's arms, it was the hope of Prince Qi's mansion, and in the end he covered his face and collapsed first.

The old prince died, and the Li family also collapsed. He knew that there was no one in this world to protect him.

In the past, he was greedy, thinking that he could beat Qin Jihuang and the Queen Mother Wei, and even had the illusion that he planned the night palace change to abolish Qin Jihuang's martial arts and drive Qin Jihuang out. Gong, he, Qin Mingyue, really took back the throne.

At that moment, he had a feeling of elation, and that kind of feeling of astonishment made him go crazy, and finally made him feel that he was no longer the shadow of others, no longer a servant who was ordered around at will!

But he was wrong, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't beat Queen Mother Wei.Then it's not a person!terrible.Hope turned into despair in an instant. Because of this, he lost his martial arts and lost a little finger. Qin Mingyue also completely gave up.

But the sins committed will always pay the price.Qin Mingyue was complacent at the time, and forced Chu Huailang to death, and even ridiculed Chu Huaimin afterwards, because he was so ignorant that he never expected the day when he would really be abandoned.He has offended so many people that no one wants him to live on.

Qin Mingyue is not afraid of death, and it's not that she has never thought about death.

But now that he has a child, he is a father for the first time, he has a bond, he...doesn't want to die.

Qin Mingyue completely collapsed, could it be that two words of regret can save her, it's too late.While weeping bitterly, he stretched out his hand and begged, "Let me hug her."

"I hug her..."

I don't know how long it took, the side room returned to silence, the candlelight was still dim, and there was a trace of blood in the air.

The swaddling baby was placed next to Qin Mingyue, very well-behaved, sleeping soundly with her eyes closed.Two figures suddenly jumped down from the beam, one picked up the child, and the other stepped forward to check the knife marks on Qin Mingyue's neck, and after confirming that she committed suicide, she sighed: "In this life, Lord Qi is also a poor man."

The other woman glanced at him, saw that Qin Mingyue was covered in blood, and was quite miserable, so she said: "Poor people must have something to hate."

"Fortunately, the child is fine, and he almost came late, otherwise it would be difficult for us to go back to the master, but Miss Xia, tell me, how can our master guess so accurately, isn't it..."

"You shut up. Hurry up and wait to be discovered?"

The two completed the task, and left Qi Wang's mansion with the child in their arms.

At the same time, in a tea shed not far from King Qi’s mansion, a young man was also holding a sleeping child, pulling the sleeve of a woman in white with one hand, and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness, let’s go back to the Kingdom of Chu together! The King of Qin named me King of Chu!" , The scope of jurisdiction is not small, and there are still some soldiers and horses in Chu, so we can recharge our batteries and make a comeback in the future."

"Since I have become the king of Chu, I should think about it for the people of Chu. The idea of ​​​​restoring the country is not allowed in the future. You remember, I am just a grassroots, no longer the princess of Chu, and it is impossible to make a comeback in the future. I still hate Chu. Is the land not chaotic enough? Is it true that the King of Qin does not know their actions?" Chu Huaimin snapped back his sleeves, "Go back to Chu and take good care of the people and those people."

Zhou Qiansheng looked down at Pei Si and then at her: "Your Highness won't return to Chudi, then you..."

"I have my own plans."

"Your Highness, I will treat the common people well, but Your Highness...Your Highness, wait a minute! I have finally come out, do you want to go back?" Zhou Qiansheng hurriedly called her to stop.

"I'll come out in an hour."

After saying this, the person left, and Chu Huaimin's figure gradually disappeared into the night.

On the horizon, the moonlight is just right.