love palace

As the torrential rain fell, clouds of fog rose up on the red soil road leading to the back door of Jinyan Palace.

Concubine Lan was alone, holding an oilcloth umbrella and wearing a gray cloak, walked through the half-covered palace gate, stepped on the road that almost turned into a small river, and went to the imperial garden in the west - a place where there would be no people at all in this autumn rainy season. Go to the lotus pavilion.

The raindrops fell on the dark green lotus pond, hitting numerous blisters, just like the 'hope' in Shuo Lan's heart, which appeared very quickly and then shattered very quickly.

Last night, she received another secret letter from her concubine, saying that the assassination of Ke Weiqing might have been a mistake.Because the domestic slave no longer contacted her, it is very likely that he has died in Huangquan.

Shuo Lan was very worried that they would reveal the secret, although the concubine mother had repeatedly assured that this was impossible, the three of them swore to die for the palace, and the lives of their wives and children were all in her hands.

But what to do next?Could Ke Weiqing be let off like this?Shuo Lan wanted to see her mother, so she wrote a letter, asking her to meet here tomorrow afternoon.

But I waited and waited, but no one came.Just when she started to panic, Empress Dowager Sun appeared!And it was alone, without any maid.

"The concubine pays her respects to the empress dowager!"

Although Shuo Lan was puzzled, she still pretended to be calm and bowed to salute.Now that the queen mother has no real power in her hands, she is the real uncrowned queen of the palace.

"Lan'er! Aijia asks you, is it true that you and Princess Ke secretly murdered General Ke?" Seeing Shuo Lan in disguise, Empress Dowager Sun understood a little, but she still asked .

Shuo Lan trembled when she heard this.It was as if the rain was pouring on her body, she was cold from head to toe, her almond eyes were wide open, and her brows were frowning.

"Don't deny it, this is Chunmei's evidence to Aijia!" Queen Mother Sun took out a handkerchief and two letters from her sleeve, both of which were wrinkled and wrinkled in the rain.

"This……?"

This is a token from her mother. The swallow represents Ke Weiqing, and the child with the slingshot represents the assassin. This brocade handkerchief was indeed lost. Shuo Lan had looked for it, but she never expected it to be stolen by Chunmei, a lowly maid.

But she doesn't need this veil, but it's hard to deny the correspondence. It's all her handwriting. It's her who asked the mother concubine to disguise the slaves as Dayan soldiers, fight with the army, and wait for the opportunity to assassinate Ke Weiqing.

I didn't expect Chunmei to do such a wonderful job!I treat her well!But... Shuo Lan soon thought of the reason why Chunmei betrayed her.Like those domestic slaves, she has relatives whose lives are in the hands of her concubine mother. She probably saw that the assassination failed, and she was afraid that her concubine would kill her, so she should seek refuge with the queen mother first.

Sure enough, slaves are all sluts, they are unreliable!

Shuo Lan was panicked at first, even if the queen mother had no real power, she would still be the head of the six palaces, but she calmed down now, the queen mother came here alone, which proves that there is still room for turning things around, it just depends on how she sees things up.

"Empress Dowager, the concubine did not deny it, it's just that Chen Zhuang did this purely for the sake of you, Empress Dowager!"

"Why is it for Ai's family? You know that Ke Weiqing is persuading the emperor to return the Phoenix Seal to Ai's family! You still want to assassinate him?"

Although Empress Dowager Sun doesn't like chasing power, she doesn't want to become an insignificant person, especially in the intriguing harem. If she hadn't retained her status as empress dowager, she would have been thrown into the cold palace long ago.

"But he failed, didn't he? He hypocritically pleaded for you, but the emperor ignored him!" Shuo Lan said rudely.

"It doesn't matter whether he is genuine or fake, as long as he is the most punished person around the emperor, he is likely to succeed." Sun Zaihou replied, "You can't beat him now."

"Won't I beat a bitch?"

Shuo Lan already hated Ke Weiqing deeply, but now she was even angrier when she heard what the queen mother said, and said fiercely, "It's not that the queen mother is weak and incompetent, and let this obscene male favorite climb onto the dragon bed of Long Live and act recklessly! "

"Ai, Aijia..." Empress Dowager Sun had never seen Shuo Lan's fierce appearance before, she was so shocked and angry, she couldn't help but said, "Aijia is useless, you will become Concubine Lan? This is what Aijia facilitated !"

"A mere concubine, can I be worthy of me, Ke Shuolan?" Shuolan smiled coldly, and said bluntly, "What I want is the imperial palace! The real head of the six palaces - the master of Fengyin!"

"You are so bold! You actually tried to snatch Ai's phoenix seal in vain?" The Empress Dowager Sun gasped for breath when she was excited.

"Your phoenix seal, what are you? A poor woman who can't even give birth to a son. She can only watch other concubines give birth to dragons for the rest of her life. She has no credit for the royal family. What qualifications do you have to get the phoenix seal? According to me Look, you'd better just stay in the limbo and take care of yourself!" Shuo Lan said viciously.I'm already disgusted with the hypocritical performance of serving the Queen Mother in the past.

"You, you...you are so unruly! Femme fatale! It's just that Aijia misunderstood you!" In her life, Empress Dowager Sun hated people saying that she couldn't have children. Even though the former emperor didn't care, he still loved her very much, but this time Heart disease has already planted deep roots in her heart, causing her great pain.

Originally, she took these evidences of murdering court officials, but she didn't report to the official department, just thinking about the benefits of Shuo Lan in the past, she couldn't bear to see her go to prison, and the marriage between Shuo Lan and the emperor was supervised by her novice .If Concubine Lan was involved in the murder case, she couldn't hold back the empress dowager's face.

But now, Empress Dowager Sun didn't care so much anymore, she held up the letter in extreme annoyance, and shouted, "Aijia wants to show the emperor what kind of face you are!"

"Heh, do you think the emperor still trusts you? You want to kill his male favourite!" Shuo Lan said, she swooped over and snatched the letter from the Queen Mother.

"Presumptuous! Let go!"

Empress Dowager Sun tried her best to dodge, holding Xin to her chest desperately, but she couldn't match Shuo Lan's strength, she had practiced martial arts, her hands and feet were very strong.

"Immortal thing! Bring it to me!" Shuo Lan kicked it hard, and Empress Dowager Sun fell to the ground, screaming in pain, and dropped the letter.

Shuo Lan quickly picked them up and tore them to pieces!Even the Jinpa was bitten and pulled with his teeth, and it was broken into pieces.

"You want to sue me, huh! What do you want to sue?" Shuo Lan said with a sinister smile.

"Come quickly! Concubine Lan is rebellious and rebellious!" Seeing this, the Queen Mother raised her throat and shouted for help.

Surprised, Shuo Lan took the rags and papers in her hand and stuffed them into the Queen Mother's mouth. While beating, she cursed fiercely, "I'll make you scream! I'll make you roar!"

It was raining heavily, and the pavilion was filled with rain, Shuo Lan's cloak was soaked, and the plum blossom makeup on her forehead was deformed, and it was hard to tell whether it was sweat or the rain.

"Drink...huh!" After a while, Shuo Lan felt tired and stopped, but the queen mother had stopped speaking, the phoenix crown fell off, her hair was messy, and her neck was twisted to one side.

"Hey!"

Shuo Lan kicked her, the Queen Mother's body sank like a log, and an ominous premonition came to Shuo Lan's heart.

She reached out and touched the queen mother's neck, her fingers trembled suddenly, the queen mother is dead?

This sudden catastrophe caused Shuo Lan's face to turn pale instantly, and her lips to turn blue!She just wanted to scare the queen mother, but she didn't expect to kill her!

Her heart flustered, her hands trembled violently, and her feet went limp, which made Shuo Lan almost unable to stand up in fright.Although she has seen a lot of dead people, when she was a child, she witnessed her mother and concubine scolding her subordinates with blood and flesh, which was much worse than now!

But this corpse is the Queen Mother!How could the emperor not pursue it?

--Do not!

No, Shuo Lan suddenly thought, even if Queen Mother Sun is alive, the emperor will still investigate the fact that he sent an assassin to assassinate Ke Weiqing!

Grandpa once said that only the dead will not bring trouble to him, and will not satisfy any secrets!

Shuo Lan thought of Zhao Guowei, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down.Looking around, the lotus pavilion is empty, there is rain everywhere, and the ground of the bluestone slabs has become particularly smooth.

She stood up, dug out the shredded paper from the Empress Dowager's mouth, buried it in the flower bed, and then dragged Empress Dowager Sun's arm to pull her towards the pond. Why is the dead person so heavy?It almost made her paralyzed.

There was a loud splash, and the water splashed. The Empress Dowager Sun's body floated a few times in the pond, and then sank quickly.

Here, Shuo Lan has become exceptionally sober.She didn't forget to fake the sign that the queen mother fell into the water, and rubbed hard on the stone slab near the shore, leaving blue shoe prints.He also cut off some water plants, pretending that the queen mother had tried to climb ashore, but failed in the end.

After all this was done, Shuo Lan finished her makeup, put on her cloak, and walked back to Jinyan Palace along the way she came, but she didn't stop there.

On the grounds that the maid stole the jewelry, she captured Chunmei who had fled the country, but without being interrogated by the respect room, she was directly executed with the cane!

Outside the palace, Princess Ke, who was in Yongqing Town, received the news through her eyes and ears, and poisoned Chunmei and the assassin's relatives, old and young, to death. Dissipate cleanly.

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There is no snow in Lingquan in winter, and there are dry and cold drafts everywhere, even in the magnificent palace, it is so cold that even the snot in the nose can be frozen into ice.

The Dayan army invaded here at the end of autumn and captured nearly [-] soldiers.The King of Lingquan ordered the queen, concubines, and even the maids to commit suicide, so that there were women's corpses on the beams of the harem and beside the mouth of the well. It was too horrible to look at!

But the monarch himself hugged the infant prince and fled to hide in a cave in Houshan, but not long after, because of the crying of the baby, he was searched out by Dayan soldiers.

The poor little prince died because the king covered his nose and mouth too hard.The distraught monarch was also put on the prison cart. When the people saw him, they showed no mercy, but threw vegetable leaves and mud, calling him a tyrant and a fool. On the day he was executed, some people set off firecrackers to celebrate.

Huang Ye sat on the throne of Lingquan Kingdom. Although it has always been a subsidiary country, Dayan has never really ruled this land.

By stabilizing the southeast border, we will be able to better defend against the invasions of the Sheng and Xia kingdoms, and vigorously develop sea salt, fishery, and minerals, which will greatly enhance Dayan's national strength.Therefore, the whole army rejoiced.

Some princes and nobles who accompanied the army were even more elated, thinking that their ancestral foundation had been carried forward and reached new heights!

After Huang Ye held the court meeting, he changed the name of Lingquan Country to Xinlingquan County. His 50-year-old uncle, Prince Anrui, guarded the place and allocated [-] troops. In terms of taxation, further implement the policy of 'accommodating exiles and encouraging land reclamation'.

In just one month's time, Camel City has returned to the legendary rich and prosperous place.After entering the winter, Huang Ye decided to return to the capital, but before that, he held a small banquet, Hanyue, which was Ke Weiqing's birthday.

"Congratulations! General Ke! You are the first and youngest commander in the history of Dayan!" Holding a golden cup, Prince Anrui toasted Ke Weiqing who was sitting behind the long table.

"Prince, you have won the prize! Please take a seat." Ke Weiqing got up and gave him the empty seat beside him.The two talked happily over the wine, and it was like a year-end friendship. Before they knew it, they drank a few more glasses of pear blossom wine.Under the royal court, a red-clothed maiko with pink long sleeves and twirling on tiptoe was seducing him with winks, while a dozen or so musicians next to her played very hard.

The audience was full of colorful powder, full of joy, but Huang Ye didn't care to watch it. He glanced at Ke Weiqing's seat on the lower left from time to time, noticing that he had a tendency to get drunk by Prince Anrui, but dissuaded him.

The banquet lasted until midnight, and everyone got some rewards and went away happily.Ke Weiqing supported the long case, feeling something shaking in front of him.

"Wei Qing, are you drunk?" Huang Ye came to Ke Weiqing's side and held his shoulder.

"No, Your Majesty, I'm fine." Ke Weiqing smiled innocently and straightened her back a little.

"Then, you go out for a walk with me, I want to dispel the smell of alcohol." Huang Ye whispered in his ear.

"Okay." The low, mellow noise was really pleasant to the ear. Ke Weiqing felt obsessively the warm breath of Huang Ye, and agreed without thinking.

The two of them walked outside the moonlit hall, and a flaming steed stood on the square. When it saw its master, it pawed the ground excitedly, whined, and sprayed out clouds of white mist.

"Red Shadow! What a guy!" Ke Weiqing ran over with a smile, stroking its fiery red nose. In the siege battle where the arrow rained like a forest, Chi Ying not only jumped up the tower first, but also loyally protected the lord, crushing the archers with iron hooves The chest, and Ke Weiqing's cooperation can be described as seamless.

"Your horse, just lend me a ride." Huang Ye said with a smile, took the rope, and got on the horse.

"Ah." Ke Weiqing wanted to say that Chi Ying's personality was too violent, and he only recognized his master's mount, but what was surprising was that Chi Ying not only did not throw off Huang Ye, but also stood still very obediently.

"What's the matter? You come up too." Huang Ye stretched out his hand, motioning for Ke Weiqing to get on the horse.

"Hmm..." The horse is human, maybe it can see how important Huang Ye is to him, Ke Weiqing thought foolishly, holding that broad and strong palm.

Ke Weiqing was sitting on the back of the horse, Huang Ye hugged him from behind, driving the red shadow, this posture was so intimate, it made Ke Weiqing's face even hotter, even his ears became hot, he bit his lip hard , trying to calm down the quickening heartbeat.

I was still wondering anxiously, would the emperor discover such a violent heartbeat?

Fortunately, Huang Ye quickly clamped the horse's belly, and the red shadow flew far away like an arrow from the string.The rattling of the horse's hooves somewhat concealed Ke Weiqing's chaotic mood.

About ten miles out of the palace, you enter a long valley. Although you can't see the clear scenery in winter, the scattered trees and shrubs grow along the damp cliffs at the bottom of the valley, and they look very lush.

"Where is this going?" It was dark all around, and the road was very narrow. When Ke Weiqing thought this way, Chi Ying made a sharp turn, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

The clear moonlight shines down from the middle of the facing mountains, white as silver, the branches covered with winter frost, the mist is everywhere on the herbs, and the spring water jingles, this is a hot spring.

"Go down and take a bath." Huang Ye said, and got off the horse first.

"Qin?" Ke Weiqing also jumped down, hesitantly speaking, "In this kind of place... I should call someone first..."

The emperor's bathing was not as casual as that of ordinary people. The eunuchs and court ladies had to take turns to serve him, and several boxes had to be filled with combs of different materials. Ke Weiqing was not prepared for these things.

In addition, although this place is very remote, there is no guarantee that there will be no assassins, and the guards have to be called to guard the outside of the valley...

"Wei Qing, when you arrange those things, it will be dawn." Huang Ye saw through Ke Weiqing's thoughts at a glance, and took off the gold silk dragon robe and the moccasin shoes without hesitation.

The moonlight like water outlines his tall and straight figure. When the yellow silk obscene clothes are removed, it looks like carved out of marble. The strong and solid muscles of the neck and back extend to the arms, perfectly displayed.

Normally, the emperor in dragon robes already looked tall and heroic.But now, there is a kind of suffocating majestic courage, not only as a man, but also reminiscent of wild and dangerous beasts like tigers, leopards and lions.

Ke Weiqing felt not only his heartbeat, but also his breathing became heavy.

"If you stand there all the time, you will freeze to death." Huang Ye was naked, knowing that Ke Weiqing was staring at his naked back, but still walked slowly into the hot spring.

"Ah! I, I don't need it!" Again, even 'Chen' forgot to say, Ke Weiqing's panic at this time is hard to describe in words, he turned his red face and faced the red shadow.

"As for the clothes, I have brought them, so you don't have to worry." Huang Ye's deep voice pierced through the foggy breeze and reached Ke Weiqing's ears.

"Huh?" Only then did Ke Weiqing see a silk bundle hanging from the back of the saddle. When he opened it, he found that there were obscene clothes, a cape, white socks, soap horns, and a comb...they were well prepared.

"The emperor wanted to soak in the hot spring early in the morning?" Ke Weiqing thought to himself.

"Wei Qing, take my dragon crown and put it away." Huang Ye said leisurely.

He was half leaning on a boulder, his waist was in the water, and he was holding the untied golden crown in one hand, which was in the shape of a dragon wound with more than a hundred taels of gold wire, and the longan's eyes were made of rubies.

"Yes!" Ke Weiqing re-tied his bag and wanted to pick up the Golden Dragon Crown, but Huang Ye was always on the other side of the spring, so he had to take off his leather armor, shoes and socks, rolled up his trouser legs, and waded across the water.

"Hold it well." Huang Ye held up the heavy golden crown, his long black hair was hanging on his broad shoulders, Huang Ye's impeccably handsome face was overshadowed by the moonlight covering him.

"Yeah!" Ke Weiqing suppressed his fluttering mood, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, but he didn't touch the golden crown, only to see it shake and fall into the water!

"Oops!" Ke Weiqing yelled, and turned to fish, but Huang Ye reached out faster, grabbed his wrist, wrapped his other arm around his waist, pressed his lips close together, and with a loud crash, he was caught. Throw yourself in the hot springs!

There was a sea of ​​blisters in front of him, and in the panic, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the slowly sinking golden dragon crown. Ke Weiqing stretched out his hand towards it, and his slender fingers seemed to be about to grab it.

But instead of the Golden Dragon Crown, it was Huang Ye's hand. He held Ke Weiqing's fingers without politeness, intertwined fingers, and alternately pressed them against a rock wall at the bottom of the pool.

Everything in front of him became blurred, and his heart was beating so fast that even the sound of water couldn't cover it. Ke Weiqing couldn't adjust his breath because of this, and his chest felt extremely uncomfortable!

In the midst of the chaos, something tightly sealed his lips, and a hot breath was sent in forcefully.

"Well……!"

The strong infuriating energy relieved his suffocating pain, but his consciousness soon came back to him. He opened his eyes wide, and what he saw was Huang Ye's black and dense eyelashes, and his brows could not help but frown...

"Why...?" When he was about to struggle, his angry tongue suddenly came in, and Ke Weiqing's trembling tongue was quickly captured, followed by domineering and persistent sucking repeatedly.From the shallow to the deep, bit by bit all of Ke Weiqing, and he is not allowed to resist a single bit!

After the affectionate and intimate kiss was over, Ke Weiqing had no strength to resist, and was almost hugged by Huang Ye and rushed out of the water.

"Ha-huh!" Ke Weiqing was holding a stone, gasping for breath, his face was flushed red like a fire.

And Huang Ye picked up the golden crown without anything else, put it on the stone beside him, and then approached Ke Weiqing again.

"I can do it every day...anytime." Huang Ye said suddenly, "It doesn't matter where, as long as the object is you."

"What, what?" Ke Weiqing couldn't understand what the emperor said, and was still out of breath.

"Last time you asked me, I haven't touched you for so long, can I not do it?" Huang Ye leaned against a rock, sat in the water, and looked at Ke Weiqing who was drenched all over.

"Ah?" Ke Weiqing remembered, and bit her lips in embarrassment, but because she was numb from the kiss, she couldn't feel any pain.

"Because it's you, that's why I endured so hard." Huang Ye said quite straightforwardly, "I don't want to see your butt hurt, and you can't even ride Chiying."

"Well, if this is the case, then don't do it." Ke Weiqing said angrily, blushing.

"This can't be done, I can't do it." Huang Ye stared at Ke Weiqing with burning eyes, and said more bluntly, "As long as I see you, I will have desire."

"you!"

"You're also a man, so you should know what it means to be on fire, can't you help it?"

"I have no idea!"

"Then, Wei Qing, is there a way for you to leave my side?" Huang Ye asked, seeming to smile wryly, "Maybe this will stop me from wanting to hug you so much."

"...!" Ke Weiqing was dumbfounded, letting him leave Huangye would be better than dying in battle.

"You can't do it, can you?" Huang Ye looked at Ke Weiqing and said with certainty, "Because you said that you will follow me for the rest of your life."

"Your Majesty..." Ke Weiqing lowered his eyelids, his lips were trembling.

"Come here, lean on me." Huang Ye said softly, "It's really cold here."

Ke Weiqing stood up abruptly, water droplets slipped from his cheeks and hair, causing countless ripples.He seemed to be trembling slightly. On the battlefield, even in the face of thousands of troops roaring towards him, he would not back down in the slightest.

This sense of haste, panic, and shame can only emerge in front of Huang Ye, and it is endless!Ke Weiqing desperately wanted to escape, but couldn't resist Huang Ye's order.

Sitting beside Huang Ye, with the hot spring over his shoulders, Ke Weiqing looked down at the steaming water, feeling a bit dull in his chest, and even more tense.

"I like the emperor, from the past..." I really want to say it in my heart, but I can't say it, and I can't show it. Ke Weiqing feels that he is so despicable, making the emperor think that he is a loyal courtier, but holding this Dirty thoughts.

The emperor had a desire for himself, could it be that he inadvertently leaked this kind of heartfelt voice?

Ke Weiqing would have such worries, so he didn't want Huang Ye to touch his body even more.

"I will guard you forever." Ke Weiqing said suddenly, her voice hoarse.

"I know." Huang Ye responded softly, the moonlight was misty, and the flowing water washed the bodies of the two of them, making them very comfortable.

"I... Your Majesty..." Ke Weiqing buried his head, talking vaguely.

"Alas..." Huang Ye sighed leisurely, stretched out his arms, hugged Ke Weiqing into his arms, then pinched his chin, lowered his head, and kissed him.