After the subjugation of the country, she became the favorite concubine of the enemy

Early in the morning, an old woman in Yedi returned home after shopping for groceries. When she walked to the door of her house, she found that the door was ajar.

It was even more strange to open the door and go in. The house was surprisingly quiet. When I walked in, I found that the whole family was bound hands and feet, their mouths were stuffed with cloth, and two people held them down with knives.

"You! What are you doing!"

Another person came out of the back room, also holding a sword in his hand, with a stern expression, it was easy to associate him with the killer.

"I'll just ask you a question, as long as you answer it honestly, no one will die today."

The old woman was so frightened that her hands were shaking, "I don't know anything, I really don't know anything."

The killer sneered, "I haven't asked anything yet, how do you know you don't know?"

The old woman took a step back guiltily.

The killer took a step forward with his sword in hand and asked, "You told others before that Concubine Duanguo Mei was the former Tang lady of the Ling Mansion, is that true?"

The old woman dodged her eyes a few times, "Yes, it's true."

The killer lowered his voice and said, "I'll give you another chance, think about it before you speak."

Although the old woman felt guilty, she still replied, "It's true."

The killer stopped talking, raised his sword and slashed at the oldest man among the bound people. The old man fell to the ground without closing his eyes.

"Ah! old man! old man!"

The old woman was about to rush over, but was stopped by the killer, who pushed her to the ground forcefully, picked up tea from the table and threw her face to calm her down.

He said coldly, "As long as you lie once, I'll kill one person. I'll ask you again, is Concubine Mei of Duanguo the Tang lady of Lingfu?"

The old woman didn't dare to lie anymore, she broke down and shook her head and shouted, "No! No! There has never been a Tang lady in Ling's residence. Someone gave me money to make me say that. I really don't know anything!"

The killer asked again, "Then, besides Ling Xiche and Ling Qiyuan, who are the younger generation of the Ling family?"

The old woman didn't dare to hide it, and said, "No, there is no one else. General Ling's parents died early. I don't know if he has any brothers and sisters alive in this world. It's not something our servants can ask, but at least he hasn't been to the mansion." Brothers and sisters who are still in contact, I know this. I am telling the truth, please, let us go."

The killer thought for a while and then asked, "Who are the close friends in the boudoir who have a particularly good relationship with Miss Ling's family?"

The old woman still shook her head, "Miss, she has a breezy temper and doesn't like red makeup, but she has a high spirit. Among the official ladies of her age, she doesn't get along very well. Miss, she doesn't have any close friends in her boudoir."

Seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, the killer put away his sword, and winked at the two people behind him, who also put away their swords and came over.

"Boss, do you want to clean them up?" one of them asked.

The killer looked at the old woman who kept shaking her head, and said, "It's not necessary, let's go back and report to the emperor."

end country.

On the eve of the enshrining of Zen in Shengshan, everything has been prepared.

Although Shen Chen still hoped that Ling Xiche would be the one who could climb the altar of Shengshan with him, but in this troubled time, for the sake of safety, he finally compromised and agreed to let Xu Guifei temporarily replace the queen to climb the mountain to enshrine the Zen.

The auspicious clothes to be worn on the day of Feng Chan have been sent to the Changqiu Hall of the noble concubine. The auspicious clothes are made according to the queen's dress specifications, and the phoenix pattern is embroidered on the dress.

The imperial concubine looked at the dress, slowly admiring it, and finally averted her eyes.There are only two days left until the Feng Chan Grand Ceremony, and it's time to do it now.

Turn around and go to the bedroom to get the bottle of poison called Hongmeizui, and hide it in the sleeve.

"Lian'er, come with me to the Ministry of Rites. I'm going to check the things Feng Chan needs again."

"Yes, ma'am."

Concubine Xu Guifei brought Lian'er to the warehouse of the Ministry of Rites, turned away everyone, and let Lian'er let the wind outside, she walked straight to a pair of finely crafted cups inlaid with gemstones.

The last part of the Fengchan ceremony is that the emperor and empress stand on the altar and drink the holy water that has been sacrificed together.The holy water will be directly taken from Shengchuan on the day of Fengchan and put on the altar. There are many people watching the whole process. It can be placed on the utensils, which is what Uncle Xu Guo told her to do a few days ago.

There are two gold cups, one with a dragon embossed on the base, which is for the emperor, and the other cup with a phoenix embossed at the bottom, which is for the queen.

The imperial concubine picked up the cup used by the queen, took out the bottle of poison and smeared a layer in the cup.

This is a cup for drinking holy water, and no one else can use it except the empress.

After waiting for a while, the layer of faint red poison that was applied has dried up.The imperial concubine picked up the cup and smelled it. Originally, the medicine had a clear fragrance of plum blossoms, but now the fragrance has also faded, and it is almost unscentable.

The imperial concubine hid the remaining medicine in her sleeves and went out. Although she was flustered, she still tried her best to pretend that she didn't care about anything.

Walking on the road, he saw a step ahead, gritted his teeth, and intentionally slipped his foot when going up the step.

In Chenle Palace, Ling Xiche had just changed his clothes and was about to go out for a walk, when someone brought a bunch of things over, which seemed to be a whole set of fancy clothes and some jewelry.

"What are you doing?"

The leading maid saluted and said, "Go back to Concubine Mei, the maidservant came here at the order of the Empress Dowager. The concubine has sprained her foot, and she might not be able to go out for the ceremony the day after tomorrow, so the Empress Dowager decided to let Concubine Mei take her place temporarily."

"A sprained foot? When did it happen?"

"Just earlier today."

The maid spoke and gestured to the other maids, and the other maids gathered around Ling Xiche.

"Concubine Mei, please let the servants serve you to try on the dress. If there is something inappropriate, I can ask the embroiderer to quickly modify it."

Ling Xiche was almost forcibly stripped of his clothes by them.Because the coat is originally a style with a wide tail, it is okay to wear, but the inner coat is too short and the shoulders are narrow.

Several maids helped Ling Xiche measure again, then recorded Ling Xiche's size, and left in a hurry.

When Shen Chen came back, he bumped into the maids who had left, and asked Ling Xiche, "What's going on?"

"Don't you know? The imperial concubine said that she sprained her foot and couldn't go to the Zen ceremony, so the queen mother let me go."

Shen Chen looked quite happy, "Isn't this very good?"

Ling Xiche frowned, "Are you okay? But I always feel that something is not right."

Shen Chen hugged him, "Xi Che, you are always too nervous. She wants to attend this Feng Chan ceremony with me so much. The one who sprained her foot is probably the one who hurts the most. This is probably a conspiracy in your eyes." ?"

Ling Xiche took a deep breath, "I hope it's true that I'm too weak."

Zhao country.

Inside the Wangyue Pavilion, the Seventeenth Shadow Guard was reporting the news he had found to Yu Chirui.

Yu Chirui picked up his wine glass and took a sip of the wine to suppress his shock.

"Are you sure what she said later is the truth?"

"Judging from my subordinate's years of experience, yes, she didn't lie about what she said later."

Yu Chirui nodded slightly while thinking, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"In your heart, do you have a guess as to who Concubine Mei is? Tell me."

The Seventeenth Shadow Guard said, "Concubine Mei is from the Ling family. She is related to the Ling family of General Zhen Guo of Ye Kingdom, and she has a very good personal relationship with Princess Jin Ling Qiyuan. It seems that this all points to one person, is..."

"Ling Xiche." Yu Chirui spat out the name lightly, his eyes still calm and calm.

"Your Majesty, isn't this too unbelievable?"

Yu Chirui looked sideways into the distance, "It's okay. But it's not without benefits, at least, I don't have to think about how to get rid of Concubine Mei and how to deal with Ling Xiche."

The shadow guard also said, "Yes, it took a lot of effort for my subordinates to find Hongmei Zui, and even sent it to Uncle Xu Guo of Duanguo. Uncle Xu Guo should make good use of it."

"Hey! It's you again!"

Yu Chirui and Ying Wei looked at the source of the sound at the same time, and it was Zhao Jihe without any surprise.

Zhao Jihe ran over and pulled Yu Chirui's sleeve, "Why didn't you tell me where you were going? You made it easier for me to find."

As he spoke, he looked at Shadow Guard Seventeen again, and waved to him, "It's really rare to see you, have you Shadow Guards been busy all this time?"

The Seventeenth Shadow Guard smiled, "Young Master Zhao, he is much more cheerful than he was back then."

Zhao Jihe scratched his head embarrassingly, "I still have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here now. It's a pity that I don't have any money now, otherwise I should give you eighteen hooves."

Shadow Guard Seventeen was puzzled, "Isn't that a thank-you gift to the matchmaker? Could it be that Young Master Zhao still found a marriage here?"

Yu Chirui coughed lightly, and Zhao Jihe stopped talking.

"Miao Miao, if you want pocket money, you can tell me, and I will give it to you."

"Okay."

Yu Chirui raised his phoenix eyes and looked at Yingwei Seventeen, "Do you want to eat hooves?"

Shadow Guard Seventeen was a little confused, "Okay, but there are too many eighteen."

Yu Chirui nodded to express his understanding, "Then I'll ask the imperial dining room to send you one, and the rest will be converted into taels of silver and sent to you as well."

Shadow Guard Seventeen was even more confused, "Your Majesty, why?"

"Why do you ask so many questions when I give you a reward, just accept it. That's fine, you go down first."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, this subordinate will leave."

After Shadow Guard Seventeen walked away, Zhao Jihe couldn't help laughing.

"Big beauty, he is our matchmaker, hahahaha, you have to be nice to him, hahahaha, try not to send him to do too dangerous work, hahahaha, hahahaha..."

"Have you laughed enough?"

Zhao Jihe rubbed his face that was about to freeze from laughing, "Well, it's almost there."

Yu Chirui thought for a while and asked Zhao Jihe, "Miao Miao, if I say, I mean if I let you live in the harem as my concubine, would you be willing?"

Zhao Jihe completely stopped laughing, "What do you mean?"

"I want you to pretend to be a concubine, so that no one will find out that you are a man. Can you pretend?"

"Ah... why are you asking me such a strange question?"

Yu Chirui was still considering whether to tell him his guess right now, but he found the jug on the table, picked up the cup he drank just now, and smelled it.

"Yu Chirui, have you been drinking?"

Yu Chirui whispered, "I just drank two glasses, really two glasses."

When Zhao Jihe heard that he was going to explode, "You! You want! Die! Ah! How dare you drink!"

"Miao Miao..."

Zhao Jihe stepped forward and stood up with his arms around him, "Let's go, I will rest in the bedroom now, and I will go back to see the imperial physician."

"No, I'm fine."

"Good head!"

Zhao Jihe still wanted to support Yu Chirui to go forward, but Yu Chirui held him back.

"Miao Miao, I want to ask you something serious now."

Seeing that he was getting serious, Zhao Jihe let go of his hand and stood by his side waiting for him to ask.

Yu Chirui sat down again and asked, "Can you tell me about the scene of seeing Ling Xiche in Duanguo again? Especially the details about Ling Xiche, I want to know."

Zhao Jihe said, "He came in by himself that day, without anyone accompanying him, and his clothes, it was winter at that time, just a thick white robe. Actually, I don't think there is any special information. Why do you ask?" These?"

Yu Chirui thought for a while, and said bluntly, "I suspect that Concubine Mei is Ling Xiche, and it's not just a suspicion. Seventeen has found some things that can support my guess."

"Ah? You mean, you think Ling Xiche is a concubine in Duan Kingdom?"

Yu Chirui raised the phoenix eyes lightly, "You said it, even the servants in Duanguo's palace knew that Ling Xiche was dead, but judging from what happened during this period, Ling Xiche was probably by Shen Chen's side, Didn't you also say that Shen Chen subconsciously called Ling Xiche Xiche? As an emperor, how close does one have to be to call each other by their first name without their surname?"

Zhao Jihe smiled and took Yu Chirui's arm, "You call me Miaomiao."

Yu Chirui patted his head, "Yeah, except for you, I will never be so close to anyone else that I subconsciously call out nicknames."

Zhao Jihe looked up at him, "If you say that, it seems to be true."

Yu Chirui looked into the distance and murmured, "If it's true, I'm afraid the time to rule the world is just around the corner."

end country.

Finally came the day of Feng Chan.

The next day, Shen Chen and Ling Xiche began to bathe, burn incense and pray, set off from the palace at midnight, and did not arrive at Shengshan until noon the next day.

Dressed in the queen's attire, Ling Xiche, together with Shen Chen, held the conferring ceremony under the watchful eyes of many common people.

For some reason, Ling Xiche felt uneasy, and he turned to look at Shen Chen.

Shen Chen saw the uneasiness in his eyes, said softly to him that it was okay, held Ling Xiche's hand, walked up to the altar built on Shengshan with him, took the lit incense, and pointed at Gao Tian Kneel down and pay homage to Tianjun.

Shen Chen asked Ling Xiche softly, "Do you think Tianjun will protect us?"

Ling Xiche smiled playfully, "Probably, unless he hates you."

Shen Chen and Ling Xiche saluted Gao Tian together, and then Shen Chen spoke loudly of his achievements on earth, and then bowed down to bow down.

After the ceremony, someone stepped forward and began to burn the offerings.

After the sacrifices are burned out, the salute is fired, and the Zen ceremony is completed.

After finishing Feng Chan, two court ladies went to the upper reaches of Shengchuan to draw clear river water, put it in a dragon and phoenix cup specially made for Feng Chan, and presented it in front of Shen Chen and Ling Xiche.

Shen Chen and Ling Xiche picked up the cups together under everyone's attention.

Ling Xiche brought the cup to his lips, and seemed to smell a faint fragrance of plum.

It's summer now, where does the plum fragrance come from?

Looking sideways at Shen Chen, he had already drank the water in the glass, so he raised his glass and drank it without hesitation.

[The author has something to say: It's been a month since the ranking, so I will stop tomorrow and take a rest for a day.No matter what happens later, everyone must firmly believe that I am my real mother, I really am my real mother!I promise! ! ! 】