end of days

"Hong'er, Yan'er, please wait for me to take a bath and change clothes." The jade concubine who hadn't received the rain for a long time was very excited. Since she entered the palace, she has never been valued by Xuanyuanhen. At her feet, she was extremely resentful.

"I heard that Your Majesty has not been in the harem for many days?" While combing her long hair, the concubine chattered to the two maids beside her, making Hong and Yan's faces droop.

The two of them are maidservants brought in by Jade Concubine when she entered the palace. They have served her young lady since she was a child, and she is very familiar with her temper. My young lady has always been bullying and fearful of toughness. It's going to go up to the sky.

"Go back to empress, I heard from the sisters in other palaces that the emperor has indeed not called anyone to go to bed for quite a while."

"So, this palace has managed to win the game this time, I'm afraid the two palaces will be furious." Yubi's face was filled with uncontrollable pride and joy, and the two girls sighed secretly.

After people came from Yaohui Hall, they wrapped the jade concubine in a brocade quilt, and Hong and Yan smiled at each other, but there was more bitterness in that smile.

"This master, I really don't know it." Even they, who are maids, know what kind of place the palace is, and how a little concubine can compete with two concubines, let alone jade. The concubine can't even touch the edge of "being favored".

In terms of family background and status, one's own master is naturally inferior to the daughter of a general or a prime minister's family; in comparison to the deep pockets in one's chest, one can tell just by looking at the uncontrollable complacency of the master just now.

Concubine De and Concubine Shu's words and deeds were enough to make these servants tremble with fear, but none of them reached the emperor's ears. The king even relied on them to control the harem. How could such a city mansion be comparable to that of a mere concubine.

After taking a sip of tea, Hong'er suddenly said: "Have you heard that the big hall next to Yaohui Hall seems to be called 'Quehua Hall', and people have recently moved in. "

"Oh? That's right, there are people living in that gloomy place. I heard from other sisters that the Quehua Palace has not been lived in for a hundred years. It's like something barren." A long tongue seems to be a woman's nature. On the topic of secrets, Yan'er immediately got excited.

"You know?" Hong'er sneered, "Did you go in? If you haven't been, don't talk nonsense. I heard that the Quehua Palace is quiet and elegant, and it is very beautiful. And the most important thing is——"

Hong'er stopped suddenly, and looked at Yan'er with bright eyes with a smile.

"What is it? Tell me quickly, don't keep it up."

"Ha, I can't bear it anymore. I heard that it is the palace of the Empress Taizu. Now there are people living in it. Tell me, what is the emperor's plan?"

Yan'er opened her mouth wide in surprise, "You mean..." But Hong'er suddenly covered her mouth.

"Hush -- don't talk nonsense, walls have ears, and you don't want the two of us to become two corpses in the well tomorrow." Thinking of Concubine Shu's jealousy and cruelty, Hong'er couldn't help feeling a little palpitating.

However, the two young girls forgot about this while chatting, and when they stayed in the middle of the night, they heard some movement at the door.

"Master Jade, go slowly, the servants will go back and return."

"Elder-in-laws can go too." Hearing the master's voice, Hong'er and Yan'er rushed out to welcome them, but they saw that the concubine Yu's face was still blushing, and she couldn't stop being elated.

"Master is in a good mood, did you get your way today?" As soon as he entered the door, Hong'er couldn't wait to ask.

"That's not it." After receiving the rain and dew, Yubi's originally pure and beautiful face became a little more charming for a while, and she looked a little more beautiful than before, but what remained unchanged was her more arrogant demeanor.

"Okay, okay, I'm tired, please take care of me and rest."

"Yes." Although the master was blessed by the emperor, Hong'er and Yan'er still didn't take it seriously, it was just a coincidence, they still don't know who their master is.

However, what Hong'er and Yan'er didn't know was that tonight's concubine Yu did have reasons to be proud of.

Everyone in the palace knows that Xuanyuanhen has two habits when he wants someone to sleep with him. First, no one is allowed to stay in the Yaohui Palace after finishing his work, even though the palace rules allow concubines to sleep with them After it was over, they stayed in the side hall of the sleeping palace, but Xuanyuanhen changed the rules as soon as he came to the throne, so far, no one has the fate to stay overnight in Yaohui Hall.

The second is that Xuanyuanhen never vents in the concubine's body, so all these years, the harem has never seen a concubine pregnant, and the courtiers just thought that the time had not come, so the heavenly dynasty had no heir. However, this has become a reality among the concubines an open secret.

Concubine Yu sipped the longan tea in the cup, and smiled more and more happily. If Concubine De and Concubine Shu knew that they had received dragon essence tonight, they would not know how their faces would turn dark.The emperor treats her so special, it is impossible for her to be unhappy.

"Maybe I'm going to be the mother of the world." The greed and desire on the originally beautiful face is really disgusting.

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Xuanyuanhen was leaning on the dragon bed alone, he suddenly felt a little bored, the facts proved that he still had feelings for women, but after the passion, there was an inexplicable feeling - loneliness.

Looking at Yubi's well-dressed face with a flattering expression, what he had was not the sense of accomplishment he had in the past, but a helpless sense of loss.

"How could this be..." Talking to himself, Xuanyuan Hen suddenly thought of Zhuo Ran, that delicate facial features, angry eyes, stubborn character, "stubborn" - originally the character that made him angry, now But suddenly there is some expectation.

Perhaps this is the sense of conquest that a man longs for, a stubborn man, a man with extraordinary swordsmanship, a man who can be described as "beautiful".

"Zhuo Ran, Zhuo Ran, what should I do with you..."

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In the dead of night, the room where the files are kept in the northwest corner of the palace is brightly lit. Suzaku flips through the files in his hands quickly. In the quiet room, except for the occasional "beep" sound from the candle, it is the "rustling" sound when the pages rub against each other. "the sound of.

After an unknown amount of time, Suzaku suddenly smiled knowingly, "I finally found it..."

What was written on the yellowed page was an extremely inconspicuous sentence, "In the autumn of the 16th year of God Blessing, Concubine Shu Guifei Wu's family messed up the court, the emperor bestowed medicine, and died in Ziquan Palace."

A sentence that seems normal, but when you think about it, it is really too brief. The secret history of the palace is not as taboo as the official history written by the official historian. This thing that is not seen by outsiders is deliberately concealed, and even only one sentence remains , it's hard not to doubt it.

"Yuegu." Suzaku's cold voice suddenly sounded, a little abrupt in this silent night.

"The subordinate is here, what is the order of the leader?" The members of the secret guard are always hidden in an inconspicuous corner, but they are everywhere.

"Send your subordinates and give me a complete record of the case of Concubine Wu Shu ten years ago within two days." In Suzaku's eyes, there is the calmness and arrogance that a leader should have, unlike in the past when Xiaodezi and Xuanyuan As harmless as the one in front of the mark.

"Subordinates follow orders." Few people know that apart from being in charge of intelligence, the Yuebu is best at assassination, and Yuegu——is the leader of the Yuebu, with a meteor dart that is so superb that people cannot guard against it.

After Yuegu left, Suzaku fell into deep thought, to the point of ignoring the hands stretched out from behind, those hands passed by Suzaku's ears ghostly, and then, Suzaku, who had reacted, held them tight.

"Tch, it's still so agile, it's really boring!" The man's yelling like a ruffian drew a sarcastic smile on Suzaku's face.

"In that case, it's Suzaku's fault. I don't know if Brother Bai Hu came to visit late at night, so what can I tell you?" He asked politely, but his tone was clearly unhappy.

"Oh, Xiaoyue, why don't you be so unreasonable? My brother sees you on business late at night, and I am afraid that you will work hard, so I come to accompany you." This ruffian-like person is the leader of the star department, Baihu.

Suzaku has always been curious about why he chose such a bad character with the style of Xiaodezi. However, despite the slander, Suzaku has to admit that the Star Department is flourishing under Baihu's management.

"Xiaoyue, what did you find?" Bai Hu leaned forward, the twinkle in his eyes clearly indicated that "he is very curious".

If it weren't for the kerchief covering his face, he probably would have stuck his tongue out of his mouth like a fawning dog.Suzaku thought so, but still said truthfully: "What happened ten years ago, I have doubts."

"Oh, what's the question?"

"If the case of Concubine Wu Shu is really as stated in the file, it will definitely not be so simple."

"So, is there a possibility..." Bai Hu's trembling voice showed his current excitement, "Perhaps Concubine Wu Shu is not dead, but..."

"Elope!" Suzaku on the side suddenly called out, yes, it was elopement, and it succeeded!In order to avoid scandal, he covered up this event that shocked everyone inside and outside the palace with one sentence.

"That's right, Xiaoyue, you've made progress!" Bai Hu nodded appreciatively.

Contrary to the assassination of the Moon Department, the Star Department is in charge of criminal investigations, investigations, "unjust, false and wrong cases, and the pursuit of clues", etc., which is their scope of responsibility, and Baihu has an extraordinary understanding of deduction. enthusiasm.

"Then, the first emperor would not let the beloved concubine disappear just like that. Therefore, someone needs to investigate secretly. Then, no matter whether this person succeeds or not, there will only be one result." Suzaku said to herself, and she cleared her mind. Now my heart is as clear as a mirror.

"That's right, that person will definitely be silenced by the first emperor," Bai Hu continued, "But Xiaoyue, after talking for so long, what are you talking about?"

Bai Hu was working in his grandfather before, so he didn't know about Zhuo Ran's affairs. As soon as Fang returned to the palace, he saw Suzaku was still looking up the case late at night, so he interrupted a few words, but suddenly found that he didn't know what he was talking about after talking for a long time.

But Suzaku didn't answer him, but slapped a few times and called out another subordinate, Yue Feng.

"As soon as possible, find out the list of the six gates and various government offices, including the palace guards, and give them to me as soon as possible."

"Yes."

After Yuefeng left quietly, Suzaku looked at Baihu and smiled brightly, "I want to know, but I won't tell you, don't you like to infer, you can check it yourself."

"You—" Baihu was speechless, this Suzaku might be such a rascal only in front of him, after thinking about it, he laughed again, so—that's fine.