end of days

Concubine Xiao Shu couldn't help but take two steps back from Xuanyuanhen's sudden outburst of anger, as if she was about to suffocate, with fear written all over her face.

"It's really interesting. My father wanted to rebel, but my daughter betrayed him with a conspiracy letter. Then... what's your plan? Hmm? Concubine Xiao Shu!" Xuanyuanhen sneered and approached step by step. In his eyes, there was no doubt that it was a conspiracy.

"Please Your Majesty, father will not do this." Concubine Xiao Shu knelt down on the ground, her terrified and trembling voice made Xuanyuanhen pause.

Concubine Xiao Shu's words seemed reasonable. Xiao Yan was not a fool, no matter how greedy he was, he shouldn't have done such a thing. After all, it was unrealistic to fight against the entire imperial court with the strength of the Xiao family.

"Father must have been framed. Father will not be so stupid as to conspire with Xidi to treason."

"You back down first, I will thoroughly investigate this matter, and you should give me some peace in the harem, don't make troubles all day long, I can't stand you so many times!"

"Don't think that everything will be fine if you do everything cleanly without leaving any evidence. In this palace, in a word, what evidence do you really need?!"

After finishing speaking, Xuanyuanhen flicked his sleeves and left the imperial study room. Concubine Xiao Shu sat down on the ground alone, with a bit of bitterness in her heart, she couldn't help laughing at herself.

"So, you know everything..."

Xuanyuanhen's heart was disturbed for a while except for the imperial study room. The thin note in his hand had already been squeezed into a ball, and he smoothed the wrinkled secret letter again, and Xuanyuanhen's brows were frowned.

If things were true as Concubine Xiao Shu said, Xiao Yan was framed, then who would be behind this scene?

There must be an inner ghost in the Xiao family, and what role did Xiao Yan play in this matter... After all, if Xiao Yan is as secretive as Concubine Xiao Shu said, then it is reasonable for others to use his name The first thing to do is to do such an outrageous thing. If the secret letter is really sent by someone pretending to be Xiao Yan, how can it deceive other people's eyes and ears.

Questions popped up one after another, Xuanyuanhen was not too bothered, and couldn't help pulling the ends of his hair in distress.

"I don't know what's bothering your Majesty?" A familiar greasy voice sounded behind him, whoever it was if it wasn't Baihu.

"Why, are you back? Everything is done?"

Bai Hu smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the subordinates of the Xiao family have already investigated all the property. Xiao Yan, this old fox is really not simple. The business of the past two years is almost better than the Cheng family. Tsk Tsk tsk, if this copied the Xiao family, the Minister of the Household Department would not be overjoyed."

"The Xiao family's property is really so amazing?" Hearing Bai Hu's words, Xuanyuanhen believed a little more in Xiao Shufei's words. If Xiao Yan really secretly accumulated such a huge family property, then... he really shouldn't be so stupid as to commit a crime. Regarding the matter of rebellion, after all, there have been few people who have treasoned since ancient times can get a good death.

"There's only more!" Baihu said firmly.

"In this case, it is really necessary to check the Xiao family."

Xuanyuanhen handed the letter in his hand to Baihu, and Baihu glanced at it with surprise on his face.

"This……"

"It is estimated that there is fraud in it, you go to Xiao's mansion, I want to see what Xiao Yan's plan is!" Xiao Yan may not be the mastermind, but he is absolutely impossible to be ignorant, so he will sit back and watch this matter happen. Xuanyuan hates what he wants to do.

"Understood." Bai Hu couldn't help lamenting. Ever since he managed to pursue Suzaku that day, the two of them had no time to get together. The tasks one after another made him dizzy. I wonder if the emperor deliberately played tricks on him...

Even though he complained, Baihu accepted his fate and took the task out of the palace. Although the emperor could tolerate his careless words, he might not really take him under the knife, so he naturally didn't dare to neglect Xuanyuanhen's order.

As soon as the white tiger left, Xuanyuanhen found Concubine De.

"How much do you know about Concubine Xiao Shu?"

"This..." Pei Zheng thought for a while and said, "She is very smart, but sometimes she acts emotionally..."

After fighting with Concubine Xiao Shu for so many years, she has some understanding of this opponent. Concubine Xiao Shu is a smart woman, and she often does things without showing any traces. She has almost never personally participated in harem battles, but a few words can make the harem The concubines bite you to death, but it is such a smart person who often can't hide his emotions. There are countless palace maids and eunuchs who died because of her emotional out of control.

"Smart, but can't escape the heart of a woman." Xuanyuanhen immediately understood what Concubine De meant, "It seems like it won't be a big deal."

"So... De Concubine, what about you?" Xuanyuan Hen smiled, but what he asked made Concubine De's face turn pale with shock. For a moment, countless thoughts had passed through her mind.

The Son of Heaven asks this, in the end... what is the intention?Pei Zheng didn't dare to speculate, but she really didn't know how to answer this question. After thinking about it, Concubine De finally decided to have a showdown with Xuanyuanhen now.

"I don't have any other thoughts, I just hope that one day I can leave the palace and find someone who treats me sincerely, so I can ride the rivers and lakes." As soon as these words came out, Concubine De didn't have any scruples in her heart, no matter what Xuanyuanhen's answer was, At least she had tried.

"What? I don't treat you well?" Xuanyuanhen raised his brows, and seemed a little unhappy.

"The concubine doesn't mean that... There are three thousand women in the harem, and His Majesty has only one heart. The concubine only wants to be an ordinary woman and live an ordinary life."

"Your Majesty once promised to make a promise to the concubine, and the concubine wanted to ask the emperor for convenience..."

"I remember that I was talking about you investigating the harem for me. I promised you a request, but in fact, what you did, you should understand even if I don't tell you..." Concubine De concealed the fact that Concubine Yu had framed Zhuoran. Hen already knew about it, and at this moment he was at a loss for concubine De when he mentioned it.

"This...but there is a reason for this, Concubine Yu..." Concubine De couldn't refute it. Although Concubine Yu was used as a spearman by Concubine Xiao Shu, it was pitiful, but she did do something wrong. Besides, the life of the innocent court lady was also at the expense of Concubine Yu. In the hands of the concubine, no matter how innocent she is, she cannot erase this sum.

"Nothing to say?"

"Yes, the concubine is guilty."

"That's all, I'm just curious, why do you want to leave the palace so hard? Is life in the palace so dissatisfied to you?" The lord of the harem, Xuanyuanhen would not be surprised... But Concubine De was leaving the palace, which was completely beyond his expectation.

"Even though the life in the palace is pleasant, I always feel that people are dead, like the walking dead, who obviously still exist in the world, but feel suffocated, as if... living in a huge golden coffin, rich and beautiful. Majestic but lifeless."

As soon as Concubine De said this, Xuanyuanhen understood what she meant. Indeed, the imperial palace is a huge cage, and he, the emperor, is the most noble prisoner in the world.

"This is also the reason why this concubine wants His Majesty to return Young Master Zhuo to freedom. Even a concubine like a girl can't bear the life in the deep palace, let alone Young Master Zhuo. He was born in the rivers and lakes, raised in the rivers and lakes, and died. He is also a Jiang Hu person, so how could he stay in the palace safely..."

"Don't mention this again." Xuanyuanhen stopped Concubine De with a wave of his hand. He didn't want others to intervene in Zhuo Ran's affairs with him. The sudden intimacy between Concubine De and Zhuo Ran was like a thorn. It made him feel very uncomfortable.

"I will consider Feiqing's matter, as for your matter..." Xuanyuanhen pondered for a while, and Concubine De's heart tensed up to the extreme.

"I will give you a satisfactory answer, but not now." The harem still needs Concubine De to check and balance. When Concubine Jing and Concubine Yu give birth to the dragon son safely and everything is settled, then Concubine De should be allowed out of the palace. The life she wanted.

How depressing life in the palace is - Xuanyuanhen is the one who has the most right to speak, after all, he spent his entire life in this place, and his childhood is a memory he will never forget.

Concubine De was very surprised by Xuanyuanhen's words. Although she had thought that the emperor would agree to her request, when she really heard these words, she still felt that everything was like a dream, which made her unbelievable until she walked out of the imperial study. At the time, the whole person was still immersed in such surprise.

——"Pei Zheng, you are a good woman, and I want to be a good man, so I can't let you waste your whole life in the palace..."

——"So, after you leave the palace, you will travel around as you imagined, and see everything you want to see. You can also see this wonderful river and mountain for me, and maybe you can find a good man. Jun, be a couple of gods and immortals."

Concubine De didn't know. The Son of Heaven looked at her back and silently said his blessings to her. This was something Xuanyuan Hen didn't say. Seeing Concubine De's efforts to pursue happiness, Xuanyuan Hen was very envious. He had The master of this world, he can even decide the life and death of tens of thousands of people with one word, he can easily give happiness to others, but...but he can't give it to himself...

The person he pursued with all his heart and soul has long been injured by him.

"Feiqing, if I give you freedom, will we have a chance to start over..."