I started a boy band in ancient times

Outside the Changle Palace, the guards bowed and reported that a sneaky person was caught by the Queen Mother. He was suspected of being an assassin. They wanted to take him back for interrogation, but the Queen Mother stopped him, so they couldn't do it again. It was decided, so I had to report to the Holy Majesty.

After hearing this, Liu Jiyue's face was covered with frost, she lowered her eyes and said: "Understood, let's go down, and keep your mouth shut."

He entered the Empress Dowager's bedroom, looked up, and saw that most of the palace people had been sent out by Chu Jingxian, and there was only one confidant palace lady who accidentally learned about the "civet cat for the prince" that day, serving around with a worried face.

Liu Jiyue glanced at him: "Where's the person?"

The queen mother pretended to be calm: "What the emperor is saying, the Ai family can't understand."

Liu Jiyue sneered: "The Empress Dowager may not know that I received a ridiculous piece of news today. Guess what it is? Luo Shuyuan, who was locked in the cold palace, is actually pregnant."

"This is really interesting. Not to mention the past, I haven't touched her in the past few months. Where did I get pregnant? Later, it was found out. She said that she didn't want to live anymore and deliberately disgusted me. Naturally, I did what she said Wish, grant her death." Liu Jiyue raised her voice slightly, "Do I want to follow the Queen Mother's wish?"

Chu Jingxian's face turned from red to white, and her palms were gripping the wooden table so hard that it gradually turned blue: "The Ai family has never done anything despicable."

"Of course I know. In the past, Chu Jingzhong was in control, so how could you let him do whatever he wanted? But now, the queen mother sees that King Jing is dead, does she also feel that she can gain freedom?"

Chu Jingxian stood up in embarrassment and anger: "Did I tell you! You don't know anything at all!"

Liu Jiyue looked at her calmly: "Do you really think that I don't know? It's just that you were chatting and sending lovesickness before, and it wasn't out of line, and I didn't bother to care about it. Now you are so bold that you dare to force your way into the palace?"

The Empress Dowager's lips trembled deeply, she didn't know whether it was from anger or panic, she subconsciously glanced in the direction of the screen, at the same time, the shadow behind it moved slightly, as if someone was hiding behind it.

After a while, a person came out from behind the screen—it was actually Zhao Hua.

Princess Zhaohua is sixteen years old, and it is time for ordinary people to find a husband, because she is the only daughter of the empress dowager and the eldest princess of the dynasty. No matter how anxious, it has been delayed until now, but her marriage has become an "excuse" for Chengwan and the two countries to stop fighting and form an alliance.

Her appearance is very similar to that of the queen mother, she looks straightforward and sweet, ignorant of worldly affairs, and she is indeed so. Although she is in the royal family, she is well protected by Chu Jingxian, and she has always been obedient and obedient, except for being pampered She is not rebellious outside, and Chu Jingxian doesn't know many things from her, so she maintains her pure nature.

But at this moment, Princess Zhaohua's eyes were moist, but her attitude was extremely firm: "Mother... I, I will not leave."

The queen mother winked at her: "It's none of your business here, go down."

"Mother!" Zhaohua said anxiously, "I am indeed too young to live under your wings all the time. Besides, as a son of the royal family, I should consider the country first. If I leave, wouldn't it be let Xiwan is embarrassing, won't the peace I just won be broken again, then I will be a sinner through the ages!"

"If you really want to be guilty, you can't put it on your head! You don't know... Xiwan didn't stop the war because of your in-laws. From the beginning to the end... everything was caused by this good emperor! He discussed with Xiwan Guoshi, They joined forces to get rid of King Jing, and then used the reason of marriage to form an alliance... Your marriage is just a reason, as for whether you are there or not, it doesn't make any difference."

Chu Jingxian covered her face resentfully, but she also knew that she had lost her composure again.

Zhaohua didn't seem to understand, she looked at Liu Jiyue helplessly: "...Brother Huang?"

The emperor glanced at Zhaohua, then looked at the man next to her who also came out from behind the screen, and slowly sat up straight: "I thought it was easy, it turns out that Boss Peng didn't enter the palace for a private meeting with the Queen Mother, but to Thinking about darkening Chen Cang and taking the princess away?"

The man was wearing the clothes of an eunuch in the palace, his beard was shaved, his face was trimmed, his back was bowed, his original aura of immortality was gone, even the bustard of the night river wine boat might not be easy to recognize.And Liu Jiyue revealed his identity in one word, not because he had seen him before or was familiar with him so far, but because he had seen his appearance and guessed.

When Liu Jiyue lived in Concubine Xian's Palace when she was young, she naturally knew her indifferent attitude towards the late emperor, so she guessed whether there was someone in her heart very early on, and it wasn't until Mingyao told him three years ago that the Empress Dowager used his hand to send out It was only when the letter was delivered that the identity of the person was truly confirmed, and immediately he ordered people to secretly investigate Peng Yongyan, so that it would be useful one day.

On that day, Biwu escaped from the Wu Clan, fell into the river, and was rescued by Peng Yongyan's people. It was both a coincidence and a conspiracy. What Chu Jingxian meant was to just focus on doing things and not think too deeply.

Therefore, although he had never met the emperor, he was secretly entrusted.

Seeing that the emperor knew him, Peng Yongyan didn't think it was strange, so he just said softly: "The guards in the palace are very powerful, especially those who are dressed in dark blue and masked as envoys, they couldn't escape their search. It’s because I’m not good at learning art, and I’m willing to suffer death.”

Chu Jingxian said quickly with a cold face: "It was Ai Jiayang who brought Zhaohua out of the palace. If he wanted to kill him, he even killed Ai Jia."

Zhaohua didn't know the situation, but he also knew what a serious crime this was. He knelt down and begged for mercy: "Brother Huang, I didn't leave, and I didn't want to leave. It's just that the queen mother was confused for a moment. The wedding is coming soon. I can't see blood on my side. Brother Huang , forgive me this time!"

Liu Jiyue looked at them, with a slightly mocking smile on the corner of her mouth: "Queen Mother, Boss Peng, you know that you are completely played by others. I only ask one thing, who came up with the idea of ​​taking Zhaohua to escape?" of?"

"Of course it's Aijia." Chu Jingxian said coldly.

"No, you know how difficult it is to carry out this matter. If you are found out, there is only a dead end. Even if you believe in Peng Yongyan, you will never choose to let him enter the palace in person. What's more, you know that it is basically impossible to be in the palace. Qing Liwei sent people out under his nose." Liu Jiyue said, "Naturally it was not Boss Peng's idea, he is outside the palace, even if he knows that you are not happy with Zhaohua's marriage, he will not be overwhelmed , broke into the palace and robbed people without any discussion.”

"Then, who sent the wrong information between you and made Boss Peng so desperate?"

Chu Jingxian fell silent, her pretentious domineering aura collapsed in an instant, and she looked at Peng Yongyan with surprise in her eyes.Of course, this plan was not what she had in mind. Although similar thoughts flashed through her resentment several times, she knew that it could not be realized, so she didn't think about it further. It was not until today when Peng Yongyan appeared and explained that she rekindled her hope .It's not that she can't doubt, but the excitement of meeting Peng Yongyan suddenly completely shattered her ability to think. She couldn't maintain a little suspicion, caution and indifference, and made up her mind without thinking too much.

However, what Liu Jiyue said was indeed correct - especially after she noticed that Peng Yongyan's expression also showed surprise.

Peng Yongyan smiled wryly: "So it's him...it's me who have lived in vain all these years, and I can't even tell the truth from the lies of that big kid."

Mingyao did not seem to be fake at all when he mentioned entering the palace to rob people.On the one hand, he has a deep friendship with Zhaohua, and it is reasonable not to want her to get into a quagmire; on the other hand, he is willing and able to provide access credentials and a diagram of the distribution of guards in the palace. Go south with them, so he agreed.

And when he was discovered by Qingliwei, he just felt that he was not careful enough and could only admit defeat, but under the current situation, Peng Yongyan couldn't help thinking that his side had failed, there was a stalemate, and Mingyao... how is it

He closed his eyes and exhaled lightly: "Mingyao... is His Majesty's?"

"It used to be, but now...heh." Liu Jiyue said, "It was his own idea to stir you in, and I'm only now sure, as to whether to throw stones at you to ask directions, or make a fool of yourself...but I have to ask him. "

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain." Chu Jingxian said coldly, "Because of the 'Assassin''s movement, most of the guards were sent to the Changle Palace to search. It is not easy to do what he wants to do? I don't think the emperor is here. You're exhausted with us, why don't you hurry up and see what the hell he's doing?"

"I know." Liu Jiyue said, "He's going to set a fire at the queen's place, and the 'fire' may have started by now."

The queen mother was stunned for a few seconds, as if she couldn't understand. After a long time, she was full of surprise: "You...you let the queen go?"

Liu Jiyue's anger that had been suppressed not long ago gradually flared up again. Ever since he got this heart disease, he has often felt depressed. Before taking the tranquilizing medicine and being comforted by someone, he calmed down a little, but now Chu Qi has disappeared in that way. More and more, it was these annoying things one after another, and the boredom accumulated in his heart became more and more intense.

And if you want to alleviate it, you can naturally, as long as you kill all these people, you won't be bothered.As long as he says a word, Mingyao Mingya and Ming Qiansu outside the palace will all die, not to mention this powerless Peng Yongyan, even the Queen Mother, it is easy to pretend to be an accident, who cares? Verbal criticism from outside?does he care

But he just took a deep breath: "Does the queen mother want to leave too? Will I help you make a good queen?"

Chu Jingxian stopped talking, Liu Jiyue glanced at her coldly, and looked at Peng Yongyan: "What did Mingyao tell you? If you really escaped with Zhaohua, where are you going? According to the facts Tell me, I will give you a happy time."

Peng Yongyan shook his head: "I was ready to die when I came here, and it's not bad."

"He threw you out to feed the tiger, and you still help him hide it?" Liu Jiyue sneered, "I can send someone to stop him now, of course, if I want to show my promise, I can wait for him to come out of Beijing before catching him. Whether or not to let them go is what I want, as for whether or not they can escape, it depends on their abilities."

Peng Yongyan said: "This matter is not considered to be lying to me by Mr. Ming, it is also my willingness. It has been more than 20 years... I have wanted to break into the palace countless times, take her away, and leave this place forever, but I will always only It came true in my dream. It's not that I dare not, but that I don't know her answer... But this time, even though it was just a temptation at the beginning, it made me make up my mind to take this step. I saw her and heard her her response."

He showed a gentle smile: "I have never been disappointed by the response."

Chu Jingxian shed tears silently.It was clear that she had already cried once when they met suddenly before, but the cold heart that felt numb still couldn't help trembling. She was no longer the young girl who was pregnant at the beginning. She had experienced intrigue and felt boring and lonely. The beautiful past is locked in a corner of her memory that is out of reach. She thought she would never remember it again, but at this moment, she felt that they were just yesterday. She just made a long and The sad dream, now that I open my eyes, the touch of life and the throbbing love are also reawakened.

She gently parted her bright red lips: "Emperor, I only ask you one thing, let us die together."

Liu Jiyue didn't move, she didn't look at her, she just tilted her head and said softly: "Queen Mother, sometimes I don't care about the face of the royal family, it doesn't mean I don't want to follow the royal rules, don't really annoy me."

"This is not a threat, but my sincere words." Chu Jingxian said solemnly.

She walked over, touched Zhaohua's head, looked at her dazed and scared eyes, and smiled slightly: "You are already so old, you don't need to always be behind me, and you have your own thoughts. ——What you should have is that the queen mother has always restrained you, regarded you as the whole of her life, and was unwilling to let you go... But the queen mother also thought clearly, there will be a day when you will be separated from me, And at that point, it's time for me to do what I've always wanted to do..."

Zhaohua tremblingly said: "Queen, you... what are you talking about?"

Chu Jingxian rubbed her messy braids, very softly: "Hua'er, there are some things that my mother has already told you before, so I won't say it a second time. But you have to remember, never do something that you will regret choose."

After that, she took a few steps away, then walked up to Peng Yongyan majestically, and looked at him with a smile.

Peng Yongyan seemed to understand something, trouble and tension intertwined on his face, but quickly dissipated as if relieved.

"Queen Mother, my temper has been really not very good lately, do you want me to vent my anger on him?" Liu Jiyue looked at them, thinking of something, her face became gloomy again, "...I still have something to say If you want to ask him, he will not be killed for the time being, so you can rest assured."

Chu Jingxian smiled lightly, and shook her head: "You won't get an answer from him, and you don't have to be attached to him. Your people can easily keep up with Mingyao and the others, and it's easy to stop them and destroy them , it's just that you didn't do it."

"I always thought you were a cruel person..." she whispered, "but maybe not. Maybe even brother..."

Liu Jiyue frowned: "My tolerance is limited."

Chu Jingxian still smiled: "I am not interceding with you, but I am indeed begging to die, begging to die for myself. For so many years, I have always been depressed and complained. I hate my brother for sending me away to strengthen trust, hate Yongyan’s disappearance at a critical moment, hating the late emperor’s absurdity, hating the intrigue among concubines, hating you and Chu Qi’s birth and existence, and sometimes hating Zhaohua as a daughter. But I hate myself the most... step by step to today. "

"But how can there be so many hateful things? Without my elder brother, I would not be able to survive my childhood. Without Yongyan, I would not have the happy time of those days. Without the late emperor, I would not be able to enjoy the glory of today. It is the same without you and Chu Qi. Without Zhaohua, I can't even imagine what I look like now. Those concubines from the late emperor's time, those who jumped high and those who had deep feelings were buried together, and those with low status were only worthy of becoming monks. Years have also passed away one after another. Among the dozens of noisy people, now I am the only one left." She quietly looked into the distance, "When the Empress Dowager left, I was thinking, will I be like her? At that time, Zhaohua must have been married and was no longer by my side, so what do I have left? I am no better than her, she is arrogant and proud like a phoenix, she never puts other people in her eyes, she is the real one. Go free and easy, even if you describe it as embarrassing, you still have the confidence to scold others. But I... what do I have?"

She closed her eyes, but gradually opened her eyebrows: "I still have a chance to choose again. I don't hate it anymore."

Peng Yongyan held her hand: "I'm here."

Duke Zhaohua moved his lips, wanted to say something, but couldn't make a sound, she burst into tears, as if she understood, but seemed ignorant.She wanted to tell Chu Jingxian that she was not going anywhere and that she would listen to her in everything, but at that moment, Chu Jingxian's gentle, calm, and at ease face, which she had never seen before, stifled her weeping again.

And after the queen mother dissected and dissipated the decades of resentment, the fire in Liu Jiyue's heart that had been accumulating in her chest gradually calmed down, replaced by an inexplicable mood.

He lowered his eyes and leaned back slightly: "I don't think the Queen Mother cares much about the royal family's reputation. There are some ridiculous precedents throughout the ages. Be low-key, cautious, and use excuses to keep people in the palace. It's a good time." Be happy. If the Empress Dowager wishes, it is not impossible for me to agree. Besides, I see that you can chat with each other for comfort just by seeing each other, and it will save time and effort if you just eunuch and wait on you."

In the past, Chu Jingxian must have been ashamed and annoyed, but at this time she just smiled: "It's strange, my brother has done so many rebellious actions, but at certain times he still maintains a funny look." Loyalty'——he kept Chu Qi behind, and deliberately adopted the second son of Prince Liang... Maybe I am the same, obviously this heart has never stayed in the palace, but not even once, hoping that there will be chaos in the palace .”

"Because I am already a member of the royal family in this life, and if I want to return to my place, the only way I can do it is after my body dies—"

Liu Jiyue raised her eyes suddenly, and looked at her coldly: "Are you determined to beg for death?"

Chu Jingxian said with a faint smile, "I just let it go."

Liu Jiyue got up and flicked her sleeves, raised her feet and wanted to leave, "I will give you some time to calm down and stop talking nonsense."

He didn't mention the matter of dealing with Peng Yongyan again, he clearly wanted to give him a chance to make a detour, but Chu Jingxian still called softly: "Emperor."

She spoke very slowly: "In name, I am also your queen mother. Unfortunately, I am always blinded by hatred and unwillingness, and I have never fulfilled my responsibility as a mother. I only feel regretful until now... If I Treating you like Zhaohua in the past, will your pain...will be reduced a lot?"

Liu Jiyue closed her eyes and said coldly: "No need."

He walked outside the hall, leaving the three of them in the hall to confide their hearts, but the blood that was excited for a while still failed to warm his heart. He felt it was extremely ridiculous, and wished to add a few words of cynicism to Chu Jingxian, saying these things now What's the use?Could it be that he felt that he would soften his heart and let Peng Yongyan go?

This must be delusional.As the empress dowager, Chu Jingxian was not very close to him, and it was difficult to even recall some warm scenes, but there was no harsh abuse, so in these years, they have always maintained a strange respect between them, and they did not interfere with each other. ; but Chu Jingxian, as Chu Jingzhong's younger sister, was also an important driving force behind that decision back then, and he couldn't forget and ignore the fact that everything today has something to do with her.

And the most important thing to do right now is to take Peng Yongyan captive and torture him, and then order someone to take care of the queen mother, so as not to cause any trouble at this time and affect Zhaohua's marriage.But he just stood straight outside the hall, without moving for a long time, only his hanging right arm trembled slightly.

Chun Ya'er came up to her in fear, but Liu Jiyue gritted her teeth and finally said: "Go and get the rest of 'Tonight Moon' from the warehouse, and light it for the Empress Dowager's room."

Chun Ya'er was quite puzzled, the queen mother didn't like incense, she never used it, and the emperor specially asked people to control this spice, except for the one in Gochen Palace, no other places allowed it, not to mention the remaining amount in the warehouse. Not too much, but if you click on them all, the effect will be a bit big.

Although he nodded in agreement, he couldn't help but say a few more words: "This smell is strong and easy to fall asleep, and it's probably not good if it burns too much..."

Liu Jiyue didn't explain, just gave him a cool look, Chun Ya'er didn't dare to say any more, lowered her body even lower, and was about to step back to do some work, when the emperor casually said: "The Queen Mother is here!" That court lady was the one who heard some things with you that day that you shouldn't have heard..."

Chun Ya'er was instantly covered in cold sweat.

"After a while, she accidentally missed while burning the incense and lit the curtains, and the Empress Dowager's palace was filled with smoke and flames. Although the fire was extinguished after a while, no one could be rescued, and she choked directly inside. The empress who came here to ask for peace and trouble was extremely unlucky, and was burned beyond recognition by the flames."

Liu Jiyue said indifferently: "When the imperial physician came to do the autopsy, he even found out that the empress was pregnant. I will be extremely mournful, and I will stop for seven days."

"—Do you understand?"

Chun Ya'er's expression changed from horrified to terrified, and finally turned into trembling calm again. He shook his face, knelt down fiercely, weeping silently, but kowtowed as if seeing through life and death: "...I understand. This last thing, the servant will definitely do his best to complete it."