Sparrow dream dance

Shen Yu'er stood gracefully in front of a fish pond in the palace, making orchids with her hands, twisting up fish food and sprinkled them carefully, disturbing the water in the pond.

She was wearing a Qianhong dress, which should have been worn by an empress. The coquettish rouge was swept deep into her eyebrows, and the six pairs of golden hairpins inserted on the moon-watching temples also exceeded the rules that a noble concubine should have.

A court lady walked quickly to her from outside the palace with her head bowed, leaned into her ear, and whispered a few words very softly.

Shen Yu'er's eyes froze, and she asked seriously, "Is this true?"

The court lady lowered her eyes, took out a piece wrapped in black cloth from her sleeve, and replied respectfully, "It's absolutely true."

Shen Yu'er stretched out her fingers and gently lifted the black cloth away, stared at it for a while, with an obvious smile on her lips, she sprinkled all the fish food in her hand into the pool, turned around with a sneer and walked towards the inner hall, "Great, look This time, we can kill two birds with one stone, not only can we get rid of that bitch, but also remove a thorn in His Majesty's heart by the way."

She stopped suddenly, and the smile on her face became wider, "No, it's killing three birds with one stone. If she Leng Lange couldn't help but come forward to intercede for that prince, wouldn't it be tantamount to not asking for help?" Is there any selfishness between the two of them?"

"My lord's advice." The maid behind her hastily and obsequiously responded.

"Go get ready, I'm going to see the Holy Majesty immediately." Shen Yu'er raised her haughty chin and spoke.

"Obey. The servants are going to prepare the chariot now."

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Murong Yan strode into the main hall, and saw the elegant man in green clothes sitting on the bench with his eyes closed.

Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching from far to near, Duan Wuyou slowly opened his eyes, looking at the blushing and handsome Prince Xiang walking in.

He stood up and bowed respectfully, "Caomin Duan Wuyou, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness King Xiang."

"Sir, you don't need to be too polite." Murong Yan quickly stepped forward and motioned him to get up.

Duan Wuyou raised his head, stared straight at Murongyan, and said solemnly to her, "Your Highness, there is no need to wait any longer, the time has come."

Murong Yan's eyebrows twitched, remembering that he had asked Duan Wuyou how to get rid of His Majesty's right-hand man and rewrite his own destiny that has always been controlled by others. At that time, he only told himself to wait for someone who couldn't wait to do it.

She was silent for a long time, and asked, "Who is that person?"

Duan Wuyou smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness will know soon."

As soon as the words fell, there was a commotion outside the hall, with chaotic footsteps and sharp dragging voices, "His Royal Highness, accept the order—"

Murong Yan glanced at Duan Wuyou in surprise, but he didn't say anything, he just signaled with his eyes to go to receive the order.

The guards outside the hall had already knelt in a row, and Murong Yan came out solemnly, kneeling upright under the bright yellow imperial edict, and said in a low voice, "Minister, accept the edict."

The palace man in charge slowly unfolded the imperial decree, cleared his throat, and read aloud, "By God's blessing, the emperor ordered that today is the lotus appreciation festival, and the dragon's heart is very happy, so a family banquet will be held on the Taiye Pond tonight. Invite the emperor's seventh younger brother, King Xiang, to drink with him. Here we are."

Murong Yan frowned without leaving a trace, but immediately put on a respectful look, accepted the imperial edict in person, and said, "My lord, thank you for your kindness."

After the palace servants left, Murongyan stepped into the main hall holding the imperial decree, and said with a wry smile to Duan Wuyou, "I don't know why the emperor suddenly hosted a banquet, I always feel that tonight will be a grand banquet that I have to go to." .”

Duan Wuyou shook his head and sighed long, "Oh, it's a pity that Your Highness doesn't have the slightest ruthlessness and cunning of Han Gaozu, otherwise why would Duan come here to remind His Highness."

Murong Yan clenched the imperial decree in her hand, gritted her teeth and asked, "Please don't hesitate to enlighten me, sir, I don't know what plan sir has?"

Duan Wuyou didn't answer Murongyan's words, but turned to look at the green onion outside the window, and asked, "In your Highness's heart, is there any important person you want to protect?"

Murong Yan was taken aback for a moment, and remained silent.

In my heart, there is naturally an important person, or a rare treasure that has been lost and recovered.

In any case, she doesn't want to lose her anymore, and she can't lose her anymore.

Duan Wuyou then asked, "In this world, is there anyone waiting for Your Highness?"

Murong Yan's pupils shrank, and her knuckles became distinct because of her grip too hard.

Tiny. .She should be waiting for her to go back. .

"Your Highness must want to come back alive to see her, right?" Duan Wuyou met Murongyan's unspeakable shallow eyes, as if he could see through her thoughts, and said seriously, "Your Highness wants to save my life, wants to There is a price to be paid to protect the life of the person you love. In fact, His Highness has always known about this price, but he is just unwilling to do it. But now, I am afraid that no one can save His Highness. Only His Highness himself."

He stepped forward, slowly approached the silent Murongyan, and lowered his voice, "Your Highness, sometimes you have to know how to make choices. You should understand better than anyone else that in this dirty and cruel palace, if you really If you want to become an emperor, conscience and tenderness are the most important things that should be abandoned."

After a long time, Murong Yan closed her heavy eyes, turned around and said, "It's time to set off for the palace."

"Your Highness, you and I both know that the Holy Majesty has long been intent on killing. If you can't harden your heart tonight, you will be caught in the case and let others beat you!" Duan Wuyou shouted towards her thin back.

Murong Yan's footsteps froze, she didn't turn her head, she just lowered her eyebrows and looked at her pale palms, "I only hope that these hands can stop killing evil one day."

Duan Wuyou stood on the spot and pinched a black spot that had been hidden in his sleeve.

Stop killing evil? .It's a pity that some chess games are broken once they are opened. . .

Never die, never stop.

That night, a crescent moon covered the huge and gorgeous dragon boat.

The high-ranking concubines in the harem were seated one after another, and the imperial concubine Shen Yuer was even more graceful and poised, and the elegant and glamorous queen Leng Lange sat side by side on the left and right sides of Emperor Yan Jing.

The bells and drums rang together, and the qin and zither played together.During the banquet, the curtains are flying, the toasts are staggered, the lanterns are dancing, and the fragrance is endless.

Zhaoyi Huo Sheng just stared absently at the beauties in the cup, but did not touch the jade plate delicacies on the table at all.

She raised her eyes secretly, and Murong Yan was sitting opposite her, but for some reason, she didn't even take a look at herself, just kept drinking and drinking.

"Why doesn't Sister Huo not move her chopsticks? Could it be that the meals I specially prepared for my sister don't suit my sister's appetite?"

At this time, Shen Yu'er said to Huo Sheng with an incomprehensible smile.

Huo Sheng quickly gathered himself together, and replied calmly, "I'm not hungry yet."

Emperor Yan Jing looked at Huo Sheng's sharper chin, and couldn't help saying softly, "My concubine, eat some, why have you become thinner and thinner since you were pregnant?"

Huo Sheng had no choice but to nod, symbolically took a small piece of fish meat and chewed it carefully in his mouth.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but when I looked up at Murong Yan again, I saw that she was avoiding his sight with eyes full of pain.

During the banquet, Emperor Yan Jing held the wine glass, turned his head to look at Shen Yuer and said, "By the way, my concubine, didn't you tell me during the day that you want to present me a good gift tonight?"

I saw Shen Yu'er standing out from the banquet, Yingying bowed her body, and said in a soft voice, "Return to Your Majesty, tonight is the festival of appreciating the lotus, and it coincides with sister Huo's wedding. This is your majesty's blessing, and my Dayan's blessing. Therefore, The concubine specially prepared a good show!"

As soon as the words fell, she clapped her hands three times crisply, and the singers who were dancing on the stage immediately retreated from both sides.

Two rows of actors filed in, and what they performed was "Fu of Luoshen".

Zhen Mi, as one of the most magnificent women in the Three Kingdoms period, married Wei Wendi Cao Pi, but had an affair with her younger uncle Cao Zhi.

Cao Zhi fell in love with Zhen Ji's beauty and fell in love with her, and wrote a poem for her that has been handed down through the ages-"Luo Shen Fu".

"There was a saying in the ancients that the god of Sishui is named Concubine Mi... She is as graceful as a frightened bird, graceful as a dragon wandering, honoring autumn chrysanthemums, and luxuriant spring pines." What the opera singers on the stage chanted was Cao Zhi's praise of Luoshen Zhen. Ji's alluring appearance.

However, Emperor Yan Jing stared at the stage motionlessly while holding the golden cup, but his face gradually became gloomy.

Leng Lange was so startled that the golden steps on his head trembled, and he looked at Shen Yu'er in disbelief.

Leng You clenched his robe tightly, gritted his teeth and glanced back and forth at Shen Qimo's father and daughter.

When the graceful Cao Zijian appeared and stepped onto the high platform to have a secret meeting with Zhen Ji, there was a low cry in the dragon boat.This actor is dressed in white clothes, with a silver mask on his face, he is clearly playing the current King Xiang, Murongyan!

When the lights dimmed, Cao Pi broke through the affair between his younger brother and his wife. Only then did he realize the truth that his son Cao Rui was born less than a month old, so he gave Zhen Ji death with poisoned wine.When she was buried, her face was covered with hair, and her mouth was stuffed with chaff, which made her shameless.

There was a loud bang, and the singing and dancing stopped suddenly. It turned out that Emperor Yan Jing threw down the wine glass in his hand.I saw him jumping up against the case, and shouted at Shen Yu'er angrily, "Tell me, what is the meaning of this dance?!"

Shen Yu'er showed no signs of fear, she just hooked her hands and said to the actor in white, "Come here."

The actor immediately bowed his head and walked quickly to her, kneeling tremblingly.

There were hundreds of people in the dragon boat, but it was silent at this moment.The shadows of the lamps and lanterns are like ghosts, and the concubines dare not show their atmosphere.

Shen Yu'er took off the silver mask on the actor's face, and threw it into the arms of Huo Sheng who was sitting beside her.

"Sister Huo, should you know who this mask belongs to?" Her eyes were full of sarcasm, and she stared coldly at the pale Huo Sheng. Do you think it is too coincidental that she became pregnant after King Xiang returned to the capital?"

"Haha..haha." Murongyan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised her head and laughed continuously.

Emperor Yan Jing's eyes were fierce, and the veins on his forehead burst out. He gritted his teeth and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"It's too much trouble for me to laugh at the imperial concubine." Murongyan stood up staggeringly, she pointed at Shen Yu'er, her tone was full of alcohol, "If you want to take my life, just come and take it! Why bother?" Use such a ridiculous drama to humiliate this king, concubine Huo, and the Holy One?!"

At this time, Leng You also answered in a cold voice, "Young concubine, the old minister shouldn't talk too much about the affairs of the palace. But what you said is related to the face of the Tian family. False accusation is a felony."

He has already noticed the ambition behind this woman, she not only wants to get rid of Huo Sheng and Murong Yan, what she wants in the end is the queen who is in charge of the sixth house.

But that was his daughter's seat, and he would never allow anyone to dare to shake his daughter's position.

Never allow.

"Leng You, what do you mean? Could it be that the imperial concubine would still deceive His Majesty?!" Shen Qimo suddenly got up and glared at Leng You angrily.

Leng You snorted coldly, and said nothing more.

Shen Yuer hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what the concubine said is true, and there are all witnesses to prove it, and the concubine Rong will report it one by one."

There was a slight commotion in the hall, and after a long time, Emperor Yan Jing said in a deep voice, "Come on, but if there is even half a lie, you are clear about the palace rules."

Shen Yu'er knelt down solemnly and bowed deeply to Emperor Yan Jing, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" She raised her head, stared at Huo Sheng who was pretending to be calm like a falcon, and said with a sneer, "Send them up."

She first summoned a few guards in the palace, "Tell Your Majesty, which places in the palace do Concubine Huo like to visit on weekdays?"

One of the guards bowed his head and said, "Return to Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have seen Concubine Huo near the Zhaolan Palace several times."

Huo Sheng immediately retorted, "Is this also a witness? You must have bribed them, and of course they will speak according to your orders!"

Shen Yu'er continued to sneer, "You miss someone but dare not admit it, it's okay, let's talk about your scandals slowly."

After all, she told a servant in front of Emperor Yan Jing who kept the records, she said to the black-faced sage, "Your Majesty should still remember that at the banquet on the night His Royal Highness King Xiang returned to Beijing, this woman used a sword dance as a gift. His Highness King Xiang, will you solve the problem?"

Emperor Yan Jing sat without moving, but his hands were tightly grasping the armrest of the armchair.

Shen Yu'er smiled meaningfully, and said to the servant, "My father-in-law will find out, what poem was that woman chanting when she danced the sword that night?"

The servant flipped through a few pages of the file, and read in a sharp voice, "That night, what Concubine Huo sang from her mouth was the song "Folding Willows".

Willows become silk in disorder, climbing and folding in spring.

Ye Mi birds fly hindered, the wind light flowers fall late.

The city is tall and has short flute hair, and Lin Kong's painted corners are sad.

There is no other meaning in the song, and it is for lovesickness.

"Hehe, what a 'There is no other meaning in the song, and it is for lovesickness'." Shen Yu'er glanced at Huo Sheng contemptuously, and said to Emperor Yan Jing, "Your Majesty, she dared to openly tell her lovesickness, and still Is there any lewd/cheesy thing you can’t do?”

"Nonsense! If you want to commit a crime, why don't you have excuses?! I danced this song for the empress's birthday that day, so what does it have to do with others?" Huo Sheng bit his lower lip, tried his best to stabilize his mind and argued.

"Sophistry!" Shen Yu'er's eyes stabbed at Huo Sheng like tens of thousands of poisonous scorpions, as if she was looking at the most filthy thing in the world, "I wanted to leave some room for you, so you should plead guilty as soon as you are sensible, otherwise... " She paused, and then glanced at Murong Yan and Huo Sheng with her eyes, "Don't blame me for letting the world know about the scandal you two have done!"

Murong Yan clenched her fists tightly, but didn't speak, she just stared at that hideous woman with red eyes.

Huo Sheng said with a sad smile, "It's ridiculous, you are the daughter of the Shen family, you are a relative of the emperor, and you are also a majestic concubine. In the six palaces, one person is below ten thousand, and no one in the palace dares to look at it." How winking are you? Even if you say that I seduced all the men in the palace, there must be someone to testify!"

Shen Yu'er took a sudden step forward and approached Huo Sheng, her eyes seemed to be burning with dark flames, "If the witness is someone from your palace?"

Huo Sheng's heart sank, and his hands couldn't help but twisted together.

"Why are you dumb?" Shen Yu'er laughed even more presumptuously, and ordered, "Come on! Bring those slaves here!"

Not long after, several palace attendants were pushed and kneeled in the center, all trembling.

Shen Yuer glanced at them one by one with sharp eyes, and said lazily, "You all understand the punishment in the palace, if it is found out that you have committed the crime of concealing..."

Before the words fell, the palace servants hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "I don't dare, I don't dare."

"Excellent." Shen Yuer nodded with satisfaction, "Tell me, does your master have an affair with His Highness King Xiang?"

One of the maids looked at Huo Sheng tremblingly, then secretly looked at Murongyan, met Murongyan's gaze, and then quickly withdrew her gaze, as if she was very scared.

Shen Yu'er saw her, walked slowly to her side, and helped her up with a pleasant face, "What's your name? How long have you been serving your master?"

"Slave maid... The maidservant's name is Ah Lu, and she has been serving Concubine Huo for more than half a year." The girl replied tremblingly.

"Then what did you know?" Shen Yu'er was persuasive.

"Slaves...Slaves dare not speak." She lowered her head and sobbed softly.

"Don't be afraid, with His Majesty making the decision here, no one dares to embarrass you."

After a long time, she took the courage to say with a sob or two, "On the night of the [-]th day of last month, I saw... I saw His Royal Highness King Xiang sneaking into the empress' bedroom..."

Huo Sheng was completely stunned, why did this little maid know this?

Both myself and Murong Yan have martial arts, even if I was careless for a while and didn't notice someone peeping, it's impossible for the Lord's cultivation to fail to spot this little maid.

So. . .Why would she know?

Her mind was in chaos, and she listened in a daze, only to feel that something collapsed in her heart.

"I heard... Your Majesty asked the prince to name the baby... Later, I saw..." Ah Lu's little face flushed suddenly, "I saw His Royal Highness Prince Xiang was in the sleeping hall with your Majesty. ...that pair of silver masks was left behind by King Xiang..."

"You bitch!" Emperor Yan Jing couldn't bear it anymore, he strode towards Huo Sheng, and slapped her to the ground heavily, "Why do you blame me?!"

He squeezed her sharp chin with one hand, almost smashing it into pieces. A winding stream of blood slowly oozed from the corner of Huo Sheng's lips, but she clenched her teeth tightly and said nothing.

He stared at Murong Yan angrily, his eyes were like a bloodthirsty wolf, "Kill!"

The guards drew their blades and pointed at Murongyan.

Murong Yan looked at Emperor Yan Jing frankly, and said, "Your Majesty, don't you feel that you have been teased?"

"What did you say?" Emperor Yan Jing gritted his teeth and asked.

Murong Yan tilted her head slightly, staring at the palace woman called Ah Lu, "You said just now that you saw this king sneaking into Concubine Huo's bedroom with your own eyes on the [-]th of last month, are you serious?"

Ah Lu seemed to be a little scared looking at Shen Yuer for help, Shen Yuer raised her eyebrows, "Say it."

"That's right..." Ah Lu had no choice but to reply very lightly.

Murong Yan turned her head to look at the valet who kept the records just now, "Check it out, is there a record of His Majesty's whereabouts on the [-]th of last month?"

The servant looked anxiously at Emperor Yan Jing, only to see him say impatiently, "Read it out!"

The man hastily flipped through a few pages and read stammeringly, "July [-]th, Concubine Huo. She was weak and anorexia. His Majesty came to accompany her to have a meal. After eating, the two of them rested in the hall together. ...and didn't leave until Maoshi the next day."

"Dare to ask, how did this king have a private meeting with Concubine Huo under the nose of His Majesty that day?" Murong Yan stared at Shen Yu'er burningly and said.

"This... this servant must have misremembered the date!" Shen Yuer panicked.

The girl's legs suddenly softened, and she kowtowed to Shen Yu'er non-stop, "Your Majesty! Please let your maidservant go!"

Unexpectedly, the sudden change in the situation, Shen Yuer's complexion changed drastically, and she scolded harshly, "You...you lowly maidservant, what nonsense are you talking about?!"

And in the next moment, Emperor Yan Jing suddenly saw Huo Sheng's limp body in his arms, and growled in pain, "My dear concubine! What's wrong with you, my concubine!"

Slowly, a dark red, warm, heart-wrenching streak appeared. . .Blood snaked out from under Huo Sheng's skirt.

"Someone! Somebody!"

An imperial doctor staggered up and stretched out his trembling fingers to catch Huo Sheng's pulse.

He was so startled that his whole body trembled, the corners of his lips twitched and he knelt down on the ground, "Your Majesty, Concubine Huo, this is... a sign of a slippery fetus... the dragon child in your belly is probably..."

"What?!" Emperor Yan Jing's face was pale.

Suddenly, the imperial doctor sniffed the air, approached the fish that Huo Sheng had caught before, his expression became flustered, and he shouted wildly, "It's this fish... Putting this fish in it will make your mother produce musk!"

"It's you!" Emperor Yan Jing stared at Shen Yu'er with bloodshot eyes.

"I do not have.."

Shen Yuer's knees softened and she fell to her knees.

"Your Majesty... there must be a misunderstanding on this matter!" Shen Qimo rushed to the throne in a panic.

"Come here! Take Shen's father and daughter to the sky prison and wait for their punishment!"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

The shouts of the two gradually faded away, and Emperor Yan Jing hurriedly got off the boat and left with Huo Sheng's weak body in his arms.

Only Murong Yan remained motionless, as if frozen in place.

She didn't know how long it took before she realized that the summer wind was so cold, it made her cheeks feel bitingly cold.

She raised her head, but she was facing Leng Lange's painful eyes.

"You have changed after all, Your Highness King Xiang."