Self-cultivation of male support

This night seemed thrilling to many people, because they witnessed the Tian family's husband and wife killing each other, father and son turning against each other, and they knew too much, so they might lose their lives at any time.

Although the dew was deeper and heavier, many people were still covered in cold sweats.

After the emperor died, the prince nodded slightly to the queen. In the eyes of countless people, his back was straight and his expression was cold. He followed the commander of the imperial guards. The elder brother of the concubine Xian's family left the empress of the Supreme Harmony and never came back all night .

Everyone didn't know if the emperor's heroic spirit was still floating in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, dying in peace, wanting to kill someone violently, they couldn't care about these anymore.Everyone's hearts followed the endless fighting shouts from outside, and the sound of swords and soldiers clashing up and down.

Some ministers kneeling below closed their eyes and meditated, some were calm, and some were sweating, their faces were pale, and their bodies were crumbling.

The queen still sat casually at the small table, ignoring the emperor who had lost her breath on the dragon bed, and ordered someone to give seats to the few ministers kneeling in front of her.

Several people got up from the ground, bowed their hands to the queen, sat down silently, closed their eyes and meditated.

The queen didn't care about the seemingly contemptuous actions of the few people, and looked at her sixth prince casually once again, her mouth was gagged, and she could only look at her sixth prince with angry eyes.

Turning to a concubine behind her, she said, "Sister, look, our Majesty's most beloved son is just as boring as his old man."

The imperial concubine calmly added a cup of tea to the queen, her voice was clear, but everyone in the hall could hear: "It's just a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death, I don't need to take it to heart."

The sixth prince was provoked by the two and struggled violently, but the soldiers behind him tightly clamped his shoulders, not giving him the slightest chance to break free.

No matter how angry and unwilling the sixth prince is, the queen's eyes have already withdrawn from him and she won't take a second look at him. Such a person doesn't deserve too much attention from her, and she glances lightly from everyone kneeling in the hall. However, without saying anything, everyone in the hall has already felt an invisible wire.

At this time, no one will treat her as a woman anymore. Once she is in this position, regardless of gender, she is all equally superior, controlling the life and death of others.

What's more, she has a son who has been the crown prince for many years and is about to inherit the throne.

This is also the reason why so many ministers turned a blind eye to what the queen did when they saw the scene of the Tian family's rebellion with their own eyes. It's not the queen, what she did, sometimes it's important, sometimes it's not so important.

The empress was well aware of these people's thoughts, closed her eyes, and said lightly: "Bring in the other princes and the pregnant concubine, and let them send your majesty on a journey to fulfill their last filial piety! "

Immediately, two soldiers in armor came out from the corner to lead the way.

Many people were shocked on the face, but they knew very well in their hearts that when the imperial power is handed over, it is the quality that the superior should have to eliminate all possible factors of chaos, and listen to the Queen's wishes, these people have long been controlled and waited outside the palace for a long time , there is no room for others to comment.

At this time, rushing up to seek death is also stupid.

In just a few words, the princes have been brought in and knelt down in front of the crowd obediently, obediently doing their filial piety to the dead emperor. Although the bottom of my heart is very happy with the current scene, I have to try my best to show the sadness of the dead father on the face , very well-behaved, it is obvious that the person is outside the temple, and has long known what happened inside.What's more, compared to shouting and killing outside, which is full of blood and frightening, it is more safe to be in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

At this time, someone reported to the queen: "My concubine Liang refuses to come in because she is not feeling well and her stomach hurts."

The queen didn't even open her eyes, she waved her hand and said, "Let the imperial doctor take a look."

The imperial concubine who was tormented by the emperor for half her life was going out in person, and soon came in to tell the truth: "My concubine Liang is in good health, and there is nothing wrong with it."

"That is, I don't want the child in my womb to be filial to the late emperor, to be dissatisfied with the king, to be unkind to the mother, and to wait for the child to be born and sent to the emperor's mausoleum to guard the tomb of the late emperor, and never come back in this life."

When the empress said this, there was no emotion on her face, and there was not even a trace of anger in her voice, her attitude was casual, as if she didn't pay attention to a concubine who was pregnant with the late emperor's child at all.

What's even more shocking is that with such an attitude, several ministers sitting in the hall remained motionless, as if they hadn't heard what the queen said just now. Beating, the echo in the chest is full of regret and fear.

The seemingly non-existent crying of a woman outside did not know when it quietly dissipated, and the hall returned to silence, and the ears were filled with increasingly clear sounds of fighting each other, as if they could break into Taihe at any time. Temple-like.

Some people are in a hurry, but unfortunately the first few people who have spoken effectively don't mean to worry at all. They should eat, drink, and close their eyes to rest their minds.

Urgency is in vain.

Fortunately, it was approaching dawn, which was also the darkest hour of the night. Many people pricked up their ears and listened carefully. It seemed that all the sounds outside had disappeared, leaving only the rustling of the leaves blown by the wind.

When the first ray of sunlight shone through the windows of the Hall of Supreme Harmony on everyone's faces and bodies, everything had settled down. The immature prince who was only 15 years old in the eyes of many people was wearing armor and his face was stained with blood. Wherever a dark armor passed, blood was dripping down.

Kneeling in the hall, the exhausted minister smelled a strong smell of blood, his breathing stopped suddenly, and he didn't dare to look directly. When someone walked by, he caught a glimpse of the place where the prince stepped on, leaving behind dark red footprints .

Then they heard the prince's hoarse voice in their ears: "Mother, everything is settled."

Some people breathed a long sigh of relief, some couldn't bear it any longer and directly fainted on the ground, but none of the surrounding palace people dared to step forward to help them.

This night, the entire capital city was shrouded in the sound of trampling horseshoes on Suzaku Street and the chilling atmosphere. Every household closed their doors tightly and were cautious. Under the restraint of adults, ignorant children did not dare to cry easily, even if they cried once or twice The sound also quickly disappeared.

Did Du Shi know that outside Du's house, there were countless people guarding the safety of his family in the dark, listening to the faint shouts of killing coming from the direction of the imperial city, he led people to guard outside Shiyan's courtyard all night.

The torches illuminated the entire yard as bright as day, and no one made a sound. Du Shiyou moved a chair and sat at the door of Shiyan, his consciousness fell into a daze for a moment.

Manniang, who came out to check the situation, quietly covered him with a cloak, signaled to the people around him not to disturb him, and went back to the house lightly.

When Du Shiyou woke up with a start, he rubbed his eyes and found that there was a lot of light in the sky, the guards who had been guarding all night were gone, and the ashes left by the torch burning last night were still left in the yard. Trembling, he wrapped the cloak around his body tightly by two points.

"Go back to sleep when you wake up, the dark circles under your eyes are heavier than mine."

Du Shi tilted his head, and saw his younger sister standing in the corridor with her hands behind her back, looking in the direction of the palace with an unpredictable expression, not knowing what she was thinking.There is no doubt that the words just now must have been said by my sister.

So I habitually continued: "It's not my sister. I have a sentence that I have held in my heart for a long time. Can you see dark circles on your face? I don't want you to be so embarrassing!"

Shi Yan's eyes were still fixed on the direction of the palace, and he casually said, "We'll see it soon."

What else did Du Shiyou want to ask, but Shiyan withdrew his eyes from the sky, turned around and entered the house with his hands behind his back, and told him: "Don't go to the Imperial College for the past two days, study hard at home, and wait for the Enke exam to show off your skills Bar!"

Du Shiyou was completely awakened by his sister's words. This Enke exam is either the enthronement of the emperor, the birth of the prince, or the sudden shortage of people in the court. No matter what the situation is, the meaning behind it is very scary okay!

But it didn't take Du Shi to have doubts for too long. When the time came for the ministers to go to court, the whole capital moved, the streets resumed their usual hustle and bustle, and a news spread to everyone's ears extremely fast.

"Your Majesty has passed away! He was poisoned to death, and the murderer turned out to be that ignorant sixth prince from the past?"

At breakfast time, the family gathered at the dining table and heard Aunt Zhang tell the rumors that were spreading outside. Du Shiyou was the first to feel that the matter was absurd and terrifying.

Although the reputation is not good today, it is well known that he dotes on the sixth prince for various well-known reasons. At a young age, he never returned on the road of dandyism.

If he is alive today, the sixth prince will live a comfortable life and do whatever he wants.

But today he passed away and the crown prince ascended the throne. With the soles of his feet, he knew that the new emperor would not love the sixth prince unconditionally like the previous emperor.

The sixth prince's operation is tantamount to digging his own grave, what exactly is he planning?

Aunt Zhang honestly told everyone about the speculation from outside: "I heard that it was because the Sixth Prince recruited guests during His Majesty's serious illness, and His Majesty found out about his schemes.

His Majesty summoned the Sixth Prince into the palace and reprimanded him for a few words. The Sixth Prince was not angry. He took advantage of his identity as the only one who had direct access to His Majesty with his biological mother, Liu Guiren, and poisoned the decoction for His Majesty. The poison that seals the throat with blood, the person will be unconscious within half a cup of tea after drinking the medicine.

The imperial physicians in the palace worked all night yesterday, but they failed to let His Majesty leave a single word.The sixth prince is also cruel, a white-eyed wolf who can't support him, His Majesty is sorry for the people of the world, and he is not ashamed of the Liu family, and it is thanks to him that he can do it.

Calculated according to the hour, in half an hour the Chang'an order should be widely distributed, admonishing everyone to keep their filial piety for His Majesty. "

The whole family was stunned and thoughtful.

Du Shi had only one thought: the crown prince is really going to ascend the throne, maybe he can really grant Enke, how does his sister know?But don't say it's based on star observation at night, just see if I believe it!

Father Du also understood in his heart that the news in the palace was not as simple as the folklore, but if the superior wants to make everyone believe something, everyone can only pretend to believe it, there is no other way.

However, when the new emperor came to the throne, there must be the same amnesty for the world and Kai Enke. Although the probability of amnesty is higher, Kai Enke is not impossible, so he urged Du Shiyou: "Eat quickly, and go back to the room to read after eating."

Du Shiyou looked at his father and then at his sister, feeling helpless.

When the whole family was thinking about it, it was very strange for Du's mother to show a sincere smile on her face. She was so sincere that Du's mother could not control her inner happiness. God has become different, and the light of hope is shining in his eyes.

Du Shiyou wanted to say something, but Shiyan shook her head, and dragged the person who hadn't wiped her mouth after eating directly out of the dining room, leaving the space inside for the husband and wife.

"Hey, little sister, I found that you really have the air of a charlatan recently. Can you tell my brother about the incident before, and where did you hear it?" Du Shiyou wiped his mouth and moved closer to Shiyan. whispered.

Shiyan let go of Du Shiyou's hand, said nothing, and walked slowly towards her yard with her hands behind her back.

Du Shiyou followed behind and muttered: "Recently, my family members are acting strangely. Feng Shui is not good in this place in the capital. Nothing good has happened since I came here."

Shiyan stopped in her tracks, caught a leaf falling from the top of her head with her slender fingers and held it in the palm of her hand, and said with a smile: "A good thing will happen soon."

Did Du Shi take it to heart, and said casually, "What a good thing?"

"A great thing."

After saying this, Shiyan told Manniang: "Arrange the things I embroidered last night, and I will give them away later."

Manniang responded with a trot and left. Du Shiyou gasped when he thought of what he saw in the younger sister's room this morning. He didn't know what to say. Someone push into the fire pit?

If it is said to be destroyed, it is really reluctant.It's just a dilemma.

Before Du Shi could figure out how to properly deal with the things that the little sister embroidered this time, news came out from the palace that the fifth princess invited Shi Yan to the palace to speak.

The whole family, including Du's mother, felt that there was something wrong with the news. An emperor died in the palace last night, and a prince was implicated. It was a time of chaos. It was wrong to let Shiyan enter the palace at this moment.

But there is no way, the carriage in the palace is parked there, and it is not as if they intend to reason with them. Although their attitude towards the Du family is soft but hard, they are very respectful when facing Shiyan.

Under the tense eyes of the family, Shiyan got into the carriage and entered the palace. As she expected, she went not to the fifth princess's bedroom, but to the Queen's Oasis Palace.

The eunuchs and eunuchs in Ganquan Palace kept their eyes on their noses, their noses, their hearts, and their minds. They performed their duties, busy but not chaotic, very stable, and there was no sign of the drastic changes in the palace last night.

The great eunuch Yuchen personally greeted Shiyan outside the Ganquan Palace, with a very respectful attitude, and wanted to explain to Shiyan why he was originally the servant of the fifth princess and why he appeared here.

Unexpectedly, Yan acted as if she hadn't noticed this, she nodded to him and waited for him to lead the way.

Yuchen was stunned for a moment, turned around and bent over to lead the man into Ganquan Palace, and whispered: "This morning, the fifth princess is worried about your mother, and came here specially to say hello, you can see it when you go in."

But he didn't explain the reason for bringing people into the palace at this time.

Shiyan didn't say much, handed the things in her hand to Yuchen, and said in Yuchen's eyes that she didn't understand: "It's for the prince."

Yuchen was taken aback again, shocked by the amount of information contained in Shiyan's words.

He cautiously glanced sideways at Shi Yan, and asked tentatively, "Do you know everything?"

Shiyan didn't speak.

After stepping over a threshold under his feet, when he looked up, he saw a woman in fine clothes looking a little tired and extremely excited, looking at him with burning eyes.

Behind him was the fifth princess who lowered her head and couldn't help but stare at her out of the corner of her eye.To be precise, he aimed at his own eyes and the queen's eyes. Although the other party tried to hide his shock by lowering his head, Shi Yan still looked straight at him.

As for whether the queen saw it, or whether the queen wanted her to see it, that's none of Shiyan's business.

Shi Yan gave the empress a junior salute very calmly, and by the way, even the fifth princess was not behind, the fifth princess moved away instantly in shock, and hurriedly returned the salute to her.

Shi Yan was amused by the action of the fifth princess.

It was this smile that made the Queen's eyes look at her from excitement, restraint, and depression at the beginning, to love and gentleness now, and the change in between can only take a cup of tea.

The queen took Shiyan's hand very naturally and walked towards the table, and said softly: "My good boy, I have suffered for you all these years."

Shi Yan was pulled by the other party, she didn't feel any special feeling, she had the same calm expression on her face as before: "There is nothing bitter or not, I feel happy myself."

The queen finally couldn't hold back and reached out to touch Shi Yan's face, her eyes were full of pity: "From today on, you don't have to do this anymore, Ah Yan should be the most beautiful woman in the world."

Shi Yan patted the other party's hand, and said in a warm voice: "You don't have to do this, what you gain is what you lose. I have lived a very comfortable life outside these years, and I am very satisfied with the current life in my heart."

The queen stared at her eyes seriously, and didn't find the slightest reluctance in it. She didn't know whether to relax or feel sad, so she just held her hand tightly and didn't speak.

Just one face to face, the two knew in their hearts that the other already knew everything.

At this moment, there was a sound of shouting and killing outside, and the fifth princess stood in front of the queen without even thinking about it, her face was pale, but her expression was firm, as if she swore to protect the queen to the death, and she sat calmly opposite the queen, as if she had no idea what to do. The heartless consciousness is in stark contrast.

The mother and daughter looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing out loud. The fifth princess was attracted by their laughter, and turned her head to look at them for some unknown reason.

Soon the eunuch Yuchen came in and reported: "All the remnants of the six princes have been taken down."

The queen slapped the table and said: "The remnants of the six princes tried to assassinate me in this palace. The Du family was smart and cautious, and saved my life in a crisis, and passed on my imperial edict. From now on, my palace will accept Du Shiyan as a righteous daughter." , canonize the eldest princess, fief Luonan, and eat three thousand cities, it can be seen that the palace does not worship, and rewards a token for entering and leaving the palace at any time, and also rewards some gold, silver and jewels..."

The eyes of the fifth princess gradually widened under the queen's coquettish operation, and her mouth was so wide that a salted duck egg could be stuffed into it.

Gradually, as if he finally regained his composure and figured something out, a clear meaning gradually appeared in his eyes.

After the queen's series of rewards were finished, the fifth princess had already returned to normal, and she bowed to Shi Yan with a smile: "The fifth sister has met the elder sister."

Shi Yan accepted the gift calmly, and she accepted this gift with confidence.

She didn't refuse the queen's rewards either, or the same sentence, she could afford these rewards for what she did for the queen and the prince.Besides, the queen obviously wanted to make up for her urgently, if she refused, the queen would only feel more guilty and uneasy.

So Shiyan's feet hadn't left the palace yet, Du Shiyan, the owner of Xiaoxiu Zhuang, was accepted as a righteous daughter by the queen because of her meritorious service in saving her. .

Such an incident just happened yesterday, and today both inside and outside the palace are busy dealing with the emperor's funeral. It is only natural that the remnants of the six princes choose to come out to make trouble at this time, and it is not surprising that the empress's people solved it.

It was the owner of Xiaoxiu Zhuang who was famous for his superb skills and dark skin in the legend. Although he was successful in saving him, this treatment was definitely the best treatment in the rescue.

If the queen simply takes in a foster daughter, grants her the title of princess, and helps her find a reliable man, so that she can enjoy the glory and wealth for the rest of her life.

But the meaning of the eldest princess is completely different. The meaning of the eldest princess who has a fief and a food town is even more different. This is no different from the treatment of a prince. The fief of Luonan alone, because of its extremely important strategic position, is the life of the princes. An ideal and prosperous land that cannot be obtained.

The eldest princess knows Yan, who has jumped from a poor girl who no one cares about to become a celebrity in front of the queen, an upstart in the capital, and at this early morning, it has attracted the attention of almost all the people in the capital.

When Shi Yan returned home with several carts of rewards, the alley was almost blocked by the carriage behind him carrying the gifts.

The family stood at the door to welcome them. They were already stunned by this development. They went out for a while, and when they came back, they would be the eldest princess.

When Du Shi saw Shi Yan, he had only one thought: what Amei said would happen soon, and it really was a great thing!

Du Shiyou didn't believe that his sister could pinch and count all of a sudden. He felt that Shiyan's mouth was a real spirit, and he made up his mind to ask his sister to say it a few more times later, so that he could pass the imperial examination. Finding a good wife is much more effective than going to a temple to pray to God and Buddha.

He definitely didn't think of Shiyan's identity as a real relative of the emperor or even a princess. He only thought that his sister had a bad life. Last time, she didn't get a good word for the people in the palace. She was the culprit. She often came to find her The fifth princess, whom her sister talked to, didn't come to play often because of guilt, and only sent some things that she couldn't eat or drink.

After ruining my sister's life, my family can't give birth to the slightest resentment, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the nobleman.

Therefore, Du Shiyou hated people in the court.

He didn't care what his younger sister's being named the eldest princess meant to the Du family, he just rushed forward and asked Shi Yan: "My sister, I heard that you have done a good job in saving him, but are you injured? Is there any discomfort?"

Shiyan was still the same as before, and said calmly after hearing the words: "Didn't I tell you to study hard at home? Why did you run out again? You don't focus on studying all day long, do you miss the feeling of eating fried pork with bamboo shoots in Fucheng? "

As he spoke, he pulled out a piece of fresh branch from nowhere, twirled a beautiful sword flower in the air, and raised his chin at Du Shiyou: "I picked it by chance on the way, do you want to relive the old dream?"

Du Shiyou instantly remembered the days when he was being chased by his younger sister to smoke because he was slack in his studies when he was in Fucheng. His back hurt, and he jumped and fled the scene with a groan.

Shi Shiran followed behind her, hands behind her back, pinching a twig, whistling, looking very comfortable, like a skilled hooligan, but now no one dares to treat her as an ignorant hooligan , the servant looked at her with awe.

Father Du looked at the backs of the two leaving with complicated eyes.

His son Du Shiyou has always been slow to react and not think too much about family matters, but he is different. After being shocked by the big hand in the palace for a moment, he finally put together all the previous doubts and suddenly had a new guess.

If Shi Yan was originally a princess, then everything would make sense.

Du's father was startled by his guess, thinking that he would have to trick his wife well and get a definite answer from her.With no expression on his face, he personally led the people to move the rewards that blocked most of the street into the house.