Qi Huang

There were three groups of people who tried to stop Xie Xuan from returning to Beijing on the road from Yongzhou to Beijing.

The first group was Mr. Xue from Xiao's old department.Needless to say the reasons for besieging and killing Xie Xuan, the members of the Xie clan deserve to die in their eyes.

The second group belonged to the Queen Mother.Although Xie Xuan's drama in Yongzhou can confuse some people's eyes on the bright side, it can't avoid the Queen Mother's eyes after all.

The third call was Xie Duan, no... Maybe it can be said that it was Xie Duan and Wang Qi who joined forces to prevent Xie Xuan from returning to Beijing.

Xie Xuan couldn't understand at first why everyone wanted to prevent him from returning to Beijing at this time.

Until now, he had only vaguely realized the meaning of it.

The country is about to change hands.

The queen mother has always been calm and reserved, even when she saw Xie Xuan standing in front of her, there was still no panic expression on her face.When looking at him, there is a kind of joy of reunion after a long absence.

"Xing Lan." The Queen Mother smiled softly, "You really returned to Beijing."

Xie Xuan: "I would also like to thank the imperial grandmother for taking care of me."

In the empty Ziluan Palace, there were clearly only the three of them, but for a while, rustling footsteps came from nowhere, and gradually, these footsteps surrounded the outside of the hall neatly. He heard the sound of the sword being unsheathed and whistling in the wind.

The Empress Dowager's eyes fell on the void: "Where are those troops?"

Xie Xuan said: "Prajna Temple."

The queen mother was startled, and then suddenly said: "It turns out to be Prajna Temple."

During the reign of Taizu, in addition to the two types of military forces, the city guard army and the imperial forest army, there was a third type of army, also known as the ghost army.Never show up, never send troops, not even a single official rank.

It is said that the ancestors of the Xie family believed in gods and Buddhas to the point of obsession, so the emperor at that time spent a lot of money to build a temple outside the northern suburbs, called Prajna Temple.On the surface, it is offering incense outside the city in the name of the royal family, but it is actually another authority in the hands of the emperor.

The location of the Banruo Temple is special, and the sorting and selection hosted by it is not affected by external forces. The queen mother has tried to intervene in the Banruo Temple many times, but was blocked back with neither hardness nor softness.

With the oracle of the ancestors, even the queen mother can't blatantly take them all together.

She always thought that Feng Jiuyuan's people were all in Banruo Temple, and Feng Jiuyuan also admitted this to her, but she didn't expect...

is fake.

Banruo Temple belonged to the emperor from beginning to end.

The queen mother suddenly felt a little emotional.

There is one thing among the hundred secrets, she has been pushed to this position for so many years, after all the calculations, she is not popular.

Xie Qingshan is like a sleepy bird with its wings broken. He has been a false emperor in this palace for more than 30 years. The Empress Dowager thought he had no strength to fight back.

It seems that Mrs. Xie is really good at pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

But so what?Xie Qingshan himself is a trapped beast, even if he calls all the young sparrows in the forest, he cannot be rescued.

The only thing he can do is to ask outside for help.And the person who was asked for help was not sure of winning.

The queen mother glanced at Wang Qi: "Xinglan, you can't beat me today."

Xie Xuan: "How do you say that?"

Do I still need to say this?

Wang Qi is not a dull person, he chooses to cooperate with Xie Duan, not because he really intends to become Xie's dog from now on, but because Xie Duan has no brains and means, even if he has the slightest thought of rebelling against the Queen Mother, Yomo was also forced out.

If Xie Duan is helped to the throne by him, there is still a lot of room for Wang Qi.

But if it was Xie Xuan, it would be completely different.

Wang Qi would never allow a decisive person to sit in that position!

In the Ziluan Palace, the three of them stand in a tripod, and the three parties seem to be in the same boat, but if the purpose is different, the camp will change at any time.

So the Queen Mother doesn't plan to talk about it.

She pulled out a hairpin from her head and waved her hand.

There was a crisp sound of collision between the gold and silver hairpins and the gold paved opposite side of Ziluan Hall.This collision was like the sound of drums and zithers on the battlefield, and it vibrated with a buzzing sound.

Immediately, the wind direction outside the hall changed again.

Countless footsteps came from all directions, swords and halberds intersected, clanging, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Empress Dowager: "Xinglan, you came here in such a hurry, did you forget that the Imperial Forest Army is still in my hands?"

Xie Xuan's face changed slightly: "The Royal Army?!"

Wang Qi also reacted: "The Imperial Forest Army...isn't it in Shangyang Palace?! No...there is no need for the Imperial Forest Army to kill their father and son, you have already..."

The Queen Mother smiled.Ever since Wang Qi appeared, she has been standing firmly on the high platform, overlooking all the people. Now, as if she was finally willing to condescend, she dragged a long brocade tail and walked down the nine-storied hall that symbolizes everything in the world. layers of steps.

She walked up to Xie Xuan.

I haven't seen her for so long, Xie Xuan's figure is tall, and her figure is even taller, she no longer looks like a slender teenager.But his shoulders are still thin, and when his blue eyes stare at people, they still give people a sense of youthfulness.

The Queen Mother liked to look at this face the most.

She gently raised her hand and caressed Xie Xuan's side face. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Wang Qi holding the sword in his hand, looking like he was about to draw the sword, and said without looking back: "Uncle, you will stand by my side." side, right?"

Wang Qi, even if you bring part of the southwest town army, there is no guarantee that the mysterious army of Banruo Temple will not take advantage of the situation and attack you with the Imperial Forest Army, right?

In royal disputes, outsiders must be eliminated first before infighting. You don’t understand this, do you?

As long as you are sensible and aware of current affairs, I can guarantee it.

Wang Qi repeated the implication of the queen mother's words in his heart.

On the side of the shoulder armor, the hand holding the sword slipped and disappeared into the armor.

The Queen Mother is very satisfied.

Even if there are occasional accidents in this world, isn't everything still within her expectations?

Taking advantage of this opportunity, classify Banruo Temple as a rebel party and sweep it all together. At this point, all scourges will disappear.

She looked at Xie Xuan lovingly.

In the folk, at this age, he was still loved by his parents, but it is a pity that he was born in the royal family.

"Is the poison on your body okay?" The queen mother slowly raised Xie Xuan's chin and looked into his eyes. "These eyes are so similar to Miaoyin. If you promise to be my puppet, I can't help it." Help you detoxify."

Xie Xuan was manipulated by her from the beginning to the end, as if she had realized that she had fallen into a trap by bringing people from Banruo Temple into the palace rashly, and she even avoided struggling.

Until he heard the word "Miaoyin".

It was the mother he had never met.

"Grandmother." Xie Xuan said, "Do you have a good relationship with my concubine?"

"Nature is good."

Maybe it was a done deal, and talking about the old man again, the Empress Dowager sighed slowly, with a trace of warmth in her eyes, "At that time we were inseparable all day long, and occasionally when the palace servants and the late emperor were not paying attention, we would secretly go down to the pond to pick lotus roots. , like sweat condensing makeup..."

Living in a high place for a long time, being looked up to by thousands of people, while enjoying the power, it is also too lonely, which she admitted personally.Destroying human desires for something, the moment she raised the butcher knife, she was no longer a human being.

When I was a girl, I was accompanied by my friends and enjoyed a boat ride, which turned out to be the last memorable time.

Xie Xuan lowered her head and murmured: "Then why did it become like this?"

He sighed, not sure if he was talking about the current scene, or the three generations of their grandparents, or, feeling that time has changed and things have changed.

When the Queen Mother was silent, Xie Xuan suddenly spoke again: "I know."

The queen mother raised her eyes slightly: "You know?"

Xie Xuan nodded and repeated: "I know."

"Grandmother... was actually forced to do nothing."

"The emperor's grandmother entered the palace at a young age and had nothing to do with her for half her life. But at that time, the emperor's grandfather loved you very much, and he didn't care whether you could bear a prince. It has been the same for decades."

"Until later, the emperor's grandfather was seriously ill, and the imperial physician was unable to recover. When people face death, they always have all kinds of reluctance, whether it is for the friendship in this world or for standing above ten thousand people. The supreme power that he enjoyed at the time. Therefore, when the imperial grandfather was dying, he made a decision."

The Empress Dowager's eyes froze instantly, and the hand pinching Xie Xuan's chin slipped down, strangling his neck violently.

Throughout the ages, if you want to say who is most afraid of death, it is the emperor.

Because I have been soaked in the wine pool and meat forest for a lifetime, enjoying the worship of thousands of people, calling the wind and the rain.Innate imperial power, who can fight against the sky?

He stepped on the backs of thousands of people, watching the suffering in the world with cold eyes, but he didn't have to experience it himself.

Only in the face of death can all beings be equal.

When one day, Hades tells you that he wants to take all this from you, who would be willing?

Ignoring the murderous intent in the Queen Mother's eyes, Xie Xuan continued to stumble and said: "He wants you to be buried in the imperial tomb. All concubines can be dismissed, or exiled to the people, or have their families cut off. Only you, and only you, ask to be with the emperor's grandfather." , were buried together in the imperial mausoleum."

Queen Mother: "Who told you?"

Xie Xuan smiled: "These past events have been rotting in the stomach of the imperial grandmother for so many years, and they must have rotted and smelly. Now that people know about it, shouldn't the imperial grandmother breathe a sigh of relief?"

"Is it Feng Jiuyuan?" The Queen Mother's face finally showed a more frightening expression than coldness.Maybe it's the distorted fear, or maybe it's the shame after the wound was opened, "Or Xie Qingshan?!"

Xie Xuan did not answer, and continued: "In order to live, the imperial grandmother teamed up with General Wang to frame Xiao's party and ordered General Wang to replace him. After the military power was seized, she killed the imperial grandfather with her own hands. In order to prevent future troubles, the remaining All the princes were slaughtered, and only my father is left."

"Power is indeed easy to be addicted to. Step by step, the imperial grandmother has come to where she is today..." Xie Xuan almost couldn't breathe, but he was still calm, and he was happy to see the empress dowager's calm mask being torn apart. "Grandmother, actually, there is still one thing I don't understand..."

"If Grandmother had intended to sit on the throne in person, why didn't she kill my father and us directly?"

Why not take advantage of the relatively strong Southwest Town Army at the time of the first emperor's death to sit on the throne in one fell swoop?

In the face of absolute power, gender and identity are not issues at all.

Yes, the Empress Dowager would occasionally ask herself, why not be more cruel and kill everyone.

But every time she dreams back at midnight, when she sees those people who died at her hands in the phantom, even she herself can't tell whether she is more afraid or regretful at that time.

The hand on Xie Xuan's neck finally slipped slowly.

However, that is in an instant.

Even Wang Qi, who has kung fu, didn't turn around.The first ray of sunlight in Ziluan Hall came in through the window lattice, and following the chaotic footsteps outside the hall, a silver light flashed out!

In the next moment, the silver light sank into the Queen Mother's chest!

Before the look of astonishment climbed onto the Queen Mother's face, Xie Xuan made another stab!

Wang Qi didn't even have time to stop her, so he had to shout from the air: "Stop! Even if you kill her now, you won't be able to stop the situation in front of you!"

The imperial forest army was fighting outside, and the troops in Wang Qi's hands had not yet joined the battle.Even so, the Royal Forest Army still has the advantage.The so-called ghost army is only used in critical situations. Compared with the well-trained Imperial Forest Army, the strength of Banruo Temple is just ants.

Even if the Queen Mother dies, the situation cannot be changed.

However, Xie Xuan turned a deaf ear to it.

He drew out the dagger, leaned over and pressed the blade against the Queen Mother's neck again, and smiled softly: "Grandmother, you are dying again now, are you afraid?"

The Queen Mother lost her voice.

The physical pain was far less than the psychological shock. No one expected that Xie Xuan, who had always been obedient, would make such a move.

It was clearly a murder, even if it was an enemy, but Xie Xuan didn't seem to have any psychological burden at all, and the knife in his hand fell twice.

"The emperor's grandmother was forced to this position. In the beginning, it was actually because she was afraid of death." Xie Xuan passed the blade forward, and it was a little closer to the neck. Today, how old was the imperial grandmother at that time? Sixteen? Twenty? I just don’t know if more than ten years have passed, is the current imperial grandmother still afraid of death?”

Xie Xuan's appearance is actually not at all like Xie Qingshan, if it is really similar, Xie Xuan is more like his mother.Miaoyin is the eldest princess of a foreign race, born with great strength, brave and warlike, as if nothing will make her feel intimidated.

Xie Xuan is the same.

He raised his eyes to look at Wang Qi, saw that he was trying to move his steps to approach this way, and lightly said: "Stop."

Wang Qi paused.

Xie Xuan said: "You can try it, you are faster, or my knife is faster."

Wang Qi: "I said, you kill her now..."

"No problem." Xie Xuan interrupted him softly.

Because of the action just now, Xie Xuan's face was also splashed with a trace of blood. He slowly took out an imperial decree from his arms and threw it at Wang Qi's feet: "Now you have two choices. One, I will kill the imperial grandmother." , and then commit suicide. And you, General Wang, will most likely be taken down on the spot by the Imperial Forest Army on charges of leading troops into the palace and murdering the prince and queen mother. Second, get the Dragon Seal from the imperial grandmother, stamp the imperial decree, and leave Go out and proclaim a new king."

That was not an imperial edict to force the Queen Mother to abdicate and return the imperial power, but an imperial edict to change the new monarch.

After the word Xinjun, the word Xie Xuan was written brightly.

The Queen Mother took a quick breath and grabbed Xie Xuan's collar: "You..."

"Emperor Grandmother, don't worry." Xie Xuan smiled, "The so-called golden words, once the decree is announced, I will call all the people in the imperial hospital to treat your injuries. But if it continues, I can only talk to the emperor. Grandmother went to see what Hades looks like."

Queen Mother: "...crazy, crazy..."

"The imperial grandmother once praised me. Among the many princes, I am the most similar to you..." Xie Xuan said, "Emperor grandmother, what do you think?"

Wang Qi still wanted to struggle.He didn't want to usher in a new monarch immediately, and it was a new monarch like Xie Xuan who was difficult to deal with.

"Xinglan, look, can you change the crown prince first..."

"No." Xie Xuan coldly rebuffed, "I'm going to be the emperor."

The wind in the palace suddenly changed.

First, the Queen Mother inexplicably announced the decree, directly bypassing the prince Xie Duan, and changing Xie Xuan as the new king.And this imperial decree was read by Zhennan General Wang Qi.When everyone was in panic, although they accepted the order verbally, they were also extremely suspicious in their hearts.

Then there are the rebels who were making trouble around the capital, and they made a fuss inexplicably, and then died down inexplicably.

Everyone is talking about it, but not everyone dares to talk about it.

And the biggest thing is the emperor Xie Qingshan.

Xie Qingshan is dying.

This is something that all court servants, including courtiers, are well aware of.

According to the rules, all the ministers had to be present, even Ye Wenxu, who was too sick to walk, was also dragging his body sick, standing upright outside the main hall of Shangyang Palace.

When a servant from the palace next door passed by Shangyang Palace, he saw that there were heavy soldiers guarding three miles away from Shangyang Palace, and every guard was wearing heavy armor, as if they had just returned from the border.

For the sake of their lives, they didn't dare to ask more questions, they only dared to stay far away, so they naturally didn't know that the world had already changed to a new world.

There were cries in Shangyang Palace.

Others did not dare to listen, only a few soldiers in armor stood guard outside with solemn faces.

When Xie Xuan walked in, there was still blood on his body.The soldiers bowed down to salute and welcomed them in.

Xie Qingshan leaned on the bed, his face was translucently white, as if he was about to turn into a feather and go home.

Xie Duan knelt in front of the couch, crying heart-rendingly, and shouted as he cried: "I made a mistake, father, I shouldn't...I shouldn't have conspired with General Wang Qi, causing the emperor's grandmother to give you another order in advance." I'm poisoned... I won't be the emperor, I won't be the crown prince anymore, father the emperor..."

This child, who is still calling the emperor's grandmother in the end, is a kind-hearted person. Like him, he is not suitable to be an emperor.

Xie Qingshan thought to himself.

Then he turned his eyes and saw Xie Xuan.

The only thing he can do now is that gaze.

Xie Xuan came over and knelt down together with Xie Xuan, before the blood on his hand could be wiped off, it should have been on the back of Xie Qingshan's hand.

The two were relatively speechless. Looking at each other, the corners of Xie Qingshan's mouth finally curved into an arc.

"Royal Father." Xie Xuan called softly.

Xie Qingshan didn't even have the strength to respond.He blinked, as if to encourage, but also to relieve.

Immediately afterwards, he didn't know where the strength came from suddenly, and he lifted Xie Xuan's finger with difficulty, and said: "Xing..."

Xie Xuan held his hand instead: "Say it."

Xie Qingshan: "I'm going to..."

The voice was too low, almost equal to the sound of breath, Xie Xuan lowered his head, moved his ears closer, and only heard the last two words.

So he straightened up again, followed Xie Duan's crying beside him, and nodded calmly: "Understood Father, I will send you to Jiangnan."

When she had nothing in her previous life, Xie Xuan liked to recite the Buddha's name and copied Buddhist scriptures.

Perhaps it coincided with the hobbies of the ancestors, and he received a little care during his actions.

The Buddha always comforts the world, and only after going through suffering can he be consummated.In the past, he liked to hang the Buddha statue on his chest, clenched his hands tightly, and chatted with him for comfort.

But now, he wants to be his own Buddha.

The people kneeling outside the palace, I don't know who shouted long live, long live, long live, Your Majesty, the sound of prostration flowed from the inside of the palace to the outside of the palace like running water, almost all the new shoots on the branches shrank from the deafening sound. Returning to the bud, he poked his head out curiously.

Those voices were like a boulder, weighing heavily and slowly on Xie Xuan's shoulders.

Xie Xuan's back bent slowly at first, and then rebounded after touching the bottom. Before Xie Qingshan completely closed his eyes, he straightened again like a sword, as if he could resist everything in the wind and rain.

Outside the Wenxuan Gate, Qingzhu pushed the wheelchair forward slowly, but the person who was supposed to be in the wheelchair limped forward while leaning on the wall.

Qingzhu looked flustered, but she didn't bother to help.After so long, he already knew Xiao Ling's temperament.

So he changed the way of asking: "How does Mr. Xue explain?"

Xiao Ling paused.

The red walls and blue tiles in the palace show the aesthetics of the ancestors. I have to say that the colors are really beautiful.When Qing Zhu raised his eyes, he just saw a bunch of osmanthus branches sticking out from the corner of the wall, hanging above Xiao Ling's head.The flower branch produced a cluster of small flower buds, which were not released.

Xiao Ling seemed to be aware of Qing Zhu's gaze, and he took advantage of the situation to look up.

There happened to be a wind passing by.

Jiang Bi bird is more than white, and the mountain blue and white is burning.

The elegant osmanthus, under the red wall, is also reflected as if lit by fire.

Xiao Ling: "Just tell him that the sweet-scented osmanthus is blooming."

The author says:

After finishing, the episode will explain the following things~