This shadow guard, you are enlightened

Xing Chenmu felt sorry for Zhuo Ying's body, and went to rest early with him after returning to Chengyang Hall, but in the middle of the night, there was a strange noise outside, Zhuo Ying sat up "whoosh", drew out his long sword and dodged to Xing Chenmu's bed , Concentrating on distinguishing the movement outside, he didn't feel at ease until he confirmed that there were no swords and fighting sounds.

Not long after, Yan Qing knocked on the door and said, "Your Majesty, Ying Shisan is asking to see you."

Zhuo Ying put away the sword, turned around and saw Xing Chenmu also opened his eyes, saw him standing beside the bed and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Returning to the Holy One, it seems that something happened at the Kangshou Palace. Shisan is waiting outside the door." Ying Shisan was one of the cloud shadow guards who were sent to Kangshou Palace to watch over the Empress Dowager.

"Let him come in." Xing Chenmu sat up, seeing Zhuo Ying stepping forward to put on his outer robe, he added, "Put your clothes on first, so you don't catch a cold."

It was only then that Zhuo Ying remembered that she got up in a hurry just now, and she was only wearing thin obscene clothes. At this time, she was a little embarrassed to be watched by Xing Chenmu.

But he knew that something very important must have happened in Kangshou Palace, otherwise the shadow guards would not have disturbed him late at night, so he didn't dare to relax at all, and he quickly put on his clothes and raised his voice to let people in.

Ying Shisan entered alone, leaving Yan Qing and the others outside, he performed lightness kung fu, arrived at the bed in a few strokes, knelt down and said: "My lord, the empress dowager is dead."

"But committed suicide?" Xing Chenmu raised his eyebrows, and he didn't seem too surprised by it. Seeing that Ying Shisan showed a surprised expression, he sneered and said, "I'm afraid that this emperor's grandmother will wait until this day." It's been a long time."

Ever since the last time Xing Chenmu went to Kangshou Palace to inform the Empress Dowager that Xing Chenjin had contracted a willow disease and broke the other party's last thought, he expected that the Empress Dowager would not last long.

It's just that he didn't expect that his imperial grandmother would deliberately choose a date for her death. She committed suicide on his birthday, and she made it clear that she didn't want him to have a good time.

Xing Chenmu didn't know whether to say that the empress dowager would not be able to change her self-righteousness until she died, or whether she should say that she had become more and more confused in recent years.

No matter how filial he is and how much he cares about his bloodliness, he won't care about a person who wants to put him to death at any time. On the contrary, the reason why he went to Kangshou Palace was for this day.

The empress dowager treated him so viciously, she tried both open and dark arrows, but it was only because of his fate that Zhuo Ying was protecting her to escape the catastrophe.

The last "big gift" sent by the Empress Dowager won his heart, but he didn't know how Ning Yuan and others would feel when they got the news and knew that their former "accomplice" had passed away.

While Xing Chenmu was thinking about it, he raised his hand and let Zhuo Ying change his clothes. In the past, there was a special eunuch who served clothes. Today, because Xing Chenmu didn't send someone else in, Zhuo Ying did it for him.

Ying Shisan also took advantage of this time to report the details to him.

The surrounding area of ​​Kangshou Palace was originally guarded by the Jinwei Army, but since the last time Xing Chenmu talked with the Empress Dowager, ten shadow guards have been left behind, divided into two groups to guard secretly, but the shadow guards will only monitor outside the palace , to ensure that no unrelated people will break in.

Tonight, Ying Shisan suddenly heard noises coming from the palace. Fearing that something might happen, he left two shadow guards to guard outside, while he, Ying Wu and Ying Ten went inside to investigate, and saw the eunuch who was originally in the palace. , Mammy knelt down on the ground, wailing continuously, then looked inside, and saw the Empress Dowager hanging on the beam with white silk around her neck, she had already gone.

"Then how is Kangshou Palace now?" Xing Chenmu asked.

"Returning to the Holy One, my subordinates have temporarily blocked the news. Although many people have heard the noises in Kangshou Palace, they don't know what happened inside."

"Well, you did a good job." Xing Chenmu smiled, "Let's go, go and see if my imperial grandmother, who has been conceited all her life, gave herself dignity when she died."

Xing Chenmu led the two of them out of the Chengyang Palace, after a little thought, he called Yan Qing and the other shadow guards who had been guarding outside, and went to Kangshou Palace together.

The people in the Kangshou Palace who had been serving the Empress Dowager were still kneeling, and their cries were overshadowed one after another. These were all the Empress Dowager's confidantes. Obviously, the Empress Dowager had explained it earlier, and the purpose was also very obvious. Make a big fuss.

After Xing Chenmu arrived, he only took one look at them, and said to Zhuo Ying: "I have told you that all the palace people in Kangshou Palace neglected their duties and did not take good care of them. In the palace, I will give you a cup of dove wine to comfort the soul of the empress dowager."

Zhuo Ying immediately said: "Yes, this subordinate will order someone to do it."

With a decree, those palace people were so startled that they couldn't bother to cry, and started to kowtow to beg for mercy. Xing Chenmu didn't bother to pay any attention, and ordered people to drag them away and walked into the palace.

The corpse had already been put down when Ying Shisan was investigating, and now it was lying in the middle of the room.

The Empress Dowager had clearly tidied herself up before she hanged herself. Her silver hair was combed into a neat bun with gold and jade hairpins, and her face was even dotted with exquisite makeup. And the obvious blue and black marks on the neck.

Xing Chenmu just looked at her dead body quietly, looking at the woman whom he had called the imperial grandmother for 20 years, now ended up like this, his mood is not uncomplicated.I don't know how long he looked at it like this, but suddenly there was a thick callused palm in front of his eyes: "My lord, don't look at it."

"It's all taken care of?" Xing Chenmu turned around, his expression was gloomy, but his tone was much softer, "Let the news of the Empress Dowager's death be released first, and the Kangshou Palace will be replaced by members of the Shadow Guards, and the rest is fine. No need to stay here, go back with me to rest."

Zhuo Ying was still a little worried: "But it's such a big news after all, can the hanging himself be concealed?"

In fact, Zhuo Ying didn't quite understand Xing Chenmu's handling of this matter. Although the news that the Empress Dowager hanged herself suddenly in the palace had some impact on the dignity of the royal family, the fact that she murdered Xing Chenmu in Shangqing Temple was already known to the world. As we all know, it is entirely possible to find an excuse such as the empress dowager suffering from madness, and it will not cause too much impact.

Zhuo Ying didn't think that Xing Chenmu would care about the Empress Dowager's reputation, but he would rather spend a lot of manpower and risk being discovered to conceal this matter, which is really puzzling.

"Let's hide this moment first, I have my own plan." It's rare that Xing Chenmu didn't explain much to Zhuo Ying about this matter.

Zhuo Ying didn't ask any further questions, leaving a few cloud shadow guards with high martial arts skills to protect him temporarily, and he followed his instructions to arrange the sealing of Kangshou Palace.

After Zhuo Ying left, Xing Chenmu called Yan Qing and told him: "If Xiaoying asks about today's matter, you can deal with it vaguely, let alone the empress dowager died of illness, and don't mention hanging yourself. The second time you ask, you tell her that the truth is not what it says."

Yan Qing was silent for a moment, then answered with lowered eyes, "I understand."

In fact, what Zhuo Ying thought was not wrong, if it was simply the matter of the Queen Mother hanging herself, there was no need for Xing Chenmu to hide it.

The purpose of his doing this is precisely to make outsiders, or in other words, to make Chen Si, Ning Yuan and others feel that things are not as simple as they appear on the surface.

He deliberately concealed it and protected the Chengyang Palace so heavily that the other party would feel that something was wrong and wanted to find out.

In this way, Yan Qing can use part of the news to gain Xiaoying's trust, and Chen Si will inevitably use his contacts in the palace to investigate, and he may soon be able to find out that he has been to Chengyang Hall not long ago , and what he said with the queen mother, the other party will never know.

What Xing Chenmu wanted was to confuse their thoughts and make them unable to see through the changes in the situation. The more anxious and chaotic they were, the better it would be for him.

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The next day, the Empress Dowager also heard the news that the Empress Dowager had passed away, and rushed to Kangshou Palace. At that time, Xing Chenmu had ordered the empress dowager's body to be put in place, and began to set up the mourning hall.

No matter how dissatisfied he is with the Empress Dowager, he still has to respect the ancestral rituals to fulfill his filial piety. The day the Empress Dowager chose is really wonderful.

According to the etiquette, when the Empress Dowager passed away, the emperor had to stop court for seven days and wear plain clothes to keep his filial piety. In this way, he was doomed to miss the New Year’s Eve banquet, and after the first seven days, he had to give a funeral ceremony. I'm afraid this year has been an uneasy life.

Zhuo Ying saw that Xing Chenmu worked hard every day, and he had to worry about state affairs besides keeping his filial piety, so Zhuo Ying couldn't help complaining a lot to the Empress Dowager.

On the contrary, Xing Chenmu seemed very indifferent to this matter. Seeing that Zhuo Ying was concerned, he found an opportunity to say to him on New Year's Eve: "Actually, keeping filial piety is much easier than holding a banquet and facing courtiers with different thoughts. Thinking about taking you out of the palace on the Lantern Festival this year, there must be no chance now."

"Shangyuan Festival?" Zhuo Ying didn't expect this to happen again, "The current situation in the court is severe, even if there is no such thing, my subordinates do not recommend you to leave the palace rashly."

"Staying in the palace for a long time is really boring. Has Zhuo Qing never thought of going out to see the lives of the people outside?" Xing Chenmu tentatively asked.

Zhuo Ying shook her head: "Please, Your Majesty, put safety first."

Xing Chenmu sighed in his heart, Zhuo Ying considered his safety so important, if the plan is really implemented in the future, Zhuo Ying might have to blame him after returning to the palace.

He can be regarded as riding a tiger right now, Ning Yuan and the others have not acted for a long time, he can't wait, but the death of the empress dowager has added fuel to his anger invisibly, seeing that things may make great progress, he started to initiate again Sorrowful, Zhuo Ying, what excuse should he find to ensure nothing goes wrong.

Seeing that Xing Chenmu was silent, Zhuo Ying thought it was his own answer that offended him, and then remembered that Xing Chenmu grew up in the imperial city, and the chances of him being able to leave the palace were really limited, and after the Shangqing Temple was attacked, the former emperor was even more concerned about his safety. It is important that he is almost not allowed to leave the palace except for large-scale activities such as sacrifices. After he ascended the throne, he is even more busy with state affairs, and he has no time to come out of the palace to have a look.

How could Xing Chenmu think of his ecstasy, Zhuo Ying had already thought so much, and successfully softened his heart, when he was about to speak, Zhuo Ying said again: "When the court is stable except for the rebels, , how about you accompany Sheng to go to the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival?"

"Okay, it's a deal."

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