The cold wind was blowing, the leaves were falling in the birch forest, and the black hair of the man in black was flying. Holding a sharp sword with a cold light, he cut through the void and pointed at the stern-looking young man in white.

A bloody light flashed, and the man in white fell silently.

A system prompt sounded in my ears: The target of the attack is dead, and this mission is judged as a failure.

"no--"

A low cry sounded in the empty room, and Shen Mian opened her eyes, but it turned out to be a dream.

He calmed down, sat up, the man lying next to him last night had disappeared, he panicked inexplicably, and called out: "Shen Qi, Shen Qi."

No one answered.

If the man is nearby, when Shen Mian calls him, he must answer honestly. Since there is no response, he must not be in the house.

Where can he go at this hour.

A servant's reply came from outside the door: "My lord, the master is not at the house at this time, if you have any orders, just order the servants to do it."

Shen Mian rubbed the center of her brows, and asked, "Where did he go?"

"The slaves don't know, it's just that the death knell rang in the imperial city at Zishi, and it rang a full 81 times. After the master got the news, he hurried out."

The great funeral is the news of the emperor's death.

Shen Mian said: "Did he leave any words?"

"Never."

Shen Mian frowned slightly, and tapped rhythmically with her fingers on the table, making a beeping sound.

Xiang Tianqi should have entered the palace, and now several princes are relying on him, Xiang Tianqi should have already made a plan for who should help him get to that position.

If it was him, he would definitely choose the one with the best control.

——The fourth prince, Yunlan.

One reason is that her biological mother, Concubine Rou, has no obvious family background, and she has no entangled worries about her relatives; the other reason is that Yun Lan is a little less reckless and more indecisive than the two brothers Yun Jue and Yun Hao.

Such people are often easier to control.

But the current situation in Beijing is really not optimistic.

In the past, there was Wei Minghai who rose from Jinzhou and rebelled in the name of military remonstrance, and later there was Yuncheng who was entrenched in Shangjing and held a hundred thousand soldiers in his hands.

Of these two people, one is menacing and the other is ambitious.

The death of the emperor left a chaotic world.

***

Shen Mian doesn't care who is the emperor, he just wants to save Xiang Tianqi's life.

But this person is completely unaware of his good intentions, he comes back every few days, seeing Shen Mian, it's like a hungry wolf seeing a lamb, his eyes glow green, and he presses him down on the couch, kissing and loving Touch it, and leave as soon as you relieve your hunger, without giving Shen Mian a chance to speak at all.

Three or two months passed in the blink of an eye, and Shen Mian was detained in the mansion. Although he could not go out, he could roughly figure out what happened outside.

There was only one thing that made him very uneasy, and that was Wei Ting's whereabouts.

One day, Ah Niu came back to pick him up.

This formerly rough man, now dressed in silver armor and a dragon scale helmet, straddled the horse, showing a bit of majesty.

Shen Mian opened the curtain of the car and asked, "Where are we going?"

Anu reined in his horse, scratched his head, and asked, "Could it be that Tianqi didn't tell you? We are going to the new mansion."

Shen Mian said: "I haven't seen him for several days."

A Niu nodded in understanding, and said: "That's true. Tianqi is busy now. His Highness has ascended the throne and appointed him as the chief assistant of the cabinet. He is still young and has no fame. Those old guys in the court are about to fall out." It's crazy, but the new emperor just insists on going his own way and doesn't listen to anyone."

Shen Mian pondered for a while, and said, "It's not difficult to have Lord Hou mediate from it."

A Niu nodded again and again, and said: "The Marquis of Yongle has indeed put in a lot of effort this time. He has a wide network of connections and has made good friends with many important officials in the court. Moreover, Tianqi is known for his talent, and he has made great contributions to supporting the new emperor. Who dares to seriously embarrass him."

Shen Mian said: "What about the second and third princes?"

A Niu said: "The two Highnesses are suspected of murdering the late emperor, and have been detained by Dali Temple. If they are convicted, they will be deprived of their surnames and will be punished by heaven."

The so-called Heavenly Punishment is a punishment imposed on the royal family by the Dasheng Dynasty. Those who receive the Heavenly Punishment must be sinners who have committed heinous crimes and are beyond the tolerance of the laws of heaven.

Shen Mian closed her eyes slightly, and thought to herself, Xiang Tianqi is really good at tricks.

Seeing his uneasy expression, A Niu said: "If your two Highnesses are really villains who murdered the king and father, it is really not a pity to die. You don't have to pity them."

Shen Mian raised her eyes to look at him. In just a short period of time, the simple and dull person in the past has become a bit more sophisticated now, but there is still awe-inspiring righteousness between her brows.

Shen Mian suddenly asked: "Brother Ah Niu, how much do you know about Tianqi? He is dressed in white and has become the chief minister of the cabinet at a young age. Don't you think that this person is very scary."

A Niu didn't seem to have expected him to ask such a question, so he was stunned for a moment, and then slowly said: "To be honest, I'm a stupid person with brute strength. The cow was beaten to death, my parents thought I was a waste, only Tianqi told me that I was a person with real abilities."

"Tianqi's mother couldn't be cured and died. He swore in front of his mother's tomb that he would become a high-ranking official in the future and be a good official so that the people of the world would not have to suffer from hunger or cold. No matter what others think of him, in my eyes, he Even if he is a good person, if he does bad things, it must be to help more people. Tianqi once said that you can only gain if you give up. In life, there are inevitably trade-offs, and it depends on whether it is worth it."

Only if you give up, can you gain?There is some truth to it.

Shen Mian lowered her eyes and smiled, "Brother A Niu, thank you for your enlightenment."

After closing the curtain of the car, he thought to himself, perhaps it was because he was not "willing" enough that Xiang Tianqi was reluctant to deliver his sincerity.

Xiang Tianqi has no father since he was young, lost his mother when he was young, and his heart is higher than the sky, but he suffers humiliation everywhere. Everything he owns now is either obtained by robbery or calculated. He seems arrogant and supercilious. Why not worry about gains and losses.

For a character like him, even if his heart is moved, he still has to leave a way out for himself.

Attack him, attack the body as the bottom, and attack the mind as the top.

Shen Mian glanced at the live broadcast room, the audience was making suggestions for him, he was still a little moved, and when he looked closely, his head hurt from anger.

——Cough cough, do it a few more times, as you do it...you will have feelings (overbearing president Wen Zhong poisoning)

——If you want me to say, for this kind of male protagonist who lacks love, it is best to give him a beautiful baby, who will melt into the family affection every minute!

——The one who gave birth in front of you stops and walks away!I'll give you a buff! ! !

——Not only to give birth, but also to run with the ball after giving birth~~Chiji~~

——Did you forget that there are only a few months left, and the baby will be stillborn qwq

Shen Mian: "..."

As if he could actually conceive.

The new mansion is also called Shen's mansion, it is much more grand than the previous one, there are a lot of servants, all the rules and duties, compared to Yongle Hou's mansion, it is not much better.

It's just that I never saw Xiang Tianqi. I heard from the servants in the mansion that Wei Minghai led the army to Yuecheng, and the momentum was like a broken bamboo. The defenders of Yuecheng were defeated and retreated steadily. Xiang Tianqi was sent by the emperor to supervise the battle.

There were only two months left in the mission deadline, and Shen Mian was finally in a hurry.

Now it is from spring to summer, the weather is getting warmer, but the night is cool.

Shen Mian recalled the episodes in the TV series, so she simply acted out a bitter trick and made herself ill. That person should come back.

He didn't even wear an outer shirt, just paced around the backyard by himself, never thinking that he would see Xiang Tianqi.

In the gazebo, this man was drinking alone under the moonlight. He was wearing the court uniform of the chief minister of the cabinet, a high-quality jade white ring hanging around his waist, and embroidered golden dragon boots. Compared with a few months ago, his aura was completely different. , he already knows how to restrain his sharpness, his brilliance is restrained, but his momentum is becoming more and more terrifying.

"When did you come back?" Shen Mian asked.

Xiang Tianqi said: "Today, I just had a banquet in the palace, and I haven't had enough to drink. Would Huai'er want to drink with me?"

Shen Mian approached, frowned at the smell of alcohol all over his body, snatched the flagon from his hand, and said, "Drinking late at night, why don't you call A Niu, do you think it's too late?"

Xiang Tianqi smiled lowly, already quite drunk, raised his hand and pulled Shen Mian into his arms, and said, "Don't worry, the Wei family army has already retreated to Jinzhou, and your elder brother Wei has also gone back to attend the funeral..."

Shen Mian was startled, and asked, "Something happened to Wei Minghai."

Xiang Tianqi didn't answer, he took a sip of wine, bowed his head to Shen Mian, the two exchanged a few tricks with their lips and tongue, and finally were pushed into Shen Mian's throat, the strong wine scalded his throat, and Shen Mian coughed lightly When he got up, the mellow liquid flowed down his cherry-colored lips.

The stunning beauty was smelled of wine, and her color was even worse. Xiang Tianqi was so drunk that he almost thought he was still in a dream.

He stroked the sleeping lips with his fingertips, and rubbed them carefully, revealing a little intimacy.

He smiled lowly and said: "I have no grievances or enmity with him. I didn't want to kill him at first, each is his own master. He went all the way south in the name of military advice. Seeing that the hinterland of the Central Plains was about to fall, and Yuezhou was broken. If he comes down, he will go to Beijing, if he does not die, it will be the innocent people in the city who will die."

"I have made no mistakes, and I have no regrets..."

Shen Mian asked: "Since you have no regrets, why are you so drunk again?"

Xiang Tianqi raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm so happy."

He pursed his lips, drank another glass of wine, and said, "At first, I thought that I should feel a little guilty towards him. If it wasn't for my design to force him to hand over the tiger talisman, Wei Minghai would not rush to rebel. But the strange thing is that there is no wave in my heart."

Having said that, he chuckled lightly and said, "That's right, I will kill many, many people in the future. Wei Minghai is not the first, nor will he be the last."

"Yunting, Yuncheng... I will eliminate everyone who hinders me one by one."

Shen Mian said: "Do you feel happy doing this?"

Xiang Tianqi pinched his scallioned fingertips, placed a light kiss on his delicate white palm, and murmured: "You are by my side, nothing else matters."

Shen Mian was pressed on the chest by the man, and there was a strong smell of wine in his nostrils. After a long time, he sighed softly.

"In these days, I often think of the past. At that time, I was still a princess, and you were just a low-level servant. In the midsummer, by the lotus pond of the Yongle Hou Mansion, you stood awkwardly in the crowd, but you were more expensive than anyone else. After a while, I saw you at a glance."

"The Xiang Tianqi at that time, and the Shen Qi in front of me, are they really the same person?"

Xiang Tianqi said: "You can treat it as two people. What Xiang Tianqi can't do, Shen Qi can do it for him. Those who Xiang Tianqi dare not touch, Shen Qi can snatch it for him. There's nothing wrong with that."

Shen Mian said: "You think so?"

Xiang Tianqi said: "Yes. The me now is just Shen Qi."

Shen Mian stared at him without saying a word for a long time, and after an unknown amount of time, a gleam of water suddenly appeared in those cold and beautiful eyes, and he quickly lowered his eyelashes to conceal his leaked emotions.

Xiang Tianqi raised his chin and asked, "Why are you crying? You never shed a single tear when I did all the bad things to you and took over your body. Why are you crying now?"

Shen Miandan said: "You read it wrong."

"Misunderstanding?"

Xiang Tianqi caressed the corners of his reddened eyes, leaned down suddenly, kissed the young boy's trembling eyelashes, and sucked heavily, Shen Mian finally couldn't stand it anymore, opened his eyes, and crystal drops of water fell like broken threads.

He slowly asked: "Did you swear in front of your mother's tomb that you will be a high-ranking official in the future, be a good official, and benefit the people?"

Even though he was shedding tears, his voice was still clear and clear, not stained with dust.

Xiang Tianqi frowned and asked, "A Niu told you?"

Shen Mian didn't answer, and said to herself: "If it wasn't for me, you would have come out on top in the imperial examination this spring, and if you got what you wanted, you could be a good official, a great official, assist the Mingjun, and make great achievements. If there is no Shen Huai This person, Xiang Tianqi, is still the Qingfengliangyue Xiang Tianqi, it's all my fault, if it wasn't for me..."

"I secretly hope that the person I admire will not just disappear."

Xiang Tianqi was shocked suddenly and instantly sobered up.

He nana asked: "You secretly hope that the person you admire is me?"

Shen Mian gently opened her pink lips, her voice was covered with frost, and said coldly: "No, the person I admire has disappeared. You are not him."

Immortals are moved by ordinary emotions, which is probably the case. His brows are as cold as ink paintings, but there is infinite sorrow hidden in those beautiful eyes.

Xiang Tianqi thought he had a heart of stone. At this moment, his internal organs seemed to be pierced, and his veins bulged from the pain. Only when he hugged the person in his arms tighter could he relieve it a little.

He finally remembered that in the midsummer of that year, when the breeze blew in the corridor, the young man was surrounded by stars and the moon.

She is dressed in white clothes, and there is a pale scarlet mole under the corner of her eye. She is charming and charming, and her eyes are shining like thousands of stars. Her delicate eyebrows are slightly curved, and she is so clean that she does not look like a mortal.

This person who looks like a banished fairy held his hand kindly, and asked with a smile: "Young master is destined for me, how about making friends."

It was him who pushed away the boy's hand that wanted to get closer.

He thought he was humble and insignificant, and he didn't dare to get close to him. He completely denied and abandoned the Xiang Tianqi in the past.

He forcibly occupied the young man's body, humiliated and imprisoned him in every possible way, and cut off that little bit of affection.

Xiang Tianqi looked down, the young man in his arms was as pure and natural as before, but he had become a despicable and dirty power minister who played tricks.

To the point where he is now, it's all because of him making himself cocooned.

Bowl.

***

A reminder sounded in the ear—mission progress: 100%

Studio:

——Scatter flowers, sprinkle flowers! ! !

——Sa fafa~~~~~

--Congratulations! !Keep up the good work on the next mission! !

Shen Mian was really relieved.

This time, he was not in a hurry to leave, the key was that he hadn't thought about how to die.

Xiang Tianqi wiped the tears on his cheeks with his sleeves, his movements were gentle, seeing that Shen Mian stopped the tears, he carried him back to the room and placed him on the couch.

The man stroked his soft hair, and said softly: "It's getting late, so you can rest in peace."

Shen Mian asked, "Why don't you do it?"

Xiang Tianqi's chest was choked, and he said in a muffled voice for a long time, "I won't touch you again."

"Why."

The man was silent for a moment, then said hoarsely, "You don't like it."

Shen Mian thought it was funny, if he didn't like it, who could touch him?He deliberately poked Xiang Tianqi's heart, and said, "Then why did you do it before?"

Xiang Tianqi said in a hoarse voice: "At that time, I just wanted you to look at me squarely and remember me in your heart."

Shen Mian frowned, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a cold light, he had seen this scene many times in his dreams, he got up suddenly, grabbed Xiang Tianqi's wrist, and stood in front of him.

The sound of sharp blades piercing through the air, followed by the sound of piercing brocade and cutting into flesh. The room was dimly lit, and when the man realized something was wrong, it was too late to stop.

Blood fell on the floor, one drop, two drops... soon the ground was stained with blood.

Shen Mian fell backwards and was caught by Xiang Tianqi. His eyes were covered with overwhelming fear, and he finally remembered that there is such a thing as "retribution" in this world.

He tremblingly said: "Huai'er, Huai'er..."

"Come on, hurry up and invite the imperial doctor, please the imperial doctor!"

Xiang Tianqi was obviously panicked to the extreme, every syllable trembled, and the arms holding Shen Mian trembled violently.

Shen Mian shook her head, and said, "There's no need to waste your time."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of bloody foam. He raised his eyes to look at the man opposite, and said softly, "Brother Wei, Huai'er is sorry for you, but I will pay for your grandfather's life with mine, okay?" ?”

Wei Ting's eyes were full of panic, he shot quickly, touched several big acupoints on Shen Mian's body, and said: "Don't talk, I will take you back to Ziyun Peak, Master will definitely save you."

Shen Mian shook her head, frowned, her fair and delicate face lost color inch by inch.

"My own injury, I know it myself."

Wei Ting's eyes were stained with blood, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Why did you leave Ziyun Peak, why did you come back to look for him, and why... desperately trying to save him."

Shen Mian's eyes gradually lost focus, and she said slowly: "I can't watch him die, he treats me badly, but I was moved. Brother Wei, I wanted to forget everything about Shangjing and really like you. I was really happy when you said you wanted to marry me. It would have been great if you hadn't left me that night at Ziyun Peak, "

Wei Ting was in pain, his eyes were full of remorse.

Shen Mian's voice gradually weakened, and she murmured: "Earlier, you were the one who left me first in Chengwang's mansion... In the end, the one who never left me was the one who humiliated me in every possible way and hurt me to the core. deep man."

Xiang Tianqi's canthus was completely cracked, and his eye sockets were so painful that he could not shed a single tear. The extreme pain in his eyes was gradually replaced by a touch of madness.

Shen Mian saw his intentions, she held her breath, and confessed: "Your life was saved by me. If I don't allow you to die, you can't die. For me, let me teach Zhou'er, and for Xin Son, find a good marriage, and honor your parents, and worship your birth mother for me..."

"I want to go quietly, you guys, don't bother me..."

After explaining everything, he closed his eyes, and finally died.

***

Three years later.

In the second year of Ling'an, Emperor Ling'an was fatuous and incompetent, ignoring the government and reusing eunuchs, which caused the court to be in turmoil and the people to live in dire straits. Shen Qi, the assistant minister, drafted an edict for the throne of Zen, united with all officials, and forced him to abdicate.

In the spring of the same year, Cheng Wang Yuncheng ascended the throne as emperor, known as Emperor Kangwu in history.

At the beginning of summer, Shangjing was already shrouded in heat.

In a small courtyard in the west of the city, Mother Shen was in the nunnery, wiped a spirit tablet clean, and said, "Master, you have been gone for three years in a blink of an eye, have you reincarnated?"

"If you haven't drank Mengpo's soup, please entrust your wife with a dream, lest she miss you day and night. Also teach the second son a lesson. Once you leave, no one will be able to control him. He hired a captain." I wanted to go to Ziyun Peak to avenge you because of my official position, but that was Yan Luodian, luckily Master Shoufu stopped me."

"Wei Ting, who killed the master, heard that he has gone far away in the desert. No one dares to tell the second son, fearing that he will go abroad to seek revenge."

As she spoke, she shed tears, bowed, wiped her tears and left.

Shen House.

Inside the study, Xiang Tianqi raised his head and took a sip of wine, raised his eyes, his eyes were full of obsession.

But it turns out that the room is full of portraits of the same person, who frowned slightly, smiled with downcast eyes, or fell asleep soundly, or faintly woke up, and even the eyes that were fascinated by love...every picture is beautiful So hard to move your eyes away.

"Yuncheng actually wants to chase you down as queen. It's wishful thinking. You have already entered the ancestral hall of my Shen family, and you are my wife. No one else can get involved."

He held a plain white jade hairpin tightly, put it on his lips and kissed it lightly, and said: "You asked me to be a good official, and I did, and I gave you the peace and prosperity you wanted, and you should forgive me now." Me, don't I?"

In a trance, he seemed to see a young man walking out of the painting, dressed in white clothes, with a desolate and beautiful face, with just a slight smile, he was so beautiful that it took people's hearts away.

"Huai'er, Huai'er..."

Xiang Tianqi rushed forward suddenly, but only in vain. He fell to the ground, spilled the wine all over the floor, scratched his palm on the broken porcelain, and it turned bright red immediately.

The strong smell of wine mixed with the smell of blood covered the faint smell of ink in the room.

The man smiled lowly, and murmured: "In the next life, I'll go find you."

***

It was night, Shen's mansion was flooded, and Shen Qi, the first and assistant minister of the cabinet, was buried in a sea of ​​flames.

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