"Hibiscus Tent" 96

The entire palace was covered by the winter rain, and blood flowed everywhere. Every palace was tightly controlled by the Li family's soldiers, and not a single fly could fly out.

The fighting outside Qianqing Palace had come to an end, and it was obvious that Zhao Huaijin's soldiers could no longer withstand it. Li Guogong clasped his hands and looked out the window, letting out several happy laughs in his chest.

He is ferocious and hoarse, and he is different from the gentle civil servant he usually is.

Emperor Xuanwu shook his hands in horror and said: "I treat you well, you, you rebellious minister!"

"Not thin?" Li Guogong smiled with red eyes. Perhaps a great victory was in sight, and the secrets that had been hidden for many years could finally be revealed. He said: "If it weren't for the fact that the Holy One coveted the power of my Li family and insisted on having the Li family's daughter enter the palace as his concubine, Otherwise, Li Zhen will be my wife, Li Linchuan!"

Emperor Xuanwu was stunned, and the sound of fighting outside the window faded away.

Li Guogong clenched his fists and sneered, "The Li family has no daughters at all——"

Thirty-three years ago, his grandmother, the old lady from the Duke of Yin's Mansion, picked up a seven-year-old girl when she was passing through Shanchuan. The old lady felt soft and took the girl back to her home. At that time, the Li family had two rooms, and the second room was a family. He has a son and a daughter, so he naturally disdains such a girl of unknown origin. However, his mother, Tan, had a miscarriage not long ago and was completely depleted. She could no longer conceive, so the couple kept the little girl. The girl is named Li Zhen.

Since then, Li Linchuan has had a younger sister. He walks with her on the streets, climbs trees with her, and does all the things that little girls like.

She was seven years old and he was fourteen, both old enough to remember things.

Everything after that is a wonderful time that makes people wake up laughing from their dreams.

When Li Zhen got her haircut, she gave him a purse embroidered with mandarin ducks.

It was also that year that Li Zhen's biological parents came to visit. This was a rare opportunity for them. Only by leaving the Li family could Li Zhen come back as his wife, Li Linchuan. He wanted to be good to her all his life.

But before this could happen, an imperial edict came down, calling for the daughter of the Li family by name.

Besides Li Zhen, how could the Li family have any daughters? It was hard to violate the imperial edict, so the old Duke and his wife came to Li Zhen to ask for help, and that was how the Li family daughter entered the palace.

Later, whenever he entered the palace and saw Emperor Xuanwu's hand on Li Zhen's waist, his heart felt like fire!

He wanted him to die day and night!

Hearing this, Emperor Xuanwu breathed slightly quickly.

Li Guogong twitched the corners of his lips, "Zhen'er's first child, if it wasn't for the Holy Spirit's punishment, how could she have had a miscarriage? She was six months old, and the imperial doctor said it was a girl. That is my first daughter..."

Speaking of this, thunder suddenly sounded in the sky.

Emperor Xuanwu's pupils widened, and he suddenly remembered the year when Li Zhen had a miscarriage and Li Guogong was slightly out of control when he entered the palace.

He shook his hands and said half-heartedly: "You, you are so shameless and deceitful!"

"These words of the Holy Spirit should be reserved for scolding in the underground."

Emperor Xuanwu fell to the ground in despair.

However, at this moment, a team of powerful people suddenly appeared in the rain curtain in the distance. Emperor Xuanwu hurriedly got up again. When he saw the person clearly, he was surprised and happy.

Li Guogong's expression became condensed, he took two steps towards the window, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he clenched his hands on the window railing silently.

If the two sides were now evenly matched and it was still unclear who would win, then half an hour later, when He Lin came with 6,000 elite soldiers, Li Guogong was completely dumbfounded.

He stared out the window with splitting eyes. Where did these soldiers come from?

He had just seen that Zhao Huaiyi had only two thousand soldiers behind him, so he didn't take him seriously. However, now that there was Lu Jiuxiao in front of him and He Lin behind him, Li Guogong seemed to have heard He Xianglei struck in his ear. The two thousand soldiers were just stalling for time to wait for rescue.

Thinking about this, Li Guogong's soles felt cold.

When his men arrived at the Qianqing Palace, they bumped into Zhao Huaiyi one after the other. There was almost a time difference between the front and back, and he seemed to be following behind him on purpose!

He's like...

It's like knowing that there will be changes in the palace tonight!

But how is it possible? Could it be that Zhao Huaiyi is a roundworm growing in his belly, and he knew that he had the intention of regicide?

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Li Guogong's heart sank. He knew that he had lost.

There were a few more thunders in the thick night sky, and the rain became heavier.

When Zhao Huaiyi led the army into the Qianqing Palace, Li Guogong's dagger was pressed against Emperor Xuanwu's neck. Zhao Huaiyi drew his bow and pointed the arrow at him.

Li Guogong met Zhao Huaiyi's eyes and said sternly: "If Your Highness does not want His Majesty to be killed on the spot, please prepare a carriage, a box of banknotes, and allow the Queen and I to leave the city!"

While he was speaking, the blade of the knife touched Emperor Xuanwu's neck.

Emperor Xuanwu hurriedly said: "Huai Yi, give it to him, give it all to him!"

Zhao Huaiyi's hand that drew the bow remained unmoved.

Li Guogong's hand holding the dagger was slightly startled, and he had a bad premonition in his heart. Almost at the same time, he suddenly understood that Zhao Huaiyi was not here to rescue him tonight, but to lend his hand to do the same thing!

Emperor Xuanwu was afraid that Zhao Huaiyi would anger Duke Li Guo, so he said anxiously: "You put the bow first -"

Before he finished speaking, an arrow shot out.

Emperor Xuanwu's pupils tightened, and with a "dang" sound, the dagger pressed against his neck fell to the ground, and the arrow hit Li Guogong between the eyebrows, killing him instantly.

Emperor Xuanwu looked at Zhao Huaiyi in confusion. He was not afraid. Did Li Guogong really want his life?

Perhaps without the knife around his neck, Emperor Xuanwu's thoughts suddenly became clear.

Why is Zhao Huaiyi here? It has only been one month since he issued the order to return to Beijing. The order reached Jiyang, and he rushed back to Beijing from Jiyang. No matter how you calculate it, one month is not enough...

He should be on the road right now.

The father and son looked at each other deeply, and Zhao Huaiyi smiled suddenly, still holding up his bow and crossbow and said: "Li Guogong plotted to kill the emperor, but his ministers came late to rescue him, and annihilated the Li family's party, but failed to save the emperor. It’s a pity.”

After saying this, Emperor Xuanwu could only support the Yingzhu.

He pointed at him with trembling fingertips, "I am your father!"

Hearing this, Zhao Huaiyi put down his bow. He sneered, "Five years ago, when you destroyed the capital, did you ever think that you were my father? Aren't you already planning to bury me in that city too?"

Emperor Xuanwu was stunned, he knew...

"Does Your Majesty know how I managed to escape?"

"It's He Chen. On the eve of Xiying's attack, he sent me to Dan City under the pretext of avoiding that battle."

He could never forget the way that man patted his shoulder and said "treasure" with a smile, magnanimous and clear.

Zhao Huaiyi curled his lips sarcastically, "You are not worthy of him working for you at all."

Who this "he" refers to, Emperor Xuanwu reacted almost immediately.

"The Holy Spirit has chilled the hearts of many people over the years for those few military talismans? Now that you have them in your hands, is there anyone running for you? You can even hand over your subjects and city to others, and you don't even hear what's going on outside the window. Guarding the military talisman, the Ministry of War is rotten, the border is short of food, the Ministry of Industry is incompetent, the embankments have collapsed everywhere, and floods are widespread. Let’s talk about the Ministry of Households, taxing and taxing. Father, if you open your eyes and look at the Li Kingdom, it has been dead for a long time. "

While Zhao Huaiyi was talking, he picked up the dagger that Duke Li Guo dropped on the ground.

Emperor Xuanwu's eyes widened and he shook his head frequently.

However, the blade still pierced his abdomen, and he looked at Zhao Huaiyi in disbelief.

The gentle and obedient boy grew up. He looked at the dying Emperor Xuanwu with a blank expression.

Since he returned from Dan City five years ago, when he looked at the dead city in flames, his admiration and respect for his father had disappeared along with the cool breeze and warm sun in the capital.

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Lu Jiuxiao sat on her knees on the long steps outside the palace, pursed her lips tightly, and her robe was stained with blood.

Big raindrops hit the man's forehead and rolled down his handsome nose.

He Lin glanced at the silent Qianqing Palace, then turned his head and glanced at Lu Jiuxiao, he said: "If you feel uncomfortable——"

"You are the only one who feels uncomfortable. You feel uncomfortable all over your body." Lu Jiuxiao said in a very bad tone.

He Lin: "..."

He really doesn't need to pay attention to him.

After a while, the two of them got up and got on their horses and left the palace gate. The He Mansion and the Hou Mansion were on the same road, but they stopped at the palace gate in tacit agreement.

"I'm going east."

"I'm going west."

The two of them spoke almost at the same time. After finishing their words, they paused for a moment. No one asked the other why, and they all turned around and walked away.

The rain gradually slowed down, and there was quite a lot of water on the ground. There was a splash of water wherever the horse's hooves stepped.

On Dio'an Mountain, the chill is overwhelming.

Lu Jiuxiao bent his knees and sat in front of the stone monument, holding a pot and pouring a glass of wine. He wiped off the dust on the monument with his palms. The ends of his eyes were slightly red under the moonlight. He almost murmured, "Brother, he is dead." "

He Lin paused and hid behind the pine tree.

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At a quarter of the hour, when the sky was still dark, Chen Mu knocked on the door of Xue's house and handed the old letter to Xue Ning in person.

Twenty-two-year-old Xue Ning is wearing a bamboo-colored long skirt and a snow-white short velvet top. She has lost some of her playful energy when she was young and looks very dignified and elegant.

Chen Mu handed over the envelope with both hands, "Miss Xue, this was given to you by the eldest son five years ago, and no one has opened it yet."

Xue Ning was stunned.

In the small room, the greenery was burning. When he saw her coming back from the air-conditioning, he hurriedly handed over hot tea and said: "Girl, why is Guard Chen here so early in the morning?"

Xue Ning said nothing, but her fingers trembled slightly as she opened the envelope. After opening it, she held the yellowed paper between her two fingers, and there were three large words written on the far left -

Marriage agreement.

The signature in the lower right corner has her most familiar name: He Chen.

The handwriting on the entire marriage agreement was very sloppy, as if it was written in a hurry, as if it was afraid that if it was not written, there would be no chance.

Xue Ning suddenly covered her lips and pinched Zhiye's fingertips so hard that her whole body was shaking. Tears seeped out from between her fingers and fell along her wrists into her sleeves.

She remembers two sides of him most in her life.

First meeting and parting.

In March of the seventeenth year of Wanhe, she arrived in Kyoto for the first time. She unexpectedly fell from Wangjiang Tower, just as he was riding his horse from Ying'an Avenue, and he reached out to catch her.

The man held the reins, and she was almost completely wrapped in his arms. The horse continued to run forward, Xue Ning's closed eyes opened a slit, and what caught her eye was the man's strong chin.

Further up, there is a face that could lead to a lifetime of mistakes.

He looked straight ahead and said: "Hold on tight."

Xue Ning grabbed his sleeve.

When they reached the east gate of the city, the horse stopped awkwardly. Zhao Huaiyi, who was waiting there, smiled and said: "He Chen, I won this time, but you also lose sometimes."

He put Xue Ning down from the horse and responded with a smile: "Okay, I'll treat you to a drink today."

She was fourteen that year, and her eyes followed him far, far away.

It was November in the 20th year of Wanhe again, and the snow was heavy, bending the blooming winter plums.

On the eve of the expedition, he accompanied her on a street tour to enjoy the scenery, and did not send her back home until it got dark.

Outside the door of Xue's house, the man hugged her little coat, his lowered eyes were full of smiles, "A Ning is seventeen, and she can get married."

He said: "When we come back this time, we will get married."

Xue Ning raised the corners of her mouth, wanting to hear a few more words from him.

He Chen stroked her black hair good-naturedly, and his low voice was very charming on the winter night. He said, "It's time to prepare the wedding clothes. Your girl's wedding clothes are the most time-consuming."

She kicked his boots with the toe of her shoe, "Who said I'm going to get married? I want to be a girl for another two years."

He Chen smiled and kissed the back of her hand.

Lu Yi was frightened by the sudden tears and said at a loss: "Girl, girl, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me..."

Xue Ning covered her lips tightly, but no matter how she covered her lips, the broken cries still escaped from her throat.

Lu Yi caught a glimpse of the marriage agreement in her hand, and paused for a moment. She patted Xue Ning's back twice, then quietly retreated to the door, made a silent gesture to the maid outside, and quietly closed the door.

The page fell to the ground, and there was a line of small words on the top of the back, written very neatly——

I hope my Ah Ning will find a lover again in this life.

I hope that the girl he cherishes can be placed properly, treated well, given a smile, and filled with joy so that one day she can forget him.

But he failed in the end.

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When Chen time arrived, a "dong" sound came from the palace.
Chapter completed!