Chapter 136: Benefits Are Ultimately More Than Everything
There was no echo outside the hot spring room, and then there was a slight rustling sound. I suddenly opened my eyes, my nerves suddenly tensed, and a dangerous aura suddenly passed through my heart.
I quickly got out of the water and put on a cotton cloak without even bothering to wipe the water off my body.
I stepped lightly and walked slowly towards the outside of the high-hanging curtain. Suddenly, there was a "whoosh" sound, and I instinctively turned my face away. The cold wind passed close to my cheek, and the force was so strong that I turned my face aside.
My face hurt. My body was still very weak, and I was staggered by the strong wind. I took advantage of the situation and staggered a few steps to the side, holding on to a pillar on the side. My body turned sharply and hid behind the pillar.
My knife hit the pillar. Just as I was about to shout, I heard a surprised voice: "Queen?"
The two masked men in black stopped holding their knives high in the air and looked at each other. Only their exposed eyes were wide open and they looked at me with shock. They actually knew that I was the queen? I was stunned for a moment and calmly shouted:
"Assassinating the Queen is a crime that will destroy the entire family."
The two of them held up their knives without saying a word. They nodded slightly to each other, with ferocious expressions on their eyes, and slashed at me again. I was too weak to dodge in a hurry, and my fear was rising. Before I could say "catch the assassin", I heard a series of jingles.
There was a sound, a silver gun blocked the knife that was slashing at me, and a man passed by me like the wind and fought with two killers.
The sound of fighting alerted the four guards Wan Qixiao left for me in the courtyard. They rushed in, and the leader shouted: "Protect the master." After saying that, the four of them suddenly looked at me and froze in place, uncertain.
I hurriedly said: "What are you still doing in a daze? Catch him alive."
Immediately, two people came to my side to protect me, and the other two joined in the fight.
The two assassins had great kung fu, and the one who stopped them was Rong Jinglan. The three of them moved with lightning speed, which was dazzling. The two guards could not get close at all, and could only follow the three of them with their swords.
deal with.
At this time, several more people rushed in from outside. One of them turned out to be Sima Jue, who was followed by Wan Qixiao and Wang Wu. The fighting people were immediately surrounded by guards.
When Sima Jue, Wan Qixiao, and Wang Wu saw me, their faces flashed with surprise. Sima Jue looked at me with surprise in his eyes. I traced my body to make sure that nothing was exposed.
When the two assassins saw that they were surrounded, they stabbed Rong Jinglan who was blocking them several times. They rushed left and right to open a gap in the surrounding, and jumped towards the courtyard wall. One of them had just jumped onto the courtyard wall, Rong Jinglan.
Lan took off his spear and stabbed him with a silver light, hitting him in the back. The assassin fell from the wall with a groan.
The other man had just risen and had not touched the courtyard wall. Wang Wu raised his sword and threw it at him, stabbing him in the leg. He fell to the ground as soon as his feet were loose. Rong, who had already put away the gun in his hand,
Jing Lan took a step forward and stabbed his chest deeply with the gunshot, blocking the words I wanted to shout "save his life" in his mouth.
Sima Jue came to me in a few steps, hugged me into his arms, and said with excitement in his voice, "Sirou, you have regained your appearance! My Sirou!"
"Restore your appearance?" I asked in surprise, broke away from his arms, stretched out my hand to touch my face, and said uncertainly: "Really?"
"It's true." Wanqi Xiao also said beside him.
Rong Jinglan and Wang Wu also congratulated me, "Congratulations to the Queen on her restoration of her beauty."
I quickly ran to the room, grabbed the bronze mirror, and saw a familiar face of the Qing Dynasty. I couldn't help but cry with joy.
"Yeah, Sister Rou, it seems that the antidote left by 'God's Hand' for you to wash your face every day is really effective." Wan Qixiao said from the side.
I thought for a moment, shook my head, pointed to the steaming hot spring pool, and said, "I'm afraid it's a dual effect."
Sima Jue nodded and said: "No matter what the effect is, the biggest effect is that you can restore your appearance."
I suddenly remembered the expressions of the two assassins just now, and turned to look at Rong Jinglan who appeared very timely. She was so anxious to kill the assassins.
With a faint smile on his face, he walked up to Sima Jue and said: "There is a saying that a good person will be bullied by others, and a good horse will be ridden by others. I guess the person sitting in my seat in the palace,
I'm tired of sitting there." He knelt down to Sima Jue and said, "Please, Your Majesty, sit down for me. I have no other thoughts, I just want my life to be safe!" There is no doubt that interests, selfish desires, and greed are all human.
It is human nature, especially if you are in a high position, you will get used to it over time. Regardless of whether this position truly belongs to you, you want to hold it tightly in your hands, and try every means to make it yours.
Sima Jue's face darkened. He helped me up and turned to look at Rong Jinglan, "It seems you knew there was such a thing? That's why you didn't hesitate to kill and silence me!"
Rong Jinglan hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me, Jinglan... I don't know! I really protect the Lord with all my heart."
"I don't know? Then let me tell you!" Sima Jue said with a gloomy face. I knew that once he said it, Rong Jinglan would die, so I quickly persuaded him softly: "Brother Jue, you are tired, and Saint Xiao
Go try the Lantern Festival filled with flowers that I made by myself. Jinglan and I may not have seen each other for a long time, but she saved me and let us talk about women's affairs."
Sima Jue looked at me and frowned slightly. I pursed my lips and said jokingly: "Are you worried that she will harm me?"
"I dare not, but heaven and earth can teach me that my loyalty is absolutely the same." Rong Jinglan said in a trembling voice.
"Let's go. I've never eaten those Yuanxiao stuffed with flowers. I think I'll save some for Die'er. Why don't we just try one each." Wan Qixiao said and walked out with Sima Jue and others.
Seeing that only Rong Jinglan and I were left, I stretched out my hand to help her up, "Jinglan, get up." I looked at her frowning brows, her face tense and stubborn, and a smile appeared on my face, slowly
Walking in front of the window, looking at the colorful lanterns outside the window, he said slowly: "I heard that the person who replaced me in the palace is your niece. Your Rong family really thinks about the country, the country, and the country, and is indeed loyal. It has saved my reputation.
, and secondly, to prevent chaos in the DPRK." I said, turning my head to look at Rong Jinglan, and said with a smile, "Tell me, who is better-looking, me or the woman who replaces me?"
Rong Jinglan looked at me, nodded slightly, and replied seriously: "The Queen's beauty is unparalleled in the world, but she is not as beautiful as the 28-year-old queen in the palace."
Yes, a woman in her thirties cannot take care of herself as well as a young girl of sixteen or seventeen. With a smile on my lips, I said slowly: "You're right, I'm afraid this is when Mo Li held me hostage and met you.
, you clearly know that the mute girl in front of you is me, and you also know that the word I wrote on your palm with all my strength is "小囡". I am the only one who knows your little girl's nickname, but you are still delaying to rescue me. Are you weighing the consequences?
If you rescue me, your niece will lose everything in the palace, and maybe even her life. This is something you never thought of when you used this method before. Therefore, as long as I disappear, everything about her will come true forever.
, my face will be occupied by her forever? Am I right?"
Although my voice was slow, there was no trace of warmth. When Rong Jinglan heard this, his body trembled, the corners of his lips moved, and he knelt down numbly, "I... I am selfish!"
"Selfish?" I snorted, "Although your conscience finally defeated your selfishness, you were a step too slow after all, which made your niece even more selfish. She wanted me to never be able to speak, and she would occupy my 'face' forever.
Someone assassinated me. Fortunately, you took action in time after knowing about it this time, so that I can stand here and talk to you." As I said this, I approached Rong Jinglan, whose face was ashen. My voice was low and stern, and I said: "Otherwise
, your Rong family is bound to be destroyed."
"Empress, please forgive the Rong family's death penalty." Rong Jinglan said with a trembling voice as he knocked to the ground.
"I originally wanted to have no other thoughts and live my life in peace and stability, without asking about things in the palace. Even if there is still a 'face' of mine in the world, so what?" After saying this, he breathed a long sigh of relief and continued: "It turns out.
One person's kindness will encourage the evil of others." After saying that, I walked out, stopped when I reached the door, and said softly: "Jing Lan, do you still remember that snowy night when we met a wolf more than ten years ago? I,
I miss it so much!”
"I miss you too!..." Rong Jinglan's trembling voice came from behind.
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Not long after Sima Jue returned to the Northern Jin Dynasty, news came that the general Rong Miaoqing used his troops improperly when fighting against Chunyu, resulting in the loss of several cities. According to the law, he should be executed. The emperor remembered the merits of the Rong family and exempted him from all official positions.
The thin-bone law guards the border. The female general Rong Jinglan voluntarily resigned due to physical discomfort and stayed at home as an ordinary woman to care for her husband and raise her children.
In April of the fifteenth year of Lihe, the Queen of the Northern Jin Dynasty passed away.
In July, Sima Jue came to Yilan Yancui dressed in simple clothes and brought my children with him. They had not seen them for a year. They had grown taller and wiser. When my eldest prince Sima Qi saw me, he brought his brothers and sisters with him.
She knelt down in front of me and burst into tears and said, "Mother, everything is fine. I miss my children so much."
Looking at my five handsome sons and two beautiful daughters, I frequently wiped my tears with my sleeves. Sima Jue whispered beside me: "Look at how satisfied I am with raising your seven children."
I sniffed and nodded, "Satisfied, very satisfied. In fact, this is my own credit."
I ignored Sima Jue's eyebrows raised at me, and with a very satisfied smile on my face, I turned to us children and said, "Well, you are well, my queen will be well, please get up."
I pulled this one over and looked at them one by one. I grabbed Sima Qi'er and Princess Ningping, and said uncertainly: "Qi'er, Ningping, no one will bully you when the queen is away, right?"
Qi'er's handsome face became solemn and said sternly: "The child knew that the fake queen was not the queen as soon as she entered the palace. How could he bully us?"
The sixth girl shouted: "Yes, Queen Mother, eldest brother asked us to treat her just like you did. Tell us otherwise we will die."
The youngest Seventh Prince said in a childish voice: "The most evil one is the Little Six. She knew that the fake queen didn't like chili peppers like our real queen mother, so she deliberately added a lot of chili peppers to her noodles. She also said that it was the queen's favorite. I want to eat it."
Watching the queen eat it one bite at a time, the fake queen was so spicy that she kept coughing and was unable to speak for several days."
Sima Qi said: "Someone made our queen mother unable to speak. Our queen mother is suffering. How can she only enjoy the honor of being a queen mother?" The fifteen-year-old child is calm, but there is ruthlessness in his voice. I want to come here "
"Chili pepper" must not be the real "chili pepper"! I didn't know whether I was happy or worried for a moment.