Leaning on the back of the dragon chair in the Chui Gong Hall, Emperor Wei slowly closed his eyes, and a figure slowly appeared in his mind.
Perhaps due to the long lapse of time, the face of the person in his mind was a little blurry, making it difficult for Wei Tianzi to distinguish whether the other person was the person in his memory. He only remembered that the other person was wearing a tiger-striped armor.
But in my ears, I seemed to be able to hear the man's cry, his cry before his death.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Everlasting.
Then, there was a "click", the head fell to the ground, and the still warm headless body fell heavily on the Chuxing platform.
"Your Majesty has decreed that he should be put to death!"
"Execution!"
"Execution!"
"Execution!"
"Your Majesty...ah!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life..."
"Hunjun, you must die a happy death!...Ah!"
"Your Majesty, I was wronged, I was implicated...ah!"
Touching the armrest of the dragon chair, Emperor Wei's eyes seemed to be in a trance.
In a daze, he looked left and right, and then he realized that he was in a sea of corpses, with Guiyoupai everywhere, headless corpses everywhere, and blood everywhere... "Note: Guiyoupai means ancient times.
The plaque on the back of a condemned prisoner usually contains the crime he committed."
"..."
Wei Tianzi silently glanced at his hands. In a daze, his hands were covered with blood - the blood came from unknown sources and kept flowing down from the seam of his fingers, but he did not feel any pain at all, because
He knew that the blood was not his.
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty?" The concerned voice of the great eunuch Tong Xian came to my ears.
Emperor Wei took a long breath and said very tiredly: "The rest... please turn to rebellion and join the army. I'm tired."
"..."
In the Chui Gong Hall, the great eunuch Tong Xian opened his mouth in shock, but could not answer any words.
Because if he remembered correctly, he had heard this sentence more than ten years ago.
"Your Majesty?" Tong Xian cautiously greeted him again.
Only then did Emperor Wei come back to his senses. He looked around and then at his right hand. His face, which was no longer young, showed inexplicable fatigue.
Tong Xian bowed and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, you may be too tired. Those people are already dead. It is just nonsense for ghosts to claim their lives."
After hearing this, Emperor Wei burst out laughing: "Do you think I am scared? Hahahaha, I can kill those people once while they are alive. If they turn into evil ghosts and come to seek their lives, as the folk rumors say, I will
I can kill them again!...I have never been afraid, ah, I have never been afraid..."
When Emperor Wei said these words, his anger was stronger than ever before, and he did not look like the kind and kind king he usually was.
Tong Xian immediately fell to the ground and knelt down, his face slightly excited. Perhaps he felt that the Emperor of Wei at this moment was most like the human emperor he once swore allegiance to - the fourth son of the emperor, Prince Jing Zhao Yuansi.
"...It's just, Tong Xian, it turns out that carrying human lives is also a tiring thing..." Wei Tianzi chuckled in an unclear tone, with a hint of loneliness and loneliness in his laughter.
Tong Xian hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body. We, the Wei Dynasty, still have thousands of countries that need Your Majesty."
Emperor Wei was silent for a moment, then smiled and said to Tong Xian: "What are you doing kneeling on the ground? Get up quickly."
Tong Xian vaguely felt that something was wrong with Emperor Wei's mood today. In his opinion, it was probably the remnants of the Xiao family that aroused some emotion buried deep in the heart of the majesty in front of him.
Thinking of this, Tong Xian couldn't help but have a flash of murderous intent in his eyes.
"It's all those remnants..."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tong Xian stood up. He was not sure how to explain the king in front of him, but Emperor Wei seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and asked casually: "By the way, Tong Xian, how is Chen Shuai's current situation recently?"
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"Chen Shuai?"
Tong Xian was stunned for a moment, probably because he didn't expect Emperor Wei to suddenly mention the woman who had been relegated to the cold shoulder.
After thinking about it, Tong Xian understood what was going on - because Su Wang Zhao Hongrun mentioned Xiao Boyuan in front of Emperor Wei, the Emperor of Wei thought of Xiao Shuai, and finally thought of Chen Shuai.
It seems that not many people in the palace knew about the connection between this.
"If it's that woman... Oh, that's all, her fortune is good, it's just the right time."
Tong Xian thought for a moment, bowed with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Shuai still lives in Pingyang Palace. It is said that she has repented."
"Oh?" Emperor Wei showed some interest on his face.
It turned out that after Zhao Hongrun smashed Chen Shuai's Youzhi Palace, Chen Shuai held a grudge because Emperor Wei did not reprimand Zhao Hongrun.
However, because Emperor Wei did not go to Youzhi Palace for a long time after that day, Chen Shuai was inevitably a little flustered. After all, as Zhao Hongrun said at the beginning, no matter how much Emperor Wei loved Chen Shuai in the past, in the final analysis, Chen Shuai was just a person who had not done anything for Wei.
When the emperor gives birth to a son and a half-daughter, there are many concubines who can take her place at any time.
However, Chen Shuai did not have this self-awareness. Although she had been honest for a while, after she tried her best to gain Emperor Wei's favor again, she brought up the matter again one night, hoping that Emperor Wei could help him get back his favor.
This resentment.
It's a pity that at that time, Zhao Hongrun was more and more valued by Emperor Wei. How could he agree with Chen Shu'ai? Seeing that Chen Shu'ai was messing around, he was thrown into the cold palace in anger. "Note: The cold palace is just a concept. There is no such name in the palaces of the past dynasties.
"Cold" palaces generally refer to those palaces that are far away from the emperor's palace, are in a deviated location, or are on the verge of being abandoned or demolished due to years of disrepair. Don't be fooled by the lines of some TV series."
In fact, Tong Xian didn't pay too much attention to Chen Shu'ai, but when Emperor Wei mentioned it today, he casually said a few good words for Chen Shu'ai. After all, in Tong Xian's view, it was very important to coax the majesty in front of him and make him happy.
The most important thing is that Your Majesty regains his energy. Besides, it doesn't matter whether it's Chen Shuai or Li Shuai.
Thinking of this, Tong Xian spoke kindly to Chen Shuai without hesitation, basically saying that Chen Shuai was in the Leng Palace - the specific location was Pingyang Palace - chanting sutras and praying for the Emperor of Wei every day, and gradually changed her temper.
"Is there such a thing?" Emperor Wei was a little surprised when he heard this.
After all, to be honest, as a king of a country, Emperor Wei did not lack women. There were more than ten or twenty concubines in the harem alone. The absence of one Chen Shuai, to be honest, had no impact on Emperor Wei.
This also proves from the side that a concubine without heirs may lose her status and favor at any time in the harem.
Compared with Chen Shuai, even though Concubine Shen Shuai of Ningxiang Palace was not in good health, she was often unable to attend her bed, but because she had two sons, Emperor Wei still went to Ningxiang Palace very diligently.
Of course, this is most directly related to the fact that Concubine Shen Shu’s two sons are both outstanding.
"Hmm." After pondering for a moment, Emperor Wei nodded and said, "If you say so, Chen Shu'ai must indeed have the intention to repent. In this case, you should send someone to welcome her back to Youzhi Palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Tong Xian bowed.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun had left the palace and returned to Prince Su's Mansion unknowingly.
Perhaps because he heard the news that Zhao Hongrun had returned to the palace, Wen Qi, a retainer of Prince Su's Palace who was caught by Manager Lu'er, found an excuse to escape. After all, in front of His Highness Prince Su, the man named Lu'er
The little girl doesn't dare to be too rude.
Of course, for this reason, Wen Qi would inevitably be teased by Zhao Hongrun and the Zongwei, because Wen Qi was wearing the clothes of a servant at this moment.
"Lu'er asked you to chop wood?"
Looking at the thin and frail Mr. Wen in front of him, Zhao Hongrun was quite surprised. He was not sure whether Mr. Wen could lift the ax for chopping wood.
Amid the roars of laughter from the clan guards, Wen Qi explained sarcastically: "I live and eat in the palace, and it's okay to do chores occasionally..."
"That's not what you said two days ago."
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wen Qi in confusion. After all, a few days ago, Wen Qi still had the attitude of "a scholar can be killed but not humiliated." It is hard to imagine that today, Mr. Wen is willing to put aside his reputation as a scholar and become a member of the family.
chores.
"Something's not quite right..."
Zhao Hongrun, Lu Mu, Zhou Pu, Gao Kuo, Mu Qing and other more clever people among the Zongwei all had strange smiles on their faces.
"That's too much!" Lu Mu took the lead with a sullen expression.
Afterwards, Gao Kuo also said with a gloomy face: "Your Highness, no matter what, Mr. Wen is a guest you personally invited. How can that girl Lu'er be so insulting?"
"I also feel that Lu'er has gone too far this time!" Zhou Pu looked really sinister and scary when his face was expressionless.
Following the three brothers, Mu Qing also said angrily: "Your Highness, I'm going to call that girl Lu'er over and enforce the family law so that she can be punished and vent her anger on Mr. Wen."
Wen Qi was stunned. Before he could express his opinion, he saw Zhao Hongrun nodding his head with an unswerving expression. Then he looked at him and said, "Mr. Wen, don't worry, I will definitely give you this bad breath."
Upon hearing this, Wen Qi couldn't help but feel a little flustered. After all, ever since Lu'er spoke for him in front of King Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli's clan guard Wang Jian two days ago, Wen Qi had been very fond of this little girl, so much so that in the past two days
Being sent here and there by Lu'er is no longer as resistant and resentful as before.
Now when he first heard that Zhao Hongrun was going to punish Lu'er, Wen Qi quickly said: "His Royal Highness Prince Su, please calm down. This is Wen Qi's free will..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhao Hongrun, Lu Mu, Zhou Pu, Gao Kuo, Mu Qing and others showing strange expressions, looking at him with half-smiles.
"Oh-oh, it turns out it was voluntary..."
"..."
Suddenly, Wen Qi's face turned red, and he gritted his teeth and glared at the laughing guys in front of him.