The palace remains quiet during the day, with soldiers and horses standing in awe at every level of the palace.
The last trace of the spring cold has disappeared, the palace city is full of red flowers and willows in the deep spring, and the corridors are filled with flowers and trees.
The wind blows the petals of the flowers, flying like butterflies among the walking palace maids. This is a grand scene in the palace.
But at this moment, all the beautiful palace maids disappeared, and the petals flew uneasily between the cold light of the thick official boots.
"Luo Shi must be arrested." Cui Zheng walked among them, his face solemn.
"Will this make those rude soldiers more arrogant and make more demanding demands?" some officials were worried.
Cui Zheng looked at the flying petals: "Is it more rude and arrogant than Ankang Mountain?"
Of course not, these vulgar soldiers just complain about some food and drink treatment, just like poor relatives coming to rich relatives' homes to complain, with the purpose of trying to cling to and get more care.
Ankang Mountain directly wanted to destroy the rich relatives' homes and take them for themselves.
Officials dropped the subject and stopped talking.
"What we have to do is not to deal with these rude generals, but to win more generals and let them fight bravely." Cui Zheng said, "Now we are not afraid that they will have extravagant demands, but we are afraid that they will not have demands."
There were rapid footsteps coming from behind. A eunuch passed by the soldiers and officials and went straight to Cui Zheng. He whispered a few words. Cui Zheng's expression changed, but he soon returned to normal. He whispered a few instructions to the eunuch.
The eunuch's expression also changed, and he leaned over and stepped back.
Cui Zheng led the officials to continue forward, his figure became more upright and upright.
The crabapple flowers in Haitang Palace were in full bloom, and the entire palace seemed to be in a sea of clouds. The emperor was sitting on a high platform. Cui Zheng led a group of officials to kneel down and told how many soldiers and horses there were in the capital. The good news of the victory over the rebels came from outside, and what would happen next for the imperial court.
arrangement.
The emperor sat sideways with a harp on his knees, leaning his head with one hand and strumming the strings with the other. The sound of the harp made no sound, but it did not affect the ministers' conversation, and it is not known whether he heard what the ministers said.
Until the woman's scream broke the peace between the monarch and his ministers.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! They have rebelled!" Concubine Luo came running with her hair half combed and her dress yet to be put on. Her expression was not lazy and coquettish, but angry and sad. "Your Majesty, they killed my brother. They killed Luo Guifei.
The family was surrounded and killed."
The emperor who was playing the piano opened his eyes, looked at the beauty who fell at his feet, and hurriedly stretched out his hand: "Xiang'er, the ground is cold."
Concubine Luo grabbed his hand and buried it in his lap, crying loudly. She pointed at the officials in the audience: "They faked the imperial edict, and they killed my brothers."
The emperor's eyes finally fell on Cui Zheng and others: "Have you killed Shi Qing?"
This seems to be a question, but also seems to be a sigh of statement.
"Your Majesty, many generals have complained to Luo Shiqing."
"The shortage of military pay in the previous period was also found out, and it is related to Luo Shiqing."
"So we need to bring Luo Shiqing to trial."
Officials explained one after another.
Cui Zheng stood up straight: "Luo Shiqing has committed suicide out of fear of crime."
The other officials who were explaining to the emperor were stunned. They didn't know the news yet. Concubine Luo, who had already learned the news, cried and pointed at Cui Zheng: "You didn't commit suicide, you falsely conveyed the imperial edict and asked people to kill him!"
The emperor looked at Cui Zheng and thought for a moment: "Is it an imperial edict? It seems that it has been spread throughout the sea."
The emperor's words were a little confusing, but they made everyone present feel inexplicably clear. He was scolding Cui Zheng like Quan Hai.
"Your Majesty, it is clear that this is not Prime Minister Cui's fault." An official explained hurriedly, "Prime Minister Cui only ordered Luo Shiqing to be arrested and brought to justice, and there was never any rumor that he wanted to kill Luo Shiqing."
"Your Majesty, due to the previous chaos across the sea, the capital was short of troops and horses, so we had to use newly transferred troops and horses from outside." Another official also said hurriedly, "This must be because they acted improperly..."
But these explanations were interrupted by Cui Zheng. He lifted up his official robe and knelt at the foot of the steps: "This is what I did and has nothing to do with others."
The officials around were anxious and sighed: "Prime Minister, stop protecting those soldiers at this time!"
"If I don't protect them! They won't protect His Majesty! Protect the capital! Protect Daxia!" Cui Zheng suddenly shouted.
The officials were startled and suddenly looked sad: "Master Prime Minister!"
Cui Zheng looked at the emperor again: "It was me who killed Luo Shiqing, and it was me who pretended to preach the imperial edict." He kowtowed heavily and took off his official hat, "I wish to die."
The officials fell to their knees with cheers and cheers, some were excited, some were angry, and some were choking and crying.
"Your Majesty, do you know how many crimes Luo Shiqing was found guilty of?"
"Your Majesty, our troops in Great Xia are in ruins all because of him."
"The guards from other places didn't know that Ankang Mountain was guilty. They only knew that Luo Shiqing Quanhai was guilty of evil."
Concubine Luo's cries on the high platform were drowned out, and the nonsense you yelled was as silent as a cow drowning in the sea.
The emperor's eyes were cloudy and he looked a little confused: "So, he should be killed?"
"Your Majesty." Concubine Luo screamed and shook his knee.
Some officials with a louder voice also shouted to Your Majesty: "The soldiers who killed Luo Shiqing were loyal to Your Majesty, but Luo Shiqing was guilty of a serious crime."
"Your Majesty, Ankangshan is using the name of crusade against Luo Shiqing." Another official trembled, "Many soldiers and horses in the world have been deceived by him."
"Killing Luo Shiqing now will appease the soldiers and horses of the world and expose Ankang Mountain's lies." Another official said, throwing a flag on the ground.
This is the confiscated Ankang Mountain rebel flag, with Luo Shiqing Quanhai’s name and charges written on it.
The official pointed with his hand: "Now that Luo Shiqing has been killed all over the sea, if Ankang Mountain does not withdraw its troops, it will no longer be possible for the wolf's ambition to deceive the world."
All the officials leaned forward and shouted: "Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning!"
Concubine Luo grabbed the emperor's sleeve and raised her head: "Your Majesty!"
The emperor wiped the concubine's delicate face with his sleeve and looked at the kneeling officials: "Okay, Luo Shiqing should be killed, let's kill him."
Concubine Luo cried loudly, but was drowned out by the wise voices of His Majesty the officials.
"The man has been killed. Those soldiers and horses should stop in the capital and go out to do what they should do." The emperor continued, looking at Cui Zheng who was kneeling on the ground, "Cui Zheng, get up, all of you, get up."
This meant that he was no longer blamed. The officials were overjoyed and thanked the emperor again and stood up, but Cui Zheng still knelt on the ground.
After the noise subsided, the emperor sitting on the high platform and the courtiers kneeling had a strange atmosphere.
"Master Cui, please get up," the emperor said again.
Cui Zheng straightened his back and said, "Your Majesty, Luo Shiqing has committed a serious sin and your concubine cannot serve as his attendant. Please punish the king by rectifying the law."
The emperor trembled, and Concubine Luo stopped crying and looked at Cui Zheng in disbelief.
"Cui Zheng, you want to kill me?" she shouted with a sarcastic voice, "Why are you telling the world? You are afraid that I will retaliate against you in the future, so you want to eradicate it!"
Cui Zheng did not look at Luo Guifei at all: "I want to cut the grass and root out the roots for the people of the world. If the imperial concubine is not eliminated, the Luo family will be impure, and the world will be unsafe."
More officials knelt down.
"Your Majesty, Luo was able to commit such a heinous crime only by relying on the imperial concubine, and that led to today's attack on Ankang Mountain!"
"If the imperial concubine is not removed, it will be difficult to comfort the hearts and minds of the people and the military, and it will be difficult to boost morale."
People knelt down one by one, and the sound was like waves, sweeping across the high platform again.
The emperor looked confused, as if he heard something but seemed to hear nothing. Concubine Luo Guifei looked at this scene and suddenly laughed.
"What are you talking about?" She leaned on the emperor's knee, "Why does it sound like the rebellion in Ankang Mountain is all my fault? If you want to quell the rebellion in Ankang Mountain, just kill me?"
No one in the audience answered, only official hats were taken off one after another.
Cui Zheng only looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, if the imperial concubine is not removed, morale will be low, soldiers and horses will be unable to leave the capital, and the guards will not know what to do. We will have no face to face the world."
All the officials bowed their heads and raised their official hats: "Your Majesty, please make your decision."
Concubine Luo laughed sharply: "You don't dare to attack Ankang Mountain and the rebels, you only dare to come to persecute His Majesty!"
The emperor sat on the high platform and looked beyond the officials into the distance. The palace in Shengchun was really beautiful. It was the same as before, but it was different. What was different?
There are a lot of people missing. We can't see the palace maids flying like butterflies, and the eunuchs. We can hardly see the eunuchs. Are they all dead?
A figure approached in the emperor's cloudy vision.
"Your Majesty." These were four eunuchs. They knelt down in front of the emperor. The leading eunuch held an exquisite and clear wine glass in his hand. There was red agate juice in the wine glass, which was very beautiful in the sunlight.
"Your Majesty, please give me wine for your concubine," Cui Zheng said.
All the officials bowed their heads and shouted again: "Your Majesty, please give me wine for your concubine."
Concubine Luo grabbed the emperor's sleeve. She didn't know whether she was trembling or the emperor was trembling. She was about to stand up and fell down again.
"You dare! You dare!" she shouted repeatedly, hiding in the emperor's arms, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
The emperor's hand held hers.
"Your Majesty, please pray for peace in the world."
"Your Majesty, Luo's sins are so serious that it will be difficult to bring peace to the world unless they are eliminated."
Voices of persuasion and questions also rang in my ears, cutting off the cries of the beauty in front of me. The three eunuchs did not dare to pull the emperor, so they could only pull Concubine Luo hard. The concubine's dress, which had not yet been dressed up, became even more messy, revealing more of her nakedness.
The skin is radiant under the spring light.
The bright white and tender arm clings tightly to an old hand.
The withered vines suddenly spread apart as if they were overwhelmed.
Concubine Luo was in disbelief. She looked at the emperor's hand who was retreating more and more. She raised her head and grabbed the emperor's long hanging sleeves: "Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Cui Zheng shouted, "Your Majesty gives the concubine wine."
The difference between "please give" and "give" is the difference between request and result. Amidst shouts of Your Majesty's sage, the three eunuchs pulled Luo Guifei away without any hesitation.
Concubine Luo stopped crying and shouted. She grabbed the emperor's sleeve and shook her gently as if coquettishly: "Your Majesty, that's poisonous wine. Xiang'er, I'm afraid of a stomachache."
The emperor looked at her with tears rolling down his eyes: "Xiang'er."
He called the name softly, but did not extend his hand again.
Concubine Luo looked at the emperor, smiled and said in a gentle voice: "Hey."
With a reply, she seemed to have exhausted her strength and loosened her sleeves, falling backwards. The eunuch holding the wine glass took the opportunity to stand between the two of them, blocking their sight.
The officials straightened up and focused their gazes on the high platform.
"What are you doing!"
A loud shout came from behind, and the hearts of everyone who was caught off guard trembled, and the begonia flowers around them also fell one after another.
Although this voice has not appeared for a while, it is truly unforgettable.
Accompanied by shouts, rapid and chaotic footsteps also followed. Before everyone could turn around, a strong wind passed by with a sharp whistling. Many people subconsciously exclaimed and bowed their heads. There was a scream on the high platform accompanied by a thud.
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"Master Cui, what are you doing!" Wu Ya'er stepped onto the high platform in a few steps. Before he could make another move, the remaining three eunuchs screamed and fell to their knees.
Only then did Cui Zheng see clearly what was happening. Wu Ya'er was holding a crossbow in his hand and stepped on a eunuch. The eunuch was hit by an arrow in his arm. He was about to scream and roll over, but was knocked unconscious by the step.
"Wu Ya'er, what are you doing!" Cui Zheng shouted, "How dare you break into the palace with weapons! Someone is here!"
The people were already here, and groups of soldiers followed nervously with swords in their hands, but they never stopped Wu Ya'er, or in other words, they didn't dare to stop him at all.
How dare you stop me? The blood that stained the palace last time has not yet dissipated.
Everyone thought of this, with frightened and complicated expressions, but there was also a glimmer of hope. Many new soldiers and horses were transferred this time, and Wu Ya'er was not the only one who dominated the capital.
Wu Ya'er did not kill everyone. He put away his crossbow and looked at the emperor first. The emperor was sitting on the couch and seemed to be in a coma. Then he looked at Concubine Luo who was lying softly on the ground. The woman wrapped in a brocade dress looked pale and fell to pieces beside her.
A wine glass with bright red juice staining the corner of the mouth....
"Master Cui." Wu Ya'er looked at Cui Zheng, "It's enough to kill Luo Shiqing. Why do you want to scare His Majesty? Why kill her?"
It's good to be reasonable, but you are afraid of others being unreasonable. Cui Zheng has never been afraid of being reasonable.
"General Wu Du, Luo Shiqing has committed many crimes." He said, "Luo cannot serve His Majesty, otherwise the world will be uneasy."
Wu Ya'er looked at him: "Absurd."
Cui Zheng's face rose slightly: "You!"
Wu Ya'er ignored him and knelt down to check on Concubine Luo. His arrow shot in time and almost all the poisonous wine was spilled...
Concubine Luo opened her eyes with clear eyes and looked at the young man in front of her: "General Wudu, it's you again."
Wu Ya'er responded: "I'm late."
Concubine Luo did not speak, her eyes no longer looked at Wu Ya'er, nor did she struggle to get up. Instead, she lay down and looked at the sky with a leisurely expression. She seemed to have forgotten the fear, anger and grief of losing her brother and being fed poisoned wine.
Although Cui Zheng and others were angry, they did not shout anymore about killing Luo Guifei.
"I call the imperial physician." Wu Ya'er said.
Concubine Luo called him and stood up with her hands on the ground: "General Wudu, I have a question."
Wu Ya'er said: "Your Majesty, please speak."
Luo Guifei wiped the juice from the corner of her mouth with her hand, her mouth flattened and she was about to cry: "Is it my fault for the rebellion in Ankang Mountain?"
Wu Ya'er shook his head: "Of course not."
Concubine Luo burst into tears and smiled: "Really?"
Wu Ya'er said: "This matter has nothing to do with the empress."
Cui Zheng scoffed in the audience, Wu Ya'er defected to Luo Shi, but so what, there are more troops in the capital now, and there is no chance of overturning Luo Shi's case.
Concubine Luo did not point at Cui Zheng and other officials and curse, she stood up and gently adjusted her clothes, then asked: "Can I quell the Ankang Mountain rebellion if I die?"
Wu Ya'er shook his head: "No."
Concubine Luo smiled at him: "Then I'll be relieved."
With a flick of his sleeves, his soft spring willow body swayed, and his light red and white dress bloomed like flowers, and flew like colorful butterflies, falling together and flying off the high platform.
Wu Ya'er quickly stretched out his hand, but was still a step too late. The brocade silk cracked slightly, leaving only a corner of the dress flying in his hand.