Another day passed and another day came. Chu Xiurong once again came to the emperor's Qinzheng Palace, but was once again refused to see him.
Chu Xiurong didn't have any worries. He handed several memorials to the eunuch and left.
The eunuchs outside the palace looked at him, not with sympathy, but with admiration. The emperor had been in a bad mood since he recovered from his illness and deposed the crown prince. Not only did he not see King Qi, King Yan and King Lu and even the concubines were also in a bad mood. None of them were seen. King Yan and King Lu stopped coming because they were overwhelmed and frightened. Only King Qi came to greet him as usual and went about his own business peacefully every day.
The King of Qi has such a calm personality and he is accompanying the emperor. Is it because his father is in a bad mood that his sons are avoiding him?
There are more and more praises for King Qi, and even among the courtiers there are private rumors that if there is another prince, King Qi is the most suitable.
The emperor looked at Eunuch Jinzhong holding the memorial sent by Chu Xiurong and said calmly: "I really underestimated him. I thought he was the weakest. I didn't expect that he was the toughest and had such great ambitions." ." Then he sneered, "But it's not surprising. Do you still remember that since he was poisoned, no matter how painful it was, he has never cried. How old was he then? What did he say? Can he bear it? What others cannot tolerate is certainly extraordinary."
Eunuch Jinzhong couldn't answer these words. He lowered his head and said: "Your Highness, don't think about this." Then he said something cheerful, "There is good news over there in Xijing. The soldiers and horses of Xiliang are retreating steadily."
But after hearing this, the emperor's face did not show the slightest joy, but instead became more gloomy.
The invasion of Xiliang soldiers and horses was caused by the prince's stupidity, and the Northern army that went to fight the Xiliang soldiers and horses was mobilized by Chu Yurong.
The latter made the emperor even more angry.
"With the heroic Iron Mask General here, I am not worried about Xijing." The emperor said coldly, "Now I am worried about myself and this imperial city."
Eunuch Jinzhong lowered his head: "His Royal Highness, he is not the Sixth Highness. The matter in Xijing is also an emergency——"
The emperor slapped the table: "You still say good things for him!"
Eunuch Jinzhong knelt on the ground and repeatedly said that the old slave was guilty.
The emperor did not look at him and said coldly: "I know very well what kind of person he is. There is nothing he dare not do." At this point, he burst into laughter and said, "None of my sons dare to kill. Did you kill your father?"
Eunuch Jinzhong knelt on the ground and shed more tears: "Your Majesty, don't think about it. You are not just a father, you are an emperor. When you are an emperor, you are alone and miserable."
Listening to Eunuch Jinzhong's words, the emperor felt that he wanted to cry, but he raised his hand to wipe it, but there were no tears. It was probably because the tears had dried up during the time when he was ill.
"Is everyone in the palace pretty much cleaned up?" he asked coldly.
Eunuch Jinzhong responded: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Concubine Xu and Concubine Xian have been cleared up."
The emperor picked up a memorial and held it in front of his eyes, casting a shadow on half of his face. A cold voice came from behind the memorial: "I think they all want to go to the cold palace to stay with the queen."
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The atmosphere in the harem was tense, and the Cold Palace was even more inaccessible. A eunuch came in from outside the wall, and didn't meet anyone until he reached the room where the queen was.
The eunuch looked inside and saw an old woman burning the stove and cooking porridge.
The eunuch was stunned and almost didn't recognize that this was the queen. The queen didn't have much grace and grace in the first place. She used to rely on her clothes and headgear to set her off, but now she doesn't have her finery and jewelry, and she suddenly looks much older.
"Mother." He couldn't help but walked over quickly, "What are you doing?"
The queen didn't even raise her head, and didn't care who came. She just said: "Eat."
The eunuch looked at the small iron pot on the stove. He didn't know what kind of paste was being cooked in it. He couldn't help but cover his nose and said, "Mother, is this edible? Isn't it delicious?"
The queen sneered: "As long as you can eat, you will live if you eat. I will not starve myself. I will live well and wait for the prince to ascend the throne. When the time comes, I will be the queen mother." She used an iron spoon.
Stirring the iron pot vigorously, he gritted his teeth and said, "Let little bitches like Concubine Xu and Concubine Xian kneel at my feet."
The eunuch whispered: "My queen, you don't know yet? The prince has been dethroned."
The queen turned her head reluctantly and finally looked at him, with fierce eyes under her messy hair: "How dare you, what nonsense are you talking about!" She raised the iron spoon and hit him, "My Jin'er was born to be an emperor, if not
Jin'er, the emperor wouldn't even survive today, he would have been killed by the princes and kings a long time ago! If you dare to depose Jin'er, the emperor will not even think of a good life!"
The eunuch looked at her and saw that she was about to go crazy. He was afraid that she would attract others, so he quickly admitted his mistake: "I was wrong, the prince is fine."
The queen then took back the iron spoon and continued to stir the iron pot in a murmur, ignoring the eunuch.
The eunuch looked around, took out a rag from his sleeve, and strangled the queen violently.
The queen was caught off guard and fell backwards with the iron ladle in hand, grabbing the rag with one hand. However, the eunuch was thin but very strong. He dragged the queen back, kept retreating, and retreated to the pillar. He leaned against the pillar and pressed harder.
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The queen made a gurgling sound, her feet slowly stopped struggling, and the iron spoon she held in her hand slowly dropped, and fell to the ground with a clang.
The eunuch let go of his hand and watched the queen in front of him fall softly. The fierceness on his face faded away, and a trace of lament flashed across her face.
"It's better to die." He murmured in a low voice, "Your son wants you to die, so what's the point of living."
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Although the food for the cold palace is delivered every now and then, it will not really make the queen starve to death. Today is the day to deliver food. The eunuchs responsible for delivering food rushed to grab the food with wooden buckets. When they heard the door, they rushed over.
The eunuchs and maids from the cold palace went straight to the queen's place.
"Mother," they shouted impatiently, "it's time to eat."
When he finished speaking, he didn't see the queen rushing out. He raised his head and saw the skirt swaying in front of his eyes. He looked up again and saw the queen hanging on the beam. Her face looked down at them like a ghost.
With a clang, the eunuchs dropped the barrels, and screams pierced the cold palace.
"Queen, committed suicide——"
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When Chu Yurong heard the news, he was on his way to Xijing. He sat by the campfire and looked at the finally ripe hawthorn fruits delivered by the fast horse from Tingyun Temple.
"Okay, I've been watching it all day and I still haven't seen enough." Wang Xian said angrily, "What time has it been and I still want to let people pick fruits from Tingyun Temple."
Under the firelight, the fair-skinned young man no longer had the terrifying look of slashing people's heads with a knife that day. His eyes were bright, with a slight smile on his lips, and he was holding a hawthorn in his hand and turning it around in front of his eyes.
"It's no longer time to be nervous." He said, "With Chen Liehu over there in Xijing, you can rest assured."
Wang Xian frowned: "What if Chen Liehu deceives Princess Jinyao? If he turns against her, the entire capital, not to mention Xijing, will be in danger."
Chu Yurong said: "What are you talking about? You underestimate Miss Danzhu again."
"What does this have to do with Chen Danzhu? She's talking about her father!" Wang Xian was so angry, why didn't he leave Chen Danzhu in just three words! "Her father doesn't want her anymore, and he will come to the capital to kill this unfilial daughter."
head!"
Chu Yurong handed the hawthorn to his mouth: "Have you forgotten what Miss Danzhu said? No matter how cute she is, she is still her father's treasure." He bit into it, and the sour and sweet taste made him frown, "
Miss Danzhu really didn’t lie to me, it’s really not delicious——”
Miss Danzhu, Miss Danzhu said so many nonsense, how could he remember that Wang Xian rolled his eyes and wanted to say something, Feng Lin rushed in from the night.
"Your Highness, the Queen committed suicide."
Wang Xian was startled. Chu Yurong chewed hawthorn for a while and stood up suddenly.
"Go back to Beijing," he said.
Throwing these words, the people flew away from the bonfire and rushed into the night, where the horses neighed.
Wang Xianyu stood by the bonfire in a daze, "The queen is dead, why are you anxious?" Then he understood what Chu Yurong was anxious about, and then his face became even more ugly.
"I said I never want to ride a fast horse again in this life."
