15.11

Due to Qi Jin Yu’s serious injuries, Zhou Yun Sheng brought him directly to the palace for medical treatment after he returned to the capital. When the Empress Dowager heard that her son had returned, she hurriedly called all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital to wait for their orders, and when she saw her son’s current miserable condition, she almost fainted. This, this is still her handsome and elegant son? How can he look like an evil ghost? Is it a mistake?

“Empress Mother, it’s me, Empress Mother!” Qi Jin Yu struggled to get down from the bed and hugged the empress dowager’s legs as she whimpered and cried bitterly. It is said that men do not cry lightly, only because they have not reached the place of sadness. Now that his face is ruined, his fingers are broken, and his reputation for incompetence has spread, he has nothing to lose, so what else can he do to compete with Qi Yining? Back on the road, waiting for him a few chamberlains to Qi Yining order God’s rain thing tirelessly take out to say, simply to him as a god, more Luo Zhen and other accompanying officials, Qi Yining’s reverence has been deep into the marrow of the bones, not to say that they put into their own camp, that is, will be the knife on their necks, they will not, and do not dare to change their minds.

The decree to send down rain quickly spread throughout the country from the southwest, and in this world where imperial power was already supreme, if the king of the country was surrounded by a layer of aura of “commanded by the heavens”, then the people’s loyalty to the king of the country would reach unimaginable heights in the modern world. Temples dedicated to Emperor Sheng appeared one after another in many places, and the incense was very strong, and there were even different versions of legends about how Emperor Sheng came down to the earth, describing him as a god.

In such a situation, not to mention that Qi Jin Yu had become an invalid, even if he was physically intact, he would not be able to shake Zhou Yunsheng’s throne at all. Thinking of this he was overcome with grief and cried uncontrollably.

The empress dowager can not recognize this distorted face, but can recognize the son’s voice, after the shock collapsed on the ground, and he hugged and cried, cried tired only began to ask how these injuries, listen to the son detailed account of the process, blemishes want to break the assertion, “where is what the roving bandits, must be QiYiNing sent assassins, otherwise how would even ZhenBei generals house of the dark guards can not stop. He is so vicious mind, took away your throne not to mention, but also want your life. If I had known this, I should have sent him to the Yellow Springs with that bitch.”

“Mother, what’s the use of talking about this now? It’s better to think about the future.” Qi Jin Yu wiped away his tears, helped the Empress Dowager sit back on the couch, and whispered in her ear, “Empress Mother, find a way for him to make Cheng’er the Crown Prince, and when Cheng’er is a little older, my son will still have a chance ……”

Listen to the son to explain the plan in detail, the empress dowager sighed, “At first I was angry with you and Zhao Bixuan that bitch together, according to now see, we actually have to rely on her in order to turn around. Well, I will persuade her, if she does not agree, I have a way to make her life worse than death.”

Qi Jin Yu said her thanks, and only then did she lie back down on the bed~ with peace of mind to rest.

Zhou Yunsheng just returned to the palace to let people foster outside the second prince to send back. Traveling three months, the Empress Dowager repeatedly sent people to pick up the second prince, let him arrange the chamberlain blocked, only that the second prince had chicken pox, can not see the wind, lest over the disease to the Empress Dowager. Empress Dowager see Feng Yi Palace every day there are many doctors in and out, to find a little inquiry will believe, wholeheartedly looking forward to her son back. Several doctors in the side of the hall to sit for a few moments to leave one after another, Zhao Bixuan is also a big heart, but this does not feel the slightest bit strange, but on the contrary, Qijin Yu’s safety and well-being of the heart, and occasionally so small moment to remember that I do not know where the son.

Her big palace maid more and more think that the emperor is afraid of already know the truth, the heart is terrified. She knows that Zhao Bixuan is a useless, when you can regain the favor of the Holy Spirit, relying not on cleverness and wit, but a beautiful face, the emperor will protect her too well, did not let her experience how much the harem tipping, so her brain in addition to a variety of flowers and snow and the deep bosom of the complaint, and even a little bit of calculations are not.

The emperor has shown so obvious, she still can’t come back, sooner or later will Feng Yi Palace up and down a few hundred people dragged to death. The Grand Palace Maid went back and forth, explicitly and implicitly mentioning it many times, she just absentmindedly nodded her head, and at the end of the day, with red eyes, she asked, “When will Jin Yu be able to come back?”

Over time, the eldest courtesan also despaired. She has a widowed mother and a young brother outside the palace, relying on her monthly silver in the palace to live, she died family how to do? Thinking like this, she went around looking for contacts, before Emperor Sheng came back to leave the Feng Yi Palace, to go to the Bureau of Shang Yi as the lowest courtesan, bitter is a little bitter, but at least can live. There were also some palace servants who were equally active, and they had made connections to join the master one after another. The guards of Feng Yi Palace only care about detaining Princess Hui Yi, and they don’t ask if others want to leave or stay.

So, when the second prince was sent back, the large Feng Yi Palace is left with only two dozen courtiers and chamberlains, once casually go out and stroll around with more than a hundred people serving Zhao Bixuan, can no longer afford to hold up the shelf of the Noble Consort. She gradually panicked, almost every night to wake up from the nightmare, a dream of Qi Jin Yu died, a dream of the son is gone, but also had a dream of three feet of white silk and hemlock wine.

“My son, you have finally returned! Mother Concubine missed you so much!” She hugged the lost and found second prince, tears snapping down her face, then looked away from the palace gates, always thinking that Emperor Sheng would also come along with this chamberlain. However, the palace gate was empty, and the chamberlain delivered the child and then excused himself and left, incidentally allowing the guards to close the palace gate again.

Zhao Bixuan is even more stupid, also vaguely aware of a disaster approaching. She was raised in the boudoir, short-sighted, and is a concubine daughter, has not been taught by the first mother, in addition to a face, there is really nothing that can be taken out of the picture. She could not understand the Sheng Emperor’s intention to hold away the second prince, and did not dare to think deeply, and thought that as long as he and the Sheng Emperor to submit a soft, and in the future to serve him well, he will always be like the past that favor themselves.

She had never been so impatient to see Emperor Sheng as she was now, as if he was the straw that saved her from drowning in the palace. However, she was equally unable to let go of Qi Jin Yu, and only wished that he could understand her plight.

Eagerly looking forward to a few days, Zhao Bixuan finally got the emperor summoned, and hastily changed into the most gorgeous set of palace clothes, sitting in front of the bronze mirror to apply grease and powder, carefully sketched. Together with the fluffy sideburns, hold the slightly trembling rocker, she is very satisfied with her world-class appearance, straighten the spine, Shi Shi Ran stepped out of a long time failed to step out of the palace door.

“I’ll see you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty ……”

She curtsied with a graceful curtsy, and before she could finish her words, she saw the emperor walk straight ahead past her, not to mention pouring out his thoughts of being reunited after a long period of time, and not even giving him a proper look. She quickly regained her senses from her daze and followed him, staring at his back, tears appearing in her eyes. In the past, how could this man leave her alone? He would always hold her hand, whispering softly to curry favor, and watching her step at the same time. He was always willing to walk alongside her, placing her on an equal footing, not like this, letting her gaze humbly at his back.

Zhao Bixuan was sentimental for a small moment before she realized that the road under her feet was very familiar, and her heartbeat instantly quickened.

“Your Majesty, where are we going?” She asked stiffly.

“Go to Ci Ning Palace to greet the Empress Dowager and take a look at Huang Di. Huang Di is well enough to leave the palace today, you and I will go to see him off.”

Zhao Bixuan softly agreed, barely suppressed the leaping mood. Because has been placed under house arrest in the Feng Yi Palace, there is no ear and eyesight around the heart, now she can be considered a blind, only know Prince Gong in the Empress Dowager’s place to recuperate, and do not know exactly what kind of injuries he has.

Zhou Yunsheng glanced back at her, the corner of his mouth hooked into a cold smile.

The last person Qi Jin Yu wanted to see right now was Zhao Bixuan, hearing that the second prince had chicken pox and she was currently staying in Feng Yi Palace to take care of him behind closed doors, she was relieved and only asked the Empress Dowager to inform her of her plans in private. But on the day he left, Zhao Bixuan came and met him head-on as soon as he entered the door. Zhao Bixuan unprepared, at first saw such a twisted and hideous face appeared in front of, horrified loudly screamed, “ah ah ah, there are ghosts ah!”

The dust on the beams of the room was shaken off a little by her voice that went straight to the clouds.

There was silence in Ci Ning Palace after the scream. The Empress Dowager couldn’t wait to tear this bitch’s bitchy mouth, while Qi Jin Yu’s already extremely fragile heart began to patter with blood.

“What are you shouting for, this is imperial brother.” Zhou Yunsheng impatiently pushed away Zhao Bixuan who was hiding straight behind himself.

“Impossible!” Zhao Bixuan retorted shrilly. Where was this evil spirit her handsome and peerless beloved, and how were they similar in any way? Before the words left her mouth, she had already noticed the Prince’s court dress on this person, as well as the other half of his slightly normal face. Her cheeks reddened and she breathed heavily, vaguely feeling that something extremely terrible must have happened in these three months, something that would turn her entire life upside down.

“The imperial brother was cut by the roving bandits to be so, the man’s face more than a scar is not very relevant, in the future, do not be a shock.” Zhou Yunsheng flung his sleeve and rebuked coldly.

Zhao Bixuan nodded her head stiffly, and just as her eyes touched her beloved’s demonic, devilishly ugly face, she moved away in fear. She couldn’t accept her beloved’s current appearance, it was too frightening.

How can Qi Jin Yu not notice her resistance, the mood of a lot of repressed pain, but also on the face of the open open smile, arching his hand to the two goodbye. Zhou Yunsheng will send him to the palace gate before going back to deal with political affairs, the empress dowager took the opportunity to leave Zhao Bixuan, said that the mood is bitter, so that Huiyi noble consort to accompany their own.

Zhou Yunsheng just laughed and pretended not to notice anything. This mother and son’s small mind, he did not need to use his brain to guess, is nothing more than a beauty plan, let Zhao Bixuan compel himself to set up the second prince as the crown prince, and then give himself under the chronic poison, and so on the second prince grows up, then let himself to return to the west, for Qi Jin Yu to be the regent, so, it is also considered to be indirectly realize the dream of his ten thousand people. This pair of “lovers” is really interesting, the man let the woman to accompany other men to bed, the woman see the man disfigured even dare not look. If this is the world’s consciousness are touched by the love of death, then he can only laugh.

As soon as Zhao Bixuan closed her eyes, Qi Jin Yu’s distorted face appeared in her mind, frightening her heart and liver. She unconsciously compared Emperor Sheng’s stunningly handsome face to Qi Jin Yu’s, and her heart filled with fear quickly turned into admiration. As if the veil had suddenly been lifted from her eyes, she was shocked to realize that Sheng Di, whom she had once resented, was the most outstanding man in the world. The favors that she had scoffed at and discarded as if they were her own were about the most precious treasure that women all over the world could only dream of.

She sat beside the Empress Dowager, her hands trembling as she squeezed the embroidered handkerchief, fearing that she had woken up too late and would no longer be able to salvage Emperor Sheng’s heart. But as soon as the Empress Dowager spoke, she shattered her delusion of starting over.

“This thing you take back, day after day under the emperor meal.” With Zhao Bixuan, the Empress Dowager is now also a blind eye, actually did not see Hui Yi noble consort signs of loss of favor.

“What is this?” A look of fear passed through Zhao Bixuan’s eyes.

“This is ‘Deng Xian’.” The Empress Dowager didn’t explain much, but Zhao Bixuan understood that it was a poison~pill. What Deng Xian, it should be said that it was the Yellow Spring.

“No, I can’t.” She waved her hand in refusal. After her beloved’s disfigurement, her head instantly cleared up, realizing that there was absolutely no possibility of him ascending the throne in this life, and that her glory and wealth were now all tied to Emperor Sheng. If Emperor Sheng was well, she would have a good life.

“Can’t give up? Then you were kneeling at the feet of the mourning family, crying and saying that this life only love Jin Yu one is what happened? You see the different speed is fast, really is a bitch ~ child heartless ……” The empress dowager leaned back on the couch sighing, a moment later neurotic laugh open, “But you do not forget, the second prince body in the end flows in the blood of who. You say if Qi Yining knows this, he can still spare you? Anyway, your filthy body can’t be washed clean, so what’s the harm in getting a little dirtier?”

The biggest handle pinch in the hands of the other side, Zhao Bixuan no room for resistance, she contained ~ with tears, agreed to the requirements of the Empress Dowager, the heart of remorse. If you can carry through the loneliness of the cold palace, if you see clearly who is really worth loving, why would she fall into such a situation of up and down. Sheng Di’s good to her, now that I think about it, is more than a hundred times better than Qi Jin Yu.

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Qi Jin Yu in Zhao Bixuan received a great blow, back to the house also do not want to meet with Wangfei. However, the Wangfei’s martial arts skills were strong and her personality was domineering, and even the five or six guards who stood out to intercept her were kicked one by one so that they couldn’t get up. She pushed open the door of the room and saw Qi Jin Yu’s face, her eyes flickered slightly and returned to normal, her face even smiled.

“Did you ever hurt yourself there?” She pulled away Qi Jin Yu’s hand that was covering her face and asked with a smile.

Seeing her glancing straight underneath herself, Qi Jin Yu instantly comprehended what she meant and shook his head in exasperation, “Of course not!”

“Very good, very good.” Qian Fangfei smiled and sighed as she stroked her palm.

She had grown up in a military camp and had seen many disabled soldiers, so naturally she wouldn’t be intimidated by Qi Jin Yu’s face. Moreover, she had a very special upbringing, which had created her distinctive personality.

Once Qian Tong’s camp in Qiuming Mountain was besieged by the Northern Di army, cut off food and grass, seeing the soldiers starving to death, and completely lost the fighting spirit, Qian Tong pulled all the concubines and commoners’ sons and daughters out and chopped them up for the hungry soldiers to eat, fearing that the soldiers would not have enough food to eat, and also wanted to slaughter a few of the first sons and daughters as well. At that time, Mrs. Qian knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, but only two brothers were saved and she was given up. She was locked in a sheep pen, and right next to her was a soldier slowly sharpening a kitchen knife, one side sharpening and the other side staring at her with hungry eyes.

She was so scared that she tore her heart and lungs apart, crying out for her father and mother, but none of her closest relatives came, but a military advisor did. He said that she was the first daughter, if she was also killed to give the soldiers a share of food, I am afraid that people would criticize the general as cold-blooded and heartless, without regard for the ethics. So she was released, her mother held her in her arms and cried out ‘my poor son’ one after another, in the warmth of her mother’s embrace, but her heart gradually chilled into cold iron. She wasn’t grateful to the warlord because he saved her for the sake of Qian Tong’s reputation, if she didn’t have the name of a first daughter, she would have already turned into a pile of minced meat sinking in a pot.

When Qian Tong decided to send a few of his first sons and daughters to the capital, while her two brothers were terrified, she was ecstatic. She thought she must make her own life better and never marry a man who only treated her as a tool and a decoration. Her husband must treat her as a human being or she will drag him to his death. When she received the marriage decree, she was actually very dissatisfied, but Qi Jin Yu’s cleanliness and pulsating warmth gave her hope. Her only worry was that he had such a noble status and was so handsome, what should she do about a side consort in the future? If it was an ordinary family, she could pinch them to death, but royal clansmen would not be easy to deal with.

Now that Qi Jin Yu was disfigured, who in the world could accept him besides her? Therefore, when she saw Qi Jin Yu, who was as hideous as an evil ghost, instead of feeling disgusted, she cherished him more than ever.

“Jin Yu, a man stands between heaven and earth by his true ability, not by his handsome face. Don’t be discouraged, let’s live our lives as before.” She hugged her husband and gave him a kiss on his hideous scar, her eyes sparkling with joy.

In the past, she was worried about his side consort, so she did not want to get pregnant, and only waited for him to have a child after she had taught him well, or to make sure that he could not change his nature, so she gave birth to a child and then closed the door to live her life. In short, she did not want to have a child too soon. But now it’s different, Qi Jin Yu is hers alone, she loves how to give birth to how to give birth to.

The Wangfei’s attitude made Qi Jin Yu feel much better and hugged her warmly. Now that he needed General Zhenbei’s support more and more, he naturally should treat Qian Fangfei better than before. The husband and wife each had their own thoughts, but their days were lived in perfect harmony.

Contrary to the calm Prince Gong’s residence, there was some unrest within the palace~, as the Empress Dowager united with several courtiers to propose to the Emperor to establish a Crown Prince. Although Qi Yining was still very young, he had previously exuded this idea himself, and now came to mention that he feared it was just what he wanted.

“Alright, I will issue a decree to enthrone the Grand Prince as the Crown Prince.”

Sheng Di’s reply made the Empress Dowager almost faint with anger, shaking her lips and asking, “Didn’t you always favor the Second Prince before?” How can you change just like that!

“Since ancient times, the establishment of the crown prince is like this, either to establish the first son or to establish the eldest. I only have two sons at my knee, the second prince is not the first or the eldest, how can I set him up?”

The empress dowager had nothing to say, and extremely regretted that she had stopped him from naming Zhao Bixuan as the queen, otherwise the second prince would be the legitimate first son. However, she had always acted very annoyed with Zhao Bixuan, and at this time, it was impossible for her to urgently persuade Sheng Emperor to set up a queen in front of him. Things had reached a dead end, and in order to prevent the eldest prince from taking advantage, she could only allow a few courtiers to temporarily stop, and then try to find a way to kill the eldest prince.

Zhou Yunsheng, however, the first step will be the eldest prince received Qianqing Palace education, although the name of the crown prince, but has the reality of the crown prince. Now the court, in addition to a few officials by the Empress Dowager to catch ~ lifeblood, the other ministers are only Sheng emperor’s head, more Luo Zhen and other people will be as if he is a god, respect. His choice of the Crown Prince was the best since.

The mother consort of the eldest prince, Su Jieyu, was instantly supreme in the palace, receiving many palace consorts every day, and living a life of splendor.

Zhao Bixuan had never known that the taste of jealousy was so unbearable. She originally thought that Emperor Sheng was just gambling with himself, and that he would turn around when he gave in, but things were completely different from what she had imagined. After making three dishes and a soup with her own hands and sprinkling a little poisonous powder, she once again asked the chamberlain to go to Qianqing Palace to invite someone.

The chamberlain did not even touch the door of the palace was whisked away, kneeling down to report back really want to clearly tell Huiyi Princess: Mother you have fallen out of favor, or forget it, don’t toss it.

Zhao Bixuan was silent for a moment, stood up and put the dishes into the food box, stroked her unruffled sideburns and said, “His Majesty is too busy with political affairs, it’s better for this palace to go in person.” When they reached the entrance of Qianqing Palace, they were still stopped by several guards.

“You guys go in and bring a message to this palace, the Emperor will see this palace himself.” Zhao Bixuan barely maintained the pride of a favored concubine.

A few guards are indifferent, like a statue standing in place, but also stretched out the sword halberd blocked the way forward. Zhao Bixuan gritted her teeth, bypassed them to go inside, but again by the sword halberd top back, pulling only to hear a crackle muffled sound, food box handle inexplicably broken, soup soup water spilled all over the place.

Zhao Bixuan shrieked and dodged, not noticing a soybean-sized stone slowly rolling across her feet.

“Your humble servant has met Lord Yu.” Several guards saw the visitor and hurriedly half-kneeled and saluted before sidestepping to let him enter.

Zhao Xuan nodded slightly, not even looking at Zhao Bixuan, and walked straight inside, his face suddenly darkened as he bypassed the remnants of the leftovers on the ground, and a touch of biting killing intent surfaced in the depths of his pupils.

“Big brother, you help me bring a message ……,” Zhao Bixuan tried to tug on his sleeve, but was shaken away by him with his inner strength, coldly speaking, “Drag her out!” Waiting for the person to cry and howl and be whisked away, only then did he point to the dirt on the ground and order, “Put this here first, no cleaning, and wait for this country’s official to go back to the emperor before disposing of it.”

To be able to become the imperial guards, one must be able to read the eyes; the second must have a keen sense of worry, several people immediately perceived the mystery in the words of Yu Guo Gong, and promised with emotion.

Zhao Xuan’s eyes and ears were open to the heavens, so he naturally knew that Zhao Bixuan had long been out of favor, and that the emperor had really kept her body for him, which made him very satisfied. Under his good mood, he had intended to leave Zhao Bixuan alive, but he didn’t realize that she was going to hit the knife. Of course, he could secretly kill her, but he hoped to completely remove her from the emperor’s heart.

It was time to let that man know: how the woman he once favored was outlawed and lewd.