Chang'an was turned upside down again overnight, and Zhu Xi sat on the throne of the emperor for the second time, washing away the previous shame, she was no longer Emperor Ai, she was the emperor of Daqi.

That night, the emperor ordered the city to be closed to search for the escaped King Yongcheng. At the same time, all his family members and counselors were arrested and put in prison.

In the early morning of the second day, the people of Chang'an woke up from their sleep and found that the army wearing armor of a different color from that of Emperor Zhou was patrolling the streets. After posting a big list, they left and slowly moved to the next place.

People gradually gathered in front of the emperor's list, thinking that they could see the news that the emperor who had just ascended to the throne would tell the world, but what they didn't want to write was to hire a traveling doctor who was good at treating poison with a lot of money.

Soon, some Youfang doctors heard the sound and saw that the woman on the hospital bed had eaten the leaves of Tripterygium wilfordii, and it was so serious because of eating a lot of them. Those Youfang doctors quickly shook their heads and left. The poison can only be delayed, how to cure it, they have no way.

On the second day, Yuan Shuangqing woke up in a daze after being fed several soups and medicines. At first, she only heard someone crying, but she didn't know who it was.Opening his eyes, he realized that it was Xiao Fengsheng lying beside the bed.

Yuan Shuangqing raised her hand to touch her head, and said softly, "I'm not dead yet."

Yu Fengsheng's crying turned into sobs, and she silently took Yuan Shuangqing's hand.

Yuan Shuangqing rolled her eyes and looked around, and found that the layout here was very familiar. It turned out to be the Lingbo Palace where she had lived for several months. She guessed that Zhu Xi should have won, and a happy smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Yuan Shuangqing thought of the scene before coma, and her smile faded: "Fengsheng."

"elder sister."

"Did King Yongcheng catch it?"

Yu Fengsheng confessed truthfully: "No, but he can't go far. The emperor arrested all his family members and said that if he shows up, he will spare those people. If he is still caring, he will definitely back."

Yuan Shuangqing turned her head to look at the carved beams on the top, her eyes were loose, and she didn't know what she was thinking. After a long time, she said hoarsely: "He won't come back."

Yuan Shuangqing struggled to get up: "Fengsheng, help me up, I'm going to see the emperor."

Above the main hall, the emperor didn't sleep all day and all night, but he was still in high spirits, dealing with those urgent papers and arranging important tasks, he was so busy that he hardly even had time to drink his saliva.

As soon as she heard that it was Yuan Shuangqing who came to see her, she immediately let her in, blamed her for being ill and running around, and gave her a seat.

Seeing that Zhu Xi hadn't had time to look at her since she came in, Yuan Shuangqing opened her mouth and retracted it.

She lowered her head to think for a moment, and was about to lean on Yu Fengsheng's body to leave, when the emperor said without raising her head: "If you have something to say, I will listen."

Yuan Shuangqing trembled, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, you still remember that you asked me what reward I wanted on Wushao Ridge."

"Of course I remember, it's still valid now. Don't worry, I won't kill you this time," the emperor put down his ink pen and asked curiously, "What do you want?"

Yuan Shuangqing gasped weakly, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed. Zhu Xi's eyebrows relaxed, and she came down to help her up. Looking at this woman who had a close relationship with her and saved her twice, she said in a warm voice : "You can say whatever you want, as long as you don't ask me to step aside, I can accept it."

Yuan Shuangqing bit her lip, and said: "I...I want you to spare the death penalty of the guilty family, and let Princess Zhaoyi go to the people. Zhu Zhaoyi...she also helped me. I used her."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, she never expected that Yuan Shuangqing came here with illness, and what she begged was this.She asked subconsciously, "don't you hate him?"

"Hate." Yuan Shuangqing uttered the word heavily, with gloomy eyes, then smiled, and said slowly: "The emperor knows which dynasty was before the Qi Dynasty."

"Of course I know this, isn't Xue Linzhou just playing the banner of the previous dynasty?" The emperor changed the subject: "Why are you asking this?"

"Qi Gaozong killed thousands of people from the royal family of the previous dynasty, and was stalked by evil spirits. He had to build a hidden tomb. Does the emperor know?"

Zhu Xi turned pale with shock: "How do you know?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know how many dead bones have been buried under Chang'an City. If it weren't for the suppression of dragon energy, it would have been a ghost city. I just don't want Your Majesty to repeat the same mistakes."

All Yuan Shuangqing thought about was Changxi, and she didn't want what happened back then to happen again.

Also selfishly wanted to save Zhu Zhaoyi, that innocent little princess.

The emperor was silent for a while, she naturally didn't want to let those people go, but seeing Yuan Shuangqing's dark eyes and pale face, she unconsciously let go: "Let me think about it."

Yuan Shuangqing had said all she had to say, so Fushen was about to leave, when the emperor suddenly called her and said, "Yuan Huan is dead, and I will exile Yuan Huan and his lineage to Lingnan. Don't worry, Yuan Qi is different from his elder brother. I will reuse him and will not cause trouble to the Yuan family."

Yuan Shuangqing didn't look back, and said with a low laugh, "Your Majesty is merciful."

She was supported by Yu Fengsheng out of the Hall of Martial Heroes. The sun outside was dazzling, but not warm at all. Yuan Shuangqing's dilapidated body was as cold as ice, and even her heart was riddled with holes.

She squinted and looked at the sun, all kinds of feelings came to her heart, and in the end, they all turned into desolation.

Chang Xi...she might not be able to wait.

Yuan Shuangqing returned to Lingbo Hall again, and found that someone was already waiting at the door. Zhang Zizhong was talking with another young woman, and then looked over frequently.

Yuan Shuangqing recognized this woman as the empress only by the side face of the other party. Although it was only a one-time relationship on Wushao Ridge, the fierce temperament was really unforgettable.

Yuan Shuangqing walked over to salute, the queen quickly supported her, and said softly: "You are injured, so you don't need to be too polite."

Everyone entered the Lingbo Hall together, the queen moved away from the left and right, leaving only Yuan Shuangqing alone in the attic, the maid brought a set of tea sets, the queen's fingers shuttled skillfully on the tea cup, and the last cup of mellow tea was served in front of Yuan Shuangqing .

Yuan Shuangqing was also polite, took a sip from the teacup, and praised: "The Queen's hand is wonderful."

The queen smiled slightly when she heard the words: "My natal family is a family of military generals. I have been fascinated by it since I was a child. I have learned swords, guns and sticks, but I don't know how to be a literati, and I don't know how to embroider in the boudoir. The only thing I know is serving tea. "

Yuan Shuangqing said: "The queen is a strange woman, those embroidered pillows are incomparable to you."

Yuan Shuangqing said this out of her heart. If Zhu Xi didn't have a queen, and if there were no loyal generals and counselors behind the queen, she would never be able to take back this country so easily.

The Queen sighed, "But some people just like embroidered pillows."

Yuan Shuangqing chuckled, her face flushed abnormally, she asked bluntly, "Are you talking about that person?"

"Hmm," the queen drank the tea in her hand, and suddenly asked lightly, "Did you already know?"

"Know what?" Yuan Shuangqing didn't react for a while, but seeing the strange expression on the queen's face, she immediately thought of the emperor's identity as a woman, thinking that the emperor should have a showdown with the queen.

"I... do know."

The queen's eyes flickered, she didn't know what she was thinking of, but the light disappeared under her eyes again, she clenched the teacup tightly, her bones were green: "She doesn't believe me after all."

Seeing that the situation was not right, Yuan Shuangqing had a lot of thoughts. She didn't know what happened between the two of them, but based on their temperament, they probably didn't explain it frankly.

This invisible barrier needs to be broken through words, otherwise it will only become a thicker and thicker wall.

Yuan Shuangqing bit her lip and spoke cautiously: "That person has always been cautious. If he doesn't want others to know, no matter how much he spends his life, others will not be able to find out. Since the Empress knows, it must be that person who wants you to know. If you have doubts in your heart, why not ask the previous question?"

The queen was startled, her eyebrows stretched, and she smiled and said: "You are a smart woman, chatting with you is very hearty, and it has also given me a lot of inspiration."

"The empress praised it absurdly, it's just a bystander..." Yuan Shuangqing suddenly felt her throat itchy, she coughed, and felt a fishy-sweet taste in her mouth.

Yuan Shuangqing wanted to suppress the smell of blood, so she was about to take a sip of tea. The queen reached out and took the teacup from Yuan Shuangqing's hand, and said in a deep voice, "It's better for your body to drink less tea."

Yuan Shuangqing felt a dull pain in all internal organs, but there was a knowing smile on her face.From offering tea to persuading her to drink, the queen's mental journey may be more complicated than imagined.

Yuan Shuangqing was lying on the bed, feeling weaker every day than yesterday, she felt that she was bound to die, so she took Zhang Zizhong's callused hand, her brows were full of deep sadness: "Master, after all, I failed your cultivation. "

Zhang Zizhong endured his grief, and said in a low voice, "Why are you saying such depressing words? Master will definitely save you."

Yuan Shuangqing shook her head, tears slipping down her temples and buried deep in her hair: "Master, after I die, you take out Abai's bones and bury us together on Huqi Mountain. There is no need to build a coffin for me , let me dry up with the fallen leaves of Huqi Mountain and turn it into a handful of soil, at least... at least it can nourish the flowers and plants."

Zhang Zizhong knelt by the bed, covering his face in pain.His apprentice's life was consumed so quickly, like a brilliant shooting star, even if he exhausted his strength, he could not catch the tail again.

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It was two years in a flash.

After this change, Great Qi was greatly injured, and it was no longer that prosperous and prosperous dynasty. Fortunately, the emperor made great efforts to govern, and there was a faint trend of revival in the past few years.

When going to court these days, the emperor would be tempered by a few courtiers who dared to speak out.The harem was vacant, and the queen had no heirs for many years. Many people began to move around and wanted to send their daughters or granddaughters to the palace.

At the beginning, the old Marshal Feng, who was frightened by the empress's father, only made indirect remarks. Later, seeing that the marshal pretended to be deaf and dumb, he gradually became bolder. He didn't dare to say that the empress was childless and jealous. You can't go on without it, and the emperor's head hurts from hearing it.

After leaving the court, the emperor went straight to Kunning Palace, and when he saw the queen, he didn't care about anything, and just told the troubles in the court, the queen sat on the chair and raised her hair, without saying a word.

The emperor said he was thirsty, so he begged for a glass of water, and tentatively asked in a low voice, "What do you think should be done?"

The queen touched the rim of the cup and said calmly: "What's the use of asking your concubine? The concubine never said that you would not accept a concubine."

The emperor was very annoyed: "You know me...even if you accept a concubine, it's useless!"

The queen lowered her head to think, and the sun cast a shadow on her face. Zhu Xi's heartbeat accelerated, and she couldn't help reaching out to touch her face and hair. Suddenly, the queen said in a low voice: "They are right. , the country cannot be unsustainable, it is better to find a clean man, you... give birth to one."

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