thorns in the sky

Liu Qi also considered that if he entered the palace in a hurry and asked about the progress of the matter, he would only appear guilty and urgent, and would arouse the young emperor's resentment instead.The more bland and calm he is, the more he can teach the young emperor to feel at ease.Young Emperor is also very busy now, besides dealing with government affairs, he also has to serve in the Empress Dowager's palace every day.The empress dowager is old and gets sick easily. Every time she gets sick, the young emperor will be by her side like a virtuous grandson. The performance is very dedicated.The empress dowager didn't think that the young emperor was sincerely filial, and the young emperor looked too much like the late holy empress, so the empress dowager felt sick when she saw him.

The Empress Dowager thought again: "This young emperor is not my own grandson, but the blood of the Holy Empress." Thinking of this, she was quite tormented.Back then when she was in front of Empress Fu Sheng's coffin, she felt complacent that she had won.Who would have thought of this day?

The Empress Dowager lay on the bed and moved her body sadly, and the young emperor asked quickly.With that eager and hypocritical appearance, the Pope Empress Dowager also remembered the ups and downs of the Empress Dowager fighting for favor back then.The Empress Dowager was a little annoyed, but she didn't have much energy, so she just said: "I'm tired from lying down, and I want to sit up." The young emperor put a rolling pillow on her jade pillow, and then helped the Empress Dowager to sit up.The Empress Dowager leaned on the pillow and asked: "Where are the Empress Dowager and the Empress?" The young emperor replied: "I have ordered them to go to the temple to fast and bathe you for 49 days." Also heartbroken: "It's hard to say whether I can live to 49 days or not. It's hard for them!" The young emperor's expression didn't have any waves: "Your Majesty can rest in peace of mind, why bother to say ominous words?" The Empress Dowager laughed for a while. She didn't want the laughter to shake her chest and make her ache.She unconsciously covered her chest, squinted at the emperor, and said: "It's a coincidence that His Majesty was sick before, but now it's my turn, and His Majesty will recover." The emperor replied: "Yes." The Empress Dowager remained silent. After a while, he said, "Xia Yansheng rebelled?"

The emperor replied: "Xia Yansheng is a loyal minister, why did he rebel?" The Empress Dowager closed her eyes as if she was discouraged: "What a 'loyal minister'! I misjudged him." The Empress Dowager was indeed wrong. After meeting Xia Yansheng, the first time she saw the aspiring general's son, he fell in love with his chicken and asked him to be her male pet.Xia Yansheng managed to shirk it, and the Empress Dowager asked him to help her find a boyfriend and act as a spy. This was undoubtedly a great shame for Xia Yansheng.From the very beginning, she failed to gain Xia Yansheng's loyalty.

The empress dowager thought for a few times, and slowly opened her eyes wide, the pupils of which were cloudy: "What do you know?" The emperor was a little puzzled: "Why?" The empress dowager sneered: "I am asking, have you What do you want to know?" The emperor asked back: "Is there anything you want to tell me, Your Majesty?" The Empress Dowager smiled helplessly and said, "Your life experience?" The emperor said: "I know my life experience very well, I am the only son of Emperor Ai. The empress dowager understood, shook her head and said, "I said I wanted to get rid of you at the beginning, and I have never wavered from this idea. But do you know why you can survive until now?" The emperor did not respond, but looked at the empress dowager. His eyes were exceptionally penetrating, as if he had predicted what the Empress Dowager would say.The Empress Dowager continued on her own: "Because Jin Taiwei is loyal to you... don't you believe it? He holds the military power, but he is not greedy for this. If you let him let go, he would like to..." The emperor interrupted After all, he didn't like to listen to other people's rambling.But he had endured the empress dowager for many years, patiently, obediently, and attentively listening to this poisonous woman's nagging, but now he doesn't have to bear it anymore, so he interrupted her: "I know." The empress dowager With a wry smile: "What do you know?" The emperor replied: "I know, you want me to let him go." The empress dowager was stunned for a while, and said weakly for a while: "Yes..."

The young emperor raised his eyelids, he understood that the empress dowager's intercession for Jin Taiwei was the message of the empress dowager's surrender.The young emperor is not the blood of the empress dowager, but the Jin Taiwei is.Therefore, the empress dowager loves Taiwei Jin very much, and puts all the best in front of Taiwei Jin, makes Taiwei Jin an extremely human minister, lets Taiwei Jin marry a princess as his wife, and makes Taiwei Jin receive more respect than the young emperor. .

From the beginning, the young emperor was an orphan without father and mother. In this beautiful and magnificent palace, he was always unaccompanied and besieged on all sides.

The Empress Dowager also had to believe that the young emperor's coldness, difficulty and gloomyness also had her own share of credit.But she didn't regret it too much, she only hated that she didn't watch Jin Jialan grow up, and she still couldn't give Jin Jialan a royal status, and she was annoyed that she was too obedient to the only son, so she acquiesced to Jin Jialan The benevolence of a woman indulged the young emperor, and watched the young emperor's plump wings, but now it was too late for her to make up her mind to cut them off.

But now the empress dowager didn't think about anything anymore, and the desolation drained her strength, she said weakly: "Just let me see him..." This "he" is of course worth Jin Jialan.Otherwise, who else could make this cruel woman tender?The young emperor replied: "Of course, it's just a coincidence that he was assigned to Shao County to train soldiers the day before yesterday." The crack made her cough violently. After coughing for a long time, it was all blood.

Jin Jialan went to Shao County for military training, and when he heard that the Empress Dowager was seriously ill, she asked to return to Beijing to visit the Empress Dowager.The young emperor agreed, Jin Jialan rushed back to the capital, and finally saw the empress dowager, but the empress dowager was already unconscious and unconscious at that time.Jin Jialan would visit her every day, and sometimes the Empress Dowager finally woke up and opened her bloodshot eyes, but her pale lips couldn't utter any clear words, looking at Jin Jialan's His eyes were full of sadness and despair.It was also as the empress dowager said, she failed to survive those 49 days, and died suddenly and forever in less than a month.

Liu Qi was naturally relieved when he heard the news of the Empress Dowager's death.But he was not very happy in his heart, because he didn't participate much in the death of the Empress Dowager, and it was not very enjoyable.He originally wanted to watch the empress dowager die with his own eyes, reveal his identity in front of her, and drive her to death.It's a pity that the Empress Dowager died just like that.Liu Qi sighed quietly.The joy that Liu Qi longed for can only be found in Chang Wuling's death.

The young emperor's attitude made Liu Qi toss and turn, unable to sleep at night.Then Liu Qi felt that the young emperor was more of a tormenting goblin than Fu Mei.Whether it was Fu Mei or Young Emperor, he wanted to please him, but both Fu Mei and Young Emperor seemed to look down on him.Fortunately, the young emperor's contempt will be concealed a little, not out of politeness, but to hide his emotions.

Shaodi doesn't like others to know his thoughts, so no matter whether Liu Qi knows or not, he has to pretend that he doesn't know and doesn't want to know.

Therefore, no matter how uneasy Liu Qi was these days, so that every step he took seemed to be on burning coals, he not only didn't dare to ask more questions, he didn't even dare to give the emperor a look of seeking knowledge.These days passed, and the emperor seemed satisfied with his performance, and finally summoned him alone.The empress dowager is dead, and the empress dowager dared not take the regent, and now she has finally returned to power.Therefore, the emperor didn't have to go to the corner of the imperial garden to sneak around when he summoned him to seek advice.Liu Qi came to the pavilion in the center of the imperial garden openly and respectfully bowed down to the emperor.

The waterside pavilion was built in the center of the lake, opposite to the pavilion for singing operas, the singing and silk and bamboo sounds from the pavilions came along the water waves, which was quite ethereal and fairy music.The young emperor was reclining on the bed with half-closed eyes, as if he was concentrating on listening to the play.The servants were all waiting for orders at the steps of the water pavilion, and they did not dare to go on stage unless they were summoned, after all, the young emperor did not like others to approach him since he was a child.Therefore, on the waterside pavilion, only Liu Qi, the foreign minister who was summoned, and the eunuch and personal guards stood in a corner.Liu Qi raised his eyes and saw that it was still the guard named "Meteor" last time.Liu Qi suddenly found it interesting that Meteor was originally Jin Taiwei's man. After the young emperor ascended the throne, Jin Taiwei transferred Meteor to the palace to act as a guard. Although he was the emperor's confidant, Meteor had always been good friends with Jin Taiwei.Now that the Empress Dowager has passed away, the next unlucky person must be Jin Taiwei. I don't know if this shooting star is embarrassing now.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi looked at Meteor with more playful eyes.The meteor looked uncomfortable, turned his head coldly, but did not say a word, but the young emperor spoke first: "Teacher." Liu Qifang retracted his gaze, lowered his head and said, "I am here." The young emperor did not Saying more, I gave Meteor a look, and Meteor retreated to the steps knowingly.The young emperor took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and said: "This is the medicine made by Chang Wuling." Liu Qi sneered and said, "The medicine made by Chang Wuling must be excellent." The young emperor said: "Take it." Liu Qi folded the medicine bottle into his sleeve, and saw the young emperor say: "Xiaocai." The name of the eunuch is Xiaocai, and he has been serving the emperor since he ascended the throne.The young man bowed his head and stepped forward with a smile. He has been well-trained, and he knows when to do things without much explanation from the young emperor.The young emperor then said: "Take the Tai Tuo to see Chang Wuling." Xiaocai replied respectfully: "Yes." Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and held the bottle of elixir tightly in his palm, feeling that the bottle was icy cold. , wet again, it turned out that he was so excited that his palms were sweating.

Can he kill Chang Wuling? !

Xiao Cai took Liu Qi to the back of the water pavilion.Seeing that the two of them had left, the young emperor held his chin again, and glanced at Meteor at the bottom of the steps, and Meteor came back obediently.Shaodi thinks that Meteor is relatively simple-minded, and often Shaodi will bypass him when doing things, so that he doesn't need to know too much.Meteor is also used to the feeling of being left out and neglected, so he unconsciously looks at Chang Zibi who is drifting away. For the first time, he finds this elegant Taifu irritating.Maybe it was because Meteor's disgusted eyes were too straightforward, Shaodi smiled and said: "You hate him?"The young emperor smiled lightly, and said: "Then I killed him?" Meteor froze instantly, his hairs stood on end, his eyes widened, like a startled cat.Shaodi shook Meteor's cold hand and said with a smile, "It's your fault."

Liu Qi also didn't know what kind of trouble he caused himself with the malicious look he just looked at Meteor.Still carrying the medicine, he followed Xiaocai's lead to a small building a few hundred steps away from the waterside pavilion.The small building was originally for the young emperor to listen to the opera, and he came to eat, drink and rest.Now it is empty, just waiting for Liu Qi to carry out his task.Xiaocai didn't enter, but just stood outside the door, asking Liu Qi to handle it by himself.

Liu Qi also recalled how he had done everything in front of the young emperor, vowing that he would personally deal with Chang Wuling and help the young emperor deal with the aftermath.Then Liu Qi stepped into the small building and walked up the stairs. The more he walked, the more he could smell the familiar aroma of herbs, and the more he walked, the more he could hear the familiar sound of pounding herbs. He didn't need to approach or look closely, he was sure Wuling is upstairs there.

He wanted to kill Chang Wuling.

The closer he was to Chang Wuling, the more nervous this thought made him.

kill him!

kill him!