love palace

March in Yangchun, Qingming Festival.The drizzle was flying, and passers-by were heartbroken.

Tens of thousands of people marched in the lonely wilderness with flags covering the sun, moving at a constant speed in the direction of the imperial mausoleum in the northern suburbs.

At the front is the guard of honor, except for the rainbow-like banners and umbrellas, there are stars-like axes, axes, spears, and halberds. At the back are 20 imperial guards, protecting a golden-topped imperial chariot with eight horses—the emperor's car. .

On both sides of the imperial chariot, there were ten red-clothed eunuchs, holding handkerchiefs, golden bowls, wine bottles and other imperial items, running in small steps, neatly at every step.

The dust was flying, and behind the eunuchs were three silver-topped prince carriages of the same size, each of which was being taken care of meticulously by their respective wet nurses and nuns.

Ke Weiqing was originally sitting in the silver car, but Qing'er lost his temper and clamored to ride a horse instead of a car, Jing Tingrui managed to coax him.

As for Yan'er, she grinned when she saw her father, and Ke Weiqing stayed with him for a while, so he didn't want to be hugged by her mother, she pouted Xiaoyuan's buttocks, lay on Ke Weiqing's lap, and sucked her thumb.

Ke Weiqing gently stroked Yan'er's soft fetal hair, and after he fell asleep, he returned it to the care of the wet nurse.

Then I went to Yongfu's car to check. Fu'er was not in good health when she was young, and she fell ill every three days. She was also sleepy all the way, lying down and sleeping.Ke Weiqing covered him tightly with a small quilt, and told the nanny to take care of His Highness, and got out of the carriage.

Then, Ke Weiqing rode on a tall horse and followed behind the princes' chariot, keeping an eye out for movements around them.

For a long time, Shuo Lan would rush to do such things as "daughter-in-law" such as offering sacrifices to the gods, but this time, she said that she had a headache and couldn't get out of bed, so the emperor asked her to stay in the palace. recuperate here.

Hearing that Concubine Lan Gui, who rarely gets a cold, would be so seriously ill, Ke Weiqing couldn't help feeling suspicious, and she refused Beidou to visit, leaving only Concubine Ke to accompany her.

"Woo~~!" Ke Weiqing stopped the horse that was going forward, pulled the rein, turned the horse's head, and ran to the back of the team.

In fact, since the emperor decided to drive out of the palace two days ago, his heart has been in a state of turmoil. In order to ensure the safety of the guards, he wanted to personally inspect the guards.

Although he violated the rules by doing so, for the safety of the emperor and princes, he didn't care so much.

At the back is the phalanx of spears, bows and arrows, and shields, each with 1000 men, and [-] elite infantry and cavalry each. Judging from this lineup alone, escorts are more than enough.

The leader of the guards this time was General Fei Ying, the emperor trusted him very much, and ordered him to lead people to the imperial mausoleum first to arrange the memorial ceremony.

Ke Weiqing didn't like Fei Ying very much. Ever since he became a general, he neglected the management and training of the army, but he often saw him drunk and uttering wild words at banquets in the harem. , And fell out with Prime Minister Jia Peng.

However, I also heard that Fei Ying was very generous to his subordinates, often spending a lot of money, buying land, marrying wives and taking concubines for them. This made Ke Weiqing doubt his source of income?Even if he is a general, it is impossible to make such a generous move.

Obviously another corrupt official who has close contacts with Shuo Lan!

Although Ke Weiqing thinks so, there is no substantive evidence. In today's court, officials and officials protect each other and form their own cliques, but the emperor turns a blind eye to it, which makes him anxious and angry, but there is nothing he can do.

However, in this seemingly stable day, Ke Weiqing always felt that something big was about to happen. Is this his intuition as a general?Or is it based on his understanding of the emperor?

"It's impossible for Huang Ye to ignore corrupt officials..." Ke Weiqing thought anxiously, riding a horse, patrolling the guard army, and the elite soldiers were really well protected.

"Huh?" However, Ke Weiqing suddenly discovered a problem, or rather, it wasn't a problem, but something strange.

In the long spear camp, more than half of the soldiers wear a Supa around their wrists, because they are going to worship the spirit, so this kind of attire is understandable, and can even be completely ignored.

However, not all of them did this, and a small number of soldiers did not pierce anything.This makes Supa look like some kind of signal, used to distinguish his own people from outsiders.

In terms of tactics, it is often used to strip off the enemy's clothes, sneak into the enemy's army, and fight with your own army. In order to prevent accidental injury, you will take a piece of grass or a cloth towel to mark your body. This kind of thing, usually not obvious.

"Wait! What am I thinking?!" Ke Weiqing thought terrified, "Could it be that these people are all rebels? This is ridiculous!"

This is Dayan's imperial guards. Ke Weiqing quickly denied his speculation and thought, this is just an ordinary ancestor worship activity!

However, the alarm bell rang in his head, they were Dayan's army, yes, but the leader was Fei Ying, in other words, it was Fei Ying's trusted army!

Ke Weiqing looked at the sky, there were dark clouds, and although the drizzle had stopped, it was obvious that a downpour was about to fall.

"Oops! This is...!" Ke Weiqing's face changed instantly, and he rode his horse and galloped in the direction of Yu Jia, and he was fooled!Because of the gloomy sky, he didn't realize that this was not the direction due north to the countryside, but westward.This road leads to the small iron mountain. It is open first and then narrowed. It is very suitable for ambushes and attacks!

"Your Majesty! I have something important to report!" Ke Weiqing ignored the obstruction of the guards and eunuchs, and forced his horse to stop in front of the imperial chariot.

"Wei Qing." Huang Ye opened the golden car curtain and was about to say something when he saw a flash of light in the sky, a thunderbolt and a thunderstorm, and it rained heavily!

The thunder seemed to split the earth. Countless people, wearing military uniforms very similar to Dayan soldiers, got out from both sides of the mountain road and the grass in the wilderness, and rushed towards him like a torrent of mud and rocks. The emperor's chariot.

"Come on! Escort!" Ke Weiqing drew his long sword from under the horse and shouted in the rain. The eunuchs threw away their gold and silver utensils and gathered beside the car, but their pale faces looked like As if relying on Ke Weiqing's protection, everyone was terrified!

"Help! Rebellion!"

"Escort! Protect the emperor!"

"Hurry up! Whoever kills Chunyu Huangye! The general will do it!" A cry resounded from the chaos, and immediately, they either cried out loudly, or slashed fiercely, amidst the rolling thunder, it seemed even more tragic.

Thick blood soon spread all over the ground under their feet, forming bloody torrents in the muddy, vertical and horizontal shafts, shocking!People kept lying down, or had their hands and feet cut off, or their heads were cut off... The sound of fighting hard even overwhelmed the din of the torrential rain.

"Wei Qing! Be careful!" Huang Ye grabbed Ke Weiqing's hand and dragged him into the chariot, dodging the hidden arrows. Outside, more than 20 guards were surrounded by hundreds of rebels, step by step Approaching.

Just as Ke Weiqing guessed, those people with plain cloth on their hands are all traitors!

"Your Majesty!" Ke Weiqing held Huang Ye's hand behind his back, "I'll see you off."

"I can't get away." Huang Ye was very aware of the situation outside, "Besides, all the rebels should be eliminated."

"Huh?" Ke Weiqing's eyes widened, "You already knew...?"

"No, if I knew, I wouldn't have brought Qing'er and the others here." Huang Ye said, "They made a move earlier than expected, it's my mistake."

"What's the meaning?"

"I originally thought that they would raise their troops again after they arrived at the imperial tomb in the northern suburbs. It seems that I pushed them into a hurry."

"Is this the time to talk so leisurely?!" Ke Weiqing couldn't help but blame Huang Ye, "What should we do now?"

"Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover. Wei Qing, as long as I have you by my side, that's enough." Huang Ye looked at Ke Weiqing and said with a smile, "I still miss the days of galloping on the battlefield with you."

"What a nonsense!" No matter if you just know it now or know it in advance, Ke Weiqing disagrees with Huang Ye's behavior of putting himself at risk and then eradicating the rebellious party.

"It's been a long time, I haven't heard you talking to me like this." Huang Ye smiled, and took out two swords from under the chair cushion, which turned out to be Hu Xiao and Long Ming.

"Take it. Let's have a good fight." Huang Ye returned the Tiger Roaring Sword to Ke Weiqing, "This is an imperial decree."

"Your Majesty..." Unexpectedly, Huang Ye would give him the Tiger Roaring Sword, Ke Weiqing was moved and said, "Where are Qing'er, Yan'er and the others?"

"With Qing Fou and Qing Yun here, don't worry, they will swear to protect the emperor to the death."

Only then did Ke Weiqing know that the guards near the prince's carriage were all iron eagle knights.Although it is said that there are tigers in the mountains and he prefers to go to the mountains, Huang Ye still protects the princes very carefully, and will never let the rebels touch them!

It was too late, but it was soon, Huang Ye and Ke Weiqing rushed out of the chariot together, took a horse together, and led the few remaining guards, and charged into the dark encirclement like a whirlwind.

"For the sake of the emperor! Let's all charge!" The momentum of leading the horse really inspired many people, even the eunuchs picked up the weapons on the ground one after another, and swung their knives at those hideous enemies!

One of Huang Ye and Ke Weiqing turned to the left and the other to the right. The light of the sword was like a galloping dragon, and the energy of the sword was like the roar of a tiger.

Fei Ying couldn't help but get confused. He had calculated everything, and he didn't expect Huang Ye to break out of the siege recklessly. Could it be that he didn't care about the princes behind?

But from a distance, the guards who assassinated the prince were all blocked around, and the carriages of the princes were retreating calmly in the face of danger, obviously it was difficult to succeed.

"Oops!" Fei Ying was intimidated by Huang Ye's aura, knowing that he was at the end of his rope, but even if he died, he would have to take a back seat!

"Dog Emperor!" Fei Ying picked up an iron bow, mounted a three-foot long arrow, stepped on the bow with his feet, and gritted his teeth to pull the giant bow away.This is for shooting horses.However, Fei Ying pointed at the galloping emperor and Ke Weiqing, and shot violently!

A sharp arrow like a spear pierced the sky. Ke Weiqing pushed Huang Ye away at this critical moment. The blade of the tiger's roar brushed against the cluster of arrows and changed its direction, but it was too heavy and still brushed against Ke Weiqing's arm. Dig deep into the ground aside!

Ke Weiqing was bleeding profusely!The Tiger Roaring Sword was dyed red, but he endured the pain and was not afraid. Seeing this, Huang Ye clamped the horse's belly, turned his wrist, and the blade of the sword slashed across Fei Ying's neck like a shooting star. Cut it off!

"Who dares to rebel! This thief will end the same way!" Huang Ye held Fei Ying's frightened head high and shouted loudly!

There was a loud thunder in the sky, the sky shook, and everyone seemed to see the King of Hades descending into the world. They were terrified, the leader of the bandit was dead, their hearts were scattered, and the army was defeated...

With just over a thousand troops, Huang Ye defeated Shuo Lan's assassination plan that she believed to be foolproof... The political power headed by Concubine Lan completely collapsed at this moment...!

Ke Weiqing was injured, but it was too late for the accompanying imperial doctor to check, so he tied a cloth towel and went to see the children.

Under the protection of Jing Tingrui and Iron Eagle Knight, Qing'er was safe and sound in the car. Yan'er was held by Qing Fou. He was just afraid of thunder...

Fu'er was taken care of by Qing Yun, but his body was already weak, the sound of fighting frightened him, he cried loudly, and almost passed out.

Huang Ye took care of Fu'er and urged Ke Weiqing to seek medical treatment for the wounded, but Ke Weiqing first went to count the remaining soldiers, sent cavalry to report to the imperial city, and asked Prime Minister Jia Peng and the Imperial Forest Army ambushed in the imperial mausoleum to pick him up.

Then, stepping on the dirt road where the dead bodies lay, he led the soldiers to gather many captives and guard them closely.

Ke Weiqing also interrogated a leader and confirmed that they had no other plans to attack, so he felt more at ease.

When Ke Weiqing felt the pain, the blood on his arm had already solidified three layers. He walked into a tent, sat down, and used the torn hem of his clothes to bandage the wound on his hand again.

Before him was a scene more terrifying than hell. The eunuchs carried the wounded soldiers to the direction of the imperial doctor. Most of them were dead, their bodies were twisted, their internal organs leaked out, and there was still a terrified expression on their faces.

Ke Weiqing was no stranger to these scenes, but he was still breaking out in a cold sweat, and couldn't help but retch, his stomach was turned upside down, and the taste of bile remained on his tongue.

"Huh..." Ke Weiqing's face was ashen, and he tried his best to breathe steadily, so as not to let himself pass out from vomiting.

However, the body was so exhausted that he didn't even have the strength to stand up.This was not a fierce battle that lasted for three days and three nights, or even ten days without rest, it only lasted about two or three hours.

In the past, he could still command the army, quickly return to the camp, arrange the next offensive and defensive battle, or go to support the friendly army, invincible.

Although the emperor said that it was enough to have him and himself, he was fully sure of suppressing the rebel party.But Ke Weiqing obviously felt that he was powerless and a little scared.

Fei Ying was obviously afraid of Longwei and panicked before the battle, so he lost the ability to command the troops. It wasn't like the emperor said, as long as they fight together, they can win.

In other words, even if Huang Ye gave him a chance to go to the battlefield again, it would be impossible for him to make meritorious deeds. If, as a man, he couldn't overcome obstacles for the emperor, or even protect the emperor, what face would he have to stay with the emperor? side? !

"I'm not that General Ke anymore..." Ke Weiqing's chapped lips moved, realizing this with great pain.

Moreover, he stayed in the deep palace pampered, not only failed to relieve Huang Ye's worries, but also became the source of disputes, repeatedly intensifying the conflict between the minister and Huang Ye.

Disagreement between the monarch and his ministers can range from the current situation to the immediate destruction of the country!

Ke Weiqing understood this truth a long time ago, but he has been unwilling to face the reality for a long time—for Huang Ye, he is the biggest threat and obstacle!

It is precisely because of the existence of people like him who do not conform to the rules and ethics that Shuo Lan and Fei Ying have an excuse to rebel.

They think it's unfair, one is the imperial concubine and the other is a general, but neither of them is favored or trusted by the emperor, while he, a male favorite with no power and power, has three thousand favorites in one body.

Ke Weiqing even felt that all the sacrifices were related to him. Could it be that the late emperor's instruction was true?Will the Wuque clan lead to the subjugation of the country?

"No..." Ke Weiqing shook his head lightly.The Wuque Clan doesn't know how, he was the one who killed Huang Ye!Because he loves Huang Ye, he repeatedly ignores reality and puts Huang Ye in deep danger.

See what's happening now?Another court bloody coup!

Even if Huang Ye killed Fei Ying and Shuo Lan, did he really win?What if there is a second "Lan Guifei"?What should I do?Kill people again, exterminate the nine clans?

Such hatred and conflicts will always exist, as long as he stays by Huang Ye's side, it will never end.

It's ironic to think about it this way, he always wanted to do something for the emperor, but it was the biggest obstacle for the emperor!

"clang!"

Ke Weiqing suddenly pulled out the sword on his waist and pointed the sharp blade at his throat.If you want him to leave Huang Ye, life would be worse than death, and in this case, it would be better to commit suicide!

Ke Weiqing's heart was ashamed, he clenched his sword tightly, and stabbed at the throat without hesitation.

"Are you crazy?!"

However, a force stopped him, and Ke Weiqing opened his eyes, startled!

"What are you doing?!" The man was extremely angry. His face was covered with blood, as was his armor. There was a big hole in his cuff. He looked very embarrassed, but his eyes were particularly bright.

"Yong, Yonglin? Why are you here?" Ke Weiqing was very surprised!

"I came here to help Brother Huang and prevent him from being killed. But I didn't expect you to be so stupid as to commit suicide here!" Yonglin said in disbelief, grabbed the sword from Ke Weiqing's hand with all his strength, and threw it aside .

"Your hands!" Ke Weiqing noticed that his fingers were bleeding, and quickly tore off his sleeves to bandage him.

Yong Lin came to protect Huang Ye, has he finally let go of his hatred for Huang Ye?Ke Weiqing did not expect that before he died, he could see the two brothers wipe out their grievances.

"Do you know how painful it is for me to see you doing this?" Yong Lin didn't care about the injury on his hand, still trembling with fear.If he had been a step late just now, he would have seen Ke Weiqing's corpse!

"Yong Lin, you don't understand... I can't do this." Ke Weiqing looked up at him, "I shouldn't have stayed in the palace, and I shouldn't have stayed with Huang Ye. You should be very clear that this rebellion was caused by Who started?"

"Wei Qing, it's not your fault!" Yong Lin frowned, and said loudly, "Do you think that as long as there is no you in the palace, there will be peace? No. The palace is always the palace, and it will always be full of intrigues and bloody storms! "

"But..." Ke Weiqing trembled.

"Also, Qing'er, Yan'er, don't you want to see them grow up? Just leave them like this and die?"

"I..." Yonglin's words hit Ke Weiqing's sore spot.Yes, apart from Huang Ye, what he couldn't let go of the most were his two children.However, having him in the palace actually harmed the children, because his existence was against the law. What would the children think when they were sensible?

Because he couldn't face all this, Dong Wuqiu left the child behind, not because he didn't love the child, but because he wanted to protect the child.

He can't give anyone any excuse to hurt his child.

"Wei Qing, if you really want to leave the palace, I have a way, you don't have to die." Yong Lin said, holding Ke Weiqing's shoulder with the other hand, "In this way, you can also look at Huang Ye from a distance, see Let the children grow up."

"What way?" Ke Weiqing asked in surprise.

"Play dead."

"Play dead?" Ke Weiqing's eyes widened. Is it possible?

"This is the puffer fish poison I got from the sea. I also added pumice leaves and blood hemp grass. It is colorless and odorless. It is a poison used by shamans. After people drink it, they will stop breathing and heartbeat and go to the underworld. Then three Feed the antidote within a day, and the person will come back to life. Although this is a sorcery, I have tested it myself and it is very reliable." Yong Lin said seriously.He didn't dare to take some poison casually, so he gave it to Ke Weiqing.

Can you fool Huang Ye with this?Ke Weiqing took a small porcelain bottle from Yonglin's hand. There seemed to be only a few drops of liquid in it, and his hand was shaking slightly.

Ke Weiqing knew very well that only when he "died" would Huang Ye completely let go.However, Ke Weiqing hesitated when he thought of the two children who were about to lose their "daddy" and thought that he might never see them again.

The children must be very sad, how about Huang Ye?Will he be sad too?Or don't care, hold a draft and marry a new imperial concubine?

"Wei Qing, if you don't want to drink..." Seeing that Ke Weiqing hesitated, Yong Lin wanted to take the bottle back.

"No! I want to drink!" He couldn't be indecisive, this is for Huang Ye to have a peaceful country, Ke Weiqing picked up the porcelain bottle and drank it in one gulp!

The tip of the tongue hurt as if it had been pierced, and it was strangely bitter, ten times more bitter than bile. Ke Weiqing couldn't help but want to vomit, but found that his tongue was paralyzed and he couldn't move at all. Immediately afterwards, his eyes couldn't see It was so clear that his ears couldn't hear the sound clearly. Yonglin seemed to be calling him, but he couldn't respond. As soon as he moved his lips, he was completely plunged into darkness.

"Wei Qing!" Yonglin hugged Ke Weiqing who had fallen down, let him "sleep" on the thick felt carpet, stretched out his hand to gently stroke his lifeless face, and said, "I'll see you again in two days. You." and disappeared.

After Fu'er fell asleep, Huang Ye searched for Ke Weiqing everywhere, but neither the imperial doctor nor Qing Fou and Qing Yun said they saw Wei Qing.

Huang Ye sent guards to summon him again, but after waiting for a long time, no one was seen, so, regardless of the pouring rain outside, Huang Ye stepped out of the camp and searched for one carriage after another, tent after tent.

Arriving in front of a tent where sundries were placed, for some reason, Huang Ye had a very bad premonition in his heart, shouted "Wei Qing!", opened the curtain and walked in.