Empress

After the palace change, the palace is still lifeless.

It was as if the piled up corpses had soaked the palace walls that day, giving people the illusion of being in a sea of ​​blood.

When the imperial army cleaned up the mess, they found that the body of King Shaonan was missing. For this reason, Guan Hongfeng ordered a strict investigation of the palace, and no one could be let go.

However, after searching for a whole day, King Shaonan was still not found.

King Shaonan fled.

When Guan Hongfeng heard the news, he tore off the booklet in his hand, and ordered to go down, seal the gate of the city, and send people to search the city. If King Shaonan is found, he will be shot.

For a time, people inside and outside the imperial city were panicked.

On the day when Concubine Tang Gui came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the sky was still heavy, with a few thick dark clouds pressing on the sun, making her a little breathless.

She knelt on the ground, her head full of pearls and emeralds collided, making a crisp sound, her eyes were fixed on the ground, and she didn't dare to lift her head.

Guan Hongfeng was sitting on the throne watching him, and called out heavily, "My concubine.

Concubine Tang Gui shook her body and shrank her shoulders.

Guan Hongfeng tapped on the imperial case with his slender fingers, and the tiger's mouth was still covered with scabs from the fight that day, giving birth to a somewhat distorted horror, "When Zhang Guogong planned to rebel, I was wondering who would tolerate The news that Cheng was still alive told him, which made him want to kill."

He spoke slowly, hiding his murderous intent, and stabbed straight at Concubine Tang Gui.

Tang Guifei looked at the ground with fear in her pupils, and her lips trembled slightly.

Guan Hongfeng looked down at her, "Who does the concubine think did it?"

Concubine Tang slowly raised her head, she looked at the emperor's silent and deep eyes, there was determination and coldness in the eyes, but there was no emotion in them.

For some reason, the resentment that had been suppressed for many years rushed to her heart, like a dam collapsing, she sneered, and said indiscriminately: "Since the emperor knows, why bother to ask my concubine?

"Yes, it's the secret that the concubine asked people to tell. The concubine wants to let Zhang Guogong know that the culprit who killed his daughter is still alive!"

Guan Hongfeng's tone was cold, "Tang Guifei, you are so courageous."

Tang Guifei's eyes were about to burst, she stood up, her voice was sharp, and said bitterly: "You are the emperor who forced me, you have never loved me, why did you imprison me in this deep palace?

"Not only me, but also those concubines are nothing more than pawns for your majesty!"

Guan Hongfeng frowned slightly, his face still expressionless.

In fact, it's not just them, even when he liked Rong Cheng one by one, he did everything he could to get the throne.

Concubine Tang Guifei looked at Guan Hongfeng's face without changing for a moment, thinking of the loneliness in the deep palace these years, her heart filled with sadness, "Your Majesty, people like you don't deserve to be sincere at all.

"It doesn't matter if you make the Dragon Dancer Empress, he doesn't like you at all, and making him Empress is just wishful thinking on your part.

The center of Guan Hongfeng's brows felt like needles were being pricked, and his brows were tightly furrowed, revealing a somewhat annoyed murderous intent.

Concubine Tang laughed, as if laughing at the uselessness of the emperor. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the white jade pillar carved with exquisite dragons and clouds, stood up unsteadily, and hit the pillar with her head in front of Guan Hongfeng. Immediately, blood splashed everywhere.

Guan Hongfeng's eyes showed a rare bit of bewilderment, and Tang Guifei who fell to the ground was reflected in his pupils, but Rong Cheng's face appeared in his mind at this moment.

Concubine Tang Gui is right, a person like him will never be able to get his sincerity in this life.

Because what he doesn't want is flooding like rain, but the people he wants are like fishing for moons in water, and it's too late to regret.

When Guan Hongfeng returned to the inner room, Rong Cheng was sitting by the bed and flipping through a book. He raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor, revealing the complexity he hadn't hidden.

It was impossible for him to hear such a big commotion outside, Guan Hongfeng strode over, suddenly pressed Rong Cheng on the bed, and kissed him recklessly.

This kiss was domineering and rude, as if the long-suppressed emotions were eager to break out of the cage, and the bloody smell appeared in his mouth in a trance, and Guan Hongfeng bit his lip.

Rong Cheng frowned in pain, pushed the person on him away, raised his hand and slapped Guan Hongfeng across the face.

His hands were limp, and the slaps were neither light nor heavy, but they calmed Guan Hongfeng's feverish head.

Guan Hongfeng lowered his eyes, looked at the disheveled Rong Cheng under him, and stretched out his arms to hug him.

There was deathly silence in the hall, only the sound of the emperor's heavy breathing.

Looking at the top of the palace, Rong Cheng felt a bit of loneliness from Guan Hongfeng's action. He remembered that on the day of the palace change, Guan Hongfeng gave up the chance to kill Shaonan King in order to save him.

If the emperor had no plan, if Guan Hongfeng was not sure of winning, would he still do this?

After Tang Guifei committed suicide, Guan Hongfeng took this opportunity to question her mother's family. Her father Tang Ying died, all men over the age of 14 were exiled, and his wife and daughter were sold into slavery.

Taking this opportunity, Guan Hongfeng mentioned in the court hall that he wanted to abandon the concubines in the harem.

As soon as these words came out, the court was in chaos.

The ministers knelt on the ground and shouted that the emperor should not do it. Opposition came one after another. Guan Hongfeng leaned on the dragon chair as if he had no bones, and said with a slanted smile: "Why not? Didn't it delay them?"

"Or, do you also want to send your own daughter to the palace as an old sister-in-law?"

He turned his eyes around all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, then pointed at the Minister of the Ministry of Rites who had the most objection, and said with a chuckle: "In that case, I will send your daughter who has just reached the age of Ji to the palace, and wait for me. When will you be able to do things, and then pamper you.

The Ministry of Rites still wrote like dishes, knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Guan Hongfeng has always been rebellious and does not follow the rules of etiquette. Even if the officials object, his decision cannot be changed.

The emperor didn't like to procrastinate, so he asked Eunuch Yang to handle this matter after he came down to court.

This matter was spread to Rong Cheng's ears by some eunuchs who chewed their tongues. When Guan Hongfeng returned to the palace, he said coldly: "Are you crazy?"

Guan Hongfeng smiled recklessly, "Maybe."

Rong Cheng looked at Guan Hongfeng's face, Guan Hongfeng sat closer, and said: "The purpose of accepting these concubines is to stabilize the throne and the hearts of the people. Now that I have settled down, I naturally don't need them."

"I'll just watch you alone from now on, okay?"

Rong Cheng patted the hand that Hongfeng touched, his brows and eyes seemed to be covered with frost, "What about me? Why didn't you let me go?"

Guan Hongfeng hugged Rong Cheng into his arms, "How are you like them?"

He murmured, as if talking to himself: "You are naturally different."

Rong Cheng's hands were bound, as if wrapped in a huge net, unable to move, he suddenly smiled, staring at Guan Hongfeng, eyes mixed with complexity that he hadn't noticed, "What's the difference?"

His voice was extremely cold, interspersed with a trace of blankness and questioning. Guan Hongfeng met Shang Rongcheng's eyes, which made his heart tremble, and suddenly felt extremely familiar.

Thinking back for a moment, Guan Hongfeng finally remembered that Rong Cheng also looked at him with this look when he was in Chi Country.

He never believed that he really liked him.

After the concubines in the harem heard the news, they all came to see the emperor, crying and crying. Guan Hongfeng was annoyed and sent them all back.

They are not reluctant to give up the emperor, but are afraid of losing their current status and glory and wealth.

Guan Hongfeng saw it through, and remained indifferent. He just rewarded each concubine from the palace with a few boxes of gold, silver, jewelry and jewelry, as a debt owed over the years.

Three days later, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the concubines were gone.

A full moon hung lonely above the dome, and the flowing dark clouds slowly swam past, swallowing most of the brightness.

At the family banquet, only the emperor and empress sat around the table to eat.

Guan Hongfeng retired the palace people, presented cloth dishes to Rong, and ate like an ordinary couple.

Rong Cheng was not too polite, he used to serve Guan Hongfeng, but now that Feng Shui has changed, it is the emperor's turn to serve him.

Guan Hongfeng said lightly: "From now on, you and I will be left in this palace, and you can do whatever you want.

The candlelight fell on his sharp side face, cutting off the emperor's indifference and giving birth to a trace of warmth, Rong Cheng was a little lost, and heard him say: "No one will bully you in the future."

Rong Cheng came back to his senses, lowered his head and hummed, picked up the donkey meat in the bowl with the golden chopsticks in his hand, put it in his mouth, the juice burst open, and the aroma lingered on the tip of his tongue.

The originally extremely lively Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet was a little deserted, but Guan Hongfeng was very satisfied. This was the first real Mid-Autumn Festival he and Rongcheng had ever had.

They will have countless Mid-Autumn Festivals in the future.