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Sang Chen glanced at me meaningfully: "That's right, my father is the emperor, and I have never seen a woman like this. Although the concubine Hua is beautiful, no matter how beautiful her appearance is, she can't make people forget her life. The difference is not only the appearance, but also the heart. The other concubines are eager for that position, dreaming of it, and they climb up the branches to become a phoenix. She is like that, facing the phoenix position and looking contemptuously at the father, the emperor knows well that the reason why Concubine Hua resigned is because the hatred has not disappeared, and she is still thinking about the past revenge."

"Father was young and frivolous at that time. He always felt that he was charming. There was no woman in the world that he couldn't get, but Concubine Hua was an exception. And he was arrogant and pretentious. The more he couldn't get it, the more he wanted it. Take it as his own. Concubine Hua is the only woman he can't get but wants to keep it for himself. It is in the process of pursuing that he is poisoned more and more, and finally there is no cure."

I didn't take it seriously, and I had some complaints about the fact that he regarded Ah Yuniang as a highly poisonous person, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was indeed the case. After so much, why hasn’t it been Ah Yu’s turn?”

"Hurry up, don't be impatient." Sang Chen gave me a weird look: "Since Concubine Hua stood in front of people again, Father has never favored the concubines next to him. The imperial doctor explored Concubine Hua's happy pulse, and she was pregnant with a dragon seed. She was so excited, Concubine Hua let go and agreed to be his queen, but that night, while her father was snoring and sleeping, she took out a dagger and stabbed him in the chest , followed Kui Ye and fled out of the palace without a trace. Since she entered the palace, she has been planning every day and made perfect preparations, and the emperor was overjoyed and completely defenseless, so that Concubine Hua successfully attacked and escaped."

"Ah, this..." I was dumbfounded: "The dragon species conceived in the belly of the concubine Hua is Ah Yu. Also, the huge palace is guarded like a copper wall and iron wall, allowing people to come in and out as soon as they say it." just go"

"Anyway, she escaped. Although the father was seriously injured, fortunately Concubine Hua was not strong enough, and the murder weapon was half an inch from her heart. She finally saved her old life. He ordered the hunt, but it ended in vain." Sang Chen supported his forehead. : "This is really a bad relationship, and it will come to an end for the time being. Until 16 years later, the emperor's father personally marched and broke through ten cities on the border of Xifan Kingdom. There is also a bit of my shadow. This is Ah Yu, who is only 16 years old. His father captured him back to the camp. Back at the residence, I reunited with the concubine Hua who had been away for a long time, and when the teacher returned to the court, he also took her mother and son back to the palace."

He looked at the clouds in the distance, and said in a soft voice: "But Concubine Hua can never forget her blood feud in the past, she took poison to kill herself that night, and ended her life, saying that she swore to the death that she would not live with the enemy who killed her father, she is really chaste."

I doubted again: "Sixteen years ago, Concubine Hua's actions would have been commendable, but now she has even given birth to a son who killed his father and enemy, so why bother to do this? According to me, she killed your father once, Then the enmity will be written off, and if it is not killed, it can only be said that your father is fate. The most important thing is that since she raised the enemy's son, all the right and wrong in the past should disappear. "

Sang Chen agreed very much: "What you said is very reasonable. Maybe Concubine Hua will not be able to get over the hurdle in her heart after all. After her death, the emperor buried her richly. He wanted to treat Ah Yu well and compensate the two mothers for what they have suffered over the years. The suffering of being displaced, but during that period of time, the soldiers were in trouble, and he had to go to the imperial conquest again, so he had to leave Ayu in the East Palace and order people to take care of him. Ayu was born in the countryside since he was a child, and the concubine Hua never told him about it. With his real identity, he was used to living in poverty. For a while, he couldn't adapt to the rich clothes and fine food in the palace, let alone the red tape and rules and regulations in the palace. The imperial concubine hall."

As wise and wise as I am, I have a premonition that the next thing is bound to be unknown, either a disaster will come or there will be a disaster.

As expected, Sang Chen said: "It doesn't matter, what matters is that he can't get out after being fascinated, and the maid in the palace sees someone intruding rashly, mistakenly thinks that a pervert has entered the room, and scolds softly, Ah Zuo is naturally logical I was taken aback, forgot to explain the reason, and ran away. This run was like adding fuel to the fire, and rushed into the concubine's conservatory. In the concubine's warm room, the concubine was taking a bath and changing clothes. It should be thought that Ah Yu was trying to plot something wrong, and shouted for someone to come. As soon as she shouted, people came indeed, and many of them came. He glared and asked him why he committed the crime. Ah Yu was originally clumsy and not good at words, and he didn't know what to do when he was in this situation. This misunderstanding had to intensify..."

He was talking endlessly, but I was burning with anxiety. Thinking of the scene, I couldn't help shouting: "He is innocent, everything is an accident!"

I shouted very hard, except for Qianluan who was still meditating with his eyes closed, everyone present cast doubtful glances at me, Beidou said: "My lord, what are you doing with such a sudden surprise?" Too friendly, I reckoned that the yell just now might have spoiled something, I apologized and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, you have the right to think I farted loudly." Saying that, I ignored them and looked back at Sang Chen.

He continued: "At that time, the Empress Dowager was vacant, and the Empress Dowager had already died, so the imperial concubine was in charge of the harem. She heard that Ah Yu was the son of Concubine Hua, and she was furious. She thought that her father was not in the palace anyway, so she had to find an excuse first. Killing this evil species will just remove a strong enemy for her future Lin'er, and there will be fewer people competing with her Lin'er for the throne, so she exaggerated, saying that Ah Yu broke into the palace with the intention of getting a finger on her, and deserves death."

This is indeed a crime that deserves death, and she is not just talking about it. It is true that Ah Yu broke into the concubine's hothouse. No one knows whether he was intentional or unintentional. Let alone the emperor's absence, even if he is, you have to cover it up It also takes a lot of work.

"Later, it was my mother and concubine who came forward to suppress this turmoil and protect Ah Yu from harm."

I rubbed my chin and pondered: "Could it be that your legendary concubine mother is already the queen appointed by your father to be able to suppress that unreasonable noble concubine with supernatural powers?"

"Almost." Sang Chen crossed his arms and said, "Although the noble concubine is a noble concubine, she is just the shadow of Concubine Hua. Back then, the emperor saw that she was born with a three-point resemblance to Concubine Hua, so he thought that he would be full of lovesickness and talk about it. , so I bestowed this false title on her, but as time went on, the completely different temperaments of the two women made my father and emperor less happy, and the noble concubine fell out of favor. Later, my mother and concubine entered the palace because of the draft. What kind of method can actually make the father and emperor, who is dejected, look at her differently, favor her, and once have the limelight. Of course, no woman who can win the emperor's favor is not an ordinary generation, and my mother and concubine are even more special among this generation The outstanding people are all coveted for the post, so naturally they have to overcome all difficulties and annihilate all competitors, including the noble concubine."

"At that time, the concubine mother's title was not high, and she couldn't seek her bad luck in an open and honest manner, so I had to resort to a dangerous move, and secretly gave her a strange poison that was not named. After taking this poison, people would lose the ability to conceive. Yes. Since the noble concubine was poisoned by this poison, she naturally had no children for many years. When she was embarrassing Ah Yu, the mother and concubine told her about it, and exchanged the antidote for this strange poison. The noble concubine waited for the future mother The child is precious, if the poison is not detoxified, the rest of her life will be worrying, so she has no choice but to accept it. Of course, even though she has detoxified, her father has never stepped into the palace of the imperial concubine after returning to the palace. After that, Ah Yu was taken care of by his mother and concubine, and played with me together."

"So that's how it is." I nodded suddenly, my affection for him doubled, and I gave a smile: "I don't know why you haven't mentioned the main point after you have said so much tirelessly. Ah Yu's life experience is indeed complicated and confusing, and it is also bumpy and bumpy, but it has not yet arrived. Outrageous."

"I haven't finished my words yet, why are you in a hurry?" Sang Chen gave me a contemptuous glance, and said, "I'm going to talk now. Ah Yu and I live together in the East Palace, but we can't live together for long. Because my mother and concubine miss him forever He is the son of my father, but I am worried all day long, worrying that he will compete with me for my father's seat in the future, while protecting me, I also secretly guard against him, and deliberately encourage him to go to the place of fireworks and willow lanes, hoping that he will just be an idler Although Ah Yu is not good at communication, he sees everything clearly and is depressed all day long. When his father returned from the triumphant return, he was wounded and suffered some internal injuries. Ah Yu had learned some medical skills from Dr. , When I went to visit, I said that I wanted to cook the wound medicine for my father personally to show my filial piety, but I didn't know that after my father drank a bowl of soup and medicine that he brought, not only did the injury not heal by half, but the body was poisoned. I can't stay here for a few days."

"Everyone only said that Ah Yu was born in a foreign country and had no friendship with his father. Because of the death of Concubine Hua and Taibao, he committed such acts of killing the king and killing his father. After all, the poison in the soup is only a small amount, not enough to hurt His father was fine with his life, so he summoned Ah Yu and asked him if he had been framed by others. Ah Yu only said that he was not framed by others, but his father sighed three times without asking any more questions. , but two days later, he was thrown into the long-abandoned limbo."

I clenched my fists: "Who did that?"

"Why do you ask knowingly?" Sang Chen gave me a contemptuous look.

I sneered: "It's your concubine mother, why is she so uncertain, Ah Yuluo is so unwilling to rescue him, and then framed him with such a trick after saving him, I really don't know what she is thinking. Besides, she can do something Poisoning your father is such a cruel and merciless act, aren't you afraid that your father will accidentally kick his legs and drive west?"

My tone was heavy and unfriendly, and the little goodwill I had accumulated with great difficulty just now was thrown into the sky.Sang Chen understood, and was even more unfriendly than me: "Your mother and concubine know the importance of things. He did all of this just to plan for a rainy day and think about my future. When I went to visit Ah Yu later, he also had the same problem as me. He asked my mother and concubine, since he was willing to save him at the beginning, why did he hurt him like this this time? He also asked my father, who already had a concubine Hua at that time, why he accepted my concubine mother as a concubine later. Why did he kill the concubine Hua's family? He can still give birth to him. How many women in his harem are waiting for him, waiting for him to look past the autumn water, until he turns pale and withered. He can't take care of both, why does he have to accept so many concubines... and many other weird questions like this. It's just these questions that I If you can’t answer him, you can only disappoint him.”

I can understand Ah Yu's complicated state of mind at that moment: "He has lived in the simple mountains since he was a child, and he still doesn't understand the warmth and coldness of human relationships and the coldness of the world. He can't understand the exquisiteness and intrigues of the people in the palace. He is too simple. .”

Sang Chen nodded: "So he told me that Bo Yun in the palace is treacherous, and the people here are too scary. He heard that there is only a cold palace in the huge palace, and no one will plot against anyone. After that, he never went out again. , until four years later, on the eve of the collapse of the Donglan Kingdom."

I Nahan: "Dong Lan's Subjugation"

"Exactly." Sang Chen mentioned these old events, and his face was also quite depressed: "Not long after Ah Yu entered the cold palace, I occasionally got a hint from a wandering fairy, saying that I am very talented, and if I practice hard, I will ascend to heaven." It's just around the corner. Although the concubine mother has worked so hard to get my father to appoint me as the heir, I really don't have any big plans for it. I listened to the fairy's advice and immediately worshiped him as my teacher. I know very little about all the changes in the imperial palace in those four years. I also heard from the master that the Donglan Kingdom was in a catastrophe, and that there was a catastrophe for the country, so he sent me back to try to assist my father to make Donglan overcome this catastrophe."

I couldn't control my curiosity, and said anxiously: "What kind of calamity is this so-called great calamity, and how big is it?"

"That was really the greatest catastrophe in the history of Donglan Dingguo. Although time has passed and so many years have passed, I still have lingering fears when I think about it." There was a look of horror on his face, and it was not a lie: "I went back to the palace At that time, Gyeonggi was already gloomy and gloomy. Everyone was suffering from a strange plague. Even the imperial physicians in the palace were helpless. The people of Li were miserable and complained. I am angry with the gods in the sky, it is God's will to destroy Donglan. It is a pity that my father ruled the country for the first time, and he has such an eternal infamy."

This situation is indeed serious, but no matter how hard the people are, the country's ruler has been in power for decades, and the country has always been peaceful and the people are safe and the weather is going well. Is it true that the licentious person has his own testimony? The people deeply feel his virtue and will never scold him for no reason There must be a reason for being stupid.

"Actually, there's nothing to be ashamed of. It's probably because your father behaved well that led to such consequences. Maybe he didn't know it." I came to this conclusion.

But Sang Chen didn't take it seriously: "Hmph, my father has dedicated his whole life to serving the country and the people. He single-handedly brought down half of Donglan's country. What's wrong with you? You said that he behaved well, referring to the three thousand in his harem. Is it beautiful? Since ancient times, emperors have always been lecherous. This is true, but a lecherous king is not necessarily a fool. It is just those selfish people. It is said that people's hearts are unpredictable, but they don't know that the most unpredictable people's hearts are the hearts of the people. When my father is victorious in battle and these people live and work in peace and contentment, they all sing praises to him, and when he is defeated and disaster is imminent, they criticize him with words and pens, just because my father is powerless. It is up to these mortals to decide whether it is a foolish king or a wise one."

A rough look at his eloquent talk seems to be justified and well-founded, but this is just his one-sided statement. He only saw the people criticizing his father, but he did not see clearly the reason for the criticism.

The reason for this is probably that when the catastrophe first appeared, Qianluan couldn't solve it for a while, but he wanted to appease people's hearts, so he boasted to Haikou, saying that as long as everyone stays calm and gives him some time, the disaster will be saved... Waiting and so on, but people gave him time, but when the time limit expires, he is still powerless, which is simply contradicting what he promised.It is said that you are not joking, but he does not believe what he says, how can he not be scolded bloody

In fact, everyone is a victim. The king is right, and the people are even more right. In the final analysis, it is all due to the inexplicable plague and God's will

But thinking like this in my heart, I was too lazy to argue with each other, so I just asked: "What kind of disease is the plague that makes the people miserable, and how did it spread to Donglan?"

"Of course it was brought in on purpose." Sang Chen was very angry when he mentioned this matter, his voice trembling: "That guy is from the country of Xifan, but I don't know what kind of evil spirit is heretic, just like the one named Luo, he is covered in black paint Well, the black magic fog. Shame on people, but I want to be a monster in front of people and make waves. Back then, I practiced outside with my master. I got the Tao in four years and surrendered many demons. I fought against him but failed to sustain ten moves and was defeated. , What a shame."

I patted him on the shoulder, and spoke with relief: "Actually, it's harmless. Winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs. As the eldest prince of Donglan Kingdom, you should understand the truth."

But he was relentless: "But I can't be defeated. Once I am defeated, Donglan Kingdom will also be defeated. At that time, the father and emperor were exhausted physically and mentally. Rebellion, said to overthrow the dragon chair. The father was so angry that he couldn't get sick. People in the palace were panicked, and the chaos in the court was out of control. He had three sons and a daughter under his knees. I was the eldest, and Ah Yu was the youngest. There is a second younger brother. But my kunzhong has been obsessed with wine and sex all day long, so he can't be reused, and Ah Yu has been in the cold palace, and no one cares about him for many years. No one has remembered such a righteous prince. At that time, the girl was only as young as Ji, and she was only a princess. She didn't understand anything, and it was difficult to convince the public. Therefore, I had to control the government by myself. But if the overall situation is to be stabilized, the only way to solve the epidemic..."

I interrupted him impatiently: "You haven't told me what the so-called epidemic disease is, what are the symptoms, and is it true that once you get it, you will die from bleeding from the seven orifices?"

Sang Chen heard an extremely disdainful sneer, as if saying that I have "long hair but short knowledge", and said after laughing: "If this is the case, then it is not surprising, let alone fear, but the plague back then caused Dongdong to The country of Lan is destroyed, and the people are dying, so how can this disease be called conjoined gnats, people who suffer from this disease are ignorant at the beginning, but after three days, some petal-shaped hard armor will grow on their bodies, do you know what it is?"

He asked the question knowingly, and before I could answer, he asked and answered by himself: "This is a snake scale. At first it was only tangible, like a tattoo, without substance. It grew and grew more and more day by day. After another three days, the hair on the body was thick and black. At the beginning, it was hard and thick, and gradually turned into the body of a snake. The ten fingers could not be manipulated, and some uneven bumps appeared on the face. After another three days, the outline of these bumps became obvious, and the heads of snakes appeared one by one. After a few days, the head of the snake has grown to be lifelike, just like the water gnat, you may wish to imagine this scene."

I tried to think about it in my mind as he said, and when I thought of the shape of a person's face covered with the head of a poisonous snake, I felt shuddering.

Before I could express my feelings, Sang Chen had seen through everything and said, "Don't think that these things are made to scare people. After the water lizard shows up, it swallows letters, makes a hissing sound, and shakes people's faces. It seems that the flesh embedded in the human face cannot be free to struggle repeatedly. As soon as the snake's head came alive, it began to eat the flesh and meat on the human face. The human body grows an inch, until the whole body is fully grown, before it falls off the human face and leaves the human body. If you imagine the description of more than a dozen water pheasants biting the mortal face, I am afraid that even the priests of the Nine Heavens If you see it, you should stay away."

I rolled up my sleeves: "Finally, I can understand the suffering of you Donglan people at that time. No wonder your father, the emperor, was still scolded like that. When things got to that point, the people can only hope that the emperor will take everyone To get out of the sea of ​​suffering, but not to think that the Ninth Five-Year Lord, who is usually omnipotent, can't do anything, really... really disappointed."

Sang Chen became angry again logically: "Shut up, I made it clear earlier, my father is not responsible for this matter!"

I argued with reason: "I can only say that it's not all about your father. As the saying goes, take people's money. You see, your father's family takes the offerings of the people, eats the rice of the people and spends the money of the people. The people plow the fields and dig A piece of gold should be handed over to the government for confiscation, and the family is so poor that they have to give money to feed a large group of people in your palace. Your father used the money of the people to eat delicacies, and coaxed the three thousand beauties in his harem , but never thought that outside the palace, there are still people who can't eat a full meal."

Sang Chen's face was distorted with anger, but he was speechless, so he could only snort: "Whatever you say, anyway, father is no longer the emperor today, and he neither takes money from others nor needs sex."

I hate iron but steel: "Where do you start with this? Your father is indeed no longer the emperor, but he is a god, and the burden on his shoulders is much heavier than that of the emperor. To be an emperor, you only need to protect your home and country, but To be a god, you have to keep the world peaceful. You don’t have to take money, but you still have sex.”

"You're not finished!" Sang Chen's expression became uneasy. "If you want to discuss the Tao, don't discuss it with me, go to the Nine Heavens."

I had no choice but to say haha: "It's over, it's over, but there is no need to go to Jiuchongtian, you continue to talk."

He was satisfied, and his complexion finally returned to normal: "Since this conjoined twin is a plague, it must be contagious. It spreads from ten to ten, and tens of thousands of people in Donglan Kingdom are suffering from this terminal illness. I will go to the mysterious person to ask for the antidote." At this time, the imperial doctor in the palace ordered to search through ancient books and treasures, and learned that this conjoined pheasant was originally a kind of highly poisonous thing, and found a folk prescription to fight poison with poison, which may be able to cure the disease. disease."

I said: "I didn't expect that there would be such a capable person with such outstanding medical skills in your Donglan Palace. If this is the case, this calamity should be over."

Sang Chen shook his head and shook his head: "I hope so, but it's a pity that people's wish is not fulfilled. The imperial physician ordered a cup of poisoned wine to be served in front of all civil and military officials in the Emperor's Palace, but no one dared to drink it. Because the imperial physician ordered it first, this poisonous wine There is everything in it, and there are all kinds of poisons in the world. If this disease cannot be cured, you will die of breath immediately after drinking it. I hope everyone think twice, and you must not be careless. Although the condition of this conjoined pheasant is terrifying, it cannot kill people instantly. Even if unfortunately contracted, there are still dozens of days to live. Maybe God will be merciful, and the antidote will be available by then, and everyone dare not clink glasses. The imperial doctor made himself infected with conjoined pheasants, and two twins grew on his face. Snake head, an old face that is bloody and bloody, if you dare not drink that poisonous wine, how can others be willing to become cannon fodder?"

Speaking of this, I probably already know who drank the glass of poisonous wine that could save the people from the dire straits.

Sure enough, I heard Sang Chen say earnestly: "At that time, all the people in the imperial palace gathered in the Great Hall of the Emperor. Although Ah Yu lived in the cold palace for a long time and never went out, it was a serious matter, and someone invited him out. He saw No one dared to drink the poisonous wine, so they took the initiative to invite Ying, and stood up willing to test the poison. He lived in a corner of the cold palace for many years, where there were few people, so even though thousands of people in the palace would rather die, he was not affected, and his body was healthy. Suffering from conjoined twins, he could have kept himself clean and watched from the sidelines, but he didn't."

I suppressed the soreness in my chest and asked him: "Since he is not infected with the disease, how can he try?"

"It's not easy to catch this disease..." Sang Chen looked up at the sky with far-reaching eyes: "The Emperor Palace is overcrowded, and they are all infected with the disease. The hall is full of poisonous snakes dancing around. He rolled up his sleeves and stretched his arms to the mouth of the snake. Under the circumstances, let the water scorpion tear off four pieces of meat, and he was naturally poisoned. Generally, people who are new to the disease will have no symptoms for a while, but he was bitten by the water scorpion four times in a row, and he immediately had an attack. Still not at ease, he waited until his black hair turned into poisonous snakes before he drank the wine in one gulp. After he drank the wine, within a short while, all the poisonous snakes gradually returned to their original state, but after half an hour, his body recovered As before, he was alive and kicking in the palace, as if he had never been poisoned before."

I breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as it works, everyone will be happy."