After I die, my wife becomes a tyrant

"Xu Maoshui, you and Gu are quite 'destined'."

Hua Muyu often stays in the East Palace. On the way Ye Qiufeng went to the East Palace to visit his beloved daughter Hua Yuzhen and Hua Muyu, Ding Ling had just left the palace prison and returned to the Chongwen Hall in the East Palace.

After Yulu married Xu Yunlan, the seventh younger brother of the Lord of Wu and the fourth daughter of Xu Congshan, Duke of Chu, they moved to Chongren Hall. They had one child a year after marriage, and they seemed to have a very good relationship.

Yuzhen married Xu Huizhao, the eighth daughter of Xu Congshan, but there was no movement.

It is strange that the kings of the Central Plains have few offspring, but the princes have many offspring. Xu Congshan has fourteen sons and fourteen daughters, and most of them are married or married to the Yue royal family or courtiers.

Ye Qiufeng was not willing to marry Hua Yuzhen to the Wu Kingdom, and kept hiding it all the time. He made hundreds of marriages and was fooled, and even provoked more than a dozen "harems" for himself.

"Majesty, I dare not claim fate. You know that the young one was arranged by the princess." Ding Ling bowed his head respectfully.

"Who arranged for the other two?" Ye Qiufeng asked.

"It's... Mrs. Guo." Ding Ling chose to be honest and lenient.

Not only is Ye Qiufeng not angry, but he also looks happy. Although he arranges people to stare at him because he doesn't trust him, a word from others that he can trust is worth more than ten thousand words from himself.

Furthermore, this is also a kind of concern, attention, and jealousy.

Hua Muyu has been extremely stubborn since she was a child, and when she catches her jealous, it makes her more excited than winning a battle.

"Gu can be called a model of virtue." Ye Qiufeng swelled up, and walked a little faster towards Chongwen Hall.

"No... Majesty," Ding Ling said hesitantly:

"Mrs. Guo, she has crushed porcelain vases with her bare hands many times, just because she heard the servant girl say that you have a very happy conversation with the Queen of the Kingdom, and the topic is very speculative."

"Ah? Is there?" Ye Qiufeng was puzzled.

"Have."

"But there should always be something to do to pass the time."

"Last night, you played chess with the empress of the country. After a stick of incense burnt out, you stayed for another quarter of an hour. Madam, she ordered the city ship supervisor to weave flexible animal skins from overseas into whips. At this moment Or it has been sent to Chongwen Hall."

While Ding Ling was speaking, Liang Nanling who was not far away came from a distance, and after seeing Ye Qiufeng, she immediately pointed to her calf, walked a little further, and quickly walked out of the East Palace.

Ye Qiufeng's legs gave way, he turned around and trotted to catch up with Liang Nanling, not going to Chongwen Hall.

……

At Xuzheng (20:[-]) every day, Ye Qiufeng sat by the tea table as always, and Xu Fangyi brought a game of chess and wanted to play chess with her.

It's always about killing time, Ye Qiufeng raised his eyes and glanced at Ding Ling and the three of them, hesitating for a moment, thinking that the leather whips "saved up" yesterday hadn't been hit yet, but today's ones have been hit together, which should save a few whips, so he raised his hand and waved piece.

After playing chess for about half an hour, Xu Fangyi began to make omissions in his chess moves, and Ye Qiufeng did not "take advantage of others' danger" to capture important chess pieces placed in wrong positions.

"Majesty, is it important to marry with the mother country?" Xu Fangyi asked.

"You know how much Wu Guo has benefited from it."

"I'm asking you, is it necessary for Majesty to establish me, the King of Wu's family, as the Queen of Yue?"

"of course."

"No, I don't think it's necessary. The majesty loves the second-rank lady so much, why doesn't he make her the empress of the country? Even if this position is not mine, the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Wu today will not change."

Ye Qiufeng kept smiling and said instead:

"If you were not in this position, the courtiers would not be so polite to Wu when discussing state affairs. From Wu's point of view, your position is very important. This is one of the benefits I give to Wu. Is not it."

Xu Fangyi pursed her lips, raised her hand to play chess, and showed a big flaw again. Ye Qiufeng just played around and made a pawn.

"I still can't figure out why the majesty likes her so much and doesn't give her the most righteous status."

"Benefits and her, of course, interests are more important."

Ding Ling, who was in the audience, felt a little bit sweaty for her when he heard these words. If these words reached Mrs. Guo's ears, her calves would be bloody from being pumped.

There are many things that Ding Ling is curious about. For example, the Maharaja has been in charge of the country for nine years, and the country was established only five years ago. When he first took office, Hua Muyu was clearly appointed as the country's queen. Why was he not registered at that time? During Wu Guo's peace talks, this position also became a bargaining chip in the peace talks, which was successfully won by Wu Guo.

There have been rumors in the market that the Maharaja has a different surname and will take a series of measures to weaken Hua's orthodoxy.

But in the past nine years, most of those "prophecies" have not been right. The descendant's surname is still Hua, and the prophecy has been "prophesied" again.

However, Mrs. Guo was seized of power and placed in the imperial court. Although she was honored as Mrs. Guo, she was demoted to a second-rank wife after the founding of the country. In terms of status, she was not as good as the dozen or so harems. This "prophecy" was generally accurate. .

Mrs. Guo has a very bad temper. She often twists the Maharaja's ears, whips the Maharaja's calves, kicks the Maharaja out of the dormitory, etc., but they are still very affectionate.

Can't figure out why.

……

Guangxian 12 years, June.

The state of Zhou sent ten marshals of soldiers and horses, each leading tens of thousands of troops, outside the ten frontier cities in the west of the state of Wu. Wu State surrendered unconditionally, otherwise the army would overwhelm the border.

Xiangzhou also dispatched [-] troops to press southward on Jiangling Mansion, and Wu fell into a state of confrontation with soldiers on three sides.

For a while, people in the state of Wu were panic-stricken, and the Jiangling Mansion secretly dispatched envoys one after another. Every day, envoys came to the West Mansion to deliver wax books (secret documents sealed in wax pills) to the courtiers of the Yue State. ).

Not only the people of Wu State were in panic, but also the entire Yue State was in panic.

"Wu State is under pressure from Zhou State's millions of troops, and we, Yue State, must rush to help."

"The combined strength of the two countries is only 70. How can the enemy be defeated?"

"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold! The Wu country is gone, and I will be the next one! I can't just watch the Wu country disappear!"

"If it's useless to aid, Wu Guo is still dead. Wouldn't the reinforcements I sent from Yue Guo die in vain?"

Anxious to advance, the courtiers were also anxious like ants in a hot pot, discussing with each other noisily, and some even flushed with excitement, eager to express their opinions. The opinions were roughly divided into two factions——

Expanding troops to aid, not aiding and absorbing deserters from Wu State, in short, a large-scale military expansion is necessary to deal with it.

Xu Fangyi was also panicked. She pulled Ye Qiufeng's long sleeves and begged Ye Qiufeng in a low voice to secretly protect the royal family of Wu when Wu was overwhelmed by the army, but Ye Qiufeng remained silent.

"Majesty! You are talking!"

In front of Zhang Mingzhong was a large pile of intelligence documents handed over from the frontier state. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the situation was imminent. Although it hadn't reached the territory of Yue, it was a matter of time.

"The Ministry of War listened to the order to open all the gates of the border states, but those who wished to enter the country of Wu would be allowed."

"The Ministry of Households listened to the order, added guest records, and sent them to the immigrants, and ordered the states to collect all those who used iron coins, and exchange them with copper coins one-to-one. The divisions and offices set up in the localities will replace the iron coins with copper coins."

"Weiwei Temple listened to the order, and the people in the workshop were panicked because of the invasion of General Wu. They ordered the states to patrol the houses and must control the rumors. They only said that our country of Yue will be on good terms with the country of Zhou, and will never be invaded by troops from the country of Zhou. Live your own life and don’t panic.”

"Summon all walks of life to join the army and discuss the matter of aiding Wu."

As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers were still full of worry, and Xu Fangyi was relieved.

……

The gates of the frontier states of Yue State were wide open, and there were not many people who left their homes due to panic, at most hundreds or thousands every day, because the population was already decreasing.

The State of Wu also opened the city gate of Hongzhou to the State of Yue, and the State of Yue sent two groups of [-] well-dressed troops to enter the territory of the State of Wu, and headed from Hongzhou to Jiangling Mansion in the northwest.

The Jiangling Mansion dispatched [-] troops to the North Gate to confront Zhou Guo's army on Xiangzhou Road outside the city.

The yelling between each other has lasted for half a month, and the yelling has turned into mutual abuse. The siege engines from behind Zhou Guo's army came, and the siege battle broke out in an instant.

Xu Congguang was circling back and forth in the hall in a hurry. The courtiers tried their best to calm down and kept receiving the envoys who had returned from abroad.

"One hundred thousand reinforcements from the Yue Kingdom! We will reach Jiangling Mansion tomorrow! Another 20 troops will be stationed in Xiuzhou in the south of the Lingnan Mountains, and we can go north to Guizhou at any time to help Guizhou resist the invasion of Syria!"

Feng Yanlu exclaimed in joy, and the courtiers also breathed a sigh of relief.

"The State of Zhou is deceiving people too much! When the reinforcements arrive, take advantage of the fact that the State of Zhou has only [-] troops in Xiangzhou, join forces to counterattack Xiangzhou immediately! Take Xiangzhou too!"

"You're talking nonsense! If you capture it, can you hold it! After repelling Xiangzhou's intruders, immediately send troops west to return to the state! If Zhou's various forces are combined, our Wu Kingdom will be vulnerable!"

Han Xizai scolded angrily. As far as he was concerned, the state of Wu was facing a catastrophe of annihilation. He had to dispatch troops carefully, and take advantage of the turning point to defeat the invaders from the state of Zhou one by one. Otherwise, he would die.

"You guys discuss it first. When the Vietnamese army arrives tomorrow, call me immediately." Xu Congguang left the hall weakly. He was going to sleep for a while, and he hadn't slept well for almost a month.

……

Lu Rong, the marching chief of the Yijin Army, led his troops all the way to the northwest. Seeing that Jiangling Mansion was ahead, he stopped marching with a heavy heart.

"Shuai Lu, it's time to issue the military order." Joining the army Zhang Yi frowned tightly and urged again.

Lu Rong thought that the military order he received was nothing more than going to aid or standing still.

Unexpectedly, the military order was——

Our army is not Wu Guo's reinforcements, but Zhou Guo's reinforcements, and together with Zhou Guo, besieged Jiangling.

"The lips are dead, the teeth are cold, the state of Wu is gone, how can the state of Yue protect itself..."

……

The coalition forces of the two countries besieged the city on all sides, and Jiangling lost power in an instant. After realizing that they had lured wolves into the house, all the generals of the Wu Kingdom cursed angrily, and three of the courtiers of the Wu Kingdom died of anger.

"The lord comes out and surrenders, or we will be slaughtered to the end!" Outside Jiangling City, Zhou Guo's army shouted deterrent slogans in unison, and the sound shook the wilderness.

"Long live Great Wu! Swear to live and die with Great Wu!"

The soldiers of the Wu Kingdom, who were struggling to resist the siege on the tower, also fought back with slogans in unison, demonstrating the unyielding integrity of Great Wu.

Xu Congguang braved the rain of arrows to climb the tower. Outside the tower, besides the endless invading army, the ground was also covered with layers of dead soldiers of the Wu Kingdom.

His heart ached unbearably, and he had to go out of the city several times to surrender, lest the horrific tragedy in front of him intensify, he was suppressed by the generals and courtiers, the courtiers who were afraid of death had already run away, and the remaining ones vowed to fight to the death, preferring to die rather than surrender.

After struggling to resist the siege for a month, until the food and grass in the city were exhausted, there were not many troops in the city to go out to resist the intruders, and the towers were bombarded to the point of collapse.

Finally, Xu Congguang was so uncomfortable that he couldn't stand it anymore. He went out of the city to surrender, and was captured alive by Zhou Guo's soldiers. beam.

The soldiers of Wu State abandoned the battle and fled. In order to show the prestige of the country, even if the lord surrendered, he still ordered millions of troops to pass through Wu State, and posted notices in various states to announce to the world——

The state of Wu died.

……

A month later, Zhou Guo's army, which had gone south, once again marched northward, using siege tactics to besiege the twelve prefectures of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Khitan's 30 reinforcements came in an instant, but they couldn't hold on for half a month before they were scattered and fled by Zhou's army.

Jinyang City (Taiyuan), the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, was besieged from all sides, and the encirclement became narrower and narrower.

The morale of the Zhou army was high because of successive victories, and they all fought bravely and fought bloody battles. The remaining [-] Han army remnants retreated to the palace. The remnants should not be underestimated either.

Chai Shirong besieged the palace with [-] troops, disarmed and did not kill, and those who resisted died.

On the tower of the royal palace, Han soldiers kept standing up, shouting such tough slogans as "Long live the great man", "Long live the great man", "Swear to live and die together with the great man".

Chai Shirong was not in a hurry to destroy the Han. He wanted to capture the Liu family members alive. Back then, his whole family was loyal to the Liu family of Han, but they were feared by the Liu family and plotted to kill them. Dozens of family members were killed overnight. This revenge must be reported slowly.

……

Yue State, Xifu.

Ye Qiufeng's decision not only to send troops to aid Wu, but also to join forces with Zhou Guo to destroy Wu was learned by the public, and public opinion was in an uproar for a while.

"Does the lord understand the cold lips and teeth!"

"I must understand. The combined military strength of the two countries is no match for a million troops. You can't let me, the soldiers of the Yue Kingdom, die in vain!"

"Death sooner or later is death. If you don't die on the way to aid Wu, you will die when you are overwhelmed by Zhou's million-strong army!"

"It's over, the next one who will be crushed by a million-strong army is me, Yue Guo, hurry up and stock up on food and run away."

"Where are you going? To live in the sea?"

……

Xu Fangyi was ill for a month because of excessive worry.

Ye Qiufeng was more careful than before, and came to take care of her personally, except for Xuzheng's half hour, he would also come in the evening.

"Your two elder brothers were enshrined by the state of Zhou. The emperor of Zhou didn't kill them, but treated them favorably in Bianliang." Ye Qiufeng revealed the news she knew.

"Why do you want to destroy my country of Wu?"

Xu Fangyi sat up, stared at her with scarlet eyes full of hatred, was so angry that she slapped her.

"I don't want my general, Yue Guolang, to die in vain. Your Wu country's combat power is too weak. Even if I send troops to help Wu, I will lose the game."

Xu Fangyi sneered coldly: "The next one will be you Yue Guo."

"Yeah." Ye Qiufeng said lightly, raised his eyes to look outside the dormitory, today's weather is not bad:

"Staying in the dormitory all day is not good for your health. I will accompany you out for a walk." After a pause, Ye Qiufeng said again:

"Whether the country is subjugated or not, your life is still the same as before, without any change."

Xu Fangyi remained motionless and said nothing.

"Ma'am, let's go out and relax."

These two words came a little suddenly. Xu Fangyi shook her gaze and her long-suffering heart. It turned out that it was not that the previous efforts were useless, but... that the hard work was not enough, and the price of subjugation had to be paid to be able to... hear.

In the East Palace, the flowers were blooming vigorously. The two walked slowly side by side to enjoy the scenery. Xu Fangyi was a little dizzy. Ye Qiufeng had no choice but to take her hand and ask her to wrap his arms around him as a support. Then he sat down in the spring pavilion, Sit and enjoy the view.

"Why can I touch you again now?" Xu Fangyi sneered with a smile.

Ye Qiufeng smiled lightly, did not answer this question, raised his hand and poured two glasses of wine:

"This is Mu Yu's favorite fruit wine. I specially asked someone to brew a lot for her. If you are interested, try it too."

Filled with bitterness, Xu Fangyi obediently raised her glass and took a sip.

The fruit wine has a strong fruity aroma, but the lightness of the wine is just right for the palate. It doesn't make the tongue feel hot, but it feels delicious and refreshing.

"I really envy her."

"What are you envious of? I'm very careless to her, and I don't treat her well enough."

"You only have her in your heart, which is enough to make people enviable."

The corner of Ye Qiufeng's mouth curled up into a smile: "What am I? I'm just a selfish villain. Why should I envy you?"

"Before we got married, I didn't like you, but after we got married, I..." Xu Fangyi stopped talking after half-spoken.

"Whether you like it or not, what does it have to do with getting married? If you like it, you still like it if you don't get married. If you don't like it, even if you get together, you still don't like it." Ye Qiufeng just chatted, looked up at Xu Fangyi, and then said casually asked:

"you like me?"

Xu Fangyi lowered her head and did not speak. After a long time, an imperceptible "um" came out from her throat.

Ye Qiufeng was slightly surprised:

"Earlier, I thought you were just being lonely and unbearable, so you threw yourself on me. People like me are not only ugly, but also have an ugly voice. What do you like?"

"It's not ugly, it's pretty." Xu Fangyi said weakly.

Ye Qiufeng twisted his disapproving facial features:

"I'm blind in one eye, you're probably blind in both eyes."

After saying this, both of them laughed out loud.

"You are very funny, chatting with you is very pleasant, even if there are troubles, chatting with you for a while, I feel that it is not a big deal, life is still very good."

Thinking of Hua Muyu always saying that she was funny, Ye Qiufeng was very happy, and unconsciously drank a few more glasses of fruit wine.

"Before my country of Yue is gone, I will arrange for you to remarry with a good husband," Ye Qiufeng said, raising his hand to call the "eyeliner" maid Ding Ling over:

"Pack up the intercourse books of the Imperial Priest to prove that the empress of the country is very innocent."

"If you can change that half hour into daytime, and come out with me to enjoy flowers and chat every day, it's okay if you're not innocent." After Xu Fangyi relaxed, she also had some elegance in chatting.

"Alright, so, it will be more innocent."

……

The Great Inner Hall temporarily went to court due to the arrival of Zhou Guo's envoy.

I haven't seen him for many years, Feng Kedao is even older, like a shriveled and haggard pine, but his figure is still tall and straight.

"The great victory of defeating the Han Dynasty, His Majesty invited the ruler of the Yue Kingdom to bring the queen of the country to Bianliang to celebrate the feast together."

"Congratulations on the great victory of Zhou Guo against Han!" For the sake of Yue Guo, the courtiers had to stand up one after another and congratulate.

Feng Kedao also bowed his hands and accepted the congratulations on behalf of His Majesty.

"Jiedu envoys from all over the country will also go to Bianliang in person to share the feast. The ruler of the Yue Kingdom, don't even think about sending envoys to do it for him." Feng Kedao added without asking.

What this means is clear to everyone.

This is the real Hongmen Banquet, and there is fear that there will be no return. In the current state of Zhou, the general trend is that even if people are detained strongly, they have no fear and no scruples.

"Of course, I will go there in person." Ye Qiu greeted Feng Kedao calmly.

As soon as he left, the courtiers gritted their teeth and paced back and forth anxiously, thinking about countermeasures.

Some pessimistic courtiers are even thinking about setting up a new monarch.

In the past few years, Hua Muyu proposed twice that she should go to Zhou State as an envoy, but Ye Qiufeng yelled her back twice.

When Wu State was overwhelmed by troops, Hua Muyu understood that Ye Qiufeng was worried about the coming of this day, so he did not establish a country. It was not until Wu State proposed marriage and made the Wu royal family the Yue State, that Ye Qiufeng agreed. .

"Don't be so nervous, it's just a meal in the Zhou Kingdom, and you'll be back after the meal." Ye Qiufeng said lightly to appease the courtiers, and then led Hua Muyu to leave the inner hall.

"I forgot to try your favorite dumpling that day. Is there still room in the dining room? Seeing that your food is delicious, I suddenly want to try it." Ye Qiufeng kept a relaxed smile and chatted with Hua Muyu as they walked.

"You can hide your thoughts, you can hide them for ten years," Hua Muyu smiled wryly:

"I want to eat shrimp dumplings, I'll eat them when I get back."

At this moment, jokes have to be said cautiously, and under caution, I don't know which words to say:

"I'm hungry……"

"Go and eat by yourself."

Hua Muyu let go of her hand, turned around and walked west quickly, Ye Qiufeng pondered, eat first before talking, and only after eating full can he have the strength to take the whip.

When watching Hua Muyu leave, Ye Qiufeng sighed heavily.

The last line of the Tai hexagram, the upper sixth, the city is restored to the gods, do not use divisions - the city wall collapses, the moat dries up, do not use divisions (soldiers), it is useless.

The Chosen One can take your life.

There is a high probability that this Hongmen banquet will never return.

In the Danbo Garden, with his thin old waist bent, he was still picking up the flowers and plants in the garden. Hua Muyu came quickly and said:

"Don't be confused, let's make a guess."

Buyu straightened up slowly, glanced at her silently, then squatted back in the garden, and continued to pick flowers and plants:

"It can't be pinched, some things have been changed long ago, but it's human-made."

"What has changed, if you dare to say that you don't know, I will cut your tongue." After many years, Hua Muyu asked this question again.

Not confused but also afraid of pain, he immediately looked embarrassed:

"I really don't know... I don't know how to say it. Today's situation is already doomed, but it has been postponed for many years, and... If you talk about replacing your life, it's not even a matter of life. The creatures on this earth are like grass. trample."

Hua Muyu gritted her teeth and asked:

"The implication is that she already knew that this day would come, didn't she?"

Don't confuse silence, silently pulling weeds in your hands.

"She wants to die for me again?"

"At this point, you can't replace her anymore." While standing up, Buyou made a leisurely sound, as if he was afraid of being questioned again, he walked as fast as he could, and left Danbo Garden.

……

Outside Jingling Palace, Ye Qiufeng paced back and forth for a long time before finally waiting for Hua Muyu to come.

Before he could smile, his hand was grabbed, and he was pulled into the bedroom, and the door was slammed shut.

While staring at each other, Hua Muyu gritted his teeth and shed tears as big as beans:

"When I beg you, don't go."

She already knew that the purpose of setting up the Young Master was not to spy on people's hearts, but because she didn't want her to take the position. She also knew why she was not made the empress of the country, and even more knew that there might never be a return.

"Don't cry, I just went to have a meal, and I'll be back after eating," Ye Qiufeng kept smiling and wiped the tears on her face:

"I will definitely come back. I will never leave you and tell you to live alone. When I come back, we will get married and make up for the title that I owe you for ten years. Or you can marry me again. In the future, I will marry you." For the rest of my life, I will be a happy couple for the rest of my life, traveling with you everywhere, and I will never lie to you."

"I don't want anything, as long as you don't go, anyone can go, except you." Hua Muyu's eyes were firm, and there was no room for negotiation and compromise.

Ye Qiufeng hesitated for a moment, and uttered a few words with difficulty:

"Okay, I won't go."

Hua Muyu was surprised, and her face was full of disbelief:

"Really?"

"Well, I won't lie to you, I won't go if I don't want to go, I will send someone else." Ye Qiufeng tried his best to hold up a smile:

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go to Chunting for a drink with my wife."

Hua Muyu continued to be dubious, staring at Ye Qiufeng suspiciously from time to time, her promise was too easy, she didn't dare to trust it so easily.

In the spring pavilion, Ye Qiufeng clinked glasses with her again and again, smiling brightly as usual:

"Mu Yu, am I important to you?"

"Nonsense." Hua Muyu was still staring at her face, trying to find some flaws in it.

"Then... to you, is there anyone more important than me in this world?"

Hua Muyu thought about this question for a while. There are too many important ones. Fortunately, those important ones can be chosen, and there is no need to choose one or the other:

"To me, there are many important things, but you are the most important."

A shy smile of satisfaction flashed across Ye Qiufeng's face:

"Suppose I die and save millions of lives, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hua Muyu interrupted, and a surge of sour heat poured into his nostrils:

"Don't let me choose, I want you to live and grow old with me."

Ye Qiufeng could hardly suppress the sadness in his heart, he gritted his teeth, sucked his nose, and nodded with a smile:

"Okay, I'll grow old with you, I've never lied to you, this time too..." Try my best:

"Do not lie to you."

Hua Muyu gritted her teeth, with tears in her eyes: "Then why are you crying?"

Ye Qiufeng touched his face, only to realize that there were a few disobedient teardrops, which had slipped down unconsciously, so he had to suck his nose, and smile with red eyes:

"When I think about going far away, I won't see you for several days. Even if I haven't set off, I start to miss you. I can cry when my ears are twisted. When I miss you, my heart hurts more than my ears. Crying." After a pause, Ye Qiufeng changed the subject and said:

"I won't talk about this anymore. If I promise you not to go, I won't go. The shrimp dumplings are delicious. I ate more than a dozen just now."

……

For two consecutive days, wherever Ye Qiufeng went, Hua Muyu followed her, and kept pressing on her at night, for fear that he might not see her when he opened his eyes. Ye Qiufeng was a little helpless, so he could only speak to comfort her, Make her feel safe.

The kiss at night seemed to be dissatisfied with desire, Ye Qiufeng couldn't breathe several times, but his neck was tightly bound.

"It's three o'clock in the middle of the night, everything is safe and sound!"

Hua Muyu stretched her eyelids to dispel the drowsiness, and the sound of the beating made her wake up even more, and her arms tightened around Ye Qiufeng's neck.

"Relax and sleep, you can't trust me like that?"

"Well, I always feel that you are not telling the truth." Hua Muyu said bluntly.

Ye Qiufeng looked helpless, bowed his head and kissed deeply for a long time, Hua Muyu lost his mind, and loosened his tight arms, like a defenseless city, allowing her to attack and plunder.

During the kiss, some salty drops of water slipped down inadvertently, Hua Muyu noticed the salty water and opened his eyes, only to see Ye Qiufeng crying with tears streaming down his face.

Before she had time to ask her doubts, Ye Qiufeng covered her mouth and nose with a cloth handkerchief, her eyes widened in shock, and she pushed her away with both hands.

Smelling the smell of sweating medicine, it was too late, Hua Muyu's tears kept forcing out of her eyes, and she begged her to let go with red eyes:

"Forget it! Let go! Please, don't do this...don't do this..."

"Go to sleep, you are sleepy, I will try my best to come back alive, Mu Yu, I love you." Ye Qiufeng's eyes were red, and tears fell one by one.

"You let go..."

Soon, Hua Muyu lost consciousness, and her hands and feet that were struggling to push and kicked also softened.

Ye Qiufeng hugged her tightly, weeping in pain and reluctance, saying "I'm sorry" repeatedly.

Outside the south gate of the palace, the carriage had been waiting for more than half an hour. Xu Fangyi sat in the carriage and looked outside the carriage from time to time.

Ye Qiufeng covered Hua Muyu with a quilt, and then called Buyu who was guarding the door in:

"She often suffers from headaches. I don't know if the sweat medicine will cause her headaches. After a quarter of an hour, wake her up and help me take care of her."

Staring at the sleeping Hua Muyu reluctantly, just about to step away, he said without hesitation:

"Qiufeng, I made a hexagram for you, sleepy hexagram."

"If you are trapped but do not lose your prosperity, you are only a gentleman. If you don't believe what you say, you will be poor if you talk too much. If you are in trouble and give up your ambition, you will be a villain. A gentleman is always poor, and the way can be forgotten? Reflexive, troubled to follow the will."

"Follow the trend, it is man-made."

……

Bianliang Palace.

It was the familiar Ruisheng Garden again, and the familiar [-]:[-] noon.

The courtiers of the state of Zhou entered the feast at the main table one after another. Ye Qiufeng came with Xu Fangyi. This time, he did not sit on the bench, but sat on the left hand side of Chai Shirong, sitting next to him, across from the three of them. There was a row of courtiers from the state of Zhou, all of them glowing red.

The 47-year-old Chai Shirong, his face has aged a lot. He was tall and straight in the past, but he has changed into a potbellied body. His figure can be praised: fat and fleshy.

Ye Qiufeng and Xu Fangyi sat in silence for a long time.

The unoccupied seats next to them came one after another wearing red crown robes. The red crown robes were the color of the local chiefs. The color was festive, but most of the people who came came had serious faces and frowned.

About a quarter of an hour later, there were five people seated beside her, and a dozen or so seats were still vacant. Not long after, there was a commotion outside Ruisheng Garden. More than ten people in crown uniforms were forcibly dragged and detained by the imperial army. seat.

This situation made Xu Fangyi a little scared, her hand accidentally touched Ye Qiufeng under the desk several times, Ye Qiufeng had no choice but to raise his hand, hold her hand, and smiled and said in relief: I am not afraid.

"Haha, are you all here?" Chai Shirong, who had been drinking alone for a long time, asked loudly with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the lord of the Yue Kingdom and the thirteen envoys have come with their wives." The eunuch bowed in a shrill voice.

"Well, it's a good idea to invite that hard-backed disobedient Hou, hahaha."

Not long after the words were finished, Xu Congguang and his wife, Zhou Shi, were also rudely dragged in by the forbidden army. Xu Fangyi never expected that seeing her brother again would be in this situation.

Zhou Guo courtiers' words of ridicule pierced his ears again and again, Xu Congguang only bowed his head deeply, and even his younger sister was ashamed to look at him.

"Since we're all here, let's have a drink together, and the world will celebrate our Zhou Kingdom's great victories year after year!" Chai Shirong stood up and drank the wine in his glass first.

Ye Qiufeng stood up with the crowd, raised his glass, and looked around at the courtiers of the state of Zhou who drank all their drinks and sat back to their seats. The envoys beside him also emptied their glasses before sitting back.

"Uh……"

"puff!"

Holding the wine glass and was about to drink the wine, the Jiedu Envoy who came from nowhere beside him groaned and sprayed blood.

"Alcohol, poison..." He twisted his body in pain, fell off the mat, curled up and twitched in pain on the ground.

"Wine is poisonous?"

For a moment, there was a commotion at the table, and those who hadn't drunk pushed away their glasses one after another, with fear all over their faces.

"Your Majesty! This is not the way to treat guests!" Some angry people immediately attacked the case and accused them angrily.

"I even handed over the remaining [-] troops in Zhaowu Town to Your Majesty! How dare Your Majesty want to kill them all?!"

"If I die, after my son succeeds to the throne, I will swear to the death to avenge my shame!"

Chai Shirong listened to the clamor patiently, and only snorted coldly:

"It's not the way to treat guests, but it's the way to treat bandits."

Prime Minister of the State of Zhou, Wang Jing, said coldly:

"Your Majesty is toasting, you must drink it."

As soon as the words fell, the guarding guards approached the table one after another, and poured wine into the mouths of the disrespectful people who refused to drink. After a while, more than ten people struggling in pain curled up on the ground, making ugly dying sounds, but they were caught. The imperial army did not distinguish between life and death, and dragged them away one after another, so as not to disturb His Majesty's elegant mood.

Ye Qiufeng squeezed the wine glass, resigned himself to fate and closed his eyes.

Xu Fangyi was so frightened by this scene that she trembled, and when she turned her head inadvertently, she saw Ye Qiufeng had raised the wine glass and was about to drink it down.

For some reason, and without asking why, she snatched the wine glass and drank it down with her teeth gritted.

Ye Qiufeng was startled, and was slow to react for a moment before realizing what was going on, which shocked her.

"You... what are you doing!" Ye Qiufeng gritted his teeth, looked around and wanted to call a doctor, but this was the state of Zhou, and he couldn't help himself, let alone dispatch officials of the state of Zhou.

The severe pain piercing through the intestines soon burned the esophagus of the chest, Xu Fangyi slid off the desk in unbearable pain, Ye Qiufeng hurriedly hugged her, tears fell again and again:

"You fool, who asked you to drink for me, I treated you so badly, you..."

Seeing her crying, Xu Fangyi was a little relieved: "The country is ruined and the family is destroyed. I can't live. Maybe I can enjoy this wine and don't have to suffer too much."

Ye Qiufeng didn't know what to say, and suddenly remembered her question earlier, Ye Qiufeng rolled down tears, gritted his teeth and said:

"Fool, it was I who killed you and came to seek revenge on me in the next life. You once asked me why I didn't make her the empress of the country. I will answer you now. I am afraid of this position. Whoever comes up will die. That's why..."

Enduring the severe pain, Xu Fangyi showed a wry smile, and was still envious of her when she was dying:

"Husband, kiss me once, and then feel sorry for me for the rest of my life. I won't hate you, and I won't seek revenge from you in the next life."

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, I did something wrong..."

Ye Qiufeng cried unbearably, and Chai Shirong watched coldly for a while, then made eye contact with the imperial guards and dragged Xu Fangyi away.

When he looked up again, Xu Congguang, who was on the side of the courtiers of the Zhou Kingdom, continued to hang his head, and then looked around at his side. The guest seats had already been cleared, and she was the only one left, like a lonely lamb that had strayed into a tiger's den, waiting to be caught. cannibalize.

"Your Majesty gave you wine, you must drink it." Wang Jing said coldly again.