Emperor Que Shaohua

Qingluan, the fifth prince's maid, appeared in Changning Palace late at night in early summer. At this time, half a year had passed since the assassin entered the palace and Feng Yi's surprise change. Changning Palace, where the eldest son of the emperor lived, had also been sealed off for six or seven months.

Since being imprisoned and tortured for three days at the beginning of the year, Luo Shenhua seemed to have been to the gate of hell. Although he escaped from the danger by relying on the elixir sent from outside the palace, his internal injuries were too serious and he had been recuperating for several months.

That night, he had already fallen asleep, but when he heard the report, he put on his clothes and got up in a hurry, and saw Qingluan with a terrified expression in the outer hall.

Qingluan came to ask for help, and when she saw His Highness, whom she had not seen for a long time, she knelt down and saluted, and couldn't help crying.She said that Concubine Han Gui had already obtained permission from the emperor, and in a few days, His Highness the Fifth Highness would be taken from Lanting Palace to Yunxiu Palace.

Luo Shenhua asked, "Is the news true? Where did you hear it?"

"It's...it's Wei Wuze." Qingluan's voice couldn't help shaking.

In the afternoon, Wei Wuze appeared in the Lanting Palace and told her in a joking tone: "Concubine Han said that His Royal Highness Fifth is lonely at such a young age. Take Fu, who is a hundred times more loving than the Empress, and with the Second Prince as a good brother, His Highness the Fifth Highness will live a happy life in Yunxiu Palace, and grow up safely and smoothly!"

He deliberately bit the last four words very hard, looked at Qingluan's pale face with fear, and said with a leisurely smile: "This matter is a foregone conclusion, how about it, Qingluan, you are going to enter the blessing nest with His Highness the Fifth Highness, enjoy Han Niangniang's love, or kneeling down and begging me to take you away? As I said before, the palace city is as deep as the sea, and when I leave for the Western Regions, don't regret it when you cry to heaven and earth!"

"No! I... I don't believe it!" Qingluan took a step back, teeth chattering, "The Fifth Highness is the prince, he will beg His Majesty to take back his life." She spoke weakly, but then became firm, "And, Moreover, there is His Royal Highness in the palace, His Highness will definitely not allow His Highness Fifth to be taken to Yunxiu Palace!"

"Okay, my master never force others to do anything difficult." Wei Wuze sneered, but his tone was a bit gloomy, "I still think about His Highness saving lives, I really don't know whether to laugh at you for being stupid or naive! It's a pity that your big His Highness has been placed under house arrest, and I am afraid that in a year or so, the grass on the little prince's grave will be a foot high, and he has not received the letter yet! Besides, who can save a person who cannot protect himself?"

He slowly approached half a step: "Qingluan, how can there be so many fish that slip through the net in the world, you really don't understand Concubine Han's methods. Don't even think about it, all the maids in Fengyi Palace are dead. If it weren't for me For the sake of saving face, you, a maid brought into the palace by Jiang Biyao, can live like a normal person? Don’t you believe in the eldest prince? Don’t say I won’t give you a chance. You can try it and go to Changning Palace to find Luo Shenhua. See, what ability does he have to protect his beloved little poor child!"

"Asu, are you saying that Qingluan went to Changning Palace for me?" Luo Pingyuan asked incredulously, "She went to beg the emperor to find a way to stop Concubine Han?"

"Yes or no, you can judge for yourself." Qin Su said, as the memory unfolded, his anger gradually subsided, but his eyes became more and more gloomy.

Luo Pingyuan was silent. Before he asked the question, he already had the answer in his heart. The scene of that afternoon was still vivid in his memory. Qingluan's unusual fear and worry were not only due to being intimidated, but also because Wei Wuze's words would almost certainly Become reality.I'm just a child and helpless, how can I resist Concubine Han?

At that time, he was still ignorant and didn't understand the cause of Rupin's death, but he already instinctively wanted to keep away from that scheming woman.If she went to Yunxiu Palace, even if Concubine Han Guifei would not kill her immediately in order to gain fame, there must be many ways to abolish herself quietly.

However, later on, the emperor did not decree that the fifth prince should be handed over to the noble concubine to be raised. The biggest crisis in his life passed away without a sound after some rumors spread, and he still lived in Lanting Palace.

Qingluan came to Changning Palace with the intention of dying. She knew that she couldn't get in, but at least she could cry and beg in front of the palace gate, and if she risked her life, the Grand Highness inside would hear the movement, and then learn about the small The prince's precarious situation.But unexpectedly, Wei Wuze's words about giving her a chance were not empty words, and the gate of Changning Palace slowly opened, letting her in.

"His Royal Highness asked Qingluan about the reason, and after contemplating for a while, he told Qingluan not to be afraid. There may be a turning point." Qin Su continued, "Qingluan was very happy and stopped her tears. But when His Royal Highness wants her to take advantage of the night When I went back to Lanting Palace, the gate of the palace was closed tightly, and the guards outside refused to let her out."

"After temporarily settling Qingluan, I asked His Highness, what did he mean by the turning point? It should be noted that both of us were injured at the time, and there were surveillance eyes everywhere. Don't ask to see His Majesty, even sending a letter outside is a thousand things. It is extremely difficult. Even if we know that His Royal Highness is in danger, how can we stop it?"

"Your Highness said that letting Qingluan into Changning Palace to ask for help was not something that Wei Wuze could do on a whim, it must be Concubine Han's intention. Therefore, her purpose should be to use His Highness Fifth's safety as a bargaining chip to ask for some kind of price. We wait That's enough. I just don't know if there is anything in me that is worthy of Concubine Han Gui's exhausting efforts."

"What happened later? What happened later?" Luo Pingyuan asked in a low voice.Following Qin Su's straightforward narration, he felt a faint sense of fear. It wasn't the difficulty in breathing when he saw the emperor's brother unconscious before, but the bottomless darkness, as if he wanted to suck himself into it and swallow him completely.But he couldn't help but ask, this was the experience that Brother Huang had encountered and endured, and it was closely related to him, so he had to listen to it through gritted teeth.

"As Your Highness expected, Concubine Han Guifei didn't keep us waiting for long, and sent a confidant servant in the morning." Qin Su said, "This person was silenced later, but I still remember his appearance. He said, The second prince has been diligently practicing internal skills recently, and his progress has been comforting, but if he wants to succeed in his skills, he still needs to borrow a lot of wind. He has admired for a long time that none of the best skills in the world can be compared with the Qingxin Jue. Please look at the brotherly love, Your Highness. With a helping hand, the Second Highness's meritorious deeds can be fulfilled. In this way, the imperial concubine and empress are relieved, and naturally they will not put too much pressure on the young highness, and he can follow whichever empress he likes."

He paused: "He also said that the inner skill that the second prince cultivates is called Kunming Kung Fu."

"What did you say!" Luo Pingyuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and he grabbed Qin Su's shoulder suddenly, "Luo Wenxiao is practicing Kunming Kung Fu? That kind of evil kung fu that steals people's internal energy?"

Qin Su looked at his shocked expression, with no expression on his face: "In this world, there is only one kind of Kun Ming Gong."

Luo Pingyuan let go of his hand in a daze, and slowly took a few steps back, leaning his back against the wall, but felt that he was trembling uncontrollably from head to toe.

Kunming Kung Fu is a well-known leftist Kung Fu. Because it can use other people's Kung Fu for its own use, it saves years of hard work and directly ranks among the masters. A hundred years ago, it was regarded as the standard by evil ways in the world; but the defects of this kung fu are also quite obvious After all, the infuriating energy absorbed is not your own. Before it is fully used, it is difficult to control and use it freely; Most of the time, it will lead to madness, ranging from confusion of meridians, total destruction of power, and loss of life in severe cases.Therefore, due to insurmountable fatal problems, coupled with the crusade against the righteous way, Kunming Kungfu has gradually become unique in the world.

However, in the records of martial arts, Luo Pingyuan once read that there is only one situation in which using other people's true qi to transform Kun Ming Palace can avoid going out, that is, the absorbed internal energy is pure and free of impurities; To reach such a realm, one must either be a master at the master level, or have a special talent and have practiced the Qingxin Jue.

"It's Wei Wuze, it must be his idea." He murmured, "Provide Luo Wenxiao with the Kunming Kungfu and reveal the characteristics of the Qingxin Jue. It's too cheap to stab him to death..."

Concubine Han of course couldn't find a master of martial arts to give Luo Wenxiao her internal strength for nothing. They were planning on Luo Shenhua, the emperor's brother.

"I thought His Highness would refuse, but His Highness was silent for a while, and asked the servant to go back and tell Concubine Han that he agreed." Qin Su said slowly, "Then the next night, Luo Wenxiao entered Changning Palace."

"How could he agree?" Luo Pingyuan heard himself asking as if trying his best, "Asu, why didn't you stop? Besides, why do you believe Concubine Han will keep her promise, if she regrets it later?"

His voice seemed loud, but in fact it was low and weak, because everything had been settled a long time ago, it was too late.

"I can't stop it." Qin Su said, "Others can't change what he decides. His Highness said that if Luo Wenxiao can't get the Qingxin Jue, he will try every means to destroy his skill. Since he can't keep it sooner or later, it's better to use it." In exchange for the peace of His Highness the Fifth Highness."

He continued: "But I know that the situation is not as hopeless as he said. There is Commander Li in the palace. Although he does not interfere with the affairs of the Tian family, if someone really wants to abolish His Highness's martial arts, he will not Sitting on the sidelines, this is one of the reasons why Concubine Han Gui couldn't do anything hard and could only set up a trap. His Highness informed Commander Li of the transaction conditions through a letter sent by the inner guards guarding outside the Changning Palace, and asked him to be a witness. If Concubine Han Guifei took advantage of all the benefits and did not let His Royal Highness go, which is equivalent to setting up a big enemy for her mother and child in the palace."

Luo Wenxiao sneaked into Changning Palace in the middle of the night on the second day after the deal was concluded, followed by two attendants who looked like Lian Jiazi.In order not to attract attention, he changed into the color of an internal servant, and saluted with a smile on his face as soon as they met: "I haven't seen you for a long time, but Brother Dahuang has lost a lot. I have been thinking about my brother day and night during these days. Every time I hear you It hurts so much to be seriously injured, but fortunately you are fine."

Luo Shenhua looked at his smug face, and said calmly, "Second Brother, today you got what you wished for, and I hope you won't regret it in the future." Things should not be carried out in the outer hall, so he turned around, Luo Wenxiao followed behind, first Then go into an inner room.The attendants in the palace were all placed by Concubine Han Gui, and they had long since disappeared. The two sat down on the futon facing each other. Luo Wenxiao couldn't wait to reach out and grab his brother's veins.

The second prince's Kunming Palace has only been cultivated to the basics, and their skills are very different from each other. Even if Luo Shenhua doesn't resist, he can hardly absorb anything at first.After his face was flushed from holding back, Luo Wenxiao suddenly smiled and said: "Brother Dahuang, I saw Ping Yuan yesterday, Brother Wuhuang was swimming by the Taiye Pond by himself, he seemed very lonely. I advise him not to go near the water side, so as not to cause another accident, he ignored it. No wonder, Ping Yuan has always only listened to you."

Luo Shenhua glanced at him, his eyes were filled with disgust, he immediately closed his eyes, and worked silently, strands of true energy leaked out of the veins, and entered the opponent's body from Luo Wenxiao's palm.It was slow at first, but as time went by, it ebbed and flowed, and the rate of internal energy loss became faster and faster. Pain appeared on his face, and his forehead was gradually covered with sweat.

"He...he..., you..." Luo Pingyuan's lips trembled, he didn't know what he was talking about, and what to ask again.In Qin Su's plain narration, his heart was filled with hatred uncontrollably, but he didn't know whether he was hating Luo Wenxiao, Concubine Han Gui who was far away in Luo City, or himself.He really didn't know, and couldn't imagine, that such a terrible scene happened behind the locked palace gate of Changning Palace. Those tossing pains and unbearable suffocation were isolated within the palace wall, unknown to everyone.

He tried his best to adjust his breathing, but he still couldn't help the stabbing pain in his heart, and he almost bent his body.

"Before Luo Wenxiao came in, His Highness tapped a few acupuncture points on me." Qin Su seemed to understand what he wanted to ask, and replied simply, "He wanted me to sleep, but he was afraid that blocking Qi and blood would affect my injury. , so I lighted it very lightly. I woke up soon after, and struggled to move from the bedroom to the outside of the inner room... The second prince usually looks gentle and elegant, but he unexpectedly showed his true face, but he was not even as good as a beast. His Highness passed out twice and then After waking up, he still refused to stop, and at the end he wanted to order his followers to give His Highness another slap. If Commander Li hadn't sent someone to guard nearby to block them..." His voice was a little hoarse, and he didn't say any more go down.

Luo Pingyuan will never forget, the first time he found out that Prince Jing had lost all his martial arts, he felt the momentary surprise and regret in his heart. He knew better than anyone else how thoroughly his brother's cultivation had been destroyed.There is also the prince's deep internal strength that is not inferior to his own, and when he asked about it, he replied nonchalantly: it is Hunyuan Gong. ... All kinds of things have been traced for a long time, and once they are pointed out, the facts are clearly revealed.

After a long time, he asked softly, "Then, Qingluan is not actually..."

Qin Su slowly shook his head: "After Luo Wenxiao left, His Highness was groggy and sick for several days. Qing Luan cried and pleaded guilty by the bedside, and he was too weak to comfort him. His Highness never exchanged any terms with Wei Wuze. Qing Luan ...is leaving without saying goodbye."

Luo Pingyuan nodded, he was already numb from the attack of multiple truths, but he didn't feel the pain anymore.During the short reunion in Tianyuan, Qingluan kept saying that she had done a lot of mistakes and was a guilty person, asking about the body of the emperor's brother again and again.When she was in Changning Palace, she must have been very sad and guilty when she realized that she was being used. That's why she knelt down and begged Wei Wuze not to harm the emperor, and was even taken away just like that...

From the beginning to the end, Han Guifei and Wei Wuze played a set of well-planned tricks to make their wishes come true.It's not very complicated and clever, but it's vicious enough.

Luo Pingyuan stared blankly at the already dark night outside the window, and seemed to see himself sitting in the imperial garden many years ago in a daze, so ignorant, immersed in sadness and misfortune, unaware, In order to keep the quiet corner of the verdant summer, the moment of freedom of splashing water by the Taiye pool, what kind of situation was the emperor forced to.

But he absolutely didn't want Luo Yanhua to die here. If he could choose, he would rather live in Yunxiu Palace. Perhaps God would bless him, and he would still have a chance to last until autumn and meet the master who traveled to Luocheng...

"Your Highness Fifth, you are indeed very lucky to be able to worship under Hanshan's sect." Qin Su said, "But have you ever thought about why Immortal Hanshan suddenly set foot in Luocheng after a long time of being out of the ordinary world? Is it really Yunyou passing by?"

Only then did Luo Pingyuan wake up, unconsciously, he uttered his last thought.He was shocked in his heart: "A Su, what do you mean by saying that? Master respects him..."

"Mo Zhenren is detached from the outside world, how could he have the interest to enter the palace to meet His Majesty, and just happened to want to accept disciples? You have never thought about the reason?" Qin Su looked at him patiently, and the fifth prince was shocked. The look caught in his eyes, "Since we are talking about what happened back then, let me tell you all about it!"

When Shao'an fell, Empress Langhuan had been confined in Fengyi Palace. She had a premonition that a catastrophe was coming, and it was fine for her to die, but she had to leave a way out for her beloved son Luo Shenhua.After much deliberation, Jiang Biyao wrote a last letter, ordering the secret guards who risked their lives to infiltrate and escort her out of the palace, to Cuiping Mountain, to seek help from Master Hanshan.

Mo Hanshan was visiting friends on Qionghua Island in the South China Sea at that time, and when he came back and saw the letter, it was half a year late.The world is full of vicissitudes, and he is grateful for the death of his old friend and the injustice of Langhuan, so he sets off for the capital.

The original intention of his trip was to take away the eldest son of the emperor, Luo Shenhua, so after arriving in Beijing, he did not face the saint immediately, but entered Miyagi at night and came to Changning Palace.However, when Luo Shenhua learned of his mother's arrangement, while being sad, he declined the chance to leave the palace with the real Hanshan.He said that he can no longer practice martial arts, the emperor and Concubine Han will not be too wary of harm, and Langhuan will eventually seek revenge in the future, if he enters Hanshan now, he may implicate his family in the future.He asked Master Hanshan to take his younger brother, whom he had raised for many years after adopting his mother, as his apprentice, and take Luo Pingyuan away from the indifferent and dangerous Chonghua Palace City.

Luo Pingyuan didn't know when Qin Su left. When he regained his consciousness, he found himself sitting on the ground leaning against the wall, the candles on the table were all burned out, the surroundings were pitch black, and there was no one around.

A Su's words still echoed in my ears: "Your Highness, the lord is reluctant to tell the past, because he is afraid that you will bear too much, and would rather bury it in his heart. But he is only a person, and there will be times when he can't support it. You are now High-spirited, relying on his excellent martial arts to rush around and be instigated by others, have you ever thought about how the Lord feels? You keep blaming him, blaming him for ruthless calculations, saying that he only has Langhuan and Daye in his heart, but you know how sad it is for him to hear ? You really don't understand what kind of character the Lord is? If he could save Qingluan, would he not?

"Concubine Han, the crown prince, Wei Wuze, none of them don't know that you are the master's weakness, someone he would rather have an accident with himself to protect with all his might, but you brought up Qingluan in public and sent the flaw to Wei thief, he happened to Repeat the old trick, use Qingluan as bait, and harm the Lord through you! Fifth Highness, you are too willful and ignorant!

"Ask yourself, if you dare to act recklessly and recklessly like this, isn't it because the Lord favors you, thinking that no matter how big a disaster you make, he will help you clean up the mess, even if it is too much, he will forgive and forgive you, and he is reluctant to let you A little wronged! But what have you done, are you worthy of him?"

Qin Su was really in a hurry. The sum of what he said in the past year may not be as much as this night.He wanted to go back to guard King Jing, and before leaving the door, he finally said: "My lord can't stand the torment anymore, you... think about it carefully!"

Luo Pingyuan hugged his knees, leaning against the wall in the dark.Some fragments of scenes vaguely appeared in front of his eyes. When he returned to Luocheng for the first time, the peonies in Prince Jing’s mansion were like brocades. The man was dressed in green and stood up from the flowers and trees. He looked at the aggressive King An calmly until his eyes fell on him. There were layers of ripples suddenly.

On the day when he was ordered to move in, Yang Yue led him reluctantly to Hanxiao Zhai in the west courtyard, and beckoned to two waiting servants. Bai Lu pointed to the plaque on the lintel and proudly said: "This is the master's handwriting. , specially inscribed for His Highness, the Lord said, the distant mountains are smiling!"

The first time we ate together under the Lancangju tree, he asked, "Brother Huang, what's the matter with your internal strength?"Luo Yanhua stopped coughing, and replied calmly: "I went off the rails during my practice, haven't you heard?"

Once upon a time, when it was drizzling outside the window, he and his brother were talking indoors.Luo Yanhua sent him to the courtyard gate with a smile, and said quietly: "Ping Yuan, I am very happy that you have grown up."

There are also walking together by the lotus pond in the back garden, morning and evening when the Communist Party of China discusses political affairs in the study, hearing the sound of drums and thunder in the evening, and looking at each other silently in front of Changning Palace...

Because of Luo Yanhua's reluctance to speak and explain, he got angry, misunderstood, and made groundless accusations, but what the emperor brother concealed and didn't want to share was only pain.Just like the moon is full and then short, no matter how serious the illness is, he just smiles lightly and tells himself it's all right.

Only once, when he was forced to recuperate by Master Xi Gu, he asked the emperor why he was in a trance, Luo Yanhua said: "I was thinking, maybe I am too greedy, I always hope for more."

When going down the mountain, the master told him that seeing and hearing may not be the truth, but to experience it with heart. He solemnly agreed, but failed to do so.

Eight years of cold and heat on Qixia Peak, with the guidance of his master and the company of his brothers, he got rid of loneliness and regained hope during his hard work and hard work.But I never knew that those warm and fulfilling years and the encounters that everyone envied came at a price. It originated from the struggle behind the gate of Changning Palace, the blood and tears of that person, and the silent waiting in Jingwang's mansion; When I was in the harem path, I didn't understand that besides Qingluan, there was another pair of concerned eyes watching her all the time, giving everything for him.

What should I do, Brother Huang is already so seriously ill, it's too late for me to understand?

No, Xi Minghua said that he needed an antidote, as long as he returned to Los Angeles as soon as possible to relieve Bihai Chengxin, everything would still have a chance to be restored.

Luo Pingyuan staggered to his feet, suddenly felt sweet in his throat, and spat out blood, but he didn't care.

His mind is still numb, he knows that heart-piercing pain and regret will sweep over, like an endless tide, washing his heart repeatedly, and will accompany every sleepless night in the future, maybe it will take a long time After a long time, this pain will gradually dissolve together with what I learned tonight, blend into my memory, and become a part of my life.