Chapter 172: Heroes' blood flows through the world (3)

The candlelight flashed, the night wind blew, and the Yunyang Palace on the summer night was cool, dispelling the summer heat of the day. Chen Jiao walked out of the hall, sat next to the railing, letting her long hair drift, and the cold wind blew.

"Empress, I'm dry. Go in." Annu said.

Chen Jiao turned her head, looked at Anu, looked at her no longer young face, and said, "Anu, you have been following me for more than ten years."

"Sixteen years have passed since the sixth year of Yuanguang, Empress." Anu said humbly.

"Sixteen years. Speaking of which, I know you earlier than Zhen'er. Over the years, you are the only one who has been with me, from Pengcheng to today." Chen Jiao lowered her head slightly and said.

"Empress." As soon as Anu spoke, he felt tears flowing out from his eyes and his voice became choked instantly. She hurriedly lowered her head to wipe her tears, and then said, "Empress, don't be too sad. Even if the Champion Hou is still here, he would not want Empress to be like this."

"If Zhen'er is still here..." Chen Jiao silently recalled this sentence, and couldn't help feeling sad. No matter how many years passed, the young man with clear eyes was a pain in her chest that she could never let go.

She can never forget the first meeting in Pengcheng that year, the two of them later depended on each other in Liaodong City, and the comfort brought to her by his consideration. She just stretched out her hand that time, but she got infinite comfort from him. However, until the end, she could not really give him anything. Everything he had obtained by relying on himself, and his only prayerful emotion was deeply buried in his heart by himself, and he didn't even want her to know about death, making her embarrassed...

Chen Jiao grabbed the hem of her skirt without realizing it, gritted her teeth and said, "I will not forgive the Wei family, and they must pay the price for everything they have done."

Anu looked at Chen Jiao worriedly and whispered: "But, your Majesty..."

Chen Jiao smiled miserably and said, "To this day, if I only care about him, how can I be worthy of Zhen'er?" She turned her eyes to the night sky and said coldly, "This time he will not deal with the Wei family. I will not give him any chance. Any chance to make the two palaces safe. I don't want this throne, but I will never let Wei Zifu's son get it again."

Pepper Room Hall

The emperor had not come to the Jiaofang Hall for a long time, and Wei Zifu was once again confined to his feet for a long time. Therefore, the members of the palace maids sweeping the Jiaofang Hall were less disciplined and had a few more mouths. The sun shone on the corridor, and several palace maids were walking in a bustling manner. One of them saw a palace maid talking to under the shade of a tree not far away.

"Green Pattern!" a palace maid in white shouted loudly.

Cuiwen under the shade of the tree was shocked. He said something to the tall figure under the shade of the tree and hurried to the corridor. Cuiwen is pretty and lovely and has a good popularity among the palace maids in the Jiaofang Hall. As soon as she returned to the group of palace maids, someone joked: "Cuiwen. That person is wearing the military uniform of the Qimen Army. How could you know such a person? Have you left good luck?"

Cuiwen's face turned lightly red and she replied, "No, it's not what you guessed." The more she said this, the more the rest of the people in the field felt that it was just that. Their palace maids lived a monotonous and lonely life in the palace. Although after Queen Chen's reform of the palace maid system, the palace maids no longer had any tragic experiences in the white-haired palace, everyone still had no hope of whether they could find a good husband when they left the palace ten years later. So, like Cuiwen, being able to find a good palace maid in the Qimen Army is really an envy of everyone.

"Oh, you are so nice." A slightly older palace maid sighed: "As women, the most important thing is to find a good husband, otherwise he would be a princess. Also..."

"Yes, like Princess Guard..." When talking about this, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Cuiwen's eyes flashed and she said, "I heard that Princess Wei has been in jail for a few days, right?" Wei Zifu fell out of favor and was confined to death for seven or eight years. Everyone knew that Chen Jiao was the only one who favored him. Although the emperor strangely did not give him the queen. It was hard for everyone to call Chen Jiao Chen Jiao as the queen. However, those in the palace who stepped on the low side had already been behind their backs behind. The empress Wei Zifu was automatically downgraded and turned into Empress Wei.

"That's right. I heard that the Crown Prince was so anxious that he just didn't dare to tell Empress Wei..."

"Yes. I didn't expect that Lord Huo had such courage to save His Royal Highness the Prince. That's the future emperor." This topic immediately aroused the interest of some people.

"You don't understand this. Lord Huo is the imperial prince-consort in Zhaoyang Palace. Is it necessary to give this Jiaofang Palace a face? Besides, didn't he say a while ago that he had a quarrel with Princess Guangyu? There are rumors that the princess fell in love with another Hun. In order to save the princess's mind, he had to do his best when facing the princess. Even if he couldn't impress the princess, it would be a great achievement if he could impress the princess. Seeing that Princess Guangyu was fourteen, it was a blink of an eye. At that time, there would be more people who wanted to be the first princess of the dynasty. "

Cui Wen glanced at him and found that this high-level land was the famous "Baoke Ting" palace maid in Jiaofang Hall. Cui Wen felt a little strange in her heart. This person was not so high-profile on weekdays, so why did she cooperate so much today? While observing, she found that behind the other party's carefree expression was a pair of eyes waiting for an opportunity. She immediately felt at a loss in her heart. Cui Wen's mouth had a faint smile, and she deliberately raised her tone and said, "Look at what you said, it seems that you understand all the major events in the court. What is the first princess of the dynasty? In terms of ranking, it is also Princess Wei, and she has a princess."

"If it weren't for Princess Guangyu, then Princess Guard would of course be the first princess of the dynasty. But since Princess Guangyu was born fourteen years ago, it has changed. Which princess have you seen? The young man was held in his arms by His Majesty the Emperor to meet the court officials? Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, Princess Guangyu has been the only one. Those nominal things are empty, empty, or do you understand, and your Majesty's heart is the most important. To talk about this title, our Jiaofang Hall Land Guard has been the queen for so many years. But what do we call her behind the scenes? How do we call Empress Chen from Zhaoyang Hall Land?"

As soon as Bao Chat said this, the people around him were speechless and looked at each other. Cui Wen saw a figure behind everyone as she wished. She took a step back and hid herself in the crowd, watching coldly.

"... But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still the future emperor after all, isn't he?" A slightly hoarse voice inserted.

"Hey, you also say it's the future. The prince and the emperor have a little more. After all, there is a little more. It's not new to lose their position by one step. Fusu was regarded as the prince by Qin Shihuang until he died." Bao Chat finished speaking, and he was stunned, as if he realized that this voice did not belong to her female companion, but to...

"Empress!" The palace maids who were sweeping the courtyard knelt down and saluted Wei Zifu. The palace maid who was talking stood there was even more stunned, watching Wei Zifu unable to speak. Wei Zifu looked at the palace maids with an expressionless face. He only said lightly: "Yiyi, you have dereliction of duty." After that, he turned around and left. Cui Yiyi said fiercely: "Where is the shattered girl from? She has not dragged her down and killed her stick!"

She said harshly, and someone came forward to help with the work. She dragged the palace maid down and gave her due punishment. Cui Wenya looked at Baochao and asked about the dragged figure, and listened to her shrill cry in her ears, and thought to herself: I don’t know. Which family sent it, it was indeed a wall that was overturned by everyone. Lord Li, this should be enough, right?

Wei Zifu returned to the inner hall in a restless mood. She said to the palace maid beside her: "Go and invite the prince over."

After all, something happened. Wei Zifu looked at the dust floating in the air in a daze, thinking in his heart. How could he tolerate the Wei family? Ji Zhen’s affairs, Cao Xiang’s affairs...

"... Queen. Mother (Emperor) Queen!" The son and the maid woke her up from the haze. Wei Zifu turned his head and looked at his son, and suddenly felt tired. How long will this kind of worrying and scared day take?

"Mother, are you okay?" Liu Ju reached out to wipe away the cold sweat from Wei Zifu's forehead and asked with concern.

Wei Zifu looked at his son who was still childish on his face and asked himself over and over again: When will this kind of worrying and fearful day end?

"The prince and the emperor. After all, there is a little more, and there is a shorter side. It is not new to lose his position by one step."

"The prince and the emperor are. After all, there are a little more, and there is one less side."

"The prince is comparing with the emperor!"

The words of the ignorant palace maid echoed in her ears over and over again. She stretched out her hand to touch Liu Ju's face, and murmured: "Son of Heaven, Lord of Life and Death, Condemn Right and Fault. And you are the prince, just the future emperor, the future..."

Seeing that Wei Zifu was like a nightmare, Liu Ju thought that it was because of Princess Wei that he became so dazed. He couldn't help but feel sad and said, "Mother, my son is unfilial. My son will definitely do his best to rescue the emperor's sister, even if he angers his father..."

"No!" Wei Zifu woke up suddenly and said in surprise, "You can't irritate him. You can't."

"My mother." Liu Ju saw Wei Zifu so frightened, and couldn't help but hold her hand sadly and said, "Don't worry, Mother, the child has grown up and will definitely be able to protect the mother and the princess. After all, I have been the prince for so many years, and even the father dared not touch me easily."

Wei Zifu shook his head slowly and whispered: "Silly, your father is the emperor. There is nothing in this world that he dares not, just look at whether he wants or not." After that, she sighed quietly, stood up, looked out the window, frowned slightly between her eyebrows.

"Mother, what do you mean by the Emperor Sister?" Liu Ju found that it was impossible to hide it from Wei Zifu, so he asked.

Wei Zifu's heart was full of twists and turns. Thinking of the humility and tolerance over the years, he retreated step by step. To this day, to this day... she willingly confines her foothold because she knew that there was at least Zhongqing outside, without Ji Zhen and Huo Qubing Zhongqing. She was willingly silent because she knew that no matter what, her four children had no worries about their status. Now, Zhongqing has gone, Wei Chief was imprisoned, and everything was out of control.

Thinking of all this, Wei Zifu clenched his fists unconsciously.

"Since I." Wei Zifu heard his hoarse voice, which was very different from his usual lightness. "Do you know that your father's physical condition in the past few years?"

"What is the mother's mother?" Liu Ju looked at Wei Zifu in confusion.

"I heard that since the assassination of Ganquan, his health has been worse than before. Is it?" Wei Zifu said.

Liu Ju frowned at first, not understanding where his mother had been confined for many years and heard that his father was physically weak. After all, the health of the king of a country still belongs to the secret category of the empire in this era. But he immediately realized what the so-called hearing was. He stood up suddenly, looked at Wei Zifu in surprise, and said, "My mother, you!"

Wei Zifu smiled miserably and said, "My mother must leave some way out for herself, otherwise how can she stay in this pepper room with peace of mind?"

Liu Ju couldn't help but be silent, and after a while, he asked with difficulty: "Who is it?"

"...You don't need to know. My son, my mother only asks you, if something happens to your father's body... How many ministers do you think will be in this court to guarantee you to ascend the throne?" Wei Zifu slowly looked up, looked directly at Liu Ji, and asked.

"... I don't know." Liu Ju felt his heart was cold, and his mind was blank, as if he had known his mother for the first time in his life. In his impression, the mother was gentle, virtuous, endured humiliation and needed protection, but the straight body and firm eyes in front of him showed her strength and independence.

"You know." Wei Zifu stared at Liu Ji, suddenly reached out and hugged him in his arms, and murmured, "Ji'er, your father is the most unreliable. We must rely on ourselves. Do you understand?"

"He actually abandoned his mother many years ago. The reason why he did not abandon me is that the Wei family's power in the army is extremely difficult to eliminate, and the other is that he is willing to be implicated in your son. But this time, he will never let us go."

"Mother!" Liu Ji gritted his teeth and pulled Wei Zifu's hand away and said, "The matter is not yet finalized! First, it is said that the emperor's killing, so the Marquis of Pingyang was a false accusation. Second, even if this matter is true, can the father still use this as an excuse to implicate you and me?" After he finished speaking in one breath, as if to make himself more confident, he added another sentence, "People say that the tiger is poisonous and does not eat the child. Even if the emperor does something wrong, the father will not attack her and us. It is because you have been in the Jiaofang Hall for too long and are thinking about it. The child will have a way to rescue the emperor. Just wait." After that, he left without looking back, as if there was a beast chasing him behind him.

Cui Yiyi walked in from the outside, she leaned over to Wei Zifu and asked, "Empress, I saw that the prince's face was wrong. Have you already mentioned Ji Zhen and the old Marquis of Pingyang..."

"No." Wei Zifu shook his head and said, "I didn't tell him anything."

"That……"
Chapter completed!