Overwhelming mountains and rivers

Chapter 64 Death

"Young Lord."

Chu Xuanzhao was in a good mood.

"It's done?" Shen Qingjun casually pushed the cup to him.It is the white jade cup with a coiled pattern when drinking apricot blossom wine in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Well, Sucai passed away, and the coffin was placed in the Guojian Temple. I have sent someone to replace him secretly. The deceased is a big one, and no one will pay attention to the situation in the coffin." Chu Xuanzhao took the cup, I took a sip, surprised, "Is it wine?!"

And it's the long-lost apricot blossom brew.

"En." Shen Qingjun raised his hand, and took a sip of the wine in the glass.

"You, you can't, didn't Helianxin say that you can't drink." Chu Xuanzhao stretched out his hand, trying to snatch the cup from his hand.

Shen Qingjun gave way back with the wine glass in his hand, but Chu Xuanzhao caught it empty.

"Helianxin just said, drink less."

Chu Xuanzhao frowned slightly, "Qingjun, you know your body, why do you want to do this?"

"It is precisely because of knowing that one must enjoy life to the fullest."

While still alive, drink what you want and do what you want.Besides, he knows how to drink less, even if he drinks less, he will not deliberately spoil his body.

His words made Chu Xuanzhao's heart ache suddenly.

Shen Qingjun looked at the silent Chu Xuanzhao, only then realized the sadness in his words, rubbed the cup with his fingers, "...well, how is the queen?"

Chu Xuanzhao stroked his purple sleeve, at least he calmed down a little bit of flustered feeling, "...Queen, you say queen, the queen has been abolished."

"Oh, that's not bad."

"Ah."

"What about the others?"

"No more." Chu Xuanzhao paused, "... Qingjun."

"Ok?"

Chu Xuanzhao let out a heavy breath, looked straight into Shen Qingjun's eyes, his long and narrow phoenix eyes were full of determination, "I will find Chi Yanzhu, don't worry."

Shen Qingjun took another sip of wine, "Follow the fate."

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Four days later, Lu Shi died in the cold palace.

On the autumn day, it began to drizzle like spring.

It was drizzling, but there was a faint sound of thunder. In the palace with red walls and golden tiles, it was strange and desolate.

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"Your Majesty! Mrs. Lu is dead."

"What did you say?" The emperor was startled and stood up from his throne.

"The abolished Empress Lu is dead." Cui Gui repeated.

"Dead? Dead..., ha ha." The emperor looked in the direction of Leng Gong, feeling a little dazed for a while.

Lu Shi is the empress, the only empress in this dynasty, and it has been 30 years now.

He doesn't love her.He knew that she didn't love herself much either.It's just that he needs such a person who can take care of the harem without being overly jealous.

However, he did not expect that she, who has always been gentle, would kill someone.And Chu Xuanlin, who actually set his sights on his position.He couldn't bear any of this.

So, he abolished her.

It's just that she didn't expect that she would die like this.

"Your Majesty?" Cui Gui asked tentatively.

The emperor stroked the carved lacquer railing in his hand, looked at the misty rain and mist, "Forget it. Return to the throne of Empress Lu, and be buried with empress rites. Posthumously posthumously posthumously as Empress Xiaogongrou Jiayishun. The obituary will be announced to the world, and the whole country mourns."

The emperor withdrew his gaze, sighed softly, waved away the servants behind Cui Gui, leaving Cui Gui alone behind him.

"Yes.... Your Majesty?" Cui Gui asked hesitantly.

"Huh? Tell me straight."

Cui Gui is an old man beside Emperor Yuan. He has been by his side since he was six years old. After Emperor Yuan ascended the Great Treasure, he was willing to serve him without leaving his body. Emperor Yuan treated him differently from other servants. different.

If we talk about it in detail, I am afraid that there is only one Cui Gui who is most trusted and closest to Emperor Yuan.An emperor, the closest one is not the concubine, not the children, but a servant who grew up with him since he was a child, which is also a kind of pity.

"Yes. Regarding the Queen's matter, do you want to send someone to Lian, the First Prince's Mansion?"

Prince Lian was deprived of his title, and logically speaking, he had to move to the mansion, because the regulations for the mansions of princes with the title of prince and princes without the title are different.

The establishment of a government cannot exceed the system.

It's just that it took only a few days to build the mansion, so the emperor gave special permission to stay in the old mansion, and just took off the plaque of Prince Lian's mansion.

"Send someone to tell him. Just say that I missed his mother and relieved his restraint."

"Yes."

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"You, what did you say?! Ah? What did you say!"

Chu Xuanlin's face was full of disbelief. He knew that his mother's health was not good, but, but, why did she die suddenly?

After Chu Xuanlin was grounded, there was no news in the mansion, even the queen was deposed before, he didn't know anything about it, now when he suddenly heard that the queen passed away, he just felt like a bolt from the blue.

"...Back, back to the eldest prince, the empress passed away in the palace yesterday. Your majesty said, I miss your new pain of losing your mother, and relieved your confinement."

"Did you make a mistake? The mother's mother is only slightly ill. How could it be? How could it be? Did you deceive His Highness? Ah? Who asked you to come? Chu Xuanqing or Chu Xuanzhao?! Ah?"

The eunuch thumped and knelt on the ground, "Your Highness, the servant is the emperor's servant. Hasn't Your Highness seen it many times?"

Of course Chu Xuanlin recognized that he was someone close to the emperor, but he didn't want to believe it.He hoped that this was a conspiracy and that it was fake, but he knew that it was all true.

The queen mother really passed away.

Losing a son, losing a wife, losing a mother, he even thought rebelliously, why it wasn't his father who lost his life!

If you sit on the throne yourself, how can there be so many things!Why, he is the eldest son and the orthodox heir, why did he become what he is now!

What went wrong!

"...I see, father-in-law, please go back."

After the servant left, Chu Xuanlin sat on the ground, staring blankly at the desolate palace that was different from the past, feeling hopeless in his heart.

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"Qingjun, do you know?"

Chu Xuanzhao had half black hair, and was wearing a black robe with a silver carp pattern.

Although he didn't want to wear plain clothes for the empress's funeral, after all, his identity was there, and he couldn't let people use it as an excuse.

The queen died, and the old revenge was avenged, so he regarded it as mourning for the dead mother and concubine.

However, Chu Xuanzhao, who was dressed in a blue-patterned black robe, made him even more stable, even faintly regal.The stern facial features are also more imposing, and the eyes are flowing, with their own majesty.

"Of course I know." The queen passed away and the obituary was announced to the world. Shen Qingjun was in the capital, how could he not know.

"Qingjun, thank you, and thank you Helianxin." Chen Su has changed back to He Yu, and has gone far away, while the real Chen Su has already lived with her sweetheart.

The truth of this matter will be kept out of the palace forever.

It can be said to be perfect for one thing to complete two marriages that failed to meet people's wishes.

"You're being polite." He was just expressing his opinion. As for Helen Xin, that dead fox had already taken away 100 taels of gold and 5000 taels of silver.

"Next, we can impeach Chu Xuanlin." Chu Xuanzhao thought of the handle in the building. It was not possible before, but now...

"Wait, the queen is dead, Chu Xuanlin can't just sit and wait for death, let him act first." Shen Qingjun felt that Chu Xuanlin would never just wait for Chu Xuanzhao and Chu Xuanqing to fall into trouble, and would definitely make a move.

"Okay, listen to you."

Chu Xuanzhao naturally had no objection to his words.

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"My lord, Prince Teng is here."

Mo Yi walked into the study and cupped his hands towards Chu Xuanzhao.

"What? What is he here for..." Chu Xuanzhao couldn't figure out his reason for coming.

"Presumably, he was aware of the handwriting of the prince in the matter of the queen's death?" Mo Yi guessed.

"You let him in first, and I'll go to the main hall right away."

"Yes."

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"I don't know that the second emperor's brother is coming, and I am far away to welcome you. Mo Yi, serve tea for His Royal Highness Prince Teng."

"It's okay, the empress is newly mourned. I'm afraid you will be sad because of my brother, so I came to see you." Chu Xuanqing lifted the corner of her clothes and sat opposite Chu Xuanzhao.

Chu Xuanzhao couldn't help but rolled his eyes fiercely.

"Brother Erhuang was joking, the empress is newly mourned, and it is Brother Dahuang who should be sad. Brother Erhuang's consolation, I am afraid that he entered the wrong door and found the wrong person."

"Oh, brother Sanhuang's words are wrong. The empress is brother's biological mother, but she is also our brother's aunt. Even if she is an official family, she can only recognize her as her mother. How can the royal family mess around with etiquette? Brother Dahuang It's hard to bear the grief, the burden of comforting the third brother should be taken by the elder brother."

"Oh. According to what the second brother meant, the empress is the mother of the second brother, so concubine Yao, the biological mother of the second brother, is not the mother?"

"You! Chu Xuanzhao, don't misinterpret my meaning. I came to see you with good intentions. Is that why you came to talk to me?"

Chu Xuanzhao turned his legs up and glanced at him coldly, "You talk about people when you see people, and you talk about people when you see ghosts. Second Emperor Brother, we Ming people don't speak dark words. What are you doing here?"

Chu Xuanqing took the tea served by Mo Yi, "That's fine, then I'll tell you directly, about the Queen, is it you?"

"What if it is, what if it isn't?"

Chu Xuanqing nodded imperceptibly, flicked the tea leaves with the tea lid, and took a sip of the tea, "It really is you."

"...!"

How do you always translate my words?

"I don't want to go around with you either. In a word, you and I will settle the account slowly. First, bring down Chu Xuanlin. Let me tell you whether you should or not." Chu Xuanqing leaned back and stared at Chu Xuan Zhao, wait for his reply.

"I don't think I need to cooperate with you. Besides, I don't trust you."

He knows Chu Xuanqing's character well, and if he cooperates with him, he must be prepared to be bitten at any time.

Chu Xuanlin was at the end of his life, so there was no need for him to get involved with Chu Xuanqing.

Chu Xuanqing stood up, and brushed off Yinqing's sleeve, "Okay, since that's the case, let's see each other's strengths."

"Respectfully send off the second brother." Chu Xuanzhao got up.

"no."

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"My lord, why would Prince Teng come to cooperate with you?"

Chu Xuanzhao looked in the direction of the gate of the mansion, and stood with arms crossed, "Cooperation? Chu Xuanqing is a poisonous snake, cooperate with him, heh! Besides, the cooperation is fake when he comes this time, and the matter of asking the queen is the truth."

"Then, my lord, why did you let him know about this?"

Mo Yi was very puzzled by this.Although Chu Xuanzhao's words were ambiguous, everyone who listened could know that he had almost admitted it.

"Of course it is to let him cast a mouse."

"A mousetrap?"

Chu Xuanzhao stretched his lower arms, and exhaled softly, "Yes, once this king Lian falls, there will be a fight between this king and Chu Xuanqing. Chu Xuanqing is suspicious, and only by making him feel that this king is unfathomable Let him not try to attack us casually."

If Chu Xuanqing fights for small power and power one by one like he did with King Lian, then it will be unbearable in the end, and it will not be conducive to Chu Xuanzhao's plan.

"Mo Yi understands."

Chu Xuanzhao turned around and tugged at Mo Yi's hat strap, "You just need to know when to set meals and when to make beds. For things like this, leave it to Feng Er, be good~"

Lord, you dislike me again X﹏X

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"Brother, are you here?"

When Chu Xuanxin was practicing martial arts in the mansion, seeing Chu Xuanzhao walking slowly, she immediately put away the weapon in her hand and greeted Chu Xuanzhao.

When he turned around, Chu Xuanzhao noticed that he was wearing a crimson undershirt under his bluish-white robe.

"Xuanxin, you," Chu Xuanzhao felt a little helpless, he could understand what Chu Xuanxin did, but it was too dangerous to understand.Once someone notices it, he will report the matter to the emperor. This unfilial title is not something he can afford.

Seeing his eyes resting on his collar, Chu Xuanxin took a step forward and lifted the collar in front of him, "How is it, brother, does it look good?"

"It's very dangerous, if someone finds out—"

Before Chu Xuanzhao finished speaking, Chu Xuanxin interrupted him, "Brother, I'm happy."

Chu Xuanzhao didn't speak anymore.

Chu Xuanxin took a step back and closed his collar, "Besides, was discovered by someone? Who was discovered? Look at this mansion, including me, there are only a dozen people, all of whom can't even read a few words. This servant, what do they know. Not to mention it’s just a robe, no one will know even if I’m celebrating in this mansion.”

"Xuan Xin, it's fine if you're happy, but, you still have to be careful—"

The neck was suddenly hugged tightly, and Chu Xuanxin, who suddenly turned around and walked over quickly, stuck her head on his chest sullenly.

Chu Xuanzhao was taken aback, and raised his hand to caress his back, "It's all right, the empress is dead, and Chu Xuanlin is almost finished."

"Brother, am I useless?" Chu Xuanxin's voice was a bit muffled.

"Why do you say that?"

Chu Xuanxin withdrew from his arms and smiled wryly, "I have been treated coldly since I was a child, but I never thought about how to resist. I only live under your protection, content with the status quo, and live heartlessly. Even, I never thought about how to change, how to get back what belongs to me.”

"You're just—" still young.

"You want to say that I'm still young, don't you? When you were 16 years old, didn't you already start building Qianji Building? I'm already [-] years old, and it's not much worse! But, bro, look, I've done it all What? Living in the mansion and being content with the status quo. I used to think that it was easy to think about not fighting or grabbing, but now that I think about it, this approach is not a kind of escape!"

"Xuan Xin."

"Brother, teach me."

"what?"

"Political affairs."

"...Okay. From tomorrow, you come to my mansion, let's look at the documents from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China."

The author has something to say:

Zhaozhao actually said that my Qingqing is a poisonous snake, tsk, have you ever seen such an attractive poisonous snake?