All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

When the emperor heard this, his face was extremely gloomy, and his eyes were full of displeasure.

"Since you've heard it, why didn't you say it?" He said angrily: "Do you know that I lost three sons just because of this curse!"

"Because I want to live." Yun Ya raised her head and looked directly at him calmly, without any fear on her face, "To undo this curse, I have to pay for it with my life. The emperor's son's life is my life, and my life is the same." Life is also fate.”

"Poisonous woman...poisonous woman!" The emperor was so angry that he slapped the table hard, "Someone, take her down and keep her under strict guard. Tomorrow during the ceremony, she will be bled to sacrifice to heaven!"

"Does your Majesty think that just by bleeding out my concubine's body, you can sacrifice to heaven and break the curse?" Yun Ya curled her lips.

The emperor frowned: "What do you mean by this?"

"I know a formation that can not only break the curse of Emperor Ruo, but also bring people back to life. If the emperor agrees to me, I am willing to sacrifice my life to create this formation to help the Chu family and their descendants. How about having a successor?" Yun Ya said seductively.

The emperor looked at her, as if considering whether what she said was true or false.

However, after thinking about it carefully, now his nephew and his only son are both dying, and there is no one to succeed him. There is no worse situation than now, so it is better to give it a try as she said.

"If you have any request, tell me and let me hear it."

Yun Ya: "I married to the Great Zhou Dynasty for the sake of marriage. I have no other wish. I only ask the emperor to make an oath that in my lifetime, I will never let the flames of war spread to Yunjiang again, nor will I harm Yunjiang. King, in this way, I can go on my journey safely."

The emperor frowned and said, "Are you worried that I will be angry because you concealed the solution to the curse?"

Yun Ya lowered her eyes and pursed her lips in silence.

"I promise you." The emperor calmed his eyebrows, "Yunjiang is now the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the people of Yunjiang are also my subjects. Yunwang is the king of Yunjiang that I personally selected. You are you, and he is him. I won’t vent my anger on him, so you can rest assured.”

After he said this, seeing that Yunya had no expression, he sat up straight and made an oath according to what she had just said, "I promise that I will never harm King Yunjiang in this life, nor will I let Yunjiang be affected by the flames of war again. , if you violate this oath, thunder will strike from the sky. So, can you rest assured?"

Yunya looked slightly relaxed.

She was silent for a few moments, raised her eyes, looked at the emperor, and asked again, "I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince and the tenth prince are all seriously ill. However, this time I can only save one person with my incredible magic. Which one does the emperor plan to save?" ?”

*
Half an hour later, Yun Ya came out of the main hall of Shouling Palace and was escorted by Little Eunuch Zhu personally, back to the small courtyard where she lived.

Little Eunuch Zhu complimented a few words, winked at the little maid next to Yunya, then turned and left.

After returning to the room, the little maid came forward and said with a smile: "Liangdi just said some meaningless words in front of the emperor to confuse the emperor's attention, but she basically said everything my master told her to say. I have spoken out. If the master knows it, he will be very satisfied."

"Tomorrow is busy, so Liangdi should rest early. My master said that as long as Liangdi continues to act according to the master's wishes tomorrow, Yunwang's life will be safe in Yunjiang. Even hundreds of years from now, Yunwang will be able to continue Be his Yunjiang King."

She paused and asked pointedly: "Yunwan is Liangdi's only relative in this world. Liangdi must not bear the thought of something happening to him at such a young age, right?"

"You don't have to always threaten me with Yun Wang's life."

Yun Ya straightened her back and looked at her with a deep gaze, "You have been with me as master and servant for so many years. You should know that I always keep my promises. It's just that... before I died, there was still something unknown. Seeing that Since I am going to die tomorrow, can you tell me who your master...is?"

"Since you want to know so much, it's okay to tell you."

As the little maid spoke, she leaned close to Yun Ya's ear and whispered a few times. A look of surprise gradually appeared on Yun Ya's face...

at the same time.

The emperor walked out of the main hall of Shouling Palace and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and looked sideways in the direction due east of Shouling Palace.

There was a small courtyard there, with candles burning, which made his eyes look sad.

"Concubine Qi... still doesn't want to see me this time?" the emperor asked with a sigh.

Zhu Lianxi lowered his head and pondered the answer: "I heard from my nephew that the empress heard that the emperor was coming to offer sacrifices in the past two days, so she began to retreat and copy Buddhist scriptures, saying that she wanted to burn them for the two highnesses and Wen in time for the ceremony. Noble concubine..."

"She still doesn't want to see me." The emperor sighed, "That's all, let's go."

With that said, the emperor stepped forward and strode away.

Zhu Lianxi glanced in the direction of the small courtyard, his eyes flashed slightly, and he followed closely behind the emperor and left the Mausoleum Palace.

*
Early the next morning, the weather suddenly turned cold.

It was obviously an auspicious day for the mausoleum ceremony planned by the Qin Tian Supervisor. The sky was still clear the day before, but for some reason it was covered with clouds. There was also a faint sound of thunder, muffled behind the clouds, and heavy rain was coming.

This kind of weather is obviously not suitable for holding a mausoleum ceremony.

If it happened in the past, the emperor would definitely order Qin Tianjian to find another auspicious time.

But now, Emperor Xu Shi considered that the prince and the tenth prince could not wait any longer, so the mausoleum ceremony was still being prepared in an orderly manner and had no intention of canceling it.

Zhu Lianxi and his eunuchs carried two soft sedans to the palace garden where the Queen Mother rested.

Since arriving at the imperial mausoleum last night, both the prince and the princess, as well as the tenth prince, have rested in the Queen Mother's Palace and been served by the maids of Shoukang Palace.

"The Queen Mother, your Majesty has asked your servants to take His Highness the Crown Prince and the Tenth Prince to the mausoleum. Later, the Emperor will order Yun Liangdi to perform a ritual ceremony on the mausoleum. Only in this way can the lives of the two His Highnesses be saved." Reported by Zhu Lianxi.

The Queen Mother looked at him majestically, "In today's weather, what's the difference between bringing Liu Lang and Ju Lang to the mausoleum and letting them go to die? If the Ai family doesn't allow it, let the emperor come and tell the Ai family in person."

Zhu Lianxi had a look of embarrassment on his face, "Back to the Queen Mother, the Emperor had already taken a bath early in the morning and now went to the mausoleum to recite sutras for the two Highnesses. The Emperor knew that the Queen Mother was worried about the two Highnesses, so he specially asked the servants to Tell your Majesty, please rest assured, the Emperor will definitely protect your two Highnesses."

The Queen Mother frowned and was reluctant to let him go.

Zhu Lianxi looked at Shen Lingxi beside him for help.

When Shen Lingxi saw this, she pretended to hesitate for a few seconds, and then said to the Queen Mother: "Emperor Grandmother, since the Emperor specially invited Yun Liangdi to perform rituals at this time, he must have found a way to save the two Highnesses... No matter what we do, at this point, we have no other choice and we have to give it a try no matter what."

With her by her side to persuade her to make peace, the Queen Mother remained silent for a few moments before she finally made a decision, "You can take me away, but the Ai family has a condition."

Zhu Lian was delighted to see her relent, let out a breath, and said hurriedly: "What do you want from the Queen Mother? You can send me your slaves, but I will do my best to relieve your empress' worries."

The Queen Mother pointed at Shen Lingxi: "The internal guards around the emperor are getting more and more cunning now. The Ai family cannot trust them. The Crown Princess will go on behalf of the Ai family. Whatever you want to do, the Crown Princess will instruct the Ai family's secret guards. "

The Queen Mother's secret guards were left behind by the late Emperor. They were only at the command of the Queen Mother alone. Not even the Emperor could direct them.

But now, in order to take the person away without any conflict with the Queen Mother, Zhu Lianxi naturally responded to all the Queen Mother's requests.

Anyway, as long as someone is on the altar, even if the King of Heaven is by his side, it will not help.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother calmed her eyebrows, looked at Shen Lingxi tacitly, waved to them, and let them go.

*
Now that the Queen Mother has spoken, the secret guard of Shoukang Palace will naturally take over the soft sedan brought by Zhu Lianxi.

The soft sedan was one green and one blue. The top of the sedan was covered with oilcloth of the same color. There was a couch inside, which was long and narrow and comfortable. Even for a tall figure like Chu Yan, it was enough for him to lie flat inside.

Shen Lingxi greeted the secret guards and carefully put Chu Yan and the tenth prince into soft sedans respectively.After Chu Yan lay down, she opened the curtain and took a look inside, with a strange look on her face.

Maybe the coffin was spread out a lot. Shen Lingxi looked at the layout of the sedan. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that Chu Yan was lying in a coffin with a door open at the end.

"Empress, let's go. The auspicious time is approaching and the rituals will begin soon."

Zhu Lianxi walked to Shen Lingxi's side and urged softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard "rumbling..." and a burst of thunder suddenly sounded in the sky.

Shen Lingxi looked up at the sky. The sudden cold wind, wrapped in dark clouds, was slowly pressing towards the direction of the imperial mausoleum from a distance.

"You call this an 'auspicious time'?" Shen Lingxi looked at him with a half-smile but asked.

Zhu Lianxi smiled a little and said, "This is not what the slave said. It was the eldest princess of the Yun Kingdom who said it. The auspicious times for the people of the Yun Kingdom must be different from those of our Zhou Dynasty."

Shen Lingxi glanced at him, said no more, lowered the sedan curtain, and gestured to the secret guard carrying the sedan.

The group of people followed the eunuch who led the way and walked out.

This time's mausoleum sacrifice was very different from the previous one.

Not far from the east side of the late emperor's mausoleum, there is a climbing stone staircase leading to the top of the mausoleum.

At the top of the mausoleum mountain, there is a specially built mausoleum.

Every year on the Double Ninth Festival, the emperor would climb to the mausoleum to worship heaven and earth and his ancestors.

Like this, it is neither a festival nor the death anniversary of the late emperor, but holding a sacrifice at the mausoleum is unprecedented since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Both sides of the stone steps along the road from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain were already densely packed with people.

Today, for the convenience of movement, Shen Lingxi did not wear the princess's palace clothes. She only wore a Taoist robe and held a whisk in her hand. She followed Chu Yan's soft sedan and climbed up the steps.

As they got closer and closer to the mausoleum, the dark clouds that were still in the sky just now were wrapped in the cold wind and gathered on the top of the mausoleum mountain as if they were overwhelming.

It was obviously morning, but the sky was getting darker and darker, as if night was coming.

The muffled thunder of "rumbling" gradually began to become sharper, and lightning began to shuttle deep in the dark clouds.

Liu Meiren floated not far away from Shen Lingxi, looked up at the celestial phenomena, and said: "So, if people don't understand some celestial phenomena, they really can't do big things. I'm a little impressed. In terms of magical calculations and careful thinking, the country Master Shengkun is a 'Wolong', and you, Da Zhou, can be called a 'Fengchu'."

Crouching dragon and phoenix chick.

It sounded like a compliment, but Shen Lingxi didn't know why, but it sounded like a curse.

Seeing her silence, Liu Meiren covered her lips with a smile and asked gossipingly, "I didn't tell you, so aren't you curious - whose life the emperor chose last night was to be spared?"

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles."

Shen Lingxi had already learned about what happened in Shouling Palace last night from Liu Mei's mouth.

She also quietly told Chu Yan while there was no one around.

The aunt gave the emperor a gift question, asking him to choose between his nephew and his only son.

Although Shen Lingxi was curious about the emperor's final answer, the answer to this kind of thing was just "curiosity" to her and Chu Yan.

A truly strong person will never leave the choice to others.

No matter what the emperor chooses, the real answer will only be in their hands.

"I'm telling you..." Liu Meiren floated into the air, looking at the mausoleum that was about to arrive, and sighed, "Actually, the emperor didn't make a choice last night, but your little aunt told him that if he wanted Whoever is allowed to live will be placed directly east of the Bagua Diagram, at the birth gate. Later, the emperor will let whose sedan chair is placed on the east side, that person will be the person the emperor wants to save his life today."

After she finished speaking, Shen Lingxi followed Chu Yan's sedan to the top of the mountain.

On the floor of the square altar, someone used red cinnabar to draw a huge Fuxi Bagua picture.

There is a vermilion circle at the westernmost and easternmost directions, which should be where Chu Yan and the Tenth Prince placed their soft sedans.

At this moment, the emperor was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe embroidered with gold, his hands folded in his sleeves and folded in front of him.

He faced the direction of the mountains, moved his lips slightly, and muttered words, reciting the spell that Yun Ya taught him last night.

Right in front of him, between two stone pillars carved with dragons, hung a woman wearing snow-white plain clothes and a Kunlun slave mask.

The woman lowered her head and remained motionless, completely unable to tell whether she was alive or dead at this moment.

From Shen Lingxi's eyes, the woman was hung up high, and the dark clouds in the sky shrouded her head. Those flashes of lightning that shuttled between the clouds seemed to be a little careless. Hit the top of her head.

Even though Shen Lingxi was prepared in her heart, when she saw this shocking scene, she still couldn't contain the anger deep in her heart.

Shen Lingxi silently clenched her palms.

"You are here." The emperor heard their footsteps and without looking back, he pointed at the position due east and said in a deep voice: "Zhu Lianxi, put Liu Lang... there."

When Liu Meiren heard this, she covered her lips in surprise.

"It seems that the emperor has chosen Xiao Langjun's life... This is quite strange."

Zhu Lianxi naturally ordered the secret guards of Shoukang Palace to move, walked to Shen Lingxi's side in small steps, and reminded him loudly, "Empress..."

Shen Lingxi came to her senses and raised her hand towards the secret guard carrying the sedan.

The secret guard then followed the emperor's instructions and placed the two sedan chairs in corresponding positions.

At the same time, huge raindrops fell from the dark sky, making people's skin hurt.

The thunder also exploded more and more, accompanied by lightning, howling hysterically in the mid-air, as if it was about to tear a hole in the dark sky.

"It's almost time." The emperor looked up at the sky and said with a majestic expression, "Let the ceremony begin."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Lianxi took a long bow from the side and handed it to him.

"Heaven above, today I sacrifice the blood of the Yun family's daughter to heaven, praying to heaven to lift the curse of the evil emperor and give peace to my heir of the Chu family..."

After that, the emperor drew his long bow, pointed it at the woman hanging in the air, and shot a cold arrow... (End of this chapter)