box of hearts

Chapter 3 Zhan Chunkui (2)
Several maidservants waiting outside the private room stepped in, and the young servant girl in the front looked that she was not yet ten years old, so she asked in a childlike manner, "Who is the lame third?"

The companion on the side hurriedly touched her mouth, but Xizhu on the other end laughed out loud, "It's a long story." Her voice was crisp and clear, and a purple gold hairpin in the flying bun Chattering and flashing, "Nowadays, when the young king is in the court, there are two palaces of queen mothers. The mother queen mother is the first emperor's main palace, and the holy mother queen mother is the emperor's biological mother. They are called 'East Palace' and 'West Palace'. The court is also divided into East and West. The party. The Dongdang party members are the relatives of the Wang family. The Wang family has produced five queens and four generations of ministers. Leader. As for the party of the Queen Mother, it is this one who relies on it!"

Xi Zhu raised her eyebrows and pointed her hand in the direction of the third master Wang's departure, "This one is really half of the royal family. In terms of seniority, the Queen Mother Wang would call him cousin. His biological mother It is the aunt of Queen Wang, the old queen. At that time, the queen had only this only son, and she was the third son among the princes. She was supposed to inherit the throne as the descendant, but the old emperor didn't like the disabled third son. , he insisted on passing the throne to the eldest son of the concubine, that is, the first emperor. The first emperor reigned for four years, and put his third brother under house arrest for four years. Later, he died of a serious illness. The battle was defeated repeatedly, thanks to the fact that the prisoner in the cage had been a hostage in Tatar when he was young, and he was familiar with the geography and military situation of Mongolia. He asked him to put on armor and go into battle to turn the tide. Form a party to counteract the royal family of the foreign relatives, in order to help the young emperor and revitalize the clan."

"Oh," the little servant girl opened her hands and gasped, "So he..."

"That's right, not 'Wang' but being 'Wang', not 'Wang Sanye', but 'Three, Wang, Lord'." Xi Zhu stopped in front of Qingtian, stroking the other party's sleeve. Sprinkling gold thread around the edges, his face was full of undisguised gloating, "Sister, if you come on time, you can hear Mr. Zhu explain to us in advance the third master's act of taking the white dragon fish. It's a pity, My elder sister is an oiran lady, she always put on airs and was late, she didn't hear anything, it's fine if she didn't hear anything, when she saw someone pretending to be surnamed Wang, she thought she was from the royal family of the Eastern Party. It's self-defeating. In the past, some unscrupulous people made fun of this indecent nickname behind their backs when the dragon was trapped in the shallows, and now they have already been punished, and my sister dared to mock it openly today. I don't know what will happen?"

Another child prostitute, who looked more mature, quickly pulled the glittering gold double-ring sash on Qingtian's skirt, and said in relief: "Don't listen to Miss Xizhu's jokes, Miss Qingtian, don't worry, I wish you my lord a thousand words before the banquet. We are not allowed to leak a word about the banquet between the son and the third master. Did you hear that, huh? If you want to get yourself killed, then just talk about it." He looked around at the maidservants in the room, warned sharply, and then Turning to Qingtian and whispering: "That is to say, we have never met the third master. Since we have never seen it, how can we offend you? Besides, the girl made an unintentional mistake, and the third master will not demean himself and come to be like us People care about it, but..." He sighed, and glanced at Qiao Yunze, who had remained silent all along.

Xizhu giggled again, she folded her arms, her fragrant face was still close to Qingtian, but she fixed a pair of gorgeous and cruel eyes on Qiao Yunze, "Yes, the number one scholar , Sister Qingtian is the note you called, and it seems that this account will be charged to you. I think you have studied hard for ten years, and it is rare to be named on the gold list, and what is even more rare is the appreciation of the teacher, Mr. I made an exception to introduce you personally, which should have reached the sky in one step, but I didn’t want Sister Qingtian to open her mouth and offend the bottom, the court, and the sky for you by offending the emperor’s uncle, the regent, who has made great achievements in the court and is very popular!"

In Xizhu's sharp voice, Qingtian was finally shocked, and turned his eyes to Qiao Yunze.That handsome man stood blankly in front of the door, his waist still bowed heavily, as if he was carrying a huge and heavy bad luck that fell from the sky.

A gust of warm wind blows past the bright April sun outside the window.

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Suddenly, the shadow of the afternoon sun was long and narrow.

The endless red walls and green tiles in the seer area are the majestic imperial palace - the Forbidden City.I also saw a grand hall in the city, with three auspicious characters on the plaque on the blue ground: Compassionate Palace.

In the depths of the halls, a man stood there, he was the "Third Lord" during the banquet, but he changed into the prince's regular clothes with eight treasures and standing water.

"Minister Qi She, I sincerely invite the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager to be safe and blessed."

From behind a five-color embroidered screen, came a mysterious and pleasant voice: "The emperor's uncle, the regent, is free. Zhao Sheng and Yuming are here to serve, and everyone else retreats out of the corridor."

The rest of the people dispersed, leaving only one eunuch and one court lady, they also walked outside the compartment together and closed the door.

It took an entire hour before the door opened again.Qi She walked out expressionlessly, with a roll of yellow scroll in his hand.

"Prepare the sedan chair and go to the fourth child's place, Prince De's Mansion."

As the day draws to a close, the sun sets.

Twilight fell into the bedroom of King De's Mansion, and Qi She went straight in with a yellow shaft in his hand, "By the kindness of the Holy Mother, the Empress Dowager bestows silk."

King De Qifen who was sitting in the middle was completely covered by the projection of the visitor. His face was withered and haggard, and there was a gloomy light in his eyes. What crime?"

"Greedy and overstepping the rules." Qi Sheping looked at the front, calm and stable, "Prince De's mansion privately uses the palace to display bronze tortoises and copper cranes, and privately keeps jade beads, which are bigger than the queen's crown jewels. If you are tyrannical and lawless, your heart can be punished. "

"Nonsense! When will there be copper tortoises and copper cranes in my mansion, and what big pearls will there be?!"

Qi She moved half a step to the side, and the servants behind him rushed in, and placed all kinds of furnishings in the forbidden area, and several lacquer plates full of treasures, one by one around Qi Fen, and then they were like wandering spirits Disperse.

"Now there is." Qi She announced.

Qi Fen looked around in disbelief, flinched for a while, knelt down and hugged Qi She's legs, "Third brother, third brother, I was wrong, fourth brother was wrong! When you competed with the first emperor for the reserve position, I shouldn't have Help him, I shouldn’t have punished you in those years when you were imprisoned, but didn’t you also imprison me for so many years? Look at my miserable state now, it’s worse than yours before And, just leave me a way out!"

Qi She looked down indifferently, "King De, please honor the order of the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager."

Despair spread on Qi Fen's face. He shook his lips and flipped the yellow shaft over, roaring and jumping up, "What the Queen Mother? Zhan Xihe, that slut! She fought against the Queen Mother! He and the Wang family had an affair with you as early as the late emperor's bones were still cold, and cooperated with you internally and externally. In the past few years, your power has grown day by day, and a clean official from the Ministry of Rites just quietly discussed with his wife under the bed curtain, "there are thorns in the wall" [ 2], and was exiled to Xinjiang the next day. Can your group of all-pervasive agents of the Zhenfu Division shut up the mouths of the world, maybe shut up my mouth? I dare say, you 'Uncle Emperor Regent' The title is not so much based on outstanding military achievements, it is better to be earned by working hard on the bed, and even your "Yi Zhi" was obtained after sleeping with Zhan Xihe! Cripple three, you don't care about the late emperor, you should also care about your death My princess, she is Zhan Xihe's biological older sister. Are you a younger uncle who rapes his sister-in-law, or a brother-in-law who steals an aunt? With such disregard for human relations, even the whores in Huaihua Hutong don't—"

Before the end of the sentence was broken, Qi Fen's throat had been strangled by an extremely powerful hand, and Qi She's other hand took advantage of the situation and copied a hanging bow from the wall. twist.The clothes on the shoulders and arms swelled up due to the huge force; when the muscle knot loosened, it seemed that there was another knot in the heart that could not be untied.

He lightly tossed aside the bow in his hand, "Zhou Dun, why do nothing."

By name, a young eunuch with round eyes and a heroic guard with a knife came. The eunuch unfolded a piece of yellow silk cloth, and the guards took over to support De Wang Qifen, and wrapped his broken head and neck in the long sleeves. Aya, hang up the beam.

At this point, the scene of fratricide came to an end—night.

A bright moon shines on the majestic and majestic Prince Regent's Mansion, and the sound of hoofshoes can be heard from a distance, and Qi She can be seen driving his horse towards him without haste.It stands to reason that when the regent arrives, the road in front of the mansion should be cleared, but Qi Shesu likes to walk quietly, and hates the practice of sending out the police and going in and out, so there are only a dozen guards in casual clothes riding around him.When the horse team arrived outside the gate of the mansion, suddenly a figure flashed out from the darkness, standing in front of Qi She's horse.The horse was frightened, half of its body jumped up in the air, and the silver horse bell under its neck rattled.Qi She pulled the rein and let out a low cry, and in a roundabout, she stabilized her mount. With a push of her hand, she flipped off the saddle. Her riding skills were beautiful and superb, but when she took two steps forward, her right leg showed a slight lameness. state.The accompanying guards were startled when they saw this, and they rushed up and yelled to beat those who blocked the way.Qi She squinted her eyes, and stopped her voice, with some meaning in her tone that made the word quite profound: "You—?"

The attendant handed the lantern, and it showed a young woman kneeling on the knees with her clothes on: plain clothes and skirts, long hair hanging on her shoulders, her cold face was very different from the glamorous ones that were meticulously drawn during the day.She walked up to Qi She's feet and kowtowed her head, "The concubine Duan's Qingtian kowtowed to the emperor's uncle and the regent, the concubine knows that she made a slip of the tongue at the banquet today, and the crime is unforgivable, but this matter has absolutely nothing to do with Mr. Qiao. I implore the regent Wang Mingjian, any punishment, the concubine is willing to bear it with her life."

Hearing the second half of the sentence, there was a cold snort from the man's straight nose: "One, life, inheritance, and being a prostitute? Is the life of a prostitute so valuable?"

(End of this chapter)