The rebirth of the poisonous girl is back
Chapter 174
Chapter 174
Gu He's words were extremely threatening: King Ning wants to get married at the end of the month, yes, and the West Qin Palace can also marry Princess Qinghe at the end of the month, but the only thing that can't be the red carpet can only be hung with white silk.
Marrying the princess with white silk, if this kind of thing happens, it will become a joke for the people of all the big and small countries on the whole continent.
Jing Se pursed her lips tightly. Although she thought Gu He was a talent, he was too ruthless, which made her quite unhappy.
Moreover, Gu He's saying that is obviously deliberately making things difficult for King Ning.
Could it be... Gu He has long suspected the identity of King Ning?
Thinking of this, Jing Se glanced at Gu He in vain, and saw that he had been looking at King Ning after he finished what he said earlier, as if he was waiting for King Ning to make a decision.
Jingse paused for breath.
Except for Jing se, the other courtiers also raised their hearts to their throats.
It was the first emperor who made Princess Qingping go to Dongli to get married at the end of the month, and it was the first emperor who issued the imperial edict. Now before the end of the month, the first emperor passed away, leaving everyone with a big problem-Ning King must get married before the end of the month However, before the end of the month, the funeral on the 27th of the Western Qin Dynasty has not yet passed, and the whole country cannot hang red silk. In this way, how will Princess Qingping get married?How will Prince Ning marry this concubine?
"I don't agree with the regent's statement." Gu Beiyu couldn't bear it any longer, and stood up with a grim expression.
Although he didn't want his cousin to marry Dongli, he would never allow Gu He to bully his cousin in this way, and get married with white silk. Where is there such a precedent?
Simply deceiving!
Gu He raised his eyebrows and looked over, "I don't know what the wise king has to say?"
According to Emperor Taihe's will, the third prince, Gu Beiyu, has been canonized as a virtuous king.
Gu Beiyu said: "Letting Princess Qingping go to Dongli and her parents at the end of the month was originally written by the emperor's imperial decree, but now the regent has changed the postponement date without authorization. Wouldn't it make my Western Qin civil and military officials follow the decree, and let the people all over the world laugh at the late emperor? ?”
"This king also disagrees with the regent's statement."
Gu Gan raised his head, he had already regained his composure, and when he looked at Gu He, his eyes were full of coldness.
Gu He still raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile, "Does King Mu have a different opinion?"
Gu Qiandao: "Since the regent followed the late emperor's decree to assist the new emperor, he should pay more attention to the late emperor's imperial decree. The imperial decree to marry Princess Qingping was written by the late emperor himself, and it is still in the hands of Princess Qingping. In hand, why, the regent is only on his first day as a new official, so he can't wait to disobey the late emperor's wishes and make decisions for the late emperor without authorization?"
It was rare for Gu Beiyu to see Gu Qian standing on the same front as himself, he smiled secretly, his expression became more and more determined, "Regent, don't forget, there is a Empress Dowager on top of you, and the Empress Dowager is an old man It was Princess Changle who came to marry Dongli back then. The debt Xiqin owed Dongli has not yet been settled. Now the regent asked Princess Xiqin to hang white silk to Dongli to marry in front of Princess Dongli. Is it reasonable? ?”
Gu He turned his eyes and glanced at the Empress Dowager, who frowned slightly, "The Ai family also thinks the regent's move is too much."
Gu He's eyes flickered slightly, "I don't know how the Empress Dowager can achieve the best of both worlds, so as not to conflict with the late emperor's funeral, but also allow Princess Qingping to go to Dongli to get married as scheduled?"
The Empress Dowager didn't answer, but looked at King Yong with an imperceptible sneer in her tone, "I remember, King Yong is the best at handling this kind of thing, how about letting King Yong come up with an idea?"
Jing Se vaguely heard other meanings from this sentence, and she became more and more sure that there must have been a secret between King Yong and the Queen Mother, otherwise, relying on Jing Se's understanding of the Queen Mother, it would be impossible for her to use such a tone. It was aimed at one person, and this person was none other than the oldest prince respected by the people of Western Qin Dynasty, King Yong.
Jing Se looked at Fan Chen, and Fan Chen nodded at her imperceptibly to show that he knew what was involved, and motioned her to wait quietly.
Jing Se smiled unknowingly. It would be nice to have a fiancé who is both resourceful and powerful in the intelligence network. You can ask him anything you don't understand. Think about it when I helped Gu Gan win the heir apparent, it was Gu Gan who asked her all the time. , She is like an old woman who worries about this and that all day long, and never has a real leisure time.It's good now, what she worries about, someone will worry for her, what she doesn't understand, someone will understand for her, she just needs to do some help when necessary.
This feeling of dependence made her feel strange.
Sensing that Jing Se was in a daze, Fan Chen took a deep look at her.
Jing Se came back to her senses in a jerk, shook her body and lowered her head, then her cheeks became hot.
All of Jing Se's reactions could not escape Fan Chen's sharp eyes, he hooked his lips and smiled secretly, and looked away for a moment.
King Yong thought for a while, and said, "Perhaps the late emperor didn't take Princess Qingping's wedding into consideration when he made the edict. Regarding this point, it is indeed contradictory with the edict of bestowing marriage."
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, "Then according to King Yong's intention, how do you think we can get the best of both worlds?"
King Yong twisted his beard and said: "According to the old minister, the date of Princess Qingping's wedding cannot be changed, but the late emperor's funeral cannot be delayed, so why not leave the capital on the day of Princess Qingping's wedding?" The white silk, covered with a red carpet of flowers, Princess Qingping represents the face of Xiqin after all, there should be some scenes, otherwise, won't Xiqin become the laughing stock of Dongli people?"
Gu He understood King Yong's words, "Grandpa means that on the day of Princess Qingping's wedding, the white silk from the palace and the entire Jinling City was removed, and a red carpet of flowers was replaced. , and then hang back the white silk until the 27th expires, right?"
King Yong said: "That's exactly what I mean."
Gu He thought for a while.
The queen mother also seemed to think that King Yong's proposal was good, so she fell silent.
"The king does not agree!" Fan Chen raised his lips and pulled out an unfriendly smile, "The marriage between the king and Xiqin was originally a great joy for the two countries, but you only withdrew the palace and Jinling City. White silk, out of the capital, all the state capitals are still full of white silk, and the big funeral is still going on. You let the king's sedan chair walk out of the West Qin in the white silk, what is this? The sympathy for the king during the funeral Or is it that Xiqin had no intention of marrying Dongli? The reason why he did so was just to deal with Dongli? Xiqin's so-called 'best of both worlds' is really chilling."
Gu He raised his eyes, "Then, what does King Ning think?"
Fan Chen sneered, "This king's wedding should naturally be celebrated by the whole world. If it is to be withdrawn, all the white silk from all over the country must be withdrawn. Otherwise, it may be difficult for Xiqin to give Dongli's royal family a complete explanation."
"This..." The Empress Dowager looked at the Empress Dowager, frowned and said, "Empress Mother, since the death of an emperor in ancient times, the 27th day of mourning is a rigid rule, and the bones of the first emperor are not cold, and the coffin is still in the mourning hall. , might be too much."
The Empress Dowager frowned tightly, in a state of hesitation.
Gu He said: "The Empress Dowager is right, the bones of the late emperor are not cold, and we stand in the mourning hall to discuss the matter of marriage, it is really a treasonous act."
Looking at Fan Chen, Gu He continued: "The deadline is the end of the month, and there are still more than ten days left. Why should King Ning be in a hurry? This matter can be discussed later. The most important thing right now is to let the late emperor's funeral go ahead. go down, won't you?"
Fan Chen smiled but said nothing, a flash of determination quickly flashed across his eyes, he stepped back a few steps and stood a little closer to Jing Se.
Jing Se tilted her head to look at the half-smile on Fan Chen's lips, and felt a "thump" in her heart, always feeling that this person was about to start trouble again.
Looking away from Fan Chen, Jing Se followed his line of sight and looked to the front.
The empress dowager, empress dowager, new emperor, regent, and king Yong have all seen the remains of Emperor Taihe, and the next step is to build the coffin.
This procedure was carried out by the Empress Dowager herself, she was the biological mother after all, seeing her son's remains covered in shadow by the coffin cover and disappearing from sight bit by bit, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but her eyes turned red again.
When the coffin lid was completely closed, the Empress Dowager stepped aside, took the brocade handkerchief handed over by the Empress Dowager and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
At this time, only Gu He was the closest to Zigong, and he waved at Sun Dabao, as if he had something to explain.
"Bam—"
At this moment, there was a sudden explosion in the mourning hall.
The tall and heavy Zi Palace of Emperor Taihe was suddenly blown into pieces, and Gu He, who was closest to the Zi Palace, was scratched by the debris on his wrist, soaked in blood, blooming bright red on Gu He's plain clothes, and the mourning hall was immediately filled with the smell of blood .
At the same moment, when everyone was panicking and running around, Fan Chen had already dragged Jing Se who was kneeling on the ground to a safe area, watching the scene with cold eyes.
Jing Se was quite frightened, she never imagined that Fan Chen would dare to blow up Emperor Taihe's coffin in full view.
However, seeing Gu He's complexion changed drastically, and the scene where Emperor Taihe was blown to pieces, Jing Se felt relieved and relieved his hatred.
This bitch treated Fan Chen like this at the beginning, and Fan Chen treated him like this today, and it can be regarded as repaying him in the same way.
"My God - what is that, it's horrible!"
The princes, princesses and concubines who were kneeling on the ground witnessed the bloody appearance of Emperor Taihe's body being blown up and scattered all over the ground.
The mourning hall, which was still quiet and serious just now, became a mess in an instant.
The empress dowager's face was pale, and she forgot to react when she stood still. The empress dowager was so frightened that she fell to the ground, panting heavily, obviously at a loss.
King Yong frowned tightly, looking in the direction of the bombing, with disbelief on his face.
"What's going on!" King Yong was furious, and the veins on his forehead twitched violently, "Why did the beautiful Zigong explode for no reason?"
After speaking, he glanced at Gu Gan.
Gu Qiancai had just recovered from the explosion. He stood up with his legs that were numb from his knees, and he didn't show much emotion on his face. Facing King Yong's question, he just said calmly: "Uncle, Zi Gong It was prepared by someone from the Imperial Prison, and has nothing to do with my nephew, I can't tell you why you question me like this."
Gu He clutched his bleeding arm, and ordered the trembling maidservants beside him, "Stop staring, you guys, hurry up and clean up the mess all over the floor."
The maidservants knelt on the ground as soon as their knees gave way, crying again and again, no one dared to come over.
Gu He frowned, and asked the palace servants to retreat, and the guards outside came in to clean up the scene, and dismissed the kneeling concubines and princesses in the mourning hall.
After explaining, Gu He looked at Gu Beiyu, "Your Majesty, hurry up and tell the Imperial Priest to rebuild a Zi Palace as quickly as possible, preferably tonight."
Gu Beiyu stood still, "Since there is a problem with the Zi Palace built by the imperial supervisor, the regent asked me to notify it. If there is still a problem with the next copy, isn't it all the responsibility of the king?"
Gu He's expression darkened, "At this time, shouldn't we worry about the encoffining of the late emperor?"
Gu Gan sneered, "This king thinks that finding out the cause of the Zigong explosion is the most important thing. After all, there are not many people who have come into contact with Zigong tonight, so it is not difficult to find out. If you keep procrastinating, it will inevitably happen." Let the suspect escape by fishing in troubled waters, does the regent think that this matter is not big enough?"
When the emperor passed away, the Zi Palace exploded while still in the mourning hall, and the explosion was so powerful that it directly blew the emperor's body into fragments. This was the first case in any history.
Its level of horror can definitely reach the effect of frightening in the middle of the night.
The Empress Dowager Gu He and the Empress Dowager Tai came back to their senses one after another, then fainted one after another, and were immediately sent back to their respective palaces.
With just a cup of tea, only King Yong, King Regent Gu He, King Gu Beiyu the Wise, King Mu Gu Gan, King Rui Gu Beisheng and the imperial guards who cleaned up the scene were left in the mourning hall.
Jing Se followed Fan Shen out of the mourning hall and went to Xie Fang Hall when she was in chaos.
Glancing around, seeing that everyone was running around because of the Zigong explosion, and no one cared about them, Jing Se dared to ask Fan Chen in a low voice, "Theoretically speaking, such a lethal explosion should affect many innocent people." That's right, but just now so many people were kneeling not far from Zi Palace, but Gu He was the only one who was injured, why?"
Fanchen curled his lips coldly, his eyes were ruthless, "This special explosive was used by Emperor Taihe to use Huo Chi Wei to deal with me. The special feature lies in its extremely powerful power and small explosion range. The guards hid this kind of explosives in boulders and rolled them down the mountain by hundreds. If not, I would not have been seriously injured and went to Dongli for three or four months. Let him try it himself now taste."
Jing Se was a little worried, "What if someone finds out?"
Fanchen smiled lightly, "I do things, so you don't have to worry about the future." After a pause, he continued: "Our wedding has been repeatedly blocked, and someone has to make a bloody way for you and me to walk over. Gu He Zhang's hole card is something I didn't expect before, but he moved quickly, and he took the Chu Palace to the sword as soon as he took office, so I will also reciprocate, give him this big gift, and see how he can clean up the mess!"
Jing Se smiled and said: "Naturally, your gift is more important. This is the first time I've heard of this kind of thing. It's the first time I've seen it. I don't need to think about it to know that Gu He's lungs are going to explode."
"By the way, are you sure that we will get married at the end of the month?" Jing Se asked again.
Regarding this issue, she had been struggling in the mourning hall before. She really didn't want to wait, and she couldn't afford to wait. The delay of the wedding day would only make her more and more tired.
"I'm sure." Fan Chen saw her worry, gently held her hand, and said in relief: "You don't have to worry too much, I will worry about this kind of thing."
Jing Se couldn't help laughing, "You've finished worrying about everything, so what should I worry about?"
Fan Shen said: "You only need to worry about me alone."
Jing Se curled her lips, "You are so powerful, do you still need to worry about it?"
"Of course." He said, "If you weren't here, I wouldn't be me."
At the end, he added, "Jingse, I came back from rebirth. I didn't come to mediate with these princes to fight for the world. I just want to come back to chase after my wife, fulfill my unfulfilled wish in my previous life, and just marry you in. Do you think I am really like them?" Great ambition?"
Jingse blinked.
Fan Shen said: "My heart can't pretend to be the world, I can only pretend to be you, and you are my world."
A trace of sweetness welled up in his heart, and Jing Se let him hold his hand tightly.Thinking that she was really poisoned by him, every time she heard him say these things, she would involuntarily fall into the trap, she just wanted time to stop and let her relive his affection.
Suddenly remembered something, Jing Se asked: "Do you know what happened to the Empress Dowager and King Yong?"
Fan Shen said: "What else can there be? It is nothing more than King Yong and the Empress Dowager getting acquainted and falling in love first. Later, the Empress Dowager was designated by Dong Li as a concubine princess and came to marry the emperor. King Yong gave in for the sake of the overall situation. These two can't be husband and wife, they can only be uncles and sisters-in-law, and the Empress Dowager just harbors resentment because of unwillingness."
Jing Se suddenly realized, "So that's the case. I said that the eyes of these two people were not right when they met. When the Empress Dowager looked at King Yong, the helplessness and hatred were too obvious. It seems that the Empress Dowager was hurt a lot Ah, it’s been decades and I still haven’t let go.”
Fan Shen said: "Something like emotional injury can't be cured in a lifetime."
"Really?" Jing Se didn't quite understand.
"I have a deep understanding."
The two walked for a while, Fan Chen suddenly let go of Jing Se's hand, and whispered: "Someone is here."
Jing Se immediately stood up straight, two feet away from him, and the two walked forward as if nothing had happened.
Not long after, I saw Bo Qinghuan in cold white plain clothes coming from the front with a few people.
Seeing Fan Chen and Jing Se at the same time, Bo Qinghuan raised his hand, signaling the people behind him to step back first, then walked over slowly, raising eyebrows at the two of them, "You two are very brave, what's the matter?" It's time, how dare you walk side by side in the imperial garden, not afraid of being discovered by others?"
Fan Chen's face was light, and he asked, "When did I lose my courage?"
Bo Qinghuan choked, "That's right, if you had no guts, what happened tonight wouldn't be such a big deal. Now let me investigate. Do you think this seat will directly arrest you to torture and extract a confession? Push your beautiful fiancee to take the blame?"
Jing Se frowned, "Bo Qinghuan, you are too loyal!"
Bo Qing laughed happily, "Ma'am, what you said is very true. Anyway, we have also been married before. It is really inappropriate for me to push you out like this. How about this? Let us work together to get Dong Li This Prince Ning, who refuses to show his true face, is pushed out, life and death are up to him, from now on we can be together openly, and you don't have to sneak up to see me every day, what do you think Madam?"
Jing Se glared at him, "With a beautiful poisonous snake like you, I would rather go out with him to take the blame."
Bo Qinghuan looked hurt, "Madam, don't you remember that we got married not long ago? Your ability to turn faces and deny people really makes my heart ache."
"It's better to hurt you to death!" Jing Se snorted softly, and looked at Fan Chen from time to time, and seeing that he didn't intend to get angry at all, she slowly relaxed.
Bo Qinghuan has been irritating for a long time, but Fan Chen is not angry. He is quite bored, so he stopped teasing Jing Se, turned to the main topic, and looked at Fan Chen, "You really gave me a big problem today. If it can't be found out, the newly appointed Regent may do something amazing, and if he fails to do so, he will lose his position, or, why don't you go with me?"
Fan Shen glanced at him indifferently, "There are too many scapegoats in this palace, and I'm no less than one."
After finishing speaking, Fan Chen pulled Jing Se to leave.
"Hello!" Bo Qing Huan called the two of them, "You unscrupulous couple really plan to throw such a hot potato to me?"
Fan Shen didn't look back, and smiled, "This king has always believed in the ability of the governor to turn black and white."
Bo Qinghuan's alluring face darkened.
Jing Se couldn't help laughing, "You hurt him so much, aren't you afraid that he will go to Bo's father to sue? You are the adopted son, and Bo Qinghuan is the biological son. No matter what, he will favor the biological son?"
Fan Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled, looked not far ahead, "Why don't you ask foster father yourself?"
Jing Se followed Fan Chen's line of sight, and sure enough, she saw Bo Qinghuan's father, Bo Shu, coming slowly with a lantern on. When he reached the two of them, he suddenly stopped.
Jing Se bowed her knees and saluted, "I've seen my uncle."
Bo Shu smiled faintly, "You don't need to be too polite, little girl." He turned to look at Fan Chen and asked him, "Did you get it?"
Fan Chen nodded, "It went well, thank you foster father for your help."
Bo Shu nodded, "I just heard the sound of explosions and the chaotic sound of palace people fleeing in terror. It seems that the effect is better than we predicted."
"After all, it is a weapon made by the ultimate killer mace, so it is naturally not used for ordinary cold weapons." Fan Shen said: "Father, this is not a good place to talk, we will discuss it later when we go back."
Bo Shu nodded, "Alright."
Fan Shen said: "You go back first, and I will send her back to Xiefang Hall first."
Bo Shu handed the lantern to Fan Chen, turned around and returned the same way.
Fan Chen took the lantern and looked at Jing Se, "Let's go, I'll take you back to rest first."
Jing Se said: "Don't you have something to discuss with your uncle? Leave me alone. I can go back alone."
"No." Fan Chen stood firm, "If anything happens to you, all my efforts will be in vain."
Jing Se couldn't compete with him, so she nodded, "That's good."
The two walked slowly towards the Palace of Harvesting Fang.
When the maids of Xiefang Palace saw that King Ning personally sent Princess Qingping over, they all bowed their knees and saluted.
Fan Chen did not enter the gate of Xiefang Palace, but just stood outside watching Jingse enter the gate and then left.
Yin Xiangsi was playing chess with Bo Shu, when she saw Fan Chen coming in, she quickly waved, "Brother Yi, come and help me see how to play this game."
Bo Shu glared at her, "Stinky girl, you don't understand watching chess without talking?"
Yin Xiangsi snorted and said: "Who told you to bully the young with the old, you know that I am not good at chess and you still force me to play chess, isn't this clearly bullying me?"
Fan Shen walked to Yin Xiangsi's side, picked up a white piece from the chess box and dropped it, Yin Xiangsi's embattled situation was immediately resolved, and he could almost kill a bloody path.
Yin Xiangsi was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Brother is still the best, if you don't come again, I will be crushed by the old man."
Bo Shu cast a glance at Yin Xiangsi with hatred, and said impatiently: "The stinky girl can't play chess, so get out and let your brother-in-law come."
"Get out!" Yin Xiangsi snorted, "Next time, I won't be happy if you ask me to do it!"
After finishing speaking, she stood up and left the seat for Fan Chen, and moved a soft chair to sit in the middle, eating melon seeds and observing the situation.
As soon as Fan Chen came, Bo Shu immediately became interested, and the two of them came and went underground.
Yin Xiangsi glanced at Fan Chen curiously, "Brother Yi, you have done such an earth-shattering event, why are you still free to play chess?"
"Why not?" Fan Chen chuckled, "Except for her, other people's affairs have nothing to do with me."
Of course Yin Xiangsi understood who Fan Chen was referring to as "she".
Curling her lips, she said: "I heard that the second master has been crowned prince, it seems that your plan to take them to Dongli is going to fail."
Fan Chen pondered for a moment, "It's too early to say this now, after all, the game between me and Gu He has just begun, and it's not certain who will win this game."
"That's true." Yin Xiangsi said: "With the wisdom of my brother-in-law and my sister-in-law, it must not be that difficult to deal with a regent who was killed halfway."
After hearing this, Bo Shu gave Yin Xiangsi a lazy look, "Do you still need to worry about your brother-in-law's work? You still worry about yourself, which is more important than anything else."
Yin Xiangsi kept rolling her eyes, "What's wrong with me?"
Bo Shu said: "You are still not married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, do you want to kill your mother in a hurry?"
Yin Xiangsi put down the holding box containing melon seeds, kept rubbing her temples, and muttered, "Who made you give birth to such a perfect daughter, men feel ashamed when they see it, and can't afford to marry."
The corner of Bo Shu's mouth twitched violently. Every time she talked about marriage with this naughty daughter, she always used this reason to prevaricate, tried and tested.
Seeing that Bo Shu was about to speak again, Yin Xiangsi quickly stood up, "Go ahead, you two, I'll go back and rest first."
After finishing speaking, she ran out of the main hall in a hurry. She was most afraid of hearing her father urging her to get married. Every time she heard these words, she would have a headache for a long time.
After Yin Xiangsi left, Bo Shu said: "Today's Regent, I think he has some skills, you have to be more careful when you fight with him in the future, so as not to accidentally fall into his hands, the loss outweighs the gain."
Fan Chen nodded, "Father, please rest assured, I have made all the preparations, this time, no one will dare to stop me from getting married."
*
Jing Se returned to Xiefang Hall, took a bath and took a rest. From the time Emperor Taihe died until she left the mourning hall, she was kneeling all the time, her legs were sore and numb, and her muscles twitched every time she moved.
Jingse slept very deeply, so she didn't know that many things happened that night.
First, the regent Gu He asked the imperial supervisor to build the Zi Palace overnight to house Taihe Emperor's dismembered corpse. However, before the Zi Palace was completed, in the middle of the night, the mourning hall suddenly caught fire for no apparent reason.
As early as the Zi Palace exploded, all the guardians had retreated, so the fire did not hurt innocent people, but Taihe Emperor's stumped limbs and arms were all burned to ashes.
Gu He was standing outside the mourning hall, so angry that he haggarded a lot overnight.
Gu Beiyu, who was currently supervising the building process of the Zi Palace, heard about it, fearing that Concubine Tai Shu would be overwhelmed by it, and immediately went to Zhongcui Palace. Concubine Tai Shu did not sleep all night, and she sat in the main hall and described herself as haggard.
Seeing Gu Beiyu coming, her tears could no longer hold back and rolled down directly.
"Concubine Mother." Gu Beiyu walked over, added a thick cloak for her, and then knelt in front of her, his voice very soft.
"Bei Yu." Concubine Tai Shu's voice was hoarse, her eyes were red, "What do you think is wrong with your father? Why is it so restless even to go? The Prince Regent has already had people thoroughly investigate the explosion in Zi Palace earlier. But until now, there is still no result, and my heart has not yet fallen, and then there is news that the mourning hall is on fire, the late emperor..."
Seeing his mother and concubine so sad, Gu Beiyu felt very uncomfortable, but the emperor had committed too many crimes during his lifetime, so isn't it normal that he would not be able to rest in peace after death?
Gu Beiyu didn't dare to say these words in front of Concubine Tai Shu, but just comforted her blindly, telling her not to think too much.
After an unknown amount of time, the voice of the little eunuch came from outside, "His Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness is here to invite you."
Concubine Tai Shu looked at Gu Beiyu with worry on her face.
Gu Beiyu nodded solemnly at her, signaling her to relax, and then ordered the maids to help Concubine Tai Shu to rest on the bed.
Concubine Tai Shu was physically and mentally exhausted all night, and she was extremely tired from crying, so she fell asleep as soon as the bed was contaminated.
Gu Beiyu came outside the mourning hall, the place had already been burnt to ruins, and the imperial guards were still cleaning up the mess.
Gu He stood at the front and directed, his eyes were red from the heat.
Gu Beiyu glanced around and sneered, "I remember that after the Zigong exploded, the guards of the mourning hall were arranged by the Regent. Why did it catch fire in the end?"
Gu He's handsome eyebrows and eyes were full of haze, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
He also couldn't figure out this question.
He stayed in the mourning hall after the Zigong explosion until now, the entire mourning hall is only in such a small place, if there is any disturbance, he will definitely be able to detect it at the first time.
However, the mourning hall was still burning with raging flames right under his nose. The fire was so powerful that it didn't take long for the late emperor's remains to be burned to ashes. Why?
At this time, King Mu Gu Gan came in, followed by Qin Tianjian Zhou Jianzheng.
Gu He narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Gan who had a sneer on his lips, "What is King Mu doing?"
Gu Gan said with a half-smile: "Father's remains have problems one after another. This king suspects that something has collided with it, so let someone come over and have a look."
Gu He withdrew his eyes coldly, and snorted, "Pedantic!"
Gu Qian didn't like Gu He's attitude, "Could it be that the regent thinks that the Zi Palace explosion and mourning hall fire are all man-made?"
Gu He remained silent, apparently acquiescing.
"Since it's man-made, has the regent found out the real culprit?" Gu Gan raised his eyebrows and asked, "It was my father who died. This king is very concerned about this issue, and I hope the regent can stand up and explain away the confusion." .”
Gu Beiyu looked at Zhou Jianzheng behind Gu Qian, his eyes narrowed, "Since King Mu brought someone here, let him take a look to see if the spirit car of the father collided with something, otherwise there would be such a coincidence What happened, the Zi Palace exploded and the mourning hall caught fire overnight, it is simply appalling!"
After finishing speaking, Gu Beiyu looked at Gu He and said: "The regent has been guarding the mourning hall tonight. I believe the regent's ability will never allow people with ulterior motives to come in and make trouble. However, the mourning hall is still on fire. If it weren't for the regent The king is negligent, it means that the spirit car collided with something, this king thinks it is necessary for the regent to give an explanation, is it because you neglected your duty and failed to take care of the mourning hall, or did the late emperor's spirit car collide with something?"
Gu He's face was livid.
The two brothers Gu Qian and Gu Beiyu sang together in order to confirm his charge of dereliction of duty.
Such an earth-shattering event happened on the first day of taking office, and the victim was still the late emperor who had passed away. This kind of event will definitely be recorded in the annals of history. At that time, how will future generations evaluate the newly appointed regent?
After thinking about it for a long time, Gu He couldn't come up with a way to achieve both.
Supervisor Zhou cupped his hands at the three of them, and said: "Reporting to your highnesses, according to this old minister, the late emperor's spirit car did collide with someone."
Gu He frowned, "What?"
Jian Zheng said: "I wonder if the three Highnesses still remember Princess Qingping's birthday?"
The three nodded in unison.
Zhou Jianzheng asserted: "In the cloudy year, when the moon is cloudy and the sun is cloudy, and even in the cloudy period, the first emperor was the true son of heaven, and he was naturally full of dragon energy. Those who clash with each other, the dead are doomed to live in peace."
Gu He choked for breath, "Is there still such a saying?"
Zhou Jian was busy saying: "Veteran dare not lie, if His Royal Highness the Regent doesn't believe it, you can let someone see it again."
"Based on what you said, is there any way to crack it?" Gu He asked.
Zhou Jianzheng said: "As long as Princess Qingping stays away from Lingjia, there will be no more problems, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?"
"Otherwise there will be accidents." Zhou Jianzheng lowered his head and completed the supplement.
Gu He trembled all over, and took two steps back.
In just one night, the Zi Palace exploded and the mourning hall caught fire. If another accident happened, it would be fine!
Gu He didn't believe this absurd statement at first, but he was indeed guarding the mourning hall tonight, and no trouble could escape his eyes. From this, it can be seen that the fire in the mourning hall is indeed too strange.
Gu Beiyu raised his eyebrows, "Since Zhou Jianzheng said so, please ask the regent to make up his mind as soon as possible."
Gu He asked without answering, "According to King Xian and King Mu, how can we avoid the spiritual conflict between Princess Qingping and the late emperor?"
"Naturally let Princess Qingping marry." Gu Beiyu and Gu Gan answered in unison.
"This..." Gu He was caught in a dilemma, "The emperor's funeral has not yet passed, how can we celebrate?"
Gu Beiyu said: "You're right, the royal father's funeral has not yet passed, but such a big incident happened on the first night of his coffin, if Princess Qingping doesn't leave, what if another palace catches fire or something like that will cause people to die?" A disaster that was caught off guard, at that time, the regent can guarantee the safety of everyone, can he bear this responsibility?"
Gu He glanced at Zhou Jianzheng with scarlet eyes.
Zhou Jian was busy saying: "His Royal Highness is not unreasonable. For the current plan, we can only let Princess Qingping be married off as soon as possible after the late emperor's funeral. Otherwise, the country's fortune will be damaged if things continue."
Gu He rubbed his forehead, "This king must call all the officials to discuss this matter."
So, half an hour later, Gu He summoned all the officials in Fengtian Hall.
Civil and military officials entered the palace overnight when the mourning hall was on fire. Everyone was trembling and their faces were as pale as paper. So far, they have not recovered from the shock of the Zigong explosion and the mourning hall being on fire.
Gu He sat on the special purple-gold chair next to the dragon seat, glanced down, and said: "The situation is urgent tonight, and the new emperor is still sleeping peacefully. I don't want to disturb you, so I directly sent the message to all the adults. Please be considerate, everyone."
As the head of all officials, Jing Yuhuan should stand up and speak at this time, "I wonder if the regent is doing it because of two things, the explosion of the Zi Palace and the fire in the mourning hall?"
Gu He nodded, "Qin Tianjian is telling this king that Princess Qingping's yin birthday collided with the late emperor's spirit, Princess Qingping can't stay in the palace, otherwise there will be accidents later, I don't know about these statements Do you have a different opinion?"
"This..." All civil and military officials looked at each other in blank dismay.
As early as the day when King Ning entered Beijing, Princess Qingping's birthday was revealed to the world. Now the entire Western Qin Dynasty probably knows that Princess Qingping was born in a cloudy year, a cloudy moon, a cloudy day, and a cloudy day when King Ning married her. In order to avert the catastrophe, when Zhou Jianzheng suddenly heard that Princess Qingping's birthday and the late emperor's spirit car collided with each other, most people believed it, and a few people were still hesitant.
As Jing Se's father, Jing Yuhuan immediately fell silent when he heard such remarks.
It is true that Jing Se was born in a cloudy year, but it was not a scorpion. In the year she was born, someone had a fortune teller, saying that although her life had many twists and turns, in the end, she was like a phoenix soaring nine days, which is beyond words.
Sitting on the purple gold chair, Gu He's voice could not be heard to be happy or angry, only a pair of bloodshot eyes showed his fatigue, "Zhou Jianzheng's suggestion is to delay the late emperor's funeral, that is to say, for the time being There will be no mourning, and the funeral will be formally issued after Princess Qingping is married, Princess Qingping is the biological daughter of Prime Minister Right, you may wish to talk about Zhou Jianzheng's proposal, how about it?"
Jing Yuhuan came out and said hesitantly: "As for the fact that the date of my daughter's birthday collided with the spirit of the late emperor, the old minister feels ashamed, but the daughter has already been chosen by Dong Li to be a princess, even if she is guilty, she can't take it lightly. Convicted, for the current plan, we can only let Princess Qingping get married early according to what Zhou Jianzheng said."
After Jing Yuhuan finished speaking, a large number of courtiers stood up and seconded the proposal.
Gu He looked at the indifferent group of people and asked, "What do you think?"
The Book of the Ministry of Rites said worriedly: "The bones of the late emperor are not yet cold, so how can the etiquette be broken and the funeral be postponed? Isn't it a disrespect to the late emperor?
Gu Beiyu said: "The two major events that happened tonight are related to the collision of the spirit car. The remains of the late emperor have been burned to ashes. This is absolutely unprecedented and grotesque phenomenon. If we continue to mourn according to the Ministry of Rites, what if we continue to mourn tomorrow?" What happened, who will bear the blame?"
The Minister of Rites was originally a supporter of Gu Beiyu. Gu Beiyu had said so, and he had nothing to refute. He choked and then fell silent.
Gu He glanced at everyone again, this time, no one stood up to refute.
He frowned, "Since your lords have no objections, then this king will give the order."
After finishing speaking, Gu He instructed Sun Dabao who was standing beside him, "Pass down the order. Within tomorrow, the national mourning will be revoked, white silk will be banned, red carpet will be laid, and red silk will be hung. The Ministry of Rituals will prepare documents and dowry. Princess Qingping is getting married!"
(End of this chapter)
Gu He's words were extremely threatening: King Ning wants to get married at the end of the month, yes, and the West Qin Palace can also marry Princess Qinghe at the end of the month, but the only thing that can't be the red carpet can only be hung with white silk.
Marrying the princess with white silk, if this kind of thing happens, it will become a joke for the people of all the big and small countries on the whole continent.
Jing Se pursed her lips tightly. Although she thought Gu He was a talent, he was too ruthless, which made her quite unhappy.
Moreover, Gu He's saying that is obviously deliberately making things difficult for King Ning.
Could it be... Gu He has long suspected the identity of King Ning?
Thinking of this, Jing Se glanced at Gu He in vain, and saw that he had been looking at King Ning after he finished what he said earlier, as if he was waiting for King Ning to make a decision.
Jingse paused for breath.
Except for Jing se, the other courtiers also raised their hearts to their throats.
It was the first emperor who made Princess Qingping go to Dongli to get married at the end of the month, and it was the first emperor who issued the imperial edict. Now before the end of the month, the first emperor passed away, leaving everyone with a big problem-Ning King must get married before the end of the month However, before the end of the month, the funeral on the 27th of the Western Qin Dynasty has not yet passed, and the whole country cannot hang red silk. In this way, how will Princess Qingping get married?How will Prince Ning marry this concubine?
"I don't agree with the regent's statement." Gu Beiyu couldn't bear it any longer, and stood up with a grim expression.
Although he didn't want his cousin to marry Dongli, he would never allow Gu He to bully his cousin in this way, and get married with white silk. Where is there such a precedent?
Simply deceiving!
Gu He raised his eyebrows and looked over, "I don't know what the wise king has to say?"
According to Emperor Taihe's will, the third prince, Gu Beiyu, has been canonized as a virtuous king.
Gu Beiyu said: "Letting Princess Qingping go to Dongli and her parents at the end of the month was originally written by the emperor's imperial decree, but now the regent has changed the postponement date without authorization. Wouldn't it make my Western Qin civil and military officials follow the decree, and let the people all over the world laugh at the late emperor? ?”
"This king also disagrees with the regent's statement."
Gu Gan raised his head, he had already regained his composure, and when he looked at Gu He, his eyes were full of coldness.
Gu He still raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile, "Does King Mu have a different opinion?"
Gu Qiandao: "Since the regent followed the late emperor's decree to assist the new emperor, he should pay more attention to the late emperor's imperial decree. The imperial decree to marry Princess Qingping was written by the late emperor himself, and it is still in the hands of Princess Qingping. In hand, why, the regent is only on his first day as a new official, so he can't wait to disobey the late emperor's wishes and make decisions for the late emperor without authorization?"
It was rare for Gu Beiyu to see Gu Qian standing on the same front as himself, he smiled secretly, his expression became more and more determined, "Regent, don't forget, there is a Empress Dowager on top of you, and the Empress Dowager is an old man It was Princess Changle who came to marry Dongli back then. The debt Xiqin owed Dongli has not yet been settled. Now the regent asked Princess Xiqin to hang white silk to Dongli to marry in front of Princess Dongli. Is it reasonable? ?”
Gu He turned his eyes and glanced at the Empress Dowager, who frowned slightly, "The Ai family also thinks the regent's move is too much."
Gu He's eyes flickered slightly, "I don't know how the Empress Dowager can achieve the best of both worlds, so as not to conflict with the late emperor's funeral, but also allow Princess Qingping to go to Dongli to get married as scheduled?"
The Empress Dowager didn't answer, but looked at King Yong with an imperceptible sneer in her tone, "I remember, King Yong is the best at handling this kind of thing, how about letting King Yong come up with an idea?"
Jing Se vaguely heard other meanings from this sentence, and she became more and more sure that there must have been a secret between King Yong and the Queen Mother, otherwise, relying on Jing Se's understanding of the Queen Mother, it would be impossible for her to use such a tone. It was aimed at one person, and this person was none other than the oldest prince respected by the people of Western Qin Dynasty, King Yong.
Jing Se looked at Fan Chen, and Fan Chen nodded at her imperceptibly to show that he knew what was involved, and motioned her to wait quietly.
Jing Se smiled unknowingly. It would be nice to have a fiancé who is both resourceful and powerful in the intelligence network. You can ask him anything you don't understand. Think about it when I helped Gu Gan win the heir apparent, it was Gu Gan who asked her all the time. , She is like an old woman who worries about this and that all day long, and never has a real leisure time.It's good now, what she worries about, someone will worry for her, what she doesn't understand, someone will understand for her, she just needs to do some help when necessary.
This feeling of dependence made her feel strange.
Sensing that Jing Se was in a daze, Fan Chen took a deep look at her.
Jing Se came back to her senses in a jerk, shook her body and lowered her head, then her cheeks became hot.
All of Jing Se's reactions could not escape Fan Chen's sharp eyes, he hooked his lips and smiled secretly, and looked away for a moment.
King Yong thought for a while, and said, "Perhaps the late emperor didn't take Princess Qingping's wedding into consideration when he made the edict. Regarding this point, it is indeed contradictory with the edict of bestowing marriage."
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, "Then according to King Yong's intention, how do you think we can get the best of both worlds?"
King Yong twisted his beard and said: "According to the old minister, the date of Princess Qingping's wedding cannot be changed, but the late emperor's funeral cannot be delayed, so why not leave the capital on the day of Princess Qingping's wedding?" The white silk, covered with a red carpet of flowers, Princess Qingping represents the face of Xiqin after all, there should be some scenes, otherwise, won't Xiqin become the laughing stock of Dongli people?"
Gu He understood King Yong's words, "Grandpa means that on the day of Princess Qingping's wedding, the white silk from the palace and the entire Jinling City was removed, and a red carpet of flowers was replaced. , and then hang back the white silk until the 27th expires, right?"
King Yong said: "That's exactly what I mean."
Gu He thought for a while.
The queen mother also seemed to think that King Yong's proposal was good, so she fell silent.
"The king does not agree!" Fan Chen raised his lips and pulled out an unfriendly smile, "The marriage between the king and Xiqin was originally a great joy for the two countries, but you only withdrew the palace and Jinling City. White silk, out of the capital, all the state capitals are still full of white silk, and the big funeral is still going on. You let the king's sedan chair walk out of the West Qin in the white silk, what is this? The sympathy for the king during the funeral Or is it that Xiqin had no intention of marrying Dongli? The reason why he did so was just to deal with Dongli? Xiqin's so-called 'best of both worlds' is really chilling."
Gu He raised his eyes, "Then, what does King Ning think?"
Fan Chen sneered, "This king's wedding should naturally be celebrated by the whole world. If it is to be withdrawn, all the white silk from all over the country must be withdrawn. Otherwise, it may be difficult for Xiqin to give Dongli's royal family a complete explanation."
"This..." The Empress Dowager looked at the Empress Dowager, frowned and said, "Empress Mother, since the death of an emperor in ancient times, the 27th day of mourning is a rigid rule, and the bones of the first emperor are not cold, and the coffin is still in the mourning hall. , might be too much."
The Empress Dowager frowned tightly, in a state of hesitation.
Gu He said: "The Empress Dowager is right, the bones of the late emperor are not cold, and we stand in the mourning hall to discuss the matter of marriage, it is really a treasonous act."
Looking at Fan Chen, Gu He continued: "The deadline is the end of the month, and there are still more than ten days left. Why should King Ning be in a hurry? This matter can be discussed later. The most important thing right now is to let the late emperor's funeral go ahead. go down, won't you?"
Fan Chen smiled but said nothing, a flash of determination quickly flashed across his eyes, he stepped back a few steps and stood a little closer to Jing Se.
Jing Se tilted her head to look at the half-smile on Fan Chen's lips, and felt a "thump" in her heart, always feeling that this person was about to start trouble again.
Looking away from Fan Chen, Jing Se followed his line of sight and looked to the front.
The empress dowager, empress dowager, new emperor, regent, and king Yong have all seen the remains of Emperor Taihe, and the next step is to build the coffin.
This procedure was carried out by the Empress Dowager herself, she was the biological mother after all, seeing her son's remains covered in shadow by the coffin cover and disappearing from sight bit by bit, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but her eyes turned red again.
When the coffin lid was completely closed, the Empress Dowager stepped aside, took the brocade handkerchief handed over by the Empress Dowager and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
At this time, only Gu He was the closest to Zigong, and he waved at Sun Dabao, as if he had something to explain.
"Bam—"
At this moment, there was a sudden explosion in the mourning hall.
The tall and heavy Zi Palace of Emperor Taihe was suddenly blown into pieces, and Gu He, who was closest to the Zi Palace, was scratched by the debris on his wrist, soaked in blood, blooming bright red on Gu He's plain clothes, and the mourning hall was immediately filled with the smell of blood .
At the same moment, when everyone was panicking and running around, Fan Chen had already dragged Jing Se who was kneeling on the ground to a safe area, watching the scene with cold eyes.
Jing Se was quite frightened, she never imagined that Fan Chen would dare to blow up Emperor Taihe's coffin in full view.
However, seeing Gu He's complexion changed drastically, and the scene where Emperor Taihe was blown to pieces, Jing Se felt relieved and relieved his hatred.
This bitch treated Fan Chen like this at the beginning, and Fan Chen treated him like this today, and it can be regarded as repaying him in the same way.
"My God - what is that, it's horrible!"
The princes, princesses and concubines who were kneeling on the ground witnessed the bloody appearance of Emperor Taihe's body being blown up and scattered all over the ground.
The mourning hall, which was still quiet and serious just now, became a mess in an instant.
The empress dowager's face was pale, and she forgot to react when she stood still. The empress dowager was so frightened that she fell to the ground, panting heavily, obviously at a loss.
King Yong frowned tightly, looking in the direction of the bombing, with disbelief on his face.
"What's going on!" King Yong was furious, and the veins on his forehead twitched violently, "Why did the beautiful Zigong explode for no reason?"
After speaking, he glanced at Gu Gan.
Gu Qiancai had just recovered from the explosion. He stood up with his legs that were numb from his knees, and he didn't show much emotion on his face. Facing King Yong's question, he just said calmly: "Uncle, Zi Gong It was prepared by someone from the Imperial Prison, and has nothing to do with my nephew, I can't tell you why you question me like this."
Gu He clutched his bleeding arm, and ordered the trembling maidservants beside him, "Stop staring, you guys, hurry up and clean up the mess all over the floor."
The maidservants knelt on the ground as soon as their knees gave way, crying again and again, no one dared to come over.
Gu He frowned, and asked the palace servants to retreat, and the guards outside came in to clean up the scene, and dismissed the kneeling concubines and princesses in the mourning hall.
After explaining, Gu He looked at Gu Beiyu, "Your Majesty, hurry up and tell the Imperial Priest to rebuild a Zi Palace as quickly as possible, preferably tonight."
Gu Beiyu stood still, "Since there is a problem with the Zi Palace built by the imperial supervisor, the regent asked me to notify it. If there is still a problem with the next copy, isn't it all the responsibility of the king?"
Gu He's expression darkened, "At this time, shouldn't we worry about the encoffining of the late emperor?"
Gu Gan sneered, "This king thinks that finding out the cause of the Zigong explosion is the most important thing. After all, there are not many people who have come into contact with Zigong tonight, so it is not difficult to find out. If you keep procrastinating, it will inevitably happen." Let the suspect escape by fishing in troubled waters, does the regent think that this matter is not big enough?"
When the emperor passed away, the Zi Palace exploded while still in the mourning hall, and the explosion was so powerful that it directly blew the emperor's body into fragments. This was the first case in any history.
Its level of horror can definitely reach the effect of frightening in the middle of the night.
The Empress Dowager Gu He and the Empress Dowager Tai came back to their senses one after another, then fainted one after another, and were immediately sent back to their respective palaces.
With just a cup of tea, only King Yong, King Regent Gu He, King Gu Beiyu the Wise, King Mu Gu Gan, King Rui Gu Beisheng and the imperial guards who cleaned up the scene were left in the mourning hall.
Jing Se followed Fan Shen out of the mourning hall and went to Xie Fang Hall when she was in chaos.
Glancing around, seeing that everyone was running around because of the Zigong explosion, and no one cared about them, Jing Se dared to ask Fan Chen in a low voice, "Theoretically speaking, such a lethal explosion should affect many innocent people." That's right, but just now so many people were kneeling not far from Zi Palace, but Gu He was the only one who was injured, why?"
Fanchen curled his lips coldly, his eyes were ruthless, "This special explosive was used by Emperor Taihe to use Huo Chi Wei to deal with me. The special feature lies in its extremely powerful power and small explosion range. The guards hid this kind of explosives in boulders and rolled them down the mountain by hundreds. If not, I would not have been seriously injured and went to Dongli for three or four months. Let him try it himself now taste."
Jing Se was a little worried, "What if someone finds out?"
Fanchen smiled lightly, "I do things, so you don't have to worry about the future." After a pause, he continued: "Our wedding has been repeatedly blocked, and someone has to make a bloody way for you and me to walk over. Gu He Zhang's hole card is something I didn't expect before, but he moved quickly, and he took the Chu Palace to the sword as soon as he took office, so I will also reciprocate, give him this big gift, and see how he can clean up the mess!"
Jing Se smiled and said: "Naturally, your gift is more important. This is the first time I've heard of this kind of thing. It's the first time I've seen it. I don't need to think about it to know that Gu He's lungs are going to explode."
"By the way, are you sure that we will get married at the end of the month?" Jing Se asked again.
Regarding this issue, she had been struggling in the mourning hall before. She really didn't want to wait, and she couldn't afford to wait. The delay of the wedding day would only make her more and more tired.
"I'm sure." Fan Chen saw her worry, gently held her hand, and said in relief: "You don't have to worry too much, I will worry about this kind of thing."
Jing Se couldn't help laughing, "You've finished worrying about everything, so what should I worry about?"
Fan Shen said: "You only need to worry about me alone."
Jing Se curled her lips, "You are so powerful, do you still need to worry about it?"
"Of course." He said, "If you weren't here, I wouldn't be me."
At the end, he added, "Jingse, I came back from rebirth. I didn't come to mediate with these princes to fight for the world. I just want to come back to chase after my wife, fulfill my unfulfilled wish in my previous life, and just marry you in. Do you think I am really like them?" Great ambition?"
Jingse blinked.
Fan Shen said: "My heart can't pretend to be the world, I can only pretend to be you, and you are my world."
A trace of sweetness welled up in his heart, and Jing Se let him hold his hand tightly.Thinking that she was really poisoned by him, every time she heard him say these things, she would involuntarily fall into the trap, she just wanted time to stop and let her relive his affection.
Suddenly remembered something, Jing Se asked: "Do you know what happened to the Empress Dowager and King Yong?"
Fan Shen said: "What else can there be? It is nothing more than King Yong and the Empress Dowager getting acquainted and falling in love first. Later, the Empress Dowager was designated by Dong Li as a concubine princess and came to marry the emperor. King Yong gave in for the sake of the overall situation. These two can't be husband and wife, they can only be uncles and sisters-in-law, and the Empress Dowager just harbors resentment because of unwillingness."
Jing Se suddenly realized, "So that's the case. I said that the eyes of these two people were not right when they met. When the Empress Dowager looked at King Yong, the helplessness and hatred were too obvious. It seems that the Empress Dowager was hurt a lot Ah, it’s been decades and I still haven’t let go.”
Fan Shen said: "Something like emotional injury can't be cured in a lifetime."
"Really?" Jing Se didn't quite understand.
"I have a deep understanding."
The two walked for a while, Fan Chen suddenly let go of Jing Se's hand, and whispered: "Someone is here."
Jing Se immediately stood up straight, two feet away from him, and the two walked forward as if nothing had happened.
Not long after, I saw Bo Qinghuan in cold white plain clothes coming from the front with a few people.
Seeing Fan Chen and Jing Se at the same time, Bo Qinghuan raised his hand, signaling the people behind him to step back first, then walked over slowly, raising eyebrows at the two of them, "You two are very brave, what's the matter?" It's time, how dare you walk side by side in the imperial garden, not afraid of being discovered by others?"
Fan Chen's face was light, and he asked, "When did I lose my courage?"
Bo Qinghuan choked, "That's right, if you had no guts, what happened tonight wouldn't be such a big deal. Now let me investigate. Do you think this seat will directly arrest you to torture and extract a confession? Push your beautiful fiancee to take the blame?"
Jing Se frowned, "Bo Qinghuan, you are too loyal!"
Bo Qing laughed happily, "Ma'am, what you said is very true. Anyway, we have also been married before. It is really inappropriate for me to push you out like this. How about this? Let us work together to get Dong Li This Prince Ning, who refuses to show his true face, is pushed out, life and death are up to him, from now on we can be together openly, and you don't have to sneak up to see me every day, what do you think Madam?"
Jing Se glared at him, "With a beautiful poisonous snake like you, I would rather go out with him to take the blame."
Bo Qinghuan looked hurt, "Madam, don't you remember that we got married not long ago? Your ability to turn faces and deny people really makes my heart ache."
"It's better to hurt you to death!" Jing Se snorted softly, and looked at Fan Chen from time to time, and seeing that he didn't intend to get angry at all, she slowly relaxed.
Bo Qinghuan has been irritating for a long time, but Fan Chen is not angry. He is quite bored, so he stopped teasing Jing Se, turned to the main topic, and looked at Fan Chen, "You really gave me a big problem today. If it can't be found out, the newly appointed Regent may do something amazing, and if he fails to do so, he will lose his position, or, why don't you go with me?"
Fan Shen glanced at him indifferently, "There are too many scapegoats in this palace, and I'm no less than one."
After finishing speaking, Fan Chen pulled Jing Se to leave.
"Hello!" Bo Qing Huan called the two of them, "You unscrupulous couple really plan to throw such a hot potato to me?"
Fan Shen didn't look back, and smiled, "This king has always believed in the ability of the governor to turn black and white."
Bo Qinghuan's alluring face darkened.
Jing Se couldn't help laughing, "You hurt him so much, aren't you afraid that he will go to Bo's father to sue? You are the adopted son, and Bo Qinghuan is the biological son. No matter what, he will favor the biological son?"
Fan Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled, looked not far ahead, "Why don't you ask foster father yourself?"
Jing Se followed Fan Chen's line of sight, and sure enough, she saw Bo Qinghuan's father, Bo Shu, coming slowly with a lantern on. When he reached the two of them, he suddenly stopped.
Jing Se bowed her knees and saluted, "I've seen my uncle."
Bo Shu smiled faintly, "You don't need to be too polite, little girl." He turned to look at Fan Chen and asked him, "Did you get it?"
Fan Chen nodded, "It went well, thank you foster father for your help."
Bo Shu nodded, "I just heard the sound of explosions and the chaotic sound of palace people fleeing in terror. It seems that the effect is better than we predicted."
"After all, it is a weapon made by the ultimate killer mace, so it is naturally not used for ordinary cold weapons." Fan Shen said: "Father, this is not a good place to talk, we will discuss it later when we go back."
Bo Shu nodded, "Alright."
Fan Shen said: "You go back first, and I will send her back to Xiefang Hall first."
Bo Shu handed the lantern to Fan Chen, turned around and returned the same way.
Fan Chen took the lantern and looked at Jing Se, "Let's go, I'll take you back to rest first."
Jing Se said: "Don't you have something to discuss with your uncle? Leave me alone. I can go back alone."
"No." Fan Chen stood firm, "If anything happens to you, all my efforts will be in vain."
Jing Se couldn't compete with him, so she nodded, "That's good."
The two walked slowly towards the Palace of Harvesting Fang.
When the maids of Xiefang Palace saw that King Ning personally sent Princess Qingping over, they all bowed their knees and saluted.
Fan Chen did not enter the gate of Xiefang Palace, but just stood outside watching Jingse enter the gate and then left.
Yin Xiangsi was playing chess with Bo Shu, when she saw Fan Chen coming in, she quickly waved, "Brother Yi, come and help me see how to play this game."
Bo Shu glared at her, "Stinky girl, you don't understand watching chess without talking?"
Yin Xiangsi snorted and said: "Who told you to bully the young with the old, you know that I am not good at chess and you still force me to play chess, isn't this clearly bullying me?"
Fan Shen walked to Yin Xiangsi's side, picked up a white piece from the chess box and dropped it, Yin Xiangsi's embattled situation was immediately resolved, and he could almost kill a bloody path.
Yin Xiangsi was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Brother is still the best, if you don't come again, I will be crushed by the old man."
Bo Shu cast a glance at Yin Xiangsi with hatred, and said impatiently: "The stinky girl can't play chess, so get out and let your brother-in-law come."
"Get out!" Yin Xiangsi snorted, "Next time, I won't be happy if you ask me to do it!"
After finishing speaking, she stood up and left the seat for Fan Chen, and moved a soft chair to sit in the middle, eating melon seeds and observing the situation.
As soon as Fan Chen came, Bo Shu immediately became interested, and the two of them came and went underground.
Yin Xiangsi glanced at Fan Chen curiously, "Brother Yi, you have done such an earth-shattering event, why are you still free to play chess?"
"Why not?" Fan Chen chuckled, "Except for her, other people's affairs have nothing to do with me."
Of course Yin Xiangsi understood who Fan Chen was referring to as "she".
Curling her lips, she said: "I heard that the second master has been crowned prince, it seems that your plan to take them to Dongli is going to fail."
Fan Chen pondered for a moment, "It's too early to say this now, after all, the game between me and Gu He has just begun, and it's not certain who will win this game."
"That's true." Yin Xiangsi said: "With the wisdom of my brother-in-law and my sister-in-law, it must not be that difficult to deal with a regent who was killed halfway."
After hearing this, Bo Shu gave Yin Xiangsi a lazy look, "Do you still need to worry about your brother-in-law's work? You still worry about yourself, which is more important than anything else."
Yin Xiangsi kept rolling her eyes, "What's wrong with me?"
Bo Shu said: "You are still not married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, do you want to kill your mother in a hurry?"
Yin Xiangsi put down the holding box containing melon seeds, kept rubbing her temples, and muttered, "Who made you give birth to such a perfect daughter, men feel ashamed when they see it, and can't afford to marry."
The corner of Bo Shu's mouth twitched violently. Every time she talked about marriage with this naughty daughter, she always used this reason to prevaricate, tried and tested.
Seeing that Bo Shu was about to speak again, Yin Xiangsi quickly stood up, "Go ahead, you two, I'll go back and rest first."
After finishing speaking, she ran out of the main hall in a hurry. She was most afraid of hearing her father urging her to get married. Every time she heard these words, she would have a headache for a long time.
After Yin Xiangsi left, Bo Shu said: "Today's Regent, I think he has some skills, you have to be more careful when you fight with him in the future, so as not to accidentally fall into his hands, the loss outweighs the gain."
Fan Chen nodded, "Father, please rest assured, I have made all the preparations, this time, no one will dare to stop me from getting married."
*
Jing Se returned to Xiefang Hall, took a bath and took a rest. From the time Emperor Taihe died until she left the mourning hall, she was kneeling all the time, her legs were sore and numb, and her muscles twitched every time she moved.
Jingse slept very deeply, so she didn't know that many things happened that night.
First, the regent Gu He asked the imperial supervisor to build the Zi Palace overnight to house Taihe Emperor's dismembered corpse. However, before the Zi Palace was completed, in the middle of the night, the mourning hall suddenly caught fire for no apparent reason.
As early as the Zi Palace exploded, all the guardians had retreated, so the fire did not hurt innocent people, but Taihe Emperor's stumped limbs and arms were all burned to ashes.
Gu He was standing outside the mourning hall, so angry that he haggarded a lot overnight.
Gu Beiyu, who was currently supervising the building process of the Zi Palace, heard about it, fearing that Concubine Tai Shu would be overwhelmed by it, and immediately went to Zhongcui Palace. Concubine Tai Shu did not sleep all night, and she sat in the main hall and described herself as haggard.
Seeing Gu Beiyu coming, her tears could no longer hold back and rolled down directly.
"Concubine Mother." Gu Beiyu walked over, added a thick cloak for her, and then knelt in front of her, his voice very soft.
"Bei Yu." Concubine Tai Shu's voice was hoarse, her eyes were red, "What do you think is wrong with your father? Why is it so restless even to go? The Prince Regent has already had people thoroughly investigate the explosion in Zi Palace earlier. But until now, there is still no result, and my heart has not yet fallen, and then there is news that the mourning hall is on fire, the late emperor..."
Seeing his mother and concubine so sad, Gu Beiyu felt very uncomfortable, but the emperor had committed too many crimes during his lifetime, so isn't it normal that he would not be able to rest in peace after death?
Gu Beiyu didn't dare to say these words in front of Concubine Tai Shu, but just comforted her blindly, telling her not to think too much.
After an unknown amount of time, the voice of the little eunuch came from outside, "His Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness is here to invite you."
Concubine Tai Shu looked at Gu Beiyu with worry on her face.
Gu Beiyu nodded solemnly at her, signaling her to relax, and then ordered the maids to help Concubine Tai Shu to rest on the bed.
Concubine Tai Shu was physically and mentally exhausted all night, and she was extremely tired from crying, so she fell asleep as soon as the bed was contaminated.
Gu Beiyu came outside the mourning hall, the place had already been burnt to ruins, and the imperial guards were still cleaning up the mess.
Gu He stood at the front and directed, his eyes were red from the heat.
Gu Beiyu glanced around and sneered, "I remember that after the Zigong exploded, the guards of the mourning hall were arranged by the Regent. Why did it catch fire in the end?"
Gu He's handsome eyebrows and eyes were full of haze, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
He also couldn't figure out this question.
He stayed in the mourning hall after the Zigong explosion until now, the entire mourning hall is only in such a small place, if there is any disturbance, he will definitely be able to detect it at the first time.
However, the mourning hall was still burning with raging flames right under his nose. The fire was so powerful that it didn't take long for the late emperor's remains to be burned to ashes. Why?
At this time, King Mu Gu Gan came in, followed by Qin Tianjian Zhou Jianzheng.
Gu He narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Gan who had a sneer on his lips, "What is King Mu doing?"
Gu Gan said with a half-smile: "Father's remains have problems one after another. This king suspects that something has collided with it, so let someone come over and have a look."
Gu He withdrew his eyes coldly, and snorted, "Pedantic!"
Gu Qian didn't like Gu He's attitude, "Could it be that the regent thinks that the Zi Palace explosion and mourning hall fire are all man-made?"
Gu He remained silent, apparently acquiescing.
"Since it's man-made, has the regent found out the real culprit?" Gu Gan raised his eyebrows and asked, "It was my father who died. This king is very concerned about this issue, and I hope the regent can stand up and explain away the confusion." .”
Gu Beiyu looked at Zhou Jianzheng behind Gu Qian, his eyes narrowed, "Since King Mu brought someone here, let him take a look to see if the spirit car of the father collided with something, otherwise there would be such a coincidence What happened, the Zi Palace exploded and the mourning hall caught fire overnight, it is simply appalling!"
After finishing speaking, Gu Beiyu looked at Gu He and said: "The regent has been guarding the mourning hall tonight. I believe the regent's ability will never allow people with ulterior motives to come in and make trouble. However, the mourning hall is still on fire. If it weren't for the regent The king is negligent, it means that the spirit car collided with something, this king thinks it is necessary for the regent to give an explanation, is it because you neglected your duty and failed to take care of the mourning hall, or did the late emperor's spirit car collide with something?"
Gu He's face was livid.
The two brothers Gu Qian and Gu Beiyu sang together in order to confirm his charge of dereliction of duty.
Such an earth-shattering event happened on the first day of taking office, and the victim was still the late emperor who had passed away. This kind of event will definitely be recorded in the annals of history. At that time, how will future generations evaluate the newly appointed regent?
After thinking about it for a long time, Gu He couldn't come up with a way to achieve both.
Supervisor Zhou cupped his hands at the three of them, and said: "Reporting to your highnesses, according to this old minister, the late emperor's spirit car did collide with someone."
Gu He frowned, "What?"
Jian Zheng said: "I wonder if the three Highnesses still remember Princess Qingping's birthday?"
The three nodded in unison.
Zhou Jianzheng asserted: "In the cloudy year, when the moon is cloudy and the sun is cloudy, and even in the cloudy period, the first emperor was the true son of heaven, and he was naturally full of dragon energy. Those who clash with each other, the dead are doomed to live in peace."
Gu He choked for breath, "Is there still such a saying?"
Zhou Jian was busy saying: "Veteran dare not lie, if His Royal Highness the Regent doesn't believe it, you can let someone see it again."
"Based on what you said, is there any way to crack it?" Gu He asked.
Zhou Jianzheng said: "As long as Princess Qingping stays away from Lingjia, there will be no more problems, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?"
"Otherwise there will be accidents." Zhou Jianzheng lowered his head and completed the supplement.
Gu He trembled all over, and took two steps back.
In just one night, the Zi Palace exploded and the mourning hall caught fire. If another accident happened, it would be fine!
Gu He didn't believe this absurd statement at first, but he was indeed guarding the mourning hall tonight, and no trouble could escape his eyes. From this, it can be seen that the fire in the mourning hall is indeed too strange.
Gu Beiyu raised his eyebrows, "Since Zhou Jianzheng said so, please ask the regent to make up his mind as soon as possible."
Gu He asked without answering, "According to King Xian and King Mu, how can we avoid the spiritual conflict between Princess Qingping and the late emperor?"
"Naturally let Princess Qingping marry." Gu Beiyu and Gu Gan answered in unison.
"This..." Gu He was caught in a dilemma, "The emperor's funeral has not yet passed, how can we celebrate?"
Gu Beiyu said: "You're right, the royal father's funeral has not yet passed, but such a big incident happened on the first night of his coffin, if Princess Qingping doesn't leave, what if another palace catches fire or something like that will cause people to die?" A disaster that was caught off guard, at that time, the regent can guarantee the safety of everyone, can he bear this responsibility?"
Gu He glanced at Zhou Jianzheng with scarlet eyes.
Zhou Jian was busy saying: "His Royal Highness is not unreasonable. For the current plan, we can only let Princess Qingping be married off as soon as possible after the late emperor's funeral. Otherwise, the country's fortune will be damaged if things continue."
Gu He rubbed his forehead, "This king must call all the officials to discuss this matter."
So, half an hour later, Gu He summoned all the officials in Fengtian Hall.
Civil and military officials entered the palace overnight when the mourning hall was on fire. Everyone was trembling and their faces were as pale as paper. So far, they have not recovered from the shock of the Zigong explosion and the mourning hall being on fire.
Gu He sat on the special purple-gold chair next to the dragon seat, glanced down, and said: "The situation is urgent tonight, and the new emperor is still sleeping peacefully. I don't want to disturb you, so I directly sent the message to all the adults. Please be considerate, everyone."
As the head of all officials, Jing Yuhuan should stand up and speak at this time, "I wonder if the regent is doing it because of two things, the explosion of the Zi Palace and the fire in the mourning hall?"
Gu He nodded, "Qin Tianjian is telling this king that Princess Qingping's yin birthday collided with the late emperor's spirit, Princess Qingping can't stay in the palace, otherwise there will be accidents later, I don't know about these statements Do you have a different opinion?"
"This..." All civil and military officials looked at each other in blank dismay.
As early as the day when King Ning entered Beijing, Princess Qingping's birthday was revealed to the world. Now the entire Western Qin Dynasty probably knows that Princess Qingping was born in a cloudy year, a cloudy moon, a cloudy day, and a cloudy day when King Ning married her. In order to avert the catastrophe, when Zhou Jianzheng suddenly heard that Princess Qingping's birthday and the late emperor's spirit car collided with each other, most people believed it, and a few people were still hesitant.
As Jing Se's father, Jing Yuhuan immediately fell silent when he heard such remarks.
It is true that Jing Se was born in a cloudy year, but it was not a scorpion. In the year she was born, someone had a fortune teller, saying that although her life had many twists and turns, in the end, she was like a phoenix soaring nine days, which is beyond words.
Sitting on the purple gold chair, Gu He's voice could not be heard to be happy or angry, only a pair of bloodshot eyes showed his fatigue, "Zhou Jianzheng's suggestion is to delay the late emperor's funeral, that is to say, for the time being There will be no mourning, and the funeral will be formally issued after Princess Qingping is married, Princess Qingping is the biological daughter of Prime Minister Right, you may wish to talk about Zhou Jianzheng's proposal, how about it?"
Jing Yuhuan came out and said hesitantly: "As for the fact that the date of my daughter's birthday collided with the spirit of the late emperor, the old minister feels ashamed, but the daughter has already been chosen by Dong Li to be a princess, even if she is guilty, she can't take it lightly. Convicted, for the current plan, we can only let Princess Qingping get married early according to what Zhou Jianzheng said."
After Jing Yuhuan finished speaking, a large number of courtiers stood up and seconded the proposal.
Gu He looked at the indifferent group of people and asked, "What do you think?"
The Book of the Ministry of Rites said worriedly: "The bones of the late emperor are not yet cold, so how can the etiquette be broken and the funeral be postponed? Isn't it a disrespect to the late emperor?
Gu Beiyu said: "The two major events that happened tonight are related to the collision of the spirit car. The remains of the late emperor have been burned to ashes. This is absolutely unprecedented and grotesque phenomenon. If we continue to mourn according to the Ministry of Rites, what if we continue to mourn tomorrow?" What happened, who will bear the blame?"
The Minister of Rites was originally a supporter of Gu Beiyu. Gu Beiyu had said so, and he had nothing to refute. He choked and then fell silent.
Gu He glanced at everyone again, this time, no one stood up to refute.
He frowned, "Since your lords have no objections, then this king will give the order."
After finishing speaking, Gu He instructed Sun Dabao who was standing beside him, "Pass down the order. Within tomorrow, the national mourning will be revoked, white silk will be banned, red carpet will be laid, and red silk will be hung. The Ministry of Rituals will prepare documents and dowry. Princess Qingping is getting married!"
(End of this chapter)
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