Drunken Exquisiteness

The drizzle was overwhelming, and as soon as the wind passed, the front of the oblique porch was covered in fullness.

Looking out from a distance, the flat Qu is faint, no one is left, the smoke and waves of thousands of miles are sinking, and the canoe is alone. Ye Tianhao stood in front of the post, looking towards the calm and peaceful ferry, the dense light rain had been floating for a few days, and a few pink jade light white apricots had gone through the rain, a little bit dropped, and the water flowed eastward. The wooden stacks on the riverside that have experienced many years of wind and rain are also decorated with cherry blossoms, plain white, just like the coldness of the heavens and the city.

Ye Tianhao sighed slightly. Since ancient times, the confidant has been so lifeless, thinking that the lotus and noble concubine has crowned the world with beauty and beauty, but now, the flowers have fallen and the red has disappeared.

Ling Wang and the others said it was today to the capital, but it was past noon and still not seeing the boat, thinking it was because of the wind and rain, Qing Chen couldn't be tired, so they slowed down.

Ye Tianhao's elegant and gentle eyebrows were covered with a layer of haze, making his whole person look a bit more vicissitudes and stability than before, but the deep worries appeared flat in the eyes of Yuan Wang.

It's suicide! When the news from the Lotus Pond Palace came out, it was early in the morning to discuss politics. His calm father, the majestic and calm father, almost staggered back to the palace.

There was an uproar in the Taisho Palace. As everyone knows, at the spring banquet held in the Imperial Garden the day before, Concubine Lian was very dissatisfied with Empress Yin because of her indifferent attitude. Not only did she fail to show her face in public, she also coldly rebuked her.

Concubine Lian was indifferent at the time. Unexpectedly, the palace staff found herself committed suicide early the next morning, and the personal maid greeted her and died.

Leng Yu Xiaoxiao filled the entire lotus pond palace, deep palace secluded hall, chilling. The lotus sculpture is exquisite, beautiful, and the curtain is deep. When people go to the sky, a few strands of ice are covered with light dust, quiet and cold.

The Emperor of Heaven was furious, and denounced Empress Yin for her failure of virtue, and she wanted to do something after abolition. Empress Yin resented and hated, and was very annoyed. Thirty years of husband and wife, thirty years of grace, although it is the maternal ritual that the world enjoys honor, in the end the beautiful scenery is empty.

The flower in the mirror, the shadow in the water, and the woman in the lotus pond palace is the one who truly loves her, taking the color of the sun and the moon, and calling her the harem fandai.

After the abolition, there was an uproar for something no small matter.

Empress Yin has been by the side since the emperor's dragon dives, and has always been in good character. How can she lightly dethroned because of a woman who shouldn't have appeared in Taisho Palace?

The Yin family played a series of persuasions in order to calm the anger of the emperor. Naturally, there were many people with ulterior motives in the court who intended to bring down the empress, the hardest backing of the Yin family, and the disputes were fierce for a while.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the Zhongshu Ling Feng Yan, who should have fallen into trouble at this time, put on a seal of the queen of protection.

When Empress Xiaozhen was alive, Empress Yin, who was still a noble concubine, fought openly and secretly. Feng family and Yin family were their masters, and it was inevitable that they would not give in to each other. Originally, the Feng family had the upper hand because of Empress Xiaozhen's position in the central palace, but since Empress Xiaozhen's death, Empress Yin was in charge of the sixth palace. Now that there is such a good opportunity to bring down Queen Yin, what the Yin family is most worried about is that Feng Yan borrows the topic to make use of it. Who knows that he is on such a list.

The words were sincere and reasonable, and they were sent to the emperor on a flat step. The weight of the important ministers of the auxiliary country is still extraordinary.

Wei Zongping thought about it afterwards and couldn't help but sweat, Feng Yan, he had realized that the Emperor of Heaven was only angered for a while, not after he had decided to abolish his sacred intentions, he was so transparent that he could let go at such a rare opportunity. Had a better decision. After fighting for so many years, he suddenly felt powerless at this moment!

The ministers saw it more clearly, just like they were going their own way and marrying their concubines as concubines. Since enthroning, the weight of the Royal Concubine Lian in the heart of the Emperor has not changed. Therefore, many people thought of King Ling and the crown.

But Concubine Lian was gone after all, although the queen was wronged, it was a good deal to come. The mother concubine passed away, and the prince must return to Beijing for mourning wherever he was. The battle in Mobei was already on the line. As a result, the command of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses fell into the hands of King Zhan. Compared with that capricious grace, this is real military power.

The slanting rain came on, and there was a slight coolness. The guard softly reminded: "His Royal Highness, it is better to wait in the post house. His Royal Highness and the others must be able to arrive later."

Ye Tianhao nodded, but only took a few steps at random. Suddenly remembering that there were a few officials from the Ministry of Rites and Emperor Zongsi who had come along behind him, he said to the guard: "Please come in, a few adults. Stay here."

However, he did not leave, naturally no one moved, he smiled slightly, and went inside first with his hand held.

Hot tea had already been prepared in the post, and Ye Tianhao only touched his lips with the tea and put it down. Perhaps because it was a funeral after all, everyone seemed a little dull, but most of them were thinking about King Ling who was about to return to Beijing, and occasionally someone talked in a low voice.

Ye Tianhao's guesswork about the imperial family by the ruling and the opposition has long been taken care of. He just sat there quietly holding the tea cup, his peaceful eyes always looking out the window.

The drizzle was light, and it was about to stop. He sighed silently, wondering what plans the fourth brother would make when he came back. The bottomless deep pool of the Heavenly Family was full of human-biting whirlpools, and he struggled out of it. After suffering from the bone, so many people had given up the things they dreamed of, and they still often felt uneasy. This road is hard to see the end, if there is no hard as iron will, it is a desperate and crazy dead zone.

"His Royal Highness." The voice of the guard interrupted Ye Tianhao's meditation, "His Royal Highness Ling's boat has arrived."

Finally arrived, Ye Tianhao got up and walked out quickly.

The rain has stopped, the sky is overcast, slowly moving with the wind, and the river is surging, slapping the shore from time to time. The two-story boat was particularly eye-catching among the other boats. Ye Tianling turned around and helped Qing Chen to get off the boat. In the light breeze, he looked handsome in a white shirt.

"Four brother!"

Ye Tianling turned around and brought his wife to meet the emperor brother. Ye Tianhao raised his hand and gave a false help: "I thought you should be there in the morning, how are you on the road?"

Ye Tianling said: "Brother Lao Huang is thinking about it, and the journey goes smoothly."

Qing Chen stood quietly beside Ye Tianling, with a cloud-colored cloak on his body. His face was thin and black, and the only piece of water-colored jade lining was between his hair, and the whole body was plain. The emperor had prepared the clothes for filial piety, and cut the white hemp to cut the filial piety. According to the rules, the mothers lost their children, and the ceremonies became uniforms. It is necessary to wear the filial piety before entering the heaven.

The servant holding Xiaoyi approached and knelt forward, and respectfully invited Ling Wang and the princess to be filial. Ye Tianling looked down and looked at: "No need." The voice was indifferent.

Officials from the Imperial Clan Division and the Ministry of Rites were watching. At the same time, they were taken aback. Although King Ling and the princess were both dressed in white, they were not filial piety after all.

"His Royal Highness...I'm afraid..." Kuang Wei Cao Wei Cao Cao Cao Cao Cao Cao Cao Cao Cao warned, when Ye Tianling raised his eyes, he felt a little bitter in his heart, paused, swallowed the second half of his sentence, and looked at Ye Tianhao. .

Even though Ye Tianhao knew that his fourth brother and Concubine Lian had always been separated, he was really speechless towards his unfeeling concubine. He pondered for a moment, waved to Kuang Wei gently, ordered him to retreat, and asked Ye Tianling: "The imperial concubine is already Moving spirits to Xuansheng Palace, should the fourth brother return to the mansion first, or go to Xuansheng Palace first?"

Ye Tianling turned his head to look at Qing Chen. Qing Chen was regaining his gaze from the surging river surface, touching his slightly concerned eyes, and said: "Go to Xuansheng Palace."

Ye Tianling thought a little, nodded and said, "So please ask the emperor to come back with them first."

The sky is low and the dark clouds are dense, and the golden tiles of the Xuansheng Palace seems to be hidden in the misty haze, quiet and solemn.

In front of the hall and behind the hall, the pear blossoms that were originally pressed by the snow in the spring garden have already passed their flowering period. With the patter of rain for a few days, the garden withered and turned into mud.

All the servants of Gong'e have been deported, making the palace courtyard more and more silent. Zhu Lan supported the cornice and stretched lonely towards the gray sky. The cold white jade stone steps were washed out by the rain to become extraordinarily bright. Looking at it, it was slightly dazzling.

Qing Chen and Ye Tianling walked to the front of the hall and stepped up the jade steps. Ye Tianling walked extremely slowly, looking ahead in silence. This look was only abnormally calm in the eyes of the waiter who had just retired. She was not covered in filial piety, and her face was not sad, only endlessly cold.

Stepping up the last step, Ye Tianling suddenly stopped, Qing Chen took one more step and turned to look at him. He raised his hand to support the Baiyu railing, stood outside the main hall gate, and suddenly closed his eyes. He clenched his hand into a fist and slammed it against the cold jade fence, a wisp of bright red blood quickly snaked down from his fingers, drawing a blood mark on the engraved fence surrounded by flying clouds.

"Four brothers!" Qing Chen whispered, and shook his hand to force him to release. A crystal lotus jade pendant was in his palm, and the white lotus petals were stained with blood, glaring and enchanting.

Qing Chen hurriedly took out the silk pagoda from her arms to wrap the wound for him, feeling extremely distressed, but couldn't bear to blame him. Ye Tianling watched her slender fingers intertwined between the silk kerchiefs, feeling a bit of tingling at this time, like a spring gushing, extremely fast, and extremely severely covered all his consciousness, even breathing. Feel difficult.

He clenched a fist subconsciously, and Qing Chen's fingers were gently placed in his palm, blocking his movement. She said softly: "Four brother, you hold my hand."

Across the silk handkerchief, I can still feel the soft temperature of Qing Chen's palm, Ye Tianling calmed down for a while, finally looked at her, and said dumbly: "Qing'er, I won't go in anymore, you help me... put this lotus jade pendant To the mother and concubine."

Qing Chen didn't object, it only increased her sorrow, so why bother to meet each other, she carefully wiped the blood stains on the jade lotus flower: "Mother concubine will feel distressed when she sees it."

Ye Tianling pressed her lips tightly, turned slowly, and Qing Chen walked to the hall alone.

Concubine Lian's coffin is made of ice jade coffin. The whole piece of ice jade is rare in the world. There is no such precedent for the royal family. Even the death of Empress Xiaozhen did not have this honor. But after the emperor's decree, no one opposed it.

Perhaps in everyone’s heart, only the unparalleled face in the Lotus Pond Palace is worthy of this jade and ice, perhaps everyone also wants to preserve this peerless style, and the years are ruthless, the vicissitudes of life change, this sleeping beauty , Never grow old, never die.

After the clear ice, Concubine Lian lay quietly, her bright purple palace dress set against snow, and her eyes were picturesque. Qing Chen lightly stepped, as if she was afraid of awakening her from the dream that was free of disputes and pain. Her lightly closed eyes were light arcs of ink, and her red lips were faintly smiling. This peaceful face was beautiful. Like this, peaceful like this. Time stopped behind the frozen jade, quietly leaving that majesty forever.

The white mantle danced lightly, a little deep.

Qing Chen leaned over and solemnly paid a filial piety before the spirit, and said softly: "Mother concubine, my fourth brother and I are back. Don't blame your fourth brother for not coming in to see you. When he is sad, he wants to be quiet. It's good. You will be happy to hear something. The fourth brother took Riguo City back from the Turks. He also went to Yaoyun Mountain and brought a gift to you. We met a person in Mobei, his name was Wantu Shuofeng is the flesh and blood of the sixth prince of the Rouran clan, and the current leader of Rouran. Rouran is not dead, and the land of Mobei will one day become prosperous and prosperous in the hands of the fourth brother and Wantu Shuofeng, mother concubine. Don’t worry.” She stood up and took out the lotus jade pendant. The slender silver chain collided with the ice jade, and made a slight noise: “This is what we brought to you, and Rouran didn’t hate you. Wan Tuo Shuofeng said, you will always be Rouran's most beautiful woman, and their Princess Molian."

Qing Chen walked to the cold ice jade coffin, stood still for a while, raised his hand and stroked the icy coffin lid, with a little effort, the coffin lid slowly slid open. The faint mist lingered and escaped, and the biting chill suddenly hit her face. She shivered slightly, gently placed the lotus jade pendant on the chest of Concubine Lian, and then carefully held the silver chain to wear it for her. Unexpectedly, Concubine Lian's originally overlapping collar was affected, revealing a slender neck, so a constriction appeared.

The extremely faint constriction was particularly shocking in the tranquility of the snow-skinned beauty. Qing Chen felt sore in her heart and couldn't bear to look at it anymore. She hurriedly raised her hand to tidy it up, but suddenly stopped there.

The constriction was caused by Bai Lian, and it was not very obvious. She hesitated for a moment, frowned and thought. Later, as if she had made some decision, she untied Concubine Lian's collar again and looked at it carefully.

The constriction extends behind the neck! And beside this slightly plump-colored constriction, there is still a green-white trace of almost no blood. Qing Chen shook abruptly. This is definitely not the result of a hanging beam and suicide. It is clear that someone tightened the white training from behind, and then tried to hang the person in the air to create the illusion of self-hanging, so that there would be two different hangs. mark.

She could hardly believe the speculation in front of her, and stood there for a while, until the jade coffin's more and more icy cold made her feel a little unbearable, she trembled slightly and arranged the clothes of Concubine Lian. She held the jade coffin to suppress the shock in her heart, and coldness gradually floated in her eyes. It was him who killed him. These days, she had been wondering how Concubine Lian could find her short-sightedness because of Empress Yin's reprimands. Someone was planning all this.

Is it the Yin family? She immediately passed this thought in her mind, and then she denied it. Although the Ye Tianzhan she knew had his strategy and decisiveness, he would never use such a method to seize military power. Although the Yin family might be in the dark, Ye Tianzhan has truly expressed his heart since the Yanliang incident. The news that Mingyilou got secretly, Ye Tianzhan didn't know how to fix the Yin family. In the face of his determination, even Queen Yin did not dare to interfere. This time Shao Xiubing and other generals were smoothly punished is a good example.

The reputed King Cham is still graceful and elegant, but the sharp sword behind his gentleness is already out of the sheath. The first thing he faces is not an aggressive opponent, but a decadent gentry and high-minded sect that can no longer be used. Even Ye Tianling also secretly admired this. After all, not everyone has the courage and ability to deal with this huge tree with intertwined roots, not to mention that a little carelessness will hurt themselves. Ye Tianzhan almost accomplished this with perfect means. The current Yin Family, Jin Family, and Wei Family are holding his tightened palms step by step, gradually unable to tolerate their struggle.

If it wasn't from King Cham's side, who would it be? Who would use such a ruthless method, and why would they choose to attack Concubine Lotus?

Qing Chen's eyebrows gathered slightly. The Dark Nightmare, who was originally ordered to stay in the Lotus Pond Palace, had lost its trace since the accident. The person that Mingyi Building was looking for actually fell into the sea, which was extremely unusual, not to mention that this person was a nightmare.

Concubine Lian's life blocked Ye Tianling's pace in the northwest of Jingjing, and added new hatred between Ye Tianling and the Yin family and even King Zhan. This is the layout of sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fighting, Qing Chen thought to himself, but vaguely felt that something was wrong. Except that, she couldn't find the motive for someone to kill Concubine Lian. The most important thing is, who would be so clear about what Concubine Lian means to Ye Tianling?

The surrounding chill was getting heavier and heavier, Qing Chen bit her lip slightly and walked out quickly. As soon as he left the hall, he saw Ye Tianling standing on the top of the steps with his back on his back. The dark clouds in the sky were extremely low. He stood lonely under the gray firmament, undressed and cold all over.

The cold wind pushed the clouds slowly, and a few residual flowers rolled over, and there was still a little rain.

Ye Tianling heard Qing Chen's footsteps, but didn't turn his head. He stared at the colorless sky without moving, and his eyes were filled with bottomless loneliness.

"Four brothers."

The wind was light and the coolness was piercing. Qing Chen heard Ye Tianling say in a slow and desolate voice: "Master, eleventh brother, mother and concubine, they are all gone, those who are near go, the relatives are away, lonely To end alone, this is a lone star covering the sun, and heaven is unparalleled."

Qing Chen's heart seemed to be resisted by a sharp dagger, and there was a dull pain. She took a step forward, tightly held Ye Tianling's hand, and forced him to face her: "No! Any lone star covering the sun is nonsense. Brother, you and me. I. If you don't believe in this destiny, as long as I'm still by your side, you are not a lone star!"

The depth and shallowness in Ye Tianling's eyes was an indescribable sorrow, and a hint of complicated feelings was unexpectedly revealed.

He gently hugged Qing Chen into his arms, with his chin resting on top of her head, her voice muttered: "Mother and concubine don't miss the world at all, and don't care about my son, Qinger, I only have you."

Qing Chen only felt that he was cold all over, without a trace of temperature. She pulled away his arm slightly and looked up. His thin face was covered with a depression she had never seen before. The haze in her eyes covered the starry sky like a light cloud, causing the sky and the earth to lose its color, and it was more like a icy cloud. The tide, spreading along her blood, touched the pain in my heart.

She was almost anxiously looking for her old look in his eyes. He just looked down at her as if he wanted to see her in his heart. The quiet eyes softened the originally cold outline, but it made people scared. . She squeezed his hand and raised her eyebrows almost sharply: "Fourth brother! You are wrong! The mother concubine was murdered, she did not commit suicide!"

Ye Tianling's expression suddenly froze: "What did you say?"

"I just saw that the constrictions intersect at the back of the neck. This can't be a trace of suicide. Things are strange. Why did the good mother and concubine commit suicide? She listened to the cold words in the palace for a lifetime. Does she still care about the queen? A few reprimands? And Ying'er, she is the most cheerful on weekdays, how can she see her mother and concubine begging for death instead of persuading her, but die for the Lord? Why would they be unable to think of anything great?"

Ye Tianling asked in a deep voice, "You mean, someone sneaked into the palace and killed the mother and concubine, but also to cover people's eyes and eyes, causing the illusion of hanging himself?"

Qing Chen said: "Yes, before Mrs. Bai arrived in northern Xinjiang, the mother and concubine sent Hades to send a peace talisman. How could she not care about you? She looks forward to your safe return day by day, and even the birth of our child. Others don't understand her thoughts, can we still not understand?"

This sentence caused unstoppable grief and anger in Ye Tianling's heart. However, his whole body was cold, killing intent, and gloomy, which made people like the killing intent of an ice cellar. It was cold and fierce, and could pierce everything into pieces. A does not stay. He clenched his hands into fists, and his thin lips revealed a pale coldness: "Who did it?"

Qing Chen said: "Check first the imperial doctor who came to Lotus Pond Palace. If he is not dereliction of duty, he is instructed to conceal the truth."

"Nightmare, she can't be ignorant." Ye Tianling said, "Send all the hands of the Mingyi Building. Undernightmare wants to see people in life, and corpses in death. Those who can commit crimes in Lotus Pond Palace must be unavoidable to the situation in the palace. Very familiar, and there must be other helpers, to find the main murderer, start with these minions." There is a deep light in his eyes, which is sharp and compelling. At that moment, Qing Chen saw the man who scorned the world again. She was very familiar with the calmness and self-confidence of holding everything in her palms.

The wind blew into her eyes and it was slightly cool, and Qing Chen closed her eyes lightly, only feeling that her whole body had relaxed, and she felt a sense of loss and recovery. She had never been so clear before that he had already become part of her own flesh and blood so deeply, sorrows and joys were shared, life and death were connected, every wave of fluctuations affected each other, and it was impossible for a person to live alone.

The cold wind blew the white mantle in front of the temple, turning it into a wavy deep sea. Old hatred and new hatred, full of grief, Ye Tianling's face was frosty, and he said every word: "I will not avenge this Ye Tianling, and swear not to be human!"