Si Tian Guan - Chapter 222

     Emperor Yu woke up from his heart-piercing cough and panting, and called out Yu Dexi out of habit.

    It was a new **** who came in with his feet on his feet. Although he was familiar with him in daily life, he was also attentive, but…it wasn’t Yu Dexi.

    Yu Dexi’s death is not only the absence of the most reliable and caring person in front of him, but also that he has fallen into the trap of others in his own way.

    The reality is clearly laughing at him, laughing at him for being old, and in terms of brain and physical strength, he is not as good as the young people who come after him.

    In the beginning, he was always the only one who played the fun of others, and when would he be played by others.

    He crouched beside the bed, vomited a few mouthfuls of filthy yellow phlegm, and even drank a few mouthfuls of water before waving his hand to let everyone back out, and reached under the pillow with trembling hands, Fine in hand.

    The redundant inlaid beads around have been thrown away long ago, and I have no time to play with the bracelet.

     

    But this thing made him unable to forget that person.

    It was he who brought Qu Chenzhou out of the **** of being abused and scolded, but a person who used to be so humble and loyal in front of him actually hides the most nasty evil intentions behind him.

     

    In another hour, it will be tomorrow, and before sunset tomorrow, he will see the head of Qu Shenzhou.

    But then, from now on, he will return to the way he used to be, moving forward in the dark, there will be no more fairy-like fortune-telling instructions, no more…

    How can such a rebellious minister deserve forgiveness?

     Emperor Yu’s breathing became heavier again, his hands trembled like chaff, and in such a flash, the wood spirit rolled down the steps in front of the bed, knocking on the ground with a crisp sound.

    “No…”

    That is his only sustenance now.

     Emperor Yu let out a hoarse cry, and just slipped off the bed, he was sweating profusely, and fell to the ground involuntarily. The wood spirit was only a few feet away from him, but he could not touch him. arrive.

     

    The candlestick by the bed fell down, and together with the lamp oil and candlelight, they were preparing to start a wild carnival on the bedding.

    He wasn’t sure if he had kicked it when he slipped down just now. He just felt that the candlestick was crooked in the wrong direction, but now is not the time to think about it carefully.

    But he opened his mouth to call for help, but there was still only a whirring phlegm in his chest.

    The distance of the fire was too close, and he could even feel the scorching heat behind him, which made him breathless. .

    Maybe the situation is too similar, he actually remembered the fire in his childhood.

    After the fire was put out, his humble mother was found, her charred body curled up, and she could no longer tell what she looked like.

    It is not surprising at all, people who drink too many tranquilizers cannot have the strength to escape the fire.

    But the place where the mother was found was not in his own bed, but only a few steps away from his room.

    Even though she knew she couldn’t escape, the woman still went to him desperately.

    Stupid.

    If she knew that all this was his hands and feet, would her mother regret giving up hope of escape for him, or would she desperately crawl to his room and call him in the fire “Azer”.

    Maybe there is no second person in this world, Ken can save him like that.

    The kerosene was fully sucked by the soft bedding, surrounded by the flames and rushed up to the old high, Yu Di suddenly gasped and coughed, and laughed loudly during the cough.

    “Your Majesty!”

    Someone kicked open the door and called him across the sea of ​​fire.

      Go out two doors.

     

    “Chongming…” He trembled and shook his dry hands like chicken feet: “The wood spirit… the wood spirit is still inside, hurry up…”

    Liu Chongming grabbed the bucket from the side, poured it down, and asked without hesitation, “Where is it?”

    “On the floor next to the bed…”

    Before he finished speaking, Liu Chongming’s figure had already disappeared into the rolling heat.

    The big **** on the side asked softly: “Your Majesty, the fire won’t go down for a while, please change your place to rest…”

    “No!” He shivered convulsively: “Wooden…wait for him to come out!”

      .”

    Emperor Yu stared at the door without blinking, and asked dreamily, “What’s the matter?”

    “The eldest son said that the Pegasus Express from Yu Jinfu and Yuanpingfu just arrived in Beijing and could not reach the heavens to hear them. I was afraid of delaying the time, so I went to the eldest son…”

    “What’s the matter?” Yu Di’s heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and couldn’t help but scold: “If you have something to say, tell me quickly!”

    “Yes…” Bo Yan lowered his head and paused for a moment before answering: “Say yes…the Thousand Sons Pagoda in the east and north have collapsed. In the east, there are thieves and bandits who are making trouble, hiding in In the tower, the result…”

     Yu Di’s withered hand squeezed his shoulder suddenly, his face pale and bloodless.

    If it weren’t for the weakness in the hand, Bo Yan would rather believe that there was a dead man who cheated.

    “What did you say…?”

    The nails on his shoulders were sharply pinched, and he kept his head down, still answering: “Your Majesty, the Thousand Sons Pagodas to the east and north have collapsed.”

    Before Emperor Yu had time to lift his breath and say something, he heard the palace servant behind him exclaim: “The prince is out!”

    The bedroom has limited space, the bedding stained with kerosene and the bed curtains, and in such a short period of time, the flames have been sprayed from the doors and windows.

    Liu Chongming took off his wet robe early in the morning, reluctantly opened a path in front, and rushed out of the threshold with a whole body of fire, he rolled on the ground a few times, and the palace staff was in a hurry. Sprinkling water, and then stood up panting heavily.

    “Your Majesty, my minister…” He knelt down on his knees and held up the things in his hands: “It’s too late for this minister, I forgive you for being incompetent…”

    Under the dazzling firelight, anyone could see clearly that the radiant wood essence completely lost its brilliance, as if it was only carved from a brick.

     Emperor Yu took it tremblingly, breathing in his throat as if someone was pushing and pulling the bellows.

    Even if Qu Chenzhou didn’t tell him, he could have imagined that the wood spirit could not touch the fire, not to mention that Qu Chenzhou had specially warned him.

    “No…Isn’t it okay?” For the first time in his life, he was like a child, tearing down in front of so many people: “Zhongming, you have handled this thing… Is there any way? ?”

    Liu Chongming bowed his head ashamed: “Chen…”

    Di Yu didn’t want to hear the unnecessary words, and suddenly kicked him: “Go! Go and find me Qu Chenzhou!”

    Liu Chongming and Bo Yan looked at each other, but Bo Yan still reminded: “Your Majesty, Qu Chenzhou was just transferred to death row this morning, and tomorrow afternoon, he will be beheaded to the public. We’re about to get into the prison van.”

    “Who wants him to die! Who wants him to die?!” Emperor Yu seemed to be about to drown and was about to lose his only support, only relying on a name to survive.

    “Qu Chenzhou! Come to Qu Chenzhou, I forgive him, go! Get him for me! Give me…”

    

    Yu Di stared at the fragments in a daze, opened his mouth in vain, and suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, his eyes darkened, and he fell to the side.

    In his dream, he was surrounded by flames, watching the woman shouting “Aze” mournfully.

    If he walks over, if he responds…he wonders if the trajectory of his life will be completely different in the future.

    But he still didn’t move after all, watching the orange-red flames covering the sky, the sound of struggling in the fire disappeared, and the person suddenly turned into a Qu Shenzhou, the terrifying demon pupil looked through the flame he.

    With ridicule.

    Yu Di screamed hoarsely and woke up suddenly, only to find that his mouth was full of the bitterness of the soup.

    The person feeding the medicine was very patient, waiting for him to swallow the mouth slowly.

    “Your Majesty.”

    The voice was soft and gentle like a cloud, and finally brought him back from the dream to reality – he was still the emperor, he was still in control, he was still alive.

    Seeing him open his eyes, Liu Qingru tried to put his hands on the back of his neck. When he saw him nod, he put the soft pillow on the head of the bed and helped him sit up.

    In addition to Liu Qingru, there are Concubine Xian and Rong Jiu’an.

    Seeing the latter, Emperor Yu sneered in his heart. At this time, Rong Jiu’an was summoned to accompany him here. Could it be that he was forcing himself to issue an imperial edict?

    Looking to understand his concerns, Liu Qingru gently blew on the soup medicine, and drank a spoonful of it before handing it over to comfort him softly.

    “Your Majesty, all the lords outside the door are still waiting for you to recover and discuss state affairs with you. The ministers and concubines let them wait until you wake up.”

    Hearing that everyone was there, Emperor Yu finally loosened the tight strings, slowly drank the medicine, and then asked, “Who is there?”

    “Liu Hou, Lin Xiang, Cui Lao, Zhao Shizhong, Ling Shaoqing, Bo Commander, and Chong Ming are all here.”

    Liu Qingru wiped the medicine stains off his mouth with a handkerchief, and said softly, “The emperor even called Master Rong to come before he passed out, but what’s the matter?”

     Emperor Yu was stunned for a moment, glanced at Rong Jiu’an, pondered for a moment, motioned Rong Jiu’an to wait for a while, and asked, “Where is Qu Chenzhou?”

    The Thousand Sons Pagoda collapsed and the wood essence shattered, others could not mention it, but he had no time to hesitate.

     

    “Man…not dead…isn’t he?”

    “Yes,” Liu Qing responded to him: “If the emperor wants him to be punished, the concubines will call them Zhongming.”

    “No! Don’t!” Yu Di hurriedly struggled to grab her, and when the cold sweat on his forehead was dry and dry, he leaned back weakly and waved his hand: “Go out, Jiu’an stay down.”

    Liu Qingru and Concubine Xian disappeared outside the door, Rong Jiu’an stepped forward, unfolded the silk cloth, and called softly, “Your Majesty.”

     Emperor Yu closed his eyes, as if he didn’t hear his voice, only the restless movement under his eyelids could glimpse the battle between heaven and man.

    Rong Jiu’an waited patiently, and it took a long time to hear a question.

    “Jiu’an, I know that you are loyal and unbiased. From what you see… Qu Chenzhou, can you stay?”

    Rong Jiu’an replied calmly: “Everyone in the world is the emperor’s subjects, and it’s up to the emperor to leave or stay.”

    “But…but he betrayed me…how can I use him again?”

    Emperor Yu was unwilling, but apart from Qu Shenzhou, no one could help him cross this hurdle.

    “Qu Chenzhou’s heart is higher than the sky, no matter how much the emperor gives him, he will become more and more greedy, and there will always be a day when he cannot be satisfied.”

    Rong Jiu’an’s voice was as calm as ever, like ice cubes thrown into boiling water, which gradually calmed Emperor Yu’s anxiety.

    “Then how do you use it?”

     “Leave him in the hands of someone who can control him, and the emperor only needs to control that person, and don’t have to worry about Qu Chenzhou.”

    The response to him was a long silence, Rong Jiu’an looked down at the silk cloth, trying hard not to let his frantic heartbeat jump out of his mouth, the tip of his nose, palms, back, and layers of fine sweat Dry with slow breathing.

    After a long time, there was a voice instructing: “Jiu’an, run the pen to prepare the edict…”

    Rong Jiu’an held her wrist and tried her best to stop the trembling.

    “Giving the Heavenly Official Qu Shenzhou and the Prince of Anding Marquis Liu Chongming as…”

    He hung the pen and waited for a while before he heard the last two words.

    “Be wife.”

    Wandering dragon with pen on silk cloth and paper, he just stopped writing, and listened to Emperor Yu’s instructions: “Also, make King King Mu Jingchen the crown prince.”

    “Yes.”

    Rong Jiu’an carefully lifted the first silk book that had been dried and knelt beside the bed.

    Emperor Yu stood up and looked hard, but was dizzy for a while. The names of Qu Chenzhou and Liu Chongming on the silk book seemed to be tadpoles swimming around. , lost fundamentally.

     

    He held his breath and glanced at the first edict as quickly as possible. When Rong Jiu’an presented the second, it was difficult to even glance at it, so he could only hold his forehead Leaning back on the bed: “Read it.”

     

    Joan is right.

    Push the tricky Qu Chenzhou to Liu Chongming, he only needs to control Liu Chongming, and make Jingchen the crown prince, Liu Chongming has a new opponent, and will be more obedient and obedient for Lan’er.

    Not to mention Liu Chongming has to devote half of his energy to dealing with his opponents in the house.

    Next, support the Liang family…

    In this way, it is a day of peace of mind and a sidelines, enough to make him recover his spirits.

    “Your Majesty,” the escorted **** said softly outside, “Your Majesty Concubine, Concubine Xian, and the Crown Prince are asking to see you outside, and thank you to your Majesty.”

    “Come in…”

     

    But the things that should be ordered should be assigned first.

    “Rename.”

     Emperor Yu held his forehead, beckoned, and even his strength to speak was weakened.

    “I know that you are unhappy in every possible way, and Qu Chenzhou is unruly and unruly, but I can still use him, after thinking about it, only you are the safest person. I believe in you I can tame him and use it for me.”

    “The minister thanked the emperor for his long kindness,” Liu Chongming stood at the head of the bed, his expression indifferent, making it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry: “I will live up to the emperor’s entrustment, and I will share with Shen Zhou. Qin Se and Ming, raising a case with eyebrows, will never bear each other.”

    This reaction was different from what was expected. It was too obedient, so that Emperor Yu couldn’t say what he was ready to say, so he could only go straight to the point.

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    “I’m not going.” Liu Chongming refused without hesitation.

    “This time you…” Yu Di was halfway through before he realized what he had just heard: “What did you say?”

    “I said I won’t go,” Liu Chongming said word by word, so that he could hear clearly: “Lan’er will be crowned prince soon, how can I leave? Well, you shouldn’t be tired and bumpy, you should rest more.”

    “You… what nonsense are you talking about!” Emperor Yu wanted to struggle to sit up, but in the end he just slumped on the soft back, breathing quickly: “Liu Chongming! Are you crazy! Who said Lan’er was going to be canonized as a prince!”

    His voice dissipated in the air, as if it had never existed.

    Liu Qingru also bowed to the previous paragraph: “My concubine thanked the emperor Longen on behalf of Lan’er, and I will teach Lan’er carefully in the future to live up to my expectations.”

     Emperor Yu quivered his lips: “You are all crazy! Concubine Xian! Concubine Xian! It’s clearly Jingchen who canonized me! You speak!”

    Concubine Xian smiled lightly: “Isn’t the emperor confused? The edict has just been taken out and read out, and all the adults have heard it very carefully. They have already started preparations. The emperor remembered it wrong.”

    “Concubine Xian! If Jingchen ascends the throne in the future, you will be the empress dowager! Hurry up! Hurry up and retrieve the edict! Hurry up!”

      It’s the Liu family’s blood that is shed.”

    Yu Di froze all over, his fingers trembling: “So they are right…you…you dare…”

    A mouthful of blood mixed with yellow phlegm vomited on the ground, coughing and panting, but the three people in front of him looked at him calmly, and no one came in to give him a sip of water.

    He finally realized what was wrong, glanced at him, saw the tall and strong silhouette cast on the door, and hurriedly hissed: “Bo Yan! Bo Yan!”

     

    “You…” Yu Di’s face was ashen: “Are you going to rebel! Rebel minister…”

    Liu Chongming bowed behind him, sent Liu Qingru and Concubine Xian out first, and then asked back: “The imperial decree was dictated by the emperor, and the emperor personally saw and stamped it, how did it become a question of ministers and so on. ?”

    This time, Emperor Yu saw more clearly that the person guarding the door was indeed Bo Yan, and this glance completely took away the strength of his struggle.

    He suddenly found that he didn’t even have a single person to call.

    “Liu Chongming…when are you…even thin words…”

    This guess had to make him think more.

     “Who else! I believe you use you! What have you done?!”

    Liu Chongming’s face was calm: “Your Majesty, if you really know what it means to employ people without doubting them, how could the ministers have come to this point.”

    “Jiu’an just asked me to pass a message, he said, if you just asked him to write down Lan’er’s name, I wouldn’t stand in front of you like this now.”

    “What nonsense!” Emperor Yu was furious: “What do I want to do, how can I let you control me!”

    Liu Chongming swallowed all his words.

    If the person in front of him can really realize that those shady methods have not brought about the true balance that the DPRK and China should have, how can these decades pass by like this.

    Until now the emperor is still so stubborn, what’s the use of him saying more?

    “Rong Jiu’an is also yours?” Emperor Yu stared at him with bloodshot eyes: “Are you going to rebel! You dare to move me!”

    Liu Chongming sighed, a little tired, and dragged a chair from the side to sit down.

     

     Emperor Yu couldn’t hear his words at all.

    “Liu Chongming! You have betrayed my trust! What have you done! Jingde! Jing Zhao! Did you kill them all!”

    “Has the emperor forgot?” Liu Chongming reminded: “The Emperor Qi was outraged by the emperor. The emperor knew that the dispute between the three kings was fierce. Go to Jiping, did the emperor really want him to live?”

    “The matter of Prince Ning, the emperor will know better.”

    “In the beginning, the minister was summoned privately by the emperor before he dared to meet King Ning.”

    “Your Majesty, you have been afraid of the Tang family for a long time. I would like to ask you, since the birth of Prince Ning, have you ever thought about letting him go?”

    Emperor Yu groaned like he was waking up from a dream: “Jingyan! Where is Jingyan! Get me for Jingyan! Is he still in prison! Hurry up!”

    “You gave Mu Jingyan a glass of poisonous wine, and now even the first seven have passed,” Liu Chongming gritted his teeth in the name, and suddenly smiled: “Does the emperor really miss him? If he Not Mu at all, but Zhou?”

     Emperor Yu stayed for a moment, and reflected the meaning from Concubine Xian’s previous words: “You…you are talking nonsense!”

     If you beat him to death, the old **** is the biological father of Prince Huai.”

    This time, there was no frantic roar to refute him, but more and more difficult breathing, as if a boulder had been placed out of thin air on the air duct between the walls.

     Emperor Yu’s eyes were fixed on his hand, breathing hard: “You…you want to kill…Zhen?”

    “I dare not,” Liu Chongming took his hand out of his arms and put it on his palm: “I just want to show the emperor something small.”

     

    “It’s not broken! It’s still there! Why is it still there!” Emperor Yu reached out his hand desperately: “Give…give me…”

    Liu Chongming withdrew his hand.

    “I really lied to you. On the night of the fire, I replaced the wood spirit with a fake.”

    “The emperor doesn’t know anything. This is a token of love carefully carved by the minister for his wife. The minister promised him that he must get it back for him.”

    “It’s been lent to the emperor for so long, and now it’s time to return to the original owner.”

    “Don’t…” Emperor Yu made his last struggle: “I will give you a treasure exchange, and I will give you a wife and a lady!”

    “My wife?” Liu Chongming gently rubbed the wood spirit at his fingertips, and cherished it in his arms: “The emperor forgot again, my wife is a second-rank celestial official, thank the emperor for pardoning him not to die. .”

    “Shen Zhou and I have a deep love to death. We don’t care about your marriage at all.”

    He glanced one last time at the old man on the bed, whom he described as withered.

     

    “You’ve been thinking too much. Since you think it’s hard to sit in this position, you might as well put your burdens down.”

    “I retire.”

    The door closed behind him, and the turbulence of these decades will soon come to an end.

    Qu Shenzhou woke up in darkness.

    This place is too familiar, just relying on the shimmering light from the lights outside, you know that this is the Star Viewing Pavilion.

    He stood up staggeringly, first touched the incense burner with a little dark fire, followed by the former bookcase, and then slowly stood by the window against the wall.

    

    It turned out to be just a dream.

    Qu Chenzhou covered his eyes with trembling hands, it turned out to be just a dream, a long dream.

    In the dream, he came back to life and lived in another courtyard in Chongming by accident.

    They were finally able to watch the sycamore flowers fall under the same roof and sleep peacefully in the same bedroom.

    They bickered and quarreled, like two hedgehogs with barbed spines, and they couldn’t help being attracted to each other.

    They attacked and retreated, they were entangled, they stumbled along the way, and finally fell in love.

    Many, many things happened in the dream, it was as clear as it was real, he had a love, a family, and he was no longer alone.

    They killed King Ning, King of Qi, and they were on the road to winning the heir apparent. In the end, he and Mu Jingyan rolled into the abyss together.

    The memory came to an abrupt end after boarding the prison van. Did he return to this world after his death, or was it just a dream?

    Qu Chenzhou knows what will happen after dawn, and also knows that he should write a letter to Chongming now, so many years of lovesickness and pain have nowhere to vent.

    He no longer had the strength to stand up.

    Such a beautiful dream, why let him wake up? Why wake him up?

    This heart should have been cast like iron, but such a beautiful dream turned all the determination to die into cowardice.

    He really wanted to meet again, and he wanted to say one more sentence.

    Qu Shenzhou slipped to his knees, put his hands in his hair, and cried silently.

    The day dawned, and the sound of footsteps came from the steps, exactly as I remembered.

    “General…” He couldn’t stand up, raised his arms in a trance, and kowtowed to the ground: “Qu Chenzhou will not give up his death, I beg the general to show me a new face.”

    A tear dripped from the tip of the nose to the ground.

    He took a step forward on his knees, and slammed his head on the ground again: “General, please let me see the truth, Qu Chenzhou is willing to suffer a thousand cuts!”

    “Sink!”

    He took another step on his knees, and before he could bow down, he was suddenly embraced in his arms.

    “Shen Zhou!” The man’s voice was full of choking and pity: “Shen Zhou, the emperor passed away last night, everything has been arranged, I will pick you up.”

    Qu Chenzhou raised his head in blurry tearful eyes, and Chen Xi outlined the appearance of his thoughts and nights in front of him.

    “Chongming,” he stretched out his hand tremblingly: “I dreamed that we were together…”

    “It’s not a dream, we are together,” Liu Chongming knelt in front of him, wiped his tears again and again, hung the jade pendant around his neck solemnly, People hugged him horizontally: “I’m here.”

     

    The morning sun outside the Guanxing Pavilion was gentle, and it really illuminated his hands red.

    It was not a dream.

    “Chongming…” He sobbed softly.

    “Shen Zhou,” the firm and warm embrace was reluctant to let him go: “I’ll pick you up.”

    “And…”

    “I’ll marry you.”

    Qu Chenzhou suddenly hooked Liu Chongming’s neck with both hands, and kissed recklessly under the morning light | blue sky that belonged to them.

    Across two generations, waited for years.

    Finally looking forward to it.

    The author has something to say:    Okay, the ending finally matches the first chapter

    PS: In a few days before and after, if you go through the process of killing the emperor, Laner’s enthronement, and pardoning, it will be too late to ps: Even if it doesn’t work, Chongming will not let people die

    And then PS: If Emperor Yu died before the edict, there are still two princes, and there must be someone who is inclined to establish a full-grown prince, even if Jingchen is not willing

    End of next chapter