Adore Trick of Beauty

After a while, Eunuch Lin held up a camphor wood box, neither big nor small, one foot square. Xiao Fengming opened the box, and inside there was a yellowed scroll and several letters with blood stains.

He personally handed it to Gu Qinghong: "This is what I found out at the beginning. Although there are not many clues, but after carefully reading the handwriting written by your father to his friends, the person your father was afraid of was not Nie Weicheng. He said in the letter, "I am afraid They will be silenced by the gang." Therefore, the massacre of the Xie family back then had nothing to do with Nie Weicheng. At that time, your Xie family was a big silk merchant, but in fact it was also selling illegal salt. Nie Weicheng was the governor of Liangjiang at the time, and he was ordered to investigate and deal with it... …all”

He slowly talked about the Xie family in Huainan back then, and his melancholy voice made people feel even more desolate amidst the sound of rain.

Gu Qinghong touched the blood-stained letters with his trembling hands. His father's familiar handwriting fell into his eyes, and his heart ached like a knife. At that time, there was a sudden change in the family, and overnight, all the families were wiped out, and the entire Xie Mansion was burned to ashes. If he hadn't been playful back then and climbed over the wall just after nightfall, he might have been poisoned. When he returned home, he would have seen everything in sight, including burnt blackness and broken walls.

He heard from the onlookers that the Xie family's extermination was a vendetta. He was young at the time and looked around for people who were acquainted with his father at the time. They all agreed that Nie Weicheng was the mastermind. They swore firmly and cited many evidences. Now that I think about it, their evasive eyes may have something to hide.

He was only a ten-year-old child at that time, how could he distinguish right from wrong, but he knew Nie Weicheng, that elegant and serious official, was someone who often made his father uneasy. After the Xie family was wiped out, he knew that he was young and weak, and Nie Weicheng had a prosperous official career. Ever since he investigated the case of illegal salt sales in Liangjiang, he had been appreciated by the emperor and promoted all the way to the capital.

That's why he kept his name anonymous, endured countless hardships, and vowed to study hard to get ahead and avenge the Xie family... Until he finally had the confidence to be named on the gold medal list, went to the capital, stayed at Tianchan Temple, and met Nie Wushuang by chance... …

Outside the pavilion, the bleak spring rain was pattering, and the chill penetrated into the bones. Xiao Fengming spoke clearly and logically. But every word and sentence made him so painful that he couldn't breathe.

For a long time, there was silence in the pavilion. Gu Qinghong raised his eyes, his eyes red, and asked hoarsely: "That's all? Who is the person who killed my father?"

Xiao Fengming shook his head: "I'm afraid you have to search in the palace of Qi State. Nie Weicheng found some physical evidence back then, but the matter was deeply implicated, so Emperor Qi ordered him not to investigate further... Feng"

Gu Qinghong looked at the familiar letters in his memory with trembling eyes. Every word was written by the loving father in his dream. The tears finally rolled down. There was no need to say anything. He knew that he was wrong, and he was irreversibly wrong...

In this life, except for the memory of a child, he could not smile a day. During the refuge days, he reminded himself all the time that he was not the eldest son of Xie, he was Gu Qinghong! The hatred hidden deep in his heart grew crazily, blinding all his reason.

That day in the peach blossom forest outside the Zen temple, it turned out that it was not the beginning of his revenge, but the beginning of the disaster from which he would be unable to escape for the rest of his life. He fell in love with Nie Wushuang and made her fall in love with him. But in the end, he personally ruined his love with her...

He staggered into the rain, and the spring rain kept falling, with thousands of threads, lingering and lingering. He still remembered that it was a spring rainy day, and he was standing on the high execution platform. There was a lot of people below, and Nie Weicheng's face was numb. Maybe he had known that this extermination was just a show for the emperor to kill the powerful ministers. And he, Gu Qinghong, was just a knife in Emperor Qi's hand. It's a pity that at that time, I thought that my great revenge would be avenged and everything would be over.

Until there was a pair of grief-stricken eyes on the street around the corner under the stage. She looked at him with such desperate pleading. His heart was not painless, he just forced himself not to regret it.

He closed his eyes and raised the token...

…

It turns out that everyone in this world is a chess piece, either being played by the superiors or being played by fate... Gu Qinghong laughed coldly, raindrops were in his hair and on his face, and he couldn't tell what tears were. What is rain.

His laughter gradually grew louder, and finally he couldn't help coughing because of his laughter. With a "vomit!" he spit out a mouthful of blood. Xiao Fengming saw him heartbroken and vomiting blood, and deep regret flashed in his deep eyes.

Gu Qinghong, the stunning first prime minister of Qi, was destroyed by his own obsession...

He lowered his eyes and looked at the cold tea in his hand. That alluring face came to mind again. Will he also embark on such a path...

Inside and outside the pavilion, everything is silent.

…

At dusk, Xiao Fengming walked out of the "Ziwei Pavilion". He gathered the black fox cloak around him and whispered to Eunuch Lin: "If he wants to leave, let him go. Don't make things difficult, and don't send people to follow him."

Eunuch Lin whispered: "Your Majesty, has Sir Gu come up with a brilliant plan for your Majesty?"

Xiao Fengming looked at the gradually darkening night and sighed: "It's not a strategy, it's just a bet."

Eunuch Lin was slightly surprised: "A gambling game?"

"Yes, it's a world-wide gamble." Xiao Fengming looked at the road ahead with a heavy voice: "I have a five-point chance of winning, but there is also a five-point chance of losing completely. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. It turns out that's all. .…”

He spoke slowly, as if he didn't care about the worst outcome. Eunuch Lin could not help but tremble: "Your Majesty..."

He knelt down with tears streaming down his face and said, "Isn't this matter irreversible and irresolvable?"

Xiao Fengmingfu

Looking up to him, his heart ached: "Don't you understand the character of your fifth brother, Uncle Lin? If he doesn't rebel, you have to take away his military power. He is such a proud man, and taking away his military power is equivalent to taking his life!" I have been waiting for the past few days, waiting for him to take the initiative to release his power, but today in the court, he said that he wanted to fight! If I don't allow it, he will definitely rebel, it is only a matter of time."

He had never said such words to Lin Bo with such sincerity. But who else can listen to these words? Looking around in panic, there is no one around whom I can trust. Even she... that night, the dark man came to report that she left the palace at night and went to meet Prince Rui. In an instant, the most feared suspicion in his heart was awakened...

He can no longer think or guess!

Xiao Fengming put away the pain on his face and said slowly: "Uncle Lin, there can't be another Xiao Fengqing in the court, nor can there be another Empress Dowager Gao. I must hand over this country to the next generation of emperors."

After he finished speaking, he slowly walked into the darkness. In front of his eyes, the night finally covered all the roads in front of him. Walking in darkness gave people an illusion, as if the road waiting for him was an abyss or a smooth road. But isn't the meaning of all life? Here, we face one problem after another faced by fate...

…

Two days later, hundreds of officials were standing in the court hall, but the emperor did not go to court. He only ordered people to announce three imperial edicts.

The first way is to confer King Rui as King Shuorui, a first-class loyal and brave marquis, who is hereditary and will not be replaced. He led 50,000 elite troops to the Congjiang River to attack Qi. They met with Nie Minghu's 30,000 soldiers and horses at Qixia Pass, and went all the way south to attack the King of Qi's court!

The second step is to make the eldest prince the crown prince and immediately take charge of the East Palace. Concubine Jing was named Imperial Concubine and was responsible for educating the eldest prince.

The third way, the emperor, led 70,000 elite soldiers to conquer Yelutu in person!

The three imperial edicts were like three thunderous thunders, resounding throughout the Jinluan Palace. All the officials were shocked and in an uproar. Xiao Fengqing stood motionless under the jade steps, looking at the empty throne, her narrow phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, with deep hatred rolling in her eyes.

Very good, indeed very good! He was sent to conquer Qi, but he personally conquered Qin!

Xiao Fengqing turned around with a sneer, while the courtiers were still arguing. Outside the palace, the skylight was getting brighter. He slowly walked into the halo, walking faster and faster, walking faster and faster...

…

In Chenghua Palace, the silence remained. Nie Wushuang still finished washing and stood in front of the window looking at the scenery day after day. I woke up early to dress up, and the reflection in the bronze mirror seemed to have made me thin again. The phoenix suit is heavy on the body. She finally understood what it meant to be weak.

The weather outside the window is getting better and better day by day, and it seems that the bright April spring is coming. Only in this palace was it still dark and cold.

"The Queen, the Imperial Concubine is here to visit the Queen, and... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." A maid quietly came forward and reported in a low voice.

Nie Wushuang was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He couldn't explain what he felt in his heart. Establish a reserve! ? Is he finally willing to establish a throne? Did he really establish a crown prince? !

"Queen Mother! Queen Mother!..." The eldest prince's crisp call sounded outside the palace. Nie Wushuang was in a daze and staggered out of the palace, only to see Concubine Jing standing outside the palace with the eldest prince.

"Empress!" Concubine Jing took a few steps forward and bowed down: "The emperor finally made the eldest prince the crown prince, the queen..."

She was choked with tears. She had never dared to think about this day, but overnight it seemed that the world had been turned upside down, and glory had been added to her body. She did not feel ecstatic, but only felt indescribable emotion.

The eldest prince threw himself into Nie Wushuang's arms and said, "Queen Mother, I haven't seen the Queen Mother for a long time! Has the Queen Mother recovered from her illness?"

Nie Wushuang looked at him and nodded with tears in his eyes: "The Queen is fine. Now that Xuan'er is the prince, he is going to the East Palace..."

She looked at Concubine Jing and smiled sadly: "Sister Jing is going to the East Palace too, right? You are finally leaving..."

*************There is another update, it will be a little later, probably around 11 o'clock. Feel sorry****