Chapter 295: The Death of the Empress Dowager

Queen Zhang stopped and sobbed when she heard the words, and there was a silence in it.

Shangguan Wanxuan didn't expect to hear such a word. He only felt that there seemed to be a thunderstorm on the top of his head, and his heart was choking to breath, and he couldn't help taking a few steps back. In an instant, shock, sadness and bitterness came up, and the whole person couldn't help but be stunned on the spot. It was not until tears slid unconsciously on her hands that the warm sense of touch woke her up, but she was so frustrated that she withdrew little by little.

The foreground is blurred. It turns out that the many protections I received in the harem were also exchanged for my father and brother's lives for me!

Shangguan Wanyan could hardly tell the way. When the double ring came up, she was very scared and wondered, "Empress, is she..."

There seemed to be a noise in her ear, but she didn't seem to hear anything. Shangguan Wanqi still kept moving forward until her feet gradually lost their strength before she held the cylinder on the corridor and slowly sat down.

The maid's double ring didn't know what to do. She was so anxious that she circled around and saw someone coming from afar. It turned out that Princess Lu took the fourteenth princess, and she thought she had just been notified.

When Princess Lu saw that it was Shangguan Wanyu, she looked up and said suspiciously, "What's wrong with you, Imperial Noble Concubine-"

The fourteenth princess was still young. Seeing that Shangguan Wan's face was full of tears, she was so scared that she cried first.

"It's okay, I'm fine, it's okay..." Shangguan Wan shook her head slowly, took the hand of the fourteenth princess, and reluctantly smiled, "Princess, go in and have a look. It's not in vain that the Empress Dowager loves you."

With that, tears rolled down again, as if they had tried their best to contain it, but with no effect.

The fourteenth princess leaned into her arms and said with tears, "Sister-in-law, I'm afraid..."

Princess Lu's face was puzzled, but she had never been a talkative person and didn't ask much. She just said, "I just heard the news, so I brought the princess here urgently. It's inconvenient for you to be pregnant. Please rest here and take the princess to the Empress Dowager first----"

Seeing that Shangguan Wanyan just nodded gently and didn't say anything, she pulled the fourteenth princess forward. After a few steps, she turned around and added, "Imperial Noble Concubine, don't be too sad. You hurt your body and the child in your abdomen. It's a little cold today, and it's windy here..."

Shangguan Wan raised her hand feebly and whispered, "I know, thank you, Empress Dowager. Let's take the princess first."

Bamboo was planted everywhere in the purple bamboo yard. There was no snow this day. The cold wind swept down the bamboo leaves, as if the wind was very strong, mixed with many semi-green and semi-yellow leaves, and there was still thin juice at the broken petioles. A remnant leaf fell on Shangguan Wan's skirt and gently picked up a leaf. He only felt that he was like this remnant leaf and couldn't help muttering, "It turned out that it was like this..."

The double ring couldn't hear it and said with concern, "Mother, it's better to help you get up."

----It turns out that the so-called feelings are all fake. There is no forgiveness between her and him.

Shangguan Wan thought desolately. It seemed that there was no need to say anything more. Everything was false. No matter what you do in this life, it will only increase the pain between each other.

How can it be? How did you come to this point? God, how cruel you are. Why did you deprive me of my last thought?

Time slips away bit by bit until "Dong! Dong! Dong..." The death bell sounded, and a continuous sound came. Shangguan Wan seemed to have lost her pain, but looked ahead against the wind. The last line of concern was gradually dissipating with the cold wind in the middle of winter...

The Empress Dowager suddenly died of illness, and there was naturally a cry in the harem, but the court was more chaotic, and the previous deployment of painstaking management was completely disrupted. Although he didn't sleep all night, Jun Yu's eyes were still sharp. He stared at the ministers and said, "Last night, everyone discussed all night, analyzing the pros and cons, weighing their strength, and saying that they were not allowed the vassal king to enter Beijing. But I see that the current situation is very beneficial to the vassal kings. How can they give up?

"Your Majesty--" Lord Geng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, stepped forward and said, "Weichen thinks that the situation may not be incurably bad, and as long as it is properly arranged, it will not be an opportunity."

"Oh?" Junyu coughed twice and said in a hoarse voice, "It's time to say, don't sell sour Confucianism. If there is any good idea, just say it directly."

"Yes." Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is the youngest among the counselors and one of the meritorious officials who supported Jun Yuchen's accession to the throne. At present, he bowed slightly to the ministers before he said, "At present, the Empress Dowager has passed away, and the most important filial piety in this dynasty. If the emperor decrees the vassal kings do not have to go to Beijing to fulfill his filial piety, there may not necessarily be a situation where everyone accuses the emperor of being ruthless. On the contrary, each family has difficulties. As long as it can cause internal trouble between the vassal kings, there will certainly be no situation of five vassal kings in the capital. Needless to say, the king of Anning in the west competed for the throne of the son of the world. Who would easily leave the vassal land to let others take the lead? Now, the son of King Chen Liu is in Beijing, and it is enough for him to take his father to mourn.

Jun Yushou nodded slightly and asked, "So what do you mean by asking me to gather a son among the vassal kings to replace their father Wang in Beijing to show filial piety? Well, that's an idea, but what about the external name?

"Your Majesty, don't worry about this level. Weichen thinks that as long as this decree is issued, the civil strife in the royal palace will be enough to consume their ambition. However, except for the emperor's brothers and sisters, all of them are self-respecting, and the emperor has to eliminate them!"

Jun Yusun's eyes suddenly burst into a chill when he heard the words and sneered, "These so-called uncles, I have endured them for many years, how can I not know the key? But now, it's not the best time. It's important to prevent him from entering Beijing first.

The ministers were silent for a while, and it seemed that they had concluded that the vassal king would definitely enter Beijing, and there was no need to fight for the army, so their faces were as heavy as ice. The discussion stopped here. Junyu asked the literary ministers to go down and find a decree to strictly order the vassal king to enter Beijing. Anyway, everyone knows that the emperor just does not want the vassal king to enter the capital to keep filial piety. As long as it meets this theme, any reason is the same.

After a while, because the meal has already passed, everyone is hungry. Because during the hot filial piety period of the Empress Dowager, the little eunuch brought vegetarian food. Jun Yusultang pointed out a bowl of Lord Geng, the Ministry of Industry, who left alone, and took a few sips, as if he had added some energy. He smiled and said, "You just seem to have something to say. At this moment, there is no one. You don't have to restrain your usual rules. Whatever you think, just say."

Lord Geng hurriedly put down the bowl and looked aside. When Jun Yusu asked Liu Shan to take people to withdraw, he came close to him and said, "Now we are using troops with Xiangluo, but there have been rumors in the court recently that the brave general Shangguan Yuanji was captured by Yi Buqun for some reason. . Emperor, this matter has caused a lot of controversy in the government and the opposition. You should deal with it carefully!"

Jun Yusou nodded and said, "Well, I also understand what you said. I have ordered to save Shangguan Yuanji at all costs, so this news, in any case, can only be determined to be false. After Shangguan Yuanji came back, the rumor would not break down.

Lord Geng said, "So, the emperor is already fully sure that he can save General Shangguan?"

Well, although there are not ten or 80%, there are also 70% or 80%! Now it's an eventful winter, and many things happen to come together. Geng Aiqing, how hard it will be for you in recent days.

"The emperor can rest assured that Weichen and others have received the emperor's kindness, and they will do what they want!"

After saying that, Lord Geng retreated and left Jun Yusu alone to read the memorials in the imperial study at night. He didn't rest until the third watch.

The next morning, it snowed heavily again. The palace is full of plain and white, which is better than the snow in the twelfth lunar month, as if winter comes early. The purple bamboo courtyard was full of mourning all day, drifting along the wind, and vaguely seemed to be able to reach the pepper hall. Shangguan Wanyan sat in front of the window and listened, stroking his high and raised abdomen with no expression on his face.

The double ring stood next to it with a flower tea, which was hot with white water vapor and whispered, "Mother, don't always stuff the pain in your heart and don't cherish your body. What if you get sick?"

During the national mourning, Shangguan Wanyi also changed into a lotus-blue silk filial dress and wore a nine-run thorn flower skirt. Hearing the maid speak, she did not look back, but just ordered, "Well, what time is it now?"

The double ring asked the little maid to see the copper leak and advised, "Mother, I heard that the emperor has turned upside down these days and have been caught in the wind and cold these days. Even if you don't want to visit, you can also ask me to send some soup to show your care."

Shangguan Wanxuan didn't say anything, but the little eunuch came back and said, "Mother, it's already time."

Shang Wan nodded, and the golden phoenix's swaying string of beads swayed, shining brightly, setting off the owner's tired face. "I'm not hungry. Let's not be busy preparing dinner first, or sleep for a while."

The people of the palace did not dare to persuade any more when they heard the words, so they had to bow their heads and respond. The snow light set off Shangguan Wan's pale face, and it seemed that her pair of dark eyes were lifeless. Her whole body seemed to have been taken away all her spirits overnight, leaving only an empty shell.

Jun Yuchen and Zichu heard the news of the death of the Empress Dowager on their way back to the palace. Zi was very sad in her original heart. She has real respect for the empress dowager, the elder who has been protecting her with her heart. When the two heard the news, they changed into plain filial clothes. Jun Yuchen also blamed himself very much that it was really unfilial to let the emperor's grandmother see his child born before his death.

Then, the next day, I received an urgent letter sent by Jiang Jiantao. After reading the content of the letter, Jun Yuchen couldn't help but be stunned. Zichu saw that he rarely showed such an expression. He thought something had happened again, so he took it and took a look and looked at each other. He didn't know why.

After a while, Zichu asked hesitantly, "Is this true? Jiang Jiantao, he actually followed that... Is Ye Heminglu good? Isn't that possible?"