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Published at 15th of July 2022 12:43:57 PM


Chapter 225

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In November, the first snow fell in Yanjing city.

The snow is not big, but the weather is extremely cold. Hearing that the mountains in the East are blocked by snow, hunters dare not go into the mountains. There are also people who do not hesitate to venture into the mountains in order to make a living. For no other reason, they can get 100 liang of silver if they hunt a piece of white wolf skin and sell it to the wife of a rich family this season.

What can people do to make a living.

The eaves of the palace walls outside the palace were covered with a layer of snow. Although it was not as thick as in the cold winter, it was also beginning to appear in silver. The little eunuchs and maidens who just entered the door were still very strange. When sweeping the snow in the yard, they always couldn't help stepping on it. Sometimes there was no one to rest. They formed a snowball and threw it at each other, which was also quite interesting.

Older people are not so interested. In winter, people always become particularly easy to feel, as if everything had lost hope. Looking at these new palace maids, I just shook my head and sighed. There is no future, people enter the palace every year, and people die every year. You don't see how many nameless bones are buried under the snow. The palace looked magnificent, but it was actually dangerous. For them, the greatest blessing was to spend a few years in peace. In the year, they were successfully released from the palace, married and had children, and lived a stable life.

The sound of chanting Buddhist scriptures in the palace of tranquility has not been as frequent as in the past. It was probably too cold. The Empress Dowager sat in the temple copying scriptures. After a while, her hands and feet would become stiff. The maid in waiting hurriedly took the heater to let her cover her hands.

"Old." The queen mother sighed and said, "recently, her hands and feet have always been cold."

"Maybe it's too cold in the hall," Mei Xiang replied, "the maid will let someone add a few more earth dragons later."

The Empress Dowager smiled and didn't speak. She just frowned gently and pressed her forehead. Mei Xiang said, "does the Empress Dowager want to go to the bedroom to have a rest first?"

"OK." The queen mother replied. Mei Xiang helped the Empress Dowager to the bedroom hall according to the words, and then walked to the door of the bedroom hall. The Empress Dowager was stunned and suddenly said, "Mei Xiang, you guard the door and don't let others in."

Mei Xiang didn't ask why, but nodded and retreated. The Empress Dowager looked at the people inside.

On the side of her bed, there was a person sitting with his hands behind him and his legs on the chair. She was used to being delicate and slept on the most delicate and soft beds. This person sat down like this, and the bed was sunken by most, which was really funny.

"Are you dying? Dare to come here." The Empress Dowager calmly said, trying to hide her surprise in her eyes.

It was a middle-aged man, born with a resolute and handsome appearance, and with some Luotuo chic who did not belong to Yanjing city. When he heard the speech, he just smiled, disapproved, and said, "jou Chia, long time no see."

The Empress Dowager's body trembled slightly. "Jou Chia" was her maiden name. So many years later, when the former Emperor was alive, he never called her that. Instead, the man in front of him, whether she was the miss of the Lin family, the crown princess, the queen, or even today's empress dowager, when he called her, he would always call her "jou Chia".

This man is Yin Zhan.

Xia Jun Wang, the brother of the former Emperor and the famous general Zhaode, broke into the Empress Dowager's bedroom and called her so close.

After so many years of calm, there was a crack in the Empress Dowager's expression, and she even showed some nervousness.

"Don't worry," said Yin Zhan, "when I came to see the emperor and came to you, no one found it. You should believe my ability. Jou Chia, you are still so cautious."

The Empress Dowager said coldly, "after all, I have been in great trouble because of carelessness decades ago."

Yin Zhan was silent for a while before saying, "that's all over."

"For me, it's not," the Empress Dowager said faintly, "I've been fasting and chanting Buddha for decades to make up for my sins that year."

"Oh?" Yin Zhan laughed and said, "I thought you were praying for me, praying for my safety."

His words were completely frivolous, which made the Queen Mother frown. She said, "I don't understand. What are you doing back?"

"Jou Chia," Yin Zhan put away his smile, "you always refuse to tell the truth. The purpose of my return is not the same as your purpose for so many years?"

The queen mother said, "I have no purpose."

"You should have seen Zhili." Yin Zhan interrupted her, "he looks like you."

The Empress Dowager's body suddenly trembled uncontrollably. She was calm from the beginning to the present. At this moment, she suddenly collapsed in an instant.

"Zhili, he is..."

"He is your child." Yin Zhan said gently, "for so many years, I have taught him very well, he is excellent, but his heart is soft. This is very unfavorable," his face showed a little worried look, "for what he will do in the future, this is an obstacle."

"Why did you say this to me?" the Empress Dowager sneered. "Even if he is mine... He can't see the light. Now that you have remarried your wife, you can live your life at ease."

"So you are angry with me because of this." Instead, Yan Zhan smiled like a little surprised. If his expression fell on Yan family, Yan Ze of Mrs. Yin, I was afraid to be surprised. He is firm and rough, natural and unrestrained, but he has no tenderness. It was he who applied all his tenderness to the man in front of him.

"The emperor was wary of me, and I had to marry, not only for me, but also for you and Li." Yin Zhan said, "after having love, the emperor relieved his worries. I never touched her again, jou Chia," he stared into the Empress Dowager's eyes, "there has never been anyone else in my heart."

The Empress Dowager turned her head, trying to avoid his eyes, but she turned her head and bumped into the bronze mirror beside her. The woman in the bronze mirror is not as charming as she used to be. Years later, her face is gradually aging, and even a few white hairs appear on her hair. She is no longer as young as before. Years have never been merciless to the destruction of beauty, among which, women are more cruel than men. Yan Zhan was more mature and charming than before. Standing beside him, no one would think they were a good match.

The palace finally turned her into a stranger.

"I don't want to hear this." The queen mother said, "if you're here to catch up, please go out. I made it clear that I won't see you again in this life. It seems that you didn't take my words to heart."

"It was the situation that forced me to plan for 20 years, just for now." Yin Zhan said, "jou Chia, even now, you still have me in your heart, don't you? Even if you give up on me, you're always reluctant to give up. You haven't seen him for so many years, and he always thought his biological mother would have died, if I told him his identity..."

"No!" The queen mother quickly interrupted him, "don't tell him."

"You know it's impossible, jou Chia." Yin Zhan said, "he should learn to accept his fate. He should also recognize his biological mother. Don't you want him to call you mother? Zhili, he is very kind, he won't hate anyone, and he won't be willing to make you sad."

The Empress Dowager's shoulders stirred.

She stayed in the palace for so many years. She seemed to be aloof from the world, but she could firmly keep the position of Empress Dowager. To be exact, when the emperor was present, she always held the position of Queen firmly, and everything was done impeccably.

The Empress Dowager is Miss Lin family. When she was young, she was the eldest daughter of Feng Chengbo. The name of gentle and virtuous is well known. At the age of 16, he was pointed out to the crown prince by the emperor at that time and became the crown princess.

Once he entered the deep palace, it was as deep as the sea. From then on, Xiao Lang was a passer-by. In the Empress Dowager's heart, there is also a Xiao lang. this Xiao Lang is no other person, it is Yin Zhan, the half brother of the crown prince and the king of Xia County who was the prince at that time.

One day, when Lin jou Chia was going to the temple to pray for blessings, she met a villain. At that time, Yin Zhan was nearby and saved Lin jou Chia's life. Lin jou Jia was grateful and wrapped up the injured Yin Zhan. The two young people had a special mood. She was moved by Yan Zhan's bravery and power, and Yan Zhan liked her tenderness and gentleness. Feng Chengbo thought that the news of his daughter's attack was bad, so he kept quiet. All the servants of the Lin family present at that time were also dealt with. So no one knew about the past. In the eyes of others, Lin jou Jia and Yin Zhan are still irrelevant.

But the growth of emotion does not need any environment. Like is like. Sometimes a light glance, over time, will cause great obsession. Yin Zhan had intended to ask someone to propose marriage to the Lin family, but the news of the marriage in the palace came before he had time.

Lin jou Chia became the crown princess.

Life is about this, there will always be such and such dissatisfaction. Lin jou Jia thought that maybe Yin Zhan was an obsession that she couldn't complete in this life. She decided to put aside this young love affair and be a princess.

She did well. The emperor died, the prince became the new emperor, she became the queen, and even gave birth to a little prince.

That was the happiest time since Lin jou Chia entered the palace. Feng Chengbo was very satisfied and asked Mrs. Lin to come to the palace every three or five times to talk with her daughter. The Lin family was proud of Lin jou Chia. As a result, her brothers and sisters were sheltered, as well as the emperor. The emperor was particularly concerned about the eldest son because he got the little prince first. On weekdays, he came to the palace of mercy and tranquility when he had nothing to do, which surprised Lin jou Chia most.

The emperor's seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courtyards can't only spoil a woman, especially being a queen should be wise and generous, and should not be envious. But Lin jou Chia's heart was always just a little woman, and she couldn't stand being left out. Therefore, the concern brought by her son is particularly useful to her.

Then, there were other princes in the palace. Liu Shufei gave birth to two princes, Xia Guifei gave birth to three princes, and new beautiful concubines. The emperor dotes on Liu Shufei and appreciates Xia Guifei. He is also very good to the second and third princes. Fortunately, the crown prince was taught by the emperor to grow up, and the emperor's favorite is the crown prince.

Xia Guifei died soon after giving birth to the third prince. The emperor raised the third prince under the Queen's name. On the surface, Lin jou Chia treated the third prince kindly, but in fact she hated it. She was afraid that the child should have some thoughts and wanted to compete with the crown prince, so she couldn't help being on guard everywhere. After all, the prince is Lin jou Chia's last thought.

But God snatched the last thought from Lin jou Chia.

The prince died at the age of five.

Lin jou Chia was almost crazy. She was on the verge of madness. She insisted that the third prince had done a good thing. Otherwise, the two princes were playing together in the imperial garden. How could the crown prince have an accident alone?

The emperor comforted her, and Lin jou Chia wanted to let the third prince die immediately, and then the imperial doctor came to verify the body. With the palace people testifying, the prince was congenitally deficient and died of sudden heart disease. The third prince is innocent.

Lin jou Chia was on the verge of collapse. She knew that so many people, too many doctors would not lie, but this was not the answer she wanted. If it weren't for the third prince, she would have no one to trust, and she would die.

After the death of the prince, the emperor was once very considerate of Lin jou Chia, so he was obedient to her. However, the emperor's patience was limited. Lin jou Chia was gloomy all day long. In the long run, the emperor would not like to come to the palace of tranquility. The struggle in the palace is the most brutal. If you step back a little, you may fall into the abyss. For example, Liu Shufei, the mother of the second prince, was ready to move at this time.

If the second prince is made the prince, Liu Shufei is the mother of the prince. It will be sooner or later to replace her as the queen. The queen was a little flustered. Feng Chengbo told her not to be afraid. She also had a third prince. The temperament of the third prince is similar to that of the dead Xia Guifei. He is smart and knows how to advance and retreat, which is not necessarily unusable. In any case, a prince has been lost, and it is impossible to lose the position of Queen.

Lin jou Chia was impressed by what Feng Chengbo said, and suddenly realized. Be determined to hold your position and let no one take advantage of it. She began to treat the third prince gently again, raising him as if she were a loving mother. The third prince also really lived up to her expectations, became fierce, and one by one "mother," as if very affectionate. It is almost forgotten that a few years ago, because of the death of the prince, the queen wished to kill him.

Sometimes when Lin jou Chia looked at the pictures of her and the prince's mother, son and filial piety, her heart would silently ridicule, and she just felt that she was just two hypocritical people. She missed her dead son more and more, and was cold hearted to the emperor's ruthlessness.

At this time, Yin Zhan appeared.

Since Lin jou Jia became the crown princess, Yin Zhan left Yanjing city and went to the border. Lin jou Chia could only learn about him from Gong Ren's good news. But after a long time, she was busy with intrigue and compromise, and her life had changed greatly, so she put all these things behind her. Yin Zhan seemed to be a phantom far away from her. When she learned that he was coming back, Lin jou Chia was also very calm. She thought that after many years, when she saw Yin Zhan again, it was probably just two strangers meeting.

She didn't know whether she overestimated her determination or underestimated her motivation. When she met Yan Zhan, for a moment, she suddenly found that in the past thousands of days and nights, she didn't kill her feelings for Yan Zhan. Yin Zhan was still what she remembered, even more fascinating than in the past. But Yin Zhan has married now, and she knows that the young lady of the family is as gentle and kind as she used to be. Looking at herself again, Lin jou Jia felt that she was beyond recognition and could not face Yin Zhan.

But Yin Zhan unexpectedly broke into her palace.

He risked being found out and lost his head, regardless of everything, just like when he first met, in order to protect the strange girl he met by chance, he broke into her bedroom and her drought heart at the time of injury.

Yin Zhan knew her unwillingness, her pain, and her anger. He used a strong and turbulent posture to heal her pain and emptiness over the years. Feeling out of control, like a dying spark, suddenly got firewood, burning dazzling, burning into a huge fire.

None of them could stop the fire from burning bigger and bigger. Even if they knew that the final result was hopeless, they seemed to walk a tightrope and sink in danger, but no one was willing to stop. It seems worth dying like this.

Yin Zhan told her that the wife he married was just in the name of his parents and had no feelings. In his heart, from generation to generation, he will only fall in love with a woman, which is Lin jou Chia.

Lin jou Jia was a woman. She pretended to be dignified and virtuous for so many years, or for a man she didn't love. At this moment, in front of Yin Zhan, she suddenly felt the taste of being loved. She was so crazy and desperate that she even gave birth to a son for Yin Zhan.

This son, Yan Zhan gave him an identity of the Yan family, and even the wife who died of Yan Zhan was also the victim of this secret.

She betrayed her husband, and he betrayed his best brother. They achieved the ultimate happiness between immorality, but happiness is not eternal.

The emperor heard some rumors after all, but they hid it so well that they couldn't find evidence, so the emperor sent an order to let Yin Zhan go to the clouds.

When Yin Zhan went, he was very natural and unrestrained. He even married a second string before he left, and soon the second string was pregnant. When he left, he was in a hurry and didn't leave a word for Lin jou Chia. Lin jou Chia hated this for many years. She thought she was left behind again, but she was still unwilling.

Until the crown prince ascended the throne and became emperor Hong Xiao, she became the empress dowager, and she hid in the palace of CI Ning every day to copy Buddhist scriptures. She copied for many years, making herself angry and happy. But when this man, who had been entangled with her for half a life, ventured into her bedroom like this, she found sadly that her mood would still fluctuate for him. Those Buddhist scriptures were of no use to her. She was easily provoked into a crazy mood by him, and there was no cure for it.

"You confused me, Yin Zhan." She whispered. This sentence, instead of holding a posture, softened down, just like Lin jou Chia many years ago. She said, "what I want to do will naturally be done by myself. I don't understand if you come in like this."

"When I left that year, I was in a hurry. Brother Huang arranged Eyeliner up and down the palace. If I came to say goodbye to you, I would be found. I don't want to trouble you, jou Chia." He said gently, "you have suffered for so many years."

Lin jou Jia's tears almost fell, and she looked away and said, "Yin Zhan, I'm not suffering, I'm tired."

The palace was silent for a while, and he said, "I think you may hate me for not saying goodbye to you last time, so I must say goodbye to you before I leave now."

"Farewell?" The Empress Dowager turned her head and stared at Yin Zhan. Her voice changed a little, "where are you going?"

"I'm going to do something, jou Jia," Yin Zhan stood up and walked to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager stepped back without trace, but he pressed her shoulder. He looked down at each other, and the Empress Dowager was extremely Petite by him. He continued, "there are many things that were not dealt with thoroughly in those days. If you don't deal with all these troubles, you and Zhili will be very sad. I'm your man and Zhili's father. These things should be done by me."

The queen mother heard some clues from his words, and her heart was inexplicably nervous. She could no longer pretend to be reserved and asked, "what are you going to do?"

"Look," he looked at the Queen Mother's reaction, like a satisfied smile, "you really care about me."

"Brother Ji's son, now the Duke of Su, you can also see." Yin Zhan said, "he came for me."

The Empress Dowager's body suddenly trembled violently. More than 20 years have passed. Hearing this name, she will still feel afraid.

"Ji Xuan that person..." she said: "I don't understand. These years, I want to kill him, but," she shook her head, "I can't kill him."

No matter how powerful she is, she is only a woman in the palace. Ji Chen is not an ordinary person. It is not easy to kill him. At least the Empress Dowager has tried for many years and never succeeded.

"I don't really want to kill him," Yin Zhan said, "but he already knows that his purpose is to kill me. If he doesn't kill him, he will hurt Zhili. Jou Chia, I can't let this happen. Brother Ji's son is nothing like brother Ji. Brother Ji is aboveboard, honest and forthright, but his son is unscrupulous and scheming. He is very much like his mother."

The Empress Dowager's body trembled again.

Yu Hongye, the name, has been her nightmare for a long time. She will not deliberately think of this person, but this person will always come uninvited into her mind.

Her intelligence, her cunning, her courage, as well as her anger and despair, curse and disbelief.

The queen mother suddenly closed her eyes.

"Jou Chia, don't be afraid. I came back just to solve this matter. Ji Heng has been planning this matter for a long time. He has supported Cheng Wang since a long time ago, just to force me to come back. Even if I don't show up this time, he will do it from you." Yin Zhan said, "jou Chia, we have no other choice. Are you afraid?"

He stared at the Empress Dowager.

On the Empress Dowager's face, there was a smile immediately. The smile was a little contemptuous and ironic. Finally, there was some shadow of the Empress Dowager. She said, "from birth to now, I have never had any choice. You ask me if I am afraid of harm. I understood many years ago. Is fear useful? Go." She bowed her head. "I knew there would be such a day. Go and kill all those people. The world is yours, and so am I. if you die, I will die with you."

Yin Zhan smiled and said, "I won't die."

The queen mother looked at his face and said, "remember what you said."

Yin Zhan kissed the empress dowager, and she stood stiff. After Yin Zhan left, Mei Xiang pushed the door in and saw the Empress Dowager paralyzed on the chair, pale.

"Empress Dowager." Mei Xiang hurriedly came to help her, but before she reached the empress dowager, the Empress Dowager waved her hand to keep her away.

She covered her heart, where her heart beat fast.

She answered Yin Zhan that she was not afraid. How can courage not be afraid? They are like rats fighting in the last ditch, dark, despicable, waiting for the opportunity to move. As early as many years ago, that sinking joy buried a curse. This curse has been silent for many years. Now, it is time to erupt.

No one knows what the result will be.

……

Yin Zhan left the palace of tranquility. He took a detour and didn't find it. He entered the palace today to see the emperor. In fact, he came to see Lin jou Chia, but now he can't be aboveboard. He can't make trouble for Lin jou Chia.

When he was walking around the long corridor in the palace to go outside the palace, a man came in front of him, just blocking his way.

The man was dressed in red, with black butterflies embroidered on the edge of the red, and black boots and silver bands, which was particularly enchanting. He held a folding fan in his hand. In winter, he couldn't leave his hand without folding the fan. His eyes were haunting, staring at Yin Zhan with a smile and saying, "king of Xia County."

"Duke su." Yin Zhan stopped.

He looked at Ji Heng. In those days, Ji Minghan was a famous beautiful man in Beiyan, and Ji Heng's mother was a famous beauty in the world, which could be called a demon Ji. Now it seems that Ji Chen not only looks like Yu Hongye in temperament, but also inherits Yu Hongye's gorgeous appearance. Ji Minghan did not inherit much.

He said, "you and your father are very different."

"But I'm like my mother," Ji Heng laughed. "Yin Zhili and his mother are not very similar."

Yan Zhan laughed, "people's looks are not like or not."

"What the king of Xia Jun said is," Ji Xuan said lightly, "it's no wonder that the king of Xia Jun knew my parents so well that he was a friend in those days."

Yin Zhan is a little complicated. He and Ji Minghan are indeed liver and gall brothers, and they once sympathized with each other. Yu Hongye met someone in the brothel to make trouble. Knowing Ji Minghan's mind, Yin Zhan also helped solve the siege several times. He and Ji's parents are indeed friends, and they are sincere friends. If it weren't for the mistakes later, Ji Hong should call him uncle, and he should call Ji Hong nephew.

Instead of now, Ji Hong spoke to him in a frivolous, equal, and even secretly disdainful tone. Ji Hong was condescending, and he was mixed.

"Indeed." Yin Zhan said with a smile, "if your parents were still alive, it would be very gratifying to see what you look like now."

"Not everyone has the blessing of the prince." Ji Xuan said with a smile.

Yan Zhan's face changed. On the surface, Yan Zhili's biological mother had died, but Ji Heng insisted on saying so... He really knew.

Although he was prepared for it, when he heard Ji Heng say it, Yan Zhan couldn't help but jump in his heart.

"General Zhaode need not be nervous." Ji Chen looked at him with leisure and said faintly, "it's natural to owe money, and murder pays for life. No matter who it is, none of them can run away. Isn't it?"

His ending sound crossed the air, and his smile was cruel and cold.

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Even two emperors have been green... Terrible





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