Chapter 75 Chapter 75 Don't
There was a muffled "puff" sound. Nian Gengyao clutched his bleeding neck in disbelief, smiling wryly, "Xian'er, you truly are... a student who has surpassed the teacher. You've learned so well."
"It's Brother Liang Gong's good teaching." After Chu Xian said this, she shot out another date pit from her mouth with tears in her eyes.
Nian Gengyao dodged it easily.
Chu Xian has a secret life-saving skill. She can use any fruit core or hard object at hand as a hidden weapon, and she can hit the enemy's vital points with every shot.
This was the skill that Nian Gengyao taught her when she was young.
From the moment she stepped into the general's mansion, she was racking her brains over how to kill Nian Gengyao.
In a flash, Chu Xian smashed the jade plate filled with sweet dates, and the broken jade pieces pressed against Nian Gengyao's neck.
"General!" The guards swarmed in and surrounded the bathhouse inside and outside.
"How dare you! Anyone who dares to disrespect the Queen will leave."
Nian Gengyao shouted at the top of his lungs, "Your servant, Nian Gengyao, respectfully bids farewell to the Empress."
Chu Xian was stunned for a moment, then dragged Nian Gengyao out of the general's mansion. Unexpectedly, Nian Gengyao had even prepared a carriage for escape.
In her original plan, she had no plan to retreat. She had always wanted to die together with Nian Gengyao and return to the modern era.
But the appearance of Chen Qingyan forced her to temporarily plan a way out.
The carriage wound through the vast Helan Mountains. At this time, the dying Nian Gengyao took out a blood-stained silk handkerchief from his sleeve. Chu Xian took the handkerchief in a daze, unfolded it and took a closer look, and found that it was a map.
Looking at the mountains and rivers on the map, they do not represent the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
"Xian'er, I know the Forbidden City is a shackle for you. This is the secluded place I built for you north of the Tianshan Mountains. There you will find everything you love: a manor, a horse ranch, and an orchard."
"I originally wanted to send you to the position of Empress Dowager, but I know you don't want it." Nian Gengyao smiled and held her hand tightly.
"Nian Gengyao has never betrayed me. It's just that you don't trust me. Everything I do is useless. Perhaps you don't want to know that the person I am loyal to has never been the one sitting on the throne."
"I gave up writing to join the army because you have no support in the military."
"Brother Liang Gong..." Chu Xian choked with tears. It turned out that Nian Gengyao knew from the beginning that she was using him.
Let's go, Xian'er. Brother Lianggong can only take you this far. You have to walk the rest of your life on your own."
"Brother Liang Gong, come with me. You have become so powerful that you will not be able to survive if you stay. It is better to leave all these troubles behind and leave here with me."
Nian Gengyao had a warrior's physique and would not easily be killed by a date-pit nail. At this time, the bleeding wound on his neck had been bandaged and he was sitting upright in the carriage.
"I can't leave, Xian'er. Perhaps you already know that the Nian family has become a wild horse under your connivance. I am the only one in the Nian family who is sober. I can't leave. Otherwise, if His Majesty... someone in the army clears the court for the new emperor, your son will definitely be the next emperor."
"Okay!" Chu Xian gritted her teeth, bit her fingertips, and wrote in blood with a serious expression.
"Brother Liang Gong, if he wants to kill you and the Nian family, handing him this blood letter will definitely save the Nian family."
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for your help."
The smile on Nian Gengyao's face became more and more bitter. Now he was alone and all the members of the Nian family had been killed, leaving him as the only one who had escaped.
The Nian family's growing desires over the years were alarming. Despite his opposition, the family insisted on forcibly sending Nian's women into the palace to enjoy his favor.
Ever since his most beloved youngest sister entered the palace as a noble concubine, it was only a matter of time before the Nian family fell into decline.
He has already hidden in the northwestern border, but his family is getting worse and worse. If he does not keep in harmony with the world, it will be his fault.
The general was cruel, arrogant, and licentious. In order to support the promising young men in the clan, his father forced him to establish an image of being corrupt and incompetent.
Well, the Nian family rose in his hands and eventually fell in his hands, so it can be said that there was a beginning and an end.
Nian Gengyao waved goodbye to the carriage that was moving further and further away in the heart of the grassland. Even if he was the only one left in the Nian family, he would never fall as long as Xian'er still needed his support.
The Nian family will always be the most loyal and devoted party, and will never waver in their commitment.
The evening breeze gradually rose, and the howling wind from the Helan Mountains filled the air. Chu Xian sat in front of the carriage, spurring the horse and waving the whip.
"Master Chen, you should go back..."
"There is no deposed queen here, and no Lord Chen either. Xian'er, where will you go?"
"I didn't know that Nian Gengyao had prepared a manor for me in Tianshan."
"I'm still hesitating. I want to go back to Jiangnan." Chu Xian hesitated.
She once secretly ordered Nian Gengyao to choose a secluded place outside the borders of the Qing Dynasty, but unexpectedly Nian Gengyao chose Tianshan.
During the reign of Emperor Yongzheng, the areas north and south of the Tianshan Mountains had not yet been conquered by Hannibal Uya Zhaohui of the Qing Dynasty. Even if that person woke up, it would be impossible for him to find his way outside the country.
However, while living in seclusion in Tianshan, she will have to face her mortal enemy - Socho Luoceling.
At this time, a Saker Falcon soared across the sky.
It was Wan Ning who brought the news.
Chu Xian was feeling uneasy, fearing that it might be the bad news of that person's death.
"Chen Qingyan, could you help me check the news from the capital? If it's bad news about a funeral, we should rush back to the capital immediately."
Chen Qingyan took the secret letter and unfolded it, a look of loss flashing across his face.
"His Majesty has regained consciousness and has issued an order to revoke the decree deposing the Empress. All members of the Nian family and their followers will be executed, and Concubine Nian will be sentenced to death."
"Oh. Let's go. We'll go to Tianshan immediately." Chu Xian felt relieved after hearing the news.
The bond between me and that person finally came to an end, and for the rest of my life, I would have no contact with him at all.
"Empress, the imperial decree to depose the empress has been revoked, and Concubine Nian has been sentenced to death. Why don't you return to the Forbidden City?" Chen Qingyan asked nervously.
I thought that after hearing the good news, she would rush back to the capital to reunite with the emperor.
Unexpectedly, the good news that came from thousands of miles away forced her to leave her hometown.
"I will never look back for someone who is not worthy. Once missed, it is missed. Without Nian, there are still Concubine Zhao, Qian, Sun and Li. It will never end. Whoever wants to be the queen can be it. I don't care."
Chu Xian whipped her horse and galloped away towards the heart of the northwest grassland.
Chen Qingyan was stunned, secretly thankful that he had not been forced by his family to marry and have children with a woman from aristocratic family, otherwise he would have ended up like that person today.
Chen Qingyan couldn't help but feel delighted: "Xian'er, I can promise you to be together forever, believe me."
Chu Xian tightened the reins and looked at Chen Qingyan seriously for the first time.
"Chen Qingyan, I will never indulge in love again in this life. If you are willing to live with me, we will be husband and wife from now on, enjoying the pleasure of love without any relationship."
Chu Xian's eyes fell on Chen Qingyan's injured left leg. She owed him many lives. This man was the only fool who asked nothing of her and did not expect anything in return.
Nian Gengyao wanted power, that person wanted her to be submissive and obedient, but Chen Qingyan never made any demands. How could such a modest gentleman not move people?
"Chen Qingyan, if that person knew you and I were having an affair, he would definitely not let you go. Have you thought about it? Being with me will definitely lead to disaster."
"Are you scared? If you back down, you can leave immediately."
"Chen Qingyan, what do you want? To be a marquis, to be appointed prime minister, or to be enshrined in the imperial temple?"
"I can promise you a high position and generous salary, and I can promise you a virtuous wife and concubines." Chu Xian finally couldn't help but ask.
She hoped that Chen Qingyan would ask for something so that she would not be helpless against him.
"Xian'er, I've been displaced throughout my life, from the son of a powerful noble to a down-and-out scholar. I've tasted all the sufferings of the world. Apart from you, I have nothing else to ask for."
"Aren't you afraid of death?" Chu Xian lowered her head, avoiding Chen Qingyan's burning gaze.
"I am not afraid of death. If you don't mind, I will follow you through life and death."
The wrists were clamped.
After a moment of silence, Chu Xian held Chen Qingyan's hand tightly with her backhand.
She had stumbled and gone around in circles throughout her life, but she never expected that Chen Qingyan would always hold her hand firmly and not let go.
"Chen Qingyan, no matter what happens in the future, you will never let go of my hand, right?"
"Xian'er, you've always been the only one who didn't want me. I've never changed my mind. If you weren't the one to accompany me in this life, I'd rather die alone."
"Well, it seems that I was blind and met the wrong person in the past."
"Xian'er..." Chen Qingyan held her hand tightly.
"But I can't give you the title of Queen. If he allows you to have no concubines..."
Chu Xian sneered, "That's impossible. Otherwise, he and I wouldn't have reached the point where we'd never talk to each other again."
"After he ascended the throne, he simply couldn't find an excuse to intimidate the court officials, so he took advantage of this opportunity to make a fuss. I know myself well, and I am not important to him."
"He rescinded the decree deposing the empress simply because it wasn't issued by him personally, and he felt someone else was controlling him. He simply felt resentful. He would never allow anyone or anything to escape his control."
Chu Xian thought that since she had been married to that man for more than ten years, she had some understanding of his stubborn character.
"I've given him countless chances. If he continues to force his way, then... take my body back."
"As for him, all I have left is a clear conscience. I'm tired and can no longer love him."
Killing Nian was just to eliminate the Nian family's power. That person knew that she was the real backer of the Nian family. Killing Nian was a disguised threat to her.
It's just a trick of killing the chicken to scare the monkey, to show off his supreme power.
"There's no need to mention unimportant people." Chu Xian calmly mounted the horse and rode with Chen Qingyan. While chatting and laughing, the two crossed the northwestern border between the Qing Dynasty and the Dzungar Khanate.
This time she was fully prepared to escape.
Not only did he prepare a perfect fake death substitute, but he also escaped from the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
She had already left her hometown and escaped to the poor and rugged Tianshan Mountains. She didn't believe that she would have the misfortune to be entangled with that man again.
.....
Inside the Forbidden City, Su Peisheng was packing the Emperor's luggage for his incognito tour.
Xianrong's eyes were full of joy.
"If Her Majesty in the northwest heard that His Majesty had withdrawn the imperial decree to depose the Empress, she would surely rush back to the capital to reunite with His Majesty."
Su Peisheng looked strange: "I hope so."
The Empress and His Majesty have been divorced for a long time due to an issue in the harem, and the Emperor and Empress have long been alienated.
Rather than saying that the empress was forced to depose her this time, it would be more accurate to say that the empress took advantage of the situation and took the initiative to depose her while the emperor was unconscious and asked to leave.
The Queen might be very happy that she had been successfully deposed and had escaped from the Forbidden City. How could she possibly come back to the Forbidden City?
Ten days before the Flying Guillotine, the Queen lost contact in the northwest. The Queen never rushed back to the Forbidden City overnight, but drifted further and further away from the Forbidden City, even approaching the border of the Qing Dynasty unbelievably.
Su Peisheng was worried that the Emperor might not be able to bring the Queen back successfully during this trip.
The rift between the emperor and the empress did not happen overnight. As long as the harem exists, the empress will never return to the Forbidden City.
The moment Xianrong turned around with a smile, the smile on her face was extremely stiff. The girl had finally escaped from the Forbidden City, and she would never let the emperor catch her back.
She must always stay by the emperor's side and monitor his every move, sparing no effort to mislead the emperor and buy more time for the girl to escape.
Just as he was thinking about it, a young eunuch rushed into the Yangxin Palace in a hurry.
"Su...Su, Chief Steward, something terrible has happened. The Queen...the Queen..." The young eunuch was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
"What's going on? Tell me!" Su Peisheng's eyes were full of horror, and he grabbed the frightened little eunuch.
"The night before, the queen was assassinated in the northwest and buried at the southern foot of the Helan Mountains."
"What!!" Su Peisheng's eyes went dark and he almost fainted on the ground.
"Impossible! Don't curse the Queen!" Xian Rong staggered and fell to the ground.
"Xianrong, Miss Xianrong, please be kind and tell me where the Queen is. The Queen's safety is not a joke, otherwise you and I will both die miserably. Please save me."
Su Peisheng stared at Xianrong's expression without blinking, afraid of missing any clues.
The queen had pretended to be dead and escaped before. She must have wanted to escape from the emperor, so she repeated the same trick and pretended to be dead and escaped.
Xian Rong knew that it would be easy to reveal her true identity in front of the cunning Su Peisheng, so she simply rolled her eyes and pretended to faint to avoid him.
"Oh, auntie, please stop pretending to be unconscious. I'll call the imperial physician to give you acupuncture!" Su Peisheng was so anxious that he quickly called the imperial physician to give acupuncture to Xianrong who was pretending to be unconscious.
But no matter how the imperial physician inserted acupuncture, Xianrong gritted her teeth and refused to open her mouth.
"Auntie, I'm begging you."
Su Peisheng was so anxious that he kept wiping away tears, but Xianrong lay there pretending to be dead. In desperation, Su Peisheng had to go to the imperial study to report the death tremblingly.
In the imperial study, Prince Yi Yinxiang and Crown Prince Hongli were discussing state affairs with the emperor, discussing how the Grand Council and the Eastern Palace should stabilize the government after the emperor left the palace in disguise.
"Khan Father, how about...letting your son and my eldest brother and fifth brother go to bring the Empress Dowager back, okay?" Crown Prince Hongli hesitated to speak.
He subconsciously felt that if Khan Ama went to the northwest to pick up the Empress Dowager, it might be counterproductive.
"Yes, Fourth Brother, you are the Son of Heaven. How can you travel thousands of miles to the northwest to pick up the Emperor's wife? It would be better for you to stay in the capital and let the princes go to pick up Fourth Sister-in-law."
Yinxiang didn't dare to say it too clearly. The scene of the empress sitting on the dragon throne with a smile on her eyes and personally writing the decree to depose herself was still vivid in his mind.
Fourth sister-in-law's smile that day was extremely joyful, and it was obvious that deposing the queen was what she really wanted.
It was only after his fourth sister-in-law went to war that Yinxiang realized that the entire Grand Council and all the civil and military officials in the court had been used by his sister-in-law.
Who knows, the emperor's sister-in-law in the northwest must be cheering and singing and dancing.
Maybe the emperor's sister-in-law... has fled to the northwest.
Fourth brother has just recovered from a serious illness. If he is provoked by his fourth sister-in-law and becomes ill...
Yinxiang shuddered and stole a glance at Crown Prince Hongli.
"You are worried that if I go to pick up the Queen, I will force her away." Yinzhen laughed bitterly at himself.
How could he not know that the queen took advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to successfully depose her and escape from the Forbidden City.
She would rather bear eternal infamy than escape from him.
It turned out that in her eyes, staying with him was like falling into hell.
"Khan Father, the most urgent matter is how to bring my mother back as soon as possible." Hongli lowered his head.
"Hmph! Don't think I'm unaware of your brothers' evil ambitions. Do you want to go to the northwest to bring back the queen, or to see her off?"
His intention was exposed, and Hongli hung his head in silence.
"Khan Ama, my mother is not happy with you. If you force her to come back, she will die of depression sooner or later. If you really have any feelings for her, you should let her go."
"Enough!" Yinzhen was furious: "Hongli, can you guarantee that you will only be with one person for the rest of your life?"
Hongli was speechless. Not to mention a noble man, even an ordinary man who was content with a small fortune wanted to be surrounded by beautiful wives and concubines and have many children and grandchildren.
Being a couple for a lifetime is a complete joke.
It was true that his mother was wrong, but she was his biological mother. Even if she was an unforgivable evildoer and stubborn, she was still his mother and the future empress dowager.
So what if I’m totally wrong?
"Khan Ama, there's something I can't help but say. I want to know how you're going to keep my mother after you bring her back."
"My mother can't tolerate your three palaces and six courtyards. Did you take my mother back to watch you linger in the harem every day and watch you favor other concubines?"
"You'll drive my mother to death! You should know that."
"Enough! Having three wives and four concubines is a normal human relationship. I am not wrong!"
Being repeatedly questioned by his own son, Yinzhen became angry and embarrassed: "Why force me to do something that no man in the world can do? I am the emperor, and it is my responsibility to continue the royal family."
"Khan Ama! Why are you trying to have children with another woman? Do you think the prince born by my mother is not worthy of inheriting your throne?"
The fifth prince, Hong Zhou, stormed into the imperial study, huffing and puffing: "Khan Ama, if you look down on us, please immediately strip us three brothers of our yellow belts. I don't want to be your son anymore."
"If you want to go to the harem to give birth to a prince, go now. There's no need to chase after the Empress to the northwest and force her to death."
Hong Zhou was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Khan Ama, you can favor your concubines tonight. Do you need me to invite all the women in the harem to sleep with you?"
"Don't you think it's ridiculous? You don't want to give up your three wives and four concubines, but you haven't let other women get close to you in all these years. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that your mother won't want you?"
"Now that my mother doesn't want you anymore, you can go ahead and favor the concubines without worry! My mother doesn't want you anymore!" Hong Zhou shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Outrageous!! Outrageous!!”
The emperor's angry shouts echoed in the imperial study.
Hong Zhou was dragged by his fourth brother Hongli to crawl at the feet of the mad Khan Ama. He wanted to continue questioning Khan Ama, but his fourth brother, who looked pale, covered his mouth with his hand.
Hong Zhou pushed his fourth brother aside and slowly stood up. "Your son, Hong Zhou, today requests to be stripped of his yellow belt and demoted to a commoner. If Your Majesty can adopt me, Hong Zhou, into the Ulanara family, I, Hong Zhou, will be deeply grateful to Your Majesty."
"Fifth brother, shut up!" Prince Hongli looked at Khan Ama in fear.
"Fourth brother, please stop being so arrogant. If Khan Ama chases us to the northwest, Mother will definitely be dead. Which is more important, the position of Crown Prince or Mother? Do you really want to continue to be the son of the Empress Dowager?"
"Who said the Empress Dowager is not important?" Hongli retorted with a red face.
"If you had to choose between the crown prince's position and Empress Dowager's life, which would you choose, Fourth Brother?"
"Of course it's my mother." Hongli stood up slowly and looked up at Khan Ama who was sitting on the dragon throne.
"Khan Ama, I want my mother to be safe and sound, please grant my wish."
"Khan Ama, your going to the northwest will only backfire. Please give the Empress Dowager a way to live." Hong Zhou prostrated himself on the ground and begged.
"Please, Khan, save the Empress Dowager." Hongli knelt on the ground with his knees bent.
"Get out! Get out!"
"Khan Father, if anything happens to the Empress Dowager, I will never forgive her even if I die." Hong Zhou wiped his tears, stood up and rushed out of the imperial study.
"Khan Ama, please think twice." Hongli stood up and followed his fifth brother's footsteps.
At this time, only Prince Yi and the emperor's brother were left in the imperial study.
Prince Yi said nothing and just accompanied his fourth brother in silence.
"Thirteenth brother, do you also think I'm wrong?"
Yinxiang shook his head: "Fourth brother, you have always been a decisive person. If you feel that you are not wrong, why would you ask me if I am right or wrong?"
"The Emperor's sister-in-law has done nothing wrong except being jealous. If she hadn't stepped forward at the critical moment, the Dzungar cavalry would have already reached the Great Wall."
"I am not wrong!"
"Brother, you have actually given your exclusive favor to Fourth Sister-in-law, haven't you? Have you ever favored other women over the years?"
"You just...just keep your mouth shut..." Yinxiang said the truth with a stiff upper lip.
After his thirteenth brother exposed the truth, Yinzhen was embarrassed and snorted coldly, "If she hadn't repeatedly stopped us, there might be more than ten princes and princesses."
Yinxiang lowered his head even lower. "Fourth brother, now that Fourth Sister-in-law is far away in the northwest, there's no one stopping you from favoring the harem. Why don't you summon your concubines?"
"I..." Yinzhen was speechless.
Being easily controlled by that man and completely surrendering to him was something that made him extremely ashamed and angry, and he felt resentful for many years.
He is a member of the royal family, an emperor, and he rules the world. His every word and action represents the dignity and decorum of the Qing Dynasty. However, he is helpless against the woman beside him. If this were to be spread out, he would surely be laughed at by the world.
She was so presumptuous because she relied on his favor.
"It's all my fault. When she was the prince's wife, I spoiled her too much, which is why she didn't know her place."
Yinxiang cleared his throat a few times and couldn't help but speak: "Fourth brother, when you were a prince, you never showed any toughness to Fourth Sister-in-law. Later, when you became a prince, you still... In short... Fourth Sister-in-law's temper is all caused by your own arrogance..."
"Now that you are the emperor, you are still guarding for your sister-in-law... I have noticed that your sister-in-law has never stopped you from summoning concubines. It is you who... "
"Fourth sister-in-law doesn't want to sleep with me, if you hadn't been so eager to get close to her..."
Yinxiang spoke more and more quietly, and his fourth brother's expressionless face turned red.
His fourth brother is good in every way except that he is stubborn and cares about face. He was trained by his fourth sister-in-law to be a qualified wife slave a long time ago, but he refuses to admit it and is too concerned about face. Now, his fourth sister-in-law has been pissed off and left, but he still puts on airs.
"Your Majesty, urgent secret report from eight hundred miles away!"
Su Peisheng huddled outside the door, and finally waited until the atmosphere in the imperial study began to ease a little.
"Your Majesty, the night before yesterday, the Empress was assassinated in the northwest and buried at the southern foot of the Helan Mountains."
With a snap, the red pen broke.
"Impossible! She's throwing a tantrum again and refusing to go home. She must be faking her own death again!"
"Head to the northwest immediately! I want to see if she has had enough of this!"
"Fourth brother, please calm down, otherwise my sister-in-law will definitely not want to see you again." Yinxiang saw his fourth brother's furious expression and reminded him tremblingly.
No one believed that something had really happened to the fourth sister-in-law. After all, the queen had once deceived the emperor by faking her own death.
Su Peisheng's heart was in his throat, and he always felt that the Emperor would return empty-handed from this trip to the northwest.
On a rainy night, the emperor left the palace in disguise, but was stopped at his door by a funeral procession.
Wan Ning was dressed in mourning, holding Xian'er's spirit tablet, blocking the emperor's horse.
"Your Majesty, you do not need to go to the northwest. I have brought the Empress back."
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen was struck by lightning.
"Impossible, Guo Luoluo, what are you and the Queen messing around with again? Where is she?"
"Oh, where else could she be? She was forced to death in the northwest by your court officials!" Wan Ning threw the token in her hand at the emperor.
"The thing I regret most in my life is helping you to have an evil relationship."
Wan Ning had applied pepper water before coming here, and now she was crying bitterly.
The Dog Emperor seemed to be frightened silly. He threw himself into the smelly coffin, hugging the corpse and sobbing softly.
The Emperor was worried and confused, but Su Peisheng was still doubting whether the body in the coffin was the Empress.
Su Peisheng carefully approached Gui Momo, who was in tears.
"Madam Gui, this... deceiving the emperor is a capital crime punishable by extermination of nine generations of the clan..." Su Peisheng reminded in a low voice.
Nanny Gui rolled her eyes at Su Peisheng. "You mean, even His Majesty is convinced that the body in the coffin is the Empress? Are you wiser than His Majesty?"
"Ah? This, this, this, that's not what I meant." Su Peisheng waved his hands hurriedly to deny it.
Seeing that His Majesty was personally carrying the Queen's coffin to the Yangxin Palace, Su Peisheng immediately cried out in pain.
Although the Eighth Concubine's face was red from crying, she did not show too much grief. If the Queen was really dead, the Eighth Concubine would have fainted from crying long ago, and there was no way she would confront the Emperor.
But why would a wise man like His Majesty deliberately let himself be teased by the Eighth Lady?
Wan Ning also wanted to know the answer. Not long after entering the Yangxin Palace, she knew the answer with fear.
In front of her, the emperor dismantled the corpse, which had rotted into a pile of rotten flesh, and felt around for bones one by one.
The emperor was actually touching the bones of the corpse.
At this time, the emperor was crying and laughing like a madman.
Wan Ning was terrified and hid by the door trembling, fearing that the emperor would get angry and behead her in the Yangxin Palace.
"Guo Luoluo, where is the queen?"
"Your Majesty, this is the Queen. You have just woken up and have been cut off from all news. The Queen died in the rebellion in the northwest half a month ago."
Wan Ning had long been in collusion with the Seventh Master and Nian Gengyao in the garrison. That day in the chaos of the army, Xian'er's stand-in fell into a deep valley in front of thousands of soldiers, and no one would doubt the cause of the queen's death.
"The Empress and I were married when we were just a child. If I were to admit my mistake to someone who has been by my side for over a decade, I would be unworthy of being her husband."
"Guo Luoluo, if you don't tell me, he will be buried with you today!"
"I don't know what your Majesty is talking about."
"Pass on my decree; execute Aqinna immediately."
There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and Wan Ning stood up with panic in her eyes.
Prince Lian Yinsi was taken into the Yangxin Palace and prostrated himself at his fourth brother's feet.
"I, your humble servant, am willing to die. I beg your Majesty to forgive the Guo Luoluo family for their crimes of usurpation."
"Aqina, if Guo Luoluo doesn't tell you where the queen is today, you will die!"
"Yes." Yinsi was extremely humble, but his shoulders were shaking slightly.
.......
On the third day of the seventh month in the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign, Chu Xian stood by the Tianchi Lake and looked out at Aobao Caisheng.
"Chen Qingyan, the festive season is coming soon. Let's get married on the Qiqiao Festival."
In the drizzle and setting sun, Chen Qingyan was walking towards her quickly with an umbrella in hand. Upon hearing her words, he stumbled.
"Eh? If you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Chu Xian pursed her lips and tried to suppress her smile. The more she spent time with the naive scholar Chen Qingyan, the more comfortable and contented she felt.
"I wish, I wish, I...I'm just afraid that I'm dreaming..." Chen Qingyan murmured absentmindedly.
Chu Xian also felt like it was all a dream. The last time she was in Jiangnan, if that man hadn't caused trouble, she and Chen Qingyan would have been married long ago. Including this time, she had accidentally married the same man twice.
This time, far away in the northwest of the Qing Dynasty, that man would definitely not come to break up her marriage.
The wedding with Chen Qingyan was a bit simple. The two of them just kowtowed to the spirit tablets of their parents and ended the ceremony hastily.
On her wedding night, Chu Xian drank a large pot of mare's milk wine and was able to barely suppress her anxiety and panic.
"Ma'am, if you don't feel comfortable with this, we...we can't consummate our marriage yet."
Chen Qingyan stood behind the screen in an orderly manner, not taking even a single step beyond the boundaries.
"There's nothing to regret. I've already experienced the most regrettable thing in my life." Chu Xian quickly took off her clothes and snuggled into Chen Qingyan's arms.
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