Chapter 76 Chapter 76 Ending
The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign.
For three years, there had been continuous wars. That man had gone mad and personally led the army to attack the Dzungar Khanate.
Half of the Qing Dynasty's elite troops were stationed in the northwest.
The Dzungar royal court was no longer as peaceful as before, and bandits were everywhere.
"Chen Jingshu! Where did you go to have fun again, little girl?" Chu Xian put her hands on her hips and shouted towards the snow-covered poplar forest, "If you don't come back, you won't get to eat plum cakes!"
"Mother, I'm here!"
A cute figure suddenly emerged from the haystack at her feet and hugged her knees.
The two-year-old boy raised his head and picked up a bunch of blooming dried plum branches.
"Mother, the plum blossoms are blooming."
Chu Xian leaned over and held the little guy in her arms.
The little guy is a child from a distant branch of Chu Xian's maternal family. The child's mother is also a distant relative of Chu Xian's grandmother. He looks 30% similar to Chu Xian, and they really get along well.
Her parents had lived in Tianshan for many years, and Chu Xian had planned to seek refuge with them. However, unexpectedly, a plague ravaged Tianshan, and the couple died.
Before the child's biological father died, he was worried that others would know that the child was an orphan, so he repeatedly instructed the child to take Chen Qingyan's surname, so that others would not know that Chen Qingyan was only the child's adoptive father.
In return, Chu Xian and Chen Qingyan took over their identities and travel passes, settled down in seclusion in Tianshan, and the helpless child was raised by Chu Xian, and is now her and Chen Qingyan's daughter.
Not far away, a flock of sheep rushed towards the tent.
"Dad is here!"
Chu Xian hugged her daughter tightly and waved to the handsome man.
"Why are you back so late? Lunch has already been heated up twice."
Chen Qingyan dismounted, lowered his head, grabbed a handful of snow and wiped the frost off his face, then quickly stepped forward and held his wife and daughter in his arms.
After entering the warm tent, Chu Xian reheated the cold milk tea and mutton pilaf and placed them in front of Chen Qingyan.
"Xian'er, the Qing cavalry will soon be at the gates of our city. The Dzungar Khanate can no longer hold out. We must leave Tianshan as soon as possible."
Chu Xian hugged her drowsy daughter tightly and looked at Chen Qingyan worriedly: "Where do you want to go, my husband?"
Over the years, that madman has been waging war and mobilizing the entire nation to attack Dzungar. He has left no one alive in any city he has passed through and has massacred eleven cities.
He was looking for her. If that man found her and discovered that she was married to someone else, who knows how he would take revenge on her.
In the past few days, Chu Xian could hardly sleep at night. As soon as she closed her eyes, the man's bloodthirsty and brutal face appeared in her mind.
What should she do? She has fled to all corners of the world, but that man still refuses to let her go.
"Return to Jiangnan."
"No, we can't go to the border of the Qing Dynasty. We can go west, to the Western Ocean, or escape to the Rakshasa Kingdom." Chu Xian knew that person too well. If she returned to the Qing Dynasty, it would be like walking into a trap.
She might not die, but Chen Qingyan and his daughter would definitely die.
"Xian'er, the most dangerous place is actually the safest place. He has been fighting at the border for years, so he would never guess that we have returned to Jiangnan."
"As long as we don't go to the Qing Dynasty, we can go anywhere." Chu Xian said firmly.
Chen Qingyan looked troubled and was silent for a moment before saying, "How about going to the West and then taking a ship from the West to the South Seas?"
"Okay." Chu Xian agreed readily. As long as she didn't return to the Qing Dynasty, she was free to go anywhere.
Chu Xian wrapped her sleeping daughter tightly in a fur blanket and snuggled in Chen Qingyan's arms.
"Xian'er, he has been looking for you for many years. If you go back, you will still be the queen."
"Queen? I don't care!" Chu Xian sneered.
"He just can't accept that I didn't submit to him. If I go back, he'll force me to accept his harem. Why go back and humiliate myself?"
A flash of pain flashed across Chen Qingyan's eyes, and he silently hugged his beloved in his arms.
That night, when Chu Xian was being affectionate with Chen Qingyan, the noisy sound of thousands of horses galloping was heard outside the tent.
"Oh no! The Qing Dynasty launched a night attack!"
Chen Qingyan didn't have time to put on his clothes, and rushed out of the tent in his sheepskin coat. When he came back, his eyes were full of panic.
"Xian'er, the royal court has been breached by the Eight Banners Army. Hurry up and wake up Shu'er. Take your valuables and leave immediately."
"Husband, listen to me. You and I will meet at the northwest border of Luosha Country and Qing Dynasty. You and your daughter will go first."
"Let's go together!" Chen Qingyan hugged his daughter and held his wife's hand tightly.
"The royal court has been breached. If he can't find me, he will definitely continue to massacre the city. If you and the child follow me, he will definitely not forgive you and the child. You should leave first, leave quickly!"
"For the sake of the children, you have to go!"
"Mom, I won't go, I won't go!" Shu'er hugged her mother tightly and refused to let go.
"Okay, okay, let's go together." Chu Xian hugged her daughter with tears in her eyes, and rode with Chen Qingyan, following the fleeing herdsmen and rushing towards the border of Rakshasa Country.
Fires were everywhere along the way, and the flames in the royal tent near the royal court were even higher.
That person actually recovered his belly and lost his land in Tianshan in advance.
The elite troops of the Eight Banners swarmed out from the heart of the vast grassland and fought with the Dzungar cavalry.
Those Eight Banners descendants were so bloodthirsty that they killed everyone they saw in Dzungar attire, regardless of gender, age or status.
"Xian'er, the road ahead has been blocked by the Eight Banners. Turn around."
Chen Qingyan was extremely anxious. There was no way to retreat. The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty seemed to have fallen from the sky.
"Husband, change your clothes."
Chu Xian took out a long gown and a Manchu woman's cloak from the bag she was carrying.
"Xian'er, no!" Chen Qingyan's eyes were filled with grief.
"You and the child should leave quickly. He is making such a big fuss because he is looking for me. You should know that." Chu Xian had no choice but to put on a cloak, let her hair down, and hurriedly put her hair into a bun.
Chu Xian's hands couldn't help but tremble as she hadn't tied her hair up for a long time.
"Just say you're Han Chinese doing business in Junggar. The Eight Banners Army will definitely not embarrass you and your daughter. Don't worry about me. They won't kill me, you know."
"Hurry up!" Chu Xian raised the whip with tears in her eyes and whipped the horse from behind.
"Madam!" Chen Qingyan hugged his crying daughter tightly in his arms and whipped the horse to gallop eastward.
As they rounded a hill, countless bright yellow dragon flags suddenly appeared before their eyes.
Chen Qingyan's whole body stiffened, and he jumped off the horse while holding his daughter tightly, and hurriedly mixed in with the group of Qing subjects.
"Line up one by one and take out your passes."
Chen Qingyan took out the fake identity pass he had prepared and handed it to the armored soldier.
"Hey, Mr. Chen, it's been a long time since we last met. How are you?"
A ghostly and familiar voice came. Chen Qingyan hid his daughter's cheek in his arms and bowed, saying, "Eunuch Su, I have resigned from my post for many years. Thank you for your concern."
Su Peisheng had a forced smile on his face, his eyes fixed on the child in Chen Qingyan's arms: "It's only been three years since we last met. When did Master Chen get married and have children? Oh, this little girl is so cute. Come, let Su Anda hold her."
At this moment, Su Peisheng was trembling all over. The child's age was wrong! !
The little girl is no more than two years old, which doesn't make the age difference, so she is definitely not a dragon seed.
Before the Queen left the palace, His Majesty had been bedridden for several days, and before that he had not allowed the Queen to sleep with him for a long time. Even though the Queen was pregnant with the prince, the child was now almost four years old.
At this time, Su Peisheng no longer cared about his patience. He raised his hand and two burly blood-dripping men held down Chen Qingyan and snatched away the crying little girl.
"Let go of my father!"
The little girl's clear cry entered his ears, and the familiarity between her eyebrows made his eyes go dark. Su Peisheng staggered and almost fell to the ground.
The little girl's eyebrows and eyes were about four or five points similar to the queen's.
"Ouch! Don't scream!" Su Peisheng covered the little girl's chattering mouth with his trembling hands.
Caught off guard, a dark shadow appeared before my eyes.
Su Peisheng fell to his knees on the ground, and the little girl in his arms was strangled by the neck by a pair of hands with bulging veins, and flew into the air.
"Shu'er!" Chen Qingyan gritted his teeth, pushed away the shackles of the Blood Dropper, and staggered to the tyrant.
"Your Majesty, the child is innocent. If you want to kill her, kill me. She is not Xian'er's daughter."
Chen Qingyan felt a sharp pain in his knees and crawled at the tyrant's feet, unable to move.
No matter how much he explained, it was all in vain. The child's face, which was so similar to Xian'er's, had already made the tyrant lose his mind.
"Oh, excellent! Excellent!"
Yinzhen was furious and strangled the evil creature's neck, then slowly tightened his grip.
For three years, in order to find her, he had been unable to sleep or eat, had to sleep in the open air, and had even ignored the country and the people. When he personally led the army here, what he received was the sad news of being betrayed by that person.
How dare she!
She actually had sex with another man and even conceived an illegitimate child!
"Oh, Your Majesty, the Empress is missing. The most important thing right now is to use this child to lure her out. Your Majesty, please think twice."
Seeing the little girl's face turning purple and she was having trouble breathing, Su Peisheng was so scared that he crawled to the feet of the Emperor and kowtowed.
How could he not understand the Queen's temperament? If anything happened to the child, the Queen and His Majesty would perish together. If anything happened to the Queen, His Majesty...
His Majesty is certainly in great danger. The servants around him all know how much suffering he has endured over the years.
"Your Majesty! The child is innocent!"
Nanny Chun looked at the little girl struggling in pain and couldn't help but feel distressed. How could this happen? The girl actually gave birth to a child with another man.
With a bang, the emperor threw the half-dead child into Nanny Chun's arms.
Nanny Chun was so frightened that she hugged the child who was gasping for breath in pain, turned her back and dared not look at the furious emperor again.
"Come here, tie up the evil creature and Chen Qingyan on a dragon flag and parade them through the streets. After an hour, shoot them to death with arrows!"
The emperor grabbed the guard's bow and arrow and put them behind his back.
"Your Majesty, your servant is here." Su Peisheng was worried. Your Majesty had an old injury on his left hand and had not drawn a bow for many years. If he forced himself to draw the bow, he would hurt both the enemy and himself.
"Get out!" the emperor shouted coldly, and galloped across the vast wilderness.
Smoke of war was rising in the royal court, but Chu Xian was unable to move. She never expected to run into the Dzungar Khan, Wang Celing, at this critical moment.
The young Khan with a full beard was in such a state of panic that he even shaved his beard and dressed up as a Han merchant in order to escape.
"The Queen of the Qing Dynasty, it's really a narrow road for enemies to meet!" In the chaotic army, Ce Ling stood in front of Chu Xian with his sword.
"No, I am glad that the Khan has rested and recuperated for three years and has worked hard to govern the country. I have been herding horses and sheep in the Tianshan Mountains for the past three years and have had a very pleasant life."
"You! You're hiding in the royal court. No wonder! No wonder the Qing Emperor is pursuing me like a madman. That madman, with public resentment raging throughout the country, still stubbornly launched an attack on Dzungar!"
"It turns out to be you! He must have known that you were hiding here with me! You evil queen who brought disaster to the country! Give me your life!" Celing shouted angrily.
I didn’t expect that the fall of the Dzungar Khanate was caused by a woman.
No wonder the tyrant slaughtered all the Dzungars without any regard for their own interests. His staff once asserted that the Qing emperor seemed to be looking for someone. He never left anyone alive in the cities he passed through, and women were often the last to be slaughtered.
The staff had suspected that the tyrant was looking for a young woman, but they never imagined that the woman was in the royal court, right under his nose.
"I will send you to the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. I want to negotiate peace with him!"
"What are we talking about? My Qing soldiers have already breached the royal court. Your Majesty, it's not time for peace talks. The most urgent task is to escape from Tianshan and cooperate with Luosha in the hope of making a comeback. If that doesn't work, there are vast territories to the west. Why stay here? You can fight your way to the West."
"Shut up! Stop spreading rumors to confuse people!" Ce Ling's head was as big as a bucket. He raised his hand and grabbed the deposed queen to a deserted ditch.
Two servants came up to search him and found a bright yellow imperial edict.
Ce Ling was overjoyed, thinking it must be a military deployment map. However, when he unfolded the imperial edict, a strange look appeared on his face.
"You? Why are you carrying the decree of the Empress's abdication?"
Ce Ling's eyes fell on the world where the imperial edict was signed, and it was before the Demon Queen went on the expedition and communicated with the emperor.
"You had already received the imperial edict deposing the empress by then, so why did you personally lead the army for the damn emperor? Stupid woman!"
"I went on the expedition to suppress the unjust Junggar army. It has nothing to do with whether the queen was deposed or not."
Chu Xian snatched the decree deposing the empress and hid it close to her body.
"Ce Ling, I can give you the divine weapon that killed you that day without leaving a single piece of armor. You can use this divine weapon to attack Luosha and the Western countries."
Chu Xian sat cross-legged on the cold haystack.
Ce Ling's eyes lit up, but he didn't say a word. He just stared silently at the ragged deposed queen in front of him.
"Aren't you afraid that I will use that divine weapon to invade the Qing territory?"
Chu Xian smiled calmly, "How could the Khan know that I didn't have a more powerful weapon hidden? Anything that can be deployed on a large scale on the battlefield isn't considered a divine weapon. A true divine weapon only works wonders in times of crisis. The Khan knows this well, doesn't he?"
"Hmph!" Ce Ling's face looked ashen.
Chu Xian grabbed Ce Lingyue's white gown, bit her finger, and wrote down the production method of □□ stroke by stroke.
"Khan, this sharp weapon must never be used on ordinary people. Otherwise, even if you fight to the west, I will personally take your life."
Tsering pointed to the sky, he solemnly swore, "I swear by the Eternal Heaven and my mother's spirit in heaven that I will not use this sacred artifact to harm innocent people. If I break this oath, Sochorlo Tsering and the Dzungar Khanate will be condemned to eternal hell."
Chu Xian nodded and handed the blood letter to Ce Ling.
"Empress, I believe you are not hiding alone in Tianshan. Your Qing court has many rules. If the emperor knew that you had someone else with you, he would definitely not forgive you. Why don't you come with me? I can also make you a concubine."
Chu Xian smiled and said, "The Khan took me as his concubine. Does he like me or my magic weapon?"
Ce Ling's smile was awkward for a moment, and he answered honestly, "I like them all."
"King Khan, thank you for your kindness. If you take me with you, we will never escape from Tianshan."
"Khan!" At this time, two men dressed as herdsmen came hurriedly.
After whispering with his subordinates, Ce Ling suddenly looked at the deposed queen with a strange expression.
Chu Xian seemed to sense something, her heart tightened, and she looked at Ce Ling anxiously.
"Empress, your daughter and your man will be sacrificed to the Qing Emperor."
"Khan, take care, goodbye!" Chu Xian turned and ran towards the royal court.
"Great Khan, you must capture the Empress of the Qing Dynasty. The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty is here for the deposed Empress, so he clearly has feelings for her. If you use her as a threat, I'll even force him to cede cities, not to mention withdraw from Tianshan."
"Foolish! Deposing the empress is the fate of the Qing tyrant. This Khan must not only not harm the deposed empress, but must also deliver her to the tyrant safely."
"Perhaps in a few days, we will hear the good news that the tyrant Yongzheng has died suddenly."
Ce Lingning glanced at the deposed queen's receding figure, raised his eyes for the last time to look at the mountains and rivers, clenched the blood letter, and hid among the fleeing subjects.
Amidst the chaos of the army, wailing sounds rose one after another.
The brave and warlike descendants of the Eight Banners became murderous maniacs, and even spared no one, including the elderly, the weak and the sick.
All the citizens of the Qing Dynasty changed into Qing Dynasty attire and tied travel passes to their foreheads to avoid the butcher's knife.
"The Emperor has decreed! Anyone taller than the wheel hub of a carriage will be killed without mercy!"
A man who looked like an officer sneered and kicked over the upright carriage wheel.
"Devil! A newborn baby is taller than the wheel hub of a fallen carriage. You want to destroy our nation and our race!"
"Qing dogs! I will die with you!"
The elderly, the weak, women and children who could not be carried away in time rushed towards the enemy army shouting in anger.
In front of the sturdy and warlike Eight Banners Army, the old, weak and sick were nothing but offering their heads. With just a wave of the knife, they were as easy to kill as cutting vegetables and melons.
"Stop! Stop it!" Chu Xian stretched out her hands to block the two five or six-year-old children covered in blood.
The blood-thirsty soldiers only regained their senses when they saw the people of the Qing Dynasty.
"Qing people, hurry up and go south to gather and return home. Don't get in the way here. If you get hurt by mistake, don't blame us for being merciless."
A soldier of the Plain White Banner pushed away the stunning young woman in front of him.
He continued to kill the Dzungars without distraction.
"Stop! These are just women! What's wrong with them?"
Chu Xian screamed at the top of her lungs, but could only watch the woman and child fall in a pool of blood.
"The Emperor has issued an order prohibiting the abuse of women and committing adultery. Within ten days, the sword will not be put down. Whoever gets the gold, silver, and treasure first will own it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of Eight Banners soldiers rushed into the rioters and robbed the nobles who were carrying bags and their money.
The baby in the cradle was lifted high up and thrown to death. The golden protective longevity lock, still stained with warm blood, was snatched by the Eight Banners soldiers with laughter.
The jeweled earrings on the woman's ears were pulled off, pulling off half of her ear.
Chu Xian helplessly hugged the two crying children and looked around, swallowed by the killing and blood.
"Stop it! Stop it!"
The blood-thirsty Eight Banners soldiers avoided her and never stopped killing.
All order and moral standards are vulnerable in the face of war.
She should be thankful that she is one of the victorious people, otherwise she would surely be killed by the sword. But what is wrong with these innocent women and children?
That man had been eyeing the Dzungar Khanate for years, and her hiding in the Tianshan Mountains just gave him an excuse to send troops and kill.
He used her again to expand the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
Chu Xian hugged the two children tightly and staggered towards the gentle slope where the bright yellow dragon flag was flying.
"Stop! Stop it!"
Under the dragon flag, a bright yellow figure was raising a knife and killing countless Junggar nobles.
No one has ever discovered that he is such a cruel and bloodthirsty person in his heart.
Even when he killed people, he did it cruelly, without giving them pleasure.
The butcher knife that was inserted into the abdomen slowly stirred and crushed the internal organs before being pulled out cruelly.
Fragments of internal organs gushed out from the wound.
Chu Xian suppressed her nausea and quickly ran to the man.
"Stop, I'll go back with you. I won't run away again. Your Majesty, please forgive the women and children of the royal court!"
The emperor was covered in blood, but he never stopped killing and didn't even bother to turn around and look at her.
"Oh, Nara, who do you think you are? Why should I obey you?"
"Your Majesty, why do you ask when you already know the answer?" Chu Xian trembled and hugged the two little girls tightly in her arms.
"Just a bitch!"
Hearing the word "bitch", Chu Xian let go of the two children in her arms with a bitter smile. She knew that no one could save her today, not even herself.
"Yes, I am a lowly woman. I am willing to die to atone for my sins. All my sins are caused by me, and today I will end my lowly life!"
"Your Majesty, the lowly woman Nara begs you to spare the people."
Chu Xian leaned over and crawled at the man's feet.
"Nara, if you dare to die, that adulterer will die with you!"
"Mother!"
Chu Xian looked up and saw Chen Qingyan and his daughter hanging on a dragon flag several feet high. She was immediately anxious.
At this moment, the spine that had managed to remain strong was cut off and shattered into pieces. Chu Xian burst into tears and kowtowed to the man in silence, begging for mercy.
"Nara! The thing I regret most in this life is marrying you. You! Are not worthy!"
Chu Xian was about to suppress her fear and continue to beg for mercy, but when she looked up, she saw the man drawing the bow, and she screamed in fear.
"Your Majesty, I was wrong. Please forgive the child. She is only the child of my distant relative, not my own. Please..."
Several strong gusts of wind blew past, and three arrows fell on Chen Qingyan's shoulder blades.
"Your Majesty! Stop! I know I was wrong, Your Majesty!" Chu Xian broke down and cried, watching the man continue to draw the bow, with the arrow pointing at Xiao Shu'er.
"Nara, if you hadn't begged for mercy just now, perhaps they would still have a chance of survival, haha."
"Enough! What do you want?" Chu Xian collapsed and cried, grabbing the arrow.
"It was you who broke your promise, it was you who broke your alliance, it was you! I never betrayed you. I married someone else after the decree of the Empress's abolition was issued. I have never done anything wrong!"
Chu Xian trembled as she took out the decree deposing the empress from her sleeve. "Your Majesty, this is the decree deposing the empress. Alright, ah! Give it back to me!"
"Nara, stop deceiving yourself! The decree to depose the empress was not written by me personally. I refuse to acknowledge it!"
"You took advantage of my critical illness and cunningly deceived my thirteenth brother into agreeing to depose the empress. You deserve to be killed!" The emperor roared and tore the decree to depose the empress into pieces.
"It counts, the imperial seal has already been affixed, how can it not count, how can it not count!"
Chu Xian reached out desperately to pick up the bright yellow fragments on the ground.
"Empress, the first thing His Majesty did upon waking up was to recall the decree deposing the Empress. The decree has been recalled, and you are still the Empress!"
"Your Majesty has disbanded the harem, and there has been no concubine in the six palaces three years ago. But why are you so cruel to leave Your Majesty and not come back?" Su Peisheng was heartbroken.
"Impossible! What tricks are you trying to play now?" Chu Xian was furious, but when she saw Nanny Chun nodding with tears in her eyes, she felt like she was struck by lightning.
"Impossible...Chen Qingyan, impossible..." Chu Xian looked up at Chen Qingyan in pain, but saw that his eyes were full of shame.
"I'm sorry, Xian'er, I'm just an ordinary person. If you knew the truth, you would abandon me again. Instead of that, I might as well take a gamble. At least for these three years, I... I'm sorry..." Chen Qingyan was speechless.
"Chen Qingyan!!" Chu Xian yelled hysterically.
It was her fault for being so partial to Chen Qingyan. Over the years, the only way for her to hear news from the Forbidden City was through Chen Qingyan.
But so what! The relationship between me and that person is doomed to end.
Chu Xian thought it over and wiped away her tears: "Your Majesty, the right and wrong all started with this bitch, so let this bitch end it. There is no happy ending between you and me, you should know that."
Chu Xian sighed helplessly and knelt at the man's feet. "I, a lowly woman, wish to shave my head and become a nun, spending the rest of my life in seclusion. I beg Your Majesty to grant my wish."
After a dead silence, the emperor spoke in a deep voice: "Sound the horn to withdraw the troops and return to the court."
Before Chu Xian could stand up, her waist suddenly tightened, and she was carried on the man's shoulders like a trophy.
The cold and hard armor was soaked in the stench of blood. Chu Xian's eyes went dark and she was thrown into a bright yellow carriage by the man.
When she woke up, Nanny Chun and Sui Qing were helping her wash and change her clothes.
"Madam Chun, where am I?" Chu Xian rubbed her sore eyes and looked at Madam Chun with sobs.
"Your Highness, while you were on your way back to the capital, His Majesty ordered you to be immediately confined to Changchun Garden." Nanny Chun sighed, "For years, His Highness has publicly announced that the Empress was recuperating in Changchun Garden. He has never given up searching for you."
"Oh." Chu Xian rubbed her swollen forehead, and suddenly her eyes widened with fear: "Madam Chun, what time is it now?"
"Your Majesty, it will be over at noon."
"No, I'm asking what year of the Yongzheng reign it is now?"
"Today is the third day of the first lunar month in the ninth year of the Yongzheng reign. Your Majesty has been in a coma for five full days."
"Oh, it's almost time... That's great."
Chu Xian suddenly remembered that Empress Xiaojingxian, Nara, passed away at the end of September in the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign. In about eight months, she would be completely relieved.
"My lady, what are you talking about?"
"Chen..." Chu Xianfang said a word, and saw Nanny Chun covering her mouth with her hand with fear in her eyes.
"Don't speak, my lady."
Chu Xian smiled bitterly: "Are you still alive?"
Nanny Chun nodded silently.
Chu Xian secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Has the Forbidden City been safe and sound these years?"
Nanny Chun knew exactly what the Queen was asking about her health, and nodded hurriedly.
"Everything is fine. His Majesty abolished the harem three years ago and adopted three little princesses."
Nanny Chun was worried that the Queen might overthink things, so she explained, "The three princesses were all married to Mongolia and are no longer in the Forbidden City."
"How are the little princes and the Eighth Concubine?"
"The eldest prince has been named Prince Rong, and the fifth prince has been named Prince He. His Majesty has never ordered the princes to leave the palace and establish separate residences. The two princes live in the prince's residence and often visit Yuqing Palace. They have a very close relationship with the Crown Prince and his brothers. Your Majesty, please rest assured."
Nanny Chun paused. "Eighth Concubine... Three years ago, Eighth Concubine begged Thirteenth Master to help her divorce Eighth Master. Now, she has inherited her mother's title of Princess, and His Majesty has bestowed upon her a luxurious Princess's Mansion. She also looks forward to your swift return."
"Come on, Wan Ning would never want me to step into the fire pit again." Chu Xian chuckled and exposed Nanny Chun's lie.
"Where's the Song family?"
"The Imperial Concubine passed away at the beginning of last year. Her golden coffin is temporarily placed in the Tiancun Funeral Palace. She died of a cold."
"oh."
Nanny Chun hesitated to speak, but finally spoke: "Your Majesty is in the carriage at the back. He has been busy with memorials to the court these past few days, and he has been working very hard day and night."
Chu Xian didn't say anything. How could she not understand that Nanny Chun was explaining for that person and wanted her to reconcile with him.
"Mammy, I am no longer the queen."
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has you in his heart. You should know that as long as you are humble to him and say a few nice words, he will definitely forgive you and make peace with you. As long as you speak up." Nanny Chun persuaded earnestly.
Chu Xian said nothing, lowered her head and lay on the couch pretending to be dead. In another eight months, she would no longer have to pretend to be dead.
"Your Majesty..."
"Mammy! I know he has me in his heart, but it's not just me! Otherwise, he and I wouldn't have come to this point."
"What if I go back? What if I don't go back? I can't change anything."
"Since I can't change it, being confined in Changchun Garden is the best destination for me in this life."
"Don't try to persuade me any further. Otherwise, you will no longer be serving me. Instead, serve the Emperor instead."
In three years, everything has changed. Even the servants around her have been completely subjugated by that man and can no longer be used.
Nanny Chun and Sui Qing hurriedly fell silent and no longer dared to speak to mediate.
In May of the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, tomorrow was the Queen's birthday, but Changchun Garden was so quiet that it made people uneasy.
Chu Xian sat alone in front of the tiled window, chin in her hand, in a daze.
Suddenly, a head popped out from between the red walls and glazed tiles. The thirteen-year-old Prince Hongzhou grinned and bared his teeth, lying on the top of the wall and waving at his mother.
Then another apricot-yellow figure appeared, it was the usually calm Crown Prince Hongli.
This is not the end yet, even the eldest son Honghui came to join in the fun.
The blood-stained soldiers standing at the foot of the wall looked at each other, not knowing how to persuade the three princes to come down from the wall.
"Madam Empress, your sons and ministers are here to celebrate your birthday."
Hong Zhou jumped down from the wall, holding two large food boxes in his hands.
Hongli and Honghui held the large brocade box in their hands.
"Why are you here? Aren't those blood-driving spies outside stopping us?" Chu Xian was worried. She had been confined in Changchun Garden for the past few months, and that person didn't allow anyone to visit her.
There are countless guards inside and outside Changchun Garden and countless blood-guillotined daggers lurking in the dark.
Even pigeons and wild birds passing over Changchun Garden would be shot and killed by arrows released from the dark.
"He just walked in like that. The dog slaves came to try to stop him, so I stretched out my neck and let them kill me." Hong Zhou took out the delicacies from the food box with a smile.
"Don't worry, mother. Khan Ama is drunk every day in the lion park. He hasn't woken up yet. It will be dinner time when he wakes up."
"Khan Ama got drunk the night before last and went to the lotus pond to catch fish all night long. It was hilarious."
"You need to give advice from time to time, how can you gloat over other people's misfortunes!" Chu Xian frowned when she heard this.
The man was not a heavy drinker, nor would he get drunk. No one knew what he was doing.
Recovering her thoughts, Chu Xian set her eyes on the three little princes.
The three brothers were joking with each other about how the gifts given by each other were not as good as their own. The princes who were born to the same mother had a deep brotherly love, unlike the brothers who were born out of wedlock and killed each other and fought against each other.
"Prince, you must take good care of your brothers from now on and don't let..."
"Don't harm your brothers, don't fight against each other. I will keep this in mind. Don't worry, mother."
Crown Prince Hongli had calluses on his ears from listening so much that he could recite his mother's teachings fluently.
"Don't worry, mother. If my fourth brother dares to beat me, I will come to you and cry, and let you beat him." Hong Zhou bared his teeth.
Chu Xian couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking of how Hong Zhou, relying on Hong Li's protection, openly beat up court officials in the court.
The little bastard had even followed his twelfth uncle to learn how to manage funerals some time ago. When Chu Xian thought about Hong Zhou holding her funeral in her own mansion and cheating people out of money, she was so angry that she raised her hand and pinched the little guy's handsome face.
"When you have nothing to do, go to Yuqing Palace more often to help your fourth brother deal with memorials. In the future, you can help your Khan Ama and your fourth brother to manage the government affairs. Stop imitating your twelfth uncle in funeral affairs. He plays musical instruments and sings all day long without any proper manners."
"Mother, come on. If my son and I are too capable, Khan Ama and Fourth Brother will probably suspect that I am plotting to usurp the throne."
Hong Zhou laughed and joked: "Fourth brother, please try to persuade Mother. She is forcing me to fight for the throne."
Hongli's smile froze for a moment. "If you were truly capable of making progress, I wouldn't have to stay up all night dealing with the mountain of memorials."
"Yes, Khan Ama has become a hands-off boss. Even the morning court is temporarily handled by the Crown Prince. Khan Ama also ordered me and my eldest brother to share the responsibility of the six ministries. I am exhausted! I didn't expect Khan Ama to be so lazy that he doesn't even care about the lives of us, his own sons."
Hong Zhou said that wind is rain and he actually started to cry.
Chu Xian looked at the funny Hong Zhou thoughtfully, and for the first time she took a serious look at this naughty boy.
It turned out that she was too naive. How could the royal family have any blood ties? There were no fathers and sons, let alone brothers, in the royal family.
It turns out that Prince Hong Zhou in history was actually a ruthless character who pretended to be a pig and ate the tiger.
Chu Xian observed the three children's words and deeds calmly, and found some clues. The eldest prince Honghui also had some ulterior motives.
Although the three brothers seem to be friendly and respectful to each other, there is a deep gap between them.
It turned out that Wan Ning's indirect reminders in the past were all traceable. She had actually thought that her sons were blood relatives and would never repeat the tragic scene of the nine sons competing for the throne during the reign of Emperor Kangxi.
"Honghui, Hongli, Hongzhou! You three bastards, kneel down!" Chu Xian frowned and shouted angrily.
The three brothers looked at each other, then stood up and knelt upright in front of their mother.
"Mother, why are you so angry? Today is your birthday. Please don't be angry. I know I was wrong." Hongli carefully comforted his mother.
"Yes, yes, mother, I know I was wrong." Hong Zhou admitted his mistake one after another.
"I know I was wrong, mother, please calm down." Honghui admitted his mistake in a low voice.
Chu Xian was amused by her three sons' perfunctory attitude in admitting their mistakes.
"Asshole, tell me what's wrong with you?"
"Mother, whatever you say is wrong is wrong." Hong Zhou admitted his mistake with a smile.
Chu Xian sat up straight and spoke in a deep voice, "Don't think I don't know how you three brothers are scheming against each other in the court. Honghui, you are close to the Hesheli and Dong'e clans. And Hongli, the Fucha and Niuhulu clans, as well as my mother's family, are all members of the prince's party."
"Hong Zhou, stop pretending. You're more like a prince than attending your twelfth uncle's funeral!"
"You all have such wicked ambitions, thinking my mother is a fool. Humph! My mother is indeed a fool, but do you really think you can hide this from your Khan-father?"
Chu Xian couldn't help but panic when she said this. With that man's scheming nature, how could he not notice the princes' private intrigues?
Chu Xian's heart tightened, thinking that person must have known it a long time ago.
That person has no parents to rely on and has been at odds with his brothers throughout his life. Deep down, he values kinship the most and is so upset that he can't sleep or eat.
After gloating, Chu Xian felt sad again. If it weren't for her, that man would have had many wives and concubines and a large family like ordinary powerful people.
In the final analysis, neither she nor he did anything wrong. It was their fate that was wrong, they were born at the wrong time.
The mistake was that she appeared in this misplaced time and space.
In three months, she will be able to leave here and everything will be put right.
Before leaving, she needed to settle the children.
Chu Xian collected her thoughts and looked at the three princes with a serious expression. Fighting and killing were the nature of the royal children. How could she persuade the children to put aside their prejudices against each other?
Chu Xian racked her brains, in great pain, but found no solution.
"You three brothers swear in front of Mother that no matter how you fight in the future, you will never harm your brothers' lives. The winner must ensure that the loser has enough food and clothing, and lives a peaceful and prosperous life. Anyone who breaks this oath will no longer be my son."
After hesitating for a long time, she could only utter a dry sentence.
"Go back, and don't come here again."
"Mother, please don't be angry. I swear, I swear right now." Hong Zhou anxiously pointed to the sky and swore.
Hongli and Honghui also swore an oath obediently, but their mother left sadly with tears in her eyes, leaving the three brothers in the flower hall.
Hongli looked coldly at his eldest brother and fifth brother who had ulterior motives, and left with a snort.
Honghui glanced at his scheming fifth brother, then walked away expressionlessly.
The three brothers have been fighting each other for years, and only their mother can make them put aside their prejudices against each other and pretend to be harmonious brothers.
Now even his mother knows that they are not getting along, so he doesn't have to pretend to be upset in front of her in the future.
The news of the unhappy birthday party in Changchun Garden soon spread to Lion Garden.
The emperor was drinking. Upon hearing this, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
The emperor was very calm and seemed quite happy. Su Peisheng stood at one side with his head lowered, and there was also a slight joy on his face.
The young disciple, eunuch Chunxi, was puzzled by the smiles in the eyes of the Emperor and his master Su Peisheng.
After returning to the veranda room after his shift, Chunxi scratched his head in confusion: "Master, why are the princes fighting endlessly, but the Emperor seems quite happy?"
Su Peisheng took off his hat with a smile and said: "Silly child, there is no father and son in the royal family, let alone brothers, only the relationship between the ruler and the subject."
"Your Majesty is choosing the best crown prince, not the best son."
"A son may not be a good son, but the crown prince must be the best crown prince."
"The country must not be handed over to a mediocre person. Your Majesty has few descendants. If the Crown Prince cannot defend the Eastern Palace even in such a good situation, how can Your Majesty dare to entrust the heavy responsibility of the country to the Crown Prince?"
"If the princes remain silent and do not fight, it will be a misfortune for the country."
"But the Empress will definitely be sad. The princes are all the Empress's legitimate children, and they are the apple of her eye."
Su Peisheng was stunned for a moment and did not respond.
After a long silence, Su Peisheng slowly began to defend himself: "A loving mother often spoils her son. The queen's son is not the son of an ordinary woman, but the son of a dragon. That is her fate."
After saying this, both the master and the disciple fell silent.
Chu Xian had just driven away her three sons and was hiding in the house feeling unhappy when the window was knocked again.
"Xian'er, happy birthday!"
Wan Ning peeked in through the half-open window with half a smiling face.
As soon as she saw Wan Ning, Chu Xian could no longer hold back her emotions and tears started to fall.
"Xian'er, did the emperor bully you?" Wan Ning put down the birthday present in anger.
"No, it's three children. They are fighting for the throne. I can only watch them fight fiercely, unable to do anything."
"What should I do? I can't stop them." Chu Xian choked.
Wan Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief and consoled him, "Xian'er, you are the mother of a country, and your child is a genuine prince. After all, he is the heir to the throne. If he has no fighting spirit, it will be a misfortune for the country."
"If they can't fight, then you should be worried. Look at how fiercely His Majesty fought with a dozen of his brothers before he ascended the throne. Otherwise, how could he have the throne?"
"But...but it's different. Hongli and the others are my children, born of the same mother. It's really a case of brothers killing each other and brothers killing each other."
Chu Xian's eyes were filled with shock. She could not agree with Wan Ning's fallacies at all.
"Xian'er, you are the Queen first, and then the Mother. I believe the princes are right, so what are you afraid of? It is precisely because you are their biological mother that no matter who succeeds in the future, you will be the sole Empress Dowager."
"They are brothers born from the same mother, so there's no need to worry about them killing their defeated opponent. How wonderful!"
"Look at how His Majesty, after ascending the throne, showed no mercy to Yinsi and his brothers, even if he disliked his political enemies. Not to mention that all the princes are your sons."
"Even if you lose, the loser will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, so don't worry."
"Alright, alright, Xian'er, stop worrying about it and come and see what goodies I brought."
"It's not like that..." Chu Xian's voice was pale and weak. She still felt out of tune with this world.
"Xian'er, this is the way it is. Brothers from ordinary families would fight endlessly over a few acres of land, let alone a prince? Fighting is the nature of children of the royal family. How can you force them to extinguish their nature? It's nature that's going on. Just relax and let it take its course."
Chu Xian wanted to cry but had no tears. She stared at Wan Ning and asked, "Are you also involved in the fight for the throne? Who do you support?"
Wan Ning's eyes flickered for a moment, and she said slowly, "I...I think Hui'er is more honest than Hongli. I was the one who delivered Hui'er myself, so he's naturally closer to me."
"Hongli is also good."
"Yinsi and the others think Hui'er is good."
How could Chu Xian not understand the hidden meaning of Wan Ning's words? Wan Ning supported the two princes Hongli and Honghui.
The Eighth Master and his party are supporters of Honghui.
Wan Ning paused, then detailed the situation of the prince's followers in the court: "The Han officials headed by Zhang Tingyu are actually on good terms with Hong Zhou. Zhou'er has a high prestige in the army. Even the Seventh Master praises his strategic planning."
"Hongli must be feeling very uncomfortable in Yuqing Palace. After all, countless eyes are on the Eastern Palace."
"Wan Ning, what is the emperor's attitude?" Chu Xian asked nervously.
Wan Ning said calmly, "What else could it be? A tiger father will have a dog son, let alone a dragon son. The emperor will naturally condone the princes' quarrels and rivalries."
"How can we hand over the country to a mediocre person? If the Crown Prince can't even protect the Eastern Palace, how can he protect the country in the future?"
"Xian'er, it seems that Hongli has been pushed too far by Hui'er and Zhou'er. I'm a little worried that Hongli will be unable to sit still."
Chu Xian felt mixed emotions as she listened to Wan Ning discussing her son as if he were a horse race.
After having dinner with Wan Ning absentmindedly, Chu Xian sat in front of the window for a long time.
Suddenly, she heard familiar footsteps behind her that she hadn't heard for a long time. Chu Xian froze and didn't turn around.
Since I entered Changchun Garden, I have never met that person again.
What to say? Nothing to say. In just over three months, she will be gone.
How sad it is that she and he went from being the closest bedfellows to being strangers with nothing to say to each other.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has arrived." Nanny Chun saw that the Empress still had her back to the Emperor, and she couldn't help but remind her tremblingly.
Chu Xian turned around nervously, and was about to bend her knees to greet him, but her arm was suddenly grabbed by the man, who pulled her into his arms.
Chu Xian struggled in the man's arms for a long time, but when she saw that she couldn't break free, she decided to just give up.
"I, the lowly Nara, pay my respects to His Majesty. I wonder why His Majesty has come to visit me so late at night?"
A man sneered from above her head, and she suddenly felt a warm touch on her wrist. Chu Xian lowered her head and was surprised to find a pair of red coral bracelets on her wrist.
Before she could ask why the emperor sent such a gift, her hair fell again. Puzzled, Chu Xian raised her hand to touch it and unexpectedly touched a pair of hairpins.
"Your Majesty, this is for..." There were two more strings of pressure on the lapel.
"Four things, please count them clearly. I never break my promise to you."
After the man said this, he suddenly grabbed her hand and slammed it hard into his face.
"What are you doing?" Chu Xian was shocked. She didn't know why the man suddenly grabbed her hand and slapped himself in the face.
He was even considerate enough to slap Chu Xian with the back of his hand. The force was so great that even through his palm, the back of Chu Xian's hand was still numb.
Two bright red palm prints appeared on the man's handsome face, and Chu Xian was filled with astonishment.
She had never seen a man slap himself in the face during an argument, and she was shocked by his inexplicable behavior.
"I'm sorry, I spoke without thinking."
Chu Xian was stunned. It turned out that he was talking about calling her a bitch.
His self-punishment made her feel embarrassed to continue calling him a bitch in a sarcastic way and disgusting him.
The man said this and turned away with a cold face.
Chu Xian took off the bracelet and collar with tears in her eyes and held them in her palm.
He said that he would make a gift for her birthday every year. Today, he actually made up for the gifts he had missed in the past four years and gave her the gift despite his resentment.
"Queen..."
A strange and indifferent word from the queen pulled Chu Xian back from her sadness.
Chu Xian hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to respond.
"What gift do you want for next year?"
Chu Xian clenched the gift in her palm and lowered her head to respond: "Freedom."
After a moment of dead silence, the emperor turned away.
Nanny Chun was heartbroken: "Empress, the Emperor has condescended to come here tonight to give you a way out. If you had just said a few soft words to coax the Emperor to stay overnight, you and the Emperor would have been reconciled. Why did you do this..."
"Make peace? Impossible. It's too late. There's no going back." Chu Xian murmured dejectedly.
There are still three months left, why bother getting back together?
After reconciliation, he would repeat the same tricks over and over again, and she was already tired of it.
At the end of September, the smell of medicine was pungent in Changchun Garden, and the imperial doctors filed in one after another, all with worried looks on their faces.
The Queen's illness is getting worse. She was bedridden yesterday and is in a coma today.
Su Peisheng led the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs here tremblingly.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Household Department has prepared a coffin for the Empress..."
With a snap, the imperial pen broke and the emperor remained silent for a long time.
"What do you want a coffin for! Get out! All of you get out!" Prince Hong Zhou burst into tears.
"Get out!" Crown Prince Hongli lowered his head and wiped his tears.
"Let's celebrate, maybe we can avoid danger..." Honghui choked.
"Your Majesty, do you want to keep a corpse, or do you want the Queen to live well? You should know what she has been obsessed with all her life. She is almost dead. Please spare the Queen!"
Wan Ning wiped her tears and tried to persuade him.
Several sighs were heard from the dragon throne.
"I hereby declare that Empress Nara has passed away. Her body shall be placed in the Nine Classics and Three Affairs Hall in Changchun Garden."
"Courts will be suspended for five days. All the kings, civil and military officials, and women in the capital must gather in Changchun Garden to mourn and observe mourning for twenty-seven days."
"I am ill, and the princes will preside over the empress's funeral."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty." Wan Ning rushed into the inner hall with tears in her eyes.
On the day of the late Queen's funeral, amidst the sounds of mourning and wailing, an inconspicuous carriage slowly drove out of Changchun Garden.
Wan Ning held the dying Xian'er in her arms: "Xian'er, where are we going? I'll go with you."
Chu Xian weakly clenched Wan Ning's hand: "I want to go back to Jiangnan... back to that courtyard."
"Okay, okay, let's go to Jiangnan now."
The carriage had just moved a few steps when suddenly long funeral bell sounds were heard from all directions.
The death of the Queen is a national mourning. The mountains and rivers mourn together, and all temples must ring the funeral bells.
The sound of death knell continued incessantly. As the bells became more frequent, Wan Ning suddenly looked puzzled. "That's not right. Why are there so many bells..."
Chu Xian also noticed that something was wrong with the death knell and struggled to sit up: "No, why isn't the death knell stopping? Make them stop!"
It's the Dragon Bell! The Dragon Bell will ring 108 times only when the emperor dies.
It is only the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, why does the Dragon Funeral Bell appear?
Chu Xian struggled to open the carriage curtain and staggered back.
"Stop! Stop ringing the funeral bell! Where is the emperor! Where is the emperor!"
"Stop it now!" Chu Xian cried.
"Your Majesty has ordered that the late emperor and the late empress be buried together in the Tai Mausoleum, in the same coffin."
Suddenly, Su Peisheng's grief-stricken crying was heard behind him.
Chu Xian turned and rushed towards Su Peisheng: "What nonsense! Where is he!"
"The Emperor has passed away. Please accept my condolences." Su Peisheng prostrated himself at the feet of the Queen.
At this time, a black carriage slowly drove out of Changchun Garden, and a man wearing a straw hat in front of the carriage stretched out his palm towards Chu Xian from a distance.
"The emperor and empress were buried on the same day. Wouldn't you like to see it?"
Chu Xian was filled with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow. She was so angry that she grabbed the warm hand and bit the back of it fiercely: "Why don't you look? I must see with my own eyes that the dog emperor is finally dead. It's really a relief!"
"I have to take a closer look!"
Chu Xian let go of the man's hand with tears in her eyes and ran back to her carriage.
Wan Ning sat in front of the carriage, looking in surprise at the deceased emperor walking towards her. When the emperor walked to the front of the carriage, Wan Ning left the carriage with a smile.
Chu Xian hid in the carriage and dared not show her head. At this time, the carriage slowly drove away. Chu Xian lay sickly on the soft couch in the carriage and fell into a deep sleep.
Wan Ning followed the carriage not too far away, feeling indescribably envious.
Wan Ning watched the carriage follow the funeral procession and slowly leave.
"Madam, the prince is here to take you back to the mansion." Over the years, Yan Jin would accompany the prince to invite Madam back to the mansion every day, and he never encountered Madam giving him a good face.
"Bah! Where did this concubine come from? I think your prince has lost his mind! Does he want me to help wash his grandson's diapers? He's dreaming! I'm going to settle down in Jiangnan, leaving now, tell him to get out!" Wan Ning shouted angrily at the carriage not far away and jumped on the horse.
.....
The beginning of spring in the first year of Qianlong's reign.
Anlan Garden in Haining Prefecture welcomed uninvited guests.
A few days ago, more than a dozen streets and alleys around Anlan Garden changed hands overnight, and all of them were inhabited by bannermen, and they were the bondservants of the Plain Yellow Banner who were directly controlled by the emperor.
No one knows what happened in Anlan Garden. Even the owner of Anlan Garden, the Chen family of Haining, is very secretive about it.
In Anlan Garden, two bad chess players were laughing and playing tricks on each other.
"Xian'er, you're making the wrong move. You should be making the move here."
"Bah! Ma Zouri, don't lie to me!"
"My two masters, it's time for dinner."
Wan Ning stretched lazily: "Are those two scoundrels still hanging around outside?"
When they heard the word "lecher", Nanny Chun and Nanny Gui trembled at the same time.
"The second master... is still here. He even signed up for the selection of the accountant and steward in the mansion today."
"Go away, two old guys, why are you ruining the atmosphere here? Didn't I tell you that you must choose a handsome young man of eighteen years old? Eighteen years old, not thirty-eight!" Wan Ning put her hands on her hips.
"Cough cough cough cough..." Nanny Chun coughed lightly and nervously to remind her.
In the octagonal pavilion not far away, the two handsome masters' faces turned pale.
"That's right, we don't want those who are too old, and those who have wives and concubines, get rid of them!" Chu Xian was too lazy to even lift her eyelids and rolled her eyes impatiently.
"Go, invite the ten handsome young men that Wan Ning and I carefully selected last night to come for a re-examination." Since coming to Jiangnan, Chu Xian has been settled by Hongli in Anlan Garden to spend her remaining years in peace.
The only flaw was that the man and Mr. Ba had the audacity to follow them.
She didn't believe that man and the Eighth Master had any good intentions. Who knew if it was a torture trick to wait for her and Wan Ning to submit, and then reveal their true colors.
Therefore, Chu Xian always remained wary of that man. She didn't dare to trust him, nor did she dare to confide in him again.
After lunch, Nanny Chun invited Chu Xian and Wan Ning into the flower hall.
Wan Ning complacently placed the dozen or so small portraits in her hand in front of Chu Xian.
"Xian'er, these young men are top-notch beauties that I carefully selected over half a month. You must..."
When Wan Ning raised her eyes, she saw a group of ugly old men in their seventies and eighties standing crookedly in the flower hall.
"Madam Gui! What's going on? I'm looking for a lover, not a father! Why did you bring these old men to me? A dozen of them can't even make up a mouthful of teeth!"
Among the group of old men, the two hateful men were made to look more pleasing to the eye, and Chu Xian was so angry that she jumped up and down.
"Where is he! Where is my handsome lover?!"
"Look over here, there are two more..." Su Peisheng and Yan Jin, two lackeys, came up to the two masters in a fawning manner.
"Come on, instead of choosing a heartless person, it's better to choose a eunuch. I think you and Yan Jin are good. You two are the best!" Wan Ning said to Tao Kan in a sarcastic tone.
"Oh, please spare us..." Su Peisheng and Yan Jin had sad faces and crawled at the feet of the Queen and the Eighth Lady.
"Let's go to Jiangning City for the beauty pageant. I don't believe that there isn't a good-looking man in the most prosperous and wealthy Jiangning City."
The two rushed to Jiangning City overnight.
Inside the carriage, Chu Xian propped up her chin and looked out the dark window. She knew without a doubt that the two people must be following the carriage.
"Xian'er, we're trapped in Jiangnan now, which is really tricky. I've come up with a foolproof plan these days. This time, I'm sure we can get rid of those two."
"What foolproof plan?" Chu Xian had given up all hope of getting rid of that man, and held her forehead in dismay.
"We'll get on the boat soon." Wan Ning hinted with a mysterious wink.
Chu Xian nodded doubtfully. The wind was strong and the waves were high at night. The small ship was drifting on the dark river. Unfortunately, the weather was not good and a violent storm came unexpectedly.
The tower ship was followed by only another tower ship.
In the second half of the night, Wan Ning woke Chu Xian up.
Unexpectedly, the good idea Wan Ning suggested was to fake her death in a shipwreck. No one knew how long she had been planning this, or even when she had hidden two corpses in the ship that looked exactly like the two of them.
He and Wan Ning escaped from the secret compartment of the ship and into the bottom of the ship. They were rescued by the extraordinary Langli Baitiao, who hid in the reeds on the shore. The ship tilted instantly and sank rapidly into the turbulent torrent.
"Wan Ning, I always feel something is wrong. Why don't we go back?" Chu Xian was worried and urged anxiously.
"Xian'er, do you want to leave or not? Do you still think those two will die for us? Don't worry, even dogs are more loyal than them."
"Great, finally..." Wan Ning hadn't finished her words when she was surprised to see two familiar figures jumping into the river at the same time.
"They are just pretending. If they can't find us, they will definitely leave." Wan Ning's nose felt sore and she turned away without looking at the embarrassed man floating in the river.
The two of them remained silent and no longer mentioned leaving. They hid in the reeds and watched the chaotic situation on the river.
In the early morning mist, Chu Xian was feeling drowsy when she heard Su Peisheng's wailing.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Jin also burst into tears.
Chu Xian looked intently at the turbulent river surface and saw the man with a pale face, floating on his back on the river surface.
"What should I do! The two masters refuse to come back, what should I do?" Yan Jin was so anxious that he kept wiping away tears.
"I don't know either. It's only the concubines who should be buried alive with the emperor. How can we put the cart before the horse?" Su Peisheng was heartbroken.
As the lonely figure was gradually swallowed by the river, Chu Xian realized what she was doing and jumped into the river.
Wan Ning also choked with sobs and swam hard towards the man who had sunk into the river.
Chu Xian swam to the man with all her might, grabbed his arm and pulled him to the riverside.
"roll!"
A weak and hoarse voice of a man was heard, and he sank into the river and disappeared without a trace.
Chu Xian was horrified and dived into the river to search. In the dim river, the man was lying motionless like a dead body, without struggling at all, and in his arms was a female corpse wearing her clothes.
Chu Xian was about to get closer to the man, but saw him closing his eyes and hugging the female corpse tightly and kissing her.
"....." At this moment, Chu Xian felt a bitter and bitter feeling in her heart.
He tried his best to get between the female corpse and the man, and tried his best to pull the two apart, but he just held him tighter.
Seeing him kissing the female corpse again, Chu Xian was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She pushed the female corpse away and took the initiative to kiss her.
The man was angry for a moment, then he hugged her waist tightly and jumped out of the river. His movements were smooth and seamless, and he was completely different from the lifeless man in the river just now.
When Fang jumped to the shore, the man suddenly let go of her, turned his back with a sullen face and ignored her.
His mood changed rapidly, and Chu Xian stood behind him at a loss.
Suddenly, I heard suppressed and low sobs. He was crying.
Chu Xian walked up to him nervously, and the man turned away.
"Ulanara Chuxian! You are so proud, right? Look at me losing my mind for you, look at me embarrassing myself for you."
Chu Xian pursed her lips to hold back her tears and carefully held his still trembling hand.
On the sandbar not far away, Wan Ning had changed her clothes. In the intermittent smoke from cooking, Wan Ning was holding the hand of Mr. Ba and waving at Chu Xian with a bright smile.
【End, thank you for your company～】
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