Chapter 138: Saving the Blackened Tyrant 1
In the first year of Chengping, the wind and snow in December were like sharp blades, slaughtering everyone in the palace. The previous emperor passed away, but the usually inconspicuous fifth prince broke through the siege and replaced almost all the personnel in the palace.
The Crown Prince's party and the eldest prince's party were all shocked, but what happened next was beyond their imagination. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the former Crown Prince and many princes died suddenly in the palace one by one.
For a moment, everyone in the entire dynasty felt insecure.
When he just opened his eyes, Xingjian looked at the dilapidated window in front of him. Several tiles on the roof were broken. A lot of snowflakes leaked from the broken roof and fell on Xingjian's face, making him wake up instantly.
"How's little Xingzi? If he's dead, take him to the mass grave and bury him. We're in need of cotton-padded clothes in this cold winter. Remember to take off his cotton-padded clothes before throwing them away." The sound coming from outside the wooden door made Xingjian alert immediately. He made some noise and sat up with the help of the bed.
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Xing Jian ran to the door in a few steps, fearing that the guy outside would rush in and strip off his clothes.
Seeing Xing Jian appear at the door as if nothing had happened, the man who looked like the eunuch in charge rolled his eyes and turned to leave. "Alright, alright, I don't have the time to sit here and watch you perform such a pathetic drama. When you're well, get back to work. The whole palace is already busy as the new emperor ascends the throne, and you idiots are still here making trouble."
The old eunuch in a robe and with gray hair walked out muttering to himself, leaving only a young eunuch sobbing outside the door.
She walked towards Xingjian while crying, and held Xingjian in her arms. Her snot and tears were wiped on Xingjian's worn cotton coat. "Xingzi, you almost scared me to death just now. Your face was purple just now."
Listening to the description of the young eunuch in front of him, Xing Jian knew that his original body had indeed died just now, and he had just come back to life through the corpse.
After comforting the little eunuch Xiao Quanzi who was lying on him for a long time, Xing Jian vaguely guessed the cause of the original owner's death from him.
The original owner was a eunuch who entered the palace with Xiao Quanzi. Because he didn't know how to curry favor with the old eunuchs, he had to do all the dirty and tiring work in the past few years since entering the palace. This time, it was because the former Crown Princess's kite fell into the lake, and the original owner was ordered to go down to the lake to retrieve the kite. He caught a cold and became seriously ill. Originally, these eunuchs did not have the right to see the imperial physician, so he died and gave the Star Sword the right to possess him.
The reason why she was called the former Crown Princess was because during the period when the original owner was ill, the late emperor passed away, and the new emperor who ascended the throne was not the Crown Prince.
Upon hearing that the person who ascended the throne was not the crown prince, Xing Jian could not contain his excitement. If it wasn't the crown prince, could it be the eldest prince?
But Xiao Quanzi's words surprised Xing Jian. The new emperor who ascended the throne was actually the fifth prince!
Xing Jian couldn't believe his ears. No matter how he guessed, he couldn't imagine that the newly enthroned emperor would be the fifth prince.
He asked carefully, "Is it the fifth prince whose biological mother is from a foreign tribe?"
Hearing Xing Jian's question, Xiao Quanzi frowned, "Isn't it that our Da Lan has another fifth prince? Xiao Xingzi, what's wrong with you? You must never mention this in front of others. Watch out for your head."
Xing Jian quickly covered his mouth and nodded repeatedly. Looking at the obedient appearance of the little Xingzi in front of him, Xiao Quanzi stood up and was about to leave. "Xiao Xingzi, I'm on duty tonight. You should take care of yourself first. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, everyone is in danger. Don't talk nonsense."
"I understand, Brother Quan. You should go quickly and don't waste time." Xingjian was driven back to bed by Xiao Quanzi. He only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Xiao Quanzi leave.
Looking at the bedding on the bed that had been soaked by snow water, Xing Jian moved his buttocks, hugged the quilt and lay down at the end of the bed, leaning against the moldy wall.
"Xiao 4, what time am I now?" Xing Jian lay on the bed with a look of despair on his face and summoned 004 out.
004 smiled wryly, "My Lord, it is the first year of the Chengping era, which is also the third year after your death."
"The third year after my death..." Xing Jian looked down at the quilt wrapped around himself. The cold wind was howling in December. This damp quilt obviously could not keep him warm, but it was better than nothing. Holding such a quilt, Xing Jian fell asleep.
The winter sun always appears very late. When it was still dawn, Xingjian heard Xiao Quanzi calling his name outside the door.
Xingjian did not take off his cotton coat at night. He opened his eyes, wiped his face with cold water in the house, and hurried out the door.
"Xiao Quanzi, what's wrong?" Xingjian pushed open the door and saw Xiao Quanzi holding food in his hand. Seeing Xingjian coming out, Xiao Quanzi broke half of the roasted sweet potato in his hand and stuffed it into Xingjian's hand.
While eating, he said to Xing Jian, "Xingzi, eat quickly. This was given to me by the head eunuch when I was on duty tonight. He said someone presented it to His Majesty. When His Majesty saw it, he was so angry that he vomited blood, and the roasted sweet potato was thrown away. That's how we got this treat."
"Your Majesty is vomiting blood!" When Xingjian heard Xiao Quanzi talking about the new emperor vomiting blood, he suddenly became nervous. He grabbed Xiao Quanzi's sleeve and scared Xiao Quanzi who was eating the red fox.
But seeing Xing Jian's expression was obviously not right, Xiao Quanzi put down the sweet potato in his mouth and asked worriedly, "What's wrong, Xiao Xingzi? Are you afraid that this sweet potato is poisonous? His Majesty vomited blood without eating it, so it's definitely not poisonous. You can eat it without worry."
Xingjian looked at the golden roasted sweet potato in front of him, lowered his head and took a bite. It tasted very sweet, but the sweet taste could not penetrate Xingjian's bitter heart.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Xingjian lowered his head, and Xiao Quanzi didn't notice anything unusual in his expression.
"No problem, no problem, it's just that His Majesty went to the Queen's palace as usual and didn't come out all night."
Xingjian was stunned for a moment. Queen?
Seeing Xingjian suddenly raise his head and look at him with a puzzled expression, Xiao Quanzi swallowed the sweet potato in his mouth and chuckled, "Xingzi, you just woke up and didn't know that our Majesty is an extremely infatuated man. The queen has been dead for three whole years, and now that His Majesty has ascended the throne, he directly bestowed the title of queen on his young wife. I heard that the ministers opposed it at the time."
Xiao Quanzi suddenly paused, his eyes changed, and he raised his hand to gesture at his neck, "Those ministers ended up like this, so they didn't dare to object."
When Xing Jian heard this, the taste of the sweet potato in his mouth completely changed. Why did it taste salty? Can sweet potatoes taste salty?
Then Xing Jian suddenly heard Xiao Quanzi's trembling voice, "Xiao Xingzi, why are you crying? Don't cry. I should have said nothing to you earlier."
Did you cry?
Hearing Xiao Quanzi's words, Xingjian raised his hand and wiped his face. Tears dripped down his chin onto the sweet potato, and the sweet potato even tasted like tears.
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