Volume 1 Chapter 15 The Broken Cold Palace
"Gee! Gee!" Hundreds of people from the Great Sun Dynasty rode their horses at a rapid speed. Leading them was Qin Yu who had escaped from the imperial palace.
Qin Yu is now extremely confused. He dares not return to his home in the capital with this group of soldiers, for fear that he will be captured by Wang Teng's army and would have no chance of survival.
Qin Yu and his men only took some property in the palace. The world was about to be in chaos, so Qin Yu planned to take his men away from the capital and find a remote place to become bandits.
If there is a chance, perhaps he could incite some princes to rebel and capture Wang Teng.
But at this moment, Qin Yu suddenly saw the eight-member team in front of him and frowned: "Why are the people from the Sand Barbarian Tribe here?"
When the eight rough men saw so many troops coming, they raised the huge axes in their hands and prepared for battle. If a fight broke out, they would definitely use the axes in their hands to smash the troops to pieces in the first place.
Qin Yu stopped the team behind him and said to the eight people loudly: "Why did you, the Sand Barbarians, come to our Great Sun Dynasty?"
The rough man holding the lion-headed staff came forward and said loudly, "We are envoys from the Sand Barbarians. We are going to the capital to meet the Emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty."
Qin Yu's eyes lit up when he heard that, and a plan came to his mind. It seemed that he didn't need to run away!
He quickly dismounted, stepped forward and said, "I am Qin Yu, the assistant minister of the Great Sun Dynasty. Since you are the envoy of the Sand Man Tribe, I will lead you to the capital."
In the Yangxin Palace, Xiang Yun had a very satisfying sleep. When he opened his eyes, he felt refreshed. He stretched and shouted loudly, "How long have I slept? What time is it now?"
Little Guazi, who had been waiting nearby, quickly replied, "Your Majesty, your Majesty has slept for three days and three nights, and it is just past noon now."
Xiang Yun understood and didn't dare to continue resting. He had wasted three days of government affairs and didn't know how many things had piled up and hadn't been dealt with yet. He hurriedly said, "Please change my clothes and ask the imperial kitchen to send lunch to the imperial study!"
Xiao Guazi agreed and waved his hand, and two beautiful palace maids came forward to help Xiang Yun dress. Soon Xiang Yun arrived at the imperial study.
What's funny is that there have only been three or five memorials placed in the imperial study in the past three days. It may be because the previous actions were too big, and officials from all over the country did not dare to submit memorials during this period.
Sitting on the dragon chair in the imperial study, Xiang Yun sneered: "You are afraid of this little action now, but there will be times in the future when you will be more afraid!"
Xiang Yun turned his head to look at Xiao Guazi beside him and asked, "Has anything big happened in the past three days?"
Little Melon thought for a moment and said, "There is nothing serious in the palace. Concubine Zhen has visited Your Majesty more than ten times in the past three days. If Your Majesty wakes up, let me go and inform you in time.
Commander Jiang returned to his post yesterday and should be in the Imperial Guard camp now.
As for what happened outside the palace, a major event occurred. Lord Qin, the auxiliary minister, did not run away, but reappeared in the capital, accompanied by envoys from the Shaman tribe, who said they wanted to meet Your Majesty.
It’s just that your Majesty hasn’t woken up yet and hasn’t held the morning court, so the envoys of the Shaman tribe are temporarily staying in the Qin Mansion.”
"This bastard dared to come back. He must be confident. But it's a little strange that the envoy of the Sand Barbarians came to Beijing at this time!"
Xiang Yun had never seen the Sand Barbarians. He only knew that they lived in the northern desert of the Great Sun Dynasty.
The barbarians mentioned at that time were referring to the Sand Barbarians. This tribe was brutal and warlike by nature, and extremely lazy. They were unwilling to farm the land and live a good life.
For a long time, whenever resources were scarce and food was insufficient, they would lead their armies to harass the borders of the Great Sun Dynasty and plunder resources, year after year.
Therefore, the relationship between the Sand Barbarians and the Great Sun Dynasty has always been bad, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are enemies.
There has never been any diplomatic exchange in history. Now that this barbarian has taken the initiative to send an envoy, I am afraid it will not be a good thing.
Xiang Yun thought about it secretly and said, "Draft an edict. Tomorrow at 5:00 a.m., the morning court will be held on time. All officials above the seventh rank must attend the morning court. Those who fail to attend at 5:00 a.m. will never be required to attend the morning court again."
Once Xiao Guazi has drafted the imperial edict and Xiang Yun has stamped it with the imperial seal, someone will pass it on.
Xiang Yun thought of the egg incident again, glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs, and thought to himself: "Let you enjoy yourself for a while longer, I will clean up everything sooner or later!"
"Go to Shufangzhai!"
Since Zhen Rou missed me, there was no need for the servants to notify her. I had nothing to do anyway, so I could just go there on my own.
But Xiang Yun suddenly stopped halfway through his walk, thought for a moment and asked, "Where is this cold palace?"
Little Melon Seed said, "To answer your Majesty's question, it is in a desolate courtyard at the northernmost part of the palace."
Xiang Yun nodded, changed his mind and said, "Let's not go to Shufangzhai for now, let's go to the cold palace."
Xiao Guazi agreed and quickly asked everyone to change direction. The group walked for at least half an hour and still hadn't arrived. There was nothing they could do as the palace was too big.
As we walked further and further, we saw more and more dead trees and leaves on the road, and some palace walls were covered with spider webs and cracks.
Xiang Yun frowned as he looked at it and said, "How come there is such a shabby place in the imperial palace?"
Little Melon Seed replied, "Your Majesty, this place used to be clean, but after the palace was expanded, it was changed into a cold palace and no one lived there for years. This house has lost its vitality and will naturally fall down."
When Xiang Yun was frowning and watching, Xiao Guazi stopped in front of a wooden door covered with spider webs and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Qin is inside."
Looking at the wooden door that could only accommodate one person, Xiang Yun said unhappily, "Even if it's the cold palace, there should be a decent door, what the hell is this?
Tear it down and rebuild it for me, build a gate that can accommodate three people!"
After Xiang Yun finished speaking angrily, he walked into the cold palace. There were dead grass and trees all over the ground. A gust of wind blew by, and Xiang Yun felt a chill all over his body.
The lighting in the cold palace is not very good and it is dark all year round. It looks gloomy and quiet.
But the worse the environment here was, the angrier Xiang Yun became, wondering if Qin Su had been wronged.
In the blink of an eye, a dilapidated courtyard appeared, with broken tiles and wood all over the ground.
Xiang Yun frowned and came to the main house. He pushed the door open and saw Qin Su, wearing a white dress, sitting on a wooden chair in the house in a daze.
She stared at the bed with lifeless eyes, and no one knew what she was thinking. Even Xiang Yun's arrival could not make her feel any fluctuation.
Her hair was a little messy, her face was very pale, and her lips were slightly chapped, making her look like she was dehydrated.
The scab on the wound on his cheek caused by the arrow has fallen off, but a two-centimeter-long scar was left, which I am afraid will never go away.
Xiang Yun looked at Qin Su's state and felt so distressed that his anger disappeared by half.
Xiang Yun hurriedly walked over and reached out to touch the scar on Qin Su's cheek, but his hand stopped in the air.
Only because Qin Su's cold words came in the air: "Your Majesty, please leave. I no longer have the appearance I once had, and I no longer need your Majesty's favor."
Xiang Yun was angry when he heard this: "I just arrived, are you going to chase me away?"
Qin Su turned her head away, unwilling to look at Yun, and a hot tear involuntarily flowed down her face.
Tears welled up in her eyes. Her already dry, red, and bloodshot eyes looked even more creepy at this moment, making Xiang Yun feel extremely uncomfortable.
At this moment, an old palace maid in her forties rushed in with a small food box in her hand. Without even looking at who was inside, she opened her voice and shouted, "Stinky woman, it's time to eat!"
As he said that, he threw the snack box on the table. Just as he was about to leave, he noticed that there was a man in the room.
Xiang Yun was wearing a dark green dragon robe today, which was his everyday attire, not a court robe. Combined with the dim light in the cold palace, the old palace maid failed to recognize him at first and thought he was a guard in charge.
The old maid had a dirty heart and naturally didn't think cleanly. Seeing this scene, she was prejudiced and immediately pointed at Qin Su and cursed: "Hey, you slut, why did you pretend to be noble in front of me before!
You are secretly dating a man here in broad daylight. You are so shameless. Even I can't bring myself to do this. I have to wait until night!
Hahaha, actually it’s okay in broad daylight, just don’t damage the quilt, or I won’t wash it for you!”
This old palace maid was a chatterbox, but before she could finish her words, Xiang Yun rushed up and slapped her in the face, knocking her to the ground.
The old palace maid was not one who would suffer a loss. She covered her face and was about to curse, but when she looked up, she saw the embroidered five-clawed golden dragon on Xiang Yun's chest, and she was frightened to death.
After working in the palace for so many years, thinking of Qin Su's previous identity, he didn't understand what was going on at this moment, and immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "This old slave pays homage to the emperor, please forgive me, please spare my life, this old slave... this old slave..."
The old palace maid was so scared that she couldn't speak. The key point was that she really couldn't think of any excuses. The emperor caught her red-handed!
Xiang Yun didn't want to pay attention to her and snorted coldly: "Get lost!"
"Hey!" The old palace maid ran out in panic as if she had been pardoned.
Xiang Yun said angrily to Qin Su: "You bunch of dogs and slaves, I will replace you with a better group later!"
Then he stepped forward and opened the snack box for Qin Su himself, and said softly: "Lunch time has long passed, and they are delivering it now. Susu, you must be hungry, come quickly..."
Xiang Yun couldn't utter the last word "eat" because there were only two steamed buns and a small plate of vegetables in the food box!
Xiang Yun clearly saw some yellowish mold on the steamed bun, which was obviously smelly.
Xiang Yun's face turned red as he said in a deep voice, "This is what you've been eating for the past three days?"
Qin Su didn't say anything, but Xiang Yun was so angry that he was shaking all over. He threw the food box and yelled, "Is this food for people? These dogs and slaves!"
Xiang Yun was so angry that he walked straight out, determined to chop all these blind slaves to death!
But Xiang Yun was stopped by Qin Su as soon as he reached the door. Qin Su scolded him coldly, "Your Majesty, why are you looking for trouble with them? I am in the cold palace because of your Majesty's order!"
Xiang Yun was so angry that he jumped up and down and cursed, pointing at the food box and swearing: "If I knew that life in the cold palace was like this, I would never let you live here!"
Suddenly Xiang Yun was stunned and said angrily: "You are blaming me. How dare you lose your temper with me?"
Xiang Yun rushed to Qin Su, pointed at her head and cursed: "You are interfering in government affairs and interfering with the orders of the Imperial Guards. You are so arrogant that even the military orders are not as effective as your words.
Now that you have killed so many loyal and innocent soldiers, do you still think you are right?
How do you want me to explain to the families of those dead soldiers?
I have shown you great mercy by not killing you!"
Qin Su shed tears and said aggrievedly: "That's my father, how can I watch him die without helping him?"
Xiang Yun yelled, "You can't use the lives of the soldiers as a price!
They were also born by your parents and raised with great difficulty. Your father’s life is life, but their lives are not lives?
Or do you think these soldiers' lives are not as valuable as your father's?
I tell you, these soldiers can die, but they cannot die because of the wrong decision made by the commander!
Did you know that tens of thousands of soldiers died because of your father's life?
Do you know how much sin I have taken on for you this time? "
Qin Su turned her head away and said unreasonably: "If Your Majesty thinks that I have done something wrong, then just kill me!"
Xiang Yun's expression turned cold: "Do you think I dare not?"
Qin Su replied stubbornly: "Then what is your majesty waiting for?"
"I...!" Xiang Yun was furious. He pointed at Qin Su's head with his finger, shook his finger for a long time, and couldn't utter a word.
Then Xiang Yun angrily threw his sleeves and left, stopping at the door and said in a cold voice: "Qin Yu is now suspected of colluding with foreign tribes, he will definitely die, even God can't stop him, I said it!"
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