The edict is very long. It was written by the former Empress Dowager, the Supreme Empress, to the Chanyu of the Hu tribe.
The general content is that the Hu people are required to send troops to besiege Tang Zhong, who has become an isolated island. In exchange, Chang'an will no longer be surrounded and suppressed with heavy troops every year, giving the Hu people a chance to survive.
No wonder, it turned out to be the case! Tang Mingzhen had long suspected why his father, who was invincible, would suddenly be defeated in such an embarrassing manner and end up slaughtering the entire city!
This dynasty has a strong national power and a strong army. The foreigners have always only surrendered. How could they suddenly launch an attack and besiege them? And the court has yet to come to rescue? What's more, the Tang family has that invincible power!
It turns out that this knife can only come from behind, from Chang'an, which he risked his life to protect!
Tang Mingzhen almost lost control in an instant. Her weakness and rationality were burned by the fire of hatred. Under the light, her eyes were dimly red.
"Nothing, just a joke." Tang Mingzhen burned the edict with a candle and walked out of the inner room under Yan Honglei's thoughtful eyes.
Because of loss, she only fantasizes about the beauty of possession. She is the only survivor of a dead city. I don’t know what kind of sacrifice and protection her father made that allowed her to survive.
For this huge hatred, she was even willing to turn herself into a demon. Because it was a supernatural power from the Tang family, and it was the only thing left to her by her entire family.
It is her lifelong wish to take revenge with her own hands.
"The rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked, and the bird is hidden. This bloody court is really so dirty. Father, mother, all my relatives, I want to use the sword you gave me to avenge you."
Hatred burned, and blood oozed from her biting lips. It was a bold idea, but she couldn't care less.
Milky morning.
There will be another whole day of singing and dancing celebrations in the palace.
Shangguan Jinnian opened his eyes and found that his little beast had climbed onto his bed at some point.
Ah Zhen seemed to have been disturbed from his dream. He lazily sat up from the brocade quilt and stretched out. His soft hair was fluffy. In the morning light, his light-colored lips shone with a slight crystal luster.
With such delicious food nearby, how could Shangguan Jinnian let it go?
It's just that Ah Zhen today is completely different from the past. She gently hooked Shangguan Jinnian's neck and put her soft lips on him.
With the sweet entanglement of lips and tongue, Shangguan Jinnian was surprised and delighted by her initiative. This was the first time that Tang Mingzhen responded to Shangguan Jinnian's kiss seriously without any evasion.
The intersection of lips and tongues turned into impatient biting, and Tang Mingzhen was possessed by smoky red tears. He pushed Shangguan Jinnian onto the bed and bit his lip hard.
Accompanied by a faint sweet smell, a streak of blood streaked down.
Ah Zhen held Shangguan Jinnian's hand tightly and intertwined their fingers.
"Slave Yan Hong tears and begs to see the master." This unfortunate guy, at some point, knelt upright at the entrance of Chongyang Palace.
Ah Zhen climbed down from Shangguan Jinnian lightly, straightened his messy clothes a little, and left knowingly, leaving Shangguan alone with his head full of black lines.
"What's the matter!" Shangguan Jinnian roared like a devil!
"Master, it's nothing important. I'm here to remind you to change your clothes and set off on your journey."
"Get out!" Yan Honglei should be grateful that she was still alive.
Ah Zhen's carriage has arrived. She stepped out of the carriage. Today she was wearing a rather grand red dress.
She avoided the main road, walked resolutely, and her expression was sad and solemn. As she walked, she smoothed her forehead and half-covered her clear pupils.
He took out a pigeon blood stone ring from his palm and skillfully unscrewed the longevity lock.
A jeweled sword was pressed against her neck, blocking the way.
Tang Mingzhen didn't even look at it. He pulled out the gorgeous and unsightly scabbard and threw it backwards.
The natural enemy's quick eyesight and hands quickly dodged a sap blow, and then picked up his scabbard like a dog picking up a bun.
"Why did you arrive now?"
"How dare you blame me for your sloppy bed skills? Yesterday was a waste of time."
Tang Mingzhen's face turned slightly red and he coughed slightly to cover it up.
"That's how you decided?"
"kindness."
"If your hands are stained with blood, you will never be able to clean them off." A rare solemn look appeared on Yanhong Lei's face.
"I won't regret it."
"Huh, that doesn't sound like it."
Yan Honglei skillfully cut off her life gate with one hand.
Different from yesterday's solemnity, today's Hajj is more like a grand banquet filled with people.
It was a two-story dance hall that resembled the Feng Menghun. Tang Mingzhen was awakened to some painful memories, and she seemed to be even more silent as she was already worried.
Tang Mingzhen has long been able to use the power of her eyes to kill people invisible. Even the people closest to her would not notice the gaze exchange. Without any effort, she could send the enemy who wiped out her whole family to the west.
Almost as soon as she sat down, she found Shangguan Chiying's position, which was on the opposite side to her left, with the entire dance hall in between. She could easily avoid people's attention and avoid suspicion.
Her eyes never left her enemy for a moment, but she could not make up her mind a thousand times. Ah Zhen cursed her own cowardice in her heart.
She frowned and kept swallowing the tea, the red pupils under her forehead flickering brightly.
She didn't know how many songs and dances and how many shadow puppet shows had been performed in the dance hall, but she only occasionally cheered in groups.
How dare she relax even a little bit.
The long red curtain swept over the dance hall, and the young man in white exposed his seductive shoulders and danced with songs.
Damn it, Tang Mingzhen almost forgot about his natural enemy.
Yan Honglei seemed to be very focused on the beautiful song.
Tang Mingzhen cast a self-deprecating sneer at her accomplice.
That was the enemy who killed her entire family! That person made all her relatives fall into a pool of blood and turned her into a bloodless alien. How could she back down at this time!
Ah Zhen threw the tea bowl heavily on the table. If she hesitated at this moment, she would never be able to forgive herself.
The fingers were clenched into fists, and the fingertips dug into the skin, causing blood to ooze out.
She finally gathered her thoughts and strength, and her red eyes shot out demonic fire that was invisible to the naked eye.
At the critical moment, the blood feud from fourteen years ago will all be paid off.
Almost in less than a moment, she saw Anya beside Shangguan Chiying!
Ah Zhen was almost concentrating on his enemy and didn't notice when Anya sat next to him.
No!
She didn't want to hurt others yet. Out of the instinct of protection, Tang Mingzhen used all his strength to fall backwards.
The next moment, fierce flames burst out from the pillar on the opposite side!
It's a mess.
Tang Mingzhen, who was in a daze, realized after a long time that he was lying on the cold ground with a little baby lying on his body.
"There was a sudden fire on the opposite side. I accidentally avoided it and hit the princess." Yan Honglei knelt down and explained to Shangguan Jinnian who came over.
Tang Ming was really willing to touch the cold ground like this. Tears streaked down the corners of her eyes.
Maybe there was a fire just now and I was frightened.
She still didn't feel cruel. She bit her lip and tears ran down her cheeks.
She seemed to be able to hear the ghostly cries of her relatives! In the Daming Palace, where people kill without blood, how can the people around Shangguan Jinnian survive if they are not ruthless enough to kill?
She was lost for a long time before she realized that she was lying on the cold ground with a little baby pressed on her body.
"There was a sudden fire on the opposite side. I accidentally avoided it and hit the princess." Yan Honglei knelt down and explained to Shangguan Jinnian who came over.
Shangguan Jinnian looked at Tang Mingzhen with an expressionless face, but he already understood the truth in his heart.
This was a big accident. The pillars collapsed and the entire gorgeous palace would have to be renovated.
Tang Mingzhen became the perpetrator again.
However, no one will care anymore, because on this festive holiday, something a hundred times more unlucky happened.
The Queen's eyes suddenly went blind in the evening of the day of the fire. All the doctors were at their wits' end and could not find the cause.
"Is it me?" Tang Mingzhen was very surprised when she heard the news. She had obviously tried her best to avoid it. But in the end she had to believe that she did not kill Shangguan Chiying, but she accidentally blinded her eyes.
Yes, if it’s not her, who else could it be?
Even though Shangguan Jinnian had made it clear that the fire was caused by careless lighting, and that the Queen's blindness was caused by a long-term hidden illness. But rumors could not be suppressed.
Tang Mingzhen had already been criticized by people, and now he was even more doomed. The memorial requesting the "Qingjun Side" could be piled up from Chongyang Palace to Huaqing Palace, and the hot springs there should be filled up.
The rumors spread from the heights of the temple to the far reaches of the rivers and lakes, and became more and more intense and bizarre. Soon, everyone in the world knew that there was a monster beside the king who could set fire and bring disaster to the country and the people.
Chongyang Hall was extremely quiet at the moment.
Shangguan Jinnian stood in front of the window. He was wearing a complicated black dragon robe and a fur cloak. He stood in front of the huge window, the night wind blowing his hair. His eyes like cold stars were even more stern.
Tang Mingzhen knelt on the ground without saying a word. She seemed very tired, and her legs were shaking from kneeling for a long time.
This interrogation lasted all night, so that it was already dawn outside the window, and Tang Mingzhen had completely lost feeling in his knees.
"Hand over the ring."
"She killed my entire family!"
They each had their own concerns, answered questions they didn't want, and asked questions they didn't answer. They were in a stalemate all night.
"Because she killed your entire clan...are you blinding her?" Shangguan Jinnian looked sad.
"No, I want to kill her." Tang Mingzhen still had undying hatred in his eyes. "It's just a mistake." She clenched her hands into fists. She didn't want to tell others that the reason why she didn't take revenge was because she was not ruthless.
"I will not let my enemy go. Even if I suffer retribution or go to hell, I will not let her go!" She burst into tears but her expression remained unchanged.
Shangguan Jinnian was silent. His heart was bleeding. He knew clearly who was the enemy of the Tang family and who was the person Tang Mingzhen really wanted to kill.
One day, his little doll will break the strings and burn the flames of revenge towards himself.
There were faint tears in his eyes.
It's past midnight.
"Come here," Shangguan Jinnian finally ordered.
"The princess has limited access to Huaqing Palace."
The secret guard stepped forward, but Tang Mingzhen's legs were already sore and numb. Her hair was wet with sweat and tears, but she still waved away Gong'e who came to help her. She gritted her teeth and stood up as calmly as possible.
Under Jinnian's gaze, he trudged out of the door.
When she walked to the door, she took off the pigeon blood stone ring on her left hand and threw it on the ground of Chongyang Hall.
The almost inaudible sound of "ding" echoed in the empty palace for a long time.
It's a bright moonlit night, but Princess Anya is not playing the piano and admiring the moon.
The erysipelas that had accumulated over time was finally about to explode, blinding Shangguan Chiying. I was afraid that even the most skilled alchemy master would not be as good as himself.
"It's a pity that I didn't kill her." Princess Anya leisurely took the tea from Gong E.
"Princess, there is no need to panic. The cleverness of this poison lies in its ability to turn over thousands of times. It can accumulate the poison over time, and at the most appropriate time, the poison can be used to induce death."
Brown hair, blue eyes, charming and soul-stirring, like Yan Hanmu.
Princess Anya continued to drink tea lightly, with a smile on her lips.
Another empty hall.
Yan Honglei was kneeling on the ground. He still looked like a hopeless evildoer, and his attractive snow-skinned skin was faintly visible through his open collar.
"Does Jinnian want to discard this chess piece forever?" asked the people at the table. It was Shangguan Chiying, a puppet whose face and expression Tang Mingzhen could never see clearly.
Her blind eyes looked even more unfathomable under the candlelight.
"Your Majesty, it's still unclear at this time." Yan Honglei thought for a moment and could only return to life like this.
"What a pity," Shangguan Chiying sipped her tea slowly and gracefully. Her well-known family background and royal demeanor made her young, but she still didn't look old.
"When the sky comes to Baize, I should go to the frontier battlefield to fight against the aliens for the Ai family and protect the peace of the territory." Shangguan Chiying sighed softly, as if she was the supreme queen of this world and she always missed her family.
The people of the country are the same.
"Your Majesty, Lord Shangguan really wants to chop off Tang Mingzhen's wings and tie him to the bed for the rest of his life." His words were so outrageous that Shangguan Chiying had to cough to cover it up.
"But Tang Mingzhen is not an obedient cat." Yan Honglei knew this very well.
"Your Majesty, why don't you put the bait farther away and make the line longer?"