"It is also the case of those who are fearful in the face of trouble and who like to make plans successfully." [The Analects of Confucius·Shuer]
Feng Fangnu seemed to have remembered something terrible, her expression changed, her whole body began to tremble again, her face turned red and white for a while. Before Zou had time to react, Feng Fangnu regained her consciousness for a moment,
She looked at Mrs. Zou with tears in her eyes and said pitifully: "Sister... I'm so scared, I'm so scared..."
"Don't be afraid, Miss Fang, don't be afraid, I'm here, let's go out right away..." Ms. Zou had a bad premonition.
"I'm so scared..." Feng Fangnu seemed not to have heard, she murmured quietly in Zou's arms: "I want to go home..."
Zou cried silently. She felt Feng Fangnu's voice in her arms getting softer and softer, her body getting colder and colder, and even her breathing gradually became weaker...
I don’t know how long it took, Mrs. Zou put Feng Fangnu down and looked down at the thousand-gold tweezers in her hair. She knew how charming Feng Fangnu looked when she put on these tweezers, and she was even more gorgeous than before. But now.
The precious tweezers were still the same, but the color of the beauty in her arms was no longer the same. According to Feng Fangnu, this precious tweezers was a family heirloom, and a woman wearing it could make her more charming. The emperor seemed to do this many times.
I have paid attention to her, but I will never have the chance again.
Zou felt extremely regretful about why she had not persisted and allowed herself to go to Yongxiang to be punished in place of Feng Fangnu. If that had been the case, perhaps such a tragic incident would not have happened.
She looked at Feng Fangnu's pale face in confusion, and still remembered that one afternoon not long ago, Zou found her in the corner where Feng Fangnu often hid and lazed around. After the two joked for a while, the other party talked about the future.
, said very seriously: "We agreed together that even if we are released from the palace and married to someone else, we will always be together."
At that time, Mrs. Zou still laughed at Feng Fangnu's naivety. She was not as beautiful as her, and the emperor didn't care about her at all as much as Feng Fangnu. Maybe Zou could get out of the palace with Fu Shou's help and marry a good family, but Feng Fangnu might not
Sooner or later, he will become a noble person in the palace. At that time, the banter between the two people could be heard clearly, and the sunshine outside was as warm and warm as that day. But sitting in this corner, Zou was the only one left.
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"They have been looking for you for a long time." Zhao Cainv stood aside, holding on to the pillar with one hand, looking at Zou's worried expression, she sighed slightly and said, "I think you are here too."
Zou, who had always been well-behaved, did not respond to Zhao Cainu, and was still staring at the sun somewhere. Zhao Cainu sighed again, walked a few steps forward, and sat down next to Zou: "The matter is now over, don't continue.
If this goes on, if she knew..." She turned her head, and her eyes were suddenly dazzled by a golden touch on Zou's temples. Zhao Cainv was stunned and quickly recognized it: "These are her treasured tweezers?"
How could Zhao Cainu not recognize the jewelry that Feng Fangnu often wore on her head and regarded as a treasure? She couldn't remember how many times Feng Fangnu had boasted to them that the golden tweezers passed down from her family belonged to a previous imperial concubine.
It was a relic, but now the treasured tweezers were not left with Feng Fangnu, but were taken over by Zou and put on. If Zhao Cainu hadn't known about the deep love between the two sisters, she would have almost misunderstood: "
Why are you here?"
"I took it without permission." Zou said bluntly, her eyes not wavering for a moment: "Because I need this more than she does now."
Taking treasures that others cherished without telling them, and the reason was so flimsy, Zhao Cainv suddenly felt dissatisfied: "What do you need this for?"
She quickly thought of something and her face changed: "Do you want to..."
"Yes." Ms. Zou slowly turned her head and said word by word: "I want to avenge her."
"How else can you take revenge!" Zhao Cainu stretched out her hand to grab Mrs. Zou's arm in desperation: "Now everything must be done with noble people in mind, and you can't do anything arbitrarily! The queen is now powerful, so she must endure everything until the emperor's heir is born.
Come down!"
Zou broke away from Zhao Cainu's hand, her expression uncharacteristically indifferent, even paranoid and a bit scary. She raised her hand to hold the tweezers in her hair, and stood up under Zhao Cainu's surprised eyes: "I have never
After Xiang came back, I kept thinking, why did the queen dare to do this? And we can only endure, even if we are wronged, we have nowhere to redress. If this were placed on the original Song Guiren, apart from other things, we would never let him be around us.
People are so wronged.”
"Are you complaining about the noble man?" Zhao Cainv stood up and faced him.
"I don't blame anyone." Mrs. Zou shook her head, avoided the other person's eyes, and said in a cold tone: "I only blame myself for understanding it too late. If I had understood this truth earlier, Fang Nv.
It must have been...how could we have suffered something like this?"
After saying that, Ms. Zou lowered her eyes, and then raised them again in an instant. At this moment, the dim and resentful look in her eyes disappeared, replaced by some strange and moving look, which seemed to be able to attract people's hearts. She crossed Zhao Cainu and prepared to
She left, walked a few steps away, and then suddenly turned back and smiled slightly at her. The precious tweezers on her head shone in the sun, making Ms. Zou even more radiant: "Fang Nu will not blame me for taking her."
She will agree to my doing this...I will return this thing to her in the future."
After Fu Shou found out about this incident, he could only sigh and feel deep self-blame. Faced with Zhao Cainu's statement about Zou's abnormal change, she just said lightly, "Let her be."
Lady Fang was particularly interested in what she said. After asking for all the details, she said, "So, Lady Fang saw Chang Yu and a man walking beside the well that day?"
"What is unclear about this matter is why Lady Fang recognized this person as His Majesty?" Zhao Cainü moved uneasily and said, "I have asked in detail that His Majesty was presiding over the ceremony in the front hall early in the morning that day.
I had no time to come to Yongxiang in the morning. But Fang Nv initially said it was 'Your Majesty', but Fang Nv later said that the man was very 'fat'. Who would think that a very fat person was His Majesty?
"
"Unless there is a resemblance in other places, this makes her recognize the wrong person." The ten thousand-year-old princess Liu Jiang interjected abruptly: "Since the body shape and back are different, then I'm afraid it's the clothes."
Fu Shou pinched his sleeves tightly, and his expression suddenly changed: "Clothes? Could it be that someone else is wearing His Majesty's..." She was startled by her own thoughts and hurriedly covered her exclamation.
"I'm afraid it's not as simple as just anyone wearing a royal object." Liu Jiang glanced at Zhao Cainu lightly, and the other party understood, and immediately stood up and pushed everyone away: "I heard such a rumor recently..." Liu Jiang said bluntly
He bluntly told the other party the news that Miao Si had learned about in Changqiu. At first, it was because Miao Si accidentally noticed that the Queen and Chang Yu were acting strangely, but it was difficult to investigate, so he told Liu Jiang about it.
Liu Jiang paid great attention to this, and then used Fu Shou's people to make insidious inquiries and find out the secrets without thinking of any traces. After all, what Empress Dong was most wary of was the Miao Si beside her, and she was always tolerant and never took the initiative to cause trouble.
However, Fu Shou was not very wary. The result was exactly the same, but she did not expect that the person who went there was the careless Feng Fangnu. In the end, she not only alerted the snake, but also suffered such losses.
"I didn't expect it to be like this at first." Liu Jiang looked at Fu Shou apologetically: "But now that the matter has happened, we don't need to feel sorry for ourselves anymore. We have to think about what this matter can bring.
It’s not like I failed her.”
"Do I only care about gains and losses like this?" Fu Shou's eyes were red and he looked at Liu Jiang sadly. After she knew that she was being used by Liu Jiang, the depression, grievance and other emotions that had accumulated in her heart poured out for a moment:
"Why do you have to push me to that position? Have you ever asked me if I am willing? Even so, how can I be someone who would give up the lives of people around me in vain?"
Liu Jiang didn't want to argue with Fu Shou. She stood up from the couch quietly, folded her hands in front of her belly, and said softly: "There is no need to think about all these rights and wrongs anymore. The matter has come to this, and it is useless for you to hesitate.
Whether it's for Feng Fangnu or because someone in the palace is secretly practicing witchcraft, you can't just sit idly by. The road has been chosen for you, and it's your business whether you should go or not."
"Why me?" Fu Shou turned around to face Liu Jiang's leaving figure, tears falling from the corners of his eyes.
Liu Jiang did not answer her obvious question. She could not say that this was something that had been decided a long time ago, let alone that even though Fu Shou was the most suitable candidate in the emperor's mind, he was always one step away.
"Does the noble lady want to continue to be so generous?" Zou's voice came from behind. There was nothing on her head except the beautiful golden tweezers, and her face was unadorned, looking more beautiful than ever.
It should be beautiful and moving. Zou quietly walked to Fu Shou and bowed to Fu Shou.
"Do you have any evidence?" Fu Shou lowered his head and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and looked at Zou worriedly: "I know Fang Nu's death makes you feel very uncomfortable. I have lost Fang Nu, but I don't want to be easy anymore.
Losing you."
Zou shook his head and replied pointedly: "Some things don't actually need evidence, they just need an excuse."
For the first time, she raised her eyes and looked at Fu Shou. Fu Shou's expression seemed to be infected, and he also became serious.
"The noble man actually understands very well in his heart." Zou said what she had been hiding in her heart: "After so many things happened, the country has always wanted the noble man to give this excuse. If the noble man has concerns, it is the same as letting the slaves do it for him.
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The disappearance of a Cai nv was like a pebble dropped into an unfathomable sea, without causing any ripples. In the eyes of the palace people in Weiyang Palace, Empress Dong still seemed to be a powerful and prosperous empress. However, in the outer dynasty,
The Dong family has begun to turn from prosperity to decline, and is showing its first signs of failure.
Immediately after General Wei Cao Cao took the initiative to request clarification of his duties and abolished General Wei's power to control the Northern and Southern armies in name, Lieutenant Liu Yu also went to Shu and made suggestions regarding the retention of Wei General Fan Chong. He requested that Fan Chou be transferred to Cao Cao's account for control.
This would save Fan Chou from the embarrassing position of being stationed in Gyeonggi Province with his dishonest reputation, and would also increase Cao Cao's power.
However, this undoubtedly violated Dong Cheng's interests, and Fan Chou was unwilling to be controlled by Cao Cao, so he refused the edict.
This played into the hands of Cao Cao and others. In his private residence, he smiled and said: "I have already determined that Fan Chou will never submit to others. Even if he wants to bow his head and obey my control this time, I will not be happy to accept him.
It just so happens that since he disobeyed, Wu Gong could go to Shu and reprimand him. Otherwise, at this time, how can Wu Gong express his feelings?"
The minister ordered Wu Shuo to sit down at the bottom. He laughed a few times and said, "What Duke Ming said is that Fan Chou has no status. No matter whether he chooses to bow his head or not, he has already lost."
Cao Cao smiled and said without comment: "Then it depends on what Duke Wu will do."
Wu Shuo has completely separated from the Dong family and has chosen to join the increasingly powerful Cao Cao, Xun and other scholars. So far, everything seems to be going smoothly, just like the previous times when he changed families. He is about to pass.
When Shangshu exposed Fan Chou's various illegal affairs to express his attitude, suddenly Wang Bi, the chief secretary next to Cao Cao, walked in from outside and said: "Someone in the court accused Fan Chou of being afraid of defeat when he sent troops to Hebei.
The county captured the mighty Wubao, plundered the good soldiers, and killed indiscriminately for credit. Now His Majesty is about to issue an edict to investigate the crime..."
This matter was what Wu Shuo was about to expose, but someone unexpectedly took advantage of him while he was taking a bath. He couldn't help but asked angrily: "Who said this?"
"Advice to the doctor, Jushou." Wang Bi replied calmly.
"Oh, it's Ju Gong. This is no surprise." Cao Cao still smiled, as if watching the excitement: "I remember that a Jizhou scholar mentioned this matter once before, but due to the situation at that time,
There is no pursuit for the time being. Now that the story is mentioned again, the intention may be different. But Mr. Wu, you are lagging behind others now, have you thought about what to do in the future? "
"I, I..." Wu Shuo hesitated for a while. He actually has a lot of evidence about Dong Cheng, but he has always been cunning and wise. Although Dong Cheng is accused by many people, he is not in danger. Everything depends on the emperor.
attitude, so at this time he cannot throw out all the chips at once and has to leave a way out for himself.
Just when he was hesitating, Cao Cao seemed to have seen what the other party was thinking, so he patted his knees, stood up from the couch, and said with a smile: "Then Mr. Wu might as well think about it, it's still a long time, I'm here
I still need to prepare to enter the palace, so I won’t keep you here.”
Wu Shuo didn't know if the other party's decision to enter the palace was an excuse, but the words had come to this, so he had no choice but to say goodbye and leave in confusion.
As Cao Cao expected, as Ju Shou attacked Fan Chou, the emperor soon sent someone over, but instead of letting Cao Cao enter the palace, he sent an order to capture and kill Fan Chou.
"Fan Chou closed his camp to defend himself, neither admitting guilt nor surrendering military power?" Cao Cao really laughed when he heard this, laughing at Fan Chou's stupidity: "Who taught him to do this? Does he still want to rebel?"
Huang Men, who delivered the edict, wiped the sweat from his forehead and did not dare to answer Cao Cao's last words. He just urged him a few words, saying that the emperor was furious after hearing about Fan Chou and ordered Cao Cao to deal with it as soon as possible, and left in a hurry.
Cao Cao knew this was a clear signal, and immediately ordered his men to take out their mounts and rush to Fan Chou's military camp outside the city.
"Fan Chou has more than ten thousand soldiers and horses under his command. Why don't you bring tiger and leopard cavalry just in case." Wang Bi stopped Cao Cao, who seemed a little impatient, and suggested.
"Three auxiliary places, I don't believe he can do anything to me!" Cao Cao waved his hand and seemed unafraid, but he finally accepted the suggestions of Wang Bi, Dong Zhao and others, and took Xu Chu with him.