The academy is extremely quiet these days, especially after Jin Yuncheng and Yan Zhen both left. The students no longer have a romantic partner, and the maidservants have no conversation topics to chat with in their free time. Even if the West Building becomes
Even when it comes to such shocking events as Wei Zhen, they keep silent. After all, the royal family is so superior that no one dares to make a mistake.
Two new gentlemen came to Leshengtang and Zuiyuntang. They are both famous scholars in the city. They have their own way of disciplining students. In just half a month, they have managed these naughty boys to be docile. However, they have lost a lot of popularity in the school.
, which is very different from the past.
In the dim courtyard, Ah Yu was packing her luggage, sometimes sighing, sometimes muttering, and was dragging her clothes for a long time. Su Yan sat opposite her and watched her in a daze for a long time. Changsun Yue, who had been watching the two people from beginning to end, finally looked at her.
They couldn't go down anymore, and a voice frightened them to death.
Changsun Yue said: "Sir, you should be happy to find your beloved and leave this place of right and wrong with him. Why are you so sad and sad? Why are you sighing? You have your lover here. As for you, you are so sad."
Can’t bear to part with it!”
Ah Zhen blushed and hurriedly defended: "There is no such thing as a lover! I feel sorry for you sir!"
"What are you regretting? Ruoshui is not a good place. You see, not enough has happened during this period. Mr. Jin has been dragged into the water. It is unknown whether he can leave the villa in this life. And the West Tower... No,
Now we should respectfully call him His Highness the Crown Prince. We could still talk and laugh before, but now he is completely different from us. Even if His Highness the Crown Prince is willing to condescend to talk to us, we don’t dare to do what we did before. It’s better to leave and disappear.
Especially sir..." Changsun Yue lost his voice as he spoke, and began to sigh.
Su Yan said: "It's all over. I was sorry for him. Now that everything has settled and he has found his place, it's time for me to find my place too."
"Do you really want to go to the Chu Kingdom?" Ah Yu was reluctant.
"I have to go back. That's the place where I grew up. Maybe when I go back, Master will already be there." Su Yan's lips slowly raised into a smile.
Ah Yu sighed slightly: "I have never left Ruoshui..."
Su Yan patted her cheek and said, "It's hard for you, but don't worry, I'm full of special skills and I won't starve you to death, not to mention Zuo Qing, he is so smart and can make money!"
Changsun Yue suddenly said "Eh": "I really didn't expect that the boss would agree to accompany you, sir, back to the Chu Kingdom. Sir, you are so lucky!"
Su Yan raised his arm to support his chin, smiled stupidly, and said, "Zuo Qing is very good, but I'm not bad either!"
"Yes, yes!" Changsun Yue saw Su Yan's appearance for the first time. He found it funny but did not dare to laugh. He held back and said, "Only a peerless good woman like Mr. can find a peerless good man like the boss.
A perfect match!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a piece of clothing flew over from Su Yan, and Changsun Yue stuck out his tongue. The two of them talked some more before leaving.
As the sun sets in the west, lanterns light up in the academy. A figure flashes into the Zen Jingyuan. Yansheng cannot stop him and is pushed far away by the man. When he takes a closer look, he turns out to be Ge Yiyan!
Yansheng wanted to go up and stop him, but Zuo Qing stopped him. Yansheng looked back at the adults in front of the desk uneasily, and after a while, he left the room.
Zuo Qing looked intently at the person at the door, waiting for him to speak first. Ge Yiyan patted the spot on his chest where Yansheng had hit him, and sat down opposite Zuo Qing.
"Aren't you curious why I came to find you?"
Zuo Qing said calmly: "If you want to say it, you will naturally say it. Why should I ask first?"
Ge Yiyan sneered: "My uncle died, don't you blame yourself at all? He was so good to you and gave you everything. Didn't everything you have now come from him? You are really ungrateful!"
"Blame yourself?" Zuo Qing asked doubtfully: "The revenge of genocide has been avenged, I should be happy."
"Tch! Do you really think that this genocide is caused by your uncle? Zuo Qing, you are really stupid. Don't think about it. Your family just has a manual of weapons. Even if your uncle wants to get it, why bother to risk it?
Framing your family? What's more, before your family was raided and executed, the weapons catalog had already fallen into the palace. If my uncle really wants the weapons catalog, he should go to the palace, haven't you thought about it? "
"You and your uncle said the same thing, what do you know?"
Ge Yiyan raised the corners of his mouth proudly and said slowly to him: "I know what uncle didn't tell you, the rest."
Zuo Qing suddenly stood up. Ge Yiyan had never seen him so helpless before, and felt ecstatic in his heart.
"What are the rest of the words?"
Ge Yiyan stood up slowly, looked at him levelly, and said word by word: "Xuanqing is the one who started it!"
Zuo Qing was obviously shocked, and a feeling of powerlessness ran through his body. He hurriedly supported the desk and wanted to speak, but found that his throat was raw and stinging.
Ge Yiyan repeated: "Xuanqing is the initiator of harm to your whole family. It was she who framed your father, and it was she who caused your whole family to be beheaded. It has nothing to do with my uncle. He was just supervising the beheading. At most, he was adding fuel to the flames.
Come on. Zuo Qing, you have been looking for the wrong person and avenging the wrong person!"
"Perhaps you should think carefully about who asked you to come to Ruoshui, and who told you that the enemy of the genocide is your uncle's. You should think carefully about it!"
Ge Yiyan's words were still ringing in her ears, but Zuo Qing could no longer hear any sound.
He recalled the night when the whole family was beheaded. It was his aunt who dragged her out of the secret passage. It was her aunt who wiped the blood on his body. It was her aunt who led him to run wildly in the woods, running lifelessly all night. What's more, it was his aunt who counted her.
He taught him knowledge year after day, and told him that one day he would avenge his entire clan!
After several years of companionship, they fell in love like mother and son. In the end, Ge Yiyan said...she is the enemy!
Zuo Qing sat back and looked at him in disbelief. The veins on his forehead popped out. He paused for a long time before he could formulate his words: "Do you have any evidence for what you said?"
"Evidence? You might as well ask for it yourself. Seeing is believing and hearing is false." After Ge Yiyan finished speaking, he walked away.
A dull pain hit his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted on the book. Zuo Qing covered his chest, stood up with difficulty, staggered to the door, and called Yansheng with all his strength. Yansheng was frightened by his appearance.
He jumped, and hurriedly reached out to help him. Zuo Qing finally threw herself weakly on his shoulder and fainted.
When he woke up the next day, when he opened his eyes, only Su Yan could be seen, with tears still hanging on his face, looking at him anxiously.
Zuo Qing smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to hold her chin and said, "You're here. I'm sorry for making you worry again."
Su Yan held his wrist, tears falling down again, "Tell me, you get dizzy at every turn, how can I trust you to accompany me to Chu State!"
"I'm afraid, I won't be able to go..."
"What?"
Zuo Qing put down his hand and stared upward with his eyes, tears falling from the corners of his eyes, "After ten years of planning, I ended up deceiving myself and others. What's even more ridiculous is that the person closest to me actually deceived me the most!"
"Who are you talking about?"
"Ayan, please leave first. I have something else to do. If I can't solve it, I'm afraid I won't be able to feel at ease in this life."
Su Yan suddenly became anxious: "What happened to you? Yansheng said that you fainted after seeing Ge Yiyan. What did he say to you?"
Zuo Qing just shook his head. He didn't want Su Yan to get involved, let alone let him experience his pain. He had to face all this by himself!
Zuo Qing slowly closed her eyes and said to her: "Go ahead, I will find you."
How could Su Yan agree? He held his hand again and said, "If you don't leave, why should I leave? What happened to you? If you don't tell me, I'll ask it myself!"
After saying that, he stood up and was about to leave. Before he could let go of his hand, Zuo Qing tightened his grip again.
"Xu Niang is my aunt, my only relative in the world. She saved me from being killed, but now, Ge Yiyan told me that she is the enemy of the genocide!" At this point, Zuo Qing said
He coughed for a while and the corner of his mouth was bitten.
Su Yan hurriedly wiped him and patted his chest gently.
After a pause, Zuo Qing continued: "Now that I think about it, it's really ridiculous! I have been planning this for ten years and worked hard. In the end, I got the wrong revenge and killed the wrong person! But I can't figure out why she wanted to kill her.
Why did my own brother want to save me again?"
Su Yan wanted to comfort him, but couldn't say a word, and tears flowed down his face.
Zuo Qing laughed bitterly, and the hand that held Su Yan kept shaking, and finally let go suddenly.
"I'm going to find out. No matter what the result is, I want the truth!"
The cold sun's rays penetrated the window screens of the emperor's palace and covered the ground and the half-moved chessboard.
There is obviously no heat, but it makes people unable to open their eyes.
"I have done as you said, but you must also promise me that since the eunuch is responsible for the crime, you will not be able to reveal this secret until your death!" Emperor Rong threw the imperial edict on the chessboard and couldn't bear to look at it anymore.
Wei Zhen picked up the imperial edict and read it carefully, and said with satisfaction: "My father can retire to the Supreme Emperor with peace of mind. Since I have got what I want, I will not embarrass my father." Yan Bi smiled proudly and accepted.
Beginning of the throne edict.
The sun gradually set in the west, and the last ray of light passed through the palace door and disappeared to the west. The candlelight in the palace occupied the entire sight, and the entire dormitory seemed to be filled with a depressing atmosphere.
The candlelight in the inner hall is bright, and the incense is lingering around the curtains, as if you are in a secret place, isolated from the outside world. On the red sandalwood waist and bent leg table in the corner, an oil lamp with a low flame has just burned one end, and the candle flame seems to be burning at any time.
All of them would be extinguished. A figure walked out from behind the curtain and fiddled with the wick twice with his fingers, and the candle light suddenly brightened.
"Your Majesty has lived happily for decades, but I wonder if he still remembers me."
Emperor Rong looked at the woman who followed Wei Zhen in and stayed quietly behind the curtain. He thought she was a palace official, but when he looked again, he felt familiar. He couldn't help but frown and asked her, "Who are you?"
Xuan Qing's indifferent eyes looked down at the dancing candlelight. The coldness spreading from the corners of her eyes could almost freeze the blazing fire. She said slowly: "Because of you, I killed the entire Xuan family. The blood flowed into a river, and the bones
Heaped up into a mountain, Your Majesty dares to say that these life debts are not caused by you? If you had not betrayed me, I would not have been driven out by the family, let alone lose our children! All of this is caused by you!
"
"Xuan family?" Emperor Rong asked in confusion, "Is it the Xuan family of Zhao Guo?"
Xuan Qing turned around and stared at him: "You really don't remember?"
Emperor Rong looked at her disdainfully: "You might as well tell me who you are, I'm going back to rest!"
Xuan Qing slowly approached and said: "In the tenth year of Dacheng, I met Your Majesty. In the sixteenth year of Dacheng, Mo Fei and I worked together to poison the late emperor for you, so that you could ascend the throne early. In the early years of Wei Sheng, I
Your Majesty, you gave birth to our first and only child, but fifteen years later, because of Ge Yu and because I knew too many of your secrets, you wanted to get rid of me! If I hadn’t exchanged Ge Yu’s secrets, let Mo
Fei saved my mother and son from Ruoshui, and we were afraid that we would have died in the palace! But I didn’t expect that when I returned to Zhao State, the elders of the clan scolded me for stealing the weapons manual and gave it to you, and refused to allow me and my children to enter the house.
My child, he was only fifteen years old, he hadn’t married yet, he hadn’t even enjoyed the world, and he contracted a disease and died! It’s all your fault!”
Emperor Rong immediately sat there paralyzed, as if he had seen a ghost, and his whole body was trembling with fear.
Xuan Qing slowly sat down next to Emperor Rong and continued: "Since ancient times, the Tian family has been so ruthless. Oh, my brother reminded me. I didn't believe it, but I still entrusted my whole heart to you. I will kill people for you and deal with the aftermath for you.
I am the only daughter of Zhao Guoxuan's family, and my brother is the marshal of Zhao! But because of you, I have been reduced to the dust! I have done so many things for you, but you are not even willing to give me a son. Even before you die, you will not give me a son.
I would like to give him a title!"
"I...I didn't know he was dead..." Emperor Rong whispered.
"He is fifteen years old! Wei Yao was crowned king when he was eleven years old, why can't my son! You never loved him at all, you were just using us from the beginning to the end!" Xuan Qing suddenly pressed forward and said hysterically:
"Wei Xu, I am here today to ask you to pay with my life, my son's life!"
Emperor Rong was so frightened that he crawled away in panic. The chessboard was knocked to the ground and the pieces were scattered everywhere.
Xuanqing cried and laughed, sitting cross-legged in Emperor Rong's seat, pointing at Emperor Rong and saying: "Look at your appearance today, retribution, retribution!"
Wei Zhen went over and picked up his shivering father who was hiding in the corner, and said to Xuan Qing: "That's it. You don't want to kill him. Now that he has lost the throne and no one he can trust around him, he has nothing."
That’s it, you should be satisfied.”
Xuan Qing snorted coldly: "Not satisfied, I want him to live in the shadows all his life, making his life worse than death, but he can live a long life!"
"What do you want?"
Xuan Qing threw him a dagger: "You carve a word on his face."
"What word?"
“Xuan.”
Wei Zhen picked up the dagger, looked at his father's face, and hesitated.
"He is not your father. Your father is King Yan. Your mother does not love him at all. King Yan has never cut off contact with your mother. Have you forgotten? Your mother was burned to death in Fusang Palace because of this. You are wandering
It was also because of him for ten years, have you forgotten?"
When Wei Zhen heard her words, he gritted his teeth and threw away the dagger: "Isn't it all because of you? It was you who exchanged this secret with Murphy in order to survive. My mother was your sister, but you harmed her!"
Xuan Qing said disdainfully: "Wei Zhen, we are actually the same person. I can betray my sisters to survive, I can frame my own family for my son, and I can even use Zuo Qing for revenge. What about you? Why don't you cooperate with me for the throne?
You clearly knew what I had done, and you also clearly knew that Mo Fei was not Zuo Qing's enemy, but you still lied to him, don't you think you are equally hateful?"
"you……"
Wei Zhen was unable to refute, his eyes were red with anger and pain, and the joints holding the dagger were completely white.
The palace door was suddenly pushed open, and a bright light came in. Zuo Qing stood at the palace door, looking at Xuan Qing with sad eyes. He seemed to feel that his heart was cracking inch by inch, it hurt, it hurt... But why?
Can't cry?
"What you said is true?"
Xuan Qing did not expect Zuo Qing to appear, and was speechless for a moment, just looking back at him blankly.
"What about you, Wei Zhen, you and I are blood allies, life and death friends, you know clearly that I have been going the wrong way, why do you have to watch me go astray?" Zuo Qing asked him with a tearful tone.
Wei Zhen stood under the window, wrapped in the sunshine. He was as gentle as jade, and the scenery was beautiful, but it gave off a chilling feeling.
Wei Zhen let go of Emperor Rong, helped him to the couch beside him, and then said to Zuo Qing: "Yes, I lied to you. The alliance between Deneng and Ren was a trap from the beginning. Later, Mo Fei was imprisoned, and I
Before you went to see him, I warned him not to reveal a word to you, otherwise I would purge him! Zuo Qing, your enemy is not Mo Fei, but your own aunt!"
"Impossible, she doesn't have this ability, she doesn't have the ability to exchange military reports, how could she have such an ability?" Zuo Qing said through gritted teeth, holding on to the last glimmer of hope.
"Because her surname is Xuan. When your father went to the border fortress and took away all the generals surnamed Xuan, your aunt was expelled from the family by your father, but she was still a member of the Xuan tribe. They would not guard against a member of their own family, so she could sneak in.
Among them, the military report was changed, and the call for help was replaced by a good report, leaving the army led by your father isolated and helpless. In the end, he only returned to the city with less than 10,000 people, but inexplicably became a prisoner."
Wei Zhen looked at Xuan Qing, feeling frightened in his heart. For the past ten years, he had always felt that Xuan Qing was cold-blooded, and now it was even worse.
"Aunt?" Zuo Qing laughed loudly, "So that's it, that's it!" Everything that Zuo Qing believed in, all of his beliefs, were wiped out in that moment, and not a trace of hope was left!
He once trusted her the most, was closest to her, and loved her the most. But today, she destroyed these beautiful things with her own hands, which caught him off guard and made him heartbroken.
Xuanqing calmed down her emotions. At this time, everything had been revealed. She had no scruples and even said to Zuo Qing very calmly: "In the fifteenth year of Wei Sheng, I almost died. I went home and begged your father to take him in.
But he kicked me out. I still remember what he said to me. He said: I am shameless, mean, and vicious. I used my family honor to seek prosperity and wealth in my life. This appearance is retribution. I should
Die outside, don't pollute the lintel! Ha! This is my brother, the brother and sister of the same mother! Zuo Qing, my son, my only relative, your father killed him, now if he
He's still alive and much older than you."
Zuo Qing kept shaking his head and smiling bitterly. Tears finally poured down his face and he could no longer hold back.
"Why? You are my aunt! Am I not your relative?" He couldn't believe every word she said, but the truth was so cruel, as cruel as a sickle, cutting into his heart with each knife, which hurt.
Got to suffocate.
"Relatives? My relatives hurt me and hate me. Why should I treat them as relatives! Since your father values the weapon spectrum more than anything else, then I will destroy it. I will let him endure a pain that is a hundred times more painful than mine.
The price is that I will let his son continue to suffer this kind of pain, and I will let you taste the taste of despair! Do you remember the place where my son is buried? It is on the highest mountain in Zhao State, opposite the gate of the Xuan family. Xuan
On the day when his family was wiped out, Aying kept watching, watching how these people died in pain and were buried with him!"
Zuo Qing felt sad, staggered back, and fell heavily to the ground, knocking over the lamp stand. The hot wax poured down instantly, and the bright red wax dripped down like blood, matching the blood stains on his chest.
Melted together.
It turns out that this is the truth. It turns out that the hatred that has persisted for ten years is just a scam! Why is this happening? He would rather die in the massacre from the beginning!
Emperor Rong looked nervously at the glowing palace door and asked cautiously, "Now that the truth has been revealed, can I leave?"
Wei Zhen crossed his arms to block back Emperor Rong who was about to escape, "She hasn't finished speaking yet, so why should my father leave in a hurry?"
Xuanqing wiped away his tears, raised his head and continued: "Wei Zhen promised me that as long as he secures the throne, Wei Xu's life will be mine! Now, my painstaking plan has finally paid off, and Wei Xu is in my hands."
Here, and you, were also destroyed by my own hands!" He laughed as if he was crazy.
Emperor Rong was so frightened that he couldn't speak. Originally, he didn't have anything to do with it, and he could still be the Supreme Emperor if the throne was gone, but this time it came to an end. He slowly closed his eyes, his heart feeling cold in despair.
Zuo Qing was so excited that he became extremely sad. His body could hardly support him. He was breathing heavily and could not speak.
Wei Zhen couldn't bear it, but Xuan Qing was in full swing. If he stopped her at this moment, it would be his own way, so he stayed silent and allowed her to do whatever she wanted.
Xuanqing walked up to Emperor Rong, bent down and pinched his face: "Your Majesty, why are you so anxious? I have to settle old scores with Your Majesty next."
"How did Wei Xu, who had not yet ascended the throne, form an alliance with me? How did he talk sweetly to me after we gave birth to Ying'er? At the beginning, you said that no matter what happens, I can come to you, so now, I
I want to carve words on your face, can I?"
Emperor Rong tried his best to push her away and shouted: "No! I, I didn't have any children with you! I, I am the emperor! I..."
"What? You have committed an offense and must pay it back. This word must be engraved on it!" As he said this, he took the dagger from Wei Zhen's hand and started to slash it on Emperor Rong's face.
Emperor Rong shouted repeatedly: "I don't want it, I won't do it! Someone! Come quickly, help me -"
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Wei Zhen hurriedly stopped Xuan Qing: "I haven't ascended the throne yet, he can't die, let alone go crazy, otherwise I won't be able to sit firmly on the throne, and you won't be able to achieve your goal!"
Xuanqing looked at Rongdi unwillingly, "You're taking advantage of him!"
"He is already going crazy. Letting him spend the rest of his life in regret and fear is more effective than killing him."
"Aren't you soft-hearted?"
"You do it for your son, and I do it for my mother. Do you think I will be soft-hearted?"
"Okay, I believe you for once, but..." She looked at Zuo Qing, who was already confused, and said, "He must be handed over to me."
Wei Zhen glanced at Zuo Qing, hesitated for a moment, nodded, "It's up to you."
It's up to you...
Zuo Qing's vision was blurred by tears, and his consciousness gradually disappeared. Finally, through the narrow slit of his eyes, he saw that his aunt was getting closer and closer to him, and the face that had been treated kindly by the years was right in front of him. She, who was once kind and gentle,
Today, he would become such a ruthless executioner. In just one night, everything changed. His brothers and relatives were all lying to him! It turned out that from beginning to end, it was not him who controlled the situation, but them.
So who do you think you are? A chess piece?
It doesn't matter anymore, it's good to just sleep like this.