GBP Chapter 135: Towards Xin
Chapter 135: Towards Xin
Pinghua 174th year.
September.
Li Chongjiu, the ninth prince of Longhua Kingdom, was abducted by evil cultivators in Mengcheng in the southern border. General Bai Xiao led a team to rescue him, but his whereabouts remain unknown to this day.
Crown Prince Li Chonglin was ordered to garrison the southern border, with Taocheng as the center, and unite the five surrounding cities to accommodate refugees from Mengcheng.
Lu Yuguan, the third son of the Bai family in Kyoto, and Chen Xian, the only son of the Chen family, set foot in Nanzhou to look for clues of survivors.
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Longhua Kingdom, Imperial Palace, Qingxin Hall.
Niangniang Hua Jin sat quietly in front of the Buddha statue, continuing her unwavering and devout kneeling.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has arrived." Eunuch Mao said, standing behind her.
"He is here, why does he need to inform me?" Empress Hua Jin said without turning her head.
"This..." Eunuch Mao hesitated for a moment and continued, "His Majesty said that he will only come in to see you if you put the painting away first."
Empress Hua Jin snorted coldly and squeezed the hairpin in her hand hard, leaving a deep mark on her flesh.
"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Mao looked at her desolate back and said worriedly.
"I understand. Please let the emperor in."
As Empress Hua Jin spoke, she stood up, tore down the portrait and rolled it up.
However, Eunuch Mao still stood at the door and did not leave. Empress Hua Jin slowly turned around and looked at him quietly.
"Eunuch Mao, if the emperor has any other instructions, please feel free to tell me." Empress Hua Jin said lightly.
"The emperor also said that Your Majesty should move to the front of the hall and meet him in person." Eunuch Mao said with his head lowered.
"Did he really say that?" Empress Hua Jin asked back.
"This..." Eunuch Mao hesitated and dared not speak.
"You've served me for so long, you know my temper." Empress Hua Jin's tone changed and she scolded him harshly, "I'm afraid you didn't say anything else, did you?"
"explain."
"Tell me exactly what he said."
Eunuch Mao was so frightened that he fell to his knees, sweating profusely. He spoke rapidly, "The Emperor also said that if the Empress did not go, he would destroy the Qingxin Palace and force the Empress to move to a side hall."
After hearing this, Empress Hua Jin took a deep breath and slowly said, "The Emperor's grace is truly immense."
"lead the way."
"Whoo."
When Empress Hua Jin arrived in front of the Qingxin Palace, the emperor had been standing there waiting for a long time, with more than a dozen followers following behind him, acting like the emperor of a country.
"How come the emperor has time to come to me?" Empress Hua Jin said lightly.
"My beloved concubine, what you said is a bit strange," the emperor said with a smile. "It's rare for me to have time to come here, and yet my beloved concubine gives me such a look?"
The dragon robe fluttered in the wind, and everyone present was frightened and broke out in cold sweats.
The Emperor has always been distant from Empress Hua Jin, but for some reason today, he suddenly became interested and said he wanted to come to Qingxin Palace to take a look.
Empress Hua Jin looked at the gorgeous dress and forced a fake smile.
"That's good. Now you look much more comfortable." The emperor was very pleased and called the eunuch beside him, "Go and prepare some good fruits."
"Whoo."
The emperor slowly approached Empress Hua Jin, looked at her haggard and pale face, and smiled unconsciously.
"It seems that my beloved concubine is not feeling well." The emperor whispered in her ear.
"It's all thanks to the emperor's grace." Hua Jin said coldly.
"Hahahahaha..." The emperor suddenly laughed out loud, "My beloved concubine really knows how to joke. It's so hot outside, let's go inside and talk first."
The two entered the Qingxin Palace, and the attendants brought ice cubes for cooling and placed them around the palace. There were originally maids fanning them, but they were dismissed by Empress Hua Jin.
"With just the two of us, wouldn't it be a bit lonely?" the emperor sneered.
Hua Jin gently picked up the cut fruits and put them into his mouth, chewing them carefully until they were all swallowed, and then he spoke slowly.
"No one comes to the palace for no reason. The emperor has come here specially, so I think he knows more than I do." Empress Hua Jin said.
The emperor did not answer. His eyes passed over Empress Hua Jin until he saw the bare wall behind her, then he nodded with satisfaction.
"If you have anything to say, Your Majesty, please say it quickly to avoid delaying important matters," said Hua Jin.
"You just can't stand seeing me?" asked the emperor.
Empress Hua Jin put down the silverware in her hand and looked up at his well-defined face.
That face that looks like a portrait.
"Your Majesty, what a long-winded way you talk," Empress Hua Jin said coldly, "Whether before or after your ascension to the throne, I have never been able to tolerate you!"
bang-
The emperor swept everything on the table to the ground.
Empress Hua Jin looked at the man opposite her indifferently, her eyes, which were intimidating without anger, were filled with endless resentment.
"I ask you again, are you still unwilling to admit the cause of his death?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.
"You know better than I do how An Lang died," Empress Hua Jin said in a trembling voice, "Everyone in the world says you were appointed in a time of crisis. Don't think I don't know where all the suffering he endured came from!"
"presumptuous!"
The emperor grabbed Hua Jin's throat and squeezed it hard, as if to suffocate him.
Hua Jin grabbed the emperor's arms with both hands and struggled to break free, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't pull them free.
"You've been practicing secretly for so many years. Don't think I don't know," the emperor said with narrowed eyes. "That manual was also left to you by him, right?"
"Cough...cough..."
Hua Jin's face became paler and paler, and his throat couldn't stop coughing.
The emperor held him in the air, then suddenly let go, causing Hua Jin to fall heavily to the ground.
"I came here today to tell you," the emperor snorted coldly, "News has come back from the southern border. Li Chongjiu has been captured and taken to Nanzhou. It's impossible for him to return."
"No... no, this is impossible!" Empress Hua Jin said with her eyes wide open.
"Nothing is impossible," the emperor leaned over and pinched Hua Jin's chin, chuckling softly. "Don't worry, I will personally erect a monument for him. How about calling him 'Lord Annan'?"
"You beast—" Empress Hua Jin cried hoarsely, "He's also the son you raised for eighteen years. How could you be so cruel!"
"My son?"
"How dare you say so brazenly that he is my son?!"
The emperor looked at the disheveled woman with cold contempt. Even though she was still wearing her noble clothes, her face was filled with jealousy and hatred like a snake or scorpion.
"I tell you, even if the sky falls, you will never leave the palace," the emperor said word by word. "Sooner or later, everything will disappear completely, just like him!"
After the emperor finished speaking, he stood up and left angrily.
"Li Ping!"
Empress Hua Jin cried heartbreakingly.
"Even if I die or become a demon, I will never let you go in this life or the next!——"
The emperor stopped, turned around and said coldly: "I give you this opportunity, I can wait slowly." After that, his figure disappeared from the corner.
She was the only one left in the empty Qingxin Palace.
Empress Hua Jin spread out the painting while crying, and tremblingly hung it back on the wall.
"An Lang..."
"If you are still alive, can you save him, save our child..."
pat.
Tears of blood fell from his eyes, dripping onto the broken porcelain pieces, gathering into a blood-red flower.