March Period

Xiao Zhen felt that since the first battle, her emotions would no longer be exposed, and nothing would make her angry. At this moment, her heart was filled with anger, but when she saw the skinny and thin animal in front of her,

Hands, beautiful but sallow face, knowing that no matter what she said or did at this moment, it would be useless.

"General?"

Xiao Zhen opened his eyes and looked at her, his eyes cold and complicated.

"General?" Seeing that Xiao Zhen had been ignoring her, the imperial concubine raised her upper body slightly and reached out to grab her hand: "Take, take me..." Her fingers were just a little bit close to hooking Xiao Zhen's hand.

hand, but in the next moment, his body fell heavily back onto the bed, his black eyes lost the last bit of light and slowly closed.

When Queen Mother Ren walked into the Dowager Palace, she saw Xiao Zhen sitting on a sandalwood chair outside the palace, lost in thought. She didn't know what he was thinking about.

"Sister-in-law, are you very touched?" Empress Dowager Ren sat down next to Xiao Zhen and looked at her with a smile: "If I had known that the person your concubine loved was not the late emperor but you, I really should have treated her right back then.

A little better. However, I never imagined that the person she loves most is you. Hey, it is kind of sad to be obsessed with someone you have only met once, and you still can't figure out the gender of the person."

Xiao Zhen gave her a cold look.

Queen Mother Ren quickly shut up, then curled her lips again: "I'm not wrong, if I had never been able to be so affectionate and without regrets to someone I've only met once."

Ah, the palace maid who had just brought the medicine and walked into the imperial concubine's chamber screamed in panic and ran out: "The empress dowager, the imperial concubine is dead."

Queen Mother Ren was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiao Zhen: "Did you die?"

"If you don't believe it, go in and see for yourself."

Queen Mother Ren opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't know what to say. If this outsider knew that the Dowager Princess was dead, he would definitely not be as calm as her sister-in-law and could not see her emotions, so she asked one more question, but the imperial doctor also said

However, the imperial concubine will not survive tonight: "Someone is coming."

"The servant is here." A father-in-law walked in.

"The noble concubine has passed away, please let the palace prepare." Queen Mother Ren said.

"yes."

Ren Jinxiu sighed heavily: "Death may be a relief for her." Seeing Xiao Zhen get up and walk out, Ren Jinxiu quickly asked: "Sister-in-law, where are you going?"

"Of course I'm going back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Is it possible that I'm still living in the palace?"

Ren Jinxiu looked at her dissatisfied: "Yao'er is already a queen, and you are still so lukewarm to me. What else are you dissatisfied with?" She really didn't understand. She was a queen mother who treated her so well.

She was so groveling and didn't take it seriously at all.

"I'm not dissatisfied. I just think you're too wordy." After saying that, Xiao Zhen disappeared under the night.

Ren Jinxiu: "..."

Xiao Zhen did not return to the Prime Minister's Mansion or leave the palace, but came to the imperial mausoleum at the foot of Emperor Mountain.

The Imperial Mountains stretch for thousands of miles with no end in sight.

Emperor Mountain is already high, but now at night, when you look up, the entire mountain is like a black giant, with heaven and earth as the background, standing domineeringly between heaven and earth.

The imperial mausoleum is at the top.

There are thousands of steps on the ladder, with flying dragons spitting beads on both sides. Further up, there are huge stone generals guarding it. Further inside are the imperial mausoleums, where all the emperors of the Han Dynasty are buried.

Xiao Zhen did not go up, but sat on the thousand-step ladder and looked at the night sky.

She had complained about Si Mo and hated Si Mo, but she had never thought of taking his life. She always hoped that he would be well. If he was in danger, she would definitely be the first one to block all dangers for him.

people.

But just today, someone told her that Si Mo died because of her and was killed by others because of her.

Xiao Zhen wiped her face and sighed at the night sky. At that time, her mind went blank. Looking at the dying imperial concubine, she felt a sense of powerlessness in her heart. She had never felt so helpless at that moment in her life.

Focus.

She wanted to be quiet.

The night wind is getting cooler and cooler.

Xiao Zhen didn't know how long she sat like this. It wasn't until Dongfang Lu was white that she got up and returned to the city.

At this time, the Prime Minister's Mansion was already busy.

Mrs. Liu directed her servants to prepare breakfast. Xi Ya was accustomed to calculating the accounts of the previous day in the morning. Fang Xiang'er led the men to open the shop. Wu Yin and Zhao Jie, the Han masters, went out to discuss business.

When Xiao Zhen came in from the gate, the servants all said hello. No one thought that the Prime Minister's wife had not returned home all night, and they all thought that she got up very early today.

"Azhen, why are you so early today?" Mrs. Liu came out of the kitchen and saw Xiao Zhen with a rare expression on her face: "Breakfast is almost ready. I've made your favorite meat buns."

Xiao Zhen nodded: "I understand, sister-in-law."

Seeing that her siblings didn't have the usual happy look on their faces, Mrs. Liu looked at Xiao Zhen's back and murmured, "What's going on?"

Walking back to his yard, Xiao Zhen pushed the door open and entered the house. He saw Ziran looking at the folds, and the oil lamp next to him was still smoking, as if it had just been extinguished.

"Back?" Han Ziran was happy when he saw his wife. He quickly walked over and hugged her tightly: "You didn't come back all night. I asked the shadow guard to go to the palace to look for you. The Queen Mother said that you had come back a long time ago. I looked for you.

You stayed all night." Seeing that his wife's face looked a little strange, she asked, "Where have you been? What happened?"

"I finally know how the late emperor died." Xiao Zhen said lightly.

"What?"

"The late emperor once said before his death that I want to know how many people in the court want to kill me, and how many people will protect me. It turns out there are so many people in the world who want to kill me. When he said this, he looked at me

It's strange, I didn't

In his heart, he thought that he had made too many enemies, so too many people wanted to kill him. It turned out not to be the case. He didn't mean what he said on the surface. He was also surprised by the people who poisoned him, so he said kill him.

He has so many people.”

"Azhen, what are you talking about?"

"Yes, there are so many. A concubine who has nothing to do with him wants to kill him. How can it not be too many?" Xiao Zhen murmured.

Han Ziran pulled Xiao Zhen to sit down and held her cold hands: "What happened? Are there any new clues about the death of the late emperor?"

Xiao Zhen shook his head and told what happened in the palace one by one.

Han Ziran's reaction was the same as hers, with a look of disbelief. For a long time, he didn't come back to his senses.

The death of the noble concubine was handled grandly by Empress Dowager Ren, which was unprecedented for a concubine whose family was so rebellious as to punish the nine clans. Therefore, Empress Dowager Ren left a good impression in the hearts of the common people of the Han Dynasty as being kind to the concubine.

The imperial concubine is a legend in the hearts of the Han people, not only because of her origin, her appearance, but also her legendary love story with a guard, which are all talked about by the people.

But within three months, the imperial concubine was gradually forgotten by people.

Life seems to be back on track.

It's just that Xiao Zhen has been in a bad mood in the past few months. Therefore, from time to time, the common people can see their Prime Minister accompanying the Prime Minister's wife on an outing. After summer, the Prime Minister can be seen in the fields from time to time.

Walking with his wife.

In the past, a high-ranking official with the Prime Minister's status was unattainable in the hearts of ordinary people, but now it is good. They can see the Prime Minister almost every day, and they interact more with the Prime Minister and spend more time with him.

They found that the Prime Minister was really approachable. What surprised them even more was the Prime Minister's wife. The Prime Minister's wife always helped the people farm, and one look at the working appearance showed that she usually worked hard.

At this moment, Xiao Zhen rolled up his sleeves and helped the people farm.

After leaving the court, Han Ziran stood on the field and looked at his wife sweating profusely with a gentle smile.

Wu Yin sighed at the side: "This noble concubine should die, but she revealed such a big secret before she died. It's strange that I feel so good."

"That's almost it."

"What's the same?"

"It's been three months, it's almost time to regain my mood." Han Ziran said calmly.

Wu Yin looked at the calm appearance of his brother-in-law and asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, I care so much about the death of the late emperor, but you don't mind at all?"

"I would only mind if Ah Zhen wasn't sad at all."

"What's the meaning?"

Han Ziran said lightly: "If A Zhen is sad, I will have a way to heal the hurt in her heart and remove the late emperor from her heart. If she is not sad, then what is left will be guilt for the late emperor. In that case, I will really

I don’t know what to do.”

Wu Yin thought for a moment: "That's right. But don't worry, brother-in-law, I only have you in my heart. However, their relationship with the late emperor has now become a family relationship, and family love is the most difficult thing to let go of in the world."
Chapter completed!