The little dark guard who travels between two lives

Shen Taiwei laughed in anger: "My daughter, Shen Tuo, is so stupid. Didn't I work so hard just for your son to ascend the throne and for you to sit on the position of empress dowager? You don't know how to be grateful, but blame me instead?"

Shen Yining wiped the tears from her face and stared at her father: "For my son to ascend the throne? For me to become the queen mother? You know that Yu'er is still a child, and I have no interest in government affairs. My aunt is old, and who in the court can control you? Then you can be a regent, and Rui'er and I will only become your puppets."

Shen Taiwei said angrily: "Why are you still worried about your father? The world is still in the hands of our Shen family. When Yu'er grows up, I will return the power to him."

Shen Yining smiled sadly: "No, you won't. You know this very well in your heart. Power is more important than anything else to you, how can you let it go? Besides, you have done so many things for this power, how can you bear to let it go?"

Captain Shen's face flashed with panic, and he said to Shen Yining: "Ning'er, don't listen to what others say. Daddy did all this for you and Jingyu!"

Shen Yining suddenly yelled, "That's enough, don't say any more. Daddy, was it because of your daughter that you ignored her feelings and used tricks to make her lose her virginity to the emperor and forced her to enter the palace? Was it because of your daughter that you poisoned her and took the opportunity to poison the emperor?"

Shen Yining couldn't hold back her tears and kept falling: "Daddy, have you ever thought about what would happen to your daughter if the emperor found out that I poisoned the powder? That would be regicide, so where would you put your daughter? Is this what you did for your daughter?"

Shen Taiwei was still stubborn: "Nonsense, how could I poison the emperor? I didn't!" "You did!" Shen Yining said firmly: "If it wasn't for Prince Cheng discovering the poison in the perfume powder in time, how long would you have kept it secret from me? Do you know that the drug is also harmful to my daughter? How could you bear it?"

At this time, the emperor could no longer hold on, and the eunuch brought a chair for the emperor to sit down and rest. Prince Cheng, who had been standing beside the emperor, walked out and said, "This poison is called Chenzui, a secret medicine from Southern Xinjiang. It is colorless and tasteless and very difficult to detect. Anyone who is infected will be poisoned. The symptoms of poisoning are like tuberculosis, with dry coughing and spitting blood and death. Fortunately, the emperor is very lucky. If it weren't for the miracle doctor from Southern Xinjiang who was with me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have discovered that the emperor was poisoned."

Empress Dowager Shen was also in tears at this time: "Shen Tuo, Ning'er is your biological daughter, how could you... do this to her? As long as I am in power, I will protect our Shen family from worry. There are Ning'er and her son in the palace. The emperor is kind and will never be ruthless to our Shen family. How can you be so foolish!"

Shen Taiwei's expression was close to madness. He glared at Empress Dowager Shen and said, "Sister, you are old and confused. Even if you are still alive, the emperor can still attack me without thinking of your love for raising me. If you die, there will be no place for our Shen family in this world."

After yelling at Empress Dowager Shen, he turned to Prince Cheng and said, "Xiao Yunan, my plan was perfect. Once the Emperor and Empress die, I, Shen Tuo, will have the final say in the palace. Isn't this exactly what you want? Why are you jumping out now to act like a good guy? We have already succeeded together. You are a treacherous villain who goes back on your word! You are harming me!"

When the emperor heard what Marshal Shen said, he was shocked and looked at Prince Cheng. Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian beside him also looked at him suspiciously.

Prince Cheng was still not moved at all, just smiled slightly: "General Shen, you are still making excuses at this moment, and you still want to drag me down with you? Why should I join forces with you? I am the emperor's younger brother, and I have no worries about food and clothing. Why should I harm the emperor? Can you give me more than the emperor gives me? If I join forces with you, can you help me sit on the throne? If you have a little bit of brains, you won't wade into your muddy water, right?"

After Prince Cheng finished speaking, he clapped his hands lightly, and a man in black flashed out, knelt in front of the emperor, and presented several thick letters in his hand to the emperor.

Prince Cheng continued, "Brother, this is the letter from General Shen asking me to join forces. I have repeatedly written to him to persuade him not to harbor any ulterior motives, but he insisted on doing so. Seeing that I could not stop him, I had no choice but to pretend to agree and secretly collected evidence against him."

Prince Cheng took out a memorial from his sleeve and presented it to the emperor: "My dear brother, I am fascinated by the mountains and rivers, but I cannot watch this villain destroy the beautiful mountains and rivers of my Xiao family. I went to the enclosure this time to expose the villain's crimes. Please read it, my dear brother."

The emperor took the letter and the memorial, and although he only glanced over it, he was already so angry that he couldn't stop coughing. He had ordered Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian to thoroughly investigate the crimes of General Shen, but the clues were repeatedly cut off at the critical moment. Now, looking at the facts about General Shen in the memorial, the facts that he had not yet found out, all with solid evidence, were placed in front of him, and the emperor felt that the blood he had just suppressed was about to spurt out.

Seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, the chief eunuch stepped forward and gently patted the emperor's back, and the emperor finally relaxed his breath. He looked at General Shen and said, "Shen Tuo, if you release the queen and the prince, I will spare your life for the queen mother's sake, and I can also spare the entire Shen family."

Empress Dowager Shen and Shen Yining got the emperor's approval and looked at Marshal Shen expectantly. Although the Fourth Prince was young, he had already heard the general situation from the conversation of the adults. The poor child had already been crying uncontrollably.

The fourth prince suddenly knelt down in front of General Shen: "Grandfather, please, please release the Queen and the Crown Prince. Jingyu never wanted to be the Emperor. Grandfather, my father has already said that he will not treat the Shen family badly. Please, Grandfather."

Shen Taiwei remained unmoved and snorted coldly: "Just like your mother, a hopeless person." He looked at the emperor: "What you said about letting me go is nothing more than letting me linger and imprisoning me for life. I, Shen Tuo, am unwilling to accept this. You have no virtue or talent. The reason you can sit on this throne is nothing more than relying on the power of my sister."

"Shen Tuo, shut up, you're crazy!" Empress Dowager Shen interrupted Shen Tuo's crazy words, holding her chest and gasping for breath, "The emperor is willing to spare your life, it is a grace from heaven, quickly release the queen and the prince, don't make any more mistakes."

Shen Taiwei was close to madness, and he could not listen to anyone at this moment. He waved the long sword in his hand and kept shaking it around the queen and the prince. Everyone in the palace was so scared that they held their breath, fearing that the long sword would accidentally cut the queen and the prince.

The Queen held the Prince's hand tightly and comforted him, "Rui'er, don't be afraid, your mother is with you!" Commander Shen laughed wildly, "Why can't I say it? What I said is all true. Sister, if it weren't for you supporting this Emperor, how could a prince who lost his mother be in the eyes of the late Emperor and sit on the throne. Xiao Yunan, are you willing to accept this?"

Taiwei Shen looked directly at Prince Cheng and said, "Xiao Yunan, you were the favorite prince of the late emperor. The throne was originally in your pocket, but you lost everything and gained nothing. What do you mean by being infatuated with mountains and rivers? It's just that the emperor is suppressing you and is afraid of you. And your mother died in the cold palace in an unclear way. Ask me, your good sister, how your mother died."

Prince Cheng just looked at Marshal Shen without saying a word. The Empress Dowager Shen next to him finally couldn't hold back and spit out blood, then fell backwards in Shen Yining's arms.

Shen Yining quickly pinched Empress Dowager Shen's philtrum and kept crying, "Aunt, Aunt, please don't be in trouble! Imperial physician, please call the imperial physician."

When the emperor and his entourage came, they brought the imperial physicians with them. The emperor signaled the imperial physicians to go forward and check on the empress dowager. The two imperial physicians were already trembling with fear after hearing about the forcing of the abdication. They hurried forward to check on the empress dowager, opened her eyelids and took her pulse.

The two doctors were shocked when they took the Queen Mother's pulse. They looked at each other, and one of them boldly put his finger on the Queen Mother's nose. Then they both knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has passed away."

Everyone in the palace was shocked, and then, except for the kidnapped queen, the prince, and Lieutenant Shen, everyone else knelt down. Xinhe watched this scene from the air and couldn't help but sigh. As for Empress Dowager Shen, Xinhe didn't have much contact with her. Even if there was something, she knew that she was just an old lady who blindly protected the imperial concubine and the fourth prince. Xinhe could understand all this, and even if she treated her badly, Xinhe didn't hate her.

Seeing her being angered to death by her own brother, one can't help but feel sad. Empress Dowager Shen devoted her whole life to the Shen family, but who knew that all this would be ruined by Shen Tuo's hands.

Xin He watched everyone kneel down, but accidentally saw the calm and composed Prince Cheng showing a sneer on his face as he knelt down. It was obvious that he was very happy to see this result.

Xin He had been staring at this Prince Cheng, and she did not believe in his righteous words at all. If he was really an upright prince, how could Yu Shen fight with Prince Cheng to the death in his previous life?

Now it seems that Xinhe feels that Prince Cheng may have tricked General Shen. Getting rid of Empress Dowager Shen and General Shen first may be Prince Cheng's purpose, and he also gained the emperor's trust by the way.

Seeing that his elder sister was angered to death by him, Shen Taiwei was also stunned. The queen had been watching Shen Taiwei silently. When she saw him lose focus, she suddenly pushed the prince away and said, "Jingrui, run."

Seeing that his bargaining chip was about to be lost, Shen Taiwei was immediately furious. He swung his sword and stabbed the prince who was about to run away: "If that's the case, then we all don't want to live."

Commandant Shen used all his strength in this sword strike. He originally wanted to kidnap the Queen and the Crown Prince and escape from the palace, but now he felt that there was no way out and just wanted to die with them both.

The prince was pushed by the queen and staggered. After all, he was just a child. Today's scene had frightened the prince. He fell to the ground after running just two steps.

Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian, who were in the distance, immediately ran towards the prince, but they were too far away to reach him. The emperor stood up with a cry of surprise, and when he saw his son fall, he fell back on the chair in shock, and cried out in sorrow: "Jing Rui!"

Xin He was also frightened and ran towards the prince, but her soul was powerless to help the fallen prince up, and she saw General Shen's sword stabbing at her.

Everyone in the hall could not help but close their eyes, unable to bear watching the prince die before their eyes. All they heard was a mournful cry: "Mother!" Everyone looked intently and found that it was the Queen Mother who rushed up and threw herself on the prince, blocking the sword for him.

When General Shen missed his first strike, he pulled out the long sword from the Queen and prepared to stab the Prince again. At this time, Yu Huaian had already rushed up and blocked the long sword that was about to stab the Prince with a long knife. He kicked General Shen in the chest and said, "You are a disloyal and unfilial traitor!"

General Shen was kicked to the ground by Yu Huaian. Before he could stand up, the surrounding imperial guards rushed over, pinned him to the ground, and tied him up tightly.

The emperor, supported by the chief eunuch, staggered towards the queen: "Queen, queen, hurry, bring the imperial physician, imperial physician." The prince had already cried so hard that he could not make a sound. He put his hand on the queen's wound, but the blood could not be stopped from flowing out, instantly dyeing the queen's clothes red.

The emperor fell beside the queen, his hands trembling, not knowing what to do. The two doctors also knelt beside the queen, busying themselves with bandaging the wound, but the sword hit her right in the heart.

The two imperial doctors were also helpless and both knelt on the ground to plead guilty: "We are incompetent! Please forgive us, Your Majesty!" The emperor suddenly woke up and looked at Prince Cheng: "Where is the miracle doctor from Southern Xinjiang? Let him come quickly."

Prince Cheng came forward to look at the queen's wound and knelt on the ground: "Brother, you forgot that the miracle doctor only cured your poison. If you want to completely remove the poison, you have to go back to southern Xinjiang to get a medicine. The miracle doctor is already on his way back to southern Xinjiang. I'm afraid it's too late to recall him now."

The emperor was furious: "What do you mean it's too late? Go and quickly call back the miracle doctor to treat the queen." The queen grabbed the emperor's arm and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. There is no need to call back the miracle doctor. I am already beyond help. Don't delay detoxifying the emperor."

The emperor held the queen tightly in his arms, calling her by her maiden name: "Ruohua, don't die, you can't die. I have wasted your life, and I haven't had time to repay you yet, how can you leave? Ruohua, don't leave!"

The queen's pale face showed a trace of smile, she reached out and stroked the emperor's face: "Your Majesty, that year my sister and I met you in the peach forest, and I fell in love with you at first sight, but the late emperor issued an edict to marry my sister, so I gave up the idea and just wanted to marry far away from the capital and forget you."

"But my elder sister was unlucky and passed away, leaving behind the young prince. My father and mother both came to persuade me to enter the palace as the successor. They wanted to protect the prince and the position of queen from falling into the hands of others."

"But I am willing. I know that the emperor has always had my sister in his heart. I can only watch over the emperor from afar and take good care of the prince. I am satisfied. When I see my sister, I can say that I have no regrets."

The emperor tightly grasped the queen's hand and said, "Ruohua, no, no, I fell in love with you at first sight that day in Taolin, but father said that the position of queen can only be the eldest daughter. I am sorry for you, and I dare not disobey father's order."

"I'm also sorry for your sister. Your sister didn't know that I loved you, but she knew that I had someone in my heart, so she was always unhappy and didn't take good care of her health. After your sister died, your father wanted to send you to the palace. I was secretly happy. I felt sorry for your sister, but I was looking forward to your entry into the palace. But you..."

"But the bowl of sterilization soup you gave me before entering the palace made me feel disheartened. I thought you only wanted to enter the palace for the prince and had no feelings for me. I have kept my distance from you ever since. I dare not tell you that I like you, for I am afraid that you will stay away from me even more. Ruohua, I am sorry for you."

The queen's face lit up with a strange glow. She smiled and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, we have missed each other in this life. I will wait for you in the next life... I will wait for you in the peach forest in the next life. I just hope that we will not be reborn into the royal family in the next life. Can we just be a couple of ordinary people?"