my demon

Cheng Enhou Sun Heng was still frowning and writing the memorial in his study. He has many concubines in his backyard and he has a similar relationship with Mrs. Cheng Enhou. If he didn't go back to the backyard today, he naturally didn't know that a tragedy had happened in his backyard.

He just received a secret report that after Prince Duan returned to Beijing, he had a banquet with Duke An and Princess Ouyang Shuwen. The queen mother said that she would take the little emperor to go hunting in the Western Mountains.

This made people very disturbed. Sun Heng felt sensitively that since the little emperor began to make his own voice and express his opinions in the court, everyone seemed to have suddenly noticed that the emperor had grown up and it was time for him to be in charge.

But this time is not enough, the empress dowager is in court and the assistant prince and the two ministers of the cabinet listen to and discuss politics. His layout is not enough these years. He has also arranged many people from the Sun family to enter politics through Gao Yuanling's side. .

But the difficulty in politics is that if you don't have enough qualifications, you won't be able to grasp power.Dayan's system is special in that the real six ministries and the cabinet, Hanlin, and Yushitai are all from the imperial examination.You have to be a Jinshi first, and you will be appointed every three years, step by step. It will take more than ten years to get close to the center of power.And if you don't have an imperial examination background, you won't be able to get in even if you die in the lower class.The children of honorable nobles can only donate to the Guozijian, and after finishing the Guozijian, they have to slowly go up from the seventh and eighth grade officials.

Otherwise, you can only make military achievements, but no matter how many military officers there are, they will not have any real power. Is it true that the children of the family are really sent to the frontier to eat ashes and dirt?The better yamen in Beijing have long been under the firm control of Prince Duan. Although some Sun family members have been arranged, what military merits can the Beijing officials have?The same can only be done step by step and slowly, my son has just finished his studies in the Imperial College, and he is just about to find a better yamen to take up a job. He originally fell in love with Dali Temple, but because Ouyang concubine was an eyesore there, he had to leave early. He moved away.

It's a pity that a pawn like Gao Yuanling still has his own opinion, and he wants to collude with the cabinet and put himself aside, so he can only be killed first to make an example.

The time is too short. Originally, I thought that the emperor would talk about his own affairs when he was at least seventeen or eighteen years old, but now he would only say a few words. Those people in the previous court couldn't wait to tease the emperor, trying to get rid of the Sun family !

Sun Heng laughed coldly. The Empress Dowager Sun has put a lot of thought into the little emperor these years, how could they win him over so easily?

He redacted the words on the memorial again, intending to copy it again, but suddenly felt a slight chill all over his body, he was a little surprised, it's almost July, why is it still so cold?

He suddenly raised his head and saw that at some point his daughter was standing by the door, dressed in plain clothes, with untied hair hanging down, only wearing a crown of gemstones on her hair, and holding a pair of black and dull For some reason, his heart skipped a beat, but he still scolded: "You are not grounded in the room, what are you doing here?"

Sun Xuexiao said lightly: "The queen mother gave me poisonous soup to kill me, and let those two female officials force me to drink it. Father, don't you know about this?"

Marquis Cheng En was stunned, feeling guilty, and said to him from left to right: "What about the two female officials?"

Sun Xuexiao raised the knife in her hand, and blood dripped down: "Father, why don't you think about how to explain it to the Queen Mother? They brought poisonous soup for me to drink, and my mother happened to be there, and she drank the poisonous soup by mistake, and she died. The two female officials violated Yipin’s order, so I killed them.”

Cheng Enhou's body shook violently: "You are messing around!" Sun Xuexiao held the knife upside down, and blood dripped down, soaking the fine gold-woven carpet in the study.

Cheng Enhou suddenly felt timid, but he was still stern: "Stop! What do you want to do?"

Sun Xuexiao stood still, her long eyebrows frowned slightly: "I can't figure it out, my lord, the matter of Luyangzhuang, the emperor's cousin clearly recognized it, and my daughter is indeed flawless, so why did the empress dowager want me to die?" If I die, who will be the queen instead? Sun Xuezhu? Chengsun Xuezhu, in any case, is not in the interests of my father."

She looked at Cheng Enhou with tears in her eyes, like a swan weeping blood, her voice was soft and charming, "So Father, my daughter is always for you, why on earth do you agree that the queen mother changed her daughter? Sun Xuezhu from the second room? Will she help you? She will only help her father and brother."

Cheng Enhou looked at his daughter's clear and white face and dark eyes, and suddenly felt dazed for a while. He only felt that this daughter was very pitiful and lovely. She had always been very filial and obedient, well behaved and smart. I will always support myself, what is it to change the daughter of the second room?He frowned slightly struggling and said: "Isn't it because you walked around in the palace unruly and saw things you shouldn't see, so you can walk around in the palace? I taught you the rules a long time ago, and the empress dowager is very Angry. But this matter... this matter did not go through me, I don't know that the two female officers are messing around today."

Sun Xuexiao stared at him: "What did I see? Father?"

Cheng Enhou was in a trance for a while: "You don't know? The queen mother said you saw it, the jeweled gemstone rice dumpling..." This matter was hidden in his heart. daughter.

Sun Xuexiao's eyes flickered: "Jewel dumplings? It was the day of the Dragon Boat Festival banquet. On that day, Sun Xuezhu and I wore exactly the same necklaces, and the five-color jewel dumplings were made in the shop outside. Later, the ones on my waist disappeared. Sun Xuezhu They said mine was lost, but I hadn’t been to the garden, it was Sun Xuezhu, it was hers that lost it. It turned out that she saw something amazing, she was frightened, and when she came back she knew she was going to die, so she secretly took mine away Yingluo blamed me."

When Cheng Enhou heard it, he was determined: "It's fine if you didn't see it, it's not a big deal, Xuezhu... That girl Xuezhu is so narrow, don't worry, my father will make the decision for you, then you continue to be your queen well , leave Xuezhu alone."

Sun Xuexiao's voice was cold: "Father, do you want to continue to kill Sun Xuezhu? But father, mother is gone, and I have to keep my filial piety for three years. Even if I kill Sun Xuezhu now, the wedding in September will not be able to continue."

Cheng Enhou was at a loss for a while: "Your mother... Your mother is really dead?" He couldn't even remember the face of that cowardly, forbearing lady from an ordinary background. There were too many people in his backyard.

Sun Xuexiao said: "Send Sun Xuezhu far away to Zhuangzi, let her become a monk, father, don't commit murder again, go to the palace tomorrow, and tell the empress dowager that the aunts in the palace were raised for disobedience and contradicting Mrs. Chengenhou, which caused Chengen Mrs. Hou died suddenly of a heart attack, I was overwhelmed with grief, I stayed at home and kept a filial piety for my mother for three years, and asked the royal family to call the shots, and the wedding was postponed."

Cheng Enhou only felt as if he was in a dream. Looking at his daughter's face, he said in a daze, "Three years later?"

Sun Xuexiao showed a cold smile: "Don't worry, my daughter will definitely repay the empress dowager's kindness, but father, you should also keep your filial piety for your wife for a year..."

Suddenly a whirlwind blew by, and Cheng Enhou woke up in horror. He found that he had fallen asleep on the desk at some point. , but now it is as clean as before, the moon is bright and the wind is clear outside the window, the shadows of the trees are swaying, and it is extremely peaceful.

It really was a nightmare, Cheng Enhou heaved a sigh of relief, but heard screams coming from the night sky outside.

Soon the mother in charge next to Mrs. Cheng Enhou ran over quickly, her face full of panic: "Master Hou! Master Hou! It's not good! You go to the backyard... let's go to Missy's place to have a look!"

The ominous feeling in Cheng Enhou's heart became more and more intense, and he strode out of the study and walked to his daughter's yard in the backyard. The servants in the yard were all trembling around the door, seeing Cheng Enhou's face pale: "Master... Do you want to report to the police?"

Cheng Enhou smelled a strong smell of blood on the tip of his nose, and lifted the curtain to go in. The terrifying Shura-like scene suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. His eyes suddenly closed, and his heart jumped wildly. At this moment, a servant girl shouted: "Miss Still alive! Miss is still alive!"

The maid came in in a hurry, and a wet nurse came forward and cried and hugged Sun Xuexiao: "My eldest lady! What happened to you!"

Cheng Enhou looked over and saw that Sun Xuexiao's face was covered with blood and tears, hugging the nanny, but his eyes looked at him with tears in his eyes like in a dream, but a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Cheng Enhou shivered slightly, but saw someone outside to report: "The second wife sent someone over to report that the second lady seemed to be in a nightmare, and she woke up in the middle of the night, yelling frantically, saying I'm sorry sister, Forgive me, the one who insists on becoming a monk or throwing herself into a well seems to have lost her mind and went crazy. She is talking nonsense, and the second room does not dare to invite a doctor, so come here first Lord show me."

Cheng Enhou closed his eyes, a cold chill rushed into his heart.

At dawn, Cheng Enhou entered the palace to see the empress dowager.

Soon the news came out that Mrs. Cheng Enhou died suddenly of a heart attack. The daughter of Cheng Enhou had to observe filial piety for three years. years later.

As for the gossip that the two educated female officials in the palace offended Mrs. Cheng Enhou, causing her sudden death from a heart attack, and the death of the empress dowager, it was not announced to the public, and it was only spread in a small area in the Shang Palace Bureau.

The whole house of Cheng Enhou's house was hung with white silk, and the daughter of the second room was sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate silently due to illness. Such trivial matters are even more unobtrusive. Distraught, such a big event as keeping filial piety at home.

When Xiao Yan received the news, Aunt Gong from the Cifu Palace personally came and said: "The Empress Dowager said that Mrs. Cheng Enhou is not blessed. Although this incident is a bit unfortunate, fortunately, the emperor is still young. It doesn't matter what year it is, please ask the emperor to reward some things and go to Cheng Enhou's mansion."

Xiao Yan sighed in his heart: "My aunt is not here, my cousin is so sad to think about it, let Wu Zhishu watch and reward something to go to Cheng Enhou's mansion, and pick some gold and silver to reward my cousin."

Aunt Gong agreed, and went back to report to Empress Dowager Sun: "The emperor asked Wu Zhishu to watch the reward, and also said that the cousin was pitiful, and asked him to pick some gold and silver rewards for the cousin alone. It seems that he really feels sorry for the eldest lady."

Empress Dowager Sun raised her eyebrows slightly, and said in a cold voice: "It has been said for a long time that the small family is not blessed, look at what kind of woman the eldest brother married, just say it at this critical moment, it will be gone, idiot, even poisonous soup can be drunk by mistake Oh, how greedy. I even lost two of my loyal subordinates. After three years, I don’t know how much more the cabinet and the eldest princess can use.

Aunt Gong said in a low voice: "The matter with the eldest lady... and the matter with the madam this time, I'm afraid she will have a knot in her heart."

Empress Dowager Sun said: "Brother said that Xue Xiao didn't know, but in fact that Ying Luo belonged to Xuezhu, and she had already sent it to Zhuangzi to watch. Well, maybe it was true, maybe it was because Big Brother didn't want to part with his daughter, forget it. Even if it was her, It is expected that she would not dare to say anything, she has no mother now, and she will rely on me in the palace in the future, if she is not smart, I will have my own means when I enter the palace."

Aunt Gong respectfully responded, and then asked: "Your Majesty, the sunflower water has not been smooth for the past few months. Is it because the medicines for rheumatism are too cold? Let's see if I can take some tonics."

Empress Dowager Sun said casually: "It's ok, the medicine I took last month really made Aijia lose all appetite, and let the imperial doctor prescribe some conditioning medicine for conditioning."

Aunt Gong agreed without mentioning it.

In Ziwei Palace, Xiao Yan stood at the foot of Meishan and looked down at the flowers and trees in the imperial garden, and said to Lich: "Jiu Yao thinks I'm too weak, right? That's why I made a contract with my cousin and let her take care of herself. to take revenge."

The cold air was bitter, and the Lich appeared beside him, smiling slightly: "The Holy Lord is kind and loving, and the subordinates dare to follow with confidence, but they have to go forward bravely and persevere, so that the subordinates will not lose their goals."

"Although little Wu Yunduo is sharp, she doesn't have much wisdom after all. My soul and body recover faster with one more bone lord collecting energy for me. Don't worry, there is a Crystal Skull here. She has not lost her true nature, and she has her own methods for revenge." , will not kill people lightly, after all, killing people is likely to violate the law and be excluded by the law, which is the punishment of God."

"This is the way of heaven, evil will be rewarded with evil, and the way is natural. When we follow the way of heaven, we will be able to get feedback from the power of that law. You are the Emperor of Heaven, and you have your own destiny."

In the hot weather, Xiao Yan stood beside the Lich, feeling the icy and snowy aura enveloping him, cool and refreshing, obviously by his side, but he knew that he was like a god, unable to control him.He lowered his eyelashes: "I will work hard."

If it is too weak and useless, the Lich will leave him, right?

He dared not tell the lich that he was jealous when his cousin knelt before the lich, kissed the ring reverently, and swore allegiance to him.

The Lich is so strong, even if the soul body is not repaired now, he can easily recruit subordinates who are loyal to him and contribute everything to him, he bestows supreme power on his subordinates, he lifts weights like light, he looks down on the world, overlooks all things, He will not be moved by anyone, and no one can be projected into his god-like golden pupils.

What does he have?

He doesn't even have power, only the so-called true dragon's aura of nothingness.

Weak, cowardly, without courage, will avoid conflicts, and no one is sincerely loyal to the Emperor.He had never felt such an urgent desire and anxiety for success.