Chapter 186 What Happened in the Past

Countless flowers fell from the air into the car. Chen Changsheng withdrew his gaze, took off the petals from his clothes, and nodded to the crowd around him, thanking them for their generosity and enthusiasm.

In an abandoned garden deep in the palace, flowers also fell. Those cold-resistant late-spring plums were blown by the wind and dropped their tiny pink stamens, spreading a shallow layer on the ground beside the pond. They looked very beautiful.

The Pope and the Holy Queen stood among the broken plum trees, looking at the Black Dragon Pond in front of them.

"He took part in the imperial examination in the Academy the day before yesterday. He must have made it into the top sixteen, right? I said at the time that he was here...but I didn't expect that this kid didn't stop."

The Holy Empress looked at the flowers and trees by the pond, quietly feeling the historical flavor of Tong Palace, and spoke slowly. She didn't want Chen Changsheng to take the first place in the Grand Examination. There were countless ways. For example, Mo Yu who was at the battle scene at the time should have done something logically, but in the end she did nothing.

She looked at the Pope and raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Now that I think about it, on the night of the Ivy Banquet, Mo Yu brought the child here with the intention of using Tong Palace to imprison him. Is that what you meant?"

The pope said calmly: "In the eyes of that kid Mo Yu, there is no difference between me and you, the empress. She respects me as much as she respects the empress. Even if she notices something wrong afterwards, she can't say anything about it."

"Meili Sha has been quiet for more than two hundred years. Ever since Chen Changsheng came to Beijing last year, he suddenly seemed like a different person. I felt something was wrong at the time."

The Holy Queen walked to the bank of the pool with her hands behind her back, looked at the blue sky and flowing clouds on the palace eaves reflected in the pool, and said calmly: "Of course I know that Chen Changsheng and the National Education Academy are the unwilling manifestations of some old people, and I have something to do with this. I just didn’t pay too much attention to the arrangement, just like what I said to Mo Yu one night, my mind can accommodate the whole world, so how can it not accommodate a mere national education college and a boy?"

At this point, she turned around, looked into the Pope's eyes quietly, and said, "But you suddenly expressed your stance, and expressed your stance twice in a row, which had to make me wary."

The Pope said nothing.

The peace and strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty for more than two hundred years, and even the entire world for more than two hundred years, are mainly due to the trust and friendship between the five saints. The most critical of these is naturally the friendship between the Holy Queen and the Pope. . Since the late emperor ignored political affairs many years ago, the descendants of the saints approved memorials, acted for state affairs, and even listened to the affairs behind the curtain. It has attracted countless angry objections and attacks. The most important reason why the opponents of the saints have never been able to succeed is that, Whenever the struggle is fierce, the Pope will always stick to his state religion and stand firmly by the side of the Holy Queen.

More than ten years ago, the late emperor was seriously ill. In order to prevent the great Zhou Dynasty from being ruled by a woman, many important figures in the state religion and the Chen family launched a rebellion extremely resolutely and hastily. It was on that day that the state education college was destroyed. There was a bloodbath, and the dean was beaten to death by the Pope himself.

Everyone believes that the destruction of the National Church is a testimony of the friendship and a display of strength between the Pope and the Holy Queen. Those who dare to oppose the Pope within the National Church and those who dare to rebel in the old royal family are all in the National Church. He's dead, he's dead.

So why has the Pope changed his attitude now?

"Chen Changsheng... is my nephew." The Pope looked at the Holy Queen and said calmly. ?

The abandoned garden is even quieter, the Black Dragon Pond is chilly, and the pink plum blossoms are like snowflakes.

The Holy Queen was silent for a long time and said, "Taoist Ji?"

The Pope said: "Since he is Ji Taoist, he naturally didn't die that night."

"I see, that's true...but so what? Do you still want to discuss friendship with your senior brother? Don't forget the reason why we decided to kill him back then."

The Holy Queen pointed to a place beside the pool, where a black crow was perched on a cold branch.

"In the past ten years or so, the traces of black robe activities have always been around Xue Lao City, not in Xining Town. What the kid from the Qiu Shan family did a few days ago has also proven this."

The Pope looked at her and sighed: "Maybe we really killed the wrong person that year."

The Holy Empress showed no expression and said: "Even if your senior brother is not in black robe, shouldn't he die?"

The Pope did not accept this sentence and said: "In any case, the events of the previous generation have nothing to do with the next generation. After all, Chen Changsheng is my nephew, and that child has no idea of ​​what happened in the past. In addition, no one will pay attention to it now." If I dare to oppose you, why do you need to remember the past?"

After hearing this, the Holy Queen was quiet for a while, then suddenly laughed loudly and said, "That's fine."

The Pope was not moved at all by her laughter. No real emotion could be seen on his face, and he said, "What do you think about the Zhou Garden incident?"

The Holy Empress walked along the edge of the Black Dragon Pond to the other side and said: "Below Juxing and above Tongyou, in midsummer, there is not much change in ten years."

The Pope followed suit and said: "It still depends on the results of enlightenment in the Tomb of Heaven's Book. This year is the New Year. Who knows how many candidates will be able to achieve enlightenment."

The Holy Queen stopped and said, "You will have to worry about this matter."

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That night, the old eunuch leader in the palace, in accordance with the private orders of the Holy Queen, began to investigate an old case, and began to transfer old files in a low-key and silent manner. The Holy Empress did not leave this matter to Mo Yu. It has nothing to do with trust. The main reason is that this matter was too long ago. Mo Yu was still young at that time, and the matter was too tragic. Since Mo Yu didn't know, then It's better not to know.

This old case was the source of the bloodbath at the National Education College more than ten years ago.

When the late Emperor was lying on his bed, the Holy Empress was anxious and busy with government affairs. She was exhausted and haggard for a while. At this time, someone from the old royal family tried to kidnap her only prince at that time.

This was a very terrible thing, and what was even more terrible was that the old royal family's intentions actually succeeded, and the prince disappeared, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive.

Because of this incident, the Holy Empress lost control. In a rage, she executed a group of people involved in the case, including the two county princes, and the whole courtyard of the National Education Academy was executed. Now, the Pope has confirmed that the dean of the Chinese Academy of Education is still alive, and he is Taoist Ji. So, is that prince still alive?

If it weren't for Chen Changsheng's age, the Queen might have thought more.

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In the evening, Chen Changsheng finished all the activities related to the examination and results release of the Great Dynasty. He returned to the National Education College and changed into clean clothes. He left Baihua Alley and walked through the small bridges hidden in the streets of Kyoto. He crossed the Luoshui River three times and more. An unknown water channel came to the front of Dongyu Shenjiang's mansion.

He came to Dongyu Divine General's Mansion once last spring, and that was the only time. Nearly a year has passed since then. Many things have changed, and many things have remained unchanged, such as the solemnity of the Divine General's Mansion. Quiet, and the sound of gurgling water under the stone bridge.

Withdrawing his gaze towards the end of the canal, Chen Changsheng walked down the stone bridge and arrived in front of the Dongyu Divine General's mansion. He informed the soldiers outside the mansion of his identity and was immediately welcomed in.

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(Today I attended the Comic Exhibition in Guangzhou, met with readers at night, had dinner, and drank... I am very tired, especially my waist and voice, but I am also very happy. I can only write these, and I will try to write them out tomorrow. In short, everyone is Live hard and enjoy it, right? Thank you everyone.)