Uncle (25)

"What?!"

Wan Siyuan's face turned pale instantly.

She looked at the palace servant kneeling on the ground in disbelief: "How is it possible? Your Majesty was fine last night..."

The palace man was trembling, but he still answered: "Your Majesty drank some wine last night and stayed up all night. In the early morning, the palace man went to call your majesty, and then he discovered..."

She bowed her head and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty once said that if he leaves one day, all the ladies will be sent to the imperial mausoleum to accompany him. The Queen Mother has already sent people to prepare. You, you..."

Because Wan Siyuan's face was so ugly, the palace officials did not dare to say directly, "You can prepare yourself and die with dignity."

But even if she didn't say it, Wan Siyuan received the meaning.

"No! Impossible!!"

If it weren't for all this being too real, Wan Siyuan almost thought she was dreaming. She got off the bed with her bare feet, grabbed the palace man, and shook her collar: "Are you lying? Are you lying to me?" Your Majesty! Your Majesty was fine yesterday, but I was brought in yesterday, and I didn’t even meet the Queen Mother. How could he die today?”

"You dare to curse His Majesty, someone is here!! Drag him out!! Drag him out and kill him with a stick!!"

The palace man was so frightened that he did not dare to speak. The palace men and eunuchs outside heard the noise, but no one went in and followed Wan Siyuan's instructions.

Wan Siyuan herself is a person with no foundation. She just took office yesterday, and they have not cultivated any loyalty to her. She is just a concubine who is about to die, and is not worthy of their protection.

When Wan Siyuan shouted for a long time and saw no one came in, she let go of her hand in confusion. The palace servant she caught hurriedly picked up her skirt and ran out.

She made such a fuss that the palace officials who had some sympathy for her and were timid did not dare to approach her anymore.

It happened that people from the Queen Mother's palace came and sent people to seal the windows and doors.

Wan Siyuan was locked in the room, banging on the door, but the people outside seemed like they couldn't hear her shouts, and still nailed the doors and windows.

"What are you doing!!! What are you doing?! Why should I be locked up? Let me out. I want to see Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!!"

She kept shouting until her voice became hoarse. Only then did those outside get ready and leave. Wan Siyuan desperately pulled on the doors and windows, only to find that the windows were nailed shut with wooden boards and the door was chained.

After a while, a nun came outside. She didn't react to the crazy commotion inside. She lowered her eyes and said respectfully and calmly:

"Please don't hurt yourself again. I'm just sealing the doors and windows to prevent you from going out without permission."

Countless wooden boards sealed the windows tightly, and the door was closed with chains. This originally luxurious house looked like it had turned into a cage. How could Wan Siyuan not panic.

She knocked on the door desperately: "I want to see His Majesty, I want to see him! Let me out!!"

The grandma's expression was still calm: "Your Majesty has passed away. In three days, all the ladies will follow you to the imperial mausoleum. Please stay in the house for these three days."

Three days? ? ?

Wan Siyuan was also a princess in her previous life, so she naturally knew the rules of the royal family, and concubines who were buried were given white silk ribbons on the same day.

The reason why I didn't go ahead was because I was worried that the corpse would stink and be indecent.

Doesn't that mean that she only has three days to live? ?

no! !

She can't die!

Wan Siyuan knocked on the door frantically again; "Let me out!! I have something to tell the Queen Mother, let me out!!"

This grandma didn't want to hear what Wan Siyuan had to say at all.

In fact, what the palace maid said should be that all the childless people below the concubine should be buried.

After all, there are still daughters of ministers in the emperor's harem, and these ministers, even if they are not favored, are still concubines at the end. Although it is reasonable for someone's good daughter to be buried by the emperor, she died like this. , How could the minister feel better in his heart?

Those below the concubines are not important.

Most of them are commoner women, and there are even singers. These have no status, and they have not given birth to children, so they will die when they die.

What she loved most about her prince was female sex. How could she be willing to leave him alone after he died? Only by sending these three thousand beauties from the harem to accompany him could she rest assured.

Wan Siyuan was a concubine, so she didn't have to die.

But since His Majesty died suddenly, the Queen Mother immediately searched the entire palace inside and out to make sure that nothing could be found. However, His Majesty was in good health, so how could he suddenly die suddenly.

After checking again and again, I only found that His Majesty only met Wan Siyuan, a person who didn't often appear around him last night.

And they didn't know what they said. His Majesty, who originally wanted to kill this woman, changed his mind and agreed to make her a concubine.

When she learned the news yesterday, the Queen Mother only thought that it was another person who rose to power through beauty.

She had long been accustomed to her son's preference for beauty, so naturally she didn't take it to heart.

As soon as the emperor died suddenly today, the Queen Mother couldn't find anyone to settle the score, so she blamed Wan Siyuan for the incident.

Even if she wasn't the one who caused it, it was definitely the emperor who defeated her.

The queen mother hated the emperor for dying suddenly after seeing her, so she directly added her to the list. Anyway, she was just a person without father, mother and background. She would die as soon as she died.

Wan Siyuan will definitely not know this. After all, if nothing happens, she will spend the last three days of her life in this cage-like room.

When grandma left, she screamed without giving up.

But no matter how she shouted, there was no response from outside.

She waited until it was dark, because there was no one to serve her in the house, so naturally no one lit the lamp for her.

In the dark, Wan Siyuan climbed onto the bed shivering.

She hadn't eaten for a day, and her stomach was aching from hunger.

While curled up in bed, in the darkness, she seemed to see Duan Qingen in her previous life.

The gentle-looking and well-behaved King Yao smiled at her gently and coaxed her; "How can you not eat? It's just that the jewelry you like has been bought in advance. I will send someone to make an identical one for the princess."

In her previous life, she shook his hand away unhappily, hating that if he was not not ambitious enough, how could others dare to snatch her favorite things.

But now, she was so hungry that she felt dizzy.

But it was impossible for such a person to appear and coax her to eat in a gentle voice.

Wan Siyuan slowly curled up and cried in regret.

****

"It's getting dark fast."

Duan Qingen and General Zheng stood on the slope, under the bright moon, the two looked at the tents below.

General Zheng's eyes were full of bloodshot, but the corners of his lips were always raised in ecstasy: "He must be cold now."

"What a pity, he couldn't see the throne change with his own eyes."

Duan Qingen also felt sorry.

After all, since he came, he had to rely on Zhu Ye, the guy who betrayed him, to fight for a place to breathe with the emperor.

But who made him the emperor's uncle?

Even if he was just a grassroots minister, he would usurp the throne, but he happened to be the emperor's uncle.

If he really went straight up, it would be unjustifiable. The ministers in the court would not be convinced, and the people would not be able to do things smoothly.

"It's better to die, and it can also appease the spirit of your wife in heaven."

General Zheng nodded gratefully, but when he mentioned his wife, the iron-blooded man almost cried.

To be honest, Duan Qingen sometimes admired this emperor.

What a great ability it is to be able to make the loyal ministers around him want to kill him quickly with his own ability.

Duan Qingen looked at the stars in the sky and calculated: "They should have received the news. When they fight, it will be our turn."

The emperor has only a daughter but no son, so the queen mother must choose someone to sit on the throne.

But who to choose is a problem.

First of all, the emperor also inherited his father's style. His brothers died or were disabled.

These people are not the queen mother's own children, so she definitely doesn't want them to take the throne.

Then, it is only possible to choose from the grandchildren below.

Children are easy to control, and it is also easy for her to control the situation.

But the queen mother thought well, would those princes who had the possibility of ascending the throne but were blocked be willing?

Duan Qingen knew that he would succeed, so he chose the safest and least disreputable way.

Those people don't know.

They will only do whatever it takes and ignore the consequences.

General Zheng was happy for a while, and when he saw Duan Qingen looking at the stars in the sky, he asked, "But my daughter..."

"Don't worry, she has someone protecting her."

Duan Qingen said, lowering his eyes slightly, looking at his hands: "My princess is also protected."

"Wait, the news spreads quickly, I'm afraid that within three days, there will be a fight in the capital, and then we can take them out in the chaos."

The throne is a sweet cake.

It's there, everyone wants it but dares not.

But as long as one person stretches out his claws, the rest will naturally rush in.

What Duan Qingen did was just to feed the first person who stretched out his claws, so that he had the courage to stretch out his claws.

He looked at General Zheng again: "What about you? Have you arranged everything?"

General Zheng hurriedly said, "It's all done."

On the surface, they were fighting with the grassland these days, but in fact, there were no casualties on both sides.

But the military pay and supplies given by the court were sent here in batches, which was enough after this period of time.

Duan Qingen nodded: "Then wait."

General Zheng was completely conquered by Duan Qingen at this moment, and nodded respectfully: "I will listen to the prince. When they have almost exhausted each other, we will follow the original plan and lead troops to attack the capital and offer the throne to the prince."

"No, no, no, this is not an attack on the capital."

His Royal Highness Prince Yao smiled lightly, a gentleman:

"We just heard that someone rebelled, so we went back to serve the king."

As for why he was the only one left alive in the end.

And why the ministers in the court began to petition him to sit on the throne.

He didn't know~