[Inscription: This article is the first part of the long biographical historical novel "Former Qin Fengyun" "Former Qin Fengyun" Chapter 8 "Wind and Cloud Mutation" Section 13]
【Introduction】
◇ Review of the contents of the previous section: On the thirty-third day of Shi Shi's succession, Shi Zun deposed him and established himself. Zhang Jackal was killed and Empress Liu was deposed. Shi Min and Shi Zun soon had a conflict. Before going out to quell the rebellion for Shi Zun, Shi Min came to see the deposed Empress Liu. At this time, the empress dowager was still in a dream.
◆ Introduction to the content of this section: A burst of thunder woke Empress Liu from her dream. In the face of Shi Min, who used to have a sister-brother friendship, her spirit is still in a trance. Shi Min laboriously said the secret hidden in his heart. After Shi Shi committed suicide, Empress Liu also ended her life. An inexplicable fire broke out in the Palace.
★ Story takes place: April 349. Location: Inside the Palace.
A sudden explosion of thunder sounded in the sky, waking Empress Liu from her dream. When she opened her eyes with difficulty, she found that the room was very dark. At this moment, a blinding lightning bolt drove away the darkness, and she realized that there was indeed a person standing in front of the bed, and it was Shi Min!
God, wasn't you dreaming just now? After the lightning and thunder, the house returned to darkness, and from outside the house came a "whining" sound, interspersed with a "crackling" sound, giving people a feeling of ten thousand horses galloping and overwhelming the sea. Her eyes were a little astringent and faintly painful, so she simply closed her eyes slightly and asked, "What's the noise outside?" ”
"Wind and rain, as if there were hailstones. Dowager. Shi Min replied.
"It's so windy!" Empress Liu opened her eyes again and fumbled from the bed for a thin robe to drape over her body. She got out of bed barefoot, without shoes, stood opposite Shi Min, first reached out and straightened her messy hair, and then calmly said, "Thorn Slave, I know what you're here to do, so let's do it." ”
"Empress, where do you want to go!" Whether they kill you or not, I don't know, but I wouldn't do such a thing. I'm going to go on a journey tomorrow, and I'm going to see you and Qi Gong before I go. ”
Another bolt of lightning. Shi Min noticed that Empress Liu was wearing very little, plain white, and through the electric light he saw the cleavage on her chest. She was only in her early thirties, the golden season for women, and although she looked a little haggard and unpolished at this time, she was still a beauty, and there was an additional pathological beauty that made people feel pity.
Empress Liu
"Oh, you remember me, thanks. It was too dark in the house, so I came to light the candles. ”
When Empress Liu lit the candle, Shi Min had been silently watching her. After lighting the candle, Empress Liu said, "Thorn Slave, I am very happy that you can come to see me, so let's sit for a while." ”
Shi Min obediently sat down. Empress Liu also brought a stool, also wrapped in satin, and sat down opposite him. She wore only a blasphemous robe as thin as a cicada's wing, two tender lotus-like arms completely exposed, and two snow-white legs, although lightly caged by smoke, were also well-defined. At the moment when she sat down, Shi Min saw most of the breasts inside her corset, which brought him back to his lost childhood.
That was more than a decade ago.
One summer night, the weather was sweltering, and they went out into the wild to cool off. The breeze in the wilderness is gentle, and the insects are chirping. The sisters and brothers were sitting on the grass talking, and the sister felt a foreign body squirming in the back of her clothes, guessing that a bug had burrowed in. She was wearing a narrow pleated coat, and it was difficult for bugs to come in. As night fell and there was no one around, she planned to simply take off her pleats and take the bugs away, so she asked her brother to turn his back. The mischievous brother said, "Sister, let me help you catch bugs, I'm not afraid of any bugs!" She hesitated slightly before she said, "Yes, you are only allowed to catch insects, and you are not allowed to touch me anywhere else." The younger brother agreed, put his small hand into her back, and quickly caught the worm and took it away. She felt some itching on her back, and scratched through her clothes, but the more she scratched, the more she itched, so she said, "Brother, you can scratch for me again, the itch is annoying!" So the younger brother will be small again
They were once the descendants of the enemy family who hugged together for warmth
Hands reached into her dress and gently tickled her. She felt so comfortable that she simply closed her eyes and enjoyed it. I don't know how long it took, but my brother asked, "Sister, is that enough?" She smiled and replied, "I didn't stop, you just kept scratching!" The younger brother said, "My arm is sore." She deliberately scolded, "You're still practicing martial arts, you can't make it so hard!" After saying that, he laughed out loud. The younger brother then discovered that he had fallen for his sister and began to play a prank, when the hand suddenly slid to her chest and touched her increasingly bulging breasts. She instinctively pushed her brother away and scolded, "Bastard, tell you not to touch it!" The younger brother didn't care, clapped his hands and laughed, and she actually laughed along with it.
Empress Liu had been watching Shi Min. Women are sensitive, and Shi Min's heart can't escape her eyes. She wouldn't forget those things either. Later, she secretly let Shi Min scratch several tickles, and Xiao Shi Min always responded to every request, took it seriously, and was well-behaved. Finally, one day, she realized that she was taking advantage of her brother, and she couldn't help but blush and scold herself in her heart. The country was broken, and the feeling of being at ease and warm like that was pitiful to her. When she was dying, such emotions could actually be revived, allowing her to savor it again. On her pale face, there began to be some blood.
"Empress, are you resenting me?" It was Shi Min who took the lead in breaking the silence.
"No, I only hate myself. I can hate all people, I just won't hate you. Are you not afraid that they will gossip about you? ”
"I don't care."
Shi Min as a teenager
"It's not hate, it's regret. Thorn Slave, Shi'er can't be the emperor, can't keep the world, I don't know, but I still let him do it. ”
"It's all the trouble caused by that jackal!"
"No!" Empress Liu suddenly raised her voice, "You can't blame others for this, who can tie you up to be emperor?" Now that I finally understand it, I still have hatred and hatred in my heart. You're just like me, so I won't resent you. ”
"Empress!"
"Don't call me Empress. I am the one waiting to die. You said you weren't here to kill me, and I believed it. If you can come to see me, I will be satisfied and die without regrets. Since you are still thinking about that old love, call me sister. ”
“……”
"I knew you couldn't scream!" Do you know why? Because there is hatred in the heart. I also hate, but it is not you who hate; the person you hate, it should be me. There is hatred, you still come, and you will not waste the fate of our sister and brother..."
"The Empress..."
Empress Liu stood up: "I'm done talking." You go. ”
Shi Min had no choice but to stand up, but he had no intention of leaving, but he didn't know what to say next.
"Thorn Slave, there is one thing I regret now: I never thought that you could also be emperor. At that time, I must have thought that it might not be the end of today. I said, Shi'er can't be the emperor, but he can let you do it, then there will be nothing for him Pengcheng King! I'm happy to do that so that our mother and son may be able to save their lives. You say yes or no? ”
Empress Liu's words made Shi Min stunned. Man will die, and his words will be good. She wouldn't tell him a lie, it was just that her idea was childish and ignorant. He was well aware that today was most likely their trick. He also had something in his heart that he wanted to say, but he found it difficult to say. Perhaps infected by Empress Liu, he finally made up his mind and said the secret in his heart: "Empress Dowager, I came to tell you clearly that what I did was not for the grievances of the previous generation, nor because of Qi Gong. I can't remember the grievances of the previous generation in your name; whoever becomes emperor at the moment has nothing to do with me. You are the woman of the former emperor, and I am not the same person as before, this is something that cannot be done..."
"What do you mean by that?" I don't understand! ”
"At that time, I thought about it, could I... Marry you, but you become the woman of the king... I hated you for this..." Shi Min finally said the secret hidden deep in his heart.
Shi Min
Empress Liu's body trembled a little, and she stared at Shi Min with her eyes fixed on her, asking, "Are you saying that you have alienated me all these years because I have become someone else's woman?" ”
"I can only talk about this..." Shi Min lowered his head and murmured.
Empress Liu's face showed a strange expression, and she suddenly stretched out her hands, tightly grasped Shi Min's shoulders, shook them vigorously, and cried and asked: "Thorn Slave, are you telling the truth?" ”
Shi Min lifted his head to meet Empress Liu's gaze. He could see the fine blood vessels under her neck and feel her rapid breathing.
"Have I ever told a lie before you?" Yes, that day you asked Qi Gong if he could be a prince, and my attitude was indeed cold. Until now, you still don't understand why I'm like that. I said at the time that it was not up to me to make Qi Gong the Crown Prince or give up, and I wanted you to make up your own mind. He also said that he could not harm you. You yourself fainted, but you rebuked me for being indifferent! What more can I say? Shi Min knew that Empress Liu had always been angry about the negative attitude she had taken when Shi Shi was competing for the crown prince, and he felt aggrieved and annoyed by this.
"Regretting the past is useless. As I said, I won't blame you, and you don't need to explain. Empress Liu stared at Shi Min with a fiery gaze, and a smile gradually appeared on the side of her lips, and she suddenly giggled out loud, revealing her porcelain white teeth, and said: "Wrongdoer, why didn't you say it earlier?" You should have said these words earlier! ”
Unforgettable that love
"Can I say? Who do you tell to go? ”
"Tell me! But it's not too late for you to say it today. Thorn slave, call me a sister, just call, okay? Empress Liu begged.
"My sister died a long time ago..."
Empress Liu showed a disappointed expression, she released her hands, withdrew her two naked arms, and said slowly: "I understand, don't embarrass you..." Two lines of clear tears flowed down her white cheeks.
"Empress, one more thing... How to deal with you and The Duke of Qi, there was already an edict on the present, but I did not agree to it when Empress Zheng stopped me. You know, Empress Zheng has been eating and praying to the Buddha all these years..." Shi Min said hesitantly.
"I see." Empress Dowager Liu nodded, "Thank you Empress Zheng for me, she has not been easy in these years." Thorn slave, if you want to be an emperor, just listen to my words, don't kill too many people..."
At this time, a muffled sound came from the next room, and Empress Liu and Shi Min thought of the little emperor Shi Shi and ran over together. When they ran into the room, they saw that Shi Shi had fallen into a pool of blood, holding a short knife in his hand.
He was born in the imperial family
"Xiu Chenghou, I know your intentions, and I don't embarrass you... After the mother, the sons and daughters took the first step..." Shi Shi said to Shi Min and his mother with difficulty.
Empress Liu threw herself on her son's body and cried loudly: "Shi'er... My son..."
Shi Min stood silently behind Empress Liu. Another bolt of lightning broke through the window, and by the electric light, he saw the banner that Had been pasted on the wall by Shi Shi: Be a scholar and be a student, but helplessly born in the emperor's house! In the face of the tragic situation in front of him, he dismissed the idea of saying one last goodbye to Empress Liu and prepared to withdraw and leave. At the moment when he turned around, Empress Liu suddenly let out a fierce cry, and he quickly turned his head to see that Empress Liu was already lying next to her son, and the blood was flowing. She killed herself with her sword!
"Empress! Empress Dowager..." Shi Min stepped closer and crouched down to hold Empress Liu's twitching hand.
"Thorn Slave ... Please, call me sister..."
Just as Shi Min hesitated, Empress Liu stopped struggling, and she died. Seeing that her eyes were still open, Shi Min stretched out his wide palm, flicked it on her eye curtain, and closed his eyes for her. At this time, there was a call from outside:
"It's not good, it's on fire!"
"It's on fire... The Taiwu Hall is on fire! ”
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