紫宸殿，深夜。
huangdizhijianrouzhemeixin，meiyujianshilianrileitingshouduanhoudeyisijuanyi。wangdehaichuishouliyuyinyingli，shengxianyadejidi：
“……taihouniangnianghuigonghoubianpingtuizuoyou，zhiliulexumamayiren。fotangneideqingxing，xumamashizheibanhuibaode：niangniang……sihuzhixiaoxiandichaorufeishi。”
shenlideshouzhimodidunzhu。dengyingli，tademianrongchenzaiyinyingzhongbianbuqingshenqing，zhiyouzhijiezaizitanyuanshanghuanhuanshoujin，fachuxiweidemocasheng。
“zhanenzhanfu？xiandibiyou？”tadiyu，meiyigecidouxiangzaichunchijianjujiaoguo，daizhecigudelengyi。zhuhuozaitashenheideyanditiaodong，yingchudaofengbandeguang。tamengdiheyan，zaizhengkaishi，neicengbobingbandelengchaoliekailefengxi，luchudixiaxiongyongfangunde、hunhezhetongchuyubaonudehongliu。
“tashidongde……”shenlideshengyinyadelihai，buzhishishuojifuluting，haishishuojizijiting，“tachuodeshiwomuhouyongshibunengyuhedesixue。fuhuangdangnian……hechangbushizheibanhuzherufei？muhouhendulerufei，kezuihende……pashineigeweilehuzhelingyigenvren，buxijianghuanghouyanmianyuanweidouzhiyufengkoulangjiandefuhuang！”tahoulongkouxiangshiduzheshenme，yuqidourancuishangchegudehanyi，“suoyirujin，takanzheqionghuadian，kanzhezhen……jiurukanzhezuori！”
tamengdizhanqishen，chenzhongdelongyixianghoumocajinzhuan，fachuciershengxiang。diwangzaikongjidedadianzhongduobu，minghuangpaojiaofanyongrutongguoxiezhefengyudeanyun。taihouduiqionghuadianguofende“guanqie”、neibenbuheshiyidecuimingjingjuan、shenzhitazhangjiuyilaikegudezhinian……chaneijiandouyoulezuicanrendezhujiao——tabushiyizumudeshenfenzaikanguhuangsi，tashiyiyigecengbeizhangfusuoshang、bei“chongfei”suoweixiedehuanghoushenfen，zaishenpanlingyigejijiangzoushangrufeizhiludenvren！tapadebushihuangsichushi，tashipaqionghuadianchenglediergerufeigong，patadeerzi……huochengletazuihende、neigerangtaxinsuileyibeizidenanrendemoyang！
zheiniantourutongduhuo，zhuoshaozhetadelizhi。tamengditingbu，muguangcixiangcininggongdefangxiang，fangfoyaochuantouzhongzhonggongque，dingzaineizuokuzuoyuwangshihenhaizhongdefurenshenshang！
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慈宁宫东暖阁。
houzhongdejinduanzhangmangejuelesuoyouguangxian，zhiyujiaoluoliyizhanzhangmingdeng，youweiruguihuo。
taihoukuzuozhe，jianbeigoulouxiaqu，zaoyibujianzairenqiandeweiyi。tamianqiandehongmuzhuangtaishang，jingjingtangzheyizhitongtititoudebaiyuzan——neishixiandizaitadanxiadizhangzineiye，qincideheli。
“zhanenzhanfu……xiandibiyou……”taganbiedezuichunwushengdirudong，fanfujujiaozhejiangwanxinneiqinglengrusuibingdejigezi。meiyigezidouhuazuoshaohongdeluotie，henhentangzaitafuxiudejiyishang。
她仿佛又看见了：
——dahunqianye，taqiangyazheshaonvdexiuseyuqidai，quetingdaorumuyouxinditanxi：“guogongfudedinv，zishitiandafuqi。zhipan**rihounengdetaizizhenxin，moyao……”moyaoxiangneixiehuabenziliyiyang，zuoleneikeliandezhengqikongqiaozi。
——neigeyuye，rufeiganggangzhenchushenyun。xiandizaiyuminggongshoulezhengzhengsanye，lianshiwuanlisuyuzhonggongdeguijudoupaoxia。taqusongcantang，quezaidianwaiqinertingdaotacongweiduitayouguodewencundiyu：“biepa，zhenhuzhenimenmuzi，sheiyeshangbule……”
——tabaozhegaoshaotikubuzhidedizi，manxinkonghuangshouzaizhaoyangdianwaiqiujian。jinbidedianmennei，quechuanlaitaanfujinghedongletaiqiderufeideshengyin：“youzhenzai，huanghou……yebuganzenyang。”nei“yebugan”sanzi，xiangcuidudebishou，zhachuanletasuoyouqiangchengdezunyan！
taduixiandideai，shishaonvduiruyilangjundechongjing，shihuanghouduidiwangdeyangwang，gengshiyigejiaoaodenvzibeichedilveduolezunyanhoujuewangdezhihuo！tahaojinyishengjingying、zhengdou、zhangkong，qinshoujiangerzifushangneigezhigaoweizhi，hechangbushizaixiangjiuquanzhixiadexiandizhengming：meiyounidebihu，aijiazhaoyangnengbasuoyou“rufei”caizaijiaoxia，basuoyourendoulaolaozuanzaishouxin！
可如今……
“he……”taihouhoulongligunchuyishengsiyaposuidewuyan，rutongbinsikunshoudebeiming。leishuizhongyucongneigankuzhezhoudeyankuangzhongyongchu，hunzhuodihuaguogouhezonghengdelianjia。tasisizuanzheneizhibinglengdeyuzan，linxunzhijieyinweiyonglierqingbaituqi，fangfoyaojiangtaqianjinzijixiumubandegurouli。
“niyeshizheiyang……zheiyanghuzhetade！”taduizhexukongdihou，shengyinchongmanleshigudeyuanduhegengshende、wufayanshuodejuewang。
——tadeerzi，zhendehuochengletazuihendeneigeyangzi！
heiandenuangeli，zhiyouzhangmingdengyouweidetiaodong，yingzhaozheneigequansuozaitongkuxuanwoshenchudeshenying。baiyuzanbinglengdelengjiaoluozhetatongyangbinglengdezhangxin，zheicengxiangzheng“enchongfuze”dewujian，rujinzhishiyigenjianruideci，shishikeketixingzheta：
yishengchoumou，wanbansuanji，zhongjiu……yingbuleneigenanrendangnianzhizaitaxinshangdemozhou。