One Step to The End

"How? My Royal Dragon Pond is not bad, right..."

Emperor Shunyao walked into the imperial bathhouse with his cloth robe open, his long hair casually twirled on top of his head, and the Yulong Pond, which was entirely made of precious stones, was steaming hot. The eight court ladies outside only wore tube tops and knelt down on both sides, and the dressing table was not only There are bright glass mirrors, as well as all kinds of exquisite and expensive toiletries.

"It's definitely not bad. Who dares to catch prostitutes in this place to do great health care..."

Zhao Guanren also wore a gauze and looked around. When the two palace ladies knelt and pushed open the door of the bath, there were three big baths, one cold pool, one soup pool, and one clear pool. There were eight palace ladies kneeling in it. Welcome by the pool.

"Your thoughts are really bad, what kind of prostitute do I use in my harem..."

Emperor Shunyao smiled and walked in, Zhao Guanren followed up and laughed: "The difference between the two is that one is retail for individual customers, the other is for exclusive use of annual subscriptions, and the same is spent for fun. There is no difference in essence. , Can the emperor not give them money?"

"You! Talking is always open, I have to take out the **** from my intestines and say..."

Emperor Shunyao stretched out his arms dumbfounded, and the palace ladies hurriedly came up to take off his robe, and handed him a soft towel to help him step into the potion pool, but Zhao Guanren's face turned red and embarrassed: "Take it off." There are too many people, right?"

"Haha~ When you are also harmful and embarrassed, please strip him naked for me..."

The emperor Shunyao seemed to have caught his weakness, and his childlike innocence suddenly rose. Zhao Guanren hurriedly clutched his bathrobe and jumped into the pool. He shrank in the water before taking off his bathrobe. Arrange tea and cakes by the pool.

"You go down first, tell you to come in again..."

Emperor Shunyao lightly waved his hand, Zhao Guanren took a cup of sour plum soup, lit a cigarette and leaned against the pool comfortably, while Emperor Shunyao also lit a cigar for Ghent, and asked: "Did the queen confess what? Last words?"

"I don't want to be born in an emperor's house in my next life, I just want to be an ordinary woman..."

Zhao Guanren spit out his cigarette and said, "No one will die! This is a very frightening rule. Six years ago, you had an abdomen injury on the driver's hand, and the maidens discovered that they could not regenerate, but most of them were in their twenties and thirties, and their harems were also fiercely competing for favor. , It’s not surprising to borrow seeds to have children!"

"I seem to have become a tyrant, the biggest joke in the world..."

Emperor Shunyao raised his head and gave a sorrowful laugh, and actually left two lines of tears. It can be seen that he and the queen have some feelings, but feelings can't beat the emperor's power.

"As soon as you enter the Hou Gate, it is as deep as the sea, and Xiao Lang is a passerby from then on..."

Zhao Guanren lay on his back in the water and said, "The inside and outside of the palace are two worlds. People outside want to come in and people inside want to go out. To put it bluntly, the palace is a prison. Being an emperor is not a favor. I think it is more like a kind of Punishment is just the bitterness in it, no emperor dared to speak out!"

"Oh~"

Emperor Shunyao waved his hands and said, "I really don't like listening to you. You always poke in people's hearts and say something happy. If you continue to listen to you, I will get home!"

"Let's say one unhappy thing in the end..."

Zhao Guanren said: "The clues point to Prince Duan. If Heavenly Master Xuanyang succeeds in calling his soul tonight, and confirms that the sorcery was done by Prince Duan, then there is a black hand in the harem that none of us expected, the prince, the sixth, and the old. Nine are all victims!"

Emperor Shunyao straightened up and asked, "Why can't it be the sixth man, so you are so sure that he is fine?"

"The sixth one wants to toss, but it's a pity that he doesn't have this ability..."

Zhao Guanren shook his head and said: "But I hope the guilt can be directed at the sixth child. The most feared thing is to fall on the head of Prince Duan. Then this person is too terrible. It is very likely that he personally participated in the murder of the Emperor!"

"You made me confused, who else besides the three of them..."

Emperor Shunyao looked at him in confusion, Zhao Guanren handed him a glass of iced rice wine, and smiled: "Everything is in the guessing stage. At night, you call out all the princes and concubines and let them watch the heavenly master Xuanyang call their souls. , Maybe you can see some clues!"

"Okay! I will wait patiently for a few more hours..."

Emperor Shunyao slapped his hands after drinking the rice wine, and the bathrooms were immediately pushed away. There were more than a dozen concubines wrapped in bath towels and lined up. Although they were all downgraded, they were all serious harem women. Seeing Zhao Guanren all blushed.

"Except for me, you are the second man to come in..."

Emperor Shunyao chuckled and beckoned. The maidens could only blush and step into the pool, but they had obviously been ordered. Four of them swam to Zhao Guanren's side, kneading his shoulders and feet with shame. Two knelt by the pool and feed him drinks and fruit.

"emperor!"

Zhao Guanren leaned against the pool with his arms wide open, looking at the beautiful court lady who had kneeled around the pool, and smiled: "I took back the words I was young and ignorant before. In fact, it's still very good to be an emperor most of the time. Give it to a **** at this moment. Don't change!"

"Haha~"

Emperor Shunyao raised his head and laughed: "Are you all fools that day? Who is the emperor is unhappy, but you have to pay for the reward tonight, and they will be exclusive to you in the future!"

...

"Mother! It's not let people sleep in the middle of the night, so it's scary to watch some soul-seeking..."

The concubines and concubines gathered outside the Tianhe Hall full of complaints. There were a lot of kerosene lamps hung on the square to illuminate the square in black and white. All the imperial troops were withdrawn to the far sides. Heavenly Master Xuanyang placed in the center of the square. The altar was set up.

"Why call us all out..."

The little princess and Princess Demon Moon also came out, and the guards stopped their slaves, but there were only a hundred concubines, plus a dozen princes and princesses, not many people, all gathered on the stairs The small leeward corner next to the pedestal.

"Prince and Prince Duan are here..."

The concubines spread their legs and bowed in salute, only to see the prince come with his head up and chest up, while the prince Duan yawned as if not awake, each leading his family.

"Yongning! What is this going to do, is it going to open the altar to catch ghosts in the middle of the night..."

Prince Duan was imprisoned for a few days and didn’t know anything. The little princess walked out of the crowd and said, “Call the soul! Someone has set up a sorcerer in the harem. Someone will be out of luck tonight!"

"Humph~ Old Jiu! Don't be scared to pee in your pants later..."

The prince folded his sleeves and sneered. He stood upright on the steps of the hall, while Prince Duan curled his lips and said: "Who does good deeds knows well. You are the Prince of the East Palace. I have a scheming trick. Do you treat me as two hundred and five?"

"Hey! Have you heard..."

A lady suddenly said: "I heard that the prince of the county went to Yulongchi to take a bath. The emperor called more than a dozen noble men and ladies to serve. Yes, I will go out of the palace to Prince Zhao's Mansion tomorrow morning!"

"What? King Zhao went to Yulongchi, is the emperor also..."

Most people were stunned by the news, and the prince and Prince Duan also pricked their ears, and pushed their wives and concubines over to eavesdrop.

"Nonsense! Who dares to attend the bath if the emperor is not..."

A well-informed lady said: "Have you not found out that none of them are here? Qian Guibi is simply not beautiful. She took a box of gold melon seeds and gave her a reward, saying that King Zhao rewarded her a bunch of treasures, Wang The imperial concubine was also abolished and threw it to her as a slave servant!"

"The royal concubine can't hang herself..."

A concubine said in horror: "Wang Gui concubine usually bullies her very often. She slapped her ears in public. This time she will be a slave and maidservant. It must be worse than death, maid! God bless me, I am not a queen. The party, it has nothing to do with me!"

"What happened, why did Zhao Yunxuan go to the Imperial Dragon Pond..."

Prince Duan looked at the little princess in astonishment, and the little princess pouted and said: "The emperor treats him as a toilet, and throws all the unwanted goods into his house. Anyway, he has more lice and is not afraid of biting. His reputation for rebelling and domineering is outside. Go to his house and kowtow long ago!"

"Hey! The King Yongshi is here..."

The maidens all showed a smirk. They only saw Zhao Guanren in a red dragon gown and walked over with two big sleeves, followed by Tan Qingning and Duan Commander, but at this time, no one dared to go forward and get close. Nodding your head even if you say hello.

"It's almost time! Let's get started..."

Emperor Shunyao walked out from behind the main hall with his hands on his back. Jin Wuming and Grandpa Tian followed. The concubines and princes knelt forward to welcome him, while Emperor Shunyao just slightly raised his hand and walked straight to the altar on the square. .

"Everyone! Please enter the circle quickly..."

Heavenly Master Xuanyang replaced a serious seven-star bronze sword. Four men, four women, and eight disciples were holding dustpans and drew a large circle around the altar with lime powder, and finally sprinkled the remaining lime powder on the steps of the hall. Before, even the steps of the main hall were not let go.

"The emperor! Please sit here, don't get up..."

Xuan Yang invited Emperor Shunyao to sit on the armchair on the left and said loudly, "Listen carefully, everyone. The unmanned virgin stands on the right side of the emperor, the boy stands on the left side of the emperor, the man stands on the left side of the altar, and the woman stands on the right side of the altar. , Please stand outside the circle if you are not a man or a woman!"

"Uh-huh~ Father Tian! Please..."

Commanding Duan coughed awkwardly, and walked out of the circle side by side with Father Tian.

"Grandpa Emperor! I'll accompany you..."

The little princess happily jumped to the emperor's side, Princess Yaoyue also walked over, and dozens of widows and concubines stood on the right hand side of Emperor Shunyao together, but there were only four boys, all of whom were semi-ignorant princes. And Huang Sun.

"Huh~ look at how you discipline the kids..."

Emperor Shunyao snorted displeasedly, who knows that Zhao Guanren also walked over. A group of women and the emperor were shocked, and Yaoyue cursed in an unpleasant manner: "You want to be shameless. , You are too embarrassed to pretend to be a boy?"

"I have to be believed by someone to pretend, but it's a big deal, and I can't let people pretend..."

Zhao Guanren dragged a teenage grandson and kicked him on the ass. The little boy ran away with red ears. The angry prince screamed, and the old lady who had caught the bear kid slapped a few times in the face.

"The virgins under the seat obey orders! Kneel forward and reverse Yin and Yang..."

Heavenly Master Xuanyang waved his seven-star bronze sword and shouted. The eight disciples immediately sat down, kneeling in the forefront, but Zhao Guanren stepped forward and grabbed the two female disciples and said with a wry smile: "You two What a virgin, do you want to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"What? When did you break down and dare to deceive as a teacher..."

Heavenly Master Xuanyang stepped forward again in shock and anger, and the two women's faces turned pale, and they squatted on the ground in horror and confessed their mistakes.

"Xuan Yang! Can you do it? I think you are not as good as Yun Xuan..."

Emperor Shunyao looked at it very uncomfortably. Tianshi Xuanyang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "Your Majesty! Poor Dao is also deceived by these two evildoers. Could you please call the two virgins out to help, just Just kneel on the ground, there will be no danger!"

"Yongning! Yongtai! You two stepped forward and knelt..."

Emperor Shunyao slowly raised his finger, the faces of the little princess and Princess Yaoyue changed slightly, and Prince Duan hurriedly shouted: "Father! This matter is extremely dangerous. How can you let them kneel forward, son Help you call two court ladies!"

"Why don't you go forward and kneel, see if the evil spirit recognizes you..."

Emperor Shunyao gave him a cold look, and Prince Duan immediately did not dare to speak. The little princess and Yaoyue could only bite the bullet and walked forward and knelt down with the two female disciples.

"Don't move! Poor Dao will protect you well..."

Heavenly Master Xuanyang picked up a bowl of cinnabar water, and stepped forward to draw a ghost-killing talisman on the back of Princess Yaoyue, but as soon as it was the little princess's turn, he heard a "crack", and the good porcelain bowl suddenly split into four petals. , A bowl of cinnabar water was spilled, making everyone's expressions changed.