On an autumn night, the sky is high and the dew is thick, and a crescent moon hangs quietly in the southwest sky. The cold moonlight sprinkled on the earth, it was so dark, the night was thicker, and there were more and more stars in the sky. And the lights in various parts of the capital were also lit up one after another, especially the lights around the palace walls around the palace, which were particularly faint in the night.

In the night, I vaguely saw the guards guarding the palace gate exchanging shifts.

Inside the Qianqing Palace

It seemed extraordinarily quiet, Chu Hengjue half-leaned on the dragon chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, and Li Mu stood quietly with his hands down. The old god of Nangong Lin was sitting on the soft bench next to the main hall, and there were Xia Lan and a few people standing behind him.

However, Liu Nuan didn't even go back to his dormitory at this time, so he sat down next to Chu Hengjue's head, lowered his head, and didn't know what he was thinking.

The atmosphere of the entire hall is rather heavy.

I don't know how long it took, I could vaguely hear the messy footsteps outside, Nangong Lin's eyelids twitched, and Xia Lan Xia Zhu's hand in his sleeve behind him moved slightly.

Chu Hengjue remained motionless as if he hadn't heard.

Step, step, step, uniform steps resounded outside the hall, accompanied by the sound of armor rubbing, followed by a sudden silence.

Although no one appeared in the main hall at this time, all the people in the hall already knew it in their hearts.

Because the only remaining army in the capital is the Imperial Forest Army in the capital, some time ago because of the matter of Princess Qingya, Chu Hengjue dismissed the former commander of the Imperial Forest Army pending trial, and temporarily let the right commander take office.

He remembered that the person should have come out of the Three Princes' Mansion.

Sure enough!

With a creak, the door of the main hall was slowly pushed open.

A handsome figure walked slowly. The folding fan in his hand that has not left his hand for many years made Xia Zhu behind Nangong Lin couldn't help but pout, and every time he saw his appearance, he couldn't help but want to roll his eyes. It's almost winter, is it really appropriate to still have a fan in your hand?

Is this the appearance of the so-called handsome sons in the capital?

"Coming?" Chu Hengjue's voice sounded in the hall. The disappointment and vicissitudes that can't be hidden.

"Father doesn't seem to be surprised at all?" The person who came said softly, walked to the center of the hall with a calm demeanor, and saluted Chu Hengjue respectfully, his face was still smiling like a spring breeze, but Li Mu was a little chilled when he saw it.

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"Erchen please say hello to the queen mother!" Without waiting for Chu Hengjue to reply, he bowed to Liu Nuan on the side, Chu Liuhao seemed to have finished what he wanted to do, and looked at Nangong Lin on the side.

The corners of his mouth were raised, but his eyes were as cold as knives.

"I really didn't expect the old prime minister to be here tonight!"

Hear the words. Nangong Lin raised his eyes, and glanced at the person opposite with a pair of slightly cloudy eyes, and there was no wave in the ancient well.

"Lao Chen never thought that he would see the three princes tonight. ”

This is really Nangong Lin's sincere words, the person who came was indeed a little unexpected by Nangong Lin, not that Nangong Lin felt that Chu Liuhao was so filial and loyal to Chu Hengjue that he would not usurp the throne and seize power. It's just because Nangong Lin thinks that the person who came in for the first time should be Chu Liurui, and the second should be Chu Liuhao.

After all, the evidence in the palace that Li Mu found refers to the eldest prince, so no matter whether the eldest prince is framed or not, it will be Chu Liurui who appears in the palace at this time.

Chu Liuhao is the kind of person who is used to stabbing people in the back. If he is not very sure, he should not do anything about usurpation!

"Haha, is it?" Chu Liuhao sneered, looking at the latter fixedly, Nangong Lin's appearance really didn't make him expect, but it didn't matter, he was already fully sure that he would step into the gate of the palace.

While thinking about it, Chu Liuhao's energy was placed on Chu Hengjue who was sitting on the dragon chair.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice sounded as gentle as ever.

"Erchen heard from the fifth sister that my father has been in poor health for the past two days, so I came to visit today, is my father in serious trouble?"

"Heh..."Chu Hengjue sneered, who is it with such a different heart?

"You and your fifth sister are really close!"

"Father said with a smile, didn't you teach us that our royal brothers and sisters should love each other since we were young!" Chu Liuhao replied gently.

Looking at Chu Liuhao standing up and talking eloquently below, this was once his most beloved son!

The last trace of softness in Chu Hengjue's heart has disappeared.

Although he was also ruthless and bloodthirsty and warlike, he was still a loving person, and he still had filial piety and affection in his heart.

But the people in front of him are full of hypocrisy and desire!

For a while, Chu Hengjue suddenly didn't want to say anything useless.

"You want me to sit now, don't you?"

Hearing this, Chu Liuhao was slightly stunned, and then looked straight at Chu Hengjue, who was half-leaning, the corners of his mouth rose, his smile was a little crazy, and his eyes were a little hideous.

"Of course, who in the world doesn't want this position?"

"Really?" Chu Hengjue frowned, he didn't want it!

"For it, would you rather kill your father and force the palace?" Chu Hengjue asked rhetorically.

As soon as the words fell, Chu Liuhao was stunned at first, something flashed quickly in his eyes, and finally only calmness remained, as if he had returned to his usual warmth and jade.

"What did my father say! This prince received a secret order, and the eldest prince and the fifth princess conspired to usurp power and seize the throne, and even directly poisoned and murdered his father!

did not answer Chu Hengjue's question, Chu Liuhao shook the folding fan lightly and said seriously.

"My son really has a heart, then where are the eldest prince and the fifth princess who want to kill their father and seize the throne?" Chu Hengjue's eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice was a little low.

Bang, bang, Chu Liuhao clapped his hands, and two guards came from outside the hall with a somewhat grizzled girl in their hands.

The girl's luxurious clothes were wrinkled and tattered, and she could vaguely see the blood marks on her exposed skin, and the hair ornaments on her head had long since fallen off, and her hair hung messily there, and her originally delicate face was full of horror and fear.

From being erected into the main hall, the girl's spirit was still faintly in a trance. The arms of the two guards were drawn away, and the girl reflexively curled up on the ground motionless.

It was the fifth princess Chu Ling'er!

Seeing this situation, Chu Hengjue's face grew angry, and he said that he didn't know why Chu Ling'er became like this.

But in less than three days, a domineering princess can be transformed into what she is now, you can imagine what Chu Ling'er has experienced, and the initiator of all this is the victim's brother!

It's really sad and ridiculous.

Even Liu Nuan, who had been silent, was taken aback at this time, covering her mouth with her hands, and her voice trembled a little.

"Five Princesses...... She, how did she become... Is that so?"