The harmonious atmosphere that finally appeared between the two was completely frozen with Queen Zhao's words.

Chu Xianzhao's smile froze on his face, and even his fingers inadvertently stiffened, as if they would turn into a sharp dagger at any time, piercing the soft cotton-like neck of Zhixin Ai.

Her own actions have obviously violated the interests of this woman, and since Empress Zhao can go all the way to the west to kill him, it seems that it is not impossible to do something to him in her own territory.

Of course, she can indeed kill herself, but she will not be so crazy that she will kill herself in the palace in broad daylight, which is equivalent to telling the whole world that she is a complete madman.

Enough sanity and proper madness to suit her style as a female conspirator.

His palms were still gently massaging his shoulders, only a little harder, and he said with a smile on his face: "Her Royal Highness the Second Princess killed me, can you change anything?"

Empress Zhao reined in the momentum she released, and did not intend to answer his question, and said to herself: "I know that you not only eradicated Wei Jing and them, but also secretly exchanged your people into it, but Wei Jing and they took a lot of benefits from me after all, and this account is owed to me by your Shen family." You see if this will work, I will let you dispose of the resources you have in your hands now, and I will not hand over the black materials that your Shen family has in private to Jinyiwei and the Criminal Department, and you will be my ally accordingly, and we will seek benefits for each other. ”

"Her Royal Highness the Second Princess is threatening me?" Chu Xianzhao said in a relaxed tone.

Empress Zhao glanced at Chu Xianzhao and said in a cold voice: "The new official has taken office three times, and now you have just taken over the family business and vigorously eliminated anyone who is not conducive to you, the idea is indeed good, but you must know that the most taboo thing in doing business is uneven interests, and you have also violated the interests of the palace, that is, the interests of the royal family." Anyway, this matter will not stop here, if you don't agree to be an ally of this palace, I have a way to force you to a dead end, after all, you are not the only man who died in the hands of this palace, and this palace will let you die There will be no chance of breaking the net. ”

Chu Xianzhao shook his head and said, "I don't like to be threatened, especially by women. ”

Empress Zhao smiled playfully and said, "What, if this palace wants to deal with you, who do you think can protect you, the eldest lady of the Shen family, or my sister, or your cheap father who will not return to the setting sun for life?"

"There's only one way to go?"

Empress Zhao smiled but did not speak, and the carmine on her mouth was thrilling.

Chu Xianzhao was made uncomfortable by her smile, and the strength in his hand also increased, and a coquettish hum came out of her mouth, which was enough to make most men in the world feel refreshed after hearing it.

At this time, the East Palace was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling on the ground could be heard, Chu Xianzhao let go of his palm, bent down to look at her face, and said with a smile: "I don't know if Your Highness feels more comfortable?"

"It's very comfortable. Queen Zhao stretched her waist, and the close-fitting red dress showed every important part of her body to the fullest.

She bit her red lip and looked at his face, and said with a smile: "I can't imagine that in addition to being good at swordsmanship, you can actually massage this technique, when you have nothing to do, you might as well come to the palace to accompany me, I will take you to the Hongtan Palace next time to play, have you ever ridden a dragon?"

Chu Xianzhao stood up straight, didn't say a word, and didn't dare to say anything, in the face of a woman like Empress Zhao, silence is always better than speaking.

"Bengong is a woman who has a strong ** for power, and she also needs power as a talisman for Bengong, which is why Bengong can lie here and chat with you, those things that Bengong has done in the past, if other women were allowed to do it, they would have died hundreds of times. ”

After saying this, Empress Zhao was silent for a while before she spoke: "So even if this palace hates Wei Jing and them very much, this palace has to cooperate with them, and it is true that this palace is using them to get money, but what this palace is doing behind the scenes for the Daqing Dynasty, you don't understand at all." ”

Chu Xianzhao was silent.

Empress Zhao turned around and said with a smile: "A woman's intuition tells this palace that you are a very dangerous person, so this palace does not dare to touch you, for fear of angering you and failing to get rid of you. You are lucky to have a father like Shen Sanqian, although he has never nurtured you, but he finally sent you to Luoyang, with the Shen family as your background, no one in Luoyang City dares to touch you casually, as for the Shen family's kindness to our Zhao family, I still remember, so this palace wants to talk to you about cooperation, as long as you are willing to be an ally behind this palace, this palace will definitely not treat you badly. ”

Empress Zhao's tone was soft and gentle, and she stretched out her hand and pressed it on Chu Xuanzhao's chest, turning tender, and murmuring: "So what you take back from me, you have to return it to me one by one in the future, and you will also have a part of what I get in the future, Tang Huang, be kind to me, I promise not to let you down." ”

"What do you think of Bengong's suggestion?" Empress Zhao reverted to Bengong's self-title.

"Did His Highness also suggest to Wei Jing in the first place?"

She raised her hand and slapped him, and when she wanted to hit him a second time, his wrist was pinched by him lightly.

Chu Xianzhao said coldly: "Your Royal Highness the Second Princess, it's not right to beat people casually, don't lose your manners on your own turf." ”

"your manners. Empress Zhao squirred fiercely, "Don't put on this sanctimonious appearance for me, you are the illegitimate son of ten thousand people, I am the princess above ten thousand people, I am willing to lower my posture and talk to you is already a blessing in several lifetimes! Do you know how many men in Luoyang City are willing to be pawns of this palace? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, what is it about this palace that offends you, so that you would rather fight against this palace than cooperate with me?"

Chu Xianzhao was still practicing the closed-mouth meditation, and Empress Zhao couldn't find an opportunity to take advantage of both soft and hard, making her feel that she was playing the piano to the cow.

When she faced the delicate face that was close at hand, the face of the prince of Yinguo resurfaced in her mind, the eyes of the two of them were really similar, and even the smell and voice on their bodies were very similar, as if he was standing in front of him now, but his face was different.

Empress Zhao was silent for a moment, retracted the wrist he was holding, and then stretched out to his flushed face, "Tang Huang, listen to me......"

Chu Xianzhao turned his face sideways, avoiding her caresse, not salty or light: "Is there anything else going on with Her Royal Highness the Second Princess?"

Empress Zhao shook her head, and said in a sincere and serious tone: "After this incident, the entire Nanlu will know that you are no longer an illegitimate child hidden by Shen Sanqian outside the sunset, but the head of the Shen family who holds power with his left hand and wealth with his right hand, or the only disciple of my imperial sister Qing'an Longxian, whether it is martial arts or official Taoism, the entire Daqing Dynasty must have a place for you Tang Huang." ”

Empress Zhao looked at him more firmly and said, "You must know that this palace has never seen a man like you except for him in all these years...... Even the cousins of this palace, Zhao Yunlong and Long Fusheng, they are not as good as half of yours combined. The most important thing is that you have entered this power struggle, you must be a winner or a loser, there is no middle ground for you to choose, you must choose to be on the strongest side, that is, my side, in order to be invincible. ”

"So what?"

"I hope you can support us, or rather support me...... After we defeat the army from the Northern Regions, I can let you choose any rich place in the Northern Regions to establish yourself as king, and this palace will never break its promise. ”

Chu Xianzhao was silent for a long time, and smiled at Empress Zhao, delicate and handsome, such a smile can kill a woman's heart.

He waved his arm above his head and said softly: "Your Royal Highness may not know me very well, I am not the kind of person who is willing to put a dog chain around his neck, no matter how strong this chain is, it is a chain after all, if I have to choose to support someone, then I will support myself, as a flying eagle fighting in the sky." ”

Empress Zhao frowned and pointed out, "The eagle cannot defeat the dragon, it will only be devoured alive by the dragon. ”

Chu Xianzhao smiled and said, "Then I will swallow the dragon with an eagle and swallow the dragon before the dragon swallows me." ”

Empress Zhao was so angry that her face turned blue for a while, and she said in a low voice: "Then you insist on going against my Zhao family's dragon room, insisting on going against this palace?!Can you hug your thighs that are thicker than my Zhao family's in Nanlu?"

"It's safe to have a thick thigh to hold onto, but it's temporary, and I'd rather fight the wind and rain than live under the protection of a dragon. ”

Empress Zhao was speechless for a moment, and found that she couldn't understand his thinking at all, and said hatefully: "The act of a mayfly shaking the big tree is very stupid. ”

Chu Xianzhao nodded and admitted: "Although it is ridiculous, it is also respectable. ”

Empress Zhao shook her head and said, "How respectable?"

Chu Xianzhao seemed to open a window to her self-closed heart, "The choice is respectable." ”

As he said this, the terrible silence lasted between the two for a long time.

Empress Zhao sighed softly, there was resentment and regret in her eyes, more incomprehension, and a hint of sudden realization.

Empress Zhao withdrew her palm, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, and said softly: "The next time you see my half-sister, bring me a message, she always doesn't come to the palace to visit the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, which makes us very disappointed in her." ”

Chu Xianzhao's shoulders suddenly stiffened, and he didn't speak or turn around.

Empress Zhao looked at him with a smile and said with bad intentions: "The little thing between you and her, this palace knows it clearly, by the way, who do you think is more beautiful than her?"

......... There was no direct refusal, no indirect affirmation, Chu instantly called his head and left the East Palace, but his back was a little wet, maybe because of fear, maybe because of some more complicated emotions.

He suddenly remembered the first time he saw Empress Zhao, as if a god had descended, and the flames of the burning world were burning in his eyes.

How crazy she was at the time, and how easy to deal with, and he couldn't kill her.

She is so weak and touching now, but the softer the smile on her face, it proves how powerful the power in her hands is...... The harder it is to calm down...... The harder it is to deal with.

It wasn't until after Chu Xianzhao left the East Palace that Empress Zhao's confidant palace maid came to her side and asked softly, "Your Royal Highness Princess, do you want to send a dragon attendant to deal with him?"

"Let him be proud for a while, but he's pretty good. ”

Empress Zhao rubbed her shoulders that were no longer sore, and the green silk hung down her shoulders, such a picture can be described as extremely tempting, "This kid is really unexpected, no wonder my imperial sister will take a fancy to him, forbearance and ruthlessness." Originally, I, an old girl that no one dared to marry, still lacked a concubine, and now it seems that he doesn't have this mind, so he can only be an enemy. ”

Now of course, Empress Zhao has no intention of killing him, but seeing Chu Xianzhao guarding himself so much and not giving himself the slightest chance and flaw, Empress Zhao, who has always been above men in the past, will inevitably have the heart to fight with him at this time.

A paradoxical smile appeared on the corner of Empress Zhao's lips, and she murmured, "Your eyes really look like him...... It's a pity that you are not him either, one purple pupil once lost to this palace, so there must be a second one. ”

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There is a saying that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and there is also a saying that the tree is a big wind, Chu Xianzhao can be regarded as occupying both of these sentences, and it can be said that the scenery is infinite in Luoyang City.

Now that Empress Zhao wants to win him over, it makes him feel deeply uneasy, and at the same time, he still has a little flattered idea, which is really strange.

At this time, the night was already very deep, and in order to listen to Empress Zhao say these nonsense that he would not listen to at all, it was a waste of almost a day, but he couldn't refuse the invitation of the little grandfather.

Now he and Empress Zhao have made it clear that if it should be an enemy, a friend is a friend, even if she makes a secret move against herself, she can be on guard.

The moonlight on the top of the palace seemed to have a kind of substance, and the moonlight shone brightly, and the shadows under the palace walls rippled in all directions like the waves of water disturbed by oars.

Chu Xianzhao slowly advanced in the palace, and a palace maid holding a silver plate passed by him, recognizing his identity but not daring to stop and watch, no one thought that it was so late that there was a white brother in the palace who was walking in brocade clothes at night, which could attract the attention of these deep palace women.

Chu Xianzhao looked up at the brightly lit hall at night, as if he was in the Dayin Palace, what was Chu Xiaohua doing now, was he still dispatching troops, and he was also looking at the night sky in a silent daze like himself.

No matter what he was doing now, everything he was doing was to prepare for the war in the south, and he sent Crow Qiwei to his side, and he didn't seem to have any intention of forcibly taking him away, just wanting to get his exact whereabouts through them, could this be the next step in his plan?

Even if he was in Nanlu, he had deep resentment and indescribable awe in the face of that man after all, he defected abroad and left a big mess for him, but he still sent someone to Nanlu to help him, just as Jiang Tang saved himself three times and twice, it seems that he has feelings in his heart after all, even if it is a chess piece, he also has feelings.

But after all, they can't go back to the old relationship, and they can only be an undying enemy, because he killed Hua Youyue in front of him.

It's not that he doesn't want to repay his grievances with virtue, but why should he repay virtue?

He pressed the corners of his mouth and slowly walked in the misty night of the palace, when he subconsciously remembered that he was leaving the palace, but found himself in a smoky pavilion, with flowing clouds and mist under his feet, and even the distant scenery became a little blurred, as if it was snowing.

"I didn't expect Your Highness the Prince that no matter where you go, you are so radiant and admirable. ”

In the center of the warm pavilion sat a middle-aged man in white clothes and long sleeves, sitting so lonely by the tea table, his eyes seemed to have no focus.

When he subconsciously wanted to pull out the dagger hidden in his sleeve, he found that his feet could not take a step, as if there was a thousand forces to suppress him, making him unable to move.

The breath released from the man's body rushed to his face like a tide, and Chu Xianzhao breathed slowly, trying to keep his heartbeat as steady as possible, and the oppressive force on his back like a lofty mountain still could not dissipate.

He suddenly heard a man's voice and said regretfully: "If it was you a year ago, I'm afraid I would be speechless by the majesty of your king now, what a pity, Your Highness the Prince." ”

His words made Chu Xianzhao tremble, he had a rooted face on his face that could hide his original appearance, and even his hair turned snow-white, even Empress Zhao didn't recognize his identity, but this man directly shouted out his past title, and it seemed that he even knew about his own Wang Xi's silence.

He originally thought that it was impossible for anyone to know the direct identity except for Shen Sanqian, Lu Qi, and the Tang Sect, and the former concubine Guan Dragon Slayer should be dead in the eyes of the people of Nanlu.

It turned out that there were still people who remembered him, the young man who had brought deep fear to Zhao Jialong's room and Chu Xiaohua.

"Would you like to have a drink? The man raised the teacup in his hand with his only hand.

At this time, Chu Xianzhao realized that his other hand was crippled, but there was no cynical depression in his eyes, and his eyes were as clear as a weak-crowned young man.

Chu Xianzhao glanced at him vigilantly, and at the same time looked around, and when he found that there were only the two of them here, he walked slowly into the warm pavilion.

There is a layer of bamboo mats on the ground here, and you can smell the fragrant fragrance of flowers, there is a small table in the middle of the warm pavilion, there is a pot of hot tea boiling on the table, and there is a picture of a maid who can't see clearly on the wall, Chu Shunzhao stood in this warm pavilion, and felt a little refreshed.

There was no hostility or vigilance in the man's eyes, he patted the mat and motioned him to sit down, poured tea for him with his only hand, and said with a smile: "Long time no see, I have been talking with Her Royal Highness the Second Princess for so long, I guess you are also thirsty, come, drink a cup of hot tea." ”

Chu Xianzhao sat opposite him, the teapot boiled on the copper table rose like white smoke, the porcelain cup on the table flowed with bright light, the man who poured tea for him was not handsome, his thin cheeks were sunken, and his eyebrows were flying like a sword, but the two strands of beard on his lips added a little gentleness to his face, and he didn't look like a bad person,

He poured a cup of tea for Chu Xuanzhao and said with a smile: "This kind of tea called 'Snow Feather' is difficult to preserve, and if the magnates on the Yin side want to drink it, they will have to spend a lot of money to buy one or two, I don't know if His Royal Highness has ever drunk it." ”

Chu Xianzhao looked at him coldly, and after drinking the hot tea in one gulp, he said without changing his face: "Who are you, why do you know my identity?"

The man said lightly: "Let's not talk about who I am, does His Royal Highness the Prince know who I am? Is it the youngest son of the Iron Emperor Chu Xiaohua, or the illegitimate son of the giant businessman Shen Sanqian, which of the two identities do you prefer?"

"You!" Chu Xianzhao raised his eyebrows, and there was suddenly a little more murder in his eyes, "Why do you know all this, who are you?!"

"My name is Ge Ping, and I am also from the Yin Kingdom, but I left the Yin Kingdom a long time ago, and now I am loyal to the Qingguo royal family. ”

Ge Ping was unexpectedly calm, and Chu Xianzhao was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Why did you do that?" Chu Xianzhao said in a bitter voice after a long time.

"Then why did you do that?" asked Ge Ping.

Chu instantly had nothing to say, the two of them were traitors in Chu Xiaohua's eyes, but they appeared in Sunset City at this time, drinking the same pot of tea, which was really ironic.

"I think you must have made a lot of determination to fight against the Iron Emperor, right? Leaving Yinguo and coming to Qingguo, have you ever thought about what it is for, just to fight against your biological father, or to find another great career, maybe both. ”

"It seems to me that the people in the trough may one day be among the powerful, but if the magnates go to the trough, they may not be able to survive even for a day, but Your Royal Highness, the prince, not only survived, but also succeeded in ascending to power and becoming one of the magnates in this city. ”

"I don't want to fight my father, but he has forced me to have no way out. Chu Xianzhao said.

"There is no way to go?" Ge Ping stroked his beard and laughed, "His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is a great material, why worry about having no way to go, the road is at your feet, and Your Highness will have a way when you walk."

Hearing this, Chu Xuanzhao was more silent.