Chapter 13. Mental warfare
I looked directly at the prince with mocking eyes, and sneered on my eyebrows: "Until the last moment, Zhaoyuan will not admit defeat." ”
"Wow-"
A splash of blood splattered on the snow-white silk, accompanied by a terrible scream, piercing the darkness of the Yizhou Palace.
As soon as the prince's hand around my neck was loosened, he looked out of the hall, but he couldn't see the situation clearly, and called hesitantly: "Uncle? ”
My eyes stayed on the dragon couch, raised my eyebrows and asked the prince: "Do you want the secret edict of the state seal in my hand?" ”
The crown prince immediately came back to his senses and threatened: "Now that the outside of the palace has been surrounded by the Gyeonggi Zhurate, if you want me to spare your life, immediately issue an edict to pass on the location of me!" ”
"I?" I put his words on my lips and played, "You took great pains to go out on this tour, not only secretly brought the blood floating slaughter, but also moved out of the East Palace, I'm afraid that even the crown princess was kept in the dark by you." ”
The crown prince glanced at Yu Ruo, who was sitting on the ground with a dejected face, and sneered: "I married her only because of her maternal family background, but her maternal family has something to do with you after all, how do you teach me to trust her?" "My hand is tight," my mother has passed away, and I have been under the fence for decades, and there is no one to rely on! Your queen mother has robbed me of everything from my mother, and you don't want to take everything from me again! The prince's distorted face became extremely hideous, but his eyes revealed a sad self-deprecation, "People are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat." On this trip, I had expected that there would be today...... Now that I won't hide it from you, the Gyeonggi Zhulu outside the palace will come in for a while, and you will definitely feel very familiar......"
Outside the hall, the sound of slaughter was everywhere, and the cold light illuminated the dim dormitory. The swords and halberds collided with each other and made a dull sound, and the screams came one after another, and the hall was filled with heavy blood.
"What did you say?" My eyes widened suddenly, Donggong Gyeonggi hid all the way, if I was familiar with it...... "Could it be that you participated in the hijacking of the Han River that day?" ”
The crown prince smiled: "You only reacted now, I'm afraid it's too late!" You and Yuwen Qi supported me at night just to hold a puppet. That drama was aborted by you, and the next one will fall on my head...... The Turkic prince stepped on Xiao's tail and gave me a chance! Do you know the way? At the beginning, they were rushing towards you, and I pretended to be unwell in the morning to arouse Yuwen Qiye's suspicions, and he escorted me and the former emperor to change careers just because I raised the point, and won a lot of favor in front of the former emperor. But what's the use? The worst fate is not death! ”
"I didn't expect all this to be manipulated by you in secret." I was shocked in my heart, the cowardly and incompetent prince turned out to be deep in the city, and I remembered that the man in black who was ruthless that day, and the prince in front of him, the methods were the same as the ferocity.
The prince's face was still covered with tears, but he smiled wildly, which made me feel strange: "I have been a waste for so many years, just to wait until today. Why did the emperor suddenly fall ill? The mandala you used on me will be returned to me today! He took out a bottle of medicinal powder from his sleeve and pried my mouth open with one hand, "Since you don't listen to me, then take this and teach you to hand over the secret edict obediently!" ”
I struggled desperately, and found his life in the entanglement, and the moment I closed my eyes and wanted to fight hard, one palm was faster than mine, and the wind swept by, "pop-" sound, and suddenly there was a crisp loud sound.
"Father...... Father?! The prince said tremblingly, unable to believe his eyes, "You...... You're not ......."
"Shouldn't I have been lying in bed and not being able to get up?" The emperor stood in front of the prince with his chest covered, his face turned pale with anger, and he smashed the jade pillow next to his hand on his head hard, "You rebel!" ”
The emperor roared angrily, shattering the palace, and the sound of swords outside the hall calmed down in an instant, only to see a guard dressed in dark iron heavy armor quickly stepped into the inner hall, kneeling on one knee ten steps away from the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Pingyang and other criminals outside the palace have all been captured, what should I do with Lord Xiao's request to the Holy Lord?" ”
"What?" The prince was startled and collapsed to the ground.
The crown prince Jingluan led his clan relatives to break into the emperor's bedroom, intending to force the palace to usurp the throne, and the 30,000 East Palace Zhurate surrounded the palace. Yulin and Jingo fought against it, and each folded in half. It was night Xiao Chongyan led the elite soldiers of Yizhou to break through the palace, like a divine soldier descending. Thousands of cavalry elite soldiers were invincible, breaking through the East Palace in one fell swoop, and capturing Pingyang Marquis Su Qin alive.
The defeat was like a mountain. The crown prince took Gyeonggi privately, assassinated the imperial daughter, poisoned the monarch, formed a party to rebel, and forced the palace to usurp the throne...... Any one of these crimes should make him unable to escape the death penalty - above the bright main hall, the words "Kyushu Qingyan" are hung high, and the black sandalwood plaque is square and straight, reflecting the cold face of the emperor sitting below, and the sharp eyes contain anger.
"Why should the emperor be angry, a group of people disturbed your tranquility at night, drag it down and ask for it." Concubine Xiao Guifei sat beside the emperor, casually glanced at the prince and Su Qin who were in charge of the palace in the palace, and said lazily, "It's just that what people can't imagine is that the emperor has such a dog that can't bark when it bites." ”
The emperor glanced at Xiao Guifei, but he didn't have a seizure, and his eyes were fixed on Jing Luan. I sat on the side and looked at the emperor's side face, and inexplicably saw sadness in his eyes full of anger, and the silver hair on his sideburns set off his haggard and sick face, and at that moment I saw his old age.
"Feiqiong, how can you be so presumptuous in front of the emperor? Pingyang Hou, a dog that bites, how could the saint not know? Xiao Chongyan's majestic voice was a little arrogant, "As a harem concubine, you should remember your identity." ”
Concubine Xiao smiled and said leisurely: "Yes, what my uncle said is very true." ”
The two of them sang and harmonized, and it clearly reached everyone's ears in the huge main hall. I pretended to look at Xiao Chongyan inadvertently, this half-lifed, high-ranking and powerful envoy of southern Yunnan, with a wave of the three thousand elite soldiers in his hand, quelled a battle for power, the timing was not bad, and the thunderous means were intimidating. Such a person is not a lurking hound, but a jackal that is waking up.
"The matter of the prince's brother should be dealt with according to the laws of the Great Zhou." I said, "The father's rewards and punishments are clear, and Lord Xiao has a meritorious escort, but I am afraid that ordinary rewards will not enter the eyes of Lord Xiao." Father, have you ever thought about what kind of reward you want to give to your lords? ”
Xiao Chongyan got up and faced the emperor, and his sharp gaze fixed on my face the moment he turned around, as if he wanted to pierce me. With a full sleeve, kneeling down on both knees, his arms level, and said slowly: "Protecting the safety of the holy driver is within the responsibility of the ministers, I hope that the holy dragon is healthy and healthy, and bless me with peace for all generations in the Great Zhou." ”
"Protecting the safety of the holy car is within the responsibility of the ministers, and I hope that the holy dragon will be healthy and healthy, and bless me with peace for all generations of the Great Zhou." The rest of the people in the hall also knelt down one after another, and the prince and Su Qin almost buried their heads in the ground, looking depressed and embarrassed.
The emperor looked at His Highness uncertainly, and did not say anything to get up. After a long time, he groaned, suddenly turned his head to look at me, and asked, "Zhaoyuan, and what kind of reward should you give to the Jiedu envoy?" ”
I got up and gave a slight salute, and said with a light smile: "The fourth prince Hong is in charge of the government, and the king of Yan is in charge of the country." Shen Zhan has been in Yan Country for many years, and he doesn't know the livelihood of the people in the world. Jing Hong is not deeply involved in the world, it is better to let Lord Xiao enter the court and worship as Jing Hong's teacher, which is the best of both worlds. ”
The night was deep, and I looked at the lonely dark sky outside the hall, and the words came out of my mouth, so strange. Zigui cried in the mountains, long and ethereal, as if calling: Why don't you go back.