Xiao Zimo returned to Gaofu, the night was dark, she had dinner, and her brows were furrowed. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Zheng'er kept looking at Zi Mo's expression when she was eating, knowing that she was preoccupied, so she just added food to her brother and didn't speak, usually noisy like a sparrow, but now she is quiet like a little rabbit.

"Childe, rest early in the evening, there are many tiring things, people, when you sleep enough and have enough energy, you feel that trouble is not trouble. Cui Niang cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, threw the futon for Zimo, and went out with Zheng'er.

"Cui Niang, why haven't you seen Mr. Liu in the past few days?" Xiao Zimo asked.

"That pedantic old man, he said that his body has been very sore and swollen recently, and he wants to go back to his hometown to loosen his muscles and bones, and he went out a few days ago with a package, and he didn't have a letter, and now he doesn't treat his son as a master, and he leaves at will, and when this old thing comes back, you have to punish him. ”

"Hehe, Mr. Liu, if he is interested in traveling, let him go, when he is older, he misses his hometown. But isn't there no one in Mr. Liu's hometown? Is there still an ancestral house in the south?"

"Who knows, this old thing, relying on his own little knowledge, is very nervous, I ask him on weekdays, that looks like I am a nosy vulgar person, you don't know, son, the more you respect this old guy, the more he has no rules!" Finally calmed down, Zi Mo closed the door, looked at the starlight outside the window, and his mood calmed down a little.

Zi Mo was just about to fall asleep, but he heard hurried footsteps outside the window, and several maids hurriedly walked by.

"Madame told you to pay attention to the prince, why don't you remember it for so long********* I don't know, the prince said that he has important things to go to the palace, and said that if he misses something, he will ask me, so let me open the door for him。。。。。。 ”

"You little girl, make your own mind, now you are in trouble! The prince of Hejian has been in the palace for several hours, and there is no news at this moment! What do you say about this!!" One maid reprimanded the other, Zi Mo jumped up from the bed, opened the door, and stopped the two maids.

"What's wrong with my third brother, what happened?"

"I've seen the Fourth Highness。。。。。。 The two maidservants knelt down and saluted, Zimo felt familiar, it should be the girl next to the eldest mother.

"Excuse me, what did you just say, but what happened to my third brother?" Zimo really hasn't seen the third brother for a day, I don't want Xiaowan to enter the palace? The emperor is critically ill, what is he going to do when he enters the palace now?!

"This 。。。。。。 The two girls looked at each other, their faces were embarrassed, one of them was probably the maid who had just been reprimanded for causing trouble, and seeing that Zi Mo had no heart to care about this matter, he kowtowed and said: "Back to the fourth highness, the prince of Hejian didn't know what to do with the eldest lady quarreled with the eldest lady, and then the lady locked him in the room." The slave didn't know what it was, but she was in charge of looking at the key, but 。。。。。。 The prince said that he had to enter the palace today, so he scared the little one and said that if he didn't let him out, he would punish me heavily, and the slave and maid were afraid, so he still let the prince out。。。。。。 The little girl's eyes turned red as she spoke.

"Why did my third brother enter the palace?"

"The slave doesn't know。。。。。。 The little maid shook her head.

"What about you, you don't know?" Zi Mo asked the other one.

The maid was a little older, her face was familiar, and she had been with the eldest lady for some years, she lowered her head, and then said softly: "The slave maid actually only heard a few words outside the house, it seems that the eldest lady told the prince not to be rash, master... The assassination of Emperor Wenxiang has passed, and by the way, I also heard the eldest lady and the prince mention Yuan Yuyi, yes, it is Yuan Yuyi. Later, when I heard the prince, he was very angry and said that he was going to take revenge, and said that he couldn't just let it go。。。。。。 ”

Avenge?!...... Zi Mo's whole body was shocked? What's going on? Yuan Yuyi, who disappeared back then, was found, and the third brother knew that his father's death was related to the second uncle, so he went into the palace angrily and went to settle accounts with that Gao Yang?!

No, the third brother would not act so recklessly. Xiao Zi made up his mind and told himself not to panic, but after thinking about it, how devastating his father's assassination was to their brothers, to Xiaowan, and to Gaofu, if the third brother had evidence, it was not impossible to enter the palace impatiently.

Third Brother。。。。。。 Zi Mo couldn't think of it, and he didn't know when the two maids left. She is not on duty at all today, and she will not be able to enter the harem without Gao Yang's summons in her identity. No matter what, Xiao Zimo was terrified when she thought that Xiaowan had disappeared for several hours, she had no father and could not lose her third brother again.

Chen Weiran was on duty that day, and he and the other soldiers patrolled around and returned to Yulin Prison, and heard someone mention that Master Fang had come.

"Master Gao, didn't he just take a few days off and his old injury recurred?" Chen Weiran was suspicious.

"Yes, but Lord Gao seems to think that His Majesty has been seriously ill recently, and he is not worried about the palace guards, so he personally came over to inspect it to make sure that everything is in order. A soldier answered him.

"What about that person? What about Lord Gao?" Chen Weiran had just patrolled from the door of the stop car, but he didn't see anyone leaving the palace.

"Huh。。。。。。 It should have been out of the palace a long time ago, and Lord Gao had left half a pillar of incense. ”

Chen Weiran suddenly felt that the situation was unusual, he looked at the guard schedule tonight, and found that it was Shi Jin who personally led people to guard outside the Taihe Hall where His Majesty was recuperating.

Bad...... Captain Chen went out of the Yulin Prison and called his henchmen, and the man quickly whipped up his horse and hurried out of the palace gate and went straight to the Changguang Palace. He knew that something big would happen in the palace tonight, although he was originally arranged by King Changguang in Yulinwei's eyes, but after working together for such a long time, Chen Weiran definitely didn't want this tall man to have an accident. Gao Zhan ordered him to keep an eye on Gao Changgong and not let Master Gao appear in the palace, but he didn't expect something to go wrong so soon.

"Brother Chen, what's wrong?" Lord Lin Xiaorulin, who had been demoted, was also on duty tonight, and asked when he saw Chen Weiran's unkind face

"Lord Lin, something may happen in the palace tonight, it is related to Lord Gao, I don't know if you are willing to help?" asked Chen Weiran.

"Lord Gao is my life-saving benefactor, how can I help him, if there is something to do, I can do it. "Lord Lin is also a man of temperament, Chen Weiran has been friends with him for many years, so he naturally knows it.

Xiao Zimo looked through Yu Linwei's roster, the most guarded tonight is the Taihe Hall in the inner hall, and Gao Yang should also be there. He asked the people in Yulin Prison that Gao Xiaowan had indeed entered the palace before nightfall, and he went to the inner hall. Anyway, Zi Mo bypassed the patrolling palace guards and sneaked into the harem.

This is a capital crime, but she must take Gao Xiaowan away, and Xiao Zimo doesn't think much about the rest.

The lights of the Taihe Hall are half bright and half-ambiguous, and the strange thing is that Yu Linwei, who should have been five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, has not seen anyone for a long time.

Zi Mo walked towards the entrance of the main hall step by step, and a voice in her heart told her that this matter was very strange, if the third brother really did something to kill the king, this palace would not be so quiet.

That maid went to the eldest lady's courtyard, why did she pass by her door?!

Zi Mo, who was in a mess because of Xiaowan's disappearance, suddenly had a trace of clarity in her heart, but her feet had already stepped into the Taihe Palace, and the doors of the palace behind her were suddenly closed, and she became a turtle in the urn!

"Here it is, nephew Changgong. The sound of the guqin was bursting, the sandalwood was curling, and on the top of the palace, Gao Yang who was stroking the qin appeared.

。。。。。。 "Second Uncle is so Yaxing, I only know that Second Uncle is critically ill, don't you want to wait for me like this?" Zi Mo also knelt anymore, she knew that she was afraid that she would not come back today, kneeling or not, there was no difference.

"Heh, Chang Gong is also heroic, can you kill but not humiliate?haha, knowing that I will kill you today, I will not kneel down and beg me to spare you. Yes, yes, it's a good son that my eldest brother is proud of!

"The second uncle wants to kill me, Chang Gong is clear, and it is in vain to beg for mercy and intercede. It's just that Chang Gong never thought that in order to kill me, the second uncle instigated the eldest mother to conspire with you, and I just want to know where my third brother is. Zi Mo pulled out the sword in his hand and pointed it straight at Gao Yang.

"Hahahaha, Changgong nephew, I didn't expect Gao Xiaowan's straw bag to weigh a thousand pounds in your heart, you don't even care about your own life and think about your third brother, hey, this brotherhood is really touching!" Gao Yang pretended to wipe the tears on his face, his eyes were deeply sunken, and his whole body was more like a skeleton in addition to a huge robe.

"Third brother, has he already left the palace?" Zi Mo looked at Gao Yang coldly, and found that he had really asked too much, since the eldest mother would agree to the second uncle to trick her into the game, then naturally the third brother would be fine.

"He's in the palace, but not me, he's gone to find his grandmother, Empress Dowager Lou. The second uncle shook his wide robe, sat on the edge of a desk, and said. It seemed that the sword that Zi Mo pointed at his throat was like an ornament, and there was no fear in it.

"Second uncle, are you really terminally ill? Even if you die, you want to drag me down with you?"

"Yes! You Gao Changgong is still alive in this world, and I won't feel at ease even if I die! I, when I think of you, the fourth son of Wenxiang, and Gao Changgong authorized by the mandate of heaven, are still alive in this world, shaking the foundation of my Northern Qi Dynasty, I don't know how to eat and can't sleep, hey。。。。。。 Changgong, you accept your fate, the second uncle took you down to the underworld together, to find your father, haha, when the time comes, we will count the grievances and grievances between us, I am not afraid of being asked for by your father, he deserves to die, do you know? He deserves to die, you deserve to die!!"

Gao Yang viciously overturned the table, allowing the wine jugs and cups on the table to smash to the ground.

"Why did you trick me into coming here?" Xiao Zimo asked him.

"Hehe, because you always go on a business trip when you change other places, your life is big, Changgong nephew, I can't kill you three times or five times. Today, it is ironclad evidence that you entered the harem with a sword and assassinated, and no matter how much you quibble, there is no way to get away with it. By the way, you can kill me before I call the guards to rush in, and when the time comes, it will be the four sons of Wenxiang who have rebelled and killed the monarch, not only you, but your high mansion is full of sitting. Ay...... I promised that Yuan Zhonghua that I wouldn't move her son, but if you stab me with a sword, I can't do anything, hahaha. The second uncle raised his head and smiled, laughing and laughing, and coughed up a trace of blood.

"However, I don't have much time, Gao Changgong, today next year will be your death, I think I can help Yin'er understand you before I close my eyes, and I will die without regrets." Gao Yang smiled, raised his hand and high-fived outside.

Gao Yang asked Shi Jin to take people to hide outside the Taihe Palace, and when Gao Changgong fell into the trap, he gave three high-fives, and then hundreds of Lin Wei surrounded the entire palace and arrested Gao Changgong who was planning to assassinate him on the spot.

"What about people?!" Gao Yang couldn't help but hit his palm a few more times, but even though his hand hurt, no one rushed into the hall.

"Second brother, don't bother, your people outside the hall have been taken away by me. Gao Yang turned his head, and in the shadow of the heavy curtain behind him, it was Ninth Uncle Gao Zhan who came out.

"Ninth Brother。。。。。。 Gao Yang shook his head in disbelief, he had calculated everything, but he still missed this trick?!

"Uncle Nine, why are you here?" Zi Mo had already prepared for the worst, but he didn't want it to be Uncle Nine coming.

"Heh, why am I here? You heard that your third brother was in danger and rushed into the palace desperately, what about me, how can I still sit on the wall and watch when I know that you are in danger?" Gao Zhan said softly.

“。。。。。。 Ninth brother, you actually 。。。。。。 Haha, I really never dreamed that my ninth brother would actually 。。。。。。 I am your second brother, in order to save him, you also broke into the palace late at night, do you also want to kill the king? Gao Yang spread his hair, his face was full of madness, as if crying and laughing, looking at Gao Zhan.

"Second brother, you and I don't have to meet like this. But you are too persistent, you have to kill Gao Changgong, I think you are my second brother, I don't care about it, but you have to drag him down even if you die, I can't sit idly by. Gao Zhan's eyes did not have a trace of waves, and they were dark and silent.

"Hahahaha, hahahahaha, retribution, retribution, retribution! Big brother, I killed you back then, but today it fell into the hands of the ninth brother!!!Hahaha, this is really retribution!!" Gao Yang danced and shouted in a circle in the huge hall, "Ninth brother, you were not unaware when I killed my eldest brother, but you chose to stand here with me, silent, impartial, and not helping each other, what kind of method did this Gao Changgong use to let you protect him so much! ! Ninth Brother!Second Brother Has Treated You Badly!Second Brother Has Treated You Badly!!" Gao Yang's face was full of loss and despair, he rushed to Gao Zhan and asked loudly.

"Second brother, you have never treated me badly. It's just that I really have no choice but to kill you today, in fact, your time is running out, and I should have sent you well. But the last thing you should do is to kill that Gao Changgong. The brotherhood between you and me is not comparable to one-ten-thousandth of what he has in my heart. Second brother, you are dying, it doesn't hurt to tell you, the only thing I love in my life is him, he gave birth to me, and if anyone wants to kill him, I can kill anyone for him!"

"Evil obstacles。。。。。。 Gao Changgong, you evil obstacle!" Gao Yang turned his head and looked at Zi Mo with disdain, and suddenly pulled out the dagger in his arms and stabbed at Zi Mo, Zi Mo took the sword to block it, but it was close at hand, but Gao Yang's chest was pierced by a sword from behind, and drops of blood slipped down the blade of the sword, like a bloody flower blooming at her feet.

Gao Yang's eyes were full of fierceness, his dry hand twisted her arm, and he fell to the ground: "Gao Changgong, I hate myself, why didn't I kill you ruthlessly ten years ago!" Ninth brother。。。。。。 You'll regret it。。。。。。 ”

Gao Zhan didn't say a word, pulled out the sword, and brought out the bubbling splattered blood, Gao Yang fell on his back, Gao Zhan helped him and slowly closed his eyes with his hands: "Second brother, you still don't understand me, I Gao Zhan has no regrets in my life, I only have idiocy。。。。。。 After finishing speaking, he looked up at Xiao Zimo.

Xiao Zimo's whole body trembled, she looked at Gao Zhan, looked at the corpse of the second uncle who had lost his breath, and the sword in her hand had quietly fallen on the ground of the main hall。。。。。。

"Uncle Jiu, why can you do this for me?!Killing my brother is a big crime, how do you want to get out?!" Even though Xiao Zimo was used to seeing the bloody wind and rain on the battlefield, and the corpses of the Shura battlefield were all over the place, he couldn't help but feel like his heart was hit hard by something at this moment, as if he was about to be knocked apart. She didn't understand, she didn't understand what kind of person Gao Zhan was. She felt that she had never known Uncle Nine more and more, and she was resolute like a moth to a fire, and she was ruthless and decisive like a jade burning, which made Zimo feel chills from the bottom of her heart when she looked at Uncle Nine.

"You go out through the side door of the apse first, and Lin Xiaoru will answer you. You don't have to worry about how I end up, since I can kill him, I won't be left behind. Gao Zhan looked up at her, his eyes were scarlet, like ghosts in this deep forbidden palace.

"Lin Xiaoru。。。。。。? Zi Mo frowned.

"He knows that you will be in trouble tonight, so he wants to repay you for your rescue that day, and when you go back, there is nothing to do, and I have arranged everything for us to meet again. Gao Zhan didn't say a word, and dragged the body of the second uncle to the dragon couch.

Zi Mo took a heavy breath, turned around and turned out of the side hall door that opened when Uncle Nine came in, and blended into a mysterious deep night, as Uncle Nine said, Lin Xiaoru met her not far away, arranged by Lord Lin, and did not encounter any obstacles along the way.

"Chen Weiran. ”

"The subordinates are here. ”

"Go to Changshan Palace, hand over my handwritten secret letter to my sixth brother, and say that I am waiting for him here. ”

"Your Highness, it's too dangerous here, so it's better to 。。。。。。 ”

"No need, Yang Xiang will not enter the palace until the early dynasty, there is still some work before dawn, enough. Gao Zhan wiped the blood on the ground with a cloth and said.

"The subordinates receive the order. Chen Weiran outside the hall flew away without a trace. Gao Zhan wiped the hall and wiped Gao Yang's face clean.

Xiao Zimo returned to Gaofu and stayed awake all night. In the morning, I heard the maid say that the third brother had returned, and it was my grandmother that the Empress Dowager Lou saw that he had not married a wife for a long time, so she issued a decree to Xiaowan to set a family affair for him。。。。。。 Zi Mo could only shake his head when he heard this, the eldest mother is a good strategist, even if she has a plan, she will get rid of her according to the second uncle's thoughts.

Xiao Zimo waited for the news in the palace, he didn't know what was going on, and it was impossible to hide such a big event as the emperor's death. She didn't go out of the room, sat still and waited for news, until after noon, finally came from the palace the bad news of the emperor's funeral.

Emperor Wenxuan Gao Yang died of illness on March 19, 559 AD.

Before his death, he secretly announced that Gao Yan, the king of Changshan, and Gao Zhan, the king of Changguang, entered the palace together to listen to the announcement, and left a testament, passed the throne to the crown prince Gao Yin, and ordered him to immediately ascend the throne to inherit the unification, and ordered the king of Changshan and the king of Changguang to be the regents, and Yang Yu to be the prime minister, assisting the young monarch.

On March 21, Emperor Wenxuan's body was mourned after only two days of suspension in the mourning hall.

On March 23, the crown prince Gao Yin ascended the throne, changed the Yuan Qianming, became the second emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and named Empress Li Zu'e as the empress dowager.