Some people are so angry that they smoke from all their mouths, but some people are indifferent.

Princess Chengyang stood straight, less than three meters away from her brother, and her eyes fell on the puppet on the desk.

"Brother, I want to see the colt." Her tone was calm.

Li Zhi gritted his teeth and sneered: "So that you can collude with him?" ”

Princess Chengyang lowered her eyes and was silent for a long time before she asked in a hoarse voice: "Brother, do you think that Chengyang has a reason not to hate Wu Meiniang?" ”

Li Zhi turned his head sharply and stared at her.

Princess Chengyang met Li Zhi's gaze, with a smile on her face, with twelve points of stubbornness at this time, Xu Sheng said: "In all fairness, Wu Meiniang is indeed talented, and she is a rare virtuous helper for my brother. But she harmed my relatives, my uncle was killed by her, although Xincheng's death was not directly led by her, but if you really want to dig deeper, how can she get involved? ”

When Li Zhi heard Chengyang's words, he was dumbfounded for a while, and finally sat down on the chair in a gloomy manner. He supported his forehead with one hand, and his voice was hoarse: "Chengyang, those things are not Mei Niang's fault. ”

As the king of a country, his father chose several ministers for him in order to sit firmly on the throne. But after ascending the throne, he had enough of the hardships of the minister. On the same day, Princess Gaoyang rebelled against Fang Yiai, and the eldest grandson Wuji took power, involved Li Ke, the king of Wu, and wanted to execute Li Ke. Director Gao Yang was reckless, because her father had a grudge against her lover when she executed her, and she never showed any grief when her father died, let alone shed tears.

Li Zhi didn't have much affection for Princess Gaoyang's sister, although he felt sad about her rebellion, he also thought that she harbored evil intentions, and it was understandable to execute her. But Li Ke is not guilty, and he is also his eldest brother, and the rebellion was originally done by the eldest grandson Wuji at the behest of Fang Yiai, as the king of a country, he does not even have the power to pardon his innocent brother's capital crime.

The power of the minister is too great, and it has even threatened the imperial power, how can he be reconciled?

The imperial power is the only one, how can he bear a few ministers who take care of their lives to be the elders of the previous dynasty, and suppress the imperial power. The eldest grandson Wuji is a good uncle, but he also showed weakness and visited his uncle in person with Mei Niang, hoping to get his uncle's support and help, but what did his uncle say and do?

As a courtier, you can't be used by the king, and you have to become a threat to his imperial power, what's the use?

And the eldest grandson Wuji should be a courtier first of all.

Princess Chengyang stood in place, looking at Li Zhi motionlessly, "Lord, husband and wife are one. No matter whose fault it is, those things have Wu Meiniang's share. Chengyang is also a human being, and there are people in my heart who I want to love, I can't bear to blame my brother, so I have to turn my anger on Wu Meiniang, is it wrong? ”

Li Zhi closed his eyes and did not speak.

What Chengyang meant, he already understood best. He will turn a blind eye to many of Mei Niang's actions because of the love in his heart, as long as she doesn't touch his bottom line, anything can be.

Now Chengyang is guilty of Xue Qiang, which also means the same thing.

Princess Chengyang saw that her brother didn't speak, knowing that he had softened, and knelt down again, "Brother, as the eldest princess, my father and brother have always loved Chengyang very much, and others say that Chengyang has nothing to ask for in this life. But who understands that as the eldest princess, whoever wants to descend can't make their own decisions. When his father was alive, Du He committed a capital crime and took Chengyang back to the palace, and later descended to the current colt again. Even if the horse is not, he has loved me and respected me all these years, and has never let me suffer half of the grievances, and the horse has never treated Chengyang wrongly, but now Chengyang is guilty, and he has been imprisoned. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, his face was already expressionless, and he looked at his sister coldly, how to say black to white.

Chengyang raised his head, his eyes were already slightly red, and there was a faint mist turning inside.

Li Zhi was indifferent.

Seeing this, Chengyang smiled sadly, and he didn't know where to find a dagger and put it on his neck, "Lord, the horse has nothing to do with this matter, Chengyang can die Mingjian!" After speaking, the dagger in his hand was about to cut the artery in his neck.

Li Zhi stood up in shock, the chair was annoyed by his excessive movements, and he shouted angrily: "Nonsense! ”

Princess Chengyang didn't care about it, the dagger didn't intend to leave a glimmer of life for herself, and her neck was already red.

"I promise you!"

Chengyang, who originally regarded death as home, stopped moving, and the red blood flowed down her neck, staining the clothes on her body. The mist swirling in her eyes finally condensed into beads and swept across her delicate face.

She looked at Li Zhi with teary eyes, "Thank you, brother." ”

Li Zhi strode over, casually tore off a piece of cloth from the hem of her skirt, and gritted his teeth while helping her wrap the wound on her neck, "Bastard, where did you get your dagger?" ”

Princess Chengyang had a lot of courage when she confronted her brother, and now that her brother agreed to her request, it seemed that she had lost all the strength in her body. She leaned softly on Li Zhi, and said a little weakly: "The commander of the Praetorian Guard went to pick me up in Buxian Garden late at night, I was scared, and there happened to be a small dagger in the carriage, and I put it in my pocket. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he was angry, but he also felt angry and funny, "In case I don't promise you, are you going to explain yourself here like this?" ”

When Princess Chengyang heard this, her weak voice was a little happy: "But Brother promised me." ”

Once the art of aversion to victory is discovered, even if the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime cannot be escaped. But if it's really Xue Qiang, he will definitely die. She took a risky move to take the crime on her first, and the gamble was her brother's compassion for her. She didn't have much hope, but her brother didn't let her hope.

When Princess Chengyang saw Xue Qiang, it was the third day after returning to the palace.

The arm can't twist the thigh, Li Zhi is soft on this only sister after all, so he made an exception and let her go to the prison to see Xue Qiang.

Xue Qian in the prison was sitting cross-legged on the bed covered with straw, his eyes were closed, and his nose suddenly smelled a familiar fragrance, which was mixed with the smell of herbs, he opened his eyes in surprise, and saw three people coming towards him, one of them walking in front of him was wearing a long skirt with a long black hair combed, and when he saw him, his originally tense facial features softened.

The cell door was unlocked, and the two men who were behind the woman left.

"Pony!" Princess Liancheng stepped forward and grabbed Xue Qiang's hand with both hands.

Xue Qian held her hand instead, looking both excited and ashamed, "Princess! ”

In just three days, it is almost a parting of life and death.

Xue Qian grabbed Princess Chengyang's hand tightly, almost having the urge to cry.

Before Princess Chengyang saw Xue Qiang, she still had some expectations, hoping that the puppet was just a false alarm, and it was made by someone else. But when she saw Xue Qiang, she understood most of it in her heart, it was really him.

Princess Chengyang is not afraid to apologize for him, but she is afraid that she has not figured out what is going on yet.

Princess Chengyang raised her head and asked Xue Qian softly, "Why?" ”

A clueless sentence, but Xue Qian understood what she meant. He and Princess Chengyang have been married for many years, and their feelings are harmonious, and they have long cultivated deep feelings and tacit understanding between husband and wife. Princess Chengyang knew him just as he knew Princess Chengyang, the disgust broke out, and he was brought in for interrogation by the Criminal Department, but he couldn't say a word until he saw Princess Chengyang. is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is also afraid that he will die because he is a hundred, but he has affected his father, brother, wife and children, so he gritted his teeth and did not confess. He knew that the emperor would personally summon Chengyang, and if he had a glimmer of life, it would definitely be on Princess Chengyang.

Now that Princess Chengyang can come to meet him, no matter what the truth of the disgusting thing will be, he knows that he has found a glimmer of life.

Xue Qian bowed his head, met the gaze of Princess Chengyang, and said in a hoarse voice: "Because I am incompetent." ”

He was once a student of Shangguanyi, according to the teacher's expectations, he should have become a civil official, but Taizong took a fancy to his martial arts and promoted him to a military general, and later because of the decline of Princess Chengyang, he was promoted to General Zuo Fengchenwei here, from Sanpin.

A few years ago, Shangguan Yi died because he offended Wu Zetian, and his children were also harmed. He knew that Shangguan Yi was unjustly killed, but he couldn't do anything about it, and every time he thought about it, he was both sad and depressed. But what could he do? His wife is the eldest princess of the day, and the relationship with her imperial sister-in-law is still very harmonious, and he does not want to sow discord from it.

The doll was just a carving he used to vent when he drank, and he used to remember to destroy it after carving, but two days ago, he was so drunk that he forgot that he threw the doll into the large vase in the study, so that now he is causing this disaster.

"Xue Qiang, I'm sorry princess."

"I'm sorry for the horse, it's Chengyang's willfulness, I have to carve a puppet for me, and I have already explained the ins and outs of the matter to the sage." Princess Chengyang said.

Xue Qian looked at her in a daze.

Princess Chengyang smiled a little helplessly, "The horse is afraid and is going to be affected by Chengyang." ”

She hadn't given up on continuing the investigation, always thinking what if it wasn't a colt? Looking at it now, fortunately, it was she who used both soft and hard in front of her brother last night, and did not hesitate to gamble with her life, so that her brother was willing to shelter her who was talking nonsense with her eyes open.

Li Chen and Taiping didn't know what kind of storm their aunt had experienced, and after the two took a boat on the lake, they ran to Qingning Palace to find Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian and Li Zhicai finished discussing political affairs with the minister, and when they saw their two daughters, they naturally had to ask how they were having fun in Buxian Garden? He also asked Li Chen if he was satisfied with Buxian Garden.

Li Chen sat on his father's lap and nodded violently, saying that he was satisfied.

After seeing his parents, Taiping went back. Li Chen excused herself by saying that she hadn't seen her mother and father for a long time, and she was going to live with her mother in Qingning Palace at night, and Wu Zetian hadn't seen her little daughter for a few days.

Li Chen was half-asleep and half-awake, and heard his father and mother whispering-

"Mei Niang, Xue Qian should be damned, I should have killed him to vent my anger for you, but Chengyang she-alas, in short, I am ashamed of you."

"Chengyang is the lord's sister-in-law, if the concubine's grievances can be exchanged for her happiness, it will be worth it. What's more, the lord transferred the initiator of the concubine from Chang'an, which can be regarded as the mastermind of the concubine. Lord, husband and wife are one, how can Mei Niang not understand that you are a loving sister. ”

When Li Chen heard the two key sentences, he immediately knew the truth in his heart.

So it was Xue Qian who wanted to harm her mother, not Princess Chengyang.