Xiao Yanzhi felt that this was a little funny.

After almost three years in the palace, Xu Lishan has made every political achievement with his credit, and now Xu Lishan has finally got his wish, but he has become Xu Lishan's obstacle? There must be a limit to delusion, and ingratitude is just that.

"My father left a will, saying that he would demote me to a commoner, as long as Xu Lishan announced the decree, I will never be able to set foot in the court again. Take 10,000 steps back and say, he is the king, I am the minister, what is Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother afraid of? ”

Hearing this, Jiang Wan asked Xiao Yanzhi rhetorically: "Does the King of Shu know that Shan'er does not plan to read out that will?" ”

"What does that mean?" Xiao Yan was puzzled.

Can the will of the first emperor not be read or done?

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi really didn't know, Jiang Wan explained: "There are only a few people in the court who know the existence of the will, as long as these people don't say it, what's the difficulty in keeping it secret?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi's eyebrows frowned.

Regarding this matter, he should have a good talk with Xu Lishan.

Jiang Shan suddenly came behind Jiang Wan and touched Jiang Wan's arm, Jiang Wan turned his head, and saw Jiang Shan frowning and shaking his head at her, Jiang Wan's eyes flashed, and he took a deep breath.

"Everything that should be said is finished, is there anything else that the King of Shu doesn't understand? If there is, say it, for the sake of the King of Shu's care for Shan'er and the palace in the past, the palace will let the King of Shu understand. ”

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Jiang Wan and said with a smile: "I understand or not, I won't jump." ”

Jiang Wan was stunned for a moment, then pointed at Xiao Chunyue and said, "You don't want her life?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips and said: "If I don't jump, you will kill my sister, and then kill me, but even if I jump, my sister will die here, no matter how you think about it, I will suffer, as a businessman, I don't like to do unprofitable business." ”

Jiang Wan lowered his face coldly and said sharply: "You don't have a choice!" Either you jump down by yourself, or I kill you, the result will not change anything, why doesn't the king of Shu choose a method that can preserve his dignity? ”

"Jumping off a cliff by yourself is considered to preserve your dignity?" Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and sighed, stood up unhurriedly, carefully smoothed the folds on the hem of his clothes, and then looked up at Jiang Wan and smiled: "I don't know if I did too much evil in my previous life, or if my life in the first twenty years of my life was too happy, or if it was just inconsistent with the feng shui of Chang'an City, since I entered Chang'an City, I have been unlucky, even if I am unlucky, there are always people who want to kill me, Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother thinks that I should take many people with me to save my life when I go out?" ”

Jiang Wan panicked in his heart, and when he spoke again, he was no longer so confident: "But the people you brought out are all around King Wucheng, and it will take a lot of time for them to find here, and the King of Shu may not be able to wait for them!" ”

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and chuckled: "Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother will design to arrest me, presumably I also learned about the escort arrangements for this trip from Qi Cheng, but Does Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother think that King Wucheng will be the kind of person who exposes the number of guards before going out?" Or does Her Royal Highness think that King Wucheng is the kind of person who knows that his life may be in danger but is not fully prepared? ”

Jiang Shan's eyes widened instantly, and he immediately pulled out the big knife on his waist, and shouted at the same time: "Escort Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother away!" ”

But Jiang Shan's shouting order not only made the people he brought move, but also became a code for the actions of another team of people, and in an instant, fifty people fell from the sky, and as soon as they landed, they launched an offensive, and two people broke away from the team, one went to rescue Xiao Chunyue, and the other rushed to Xiao Yanzhi, and took Xiao Yanzhi to a safe place with his arms around Xiao Yanzhi's waist.

"Protect Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother!" Just looking at the running posture of these fifty people, Jiang Shan was shocked.

"Offended." After putting Xiao Yanzhi down, the man wrapped in black joined his companions.

Before Xiao Yanzhi came back to his senses, he was hugged tightly from behind, and immediately after, Pei Ze's disordered wheezing and panicked voice sounded in his ears.

"Where the hell should I hide you to be safe?"

Although he was already mentally prepared, and he knew that these fifty people were almost invincible outside the battlefield, when he really saw He Yan and Kong Qing who were unconscious in the woods, and when he really knew that Xiao Yanzhi was taken to a place he didn't know, he once again experienced what it means to be six gods without a master.

What exactly do you have to do to protect Xiao Yanzhi from being harmed? Could it be that he had to kill everyone in the world to ensure that Xiao Yanzhi's life was not threatened?

Xiao Yanzhi reached back and hooked Pei Ze's head, patted it lightly twice, and said with a smile: "Aren't I fine?" Luckily, I came prepared. But I didn't expect it to be the Queen Mother, what should I do now? ”

When he said that he was going to come to Luozhou, Pei Ze was very hesitant, because no matter who the person sitting on the dragon chair was, as long as it was not him, there would always be some people who wanted to use him or want to kill him, and once he left the palace and Chang'an City, it would give these people more chances to succeed.

Later, they went into the palace to discuss with Xu Lishan, and finally decided to go on this trip, just to ensure his safety, in addition to the guards that Pei Ze counted out from the Wucheng Palace, Xu Lishan also gave them fifty people.

According to Pei Ze, these fifty people did not belong to any official office, nor did they belong to any army, they belonged to the first emperor, and now they are loyal to Xu Lishan. Pei Ze also said that these fifty people were probably the strongest warriors in the Tang Kingdom, and any one of them could be a hundred.

After hearing about the deeds of these fifty people, he felt that this seemed to be too exaggerated, he just came to Luozhou from Chang'an, turned around and went back, where could he use the fifty people with the strongest martial arts in the Tang Kingdom to protect? But Pei Ze insisted, he didn't want Pei Ze to worry, anyway, these fifty people were also hiding in the dark, and the hidden skills were even better than the secret guards of the Wucheng Palace, so that people couldn't even catch a breath, and it was the same as not being there, so he compromised.

It's just that he didn't expect Xu Lishan to become the emperor, but Jiang Wan still regarded him as a thorn in his side, and he thought that they would be able to live in peace like they once did in the future.

Pei Ze raised his eyes and looked at the group of people who had been subdued, and said coldly: "Give it to Xu Lishan and let him look at it." ”

If Xu Lishan doesn't handle it well, it won't just be Xiao Yanzhi who wants to quit the court.

On the other side, Xu Ren saw that Xiao Chunyue was crying badly, so he leaned over to comfort him, who knew that he was comforting, Xiao Chunyue cried even more, and the earth-shattering cry frightened Xu Ren at a loss, and frequently looked at Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi.

And Xiao Yanzhi, who finally settled down in Pei Ze's arms, was also shocked by this cry, and when he turned his head, he saw Xiao Chunyue crying breathlessly with her head down.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his hand and patted Pei Ze's arm, and after Pei Ze let go of his hand, Xiao Yanzhi took Pei Ze's hand and walked in front of Xiao Chunyue together.

Stopping in front of Xiao Chunyue, Xiao Yanzhi let go of Pei Ze's hand and opened his arms to hold Xiao Chunyue into his arms.

"Sorry for frightening my sister. Did they hurt you? ”

Xiao Chunyue buried her face in Xiao Yanzhi's chest and cried loudly, and only shook her head when she heard this question.

"It's good that it's not hurt." Xiao Yanzhi touched Xiao Chunyue's head, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and in a blink of an eye, he looked at Pei Ze again, only to see Pei Ze raise his arm and point to the wrist of the other hand with one hand.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, pretended to hold Xiao Chunyue's hand, and then raised that hand and pulled it to his eyes, and saw that Xiao Chunyue's wrist was surrounded by several red marks, which seemed to have been tied by the rope for a long time and left a mark.

"Sister Chunyue, do your hands hurt?" Xiao Yanyi asked, picking up Xiao Chunyue's fingers with his fingers and breaking them, and then picking them to the other side and pressing them after a while.

Xiao Chunyue whimpered and shook her head.

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Pei Ze again, and when he saw Pei Ze nodded, Xiao Yanzhi was completely relieved.

When the Empress Dowager and the general were arrested, Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi's trip to Luozhou had to end early, and they personally escorted Jiang Wan and Jiang Shan back to Beijing, and Xiao Yanzhi's fish was not eaten in the end.

Xu Lishan in the palace got the news early in the morning, and when he saw his mother's name from the secret letter sent by Pei Ze, Xu Lishan suddenly had a feeling of hating iron but not steel.

You said that his own mother has become the queen mother, why can't he stop a little? How can he need her to interfere with the affairs of the court? She stirred up and stirred up, how could she dare to run away and murder his brother, courtiers, and right-hand man without even asking? Does his mother want him to be good or want to kill him?

But at this time, it doesn't matter what his mother thinks, what he thinks is more important.

So a few days before Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi returned to Chang'an, Xu Lishan was worried day and night, and thought of more than a dozen punishment plans for his mother, but he was not satisfied with any of them.

No matter how you say it, it is also his own mother, the punishment is too heavy, he can't get over it in his own heart, and the punishment is too light, and he is afraid that Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi can't get over it......

After a few days of suffering, Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi came back in the end.

In the front hall of the Liangyi Palace, Xu Lishan sent away all the idle people, leaving only Xiao Yanzhi, Pei Ze, Jiang Wan and Jiang Shan.

Looking at Jiang Wan and Jiang Shan, who were cleanly dressed and did not look like prisoners at all, Xu Lishan looked at Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi with gratitude.

Pei Ze sat down in a precarious position, but Xiao Yanzhi was exempted from etiquette because of a leg injury, and sat crookedly beside Pei Ze, opposite the two of them, Jiang Wan sat quietly with his eyes down, only Jiang Shan was kneeling in the middle of the hall.

Looking at Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi, Xu Lishan didn't know how to speak, hesitated, and turned to Jiang Wan.

"Queen Mother, I remember that I once said that I can have today because of the support of the imperial brother."

Jiang Wan turned his head to look at Xu Lishan, and said indifferently: "Your Majesty said it, and this palace also remembers." ”

Xu Lishan frowned: "Then why does the queen mother have to embarrass the imperial brother?" ”

Jiang Wan said calmly: "This palace is also for the future of His Majesty, in the royal family, there has never been room for fathers and sons. ”

"I used to think so, because that's what the queen mother taught me," Xu Lishan said in a deep voice, "but now, I don't believe in this, I have a loving father who will think about my son, and I also have two brothers who respect my father and love my younger brother." ”

"That's just for a while," Jiang Wan looked at Xiao Yanzhi again, "If His Majesty's brother is not as good as His Majesty's, then he can be a brother and a friend, if not, how can His Majesty's dragon chair sit safely?" The main palace is also for His Majesty. ”

Xu Liqian sighed and said: "It turns out that in the heart of the queen mother, I am so incompetent and narrow-minded, I can't even tolerate a person who is better than me, if so, then how many ministers should I kill in this court?" ”

Hearing this, Jiang Wan's eyes wavered slightly, but he insisted: "Those ministers don't have Xu Lijia's blood in their bodies, no matter how good they are, they are not qualified to compete with His Majesty for anything." ”

Xu Lishan asked, "What about the first emperor?" Was the first emperor not qualified to compete with the royal family for anything back then? ”

“…… Hongu didn't mean that. ”

Xu Lishan sighed and said: "Since the queen mother has become the queen mother, I hope that the queen mother can live for the rest of her life. This time, the queen mother was instigated and almost made a big mistake, and I also hoped that the queen mother would think about her own mistakes. ”

As soon as Xu Lishan finished speaking, Jiang Wan's heart was full of sighs.

"What does this mean?"

Xu Lishan looked at Jiang Wan and said: "The summer palace that the first emperor has been building since he was here has now been built, and seeing that summer is coming, the queen mother will move over in the next few days." ”

Jiang Wan looked incredulous: "Your Majesty...... Shan'er, are you going to put the queen mother and me under house arrest in the summer palace? ”

Xu Lishan lowered his eyes and said, "I just hope that the Queen Mother can live in a more comfortable place." Ying An, called someone to send the Queen Mother back to Jiashou Palace, and instructed the palace people of Jiashou Hall to pack up their things, and moved to the summer palace with the Queen Mother three days later. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Bowing down, Ying An walked out of the hall quickly, and recruited two little eunuchs to send Jiang Wan back to Jiashou Palace.

"Shan'er...... Shan'er, you can't do this to me...... I'm for your good...... I'm really good for you! Xiao Yanzhi can't live, he can't live! As long as he is here, your throne will not be stable! Shan'er? Good! ”

The two little eunuchs who were called by Ying An looked at Xu Lishan blankly and at a loss, and when they saw that Xu Lishan seemed to be a little impatient and waved his hand, the two little eunuchs pulled Jiang Wanqiang down.

Looking at Jiang Wan's back, Xu Lishan muttered: "Are you for my good, or for the good of the Jiang family......

And Jiang Shan, who was still kneeling in the main hall, saw that Jiang Wan was treated like this, and immediately felt that something was wrong, so he thought about it, and sure enough, he heard Xu Lishan's angry voice.

"Jiang Shan, the general of Yulinwei, deceived the queen mother, and intended to murder the life of the king of Shu in the dynasty. Put Jiang Shan in prison and behead him on a certain day! ”

There is nothing to ask, Jiang Shan must die, one is to give an explanation to Brother Pei and the imperial brother, and the other is to give the Jiang family a warning.

Hearing that Jiang Shanden sat down on the ground when he was still stunned, he was dragged down, and even the last cry for mercy was blocked back into his mouth.

Seeing Jiang Shan being dragged out of the hall, and when he could no longer see Jiang Shan's people, Xiao Yanzhi said to Xu Lishan unhurriedly: "Promote another Jiang family, this time you have to pick one who is loyal to you." ”

Xiao Yanzhi's words were unexpected by Xu Lishan, so when he heard this at first glance, Xu Lishan was slightly stunned, and then said a little uncomfortably: "It doesn't matter who is promoted, I don't plan to rely on the Jiang family." ”

There were no more outsiders in the hall, Xu Lishan also relaxed, leaned lazily into the dragon chair, and said, "This time it was my negligence that frightened the imperial brother." ”

Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Pei Ze, and then pouted: "I'm nothing, it's another person who is frightened." ”

Hearing this, Xu Lishan turned to Pei Ze: "I'm sorry." ”

Pei Ze turned his eyes to look at Xu Lishan, who looked accommodating, and said, "It's okay if he's fine." ”

This he was referring to was naturally Xiao Yanzhi.

After a pause, Pei Ze said again: "The Jiang family still has to be promoted and put on a show." ”

Xu Lishan nodded and said, "I know." I see that the royal brother's leg injury seems to be fine, when do the righteous brother and the imperial brother plan to return to the court? ”

Pei Ze squinted at Xu Lishan again, then retracted his gaze and said indifferently: "I want to take leave." ”

As soon as he heard the word "leave", Xu Lishan was annoyed: "Why is my brother still talking about this?" How can I have three years of free time to give you a vacation now! ”

It's really crazy, why did Brother Pei suddenly start to be obsessed with the holidays?

"You don't have free, but we do." Pei Ze said unhurriedly, "I haven't said anything about it during this time, haven't you done a good job?" ”

"But I won't last three years!" Xu Lishan gritted his teeth and looked at Pei Ze, and suddenly complained to Xiao Yanzhi, "Brother Huang, you can't help me talk about him!" ”

Xiao Yan was stunned, then looked at Xu Lishan and shook his head: "He doesn't listen to me." ”

"Hasn't he always listened to you?" Xu Lishan glared at Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi blinked, and turned his head to look at Pei Ze a little blankly: "Do you listen to me?" ”

"Listen," Pei Ze said without thinking, and then added, "except for this matter." ”

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Lishan again and said, "He said that this time is excepted." ”

Xu Lishan raised his forehead in annoyance: "Why does Brother Pei have to take these three years of vacation?" ”

Pei Ze thought for a moment and replied uncertainly: "Shouxiao? ”

Xu Lishan was speechless.

Brother Pei can talk nonsense more obviously!

Pei Ze added: "Another testament of the first emperor will be announced tomorrow morning." ”

Xu Lishan was stunned for a moment, then straightened his face and said firmly: "I don't declare it, and the will is gone." ”

"Gone?" Xiao Yanzhi asked in surprise, "Where did you go?" ”

"I ......" Xu Lishan's gaze drifted away, "I burned." ”

Pei Ze chuckled lightly and said, "You don't have the courage to burn the things of the first emperor." ”

Xu Lishan glared at Pei Ze angrily and said, "If you say so, then I'll go and burn it later!" ”

Pei Ze glanced at Xu Lishan and said, "With me here, where can I go?" ”

What is Xu Lishan, this kid not holding Xiao Yanzhi for?

Xu Lishan immediately retorted: "Since he can't go anywhere, what difference does it make if he is the king of Shu or a commoner?" ”

Pei Ze said helplessly: "If he is a commoner, he can ignore the government, but if you have something, you can go to Wucheng Wangfu to find him." ”

At this time, Xu Lishan's brain turned quickly, and he immediately spoke: "He is the king of Shu, I can also allow him to ignore the government, if he likes to enter the palace, he will enter the palace to play, if he doesn't like to enter the palace, even if he sleeps in your Wucheng Palace, I don't care!" ”

"Isn't it the same if you make a decree?"

Only by truly depriving Xiao Yanzhi of the title of King of Shu can Xiao Yanzhi truly break away from the court, and the troubles in the court will be reduced a lot.

"Then I don't declare it, don't you do the same?"

The corners of Pei Ze's eyes jumped, and he said: "That is the will of the first emperor, and it is the wish of the first emperor." ”

Xu Lishan said without showing weakness: "The first emperor also wrote his will against his heart in order to fulfill the emperor's brother, and I don't declare that it is to fulfill the wish of the first emperor." ”

"How do you know it's against your will?" Pei Ze frowned.

"And how do you know it's not against your will?" Xu Lishan looked at Pei Ze with a smug expression.

Xiao Yanzhi sat quietly on the side, feeling that this rare dispute scene was very interesting.

Xiao Yanzhi was looking happy, but saw Pei Ze suddenly turn his head and throw an eye knife over.

"You taught him like this!"

Xiao Yanzhi blinked and said innocently: "What did I teach him?" ”

"Sharp teeth!" Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanzhi angrily.

Xiao Yanzhi suddenly laughed.

Yes, Xu Lishan's ability to speak well has become his fault.

Scratching the corners of his mouth, Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Lishan and said softly: "Don't worry, whether I am the king of Shu or not, you are my younger brother, and I have always been very good to my younger brother."

If you feel lonely, you have to ask my brother and me to accompany you with the title of royalty, then that will not be announced, I will take care of my own safety and try not to be assassinated.

It doesn't hurt if you don't have a holiday for those three years, anyway, Pei Ze and I plan not to enter the court to discuss politics until you establish your prestige, and you can probably be idle for a while and not get in the way. ”

After Xiao Yanzhi said this, Xu Lishan was so angry that he could only stare dryly, but Pei Ze showed a smug smile.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Lishan compromised and said: "Tomorrow morning, I will announce the decree, and I will also arrange my brother's vacation, but you must ensure that I can find you at any time." ”

As Pei Ze said, he will not declare this will, Xiao Yanzhi will do what he wants, and he will not be keen on government politics because he has the title of King of Shu. As Xiao Yanzhi said, he didn't give him the holiday, and if Brother Pei wanted to enjoy the mountains and rivers, he would not be trapped in Chang'an because he didn't have a holiday. Anyway, he just can't fight these two people, so instead of letting them escape without a trace, it is better to negotiate the conditions.

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth and said, "This is a bit of a ...... at any time Sometimes it's really inconvenient for you to find it. ”

The corners of Xu Lishan's mouth twitched, and he said, "I won't go to you at that time!" ”

"That's good." Xiao Yanzhi smiled.

The time he spent with Pei Ze was not very convenient for being found, not because others found it inconvenient, but because he felt inconvenient.

Pei Ze glanced at Xiao Yan with a smile, and then said to Xu Lishan: "Then it's decided." ”

Xu Lishan nodded reluctantly.