Situ Yi smiled and said nothing, stretched out his hand to look behind him, and outside the hall, a soldier in full military uniform bowed forward, holding a fox in his hand.

Only then did Qin Nanxi realize that in the charcoal basin in the hall, the fire was already very weak. As the original Great Chu "humerus" dispersed, the chill of the bones also came with the twilight. Situ Yi didn't plan to stay in this depressing hall anymore. Fang Cai forcibly endured the hatred and disgust that surged in his heart, and it was already very difficult for him to play the same heart of the monarch and the minister.

He didn't know how to look at it, so he took the big puff in his hand, and with a light dip of his arms, he wrapped Qin Nanxi in front of him into his arms.

"Come out for a walk with me." His tone was very soft, but Qin Nanxi could hear a rare trace of helplessness in it.

Nodding, Qin Nanxi broke out of his embrace slightly, and obediently put his hand in his palm.

"Assuf must have returned to the Western Regions." Situ Yi took Qin Nanxi and walked out of the cold main hall. faintly picked up Fang Cai's words. In these inconsequential links, it doesn't hurt for her to know. Besides, Qin Nanxi and Assuf are very compatible, and Situ Yi has no intention of hiding it from her. Qin Nanxi looked at the openness in his eyes, suddenly blamed himself, nodded, snuggled up to him, and didn't ask any more questions.

Outside the hall, the twilight had already swept the last rays of light in the sky. In the gate of the garrison mansion behind him, several bean-like lights trembled and jumped. Looking from the darkness, the faint light is bright and shocking, like a few bits of hope for rebirth in the darkness of hell.

On the ground, there was a vast white patch, and when I stepped down, there was a seal several inches deep. On the vast and clean snow, two pairs of footprints, one large and one small, are densely placed next to each other, slowly stretching into the depths of the dark night.

Situ Yi wrapped the fox around Qin Nanxi, and he was still wearing a thin brocade robe. The silver silk soft armor that was tightly locked on his body at that moment was contaminated with the night air at this time, and it was as sharp and cold as an ice cube. The breath of ice and snow enveloped him, and even the smile on his lips seemed dry and cold.

Qin Nanxi tightened the fingertips of his hand, stared sideways at him, and unconsciously shrugged his eyebrows and said, "Brother Yi, what's wrong?" Why on earth are you doing this? ”

Situ Yi stopped when he heard the sound, his eyes fell into the depths of the dark sky, and he sighed softly: "What is Nan Xi asking?" ”

Qin Nanxi bit the corner of his lip slightly, pondered for a moment and said, "Why do you want to support Prince Changping?" Why did he know that Asufu was the Prince of Changping, but he said in public that Assufu had the order of Uncle Xiao to frame the prince? ”

"Also, why did you bring you to the hall and ask Prince Changping to promise to officiate in public?" Situ Yi turned his head, stared at Qin Nanxi, and said slowly. He had always guessed all her doubts, and this time was no exception. As early as when he dragged her and knelt down to thank Changping for the marriage. He understood the reason for Qin Nanxi's shallow hesitation.

Qin Nanxi nodded silently, a pair of dark eyes staring at him. She expected him to answer honestly, because the future she was looking forward to was one of spiritual and affectionate love.

Situ Yi raised his hand and squeezed the fox on her shoulder, and said lightly: "I supported Prince Changping because of the situation, and I had to do it. ”

Qin Nanxi frowned and wondered: "Why did it come to the point where I had to do it?" ”

Situ Yi turned his head to avoid her inquiring gaze, looked at the night sky, and said leisurely: "At the critical juncture when the first emperor was ill and the crown prince was sick, I had actually been warned by my husband first, and I shouldn't have ventured into the city. As long as I don't enter the court, Zhou Huan will definitely take into account the movements of the northern army, and he will not dare to act rashly, but I ......"

Saying that he was here, Situ Yi was silent. When he ventured into the city alone, so that he was imprisoned, it was precisely because he received the handwritten letter of "Qin Nanxi".

Qin Nanxi's mouth was half open, and a layer of mist surged in his eyes. She knew that because of her own negligence, he was trapped and injured, but she never expected that her sister-in-law Xiao Luomei deliberately simulated her handwriting and sent the letter to Situ Yi, which not only tricked him into showing up to imprison him, but also eventually became a boost to the death of the prince.

"I thought that if my eye injury was healed, I would be able to try to rescue the crown prince, help him restore him to the throne, and set things right. But I never thought that the prince would be killed. Situ Yi said, letting out a long sigh, helplessness and worry like the white mist spit out of his mouth, clumps, gradually dissipated in the cold night air.

"I was secretly imprisoned by Zhou Huan, so the Xiao family dared to plot chaos. In the final analysis, Zhou Huan's ability to ascend to the throne depends on the support of the Xiao family in the court. The Xiao clan is now calling for wind and rain in the court, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have almost been wiped out by them. I'm afraid that if this continues, Zhou Huan, the emperor, will only become more and more a puppet of the Xiao family. ”

Qin Nanxi became more and more confused: "Why did Emperor Zhou Huan secretly imprison you?" ”

Situ Yi said: "Zhou Huan borrowed the power of the Xiao family to achieve things, but he was not willing to be their puppet. If he doesn't kill me, he secretly imprisoned me in his other courtyard, just to win me over and the Northern Army in my hands. Although the Xiao clan was strong in the DPRK, it did not have the force to compete with the Northern Army. ”

Qin Nanxi pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then since Brother Yi is only interfering in politics against the Xiao family's relatives, why do you want to support that Prince Changping here?" ”

Situ Yi smiled faintly and asked rhetorically: "Didn't Nan Xi persuade me to follow the trend and not fall into a trap?" ”

Qin Nanxi's eyebrows were slightly bent, and he raised his hand to caress his frowning eyebrows and said softly: "Nanxi, that's just to persuade Brother Yi not to be persistent." It is enough to adapt to the situation and put an end to the fighting. As for who is in power, why should Brother Yi care too much? After all, Zhou Huan is already in power, if Brother Ruoyi, if you insist on setting things right, it will undoubtedly be bloody again. ”

"Having said that, Zhou Huan is different from Prince Changping. King Changping was born noble, and his mother family was originally a big family, although the family line was scattered, but in the end, his reputation and prestige were still there. And the king of Changping himself is intelligent and wise, can endure humiliation and burden, knows how to advance and retreat, uses people well, and is very much in favor of the unification of royal power. It does not rely on the power of the scholars, but can also be controlled. If he is the one who is in power, he does not have to worry about the loss of imperial power. ”

Situ Yi smiled and stopped when he said this, and quietly hid the earnest entrustment to him in the letter: "As long as the imperial power does not fall, then the Qingming event will be a grand event, and the benevolent and virtuous government can be expected!" ”

Qin Nanxi didn't know that the half he hid was deeply related to him, but he felt that he had to admit that what he said was reasonable, and he muttered for a long time before he said: "However, when King Changping saved you, he ordered Assufu to hurt your eyes." If he is suspicious of his desire to use it like this, it cannot be said that he has the heart to tolerate others. ”

Situ Yi sighed helplessly: "That's because I'm different." ”

"Different?"

"It's different, I have 200,000 iron cavalry border troops in my hands. I was originally a well-known party of the government and the opposition. At that time, I said that I was sick and could not enter the court, and few people in the Manchu Dynasty could find out whether I was trying to protect the prince or had other plans. So, for me, of course, although he couldn't bear to kill, he didn't dare to use it. And at that time, his conspiracy was exposed, and he also had to stay away from the court to protect himself, and temporarily press me down, which was also to win the hearts of the army and buy time for himself. ”

Qin Nanxi gasped a breath of cold air, and the pores around him immediately became nervous: "At that time, a year later, he dared to lead the troops this time, was he fully prepared?" ”

Situ Yi nodded weakly, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that it is, blood splashing Xiao Qiang is inevitable." ”

"Brother Nayi, you ......" Qin Nanxi spat out, full of dilemmas. She hoped that Situ Yi could stop the scourge of war and save the people from fire and water, but she was worried that he would step into a road more difficult than the battlefield.

Situ Yi was deeply helpless: "Besides, all kinds of rumors are spreading more and more, and King Changping is gradually becoming popular with the people, and he has the momentum of winning the hearts of the people of the government and the opposition, and there are also people in the Northern Army who have been held under his command." If I don't surrender to him at this time, I am afraid that there will be disputes within the Northern Army. The enemy is now unable to consume itself. ”

"That's why Brother Yi, you deliberately surrendered, just to dispel King Changping's doubts about you?"

Situ Yi shook his head with a smile and sighed: "I really want to dispel his doubts, but I'm afraid it's not that easy." ”

The two of them were concentrating, and suddenly heard a cold voice behind them: "Of course it's not so easy, Situ Yi married Qin Shangshu, you forced him to agree to marry in public, are you a vegetarian when you become the king of Changping?"