"Hmm." I nodded, got up and straightened my clothes. guessed that An Yuanxi must have something important there, otherwise he wouldn't have let me go to the study when he had just been troubled by the people in the second room. It was already dark, and when I arrived at the study, I saw the bright candlelight in the room, An Yuanxi was frowning, sitting behind the desk in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking. I coughed lightly, An Yuanxi came back to his senses, saw me come in, got up and said, "Sister-in-law! ”

"What's the matter?" I sat down on the couch and asked bluntly. An Yuanxi handed me the note he was holding in his hand, I opened it and looked at it, and was taken aback: "What? Nine Kings Crazy? It's true? ”

"It's not clear if it's really true, but this news came from the soldiers guarding the Nine Kings' Mansion, and it spread quickly, and the ministers of the court and the central government almost knew about it, and King Jing also brought his henchmen to see it, confirming the madness of the Nine Kings." An Yuanxi said.

The news that the Nine Kings went crazy made the already turbulent situation in the court and China even clearer, the emperor was seriously ill, and one of the two people who were eligible to inherit the throne went crazy, even if it was a courtier who was still a little wavering before, I am afraid that now they will all fall to King Jing. It's just that how could the Nine Kings suddenly go crazy? Is it King Jing's ghost? Confining the Nine Kings first, and then waiting for an opportunity to deal with this potential threat? Or did the Nine Kings pretend to be crazy to preserve their strength in order to protect themselves, like Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty?

"Crazy?" I muttered, then smiled, "Whether it's true or not, it doesn't matter much to us." It's just that it added a fire and pushed King Jing higher. ”

"The matter of the Nine Kings can be ignored for the time being, but there is one more thing you must know." An Yuanxi said.

"What's the matter?" I looked at him," you said. ”

"There are some rumors quietly circulating in Beijing these two days, which are about King Jing, and they are very strange." An Yuanxi said.

"What rumors?" I was surprised. An Yuanxi said: "It is rumored that King Jing's surname is Xiyuse, and he accepted the woman of the Qinglou into the door as a concubine; said that in addition to liking to fool around in the Qinglou, he also occupied the beautiful wives of many Beijing officials; Some people also say that the five princes and the seventh princes who died early were actually the illegitimate children born to him and his mother, and they killed their sons because they were afraid of being found out by the first emperor; said that he abused silver medicine, and his body had already been hollowed out by wine...... In short, there are some rumors about King Jing's immorality. ”

I frowned, this is a little interesting, these rumors really came strangely, not sooner or later, but they appeared when King Jing was gaining power, obviously to reduce his popularity among the people. From ancient times to the present, the common people like to listen to the most, is the gossip of these dignitaries, I dare not underestimate the speed of the spread and deformation of these gossip news, from the "Harley comet flew from the sky" after several dictations into "General Harley is coming to the army to inspect" jokes, you can imagine the horror of people's words, and when King Jing finds out that he has taken action, I am afraid that his lustful image in the people has been irretrievable.

Who is the one who unleashed these rumors? Emperor? Or the Nine Kings? If it were the emperor, I would be sure that his illness was really just a bitter ploy, and then he had laid it out early in the morning, and King Jing walked step by step into the trap he had set up. If it is the Nine Kings, does it mean that he is not as weak as he seems on the surface, at least he still has the ability to arrange these things and wait for the opportunity to fight back?

"It's such an interesting thing, why don't we join in the fun?" I glanced at An Yuanxi lazily and chuckled.

An Yuanxi raised his eyebrows, did not speak out immediately, and listened to me continue: "The rumors that the people like to hear the most, in addition to these gossips and glamorous history, there are also terrifying rumors. If someone says that King Jing has to eat a child's heart every day in order to live forever; or often catch some strong men, disembowel their stomachs and remove their kidneys, and nourish his body that has been hollowed out by wine; Maybe the reason why he is so lustful is actually practicing an evil skill, collecting yin and replenishing yang, sucking the essence of those women dry, and only a human skin remains...... Hehe......" I smiled sinisterly: "His Royal Highness King Jing likes to spread rumors so much, isn't it interesting to let his own anecdotes be used to enrich the lives of the people in the world after tea and dinner?" ”

An Yuanxi looked at me quietly, but there was a shallow smile on the corner of his lips: "I understand." ”

"However, rumors are not enough. When the rumors are out of control and unstoppable, and the gods are angry, something else needs to be added to the fire. "The corners of my lips curled, and in this respect I want to thank my 5,000-year-old ancestors for the wisdom handed down from my previous life. After thinking about it, I felt that it was not safe to say, so I walked to the desk, spread out a piece of paper and wrote down my thoughts, and handed it to An Yuanxi. An Yuanxi looked at it, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and his gaze became solemn when he looked at me. I whispered, "Remember? An Yuanxi nodded, I smiled, pulled the paper in his hand, opened the lampshade, put the paper on the candle flame and lit it, and watched it turn into a black butterfly and disappear in front of me, before I said calmly: "Remember, it's up to you to do it." ”

"Okay." An Yuanxi's face had a faint dimness in the candlelight, and the flickering light created a turbulent shadow on his face, as if it were stunning. My heart moved, I put the lampshade back on, and said softly, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Nope." His voice was lowered. "Then I'm leaving." I turned around and walked out the door, and An Yuanxi called me behind me: "Sister-in-law......"

"Huh?" I paused, suddenly panicked for no reason, didn't dare to look back, and even my back stiffened slightly. I only heard An Yuanxi's voice say laboriously: "That incident during the day...... I...... I will strictly prohibit them from passing on ...... privately."

I was stunned for a moment, then understood, and couldn't help but smile: "It's useless, don't bother, it's just that the Hou Mansion doesn't pass it on, can you still control the Zeyun Mansion if it doesn't pass on?" Having said that, my heart is still warm, for his kindness. The tone was deliberately a little relaxed: "But I think after seeing Aunt Fei's fate, Zeyun Mansion doesn't dare to talk nonsense anymore." Don't worry. ”

"I'm sorry...... An Yuanxi's voice trembled a little, and I heard him breathe a little quickly and heavily, "It's all my fault for letting you suffer this kind of insult......"

I felt inexplicable again, and I wondered why he always thought that others splashed me with sewage and had something to do with him. A thought flashed through my mind, and I suddenly turned my head to look at him: "Why do you say that?" Do you regret that you had a skin-to-skin relationship with me back then? ”

An Yuanxi's face changed, and he said hurriedly: "I ......"

"Okay, don't say it, I understand." I turned my head and laughed self-deprecatingly, "You don't have to blame yourself at all, in fact, that incident really counts as I forced you, you have always paid attention to etiquette, if I hadn't forced you, you wouldn't have ...... at all"

"No, Ye'er......" An Yuanxi rushed to me in one step, and in a hurry, he forgot to call his sister-in-law, "I don't have ......"

"I'm sorry if that embarrassed you like that." I closed my eyes tiredly, interrupted him quickly, and said weakly, "I'm sorry, I'm tired." I'll go back to my room first. ”

An Yuanxi looked at me with pain on his face, his lips moved slightly, but he couldn't say a word. I turned and walked out the door, my steps suddenly becoming heavier, and my chest was so heavy that I couldn't breathe. I walked out step by step, I only felt absurd in my heart, the sweet and warm relationship with him back then, for me was a beautiful and unforgettable memory, but I didn't expect it to him, but it was a burden that was unbearable. Reluctantly out of the study, I leaned feebly against the pillar at the corner of the cloister, looked at the bright moonlight on the ground, and smiled mockingly for a long time.

(To be continued)