Qicheng Imperial Palace, inside the Zhengyang Palace. In the huge palace, except for the guards guarding the door, the rest of the palace people who were waiting were all branched out. In the hall, only Situ Bi and Situ Xi were discussing countermeasures to deal with Yizhou.

Situ Bi was surrounded by smoke, and at this moment he was smoking the medicinal powder that the Dan Magician had just sent. He was supposed to be a tall and mighty person, but now his face was sallow, and his expression was sickly and gray. On the other hand, Situ Xi, in addition to his expression being more serious than before, was very energetic. Although three years ago by Tianshui Lake, his spiritual power was seriously depleted when he fought against the cold tides, and although he retreated for a long time, his body was still not as good as before the war. However, compared to Situ Bi's body that was corroded by the so-called "elixir", he was really much better.

"Your Majesty," Situ Xi has been silent since he entered the main hall, except for greeting Situ Bi hastily, and suddenly spoke at this time, "A few days ago, there was a battle report from the front, and the rebels of the traitor Situ Mu easily captured Pingyang City, Xingjiao, Hezhou and other places. The fourth son of the Tang family, Tang Bu, was unsurprising, and he was invincible in terms of attacking cities and conquering cities and arranging formations. The tactics he used were often able to deliver a single blow to the vital points of our army, which was really powerful. Now that his tactics have been seen through by him, are you considering changing the generals? ”

"So who does Zaisuke think is appropriate?" Situ Bi ran out of pills, and lay on his back on a beech couch to rest on all fours. He asked, squinting his eyes and limply.

Situ Xi stared at his disgraced face for a moment without hesitation, and a trace of ridicule flashed on his face. Then he replied: "Your Majesty, why don't you go on a personal expedition?" ”

"What?" When Situ Bi heard this, he suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were full of fierceness, and he finally had a hint of a king's style. He sneered, raised his voice, and reprimanded, "Zaifu is becoming more and more unruly, although I leave all the affairs of the court to you, but this does not mean. It's up to you to decide! ”

"Your Majesty is angry!" Situ Xi saw that Situ Bi was angry. Lowering his head, he explained, "The minister does not mean that His Majesty wants to march and fight. Just a strategy. Situ Mu since the beginning of the army. It has always been a pro-commander soldier who will fight. I heard that he ate and slept with the soldiers. and killed the enemy together, which was very respected by those soldiers. After the siege of the city, he personally comforted the people of the city. Giving soup and distributing grain as a way to buy people's hearts. Now many people are willing to follow him. The people are ignorant, and they always like to be bewitched by the small profits in front of them. But this is also a big disadvantage for us! ”

The little light that appeared in Situ Bi's eyes just now was extinguished again. His eyes were sunken, his expression was awkward, and he looked like a skeleton. Situ Bi listened to what he said just now, and pondered for a moment: "According to your meaning, do you want me to follow the example of that unfilial son, and also go to the front line to win people's hearts?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Situ Xi smiled flatteringly, "Although this method is a bit despicable, it does have immediate results. Since Situ Mu can use this to buy people's hearts and boost morale, with His Majesty's noble dragon body, he can slightly comfort the soldiers and the people, and the effect will definitely be a thousand times stronger than that of Situ Mu! At that time, the morale of our army will be greatly increased, and it will definitely turn defeat into victory. When the people saw that His Majesty loved the people like a son, they naturally thought about the thieves who rebelled again. ”

"So......" Situ Bi was obviously moved by what he said, he weighed the pros and cons and nodded, "Then according to what Zaifu said, I should indeed take action." I'll leave this matter to you to take care of, since it's an important matter, the sooner the better. ”

Situ Xi bowed: "Yes, the minister should try his best to arrange it." Your Majesty can rest assured that this trip should be a complete success. It's not too early, Your Majesty should rest early. The minister retired ......"

"Wait!" Just as Situ Xi was about to walk out of the gate of Zhengyang Palace, Situ Bi suddenly stopped him and carefully instructed, "Don't forget to make arrangements for Master Feng and Master Tan during this personal expedition." My immortality has reached a critical juncture, and there must be no mistakes. You should arrange the living life of the two masters, and you must not slack off! ”

"Yes." Situ Xi respectfully agreed, obedient and humble. It's just that Situ Bi was too obsessed with his elixir and alchemy, and he didn't see the sarcastic smile on the corner of Situ Xi's mouth.

Leaving the Zhengyang Palace, Situ Xi did not sit in a sedan chair, but chose to walk slowly in the long Yongxiang. On both sides are the palace walls made of red bricks, and the eaves of the wall are carved with all kinds of Rui beasts. Ten meters away, there will be a painting, all of which are works of landscape. The road under your feet is made of a whole bluestone slab, smooth and warm, with a faint luster of stars and moon. The hexagonal white marble palace lamp is placed in an unknown number of lights, and it is brightly lit all the way. Such a luxurious scene starts from the beginning of the eye and extends to the end.

Situ Xi's pace slowed down very slowly, although he had to pass here almost every day, but today he was rarely interested in studying the scenery in the palace. Somehow, the grand scene of the palace in front of him reminded him of the Nine Heavens Divine Palace, which he had not set foot in for more than 20 years. Although the Great Zhou Palace is magnificent, it combines the soft beauty of the southern garden and the atmospheric luxury of the northern mansion, and each landscape is unique and meticulously crafted. But when it comes to exquisiteness, it is still much worse than the shrine under Tianshui Lake. Not to mention anything else, just the crystal glazed tiles of the Nine Heavens Shrine refract the light in the water and form a colorful halo, which is already a magnificent beauty that the world cannot imagine. When he was a child, his favorite thing was to sit at the bottom of the lake and look at the beautiful lights and imagine the outside world. After Ah Yan got married, it is said that she also likes this.

It seems that the years are really unforgiving, and they are old.

Situ Xi secretly mocked in his heart, saying that when people are old, they like to recall the past. After so many years, he had never thought about the Nine Heavens Divine Palace. But tonight, the memories that stayed in the depths of my mind poured out uncontrollably.

"Click, click, click......"

There was a sound of footsteps in front of him, interrupting Situ Xi's thoughts. He followed the sound and looked, only to see that on the opposite side, there was a woman in a peacock blue gorgeous palace dress, walking towards him. The woman was no stranger, it was his eldest daughter, Situ and Han.

"Father." And Han walked in front of Situ Xi step by step, his facial features were modified by exquisite makeup to become more and more beautiful, and the gilt pearl earrings shook and shook, flashing with beautiful light. Even if she travels late at night, she doesn't allow herself to dress inappropriately, "What's going on?" ”

Situ Xi looked at the daughter in front of him, whether it was the degree of facial features, or scheming, or viciousness and desire for power, and Han was the most like him among the three children. Just like this time, although he knew that He Han had loved Situ Mu deeply in his heart, he still chose to be his enemy. And Han, even more determined than himself back then. After all, Lian Yan has always been a feeling that he can't let go.

"It's already done," Situ Xi patted Hehan's shoulder and said softly, "The emperor has agreed to take the royal expedition in person, and he will also bring Feng and Tan two magicians." I will start to arrange for my departure from the palace tomorrow, and I will be able to leave Beijing in three days. You need to follow our plan in advance, and let Feng Yuanchen raise the toxicity of the pill to the highest extent and let the emperor take it. When I get outside the palace, I will find a suitable opportunity to create a scene where the emperor is poisoned, and blame Situ Mu, so that he will be infamous for killing his father and killing the king. You wait for my news, once you get it, you will immediately bring Yan'er to join me, and I will make all the soldiers support Yan'er as the new emperor. In this way, we can effortlessly take the world of this Great Zhou into our pockets! (To be continued.) )