"Of course." Concubine De sneered, and said without hesitation: "Finally, when I waited for this opportunity, my hand was able to hold him, and if I didn't do it, would I let him leave Kyoto and be free for ten years?"

The middle-aged man said sarcastically: "Have you ever thought that where you can get your hands, the emperor will have short hands?"

Concubine De endured it, and finally couldn't help but shout: "He's a demon." The thought that he was in Kyoto at the moment, so close to me, made it difficult for me to sleep. If he doesn't die, I'm going to die."

"Ten years of life in the palace, haven't you learned to endure invisibility?" As Concubine De's usual demure love began to crumble, a little annoyance rose in the middle-aged man's tone, and he scolded loudly: "As far as your current endurance is not as good as thirty percent of his endurance, even if he doesn't make a move, he can kill you."

The middle-aged man's reprimanding words made Concubine De's mind calm down a little, but at the same time, a sense of frustration emerged in her heart. Casually found a chair to sit down, she bowed her shoulders slightly, and did not speak for a long time.

The middle-aged man sighed when he saw this. He first walked to the door and glanced outside, then walked back, and said in a softened tone: "The emperor handed over the matter of secretly taking care of the house to me, and the people working below discovered your people, and I used two puppets to block it once." However, if there is a second time, I am afraid that I will have to scoop myself to block it. ”

Concubine De glanced up at him, but still didn't speak.

"You might be tempted to say, why don't I continue to use puppets and give myself away. Then I'll tell you that I have always been an iron plate with cracks in the emperor's heart. Even if the rift could be sealed with molten iron, the rift would still expand if someone scooped a hammer and struck it. The middle-aged man paused slightly as he said this. He looked into Concubine De's eyes and fixed his eyes for a moment before he continued: "Lin Shan is this hammer, do you understand?"

Concubine De's eyes froze, and she suddenly spoke: "What do you mean, do you want to refuse to touch him all the time for your own sake?"

"Although you and I have slightly different motivations, the common goal has never changed." The middle-aged man sneered, "He doesn't die, you may just continue to hold your breath." And I'm going to die sooner than you do. I don't think he's going to die, I'm not one point less than you, it's just that he can't die now. ”

"Why?" Concubine De, who calmed down, finally realized that something was wrong.

"The first reason is that he is now weaving a big net with the emperor, and the Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is the fish that this net wants to catch, but it may not be the only big fish in the net. Of the six departments of the central government, the network of officials is the most extensive and complex, and it is necessary to really scoop down the person surnamed Wan. I'm afraid that his protégés and friends will also be pulled out a lot. At this time, if there are bastards who are not afraid of death take the initiative to hit the net, the emperor does not mind catching a few more small ones, and stripping the surname Wan cleanly, he will save trouble, and he can also put a group of new people he has cultivated into it. ”

The middle-aged man looked at Concubine De. After smiling slightly, he said: "Lin Shan is willing to use himself as bait and muddy a pool of water, not because the emperor wants to touch one of the fish. You want to take advantage of the chaos to kill people, so that the emperor can't find the real murderer, and you know that the emperor also wants to take advantage of the chaos to catch them all. Maybe the emperor sent more people to protect the forest fir than there were people who were ambushed there and wanted to use the knife, do you want to be this stupid person who hits the knife edge in place?"

Concubine De shook her head, she wanted to speak, but after thinking about it for a while. I don't know what to say.

The middle-aged man continued: "The one I just said. In fact, it is secondary, and the most critical issue at present is that Lin Shan will take on an important task for Emperor Qiu. So, if something happens to him now. And when the emperor saw that someone did it deliberately, but it was not from the revenge of the Wan family, I was very worried, and the emperor didn't mind going through the harem in order to investigate thoroughly. ”

It wasn't until this time that Concubine De realized that things had become scary. It's not a good deal to overturn your nest in order to kill an old enemy.

Concubine De regretted her idea a little, and when facing the middle-aged man, her cold attitude slowly eased. After thinking about it, she couldn't help but ask, "What is so serious?"

"The emperor can tell you the news that Lin Shan has come back so early, it can be seen that his trust in you has improved a lot in the past few years, but this matter has nothing to do with the trust between husband and wife. For an important matter like this, even if he sues you, you can't share his worries, but let you bear the pressure in vain. The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment when he said this, and then continued: "In short, you just need to know that in the past two or three years, Lin Shan has not been able to die. When the Emperor wants to do that, I will come to sue you and draw up a perfect murder step for you. When the time comes, you will also be relieved, and he will die completely. ”

Concubine De lowered her eyes, and after being silent for a long time, she slowly spoke: "Can you sue me, what is that heavy matter?"

"There is going to be a war, but it is not an invasion from another country, but the emperor has been itching for a place to the west for a long time, and he is finally going to do it." The middle-aged man didn't continue when he said this, but turned the conversation around and said, "I can only sue you so much, these have nothing to do with you, and your quiet and good days are still long."

Concubine De snorted lightly and said coldly: "Okay, I'll listen to your persuasion this time, and I'll call everyone back later."

The middle-aged man nodded, then threw the thing wrapped in the brocade in his palm onto the table, and said in a deep voice: "When you want to use something, the first thing to measure is not how much it can help you, but how much harm it may bring you."

Concubine De's gaze paused on the brocade bag, and then asked the middle-aged man, "Do you also think this thing is fake?"

"I rarely do things by feeling." The middle-aged man replied calmly: "If you can't give up the guidance of intuition, it's not bad to add another empirical reference." Although your status is expensive, it is a gift from one person, and sometimes the opportunities you can choose may not be as good as a commoner, so you must be more careful at every step. ”

Concubine De reached out with her long hand, held the small bag of Jinpa that the middle-aged man threw on the table, and subconsciously tightened her palms without speaking.

"I'm leaving." The middle-aged man said three words abruptly, and then walked quickly towards a wall beside him.

He seemed to hit the wall, but when the bridge of his nose was about to touch the wall, the wall suddenly became a narrow one, and the middle-aged man was slightly sideways, like a wisp of smoke being sucked into the gap between the walls, and disappeared. The hollow walls were quickly restored, and the tiny traces were barely visible in the brightly colored wall paintings.

Concubine De looked at the wall where the middle-aged man had not entered, and was slightly stunned for a moment, and then she got up and walked out of the room.

At the stone table in the courtyard, Qingxia and Cuichun are still standing there. Seeing Concubine De coming out, they hurriedly greeted her, and at the same time blessed Concubine De.

Concubine De was silent for a moment, she was making a final hesitation, and finally decided to leave Cuichun elsewhere first, and then gave Qing Xia the order to recall.

Qing Xia was a little surprised and stunned, but she didn't say anything, and prepared to leave the palace immediately to carry out the order.

It's just that when she just turned around and took a few steps, Concubine De stopped her again.

"What else does the mother command?" Qing Xia turned around and gave a shallow blessing.

Concubine De hesitated for a moment, and said lightly: "You took the recalled people and scattered around the city gates, remember to lay an ambush outside the city gates, avoiding the sight of the city guards." After that, if you see the old man named Liao Shi, immediately catch him and hide him, and wait for my instructions. ”

"Yes." Qing Xia answered the order, but she quickly questioned again: "Niangniang, why don't you set up an ambush in the inner city?" The outer city is too vast. ”

"In the inner city, even if you do it yourself, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to catch him. It is likely that there are already emperors waiting to meet him in the inner city. Concubine De raised her head slightly, looked at the gradually darkening sky after the sun sank into the mountains, and sighed softly: "Actually, I don't want to just stop like this, it seems that God is not all for that person, so let's rely on God's will."

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The north courtyard of Huayang Palace is the place where the second prince likes to stay when he plays chess. There is a large area of evergreen camphor trees in the yard, and the air is often filled with a fresh smell, and books and wooden utensils are not easily eaten by insects in this yard.

After lunch, after Concubine De came to visit, the second prince, who was ill, came here after resting in the dormitory for a while, and the close guards were followed by Chi Chong.

In the afternoon, when the sun was in the west, the second prince suddenly talked to Chi Zhong about practicing martial arts. After chatting for a while, Chi Zhong tried to practice a set of boxing techniques for the second prince of Jianyi, but he didn't expect that this matter would become true just by saying it, but it startled the palace maids and eunuchs in Huayang Palace. However, until the sun sank in the west, the second prince finished a set of punches, and there was no problem with his body, but his usually slightly pale face showed a faint layer of healthy red, which made the group of worried people just now breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time there was some hope in their hearts.

Facing a row of camphor trees, Chi Zhong and the second prince both maintained the action of just closing their fists and did not move away.

Chi Zhong took a deep breath, then exhaled a long breath, and then spoke: "Your Highness's memory is so strong, I am amazed and indescribable. Although this set of boxing methods is only used as a warm-up and activation, there is no aggression, but the composition of the human body muscles and bones is very complex, and every musculoskeletal movement must be moved, which makes the changes in the moves of this set of boxing methods also much more complicated, but His Highness only learned it in less than an afternoon to master it. ”

The second prince smiled and said, "The apprentice learns quickly, so the master must teach it well." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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