- When Mo Ye walked around to the outer wall of the backyard of the Song Mansion, he had already clearly felt that the house had changed. じ!wWw.☆

She couldn't tell where it had changed, because she couldn't see clearly inside while standing outside the courtyard. But she had lived in this house for nearly three years, and it was her second home, and perhaps just a glance in the direction of the kitchen, where there should have been a living fire every day, looked as cold today as if she hadn't burned wood for days, and she realized something was wrong.

But thinking of what Cheng Xu said, Mo Ye still decided to quietly go in to see what was going on.

If the Song Mansion is safe for her, then even if she fails to steal and can't avoid her identity, there should be no extreme consequences. However, although she believed Cheng Xu's words, she didn't believe in the absolute safety of the Song Mansion at the same time, so she couldn't help but be a little apprehensive. This is a bit like a person who believes that his friend will not harm him, but he is not obsessed with what his friend says is all right, and there is a kind of defense in his heart that he is right about things and not about others.

This is a somewhat contradictory emotion, but in order to confirm Ruan Luo's location, Mo Ye still decided to take a risk.

But although she was mentally prepared, at the moment she climbed over the courtyard wall, she couldn't help but be taken aback at the scene in the courtyard.

There were two rows of people standing horizontally on the floor of the backyard, and Mo Ye recognized them at a glance as the members of the Song Mansion. For no reason, Mo Ye remembered the scene he saw in Yizhuang before, the same thing was that they were both pestles in the cold moon and starry night, the difference was that that group was a lifeless coffin, and the group in front of him should not be dead people.

It's just that this group of nurses just stood quietly in the courtyard, and did not light lamps, candles or torches to illuminate them, which at first glance still looked quite terrifying. And they would line up in the courtyard in this formation, obviously with bad intentions, and this might be the place where the living things are more terrible than the dead.

In any case, Mo Ye had already turned into the courtyard, and she had no intention of leaving immediately.

And as soon as her feet hit the ground, there were a few "snorts" in the yard, and it turned out that those caregivers didn't want to light the candles. Rather, they didn't want to light the candle before she arrived. More than a dozen linoleum torches were lit together, and the courtyard suddenly lit up, Mo Ye squinted slightly, knowing that he might have stepped into a trap. But she was calmer than she had been.

There is no point in panicking in the trap, and in the face of such a direct trap, Mo Ye is faintly relieved while his spirit is highly condensed. If these people are scattered in every corner of the huge Song Mansion and use all the tricks, it will be tricky.

Of course, the row of nurses standing in the courtyard at this time, in terms of numbers, only accounted for forty percent of all the families in the Song Mansion, and it is not known where the remaining sixty percent of the families were placed. But Mo Ye has no time to expect too much. These people could have gathered all their strength and laid out a plot against her, but if they had then, they would have no chance of escaping. But they didn't do it, perhaps because their masters were despising something. This is finally a little opportunity in my favor.

Seeing the scene in front of me. The theft into the Song Mansion was discovered at the first time, and Mo Ye did not plan to sneak in, and was ready to use all his strength on the escape route at any time.

If she can successfully escape, she must ask Cheng Xu this guy in the future, is it the Song Mansion that is so guarded, or the Song Mansion that is harmless to her? Mo Ye said this in his heart, and put his hands into his sleeves. I felt the string of copper coins in my sleeve. At this time, she has no sharp weapons, and if she really gets to the point where she wants to do it, she can only rely on these two strings of copper coins.

Before coming to the Song Mansion, she didn't make special preparations, but this thing was heavy, and she put a hundred or so pieces in her sleeves at most. She can't string a thousand and tie it like a belt, can she? The hidden weapon has to be hidden.

Before it is unclear whether these nursing home members who have respected him in the past have completely betrayed at this time, whether they will do it to themselves, and in what way, Mo Ye will not first express his attitude. She still regarded herself as Ruan Luoyimei and Miss Song Zhaisan, but she didn't go in as generously as before, but stood still. smiled and said, "It turns out that the big guys are all here." ”

No one answered her.

Mo Ye sniffed, and suddenly felt that it was boring for him to say this. After a moment of silence, the smile on her face gradually precipitated, and she said calmly: "Is the head of the house at home?" ”

This time, someone finally agreed to her, but it was not the Song family members who were present with torches, but a plain-clothed woman who came from not far away.

Mo Ye was still wearing the blue cotton shirt she had changed into at the Cloud Inn, which gradually turned inky under the light of the torches in the night. And the woman who approached from the back of the family should still be like the light red shirt without printed patterns as in the past. This color of clothing is bright in the sunlight without being too flashy, but at this time it is a little close to pale under the light of this torch.

"Is the head of the family here, are you qualified to ask?" The young woman who approached slowly was Bai Tao, another sister-in-law who was in charge of the chores of the Song Mansion and Ruan Luo.

Mo Ye was slightly stunned. She had expected that when she came back, Bai Tao would not give her a good look, but she didn't expect that the other party's arrogance would be so direct. She thought of Cheng Xu's words again, and a trace of doubt obviously appeared in her eyes. After a little rectification, she calmly opened her mouth and said: "Why did Sister Bai Tao say this, I asked about the situation of my righteous brother, what's wrong?" ”

"I don't remember the head of the family having a second sister." Bai Tao lightly smiled at the corner of her lips, "Take down this female snitch who stole into the mansion in the middle of the night!" ”

The dozen or so family members who stood in a row with stiff faces finally moved, and there was no doubt that they pounced on Mo Ye.

Although he had already prepared to be outnumbered in advance, when he actually started, he saw more than a dozen seven-foot strong men rushing over at the same time, just from this momentum, it made people feel surprised. What's more, most of these dozen people are already familiar faces of Mo Ye, and the familiar people suddenly showed a fierce light in their eyes, gathering the momentum of wolf hunting, which forced people to be shocked for a while.

Mo Ye was slightly stunned, and the dozen or so people on the opposite side took two more steps. In Bai Tao's eyes, she is like a little girl who has been scared stupid, and it is only a matter of a moment to be restrained.

However, this stagnation only lasted for a few moments, and after a few breaths, Bai Tao heard the sound of golden chirping in his ears.

Bai Tao already knew that Mo Ye was full of martial arts, and her strength was not as thin as her appearance. Although it has only been a month to analyze this matter, it has caused a lot of mental stimulation to Bai Tao, and she is the target of her surveillance. How could you deceive her for so long? Therefore, at this time, although he saw that Mo Ye was a lonely house, but he was a man with many people and had already made up a cage, Bai Tao did not despise Mo Ye from his heart.

The sound of gold roared. Bai Tao's hands are slender, and her fingers dance wildly in several parts of her jaw, ears, and head, but there is no trace of softness, and her hands are slightly hideous like eagle claws.

Because the few copper coins projected from Mo Ye's side were as fierce as death.

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The Assassin "clean-up" work in the inner city of Kyoto has been going on for almost half a month, and because the operation process is deliberately low-key, it has not had much impact on the lives of the residents of the city. However, for the sweepers, the harvest in these ten days was not ideal, because all the remnants of the assassins that could be searched were corpses, and those who were not corpses had escaped.

But today. Finally caught a dead man, not the kind of dead man who can casually lose his life for the killer organization.

At the same time, Li Gai also had a preparatory consideration in his heart, to keep the still alive female assassin alive and send her back to the Consul's Mansion to be imprisoned pending trial, in addition to preventing her from finding a way to kill herself halfway. She also had to guard against the possibility that on the way back, there would be her peers who would kill her.

In the affairs that Li Gai took over, whenever there were two things related to death and life, the two extremes of leaving the mouth alive and extinguishing the mouth were often criss-crossed, which was also due to his years of training, and his way of thinking was also somewhat accustomed to jumping between the two assumptions at any time.

If it weren't for sending the emperor back to the palace, there would definitely be no fork in the road at all. Li Gai would definitely put the female assassin in his sights, and personally sent her back to the Commander's Palace, so that she could make an exception and get a taste of the Emperor's travel before being interrogated.

And even though he couldn't give the female assassin a ride because he had more important things on his shoulders, he also left more than half of his carefully trained guards, plus the officers and soldiers of Kyoto Prefecture were also summoned by him. Therefore, the team escorting the female assassin back to Kyoto Prefecture was also lined up with hundreds of people.

This battle was a real battle, and it was several times more than the officers and soldiers who were sent out to detain prisoners on the day Wan Defu, the former official of the Ministry of Justice, was beheaded three years ago.

Three years ago, it seemed that the officers and soldiers who escorted the prisoner car to the court were sent to the court because of the lack of dispatch, so that Wan Defu, a prisoner on death row, had not been transported by the prisoner car to the place of death. was stabbed to death by several killers on the way, causing him to eat two more times than the beheading.

On that day, seeing that Wan Defu would inevitably die, it seemed redundant for the killers to do so. But only a few officials of the Criminal Department who secretly interrogated Wan Defu knew in their hearts that this death row prisoner still had something that should be spit out and swallowed, so it was up to him to see if he could let go of his mouth after seeing the guillotine. That's why someone has to kill him, even if it's just a little faster for him to die.

Today, it was out of concern that Ligai had sent more men to escort a female Assassin into prison. Thinking that Wan Defu was more or less interrogated in prison back then, and died on the way to execution, for the interrogator who still had a trace of expectation, the loss was almost negligible. But look at this female assassin, the trial hasn't started yet, so you must hurry.

However, there are always many variables in the world that cannot be controlled by manpower, and even many strategists who are accustomed to manipulating events as their specialty are often caught in the middle of events and control the door of instability.

Li Gai felt that the manpower he had arranged for the escort was already too sufficient, even if he encountered a killer who jumped out halfway to kill him, it was enough to deal with it. The worst result may be that the soldiers on his side will be slightly damaged, but with his own trained personal soldiers and attendants in the team, this kind of personnel loss should also be able to be quickly charged.

But what Li Gai never expected was that the soldiers he sent to escort the female assassin were indeed attacked by the killer on the way, but the killer who came was only one person, and it was also a woman.

The woman was not dressed in black and covered her face with a black cloth, but she dressed as an ordinary woman, walked towards the escort of hundreds of people, broke the necks of a dozen soldiers with her bare hands, killed people without spilling half a drop of blood, and then took the female assassin away.

Killing people shouldn't be difficult for her.

But she took the female assassin alive with her.

It's not that a sword is going to kill her.

As he was about to leave the palace and return to the palace as one of his guards arrived at the palace and told him about the chaotic battle he had encountered on the way to escort the female assassins.

As he listened to the last word of the guard. The bone china teacup in Li Gai's hand had turned into powder in the palm of his hand.

"A group of ......" Li Gai was furious, and he almost re-exported the word "rice bucket".

However, at the thought of Wang Chi resting in the warm pavilion on the south side of this garden, he narrowly suppressed his voice. The explosion of anger collided with the sudden extreme restraint, which provoked the rhythm of his breathing, which was as steady as a mountain rock, to jump a little.

The close guard who had paid tribute to him had already changed his face in fright. "Knock" knelt on the parquet stone floor.

After being silent for a moment, Li Gai summoned the guard to get up and said in a deep voice: "Immediately ask the painter to draw the face of the female thief, and the faces of the two female thieves must be painted, and the whole city will be searched." This time the search operation was no longer carried out in secret, and the order was sent to the city gate division, and all the soldiers who had reported for rest today in the city defenders arrived at their posts, and sent additional guards as quickly as possible. Once there is an abnormal movement, the net nail plate array! ”

"Yes!" The close guard hurriedly answered the order, but just as he was about to retreat and give the order. He turned his face back again, and asked Xiao Yi: "Grand Commander, is it captured alive or killed this time?" ”

"If you catch it alive, you will be counted as meritorious. If you can't catch it. The old and the new are counted together! Li Gai's eyebrows furrowed angrily, "Go to the Commander's Mansion and send out all the people in the five groups." The official wants to see how the two female thieves escape! ”

When the guard heard this, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat. He knew the methods of the five groups, and he didn't say anything more at the moment, and took the order to run.

Before leaving the palace and returning to the Consul's Palace. Li Gai also wants to see Emperor Wang Chi again. Because of the strange internal injuries on Wang Chi's body, he had to make sure again before leaving. This time, he estimated that he would not have time to enter the palace again in a day or two.

Try to put his steps very lightly, and when Li Gai walked into the warm pavilion where Wang Chi was resting, the first thing he saw was Wang Hong, the second prince, who was also walking lightly.

Wang Hong made a silent gesture towards Li Gai, and Li Gai turned around consciously. Walked out of the warm pavilion side by side with him. After stepping out of the room, Wang Hong waved away the palace people who followed behind him.

Walking slowly between the twists and turns of the garden corridor, and unconsciously walked to the hexagonal pavilion where Li Gai had just sat on, Wang Hong saw the broken porcelain slag on the stone table and the tea on the table at a glance, and a trace of surprise slipped in his eyes. Then he opened his mouth and asked: "What disturbed Uncle Li so angry?" ”

Leaving the eyes of the people in the maid's palace, Wang Hong naturally changed his official title to Li Gai.

A few years ago, when Li Gai was Wang Chi's shadow guard, he was also the "hide and seek uncle" that Wang Hong saw most often, and the two formed a lot of love in those years in the palace.

For this, Wang Chi, as the emperor, is of course happy to see it. Li Gai is his brother and friend of Jin Lan, if he does not become the emperor, even if he achieves the position of the general of the border, it is very likely that his son will worship Li Gai as his righteous uncle.

As for Li Gai himself, when there were no other servants around him, he didn't need to have too much responsibility for identity rules, so he also calmly accepted the second prince Wang Hong's closeness to his nephew. He has no wife or elder at home, no children under his knees, and he is middle-aged, and sometimes he thinks about this matter, and then transfers some feelings to the young man in front of him who he has watched grow up.

Regarding the rescue of the female assassin, Li Gai was not prepared to say too much to Wang Hong, but he still left everything to do by himself.

After a somewhat reluctant smile, Li Gai only picked one or two words about the female assassin, and then his gaze stopped on Wang Hong's injured hand a few days ago, and when he spoke again, he diverted the topic: "Old injuries become new injuries, but you must not be careless." ”

The second prince, Wang Hong, said with a smile: "It has been re-bandaged by the imperial doctor, and they have also told it like this, so it will not be in the way." ”

"Your complexion is not very good, it is still the time you were injured a few days ago, and you hurt your vitality. It's best to heal the injury at once and not recur it like today. Hmmm......" At the end of these words, there was a hint of hesitation in the tone of Li Gai, who had always been concise and clear, "If you are injured on your hand like this, you should hang your forearm with a strap, so that you can get better faster." ”

It had been years since he had been injured in a fight, and his memory of such experiences had blurred a lot.

But Wang Hong laughed when he heard this, nodded and said, "The imperial doctor said the same thing, but I think it's too unsightly to have a cloth ring around your neck." Wouldn't it be enough to just tuck your hands into your sleeves? ”

Li Gai looked at Wang Hong's left and right hands intertwined in the opposite cuffs, and suddenly smiled. said, "Then it has to be your sleeves wide enough." After Wang Hong of this nephew's generation, Li Gai's mood also slowed down a little, so he took advantage of the situation to take a sentence.

The uncle and nephew laughed at each other, and at the same time. They all read the meaning of "something" in each other's eyes, and gradually they all smiled again. Both of them knew very well in their hearts that what happened in the Hengtai Pavilion neighborhood this afternoon could not be treated easily, and Li Gai at this time did not have any extra time to chat.

"How is Your Majesty's physical condition now?" Li Gai had something to hurry back to the Commander's Mansion to arrange, so he took the first step to ask about the things he was worried about on the emperor's side.

"When I came back, I just washed up and went to sleep. What should I say about what you are asking? The imperial doctor only said that because his father was buried in the ruins for a while, he lacked air and injured his lungs, and choked on fireworks, so although there was no injury on the outside, he burned on the inside. There will be symptoms of heartache and you will need to rest for a while. When Wang Hong said this, a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes, and after a slight pause in his voice, he continued: "Listening to what Uncle Li said, it seems that he knows a little bit about medical science. So from Uncle Li's point of view, is the diagnosis of the imperial doctors accurate? ”

Li Gai shook his head slightly and said: "I am a person who practices martial arts, and I have a more comprehensive understanding of acupuncture points, and I can also know some skin about the diagnosis of pulse, but I have not studied pharmacology and medical theory like a real doctor." However, listening to what you just said, the diagnosis of the imperial doctor is also decent. Your Majesty really needs to recuperate now. ”

Hearing that Li Gai agreed with the imperial doctor's diagnosis, the suspicion in the eyes of the second prince Wang Hong not only did not subside, but increased, turning into a look close to questioning, and his tone remained calm and said: "Is the accurate result so?" You said the word 'decent', but I can't help but be suspicious. ”

In Li Gai's heart. The diagnosis of Wang Chi's injury did have a result that was different from the diagnosis of the imperial doctor, but he was not completely sure of the conclusion he had reached at this time, so it was inconvenient for him to immediately explain his point of view in front of Wang Hong.

He remembered the two guards who might have suffered the same internal injuries as Wang Chi, and who were now being treated in the Commander's Mansion. He had to go back and determine his suspicion of Wang Chi's injuries from the diagnosis of the two of them. He couldn't try Wang Chi's body, which was one of the reasons why he sent those two palace guards to the Commander's Mansion.

"His Majesty did suffer some internal injuries, and for those who practice martial arts, such things will inevitably happen occasionally." After a little consideration, Li Gai finally spoke, but only picked a few shallow words, temporarily reassuring Wang Hong, "Quiet recuperation is naturally the best way to recover, and this imperial doctor is not wrong." In addition, there were two guards who were injured almost at the same time as His Majesty. I need to go back and find out their injuries before I can be sure of something, and if Your Highness believes me, you will wait for me for another day. ”

Wang Hong suddenly sighed, and said in a slightly sandy voice: "Of course I believe in Uncle Li. ”

Knowing that Wang Chi's physical condition was quite stable at this time, and with a few words, the heart of the second prince Wang Hong was also stabilized, and Li Gai announced his resignation.

Wang Hong wanted to send Li Gai for a while, but he was politely dissuaded. Seeing Li Gai walk away quickly, in the corridor of the royal garden where the palace lights gradually turned on, Wang Hong's face gradually became cold, and there was a thick tiredness in his eyes.

After sitting at the water-stained stone table under the hexagonal pavilion for a long time, he took a deep breath, got up slowly, and slowly walked to the warm pavilion to look at his father again, and then slowly came out, dragging heavy steps towards Huayang Palace.

After Wang Hong slowly left from the east gate of the royal garden where the warm pavilion was located, not long after, two palace maids came in from the north gate of the garden, each carrying a lantern with a glass lampshade in their hands, and then Concubine De's phoenix robe and deerskin thick-soled boots stepped in.

When she was still more than a dozen steps away from the door of the Warm Pavilion, Concubine De waved her hand and left all the palace people who were serving around her in the corridor, and she stepped into the Warm Pavilion alone.

After Wang Chi returned to the palace, he did not rest in the dormitory, but rested in the warm pavilion of the South Compound, which was also a choice to follow the instructions of the imperial doctor.

The South Compound is not big, but it is very quiet, because the guards here are very strict, if His Majesty needs a quiet environment, dozens of shadow guards in the South Compound can clean up the noise sources within a hundred steps outside the courtyard at any time.

It is also for this reason that even if there are palace people passing by this area, they have to deliberately bypass it. Because the palace people didn't know when His Majesty was inside, when he needed to be quiet, and the tribe sent those bat-like men in black to clean up the four fields. One is not careful. Like a rabbit, he was picked up by an eagle and thrown far away.

After the news of Wang Chi's return to the palace spread, several people came to visit, but none of them could cross the outer wall of the South Compound. was invited away by a few men in black.

More than ten years ago, when Wang Chi was still guarding the border in northern Xinjiang, he had a wife, married several concubines, and had a total of two daughters and three sons. The eldest son died at an early age, the third son was not at home all the year round, and the youngest daughter was still sitting outside the big family of the palace, still worrying about how to recruit him. Now in the palace, the closest people to Wang Chi are only the eldest daughter Wang Qing and the second son Wang Hong. and then there is the favorite concubine Xiao Wanting.

For these three people, of course, the shadow guards of the South Compound can't be stopped.

The second prince, Wang Hong, came back with the emperor. And not long after the emperor rested in the warm pavilion, the princess Wang Qing arrived. But because she saw her father's uncomfortable appearance due to his injury, she couldn't stop crying, and Wang Hong was worried that she was too sad and hurt herself. Soon made the decision, and supported two grandmothers to persuade her to go back to her dormitory.

As for why Concubine De is late, it can be understood that husband and wife always need to have a solitary environment before they can talk about themselves.

What's more, the second prince didn't stay in the warm pavilion for long, and after careful calculation, Concubine De was only half an hour late.

There are only three palace people serving in the warm pavilion, but at this time, the emperor Wang Chi, who is sleeping on the imperial couch, does not need to serve much. As long as the environment continues to be quiet.

The three palace people in the warm pavilion saluted Concubine De silently, and after getting up, they were pointed out by her outside the pavilion with a look.

There are only two people in the room, one bedroom and one standing, and Concubine Xiao Wanting stood three steps away from the couch, quietly looking at the emperor's husband who was sleeping evenly with his snort, so after a while, she stepped closer to the three steps. She squatted down close to the edge of the couch and gently took her husband's hand outside the quilt.

Wang Chi, who was still in a dull pain in his chest and abdomen, actually slept very lightly, and felt that his hand was being held by something warm and wet—anything that came into contact with him at this time would make him feel a little uncomfortable—so he only relied on a subconscious to struggle with his eyes closed.

His sudden subtle movement really startled Xiao Wanting.

After a while, confirming that her husband's shaking of his hand was just an unconscious move, Xiao Wanting breathed a sigh of relief. But my mind was still a little disturbed. Putting her husband's hand back into the brocade quilt and tucking the corners of the quilt on both sides of his shoulder, Xiao Wanting stood up from the couch, with a hint of complexity in her eyes.

Did you just dream?

In your dream, who did you think was holding your hand?

Or should I say, when I hold your hand, is it me who you see in your dreams?

Xiao Wanting asked three questions in her heart at one time, and these three questions did not come out of her mouth, some of them seemed to be asking her husband Wang Chi, and some of them seemed to be questioning a certain role she played in the Wang family.

After standing so quietly for a long time, Xiao Wanting made a move, raised her hands hanging by her side and rubbed them.

These hands shook her husband's hand just now, but it didn't seem to bring down the slightest warmth.

I don't know if it's because my husband's always fiery hand has been a little cold since he returned tonight because of his injury; Or is it because when she held his hand just now, he suddenly struggled, and then broke away the softness and warmth in her heart......

Spit out the truth after drinking, and speak more truthfully in dreams.

Although Wang Chi's move just now was very slight and short-lived,

But for Xiao Wanting, it was equivalent to a message from the bottom of his heart...... Refuse.

This is a trace of panic and sorrow that Xiao Wanting has hidden in the deepest part of her heart and is also the most difficult to erase since marrying Wang Chi for 14 years.

Although with the death of the woman, she had no need to worry anymore, because the cause of the panic might put her position in jeopardy. But after the woman disappeared from this world, it didn't take long for her to live happily, and Xiao Wanting became frightened and sad again.

Because she found that the woman's soul lived in Wang Chi's heart, and she was powerless to do anything or change anything about it.

How to kill that trace of soul that lives in the depths of Wang Chi's heart?

Xiao Wanting lowered her eyes slightly, her eyes fell on her lower abdomen, where a phoenix feather was embroidered on the fabric, layered and colorful. The tip of the feather is also strung with an oval piece of gold leaf, and a pearl is embedded in the middle of the gold leaf. For the comfort of dressing, it should not be too heavy, so the pearl particles on the clothes are not large, but they must have enough years of growth. to be able to shine brightly.

This set of gorgeous clothes is still a tribute jointly presented by Jiangnan silk merchants and large pearl farmers in Bilian Lake during the Midyear Festival last year.

However, it is said to be a tribute, just look at the size of the garment. It is clearly a dress specially tailored for Xiao Wanting.

Regarding the faintly revealed rank of this gorgeous dress, the other nobles and concubines in the palace couldn't wear it, but Xiao Wanting, one of the four concubines, wore this gorgeous costume, and she still didn't seal it after that.

I don't know if it's because Wang Chi is too busy with state affairs, or because he has a rough attitude towards the affairs of the harem, except for a few mentions by officials of the Ministry of Rites, he added a few noble concubines to the harem in the several drafts held in the early years, and there was no action beyond that. Let those new women enter the palace be gentle and elegant, or graceful and graceful, or flowery...... Wang Chi is still fortunate to be few, and none of those women have been promoted.

- Of course, this may have something to do with their stomachs. And when it comes to this kind of thing. In fact, Xiao Wanting has some "credit" that she can't push.

Although Wang Chi's third son often does not return home and does not know where he lives in the world, his second son Wang Hong has always lived in the palace and stayed by the emperor's side. If it weren't for the fact that this Second Highness has been sick and weak, it is obvious that he is very likely to be the prince.

There are also some officials in the DPRK and China who have another suspicion in private. If it weren't for the fact that His Majesty had a third prince, maybe the second prince would have been established as a prince even if he was sick and weak. In any case, none of the two princes has been crowned a king fief, and the possibility of this kind of fiefdom is balanced.

Today, this equilibrium may remain the same, and both princes have reached the age when they really start studying the matter. To His Majesty's relief, His Royal Highness's physical condition gradually improved. The officials of the Ministry of Rites had a headache. I can't figure out His Majesty's mind.

As far as the country's plans are concerned, although His Royal Highness's physical condition is much stronger than in the past, there are still hidden worries.

The daily workload of being an emperor is very large, and people often talk about the emperor's fine clothes and food, opening his mouth when he eats, and stretching out his hand when he wears clothes. But strictly speaking, the statute of service is intended to give a monarch a healthier physique and more time to attend to the affairs of the state, not just for pleasure.

To be a hard-working monarch, you can't do without a good physical foundation. On the other hand, the kings of previous dynasties were heroic and imposing when they first ascended the throne. But maybe after a few years, I will be sick and tired.

Occasionally, the members of the court have important events to enter the palace to play His Majesty, or when His Majesty goes elsewhere, sometimes they need to ask the Second Highness to find it. The palace is His Majesty's home, and only his family can move around at will. In recent years, most of the officials in the DPRK and China are no strangers to the second highness who lives in seclusion, and they are also full of praise for his character, but ...... Regarding the matter of sealing the storage, everyone has a trace of concern in their hearts.

A healthy person can wear himself out like this when he becomes an emperor, let alone what will happen to a person who is already in poor health, after sitting in that position.

As for the Third Highness, he can live a life of traveling all over the world all year round, and his body is naturally speechless, but he has too little time to return to the palace, and another question is highlighted, how is his character and ability to govern the country? Officials of the Ministry of Rites could hardly find any basis for thinking about this.

But in any case, for the emperor's household affairs, the target of the courtiers and workers has changed, and the intention of encouraging the Ministry of Rites to find a way to hold a draft gift for the emperor a few years ago has long been outdated. The ministers of the court, even the Ministry of Rites, jumped in, just waiting for the decision of His Majesty Xià Lichu, and the affairs of the harem were almost no longer mentioned, and they were getting colder and colder.

Maybe when the crown prince is decided, the harem will be lively again because of the prince's choice of concubine.

However, if you observe the root cause of the desertion of the harem from a woman's perspective, Concubine Xiao Wanting has always thought in her heart that Emperor Wang Chi's feelings for the newly elected ladies and beauties in the palace are relatively weak, and the main reason is that the area where he puts his feelings in his heart has long been occupied by a woman. It's hard to get there even yourself, let alone those newcomers who have only seen Wang Chi a few times.

Because there are already people in my heart, I will not envy other flowers and plants. Other than that, everything is nothing. Wang Chi will only turn forty years old this year, and others are still in their prime, how can they not need women? Xiao Wanting couldn't help but be resentful and firmly believed that it could only be the shadow of the woman in his heart who was doing trouble!

But what must be done to kill a soul that dwells in a person's heart?