On the battlefield thousands of miles away, Tuoba Yu once again gathered a large army to take the city gate, and ordered the army to divide into three routes, one main attack on the gate, and two attacks from the side gate. He knew that there were not enough defenders in the city, and this move was precisely to divide them and make them difficult to take care of. On top of that, Conland sent a secret weapon that came in handy just in the siege.

Wang Gong stood on the city tower, condescendingly watching the army under the city press in, frowning. Now he has a total of 400,000 defenders in the city, which is really a drop in the bucket compared to Tuoba Yu's million-strong army. If you fight hard, I'm afraid there is no way to defend this city. He glanced at Yuan Lie next to him, bowed slightly and said, "His Royal Highness King Xu, the only way to do this is to arrange for you to leave first." ”

Yuan Lie raised his eyebrows, looked at the other party and said with a smile: "General Wang, in your eyes, am I the first person to run away when I encounter danger?" ”

Wang Gong just smiled faintly: "His Royal Highness King Xu's status is precious, and His Majesty has a secret decree to let His Highness go back safely no matter what, so even if the old minister dies, he must protect His Highness's safety, please don't embarrass me." ”

Yuan Lie sneered: "Don't care what he says, I won't leave this place, if I want to leave, I'll already be gone, why wait until the Tuoba Jade army is overwhelmed?" ”

Wang Qiong next to him frowned, and he said puzzledly: "The last time Tuoba Yu's supply of grain and grass was obviously hit hard, it should be a few days before he could regroup, but why did he gather a million men and horses to attack the city so quickly?" ”

Yuan Lie smiled slightly: "This is because someone is secretly passing on the news and giving him financial and material support, so he can make a comeback in such a short period of time." ”

Wang Gong glanced at Yuan Lie and said suspiciously: "What does His Royal Highness King Xu mean - Da Zhou is secretly supporting him?" ”

Yuan Lie shook his head: "Great Zhou is thousands of miles away from here, even if they want to support Tuoba Jade, it is just solidarity, how can they give such great support?" Therefore, the people who can support Tuoba Jade are in our country! ”

Hearing this, Wang Gong was taken aback, and he said in a low voice: "Then according to what His Highness said, what should we do now?" ”

Yuan Lie restrained his original smile and said, "If the general is willing to believe me, please give me the opportunity to command the overall situation." ”

Wang Gong was taken aback, in his opinion, the fact of this battle was that there was a huge disparity in strength between less and more, if he had been in the past, he could still fight hard, but so many people in the city could not afford any mistakes...... If you stumble here, you will only become the laughing stock of the whole world, and it will be different with Xu Wang Yuanlie here. If Yuan Lie took the initiative to take command of this battle, no matter what kind of mistake happened, the first thing to bear the brunt would be His Royal Highness King Xu, he was the person His Majesty valued the most, even if he made a mistake, he would not be punished severely, but he was different. But the real manager himself now has a sense of shirking his responsibilities. Thinking about it, his complexion changed.

Yuan Lie had already seen through this person's thoughts, sneered, and immediately said, "General Wang, please personally guard the south gate." Zhao Nan, you bring five hundred masters to assist. General, you lead people to guard the north gate, and leave the middle gate to me. Two of you, there are tens of thousands of people behind us, and we must not let anyone enter the city until we fight to the last soldier! ”

Wang Gong couldn't object, he knew that Tuoba Yu had to capture this city today, and Yuan Lie had already secretly mobilized his secret masters. The generals next to him saw that the commander Wang Gong was obedient to the young prince, and his tone was respectful, but everyone's hearts were full of uneasiness and doubts. In their opinion, although Xu Wang Yuanlie is quite resourceful, he is too young, can he bear this burden?

"Lord Wang, this time Tuoba Yu specially ordered someone to build an ironclad chariot weighing thousands of catties, which is invincible and invincible, and please don't take it lightly." Wang Qiong reminded.

Yuan Lie smiled: "I understand, let's go up to the city tower." ”

In the smoke of gunpowder, the artillery on the city tower burst out together. One shot hit Tuoba Yu's ironclad chariot, and the gunners immediately cheered. But when the smoke cleared, the ironclad chariot slowly moved forward again, and the artillery attack only blew off a piece of ironclad on top of it.

Yuan Lie narrowed his eyes, this time the ironclad chariot used by Tuoba Jade looked like a giant ship, and the iron plate on it was far thicker and stronger than he had imagined, so that even the artillery could not break it. All the cannons rumbled and fired, but the ironclad chariot continued to move forward after being shot, and the artillery attack only slowed down its speed for a moment, and everyone in the city fell silent at the sight of this scene. Where did the other party get this kind of ghostly thing, and at this speed, they will be able to climb the castle tower in less than an hour!

Yuan Lie pondered for a moment, and commanded the gunners: "Concentrate all the big artillery and only aim at one of the ironclad chariots!" After aiming the muzzle of the cannon at one of the Big Macs, the crowd gave an order: "Fire!" ”

Boom, boom, boom, boom four times in succession, the four iron cannons hit the target, and finally the ironclad chariot fell to the ground with a loud bang. Because of the extreme accuracy, although the four fire bullets could not completely penetrate the iron armor, because they aimed at a point of attack, they knocked it over at once with their combined force. The ironclad chariot designed and manufactured by Tuoba Jade was very large, and it was a real siege weapon, but once it was overturned, it was impossible to re-erect it. And when it fell, it instantly crushed countless soldiers.

When the generals and soldiers at the city gate saw this situation, they couldn't help but cheer, but unfortunately the next few times were unsuccessful, and the more than ten giant ironclad chariots moved slowly, but they were still gradually approaching the city tower, and the cannons were really difficult to threaten it at a very close distance. Yuan Yeol immediately asked the gunners to stop the attack, and only aimed at the Dali soldiers who were hiding behind the giant with all his might.

With a bang, the ironclad chariot slammed into the city gate like a mountain.

The city tower was in turmoil, as if the sky was falling apart, and all the people on the city tower were staggering and difficult to gain a foothold, but fortunately, Wang Gong had rich experience and had already ordered people to continuously strengthen the city wall with lead water boulders, so he could barely resist the serial impact of these behemoths. But before the soldiers could get up from the ground, the iron chains had been clicked down on the ironclad chariots, and the iron cables at the end of the iron chains hooked the city wall, and suddenly countless fierce soldiers rushed to the city gate.

Despite the crisis, Yuan Lie's face was still cold and calm, as if it was as hard as a rock and unshakable. Seeing that the general was calm and had no intention of fleeing, all the soldiers gradually calmed down from their initial panic, and they cooperated with each other to organize an orderly defense. These guards brought by Yuan Lie are all strong in martial arts and well-trained, and they can be used as hundreds. Everyone resisted the enemy's attack without flinching, and the battle became more and more fierce. The attacking and defending sides fought each other in short combat, many people fell down with screams, and many more climbed up along the iron chain, both sides were very tenacious, and in less than two hours, tens of thousands of soldiers were already dead on the battlefield.

Yuan Lie knew that the best time had come, his eyes were deep, and he commanded in a cold voice: "Let them splash down what they have prepared for a long time!" ”

Hearing Yuan Yeol's order, countless soldiers poured barrels of oil that had been prepared to burn to a boil along the iron chains. When the chain touched the oil, it instantly became hot, and the flesh of the soldiers who tried to climb through the chain was suddenly attached to the chain, only to hear a scream, and suddenly the whole tower wafted with the smell of burnt meat.

Countless Dali soldiers screamed and fell off the iron chain, and the hot and boiling oil was mixed with some substance, but it had a corrosive effect, corroding the strong iron chain little by little, and finally breaking inch by inch. The soldiers of the Great Calendar watched this scene in disbelief, the ironclad chariot carefully designed and built by the emperor was so vulnerable. The Dali people have always used this as a secret weapon to attack the city, but they did not expect that Yuexi had already prepared and used such a simple method to break their attack. What is added to the oil, how can the iron chain be corroded with it!

At this moment, Tuoba Yu rode a group of BMW and personally led the Royal Forest Army to the battlefield to help. Today's battle situation is very dangerous, and the momentum of the Dali army is like an overwhelming sea, and it will not hesitate to attack the city at any cost. Although Yuan Lie's actions greatly frustrated the morale of the opposing soldiers, under such circumstances, Tuoba Jade suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and the courage and fighting spirit that the soldiers of the Great Calendar had already lost became surging in an instant.

Yuan Lie glanced at Tuoba Yu, who was surrounded by the soldiers under the city, narrowed his eyes, and said to the people beside him with bated breath: "Give me a bow and arrow!" ”

The soldier next to him immediately handed over a longbow, Yuan Lie pulled the bow, and three sharp arrows were shot out of the figure of Tuoba Yu side by side, only to hear the arrow body like thunder, whistling and miserable, facing the other party's upper, middle and lower three ways, Tuoba Yu only heard the sound of breaking the sky, and the sharp arrow had already approached him, like a broken bamboo, unstoppable. But he didn't panic, he picked up his sword and smashed three arrow feathers one after another, and looked at the city tower coldly.

On the castle tower, Yuan Lie smiled kindly, and his handsome face looked very peaceful in the midst of thousands of troops. Yuan Lie smiled slightly, threw his bow casually and said, "This is too light, change it." ”

The soldiers were taken aback, and at this time, Zhao Nan had already ordered someone to send his cloud-piercing arrow to Yuan Lie.

Yuan Lie pulled away the cloud-piercing arrow and laughed: "This is convenient!" As soon as he raised his eyebrows, a cloud-piercing arrow came fiercely, carrying a thousand pounds, and shot directly at Tuoba Yu. Tuoba Yu had already prepared and deliberately used a shield to block it, but Tuoba Yu never expected that the other party's strength was extremely strong, and this sharp arrow actually penetrated the shield, and his whole person was shot out of the horse, and he was almost nailed to the ground by an arrow through his chest.

The crowd at the gates was excited, and the cheers rose higher and higher. The general of Dali next to him immediately helped Tuoba Yu, seeing that he was seriously injured and his eyes were closed, he hurriedly ordered a few large blood on his chest to stop the bleeding, and called a military doctor to carry him down for treatment.

And Yuan Lie was wearing a battle helmet, his handsome face was dignified and solemn, his strong and uprooted body showed a kind of majesty and domineering, and the black cloak behind him danced with the wind, which made him even more majestic and heroic. The arrow he shot just now, piercing the clouds and breaking the moon, was a shock to everyone, not to mention that he also shot the emperor of the Great Calendar, Tuoba Yu, and seriously injured him on the spot.

The military doctor had just helped Tuoba Yu off the battlefield, but he suddenly came to his senses, pushed the other party away, and shouted, "Who asked you to help me down?" ”

The military doctor hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, you are seriously injured, you must go down to recuperate." ”

Tuoba Yu said coldly: "How can there be a monarch who can go to the battlefield in person!" He glanced back at the people on the tower, wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand, and forcibly suppressed the tumbling blood, he had been planning for so long, seeing that the victory of the siege was in sight, as long as he broke through this line of defense, he might be able to smash the Yellow Dragon. Make the Emperor of Yuexi pay a terrible price! When the time comes, he will be able to make his own request to Yuexi. From beginning to end, in addition to ambition, all he wants is Li Weiyang!

The woman had deceived him for so long, he just wanted to get her back and ask her, "Do you remember me?" He should be full of hatred for Li Weiyang, yes, he hates her! The hatred is so deep in his bones that he is unforgettable day and night, and he wants to prove it to her, without Li Weiyang's support, he can still stand above everyone and become the master of all the people in the world! He wanted the other party to admit that giving up on him was Li Weiyang's lack of discernment, and it was her loss! He originally thought that Yuan Lie was easy to deal with, after all, he had the information given to him by Empress Pei in his hands, and he had countless advantages, but he never expected to lose to Yuan Lie in two consecutive battles. This time, he was seriously injured, but Yuan Lie was the one chosen by Li Weiyang...... Only he understands the complexity.

The battlefield was changing rapidly, leaving him not much time to think. He was about to regroup and attack the city again, but he heard a sudden report from behind: "Your Majesty is not good!" Our camp was raided. ”

Tuoba Yu turned around abruptly and said sharply, "What did you say?" ”

It turned out that when Tuoba Yu was focusing all his attention on the siege, the rear military camp was empty, and Yuexi actually sent a cavalry to rush out from the rear silently, stabbing into the enemy formation like scissors, and smashing the camp like a bamboo. These people did not love to fight, nor did they fight with the soldiers left behind, but relied on their horses to set fires everywhere, and the red fire broke through the dimness of the dusk, and the place where the fire was was where he Tuoba Yu last hoarded military rations.

Tuoba Yu finally understood that he had been fooled, no wonder Yuan Lie was not in a hurry to break his ironclad chariot, but did not do it until he came to the battlefield in person, it turned out that he was just hiding from the sky and the sea, and diverting the tiger from the mountain. Yuan Yeol first succeeded in attracting all his attention, and then ordered the soldiers who had been ambushed to attack his camp.

Tuoba Yu has always thought that he is literary and martial, and he is good at everything. Although he has not been on the battlefield in person over the years, he is by no means a person who is easy to fool, but today's situation shocked him, and he immediately decided: "Return to the main camp immediately, and the whole army retreats!" ”

The shouts of killing in front of the battle slowly subsided, and the huge ironclad chariot also retreated.

Yuan Lie watched the Great Calendar army leave, and a sneer slowly appeared on his face. Counting on Pei Huaizhen's news to you is often to quench your thirst. Tuoba Yu, you should also be taught a lesson, this world is not something you want to walk sideways.

Tuoba Yu suffered heavy losses in this battle, not only did he not get the slightest benefit, but he lost the only grain and grass left in the barracks. He clutched his chest and glanced at the man standing on the tower of the city gate, as if to imprint in his heart the man who had brought him shame, and to attach a curse of eternal life and eternity.

Yuan Lie still stood proudly on top of the tower, and the entire city became his setting, lining him like a god in the sky. The fighters looked at each other, and suddenly someone shouted: "We have won!" Only then did everyone present realize that they had repelled the invading enemy with their small strength and won the victory, and thunderous cheers broke out from the tower. The generals walked towards Yuan Yeol one by one, everyone's face flushed, and their eyes burned with fierce, enthusiastic, and adoring gazes.

At this time, Tuoba Yu rushed back to the barracks, he was seriously injured, injured in the heart, and his condition was very critical.

Wan Ting stayed by his bedside, watching Tuoba Yu fall into a deep stupor. His face was very pale because of a large amount of blood loss, revealing indescribable vicissitudes and exhaustion, and Wan Ting was distressed in her eyes.

The military doctor had already pulled out the arrow and applied a thick layer of ointment to stop bleeding to his wound.

Wan Ting gently brushed the ointment away, and when she saw the hideous wound exposed, she couldn't help but tears falling drop by drop. Tuoba Yu was so seriously injured, but she still remembered that person, and even called that name in her dreams, Wan Ting couldn't help but want to ask herself if she was inferior to Li Weiyang? Why does Tuoba Jade still miss that person to this day. Wan Ting walked out of the military tent and ordered the people outside: "Your Majesty has an order, immediately pull the army back to the city." ”

As soon as this sentence was finished, the generals outside looked at each other.

Wan Ting said loudly: "I am the Queen's Honor, don't you even listen to my orders?" ”

At this time, a cold voice turned behind her: "You, the queen, have no right to give orders!" ”

Hearing this, Wan Ting turned around abruptly, and said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, your body is not well yet, why are you ......?"

Before she finished her words, she heard Tuoba Yu say sharply: "Tie up this slut for me!" ”

Wan Ting couldn't believe it: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?" ”

The more condensed Tuoba Yu's voice became: "Are you embarrassed to ask me what to do?" A few days ago, you sent a secret letter to Dadu, to whom? ”

Wan Ting's face suddenly turned snow-white.

Tuoba Yu continued: "In addition to that secret letter, you also sent a message to King Naxu, telling him that I had prepared an ironclad chariot and was about to attack the city. You sue me, you are the queen of me, the mother of the country of the Great Calendar, why do you want to betray me and betray the country? ”

Wan Ting's tears couldn't help but flow, and she said sadly: "Your Majesty, I'm all thinking about you, I just don't want this war to continue." ”

In fact, Wan Ting's idea was very simple, she thought that Tuoba Yu would definitely stop attacking after being frustrated, and go back to China with her, but she never thought that her every move would be understood by Tuoba Yu when Yuan Lie broke the ironclad chariot array.

Wan Ting is not worried about her own safety, what she is most worried about is still Tuoba Yu. She knelt down in front of the other party, grabbed his robe and said, "Your Majesty, even if you are a concubine, please go back with me!" Even if you win this war, Li Weiyang will not return to you. Why do you want to make the people uneasy for her alone! ”

Before she could finish her words, her face had already been slapped hard.

Tuoba Yu said sharply, "Didn't you hear what I said? Escort this slut down, strictly guard, and don't allow her to contact the outside world again! After saying this, Tuoba Yu shook off Huanting and turned back to the military tent.

Wan Ting fell to the ground and was finally taken away by the guards.

Thousands of miles away in Dadu, Li Weiyang read the letter, but laughed lightly.

Zhao Yue said: "Miss, are you happy?" ”

Li Weiyang said: "Yuan Lie has defeated Tuoba Yu's army, and I think this war will end soon." ”

Zhao Yue's face also showed joy: "That's great, Miss!" ”

Li Weiyang nodded and said, "That's what Yuan Lie said in the letter. It's just that I didn't expect that Huanting could play such a big role in the war, let alone that she would actually help us. She thought about it but shook her head and said, "No, she didn't help us, she just hoped that the war would end sooner, and she also hoped that Tuoba Yu would not be deceived by Empress Pei and become the opponent's pawn." ”

Zhao Yue nodded, and said with some solemnity in her eyes: "Miss, now that Ying Chu has returned to Empress Pei, it is not so easy for us to move him again." ”

Li Weiyang thought for a moment before asking softly, "I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Qin is more seriously ill?" ”

Zhao Yue hesitated: "That's what the news says. The imperial doctor changed again and again, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to greet him in person, but there was still no improvement. ”

Li Weiyang smiled: "King Qin has always been in good health, but now he is seriously ill in bed, the real purpose is just to avoid this disaster, haven't you seen that King Jin is also guarding his princess in the palace behind closed doors?" ”

Zhao Yue shook her head: "The slave doesn't quite understand the thoughts of these two princes, why does His Royal Highness King Qin want to take refuge in the queen, and what good is it for him?" ”

Li Weiyang said lightly: "He is just a grass on the wall, he wants to make a little benefit, but he doesn't dare to do his best, but it is a pity that the 100,000 forbidden troops of the Zhou family can't play much role at this time." ”

Zhao Yue said with some concern: "Now there is only the dispute between the Guo family and the Pei family. Miss, what are you going to do next? ”

Li Weiyang's eyes were raised lightly, his eyes were as cold as a knife like a sherry, which almost startled Zhao Yue, and his breathing was stagnant, but this was just an instant sharpness, Li Weiyang restrained the anger in his eyes, and suddenly laughed again, her smile was like a spring flower blooming, and even people's hearts were soft. She whispered, "This ...... Let me think about it. ”

Zhao Yue was just about to ask, but Director Guo came in and smiled slightly: "Sister, what bad ideas are you thinking about here?" ”

Li Weiyang glanced at him and said faintly: "The news of the great victory at the border pass should soon reach Dadu. As is customary...... His Majesty is going to worship the heavens. ”

Director Guo frowned: "But His Majesty's health has not been very good recently, so it should be the prince who will handle it on his behalf." ”

Li Weiyang smiled: "Yes, that's usually the case." ”

Director Guo's heart jumped and said, "You ask this, is there any good idea again?" ”

Li Weiyang said lightly: "We have always wanted to make a move on Ying Chu, but now we might as well think about how to hit Empress Pei from the maximum Cheng Dù." ”

Director Guo pondered for a moment: "If you want to attack Empress Pei, the first target is the prince. As long as he makes a mistake, Empress Pei must protect him, and we can use this to blackmail the other party into submission, if Empress Pei plans to abandon the pawn to protect the car. Hum! According to the prince's temperament, I'm afraid that he will also bite back. In this way, we save a lot of effort. ”

Li Weiyang stood up and chuckled: "Since this is the case, we should act as soon as possible, arrange and arrange a qiqi waiting for the prince to send it to the door." ”

Li Weiyang's prediction was good, and the news of the victory at the border pass was sent to the palace that afternoon, and at the same time as the Sacred Heart was happy, the crown prince also paid homage to the temple on behalf of the emperor according to the custom. On this day, the city is the most lively, thousands of people stand on the side of the road waiting to see the prince appear, plus the prince's personality has always liked to be public, all the way is the honor guard is neat, the street is full of colors, it looks grand and magnificent.

The crown prince rode a tall horse, followed by a gorgeous guard of honor, and heard the cheers of the people in his ears, and his heart was secretly proud, when he suddenly heard someone in the crowd shouting: "His Royal Highness the prince is majestic, he is the true son of the dragon!" ”

After saying this, hundreds of people shouted: "True Dragon Son of Heaven!" True Dragon Son! ”

The original prince Chitose has become a true dragon emperor, this is completely different, the prince's face has changed, and the secret way is not good! He hurriedly drank the guards and said, "Tell them not to talk nonsense!" ”

Of course, the guards also understood that if such a taboo thing was said in public, if it reached the emperor's ears, they hurriedly ordered someone to investigate, but thousands of people were mixed, and who knew from whose mouth the first sound came from. Even if he caught that person, he couldn't stop the mouths of the people. One after another, the voice of the True Dragon Son of Heaven became louder and wider, so much so that everyone was calling out the words "True Dragon Son of Heaven".

The thunderous sound made the prince break out in a cold sweat.

As soon as the prince's guard of honor entered the palace, the emperor was waiting for him in the main hall. Not only the emperor, but also civil and military officials. Everyone looked at the prince's face with a little weirdness. The emperor's face was pale, and he said angrily: "Prince, you visited the Taimiao on behalf of me today, and you actually made people call the true son of heaven, it seems that you really won the hearts of the people!" ”

Hearing this, the prince fell to his knees with a puff, so shocked that he couldn't even speak, he didn't understand why such a thing happened, and the rumors spread to the emperor's ears like lightning and thunder.

The prince next to him hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the prince has won the hearts of the people to prove that His Majesty has chosen the right prince, and there are successors to the country, which is the luck of the country and the blessing of the society!" How can you be angry about this! ”

The emperor sneered and said, "The blessing of the society? All I know is that I'm alive. My son was anxious for the people to call him the Son of Heaven. What is the Son of Heaven? Prince--You sue sù me, have you coveted the position of the Son of Heaven for a long time? ”

The crown prince was sweating coldly on his forehead, and his back was wet, he kowtowed on the ground, and said loudly: "Father, the son has no such meaning, this qiē is someone who is trying to frame the son, please ask the father to be the master of the son!" ”

The emperor's smile became more and more gloomy: "You are quite wronged, but it is enough for one person to shout like this, why do the people of the whole city shout like this?" ”

The crown prince said loudly: "Father, how do those foolish people know what is right and wrong, as long as someone with a heart provokes a little, they will talk nonsense!" ”

The emperor said coldly: "Since you are a fool, how can you know that I have chosen the right prince?" ”

The crown prince was shocked, the emperor was refuting what the prince's close ministers said just now. The prince was anxious, and hurriedly stepped forward and prostrated at the emperor's feet, trying to grab the corner of the other party's dragon robe, and said sadly: "Father, the son really doesn't know who has such a grudge with the son, so he has to frame the son like this!" He was in tears and aggrieved.

The emperor sneered and said, "I can't bear a prince like you!" Lao Tzu is not dead yet, and his son can't wait to sit on the throne of the Son of Heaven, don't you see if you are worthy! After saying this, he kicked the prince violently, hitting the other party's heart, and the prince was kicked to the ground on his back. His chest was boiling, and he didn't care about the pain in his heart, so he immediately got up and knelt down again, at this time he already knew that someone was deliberately framing him behind his back, and this move was extremely vicious, so that he could not defend it at all. Since ancient times, the emperor has been jealous of the crown prince. The crown prince is too good, the emperor is worried that the position is unstable, the prince is too popular with the people, and the emperor will feel that the prince has the intention to commit it, so no matter what he says today, there is no way to eliminate the emperor's suspicions.

Several courtiers who had already prepared stood up, and one of them said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a book." ”

The emperor glanced at the other party and said, "Scholar, what do you have to say?" ”

The scholar Pan Yang said solemnly: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister wants to sue His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? What are you going to sue the prince! ”

Mr. Pan's voice was like a Hong Zhong: "Weichen wants to sue the prince for raising a wife and concubine in the prince's mansion, and this woman is from the Great Calendar!" ”

Hearing this, the prince was blindsided. He didn't expect the other party to bring this up at this moment, and he forgot to defend himself for a while. In front of everyone, Master Pan pointed at the prince and said sternly: "Your Majesty, some time ago, our army lost one after another on the battlefield, and Weichen was puzzled, and Weichen only understood the reason recently. ”

The emperor frowned and said, "What is the reason?" ”

Bachelor Pan said: "This qiē is because all the secret information presented to the prince's case was transmitted back to the front line by the woman of the Great Calendar one by one and sent to the case of the monarch of her homeland!" When he said this, he was already full of emotion, his muscles were bursting up, and his expression was hideous.

The crown prince almost collapsed to the ground, he had always known that Leng Lian was a member of the Great Calendar, but he didn't expect that this matter would be turned out at this time, when he had just made a big mistake.

After Master Pan said this, Qiao Yushi also stood up, and he said coldly: "Your Majesty, in order to achieve his ambition to ascend the throne as soon as possible, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually took in the spies of Yuexi regardless of the interests of the country. And through her hands, she secretly sent out the information, and the army suffered one defeat after another on the front line, such a traitorous act, how can you become the prince of a country! It is really a disaster for the country and the people, please make a decision as soon as possible. ”

The emperor looked at these people with a little interest, and the few officials who spoke this time were all neutrals, and the situation was really a bit strange, first the prince made a mistake, and then several people came out to sue him.

The Emperor's eyes narrowed slightly.

The crown prince said sadly: "Father, the son is wronged!" Erchen doesn't know anything, these people ......" After speaking, he turned around and pointed at everyone one by one: "They joined hands to wronged Erchen!" Father, you must be the master of your sons. ”

The emperor sneered and said, "So, you didn't take in the Dali woman?" ”

The crown prince stammered, unable to speak, and almost fainted when he stared at the emperor.

The emperor looked at his expression and knew that this was true, and he snorted coldly: "I have already said that no one is allowed to take in the people of the Great Calendar. You actually took in the Dali woman in the mansion in a grand manner, and you still pampered her in every way, such an act, you are worthy of the prince's throne! ”

Before the crown prince could argue, he had already heard Qiao Yushi say loudly: "Your Majesty, this woman is not only from the Great Calendar, she is also the concubine of the previous monarch!" ”

When this sentence was said, the whole dynasty was in an uproar, and the princelings who originally wanted to speak for the prince were also looking at each other at the moment. They never imagined that this prince would do such a ridiculous thing. There's nothing wrong with you liking beautiful women, it can be said that you are blinded by beauty, but you are so confused that you take in the concubine of an enemy monarch, and you are completely crazy to do this kind of behavior!

The crown prince saw a look of disdain in the eyes of everyone, including those courtiers who had always supported him, and his heart suddenly became cold, and he couldn't help shouting: "Lord Xue, you say two words for me!" Master Gao, you have always understood me best, I was really wronged! General Liang, why are you silent? ”

These people have always supported Empress Pei and are also the ones who protect the position of the crown prince, but now they are all silently looking at the prince in front of them. As a prince, you can not be smart, you can occasionally be confused, and you can covet the position of the emperor, but if you are stupid to this point, crazy enough to be in such a situation and not know it, how can such a person be worthy of becoming the king of a country?

Originally, the prince did not make too many mistakes in virtue, so these courtiers have been silently supporting the prince out of support for Empress Pei, but now they are beginning to doubt whether the prince can shoulder the burden of a country. Yuexi is different from ordinary countries, there are many major families and factions, and a variety of forces are intricate, if you want to control these families and firmly control the power in the country, you need an iron-blooded monarch, and you also need to have a wise mind. But the appearance of the prince really made these courtiers too cold and disappointed, so no one spoke, and everyone looked at the prince in silence.

The emperor looked at the crown prince and said, "What else do you have to say now?" ”

The prince felt a burst of sadness in his heart, stood up suddenly, and said in a panic: "I want to see the queen mother, I want to see the queen mother!" ”

The emperor waved his hand in annoyance and said, "Escort the prince down first, and immediately send someone to the prince's mansion to search for that great secret agent!" ”

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the crown prince almost cried and said: "Father, the son is really wronged, don't believe the nonsense of those people!" But before he could finish speaking, he was dragged down by the guards.

Pei Houharem.

Empress Pei was pruning the potted plants, and at this time, Ying Chu strode in, and he didn't even have time to report it. Empress Pei raised her eyebrows and glanced at him, and said lightly: "When did you become so reckless?" ”

Ying Chu was anxious for three points: "Niangniang, something is wrong!" The crown prince was detained by His Majesty. ”

The scissors in Pei Hou's hand clicked and cut a good branch. She turned her head to look at Ying Chu and said coldly, "What mistake did he make again?" ”

Ying Chu lowered his head: "This time the prince didn't make a mistake, he was just framed." ”

Pei Hou threw away the scissors and sighed: "Framed? If he is not wrong, how can he be framed! ”

Ying Chu stopped talking, of course he was very disappointed in the prince, let alone Empress Pei? But he still carefully recounted what happened today.

Empress Pei was three points surprised: "You mean that there are people shouting long live today?" ”

Ying Chu nodded and said: "Yes, they call the prince the true son of heaven, and shout long live the mountain, of course Your Majesty will be angry." ”

Empress Pei took two steps in the main hall, and then turned around and said, "Then someone participated in the prince to take in the Great Calendar's spies?" ”

Ying Chu said: "Yes, and there are quite a few of them, all of them belong to the camp of the Wang family. ”

Empress Pei sneered and said, "Li Weiyang and Wang Zijin are both the same dog. It seems that they have already set a trap and are waiting for the prince to get in. At the beginning, Li Weiyang had been holding back on the matter of Leng Lian, and the purpose was this, if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't spare my hand, I would have gotten rid of this Leng Lian. ”

In fact, both Empress Pei and Ying Chu had secretly sent people into the Prince's Mansion to try to kill Leng Lian in order to prevent future troubles, but this woman was too cunning, and there seemed to be many people around her who were secretly protected, so they had no way to do it at all. Unexpectedly, this matter still broke out at this time.

Pei Hou thought for a moment, and immediately said, "Go to the prince's mansion now and try to bring Leng Lian!" ”

Ying Chu said: "Niangniang, Weichen has already sent someone, and he will definitely catch this woman before His Majesty." ”

Empress Pei slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as she is dead, there is no proof of death!" No one can catch the handle of the prince! ”

Ying Chu showed worry on his face, and couldn't help but say: "But Niangniang, since the other party has already set this trap, I'm afraid that I won't let the prince get away with it so lightly!" ”

Pei Hou's eyes were bright, and he said word for word: "No matter what kind of way you think, Leng Lian must never be able to open her mouth again!" ”

Ying Chu's heart trembled, and he said respectfully: "Yes, Niangniang." ”

In Guo's study, Li Weiyang was practicing calligraphy, and when she listened to Director Guo's words, she couldn't help but smile slightly: "So, have many people rushed to the Prince's Mansion to find Leng Lian?" ”

Guo Dao said: "Yes, now it seems that she is certain to die." Whether it was His Majesty or the Empress, they all wanted her life. ”

Li Weiyang smiled lightly: "I asked you to send a letter to Leng Lian earlier, can the letter be delivered?" ”

Director Guo nodded: "Naturally, it will be delivered, but whether she can escape depends on her own ability." In fact, according to me, such a treacherous person should make her unable to open her mouth for the rest of her life. ”

Let her die? Where is it so easy! Li Weiyang smiled lightly, but he didn't explain.

Pei Houharem

"What did you say, Leng Lian ran away?" Empress Pei stood up from his seat suddenly, and his face changed drastically.

It was rare for Ying Chu to see Empress Pei look like this, he lowered his voice and said, "Please forgive Niangniang, Weichen is one step late." ”

Pei Hou slowly sat back in her place, she looked at Ying Chu and said word for word: "It seems that people have been prepared for a long time, if this Leng Lian dies in our hands, it can also be said that she committed suicide in fear of sin, as long as there is a testimony to explain to the prince, the prince will be safe." If she hadn't died, we would have had the means to get her to do what we wanted, but she ran away. I can't see anyone in life, I can't see a corpse in death, so what can I use to clear the crown prince's guilt? ”

Empress Pei felt a burst of dizziness, these things had made her extremely upset recently. She had always been a calm person, but she couldn't help but feel annoyed at the moment. She wasn't sad for the prince, but she really hated the feeling that she couldn't control everything.

Ying Chu saw that Empress Pei was so angry, but he thought of something else in his heart, Empress Pei said that he didn't care about the prince, but after all, it was her biological son, and the person she had carefully cultivated for so many years was about to be ruined before her eyes, how could Empress Pei not be in a hurry? But looking at the current situation, if the crown prince is forcibly saved, it will not be of any benefit to Empress Pei. He took a step forward and said: "Niangniang, Weichen knows that you have a deep relationship with the prince's mother and son, so naturally I can't see him suffer, but you also know your majesty's temperament very well, and we can't clear the prince's name without real evidence." If you take the liberty of making a move, I am afraid that Your Majesty will blame you, and even Niangniang will ask for the guilt. ”

Empress Pei raised her head suddenly, looked directly at Ying Chu and said, "According to what you mean, just let the prince go?" ”

Ying Chu hurriedly said: "Niangniang, Weichen didn't mean that. ”

Empress Pei smiled coldly and said, "I know that there is a lot of disrespect between you and the prince, and he is also very disrespectful to you, and it is normal for you to blame him." But no matter what, he is the crown prince after all, my own son, if even I refuse to save him, what hope does he have? Besides, I have carefully cultivated him for so many years, I don't know how much effort and hard work I have put in, and now he has been ruined like this, do we still have hope for that dragon chair? "The real one she didn't say, she kept the prince, and it will come in handy in the future!

Hearing Empress Pei say this, Ying Chu's heart was shocked, but he said lightly: "Niangniang, when it comes to the critical time, you can only abandon the pawn to protect the car, isn't this what you said?" ”

Pei Hou said slowly: "I don't know this, but if I really let it go this time, I'm afraid he won't even be able to save his life." ”

Ying Chu's face was cold: "How can this be? After all, he is His Majesty's biological son. ”

Empress Pei sneered and said: "In his heart, only the child born to Princess Qixia, a slut, is his own flesh and blood, and as for the others, they are just tools that can be kicked away at any time." He has recently vigorously supported King Jing to oppose the crown prince, and summoned King Qin and King Jin three times and twice, it is clear that he has seen through my thoughts, and the King of Qin promised us to turn back immediately, which shows that he is still very afraid of the emperor. ”

Ying Chu said: "Even if it is a sick tiger, Yu Wei is still there, don't underestimate Your Majesty." ”

Empress Pei sneered and said, "Yes, I still underestimated him, this headache didn't drive him crazy after all, so he came to force me now." With that, she looked down at her pale blue nails like crescent moons, and the expression on her face became calm. She slowly stood up and said, "Anyway, the prince hasn't played his greatest role yet, and I must save him." ”

Ying Chu hurriedly said: "Then how is Niang Niang going to exonerate the prince?" In Ying Chu's opinion, Leng Lian had fled, and all the ministers insisted that the crown prince had taken in the imperial concubine of the enemy country. Although there is no real evidence that he can't catch someone, just those rumors are enough for the prince to drink a pot.

Empress Pei sighed and said, "Follow me to see His Majesty." ”

Ying Chu was shocked, and before he could stop it, he saw that Empress Pei had already walked out.

In the imperial study, the emperor was listening to the minister's report on the front-line war, but at this time he heard the guards hurriedly report: "Your Majesty, the queen mother asks to be summoned." ”

The emperor said impatiently: "Sue her and I am not available." ”

The guard went out tremblingly, but after a while, he came in again, and said with some trepidation on his face: "Your Majesty, Niangniang will not leave no matter what." Before he finished his words, an inkstone had already smashed on his head with a "snap", and blood was dripping immediately. I only heard the emperor say sharply: "I will never say it a second time, get out!" ”

The guards didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly covered their heads and left.

The emperor looked at his courtiers and said, "Go on." ”

The military department Shangshu glanced at the emperor with some apprehension, and then continued: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Before he could say a word, he heard a loud shout outside: "Get out of here!" And all the palace maids and eunuchs outside the imperial study scattered and knelt down, and there were also people who tried to prevent the queen from breaking into the imperial study, but in the end they were stopped by the guards brought by the queen.

The emperor looked at the door of the study, and Empress Pei had already strode in. Her appearance has always been graceful and luxurious, but at this moment, she also has three points of anger, although her heart is suppressed with raging anger, Empress Pei's etiquette is still thoughtful: "See Your Majesty for concubines." ”

The emperor looked at her coldly: "The empress is getting more and more bold, and she is so disregarded for etiquette and makes such a fuss!" ”

Pei's expression was calm: "Your Majesty, the concubine has something important to see, but I don't know why Your Majesty insists on refusing to summon it?" ”

The emperor said lightly: "Didn't you see that I was discussing the military aircraft with these ministers? There's nothing big you can't wait! ”

Empress Pei's cold gaze swept over the faces of all the courtiers, and everyone who was glanced at by her felt a chill in their backs.

The military department Shangshu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, since the queen has something important, Weichen and the others have retired first." ”

The emperor said coldly: "I didn't let you go, you dare to go?" ”

The military department Shangshu and the others glanced at each other, and couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat in their hearts, the queen is not a fuel-efficient lamp, which of them dares to disobey each other's words.

Empress Pei didn't say much, but said coldly: "Your Majesty, I heard that you imprisoned the prince in the mansion?" ”

The Emperor snorted coldly and said, "Is there anything wrong with what I did? ”

Pei Hou said: "The concubine doesn't dare to say that what you did is wrong, but your majesty made a rash decision before the matter was clarified, isn't it too arbitrary?" ”

The emperor's face suddenly sank: "My holy decree is Chrysostom, the queen does not have to intercede for the crown prince, my decision will not change!" ”

When Empress Pei heard this, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, the prince is your biological son!" If he is guilty, you can give him a glass of wine or a dagger, and you will be happy, but you can't humiliate him! The prince of a dignified country is imprisoned in the prince's mansion in such an unclear and unclear way, how do you want him to face the courtiers and the people of the world? ”

The emperor smiled slightly and said: "What did the queen say, since the prince has done something wrong, I naturally have to teach him a lesson, do I have to ignore the laws and regulations of the country and connive at the prince's misdeeds, in order to be regarded as a qualified father?" ”

Empress Pei sneered and said, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what crime did the prince commit?" ”

The emperor's eyes were like ice: "This rebel has committed a heinous crime, the military department is still the secretary, you come to sue the queen!" ”

The military department Shangshu shuddered in his heart, but under the emperor's threatening eyes, he said helplessly: "Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince instigated the people to shout long live, obviously there is a heart of disobedience, and his mansion also took in a woman from the calendar, it is said that the identity of this woman is ...... She was a concubine of the first emperor of the Great Calendar. ”

Empress Pei said angrily: "Full of nonsense! Your Majesty, the people are some ignorant people, as long as they take the lead in the crowd, they don't know what they are shouting, as for the beautiful concubine in the prince's mansion, I also know, it is indeed a Dali woman, but her identity is not a concubine in the palace, just an ordinary woman! The prince was only momentarily bewitched by beauty, and he was still young, which was also unavoidable. ”

The emperor said coldly: "What evidence does the empress say?" ”

Empress Pei stared at him, her eyes deep: "I don't have enough evidence, is there anything Your Majesty has?" Now that the woman has disappeared, it can be regarded as uncorroborate. His Majesty has no witness, so how can he convict the prince of sin! ”

The emperor frowned: "Since the empress, you also admit that this woman is from the Great Calendar, that is, the crown prince openly resisted the decree, although he is my biological son, but I can't show favoritism!" ”

Pei Hou sneered when she heard this: "Your Majesty, are you trying to break up our mother and son alive?" ”

The emperor forcibly suppressed his anger: "Empress, my will has been made, the crown prince must be imprisoned in the palace, no matter what you say, I will not change my mind." ”

Empress Pei said sharply: "I don't care, the prince is my biological son, whoever wants to take him away will not step on my corpse!" ”

Empress Pei rarely had such a fierce appearance, and all the courtiers didn't dare to speak for a while when they saw her like this.

At the time of the stalemate, he suddenly heard a person: "Please calm the queen's anger!" Everyone turned their heads to look, but saw King Jing hurriedly walking in from outside.

The emperor looked at him and said, "King Jing, why is it so late?" ”

King Jing smiled and said: "Back to my father, my son is delayed, please forgive my father." ”

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Forget it." ”

Empress Pei scolded coldly: "King Jing, I am talking to His Majesty, what qualifications do you have to interject?" As soon as the words came out, everyone turned pale with fright. Empress Pei ignored no one, and snorted coldly: "Your Majesty, please release the prince immediately." ”

The emperor looked at Empress Pei with cold eyes, he knew that this woman was messing around on the surface, but in fact, she was oppressing herself with her accumulated power for many years.

King Jing said loudly: "Queen Mother, you just said something wrong. ”

Empress Pei suddenly turned her head to look at him and said, "What did I say wrong?" ”

King Jing said: "You said that Leng Lian is just an ordinary woman in the calendar, but unfortunately she has confessed now, her true identity is a spy of the calendar, and she was once the concubine of the first emperor of the calendar." ”

Pei's back color was pale, and she immediately thought that Leng Lian did not escape at all, but fell into the hands of King Jing, at this time she suddenly understood that this was a trap, and the other party was trying to lure her in! In an instant, she subconsciously took a step forward, looked at King Jing and said, "Leng Lian is in your hands?" ”

King Jing smiled slightly: "Yes, now that the human certificate is available, the crown prince's crime cannot be cleared." Queen Mother, everyone knows that you love your son very much, but you shouldn't defend him anymore, otherwise wouldn't it chill the hearts of all the people in the world? ”

The queen's hand clenched gently in her sleeve, and she stared at King Jing with an incomparably cold gaze.

The emperor smiled coldly: "Empress, you are the master of the six palaces, so I have always kept you dignity and never blamed you in front of others, but look at the kind of thing you did today, it is really disappointing to me!" ”

Empress Pei was suddenly shocked, in the case that Leng Lian was not found and the witness was not there, she could still say that the prince was innocent, but now Leng Lian had fallen into the hands of King Jing, and now the prince had no capital to flop. Her face softened, and she pleaded gracefully: "Your Majesty, I'm just in a hurry. ”

The Emperor waved his hand and said, "First of all, you shouldn't have broken into my imperial study in the first place. The second thing is that you, as the mother of a country, don't think about the system at all, but only favor your own son and insist on saving him. The third incident is even more ridiculous, you know that I have made a word, and it is Chrysostom that it is difficult to change, but you actually persuade me to withdraw my will, you are really confused to the extreme! ”

123 charges listed, even though Empress Pei has been high up for so many years, she couldn't help but grit her teeth, she knelt lightly on the ground, and said in a low voice: "It's the concubine who is confused, please condemn your majesty." ”

Of course, the emperor had no choice but to pull Empress Pei out and kill him, but he knew that Pei Huaizhen's strength was not just that. Sure enough, a moment later, most of the courtiers in the imperial study knelt down and interceded for the queen's mother.

The emperor glanced at it, and among these people were second-rank ministers, as well as several generals on whom he relied extremely much, and even people from the Zhou family. The emperor only felt cold at the moment, and he said lightly: "Get up, if I want to blame you, I will already be guilty." I just want you to remember that you are the queen and the mother of a country, and your every move will affect the world, so you have to think twice before doing anything in the future. ”

He paused and said, "I have made up my mind about today's matter, and the prince is indeed guilty. locked in the prince's mansion, the queen and others must no longer intercede for the prince, otherwise they will be severely punished! ”

Pei Hou said lightly: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

The Emperor nodded and said, "Get up." ”

Pei Hou stood up, but only felt that her legs were weak. King Jing helped her with a smile, and Empress Pei turned her head to look at King Jing and said, "Thank you." ”

King Jing smiled slightly, and that smile was incomparably gentle: "Where did Niang Niang say!" The crown prince is my eldest brother, and you are also my mother, so I naturally have to be more filial. ”

Empress Pei smiled coldly and turned to leave. When she returned to her palace and sat down on a chair, she found that she was already drenched in cold sweat at some point, and she only felt as if she had returned to the feeling when she first entered the palace, and she couldn't grasp anything. At one point she thought that this feeling would never follow her again, and she had overcome the qiē around her and grasped everyone. But since Li Weiyang appeared, this palace has gone from familiar to unfamiliar, and the feeling of losing control seems to have returned, and she gently clenched her hand in the void.

"Mother."

Empress Pei looked up in surprise, but it was Ying Chu standing opposite her. She was stunned for a moment before she spoke: "Did you see it all just now?" ”

Ying Chu bowed his head and said, "Yes, Niangniang, Weichen has seen it." It seems that His Royal Highness King Jing had a premeditated plan, so he waited for Niangniang to mistakenly think that Leng Lian had disappeared, and deliberately made a scene with His Majesty, and used his power to force His Majesty to agree to release the prince. ”

Empress Pei sighed lightly: "After all, I'm in a hurry." ”

Ying Chu looked at Pei Hou, Pei Huaizhen at this moment seemed to be different from the person he knew in the past, the woman in front of him has always had no feelings for anyone, and even her own children can be used as a springboard, but today she panicked, why is this, for the prince? No, the crown prince didn't have that much wavering, she gradually lost her confidence, and lost the feeling that she was in control.

Ying Chu took a step forward and said: "Niangniang, don't worry, we still have a lot of cards in our hands that have not been played." As long as it is used properly, it will not let King Jing and the Guo family bargain. "Ying Chu swears by it.

Pei Hou smiled leisurely: "If only things were really so easy, originally I thought that Tuoba Yu was at least an ally who could support." But I didn't expect that he was just a dou who couldn't be helped, I gave him so much convenience and help, but he still lost to Yuan Lie. ”

Of course, Ying Chu understands that they have planted a lot of spies around the general Wang Gong, these people are all the income of their business for many years, and they finally planted them and won Wang Gong's trust. Who knew that Yuan Lie had gone and cut off all those people, regardless of the slightest emotion, and immediately launched an attack on Tuoba Yu. I thought that Yuan Lie was an embroidered pillow, but I didn't expect this person to really have some skills, decisive killing, ruthless thinking, even if he can't become a generation of monarchs, he is also a generation of heroes. Now Ying Chu regrets that he let Yuan Lie out at the beginning, but it is too late to regret it at this moment, and he can only blame Tuoba Yu for being too useless, and in such an advantageous situation, he will also fail.

Empress Pei raised her eyes, glanced at Ying Chu and said, "There is no hope in the south, but what about the east?" "She was asking about the war between Yuexi and Da Zhou.

Ying Chu's face was not too good-looking, and Empress Pei understood in the next moment. She sighed and said, "It seems that our deployment still hasn't worked. ”

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Ying Chu's face, "Qi Guogong seems to have been prepared for a long time, and several of our hidden stakes have been removed. ”

Empress Pei slowly stood up, she took two steps in the hall, then turned her head to look at Ying Chu and said: "It seems that not only do we know Li Weiyang very well, but she also knows us, and our deployment is half bad in her hands." ”

Ying Chu lowered his head: "Yes, Niangniang." For now, it is necessary to get rid of this woman first, and it is not too late to think of other ways to rescue the prince when the time comes. ”

Empress Pei thought for a while, but stared at Ying Chu and said: "After thinking of so many ideas, there is no way to get rid of the troubles forever, in your opinion, what should I do?" When she said this, a strange brilliance burst out of her eyes, extremely shining, amazingly bright, and frighteningly bright.

Ying Chu was looked at by the eyes full of sharpness, but it was the first time that he restrained his smile. He looked at Empress Pei and slowly showed a look of disbelief, just because he suddenly understood what Empress Pei wanted him to do.

For a long time, his body seemed to freeze into a statue, and he didn't move, and Empress Pei reminded him: "Ying Chu, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Ying Chu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Niangniang, Ying Chu once swore to be by your side for the rest of your life." ”

Empress Pei looked at him condescendingly and said, "But now, I need your help." ”

Ying Chu closed his eyes in pain and didn't speak for a long time. Empress Pei looked at him quietly, her expression calm, as if she was waiting for him to make a decision for herself, and it seemed that she already knew what choice Ying Chu would make.

Finally Ying Chu opened his eyes, he lowered his head and said solemnly: "Yes, Niangniang, Ying Chu will definitely solve this trouble for you." ”

Empress Pei finally nodded, what happened all day today made her very unhappy, but now she finally laughed, that smile was like the sunshine piercing the dark clouds, very beautiful, and there was a kind of charm power.

Ying Chu couldn't take his eyes off it, and he thought that maybe this was the last time he would see Empress Pei smile like this in his life.

At this time, in the Qi State Mansion, Li Weiyang was hugging Li Minzhi, and asked him with a smile: "Where did my mother take you to play today?" ”

Toshizhi played with a windmill in his hand and said with a smile: "Today, my mother took me to incense." ”

Li Weiyang nodded and said, "Is it fun?" ”

Li Minzhi looked at Li Weiyang and said, "What's so interesting about Shangxiang, sister, you asked so strangely." ”

Li Weiyang smiled, touched the other party's head, and then said softly: "For my sister, as long as I can get out of the house, it will be fun." ”

Li Minzhi looked at Li Weiyang's expression, and felt more and more strange, tilting his little head to look at her.

Li Weiyang smiled, only to feel that this soft body and delicate voice soothed her original sense of unease.

After a while, I heard someone knocking on the door outside, and Zhao Yue came in and reported: "Miss, Miss Wang asks to see you." ”

Li Weiyang glanced at the sky outside, smiled slightly, and said, "Please let her in." ”

When Wang Zijin came in, he saw Li Weiyang playing with Minzhi. Seeing her come in, Li Weiyang didn't get up to greet her, but just smiled and said, "Sit down." This is what it means when she is her own person.

Wang Zijin sat down with a smile, Zhao Yue made a cup of tea for her, she took a sip, and then said softly: "The palace is lively today." ”

Li Weiyang raised his eyes and glanced at Wang Zijin, and said thoughtfully: "Is it, it's very strict?" ”

Wang Zijin smiled and said: "Empress Pei has always been calm, this time for the crown prince also turned the world upside down, fortunately, His Royal Highness King Jing caught Leng Lian in time." Otherwise, the prince can really get away with it. ”

Li Weiyang's voice was flat: "Leng Lian can't escape, King Jing has been staring at her." Although she is extremely smart, she is also unafraid of being remembered. ”

Wang Zijin looked at Li Weiyang and said, "So, you already expected her ending?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled: "If she had left earlier, she would not have fallen into the swamp, in fact, I have given her a lot of opportunities these days, as long as she gives up her glory and wealth, she can naturally escape." It's a pity that she covets the power of the crown prince, so she has always refused to leave. I'd rather deal with us, the scheming is good, but unfortunately the luck is not good. ”

Hearing this, Wang Zijin picked up Fang Cai's teacup and took a sip of tea himself, before he said slowly: "Listening to what you said, it seems that you have long been suspicious of King Jing?" ”

Li Weiyang shook his head with a smile and said, "Nonsense, King Jing is my cousin, why should I doubt him?" ”

Wang Zijin put down the teacup and said, "If it weren't for suspicion, how could you have expected him to catch Leng Lian in the morning?" ”

Li Weiyang's expression was calm: "His Royal Highness King Jing is delicate and well-thought-provoking, a few days ago, he was eager for quick success, we all thought that he was very covetous of the throne, but then I thought about it carefully, these tables may not be for His Majesty to see." ”

Hearing this, Wang Zijin was a little surprised and said, "What does it mean to show His Majesty?" ”

Li Weiyang chuckled and said: "The meaning is easy to understand, if he has been standing still and does not care about the throne, then the emperor will suspect his intentions." On the contrary, he has to take the camp, can't wait, and exposes many of his weaknesses, which can make His Majesty think that he is just a prince who can't hold his breath and can't achieve great things. ”

When Wang Zijin heard this, his face slowly fell silent, she had already understood what Li Weiyang meant, King Jing used a deliberate method of showing weakness, but this kind of show of weakness was a kind of strong attack as a cover, so that everyone could see King Jing's covetousness for the throne and see the weaknesses he exposed in the attack. And this weakness is the side that King Jing wants them to see...... Or they have never understood Won Young as a person.

Wang Zijin's heart cooled down a little: "So we were all tricked by Yuan Ying?" ”

Li Weiyang said lightly: "His Royal Highness King Jing's scheming is unfathomable, Zijin, I advise you to be more careful." ”

Prince Jin looked at Li Weiyang and said, "Do you know that there is an agreement between me and King Jing?" ”

Li Weiyang nodded lightly: "There has long been an agreement between the Wang family and King Jing, and I didn't want to interfere, but King Jing has even hidden it from you, and his behavior is really a little uneasy." ”

At this time, someone outside said, "Jia'er, you are too alarmist." ”

The two of them raised their heads at the same time, and saw Director Guo walking in with a smile, he was dressed in a white robe, described as chic and handsome, and Wang Zijin couldn't take his eyes off it. Wang Zijin opened his mouth and said, "Does the fifth prince trust King Jing very much? ”

Director Guo sat down on the edge of the table, looked at Wang Zijin and said, "Miss Wang, Yuan Ying grew up with me after all, and he is indeed very thoughtful...... And in recent times, the table has also been in a hurry to achieve some quick success. But I believe that he is not the kind of person who is insidious and vicious. ”

Li Weiyang smiled: "Fifth brother, why do you say things that you don't believe yourself?" ”

Director Guo's heart was shocked, and he looked at Li Weiyang and said, "Jia'er, you are ......"

Li Weiyang sighed lightly: "Fifth brother, I didn't want Leng Lian to be caught, so I sent someone to inform her to leave first, but King Jing robbed someone on the way, what does this mean?" This can only show that he actually knew that Leng Lian was the secret stake I arranged on the prince's mansion early on, and he also knew that Leng Lian was doing things for me, but he still caught the other party and used it to coerce the prince and Empress Pei. The point is that when he wanted to catch Leng Lian, he didn't think to inform me at all, which was already a very strange thing in itself. I know that the fifth brother and King Jing grew up together, and the relationship has always been very good, but knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, you and him are not siblings after all, how can you know what the other party thinks? His Royal Highness King Jing's reputation for a smiling tiger is not for nothing. ”

Hearing Li Weiyang say so aggressively, Director Guo's face turned slightly pale, and at this time, Li Weiyang had already instructed Zhao Yue to take out Minzhi, who was ignorant, and then said: "Actually, I don't care what kind of person His Royal Highness King Jing is." What I really care about is what he wants to do with the Qi State Mansion. If he genuinely asks for help, why won't he even let us know who he really is? also insisted on pretending to be eager for quick success, so that Concubine Hui Niangniang worried about him. ”

Director Guo looked at Li Weiyang and hesitated slightly: "Maybe he has another difficulty." ”

Li Weiyang sneered: "Who has no difficulties in this world as long as they live?" Fifth brother, don't think too well of King Jing. His purpose is only to compete for the throne, and all of us are nothing more than pawns in his eyes! ”

Director Guo was silent for a long time before he said softly: "Jia'er, at least I believe it...... He genuinely likes you. ”

Li Weiyang's smile became even colder: "Yes, he likes me, but he doesn't have the slightest respect for me." What he does is more to use me and the Guo family, no matter how sincere we are to him, he has only one purpose, which is to ascend to the throne! For this reason, he did not hesitate to hide his true temperament! ”

Director Guo looked at Li Weiyang, he didn't say a word for a long time, he really didn't want to believe that King Jing was such a person. But in recent times, as far as he has observed...... Li Weiyang was right, what Yuan Ying came out of was just what he wanted them to see, and it was really the tip of the iceberg. Could it be that for the sake of the throne, Won Young has become so strange?

Li Weiyang couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Director Guo's lonely expression. She has no friendship with Yuan Ying, so she criticizes mercilessly, but Director Guo grew up with Yuan Ying and is like a brother, Yuan Ying hides everything from the Duke of Qi in order to achieve great things, and even treats these close relatives as dolls and lets him rub them round and flatten, which is really too disappointing, no wonder Director Guo shows such a look.

Wang Zijin looked at Director Guo's appearance, and couldn't help but persuade softly: "Fifth son, it's just that everyone has their own ambitions, why are you so sad?" ”

Guo Dao raised his head and glanced at Wang Zijin, he didn't expect that the other party would come to comfort him, Li Weiyang also looked at Wang Zijin, she vaguely felt that this girl seemed to have changed during this time, in the past, she always took interests as the first consideration, but now she will take care of other people's feelings, and this person is still Guo Dao, who has never been very opposed to her.

Li Weiyang smiled lightly, maybe the fifth brother had found his marriage, thinking of this, she stood up and said to the two of them: "His Royal Highness King Jing's ambition has been initially exposed, he wants us to rush to the front to deal with Empress Pei, and when Empress Pei falls, I don't know if we will end up with a rabbit and a dead dog." ”

Director Guo's heart was cold, he looked at Li Weiyang and said, "Jia'er, will things really happen to that point?" ”

Li Weiyang said: "I don't know, I know too little Jingwang Yuanying, maybe I think of him too badly, fifth brother, I'm a suspicious person, isn't it?" You just don't say anything. ”

Director Guo really wanted Li Weiyang to be suspicious, but he knew that the other party's suspicion was not unreasonable, so he gritted his teeth and said: "If Yuan Ying really just used the Qi State Mansion as a pawn, I will never forgive him!" ”

Li Weiyang sighed: "I heard that Concubine Hui is cold, my mother and I will go into the palace to visit, if you are free...... Fifth brother, you should also go to King Jing's Mansion to take a walk and probe his style. ”

Director Guo looked at Li Weiyang and was slightly surprised: "Go and probe his tone?" ”

Li Weiyang nodded: "Yes, probe his tone." ”

Director Guo hesitated for a moment before agreeing: "Okay, I'll go." ”

Li Weiyang smiled slightly: "Fifth brother, don't take your feelings too seriously in everything, otherwise it will only be you who will be hurt." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, Li Weiyang and Mrs. Guo entered the palace together to meet Concubine Guo Hui.

Guo Guifei's palace seems to be very deserted, I heard that she has dispersed the palace people in the recent period, leaving only the palace maid to serve the food and daily life, as for the others, she is rare, quite a bit of a lonely taste. Seeing Mrs. Guo, Concubine Hui's expression was still very happy. It's just that Li Weiyang saw that Concubine Hui's face was a little pale at a glance, and couldn't help but say, "Niangniang, how is your body?" ”

Concubine Guo Hui's face was very calm: "I just occasionally felt a cold, nothing serious." ”

The female officer next to her lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Mrs. Guo.

Mrs. Guo saw some clues and said, "Niangniang, we are a family, what is there to say?" ”

Concubine Hui was about to say something, but suddenly coughed violently, she hurriedly covered it with a handkerchief, and waited until the cough stopped for a while, then smiled: "I'm really fine, sister-in-law, you don't have to worry." ”

Mrs. Guo couldn't help but be shocked when she saw the little scarlet on the handkerchief, and hurriedly said, "Niangniang, why are you hiding it from us?" ”

Concubine Hui had already crumpled the handkerchief into her sleeve and forced a smile and said, "Look at what my sister-in-law said, what am I hiding from you?" ”

Mrs. Guo was just about to speak, but Li Weiyang suddenly held her hand, turned her head and smiled and said to Concubine Hui: "Niangniang, you summoned us into the palace, but what do you have to say?" ”

Concubine Guo Hui glanced at the female officials beside her, waved her hand, and said softly: "You guys go out, I have something to say to them." ”

As a result, only Concubine Hui, Mrs. Guo, and Li Weiyang were left in the main hall.

Concubine Guo Huifei suddenly got up from the bed, and without waiting for Mrs. Guo to help, she actually knelt on the ground, Mrs. Guo and Li Weiyang were startled, and hurriedly wanted to help her up, but Concubine Guo grabbed Mrs. Guo's arm and said, "Sister-in-law, I ask for everything." ”

Mrs. Guo said: "Niangniang, why do you bother? Hurry up, I can't stand it! ”

Concubine Guo Hui said solemnly: "No, sister-in-law, I must ask you for one thing. ”

Mrs. Guo said: "You say, no matter what, I will do my best." ”

Concubine Guo Hui sighed and said, "Sister-in-law, since I entered the palace, this heart has been dead, and it is just a walking corpse. My mother once told me that if I was born in the Mansion of Qi, I would be the child of the Guo family all my life, and I should be responsible for the Guo family and loyal to the country. I asked myself if I hadn't done anything wrong over the years, and I was worthy of my mother and the Guo family. ”

Mrs. Guo said: "Yes, yes, you stand up and speak." ”

Concubine Hui shook her head, insisting on refusing to get up, she looked at Mrs. Guo and said, "Recently, I summoned the imperial doctor, but he said that my limit is approaching......

Mrs. Guo's tears couldn't help but flow. Concubine Hui's body has always been healthy, but since she went out of the palace to visit Princess Chen Liu's return to the palace, Concubine Hui's health has been worse day by day. was burned in the palace and betrayed by the trusted people around him, and it was inevitable that the concubine's condition would worsen. Mrs. Guo finally helped Concubine Guo Hui up, but heard her whisper: "I beg my sister-in-law for one thing, no matter what Yuan Ying does wrong in the future, please don't abandon him." ”

Hearing this, Li Weiyang had already understood, she looked at Concubine Guo Hui and shook her head gently, pity the parents of the world, Concubine Hui is a very smart person, maybe she is the first person to see through King Jing's heart.

I only heard Concubine Hui say: "Yuan Ying, this kid has a too stubborn personality, and no one is willing to give up anything he wants, although he has to be anxious for quick success during this time, but I think it's very strange, maybe he is planning something in secret...... Sister-in-law, even if it's in my face, if Yuan Ying does something wrong, please ......"

Concubine Guo Hui's meaning is very simple, she hopes that the Duke of Qi's Mansion will not abandon King Jing Yuanying.

Li Weiyang said lightly: "Concubine Hui, you have thought too much. His Royal Highness King Jing is my cousin, my father's mother's beloved nephew, and my grandmother's beloved grandson. In any case, this bloodline will not be broken. ”

Concubine Hui looked at Li Weiyang, she knew that this girl was very smart and had understood what she meant. Concubine Hui sighed and said, "I'm really scared, Jia'er, you sue me, if Yuan Ying makes a mistake, can you forgive him?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled: "No matter what His Royal Highness King Jing does, even if it is in my aunt's face, I will forgive him." ”

Li Weiyang said this only because Concubine Guo Hui had saved herself, not because she had any forgiveness for Jing Wang Yuanying, and Li Weiyang still understood how to repay the peach. What's more, seeing that Concubine Hui is already in poor health, wouldn't it be worse if she sued her now that she would never forgive anyone for trying to hurt the Qi State Mansion?

Mrs. Guo was very puzzled when she heard the conversation between the two of them, and said, "Yuan Ying is just a child, although she is too eager, she will not do anything. Mother, you don't have to worry too much, it's true to take care of your illness. ”

Concubine Guo Hui sighed lightly: "Sister-in-law, you don't understand what I mean, I mean to ......"

At this time, Li Weiyang had already stopped her: "Concubine Hui, your health is not good, you still don't need to say more, you mean Jia'er understands!" ”

Tears flashed in Concubine Guo Hui's eyes, and then she smiled lightly: "Jia'er, I'm really happy for my sister-in-law, she has spent so many years looking for her daughter, and now she has finally found you, and you can stay with your family forever, what a happy thing, unlike me who was locked in this golden wire cage, dying and aging day after day, and now I am just waiting for death." ”

Li Weiyang gently stepped forward and shook Guo Huifei's cold hand, she smiled and said, "Niangniang, no matter where you are, you are a family with us." ”

Concubine Guo Hui gently pressed her cheek to Li Weiyang's hand.

Li Weiyang felt the hot tears fall on the back of her hand one by one, because Concubine Guo Hui turned her face sideways and did not let Mrs. Guo see it, so only Li Weiyang felt the pain in the other party's heart.

Now no one is more bitter than Concubine Hui's heart, right? She knew that her son was ambitious and wanted to use the Qi Mansion to ascend to the throne, but she couldn't do anything. Back then, she resolutely gave up her lover to enter the palace for the sake of her family. And now, between her family and her own son, she is struggling to find a balance.

The world has the law of both, but I'm afraid that she will be empty after all.

Li Weiyang sighed lightly, Yuan Ying, Yuan Ying, you can see your mother's heart, she is here to protect you and seek a guarantee for your future.

Three days later, Leng Lian was imprisoned, and Li Weiyang felt the need to see her again. Maybe there isn't much affection between her and Leng Lian, but after all, it's all from the Great Calendar, and she always wants to ask for clarification about some words. Because of the gold medal left by Yuan Lie, coupled with the efforts of the Qi State Mansion, it is not difficult to enter the heavenly prison, but there are always some people to avoid. It was late at night that Li Weiyang saw Leng Lian. In the narrow prison, Leng Lian just moved, the iron shackles made a sound, and there was a mockery on that beautiful face.

"Li Weiyang, are you here to see me on my way?" She reverted to her old name.

Li Weiyang ordered the jailer to open the door and stepped into the cell, she smiled slightly when she heard this: "Leng Lian, you should always know that this time you will definitely die." ”

Leng Lian smiled in a low voice: "Since I have been imprisoned, I also think of death, but I didn't expect you to come to visit my old friend tonight." ”

Compared with Leng Lian's mocking eyes, Li Weiyang was very calm: "We have known each other for many years, I know that you are not afraid of death, but I didn't expect this day to come ......so quickly" Without waiting for Leng Lian to speak, Li Weiyang continued: "It doesn't matter if you die, what about Tuoba Xu?" What are you going to do with him? ”

Leng Lian was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.

Li Weiyang observed his words and said coldly: "It's in vain that you are a mother, don't you know the way to be a mother?" Now that you are in prison, if the emperor really kills you, you will certainly die, what should Tuoba Xu do? Now that he is no longer the prince of Dali, he is just a fugitive who has been hunted down, how old is he, do you want him to live a life of exile? I know you left him in the farmer's household, but what obligation do people have to raise your children for no reason? Leng Lian, you really didn't think about your biological son? ”

Leng Lian still said stiffly: "I am a woman who is greedy for wealth and nobility, and I will only think about myself, if I was willing to think about him at that time, why should I leave him in the farmhouse and ignore him." Li Weiyang, don't think that this can arouse my heart, no matter what you say, it's useless! ”

Li Weiyang looked at her coldly and smiled: "Really? In fact, I've been wondering, who is the master behind you? ”

Hearing Li Weiyang say this, Leng Lian couldn't help frowning: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Li Weiyang's expression was calm: "Since you came to Yuexi, I have been thinking about this problem over and over again, Tuoba Yu refuses to take you in, and you can't stay in the palace, but with this beautiful face, you can survive anywhere, why did you come all the way to Yuexi?" Is it just because of the threat that Ying Chu is to you, no, it can't be. ”

Leng Lian said in a cold voice: "Because I want to find a good future for myself, because I don't want to die so lonely, and because I feel that I am born with a precious life, and I must not waste my life without any achievements, otherwise wouldn't I live up to this beautiful face?" She said this, and there was endless sarcasm in her voice.

Li Weiyang chuckled, and in this silent night, her laughter was exceptionally clear, with a power that shook her heart.

Leng Lian was uneasy by her laughter: "Li Weiyang, what is your purpose?" Now in this situation, you can completely ignore me, after all, I am a spy of the Great Calendar. No matter what I say, no one will believe it lightly. You don't have to worry about me framing you because I don't have proof, do you? What the hell are you going to do here! ”

Li Weiyang's gaze fell on Leng Lian, and his tone was very peaceful, not affected by the other party at all: "Leng Lian, I just want to know who you came to Yuexi for?" ”

Seeing that Li Weiyang had always asked this question, Leng Lian couldn't help but say impatiently: "Li Weiyang, I have already said that the person who instructed me is Ying Chu, what are you suspecting?!" I, a dying man, have to deceive you! ”

Li Weiyang shook his head, looked at Leng Lian and said, "You approached the prince, was it your own idea or was someone else deliberately provoking it?" ”

Leng Lian was stunned: "You didn't let me get close to the prince, how could you ask such a ridiculous question?" ”

Li Weiyang sighed softly: "Yes, originally I thought that a qiē was my arrangement, from your entry into Yuexi to the time I used you to get close to the prince, this qiē is obviously so smooth, so smooth that I can't believe it." I thought it would take some effort to get you close to the prince, but I didn't expect you to willingly let me help you do it...... Should you call you stupid or me too smooth? ”

Leng Lian said sarcastically: "You are born with a love of vanity and greed for power, plus the prince was born young and handsome, and he is in a high position, I admire him, what is wrong with wanting to climb the high branches through him?" ”

Li Weiyang said lightly: "Indeed, this is also my original idea, but now I don't see it that way." ”

Leng Lian knew how cunning and suspicious the woman on the other side was, so she couldn't help frowning and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Li Weiyang's voice was very calm: "The most important thing is that you obviously have a chance to escape, and you just walked away, why were you still caught by King Jing?" ”

Leng Lian was shocked, lowered her head and said nothing.

Li Weiyang vaguely affirmed the speculation in his heart, and said: "Originally, I thought you were a pawn of Empress Pei, but if you think about it, no matter how insidious and vicious Empress Pei is, she will not harm her son, so your real master will definitely not be Empress Pei." If there is a grudge against the crown prince, King Jing is also very suspicious, but I don't think he did this either, otherwise he could have taken the opportunity to do it, why wait until now? After thinking about it, I couldn't guess who this person was, but tonight I suddenly understood. ”

Leng Lian raised her head suddenly, with a faint hint of apprehension and uneasiness in her eyes.

Li Weiyang smiled: "Your real master is Ying Chu, you have already colluded, as for what you said about being coerced by him and the like, it is all a lie, just to win my trust." ”

Leng Lian looked at the other party in shock, and said in a lost voice: "What nonsense are you talking about, it was Ying Chu who forced me to enter Yuexi, and he forced me to have no way out, how can I be loyal to him?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled faintly and said: "Yes, I can't believe such an unbelievable thing, but this is the truth." ”

Leng Lian finally stabilized her mind and sneered: "I think you are really crazy, Ying Chu is the person next to Empress Pei, why did he frame the prince, doesn't this make sense?" ”

Li Weiyang shook his head and said: "After coming to Yuexi, I encountered many unbelievable things, and I also met many people who couldn't understand it. Ying Chu is the object I can't understand the most, he is obviously loyal to Queen Pei, but he seems to have been secretly testing her, he should assist the prince, but he always dismantles his platform, what do you say he is thinking? ”

Leng Lian stopped talking, her beautiful eyes glowing faintly in the silent dungeon. She didn't dare to say another word, because Li Weiyang was just using her words to confirm the guess in her heart step by step.

Li Weiyang smiled: "Actually, if you don't say it, I understand everything." It's just that when did you and Ying Chu start colluding, after you entered Yuexi, or when you were far away in the Great Calendar? ”

Leng Lian finally couldn't help but say, "Li Weiyang, don't you think your imagination is too rich?" The prince may hate Ying Chu, but Ying Chu is not so stupid, he has never done anything to plot against the prince and anger Empress Pei! ”

Li Weiyang sighed lightly: "No, he has a reason, because he sees that although Empress Pei is ruthless, he always cares about the prince very much, so he wants to get rid of the prince, just because he can't tolerate that there are others who are more important than him in Empress Pei's heart." Now the crown prince, there may be another person in the future......" She paused lightly here, staring at Leng Lian's expression, but saw that the other party's beautiful face had become as pale as paper. "I guess Ying Chu must have promised you, no matter what means King Jing uses, and whether His Majesty wants to kill you or not, he has a way to steal the beam and change the pillar to let you escape, right?"

Leng Lian didn't expect Li Weiyang to even guess the other party's assurance. Her teeth chattered as she spoke: "You, what else do you know?" ”

Li Weiyang's eyes looked around in this silent prison, and finally fell on Leng Lian's face, she said quietly: "At the beginning, when you entered Yuexi, I thought you were coming for me. In fact, this is not wrong, but later Ying Chu seems to have changed his plan, he sent you to the prince through my hand, and sought the prince's trust step by step, now you are the prince's concubine, and what is even more strange is that he did not hesitate to make the prince and Empress Pei believe that you are only related to me Li Weiyang, and have nothing to do with him Ying Chu, just to hide people's eyes. In other words, he even took advantage of me. ”

Leng Lian's voice couldn't stop trembling, and even her body began to tremble uneasily: "What evidence do you have!" ”

Seeing that the other party was obsessed, Li Weiyang sighed softly: "Sometimes these things don't need evidence...... In fact, there were many mysteries that I couldn't solve before I came, but now they are all understood. Leng Lian, Ying Chu is a smart person, and he is the smartest person I have met so far, but it's a pity that this smart person is too infatuated, it is simply to the point of madness, he does not hesitate to sacrifice himself in order to test Empress Pei, and he does not hesitate to use all the people in the world in order to get rid of the prince, and why do you help him? ”

Leng Lian knew that Yi Qiē couldn't hide it, so she sneered and said, "Because Ying Chu promised me one thing." ”

Li Weiyang turned his eyes to her and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Leng Lian said word by word: "He promised to restore the country for me." ”

When Li Weiyang heard these two words, he only felt ridiculous: "Restore the country? ”

Leng Lian nodded, but her expression was extremely solemn: "Yes, return to the country." He promised me that when he took power, he would take back the throne for me and support me as empress. When the time comes, I will be the lord of a country, and I will no longer have to look up to others, let alone grovel to others! ”

Li Weiyang's heart shook violently, and he stared at Leng Lian for a long time without speaking. No wonder the other party didn't think about the consequences of being exposed by the prince, it turned out that the temptation was so great.

Leng Lian laughed: "Li Weiyang, you must not have imagined that I still have such ambitions, right?" As early as the beginning of entering the court of the Great Calendar, I had this dream that one day I would return to the country. ”

Li Weiyang looked at the other party quietly and said, "Do you really believe in Ying Chu?" He's just using you. ”

Leng Lian smiled faintly: "Although my homeland has been destroyed, but now the three kingdoms of Yuexi, Da Zhou, and Da Li have different intentions, the war is raging, and the people's hearts have dispersed. ”

Li Weiyang understood that it was also a part of winning Chu to provoke disputes between the three countries, and Leng Lian took this as a proof that the other party fulfilled his promise to her.

Leng Lian said word for word: "Over the years, I have been humiliated and humiliated, and I have been lying on my salary all the time, I can't forget the noble blood flowing in my body, and I can't forget how my parents and royal sisters died tragically." From the Great Calendar to Yuexi to the Prince's Mansion, I know that one day the movement of the restoration of the country will begin to play! Li Weiyang, I have no conflict with you in doing this, and even after I become the empress, I can help you in turn, so you should not know! ”

Li Weiyang looked at each other quietly, but suddenly laughed.

Leng Lian couldn't help frowning: "Are you laughing at me for being delusional?" ”

Li Weiyang shook his head lightly: "No, it's always good for people to have dreams, I have my position, you also have your position, standing in different places with each other, and the scenery they see is naturally different, but you believe in Ying Chu, but I don't believe in him." He is not a person who keeps his promises, and he may abandon you anytime and anywhere, just like now that you deliberately fell into the hands of King Jing, it is just that Ying Chu wants to get rid of the crown prince by the hand of King Jing, isn't it? After the deed is done, will Ying Chu let you go? ”

Leng Lian's heart was shocked, but she smiled on her face, and said firmly: "No, no, Ying Chu will not betray me, because I have what he wants here." ”

Li Weiyang raised his eyebrows, but he was a little surprised: "What makes you so confident?" ”

Leng Lian's eyes lit up: "Back then, my father and emperor once left a treasure, as long as Ying Chu supported me to return to my homeland and let me ascend the throne, I would take out this treasure to share it with him equally." At that time, he will be able to use enough financial and material resources to get the person he really wants. ”

Li Weiyang's eyes narrowed slightly, she didn't expect that there would be such an agreement between Ying Chu and Leng Lian, her mind turned sharply, but in the end, she sighed and said: "Since you have such high ambitions, I can't reverse your thoughts, it's just okay, good or bad are up to you, for the sake of you and me, I just hope you can achieve your wish as soon as possible." With that, she had already turned and walked out.

Leng Lian suddenly said coldly: "Li Weiyang, don't you believe that I will succeed?" I will definitely succeed, I will prove to you, I will succeed! ”

Li Weiyang's footsteps stopped, and it took a long time before she turned around, looked at Leng Lian calmly and said, "Then I will wish you all the best in advance here." As she spoke, she smiled softly and walked away.

Leng Lian clenched her palms angrily, she knew that Li Weiyang didn't believe in herself, and although the other party had a smile in her eyes, she had contempt in her eyes. Why did Li Weiyang have so many people by her side, and she tried her best to get to the emperor of the calendar, and the old man died uselessly. Then she chose Tuoba Yu, and the other party only had Li Weiyang in her heart, so she had to form an alliance with Ying Chu, hoping to use the other party's strength to help her climb to the peak. Li Weiyang said that she didn't know that Ying Chu was a two-faced and capricious villain, but Leng Lian had no choice, she had to trust him, because this was the only chance, and she had to gamble!

In the afternoon, Li Weiyang sat in the study with nothing to do, holding Minzhi in his arms and teaching him to read.

Min Zhi bit his lip, turned the page a little impatiently, glanced at Li Weiyang quickly, and whispered: "Sister, what's the use of reading this book?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled and said, "What, doesn't Minzhi like this book?" ”

Li Minzhi blinked his eyes and said, "Minzhi doesn't like such articles, Minzhi likes things that have something to say." ”

Li Weiyang raised his eyebrows: "Oh? For example......"

Min Zhi thought about it and said solemnly: "For example, those travelogues in the fifth brother's room, Min Zhi likes them very much. ”

Director Guo is free and uninhibited by nature, he hates moral articles the most, and there are a lot of mountain and river notes in the study, Li Weiyang twisted his brows, and said with some surprise: "Do you like those landscape travelogues?" ”

Minzhi nodded, but heard Li Weiyang sigh. Minzhi was a little nervous and said, "Sister, did I do something wrong?" ”

Li Weiyang touched his head and said softly, "You didn't do anything wrong. ”

Min Zhi frowned a little in distress and said, "Did I disappoint my sister?" The fourth brother said the same about me. ”

Guo Dun? Li Weiyang smiled: "What did the fourth brother say about you?" ”

Min Zhi hesitated for a moment before saying: "The fourth brother said that I am a general, and I should also have a bit of heroism, so he wants to teach me to use a sword." ”

This is really what the heroic Guo Dun would say, Li Weiyang's voice was soft: "What does Minzhi think, does he want to be a prime minister or a general in the future?" ”

Although Min Zhi is young, he is very sensible, and said in a milky voice: "Min Zhi doesn't like it...... But this doesn't work, everyone says that I am my sister's younger brother, and I can't let you down, so let me read and practice calligraphy well, and I also have to practice martial arts. ”

Li Weiyang smiled and pinched his white and tender face before saying: "Minzhi, although you are still young, there are some things that my sister wants you to know, life is your own, you can live how you are happy, you don't need to be both civil and military, and you don't need to learn to be rich and rich. If a person is bound by glory and wealth and the eyes of others all his life, will he feel happy? ”

Toshiyuki said in surprise: "Really? Then I don't have to read books to learn calligraphy, and I don't have to practice arrows and draw bows? ”

Li Weiyang sank his face and said, "That's not it, you're a boy after all." Do you want to become an illiterate and worthless person? My sister just told you that learning literature is to make people open-minded, and learning martial arts is to strengthen the body, and I don't ask you to fight for any fame, nor do I ask you to grab any wealth, but I didn't say that you are lazy! ”

Min Zhi scratched his head, and after a while, he said seriously like an adult: "Since my sister said so, then I must practice martial arts and practice calligraphy." ”

Li Weiyang smiled, and was about to say something, but suddenly heard Zhao Yue come in and say, "Miss, Leng Lian is dead." It is said that she broke the porcelain bowl for delivering rice, and stabbed her throat with the broken tip, leaving blood on the ground before she died. ”

Li Weiyang smiled: "What you said is true, are you sure it's Leng Lian herself and not a stand-in?" ”

Zhao Yue nodded: "Miss, if you are not sure of the news, how can the slave maid use it to sue you, the slave maid has confirmed it, it is Leng Lian herself." ”

Li Weiyang put down Minzhi, patted his head lightly and said, "Minzhi, go find your mother, I have something to say to Sister Zhao Yue." With that, she pushed the snack tray on the table to him.

Toshizhi happily stuck to a piece of bee candy cake, and ran out on his calves.

Li Weiyang looked at his background and was silent for a while before turning around and said, "When did it happen?" ”

Leng Lian said in a low voice: "Not long after the young lady left. ”

Li Weiyang slowly muttered, "No, it's impossible. Leng Lian will never commit suicide. ”

Hearing Li Weiyang say this, Zhao Yue was a little puzzled and said: "Why is Miss so sure, she is in a very dangerous situation now, why can't she kill herself if she is forced to the extreme?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled: "Didn't you hear what Leng Lian said that night?" She was hoping to become the empress above 10,000 people after recovering the country, how could she kill herself inexplicably? If it is said to be a fraudulent death, this is not possible, after all, the criminal department is to conduct an autopsy. ”

Zhao Yue thought about it carefully and felt that this matter was strange, she went with Li Weiyang that day, and she still remembered the other party's implicit excitement. She tentatively guessed: "Miss, could it be that someone deliberately wants to use this matter as a lever to frame Miss?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled lightly: "What's the use of framing me?" When she said this, a voice suddenly came from the door: "Guo Jia! ”

Li Weiyang turned his head, but saw King Jing standing at the door of the study angrily, the maidservant next to him tried to stop but was pushed away by him, he strode in, and said angrily: "Jia'er, why did you kill Leng Lian?" ”

Li Weiyang's eyes turned cold: "His Royal Highness King Jing!" Broke in without notice, do you think this is the Jingwang Mansion? ”

Seeing her like this, King Jing couldn't help but become more and more annoyed: "Why are you doing this? ”

Li Weiyang didn't explain, but was disgusted that he was so domineering: "His Royal Highness King Jing, what reason do I have to explain to you?" ”

King Jing was so angry that he gritted his teeth, he couldn't wait to come forward to wake up the person in front of him, but he couldn't help it, he couldn't help it: "You know that I want to use Leng Lian to deal with the crown prince, even if you hate Leng Lian for betraying you, you shouldn't force her to kill herself at this moment, you are ruining my whole plan!" Why are you doing this? Is it just to oppose me? ”

This man is simply unreasonable! What does Leng Lian's death have to do with her? Li Weiyang's expression slowly became cold, and he stared at him and said, "If I didn't force Leng Lian to commit suicide, do you believe it?" ”

King Jing's breath stagnated, and he stared at Li Weiyang for a long time without speaking. As early as the first time he saw this cousin, he subverted the memory of Guo Jia in his heart. In his imagination, his cousin should be as gentle and generous, kind and dignified as Mrs. Guo, and he is also his future fiancée of King Jing, but Guo Jia, who he never imagined, was completely different from what he thought. Yes, she is also beautiful and delicate, but her heart is like a cold stone, and she can't cover it hot. No matter how much he flatters and admires, the other party is indifferent. He still remembers how shocked and angry he was when he first saw Li Weiyang and Xu Wang Yuanlie together. He just wanted to know why Li Weiyang would choose Yuan Yeol and abandon him! At this time, he forced himself to calm down, looked into Li Weiyang's eyes and said, "Jia'er, I want to believe you." But since yesterday, only you have secretly entered the prison and seen Leng Lian, how can you tell me to believe you! ”

Li Weiyang didn't hide it, but just asked: "If I really want to kill her, how can I wait until you catch her first?" It's already ready to do it, isn't it? ”

King Jing was stunned for a moment, he had always been calm and self-controlled, it could almost be said that Taishan collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, but at this moment, his face changed greatly: "What do you mean...... You didn't ruin my plans? ”

Li Weiyang sneered: "Dare to ask, why should I sabotage your plan?" Isn't it also my wish for you to deal with the crown prince? Even if I really want Leng Lian to die, why don't I just wait until she finishes testifying against the prince, I have to rush at this time, am I crazy? ”

King Jing stared at her, and the conjecture in his heart couldn't help but flow out: "Because you hate me, don't you?" Although you have not admitted it, from the first time you saw me, you disliked me very much, and I really wanted to ask, why? ”

Li Weiyang silently looked at Jingwang Yuanying, yes, why didn't she like Yuanying, from the first time she saw this man, there was a faint sense of disgust in her heart, although she carefully concealed this and tried to be as indifferent as possible, but she still had no way to have the slightest good impression of this person.

Now that the other party suddenly asked her, she was surprised that Jingwang Yuanying was somewhat similar to someone back then. Yes, they are all the same ambitious, cautious, desperately fighting for the dragon chair, desperately trying to hide their true predatory nature, obviously a beast with fangs, but pretending to be as kind and gentle as a deer, unscrupulously trampling all the people who can be used under their feet, without mercy, which makes her really have no way to have a good impression of Jingwang Yuanying. But she didn't expect the other party to be able to detect this...... Li Weiyang had a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, but there was a faint detachment between his eyebrows: "King Jing is too worried, in my heart, you are just a cousin, there is no likes or dislikes at all." ”

King Jing's voice was like Xuan Bing in a cold cellar: "You lie, you hate me!" So, you've been trying to sabotage my plans, and if not, why would you say that to my mother? ”

Li Weiyang's eyebrows jumped, and he raised his eyes to look at King Jing and said, "You have always had eyeliner by Concubine Hui's side?" ”

The crimson anger burned from his eyes little by little, and King Jing sneered: "That's not called eyeliner, it's just to protect the safety of the concubine!" ”

Spying on his biological mother, he did it for granted and had a clear conscience, but he unknowingly exposed his ambition and ruthlessness. Li Weiyang shook his head and said, "You have to be suspicious of even your own biological mother, why should a person like you let others help you and trust you?" ”

King Jing lowered his eyes slightly, looked at her coldly, and said slowly, word by word: "I have already said it, it is just to protect the concubine, don't be alarmist." ”

Li Weiyang smiled lightly: "It's so high-sounding, you're just worried that Concubine Hui will ignore your son for the benefit of the Guo family, aren't you?" ”

King Jing seemed to be outpouring great anger all of a sudden, in order to restrain himself from losing his temper on the spot, he turned around anxiously and walked two steps in the room, and suddenly turned his head and stared at Li Weiyang and said, "Yes, so what?" She once did not hesitate to give up her lover for the sake of the family, and whether she would give up my biological son for the sake of the family at the critical moment is unknown, I just took precautions. ”

A sneering sneer hung on the corner of Li Weiyang's mouth: "So, even my biological mother doesn't believe it, what qualifications does a person like you have to ask me to like you and respect you?" It's a fantasy! ”

King Jing only felt that the blood in his body began to roar angrily because of this sentence, scurrying in the meridians, as if it was about to rush out, he swept his long sleeves, and angrily smashed a vase on the table to the ground, and the ground was red.

Complicated thoughts passed through his heart, but Li Weiyang's tone was very calm: "Your Royal Highness King Jing, you have been carefully hiding yourself, why are you exposed in front of me?" ”

King Jing's eyes were hidden in the depths of a cold light like a sword and blood: "Because I want you to know what the real me is like." ”

Li Weiyang lowered his eyes and smiled slightly: "Whether you are true or not, and whether you are sincere to me or not, I don't care." ”

King Jing sneered, but there was a hint of madness in his smile: "Why? Is Wonyeol better than me there? So much so that you didn't even look at me for him! ”

Li Weiyang looked at Jing Wang Yuanying, why is this person in front of him so obsessed with himself? From beginning to end, she didn't even give him a smile, she was always so alienated and indifferent, is this how people make cheap, the more you can't get something, the more you want it?

King Jing took a deep breath and slowly sorted out his mood, still with his usual smile: "I know how you treated Tuoba Jade in the past, but you must know that I am completely different from him, I am not as cowardly as him, nor am I as incompetent as him. I only know that a qiē will be mine after all, including the throne and you! ”

Li Weiyang looked into the other party's eyes, Jing Wang Yuanying has never stopped thinking about her, he is just patient, constantly suppressing, and on the day it erupts, this scorching flame is afraid that everyone will be burned to ashes.

Thinking of this, Li Weiyang looked at each other expressionlessly, there was a dark tide turbulent atmosphere between the two, which seemed to be about to erupt, but at this time, he heard a loud laugh from outside: "The sun is so good outside today, you two don't go out for a walk, what are you talking about here?" ”

Li Weiyang turned his head, and Director Guo was standing at the door, still with that deep smile on his face, but his brows had been slightly locked, obviously hearing the conversation just now. But his appearance broke the stiff atmosphere between Li Weiyang and Jingwang Yuanying in time.

Director Guo tried his best to show as usual, smiling casually: "Yuan Ying, I was looking for you everywhere just now, and my grandmother was about to summon you to talk about why she ran away." ”

Yuan Ying didn't smile, his eyes became more gloomy, and his sharp gaze shot straight at Director Guo. After all, a smile slowly appeared on King Jing's face, but his tone was colder than usual: "It's nothing, I'm just here to say a few words to Jia'er." ”

Director Guo smiled and said, "Okay, you don't have to explain more, grandmother is still waiting for you, go quickly." ”

Hearing Director Guo say this, King Jing turned around and glanced at Li Weiyang deeply. Immediately, he smiled modestly like a mask, and turned away.

Director Guo glanced at the other party's back, then turned his head to look at the broken vase on the ground, and his smile slowly sank: "Jia'er, what's going on?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled and said with a calm expression: "His Royal Highness King Jing thinks that I killed Leng Lian. ”

Director Guo frowned: "How is this possible, is he crazy?" Why did you kill Leng Lian? ”

Li Weiyang shook his head: "Maybe someone deliberately misled King Jing, hoping that he thinks that I am working against him, or maybe it's just a coincidence, who knows?" She said this, but there was a bit of self-deprecation in her expression.

Director Guo became more and more puzzled, he looked at Li Weiyang and said, "Are you saying that someone is deliberately provoking the relationship between the Duke of Qi and King Jing?" ”

Li Weiyang sighed, stood up and said, "Actually, as early as the beginning of my refusal to marry, King Jing no longer trusts the Duke of Qi, doesn't he?" ”

Guo Dao's face was embarrassed, and he hesitated for a long time before saying: "Jia'er, you just need to do things according to your own heart, and you don't have to think about anything else." ”

A smile spread across Li Weiyang's face: "As the daughter of the Duke of Qi, I should have shared my parents' worries. It's just that King Jing is really not worth entrusting for life. He's too much hidden...... So much so that you can't see through his true face after being with him for so many years. If he hadn't revealed the tip of the iceberg this time, I was afraid that all of us would have to be hidden from him, and I don't know when this person would be stabbed in the back, it would have really become a big joke. ”

Director Guo's eyes seemed to hide a faint edge: "That's right, I do think Yuan Ying is getting stranger and stranger now, he doesn't look like the good friend I knew before." ”

Li Weiyang still remembers the warmth she felt when she first met Yuan Ying and the Guo family, and now this warmth no longer exists. Yuan Ying used the Qi State Mansion at any cost, using Li Weiyang, and when he couldn't do this, he put everyone on the opposite side. Li Weiyang thought for a while before he spoke: "Fifth brother, I want to let the prince go." ”

Hearing Li Weiyang say such a thing, Director Guo was completely shocked: "What did you say? Let the prince go, do you know what you're talking about? ”

Li Weiyang approached him: "I naturally know what I said. If the crown prince falls now, who will benefit? ”

At such a close distance, he could even see her slightly fluttering eyelashes, lining the tranquility on her beautiful face, Director Guo was stunned, and hurriedly turned sideways slightly: "Are you worried that King Jing will take the opportunity to make a big fuss about this matter?" ”

Li Weiyang sighed lightly: "In the past, I didn't take this person seriously, but now I think he is really a tricky person, maybe the tricky Cheng Dù is far better than the prince." ”

Director Guo hesitated: "Let go of the prince, what about Empress Pei?" Isn't that a chance to turn her around? ”

The smile in Li Weiyang's eyes seemed to have increased: "Releasing the prince doesn't mean releasing Empress Pei, the two of them are not one, have you forgotten?" ”

When Director Guo heard this, he felt more and more confused, but he didn't refute Li Weiyang, because he knew that the other party's every move was justified. He just said worriedly, "I don't know what kind of thing King Jing will do?" ”

Li Weiyang turned his head to look at the spring flowers blooming in the yard, and just said lightly: "I don't know, I hope he can wake up in time." ”

For some reason, Director Guo's heart seemed to fall gently the moment he heard her answer.

When Director Guo and Li Weiyang came to the hall, Princess Chen Liu was holding King Jing's hand and asked him with a smile: "Has the princess been decided?" ”

King Jing just smiled slightly: "Grandmother asks this question every time, you are in such a hurry, it is better to marry Jia'er to me." ”

Princess Chen Liu was stunned for a moment, then she looked at Li Weiyang and smiled: "Jia'er can't do it, she has been promised to His Royal Highness King Xu, you better choose another." It's a pity that your aunt didn't give birth to another daughter, if the guide is also a girl, she must be very beautiful, I will marry him to you! ”

When Director Guo heard this, the sip of tea he had just taken almost squirted out: "Grandmother, you like Yuanying, you can't make me happy like this!" ”

Obviously, Princess Chen Liu was deliberately interrupting, and Director Guo's cooperation seemed to add three points of laughter, but Jiang was a little uneasy when he stood aside. Although she was only a woman in the house, even she sensed a trace of unease flowing in this hall. Everyone was smiling, but the smiles on their faces seemed to hide unease.

Jiang glanced at King Jing with some apprehension, feeling that the other party was different from usual, he seemed to always be warm and warm, and his smile was kind, but under this warmth, someone was glimpsed a trace of murder.

Mrs. Guo looked at Li Weiyang, but said with a smile: "With the victory ahead, His Royal Highness King Xu should be returning to Beijing soon, right?" Our family's marriage should also be prepared as soon as possible. These words are clearly for King Jing.

Yuan Ying had a smile on his face, raised his eyes slightly, and the meaning that flashed in his eyes was beyond comprehension, and it seemed that he was not affected at all.

Mrs. Guo breathed a sigh of relief, she was also worried that King Jing would be displeased on the spot, in that case, she would really have to be a little careful. But Mrs. Guo rest assured, Princess Chen Liu obviously didn't think so, she had a deeper understanding of King Jing, and just smiled at the moment: "His Royal Highness King Xu shouldn't have returned to Beijing so soon, why are you so anxious to marry Jia'er so soon, aren't you distressed?" ”

Mrs. Guo smiled gently: "As long as Jia'er is happy, what good do I feel sorry for." After speaking, she turned her head to King Jing and said, "Speaking of which, I have a ready-made candidate for the princess to recommend to you." ”

King Jing's eyes flickered slightly, but in the end, he just said slowly: "Which family is my aunt talking about?" ”

Mrs. Guo observed her words and smiled: "The daughter of the Wang family, doesn't King Jing know each other?" ”

Li Weiyang's heart sank slightly, the prince has been running Guo Mansion very diligently in the recent period, and everyone knows that now Wang Zijin and Guo Jia, the eldest lady of the Qi State Mansion, have become friends. Because of this, Wang Zijin and Mrs. Guo also had a lot of contacts. Wang Zijin has an easy-going temperament, beautiful appearance and noble birth. When I first met, I still boasted of being three points clear, but now I am more and more peaceful and approachable, so people like it when they see it, so Mrs. Guo will recommend Wang Zijin to King Jing.

Li Weiyang subconsciously looked at Director Guo, but saw him bowing his head and drinking tea, quietly thinking about his thoughts, and he didn't know how to feel about this matter. Li Weiyang sighed lightly, Mother, mother, you are really careless, can't you see that Wang Zijin likes the fifth brother?

King Jing was stunned for a moment, put down the tea cup in his hand, and his voice was neither cold nor hot: "Miss Wang is indeed a famous lady, but it's a pity that I have a heart and am not suitable to marry her as a princess." ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Guo was stunned, and her eyes flashed with uneasiness: "In this way, I have a lot of trouble, and His Royal Highness's marriage should always be decided by His Majesty and Niangniang." When she said this, her face was a little sneering.

Li Weiyang smiled and said: "Mother, you are just a good intention, but His Royal Highness King Jing's vision is too high, I don't know whose woman will have such good luck to be my cousin-in-law in the future." Li Weiyang turned a thousand pounds in two and threw the ball thrown by King Jing again.

King Jing's face sank slightly, and he said in his heart: Guo Jia, don't you really understand? The reason why I rejected Wang Zijin is not because of you, do you really think that I will watch you marry Xuwang Yuanlie? But he just suppressed these thoughts in his heart, without revealing the slightest, his face was still calm and clear, but the smile was deeper.

Mrs. Guo sighed lightly: "Miss Wang is a good girl, and it is a pity that His Royal Highness King Jing can't even look down on her." ”

Director Guo said: "Mother, don't be a matchmaker for others all the time. Is Miss Wang happy to talk about it? ”

For a while, everyone raised their heads and looked at Director Guo with strange expressions. Director Guo was stunned: "What are you looking at me like this?" ”

Mrs. Guo narrowed her eyes and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Miss Wang seems to often drink tea and talk with you, can it be said that you are also ...... to her?"

Director Guo didn't wait for Mrs. Guo to finish speaking, stood up suddenly, waved his hand again and again, and said: "You can spare me, mother, Miss Wang, where can I have a good life when Miss Jin Gui marries back." Don't, don't, rather die! As he spoke, as if he was afraid that Mrs. Guo would force someone into him, he turned around and left quickly.

Mrs. Guo was stunned, turned her head to Princess Chen Liu, and said, "This child, what's wrong?" ”

Li Weiyang shook his head, fortunately, Wang Zijin is not here today, King Jing doesn't want her, and Director Guo avoids her like a snake and scorpion, and according to the other party's sex, she can't be angry half to death.

Mrs. Guo regretted: "Miss Wang is a good girl, I really have the heart to let her be my daughter-in-law." ”

Li Weiyang smiled: "If you have a fate, you will have this opportunity, if you don't have a fate, you don't have to force it, mother." ”

Mrs. Guo nodded, but heard King Jing laugh and said, "Jia'er is right, if you are destined, you will naturally come together in the future, no matter how you resist, the ending will be the same." ”

Li Weiyang stared at King Jing, his words seemed to mean something, but King Jing just looked at her calmly, with a good demeanor, Li Weiyang just smiled faintly after all: "Grandmother, mother, I'm going back to study, King Jing will accompany me." With that, she stood up and turned to leave.

In the spring of the thirty-second year of Emperor Xiaoming of Yuexi, a long white star suddenly appeared in the northwest sky, it dragged its long tail like a comet star and slowly crossed the sky, it was daytime, everyone saw this scene clearly, this abnormal omen made the Chinese military officials and ordinary people everyone full of panic. Yuexi had just escaped natural disasters, and then encountered man-made disasters, and although the successive wars won a short victory, no one knew what would happen next. Just when everyone thought that every Qiē would be a negative event, but now they suddenly encountered an abnormal celestial phenomenon, and the whole country fell into an uneasy atmosphere.

The Emperor urgently summoned Qin Tianjian and all the civil and military ministers to discuss together. The King of Qintianjian said: "Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for being rude, but the ministers are in the Qintianjian and should remind your majesty." There is a vision in heaven...... It is to show that His Majesty is immoral. ”

The emperor's face was ugly, and the understanding of abnormal celestial phenomena in all dynasties and dynasties was that the emperor was unethical, even if he wanted to cut off this guy's head, he couldn't refute this. The emperor said coldly: "According to the will of Lord Wang, do you want to make an edict against yourself?" ”

Lord Wang lowered his head and said, "Wechen doesn't dare, Wechen just said......"

The emperor cut off angrily: "Okay, you don't know anything at all, and what do you say about observing the celestial statues, you just don't know what to say!" ”

Lord Wang hung his head deeply, and he became more and more frightened. In fact, whenever such a strange celestial phenomenon was encountered in the past, everyone would explain it like this, it was not that the emperor was immoral, why did God warn him? But he didn't dare to say these words in front of the emperor. Let him make an edict for his own crimes, it is better to directly wipe his neck and apologize faster. I'm afraid that now the emperor will feel that someone else has made a mistake, and God will be angry with the monarch.

Sure enough, I heard the emperor say in a cold tone: "Do you have any other opinions, do you all think that this matter is my fault?" ”

The courtiers said: "Your Majesty and the queen are blessed like mountains and seas, and the virtue is profound, so the war will be won again and again, this is God wants to save tens of millions of people in my court, how can Your Majesty be immoral!" Definitely not! ”

The emperor sneered and said, "Oh? Don't you think it's a loss of morality? ”

At this time, Ying Chu suddenly stood up, and he said loudly: "Weichen watched the sky at night and did find something strange. However, His Majesty has both cultural and martial arts, both talent and virtue, and the whole country admires him. Therefore, God's warning must have nothing to do with His Majesty's virtue. ”

The emperor stared at him coldly with a pair of dark eyes and said, "It has nothing to do with me, so who does it have to do with it?" ”

Ying Chu said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Prince." His Royal Highness was imprisoned by His Majesty before, because His Highness was immoral, but now it seems that God is clearly warning His Majesty and everyone that His Highness is definitely innocent of suffering, if not...... There would be no such strange celestial phenomena. ”

The emperor's eyes suddenly had a subtle mockery, and he glanced at Pei Hou, and Pei Hou looked at his nose and nose, and looked like he didn't care. The emperor couldn't help but sneer: "So, do you think I made a mistake?" ”

Ying Chu's eyebrows did not move: "Weichen does not dare to discuss His Majesty's decision, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed wronged." God has already given a warning, if His Majesty still insists on going his own way, I am afraid that it will affect thousands of people. ”

The emperor's smile became colder and colder: "Ridiculous! Two things are not related, how can they be involved! It is clear that the prince is unethical, but the evidence is conclusive, but I can't deal with him, according to what you say, I should release the prince immediately? ”

Ying Chu raised his head and stared at the emperor, his eyes were bloodshot, according to the rules in the palace, he looked at the emperor directly like this is against the law of the people, and it seems extremely bold. The emperor was slightly surprised, only to hear Ying Chu's voice was gentle, and his tone was resolute: "The warning is definitely not alarmist, please don't forget that there were also emperors in the previous dynasty who wrongly punished loyal ministers and caused the anomaly of flying snow in June...... Please forgive Weichen for daring to say that locking up the prince is not a long-term solution after all. ”

The emperor said quietly: "Then according to what you say, how to deal with it?" ”

Ying Chu said: "Wear the crime and make meritorious service." ”

The emperor rubbed his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Now that he is imprisoned by me, how can he make meritorious deeds?" ”

At this time, Empress Pei sighed lightly: "Even if the prince himself doesn't know how to cultivate virtue and cultivate his body, he will get this look, but what Lord Ying said is right, the vision in the sky will not be without a reason." Your Majesty, you rule the world with virtue and can forgive all the people, why can't you forgive your own son? The crown prince has indeed made a mistake, but His Majesty should also give him a chance to reform and make meritorious contributions. ”

The emperor smiled and looked at Empress Pei: "Then according to what the queen said, how can I give a chance?" ”

Empress Pei's eyes slowly became silent, and she smiled: "Please make an order immediately, let the prince go to the front line, and make war exploits as soon as possible to wash away the mistakes he once made." ”

The emperor's fingers tapped lightly on the dragon case, and his eyes also fell on the courtiers standing below, and he smiled slightly: "What the empress said, what do you think?" Everyone glanced at each other and lowered their heads: "What the queen said is right, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may really have grievances, otherwise God would not warn His Majesty." "Since His Majesty can't make a decision immediately, you might as well give the crown prince a chance and let him go to the front line to make meritorious contributions. If he can return victoriously, he will be the prince chosen by heaven. If not, then the warning is pure nonsense! ”

When the emperor heard this, he knew that a qiē was arranged in advance by Empress Pei, and she skillfully used the changes in the heavens to put pressure on the emperor, knowing that it was impossible to release the prince at this moment, so he used a compromise method to let him go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions. Empress Pei can be regarded as having come up with a roundabout way to not only let the emperor go down the steps, but also keep the crown prince.

The emperor narrowed his eyes, looked at Pei Hou carefully for a while, and finally said: "Since the queen has made a decision for me, then do it, I hope the prince can come back victorious." ”

The empress glanced at the emperor and said with a smile: "Then according to what His Majesty said, where do you want to send the crown prince?" ”

The emperor said coldly: "The war in the east is in need of people, so let the crown prince go and fight for the Duke of Qi." After speaking, he waved his hand and said, "That's the end of today's deliberations, retreat." ”

Seeing the emperor go away, Empress Pei's eyes slowly calmed down, she stood up and turned to leave, and the courtiers looked at each other......

In the queen's palace, the prince was crying and prostrate on the ground, and Queen Pei became more and more impatient and said: "Okay, who are you showing such a face!" ”

The prince was stunned for a moment, looked at the queen and pleaded: "Queen Mother, the sons don't want to go to the battlefield. ”

The queen looked at each other and sneered: "I don't want to go to the battlefield, so what do you want?" Dead?! ”

Cold sweat rolled down the prince's forehead, and he hung his head and prostrated at the queen's feet: "The son is willing to serve the queen mother in Dadu." ”

Empress Pei finally smiled, she looked at the handsome and extraordinary son at her feet, this is the child she raised single-handedly, although the scheming is a little worse, but it is not a cowardly and incompetent person, but today seeing that he is even afraid to go to the battlefield, Empress Pei sincerely felt funny for the first time. She said lightly: "This is the only way to save you, if you refuse to go, then you can only sit in the city of sorrow until someone else's steel knife cuts off your head." ”

The prince was taken aback, and he looked at his queen mother and could barely speak. Pei Hou said lightly: "It's just that you don't have knowledge, why don't you even have the courage of ordinary people?" This time, how much effort did it take for the queen mother to get you out, you have to think about what you want to do. After speaking, she stood up and seemed to be going to the inner palace, the prince hurriedly walked up on his knees, grabbed the hem of Pei Hou's skirt and said: "Queen Mother, Erchen is not afraid of death, Erchen is just worried that this time there is a long way to go, and I am afraid that I will never come back." ”

Empress Pei turned her head suddenly, stared at the other party and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

The prince settled down and said: "The battlefield in the east is all the people of Qi Guogong, the generals have identities, backgrounds, and actual combat experience, they have already controlled the entire army, this time the father is only willing to send 50,000 people to his sons, but the other party has 300,000 troops, the queen mother, won't Qi Guogong take this opportunity to get rid of his sons?" ”

Speaking of which she was still afraid of death, Empress Pei suddenly laughed, she looked at the prince, and finally couldn't help but say: "I thought you were a tiger, although you are still young, but you will eventually become the king of beasts, but now I find out that you are just a cow." ”

The prince looked at Empress Pei, not knowing what the other party meant, and Empress Pei sarcastically said: "No matter how strong a cow is, it is just a livestock raised by people, and it can only be used by others for the rest of its life, and it cannot be its own master until it dies." ”

The prince looked at Empress Pei, completely stunned, he has lived under the wing of Empress Pei for so many years, even though he has a literary and martial arts strategy, and has both intelligence, but there is no way to find a place for on-the-spot training, living in an environment where the Pei family is in charge of the government, so that he can no longer go out to face the wind and rain outside, and his worries are not unreasonable. After all, the Duke of Qi is King Jing's own uncle, and he is very likely to fight back, so that he, the prince, will never be able to return to Dadu. And the father's so-called meritorious service is nonsense. He always had a deep suspicion that his father just wanted to transfer him out and take the opportunity to get rid of him. When the time comes, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, he can't reach Empress Pei, and there is no way to resist the 300,000 army of the Duke of Qi with only 50,000 people, and the other party can get rid of him as the prince with just one excuse, how can he not be nervous? Don't blame him for his incompetence, he just feels very uneasy about his life.

But Empress Pei's mocking expression instantly stimulated the revival of his proud imperial bloodline. After all, he is the crown prince, although he has been desperately suppressing himself for so many years, he still has that pride in his personality. He suddenly stood up from the ground, looked at Pei Hou and said, "Queen Mother, I'm not a cow, I'm a tiger!" ”

Empress Pei looked at the other party's eyes and said word by word: "Since it is a fierce tiger, how can you be trapped in this place?" Since the queen mother has made arrangements for you to go to war, she will definitely let you come back safely, but only if you believe me. Do you understand? ”

The prince looked at each other, and there was a faint sorrow mixed with anger in his eyes. Empress Pei glanced at him and gently placed her hand on his shoulder.

The prince looked at his mother, and he sometimes couldn't tell which was real and which was false. Empress Pei's expression is always so calm, and her mind is as unfathomable as the sea, no matter what he does, there is no way to win the favor of the other party, he thought that it would be like this for a lifetime, but now Empress Pei is suddenly so gentle with him, like an ordinary mother, she is kind to him, desperately trying to inspire his courage.

He suddenly found that Empress Pei had fallen into an uncontrollable aging in the recent period, her beautiful face slowly sunken, and seemed to be gradually dyed with traces of old age, although her thinking was still agile and thoughtful, and her orders were also decisive and clear, but her body was obviously unable to endure the long-term work of government affairs. The prince said slowly: "Queen Mother, Erchen will definitely come back safely." ”

Empress Pei didn't say anything, just smiled slightly: "You stand down." ”

The prince gently bowed and retreated. When he came out, he happened to collide with Ying Chu, who looked at the prince and bowed his head and saluted. The prince laughed self-deprecatingly: "Now that the queen mother is the only one left by her side, you have to take good care of her." ”

Ying Chu raised his head and looked at the prince, as if he was stunned for a moment. The prince said lightly: "In the past, the grievances and grievances between you and me were just for the sake of favor, but once I am not by the queen mother's side, the only person who can protect her is you." ”

Ying Chu looked at the prince with some surprise, in his heart the prince was a very cowardly and incompetent person, and because of his suspicious nature, he refused to believe his biological mother, so he fell into Li Weiyang's trap, but now it seems that he actually looked at the wrong prince, or that he looked down on this person too much, the prince is not as stupid as he thought, maybe some things the other party knows in his heart. Then why is he so decadent......

Seeing the puzzled look on Ying Chu's face, the prince smiled and said: "Many times people know what to do, but we have a deep fear in our hearts, and if we can't overcome this fear, we will only become a loser, I am such a loser, I know that Leng Lian has ulterior motives, but for that little warmth, I still keep her by my side, and even pamper her in every way, knowing that no matter what I do, there is no way to make the queen mother happy, but I still work hard, hoping to keep her eyes on my own." I knew that my father already had a candidate to inherit the throne in his heart, but I was still unwilling, and I grabbed the throne of the crown prince and refused to let go. I knew that someone was secretly making a meme and wanted to add fuel to the fire, but I still couldn't help but believe it......"

After speaking, he turned his head, looked at Ying Chu and smiled: "Do you think I'm particularly stupid?" Because I would believe a stupid rumor that she is my real mother. ”

This is exactly where Ying Chu has always been confused, the prince can't be regarded as a stupid person, but why would he believe such gossip so lightly?

The prince sighed and said: "I just don't want to believe that my biological mother will treat me like this, so I always think that maybe she has no direct blood relationship with me, and tell myself that this is the reason why she is cold, but now I suddenly understand......"

Ying Chu looked at each other, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, but heard the prince continue: "Maybe the queen mother is a person who doesn't know how to love, she doesn't know how to love her children, but this time she has done her best to protect me and want me to stay away from this battlefield." Although ......," he paused before saying, "It's late." ”

Ying Chu has never seen such a prince, and it seems that after fading the aura of the prince, he seems to be extremely serious and lonely. Ying Chu smiled faintly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, although it is dangerous to go here, but with the careful arrangement of the mother, you will return safe and sound." ”

The prince smiled lightly: "I know where I am going, but Lord Ying, do you know your fate?" ”

Ying Chu rarely heard the prince say so many sober words, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Your Highness, who in this world can know what the future holds?" Even though I can calculate the lives of others, my own is a blank slate. ”

The prince suddenly laughed loudly: "Yes, Lord Ying also knows nothing about his future, let alone an ordinary person like me!" I hope that in the future, you can be by your mother's side, so that she can always be happy and not too lonely. With that, the prince turned and left.

Ying Chu subconsciously took two steps and said loudly: "Your Highness! ”

The prince turned his head, and his handsome face under the sun showed a trace of vicissitudes and sadness, "Ying Chu, I know what you are asking for, but not everyone in this world can get their wish, I have begged for more than 20 years, and I have not received the attention of the queen mother, how can you be better than me?" So I advise you, so that you can do it yourself. With that, the prince turned around and left.

Leaving Ying Chu alone to stand quietly in the sunset for a long time, maybe he and the prince have been fighting openly and secretly for so long, today he only got to know each other for the first time, a person can hide so many complicated feelings in his heart, he knows a qiē but still has to pretend to know nothing, with a trace of unrealistic dreams, maybe the prince is a poor person like him. Ying Chu thought about it and finally laughed. However, when he turned his head and pushed the door to enter the queen's palace, his face had already returned to a calm expression. There may be people in this world who give up, but he is by no means such a person, even if he walks to the edge of the Yellow River, he will never look back!

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Tomorrow is the finale (below), and since it was put on the shelves, it has been more than 10,000 words every day... It's so sadistic, it's abuse, it's abuse

I just knew that today is the birthday of the scumbag girl Luan Luan, I wish her a happy birthday! More and more beautiful and more scum! The mother of the little tail asks for a cameo with a pair of children's tails and beautiful buttocks, which is too dangerous, even if the cameo character is safe for the time being, it will be ...... Click-......