Luo Liyao was distressed.

She looked at Luo Yuanjing, who was sitting opposite her at this time, and felt that her head hurt.

"Third brother, your thinking is very dangerous." Luo Liyao glanced at the half of the tiger talisman he was holding in his hand, and didn't want to say much to him, but said, "The battle of Zaoyi City has passed, and this tiger talisman really shouldn't be kept by you anymore - third brother, you should return it to Your Majesty." ”

"Your Majesty?" Luo Yuanjing snorted coldly, fiddling with the half of the tiger talisman in his hand, "Since this thing is now in my hands, he is also worthy of inheriting his father's throne?" ”

"Third brother, what are you talking about...... It's a trespass, and it's a great sin of disrespect. Luo Liyao waved his hand to signal Bang Hua on the side to retreat, and reminded him lightly, "Why do you always hold the prejudice of the so-called concubine?" ”

"If it weren't for you, he would have had a lot more trouble now." Luo Yuanjing put the tiger talisman on the table as if unintentionally, tapped the corner of the table, and looked at her eyes as sharp as an eagle, "I'm not simply prejudiced against the people who come out, just because...... His biological mother is Zhao Tianyuan. ”

Luo Liyao: "...... ”

"Third brother, what exactly do you want to express?" Luo Liyao raised her forehead, "With your temperament, would you take a harem woman like her in your eyes?" ”

"Heh, just her? Ten Zhao Tianyuan are not worthy of my heart...... Luo Yuanjing smiled coldly, leaned back on the chair behind him casually, and his smile was inexplicably a little fierce, "It's not that my father trusts that Ning Zhong too much in the court, and he has given him all the power in several places such as the clan examination school and the inspection of the Ministry of Rites - now he is helping Luo Xizheng to eliminate dissidents among the nobles of various families, don't say it, you don't know about the affairs of the master family." ”

"What's the matter with the teacher's family?" Luo Liyao's heart jumped, but there was still a calm look on her face, looking at this brother who was only two years older than herself, she always felt that something was wrong with him today...... "Is it the ......plague in the prison?"

"The plague?" Luo Yuan Jing'er stood up and stared at her, trying to find a flaw in her face, "You actually think it's the plague?" ”

"Or else?" Luo Liyao raised her head slightly, and met his sharp eyes without evading it at all, "Third brother, you must know that there are some things...... ”

"You can only pretend you don't know?" Luo Yuanjing directly clamped her shoulders, "Are you really willing to pretend to be deaf and dumb and push the throne of the emperor to outsiders?" Do you know the consequences of handing over this country to them? ”

He pinched her excessively thin shoulders hard, as if that would hold what he wanted to hold firmly in the palm of his hand.

"Third brother, I only hope you can understand one thing." Luo Liyao had already felt her shoulders being pinched and gurgling under his shackles, and she shook her body unconsciously, but she was pinched tighter by him, "Big brother and Ning Zhong, they are not all the way...... Maybe you think that Ning Zhong is his teacher and will be deeply influenced by him; You also think that Ning Zhong is that kind of person, and he is not worthy of virtue - I can only tell you that I want to remind me of everything you want to remind, but ...... I don't think you know how amazing the big brother's talent in politics is. ”

"My father never gave him real power, nor did he let him participate in any decision-making...... How do you know? What exactly are you trying to say? Luo Yuanjing finally realized his gaffe, let go of her, and began to think about her words with a frown, "Ning Zhong supports him so much, but you say that he and Ning Zhong are not all the way?" ”

"Nature." Luo Liyao stretched out her hand and gently smoothed the folds on her shoulders because of his movements, still with such a faint look, "He is the royal family of Tianqi, and he has ...... Shedding the same blood as we do. ”

"That's all?" Luo Yuanjing didn't care, but when she was making up nonsense to fool him, she suddenly looked a little worried, "If he ascends to the throne, wouldn't Zhao Tianyuan want to be on an equal footing with the queen mother?" ”

Luo Liyao was speechless.

There were some things she could never say, even if she knew them as well as a mirror.

She knew that she was powerless to change the status quo, but she kept weighing the pros and cons, trying to find the path that was most beneficial to Tianqi.

The master was unjustly imprisoned, although Luo Zhuangxi's intention to "find out the truth and then discuss the crime" was in advance, but the plague appeared in the prison at this time.

And what happened next seemed to be unsatisfactory, and almost all the members of the Shi family were killed and injured due to the epidemic...... How many of them are treacherous and twisted, she doesn't think about it, but she doesn't want to think about it.

The Shi family was convicted of Luo Zhuangxi's sudden illness, and the arrest warrant came quickly and urgently, obviously having a great relationship with the person who held the power; Soon after Luo Zhuangxi woke up, his will to find out the truth was issued, and the epidemic that occurred in the prison spread very quickly, but he did not hear that anyone outside the teacher's family was infected; After that, Luo Zhuangxi's condition deteriorated, the appearance of the Qianqiu box, and then the Shi family was almost wiped out, and Luo Zhuangxi also died.

Luo Liyao always felt that she had overlooked something, and there seemed to be some pair of hands behind her back to push all this, but it seemed to be just a few magical coincidences.

"You know that the queen mother doesn't care about those who are famous." Luo Liyao silently stayed away from him, "Today is already the seventh year of my father's emperor, you really shouldn't bother with these things...... Over the years, have you seen what disputes have the queen mother had with Zhao Guifei? ”

"The affairs of the harem, I naturally don't know as well as you." Luo Yuanjing took the tiger talisman on the table into his arms, looked at her with sharp eyes and did not back down, "No matter how you and your brother support Luo Xizheng, I will not give up the throne - you must know that the Meng family, which has the most right to speak in the Tianqi family...... No position has yet been made.

"You know that Meng Yan has a marriage contract with me, but you still have such confidence?" Luo Liyao stood up, could only look up at him because she was a lot shorter than him, and said softly, "Third brother, we have never denied that you are a person with great talents, but you are sometimes too confident and self-serving. ”

"In the past, Taifu said the same thing about me." Luo Yuanjing turned her head and looked behind her - the white plum outside the window was blooming proudly in Ling Han, and the bleak winter snow had not stopped destroying it.

As if he had suddenly made up his mind, he looked at her directly, and said word by word: "Li Yao, I ask you a question, and you must answer me." ”

Luo Liyao was a little silent for a while.

She had become accustomed to how to say and do in order to achieve her goals, to restrain her edge and not be exposed to others - and now she was suddenly asked by him so much, she didn't know whether to agree for a while.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Luo Yuanjing thought that she had acquiesced, and continued: "If it were between the lives of Tianqi's Jiangshan Sheji and the lives of our loved ones, how would you choose? ”

Luo Liyao was stunned.

What will she choose?

"I ...... ”

Just say one at random, just coax the third brother, he is just a tsundere and childish person.

But when the words came to her lips, facing Luo Yuanjing's blazing gaze, Luo Liyao felt that she couldn't speak.

"You will choose Tianqi's Jiangshan Sheji." The corners of Luo Yuanjing's lips hooked up a smile, no longer the kind of cold, mocking and disdainful smile that often appeared on his face, but a relieved smile that was almost relieved and relieved - he drank the cup of tea in front of him, felt the coolness straight into his heart, slowly closed his eyes, and said, "Unfortunately, so am I." ”

Luo Liyao's pupils shrank unconsciously, and she suddenly realized something.

Luo Yuanjing closed his eyes, smelled the familiar scent of smoke floating in the air, and sighed: "The smell of rose dew...... I wish I could smell it in the future. ”

"Third brother...... Luo Liyao opened her mouth, and after calling him, she didn't know what she could say again.

"I'm not a good brother - I've been at odds with you since you were born." Luo Yuanjing tilted his head slightly, still with his eyes closed, "In the Yushu Palace, I secretly hid your schoolwork and let you be punished by the Taifu, poured ink on the notebook you wrote to cause you to re-copy, and put some strange insects on your desk to look at you and turn pale with fright...... I always thought that I didn't like you, because you were the youngest, and your arrival made me the one who didn't love my father and didn't love my mother. ”

Luo Liyao looked at him with some surprise and clenched her cuffs: "...... ”

"But as you said, we have the same blood on our bodies...... You and your brother can not fight or grab, but I can't help but grab. Luo Yuanjing slowly opened his eyes, and turned back into the unruly and arrogant young man, the light in his eyes was so hot that it seemed to melt ice and snow, "You must know that we were born in this palace, and being born from the womb of the queen mother is a punishment in itself - if we don't have real power in our hands, no matter how weak we try to make compromises, it will be in vain." ”

"No, you can't." Luo Liyao looked at him, gritted her teeth and squeezed out these words, "You will die." ”

It's going to die.

Maybe a hundred times more tragic than death.

She has always thought that although she has never been in contact with real power, she can maneuver in it, use all forces to check and balance each other, and use her wits to get the share that is beneficial to herself.

Luo Liyao thought about it, but didn't say it.

Because she clearly knew what Luo Yuanjing was thinking, she could see the light in his eyes clearly.

The beast sees its prey, with a greedy glow of inevitability.

"Li Yao, we are relatives, but we are definitely not all the way." Luo Yuanjing smiled and looked at her, "The Tao is not the same...... I can't say anything cursing, you--cherish it. ”

Luo Liyao: "......"

"You don't have to...... ”

"Your Highness, it's not good! It's a big deal————" Before Luo Liyao's words were finished, Bang Yue rushed in directly, and even the bead curtain that she didn't have time to open was grabbed and fell down, and the beads and jade crackled and scattered all over the ground.

"The news that just came from Zhaoyang Palace...... Zhaohou Niangniang - it's gone! ”

"You-say-what?!" Hearing this, Luo Yuanjing's face instantly distorted a little.

Luo Liyao had a "boom" in her head, and the cold wind of the cold wind in winter, her heart was piercing.