Deep in the palace.

The birds chirped and flew up the green tiles and red walls, and the cold wind blew so that the people watching the scenery by the window couldn't help coughing a few times.

The grandmother outside quickly ran in, saw the queen mother with silver frost, and sighed: "What are you doing, it's cold outside." ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly took the cloak and gave it to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother shook her head and only asked her, "Who is here?" ”

"It's the emperor." Mama stiffened her face, since the fifth prince ascended the throne with the full help of the Queen Mother, this is the first time he has come to ask for peace, and now this new emperor Qin Mo is too cold.

Seeing her indignant, the Queen Mother smiled, but her eyes were cold: "That's it, let him in." ”

Mama naturally didn't dare to put her beak, and soon, the new emperor of Zhilan Yushu strode in.

Walked straight to the inner court, smiled and shouted 'Imperial Grandmother'.

The Queen Mother looked at him, didn't even say hello, and after waving off others, she looked at him lightly: "What does the emperor want the mourning family to do for you?" ”

Qin Mo didn't expect the Queen Mother to be so direct: "If the imperial grandmother can help her grandson, the grandson will naturally be grateful, if there is any inconvenience, the grandson will not be reluctant, please rest assured." ”

The Queen Mother looked at the new emperor in front of her, who only called himself 'grandson', and only felt funny.

How many years has she been in the palace, what kind of people have she not seen, what kind of mind has she not seen? The new emperor is indeed more calm and scheming than the former crown prince, and even the fourth prince who is a popular candidate for the prince later. But after all, he was a person who had only lived for twenty or thirty years, and that little bit of thought, in front of the Queen Mother, had nowhere to hide.

The Queen Mother lowered her head to take the five-petal flower-mouth green jade porcelain tea bowl she was used to, took the tea, and tasted it slowly, until Qin Mo stood with a hunched waist for a while, and when he was almost impatient, he opened his mouth just right.

"The family doesn't speak two words, you are my own grandson. It was the new emperor who was single-handedly pulled up by the mourning family, and the mourning family naturally helped you everywhere, but ......" The queen mother paused, Qin Mo raised his head, and saw the sharp blade-like eyes of the queen mother, who had always been kind, almost piercing him.

Qin Mo was shocked in his heart, and suddenly understood, so he heard the Queen Mother say: "Your hypocrisy doesn't have to be used against the mourning family anymore, one is a waste of time, and the other is also ruined the friendship between the emperor and the ancestors and grandchildren of the mourning family." ”

Qin Mo lowered his eyes: "I ......"

"The mourning family is already a person who has buried most of his body in the loess." The Queen Mother saw his shame and dissatisfaction when he was exposed, her tone changed, and her attitude was already soft: "What the mourning family asks for is just in this bottomless harem, take a look at the emperor, how you guard this country for the first emperor, no matter how much, it is no longer possible." ”

Qin Mo can be sure that the queen mother's slap and another sweet date is nothing more than to warn him that she is the queen mother after all, and she is not far from death. is not afraid to go out, so even if he becomes the new emperor, don't think about doing whatever he wants.

"Thank you for the teachings of the Queen Mother."

Qin Mo stood up straight and explained his intention to the Queen Mother, he could not afford to lose at tonight's banquet.

The Queen Mother seems to have expected it a long time ago, and said that she would do her best to help him, as long as he immediately made a holy decree now, and sent several grandmothers and palace maids in the palace out of the palace.

"Queen Mother!"

The grandmothers wept and knelt on the ground and refused to leave.

The Queen Mother stared at Qin Mo as if she hadn't heard it.

Qin Mo had already guessed what kind of method the Queen Mother was planning to use, and he no longer covered it up, and looked at the Queen Mother with a smile in his eyes: "The Queen Mother's sacrifice will be remembered in my heart." ”

After that, he left the holy decree of letting a few palace people out of the palace, and strode out.

As soon as he left, Mama Zhang, who was closest to the Queen Mother, choked up and pulled the Queen Mother's dress: "Queen Mother, what are you going to do, how can the slaves and maids leave you." ”

"Let's go."

The Queen Mother sighed: "The mourning family can't protect you." ”

After speaking, he sighed again: "This capital can't protect you anymore, I heard that the people from the Guogong Mansion are going to Dongzhou?" You should go there too, Qingqing's child is a kind person, the mourning family has some kindness to her, a few of you have looked for her in the past, she will bother to protect you. ”

Mama Zhang saw that the Queen Mother was already explaining the future, and she refused to leave more and more, but the Queen Mother turned pale: "What are you staying for?" Funeral accompaniment? The mourning family doesn't need a few of you slaves and maids to accompany the funeral! ”

"Queen Mother, has it really come to this point, the slave and maid are a little jealous of you when they see that the new emperor is still a little jealous, and he won't ...... yet"

"Jealous?" The Queen Mother sneered and looked in the direction where Qin Mo left: "The son is a mountain wolf, his father abandoned him from the mansion back then, he may not have what kind of hatred he has now, he is an old bone in the mourning family, and he can pull him to the throne, but he just wants to gamble again, but he loses the bet, with his ability, how is Zifeng's opponent." ”

"Then are you going to help the emperor tonight?" Mama Zhang asked.

The Queen Mother's eyes were complicated, she looked at her beloved tea bowl, put it down, and patted Mama Zhang, who was kneeling at her feet: "In the end, he is the grandson of the mourning family, if the mourning family doesn't help him, who can he help?" Moreover, the mourning family has no face to live in this world anymore. ”

"The Queen Mother's ......"

"You guys go now." The Queen Mother waved her hand tiredly, and she didn't want to say any more.

Mama Zhang wanted to say more, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed them back, and only got up and ordered the others: "You go out of the palace immediately, the emperor will not let you live until tomorrow morning, now is the only way out." ”

The palace people were all sad, knowing that if they said goodbye to this trip, they could only see each other in Huangquan, and they all whimpered.

Mama Zhang also couldn't bear it, but she didn't dare to say too much, so she only sent them out of the palace quickly, and then knelt in front of the queen mother: "Queen Mother, slaves and maids have followed the queen mother since childhood, and they are dead." Die in one place, too! ”

The Queen Mother looked at her with pity, and finally sighed.

But Mama Zhang didn't understand something, even when it was the last moment of life and death, she didn't hold back: "Why did the Queen Mother say that the slaves and maids should go to the young lady of the Duke's Mansion of that country?" The people of the Guogong Mansion fled from the battle, although they temporarily saved their lives, but it was only temporary, just waiting for the new emperor to slow down this formation, how could they tolerate this family? ”

The Queen Mother smiled and shook her head: "The first emperor has been guarding the Guogong Mansion for so many years, and he has not hesitated to use all the means, what do you think it is for?" ”

"The Queen Mother said that several men in the Guogong Mansion are all ......" Mama Zhang immediately reacted: "The slave remembers that there are still 100,000 soldiers in Saibei." ”

"More than 100,000 soldiers."

The Queen Mother's throat was bitter: "There are also soldiers in Dongzhou, and the young lady...... She's Zifeng's sweetheart who can't ask for it. ”

Mama Zhang was dumbfounded when she heard this, and at this time, Helian Zifeng had already entered the palace.

The first emperor had just mourned, and the palace banquet naturally didn't dare to be too lively, but there was everything that should have been, and everyone who should have come came.

The eldest princess sat in the banquet sickly, thinking about something with her eyes, Helian Zifeng came over, she just glanced at it, and she didn't recognize this little uncle in her heart, and she didn't even get up.

The rest of the princes, who were either mediocre and timid, or young, all shrunk their shoulders and lowered their heads as if they wanted to hide themselves in the dark, but at this time, the new emperor Qin Mo, who was already sitting at the top and was sitting dignifiedly, looked at Helian Zifeng with a smile: "Uncle Xiao Huang is late, you should punish yourself with three cups." ”

Helian Zifeng glanced at the dark red wine in the white jade cup on the red gold panlong tray held in the hands of the eunuch beside Qin Mo. His eyes were faint: "The wine on the emperor's plate is from Fanbang?" ”

"Uncle Xiao Huang is worthy of going from south to north, and he recognized at a glance that this is the wine of Fanbang's new palace, although it is made from grapes, it is also very intoxicating." Qin Mo smiled.

Helian Zifeng didn't pay attention to the sarcasm in his words, and only looked at him silently for a long time, seeing that he seemed to be unconscious, and then showed a slight smile: "It's not that I've seen it before, but there is a pot in this king's mansion, which is exactly the same as this pot of the emperor." ”

Qin Mo's eyes suddenly shrank, and his face became a little cold.

No matter how stupid the people present were, they also knew that Helian Zifeng was telling the emperor that Fanbang had taken refuge in him, the king of freedom.

"Nanping died this morning, and his neck was cut off with a knife." Helian Zifeng looked at the calm emotion on Qin Mo's face, and continued to speak: "That sword technique, this king has seen it, only the famous sword named 'Evil Punishment' given by the emperor has such a sharp blade. ”

"Rong Che!"

The Sword of Evil Punishment was a famous sword that had been personally conquered with the emperor, and it was a sharp blade that had killed hundreds of enemies, and later the emperor directly rewarded it to Rong Che, which Qin Mo knew very well.

Since Nanping was killed by Rong Che, it means that he has arrived in Beijing at this time.

Qin Mo remembered the scene where his three hundred elite soldiers rushed into the Guogong Mansion, but there was not even a shadow of a living person in it, and he was angry in his heart, but a slight coolness crept up on his back.

He knew Rong Che's ability, and Qin Mo suddenly regretted it. regretted that he thought highly of himself, and was jealous of Rong Che, who was attached to him, and was bent on proving that he was more scheming than him, so he played Rong Minghuo's bad move.

But Helian Zifeng didn't stop there: "Does the emperor know what the situation of Dongzhou is now?" 7 asked

Qin Mo pursed his lips tightly, his eyes filled with anger, completely forgetting that this banquet today should have been his home field.

"Dongzhou now has 30,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 light cavalry."

Qin Mo sneered: "The general of Dongzhou is Li Si, and this person is my ......."

"Nope." Helian Zifeng elegantly interrupted him: "It's Rong Hai." ”

Qin Mo's heart sank suddenly, he knew that Rong Hai couldn't die so easily, let alone be drowned so comically?

But before he finished speaking, the eldest princess stood up tremblingly, her eyes were tears of surprise, and there was anger at being deceived: "You said Rong Hai? ”

"Not only Rong Hai, but also Yan Ruan, now the two of them have set up to get married next month." Helian Zifeng unexpectedly replied to the eldest princess with patience.

Before everyone could react from the surprise of Rong Hai's resurrection from the dead, they heard the eldest princess laugh exaggeratedly.

Qin Mo frowned, and was about to open his mouth to scold, when he suddenly understood something.

It's just that before he could speak, Helian Zifeng had already saluted. Unexpectedly, he started to leave according to Qin Mo's plan: "This king hasn't asked the queen mother for a long time, and if you don't see her at such a banquet, she must be in poor health, please allow this king to visit." ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for Qin Mo to speak, he turned around and left.

Qin Mo watched his back leave, the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, although it was his plan to let Helian Zifeng go to see the Queen Mother at the banquet, but he completely deviated from what he thought.

"Your Majesty, what should I do now, I still ...... according to the original plan"

The people on the side came over, Qin Mo couldn't make up his mind for a while, as usual, he could calm down and think about it, but the news that shocked him today was one after another.

First of all, Rong Che is in the capital, and with his ability, he may be in the palace at this time.

And 100,000 soldiers in the north of the city, Dongzhou is only 100 miles away from the capital, but there are 40,000 elite soldiers, Dongzhou is the most favorable defense line in the capital, and now there is no Dongzhou, with Rong Hai's ability, it is only a matter of a month to take the capital directly.

Qin Mo's heart was in turmoil, and the eldest princess seemed to be crazy and also upset him, but it was only then that he found out that the third prince did not come today.

"It's not good, order, immediately block the imperial city, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

But it was too late.

On the official road outside the capital, a horse-drawn carriage has run dozens of miles.

The flying curtain is embroidered with a shallow magnolia pattern, if you have a heart to take a closer look. I knew that this carriage was the one that robbed Wei Susu at the gate of the Wei Mansion before.

Wei Susu sat in the carriage at this time, staring coldly at the man who had robbed her, neither speaking nor resisting.

The third prince looked ashamed, but with a bit of determination: "Susu, there is no way for me to live in the capital, I can only go to the fiefdom." Susu, you believe me, I still have soldiers in my fiefdom, and there is enough money there. The capital will be in chaos, and when the time comes, we can take the soldiers to defend until the court gives us a way to live, otherwise, even if we die desperately, I will drag them a few more lives. ”

Wei Susu looked at the ruthlessness of the third prince at this time, and he appreciated it a little.

But that's about it.

"In that case, can the third prince listen to Su Su's words?"

"What's a good idea for Su Su?" When the third prince saw that Wei Susu was willing to start planning for himself, his heart suddenly jumped with joy, and the depression in the capital was also swept away.

Wei Susu smiled: "That's good." We lead our troops and set ourselves up as kings! ”

The third prince was stunned for a moment, and then clenched Wei Susu's hand: "Okay, let's raise troops, even if we die, you and I will be together, and we will never be separated again!" ”

Wei Susu smiled perfectly, but from beginning to end, he didn't say a word.

Before Wei Qingqing set off, she didn't know that so many things had happened in the capital, and she left quietly, her heart had never been so stable at this moment.

She is already a person who has died once, she is not afraid of death, but she is afraid of being alone and wanting to live alone.

Since she has identified Rong Che, whether she lives or dies, she must be with him!

The waterway went straight up, and along the way, she heard the news of the death of the Empress Dowager and the disappearance of the new emperor.

The country cannot be without a king for a day, among the adult princes, there is only one sixth prince who can be of great use, but the six princes have not woken up yet, and the other princes are still young, so the king of Xiaoyao is the regent.

At the same time, King Xiaoyao's biological mother, the former Concubine Rong Niangniang Helian was found.

It was not until this time that everyone suddenly realized that Concubine Rong and the Queen Mother who had just passed away were sisters, but Concubine Rong was the younger sister of the Queen Mother.

Wei Qingqing was on the deck when she heard this, and although the sun was good today, it still made people feel cold in their hearts.

At this time, in an inconspicuous courtyard somewhere in the capital, the wide open windows revealed bright light, illuminating the interior warmly.

And the man who was tied up like a dumpling, looking at the man who had washed up and turned from a bloody fugitive to an elegant and noble man, hated it so much.

"Rong Che, you are so bold......"

"Smack-"

The bamboo scroll on the table flew out and hit the man in the face. His face suddenly swollen three feet high.

And Rong Che just sat down quietly, looking at Qin Mo in front of him with a look of eagerness to eat him: "If it weren't for my boldness, you would have become a ghost under Helian Zifeng's knife by now." ”

"Nonsense."

Qin Mo snorted coldly, but he had already thought it out when he was captured by Rong Che, and when Helian Zifeng deliberately told him so much information that night, and he left very obediently according to his plan, he knew that there was a problem.

If he had been cautious before, he would have been able to find out, but when he became the emperor, he had a big heart for a while, but he didn't expect to be overlooked for a while, and it was an abyss, and there was no return.

"Tell me, where is the water prison where Wei Qingshan is being held."

Juncher ignored his cover-up.

Qin Mo looked at his now lofty appearance, and gritted his teeth: "Rong Che, do you really have the intention of rebellion?" Helian Zifeng still has a bit of royal blood, but you have nothing to do with the royal family, if you raise an army, you will be a rebellious minister and thief through the ages. Your country's government prides itself on being loyal, how can your ancestors and ancestors allow you to do this! ”

Rong Che's slender fingers tapped lightly on the table, and those who knew him well knew that he was losing his temper.

"Where is Wei Qingshan for the last time."

"You ——!"

Qin Mo wanted to say more, but the words stuck in his throat, but he still didn't say it.

He hadn't been with Rong Che for a long time, but he knew that this person seemed to be noble and elegant, but he was very ruthless.

"How do you know it's me? As far as I know, this is the news released by Helian Zifeng to lure you back to Beijing. Qin Mo sneered.

"Why do you think your right-hand man will defect to me at the last moment?" Rong Che has a pair of eyes that are not angry or happy, but they are as mad as ice slag.

Qin Mo was stunned, remembering that four or five years ago, he suddenly came to his side, helped him everywhere, and became his right-hand man, and raised his head in a daze: "Those people were arranged by you?" Four or five years ago, you were planning? "Obviously, Rong Che defected to himself, but it was only more than a year!

I didn't expect that I thought I was exhausted, but I didn't want to, it had already become a meal on people's plates.

Qin Mo thought of his various schemes, and suddenly, he felt as ridiculous as a clown jumping off the beam.

Rong Che saw his thoughts and frowned: "You don't have to be presumptuous, over the years, I have not instructed them to do anything, you can be where you are today, and it is also on your own ability." ”

"Ability?" Qin Mo laughed self-deprecatingly, but as if he was dead, he simply collapsed on the ground, and looked at Rong Che gloomily: "If you want to kill, you have to listen to Zun, I am dead, and Wei Qingshan will also give me a funeral!" ”

Rong Che pointed his fingers, but someone outside whispered a few words in his ear, Rong Che was so shocked that he got up instantly, and he didn't care about Qin Mo, who was ruthless on the ground and thought he was vicious enough, he stepped across the area in one step, and actually stepped on his face, and quickly went out.