Qingfeng was shocked when he heard this, and blurted out: "Will the four princes participate in the battle for succession?" But his mother's family doesn't have any strong strength, how can he compete with the Chu family? ”

The mother of the fourth prince is today's Concubine Yun, who is not very favored, but she will not be snubbed by the emperor, and her father is just a right attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

If such a family background wants to compete with the intertwined Chu family, it is tantamount to shaking a tree.

"This is inevitable, as you said, the fourth child is just in Taoguang now, as long as he encounters the right opportunity, he will definitely shine." Yuan Lie's tone was very firm, mixed with a little appreciation, "As for the strength, he will have it." ”

In the last sentence, what Yuan Lie said was meaningful.

The golden scales are not the things in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds.

Today's Lanhai Kingdom, above the court, looks harmonious, but in fact, the dark tide is turbulent and the clouds are treacherous. Although the eldest prince Yuan Chenyu has long been made the crown prince, he has two strong competitors just on the bright side.

One is undoubtedly Yuan Yeol. Yiwang's strength comes from his vast intelligence-gathering organization, as well as the military power left to him by his late grandfather in the northwest, and a group of loyal old troops.

This gave King Yi an unshakable position above the court, although he never showed interest in the throne, but in the eyes of those who cared, as long as Yuan Lie was willing, he could overturn the world at any time.

The other is the second prince Yuan Xilin. Yuan Xilin's mother, Concubine De, is a princess of a neighboring country, and behind her is the whole country as a backer, and he and Yuan Chenyu have never dealt with each other, and the two of them have been pinching each other non-stop when they see each other, and they have been unpleasant to each other since they were children.

Secondly, Concubine De was extremely favored, which made the queen mother, that is, Yuan Chenyu's mother, grit her teeth angrily, eager to eat her flesh and drink her blood.

The above two are on the surface, and secretly there are really powerful princes like the fourth prince Yuan Mochen, who are also staring at that position.

As for the third prince, he is different from everyone else, he is a real unintentional regime, he is just dedicated to the Tao, and he thinks about how to cultivate the Tao and become an immortal all day long, but his strength should not be underestimated.

Until the final word is reached, everyone has a chance.

Qingfeng heard Yuan Lie's words, and said with some surprise: "Lord Wang, are you going to help the fourth ......?"

"Don't guess, go and find out what's going on with the fourth child and the princess." Wonyeol interrupted the breeze.

"Yes." Qingfeng responded, but he was still extremely confused, "Lord Wang, aren't you angry with the fourth prince?" ”

Yuan Lie snorted coldly and said indifferently: "With his strength, it is not worth the wrath of this king." ”

Qingfeng thought to himself that you would die with a hard mouth, obviously hundreds of vinegar jars were overturned just now, and he went to the princess to trouble, but now he says that he doesn't care.

After drinking the bowl of medicine sent by Yuan Lie, Mo Jin was really fine at night, his nose was no longer blocked, his throat was not dumb, and it was fragrant to eat.

Mo Jinxin said This Nangong Yu is really a wonderful aphrodisiac to get rid of the disease, if this medical skill is modern, it will definitely slap those Chinese medicine blacks in the face.

Of course, for Yuan Lie, she had some indescribable feelings. Maybe it was an afternoon when Su Jin and Su Xin had been nagging in her ear how good the prince was to her, and she had successfully brainwashed her, and she somehow felt that the man who personally brought her medicine was indeed a little bit good.

Of course, only a little. After all, the person who caused her to catch a cold was Yuan Lie, so there was nothing to praise for personally sending her medicine, Mo Jin thought to himself with a red face.

It wasn't until she turned off the lights and went to bed that she suddenly remembered what she had forgotten about today - Yuan Lie was going to assassinate the crown prince Yuan Chenyu!

"Sujin, Sujin!" Mo Jin "Teng" got up from the bed and shouted outside.

"Come, come on, Princess, what do you command? Do you want to drink water? Su Jin trotted in, picked up the teapot at the table, and began pouring water into the cup.

Mo Jin hurriedly raised his hand and said anxiously: "You put it down first, I'm not thirsty, I just want to ask you, what time is it?" ”

Hearing this, Su Jin put down the teapot and teacup in his hand, thought for a moment, and replied seriously: "It's about to be time, princess, you are still sick, hurry up and rest." ”

This...... Mo Jin was suddenly deflated, and suddenly felt that her act of asking Su Jin about time seemed a bit excessive, even if she knew about this matter in advance, what could she do? Anyway, she won't go to report to Yuan Chenyu, let alone stop Yuan Lie's actions, all in all, this matter has nothing to do with her fart, it's really salty and can't worry about it.

Mo Jin had to lie back on the bed again, no longer talking, Su Jin saw this, stepped forward to turn off the lights, carefully closed the door, and walked out.

Gradually, in the midst of cranky thoughts, Mo Jin closed his misty sleepy eyes.

At the same time, on the bank of the moat ten miles away from King Yi's Mansion, it was a different scene - the Qinlou Chu Pavilion on both sides of the river ushered in the most lively moment of the day.

Here, the nightlife has just begun.

Where the lights are brilliant, the colorful curtains are flying, and everywhere are the warblers singing and dancing the silk and bamboo, and all kinds of women with Nana are leaning on the side of the benefactor to spend a lot of happy time together.

On the surface of the river, a huge painting boat is driving slowly, there are beautiful singers holding pipa and half-covering their faces, and there are also peerless dancers with graceful and thin waists.

Therefore, anyone who can make a painting boat must be some powerful masters.

Among the many huge ships, there was a painting boat that seemed to be no different from the others, and at the bow stood a fat man dressed in satin, but behaved in a girlish manner, and at the stern stood two maidservants, each with low eyebrows, afraid to talk.

Walking into the ship, it is really eye-opening, gold, silver and jade can be seen everywhere, all kinds of beds and chairs carved with rare wood are also readily available, even the lighting, are used fist-sized night pearls, the whole interior is illuminated as bright as day, its decoration is extravagant and gorgeous, by no means comparable to other painting boats.

As for the owner of this painting boat, there is no doubt that it is the current prince Yuan Chenyu.

At this time, the prince, who was dressed in a royal blue shirt and a gold crown, and had a dignified appearance but gloomy eyes, was sitting on a chair in the painting boat with Erlang's legs crossed, listening to a woman in red playing the pipa noisily behind the bead curtain.

If anyone present knows this woman, they will be surprised, because this woman is the newly elected Lanhai Country Oiran, although it is a Qinglou woman, but the person who was elected as the Oiran must be beautiful in appearance, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

The most important thing is that once elected as an Oiran, the value will be doubled, and it is difficult for a daughter to buy a smile, but there is no shortage of rich and powerful people in Beijing, the more expensive, the more people will rush to it, so once the Qinglou has an Oiran, in the next few years, it will be an inexhaustible cash cow.

However, for some reason, the Oiran who was elected this year stopped welcoming guests the next day, and even if someone paid 10,000 dollars, it was difficult to see his face, and the bustard's mother always smiled bitterly and rejected those benefactors, but the specific reason was never explained.

At this time, the Oiran who had disappeared for a long time was playing the pipa emotionally on Yuan Chenyu's exclusive painting boat, and at the end of the song, the beauty lowered her eyes, slightly saluted the prominent man outside the pearl curtain, and asked coquettishly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, do you listen to other tunes tonight?" ”

"No need, come here." Obviously seduced by the bewitching beauty, Wonyeol's eyes darkened, and his voice became a little hoarse, full of lust.

When the woman heard this, she put down the pipa, gathered the green silk, and walked towards Yuan Chenyu, and the moment she opened the bead curtain, a beautiful face came into view, with affectionate eyebrows, spring in the corners of her eyes, and charming.

But this is not the point, the point is that this woman, between her eyebrows, is actually three points similar to Mo Jin, the first beauty in Lanhai Country. Of course, far less than ink brocade.

The red-clothed Oiran walked in front of Yuan Chenyu, naturally sat down in the arms of the prince, raised his snow-white arms around his neck, and there was a smile in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, "His Royal Highness the Prince, what are you calling the slave family to come over?" ”

Yuan Chenyu took advantage of the situation to grab the beauty's thin waist, pinched it, and smiled evilly, "Knowingly asked." ”

The fiery big palm wantonly kneaded and ignited the fire on the Oiran's body, but after a while, the Oiran was already jiaochuan, gently and softly blocking the big hand that was doing nonsense, and the beauty simply leaned on Yuan Chenyu's arms as softly as a boneless, and asked the question that she wanted to ask for a long time but didn't dare to ask:

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the slave family has been living on this painting boat for several days, but you have been coming all the way every day, so can you ......?"

Can you take her away, it's best to take her back to the East Palace. However, Oiran didn't dare to say this, she was also gambling, betting on the prince's affection for her.

In the past, there were not a few people who married high-ranking officials and nobles from the good aftermath, although they could not be the main house, but since ancient times, it was obvious that concubines were more favored, so their lives were prosperous.

She was more fortunate than the Oiran of the past—she had the mercy of the current prince, and on the second day of his election, the prince ransomed her and placed her in the most luxurious boat.

From now on, I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I don't have to laugh at those old and ugly men anymore.

She was very happy, after all, the prince cared for her very gently, and met all the requirements she made, the most important thing is that when she first saw Yuan Chenyu, she had fallen deeply.

Perhaps it was Yuan Chenyu's gentleness and thoughtfulness that gave her enough courage, and she even began to fantasize that one day she could return to the East Palace with him, not only to get rid of the dirty stigma of the ninth-rate, but also to obtain supreme glory.

The prince was so kind to her, he would definitely agree, she thought to herself.

Caught off guard, the big hand that was still burning everywhere on her body just now suddenly lifted her chin, and the flushed face and the watery Oiran in her eyes had to look up at the face that made her fall with just one glance.

The eyes that used to look at her were full of gentle and pampering, but now they were cold like ice picks piercing her body, and she suddenly had a very bad premonition.

Sure enough, Yuan Chenyu looked down at her eyes, looking at her word by word, like looking at an object: "You are just a substitute, you have to know how to put yourself in the right position, understand?" ”

At that moment, her world collapsed, her face suddenly faded from blood, and she was so white that she couldn't breathe.

Substitute? Whose replacement?

A huge despair enveloped her body, and she suddenly remembered that when she was in the Qinglou before, a sister said that she resembled the first beauty in Lanhai Country, so, is it that woman?

Just as I wanted to open my mouth to ask, there was a sudden muffled sound of "bang" outside, and it seemed that something had fallen.

Immediately after, the sound of falling to the ground sounded one after another.

Yuan Chenyu's eyes suddenly became cloudy, and he pushed the beauty on his legs to the ground, grabbed the sword on the table and stood up vigilantly.

"Who is it! Don't be sneaky! Get out of here for Your Highness! Yuan Chenyu yelled to the outside world.

Oiran was pushed to the ground without pity, and after being stunned for a long time, two lines of tears slipped from her eyes, and then she knew that everything was her own passion.

The gap of identity can never be crossed, because she is too delusional, and she hopes to fly to the branch and become a phoenix, but she didn't expect the cruel reality to come so quickly.

As soon as Yuan Lie's voice fell, several people immediately broke through the window, all dressed as killers dressed in black with their heads and faces covered.

As soon as those killers entered the house, they began to launch a fierce attack on Yuan Chenyu, a sound of fighting sounded, and many priceless treasures were smashed in an instant, and soon, Yuan Chenyu was unable to do anything.

What is extremely bad is that the sword in his hand was knocked down at the critical moment, and at the same time, a man in black in front of him raised his knife and slashed towards the door in front of him.

Yuan Chenyu was horrified, and without thinking, he grabbed the red-clothed beauty on the ground, and used her as a meat shield to block in front of him.

The black-clothed assassin obviously didn't expect Yuan Chenyu to be so despicable, he actually used a woman to block the knife and wanted to withdraw the attack, but no matter how huge the inertia, it was too late.

In the eyes of the beauty in extreme shock and fear, the cold light flashed, and the bright red blood gushed out, and even the screams didn't have time to scream.

The moment the soft body fell to the floor, the beauty looked back and looked straight at the man who pushed her out to die, it was the man she loved and wanted to spend her life with, but she did not hesitate to abandon her at this moment.

The ears and temples of the past, the lingering love, all turned into a bubble at this moment, and with her gradually passing life, it will never disappear again.

Until she died, she didn't have time to ask whose stand-in she was.

"I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Prince to be a rat who was greedy for life and afraid of death and used a woman to block a knife!" The man in black was obviously also furious, shouted loudly, and raised his knife again to slash at Yuan Chenyu.

"Less nonsense! Who sent you? Yuan Chenyu was also ruthless, at this time, he had picked up the sword again and hurriedly fought backhand, and in an instant, there was a "clanging" sound of metal hitting in the painting boat, and the sound of the sword cutting flesh and skin.

"Woo-" Suddenly, there was a sound of horns in the distance, and the black-clothed people who were attacking fiercely heard this, and they stopped their movements one after another, instantly transferred out of the painting boat, and plunged into the water, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Yuan Chenyu, who was already seriously injured, originally thought that he would die here tonight, but who knew that those black-clothed people did not hesitate to withdraw their hands after hearing the snail, and when they were full of doubts about whether there would be other tricks, a small group of people hurriedly boarded the painting boat, which was his own guard.

It turned out that it was the rescuers who came.

"We are too late to save the car, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to surrender his guilt!" The guards led by him hurriedly led the people behind him to kneel down in front of Yuan Chenyu.

Yuan Chenyu, who was already tired and exhausted, lifted his eyelids, and didn't want to say a word, not that he didn't want to say it, but that the current situation was caused by himself - for fear of being known that he was a prostitute and made a big fuss about it, so every time he came to the painting boat, he got rid of the guards and only took his personal eunuch with him.

Yuan Chenyu, who had never thought that he would be ambushed at his doorstep, was completely bored this time, and he really had no face to blame others.

The eunuch who had just pretended to be dizzy and jumped into the water to carry the rescue soldiers also hurried in a small boat at this moment, and as soon as he boarded the painting boat, he saw the tragic situation in the house, and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, Your Highness, are you okay?" ”

Yuan Chenyu shook his head, his eyes full of anger and fierceness.

"Yikes! This, this ......" The eunuch also saw the Oiran lying in a pool of blood at this time, and was so shocked that he couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

Yuan Chenyu seemed to have just remembered that there was such a person, he glanced down at it, hurriedly looked away, and after a while, he said quietly: "Drive the boat to the suburbs, and burn it together." ”

"Yes! Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to move to another ship, your injuries cannot be delayed. The guard replied.

With the support of the personal eunuch, Yuan Chenyu walked out of the painting boat without looking back.

"Bring back all those valuable things~" Looking at the big ship that drove away, the eunuch did not forget to remind him.

There were many curious people on the shore who were curious about the boat that had suddenly entered the boat with a group of people, but they only dared to take a look from afar, and it was too late to see anything clearly, so no one knew what was going on.

As soon as Yuan Chenyu got on the new boat, he sat on the chair without saying a word, and the eunuch only thought that he was sad because of the death of the Oiran, and he didn't dare to disturb, so he had to urge the rowing to hurry up.

In fact, Yuan Chenyu didn't think about the Oiran who had just died, he was thinking about another woman, the stunning woman who was known as the first beauty in Lanhai Country, and now nominally his imperial sister-in-law's ink brocade.

Who knew that the woman survived unscathed, disfigured her appearance, but her personality changed greatly, no longer the cowardice and cowardice of the past, she seemed to have changed as a person, she talked funny, talented, and had a great appetite for him, but, for many reasons, he couldn't take her from Yuan Lie's hands, of course, the most important thing was that he couldn't accept her current face.

Fortunately, God seemed to know his thoughts, and let him find a new Oiran who was somewhat similar to Mo Jin's original appearance, so he did not hesitate to buy her and place her on this painting boat, and came every night to comfort his ulterior selfishness.

Now that the Oiran is dead, his filthy thoughts will be burned down with that ulterior boat.

At three o'clock, all the secret guards sent out to carry out the assassination mission returned to the Yiwang Mansion, they were like ghosts in the dark night, their whereabouts were secretive, leaving no trace.

Listening to the snow garden, Yuan Lie, who had just finished taking the medicine and had not rested, was still reading at night, and Qingfeng did not persuade his prince to rest and recuperate from his injuries earlier, but accompanied Yuan Lie to wait for some news.

Finally, there was a gentle knock on the door, and after receiving Wonyeol's permission, a dark shadow flashed in.

"Lord Qiqi, tonight's mission has been successfully completed, but," the dark guard paused, "there was a mistake in the middle, therefore, the subordinates are willing to be punished!" The black-clothed secret guard knelt down in front of Yuan Yeol and said in fear.

"Oh? What's wrong? Let's hear it. Yuan Yeol seemed interested, put down the scroll in his hand, and looked up at the dark guard.

At this moment, he has just finished bathing in ink, only wearing a set of snow-white underwear, the jade crown that binds his hair has been removed, and the long hair like ink is casually draped behind him, although he still wears the silver mask, but compared to the daytime, he is more approachable at this time.

It seems to be in a good mood too.

The secret guard had to tell the details of the accident that happened on the painting boat tonight, as well as the fact that he killed the Oiran by mistake, and after finishing speaking, he knelt on the ground and didn't dare to breathe, waiting for Yuan Lie's fate.

According to their original plan, the original intention of tonight's action was to scare and scare Yuan Chenyu, at most they did enough tricks, and at most they would stop when they saw a little blood, and their purpose was not to kill the prince, but to blame others.