"In this way, you can destroy the King of Xishan and recover the Beiping Army without spending a single soldier. ”

"Exactly. And now that Emperor Wei is seriously ill, the situation in the country is bound to be unstable, even if he learns about this, he has no energy and reason to interfere in the internal affairs of our country, after all, the Li Dynasty has nothing to do with his own chaotic ministers and thieves. And since the backers of the Beiping Army have been punished by heaven as rebellious ministers, the rest of the people naturally have no reason to act rashly, unless they also want to be struck by lightning - in the final analysis, these people are just trying to be rich, and it doesn't matter who the master is. ”

Hearing this, what Li Zhengyi said had already been said, and Yao Jin was silent, thinking about the things before and after in his mind, and nodded: "The plan is quite perfect." ”

The corners of Li Zheng's mouth rose slightly, but Yao Jin's next sentence made him smile and freeze: "But this plan must have been decided by the emperor after I married Murong Zihua, and then told you, right?"

Yao Jin looked at the slightly stiff expression on Li Zheng's face, and continued: "Before that, the emperor didn't reveal anything to you except that he wanted you to marry Jiaoqian, so you were actually a little depressed at the New Year's banquet, because you didn't like her, and Lin Fengtai didn't contact you before this, even if he cultivated his daughter as a chess piece a long time ago, but he obeyed the emperor, who his daughter wants to marry and how to marry, it is the emperor who has the final say, not you." ”

Li Zheng's face became more and more gloomy, in fact, these words and these questions, he had already gone through them in his mind thousands of times, but he still couldn't figure out why Emperor Li wanted to hide this from his own son, the undoubted heir, he couldn't figure it out, and he didn't want to believe it, or he didn't want to admit it: this father, who was becoming more and more incomprehensible, never really trusted him.

"But now this palace already knows, and this palace will definitely help my father to complete this matter. Li Zheng stood proudly, "Because sooner or later, the Li Dynasty will belong to the palace, and the world of the palace will naturally be guarded by the palace." ”

Yao Jin looked at him as if he was going to ascend the throne and become emperor tomorrow, and suddenly felt disdainful, so he stood up leisurely and stretched: "Okay, you go to protect your world, I'm leaving, and I still have to talk to your mother about old grievances." ”

"Old grudges?"

"That's right, I have to talk to her about why she framed me for fornicating with Wei last year, which almost cost me my life. Since I'm going to leave soon, it's time to liquidate it. Yao Jin said, and walked towards the door, she was about to open the door of the flower hall, but Li Zheng stopped her.

"Wait. ”

"Huh?" Yao Jin turned around and saw Li Zheng walking slowly, reaching out to close the door she had just opened.

"This matter was not instructed by the queen. ”

"How is that possible? She asked my aunt to do this, and when she forced me to confess in the torture cell, I heard her say that she was the queen. Yao Jin said as he spoke, and couldn't help but look at Li Zheng suspiciously, "Could this matter have something to do with you?" But you didn't know it was me at that time, how could you-"

"I really don't know, otherwise I wouldn't have done that," Li Zheng smiled slightly, "I asked my eldest aunt to do this, and the queen just knew about it." ”

"You-why, why are you, why are you ......" Yao Jin was about to spray him, but he endured it again, thought about it for a while, and said, "Is this to help the queen eradicate dissidents?"

Li Zheng smiled silently, as if he was acquiescing, but Yao Jin really found it difficult to accept: "I know that you have always been shameless...... But how can you do it if you wronged a little palace maid who can't pose any threat to you at all? That Qin Cai Nu is really pregnant, and you are also a person who has had children, and her bad is royal blood after all, how dare you? And those people in Liyuan, they are so innocent, they can't have any impact on you at all!"

"As soon as you say you're smart, you're stupid again. Li Zheng's smile gradually disappeared, "If it weren't for the acquiescence of my father, and the emperor's permission, only the palace and the queen would be able to drag a pregnant girl into the province at will?"

"But Mingming, the Emperor Mingming wanted to summon me at that time! If he knew, why did he summon me, why did he do more?"

"You have to do a full set of plays. Besides," Li Zheng glanced at Yao Jin, "It seems that you really don't know that the Qin Cai girl is indeed from the Wei State." ”

Yao Jin was speechless in surprise, all kinds of things that happened in the pear orchard flashed in his mind like lightning, Qin Cainu, the aunt in charge, the palace maids and disciples of the pear orchard, those short and simple days, Yao Jin immediately said categorically: "No, she can't be a spy of the Wei State, absolutely impossible!"

"She is one of the dancing girls that Wei gave to the King of Xishan and sent to the palace by the King of Xishan. ”

"It's just a dancing girl, are they all spies, and they have to find a reason to kill them one by one!"

"That's right, they're all killed, and she's the last. ”

"You...... What ...... say" Yao Jin looked at Li Zheng almost in horror, her lips trembled slightly: "Is this what you mean, or the emperor's-"

Li Zheng shook his head and interrupted her, "Yao Jin, don't be so naïve. Even if she is not pregnant, her father will dispose of her, and she happens to be pregnant, so it is just that I cleaned up the harem for the queen mother, and it is just a reason not to make the king of Xishan suspicious. ”

"That, those missing people in the pear orchard, why did they die......

"Whoever knows, can't stay. ”

"What do they know......" Yao Jin's eyes were red, "they don't know anything, but they are all killed, and they don't know why! Because of this, I have always felt guilty and remorseful, thinking that it was I who made up my mind for Qin Cainu at that time, and finally led to that disaster--but you, you, it is human life, it is human life! It is a living person!"

Li Zheng looked at Yao Jin's red eyes, as if talking to himself, and seemed to ask her: "Look at this splendid palace, carved dragons and phoenixes, painted silver and gold, but which one is not bloodstained and white bones, which one is not ruthless and heart-like like a snake and scorpion." ”

"No, I can't accept it, and I will never agree with you!"

"Yao Jin, when you stand at the top of this pyramid, one day, you will personally end up for this pyramid and slaughter it with your own hands, whether you accept it or not, whether you recognize it or not, you can't help it at all. Li Zheng said, stretching out his clean and slender fingers, remembering the memories in his mind that belonged to the crown prince Li Zheng and himself, only to feel near and far, blurred for a while and awake for a while, but after every frightening dream, he would remind himself: only forward, not back.

"But you are different from the people here, Yinjin, you are not the real prince! You understand! How can you kill people! Even if you are not for yourself, have you been happy for Lele - don't do evil!" Yao Jin stepped in front of him in three steps and two steps, she looked at Li Zheng almost pleadingly: "You have to remember who you are, don't do evil! Don't let yourself not be able to turn back!"