Regarding the previous conversation between Chen Zexuan and Gu Jinli, the Eighth Prince didn't hear anything, but he heard the last sentence clearly.

Dressed in black, he was like an abandoned puppet, standing quietly in place, motionless, his expression was so calm that it made people feel uncomfortable: "If you want to abolish me, you can do it now, there is no need to unite with Qi Hao." ”

The injury in the young man's eyes made Gu Jinli forget that he was already the emperor for a while.

Moving her lips, she couldn't bear to say: "Eighth Prince, this matter is very complicated, you come in, we will explain it to you in detail." ”

"As long as you say it, I will listen." The Eighth Prince smiled bitterly, closed the door, and slowly walked in.

Hearing this, Gu Jinli remembered the confession of the Eighth Prince to herself in the palace before, and that day it was raining, and she stood in the corridor next to the imperial garden and asked him not to deal with Qi Hao.

Afterwards, she learned from Ah Qiao that when Qi Hao was fighting against the Eighth Prince's people, the Eighth Prince had indeed instructed his subordinates not to hurt Qi Hao.

Indeed, he did everything she said.

Chen Zexuan's eyes swept between the Eighth Prince and Gu Jinli, and he thought of something, but he didn't know what it was like in his heart.

In short, it is very sour and heavy.

Chen Zexuan's life experience involves the king of Nanyang and the stupid prince, as well as his identity as the princess of Fengguo, and the old things more than 20 years ago.

If this comes one by one, I am afraid it will be unclear for a while.

Moreover, these things are widely implicated, and it is not good to tell the eighth prince.

Therefore, after Gu Jinli pondered for a while, she only told the Eighth Prince that Mo Li was the High Priest of Feng Country and the National Teacher of Yun Kingdom.

It was precisely because they discovered Mo Li's wolf ambition that Chen Zexuan and Gu Jinli reined in the precipice for the sake of the country's righteousness, and decided to unite with Qi Hao to return the royal family to orthodoxy first, and then deal with Mo Li.

When she said it, Gu Jinli's expression was still a little unnatural.

After all, they didn't give up their plan to seize the throne for the sake of national interests at all.

If the two of them really had any strong patriotic feelings for the Qi Kingdom, they would not have subverted the court of the Qi Kingdom and caused so many incidents.

Moreover, Chen Zexuan just released the fact that the King of Nanyang and the old emperor exchanged identities back then, where did he think about Qi Guo for half a point?

Anyway, this reason sounds very fake.

The eighth prince didn't believe it, Chen Zexuan didn't believe it, and even Gu Jinli herself didn't believe it.

Therefore, she added: "Eighth Prince, two years ago, after I jumped off the cliff, I was also rescued by Mo Li. ”

"In order to use me, he tampered with my memory, which is why I went crazy to take revenge on Qi Hao after returning to Beijing."

"And brother, he also cooperated with Mo Li for me."

"It's just that we didn't think that he had such a deep mind and deceived us so much."

"Eighth Prince, you ......"

"I see." The Eighth Prince interrupted Gu Jinli's words, and he didn't say whether he believed it or not, he said lightly: "What do you need me to do?" I'm with you. ”

He was so happy, which made Gu Jinli feel even more guilty.

Seeing Gu Jinli's embarrassed expression, the Eighth Prince pulled his lips and pretended to be indifferent: "I have been your pawn from the beginning, and the throne does not belong to me in the first place, but now I have just returned to the original point." ”

Chen Zexuan took a deep breath and said slowly: "Let Qi Hao attack in, and you will step down naturally." ”

"Mo Li will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry, and when he has other actions, he will be wiped out."

"As for the throne......"

As soon as they heard the "throne", the Eighth Prince and Gu Jinli both looked at Chen Zexuan in unison.

A trace of pain flashed in Chen Zexuan's eyes, and he said hoarsely after a while: "It's a matter of the two of you, and this son will not mix it up again." ”

This means that he is telling Gu Jinli and the Eighth Prince that he has given up the throne!

"Brother......" Gu Jinli was far more shocked than the Eighth Prince at the moment, because she knew better than anyone Chen Zexuan's attachment to the throne in the past.

To make him give up the throne is as difficult as forcing Gu Jinli to uproot Qi Hao from his heart.

How deep the attachment is, how painful it will be when you give up.

And Chen Zexuan, he actually gave up the throne at his fingertips, if Qi Hao knew, he would definitely be dumbfounded.

Chen Zexuan will not take the throne again, and the eighth prince also lost his qualification to inherit the throne as early as the night of the palace.

In the eyes of insiders, he is a usurper villain.

Moreover, now he himself has lost interest in the throne in the midst of ups and downs.

So, there is no doubt that the throne is very good!

Chen Zexuan pretended not to see the moisture in Gu Jinli's eyes, and continued: "Tomorrow, I need you to send someone to Qi Hao to give a war letter. ”

"I know what to do." The Eighth Prince nodded, and seeing that Chen Zexuan and Gu Jinli had nothing to say, he got up and left.

When he walked to the door, Gu Jinli suddenly called out to the Eighth Prince, "Eighth Prince." ”

The Eighth Prince paused, looked back at Gu Jinli, and waited for his words.

Gu Jinli said in a low voice, "Thank you." ”

Of course, there are also the three words "I'm sorry", which she silently hid in her heart.

The Eighth Prince smiled, and that smile was so pure that it seemed to make him turn back into the simple boy again.

Turning around, he walked out of the sight of Gu Jinli and Chen Zexuan.

The Eighth Prince came over today, just to take a few glances at Gu Jinli.

Now that the people have seen it and finished speaking, they can go.

Tomorrow, Qi Hao will attack the city, and the cage that awaits the Eighth Emperor will be a cage.

Regardless of whether Qi Hao will show mercy to his subordinates tomorrow, he will accomplish one thing today.

Out of the old mansion of King Nanyang, he got into the carriage and went back to the palace.

After the eighth prince left, Gu Jinli thought about it and wrote a letter to Qi Hao.

She didn't hide it from Chen Zexuan, but wrote it in front of him.

The letter that Qi Hao wrote to Gu Jinli when he was fighting outside before, although Gu Jinli didn't see it in time, she also guessed through the word "Mo Li" mentioned in the letter, Qi Hao must have known Mo Li's identity and conspiracy.

Therefore, the letter to Qi Hao did not contain any love between you and me, but simply explained his and Chen Zexuan's plans.

Not long after the front foot sent someone to send the letter to Qi Hao, Mo Li came over on the back foot.

didn't even sit down, he opened his mouth directly and said to Gu Jinli: "Sheng'er, take a few drops of your blood and use it." ”

Gu Jinli was stunned, and Chen Zexuan's face sank.

With a cold color under his eyes, Chen Zexuan asked, "Master, what do you want Sheng'er's blood for?" ”

Mo Li naturally couldn't tell Chen Zexuan that in order to open the treasure, in addition to the phoenix blood jade and the map, he also needed the blood of the royal family of the Feng Kingdom.

"Master has his own usefulness, and I'll tell you about this later." Mo Li still looked like he didn't want to say much, took out a small white jade bottle from his sleeve, and a small dagger, and handed it directly to Gu Jinli, the meaning was very obvious.

Gu Jinli had just taken a blood test with Chen Zexuan yesterday, and she had already cut a knife on her finger.

Although the wound was not as deep as Chen Zexuan's, Gu Jinli was reluctant to cut another knife for Mo Li.

Besides, who knows what she's going to do with her blood?

Seeing Gu Jinli hesitating, Mo Li's tone became a little colder, "Sheng'er, when did Master hurt you?" ”

Gu Jinli sneered in her heart, she was embarrassed to slap Mo Li's face directly, and asked rhetorically, when did you not harm me?

"Sheng'er, Master has Master's plan, you listen to him." At this time, Chen Zexuan suddenly spoke, and gave Gu Jinli a meaningful look.

Gu Jinli nodded, took the dagger with the hand that had been cut yesterday, and lightly slashed the thumb of the other hand, dripping two drops of blood into the jade bottle.

Who knows, Mo Li actually disliked Gu Jinli's strength was too small, and the cut wound was too shallow, so that the blood that flowed out was too little, and he grabbed the dagger and increased his strength.

Without waiting for Gu Jinli to react, there was a pain in her fingers.

She watched her blood flow a small vial in the blink of an eye, and couldn't help but gasp: "Master......"

Letting go of the dagger, Mo Li put away the jade bottle with satisfaction, and without saying a word, turned around and walked out of the room.

"Sheng'er, does it hurt?" Chen Zexuan hurriedly wrapped Gu Jinli's fingers with a handkerchief, his eyes full of distress.

Gu Jinli shook her head and said slowly: "Pain is secondary, what I am most curious about now is what he wants my blood to do." ”

Chen Zexuan sneered, then snapped his fingers, "Someone." ”

A man in black instantly appeared in response and arched his hand: "Master, what do you command?" ”

Chen Zexuan said coldly: "Go and follow the Lord, don't be discovered by him." ”

"Yes, master." The man in black nodded, and vanished.

"Sheng'er, quickly bandage the wound." I remember that Ah Qiao took out the trauma medicine from the cabinet yesterday, so Chen Zexuan opened the cabinet by himself, directly took out the medicine, and sat down again.

Gu Jinli looked at the wound that was still dripping with blood, and said faintly: "Brother, shouldn't he take my blood to do some medicine?" ”

"Does your blood have any special effects?" Chen Zexuan paused, raised his eyes and asked.

"I don't think so." Gu Jinli looked at the hand that was bandaged by Chen Zexuan, thought about it, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind: "Is it possible, what seal can my blood break?" What mythical beast to awaken? ”

"Uh......" Chen Zexuan couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it: "Maybe it's okay." ”

Gu Jinli sighed, and said a little helplessly: "That's it, I don't want to do this, there is still a tough battle to fight tomorrow." ”

Chen Zexuan's eyes darkened, and he rubbed Gu Jinli's head, "Your body is not good yet, take a good rest." ”

"Brother, too, don't worry too much." Gu Jinli smiled and said gently: "I will accompany you in advance and retreat." ”

"Okay." Chen Zexuan nodded and didn't go to look at Gu Jinli again.

Because, he was afraid that he would fall into her clear and smart eyes, and he was reluctant to leave.

After closing the door, Chen Zexuan reached out and gently touched the door frame, as if he was caressing Gu Jinli's face in the air, his expression was suppressed pain and sadness.

At first, he only thought that she was different from ordinary women, and she was a woman from Qi Hao, so he was more interested.

Later, I don't know how I fell into it, and I couldn't control it.

Later, under Mo Li's conspiracy and lies, she became his sister, so that he had to strangle his love for her.

Now, they are not brother and sister, but there can be no love between them.

Come to think of it, this is providence, right?

Not his, never.

Just like the Eighth Prince, the throne does not belong to him, and Gu Jinli does not belong to him either.

There is also a Yin Zike, these men who love Gu Jinli can only be warm passers-by in her life.

His eyes were a little sour, and he walked away with heavy steps.

When the eighth prince stepped into the Shoukang Palace, the queen was eating the crystal purple grapes that had just been peeled by the autumn cicadas.

Seeing that the Eighth Prince was coming, she greeted her in a good mood: "Emperor, come and sit down quickly, and taste the grapes that have just been tributed, they taste really good." ”

The eighth prince looked at the queen's extremely luxurious service, as if he wanted to wear the most expensive and gorgeous clothes and jewelry in the entire palace, and the corners of his mouth overflowed with a hint of mockery: "If the queen mother likes to eat, eat more." ”

Because, there will be no chance to eat it again.

When the queen saw that the eighth prince didn't eat it, it was not good for her to eat it herself.

She wiped the juice on her fingers, sat up straight, and said slowly: "The emperor is coming here today, but what's the matter?" ”

The eighth prince was silent for a while, and said slowly: "The father and the emperor have had a stroke, the queen mother should know, right?" ”

Not only does the queen know, but she is also the culprit.

The reason why the eighth prince asked the queen was not to test her, nor to wait for her reply, but to see what kind of reaction she would give.

Sure enough, the queen raised her eyebrows, looking indifferent and secretly revealing a smug look, "Well, the mourning family knows." ”

"Your father's body is not good, and he has such a big temperament, but fortunately, there is no danger to his life this time, and it can be regarded as making him have a long memory."

The Eighth Prince's face was pale, but his tone was a little gloomy unconsciously: "That...... What does the Queen Mother think? Just let my father lie in bed like this? ”

The queen may feel that since the eighth prince dares to seek the usurpation of the throne, it will be like the simple child who did not understand the world at the beginning, and those respect, humility and filial piety already exist in his eyes.

Hooking her lips, she said casually: "Anyway, your father can't pose any threat to you now, and there is no difference between living and dying." ”

As soon as Yu Feng turned, she sneered: "However, it's really better to die happily than to live like this!" ”

The eighth prince's hand hidden in his sleeve was clenched tightly, he lowered his eyes, and said softly: "Yes, it's really not interesting to live like this." ”

The queen listened to the words of the eighth prince, thinking that he was agreeing with her thoughts, and the smile on her lips became brighter and brighter: "Emperor, your identity is different now, don't do it yourself, so as not to attract tongues." ”

"Just find an opportunity to send someone to do something in your father's medicine."

"Anyway, your father is too old, so it's time to live to the end."

The slender and thick eyelashes blocked the rolling cold current and infinite hatred under his eyes, and his thin lips opened lightly, and he said to Qiu Cicada: "Qiu Cicada, you go out, I have something to say to the queen mother alone." ”

In any case, the old emperor was the father of the eighth prince.

When he usurped the throne and forced the palace, he knew that he had done a great evil thing, but he never thought of taking the life of the old emperor.

After all, before he began to figure out people's hearts and plan and calculate, the old emperor was indeed like a loving father and loved him very much.

This kind of love, although not as good as Qi Hao, is also a simple father's love.

At that time, he was so simple and beautiful that people couldn't help but want to take care of him.

The old emperor is like this, and so is Qi Hao.

He is the little brightness and warmth in this harem full of filth and filth, and no one wants him to be blackened and assimilated in this filth.

However, the cruel realities of the harem forced him to grow up, and he had to abandon his pure heart and father-son brotherhood, and jump into this quagmire and swamp......

Gradually, he lost himself in the struggle for power and the desire for the throne.

Fortunately, he didn't fall deeper and deeper and woke up in time.

People are responsible for their own actions, and what happened in the past, if it is wrong, it is wrong, and he does not regret it.

If he is ashamed of the old emperor and Qi Hao, he will make up for it.

And people say that a husband and wife are 100 days a day.

The queen and the old emperor have been husband and wife for so many years, but they want to get rid of the old emperor so ruthlessly, which makes the heart of the eighth prince very sad.

The old emperor is the father of the eighth prince, and half of the old emperor's blood is flowing in the body of the eighth prince.

Even if the Eighth Emperor's temperament became cold, he could not allow the vicious woman of the Empress to kill the old emperor.

Qiu Cicada did not doubt him, blessed his body, and withdrew.

"The Queen Mother." When the door closed, the Eighth Prince slowly stood up and walked to the queen's side.

Looking straight at the queen, he asked, "This matter has been pressed on Erchen's heart for a long time. ”

"Oh? What's the matter? Seeing that the eighth prince's face was gloomy, the queen became interested.

Leaning forward, she made a deferential gesture.

The eighth prince attached his lips to the queen's ear and said word by word: "Do you still remember, the good concubine more than ten years ago?" ”

The queen's face, which was still smiling just now, suddenly froze, she swallowed her saliva with an unnatural expression, and asked calmly: "Emperor, good manners, what are you mentioning her for?" ”

The eighth prince put his hand on the queen's shoulder, squinted his eyes, and said coldly: "Queen Mother, she is the one who gave birth to me, I am her flesh and blood, what do you say I mention her?" ”

"Xiaoba, it's right that Concubine Liang was born, but don't forget, it was the mourning family who brought you up all these years!" Although I don't know why the eighth prince coldly mentioned Concubine Liang, a frustrated woman, the queen had a feeling that her sacred majesty had been violated and provoked, and she said angrily: "If you hadn't been carefully cultivated by the mourning family, you would have today?" ”

The Eighth Prince shook his head and smiled contemptuously: "Queen Mother, without you, there would indeed be no me today." ”

"But have you ever asked me if all this today is what I want and think?"

"No, you don't."

"You killed my mother as soon as I was born, so I have no choice but to recognize the thief as my mother and attach myself to you!"

"Hachi, you are presumptuous!" The queen listened to the Eighth Prince's tone become harsh, her expression became fierce, and she suddenly realized something.

In a panic, she subconsciously wanted to sit up from the soft collapse, but was held down by the eighth prince with one hand.

The eighth prince pinched the queen's neck, watched her face flushed, her hands fluttered hard, and said slowly: "Queen Mother, do you know that I have been waiting for this day for a long, long time." ”

"Ever since I knew that my mother was killed by you, I hated myself very much."

"If I hadn't been born, you wouldn't have hit me with your mind, so my mother wouldn't have died."

"Autumn ...... Autumn cicada ......" The queen opened her mouth and tried to call the autumn cicada outside to save herself, but her voice was so small that the autumn cicada standing under the steps outside the house couldn't hear it at all.

The green tendons on the back of the eighth prince's hand were beating, which showed that he really hated the queen to the extreme.

The strength of the queen's struggle became smaller and smaller, and she stared at the Eighth Prince with a pair of eyes, and the look in her eyes seemed to be resentful of the Eighth Prince's "kindness and revenge" and "ingratitude".

In the eyes of the queen, it was right that she killed Concubine Liang.

However, Concubine Liang is a weak woman with a humble status and no power, even if the queen does not be ruthless to her, she will not be able to survive in this deep palace that eats people and does not spit out bones.

What's more, Concubine Liang gave birth to a baby boy, which will cause a lot of trouble.

Therefore, it is better to hand over the eighth prince to the queen to raise.

The queen is the lord of the six palaces, not to mention the most noble woman in the entire harem, and there is also the Fang family, a big backer.

The eighth prince followed the queen, which is a supreme glory that others can't attach.

And the eighth prince is not only grateful to the queen for everything he has paid for him, but also because a good concubine who has never met him is like this, this is not ungrateful, what is the revenge?

It's true that Concubine Liang gave birth to the Eighth Prince, but she can't give anything to the Eighth Prince, what is the use of such an incompetent mother asking her?!

It was probably the queen's eyes that intensified the fire in the heart of the eighth prince, so much so that he made a "rattle" and directly twisted her neck.

With a roll of her eyes, the queen stopped struggling and died.

Withdrawing his hand, the eighth prince looked at the queen who fell on the soft collapse, and muttered, "Mother, my son has avenged you." ”

Snorting, he lifted his foot and pushed the door away.

Kill the queen, and he can face everything that comes tomorrow without worry......

Qiu Cicada didn't know what was going on in the house, but when she entered, she immediately let out a scream: "Niangniang! ”

On the queen's white neck, there are obvious and clear five finger prints of the eighth prince, which is shocking to see.

"Woo, Niangniang......" The eighth prince has gone away, and it is impossible for Qiu Cicada to catch up with him and ask him why he killed the queen.

Holding the queen's body tightly, Qiu Cicada cried uncontrollably.

I don't know how long I cried, until it was dark, until the queen's body became cold, and her voice was completely hoarse, and she couldn't cry anymore, and then she let go of the queen.

Helping the queen to the bed, Qiu Chan found a queen's favorite robe from the cabinet and changed it for her, and carefully smeared the fat powder on the dresser on the queen's face.

After dressing up, Qiu Cicada knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the queen three times.

In the room just now, there was no one else except the Eighth Prince.

Therefore, Qiu Cicada doesn't need to think much to know that the queen must have been killed by the Eighth Emperor.

If you want to talk about the reason, I'm afraid it's also because the eighth prince knows about Concubine Liang.

"Mother, the slave will go to you, you wait for the slave." When the words fell, she pulled out the hairpin in her hair and stabbed it into her heart.

"Poof", the autumn cicada spat out a mouthful of blood and also fell to the ground.

The vision was hazy, she tilted her head hard to look in the direction of the bed, and after calling "Niangniang" weakly, she closed her eyes forever.

The queen is usually the most exquisite, and she is afraid of loneliness, so the autumn cicada also followed.

After half a cup of tea, the queen died violently, and the news of the martyrdom of the autumn cicada spread widely.

At this time, the eighth prince was standing in front of the window of Mingyang Palace, listening to Xiao Xiangzi's speech, and said an expressionless "um".