Huo Qi watched the eldest princess of Liyang raise her hand to lift the kettle on the red clay stove, slowly brewed a cup of tea, the corners of her mouth twitched, and the hideous scar on her forehead also moved.

"The Seventh Master doesn't seem to be very surprised to see this palace." The eldest princess of Liyang said while drinking tea.

The corners of Huo Qi's mouth twitched, "You save me and pull me into the water, it's just that you want a justifiable name." ”

"I don't know anything about you, and I don't know who you are, and I'm not even a complicit in you?"

"So, what else is the eldest princess curious about?"

"It's just that I didn't expect it, I thought that the eldest princess should be loyal to the royal family."

"After all, an orphan girl, with today's scenery, is all given by the royal family. didn't know that the eldest princess also had this thought. ”

The eldest princess of Liyang naturally didn't tell him anything else, just took a sip of tea and said with a smile,

"Rights are a good thing, who in this world doesn't want them?"

"Now that he has been on the throne for more than 20 years, the world is stable, the country is rich and the people are strong." Huo Qi leaned back in the chair, put his hands around his chest, and looked at the two opposite with a smile,

"If you want to overthrow such a dynasty, it's just a firefly competing with the sun and the moon, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed, but Chen Ge Lao and the eldest princess can lie dormant for so many years and no one will find out, and they are indeed capable people."

"The Seventh Master is overrated." The eldest princess of Liyang said, "This palace has no interest in the world, but has enjoyed power, and then I found out that people are inseparable from power." ”

"The world of Dong Yuan was taken from the hands of the previous dynasty, and the seventh master has the blood of the previous dynasty, so he should take it back."

She put down the teacup, "Seventh Master, don't worry about the palace asking for a lot after the matter is completed, and don't worry about the palace stumbling on you, after all, the palace doesn't want much." ”

Huo Qi sneered in his heart, don't want much?

The Chai royal family gave her the supreme glory, making her go from an orphan girl to a princess on the high, although this is compensation.

But the first emperor, even to this day, is indeed very good to her, so she is not satisfied, and she doesn't want much......

What does she want?

He was supposed to die with the Huo family, but he survived later, but he wanted to overturn the case for the Huo family, and then he received an unexpected surprise.

Eleven Niang is still alive and working towards this goal.

Originally, he had no goal in life, he had a goal, he wanted to protect Eleven Niang, and Mi'er, which was his responsibility.

Therefore, at this time, he will not tear his face with Xu Ge Lao and them, once these people jump off the wall in a hurry, they will do anything.

Mi'er's leg was not broken by Xu Ge's old man, but also Hanhan's identity and Xiao Wei's identity.

In order to achieve the goal, the means are not compromised.

Of course, he also knew that if these people assumed that it really came true, then the day they overthrew the Chai dynasty was the day he died.

Therefore, if he wants to live, he must figure out the power of these people and serve these people in one pot, even if the Chai Dynasty is sorry for him, but the people of the world are not sorry for him.

He's not going to let these people go to war.

He let out a long breath in his heart, and his expression was indifferent,

"What's going on with Xiao Wei? After all, he has some relationship with me, and I need to know why. ”

Huo Qi seemed to be the eldest princess of Liyang who betrayed the Chai Dynasty, and he didn't know how many people were moved by Xu Ge's words.

Elder Xu Ge smiled, "He should be the bloodline of the Chai family, but it is well disguised, and now we are not sure of his specific identity, so we have to push it out and let him go to face the emperor, so that we can hide behind our backs and do our things." ”

He said it in a breezy manner, as if it were just a common thing, as if he met someone on the road and said hello, 'The weather is good today,' 'Have you eaten?' or something like that.

Huo Qi didn't ask any more, since this was the case, he couldn't ask anything, and then asked about the purpose of Xu Ge Lao calling him over today.

……

In the palace, after the crown prince left, the emperor sat on the dragon chair and was stunned for a while, and then slowly stood up with the handle of the chair.

Cui Hai didn't know where to come out of nowhere, and followed behind the emperor.

"Go to Jingyang Palace."

Cui Hai was stunned, Jingyang Palace is Concubine Hui's bedroom, in the past, the emperor would occasionally go there, these years, the emperor rarely set foot in the palace of other concubines on such a night, and all he went to was Concubine Yu.

However, to be the first person to be by the emperor's side is to talk less and do more.

Cui Hai didn't ask why, but just whispered to the little eunuch to go to Concubine Hui to report and prepare to welcome him.

The emperor did not get on the chariot, but walked slowly on the palace road. Suddenly, he said,

"Cui Hai, if there is someone here who makes me confused, what do you think should be done?"

Cui Hai bowed down and walked behind the emperor and said in a low voice,

"Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, sitting on the world, holding the power alone, why should you be sad about those? No matter who he is, his glory and wealth, and his high-ranking officials, aren't they all tied to His Majesty's thoughts? ”

"Your Majesty wants him to live when he wants to live, and let him die if he wants to die."

The emperor was slightly stunned and thought silently.

Cui Hai, who was behind, smiled again and said, "The old slave just talks nonsense, where does he understand so many truths, but His Majesty is merciful, and the old slave understands." ”

When the emperor heard this, he laughed, "You are an old man who can play tricks." ”

That's it, now it's fine, there is no need to destroy it.

In the palace of Concubine Yu, Concubine Yu sat on the couch in thin clothes, she didn't do anything, just sat straight, put a piece of jade pendant in her hands and held it with both hands, occasionally rubbing it.

The jade is warm and moist, carved with a simple shape, the middle piece is flat, and there is a word engraved on it, Ling.

Concubine Yu stroked the word 'Ling' over and over again, her eyes were extremely gentle.

The whole hall was very quiet, Concubine Yu let herself indulge in that thought, and her tears fell on the word 'Ling', which was crystal clear.

A pair of hands touched her shoulders, "Ai Concubine." ”

Concubine Yu's figure stiffened slightly, she put her hands together, quickly put the jade pendant into her sleeve, raised her hand and pressed the corner of her eye, and said in a vague voice,

"Your Majesty, you didn't let people say anything when you came over, quietly, scared the concubine to death."

The voice was strange, but she never turned to look at the emperor.

The emperor turned her body over, and by the candlelight, he saw the red in the corners of Concubine Yu's eyes, suddenly laughed, and took her in his arms.

"It's so late, why don't you rest, don't put on clothes, the weather hasn't warmed up, how about catching a cold."

"How is this hall full of people waiting?"

Concubine Yu didn't push the emperor away, but said softly, "It's the concubines who don't let them in, don't blame them, and the concubines can't sleep...... Just sit down. ”

There was a hint of loneliness in her voice.

The emperor suddenly said with some self-reproach, "I just went to Concubine Hui to talk to her about Xiao Wu's marriage, and I just sat down and came out." ”

This seems to explain something.

Concubine Yu raised her head and looked at the emperor with some amusement, "Your Majesty, what is there to explain when you go to Sister Huifei, isn't that how it should be?" ”

"The concubine can't sleep, but she drinks too much tea during the day."

The emperor didn't believe Concubine Yu's explanation, but said more and more cautiously,

"I said that if I don't go to other concubines, I just won't go, it's getting late, let's go to bed in peace."

Seeing that Concubine Yu didn't move, she suddenly remembered what the prince said, and lowered her voice, "Sister Yuan, over the years, I always want to ask you a word." ”

Concubine Yu raised her eyes and said, "What does Your Majesty want to ask?" ”

The Emperor lowered his body, looked at her, and asked, "Have you ever loved me?" ”

Concubine Yu's hand shrunk in her sleeve tightly clasped the jade pendant, and there was a moment of confusion in her eyes, and then she said seriously,

"Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't know what love is, but ask yourself, all the years with Your Majesty, the concubine ...... No regrets. ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, and took Concubine Yu in his arms, "I, I also don't regret it." ”

When the smile stopped, the emperor said, "Every time I think about it, I feel incredible, I thought that we couldn't have intersected, and it was already a gift from God to be able to look at you from afar, but as a result, you have been by my side for so many years." ”

"Sometimes when I think of the tragedy back then, it seems that it was all for us."

Under Yu Guifei's long eyelashes, her eyes were closed, and she couldn't see the emotions inside.

……

Huo Qi came out of the mansion and let out a long breath, it was too dirty, he didn't even dare to breathe too much, for fear of dirtying his nose.

He didn't go to Mi'er with the horse and didn't go to see Xu Han, he turned around and found a hall in Qinlou, and the next day, someone sent information related to the eldest princess of Liyang.

Originally, he didn't want to use Qin Tower, but Qin Tower was established by him, no matter what, it couldn't be involved with him, so it was better to use it generously.

Huo Qi took the information very seriously, and after reading it, he couldn't help but feel very emotional.

The eldest princess of Liyang has an excellent reputation in the capital, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a model of a noble lady in Beijing.

Huo Qi sneered, if the noblewomen in Beijing were the same as the eldest princess of Liyang, then the world would be chaotic.

The eldest princess of Liyang married the concubine Zhongyong Uncle at the age of eighteen, and the concubine was very affectionate, and the princess did not live in the princess's mansion, and lived in the Zhongyong Uncle's mansion with the concubine, filial piety to her in-laws, until the death of her in-laws.

She gave birth to two sons and a daughter, the first two of whom are married, and both have good names in Beijing.

Those elders teach their children, and they often use the children of the eldest princess as an example.

But if you don't check it, you don't know, and if you check it, Huo Qi wants to vomit when you see it.

Before marrying the princess, the colt actually had a wife, and I don't know if he died of illness or was sick, anyway, it was gone at the right time, and the place was vacant.

Not only that, but it has not been quiet, and there is no sense of existence left, and there is no love at first sight for the eldest princess of Liyang and the concubine, and then the good fate of marrying has hindered.

Huo Qi didn't turn the page after two pages, such a person really didn't want to take a second look, but he still asked the people of Qin Lou to check the death of the horse's ex-wife back then, and dig deep into all the crimes of the eldest princess's mansion, and no trace of it could be missed.

These could not immediately relieve the irritability in Huo Qiye's heart, he stood in front of the window, outside the spring was coming, the thick clouds were dissipating, and the sky was as blue as a wash.

Huo Qi stood in front of the window for a long time, looking at this quiet scenery of the years, and felt very awkward.

He turned and strode out of the house, without leading his horse or changing his shirt, but wearing a simple azure brocade robe, with a jade pendant hanging from his waist and a wooden hairpin on his head.

Despite this, because he has been practicing martial arts all year round and has just returned from the field, he looks extraordinarily tall, and the aura on his body is different from that of ordinary men in Beijing.

Before passing through the famous Pinjin Cave in the capital, a woman saw it and stepped forward to drag him.

"Childe, there's a new flower girl in the building, do you want to go in......"

The flower girl saw the long scar on his forehead, and immediately retreated like a ghost.

Huo Qi just glanced at him indifferently and turned to leave.

Even if she didn't say anything, the woman was still frightened, and when she was a little farther, the woman was unwilling, stretched her neck and stood on tiptoe to look again.

If it weren't for the scar, he would be a beautiful man.

He was walking on the long street, people came and went, and he didn't know where he was going, but there was a depression in his heart that couldn't be dissipated.

Although the yamen was dispatched, rumors about Xiao Wei's identity were still circulating in private, but everyone said it in a more subtle way.

That's human nature.

He sat in the teahouse for a while, ate a stomach full of tea, and waited until the night was dark, then he left the teahouse, changed directions, and went to the other side.

After a short time, he came to another long street, which was the residence of dignitaries, and Xu Ge's old mansion was here.

He walked slowly on the long street, avoiding people into the alley, and just as he was about to climb over the wall, he saw a figure dangling on the roof not far away, and it seemed that he was carrying a weapon.

It's the Dark Guard.

Such a hidden breath Huo Qi was too familiar, he lightened his breathing, and after a while, the figure disappeared, and then quietly walked out of the alley.

There are secret guards in Xu Ge's old mansion, too, how can a person who wants to do such a big rebellious thing have no power?

Definitely scared of death.

He returned to the long street, and then looked at the people coming and going on the side of the road and felt that something was wrong, but he didn't expect that there was eyeliner around Xu Ge's old mansion.

It seems that Xu Ge Lao really cherishes his life.

He looked at those people without moving, leaving the long street where Xu Ge's old mansion was, and just turned to another street, he saw a stall in front of a crowd of onlookers.

He leaned over, and a cold female voice came from inside,

"Now everyone says that the little prince of Zhenbei is a heroine of the world, why, Your Majesty has not taken back her throne, you still don't admit it? Don't you admit it, don't you let others admit it? ”

"Little girl, what do you know about a girl's family, she is not very old, but her tongue is powerful, be careful not to find her in-laws."

"Besides, if you paint, you will paint, and it will be spread all over the streets and alleys, and I will go to the government to sue you and sue you for inciting the people."

It was a male voice that said that he was going to sue the official, and his voice was a little gloomy, which sounded uncomfortable.

Because it involved Xu Han, the more Huo Qi listened, the more he felt different, so he squeezed into the crowd.

The person who said that he was going to sue the official was a young man in his twenties, wearing a brocade robe, shaking a fan, dressed in wealth, followed by a few doglegs, and the whole person looked extremely arrogant.

And there was a girl standing opposite him, tall and tall, with a cold face, wearing an azure skirt, Huo Qi looked over and felt that this girl was very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

However, her cold face was full of disgust at the moment, she sneered at the man and said coldly,

"Then you can try!"

The man was agitated and immediately raised his hand and called the person behind him, "Come on, take this little girl to the prison, and tell Master Zhou that she is inciting the people." ”

Huo Qi took a step forward, "I don't know how this girl incited the people?" ”

As soon as his cold voice came out, several of the subordinates behind the man who were about to rush towards the girl stopped.

The cold girl was Xu Yuelian who went out to enjoy the lanterns, and she was still holding a pen in her hand, and she couldn't help but be stunned when she saw someone helping her out.

Huo Qi stood calmly and slowly in front of Xu Yuelian, raising his lips to look at the man opposite,

"This son, I don't know if you have an opinion on the little prince of Zhenbei, or if you have an opinion on my majesty......"

He picked up the painting on the stall, on which was Xu Han's heroic posture of killing leopards in the school field, he regretted that he had never seen Hanhan's heroic posture with his own eyes.

"Where did you come out, dare to take care of the affairs of this son, this dead girl painted this picture and let it circulate everywhere, and now there are rumors caused by the school competition that day, this is not what incites the people."

Huo Qi didn't expect this painting to be painted by the girl in front of him.

Xu Yuelian felt Huo Qi's gaze and said,

"On the day of the little prince's martial arts competition, I was also present, why can't such a heroic thing come out? It's not about speaking ill of others. ”

"It's you, why do you want to arrange the little prince?"

Huo Qi looked at the painting and immediately laughed, "It turns out that this painting was painted by you, and it is very well done!" ”

He looked at the man opposite and said, "Since the prince said that this girl is painting to incite the people, she is so worried about the country and the people, she must be law-abiding on weekdays." ”

"Why don't we go to the yamen together, and ask the government office, how do you usually obey the law and worry about the country and the people."

"Say it, and when the time comes, you can set an example for the people of the capital, don't you say?"

Although Huo Qi didn't know whose son this person was, but looking at the tone of his voice and the yin owl on his face, it was not a good thing.

There is no privacy in any house, as long as he dares to go to the mansion, he Huo Qi can dig out the dirty things he has done.

When the man heard Huo Qi say this, he immediately shrank his feet, "You wait for me." After saying that, he fled with the support of his subordinates.

Xu Yuelian waited until the man left, returned the pen in her hand to the stall owner, and saluted Huo Qi, "Thank you...... Help. ”

In fact, she had confronted the man for a while, but no one in the onlookers helped her speak, because it was near her home, and she sneaked out without a maid.

I didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

Of course, she can show her identity as the daughter of the Xu family, so that her sneaking will be exposed, and she will inevitably be reprimanded by her father again and embarrass her mother.

Luckily, someone helped her.

Huo Qi would help, but it was because the people in front of him defended Xu Han.

He waved his hand, took the broken silver to the stall owner, and bought a set of engravings, which could be hung in the study, or the one in Funing Temple, and placed in front of the eldest brother's spiritual seat, so that the eldest brother could see Hanhan's heroic appearance.

He didn't take Xu Yuelian's thanks to heart.

"It's too dangerous for you little girl to come out like this, hurry up and go home."

Xu Yuelian glanced at Huo Qi, and was not afraid of the scar on his forehead, she looked at Huo Qi carefully, as if she felt that she was too rude, pursed her lips and smiled, gave Huo Qi a salute again, and turned around and walked towards the Xu Mansion.

Huo Qi had already left, but the ghost envoy looked back like a god, and saw that the girl had just entered a corner gate of the Xu Mansion.

He moved, pretending not to be intended, and when he came to the corner door, he heard a voice talking inside.

"Girl, you're back, just now the man from the master's side came. The slave said, "You are asleep." ”

Then came the girl's cold voice, "What is he looking for me to do?" Do you want to trade me for something? ”

The voice was full of malice.

When Huo Qi heard this, he remembered why he was so familiar with that girl, wasn't this the little girl of the Xu family who followed Sister Han behind Eleven Niang in the past and Sister Han was short?

It's a shame.

……

In the Zhenbei Palace, Xu Jun leaned on the head of the bed, took out a small box from the dark compartment at the head of the bed, opened the box, and there was a parchment roll inside, and then opened it, revealing a brown paper envelope dyed bright red.

It was probably the letter that Prince Fengxian handed over to him.

"I've never opened this letter." He paused.

His already bad life was saddled with another child's life because of an accident.

He kept an eye on the child from time to time, paying attention to whether he was alive and how he was doing.

When the child reached adulthood, he felt that he should not carry it any longer, so he took the letter and went to meet someone.

Now that he has ascended the throne, Jiangshan has been sitting very steadily after more than ten years, even if that child is the elder and the one who is rightfully named, but now, he has to admit that no matter what, it is the best ending for that child to live.

What is Orthodoxy? It is recognized by the world.

Just like the road, the more people walk, the more people walk, the road.

Just like the rules, what most people admit is the rules.

Today, he is a benevolent monarch, and the world is convinced, so now he is orthodox.

That's how it is.

As for his successor, the crown prince is also a benevolent prince, so that child should be able to live well in the future.

So, he took the letter with him and went to meet two people, and they agreed that the identity of the child would be a secret forever.

However, he didn't expect that not long after he left, something happened and the person he went to see died!

In other words, the fact that he went to meet people was leaked, and the identity of the child was discovered!

And that person's death was to cover up the child's secret. His death was nothing more than a life in exchange for the child's life.

Xu Han listened for a while, and didn't know what to do.

She knew that Xiao Wei had always been obsessed with the death of the old colt, and what would he do if he knew that the pony's death was to save him?

She couldn't imagine it.

And where is the eldest princess of Shuyang, what happened back then.

Is it really just because of the death of the colt, the excitement is too great, so all this is forgotten?

If it is really forgotten, then why is it so indulgent to Xiao Wei?

Is it really because of excessive sadness and lack of mental discipline?

And this time, Xiao Wei's identity broke out, will it stimulate the eldest princess to think of these things?

The point is that Xiao Wei has not been sent over for several days.

Xu Han clenched his fists. Thinking about whether to hand over a post to the eldest princess's mansion.

……

In the mansion of the eldest princess of Shuyang, the eldest princess of Shuyang was leaning on the head of the bed, looking haggard, her eyes were red, and her silver filaments were particularly dazzling.

"Grandmother." Xiao Wei squatted in front of the eldest princess's bed and held her hand, the news from outside did not come in, but after Duchess Chengen and the eldest grandmother came to say goodbye, the eldest princess of Shuyang fell into a coma.

After three days in a coma, I finally woke up.

The reason why the news has not leaked out is because before the eldest princess of Shuyang fell into a coma, no one was allowed to leak the news.

The majesty of the eldest princess of Shuyang was very useful to the eldest princess, and sure enough, there was no rumor outside.

The eldest princess of Shuyang stroked Xiao Wei with trembling hands, "You are a child of the Xiao family, not a wild species, don't think nonsense." ”

"Grandmother." Xiao Wei said, "Yes, I am a child of the Xiao family, just a child of the Xiao family, and I am a grandmother's child." ”

The eldest princess of Shuyang has always been calm and strong, and Xiao Xiao has never seen her so painful and gaffe.

"Okay, okay." The voice of the eldest princess of Shuyang was desolate and painful, "These people, your father and your mother have been dead for so many years, why don't you let them go." ”

"Before I left the pavilion, a monk from Funing Temple told me my fortune, saying that my eight characters were too hard, the five elements were incomplete, and I could only die alone."

"So I'm not close to your second uncle's family, after your grandfather died, I alienated you, I'm just afraid that in the end I will really be alone......"

Xiao Wei shook his head, "Grandmother, that's fake, the eight characters are all nonsense, and the monks of Funing Temple are all nonsense." ”

The eldest princess of Shuyang smiled miserably, grabbing Xiao Wei's hand, a person with great strength.

"I didn't believe it before, but your father died, your mother died, and your grandfather, all of them left me."

"Now, are you leaving Grandmother too? Grandmother is not reconciled, the damned one is me, and if I die, they will not die. ”

The eldest princess of Shuyang looked pained.

Xiao Xiao didn't know how to persuade him, he had doubts about his identity for so many years, and he was also seeking answers, who was he? Where did it come from.

But now, seeing the pain of the eldest princess Shuyang like this, he wondered if he was wrong.

No matter who he is, he is Xiao Wei now.

The eldest princess of Shuyang was already a shell after the blow of the old horse's death, and this time, because of Xiao Wei's rumors, she was even more defeated, and the whole person was lying on the bed empty.

Suddenly, she sighed faintly and said, "Zheng'er, you're right, you are a child of the Xiao family, and you will be for the rest of your life." ”

She seemed to have eased up, and said to Xiao Wei, "You have been in front of your grandmother for three days, you are tired, go and rest." ”

"Also, did you send a message over there, little prince?"

Xiao Wei was reminded by the eldest princess of Shuyang, and immediately said with annoyance, "I forgot, Guangji hung on my grandmother, and I didn't let anyone send it over." ”

The eldest princess of Shuyang smiled weakly, "You know that if you coax your grandmother, it's okay if you don't send it over, so that she won't have to worry about it." ”

There was a grandmother outside who brought medicine in, and the eldest princess of Shuyang propped herself up, took the medicine and drank it all, and saw that there was a bowl of ginseng soup on the side, and said,

"What ginseng soup do I still eat now, the deficiency is not replenished, Zheng'er, you can drink it."

Xiao Wei took the ginseng soup, drank it all, stood up, and said a little embarrassedly,

"Grandmother, then I'll ask someone to send a message to Hanhan first, there has been no news in the past few days, and she will be worried."

The eldest princess of Shuyang said kindly, "Go ahead." ”

Xiao Zheng took two steps out, only to feel that his body shook, his eyes were dark, and he almost couldn't stand.

He turned around and looked at the eldest princess Shuyang, and a mouthful of blood gushed out.

He suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, oh, that ginseng soup is poisonous.