"What exactly do you want?"

In front of Xiao Qingqing, at this moment, only the eldest princess of Dongyang was left, and the four guards who had been with her before were no longer in the house. The two women who once had great power in one north and one south looked at each other, but in the end, it was Xiao Qingqing who laughed. She once only gave the emperor a back, but she didn't know when she had sat up straight, even if her bones were broken, she was not half weak.

"What do I want...... Hehe, I want to leave traces of my existence in this world, and I don't want to die silently as a patient in this world, how can you, a person who was born healthy, understand? ”

She giggled nervously, not seducing sentient beings, only morbid madness: "From the time I was sensible, I was used to seeing every doctor's shaking of his head and sighing, and his father's forced and smiling face. When he was gone, the people of the palace bowed down to me and obeyed me, but I could see from the eyes of everyone that they obeyed me because of their command and loyalty. ”

"They obey the daughter of the king of Lanling County, the lord of Huoshan, not me, Xiao Qingqing, who can only survive if he is in bed and recuperates!"

"I don't want to lie in bed for the rest of my life, only looking at the small place outside the roof and the window, so I read military books, read history books, and insisted on hiring famous teachers to learn martial arts, but when I was ecstatic to find that learning martial arts really seemed to improve my physique, at least I could finally get out of the door, I found another thing. That's the face that's getting better and better! ”

Talking about the appearance that once made many people fall in love in the Wuying Pavilion, Xiao Qingqing didn't see any pride, and some only gritted their teeth and hated.

"When I was finally able to go out and no longer only meet the handmaidens and the doctors who came and went, this face became the biggest obstacle. Even the teacher who tried his best to teach me martial arts at the beginning, after teaching me for two years, gradually developed thoughts that he shouldn't have. When he put his thoughts into action, I had to kill him, and from then on, whenever I appeared in front of people, I could only wear a veil until I could finally control my breath a little. ”

As a woman, the eldest princess of Dongyang put herself in her shoes, and only felt that if she was also sentenced to not live long since she was a child, and after it was easy to get rid of the fate of death, she was coveted because of her outstanding appearance, and even the teacher was even included among the coveted people, then she would indeed feel that her life was dark.

However, she didn't have any pity at all, and just asked coldly: "You are the lord of Beiyan County, and your father is the king of Lanling County who has quite a lot of military achievements in the past. Since your status is precious, and you don't want to go to the world silently, then the marriage between the Xiao family and the Ji family is a consistent custom, with your mental means, wouldn't it be better to marry a wishful husband and help him ascend to the throne? ”

Xiao Qingqing's pale face showed a sneering smile: "I thought about it." But even after many years of martial arts training and a famous doctor I met by luck, I was already sixteen years old when I finally walked out of the house. Even if I know about those royal families, but I have no brothers, my father died early, and I have been sick since I was a child, in the name of a county lord, who do you think can think of me as a person? Of course, there will naturally be people who like my face, but how can that kind of superficial person be worth my effort? ”

Speaking of this, her breath suddenly became rapid, and then she poked her fingers one by one in her chest and abdomen, and after her breath calmed down again, she said lightly: "What's more, at that time, the current Emperor of Northern Yan had already married the most powerful virtuous helper. I only tried to contact Lele once, and I was completely impressed by her, and after that, she also regarded me as a confidant. ”

"As you should have guessed later, although she is a woman, for me, it is a better choice than marrying. For I did not have to go to great lengths to please her, but only to give advice with all my might, and she never doubted me, and almost never denied my plans and schemes, even if she finally sent her husband to the throne and became queen herself, and still treated me as always. Such a confidant, what more can you ask for in life? ”

The eldest princess of Dongyang listened to the stirring words vaguely in the plainness, and stabbed her sharp knife mercilessly.

"But it's just because of a fool's calculations that there is a rift between you after all."

"That's right, it's just because of a stupid slut's design, she and I will never go back to the way things were."

Xiao Qingqing squinted her eyes, and her cold face showed a cold killing intent: "I looked healthy at that time, but the doctor who allowed me to survive to this day has long said that if I want to live past the age of thirty, I will not be able to have children in this life, but I have never told anyone about this, including Lele, and as a result, I was regarded as a helper who can be a pet for Lele." ”

"How can the kind of fool who can only think of harem battles in his mind and give birth to children and solid favors, how can he understand what the relationship between the emperors and queens of Northern Yan is? That's not a superficial relationship between men and women, otherwise how could the emperor find Lele the daughter of the eldest princess who doesn't know who gave birth to? It's not even the friendship that has been working together for many years and finally sitting on the throne...... Yes, that's just sympathy for each other, knowing that the other party is their best helper, just like between me and Lele! ”

"After the incident, I tried my best to clean up the mess, although the emperor was embarrassed, but he thought that nothing happened, Lele was furious, executed the stupid slut, and tried his best to make up for the relationship with me. However, what has already happened, no one can assume that it has not happened. What's more, I found out that I was pregnant, and it was more than three months at that time. So, I simply broke off with Lele and returned to my own courtyard as the lord of Huoshan. ”

When it comes to the word pregnancy, Xiao Qingqing's face revealed not the brilliance of maternal love, but the hatred of gritting her teeth. The eldest princess of Dongyang, who is also a mother, looked at her expression, thinking that she had heard that Xiao Jingjing admired and attached herself to this mother, and was sad and sad for her mother's condition, she couldn't believe Xiao Qingqing's ruthlessness and ruthlessness at this time.

"If I could, I would rather have aborted the fetus, but I secretly invited three of the most famous gynecologists, and they all told me that with my body, even if I accidentally had a miscarriage, it would cause great damage, and as for those abortion pills, the damage to the mother's body was even worse. If I give birth to a child and take good care of it while sitting on the mattress, I may still have a glimmer of life, but if it is a miscarriage or abortion, even if I don't die overnight, I am afraid that I will not be able to leave the sickbed in this life. It's ridiculous that I, who was afraid of death, actually believed these nonsense. ”

The eldest princess of Dongyang had just heard Xiao Qingqing say that the famous doctors invited by Yan had suggested that she give birth to a child naturally, instead of using abortion or other methods, she was already a little suspicious in her heart, and when she heard the last sentence, she suddenly woke up.

She took a light breath and said in a deep voice: "You think you have cleaned up the mess, but in fact, the spring breeze that night was still known, so the fetus in your womb became a fragrant bait in the eyes of others?" ”

"That's right, it wasn't until I gave birth to that skinny child that was almost the size of a palm, that I knew that Lele had known the truth I had covered up a long time ago, and that she wanted this child. She came to see me in person and promised to treat me as her own. But I, who had never rejected her, was stubborn that time. I made a plan to escape and left Beiyan with the child, but she seemed to want me to come back, but it was a secret. So, I, the lord of Huoshan County, am obviously in Jinling, but in the eyes of others, I seem to still live in Beiyan. ”

The eldest princess of Dongyang pondered the past that Xiao Qingqing said over and over again in her heart, calculated the time, and finally came to a conclusion - judging from her age, it can't be Li Yiming, of course, it can't be Yue Qianqiu, and it can't be Xiao Jingjing!

According to the bits and pieces of information she has found out these days, Xiao Qingqing left Beiyan at least sixteen years ago, so her child, whether male or female, is at least sixteen years old......

Suddenly, she was terrified. Sixteen years old, if she remembers correctly, now that she is trapped in Beiyan, the younger son of the older man, the younger the fourth, is changing his way to accept Zhen Rong, the head disciple of Qingcheng, who wants to be accepted as a righteous son, is not exactly sixteen years old?

Now the Emperor of Beiyan is not like his own royal brother has been sitting in the country for more than forty years, and he has been in power for seventeen or eighteen years, and he has been in the prince's seat for many years, and once behaved like a nobleman who eats and waits for death, in addition to the princess, there are not many concubines, and after ascending the throne as the emperor, there are no fewer concubines, and there are many children in the harem.

Such an emperor, who was not considered dedicated in the first place, was once designed and Xiao Qingqing was once in the spring breeze, she couldn't help but secretly think to herself, if she was the Empress of Beiyan, what would be her position on the matter of her former close friend losing her husband.

Is it really deceived by the female officers under him, and then takes advantage of the situation, or does he know but pretend not to know and enjoy the results?

However, her face was not moved at all, and instead asked lightly: "If I remember correctly, you also said before that Xiao Jingjing is the daughter of Emperor Beiyan?" But now listening to what you say, it doesn't seem to be right at this age, right? Moreover, compared with what you just said, what I want to know more is how you and Xiao Lele first arrived in Jinling back then, and how did you meet the imperial brother? And later, how did Xiao Lele get to Jinling, and how did he get close to the imperial brother? ”

"You should know that a person who has been sick for many years is inherently curious about a country that he has only heard of. At that time, Emperor Beiyan was only a prince, and Lele was just a princess, so it was naturally much easier to come to the south than when she was the queen later, and I also followed her. ”

"As for meeting the Emperor of Southern Wu, you know, although Lele was just a princess at that time, she had actually controlled the Autumn Hunting Division. As for what her attitude and intentions are towards Emperor Nanwu, heh, that is the past between the two of them, I suggest you ask your imperial brother. ”

Unceremoniously blocked the words of the eldest princess of Dongyang, Xiao Qingqing said lightly: "Jing'er is just my adopted child, saying that she is the daughter of Emperor Beiyan, but it is just to let her have a thought." If a child who has no mother thinks that he has a father, he will have a pillar of support in the future. I couldn't tell her that I picked her up and that her parents were long gone. ”

Even if from just now to now, Xiao Qingqing will answer whatever she asks, but the feeling of uncertainty in the heart of the eldest princess of Dongyang has become more and more intense. Even if she used the life-sustaining elixir as bait to impress Xiao Qingqing to speak, she didn't think that the other party would believe it so easily, and then confided in those old things that were almost dusty.

Therefore, even if she knew that she had asked, she couldn't solve the big pimple in her heart, so she still asked, "What about the child who should be your real flesh and blood?" Where is he now? ”

"Since it was a scourge that almost cost me my life, I naturally threw it away." Xiao Qingqing said unmoved, as if she just lost something she didn't want, and she didn't even frown, "No matter who you are adopted, it's better than following me." ”

threw away his own flesh and blood, but adopted a daughter, and claimed that she was the daughter of the Northern Yan Emperor?

The eldest princess of Dongyang only felt that today's long conversation with Xiao Qingqing was simply a breakthrough in her imagination, but she still decided to ask the most important question: "Xiao Lele claimed to have died with the newborn little prince before. So, according to what you meant before, that little prince is Li Yiming, the only prince of Great Wu, who was brought back to the palace by the imperial brother to raise Feng Guifei? ”

"I didn't say that, you said it."

Xiao Qingqing smiled slightly, her cold face thawed instantly, and a hint of bright red flashed on her pale face. She didn't seem to see the iron-blue face of the eldest princess of Dongyang, and said word by word: "Too many of you have set your eyes on Yue Qianqiu, but you have forgotten that this kind of thing that he picked up has not been a secret since seven years ago, not to mention, a mere prime minister raising a grandson will not have any impact." In contrast, the background of the British king is truly unclear. ”

The eldest princess of Dongyang couldn't help but say angrily: "If that's the case, you have been hiding it for so long, why do you want to pierce this layer of window paper now?" ”

"Why? Hehe! Xiao Qingqing stared at the eldest princess of Dongyang incredulously, and then smiled dumbly, "I was betrayed by the calculation of my most trusted confidant, and now I am dying, why do you want to let her get what she wants?" ”

"But if you just want to ruin Xiao Lele's plan, how can you explain the downfall of Pei Xu and Shen Zheng?" The eldest princess of Dongyang took a deep breath and said straightforwardly, "So, you don't have to pretend." In the final analysis, you and Xiao Lele have been people from beginning to end. Regardless of whether the child she sent back was the emperor's brother or not, she had already succeeded in turning that child into the prince of Great Wu, and what you did before to eradicate Pei Xu and Shen Zheng was to clear the obstacles for the imperial brother, or for that child. ”

She abruptly accentuated her tone: "Moreover, a child who is likely to carry the blood of the emperors of the two countries, as long as he is properly planned between the two countries, whether it is the south to unify the north, or the north to unify the south, all can have corresponding possibilities, right?" A very crazy plan, once successful, it can be said that it is unique from ancient times to the present, and it is enough to go down in history! ”

Hearing the last sentence, Xiao Qingqing, who was sometimes crazy, sometimes cynical, and sometimes silent and cold, finally laughed. Different from when she smiled before, her cold face at this time seemed to be rejuvenated by the earth, looking gentle and amiable, and no longer like the iceberg that refused to be thousands of miles away.

"It turns out that the eldest princess has told me so much, but she already has a judgment in her heart. Maybe Lele thought so back then, but after I revealed this to your royal brother, her plan has already been flawed. Do you think your royal brother can have such a broad mind and pass on the throne to him wholeheartedly when he can't be sure of his only son's background? ”

"Of course, I have." With these words, the secret door opened again, and the emperor strode out of it, with only determination on his face.

"I am over fifty years old, since I have no other son, since I have raised this son hand in hand until now, since I am determined to go on a northern expedition and dominate the world, then, I will not let go of the opportunity for her and you to send me to me. Even if it's a poisonous bait, as long as the poison is peeled off, I can eat it! ”

Yue Qianqiu, who fell at the end, listened to the emperor's categorical words, although he couldn't tell whether the emperor was talking about it or really thinking so in his heart, but he still wanted to praise it. It seems that his persuasion is not necessary at all, and the emperor has already made a choice and trade-off in his heart.

But as soon as this sentence is said, I am afraid that the world is about to usher in a great change!

End of Volume IV