The withered yellow leaves blew on the ground with the cold wind of the night, and fell on a woman whose face was covered with blood, and it was about to start winter, the cold wind was biting, like a needle prick, and the woman was already covered in scaly wounds, shivering from the cold, Su Yingxue was awakened by the cold.

She opened her somewhat blurry eyes and looked around, there were weeds all around, almost burying her, under the moonlight that was not too bright, there was a deep reflection of the gloom, Su Yingxue was frightened and trembled.

"Damn scumbag, one day, I'll get everything you've done to me back, I can't die here."

Thinking so, Su Yingxue picked up a silver needle and stabbed her leg hard, so that her brain cleared up, and when she looked up again, she vaguely found a dilapidated palace not far away, so she gritted her teeth and got up, limping and walking forward.

When she pushed away the dilapidated palace, the moonlight was crawling with cobwebs, a thick layer of dust, which made Su Yingxue cough violently, and it looked like it had been uninhabited for a long time.

"Could this be the legendary Cold Palace? It's better to freeze to death in this shabby house than to freeze to death outside."

Su Yingxue said to herself, walked in, and knew that as soon as she entered, she was loaded on the ground and fell into a coma again.

The next day, a grand ancestor worship ceremony in the palace ended, and Yuan Qi invited hundreds of officials to dinner, which made everyone very puzzled.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are two main things for me to invite hundreds of officials today, first, I have just ascended the throne, and I have your full support to have my Great Zhou Dynasty today, I am grateful to everyone, and I invite you to drink a glass of wine."

Yuan Qi said this, and everyone shouted in unison: "Long live, long live, long live."

Yuan Qi raised his hand, everyone was silent, and Yuan Qi continued:

"I invite you here today, and there is one more thing I want to ask you to give me ideas."

Once again, everyone shouted in unison, long live, and asked the emperor to express kind words and so on.

A hint of cunning flashed in Yuan Qi's deep eyes, and he coughed and said:

"Yesterday, there was a little palace maid who went out of the palace without permission, and according to the palace rules, she should be beaten to death with a stick, but I can't bear it, I want to ask you what you mean, after all, the little palace maid is out of the palace, it's not a big deal, a small matter, in my opinion, or forget it?"

As soon as Yuan Qi's words fell, many old ministers who relied on the old and sold the old stood up and said:

"The emperor's words are also bad, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, and the rules in the palace cannot be broken, so they should be beaten to death with sticks."

The minister agreed, "There are no rules, there is no circle", if everyone does not follow the rules, won't the palace be chaotic? ”

"The minister also agrees, the palace maid left the palace without permission, and she should be beaten to death with a stick."

"Yes, it should be killed, the emperor said that leaving the palace is a trivial matter, and the minister does not agree. The ancestors said that there is no trivial matter at the feet of the Son of Heaven and should be punished severely. ”

"That's right, the minister also thinks that this matter should be severely punished, in case it is a spy of the enemy country, and he goes out of the palace to send information to the enemy country, then it will be troublesome!"

……

There are different opinions, and the more they talk about it, the bigger it gets, Yuan Qi nodded slightly with satisfaction, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he felt that these old ministers were cute for the first time.

Yuan Ming's face was not very good-looking, he had a hint of ominous premonition in his heart, glanced back at Wen Chang behind him, and then made a drunken look, Wen Chang hurriedly understood, supported him and said:

"Lord Wang, you are drunk, the slave will help you go back to rest!"

"Ben...... This king drinks with his brother today...... Drinking, happy, how can you be drunk, this king does not go...... Don't go ......"

Yuan Ming deliberately pretended to be drunk, and Wenchang hurriedly asked the emperor Yuan Qi for help:

"Your Majesty, you see that my prince has drunk too much, please allow the emperor to give me permission, and the slave will send my prince back first."

After Wenchang finished speaking, he waited anxiously for the nod of Emperor Yuanqi. At this moment, Yuan Qi spoke:

"King Xiaoyao drinks a lot of Haihan, just drank a few glasses of wine today, and got drunk? Wenchang, you first help your prince to sit down, and wait for me to deal with this palace maid who left the palace without permission. It's never too late to leave, not to mention that I still want to invite the King of Freedom to give me a witness to the clouds around me. ”

After speaking, he clapped his hands twice, and two guards caught him and dragged Ying'er up. Ying'er lay on the ground, crying with a handful of snot and tears:

"Woo...... The emperor spared his life, the slave and maid didn't dare anymore, the prince saved me......"

"I listened to my personal guard Yun You yesterday, and the prince fell in love with this girl, saying that this girl went out of the palace without permission and went to meet the prince occasionally. I feel that Yunyou is deceiving me and excusing this little palace maid, how can King Xiaoyao be optimistic about a palace maid? This is simply ridiculous, so I want to ask the prince, is this true? ”

Yuan Ming pretended to be drunk and leaned on the wine table, he was forced to speak angrily by Yunyou yesterday, and he regretted it very much, he only had Concubine Su Yingxue in his heart, even if he couldn't get her, he wanted to protect her silently, and guard her like jade, how could he fall in love with someone else? So he couldn't take it.

Yun You looked frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to shout injustice, saying that he didn't.

Yuan Qi said as if sighing:

"Ahem! I don't want to believe it's true, but I also believe that the King of Freedom will never be so confused. The prince is drunk, silent, and can't testify for you, I can only sentence you to lie, you are the most trusted person around me, and I can't shield you, but I am not a ruthless person, I can give you a chance to prove your innocence, a chance to prove your selflessness with this palace maid, you look at this, how can you prove it? ”

Yun You hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Since the prince is drunk, he can't testify for his humble position, and there is a way to humble his position." ”

"Oh? Now, let me and the ministers hear about it, and see if this method can save your life. ”

Yuan Qi pretended to be indifferent, his eyes intersected with Yunyou, and his forehead was slightly.

Yun You comprehended, hurriedly kowtowed and said:

"Everyone knows that I have followed the emperor for many years, I am loyal, and I have never had two hearts, if I say that I am covering anyone, it must be that I have a personal relationship with this person, so in order to prove that the humble duty has nothing to do with this little palace maid, there is no need to commit the crime of deceiving the king for her, and the humble duty is willing to kill her with his own hands."

After Yun You finished speaking, Yuan Qi followed up and said, "I think Yun You's words make sense!" Otherwise, everyone is looking forward to seeing if Yunyou is reluctant to make a heavy hand? If I can't help it, I will kill Yunyou for the crime of deceiving the king, so as to set an example. ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" The earth-shaking shouts resounded throughout the hall.

Yuan Qi glanced at Yuan Ming, who had not moved, and said lightly:

"Let's do it!"

"Yes".

Yunyou agreed, took the stick in the hand of a guard, and walked towards Ying'er step by step, Ying'er was paralyzed to the ground in fright, crying with a whimper, and begged Yuan Ming for help:

"Woo...... Lord, save the slave and the maid, the prince save the slave and the maid......"

The cry shook the sky, accompanied by the sound of a tiger and a tiger's stick, Yunyou's kung fu was not weak, and in order to make it clear that he had nothing to do with Ying'er, this stick went down with all his strength, the stick saw blood, and the sound was accompanied by the sound of bones breaking, which was creepy, Yuan Ming's fists were clenched, and he never dared to let go.

He finally figured out now that the emperor's banquet today was set up for him, a "Hongmen banquet", forcing him to take Ying'er as a concubine, making the relationship between him and Su Yingxue awkward, and completely breaking off the relationship.

Ying'er is just a weak woman, she is dying at this time, and she doesn't even have the sound of shouting.

"Lord Wang, if you go down with another stick, Miss Ying'er will definitely die!" Wen Chang hurriedly whispered to Wang Yuanming.

Yuan Ming's hand was shaking, how could he not know! He's not really drunk.

But if he relented, then he and Su Yingxue really had nothing to do with each other. Because Ying'er and Su Yingxue are sisters, if he accepts Ying'er, I'm afraid that even seeing her in the future will make him feel ashamed and feel that it is a betrayal of her feelings, although he knows that he can't be with her, he still wants to guard her like a jade.

Seeing Yunyou swinging at Ying'er with another stick, Wenchang suddenly fell to his knees and begged bitterly:

"Stop, stop, please show mercy to the emperor's subordinates, it's a slave, it's a slave who has a personal relationship with Miss Ying'er, Miss Ying'er sneaked out of the palace to have a private meeting with a slave, and if the emperor wants to fight, he will beat the slave!"

Yuan Qi's eyes were as cold as frost that would not melt for thousands of years, and he suddenly stood up from his chair, and asked with cold and angry feelings:

"Are you serious? Do you know what the sin of deception should be? ”

Wenchang's horizontal move disrupted Yuan Qi's plan, he was very displeased, he just forced Yuan Ming to accept Ying'er, let him die to Su Yingxue, he didn't forget the way Su Yingxue looked at Yuan Ming yesterday, it was the eyes that used to look at him, making Yuan Qi feel like cotton wool stuffed in his chest, he secretly swore in his heart that if Wenchang dared to interfere with his plan, he would let his blood splash on the spot.

"Minions...... Minion ......"

After Yuanqi's question, Wenchang didn't dare to answer easily, stammered, glanced back at his master, and saw that his master, Wang Yuanming, had not spoken, gritted his teeth and said:

"Minion ......"

As soon as he said two words, Yuan Ming stood up, without any drunken appearance, and said:

"That's enough, needless to say, no matter how you answer, it's a dead end. If what you say is not true, he will say that you are guilty of deceit. If what you say is true, then the emperor will sentence you to death by hanging for the crime of fornicating with the palace maid. The emperor just wants to help his brother get married! Why bother? The younger brother thanked the emperor. If there is nothing to do, the emperor will draft a decree! The younger brother took the order. ”

Yuan Ming said impatiently, and under the surprised eyes of everyone, he walked to Ying'er's side, picked her up, gritted his teeth and said:

"Your Majesty, the younger brother should hurry up and take the younger brother's wife back to the house for treatment, please ask the emperor for permission. The wife of the younger brother is seriously injured and should not stay for a long time, so the emperor has prepared a holy decree and directly sent someone to send the younger brother's mansion. ”

After speaking, he no longer talked to Yuan Qi, and he was not afraid that Yuan Qi would punish him, so he strode out with Ying'er in his arms.

Wen Chang followed closely behind.

Yuan Qi saw that things were as expected, and he also excused himself by saying that he was tired, so he asked the ministers to eat and drink enough, and left on their own, and he also walked out.

The remaining ministers were puzzled, looked at each other, and left in a huff, and a farce came to an end.

After Yuan Ming and Wen Chang went out, Yuan Ming hurriedly stuffed Ying'er to Wen Chang, and told Wen Chang to go back to the house as soon as possible, find a doctor to treat Ying'er, and go in the direction of the cold palace.

After Mu Lingdie received the news, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and she said to herself:

"Interesting, this King of Freedom really did not disappoint the palace, Yan'er notified the porter, and said, there are too many adults who entered the palace for the banquet today, let the porter strictly investigate, who is out of the palace and who is not out of the palace, there must be a detailed record, and there must be no mistakes."

"Yes!"

Yan'er simply agreed and took the order to do it.

At this moment, Yuan Qi walked in and laughed:

"Concubine Ai's plan is very good, you didn't see Yuan Ming's face at that time, and it turned white in an instant, haha...... I haven't been so happy for a long time, and it's all thanks to my concubine. ”

"It's good that the emperor is happy, but the emperor wants to sleep on the concubine's side tonight?"

Mu Lingdie asked deliberately.

Yuan Qi put his arm around Mu Lingdie's waist, pushed her close to him and said: "Concubine Ai is unwell, I am not here, I stayed, I still have some folds that have not been approved, go to the imperial study first, Concubine Ai doesn't have to wait for me." ”

Yuan Qi helped Mu Lingdie tidy up his weak clothes, and said softly, he felt that he liked Mu Lingdie more and more, because Mu Lingdie was the person who knew him best.

It's just that he didn't know that the beauty in front of him had arranged another play for him tonight.