In the imperial study, everything on the desk was swept down by the emperor's arm.

Those teacups and teapots, the four treasures of the study, porcelain ornaments, etc., made a crisp sound on the smooth gold brick floor, and smashed to pieces.

Tea and ink splashed everywhere, and a few drops of hot tea splashed on Ni Gonggong's face, burning his skin faintly.

Most of the things in the house were smashed and messed up.

But the emperor was still angry.

The green tendons on his forehead were beating wildly, his face was flushed, and he only felt a frustrated fire in his heart rising slowly, burning him uncomfortably.

All the palace people, including Gonggong Ni, were silent, and they didn't dare to say a word, for fear of being angered by the emperor.

The emperor's anger has been getting bigger and bigger recently, and it is not an exaggeration to say a little.

The crown prince Gu Nanjin was also there, helpless and powerless, physically and mentally exhausted.

In his opinion, it is not beneficial for his father and the Nine Emperor Uncles to make such a fuss.

Even if the Nine Emperor Uncles have heavy troops, but now that others are in the capital, it is equivalent to a trapped beast, and he can't toss too much wind and waves.

Even if the father really has the heart to suppress the Nine Emperor Uncles, he can also come step by step, why rush at this time!

At this time, a small waiter's shrill and gentle voice came from outside the imperial study: "Xuanjing Dao Chief, please come here." ”

Wearing a gray Taoist robe and holding a silver-white dust, the Xuanjing Daoist walked in.

Seeing the mess in this place, Xuanjing's eyes flashed, his steps were calm, and he walked to the emperor unhurriedly, and saluted the emperor: "See the emperor for the poor road." ”

The atmosphere was condensed and oppressive, and the air seemed to be condensed, revealing a heavy storm that was about to come.

Ni Gonggong and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the emperor has fire now, he will go to the main master.

"Xuanjing," the emperor's gaze stabbed at Xuanjing like a knife, and asked in a cold voice, "Why didn't Gu Jue die?" ”

The emperor has always respected Xuanjing Daoist, thinking that he has a profound Taoism, and he has always been polite to his words like a god, but this is the first time that the emperor has been so cruel to him, and his voice is so cold that he almost falls out of the ice slag.

The atmosphere is colder.

Xuanjing still looks like a fairy wind on the surface, but in his heart he secretly complains: all this will develop to this point is a mistake.

Originally, the second prince asked him to speak well for Chu Qianchen in front of the emperor, but he said it ambiguously, but it was just to attack and retreat, and he didn't want the emperor to actually move the idea of "Chongxi" to King Chen......

At this point, the current situation is not for him to say that he does not know.

Xuan Jing felt a cold sweat on the back of his neck, as if a guillotine was hanging above his neck, and the cold was overwhelming.

If he can't give the emperor a satisfactory answer today, then the fate that awaits him can be imagined.

Xuanjing shook off the dust slowly and methodically, and gave another salute, "Your Majesty, please allow the poor to calculate." ”

Xuan Jing lowered his eyes, raised his right hand to make a calculation, and his mouth seemed to have words.

The room was quiet again.

The palace people were all holding their breath, and Gu Nan stood aside with his eyes and nose and nose.

Suddenly, Xuanjing opened his eyes, seemed to hesitate, and then pinched his fingers and calculated before putting down his hand.

His eyes were complex, mixed with emotions such as surprise, hesitation, thought, and incomprehension.

The emperor looked at Xuan Jing with a frown, with the unique loftiness of an emperor.

Xuan Jing frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Chu ...... Princess Chen's life is a bit strange, she is young and ill-fated, the pearl is covered with dust, and there is a catastrophe now, there is death in life, life in death, and next, it depends on whether she can put her to death and live later......"

"As for King Chen, his life is seven killings, and the extreme fierceness is short-lived." Xuan Jing considered his words and said, half-truths and half-falsehoods.

Directly in front, the emperor sat behind the empty imperial case, slowly turning the jade wrench on his thumb with one hand, his eyes half-narrowed.

In the past, there were also humanists who calculated Gu Jue's fate, and his fateful personality was indeed seven killings.

Although the name of the seven killings is fierce, it has always been a noble character, and there are many seven evils, and since ancient times, there is no shortage of princes and princes who have survived the seven evils to build an earth-shattering work, and the name will remain in history.

The emperor's eyes were darker, and his face was as heavy as water.

He mockingly hooked his thin lips, "Short-lived? I looked at him in good spirits. ”

Although the emperor still had a cold face, Xuan Jing could see that the emperor's emotions were beginning to calm down, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Your Majesty, Poor Dao watched the stars again last night, and the stars are still dim, His Royal Highness King Chen must be seriously ill and die soon, and now he is just returning to the light." ”

"If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can try to ask the imperial doctor to take the pulse of King Chen."

Xuanjing was convinced that King Chen was seriously ill, so he was full of confidence when he said this.

"......" The emperor's face softened a little, remembering that the Chenwang Mansion had repeatedly refused to allow the imperial doctor to come to the door, and it was clear that there was a ghost in his heart, but as long as Gu Jue was healthy, why would he hide for a month without seeing anyone, which was not in line with Gu Jue's character.

Father-in-law Ni has served by the emperor's side for decades, and he has always been good at observing words and feelings, so he quickly gave the two little chamberlains around him a look.

The little chamberlains immediately took action, some hurried to clean the ground, and some went to re-prepare tea for the emperor.

Xuan Jing slowly shook off the dust again, and changed his words: "Your Majesty, how do you feel after taking the Nine Folds Pill?" ”

He tried to use the elixir to distract the emperor.

Speaking of the Nine Folds Pill, the emperor's eyes lit up, and a slight smile appeared on his face, and the slightest doubt about Xuanjing in his heart disappeared in an instant.

He has taken Xuanjing's refining of the Nine Returning Pill and the Nine Pills, both of which are genuine elixirs, and the past few months after he took the pills can be described as fierce and reborn, especially this Nine Pills do have the effect of rejuvenation.

"I feel that I have been in the spirit of Ryoma recently, and I don't feel tired after dancing the sword for a long time." The more the emperor spoke, the happier he became, and invited the Xuanjing Dao Elder to sit down, and then asked a little eagerly, "Dao Chief, this Nine Heavy Pill still has this miraculous effect if you take one more pill a day?" ”

Gu Nanjin clenched his fists and stopped talking on the side.

He knew that the emperor would not listen, so he could only swallow all the words in his stomach.

Xuanjing sat down on a rosewood chair by the window, shook his head, and persuaded Zhengse: "Your Majesty, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, everything must be done gradually." ”

The emperor thought about it carefully and felt that it was too. How can immortality be so simple, how can it be achieved overnight!

The emperor bowed his head and said, "The Taoist chief is right, I am too anxious. ”

"However, Dao Chief, there are less than ten of the Nine Folds Pills left here......"

While speaking, the little chamberlain neatly cleaned up the tea, broken porcelain and the four treasures of the study, etc., and some palace maids lightly served tea to the emperor and Xuanjing.

Xuanjing said again: "The emperor can rest assured, Poor Dao has already refined three more furnaces of Nine Heavy Dan for the emperor, and in three days, it will be ready to be baked, and one of the three furnaces must be refined." ”

The emperor smiled and looked bright, "That's good!" ”

Seeing the emperor's face, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including Gu Nanjin.

After a while, a little chamberlain in Tsing Yi quietly entered the house, and quietly gave Ni Gonggong a look, and Ni Gonggong retreated silently.

After a while, Father-in-law Ni came back again, with an extra book in his hand.

He walked closer, presented the fold on the imperial case, and said, "Your Majesty, Nanyang has just sent an excerpt in an expedited manner of five hundred miles. ”

When the emperor heard Nanyang, he naturally thought of Qin Yao, the son of the king of Nanyang who killed his father and absconded, and estimated that this excerpt was for the purpose of arresting Qin Yao.

Xuanjing was very interested, and immediately said: "Since the emperor has government affairs, then Poor Dao will leave, and three days later, Poor Dao will bring the Nine Heavy Dan into the palace to dedicate it to the emperor." ”

The emperor said hello again and ordered Gonggong Ni to personally send Xuanjing out.

In the imperial study, only the emperor's father and son were left.

"Prince," the emperor said to the crown prince Gu Nan while opening the fold on the imperial case, "Anyway, Qin Xuan is also a concubine, so he will simply inherit the ......title of King Nanyang."

The emperor's words came to an abrupt end in the middle of his sentence, and he looked at the contents of the fold, his pupils shrunk, and he could not hide his shock.

This fold is covered with the seal of the prince of Nanyang, Qin Yao, the prince of Nanyang, and there are also signatures and drawings of all the generals of Nanyang at the place of payment, proving that the person who killed his father was Qin Xuan, and he was beheaded and executed on the spot.

At the end of the excerpt, Qin Yao straightforwardly asked the emperor to be the king of Nanyang and inherit the title of king of Nanyang.

The emperor squeezed the fold in his hand tightly, his pupils were deep, and his face was pale.

The king of Nanyang has guarded the northwest border for generations, holding 100,000 heavy soldiers, in order to prevent his own army, the princes of Nanyang will stay in the capital in the past generations, and Qin Yao, the son of this generation, is no exception.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he regarded the king of Nanyang as a big trouble over the years, so he intended to raise and abolish Qin Yao.

As he wished, Qin Yao was just a gentleman and useless.

The emperor was quite satisfied with this, and he had always been willing for Qin Yao to inherit the title of King of Nanyang, until the rumors of Qin Yao's murder of his father came in May this year, Gu Jue did not hesitate to run for Qin Yao, and even went to the court to refute him in person, suppressing those excerpts that impeached Qin Yao.

Only then did the emperor know that Gu Jue had actually made friends with Qin Yao, and the friendship between them was obviously not an ordinary general friendship.

At that time, the emperor changed his mind, feeling that Qin Yao could not be kept, since he killed his father, he should be sentenced to death, and the crime was unforgivable.

No, after Qin Yao absconded from Nanyang, his whereabouts are unknown.

The emperor also sent many people to help the Nanyang palace search for Qin Yao's whereabouts, but there has been no progress.

It wasn't until today that the emperor got the news about Qin Yao again, but the situation was turned upside down, and the person who killed his father became Qin Xuan!

"Father," Gu Nanjin saw that the emperor's face was not very good-looking, and asked, "But what happened in the northwest?" ”

The emperor's eyebrows were raised, the word "Chuan" wrinkled on his forehead, and he raised his hand to make a gesture.

A little chamberlain presented Qin Yao's fold to Gu Nanjin.

Gu Nanjin also looked at the fold at a glance, and his face also showed surprise.

Unexpectedly, in just one month, such drastic changes occurred in the Northwest and Nanyang Palaces!

Knowing his father Mo Ruozi, Gu Nan knew his father's knot in Gu Jue's heart, and immediately understood why his father was angry.

He closed the fold and persuaded the emperor with his words: "Father, since the murder of the King of Nanyang has been revealed, it is natural for Qin Xuan to subdue the law and be succeeded by the prince. ”

If Qin Yao is a concubine, then the father is embarrassed by the fact that he is a famous teacher, and it is reasonable to decree that the Nanyang Royal Mansion will be demoted to the first rank.

But Qin Yao is the son of the righteous Nanyang Wang, and if his father makes it difficult for Qin Yao in attacking the lord, I am afraid that it will make other clan nobles feel cold. After all, my father can embarrass Nanyang Wangfu today, and he can embarrass other mansions next time.

The emperor frowned slightly, thinking that the prince was good at everything, but he was too kind-hearted and simple-minded.

"As the crown prince, don't be so naïve!" The Emperor coldly reprimanded, "You don't want to think about the location of the northwest. ”

"The northwest is connected to the north, Gu Jue and Qin Yao should be good, if Qin Yao gives all the northwest to Gu Jue and connects the two places, it will be a big disaster for Daqi!"

Gu Nanjin: "......"

Gu Nanjin was a little weak, and sighed secretly: My father's heart knot for the Nine Emperor Uncles is too deep. This kind of suspicion of the father is afraid that it will chill the hearts of the ministers.

Gu Nan thought about it for a while, and continued to persuade: "Father, since Qin Shizi did not kill his father, it is only natural to attack the lord, and besides, there are Lin and some other small countries on the northwest border, and they have repeatedly attacked, and the Nanyang army cannot be left without an owner for a day, otherwise I am afraid that it will shake the military and people's hearts in the northwest." ”

Emperor: "......"

The emperor was silent, feeling that the heart of the prince's wife was too heavy and not bold enough to kill.

In the imperial study, there was a dead silence.

When Gonggong Ni sent off Xuanjing Daoist and returned to the imperial study, he heard the emperor say in a deep voice: "These people in the Nanyang Army say one thing a day, one moment it is Qin Yao who killed his father, and the other time he says that Qin Xuan killed his father, it's child's play, and I don't know if it's found out!" ”

"The death of the king of Nanyang is very important, and it must be found out clearly, and then the matter of attacking the lord will be discussed. I plan to choose Qin to send to the northwest in person, and I must find out the truth about this case. ”

The emperor felt that this plan was very clever, and it could be described as the best of both worlds, and he advanced and retreated freely.

If there is really a hidden secret to the death of King Nanyang, then of course Qin Yao cannot attack the lord.

Even if the real culprit is indeed Qin Xuan, he can use this as an excuse to delay the matter of the lord, and it can be regarded as giving Qin Yao a dismount, so that he knows that he is the dignified son of heaven.

The emperor's eyes were shining, and he asked Gu Nanjin: "Prince, who do you think is worthy of the post of Qincha?" ”

Gu Nanjin: "......"

Gu Nanjin hesitated.

This is not a good errand, to put it mildly, no matter what the result of this errand is, this mission is bound to offend Qin Yao and the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Army.

This trip requires a long-sleeved person who is good at dancing to the northwest, otherwise, I am afraid that it will be a setback.

Gu Nan pondered whether to choose a candidate from the clan or an imperial history from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he considered one candidate after another in his heart, but he felt that it was not appropriate.

At this time, he heard the emperor say again: "What do you think of letting Gu Jue go?" ”

Gu Nanjin: "......"

Gu Nan's eyebrows moved, he understood what his father meant, his father wanted to bury a thorn between the Nine Emperor Uncles and Qin Yao.

In fact, Gu Nanjin felt that it was really unnecessary, and if the Nine Emperor Uncles were really good friends with Qin Yao, even if there was something hidden in this case, he could help Qin Yao and expose it hastily.

Gu Nanjin knew that his father had always been stubborn to the point of being almost paranoid in the affairs of the Nine Emperor Uncles, and his father's temperament had become more and more irritable recently, and he often thundered and angered for a little thing, which caused the courtiers to be miserable.

Gu Nanjin said euphemistically: "Father, the Nine Emperor Uncle is still sick." ”

As soon as Gu Jue's illness was mentioned, the emperor's face became even more gloomy, and he sneered: "Sick? I don't think he's sick enough! ”

Sickness, sickness!

This Gu Jue is obviously sick, but he still refuses to hand over the military talisman, but he has a very close relationship with Nan Hao's Wuhe Jialou, and yesterday Wuhe Jialou also went to Chenwang's Mansion to attend Gu Jue's wedding.

It is said that the two have been talking secretly for a long time in private, and they don't know what agreement they have reached.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt like a man on his back.

This Gu Jue kept making small moves, and privately befriended Qin Yao and Wuhe Jialou, it was clear that he coveted the throne, why didn't he die of illness earlier!!

The Emperor looked up at the window, his eyes heavy.

I don't know when, the sun is about to set completely, and only the last orange in the sky remains.

Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen were also looking at the sunset on the horizon.

The two had already changed out of their dresses and walked around the palace roughly, Chu Qianchen felt a little shivering and tired, so he chose a pavilion in the garden to rest, and enjoyed the sunset by the way.

The prince and princess want to rest, and the people naturally dare not be contemptuous, and tea, sherbet, melons and fruits, ice basins, etc. are all sent here.

In addition, there is also Gu Jue's decoction.

The decoction was boiled by Amber herself, and then delivered, steaming.

Chu Qianchen personally brought the medicine bowl to Gu Jue's hand, and stared at him with an eager face, "Lord Wang, drink the medicine." ”

Gu Jue drank the decoction in one go.

Chu Qianchen took the empty medicine bowl and stuffed another piece of sugar into his mouth, his movements were swift and tacit, as if he had done it countless times.

Chu Qianchen secretly pondered that she could make more kinds of candied fruit for the prince, and every time she drank the medicine in the future, she could change it.

In the middle of his thoughts, Cheng Linhua walked over quickly to this side, walking hurriedly.

"Lord, princess." Cheng Linhua arched his hand at the two of them first, and then said, "Qin Shizi's excerpt has just been sent to the imperial study. ”

Of course, he said this to Gu Jue.

Gu Jue just glanced at Cheng Linhua lightly, didn't say anything, lowered his eyes again, and slowly drank the rose dew water that Chu Qianchen handed him.

Cheng Linhua knew that Gu Jue meant to let him continue to be gifted, without avoiding the princess, so he continued: "The emperor has a big temper because of this, and he is also angry with the prince, worried that Qin Shizi will befriend you......"

Cheng Linhua gave a detailed account of what happened in the imperial study, including the attitude of the emperor and the attitude of the crown prince Gu Nanjin.

Chu Qianchen was not surprised, and silently drank the sherbet on the side.

Of course she knew, the prince also installed some people in the palace and around the emperor.

Gu Jue played with the white porcelain cup in his hand and commented lightly: "The prince is not like Gu Lang's own child. ”

Chu Qianchen's eyes flashed slightly, and he thought so, and took another sip of the sweet and sour sherbet.

Although the crown prince Gu Nanjin is not a genius, he has a gentle and calm temperament, if he can take the throne, he will be a king.

It's a pity that Gu Lang is suspicious by nature.

In his previous life, the crown prince was abolished and established, established and abolished, and finally died in the emperor's suspicion.

After the death of the crown prince, the emperor did not set up a new prince for a long time, and he was suspicious of several princes under his knees, and always felt that the princes coveted the throne, and the courtiers had a heart of disobedience, and the entire Great Qi Dynasty was torn to a thousand holes, wasting decades of conscientious work of the first emperor in vain.

In the last life, the day before the city was broken, the emperor abandoned the capital and ran away.

The forbidden army stationed in the capital finally lost all morale, but in just one night, the entire capital was broken by Qin Yao's army.

Thinking about it, Chu Qianchen poured himself another cup of sherbet and calmed down.

And Cheng Linhua was a little worried in his heart, he didn't know who the emperor would send to the northwest in the end, in case it disturbed the good situation in the northwest......

He looked at Gu Jue without saying anything.

Gu Jue said lightly: "It's okay. ”

He only said two words, and Cheng Linhua felt as if he had taken a reassuring pill, and he felt at ease.

Chu Qianchen nodded with concern, not worried at all.

Although Qin Yao is mixed, he is not ambiguous in doing big things.

He will inevitably take the northwest land completely, with the northwest, plus the north, the two places and four states are connected, so that for Gu Jue, it is possible to attack and retreat.

Only when they had to protest with the emperor one day in the future would they have leeway.

At this time in his previous life, Qin Yao was still burdened with the grievance of killing his father, so he could only temporarily give up the northwest to others, but in this life, the situation is different, with the cooperation of the prince, Qin Yao wants to take the northwest is a matter of ten stability.

Cheng Linhua wanted to retire, but he bowed down, and remembered another thing, so he said: "Lord, after the prince came out of the imperial study, he went out of the palace and went to the post house to see the Wuhajialou......"

Gu Nanjin is obviously still undetermined about the marriage between the two countries.

Gu Jue just bowed slightly, indicating that he understood.

This time, Cheng Linhua retreated with interest: "That subordinate retired first." ”

The two of them were left in the pavilion again.

Amber and the other maids knew that their masters had something to say, and obediently retreated outside the pavilion.

As the sun set lower, the garden was lit with red lanterns, dotted around like fireflies on a summer night.

Chu Qianchen looked at the sky and said, "Lord Wang, ...... tomorrow"

Tomorrow is the day when the three dynasties return to the door, and it stands to reason that the groom will accompany the bride back to her parents' house.

Chu Qianchen just got up, and Gu Jue thought of what this girl said early this morning: "Lord Wang, I will enter the palace alone today." ”

He vaguely guessed what she would say later, and simply cut off her words: "I'll accompany you back to the door tomorrow morning." ”

Chu Qianchen: "......"

In fact, Chu Qianchen felt that there was no need for the prince to go to a place like the Chu family.

Besides, the prince's body hasn't recovered yet, so why don't you know how to recuperate in the palace!

Chu Qianchen looked at Gu Jue with a tangled look, and the prince was too disobedient.

Even if Gu Jue couldn't read minds, she could see what this girl was thinking, and she had a kind of helplessness, raised her hand and rubbed her head, and gave her three words: "Listen to me!" ”

His voice was neither light nor heavy, but it had a flavor that could not be questioned.

Well, it's all up to you. Chu Qianchen smiled obediently.

A pair of pupils cut autumn water.