King Ning did not suspect that Xia Liang had long wanted to cooperate with Northern Chu to mine iron ore together, but many ministers in the court opposed it, so the matter was shelved for a while.

Xia Liang is a small country after all, and if you want to avoid facing the danger of being wiped out, you have to develop the economy, and Northern Chu is the closest big country to Xia Liang.

A few years ago, the matter was brought up again, and there were still ministers who opposed it, but this time there were more ministers who agreed.

"This is a plan for the two countries to jointly mine iron ore, please look at it from King Ning."

King Ning nodded and motioned for the little eunuch to bring him the plan.

The little eunuch took the plan from Chu Mojing's hand, and the little eunuch held the plan in his hand and walked in front of King Ning.

King Ning picked up the plan and read it carefully.

Chu Mojing slowly spoke, "This is a plan proposed by my country, naturally, if your country has any opinions, you can put it forward." ”

King Ning had the illusion that Chu Mojing was the master here, and his own aura was too powerful.

It was gray, like it was going to snow.

Xia Yunxi propped his chin and looked at Chu Mohan very boredly.

Chu Mohan was playing with a few wooden toys.

She spoke suddenly; "Take a closer look, these Nine Emperor Princes and the Four Princes really look alike, they are all beautiful men."

Su Wan was reading a book, she looked up at Chu Mohan; "They all look a lot like their queen mother."

The extreme beauty of the Queen of Northern Chu, especially the narrow Danfeng eyes, added a bit of charm to her.

Xia Yunxi glanced at the sky outside; "The sky is overcast, it seems to be snowing, why hasn't the fourth prince come back?"

Su Wan looked at the book in her hand and replied casually; "Don't worry, King Ning won't detain him."

"I know that King Ning will not be stupid enough to go against Northern Chu, but the fourth prince has been gone for so long and has not come back, I am indeed a little worried."

Su Wan put down the book in her hand; "He's going to talk about things, and it's normal to come back late."

"But...... In case ......," Xia Yunxi chattered non-stop.

Su Wan felt that the current Xia Yunxi was like a little wife waiting for her husband to come home from work.

Su Wan rubbed her temples, why didn't she find out before, Xia Yunxi was also a chatter.

I don't know when, snowflakes fell in the sky.

Chu Mojing came back from the palace, and when he entered the house, he brought a few snowflakes into the house, and the snowflakes melted quickly.

Seeing that he was back, Xia Yunxi hurriedly got up and walked to Chu Mojing, and said a little impatiently: "What's the matter, you can see my father." ”

Chu Mojing untied the cloak on his body: "I didn't see Emperor Xia Liang, King Ning said that he suddenly fell ill, and now Xia Liang's affairs are all managed by him." ”

"What about the cooperation between the two countries in the mining of iron ore?"

"King Ning said that this matter is very important, and he should discuss it with the minister first."

Xia Yunxi frowned slightly: "Then what should we do next?" ”

Su Wan poured a cup of hot tea and pushed it in front of Chu Mojing.

"The next thing is to take advantage of the time spent in Xia Liang."

Xia Yunxi saw Su Wan's confident look: "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

Su Wan took a sip of tea: "It's not a good idea, I'm just thinking, King Ning put Emperor Xia Liang under house arrest, and being able to do this shows that there are people with him in both the palace and the court, and he can ask your father to write an edict to him, he doesn't need such a fast and time-saving method, you say, what is he waiting for?" ”

Xia Yunxi frowned, if it was really as Su Wan said, this throne was indeed in the bag of King Ning, why did he delay making a move?

Chu Mojing's cold voice sounded: "It's because Emperor Xia Liang has a son today, and he passed on the throne to his younger brother, but he didn't pass on the throne to his son, and those ministers in the court are not all his people, not to mention that even if he sits on the throne, how to deal with the former prince is also a problem." ”

After listening to Chu Mohan's words, Xia Yunxi let out a "pop" in his heart, and his pupils shrank.

"You...... What do you mean by that? Don't...... Uncle Huang, he disregards family affection so much, and wants to attack my two elder brothers? ”

Xia Yunxi couldn't believe that King Ning would not even care about his flesh and blood.

Her body trembled, she felt the world spinning, and suddenly there was darkness in front of her, and she almost fainted.

At this time, Xia Yunxi felt a pair of hands holding her hand tightly.

Su Wan's soft voice sounded: "Don't worry, your brother and they will be fine for the time being." ”

Xia Yunxi stabilized his mind.

Su Wan saw that her face was not very good: "I see that your face is not very good, do you want to go back to the room to rest?" ”

Xia Yunxi shook his head: "I'm fine, Uncle Huang is a cautious person, I don't think he will deal with the eldest brother and the second emperor brother so blatantly." ”

"Do you know where King Ning will put the two princes under house arrest?" Su Wan asked.

Xia Yunxi thought for a while and said, "I think it's unlikely that the two imperial brothers will be placed under house arrest in the prince's mansion, I guess it is very likely that the two imperial brothers will be placed under house arrest in the palace." ”

The palace is heavily guarded, and ordinary people can't enter it at all, so the palace is the most suitable place.

"That's going to be tough." Su Wan muttered.

Now they are isolated, this is Xia Liang, not Northern Chu, except for Xia Yunxi, they no longer know anyone in Xia Liang.

Although some of the ministers were from King Ning, there must also be some from those who were loyal to the imperial power.

Those ministers may not know about King Ning's ambitions yet, and all they have to do is to contact these ministers first.

What Su Wan could think of, Chu Mojing naturally thought of as well.

"Can the court be loyal to Emperor Xia Liang's ministers?" Chu Mojing asked.

Xia Yunxi shook his head: "I'm a princess, and I don't know much about those ministers, not to mention, those ministers are very loyal on weekdays, but it is unknown whether they are really loyal or falsely loyal." ”

The hearts of the people are separated from the belly, and she can't be sure whether those ministers are really loyal or falsely loyal.

Chu Mojing frowned slightly; "We're too passive right now."

Xia Yunxi pursed her lips, and after a long time, she slowly spoke; "Maybe there's someone who can help us."

"My maternal grandfather's family is mainly in business, only my grandfather is such an official, my grandfather is my father's enlightenment teacher, when my father was young, my grandfather once saved his life, my father and mother grew up together, childhood sweethearts, when my mother married my father, my father was only a prince, and my grandfather died a few years ago."

"But, Concubine Shu is different, although Concubine Shu's mother's family is not counted, how powerful it is, Concubine Shu is the daughter of Jiangmen, full of loyalty, although most of Concubine Shu's mother's family guards the border passes, I remember Concubine Shu's brother, who served in Jinling."

Xia Yunxi frowned; "It's just that Concubine Shu's elder brother doesn't have a high official position, just a general from the fifth grade."

Su Wandao; "Are you sure this person can be trusted?" Now they make the wrong move and lose the whole game.

"I think this person can be trusted."

Now they are isolated and helpless, and can only use dead horses as live horse doctors.

Su Wandao; "At the moment we don't have any other way but ...... How do I contact this general? ”

Xia Yunxi thought for a while and said, "I think we should contact him directly, so it's better to let Concubine Shu contact." ”

Su Wan frowned: "But Concubine Xian is in the palace." ”

Xia Yunxi hooked the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "It's easy to enter the palace, I came out of the palace through a secret passage, not many people know about this secret passage, or the queen mother told me that there is this passage." ”

"It's just...... Which of the three of us entered the palace? As soon as Xia Yunxi's words fell, Chu Mojing said: "Naturally, I will go, you are Princess Xia Liang, it will be bad if someone finds out, so you have to stay here, where I can't go." ”

Xia Yunxi really wanted to enter the palace, she was very worried about her father and mother, she wanted to go back and see them, as long as she saw that they were fine, she was also relieved.

Chu Mojing was right, she couldn't let people find her.

Xia Yunxi clenched his teeth and spit out a word: "Okay." ”

"Then it's decided, I'll ...... tonight"

"I don't think it's appropriate for you to go, Fourth Prince."

Before Chu Mojing's words were finished, Su Wan interrupted him.

Chu Mojing's eyebrows were slightly raised.

Su Wan looked at him: "Your appearance Xia Liang is known to many people, not to mention that the place you are going to is where Concubine Xian lives, I think it is more appropriate for me to go." ”

Chu Mojing had already guessed that Su Wan would volunteer, so he was one step ahead of her and said that he would go.

"My martial arts are higher than yours, if something happens, I can guarantee that I will get out."

He didn't want Su Wan to take this risk, he wanted to sneak into the palace, it was an easy matter.

Chu Mojing's martial arts skills were indeed higher than her, no matter what, Su Wan didn't want Chu Mojing to take this risk.

"If I go, if I am discovered, I will not be exposed, after all, few people in the palace know me, on the contrary, if you are exposed, then we will be in trouble."

What Su Wan said was very reasonable, but Chu Mojing didn't want her to take risks alone.

Without waiting for Chu Mojing to speak, Su Wan said, "It's decided." She looked sideways at Xia Yunxi: "Yunxi, where is the entrance to that secret passage?" ”

Chu Mojing was unwilling, so he could only agree to let her go, he knew that Su Wan's character was very stubborn, and she had decided that ten cows would not be able to pull it back.

"The entrance is in a wooded area just outside the city."

"Well, we'll leave for the woods when it's dark."

After dark, Su Wan and Xia Yunxi got into the carriage, and Chu Mojing was in charge of driving the horses.

They didn't take Chu Mohan with them, but let Nameless look at him and don't let him run around.

The woods at night are a little scary, and the sounds of unknown birds come to your ears.

The entrance to the passage is a ruined temple in this wood, a dry well in the middle.

After getting out of the carriage, Su Wan looked around, it was very remote and desolate.

The entrance and exit of the passage are set here, so it will not be noticed at all.

The weather at night was a little cold, and a gust of wind blew, and Su Wan couldn't help but shiver.

This reminded her of the ghost movies she had seen before.

I guess a ghost is coming out of nowhere!

Xia Yunxi and Chu Mojing didn't know what Su Wan's head was thinking.

Chu Mojing walked in front with a lantern.

Su Wan and Xia Yunxi followed.

The silence around was terrifying, except for the sound of three feet stepping on dead leaves.