He turned his head alone and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Xiang Yeqi broke free from the old emperor's weak hands, she did not rush to leave, but picked up the short dagger again, and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Erchen - obey the order." ”

In the end, she still had scruples about this, even if she stabbed the old emperor with a knife, it was just to give the old emperor a pleasure and give him a "decentness" that could be accepted in his heart.

"You tell him for me...... I knew that I had done something wrong, I was controlled by the rebellious ministers, and in my later years I did many things that harmed the ministers, the people, and the country, and even his son was never worthy of a day! I'm sorry for him, wait for the next life, only be his father, not the emperor! ”

This time, the old emperor was really speechless. He collapsed weakly to the ground, and uncontrollably turbid blood gushed out of his nose and mouth, but there was still a relieved smile on the corner of his mouth at this time.

He grabbed Xiang Yeqi's arm with his bloodstained hand, and with the last of his strength, he said, "Really, truly the Holy Purpose is ......"

"Under the flower beds of my dormitory."

The old emperor closed his eyes.

The fire in the painting boat also seemed to be waiting for the old emperor to confess his last words before he died, he swallowed his breath at this time, and the fire began to fill his eyes uncontrollably, and gradually burned to the feet of Xiang Yeqi. Even if she wanted the old emperor to embrace the "rumor concubine" and make up for the temporary shortcomings, she could only leave in a hurry, so as not to catch fire.

"Princess."

Nan Chen came "just late" with hundreds of palace guards, and everyone didn't have time to ask anything, so they directly followed their own division of labor, in a vain attempt to start extinguishing the fire.

But in the end, something doesn't help.

Xiang Yeqi was picked up by the Yingyan girl sent by the queen, and the moment he stepped on the green bricks with both feet, Xiang Yeqi sat down on the ground and hugged himself into a group.

Who looked, not to mention that she was so frightened that she couldn't even care about face, so she could only "report to the group for warmth" here and chat for comfort.

Even Yingyan, who thought that he had understood Xiang Yeqi's three points, couldn't help but squat down beside him, trying in vain to take a closer look at Xiang Yeqi's face: "Fourth princess, are you okay?" But was it scared? ”

She was ready to face Xiang Yeqi's pale face due to fright, but when she saw Xiang Yeqi raise her head indifferently, she asked, "Has anyone been caught?" ”

Even the old emperor's life was put into it, and the plan was just to trap Gu Yanchao in the capital, and then capture him, and punish him for his crimes.

She was as busy as a model worker this night, if someone didn't catch her, then she would be too wronged.

"People ......"

Ying Yan was a little embarrassed, "The Fourth Highness has already taken someone to the Gu Mansion, but someone said ...... The traitor Gu Yanchao heard some rumors earlier, and he was afraid that he had fled. ”

……

Xiang Yeyan suddenly fell silent, she had thought that Gu Yanchao was shrewd, but she didn't expect that everyone had set up such a game for him, and there would be a mistake! I'm afraid that this problem may not be due to Gu Yanchao's well-informed, and I am afraid that there are people in my family who are not trustworthy.

As soon as she thought of this, she saw Bo Zhaoxu not far away, and she knew from the person's depressed face that the capture of Gu Yanchao was not so smooth.

Xiang Yeqi stood up and greeted Bo Zhaoxu: "Has anyone been caught?" ”

"One step late."

Bo Zhaoxu rubbed the corners of his forehead, he had hardly rested during this time, and the trivial matters in the palace were over, and he could relax a little: "The Gu Mansion has already been investigated, probably because of the rush of time, only one escaped from him in the entire Gu Mansion." As for the others, they have been handed over to the king's henchmen for interrogation. If they were unrelated servants, the king would send them back to their hometowns. ”

"It's fine."

Xiang Yeqi nodded approvingly, and flew separately when the disaster came, it was reasonable for Gu Yanchao not to bring them, if he really dragged his family with him, he was afraid that even he would not be able to escape.

It's just that Xiang Yeqi suddenly thought: "What about the old lady Gu?" Can you catch her? ”

"Caught too."

There is no need to remind Yeqi that the first person to be interrogated strictly is Old Madam Gu, after all, Old Madam Gu is Gu Yanchao's only relative in the capital.

"This person is very unusual, it is best for the prince to interrogate him personally." Xiang Yeqi lowered his head thoughtfully, thinking back to the suspicious place that he had broken through, "She shouldn't be Gu Yanchao's biological mother, Old Madam Gu's identity is fake, as for who she is, I don't know." But—Your Majesty can become what he is today, and it should have something to do with her. ”

The reason why Xiang Yeyan was so sure was because Old Madam Gu really didn't have any merits, at least in what she had seen and heard, Old Madam Gu was not an elder who could ascend to the hall of elegance, and it seemed that she hadn't done anything except for causing some trouble to Gu Yanchao. But she is not Gu Yanchao's mother, why should Gu Yanchao keep her in Beijing and cause trouble for herself?

Gu Yanchao's purpose in coming to China was not simple from the beginning.

Then he could have chosen a more suitable candidate to play the role of "mother" from the beginning, but since Gu Yanchao kept this "Old Lady Gu" by his side, it showed that this person was of great use to him, and he needed close assistance, so he could not be easily suspected by outsiders.

But Gu Yanchao threw her down again at this time......

That means she's done with it.

And this "usefulness" is most likely what the old emperor referred to as Gu Yanchao did to him.

It was just before dawn that the fire was finally extinguished.

The corpses of the "rumored concubine" and the old emperor were carried out, but at this time, the "rumored concubine" had changed to another identity - "the queen in distress".

The news of the death of the king of a country in the sea of fire soon spread throughout the country.

Xiang Yeqi, who didn't close his eyes all night, was even more haggard and embarrassed under the gaze of everyone, and a group of courtiers surrounded His Royal Highness, muttering how big the fire was last night, and even an adult in the suburbs of Beijing saw the pitch-black smoke - it's strange that people can come out alive!

"Stop arguing." I don't know who shouted in the crowd, "Last night's fire was really strange, and the palace was heavily guarded, how could it wait until the fire was out of control before the guards went to put out the fire!" ”

It is inevitable that there will be such doubts.

"I'm afraid Lord Chen is only focusing on last night's fire."

Bo Zhaoxu is in a high position, and there is a jade seal carved with nine dragons in front of him.

"Last night, some Hu people boldly entered the palace to assassinate, even Concubine Xu of the previous dynasty...... All have already met with accidents. There is still such a big chaos in the harem, how can the palace guards still have time to take care of the fire in the painting boat? He said it straightforwardly, which contrasted with the arrogance of Lord Chen who did not know the suffering.

Lord Chen couldn't say it for a while, so he had to point the finger at the night: "But this painting boat is so good, why is it on fire?" The minister still feels suspicious, and even the queen ......"

"This fire was put by His Majesty himself."

Xiang Yeqi sobbed twice, but he clearly didn't squeeze out his tears, but he wiped his tears with his sleeves first, so pitiful: "Your Majesty is obsessed with beauty day and night, and refuses to go to court, I am working with the queen mother to persuade Your Majesty to cheer up as soon as possible!" But His Majesty said that he had met the deceased Concubine Niangniang, and also said that he would canonize Concubine Niangniang as the queen and set such a fire because Concubine Niangniang had to use such luxurious etiquette. ”

Because the queen had already sent someone to spread the rumor that the old emperor was drunk and began to be delirious, no one doubted that Xiang Yeqi had said such an exaggerated. Because the old emperor could indeed say such things.

"Your Majesty doesn't know what's going on, one will not be sober, the other will be sober, when you are not sober, you say that you want to live and fly in the fire with Concubine Rumor, and when you are sober - you say that you are going to die, and you will be with Concubine Niangniang forever! This is good, somehow I went crazy, set fire to it, poured wine, and refused to come out of the fire. ”

Xiang Yeqi pretended to be painful and cried a few words, "I also called someone, otherwise how could I drag His Majesty's dragon body with just me and the queen mother?" Then...... The wooden beams of the painting boat collapsed, and it was too late to save people. I wanted to leave with the queen mother, at least, at least one should be saved, but...... The queen said that no matter what, she had to accompany His Majesty, even if she died, she would die with Your Majesty. ”

Such a touching drama, even Xiang Yeqi couldn't help but be moved, if the queen hadn't been mixed with the courtiers, listen to her explain these words.

Even if those courtiers didn't believe it, they couldn't think of any reason to linger any longer, so they only heard the Zhongyong Marquis say in a loud voice: "The matter has come to this, please ask the Fourth Highness to inherit the unification as soon as possible and help the mountains and rivers of Sheji!" ”

The ministers on the side also echoed twice.

At this time, one of the people took out the golden holy decree from his sleeve and shouted to stop the words of the others: "In the hands of the ministers, there is the holy decree left by His Majesty!" He unfolded the holy decree in his hand, "Your Majesty has said that you will pass on the throne to Lord Gu!" I'm afraid that the Four Highnesses will not be able to inherit the unification. ”

His Royal Highness is probably a minister who supports Gu Yanchao, but in Gu Yanchao's heart, he only occupies an insignificant position, otherwise how could Gu Yanchao be left alone in Beijing, and it is not even clear that Gu Yanchao has escaped. is a poor person who was used by Gu Yanchao.

"Lord Wang, I don't understand-" Xiang Yeqi raised his eyebrows, "What should be the crime of forging a holy decree?" ”

"Capital offense."

Bo Zhaoxu's voice was as cold as ice.

"I see."

Xiang Yeqi nodded thoughtfully, it was clear that she scared the adult out of a cold sweat with one hand, but she comforted him seriously: "This adult, don't worry, I definitely don't mean to target you, it's just that passing on the throne to someone with a different surname is rare, and it needs to be carefully verified." If you are convinced that the decree in your hand is true, will you present it? ”

The adult hesitated and refused to step forward, which shows that the old emperor's decision to pass on the throne to Gu Yanchao with a different surname before his death was very ridiculous. Even he, who was extremely supportive of Gu Yanchao, was difficult to be persuaded by this holy decree.