Chapter Eighty-Four: The Calm Before the Rainstorm
Nangong Xingchen raised his eyes and looked at Nangong Yueli who was sitting in front of him, and said lightly: "What does the prince think about Nangong Lichuan going to the Frost King's Mansion to mention Li Wei?" ”
"Li Wei is the person next to Nangong Lichuan, Nangong Lichuan and Nangong Shuang want to cooperate, but at this juncture, I am afraid that I want Li Wei to be the scapegoat."
"Maybe it's more."
"Oh, what did the fifth brother think of?"
"Nangong Lichuan is particularly untrustworthy, how can his methods be something that Nangong Shuang can resist, I'm afraid it's a bigger conspiracy."
"What do you mean?"
"I want to get rid of it quickly."
Nangong Yue paused from Luozi's hand, looked up at the man in front of him and said disapprenously: "Will he really do this?" If so, wouldn't he have one less helper? ”
"He doesn't need helpers, and he didn't want to win over Nangong Shuang from beginning to end."
Nangong Yueli was puzzled in his eyes, but after thinking about it, he understood again, how they coexisted, Nangong Lichuan's mind would not change his ambition to dominate the world because of a Nangong Shuang, and there would not be such a person who could threaten him at any time.
"Ha, the fifth brother's chess skills have improved a lot, and he is willing to bow down."
"The prince admits that the stars can win the crown prince."
"You're still so humble. Ha ha. ”
Following.
In the palace, Li Wei and the ministers entered the palace together, went to the East Palace to report the matter, and after the matter was done, Li Wei came out of the East Palace and found that Xiao Si stopped him, looking like a new guard.
"Lord Li, my master has something important to do with you."
"What's the matter? Who is your master? Li Wei asked vigilantly.
"Lord Hui, it's the third prince and the second prince."
"Well, lead the way."
"The adult slave tells you the address, and two people will only attract attention."
"Hmm." Li Wei was puzzled, but he also felt that there was some truth.
"My lord, my master is waiting for you in the Meditation Lake."
After that, the little guy left, and behind him, Li Wei really went to the direction of Jingxin Lake, and when he got to a place where there was no one, the person who delivered the news just now raised his hand and reached out from his ear to tear off a mask, if there was anyone, he would definitely be able to recognize this as Nangong Lichuan's secret guard, Ruoying.
At this time, the shadow of Nangong Shuang was dressed like a small guy, he was passing through Jingxin Lake and preparing to find Li Wei, the things that the prince explained were still clearly imprinted in his mind, and he was going to hand over the perjury in his hand to Li Wei and then report Li Wei, so that the suspicion of the prince could be cleared, thinking like this, he tightened the things in his hands, and his steps were faster, but he saw Li Wei coming in his direction not far away.
"Master Lee,"
The shadow stood in front of Li Wei and was about to say the right thing when he saw the person in front of him snorting in pain, like a very slanderous sound, this voice was too familiar, the shadow looked up and saw Li Wei in the chest with a finger-length hidden weapon, small but deadly inserted in the heart, the shadow pupils constricted, and his heart suddenly felt bad, and he was tricked. For a moment, the fear of death came to my heart.
Sure enough, soon a group of patrolling guards in front of them discovered the situation here, and saw Master Li who fell to the ground, so everyone looked at the shadow.
"Catch him."
Soon, a team of people and horses rushed towards him quickly, and with such momentum, he only felt that his hands and feet were cold. He had to run quickly, but there were guards in front and behind, obviously this was designed by someone, a good urn to catch turtles, but I was afraid that today was the day of his burial, and the palace was his burial place.
The shadow was outnumbered against the two teams, and after a while, he was about to be caught and hung on his body, and soon attracted Nangong Xingchen and them, the shadow knew that if he fell into the hands of Nangong Xingchen, he would not die as much as death, and he hated to raise his knife and quickly stab at himself, hitting the vital point.
Everyone looked at the dead and fallen shadow and looked at each other, Nangong Xingchen came to the front, and lightning searched for one from the shadow and handed it to Nangong Xingchen. is different from Zhou Jing's letter, which is a brocade silk with words on it.
Nangong Xingchen opened it and finished reading it, then looked at Li Wei on the ground and ordered, "Look at him." ”
Lightning looked for it again, and sure enough, he found something Li Wei's shirt, and he was stunned by all the people who took it out, that is, isn't that an order to transfer troops? Nangong Xingchen took the token in Lightning's hand and looked at it carefully, although it was a fake, the corners of Nangong Xingchen's mouth were slightly hooked, and it became more and more interesting, it seemed that he had to take a serious look at Nangong Lichuan again.
"That's the secret guard of the third prince." Lightning spoke.
"Go to the Three Kings' Mansion and get someone."
"Yes."
Nangong Lichuan sat in the hall drinking tea, and came back after a while.
"Done?"
"Yes."
"Hmm."
Nangong Xingchen led people to break into the Frost King's Mansion again, and when the next person hurriedly returned to Nangong Shuang, he was still stunned for a while, his shadow had not come back yet, but when Nangong Xingchen came, he was afraid that the matter would be revealed, or even more serious.
"Take Nangong Shuang down and put it in prison."
"Nangong Xingchen, what are you going to do, you dare to arrest this king." Looking at the guard Nangong Shuang, who was close to him with a knife, shouted.
"You sent secret guards to kill Li Wei, trying to blame him, the evidence is conclusive, take him away." After Nangong Xingchen finished speaking, the guards escorted people out of the Frost King's Mansion.
Nangong Shuang's eyes were cracked and he shouted: "This king is not, this king has been wronged." ”
Despite this, no one paid attention to his shouts, and he began to regret it in his heart, he knew that he would not cooperate with Nangong Lichuan, it must be him, otherwise who would know their plan, okay, Nangong Lichuan designed him from the beginning.
Looking at the dungeon that was getting closer and closer, he was not reconciled.
"Nangong Xingchen is really not me, you must believe me, I was wronged, it was Nangong Lichuan, he did all this."
"This king will investigate well, so I will trouble the third brother to stay here for a few more days."
"Lord Wang, now that the third prince has been imprisoned, do you want to belong to it?" Wakakage made a motion to wipe her neck.
"No need, you go for fear that we have already laid a net to wait for you, let's not act rashly, now Nangong Shuang will not affect this king, the overall situation is important."
"Yes, my subordinates understand."
The two returned home after eating, and they still had important things to plan.
After three days of calm, because the sleeping emperor finally woke up, Nangong Li Chuan and several ministers and princes had to enter the palace to visit, after Nangong Shuang was arrested, the prince soon did not have to be grounded in the East Palace, and the ministers in front of the palace all gathered together to discuss.
"I don't know how the emperor's health is?"
"Is the emperor ready to change the throne?"
Many people talked in a low voice, although the voice was not loud, but Nangong Lichuan on the side heard it clearly, and his heart was a little impetuous, if the emperor passed on the words of the crown prince in front of the civil and military officials today, then he would have to take the road of rebellion, just in the middle of his thoughts, a slender eunuch voice sounded, "The emperor has arrived." ”
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"Zhongqing is flat."
"My health has been getting worse lately, I thought," the emperor had not finished speaking, and a man's voice sounded loud and powerful.
"My father will live a long life, and I believe that my father will not fall easily." Nangong Li Chuan's words were not pro-Li and the party flattered each other, and for a while, what the emperor originally wanted to say was held back, and seeing so many people say this, the emperor also felt that maybe it was not so serious, and his originally haggard face had a hint of ruddy.
"Okay, if there are Zhongqing, I will stick to it even if I can't do it."
Sure enough, the emperor will not let go easily, Nangong Li Chuan lowered his head and sneered, this emperor wants to give way now and has to let him agree, so he still has time to prepare for the emperor's death, this world is his.
"Something to start, nothing to retreat." A eunuch beside him got to the point and said.
Soon after dealing with some trivial matters, he retired from the court, and now the emperor has not officially passed the throne to the crown prince, so it is still the emperor who governs the government, Nangong Lichuan retired from the dynasty and prepared to go back to the palace to see Nangong Xingchen in front, and he disdained it in his heart, and soon the world will be his, even Wushuang will be his.
On the other side, Nangong Shuang stayed in the dungeon in embarrassment, how could he have suffered such a hardship as a prince, he sat in the prison decadently, at this moment there were footsteps outside the prison from far and near, Nangong Shuang got up and looked outside the prison, how she hoped that she was the one who came to let him out, and the hope in her eyes was disappointed after seeing the person who came, but she was soon full of hope.
"Father-in-law, are you here to let me out, you can find a way to let me out, your great kindness is so great that I must remember it."
Zhao Ye looked at Nangong Shuang helplessly and said: "Today, the emperor has woken up, and the ministers have returned your crimes, and the emperor has agreed to imprison you in this dungeon, and you can't come out without a will." ”
When the words fell, Nangong Shuang took a few steps back as if he had lost his soul, he couldn't believe that he was going to spend the rest of his life in this dungeon for the rest of his life.
"No, you must have lied to me. Yes, it must be. ”
Nangong Shuang walked around as she spoke, as if this would ease the uneasiness and hesitation in her heart.
"Ugh." Zhao Ye sighed softly, very lightly, but it hit Nangong Shuang's heart, like his broken hope sinking to the bottom.
"Is there a way for you to get me out?" Nangong Shuang asked again.
"The prince can only endure the humiliation and stay here now, and now no one dares to resist the emperor's will, I believe it will be soon." Zhao Ye's affirmative tone reassured Nangong Shuang's heart.
"Well, this king is waiting for that day."
"The prince is hungry, this is the meal Yun'er prepared for you, eat it while it's hot." Zhao Ye said as he took out the food from the food box.
At this time, Nangong Shuang's eyes inevitably moistened, as the so-called adversity sees the truth, Zhao Yun'er was so good to him, remembering that he was really sorry for what he had done, he took the rice bowl and ate it.
Zhao Ye naturally saw Nangong Shuang's moist eyes and just pretended not to know, when Zhao Yun'er came to beg him, how distressed he was as a father, she was a pregnant woman who wanted to kneel down and beg herself, even if he didn't like Nangong Shuang's daughter insisting on marrying, what could he do.
"Is the Frost King's Mansion alright?"