It has been a while since the emperor was assassinated, and the emperor has not asked about this matter.

Regardless of whether the emperor checks it or not, since Cai Xiaoxiao has received such a big gift from the emperor, it is time to prepare a return gift to Lord Shui.

For dinner on this day, Cai Yuxiao was ready to let the emperor also participate in the preparation of this return gift.

"Last time about the assassin, the emperor investigated it privately?"

"Does this matter need to be investigated?" The emperor has learned a lot of Cai Yu's intimidating tone.

"Don't you need to check if the emperor encounters such a big thing as an assassin?"

"If I know the mastermind behind this, does the queen think that I still need to investigate the people and money?"

Cai Xiaoxiao gave the emperor a thumbs up, and this was the first time Cai Xiaoxiao praised the emperor in the evening. It seems that after falling in love, this heart is really a lot more sunny.

"How did the emperor know?"

"A few days before the assassination, the queen made an appointment with me three times. According to my understanding of the queen, the queen is not such a person. ”

"What kind of person is that Hongu?"

"How so? I'm still wondering. ”

"Then the emperor has to ponder and ponder carefully." Cai Xiaoxiao was still eating, and there seemed to be more of a tone in his tone that the melon masses were watching a good show.

"Again, after I was injured, the queen's reaction was rather strange. It's not to let me go back to the Qinzheng Palace, but to go directly to the Zhaixiu Palace. No matter how I think about it, I feel that this matter has nothing to do with the queen. As for why the queen didn't say it at the beginning, there must be a queen's meaning. I don't want to ask more, if the queen is willing to say, she will naturally say it, and if she doesn't want to say it, there will naturally be a reason for the queen. "It seems that the emperor now knows a little bit about Cai Yu.

"It was great. Anything else? ”

"This third is the queen's two gifts to the concubine. It seems that the mastermind behind this is the Prime Minister Shui, and the assassin should be the Prime Minister Shui's meeting gift to the queen, as well as the temptation ceremony. ”

can make the emperor explain so clearly, I am afraid that there is no one else in this harem who can have a big face except Cai Yu.

"Exactly."

"In that case, I naturally want to move in the open."

"It seems that the emperor is going to play yin."

"Not really. In the words of the Queen, this is called the exchange of courtesies. ”

"It seems that the emperor is really a teachable son. So how does the emperor want to return the gift? ”

"Naturally, I'm going to use the right means."

"Is there any sin that you want to add to it?"

"When you should want to add, you naturally want to add."

"Since the emperor has already returned the gift, it seems that it is time for the palace to return the gift."

"Oh! It seems that the queen has a plan. ”

"If this palace wants to win the trust of Lord Shui, then this palace must also return a big gift to Lord Shui. What kind of gift does the emperor think is enough to make Prime Minister Shui believe in this palace? ”

"Prime Minister Shui is cautious, even the people under his door, not all of them are trusted. What he has done has been seen for a long time, if he wants to return the gift to Prime Minister Shui and fully believe in the queen, it must be about his life. The emperor looked at Cai Xiao very seriously.

"Good. Case. It seems that the emperor of this palace has thought about it for me. Cai Xiaoxiao never put down his chopsticks and looked very calm.

"What is the Queen going to do?"

"It's getting hotter and hotter this day, and the emperor is going to escape the heat."

"Yes."

"That's good, the emperor arranged an assassin to assassinate the prime minister, and the palace saved the prime minister."

"That's true, but just like that, will Lord Water believe it?" The emperor obviously didn't believe it.

"Of course, for the sake of realism, Hongu must still be injured to some extent"

"Hurt?" The emperor hesitated.

"Your Majesty don't worry. If you can't die, you just pretend to be. Is there a trusted and strong martial arts master around the emperor? ”

"Is the queen going to find out if it's the killer I sent?"

"That's right. Since the gifts are still exchanged, I don't know who the other party is to return the gift, how can it be called a gift exchange? ”

"But in this case, isn't it still me who is returning the favor?"

"The emperor's assassination gift, the palace's return is a life-saving gift."

"You Riveting, the guard with a knife in front of me, can do it."

"He can't."

"Why?"

"The assassins released by Lord Shui are all hidden, is it possible that the guards with knives in front of the emperor also need to be hidden?"

"If you want to find out, why hide it."

"It's completely clear that nature is not interesting. If it is away, it is best to loom in the face. ”

"In that case, then I can only let Taiwei Xia find a master."

"Taiwei Xia, it won't be Concubine Xian's father."

"Exactly."

Sure enough, this harem is constantly cut from the previous dynasty, and the relationship is chaotic.

Among the ministers of the older generation in the court, the emperor's most trusted ones are Lord Cai and Lord Xia. He is also the father of the queen and the father of the virtuous concubine.

Lord Cai is the prime minister, and Lord Xia is the captain.

One is the number one among civil officials, and the other is the number one among military generals.

The emperor hadn't summoned the two adults for a long time, and now it seemed that it was time to summon the two.

This time, the emperor summoned the two adults for two purposes.

Both of these purposes revolve around reciprocation, two different reciprocations.

First, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the emperor is going to go to escape the heat. It is good that someone in the court and the central government should be in charge, and the emperor can go quietly to escape the summer.

During this summer vacation, the two adults not only need to deal with the government affairs of the DPRK and China, but also help the emperor return the gift.

The second was to ask the two to recommend an Assassin.

Of these two ministers, one is responsible for planning and the other is responsible for practical operation.

has been a partner for many years and is deeply trusted by the emperor.

The two adults arrived at the Qinzheng Hall and saluted.

"It's about to be the hottest time of the year, and this time I still need to bother the two adults to sit in the capital."

"This is our duty as courtiers." Prime Minister Cai Cheng.

"Being able to do things for the emperor shows that the emperor does not dislike the old body of Weichen, and it is an honor for his ministers." Lord Xia also said very respectfully.

"It is a great blessing for the court to have two people in the court who are so loyal to the court."

"There is still a matter that needs to be done by the two adults during this period."

"Your Majesty, please speak." Lord Cai

"The other day, I met an Assassin in the palace. This person was sent by the Prime Minister of Water. Sina has always paid attention to etiquette, and since Lord Shui has given me such a big gift, I will return the gift anyway, so I invited two adults today. ”

"The emperor is injured." Lord Cai

"I didn't expect this Lord Water to be so bold, Your Majesty, let the lower officials arrest Lord Shui." Xia Taiwei is really a practical school, and he will get started if he doesn't agree with him.

"I understand what Lord Cai and Lord Xia mean. It's just that in this way, it doesn't make a little bit of sense. I went to a water lord, and a second water lord came up to fill the place. Rather than that, it's better to have a good deal with the water lord. Do the two adults know that the cats in this palace never eat mice, but people like to catch mice? ”

It seems that the emperor is making a metaphor, according to the meaning of the sentence before and after, the two adults are not easy to say, and they will play with Lord Shui.

"This cat, after catching the mouse, pretended to let it go, and then caught it, and then pretended to let it go, and caught it again. And so on until the rat slowly dies. Since Lord Shui can perform stabbing me, it seems that Lord Shui is also quite confident. I'd love to see what the water master is hiding, and how many secrets I don't know. I also want to be a master of Quanshui, let him show all the skill poisons, and it will not be too late to arrest him. It can also make him die blindly. "The emperor looks like this now, but he is very different from Cai Xiaoxiao.

A wise emperor may be like this on the side of the court.

"The emperor is wise." What else could the two adults say besides that?

"What is the emperor's first step?" Master Cai asked.

"The first step, of course, is according to the law. It is said in the Art of War that the thief captures the king first. ”

"Back to the emperor, yes."

"But it's not that I don't want to capture him first, if I capture him first, I don't really answer this sentence, he is a king. The wings I'm going to, the outermost inconsequential wings. ”

"Your Majesty rest assured. This matter will be handed over to Weichen and Lord Xia. Lord Cai immediately responded to the matter.

"Good. I have been secretly investigating Lord Shui for many years, and in the past two years, I have become more and more aware that Lord Shui is a little rampant. But it is not enough to remove its wings, it is also necessary to warn the water lord himself. "It turns out that the emperor is not a fool, he has done so many things behind his back, but he didn't say it explicitly. is really still very calm, with the demeanor and scheming of a generation of Ming Jun.

"The emperor is wise."

"Then let Wechen send a subordinate to scare Lord Shui." Lord Xia likes this.

Although Lord Xia didn't say it explicitly, he knew Du Ming how to scare him.

"Good. This time I went to escape the summer, and I will let the water master go along. When the time comes, it's up to Lord Xia. ”

"Your Majesty, it is against etiquette to do so. If the emperor really wants to scare Lord Shui, there are many legal ways. The ministers did not agree with the emperor's adoption of this law. "Master Cai really only leans on the side of the Fa, and if it is not legal, he will not hesitate to stand up and point it out.

But Lord Xia is different, Lord Xia is a military general.

When you are on the battlefield, how can you have such a courtesy, as long as you can kill the enemy, it is a good method.

It would be better if you could infiltrate the enemy camp and subdue the enemy leader.

In this way, the other side loses the leader, and the battle can be regarded as a victory without a fight, and the casualties of the soldiers are reduced.

A black cat and a white cat catch a mouse and it is a good cat.

Lord Cai said this, and the lower officials disagreed. This enemy has violated our borders, and if we still want to talk about etiquette, it will only make the enemy kick his nose in the face. On the battlefield, whoever kills more enemies and who can slash the opponent's leader is a hero. "Lord Xia really has the aura of a military general, his temperament is straightforward, and he doesn't speak around the bush.

"Lord Xia, you are on the battlefield, and this is not on the battlefield, how can it be the same!" Cai Cheng refuted on the contrary.

"What's the difference, officialdom is like a battlefield. In addition to not being an open knife and a gun, it is also a dead person, and it is also a blood. Anyway, the old man didn't see the difference. If I want to say something different, I bring some literati to the gentleness. ”

These two adults have always been like this. However, the emperor likes these two adults quite much.

Anyone can say what they think in their hearts, all for the sake of the court and the emperor.

This also shows that the relationship between these two adults is neither humble nor arrogant, neither flattering, nor deliberately suppressed.

Everyone has their own reason, so it can be regarded as brainstorming.

"Don't be in a hurry, two adults. Listen to me first. ”

"The ministers are rude, and I ask the emperor to forgive me." The two adults spoke in unison at this time, and they were very cute.

The emperor has been used to it for so many years, and if he really wants to punish their crimes, these two adults don't know that they have died a thousand times.

"Two adults, it doesn't have to be like this."

"Your Majesty."

"This assassination is just a cover, not a real assassination. Since Lord Shui dares to stab me, I naturally want to stab back, which is the most appropriate gift in return. What do you two think? ”

Lord Xia naturally answered in the affirmative, but Prime Minister Cai still felt that it was a little inappropriate, but he still agreed.

First of all, we have to design a script for this assassination, and the details of this script need to be scrutinized by the water lords.

Once you have a script, you need someone to complete it.

Since it is an assassination, it must be a martial arts master. The selection of this person is naturally decided by Lord Xia. There are not many requirements, the first is heartfelt, and the second is strong in martial arts.

The assassins sent by the water lord, the emperor knew behind the assassins. The emperor is now sending assassins to do the same, and he must let Lord Shui have nine layers of certainty to know the assassin's behind-the-scenes, but there is only one layer of uncertainty, which is the best thing Cai Yu said.

In this way, this war without gunpowder smoke can be regarded as a real start.

After Prime Minister Cai Cheng and Xia Taiwei went back, they performed their duties and began to act according to the emperor's orders.

The first is the assassination script, according to the emperor's requirements.

On the night when Lord Cai designed the emperor's brigade to arrive at the summer retreat, Lord Shui was assassinated, and the place of assassination was in the garden.

In this way, the emperor's requirements can be satisfied.

Room assassination, must be the person who knows about this trip. So, the room can't be stabbed.

Second, on the night of arrival, the assassination must have been done by an acquaintance, otherwise, who could have done it with such precision

It's just that since then, Mizumi has to leave the room and go to the garden, and if it is not handled well, it is easy to arouse suspicion.

This doesn't have to worry about Lord Cai, the emperor knows very well that there is Cai Yu here. I responded to this plan in one bite.

The candidate for Lord Xia has also been decided, and this person is the most effective deputy general in Lord Xia's army.

In the army, it can be regarded as hidden, after all, the army is stationed outside.

In this way, the matter is also more than half.

The emperor informed the queen of the plan, and the queen thought it was okay.

It's just that the queen has a request, that is, before the assassination, she must meet this person alone. Because Cai has something very important to say to this person.

The emperor also responded, so he ordered Lord Xia to go down and prepare.

After thinking about it in the past few days, the emperor always felt that something was wrong.

At night, the two lay in bed.

The emperor said with a somewhat solemn expression, "The queen said that she couldn't die that day, so she just pretended, can you give a detailed description?" ”

It seems that the emperor must have guessed something. Since this is the case, Cai Xiaoxiao is not hiding it, and told the emperor very frankly, "It's true that you can't die, but it's not lightly injured." Otherwise, it's just a thank you. Since you have done it, you must not only make the other party grateful, but also feel guilty. The assassin must try to stab Hongu in the chest hard, and of course, avoid the heart. Hongu doesn't want to die yet. This is also the net worth that the emperor said. ”

As soon as Cai Xiaoxiao finished speaking, he immediately turned around and kissed the emperor's lips.

After a long time, Cai Xiaoxiao let go of the emperor, "The emperor just shut up." Hongu knows what you're going to say? But this matter, this palace has the final say. If the emperor does not agree, then the palace will find someone by itself. The emperor should know the strength of this palace. Does the emperor want to help the concubines, or let the concubines complete it themselves, and then complicate this matter? ”

After speaking, Cai Xiaoxiao lay down, "Sleep." ”

Cai Xiaoxiao did not give the emperor an option to choose, since this is the case, it is still the emperor to send people, so you should rest assured.

The emperor listened to Cai Xiaoxiao's description and really wanted to say no, but before he could say it, he was silenced.

The emperor turned his head and looked at Cai Yu, feeling an inexplicable heartache in his heart.

said that the emperor is her only relative in this world. Now he can't protect her, but he makes her suffer so badly for the sake of the country.

As the emperor, this statement seems to be a little ineffective in Cai Yu's body.

It has always been them who ask the emperor for help, but now the emperor wants a child who is protected.

This feeling is a little strange for the emperor.

When the emperor was 5 years old, his mother died, and when he was 15 years old, his father also died.

Since then, he has ascended the throne and become the emperor, taking charge of himself.

Men don't flick when they have tears, and their behavior must conform to a king, which is what the emperor has learned and heard the most over the years.

That's why the emperor is so calm.

Now, a fake queen from heaven has to pay so much for the sake of the four countries.

made the emperor's heart really warm and a little moved.

Although Cai Xiaoxiao speaks too rationally, he is very cold many times, and there are no rules and decency at all.

In a word, words and deeds are quite presumptuous.

However, Cai is not a god in the sky and is invulnerable.

The emperor remembered the first time he saw Cai Xiao, he also has flesh and blood, knows pain, and will be injured.

Last time, the emperor was cut on the arm by the assassin, and when Cai Yu pressed it, he cried out in pain.

Now Cai Xiaoxiao wants to let the assassin stab the side of the heart, how painful it must be, that is the heart-rending pain.

If it was a man, maybe the emperor would still think that this person was very heartfelt.

But at this time, in front of him was Cai Yu, and his heart was completely indescribable.

To describe Cai Yue from the heart, it is a little too vulgar.

Cai Xiaoxiao seemed to feel that the emperor was looking at him, and closed his eyes, "Don't feel guilty, that is, one more scar, just a scar to show off." ”

The emperor hugged Cai and kissed her forehead.

A gentle kiss, a kiss with many promises, and many vows.

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