Hearing that the voices of people under the tree were gradually gone, Nie Yuansheng took the lead out of the hiding place, and Mu Biwei then turned over and came out - the place where they were hiding was just a cave covered by thorns not far from the pine tree, perhaps because Ouyang Nineteen and the others did not have this hole here in previous years, so they were actually deceived by the thorns in front of the cave and leaked out.

Mu Biwei was in a hurry to catch up with Nie Yuansheng because of the cumbersome dress, and when she stepped over the thorns, she stepped on a loose bluestone, and her feet slipped, although she had not fallen, she felt that her calf was painful, thinking that it was cut by the thorns through the dress, but she was inconvenient to check in front of Nie Yuansheng at the moment.

Endured the pain and walked a few steps, but saw that Nie Yuansheng did not go far, but looked at the top of the pine tree not far away, because Ouyang Nineteen's group did not deliberately lower their voices when they spoke, the movement just now, the two heard the end from the beginning, she caught up with Nie Yuansheng in a few steps, and asked with mixed emotions: "The crossbow above...... Did you set it up? ”

Originally, she felt quite surprised when she saw Nie Yuansheng making an appointment with her, and actually fell asleep in the place where she had made an appointment, but now that she thinks about it, could it be that he was tired from climbing into the tree to set that trap? In fact, they couldn't hide from the place they were hiding carefully, the cave was not deep, and there was no other exit, just now Nie Yuansheng noticed that someone was coming, and she was reluctant to pull her to hide in, but it was because Ouyang Nineteen and his party were gradually marching, and they were worried that they would be discovered before they could hide under the dispute......

Nie Yuansheng's eyes were deep, and he paused for a moment before shaking his head and said lightly: "No!" ”

"Who's that?" Mu Biwei was taken aback, from what she heard just now from Ouyang Nineteen, Gao Qilang and others, it seems that the reason why they kidnapped Min Erlang and Min Shilang to come together today is because someone has done something on the mountain path, and when he left the palace, he was taken advantage of - it was Nie Yuansheng who was here and now, you must know that Mu Biwei just took the time to give him a look this morning, and Nie Yuansheng took advantage of the moment he passed by and gave her a pre-written note, Ouyang Nineteen and Gao Qilang's hands and feet on the mountain path, I may not be able to see it when I come for the first time, but Nie Yuansheng is familiar with this West Pole Mountain, how can he not know?

The hidden cave concealed the first search by Ouyang Nineteen and his party, but they may not be able to escape the second time, but the ancient pine in front of him was so tall and majestic, and Gao Qilang boasted that he was smart, and he actually thought that people might also hide in the trees...... With Nie Yuansheng's understanding of the terrain in this vicinity, it is not strange to hide a trap to kill people in the tree, the problem is that even if he tells himself about this matter, in addition to being extra wary of him, it is impossible to make a decision with him because of this.

If the crossbow was really placed by Nie Yuansheng, why did Nie Yuansheng lie?

"This kind of crossbow is owned by the Yecheng army." Nie Yuansheng retracted his gaze from the top of the tree, stretched out his hand to dust off the dust on his clothes when he was hiding, and said calmly, "The crossbow arrows equipped in the Feihe Guard are more exquisite than this one, the former commander of the Yecheng Army is Willeb, the father of Zuo Zhaoyi, the Qu Jia is a fine person, and those who are not more than 100 elders in the Yecheng Army can't touch this thing at all, although the current successor is not the Qu family, but he follows the system of Qu Ji in the time, I just want to set up an ambush in the tree, how can I use this kind of thing that is easy to find out the source?" ”

Mu Bi was slightly stunned and said, "Those people just now, it seems that they are all from the Yecheng army?" ”

"It's not surprising that it happened suddenly, and I didn't react for a while." Nie Yuansheng said thoughtfully, "But someone has already taken over this matter, you and I don't have to worry about it." ”

He suddenly turned his head, stared at Mu Biwei, and said in a deep voice, "Before they came over, what you wanted to say was not related to King Anping?" ”

Mu Biwei nodded: "Not bad......" She was about to continue, but Nie Yuansheng closed his eyes, as if to hide some emotion, and sneered after a while: "You don't have to say that I almost guessed what it was, after all, King Anping's people just left!" ”

"Then Ouyang Nineteen Lang is not sent by the Ouyang Clan?" Mu Biwei was taken aback, "He is the person of King Anping?" ”

"Ouyang Nineteen?" Nie Yuansheng said lightly, "Didn't Tsing Yi find out?" Although it seems that Ouyang Shijiulang and Gao Qilang are the leaders among those people just now, in fact, something really happened, but it is Gao Qilang who is in charge, and Ouyang Shijiulang is just an assistant! ”

Mu Bi clenched her fists slightly and asked in a deep voice, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"Tsing Yi should know that His Majesty has been loved by Gaozu since he was a child, and he has been raised by Gaozu himself since he was an infant." King Anping's sudden move, as if to make Nie Yuansheng also cautious, he did not avoid Mu Biwei's words this time, but said with a solemn expression, "So although the first emperor has four sons to grow up, in fact, Your Majesty did not grow up in front of the first emperor and the queen mother, the so-called birth is not as good as raising grace, not to mention that His Majesty grew up in front of Gaozu, and the emperor's grandson, even if it is King Anping and King Guangling, the two brothers-in-law, Ping Su does not dare to steal the limelight from His Majesty too much, so as not to make Gaozu's face dull, so, the first emperor and the queen mother are not happy with King Anping, King Guangling and the eldest princess of Xuanning have always been apologetic! This is also the reason why when Emperor Gaozu was dying, he must openly order the first emperor in front of his ministers to take His Majesty as the prince! ”

"Could it be that King Anping is unwilling?" Mu Biwei seemed to understand something.

Nie Yuansheng laughed mockingly: "It's the first emperor who is even more unwilling!" ”

"What?" Mu Bi was slightly startled, and Nie Yuansheng said lightly: "The first emperor tried to compete with the king of Jiqu for many years, at the beginning, Emperor Gaozu had been watching coldly, until he realized that the king of Jiqu was younger than the first emperor, the means were insufficient, and the arrogance was too strong, which led to the attack of Pang Guifei, but the king of Jiqu was just sending out Yedu, so there was the fact that the king of Jiqu later entangled the army and counterattacked Yedu, Rao is so, and Gaozu has never killed or abolished him as a concubine...... In fact, if Emperor Gaozu made a decree at that time, making King Jiqu a concubine, then he would have completely lost the qualification to compete for the prince, and when the first emperor succeeded to the throne, maybe the Jiqu palace might not have contracted any serious illness and died together, but would give him a rich life, so that the world would know what a benevolent and virtuous emperor he was! ”

There was no lack of disrespect for the first emperor and Gaozu in his words, Mu Biwei frowned slightly, and only listened to Nie Yuansheng say leisurely, "But Gaozu didn't do this, so until Gaozu died, although King Jiqu had been under house arrest at that time, and the first emperor was a righteous prince, but because King Jiqu was neither deposed nor killed, he was always ...... It's like sitting on pins and needles! ”

"Are you saying that the first emperor was jealous of His Majesty's position as the crown prince?" Mu Bi asked slightly blankly.

"If Tsing Yi entered the palace when the first emperor was there, he must know one thing that the old people in this palace know." Nie Yuansheng said lightly, "That is in the clan, the first emperor attaches the most importance to the eldest son of King Anping, and the queen mother loves the youngest son of Guangling the most, if there is no last words of Emperor Gaozu, it will definitely not be Your Majesty on the throne today!" ”

Mu Bi pursed her lips slightly: "But the first emperor still obeyed the words of Gaozu!" ”

"That's the first emperor can't help it, Gaozu has a long life, but the first emperor is the first to take the lead in the conquest of the world, several serious injuries have accumulated and damaged the vitality, and he has not lived much to succeed to the throne, if he wants to disobey the will of Gaozu, it will definitely cause chaos in the royal family, although the first emperor prefers King Anping, but he has not yet favored him to the point of being desperate for him." Nie Yuansheng sneered, and suddenly his words changed and said to himself, "I was selected to be His Majesty's companion when I was six years old, my grandfather and parents died early, and my uncle treated me well, but he himself just descended to the Linyi County Duke passed down by his grandfather, and he has no important position, so why should he support me?" My glory and wealth are all on Your Majesty, if anyone wants to move His Majesty's throne, he should be the first to go except me! ”

"Since King Anping already has a heart of disobedience, with His Majesty's trust in you, why don't you directly make it clear to Your Majesty?" Mu Bi frowned slightly.

Nie Yuansheng glanced at her strangely, and suddenly smiled: "Mu Qingyi, you have been in the palace for a few days, although Ji Que Qingyi's identity is humble, but fortunately, he is the envoy of the imperial front, and I sent Xiao and Song Qingyi for you, so that you are not a servant, but you can also serve Your Majesty closely, with your understanding of Your Majesty these days, you say that if I tell Your Majesty bluntly, what will happen?" ”

"Are you worried that Your Majesty will not believe you?" Mu Bi was slightly silent for a moment, and said tentatively.

"Hah! I am the same age as His Majesty, and I have been called a monarch and minister for 12 years, and I am really like a brother, and King Anping and His Majesty have only met a few times in the past 18 years, and how many times have I talked for a long time? If Your Majesty still believes in him or not, haven't I been dreaming for the past 12 years? Nie Yuansheng sneered!

Mu Biwei said slowly: "Since the squire has such confidence, then after Your Majesty listens to King Anping's disobedience, the concubine thinks that Your Majesty will definitely be angry, even if you don't punish King Anping, you will definitely suppress it openly!" And this is what the squire does not want to see...... Or rather, what can't you bear? ”

Ji Shen is not a person who can hide his thoughts, or he has long been accustomed to his noble status, so he doesn't have to hide his thoughts at all, more likely, under the teaching of Gaozu and the first emperor who always regarded him as a prince, his patience in this life has been used up before succeeding to the throne, even the eldest princess of Xuanning, who is just a few words of quarrel, he can openly hold a grudge for several years, if he knows the covetousness of King Anping, he can't bear to say anything!

Nie Yuansheng said indifferently: "Sacrificing oneself for righteousness, Tsing Yi thinks too highly of the lower officials." ”

Mu Bi nodded slightly: The prince of the first emperor is the king of Anping, and he does not dare to disobey the order of Gaozu, it is nothing more than because Gaozu has a high lifespan, and he was old when he succeeded to the throne - the first emperor Ruizong reigned for less than five years, and changed the Yuan for four years, plus the old practice of not reforming the government for three years to show respect for the first emperor, that is to say, it is convenient for Ruizong to show his strength for less than two years, in fact, this is probably the reason why King Jiqu is full of violent illness, Ruizong feels that time is running out after succeeding to the throne, and he can't slowly disintegrate the remnants of King Jiqu. There was no way to change the courtiers left by Gaozu of the Manchu Dynasty for an older prince, so he could only dispose of the king of Jiqu by thunderous means, and try to remove hidden dangers for the young Ji Shen.

It's a pity that neither Gaozu nor Ruizong expected that Ji Shen would reveal his true form immediately after their death - this new emperor was not interested in political affairs at all, so that even the auxiliary ministers that Ruizong painstakingly selected for him before his death could not get his minimum respect.

In this case, even if Gaozu dared to ask Ruizong on his deathbed to promise to let his favorite grandson succeed to the throne, he would definitely leave him behind, and after Ruizong succeeded to the throne, he had to obey Gaozu's order because time was running out, and continued to think about how to stabilize his throne for Ji Shen...... But just looking at the situation of the prime ministers on the left and right, it really can't be said that King Anping has no hope.

What's more, in the current Yedu troops, the Qu family can be said to be deeply rooted in the Yecheng army, just looking at the successor has not changed the system of the Qu clip, it is known that even if the Qu family has handed over the military power, but the influence in the Yecheng army cannot be easily erased, and Ji Shen is not beautiful because of Zuo Zhaoyi's appearance, if there is no support from the Empress Dowager Gao, the dignified Qu family's concubine almost failed to enter the palace for a favorite concubine born in the palace, even though the Qu family is still the highest person in the palace, but the number of times Ji Shen has been to Hualuo Hall in two years is only a handful, it is really unreasonable to say that he did not treat Zuo Zhaoyi badly.

Ji Shen's real reliance is still Feihewei, Feihewei was created when Gaozu conquered the world, from the original personal guard, Ruizong did not last long, so it was probably the old man who stayed from Gaozu's time, they were Gaozu's most loyal guards, and Ji Shen personally designated by Gaozu was naturally extremely loyal - this is also the reason why King Anping and King Guangling have the title of king, but they have no real power.

It's not that they don't want to fight, but they don't dare.

Feihewei is in one day, even if Qu Jiao holds the Yecheng army in his hand, it is impossible to incite everyone after all.

The problem is that if Ji Shen believes that King Anping has bad intentions, and even said that he immediately ordered Feihewei to destroy the Manmen of Anping Palace, Nie Yuansheng may not be able to do this, but what he will do after he does it is by no means what he wants - King Anping is the eldest son of Empress Dowager Gao, the princess is the niece of Empress Dowager Gao, her sister Princess Xuanning is the wife of the Lou family, and her younger brother King Guangling takes Concubine Qu as the eldest daughter of the Qu family!

Even if Ji Shen favors Nie Yuansheng again, with the power of Qu and Gao, he jointly sent someone to assassinate Nie Yuansheng, and the Empress Dowager Gao came forward to admit it afterwards, can Ji Shen still kill the Empress Dowager to avenge the servant of the Yellow Gate?

What's more, what Nie Yuan is seeking in his life is to pour wealth and honor in his life, not to mourn after death!