It only took half a day for Ah Ran to clean up all the people in the palace and order people to quickly reorganize the two palaces.

I sat in the dormitory and looked at the busy palace people, a little dazed.

"Your Highness? Is Your Highness hungry? Qing Dai ordered someone to pass on dinner? ”

My eyes were fixed on Qingdai's face, and I couldn't help but sigh again in my heart:

Ah Ran did things really quickly, and on the day of raising troops, he was able to move most of the maids in the Beili Palace to Shengjing.

It seems that I guessed correctly, the previous half-year-long micro-service must be preparing for today's events.

I'm afraid that not long after Ah Ran and I left the north and left Kyoto, the people in the palace were preparing to move south.

"Your Majesty, are you still busy?"

Qing Dai was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses and replied:

"Your Majesty has just returned to the dormitory. Your Highness, are you alright? ”

Qing Dai looked at me with some concern.

I smiled reluctantly. "It's okay, what's wrong?"

Qing Dai shook her head.

"It's okay, Qingdai is just the first time I've heard you call Your Majesty like this, and I'm a little uncomfortable."

Only then did I realize that before I knew it, my name for Ah Ran had changed.

"Qingdai, I want to go see him."

"You mean Your Majesty? Qingdai will accompany you. ”

"Hmm."

******

At the door of Ah Ran's dormitory, before Fuxiang, who was guarding the door, could report it, I heard the sound of rain coming from inside the house:

"Your Majesty, Yue Xiongqi has been taken into custody. The abolished prince Yue Linglan and the fourth prince Yue hanged themselves in the early morning. The rest of the Yue family's relatives have also been taken into custody for His Majesty's decision. It's just that Yue Luanxi and Yue Luanyi's whereabouts are unknown and they are still being searched. ”

"Got it, let's go down."

Ah Ran's voice was a little tired.

At this time, Fu Xiang at the door reacted and reported to the house:

"Your Majesty, the eldest princess asks to see you."

Ah Ran was silent for a moment before saying, "Please." ”

When I entered the temple, I saluted me and withdrew.

When Ah Ran saw me, the expression on his face relaxed, and the corners of his mouth smiled. "Sit."

I looked at him with a frown and didn't move.

He was a little helpless and sighed: "You can see everything? ”

"Yes."

He smiled again, but the smile in his eyes was gone. "Then tell me what you see."

I took a breath and spoke: "I will be brought into the palace this morning, and it was you who secretly released the news to inform the Criminal Department that I am cold and shallow, right?" The location is also what you revealed? ”

He didn't answer me, but still looked at me with his lips curled.

I continued:

"You already knew that Ling Niankong would rebel, and you also knew that he was almost ready, but I didn't know the specific time.

And the criminal department has Ling Niankong's secret disguise. He promised not to come back to me, but I'm afraid he would keep an eye on me.

The criminal department learned that I was cold and shallow, and escorted me to the palace again. Ling Niankong would definitely think that Yue Xiongqi was going to kill me, so he couldn't hold back and raised an army. That's why when Ling Niankong saw me in the Zichen Palace, he had a relieved expression.

And Ah Ran, you already knew that Ling Niankong was Yue Xiongqi's eldest son, and you also knew Ling Niankong's plan to unite with Wumeng to attack the city, and even knew that Yue Xiongqi had already secretly found out Ling Niankong's true identity.

Yue Xiongqi had been ashamed of their mother and son for many years, and he also knew that Ling Niankong was resentful in his heart, so he was willing to pay for the lives of everyone in Nanli Imperial City, just so that Ling Niankong could unload the obsession in his heart for many years.

And Ling Niankong did lead the coalition army to attack the imperial city, but he didn't expect you to be in the palace, let alone the emperor of the north.

Seeing you, he must have wanted to avenge his mother, after all, it was our Yan clan who robbed him and his mother back then. That's why he asked me to go to his side, but he didn't know that my surname was Yan.

You took advantage of their ignorance to do today's game:

The palace banquet opened, and it didn't take long for the news of the siege to come, and you only need to watch from the wall and watch the father and son with a cold eye, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer.

When Ling Niankong had almost cleaned up Sergeant Nanli and was about to rush at you, you signaled me to activate the ban.

You can activate the ban yourself, why do you want me to go?

You're doing this just to prove my identity to everyone and push me to the front of people.

You are like this because you have calculated that Ling Niankong will not touch me no matter what, and you are my only relative in this world.

From this, you used the hands of Ling Niankong and Wumeng to strike at Nanli. and took advantage of Ling Niankong's love for me to force him to defect and confront Wumeng, losing both.

At this time, if you send troops to encircle and suppress, victory is simply within reach.

As a result, you finally recaptured half of the country that had been lost for fifteen years, and at the same time suppressed Wumeng, who intended to expand northward, and even cleaned up Ling Niankong by the way.

He defected to the battle, and if you want to rectify him, you don't have to make a move at all, and the Wumeng Kingdom will break him into thousands of pieces.

Three birds with one stone, the hatred of the country and the family, it was actually a soldier who did not abolish the north and left, and it was ended.

Ah Ran, you are so clever!

It's just that...... Why are you so sure that Ling Niankong will change his mind for me?

If he hadn't, wouldn't we really be doomed? ”

Ah Ran's smile gradually faded.

"Xuan'er, you're right, I did use you as a talisman.

As for the last question, it's because you're too rational.

You can see through the interlocking layout strategies, but you can't see through people's hearts.

Everyone has affection, and if there is affection, they will always be moved by emotion and will do stupid things. Even people like Ling Niankong are inevitably vulgar.

You're just too rational to understand, let alone use it. ”

I looked at Ah Ran, and a chill suddenly appeared on my body.

I've always forgotten that Ah Ran is a king. He has the ruthlessness, coldness, and cruelty that a king should have.

It's just that he has always played the role of an older brother in front of me, and I thought he was still as simple as he was when he was a child.

Simplicity? How is that possible?

If he was really innocent, I'm afraid the Yan clan would have ceased to exist a long time ago.

This is actually not difficult to understand, but the thought of him using people's hearts so much, even treating me as a pawn, makes me feel chilly.

"How?"

Ah Ran's expression was gloomy, and he stood up and approached step by step.

"Scared of me? Resentful of me? Think I'm not like the brother you think I am? ”

There was anger in his words. I was able to get in, and I realized that his eyes were bloodshot.

I suddenly regretted what the other person had just said.

When he heard that, he must have thought I was accusing him.

But I didn't, I just never knew him like this, and I was a little at a loss.

Where am I qualified to accuse him?

"Ah Ran, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that......"

He pushed me against the wall and grabbed my wrist and pressed it against the wall.

His strength was so great that it hurt my wrists.

What happened to him? Why was he so angry all of a sudden?

"So what do you mean? Well?

Xuan'er, I ascended the throne at the age of 10 and became a politician at the age of 16. I've had to make some choices over the years.

I don't want you to understand. I just hope you don't accuse me of that person. ”

Every word he uttered was so heavy that it struck at my heart.

"I didn't, Ah Ran, I didn't blame you, I ......"

He grabbed my wrist and I couldn't help it.

Only then did he realize that he let go and took a step back.

"You heard all the words about the rain just now, right? Say, what are you looking for me? ”

Ah Ran's eyes were dark, and his face was full of disappointment.

My heart sank and sank.

Why did I say that just now, which made Ah Ran's heart cold?

Does it really matter what kind of person he is?

No matter what he did, he was for me and for the restoration of the country.

What is the reason for my inexplicable emotion?

"Don't say? Don't regret it.

I'll tell you Xuan'er, I'll only give you this chance to intercede, and I won't wait for it to expire! ”

I chuckled inwardly.

"You...... What are you going to do with the Yue family? ”

Ah Ran's lips straightened, and he said coldly: "What do you say I plan to do?" ”

He...... Is he planning to leave one behind?

Also, everything that Ah Ran and I have suffered in the past fifteen years can be attributed to the Yue family.

But if the Fourth Emperor Uncle hadn't poisoned the Ling clan in the first place, there would have been no follow-up.

The affairs of the previous generation have long been unclear.

When is the time for retribution, is the only way to solve all this is to kill?

It's not that I don't want to avenge my father, but even if I kill all the people surnamed Yue, my father and mother won't survive.

Revenge, in fact, is just a means for the living to calm the resentment in their hearts.

What's more, Yue Xiongqi's children were almost dead after Ah Ran ordered the palace to be cleared, isn't that enough?

I took a deep breath, gently lifted the hem of my skirt, and knelt in front of Ah Ran.

"You!?" Ah Ran's anger could no longer be suppressed.

"Brother, enough people have died today.

We have recaptured Shengjing and returned to the palace, and the restoration of the country is just around the corner, which is enough to comfort my father and mother and the martyrs of the Yan family.

Yue Xiongqi's children, who are still alive now, are only Ling Niankong and the two princesses.

Can you let Yue Luanxi and Yue Luanyi go? ”

Ah Ran heard that I was interceding for the two princesses, and he was relieved.

"Just intercede for these two? Gone? ”

"And ......"

As I spoke, I lowered my head, solemnly touched the ground with my forehead, and then straightened up again. "Also, Yue Xiongqi."

Ah Ran suddenly smiled when he heard this name, but his eyes were piercing and cold. "Is there still that person, huh?"

I gritted my teeth.

"No, just these three people."

"Hmph, Yan Zhaoran, let me tell you, I won't let go of any of them, don't think about it!"

Ah Ran's voice was terrifyingly low, and the tail note was still a little trembling, and the anger in his eyes burned my internal organs.

It's the first time I've heard Ah Ran call my full name when I'm so old.

I kowtowed again, tears splashing down the stone slab on the ground.

"Ah Ran, Xuan'er has grown so big, she has never begged you.

Xuan'er, please keep the lives of those three people! ”

Ah Ran's eyes were red, and the corners of his lips trembled. "Why don't you intercede for that person."

"Because ......"

"Say!" Ah Ran slapped his palm on the desk on the side, and the case was instantly shattered.

"Because, he's still useful to you."

I closed my eyes and didn't dare to look at Ah Ran's expression.

Ling Niankong is indeed still useful to Ah Ran now.

It was impossible for Wumeng to let Ling Niankong go. In order to protect himself, he will do his best to fight Ummon.

If there was no Ling Niankong, the Beili soldiers would have to charge.

In such a situation, Ah Ran would not be in a hurry to make a move against Ling Niankong, but would borrow his hand to attack Wumeng.

Ah Ran listened to my words, but he was silent.

In the middle of the night, he crouched down and looked at me.

His eyes gradually softened, and his voice was a little hoarse:

"Xuan'er, don't you remember what I told you earlier?

You can't let go of him, and you will only be sad.

There is a national hatred and family hatred between you, and there will be no results in this life. ”

Hearing him say this, my tears couldn't be stopped, but I smiled bitterly: "I know." ”

"You know, but you still have to intercede for him and his family, don't you?

Can you please not be so stupid?

Ling Niankong learned that you were from the Beili Imperial Family, wouldn't he be angry with you?

Even for his biological father, he was so ruthless that he was willing to fight with him. And you're just an accident on his way to revenge.

Do you think that in the face of family feuds, he still cares about your past?! ”

Ah Ran said as he spoke, and his voice unconsciously raised again.

Listening to the resoluteness in his words, the hope in my heart dimmed a little, but I still did not give up.

"Brother, don't you kill them, okay?"

Hearing this, the flame that had been extinguished in Ah Ran's eyes was rekindled.

"Yan Zhaoran, hello! Well done! ”

With that, he ignored me and walked away.