"By the way, brother, you just said that the Hou Ye is sick, and all the princes have sent gifts and condolences, but I remember that the Hou Ye has always supported the crown prince, why do you still have to deal with the three princes and others?"

"You still don't know anything about the struggle between the previous dynasties. Ling'er, the water here is deep. Wen Zhao sipped tea and said slowly, "There are only four princes under Your Majesty's knees today. The Fifth Highness is not yet an adult, and he has never been involved in the court, so he naturally does not know how to woo the Hou Ye. can form a full threat to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Hou Ye, but only the two sons of the Crown. Speaking of which, these two highnesses are also really difficult, one is a noble son who is in power, and the other is a seemingly innocent idle king, in recent years, how many forces have been quietly connected with the Hou Ye in the past. is calm on the surface, but the inside is already like fire and water. No matter how many tricks Hou Ye made with them, he couldn't catch his tail and couldn't take the initiative to tear his face. And now they will fulfill their good name, hum......"

"Hearing you say this, the third prince and the fourth prince really don't get along. It's hard for the Hou Ye to be sincere for the whole life of Tingrong Ma, and because they are old and exhausted. I frowned and said, "Fortunately, Your Majesty seems to be kind and tolerant of the crown prince, and the Hou Ye can be regarded as having a solid backer in the court." ”

"What a backer!" Wen Zhao took a sip and said, "If there is a choice, I hope that the Hou Ye is a party of the palace curtain!" You just said, today the Hou Ye sent me to the East City to send a return gift, and all the adults were respectful, and they ate a closed door in the Prince's Mansion, and they rejected the Hou Ye's kindness with a little wind and cold as an excuse. Although Master Hou has a good temperament and has always been accustomed to His Royal Highness's eccentric temperament, what is it called when outsiders see it, isn't this a joke for nothing! This is good, with our prince as an example, several ministers who had the heart to submit to the three princes in the past simply didn't buy it - anyway, the prince gave the prince no face to the prince, so he didn't have to be happy to buy a good one from the third prince! ”

"Why is this prince so ignorant!" I was dissatisfied, "Is it really relying on the emperor's favor that he is so unscrupulous and spoiling the Hou Ye's thoughts about him?" ”

"Master Hou's thoughts about him are inexhaustible, but the eyes of other ministers are so keen." Wen Zhao sneered, "Seeing that the palace can't help up, the Hou Ye is becoming more and more lonely in the court. I'm afraid that in the coming day, the wind direction may also change. There were also doormen who advised the Hou Ye to choose the Ming Lord. It's a pity that his old man pays too much attention to those illusory ethics and morality, and bluntly swears to guard his son-in-law's throne to the death......"

"Old-fashioned! Foolish! I hated, "Master Hou is shrewd, how can he not see through this place!" ”

"People always have to think about it a little bit in this life. Even if you know that you are in the wrong direction, you have to go to the middle of nowhere, and you have to hit your head and break the blood flow to be willing. Wen Zhao sighed, "If you don't say anything, maybe the catastrophe in the Hou Ye's life is on the palace maid." ”

sighed like this, and was speechless.

After a little silence, there will be a servant to deliver exquisite and gorgeous dishes. I was happy to see Wen Zhao, and I chatted until noon.

Aunt Hua re-entered the table after being busy, which also slowed down the solemn atmosphere between me and Wen Zhao. The three of them moved their chopsticks, and there was laughter and warmth.

After the meal, before Aunt Hua could prepare the tonic ointment to heal the wounds, Wen Zhao hurried back to the Hou Mansion to resume his life, only saying that he could not delay for too long, so as not to arouse suspicion.

I hurriedly returned to the pavilion and took out a piece of letterhead from the makeup drawer and stuffed it into Wen Zhao's hand, and said, "Brother, I know that you and I have hidden identities, and I can't send a message to Hou Ye through you." It's just that there is one more person in the Hou Mansion, but you have to take care of it for me. You should have seen the little maid who had been inseparable from me before, named Xunyue. That kid came from a poor background, and he was always dependent on me. Now that I have left the house suddenly, she must be very sad. It is also good that you can please forward this letter on your behalf, at least to make her feel at ease. ”

Wen Zhao's face darkened with every word I spoke, until by the time I finished speaking, it turned an unpredictable blue-gray.

For a long time, as if he had made up his mind, he raised his head with difficulty and looked at me carefully, and said slowly: "Ling'er, I haven't told you about it. Hou Ye got the news from the camp in the early morning of the night you left. And at that time, the girl named Turbidity Moon hadn't gotten up yet, and she didn't know that you had disappeared. Hou Ye hated her for not taking care of your safety, so she was taken out of the house by Xiaoyao. Thunder was furious, so he ordered her to be sceptered to death......"

It was as if a barrel of fire oil was poured straight down from the Heavenly Spirit Cover, and then a devouring flame rose from the bottom of his heart and suddenly burned all over his body. I was so forced by the sudden pain that I couldn't move, and I felt that the flesh and blood in this body were no longer my own.

Aunt Hua held my body that was about to fall in time, but the soft-spoken comfort couldn't drift into my almost exploding brain at all - Xunyue died, and was given death by Hou Ye. Why is this happening, did he promise me to take good care of her for me, is it because of me?

Because of my departure, because of Wen Zhao's lie that Xiaoyao kidnapped me from her, but how could it be, Hou Ye is such a compassionate and compassionate old man, and he promised me to take care of the second half of his life, how could he do such a cold-blooded and violent thing......

Turbidity, such a bright and bright girl, was forever deprived of the right to live because of my departure and the anger of the Hou Ye?

I can't remember exactly when Wen Zhao left, and I heard him talk to Aunt Hua for a long time before leaving, and seemed to be very remorseful for telling me about Xunyue's death.

Aunt Hua put down everything at hand and accompanied me in the room, until nightfall, Fu Lin finally sighed and left after not knowing how many times he came to urge. My head was dizzy and swollen, and I couldn't remember anything, but I remembered the full and immature smiling face of Xunyue in my memory.

My brain still can't accept this terrible news, I can't believe how Hou Ye could be angry with the innocent Xunyue and even kill that innocent girl? This is really very different from the Hou Ye I have known for a long time, and when I think of this, my heart is colic again.

Yes, Master Hou, I have always regarded Master Hou as a relative, how much do I know about him? He once used thunderbolt means to lay down a splendid country, and he also mercilessly killed the monarch of the former Kashu Chu Kingdom... Maybe all I saw was his thinnest side.

I don't even know his name......