On August 10, in a wine shop in Beijing, two men were playing a quiet game, and a man in a gray robe and autumn clothes saw that the general trend had gone, put down his chess pieces, and said with a light smile: "The sixth brother's chess skills are more clever than before, but he is roundabout but sharp, and his brother has been defeated again." ”

Shen Mushi was dressed in a azure soft shirt, and said lightly with a smile: "Our brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, do you want to play another game?" ”

"No, it's no match for the sixth brother."

When Shen Jiyu looked at Shen Mu indifferently, he saw that the man's eyes were blazing, and the edge was condensed in the pupils of his eyes, turning into a sharp sword, which seemed to be more powerful than before.

Born in the emperor's house, who did not secretly place several spies in Shangjing, Shen Jiyu naturally knew about Shen Yuanan and Xin'er.

But he didn't know that the second prince Shen Changyuan and the Sixth Bureau teamed up to poison the crown princess's palace, only that Shen Yuanan wanted to pull Shen Mu off the horse, so he instigated the waiter to slander the prince, but he didn't expect the princess to lose her heir.

For the open and secret fights between these brothers, the two brothers have long been accustomed to it.

The struggle for imperial power is like a game, and we have to weigh the weight of the enemy and ourselves.

When he knew that he was defeated by Shen Mu, he retreated bravely and withdrew from the battle for imperial power early, but the other princes were not as smart as him, and they couldn't fight openly, and they couldn't fight in secret.

Along the way, although the sixth brother was always framed and assassinated by his brothers and their parties, he never shot at those close brothers and sisters.

It's just that this time the eldest brother, oh no, is already a concubine, and Shen Yuanan, a concubine, has done too much, and the sixth brother will go on a killing spree.

He is also stupid, it's been so long, can't he see that the sixth sister-in-law is the meat of the sixth brother's heart?

Once the sixth sister-in-law is moved, the heirs of the sixth brother will be moved, which is equivalent to moving the sixth brother's scales, and he will not stop until he dies........

What made Shen Jiyu secretly frightened was that since he dealt a heavy hand to Shen Yuan'an, the sixth brother's revenge methods have become more and more ruthless, and Shunchang has rebelled, and he has never relented.

In mid-July, Shen Yuanan was ambushed and killed by North Vietnam in northern Xinjiang, and his death was so tragic that he did not even find his body.

Sheng Shang was furious and immediately sent troops to attack North Vietnam.

Shen Jiyu couldn't figure out that if it was really a sneak attack launched by North Vietnam for the late crown prince Song Yue, this revenge would have come too late......

King Qi was guilty, not because he instigated the concubine to cause the princess to slip on the fetus, but because he intended to rebel, so he was demoted to a concubine by Emperor Chu Wei, and changed his title to abandon the king and abandon the son.

Just like on the chessboard, Shen Mushi, who gave up in order to protect the overall situation, abandoned the king, and abandoned him.

His fate was doomed from the beginning, even if Emperor Chu Wei connived and favoritized him, he would not tolerate the prince's war against him.

Therefore, whether the sixth brother killed the abandoned king with a trick, or whether the father killed the abandoned king and blamed North Vietnam, no one can be sure......

"The matter of Xingzhou is really not done by Empress Xiao, but by abandoning the king? Sixth brother's move, didn't he let Empress Xiao escape? Fighting the grass and startling the snakes, the Xiao family is afraid that they will be much more restrained, and it will not be easy to catch their pigtails in the future. Shen Jiyu raised his hand to clean up the chessboard and asked casually.

Shen Mushi raised his eyes and glanced at the man, and replied indifferently: "I can escape for a while, but I can't escape for a lifetime." The father is very jealous of the Xiao family, and if the queen Xiao has different intentions, she will not be able to pass the father's pass. ”

These words are tantamount to indirectly denying that the next target is Empress Xiao.

This made Shen Jiyu even more unable to see what kind of tactics Shen Mushi was using in the chess game he was playing now.

"Seventh brother, there will be a shortage of food in the cold winter today, are you ready to explain your affairs?"

Shen Mushi helped clean up the chess game while asking Shen Jiyu about business.

"Thank you Sixth Brother for mentioning it, everything is taken care of, the food in Qishan City can last until the spring and summer of next year, and if you send troops, the defense will be reduced to early spring. It's just that why did the sixth brother calculate that there would be war in the autumn? Does this war refer to the conquest of North Vietnam? Or is there turmoil in Chu Wei? ”

Shen Jiyu looked at Shen Mushi and avoided the topic just now, and then changed his mind to ask about other things.

"Plan ahead, just fight and go."

Shen Mushi smiled bitterly, how could he anticipate things like a god.

Man is not as good as heaven, and many plans have deviated from their original trajectory, and not all of them are in his control.

He's just improvising and adjusting the order of killing.

The seventh brother and the ninth brother are the only two relatives in the palace who can be called brothers.

is somewhat selfish, and doesn't want the two of them to have too much damage under this battle for imperial power.

Shen Mushi stood up silently and pushed open the carved window lattice, the terrain of this wine shop is on the high side, and there are four layers of wooden pavilions, on the top floor can overlook this Shangjing, but it is not as endless as Qishan Shen Mansion, and the strategy is in the palm of the hand.

Shen Mushi looked at the scenery outside the window, the autumn wind blew through his ears, and the trees in Shangjing began to lose their leaves, and the non-deciduous ones were also dyed with autumn red, like clusters of flames burning in the streets and alleys of Shangjing.

"Seventh brother, I want to entrust you with something." Shen Mushi spoke slowly.

The fragrance of osmanthus flowers is full of the building at night, the season is cool after mid-autumn, in the Weiyang Palace, the three more heavy drums have been beaten, Shen Mushi holds both sides, listening to the little woman breathing steadily, he really closes his eyes, relaxes and sleeps.

From the day he saw the baby's corpse, he slept very unsteadily every night after that, babbling and having nightmares.

Shen Qiongyu prescribed a prescription to calm the nerves, but it triggered the sleepwalking old disease that had not recurred for a long time.

That night was foggy, Shen Mushi slept in a daze, turned over and wanted to hug the lovely person beside him, and touched his long fingers like green onions, the bed where he was lying was cold, but he didn't touch any nephrite fragrance, the man immediately woke up, and hurriedly got off the bed to look around.

The entire Weiyang Palace's dormitory was searched, and Shen Mushi didn't see Shuangshuang's shadow, so he grabbed his coat suspiciously and wanted to go out to look for it.

As soon as he left the gate of the palace, Ning Ji, the eunuch who was keeping vigil, couldn't wait to come forward to tell him that just now the princess had left the Weiyang Palace with a blank face, and Ning Yue, who was on duty, had already followed.

Shen Mushi felt even more strange when he heard it, walked all the way to the Liuyun Palace, and he didn't see the figures of Shuangshuang along the way, and he was depressed, and asked the palace people on duty in the Liuyun Palace, only to know that the princess had never come, and looked all the way to the North Champs, and saw two white shadows.

Ning Yue was standing in front of Shuangshuang, wanting to block her body standing in the Qinghang Spring, for fear that she would accidentally fall into the spring.

"Mother, no, I can't go any further! Niangniang, you can go back to the palace with me! ”

Ning Yue shouted anxiously, but Shuangshuang didn't seem to hear it.

Shen Mushi walked quickly to the two of them, dodged in front of Shuangshuang, looked at her with her eyes open, looking ahead, obviously confronting herself, but as if she hadn't seen him, her heart couldn't help but tighten, and she asked worriedly: "Shuangshuang, what's wrong with you?" Where are you going to go in the middle of the night? ”

At this time, Shuangshuang opened his mouth leisurely and said, "I want to go home, I want to go home......"

"Aren't you at home right now? Which other home do you want to go to! ”

Shen Mushi was a little anxious, and he wanted to ask again, but a glimmer of thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and he could shut up.

He remembered that morning, when he first met him in the Brocade Garden, he talked about sleepwalking.

It turns out that from beginning to end, Shuangshuang really didn't deceive himself........

"Shuangshuang, you know, know where you are?"

Shen Mushi thought about it again and again, and then considered it.

But Shuangshuang didn't speak this time, still staring blankly ahead like a lost piece of wood.

Shen Mushi saw that something was wrong, but he didn't dare to forcibly take her away, so he had to ask tentatively again, "Shuangshuang?"

"Shall I take you back to Weiyang Palace?"

Shen Mushi gently took her little hand and tried to guide her back.

"I want to go home......."

Twin murmured.

"The East Palace is your home, and you are already at home."

Shen Mushi's heart at the moment was really mixed, knowing where the home of his two fingers was, but he still had to stubbornly correct her thoughts.

"No, I'm going home, I'm going home......"

Even if he is sleepwalking, Shuangshuang's bull temper is up, and he is still stubborn.

Shen Mushi's heart was sad, and the light in his eyes also dimmed.

Born in the family of the emperor, who has not been deceived since he was sensible, fighting openly and secretly......

This majestic palace, standing quietly in the dark, is the most dehumanizing and upside-down place in the world.

How many ugliness are hidden under the bright yellow glazed tiles, and how many unjust souls are buried under this gorgeous palace?

How many years have been shed for the high throne?

Now, even Shuangshuang is going to be swallowed up by this forbidden palace?

What should he do? Did you really send her back to the Lu family?

However, he can't let go, he has selfish intentions.

Lonely in the cold palace for many years, finally a warm sun probed into his life, how could he be willing to let go.

"Do you know who I am?"

Shen Mushi hesitated for a moment, but finally asked.

Eyes met with him, and they smiled halfway, and said softly, "You are ......"

Her tone was so soft, and the answer was inaudible, but it made Shen Mushi's eyes red.

With a round of sturdy long arms, Shen Mushi hugged Shuangshuang into his arms, lowered his head and buried his head between Shuangshuang's ink waterfall hair, and murmured slightly choked: "Shuangshuang I'm sorry, I'm sorry, forgive me for being selfish, your home is where I am, I won't let you go, never, I'm sorry......"

His hoarse voice gradually shattered, sinking into the deepest night.

On the second day, Shen Mushi ordered someone to set up a carved handrail on the side of the bed in Weiyang Palace, as high as her chest, and let her sleep on the inside and herself on the outside at night.

When they got out of bed, they had to crawl past him, and they would wake them up.

For several days, both of them had sleepwalking symptoms, but the next day they didn't remember anything.

Shen Qiongyu came to probe the pulse, and after opening the prescription, Shen Mushi sat on the soft couch together.

The little woman bent her knees and hugged her legs, her back rested on the man's chest, staring at the dust and mud on her toes for a while, before she sighed and said, "How many nights have I been sleepwalking?" ”

"Three nights in a row."

Shen Mushi replied lightly.

Ren Shuangshuang asked how to ask, he never mentioned what happened to him in these sleepwalking nights.

Shen Mushi had already made up his mind, he had to speed up the plan to eradicate dissidents, and he wanted to make this palace, this place, truly a safe and secure home.

When they looked at Shen Mu, they shut up, their eyes were dim, and they rubbed him coquettishly and said, "Hey, I will be strong and relieve your worries, you don't want that expression!" I want to cry and laugh when I see it, okay? ”