Chapter 371: How Can I Secure the Throne?
Qingdi didn't want Xiaohu to see such a cruel picture, so she covered her eyes, but Xiaohu took Qingdi's hand, there was no fear in her eyes, she picked up the red-hot knife, held it with both hands, and used all her strength to cut off the detached arm.
Tokhtar screamed, his whole body was trembling, his painful eyes were twitching, and he couldn't even open it to see what the expression of this girl who refused so much was now.
The two princes were stunned, and Qingdi was also stunned, they looked at Xiaohu, whose mouth was slightly raised and his face was covered with gloom, and their eyes were full of disbelief...... How could she make such a move?
After being stunned for a while, Qingdi hurriedly stepped forward, snatched her big knife from Xiaohu's hand, pulled Xiaohu and said, "Xiaohu, don't be here, let's go out, the smell here is too bad." ”
Xiaohu snorted coldly, stared at Totoku coldly and said: "Cousin, if I don't leave, I will cut off his legs, gouge out his eyes and cut off his tongue, but if I don't let him die, let him continue to live in the world and be tortured!" Who let him ruin my family! ”
Qingdi looked at Xiaohu silently, and her hand holding Xiaohu's wrist did not let go. This is not the little tiger she wants to see, she doesn't want to see the little tiger become like this, she doesn't want to see her blinded by hatred, lose all her innocence and kindness in an instant, it feels like her dream is broken again.
Qingdi tightened his hand and said, "Xiaohu, you have already cut off one of his hands, you should be relieved, right?" Leave the rest to your brothers, okay? ”
"I don't want it," Xiaohu decisively rejected Qingdi, and said, "Cousin, I want to torture him with my own hands!" ”
Qingdi wrinkled his brows, turned his head to look at the two princes who were at a loss, feeling that they should not be able to help anything, sighed lightly, and said: "Xiaohu, if you want to do this kind of slashing and killing here, I won't stop you, anyway, I can't see this kind of scene, I'm afraid I'll always fall into a nightmare in the future." ”
After speaking, Qingdi went to say goodbye to the two princes, and turned to leave.
Xiaohu still had a loud wail in her ears, but Xiaohu looked at the back of Qingdi leaving, she thought about what Qingdi told her, and looked down to see the knife that was still stained with blood on the ground, and suddenly realized that she was afraid, and hurriedly hid behind the second prince, and said with a crying voice: "I don't want to ...... I don't want to do it, his filthy blood will defile my ...... I'm going to go out first. ”
The two princes breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that this was the real little tiger, and the way it looked just now frightened them.
The two princes continued to torture Tokhtar to avenge the murder of their brother. After the empress asked the imperial physician about the emperor's condition, she went to the emperor. She was struggling with how to tell the emperor that the crown prince was dead, but she didn't know that the emperor already knew.
When he arrived at the emperor's bedchamber and pushed the door in, he found that the emperor had risen from his bed and was walking around on the ground barefoot, as if he was thinking about something.
The queen hurriedly stepped forward to hold him, looked him up and down, then breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you look much better today, it seems that the words of those doctors are not credible." ”
The emperor smiled slightly and said, "I just felt a little better just now, but my body I know, it won't last long." ”
The queen hurriedly stretched out her hand to cover his mouth, and said nervously: "Don't talk nonsense, you will definitely live a long life." ”
The emperor took away her hand and sighed: "It's all this time, I can't deceive myself anymore, I must explain everything that follows, so that I can go with peace of mind...... What do you think about this position of prince? ”
The queen was stunned for a moment, reacted for a long time, and quickly avoided the emperor's gaze, her eyes wandered for a moment, and she pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean by asking this?" The prince is naturally the crown prince. ”
The emperor stared at the empress for a long time, and only after passing her body did he say to her: "It's all this time, don't lie to me, I know everything...... The prince has been killed. ”
"What?" The queen was surprised for a while, and then tears flowed down, gently leaned into the emperor's chest, and whimpered: "It turns out that you know everything, I was afraid that you would not be able to stand the stimulation, so I didn't tell you, but I didn't expect you to know...... I'm sorry I couldn't get our kids out......"
"No, the crown prince is dead, the emperor is seriously ill, if it were other countries, it would have been chaotic at this time, but our country of Wu has not yet, it is still stable as usual, you have done a good job." The emperor stroked the empress's hair and said, "If you are like you, I am already very satisfied." ”
The queen hurriedly shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, it was my son who died, no matter how capable I was, I couldn't remain so calm after my son's death." These days, it's not me who helps us deal with things, nor your two emperors, but Yaocen. If it weren't for her, I would have sat down for my bad deeds. ”
"Harukaen?" The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Which Yaocen?" ”
The queen was stunned for a moment, thinking that the emperor was confused, and explained: "It's Lan'er's daughter, our niece, Chu Yaocen from Li Guo." ”
The emperor shook his head and said, "Actually, she is not Yao Cen, that Lu Yin is the real Yao Cen, the son of Lan'er, I have already confirmed this to him." They were forced to swap identities, and I don't plan to pursue them. ”
The queen was surprised, but if she thought about it carefully, in terms of appearance, it was indeed Lu Yin who looked more like Lan'er. "Who is that girl?"
The emperor did not answer, he thought for a moment and asked, "That girl has been helping us with things, do you know what her purpose is?" Is she genuinely willing to help us again? ”
The queen thought for a long time and said, "If there is any purpose, I really can't see it for the time being. Her methods are not ordinary women's, and she can take into account many things that I can't even think of. And now that we are all emotionally swayed, she, as a bystander, is in control of the situation more clearly. She's done a lot for us, but she doesn't see any intentions yet. ”
The Emperor nodded, and fell silent again, and the Empress looked at him, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long time, the emperor asked the empress, "What do you think about Lichu?" ”
The queen has also been thinking about this problem for the past few days, although the prince also had a lot of bad points, but after all, he has always been cultivated according to the standards of the prince. The other two princes are completely inexperienced, and each of them has shortcomings, so they really don't know who to choose.
"Do you feel like you don't know who to choose?" The emperor looked at her tangled appearance, and then he knew it, and asked.
The queen nodded: "Yes, the second and third are not capable enough to fill this position now." ”
"What if that girl is willing to stay in Wu Country all the time and help the second or third child?" The Emperor asked again.
The queen glanced at the emperor and said, "That girl's means of handling government affairs really don't look like a ruler who has been doing business, but like a ruler who has been strategizing, I have moved the idea of letting her help us all the time, but I also know, how can such a person be willing to make wedding dresses for others all the time?" ”
"As a woman, no matter how powerful she is, the highest position is just to be a queen, she can't be an empress." The emperor said this silently.
After he finished speaking, the queen immediately understood what he meant and asked, "What do you mean......"
"Among the second and third children, if you have the ability to marry her, you should be the prince." The Emperor said.
The queen thought about it, she felt that what the emperor said made sense, for a woman, the biggest dream is to be the queen, if she can use this to keep her, even if she has other thoughts, she must give up considering her position...... If there is another prince in the future, all the rivers and mountains of Wu will be hers.
This method is indeed feasible, and after the events of the past few days, they have indeed discovered that this girl has the ability to take care of the country.
"It's just that I think this girl and Lu ...... The relationship with Yao Cen is not ordinary, will she willingly marry the second or third child? The queen wondered.
Of course, the emperor knew that their relationship was not ordinary, and he also knew that Qingdi was Chu Yaocen's wife, but this was also a helpless move. Such a powerful woman is a great help to anyone. He still didn't know what Chu Yaocen came to Wu Country for, but what he knew was definitely for a purpose, otherwise they wouldn't have come to Wu Country suddenly.
But the emperor can't control so much, this is the only idea he can think of now, even if it is a bad idea, he admits it. I only hope that the second and third children can really have the ability to get this woman.
The queen always felt that this idea was a little inappropriate, but she couldn't say what was wrong, so she had to nod and respond, and then she talked to the two princes in private.
Now, there is another person she doesn't know how to treat, she asks: "Your Majesty, is Zhang Xiuhe up to the task?" ”
Hearing the name Zhang Xiuhe, the emperor twisted his brows slightly, Wu Guo's current situation is inseparable from him, and when he says it, he is still blaming him in his heart. But it is precisely this situation that makes Zhang Xiuhe's identity and status in Wu extremely complicated, and it is not appropriate for him to treat him.
And there is another point that others don't know, he knows, that is, the truth about the prince's death was told to him by Zhang Xiuhe. Chu Yaocen should have told them that his current situation was not suitable for any stimulation, so the royal family was secretive about the news of the prince's death, but Zhang Xiuhe directly told him that his thoughts could be imagined.
He wanted him to die! I want him to die now.
Thinking of this, the emperor tightened his brows and said to the queen: "Zhang Xiuhe's mind is not clean, something will happen sooner or later, find a chance to solve him." ”