The first thing Yan Qingge had to face was Yuan Sheng.

It is impossible for Yuan Sheng to be sent to guard the imperial mausoleum as Shui Ying said before. Since Concubine Shui died as a thief, she naturally has no qualifications to enter the imperial tomb again.

Another one, that is, Shui Ying is in the palace, how should she deal with herself?

These two things alone made Yan Qingge a little hurried, who knew that he hadn't come up with a solution yet, and there was bad news from Kang Susheng.

"The people besieging the city outside sent a letter to the city, and they put forward several requirements, among which in addition to letting the crown prince abdicate and the fourth prince succeed to the throne, there is also one article, that is, let the palace send Princess Qianning out and marry Shui Mu as his wife."

Yan Qingge listened to the words of the messenger, and immediately became angry.

At this time, Shui Mu was still thinking about Qianning. Yan Xiuyu also snorted coldly: "The toad wants to eat swan meat." ”

Yan Qingge was annoyed for a moment, and his brain quickly reacted, this matter didn't seem to be quite right. Shui Mu wants to marry Qian Ning, and when the fourth prince and the second prince come to the throne in the future, there is an opportunity, why should he mention it separately at this moment.

As soon as she grabbed Yan Xiuyu's arm, she expressed her doubts.

This incident only proves one point: the relationship between Shui Mu and the fourth prince and the second prince is not so good!

Maybe Concubine Shui's sacrifice did not bring more benefits to Shui Mu, but made him lose a big backer, so the fourth prince and the second prince wanted to unload the mill and kill the donkey, so Shui Mu thought of the crooked trick of sitting on the horse first.

"Shui Mu didn't have any skills, and he always wanted this and that. It seems that the fourth prince and the second prince also understand this! Yan Xiuyu sneered: "It is also common for clowns who jump off the beam to distribute the spoils unevenly. ”

Considering that Kang Susheng must be in a mess because of this matter, Yan Qingge immediately asked people to pass his analysis back to Kang Susheng.

Since Shui Mu and the fourth prince and the second prince have unevenly distributed the spoils, if they want to split them, there is a lot to be done. In other words, as long as one Shui Mu is done, Princess Sining will be safe.

Kang Susheng got Yan Qingge's reply, and there was no more letter, Yan Qingge was worried about Yuan Sheng, and also worried about Shui Ying and Qian Ning, thought about it again, and said to Yan Xiuyu: "I want to hand over the sign to the palace." ”

"What are you going to do in the palace at this time?" Yan Xiuyu played Yan Qingge's brain: "None of our informants in the palace have come out with any news, which proves that the palace is now strictly forbidden, if you go in, you must be prepared to be locked up like me and can't get out." ”

Yan Qingge covered her forehead, Yan Xiuyu was a little hurt this time, she knew that Yan Xiuyu was really angry, and now was really not a good time to enter the palace.

"Brother Yu! But I'm really worried about Sheng'er. I don't know if it's good for him to be locked up in a dark room. Yan Qingge was teary-eyed and fell into Yan Xiuyu's arms: "Anyway, I just miss him." ”

Yan Xiuyu's heart was sour, he stopped talking, and let Yan Qingge hold him.

About three days later, Kang Susheng sent a subordinate.

"Lord, Niangniang, our lord asked me to send a letter, but tell the prince and Niangniang not to open it now, it's better to wait for tomorrow afternoon."

Yan Qingge was stunned: "Why?" ”

"I don't know the little ones. Our lord said, Niangniang, you are a trustworthy person, and you will definitely be able to do it. ”

Although Yan Qingge's way of getting to know Kang Susheng was not glamorous, it was eavesdropping and calculating, but later the two became gentlemen's friends.

Although Yan Qingge was very curious about what was written on the letter, he still calmed down and decided to open it tomorrow afternoon.

On the afternoon of the second day, after lunch, counting that it was already afternoon, Yan Qingge reached out and took out the letter in the box, read two lines, and his face changed suddenly.

"Brother Yu!" Yan Qingge called out and asked Yan Xiuyu to come over.

She couldn't have imagined that what Kang Susheng wrote turned out to be a suicide note.

He asked himself to be an envoy, like a rebel barracks, to make peace for both sides, but in fact he was determined to die, and he must take down the head of the rebel leader, and exchange his life for his life, and it is best to understand Shui Mu as well.

In the letter, Kang Susheng instructed Yan Qingge that he must help him take care of Princess Qianning in the future, and at the same time, he also told Yan Xiuyu that there is no one in the capital who dares to be ordered to be the general of soldiers and horses.

When he succeeds, the rebels outside the city will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, Yan Xiuyu can take the forbidden army and directly kill the enemy camp, and build a miracle in the world.

Yan Qingge's hand holding the letter was shaking.

Kang Susheng is a loyal minister of the court, and a privy envoy, and he is old, his body is rickety, and he even walks with fluttering, the second prince and the fourth prince will inevitably meet him, and when he searches and finds that he does not have a murder weapon, and Kang Susheng deliberately takes the letter, Bacheng will entertain him intimately.

Although Kang Susheng didn't say how he would kill the fourth prince and the second prince, Yan Qingge guessed that it should be something that was easy to carry and not easy to be found with poison or something like that.

Yan Qingge's heart was so confused, she couldn't believe that Kang Susheng was going to die like this, she shook Yan Xiuyu's shoulder: "What should I do like this?" ”

"I'm not going to be the general." Yan Xiuyu suddenly burst into a snort.

"Why? Kang people can't die in vain! If you take someone there, you can at least avenge him, or at the very least, snatch his body back. The Venus in front of Yan Qingge's eyes was all the shadow of the old man Kang Susheng.

"There is no one in the capital anymore!" Yan Xiuyu said meaningfully: "The people who can lead the troops, except for the Ling family, I am the only one left, and the rest are either in vain, or they are in the field, or they are dead!" Master Kang said in the letter, let me lead the Praetorian Guards to obtain immortal merits, since they are immortal merits, it is not something that anyone can obtain if they want to. Got it, Qingge! ”

Yan Qingge looked at Yan Xiuyu in a daze, feeling that Yan Xiuyu had become so profound and difficult to understand at this moment, just like a god of war who radiated the light of wisdom.

"I'm going to ask the prince to beg in front of me! When the time comes, no matter what conditions I propose, he must agree. Let him look at the broken city of the capital, or agree to my request, he has only one choice! Yan Xiuyu said categorically.

Yan Qingge understood Yan Xiuyu's thoughts at that moment, and she clenched Yan Xiuyu's hand: "You mean ......?"

"Yes!" The corners of Yan Xiuyu's mouth hooked a bright and moving smile: "I want him to exchange Sheng'er!" ”

For a while, Yan Qingge's excited heart was about to jump out.

Yes, what a good opportunity this is, Ling Xiao's father pretended to break his leg in order to avoid being drafted some time ago, and now there are really not many generals in the capital, counting it, the most proficient at fighting, and the highest force value, there is really only one Yan Xiuyu left.

In this case, the crown prince would inevitably agree to Yan Xiuyu's request.

"Brother Yu! You're so good! Yan Qingge hugged Yan Xiuyu tightly, but even the sadness caused by Kang Susheng's death alone was diluted, and only excitement was left in his heart.

The night was thick, and in the Chuxiu Palace, the prince stood with anger on his face.

Zhu Liubao, who was kneeling on the ground, was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head, kowtowed to the prince and said, "Your Highness, Prince Ning has refused the will of leading the troops. ”

Since the capital was trapped, the already thin prince has lost a lot of weight, and he looks like a real skeleton, his face is blue and white, which is terrifying.

Especially now when he is angry, a pair of gloomy black eyes, as if spewing black cold flames from hell.

Yan Xiuyu disobeyed the Holy Decree orders three times and five times, and he didn't treat him as a thing! However, now is the time to employ people, and he can't move Yan Xiuyu in the slightest.

"Tell the will again! Until he picked it up. The prince waved his sleeves and said.

As soon as the words came out, he had a sharp pain in his chest, coughed, and didn't have time to get the handkerchief for a while, so he only had time to cover his mouth with snow-white cuffs, and when he put it down, there was a dazzling red plum on his sleeve.

"Your Highness!" Zhu Liubao was shocked.

Although the prince's health has not been good, he has been carefully recuperating over the years, and the decoction has continued, and there has never been a big problem, and today he vomited blood!

Zhu Liubao rushed forward, hugged the prince, his eyes were full of tears, and said, "Your Highness! You can rest first, the capital will not be broken for a while. ”

The capital will not be broken for a while, but Yan Xiuyu, a hateful person, will not die for a while, and the prince's anger will not be calmed down for a while.

Seeing that he vomited blood, the prince also knew that things were not going well, so he let Zhu Liubao help him out.

Who knew that he had just walked out for less than two steps, and he saw a group of people coming over with lanterns, it was Yuan Qianqian, the concubine of the Yuan side, leading her son Yuan Jin, and a large number of palace maids and eunuchs behind her.

Zhu Liubao quietly held the prince's arm and put down his blood-burning white cuffs. The dark blue clothes worn by the prince were thick and the light was not good at night, but he couldn't see that he was stained with blood.

"Brother Prince, are you done with your busy day? I also said I'd come with Sumire to bring you some soup. Brother Prince has worked hard recently, and he has lost a lot of weight, and people feel distressed when they see it. ”

Yuan Qianqian saw that the prince left the study so early today, and thought that there was not much business, so she deliberately lied to be coquettish, maybe the prince saw that the time was early, and he would stay with her tonight.

The prince just finished smearing the blood, and just wanted to find a place to rest, so he had no intention of dealing with Yuan Qianqian, and said lightly: "You go back, take the soup for Zhu Liubao, and rest early." ”

Yuan Qianqian pouted, she just didn't want to leave, but Zhu Liubao had already taken the food box from her hand and was about to leave with the prince.

"Brother Prince, are you unhappy? I heard from the eunuch that Lord Ning refused the position of general of soldiers and horses again. He doesn't want to, my dad can! My father is the general of the Zhu Kingdom, and he is much stronger than the prince of Ning. Yuan Qianqian said eagerly.

The prince didn't want to see Yuan Qianqian even in half an eye. He said that why Yuan Qianqian suddenly came over to bring him soup, it turned out that he was here for his father's benefit.

Although Prince Zhao led the position of general of the Zhu State, according to the practice of the Great Zhou, one of the four Zhu generals must be the emperor's own brother. The current emperor has only one brother, Prince Zhao, regardless of whether Prince Zhao is good at leading troops to fight, he can hold this position.

The crown prince knew Prince Zhao's three-legged cat kung fu, and now he threw him outside the city to lead the troops, and he would definitely die without a whole body.

This Yuan Qianqian must have heard about Kang Susheng, so she wanted to let his father pick up the leak, but she didn't want to think about it at all, the mourning soldiers will win, now the camp on the outskirts of Beijing is in chaos, I don't distinguish between the enemy and me, after I go, I don't have that ability, I want to retreat with my whole body, and it is because of this that he endures his anger and wants to appoint Yan Xiuyu, but he can't imagine that Yuan Qianqian herself came to pray for her father's death!

The prince smiled and glanced at Yuan Qianqian, should he agree to this request. <

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(Tianjin)