She finally understood why Zhong Jiu was hesitant at the birthday banquet, and why Zhong Jiu had a helpless stalemate last night.

In a trance, Qin Wanyi remembered what Zhong Liushuo had asked her, if she had to live in the palace, what would happen, she immediately vetoed it, saying that it was impossible, if it was for Zhong Jiu, she had nothing to say.

When Zhong Jiu was there, it didn't stop Zhong Liushuo's questioning, presumably acquiescing, or rather, wanting to know her thoughts.

I just didn't expect that I really had to come this far.

If Zhong Jiu had to stay in the palace, would she go, or would she stay?

"Miss, this is what the Ninth Prince asked me to hand over to you." Cui Ping untied a burden from his shoulders, and inside were several sets of clothes and a stack of silver tickets.

"What does that mean?" Qin Wanyi glared angrily, she only occupied her body yesterday, although she took the initiative to do it, but it was not enough to drive her away today, take the money and send her, when she is a woman in the Qinglou, although she is very cold to the silver ticket, the more the merrier, but she feels angry when she thinks about it.

"Isn't the eldest lady supposed to know better than I do?" Cui Ping took out a token from his waist and handed it over, "And this." "999 starters

The token is pure gold, with a dragon pattern engraved on it, and there is only one nine-character character in the middle.

What this means, Qin Wanyi certainly knows better than anyone else, but from the bottom of his heart, there is a steady stream of flames gushing out.

"Why does he make decisions for me, I'll settle accounts with him." Saying that, Qin Wanyi was about to get up, however, a throbbing pain, and he lay back again, and Cui Ping felt that it should be very painful when he looked at it.

Well, don't think about anything today, Zhong Jiu will be caught in the net later.

In the imperial study, Zhong Yanting sat all night until the lights went out, and it was already early in the morning.

The rosewood imperial case still collapsed there, a mess, and it was not cleaned up, and even the jade seal on the imperial case was turned over to the ground.

Zhong Jiu came in step by step, like a leisurely stroll, standing in the center of the imperial study, standing with his hands in his hands, proud, the posture that should have been turned on his cheeks was broken by a nail mark on his cheek, if you look closely, his neckline, a kiss mark, half hidden and half visible.

"Son-in-law, see father." Zhong Jiu maintained his due demeanor from beginning to end, even if he knew what Zhong Yanting had done to Qin Wanyi, he could still speak lightly.

"Don't give me this set, you dare to threaten me, what ability do you have, dare to order me to Zen!"

Zhong Yanting sat on the throne, suddenly looking a lot older, and his feet were messy, however, he didn't seem to see it, sitting with his waist straight, maintaining the last demeanor of the emperor.

Seeing the nailmarks on Zhong Jiu's face, as well as the appearance of the prince yesterday, how could he not understand what irreparable things had happened, but he didn't expect that the well-designed bureau would be cheaper than the one who shouldn't be cheap.

"It's just Fan Jiajun." Zhong Jiu said lightly, "Hasn't my father always been jealous of the Fan family, he once doubted the loyalty of the Fan family and didn't dare to accept Fan Xintong as the crown princess, and lost a solid backer." ”

At this time, since it has been clarified, Zhong Jiu is no longer hidden.

"Is your reliance Fan Jiajun?" Zhong Yanting's hands on the top of his thighs were slightly bent, and the dragon robe floated and wrinkled.

"It's just an important part of it, Erchen once said that the Fan family is loyal to the Daxing Dynasty, and the Fan family does not support the prince, which does not mean that they are not loyal to their father, even if they are really disloyal to their father, it does not mean that they are not loyal to the Daxing Dynasty." Zhong Jiu smiled slightly, "Father's vision is not as long-term as that of the tenth brother, especially Fan Xintong, no one is more suitable for the position of crown princess than her." ”

Zhong Yanting couldn't have expected that the Fan family would actually take refuge in a prince far away from Kyoto, and he was silent and without any signs.

"In that case, why should you reject the Fan family, shouldn't you marry the Fan family?" Zhong Yanting thought about it and seemed to guess something, "The matter of the old ten, you did it on purpose?" ”

"Marriage is indeed the strongest covenant, especially after a loyal general like the Fan family, as for whether it is intentional or not, my father does not need to know." Zhong Jiu didn't explain.

"What the hell are you planning?" Zhong Yanting vaguely guessed that Zhong Jiu was hiding things, and it was by no means as simple as it seemed.

"What are the sons planning, didn't you tell you yesterday?" Zhong Jiu raised his eyebrows, "What the sons want is the throne, is the father the emperor, or are you waiting for the sons to force the palace?" ”

"You dare!" Zhong Yanting didn't know how Zhong Jiu could easily say such a rebellious thing.

"Do you dare, the sons have already done it, not to mention outside the palace, the tenth brother has already led the Fan family soldiers and horses to wait for the order, just now, there are only the father and the son, and the sons can directly take the life of the father, presumably it will be simpler and faster than the nine-fingered fast knife." Zhong Jiu raised his head slightly, fearless of everything, there was not even hatred in his eyes, only coldness and ruthlessness.

"You want to kill me? Aren't you afraid of being infamous for killing your father? Zhong Yanting seemed to be the first time he had heard someone say this in front of him, and with this elegant attitude, what kind of wolf ambition was hidden under this mask.

"Killing people is just a matter of raising your hand, presumably my father will never understand, because my father has always borrowed the hands of others when he kills people, isn't it?" Zhong Jiu hooked the corners of his lips slightly, and inadvertently, he pulled the nail marks on his cheeks, and there seemed to be a little pain, "Moreover, didn't my father once order the killing of his sons, isn't he still able to sit firmly in this splendid country?" ”

"Do you think you're going to be able to do it?" Zhong Yanting was forced to this point, and all his demeanor was thrown out of the clouds.

"Shouldn't the father know better than the son, only the one who wins can reverse history and rewrite history, and the son-in-law doesn't care about the infamy, the world understands the helplessness of being in the palace." Zhong Jiu walked to the side of the imperial case, leaned over and picked up the jade seal, and looked at it carefully, "Besides, isn't the jade seal here, what else can't be faked?" ”

"You really dare to do anything?" Facing this son, Zhong Yanting seemed exhausted.

"If you don't even dare to do this, how can Erchen get to this point." Zhong Jiu played with the jade seal, as if he regarded the jade seal that controlled the power of life and death as a plaything, "The crown prince has been abolished, and the father and emperor don't have to hope for him anymore, the seventh brother is half unsuccessful, and the father can't count on him, if the father doesn't want to lose another son, although he can support the fifth brother, the son doesn't care, there will always be a justifiable day." ”

"You ......"

Zhong Jiu cut off Zhong Yanting's rebuke: "Father, you forced all this, if you had been more tolerant to your sons earlier, trusted them with the six emperor uncles, and been merciful to Yiyi, your sons didn't want to let you live so urgently." ”

"Hmph, high-sounding, why don't you say that you are ambitious and covet my throne."

No one who has ever wanted the throne is not because of the supreme power, and it is impossible to have such an innocent person.

"If my father thinks it's better to say this, my son doesn't mind." Zhong Jiu calmed the ripples in his heart, like the water of a quiet lake, no longer wrinkled by the wind.

"Okay, I'll give you the throne." Zhong Yanting gritted his teeth and said.

"If my father can think like this, my sons will have a lot less trouble, and I will ask my father to move." Zhong Jiuyan asked Zhong Yanting to walk to the side of the brocade couch, on the low table above the brocade couch, although the chess game was withdrawn, but at this moment, there was a blank volume of holy decrees spread out, "Is the father writing it himself, or is it up to the sons to do it for him, this is likely to be the last time the father holds the pen." ”

Zhong Yanting wrote, and the dragon flew and the phoenix danced: "Do you think you can sit firmly in Daxing Chaojiang, don't be whimsical." ”

"It's easy to fight the world and it's difficult to rule the world, the sons and daughters understand, but don't worry about this, these old ministers in the palace have more or less done something unspeakable, and it's easy to convince them to be unconvinced, and it is not an overnight thing to make them return." Zhong Jiu looked at Zhong Yanting's words against his will, and he didn't mind, "Therefore, within a year, the sons will definitely clear everything and pave the way, at that time, please take care of the dragon body and wait and see." ”

Within a year?

Paving the way?

Thinking of the matter of Fang Cai's Fan family, Zhong Yanting suddenly understood something, and Teng Ran stood up from the brocade couch.

"What's the difference between you and me doing this?"

"There is no difference, but my father rules the country, worries about the country and the people, and is shrewd and wise in everything, but he loses everything in the matter of electing the prince, but his sons will not." Zhong Jiu took back the holy decree, glanced at it, was very satisfied, and before leaving, he asked rhetorically, "Has the father really understood his son?" ”

The door of the imperial study, behind Zhong Jiu, slowly closed, as if burying a piece of history.

At this time, there was a red light in the sky, hidden behind the white clouds, gradually piercing the clouds.

Standing outside the imperial study, Zhong Jiu looked up at the sky, but handed the holy decree in his hand to the side.

Ren Fei, who was silent on the side, took it with both hands.

However, Zhong Jiu did not explain anything to Ren Fei, but instead said to Liu Xian, who was standing aside, slightly bent his back, and his hair was a little gray: "Father-in-law Liu, go in and change your father's clothes, and in the early dynasty, I also asked Father-in-law Liu to read this holy decree." ”

Liu Xian looked at the holy decree, vaguely understood something, bowed down, turned around and walked in.

"Is the Praetorian Guard in control?" Zhong Jiu took his hand behind and asked Ren Fei on the side, but his eyes returned to the sky.

"Commander Huang has pleaded guilty yesterday, and the Praetorian Guard guards have been temporarily taken over by Prince He." Ren Fei replied.

"That's good, even if there is the help of the Fan family's army, you can't take it lightly, after all, the elite soldiers of the Fan family's army are all at the border, and the Praetorian Guard is the strength of the father's emperor, and there are other soldiers and horses stationed in the suburbs. Zhong Jiu didn't have the slightest scruple about the situation in front of him because of Ren Fei's identity, "The Sixth Emperor Uncle has been in the palace for no longer than you, nor is he as familiar as you, he won't take over for too long, you slowly learn to take over." ”

Ren Fei raised his head, as if he didn't expect Zhong Jiu to blame the past for yesterday's events.

"Nine Princes, Humble ......"

Zhong Jiu seemed to be able to see what Ren Fei meant, and replied: "Because of the relationship between the queen, I know that my father does not trust you all, but is using you, but there is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people, since I use you, I will not suspect you, when I come here, I don't care what your identity is, I only know how much ability you have, in the future, the guards of this palace will depend on you, and this is also the only way you can protect the prince." ”

After Zhong Jiu finished speaking, he turned around and left, without saying anything more.

As soon as the queen died, the crown prince was deposed, if the country changed hands and lost the protection of the emperor, if the prince wanted to gain a foothold in the palace in the future, the only one he could rely on was him.

Ren Fei held the holy decree and bowed deeply towards Zhong Jiu's back, even if Zhong Jiu didn't see it.

Zhong Jiu left the imperial study, and was about to go outside the palace to meet Zhong Liushuo and discuss the rest of the matter, but he walked out before he knew it, and the two of them hurriedly walked towards him, and almost collided.

Fortunately, the three reacted quickly and avoided each other.

"Why are you so flustered?" Zhong Jiu saw the two people with different expressions, and asked undisturbedly.

After asking, Pan Xiao immediately dodged behind Bai Shuzhen.

"Fan Yefeng is out of prison, why are you avoiding me?" Seeing Pan Xiao's demeanor, Zhong Jiu was a little puzzled.

"Nine Princes, it's not Ye Feng's business." Pan Xiao said with a humble heart.

Bai Shuzhen stood between the two, feeling like cannon fodder, and said with difficulty: "Ah Jiu, there are two news, one good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" ”

Zhong Jiu raised his eyebrows, at this time, could anything else happen that was difficult to control?

"You have to say it anyway, you have to listen to it anyway, you feel free."

Bai Shuzhen knew that this would be the case, so he said: "The good news is that your cousin is here." ”

"Chu Chu?" Zhong Jiu frowned, as if he didn't think it was good news, "I received news from Luzhou, mentioning that Chu Chu left Luzhou, but how could he come to Kyoto?" ”

"Nine princes, in fact, Zhuang Chuchu came very early, and he came on the day of the accident, and I saw it by chance, it seems that he is with someone." Pan Xiao explained weakly, and took a step back.

"Why didn't you mention it to me since you saw it?"

"This ......" Pan Xiao hid behind Bai Shuzhen, "I originally wanted to say it, but you all walked away and didn't hear it, and then so many things happened, I also forgot, how do you know, when we were busy saving people yesterday, she would go to King An's Mansion, and the medical saint didn't care too much, who knew that she would abduct Miss Qin's sister." ”

"The above is bad news, a letter from the medical saint, Qin Suyue was taken away by Zhuang Chuchu, and now her whereabouts are unknown." Bai Shurut said.

"Why did Chu Chu take Su Yue away?" Zhong Jiu couldn't understand it, and when everyone couldn't take care of the side details, he seemed to take advantage of the situation.

"Zhuang Chuchu left a letter, asking you to meet alone on the top of the mountain on the outskirts of Kyoto at noon today, your fourth junior sister and fifth junior brother have tracked it down, I guess it's mostly because of you and the little girl." Bai Shuzhen guessed that women want to go crazy, mostly for men, and Qin Jingshu is an example.

"I know, but Yiyi and I have only been married for a short time, how does Chu Chu know, and how does she know that Su Yue is Yiyi's sister, and besides, how does she know that Su Yue will be in Anwangfu?" Zhong Jiu groaned slightly, everything was strange, it was difficult for people not to doubt, and what did she do during her time in Kyoto?

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