In the Golden Flower Palace, the tense atmosphere was permeating everywhere, Sui Han sat on the ground, his skirt trembled and hung to the ground, and the guards who went to explore the valley had returned, half-kneeling on the ground, and his face was also a look of horror that was about to come to the end.

Sui Han looked at the night outside the window in a daze, and at that time, her eyes couldn't tell whether it was anxious or helpless, but the breathing in her chest was extremely short.

Bai Hanyan stood in the corner of the Golden Flower Palace, looking at this scene with cold eyes, the innocent people of the Qiluo tribe will bear the anger of Emperor Yongle because of the ambition of Sui Han, and a bloody killing is about to break out in front of him.

Bai Hanyan thought, at that time, will Sui Han regret what she has done for many years?

"Even if it's not a cold year, Emperor Yongle won't let go of Puluo." Duan Changge saw through her thoughts at the moment, sighed and walked slowly to her side, stretched out his hand to hug her waist and pressed it against his chest, and said in a soft voice: "Unless...... Bai Yu has never seen the light of day, maybe Emperor Yongle will still be jealous, but that is too unfair to him. ”

Duan Changge's words also made Bai Hanyan sigh faintly, he was right, the emperor's ambition has always been cruel and ruthless, how could he let a small Qiluo clan play in the palm of his hand forever.

Bai Hanyan glanced sideways at Bai Yu beside Qiao Chu, he was protected by Li Chengdu at the moment, sitting on the ground with his head lowered, the spotless white robe was dirty at the moment, Bai Hanyan couldn't see his expression clearly, Bai Hanyan thought, he was the most uncomfortable at the moment.

"Did Qiao Chu send a message to Emperor Yongle?" Bai Hanyan thought about it and looked at Duan Changge, a little unable to understand Qiao Chu's thoughts, and frowned and asked.

Duan Changge's face was indifferent, so unwavering, the corners of his mouth were smiling, he tightened the arm around her waist, and said slowly: "No, it's me." ”

Bai Hanyan's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "What, Changge, it was you who reported to the emperor, you ......"

"In addition, do you think there is a better way to solve this crisis, and besides, the secret guard who went to report the news was under Qiao Chu's eyelids, if he didn't acquiesce, I'm afraid that the secret guard wouldn't have been able to leave the outer valley of the Qiluo clan at all." Duan Changge interrupted Bai Hanyan's surprise and said lightly.

Bai Hanyan frowned, knowing that at this moment, except for Emperor Yongle, there was really no one who could solve this mess, but Bai Yu was the most innocent in this matter, she sighed: "Why, why is God so cruel, does Bai Yu want to return to the capital with the emperor, with his ignorant nature, the capital is undoubtedly another cage, is his fate to change from one cage to another?" ”

Duan Changge shook his head helplessly, and said with a regretful expression: "Hanyan, this is his life, there is no way to change it since he was born, but people will become, Hanyan, Bai Yu is not such a fragile person, after this incident, he will grow up." ”

Bai Hanyan pursed his lips and said nothing, maybe, people grow up in adversity, even if this adversity is too bloody.

Qiao Chu stood at the door, looking at the night that was almost at the end, not yet fully lit, there were still a few stars hanging in the sky, flashing with a faint light, he hooked his lips and said with a smile: "The time is just right, everything should be over." ”

Sui Han Suyun brocade outlined a slender waist trembling after Qiao Chu's words, the jade hand was half-hidden between the sleeves of Huamei Water and held tightly, as if he was unwilling, Qiao Chu turned his head slightly, and sneered at her: "Isn't it that my aunt is still unwilling, and now the disaster of the Qiluo clan is caused by you, doesn't my aunt want the blood of the Qiluo clan to flow into a river, so she will be willing?" ”

The fierce expression on Sui Han's face gradually dissipated in Qiao Chu's words, his body hung softly on the wall, his head leaned weakly against the wall, and he suddenly aged ten years old.

Qiao Chu looked at her and nodded with satisfaction, turned around and approached Bai Yu's side and leaned down, slowly pulled his wrist and pulled him up from the ground, the look in his eyes was complicated and tangled, for a long time, he said slowly: "Bai Yu, come with me, I'll take you to meet someone." ”

Bai Yu looked at his brother's kind gaze in a daze, all kinds of feelings in his heart, and all kinds of emotions of shock, suspicion, anxiety and worry swept through his heart, making an extremely complicated look appear in his eyes. After a while, that expression finally turned into a firm determination in Qiao Chu's gentle gaze, Bai Yu knew that the eldest brother was the person he trusted the most in this world, and then he smiled slowly and nodded vigorously.

Bai Hanyan watched the figures of the two of them gradually disappear into the depths of the night, her eyes like water were a little sad, and she said, "Can the two of them really pacify Emperor Yongle and stop this killing?" ”

After all, Emperor Yongle also had murderous intentions towards Qiao Chu at that time, even if Bai Yu was his son, but they had never met after all, and there was no trace of affection, not to mention that the emperor was ruthless, and the cruelty of killing his son and slaughtering his son was not a strange thing, would Emperor Yongle have a heart of forgiveness because of this bloodline?

Bai Hanyan never believed in the emperor's kindness!

"Yes." Duan Changge's narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes were shining, and he hugged Bai Hanyan's shoulders tightly and smiled slowly.

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After dawn, the sky finally dawned, the red sun poked out from the distant horizon, the golden sun was like a glittering sword cutting through the gray sky, stimulated by this dazzling light, the sleeping geese in the mountains woke up, the day was the coolest time of the day, the wind blew, very comfortable.

Qiao Chu and Bai Yu walked side by side in front of the gate of Emperor Yongle's army, a row of dense horses stopped outside the tent, and the flags and festivals outside the tent were still faintly visible in the morning, which was strict and majestic. A platoon of soldiers on guard raised their spears horizontally and pointed them at the two of them, and said quickly: "What kind of person, change to trespass on the tent in front of the palace!" ”

Qiao Chu glanced at the spear that was shining with cold light, and said lightly: "Tell the emperor that my name is Zhu Zhanqiao." ”

The guards of the guard immediately changed their faces when they heard this, put away their spears, took a closer look at Qiao Chu with calm eyes, and their expressions changed from the previous vigilance to respect, and they bowed their hands to Qiao Chu and said, "Wait a minute, the lower official will go to the imperial front to report immediately." ”

Qiao Chu ignored him, turned his head and looked at Bai Yu raising his hand to straighten his clothes for him, but Bai Yu was terrified, his palms were full of beads of sweat, so he had to raise his eyes to look at the gradually brightening sunrise, this was the sunrise he had never seen before, so beautiful, the purple morning mist slowly rose from the sky, and opened the dark sky like ink. The top of the mountain was covered with fish white, and the golden red morning glow exhaled a warm breath, enveloping the wild horses and green mountains in the entire valley, and his heart gradually relaxed, soothing people like him.

Emperor Yongle personally greeted the two at the gate of the Yuan, followed by a row of well-trained soldiers scattered behind Emperor Yongle, fan-shaped behind the royal car, that was Jin Wuwei and the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, they were the henchmen of Emperor Yongle, they all held red spears, and their expressions were indifferent.

Emperor Yongle was wearing regular clothes, and he took away the murderous aura on his body, his muddy and shrewd eyes stared at Bai Yu tightly, his eyes were turbulent for a while, I don't know whether it was sadness or joy, he looked at Qiao Chu again, a mixture of anger mixed with guilt was tangled in the bottom of his eyes, Qiao Chu looked at him coldly, and he faintly felt very funny, and he did laugh out loud.

Emperor Yongle immediately changed his face, and a wave of slaughter rippled around him, which made Bai Yu startled, and immediately flashed behind Qiao Chu, Emperor Yongle knew that he must have been scared of him, sighed faintly, dispersed the anger all over his body, and said in a very light voice: "I didn't expect that you would come, I thought you hated me......"

Qiao Chu knew that this was meant for him, so he snorted coldly, his eyes glanced at the majestic row of soldiers in the golden light, and chuckled: "Could it be that Your Majesty is planning to talk to my two brothers here?" ”

The four words of the two brothers made Emperor Yongle's body tremble, he sighed lowly, waved his hand to signal the marching soldiers behind him to disperse, and said, "Let's go, you guys...... Come with me. ”

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The tent of Emperor Yongle was surrounded by hundreds of tents in the center, the stars were like the moon, and the wind blew the bells under the eaves, which were ringing.

Qiao Chu and Emperor Yongle sat opposite each other, there was a table in the tent, a stove of sandalwood on the table, there was a cup of tea on both sides, the teacup was very peculiar, the lingering green cup body was actually a big "Zen" word, the last stroke of the Zen word dragged straight down, almost occupied the position of a big word, straight and sharp, like an upside-down sword.

Qiao Chu played with the teacup and laughed sarcastically: "Your Majesty has changed his personality in the past few years, and he even believes in Buddhism, what's the matter, are you tired of killing?" ”

Qiao Chu's words were disrespectful enough, even if there were only three of them in the tent at the moment, Emperor Yongle's face was still not good-looking, Bai Yu shrank behind Qiao Chu, his brows were furrowed more and more, and he always felt that the person in front of him was terrifying.

"You're still so bold, it's not like your mother." Emperor Yongle said in a calm voice, his voice a little hoarse because of the suppression of emotions.

"Mother?" Qiao Chu only felt that these two words were really funny, and when he dropped the teacup, he actually laughed out loud, the sound of laughter was loud and presumptuous, and it took him a long time before he gradually smiled, staring at Emperor Yongle with a calm face for a moment, and said coldly: "My temperament is not like my mother, that is like my father." ”

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Yongle finally became angry, as soon as he dropped his palm, the teacups on the table shook out, Qiao Chu raised his eyebrows lightly, and said: "What, Your Majesty is angry, why don't you kill me and punish my nine clans again?" ”

"Qiao Chu, are you sure that I won't kill you, what have you done outside for so many years, do you think I really don't know?" Emperor Yongle's eyes were clouded and gloomy, as if a rainstorm was coming.

"Heh, Your Majesty will always scare me like this, but after so many years, the emperor still turns a blind eye and lets me live so presumptuous and stable, isn't he?"

Qiao Chu took a sip of tea, and the taste between his lips and teeth made his mouth tighten.