Concubine Xian looked at Taishi Jiang in amazement, her hands trembled slightly, she knew that the emperor would not be suspicious of this wine for no reason.

There must be something greasy in this wine, and it must have been my father's doing!

She held her glass, and for a moment she didn't know what to do.

If she didn't drink it, it would prove that what the emperor said was true, but if she drank it and died of poison, it also proved the emperor's speculation. Concubine Xian's heart was half cold, today, I am afraid that I will die here.

Master Jiang's heart tightened.

Nan Jingpei tilted her neck, drank all the water and wine in the cup, and looked at Concubine Xian with a smile: "Aifei, why don't you drink it?" ”

There was a chill in her heart, and it had come to this point, and she had to drink it if she didn't drink it. Concubine Xian bit her lip and slowly brought the wine glass to her lips. She was heartbroken, and was about to drink it with a wine glass, but she heard Jiang Taishi suddenly shout: "Can't drink!" ”

Nan Jingpei pressed her hand, and she shuddered.

The cold juice splashed on her face, sliding slowly down the soft contours of her jaw, falling onto her clothes and turning a pale pink.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty of death!"

She looked at her father in astonishment, he still had pity on her life, right?

Her mind went blank for a moment, and she knelt down reflexively: "The emperor forgives the sin." ”

Nan Jingpei glanced at Taishi Jiang and sneered lightly.

Donglai also sneered: "Master Jiang, you can't help but underestimate the emperor, as far as the conspiracy between you and King Xin is concerned, the emperor has long been clear." ”

Jiang Taishi raised his head in a panic, and it turned out to be a trick "Please enter the urn"!

His heart hung heavily, as if all his internal organs had been turned over, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. The mountain wind stimulated the skin with a chill, and it hurt like a pinprick.

"Your Majesty......" He was a little speechless.

Nan Jingpei stared at him, and sighed a little in his heart. Jiang Taishi is a person, he understands. This person has always been calm, even if he likes to fight for power and profit, but he is also a conspiracy and rarely makes some conspiracies. Today, such a subordinate means are used, and it is really too late to be safe.

"Didn't Taishi Mo have any tricks that were grabbed by King Xin?" Nan Jingpei sneered: "I remember that the Taishi has always disdained to use such despicable methods, why did he do this today? ”

Jiang Taishi knelt down at the foot of His Majesty's steps, lowered his head and said nothing, for a long time, he raised his head and sighed: "Old minister...... The sin deserves death, please ask the emperor to give the sin. ”

Nan Jingpei glanced at him and said indifferently: "You deserve to die for your crimes." ”

When Concubine Xian heard the emperor say this, she was afraid that he would really sin, so she fell down on his knees: "Your Majesty, the concubine's father is old and confused for a while, and he begs the emperor to see that he was loyal to the court in the past, and he will be light." ”

"Qiu'er! You don't say any more. Master Jiang hung his head, his voice a little choked.

She was so panicked that she burst into tears, perhaps because she was used to living a comfortable life, so she was especially afraid of losing. She looked at the emperor, longing for his pity, but he stared at Jiang Taishi from beginning to end and did not look down at her.

"Daddy! Don't you beg the emperor yet! Hurry up and ask the emperor for mercy! ”

Nan Jingpei snorted lightly and said, "Master Jiang, do you know where your sin is?" ”

"The old minister plotted against the king and killed the king, and the crime blocked the clan." He kowtowed a few times, and said: "This is all done by the old minister alone, and it has nothing to do with his family, and I hope that the emperor will look at the past and not implicate the minister's family." ”

He laughed disapprovingly, and said to himself: "The first emperor favored Yinglin, but passed the throne to me, you don't understand the reason, right?" ”

Master Jiang's eyes flickered, and he clenched his teeth tightly.

Of course, he understands that no one understands this better than him.

"You know it well, it's because you know too well that Ying Lin can't be a good emperor at all, that's why you have to help him deal with me. You can't control me, but you can hold Ying Lin hostage. Because only such a person ascends to the throne will be at your mercy like a puppet. ”

He slowly walked down the jade steps and stood in front of Jiang Taishi: "Ying Lin has no ability to threaten you, only you are willing to be threatened by him." Show weakness to him today, and if the incident happens in the future, you can put all the blame on him, right? ”

Jiang Taishi's body trembled slightly, and cold sweat dripped to the ground along his sideburns.

"The Emperor's ......"

"There's nothing wrong with fighting for power. How many people in the world don't like power? Nan Jingpei crouched down and patted Jiang Taishi lightly on the shoulder: "However, I also like power, so you say, who should this power belong to?" ”

"Of course, of course it should go to the emperor." He shuddered.

"But what I'm going to tell you today is not a question of who has the power." He stood up: "For the crime of rebellion, you should be punished by the Nine Clans, but I don't want to do this, Master Jiang, can you say it?" ”

Jiang Taishi's heart sank, and he hurriedly turned around and knelt in front of the emperor: "If the emperor gives the old minister a chance, the old minister will definitely be born as a horse and die as a grass, in order to repay the emperor's reinvention grace." ”

He nodded and smiled indifferently: "Shen Wenzhong...... In Yinglin's hands, the Taishi should have heard of this matter, right? ”

Jiang Taishi raised his head suddenly, staring at the emperor in a daze. Because he didn't know what it was, he didn't dare to admit it rashly.

"I want this man." Nan Jingpei said categorically.

"This ......" Jiang Taishi hesitated for a while: "I'm afraid that the minister is powerless." ”

"How so?" Nan Jingpei turned his back on his hand: "Taishi is Yinglin's reliance within the imperial court, and Yinglin obeys Taishi's words." It's just one person, and it's hard for the master. ”

It's not that he is prevaricating, he just doesn't know what reason to use to ask the king for it. If the reason is not correct, it will make King Xin suspicious, and King Xin is afraid that he will jump over the wall in a hurry and kill Shen Wenzhong.

The emperor meant to exchange Shen Wenzhong's life for the Jiang family's life. But if King Xin killed Shen Wenzhong, would the emperor still show mercy to the Jiang family?

If the emperor can clearly instruct him what to do, even if Shen Wenzhong is dead, he can also shift the responsibility to the emperor, so that it will be much safer.

Jiang Taishi thought about it clearly, and said softly: "How to do it, I hope the emperor will make it clear." ”

Nan Jingpei knew in his heart that he had already known that Jiang Taishi would not take this responsibility, he was an old fox, and when it was unfavorable to him, even if he pierced it with an awl, he couldn't make a sound.

He was scheming with him, all he wanted was to save Shen Wenzhong's life, and it didn't matter who would take responsibility.

He turned around and glanced at Concubine Xian, and then said to Master Jiang: "Ying Qiu is your heart's meat, and everyone knows this. You said to Yinglin that the cup of poisoned wine was drunk by Ying Qiu. Now that Ying Qiu's life is in danger, only Shen Wenzhong, the holy hand of the national doctor, can come back to life. ”

Jiang Taishi responded gently, and then asked: "If the king doesn't give it, what should the minister do?" ”

"He'll give it. Shen Wenzhong was just a prisoner with a special status to him. But you're different, if Yinglin doesn't have you, it's equivalent to losing his right-hand man. In order to get the assistance of your Jiang Taishi, what is it to give up a Shen Wenzhong? . ”

He leaned over, helped Jiang Taishi up with one hand, looked at him meaningfully for a while, and said: "Although I am the most taboo courtiers to stand in line and form parties for personal gain, but to put it bluntly, which dynasty and which generation of the court has no partisan disputes?" Some people think that if they are on both sides, no one will be offended, but what he doesn't know is that by doing so, he just offends both sides. Standing in line is a piece of knowledge, some people have been officials all their lives, and in the end they may not be able to understand one or two, Taishi, don't you say? ”

Jiang Taishi lowered his eyes and nodded in a daze.

Nan Jingpei smiled: "It's good if the master understands." ”

He turned to look to the east and said, "Shenyin conspired to kill the king, and after the matter was revealed, he framed the imperial master, and his crime should be punished." But the mastermind behind the scenes has not yet been investigated, don't kill her first, put her on death row, and deal with it after finding out the truth. ”

After he said that, he turned his head to look at the teary-eyed concubine: "Ying Qiu, send your father out." ”

The vegetation in the palace garden changed from thick clouds and green cover to golden, and in a blink of an eye, it was late autumn. Luan Jia lived in the palace for more than two months, and still had no intention of returning to the palace.

Concubine Xian took Jiang Taishi's hand and staggered to the outside of the palace, remembering what happened just now, she still had palpitations.

"Dad, you can't be crazy, now that our Jiang family is in full swing, why do you want to help King Xin poison the emperor? Fortunately, the emperor doesn't care, otherwise our family will be in great trouble. ”

Jiang Taishi stopped and stared at her: "Don't care? You can't help but think of the emperor too kindly. ”

"The emperor let Shenyin bear the charge of killing the king, and said so many heartfelt words to my father, is my father still suspicious of the emperor?" She held Master Jiang's hand and comforted: "Dad, I think our family should still have less contact with King Xin." ”

"Huh?" Jiang Taishi raised his eyebrows: "It was you who established the Lord and married King Xin, and despite your sister's opposition, you resolutely married her to King Xin. Now that you want to cut off contact with him, do you want my millions of taels of bride price to be lost? ”

"This time and that time!" Concubine Xian sighed shallowly.

At the beginning, he advocated taking marriage with King Xin, because King Xin did not rebel, and he, the favorite prince of the previous emperor, was still justifiable. Now King Xin has come to war with the imperial court, and he is the enemy of the entire Great Qi.

As the saying goes, if the name is not right, the word will not go well, and if the word is not good, the thing will not be done. Any far-sighted courtier will not hesitate to stand on the emperor's side. Now that King Xin is no longer alone, the Jiang family continues to be tied to him, and sooner or later he will be killed by him.

Having said that, if you want to go down on the thief ship, the people on the ship and the people under the ship will not easily agree.

"Silly boy, do you think the emperor said those words to let your father go? He is paralyzing us, and if he really lets the silver fall to the sin, he should immediately give death and the silver fall. He didn't kill her because he didn't trust us at all. Keep a handle, you can turn the tables at any time, and you can put your dad to death at any time. Jiang Taishi took her hand and squeezed it hard: "He has only one goal from beginning to end, that is, to get rid of the Jiang family by the hand of the King of Xin, and to get rid of the King of Xin by the hand of the Jiang family." Got it?! ”