Princess Suizhu, who was recognized as an identity, immediately showed panic on her face, Ye Wuxian reached out to lift her, and faced Zhao Liwen: "Senior, I know you are powerful, but guess what, before you kill me, can I pinch the neck of Her Royal Highness the Princess?" ”

Zhao Liwen's face changed at that time, and his face was as cloudy as a hot day when it was about to rain.

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Outside the imperial study, the empress who was waiting for the news of the traitor's execution had her hands behind her back, looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, and pondered with her eyebrows, and she didn't know what this most noble woman in Sui Yang was thinking about at this time.

The Eight Sages stood behind the Empress, and the two of them had been discussing the details of how to deal with the refugees, and the Eight Sages were a little surprised by the Empress's idea of developing wasteland to settle refugees.

Generally speaking, most of the emperors' treatment of refugees who fled from the south to the north was shelved in abandoned military camps, and then repatriated to their original places after the disaster had passed.

After all, natural disasters often occur in the six southern provinces, and refugees flee from time to time, coupled with the improper handling of local officials, it is easy to cause flood disasters and cause refugees to go north.

Moreover, the reason why the treasury of Suiyang has not been abundant is mostly used for the wave of refugees that occurs every two or three years, if it is really as the empress decides to do so, although in the short term it will make the insufficient treasury more constrained, but in the long run, it can be said that the matter will be solved from the root.

In this way, in the years to come, when the treasury is free, it will be possible to intensify the work on the remaining projects.

Standing behind the empress, the Eight Sages King thought.

He looked at the back of the empress, sighed, and said in his heart that when the new emperor died, he supported the empress on the throne, and it was indeed the right decision.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong!"

At this moment, there was a series of swaying footsteps outside the imperial study, and the Eight Sages King came back to his senses and saw Shen Xiping, who was extremely embarrassed, coming to the front and falling to the ground with a thud.

The Eight Sages King took a step forward, frowned and scolded: "Ridiculous, in front of the Holy Driver, what kind of system is such a panic. ”

The empress stopped the Eight Sages King, turned to look at Shen Xiping, and asked, "Didn't you capture the assassin, why did you come back, did the assassin catch it?" ”

Shen Xi's face flushed, and he held back for a long time before he shouted: "Princess Suizhu and Lord Wang Xiaolai have been taken hostage by the assassins, and Zhao Weng and Lord Narcissus are confronting the assassins." ”

"What !!"

The two exclamations were from the Empress and the Eight Sages.

"Wang Xiaolai was caught as a hostage?"

"Suizhu was captured as a hostage?"

After the words fell, the Eight Sages King looked back at the empress, and said in his heart, Your Majesty, why are you worried about Wang Xiaolai's kid, not about Princess Suizhu, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, Suizhu was arrested, this is not a trivial matter." ”

The empress obviously didn't listen to the words of the Eight Sages King, and looked up at Shen Xiping: "What does the assassin want?" ”

Shen Xiping swallowed his saliva: "The assassin asked His Majesty to let them go, otherwise, they would hurt people." ”

The Eight Sages King was anxious: "Your Majesty, Suizhu is the only flesh and blood of the former emperor, and she is also your own niece, you can't ignore it." ”

The empress glanced at the Eight Sages King, and then looked at Shen Xiping: "Go and spread my will, let Zhao Weng release people, I only need Wang Xiaolai to be fine." ”

When the words fell, the Eight Sages were stupid.

Doesn't Your Majesty love this niece Princess Suizhu, who is the same age as her, the most, why don't you care about Suizhu today, but value Wang Xiaolai so much who doesn't understand etiquette?

Shen Xiping gasped, obediently, sure enough, I guessed correctly, Lord Wang's status in His Majesty's heart is more important than that of Princess Suizhu.

Thinking about it, he clenched his fists and said, "Obey." ”

As he spoke, he turned to leave, but the empress called out to him: "Slow, I will go with you." ”

As she spoke, the empress had already taken a step.

The Eight Sages King is completely confused, it stands to reason that on the one hand, there are relatives whose blood is thicker than water, and on the other hand, there are dispensable subordinates, at best, they are just subordinates who have saved their lives, which one is heavy, which one is light, why doesn't Your Majesty have a little count in his heart?

In fact, the Eight Sages knew that if it was left half a month ago and the empress did not enter Wang Xiaolai's tent, then at this time, the empress was afraid that she would not hesitate to order Suizhu's life to be saved, but the empress finally entered Wang Xiaolai's tent and listened to Wang Xiaolai's words.

As an aspiring emperor, he knows very well which is more important, a person who has the potential to become an important courtier or a woman who is related to him.

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When a melodious howl sounded in the palace, the empress appeared on the palace square.

Everyone in the square saw it, except for Ye Wuxian and Mrs. Hua Nan, even Zhao Liwen, including Zhao Liwen, knelt down one after another.

Especially Princess Suizhu, with joy on her face, she called out to her sister-in-law.

The empress's gaze swept over, and she happened to meet Mrs. Hua Nan's eyes, and in an instant, she was full of anger.

Mrs. Hua Nan was fearless, on the contrary, she looked at the empress with a provocative gaze.

Ye Wuxian bent down slightly, with a contrived apology on his pale face: "Your Majesty, please forgive the grass people for not being able to bow down." ”

The empress was angry: "Hmph, what a Ye Wuxian, do you still think you are a citizen of Suiyang?" ”

Ye Wuxian shrugged his shoulders: "It's what Your Majesty says, anyway, I have become the turtle in His Majesty's urn now, and it is impossible to run, but if you want to pull two cushions, it is not impossible." ”

Speaking of pulling the cushion back, Ye Wuxian also looked at Wang Xiaolai and Princess Suizhu specially.

The empress's face was as if she wanted to kill someone, she took a few deep breaths before she spoke: "Zhao Weng." ”

A blood vessel appeared on the back of Zhao Liwen's hand.

"Open the gates and release the people."

Zhao Liwen was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, when the empress suddenly turned around: "I said release people." ”

Zhao Liwen, who had never seen the empress so angry, was directly stupid, even if he met two groups of assassins in one day a month ago, he was a calm empress, Zhao Liwen really couldn't understand the reason.

The empress squinted at Ye Wuxian.

Ye Wuxian bent down and saluted, then gave Mrs. Hua Nan a look, pulled Wang Xiaolai and Princess Suizhu, and the two of them walked towards the city gate like this, not paying attention to the sword-wielding guards around them at all.

When the two walked to the city gate, the empress suddenly said, "Slow down." ”

Ye Wuxian turned around, and with a bamboo in his chest, a trace of panic came out of the unprecedented revelation.

"You don't joke, Your Majesty, do you want to regret it?"

The empress said: "I have agreed to your conditions, should you also let them go?" ”

Ye Wuxian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, to be honest, he was really afraid that the empress would tear his face, no matter whether the hostages were dead or alive, he Ye Wuxian would die if he died, but he was reluctant to die here.

"Your Majesty, the grass people are not unreasonable people, but they are not idiots either, when we get to a safe place, we will naturally release Her Royal Highness the Princess."

As he spoke, Ye Wuxian glanced at Hua Nan and signaled to leave.

Who would have thought, but Hua Nan stopped, looked back at the empress, who was almost the same age as the empress, with a stubbornness on her face: "Zhao Ningbing, the grievances between you and me are not over." ”

The narcissus on the side clearly saw that the empress's clenched right hand was pinched out of blood.

Seeing Ye Wuxian and Hua Nan leave, the empress took several deep breaths, closed her eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Narcissus." ”

The leader of the dark guard, Narcissus, was frightened for a while, and hurriedly knelt down in front of him: "The minister is here." ”

The empress looked at the wide open palace door and said slowly: "Follow behind them, and think of rescuing Wang Xiaolai." After hesitating for a moment, the empress added: "With Suizhu, if you fail again this time, you won't come back to see me." ”

Narcissus hurriedly kowtowed, then stood up, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of members of the secret guard walked out of the palace with her.

"Zhao Weng."

Zhao Liwen, who had not yet come to his senses, hurriedly bowed his head when he heard the sound and called His Majesty.

"Let the two thieves disturb Zhao Weng, it's my mistake, it's okay, Zhao Weng, you can rest first."

Seeing the empress smiling like a spring wind, Zhao Liwen was in a trance for a while, and after a while, he nodded and turned around.

"Uncle Huang."

The Eight Sages King, who had been watching the empress's mood changes, followed and stood up.

"Let's count the casualties tonight and send them to the imperial study."

After finishing speaking, the empress turned around directly and went in the direction of the imperial study.

The Eight Sages were left alone in a daze.