If these are all facts, Sima Hongyan was lucky that she didn't find out the cause of her father's death before, at that time Sima Hongyan was alone, if she noticed something, I am afraid that Emperor Yanzhen would never let her live until now.

It is estimated that Sima Hongyan's ability to do such a good job in the female army was also beyond Emperor Yanzhen's expectations, and Sima Hongyan's talent and wisdom also made him feel threatened, so he ignored the harm caused by the civil strife caused by Dongning to Yanling, and insisted on marrying Sima Hongyan to a native of Dongning.

It turns out that the previous kindness was all faked! The result of the destruction of Sima Hongyan's family was also caused by Emperor Yanzhen.

"Yanzhen, bastard!" Sima Hongyan couldn't help but scolded in a low voice. However, Sima Hongyan thought about what Yan Qi had just said, and suddenly asked Yan Qi: "That's not right!" The eldest prince, did you say anything to the emperor before? Why would he say this to you all of a sudden? ”

Yan Qi's expression froze, and it seemed very unnatural to be asked by Sima Hongyan's sudden question, as if he had exposed a child's lie.

He laughed awkwardly twice and said, "Yes, Hongyan, you are right, since you guessed it, I don't have to hide it from you." At that time, I suggested that my father make me the crown prince, and at the same time let him decree a marriage and marry you to me. You have just quelled the rebellion of the Six Kings before, and you have made great contributions to Yanling, and your reputation has been greatly enhanced. If I marry you, with your help, I don't think anyone will be able to shake my crown prince anymore. Of course, you will be able to live a life of fine clothes and food from now on, killing two birds with one stone, why not! Isn't that true? I'm not doing this for myself, I'm doing it for both of us! ”

"Enough!" Sima Hongyan shouted to stop him and said, "The eldest prince, you are really hopeless, why do you think your idea is right?" And again and again, again and again, I was involved in it, it was simply annoying. I'll tell you one last time, I don't want to have anything to do with you, I didn't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to, and I won't want to think about it in the future. So! You are you, I am me, we have nothing to do with each other, do you understand? ”

Such a fierce reprimand made everyone present speechless. I all feel that this Sima Hongyan is really arrogant, she is just a third-grade military attaché, and she dares to reprimand a prince so facelessly, which is not enough to kill with nine lives.

And what is surprising is that Yan Qi was not only not angry when he was robbed of Sima Hongyan's white, but his face was full of flattering expressions, coaxing Sima Hongyan and said: "Hongyan!" You, don't be angry, I won't say it, okay? ”

Sima Hongyan was completely speechless, and she felt ashamed to talk to such an entangled person.

At this time, there was still business, Sima Hongyan didn't want to do more verbal disputes, she asked Yan Qi: "Dare to ask the eldest prince what do you want today?" ”

Yan Qi looked at his brother in front of him and said, "As long as they jointly nominate me as the new emperor, I can let them go!" ”

"It's just a dream!" * Inserted a sentence on the side.

Suddenly, the white light flashed, * suddenly felt a cold throat, he looked at Yan Qi with a hideous face in surprise, he didn't expect him to attack himself at this time.

Warm blood poured from his throat,* and he felt death coming, and instead of fear, he felt the urge to laugh. He laboriously squeezed a cold smile from the corner of his mouth, and said with difficulty: "I...... ...... underground, Waiting for you, we ...... Soon it will be ...... Meet. After saying that, his eyes turned black, and he fell forward, and blood continued to flow from his throat, soaking the hall.

Several other bound princes exclaimed at the same time, shouting "Third Brother, Third Brother", all of them glared angrily at Yan Qi.

Yan Qi returned to his previous madness, and shouted to everyone pointing to the corpse of *: "See? This is the fate of disobeying me, I even killed my own father, and I don't care about the death of a few more brothers. Hahahaha! ”

Unexpectedly, Yan Qi killed his own brother without blinking an eye, Sima Hongyan didn't believe it when he heard that he had killed his two younger brothers, but at this time, Sima Hongyan finally determined that Yan Qi was completely crazy.

Sima Hongyan felt very disgusted by his laughter, and couldn't help but say: "Great prince, you seem to have forgotten, it seems that it is not enough for your brothers to be promoted, the new emperor will get a joint petition from hundreds of civil and military officials when he ascends the throne, even if you kill all your brothers today, you still can't be the emperor." ”

Yan Qi sneered: "What's so difficult about this, isn't it just a letter of request, I'll just ask them to write a copy." ”

As he was talking, two people ran in at the door of the main hall, and it was Shi Jinyan and Ban Lingruo. The two of them are also dressed in purple armor and have a mighty posture, but their faces are not very good-looking.

Walking to Sima Hongyan's side, Shi Jinyan whispered to Sima Hongyan: "The ministers' mansions are surrounded by officers and soldiers, their families are controlled by soldiers, and many adults are being coerced to come to the palace. There are too many people on the other side, and we can't rescue them for the time being. ”

Sima Hongyan was slightly startled and asked, "Could it be that you and Lingruo's family are the same?" ”

Shi Jinyan's face was gloomy, her eyes showed a cold light, she looked at Yan Qi viciously, and nodded.

Sima Hongyan seemed to understand everything in an instant, turned his head to Yan Qi and said, "It turns out that the eldest prince's plan to usurp the throne has already been decided, right?" ”

Yan Qi didn't answer, but looking at that expression, he knew that Sima Hongyan was right.

Sima Hongyan continued: "I guess if there is no sudden rebellion of the sixth prince, I am afraid that the rebellion plan of the eldest prince will also be implemented, right?" You have already laid an ambush for the rebels in the capital, and I think these generals are the ones who promised to help you. On the one hand, you carry out a plot against the emperor in the palace, and on the other hand, you send troops to surround the ministers' mansions, as long as the emperor dies, you are the eldest son, plus the mutiny to control the situation, you can logically succeed to the throne. Yan Qi, Yan Qi, you really played a good game of chess! ”

Yan Qi's face was cloudy by Sima Hongyan's words, but after Sima Hongyan finished speaking, Yan Qi continued: "Actually, Hongyan is thanks to your help, if it weren't for you, I might have been silent for a while." ”

Sima Hongyan was displeased, and said coldly: "I said it, don't get involved in your affairs!" ”

Yan Qi reversed his crazy pathology, became extremely gloomy and said calmly: "It's really not that I deliberately have a relationship with you this time!" You put down Uncle Liuwang's rebellion, it was really a good plan and a good means, Uncle Liuwang's complete plan was almost successful, thanks to your clever plan to reverse the situation, you actually forced Uncle Liuwang, who had been hidden for so many years, to a dead end. I watched from the sidelines, both worried and happy. Hongyan, if you are with me, who else in this world can compete? Not to mention a Yanling, it is just around the corner to unify the world. ”

Sima Hongyan said flatly: "You don't have to lift me up like this, I can't stand it!" If you want to talk about deep concealment, the eldest prince, you are no worse than the sixth prince, I really admire it. Besides, I am completely for the sake of those innocent soldiers, and I don't want them to die in vain for the sake of a person's selfish desires, it's not worth it! ”

Yan Qi said: "Yes! You are kind-hearted and righteous, I know this. But if I don't do it again, my confused father will give this splendid country to others, it is Hongyan who gave me a chance, and it is you who make me make up my mind! ”

Sima Hongyan heard what Yan Qi obviously said, and asked curiously, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Yan Qi said: "The reason why Uncle Liuwang rebelled and wanted to control the minister was because the military power was scattered in the hands of the minister, and the tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands could not compete with the army outside the city at all, and Hongyan, you took the initiative to send the talisman to him, which solved a big problem for him, so Uncle Liuwang temporarily changed his plan and let the minister enter the palace to seize power." And your hand of letting the minister smuggle the jade seal out of Beijing to transfer troops is really beautiful, but it is also your method, and now let the jade seal and the talisman all belong to me, will I let go of such a good opportunity? ”

Sima Hongyan said: "I didn't say this, I asked you what does the emperor mean by giving the country to others?" ”

Yan Qi said: "Let's tell you the truth, my father has already formed a private alliance with Emperor Dongning, and they want to send troops south together." ”

"Want to fight Nanyi?" Sima Hongyan asked in disbelief.

Yan Qi said: "That's right! Therefore, the marriage with Shikoku is fake, but the actual marriage with Dongning is real. Now there are 400,000 troops stationed there in Yanyi Pass, as long as the Dongning army arrives and jointly attacks, they can be caught off guard by Nanyi. ”

Sima Hongyan was puzzled and said, "How is this possible? Then what does Dongning want to do to assist the six princes in rebellion? Now that an alliance has been established, wouldn't it be extra to help the Six Princes? ”

Yan Qi smiled: "Hongyan, you are still too simple. Dongning's target is not Nanyi, so what's the use of taking away the poor mountains and bad waters? The goal of Dongning has always been our Yanling! As far as I know, the Dongning people assisted Uncle Liuwang in rebelling this time, which was purely the private way of that Lan Shuang, and the Dongning Emperor didn't actually know about it, or maybe he knew about it, but he just didn't stop it. ”

In fact, there are some things that Sima Hongyan has already learned from Lan Shuang, and then after listening to Yan Qi's words and making a combination, he generally understands the overall plan of Dongning.

It seems that Dongning has adopted two strategies for Yanling, one bright and one dark, and it is clear that it is in alliance with Yanling, and it is an opportunity to attack Yanling by combining troops to attack Nanyi. secretly instigated Yan Hao to rebel, pushed a puppet emperor to the throne, disintegrated internally, and carried out political aggression.

However, Sima Hongyan didn't understand why Emperor Yanzhen suddenly wanted to attack Nanyi, this thing was indeed a bit abrupt, as if it didn't make any sense, so he asked Yan Qi: "Nanyi has always been the most conservative country, why did the emperor move him?" ”

Yan Qi said with a smile: "Of course, it is to expand the border and contain Dongning." In fact, the original intention of the father was not to capture the entire Nanyi, he just wanted to get the border between Nanyi and Dongning. As long as you get the Nanning Pass in the south, you can control the strength of the entire Nanyi in the future, and then send troops in the opposite direction, and cooperate with the 300,000 troops stationed in Yanning Pass to counterattack Dongning on two roads, so that Dongning can not take care of each other, maybe you can break through in one fell swoop and take Dongning. ”

Unexpectedly, Emperor Yanzhen was not as precious as peace on the surface, it turned out that he had long been planning a plan to seize the world. On the surface, Emperor Yanzhen is friendly and cowardly, and has no quarrel with the world, but in fact, he is strategizing in his heart.