Chapter 6: Cold and Warm

Qi Hao walked on the snow, the conversation just now was still hovering in his mind, his brows frowned unconsciously, the ministers in the court had obviously been divided into two factions, and their distinctions were far greater than when the Wang family and the Ni family set up the court side by side.

After the heavy snowfall, there is a silence between heaven and earth, and as far as the eye can see, under the afterglow of the dusk sunset, there is a white expanse on all sides, and it is impossible to see the scenery below. The corners of Qi Hao's mouth raised, how could people's hearts not be like this, who knows, what kind of selfishness is under this white expanse of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness. It's a pity that there is no kind of scorching light in the world that can peel off all the camouflage on people's hearts, revealing the most primitive background.

A gust of wind passed, and the cold wind blew the remnants of snow on the branches and fell, scattering and flying, like clouds and mist.

When the smoke cleared and the plum blossoms revealed their fragrance, he raised his head and saw her standing under the plum blossom tree.

The jade plate takes the pearl, and the dew frost freezes the ice.

She is leisurely independent of the tree, under the cold wind, the clothes are flying, and her face is like this plum tree, slowly blooming, cold is better than snow.

In an instant, whether it was Ni Yuan, the royal power, or the court disputes that made him distressed, all disappeared in his mind. Between this vast and far-reaching world, only her quiet and elegant shadow is better than the plum blossom of this tree.

Without saying anything, he had already approached her, and the two walked side by side along the path to the west.

The sky gradually darkened, and there were few people in the palace on the road. The setting sun cast the last rays of afterglow on the earth, and the moon on the horizon had already shown its head, and the cold light of gold and silver intertwined was reflected on the skirts of the two men.

"What is the situation in the DPRK and China now?" Su Mi finally asked.

"It's still like that, it's clear," Qi Hao replied, "But after this war, the current power of Ni Yuan in the DPRK and China is no longer something we can easily resist." ”

"This time, someone in the court is on the table for Ni Yuan and Jiuxidi, what do you think of the matter?" Su Mi directly talked about the topic and led to the most critical part, she looked at him sideways: "Do you think this is really what Ni Yuan meant?" ”

It is also a signal to refer to a deer as a horse. A warning to the forces that do not belong to him in the DPRK.

Qi Hao pondered for a moment and nodded. said: "In my opinion, this time it is indeed Ni Yuan who is impatient. ”

Su Mi was a little puzzled, she stretched out her hand to remove the branches of the dead trees on the side of the road, and walked forward: "According to reason, Ni Yuan doesn't need to be so anxious, after all, he now holds most of the power of the entire imperial court in his hands. As long as he is willing to wait patiently for a while, the emperor's condition ......"

Qi Long is seriously ill and cannot be a director, and once Qi Long dies, it will inevitably be the little prince who ascends the throne and succeeds to the throne, what can a three-year-old child do? At that time, the government will not continue to be in the hands of the ministers, he has enough time, and he has already taken the advantage. As long as he waits patiently. Slowly divided and weakened the forces in the hands of Qi Hao and Mu Qinghan, and he didn't have to worry about waiting for the day that belonged to him.

"I secretly got the news that Ni Yuan has not been in good health recently. Qi Hao lowered his gaze and said in a whimsical voice.

"It's not very good. Su Mi's eyebrows raised, and she looked back at Qi Hao, waiting for his detailed explanation. She was very clear about Ni Yuan's injury. As early as when she was on the grassland, Ni Tingxuan did not hide her. But how heavy is this injury, has it healed? But Su Mi didn't know it.

Qi Hao sighed and said: "It seems that he was injured in the last decisive battle with the Liao army, and it has been repeated from time to time, but this news cannot be determined, and now the guards around Ni Yuandi are strict and thorough, so don't want to insert people at all." ”

"It is also possible that this news was released by Ni Yuan himself," Su Mi thought for a moment and said, "After all, Ni Yuan's martial arts are profound. Ordinary injuries hardly cause much damage to his body. "Even if the other party is a top master like Yelusin.

"It's a possibility. deliberately released the news," Qi Hao said: "You can let him take this opportunity." Clearly recognize who is the force that resolutely opposes him in the DPRK and China. ”

"If that's the case, if you want to deal with him, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult. Su Mi said gloomily. After this war of Liao invasion, the power of the Daqi Dimen lord and nobles has been greatly reduced, and Ni Yuan is now the first to promote the Hanmen scholars, recruiting the hearts of the people all over the world, and in the army, he is vigorously promoting and cultivating talented Hanmen officers, and his prestige is deepening. If it weren't for Qi Hao and Mu Qinghan, the court would have become his own world.

The farther west, the sparsely populated palace became colder and colder, and in this place, the slave in charge didn't even light the palace lamp, presumably thinking that no one would come over anyway, so he slacked off and became lazy. Only the clear moonlight remained, sprinkled on the white earth, reflecting the hazy color of snow.

"What do you think of his condition now?" Qi Hao hesitated for a moment and asked Su Mi.

Su Mi naturally knew who this "he" was referring to at this time.

She shook her head, indicating that the situation was not optimistic.

She has served by Qi Long's side in the past few days, and she has seen that Qi Long is difficult to solve and depressed, if he starts early, it will be just a little problem, but he has been restrained by Ni Yuan for a long time, and now although he has returned to the palace and looks glamorous, in fact, his situation has not improved in the slightest. The major affairs of the government are still in the hands of Ni Yuan. It's already hard to return.

Thinking of his former high spirits, and then seeing the current description withered. Su Mi also felt sad. Even if he has never really loved, after all, they have been together for such a long time, and Qi Long has always loved her, but now he has fallen into such a field......

Qi Hao's brows tightened a little more, and the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment was also the same conclusion, he originally thought that with Su Mi's medical skills, he would be able to be somewhat sure. Now that their Qi royal family has been slaughtered by the Liao, the only direct royal family is him and the child under the age of three raised in Su Mi Palace. Once Qi Long died, a three-year-old child inherited the throne. When the time comes, what will become of the DPRK and China?!

"You met the emperor just now, what does the emperor mean?" Su Mi asked.

Qi Long hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, he ...... It looks a lot rusty. ”

Today, he originally wanted to discuss with Qi Long about how to stop Ni Yuan from adding Jiuxi, but Qi Long only dealt with him a few words without being salty, and he was completely unmotivated. Even the tone of his voice revealed the meaning of agreement, didn't he hate Ni Yuan? is still already scared by Ni Yuan. Completely give up the last hope.

After Ni Yuan returned to the capital, he was forced by the pressure of the court. had to put Qi Long back in the palace, and in advance, the palace servants in the palace were Qi Hao and Mu Qinghan who were responsible for selecting and arranging the place, and when Ni Yuan wanted to start installing people, it was already a step too late.

It can be said that Mu Qinghan's entry into Beijing disrupted his entire plan. Now, although he is still the most powerful in the court, the palace is inferior.

Qi Long is a rightful emperor after all, even if he has been "seriously ill" since two years ago, he is unable to govern. But he is still the unreproachable supreme ruler of Daqi. As long as a few of them work together, there is still a chance to bring down Ni Yuan. Now Qi Longdi's attitude makes him really unable to persuade him, it seems that Qi Long has his own plan and no longer trusts them, and it seems that he has given up all his struggles and hopes.

It stands to reason that with Qi Long's intelligence, he should naturally think that in order to deal with Ni Yuan at this time, he should rely more on his brother. relied on the new forces such as him and Mu Qinghan to confront Ni Yuan. But he keenly felt that Qi Long had a vague hostile attitude towards himself, which was not as good as the trust he had two years ago.

Moreover, when the two are facing each other, there is a special feeling. So Qi Hao didn't know how to describe it.

Although he is also operating in the shadows and contacting the local wealthy forces, as long as he thinks about it, he invades by force and obeys the power in a hurry, and everything he does is for the sake of their Daqi world and Daqi's country.

"After Ni Yuandi's affairs, he has changed a lot. That's all he could say in the end.

"No one will be able to remain calm after such a betrayal," Su Mi said, "but now you haven't had a good talk about the current government." ”

Qi Hao smiled bitterly. He just couldn't figure it out. Why does Qi Long have such eyes?

Actually, when Qi Long saw him. On the surface, he was still as cordial and trusting as before, but there was a coldness in his expression that made people chill from the bottom of his heart, and even his gaze for a moment made him doubt that he was the one who imprisoned him and deceived him.

"This time, I'm afraid the matter of Jiuxidi can't be stopped. Qi Hao said: "At most, it can delay the time." I don't know how long it will be delayed. ”

Slowly moving forward along the path, the two of them had already walked to the gate of Cining Palace before they knew it.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the current Cining Palace is the most rare palace in the entire Great Qi harem.

The two walked in, and all the palace rooms inside were covered with layers of snow, and the ground of the entire palace was covered with thick white snow, and there was no trace of people walking on it, as if a layer of white carpet had been laid, smooth and neat, which showed that there was little desertion and loneliness here.

The Empress Dowager died before the Liao people entered the city, which happened to end the last glorious days of the Wang family. And the concubines in the palace either committed suicide and martyred the country, or died in the chaos of the army, none of them were spared, and now there is not even a master here, and the distance is remote, no wonder the palace people are also slacking off.

The two of them turned side by side to the back of the Cining Palace, and turned to the door of Jingshengzhai, the same railing where the two had sat last time they had a night talk was still there, but it was covered with layers of snow.

The moon in the sky poked its head out, Su Mi looked back, and on the flat and thick snow behind him, only the footprints of himself and Qi Hao stretched along the palace road.

She turned her head to look at Qi Hao, the distance between the two was only a stone's throw away, Su Mi suddenly found that he had also changed a lot, his elegant and gentle bearing became sharper and more shrewd, compared with the original approachable and elegant demeanor, there was more of a kind of arrogance and arrogance of a superior person. There were traces of small stubble on his chin, and it seemed that he was really tired enough to deal with Ni Yuan these days.

"You have been ...... recently" Qi Hao opened his mouth hesitantly, he looked at Su Mi, as if he was thinking about how to ask his doubts.

"How have you been doing in the past few years?" He finally asked.

Su Mi looked at him, and Qi Hao suddenly didn't dare to look at her.

Su Mi smiled indifferently, the people in the mountains should have told him where they were, although those hunters in the mountains didn't know Ni Tingxuan's identity, but as long as they were described clearly, with Qi Hao's cleverness, they would definitely be able to guess.

Qi Hao was a little anxious, he turned his head and looked at the plum blossom next to him, which had been left unattended for a long time, making the growth of those trees extremely arrogant and wanton, and many branches had extended to the bottom of the corridor.

Qi Hao seemed to unintentionally twist one of the branches to take a closer look, the flower was blooming just right, the white petals held a little clear snow, and the red stamens were faintly exposed below, which made people feel infinitely pitiful to look at.

His eyes drooped, and he said: "I sent someone to look for it in Yongzhou later, but the Ni family's power in Yongzhou is too great, and my people can't sneak in, I just know the news that you are still safe, but ...... Since Ni Tingxuan led the army to the expedition, there has been no news. ”

Where are you hidden by him? Actually, he wanted to ask her that.

"I went with him. Su Mi replied calmly, and then looked at Qi Hao's face.

Qi Hao tried his best to keep calm, but obviously failed. The plum blossom in his hand suddenly snapped and snapped.

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