In the Imperial Palace.

Xiao Muhan sat on the throne with Yun Qixuan in her arms, her face sinking like water, and she didn't say a word. There were more than thirty men and women standing below, all of whom were important figures in the family, in addition to some officials and nobles close to the Xiao family.

Her father, Xiao Wuji, was looking at the door with an annoyed expression, where the imperial concubine Zhong Xuanying had already walked away with the bloated Luo Qiyue in her arms.

"Queen!" He said with a gloomy face, "These two imperial concubines are really too blind!" They don't even take your words seriously, have they forgotten who is in charge of this palace? ”

Xiao Muhan sighed and said, "Father, you can't blame them for this, the secret spy system of the Praetorian Guard Legion and the Internal Affairs Office was personally promised by His Majesty the Emperor to be handed over to them, and it has been the case for several years, and now it is not at all in accordance with the rules to let them hand it over like this, no wonder they will refuse!" ”

"But you are the queen of the empire, and the first heir is also from your knees, and now that Your Majesty has encountered an accident, whether it is in the palace or in the court, you should come forward to preside over the overall situation!" Xiao Wuji said angrily, "Now that the situation in the imperial capital is sinister, letting them hand over the power in their hands is just to prevent trouble before it happens, and to deter those dissidents!" But they are so self-respecting and openly disobedient, they must not just forget it! ”

As soon as these words came out, many people in the Xiao family were angry and echoed their words.

Xiao Muhan frowned slightly and said, "Then what do you want?" Do you want to punish them for this reason? These two concubines have followed His Majesty for many years, and their affection is extraordinary, even if they are at fault, they have to be dealt with by His Majesty personally! When Queen Fang was here, she didn't despise them, but now she ......"

"Now that Queen Fang is gone, you are the one who is in charge of the palace!" Xiao Wenyue said dissatisfiedly, "If they disobey your order, they are despising the rules of the palace, and they just don't take the little princess in their eyes, especially that Luo Qiyue, her child is about to be born, maybe they are also eyeing this position!" ”

A touch of blackness appeared on Xiao Muhan's fair face, and he said with some annoyance: "Are your words a little excessive?" Now that Your Majesty's life and death are uncertain, do you want to deliberately provoke civil strife in the palace? ”

"Didn't I plan it all for you? Do you want to give up this position to that lowly clone child! What will happen to you and the little princess at that time......" Xiao Wenyue was also annoyed.

"Enough!" The queen was finally furious, slapped the book case heavily, and scolded sharply:

"This matter is not allowed to be mentioned again in the future, no matter what you say, I will never consider your opinion until Your Majesty's camp returns to the imperial capital! Father, if you don't want to bring disaster to the family, you'd better stop fighting those undeserved ideas! ”

After saying that, she took the little princess by the hand, got up angrily, turned into the screen behind the throne and disappeared. Only a group of people were left looking at each other on the ground.

"Big brother, what now?" A man who was four or five points similar to Xiao Wuji coughed and asked.

Previously, under the persuasion of the head of the family, Empress Xiao summoned Luo Qiyue and Zhong Xuanying, two imperial concubines, to discuss, and asked them to hand over their military power on the grounds that the current situation in the imperial capital was tense, and the queen would control it in a unified manner, so as to stabilize the situation.

The reason is high-sounding, but the real mind of the Xiao family is to concentrate power and pave the way for the little princess to ascend the throne as soon as possible!

Especially Luo Qiyue is about to give birth, once this child is born, there will be an invisible threat to Yun Qixuan's inheritance, so it will be much easier to find a reason to deprive this imperial concubine of the power in her hands, and to find an opportunity to clean her up in the future!

Luo Qiyue and Zhong Chanying are not stupid, how can they not see their intentions? Naturally, it is a straightforward refusal! In addition, Xiao Muhan didn't approve of this approach, so the matter was over!

However, from the position of the Xiao family, this military power must be in hand! Otherwise, the family's overall plan is impossible to talk about, and if the little princess does not ascend to the throne for a day, it will be unjustifiable, and the Xiao family will not be able to grasp the power logically!

Xiao Wuji looked at the silent head of the family next to him, and said calmly: "The queen values the past feelings and doesn't want to persecute too much, but the future of the family is important, and some things must be done!" Otherwise, no matter who sits in that seat in the future, it will be the end of the family! ”

"But the queen is too kind-hearted, and as long as she doesn't let go, it will be difficult for us to do it......," someone else said.

"That'...... We'll hide it from her! Xiao Wuji's eyes showed a cold glint, "The queen's reputation can't be negatively affected in any way, so this wicked person, it's up to us to do it for her!" ”

There was a slight commotion in the crowd, and then it calmed down again. The opinions of the heirs of the Xiao family are actually normal behaviors among those wealthy families, and for the sake of sufficient interests, there are a lot of examples of direct blood relatives turning against each other and fighting against each other! What's more, it is related to the battle for the throne?

The head of the Xiao family, who had not spoken, finally said: "At present, Your Majesty's situation has not yet been determined, so I think that certain things should not be done!" You can't rush it, you have to leave some room anyway, and if things change in the future, you have a chance to remedy it! What do you think? ”

"This ......" Xiao Wuji thought about it, and finally said reluctantly:

"Oh well! But this military power must be obtained, and we will send someone to discuss it with them when we go back! For the sake of the overall situation of the empire, they should have sacrificed! ”

……

"If Your Majesty knew that Empress Xiao, whom he had always trusted and loved, would be like this, I wonder if he would regret his original decision!"

In the gazebo in the back garden, Zhong Chanying sat down with Luo Qiyue in her arms and sighed a little melancholy.

"Your Majesty is not dead! They can't wait to seize power? I knew that this woman was so unkind, I should have used some means to get her down! Thinking of the scene in the queen's palace just now, Luo Qiyue was angry.

Zhong Xuanying said: "Actually, there is no doubt about the queen's affection for Her Majesty, but her family is too much!" And she's also a little indecisive, that's why this kind of thing happens! ”

"What she did, with her family! Does it make a difference? Luo Qiyue said coldly, "This matter is definitely not over yet, in order to let her little princess ascend the throne, they will never give up on this military power!" Maybe in the next step, some dirty tricks will be used! ”

Zhong Xuanying has no objection to this: "Yes, the Yanyue Organization originally belonged to the dark world, and most of the people in it were unruly and lawless!" The Xiao family's door style is naturally not much better! Maybe it's time for us to pay attention to our own safety now, especially you, sister, because of this child, they will definitely not let you go! ”

"Of course I do!" Luo Qiyue gritted her silver teeth and said in a calm tone:

"As long as they dare to do it, I will inevitably make them pay an unimaginable price! Don't think that only their Xiao family is the king of the dark world! ”

……

The fifth planet, Bernard's mansion.

"Brother, why do you have time to come to my place today?" The logistics director, who was drinking by himself, put down the wine glass in his hand with some surprise, and asked Jin Yue who had just been brought in by the maid with a smile.

The Minister of Industry changed his usual style of swaggering, and snorted with a calm face: "Now that the imperial capital is about to be in chaos, you are still in the mood to drink here, like a nobody, I really convince you!" ”

"Oh? That's what happened! Bernard smiled and pulled him down, called his wife Xue Luqian in, and told her to prepare the meal.

"Actually, it's not a big deal!" He said lazily, "It's just some inconspicuous thieves jumping up and down there, our majesty's luck has never been bad!" Maybe! He did it on purpose, in order to give those guys a chance to make trouble, so that those careerists who were hiding in the shadows would all jump out! When the time comes, it's all gone! ”

Jin Yue was slightly stunned, frowned and thought for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "No!" Dude, it's a lot worse than you think! Now even Empress Xiao is not so trustworthy, just half a day ago, Emperor Zhong summoned me into the palace to talk for a while, and told me everything that happened recently, so I came here to find you! ”

Then he told him everything he knew.

Bernard finally became serious, pondered for a moment, and said softly:

"The ability to do so many things, and still not let people grab the direct handle, it seems that only he can do it! It's really unbelievable that a former classmate, a sworn friend who eats in a pot, will now take so many lives to pave the way for his future for his own selfishness! ”

"I just said how I didn't feel right yesterday, that guy actually wanted me to be loyal to him, and promised to say that as long as the big things succeed in the future, I will be the future Prime Minister of the Empire, the hereditary prince Yunyun! Hey! I really don't even know what I'm dreaming about! ”

"Isn't it the same for me?" Jin Yue snorted coldly, "The conditions that guy gave me are similar to yours!" Anyway, it's all about drawing you a big and beautiful pie that will make you look greedy! For this reason, I had to put my whole life on the line to work hard for him! The wishful thinking is quite exquisite, I don't know if it will be smart but be mistaken by cleverness! ”

"I heard that His Majesty's camp is less than ten days away from the imperial capital," Bernard said, "There will be attacks for a while, and after suffering a few big losses, those forces have begun to learn better!" Don't continue to send fleets to sneak attack, just wait for Your Majesty to return to the imperial capital, and you can start cleaning up the situation! We don't really have to worry about anything at all! ”

Jin Yue was about to speak, when Xue Luqian suddenly walked in again and whispered something to Bernard.

After he quietly sent her out, he turned to Jin Yue and said, "Lord Randall is also here, let's go out and have a look!" ”

“……”