Yan Kaizhi looked up at Hongyi a few steps away, only to feel that his back seemed strange and distant at this moment, and he didn't know when the gap between them was getting bigger and deeper. Although he had expected that they would not be the same as they had been, he never imagined that this day would come so quickly and in such a form.

At this moment, the imperial study seemed cold and quiet, and the vermilion and gold on the four walls made him feel very dazzling, as if the light was sharp, ready to attack at any time.

This place used to be the place he was most familiar with, and he couldn't go wrong with his eyes closed, but now it looks more like a huge trap, and if he is not careful, he will fall into the abyss and be crushed. Yan Kaizhi closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and the picture of Jin Zhaocheng crashing to the ground and spilling blood was still in his mind. Whether it was for him or for Hongyi, the impact was too great, and he couldn't recover his mood.

When he heard Jin Zhaocheng personally admit that he was the mastermind of the Pingzhou Rebellion, in order to expose Xu He's conspiracy and avenge Yan Su, Yan Kaizhi felt an impulse in his heart to kill him. Even if it was his father's right-hand man, this should have been his family affair, he had his own plan, but it made Jin Zhaocheng mess up, and he was used to tarnish his mother's reputation because of this. In Yan Kaizhi's heart, Yan Su's revenge is not fake for others, he is the one who is most qualified to take revenge.

As a result, after Jin Zhaocheng pleaded guilty, he crashed to death in front of him, and he didn't even have a chance to ask him carefully. He still had too many doubts in his heart that he wanted to solve, but Jin Zhaocheng didn't even give him this opportunity. Thinking of another person who might know, Yan Kaizhi's expression instantly condensed, and he suddenly felt that his heart was heavy and cold, as if he was being pressed by a huge iceberg.

Hongyi was obviously frightened by Jin Zhaocheng's actions, and his mind was confused, and then a group of people hurriedly surrounded him and hugged him back to the imperial study. He was still calm, dismissed everyone, leaving only Yan Kaizhi, and then the two of them stood like this, standing silently for a long time. Hongyi didn't move, Yan Kaizhi naturally didn't make a sound, the air was full of suffocating tension, so quiet that even a needle could be heard falling to the ground.

Hongyi suddenly turned around, looking at Yan Kai's eyes and nose, nose and heart, looking indifferent, and for no reason in his heart he felt irritated by his usual appearance. grabbed the fold on the table and smashed it at Yan Kaizhi, landing right on the tip of his shoe.

Yan Kaizhi frowned, bent down to pick up the fold, walked over lightly, offered it with both hands, and returned to its original position.

Hongyi became inexplicably angry, and threw back all the folds he put back again, but Yan Kaizhi was smashed before he could retreat. Yan Kaizhi frowned slightly, and bent down to pick it up again, but as soon as he picked it up, Hongyi stepped forward and knocked out the twist in Yan Kaizhi's hand.

Hongyi roared loudly: "Don't you have anything to say!" ”

Yan Kaizhi lowered his eyelids, his face was as calm as ever, and he shook his head gently. "I don't know what the second master wants me to say."

Just when Jin Zhaocheng had not yet been escorted into Beijing, out of nowhere, various twists and turns appeared one after another, all of which said that Yan Kaizhi colluded with Jin Zhaocheng to rebel. Although Fang Youxin had also handed over the fold, but now that he was in Pingzhou, almost all kinds of people had handed over the fold, and even the words that He Wuzhou had said were handed over. is the so-called three people become tigers, even if Hongyi trusts Yan Kaizhi again, he suddenly receives so many impeachments, and Jin Zhaocheng confesses to the crime. Hongyi was first shocked that he would admit it so calmly, and then he was stunned by his actions, even if he had the heart to protect Yan Kaizhi, once Jin Zhaocheng died, he would become dead without proof, and he would be regarded as a desire to cover up by those who had a heart.

Hongyi glared at him, his eyes were as angry as fire, but his face was as cold as ice, "Jin Zhaocheng is so dead, do you think I can do anything with a corpse, can I explain it to the world?" "As soon as Jin Zhaocheng died, all the spearheads were aimed at the Xingyong Marquis Mansion, if it was someone else, Hongyi would have been launched to calm the people's anger.

Yan Kaizhi's mind was also in chaos at the moment, he didn't know what to say to Hongyi, with their friendship for so many years, he never needed to explain so much.

So, now Jean doesn't know where to say if he wants to explain, "I didn't kill him." I didn't let him die. I have nothing to do with him. Yan Kaizhi spoke very slowly, and made his position clear in three sentences, if Hongyi insisted on not believing him, no matter how much he said, it would be superfluous.

However, what Hongyi needs now is for Yan Kaizhi to use facts to convince him, and he was so angry that he dropped a few more books by Yan Kaizhi's simple and concise words.

"So you mean, this thing, all this planning was done by your mother?" Hongyi saw the second expression on Yan Kaizhi's face as he wished, and couldn't help but sneer, "In this way, even the matter between Jin Zhaocheng and Mrs. Yan is true. ”

No matter how he accuses and slanders himself, Yan Kaizhi can accept it indifferently, but when he heard that Hongyi actually said bad things about Mrs. Yan. He suddenly became angry in his heart, burned his reason for a while, raised his head, glared at Hongyi viciously, and shouted loudly: "My mother will never do such a thing!" ”

Just because of this incident, even if Jin Zhaocheng was avenging Yan Su, Yan Kaizhi felt that he was an unforgivable person.

My father died tragically under the rumors of others, and my mother worked hard to pull them up, and now they are slandered, which can never be tolerated by anyone who is a son of man, even if it is a high emperor.

This is the first time that Yan Kaizhi has said anything serious to him since he made up his mind to assist Hongyi to ascend the throne, and even Hongyi was taken aback.

Looking at the angry person in front of him, it seemed that he could see sharp thorns growing around him, which was Yan Kaizhi he knew for the first time, and he never concealed himself. Hongyi also knew in his heart that he would always go to a different place with Yan Kaizhi, so when he persuaded him to give up forcibly enduring the thorns all over his body and deliberately covered him with a thick mask to no avail, he was no longer reluctant. Seeing him like this again now, I feel both ridiculous and sad.

Perhaps it was because of the perennial habit of masking, Yan Kaizhi quickly regained his composure, knelt on one leg and said to Hong Yi: "The criminal minister is offended, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

Hongyi saw that he called himself a criminal minister, and called himself Your Majesty, and there was a desolation in his heart for no reason, and he smiled bitterly at him: "What crime do you want me to commit, I am afraid that it is not enough for you to die ten times." Hongyi sighed, turned his face to the side of the window that was opened by the wind at some point, the night breeze outside the house was cold and strong, shaking the leaves in the courtyard rustling, and the branches of the trees were like ghosts in the wind, enchanting in the dark.

A cold wind blew in, blowing the palace lamps in the room and swaying, and the music on the table was turned over. Hongyi faced the wind, his face was blown a little uncomfortable, he looked at Yan Kaizhi, who was half-kneeling on the ground and didn't get up, and didn't expect him to come up with a wit to run to close the window, so he had to walk over by himself. When I looked up, I saw the huge bright moon outside the window, which was incredibly round, and shone with a golden light, depicting the shadows on the ground clearly.

"Kaizhi, accompany me to the roof and sit." Hongyi walked back, stood condescendingly in front of Yan Kaizhi, and kicked him with his foot.

Yan Kai was stunned, feeling like he had heard the biggest joke in the world, and couldn't help but look up at Hongyi with a strange smile on his face. I was wondering in my heart, shouldn't I have imprisoned him at this time, or scolded him, why did he suddenly want to go to the roof.

Hongyi suppressed his smile and immediately changed to a serious expression, "What are you stunned about, you don't think you have enough crimes." ”

Although he was puzzled, Yan Kaizhi could only do it, but just as they jumped on the roof and enjoyed the moon, a sneaky figure in the dark sneaked out and hurriedly ran towards Empress Dowager He's bedroom.

Before he could wipe off his sweat, a young man with a beautiful face rushed in and was immediately stopped, but fortunately, Su Xin rushed over to relieve him and took him all the way to the Queen Mother.

The young man knelt on the ground, didn't dare to raise his head, and said in a sharp voice, "Back to the Queen Mother, that's all the slave hears, and nothing else." "He risked losing his head, but he didn't dare to disobey, who was the queen mother. Both sides are dead, it's better to wait a while, I hope the Lord doesn't come down so quickly, and the wind blows on the roof for a while.

Empress Dowager He frowned, with an ugly look on her face, and asked suspiciously, "Did they really go up to the roof?" ”

The young man nodded like pounded garlic: "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes." ”

Yingshang Palace was about to step forward to say a few words, but heard Empress Dowager He say softly: "Go back, let people guard carefully, don't fall on the emperor." "It seems that the emperor still has a heart, but this heart is crooked, and it is ridiculous to think of climbing to the roof. As soon as the young man heard of the relief, he was even happier than the wild horse, and immediately kowtowed and hurried back to stand by.

Looking at the figure that was almost deserted and fled, Yingshang Palace took a sip, and then changed to a cautious expression and said to Empress Dowager He: "Niangniang, do you think Long Live Lord will let go of Marquis Xingyong?" I don't know if the emperor knew that he was being overheard, so he ran to the roof to speak, and Yingshanggong's face looked very nervous.

Empress Dowager He glanced at her and smiled disdainfully: "Let it go? Hehe, he can deal with the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, so let it go. If he lets it go, he will not let it go. ”

Thinking of Fang Youxin's ghostly face, Yingshang Palace couldn't help but shudder, and his heart felt a lot more steady, and his tone became relaxed: "This Jin Zhaocheng is infatuated with Mrs. Yan, but it's a pity that he is infatuated with his heart, and three or two sentences can make him die for Mrs. Yan." If Mrs. Yan knew, because he had killed Marquis Xingyong, she would definitely not let him go. ”

Empress Dowager He was thinking about something, and when she heard Yingshang Palace's words, she sneered: "What if you don't let it go, he's dead." Thinking of the people she had always placed beside her, a complicated look appeared on Empress Dowager He's face, she was annoyed, unwilling, and heartbroken, and finally turned into a wry smile: "She is also enough to endure humiliation, she has been hidden so well for so many years, even I haven't found out." ”

Yingshang Palace paused, carefully considered Empress Dowager He's words, and asked, "Niangniang is talking about revenge?" ”

Empress Dowager He was dissatisfied with her erroneous speculation, but she didn't care, and just said mockingly: "I mean, she can actually tolerate a person who has defiled her to still be alive and continue to work for her." How do you think Yan Su drove Jin Zhaocheng away in the first place, is it because he had a secret relationship with Wang Ling? I know Yan Su too well, if he hadn't died early, maybe he would have let Jin Zhaocheng go in the end. ”

Yingshanggong asked in surprise: "How is it possible, if this kind of thing happens, how can it be possible to let him go." ”

Empress Dowager He felt ridiculous about her rarity and strangeness, although she was her companion, she was not the person she had followed since childhood, so she didn't know much about Mrs. Yan's past. "He threw himself on that army, and even the marriage was all taken by An's initiative, otherwise how could I say that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were really made of a piece of mud."

Yingshang Palace chewed on Empress Dowager He's words carefully, and suddenly asked, "Isn't that Marquis Xingyong confessing her guilt for her mother, so what should she do?" ”

"When Erlang cures him of his crimes, what else can she do, I will let her taste the taste of betraying me and life is better than death." Empress Dowager He was obviously relieved on her face, she couldn't protect the Xu family, at least she wanted to protect the He family, how did Empress Duanming die She knew in her heart that she would never repeat her mistakes.

"Early tomorrow morning, send someone to the palace."