Zhou Qingshan bowed his head and said, "But King Ling has not been in Kyoto for a long time, and the father-son relationship with His Majesty is very weak. What's more, King Ling's biological mother is not very pleasing to His Majesty, after entering the palace for so many years, the prince has become an adult, but he is still just a Zhaoyi position, and he has not even mixed up with a concubine. ”

Zhou Yan said: "Even if Your Majesty has the heart to support King Ling, King Ling has been at the border for a long time, if he unfortunately dies in the battle against the enemy, or is seriously injured, it is normal. In addition to King Ling, there are only four princes left, King Jing, and five princes, King Yu. King Jing's biological mother has a low position, just a nobleman who died early, and he himself has been idle, so he has no prestige among the courtiers. And King Yu ...... That's even more unlikely. ”

"yes...... King Yu's biological mother, Concubine Jing, had an affair with Imperial Doctor Yue back then, and now His Majesty can't even figure out whether King Yu is his own flesh and blood, how can he pass the throne to King Yu? Zhou Qingshan sneered.

"So," Zhou Yan said, "as long as King Chen is eliminated, His Majesty will have no other choice but to put this country in the hands of the crown prince." As long as the position of the crown prince is secured, as long as the crown prince ascends the throne smoothly, the grace of our Zhenguo Mansion will only flourish, not decay. ”

Zhou Qingshan said with a smile: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has listened to his mother the most since he was a child, and his relationship with his uncles and cousins is also very good." ”

The father and son glanced at each other, and when it came to this, there was no need for either of them to say anything more.

Once the crown prince ascends the throne, their Zhou family will be above 10,000 people under one person. The prince has listened to the words of his grandfather's family since he was a child, and when the time comes, won't the Zhou family be equal to the uncrowned emperor?

It's just that this is not the time when it has to be clarified, even between father and son, it can't be said.

So now that Zhou Qingshan also understands that there is no better time to do it than at this time, then again, it is still a question of "how to do it".

Zhou Qingshan asked his father, only to see his father's eagle eyes narrowed slightly, and after a while, he slowly said his plan......

Zhou Qingshan responded to his father's explanations one by one, and he also felt that it was not difficult to do. Take 10,000 steps back, even if things don't work out, this matter has nothing to do with his Zhou family. No one will think of his Zhou family.

The night was deep, and the light of the stars was fading...... Rolling dark clouds rolled over Kyoto Castle, as if the endless lust for power that has never stopped for thousands of years in the past dynasties......

……

"Boom...... Boom ......"

In the second half of the night, the thunder roared, and Rong Yunxi woke up from his sleep.

clutched the quilt tightly, but his breath was still rapid, and his heart had already risen to his throat......

Looking out of the bed curtain, it was pitch black and nothing could be seen......

"Boom...... Boom ......"

"Whew......"

With this rolling thunder came the roar of the hungry wolf.

Rong Yunxi's body trembled slightly, trying her best to use reason to overcome the fear in her heart. But the body still instinctively leaned towards the person next to him, and it was certain that he made her feel safe......

"Boom...... Boom ......"

The thunder continued.

Accompanied by "click" and "click", the lightning sound like a hungry wolf tearing its teeth......

Rong Yunxi curled up and forced herself to look out of the curtain......

You see, it was pitch black outside the curtain, and there were hungry wolves' green eyes?

"Click......"

A bolt of lightning pierced the night sky!

Illuminates the otherwise dark interior.

The sudden light frightened Rong Yunxi, and the hand holding the quilt couldn't help but tighten it again. And the curled up body couldn't stop trembling.

It's just that she didn't realize how strong her tremors were. She just knew that she couldn't get any closer to the man......

Reason told her that no wolves would come...... This is the palace, heavily guarded, how can a wolf enter it?

But the fear that had been buried in her heart for many years still swept over her, making her unable to calm down for a while......

In previous years, when there was thunder at night, no matter how strong the wind and rain were, her father would rush to accompany her. Her father would be there for her and tell her not to be afraid, that there would be no hungry wolves to bite her.

is like the night when she was ten years old, in the frontier camp, Brother Ling comforted her......

She couldn't forget that night, when three hungry wolves rushed into her tent, and she tried to hide, but before she could light the candlelight, a hungry wolf threw her to the ground. The turbidity in the hungry wolf's mouth rushed to her face, opened its bloody mouth, and was about to bite off her head! To this day, when the hungry wolf opened its mouth to eat, the low roar that came out of her throat still lingered in her ears for a long time on every thunderous and rainy night......

Almost at the same time that the hungry wolf's teeth touched her skull, a sword light pierced the terrible night, and with it, the wolf blood spurted out, and the hungry wolf's head had been split in half!

It's him......

He said, Xi'er, don't be afraid......

"Wanxi, don't be afraid......" Suddenly a gentle voice came from beside him, the low voice when he first woke up, but it gave people an extra thick sense of security......

"Wanxi...... This king is here......" he hugged her softly from behind.

"Miss!"

The door was rushed open, and it was two girls, Chuxia and Zhiqiu, who rushed in.

King Chen commanded through the bed curtain: "Hold the lamp." ”

"Yes." In the early summer, I answered, touched the dark, and found the location of the candlelight completely from memory.

As soon as the fire fold lit up, Rong Yunxi's body trembled, and he immediately closed his eyes, but he didn't let out an exclamation, not even a heavy gasp.

She was so forbearing, she felt distressed when she saw King Chen......

Completely out of instinct, he hugged the person in his arms tighter......

He had never seen this little woman so scared, and in the time they got along, she was always calm, as if the sky was falling, and she dared to turn her back to deal with it. But today, what's going on?

"Wanxi, don't be afraid......" He hugged her tightly and comforted her softly again......

In the early summer, I lit the lamp in the bedroom, went to the outhouse, took the lamp in the square hall, lit it together, and put it in the bedroom together.

Feeling the light in the room, Rong Yunxi opened her eyes, looked at the light outside the bed curtain, and the two little girls standing outside the bed curtain, and deliberately let herself breathe deeply...... Gradually, this mood calmed down.

Noticing that Rong Yunxi's body was no longer trembling, King Chen instructed the two girls: "Go back, there is this king here, don't worry." ”

"Miss, what ...... Shall we go back?" In early summer, please ask your own lady.

"Go back to sleep." Rong Yun Xi Road.

The two little girls were still very worried, and almost turned around three times and went out of the room.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Rong Yunxi became more awake. She is in the palace, in the light. And the two little girls also appeared just now, at this moment, it is impossible to have a hungry wolf......

And she always knew that in fact, such fear was only because of the fear that lingered in her heart; Even when she was scared to the extreme, she always knew that there would be no wolves. But why, this fear just can't be dissipated? It was as if it had been carved into her bones......

The raindrops crackled and fell, and the thunder grew quieter...... Inside, only the glow of the bright candle lamps remained, and ......

Rong Yunxi realized that someone had been hugging her tightly.

No wonder she felt so warm behind her, this warmth, just like Brother Ling's embrace that night, gave him a sense of stability. It allowed her to calm down her frightened mind quickly......

No wonder she felt so safe lying in this room at the moment......

Can...... Looking at the jumping candle flame outside the bed curtain, it was as if in the candle shadow, there was a picture of him holding a sword and fighting two hungry wolves......

Rong Yunxi shook his head and called in a low voice in his heart: "Brother Ling......"

Seeing that Rong Yunxi finally made a move, King Chen spoke up and asked softly in her ear, "Are you better?" ”

Rong Yunxi nodded, left lightly from his arms, set up a pillow, and sat with his back against him.

King Chen lay on his pillow and looked up at her. At this time, her face was still calm

If it weren't for the light of the candle lamp hanging over her face, reminding him that everything that had just happened was real, he would have thought he was dreaming. How could such a calm and calm woman be so scared?

"Yunxi, even if you thunder?" King Chen looked at her and asked softly.

In his voice, there is still a low sound of sleep, which makes people listen to it, and his heart is more and more peaceful......

Rong Yunxi shook his head and did not answer him.

After a while, he just said lightly: "I disturbed His Highness's good sleep." ”

"It's okay, it's hard not to be woken up on a thunderstorm night like this." King Chen also got up and sat side by side with her.

Hearing that, Rong Yunxi didn't mean to talk, but King Chen was worried that she was undecided, so he chatted with her as if he had nothing to say.

"In fact, this king was also afraid of thunder when he was a child", King Chen said, "After the princes are born, they are not allowed to be raised by their mother's side, and they must be sent to the prince's prison." When he is ten years old, he can go out to visit his mother and concubine at will and walk around the palace at will. Before the age of ten, they must be led by their grandmother and taught by their husband, except for New Year's holidays and special days, they are not allowed to leave the one-acre and three-point land of the prince's prison. Concubines who want to see their children can only visit them on certain days of the month. ”

"The king's mother is the imperial concubine and has a high position, so that the king can grow up to five years old in the Yilan Palace, but just after the fifth birthday, he was taken to the prince's prison by his grandmother. This king remembers that night, and this night was like this, with a violent storm and lightning and thunder...... At that time, the king was very afraid. But I know that I am the prince, I can't call me afraid, I can only endure it...... endured it, and just endured it. ”