Half a year ago, of course Xuanyuan Zili remembered.

That was when the great prince fought with him for the most power. The first emperor gradually weakened and began to delegate power. The eldest prince and he shared the government, fighting openly and secretly. The eldest prince married the daughter of the prince of the country as the imperial concubine, and the power pressed him for a while, and the prince of the country was aggressive, vowing to help the prince ascend to the throne, which made him very irritable for a while.

One night he sat in his study, leaving only peonies by his side. Bai Yu and Qing Jue were both guarding outside the door, and they were instructed that no one should be allowed in. Looking at the pile of letters on the table, he was silent. The ministers all said that the easiest way was to kill the eldest prince, but how could Xuanyuan Qidu be so easy to kill? If he could, why did he keep him until now!

Peony handed over the tea, he took a sip, his brows relaxed slightly, and said lightly: "Peony, your tea art has improved a lot." ”

Hearing this, Peony bent his knees, and said respectfully: "If the master likes it, it is the blessing of the tea maker, and the slave and maid can't help the master with anything else, I just hope that the master won't be tired of his own body." ”

He nodded slightly, and suddenly remembered someone who lived in the main courtyard. In the past six months, there have been many side concubines who care about his body and send soup and medicine every day. But the main room didn't seem to say anything once. Although she is only a nominal princess, is she too incompetent?

"Where's the princess?"

Peony paused, glanced at his master in slight surprise, and then replied: "In the main courtyard, does the master want to see the princess?" ”

He snorted lightly and said coldly, "No need. ”

When you see it, you can't say a few words, and you will freeze, what are you going to do?

Peony stood aside with her hands down, not saying anything more. After he had used the tea, he took the teacup and went out. He didn't think much of it, just picked up the pen and replied to the secret letter on the table.

When he was eating at noon, he didn't see Gu Liangyue's shadow, and he didn't ask. Qing Jue wanted to speak on the side, but was stopped by Lian Jiao. It is estimated that there is something wrong with Gu Liangyue. But he really didn't have any extra thoughts to care about her, and there were a lot of things waiting for him to do. Anyway, ordinary people can't help her, so there's no need to worry about it at all.

As a result, at dinner, Gu Liangyue still did not appear. A side concubine cautiously spoke: "Lord, do you need to send someone to find the princess?" ”

He glanced at the door and went on with his meal without saying a word. Others didn't dare to say anything more. Peony frowned slightly, and glanced deeply at Qing Jue and Bai Yu, but the two of them just shook their heads slightly.

Jianghu people are Jianghu people, where do you hope that this Quartet can be trapped? He snorted slightly, and after finishing his meal, he went back to the main courtyard to rest. Duguchen said that he would come over to play chess with him after dinner, since Gu Liangyue didn't come back, he just set up a chessboard in the courtyard of the main courtyard.

Half an hour later, Duguchen was late. The two sat in the pavilion in the courtyard and played against each other, and six lanterns hung on the eaves of the pavilion, reflecting the warm color of the white jade chess pieces. The attendants all retreated, and the entire main courtyard was just the two of them.

"Have you thought of a countermeasure?" Bai Zi fell, Duguchen frowned lightly and said: "Time is running out, someone in the southwest direction has already started to move, and in less than three days, there will be remarks from the Protector of the Kingdom faction in the court." ”

Slowly put the sunspot on the chessboard, Baizi instantly extinguished, and his voice was cold and calm: "Xuanyuan Qi will not be removed, and the Protector faction will never let go." The food shortage in the southwest region is a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster, and my father should have known about it. It's just that if they want to play on the topic, this king can only continue. ”

The southwest side is under his jurisdiction, the land is fertile, and the annual tribute is quite large. This year, there was a sudden food shortage, some grain officials were found to be corrupt and bribery, the people were restless, the people were uneasy, and there were already officials in the court who began to impeach him for his ineffective governance, and the faction of the protector of the country even gave up their hands to watch the play, just waiting for the day when the matter was big to join him and help the prince to ascend to the throne.

Dugu Chen's face sank, and he said in a low voice: "With my martial arts, what is the probability of success in assassinating Xuanyuan Qidu?" ”

He glanced up at him, shook his head and said, "You don't need to be in danger, Xuanyuan Qidu has a heavenly peer by his side, that is a person with unfathomable martial arts, and you can't move him if you go." ”

"Tsk." The lonely minister threw the chess pieces into the chess box irritably: "Isn't it possible to watch him seize power?" Xuanyuan Qidu's ambition is too great, and the way of governing the country is a mess, if the apocalypse is in his hands, it must be constant wars and social turmoil. What's more, the master who holds grudges, if he ascends the throne, will you and me still have a way to live? ”

He was silent, but he didn't panic and left the last son, and Bai Zi was already dead.

The current situation is indeed that Xuanyuan Qidu has the upper hand, but he may not have no chance to reverse. It's just that you may have to endure for a while during this time.

"Lord Wang!"

The courtyard was silent, but Peony suddenly ran in, and a low cry disturbed the quiet night, and with a rare panicked expression on her face, she came over and knelt in front of him. The usually meticulous bun is slightly scattered, and the breath is extremely uneven.

"What's wrong?" His heart tightened slightly, and he looked at Peony with some surprise. Even Duguchen looked at her and stood up to look at her.

"Please go to the Western Suburbs Courtyard quickly." Peony smoothed her breathing, looked at him with burning eyes, her expression seemed to be surprised and happy, but she forced it into a calm face, and said respectfully: "Things are a little troublesome, please go with Lord Dugu." ”

Western suburbs? He was stunned. It was a courtyard that he secretly set up, a place to contact some warriors and ministers, and it was also the place where Gu Liangyue handed in tasks every time.

However, Gu Liangyue doesn't seem to have any tasks to do recently? So who will be where?

Seeing Peony's look, he didn't hesitate much, changed his clothes and went out through the secret door of the main courtyard and went straight to the western suburbs.

Gu Liangyue used to be the most powerful killer in the rivers and lakes, he knew it. Gu Liangyue secretly helped him solve a lot of people, and he also knew it. It's just that he has never seen Gu Liangyue like this, and as soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he was stunned.

The black clothes and the night melted together, the headscarf was torn off, a waterfall of green silk poured behind her, a little forehead hair covered her eyes, and the whole person exuded a thick murderous aura, and no one dared to approach. This kind of Gu Liangyue is different from the usual coldness, but her most real appearance, full of bloodthirsty taste, cruel and cold.

What did she do? He frowned, took a step forward, and called her: "Gu Liangyue." ”

She was shocked, and then the murderous aura around her slowly dissipated, and she slowly raised her head. The pale face reflected the bright red lips, and the bewitching beauty could not hide the brilliance in the night, so it crashed straight into his eyes.

He pursed his lips, looked her up and down, and said in a deep voice, "What did you do?" ”

Gu Liangyue lowered her eyes and said lightly: "It's not pleasing to the eye, so I did it." It's not a success, but there's no need to worry about it. It's been dealt with, and no one will find out. ”

With some usual cold-blooded tones, he frowned when he heard it. Duguchen next to him came over curiously, and just as he wanted to speak, his expression tightened, and he looked at Gu Liangyue and said, "It's such a serious injury, princess, you can really do it, and you can still stand." ”

Dugu Chen's other skills are different, but his medical skills are excellent, and when he heard this, he noticed that Gu Liangyue had a strong smell of blood.

What the hell did she do?

Gu Liangyue was silent for a while, ignoring Duguchen, but took down a sign from his waist and planned to hand it to him. There was no moonlight that night, and he couldn't see what the brand was, but he still reached out to pick it up.

But as soon as he touched the jade card, Gu Liangyue actually seemed to breathe a big sigh of relief, and the whole person fell backwards. As soon as his heart tightened, he subconsciously pulled her into his arms, but he felt that his palms were warm. The thick smell of blood mixed with the cold fragrance made him stay for a while.

"Tsk, Zili, hurry up and carry her in, I hope I can save her back." Duguchen shook his head again and again, led him to put Gu Liangyue on the bed in the wing, and then called Peony to rescue together.

Who could hurt her so badly? He stood beside the bed and looked at Gu Liangyue's lips. It's full of blood, so it's very glamorous. Her face was worse than when he first saw her, and he couldn't tell it that the blood stained her black clothes. Duguchen was right, with such a serious injury, she could still stand for so long. Gu Liangyue, where did you get this stubbornness?

I couldn't help but glance at the jade card in my hand, the warm mutton fat jade, the touch is very familiar. At a glance, his pupils suddenly dilated, and he picked up the jade card in disbelief and looked at it carefully.

The dragon-shaped carving is the same shape as his, but it is engraved with the words of the great prince Xuanyuan Qidu, and on the back, there is also the seal of the great prince, which is clearly a jade plate that symbolizes the identity worn by each prince of the Xuanyuan royal family!

"It's not pleasing to the eye, so it's done."

The person Gu Liangyue wanted to kill turned out to be Xuanyuan Qidu!

Rao is no matter how calm he is, he can't stand it, she dares to assassinate Xuanyuan Qidu, is she playing that day! No wonder she was so seriously injured, this woman didn't have to scruple about it!

Moreover, she actually got this jade card, but said that it was not a success, so Xuanyuan Qi was not dead? No worries... How did she know what he was thinking?

Next to the bed, Peony and Duguchen were hurriedly dealing with her wounds, and he looked at Gu Liangyue's face quietly, with thousands of thoughts in his mind, but there was still no expression on his face.

That time, Gu Liangyue almost died, Tianjue's sword pierced her abdomen, and Duguchen saved her for two whole days before she was rescued.

At dawn the next day, news came out, saying that the eldest prince had been assassinated, and it had been... Scrapped.

The court shook, Long Yan was furious, and the city was full of wind and rain for a while. In order to avoid suspicion, he stayed in the palace and never went out, so he guarded Gu Liangyue by the way to nurse her injuries.

This woman did him a great favor, there was the identity of the princess hidden, no one knew that she was the killer, the eldest prince and his faction had been making trouble for nearly three months, and it gradually subsided under the appeasement of the holy king.

The eldest prince is no longer a threat, and thanks to her, he has saved a lot of effort.

That night was also a very important night in his life.