Lianguo belongs to water, rich in beauty, the royal family of Lianguo is one of the best, the children of Emperor Zixuan, each of them is extremely beautiful, and the indispensable contribution is probably the group of extraordinarily beautiful concubines in the harem.

"It would be interesting to be able to hold a prince or princess in your arms as a plaything." The richly dressed man leaned back on the soft couch and looked at the person in front of him with a smile, "Are you right?" His Royal Highness the Cloud Wing King? ”

Baili Yongge slowly raised his eyes, and there was an eternal coldness and indifference in his slender phoenix eyes, but there was no anger on that feminine and beautiful face: "Zhang Gongzi, aren't we talking about the trade route through the Xia Kingdom?" How...... When it comes to such a stormy moon? ”

The man named Zhang Gongzi leaned forward, stretched out his hand to hook the jaw of Baili Yongge, and his lips actually leaned forward: "That trade route was originally going to pass through the Xia Kingdom, and it is very simple to help this Highness open a branch line in the Xia Kingdom on that land, and it is just a gesture for me."

As long as Your Highness ...... If you can do this and give me what you want, then everything will be easy to say. ”

At that moment, a trace of killing intent flashed in Baili Yongge's phoenix eyes, which made Zhang Gongzi stunned for a moment, and then withdrew his hand in disdain, then swallowed his saliva, and turned his face away in embarrassment.

Putting away his momentum, Baili Yongge stood up from his chair: "My proposal, please consider it carefully, after all...... It's not a loss-making deal either. ”

"Ah......" Zhang Gongzi was obviously still in the fright just now, so he just responded in vain and didn't go to see Baili Yongge.

Baili Yongge didn't want to say anything more to Zhang Gongzi, he turned around and walked out of the private room, but until he left the restaurant, a seemingly small kingfisher landed on his shoulder.

"Your Highness, he actually dared to do something to you just now, why didn't you just kill him?" The kingfisher actually made a human voice and spoke in the ear of Baili Yongge.

"Suzaku, if I kill him, I will need to spend more time opening trade routes to the Xia Kingdom." Baili Yonge's voice was very soft, but it was difficult to hide a touch of exhaustion, "Although this Zhang Gongzi is a shameless person, the Zhang family has done a good job in foreign trade, and it is not wrong for me to choose him, so ...... Bear with me. ”

"Hmph, I'm afraid he'll pounce directly next time!" The kingfisher, named Suzaku, snorted coldly, flapped its wings and flew away.

Hundred miles of chant did not expect anyone to understand his thoughts, but that did not hinder his plans.

Although he is the king of cloud wings, he has no spare money in his hands, even in the city, he only walks, and there is no sedan chair, but perhaps because he walks so openly, he will not attract anyone's attention.

Maybe no one cares about him as an unfavored prince at all.

At the corner of an alley, there was a fist-sized hole in the wall of a house that only a few people with a doorway would know that it was a place where some shady drugs were traded on the black market.

In front of the hole in the corridor of the Baili Yongge, he saw a little dry hand put a handful of medicinal powder into the hole, so he quickly stepped forward, took the packet of medicinal powder, and then put a piece of gold in the hole, and after the other party took the gold away, he turned around and left.

This medicinal powder is called spider silk, which can kill people invisibly, but it is not easy to do well, because there are very few people who can make it, but for a person like Baili Yongge who has been rolling in the black market for a long time...... There are still some doorways to this.

It's just that...... Putting this poison into the food and watching his birth mother eat it with his own eyes is probably not something that everyone can do.

"You've been idle for many years, do you want to go over and ask your father to give you some work?" Xia Li spoke softly while eating the osmanthus cake personally sent by her son in front of her, "It's the mother concubine who has affected you all these years......"

Watching Xia Li's action of eating osmanthus cake, listening to Xia Li's words, Baili Yongge's face was still faintly smiling, and there was a thick indifference: "Mother, although I no longer serve in the imperial court in recent years, and I can't even see my father's side, I am still working hard for the trade routes of Xia Kingdom, and I don't really have no income......

Therefore, it doesn't matter whether you hold office in the imperial court or not. ”

Xia Li paused as she ate the osmanthus cake, and she raised her eyes to look at Baili Yongge: "The last time the mother concubine said to me, 'That's just a matter of indifference', was when the fifth prince was still alive many years ago."

That year, when you were still young, the emperor asked all the princes to participate in the autumn hunt. The fifth prince bullied you and didn't give you participation, so you told me that it was just a matter of indifference......"

Baili Yongge lowered his eyes and hid the strange look in his eyes: "It's been so long, and the child can't remember it clearly." And isn't the Fifth Emperor Brother also gone? Why did the concubine mention him? ”

"It's because he's gone that I dare to say it."

Xia Li paused before continuing to speak, "Back then, the Fifth Prince bullied you, you didn't participate in the autumn hunt with everyone, but you secretly went to the hunting grounds, this is ...... The mother knows it......"

As soon as he heard Xia Li's words, Baili Yongge's heart sank, although he was still young at that time, he already had some means to do things, how could it be found out that the matter was related to him?

Not to mention......

"Child."

Xia Li put down the chopsticks in her hand, stretched out her hand and stroked Baili Yongge's face that was very similar to herself, her appearance was soft, but in Baili Yongge's body it became cold, looking at her sometimes I was cold, but no matter how cold I was, he was also her child.

"Child, the five princes are the same as the emperor, they have a habit of cleanliness, if it weren't for the pure white and flawless arrow feathers, they would definitely not be chosen...... The arrow that was replaced with a whistle arrow could not have been caused by the carelessness of the little eunuch, it must have been deliberately done by someone, otherwise...... How could the whistle arrows that deliver the message use pure white and flawless feathers? ”

"If that's the case, my father would have already checked it." Baili Yongge didn't quibble, after all, the woman in front of him was his own mother, and in this cage like gold, only Xia Li could rely on him for his life.

It's a pity...... Sometimes, once a person has something to rely on, his heart will become soft.

"Child, you are my mother's only relative here, how can my mother let the emperor find out about you? So my mother let Suzaku move some hands and feet, otherwise you and I would not have been able to survive in the world for a long time. ”

The smile on Xia Li's face looked worse than crying, "It's just that once Suzaku is too involved in our affairs, your identity is likely to be exposed." Even if you are the emperor's own son, he will still only use you as a tool to control the Xia Kingdom.

So...... In the future, you need to rely on yourself, and you can't use Suzaku at will. ”

"Yes, the child obeys the church of the concubine." Baili Yongge got up from the chair and bowed deeply to Xia Li.

Xia Li didn't let Baili sing a song without being polite, but continued to speak, "A whistle arrow makes the fifth prince deaf, and it can indeed make him lose his favor from the emperor from now on, and it can also force him to commit suicide."

But...... It doesn't matter if a son falls out of favor or dies, because his mother can have another concubine. So only by letting Concubine Yun Niangniang die with her, then can you ensure that she will never be able to compete with you again, do you understand? ”

"Yes." This time, Baili Yongge responded sincerely, because of Xia Li's words, he was more sure of what he thought in his heart.

Taking a deep look at her only child, Xia Li put away the miserable smile on her face, lowered her head and continued to eat her osmanthus cake: "I like the pastries you brought, so please send me some in the future...... I'll ...... Eaten. ”

"Yes, Princess." Baili Yongge bowed his head again, "Then the retainers will retire first." ”

There was a faint flicker in Xia Li's eyes, but she still nodded: "Well, stand down." Go busy with your business, and when the emperor notices you again, you will try to find time to do what you have to do. ”

"Yes."

Watching Baili Yongge leave, Xia Li sighed softly and continued to eat the pastries in front of him.

Suzaku still flew in from the window in the form of a kingfisher, and stopped next to the plate of osmanthus cake: "Do you really think it's delicious?" I don't like the taste of osmanthus very much. ”

"As long as it's good for children, I naturally love to eat and am willing to eat."

Suzaku's small eyes flashed with a look of understanding, but he couldn't help but ask, "Actually, for so many years, have you ever hated me for not choosing you as the master?" ”

Xia Li turned his face sideways to look at Suzaku, and did not forget to put down his chopsticks and gently stroked Suzaku's back with his hand: "Xia Guo and Lian Guo are different. Lianguo is prosperous and powerful, and only needs a Ming monarch who can guard this country.

The Xia kingdom is already in danger, and what the Xia kingdom needs is a king who can establish a new regime in a big way, a king who may be brutal or scheming, but who always needs to discard his conscience.

Suzaku you are the divine beast of the Xia Kingdom, and you can't choose the master to see whether you like it or not, but whether that person is suitable.

So...... I never hated you. ”

Suzaku actually doesn't understand human beings very well, when Xia Li got married, in order to leave the Xia Kingdom, take Suzaku with him and become the owner of Suzaku in peace.

It's just that...... Suzaku betrayed the last wish of her old master, and it was only after many years that she chose Xia Li's child Baili Yongge as the master, and because of this...... She sacrificed Xia Li.

Seeing this gentle and kind woman in this cannibalistic cage gradually become such a miserable appearance now, Suzaku actually felt a little guilty, but she didn't regret it.

"The poison in the pastry is called spider silk, and it won't kill you right away, but it won't be very comfortable to live." Suzaku flapped her wings and flew up, "If you don't want to, I'll tell him...... Some things don't have to be done so absolutely. ”

"Nope." Xia Li raised his head and looked at Suzaku, "Only when people are forced to a dead end can they exert their strength, and only in this way can they survive."

As long as he is not tempted, as long as he is not soft-hearted, even if he can't become the emperor of the Xia Kingdom, he can survive. ”

"Human ...... Unreasonable...... "Suzaku flapped its wings and flew out, but outside the palace, he saw the song of the hundred miles standing by the window.

Baili Yongge raised his head and saw Suzaku, and suddenly showed a gentle smile, but that smile ...... I can't laugh at my heart......