Emperor Yao's complexion was much worse than before the army set out on the expedition, sallow and withered, old and tired, and the might of the Son of Heaven who was proud of the world in the past was difficult to find.

"Jing'er, I'm sorry for you." Covering his mouth and coughing lightly, Emperor Yao raised his head and raised his hand, but the greeting was to Bai Qige instead of Yi Chenjing, "Girl, come and let me take a look, I heard that Liang Gong said that you were injured before you disappeared, and now you can recover." ”

Such a considerate greeting should have been heartwarming, but when Emperor Yao opened his mouth to ask her about the situation, he was indifferent to Yi Chenjing, which somewhat made Bai Qige a little unpleasant. After a little hesitation, she was about to step forward, but her wrist was tightly grabbed by Yi Chenjing, and the huge force pulled back to prevent her from getting close to Emperor Yao. Bai Qige looked sideways, and Leng Jun's face was expressionless: "Qige's injury is no longer serious, don't worry about my father." The sons did not feel bitter, but they worked hard for their father, and the dragon was not safe and had to work with illness and state affairs. ”

Bai Qige secretly pulled Yi Chenjing's finger, but she didn't get a response, which made her a little helpless and worried.

Emperor Yao had already assigned the important military affairs to several princes and important ministers to take care of them, and after the victory of the Northern Expedition, the major events that were enough for him to worry about were Yi Chenjing's life and death and the abolition of the prince...... If the rumors are true, then the Yaohuang who intends to hand over the Great Yao Jiangshan to Yi Chenxuan is indeed dissatisfied. But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, the other party is the father and the king after all, Yi Chenjing's cold and hard attitude is inevitably rude, angering the emperor will not do him the slightest benefit, but will turn the situation that has just entered the improvement into a crisis again, the companion is like a tiger, even if it is father and son. If Emperor Yao really didn't care about this son who had made great contributions to him, it was not impossible for Long Yan to be angry.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Fortunately, Emperor Yao didn't mind Yi Chenjing's words, bent down slightly and coughed a few more times, straightened up and beat his chest, "Okay, no matter what you have to say, push it first, you two go and change this bloody clothes and drink a few sips of hot tea, it is unlucky for the blood to enter the palace." It's time for me to take medicine, it's been cold these days, and I'm getting more and more uncomfortable every day. ”

Waving his hand to stop the occasional Suiliang who was about to speak, Emperor Yao returned to the hall with the support of Gonggong Tao, leaving Yi Chenjing standing in place and becoming more and more angry.

After going through a lot of hardships and perils to fight for his life to return to the palace, did the man he called his father greet him with such a nonchalant attitude.

Seeing that Yi Chenjing's expression was not good, Sui Liang patted him on the shoulder and shook his head: "Your Majesty has been ill since hearing that the Seventh Prince has had an accident, and many decisions have been made as a last resort, and the hardships are unimaginable, I hope that the Seven Princes can understand Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, after all, blood and blood are connected." I think the Seventh Prince and the Imperial Concubine should change out of their dirty clothes and rest for a while, and let Your Majesty take a moment to discuss it, and I will talk to you about the details later. ”

The even general Yi Chenjing knows very well that many battles over the years have been won smoothly by relying on this old general's suggestions, and it is not easy to refute anything at this time. Clenched his fist hard and let go suddenly, Yi Chenjing pulled Bai Qige and left silently behind the little eunuch, looking at the blood-stained figures of the two, he sighed and stepped into the dormitory.

"Your Majesty should show your concern for the Seventh Prince, and let him know that you have good intentions so that you will not be misunderstood," took the Chinese medicine bowl from Tao Gonggong's hand, and helped Emperor Yao to sit on the couch with one hand.

"That kid's temper is the same as mine, and among the princes, he is the one who knows me best, but it's a pity that ......" took the medicine and drank it, and Emperor Yao's cloudy eyes flashed a trace of confusion, "Sui Liang, I have been thinking about whether it was right or wrong to send Jing'er to Zhaoguo back then." When he was a child, he was the most innocent and filial, but now he is always cautious in the face of me, half-concealment, if the national teacher is still there, he will blame me for doing something wrong. ”

"Your Majesty's decision back then was for the sake of Concubine Jing and the Seventh Prince, their mother and son just didn't know the truth, and Your Majesty's affection was beyond doubt."

Even Suiliang's comfort did not make Emperor Yao feel relieved, and he sighed with a long sigh of vicissitudes, and there was a trace of guilt in his eyes: "I ...... I am indeed a little biased, too strict and indifferent to Jing'er, too indulgent and tolerant of Xuan'er, which has led to the situation of their brothers killing each other today. In the face of Jing'er, I have to pretend to be indifferent, I owe too much to that child, how do you want me to pay it back, how much do you want to pay back. Sometimes I think about it......"

The violent coughing caused Gonggong Tao to hurriedly hand over the weak tea, stroked his back and patted it, and tossed for a while before stopping.

Even Suiliang sighed silently, he knew that his friend and emperor, who had been friends for many years, had little time to overwork his body.

"Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince and the Imperial Concubine have changed their dry clothes and are waiting outside the palace."

"Let them in." Emperor Yao waved his hand at the little eunuch, turned his head and smiled at Lian Suiliang, "That girl of the Bai family really has two moments, Jing'er is fascinated by her, and she is inseparable by her all the time, as if she is afraid of being snatched away." I'm right, that girl doesn't look like an ordinary woman, she is a rare and powerful character. After a pause, the smile on his sick face turned serious: "Suiliang, you go to the Yaoqi Hall to bring Xuan'er, he should always have an explanation for this mess." ”

Occasionally, Sui Liang was ordered to leave, and when he went out, Yi Chenjing and Bai Qige happened to enter the hall, their faces were still gloomy.

Helplessly smiled bitterly, even Suiliang was quite sympathetic to his old friend who was the king of a country, but there were many children under his knees, but none of them were worry-free, and the two sons who were most favored and loved were fighting for me, and they were incompatible, so he was only afraid that he would frown his brows earlier. I don't know if the prince who was ruthless to his brother was beating his chest and regretting his mistake at the moment.

Compared with the boiling hustle and bustle of the entire palace, the remote hall was terrifyingly quiet, and in the luxurious study with the door open, Yi Chenxuan sat in the pear blossom wooden chair, the teacup lid in his hand turned around, and he couldn't see the slightest nervousness.

"That crazy woman from Chenxuan went to 'visit' Prime Minister Zuo."

"I just went back to the dust Xuan, if nothing happens, someone will go to the emperor in a moment to report the death of Prime Minister Zuo." Mrs. Qi was not as calm as Yi Chenxuan, and her tone trembled a little, "Your Highness's orders have been sent to do a good job, and everything will be pushed to Prime Minister Zuo as much as possible, but I don't know if the emperor will believe it......"

"Believe it or not, he can only choose to turn a blind eye, think about the occasional general, and then think about his father's actions after the Northern Expedition, it is obvious that he does not intend for me to repay my life and pay off my debts."

Mrs. Qi didn't understand what Yi Chenxuan meant, but she didn't dare to ask, Yi Chenxuan had always disliked her clumsiness, and if she had too many mouths and many tongues, she really had no way to live.

In fact, even if Mrs. Qi asked Yi Chenxuan, she would not blame her, the connection between this matter was too deep, and he only suddenly realized it after tossing and turning for a long time last night, so he swept away the previous panic and impatience, even if he learned that Yi Chenjing had returned to the palace, he remained silent, and even cleverly used Su Rao to get rid of Prime Minister Zuo to set up a blame, trying to get rid of the crime as much as possible.

In addition to Prime Minister Zuo, the only people who know the truth of the matter best are Su Jinyan and Qi, needless to say, Qi is born servile and charming, and he didn't dare to betray him again after experiencing the last time; Although Su Jinyan repeatedly disobeyed orders to help Yi Chenjing, he would never do anything that really endangered his life, Su Jinyan had 2918 kinds of strange poisons on his body, if he didn't reward the antidote in time, life would be worse than death after the attack, didn't Su Jinyan have abandoned his dignity for so many years to survive. If he dies, Su Jinyan will not be any better.

There is no physical evidence, there is no evidence, Yi Chenjing can't convict him casually even if he has a hundred mouths, as for Emperor Yao......

released the rumor and deliberately spread that he was unwilling to formally abolish the crown prince, he ate this reassuring pill but could not reach his stomach, and he always hung a heart; Sending the puppet Suiliang to secretly lead people to protect Concubine Jing was not to believe him, and he questioned Yi Chenjing's death, but Emperor Yao did not publicly send people to find Yi Chenjing's whereabouts, and it seems that he does not particularly cherish the son of high achievement. In short, in the eyes of outsiders, Emperor Yao is a little confused, hesitant and procrastinating in doing things, which is very different from his young and decisive style.

In this regard, Yi Chenxuan did not believe it, he always thought that Emperor Yao was not the kind of person with old dementia, yes, and Yi Chenxuan spent a lot of time and energy speculating about Emperor Yao's intentions, and finally thought of the most likely inference, the seriously ill old man did not sit on the throne enough, and when he was old and weak, in order to prevent the two powerful usurper sons from launching a palace change, he tried every means to let him and Yi Chenjing check and balance each other, and then make a decision when he had to give up the throne when he was about to die, and determine who would hand over the Jiangshan Sheji behind him.

If that's the case, it makes sense, why didn't he refuse to make Yi Chenjing the crown prince after the news of his death came, why did he not look for Yi Chenjing but secretly sent someone to help him, everything was deliberately created by Emperor Yao, using appeasement and laissez-faire to put on the coat of old foolishness, seeing that the two brothers did not give in to each other, no one could take away the throne of Da Yao.

However, this matter is not a bad thing, at least he has found a way to survive, a trick that can suppress Yi Chenjing who turned defeat into victory again, no, it should not be said that it is his move, but it should be said that it is the chess game of the Emperor Yao, who is high up and sees all the plans with cloudy eyes, and has a deep heart that does not lose to anyone.

Outside the quiet remote hall, after asking where the five princes were, he refused the maid's guidance, and strode towards the study of the apse, his fingers firmly on the sword, if the five princes who made a huge mistake resisted, he could only use force to forcibly take them away.

"The five princes are here." Seeing the door open from a distance, he asked in a loud voice.

There was silence for a moment, and then a gentle figure appeared in front of the door, still smiling like a warm spring breeze, with kind eyebrows: "I don't know that the general is coming, and I can't meet him from afar, it's really rude." ”

Even Suiliang had to admit that he underestimated Yi Chenxuan, seeing that the Seventh Prince and his wife broke through the layers of obstacles and returned to the palace, the culprit who secretly harmed him repeatedly could still be so calm and calm, which was really very human.

"The Seventh Prince, who was falsely rumored to have died in battle, has just returned to the palace, and the Fifth Prince probably heard the news. Your Majesty asked me to invite the five princes to come over and ask about something. ”

"That's ......" Yi Chenxuan's face did not change, and his smile was peaceful, "It just so happens that I also want to meet the seventh brother, but I collided with my father's order." General, wait for me for a moment, and I'll go and change into clean clothes. ”

As soon as Yi Chenxuan turned around and took two steps, a small eunuch outside hurriedly rushed to the courtyard, his thin voice was full of panic, and a sentence made Lian Suiliang stand stunned on the spot.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, something happened, something happened in the palace, I just heard a word from the Yuti Palace, saying that Prime Minister Zuo was stabbed to death at the gate of Concubine Niangniang's Palace,"

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