is still that road, or that threshold, facing the remote emperor's bedroom that has been in and out several times, Bai Qige has mixed feelings in his heart.

In the past, Yi Chenjing was by his side, either holding her hand or walking side by side, never letting her come and go alone like this, but now he was standing quietly in the inner hall, obviously seeing her through the open window, but his eyes looked away.

"I ask you, did you hear any noise when Concubine Jing was kidnapped. Isn't it so close that you didn't notice what happened to her? "I can't wait for Gonggong Tao to report, Emperor Yao scolded Bai Qige who stepped into the inner hall with one foot.

"I was in the next courtyard when Concubine Jing had an accident, because I was too tired,"

"I don't want to hear any explanation," rarely, Emperor Yao was impatient and angry, and he didn't even allow Bai Qige to finish his words, obviously angry. The irritability caused a sharp cough, and Emperor Yao patted his chest heavily, and it took a long time to straighten out his breath, and his momentum weakened a lot: "I sent people to look for it all night but to no avail, what did you find in the dust Xuan." ”

Bai Qige felt dizzy, listening to Emperor Yao's voice flickering and approaching, it seemed to be separated by thousands of heavy veils, and he replied after a long time: "Concubine Jing's room has been carefully checked, only half a footprint is counted as a clue, and nothing else can be found." The subordinates on duty last night all went to find Su Rao with His Royal Highness, and no one saw what happened specifically, and even the detailed time when Concubine Jing was robbed is not clear. ”

"You don't need to say this, naturally someone has already told me." Emperor Yao snorted, and slapped his palm on the low table, "The footprints were identified by the secretary and the treasury to be left by the women's shoes made in the palace, Jing'er and I both think that it is possible that the missing Su Rao is making trouble, so I asked you not for anything else, I just want to ask you if you know who the two sisters of the Su family are friends with in the palace, and it is possible to provide a hiding place for Su Rao." ”

Bai Qige frowned and pondered, thinking about it, no one in this palace would hide Su Rao, unless...... Yi Chenxuan.

Su Rao once took the initiative to dedicate herself to Yi Chenxuan, it can be seen that the collusion between the two is by no means less than that of Prime Minister Zuo, if anyone will protect Su Rao, Prime Minister Zuo is dead, and now only Yi Chenxuan is left, maybe even pretending to be crazy and stupid is instructed by Yi Chenxuan, as for the purpose, it is unknown.

Emperor Yao can't see such a simple thing, can't Yi Chenjing see it either.

Looking up at Yi Chenjing, there was no expression on her resolute face, she only glanced at her lightly, and this glance was enough, Bai Qige was sure that Yi Chenjing didn't see it, but she didn't say anything to Emperor Yao, so she shouldn't have this mouth, so as not to destroy Yi Chenjing's original plan.

Shaking his head, Bai Qige pretended to be at a loss: "I can't think of anyone." Su Rao and Sister Su Yan are both from outside the palace, and there are no relatives in the palace, so no one should dare to hide it privately. ”

"If you don't have it, forget it, continue to send someone to find it." It seemed that he didn't expect Bai Qige to say any useful clues, and Emperor Yao waved his hand, "Jing'er, I will transfer half of the men of your guard camp again, and I must find Yun'er within three days," Wei Weiwei took a deep breath, and Emperor Yao, who was angry a moment ago, suddenly withered, and his tone was much older: "Yun'er's health has not been good, I can't find her in three days, I'm really afraid of ......"

With Concubine Jing's physical condition, she can barely maintain it for three days without eating or drinking, and this is when no one is hurt. If the speculation is true, Su Rao was hidden by Yi Chenxuan, and Concubine Jing was forcibly taken away by Su Rao, I am afraid that it will become a problem in one or two days, which can be described as a matter of life and death in a calm situation.

However, Bai Qige still has many things that she can't figure out, for example, she can't believe that with Su Rao's weak body, she can stone the maid alive, forcibly take Concubine Jing away without alarming others, and she can't figure out what Yi Chenxuan is planning this time if she is the mastermind behind the scenes. If he wants to peel off the cocoon to find the truth, his groggy head will worsen the pain, his ears will ring, and his whole body will be hot and sore, so that Bai Qige will be weak and almost collapse.

Probably seeing that Bai Qige's face was not good, Emperor Yao didn't feel any further embarrassed, and looked at Yi Chenjing meaningfully, with an unclear meaning in his eyes: "Jing'er stay, everyone else should go down." Tao Shihai, send people to the palaces to spread the word, the Seven Princes led people to search on my orders, whoever dares to stop it will be regarded as a protest order, and no one is exempted,"

A "anyone" canceled Yi Chenxuan's special status, and it seems that Emperor Yao was worried that Concubine Jing had moved her true character, and the follow-up search would be much easier. Bai Qige was a little relieved, didn't look at Yi Chenjing, and retreated with Gonggong Tao.

Bai Qige just walked out of the door, and the indifferent gaze behind him suddenly became deep, staring at the thin and unstable figure with hidden worry. From the time he entered the inner hall to the time he left, Bai Qige's face was always pale and haggard, and he could see that he was very weak at a glance. Yi Chenjing deeply understands the weight of her thoughts, and scolding her like that in front of many people yesterday must have hurt her heart, according to her cold and hard temper, it is estimated that she has stayed up all night without eating, drinking, or sleeping until now.

But what about worrying.

The most important thing now is to find his mother as soon as possible, whether the others are happy or angry, blame him or hate him, there is no energy left to care.

"The Princess. The princess, you are, come on, come on, come on, go and call the imperial doctor, the princess fainted," outside the open window, there was a panicked cry from Gonggong Tao, and he turned his head to look out, and the stubborn figure was not standing proudly as usual, but lying quietly on the ground motionless.

Yi Chenjing's heart sank, and he stabbed emptyly, and he was about to run outside the hall when he raised his feet.

"Stop." Emperor Yao snorted coldly, "Let her go, you can't die." Yun'er is your mother, her life and death are unknown now, and you still have the heart to think about an insignificant woman, Jing'er, you have disappointed me too much. ”

Emperor Yao's words were like a boulder pressing on top of Yi Chenjing's head, and his footsteps stopped abruptly, and he retracted his position after a short hesitation.

"The son knows his mistake."

The obedient answer made Emperor Yao quite satisfied, nodded and coughed twice, and his tone was calm again: "You don't have to worry too much about Yun'er's affairs, I know in my heart, no matter what the purpose of the person who kidnapped her is, I don't dare to hurt her easily, whoever wants to threaten you with Yun'er is a capital crime, but I will not tolerate this matter." ”

What can I do if I know what to do, even if it is clear that the matter may be Yi Chenxuan's doing, in the end, it will become an unsolved case. Yi Chenjing didn't care about Emperor Yao's statement, and the turmoil that occurred after returning from the Northern Expedition made him no longer trust his father, who seemed wise and fair, and would rather rely on his own strength to recapture everything and destroy everything, including the already vague father-son relationship.

Emperor Yao, who had been lying on the couch for many days, beckoned, and walked to the window with the support of the little eunuch, just right to cut off Yi Chenjing's gaze from looking outside the hall. Yi Chenjing retracted his gaze and lowered his head, looking very respectful like Yi Chenxuan, the fifth prince who is often praised by outsiders, Emperor Yao was stunned for a while, and his old body was much more stiff: "Jing'er, there are some things you still don't understand, although I have a place where I can't live with your mother and son, but I am by no means as partial to Xuan'er as you imagined." I know that my time is short, and now I only have one wish, can you agree first? ”

"My father is the Son of Heaven, and no matter what I say, my sons will do their best."

"What you mean by this is to obey the emperor's orders, but you are reluctant." Emperor Yao laughed twice, low and silent, "Okay, you have to take it as the emperor's order, as long as you agree, I want you to swear that no matter what your fifth emperor brother does, you will not hurt his life." ”

After being stunned for a moment, Yi Chenjing laughed angrily: "Father, do you know what this order means." ”

"It means you're going to hate me." Emperor Yao said lightly.

It's not as simple as hate. How many bad things Yi Chenxuan has done so far. disrupted the Northern Expedition, colluded with the enemy country, and secretly sent people to hunt down and kill siblings in order to fight for the throne...... Even if he puts aside his grievances, what about those innocent people who died in vain. Who will avenge them.

"Since my father realized that the Fifth Emperor Brother was guilty of a serious crime, why did he try his best to protect him. Is it that I am not worthy of being your son or father, do you think that only the five emperor brothers can be in charge of this great country. The backlog of doubts and anger in his heart could no longer be hidden, Yi Chenjing clenched his fists tightly, and his anger for many years broke out together, "I am fighting desperately for Da Yao outside, how many wounds on my body have my father asked." How many life and death dangers I have experienced over the years, do you know my father? That's right, the Fifth Emperor Brother is smarter than me and more popular than me, but he privately brutalized Zhongliang to eliminate dissidents, and even killed each other, could it be that his father was willing to hand over the country that he had spent half his life to such a person. It's also your son, why do I have to give in everywhere. Does my father want to see my mother and I forced to die before he is satisfied? ，”

The questioning is to the point, and every sentence is poisonous, which sounds rebellious but there is no way to refute it.

Emperor Yao didn't have a long face angry, just quietly looked at his angry son, then shook his body, closed his eyes and sighed.

"In this world, it should be Xuan'er."

There were many questions in the vague answer, but Yi Chenjing gave up the question, took a step back and distanced himself from the Emperor Yao, with an indifferent and numb look on his face: "In this case, why did my father let his sons make an oath never to harm the lives of the five emperor brothers." He is a monarch and I am a minister, even if he dies, the person who dies will only be me. ”

"The officials force the people to rebel, the monarch forces the ministers to rebel, you don't know your plans."

One anti-word is enough to cure him for the crime of treason, Yi Chenjing sneered, and did not defend or respond.

He knew there was no way back.

Xu didn't want the relationship between father and son to come to an impasse, although Emperor Yao said that Yi Chenjing planned to rebel, he didn't pursue it, turned to look at Bai Qige who was carried by the eunuch in the courtyard, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were squeezed: "I will let you agree, if you want that woman to live." ”

"Father, Emperor Shengming." Yi Chenjing sneered and mocked, and left with a rage that he couldn't resist at all.

was supposed to take care of Concubine Jing but lost his duty due to sleepiness, if Emperor Yao used this as an excuse to treat Bai Qige's crime, Yi Chenjing was angry with Bai Qige's negligence, but he was not to the point of bearing to see her die, yes, and Emperor Yao had to agree to this condition.

Anyway, killing Yi Chenxuan didn't have to make a move.

The occasional Suiliang, who had to enter the palace every day to face the saint, walked into the palace of the Yao Emperor and met Yi Chenjing hurrying over, just wanted to ask about the search situation, who expected the latter to pass by directly with a cold face and without saying a word, and he didn't know who it was for or why he was angry, the old general with gray temples shrugged his shoulders, twisted his beard and shook his head while stepping into the inner hall.

Emperor Yao had already laid back on the couch, staring up at the roof, and the corners of his mouth curled up with a self-deprecating wry smile: "I told Jing'er about the position of the crown prince." ”

"Concubine Jing is missing, Your Majesty is confused." Even Suiliang waved his hand to signal others to step back, and approached the couch alone, "Now that the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince are in a state of life and death, Your Majesty is not afraid that the Seventh Prince will make trouble in anger." ”

Rubbing the corners of his forehead tiredly, Emperor Yao lowered his head and stared at the smooth and transparent jade wrench finger in his hand, and his voice was hoarse: "Yun'er will not rebel if she is alive, Jing'er will not rebel, that child is more filial than anyone else." Now I just want to find Yun'er as soon as possible and end the troubles on the throne, and then let go of all the disturbances and get away from the hustle and bustle. After a busy life, it's time for me to be myself. ”

It's hard to be an emperor, and it's easy to be yourself. Occasionally, his conscience sighed, and his eyes were slightly gloomy when he touched the tiger talisman lying quietly in the corner of the dragon couch.

"Your Majesty's determination has not changed, and he still plans to abolish the girl of the Bai family before this."

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