Chu Dai'er's clothes were all dyed red, and her whole body was covered with blood, and the palace maid who came with her before was stunned, standing in place, looking at the poisonous insects that kept crawling and biting Chu Dai'er's body, and her whole body trembled.

Chu Bingsong saw this scene and froze in place: "How could it be?"

"Go find the Guards!" Chu Xi said immediately.

Chu Bingsong's footsteps were a little unsteady: "How can this be, how can Dai'er be"

"Only poisonous people fed with poisonous Gu will be crawled all over their bodies by poisonous insects without being bitten to death." Chu Xi hooked the corners of her mouth and looked at Chu Bingsong almost sarcastically: "Father must know that those poisonous insects only love her blood." ”

Chu Bingsong turned his head to look at her: "How do you know?" ”

"I not only know, but I also know that Chu Dai'er is not from her father at all. The daughter you have raised for others for decades regards it as a treasure, but you abandon your soft-spoken daughter like a weed, does your father think that this life is particularly glorious? Chu Xi smiled faintly, but her tone was full of coldness. She is no longer disappointed, she only has hatred for Chu Bingsong.

Chu Bing let go and grabbed the door frame to prevent himself from falling: "You are talking nonsense about Aunt Seven"

"The seventh aunt was pregnant before she married into Chu Mansion." Chu Xi looked at her lightly.

"You talk nonsense! Your mother wanted to do this back then, forcing me to divorce Aunt Seven, but now I didn't expect you to learn her nonsense! Chu Bingsong said coldly.

When Chu Xi heard this, she suddenly understood something, and her heart was cold: "Is this the reason why you colluded with the people of Southern Xinjiang and must force your mother to death!" ”

"It was Qin Xue who killed your mother, not me!" Chu Bingsong still wanted to argue, but Chu Xi was too lazy to listen to it.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and Chu Xi looked at the door, but it was not the footsteps of the Imperial Forest Army.

After a while, more than a dozen people approached, led by two solemn-faced grandmothers.

Chu Xi looked at her, and she also looked at Chu Xi with murderous intent in her eyes.

"You were sent by the Queen?" Chu Xi immediately asked.

For Chu Xi to see through their identities at once, the grandmother was stunned, and immediately saluted: "I heard that the fourth lady had an accident, and the mother immediately sent the slaves and maids over. ”

Because of Chu Dai'er's excessive blood loss, and she was covered in poison, even the best drug in the world failed to trap her for a long time.

After waking up, I didn't know what to say in my mouth, and the poisonous insects faded away one after another, and when the mother at the head rushed over, she happened to see those poisonous insects leaving.

"What are you still doing in a daze, don't help Miss Fourth go back!" The leading grandmother said sharply, and after that, she glanced at the trembling palace maids standing on both sides, and her face was cold: "Take them back for questioning!" ”

Chu Ji stood quietly at the door and saw the hatred in Chu Dai'er's eyes. The smile on her face is even bigger, this time today, it is impossible for the fifth prince to marry her, and the queen will begin to be jealous of her identity.

The leading grandmother came over and said, "Princess, the banquet is about to start, so you should go over early." ”

Chu Xi bowed her head lightly, and when she saw the person leaving, she looked back at Chu Bingsong: "Father, now you can only rely on me." I hate you, but I will not kill you with my own hands, and if you believe in me, you may be able to save your life. ”

"You're not afraid that I'll shake off all your crimes?" Chu Bingsong threatened.

Chu Xi lowered her hands lightly, and her back straightened a little: "Father wants to kill me, it's not a matter of one or two days, has it succeeded?" If you want to try again, aren't you afraid that your murder of your mother and wife will be revealed, when the time comes, the prestige that the Chu family has worked so hard to build up will be ruined, and my grandmother will die in vain."

"Chu Xi!" Before she finished speaking, Chu Bingsong roared, and tears overflowed from his eyes; "I'm your father after all, why are you so desperate!"

Chu Xi didn't feel the slightest sense of his anger: "If my father can do it without killing them all, I can do it too, but can you?" Chu Xi looked at him lightly, and saw that he still had no remorse and only wanted to kill himself, smiled self-deprecatingly, and walked straight away.

Chu Bingsong saw that she was about to leave, and knelt down directly: "Chu Xi, count me as a beg, spare me!" ”

Chu Xi paused in her footsteps and raised her head, not wanting the tears in her eyes to come out: "When my mother died, did I beg you like this?" ”

"I" Chu Bingsong was speechless, Yang Pei was humiliated before she died, and she naturally begged.

Chu Ji saw that he didn't speak, so he let him kneel on the ground, and only said in a cold tone: "If your story is not told well tonight, then from now on, the Chu Mansion will be stinking for 10,000 years, even if you die, you will be scolded by the ancestors and ancestors, and despised by the descendants of the Chu family, you make your own decisions on what to do!" After Chu Xi finished speaking, she walked straight away.

Chu Bingsong looked at the empty alley and pounded his heart with hatred, but no matter how much he regretted that he hadn't killed Chu Xi early, it was useless.

When Chu Xi walked to the place of the banquet, he saw the lively crowd from a distance, the candle flames that could be weaved, the palace maids dressed up with flowers and branches, walking through the nobles who had been seated in brocade clothes, the sky was getting late, the sound of silk and bamboo had sounded, the dancers had begun to dance, staggered, lively, and themselves, as if they couldn't go over, thinking of the blood stains on their hands today, Chu Xi felt that there seemed to be an invisible barrier in front of her to stop her, so that she was in boundless loneliness, struggling and breathless.

The warm hand held her, making her quickly come out of the ice river in her heart, and turning her head to see the familiar person, the ice in her eyes melted: "Qing Fool." ”

"Let's go, I'm going to perform in a while, you're not here, I'm nervous." Lin Qing is foolish.

Chu Xi finally had a smile on her face, and turned her head into his arms.

Lin Qingyu gently patted her back like a child: "It's okay, everything has me." He searched for a long time before he found Chu Xi who was standing far away. She saw her lift her footsteps and shrink back, and the cold appearance of her body made him feel strange and frightened, for fear that she would leave so indifferently and never return.

When the two returned to the banquet, Zhao Xuanyi had already sat down, Jiang Fan was sitting behind, his eyes were slightly swollen, he seemed to have just cried, there was a bloody mark on his neck, which looked like a hairpin had been cut, and then looked at the Jiang family sitting in the far seat, Mrs. Jiang was angry, and Ning's face was pale, thinking it was a fallout.

Lin Qingyu's position was arranged next to Zhao Xuanyi, and when he saw him coming, Zhao Xuanyi said, "It's okay." ”

"It's fine." Lin Qingyu lightly refused Zhao Xuanyi's concern, and carefully helped Chu Xi to sit down beside him, blocking Zhao Xuanyi's gaze tightly.

Seeing this, Zhao Xuanyi didn't mention it anymore, but said: "The Fifth Emperor Brother didn't appear today. ”

Lin Qingyu didn't seem to hear it, and poured a cup of tea for Chu Xi: "Drink some hot tea to warm up first." ”

Chu Xi took it, Lin Qingyu pulled his handkerchief again, and personally wiped the corners of Chu Xi's mouth: "You can watch the performance in a while." ”

"Hmm." Chu Ji responded with his head.

Zhao Xuanyi looked at the two who completely ignored him, and his face was slightly gloomy. I heard a cry outside, and the emperor and queen had arrived.

Suddenly, hundreds of officials worshipped.

The emperor sat down and glanced at Lin Qingyu and Chu Xi lightly, as if he knew what they had done.

"Let's all be flat." With that, the emperor sat down on the stool, looking dying and in poor health.

Baiguanmen naturally stepped forward one after another to offer gifts, and when it was Zhao Xuanyi's turn, the gift he prepared was a list of political achievements.

When the queen saw it, she endured her temper, smiled and glanced at Su Guifei, who was sickly pale on the side, and said with a smile: "Look, the prince's gift is ingenious, with such a prince, the palace is really happy." ”

Su Guifei knew that she was sarcastic, and the corners of her mouth raised: "Thank you for the praise of the queen mother." ”

The queen touched a soft nail, her face remained unchanged, and she only turned her head to look at Chu Xi below: "I heard that the princess has also prepared a big gift, but this palace has been looking forward to it for a long time." ”

Chu Xi was slightly surprised, when did she say that she was preparing a big gift? What's more, with so many things happening today, she had no intention of dealing with her at all, but she opened her mouth again.

Lin Qingyu stood up: "Naturally, it was prepared." ”

Chu Ji raised his eyes to look at him, but he only smiled and said, "But our performance is for the finale." Wait a minute. ”

Seeing him say this, the queen naturally had nothing to say, so she had to smile and say a few polite words.

originally thought that this was the case, but the belated fifth prince Zhao Yiheng appeared at this time, but he came so late, obviously not discussed with the queen, because his clothes had not been changed, and his face looked a little sloppy.

"Why is Yiheng so late?" The queen laughed and reproached.

Zhao Yiheng's face was serious, he turned his head to look at Chu Xi and Lin Qingyu, and stepped forward and said, "Because Erchen temporarily received news from Pei County, he dealt with it urgently, so he rushed over." ”

Zhao Xuanyi frowned: "The Fifth Emperor Brother is really enthusiastic, I don't know how the Fifth Emperor Brother dealt with it?" "Zhao Yiheng's rights have long been withdrawn, and he has no available people at all.

Zhao Yiheng coldly hooked the corners of his mouth: "The prince came to the palace early to enjoy this glory and wealth, and the minister naturally wants to worry more for the prince." ”

"The matter of Pei County will be discussed later." The emperor finally spoke: "Today is your mother's birthday, after all. ”

Zhao Yiheng glanced at the queen: "I believe that the queen mother will understand her son." ”

When the queen saw this, she knew that he had a handle, so she said: "You say, the birthday of this palace is nothing, and the safety of the people is the most important!" ”

"Yes." Zhao Yiheng hurriedly gave up his hand, and then said: "There is urgent news from Fang Caipei County, the embankment built before has collapsed, and the flood that was originally blocked has poured out, and thousands of people have been killed and injured, and the Yang family who is in charge of this matter has disappeared, no one alive, no corpse dead!" ”

"What?" Zhao Xuanyi stood up suddenly, the embankment was built extremely strong, and it was impossible to collapse, unless the embankment was artificially dug open Zhao Xuanyi stared at Zhao Yiheng fiercely: "The people"

"I have already ordered the rest of the people to be settled, and I hope the prince will not blame the ministers for making arbitrary claims."

Zhao Xuanyi naturally wouldn't blame him at this time, but when this thing was done like this, not only his prestige among the people was ruined, but even the Yang family was involved.

Chu Xi's palms clenched tightly, staring at Zhao Yiheng, if the Yang family can't find it, then Zhao Yiheng will definitely be charged with absconding in fear of crime.

Lin Qingyu grabbed her hand and let her palm loosen: "Since it has been handled, then it's okay, after all, today is the queen's birthday, let's take advantage of the joy of the mother's birthday to pray for the people." ”

Lin Qing's foolish words fell, and everyone agreed, what he said was wonderful, not only to please the queen, but also not to lose Zhao Yiheng's face, and he would not be labeled as a person who didn't care about the lives of the people.

Zhao Yiheng glanced at Lin Qingyu fiercely, naturally he couldn't disturb Queen Yaxing anymore, but he won this game.

Zhao Yiheng sat down opposite Zhao Xuanyi, raised his wine glass and looked at Zhao Xuanyi with a cold face, raised his head and drank it all, tonight, he has more important things.

Singing and dancing, drumming and blowing sheng, the queen saw that the atmosphere was gradually recovering, so she got up, walked down the steps, and arched her hand to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the concubines have something to ask for today." ”

The emperor's eyes lit up slightly, but he smiled and said, "Today is your birthday, if you have any requirements, just say it." ”

Everyone also held their breath and listened, Zhao Xuanyi's hand clenched the wine glass, and turned his head to look at Lin Qingyu, but his expression still seemed to be very calm.

"Since the death of You'er, it has been difficult for the concubines to sleep peacefully every day, and it is difficult to have the demeanor of a mother of a country, but during this time, thanks to the frequent companionship of the fourth lady of the Chu family, Miss Chu was gifted by the emperor to be able to marry the five princes, so the concubines thought, it is better to let the five princes pass the name of the concubines. It can be regarded as a complete title with Miss Chu Si. The queen said with a lowered brow.

The Emperor looked at her fixedly, and everyone seemed to hold their breath.

If he agrees, it means that the emperor is really more optimistic about the five princes, but if he doesn't agree, then the crown prince's position will be completely stable.

The emperor was silent, and after a long while, he coughed heavily, looked at the blood on his handkerchief, breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back in the chair, and said lightly: "Do you think it's inappropriate?" ”

Chu Ji saw Zhao Yiheng looking at him defiantly, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he glanced at Chu Bingsong, who was sitting behind.

Chu Bingsong was uneasy in his heart, but after thinking about it, he still stood up: "The minister thinks it's inappropriate." ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and when they raised their eyes to look at him, Zhao Yiheng's palms were slightly tight, but the corners of his mouth were coldly hooked.

"Does the prime minister think that this prince is unworthy?"

Chu Bingsong stepped forward and knelt on the ground: "The minister thinks that although the fifth prince is a prince, his misconduct and misconduct are not enough to be so favored by the queen." ”

The queen was half angry, is it worth it when it will be his turn Chu Bingsong to say, she said coldly: "Prime Minister Chu, what do you mean by this?" Blatantly slandering the prince is a big crime! ”

"The minister knows that he is guilty, but the queen mother has already lost the eldest prince, and the minister can't bear to see you lose another son in the future." Chu Bingsong knelt on the ground, the queen was dizzy with anger, held her forehead and closed her eyes slightly, and said in a cold voice: "If you dare to say that, then you must have sufficient evidence!" ”

"Yes." Chu Bingsong seemed to be at home at this time.

Zhao Yiheng only hates himself now for why he didn't kill him earlier!

"Then you say, what kind of evidence is it that allows you to point the five princes who just saved the people from fire and water as people of bad character!" The queen said angrily.

Chu Bingsong raised his head, and did not look at Zhao Yiheng, but only looked at the emperor and said: "The five princes forcibly occupied Princess Xiaoyao, this is **; The five princes secretly colluded with others to raise dead soldiers in the capital, which was unjust; The five princes have found out that their biological mother was the maid ring next to Princess Huaiyang, and they found out that their biological mother was killed by Princess Huaiyang, so they found a woman like Princess Huaiyang, and a young man, intending to use it to slander Princess Huaiyang.

"Shut up!" Zhao Yiheng said coldly: "Once the prime minister, are they all slandering people with such empty words? ”

"The minister has evidence." Chu Bingsong said.

"Evidence?" Zhao Yiheng sneered: "Can you believe the evidence of a person like you?" A few days ago, the news came out that you were going to cut off your children and grandchildren, Prime Minister, you know how many bad things you have done. ”

Chu Bingsong's face turned pale, and he turned his head to look at the emperor: "Your Majesty"

"Present the evidence." The emperor said lightly, not at all angry.

Chu Bingsong gritted his teeth: "Now that the five princesses are raised in the Five Princes' Mansion, the emperor will immediately send someone to search for it; As for the dead man, presumably as soon as the minister said it, someone handed the news out, I'm afraid it won't be found," Chu Bingsong glanced at the Yan family with a panicked face, and continued; "In the case of Princess Huaiyang, the minister has already brought the evidence." After that, he raised his eyes and said: "They are waiting outside the palace gate at the moment, and the emperor will send someone to pick them up." ”

The emperor's eyes flashed, and he glanced at Gao Gonggong, who understood and walked away.

Seeing this, Zhao Yiheng was slightly ruthless in his heart, raised his head and arched his hand towards the emperor, and said: "Back to my father, although my sons know what happened back then, they never thought of revenge, Prime Minister Chu is slandering, and who knows if he found it himself to slander his sons?" ”

"Whether it's slander or not, the five princes will find out in a moment." Chu Bingsong said, remembering what Chu Xi had explained before, he gritted his teeth slightly: "And"

"And what?"

"Moreover, the fifth prince has also sent assassins to the prince's mansion several times, although the prince does not want to make a noise about this matter because of his brother's intentions, but we, as courtiers, are willing to tell the truth for His Royal Highness the prince."

"You talk nonsense!" Zhao Yiheng stood up dissatisfied and murdered the prince, this is a capital crime!

Zhao Xuanyi's face was slightly dark, he had mentioned this matter to the emperor, but the emperor did not punish him, obviously he wanted to turn a blind eye, but Chu Bingsong said it in front of the civil and military officials now, and he naturally would not cover for Zhao Yiheng anymore.

Zhao Xuanyi stepped forward and arched his hand: "Back to my father, what Prime Minister Chu said is true. ”

The Emperor began to cough again, and coughed for a long time, until Grandpa Gao returned.

"Back to the emperor, Prime Minister Chu's witness committed suicide." Gao Gong is fair.

When Chu Ji heard this, he glanced at Lin Qingyu, and saw the clarity in Lin Qingyu's eyes, and his heart sank slightly. As soon as these two people saw each other, Gonggong Gao had just gone over to deal with it secretly, but what did the emperor want to do? Watching his two sons fight?

Zhao Yiheng showed a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, and glanced at Chu Bingsong: "Prime Minister Chu, it won't be because you don't want to die without proof, right?" ”

"I" Chu Bingsong said in a speechless voice: "But the prince also has witnesses in his hands to prove that the fifth prince sent someone to the prince's mansion to assassinate him." ”

"It was my people who went to arrest the assassins, and accidentally passed by the prince's mansion, only to be caught by the people of the prince's mansion, and mistook it for the assassin who assassinated the prince. And look, the prince has a little scar on his body now? Moreover, there are many people like Xiang Ye who do not compromise their means in order to avenge personal revenge, Xiang Ye is afraid that the people who resent me will ruin the bright future of your son-in-law and my little imperial uncle, so he will take revenge with this poisonous scheme. ”

Chu Bingsong's face was tense, but he laughed: "The eloquence of the five princes is so good, when he practiced witchcraft in the mansion back then, if it wasn't for the conclusive evidence, he would have been dodged by the five princes!" ”

Zhao Yiheng's face was dark and about to drip water, and when he turned his head to see Chu Xi, he saw a faint smile on her lips, and he was so angry that he directly pinched the cup in his hand and smashed it.

Everyone was shocked, and Zhao Yiheng hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand to the emperor: "Father, the son has never done these things. The things of the past, the ministers did it at a young age, and now they know the mistakes, and they hope that their father and the emperor will believe in their sons! ”

The emperor's face became more and more pale, he looked at the people standing below, and said, "Have you been to the Five Princes' Mansion, and the Seventeenth Princess is not in the Mansion?" ”

Gao Gong said: "It will take a while to go back and forth." ”

"That's right." The emperor said slowly, looking at the people below: "Since the evidence will come in a while, you should rest for a while." ”

Zhao Xuanyi was puzzled, but Zhao Yiheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that the emperor had let him go, but Chu Bingsong trembled: "Your Majesty"

"Okay, you can rest too, I'm sorry that you're seriously ill today." The emperor said lightly.

The queen was still standing under His Royal Highness, looking at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the matter of concubines"

"Save that for later." The Emperor said.

Chu Xi looked at the emperor's fluttering attitude, as if he was about to turn this article over. But Chu Zhenzhen must be in the Five Princes' Mansion, she has already asked Hou Xu Gui to investigate, and Zhao Yiheng can't transfer so quickly, if she can't find it, she can only say that the emperor can shelter.

The song and dance started, but the emperor didn't like to listen to it, and looked at Lin Qingyu: "Qingyu, you come." ”

Lin Qingyu patted Chu Xi's hand: "What tunes do you like to listen to?" ”

Chu Xi raised her eyebrows slightly, there is a light one here, why do you always feel that it is more like the two of them are playing.

"Then Sauvignon Blanc." Lin Qingyu said that, and then stepped onto the stage in the middle, with musicians on the left and right, and dancing girls waiting next to him.

Lin Qingyu sat down cross-legged in front of the guqin, and plucked a few notes at random, and the people below looked forward to it.

Just when everyone was waiting for the pleasant soft sound to sound, the pianists followed the ensemble, and the dancers danced along, Lin Qingyu began to move, and the soft voice can be summed up in two words, that is, ---- ugly!

It's so ugly, Chu Xi swears that when she first started learning the piano, she had never played such an ugly sound.

The musicians were stunned, not knowing what to do, and the dancers were even more confused, raising their hands, but they couldn't dance.

After Lin Qingyu fiddled with it for a while, he glanced at Chu Xi: "The following song is for my wife."

Chu Xi blinked, Lin Qingyu's fingers gently played, and the charming and affectionate Sauvignon Blanc entered the ears leisurely, with the previous comparison, the current one can be described as heavenly.

As soon as the song ended, Lin Qingyu's movements suddenly accelerated, and the main theme of the ambush on all sides had come out, and it seemed that the musicians were summoned to play together.

The musicians instantly understood, the pipa sounded, and the tense atmosphere instantly enveloped the audience, and Chu Xi also woke up from his obsession and glanced at Zhao Xuanyi, who was frowning. only to find that Lin Fu, who had been following behind him, had disappeared.

Everyone was shaking their heads, Chu Ji was already sober, and whispered Zhao Xuanyi: "Prince, something is wrong." ”

"What's wrong?" Zhao Xuanyi came back to his senses and asked.

Chu Ji looked at Lin Qingyu: "He seems to be reminding something?" ”

"Reminder?" Zhao Xuan was puzzled, but in a blink of an eye, he heard the sound of breaking the sky.

Zhao Xuanyi was the first to react and shouted: "There are assassins, protect the emperor!" With that, he directly pulled out the sword of the guard behind him, pulled up the stunned Jiang Fan and ran up to the high platform, blocking in front of the emperor.

Zhao Yiheng was stunned, glanced at Chu Bingsong, who was also stunned, and frowned slightly, wasn't it his trap?

Lin Qingyu's piano stopped, and he turned over to protect Chu Xi, but Chu Xi said in his ear: "There is a door behind this forest that leads to the abandoned palace in front of the palace gate!" This was Zhao Xunyan's plan back then, and although he lost a lot of eyeliner in ambush in the palace, he killed many ministers who opposed him.

"Uh----!"

A scream that was stabbed by a sharp weapon came, Chu Xi turned his head to look, the second master of the Yan family was hit by a sharp arrow, but the eldest master used him as a shield in front of him.

The Imperial Forest Army soon rushed over, Lin Qingyu grabbed Chu Ji, and said to Zhao Xuanyi: "Prince, guard the palace gate!" ”

Zhao Xuanyi's head: "Someone is coming"

Before he finished speaking, sharp arrows flew towards him, he raised his hand and knocked it down, and scolded: "Come on, block this place, and guard the palace gate, no one is allowed to leave the palace without the order of the palace!" ”

As soon as he gave the order, Zhao Yiheng seemed to think of something and glanced at the queen.

The queen's face was slightly pale, she pursed her lips slightly, looked at the guards in front of her, and then looked at the grandmother next to her and the arrows that fell at her feet, the grandmother understood, gritted her teeth, picked up the arrow on the ground and stabbed at Zhao Xuanyi.

Zhao Xuanyi didn't notice it, but Jiang Fan, who had been staring at her surroundings carefully, noticed that when the long arrow entered her body, she felt a sense of relief.

Zhao Xuanyi didn't notice her abnormality, and was focused on dealing with the arrows that kept shooting in front of him, but Chu Xuan saw Jiang Fan slowly fall to the ground.

"Concubine ----!" Chu Xi exclaimed in surprise, and Zhao Xuanyi realized that he had never felt for Jiang Fan for so many years, but now it seemed that all of them had come out at this moment.

"Fan'er!" Zhao Xuanyi wanted to bend down, but more and more arrows pierced him, he wanted to protect the emperor, he couldn't bend down to hug Jiang Fan at all.

The scene became more and more chaotic, the emperor kept coughing, but his vicious eyes did not let go of the reaction of everyone present.

Jiang Fan fell to the ground, looked at Chu Xi's eyes, and wanted to speak, but it hurt badly when he opened his mouth, this arrow pierced his heart, and it hurt much more than the arrow he received in Yang's mansion, but it seemed that the prince still didn't care.

Jiang Fan's eyes were dry, as if she couldn't shed tears, she only felt that she owed her Yao'er, and she had a clear conscience for others. For the crown prince, she spent her whole life, and now that she has given him her life, she will no longer owe him

Zhao Xuanyi unconsciously also had red eyes, but at this moment, he could feel more clearly the dilemma he was about to fall into when he was in a high position.

Chu Ji grabbed Lin Qingyu: "Concubine Jiang"

"Hmm." Lin Qing bowed his head and took Chu Xi's waist to the front of the hall, but he was seriously injured and could not use all his efforts at all, so he could barely block the sharp arrow.

Chu Ji helped Jiang Fan up: "Concubine Jiang"

"Chu Xi." Jiang Fan was not jealous of Chu Xi for the first time, and even felt envious: "Help me take care of Yao'er." Good or not"

Chu Xi gritted her teeth slightly: "The imperial doctor will be here soon"

"I can't be saved, I can feel it. This time was different from the last time, and I could feel that I couldn't be saved. Jiang Fan laughed, but this smile seemed to pull the wound, making her already pale face even more bloodless: "I'm sorry Yao'er, I'm sorry for her"

Chu Xi frowned slightly: "If Yao'er doesn't have a mother, she will have a hard time in the future." "Sooner or later, the crown prince will ascend to the high position, and if there is no biological mother to protect him, those women will eat the child.

Jiang Fan's eyebrows were filled with worry, and he grabbed Chu Xi's hand: "So I beg you, help my Yao'er, she likes you, you can help her, I know, Chu Xi, you help her"

Chu Xi sighed lightly: "Why are you bothering? ”

"I'm so jealous of you"

"But do you know that I am the former Yao'er." Chu Xi said lightly, what can she make people jealous? Those sufferings? If she could, she would prefer to be born only in a small family, with a mediocre appearance and a mediocre family background, but her parents are friendly and her brothers and sisters are friendly.

Jiang Fan obviously hadn't thought of this, but she was getting more and more tired, and she could feel that her life was slowly draining: "You are also bitter now." ”

Chu Xi didn't speak, and looked at those assassins who seemed to be in defeat, and then said, "You have some strength to tell the prince."

"He won't listen, the prince complains about me, he has complained about me for so many years, I know." Jiang Fan's eyes were red, but there was not a single tear.

Chu Xi didn't know what to say, between them and his wife, he didn't know each other at all.

Eventually, the Assassin was captured, and everything became quiet.

When Mrs. Jiang saw her daughter like this, how could she not feel distressed, so she pounced directly and began to cry.

Jiang Fan only grabbed Chu Xi's hand: "Take care of Yao'er"

"Fan'er, don't worry, we will definitely take care of Yao'er!" Ning Shi said busily.

Jiang Fan began to shake his head, but his voice became weaker and weaker: "No, I don't want you to ask for Chu Xi"

"Fan'er, my Fan'er!" Madame Jiang was really crying sadly, and Chu Xi turned her head to look at Zhao Xuanyi, who was escorting the emperor away, and was indifferent.

Jiang Fan was still dead in the end, and he couldn't see Zhao Xuanyi for the last time.

When Zhao Xuanyi came over, only Jiang Fan's corpse remained.

"Fan'er, what did you say?" Zhao Xuanyi asked in a low voice.

"Fan'er said that it will be Yao'er"

"Before the side concubine died, she begged the prince to ask for a title for the little county lord, set up the county lord's mansion, and when the prince married a new wife, the little county lord moved to the county lord's mansion to live." Chu Xi overpowered Ning's voice.

Ning Shi was stunned: "You are talking nonsense"

"Were you there when Concubine Fang was talking to me?" Chu Xi glanced at her lightly.

Ning was speechless, and pulled Mrs. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang naturally knew the priorities, if she couldn't control Zhao Yao'er, what would she use to threaten the prince in the future.

Mrs. Jiang immediately knelt on the ground and said sadly: "Fan'er said that she would hand Yao'er over to us"

"This palace will think about it." Zhao Xuanyi said, glanced at Chu Xi, and only spoke after a while: "Thank you." ”

Chu Xi carefully put Jiang Fan on the ground, got up and stepped aside, and Zhao Xuanyi took Jiang Fan's body back.

Seeing that the prince did not listen to her, Madame Jiang began to cry again: "My Fan'er, my poor Yao'er"

"I'm going to cry back, this is the palace!" Zhao Xuanyi said coldly.

Madame Jiang and Ning both stopped crying, covered their mouths with handkerchiefs, and hurriedly bowed and retreated.

Lin Qingyu came over and glanced at Zhao Xuanyi: "There is no live mouth that has been caught." ”

Zhao Xuanyi's palms tightened slightly: "Where did the rest go?" ”

Lin Qingyu glanced at Chu Xi and said, "There is a road behind the grove that leads to an abandoned palace at the gate of the palace. ”

When Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he looked at the guard: "Go and chase, you must catch it alive!" ”

Zhao Xuanyi looked at the messy banquet, and then looked at Zhao Yiheng, who also looked cold, and took two steps forward: "Fifth Emperor Brother, are you happy now?" ”

Zhao Yiheng said in a deep voice: "I didn't do it. ”

"Really?" Zhao Xuanyi seemed to have cut off the brotherhood in his heart, and only sneered: "Then what about your assassination of the prince's mansion?" ”

"It's all said"

"Father will definitely see what is going on. And with so many ministers dead today, this palace will definitely not let the culprit escape easily! Zhao Xuanyi's eyes were stained with ruthlessness, this was the first time, he thought that there were some evils, and they could only be stopped by killing!

Zhao Yiheng's face was gloomy, and he didn't say more, but at this time, Father-in-law Gao came out.

"The emperor's message!"

Everyone knelt down to listen to the order, and then listened to Gao Gong's justice: "The emperor ordered that the crown prince concurrently serve as the chief of Dali Temple, and thoroughly investigate today's incident and Chu Bingsong's complaint against the fifth prince Zhao Yiheng!" And read that Prime Minister Chu is old and sick, and he is specially allowed to resign and go into hiding, and only after the matter of the five princes is revealed, can he leave Beijing and return to his hometown! Chin this! ”

Although Chu Bingsong had already expected this, he still couldn't help but feel like a knife, he wanted to keep the Chu Mansion by all means, but in the end, he still ended up like this.

Zhao Yiheng's face was gloomy, he raised his head slightly, looked at Chu Ji who was in front of him, and couldn't wait to go up now and drink her blood raw!

Gonggong Gao looked at Zhao Xuanyi, took a few steps, and handed over a jade plate in his hand: "Prince, the emperor has ordered." Now the palace is not safe, and you have to bother to check this palace as well. ”

Everyone looked at the yellow jade plate in Zhao Xuanyi's hand in astonishment, this was a token that could mobilize the Praetorian Guard.

Zhao Xuanyi bowed: "This palace must do its best." ”

Gonggong Gao instructed a few more words, glanced at Lin Qingyu and Chu Xi who were on the side, and said, "The emperor has ordered, tonight Lin Shizi and Concubine Shizi do not need to go back to the house for the time being, go to the Palace of Raising the Heart to wait for the decree." ”

"Yes." Lin Qingyu's face also sank slightly, and when Gonggong Gao left, Chu Xi said: "What does the emperor want to do when he picks up the prince all of a sudden?" ”

Lin Qingyu looked at Zhao Xuanyi, who also had a dark face, and said: "The prince also knows that the real days of walking on thin ice have only really begun now, and if you accidentally fall down this time, there will never be a day to turn over." ”

"Is this an opportunity given by the emperor to the crown prince?" Chu Xi frowned.

Lin Qingyu said lightly: "So to speak, it can also be said to be a chance for other princes." ”

Zhao Xuanyi counted the number of dead and wounded at night, and directly ordered the Praetorian Guards to start blockading the palace, no matter who it was, as long as they left the palace, they had to search carefully, and Zhao Yiheng was no exception.

Chu Xi glanced at Zhao Yiheng, and saw that he was also looking over, and the corners of his mouth were faintly hooked, killing my Chunzhi. Do you think I'm really that easy to stop!

"Fifth Emperor Brother, get out of the palace!" Zhao Xuanyi walked over.

Zhao Yiheng gritted his teeth and snorted lightly: "I still have to go to say hello to the queen."

"No need." Zhao Xuanyi said directly: "The queen mother was frightened, and now she has to rest." ”

"You"

Zhao Xuanyi glanced at him coldly and said, "Come on, escort the fifth prince out of the palace!" "With that, just step away.

Zhao Yiheng This is the first time he has been stepped on like this, and he is powerless to refute.

Zhao Yiheng took a deep breath, closed his eyes, raised his hand and hammered the table next to him angrily, staring at Chu Xi: "Lin Shizi, you'd better take care of your woman, otherwise"

"My princess, don't worry about the five princes. The five princes have this time, why don't they go and see the concubines hiding at home? ”

"Concubine?" When Zhao Yiheng heard these two words, he trembled with anger: "Who are you the prince?" ”

Lin Qingyu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Isn't it, with the little imperial aunt?"

"Lin Qingyu, you ----!" Zhao Yiheng was so angry that he couldn't speak, and it was easy to calm himself down before he said: "I'm not here to play tricks with you, but you remember, you will regret it sooner or later." ”

Chu Xi looked at him lightly: "If you walk too much at night, you will always bump into ghosts." ”

Zhao Yiheng stared at Chu Ji gloomily, and sneered: "The eldest lady of the Chu family is really powerful, she destroyed the huge Prime Minister's Mansion, and also charmed Lin Qingyu to abandon his wife and children, and he is obsessed with you. I'm not afraid of ghosts, but Miss Chu, you should be afraid. ”

Lin Qingyu protected Chu Xi in his arms: "Who is Mingyue's child, the fifth prince really doesn't know?" ”

Zhao Yiheng frowned, but Lin Qingyu didn't say anything more to him, and only looked at Chu Xi softly: "The emperor is still waiting, let's go to the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

"Hmm." Chu Ji responded and left with Lin Qingyu, ignoring Zhao Yiheng at all.

The Yan family watched Lin Qingyu leave, and then hurriedly pounced: "Fifth prince, my brother is dead"

"Why are you crying to me when you're dead!" Zhao Yiheng's irrepressible anger erupted, but he quickly calmed down: "Since he wants to investigate, I will accompany him to investigate, he has died a woman, and the Yan family has died an adult, let's see who can afford this responsibility!" With that, he threw off his robe and walked away.

Lord Yan was panicked, looking at his younger brother who fell to the ground and was silent, his eyes rolled and he fainted directly.

It wasn't until the people here dispersed that a person came out of the shadows, looking at the mess here, and raised the corners of his mouth in a good mood: "I have some ability." ”

looked at the Jiang family who were shrunk aside, and said with a smile: "What are you still doing in a daze." Can't you handle that little girl in the Prince's Mansion? ”

"It's Chu Xi, she"

"Who is she from the little county lord, does she have room to speak?" After saying that, the phoenix eyes turned slightly: "While Jiang Fan's corpse is still there, you can use as many skills as you have, if it is powerful, you can also push this crime on Chu Xi." ”

Ning was still timid and didn't dare to speak, but Mrs. Jiang gritted her teeth: "Thank you princess for your advice!" With that, he pulled the Ning clan and quickly walked out of the palace.

The queen's birthday was disturbed like this, and she didn't achieve anything she wanted to do, but gave the emperor an excuse, saying that she was frightened and asked her to stay in the palace temporarily and not go out.

"Niangniang" A grandmother hurriedly came over, the queen glanced at it, and said coldly: "Where is Chu Dai'er?" ”

"It already seems, but do we still have to discuss it with the Fifth Prince?" The mama asked.

The queen snorted lightly: "Today's matter, he did it too badly, although the matter of Peixian can be done, but I didn't expect it to make this scene, not only is there no follow-up to the succession, but even the palace gives the emperor an excuse to put him under house arrest in the palace!" ”

Mama didn't dare to say more, and the queen didn't bother to say more, seeing that the time was not early, she said: "Look at Chu Dai'er carefully, don't be too obvious, the emperor's decree is still there, and she will marry the fifth prince sooner or later." ”

"What about her identity"

"You can find someone to confirm it again, maybe it's Chu Xi's plan." The queen remembered today's events, obviously she had arranged it seamlessly, but she didn't expect Chu Ji to escape all, she called Chu Dai'er away alone, but she was also prepared: "Since she has been prepared, there must be people from her in the palace, you check carefully, you must find out the people for me!" ”

"Yes."

Mama didn't say more, the queen rubbed her temples that were jumping in pain, and she felt bad when she thought of stealing chickens and rice today, but when she thought of the prince's power, she couldn't be at peace.

"Mrs. Anping has not returned?"

"Yes."

The queen said in a deep voice: "Let people keep an eye on it, and once you return home, please come to the palace immediately." ”

"Yes."

"Go and prepare a sedan chair, the palace is going to see the emperor!" The queen still stood up in the end, if she didn't succeed the five princes, she would always feel uneasy, and she would achieve it no matter what happened today.

Chu Xi and Lin Qingyu were waiting outside the Heart Cultivation Hall at this time, the sky was dark, and the temperature was slowly decreasing, Lin Qingyu's hand kept holding Chu Xi, afraid that she would not be able to stand.

The two stood for two hours before they saw Grandpa Gao come out.

"The emperor has just taken a nap, the prince and the princess have been waiting for a long time, now let's go in." Gao Gonggong smiled.

Chu Xi didn't know that the emperor deliberately let them stand, if the emperor needed to wait for a nap, he could let them go to the side hall to wait.

Chu Ji only walked around, and she felt that her feet seemed to be stiff, but fortunately, with Lin Qingyu supporting her body, she barely walked steadily step by step.

Entering the hall, the hall was brightly lit, Chu Xi This was the first time he had seen the emperor at night, even in his previous life, he didn't want to see people at night.

The two saluted, and Gonggong Gao opened the curtain, and the emperor had already taken off his dragon robe, wearing only a bright yellow undershirt and a heavy cloak on the outside. ”

"Is the emperor feeling better?" Lin Qingyu took Chu Xi to follow him.

The emperor walked to the warm couch and sat down, Gao Gonggong hurriedly brought the ginseng tea again, the emperor glanced at it, pushed it away, and laughed: "He is like this, for fear that I will die now." Laughing and laughing, he coughed again, as if his heart and lungs were about to cough out, Chu Xi looked at the dead air lingering between the emperor's eyebrows, and knew that his qi might really be close, this is why he brought the prince up so quickly, he didn't have time.

Seeing Chu Xi staring at his shining eyes, the emperor laughed: "The princess seems to know my palace very well. ”

Chu Xi was slightly surprised, and immediately lowered her head: "I used to hear my father say that he has a good memory, so I know." ”

"No wonder" The emperor didn't mean to delve into it, but the matter of the abandoned hall in front of the palace gate naturally couldn't hide it from him.

"What do you think of tonight's events?" The Emperor asked.

Chu Xi didn't know what the emperor meant by calling the two of them to ask about this matter, but the emperor only smiled and said: "My sons, they are either too busy with government affairs and are serious, or they are thinking about what they want to get from me, but you don't want anything when you see it, and you can't wait to leave immediately." ”

Lin Qing was foolish: "Some people love power and wealth, and some people love freedom. ”

The emperor smiled: "Freedom, isn't it something that can only be enjoyed after having rights?" After the emperor finished speaking, he looked at Lin Qingyu's eyes a little sharp.

Lin Qingyu just smiled ordinarily: "The emperor is in control of the world, but he is not necessarily freer than his ministers." ”

"You're bold." The emperor seemed to reprimand, but after speaking, he laughed, his body relaxed, and he leaned lazily on the soft cushion: "Concubine Shizi, I have removed your father's official." What do you think? ”

"The Prime Minister has experienced so many things, it is a good thing to stop and rest, and my father must also be willing to enjoy the joy of the countryside." Chu Ji said.

The emperor laughed: "You are a good daughter, but I am afraid that Chu Aiqing does not like the countryside very much." ”

"Zi Fei Fish, how do you know the joy of fish?" Chu Xiwaner.

When the emperor heard this, he laughed even louder, and when the queen came, he heard the emperor's laughter from afar.

Looking at the people in front of the palace gate, he asked, "Who is inside?" ”

"The prince and his wife."

The queen's face sank: "Go and report to the emperor and say that the palace wants to see you." ”

"Niangniang" The eunuch looked embarrassed.

"What's wrong?"

"The emperor instructed that no matter who comes to ask for a meeting, they must wait in front of the palace, and they are not allowed to report, and they can only pass after the people inside come out." The eunuch said and looked at the queen: "Your precious body"

"This palace is waiting!" The queen seems to have made up her mind, if this succession is not finished today, the emperor will not agree to it in the future.

Everyone didn't dare to speak anymore, and the queen listened to the bursts of laughter coming from inside, and her face became worse and worse.

In the hall, I talked to the emperor for a long time, and the emperor was happy enough, so he said: "You two are really good-natured, and my marriage is right." If he had promised others to be foolish, he might have run away early. Where can I stay in the capital to assist the prince with peace of mind. ”

Chu Xi lowered her head, how could the emperor's words become more and more like a threat.

The emperor beckoned to Chu Xi: "Come here, sit next to me." ”

Chu Xi didn't know what the old fox had in mind, but she still stepped forward and saluted, and sat next to the emperor's warm bed.

The emperor smiled with satisfaction, but looked at Lin Qingyu with a sharp gaze: "Qingyu should be able to help my prince take care of this country with peace of mind now." ”

Lin Qingyu's smile also turned colder: "The minister has always been doing his best to assist. ”

"Really?" The emperor laughed: "Wuji Pavilion is an organization that opposes the imperial court, why don't you go and destroy Wuji Pavilion?" ”

Chu Xi frowned slightly, and was about to get up, but was stopped by the look of the senior father-in-law on the side.

Lin Qingyu looked at the emperor lightly: "Wuji Pavilion has never been against the imperial court"

"You see, I just asked, and you favored your Wuji Pavilion." The Emperor laughed, a menacing smile in his face.

Lin Qingyu's eyes were slightly cold: "If the people of Wuji Pavilion fight against the imperial court, the ministers will never agree." ”

"In this way, Wuji Pavilion is still in your hands?" The emperor smiled, said, and looked at Chu Xi: "Does the princess know about this?" ”

Chu Xi's hand on his lap was slowly put away, but Lin Qingyu only gave his hand: "The emperor thinks that the minister has other plans?" ”

Gonggong Gao was so shocked that he hurriedly lowered his head, but the emperor sat up straight again, leaning forward and staring at him slightly: "Can't I doubt it?" ”

"Absolutely." Lin Qingyu laughed: "The emperor is the king of a country, and it is your business to worry about the country and the people, if you are not at ease, the minister can hand over all the things in his hands now and take his wife to retreat." ”

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't laugh anymore, and only said lightly: "You know what I mean, why are you still playing like a child." ”

The corners of Lin Qingyu's mouth were slightly hooked: "The minister doesn't dare." ”

The atmosphere before the two suddenly became rusty, and the emperor looked at him for a long time, seeing that he was not willing to really give in at all, but he didn't care about it anymore: "That's it, you stubborn character, exactly the same as your father back then, said to leave and left, abandoned the military power, took his wife and children, and disappeared for so many years before he was willing to come back." Don't learn from your father, I was already on the throne back then, and the current crown prince still needs someone to help. ”

"Yes." Lin Qingyu didn't say more, the emperor looked outside, the sky was gradually getting brighter, and then he waved his hand: "That's it, it's not too early, you should go back and rest early." ”

"Yes." Chu Xi also got up to salute, but when he left, the emperor also said: "Concubine Shizi, your fourth sister is going to marry the fifth prince, and now that I have sent his father to the countryside, you will have to help more at that time." ”

"Yes." Chu Xi responded, but she really didn't understand what the emperor meant, and now it seems that she suppressed the five princes to help the prince, and also told Lin Qingyu to help the prince, but why did she repeatedly hint not to touch the five princes?

Chu Xi didn't understand, but when she came out with Lin Qingyu to see the queen, she seemed to understand a little.

The queen waited for a night, but her face was already pale, and her legs were stiff when she walked.

Lin Qingyu took Chu Xi to salute on the side, and when the queen passed by, she just looked at Chu Xi with a smile: "This palace feels that it is very close to the princess, and it just so happens that Dai'er is also in the palace, and the princess will also enter the palace to accompany the palace at that time." ”

"Yes." Chu Xi naturally couldn't refuse.

The corners of the queen's mouth arced, she looked up at Lin Qingyu, her expression was slightly cold, and she turned her head and went in.

Lin Qingyu took Chu Ji out, and then whispered in her ear: "Don't be afraid, the queen is a paper tiger." ”

"Will the emperor let the five princes succeed?" Chu Xi asked.

Lin Qingyu thought of Fang Cai's matter, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "No." ”

"Then don't move the five princes, is there another reason?"

"Because the emperor will not leave his hatred to the next emperor." Lin Qingyu said: "No matter who the next emperor is, the establishment of a new dynasty requires absolute stability, he is not a good father, a good husband, a good brother, but he is definitely a good emperor." ”

When Chu Xi heard this, she looked at this deep palace wall, and only felt that her whole body was out of temperature. All the affection in it is mixed in the whirlpool of power, and it is ruthlessly devoured by this whirlpool, revealing the bloody and cruel white bones under the skin of power.

Both of them were tired, and when they returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the prince was already waiting in the Hou Mansion.

(Battlefield Literature)