The days flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the eve of Chu Zuizhi's harmony.

The Yuli Palace was full of red silk, boxes of silk and satin, jewelry and jade were carried in, the palace people went in and out, and the whole Yuli Palace was very lively.

Compared with the bustle of Yuli Palace, Yikun Palace is much quieter.

The candle flame on the desk was cast on the lampshade painted with blue grass, and the thin shadows warmly shrouded Xiao Xi's slightly beautiful and soft face, and suddenly, she covered her mouth and yawned long.

"What, sleepy?" Yan Guifei pinched the black jade chess pieces in her hand and looked at Xiao Xi and said slightly.

"The retainer was rude, which made the mother laugh, and I don't know how to sleep for the past few days, I always feel that I can't sleep enough." Xiao Xi pursed the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled a little embarrassedly.

Yan Guifei smiled and casually put the chess pieces in her hand into the chessboard, "It's your turn." ”

Xiao Xi glanced down at the chessboard, put the white jade chess pieces in his hand back into the chess box, and then got up and blessed Yan Guifei, "The mother concubine has superb chess skills, and the son admits defeat." ”

"Are you really throwing in the towel?" A meaningful smile curled up at the corner of Yan Guifei's mouth, and her eyes were still looking at the chess game in front of her.

"Nature." Xiao Xi said with a slight smile.

Yan Guifei stretched out her hand to sweep the chess pieces on the chessboard, and looked at Xiao Xiwei with a raised eyebrow, "What are you going to do tonight?" ”

Xiao Xi pursed the corners of his lips slightly, looked at Yan Guifei with a smile and said, "Didn't Concubine Mother play chess with you tonight?" ”

"Are you sure it's just a game of chess?" Yan Guifei looked at Xiao Xiwei, her slender eyebrows raised, and the sharp situation in her eyes flashed.

Xiao Xi smiled, and said without changing his face to Yan Guifei's gaze, "What does the mother think?" ”

Yan Guifei's eyes sank, and her voice sounded coldly, "Xiao Xiwei, I advise you not to interfere in the marriage of the ninth princess!" ”

"The mother concubine has heard it, the arrow is on the string, and she has to send it. At this moment, I can't stop it. ”

As soon as Xiao Xiwei's words fell, a series of 'popping' sounds rang out. Yan Guifei raised her hand and swept all the chess pieces on the entire chessboard to the ground. Xiao Xiwei hurriedly knelt down.

"Mother." Ruo Su hurriedly walked to Concubine Yan and stretched out his hand to help her.

"Are you really planning this? Xiao Xiwei, do you know what you're gambling! Yan Guifei trembled and stretched out her finger to the tip of Xiao Xiwei's nose, her eyes were full of surprise, "Just for a girl, do you want to put your regretful future and even your life on it?" I tell you, it's too late to stop, and you will order all the people to be withdrawn from me at once!" ”

Xiao Xiwei, who was kneeling on the ground, did not move.

"You can't disobey me!" Yan Guifei stared at Xiao Xiwei coldly.

Xiao Xi raised his head slowly, and a shallow mist floated in his clear eyes, "Mother, if you regret being here, he will agree to me doing this." Besides, this matter is not all for the ninth princess. ”

"Do you want to tell the palace that the emperor wants to promote this marriage because he wants Beimo to become Chu Yanzhi's backing? Can you think of these, can't this palace think of it? A sneer overflowed from the corner of Concubine Yan's lips, "The Ninth Princess is not only the sister of one of his Chu Yan, but it is not certain whether Bei Mo will help Chu Yanzhi in the end." ”

As early as when the emperor decreed that Chu Zuizhi would marry the Northern Desert, she had secretly ordered someone to set off to the Northern Desert. The battle for the throne is uncertain, and she believes that the King of the Northern Desert will make a more appropriate choice.

"Since I can think of it, and the mother concubine can also think of it, do you think the emperor and King Shen can't think of this?" Xiao Xiwei looked at Yan Guifei and asked rhetorically.

Concubine Yan was stunned.

She hadn't really thought about that.

"So, this marriage is definitely not what it seems." Xiao Xi said slightly.

"It's not like what it looks like on the surface, so what do you mean by saying this marriage?" Concubine Yan frowned and looked at Xiao Xiwei, still a little hesitant in her eyes.

"Although the king of the Northern Desert has no heirs, he raised the sons of his younger brothers from a young age, that is to say...... The next king of the Northern Desert must appear among these little princes, but no one can say who it is now. ”

"What do you mean, Chu Yanzhi may have reached a consensus with a certain prince." A glimmer of light flashed in Yan Guifei's eyes, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that it was wrong, "If it is as you said, then why is it the little prince who won the Ninth Princess of the Northern Desert instead of reaching a consensus with Chu Yanzhi?" ”

Xiao Xi's eyes dimmed suddenly, and the corners of her lips also flashed with a hint of bitterness, "As the mother concubine said, she is not just Chu Yanzhi's sister...... Since the mother concubine sent someone to the Northern Desert, she naturally found out the preferences of the Northern Desert King, and I heard that the Northern Desert King is tyrannical and impermanent. ”

Yan Guifei's whole person was shocked, "You...... You mean......"

Tears finally slipped down the corners of Xiao Xiwei's eyes.

"Mother, that's a point of no return."

Yan Guifei's feet were vague for a while, but fortunately, Ruosu stepped forward to support her.

Yes, Xiao Xiyang, who is drunk and only likes to be loyal and brave in the house, has a strong temperament, and since he learned that he was given a hunger strike in the Northern Desert for a few days, it was only the emperor who ordered Master Doom to feed her the pill before she was relieved. In the later days, she was forcibly poured stones by the palace people, her temperament, coupled with her appearance is not delicate at best, no one knows what she will do if she marries the Northern Desert, and the king of the Northern Desert is a tyrannical person, and the ending of Chu Zuizhi can be imagined. Chu drunk died, and the relationship between the two countries in the Northern Desert and Dayue naturally broke down, so it was logical for the prince to take advantage of this matter to publicize it and take the opportunity to pull the king of the Northern Desert to the throne.

"They...... They're so ruthless. Yan Guifei stretched out her hand and pressed her chest, and it took a long time to spit out such a sentence.

"The death of a person can be exchanged for the full support of the new Northern Desert King for Chu Yanzhi, this deal is really cost-effective." Xiao Xi lowered his eyes slightly, and there was irrepressible sadness in his voice.

"yes, it's a great deal." Yan Guifei looked up at Xiao Xiwei, and the corners of her mouth didn't feel a sad smile.

For him, apart from the woman and her children, these women and children are just pawns that can be used to discard flesh and blood. Even his daughter, who had been pampered in the palm of his hand for so many years, had no mercy, and pushed into the fire pit without even blinking his eyes.

Thinking of this, her chest seemed to be being dragged hard by someone's hand, and the pain was convulsive.

"Mother." Seeing that Concubine Yan's face was pale, Xiao Xi shouted slightly worriedly.

Yan Guifei took a deep breath, sat back on the couch with Ruosu's hand, and saw that Xiao Xiwei was still kneeling on the ground, and said busily, "What are you doing kneeling, it's cold on the ground, don't get up quickly." ”

Listening to Concubine Yan's words, Hongyu hurriedly helped Xiao Xi up.

"You deliberately revealed the news to Ruosu." Yan Guifei looked at Xiao Xiwei, and her eyes were clear and clear about everything.

When Xiao Xiwei asked her to sort out all this, she naturally saw everything clearly.

She was so careful that she could think of the layer that she couldn't imagine, and naturally she could hide it from Ruosu, how could Ruosu reveal the news that she was going to do something on the eve of Chu Zuizhi's wedding, and moreover, at this time.

"Mother concubine......" Xiao Xi looked at Yan Guifei with pleading eyes.

Yan Guifei sighed, "That's it, you are a smart person, since you want to do it, you will naturally think of a way to deal with it." ”

"The mother concubine forgives, but the son is not very sure." Xiao Xiwei said that she was about to kneel, but suddenly a hand reached over and held her steadily. When she raised her head, she saw a plain and gentle face, "Mother ......"

"There is no perfect plan in this world, and there will always be mistakes in everything." Yan Guifei looked at Xiao Xi and pursed her lips slightly, "Many times, we just do our best and obey the destiny of heaven. ”

"Erchen knows."

Yan Guifei smiled, reached out and patted the back of Xiao Xiwei's hand, "At this moment, I really understand what I like about you." People like us who were born around the imperial power, who are not bent on planning for themselves, and it is already good if they don't fall into the trap for the lives of others, but you, the darkness of the imperial city has not corroded your heart, and you still maintain your heart. ”

Listening to Concubine Yan's words, Xiao Xi suddenly remembered that in Chao'an Temple that day, Master Hui asked her what she had realized. She said that everything is illusory, but there is only the heart.

"The Mother ......"

"Good boy." Yan Guifei smiled and let go of Xiao Xiwei's hand, "Accompany me to play another game of chess." ”

Xiao Xiwei looked at Yan Guifei's gentle eyes, pursed her lips and smiled, and blessed Yan Guifei, "Yes." ”

The night deepened and sank, and tonight there were no stars or moons, and the heavens and the earth were dark.

Suddenly, a fire rose into the sky, and it turned out to be in Yuli Palace.

Because it happened at an ugly time, when the palace people woke up and wanted to put out the fire, the fire in Yuli Palace was already uncontrollable, and the flames reached mid-air, reflecting the entire palace red.

When the news reached Yikun Palace, Xiao Xiwei and Yan Guifei's fourth game of chess was just at the end.

"It looks like we're not going to be able to play the fifth set." Yan Guifei threw the chess pieces in her hand, looked at Xiao Xi gently, and said with a smile.

Xiao Xi smiled and listened to the movement outside getting louder and louder, "You can play chess at any time, and someone will come to find the concubine in a while." ”

Yan Guifei smiled and shook her head, "You are wrong, isn't there still Concubine Xiang in the palace." ”

"This kind of thing, I'm just afraid that Concubine Xiang won't handle it well." Xiao Xi said slightly.

Yan Guifei glanced at Xiao Xiwei, and the smile on the corner of her lips didn't seem to be a little bigger, "It seems that you have helped me." ”

Xiao Xi smiled and did not speak.

When Lu Haiyang heard the news, most of the Yuli Palace had been burned. The sound of burning bricks and wood was incessant, and the smell of burning was floating in the air.

His eyes were gloomy as he stared at the fire. A smile of unconsciousness tugged at his lips.

Xiao Xiwei, you finally can't help but make a move.

"There's news from the palace gate." Lu Haiyang turned his face and looked coldly at the guards beside him.

The guard raised his hand and saluted Lu Haiyang, "Lord Hui, my subordinates have already sent people to keep an eye on the major gates of the palace, and they will be arrested as soon as anyone leaves the palace." ”

"Good! So, we'll wait. The corners of Lu Haiyang's lips slowly raised, reflecting the fiery red flames, and the smile became more and more hideous.