The veins of spring shine through the window screen into the first rays of the morning sun. Mu Xuefu lay in Jingrong's arms, her thoughts were like flying kites, and she didn't know where her soul would go.

Jing Rong touched her smooth skin and kissed her forehead, "What do you want?" After a pause, he looked at Mu Xuefu, "You won't have anything to hide from me, will you?" ”

Mu Xuefu paused for a moment, and took out a bright yellow scroll from a corner of the bed, in a very secret place. She held it with both hands, solemnly gave it to Jingrong, and said, "This is what the imperial grandmother asked me to hand over to you before she died, saying that it was the edict of the first emperor." ”

Jing Rong "rubbed" and bounced up from the bed, took the edict and spread it out, the scroll was a silk brocade fabric made of fine silk, embroidered with auspicious clouds and cranes on the back, and at both ends were silver dragons flying with jacquard, which read:

Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: The emperor wants to be the king of the world, and he respects the ancestors and the way of heaven. It is able to be soft and far-reaching, live with the people's livelihood, share the benefits of the king's land, the world as the heart, and worry about it all night. The eldest son of my grandson, with a noble character, bows deeply, and I have high hopes for him, hoping to inherit the throne. However, the day is not a holiday, died young, although there are few sons, outstanding, ingenuity, the trip of the son of heaven, the reality of the young and the old. However, it is just his young age, and it is not abolished for the sake of a long-term country. Now that I know the destiny of heaven, I will look at the number of sons, and I will be entrusted with a great task for the second son, Jing Lingcang, and it depends on the protection of the Heaven and Earth Sect, not the place where I am Liangde. Following my accession to the throne, that is, the emperor's throne, a hundred years later, Angelica was the emperor's grandson Jing Yuchen, and Huanghuang's edict.

Jing Rong looked at Mu Xuefu with wide eyes and grabbed her arm, "You were by the side of the imperial grandmother before she died?" At that time, no one was allowed to enter the Queen Mother's dormitory, how did you get in? He was a little anxious, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Mu Xuefu stabilized him, "Yuchen, listen to me." Her voice was mixed with a hint of choking, "That day, I was worried that something would happen to the Queen Mother, so I secretly went to Qianqiu Palace late at night." When I got to the queen mother, there was no one to take care of her, and then I knew that the queen mother was not poisoned, but was put under house arrest by the emperor - in order to be the queen mother's hand This edict left by the emperor to you. ”

"What? Is it the emperor who imprisoned the emperor's grandmother? Jing Rong's eyes flashed with uncontrollable anger, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, clenched Mu Xuefu's wrist, gritted his teeth and said: "How can he be so ruthless, the imperial grandmother is his biological mother, this kind of thing is done, it is really something that is not as good as a beast!" ”

Mu Xuefu wanted to tell him about Emperor Xuanwu's killing of his parents, but the words that the Queen Mother had told her before she came to her flashed in her mind. Seeing Jing Rong so excited, he was afraid that he would impulsively rush into the palace at this time. So she kept her mouth shut, and did not tell him everything for the time being. I thought I'd tell him a little bit later.

However, she still had to tell him about the queen mother's life before she died, "He asked the imperial grandmother for this edict, but the imperial grandmother said that she would not give him anything, and he left the Qianqiu Palace without a choice." It's just that before leaving, he said to the imperial grandmother that even if the imperial grandmother doesn't hand over the edict, it doesn't matter, as long as he kills you, even if the edict is published in the world, you won't have a life. After he left, the imperial grandmother knew that the end was approaching, so she told me where the edict was placed, and asked me to hand over the edict and her phoenix seal to you. ”

Jingrong's internal organs are like dry wood encountering a fire, whirring and burning. He tried his best to hold back, tears couldn't help but flow, and he blamed himself: "The imperial grandmother died because of me." He hugged Mu Xuefu tightly, his chin resting on her shoulder, "I caused her to be a burden, otherwise she wouldn't have gone so suddenly." Since I was a child, my grandmother has loved me the most, but I didn't even see her for the last time. Fu'er, do you think I'm too unfilial? ”

"Yu Chen, how can I blame you? It's Jing Lingcang, it's the sin he did. Mu Xuefu stroked his back and said hatefully.

"Grandmother Huang left very sadly, but fortunately she still had you by her side when she left." Jing Rong was heartbroken, and his mouth seemed to be bitter from the bursting of bile.

Mu Xuefu sighed: "The imperial grandmother left very peacefully, she left with a smile. Mu Xuefu picked up Jingrong's face and kissed his eyes, and the tears rolled down as her eyelashes met, "She handed you over to me and let me take good care of you." Yuchen, at the last moment, she cared about you the most. ”

Jing Rong closed his eyes and let the tears flow freely, "So you went to assassinate the emperor that day?" ”

Mu Xuefu's soft lips held his tears little by little, "I don't want to meet you, but I'm glad I met you to stop me, otherwise if I really kill him, I don't know what kind of chaos will happen in this world." ”

Now thinking about that day, she didn't think about it, she only thought about killing Emperor Xuanwu, but she didn't think that once the emperor died and did not determine the successor, the princes would inevitably kill each other, and the ambitious princes and princes would definitely raise troops to rebel, and even the enemy countries would wait for the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to seek the land of Great Qin. If that were the case, the whole world would be in chaos, and it would be innocent people who would suffer. Although she has no benevolence and virtue, she doesn't want to make the world miserable because of herself, and the people are miserable.

"I was so stupid that I didn't recognize you and hurt you. Think about it, who else in this world would rather hurt themselves than hurt me? Only now, I'm afraid it's only you. Jing Rong stared at Mu Xuefu affectionately, her thumb gently rubbing her wet red lips.

"You slapped me twice unintentionally, how can you blame you? Besides, when there is danger, wouldn't you rather hurt yourself than hurt me in the slightest? Mu Xuefu smiled lightly, threw herself into his arms, lifted her clothes and looked at the shocking wound on her chest, her heart was full of emotion.

Jing Rong put his arm around her shoulders and kissed the silk on her top. He had always been sure that he was in love with Sheph, but he didn't know how deep that love was. It was Jing Wan's knife that made him understand that his love for her had gone deep into his bone marrow, and he could even exchange his life for it.

"Do you want to fight for that position?" Mu Xuefu looked up at him and asked.

Jing Rong picked up the edict, "How could I not know the emperor's good intentions?" I was cultivated by him, and he also knows me best and knows that I will definitely fight. Therefore, he left this edict, not for anything else, but so that if one day I really fight, I will be justified and not become a traitor who is spurned by the world. ”

"The first emperor has everything for you, and even this reputation was thought about more than ten years ago." Mu Xuefu couldn't help but sigh. Suddenly, her expression lit up, and she stared at Jing Rong directly, "Yuchen, I have something to tell you, but you promise me that I must calm down." ”

"What's the matter?" Jing Rong frowned, seeing her serious expression, "You say." ”

"Jing Xuan-" Jing Rong's face became gloomy as soon as he said this name, and Mu Xuefu held his hand, "You remember that on the day of Jing Cangling's birthday banquet, I didn't go out once, and I ran into you when I came back." Jing Rong nodded, and she continued: "Actually, I went out that day because I followed him and Jing Wanqi. ”

"Jing Wanqi?" Jing Rong only cared about paying attention to her that day, how could he be interested in paying attention to others?

"Well, I saw the two of them look at each other and went out of the temple together, and I followed them out of curiosity. But who knew that I had revealed a shocking secret. After a pause, Muschev said in one breath, "I saw the two of them tryst in a ruined palace, and I heard what they said. I heard them say that Jing Xuan is not your brother at all, he is Jing Cangling's son. And Jing Cangling also said that he promised Jing Wanqi to let her son inherit the throne, so whether it was King Rui, King Rong or other princes, Jing Cangling would not pass on the throne to them at all. ”

Jing Rong was completely stunned, like thunder and lightning, and was stunned. Although he used to think that Jing Xuan was a wild seed, it was also because he didn't recognize him as his younger brother. But to say that he is the son of Emperor Xuanwu really makes him unacceptable for a while.

"Did you hear that right?" Jing Rong looked at Mu Xuefu with a burning look and made sure again and again.

"I heard you right. Jing Cangling said that he transferred you to the capital so that they could smoothly take over the fiefdom, so that they could have one of the rights. When they can completely control the fiefdom, they will also be transferred back to the capital, and Jing Xuan will replace Brother Yufang in charge of the Praetorian Guard. He suppressed Yufang's brother and promoted King Ning, but he just let King Rui and King Ning fight, and then Jingxuan could sit on the profits of the fisherman. ”

Jing Rong was angry, it turned out that both his father and himself were confused. The frowning brows seemed to be glued together, and they couldn't be dissolved. He took a deep breath, held back his surging anger, and said, "No wonder he has sent so many people to kill me openly and secretly for so many years, I have never been able to figure out why he is so hostile to me, but now I understand it completely." Everything he does is paving the way for Jing Xuan. As long as I die, my 500,000 troops will naturally fall into Jing Xuan's hands. With the support of him and King An's Mansion, and the Praetorian Guards in hand, plus 500,000 troops, which prince can still compete with it. At that time, he will suppress Jing Yu and them, and make them lose their qualifications to inherit the throne, and this son can only fall on Jing Xuan's head, and their goal will be achieved. ”

"It's a lot of effort to play such a twisty game. It seems that he does attach great importance to Jing Wanqi. There was a round of light in his eyes, and Jing Rong's thoughts turned a thousand times, "Since Jing Wanqi is pregnant with Emperor Xuanwu's child, why is he entangled with his father." Since it was his child, she should enter the palace early in the morning, so it would be much easier to want to establish Jingxuan as the emperor. It is not at all reasonable to seek the near and far. The doubts in his heart deepened, and he pondered: "Having said that, I have always felt that the deaths of my father and mother were not simple. Although Li admitted that she killed her because she was jealous of her mother and jealous of me, I always felt that she had something to hide. When you asked her the other day if there was anyone behind it, she hesitated. But Jing Wanqi was too fast, and she was killed on the spot without asking why. ”

Mu Xuefu saw that he was already suspicious, but he didn't know what to say. After hesitating for a moment, Fang said: "Yes, you originally wanted to hand her over to Jing Zhaoyin for interrogation, but Jing Wanqi intervened and said that he wanted to avenge his mother's concubine." Walk for the heavens. I thought again at the time, how could she be so kind, there must be some conspiracy in between. ”