The emperor's family, the more honorable and prominent it is, the more it is targeted by the public, for the emperor, for the concubine, and for the prince. Especially for a prince whose mother is not strong, too much favor is equal to too many enemies. Chu Xizhi is such a prince.

Although the emperor is still in his prime, his health is deteriorating, the prince's qualifications are mediocre, and the Duke of Zheng and Lu Guogong around him are powerful, and there is no one in the court who can compete with him. Once the emperor dies, he is afraid that all the rivers and mountains of Dayue will fall into the hands of outsiders, and the emperor will never allow such a thing to happen. Therefore, he was bound to raise a new force to confront Zheng Guogong and Lu Guogong behind the crown prince, so he chose Chu Xizhi.

It's an adventure, but it's also an opportunity.

"Wei'er, if it were you, would you push your beloved son out to bear all this?" Chu Xizhi looked down at Chu Xizhi and smiled slightly.

Xiao Xiwei raised his head and looked back at Chu Xizhi, "If it were me, then I would definitely remove all obstacles for my son and let him ascend to the throne safely and worry-free." ”

Chu Xiyi smiled, "Look, even you can see it." ”

Xiao Xi's eyes were cold, "So, he is using you to pave the way for others!" Who is that person? ”

The corners of Chu Xizhi's lips smiled lightly, looking at Xiao Xi slightly but smiling silently.

Chu Yanzhi.

Suddenly, a name popped up in my mind.

She still remembers the emperor's shocked and heartbroken look when she learned that Chu Yanzhi was injured during that hunt, at that time, she just felt a little surprised, but after listening to Chu Xizhi's words, she suddenly realized that the emperor's most beloved son was not Chu Xizhi but Chu Yanzhi.

For so many years, he has deceived all of them.

With some false favors, all the battles and plots are directed at Chu Xizhi, while the other slowly develops under these wings until he finally ascends to the throne.

Xiao Xi's pupils shrank suddenly, and he subconsciously opened his mouth and said, "No...... Impossible......"

Although she said that it was impossible, she already knew in her heart that all this was true.

Li Qingfeng's coming to Houfu to make trouble was not at the behest of the prince or Chu Yanzhi, the person who instructed him was the current emperor. She and her father misguessed the emperor's thoughts, and he seemed to have pulled Zhongyong Houfu to the same front as Chu Xizhi, but at the same time, he gave Xile to Chu Yanzhi in marriage. With the help of the power of the loyal and brave Houfu, he will try his best to bring down the prince's party, and he will immediately suppress Chu Xizhi, at this time, he doesn't have to think about what choice his father will make, after all, he has another daughter who is the fourth princess, and when the time comes, he will join forces with Chu Yanzhi, but I am afraid that Chu Xizhi will not even have room to fight back.

This bureau has actually been laid out a long time ago, but why did Chu Yanzhi in the middle instruct Xiao Xile to poison himself? Is he afraid that if something goes wrong in the middle, or Chu Yanzhi can't bear it and doesn't want to go around in such a big circle? Or is it something else?

No matter what the reason, that plan was shattered when Xiao Xile was sent to Shuiyue Nunnery to cancel the marriage contract with Chu Yanzhi, and without Xiao Xile, he could affect the chess pieces of the Zhongyong Houfu, so they didn't even want her as a chess piece. Therefore, there is Li Qingfeng at the gate of the waiting mansion, the emperor originally wanted to take this opportunity to cancel her marriage with Chu Xizhi, but he didn't expect that Chu Xizhi exchanged his life and blamed Zheng Guogong. Weighing the pros and cons, the emperor finally chose to let her go and concentrate on dealing with Zheng Guogong.

All the dense mysteries were uncovered at this moment, but Xiao Xiwei only felt cold and frightened.

"Nothing is impossible. He attached himself to the prince, and used the prince's power to buy and envelop the prince's power into use, and as soon as the prince fell, all the remaining forces would defect to him, and he quickly stood out from the princes without much effort, but I lost the hearts of the people because of the killing of the prince's party, and my vitality was greatly damaged, and it was inevitable to offend many people by being praised too high in the past, so that the only person who could go to the end was him......"

After listening to Chu Xizhi's words, she suddenly remembered something, and the whole person seemed to be thrown into the icy pool of water, her whole body was cold and piercing, and even her voice trembled slightly, "So...... Is that edict also true? ”

After the emperor died of illness, he passed down two edicts, one was passed on to the fourth son Chu Yanzhi, and the other was the Fa Zude of Chu Xi, the king of Yan, who did not follow my teachings, but was vicious and violent, and did not seek to make me feel heartbroken. At that time, she thought that these two edicts were forged by Chu Yanzhi, and in a hurry, she stole the edict behind it and burned it, and ordered someone to secretly inform Chu Xizhi.

It turned out that it was not Chu Yanzhi who forged the emperor's will, but that the emperor's original intention was to kill Chu Xizhi and help Chu Yanzhi ascend the throne......

"Wei'er, with such a look on your face, do you feel guilty that you have misunderstood him?" Chu Xizhi's narrow eyes were slightly small, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised, as if there was a slight irony.

However, only he knew that there was a vague uneasiness and jealousy hidden under that sarcastic smile.

Sometimes he can't help but think, if it weren't for the rebirth with the memory, if it wasn't for the memory of the previous life that was too tragic, then would she still choose herself?

Xiao Xi's eyes darkened slightly, with a faint hint of indescribable bitterness, "If I had known this earlier, perhaps, I would not have chosen him in my previous life......"

The reason why she chose Chu Yanzhi in her previous life, in addition to the fact that he saved her, is that for the Seventh Prince, who was famous and favored all his life at that time, Chu Yanzhi, whose biological mother was from a humble background and had always been unknown among the princes, was more suitable for her. At that time, she was too cowardly and inferior, perhaps, in her heart, she liked Chu Xizhi, but Chu Xizhi was a dazzling tomorrow for her at that time, and it shouldn't be what a woman with a broken face like her should think. But she never thought that from the beginning, the man she chose was the heir to the throne chosen by the emperor early on......

It's ridiculous, fate really played a big joke on her.

"When did you find out about this?" Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Xizhi, his eyebrows twisted slightly, and his eyes were full of distress.

Since Chu Xizhi was born, he has been favored all the way, thinking that his father loves him deeply, but he didn't expect that all this favor is for another person...... How uncomfortable should he be when he knew this?

"I'm probably seeing that edict......" Chu Xizhi hooked his lips and smiled.

Before this, he had always thought that his father was bewitched by Chu Yanzhi, and all the previous blows were just Chu Yanzhi pretending to be in the name of his father, a father who had spoiled him for more than 20 years, how could he treat him like this? Until that night, he sneaked into the Chongde Hall alone, and saw him struggling with his sick body to write the two edicts with his own hands. One ordered Chu Yanzhi to succeed to the throne, and the other ordered him to be killed.

He didn't know how he had left Chong'an Temple.

At that time, he had no lover, no friends, and even his father's love was fake......

Everything is fake.

All thoughts are lost.

He stayed quietly in the Yanwang Mansion, waiting for the will to kill him to come to the door, but he didn't expect that it was not the edict that came first, but the message sent by Xiao Xiwei.

When everyone turned their backs on him, it turned out that she hadn't given up on him yet.

At that moment, he suddenly swelled up with a desire to survive.

As long as she is still there, then he hasn't lost yet.

He absconded from the capital, ready to gather forces from all over the city to fight back against the capital, until the news that the new emperor wanted to abolish the queen came from Wucheng, and the new loyal and brave Xiao Xiyang rushed back from Wucheng to the capital overnight, he realized that this might be a conspiracy, so he sent someone to save Xiao Xiyang, and at the same time personally touched the palace to prepare to rescue Xiao Xiwei, who would have thought that it was indeed the shocking fire of Fengyi Palace that greeted him.

All the persistence dissipated in that instant.

has been holding on to the throne for half his life, and his power has disappeared with that fire.

It turned out that what he wanted in the end was just to hold the hand of one person, and a total of one person would grow old. However, God did not give him a chance.

"Sorry for ......" Xiao Xiwei reached out and held Chu Xizhi's warm fingertips hard.

Chu Xizhi smiled with relief, "It's okay, it's been a long time." ”

The sad heart has already been broken, and now that he is living everything again, he has expected the opportunity to not let the past happen again. And what they owe him, what they owe her, he will get back one by one.

Xiao Xi pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, and didn't want to continue this topic, so he hurriedly changed his mouth and said, "But I still can't figure it out, how could it be him?" ”

The emperor has so many sons, why did he bother so much to pave the way for Chu Yanzhi's ascension to the throne?

"Do you know about Concubine Li?" The way of pity.

"You said the biological mother of the fourth prince? Isn't she dead? Xiao Xi frowned slightly.

Chu Yanzhi's biological mother, Concubine Li, was originally just a personal maid brought from the palace when the first queen entered the palace. Because of her outstanding appearance and was favored by the emperor, she gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor, Chu Yanzhi, and within a few years she died of illness, and later, Chu Yanzhi was held to the then Concubine Shen to raise.

Chu Xizhi smiled, and looked sideways at the few red plums inserted in the plum bottle on the desk, "Everyone thinks that the emperor loves my mother the most, but who would have thought that whether it is my mother or me, they are just pawns he used to pave the way for that woman's son?" ”

"What do you mean? His Majesty...... No, it won't be, isn't Concubine Li the maidservant next to the first queen? Xiao Xiwei's face was full of consternation.

"Yes, who would have thought that the most beloved of the saint today is neither the first queen who married the couple, nor the concubine Shen Guifei who leaned into the harem, nor the concubine Yan Guifei who spent a lot of effort to bring back from Chao'an Temple, but just a small maidservant beside the first queen?" The corners of Chu Xizhi's mouth hooked up a sarcastic arc, and his inky eyes burst out with a cold coldness.

"That'...... The concubine is ...... Does she know? ”

Chu Xizhi chuckled a few times, his eyes drooped slightly, "I don't know." Maybe she knows, maybe she doesn't, maybe ...... She pretended not to know......"

Maybe she knew.

Maybe she didn't.

Maybe she pretended not to know.

But either way, it's a deep blow to a woman......

The two of them looked at each other quietly, each with an indescribable pain in their eyes.