"Second brother, things are not as terrible as you think, brother, I'm just playing! Besides, what can I do with her if she refuses? Could it be that she is waiting for her to call someone and catch me? She didn't shout, nor did she refuse, it can only show that she herself wants to entangle with me, such a good thing, my brother has no reason to refuse. King Yu said with a smile on his face, since that night, he went again, I didn't expect that she was at his mercy, and she didn't say a word, such an interesting woman, he didn't go a few times, wouldn't he be too sorry for others!

King Huai's face became darker and darker, and he frowned: "You be careful of playing with fire and setting yourself on fire!" ”

"How so?" King Yu raised his eyebrows, tapped his index finger on the table, and said, "What you love and I am not as serious as the second brother said." ”

"Didn't you say anything serious? When it really happens, what do you do? King Huai's voice was slightly deep.

King Yu touched his nose with his hand and smiled, "Okay, I'll listen to the second brother." King Huai was worried about him, how could King Yu not see that in order to appease King Huai's heart, King Yu immediately patted his chest and promised: "I won't go, I will definitely not go!" ”

"Hmm." King Huai bowed his head in satisfaction, slowly played with the tea cup in front of him in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Although the current situation is favorable to us, everything still cannot be taken lightly. ”

"That's what the second brother said." King Yu nodded in agreement.

Prime Minister's Mansion, the dormitory where Prime Minister Ke and his wife live.

Prime Minister Ke, father and son, looked at the prime minister's wife, Qiao, and waited for Qiao's to tell them what happened in the palace the night before.

"Are you talking?" Prime Minister Ke Cheng looked at Qiao's and was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.

Before dawn yesterday, the eunuch Cui Hai followed the queen's decree and went to the prime minister's mansion to announce Qiao's entry into the palace to speak, at that time, the three of Ke Cheng's father and son were very strange, just because the queen and their family had not been seen for long, and some time ago, the matter of King Li, they firmly believed that it had nothing to do with King Qi, and there was a recent calm in the court, and there was nothing to talk about.

Why did the queen come to the Prime Minister's Mansion with a personal eunuch to pass the decree when the palace door was just opened, and her family went into the palace to talk?

Puzzled, Prime Minister Ke Cheng's father and son could only wait until Qiao's family came back from the palace and explained the reason why the queen announced her to enter the palace.

Why, Qiao's came back from the palace, she was in a trance, as if there was something big, she couldn't breathe, no matter how she asked, she just didn't say anything, just sat in the house, and secretly wept. It wasn't until the queen was injured by Ling Wushuang that it reached the ears of Prime Minister Ke Cheng's father and son, that they thought that the queen Xuan Qiao's entry into the palace must have something to tell them to do it.

The problem is that no matter how much they ask, they can't ask the queen's secret instructions from Qiao's mouth, so they have no choice but to wait until Qiao's mood calms down and then learn from her.

Isn't it noon today, but after a night passed, Qiao's face was still sad, his expression was sad, and he was unwilling to say what the queen asked her to tell them. Being in a high position, for a long time, Prime Minister Ke Cheng has his own temperament, seeing Qiao's head bowed and sitting on the chair, never speaking, his heart was angry, and his voice couldn't help but become majestic, "Did Cen Er ask you to bring a message to the old man?" ”

In the quiet room, except for Qiao's low sobbing, it was the sudden anger of Prime Minister Ke just now. Ke Ziqian and Ke Zinan looked at each other, their eyes down and they were speechless.

"Wei ......, no, it's Cen Er, she wants, she wants us to ......" Qiao Shi said this, she was sobbing in a low voice, and she suddenly covered her mouth with a handkerchief and cried, "I can't say it, don't force me, I really can't say it!" They are all my children, how can I watch again...... with my eyes open, with eyes open" Qiao Shi burst into tears, raised his eyes to look at Prime Minister Ke Cheng and shook his head.

Ke Cheng guessed what Qiao said intermittently, and Ke Ziqian and Ke Zinan were the same brothers.

They didn't expect the queen's heart to become so cruel. However, today's Prime Minister's Mansion and the Queen are like grasshoppers on a rope, one is prosperous and the other is lost, what can you do if you don't help her? "Cen Er also said that she couldn't swallow Princess Lu's breath of hurting her and King Qi, so let you, my lord, and Qian'er start to get rid of Princess Lu, and by the way, get rid of Prince Lu together!"

No one knows the sorrow in Qiao's heart, even her closest relatives, Prime Minister Ke Cheng's father and son. Whose fault is it that the daughter who was raised single-handedly became what she is today? Whose fault is it? The care that the family gave to their sisters was never trivial, but in the end, they were in the situation they are in today.

She regretted, she hated, regretted that she was fascinated for a while, and acquiesced to the three people in front of her, Prime Minister Ke Cheng's father and son, and the queen did the wrong thing secretly when she was not out of the cabinet; hated himself for being soft-hearted for a while, tolerated the wrong thing at the beginning, and the mistake is out of control today. The poor child is afraid that he hates their family, hates the hearts of people who have no warmth, and hates this unjust world.

What should I do? Who can help that child? Help the poor boy escape his life! Endless tears slipped down the corners of Qiao's eyes.

Remorse and hatred are useless at this time. She was a housewife, and she was one of the participants in the wrong thing back then, and there was no one to help her, no ......

Qiao Shi remembered the past, the tears in his eyes couldn't be stopped, Ke Chengxiang looked upset, stood up from the chair, looked at Ke Ziqian, Ke Zinan and the two brothers, and said, "Go to the study with my father." ”

"Yes." Ke Ziqian and his brothers got up and responded.

"Master, you can't, you can't ...... that kid like that" Qiao Shi stood up with tears in her eyes, and then knelt down in front of Prime Minister Ke Cheng, "The concubine begs you, please don't let that child ......" The word "death" on the side of her mouth, Qiao Shi couldn't say anything, she couldn't cry, and kowtowed to Ke Cheng Lianlian.

Seeing this, Ke Ziqian's brothers hurriedly stepped forward to help Qiao's up, but Qiao's avoided them, with a pair of teary eyes, they looked at Ke Ziqian and Ke Zinan, "She is also your sister, please beg your father quickly, let him not ......"

"Mother, there is no turning back when you open the bow, and it is not easy to save it if you want to redeem it today!" Ke Ziqian stretched out his hand to hold Qiao's arm, his expression was full of gloom, "I don't want her to have anything to do either, but since the queen's words have been spread to the mansion......" Ke Zinan heard Ke Ziqian say this, and saw the pain and helplessness in Qiao's eyes, he twisted his head to the side, and his eyes were full of remorse.

But he can't do anything, this family is not up to him.

"You guys are cruel, you know?" Qiao stood up, shook off Ke Zinan's hand, with tears in his eyes, and said sadly: "Why don't you want to think about it, how innocent she is?" If you really do what the queen says to her, what an injustice it is to her! When Prime Minister Ke heard Qiao's accusation, his eyes instantly turned cold, and he said angrily: "You are a woman, what do you know?" When we took that step, each of us should know in our hearts that there was no turning back! If something goes wrong, it's not just a few of us who will die, I'm afraid that the entire Prime Minister's Mansion will suffer with us, do you want to watch your Yun'er, Mu'er and a few of their juniors be beheaded together with us? ”

"No...... No, no, no............ no," Qiao shook his head and stepped back, "No......"

"Won't?" Prime Minister Ke Cheng walked into Qiao's two steps, and said with dark eyes: "What we committed is the crime of deceiving the king, and it is a big crime of the Nine Clans." If the incident happens, the Prime Minister's Mansion is ordered to be beheaded, it will be considered light! When Prime Minister Ke Cheng said this, he didn't scare the Qiao family, but what they did back then, if Emperor Yongjia really knew, it would indeed be enough to be punished by the Nine Clans.

Qiao Shi sat down on the chair, tears like beads with broken threads, and said hoarsely: "But this is too unfair to that child!" In this way, how can we have the face to become the relatives of that child? ”

"What's the use of talking about this now, you lie down and rest, I will go to the study with the two brothers to discuss, and see if the queen asks you to take a while, it will be a little bit of a calculation." After Prime Minister Ke finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the inner room.

Ke Ziqian and his brothers followed closely behind.

Why? Why? God! Why did you torture that child? And why did she reincarnate in my womb? Our family owes so much to her. Now, you have to help another daughter and take the lives of her, her children and daughter-in-law, such a cruel thing, why don't you open your eyes and save them? Joe got up from his chair, faced the window, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to the sky outside the window over and over again.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It's all bad for my mother, and my mother shouldn't have acquiesced to that thing back then! I'm sorry......

"Dad, I'm afraid Princess Lu is not easy to deal with!" Entering Prime Minister Ke Cheng's study, Ke Ziqian's brothers sat on the chair under the signal of Prime Minister Ke Cheng, and saw Prime Minister Ke Cheng sitting behind the bookcase, lowering his eyes and not speaking, Ke Ziqian said loudly.

Prime Minister Ke Cheng did not raise his head to answer Ke Ziqian's words, and continued to lower his eyes in silence, without speaking.

Ke Zinan said at this time: "Dad, do you think that Princess Lu will see any clues from the queen, so that she will deal with the queen?" Prime Minister Ke Cheng raised his head and looked at Ke Zinan with his eyes, "You continue." ”

"Yes." Ke Zinan nodded, and then said: "The child is afraid, afraid that Princess Lu will touch the melon along the vine, touch our mansion, and pull out the things of the year, if this is the case, then our Prime Minister's Mansion is really over." Ke Ziqian disagreed: "Second brother, you are confused, what happened back then, we did it very secretly, except for the queen in the palace, and my father, and our brothers, the people who know, eight or nine out of ten have been eliminated by us, and those who have not been eliminated, you can't speak, you can't write by hand, no matter how powerful Princess Lu is, can she resurrect the dead and restore the wasted to the original?" ”

Ke Ziqian's meaning when he said this is obviously that what their family did with the queen back then was particularly strict, leaving no clues at all, Ren Ling has no ability, and he will not expose what they did back then.

"Your eldest brother is right, let's not talk about what happened back then, no one knows. You can rest assured of this. The light in Prime Minister Ke Cheng's eyes was very confident, and then he said: "In the past two days, rumors about the queen and the king of Qi have been vaguely circulating on the street, and the root of these rumors is all from Ling Wushuang, if you don't get rid of her, I am afraid that there will be more rumors that are not conducive to the queen and the king of Qi, at that time, even if the emperor does not believe that the queen has such a bad character, but there will be more or less estrangement between the queen and the queen." And the position of prince at the fingertips of King Qi will also be missed and will fall into the hands of King Huai or King Yu. After saying this call, Prime Minister Ke Cheng's eyes overflowed with a touch of determination.

"Looks like it's time to use them!" ”

"Dad, have you really decided?" Ke Ziqian and Ke Zinan, the two brothers, opened their eyes wide, and asked Prime Minister Ke Cheng at the same time.

Prime Minister Ke Cheng nodded, with an extremely serious look in his eyes, "If you don't need them at this time, when will you stay?" Raising them is to serve the king of Qi to be able to climb that chair, if the king of Qi misses that chair, what is the father still doing to raise them? Prime Minister Ke Cheng said while regularly looking at the bookcase with his index finger.

"King Nalu, what is my father going to do?" Ke Zinan's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked Prime Minister Ke Cheng.

King Lu was already stupid, for so many years, no one in their prime minister's mansion had ever helped, watching him be rejected by the royal family and bullied by everyone, without squeaking. Thinking of the poor child who was going to die like this with his mother, Ke Zinan felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

In an instant, his sense of powerlessness was replaced by bitterness and remorse.

It was them, their family, that forced the mother and son of King Lu not to get the honor they deserved, and even caused them to be separated from each other, each suffering inhumanely, and will eventually die because of the stable survival of all of them.

What else can he say now, I hope that their mother and son will not know their family again in the next life.

lest the heart be like a knife, and the pain will not be desired.

"Remove them together, if there is no Ling Wushuang, keeping him is also suffering in the world, sending him away with Ling Wushuang is the only thing we do for him." Prime Minister Ke Cheng is so cold-blooded that he even says that it is for the good of the stupid king, how can such a cold-blooded Prime Minister Ke Cheng be called a person?

"As for her, put it aside for now, and then talk about it when Ling Wushuang is dealt with."

"Yes."

Ke Ziqian responded, but looking at Ke Zinan, he just nodded slightly, and then his eyes lowered and fell into his own thoughts.

For a while, the atmosphere in the study became silent, "You stand down, and sit here again for your father." Ke Cheng waved his hand at Ke Ziqian's brothers.

"Yes." Ke Ziqian and his brothers stood up and walked out of the study one after another.

The people that Prime Minister Ke Cheng said were a group of dead soldiers secretly raised by Prime Minister Ke Cheng, and those who knew the existence of these dead soldiers were not only the three of Prime Minister Ke Cheng's father and son, but also the queen in the palace. A dead man with no name and no surname, without any net worth background, goes out to do things for the master, which can best reassure the master.

They can't resist, and they don't dare to resist, because their lives only belong to their masters, and if they don't die under other people's swords, they must have their own martial arts high enough to let others die under their own swords. Run? They couldn't run, they were all homeless orphans when they were young, and they were secretly taken in by Prime Minister Ke Cheng, carefully cultivated, and put a deadly poison on them.

There is no cure for this poison, and only one special powder can be taken every month to suppress the onset of toxicity. Once you don't accept it, when you are poisoned, you will inevitably die.

From this point of view, Prime Minister Ke Cheng's mind could not be more meticulous and ruthless.

Ling Wushuang's ability, although Prime Minister Ke Cheng has heard of it, he has never seen it. However, he did not allow anything to happen to him, and it was inevitable that he would go out of his way.

That's it, whether his conspiracy can succeed or not, he is not completely sure at the moment with his back to the chair.

If he succeeds, if he fails, he can only find another way to get rid of Ling Wushuang.

Recalling the past, Prime Minister Ke Cheng was not without guilt in his heart, but things had happened, he had no way out, and in desperation, he wronged the child and let him live in misery for nearly 20 years. His hair turned white, his eyes became blind, he lost his speech, and he became stupid! For her, he felt ashamed, but for the safety of the entire clan, he was not ashamed.

What he didn't expect was that as a sister, the queen would be ruthless and even take her life.

If you stay in a high position for a long time, will your personality also change? In the past, the relationship between the two sisters was extremely good, that is, they entered the palace, and the queen's character was also gentle, no matter how virtuous and respectful she was, everything changed! Prime Minister Ke closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and shook his head.

"Big brother, do we really have to be so ruthless?" Ke Zinan and Ke Ziqian walked out of Prime Minister Ke Cheng's study, and did not go back to his own courtyard, but followed behind Ke Ziqian and went to Ke Ziqian's courtyard.

"Heartless? Second brother, didn't you hear what your father said just now? Ke Ziqian stretched out his hand to let Ke Zinan sit down, raised his eyebrows and asked.

The corners of Ke Zinan's lips moved, his eyes looked at Ke Ziqian, and finally said: "What my father said, I understand it in my heart." However, there is no need for King Lu's mother and son to be removed together! Or, let my mother go to the palace to tell the queen, don't be cruel to Queen Lu's mother and son, don't you think? ”

"Second brother, do you think it's feasible?" Ke Ziqian did not answer the rhetorical question.

Ke Zinan's eyebrows were twisted together, thinking for a moment, but he didn't find the answer in his mind.

"The queen's temperament, you and I don't understand, what she wants to do, can we stop it?" Seeing Ke Zinan's response, Ke Ziqian said again: "Besides, do you think that my mother didn't intercede for Queen Lu's mother and son in front of the queen?" From the mother's expression when she returned to the house from the palace yesterday, plus what the mother said today, what else can we say? ”

"But she's also our sister!" Listening to Ke Ziqian's words, Ke Zinan's eyes became painful, and he said sadly.

"I didn't say she wasn't. The question is that the queen wants her to die, what can we do? Speaking of this, Ke Ziqian's words paused, and then continued: "If the queen falls, our Prime Minister's Mansion will also collapse." The tree is falling and scattering, and when the day comes, we want to regret this momentary kindness, but it is too late! ”

"Huh!" Ke Zinan had tears in his eyes and smiled bitterly, "What is this all for?" What is it that makes the family so cold? You know what? I'm afraid of her, I'm afraid to see her, big brother, you know? Tears slid down Ke Zinan's angular face, "Her hair is gray, her eyes are blind, she can't speak, and her mind has become chaotic, these are all caused by us, do you know?" ”

The look on Ke Ziqian's face gradually became gloomy as Ke Zinan spoke, he looked directly at Ke Zinan, and said in a hoarse voice: "Why don't I know?" But what can be done now? The queen and her have been protected by our brothers since she was a child, and I know what kind of life she has lived over the years, I know! But for the sake of the Ke family, sacrificing her is nothing to do! ”

"Haha......" Ke Zinan suppressed himself extremely much, and finally smiled silently with his mouth open, the tears of remorse overflowing in his eyes showed his mood at the moment, and the pain was extreme, "I really hope that time can be turned back and go back to before the incident, even if I exchange my life for her safety, I have no regrets!" Recently, I didn't dare to go back to my room to sleep, for fear of waking up in a dream, saying something that shouldn't be said, being heard by the sunset, and I could only sleep in the study every night. I've really had enough! ”

Sunset is Ke Zinan's pillow man and Ke Zinan's wife.

Ke Ziqian saw that Ke Zinan was suppressing himself, almost crazy, so he hurriedly stepped forward and pressed Ke Zinan's shoulder, and comforted him: "Second brother, calm down!" If you continue like this, sooner or later you'll go crazy. Ke Zinan broke free of Ke Ziqian's hand, and the whole person retreated a few steps away from Ke Ziqian, and said with grief: "Sooner or later, you will go crazy?" But how do I feel like I'm crazy? Hehe! ”

"What has happened, you are remorseful, chagrin is useless, since you know that things cannot be reversed, why do you have to let yourself drill the horns?" Ke Ziqian stepped forward and walked into Ke Zinan two steps, there was an indescribable defeat in his tone, just now, just now, he made an idea in his heart, "Second brother, if you can trust the eldest brother, the eldest brother will promise you that nothing will happen to her." ”

The tears that fell from Ke Zinan's eyes, after listening to Ke Ziqian's words, gradually stopped, and muttered, "Is what the eldest brother said true?" Ke Ziqian looked solemn and nodded "um".

"What about King Naru? Can the eldest brother keep King Lu too! Ke Zinan looked at Ke Ziqian with a look of hope, but what he was waiting for was Ke Ziqian shaking his head helplessly.

"Big brother, I'm tired, you're busy." Ke Zinan raised his hand and wiped it from the corner of his eyes, and walked towards the outside of the study, the expression on Ke Ziqian's face, he saw the bottom of his eyes, and if he continued, there was no result, he was tired, really tired! He wants to find a place where no one is around, to be quiet, to fill his heart with sin, and to restore peace as soon as possible.

It's just because he has a wife and children to protect, he must have been stunned just now, so he would be so crazy.

What has happened has happened, what has not happened, what is about to happen, all of this has been doomed twenty years ago, and no matter how much he is annoyed and regretful, it will not help. He has his responsibilities, he has his family to protect, his steps are a little vain, Ke Zinan returned to his own courtyard.

"Second brother, do you know that eldest brother and I also have insomnia at night and sleep alone in the study? The eldest brother's heart is not made of stone, but also flesh and blood, and feelings. However, as your elder brother, the eldest brother has to hold on in front of you, forcing himself to be cold and cold, and you pour out the pain in your heart. ”