I was stunned by those eyes, and subconsciously lowered my head, but for some reason, he calmed down, just staring at me and never relaxed.

"Yuquan said, what did you come to me for last night?"

"Didn't-what?"

"Why are you here?"

His gaze is so sharp, it hurts to be watched by him, I can only smile bitterly at the hard work of Father-in-law Yu in my heart, but looking up at this man, looking at the red eyes, and the haze under the eyes, I only felt powerless, and said with a faint smile: "The slave just happened to walk to the door of the inner courtyard, and did not want to find the emperor." ”

"......" He stood in front of me and looked at me, and after a long time, a little chill slowly appeared in his originally peaceful eyes: "You came to see my jokes." ”

I didn't say a word, but I didn't know what had angered him, and he suddenly became enraged, grabbed my wrist and pulled me in front of him, forcing me into the eyes.

"I see that I spent so much effort, and I still didn't catch her, right?"

My wrist hurt so much from being pinched by him, I frowned slightly but gritted my teeth and didn't moan, recalling the faint fragrance in the Momiji Temple, it seemed that it still lingered on the tip of my nose until now, I looked up at his bloodshot eyes, and saw myself palely in those eyes, and suddenly felt like laughing, but I couldn't.

However, it is just a poor person who can't get it.

I looked at him and said calmly and plainly: "The slave doesn't dare, how dare the slave?" ”

Pei Yuanhao's face turned slightly, and he looked at me with burning eyes.

I reluctantly supported the smile on my face: "Who is Miss Nangong, and the slave didn't know it for the first time." ”

“……”

My teeth trembled so much that I almost bit the tip of my tongue, and I tasted the saltiness of blood, and I slowly raised my head to look at him, and said again, "The slave doesn't dare." ”

I was so low-browed, even humbled to the dirt, but he didn't seem to be discouraged by this.

On the contrary, there was a strong anger in his breath, which became heavier and heavier each time.

My wrist had been pinched as if it was about to break, and my smile was gentle, but I didn't cry out for pain at all, just smiled.

If there had been no exclamation from outside the door, perhaps my wrist would have been broken by him, but just a moment ago, there was a sudden chaos outside, the peace was suddenly broken, and a panicked shout came from a distance.

"Lord Liu is dead! Lord Liu is dead! ”

As soon as he heard this, his eyes widened in shock at the same time, and he immediately let go of his hand, and I hurriedly turned around and opened the door.

Outside the door was a group of state attendants shouting, and it seemed that the emperor would be in my room, as soon as he came over and saw the two of us, he was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down and crawled over: "Your Majesty, meet the Emperor." ”

"What are you talking about, what's wrong with Lord Liu?"

"If you go back to the emperor, Lord Liu is dead."

It was a sunny day, but I felt as if I heard a thunderclap that exploded overhead, and I was stunned and couldn't feel anything.

Lord Liu, Liu Yi, dead?!

He's dead?!

Thinking of the pale and frail man last night, his breath was so weak when he explained to me, and I knew that he wouldn't last long, but I couldn't imagine that it was just one night later, and he was-

Thinking of this, I turned my head to look at Pei Yuanhao, who was standing beside me, his face even paler than just now.

And the hand he was holding on to the door frame had been exerting himself, and his fingertips, which were already scarred, were almost pinching into the door at this time, and his joints were white.

As soon as Liu Yi died, there was one less person in the DPRK who could serve him in the south, and it was possible, the most important one!

He gritted his teeth, and the hand that was almost pinched into the door clenched into a fist and slammed it hard.

"Come with me!"

After saying this, he walked out without looking back, I gritted my teeth and hurriedly followed, Shui Xiu was still waiting not far from the door, and when he saw the two of us, he also hurriedly came up to help me and went to Liu Yi's residence together.

Along the way, although the people in the state capital are not in chaos, the atmosphere is already different.

Soon arrived at the place where Liu Yi and I talked last night, and the people who were already crying and kneeling on the ground at the door saw the emperor coming, and these maids and attendants hurriedly kowtowed, and mourned: "Your Majesty ...... the emperor"

Pei Yuanhao walked in a few steps, the curtain had already hung down in the room, and at the end of the veil tent was Liu Yi lying quietly on the bed in white, Liu Zhaoyi knelt at the head of the bed and shook his brother's body desperately, and his beautiful face was already soaked with tears.

"Brother, brother!" She grabbed Liu Yi's hand and said tremblingly: "Wake up, you don't want to die!" ”

"Li'er only has one relative, you can't leave me like this."

"Brother, brother, get up! Brother ......"

Her mournful cry made the people around her couldn't help but cry, and there was another pure son standing next to the bed, dressed in plain clothes, it was the Ningyuan son who brought me over last night, he endured his grief, his eyes were also red, and he said cautiously: "Zhaoyi, the festival mourns and changes." ”

After saying this, he turned his head and saw Pei Yuanhao walking in, hurriedly came over and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty." ”

When Liu Zhaoyi heard this, she turned to look at Pei Yuanhao, and she couldn't cry, Pei Yuanhao walked over a few steps to help her, and gently held her in his arms: "Li'er ......"

"Your Majesty, the concubine's brother, died so unjustly!"

"Li'er, don't cry." As he spoke, his eyes reddened.

I stood far away, looking at the cold corpse on the bed, with a pale face, and the bandages on my neck seemed to be soaked in a lot of blood, but by this time it had slowly condensed.

He could no longer get up and do anything for the south where he and his father had worked all their lives, and there was no way to wait for the day when his lost brother would be with him again.

Thinking of this, tears welled up in my eyes, and I turned my head slightly.

At this moment, there was another sound of footsteps outside the door, and when I looked up, it was all the officials who followed the emperor south, and the leader was Taifu Shen Gong.

Now the most talkative in the court are the two left behind in the original three dukes, and this time Pei Yuanhao went south, leaving the Taishi to supervise the country, and the Taifu went south, naturally so that they could see the human feelings in the south.

But as soon as I saw Shen Gongyi, I felt that this trip to the south was even more difficult.

When he walked into the room, he saw me at first sight, his eyes swept over coldly, I hurriedly stepped aside, and he walked in with the officials behind him, looked at Liu Yi's body on the bed, and sighed: "Lord Liu is dedicated to the country, but he doesn't want to be harmed by the southern mob, and the loss of this humerus minister is really a big loss to my court!" ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Li couldn't cry anymore.

"Your Majesty!" She hurriedly said: "My brother was killed by the mob in the south, the emperor must give my brother justice, and he can't let his brother die in vain!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," an official behind Shen Gongyi hurriedly said, "You must be punished clearly and canonically to set an example!" ”

"We can't let these mobs go on anymore."

"I must give Lord Liu an explanation!"

Those people said a word to me, and suddenly the room was in chaos, I stood outside, looking at Pei Yuanhao's face condensed, but I couldn't tell whether it was sad or angry, but my heart was already trembling.

Liu Yi really guessed correctly.

Liu Zhaoyi has always been haunted by Liu Shizhou's assassination, and now that Liu Yi is dead, she wants to vent her anger on the southerners, plus these court officials say this, Pei Yuanhao has no way out at all!

But if you kill those Assassins at this time, or make some waves in the South, then—

Thinking of this, I was also a little anxious.

"The Emperor—"

I had just taken a step forward to say something, when a hand suddenly reached out from behind me and grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

When I looked back, it was Pei Yuanfeng, who was standing behind me, with slightly red tiger eyes staring at Liu Yi on the bed.

"Lord Wang?"

"Don't speak."

"But—"

"It's useless to say at this time."

At this time, he was calmer than me, but the hand holding my arm was slightly hot, and I looked back at the scene in the inner room, and Shin Gongjun had already knelt on the ground with those officials.

Pei Yuanhao was silent for a long time, and finally said word by word: "I, I will deal with it." ”

Because the emperor is still in the state capital, there is no mourning hall here, everyone went to Liu Yi's temporary residence in the south to arrange for him to do the funeral, the couplet was hung high, the people in the house cried and shook the sky, and Liu Zhaoyi stood there in despair, all night, as if nothing could be heard.

I looked at the pale man in the mourning hall, and I felt unbearable in my heart, so I went back without waiting for it to be done.

Pei Yuanfeng has always been by my side.

The two of them slowly walked to the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and it rained at some point, bringing coolness in such an early spring.

I asked softly, "Lord, will the emperor kill those assassins?" ”

He looked at me and didn't speak.

According to the previous story he told me, Shengjing's people went south to negotiate with the forces in the south, but from the process of my conversation with Ichi, I could feel that he was not the person in charge, and besides, they had not started to talk, or rather, they had not yet negotiated, and the imperial court could still find a way.

However, the contradiction between Shengjing and the imperial court is not only the internal seizure of power by the imperial family, but also the conflict of interests, and there is no way to reconcile, the only thing that can be imagined is to start with the forces in the south.

Pei Yuanfeng once said that Shengjing should promise heavy benefits to the south, the question is what this "heavy profit" is, which can make Shengjing's people confident that they will definitely be able to move the southern forces, so that Nangong will go all the way south from Zhuzhu to go to danger, and if they want to break their agreement, what the imperial court has to do is to immediately change the hostile policy towards the south, and second, it is the same as the original treatment of Huang Tianba, Zhao'an!

Therefore, I don't dare to tell him what I felt in Momiji Temple, because I know that with his attachment to that person, he will definitely lead his troops over immediately, and if this happens, things will be out of control, and it will only make Katsukyo and the people in the south combine faster.

But if at this time, kill their people......

I hardly dare to think about it.