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Qiu Ce sighed lightly, didn't say anything more, his eyes drooped, he looked at the wine jug in Shangguan Xiu's hand, and asked, "Is that the imperial wine that His Majesty gave the old man?"

"Yes......"

"Since it's imperial wine, it must be good wine, please bring it to Lord Shangguan!"

Shangguan Xiu stared at Qiu Ce, and after a while, he slowly walked to the table and put the wine jug on the table.

Qiu Ce didn't hesitate for a moment, and reached out to pick it up, but Shangguan Xiu's hand was still tightly gripping the handle of the pot, he looked at Qiu Ce with electric eyes, and asked, "Lord Qiu, what did you mean by what you just said?"

Qiu Ce smiled and said: "Lord Shangguan must also be a smart person, don't you know the importance of the Duwei Mansion? Your Majesty's election of the president of the Duwei Mansion must be the most trusted person of Your Majesty, and you, since you are not the person of the eldest princess, where does Your Majesty trust you now? Perhaps, Your Majesty really appreciates you, but in any case, these things have nothing to do with the old man, the old man has been in an important position for many years, and he has too many secrets, how can Your Majesty tolerate the old man?" Anyway, the old man was deeply favored by the first emperor, and now he is accompanying the first emperor to Huangquan, how can it not be a repayment to the first emperor, haha, decades of glory and wealth, deeply affected by Longen, in the end it is just a passing cloud!"

While speaking, he forcefully pulled away Shangguan Xiu's hand, lifted the wine jug, and drank the whole pot of wine with a clatter.

Then he wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, slowly sat back in his chair, and sighed with a smile: "Sure enough, it's good wine!"

Shangguan Xiu still wanted to ask, but he heard Qiu Ce's stomach suddenly gurgling and screaming, and then, his throat moved, and a mouthful of black blood gushed out of his mouth.

The old man's pupils dilated, his face quickly turned to ashes, and in a moment's work, his head drooped weakly, and black blood trickled down the corners of his mouth and nostrils onto the placket of his clothes.

"Lord Qiu!" Shangguan Xiu took a step forward and reached out to probe Qiu Ce's nose, at this time, he was already out of breath.

Qiu Ce, the general commander of the Tianyan Division of the dignified Duwei Mansion, died under a pot of wine like this, which is embarrassing and even more pathetic.

Now Shangguan Xiu no longer has the heart to feel sorry for Qiu Ce, all that rings in his mind is Qiu Ce's words before he dies.

Could it be that Tang Ling let herself give Qiu Ce death, and she didn't plan to keep her mouth alive?

As Qiu Ce said, she is indeed not Tang Ling's confidant, let alone any trust between the two, but she just happened to save Tang Ling's life before, does she think of her life-saving grace and plan to reuse herself, or as Qiu Ce said, she will get rid of herself after she has done something for her?

Shangguan Xiu was shocked into a cold sweat, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, if Tang Ling really wanted to get rid of herself, she didn't have to go through so much trouble at all, she only needed to make a holy decree.

It's a blessing or a curse, and it can't be avoided. Now the whole world is Tang Ling's, if she wants to kill herself, no one can stop her.

Shangguan Xiu narrowed his eyes, walked around the table, walked to Qiu Ce's corpse, took off the token of the general capital of the Duwei Mansion from his waist, put it in his arms, lifted the wine jug, turned around and walked out of the study.

When he got outside, he looked up and saw two people standing at the door of the study. Both of them are in their early forties, wearing official uniforms embroidered with dragons, and they know that their positions are not low at a glance.

Shangguan Xiu was stunned and asked, "...... are the two?"

"Tianyan Division, Deputy Capital Commander, Zhang Meng (Wang Pin)!"

"It turned out to be Lord Zhang and Lord Wang!" Shangguan Xiu arched his hand and said, "Under Shangguan Xiu." ”

"We've all heard about Lord Shangguan. Wang Pin raised his eyes to look into the study, and when he saw the corpse sitting on the chair, his expression suddenly darkened.

Wang Pin lifted his official robe and knelt on his knees. Zhang Meng on the side also knelt down and kowtowed to the study.

Shangguan Xiu sighed secretly and said, "I am under the command of Your Majesty......"

"I'll know. Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Meng and Wang Pin had already stood up. "Once a son of heaven and a courtier, this is our fate!"

Shangguan Xiu didn't know what to say, it was foreseeable that the fate of Zhang Meng and Wang Pin would not be much stronger than Qiu Ce, but the big knife in the emperor's hand had not yet had time to slash the heads of these minor figures.

He suddenly remembered something and asked, "May I ask the two adults, where is Vice President Cheng Qi and Cheng now?"

Hearing this, Zhang Meng and Wang Pin both had wry smiles on their faces. Wang Pin Yangtian sighed and said, "In Phoenix Mountain." ”

Phoenix Mountain is located in Sichuan County, but it is not far from Shangjing, only about 100 miles away.

Shangguan Xiu sighed, and asked again: "I wonder if the two adults know when Hua Butterfly will return to Beijing?"

Zhang Meng and Wang Pin glanced at each other and said, "Hua Butterfly is also in Phoenix Mountain." ”

"When will they return to Beijing?"

"I'm afraid, I won't be able to come back. ”

"What do you mean by that, sir?"

"Lord Cheng and his entourage went to Sichuan County to investigate the traitorous party, their identities were exposed, and they were trapped in Phoenix Mountain.

Shangguan Xiu was taken aback and hurriedly said: "Phoenix Mountain is only a hundred miles away from Shangjing, why don't you go to the rescue?"

Zhang Meng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty has an order, no one in the Duwei Mansion is allowed to walk out of the Duwei Mansion for half a step, and those who violate the order will be beheaded, and we will wait, even if we want to rescue, there is nothing we can do!"

Shangguan Xiu's brows furrowed into a pimple, Hua Butterfly They didn't have an accident sooner or later, but they just had an accident at this juncture.

He knew in his heart that now not to mention that the people of the Duwei Mansion could not move, the Central Army stationed near Shangjing, and the officers and troops of the Lieutenant's Mansion in Shangjing City could not move.

In this sensitive period, whoever dares to act recklessly will be suspected of disobedience to the new monarch.

"I see. Shangguan Xiu thanked Zhang Meng and Wang Pin, and walked out of the Duwei Mansion quickly.

Hua Die and others are trapped in Phoenix Mountain, which may also be a good thing, and returning to Shangjing is likely to be a dead end, fighting against the rebels, and maybe there is a glimmer of life.

Shangguan Xiu returned to the palace and handed over the order to Tang Ling.

Seeing the presidential token brought back by Shangguan Xiu, Tang Ling nodded with satisfaction. However, at the same time as handing over the token, Shangguan Xiu also saw that there was an identical wine jug on the table, a wine jug containing wine.

Tang Ling didn't ignore his gaze, she glanced sideways at the wine jug, smiled leisurely, and said, "Shangguan Aiqing, if I want to reuse you, you must first meet two points, first, you have to be meritorious to me. You've done that. Second, you have to earn my trust in you, which you have not yet done. ”

Speaking of this, Tang Ling turned around and walked to the table, Qianqian Yu's fingers lightly tapped the wine jug, and said, "Now I want you to do something, as long as you can do it, I can promote you to the head of the Duwei Mansion!"

Shangguan Xiu glanced at the wine jug, who are you going to ask me to help you kill? He muttered in his heart, without the slightest expression on his face, he arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty just orders." ”

Tang Ling looked at Shangguan Xiu with a smile, and said word by word: "I want you to send this pot of wine to King Yu's Mansion and drink it with your own hands!"

Her words made Shangguan Xiu's head buzz, and he looked at Tang Ling in disbelief. Tang Yu is her own brother, she actually wants to kill her own brother?

He looked at Tang Ling blankly, unable to say a word for a long time.

Tang Ling had a beautiful smile on his face, and said softly, "If you can't even do this little thing, how can you make me trust you?"

Under Tang Ling's aggressive gaze, Shangguan Xiu slowly stepped forward.

Looking at Tang Ling, who was sitting behind the table and close to him, Shangguan Xiu believed that he could break her neck with just one grab.

That's how interesting people are. Before, Shangguan Xiu desperately rescued Tang Ling from the assassins, but now, what he was thinking about was how to kill her.

But after calming down and thinking about it, Shangguan Xiu secretly shook his head, killing Tang Ling was meaningless, not only could not save Tang Yu, but it would harm Tang Yu even more, and it would also harm his own brothers, Luo Ren and others would be implicated with him.

He secretly clenched his fist, and the outstretched hand still didn't grab Tang Ling's neck after all, but picked up the wine jug.

Seeing this, Tang Ling nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Shangguan Aiqing, I am waiting for your good news here, don't let me down, you know?"

"Weichen, obey the order......" Shangguan Xiu agreed and withdrew from the imperial study.

This time, he didn't know how he got out of the palace, and now he had an impulse to don't care about anything and escape from Shangjing, but where could he go after escaping, the world was so big, it was not the king's land, no matter where he fled, he would be chased and killed by Tang Ling.

That life on the run was never the life he wanted. But if he wants to poison Tang Yu with his own hands, how can Shangguan Xiu be able to poison Tang Yu like this?

Tang Yu has the grace of knowing him, and treats him with sincerity, if he wants to kill Tang Yu, he would rather die first.

Shangguan Xiu is cunning and gives priority to his own interests, but he also has his own bottom line.

He can harm anyone, but he will never harm his brother or anyone who is kind to him.

Now, he is faced with this dilemma.

In the midst of extreme psychological contradictions, Shangguan Xiu came to Yuwang's Mansion. Now the guards of the Yuwang Mansion have been completely removed, and they are all replaced by palace guards. The palace was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and the water could not be drained.

Shangguan Xiu came by order, and without too much interrogation, it was easy to enter the Yuwang Mansion.

In the back garden of King Yu's mansion, he finally met Tang Yu.

It's just that he hasn't seen him for a day, and Tang Yu's whole person is haggard.

His father was poisoned, and he himself was innocently charged with killing his father and the king, and was placed under house arrest by his own sister in the palace, and his inner torment can be imagined.

When Shangguan Xiu arrived, Tang Yu was sitting in the gazebo in the garden, pouring wine one after another. The prince who admired Shangguan Xiu, had great ambitions, and was full of spirit, and now all he was sitting there was a decadent drunk.