Grassland, Snow Mountain, the ruins of the Molun Temple.

After the fall of the Molun Temple, it was rarely inhabited, and it was not until Qingchen and his followers betrayed the Dao Sect and settled here that it regained some vitality.

Li Ruregret is Qingchen's few remaining henchmen, and he is also the leader second only to Qingchen, although after Tianchen's iron-blooded suppression, Qingchen's foundation in the Taoist sect for many years has been uprooted, but in the end, it is still a hundred-legged insect that dies and does not stiffen, and there is no real end of the road.

Qingchen took Li Ruregret to climb to the top of the Great Snow Mountain, looking at the white snow under his feet and the grassland with no edge in the distance, and suddenly asked, "Ruregret, I remember that you have two brothers?"

Li Rucheng replied softly: "Li Rusong and Li Ruchun are serving under Xiao Yu, Li Rusong is the governor of the Secret Guard Mansion, and Li Ruchun is the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. ”

Qingchen nodded and sighed, "A great future." ”

At this point, Li Ruregret did not have too many taboos, and said calmly: "In this way, no matter who wins or loses, the Li family will not really cut off the incense." ”

Qingchen sighed softly: "At the beginning, we were full of ambition, how could we have thought that we would come to such a field today, not only did we fail to hold the power of the Dao Sect, but instead became a lost dog, and we couldn't live in fear. In the future, even if I can take that step by chance, what face will I have to face the master and the ranking ancestors of the Dao Sect?"

Li Ruregret was silent.

Qingchen paused for a long time, and then said slowly: "When I decided to take this step, I also thought about the consequences, but after thinking about it, the worst consequence is nothing more than being ruined. No matter how I fought with Zichen back then, there was a love affair with Jiazi after all, and it was barely a gentleman's dispute, and it would not have come to this point anyway. But I don't have the slightest affection for Akiba, so this doesn't work here in Akiba. If I don't take this step and watch Autumn Leaf take over Zichen's mantle step by step, and wait until he really holds the Dao Sect in his hands, how should I deal with myself? Since they are all ruined, instead of sitting and waiting to die, it is better to fight to the death, whether it is victory or defeat, there are no regrets. ”

Li Ruregret said softly: "Heaven and earth are all working together. ”

Qingchen looked at the white snow under his feet and laughed at himself: "Isn't it free to transport heroes?"

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Eastern Capital, Royal Palace.

In this world, the nominally most noble woman is not Princess Ling'an, Xiao Jin's mother, not Xiao Yu's wife Lin Yinping, nor Murong Xuan, a Taoist companion in the autumn leaves, not to mention the Jade Empress Dowager who is now living in the deep palace, but the queen mother who has just been in charge of the phoenix seal for a long time.

There is a King of Qi as her mother's family, and the queen mother can really be called the veritable lord of the six palaces, whether it is the concubines of the palaces, or the big eunuchs with real power, or even the head of the eunuchs, Sun Shilin and the mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, they still have to be a head shorter than the queen mother.

In the final analysis, it is because of the queen's mother's father, if it weren't for His Royal Highness the King of Qi who was in power in a foreign court, how could a lone woman who had just arrived, even if she was the queen's honor, be so comfortable in the bottomless harem?

The harem has always been a place to step on the low and praise the high, and the people who come out here are also very discerning, so they naturally know who gains power and who loses power. So in today's Eastern Capital Palace, there is such an absurd scene, if the little emperor Qin Xian wants to see his wife, he must pass it on in advance, these maids in the Flying Frost Hall are all old men selected by Lin Yinping from the palace of the Central Capital, led by Ziyue, they don't recognize any emperor, they are just puppets placed on the table by the prince, they only recognize Xiao Yuyi alone, if Xiao Yuyi can't say it, Qin Xian will not want to step into the Flying Frost Palace.

Today, for some reason, Xiao Yuyi made an exception and took the initiative to come to Ganquan Palace, which made Qin Xian a little surprised that he couldn't hide. This surprise lasted until Xiao Yuyi came to take a seat in front of him, and then withdrew his entourage, leaving only Ziyue and Zhang Baisui.

Since Zhang Baisui entered the palace to worship Sun Shilin as his teacher, he was arranged by Sun Shilin to be by Qin Xian's side, nominally Qin Xian's long-term follower, and at the same time hung a pen name in the celebrant supervisor, but everyone with a discerning eye knows that it is just to monitor this involuntary little emperor.

The emperor and queen sat opposite each other, Xiao Yuyi's expression was very solemn, looking at Qin Xian silently, Ziyue and Zhang Baisui were guarding outside, each silent.

After being silent for a long time, Qin Xian finally couldn't hold his breath, first broke the silence in the hall, and asked, "I don't know why the queen came to see me?"

Xiao Yuyi folded his hands, his wide sleeves covered his knees, and said slowly: "The concubine is here to tell His Majesty a piece of news. “

Qin Xian asked, "What news?"

Xiao Yuyi looked at her nominal husband, and suddenly smiled: "This news may be good or bad for Your Majesty, but in my opinion, it is actually the same, no matter who wins, Your Majesty is just a person who has changed from this cage to another cage and behind his back." ”

From beginning to end, Xiao Yuyi didn't have the slightest euphemism, and directly pierced the layer of window paper, directly pointing out Qin Xian's current embarrassing situation.

Qin Xian's face changed and changed, but in the end, he still didn't get angry, and after trying his best to suppress his anger, he said in a calm voice as calmly as possible: "The queen is going to tell me that the King of Qi has decided to send troops?"

Xiao Yuyi nodded lightly, and said in a flat tone: "Father has decided to use troops against Jiangnan next autumn to sweep away the White Lotus Sect, Lu Qian and other rebellious ministers and thieves, and open up peace in the world." ”

Qin Xian's face turned pale.

Xiao Yuyi said softly: "You and I are husband and wife, I will tell you some things directly, how to win or lose this battle, my father is not completely sure, but you had better hope that your father can win Lu Qian." ”

Qin Xian's lips trembled, and he asked, "What do you mean?"

Xiao Yuyi smiled, had some sympathy for this poor little emperor who couldn't help himself, and explained softly: "If my father wins, for the sake of my reputation in the future generations, and my feelings, I may not treat you like this, as long as you give up the throne and keep to yourself, you can still have a rich and happy second half of your life, but no matter what, it is not a dead end." But if the father is defeated, and the army has to give up Jiangbei, or even give up the eastern capital, and all withdraw to the northwest outside the Guanwai, then you have two fates, if the father still wants to make a comeback, then you will follow the northwest army to move the capital to the central capital, if the father is disheartened and intends to be in a corner of peace, then you will die with many eastern capital clans. ”

Qin Xian's face suddenly turned to ashes.

At this moment, Lan Yu held the cardinal key of the entire Imperial City Great Array and walked into the small black and white building located in the Imperial City.

Standing in the ruins of the abandoned Tianji Pavilion, Lan Yu smiled bitterly and said to herself: "If there is a disagreement......

Then it is up to him to destroy this place himself.