Gu Qingpei and Leng Yan happened to pass by, seeing that this place was in full swing, Leng Yan hurriedly came forward to inquire about the situation, and when he saw that the person in charge was Song Zhizhi, he hurriedly came to Gu Qingpei's side and replied truthfully, "Master, it is the shopkeeper of Song, she is distributing disinfectant pots to everyone, and she also said that only by detoxifying this city, the people will not get sick." He scratched his head, full of doubts, "Master, could it be that Shopkeeper Song's remarks were seen in a medical book?" ”

"Zhizhi is different from ordinary women, this time she came to the southland for disaster relief, she made a lot of contributions, and it can be said that she played the biggest role. Otherwise, if the city is preserved, but the people are dead, then the city will be a dead city, a ghost city, and everything the king has done will be meaningless. ”

Gu Qingpei said, "This king believes in her, and with her, this king can rest assured that he will be on the front line to control the river, stop the flood, and build a new home for the people." ”

"Let's go, I'll leave it to Zhizhi here!"

After he finished speaking, he left the place with cold flames.

The capital, the Imperial Palace.

"What do you say? Song Zhizhi went with him to the southland for disaster relief, and he did many miraculous feats? Gu Jiajing clenched his fists tightly, and smashed his fist on the half-human-high bronze mirror in front of him, and in an instant, the back of his hand was blood-red, "I knew that today, the palace shouldn't have let her go that day!" Song Zhizhi, a woman, knows best, she can even make colorless and tasteless poison, what else can't she do? With her by Gu Qingpei's side, this palace ...... Hongu ...... What are the chances of Hongu winning? ”

He lifted the mirror angrily and slammed it to the ground, watching it fall apart, but he didn't feel half happy.

"What to do? What to do? How can Hongu pull a game back? How can this palace hold the throne tightly in his hands! ”

"Your Highness." The attendant said, "Concubine Yun sent a secret letter, and the letter said that the emperor is about to die!" ”

"Really?" Gu Jiajing grabbed the squire's shoulder, "What you said is true?" ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! And the queen mother gave us the exact news, Gu Qingpei is not in the palace, and the emperor will definitely appoint His Royal Highness as the emperor. ”

"Great! That's great! Gu Jiajing was overjoyed and told his attendants, "You let Concubine Yun keep an eye on your father, and give your father a ride when necessary, as soon as your father dies, the palace will immediately succeed to the throne!" ”

The eunuch and palace maid in the house knelt on the ground in an instant, and shouted, "Congratulations to the emperor!" Congratulations to the Emperor! ”

Southland.

The evil shepherd came in a hurry with a secret letter in his hand, and he handed the secret letter into Gu Qingpei's hands. Gu Qingpei quickly opened the secret letter, and after checking the content of the letter, he was silent for a long time.

"Master, what does the letter say?"

"My father's life is not long, if this king does not return to Beijing immediately, the throne is likely to fall into the hands of the crown prince."

Leng Yan on the side was shocked, "Master, you must leave for Beijing immediately, if the throne falls into the hands of the crown prince, won't your years of planning and planning fall apart?" ”

"But the people of the south have only improved a little, and if the king is gone, and the flood comes again, how will the people be safe?" Gu Qingpei's heart struggled, on the one hand, he was the supreme right, and on the other hand, he was the people who could not be abandoned, how did he choose the right one?

"Abandon the people of a city and win the world, this is what the prince should do!" The evil herd knelt down in front of Gu Qingpei, "My subordinates implore the prince to return to Beijing immediately!" ”

Leng Yan also knelt down in front of Gu Qingpei, "My subordinates also implore the prince to return to Beijing immediately!" ”

"Leave the flesh and blood of this city to fight for the cold dragon chair, Song Qingshan, if you dare to do this, I, Song Zhizhi, will never marry you!"

Gu Qingpei turned around to look, Song Zhizhi walked in with a tired face, she stood still in front of him, looking at him with burning eyes, "Let me ask you, did you become the emperor to enjoy the supreme power, or for the people of the Great Gu Dynasty?" ”

"Nature is the people!" Gu Qing Pei said, "This king has the confidence to lead all the people of the Great Gu Dynasty to live their ideal life. ”

"Yes! You want to be the emperor, not for power, but for ambition. Your ultimate goal is to take care of the people of the dynasty, but now! The people of the Dagu Dynasty are suffering, they are in dire straits, they have no place to live, and they have to be afraid that the flood will come again! They need your rescue! If you leave now, and seek the cold throne, the high-sounding worship of civil and military officials, is it not far from your ambition? ”

"But ......," Gu Qingpei said, "The matter of fighting for the throne, this king has been planning for many years, if he lets it go, won't the past efforts go down the drain?" ”

"Yes! To go, it means to leave behind the people of the Great Gu Dynasty. Not going to do it means giving up decades of planning. There are always trade-offs in life, and the prince has to think carefully! Song Zhizhi said word by word.

Gu Qingpei looked at Song Zhizhi in front of him, "Zhizhi, this king asked you, if this king really leaves, you really won't marry this king, right?" ”

"That's right! If you leave this place and choose what you think is the right and the throne, then I was looking at the wrong person from the beginning. At this time, I will choose to return to my lost path and never see you again. ”

"Song Zhizhi, you're going too far!" The evil herd said to Song Zhizhi, "You actually threatened the prince, do you know that no one has ever dared to threaten the prince, do you want to die?" After he finished speaking, he quickly took off his gloves and grabbed his right hand towards Song Zhizhi's neck in the shape of a claw.

"Evil Shepherd, stop!"

Gu Qingpei's first reaction was to knock the evil herd to the ground with one palm, and then came to Song Zhizhi to protect her, and said to the evil herd, "How dare you kill her?" ”

"But she's going to spoil you! Your subordinates watched how much you suffered along the way, just to be able to win the throne one day and trample the crown prince under your feet! Lord Wang, now you are only one step away from success, you can't mess with your mind for this woman! The evil shepherd clutched his aching chest and confided bitterly.

"The king knows what to do." Gu Qingpei said to Leng Yan, "Take him down!" ”

Leng Yan immediately took the evil pastor out of Gu Qingpei's room.

"Twigs."

Song Zhizhi's expression was a little depressed, she didn't want to see Gu Qingpei disagree with her own people, or because of her disagreement.

She just hoped that Gu Qingpei could understand that even if he became the emperor one day, the most important thing for the emperor was still his people.

If Gu Qingpei gives up on these disaster victims in the south now, then he will lose the support of the people, even if he tries his best to win the throne, but the emperor who has no support for the people is just a lonely person.

"Zhizhi, do you hate me?"

Song Zhizhi sighed and looked back at Gu Qingpei, "Can you understand?" ”

"Your hard work?"

"Yes, my hard work."

Gu Qingpei said, "You are afraid that I will lose the hearts of the people, I can understand this." ”

"Qingshan, you'd better be more decisive. The longer you are in this state of ambiguity, the more torture it will be for those around you. Only when you make up your mind, people who don't understand you can slowly understand, and what you want to do can go more smoothly. ”