In just a while, Huo Quan's charges were presented one after another. Emperor Qi looked at the charges above, buying and selling officials, robbing people's daughters, forming a party for personal gain... The last one had an affair with the concubine, Emperor Qi looked at it, he was so angry that he vomited out a mouthful of blood, tightened his sleeves, gritted his teeth and said: "The fifth prince Huo Quan is pressed into death row, and he will be dealt with after the autumn." ”

As soon as the words fell, His Majesty, the emperor of the Li Kingdom, became the first emperor with his eyes closed.

"Father, Emperor, Emperor! Spare your life, Father. Huo Quan climbed the steps and wanted to pull Emperor Qi's hand to ask for mercy, but was kicked down by Huo Ze and was embarrassed.

"Do you want your father to have no peace on the Huangquan Road!" Huo Ze tested Emperor Qi's snort, confirmed that the person had died, and said in grief.

Empress Xue pulled Emperor Qi's sleeve and cried almost faintly, a day husband and wife for a hundred days, although her relationship with Emperor Qi was not good, but she was a young husband and wife, but she didn't expect that because of her selfishness, she succeeded this rebel, and she was angry with Emperor Qi. Concubine Wen also secretly wiped her tears beside her, she was finally able to get rid of the identity of a concubine, and a hundred years later, she could use her identity to meet the person who thought about it day and night.

Huo Quan collapsed to the ground, he didn't know which move he made wrong, obviously he almost became the new emperor of the Li Kingdom, and he became a death row prisoner in a cage at such a thought.

When the palace maids and guards outside the Heart Cultivation Hall heard the news of Emperor Qi's death, they all knelt on the ground. Gonggong Feng served Emperor Qi for decades, and his footsteps were vain and he personally sounded the death knell, and the bell rang through the palace. Duan Shu's hand sewing the purse was suddenly pricked by a needle, and blood fell on the brocade cloth.

"Princess!" Redsleeves picked up a clean handkerchief and covered the wound.

Duan Shu didn't feel pain at all, only looked into the distance with dull eyes, and muttered after half a ring: "Is the death knell ringing?" ”

Red Sleeves lowered his head, loosened his bitten lip and replied, "Your Majesty has died." ”

Duanshu sat crooked and sat in the arms of Red Sleeves, and Red Sleeves quickly stabilized her body when she saw this, so as not to hurt the princess. Duan Shu's tears flowed down, although her father sent her and kiss for the sake of profit, but her father also gave her infinite dignity and love, and the relationship between father and daughter will last for the rest of her life.

The envoys of Luoshui Pavilion got the news outside, and rushed to the inner hall to report: "Your Royal Highness, the emperor of the Li Kingdom has died!" ”

Hu Yanzhi raised the cup to his lips for a moment, pulled the gray earrings, and had a serious expression: "Really? ”

"It's true! There is already a palace maid holding a white cloth in the palace to go in, and as soon as the death knell rings in the palace, there is a cry everywhere! The envoy stepped forward as if inviting merit and proposed: "Why don't we send a message to Lao Danyu, send troops to cooperate with that person, and take the opportunity to enter the Li country?" ”

Hu Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, a playful look flashed in his eyes, and he smiled lowly: "Then according to you, what should you do after entering the Li Kingdom?" My father has so many sons, who do you think you want to appoint as the prince after entering the Central Plains? ”

The envoy made a difficulty, he was the second prince's person, and now the third prince asked so, if he proposed to make the second prince the prince, the third prince would be unhappy when he heard it. So he flattered and proposed: "Naturally, you are the third prince, if you enter the Central Plains, it is all because of the timely transmission of news by the third prince." ”

Hu Yanzhi had long known that the envoy had a second prince, he narrowed his black eyes, and the dangerous dark light flashed under his eyes, so that his eyes signaled to Tuohe, Tuohe nodded and picked up the long knife to stop the envoy and slash it, and the poor envoy was so out of breath before he knew the situation.

The rest of the envoys were taken aback by the tragic situation of the messenger and hurriedly retreated, but there were still those who did not know whether they were alive or dead in order to ask for merit in front of the other princes, and asked: "Your Highness, what are you doing here!" ”

"He tried to sow discord between the king and other brothers, and tried to sow discord between the Xiongnu and the Li State, shouldn't this be killed?" Hu Yanzhi scolded sharply: "My father is now the son-in-law of Emperor Li, this family affair is known to the world, is it possible to break the contract and be laughed at by the world?" ”

The envoys all looked at each other, Li married the only princess to the Xiongnu, it was indeed a great face to the Xiongnu, full of sincerity, if they openly raised troops to attack now, and spread to the ears of other tribes, they would only feel that the Xiongnu had lost their trust in the Li State, and now they are still in the territory of the Li State, if they let the Li State know that they have this kind of thought, it is even more impossible to let them return to the Xiongnu.

"Your Majesty knows that you are wrong." The messengers knelt down and apologized, their faces a little uneasy.

Hu Yanzhi got up and helped them up, and said comfortingly: "All the envoys present are my uncles and uncles, and I just spoke a little ugly in a hurry, and I hope you don't blame you." ”

"How dare you, the prince is thinking about the Huns, a few of us almost made a big mistake, we should ask His Highness for forgiveness." The swarthy man at the head said with some shame.

Hu Yanzhi patted them on the shoulder and said, "We have stayed in Li for a long time, and I will enter the palace in a few days to report to the Empress Dowager, and welcome the Yan clan back together." ”

"Yes!"

"The emperor died!?" Rou Yun took off Yue Xun's coat, a little shocked.

"Hmm." Yue Xun sent the prince's subordinates to the prison, and when he just came out of the cell, he heard the death knell, and when he arrived at the palace of nourishing the heart, he was already kneeling together, crying and wailing.

Rou Yun draped the man's coat on the shelf, took out a clean handkerchief and handed it to Yue Xun: "But I haven't heard any news in the mansion." ”

Yue Xun took the handkerchief and wiped his face briefly, threw it in the basin, and then walked to the couch with Rou Yun in his arms: "The Empress Dowager has a decree, in order to avoid chaos, before the new emperor is established, the news is blocked from the outside world, and now only some ministers in the court know." ”

Rou Yun didn't expect that the king would go so silently, since ancient times, the change of dynasties has always been accompanied by blood, if it is not handled properly, the peace of the Li Kingdom will be disrupted, he stared at Yue Xun and asked: "Didn't Your Majesty announce the candidate for the prince?" ”

"It's okay if you say it, now the three princes and the six princes are all candidates for the new emperor, and without the holy decree, it will be difficult for the empress dowager to make a decision."

Yue Xun then told Rou Yun everything that had happened, including the five princes' secret hiding of dragon robes and murdering his wife; Including encountering Qu Ping and so on, Rou Yun raised his good-looking eyebrows, he never imagined that as a prince, he could do such a rebellious thing, and even his wife could be brutally killed.

When he heard Yue Xun mention Qu Ping, he snorted lightly and asked, "Did Miss Qu say anything to you?" ”

"She asked me to help her." Yue Xun replied honestly, kissing the tip of Rou Yun's ear.

Rou Yun retreated angrily, but was grabbed by Yue Xun and hugged tighter.

"You helped?" Rou Yun didn't notice that she even raised her voice a few times because she was jealous.

"Help, help her cut her neck, help her go to prison." Yue Xun hugged Rou Yun and coaxed gently, but his heart was very sweet, this is the so-called jealousy, the more he cares, the more angry he will be.

Rou Yun smiled, what kind of gang is this, but she slowly relaxed in her heart, it seems that there is really no personal relationship between the two.

Yue Xun hugged Rou Yun, and slowly his hands began to move again. Rou Yun patted his hand, her sneering expression was a little coquettish, and Yue Xun couldn't help but carry her to the bed.

"Husband, what are you doing! Thou shalt not proclaim adultery in the daylight, and thou shalt not be promiscuous. ”

The voice inside changed all of a sudden, and the wax moon guarding outside the door glanced at each other with the winter solstice, covered his ears and hurriedly retreated to the outside of the hospital, it seemed that dinner was going to be postponed later.

"The prince is going back to the Huns?" The Empress Dowager sat on the top seat and looked at Hu Yanzhi in a dark robe below.

"Yes, I have been disturbed for a while in Beijing, and it is time for the envoys to miss their families and leave." Hu Yanzhi replied.

The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "In this case, then I have no reason to keep you any longer, I don't know when the prince will leave?" ”

"Three days later." Hu Yanzhi paused and continued: "I want to take the princess back to the Xiongnu to marry my father. ”

The Empress Dowager clenched her crutches and looked embarrassed: "But the emperor has just gone, Duan Shu should wait until after the funeral to marry the Huns, can the prince be accommodating." ”

Hu Yanzhi smiled evilly and refused directly: "My father is not in good health, it is better to do some things earlier, besides, when the emperor is here, I have discussed with him and take the princess back together, the princess is a filial person, should obey His Majesty's words, right?" ”

Dou's heart was clear, no wonder when Emperor Qi was seriously ill, he specially instructed Duan Shu to go to the Xiongnu and relatives in advance, I was afraid that he had made some agreement with the Xiongnu in private, but now that Emperor Qi has died, there is no one to ask, and he can't listen to the Xiongnu's words.

"Since the prince said so, it is not good for the mourning family to do much to obstruct it." Now that the country of Li is undecided, it is not a wise move to offend the Xiongnu at this time.

"Empress Dowager Xie is considerate." Hu Yanzhi saluted with his usual smile and thanked him.

Empress Xue was dressed in plain clothes, glanced at the palace where Duan Shu was and walked straight in.

"See the Queen." Red Sleeves and the palace maid in the hall saw Xue Hou walk in, and hurriedly bowed.

Empress Xue looked very haggard with red eyes, and she said in a dumb voice: "Get up." ”

Duan Shu heard Empress Xue's voice, raised her head from the bookcase, and her voice did not carry a trace of emotion: "Mother is coming back, sit down." ”

When Empress Xue saw her daughter's cold attitude, her heart was like a knife. What did he do, he succeeded someone else's son, and tried every means to help him ascend to the position of prince, but he didn't expect that in the end, he fell short and almost affected himself. And his well-behaved and sensible biological daughter was used by himself as an exchange tool for interests, and it was unimaginable to be pro-Hun since then.

"Shu'er..."Empress Xue raised her hand to touch Duanshu's hair, but she avoided it.

"If the queen mother has anything to say, I still have to prepare things to bring to the Huns."

Empress Xue watched the palace maids coming and going with wedding dresses and jewelry, and felt bitter in her heart, she stepped forward and grabbed her daughter's hands and hugged her into her arms, crying: "Shu'er, the queen mother is wrong, the queen mother is wrong!" You blame me, don't be cold, the queen mother feels uncomfortable. ”

Duan Shu let her hold it, didn't cry or make trouble, stared at Xue Hou with red eyes and said, "I don't blame you, this is the life of Princess Li Guo, this is my value." ”

Empress Xue cried loudly, blaming herself for something stupid, she caught a glimpse of the purse on the side, picked it up and looked at it carefully, it was like a man's purse, she leaned close to Duan Shu and choked up: "Shu'er has someone she likes?" ”

Duan Shu's silence made her collapse, she staggered up with trembling hands and shouted: "No, you can't go to kiss, I'll go to find the Empress Dowager, blame me for all this!" The queen mother will definitely find a way to keep you, you have to be with the person you like, and the queen mother will make you happy. ”

"The Queen Mother! Now that the Xiongnu and Li are making peace, you don't want to make any more trouble, it's my life. ”

Duan Shu stood up and roared loudly, and Xue Hou's footsteps paused and turned around.

"If it's okay, the queen mother will go back to the palace first, I'm tired and have to rest." Duan Shu turned her back to Xue and gave the order to expel the guests.

Empress Xue wanted to say something, but finally walked out of the palace with her head down and her steps in vain, she knew that this daughter would never forgive her again.