At the gate of the mansion, Han Youning got out of the car and said goodbye to Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen said, "Lone only knew that you were there when I arrived at Qingchun Tower."

Han Youning smiled, "It doesn't matter, how can Your Highness still worry about this issue."

Zhao Chen's tone was obscure, "Lone has done wrong things, and they are all demonic because of misunderstandings. If you have doubts, it is better to be alone."

His gaze was heavy and breathless.

Between them, I'm afraid it's not just a misunderstanding. What he destroyed was all her beliefs and her whole life.

Han Youning's face was unwavering, "Your Highness walks slowly."

"Alone."

Zhao Chen took a deep look at her, flirted with his robe and turned on the horse, patted the horse and galloped away.

Behind him, the inky giant hunted and raised, with an unstoppable sharpness.

Han Youning stood in place, watching him get farther and farther away, and saw his gaze turning his head.

Why was he afraid that she would misunderstand, what could she misunderstand?

Even if his people killed her, it wouldn't let her have any misunderstanding, let alone make her heartbroken.

The aroma of mutton was already wafting in the outer courtyard, and the faces of the guards were full of joy.

However, the inner courtyard has not changed much compared to when Han Youning went out in the morning.

Han Youning went to Chunhui Hall again, and Han Qingwan said lightly, "Now that I am in charge of the middle feed of the house, the county lord doesn't have to care about what it looks like, if there is any blame, I will bear it."

Han Youning smiled and said, "Don't regret that cousin."

Han Qingwan's eyes were cold, "The law of the Great Zhou, filial piety is greater than the sky. If the county lord wants to go against the sky, he also has to think about whether the eldest uncle will agree."

The eldest uncle is a well-known filial son, who earns a fortune for his grandmother and obeys his grandmother's words. Grandmother is now seriously ill by Han Youning, and the eldest uncle is afraid that as soon as he enters the door, his reason will be destroyed by anger, where will he delve into her appearance similar to that of the eldest aunt Xiao.

Once there is a gap between each other, Han Youning's good days will come to an end.

Han Youning smiled, "If you don't agree, then I'll ask my uncle then."

Han Qingwan sneered, "Okay."

When Han Youning returned to Jinhetang, he arranged for the maids and mothers-in-law to plan the main courtyard of Jinhetang, and he went to the small kitchen to work.

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Emperor Qingming's face was gloomy, and he listened to the report of King Chengjun.

"The traitor is wearing the clothes of the Imperial Guards and holding the Imperial Guards token, and enters the shops along the street. The martial law Jin Wuwei and the Imperial Forest Army performed their respective duties, only recognizing tokens and not people, allowing the thieves to take advantage of the loopholes, and Zhengda Guangming entered the upper floor of the shop with arrows and crossbows."

Emperor Qingming has been on the throne for so many years, and he has never encountered an assassination, and he is also confident that he controls the entire Great Zhou in the palm of his hand, and no one can shake his position.

But today, the traitor easily replaced his Praetorian Guard and assassinated him in front of the whole world.

He suddenly found that his position was not so indestructible, and there were still people in this imperial city who had the power to shake him.

And he didn't notice it.

He squinted at King Chengjun, "How could the clothes and tokens of the Imperial Forest Army end up in the hands of the thieves?"

King Chengjun was aware of the emperor's suspicions, and he still said calmly, "The three teams of guards who were supposed to go to the shop to guard the shop all ran back in their middle coats, saying that they went to a mutton restaurant for a meal before going to Changfeng Street to guard yesterday, and they all fell asleep. I just woke up, and my clothes and tokens are gone."

"Mutton House?" Emperor Qingming sneered, "The people inside are all dead, right?"

"Your Majesty is wise. The shopkeeper and the guy in the restaurant are already dead, and they will be killed with a sword." King Chengjun said, "And the Lang general who proposed to eat mutton is also dead."

In fact, at this point, it can basically be inferred that the person behind the scenes bought off Lang Jiang and led everyone to the restaurant for dinner. Next***, and then extinguish the mouth.

Emperor Qingming rubbed his jade wrench and looked at King Chengjun, "If the thief puts poison in the mutton, wouldn't it be more convenient? Aiqing thought, how could they have a kind heart and leave those dozens of living mouths?"

I still have this cousin

A little trusted, or he wouldn't have handed over the errand of this Miyagi guard to his own life.

Over the years, he did not make friends with courtiers, and his relationship with his clan relatives and princes was also cold, and he always maintained neutrality.

But recently, although he rejected the proposal of Anling Houfu, the two governments finally had some connection. And Anling Houfu is the biggest force behind King Jin.

This assassination happened to be a problem in the link of the Royal Forest Army, which inevitably makes people speculate whether there is collusion behind it.

King Chengjun's expression remained unmoved, "Confuse the public and bring disaster to the east."

Emperor Qingming glanced at his bleeding arm, remembering that he had always been by his side, if he had a different heart, he only needed to be negligent, or even take advantage of the chaos, then today's outcome would be different.

His suspicion lessened slightly, "You can go down and bandage it."

Chengjun Wang Shane withdrew.

Out of the imperial study, King Chengjun was already soaked with sweat.

After getting off the white marble high level, I saw the King of Jin and the Duke of Dingguo coming towards him.

He arched his hand and said, "Lord Jin, Duke Dingguo, the emperor is waiting for the two of you inside."

Dingguo Gong Han Jun glanced at King Chengjun's arm, "With King Chengjun's kung fu, he was actually injured, which shows that he is eager to protect him, and this prince admires him."

King Chengjun said lightly, "This king's injury is not an accident, and if he can't protect the emperor, that's an accident." Everyone should understand this truth."

Han Jun was only out of martial intuition, and he had no intention of deliberately targeting. The guards of the Imperial Forest Army are not effective, and King Chengjun can come out of the imperial study intact, which shows his ability.

Loyalty is important, but it is even more important to show loyalty from time to time.

Remembering that he still had a daughter waiting for him in the house, he asked him to be cautious. He suddenly wondered if he should also learn these tricks that he disdained in the past days, so that he could avoid unnecessary twists and turns, so as not to worry his daughter.

He changed his usual coldness, and a smile appeared on his face, "That's right."

King Chengjun raised his eyebrows in surprise, Dingguo Gong actually laughed?

And smile so softly!

Zhao Chengyuan didn't say hello, and slowly walked up the stairs.

The eunuch at the door of the imperial study saw someone coming, and directly opened the door of the palace, "Lord, Dingguo Gong, the emperor will let you two go in directly."

When Zhao Chengyuan entered the main hall, he saw Emperor Qingming sitting on the low floor drinking tea, and there were still water stains on the ground that had not dried.

Obviously, Emperor Qingming had already been angry.

Emperor Qingming excused them from the courtesy, "Come and sit down and talk." He pointed to the other side of the dwarf, "The Seventh Emperor Brother sits here."

Zhao Chengyuan sat opposite him as he said, and there was a low table between the two, with a chessboard on it.

Han Jun sat on the Taishi chair next to the low collapse.

Emperor Qingming raised his eyes to look at Zhao Chengyuan and smiled, "How about a game?"

Zhao Chengyuan stretched out his hand and said, "White is dry, heaven is respected, the imperial brother is invited first."

Emperor Qingming picked up the white chess jar and put it in his hand, "I used to be with the emperor's brother, there were losses and wins, it was difficult to lose, and it was difficult to win. The emperor's brother and son refused to give in, and they fought for proportion. This made me feel that my chess skills were not bad. It's a little harder to play with you than others who keep me winning, but it's more fun."

He changed his words, "The emperor's chess was enlightened by his father and taught him in his arms, I'm afraid your skills are more than that, right?"

Zhao Chengyuan smiled, "It's slightly stronger."

------Off topic------

In ancient China, Go was played by white first, and in modern times, when it was in line with international rules, it was changed to black first.

The black and white colors of the chess pieces represent the way of yin and yang:

White represents yang, that is, the dry of Qiankun, which means "heaven", and heaven is respected;

Black represents yin, that is, the kun of Qiankun, which means "earth", and the earth is humble.

It is to take the high-status chess pieces first.