On the ground in the center of the hall, there is a black lacquer painted gold cage, the black paint is mottled, the gold birds and beasts are depicted, and the lines are complex and exquisite.

Zhao Chen was dressed in dark clothes, his face was as pale as paper, and there were fine bloodshots in his phoenix eyes, but his momentum was undiminished, standing majestically.

Han Jun's eyes were much lighter, and he walked into the hall and said coldly, "My father didn't go to the prince to ask for an explanation, but the prince came to the door by himself."

Zhao Chen's eyes were heavy, he looked at Zhao Chengyuan and said, "Uncle Seven Emperors and Zhaoping are married, and they are here to congratulate each other."

He spoke with a vague breath and a noticeable lack of middle energy, trying to keep his voice steady.

Zhao Chengyuan said lightly, "The prince's internal injuries look worse than yesterday. Although the medical skills of the Tai Hospital are average, it will not make your condition worse. There is no need to be in a hurry to congratulate him, the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month is the day of great joy between the king and Zhaoping, and the prince should take care of his injuries first, and then he can accompany the king to pick up his relatives."

"The twenty-eighth day of the lunar month."

Zhao Chen slowly repeated, "The wedding date is set, then it's time for Gu to come here, and there must be no less courtesy."

Zhao Chengyuan stared at the old cage on the ground, his face sinking like water, "Prince Hexi, why do you use a black lacquer cage?"

Zhao Chen smiled and said, "Uncle Huang doesn't recognize this cage, but Duke Dingguo should recognize it, right?"

Han Jun didn't care about the cage originally, but when he looked at it carefully, his face sank.

"The things of Southern Chu."

"Dingguo Gong has good eyesight and good memory. This cage comes from the royal family of Southern Chu, who advocates black, and the black gold is noble and auspicious. Among them, I love to depict the phoenix, which is the totem of the Southern Chu Kingdom and is their protector."

Zhao Chen raised his hand to signal, Wei Xiao opened the cage, and inside was a hovering and flying jade carved phoenix, with a noble and arrogant posture, gorgeous feathers, and great beauty.

"After the Duke of Dingguo destroyed Nanchu, he brought back countless treasures from the royal family, including this jade phoenix, I don't know if the Duke of Dingguo still remembers it. It was originally placed in the imperial grandmother's bedroom, and when Lone was a child, he took a fancy to it at first sight, and the imperial grandmother rewarded it to Lone. Now that Zhaoping is married, it is most appropriate to give her a congratulatory gift."

Han Jun's forehead was faintly bruised, and he said coldly, "My father remembers that the Queen Mother said that this phoenix should be kept for the queen, and the Dingguo Mansion really can't afford it. If Your Highness is all right, please come back."

As he spoke, he made a gesture of sending off the guest.

Zhao Chen smiled, "Don't worry, Gu hasn't listened to Uncle Huang yet." Is Uncle Huang still satisfied with this congratulatory gift?"

Zhao Chengyuan's expression was cold, he bent down to cover the cage, and said lightly, "Lord Yuezhang is right, this is a phoenix, and it is not appropriate for the Dingguo Mansion to accept it. I'm afraid that the prince's body will not be able to hold on, so let's go back to the house while he hasn't lost his temper yet."

Zhao Chen's eyes were gloomy, staring at him tightly for a long time, and there was frost in his eyes that could not be dissolved, "Please also ask Dingguo Gong to avoid it, I have something to say to the Seventh Emperor Uncle."

After Han Jun and the guards withdrew, Zhao Chengyuan glanced at Ye Chang and Luo Ping, and both of them also retreated, inviting all the people outside the hall away and guarding from afar.

Only Zhao Chengyuan and Zhao Chen were left in the outer study.

Zhao Chengyuan found a chair and sat down, "If the prince has anything to say, just say it."

Zhao Chen sat next to him, a few feet away from him, his eyes were calm, "Uncle Huang has always had a plan, and he has been prepared for everything before he does it. In the infatuated drama of entering the Zhenguo Mansion with a sword, Uncle Huang deceived others, but he couldn't deceive Lonely. From the moment you drew your sword, what you wanted was to push yourself to a dead end, forcing Guogong and Zhaoping to agree to this family business, right?"

Zhao Chengyuan said lightly, "The moment this king drew his sword, he thought that Zhaoping couldn't have an accident. When people live, they can calculate people's hearts, and they can calculate the people of the world, and after all, they still have to have true feelings."

Zhao Chen sneered, "Even if Uncle Huang has true feelings, how many points does he have? One point or ten points? Uncle Huang asked to marry Zhaoping because he was broad-minded, or did he have another purpose?"

Zhao Chengyuan said lightly, "The prince never thought that this king was happy with Zhaoping?"

Zhao Chen sneered, "Uncle Huang can hide it from Dingguo Gong, but he can't hide it. One of you pretends that you don't know anything, and the other pretends that nothing happened, and you want to do it

Marriage. Uncle Huang thinks that if the truth is revealed one day, Zhaoping will be able to bear it?"

Zhao Chengyuan's expression did not move, "What the prince said, this king can't understand."

Zhao Chen sneered, "Uncle Huang still isn't honest enough. Didn't you kill Gu and identify Yu Gu to your father, aren't you afraid that Gu will be forced to a dead end and tell your secret? Why was that assassination designed after Dingguo Gong entered the city, the real intention is only understood by the imperial uncle, but you directed your father's attention elsewhere, and even blamed Yongping Hou. Alone with this tacit understanding, I keep this secret for you. But Uncle Seventh Emperor, you shouldn't marry Zhaoping."

Zhao Chengyuan poured a cup of cold tea and said lightly, "Since you know that it is a tacit understanding, then keep it." This king marries Zhaoping, and it is not the turn of the prince to say whether he should or not."

Zhao Chengyuan laughed wildly, blood oozing from the corners of his mouth, meandering to the placket.

"Can't it be Lonely? Be! Lone is not eligible! All over the world, Lone is not qualified to talk about Zhaoping's family affairs! But what Gu can do for Zhaoping, Uncle Huang may not be able to do it!"

His eyes were like eagle falcons, staring at Zhao Chengyuan fiercely, "In this whole world, the most unqualified person to marry Zhaoping is you, Uncle of the Seventh Emperor!" Why did you refuse your father's offer to marry in the first place, and why are you willing to marry now? Uncle Huang's heart is like a thousand years of ice, calm to the point of cold-blooded person, how can you be heartless until you live or die? It's only been April since you've known each other, but Zhaoping can really make you let go of everything and have no worries?"

Zhao Chengyuan drank the herbal tea slowly, and looked at Zhao Chen, who was almost crazy, "We have only known each other for April, where did the prince's fiery feelings come from?"

Zhao Chen leaned heavily on the chair, wiping the blood surging in his mouth with a handkerchief, clinging to the secret that belonged to him and Zhaoping, "The relationship between Gu and Zhaoping, Uncle Huang will never know. Gu will not allow Zhaoping to be hurt in the slightest bit, no matter who that person is, even if it is his father."

He held the blood-soaked handkerchief in his hand, and his sentences were as heavy as a hammer, "If Uncle Huang insists on going his own way, even if he fights for the position of the prince and fights for this life, he will die with you."

Zhao Chengyuan's face turned cold, and his phoenix eyes were as dark as an abyss, "When did the prince and Zhaoping meet?"

Zhao Chen's face was already terribly pale, and he struggled to prop up the chair with both hands, maintaining his strength, "Uncle Huang doesn't need to ask. Zhao Ping won't say it, and Gu naturally won't say it."

Zhao Chengyuan looked at him, "The prince seems to have known each other for many years. Zhaoping had been in Xiangping Mansion before, but the crown prince had lived in the capital for a long time in recent years, and he was entangled in official business, so he did not have the opportunity to go to Xiangping Mansion."