may be because he has been trained too much, and when he heard Xu Shi's stop, Dongfang Xiao stopped his movements almost reflexively.

But she did have some doubts.

"You...... What do you mean? ”

What does it mean to borrow his hands to finish this game of chess? What kind of chess does Cheng Gujian want to play?

Isn't he already losing now? Why did Xu Shi stop himself from killing him?

"Can't you see it yet?"

Xu Shi's expression was not very good, "He is paving the way for you with his own life, Your Majesty." ”

"What did you say?!"

The little empress thought that there was something wrong with her ears, but after checking it, she still felt incredulous.

Cheng Gujian, use his life to pave the way for himself?

Who will believe this?

Anyway, she didn't believe it, in her heart, the other party had long been a deep-rooted image of a powerful minister and a traitorous minister, how could she do such a thing?

"I know you don't believe it, and I didn't believe it at first."

Xu Shi explained, "But if he really wants to rebel, this time is too bad." ”

Yes.

When he was fighting with the Holy See just now, he felt that something was wrong, but at that time, the focus was on the Holy Maiden, and he didn't have time to think too much.

After calming down afterwards, he reacted that there was a problem with the time for Cheng Gujian to start his army!

You must know that in today's Hualan Empire, the most powerful ones are none other than the three parties, the Holy See, the royal family headed by Cheng Gujian, and himself, an outsider.

In this case, if you want to get the most benefits, there are only two best ways.

The first is the alliance, where the two parties join forces to kill one of them first, and then slowly grind each other.

The second is to steal the house, taking advantage of the inextricable fight between the two parties, and stealing the fruits of victory by surprise.

If I have to say it, the previous pattern was more biased towards the first type, and I reached a cooperation with the royal family, first pointing the finger at the Holy See.

This is not to worry about who will secretly communicate with the song, when I first came to the main city, I knew how powerful the royal family and the Holy See were, Cheng Gujian himself has a strong personal tendency towards the Holy See, and it is a dream to expect them to cooperate, even if it is impossible to join forces to deal with himself as an outsider.

And Xu Shi himself has his own reasons, of course, he will not be with the Holy See.

But.

That changed from the moment today's events began.

Before, Gu Yi said that Cheng Gujian was using them, which was absolutely true, after all, when he was dying with the Holy See just now, he didn't see Cheng Gujian make any help, this was obviously killing people with a knife, hoping to use this opportunity to make himself and the Holy See lose both.

It would be great if one of them was completely destroyed, and even if it didn't, at least one of them would be greatly damaged.

According to the theory of relativity, when someone else becomes weaker, it means that I become stronger, and he is of course the biggest beneficiary.

It's just that, despite the truth, Cheng Gujian can't really do nothing, and only by mixing in when both sides are losing can he maximize his interests, and it is best to eliminate all the two competitors in one fell swoop, so that he will be a proper monopoly in the future.

Anyway, if the roles were reversed, Boss Xu would definitely do it, he didn't believe in such a simple truth, Cheng Gujian didn't understand.

This is also a strange place, since you know that the yellow finch is behind? Instead, he turned around and went to the palace to usurp the throne and seize power?

This kind of operation can be called confusing, even with the national conditions of the Hualan Empire, the throne is born with self-confidence, this is definitely a bad move, is it not good to solve other threats first and then rebel with peace of mind? After waiting for so many years, do you care about this time difference?

Not to mention that he didn't start raising troops until the dust settled on the dispute between himself and the Holy See - Xu Shi knew very well that Cheng Gujian had been paying attention to him 100%, and of course he was clear about the specific situation between himself and the Holy See.

It is not modest to say that he is almost pressing the Holy See to fight, and if you use data to speak, the battle loss ratio is almost in double digits.

Such exaggerated data also means that once he finishes dealing with the Holy See, he is fully capable of continuing the battle with Cheng Gujian.

Don't say that he Cheng Gujian is SS has no fear, and the Holy See also has the old pope of SS, which is not the same as being solved?

Then, since it is so clear at a glance, if the Grand Duke of the Ancient Sword still wants to do this, there is only one possibility left.

He did it on purpose.

Deliberately means that his ultimate goal is not to rebel and become the emperor, on the contrary, he wants to take the initiative to give himself, or Dongfang Xiao, a chance to get rid of him justifiably.

In other words, he didn't want to succeed in this so-called rebellion, and even if he did, he would find a way to make it fail.

"If I'm right, you'd have decided to isolate yourself from Her Majesty, right, if I hadn't been an outsider to stir things up, right?"

Xu Shi exhaled deeply and said calmly, "But considering that I am also a potential threat in your eyes, I am afraid that your actions will be even more extreme." ”

"For example...... Self-destructing? ”

“……”

Cheng Gujian's face was getting worse and worse with Xu Shi's analysis, and after hearing him say the word "self-explosion", he finally let out a sigh of resignation.

Obviously, what Xu Shi said is exactly the same as what he thinks in his heart, at least eighty or ninety percent is right.

He never thought of replacing Dongfang Xiao at all, but he has always followed the edict of the previous emperor, tried his best to assist the little empress to become a talent, and finally monopolized power to stabilize this country.

It's just that Dongfang Xiao was too young to be the master when he succeeded to the throne, so he had to show his thunderous skills and control the government to clear the obstacles for him.

Of course, this is right, but the bad thing is that his ability is a little too strong, and over time he will be in a very embarrassing situation and unable to get out.

At least a smooth concession is unlikely - the royal family, or the entire empire, may recognize him more than the little empress, and if it is just a simple conquest, it will also be roasted on the fire by supporters.

At that time, even if he didn't want to, he might be coerced into rebellion—not that he couldn't suppress his subordinates, but once such a situation occurred, the Hualan Empire would inevitably fall into turmoil, and his previous efforts would be ruined.

In this case, he must exchange his life for Dongfang Xiao's stable throne - even the Grand Duke of the Ancient Sword can bring down the new empress, not to mention everything, but it will definitely convince and awe most people.

Especially Dongfang Xiao, who suppressed and solved his rebellion, was even more persuasive.

But at the end of the day, there is still a lot of resistance to this plan.

First of all, it is the Holy See, it is easy to want to die, but once there is no containment of itself, with the ambition of the Holy See over the years, it is bound to take the opportunity to start a war.

So before you die, you have to find a way to destroy it completely.

His original plan was to support another force, and at the same time form a struggle against himself, he also let the Hualan Empire enter a three-legged situation.

Then let this new force, which can be called a royalist force, eliminate the Holy See, so as to establish more prestige for Dongfang Xiao.

In the end, it is up to them to solve themselves, and this is the most perfect ending.

And Xu Shi's arrival can be said to be a pillow for drowsiness-in his opinion, Xu Shi is ambitious, his strength is strong enough, and more importantly, he is also standing on the opposite side of the Holy See, which is simply better.

Xu Shi did not live up to his expectations, not only bringing newer and better technology, but also really eliminating the greatest threat to the Holy See.

The only drawback is that he is not under his control, and it is very likely that he will become a second self, or a more threatening second self - after all, he has no intention of usurping power, and this outsider may not be.

Therefore, he must go one step deeper, die with him, and not let him affect his plans.

Self-detonation is his choice - the SS-class "Chosen One" with destructive ability, and self-detonation is a humanoid nuclear bomb, and the consequences are self-evident.

He also had the right thing to take with him his followers - the existence of these people was also a threat to the imperial power, and he had never expected his death to make these people loyal to the little empress, so no matter how loyal they were to him, they could not stay.

All in all, it is enough to keep Dongfang Xiao and her supporters, there are still many courtiers loyal to the royal family in the court, he did not choose to kill them before, but only temporarily controlled these people is this intention, he needs these people to support and assist her after his death.

But in the end, it fell short - Xu Shi failed to let him completely get his wish, and now that he is suppressed by Wen Shengkui like this, it is okay to commit suicide, and it is unlikely that he will blow himself up.

Not to mention that Xu Shi directly moved all this to the surface, which was even more contrary to his plan.

He didn't need, and didn't want Dongfang Xiao to know his plan, only in this way could she lead the empire further without any concern.

“…… How so?! ”

Looking at Cheng Gujian in front of him, Dongfang Xiao was so shocked that he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and kept muttering, "How can this be!" ”

She really couldn't accept it, after all, she had positioned the other party in the position of "chaotic minister and thief" many years ago, and she was afraid and didn't want to get rid of it all the time.

If you now tell her that the other party is actually the most loyal to you, or even the one who is stupidly loyal, doesn't that mean that you have lived in the wrong place for so many years?

She subconsciously didn't want to believe that this was true, and tried to find a reason to refute it.

But she couldn't find it, but the more she thought about it, the more she realized that this was the case.

The most intuitive thing is probably the confrontation between Cheng Gujian and Xia Wuwu just now - think about it carefully, with his strength, he really can't kill the other party? Obviously, he can, but he didn't, but really got the other party's wishes and had a discussion with Xia Wuwu.

It's just to wait until the time comes, so that they can be caught all of them.

As for the other party's sentence "just one step away", of course, it is not that he is one step away from being able to kill Dongfang Xiao and usurp power, but that he is one step away from completing the closed loop of this plan.

But the so-called miss is a thousand miles, the appearance of Wen Shengkui, or the arrangement of Xu Shi, is still a step ahead.

The reverse is the same, if it weren't for Old Man Wen's strength being tough enough, Cheng Gujian's plan would definitely be successful.

The sudden reversal even made the little queen a little broken.

"So I'm not going to let you get it."

Xu Shi didn't pay attention to what she thought, but continued to say indifferently, "At least it's impossible for you to want my life, and I, it's pointless to let you die." ”

Yes.

As long as Cheng Gujian was dealt with without being harmed, the other party's plan would be considered half a failure.

Or it is not an exaggeration to say that it is not an exaggeration to lose everything, because without the Holy See and Cheng Gujian, of course, the dominant family will not be Dongfang Xiao, but he Xu Shi.

At that time, the entire Hualan Empire will also completely fall under his control, and the little empress will still be a puppet with no real power, which is naturally completely contrary to Cheng Gujian's expectations.

But even so, Xu Shi was still a little unhappy.

In the final analysis, he was still put on the other side, not only was he used by Cheng Gujian to destroy the Holy See, but he almost became a stepping stone for the other party to support Dongfang Xiao.

It's unlikely that that kind of thing will actually happen, but unhappiness is unhappiness.

That's why he chose to reveal everything when the other party fell short, in order to kill people.

Xu Shi...... Xu Shi! ”

Cheng Gujian let out an unwilling roar, compared to death, it was really a bigger blow to him than death, who made him powerless to return to the sky now?

"What are you doing so loudly?"

Xu Shi looked at him condescendingly, "If you want to take advantage of others, you have to be prepared to fail, don't you?" ”

"Die with regrets, Cheng, big, brother."

He chuckled and motioned to Dongfang Xiao, "Now you can do it, Your Majesty, or do you want me to help you do it for you?" ”

"I ......"

Knowing everything, of course Dongfang Xiao couldn't kill Cheng Gu Jian anymore - I didn't dare to say that I could completely let go of the shadow of the other party's oppression over the years, but it was obviously impossible for her to kill such a loyal person with her own hands.

One thing to say, if it weren't for his loyalty to the royal family, he would have had countless opportunities to kick himself out and replace him.

But he didn't, and that alone says a lot.

“…… Can you not kill him? ”

The little empress gritted her teeth, looked at Xu Shi and asked tentatively.

"No, do you have a choice?"

Xu Shi didn't eat this set, and looked at her jokingly.

To be honest, she really didn't, who let her be planted by Xu Shi a long time ago? Although she was not completely obedient, under the bewitchment of Xu Shi's words, the idea of killing Cheng Gujian in her heart became deeper and deeper.

As for Cheng Gujian himself, after seeing this scene, he instantly understood that Xu Shi's control over Dongfang Xiao seemed to be deeper than he imagined.

“…… Your Majesty, do it. ”

His face became more and more pale, and the so-called mourning is greater than heart death, "If my death can be exchanged for the cooperation between you without breaking down, it will be a good thing." ”

Although it was not the result he expected, it was the best result now.

He was silent for a while, silently appreciating all this.

“…… Alright, little bastard. ”

At this moment, Wen Shengkui on the side slowly spoke, "I'm in charge, how about leaving him alive?" ”

(End of chapter)