Huangling Imperial Capital, Changyang Villa.

"Ugh."

In this quiet and cold garden, the mournful sighs of Princess Changyang sounded from time to time, and the pure black hair like the starry sky fell gently, adding a bit of poignancy to Her Royal Highness the princess out of thin air.

"Mother, why are you sighing again? Did Xiaohai do something that made you unhappy again? ”

Hearing Princess Changyang's lamentation, a fairy-looking boy suddenly walked over, looking at her with big watery eyes and a look of confusion.

"No, Xiaohai, you are very well-behaved, it's none of your business. The mother just thought of something, and it didn't get in the way. ”

Princess Changyang forced a smile, rubbed Zhuang Xiaohai's head a little dotingly, coaxed the latter a few words, and let the child go to play elsewhere. Zhuang Xiaohai was a child after all, and he was soon sent away.

It's just that Princess Changyang's slightly wrinkled good-looking brows have never been smoothed, as if there is an indelible sense of sorrow entwined in it.

"I wonder why Her Royal Highness the Princess is bothered? If you don't mind, maybe you can help a little bit. ”

I don't know when, just when Princess Changyang didn't notice it, a somewhat familiar voice sounded without warning.

The former was suddenly shocked, the small garden where she lived was located in a remote and secluded place, almost no one knew about it, and no one wanted to have anything to do with her, a widowed princess, but now a stranger suddenly appeared, how could she not be surprised.

However, when Princess Changyang followed the voice to see the appearance of the person who came, her beautiful eyes turned red unconsciously. What's even more exaggerated, perhaps too surprised, she actually covered her mouth with her hands and choked up incredulously: "I, I'm not dreaming, am I?" Ye Gongzi, you are still alive......"

Someone who comes, it is naturally Ye Xing.

After entering the Huangling Emperor's capital, Ye Xing found a problem, if he rashly entered the palace, maybe no one could really stop him, and the Huangling Emperor might not be his opponent.

But who can guarantee that there is no special mechanism or anything like that in the palace, if Emperor Huangling chooses to flee knowing that he is not defeated by him, I am afraid he may not be able to catch up.

In this way, his behavior is exactly what those four words are: startling the snake.

And Ye Xing's real plan is to lure Zhao Shifeng and Emperor Huangling together, and then wipe them all out, leaving no trouble!

Therefore, he chose to come to this Changyang Palace first to find the help of this Changyang princess. He has a life-saving grace for the latter, and he also knows that Her Royal Highness the princess is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and has a clear temperament, so he should not refuse his request.

Although Princess Changyang and the current Emperor Huangling are brother and sister, Ye Xing heard Gu Yang once say that the two of them are actually half-brothers and sisters, and the relationship between them is not as good as it seems in the eyes of outsiders. Even, Ye Xing once speculated that the death of Princess Changyang's husband Zhuang Zhengyang is very likely to have an inseparable relationship with Emperor Huangling! Otherwise, no matter how bold Zhuang Zhengping was, how could he dare to bully the dignified imperial princess so arrogantly.

If someone hadn't secretly instructed him, he might not have dared to openly hire a killer to assassinate Princess Changyang's mother and son with ten guts.

In this regard, Ye Xing also euphemistically asked Princess Changyang's opinion, but the latter's reaction at the time was silent, and the former knew at that time that Princess Changyang was not unable to see through, but had no ability to resist, so she could only choose to compromise.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Royal Highness the Princess, where is it so easy to die."

Ye Xing smiled lightly.

What made him feel quite relieved was that what he saw in Princess Changyang's eyes was pure surprise, and there was no intention of faking. Unexpectedly, after a year, the latter actually took him to heart as a life-saving benefactor.

"What happened that day, since you are not dead, then why are they in a hurry to announce your death?"

After a short period of excitement, Princess Changyang regained her composure, her beautiful eyes flashed with wisdom, staring at Ye Xing burningly, as if she wanted to find the answer she wanted.

"What is the truth of the matter, I think Your Royal Highness the princess should be able to guess it, I guess I don't need to explain too much."

Ye Xing took a sip of the fragrant tea on the table, and suddenly felt that his mouth was full of relish, and there was an indescribable sense of pleasure, and he praised it: "Good tea!" ”

"Sure enough, they did it......"

Hearing this, how could Princess Changyang not know what Ye Xing's words meant, the light in her beautiful eyes gradually dimmed, and it seemed that she was completely desperate for her imperial brother, Emperor Huangling.

"By the way, Your Royal Highness Princess, in the year that I was away, did anything else happen to Emperor Huangling?"

Tasting the best fragrant tea in his mouth, Ye Xing asked with a deep groan. This is a question he has wanted to ask since he stepped into the Imperial Capital of Huangling, because he is keen, for some reason, he can always feel the trace of unnatural taste from the subtle atmosphere in this imperial capital.

In the near future, there must have been some major events in the capital of Emperor Huangling!

"Ever since you died, no, disappeared...... Something did happen in the imperial capital. However, in the final analysis, these things may still have something to do with you. ”

Princess Changyang was silent for a moment and said.

"What do you mean by that?"

Ye Xing frowned slightly and said.

"On the day your death was announced, Gu Yang and Gu Hanyan, the two adults of the Gu family, didn't know why, they actually broke into the palace together and quarreled with the imperial brother. Since then, the relationship between the Gu family and the royal family has become very sensitive, and even many royal children are deliberately looking for trouble with the Gu family, and the Gu family is not to be outdone. ”

Faced with Ye Xing's question, Princess Changyang sighed lightly and said: "In this year, the two sides have continued to fight in secret, but they have never torn their faces. But the people in the entire imperial capital can see that the Gu family, who has been in a transcendent position in the Huangling Empire for many years, is probably about to change the sky this time! ”

"Gu Family?"

Hearing this, Ye Xing's spirit was shocked, and under the flow of thoughts, he should have figured out everything. At the same time that he was murdered by Zhao Shifeng that day, Gu Hanyan was also present, and it must have been the latter who informed Gu Yang of the news, which caused such a big reaction.

It's just that Ye Xing never expected that Gu Yang and Gu Hanyan would be so affectionate, and for him to be a "dead" person, they would not hesitate to turn their faces with the Huangling Emperor, or even the entire Huangling royal family!

This deep affection, I have to say, really moved Ye Xing's heart!

"Your Royal Highness Princess, why did you sigh before?"

Forcibly calming down the turmoil in his heart, Ye Xing took a deep breath and said. As soon as he entered the Changyang Villa, he saw that Princess Changyang was always with deep eyebrows, and she looked sad and puzzled, obviously having something on her mind.

At first, Princess Changyang was a little hesitant, but under Ye Xing's repeated questioning, she still couldn't help answering. It turned out that in this year, in order to deal with the Gu family, Emperor Huangling even did not hesitate to secretly gather several dukes who were guarding the Quartet, and he was bound to uproot the Gu family.

And among them, Zhuang Zhengping, the brother of Princess Changyang's deceased husband Zhuang Zhengyang, was actually among them, just two days ago, Zhuang Zhengping entered the imperial capital with such a swagger, and even came to this Changyang Garden to demonstrate against Princess Changyang, that kind of arrogance is really arrogant, it can be described in four words!

The most shocking thing is that after hearing about this, Emperor Huangling didn't want to blame Zhuang Zhengping at all, but acquiesced in the latter's behavior of inheriting the position of Duke of Xuanwu.

Thinking about it, how could Princess Changyang not figure out the relationship between Emperor Huangling and Zhuang Zhengping?

However, this is not all, Zhuang Zhengping even threatened Princess Changyang before leaving Changyang Villa, if the latter wanted to save Zhuang Xiaohai's life, then after the Babel Pagoda sacrifice ceremony three days later, obediently asked him to sacrifice his body, and used all means to beg him.

Otherwise, you will bear the consequences.

Bang!

Hearing this, Ye Xing could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and between the agitation of the Yuan Force in his body, a force was to shatter a stone table ten steps away in the air, leaving only a piece of powder!

"This Zhuang Zhengping is really shameless to the extreme! Scum like this, even if you die thousands of times, I'm afraid it's not too much! ”

Ye Xing snorted coldly, and at the same time, his body exuded an extremely cold aura, which actually inadvertently affected the temperature of the air in the vicinity, making the thin Princess Changyang couldn't help but shrink her body.

"Ye Gongzi, you don't have to be so angry, if you want to blame, you can only blame my own bad life!"

When Princess Changyang saw Ye Xing behaving like this, the sorrow in her heart became a little stronger, and she inadvertently sighed again, as if she thought of her dead husband Zhuang Zhengyang and the hard-working Zhuang Xiaohai.

"Wait, Your Highness Princess, what are you referring to by the Tower of Babel Sacrifice Ceremony?"

At this time, Ye Xing's eyes lit up slightly, and he asked softly.

"This ...... The so-called Babel Sacrifice Ceremony is a special ceremony held in front of the Babel Tower whenever the children of the Huangling Academy return from the chaotic land, when all the royal family members and high-ranking members of the Huangling Empire will be present to pay tribute to the ancestors. ”

Princess Changyang looked at Ye Xing with some confusion, as if she didn't understand why the latter wanted to ask this.

"I see."

Who knows, Ye Xing, who heard these words, couldn't help laughing at this time, and from his pair of eyes as sharp as knives, he could vaguely see a touch of extremely cold light constantly flickering: "Emperor Huangling, Zhao Shifeng, I was originally worried about how to wipe you all out, but now it seems that with this Babel Tower sacrifice ceremony, all this is saved!" ”