It was late at night, but the streets were still bustling with hustle and bustle, and there was an endless stream of BMW cars.

Imperial Kyoto was a huge city capable of accommodating millions of people, and could encompass the world's first-class prosperity, but the flight of the Son of Heaven to the west also brought hundreds of officials and noble clansmen to this slightly remote town, which was lonely and depressed in the past, and was instantly filled with the glory of the world.

Wu Erlang entered the city, rode through the road on horseback, only smelling the fragrance of wine and rouge, the pearls and silk everywhere dazzling, and suddenly remembered that when his young grandfather was there, he talked about the state of Emperor Taizong's time, the road was not left behind, the night was not closed, the world was like a regular step.

Looking at the current state of affairs, it cannot but be said to be a great irony!

He hit his horse to Li Qiao's mansion and sent someone to pass on his sister.

It was already late at night, and Wu Cuicui had already rested, but it was her maiden brother who came, so the attendants naturally did not dare to hesitate and hurried to return to the court, and the maid woke her up from her sleep.

Wu Cuicui knew that at such a time, her brother would not come to the door for no reason, so she hurriedly dressed up and went to greet her.

The situation was urgent, and Wu Erlang did not greet her excessively, waved his hand to send off the attendants, and told her everything he said to the Ninth Princess tonight.

Several bad news came into his ears one after another, and Wu Cuicui was stunned on the spot as if she had been struck by lightning!

The person who killed her mother was actually the Ninth Princess......

No, even the Ninth Princess is just a knife that is being used, and it is precisely her father-in-law who seems to be forced to abdicate and describe loneliness who really controls all this?!

and the death of the second sister-in-law......

An indescribable sense of regret welled up in her heart, and her face was completely bloody, and she was full of remorse: "I really am, second brother, how could he be ......?"

Wu Erlang forced himself to keep calm and said, "It doesn't make sense to say this anymore, Cuicui, what I want to know is—"

Wu Cuicui said bitterly: "How can it be meaningless? I ......"

She couldn't even finish the rest of her words, because Wu Erlang stared at her with red eyes, and suddenly raised his arm and gave her a slap in the face!

"Wu Cuicui, when will you grow up?!"

He said sharply: "The dead are already dead, and when the catastrophe is approaching, what is the use of saying those words of remorse?!" ”

Wu Erlang grabbed her shoulder and shook it vigorously: "Nothing is more important than letting the living continue to live, do you understand?" ”

Since she was a child, this is the first time that Wu Cuicui has been beaten by this brother, but at this moment, she has no resentment in her heart, not even grievances, only remorse and pain.

"I'm sorry, brother, I'm really sorry......"

She cried and said, "I'm so stupid, I want to do things well, but I'm really stupid, I can't do anything well, you can just kill me......

Wu Erlang was full of anger, and when he saw this, he turned helpless, clamped her shoulders with force, and said word by word: "Cuicui, has the Emperor told you something important, or asked you to do something for him?" It's already a matter of life and death, and if there is, you don't have to hide it anymore! ”

Wu Cuicui's mind suddenly flashed the jade talisman that the Emperor Taishang had given him.

She hurriedly said, "Yes, yes!" ”

As he spoke, he told his brother about it.

Wu Erlang only felt a wave of anger rushing towards the heavenly spirit cover - the heavens testified that he was really not a person who liked violence, and at this time he couldn't help but round his arms and slap her hard!

"Are you a pig brain?!"

He was furious: "Can you take this kind of thing casually?!" Even if the Emperor Taishang and the Son of Heaven do not agree, he still has other sons, why should he give you such an important thing?! ”

Wu Cuicui covered her face, her throat and nose were sour, and she didn't dare to cry if she wanted to.

Wu Erlang had the heart to scold a few more words, but he didn't bother to bother with it, and he hated wasting time, so he said concisely at the moment: "Have you told Li Qiao about this?" ”

Wu Cuicui stood crampedly in front of him like a child who had done something wrong, and shed tears in fear: "I dare not say it. At first, I was afraid that he would not be able to rely on me, but I could feel that although he married me, he didn't like me very much. Later, I didn't dare to open my mouth even more, for I was afraid that I would let him know that I couldn't trust him......"

Wu Erlang's head was as big as a fight, but he didn't have the heart to take into account the thoughts of these little children, so he only hurriedly asked one thing: "This time Li Qiao led the army to go on the expedition, did the Emperor Taishang participate in it?" ”

Wu Cuicui was slightly stunned at first, then her expression changed greatly, and she immediately said, "Yes!" Before he set out, he consulted with me about the matter, and always felt that the Son of Heaven had bad intentions, so the Emperor sent 3,000 men from the southern army to accompany him—I will go to him at once! ”

Wu Erlang grabbed her: "Do you have a brain?!" ”

He said angrily: "The army has been in operation for several days, and you are a weak woman who leads people on horseback to chase after you, how long will it take to catch up?" What if something happens on the road? On the contrary, you have to accommodate you and delay your trip! ”

Wu Erlang gasped and said, "I'll bring someone over!" ”

Wu Cuicui looked at her brother in front of her, who was connected by blood, and had mixed feelings in her heart: "Brother, ......"

Wu Erlang said: "Not only for you, but also for the Wu family, the Son of Heaven has been eyeing the Wu family, and the emperor is also ...... If something happens to Li Qiao, the Wu family is afraid that they will really be powerless! ”

He softened his voice again, and said a little gloomily: "Father and brother go first, mother also goes, although the sister-in-law is the princess, but in the end she is more inclined to the royal family than the Wu family, if we don't support it, the Wu family will really be finished!" ”

Wu Erlang said, "I'm going to leave soon, and after I'm gone, you can send someone to pick up the children here." The two younger sisters and the old aunts also took it over. The troubled times are scattered, and the family is about to be scattered, so why bother to remember those concubines and concubines, you respect me and humble me! ”

Wu Cuicui had tears in her eyes and responded one by one: "Okay, I know." ”

Wu Erlang took one last look at her and said, "Take care." ”

……

Wu Erlang is gone.

Wu Cuicui watched the figures of him and his servants disappear from sight, and then looked at the two lanterns hanging in front of the side door emitting a cold light in the moonlight.

It was midnight, but she was not sleepy, so she instructed her maid to fetch a large coat and put it on, and took someone to Wu's house to pick up people.

As early as in the imperial capital, the so-called nocturnal ban became a dead letter, and if the son fled west today, who would pick up the old rules again.

When Wu Cuicui arrived at Wu's house, the housekeeper who guarded the door yawned and greeted her, but her face was very courteous: "Grandma is back?" ”

Wu Cuicui answered, and hurriedly led people to the backyard.

Wu Erlang and several of Qin's children were still asleep, and the brothers and sisters were in the same room, but their eyebrows were a little frowning from time to time, and they were obviously not sleeping very peacefully.

Where would Wu Cuicui not know why this is ?

She's also the one who lost her mother.

But now it is ......

No matter how much remorse, no matter how much guilt, no matter how much guilt there is, the dead will not be able to come back to life!

Wu Cuicui instructed the servants and maids to pack up for the children, and before long, there were a few more pairs of eyes outside the courtyard.

The two aunts hurried over, and the buttons on the placket were still a little crooked: "Come and say hello to my aunt." ”

He cautiously swept over the servants who were packing up their things in the courtyard, with a humble pleading on his face: "What's wrong?" ”

In the past, Wu Cuicui was very disdainful of her father's concubines, as the daughters of the main lady, but she has experienced a lot of things recently, and the concepts that were inherent in the past and felt that they are natural and righteous seem to have faded away.

If you can be the lady of the main house, who would want to be inferior to be a concubine.

These two aunts were the biological mothers of her two sisters-in-law, and the reason why they came in a hurry was probably because she had come to pick up the children of her second brother's family, lest something happen and that she would leave them behind.

Wu Cuicui's heart was sullen, sour, numb, and she didn't know if it was for them or for herself.

She told them truthfully: "There have been funerals in the house recently, and I have discussed it with my brother, but I think it is not very good, so I want to take you to Li's house to live for a while, and I will be my companion." Thinking that my aunt and sisters were asleep, I didn't bother them, but I didn't think that I would still quarrel with people, but it was really mine. ”

The two aunts had rarely seen her so gentle, and for a time they were a little flattered.

After all, it may have been for the sake of the lord that this young lady had given them some face in the past, but now that the lord is gone, they and their daughter have to rely on the brother and sister who came out of them to live, and she is much more polite than before......

Both of them were a little at a loss for a while, but after coming back to their senses, they saluted Wu Cuicui together and whispered: "Grandma is merciful, and the Bodhisattva will bless you." ”

Bodhisattva blessed?

Wu Cuicui wanted to laugh a little.

Just looking at the solemn appearance of the two aunts, they did not refute, smiled a little tiredly, and said, "I hope." ”

……

Wu Cuicui took the Wu family to the Li family to live temporarily, and did a full set of plays, invited the Taoist priest to go to the Wu family's house to practice, and ate fast at home in the name of praying for the deceased, and at the same time closed the doors everywhere, scattered the people, and explored the direction of the wind in the city at any time.

Slowly, she noticed that something was wrong.

The Son of Heaven and the Emperor Taishang......

In other words, the contradictions between the old and new ministers are gradually getting worse.

In the past, this discovery would only make Wu Cuicui more determined to stand on the side of the Emperor Taishang, burning incense and worshiping the Buddha every day to pray for the Son of Heaven to be unlucky, but now, after revealing the disguise used by the father and son, she felt deeply uneasy!

What the hell are they trying to do ?!

Wu Cuicui could perceive the turbulence of the current situation, but she could not find any way of thinking, and she tried to put herself in the shoes of the Emperor Taishang to consider the whole thing, but she was always confused.

She is not good at playing with people's hearts, and she is even less proficient in the tricks of power.

The inspiration came from this afternoon.

It occurred to her that there was no need to think about things that complicated.

What does the Emperor value most?

Be power!

To do this, he can kill the concubine who has been favored for many years, and he can ignore the Son of Heaven and the Empress □□ his favorite princess.

In the past, she thought that the sudden aging of the Son of Heaven was due to the loss of companionship, but now looking back, in fact, it is the opposite, what he really cares about is the loss of the authority to love life!

Even if that's just superficial authority!

Since this is the case, what the Son of Heaven wants most is, of course, power!

It is not to hide behind the scenes and manipulate the puppet of the Son of Heaven, but to reappear in front of the people of the world and regain power!

But how easy is that?

Although all the blame is placed on the concubine and the Chang family, who doesn't know that the Emperor Taishang is the source of this turmoil?

The fault is not that he is the Son of Heaven, and the successor is his son, but I am afraid that he will be dragged out and hanged 10,000 times!

If you want to ascend the throne again, unless the Son of Heaven does something that the heavens are angry and resentful.

Thinking of this, Wu Cuicui felt as if she had been pricked by a needle, and suddenly jumped up from the stool - Li Qiao!

……

Wu Erlang took a group of light horsemen and traveled day and night for several days, but he never found the shadow of Li Qiao's department.

At last even he hesitated, stopped and asked, "Is it because we are going the wrong way, or are we moving too slowly?" ”

Hu took out the map from his bosom and flipped through it, shook his head, and said: "That's right, we are on the road that the army must take to attack." We waited for the horses to ride and hurried overnight, but General Li's headquarters had heavy infantry, and it stands to reason that we should have caught up with them in the past few days, but it is really strange that there is no figure in sight today. ”

The more he didn't see anyone, the more worried Wu Erlang became.

According to his plan before leaving, he should have met Li Qiao at this time, but at this moment, he didn't even see Li Qiao's shadow-

A wave of unease suddenly surged into his heart, and the sense of foreboding in Wu Erlang's mind became more and more serious.