Chapter 161: The Situation Changes
Seeing Feng Xiran again, he was already much better than last time, and his injured internal breath gradually stabilized, although there were still many wounds on his body, but the most fatal arrow in his left abdomen had been treated and bandaged.
Because when Qingchen came for the first time, she quietly stuffed a nine-bead chain in Feng Xiran's hand to help him recover his internal strength, and she threatened with the matter of the emperor's edict, so Xiao Ling invited the imperial doctor to treat Feng Xiran's injuries.
This time, Qingchen didn't talk to Feng Xiran, just looked at the door for a while, and then turned to leave. After all, Feng Xiran is very smart, even if she doesn't know now, she will definitely guess what she wants to do in time, and she will be even more worried.
As soon as Qingchen returned to Fengzao Palace with his front foot, Xiao Ling followed with his back foot, waved away the flower shadow and Zhiting who were waiting beside him, and said directly to Mu Qingchen:
"You've already seen Feng Xiran, I have fulfilled my promise, now you should tell me, where is the so-called edict of the first emperor?"
"Xiao Ling, it turns out that you are also afraid. Qingchen looked at Xiao Ling's serious expression and said with a smile.
"Joke, what am I afraid of! Do you think that you can still threaten me with the fact that you are like a trapped beast now?" Xiao Ling snorted coldly when he heard this, and said.
"Of course you're afraid. But what you are afraid of is not me, what you are afraid of is Ye Chengcheng, and what you are afraid of is the edict of the first emperor. You are afraid that Ye Tingcheng still has secrets that she did not tell you before she died, and you are afraid that she really has the edict of the first emperor in her hands, and this edict has now fallen into the hands of others, which will threaten your status. Qingchen said firmly, poking at Xiao Ling's heart every sentence.
"Even so, I am still the king of the Condensing Moon Country, and I have the same way to find out about this matter. And you, stay in the palace obediently, and when I solve Xiao Yi and reach an agreement with Mu Qingjue, you will be the new queen of Ningyue Kingdom, and together with me, you will sit on the country. Xiao Ling's face was full of confidence and said.
"Tell me, why do you have to make me your queen? Speaking of which, I'm your younger sister, aren't I?" Qingchen asked curiously.
"This idea was already there when you danced the East Wind Willow Dance in the Heart Cultivation Palace. It's a pity that you have been married to Xiao Yat by me, and you have no jokes. Xiao Ling said, "Xiao Yi may not understand, but I know very well, the plain fragrance and half rhyme, the east wind and willow dance, are all things that Ye Chengcheng has." And you, except for the difference in appearance and age from Allure, in other places, the shallow smile when you are confident, the humility and respect in front of the Queen Mother and me, and even the look on your face when thinking about something, are all the same as Ye Tingcheng. β
"Do you want me to be the queen because I am like Ye Lingcheng? In that case, why did you give Ye Tingcheng to death in the first place? Wouldn't it be better to keep her directly?" Qingchen listened to Xiao Ling's words and asked as if unintentionally.
is really Xiao Ling, who has been with her for so many years, no matter how she disguises, no matter how her identity, age, and appearance change, but the arrogance and charm that belong to Ye Tingcheng in her bones can't be changed.
Xiao Yi cares about Ye Tingcheng, but what he loves is Ye Tingcheng in the eyes of everyone, and he is so radiant that he can't ignore it, but he doesn't face Ye Tingcheng day and night, so even if it has been so long, even if he has doubts in his heart because of various things, he has never dared to be sure that she is Ye Tingcheng.
But Xiao Ling is different, what Xiao Ling wants is not an identical and difficult to control Ye Tingcheng, but a substitute that is very similar to Ye Tingcheng, this person can bring him the feeling of Ye Tingcheng, but it is easier to control than Ye Tingcheng, because she is in the army and does not have the same prestige as Ye Tingcheng, so Xiao Ling does not have to worry that she will threaten his throne.
"She is too proud, she makes me the only one in my harem, she is too good, all the talented people around me are impressed by her, she is too perfect, standing by my side, everyone talks about it, only Ye Chengcheng. The rebellion in Beijun was quelled by Ye Tingcheng's troops; the plague in Liuling was rampant, and it was Ye Tingcheng who ordered the city to be burned, even if people who didn't know said that she was ruthless, but those who knew about it were still grateful to her; even the last battle with the Heavenly Star Country was her strategy that led to the victory of the Moon Kingdom. Xiao Ling said, "No man will tolerate his woman being better than him, so Ye Qingcheng must die." β
"What about me, you said that I am very similar to Ye Tingcheng, aren't you afraid, I am the same as her?"
"You won't, you have weaknesses, there is a Celestial Star Country behind you, you will not be willing to let the country you entrust to protect again provoke war. Xiao Ling also said very firmly, "Otherwise, why do you think I will tolerate you to provoke me again and again?"
"Really?" Qingchen smiled inexplicably, just spit out these two words lightly, and said no more.
Is it because he has been invincible for too long, so Xiao Ling has forgotten whose help it was in the first place that will give him where he is today? Could it be that if Ye Qingcheng is dead, he can erase everything she has done for him?
Qingchen thought, his heart full of irony.
"You just wait and see, it won't be long before Xiao Yi will disappear from this world forever, just like the Ye family. Xiao Ling said, snorted coldly, and brushed his sleeves away.
Xiao Ling was slightly displeased without asking about the result he wanted, but the news from the secret guard said that Xiao Yi had been moving around a lot with a group of ministers recently, and perhaps, this was an opportunity that could be taken advantage of.
Qingchen watched Xiao Ling leave, and his eyes instantly turned cold.
Like the Ye family, disappear into this world forever?Xiao Ling, you are wrong, I have a weakness, but my weakness is not the Heavenly Star Kingdom, if necessary, I will not mind provoking a war, because this time, you guessed wrong, so, you can't win.
And I will definitely make you regret it, regret what you have done, and regret letting the Ye family disappear from this world forever.
Qingchen thought about it, his heart fluctuated, but the surface was calm: Xiao Ling, in fact, you are not as strong as you think you are, even the martial arts you are proud of were also given to you by Ye Tingcheng who did everything possible to find the secret book for you, without the support of the Shen family and the help of the Ye family, you are actually nothing.
However, Xiao Ling didn't know what Qingchen was thinking, and after returning to Longchen Palace, he issued a few holy decrees with lightning speed, first sent someone to raid Qin Tianjian's mansion, saying that Qin Tianjian had calculated that it had rained recently, but instead of playing, he revealed the news to the person with ill intentions, and let that person spread rumors and spread rumors, and this so-called person with bad intentions alluded to King Yi.
Then, Xiao Ling sent the Gyeonggi Guards to surround the mansions of the third-rank and above officials in Beijing, and asked the Gyeonggi Guards to search the mansion to find evidence of their alliance with King Yi, whether it was the calligraphy and paintings written by King Yi or the playthings given by King Yi, all of which became evidence that King Yi bribed them.
Later, the forbidden army surrounded King Yi's Mansion, found a large number of weapons from the wine cellar of King Yi's Mansion, and found letters between King Yi and the leader of Beijun who had previously rebelled and escaped from King Yi's study, in which the two plotted how to recruit troops and horses, launch a coup d'Γ©tat, and change the dynasty of Ningyue Kingdom.
For a time, all the evidence pointed to Xiao Yi, and all the piles showed that Xiao Yi had ill intentions and bad intentions, not only taking advantage of the rare rainy weather in Ningyue Country to spread rumors, forge the edict of the first emperor, and even collude with the courtiers and Beijun to rebel and plot rebellion.
At the end of October in the first year of Yongning, the sky in Kyoto, which had been hazy for nearly a month, finally cleared, and what was waiting for the people of Ningyue was not a long-lost sunny day, but another bloody storm.
As soon as Xiao Ling's holy decree came out, the people of Kyoto talked a lot, looking at the Gyeonggi guards and the forbidden army coming and going on the street, they couldn't help but retreat, and they were even more panicked than when the forbidden army went out to arrest people everywhere before, because this time it was the court of Ningyue Kingdom that was involved.
Seeing that the mansions of many officials in Beijing were searched for calligraphy and paintings written by King Yi, or things related to King Yi, the people of Kyoto suddenly realized that His Royal Highness King Yi looked unruly on weekdays, lingering between the Qinlou and Chu Pavilions, and seemed to be idle clouds and wild cranes, not asking about the government, but they did not expect that he was so ambitious that he was plotting to rebel behind his back.
The rumors that were originally generated because of the continuous rain were all shattered in an instant, and all the speculations and rumors that were unfavorable to Xiao Ling before disappeared after Xiao Yi was found to be rebelling.
The situation was reversed in an instant, and earth-shaking changes occurred, Xiao Ling, who was originally crowned with a reputation for excluding dissidents because of the successive destruction of the Ye family and the Shen family, became a discerning saint monarch in an instant. Because the people said that it was precisely because Xiao Ling had insight into Xiao Yi's conspiracy that he saved Kyoto from a catastrophe.
When the news reached Qingchen's ears, she was walking in the imperial garden because of this rare good weather, and heard that many courtiers who had dealings with Xiao Yi were demoted and dismissed, and that Xiao Yi was arrested and imprisoned by the forbidden army for the crime of plotting rebellion, and there was no expression on her face.
Qingchen's too indifferent attitude came to Xiao Ling's face, which made Xiao Ling feel a little uneasy in his heart, but then Zhang Jing, the commander of the forbidden army, came to tell him that King Yi had been taken to the heavenly prison, and when he was waiting for the emperor to fall, the uneasiness in Xiao Ling's heart suddenly dissipated. Anyway, now Xiao Yi has also become his subordinate, and in his hands, there are two chips that can contain Mu Qingchen.
"Come on, set up the Fengzao Palace. Xiao Ling didn't care about Xiao Yi, who was locked up in the prison, but went to Fengzao Palace.
"What you want to say, someone has already told me in the morning, so, you are here to show off to me, in fact, everything is firmly in your hands?" Qingchen asked when he saw Xiao Ling.
"Isn't it? You sent someone to spread those rumors, right? I want to use this trick to deal with me and send Xiao Yi to the throne, but as everyone knows, Xiao Yi has been in the Celestial Star Country for ten years, and there are very few people available in my hands, and I only need 3,000 secret guards to be able to wipe him and his people away without knowing it. Xiao Ling spoke.
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(Tianjin)