In April of the third year of Cheng'an, Yu Han, the general of the Tianxing Kingdom, led 200,000 troops, set off from the capital of the Tianxing Kingdom, went all the way north, arrived at Feiyan Pass, and confronted Langcheng, the southern gateway of the Ningyue Kingdom.

The Ningyue Palace changed, Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi brothers seized the throne, but they burned the Fengzao Palace, murdered the Tianxing Princess Mu Qingchen, did not respect the peace covenant between the two countries, and deceived people too much.

At that time, the new Emperor Yongning of Ningyue was still standing at the gate of the Fengzao Palace, which had become a ruin, looking at the Fengzao Palace, which was still a magnificent place a few months ago, and his heart was stunned.

Thinking that Mu Qingchen was burned to death here, Xiao Yi felt unspeakable guilt in his heart.

If it weren't for the fact that he changed Qingchen's plan, if it wasn't for the fact that he didn't make it clear to Qingchen earlier, if it wasn't for his insistence on finding out the truth about the death of the former emperor, if it wasn't for him being one step slower......

There are so many ifs, he knows in his heart that some things can be avoided, but if he is wrong, he is still wrong after all, he killed Ye Xi, he deceived Mu Qingchen, Qingchen was so difficult to believe him, but he was disappointed again.

"Your Majesty, the border is urgent. Zhao Xu didn't know when he appeared behind Xiao Yi, so he said this and handed the fold in his hand to Xiao Yi.

"Take it to Longchen Palace, and I'll see it later. Xiao Yi was unmoved, just commanded.

"Your Majesty ......" Zhao Xu looked at Xiao Yi, with a deep worry in his eyes.

They have always known that their master endured humiliation and was a proton in the Heavenly Star Country, and they also knew what the master was doing all this for, but they didn't expect that a sudden Mu Qingchen, a Mu Qingchen who was forced to the master by Xiao Ling, made the master confused.

Everything the master did was for the sake of the Ningyue Kingdom, because the first emperor said to the master that only those who have a benevolent heart in the world are qualified to sit on the throne, and only then can they be qualified to rule the world and benefit all the people. Obviously, Xiao Ling is not such a person, so the master adheres to the will of the first emperor and does all this.

"Zhao Xu, I was wrong. She arranged everything and asked me to pretend to be caught by Xiao Ling and enter the palace to deal with Xiao Ling with her, but I asked Zhao Yan to replace me, leaving her trapped in the palace alone and losing contact with people outside. Xiao Yi said slowly.

"Princess, she...... No, the queen understands the righteousness, she will understand. Zhao Xu said.

"No, you don't know her, she's smart, she's smart, she's a defensive, I told her to believe me, but I lied to her, from the beginning. Xiao Yi said, "When I was at the bottom of the vast cliff, I knew that there was some inexplicable relationship between her and Xiao Ling, but instead of pulling her out of hatred, I also added fuel to the fire. ”

Zhao Xu didn't say a word, listening to Xiao Yi's self-condemning words, he didn't know what to say.

In his heart, Mu Qingchen is such a calm and breezy woman, she seems to know everything in her chest, and he has only seen it in Ye Tingcheng's body with such a bearing.

Back then, he followed his master in disguise and walked around, and met Ye Qingcheng on the border between Tianxing Kingdom and Mobei, which happened to be injured by Liukou's arrow, Ye Tingcheng helped and bandaged the wound for the master, just like what Mu Qingchen did on the wedding night between the master and Mu Qingchen.

The master fell in love with Ye Tingcheng at that time, but unfortunately, Ye Tingcheng became his sister-in-law.

In Zhao Xu's heart, there may be only one Ye Chengcheng who can match Xiao Yi, because Xiao Yi is also smart, knows how to endure in the enemy country for ten years, is far-sighted, does not be surprised by changes, and keeps his eyes open.

But later, he met Mu Qingchen, the master's new wife. He didn't follow when he was in Cangmanshan Mountain, so he didn't know how calm and rational Mu Qingchen was after meeting those secret guards, but on the night of the wedding, Qingchen's analysis of Chief Qin, he hid outside the window and heard it clearly.

Perhaps, the master's heart was captured by this woman named Mu Qingchen at that time, or earlier.

However, now, the Tianxing Kingdom raised troops for Mu Qingchen to attack, the beacon smoke was everywhere, the beacon fire was ignited, Langcheng and Feiyan Guan were in a confrontation, and the war was about to break out, but Xiao Yi was still here, remembering the late Qingchen, his wife.

"Let's go, go back to Longchen Palace. Xiao Yi said, turning around and walking towards Longchen Palace.

No matter what his original intention was to get this throne, he will still be responsible for this position after all.

Xiao Yi returned to Longchen Palace, looked at the fold handed over by Zhao Xu, frowned slightly, and then put it aside and ignored it again. This move surprised Zhao Xu, but he didn't understand what Xiao Yi was going to do.

"Emperor Qi, Commander He is asking to see you outside. But at this moment, Wu You, the newly appointed chief eunuch in the palace, came in and prayed.

This Wu You was originally Qin Xi's apprentice, because he had a meritorious role in reporting the whereabouts of Qin Xi and Qin Zhong after the palace change, he was promoted by Xiao Yi and became the chief eunuch.

However, this is also Xiao Yi's strategy, a person who betrays his master like this, if he has greater benefits in the future, there is still a possibility of betrayal, so keep him by his side, under his nose, and it is also convenient to monitor.

"Let him in. Xiao Yi said lightly.

Wu You walked out, but saw a man in armor walk in outside, it was Wu You's mouth said that He Commander, after Zhang Jing's death, he led his brothers to abandon their weapons and surrender as a deputy commander, Xiao Yi learned from Du Xiangrui, the secretary of Dali Temple, that this He Yun was also a talent, so he was promoted to his official position and became the commander of the forbidden army.

"Humble He Yun, see the emperor. He Yun knelt on one knee and saluted Xiao Yi.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yi's cold tone made He Yun stunned.

Xiao Yi's coldness is not the same as Xiao Ling's coldness, Xiao Ling's indifference has a hint of tyranny, mixed with rage, but Xiao Yi's indifference has a trace of absoluteness, accompanied by indifference.

At least in He Yun's opinion, this is not the attitude that an emperor should have.

"Your Majesty, the guards of the heavenly prison came to report that His Royal Highness the Third Prince asked to see the emperor. He Yun was stunned for a moment and then came back to his senses, bowed down and replied.

"I'm going to take a look. Xiao Yi said, got up, walked towards the outside of Longchen Palace, and when he went out, he turned back to Zhao Xu and said, "In more than a month, it will be the death day of the first emperor, Zhao Xu, you go and notify the Ministry of Rites and prepare for the sacrifice." ”

"The subordinates obeyed. Zhao Xu nodded, followed behind Xiao Ling, walked out of Longchen Palace, and headed towards the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

Xiao Yi arrived at the prison, waved his hand, avoided the salute of the prison guards, walked straight in, and came to the door of the innermost cell where Xiao Ling was held, looking at Xiao Ling, the high-spirited Emperor of Yongning in the past, who was now in rags, his hair was like flying fluff, sitting unkempt in the corner of the cell, and his hands and feet were still chained by thick iron chains.

"I heard you want to see me?" Xiao Yi sighed slightly, and suddenly spoke.

Xiao Ling, who had been silent and did not speak, suddenly raised his head, looked at Xiao Yi at the door of the cell, his eyes showed a fierce light, and at a very fast speed, he got up and rushed towards Xiao Yi, but the length of the iron chain under his feet was limited, so he was pulled halfway through, and he was pulled in his footsteps, and he could not move forward again.

"Xiao Yi, you hypocrite, you keep saying that you are for your father and the Ye family, but in fact, you just want to seize the throne yourself, you forge your father's edict, you are the real rebel and thief!" Xiao Ling was unwilling to lose in the hands of his younger brother, who had always looked down on him, so he spoke.

When he was young, Xiao Yi was silent every time he was bullied by other brothers, he was timid and cowardly, and even the death of his mother Concubine Zhuang, knowing that he was framed, he didn't dare to say it. is such a person, who is deeply liked by his father, and takes Xiao Yi with him all the time and teaches him personally, so that he and the other brothers have no chance to stand out.

It wasn't until he was a teenager that Xiao Yi was sent to the Heavenly Star Kingdom as a proton, and he slowly realized his plan, knocking down several imperial brothers and brothers one by one, making him the only son who could be relied on by the first emperor, and even won the favor of Ye Chengcheng, and was one step closer on the road to the throne.

However, he didn't expect that the providence would make people, he thought that everything was in his own hands, but he never thought that there would be a Mu Qingchen, a Mu Qingchen who could be compared to Ye Qingcheng, and completely disrupted his plan.

"The emperor is me, but it's dispensable, and if you see me just to say this, then you don't have to bother talking. Soon after the death of my father, I will take you to the imperial tomb to worship your father and ask for your sin. Xiao Yi said lightly, "Without an antidote, I won't live long, I will settle the rivers and mountains of Ningyue Kingdom before I go to Huangquan Road to meet my father." ”

"Are you going to Huangquan Road, are you going to see your father, or Ye Chengcheng?" Xiao Ling's mouth suddenly flashed with a strange smile, "Why don't I tell you something, you will be interested." ”

Xiao Yi was silent, just looking at Xiao Ling, not knowing what he wanted to do.

Xiao Ling saw that Xiao Yi was silent, so he laughed twice and spoke again: "The dance that Mu Qingchen danced on the Palace of Nourishing Hearts is called the Dongfeng Yangliu Dance, which was created by Ye Qingchen when he was idle in the boudoir of the city; the strange fragrance on Mu Qingchen's body is called Suxiang Banyun, which is a spice specially prepared by Ye Qingcheng in order to let me sleep peacefully; the swordsmanship that Mu Qingchen used to kill Zhang Jing on the upper floor of the imperial city is called the Phoenix Dance Nine Days, which is the sword move created by the directors of the sword schools of the major famous sects when Ye Qingchen was walking in the rivers and lakes. Yat Siu, you say...... Why are there so many coincidences in this world?"

"What did you say?" Xiao Yi heard this, his eyes suddenly tightened, looking at Xiao Ling, his heart fluctuated.

He had always felt strange, why Mu Qingchen was so familiar with the Ningyue Palace, and even knew the hidden weapons in the Scripture Pavilion, why Mu Qingchen knew the old news of the palace, and even knew the cause of his mother's death......

Countless whys, forming a terrible thought in his heart, but he himself could not believe it.

"I think it's a coincidence, isn't it? Because of you, because you launched the palace change, you forced to death the only woman in this world who may have something to do with Ye Tingcheng. I didn't kill her, you forced her to die. Xiao Ling said, laughed a few times, and then retreated to the corner and stopped making a sound.

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(Tianjin)