West Palace, Qingluan Palace.

It was late at night, Wei Shenghuan still couldn't sleep, his right eyelid kept jumping, making him feel scared and uneasy, always thinking that something would happen tonight, but he couldn't say.

Wei Shenghuan pushed open the palace door, looked at the night sky from afar, and sighed, with an indescribable sour feeling in his heart.

He is the eldest prince of the Great Zhou, the eldest son of the emperor Wei Shengzhao, and the son of Yang Guifei, the favorite of Wei Shengzhao, who should have succeeded to the throne as a matter of course.

The successor of Wei Shengzhao may be difficult to compare with the micro Shengtong, but it is also a rare generation of Ming Jun, who works hard, is benevolent and virtuous, even though the Great Zhou has experienced a baptism of civil strife, but this country is still unbreakable, and the country is prosperous and strong.

Therefore, Wei Shenghuan has taken the two generations of emperors as an example since he was a child, and is determined that when future generations talk about Xianjun, they will remember his name in their hearts and will think of the third emperor of the Great Zhou.

Over the years, Wei Shenghuan has been diligent and studious, humble and filial, sincere and courteous, although his talent is not outstanding, but his attitude is here, and the ministers of the court and the central government naturally see it. Even though he and the Yang family are relatives, he didn't deliberately show anything, and he always treated people and things consistently, so most of those courtiers supported him.

However, providence makes people.

Wei Shengzhao pampered Wei Shengshao more, but for some reason he never set up a prince, and he was indecisive between Wei Shenghuan and Wei Shengshao, so he kept dragging it out. Although Wei Shenghuan was a little anxious in his heart, at first he only said that his father was still young, maybe he had already chosen someone in his heart, and secretly intended to secretly put some pressure on him, or he also took into account the feelings of the current queen and planned to let go of the prince first. Therefore, Wei Shenghuan did not take this matter too seriously, but demanded himself more strictly, trying to do better.

However, just after the general returned to Beijing, Wei Shengzhao said in front of the Manchu Dynasty that he wanted to establish the crown prince, although this was an inquiry, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Wei Shengzhao intended to test the two princes and let them compete, rather than directly appointing the great prince Wei Shenghuan as the crown prince.

Wei Shenghuan didn't feel good in his heart, his status in his father's heart was really not as good as the third brother, but he gritted his teeth and began to secretly compete in his heart, he must prove that he is the best. And he also knows that in addition to looking at personal conduct and talent, the supporters of the candidate are also very important, although it shows that the respective parties of Wei Shenghuan and Wei Shengshao are led by the two three princes, but the ministers below are more of the big prince's party, so he has full confidence in his heart.

Later, King Qi returned to Beijing, and suddenly even Wei Shengyou and Mo Jun supported him together, Wei Shenghuan was very excited when he heard the news, and he was even more victorious against the crown prince.

But another piece of news came to him like a thunderbolt from the blue.

Rumors came from nowhere, saying that he was actually the son of the king of Qi, so the king of Qi stood on this side in order to protect him.

At first, Wei Shenghuan was dismissive of the rumors, thinking that it was just the opponent's rumors and ill intentions, but as the gaffe developed, Wei Shenghuan realized that the situation was getting more and more wrong.

This is no longer simply like a rumor, Wei Shenghuan found that his father's attitude towards this matter was quite ambiguous, and even King Qi did not deny and clarify, and the two parties were more tacit. This is not only Wei Shenghuan, but also the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Wei Shenghuan was stunned, and even he began to doubt his life experience, whether he was really the son of King Qi. Once this feeling of weakness comes out, it will be followed by all kinds of self-denial, Wei Shenghuan has an epiphany, could it be that his father let the third brother compete with him because of this?

He began to become afraid, always feeling that whether in the palace, the palace, the court, or even walking on the street, there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him behind his back, countless hands pointing behind his back, and countless mouths whispering secretly. This feeling is almost suffocating, disturbing people's hearts and minds, and since then it has been a problem of insomnia.

The next things, one after another, were more serious than the other, the king of Qi, the general, and the prince...... All the courtiers who supported him fell one after another, and all kinds of evidence, accusations, and rumors against him came out from all directions, and people said that his eldest prince and his party were plotting against him, and finally forced him into a step of no return.

But Wei Shenghuan gritted his teeth and swore that he didn't know anything at all, and he hadn't even met King Qi and the Great General in private, but no one paid attention to him.

Finally, he was captured from the palace by the Blood Banner Army and imprisoned in the Qingluan Palace, where he was strictly guarded.

Wei Shenghuan lived in the palace when he was a child, and he always saw some concubines crying and being beaten into the cold palace, and I also heard that almost all of them died of depression later. At that time, Wei Shenghuan didn't know what a cold palace was, and he didn't know what melancholy was, but now he finally understood, but he would rather never experience this kind of taste in his life.

These days, he can only sit quietly and practice qi, read, eat, and sleep all day long, but it is difficult for him to sleep, and when he can't sleep, he thinks about what has happened in the past few days, and he always feels very strange and strange.

Qingluan Palace is very big, very cold, and very lonely, Wei Shenghuan can't stand it, but fortunately, his favorite little sister Wei Sheng Qiao will take the time to accompany him. Wei Shenghuan was happy on his face, and smiled bitterly in his heart, only Qiao Er dared to accompany him in a huge palace, but Wei Shenghuan felt that this was not good, and he also persuaded her not to come again, otherwise if she was involved, it would only make Wei Shenghuan feel more uncomfortable.

Maybe it's because they are brothers and sisters of the same mother, and the feelings in their hearts are so similar, Weisheng Qiao always smiled and said that he would feel happier after accompanying him.

Hearing this, Wei Shenghuan turned into a wry smile on his face, and he was happy in his heart.

"Big brother?" Wei Sheng Qiao stared wide-eyed, and stretched out a hand to shake his face.

Wei Shenghuan was stunned and did not react.

"Big brother?" Wei Sheng Qiao shouted as he tugged down his wide sleeves and raised his voice.

Wei Shenghuan looked absent-minded, looked at her blankly, and looked away again.

Wei Shengqiao pursed his mouth, looked at the man in front of him who was almost a head taller than himself, pulled Wei Shenghuan's ear down, and shouted in his ear: "Big brother!"

"Huh?" Wei Shenghuan was in pain, and finally reacted, with a gentle smile on his face: "Oh, it's Qiao'er, you're coming to see big brother again?"

Wei Sheng Qiao snorted dissatisfiedly: "Aren't you welcome?"

"Princess Taiping is here, the little one is shining, and the chaimen is celebrating, how dare you say a 'no'?"

"You're poor-mouthed. Wei Sheng Qiao showed her white teeth, and her eyes were bent into crescents.

Wei Shenghuan saw that her face was full of spring, as if something good had happened, and couldn't help asking, "Why is Qiao'er in such a good mood today?"

"There's a good thing!" Wei Sheng Qiao said mysteriously with a wink.

Wei Shenghuan's eyes rolled, and he teased: "Isn't it that my father married the general to you? Oh no, it should be that the general was married to you? No, no, look at my mouth......

Wei Shengqiao's face suddenly sank, and his eyes stared at Wei Shenghuan with resentment.

Wei Shenghuan really realized that something was wrong now, and quickly slapped himself in the mouth, and said with a smile: "Big brother is wrong, I shouldn't joke with you about this!"

Wei Sheng Qiao turned his head away: "Oh, I don't mind. ”

Wei Shenghuan took two steps forward to block in front of her, and nodded: "Big brother is really wrong!"

Seeing that he looked like a slave in the palace, Weisheng Qiao couldn't help but smile: "Forget it, this princess has a lot, forgive you." ”

"Your Highness Xie!" Wei Shenghuan bent down, raised his hand above his head, and came to a "standing salute". Then he secretly looked at Wei Shengqiao, and when he saw that her expression was the same, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He knows Wei Sheng Qiao very well, if his little sister is really angry, it will be called a scary, and he will have palpitations when he thinks about it. Seeing that it was okay to see this, I couldn't help but wonder: "Why is Qiao'er so happy?"

Weisheng Qiao wanted to tell her what her father said last night, saying that her father trusted the general, so the eldest brother would definitely have the good news of saving, but he was teased like this, and suddenly he didn't want to answer, so he spread his hands and said: "It's not a very important matter, it has nothing to do with you, eldest brother." ”

Wei Shenghuan guessed a few points when he saw her appearance, but who let himself just provoke the little sister? So he nodded depressedly.

While the two were joking, there was a sudden commotion outside the palace, and then they heard the screams of the palace maid and the eunuch, noisy and shouting, and vaguely heard a rough idea, and the key word was the word "dead".

Wei Shenghuan felt a pang in his heart, comforted Wei Shengqiao, who was a little panicked, and asked her to stay in the palace well, and ran to the door to ask what happened to the two guards who were in charge of guarding him.

The two guards were quite responsible, and they were very flustered everywhere, and they still stuck here, and one of them also called a palace maid who ran around to ask about the situation, and this saw Wei Shenghuan come out, and replied: "Back to Your Highness, someone found the bodies of several palace maids and eunuchs in the garden and room, and the lower officials inquired around, not only here in our West Palace, but also in the other three places, and it is said that the murderer is a person from Tianxin Sect!"

After saying that, the guard secretly raised his eyes and looked at Wei Shenghuan.

Hearing the words "Tianxin Sect", Wei Shenghuan suddenly felt a dullness in his chest, as if something was blocking. It can be said that most of the things that happened around them were related to this Tianxin Sect, and it was precisely because of them themselves that they fell here.

"Tianxin Sect, how is it possible, what are they doing here?" Wei Shenghuan said in disbelief.

The guard didn't answer, and looked at Wei Shenghuan silently, with vigilance in his eyes, as if to ask yourself if you are not good?

Wei Shenghuan was stunned for a moment, and then sneered. He suddenly remembered that people thought that the Great General was colluding with the Tianxin Sect, and the Great General was his person, so naturally...... However, Micro Radiance swears that he doesn't know anything!

Wei Shenghuan's eyes swept coldly at the panicked crowd around him, and a strange pleasure suddenly appeared in his heart, but the anger in his heart still lingered, he brushed his sleeves and said: "Hmph, His Highness won't run anywhere, just wait here, wait to see what tricks they and you can play!"

As soon as the words fell, a man and a horse galloped at the corner of the street not far away, followed by an army of hundreds of people.

Wei Shenghuan's eyes narrowed.

Red robe, red armor, red horse.

He also recognized that person, Xu Yun, the deputy commander of the Blood Banner Army.

It seems that something happened in the palace!