On the surface of the stream, a very thin wind gently swayed, swaying upwards, growing stronger and stronger, wrapped in the residue of dead grass, riding the sun, on the vast flat grassland, unbridled until it hit a huge wall of incomparable proportions.

The City of Eternal Life has arrived!

The wind tried its best to climb up to the top of the city, but unfortunately the head of the city was too high, and finally had to disperse in the air, waiting for the next wind to come.

In the city, where they tried so hard to see but couldn't see, two teams were exiting the palace gates, then separated outside the palace walls and headed for their respective destinations.

In King Yong's mansion, Xue Yong leaned on the soft collapse, looked at the palace guards who led the way in the drunkenness, and burped suddenly, "Enter the palace, is there wine in the palace, is there music and dancing?"

The guard froze in place, and said in his heart: If you want to say that there is, there must be, but that's not what you always enjoy!

"If you don't, get out!"

Xue Yong waved his hand impatiently, and the guards had no choice but to retreat, borrowing his ten guts and not daring to make a mistake in front of this imperial clan head.

"Come back!"

The guards quickly turned around.

"Tell Ming boy that the old man made way for him, then let the old man enjoy the blessings, don't bother me. ”

Xue Yong waved his hand again, he held the wine glass, his eyes were confused, and he shook his head and was intoxicated by the wine.

In a tall building next to the Hall of Eternal Life, Xue Ming stood with his hands in his hands, looking from afar, quietly listening to the guard's reply, and smiling slightly, "Since the fifth grandfather said so, how can I be bothered, so be it!"

Waiting for the guards to leave, Yu Nan said worriedly: "Your Highness, this ......"

"It's okay, the fifth grandfather's temperament is well-known in the royal family, and it has been like this for decades. Xue Ming waved his hand indifferently, "The Yuan family's side is the key, a three-dynasty care, how many protégés and old officials." ”

Yu Nan no longer bothered about Xue Yong's affairs, and nodded in agreement, "Yes! If he supports him, at least half of the hundreds of officials in the court will have to follow His Highness with all their hearts." ”

The two discussed in a whisper for a while, and the guards who went to the Yuan Mansion finally turned around.

Xue Ming turned around, "How's it going?"

The guard looked at Xue Ming, and said timidly and helplessly: "Yuanfu...... The door was not opened. ”

"Didn't open the door?!" Xue Ming raised his eyebrows, very surprised.

The guards simply didn't hide it, "When we arrived at the Yuan Mansion, the gate of the Yuan Mansion was closed, and there was a sign at the door that said that the door was closed. We went up to call for a long time, but no one answered. ”

Yu Nandao: "You didn't reveal your identity?"

The guard had a bitter face, "It's bright, it's been a long time before someone said something through the door, the old Yuan is sick, and the Yuan Mansion is inconvenient to entertain guests." ”

Xue Ming slapped the railing hard, "It's against him!"

The guards were silent, this kind of fairy fight, it was really bad luck to get involved in it.

Xue Ming thought for a while and said to the guards, "Go and call Liu Yi." ”

Liu Yi quickly arrived, and Xue Ming said in a deep voice: "You go to the Yuan Mansion and invite all the big and small binaries to the Hall of Eternal Life." ”

"Didn't the guards just go?" Liu Yi was a little puzzled.

"Our old master said that he was ill, you can take a good look at him for me, please come to the palace and let the imperial doctor take a look. ”

"Liu Yi understands!"

"Remember, be sure to come!"

Xue Ming stared at Liu Yi and gave him a very clear look, Liu Yi's heart moved, and he took the order solemnly.

Before turning around, he saw Yu Nan smiling at him in a trance.

Liu Yi took Xue Ming's token and transferred more people from the cowardly Xue Wei to the Yuan Mansion.

Li Hua and Wen Chi stood side by side, looking at the team in the distance, Li Hua was more confirmed in his heart about a guess, but this was not currently within his scope of responsibility.

In the Yuan Mansion, Yuan Mei pulled a chair and sat behind the door, looking nervous and sweaty, even if there were still many shadow guards of his father who he once envied, he didn't have much sense of security.

The little sense of security all came from the old man standing next to him with his hands on his sleeves and smiling, that was the chief housekeeper of the Yuan Mansion, an old man who had followed his father for almost his life.

He said worriedly, "If I come back in a while, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get rid of." ”

The chief butler rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile: "You can't pin the victory of the war on the foolishness and mercy of the enemy, right?"

Yuanmei's heart sank, is it war?

"Master, that Liu Yi of the Liu family is here with a team of cowardly Xue Wei!" a family member in charge of guarding hurriedly came to report.

Yuan Mei raised his head, the big butler's still smiling look inexplicably gave him some sense of security, Yuan Mei looked straight ahead, and said in a deep voice: "Do as planned!"

As he looked at the gate, from the gate, under the walls on both sides, stood hundreds of swords and bows.

Without armor or spears, the Yuan family's sense of proportion is extremely good.

The silent housekeepers clenched their weapons tightly, their eyes resolute.

The famous old fox on the grassland has built his fox nest into a monolith, and he is united.

"Lord Yuan, Liu Yi was ordered by the second prince of the prison country to visit the old Lord Yuan, and asked Lord Yuan to open the door. ”

Liu Yi deliberately shouted loudly, and the courtyard separated by a wall was silent.

Liu Yi shouted twice, still the same.

He smiled coldly, waved his hand at the cowardly Xue Wei behind him, and hundreds of cowardly Xue Wei shouted in unison, shouting Liu Yi's words again.

The sound resounded throughout the alley, even more

It was introduced into the surrounding streets.

Yuan Meihuo in the courtyard stood up, but this situation did not allow him to pretend not to know.

A hand quietly pressed his shoulder, and the big butler was still smiling as if he was fine, "Master, you have already torn your face before entering the palace, so why should you be affected by those things?"

Yuan Mei was stunned for a moment, instantly understood, and bowed his hand to the chief butler admiringly, breathed a sigh of relief, and sat back in the chair after a long time.

There are some things that you can't break if you don't break them, but as long as you break them, you will suddenly open up.

Well?

Didn't move?

Liu Yi looked at the silent courtyard in shock, the Yuan family is going to completely tear their faces with His Royal Highness?

After waiting at the door for a long time with a gloomy face, Liu Yi still couldn't make up his mind, Yuan Tao's prestige was too high.

If something happens, the saliva of the former official of the Yuan family can drown him, and His Majesty may have to punish him, as for His Royal Highness, Liu Yi actually knows in his heart that if there is really something great that needs to sacrifice himself, His Royal Highness will not hesitate.

For this, he who was born in the Jinning Liu family can still see it clearly, but as of now, nothing is bigger than the Jinning Liu family, but if he really makes the decision and sends troops to attack the Yuan Mansion, things may be different.

At this moment, he seems to finally understand what Yu Nanchong means by smiling at himself when he is leaving, this dog thief!

Liu Yi's irritated gaze wandered, and the cowardly Xue Wei behind him remained motionless and did not complain.

His gloomy and wandering gaze suddenly lit up, and two people who were probing their brains from the mouth of the alley were locked by his gaze.

Before he could urge the horse to go over and stop the people, the two people actually walked over directly, and they were the two famous gentlemen of Immortal City, Ma Lianshan and Shi Youde.

The two were stolen by Zheng Xuan and Deng Qing before, and they were locked up on death row for a long time, and after they came out, they each fell seriously ill, and finally recovered some vitality in the past two days, so they made an appointment to come out together to breathe.

Therefore, if this person is idle, he is prone to make trouble.

Fang was walking on the street, and suddenly heard something shouting here, and the two of them who were very curious came over to take a look, but they didn't expect to see Liu Yi, the son of the Liu family, a wealthy man in Jinning Prefecture, the two are familiar with each other.

"Yo, isn't this Brother Liu? What is this for?" Shi Youde took the lead in speaking with a warm smile on his face.

Liu Yi quickly had a plan in his heart, flipped off the horse, and said with a smile: "Isn't this on the order of His Royal Highness to visit the old Yuan!"

Only then did Ma Lianshan and Shi Youde see clearly that in front of them was Yuan Tao's mansion.

Don't look at these gentlemen who are arrogant and domineering on weekdays, but they all have a number in their hearts, and they will resolutely not provoke those who can't be provoked, such as this Yuan family, which is at the top of the list that they must not mess with in their hearts.

Ma Lianshan looked at the team of cowardly Xue Wei, his heart jumped, suppressed his excitement, and said in a low voice: "The Yuan family has committed an accident?"

Liu Yi's face changed, "What are you talking about, Lord Lao Yuan has taken care of his life for three dynasties, what can he do! I just came to see it for His Highness." ”

Ma Lianshan nodded, "Then Brother Liu, you are busy, Brother Shi and I will not delay your official business." ”

After experiencing the previous death row, Ma Lianshan's arrogance to the sky because of his horse stepping on Liu He has decreased a lot, and Ma Qi is not in Eternal Life City, he began to restrain himself intentionally or unintentionally.

Liu Yi suddenly sighed heavily, "It's a pity that I didn't know Xiao Yuan before, and people don't care about me at this time, it is said that this is not wrong, I can't see Lord Xiao Yuan's face, how can I go to deal with His Royal Highness!

Shi Youde patted his chest, "This matter is easy to do, Brother Ma and I have some intersection with Lord Xiaoyuan, let's go and call the door for you." ”

Shi Youde's words came out too quickly, Ma Lianshan didn't have time to stop them, these words had already been spoken, and for the sake of face, he had to give it a try.

Liu Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Thank you so much to the two brothers, rest assured, if the task is completed, I, Liu Yi, owe you a great favor!"

The two walked to the gate of the Yuan Mansion, and Ma Lianshan said in a low voice: "Brother Shi, why are you wading into this troubled water? ”

Shi Youde didn't care, "It's not that we haven't seen Lord Xiao Yuan, those are our seniors, what can happen in this Yuan Mansion? Not to mention that Liu Yi can owe a favor, when Lord Ma Qi comes back, you can have an explanation with your father!"

Ma Lianshan groaned, this is also true, otherwise when his father comes back, he will definitely not be able to escape a scolding from the matter of death row, and the Liu family in Jinning is okay.

Shi You pulled up the knocker and was about to knock, when the door suddenly opened a gap, stretched out two hands from the door, and carried Ma Lianshan and Shi Youde inside, and then quickly closed it again.

Liu Yi, who had been paying attention to the movement here, rushed to the front of the door, still a beat slower.

A voice came from behind the door, "Lord Liu, I have good intentions, please reply to Your Highness, my father is seriously ill, and those who are sons of man should serve in front of the bed, and when my father is well, I will go to His Highness to make amends." The two sons are guests at my house, so Master Liu doesn't have to worry. My father knows very well that in this extraordinary period, every move is very important, so he has ordered the whole house to close the door and not go out, and all visitors are turned away. No matter what happens to the Immortal City, my Yuan family will definitely support His Majesty sitting in the Hall of Eternal Life. ”

Motomei's voice!

Liu Yi's expression suddenly panicked, and the old fox guessed it!

What do you mean by the words of the old fox?

Liu Yi finally didn't dare to assert his opinions, and at the risk of provoking Xue Ming's dissatisfaction, he led people back to Miyagi.

Listening to the footsteps in the distance, Yuan Mei turned around, looked at Ma Lianshan and Shi Youde who were subdued on the ground, and sighed in his heart, you said you two fools, this is really called sending it to the door!

He smiled and said, "Two virtuous brothers, just work hard to live in the Yuan Mansion for a few days. ”

didn't see the father and son of the Yuan family, Xue Ming was a little angry, Liu Yi hurriedly said Yuan Mei's words, but looking at Xue Ming's gloomy look, he didn't say anything about Ma Lianshan and Shi Youde, anyway, Yuan Mei would not be stupid enough to embarrass those two.

Listening to Liu Yi's words, Xue Ming immediately fell into deep thought, and Liu Yi, who had escaped, let out a breath of turbidity.

After a long time, Xue Ming instructed: "Brother Liu, you go to the mansion to mobilize guards, temporarily surround the Yuan Mansion, and no one is allowed to enter or leave and contact." ”

Liu Yi was puzzled: "Why don't you call it cowardly Xue Wei?"

Today, he led a team of cowardly Xue Wei out for a trip, and it felt really different from the stragglers he brought on weekdays.

Xue Ming glanced at him, "I'm not the real Yuan Emperor yet. ”

Liu Yi nodded hurriedly and was about to retreat.

"Wait. A voice that made Liu Yi very unhappy sounded again, it was Yu Nan, he arched his hand towards Xue Ming, "Brother Liu, so you didn't see Lord Lao Yuan this time?"

Liu Yi rolled his eyes, "Everyone is seriously ill in bed, how can I see it?"

Xue Ming also explained: "Brother Yu, as a tricholastic person, Lord Yuan is not young anymore, and it is normal to be sick. ”

Yu Nan nodded, "It's normal to be sick, but at this time, when you are so seriously ill, doesn't Your Highness think that the timing is a bit of a coincidence? I have observed the old Yuan before, although he is old, but his spirit is still good, and I heard that he is good at health preservation, why did he fall ill at this moment, and it is still the kind of serious illness that cannot afford to be sick and cannot be seen?"

Because of his own affairs, Liu Yi subconsciously defended from the perspective of the Yuan family: "What is the certainty of birth, old age, sickness and death, illness is like a mountain, who can say for sure!"

"Yes, I believe it is indeed possible that the old man is sick. But what if you don't get sick?" Yu Nan looked at Xue Ming directly and asked a question.

Xue Ming's expression suddenly changed, everything in the world was afraid of that eventuality, but he didn't eliminate that eventual now.

Yu Nan hit the railway while it was hot: "If it's an ordinary thing, how can Your Highness be negligent in this big event?" Don't forget, that old man is a well-known old fox." ”

"Lord Xiao Yuan's words can be seen that they have vaguely guessed His Highness's intentions, but is that kind of neutral move, is it possible that it is just a paralyzing procrastination?"

Xue Ming seemed to be moved, and looked at Yu Nan, "But it's not an ordinary thing to break into the Yuan Mansion!"

Yu Nan nodded, "Indeed, what is more important is that His Royal Highness has sent people to the Yuan Mansion twice today, and the movement is not small, if you go again at this moment, it may make the ministers feel that you have other plans, causing more changes." Therefore, for the time being, we can only focus on surveillance, but we need to send more people. As for the hard break, just wait for the soldiers and horses to arrive, what does Your Highness think?"

Xue Ming thought for a while, "What Brother Yu said is extremely true, Brother Liu, if you bring more people, not a single fly in the Yuan Mansion will be released." ”

Liu Yi was full of jealousy and anger towards Yu Nan, and went down silently.

Xue Ming looked at the majestic city in front of him, and said softly: "Brother Yu, if you think about it, you will always live here!"

"Your Highness will get what you want. Yu Nan smiled slightly.

A little eunuch hurriedly came over and said respectfully: "Your Highness, Concubine De Niangniang has sent someone." ”

Concubine De, the biological mother of the eldest prince Xue Jun.

Xue Ming frowned, "What did she send someone for?"

Yu Nan said: "Maybe it's for the palace ban." ”

"What qualifications does she have!" Xue Ming snorted coldly and walked towards the palace maid of Concubine De.

Yu Nan remembered the rumors about the open and secret battles between Concubine De and Concubine Ming, and shook his head and smiled.

After sending away the palace maid who wanted to question in a few words, Xue Ming began to carefully deduce the next matters with Yu Nan, and at the same time went to various side halls to calm people's hearts, and this was busy until the middle of the moon.

Xue Ming slowly walked towards the harem, he was going to ask his mother for peace.

In the spacious dormitory, warm as spring, Concubine Ming leaned lazily and seductively on the soft collapse, exuding the irresistible temptation of a mature woman, and her delicate and beautiful face made it impossible to see that she already had a son in her twenties.

Seeing her son walking quickly, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes, and she quickly sat up and waved her hand, "Let's all go down, let's talk something about our hearts." ”

In front of the wide dresser, Concubine Ming sat in front of the mirror, wearing a tulle long skirt, her graceful figure loomed, and the curve slowly narrowed at the waist, and then suddenly became larger downward, which was amazingly charming.

Xue Ming stood behind her and pinched her shoulders for her, and told his most trusted mother about his plan.

"You've decided?" Concubine Ming said lazily.

"Well, I'm sure. Xue Ming nodded.

"What can Mother do for you?"

"Just enjoy. ”

"Then you have to work hard. ”

Concubine Ming's soft and mature body leaned back gently, and Xue Ming's two hands quietly reached into the placket of her clothes, holding the two roundness.

A murmur, full of spring.