Early in the morning, sitting in the carriage entering the palace, Zuo Xiang closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the rain outside the car, only to feel that his mind was also like the rain that had been raining all night.

There was no early dynasty today, but early in the morning, an internal supervisor came to the prime minister's mansion to convey the emperor's edict, and ordered the left minister to enter the palace immediately.

It seems that the emperor, like himself, has experienced a sleepless night.

Yesterday, from the moment he learned that Shiyu did not return home on time, Leng Yiqing had already realized that something was wrong. Sure enough, a letter soon came from the palace, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to stay in Shiyu to spend the night in the East Palace.

Although he guessed that this should be from the emperor's instructions, Leng Yiqing couldn't understand the purpose of the emperor's move. Even if the emperor finally couldn't help but want to make a move on him, the left minister, there was really no need to make such a move and threaten the world with the jade minister.

In fact, Leng Yi felt early in the morning that the emperor's attitude towards himself had changed recently. Although it is still often warmly praised, it is faintly revealed with a layer of prevention.

And all this change should have started before the martial arts competition between Han Bing and Zhao Zhan.

Leng Yiqing knew very well in his heart that the real purpose of Zheng Yong's father and son planning this martial arts competition was to remove the cold ice to strike at him, the left minister who held military and political power and made people feel jealous and hateful.

But the emperor actually allowed this martial arts competition, which was something that Leng Yiqing never expected, and he couldn't help but be vigilant!

If the emperor wants to deal with him, he can suppress him at any time in the court, and there is no need to go around such a big circle, bother planning a competition to kill Han Bing, and hit him with the pain of losing his son.

So obviously, the person the emperor really wants to deal with is not him, but Han Bing.

Although Leng Yi thought early in the morning that Han Bing would eventually become the target of everyone, he still did not expect that the emperor would kill Han Bing so quickly.

No matter what the emperor's reason for killing Han Bing is, if he doesn't achieve his goal, he will never give up easily.

As a result, Han Bing killed Zhao Zhan in the martial arts.

Leng Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but his heart tightened.

Killing Zhao Zhan, although it weakened the enemy's strength, it made the emperor's heart to get rid of the ice even more intense. Moreover, the emperor's estrangement from him as a left minister has become more and more obvious.

The Prince Ding, who had been planning all this behind the scenes, should know the emperor's mind very well, so he asked Han Bing to send a letter to him, asking him to stay put, and deliberately ignore the selection of the commander of the forbidden army.

Later, I don't know what kind of means the fake prince used, so that the emperor finally chose Song Qingfeng as the commander of the forbidden army.

Leng Yiqing naturally understood that for Prince Ding's side, this could be regarded as a great victory.

The 100,000 forbidden army was given to his biggest enemy by the self-righteous emperor.

But in this way, Leng Yiqing's heart became more anxious.

The main reason why the emperor made such a stupid mistake was because he was distracted. He's been so focused on how to deal with the ice that he's neglected a lot of other things.

Why is the emperor so determined to kill Han Bing?

Leng Yiqing had asked Han Bing this question more than once. And every time, Han Bing just smiled nonchalantly and replied that he had never offended the emperor, and he didn't think the emperor wanted to kill him.

Maybe he was finally annoyed by his father's question, and that day, after discussing with him about sending a congratulatory gift to Song Qingfeng, the new commander of the forbidden army, Han Bing never returned to Huiyuan.

According to the request that Han Bing had made to him, the lock on the door between the Prime Minister's Mansion and Huiyuan had not been removed. Moreover, Leng Yiqing also strictly ordered the subordinates of the Prime Minister's Mansion not to go to Huiyuan.

Only Shiyu often went to his brother's courtyard for evening classes to practice the kung fu taught by his master, Song Qingfeng. And the news he brought back in the past few days was that there was no trace of anyone sleeping on the cold bed.

Now Shiyu's bed has been empty all night, just like his father's heart, the emptiness is full of an invisible suffocation and depression.

Why did the emperor detain Shiyu? Is it to deal with him, the left minister, or is it still to deal with Han Bing?

After thinking about it, Leng Yiqing couldn't think of how the emperor could threaten himself with Shiyu.

Moreover, he couldn't think of what kind of handle he had fallen into the hands of the emperor, so that the emperor did not hesitate to make such a move of completely tearing off the mask of the Holy Lord Mingjun to force himself to comply.

If the emperor's move is not to deal with himself, then the biggest possibility is that the person the emperor wants to deal with is still cold ice.

However, how could the emperor use Shiyu to threaten Han Bing?

In fact, even Leng Yiqing himself didn't know how far Han Bing could do for Shiyu.

Although he could feel it, Han Bing did love Shiyu as a younger brother.

But how deep is this half-brotherhood between them, is it so deep that they would even risk their own lives for each other's sake?

For this point, even he, who is a father, is completely unsure, and why is the emperor so sure?

Han Bing will never break into the palace for Shiyu.

Because everyone can see that the emperor has no reason to harm Shiyu, and it is impossible to keep him in the palace all the time.

In addition, with the wisdom of the cold ice, coupled with the plan of the fake prince, no matter what kind of trap the emperor lays, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed.

For these, since he can understand it in cold clothes, the emperor can naturally understand it.

So what is the purpose of the emperor's seemingly meaningless move to detain Shiyu?

Although he couldn't figure out the emperor's true intentions, Leng Yiqing didn't plan to enter the palace to ask the emperor about Shiyu's affairs.

He believes that the wisest thing to do at this moment is to wait and see what happens, and see how the emperor will act.

As a result, the emperor actually sent someone to summon him to the palace early in the morning.

This made Leng Yiqing a little uneasy!

It seems that the emperor must have been fully sure of victory, so he can't wait to strike first.

Could it be that Shiyu told a secret that shouldn't be said?

Suddenly thinking of this possibility, Leng Yiqing's heart couldn't help but be confused.

At the beginning, Han Bing ignored everyone's opposition and insisted that Shiyu learn Hui opera with him. But no one knows what the two brothers did when they were together.

Under the instruction of Mrs. Zuo Xiang, the old housekeeper Xu also secretly sent someone to the outside of Huiyuan's cold ice residence to listen to the corner. However, what they heard was really the ghost crying wolf howl of the two brothers when they were singing.

But after a long time, everyone still noticed that something was wrong-

Shiyu's Hui opera not only did not make any progress in learning, but also when he couldn't sing a few words, he would lose his voice.

Leng Yiqing secretly saw some clues-

Seok's speech and demeanor are quietly changing. The child seems to mature very quickly, occasionally giving a very unique perspective on things.

Leng Yiqing speculated that Han Bing must be teaching Shiyu the knowledge of the hermits.

- Although there is a certain danger in this matter, he, as a father, does not want to stop it.

The experience and wisdom accumulated by the hermits for thousands of years is indeed worth learning from other ethnic groups, and this is also the reason why some kings have traveled thousands of miles to Chongyuan to ask.

Now that Shiyu has such an opportunity, it is a great blessing for him to be able to learn this knowledge from Han Bing.

As for the hermits' extremely unusual views on imperial power, although they were anachronistic and extremely dangerous, Leng Yiqing believed that Shiyu would make his own judgment.

Since Shiyu was four years old, Leng Yiqing began to teach him to be loyal and patriotic. After eight years of indoctrination, how could it be changed in just a few months?

However, would Shiyu have accidentally mentioned the things that Han Bing had taught him to outsiders or even the crown prince? If so, then the identity of the Han Bing Yin Clan would definitely be exposed!

After feeling a palpitation, Leng Yiqing suddenly thought about it, and felt that with Han Bing's intelligence, he must have told Shiyu in advance. And Shiyu is also an extremely sensible child, so he will not make such a dangerous and stupid mistake.

If the problem is not with Shiyu, then it is cold ice.

Could it be that ——, Hanbing really broke into the palace to save the world's jade?!

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At this time, the carriage slowly stopped, and the palace had arrived.

Leng Yiqing closed his eyes slightly, throwing aside all the nonsense in his mind.

After taking a deep breath, he slowly stepped out of the carriage.

As usual, he tidied up his court clothes slightly, and then calmly walked towards the palace gate.

The soldiers of the forbidden army guarding the palace gate saw that this left minister was graceful and dashing, and they couldn't help but bow down in awe.

But none of them could have imagined that at this moment, this Lord Zuo was secretly gathering all the courage in his heart, preparing to start a battle with the ill-intentioned emperor with almost no chance of winning.