I kicked out my vicious husband and married his great-uncle

Concubine Xian sneered: "Make a deal with me? Do you think you are still the queen now? Since you are a prisoner, you should have the awareness of being a prisoner. You are not qualified to make a deal with me."

The queen looked calm and said slowly: "I can help you and let your son ascend the throne."

"Haha..." As if she had heard a funny joke, Concubine Xian laughed out loud, "Queen, you are just dreaming!"

"Feng Lianruo, your plot has been exposed. You are now a lost dog. Even your son will fall into the quagmire and there will be no chance of recovery. However, don't forget that there are 100,000 troops led by my father and my brother in Western Xinjiang. If I tell them to help you, they will definitely spare no effort."

"I don't believe you. If you had the opportunity and confidence, you would definitely let your own son ascend the throne."

"No." The queen shook her head slowly. "Compared with his life, power and status are insignificant. Now, I just want him to live."

She knew very well that it would be difficult to accomplish anything big with the current manpower at Concubine Xian's disposal.

But if she put all her effort into dealing with Gao Mingche, it would be entirely possible.

Originally, there were not many people available around Gao Mingche.

Concubine Xian has more than enough people to deal with these people.

Thinking of this, the queen said again: "With the 100,000 troops in Western Xinjiang and the manpower you have cultivated in the court over the years, it may not be impossible to accomplish the task. I have only one condition, that Gao Mingche be kept alive."

"Aren't you afraid that after the fact, I will change my mind and still insist on taking your son's life?"

"With your intelligence, you should understand that killing meritorious officials right after ascending the throne is the most unwise decision. So, you won't do that. Even if you really want to kill Gao Mingche, I can't stop you. Just like I can't stop you now, I just hope that he can live longer."

After that, the queen added: "You are also a mother, you should understand my feelings at this moment. Over the years, I have already let him down enough, there is no reason for him to be in danger because of me. If you agree, I can leave the capital with you now and go to the western border to persuade my father and my brother."

Concubine Xian obviously didn't believe it: "No, I don't believe you will do this. The people of your Jingbian Mansion have been responsible for guarding the border for generations. If this is the case, you alone cannot convince them. There is no need for me to follow you and take this risk."

At this time, the door of the woodshed was pushed open from the outside and Duke Dingguo walked in.

He didn't look at Consort Xian, but only stared at the Queen and asked, "Are you sure you can convince your father and your brother?"

"I'll try my best. After all, you don't have any better way out now, right?"

"Well, let's go together tonight."

Concubine Xian said sternly: "Brother, I told you, you can't trust her words!"

"Yes, her words are not credible. But now we have no better choice. Instead of leaving the capital and living in hiding, we might as well give it a try. In this way, there may be new possibilities."

"No, I don't agree."

At this moment, Duke Dingguo's face was slightly ferocious: "Feng Lianruo, I told you, this is an opportunity to give it a try. In the past, I listened to you in everything. But what is the result? The result is that our whole family will have to flee for our lives soon, and the respect and wealth we once had will be gone. This is the result of listening to you! I have long said that it is not a good time to control His Majesty now. It is because you insisted on doing so that we have dragged our Duke Dingguo Mansion into an irretrievable situation!"

After saying this, Duke Dingguo ordered sternly: "Come here, ask the imperial concubine to leave!"

People from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion came in immediately and wanted to take Concubine Xian away.

Concubine Xian sneered: "Let's see who dares!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a man dressed in black and with agile skills quickly appeared and confronted the men of Duke Dingguo.

Duke Dingguo narrowed his eyes and said, "Little sister, are you going to start an internal conflict?"

"Brother, I don't want to. But please don't force me to do anything I don't want to do. I've said before that the words of the bitch Queen cannot be trusted. Everything still has to go according to my original plan."

"So, what are you going to do? Kill Gao Mingche in front of the Queen, and then continue to run for your life, living a life where you don't know when you will lose your head? Don't you think about your own life, but also think about your son, nephews, and nieces? They are still young, and because of you, they have already given up their original lives. Do you want to let them lose their lives for this?"

"Mother, just listen to your uncle." The one who spoke was the Sixth Prince, Gao Hengyuan, who had been hiding outside the door for a long time.

At this moment, Gao Hengyuan looked dejected.

Originally, he was not aware of what Concubine Xian had done, and he really thought that Emperor Zhaowu wanted to make him the crown prince.

In the end, it was nothing but a false joy.

No, it was not just a false joy, it brought him a fatal crisis.

He was once a prince.

But now, he has to live a life of escape.

Like a rat in a gutter, never seeing the light of day.

Hearing Gao Hengyuan's words, Concubine Xian was furious: "Yuan'er, I didn't expect that even you don't understand me. Do you know that your brother who was not born was killed by the queen? Don't you want to avenge him?"

"Mother, what happened back then may not be related to the Queen. It's you who has gotten yourself into a dead end and doesn't want to get out." Gao Hengyuan stammered and said this.

Concubine Xian's eyes widened involuntarily: "Coward! How could I give birth to a coward like you! No, you are not only a coward, you are also stupid, so stupid that you actually believed what this woman said! Their Jingbian Duke Mansion has been glorious for generations, would they listen to the words of a married woman and rebel against the court and vent their anger on us? No, they won't. She is just tempting me and you to make us disagree. But you idiots believed it, it's ridiculous!"

"At least, at least the Queen has provided us with a way out, isn't it? As long as we hold her in our hands, we at least have room for bargaining with the Duke of Jingbian's Mansion. If we kill Gao Mingche, she will hate us to the core and will never help us." Gao Hengyuan tried to analyze.

Duke Dingguo also said seriously, "That's right, Yuan'er is right. If we keep her, at least there is still hope. But if you insist on doing it, then there will be no hope at all. You only care about your unborn son, but what about Yuan'er? Are you not going to care about her?"

"He is my son, how can I ignore him? I have said that I will have my own plan after leaving the capital, you just need to do as I say. If we manage it well, we may be able to come back in the future."

Duke Dingguo frowned: "What other plans do you have?"

"Go north to Daliang."

Duke Dingguo was shocked: "Are you planning to commit treason?"

"Brother, your words are strange. How can it be considered treason? I am just taking this opportunity to take back what Yuan'er deserves."

"But, traitors will be nailed to the pillar of shame for generations to come."

Concubine Xian sneered, with a look of disdain on her face: "Brother, don't you see the situation clearly? Now you and I are already nailed to the pillar of shame. Even if we do something more excessive, it doesn't matter. Anyway, this reputation is already rotten, isn't it?"

"No, that's not the case." Duke Dingguo refuted fiercely, "Now this kind of thing is at most a palace secret. His Majesty won't even make it public, and will only arrange for you and me to die suddenly. But if you collude with Daliang, this will be recorded in history books, and you will be criticized for generations to come!"

"Brother, you are so naive. You can't even take care of the present, so how can you care about the future? Besides, it's up to future generations to judge us. By then, we'll all be dead and won't be able to hear it."

"Even if I can't hear it, I can't ignore it. I can't let the Feng family fall into that situation!"

Just as the two were arguing, someone from Concubine Xian came in and reported, "Master, the person has been brought here!"