The princess is killing like crazy again

Xiao Yurong looked at Gongsun Qian and said, "You go down."

"Yes." Gongsun Qin stepped back.

Before leaving, he glanced at Gongsun Zhao, signaling him not to be stubborn.

"Don't you have anything you want to say to me?" Xiao Yurong looked at Gongsun Zhao and asked.

Gongsun Zhao smiled dejectedly, and said, "My lord, you have already won the battle, why do you need me to say more?"

"Are you sure of victory?" Xiao Yurong narrowed his eyes. "You don't care about the friendship between us, the king and his subject, for many years. You and I have known each other for many years, but we are still no match for those few people? In your eyes, are their lives more important than mine?"

"I thought that meeting my lord was like meeting a soulmate in the mountains and rivers." Gongsun Zhao lowered his head and said softly.

Xiao Yurong looked at him coldly, "Go on."

"I have followed my lord for many years. Over the years, I have been struggling to make ends meet and have worked hard to maintain the relationship. I have been careful to strike a balance, hoping that my ideals and my lord's ambitions can coexist." Gongsun Zhao raised his head and looked at Xiao Yurong.

"But no, my lord wants too much, and I am now alone and overwhelmed." He knelt on the ground and bowed deeply.

"What do you mean by this? Are you determined to die?" Xiao Yurong asked, "Can't my interests be the same as Chu Le's? If you stand by me, you are betraying Chu Le? What do you think of me, Gongsun Zhao?"

Gongsun Qian laughed and said, "My Lord, didn't you know about the letter a long time ago? You know every person on the letter, and you also know how many people the letter has been handled by. You also know how many people were involved in it and have a relationship with it."

Fuyangwei's intelligence network has infiltrated Chule from top to bottom. Is there anything that Xiao Yurong doesn't know?

"Since my lord knows everything, why should we ask Lord Deng Qi to investigate? Why should we wait until the dust settles and Lord Deng hands the list to my lord before arresting me?" Gongsun Zhao was still neatly dressed even in such a situation.

Xiao Yurong looked at him and remembered that it was the same when they first met.

In the dark and damp dungeon, Gongsun Zhao tried his best to preserve his dignity.

A gentleman dresses properly.

"My lord, you want to use my high position to intimidate those who have disloyal intentions. You want to have a legitimate reason so that my brother and I can be grateful. This evidence can be found by others, but it is not easy for your lord to get it." Gongsun Zhao explained the pros and cons.

He worked hard to stabilize the internal affairs. He selected the key points from the complicated documents and made in-depth analysis to provide important basis for Xiao Yurong to make decisions. He grasped the political situation and balanced the power of the staff.

He also made an indispensable contribution to Xiao Yurong's current Wanli Tianti.

Being Xiao Yurong's restrained and sharp sword, it was broken in the end.

Orchid fruit.

He asked, "Master has been deceiving Zhao from the beginning. Those words in prison were not sincere. They were just a stopgap measure to recruit Zhao, right?"

Xiao Yurong was silent.

Of course she could continue to lie, but she didn't want to do it anymore.

It cannot be said that she had no sincerity towards Gongsun Zhao, but it was precisely because of this little sincerity that she did not want to continue lying.

"Then why didn't the master continue to lie?" Gongsun Zhao asked, and nodded again, "Is it because Zhao is no longer useful? Yes, Zhao has recommended many people who are good at managing internal affairs to the master, and the master no longer needs Zhao now."

He stared at Xiao Yurong and smiled sadly, tears running down his nose, "Your Highness really has a good plan... You are stepping on my spine to climb the ladder to the sky."

Gongsun Zhao was usually very calm, but at this moment, he burst out with a fiery and tragic vitality.

Like a raging fire in the snow, it will go out sooner or later, but it is burning brightly again now.

"Your Highness wanted me to be a traitor, and I did it." He lowered his eyes and shed tears silently, "Considering that I have served Your Highness for so few years, Your Highness, please allow me to have an intact body."

His look was sad, but also resolute.

The posture he knelt there was the same as the countless times he sat at the banquet. He seemed to be lonely in the lively banquet. Others did not understand him, and he did not understand others.

He just has his own persistence.

He followed two masters, both of whom he thought were wise, but from beginning to end, no one could truly resonate with him.

If Xiao Yurong was like Prince Yi and was not a wise ruler at all, then that would be fine. He could just pretend that he was blind.

However, Xiao Yurong possesses the qualities of a wise leader, but his ambition, identity and education make it impossible for him to follow the path he envisions.

Xiao Yurong once promised to bring peace and prosperity to the world in exchange for his kneeling in surrender. Now the relationship between the king and his subject has ended, the world belongs to the king, and he should be cooked.

"Gongsun Lang." Xiao Yurong sighed softly and called out the familiar name again.

Gongsun Zhao raised his head in astonishment.

Xiao Yurong caressed his face and said, "We have walked together till now. Are you still willing to continue walking with me?"

We will drink together from golden bottles, but we will not spare each other with white knives.

But she really wanted Gongsun Zhao to continue traveling with her.

Gongsun Zhao smiled a smile that was uglier than crying, "Master, this is all I can do."

Accompany Xiao Yurong to the top of prosperity, and die on the tip of Xiao Yurong's cold knife? That's fine too.

When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked. When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden.

It also preserves his steadfast loyalty.

"When I picked you up from prison that day, I really thought that our relationship as king and subject would become a beautiful story. I really hoped that it would have a good beginning and a good end." Xiao Yurong closed his eyes, feeling only tired.

She no longer wanted to say anything, no matter how others viewed her.

She sighed, "That's all."

"Then why did the master lie to Zhao from the beginning to the end?" Gongsun Zhao smiled bitterly, "Even when the master said that he was looking forward to the third and fourth kings coming out, it was also a lie to Zhao."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yurong looked at him and frowned slightly, "Aren't the third and fourth brothers still imprisoned now?"

Gongsun Zhao looked up and said, "The three kings are dead, the four kings are in exile, how can we talk about imprisonment?"

Dead?

Xiao Yurong staggered back a step, "My brother clearly promised me..."

She turned around and left in a hurry, heading straight for the palace where Xiao Yusheng and Xiao Yucheng were imprisoned.

Yi Yan looked at Xiao Yurong rushing out with a flickering look in his eyes.

"Can history really change? Will the wind and snow year after year really not erase her character?" He lowered his eyes and laughed again.

He turned and walked into the courtyard.

"Mr. Yi, are you here to persuade me or to see me?" Gongsun Zhao was still kneeling on the ground.

"Hey, let me advise you. Xiao Yuxie concealed the truth so well. One kept the death a secret, and the other was secretly exiled. Our little princess could even find out about you, but she didn't know that her two brothers were either dead or exiled. Oh, maybe she never suspected her eldest brother at all." Yi Yan smiled.

Gongsun Zhao was stunned for a moment, a gleam flashed in his eyes, "Master, don't you know about this?"

Not many people knew about this matter, and he knew about it because of a letter sent by Xiao Yusheng's old subordinates.

Xiao Yusheng's former subordinates hoped that Gongsun Zhao, who had always been upright and was under the command of Xiao Yurong, could come to the rescue, which could be regarded as a last resort.

However, Gongsun Zhao thought that Xiao Yurong wanted to sit back and do nothing, so he did not take any action.

He thought that Xiao Yurong distanced herself from him and did not tell him about this because she was suspicious of him.

"Yeah, I don't know." Yi Yan looked at him with a smile, "You've never known her, and you've never understood her."

"They asked you to sign, but you refused and returned it as is. But you did not betray them and did not tell the master about this." Yi Yan said, "Do you think that this means you are loyal to Chu Le and the master?"

Gongsun Zhao was silent for a moment: "...The Lord knows that they have rebellious intentions, and will definitely kill them first and then be quick. Their actions are no different from child's play in the Lord's eyes, and are not worth mentioning."

"What if the master doesn't know these things?" Yi Yan looked directly at Gongsun Zhao, with no smile on his face anymore.

He asked indifferently: "What if she died? What if she really died for this?"

"I..." Gongsun Zhao found himself unable to answer.

Xiao Yurong is not as omnipotent as imagined. She also feels pain and sadness.

Yi Yan said: "She is sincere to you, no matter how sincere she is. She is not sincere at all."

He turned and left, leaving nothing to be desired.

Gongsun Zhao lowered his head and stared blankly at his palm, then laughed out loud: "The relationship between the ruler and his subjects is just a dream, and the names are just empty now and in the past."

Xiao Yurong on the other side had already rushed to the palace gate. The guarding soldiers did not dare to stop Xiao Yurong, but they did not dare to let her in either.

"Get out of here!" Xiao Yurong said angrily, "How dare you stop me?"

"Your Highness! His Majesty has ordered that Your Highness is not allowed to visit!" The guards knelt on the ground but did not move aside.

After all, Xiao Yuxie had given a death order. If you move out of the way, you will die; if you don't move out of the way, you will also die.

Xiao Yurong laughed angrily, "My royal brother promised me the same power and status as him, but now it seems that it is of no use."

"Yushu!" Xiao Yurong shouted.

Yu Shu jumped out from the shadows like a shadow and stood in front of Xiao Yurong.

He drew his two jade dragon swords and lowered his body slightly, "My princess wants to go in, please make way."

The guards looked at each other and nodded, still not moving away.

While Yu Shu was holding back the guards, Xiao Yurong strode straight into the palace.

There was no one where Xiao Yucheng was.

There was no one where Xiao Yusheng was.

Facing the empty palace, Xiao Yurong almost laughed.

It was really ridiculous. Her brother had just given her the highest honor, and then gave her such a big surprise.

Xiao Yurong stepped forward and checked for clues, but there was not a single trace of life left in this place.

She only saw a line of words as thin as a mosquito's leg carved with a knife in a corner at the foot of the bed.

It was a trick I played when I was a kid, but it became my last act.

Xiao Yurong reached out and slowly stroked the line of words.

My dear sister, please do not be sad or worried. May the deceased rest in peace and the living strive forward.

"Rongrong." A voice came from behind.

Xiao Yurong stood up and turned around.

Xiao Yuxie was stunned when he saw the tears on Xiao Yurong's face. He sighed and walked forward, "Didn't I tell you? You shouldn't have come."

"Why shouldn't I come? If I don't come, can you still hide it from me or lie to me that they have moved the place of house arrest?" Xiao Yurong burst into tears.

Xiao Yuxie came here as soon as he got the news, but he was still a step too late.

"Rongrong..." Xiao Yuxie pinched his brows, "Whether you believe it or not, at least I have never done anything to them..."

"You are lying to me! Even what you said about sharing everything with me was just a lie! Tell me, what happened to them? Are they still alive?" Xiao Yurong interrupted him and asked through gritted teeth.

Xiao Yuxie was lying to her, he had always been lying to her.

Saying that you are willing to share with her and give her half of your kingdom are all lies.

Her noble bloodline makes her different from others, allowing her to rise above the castles in the air dominated by men as an imperial daughter.

She received the same education as the princes, and was given the same position as the crown prince. But when you look beyond the clouds and mist, you will see that outside the magnificent pagodas, she did not get the same opportunities as her brothers, but had to pay the price for all this.

Because the court officials believed that she should get married, should marry into a foreign alliance, should form an alliance, and should be squeezed out of her value to fill Chu Le's void.

Instead of creating value by manipulating power, there is only one path for her to take.

She had no real power and could only rely on the favor of her father and brother. Therefore, she had a strong sense of weightlessness from beginning to end, as if she could not step on solid ground and would fall from the clouds if she made a mistake.

Colorful clouds are easily dispersed and glass is easily broken.

And the love of the emperor is these things.

That's why she wanted real power and practical things. She thought her father and brothers were different, and she thought Xiao Yuxie was different.

She thought Xiao Yuxie was her brother first and then the emperor.

It seems to be the same, there is no difference.

What she promised was still a mirage, nothing could be kept. If a brother can be killed, why can't a sister be killed?

Now Xiao Yuxie still has feelings for her and is willing to coax her. As time goes by, the throne of the emperor is stable, who can't be killed?

It was Xiao Yuxie who repeatedly told her: "The throne is too cold, I want you to accompany me."

It was Xiao Yuxie who repeatedly told her: "The path you and I are on, if we fail one day, lose to the aristocratic families, lose to the Northern Kingdom, then we will be infamous for thousands of years. For thousands of years, your name and mine will be listed in the history books side by side, both of us will be infamous, but infamous is good."

That was indeed the case in my previous life.

The Cui family has the army, the Wang family has the wealth, the Li and Liu families have the political power, and the Xiao brothers and sisters have joined together.

Their names are indeed listed side by side.

That's why Xiao Yurong believed in Xiao Yuxie, but starting from the first change, everything changed.

Xiao Yurong took a deep breath and asked with tears in her eyes: "Just tell me the truth, did you kill the third brother?"

Too many complicated things turned sharply into tears dripping from my eyes. This question meant too much.

Xiao Yuxie stared at his sister's face, his expression gradually becoming gloomy in the silence.

"You don't believe me." Xiao Yuxie took a step forward.

The shadow fell and pressed down on Xiao Yurong, making her feel like a drowning person, unable to make a sound.

"Okay, I'll tell you, I was the one who killed him." Xiao Yuxie said sinisterly.

In Xiao Yurong's shocked eyes, he pressed on, "What's wrong with me killing him? If he were the emperor, would he spare my life? Even if he didn't kill me, wouldn't the power behind him force him to kill me?"