Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Although Xiao Zuochen was not eager for this war, he did guess correctly that Xiao Zuoming, after hesitating for a few days, finally wrote a letter to Xiao Zuoqing. The content of the letter was exactly that he wanted to win over Xiao Zuoqing and join him in dealing with Xiao Zuochen.

But he was wrong about one thing. Xiao Zuoming was Emperor Mingren, and for Emperor Mingren, Xiao Zuochen was the perfect vessel, so Xiao Zuoming did not want to kill Xiao Zuochen, he just wanted his body.

At this time, Xiao Zuoqing had already received the letter sent from Tai'an City. After reading it, he closed the letter directly.

Baili Qing, who was fixing her makeup, saw Xiao Zuoqing's reaction through the mirror and asked curiously.

"What did the Emperor write to you?"

Xiao Zuoqing's face darkened.

"Humph, what else can he write? He is just trying to win me over to deal with Lao Liu. After all, he can't fight Xiao Zuochen alone."

"So what are your plans? Cooperate with him?

Xiao Zuoqing hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

"It's impossible to cooperate with him. I always thought that the third brother was a simple person, but I never thought that he would forge an imperial edict."

Baili Qing had just adjusted her earrings and couldn't help but feel curious when she heard her husband say this.

"Didn't you say before that Emperor Mingren would definitely pass the throne to you? Why did you suddenly pass it to the third brother?"

Xiao Zuoqing shook his head.

"I don't know either, but my father promised me this. In addition, the Queen and my father have always been at odds, and the third son has not achieved any political achievements and has been fooling around all day. It is impossible for my father to pass the throne to him, so he must have falsely passed on the imperial edict. But the problem is that Xiao Zuochen was right next to him at the time, and he personally admitted the authenticity of the imperial edict, which cleared up the ministers' doubts.

He also said that he had no intention of taking the throne, but he hoped that I would succeed him. If the imperial edict was fake, he could have denied it at the time and then pushed me to the throne. So this series of circumstances can only prove that the imperial edict was true. "

"So do you plan to cooperate with Xiao Zuochen in the future?"

"If I want to get the throne, there is only one way, which is to cooperate with Xiao Zuochen. Because he has no interest in the throne, if he succeeds in overthrowing Xiao Zuoming, then I still have the possibility of ascending to the throne. Even if he doesn't give it to me, at least we will live better than now.

But if I follow Xiao Zuoming, this man dares to forge an imperial edict, not to mention that after cooperating with him, it will only help him consolidate the throne, which will not benefit me in any way. "

"Then this letter..."

"Of course we have to return it, but we also have to send a letter to Xiao Zuochen to show our sincerity."

......

A few days later, Xiao Zuoming received the letter. It said that Xiao Zuoqing was willing to cooperate with the emperor, and only hoped that after the success, he would be given a fiefdom so that his family could spend their old age in peace.

Xiao Zuoming, who was actually Emperor Mingren in his heart, naturally loved his eldest son. He did want to pass the throne to his eldest son before, but after he possessed Xiao Zuoming and regained control of his young body, he did not want to give up the throne. However, since his eldest son only wanted a fiefdom, Emperor Mingren, as a father, would naturally give it to him.

As for Lao Liu, this person has no intention of becoming the emperor, but after he returns to Wangyan City, he will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the people of Wangyan City towards the Tai'an court, and will certainly oppose Tai'an City. Therefore, he must eliminate Lao Liu's power in Wangyan City.

If he was willing to hand over his troops voluntarily, he would naturally not make things too difficult for him, but Emperor Mingren would not give up on Xiao Zuochen's body.

Prince Qing naturally had no idea of ​​what Emperor Mingren was thinking. He still thought that he was the third son, and didn't know that he was actually his father, and didn't know that he would spare his life.

In the letter that Prince Qing sent to Xiao Zuochen, Xiao Zuoming also clearly stated Xiao Zuoming's request to Xiao Zuoqing. He used the prince's mouth to spread rumors, making everyone think that it was Xiao Zuochen who did something wrong and fled the palace with the queen mother, and it was not the emperor who imprisoned him and treated him harshly.

Xiao Zuochen laughed out loud after seeing this. Xiao Zuoming really thought that the people were all fools. It was a problem that the new emperor did not promote the title of Queen Mother after ascending the throne. It was impossible to put the responsibility on him now. Then he wrote a letter back to Xiao Zuoqing, saying that since Xiao Zuoming had such a plan, he must have planted spies in every city. Therefore, if he wanted him to believe it, he had to really spread rumors. Moreover, Prince Qing needed to find an excuse to return to Tai'an City. If Xiao Zuoming really fought with Xiao Zuochen, Prince Qing could be his spy at that time.

Soon, in addition to Wangyan City, rumors about Prince Yun spread in various cities. They were nothing more than that Prince Yun was affectionate and trampled on the true feelings of young girls, or that Prince Yun disobeyed the imperial edict and escaped from the palace privately in order to establish himself as king, so he returned to Wangyan City to secretly gather troops. There were also rumors that he did not observe mourning for the late emperor and was disrespectful to the late emperor. But these insignificant messages were not worth mentioning to Xiao Zuochen. And the people were also discussing that compared with these rumors, the current emperor was an unlearned and incompetent person.

"I found that Emperor Mingren has not been very smart since he possessed the body of the third brother. He has also used this stupid method of hurting the enemy by 800 and hurting himself by 1,000."

Xiao Zuochen was lying on a rocking chair in the yard, enjoying a leisurely afternoon. Yun Feng, who was standing next to Xiao Zuochen, also laughed when he heard what his master said.

"Emperor Mingren has a younger body, but even when he was young, he couldn't compare to you, my Lord~"

"Hmm~"

Xiao Zuochen admitted it, but joked.

"You speak as if you know what Emperor Mingren was like when he was young."

Yun Feng smiled and scratched his head. At this moment, the old man with white beard came to the City Lord's Mansion.

"Xiao Chen, you haven't come back to the Shadow Mansion since you came back, so I have to come here in person~"

When Xiao Zuochen saw that it was the old man coming, he quickly stood up to greet him and apologized.

The old man with white beard waved his hands quickly.

"Sit down, sit down, sit down. No need to be so polite. Fortunately, the guards at the City Lord's Mansion knew me and let me in. Otherwise, I would have to work hard to see you today."

"The reason why you came here today is..."

The old man with white beard stroked his beard and said.

"As a doctor, I am worried about my patients."

"patient?"

"What's wrong? Have you forgotten your own situation?"

Only then did Xiao Zuochen remember that the old man had diagnosed him with poisoning and that he could not practice martial arts.

"So this time when I came back, I wanted to diagnose you again and see if there is any way to treat you."

Xiao Zuochen was also very puzzled about this matter. He didn't know who poisoned him and when.

But the old man with white beard took the pulse again and his expression was somewhat surprised.

"You, your symptoms are actually..."

"What happened?"

"Healed! No signs of poisoning anymore!"