Phoenix and Dragon

The few palace flowers are lonely and red, and the white-headed palace maid said Xuanzong.

What's it like to be an emperor?

In the whole world, I am afraid that there is no second person who can tell.

Those who really know can’t say it, and those who know it falsely can’t say it—you’ve lost your mind because of wishful thinking, and you only think about what it’s like to be an emperor every day.

The front hall is full of moonlight, and the singing and dancing outside the palace is another world, while in the inner palace, the autumn cold dew is heavy, and the current emperor and emperor Li Xu shows the tired look of an elderly person.He lit the lamp and spent a lot of time reviewing the mountains of memorials presented today, and when he was frowning, he suddenly remembered this question.

What it's like to be an emperor.

Once young, as a prince, noble and unparalleled, he also rode horses across the capital, and had the wanton flirtatiousness that he didn't know where he was sober tonight.

At that time, a pair of siblings were still ignorant of the world. At that time, Prince Su Li Xi was still a half-grown boy who felt uncomfortable every day if he didn't cause trouble. At that time, Princess Pingyang had not yet left the court. Although she was a beauty who fascinated men all over the world, her aura was not inferior to that of the sons of dragons and emperors. "Beauty grace".

The wealth of the Tian family is nothing more than parents, cousins, brothers and sisters, everyone is happy, and life is peaceful. At that time, those fights and tricks were still far away, like the interpretation in the history books, only revealed between the lines. A faint hint of something sinister...

Today, brothers and sisters are separated forever, and brothers are at odds with each other.

Jinkou Yuyan, the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, but I can't find the past that I can't help but smile when I think about it.

Li Xu's eyes were confused for a moment, he couldn't help but paused the vermilion pen, and clicked a mark the size of a thumb belly on the Shuxuan.

Gao Cai, the chief eunuch behind him, keenly saw Li Xu's momentary distraction, took half a step forward, and said in a low voice, "Long live, it's getting late, let's rest."

As if awakened by the sound, Li Xu rolled up the rice paper with one hand, and put down the ink brush with the other Wu Yan. He didn't answer Gao Cai's rest, but asked, "What time is it?"

Gao Cai looked at the sky outside, and said, "Go back to Long Live Lord, it's time to call the watch."

Li Xu nodded, got up calmly and walked towards the palace gate.

Gao Cai thought he was going out, so he hurriedly followed, ready to drive.

Unexpectedly, when Li Xu walked to the door, he stopped just like that, looking at the autumn moon that was not a full moon through the night.

Gao Cai said "Ouch", like a fat guinea pig whose tail has been trampled on, hurriedly beckoned someone to pass over his coat, and put it on Li Xu with his own hands: "Long live, the autumn wind is hard, you are blowing like this, beware of dragons!" Body."

Li Xu gathered his coat, and ignored Gao Cai's bewildered instructions: "Where's Ming Xun? Is there any news from him?"

Li Mingxun is the eldest son of the emperor.

Gao Cai knew that what Li Xu asked was about the barbarians, and that it was related to the government, so he could only think about it and said: "Long Live Lord, the eldest son of the emperor has grown up and moved out of the palace last year. At this time, the palace gate has already been locked. , I'm afraid there is no urgent matter, so I won't go back and forth in the palace."

Li Xu nodded as if he had suddenly realized: "Oh, that's the truth, I'm confused..."

The barbarian is a calamity created by the emperors of several dynasties. One generation pushes the other generation, and finally it is almost time to push it away. However, Li Xu has been "frightened" by the barbarian princess, and knows that the best way to deal with the barbarian is to let go of the situation. , but he is always hesitating.

The matter of the barbarians was resolved during his reign. It is true once and for all, but how to solve the problem?

Since his younger brother Su Prince Li Xi returned to the court 20 years ago and no longer took command, the military generals in the court have withered, and it is extremely embarrassing to have no generals available, Li Xu knows it.

Li Xi no longer went to the battlefield, although the empress dowager was credited for crying, but suspicion was the crux of the matter.

For so many years, Li Xi has been eating, drinking and having fun without doing business, conscientiously being an idle prince and prodigal son, and Li Xu has never influenced him again.

20 years ago, Li Xi was not the only one who got the news of the secret note before the battle, but the subsequent development made the two brothers deeply suspicious.

In terms of generals, Prince Su is indeed a rare talent, and it is actually not impossible to use it again.

But so many years of doubts, so many years of estrangement between brothers, and discord between monarch and minister, can they really be wiped out in a single battle?

Li Xu achieved his current supreme position by stepping on the blood, tears and bones of his half-brothers. He knows that the love between brothers is so deep that it is like a sudden change in the sky, like a fleeting cloud of smoke.

When it was inevitable and had to fight, he had no choice but to use his only younger brother, Prince Su. It was just that Shuai and Jun were at odds, so what were the chances of winning the war?

He wondered how much of Li Xi's original heart was left, and even less believed that he was still committed to those youthful friendships.

Li Xu sighed, dealing with barbarians does not only need to fight, it is also a good thing to deal with them without using weapons. The ferocious beasts of human beings are sealed up if they exist, so that they can be left to future generations.

Thinking of this, Li Xu was a little bit worried.

In the later generations, Li Xu's lack of success in offspring was a problem. In the early years, several princes had accidents before they were born, or they would die within a month after birth. There were rumors that he offended his ancestors by beheading his foot, so he broke his life. The luck of descendants, but those who dare to say that are already dead.

The only one under his knees who has grown up is the eldest son of the emperor, but unfortunately, his background is too low. The next few princes, regardless of the concubines, are too young to be independent.

Li Xu's body is not bad, but after all, he is already past the age of knowing his destiny, and his body is not bad, I don't know how many years he can last.

His Majesty the Emperor was thinking about it, and no matter how he thought about it, he felt that tonight was not at ease, and suddenly felt a tragic feeling of borrowing another 500 years from the sky.

Gao Cai could see that the emperor was full of emotions, but for a moment he couldn't figure out what the unpredictable heart of the emperor was feeling. Seeing that the dew was getting deeper and the autumn wind was cooler, he didn't dare to delay, he stepped forward and said tentatively: "Long live? The one is resting in the upper study?"

Li Xu was absent-minded, didn't say yes or no, lost his mind, and said something inconsistent: "Gao Cai, tell me, what's it like to be the emperor?"

Gao Cai: "..."

Poor Eunuch Gao, who has served Li Xu for decades, is about to break out in a cold sweat, thinking to himself, my God, don't Long Live Lord be frightened by the barbarian princess again today?

No, the barbarian didn't bring the princess with him today.

Or was he frightened by the prince of barbarians?

Not right either.

What did he think of, and the questions he asked were all incomprehensible things.

All in all, it's a deadly question.

Gao Cai saw that Tian'er's errand was to serve his master at ease, knowing that this was an unanswerable question, he had no choice but to calmly coax the emperor not to dig into the horns: "Your majesty, at this age, I have never seen you There are people who are more diligent than you...you are the Ninth Five-Year Sovereign, no one in the world knows what kind of hard work you are living, but the slaves know it."

Li Xu smiled casually: "According to what you said, it's still a hard job for me, the emperor that everyone under ten thousand people wants to be."

He didn't know whether he was happy or unhappy when he said this, Eunuch Gao sneakily looked at Li Xu's expression with lowered eyebrows, and didn't dare to say anything.

Fortunately, Li Xu just casually said that he didn't mean to be ugly and ugly, and before waiting for Gao Cai's response, he said to himself: "You are really right, this is indeed a hard job. "

After saying this, he looked at the sky outside, and casually tossed his robe to Gao Cai: "It's getting late today, I'll just rest here, and tomorrow morning, the eldest son of the emperor will come over."

Gao Cai hurriedly picked up the bright yellow clothes, bent slightly and said "yes".

Before he could finish his words, he panicked suddenly, and when he turned around, he suddenly saw a white light coming from outside the hall, carrying cold air from the dark night, bloody and killing intent intertwined into a soul-devouring sharp edge, piercing through the hall. The dark night that was originally silent.

"Assassins! There are assassins! Escort!"

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"Assassin." Qin Feng held Li Mingyuan behind him with one hand, his loose hair hanging gracefully and docilely on his sideburns, blocking his peach blossom eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

His smile has a natural nobleness and a haunting evilness. The two temperaments are intertwined, entangled into a kind of enchanting beauty that doesn't know where they came from.

Qin Feng smiled and said: "Boss Shang, if I guess correctly, the seven assassins you sent have already entered the palace."

Erdumutu's eyes sank when he heard the words, and he suddenly looked at Shang Yunjian.

Shang Yunjian's face turned pale at first, and the panic flashed away. When he saw Li Mingyuan behind Qin Feng, he immediately calmed down: "Boss Qin knows a lot, but at this moment he is still calm and calm. No, is it a friend rather than an enemy?"

Li Mingyuan was taken aback for a moment, but suddenly he felt that he would not be able to wash away his grievances even if he jumped the Yellow River, and his complexion suddenly turned a little dark.

Qin Feng didn't pay attention to Li Mingyuan's reaction at all, but seemed quite interested in what Shang Yunjian said.

He was still restraining Li Mingyuan's movements with one hand, but with the other hand he leisurely pulled his long hair that was flowing like a waterfall, and asked with a smile: "Oh? Why did Boss Shang say that? I would like to hear more about it."

He didn't deny it!

Upon hearing this, Shang Yunjian looked him up and down from head to toe three times with a tense expression, but he didn't see any signs of making a move.

Qin Feng, Zhilan Yushu, stands with a light smile, calm and unhurried, as if he didn't break the big event that some people in the country met barbarians privately, but just happened to meet an old acquaintance in a foreign country during a night tour while holding a candle.

Shang Yunjian keenly saw Qin Feng's action of clamping down on Prince Su's son, but he deduced thousands of possibilities from it. Among these countless possibilities, only one seemed to be worthy of Qin Feng not panicking at this time. A not-busy look.

He came to surrender.

The group of them have always been ordered by Wen Ruhai, the boss of Zhengyi Temple, but Shang Yunjian has followed his arrangement for so many years, but he has a faint suspicion.

Wen Ruhai was in the light, but there was a person who didn't know who he was, and who had never shown up, was in the dark.

All things are arranged by him, but there is no trace of him, he is the master messenger of everything.

This person is nowhere to be found, but is everywhere, always waiting for the chance of the final blow, and always providing convenience for their actions.

It is very important that that person has been alienating the royal family seemingly without a trace over the years, especially in recent years, even more vaguely targeting the Prince Su's mansion.

Shang Yunjian never knew its deep intentions, but he always had such a feeling.

If today's matter involves that person's intentions, many things can be explained.

Thinking of this, Shang Yunjian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to relax completely.

Qin Feng's origin has always been a mystery in the Liyuan industry, and no one dares to provoke him easily. If he is the dark person who has been secretly arranged and cultivated for many years, it also makes sense.

Shang Yunjian squinted his eyes, and after a long while, he showed a friendly smile: "Boss Qin, if you are an enemy, you may have already entered the palace to be the hero of the escort; and you, the one who restrained Prince Su's son, was preparing to bring trouble to the east." Introducing and borrowing a knife to kill people, on the other hand, Jin Chan escapes the shell and protects himself wisely, I have to say, who is the one who taught him, and there is still such a cleverness in the chaos."

Qin Feng smiled when he heard the words, as if the compliment was deep in his heart: "It's easy to say, Boss Shang's mouth is very useful when complimenting others."

Seeing that he agreed, Shang Yunjian was overjoyed: "Boss Qin, it was Shang who had blind eyes and mistook him all the time."

"Where." Qin Feng took a look at Erdumutu's deeply frowned eyebrows and Li Mingyuan's gloomy anger, and only said to Shang Yun: "You guys are too eager for quick success this time. It’s really not the right time to pick.”

Shang Yun was stunned: "What?"

Qin Feng smiled: "Do you know that the barbarian's ambush in the west of the city has already been taken away?"

Shang Yunjian was shocked: "Impossible!"

"Also." Qin Feng said, "You want to use the seal letter instead of the letter card to transfer troops, but the seal letter is actually not where you think it is at all. Why, didn't that adult tell you?"

Shang Yunjian looked surprised.

"Also." Qin Feng raised his delicate peach eyes, "Ever since you tried to use Chen Ziyun, you have gone in the wrong direction."

Shang Yunjian's face turned pale.

"Chen Ziyun is not simply a member of Duke Song's son. The case that is raging in the capital is fake, the letter is fake, the seal is fake, and even the fact that you think that the internal and external cooperation is about to succeed is all fake, don't you know? "

Even if Shang Yunjian had fantasies, he could already hear that something was wrong.

"Whose person are you?!"

Qin Feng's eyes were full of strange purples and reds, like helplessness, but also like compassion: "Why do you like to ask this question?" He said, "I am the world's people, and I am also the world's people."

In the dark night behind him, several nocturnal figures suddenly flashed in unison, passing by at a speed like a falcon in the air, silent but vigorous.

Erdu Mutu and Li Mingyuan sensed something was wrong at the same time, the former retreated a little calmly, while the latter, the dark surge in Danfeng's eyes was speechless and deep.

Only Shang Yunjian didn't realize it, and flew into a rage: "Zhuzi ruined my big business!"

Qin Feng smiled like a bright spring: "Maybe, but who let me know about your important events? In my eyes, the whitewashed peace is actually a kind of peace."