This shadow guard is kinda nice

In the dark sky, the clouds are uncertain.

The prime minister came out of the queen's palace without looking back all the way. When he reached the end of the palace road, he stopped and looked back.The wind chimes under the eaves made a crisp sound, as if many years ago, when he handed over his daughter to the emperor, so many years had passed in a blink of an eye.

He sighed helplessly, turned his head, and headed towards the East Palace without hesitation.

As long as the prince does not fall, their Sun family still has hope.

East Palace.

Shen Yinan was obsessed with Baizi, thinking for a long time, and then dropped it. The prince had been waiting quietly without saying a word to urge him, but when he saw the Baizi he dropped, he laughed lightly.

He shook his head, and Heizi, who had been holding him in his hand, fell down, and the situation changed instantly. Heizi surrounded Baizi with a mighty army, and there was no way out.

Shen Yinan was full of remorse, he sighed, "Your Highness is superb at chess, it is hard for me to hold a candle to."

The prince shook his head, and he said slowly: "Thanks to you being able to come to the palace to play chess with the prince, otherwise the prince would be very uncomfortable today."

Shen Yinan was silent, he had no experience in comforting others, especially when the other party was still a prince.After a while, he choked out a sentence, "Prince, please relax, empress..."

Xiao Beining's eyes froze suddenly, Shen Yinan knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, he shouldn't have mentioned the empress in front of the prince at this time, the prince felt uncomfortable, so why should he mention it again.

Although the prince didn't say anything, this matter was stuck in his heart like a thorn, and he would poke it from time to time to remind him how proud he was a few days ago, and how frustrated he is now.

After three days of thinking about it, the news came that the mother was deposed. There was no conclusive evidence to prove that the mother was the one who did it, but the father insisted on deposing the mother.

It was really difficult for him to be mixed between the two, and the emperor also ordered him not to mention this matter again, without discussion, the edict had been issued, and there was no possibility of changing it.

It took him a whole day, but he still couldn't accept the fact that Concubine Li Gui is still in good condition, and her status is even higher than before. The Phoenix seal was in her hands for the time being, Caihe committed suicide in fear of crime in the Punishment Department, and the maid next to Concubine Li returned to her side, and was reused by Concubine Li.

Going around, nothing happened to Xiao Yi'an, Xiao Yichen's calls for succession were more than before, only him, fell into a disadvantage overnight.

"His Royal Highness?" Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Shen Yinan couldn't help but tentatively opened his mouth. Xiao Beining came back to his senses, and he shook his head and said it was all right.

Shen Yinan breathed a sigh of relief, the prince forced a smile, "What's wrong?"

Shen Yinan was in a dilemma, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it, "Prince, there is a saying that I don't know if I should say it or not."

The prince raised his eyebrows, Shen Yinan didn't seem to be so reticent, it must have made him so uncertain, that's why he was like this.

"It's okay, just say what you want."

Shen Yinan looked at the prince for a long time, and after confirming that he really wanted him to speak, he said: "Your Highness, I want to persuade you...to make a decision early."

"Make a decision early?" The prince was surprised, and he asked back.

Although the current situation is not good for him, it is not enough for this.

Shen Yinan rested his elbows on the table. Hearing this, he leaned forward. The prince unconsciously sniffed lightly, and it was the fragrance again.

Shen Yinan lowered his voice and said: "King Xuan returned safely from Pingyao, the crown prince must have heard from Wei Jue, the commander of the Imperial Army, His Majesty is satisfied with what King Xuan did in Pingyao."

The prince nodded. He had approached Wei Jue in private and asked him about his father's attitude towards Xiao Yichen, so he knew very well that the emperor had changed his view of Xiao Yichen, and the sense of crisis was coming, so that night in Xihua Palace, he would He didn't choose what to say, but Xiao Yichen taunted him.

Seeing that he knew, Shen Yinan continued to speak in a low voice, "Afterwards, His Majesty was suddenly poisoned, and the Queen and Concubine Li were involved. At first, others thought it was Concubine Li, but in the end all the evidence pointed to the Queen."

The prince was sullen and didn't make a sound.

"Does Your Highness know who did it?"

"I don't know." He said in a cold voice.

If he knew exactly who did it and why he was sitting here, he would have already proved the mother's innocence.

Shen Yinan smiled, "Actually, it doesn't matter who poisoned you."

The prince was surprised for a moment, "Why?"

"What matters is His Majesty's attitude."

"Your Majesty abolished the Queen," he paused, and then said a little presumptuously, "Doesn't that mean that he doesn't value you, Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

The prince frowned.

Shen Yinan didn't see anything, he continued: "Now I'm the queen, what about after that? I'll be the prime minister, it's just a matter of time."

"As for who the prime minister supports, no one in the court doesn't know, right? Your Majesty's doing this is just..."

With a "snap", the chessboard on the table shook, and the pieces were misplaced. Shen Yinan didn't seem surprised, he quietly looked at the prince who was obviously angry.

"Presumptuous, is that what you can say?"

The prince stood up suddenly and looked down at Shen Yinan.He put his hands behind his back, just now under the rage, he exerted too much force, and his palms were still numb.

Shen Yinan took advantage of the situation and knelt down.

He raised his head, looked at the prince neither humble nor overbearing, and suddenly smiled with his lips curled up, the tiny stars floating in his eyes, captivating people's hearts.

The prince was obviously taken aback.

Shen Yinan said softly: "Your Highness, you know it in your heart? It's just deceiving yourself."

"May I ask your majesty that by doing this, you are pulling out your wings, His Royal Highness? Isn't this a message to the court ministers? Between King Xuan and you, maybe he liked His Highness more in the past, but now, he prefers you." The one I like is obviously King Xuan."

"Otherwise, I won't touch the queen."

"Once King Xuan ascends the throne, what will happen to His Highness, I don't need to say more about it, right?"

The prince was stunned, when the little eunuch led the prime minister in, he still looked like this, the prime minister waved the eunuch back, and asked the prince what's wrong?

Xiao Beining came back to his senses, he looked around, and Shen Yinan was nowhere to be seen, he had already left at some point.

The prince shook his head, not wanting to say more.The prime minister looked worried, and His Highness the Crown Prince looked at him in a daze, as if he had lost his soul. Why didn't he worry? Now the entire Sun family is counting on His Highness the Crown Prince.

If the crown prince ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor in the future, their Sun family will be a prestigious family. Even if a queen is lost in the process, it is nothing compared to the rise and fall of the entire Sun family.

But if the crown prince fails to ascend the throne, their Sun family will be a pile of bones on the way to the new emperor's ascension to the throne. No, maybe before the new emperor ascends the throne, their Sun family will fall into His Majesty's hands first.

Maybe it's a safer way, he can wait for His Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne slowly, and their Sun family will naturally be supremely honored, but ah, he can't afford to wait.

Now that the queen is abolished, in the near future, he, the prime minister, will be abolished...

"Your Highness, we can't sit still and wait for death. What happens to the queen today means what happens to us tomorrow." The prime minister said worriedly.

The prince turned his head stiffly and looked at Sun Baizhi. Two people in a row told him to make plans early and don't just wait for death. Doesn't that mean that he... wants to seize the throne?

The prime minister met the prince's gaze, and he said again: "Your Highness..."

Xiao Beining had a headache. He sat down on the soft couch and held his forehead. The Prime Minister was very worried. He bent down and held the prince's shoulder with one hand, and asked with concern: "Prince, are you alright?"

Xiao Beining waved his hand, and he waved away the Prime Minister's hand on his shoulder, "Prime Minister, let's discuss this matter later, let me be quiet for a while."

"This is not a small matter. As long as you shoot the bow, there is no turning back. Let me think about it again."

The prime minister still had a lot to say, but with the crown prince like this, he couldn't say it out. In the end, he could only nod his head and say, "You have a good rest."

The prime minister left, Xiao Beining put down his hands, he leaned back with his head up, his heart was in a mess.

Do you really want to do this?Once the army is raised, the years of father-son relationship will be destroyed, and he can only succeed, not fail.

The price of failure is death.