After the failed assassination of the powerful minister

The night is deep, and the palace road is winding and long.

The rain was still falling, Ling Yun held the white umbrella firmly on top of Wei Changle's head, and the lantern illuminated the brown bricks under his feet.He was half a step behind Wei Changle, his voice sounded like a harp playing, with the feeling of broken Kunshan jade.

"Master, today's matter... this subordinate is incompetent, please trouble master to go out late at night..."

His voice was low, as if he was whispering to his lover, but he was not very close to Wei Changle, and kept a very suitable distance between a subject and the lord, and never exceeded half a step.

"Where," Wei Changle laughed, "You've done a great job, even better than Ben Gong imagined."

Ling Yun pursed his lips: "This subordinate thought...the master would be angry."

"Angry?" Wei Changle was puzzled for a while, and then quickly realized Ling Yun's meaning, couldn't help covering his mouth and smiling, "Are you afraid that if you kill him, I will be angry and sad because you lost a child?"

Ling Yun didn't speak, it was acquiescence.

Wei Changle suppressed his smile and said: "I didn't expect that there would be a child alive, but the royal family never cares about affection, especially I don't."

"Not to mention that he is a child that I haven't seen for many years. I have never fulfilled my mother's responsibilities, and he has not fulfilled my filial piety. At best, he is a stranger. Besides, even if he is raised under my knees, he is now blocking my way—"

Wei Changle sighed, and said regretfully, "I'm sure I'll kill you anyway."

Ling Yun tightly held the handle of the umbrella, "Tianhan, let's go back quickly."

Wei Changle waded through the rain, and said cheerfully: "No hurry... Tomorrow you send someone to go to Turkic quickly, talk to Turkic, and tell them that my palace wants to surrender to Turkic."

Ling Yun said hello, and followed the eldest princess to the end of the deserted palace road.

In the distant eastern sky, fish-belly white has already appeared.

There was no sunlight in the prison, and the candles on the wall were brightly lit, illuminating the prison brightly. Shuo Wang was leaning against the haystack by the wall, his thin eyelids were buzzing restlessly.

Memories and dreams rolled together, and he was so confused that he couldn't tell what was a dream and what was now.

Wei Yicheng sat on the wicker chair in a refined and easy-going manner, beside Princess Zhao Liu Hui with her hair curled up, with a golden walking stick stuck in it, was pouring tea for Wei Yicheng with a smile.

They are a pair of Bi people who raise their eyebrows and respect each other as guests.

"As a husband and wife, there is no doubt about love."

When Shuowang was young, he heard many compliments to his parents. His father, King Zhao, was a rare general in a hundred years. He repelled the Turks, guarded the border, and controlled the territory. His mother, Princess Zhao, Liu Hui, was well-educated and understanding, and was praised by everyone in Shangjing. The most talented and beautiful woman in the capital.

They were childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts, they had a marriage contract since they were young, and they became husband and wife as a matter of course when they grew up. They didn't make any vows to each other, they just wanted to live a peaceful life with each other.

Shuo Wang heard Wei Yicheng say to Liu Hui: "When the war with the Turks is over, we will follow Ah Shuo and bring the people from Prince Zhao's mansion to Jiangnan to live in seclusion."

"Ah Shuo has always liked the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. If he goes to the south of the Yangtze River, it will turn the world upside down." Liu Hui blamed him a little, "You just spoil him."

"Let him turn the world upside down." Wei Yicheng said, "He's more noisy...not everyone is as steady as Xiao Wang."

Under the promenade, the wind blows on the wooden bell, and the sound is loud;

Shuo Wang was riding a horse under the porch, and looked at King Zhao and Princess Zhao. They also turned their heads and looked at their only child gently.

But soon, they were like faded paintings, yellow and brittle papers, gradually blurred, blown by the long wind, turned into dust, and ceased to exist.

At that moment, endless guilt and hatred flooded Shuo Wang's heart, making him breathless.

He didn't even have time to be filial to them.

Shuo Wang suddenly woke up from the dream, clutching a handful of straw shavings tightly.

He was dizzy, his mind was a mess, he stared blankly for a while, and finally realized that he was in prison now.

Shang Zhi was sitting in front of the cell looking after him, he was very surprised to see Shuo Wang woke up: "Young Master Shuo!"

Shuo Wang felt a little uncomfortable, his throat seemed to be bleeding, and he couldn't speak a word because of the pain.

He drank the water that Shang Zhi handed over, and asked Shang Zhi the first sentence: "Where is Cen Xian?"

Shang Zhi muttered for a while, recalling the entrustment of his commander, he settled down and said: "The master is at the mansion, he is trying to rescue the young master."

"Well," Shuo Wang pulled off a part of his sleeve, bit his finger, scribbled a few words on it with blood, and then stuffed the cloth into Shang Zhi's hand, "Give this to your master." .”

"Going right now."

At this time, in Cen's mansion, Jiang Jinyue was desperately administering needles to Cen Xian, and the little drug boy next to him was turned into a spinning top by him, running around the room.

The mattress was changed two or three times by the little drug boy, and the original one was stained by the blood coughed up by Cen Xian.

Jiang and An came to look for their younger brother, and they were also sitting in Cen's mansion at the moment, looking at Cen Xian, who was almost being tied up like a hedgehog, frowned indistinctly, and asked, "Why is it so serious this time?"

"Shortness of breath and heart attack, old illness relapses."

Jiang Jinyue said succinctly: "He doesn't have a good foundation, so his outbursts are scary...but it's much better than his previous times."

"But you're here now..." Jiang Jinyue gritted her teeth and pulled out a needle, "Aren't you afraid that the Metropolitan Procuratorate will join you?"

Jiang Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth indifferently: "I'm here to look for you. You're here. Where can I be if I'm not here? If they want to come to me to find my brother, then go."

Until the evening, Jiang Jinyue finally finished her work, wiped the sweat off her face, and sat down on the wicker chair as if collapsed.The blood book sent by Shang Zhi was placed beside Cen Xian's bed.

Jiang Jinyue ate two cakes from Xiaoliu, and stuffed half of them into Jiang Yuan's mouth.Then seeing Cen Xian's eyelids move, he slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes were bloodshot, as if he could shed blood and tears in an instant.Jiang Jinyue let out an "eh", and hurried forward to help Cen Xian up with Xiao Liu.

After Cen Xian finished drinking the medicine, Jiang Jinyue hesitated for a while, then handed him the bloody book on the case: "This is from Shang Zhi, it was written by Shuo Wang, and I want to hand it over to you."

Cen Xian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he opened the blood book.

"The host said, I am the princess and the queen of pure heart"

This line of writing is so heavy that Cen Xian can almost imagine Shuo Wang's dignified expression and disbelief when he wrote this line.

"Wangcha"

There were two lines of writing below, but in the end Shuo Wang blurred them out with blood.

I can't see clearly.

Next to Jiang and An said: "The evidence in this case is convincing. They finished the trial after one day, and they said they would...be executed in three days."

Cen Xian closed the bloody book, stretched out his hand to grab a shirt, and put it on casually, Jiang Jinyue stood up vigilantly: "Where are you going!"

"Enter the palace."

"You now..." Jiang Jinyue's blocking words rolled around on the tip of her tongue before swallowing them again.

Who can stop Cen Xian at this time?

Shuo Wang in prison is at stake, Cen Xian must be going crazy at this moment, how can Jiang Jinyue stop what he can say?

He could only sigh, and gave Cen Xian a cloak.

Cen's Mansion was not too far from the Shangjing Imperial City, the carriage wobbled past and stopped at Zhuque Gate, Cen Xian got off the carriage and went all the way to Yongshou Palace.

In Yongshou Palace, Wei Xuan sat at the bottom, looked up at the Empress Dowager and Wei Changle who were sitting high up, with candle shadows reflected in the cloudy eyes.Today, news of the death of the abbot of Zhaosin Temple spread all over Beijing. Wei Chen went to the sky prison to see the murdered criminal. He was full of doubts, so he followed.

With just one glance, he recognized who the man kneeling in the prison was.

Wei Xuan definitely couldn't watch him die.

Just as he was thinking about how to open his mouth to save Shuo Wang's life, the eunuch outside the door shouted loudly: "Empress Dowager! Commander please see me!"

The Empress Dowager's eyes flickered, and her eyes for help fell on Wei Changle.Wei Changle smiled kindly, and said to the eunuch, "Please come in, Commander."

After a while, there was another person in Yongshou Palace. After entering the door, Cen Xian didn't bow to salute, nor sat down, his eyes fell on Wei Changle: "Greetings to the princess and the queen mother."

Wei Changle bent his eyes: "The commander is polite."

"Prince Jing and the commander are here today," Wei Changle Dan Kou tilted his head, "Eternal Shou Palace is much more lively, what does your lady say?"

The queen mother took a sip of tea to calm herself down, "Wuyou is right."

Over there, Wei Xuan had already thought it over, knelt on the ground and said: "Empress Dowager... there is something strange about what happened in Zhaosin Temple yesterday, please investigate again!"

The Empress Dowager did not speak, Wei Changle said: "Brother Emperor, there are all the witnesses and material evidence, so what's so strange about it? Besides, this is a joint trial by the three courts, even the commander's Jin Yiwei is there, so what's so strange about it? "

"The Commander is famous," Wei Changle looked at Cen Xian, "Who dares to play tricks under Jin Yiwei's nose?"

Cen Xian looked cold and did not answer.

Wei Xuan was already a little anxious at this moment, and said again: "The empress dowager! Wuyou! Then... that person is the illegitimate child born to Wei Chen and Yi Wuji... Wei Chen... Wei Chen is ashamed to recognize him! He is neglectful of discipline ! That made him make a big mistake!"

"I beg the empress dowager to let you go online for the sake of my humble minister... let this son be spared!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was silence all around. The queen mother looked at Wei Changle with some embarrassment. The latter's expression remained the same, and she just chuckled, and said: "The prince broke the law and the common people are the same crime. The emperor's brother doesn't know the truth. Remind me, sister."

"You don't need to be reminded by the princess. Even if the lord has forgotten, I have not forgotten." Cen Xian chewed back and forth the words "the prince's crime is the same as that of the common people", and laughed, "I am here this time. , and discuss matters with the Queen Mother."

Wei Changle raised his eyes lazily. She lived in the pavilion for a long time, and when she seldom got involved in the court, she only heard about this commander but never looked at him carefully. Now that she looked carefully for a while, she found that this person was indeed very good. , as if carefully carved out of glass.

Except for Jingxin and her and Jingxin's child...

Wei Changle thought, there should be no one in this world who can compete with him in appearance.

"What's the matter with the commander?" the Queen Mother asked.

Cen Xian raised his eyes, his dark eyes were devoid of emotion: "A few days ago, didn't the Empress Dowager want to marry Miss Cao to His Majesty?"

The Empress Dowager swallowed her tea, it was good to have this matter, but Cen Xian and Wei Chen tried their best to obstruct it, so the matter remained deadlocked.

"After thinking about it, I think they are a good match," Cen Xian said, "So I asked someone to count the days, and we should get married in the future. Why don't you just ask Your Majesty to marry Miss Cao."

Wei Changle's face turned cold: "Why should you be so anxious, there are many good days and auspicious days, not at this moment."

When the emperor got married, he would pardon the world in order to show his kindness, but Cen Xian did not hesitate to come up with such a self-destructive method in order to let Shuo Wang be released! !

He even thoughtfully reserved a day for her and the Queen Mother to consider and prepare for their marriage!

Wei Changle's expression turned even worse in an instant.

But Cen Xian smiled: "Only the day after tomorrow is auspicious, and the princess has to agree if she disagrees, because there will be no auspicious days after that."

"That's all for now," Cen Xian bowed and saluted, "I will take my leave."

The author says:

Wei Chen: Why the fuck is there an extra cheap brother?