Qi Huang

Purple Luan Hall.

The farce ended in a hurry, the emperor felt unwell halfway, and returned to Shangyang Palace with Dequan.The queen mother called all the ministers to discuss today's sacrifice.

Ye Wenxu was sick at home due to old age, so he escaped today's catastrophe, and the person who replaced him in court was the confused-looking Lord Liu.

Although Master Liu was protected by personal guards, his hat was knocked off in the chaos, and he was extremely embarrassed.Those who had objections pretended to be among the courtiers, and were arrested and killed by the Queen Mother's order, and everyone was in danger for a while.When everyone faced the Queen Mother, they were even more startled.

Above the ruling and opposition parties, only this Lord Liu spoke first.

Seeing him walking out slowly, the queen mother knew that he was asking everyone for a reason, so she slightly raised her hand: "I knew what happened today."

Master Liu was stunned: "What...?"

"You must have heard a lot of absurd remarks recently." The queen mother glanced down, not angry but mighty, "It's nothing more than Ai's family mutilating Zhongliang and disrupting the government. In fact, a few months ago, these rumors had faintly spread to Ai's family. in the ears."

"But there are some things, if you don't see them with your own eyes, you won't believe them. It just so happens that the Ai family will use today's sacrifice to show you the truth."

According to the Empress Dowager, what happened today is just a plan she has already prepared.

Before the rumors spread, the Empress Dowager knew well that verbal excuses and power suppression were not a long-term solution. If the rumors were to disappear completely, the wounds had to be exposed to everyone.

The wound will only get worse and worse. Only by spreading it out for others to see clearly, even if it is bloody, there is a chance of recovery.

They were curious about how the Xiao family died, how the first emperor died, whether it was a disease or a poison that made Xie Qingshan look like a living dead, and how the Empress Dowager got her authority...

The Queen Mother gave them the answers one by one.

Ever since the rumors began, the Queen Mother has been thinking of using her tricks to invite you into the urn.

On the one hand, use rumors to attract people who secretly have rebellious intentions—once the queen mother falls into a disadvantage, they will definitely not be able to hold back their rebellion; on the other hand, they can rectify Chao Gang so that these people can no longer use this matter to blackmail the queen mother, otherwise, they will deliberately entangle Unclear, wrong heart.

Sure enough, as soon as the real and fake Xie Qingyan came out, the rumors were self-defeating.It's just that this plan has risks in the end. If you can't control the overall situation, it will be a situation of eternal doom.

That is to say, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs.

Some people also thought that if the Imperial Forest Army still remained in the palace, then where would the guarding army led by General Wang Qi be mobilized?

Thinking about it carefully, the queen mother's mind is really scary.

But the facts proved that the queen mother still stood firmly on the nine heavens that symbolized the authority of the emperor.

"The Ai family accepts everyone's suspicion of the Ai family. This is exactly how you are responsible for Da Zhou, but..." The queen mother paused slightly, "After this time, if anyone mentions this matter again, they will be killed."

Master Liu bowed his head slightly: "Yes."

But he still thought about it, and asked: "Then His Royal Highness King Yong..."

"King Yong?" The Empress Dowager looked at her sideways, with a cold look in her eyes, "That's fake, and it's also a bait set up by the Ai family."

Master Liu looked at him with both eyes, and immediately lowered his head, not daring to speak again.

But there are still people who have doubts about it.

If the King Yong who appeared in the hands of the Yulin Army is fake, then is the King Yong brought by Feng Jiuyuan fake or real?

If His Royal Highness King Yong in Feng Jiuyuan's hands is true, then those rumors... might also be the truth?

However, the time was lost.

If you raise any doubts now, what you get in return will no longer be the queen mother's explanation, but the thunder that descended from the nine heavens.

As expected, those who sneaked into the palace were some unknown minions.And those who tried to take advantage of the chaos to bring down the Queen Mother during the sacrifice were all scattered in various official positions in the ruling and opposition parties.

Overnight, the government and the opposition experienced a major cleansing.

The more troublesome thing is the rebel army outside the capital. Wang Qi only mobilized half of the troops in the southwest to return to the capital, but the rebel army outside the city is not inferior in number to his army.But under the right time and place, Wang Qi still narrowly won.

When the news reached the palace, Zhao Xian was making tea for the Queen Mother.

Zhao Xian was the eunuch who served tea at the beginning, needless to say about his craftsmanship, the queen mother propped her head to read the memorial, and after a long time, she suddenly called out: "Zhao Xian."

Zhao Xian was so frightened that he almost couldn't hold his teacup: "Your Majesty, please tell me."

"Where's the prince?"

Zhao Xian: "His Royal Highness should stay with His Majesty in Shangyang Palace. His Majesty is not feeling well, so His Royal Highness may not be able to leave now. If Your Majesty is in a hurry to summon her, servants can go and make a trip."

"No, I'm relieved that he's there."

Zhao Xian didn't hear clearly at first: "What?"

However, the Empress Dowager suddenly changed her voice again: "Wang Qi hasn't come back yet?"

"General Wang Qi has just sent a message back to the palace, and he must arrive in half a day."

"Hmm." The Empress Dowager put down the folder in her hand, looked out, and saw that the summer outside the Ziluan Palace was still there, presumably the palace servants specially cut flowers and branches to make the nobles feel at ease, delaying the autumn colors.

She sat up slowly, her amber eyes turned slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she gave up in the end.

It didn't take half a day for Wang Qi to return to the capital. Just as Zhao Xian finished making tea for the queen mother, the eunuch outside the palace raised his voice and sang loudly: "General Wang is here—"

The queen mother woke up from her doze, and looked at Zhao Xian sleepily: "Uncle is back?"

Zhao Xian said softly: "If your mother is tired today, the servants will go back to General Wang."

"No need." The Queen Mother stood up from the bench, "Let him in."

Wang Qi was dressed in armor, and the blood on his body had not yet been washed, so he walked into the Ziluan Palace with such strides.

They are all descendants of the Wang family, presumably because of such a little kinship, at some point, they have a strange spiritual connection.

The queen mother looked at the armor on Wang Qi's body, at the blood on his cuffs, and at his expression.

Finally, she raised her eyes slightly and changed her words: "General Wang."

Shangyang Palace.

This is the emperor's bedroom, and it is also where Xie Qingshan stayed for half his life.

Xie Qingshan, who was still able to move freely during the sacrificial ceremony, somehow became so sick that he could only lie down when he came back.

Buku rushed over in a hurry, felt his pulse, and shook his head under Xie Duan's anxious gaze.

"What do you mean?" Xie Duan grabbed Buku's cassock, "Shake your head, talk!"

"Duan'er." Xie Qingshan supported his body and scolded, "Don't be rude."

Xie Duan suddenly relaxed.

He took a few steps back dejectedly, as if he had a premonition in his heart, he pushed Buku away and walked out of the hall: "I'll go find the emperor's grandmother, the emperor's grandmother must have a way!"

As soon as these words came out, Buku and Xie Qingshan looked at each other instantly.

The young emperor sighed slightly, and raised his hand, Xie Duan only felt a blur in front of his eyes, he didn't even see the posture of not being bitter, and the whole person was thrown against the wall suddenly.

After all, he is the prince, and his anger rose when he raised his eyes: "Presumptuous!"

Xie Qingshan: "When did you know?"

Xie Duan: "..."

He first glanced at Xie Qingshan blankly, and saw that his father, who had been full of majesty in his eyes since childhood, was now as old as a dead tree in winter.He folded his palms together and looked like an ordinary monk, but he steadfastly stood by Xie Qingshan's side.

His gaze fell on Buku, and the blankness in his eyes finally faded: "...a year ago."

"It's so early." Xie Qingshan smiled, "You got involved with Wang Qi a year ago?"

Xie Duan: "...how does the royal father know?"

"I know everything." Xie Qingshan said, "What your imperial grandmother knows and what you don't know, I know everything."

At this moment, he seemed to finally have a sense of control over his life, and even his complexion turned rosy.

In the huge Shangyang Palace, there were not a few palace servants to be seen, even though there were silk-like lights pouring in from the window sills, when Xie Qingshan leaned up and looked around, he still felt that the whole palace was like an invisible cage.

Suddenly, Xie Qingshan coughed lightly and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Xie Duan was shocked: "Father!"

He had never seen Xie Qingshan vomit blood, even though he was suffering from illness, he had always been patient.As an emperor, he also needs to maintain his own deterrence and dignity.

Wrapped in panic, Xie Duan had no time to think.All of a sudden, he didn't know where the strength came from, but he forcibly broke off the hand that was clamped on his shoulder, and rushed out without hesitation.

He's going to find the emperor's grandmother, he's going to find Wang Jinse!

After using poison to control his father for so many years, Wang Jinse must have a way to save his father!

With a cold face, Xie Duan put his hand on the door frame regardless of his obstruction.

At this time, Xie Qingshan spoke again: "You can't get out."

Xie Duan was stunned: "What...?"

However, Xie Qingshan was really too weak, even a buddhist like Buku who couldn't tell the difference between joy and sorrow all the year round showed a trace of impatience.

He said "Amitabha", and then replied for Xie Qingshan: "Your Highness, please look outside the door."

Outside the emperor's bedroom, it was supposed to be the most fortified place in the entire palace, but now it is surrounded by the imperial army. Xie Duan only opened the door a little, and someone glanced at him coldly, and said in a blunt tone: "His Royal Highness, please!" back."

Don't say the reason, you can't salute.

They are under house arrest.

No, maybe worse.

Xie Duan thought of something, he almost looked at Xie Qingshan sadly, but got a comforting look.

"No problem." Xie Qingshan said softly, "Trust your brother."

"How? This deal should be a good deal for you."

The queen mother handed Wang Qi an imperial decree.

There are only a few sentences in the imperial decree, to the effect that in the 36th year of the Yuan Dynasty, General Wang Qi, the commander of the Southwest Town Army, made great achievements in the battle. According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was promoted to a first-rank general protecting the country.

At the end of the content is a huge dragon seal, demonstrating the authority of this edict.

"I know that you are not very confident about the interests of the two of us, so you tried to conspire with Xie Duan to pull me off the dragon chair." The queen mother said, "But have you forgotten, you are also responsible for all this The chief culprit, if you really help Xie Duan sit on the throne, it may be possible in a year or two, but after a long time, will you, and your Southwest Town Army, still have a place in the capital?"

The corner of Wang Qi's mouth twitched: "That's better than being held by you."

It was Wang Qi and Wang Jinse who joined hands to cause the Xiao family to be destroyed.

In order to seize the power of the Xie royal family, they are vicious and ruthless, and they are quick and ruthless with their swords.Before Wang Qi took over the Southwest Zhenjun, the entire Southwest was people from the Xiao family. Even if the Xiao family was destroyed and Xiao Shendu's soul returned to the sky, their faith in the Xiao family was still deep in their bones.

It took Wang Qi nearly five years to gradually control the entire Southwest Town Army.

If you let those veterans know that your immediate superior is the one who killed the Xiao family, what would be the consequences?

This is how he fell into Wang Jinse's hands.

After all these years, he had had enough!Even if the consequences of helping Xie Duan to the throne are unknown, it's better than having a sword hanging over his head!

Wang Qi waved away the imperial decree and said with a sneer: "Needless to say, since you have discovered it, I will..."

"You don't really think that I'm just trying to lure you." The queen mother said suddenly.

Wang Qi was taken aback: "...what?"

"Sitting in this position, I do rely on you and the military power in your hands, but uncle..." The queen mother brushed aside the broken hair hanging on her chest, stood up, and smiled brightly, "I am not very You can't."

"……What do you mean."

"Why don't you send someone to visit Shangyang Palace?" said the Queen Mother, "But even if you go now, I'm afraid it will be too late."

Wang Qi suddenly reacted: "You—you want—"

"Kill the king." The Queen Mother answered coldly, "Why, it's not like I haven't done this kind of thing before."

"Kill Xie Qingshan, kill Xie Duan, and then blame you. Uncle, you entered the palace wearing armor and holding a weapon in your hand. You are really... your heart is to be punished!"

Wang Qi looked at Wang Jinse and at his nominal niece.

The niece who used to kneel down in front of him, cry like pear blossoms and rain, begging her uncle to save her life, is now as calm as a lunatic.He originally wanted to ask, if the father and son were killed, no one would be a puppet in her hands in Beijing now.

But Wang Qi thought about it again, why does he need a puppet in his hand?

Why... can't Wang Jinse take the position of Nine Heavens Supreme by herself?

Anyway, she has been sitting for so many years.

Wang Qi tremblingly said: "But there is Xie Xuan..."

Speaking of Xie Xuan, Wang Jinse's condensed expression suddenly softened strangely as if he had crashed into the fire.

"Xing Lan..." Wang Jinse laughed, "He should..."

"boom--"

The closed gate of Ziluan Hall was suddenly kicked open.

In the backlight, Xie Xuan stood at the door, like a silhouette cast by the sun.

The silhouette slowly took shape, and the blue eyes were bright and gentle, but almost no one could feel the power from his eyes.

He has changed back to men's clothing.

"Grandmother." Facing the eyes of the two, Xie Xuan stepped into the hall, "Long time no see."