I govern the country by beauty

180. I cherish my life. I never do things like dancing with knives and guns. When I was young, my father gave everyone a small knife inlaid with emeralds at a family banquet, saying it was for self-defense.Among all the princes, only I didn't bring it with me.Although I always treat my father with respect, I feel that it is too dangerous to carry a knife with me. If someone wants to kill me but forgets to bring a weapon, and I have one on my body, wouldn't it be faster to die? .

But now I am wrapped in a quilt, looking down at the dagger in my hand.It looked old, no gemstones, and the end of the hilt had scuff marks.There was a penetrating silver light on the blade, as if it could inadvertently cut a hole in the body.

I held the dagger in my hand, the smooth and cold touch made people sweat unconsciously, if it was before, I would have thrown it far away.

"Before you die, don't forget to stab me with a knife." I imitated that man's appearance, hidden the dagger in my sleeve, and tightened the quilt wrapped around my body.

"You are really uneasy and kind."

181. I don't know if Qi Zhi thought that after so many years of tossing in this bloody wind, he turned into a dead bone that no one buried.Listening to the feedback from the person sitting down, I clenched my hands on my knees unconsciously.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen." I smiled at him, and nodded at Eunuch Wu, "This time I was not careful, and let the thief get close."

The man under the seat hurriedly bowed, he lowered his head and continued: "It's the emperor's kind heart who sympathizes with this thief and keeps him by his side. How could it be the emperor's fault."

My shoulder was aching again, as if a wound that hadn't healed had burst open again, I smiled at the person sitting next to me, and just about to ask him to leave, I heard his voice full of doubts.

"But I don't know why, I have been looking for it for a long time, but I can't find the murder weapon used by the thief..."

There seemed to be a cold and slippery snake hidden in the cuff, and my index finger lightly ran across the scabbard, just like that man had done before.I smiled at the man, and said softly, "I hope Mr. Chen will spend more time looking for it."

182. I closed my eyes and sat on the main seat. Eunuch Wu beside me came over with a medicine bowl. Seeing that I was not moving, he tentatively said, "The fourth prince sent Tai... Dowager Qi to the prison that day. , the body has not recovered."

"I don't know if the emperor still needs slaves to ask the Fourth Prince for interrogation?"

I opened my eyes, climbed up the edge of the bowl with my fingertips, picked up the medicine bowl in front of me, and drank it bit by bit until it bottomed out, not even the medicine dregs left.I subconsciously touched the porcelain plate at hand, put it to my mouth and took a bite, only to find that the taste was a little strange.

It is a red plum fruit.

I ate one after another, but I couldn't seem to suppress the bitterness that filled my heart.I took the last plum in my hand and stood up: "Take me to see Concubine Qi."

"The prison is cold and cold, the emperor's injury is still not healed, so..."

I stood still. I feel tired these days, and sometimes I don't want to talk much.I wanted to hear him finish these nagging words, but his voice became smaller and smaller, and the last few words disappeared into the air.His expression was tense, as if he felt that my eyebrows were not good. He bent down and said in a low voice: "It's the servant who is talking too much."

183. When I was not enthroned, I was not very close to the Queen Mother, and I probably went to ask for a relationship during the holidays.But I don't hate her, because she treats all the princes the same, whether it's the fourth brother prince or me.

She is dignified and dignified, no matter what happens, she always has a decent smile on her face, and she is not biased in dealing with things. She is a well-deserved mother of a country.

That's what I thought until I opened the prison door.Until I stood in front of her and watched her shiny hair become dry and yellow, and the few silver strands in it became very conspicuous.She leaned her head against the wall, sitting in a corner with her eyes closed, humming an unknown tune in her mouth.

"Why are you here?" She smiled at me, stroked the black hair on her chest, and smoothed it one by one, "Where's Shi Yu?"

"Fourth brother is not feeling well."

A gleam flashed in her eyes, and the smile on her face grew wider. She covered her mouth, but she couldn't hide the joy in her tone.

"He's going to die..." There were fine wrinkles at the end of her eyes, and her expression became more and more excited: "He's finally going to die!"

I didn't answer, I just stood and looked at her for a moment, watching her expression go from jumping up and down to dazed, and finally with a ferocious gnashing of teeth.She stepped forward and grabbed the hem of my clothes with both hands, with disbelief on her face.

"He has an antidote, doesn't he?"

"You tell me, don't you!"

I looked down at her and saw the madness in her cloudy eyes, I was about to speak, but she sneered, brushed the dust off her clothes and sat back down again.The candle was flickering, her beautiful face was flickering, she held the teacup beside her and put it to her lips.

"Qizhi."

"Sure enough, it's an unfamiliar dog."

184. It is said that the fourth brother was amazingly talented when he was young, and he was superior in literature, martial arts, and martial arts. Among these princes, the father also liked the fourth brother the most.Until the hunting day, the fourth brother fell from his horse and could only spend his days in a wheelchair.Even my hard-hearted and selfish father had shed a few tears for my fourth brother in the middle of the night.

But no one asked why the docile horse was frightened that day. The father and queen didn't ask why, and even the fourth brother just kept silent.

"He's blocking my son's way." As if thinking of the passing prince, she looked a little loose, and even her voice trembled: "As long as there is no him, my Zhen'er will definitely be the prince."

I wanted to ask, why are you so vicious and eccentric when you are both born to me?

But I saw the cold hatred on her face and the obsession in her eyes, I swallowed that question back, and the dense doubts and entanglements in my heart seemed to be connected.She looked at me, and seemed to look further away beyond me, her brows were full of scars.

"I knew it earlier, the day when Shi Yu was brought back."

"I should have strangled him."