Prince Yi's Mansion.
Qin Liuqi glanced at Prince Yi cautiously, hesitated for a long time but couldn't help but said: "My lord... Looking at the situation today, the emperor should be alert. What will happen tomorrow... I feel that I should not think about it anymore." What can we do? If the prince has time to leave the city today, and his subordinates lead people to escort him back to the fiefdom, the situation in the northwest is so chaotic, and the imperial court will not be able to mobilize troops to target us anytime soon."
Prince Yi snorted coldly, sat down on a chair covered with a whole piece of white tiger skin, picked up the crystal glass in front of him, and took a sip of the wine from the other side of the ocean.
"Qin Liuqi, Gu said before that you can only use your brain six to seven minutes, so I changed your name to you. If Gu wants to leave, when will he not be able to leave? Who can stop Gu? Gu's fourth brother So what if he is vigilant? He can't guess Gu's arrangement. In order to appease the people and courtiers, tomorrow's military dispatch ceremony will be held as usual. As long as the ceremony is held, the odds of winning will be in Gu's hands. Who knows Gu's hand? How many cards? Does anyone know where the most important cards are?"
Qin Liuqi said in a low voice: "This subordinate just feels that he will take some risks."
"adventure?"
Prince Yi smiled proudly and said: "Where is the wealth and glory for nothing at this time, let alone the whole world? Besides, Gu knows the emperor too well. You are right, the northwest is indeed in chaos, and the imperial court can't mobilize in a hurry People and horses. But in comparison, the emperor would rather not have the Northwest Three Ways and kill Gu first!"
"Since it has come to the present, in fact, everyone already knows it well."
He looked at the amber wine in the glass and said in a cold tone: "Tomorrow, I have the advantage. I know the cards in the emperor's hand, but the emperor doesn't know the cards in my hand. If this is the case, I will lose again." If you don't, Gu will have no face to fight for the world."
"More than ten years ago, Gu started to arrange... Due to various reasons, it has been delayed until today. After finally waiting for the best time, how could Gu give up?"
He paused and said: "Twelve years ago, Gu instructed Li Yuanshan to lie to the emperor that Meng Yuan masters were trying to sneak into the Sui Dynasty to assassinate him. Gu Gu will not be able to sit still. Lao Qi is the emperor's right-hand man. As long as he In Chang'an City, it is not easy to do anything alone for a day, and there is no share. At that time, no one knew how strong Lao Qi's cultivation base is! What way? Who can stop him?"
"Fortunately, the plan was successful twelve years ago. Lao Qi is loyal to the emperor and hates the people of the Buddhist sect. He heard that the masters of Meng Yuan were going to sneak into the Sui Dynasty, so naturally he would not sit idly by with his haughty temperament. Reason. That’s why he went west... Li Yuanshan’s game at that time was also very good, he deceived the emperor on the one hand, and the people of Meng Yuan on the other. kill."
"Gu Ben thought that he could use Meng Yuan's hand to get rid of Lao Qi. Who would have thought that he would kill all those Meng Yuan barbarians in Fan Gu? Just when Gu thought he had failed, he went into Meng Yuan , into the Daxue Mountain! That arrogant idiot... I really thought he was invincible."
Prince Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Gu has been planning since so long ago, but he was too complacent because Lao Qi was trapped in the northwest for a while, and wanted to take the opportunity to uproot Lao Qi's strength in Chang'an City, which aroused the emperor's attention. Since then, Gu has been excluded from the court. If it hadn't been for the support of the queen mother, he might have been driven back to the fief for confinement. A small mistake at that time made Gu wait for ten years... Ten years, Gu There are already many gray hairs on the temples, and I can't wait any longer."
"Everything is ready now, just waiting for the final blow tomorrow."
Qin Liuqi bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty's calculations are ingenious, no one can match them."
Prince Yi shook his head: "Wonderful calculation? If I had really calculated everything, I wouldn't have mistrusted Li Yuanshan. That guy's ambition is so big, what qualifications does he have to compete with the lonely one? That's right, the lonely schemes against everyone , but Gu will never give an inch of land to the Meng Yuan people. Li Yuanshan is a bastard! As a Sui man, he actually bowed his knees to the Meng Yuan barbarians!"
"After Gu ascends the throne, the first thing to do is to send someone to kill him!"
Qin Liuqi said: "Since the lord has made up his mind, the subordinates will definitely do their best. The subordinates are just worried, will the Academy of Martial Arts be able to suppress it? Although no one has seen Zhou Banchuan make a move, since it is rumored that he is Da Sui Cultivation is the first, so naturally you can’t go wrong…”
Prince Yi shook his head: "The title of number one in the world is very resounding, but Zhou Banchuan has not moved for a long time. There are generations of people in the world, and his era will end sooner or later. You don't have to worry about the Academy of Martial Arts, as long as you do it." Just do your own thing."
Qin Liuqi said: "This subordinate has already made arrangements. We only need to wait for the emperor to leave the palace tomorrow. When he comes out, the subordinate will immediately bring people into the palace to protect the queen mother. When the affairs outside the Tai Chi Palace are settled, the subordinate will escort the queen mother out. Suppress the ministers."
"Um."
Prince Yi nodded: "Gu is well aware of your loyalty to Gu. After the big event is accomplished, Gu will reward you with great honor! Zhou Banchuan can be the dean of the Academy of Martial Arts for so long. That's fine too."
Hearing these words, Qin Liuqi's eyes lit up suddenly: "Subordinate... Thank you, my lord, for promoting me!"
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When Fang Jie and Mu Xiaoyao returned to the shop, Chen Xiaoru and the three of them had been waiting for a long time. Dagou and Qilin still have things to do, so they can't come back to expose. The three of them were startled when they saw Fang Xie's appearance, and rushed to meet him.
"What happened? Could it be that there was a mistake in prediction, and there are still masters in the Songbai Building?"
Chen Xiaoru asked.
Fang Jie shook his head and said, "The business in the Songbai Building has been done. I happened to meet Fang Henshui when I left the city."
"ah."
Chen Xiaoru exclaimed: "Fang Henshui who killed Mo Wanwu of Yanwu Academy?"
Fang Jie nodded: "It's him. If it didn't happen that Meng Wudi, the deputy commander of the Ouchi Guards Department, brought people to kill Fang Henshui, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back today."
Fang Jie didn't tell Chen Xiaoru the truth, the three of them are Su Buwei's people. Fang Xie was quite afraid of this low-key eunuch who was holding a pen in the imperial study. He didn't want people to know that he was able to kill Fang Henshui, after all, Chang'an City is too chaotic now. And since the incident of being trapped in a cage, Fang Xie will never trust anyone easily again.
"Fortunately."
Chen Xiaoru sighed: "It is conceivable that Fang Henshui's cultivation can kill a professor from Yanwu Academy."
Fang Jie said with a smile, "I've always had good luck."
He took Mu Xiaoyao's hand and walked inside, Chen Xiaoru wanted to ask who this person was but didn't ask. But he couldn't help being envious. Although the woman Fang Jie pulled was not as good as Shen Qingfan in appearance, and looked quite embarrassed, she really had nothing to say about her figure. When he recognized the dirty flying fish robe on Mu Xiaoyao, he suddenly remembered that there was a woman in Fang Jie who was Qianhu at the guard's office.
"Shen Qingfan hasn't come back yet?"
Fang asked.
Sniffing his nose as he walked, the boy Hei said, "I came back once and left again when I saw that you weren't there. I asked her where she was going and didn't answer, but said that she would be back when it was dark."
Fang Jie hummed and said, "Can you bring me a big basin of hot water, I need to take a good bath."
Hei boy agreed, turned around and left.
Fang Jie pulled Mu Xiao's waist and said, "Wash together."
Mu Xiaoyao's face immediately turned red, as if she was at a loss like a little girl. Letting Fang Jie take her hand into the room, for the first time, she looked so weak in front of Fang Jie.
Although Fang Jie said that, after all, there are three of them outside, Chen Xiaoru, and now is not the time for mandarin ducks to play in the water, he hastily took a shower and changed clothes, then came out again, sat down in the living room and took a few sips of wine . After Mu Xiaoyao came out of the shower, she was already a different person, even more delicate and beautiful.
Seeing Mu Xiaoyao put on the big red long dress again, Hei Zi couldn't help but widen his eyes, and even forgot to sniff his nose. The snot like a spring silkworm hung in the corner of his mouth, crumbling. Chen Xiaoru glanced at the white legs exposed under the red skirt and muttered "do not look at evil", then pretended to be nonchalant and squatted aside, embarrassed to look up again.
Nie Xiaoju, on the other hand, didn't seem to have any reaction, staring at the embroidery needle in her hand in a daze.
Fang Jie poured the last sip of wine from the jug into his mouth, wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "Today's work is basically done, those stewards were taken down by the guards of the inner guards, and they went to the guards of the inner guards." , I’m not afraid that they won’t open their mouths. Although Prince Yi didn’t make any moves, he has already lost so many helpers, and it’s impossible for him to have no impact. We’ve done almost everything we can do, and we can only wait for tomorrow Look again."
Chen Xiaoru hummed and said: "Your Majesty let you enter the palace, when will you go?"
Fang Jie said: "Wait until Shen Qingfan comes back, I'm afraid His Majesty won't have the time to see me right now. By the way, have you retreated?"
Chen Xiaoru nodded and said: "Retired, but His Majesty kept all the courtiers for dinner. It is said that because the ministers had not had any water or rice for a whole day of discussion, His Majesty specially ordered the courtiers to have a meal with them. I guess, even if it is dark, those people may not be there. I can come back. When they come back, they will see that things are like this, I’m afraid they will drop their jaws in shock.”
Fang Jie smiled: "They may not even have a chance to be surprised."
"How are you doing?"
he asks.
Chen Xiaoru said: "There is no accident."
Fang Jie hummed, and when he looked up, he saw Shen Qingfan walking in slowly from the outside with a somewhat ugly expression. The first thing she saw was Fang Jie, and the second she saw Mu Xiaoyao in the red dress.
"Senior Sister?"
She let out a low cry, obviously a little surprised.
Mu Xiaoyao was even more surprised than Shen Qingfan when she heard the word Senior Sister: "Huh?"
She paused and asked, "You called me?"
Shen Qingfan nodded, and suddenly frowned when he walked in front of her: "Are you injured? Who is it?"
Mu Xiaoyao was silent for a while and said: "The traitor in the northwest...you seem to have... changed. You didn't call me Senior Sister before, and you didn't care about my life or death."
Shen Qingfan shook his head and didn't say anything. Mu Xiaoyao was not in Chang'an, so he didn't know that Shen Qingfan's personality had changed a lot, so he was a little surprised.
"Are you hurt too?"
Shen Qingfan asked Fang Jie again.
Fang Jie quickly explained: "I'm fine, it's just a skin injury."
He sighed in his heart, thinking that a ninth-rank powerhouse is really powerful. Just by taking a look, he could see that both himself and Mu Xiaoyao were injured.
"I lost Wu Yiyi."
She sat down in front of Fang Jie, with a slightly angry tone: "Before he left the city, he said he was going to buy some food on the way and asked me to wait. I was waiting outside, but he didn't come out after waiting for a while. I I went in directly, but I don’t know how he escaped. Obviously the owner of the dim sum shop belongs to him, and the man didn’t say where Wu Yiyi went.”
Fang Jie shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, he can go wherever he likes, at least to prove that he is still safe. You and Miss Xiao Yao get ready, we enter the palace."
He said something softly in his heart.
Will tomorrow be a turning point in my life