Xiao Mansion, Xiao Meng stared blankly at the secret letter in his hand, without speaking for a long time.
After a long time, Xiao Mengcai let out a long sigh, and looked up towards the direction of the Daxiong Hall of the Imperial Palace, his gaze was filled with sorrow and indescribable sadness.
"Father, what happened?" Looking at Xiao Meng's sad appearance, Xiao Yanyu frowned slightly, and asked worriedly.
Xiao Xiaolong also looked at his powerful father with doubts. Since the morning, Xiao Meng has forbidden them to leave the house, which made the two siblings who were planning to go to Fangfang's shop to taste delicious food extremely stunned.
Xiao Yanyu has a beautiful mind and is more transparent than the carefree Ouyang Xiaoyi. She can guess that the reason why her father forbids them to leave Xiao's residence is to protect them.
And they need to be protected in the imperial capital, so there is only one explanation, that is, the emperor is not safe, or... it is not safe for them, the children of officials with important identities.
"Is the imperial capital in chaos?" Xiao Yanyu asked Xiao Meng with a voice like the singing of a bird in the empty valley.
Xiao Meng glanced at Xiao Yanyu, the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and he opened his mouth slowly.
"Your Majesty... died."
Xiao Yanyu and Xiao Xiaolong trembled when they heard these words, and then their eyes widened suddenly...
Not only the Xiao Mansion, but also some powerful dignitaries in the entire imperial capital received the news. The news of the emperor's death was like a tsunami, sweeping across the entire imperial capital in an instant.
A generation of emperors, Emperor Changfeng... passed away.
This is an earth-shaking earthquake for the entire Qingfeng Empire.
The situation in the imperial capital was always obscure. With the death of the emperor, the imperial capital suddenly surged like an undercurrent, and the battle for the throne between the crown prince and the second prince began to move from the dark to the bright.
This can be known from the fact that the rich and powerful in the imperial capital let their children stay in the mansion obediently.
Once the battle for the throne starts, it needs helpers and the support of the ministers, and this support needs to be won by themselves. In order to make the ministers surrender and fight for it, they need to use some shady means, threats, kidnapping …to the extreme.
On this day, the news of Emperor Changfeng's death came out, the crown prince Ji Cheng'an rushed into the palace, and King Yu also rushed into the Daxiong Hall.
After about an hour or so, the crown prince and King Yu went out of the palace respectively, prepared chariots and horses, and began to roam around the mansions of the ministers, and began to woo.
The battle between the prince and King Yu was finally a complete showdown.
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Zhao Mansion, the residence of Zhao Musheng, Prime Minister of the Left.
As the left chancellor of the Qingfeng Empire, Zhao Musheng has a high status, even if the prince meets him, he will be treated courteously, which is enough to show that his status in the Qingfeng Empire is second only to the protector of the empire, Xiao Meng.
Zhao Musheng is not old, and he looks quite strong, but his black and white hair adds a lot of vicissitudes to him.
He sat on the grand teacher's chair, squinted his eyes slightly, and patted his lower abdomen with his palms up and down.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a figure stepped into the room.
"Father! The child is back." Wearing a brocade robe, Zhao Ruge stepped into the room handsomely, and respectfully saluted Zhao Musheng who was sitting on the grand teacher's chair.
"How is the matter going?" Zhao Musheng narrowed his eyes and asked calmly.
"Things went well, there was no mistake, but...why did my father send someone to arrest Ouyang Xiaoyi? Aren't you afraid of angering that lunatic Ouyang Qi?" Zhao Ruge looked at Zhao Musheng suspiciously, not knowing why in the current situation, Drip this muddy water.
"Ji Changfeng is dead, he is dead, the pot of soup in the imperial capital is finally about to boil, and to make this pot of soup more flavorful, of course some adjustments are needed..." Zhao Musheng opened his eyes, and there was a deep and peaceful look in those eyes. , as if possessing a calming breath.
The awe in Zhao Ruge's heart grew stronger.
"Go down, don't treat that little girl badly, we just grabbed that little girl to lead the way, if you get hurt, then Ouyang Qi will really kill us at that time, the old man is precious to his granddaughter .” Zhao Musheng smiled lightly.
"Let him go to the Crown Prince and King Yu to make a fuss first, let him stir the pot of soup..."
Zhao Ruge was slightly taken aback, and then seemed to understand something, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he nodded and left.
Zhao Musheng looked at Zhao Ruge's leaving back, and chuckled again.
After Zhao Ruge left the room where Zhao Musheng was, he walked around the Zhao residence for a while, and soon came to a room guarded by two rank five war kings.
"Take care of that girl, she is smart, don't let her slip away." Zhao Ruge said solemnly.
The two war kings nodded solemnly.
Looking at the quiet room, Zhao Ruge twitched his lips, "I'm really curious, if Boss Bu knows that your girl has been kidnapped... what will happen? Will he come out with his iron lump? That would be fun."
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In the prince's palace, the prince looked at the old man Ouyang standing in the hall with a wry smile on his face. He really couldn't get angry with this veteran.
"Old man, I guarantee with my life that I will never touch a single hair of Ouyang Xiaoyi!" Ji Chengan made a gesture of assurance to old man Ouyang, with a serious face.
"Damn it! Who else could it be if it wasn't you? If my baby Xiaoyi hurts a hair, I will push your uterus!" Ouyang old man has a bad temper, pointing at the crown prince The nose just scolded fiercely, and the prince who scolded was cloudy and uncertain.
But the prince has no other choice, he can only watch Ouyang grandpa leave with an apologetic smile.
Similarly, the old man Ouyang who left the prince's palace and went directly to Yuwang's mansion was full of scolding, scolding Yuwang bloody, but he didn't get any news from Ouyang Xiaoyi.
However, after being scolded by old man Ouyang, the two were slightly stagnant in their big sword-drawing movements, and the confrontation was not so blatant.
After returning to Ouyang's mansion, old man Ouyang's complexion no longer had the arrogance of scolding the prince and King Yu, but became a little ugly.
King Yu and the crown prince have never taken Xiaoyi away, so who took that girl away
Who in the imperial capital would have the guts to take away Ouyang Qi's granddaughter
Old man Ouyang thought deeply, and finally, with a thought, a name came to his mind... Zhao Musheng? !
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For three days in a row, the number of customers in Fangfang's small shop became very rare, so few that Bu Fang felt bored every day. He couldn't feel the changes in the imperial capital. The only thing he could feel was the changes in customers. few.
Ouyang Xiaoyi hadn't been to the store for three days. From Fatty Jin who came to eat on time every day, she learned that the situation in the imperial capital is very serious today, and the major families are strictly choosing to stand in line.
Because the emperor passed away, the crown prince and King Yu started a battle for the throne.
Bu Fang was confused by what he heard, and he had no idea about the so-called battle for the throne. After hearing a few words, he walked away in a daze, but the news of the emperor's death still made him He was quite emotional.
But in his heart he was very concerned about the news of Ouyang Xiaoyi's kidnapping. After all, the little girl was still his waiter and someone from his Fang Fang shop. Since she was his Bu Fang's buddy, she couldn't be easily bullied.
Bu Fang huddled on the chair, admiring the continuous snowfall of goose feathers. The white snow had begun to cover the entire imperial capital with a layer of silver, making it look very beautiful.
"Boss Bu, you seem to be very free. It seems that it's time to come down." A familiar voice sounded gentle and domineering.
Zhao Ruge stood at the door of the shop with a smile all over his face, looking at Bu Fang.