Xiao Jue returned to Xiao Mansion in the evening.
It was about to get dark, and He Yan saw him as soon as he walked to the gate of the courtyard, and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Jue, do you know Mr. Wei..."
Xiao Jue said, "I just came back from Wei Mansion." After that, he entered the back room.
He went to the Nanfu soldiers outside the city for training early this morning, and later learned about Wei Xuanzhang's death remonstrance, and hurried back. When I came back from Wei Mansion, I didn't even have time to change my clothes.
"I'm going out tonight," he said.
He Yan's heart skipped a beat and looked at him: "Xiao Jue..."
He walked to He Yan's side and asked, "Is the black jade you gave to you still there?"
He Yan paused, then took off the jade pendant from his waist and pinched it in his hand.
"I will keep some people in the house. If I don't come back tomorrow morning, you can take this piece of jade out of the city and find Shen Han of Liangzhou Wei."
"Xiao Jue," He Yan didn't answer him directly, but grabbed his hand and looked uncertain, "Are you..."
She didn't say the rest of the words, and some things were tacit, and she could understand without saying them.
Xiao Jue looked down at her. He knew that although He Yan acted boldly, he had never done anything out of the ordinary all these years. but…
"Time is running out." After a while, he put his hands on the backs of He Yan's hands and spoke softly.
He Yan was silent for a long time, then nodded: "I see."
Since some things have been decided to do, don't look forward to the future, and now it seems that this is a matter of time, sooner or later.
I just didn't expect it to come so soon.
"Don't worry." She looked up at Xiao Jue, her expression became relaxed again, "I will guard the Xiao family here for you, and no one can cross my sword. But Xiao Jue, you have to remember , Now my sister-in-law is pregnant and can't stand it, so tomorrow morning," she clasped Xiao Jue's hands with her backhand, "you must come back. If you don't come back, I will bring my sword into the palace to find you."
Xiao Jue was startled and said angrily, "You dare?"
He Yan was unmoved, "See if I dare."
The girl's eyes are firm, she is stubborn, and she has no room to regret what she has determined. After a long stalemate, Xiao Jue finally defeated and said, "I promise you."
He Yan smiled: "A word is settled."
…
Night shrouded the entire palace.
In the Golden Palace, Crown Prince Guangyan was walking slowly.
The palace servants were all screened back, leaving only a few confidants to guard the door. He walked up the steps slowly, until he reached the end of the steps, and finally stopped in front of the dragon chair.
On the armrest of the bright yellow dragon chair, a golden real dragon was carved. He stretched out his hand and stroked the dragon's beard and scales very slowly. It was obviously cold, but the blood that was dripping from his whole body was boiling hot.
Guang Yan turned and sat on the dragon chair.
He raised his eyes and looked down the steps, and there seemed to be a scene of officials bowing their waists and ministers kneeling before him. He is the Son of Heaven, and he should be submissive to the world. As long as he thinks of this, Guangyan feels exalted, and his chest is extremely happy.
"Father..." He murmured in a low voice, "My son, I finally took this position."
This world is finally his!
Since he was born, everyone has told him secretly that Emperor Wenxuan will eventually hand over the country to him, and in the future, he will become the emperor of Wei. Therefore, Guangyan has always thought so, but he didn't know when he found that the situation had changed.
There is a Guangshuo who is more suitable for Tianzi than him.
Emperor Wenxuan's preference for Concubine Langui's mother and son made him flustered, and his reluctance to pass on the imperial edict made Guangyan feel a betrayal. Emperors such as Emperor Wenxuan are indecisive and unclear, and are not worthy of being an emperor at all. Guangyan thought that he did not intend to kill his father and kill the king, but only by doing so can everything be restored to the way it was.
He's just taking back what belongs to him.
but…
Guang Yan looked at the empty hall, but he was not happy. He understood that the reason why he had many followers in the DPRK in the past was actually because of Xu Jingfu. Now Xu Jingfu is no longer there, and many of those followers in the past, many of whom have turned the rudder, have turned to Guangshuo's sect.
And He Rufei was already dead, and even he was a fake from the beginning. If Xiao Huaijin follows Guangshuo, he has no troops to compete with Guangshuo, so he can only rely on those Uto people, that's why he insists on agreeing to make peace with the Uto people, and promise them to open a farm in Dawei. Such absurdity the reason for the condition.
If it was said that in the past, it was because he was afraid that the Utuo people would leak the news, which made Emperor Wenxuan unhappy. So now, it is because he has reached a condition with the Uto people, and the price that the Uto people have to pay is to eradicate Guang Shuo for him, as well as his thorn in Xiao Huaijin.
Fair enough, Guangyan believes that nothing is more important than getting the world.
Thinking that after tomorrow, when he ascends the throne, everyone in the world will pay homage to him, fear and respect him, and Guang Yan couldn't help laughing loudly.
"Father's bones have not yet entered the imperial mausoleum, and His Highness has not yet ascended the throne, so why did he sit on the dragon chair?" A sudden voice interrupted his laughter, "I'm afraid something is wrong, right?"
Guang Yan suddenly looked forward, at the door of the main hall, two henchmen were hugging Guang Shuo, preventing him from entering.
Guang Shuo looked at him calmly.
"Let him come in." Guangyan smiled viciously, "My fourth brother."
The confidant let go, and Guang Shuo walked in.
Guang Yan stood up from the dragon chair and looked at him with great interest, "Tomorrow is the day when Concubine Lan Gui is buried. My fourth brother is not the most kind and filial, so why don't you seize the last opportunity to talk to Concubine Lan Gui and talk to Concubine Lan Gui? Come here?" He said meaningfully, "Could it be that fourth brother also wants to come and sit on this chair?"
"When the father was alive, he never mentioned the matter of burial. His Highness's last edict may not be true." Guang Shuo was unmoved.
"Why isn't it true?" Guangyan sneered, "Speaking of which, it is also a blessing for Concubine Lan Gui to be buried in the imperial mausoleum. The emperor has always favored Concubine Lan Gui, and he is afraid that he will never be found again after he goes. Only a confidant like Concubine Lan Gui will be taken away together. How can you say it to the fourth brother, like you are very complaining? With the edict in hand, how can you prove that it is fake?"
"It's true or false, Your Highness knows, but it doesn't matter anymore." Guang Shuo sighed.
"Not bad!" The prince slapped his palms, "It doesn't matter if it's true or not, fourth brother, you finally said something useful."
"I want to say more than that." Guang Shuo looked at Guang Yan who was standing on the stairs, his eyes were flat: "I also want to say that His Highness killed his father and murdered the monarch, and conspiracy to usurp the throne."
As soon as these words came out, all the halls fell silent.
The servants guarding the door looked like a great enemy, staring at Guang Shuo, Guang Shuo just stood silently, without any weapons on his body, just from the appearance, he also looked like a scholar with no strength.
Guang Yan stared at him closely, "What did you say?"
"I said," Guang Shuo's eyes collided with him, and he didn't give in, "Your Highness, kill your father, kill the king, and try to usurp the throne."
Guang Yan looked at the person in front of him, Guang Shuo used to be in front of him, he has always been cautious, taciturn, and never participated in court affairs. Even though he hated Guang Shuo, he still believed in his heart that Guang Shuo could not make any waves. But now, I don't know since when, this person's eyes are not as shrinking as in the past. When he looks straight, it seems like an invisible fire is burning, and he also has the wanton domineering unique to the royal family.
"Joke!" Guangyan sarcastically said, "Bengong is the prince, and the world belongs to me. Why did Igong want to kill his father and kill the king? It's a thankless effort. You should be the one who seeks to usurp the throne, right?" He He said gloomily, "Didn't the fourth brother always hope that the father and emperor will abolish the elders and establish the younger ones, why, now that the plan has come to nothing, just want to slander this palace out of thin air?"
"His Royal Highness, why do you think the world belongs to you?" Guang Shuo suddenly smiled, "The plan failed?"
Guang Yan's smile froze at the corner of his mouth and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Extended but silent.
He suddenly realized something, and said loudly: "Come on, come-"
Someone did come, but it was not his. The soldiers and horses in golden armor poured in from outside, and the person at the head was actually Yan He.
"Guide Zhonglang?" Guangyan was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Are you crazy? Do you know that this is a rebellion! This is collusion and chaos!"
Guangyan did not deliberately suppress Yan He. First, the Yan family was a newcomer, and he was always prudent in court battles, not as good as the Xiao family tree. Second, Guangyan also heard that Yan He and Xiao Huaijin were not dealing with each other, that the enemy of the enemy was a friend, and Guangyan once wanted to recruit Yan He for his own use. It's just that Yan He has not been in Shuojing for many years, and Yan's father is as cunning as a fox.
But now, I never imagined that Yan He would take refuge in Guangshuo!
Guang Yan was shocked and angry: "How dare you treat this palace like this!"
"General Yan is not colluding with the troubles." Guang Shuo calmly said: "It's just that he was ordered to catch the traitor."
"Guang Shuo, don't spit people out here!"
Guang Shuo smiled nonchalantly, and said only: "Whether there is blood or not, Your Highness knows clearly."
At this time, someone came in from outside, and it was actually the fifth prince Guangji, who was being held by the guards. As soon as Guangji arrived in the palace, he pointed at Guangyan and shouted, "It's the prince! That day I was studying in the palace of the father. Seeing that it was the prince's elder brother carrying a basket into the father's bedroom... Later, the prince's elder brother left, and Director He went in, and said... that the father and the emperor died!"
Before Guang Yan could speak, Guang Shuo said, "The Imperial Physician Lin in the palace found traces of poison in the blanket of the father's bedroom. On that day, only His Highness took the ginseng soup to the father's bedroom."
Guang Yan sneered: "My father was not poisoned to death!"
He knew better than anyone how Emperor Wenxuan died. If Guangshuo thought he could be condemned with this, he would be wrong.
"His Royal Highness, it doesn't matter if it's true or not."
Guang Yan was stunned for a moment, this was what Guang Shuo had said in reply to his fake will, but now, there is nothing wrong with using it here.
Now, no one cares what the truth is. In royal battles, there are always winners and losers.
The winner is the real dragon and the emperor, the loser is a crushing defeat.
"Guangshuo, this palace warns you, people from this palace will come immediately, tomorrow is the day of entering the imperial mausoleum, this palace..."
"His Royal Highness may not know," Guang Shuo looked at him with indifferent pity, "General Feng Yun's people have already arrived outside the Chengle Palace, His Highness's troops..." He said word by word, "Abandon everything A tossing."
"Impossible!" Guang Yan's voice suddenly became sharp. He said, "Impossible!"
But in my heart, panic and fear have gradually surfaced, and it is already this hour. All the people in the hall were brought by Yan He, and his people had not come in for a long time. If it was Xiao Huaijin's people outside...
Those utos... bastards, those utos are useless at this point!
Chu Zilan, a name suddenly came into Guangyan's heart, how could his plan be leaked by the other party's unknown prophet, Chu Zilan? That bastard, unfamiliar white-eyed wolf!
"Guang Shuo, don't be complacent." Guang Yan was at the end of his force, he gritted his teeth, looked at the person in front of him, and slowly stepped back, "You think the world will believe your nonsense, this palace is the prince, the crown prince, and the enthronement ceremony. It's close at hand, if you harm this palace at this time, everyone in the world will discuss your conspiracy. Even if you take this position, you will be in a bad name all your life. You will inevitably be pointed out!"
"Your Highness is worrying too much." Guang Shuo didn't have any other emotions because of his words, and looked at Guang Yan's eyes, as if he was looking at something ridiculous, "Before this, the father had already decided to change the heir to the prince. edict."
"You lied!" Guang Yan's eyes were split, "How is that possible?"
"The imperial edict is in the hands of a courtier trusted by the father. If you don't see it, it means you don't know." Guang Shuo turned slightly, and the man behind him stepped forward and handed him a bow and arrow.
Playing with the bow and arrow, he said slowly, "In this way, Your Highness still thinks that everyone in the world will talk about me, isn't my name right?"
Guang Yan wanted to vomit blood. At this time, he suddenly understood that at the beginning, what Guang Shuo said "true or false is not important".
If you want to stop the people from all over the world, you just need to come up with an imperial edict. Who cares if it's true or false? People in the world will not go to distinguish them one by one. As long as the surviving person in this hall today is Guang Shuo, what will others say in the future, isn't it all Guang Shuo who has the final say
He looked at his fourth brother, who had always been taciturn, and slowly picked up the bow and arrow. The arrow pointed at him. Guang Yan subconsciously hid behind the dragon chair and said angrily, "What do you want to do? Guang Shuo, stop—"
His words were not finished.
A strong wind suddenly blew from the Golden Palace, and blew out the lights around it. In the dimly lit hall, a cluster of viscous blood slowly descended down the dragon chair, dyeing the dragon beard and dragon head of the real dragon on the armrest. clear.
Like a silent peep, like a sneer.
The sound of the wind covered all the killing intent, and it was a cold night.
…
The morning light was faint, and He Yan looked at the gradually lit sky outside the window, and his expression gradually became solemn.
She hasn't closed her eyes since Xiao Jue left last night. Bai Rongwei was pregnant, and He Yan didn't dare to tell her anything else. Although Xiao Jing was a little suspicious, he was hiding it, and he didn't know what happened. He Yan stood alone, rubbing the black jade in his hand from time to time, thinking what if Xiao Jue hadn't come back in the morning
I'm afraid that if I go out of the city to find Shen Han, it may not really be foolproof.
Just thinking about it, there was movement outside, He Yan got up abruptly, rushed out the door, and saw Xiao Jue coming from outside.
There was still a little dark blood on the armor he was wearing. He Yan asked, "Are you injured?"
At this time, Qingmei had not woken up yet, Xiao Jue frowned slightly and asked, "You haven't slept all night?"
"I can't sleep either." He Yan stared at his face. He looked a little tired, but he was still fine. He Yan asked, "This blood..."
"It's not mine." Xiao Jue paused, "Go into the room and say."
When the two entered the room, He Yan closed the door, turned around and asked, "Last night in the palace..."
"Prince is dead." Xiao Jue looked at her.
This was to be expected. In fact, He Yan had already had a hunch when he saw Yan He at the Wei family that day. Yan He did not answer her question directly, but in many cases, silence is an answer.
He Yan helped him hang Yin Qiu on the wall, Xiao Jue took off his armor and sat down at the table. He Yan poured a cup of hot tea and pushed it in front of him: "Xiao Jue, what happened last night?"
Xiao Jue looked at her, and after a while, knowing that if she didn't tell her, she couldn't get out of this door today, so she sighed and told what happened last night.
He Yan was fascinated.
Xiao Jue only knew something about what happened in the Golden Palace last night. At that time, he brought half of the Nanfu soldiers to fight with the prince's people in front of the Chengle Palace. Yan He took people inside, and when he came out, he only knew that Guang Yan was shot and killed by Guang Shuo himself.
"You... did you deliberately not go to the Golden Palace?" He Yan hesitated before asking.
Xiao Jue lowered his head, smiled, and said in a low voice, "The Xiao family is different from the Yan family. The Yan family is a new noble, and they are still attached to the royal family. I have too much military power. After a long time, it is inevitable that the fourth prince will feel uncomfortable."
"I don't want to leave a thorn in the heart of the fourth prince."
The power of the sky is unpredictable, without the extension, the fourth prince will be the honor of the ninety-five in the future. Even if he may be nothing now, once he sits in that position, or he can't help himself, or changes due to things, it is better to be a scene that may appear from the beginning.
"In this case, letting Yan He go is also a good choice. The Yan family is not powerful in military power, and he is a newcomer with no foundation. The fourth prince has no scruples in using it." He Yan said, "I just didn't expect that Yan He would actually be able to use it. Follow the Fourth Prince."
The Yan family has been neutral for so many years, cunning like a fox, but at the last moment gave Guangyan a blow. I am afraid that the extension himself did not expect it.
"If the skin doesn't exist, the hair will be attached," Xiao Jue picked up the tea cup, lowered his head and took a sip, and said, "When it comes time to make a choice, even if you don't want to, you have to do it."
He Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "Anyway, you'll be fine. But..." She looked at Xiao Jue and asked in a low voice, "Has your majesty really made an edict to change the crown prince early in the morning? Did you really see the prince being poisoned with your own eyes?"
One after another, it was too coincidental that Guangshuo's ascension to the throne became a matter of no objection and a matter of course.
"It doesn't matter if it's true or not." Xiao Jue narrowed her eyes, "The prince is already dead."
All dust settled.
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Yan Yan's home is still on the battlefield, not the court, otherwise this article will be called a female prime minister and a female politician... There are about 50,000 to 60,000 words left, and anxious friends can raise the article~