The emperor kept looking at Guan Yubai.
Guan Yu stood with his hands tied, without the slightest dodge or evasion in his expression, nor the vigor that a general who has experienced hundreds of battles should have. The smile on his lips was as gentle as a piece of the finest jade.
The servants serving in the imperial study had already been sent out, leaving only one Eunuch Liu, who was standing at the side tremblingly, not daring to show his breath.
After a long time, the emperor spoke up and asked, "If it's true what you said, what's the purpose of Nanman's move?"
"Your Majesty." Guan Yubai cupped his hands and said, "Something may have gone wrong in Baiyue recently. I'm afraid they are anxious to conclude peace talks and bring Kui Lang back to Baiyue to quell the civil strife."
"Something went wrong in Baiyue?" The emperor was startled, and hurriedly asked, "How did you find out?"
"During the peace talks with the envoys of Baiyue, I could feel that they were getting more and more anxious. No matter how hard I put pressure on them, I dared not speak out. At that time, I was thinking about whether there was something urgent in Baiyue. It happened, so that they wanted to rush back immediately. The minister took the opportunity of the peace talks to deliberately test one or two..." Guan Yubai said unhurriedly, "Yichen speculates that in Baiyue, I am afraid that because of the eldest prince Kui Lang was captured, the king of Baiyue was old and weak and unable to control the overall situation, so that the other princes wanted to seize the throne."
The emperor was shocked and blurted out: "Why didn't you tell me?!"
"Your Majesty, if the envoys from Baiyue were able to accomplish this, as I speculated, they must have colluded with someone in our court. I can't deduce who it is, so it is naturally inconvenient to reveal it during the joint trial of the three divisions. This is why I went back and forth to see the emperor."
Guan Yubai's remarks made sense, the emperor frowned and asked, "Is this true?"
Guan Yubai did not answer directly, but said in a gentle voice: "If my conjecture is correct, within a few days, someone will ask the emperor to speed up the peace talks with Baiyue... Also, your majesty, Baiyue Who do you hate the most?"
There is no doubt - Xiao Yi!
As long as Xiao Yi is around, it will be difficult for Baiyue to live in peace. I am afraid that Baiyue would hate him so much that he would gnash his teeth.
The emperor pondered, if what Guan Yubai said was true, then Xiao Yi should be impeached next
The emperor couldn't tell whether Guan Yubai was just trying to defend himself, or if he was really framed, but the matter was of great importance, and he didn't mind waiting a few more days.
If he were to know that someone in the court dared to collude with Baiyue, he would not let him off lightly!
Although the emperor was still hesitant to believe Guan Yubai, his heart was already on his side.
"Your Majesty." Guan Yubai looked at his words and said, "In fact, the changes in Baiyue are a good thing for us Dayu. Do you remember what I said that day, Dayu should take this opportunity to support Baiyue?" Let’s set up a puppet, and in this way, Dayu can completely control Baiyue.”
"...In that case, then you..." The emperor wanted to order Guan Yubai to do this, but hesitated, and said, "Then I will immediately order someone to go to Baiyue with my handwritten letter. most suitable?"
Guan Yubai thought for a moment and said: "Xuan Ping Bo is good at speaking, and he is also very important in Dayu. It must be safer for him to come forward."
Speaking of Uncle Xuan Ping, he is indeed one of the emperor's most trusted people, and he has always been quite aware of the holy will. The emperor nodded thoughtfully when he heard the words, and said: "I hope that what you said is true, Baiyue The more chaotic the country is, the better it is for me, Dayu."
Whether Baiyue is chaotic or not, the official Yubai who is far away in the capital actually doesn't know, and presumably the envoys in Baiyue don't know either. However, Guan Yubai believes that since Xiao Yi has arrived in Baiyue, then Baiyue will never be safe...
Guan Yubai was waiting for news from Xiao Yi.
But at this moment, in the Tianshui Palace of Mazu Temple outside Ruijiang City, the capital city of Baibai, the incense is as strong as ever, and it continues for years.
Early in the morning, a red-topped carriage stopped at the foot of Shenshan Mountain, where Tianshui Palace was located. A young man in brocade robes with green eyes jumped off the red horse and personally helped the young woman in purple skirt from the carriage. The handsome man and the beautiful woman of this young couple, like a perfect pair of jade, attracted many envious eyes.
Climbing up the stairs from the foot of the mountain, you will arrive at Tianyi Palace. The Tianyi Palace is solemn and solemn, with carved beams and painted buildings. It is divided into two halls, the front and the back. On both sides are side halls and wing rooms for guests to rest.
After the young couple paid homage to Mazu in the apse, they went hand in hand to the west wing, and then they separated quietly and entered the two wing rooms respectively.
When the door was closed, everything returned to calm again, as if nothing had happened... Until, after a cup of tea, another man in a brocade robe strolled in with two followers, and they looked around casually Afterwards, the man also entered the room that the blue-eyed youth entered before, leaving only two guards waiting outside the door...
They thought they were doing it silently, but they didn't want the praying mantis to catch the cicada and the oriole behind them. Behind a hundred-year-old banyan tree not far away, a tall man with a beard on his chin suppressed the impulse in his heart and refused to go forward. .
Unexpectedly, what the note said turned out to be true!
Two days ago, a cold arrow with a note on it was shot into his study room, causing the whole house to shake. The visitor was so skilled that he could come and go freely in his iron barrel-like prince's mansion, which made him terrified even thinking about it. And when he opened the note, nothing but shock remained in his heart.
This note even said that the sixth prince and the fifth prince had secretly formed an alliance, if he didn't believe it, he could quietly follow the sixth prince and his wife to Tianyi Palace to find out.
This is simply ridiculous!
At first the men didn't believe it either. The sixth brother is the same mother brother of the eldest brother and the second brother, how could he turn to form an alliance with the half-brother fifth brother? Besides, isn't the fifth brother an ally with the third brother? They forced the palace before Wasn't the failure precisely because of the sabotage of the second and sixth brothers?... Shouldn't the fifth and sixth brothers be at odds
Although doubts abounded in his heart, the man thought it over and thought that it would be okay to come to Tianyi Palace to have a look. It was inevitable that he fell into the trap of other princes, so the man secretly ordered dozens of guards to dress lightly and dress up as believers to pay homage.
I thought that I came here for nothing in all likelihood, but...
I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! What the note said was true!
So, could it be that Brother Sanhuang and Brother Wuhuang failed because Brother Wuhuang secretly betrayed Brother Sanhuang
The more the man thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the question that had been lingering in his mind for two days came to mind again:
Who the hell sent him that note!
Suddenly, his face froze, and he felt a sharp knife pressed against his back... Oops, he was still tricked!
An unfamiliar voice came from behind, revealing his identity in a slightly blunt Baiyue language: "Your Highness, Fourth Prince, don't be nervous, I won't hurt you... By the way, don't count on your There are a few guards, and they are all under the control of our people."
How is it possible?! The fourth prince Nuhar's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked around stiffly for half a circle. The places where his hands should have been hidden were quiet, and there was no movement. The fourth prince's heart suddenly fell to the bottom.
"Your Highness, Fourth Prince, please believe me," the person behind him said again with a smile, "If I want to hurt you, I can just come up with a knife just now, why bother to talk so much nonsense with you! My master wants to see His Highness, so tell me Your Highness just said a few words."
Nuhar collected himself, and said in a rough voice: "If that's all, why did you put the knife on me!"
The other party laughed sarcastically: "If I don't point the knife at His Highness, would His Highness be willing to come with me?"
Under the coercion of the other party, Nuhar had to follow him into the corner room. In the room with the windows closed, the light was dim and unclear. There were two people in the room. One was standing like a guard, and the other was sitting. So, it should be the "master".
It was a handsome young man, even a simple green robe could not hide his brilliance. He seemed to be smiling, and his demeanor was a little careless. If the fourth prince saw it on weekdays, he would only think it was some dandy pretending to be a commoner.
The young man frowned and pretended to complain: "Xiao Mo, you are too rude to His Highness."
Mo Xiuyu, who was behind Nuhar, responded cooperatively: "Your Highness the Fourth Prince is being rude." He took a step back as he spoke.
Nuhal suddenly felt that the sharp knife aimed at his lower back was withdrawn, and he couldn't help but look back, only to see that the person holding him was also a young man, dressed in gray, and definitely not more than twenty years old.
"Your Highness Fourth Prince, please sit down!" The young man stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation, asking Nuhar to sit down opposite him.
Nuhar looked at him vigilantly, hesitated for a moment, and sat down on the round stool pointed by the young man.
The young man politely poured him a cup of tea, "His Royal Highness, please use tea!"
How dare Nuhar drink this unknown tea, and he can only talk about him: "Who are you? What kind of hero is a man who hides his head and shows his tail!"
Although he used the aggressive method, he never thought that the other party would easily report out of the house, but he did not expect that the young man on the opposite side hooked his lips with a half-smile, and actually said: "Your Highness, Fourth Prince, I am Xiao Yi! "
Xiao Yi!
Dayu's Zhennan prince's son Xiao Yi?!
This name is known to everyone in Baiyue!
Nuhar stood up in disbelief, but was forced back to his seat by Mo Xiuyu.
"You..." Nuhar frowned, "What evidence do you have to prove that you are the heir of Dayu's Zhennan Prince?"
Xiao Yi took out the golden token symbolizing his son's status, and waved it in front of the other party. In fact, how did Nuhar know Dayu's token, that is, he pretended to glance at it.
Xiao Yi also knew it well, and said again: "Your Highness Fourth Prince, in Ruijiang City, who would be so stupid as to pretend to be Xiao Yi?"
This sentence is true, Xiao Yi, the heir of Dayu's Zhennan Prince, has now replaced the deceased old Zhennan King as Baiyue's great enemy, there is no benefit in impersonating Xiao Yi!
"You, how courageous!... Do you know that if I shout out, you will die without a place to die!" Nuhar stared at Xiao Yi, and his heart became more and more suspicious: What happened to the son of Zhennan Prince of Dayu? Will it appear in Baiyue? Could it be that there is some conspiracy in it
Xiao Yi looked at Nuhar with a smile: "I believe that His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is a smart person, and he should not do such a stupid thing!... Besides, in my opinion, the life of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is comparable to that of a mere Dayu Zhennan." Prince Wang wants 'Jingui' a lot." He meaningfully increased the volume on "Jingui".
Jingui?! I'm just an unappreciated prince, so what's so precious? The other party obviously meant something. Nuhar's heart was even more confused, thinking of the note tied to the cold arrow, thinking of the fifth and sixth brothers, and remembering that the person he brought just now was subdued without a sound... He vaguely guessed something, and then Immediately vetoed, how is it possible? This is too absurd!
He swallowed someone, and said: "What do you mean?"
However, Xiao Yi changed the subject and said bluntly: "Don't tell me His Highness the Fourth Prince doesn't want to be the King of Baiyue? Could it be that His Highness is willing to be mediocre, willing to be underfoot forever by His Highness' brothers?"
He is naturally not reconciled! Nuhar already had the answer in his heart, but he still said: "Who will inherit the throne of my Baiyue has anything to do with you, the son of the Zhennan Prince of Dayu? You are the son of our Baiyue." Great enemy!"
"Your Highness, this is wrong." Xiao Yi took a sip of tea casually, "Which one of you Baiyue ascends to the throne has nothing to do with my Emperor of Dayu, but it has a lot to do with my Zhennan Palace. Relationship!"
Nuhar didn't speak, he knew what Xiao Yi said was right, the southern border of Dayu was adjacent to Baiyue, if Dayu wanted to capture Baiyue, he had to go through the southern border, and the same was true for Baiyue who wanted to capture Dayu. The centuries-old feud between Nanjiang and Baiyue also started from this reason.
Xiao Yi was not in a hurry, and continued: "Now your several imperial brothers and imperial brothers have formed an alliance, only your four princes are excluded, and your highness has no military power, two has no prestige, and the third has no holy favor. Can you ascend the throne by yourself?"
While Xiao Yi was speaking, a mockery flashed in Mo Xiuyu's eyes behind him. It is true that the world is as black as crows, whether it is the Dayu royal family or the Baiyue royal family, once the supreme position is involved, there is no need to talk about affection between the brothers.
On that day, near the city gate, after they tempted the sixth prince with a note, they got an unexpected harvest. But in secret, the sixth prince and concubine quietly changed clothes with the maid and went to the fifth prince's mansion... After careful investigation, they discovered that the sixth prince and his wife often went to the Mazu Temple not simply to offer incense. There is another universe!
Therefore, Xiao Yi made a decisive move to "invite" the fourth prince Nuhar, intending to use this to break through his defenses.
In the wing room, it was quiet, and Nuhar remained silent. It's one thing for them to fight within Baiyue, but to cooperate with Dayu's Prince Zhennan...
Xiao Yi sighed suddenly, "It seems that I misjudged the person. It turns out that His Highness is such a weak and incompetent person. If so, I have to find some of His Highness' brothers to cooperate..." Xiao Yi was smiling The peach blossom eyes became cold, and a murderous spirit was released in an instant, like a lazy leopard suddenly waking up!
"Wait a minute!" Nuhar's heart trembled, and he blurted out nervously, "This matter is of great importance, please allow me to think carefully..."
He really didn't expect that Dayu's Prince Zhennan had such a temperament. Shouldn't he talk about it carefully and slowly if he wanted to form an alliance? How could he not respond to a word, so he said in person that he should find someone else!
Nuhar knows very well that among the several adult princes today, he is the weakest one, not only that the other princes have formed alliances with each other, but also their mother clan and wife clan are also very powerful, unlike himself, he His mother was just a maid in the Queen's Palace of Baiyue, her status was low, and she died because of dystocia after giving birth to him, so she was only a maid until she died.
No one in this palace takes him seriously, even though he has fought with the eldest prince Kui Lang and made some military exploits, but behind his back Kui Lang still contemptuously called him the son of a lowly maidservant. From that moment on, Nuhar vowed that if he had the opportunity, he would find a way to climb up.
It's a pity that Kui Lang's status in Baiyue is stable, and there are two princes from his mother to help him. Originally, Nuhal almost thought that he would never have a chance in his life, but he didn't expect Kui Lang to be captured by Dayu!
His chance has finally come!
Of course Nuhar doesn't want Kui Lang to come back, the other princes are fledgling, as long as Kui Lang doesn't come back, he has a chance!
But once Xiao Yi helps any other prince, he really has no hope!
More than any other prince, he wants to stand on the highest place, trample all his brothers on the soles of their feet, and see if they dare to say that Nuhar is the son of a lowly maidservant!
He wants them to crawl at his feet and wag their tails at him!
Even if it is because of this, he has to take a huge risk to seek skin from Xiao Yi, a tiger!
Nuhar took a deep breath, looked at Xiao Yi, gritted his teeth and asked, "Can you really help me win the throne?"
Xiao Yi played casually with the pottery teacup in his hand, but he answered irrelevant questions: "Your Highness, Fourth Prince, I have already expressed my sincerity. Since Your Highness wants to cooperate with me, now is the time to express Your Highness's sincerity!"
As he spoke, he put the pottery teacup in his hand on the table.
Nuhar was still confused, and the next moment, his arms were cut back behind him, and his face hit the table heavily. He wanted to yell, but his chin was pinched, and the guard who was standing behind Xiao Yi forcefully stuffed a brown pill into Nuhal's mouth, and then lifted his chin , with a grunt, the smelly pill slid down...
Afterwards, Nuhar felt his body loosen again and regained his freedom, but the pill had already been swallowed into his stomach. He looked at Xiao Yi with a pale face, sweating profusely, "You... what did you eat for me?!"
"Of course it's poison." Xiao Yi said with a smile, and kindly comforted the other party, "Don't be nervous, the effect of the medicine doesn't happen so quickly... I just want a little protection." He said plausibly, "Your Highness, Fourth Prince, you Think about it, my dignified Zhennan Prince ran to Baiyue, didn't that mean a rabbit entered the tiger's den? If His Highness suddenly changed his mind and wanted to get rid of me or kill me, then I would be weak, It’s just that I can only wait to be caught! Your Highness, please rest assured, once I leave Baiyue safely in the future, I will definitely send you the antidote.”
This shameless person actually has the nerve to say that he is a rabbit, and a poisonous snake is more or less the same! Nuhal heard the veins on his forehead, and really wanted to tear Xiao Yi to pieces. But now he has taken the poison to be controlled by others, and in order to win the throne, he has to cooperate with Xiao Yi, so he can only bear it for the time being, but a flash of unwillingness flashed in his brown eyes.
"Your Highness Fourth Prince, don't stand still! Sit down and talk!" Xiao Yi greeted enthusiastically, as if everything just now was just an illusion.
Nuhar took a deep breath, sat back again, and pretended to be calm and asked: "Xiao Shizi, what do you want me to do?" Since Xiao Yi planned this series of things, he must have a plan in mind.
There was a sly smile on the corner of Xiao Yi's mouth, his beautiful face was as bright as the sun, but Nuhar shivered when he saw him, and when he listened to him slowly speaking, he was inexplicably grateful, fortunately, he was not for the time being. his enemy...
After a cup of tea, Mo Xiuyu personally sent Nuhar away.
Sitting in the room, Xiao Yi suddenly asked the guard beside him: "Younger, today is November 27th, right?"
Although Xiao Yu didn't understand why Xiao Yi asked this question, he still replied intuitively: "Yes."
"It's this season, it should be snowing in the capital too." Xiao Yi sighed in a low voice, thinking depressingly: It seems that this year he will not be able to rush back to the capital to have a bowl of Laba porridge with the stinky girl.
Xiao Yi just remarked casually, but he didn't know that it was really snowing in the capital this day as he said...
When it was snowing, Nangong Yue was pulling Xiao Fei to look at the account book together in the small study... The room was silent, until Xiao Fei's voice suddenly sounded: "Sister-in-law!"
Nangong Yue raised her head blankly, Xiao Fei pointed to the clepsydra used for timekeeping and said solemnly: "It's been half an hour." Her implication was that it was time to take a rest.
Nangong Yue was a little funny, but also heart-warming, remembering Xiao Fei's plausible education to herself before: You must take a break after reading for half an hour, otherwise you will damage your eyes, and then you won't be able to read from now on!
She obediently put down the account book, got up and sat on the armchair beside Xiao Fei.
Lily, who was serving at the side, secretly credited the eldest girl in her heart. After being with her for a while, Lily felt that this young lady Xiao was indeed very interesting. As it is, Xiao Fei is alone in her Xiayuanyuan, her daily time is planned very accurately, how much time is spent on reading, how much time is spent on writing, drawing, playing chess, playing the piano... Seeing Lily, I really don’t know what to do. It's better to be amazed, or to admire.
While thinking, Lily served hot tea for the two masters, but saw Xiao Fei staring at the sky outside the window with a strange expression.
Nangong Yue also noticed, and asked: "Sister Fei, but there is..." What's wrong
Before she finished speaking, Xiao Fei blinked her eyes and interrupted Nangong Yue in disbelief: "It's snowing!" As she spoke, she looked at Nangong Yue excitedly, her cold eyes shining brightly, On weekdays, some rigid voices are also a lot smarter. "Sister-in-law, it's snowing outside!"
Nangong Yue and Bai He intuitively glanced at the sky outside, and sure enough, catkin-like snowflakes were falling sparsely in the slightly gloomy sky...
It's a warm winter this year, and it's almost December before the first snow falls.
With snow, the winter feeling is obviously stronger.
Then, the master and servant looked at each other again, thinking: Isn't it just snowing
Xiao Fei didn't know what they were thinking, and said excitedly: "Sister-in-law, this is the second time I've seen snow in my life!... The last time it snowed in southern Xinjiang was seven years ago."
Nangong Yue and Baihe were stunned for a moment before they came to their senses. Yes, Southern Xinjiang is the southernmost part of Dayu. It is different from the capitals in the north. For them, it is not surprising that there will be several snowfalls every winter. But for Xiao Fei, snow is a rare thing. .
Xiao Fei continued: "However, the snow only fell for less than half a day that time, and the snow didn't even accumulate much."
While talking, as the cold wind outside blows more and more fiercely, the snow falls more and more densely, and the feather-like snowflakes are swirling one after another, like weaving white nets.
Nangong Yue said to Xiao Fei with a smile: "Sister Fei, looking at the snow, it probably won't take you half a day before you can see what 'wrapped in silver' is."
Xiao Fei's eyes became brighter, "Sister-in-law, when I read "Looking at the Snow in the Heart of the Lake" before, it said: 'The rime is foggy, the sky and the clouds, the mountains, and the water are white up and down', and I have been imagining that What is the situation... "
Seeing Xiao Fei chatting expectantly, Nangong Yue couldn't help thinking of Xiao Yi: After A Yi arrived in the capital, when he saw the first snow in the capital, was he as excited as a child
Thinking about it, the corners of Nangong Yue's mouth curled up slightly, her eyes were as bright as cold stars, full of warmth.
Xiao Fei looked at Nangong Yue thoughtfully, thinking: Is my sister-in-law thinking of her elder brother again? Only when talking about her elder brother, will her sister-in-law have such an expression.
Xiao Fei suddenly said: "I still remember that when it snowed in Nanjiang that year, the eldest brother took many guards from the palace to go out to sweep the snow..." She said this, and immediately attracted Nangong Yue's attention, and signaled her with his eyes go on.
The sister-in-law really likes the eldest brother... Xiao Fei continued to say while thinking: "I was still surprised at the time that there was no snow on the road, so there was no need to sweep it. It was only later that the elder brother took them to sweep it. They cleared the remaining snow on the trees and roofs, gathered the snow and built a snow lion exactly like the stone lion at the gate of the palace, and attracted more than half of Luoyue City's people to watch."
Nangong Yue was full of smiles when she heard it, this is really something A Yi would do.
Xiao Fei didn't say anything further. The result of the matter was that the father was furious, saying that the gate of the palace was not a market, so he scolded the eldest brother severely, and poured a bucket of hot water on the snow lion. Thinking back then, although the concubine mother helped to persuade the father, what she said was that the elder brother was young and ignorant, so he was a bit naughty...
Xiao Fei's eyes darkened, and her hands clenched into fists unconsciously.
Seeing that Xiao Fei's expression was wrong, Nangong Yue was about to ask, but Baihui walked into the room with a solemn expression.
"Shizifei." At this time, Baihui approached, she glanced at Xiao Fei, and reported implicitly, "Butler Zhu has something to ask you."
Nangong Yue nodded slightly, said something to Xiao Fei, then got up and went to the study in the outer courtyard.
Taking Zhu Xing into the study, Nangong Yue asked straight to the point: "How is the situation?"
"Everything is going smoothly." Zhu Xing said with a more relaxed expression than the previous few days, "Now the court is in chaos, and all civil and military officials are in danger... Marquis An Yi is really good at predicting things!"
There was a hint of joy in Zhu Xing's rough eyebrows and eyes. He had always heard how An Yihou was strategizing and resourceful. He made great military exploits before he was weak. "Secret as gods and ghosts, swift as wind and thunder. Advance cannot be controlled, retreat cannot be pursued. Day cannot be attacked, night cannot be attacked. Many cannot be defeated, and few cannot be deceived." In the past, he always thought it was exaggerated, but now he just knows what it means to be more intelligent than a demon.
He was clearly in prison, but he was able to predict the future and arrange everything properly.
With the help of this person, the son of the world will be even more powerful in the future!
Nangong Yue let out a sigh of relief, her heart that had been hanging for a few days relaxed a little, she nodded slightly to Zhu Xing and said, "Your Majesty is not here, thank you for your hard work."
Zhu Xing quickly waved his hands and said, "This is what subordinates should do."
Nangong Yue smiled and said nothing more.
Half of the chaotic situation in the court these days was actually caused by Guan Yubai's arrangements.
Xiao Yi has also made some arrangements in the court in recent years, and what they have done is to arrange for people to be impeached wantonly, disrupt the situation, and create opportunities for Guan Yubai... They were all impeached once, and with the emperor's suspicion, he must be suspicious.
Nangong Yue lowered her eyes slightly, and said in her heart: Now I only hope that everything goes well with Ah Yi...
At this time, Zhu Xing said: "The third prince seems to have started to move."
Nangong Yue smiled, and said meaningfully: "I'm still worried that he has been holding it for a while this time..."
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It's the 15th, so let's have a small event as a routine.
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