The real big guys are those with connections in the eyes of the system!

The winter hunt was over, and in the end the eldest prince obtained the most prey, and was given the one hundred taels of gold and the "Li Yue Bow" used by the first emperor.

Without the Seventh Prince, a strong competitor, the eldest prince became famous again in an instant and was very proud of himself.

He thought that he had a smooth road ahead, but he did not expect that the Eighth Prince, whom he had never taken seriously, took advantage of the illusion that he was close to the Seventh Prince in the past and successfully took over part of the Seventh Prince's power after the Seventh Prince was driven to the imperial mausoleum.

Because of the Seventh Prince's incident, the Eighth Prince also tasted the sweetness of drugging people, so he set his sights on the Emperor...

The wandering Taoist priest Qinghe came to the capital.

After observing the celestial phenomena, he said that the current emperor was a wise monarch rarely seen in thousands of years. He followed the will of heaven and brought the emperor a magic pill that could make people healthy and prolong their lifespan.

The emperor had no idea of ​​his own stupidity, and he looked like he agreed when people praised his wisdom.

He was arrogant and thought that as the Son of Heaven he should be unconditionally respected and supported by others. Therefore, he did not doubt Master Qinghe's words at all. He did not even ask anyone to test the pill and happily stuffed it into his mouth.

He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but the emperor felt that after taking the elixir, his spirits were indeed better than usual.

He even became more energetic at night, and stayed overnight in Concubine Wang's palace... No, after Yiqing left the palace, she had climbed to the position of Imperial Concubine with her own efforts. Now it should be said that the emperor stayed overnight in Concubine Wang's palace.

"This elixir is really effective! Master Qinghe has made great contributions by offering the elixir. Here's a reward!"

When the news reached Yiqing's ears, she was completely speechless, "He is so happy to eat something that is killing him. It seems that this dog emperor is really tired of living."

Since ancient times, there have been many emperors who took elixirs in order to achieve immortality.

They thought those pills could prolong life, but they didn't know that they contained a lot of heavy metals, and excessive consumption would lead to heavy metal poisoning.

Simply put, the more you eat, the faster you die.

[What are you thinking about?] Jiujiu looked at Yiqing who was lost in thought, and her tone suddenly became complicated, [Are you thinking of reminding the emperor to win his favor and let him pass the throne to you?]

Isn’t this unreliable?

It is not worth mentioning whether this foolish monarch will appreciate it. Even if he really has a good impression of the host because of this incident, according to the inherent thinking of this group of people that men are superior to women, it is impossible for them to take the initiative to pass the throne to a woman.

If the host takes the initiative to bring it up, not only might he fail to achieve his goal, but he might also alert others.

Jiujiu opened his mouth to remind him, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remained silent.

Why remind her?

I have always hoped that she would fail in her mission, so this time I can just watch her perform.

[This method is unreliable.] Jiujiu wanted to slap himself in the face after saying this.

Didn’t you say you don’t care about it? Why can’t you control your mouth?

Forget it, forget it this time. Next time I see her doing something stupid, I will never remind her again!

Yiqing was helpless, "I didn't think so."

Jiujiu was silent for a while, [So what were you thinking about just now? ]

"Master Qinghe suddenly appeared. There must be someone behind this who is fanning the flames. It must be another prince who wants to seize the throne." Yiqing stared in deep thought, "I wonder who did it?"

[The eldest prince?] Jiujiu thinks this is the most likely possibility.

He is now in the limelight. Even if he has not been named the crown prince, he is the most likely to ascend the throne if something happens to the emperor.

It is reasonable for him to feel impatient now and want to kill the emperor.

It had encountered this situation before when it was working on a mission with its previous, previous, host.

"It shouldn't be him." Yi Qing twirled her fingertips. "The eldest prince is impatient. If he really wants to take action, he won't have the patience to plan."

Pills are actually chronic poisons.

The heavy metal content in each pill is not high and will not cause immediate death, but long-term use will gradually deplete a person's energy.

Of course, when the other party set up this scheme, they might have intended to pin the blame on the eldest prince once the truth was revealed.

After all, the first person Jiujiu suspected when she heard about this was the eldest prince, and I think the same is true for others.

"Forget it, these are not important." Yiqing waved his hand, not intending to delve into it further.

Anyway, her goal is not to defeat these brothers one by one.

"Zhuangyang Kingdom and Qilian Kingdom are also coming." Yi Qing calculated the time, his eyes slightly heavy, "According to Lu Xi's memory, the third and fourth marriages will also come together."

The unlucky ones this time were the third and fourth princesses.

Although the third princess was not a good person, Yiqing hated the marriage more than hating such a person.

The first two times, she had just arrived here and had a weak foundation, unable to shake the emperor's absolute power, so she did not stop the marriage.

But it's different now.

She has already won over many court officials and, through certain efforts, earned the favor of many people. If she were given military power, it might not be impossible for her to seize the throne.

She did not use this matter to embarrass Xie Feichi. Instead, she picked a day when the academy was in session and personally visited the general's residence while Xie Feichi was away.

At first, General Xie thought she came for her marriage, and he smiled and vowed that the General's Mansion would make complete preparations for this matter and would not let her down in any way.

It was not until Yiqing suggested going to the study to talk with him alone that General Xie vaguely realized something and the smile on his face faded a little.

He pondered for a moment, and finally agreed to go to the study to talk in detail.

No one in the mansion knew what the two talked about. All they knew was that when Yiqing came out of the study, the smile on General Xie's face had completely disappeared.

He looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "I need to think carefully about what the princess said."

"That's fine." Yiqing didn't mean to urge him. She had a polite smile on her face and spoke in a steady tone, as if she was certain that things would develop as she expected. "Then I will return home first and wait for good news from the general."

General Xie watched her go away, then immediately gave instructions to the servant beside him.

"Go and invite the young master back from the academy, and tell him that I have something important to discuss with him."

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"What kind of trouble did you run into that made you call me back?" As soon as Xie Feichi came back, he crossed his legs and sat down. "If you really have something to do, it's useless to look for me. I can't help anyway."

Seeing that he was careless and heartless, General Xie pressed his eyebrows and said, "You are quite self-aware."

Xie Feichi sneered, "You didn't ask me to come back just to insult me, did you? If you have something to say, just say it. If not, I'll go back to the academy and continue reading."

General Xie was pleased that his son had changed his usual idle attitude and suddenly became interested in studying.

But when he thought about what caused this change, and then thought about what the Sixth Princess said in the study today, he couldn't help but sigh.