The Blood Crown

On an auspicious day, Yan Sikong went to accept the dowry.

He personally led the people in the palace, went to the palace with a decent dowry, and sent it outside the Meridian Gate.

On the second day after accepting the color, according to the old ritual, Emperor Zhaowu should bring the empress, concubine Xian and other relatives and several important officials to hold a banquet in the Hall of Zhonghe to entertain Yan Sikong's relatives, but Yan Sikong had no relatives and no reason, even the only one The teacher had also passed away, so Emperor Zhaowu changed the banquet into a family banquet and only entertained Yan Sikong.

This was the first time Yan Sikong met Feng Jianping's younger sister, his mother-in-law - Concubine Xian.Concubine Xian was born noble, not only handsome and beautiful, but also full of talent, no wonder she was loved by Emperor Zhaowu in the past, but the Feng family was detained for treason, and Emperor Zhaowu didn't kill her because she had served for many years and had a princess For her sake, she is doomed to be miserable in the days to come.

Concubine Xian's complexion is extremely bad, even the best rouge can't cover her paleness and tiredness, she is also very indifferent to Yan Sikong, the only daughter is about to get married, but the whole person is out of her mind, Yan Sikong sees it in her eyes, and sighs silently in her heart .

Emperor Zhaowu did not hesitate to praise Yan Sikong during the banquet, but like Xie Zhongren, his words were stinging, and Yu Ji sang and beat him up, obviously still worried that he was Yan Zilian's disciple.

What a delicate heart Yan Sikong is, he wanted to please others, even Shen Hexuan, who was notoriously indifferent to oil and salt, made friends with him, coaxing an emperor who was greedy for pleasure, it was like picking something out of a bag, so a family banquet was more or less cancelled. Emperor Zhaowu became more and more satisfied with the suspicion of this forehead.

When leaving the palace, Yan Sikong and Zhu Lanting passed each other, and they looked at each other meaningfully. Zhu Lanting's sharp eyes were full of inquiry, but in the end Yan Sikong nodded slightly and strode forward. leave.

After the conversation at Xie Zhongren's birthday banquet that day, Zhu Lanting did not move. important.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the eve of the wedding.

The day before the departure, the internal inspector sent Princess Wanyang's dowry to Yan's mansion in a mighty manner. Yan Sikong led the whole mansion to kneel down to welcome her. princess.

After Yan Sikong received the dowry, he still had to check the guest list and banquet, and check the return gifts after sunrise and sunset tomorrow. He was busy until nightfall, before he was able to get rid of the crowd and return to his bedroom.

She Zhun had sneaked in for a long time, and when she saw him, she jokingly said, "I'm too busy, my lord."

Yan Sikong sat down in the chair, pressed the sore brows: "Are you ready?"

"Well, everything will go according to plan tomorrow."

Yan Sikong said in a deep voice: "If there is an accident, shoot and kill."

She Zhun smelled something sensitively: "You seem to be worried about something."

Yan Sikong mocked: "Tomorrow is my wedding day, and we are going to Jietian, the most guarded prison, what do you think I am worried about?"

"No, there's something wrong with your tone just now." She Zhun looked at him without blinking, "There must be something wrong."

"She Zhun, when did you know me so well?" Yan Sikong smiled bitterly.

"You and I have known each other for nearly twenty years, and I have seen countless faces of you. I know you well, so what's so special." She Zhun paused, and continued, "I'm afraid I'm the person who knows you best in the world."

Yan Sikong sighed, and told She Zhun about Zhu Lanting.

She Zhun's expression was solemn: "I've heard about this person's name. Although he is an official, he has a bold temperament, likes to make friends with people from all walks of life, and his martial arts are extremely strong. I didn't expect to be discovered by him..."

"This person is very light-hearted. He followed me at least two or three times, but I didn't notice it once. I was really careless."

"But he said, wasn't he the man in black that night?"

Yan Sikong nodded: "I asked tentatively, since he has already shown his cards to me, there is really no need to hide this matter, it seems that he really doesn't know, who is that mysterious man in black..."

"I have sent people to investigate for many days, but found nothing. It should be said that I have no clue at all. If he is from Xie Zhongren, you would be dead by now, but if it is not from Xie Zhongren, who would it be?"

Yan Sikong waved his hand: "Forget it, I don't have time to deal with him now. Zhu Lanting didn't make an attack, but planned to wait and see. Now that the eunuchs are taking power, Zhu's family is being squeezed out more and more as foreign relatives. He is also very depressed. In the case of Concubine Hui, he was implicated and demoted, and he is very resentful towards Xie Zhongren, as long as we don't endanger the safety of the royal family, he should not take any action for the time being."

"I'm not very worried about him, but I have to be more careful. I'm afraid I'll meet the guards tomorrow. Moreover, after the incident, Zhu Lanting will definitely guess that we did it."

"Guess if you guess it." Yan Sikong narrowed his eyes, "Nowadays, I don't care about that much anymore."

She Zhun was silent for a while, then threw the teacup he was playing with in his hand, and Yan Sikong caught it.

Just as She Zhun was about to speak, Yan Sikong stopped him: "You don't need to persuade me anymore, I won't leave, everything will be done according to plan tomorrow."

"I can go and kill Xie Zhongren." She Zhun said in a low voice, "I also have a sworn feud with that eunuch, you don't have to bear it all by yourself."

"I'm not alone." Yan Sikong forced a smile, "There are you and thousands of innocent people persecuted by him, but there must be someone to disintegrate his power and cut off his wings, otherwise, even if you He can get past many guards to take his life, and if one Xie Zhongren dies, the next treacherous minister will come up to him."

"Do you think highly of yourself?" She Zhun said coldly, "Even the chief minister of the cabinet and the meritorious general were defeated by him. You stay to fight against him, but you are nothing but a car."

"I neither think highly of nor look down on, I just walk the way I want to go." Yan Sikong stood up, looked at the bright moon outside the window, and said lightly, "It doesn't matter if the mantis is a car, I have nothing to lose .”

"Even if I never see Feng Ye again?"

Yan Sikong's heart ached, his body trembled slightly, and he murmured: "Even... never see Feng Ye again."