The king was wrong

"Well, I know that, and then?"

He knew about this before he left Beijing, so he didn't feel any surprise after hearing what the old shopkeeper said, so he continued to ask without changing his face.

"Then..." The old shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "My lord, I'm afraid you don't know yet. I heard that just half a month ago, in the cold palace The abolished empress hanged herself in fear of crime!"

"Hang yourself?"

"That's right!" The old shopkeeper nodded seriously, "It stands to reason that the emperor didn't punish her, and the people from Yuan Guogong's mansion were just arrested, and I don't know what the empress thinks, maybe Unable to withstand the pressure, he hanged himself in the cold palace."

"Then...how does the emperor react?"

"This...we don't know." The old shopkeeper shook his head regretfully, "Our place is a bit out of the way, and it's far away from the capital. Any news is passed on by word of mouth, so we can't tell if it's true or not. Clear, let alone the details."

Speaking of this, the old shopkeeper seemed a little depressed, stroked his beard, but said again: "Oh, but, although the abolished queen hanged herself, the emperor doesn't seem to care much, on the contrary, it didn't take long for him to chase after another queen."

"General Zhenxi's sister, the late Concubine Shu, Ji Shuran?"

"Yes, yes, it's her!" The old shopkeeper kept nodding, and finally sighed a little strangely, "But the old man still can't figure it out, this Concubine Shu has been dead for so many years, and it's time to seal it up long ago." Sealed, what does the emperor have to wait until now..."

He complained a little later, but Wei Yanxi was in no mood to pay attention to what he said specifically.The development of the matter was indeed beyond his expectation. Although he knew that the emperor's brother hated Qi Songjin and the Qi family, he never thought that Qi Songjin would die so soon!

Hanging herself... Wei Yanxi frowned. Would she really choose to hang herself as a way to end it, as a cruel and merciless woman who would do anything for her ends?Was it really hanging himself or something else... Wei Yanxi sneered, it was a secret matter of the palace, and he could only rot in his stomach.

It's just that he didn't understand at the same time that although the queen was deposed and placed under house arrest in the palace, she was the former lord of the palace, even if she really hanged herself in fear of crime, it shouldn't have spread to the Northland at all.

There are so many secret reports from the palace that the queen hanged herself as a secret...Wei Yanxi couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, and he always felt that there must be some reason that he didn't know...

"Then do you know what happened to the people in the Duke's Mansion after the abolished queen hanged herself?" Wei Yanxi asked again.

What he is most worried about now is that if the queen dies, the emperor's brother will be completely lost, and the trees will fall and the monkeys will be scattered. He is afraid that the Qi family will be the first to be attacked.It doesn't matter if Qi Xiaosu and Zhao's are dead, I'm afraid Yaoqing will be involved...

"This... lord, please forgive me, I really don't know." The shopkeeper thought for a while, then shook his head in embarrassment, "Recently, the whole capital is busy chasing after Feng Duanshu, and no one knows what happened to the Qi family. However, there were rumors before that the emperor planned to exile the members of the Qi family to the frontier, so that they would never be allowed to set foot in the capital again. Tsk tsk, the Duke of the country and the abolished empress co-operated with the enemy and treasoned the country, and they were able to escape the death penalty. The emperor is really merciful. "

It is far away from Kyoto, and the news is not well-informed. It is already very good for the old shopkeeper to know these things.But even though the news was inaccurate, Wei Yanxi's heart sank more and more. After the abolition, he hanged himself. Everyone in the Duke's Mansion will be exiled soon. What about Yao Qing? Can his Yao Qing survive the adverse current in Kyoto?

Wei Yanxi suddenly regretted it, regretted listening to the persuasion of brother Huang and Yaoqing, leaving him alone in the capital, thinking that he could protect him even if he was far away in the frontier, but never thought that this might harm him instead.

"My lord, do you want your subordinates to send someone to the capital to investigate first?"

After returning to the room at night, Yingyi hesitated for a while, and finally asked Wei Yanxi tentatively.

"Inquire, what is there to inquire about?" Wei Yanxi simply cleaned his hands and face, and glanced at him lightly, "With our current speed, who else do you think can be faster? Is it possible to fly over?"

Ying Yi was choked up by him, so he could only nod embarrassingly.Indeed, their current speed is not much worse than that of the Wind Speed ​​Army, which is specially used to pass on information. At this speed, they will be able to reach Kyoto in a few days.

But Ying only knows one thing and doesn't know the other, speed is indeed a reason, but in fact, Wei Yanxi has another reason in his heart that he doesn't want to admit.

He was afraid that if he really sent someone to inquire, the news that would come back would break him down.He would rather continue such endless suffering and waiting, and beg God to return him a complete remoteness for the sake of defending the border for the country and fighting with his life several times in these years.

Here Wei Yanxi is rushing to the capital at the speed of the wind, but in the sky prison over there, there is a confrontation between the two.

"Ahem... I remember I told you very clearly, don't disturb the prince!"

Qi Yaoqing sat inside the cell door, looking coldly at Zhu Yaozi outside, there was no smile on his pale and thin face, his brows were furrowed, as if he was very annoyed.

"I know." Not to be outdone, Zhu Yaozi raised her chin slightly, and said without admitting defeat: "But you are his concubine, and now you are suffering in the prison, but he is ignoring you outside, Qi Yaoqing, Tell me about it, isn't that plausible!"

"I don't need you to judge whether it looks like it or not. I...cough, I know it naturally." Qi Yaoqing's voice was a little hoarse, and he covered his mouth and coughed a few times before continuing to refute.

"Ha." Seeing this, Zhu Yaozi smiled sarcastically, "Look at you, what you have become after marrying him! First, you are locked in the palace all day and you are not allowed to take a step, even when I go to see you, you have to sneak around. Then, he was poisoned by his concubines, and he almost died! After waiting for those concubines to die, they walked away, thinking that your life would be easier, but what about him? , leaving you alone to go to war, throwing you in the dungeon and ignoring you, waiting to die!"

Zhu Yaozi spoke mercilessly, and after finishing speaking, Qi Yaoqing coughed a little weaker, and sat quietly inside, silent for a long time without speaking.

"Yes, what you said is correct, but so what." After a while, Qi Yaoqing suddenly replied in a deep voice, raised his head with a wry smile, "So what!"

"Yes, since I became his princess, I really haven't had a good life. I was calculated, treated coldly, and even my body was made into this half-dead look, but so what, he thought in his heart I know this better than anyone else, I believe he doesn't want to do this either, but there is no other way, nothing else..."

"Yaozi, we grew up together, you know me best. Since I've identified him and given him my whole body and heart, I won't regret it."

"Even if you lose your life in the end, don't you regret it?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I understand." Zhu Yaozi laughed at himself and kept shaking his head, "You don't even want your life because of him, ha, Xiaoqing, how much good has he done to you, making you think of him so much .”

"There's no benefit." Qi Yaoqing lowered his eyes, and sighed softly, "Where is the benefit? Kidney, you don't understand, what he gave me was just a heart. Cough, just for his heart." heart, I am willing to trade my life for..."

Zhu Yaozi looked at his friend in the prison with hatred, his fair and thin face in the past was now pale and bloodless because he was locked in the prison all day without seeing the sun.

His body was already weak, and he was ruined by those damn poisons. The conditions in the prison were harsh, and there was no heater in the cold winter. Qi Yaoqing coughed badly when Zhu Yaozi came last time, and this time it was even worse. He had to cough after speaking two sentences, and sometimes he was interrupted by coughing before he even finished speaking, which made people feel distressed and angry.

Zhu Yaozi scolded Wei Yanxi thousands of times in his heart, he didn't think of a way to rescue Qi Yaoqing before, but the emperor was too resolute this time, even his father didn't dare to say anything, he had no choice but to be angry Jumping feet in the house.

Later, he really had no choice but to take the risk of writing to Wei Yanxi, hoping that he would come back in time to save Xiaoqing's life after reading the letter.It's a pity that the letters sent to the front line are strictly checked, especially the letters to the commander. In order to prevent the collusion between the enemy and the enemy, they have to be changed hands several times, and they have been checked countless times before they can be sent to Wei Yanxi.

Zhu Yaozi asked his father to think of a way to accommodate it, but he didn't dare to directly write about the predicament in Kyoto, so he could only think of a way like garlic juice to try to hide it. I don't know if Wei Yanxi received it, whether he could see it or not see what he means...

"Okay, I don't care what you say, anyway, I have already sent the letter. If Wei Yanxi is smarter, he should have seen it. Xiaoqing, don't blame me, the only thing you think about is him, but you have to know, When you and him are in front of me at the same time, I just want to see you safe."

At this moment, Zhu Yaozi no longer had the anger he had when he was arguing with Qi Yaoqing before, and sighed a little tiredly, speaking sincerely, and said to Qi Yaoqing.

And this sentence hit Qi Yaoqing's heart directly, he opened his mouth subconsciously, but couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

Yes, in his heart, maybe no one can replace Wei Yanxi, but in Zhu Yaozi's heart, it was Qi Yaoqing who accompanied him to catch bird eggs since he was a child, and it was Qi Yaoqing who accompanied him to run all over the street for Princess Zhaoyan to choose gifts After losing the bet, it will be Qi Yaoqing who will go up Yanqiu Mountain with him in an awkward scarlet dress...

No one can replace the position of this good friend who grew up with him.

Qi Yaoqing raised his eyes slowly, and saw Zhu Yaozi was looking at him, his lips were tightly pursed, his brows were furrowed, his big and energetic eyes were dimmed a lot, and a large dark circle under his eyes was clearly visible.

For his own safety, he should have suffered a lot.

"I'm sorry, waist." Qi Yaoqing sighed, hiding all the emotions in his eyes, and smiled at him gently as usual, "I made you worry."

Just this sentence made Zhu Yaozi's nose sore, and he almost shed tears.

He has done so much, suffered so much rejection, ran around like a lunatic all day long, begging for this and that, just to save Qi Yaoqing, he never expected Qi Yaoqing to repay him anything, now there is such a "sorry" ", a "let you worry" thank you is enough.

In this life, Zhu Yaozi has never regretted having Qi Yaoqing as a good friend.