The king was wrong

"Heh, I challenge your bottom line?"

Wei Yanxi looked at Wei Chengtian sarcastically, as if she had just heard a big joke, "Brother Emperor, tell me with your conscience, who exactly is challenging the opponent's bottom line again and again!"

One of these two people is a born emperor with a natural majesty, and the other is a wise and mighty God of War on the battlefield, surrounded by hostility, at this moment swords are on the verge of breaking out, and they are fighting secretly, but neither side is willing to give in.

Qi Yao stood beside him quietly, with a nervous expression on his face, but he didn't make a sound.

He knew very well in his heart that Wei Yanxi was not the kind of person who could let others ride on his head and challenge his bottom line without saying a word.It is good that Wei Chengtian is his imperial brother and the only blood relative he has left in this world, but it is because of this that he is even more annoyed, angry that Wei Chengtian betrayed his trust and betrayed his trust in vain.

This is an inevitable struggle between Wei Chengtian and Wei Yanxi. Now that the matter has evolved to this point, Qi Yaoqing sighed softly and lowered his eyes, it is no longer a situation that he can control.

As if aware of the uneasiness of her princess, Wei Yanxi tightened the hand holding Qi Yaoqing, and patted him lightly, signaling him to rest assured.

The two remained in a stalemate for an unknown amount of time. Wei Yanxi stood there motionless, but Wei Chengtian couldn't bear it first. Panasonic leaned on the back of the chair, rubbed between his brows tiredly, raised his eyes and said : "Okay, Yanxi, don't be so impulsive anymore, it was the negligence of the emperor's brother who failed to inform you in advance, and the emperor is here to apologize to you, how about it?"

As an emperor, he is the most supreme monarch in the entire Lan Dynasty, and he would never speak to people in this tone on weekdays.It's just because the target this time is Wei Yanxi, Yu Si is his only biological younger brother, and Yu Gong is the famous "God of War" in the Lan Dynasty, who is the strongest barrier in the frontier. Turn against each other.

But he has the heart to solicit softness, Wei Yanxi does not.

"Brother Huang was joking." On the opposite side, Wei Yanxi twitched the corners of her lips, but still looked at Wei Chengtian with cold eyes, "Brother Huang can save the life of my princess, this king is already very grateful. As for the advance notice ...Heh, Brother Huang, you know that this is impossible, so why are you saying such things at this moment. "

He is just as beautiful as he said on the face, and he informed in advance?If he was notified in advance, would he still have a chance to put Yaoqing in prison when he was not prepared?For the first time, Wei Yanxi felt that this elder brother who had been relying on admiration in the past had really changed too much in these years, drifting away from him, and could no longer open up and treat each other sincerely.

"Wei Yanxi!" Hearing Wei Yanxi's half-provocative, half-joking words, Wei Chengtian tightly clenched the memorial in his hand, stared at Wei Yanxi fiercely and said: "I think it's because you are my own brother. Come on, tolerate it again and again, but you are too presumptuous!"

How can the emperor's dignity allow others to provoke him again and again?Even if Wei Chengtian was at fault for this matter, as a subject, Wei Yanxi has always been obedient to the holy orders, how could he have the right to speak to the emperor in such a tone?

Wei Chengtian only felt a surge of anger welling up in his chest, and his face became more and more gloomy.He could see that Wei Yanxi was willing to follow Lu Liao to Chongming Palace obediently today because she wanted to question her teacher.

Looking at Qi Yaoqing, who was embraced by Wei Yanxi, Wei Chengtian only felt that the anger in his chest was even worse.Another remnant of the Qi family, he endured Qi Songjin and the Qi family for so long, and now he finally ended her, but before he could catch his breath, his good brother was touched by the Qi family again, and for the sake of the Qi family How can he not be angry if he doesn't hesitate to turn against himself?

Wei Chengtian suddenly regretted it. He regretted that he promised Qi Songjin to marry Qi Yaoqing into Prince Yong's Mansion. He originally hoped to use Wei Yanxi to restrain Sheng Guogong's mansion so that his own manpower could move easily, but in the end, the Qi family restrained him again.

"The centipede, dead but not stiff, the Qi family...is really powerful, I underestimated it."

Wei Chengtian suddenly suppressed all his emotions, took a sip from his teacup, and looked at Qi Yaoqing with a half-smile, "Your parents and brothers are now in prison, and you will be exiled to the frontier soon, and you will never be allowed to set foot in the capital again. did you know?"

Qi Yaoqing raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly: "I know."

"Then you know that according to the laws of our dynasty, those who collaborate with the enemy and treason should be reduced to slavery and punish the nine clans. If I really follow the laws, all of your Qi family should be decapitated right now."

"I... also know."

"But I didn't do that." Wei Chengtian said lightly, playing with the rim of the cup with his fingers, "Qi Yaoqing, tell me why."

Qi Yaoqing froze for a moment, couldn't help frowning slightly, and opened his mouth hesitantly, but he didn't say anything.

Why?It’s not that he hasn’t thought about this issue. With Wei Chengtian’s hatred for the Qi family, it’s probably not an exaggeration to punish the entire Qi family by him. Their lives, why?

Qi Yaoqing raised his head hesitantly, and met Wei Chengtian's sharp eyes.His eyelashes trembled slightly, and he sighed softly.

"The emperor forgives the sin, I...don't know."

"Haha, I don't know?" Wei Chengtian didn't seem surprised by his answer, but nodded clearly, "Since you don't know, it's okay for me to tell you. The reason why I don't move them is because of you."

Speaking of this, Wei Chengtian suddenly put away his smile, stared straight at Qi Yaoqing, and said word by word: "Because, you."

Qi Yaoqing's heart skipped a beat, she subconsciously stretched out her hand to grab Wei Yanxi's clothes, and pursed her lips.

Could it be that Wei Chengtian was willing to spare the lives of the young and old of the Qi family because he was willing to help him hide Wei Yanxi from Wei Yanxi and die alone?That is to say, in his eyes, did he regard his own life as more important than the life of the entire Qi family?

Qi Yaoqing couldn't help laughing wryly, what kind of virtue and ability was he? Could it be that just because of the surname "Qi" and the identity of Concubine Yong, he would be suspected and feared by the emperor in every possible way, and he would even take his life at all costs before giving up?

This is really... helpless.

Wei Yanxi caught a glimpse of Qi Yaoqing grabbing the hem of his clothes from the corner of her eye, and her heart suddenly ached.He has no way of knowing how much Yaoqing has suffered in the past few months, but now even if he is back by his side, he still feels so insecure.

Wei Yanxi sighed softly, reached out to hold Qi Yaoqing's hand, squeezed his palm, and smiled at him when he looked up in surprise, as if saying to him: With me here, you can feel at ease.

"Brother Huang, you don't need to work hard on Yaoqing anymore. Whether the Qi family lives or dies, it's their own fault. The law of the country is in front, even if you want to cover it up, it's useless."

Turning around, Wei Yanxi squeezed Qi Yaoqing's hand, and answered Wei Chengtian's words for him.

"Although Yaoqing's surname is Qi, but what kind of person he is and how he has been treated in the Qi family for so many years, this king knows it well, and I believe the emperor brother knows it too. It’s hard to convince people.”

"The Empress Qi is dead, and the Qi family will never be able to stand up again. This king has nothing else to ask for, but to keep the princess, so that the blood and sweat of fighting the enemy on the battlefield for the past few months will not be in vain. gone."

What he said sounded plain, but Wei Chengtian narrowed his eyes slightly.Wei Yanxi is threatening herself?

"It's a serious crime for a general to leave the battlefield privately and return to the capital without any reason. What's more, you broke into the palace prison and rescued a repeat offender. Yanxi, if I want to punish you, you can't walk out of this palace door alive. What, what happened?" Do you still want to protect your concubine until now!"

Wei Chengtian raised his voice suddenly, and shot Wei Yanxi sternly.

Who would have thought that Wei Yanxi would not be moved at all, instead she raised her eyebrows and asked Wei Chengtian in a funny way: "Brother Emperor, do you want to punish me?"

Without waiting for Wei Chengtian to answer, he continued: "Of course the emperor can punish me, but...hehe, the emperor, half of the battle is over, if the commander-in-chief dies in the palace, I don't know what the consequences will be."

Hearing this, Wei Chengtian's hand holding the teacup tightened a little, and he didn't reply, but squinted his eyes and looked at Wei Yanxi, waiting for his next words.

"Before this king came, because he was worried that the commander-in-chief would be absent and the army would be leaderless, he specially handed over the general Hufu to his subordinates, and asked them to take the place of this king's general and command the battle. However, this king also gave them an order. If the king does not go back, he will immediately withdraw his army and return to the country, beware of fraudulent changes. Brother, I don’t know if the king is really in the capital palace, and when the news reaches the north, will January pass or not? Pass."

"You are good at calculating." Wei Chengtian's face became colder and colder.

"Brother Huang's praise." Wei Yanxi bowed with a smile, and continued: "The rewards of eating the emperor and the matter of loyalty to the emperor, since I am the commander of the Northern Army, I naturally have to figure it out step by step, lest I lose my brother High hopes."

Wei Chengtian snorted coldly, and didn't answer, but his mind was turning a thousand times, but he had already calculated everything thoroughly.

Wei Yanxi dared to say this at this moment, he must have full confidence, although judging from the news he got, he only brought 20 people back to the capital in order to hurry up, but the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northland were all killed at this moment. Holding it in his hands, if he left a reserve army behind in advance and besieged the imperial city at that time, I am afraid that before Beidi was repelled, there would be chaos inside Lanchao.

Wei Chengtian knew very well how high the status of Wei Yanxi, known as the "God of War", was in the hearts of the soldiers and civilians of the Lan Dynasty. If something happened to him in the palace, the army's morale in the North would be the first to be disturbed.

What's more, Wei Yanxi also left his cronies and subordinates to temporarily act as the commander-in-chief in the Northland, holding a large army in his hands and playing a pivotal role. If he heard that the prince had suffered crimes in Beijing, he turned his head in a moment of jealousy and swung his troops south to the capital. It really didn't end well.

Of course, even if they really turned against each other and came to commit crimes, it would not be completely helpless. After all, none of the troops guarding Shu and Lu were vegetarians.It's just that although I can transfer the Shu army and the Lu army to stop it, it is inevitable that my vitality will be severely injured. If Bei Di takes the opportunity to commit crimes at that time, then I will really lose my wife and lose my army.

Wei Chengtian, how could he not be angry, the younger brother he loved the most since he was a child is now threatening him with the power he gave him for an outsider, how can he feel better?

It's just about getting angry, but there is still a way to think about it. Although he has always wanted to take Qi Yaoqing's life and break Wei Yanxi's only weakness, this is by no means based on the cost of the entire Langchao country.

Wei Chengtian is an emperor, maybe there used to be a Concubine Shu who could control him, but now that Concubine Shu has passed away, his only weakness is Jiangshan.