Si Tian Guan

Liu Chongming first took out ice cubes from the collapsed grid, wrapped them in a handkerchief and threw them, then took two hangover medicines in his mouth and pressed them under his tongue.

Qu Chenzhou took it silently, and pressed the veil on his face.

There was still burning pain on the left side, and there was almost no strength left in this palm. When I pulled it back with the back of my hand, it seemed that I regained my sanity and became lighter.

He could sense that it was one thing for Liu Chongming to do a play for others to watch, and he was also angry because of the previous incident. The kiss just now completely angered Liu Chongming.

The two remained silent, and the carriage moved forward for a long time before Liu Chongming covered his eyes with his hands and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

It must still hurt.

Qu Chenzhou licked the corner of his mouth lightly, and asked, "Is your anger gone?"

It was okay if he didn't ask, but when he asked, the shameful scene seemed to happen again. Liu Chongming sat up, but saw five finger prints on Qu Chenzhou's face, he felt a tug in his heart, and turned away again. Face away, leaning against the wall of the car and not moving.

"King Ning and Liao Guangming, what can you see?"

Qu Chenzhou shook his head: "Prince Ning is not there yet. Liao Guangming is too vigilant. I didn't have time to watch him for too long, but his ups and downs are closely related to Ren Rui. We must make Ren Rui's ideas carefully."

Liu Chongming let out a muffled hum.

Although Ren Rui is crazy, he is not as vigilant as Liao Guangming who has made too many enemies, and he has more chances of divination.

"Pan He's side..." Qu Chenzhou asked softly, "What is your son's plan?"

Liao Guangming's attitude today made it clear that even if he conceded defeat, he would not give up. He would never hand over Pan He easily.

Liu Chongming thought about their conversation on the stairs, and slowly said: "I guess, Liao Guangming should only have a half-knowledge of what is going on in Pan He's stomach. He has been in the court for a long time, and he followed the emperor closely. He had guesses."

"There is another possibility," Qu Chenzhou added: "Before the emperor thought that the son is also a candidate, he intentionally revealed it to Liao Guangming. If so, I guess, the emperor may have been dissatisfied with Liao Guangming and planned to give him another chance. It's just that I don't know how much was revealed."

If this guess is true, then they cannot lose this time.

"It is indeed possible. In any case, there can only be one of Liao Guangming and me," Liu Chongming pressed his forehead, although he was not drunk, but his head was still dizzy.

"Do you think Liao Guangming knows Bing Dilian? Are Bing Dilian talking about the twins, or Fang Wuyang and the two of them?"

"Twins." Qu Shenzhou replied affirmatively.

Liu Chongming also agrees with this view.

If the emperor knew that Fang Wuyang was living outside, and wanted to look for it, he should have looked for it long ago. How could it be possible for Pan He to procrastinate for so long.

But on their side, apart from the clue of the twins, they have no other clues.

"Your Majesty, I have other ideas about Fang Wuyang." After a moment of silence, Qu Chenzhou said slowly, "Do you think there are many unreasonable things about Fang Wuyang and Jing Chen?"

"tell me the story."

"First, Concubine Xian is pregnant with twins. This is an ominous matter. She dare not let outsiders know about it. Instead, she can rely on the doctors around her to hide it. But the size of this belly is different from that of a single child. If the empress did not want people to find out from the beginning to the end, , it needs to be produced in advance.”

Liu Chongming's heart skipped a beat.

Jingchen was indeed weak and sick when he was young, and he couldn't take care of him well in the palace. The emperor deliberately pointed Jingchen to live in the Bai family for a period of time, and asked his uncle to at least teach him some ways to strengthen his body.

Jingchen has lived in the Bai family for several years, so they have always played together, and their relationship is much better than other princes.

"You said...Jing Chen was born prematurely, so that Concubine Xian could keep the twins a secret from beginning to end?"

"I don't know, just guessing, and I can't think of a second way."

Qu Chenzhou threw aside the handkerchief covering his cheeks, and lay down on his back: "Secondly, since Concubine Xian has concealed such a thing and needs to ask for help, why not ask for help from her natal family, but Lord Hou and Da Bai?" General coming forward?"

Liu Chongming also had doubts before.

But in the past few days, no matter whether it was father, uncle, or Jing Chen, they were all found by themselves, and it was reasonable not to think that outsiders would get involved, so they didn't think about it.

Being pointed out by Qu Shenzhou at this moment was inexplicably horrifying.

No matter how good the relationship between Concubine Xian and the Liu family is, she wouldn't go beyond her natal family, unless...

For some reason, he suddenly remembered that at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet last year, Concubine Xian smiled brightly and softly called her second uncle - Liu Shangshu.

As for the second uncle, after washing off the smell of powder all over his body, he stood idly outside the hall with him, waiting until Concubine Xian arrived.

He didn't know what it was like before, but now he remembered that the eyes that looked at each other should not belong to those two people.

"Third," Qu Chenzhou continued: "The empress is in bed, and it is recorded in the daily records of the palace. In this way, the twins in the empress' womb and the month will not match."

Liu Chongming lost his voice: "You mean..."

He didn't dare to say that guess, but since Qu Shenzhou once mentioned that King Huai was not of royal blood, then this guess is not impossible.

Only this guess can perfectly connect these contradictions.

"Fourth, the prince said that Jing Chen had a sudden change in temperament. If we guess, it was because Jing Chen found out that he had an older brother living outside." Qu Chenzhou turned his face to the side and asked, "Senior If Jingchen, what would you do first?"

"Naturally, they secretly sent someone to find the whereabouts of my brother." Liu Chongming replied quickly, but he also understood the meaning of Qu Chenzhou's words.

It was a surprise to find out that he had a brother all of a sudden, even if he couldn't let his brother go back to the palace because of the twins, it wouldn't be a big blow because of it, unless he knew something else.

The cause and effect are intertwined by several threads in the mist, and only the two of them know that some things should be buried under the dust of time forever.

No wonder father and uncle believed that Jing Chen would not be their enemy, no wonder he and Shi Yan made an oath never to hurt Jing Chen.

Jingchen... his surname should have been Liu.

He felt a little tired, but his mind was clearer than before. Over the past few days, he seemed to have gotten used to all kinds of shocks and unthinkables.

"Anymore?"

"Have you ever wondered, who is that friend of Master Hou and General Bai, Fang Wuyang's master?"

Liu Chongming guessed.

Ever since Qu Shenzhou mentioned "Master Hou and General Bai came forward", he had already guessed it.

Many years ago, except for the queen's natal family who supported the emperor, there were three people who single-handedly protected the emperor from the siege and ascended to the position of Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

Among the three, apart from Marquis Anding and General Cheqi, Pei Xiao and Pei Dutong were in charge of the three armies.

A few years after the emperor ascended the throne, Pei Dutong left with his seal.

"Fang Wuyang's master...is Pei Xiao."

Qu Chenzhou nodded: "If this is the case, it will be much easier. I will ask Shi Yan later to see if Fang Wuyang's martial arts methods are the same as those of Bo Yan and Liao Guangming."

At that time, it will be easy to hide open spears, but hard to guard against hidden arrows—and they are the arrows hiding in the dark.

Liao Guangming should have his own opponent, and should not focus on Liu Chongming.

In the silence of the two, the carriage entered the other courtyard through the side door.

Qu Chenzhou got out of the carriage first, and before he had time to stretch out his hand into the carriage, Liu Chongming jumped off by himself and stood there without making a sound.

The carriage was driven to the backyard, and there was no shelter between the two of them, but they still had nothing to say.

Qu Chenzhou handed back the handkerchief: "Your Majesty is busy, so I will take my leave first."

Liu Chongming's temper that had been suppressed with great difficulty was finally ignited, and he opened his hand with a slap, and the anger accumulated for several days was covered by a thin layer of camouflage.

"Qu Chenzhou, I gave you a few days, should you give me an explanation?"

"I acted without authorization and broke the rules set by the prince..." Qu Chenzhou looked at the ground and replied softly: "But the prince will punish you."

Liu Chongming was so angry that his face was livid, he was so angry for nothing, it turned out that the other party didn't know what he was angry at.

But for a smart person like Qu Chenzhou, does he not know, or does he not want to know?

"Admit the punishment?" He gritted his teeth and said, "Come with me."

The two turned to the room behind the study, opened the wooden door on the ground, and walked down the stone steps.

It is a place that Qu Shenzhou is familiar with. It is here that he practiced his flying stab, but he also will not forget what it was used for.

Liu Chongming stood still in the middle, and asked in a cold voice: "The rules, do you remember?"

"Remember," Qu Shenzhou replied softly, "First, it is forbidden to refuse to answer, second, it is forbidden to disobey orders, third, it is forbidden to escape, and fourth, it is forbidden to divination without permission."

"Well, how many rules did you follow?"

Qu Shenzhou didn't obey any of them.

Before going out, Liu Chongming asked him where he was going, but he didn't say anything, Liu Chongming asked him to take a token to transfer people, but he didn't go, and even shot a feint, avoiding the hidden guards, and ran away by himself.

Not only that, but he had a good chat with Jiang Xingzhi and Fang Wuyang, and even gave someone a divination.

Seeing that he was silent, Liu Chongming asked again: "And then?"

"One mistake, thirty lashes."

This time it was Liu Chongming's turn not to speak, but to look at him coldly.

Qu Chenzhou knew that this scene could not be avoided, just under this gaze, he felt his back began to hurt, he hadn't suffered this kind of pain for so long, he didn't expect Chongming to do it.

He waited for a while, but he didn't hear Liu Chongming let go, so he had to shake the shackles on the side, lowered the two iron chains, and raised his hand to fasten the shackles.

"120 lashes, Xie Shizi."

He spoke lightly, but his heart was in his throat. If he whipped 120 times, even if he didn't die, he would be crippled.

When Liu Chongming took the whip from the weapon rack, he felt goose bumps all over his body, and he couldn't take any chances - Chongming endured it for too long, and it would be fatal if he struck.

Three feet whip.

The shorter the whip, the more terrifying the force on the body. With Liu Chongming's hand strength, if he sincerely wanted to break his bones, it would only take a few dozen whips.

His eye circles were a little red, he adjusted his breathing slowly, and lowered his head, only to realize that he had just been in a trance and forgot to take off his shirt.

If the rags were thrown into the wound, it would be another torture.

"Sir..."

Liu Chongming thought he was begging for mercy, patted the whip in his hand, and raised his voice to ask, "What's the matter?"

"Can you let me go first and let me take off my shirt?"

Liu Chongming smiled coldly, as if impatient with his talkativeness, walked around twice, tore off a piece of his shirt, pinched his chin, and stuffed it in his mouth.

Qu Shenzhou relaxed his body resignedly and closed his eyes.

But what I heard first was not the whip wind, but the sound of clothes falling to the ground.

"You reminded me very well." Seeing him looking over, Liu Chongming kicked off his coat, then went to untie the tie of his coat, tore it off with one hand and threw it aside: "It is indeed time to take off the coat."

In just a split second, Qu Chenzhou understood what he was going to do, and immediately struggled like crazy, but he could only make a humming sound from his throat.

"I can't control you, I'm incompetent," Liu Chongming took a few steps back holding the whip, "Since it's useless to teach you, teach myself."

Qu Chenzhou shook his head desperately, shook the iron chain wildly, and hissed in his throat, but he could only watch the three-foot whip go around his shoulder with the sound of the wind, and hit Liu Chongming's back with a crisp sound.

Liu Chongming only frowned, and whipped again with his backhand.

The blood droplets brought up by the whip flew onto Qu Shenzhou's face, scorching until his eyes were blurred, and the blood all over his body was boiling.

He struggled and sobbed amidst the cracking of the whip, and his eyes soaked in water gradually became dilated amidst the blocked hissing.

That whip cut his internal organs to pieces, and finally he only had a little breath left, and his body was still shaking like a spasm.

After an unknown amount of time, the cloth in his mouth was taken out.

"Stop hitting, please..." He finally cried bitterly: "Chongming, I was wrong..."

The author has something to say: I said sharpening the knife the day before yesterday, so I couldn’t be too scared to read it. 2333, in fact, I think the most abusive beginning is over, and the rest is drizzle. Tomorrow should be... Candy