Si Tian Guan

The thin stream of water poured on the leaves of the rain orchid, getting thicker and thicker, pushing the whole flower to the side, as if it was experiencing a heavy rain.

After one ladle of water was poured, another ladle was poured out. Obviously, he had lost his patience. After pouring halfway, the ladle was thrown back into the bucket.

Mu Jingyan sat on the steps, surrounded by walls that he was tired of familiar with, and Qiuhu was basking in the sun above his head, adding to his irritability.

He even had an illusion that he could only be trapped in this corner for the rest of his life and could not escape.This idea appeared more and more frequently, and no entertainment could drive it away.

Although he tried his best not to admit it, there was one fact that he had to face - he had never been so timid when he was standing up against King Ning and King Qi in the past, and now Liu Qingru had already fallen to this point not long after giving birth to the prince field.

And this situation should even be said to be his own fault. Liu Chongming had never confronted him head-on, but he had put tremendous pressure on him invisibly.

Mu Jingyan stretched his hand into the bucket, the cool well water calmed down his irritability, and was about to get up when he saw someone rushing towards the door.

"My lord, something happened to King Ning!"

He took the letterhead, glanced at it quickly, and turned pale with shock: "Why did he run away? He must be crazy! Isn't this courting death!"

The idea of ​​a fool is really beyond his comprehension.

"I...I didn't tell you..." His breath was a little messy, wishing he could tear up the letter.

No matter what happened between King Ning and the Empress Dowager, the Tang family and the emperor had already fallen into a stalemate. At this time, they would not calm down for a while with the help of court officials.

At that time, the emperor will be at a disadvantage, and the Liu family will definitely be brought in to confront the Tang family. Even if King Ning is released in the end, he can still sit on the sidelines and make arrangements in secret.

More importantly, from the emperor's attitude towards King Ning, he was keenly aware that his attitude towards the Tang family was beneficial to him but not harmful.

But he had calculated thousands of times, thinking that he could reap the benefits of everything, but he didn't think that this fool ran away.

This is a felony!

"My lord, it is said that Liu Chongming went to see King Ning once before," the man said softly, afraid of angering him, "but he came out not long ago, so no one should do anything about it. It turned out that King Ning had disappeared this morning." !"

"Then why are you only talking about it now!" Mu Jingyan looked at the sun that was past noon, and roared sharply: "What have you guys been doing for so long!"

"Forgive me, my lord!" The man hurriedly knelt down: "The rotation in the palace is strict now, and the news could not be sent out immediately. When people outside get the news, King Ning has already left the city. Look... the direction is to Shili Pavilion... ..."

Mu Jingyan's breath stopped, and he couldn't believe it: "Does King Ning want to force the palace? Where does he have the courage? Did Liu Chongming encourage him to force the palace..."

Before he finished speaking, he had fully reacted.

"Liu Chongming has such a vicious heart! Mu Jingzhao, an idiot, would actually believe it! I don't know if his death is imminent! No..."

He forced himself to calm down. If the Tang family were gone, he and Liu Chongming would be the only one left in the arena. All this happened so fast that he didn't expect it.

"Quick! Go get someone to catch up with Mu Jingzhao! Stop him while he can turn around! Send someone to inform the Tang family..."

A strange voice interrupted his words. At first, it was just like a fly fluttering in his ear, or something was pushing the air, and waves hit him like water.

Mu Jingyan had never heard such a sound in his own home, and looked around with that person for a long time before he suddenly realized that he suddenly raised his head to look at the sky, inexplicably terrified.

"That... what! What is that!"

At this time, not only Mu Jingyan, everyone inside and outside the capital looked up blankly, looking at the dark clouds hovering in the sky.

That dark cloud is an unknown number of giant birds circling and converging above the head, and it seems that there are people on it.

Even though it was still far away in the sky, the terrified aura was coming, as if the huge wings were about to be slapped on the head in the next moment.

The sharp chirping sound in the air trembled everyone's ears, and some people on the street couldn't help but kneel down.

"It's a god... it's the mount of a god!"

"What is that?" The people galloping outside the city could also see clearly.

The man next to King Ning kept frowning, worried about this sudden call-up, but he could do nothing.

Obedience is his duty, not to mention that King Ning is the only master of the Tang family.

But he didn't dare not to listen to the master's order, but he didn't dare to listen to it either.

He asked repeatedly along the way, but King Ning was in a hurry than him, so he answered him impatiently—this time I will bring you a big credit!It's too late!

He looked back at the thousands of soldiers and horses behind him. The closer he was to the city gate, the more uneasy he felt.

Before he could ask, King Ning exclaimed: "What is that?!"

"That's..." Before he could see the flying kites in the sky, the city gate slowly closing in the distance made his uneasiness and fear rise to the peak: "My lord! The city gate is closed! Get back quickly!"

Mu Jingzhao's rein was forcibly pulled, before he could react, he was startled and angry: "It's coming soon! Let me rush in! There are people inside to meet us! Soon..."

The gate of the city was completely closed with the sound of the falling machine. On the city wall, someone looked at them with their hands behind their backs. Their hair and sleeves were flying in the air stirred up by flying kites, as if they had just descended from the heavens.

He was handsome and beautiful, but the eyes he cast on them were as indifferent as if they were looking at dead objects.

"It's Qu Shenzhou!" King Ning straightened up, pushed the helmet with his hands, pointed upwards, and yelled, "Fire the arrows! Shoot me the arrows! Shoot him to death!"

As if hearing his roar, Qu Shenzhou took out the bright red command flag from his sleeve, slightly hooked the corner of his lips, and pointed downward.

Thousands of flying kites hovering high roared and swooped down.

"My lord! Run! Run back!"

In just a split second, arrows fell from the sky like rain, and there was no way to avoid it.

After a few months of clearing, the sky turned gloomy again.

No one expected that the assassination of the queen mother would end in such a way.

King Ning escaped from the palace privately, intending to lead his troops to rebel, but was shot to death outside the city by random arrows.

The Tang family, which had gradually gained the upper hand, not only had no room to speak anymore, even those who used to argue for King Ning and the emperor were in panic all day long.

This turmoil was far from what it could compare to when King Qi was released last year.

Before the blood that flowed outside the city gate dried up, the formerly glorious Tang Shizhong's mansion was heavily surrounded by soldiers, and no pedestrians dared to walk through the surrounding streets.

Although seeing that the emperor's mood and body are getting better, the time of the morning court has shortened, and more people are silent, expressing anxiety and fear with their eyes.

Once again the sky has changed.

King Ning's body that was crushed under the horse's hooves has not yet been found, and the little Highness in Lijing Palace, who has not yet reached a hundred days, was granted the title of Prince Rui.

Liu Qingchi, the third son of the Liu family, entered the Hanlin Academy and bestowed one Xiuzhuan, and the little Bai general of the Bai family was promoted to General Delang.

Although Liu Chongming's name was not mentioned in any gift, but during the banquet, Liu Chongming's seat was naturally pushed to the main seat.

However, there is never only one proud person in court.

Even before he became King Rui, the emperor gave Qu Sitian the waist badges of the left and right Jinwu Guards in front of civil and military officials.

In this way, all four of the patrolling palaces belonged to Qu Sitian.

When going to court, although everyone said polite words of congratulations, they didn't want to stay in front of this upstart for a long time.

Even if you didn't see it with your own eyes, the wailing and screaming outside the city gate became more terrifying through word of mouth.It is said that after seeing those giant birds flying away, someone heard the people remaining outside the city gate crying madly.

"Ghost! Ghost!"

So far no one has understood what those things are and what happened that day, but they all know one thing - the iron wall guarding Dayu is General Bai, but the solid barrier in front of the emperor is Qu Si sky.

Any treacherous thoughts that could not see the light of day had nowhere to hide under those demon pupils, and were torn to pieces.

Not to mention the terrifying power that Qu Sitian got from no one knows where, no one can stop it.

On the other hand, the crime of drunkenness fell on the empress, Song Zhaoyi returned to the position of concubine Yu, and King Huai was given a lot of property to lift her confinement.

Compared with the previous two upstarts, this movement did not even cause a splash.

In the arena of the contest, the candidates were changed, and many people were secretly guessing that the key to who would win the final round was who could win over Qu Sitian.

"Want me?" Qu Chenzhou twirled the charcoal pencil a few times on his fingertips, raised his brows lightly: "Did you release this talk?"

Liu Chongming took off his cloak, threw it on the ground, and fell on his back on the bed, unable to answer.

"If a fool says that, I'll just go with the flow. Stupid or not, whoever has lived enough wants to win you over under the eyes of the emperor."

"Speak out first, for the emperor's amusement, lest the villain at Mu Jingyan sue first, bring out our past, and arouse the emperor's suspicion."

Qu Chenzhou glanced at the sun slanting to the west, and sneered: "Since you are afraid that the emperor will be suspicious, you can honestly go to the room below and stay. What do you mean by running to my bed?"

Liu Chongming didn't want to open his eyes, so he opened his arms and called him lazily: "Fox cub."

His chest sank, and he held the baby in his arms.

"Is it that tired?"

"You have benefited and enjoyed the blessings again. I'm almost exhausted," he sighed, "If you take off the hat of rebellion, it's only the Tang family who can appease you."

"A lot of people have been interrogated these days, and I haven't slept much."

"When a person becomes crazy, he really bites everything. Many of them are irrelevant. If they are really taken down, they will cause too much trouble."

"It's not convenient for me to find you, so I can only rely on a few of them in private. I also asked Lin Xiang and my father. I can't say that there is nothing wrong with it. Anyway, one less is one."

His hands caressed the soft back.

"Shen Zhou, am I too naive - but a life is a family, the emperor is just suspicious, I don't want to see what happened to the Liu family..."

A finger touched his lips lightly.

"You are so naive, the so-called one will be successful, but since you have decided to seize the heir, you are still afraid of killing people?"

Liu Chongming was a little ashamed, but still insisted: "Many are pillars, fighting in the nest is always fighting, but they can't destroy themselves. When the building is about to fall, no one can escape."

The finger slid across the bridge of the nose, caressed the eyes, and then turned to gently rub the temples for him.

"Chongming, you have such a sobriety and heart, it's not in vain for us to spend a lot of painstaking efforts. In the future, teach Lan'er well, and Dayu has taken such a detour for so long, it's time to do something serious."

Qu Chenzhou was about to get up, but was pressed down on his chest again, so he had no choice but to circle his eyes twice with a charcoal pencil.

"I should go back to the palace in a while, don't make trouble."

"If you want to draw, draw in it, I really miss it." Liu Chongming refused to let go, and tore his clothes a little: "Shen Zhou, you asked me for that brochure today, is it because of King Huai?"

Qu Chenzhou sneered, actually drew a few more strokes from the collarbone down.

"You see it too?"

"I see." Liu Chongming responded slowly, as if enjoying himself: "There are so many involved in the case of the Tang family, but there is only one involved in the booklet, and there is not enough reason, so I have nowhere to start."

Qu Shenzhou sighed.

"This is what matters. People are divided into groups, and King Huai is good at making trouble behind the scenes. The people he makes good use of are Dayu's real rotten roots, which are well hidden."

"Don't say that King Huai won't make a big mistake like King Ning in a daze. Even if there is a mistake, these people can still pick him up."

"This time, the emperor and the Tang family are facing each other because of the murder of the queen mother. They must add fuel to the flames. Otherwise, why would the emperor make up his mind to eradicate the Tang family."

Liu Chongming agrees with these claims.

"It's possible. Rong Jiu'an said that the emperor had already been persuaded by Prime Minister Lin, intending to let the Ministry of Punishments and Dali Temple intervene, but he changed his mind after hearing something."

"If you want to shake King Huai, these people must..."

He felt a chill on his chest, and seeing that the front of his clothes was opened all the way down, he wanted to block it.

"Little lunatic, it's cold."

Qu Chenzhou pushed his hand away: "Your Majesty is so stingy, isn't it my thing? You can't even look at it?"

Liu Chongming half-propped up on his elbows, watched the little lunatic take out the thing, and brushed it with a charcoal pencil a few times as if joking.

"How can you write in such a small place?"

Liu Chongming has also seen strong winds and waves, and he stood still with a cheeky face: "Because you don't love it, if you look at it more, the writing place will be bigger..."

The smooth black hair suddenly brushed against the skin.

He suddenly snorted and wanted to break free, but he bounced up involuntarily, pressing firmly on the back of Qu Shenzhou's head with one hand, as if he wanted to suffocate him to death.

"You fucking... I didn't let you..."

Qu Shenzhou looked up at him, his breath was heavy, the corners of his drunken red eyes were dotted with water, and there was a sly mischievousness in them.

As soon as Liu Chongming stripped his coat back, he was about to lean forward, trying to pick him up and grind him up, but the fox with smooth fur turned around and hid him.

"Little Sao Fox," he clenched his slender wrist through gritted teeth, "If I don't kill you today, I will take your last name in this world."

He threw Qu Chenzhou onto his chest, licked and bit his soft Adam's apple a few times, and placed a charcoal pen between the two of them, stopping the dry-mouthed Shizi, and continued to draw downwards.

"If you let the son enjoy himself, wouldn't there be no place for me to write?"

Before Liu Chongming stretched out his hand to grab it, the black charcoal pencil had already drawn somewhere.

"Qu," Qu Shenzhou wiped the water marks hastily with his clothes, and scratched it with his fingernails on purpose. Then he heard a muffled groan, and then he chuckled and picked up his pen to write: "Qu, Shen, Zhou. The prince is mine now. .”

He was lifted up and rubbed in the palm of his hand.

"Little fox, have you written enough?"

Liu Chongming turned over and pressed him on the pillow.

"Then I will return these three words... to the original owner."