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The disguised Uighur elite soldiers stood out from the corner of their hiding places. The camouflage hadn't been torn off yet, but a wave of oppressive aura that had been battle-tested had rushed towards their faces.

The moment he saw Pei Luo, the newly enthroned Huihe king couldn't help but turn pale. He didn't know how Pei Luo escaped from the assassin's siege, but he knew that there was a hand behind all these conspiracies. With a single swipe, the killing situation he carefully laid out was a hair's breadth away, and it was a thousand miles away.

However, Teller refused to accept his fate. He finally waited until this day. Seeing that he was only one step away from the supreme throne, how could he rein in the precipice?The newly enthroned Huihe king quickly scanned the audience, seeing that there were not many people brought by Pei Luo, he immediately became heartbroken: "The traitors and thieves... are all killed by this king!"

There were not only guards patrolling the scene of the grand ceremony, but also countless Huihe killers in ambushes.Seeing that the situation had changed, dozens of black shadows rushed from all directions, and went straight to General Pei Luo, who had clearly identified his identity.

Pei Luo had seen the methods of Manichaeism before, sneered, and pulled out the saber hidden under his side.However, the moment they fought, he realized that something was wrong. This was not the mob he imagined, but a real martial arts master.Pei Luo may be proficient in battle, but he can't get cheap from such a master.

He struggled to dodge the oncoming hidden weapon, and swept out the long knife, trying to push back the bullying assassin, but the assassin's kung fu was far more exquisite than he imagined.The black-clothed assassin didn't move his legs, he fell back facing the wind of the knife, his waist and spine were almost parallel, and he dodged in time.

In the next moment, the assassin flashed forward like a ghost, and a sharp blade popped out of his cuff, approaching Pei Luo's eyes.

This round of fighting was only in the blink of an eye, but Pei Luo's cold sweat broke out. He has been fighting for decades, and has never encountered such a dangerous situation.Seeing the two assassins flanking each other and sealing off the escape route tacitly, for a moment, Pei Luo almost thought that he would die by the assassin's knife!

However, in the next moment, the explosive sound exploded unexpectedly.

As if struck by lightning, the assassin took two steps back tremblingly, the blade that could barely cut through the oily skin could no longer advance an inch.Pei Luo swung his knife and swiped obliquely, the assassin fell to the ground with a slam, a hole exploded in his chest, and a fountain of blood gushed out.

Pei Luo raised his head in amazement, and quickly scanned the surroundings, only to see that there were so many guests in the hall, how could there be any helpers?

Although the Mani Assassin was highly skilled, the ones Pei Luo brought into the palace were all elite soldiers under his command. Their combat power was impressive, and their numbers showed an overwhelming advantage.Teller saw that his eyes were tearing, and he roared angrily: "Where are the palace guards? Take down this rebellious minister and thief, and this king will reward you with a lot of gold and ten thousand households!"

Pei Luo took two steps back, and his own soldiers rushed forward to protect him in the center.

Pei Luo let out a long sigh: "Your Highness, you are at the end of your game, so let's capture you with nothing."

Teller's eyes were red, and he said with a sneer, "General Pei Luo, you are so courageous to lead your troops into the palace! This king sees that you have been loyal to the country for many years and have made great achievements in battle. Now you can spare your life if you are captured without a fight." !"

Pei Luo shook his head, as if he felt sorry for the second prince's stubbornness.

"Your Highness has prepared for a rainy day and deployed a patrol team near the palace," Pei Luo said, "Why have they not shown up for so long, has Your Highness ever thought about it?"

Teller's complexion changed slightly.

"The captain of the patrol, Tuli, was personally appointed by the old lord, but he was ungrateful and abetted, and I ordered him to kill him!" Pei Luo said coldly, "Being deceived by him, the soldiers of the patrol voluntarily surrendered their arms and surrendered, and now they have followed my command Together with the soldiers, go open the gate of Gaochang and welcome the army into the city."

As if to prove what Pei Luo said was true, there was a sound of robes coming from the direction of the city gate—it was the signal for the army to enter the city.

The guests present looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one expected that a good enthronement ceremony would turn into a military confrontation.Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two sides, the envoys exchanged meaningful glances, and decided to stay out of the matter, and no one wanted to take the initiative to be contaminated by this muddy water.

Pei Luo sighed softly: "Your Highness, surrender, you are defeated."

Teller's forehead was throbbing with veins. He was only one step away from the supreme throne, but he couldn't make it no matter what. How could he be reconciled?After a while, the second prince raised his head to the sky and laughed loudly: "Pei Luo, you are a traitor! What you say to set things right is just that you covet the throne and want to become king yourself!"

Pei Luo frowned slightly, and said loudly: "The old lord's kindness to me is as great as a mountain, how dare I think so? When everything is settled, I will choose a capable person from among the princes to take charge of the Huihe state affairs!"

"Choose a talented person?" Teller looked at him sullenly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "No, you don't have this chance!"

Pei Luo suddenly had an ominous premonition: "What do you mean?"

"My son... my eldest brother was so saddened by the death of his father that he couldn't afford to get sick, so he went with him half a month ago," the second prince said leisurely, "As for my younger brothers, they all You're still young and not as tall as a wheel, and you want to hand over the Huihe throne to such a kid? It's really laughable!"

When Pei Luo heard the news of his son's death, he couldn't help but tense his hand holding the knife: "The youngest son still has a day to grow up, it's better than your wolf-hearted, murdering father and brother!"

The second prince laughed loudly, with tears in his eyes, and couldn't stop: "Sure enough! I knew that you are loyal, but you still want to become king yourself! Why, you want to support the young master and take the opportunity to control the government of Huihe? You are dreaming!"

He suddenly withdrew his smile, and his face was almost ferocious: "I hid those little bastards! I told the people who guarded them, if everything goes well, I will spare their lives! If not, let those little bastards give it to me!" I will be buried with you!"

Pei Luo was shocked.

At this time, the army stationed outside the city had entered the city and controlled the royal court as quickly as possible.Anyone who stubbornly resists, no matter which faction they are, will be killed by the sword.While the Huihe ministers were angry, they were also a little uneasy, fearing that the front door would be like a tiger and the back door would be like a wolf, but they could do nothing but watch helplessly.

Pei Luo sent the envoys of various countries back to the post house in a good manner, and ordered people to search for the whereabouts of the princes.An hour later, the guards came to report that the man had been found, but unfortunately he had already lost his voice, his eyes were wide open, his face was bruised, and he was suffocated to death.

At that time, Pei Luo had already taken over the palace ban and imprisoned the second prince and Princess Beile together.Hearing the bad news at first, Pei Luo couldn't believe it. After a while, he said, "Teller, you are hopeless!"

The second prince was not reconciled to being bound, so he went through a lot of fierce battles.He struggled to raise his blood-stained face, and said with a smirk: "If I can't get it, those little bastards can't even think about it! I'm the king's favorite son, why should they fight with me! Why!"

Pei Luo gritted his teeth: "You also know that you are the most beloved son of the old lord...how did you treat your father!"

Teller couldn't help but froze.

The Huihe officials did not dare to leave, and they all waited for the news in the previous court. When they heard that all the princes had been killed, the old officials felt dizzy, and some of them who were weak simply sat down on the ground and cried loudly.

The former king of Huihe was an incomparable hero, respected by his people as the Great Desert Lion. Unfortunately, this lion was old and could not escape the bondage of father-son relationship. If it is delayed again, it will finally lead to today's catastrophe.

Teller killed his father and brother, that's all. What's more vicious, he killed all the princes, which means that there is no suitable heir for Huihe.The ministers had only two choices: Either change the dynasty and bear the stigma of rebellious ministers together; or hold their noses and suffer from this dumb loss, and let Teller occupy the position of king.

Neither of these two options is acceptable.

At this moment, Pei Luo understood Teller's sinister intentions. He put himself and the Huihe officials in a dilemma.Other than that, there is no third option.

His heart can be killed!

"Only the blood of the old lord of Huihe can touch the throne of Huihe, but you may not be the only one we choose," Pei Luo said coldly, "Teller, do you really think that you can rest easy after killing your brother?"

The second prince laughed loudly: "I don't believe it, can you still create a bloodline?"

Pei Luo was expressionless and clapped his hands.

The second prince's smile disappeared, and he suddenly opened his eyes wide, only to see a figure walking in from outside the palace door. Against the light, the person came, took off the veil on his face, and saluted Teller gracefully: "Brother, are you all right?"

The second prince gasped. For a moment, he thought he saw a living ghost: "You, you are..."

It was a young woman with eyes like lake water and hair like red gold.No one doubted her lineage, because she looked so much like the old king, with the same nose and mouth outline, except for a pair of eyes that slanted into the temples, which was exactly the same as her mother.

Her mother's status is humble, but she was once the most beautiful woman in the Huihe palace, otherwise she would not have been favored by the old lord, and this beauty has been inherited by her daughter.

The second prince's face was pale, and his voice stopped abruptly.

Unlike the Central Plains, Huihe did not place so much emphasis on the ethics of yin and yang. Historically, there were precedents for a queen to govern, and the rejection of a female heir by the officials was far less deep-rooted than in the Central Plains.

What's more, at this time and here, they have no other choice except for this princess who suddenly appeared.

The Huihe ministers were unwilling to allow Teller to succeed, not only because of the brutality and unkindness of the second prince, but also because of his Beile blood.That is the prairie wolf lurking in Huihe, watching for the bright pearl in the desert. The officials of Huihe are unwilling to bow their heads to Beile, and they will not allow the future king to become the marionette of Beile Khan.

In addition, the queen is far easier to control than the young and vigorous new king. Their bodies and minds are weaker and they need the guard and care of men.The Huihe ministers were willing to be a barrier for her to rely on, and then transferred the military and political power to her own hands.

This is a mutually beneficial deal, everyone can get what they want - loyal ministers get a successor who has the blood of the old king, careerists see the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and foolishness avoids the crisis of being settled by the autumn queen , all satisfied.

Except for the second prince who became a prisoner, and his mother of Bei Le blood.

This coup d'état was like a wind and rain sweeping across the desert, rising from a silent place, and then suddenly settled.When Ding Ru'an walked into the inner room, Zhang Jingche was sitting in front of the case in a daze. He hadn't received a letter from Northwest Daying for two whole days, and even if he didn't say anything, he was worried at all.

Ding Ru'an knew that he was upset, and said in the most concise words: "Master, it's done."

Zhang Jingche raised his head, his spirit lifted slightly: "Didn't the Huihe ministers say anything?"

"As the master expected, the old king's sons are all dead, and the Huihe ministers have no choice but to hold their noses and let Mei Niya take over," Ding Ru'an said, "Of course, things can go so smoothly, I have to thank you very much His Royal Highness the second prince, if he hadn't been cruel and perverse, the officials of Huihe would not have made up their minds so happily - after all, there is no precedent for the queen of Huihe royal court to rule, and it is better to let a woman take power than Bei Le Being a slave is stronger."

Zhang Jingche asked, "What's General Pei Luo's attitude?"

"General Pei Luo was loyal to the old lord. Hearing that the son and the other princes died at the hands of the second prince, he gritted his teeth with hatred and wished to tear Teller into pieces!" Ding Ru'an sneered, "Compared to the second prince, he I am more willing to let the old king's illegitimate daughter take the throne... I heard that in the past two days, General Pei Luo used the excuse of eliminating the second prince's remnant party and stationed himself in the palace, and it seems that he had a very happy conversation with the future Queen."

Zhang Jingche frowned slightly.

"... Teller is Khan Beile's cousin after all, how to deal with him is a difficult problem," he said lightly, "Khan Tumen may not have lost his idea of ​​using this cousin to indirectly control Huihe. If the wishful thinking is messed up by someone, it’s hard to say what will happen.”

"That has nothing to do with us!" Ding Ru'an didn't take it seriously, "It's better for Bei Le and Hui He to pinch each other, so as not to come and trouble us."

Zhang Jingche didn't say a word, he got up and opened the window, a strong wind blew from the depths of the desert, and the yellow sand rolled all over the sky.

He tensed his heartstrings amidst the whistling wind, and had a premonition that the sky was about to change.

Mei Niya opened her eyes in the Huihe bedroom, and the golden curtains spread all over the sky. They were bedding imported from the Central Plains, and the bed rails were carved with delicate patterns.She sat up on the leather mattress, waiting for the female officer beside her to pull up the curtain and put on her shoes attentively.

Although the date of the enthronement ceremony has not been fixed, everyone knows that the woman in front of him is about to become the new owner of Huihe Palace.She is the only winner in this change of power. The eldest son and the second prince have fought hard for many years, but they just made wedding dresses for others.

Mei Niya does not need to adapt to the new bedroom. She has followed Zhang Jingche through the wild sands of the desert, and slept on the ground on the snow-capped mountains. Her body wrapped in light gauze is full of scars. Protect her as well.

The female slave put rouge on her, and her gorgeous makeup concealed the unknown nightmare and panic.The guards outside the hall quietly entered and bowed their heads to salute her: "Your Highness, General Pei Luo is here."

Meniya raised her head and looked at the guard through the crystal mirror: "Please come in."

Pei Luo had no choice but to choose Meniya. He didn't think that the illegitimate daughter born of this female slave could live in Huihe's village, but he had no better choice.However, Menia did better than he imagined. She adapted to the change of identity with an unimaginable speed, as if she had endured humiliation and endured hardships before, all for this day.

"I want to meet someone," Pei Luo heard the future master of the royal court say, "his attitude may determine Huihe's future destiny."

Pei Luo raised his head and met her gaze in the mirror. Meniya's demeanor was dignified and dignified, and she already had the demeanor of a superior.

Pei Luo suddenly realized the inappropriateness of this move, and lowered his eyes in accordance with court etiquette. He was amazed at Menia's transformation, and answered cautiously: "Who does Your Highness want to see?"

Mei Niya said softly: "The owner of the Western Regions trade route is also a distinguished guest from it!"