After I feel sorry for the cannon fodder prince, I wear a book

Xiao Qi knelt outside the hall, feeling relieved.

Back then, His Majesty was merciful and pardoned Prince Xiao's mansion, and only dealt with Xiao Zhengze alone. He also allowed Xiao Qi to retain his son's position and become a prince in the future.Before he died, Xiao Zhengze held his hand and shouted at him hoarsely, telling him not to abandon this huge family business, and not to leave behind the honor of generations of ancestors.

So he followed Yu Shu to Ancheng to be his striker, and fought with the northern Xinjiang people for three full days.

But when he returned to the city, he learned the bad news that Yu Shu had been assassinated.

At that moment, he was standing outside the Prince's Mansion, feeling mixed feelings in his heart. He felt relaxed, but also ashamed of his father's dying entrustment.He can have today's reputation and status, all relying on the power and prestige of Prince Xiao's mansion, even after his father's death, his former friends did not look down on him at all, except because he can continue to attack the noble, but also What other reason could there be?

He doesn't know why he has no reason not to inherit his father's unfinished business. His mother, grandmother, and everyone in the mansion depend on him. The century-old inheritance of Prince Xiao's mansion rests on him. He has been shadowed by his ancestors for so many years, and now It's time to pay back.

So he was only stunned for a moment, then raised his legs and rushed into the prince's mansion.

The house was a mess.

Three corpses fell on the ground, one was leaning against the corner of the wall, with a hideous wound on his abdomen, and a soldier was bandaging him beside him.

"Who are you?" Xiao Qi asked the dying man through Yu Shu's body with a solemn expression.

"I'm Zhang Dong, His Majesty sent me—" Zhang Dong vomited a mouthful of blood as he spoke, he simply pushed away the people around him, and reluctantly raised his hand towards Xiao Qi.

"Your Majesty sent me to protect the Third Highness... I... can't be saved, this is a secret letter, cough—cough cough."

"Secret letter?" Xiao Qi was startled, then quickly ran to the man's side, and took out a piece of paper that was tightly clutched in his hand.

"The empress... sent someone to assassinate her, and the person on the ground... is beside her," Zhang Dong reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief, "Hurry up and return to Beijing, hurry—quick—"

"Master Zhang!?"

Xiao Qi panicked and went to feel Zhang Dong's pulse, but there was no response for a while.

He stood up, turned around a few times anxiously, opened the letter, glanced at it, and grabbed it again. He tried his best to restrain the turmoil in his heart, grabbed a horse, and rushed to the capital. He finally reached the gate of the palace before the queen knew about it.

Now he is waiting outside the palace, just waiting to explain the situation to Yu Yinjiang, then he can completely withdraw from this life-and-death party/faction struggle-he has tried his best, Yu Shu is dead, even if Xiao Zhengze is not satisfied, he will Can't do more.

"Xiao Qi. Come in." Yu Yinjiang's angry voice came from the hall.

Xiao Qi walked in without changing his expression, his heart beating like a drum.

"Tell me clearly, what's going on in Ancheng! My prince—what's going on!"

Xiao Qi took a deep breath, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I led people to fight outside the city, and His Highness the Third Prince stayed in the city... Command, when I returned to the city after Desheng, I heard that His Highness had been assassinated, so I rushed to the prince's mansion to meet Zhang Dong." The last time my lord is dying, His Highness, the guards around His Highness, and the assassin have all gone before the minister arrived..."

After he finished speaking in one breath, he took out the blood-stained "secret letter" from his arms and handed it to Li Fuquan.

The letter that Ye Zhiqiu sent to the commander of Northern Xinjiang did help, but Yu Shu didn't know whether it was disheartened or what, but he stayed in the city and couldn't go out. This illusion of death in battle cannot be based on nothing In desperation, the third prince of Beijiang had no choice but to write back a letter to the queen, which said "Although the previous discussion failed, we can still cooperate in the future", this letter was carried by Zheng Hui, waiting After the assassination is completed, it will be sent to the capital.

But who knew that Yu Yinjiang sent Zhang Dong to follow Yu Shu, Zheng Hui killed Yu Shu, but was stopped by Zhang Dong when he left.

Trembling, Yu Yinjiang took the letter from Li Fuquan's hand, and fell to the ground after only a few glances.

"Reverse! It's really going to be reversed! What does the queen want to do!? Ah?"

The Son of Heaven was furious, Xiao Qi was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and remained motionless.

Yu Yinjiang fell down on the couch out of breath, even Li Fuquan didn't dare to step forward to help him.

"Tell, pass on my will, and bring the queen to me immediately!!"

Yu Yi watched from the sidelines for a long time, but when she heard the words, she felt that something was wrong, and when she was about to speak out, Yu Yinjiang realized it herself.

"Wait, don't move, don't startle the snake, send a few people to Kunning Palace, just say that I have something to look for the queen, and send someone to let Ye Zhiqiu lead the troops into the palace!"

"Yes!"

Yu Yi coughed a few times, then nodded slightly.

The queen has the military power in her hands, so she should not act rashly, she must let Zhiqiu bring the imperial army over first, otherwise Yu Yinjiang will inevitably be passive.

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

Yu Yinjiang sat at the head with a gloomy face, Yu Yi and Xiao Qi waited on the side, they looked at each other, turned their heads and remained silent.Yu Yi's back was drenched in cold sweat, he leaned sideways with great effort, trying to put his weight on the armrest, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sit still for half a stick of incense.

Li Fuquan wiped the cold sweat off his brow, and counted all the maids and eunuchs in the hall one by one, and none of them could be released.

A court lady was holding a teacup in her hand and had been standing behind the screen since just now. Seeing Li Fuquan turning her back, she immediately sneaked into the side hall lightly, turned around and ran out.

She ran towards Kunning Palace quickly, and had to detour when she met Yu Yin's bodyguards on the way. Fortunately, those bodyguards didn't dare to be too anxious, but let her hurry up One step ahead.

"Miss!"

"What's the panic about?"

The palace maid fell to the ground, then got up in a panic, and whispered a few words in the queen's ear.

The queen was leaning on the cushion and drinking tea, she was shocked when she heard this, she stood up immediately, the teacup fell to pieces.

"It's over." The queen took a few steps towards the door anxiously, and even wanted to sneak out along the secret path for a moment, but she finally stabilized her mind.

"Come on."

"Your Majesty ordered."

"Go and inform Elder Brother, Lord Ye and the subordinates who are willing to serve His Highness the Seventh Prince, what you promised me earlier - it's time to honor it!"

The queen looked determined.

The visitor didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately took the order to leave. Almost as soon as he left, the person who came from Yuyin arrived at Kunning Palace.

The queen took a deep breath, adjusted her appearance properly, took the maid's hand, and walked out slowly.

For her sake, for Yu Xun's sake, today she can only win, not lose.

******

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The three have been waiting for a long time.

After a long time, Yu Yinjiang realized something was wrong, so he sent more people to bring the queen here no matter what the cost.

But the queen didn't come.

Fang Zhe came first.

The moment Yu Yinjiang saw him, he knew that today's affairs would not end well - the distance from Kunning Palace to the Hall of Mental Cultivation was not as fast as Fang Zhe's time to enter the palace after receiving the news.

"Chen Fangzhe—see Your Majesty."

"Fang Zhe." Yu Yinjiang's mouth twitched.

Fang Zhe stood quietly, looking as if he was alone.

"How many people have you brought?" Yu Yinjiang closed his eyes.

"My former minister is already waiting outside the palace gate." Fang Zhe replied very naturally, as if he had practiced it thousands of times.

"I treat your Fang family well, why do you—" Yu Yinjiang endured and endured, but still couldn't help but raise his voice.

Fang Zhe smiled softly, "Your Majesty has ruled the prosperous world for so long that he forgot how the throne came to be."

"What do you mean!?" "The crown prince also belongs to your Fang family, the military achievements also belong to your Fang family, and the queen also belongs to your Fang family!"

Fang Zhe stopped talking.

Yu Yi frowned, and wanted to go forward, but she didn't even have the strength to push the wheelchair. Yue Yang was standing far away, so he had no choice but to wink at Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi was taken aback for a moment, and immediately pushed him to the opposite of Fang Zhe after he realized it.

"Master Fang—cough, cough, cough." Yu Yi half-covered her face and endured the coughing, her voice was difficult.

"Second Highness, come into the palace to talk with the emperor again? You are really filial!" Fang Zhe cupped his hands as a salute.

Yu Yi shook her head, and finished speaking with a sigh of relief: "Today's affairs can't be both, does Mr. Fang really want to force the palace to fail? In this way, even if Yu Xun can inherit the great rule, I'm afraid he won't get a good reputation."

Fang Zhe was silent for a moment, and finally smiled inexplicably.

"Your Highness...you should take care of yourself."

As he spoke, he looked around Yu Yi's pale face.

"Yi'er, come here." Yu Yinjiang's tone was angry.

Yu Yi took one last look at Fang Zhe, and was pushed behind Yu Yinjiang by Xiao Qi.

"Don't panic, let alone provoke him," Yu Yinjiang sat down beside him, and whispered, "Ye Zhiqiu will arrive soon, most of Fang Zhe's old troops are in Ancheng, and the imperial guards are well-trained, so they may not be his opponents. It's just that your body...can you still hold on?"

Yu Yi smiled, "Father, you don't have to worry about your son." He didn't know how long he could last, but if he fainted at this critical moment, it would only add to Yu Yinjiang's burden.

Yu Yinjiang frowned and was about to speak when a man ran in from outside the hall and whispered something in Fang Zhe's ear.

Everyone looked over.

Fang Zhe was refreshed after listening.

Ye Zhiqiu is finally here!

"Your Majesty," he raised his head and stared at Yu Yinjiang, "it's time to make a decision."

"What do you mean?" Yu Yinjiang stood up, protecting Yu Yi behind him.

The back of Yu Yi's head was pressed against the back of the chair, and she managed to catch her breath, her sweaty eyelashes drooping.

He half-opened his eyes, and through the gaps in Yu Yinjiang's clothes, he saw a person walking in at the gate of the palace behind Fang Zhe.

"..."

"Xiao Qin!?" "Why are you?" Yu Yinjiang and Xiao Qi said at the same time.

...Xiao Tan.

Yu Yi felt that she might have lost her mind and had hallucinations. Xiao Qin stayed in the mansion well, so how could he follow Fang Zhe into the palace.

He struggled to grab Yu Yinjiang's sleeve, "Father..."

Yu Yinjiang opened his mouth, looked at Xiao Qin who was standing with a horizontal knife not far away, and looked at Yu Yi who was covered in cold sweat, and suddenly felt angry.

"Okay, okay, okay, I really believed in the wrong person! Xiao Qin, explain to me!"

"What is there to explain when things are coming to an end!" Fang Zhe rolled his eyes.

This Lord Ye is really admirable, he still doesn't forget his love and love at such a critical moment, if he ruins His Highness's important affairs, let's see how he explains it!

Yu Yi's heart shrank when he heard the words.

He helped Xiao Qi stand up, his vision was too blurred to see clearly, and he staggered forward a few steps.

"No..." It wasn't Xiao Tan.

Yu Yi lost her strength and knelt on the ground, panting heavily, unable to speak the second half of the sentence.

This is not Xiao Qin.

He believed.

Also distinguish clearly.

******

The stormy waves inside and outside the palace walls, but the inside of Duan Wang's mansion is very peaceful.

The servants took care of the internal affairs of the mansion in an orderly manner. Xiao Qin sat in the courtyard, standing up and walking around every once in a while.

"Uncle Duan, His Highness hasn't come back yet."

Duan Fangzhu was also a little worried, "It stands to reason that His Majesty wouldn't keep him for so long..."

Xiao Qin closed her eyes anxiously, remained silent for a moment, then turned around and walked out.

"Hey, son, where are you going—"

"I want to enter the palace."