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Emperor Longbao's deteriorating body has been known to more and more people, and everyone in the court is tacitly aware that the emperor can't last long, and more people will go out with Qu Mingkun, the only remaining second prince of Daqi, in private , the situation seems to have begun to become clear.

Concubine Xuan, as always, personally cooked soup for the emperor from the imperial dining room. The only empress of Emperor Longbao passed away many years ago and never became an empress. Now she is favored as much as the lord of the harem. No one there is humble and respectful.

Her eyebrows and eyes were enchanting. Some people said that she was brought back to the palace by the emperor from the land of fireworks, just because her unparalleled charm in the crowd attracted the emperor's eyes.

"Snapped--!"

The plate that was in their hands was broken to the ground, and the carefully prepared bird's nest porridge was also overturned. The servants all panicked: "Ma'am, can you do something?"

Concubine Xuan's pretty face turned pale, and she shook her head absentmindedly.

After Wen Renhuang woke up, he found himself nestled in Huo Xiao's arms. The night had passed, and his body was still covered with a thick fur. If the two of them hadn't bumped all the way on horseback, they would have been very comfortable.

The sun shone on his face, he moved slightly, and saw that Huo Xiao's complexion behind him was very good, without any trace of tiredness.

"Good morning."

Huo Xiao lowered his head and said softly to him.

Wen Renhuang nodded, and replied: "Good morning." They set off very late last night, and took a nap on their horses for a while, unexpectedly when they opened their eyes, it was dawn, "Where are we going?"

Huo Xiao looked far and wide, and said, "Ning'an."

Could it be that he was not lying when he said that he sent himself back to Ning'an?

Wen Renhuang couldn't breathe well: "My lord, are you still going to send me away?"

Huo Xiao's usually expressionless face became serious: "I didn't intend to, but now I have this plan."

Wen Renhuang asked: "Why, is the capital already in danger?"

Huo Xiao turned around and continued to walk slowly, whispering: "The danger of the capital is one thing, but your identity is another."

It was only then that Wen Renhuang remembered what happened last night, and the scene of killing the peacock with his own hands came to his mind, he was stunned for a while and suddenly said: "The prince is saying that Feng Tian said that I am the fourth prince?"

Huo Xiao laughed, and rubbed his hair: "Exactly, the emperor must have known about it, so he asked Eunuch Zhang to come to the mansion to invite you. If you stay in the capital, even though he won't say anything, he will definitely try to get you out of here." Get it around."

Wen Renhuang still couldn't adapt to such a big shock, he watched the road gradually open up, and asked: "Then what will the prince do... He explained that I disappeared. "

Huo Xiao raised his eyebrows: "I am also a prince after all, he will never confront me directly for a person whose name has not been rectified." His view of the emperor gradually changed with the old general's letter, and now he no longer knows this. What kind of person is the emperor? They say that being with the king is like being with a tiger, but he never thought that this kind old man who watched him grow up could be his father-killing enemy.

Wen Renhuang looked at his tightly pursed lips, and said: "If, I said if, the emperor is really... how about the prince?"

Huo Xiao looked into the distance, and lightly touched Wen Renhuang's head with the hand holding the rein, and said, "If it's Qihuang Mountain, then killing my father is the rampage of a traitor. But if it's done by the emperor, I can only say that you want to kill my father." If the minister dies, the minister has to die."

Even though he harbored more than ten years of hatred in his heart, the courtiers will live and die for the king after all, presumably his father already knew the ending in his heart.

"But, my lord, can you swallow this breath?" Wen Renhuang asked.

Huo Xiao laughed and said: "So what if you can't swallow it? If I also turn against you at this time, what's the difference between me and those traitors in Qihuang Mountain? , if I have two minds because of this again, wouldn’t I be in the same boat as them?”

Wen Renhuang opened his mouth, unable to refute.

Wen Ren Zhi Li is the previous Feng Wang, Feng Tian's master.He had never heard of this person before, and it was only a while ago that he found out that his surname, Wenren, was actually the surname Fengtian gave to his master, and this feeling...is also very deep.

Huo Xiao continued: "In Daqi, the king has never treated them badly. They conspired to rebel because of infidelity and injustice. As far as I am concerned, I am afraid that the emperor has never told me about this, and I don't think so. Hate him."

"Can you really let go of the hatred of killing your father?" Wen Renhuang asked.

Huo Xiao frowned: "If you can't let go, you want me to declare war on the emperor, how can I marry you into the palace?"

Wen Renhuang looked at him sideways in astonishment, his face full of disbelief.

The man's slender body was infinitely handsome against the sun, and his cold face was also tinged with red light.

"My lord...why don't you call yourself my lord?" Wen Renhuang swallowed.

Huo Xiao raised his eyebrows: "This king forgot."

With sweetness in their hearts, the two temporarily forgot their sorrows, and walked slowly along the way, finally arrived at the place where someone picked them up, changed into a carriage and drove all the way back to Ning'an.

When the emperor got the news that King Duan brought Wen Renhuang back to Ning'an, the two had already spent several days in the repaired Prince Duan's mansion.

"It's bullshit!"

Qu Binglong angrily threw the water glass in his hand to the ground, and the imperial concubine Xuan who was beside him immediately came over to appease him: "Your Majesty, what happened to make you so angry?"

The Fifth Ting girl who was kneeling in front of the study and reporting her duties lazily raised her head and said, "Your Majesty calm down, don't hurt the dragon's body."

Qu Binglong glared at him: "My minister abducted my son, how can you make me calm down!"

Concubine Xuan glanced at him indifferently, and asked, "I don't know... Which prince is the son His Majesty is talking about?"

Everyone knows that there is only one second prince in the capital and even in Daqi, but the current situation is obviously not right, the fifth Ting girl glanced at her and smiled inexplicably.

Qu Binglong didn't answer either, just said: "You take someone to Ning'an immediately and bring Wen Renhuang back to me. If Huo Xiao resists, tie him back to me too!"

Hearing the name "Wenrenhuang", Concubine Xuan's body moved slightly, and her every move fell into the eyes of Fifth Tingnv who was facing them, but the other party only smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I am more curious, why Compared to Qihuang Mountain, which has already begun to mobilize troops and formally contradicted His Majesty, is Your Majesty still more concerned about Ning'an?"

Emperor Longbao sneered: "The rabble, do you really think I am a great enlightenment and no one can let them knead?"

Fifth Ting Nv asked curiously: "I wonder what countermeasures His Majesty has?"

Emperor Longbao looked at him and said: "Fifth, why do you bother to play Tai Chi with me? If the Zhen Guojun can't even defeat these people all these years, what do you want to use to welcome your honorable master back?"

The fifth court girl who had never been very serious suddenly froze her body.

Concubine Xuan secretly watched the man's strange reaction, only to hear the deep and vicissitudes of Emperor Longbao's voice: "You all think that I am cold-blooded and ruthless in murdering my father and brother, but have you ever thought about what the current Daqi would be if it weren't for me? look?"

The fifth Tingnv trembled, and said: "The former emperor... spoiled all the princes."

Emperor Longbao smiled and closed his eyes and said: "It is precisely because of his doting, all the princes are unable to write and dance, and cannot kill the enemy. Not to mention the current Prince Zhuang, even if your master never escaped and became the emperor of Daqi, What can he do? Fancy flowers and snow moons, singing every night!"

"No!" Fifth Ting Nu shouted excitedly, but suddenly realized that the person in front of her was no longer the eldest prince when she was a child, but the emperor of Daqi, her voice gradually weakened, but she insisted, "Master is not that kind of person ..."

Emperor Longbao didn't seem to care about this person's recklessness, he opened his eyes and said: "You have a judgment in your heart, I will not erase your loyalty to him, but you are my minister after all, I am the emperor of Daqi, as long as this day does not change, you will serve me for a day!"

His voice was haggard, and the last vigorous cry seemed to have exhausted his strength, and finally he stared at the fifth Ting girl with a pale face and said: "This is the great inspiration of the Qu family. , if Minghuang can't come back, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sustain."

The fifth Ting girl stared blankly at the haggard emperor in front of her. He had discussed it with her master when he was very young. The eldest prince is usually calm and serious. Be scary.At that time, they didn't quite understand that this is momentum, and this is the momentum that a king must have in the future.

But now, the emperor who was full of vigor and dominance in the past is now old, his temples are gray and his eyes are cloudy, except for his momentum, he is no longer what he used to be.

"I... obey the order." He lowered his head and replied respectfully.

Concubine Xuan looked at the young general walking away, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, I don't know who this person is, why are you pampering him so much?"

Emperor Longbao didn't look at her, and said slowly: "He can be regarded as a naughty child who grew up in my opinion."

Concubine Xuan saw that he didn't intend to elaborate, so she gave up, and now pinched the emperor's shoulders as if bored and said: "I don't know, your majesty's subjects are actually so willful."

Emperor Longbao narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean by Aifei?"

Concubine Xuan thought for a while, then said softly: "Your Majesty, look, there was a king who abducted the prince when he came out of Beijing, and then there was a fifth general who spoke rudely."

Emperor Longbao said: "These two are my great talents."

"I don't know if Prince Duan has returned to Ning'an, can this capital be returned?" She asked seemingly unintentionally.

Emperor Longbao opened his eyes: "He hasn't been in Beijing for Chinese New Year for many years."

"Every year?" Concubine Xuan asked.

Emperor Longbao nodded: "Since his father passed away, he has never returned to Beijing for festivals."

After saying this sentence, he sighed softly, got up and stopped talking, Concubine Xuan stood pedantic, and there seemed to be an unknown light shining in her eyes.

That night, Shen Chen was bored drinking in the courtyard, and he was accompanied by a peerless beauty, but if he looked carefully, that beauty was actually a man.

"Hey, I didn't expect Master Ruan to be able to change back." Shen Chen said in surprise.

Ruan Zhengqing was wearing a white robe embroidered with green bamboo, and tied a thick cloak, looked at Wen Run Ruyu, and said with a smile: "I am changing from a painting to a woman, as long as I have enough time and energy, Zhengqing can paint another painting again." What's the problem?"

Shen Chen thought of something, and suddenly smiled and said, "I'm afraid Ruan Zhengze is really crying to find his sister now."

Thinking of the greedy brother, Ruan Zhengqing had a bad face: "I'm afraid, what he is crying for is just a skin that can bring him fame and fortune. If dignitaries and dignitaries take a fancy to me, even if I am a man, he will try to get me Send it."

Shen Chen said: "What's wrong with men, if you like it, you can't stop it, if you force it, even women shouldn't!"

Ruan Zhengqing smiled slightly, as if pointing: "It seems that Commander Shen doesn't mind men falling in love?"

Shen Chen was quite helpless and said: "How dare you care, the prince and Mr. Wenren are sticking together every day, if I cared, the prince might have thrown me out of the capital long ago."

Ruan Zhengqing let out a chuckle, and was very surprised to think that a god-like person like King Duan would fall in love with such an eccentric young man as Wen Renhuang: "They are a pair of Bi people, and I am afraid they have already returned to Ning'an to have fun. Bar?"

Shen Chen nodded: "Who says it's not, leave the mess for me to solve."

Ruan Zhengqing asked curiously, "What mess?"

Shen Chen was about to answer, but he lowered his head to catch a glimpse of the other party's shining eyes, and his throat tightened.

"Master Ruan can't always follow what I said, how about a toast?"

Ruan Zhengqing was slightly stunned, then drank it with a smile, glanced at him and said, "Is it okay to talk about Commander Shen?"

There was a sudden roar from the other side of the dungeon—"Come on! Catch the assassin!"

Huo Xiao smiled and said, "That's it."

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