Chuan Shuzhi became the regent's favorite concubine

And Pei Jinglin, who was leading the guards in the palace, stood restlessly in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, with soldiers lined up on both sides, enclosing the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

I don't know how much time has passed, Pei Jinglin looked up at the sky, before he entered the palace, the sun was still high above, but now the sun has gone west.

But at this time, he has not received any news, and he does not know whether he will win or lose.

It might be best if there is no news now, if they are defeated, it is time for Xi Yuankui to lead his troops into the palace now.

It's just been so long, why is there no news at all?Did something unexpected happen to him?

Pei Jinglin walked a few steps on the spot with his hands behind his back, his brows frowned so much that he could almost pinch a mosquito to death.

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly ran towards him with an excited expression on his face.

"Master Pei, I, I have something to report!" Xiao Bing gasped and said briefly.

Pei Jinglin's heart trembled, he hurried forward a few steps, and said quickly, "How is it? How is the battle at the city gate? Can the prince win?"

"As soon as the prince arrived in front of the gate of the imperial city, he was shot by arrows and besieged the city. More than half of the soldiers were killed or injured. Finally, the gate of the city opened inexplicably. Take Xi Yuankui's head and pass on the order that Xi Yuankui is dead, and the enemy troops from the six kingdoms will be taken down by the prince immediately!" said the soldier with a look of passion.

Pei Jinglin was overjoyed immediately, this battle was won!

However, in an instant, he caught the word "Prince" in this little soldier, and his heart suddenly came up again.

"You said the crown prince sent someone to say that Xi Yuankui was dead? And... Xi Yuankui's head?" Pei Jinglin asked in an uncertain tone.

"Yes, Mr. Pei, the situation outside the city has stabilized now." Xiaobing responded immediately.

There was something wrong with the intuition, no, it was very wrong, Pei Jinglin's originally happy mood suddenly sank.

Before he had time to think carefully, there was a heart-piercing coughing sound from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Immediately afterwards, Eunuch Li rushed out in a panic, "Hurry up! Hurry up and declare the imperial physician, the emperor is vomiting blood!"

As if everything happened in one day, Pei Jinglin hurriedly sent someone to announce the Imperial Physician. Seeing the figure of the palace man running away, he felt so blessed. He pulled the soldier and confessed: "Stay here, Your Majesty. Whenever there is any news, come to the Prince's Mansion and let me know, and I will go to the Prince's Mansion!"

After finishing speaking, ignoring the panic and bewilderment of the soldier who was ordered in danger, he walked straight to the only horse in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. After getting on the horse neatly, he ran out of the palace without any hesitation.

It turned out that he had misunderstood the prince. There was a reason why Chou Chenghong didn't want to stand with him on the prince's side. It turned out that Hong'er had been dealing with Xi Yuankui all the time.

Pei Jinglin was ecstatic in his heart, but the joy was only fleeting. When he thought of Xi Yuankui's head being brought to the imperial city to deter foreign enemies...he couldn't help worrying about Chou Chenghong at this time.

He suddenly had a bad idea in his heart, Xi Yuankui's death might be...

Pei Jinglin didn't dare to think about it anymore, he just wanted to see Chou Chenghong soon.

He rode a horse all the way, and when he hurried to the Prince's Mansion, it was already dusk, and the golden light shone everywhere, and he felt inexplicably tragic.

As soon as Pei Jinglin arrived at the Prince's Mansion, he got off his horse and rushed straight in, no one stopped him.

Feeling that Chou Chenghong was in the study, Pei Jinglin ran towards the study almost without a pause.

Without stopping all the way, Pei Jinglin stood still in front of the study door, panting slightly, and after calming down, looking at the closed door, his heart beat involuntarily faster, and he felt inexplicably uneasy.

After Pei Jinglin took a deep breath, he slowly opened the door, but he didn't see anything.

There was no sound either.

"Hong'er?" No one answered.

His intuition was right, Pei Jinglin stepped in and saw something, he was horrified and his face turned pale.

In the middle of the study was a headless corpse, blood was flowing all over the floor, and the robe on his body was also soaked red. Even if the old and thin figure had no head, Pei Jinglin could recognize who it was at a glance.

He didn't feel any sympathy, it's just that he couldn't guard against this scene for a while, and he was unavoidably frightened when he saw it directly.

It seemed that his thinking was not wrong, Pei Jinglin didn't realize that there was anything wrong with Chou Chenghong personally killing Xi Yuankui, but he was very worried about Chou Chenghong at the moment.

Xi Yuankui took advantage of Chou Chenghong and used him as a pawn. In his eyes, his crime was unforgivable. Whether he was vicious or selfish, in short, Chou Chenghong was the one he cared about.

"Hong'er?" So what he wanted to see the most right now was Chou Chenghong.

Pei Jinglin looked around the study room, and suddenly his eyes were attracted by a dark room in the study room. The dark room looked dim at first glance, and it didn't look like a place to treat people, but he just raised his foot towards that place by mistake gone.

The dark room was not closed, so a glimmer of light went in. When Pei Jinglin walked into the dark room, he couldn't help but gasped when he saw Chou Chenghong nesting there alone.

The dark room can only accommodate one person inside, not to mention the narrowness and darkness, if the door is closed, how is it different from a coffin, if a person stays inside, it is like becoming a living coffin?

"Hong, Hong'er?" Pei Jinglin's voice trembled, he bent down and squatted down, looking at Chou Chenghong who was sitting on the inside with his head bowed and looked lifeless.

Chou Chenghong didn't respond to him, but just sat inside, the environment was dark, Pei Jinglin couldn't really see the expression on his face.

"Hong'er, it's okay. Senior brother is here to look for you, come out." Pei Jinglin stretched out his hands towards him, and said patiently and gently.

Hearing this, Chou Chenghong moved his body and slowly raised his head, looking at Pei Jinglin, he could see him clearly.

Chou Chenghong asked in an innocent tone like a child: "Brother, are you not afraid of me? I killed my grandfather, and I took his head, didn't you see?"

Pei Jinglin shook his head. He felt that there was something wrong with Chou Chenghong who appeared now, but he knew that Chou Chenghong needed his comfort very much at this moment, "Don't be afraid, how could senior brother be afraid of you, come out, senior brother is not afraid of anything you do."

"Really?" Chou Chenghong murmured to himself in a low voice with unclear meaning, and then he made a movement, he just stretched out his hand to hold Pei Jinglin's right hand, but did not touch his left hand.

Then Pei Jinglin pulled a little harder, and Chou Chenghong followed his strength and rushed towards him.

Pei Jinglin hugged him tightly, stroked Chou Chenghong's back in fear, and kept repeating: "It's okay, it's okay..."

Chou Chenghong's expression was strange, his face was resting on Pei Jinglin's shoulder, and his posture was very intimate. When he tilted his head, he could see Pei Jinglin's delicate white ears. I don't know what drove him. As soon as he moved forward, his lips stuck to it. .

Pei Jinglin's body froze, and the non-stop words in his mouth stopped abruptly.

The movements of the two were still maintained, and there was a soundless silence.

"Brother, I only have you left, don't leave me, don't leave me..." Chou Chenghong didn't move away, and whispered in this posture, his voice was as pitiful as a puppy in the rain.

Pei Jinglin couldn't even think about finding out what Chou Chenghong was up to, so he could only agree.

"Won't leave."

"En." Chou Chenghong responded blankly, but he didn't see the paranoia and depth in his eyes.