Yan Xingqi said: "Brother, although the Queen Mother is your adoptive mother, she has slowed down the alliance matter in the past few days.
After all, she does not have the energy to take care of this matter at the same time."
I nodded repeatedly and went to the mourning hall to pay homage to Yan Yuanzong.
Sure enough, I saw two coffins placed in the mourning hall, one of which belonged to Li Ji.
I couldn't help but take a second look.
It seemed that Li Ji had been sleeping for three days. , I don’t know if she can last until Yan Yuanzong is buried.
I pray silently in my heart, asking God to give me a chance to repay Li Ji.
After coming out of Yudeyin, I went straight to Fengyang Palace.
Ever since the news of Yan Yuanzong's death came out, Empress Jing had been staying behind closed doors and staying in the palace to rest.
When Eunuch Xu arrived, he hurriedly invited me into the palace.
He whispered: "The Queen Mother is ill.
I just made some medicine for her."
I nodded and whispered, "I'm going to see my mother."
Queen Jing was sitting quietly on the bench in a long black dress.
Her beautiful eyes were staring at the wall opposite for a long time.
On the wall was a portrait of Queen Jing.
I immediately recognized that this portrait was from when I first entered the Qin Dynasty. , painted by her personally on her birthday, but the inscription and postscript on it were written by Yan Yuanzong.
I quietly came up behind her and said respectfully: "Mother" Jinghou nodded, her eyes still focused on the scroll: "Am I too selfish and have never cared about Yuan Zong's feelings?"
I shook my head and said in a low voice: "Brother Huang is knowledgeable, so he should understand the painstaking efforts of my mother."
Jinghou closed her beautiful eyes tightly, and two lines of crystal tears slowly slid down her pretty face: "Will he understand?
I will never forget the look in his eyes when he looked at me, fearful and filled with hatred."
I hugged her delicate body from behind, and Jinghou weakly put her head on my chest: "I suddenly realized that I was the most failed mother in the world.
Both children died in my hands."
Jinghou cried loudly. stand up.
I hugged her trembling body tightly, leaned against her cold and pretty face, and said softly: "You are not a failure.
Brother Huang's death has nothing to do with you."
Queen Jing shook her head desperately: "If I hadn't forced him to inherit the throne, he wouldn't be in such pain."
I said with a tear-stained pretty face after my penis lifted, "You are not wrong.
Brother Huang was killed by Yan Xingqi and Shen Chi.
It has nothing to do with you."
Queen Jing burst into tears, like a wronged little girl, and suddenly threw herself into my arms, venting the sadness she had suppressed for many days.
After a long time, she finally raised her head, and I lovingly wiped away her tears.
He said softly: "You will definitely be able to survive it."
Jinghou bit her lower lip and nodded with tears in her eyes.
Her thoughts finally returned to reality.
She took out her silk handkerchief to wipe away her tears and said, "You and Eunuch Xu go to Tianlao.
I want Shen Chi to admit it personally."
Qu Nuo’s adultery.”
I whispered: "Why don't you kill him now?"
Queen Jing said coldly: "Yan Xingqi contacted a group of ministers to plead for him.
Yuan Zong has just died, and I want to execute them after the funeral."
I reminded: "The nights are long and there are many dreams.
If the queen doesn't attack Shen Chi now, I'm afraid she will miss the opportunity."
Queen Jing smiled calmly and said, "That's why I let you go."
She quietly handed me a jade bottle and whispered: "This jade bottle contains pills mixed with nine kinds of poisons.
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There is absolutely no cure."
You dissolve it into the wine and drink it for Shen Chi. " I nodded and said, "Don't worry, Queen, I will definitely do a good job in this matter."
Queen Jing sneered: "No matter how capable Shen Chi is, he can't last more than ten days."
I was led by Eunuch Xu to the Tianlao located in the northwest corner of the palace.
The so-called Tianlao is a deep underground cellar.
There are three high walls separating this place from the outside world.
Each layer is guarded by a hundred high-ranking officials, and in order to prevent just in case.
Twenty ferocious and unforgiving dogs were also specially mobilized.
The gates they passed through were made of fine steel more than two feet thick.
Even if they were extremely tall, they could not break through.
Eunuch Xu and I took the imperial edict from Queen Jing.
After verifying that everything was correct, we passed through the three gates.
Go down the stone steps and gradually go underground.
After walking more than 200 steps, an iron fence appears.
This iron fence can only be opened from the inside.
The guard in charge opened the gate and let us pass.
After passing through five fences, we arrived at the winch.
Eunuch Xu and I walked into the winch, which was like an iron cage.
The soldiers shook the winch and lowered us to the ground thirty feet below.
I couldn't help but sigh: "It's so heavily guarded, I'm afraid even the birds won't be able to fly in."
Xu Gonggong said: "This prison is the most heavily defended place in the entire imperial city.
In Lao Nu's memory, it seems that it was only used by King Liu'an during his rebellion."
The guards led us for more than 500 steps through the maze-like tunnel on the ground floor, and then we arrived at the cell where Shen Chi was.
Three guards activated the mechanism at the same time, and the door of the cell slowly opened.
I signaled Eunuch Xu to wait outside.
Walked into the cell alone.
A candle was lit in the room, and Shen Chi was sitting on the thatch reading a book.
His wrists and ankles were shackled, and his face looked a little pale, but his expression was still calm.
He didn't feel any surprise when he saw me coming in.
I smiled and sat down opposite him: "How are you, Mr.
Shen?"
Shen Chi smiled calmly, put down the scroll in his hand and said, "What do you think, Prince Ping Duanxia?"
I sighed deliberately and said: "Yinkong feels that Mr.
Shen's situation is not good."
Shen Chi nodded and said: "It is indeed not good, and there is a danger of death at any time.
If Shen is not wrong, His Highness Prince Ping is here to see me off."
I laughed out loud and put the suitcase in my hand in front of Shen Chi: "In it are the food and drinks prepared by the Queen Mother for you.
How about we drink and talk about it?"
Shen Chi said without fear: "Okay."
I opened the suitcase, took out the food and wine, filled the wine glass with wine, and placed my hands in front of Shen Chi.
Shen Chi said: "The wine is poisonous" I shook my head and said, "Now is the time to poison."
Shen Chi laughed, took the wine glass, clinked it with me, and drank it all in one gulp.
I sighed: "Life is really wonderful.
When I picked up Mr.
Shen from Jeju, I never thought that one day I would send you off in person."
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Shen Chi said: "It's Xiao He who succeeds and Xiao He who fails.
Maybe everything has been decided for a long time."
I frowned and said, "There is something I still can't figure out.
I wonder if Mr.
Shen can tell me."
Shen Chi smiled and said, "Prince Ping, please speak."
"No matter from which aspect, Yan Xingqi is not a wise monarch.
Why is Mr.
Shen willing to be used by him?"
Shen Chi asked back: "Shen Chi also wants to ask, between the Queen Mother and the Prince, is it you who is using her, or is she using you?"
I whispered: "Is your purpose just to make Datai decline?"
Shen Chi nodded calmly and said: "Yes, do you know why I was willing to hide in Jeju for many years?
Because I have been waiting for this opportunity for revenge.
Emperor Xuanlong Yanyuan used to be my best friend, but he destroyed it with one hand.
I am so happy."
Shen Chi's eyes showed deep hatred.
I looked at Shen Chi questioningly.
Shen Chi fell into painful memories: "I once loved a woman, and just when I was about to marry her, I found out that she was having an affair with my best friend."
His hands clenched together in pain, His eyes showed an almost convulsive tremor.
I finally understand why Shen Chi hates Qin so much.
The hatred of seizing his wife is something no man can tolerate.
Shen Chi said: "I killed her with my own hands, but when I held her body, I realized that I regretted it so much."
Shen Chi actually cried.
He said in a trembling voice: "I swear that I will completely collapse the Yan family's foundation."
He looked at me and said, "You gave me this opportunity."
"So you took advantage of the opportunity when Queen Jing eradicated the White Dial, and co-directed a good show with Yan Xingqi, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Qin State."
Shen Chi nodded and said, "Yes, Yan Xingqi has always had ambitions for the throne.
In terms of dealing with Queen Jing, he and I have the same goal.
But I missed one thing.
I didn't expect that Yan Xingqi and Dong Hu There is a tacit understanding between them.”
I secretly sighed in my heart that Shen Chi, such an outstanding talent, was trapped by his feelings and finally fell into a desperate situation.
I asked again: "Is Yan Yuanji dead?"
Shen Chi smiled and said: "Yan Yuanji will die sooner or later.
Yan Xingqi has worked hard to create today's situation.
How could he willingly give him the land he is about to receive?"
He paused and said: "Among Yan Yuan's many sons and daughters, only Yan Yuanji has some ability.
It's just that he is far behind Xiang Jing and Yan Xingqi."
I sighed: "If you had devoted yourself to helping Queen Jing, you might not be in the situation you are in now."
Shen Chi smiled and said: "To you, Queen Jing and Yan Yuanzong may be different.
But to me, there is no difference between them."
I filled the glass in front of him.
Xichi suddenly said: "Great Qin is destined to perish."
I was slightly startled, not understanding why he suddenly said such a sentence.
Shen Chi stared at me with bright eyes and said: "Shen is absolutely right.
No one in the world can stop your progress.
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Sooner or later, the Eight Kingdoms will fall into your control."
I smiled calmly and said, "Mr.
Shen thinks too highly of Yin Kong."
Shen Chi said sternly: "I have been paying attention to your every move in the past few years.
What you did in Xuancheng, how you sent an envoy to Han regardless of safety and disintegrated the Five Kingdoms Alliance, all of which fully demonstrated that your purpose is not only It is only great prosperity, your goal is the whole world."
My heart was shaken, and I stared at Shen Chi's deep eyes, as if I wanted to see something in them.
Shen Chi said: "Long Yinkong, I ask you two things.
If you can help me do it, I will give you a gift."
"Mr.
Shen, please speak."
"After I die, can I be buried in my former residence in Jeju?
Only there can I find peace of mind."
I nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr.
Shen, I can do this."
Shen Chi added: "Qu Nuo is just an innocent victim.
She did nothing wrong.
The Queen Mother knows better than anyone.
I hope you can find a way to rescue her."
I looked embarrassed.
I'm afraid this matter won't be that easy.
Since Jinghou had imprisoned the two of them on charges of adultery, how could Qu Nuo escape so easily?
Shen Chi said: "What the Queen Mother really wants to deal with is me.
As long as I die, Qu Nuo's life and death will naturally become irrelevant.
Why should she hurt innocent people?"
I hesitated for a long time and then said: "Qu Nuo has a deep love for you.
I am afraid that she wants to die now.
It will be difficult for me to save her."
I took out the confession I had prepared in advance from my arms: "Besides, the Queen Mother wants to You admitted to committing adultery with Qu Nuo.
If a noble concubine commits such a crime, it is a serious crime that will implicate the nine clans."
Shen Chi said coldly: "Do you think I can sign it?"
I reminded him: "You don't have to write it with your own hand, just put your fingerprint on it."
Shen Chi chuckled: "You guys are really thoughtful."
I smiled bitterly and said: "There are some things that Yinkong can't help himself.
Unless" I paused deliberately.
Shen Chi said: "If you have any requests, just make them."
I whispered: "Unless you admit that you sneaked into the palace and killed the maid with the intention of raping Qu Nuo."
Xi Chi's pupils suddenly shrank, and he sneered: "You are really cruel."
I said awkwardly: "Apart from this method, Qunuo may have a chance of survival."
Shen Chi nodded and said: "Well, since I am destined to die, what's the harm in suffering a little more injustice?"
He took out a pen and paper from the suitcase, quickly wrote down his accusations, and added at the end of the letter Signed and stamped everywhere.
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Chi handed the confession into my hands: "You'd better remember what you promised me today."
"Don't worry, Mr.
Shen, Yinkong will never break his promise."
Shen Chi smiled calmly and said: "I didn't expect that it would still be you who came to see me off in the end.
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He sat down opposite me again: "I just said I would give you a gift."
I was secretly wondering what kind of gift he could give me.
Shen Chi said: "I dare to say that what you desire most right now is the throne of Dakang."
I nodded unabashedly.
Shen Chi said: "With your recent actions, no prince can match your reputation in Kang State.
The only one who can really hinder you from ascending to the throne is Zuo Zhuliu."
I smiled and said, "What do you think, Mr.
Shen?"
Shen Chi said: "The alliance between Kang and Qin has become a foregone conclusion.
Are you ready to deal with Zuo Zhuliu immediately after you return?"
I was struck by what he said and nodded slowly.
Shen Chi smiled and said: "Forgive Shen for being blunt, you are not strong enough to easily defeat Zuo Zhuliu."
I thought to myself: "Zuo Zhuliu is a serious concern of mine, and I must not let him continue to grow bigger."
Shen Chi said: "You don't have to stick to the rules for many things.
Thinking from another angle may help you achieve your goals faster."
Of course I have heard of it, but what Shen Chi meant when he said this was obviously not just the story itself, he must have meant something else.
Shen Chi said: "If you want to control power as quickly as possible, you must learn to take advantage of the situation."
My eyebrows moved.
What Shen Chi is best at is taking advantage of the situation.
He borrowed Empress Jing's power to remove Bai Mian, and borrowed Yan Xingqi's power to attack Empress Jing.
Shen Chi said: "Actually, you already know how to borrow the power from your surroundings to help yourself, but you have ignored the power at home."
I was slightly startled.
I have always attached great importance to domestic power, and I did not ignore it as he said.
Shen Chi said: "Based on Xuancheng and expanding to the western frontier, if you truly have superior strength, why should you just focus on the throne?"
What he was talking about was a strategic shift.
He suggested that I move the center of the battle from Kangdu to Xuancheng and expand the western frontier.
Did he mean to take the initiative to start a war against the Yan and Han countries?
Shen Chi seemed to see my doubts and smiled: "Shen just thinks that it is better to focus on the world than to be entangled in the battle for the palace.
Since you have won the support of Da Qin and Bei Hu, why don't you form your own throne as soon as possible?
It’s just a cloud, what really matters is strength.”
I nodded.
I disagree with what Shen Chi said.
If I start a war with Yan and Han now, and I don’t have enough strength, will he want to harm me?
I launched a war to take the opportunity to get rid of Bai Mian, and the Qin Dynasty never recovered.
Such a thing must not happen again to me.
I dissolved the pills into the wine and slowly pushed them in front of Shen Chi.
Shen Chi smiled and said, "You still don't want to let me go after all."
I whispered: "Mr.
Shen is a talented person.
Since he can't be used by me, I have to make this choice."
Shen Chi nodded and said, "I don't blame you.
I still have the laws and regulations I wrote in my mansion.
If you don't mind, I will give them to you as well."
I said calmly: "If Yin Kong has the chance to dominate the world in the future, he will definitely clear Mr.
Shen's name."
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Shen Chi laughed loudly, stood up and stood proudly, and said loudly: "If that day comes, you will name the cliff where I live as Confucius Cliff, and engrave my theory of law and people on the cliff."
"Yinkong will never forget" Shen Chi spilled the glass of wine on the ground, took off his belt, and tied it on the iron edge of the dungeon: "I am afraid of committing suicide and will give a satisfactory explanation to everyone."
My eyes suddenly became moist.
It was indeed a sad thing to witness such an outstanding talent die in front of me.
I turned around silently and walked out of the door quietly.
The thick stone door slowly closed behind me.
A cold wind suddenly blew from nowhere, and the torch suddenly swayed.
My figure became swaying, just like I was complicated at the moment.
My changing mood makes my figure become very long in the cold corridor I didn't go to visit Qu Nuo because I couldn't hide the sadness in my heart.
I never thought that Shen Chi's death would touch me so much.
I started to regret it from the moment the stone gate closed, but I didn't.
Choice, because I am not sure that I can control Shen Chi, so the best way is to get rid of him.
Jinghou has been waiting for news from me, and when she saw my expression, she seemed to have guessed something.
I handed Shen Chi's confession letter into her hands.
After Jinghou read it, there was a hint of joy in her beautiful eyes: "Has he already drank poisonous wine?"
I slowly shook my head and said in a heavy voice: "He is dead."
Jinghou was startled for a moment, then looked at the confession and said, "It doesn't matter if you die, since with this evidence of crime in hand, no one can say a single word of no."
I whispered: "Shen Chi committed suicide.
He exchanged this confession with me on two conditions."
Queen Jing's beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Tell me and listen."
"The first thing is to bury his body in his former residence in Jeju."
Jinghou smiled calmly and said: "This is easy to talk about.
I will have his body sent back to Jeju for burial."
I hesitated for a moment and said, "The second thing is that he begged me to spare Qu Nuo's life."
Queen Jing's pretty face suddenly turned cold: "You promised him" I nodded and said, "Since Shen Chi has admitted his intention to rape Qu Nuo, Qu Nuo may be able to do this."
Queen Jing said coldly: "You are thinking about your one-night stand with Qu Nuo, right?"
I said bluntly: "My child does have this idea."
Jinghou sighed: "I don't know that girl Qunuo is innocent, but she knows that we framed Shen Chi.
I can never keep her in this world."
I lowered my head sadly.
Jing Hou said: "Since Shen Chi has confessed, I will preserve her reputation and spare her family from death.
As for Qu Nuo, let her be buried as a sacrifice to Yuan Zong."
I know clearly that if I continue talking, Empress Jing will not change her decision, it will only increase her worries.
I suffer from the fact that I don’t have any extra 7-day drunkenness in my hand, otherwise I might be able to avoid this disaster by taking it with Qu Nuo.
I left the Qin Palace with a heavy heart, and it was already dark when I returned to Fenglin Pavilion.
What made me happy was that Jiao Xin finally arrived from Kangdu, accompanied by Zhuo Qifu, the envoy of Dakang, who was Yi Wang Lin Beifeng's good friend used to be in charge of the Criminal Department of Dakang.
He was an upright man.
Logically speaking, it was not his duty to be an envoy, but he didn't know why Emperor Xin De sent him here this time.
Zhuo Qifu was already preparing to go back to the posthouse to rest, but he happened to meet me at the door.
I invited him in again.
Zhuo Qifu smiled and said: "Your Highness Prince Ping, this time I brought your Majesty's imperial edict with me."
I hurriedly knelt down and said, "Yinkong accepts the order."
Zhuo Qifu said: "Your Majesty, please give me this secret decree personally."
He handed the secret decree into my hand.
I took it with both hands and slowly unfolded it.
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I couldn't help but feel overjoyed when I saw the content on it.
Emperor Xinde praised me profusely for my actions in going to Handu, and entrusted me with full authority to act as agent for the alliance with Qin.
Every line of the words showed his appreciation for me. of immense trust.
I read the secret decree twice, but I couldn't find anything about making me the prince.
Could it be that this made the emperor forgetful and forget the things he personally promised me before I went as an envoy to the Han Dynasty?
Zhuo Qifu said: "When the official comes, your Majesty will personally represent you.
After your Majesty has brokered the alliance between Qin and Kang, he will return to Kangdu immediately.
Your Majesty will make him the crown prince of Dakang as promised."
I chatted with Zhuo Qifu for a few more words, and then he said goodbye to me and left.
This formal conversation did not help me understand the actual situation in Dakang.
If I wanted to know the specific situation in Kangdu, I had to get it from Jiao Xin.
I didn't care about eating, so I called Jiao Xin into the study.
Jiao Xin bowed to me respectfully and handed a letter into my hands.
The envelope was blank, and I didn't know who it was from.
I laughed and said, "Who wrote this to make it so mysterious?"
Jiao Xin said with a smile: "Your Highness, you will know just by looking at it."
I didn't bother to open the letter and said with a smile: "How is the situation in Kangdu?"
Jiao Xin said: "Everyone in the government and the public spoke highly of Your Highness.
Even Zuo Zhuliu and the princes also spoke highly of Your Highness.
They have repeatedly praised you in front of the Emperor.
If you ascend the throne, you will be unprecedented and unprecedented."
You are a wise king."
I burst out laughing: "Why do you sound like you are scolding me?"
Jiao Xin smiled and said: "Your Highness is wise.
Mr.
Chen said that Your Highness disintegrated the Five Nations Alliance without spending a single soldier.
Now anyone who continues to slander King Ping is unwise.
Since he cannot slander, he can only choose Praise and kill, praise His Highness Prince Ping as wise as Yao and Shun, as powerful as Yanhuang, even Emperor Xin De will become dim in front of you. " I smiled and nodded: "Zuo Zhuliu is really amazing."
Jiao Xin said: "Everyone knows that the Qin-Kang alliance has become a foregone conclusion.
Zhuo Qifu came here under the guise of accompanying His Highness back to Kangdu, but in fact Emperor Xinde asked him to monitor your movements.
Although this man is upright, he is a man of integrity.
Yu Zhong, Your Highness still needs to avoid three points."
I smiled and said: "Jiao Xin, I haven't seen you in these days, you have become much more mature."
Jiao Xin smiled and said: "Firstly, it's because I'm older, and secondly, I've experienced a lot as a man, so I can't still act like a child."
He paused and then said, "Before Jiao Xin came to Daqin this time, Mr.
Chen and His Royal Highness King Yi both told me that after His Highness King Ping completes the alliance, he must not return to Kangdu.
Emperor Xinde promised to pass the crown prince's position to you on the surface, but he has already had a deep feeling for His Highness.
Jealousy.”
I nodded and said: "I have thought of this a long time ago.
Although my father is old, his passion for power is getting stronger and stronger, otherwise he would not have an heir until now."
Jiao Xindao: "The civil unrest in the country is still continuing, and the scope is getting bigger and bigger.
Zuo Zhuliu's son, Zuo Dongxiang, has been on the rise recently because of his contribution to suppressing the civil unrest."
I secretly thought in my heart: "If you want to bring down the big tree Zuo Zhuliu, you must first eradicate his children one by one, attack with military force, and focus on attacking the heart.
Only by destroying Zuo Zhuliu's psychological defense can we give him A fatal blow."
I frowned and said, "Jiao Xin, hasn't the construction of the new palace been suspended?
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Why hasn't the civil unrest stopped yet?"
Jiao Xin sighed and said: "In the final analysis, it is still a matter of taxation.
Emperor Xinde has increased the burden on the people year by year.
This new palace incident is just a trigger.
And recently, a gangster came from nowhere.
Dan Fangshi came up with a plan to build seven giant furnaces around the Kangdu Ancestral Temple in the direction of the Big Dipper.
Using the blood of boys and girls as furnace guides, the elixir of immortality could be refined.
Emperor Xinde was convinced of this. suspect
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