Xie Ning turned over and listened to the sound of the flute outside.
In the wing room not far from her, Princess Yuyao was not asleep either.
Gan Xiyun was sleeping on the outside of the bed.
She was fascinated by the melodious flute music.
Listening to the movements of Princess Yuyao next to him, Gan Xiyun asked softly: "Princess" "Um."
Princess Yuyao just hummed.
Neither of them was willing to speak at this time.
Once they spoke, they could no longer concentrate on listening to such a moving piece of music.
On the official ship hundreds of miles away, the emperor closed the memorial in his hand and reached out to serve tea as usual.
The tea that Bai Hongqi had just changed was a little hot.
The emperor likes to drink tea that is slightly hot.
Bai Hongqi worked hard on how to keep the tea at this temperature without scalding the emperor.
"Today is the first day of the new year" Bai Hongqi took a look and replied: "It's past midnight, today is already fourteenth."
No wonder the moonlight outside is so beautiful.
The emperor sat with his head lowered for a long time, and now he thought about it and relaxed.
He pushed open the window.
There are also dots of lights on the boats and on the shore far and near.
A full moon is in the sky.
The breeze and waves on the river are reflected by the moonlight like countless silver stars scattered in the river.
"It's time for the imperial concubine and the others to go to bed now."
Bai Hongqi said softly: "I think he has fallen asleep."
The emperor sighed, stood there with his hands behind his hands and stared at the moonlight for a while, before entering the cabin again.
Bai Hongqi breathed a sigh of relief.
He really didn't want the emperor to stand outside.
Who knew if there would be a cold arrow shot from the darkness?
Wouldn't the emperor standing in the bright light be a dazzling target?
But the emperor's majesty was getting stronger, and Bai Hongqi did not dare to say anything.
Fortunately, the emperor went in without staying long.
Otherwise, Bai Hongqi would have to persuade him even if he tried to make the emperor unhappy.
No matter how much I tried to persuade him, I had already thought about it.
Of course, I couldn't say that I was afraid of another assassin.
Bai Hongqi planned to use the name of the imperial concubine.
Just tell the emperor like this, exposing yourself even more.
If the emperor stays outside for a long time, he may catch a cold, and then the imperial concubine will have to worry about the emperor again.
The emperor will definitely listen to this reason.
Bai Hongqi can't help but sigh when he thinks of the past.
Who would have thought that that humble young talent would now become a royal concubine?
While waiting for the emperor to wash and rest, Bai Hongqi couldn't sleep.
He was thinking about things in Jingli.
You can imagine what the current situation in Jingli will be like.
King Wei has been ill for a while.
The imperial doctor came the next day, and Fang Zi considered adding or subtracting, but he couldn't see any improvement.
King Wei is already over seventy years old.
Seventy years are rare in ancient times.
He is considered a long-lived person in the clan.
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Even his great-grandson is getting married.
King Wei has already known about his health.
But the emperor’s tour this time King Wei covered his face with his hands and rubbed it several times.
The old man's skin has already lost its elasticity.
The concubine waiting on the side is less than twenty years old.
The young woman's skin is elastic, delicate and smooth, exuding the fragrance of youth.
He also hoped that the past two years would be peaceful, so that he could hand over the burden of Zong Ling.
But in the past two years, things have happened one after another, and there is no time to calm down and make people worry.
Assassination of the Holy Emperor When King Wei heard the news, he almost couldn't catch his breath and almost rolled his eyes.
Fortunately, the servant who had been serving him for many years was alert and immediately called the doctor who had been worshiped all year round in the mansion.
After struggling for a long time with acupuncture and medicine, King Wei was brought back from the gate of hell again.
But when he came back, he had to face such a difficult thing.
King Wei thought to himself that it would be better not to save him and just let him close his eyes and kick his legs to die.
King Wei knew how difficult this matter was and how deep the water was.
If we don't handle it properly, the emperor will not be able to justify it.
He is old, and he still has a whole family of descendants who have to make a living under the emperor.
If he investigates and handles it seriously, then such a thing involves a wide range of people, and most of them are people he knows.
How many people have I offended now?
He is really two-faced.
If he were twenty years younger and such an errand fell into his hands, King Wei might still be full of energy and ambition.
But he is already old, and the loess is buried up to his chin.
He just wants to live a peaceful life for a few days and take care of his children and grandchildren.
Looking at his second son sitting on his left, King Wei wanted to sigh even more.
King Wei lived too long, longer than his children.
His eldest son and daughter died one after another two years ago, and the second son in front of him is already fifty years old, with gray hair on his temples.
He can't straighten his back when he sits there, timid and without any idea.
How could King Wei rest assured that he would hand over the family property to him?
In contrast, the eldest grandson was more popular with him because he was shrewd and capable.
However, due to the death of King Wei's eldest son, the eldest son's position in the mansion was not stable now.
"I want to go out."
Can't help but go.
Not only do we have to go, but we can’t delay it.
A son is unreliable.
King Wei had just asked his eldest grandson to come over and accompany him out later.
The uncle and nephew have not dealt with each other for the past year.
Although they live in the same palace, they have almost become enemies openly.
"My father has to go out today to see that it's going to rain.
Besides, my father was so sick the day before yesterday."
If he didn't have to, would he want to go out at this time?
The second son couldn't even think about this, couldn't distinguish the priorities of things, and had no idea.
"You go back first and take care of everyone in the house.
Don't see anyone for a while, let alone cause trouble."
After he finished his instructions, the second son stood there and only knew that he should do it.
But he didn't move.
"There is something else."
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King Wei was impatient.
But he was very patient, and even if he was upset, he didn't show it on his face at all.
The second son looked up at him, then lowered his head in panic, his lips opened, but no words came out.
This look made King Wei's heart suddenly tighten.
He took half a step forward, held on to the handle of the chair, and asked in a shaky and low voice: "What happened to you?
What trouble did you get into?"
The second son opened his mouth, but still no sound came out.
"Say" King Wei's voice was not loud, but the cold light in his eyes made his biological son feel palpitations.
"A few days ago, my son had some connections with someone because of someone's request, so he arranged a few people for them in the Forbidden Army."
King Wei's eyes narrowed, and his originally small eyes now seemed to have only a glimmer of light.
"Who is he?"
The beginning of the words was like making a crack in a bulging bag, and the contents flowed out like water along the crack.
In front of his father, this man who was over fifty and had been a coward all his life spoke incoherently.
"He's not a good friend of mine, he's a friend of a friend.
I met him when we were socializing.
We drank a few glasses of wine.
Later, that person sent a message to me through an intermediary, saying that he wanted to find a family background for his nephew and wanted to replace him as a bodyguard.
Que, all he gave me was cash.
I don’t recognize him.
Really, I’m not familiar with him at all.
I really don’t know what he wants to do is such a treasonous thing.”
You are not familiar with it at all, yet you dare to accept a heavy reward to do such a thing for someone King Wei could no longer stand still.
He felt like the world was spinning.
He held the chair and sat down slowly.
In the past, when the eldest son was still alive, King Wei relied more on his eldest son.
He never thought that one day his son would go before him.
As for the second son, no efforts have been made to cultivate and discipline him since he was a child.
He just needs to live his life properly without getting into trouble.
But once the eldest son passed away, the second son became less honest.
He always thought that since his eldest brother was gone, he should inherit the palace.
Over the past few days, he has been acting arrogantly but with a hint of hopeless stupidity.
He just lacks a few thousand taels of silver to spend, and that's not all.
King Wei didn't need to listen anymore.
He could already imagine how those people won over this stupid son and how they fed him with delusion.
He is praised as being more powerful than anyone else, and more importantly, he is more powerful than his brother who has been weighing on him for decades.
This is the biggest worry of this second master.
After his brother is gone, he seizes every opportunity to express himself.
He always wants to let people know that he has endured humiliation and burden for many years.
He is also capable and talented, but his The elder brother has always been jealous of talents, and he has always been fighting against his elder brother for the sake of brotherhood.
But now he knew he was afraid.
As soon as the news of the emperor's assassination came, King Wei naturally received more accurate and detailed information, and the second master's head suddenly went blank with a buzzing sound.
He used his father's name to make money and stuffed those people into the Imperial Guards.
But even if he had more courage, he would never have imagined that those people were actually rebels.
They dared to assassinate the emperor, and even set fire to the royal boat to burn the emperor, the imperial concubine, the prince and the princess to death.
What he did in arranging people in was not secretive, and he could be traced to him without any careful investigation.
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When the time comes, he won’t be able to explain clearly even with his long mouth.
Even if others are willing to believe that he has nothing to do with the rebellion, but he took advantage of the rebels and opened the door for them, this crime is not a light one.
"No wonder" King Wei closed his eyes hard and opened them again.
No wonder he heard that his second son kept an outhouse, and there were more than one.
He didn't investigate in detail because he knew his second son's family background and he didn't have that much money to do such a thing.
But now King Wei regrets it too much If he had discovered something was wrong early, maybe But it's too late to say anything now.
This incident was enough to drag their palace and everyone into the quagmire, beyond redemption. what to do King Wei would never dare to underestimate the emperor.
If his son is so stupid, maybe the emperor knew about this matter earlier than King Wei.
The second son's legs became weak and he knelt down with a plop.
He hugged King Wei's legs and cried, begging his father to save him.
King Wei looked at his son crying with snot and tears, and slowly turned his head.
He saw the tips of his boots peeking out from under the screen.
His eldest grandson had just arrived, coming through the hall from the back, but he didn't want to meet his second uncle, so he didn't say anything.
He also heard those words just now
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