After Gao married the prince, the sick and weak concubine lost her horse

Shen Qingci smiled slightly.

As Qing Yi retreated and the sound of the flute stopped, the Gu snakes all retreated.

She also got out of Sheng Tingye's arms.

Facing the queen's eyes that seemed to be spitting fire, Shen Qingci deliberately said, "Guess!"

The queen held back her breath and almost lost her breath.

However, before she spoke another vicious word, Shen Qingci smiled and said, "You just said three wrong words."

She stepped forward.

"You have done this, even if you die, you deserve it. A Ye is doing business, and the saint is wise, so he will not be buried with him."

As soon as he finished speaking, the queen clenched her fists and gritted her teeth and said: "Yingming? Then ask him to go to Yingming under the underworld!"

However, Shen Qingci seemed not surprised by these words.

She raised her finger and pointed to the sky, and said expressionlessly: "Let me guess, why is the Queen so unscrupulous? Because the Palm Print Supervisor belongs to the Queen?"

"Even if the saint has been poisoned, if something goes wrong on the empress's side and the saint does not do what the empress envisioned, I guess the palm seal supervisor will kill him immediately, right?"

The Queen, who was still angry just now, her face darkened, "How do you know!"

Judging from Shen Qingci's expression, it was obvious that he had a good idea and was not just making random guesses.

Shen Qingci ignored her almost murderous eyes, and she only turned her head to look at Sheng Tingye.

Looking into Sheng Tingye's tender eyes, she said slowly: "You still underestimate my husband. How could he not start investigating when so much information about him was leaked in the imperial study room."

The Queen sneered: "So what if I know, you are always a step too late."

"Even if you rush to the palace now, it's already too late."

However, Shen Qingci and Sheng Tingye didn't show any panic when they heard this, and even looked at her with a bit of disdain.

The queen suddenly felt bad.

She vaguely felt that she had overlooked something, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

Until Shen Qingci gave an order, a black shadow swept down from the ridge of the roof as fast as lightning and like a ghost.

After he stood still, the queen saw clearly that he was carrying a person lightly on his shoulders.

And that person is...

When she saw the man's face clearly, the queen held her breath.

Princess Jian'an, who was already in a state of despair, blurted out subconsciously when she saw the man: "Emperor...Brother!"

This time, she couldn't bear it anymore, blood surged up in her breath, and she fainted.

Compared to their surprise and shock, Shen Qingci stepped forward very calmly.

She held down Liusu's arm and said in a tone like educating a child: "Lisu, I told you to invite people here properly and not to be so reckless."

"Okay...ok...grandma..."

On one shoulder of Liusu was a Gu snake as thick as a bowl, and the person on the other shoulder had been changed from Sheng Tingzhao to a saint.

And this was the person Shen Qingci had asked him to bring over before.

From the moment he saw the Queen appearing here, Shen Qingci not only guessed the Human Face Gu.

Thinking back to what Sheng Tingye had mentioned before about leaving the city for two days, she thought it had something to do with the Xiaoqi Camp and the elite troops stationed outside the city by Marquis Changxin.

Tonight is destined to be dangerous.

And Shen Qingci became more and more uneasy when he thought that there was a Palm Print Supervisor beside the saint who they had used to take advantage of him.

So, she decided to take a gamble.

Although, directly carrying the saint over would be tantamount to stabbing the sky.

If there was a slight mistake, the queen might have escaped this danger, but she would be doomed later.

But at that time, she remembered what Sheng Tingye said to her.

——Whatever you want to do, just do it with confidence and boldness, with him and the saint as your backer.

So, what are you afraid of!
At that time, without any hesitation, Shen Qingci squatted down and drew a topographic map of the royal study room in the palace for Liusu.

The terrain of the palace may be said to be complicated, but in fact it is also very simple. For Liusu, who is the best in the world of Qinggong, it is like walking on flat ground.

Especially the imperial study room is still in the most conspicuous and best place to find.

Shen Qingci was also worried that Liusu, the silly boy, had recognized the wrong person, so he specifically emphasized to him that he should be the same person as the bright yellow robe embroidered with five-clawed golden dragons that his mother-in-law had seen wearing when they were in the Chu Palace.

There are also secret guards around the saint, but Shen Qingci had tried it before when she met the saint in the imperial study room, and she could sense the aura of those people.

In other words, their skills were inferior to hers.

Then this task is not difficult for Liusu.

He only needed to quietly avoid the secret guards and show the hairpin given by Shen Qingci to the saint, and the saint would understand.

That hairpin was the hairpin that Sheng Tingye had given her to wear before the interview.

That hairpin represents Sheng Tingye.

If the saint trusted Sheng Tingye wholeheartedly, he would definitely cooperate with Liusu.

If she doesn't trust him enough, it doesn't matter, her silly child Liusu will "find a way" to get him to cooperate.

The end result is the same, bring him.

Facts have proved that it should be the former.

This will not only solve the crisis on the saint's side and save his life, but also allow him to come here to watch this great show.

Kill two birds with one stone.

However, due to the up and down bumps along the eaves and walls, the saint almost poured out everything in his internal organs.

Coupled with the fact that he was forced to hide on the beam and could not say a word, he also had to look into the small eyes of the snake on Tassel's other shoulder. At this time, the saint's face could already be described as earth-colored.

After Liusu put the saint down obediently, Shen Qingci, who felt a little guilty, didn't even dare to meet the saint's eyes.

But Sheng Tingye had already taken the initiative to step forward and quietly protected her behind him.

"Father."

It took the saint a long time to catch his breath. He glanced over Sheng Tingye's arms and glanced at Shen Qingci, who was still in high spirits just now. At this moment, the cat was behind Sheng Tingye like he had done something wrong. He only snorted, Without saying anything more, he turned to look at the queen who was completely dumbfounded.

"Twigs."

Even though he was still embarrassed just now, by the time he turned his head, he had straightened his back and stood there calmly.

For a moment, that imperial aura rushed to his face.

This ability to change his face was beyond even Shen Qingci's reach.

Liu Yun, who originally held the sword to block the queen, had no choice but to put away his sword and take two steps back.

"Zhizhi, that's enough."

When he opened his mouth, he didn't call her the Queen as he had been called for so many years.

But branches.

The queen's nickname has not been mentioned for many years.

The Queen was just stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What did you do to me, Zhao'er?"

"Where's Zhao'er?!"

As she said that, she took a step forward and rushed out regardless of the situation.

But Liu Yun was guarding the door, and she couldn't get out at all.

The saint sighed softly and said with a hint of sadness in his tone: "You only have Zhao'er in your eyes, but A'ye is our child."

Hearing this, the Queen seemed to have heard a big joke.

She didn't even care about her identity, she directly raised her hand and pointed at the saint, and cursed angrily: "Child? Is it the evil you had with you?"

"You have to know, if you hadn't stopped me back then, I would have strangled him to death the moment I gave birth to him!"

After hearing this, Sheng Tingye, who had long been accustomed to all this, looked as usual.

His eyes were cold and calm, with no fluctuations visible.

But Shen Qingci knew that even if he was completely disappointed with the queen, it would be difficult for a normal person to remain indifferent after hearing these words.

She reached out and took his hand silently.

Feeling her relief, Sheng Tingye pulled her into his arms, took the initiative to wrap her little hand, and gave her a reassuring look.

At this time, no one would notice the little movements of the two of them.

The saint's face became increasingly ugly.

He took a deep breath and was silent for a long time, and finally said: "I know that I was sorry for you back then, but after all these years, I still can't get rid of your hatred?"

The queen sneered a few times before saying: "Eliminate? Unless you die!"

"No! Even if you die, I will still hate you!"

The saint stood in the court with his hands behind his back.

The night wind passed through the hall with a biting chill, but it was not as chilling as the Queen's two words at this time.

The fists behind his back clenched and unclenched, and then clenched again.

He repeated this over and over again, and finally he slowly said: "Then just go and hate it."

"The poison you used before is like giving you a life. This time it almost shook the foundation of the country. I can't help you."

With that said, he was about to turn around.

However, in the next moment, the queen was heard shouting hysterically: "How can you survive with just your life! I want to watch you cut off your descendants!" "Hahahahaha!"

"Do you think I can't do it? Just watch!"

As she said that, she glanced at Sheng Tingye and said, "He has been infected by the Heartless Gu and won't live long. Even if I don't take action, his life will not be long."

"Do you think I only thought about human face Gu?"

"Every one of your remaining children counts, I want you to watch them die one by one with your own eyes!"

These words are extremely vicious.

Even Shen Qingci, an outsider, felt cold all over when he heard this.

The saint finally paused. He frowned and looked at her. He was silent for a long time before saying, "I am naive after all."

The queen looked crazy and laughed: "So, you also have today? Are you finally willing to regret what happened back then?"

Everyone thought that the saint would become angry and scold him.

After all, several people present knew more or less about their affairs back then.

The saint's actions were really not aboveboard, even... despicable.

However, unexpectedly, instead of being angry, the saint calmly faced the queen's gaze and said seriously: "Yes, I regret it."

The madness on the queen's face suddenly stopped.

Although she was smiling before, her tears were flowing down uncontrollably.

At this time, tears covered almost half of her face, making her look embarrassed, funny, pitiful and pathetic.

She looked at the saint blankly, as if she couldn't believe that one day she would actually hear the word regret from this man's mouth.

Compared to her shock, the saint's expression was calm.

He looked deeply at the queen.

It seemed like he was looking at the queen, but his eyes seemed to be looking through the queen, through time, and looking at each other when they were young.

After waiting for a long time, I heard him say leisurely: "Yes, I shouldn't have saved you at that time."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

This time, the queen refused to comply.

"What did you say!"

"Sheng Dehong, please explain clearly!"

"You are obviously making excuses for your despicability! I hate you! I hate you!"

At this time, the queen did not have the dignity of the mother of a country. She hysterically vented the hatred and grievances in her heart.

The saint took a few steps, but he didn't know what he thought of. He suddenly stopped and turned to look at the queen calmly.

"I didn't want to say it at first, but if I don't say it, I won't have this opportunity in the future."

"There are some things that you just don't want to say."

He took out a yellowed secret letter from his arms.

"In the past few days, I have been thinking repeatedly whether I should talk to you about it."

With that said, he handed the secret letter to Sheng Tingye.

At his signal, Sheng Tingye opened it.

Inside was the late emperor's seal and a secret order.

Kill Wang Jingzhi, the legitimate daughter of the Wang family.

Sheng Tingye did not expect this secret order. He raised his eyes and looked at the saint in surprise.

The saint said slowly: "Yes, this is a secret order given by your imperial grandfather himself."

Before the queen could speak, the saint had already turned his head and said proactively: "Why? Because the person he chose to be the crown prince in the first place was not the third brother."

"You will definitely refute me. After all, at that time, the third brother was extremely famous and loved by his father. No prince could compete with him."

"At least that's what it looks like on the outside."

"But, have you ever thought about why?"

"Since he values ​​and loves the third brother so much, he still refuses to establish him as a prince? Moreover, he knows that you and the third brother are in love, but he secretly sends someone to kill you."

"Obviously you are the legitimate daughter of the Wang family. Among the younger generation of aristocratic ladies, you have the most noble status and are a perfect match for him."

"why?"

The saint asked three times why, but no one answered.

Sheng Tingye had already thought about it, but didn't speak.

In the end, the saint smiled mockingly to himself: "It's just because they match each other so well!"

"His biological mother, Concubine Cui, is favored by the Sixth Palace. The people standing behind them are the Cui family."

"The Cui family of Qinghe has roots in the Jiangbei area for hundreds of years. At that time, Cui Rongyun, the patriarch of the Cui family, was also in charge of Linzhou Mu, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops, and he had long been disobedient to the court."

"This has always been a worry for my father."

"It just so happens that at this time, Mrs. Cui is not satisfied and wants to use marriage to win over Mr. Wang and tie you and third brother together."

"Once King Cui and his family get married, do you know what it means?"

It means that the person on the dragon throne has trouble sleeping and eating!
Therefore, his father must do everything possible to destroy this marriage, even killing the Wang family's legitimate daughter.

The queen looked at the saint blankly and said disdainfully: "I am not the only legitimate daughter of the Wang family. Even if he kills me, there will be other sisters who will marry her. How does he know that this method will last forever?"

The saint sighed softly, and then said after a while: "It doesn't need to be done once and for all, just delaying time. Moreover, if there is a second one, just kill one more. Since he chose to do this, he is not afraid of being noticed by the Cui family and the Wang family. His intention, he even deliberately made them aware of it, so that they would be restrained and fearful."

"During that time, he was actually already working on uprooting the Cui family in private. I don't need to explain what happened next, right?"

In the late emperor's plan, killing Wang Jingzhi was only the first step.

It was already difficult for him to get rid of the Cui family. He could not remove the Wang family at this time. This would easily lead to renewed disputes among the nobles who had long-standing grudges, and even chaos in the world.

Therefore, this move can use the simplest method to suspend their alliance and give him a certain buffer time.

Because of Cui, Concubine Cui is destined to die, and his third brother is definitely not destined for that position.

All appearances are just to confuse people.

Just to catch Cui by surprise and give Cui a fatal blow.

And he was the heir that his father had been cultivating privately.

He already knew his father's overall plan very early on.

He could clearly watch this dispute between the imperial power and the aristocratic family as an outsider.

But he was tempted.

He didn't want to see Wang Jingzhi fall victim to this power struggle.

Therefore, after his father issued the killing order, he stopped him.

But in the current situation, if he didn't have a suitable reason and enough benefits, he wouldn't be able to convince his father. He might even let his father notice his thoughts about Wang Jingzhi, and Wang Jingzhi would definitely die.

At that time, he was weak and the only way to save her and the Wang family was to marry her and bring the Wang family into his camp.

Only in this way can we protect her life and draw a clear line between the Wang family, the Cui family, and his third brother.

Therefore, the killer originally sent by the late emperor replaced the poisonous wine with aphrodisiac.

However, although she did not have to die, her life would be worse than death.

He has seen her resentment over the years.

He even sometimes doubted himself whether his decision was really wrong.

However, when he thought that if it hadn't been like this, what he was facing now would be a pile of withered bones, he felt that he had nothing to regret.

"The methods used at that time were indeed dirty and unbearable. There is no escaping my fault. It is right for you to hate me."

The saint looked at the queen deeply, remained silent for a moment, and then said: "The son does not tell the father's faults. I originally planned to take these reasons into the coffin."

"However, after having been in this high position for a long time, looking back on the past, I feel that my father did nothing wrong."

How can the love between children be compared to the country and the country?

This is what he didn't say.

At this time, Shen Qingci, who was standing next to Sheng Tingye, finally realized what Sheng Tingye said before.

For his father, Jiangshan Sheji always comes first.

Over the years, under his governance, the imperial power became more and more concentrated, the gentry gradually weakened, taxes were reduced, corvee service was lightened, and imperial examinations were established... Although sometimes there was a dark and cruel side in order to check and balance the various forces in the court.

But if the water is clear, there will be no fish, let alone a king.

He may not be a good father or a good husband, but he is definitely a qualified emperor.

Conceding and tolerating the Queen was probably the most unbelievable thing he had ever done in his life.

"If you want to hate, then hate me."

"There is no need to involve my father, let alone the children."

After saying that, he turned around and never looked at the queen again.

The queen was speechless for a long time.

But Shen Qingci had a flash of inspiration when he heard the saint's last words.

children……

She subconsciously squeezed Sheng Tingye's hand: "No! Xiaojiu!"