The first-level Zhaohua Thousand-level Hall

Chapter 193 Palace Change
An unexpected person entered the back door of the General's Mansion.

"General, the fifth prince and the seventh prince entered the palace, and His Majesty had a secret conversation with them for an hour! All the guards in the palace changed into new faces, and the people from the camp in the suburbs of Beijing were secretly transferred last night."

Ding Dong knelt down on one knee with a look of sternness on his face.

Everyone could hear the taste of conspiracy and killing from his words, secret talks, and troop deployment. At this sensitive time, these two words do not represent goodwill.

Lang Sheng was casually dressed in wedding clothes. He listened to Ding Dong's words without any fluctuation in his eyes. Perhaps from the day he decided to make a coup, he was ready for the emperor to take action. Recently, he showed his trust in him. Even better, it couldn't hide the emperor's suspicion and suspicion and the momentary violent eyes when he looked at him occasionally.

It's just that there is a sense of regret in his heart after all, the two of them who once knew each other, even if it's just a monarch and minister who he unilaterally believes has received the emperor's great kindness, will eventually come to an end.

The door behind her was pushed open, Xu Qingluo loosened her hair casually, and walked to Lang Cheng's side, she held Lang Cheng's hand, and crossed her fingers: "The sharp blade hangs on your neck, it's better to drop it as soon as possible."

The emperor couldn't bear his temper, and it was the best time for her and Lang Sheng, after all, there is no way to guard against a thief for a thousand days.

Between them and the emperor, there was no room for relaxation. Any emperor, even a suspicious emperor, would not allow his generals to overshadow the master, and allow the other party to persuade him to submit, even if Lang Sheng was only forced to protect himself.

"I want to see who will win!"

What Xu Qingluo said indifferently contained extremely powerful momentum and toughness.

She never compromises.

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The wedding between Xu Qingluo and Langsheng was extremely grand, and almost all the women in the capital admired Langsheng, who said in front of all the guests on the wedding day that only one wife is enough for this life, and all the women envied Xu Qingluo good luck.

She was originally just a commoner medical girl, but in the end she became the head of the county personally appointed by the emperor, and even became the wife of Lang Sheng, a man who saw a high position and power being named the king of the general. She was also the only wife in this life. Why don't you envy her hatred.

No matter how you feel about the emperor now, after all, the marriage was bestowed by the emperor, and Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng will enter the palace together to thank you according to the rules on the second day. The women in their carriage had unconcealable envy in their eyes.

"If those women had knives in their eyes, I would probably be riddled with holes."

Opening a corner of the curtain, Xu Qingluo smiled slightly, and said something that seemed to be afraid, but his hand held Lang Cheng's arm more tightly, and he did not hide his current happiness to the surroundings.

Lang Cheng, a peerless good man, finally came to her bowl. If these women finally found out Lang Sheng's goodness, he would show off and swear his sovereignty, when would he have to wait?
She has never been a tolerant and generous person.

Seeing the smug smile in Xu Qingluo's eyes, Lang Sheng couldn't help laughing, and stretched out his hand to straighten her crooked gait: "Don't worry, I will stand in front of you even if there is a thousand cuts. "

What he said was indifferent, but in it was all sincerity.

"I'm just joking with you. I'm not the one who can be rounded and flattened by others. I don't need you to block mountains of swords and seas of fire all day long."

Xu Qingluo was afraid that Lang Sheng would say this, because he knew that every word of his words was sincere, which made her feel more distressed and reluctant.

Lang Sheng just laughed, some vows are enough to be confirmed in his heart, and there is no need to say them too many times.

"Aunt Xu, were you happy last night? General Lang promised in front of all the dignitaries in the capital that you will be the only one in this life, and I can't blame you for being so kind to him all the time. General Lang still has one thing that other people don't have. Pros."

The Ninth Prince was waiting outside the palace gate. There were quite a few people behind him, and he was a bit unfamiliar. As soon as he saw Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng's carriage stop, he rushed over impatiently.

"Yesterday, I actually wanted to go out of the palace to congratulate, but my father entrusted me with a lot of things. It's a pity, Aunt Xu, this is my belated congratulatory gift. Don't dislike it."

The Ninth Prince's cheeks were blushing, and while complaining, he handed a long brocade box he was holding in his arms to Xu Qingluo. The shy and expectant emotion in his eyes made Xu Qingluo really curious about him. What did you send.

"Your Highness gave it with all your heart. It is naturally very good. I am too happy to be happy. How can I dislike it? When I get to the mansion, I will definitely appreciate His Highness's gift carefully, okay?"

Xu Qingluo patted the head of the Ninth Prince, and she felt more and more kindness towards the child in front of her. She has always been the kind of person who can distinguish between grievances and grievances. When others treat her well, she can't help being kind to others. If you treat her badly, she can't help but want to reciprocate.

The Ninth Prince reminded her of her unfavorable son in the previous life. At that moment, Xu Qingluo looked at the Ninth Prince with kindness in his eyes.

The Ninth Prince caught this gleam of gaze, felt his heart tremble, and couldn't help but threw himself into Xu Qingluo's arms: "Aunt Xu, I can't bear to part with you, tell me, do you care more about General Lang or more about you?" Me, if General Lang and I are in danger, who will you save first?"

The boy's words were a little choked up, and the complexions of the palace servants behind him changed a little, and one of them stepped forward to speak, the Ninth Prince's lips moved closer to Xu Qingluo's ear, and a very low voice came into it: "There are changes in the palace, return as soon as possible!"

He wiped his tears and shouted: "You and your General Lang, I know you care about General Lang the most!"

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and wanted to push Xu Qingluo away: "Go!"

Xu Qingluo grabbed the Ninth Prince's arm and held him tightly in his arms: "I can't go anymore."

She looked back at Lang Cheng for the last time, her eyes were full of urging.

Don't forget what you promised me!
Don't forget the plan we agreed upon!

Lang Cheng clenched his hands tightly, and couldn't help but take a step forward. The palace people behind the Ninth Prince had already pulled out their weapons from their clothes and rushed towards this side.

The light of the knife shone dazzlingly in the sunlight, and the lights of the knife interweaved to form the most terrifying light curtain, cutting towards Lang Cheng.

"Ah Cheng, there is a rebellion in the palace, let's go!"

Xu Qingluo let out a stern voice, and Langcheng's eyes were bloodshot.

"I can protect myself!" Lang Sheng turned around and cut off the horse's leash, and got on the horse. The horse neighed, and quickly headed out of the palace city.

A series of arrows and knives flew behind Langcheng's side, Xu Qingluo clenched his hands tightly, watching Langcheng dodge a series of attacks flexibly, going farther and farther, finally disappeared, completely relaxed Take a breath.

With the sword on his neck, Xu Qingluo hugged the Ninth Prince who seemed to be stunned by this series of shocks, and smiled: "Be careful, if one is not careful, what will really happen to me, all of you will die!" .”

What she said was the truth, the truth that everyone knew, Lang Sheng was able to fight back when the emperor wanted to kill him, as long as he failed to keep him, no one would dare to act rashly.

"They're all a bunch of trash. Except for one woman, they didn't even leave a hair on Langcheng. You two are so useless. How can I trust you? How can I pass the throne to you with confidence?" you!"

Kneeling in front of the emperor were the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince. The two were like slaves. They were reprimanded mercilessly by the Emperor. One showed embarrassment, shame and indignation, while the other put his hand on the other's shoulder: "Royal Father Calm down, it's useless for Erchen and others, but although he didn't catch Langcheng, he did catch his newlywed wife, if it's managed well, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to let him be tied up."

It was the Seventh Prince who spoke. Although he was younger than the Fifth Prince, he was more thoughtful.

The emperor looked at the Fifth and Ninth Princes, and thought of the importance Lang Cheng attached to Xu Qingluo, he finally nodded his head: "Even if Xu Qingluo is in his hands, the gates of the city should still be guarded, and you can prevent him from contacting those at the border. Rebellion is the best! If rumors spread, the two of you should know what to do, right?"

The emperor's intentions were obvious, all the blame belonged to the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince, and it was also two people who acted on Lang Sheng without authorization, in order to worry about the safety of the Emperor, and felt that Lang Sheng had bad intentions for the Emperor.

The emperor was invincible no matter what, but he put all the bad consequences and risks on the fifth prince and the seventh prince. There was resentment in the eyes of the fifth prince. An Wei, if he really returns to the border or sends out the news, if there is another remonstrance, he doubts whether the emperor will follow the trend and abandon him like a prince.

The seventh prince raised his head, his eyes full of admiration: "Sharing father's worries and solving problems is what sons and servants should do. Sons don't ask for credit, but only ask father to be relieved."

A smile appeared on the emperor's face: "Okay, okay, okay, I know that you are sincere."

The fifth prince and the seventh prince bowed and retreated. The respectful look made the emperor feel more at ease. Having raised so many sons, not all of them are debt collectors. If Lang Sheng is really removed smoothly this time, There is nothing wrong with giving a seat to one of the crown princes, since he is the emperor anyway, if this crown prince is not satisfactory, he can be replaced by another one.

Thinking about Lang Sheng's death, his body will be fine, and his life expectancy is still very long.

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Outside the dormitory
"Are you really planning to just be the knife in the hands of our good emperor, the sword in the palm, and throw it away when necessary, and don't want it?"

After leaving the emperor's bedroom, the fifth prince couldn't bear it any longer, he threw away the hand of the seventh prince, his eyes were full of gloom: "I want to be like our eldest brother who died so badly and was so innocently discarded." Don't show mercy, what is perverting, what is treason, don't think that I don't know that the crown prince's repeated interception of grain and grass to go to the border is prompted by our good father!"

As long as he thinks about the fate of the prince, the fifth prince can't help but feel sad.

No matter how disgusted the prince has always been for his arrogance and viciousness, the bullying of his younger brothers, and the stupidity of the prince, after all, he is also their brother of the same father, and they are also Lin'er's blood relatives who were once praised by their father. They cared about this relative, and wished that the prince would die, because the relationship between them and the prince had never been good.

But the emperor was different. He had convinced the prince that he really wanted to pass on the superior position to the prince.

In the end, he was even more vicious than their brothers. First he abolished the prince and then demoted him to a commoner, and in the end he threw the prince out so casually as a scapegoat for fear of Lang Sheng. lamb.

The emperor knew about the tragic death of the prince, and the fifth prince and the seventh prince didn't know about it.

He didn't feel that his position in the emperor's heart could surpass that of the prince.

There is also the Ninth Prince, who was originally the youngest son who made him and the Seventh Prince loathe and jealous, and who was the candidate for the new prince who had been favored by the Emperor recently, but in the end, he gave up as soon as he said it.

The emperor didn't hesitate to trap the Ninth Prince last night, and let the Ninth Prince go to the gate of the palace early this morning, which means to use the Ninth Prince as a target. Isn't the Ninth Prince deeply in love with Xu Qingluo?If Xu Qingluo hadn't stayed today, he didn't doubt that the emperor would really kill this young son who had always loved and valued him so much recently.

Seeing the entangled, resentful and hesitant expression on the face of the Fifth Prince, the Seventh Prince sneered and stopped in his tracks. He looked at the grand palace, at the bedroom where only the Supreme could live, and paused every word: " Of course I don't want to."

"If a good father has a knife in his hand, a sword in his hand, and he can take good care of the sword, then it is acceptable. In the royal family, interests are much more useful than true feelings. It is a pity that our father has never spoken I don't think he will turn to deal with the two of us who showed their trump cards after taking care of Langcheng. Even if one of us really becomes the crown prince, so what? Qin Hengna has held the position of prince for so many years, so doesn't it mean that he can discard it as soon as possible, and the position of prince that Jiu'er has reserved is also said to be discarded as soon as possible?"

Although the Seventh Prince was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes.

The fifth prince looked up at him: "My brother, what do you mean?"

He seemed to understand something.

"Come here, guard father's palace well. Without my order, not a single fly can enter or leave!"

The Seventh Prince ordered.

When the people of the royal family hold the initiative in their hands, why don't they go further?
Instead of becoming a prince who can only look at the face of the above man who may be abolished at any time, why can't he choose to become the Ninth Five-Year Lord and directly ascend to the sky in one step?

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The emperor didn't know the changes outside, he only felt complacent at the moment.

He slowly walked in front of Xu Qingluo and the Ninth Prince who had never made a sound: "Mr. Xu, I ask myself that I have treated you well, but you have failed to live up to my kind expectations. What should you do?"

The Ninth Prince wanted to stand in front of Xu Qingluo, but Xu Qingluo held him back and prevented him from moving.

Facing the gloomy and complacent eyes of the emperor, his expression was indifferent, not like a captured prisoner, but like a guest who came to visit, very at ease.

Xu Qingluo took the Ninth Prince's hand, holding his cold little hand: "My wife, may I ask Your Majesty, how kind and how good is your wife?"

"Mr. Xu, you dare to speak to me like this. If you didn't have me, you would still be a commoner girl. If you didn't have me, how could you and Langcheng get married now? If you didn't have me, Langcheng would be just a border town now." Xiao Bing, how can you become a great general! Both of you have received my great favor, but you have disobeyed me, and you even cruelly killed my prince. Wife, if I kill you now, I should do it!"

The emperor's eyes towards Xu Qingluo were truly filled with disgust and murderous intentions, not because he said he was a pity for the prince, but because Xu Qingluo made him feel threatened. This woman trapped the prince to death step by step, and finally she was able to That has the guts to kill the prince herself. A woman like her has no respect for the imperial power, and she is simply a threat that needs to be killed as soon as possible.

"Don't think that with Langcheng around, you can have nothing to worry about. Last time, although the slut Concubine Xian surprised me, she finally made me find the person who knows how to disguise herself. When I kill you, I will go back to you." If you find someone to pretend to be you, Lang Sheng will die without a place to die."

"Father, please don't hurt Aunt Xu!"

The Ninth Prince, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak out. He looked at the emperor, his eyes were full of pleading: "Father, Aunt Xu is just trying to protect herself. She is not a cruel person. She once saved my son and minister. Father, as long as you reason well with Aunt Xu, she will listen. General Lang and Aunt Xu are so close, you may not be able to deceive him, Father, please think twice!"

How could the Ninth Prince not know the emperor's cruelty, and that his malice towards Xu Qingluo could not be eliminated with just a few words. Last night, when he learned about the emperor's movement, he thought of reporting it, but it turned out to be him. He was quickly guarded by the guards.

It was also fortunate that he recognized one of the imperial guards as the trustworthy person Lang Sheng had told him, so he reported the letter. He only hoped that Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng would not enter the palace early this morning.

In the end, Xu Qingluo still came and was caught. Now the Ninth Prince is full of worries about Xu Qingluo.

Listening to the Ninth Prince's wholehearted defense of Xu Qingluo, the emperor had some doubts about him in his heart, but at this moment, as if he had confirmed something, with a look of rage on his face, he waved his hand and slapped the Ninth Prince's face: "Nizi, I knew that you were also unfilial, calling a woman from a humble background an aunt, are you thinking of currying favor with Mrs. Xu, along with that rebel Lang Cheng, and wanting to kick me out of that position in advance!"

The emperor was suspicious. For him, the most important thing was never blood relationship, but his own life and position. At this moment, he looked at the Ninth Prince as if he was looking at an enemy.

"Father."

The Ninth Prince was stunned by the emperor's words, and saw that the slap was about to fall on the Ninth Prince's face.

A hand grasped the emperor's hand, it was a woman's hand.

Although Xu Qingluo is a woman, it is still very easy to block the emperor, who is in his twilight years and has been taking pills for many years.

The emperor was anxious: "Mr. Xu, how dare you disrespect me!"

"Come on, come on, get that bastard Xu out of here, and put him in the violence room first, then"

Xu Qingluo's eyes were full of sarcasm: "The minister's wife just wants to remind His Majesty that when His Majesty has time to think about how to deal with the minister's wife, why not think about your current situation."

The emperor listened to Xu Qingluo's pointed words, and there was no palace person around, so he had a bad premonition in his heart.

The emperor shouted: "Come, come!"

No one came in.

Xu Qingluo smiled, and his smile was extraordinarily beautiful, but also extraordinarily hateful: "Your Majesty, you are not a reassuring partner. You can learn from the past and guide the future. If you want to drive away the wolves, you have to look at the wolves." Will you be willing to be used by you all the time, think about it, most of the people in the palace are already in the hands of the two princes just now."

"Nizi, Nizi!"

The emperor staggered and almost fell.

People in the royal family are most familiar with changes in power and conspiracy and rebellion. If Xu Qingluo says it, the emperor will not believe it.

Because after Xu Qingluo said it, someone outside brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. It was Wang Quan who had always been by the emperor's side.

The emperor looked at the bright yellow blank imperial decree, looked at the jade seal, and his face was as pale as paper for a moment: "Let those two traitors come to see me, let them come to see me!"

The emperor swept all the things on the table and fell to the ground, in a mess.

Wang Quan looked at the pale face of the emperor, with tears streaming down his face, and knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty, woo woo, the two princes, the two princes said that you know what to do, and they said that if you don't know how to write, they don't know what to do." Mind. Last will"

He was crying until he couldn't make a sound, but from the corner of his eyes, he quietly gave Ninth Prince a wink.

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The emperor stared at the blank bright yellow imperial decree in a daze. He picked up the pen several times and dropped it several times. The imperial decree was stained with several drops of vermilion, but he couldn't write it for a long time.

He is now in a dilemma.

The Ninth Prince was hugged by Xu Qingluo, and he didn't care what the emperor chose to do. He just put his head in Xu Qingluo's arms and asked in a low voice, "Aunt Xu, why didn't you run away when you were at the gate of the palace?" ? I sent someone to bring you a letter last night, you shouldn't have come."

His eye sockets are a little red.

The Ninth Prince really cared about Xu Qingluo like a mother.

Whether it's the emperor, the fifth prince, or the seventh prince, Xu Qingluo's fate will not be good. She is the best weight to contain Langcheng, and everyone knows it.

Xu Qingluo reached out and touched the Ninth Prince's hair, his eyes were full of softness: "If I really escape, what will you do?"

When the emperor was already full of doubts about the Ninth Prince, and even determined to give up.

The Ninth Prince looked at the softness in Xu Qingluo's eyes, and let out an extremely slight and short whimper from his throat. He put his head even tighter into the opponent's arms, and his hands tightly grasped Xu Qingluo's waist, unwilling to Loosen up a little bit.

In fact, he had thought about what would happen if Xu Qingluo left him. In fact, it wasn't that he had no way to protect himself temporarily. He still had someone in the palace, at least he could hide.

But he still chose to let the emperor look at him firmly, maybe because he was frightened by Concubine Xian's abandonment, maybe because he was too eager for Xu Qingluo to treat him sincerely. At that time, there was not a trace of temptation in his heart, But Xu Qingluo's words at this moment dispelled all the uneasiness in his heart.

"Don't be so moved. Although you are part of the reason, I was caught on my own initiative, but it wasn't all because of you. If I hadn't been caught, how could Ah Sheng have a righteous name? Some dangers always need to be eliminated in time .”

Xu Qingluo couldn't bear the Ninth Prince's extremely moved little eyes, and couldn't help but argue.

The Ninth Prince just laughed, although the name of righteousness is important, but the winner and the loser are really victorious, what story can't be made up?

Now that he had made up his mind, he suddenly held Xu Qingluo's hand: "Aunt Xu, I will definitely protect you!"

The sound of swords and soldiers suddenly came from outside, and at the same time, there were shouts to protect His Majesty, the Fifth Prince, and the Seventh Prince's conspiracy.

Throwing away the pen in the emperor's hand, his face was full of joy.

In the next moment, all the joy on his face disappeared, because the people who came in were the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince, and behind them were soldiers covered in blood.

"Catch Xu!"

The Seventh Prince spoke first, and two soldiers with blood-stained long knives came striding towards Xu Qingluo. The Ninth Prince drew out the decorative dagger at his waist, and laid it across his chest, blocking Xu Qingluo's body. Xu Qingluo held down the bracelet, all the poison on her body had been searched away, and this was the only thing left.

The emperor opened his mouth to reprimand the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince. The next moment, the two soldiers who rushed towards Xu Qingluo and the Ninth Prince fell to the ground with two sharp arrows stuck in their backs.

"Who dares to go further!"

It was Lang Sheng and Patriarch Wang who came in.

Holding the bow in his hand, Lang Sheng aimed at the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince, and the bowstring was full of three long arrows.

The corners of Xu Qingluo's lips curled up into a smile, Lang Sheng didn't keep her waiting.

(End of this chapter)