"Don't listen to her nonsense
!" The prince was angry and took out a jade seal from his sleeve, "The one in my hand is the real jade seal! Kill them! I am the prince!"
"Your Majesty's tiger talisman is In the hands of Master Cui Wenshen," Li Qingwu said calmly, "I have sent a message to Master Cui. I believe that the Jinwu Guards should be surrounded outside the palace at this time, and Master Cui will arrive soon with reinforcements... You are here. If you can't help but be captured, I can persuade Her Majesty the Empress to spare your lives."
"This..."
The guards were at a stalemate for a moment, not knowing what to do.
"Whose people are you!" the prince roared, "Where are the Jin Yiwei! Where are Cui Wenshen! Come out quickly and kill them! Kill!!"
"Your Highness, are you talking about us?"
Wu Yiqi appeared outside the palace gate, looking careless. The ground whistled.
Behind him were a group of silent and capable Jin Yiwei.
The prince's face suddenly turned dark.
"You...why are you here!"
Wu Yiqi winked at Li Qingwu to show his reassurance.
Li Qingwu also reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief -
after she said so much, she actually understood that the prince could not really believe that the queen mother was the new empress just because of her one or two words.
It's impossible to really deter them.
At most, it will only delay a little time.
All she wanted was to delay so that reinforcements could arrive.
Fortunately, although the situation was urgent this time, Wu Yiqi responded quickly and brought people there in time.
Wu Yiqi smiled, pulled out the long knife from his waist, and dropped it to the ground with a clang.
As he walked, there was a rustling sound from the blade, causing the prince to take a step back and hide behind his bodyguard.
The tense atmosphere between the two sides lasted less than a moment before the sound of swords clashing rang out again.
Wu Yiqi raised his voice and shouted in the crowd: "The prince forced the palace to rebel, protect His Majesty the Empress and the eldest princess!"
Then he killed a rushing guard with a knife, turned around and walked quickly to Li Qingwu.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
Li Qingwu shook his head, and several people entered the palace one after another, using the palace door as a line of defense to prevent someone from suddenly charging towards them.
She stood by the door and looked out through the crack.
I saw the prince dodging in a panic in the shadow of swords and swords, and broke down at Yu Zheng: "You should think of a solution! Didn't you say that Cui Wenshen is one of ours? Where are others! And why did Jin Yiwei suddenly become the leader again? Gong Simei's person!"
Yu Zheng was also confused, but still calmly reassured him: "Your Highness, don't worry..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Qingwu saw a dart passing through the air with a cold light. He rushed towards the prince suddenly.
The prince exclaimed, but the unexpected ending of death did not come.
A carving knife flew out, clanged in mid-air, knocked down the dart, and returned to its owner's hand.
"Uh-"
A uniform and rapid sound of horse hooves sounded outside the hall, and the sound of swords in the yard paused in unison.
Qiu Che rode a brown-black horse and stopped in front of everyone. Behind him were the black women's army and Jinwu guards holding swords.
Cui Wenshen was carried by Ah Yue and was among them.
The long mark on Qiu Che's face that was scratched by Cui Wenshen has scabbed over and is splashed with someone's blood, making his whole expression look cold and cold.
"His Royal Highness the Third Prince."
She glanced at the panicked prince, then glanced in the direction outside the palace, and said calmly, "I wonder what you mean by this? Are you going to kill people and silence them in front of so many people?"
After a period of eerie silence.
The third prince, Li Hengyu, appeared in front of everyone with several personal guards and ten trembling court officials who had been frightened by the posture along the way.
Different from the group of civil servants who were shaking like a sieve, his expression no longer had the shrinking and disguised vulgarity in the past, and he looked a bit human-like.
"I don't understand what Lord Qiu is saying." Li Hengyu smiled, "I heard that my father said that he had important matters to discuss with the ministers, so he left the palace and invited all the Lords to come... But as soon as he entered the palace, Qiu looked like this. Sir, I wonder what happened?"
Qiu Che looked at him and sneered.
She did not answer the third prince's words, raised the tiger talisman in her hand, faced everyone, and said in a clear voice: "The tiger talisman is here, you are the rebels, why don't you catch them quickly!"
Yes, after Yu Yan invited the Queen Mother, he quickly Taking the tiger talisman that Xu Xianfei gave to Li Qingwu, he went to find Qiu Che.
After a moment of silence, the guards around the prince put down their swords.
Anyone can see that the Jinwu Guards and Jinyi Guards are all here, surrounding them... It would be strange if they can win.
This child's play of forcing the emperor to harem finally came to a dramatic end when the last of the prince's personal guards put down their long swords, and the royal guards stepped forward to arrest them.
It was only then that Li Qingwu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Several people in the room looked at each other, opened the door and walked out.
When Qiu Che saw Li Qingwu at a glance, he got off his horse and came to Li Qingwu: "Are you okay...are you injured?"
Only Qiu Che saw the wound on Li Qingwu's arm at a glance.
There was a slight movement in her heart, but she still shook her head and whispered: "It's been taken care of, it's nothing serious..."
Qiu Che looked at the blood seeping out from under the gauze and gave Li Qingwu a disapproving look.
But Li Qingwu reached out and stroked her scabbed wound gently: "I haven't asked you yet...how did it happen like this?" It was
obviously not a good time to talk about this now. No matter how worried they were about each other, they could only I can give up for now.
While he was talking, the prince over there was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the third prince in disbelief:
"...You want to kill me...Why, is it because I didn't treat you well enough? Ah? Why... you are talking!"
Li Hengyu lowered his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, you are a criminal now, so you still have to respect yourself."
The prince suddenly became angry: "Who said this!" Gong is a sinner! No, no, arenât you good at learning anything? How could you be so good at martial arts just now? "
" Your Highness!" Yu Zheng suddenly said, "We are defeated."
Before the prince could react, he knelt down and saluted in the direction of Qiu Che and others.
But the words were spoken to the prince: "Your Highness, the winner and the loser have surrendered at this time, and there is still a chance of survival."
However, the prince seemed not to hear his words at all, suddenly thought of something, and shouted towards him like crazy. Li Hengyu ran over, his eyes blood red: "It's you! It's you, right! It's you who planned all this! It's you!"
But before he could reach Li Hengyu, he was stopped by several of Li Hengyu's personal guards.
The once dignified prince now looked like a madman, with the crest on his head crooked and muttering to Li Hengyu:
"White-eyed wolf!"
"You must have lied to me..."
"I just said, No one likes me at all. You are indeed a liar. Even you can't stand me. "
"I'm so good to you. I regard you as my brother. How could you do this to me..."
...I laughed and cried sometimes. He looked like a madman who had lost his mind.
Li Hengyu took a step back and said calmly: "Brother Emperor, although you and I are indeed on good terms in normal times, I did not know about your rebellion and forced the palace. Please stop talking nonsense."
"Are you really talking nonsense? "
Qiu Che interrupted.
She turned around, looked back quietly, and met Li Hengyu's eyes.
Yu Yan had already stepped forward and controlled both the prince and Yu Zheng.
In the silence, Li Hengyu laughed.
"I really don't understand what Lord Qiu is talking about. Why don't you explain to me first what happened?"
"The emperor's father passed away." Li Qingwu said, "He decreed that the emperor's grandmother should ascend the throne. "
The Queen Mother had also walked out of the palace at this time, just behind a few people.
Hearing this, she calmly nodded to everyone: "Yes, everyone in the palace has heard that the imperial edict and the jade seal have been handed over to the Ai family by His Majesty."
Li Qingwu handed over the box containing the jade seal.
"How is this possible?"
A courtier who came back to his senses looked at everyone's eyes and asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty has two princes under his knees, how could he suddenly give the throne to the Queen Mother..."
"It's not sudden," Qiu Che raised the tiger talisman in his hand and explained calmly, "As early as four months ago, His Majesty was imprisoned in the palace by the Crown Prince. When he was desperate, he secretly summoned me."
"He already knew about the Crown Prince and the third prince. The tiger talisman that Your Majesty gave me is proof of this - you all should know very well how much Your Majesty values me. The imperial edict in the hands of Her Majesty the Princess can also prove that what I said is true."
"Your Majesty has not been coerced by the Crown Prince for a long time . After handing the jade seal to him, we had already expected that he would force the palace, so we made preparations to arrive in time. Otherwise, everyone in the palace would be in trouble today."
Everyone looked at each other, including Li Hengyu. No one else spoke, and the Queen Mother smiled again and said: "To be honest, the Ai family does not want to take over the throne."
The fingers in Li Hengyu's sleeves froze slightly.
"You were not here just now, so I'm afraid you didn't hear it. The prince has heard this before - originally, His Majesty wanted to pass the throne to the eldest princess Lehe." The Queen Mother pointed to Li Qingwu beside her and said calmly, "It's Lehe. Not wanting to enter the court, His Majesty had no choice but to change his words. "
At this moment, everyone's expressions changed.
Who doesnât know about the beauty of the eldest princess Lehe?
Rumors a few days ago that she was going to enter the court had already caused panic among the families, fearing that the two wives would join forces to attack them.
What if the eldest princess ascends the throne and proclaims herself emperor?
In comparison, the Queen Mother has always devoted herself to the Buddha. Even if she enters the court again, it is because His Majesty invited her back. She has been keeping a low profile recently.
At first glance, he does not appear to be a master who is greedy for power.
In comparison, the Queen Mother is much easier to handle than the eldest princess.
Qiu Che watched the changes in the expressions of these people and looked at each other with Li Qingwu. There was no surprise.
Li Hengyu brought these people here just because he wanted them to see him take down the rebellious princes.
It is now clear that all efforts are being made to draw water from a bamboo basket.
If you ask for a window to be opened in a room, they will definitely not be willing to do so.
It would be much easier to handle it if you first said you want to open a door in the house, and then settled for the next best thing and said you don't need a door, just a window.
As expected, after the ministers gathered together and muttered for a while, another person stood up and held his hands in his hands: "Since it is His Majesty's will, there is no reason to disobey... It's just that I still don't understand something, why are you waiting to say, Third Prince?" Your Highness also has arrogant ambitions..."
"I would like to ask the Third Prince why he wanted to kill the Crown Prince just now. I can't think of any other reason other than killing someone to silence him."
"You think so?" Qiu Che
said . A position revealed the figure behind him.
Ah Yue dragged Cui Wenshen, who was weak, to stand in front of everyone.
Cui Wenshen lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Hengyu's suddenly gloomy expression.
"Master Cui," Qiu Che said slightly, "You were instructed by His Highness the Third Prince to deceive the Crown Prince and murder His Majesty with him, right?"
Cui Wenshen was silent for a moment, and his tone was extremely pale when he spoke: "...Yes My boss has nothing to do with him."
Qiu Che smiled and clapped, "What a touching relationship between master and servant."
But the scene was completely silent, and no one could laugh.
Everyone can see that Cui Wenshen wants to take the blame for Li Hengyu.
Cui Wenshen raised his head, looked at Qiu Che, and said slowly: "You promised me to spare his life."
- Time went back to before Li Qingwu entered the palace, outside the capital city.
Qiu Che slowly walked two steps in front of Cui Wenshen: "You have never thought about it. If he fails..."
"He will not fail." Cui Wenshen clenched his fists, but could not say anything else. He could only think In a mess, he muttered this sentence as if to hypnotize himself.
"He won't fail."
"You can bet." Qiu Che spread his hands and said calmly, "Then let's see who of us can afford the bet."
When Cui Wenshen still firmly believed that Li Hengyu was the emperor's son, maybe he could Not caring about the opponent's success or failure is nothing more than success and failure.
But now when he thinks that the other person may be his own flesh and blood...
Qiu Che doesn't believe that he can still face the other person's life and death calmly.
The two sides looked at each other for a moment.
Cui Wenshen lowered his eyes and said hoarsely: "If I take you into the city, can you guarantee that the new leader will let him go?"
"You can consider sparing his life."
"Why should I trust you?"
After all, Qiu Che already had a history of cheating.
What's more, even if Li Hengyu fails, there's no telling who will be the next one. How can she be sure that she can keep her subordinate?
Qiu Che blinked, with a cold smile: "You have no choice now."
"Ah." She thought of something and twitched her lips, "I forgot to introduce myself again. Qiu Che, Yeming City The current city lord."
"Master Cui, nice to meet you."
Yeming City has become famous in this year. It is the largest intelligence organization in the world today except Hongyanniao.
Cui Wenshen fell silent.
As it turns out, he actually made the right choice.
Qiu Che's side was obviously prepared, with many allies and sufficient preparations, and no one was holding back.
Directly turning the supposedly foolproof plan of Oriole Behind, into a drama that belongs to them alone.
Even if Cui Wenshen does not defect to the other party, Qiu Che can use the Tiger Talisman to enter the capital and mobilize the Jinwu Guards and Jinyi Guards, plus the Women's Army who are already taking orders from her -
no matter how powerful Li Hengyu's scheming is, without enough power, it will be useless.
Li Hengyu will definitely lose this battle.
Qiu Che shrugged: "I promised, but I didn't promise you. How can I save him face in front of so many people."
Cui Wenshen's lips moved slightly, and he wanted to say something else.
"Shut up!!" Li Hengyu reprimanded angrily, and soon calmed down. He looked at Qiu Che and said coldly, "Master Qiu, I am not familiar with this Master Cui at all. If you want to find someone, just find someone. It would be too insulting to accuse me of being guilty."
Cui Wenshen sighed lowly and said nothing.
Qiu Che's tone was interesting: "One person can't do it, what about two people?"
"Master Wu," Qiu Che looked at the crowd of Jinwu Guards, "Come out."
Li Hengyu's expression changed slightly.
Qiu Che glanced at the pale-faced Prime Minister Wu who was being brought out from the crowd, and tugged at the corner of his lips:
"His Royal Highness the Third Prince said, you have been entrusted by His Majesty to invite all the gentlemen to come to the palace to discuss matters. Let's not mention the current imperial service. The maids and eunuchs are all dead, and no one can prove whether you have really met His Majesty before - I just say that since you invited everyone to enter the palace, why didn't you invite Lord Wu?"
Li Hengyu frowned: "Then? Of course it's because... His Majesty doesn't trust Prime Minister Wu, does this still need an explanation? "
That's strange.
In fact, it was because he didn't trust Prime Minister Wu and wanted to kill him after taking advantage of him to avoid future troubles.
Previously, he had asked Yu Zheng to hint to the prince: Yu Zheng was from Prime Minister Wu. So that the prince would be suspicious of the prime minister and get rid of Wu Xiang early.
Because Yu Zheng once served as an aide to Prime Minister Wu, and also surrendered to the prince as an intermediary guest in Prime Minister Wu's mansion.
But the prince refused to take action, so Li Hengyu has been delaying it until today. While planning for the palace coup, he was preparing to let Cui Wenshen's men assassinate Prime Minister Wu, and then directly crossed the river and demolished the bridge.
But Qiu Che anticipated it and intercepted it.
As soon as these words came out, and Wu Xiang nodded in recognition, the whole room was naturally shocked.
Several ministers even crawled behind Qiu Che and others, not daring to get involved with Li Hengyu anymore.
Qiu Che said: "Look, there is really no need to explain."
Because of Li Hengyu's crime, as long as the people present believe it to be true, there is no need for any conclusive evidence.
Power is the most important foundation and murder weapon in this world.
Qiu Che held the tiger talisman in his hand, and was supported by the Queen Mother and others.
Even if Li Hengyu really didn't do anything, he must have done it now.
Li Hengyu gradually understood.
In the flash of lightning, he looked at Qiu Che's indifferent expression, and vaguely remembered that when he asked the woman named Lianyin to frame Qiu Che, she must have been in the same situation.
Isolated and helpless, there is no way to defend myself.
Because the truth no longer matters.
The bad consequences he had sown in the past actually came back at this moment.
Is it retribution?
There were only a few sporadic personal guards left around Li Hengyu. Compared with the darkness behind Qiu Che, he seemed quite lonely.
He took a deep breath, looked at Wu Xiang, and no longer defended himself, but said: "Prime Minister Wu...you should still remember what you did with me in the past, right? You think your ambition is obvious, but it's just In this way, can you atone for your sins?"
Wu Xiang was silent.
He trembled his lips, not daring to look at Wu Yiqi's expression next to him: "...Although I have wolfish ambitions, I never do anything to betray my country and seek glory."
"Third Highness, you told me before that those Nanyi poisons were only because of you. What you got by accident from your business dealings with Nanyi - you never said that you would give up half of Daxia in exchange for Nanyi's help in ascending to the throne."
Wu Xiang's voice was hoarse and he breathed heavily: "You. Do you know what you are doing...you are from Daxia!"
The ministers were shocked and speechless for a moment.
Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country... It's okay now. According to Wu Xiang's own words, Li Hengyu's crime must be firmly fixed, and there is no possibility of turning over.
Li Hengyu suddenly sneered and glanced at Qiu Che.
"You can even find out this. I underestimated you..."
"Daxia people," Li Hengyu chewed on these three words, his smile became more and more sarcastic, "Don't talk about Daxia people, since I was born, Father, Queen, Brother... and even you, Cui Wenshen. Do any of you really think of me as a person? "
I am the child that the Queen dislikes the most. " Brother Huang, you can't say a word. You are the son of Mr. Cui's old lover. Even if you are willing to help me, you only care about my life and death."
Cui Wenshen opened his mouth. But there is nothing to say.
Because it is.
Yu Yan on the side was impatient and wanted to punch him and take him away.
Li Qingwu reached out and held her.
Qiu Che said softly: "Forget it."
"The villain in the storybook must have time for his own monologue before his death. Understand."
Yu Yan, a senior lover of storybooks: "..."
Unable to refute.
"Okay," Qiu Che smiled, "Actually, I'm also curious about what he wants to say."
"I hate it so much sometimes." Li Hengyu laughed when he saw them whispering here. He let out a cry, and there were tears falling from the corners of his eyes.
"Why...why you, fourth sister, are just like me, born from a lowly embryo, why can you become the eldest princess with infinite glory, marry someone who happens to be valued enough by my father, and have the power?" If you have power, there are people who love you."
Li Hengyu said softly, "Why don't I?"
He worked hard to get to where he is now, but because of impatience and insufficient preparation... all his efforts were in vain.
Like he was a joke.
A joke that is doomed to fail.
But he has obviously worked very hard.
When I was a child, I tried hard to please my father, the emperor, and my empress, but then I was ignored and ridiculed.
He grew up to please the prince, and then he was trampled on and looked down upon.
Later, he no longer had any extra heart to give to others.
Qiu Che broke the inexplicably sad atmosphere and said indifferently: "Maybe you are indeed a little pitiful, but that is not the reason for you to hurt innocent people."
"Besides, I remember that my Highness has never provoked you, right? You don't either Have you ever betrayed her?"
Li Qingwu glanced at her.
Qiu Che reached out and grabbed his wrist tightly.
Li Hengyu sneered: "That's what she deserves. In the deep palace, the jungle is always the strongest. That's why I said, how can such a stupid and naive person survive until now, and how can he win in the end?"
Qiu Che retorted: "You are so evil The person who loves her can survive until now, why can't she win?"
Wu Yiqi came over and asked in a low voice: "Is there any relationship between the two?"
Qiu Che also whispered: "Don't worry, the relationship is not my fault? If there is, there will be."
Wu Yiqi: "..."
Li Hengyu stopped talking.
His eyes were as cold as a snake, and Li Qingwu couldn't help but tighten his hand holding the bow and arrow under his gaze.
Qiu Che subconsciously stepped forward to block Li Qingwu's figure, wanting to prevent him from leaping over the wall -
but Li Hengyu suddenly took a step back.
He glanced at Cui Wenshen, who was silent next to him, quite complicatedly, suddenly turned around, jumped onto the palace wall beside him, and quickly disappeared into the night sky.