Mikago

After resting in Tianwu Palace for six days, Qi Yunchu sent an order for all the staff to return.

Everyone bid farewell, left the boundary of Tianwu, and still traveled eastward along the post road in a carriage.He travels during the day and stops in the post house at night.

From about the third night, Qi Yunchu began to summon Lu You to the room alone, and asked him to check some secret letters sent back from the Zichen Palace by the postmen.

These letters sealed with sealant and stamped with the private seal of the servant Chang Yunu recorded in detail the various movements in the court and the public as well as in Zichen Palace after the crown prince supervised the country.

Lu You roughly scanned them all, and picked out the most important ones, and passed them on to Qi Yunchu.

One: Emperor Huiming's condition still hasn't improved.The Imperial Medical Office ordered people to enter the palace to do it again. At midnight that day, the corpses of several forbidden curse masters actually sank and floated on the Nanhai Pool in the Royal Garden.Some people said that it was a ghost, and others guessed that it should be the prince's secret revenge for what happened to Hu Ji back then.

One: The overall situation between North Korea and China is still relatively stable.After the crown prince took charge of the country, he hadn't made any major moves yet; and those officials who had secretly visited Xuan Wang Zhao Yang also calmed down and remained calm.

One: Xuan Wang Zhao Yang is under house arrest in Huiqing Palace, like a beast trapped in a cage, terrified all day long.

None of this is surprising.It's just that he didn't quite understand—Zhao Yang once swore that he had the support of Empress Xiao's family, but now why is this member of the Xiao family silent.

"They're not as stupid as you think."

Qi Yunchu fiddled with those secret letters, as if watching a game played by a child.

"Of course, Empress Xiao's Tang brother is not really a smart person. Otherwise, he would not believe that just being favored can make a fool become a Ninth Five-Year Honor; he would not personally draft some memorial to abolish the crown prince. own way back."

The memorial to the abolition of the crown prince...

Now that the crown prince is already in charge of the country, there is no way to bring up the matter of abolishing the crown prince.I am afraid that this memorial was never presented before Emperor Huiming's sick bed.

No, it may even be stillborn when it is still brewing.

Recalling the suffering that happened to her family many years ago, Lu You subconsciously bit her lip.

However, the Xiao family is powerful and powerful after all, and they are relatives of the prince, like a big tree with intertwined roots, it cannot be easily shaken for a while.It seems that now both parties have a tacit understanding and want to pretend that nothing happened.

However, how long can this superficial calm last?Once the crown prince ascends the throne, will he still appease the Xiao family's betrayal back then?

And Zhao Yang, this arrogant and domineering bully in the palace, was actually just a pawn in the palm of his hand from beginning to end...

All kinds of majesty and ferocity that were invisible at the beginning have now faded, revealing the pale and weak truth.Lu You seemed to have already smelled the faint smell of blood, which was blown by the evening wind from the east.

When it was only a three-day drive away from Zhaojing City, an urgent report came from the fast horse ahead, and a tragedy happened in Zichen Palace—Xuan Wang Zhaoyang died tragically in Huiqing Palace!

The occurrence of the tragedy is really paradoxical.

After the crown prince supervised the country, Zhao Yang was placed under house arrest in Huiqing Hall, unable to move around freely, let alone go out of the palace to enjoy himself.Those officials who came to visit in the past also dispersed like birds and beasts.The huge palace suddenly became a cold prison.

I don't know if it's because of the chill in late autumn, or because I suspect someone is peeping in the dark, but the candles in Huiqing Palace began to burn day and night.Zhao Yang even ordered people to light the huge stone dragons surrounding the pond, and the flames lit up the entire front yard.In the middle of the night, even standing on a high hill several miles away, you can see clearly.

There are plenty of supplies in the palace, but Shilong consumes a huge amount of lamp oil, and he has to replenish it two or three times a day.And the fuel for this cart was all brought from the treasury of the Inner Palace Bureau by the eunuchs and court ladies in Huiqing Palace.

If it was the past, no one dared to resist Zhao Yang's despotic power; but now that Zhao Yang has lost power, private complaints and criticisms gradually surfaced.

In the middle of the night when the accident happened, Zhao Yang woke up again from the nightmare, got up in his clothes and wanted to sit outside the hall, but found that the courtyard was pitch black.Shi Long ran out of oil and extinguished the lamps, and several maids in charge of guarding were sleeping soundly at the side.

Zhao Yang was furious, and woke up everyone in the palace, adding fuel to the fire and re-lighting Shilong.He also ordered those lazy maids to take off their shoes and socks, and step on the lamp trough on Shilong's back one by one, and walk through the fire!

The stone dragon is more than twenty feet long, and if it walks around in the fire, even if it does not die, it will inevitably be severely disabled.Several court ladies knelt down and begged for mercy, crying and shouting, but no one moved a bit.

Is this going to be reversed? !

Zhao Yang became more and more furious, and even poured lamp oil on them himself, and wanted to light the fire again.

It was a death anyway, and one of the little maids gritted her teeth and jumped into the pond, yelling at Zhao Yang!

She speaks all the vulgar language, mixed with unsavory words.How could Zhao Yang have been insulted like this before, and he was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke.He ordered people to pour all the lamp oil that could be found in the palace into the pond, and then asked everyone to take off their coats, light them and throw them into the water.

In an instant, the golden light in Huiqing Hall was blazing, and the raging fire sealed the entire water surface.The raging flames that rose several feet high even surpassed the palace wall, turning most of the Zichen Palace red!

The fire light illuminated Zhao Yang's handsome but crazy face, revealing his contorted and convulsive expression.And this will be the last trace of his figure left to future generations.

At the same time that the tongue of fire was licking the eaves of Huiqing Palace, Zhao Yang was pushed into the burning pool by some hands like a mass of garbage.The flames and the pool of water rushed over in an instant, engulfing everything about him!

The raging fire spread rapidly in Huiqing Palace.The once luxurious and luxurious high-bed tent was reduced to scorched earth bit by bit in the raging fire...

And those who are still stranded in the palace, some of them are silent, holding hands, embracing each other, quietly waiting for death to come.Others ran to the closed palace gate crying, beating and shouting vigorously.

It's a pity that the gate of the palace is locked, and the Imperial Army who came to put out the fire are still on their way...

In the flames of hell, only the spies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came out of the wall without a sound, and disappeared in the thick darkness of Hanlu Palace.

Putting down the secret letter in his hand, Lu You gasped first.

Zhao Yang is dead.The little monster with the same face as himself, died.

This first of all means that after returning to the palace, there is no need to be bullied; but at the same time, as the substitute of King Xuan, he also loses the meaning of existence.

Should he return to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and stand behind Qi Yunchu; or should he just retreat and return to Tang Ruilang's side?

No, none of these were options he wanted.

"Remember what you said yourself on the mountain that day?"

Under the lamp, Qi Yunchu, who was sitting by the side, looked up at Lu You.

"Sailing against the current, whether to advance or retreat, depends entirely on your own ability."