The north wind rolls across the earth, the cold wind is still, and the moon is like a round disk on a moonlit night.

Chu Yi straightened his clothes with a refreshed spirit, and looked at the little empress who was buried in the quilt with only her head sticking out.

"Your Majesty, would you like to go with me?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ling quickly shook his head and said, "I'm tired and want to rest."

Chu Yi nodded and didn't force anything.

He dressed and walked out.

…

Chu Yan was very angry.

There was a fire burning in his heart, but he forced himself to suppress his anger when he arrived at his eldest brother's house.

He knew that he had to explain this matter clearly.

However, after Chu Yan arrived at the guest room, he waited and waited until Xu Zizhuo told him to wait, but there was no other news for a long time.

This wait lasted nearly two quarters of an hour.

This made Chu Yan feel uneasy.

Brother, are you suspecting yourself?

He had to admit that even though he was not aware of this matter, he was still a little worried about this situation.

Fortunately, finally, footsteps were heard outside the guest room.

Chu Yan took a subconscious look and saw that it was his eldest brother. He couldn't help but stand up immediately.

“Big Brother!”

Chu Yi glanced at him as soon as he entered the room, then nodded slightly without saying anything extra.

I didn't even ask him why he came.

But Chu Yan knew his eldest brother's temper very well and was fully aware of the problem with this attitude.

Finished.

It seems that the eldest brother really blames himself for this mess.

“Big Brother!”

After thinking for a while, Chu Yan didn't just wait around and went straight to the point.

"There's no need to waste any more time on unnecessary nonsense. Regarding what happened tonight, I just got the news and rushed over. I did fail to discipline my subordinates, but that wasn't my intention."

"Is that so?" Chu Yi was also surprised when he heard that.

"That's such a coincidence! I'm so bad that I was almost beaten and assassinated in the street by a group of powerless scholars from other places in the capital."

"Third brother, this is such a coincidence! It just so happened that no one from the military command showed up, and no one from Taining Mansion showed up either? Do you know who was the first to arrive at the scene?"

Cheng Xianjun told Chu Yan the news, so he naturally knew that the first person to arrive at the scene was Shi Qingxue.

But he said he was not willing to put such a big blame on himself just because of these coincidences.

"Brother, no matter what you say, I am innocent and would never do such a thing."

Chu Yan explained that he had a bad temper and got angry.

"Besides, big brother, years of planning were ruined by a woman. Even though I am unwilling to accept it in my heart, these soldiers in the army have always been like this. It is normal for them to do such a thing!"

It was after he said these words that Chu Yi finally changed his tone and attitude.

"So, what you're saying is that you can't control the little actions of these men, right?"

Chu Yan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. "Brother, there's nothing we can do about it. My attitude is that you should ascend the throne, and then all problems will be solved. As for my...my sister-in-law, since she also has that intention, let's just consider it as something the Xiao family owes us."

Chu Yi fell into a long silence after hearing this.

He actually hesitated and struggled about this matter for a long time, until now he had a feasible idea in his mind.

But...it's just feasible. More research is still needed to understand the details.

After a long time, he temporarily put aside the unnecessary thoughts and continued to ask:

"By the way, who in the military do you think planned today's incident?"

Chu Yan shook his head. "These all require further investigation, but... at least it's clear that old man Feng Wenxuan is definitely indispensable."

Chu Yi didn't say much after all.

After thinking about it, I changed the topic and continued to ask:

"If you were asked to go to the Northern Frontier at this time, do you think your soldiers would go to war with you?"

Chu Yan was stunned.

"...Brother? What do you mean by that? Asking me to go to the Northern Frontier? Isn't that the same as exile?"

"What exile?" Chu Yi was very unhappy. "The Northern Qi army is likely to invade from the south. Dispatching five military camps to the north to resist the enemy can also gain military merit and be awarded a title of nobility or general."

Chu Yan was completely dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that he would have to lead a group of men to fight in the north.

What he said was that the good thing about following the dragon was that his merit was suddenly gone, and now he had to go north to suffer the cold and hardship. Not to mention his brothers, even he himself was not happy about it.

But he couldn't express it directly, so he questioned:

"Brother, what you said, let's not talk about whether it is practical or not. Even if my group of soldiers are willing to go north, there will be no one of us in the capital by then. What if the little emperor..."

"Don't worry about that." Chu Yi waved his hand. "I'm confident enough about this. Now I can completely control the little empress. If she just lay dormant, I would have died countless times."

"What's more, Shi Qingxue's 100,000 New Capital troops are also useful."

Chu Yan didn't understand.

He wanted to ask his elder brother how he handled the little empress, but when he heard the name Shi Qingxue mentioned, he changed his tone.

"Brother, I'm really curious why you think she's useful. Her behavior these days shows that she's clearly a royalist..."

Chu Yi snorted lightly, "It doesn't matter which side she stands on, but after all, she is more reliable than your brothers in terms of what happened tonight. I sincerely won't rebel, but sooner or later your brothers will give you the yellow robe!"

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