Emperor Zhaode seemed to have a mouthful of old blood and years of accumulated grievances in his mouth. His eyes were bright and he looked at Xianjin like he was breathing fire.
Xian Jin lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes moved slightly, and his expression was unclear.
silence.
After a moment of silence, Xianjin glanced sideways, raised his head, blinked with clear eyes, and spoke in a clear voice: "Uncle, is there a place to take a bath here?" Xianjin scratched his head: "I have been riding in the carriage for the past two days. I haven't washed my hair or face. My head is smelly."
Emperor Zhaode:?
At this time, calling him uncle is quite convenient.
Emperor Zhaode fell into a strange silence. The grievances and distortions that had just surfaced seemed to be despised and mocked by the girl in front of him. The emotions accumulated over decades were destroyed in an instant.
"...You, are you mocking me?"
Emperor Zhaode clenched his fists, and when he raised his eyes again, his gaze was dark and gloomy.
The double black shadows behind him floated forward.
It was like the cold light of a cold weapon flashing instantly in the shadows.
Xianjin was silent for a moment, then he dragged out the chair in front of the eight-immortals table. The creaking sound of the dragging was as unpleasant as an old light box.
Xianjin sat down casually, raised his head, deliberately showing his slender neck and throbbing aorta, and said in a contemptuous and provocative manner: "If I say yes, will you kill me?"
Slight pause.
Xianjin laughed to himself: "Do you dare to kill me?"
He emphasized: "To be precise, do you dare to kill me now?"
Emperor Zhaode lowered his eyelids, and under the shadow of the candlestick, the light in his eyes was hidden deep inside. He was staring motionlessly at the young girl in front of him who had the same blood as him.
Xianjin leaned back and wanted to cross his legs, but he remembered that if Qiao Hui crossed his legs, his body would bend sideways, which would cause back problems when he got older, so he gave up the idea. He could only separate his legs slightly, clasp his hands into fists, and cross them on the table.
"Uncle, let's not beat around the bush. I am now a turtle in your trap and a bait on your hook. I can't escape death. You used the Lu family and plotted against Empress Lu to imprison me all the way here. The old nun in the carriage must be Empress Lu of the abdicated emperor, right? That young girl from the Feng family should also have the surname Lu, right? At the beginning, the eldest princess killed Lieutenant General Lu who forced the emperor to abdicate and deposed Empress Lu, but left the rest of the Lu family. Lieutenant General Lu's wife asked for a divorce before he was beheaded, right? Is Feng Yuanyuan a posthumous child? Or is she the youngest daughter of the Lu family who followed her mother to remarry?"
Emperor Zhaode's eyes darkened and he was not prepared to answer Xianjin.
Fortunately, Xianjin did not expect his answer, but continued to talk on his own: "You abducted me here, and you obviously hate me like bones, but you still have to save my life. What do you want to use my life to force the Grand Princess to do?"
Xianjin looked at the vast seascape a hundred miles away through the window: "Are you planning to use me as a hostage and launch a counterattack against the capital?"
"Or should I use my life to force the Grand Princess to surrender and allow you to return to the capital from the temporary palace?"
"Or are you trying to earn a future for your offspring?"
That day, Princess Bai'an came to visit secretly in disguise to tell Xianjin about this matter: "...Feng Yuanyuan's background is not clean. Her mother is the original wife of Lieutenant General Lu. I have opened an opening now, letting all the evil spirits surface. I originally did not want to involve you, but she came to me. I will pay more attention to her. You should also be careful and stay away. Don't get involved in this muddy water."
Princess Bai'an came to protect her and warn her.
Xianjin was silent for a long time, and suddenly he understood a lot of things: the sudden audience from all sides, the large-scale withdrawal of troops from the capital, and Qiao Hui's frequent visits to the northeast of the capital in the past few months - where is the northeast of the capital? Isn't it the Chengde Palace? Isn't it where Emperor Zhaode is?
Princess Bai'an said: "If a criminal is under strict supervision, he will naturally not make mistakes; but when you hand him the knife handle, the chances of him making mistakes will be much greater. When I was young, I adhered to the teachings of my mother, 'A gentleman should do what he should do and not do what he should not do', to be prudent and fair, and did not agree with the harsh punishment of 'guilt by association'. I let some people go and took some things lightly. Now, after twenty years of ups and downs in the bloody sea, a saying has been spread on the grassland, 'If you want to kill wolves, you must slaughter an entire tribe of wolves, and don't let go of even the young wolves that haven't opened their eyes, otherwise you are very likely to die in the wolf's mouth'..."
"At first, I pitied Empress Lu for her rough life, and the loyalty of the Lu family, so I only suppressed them, but did not eradicate them. Now, under the instigation of Xu Fengxian, the Lu family of Wanguo Temple is ready to make a move, trying to make a strong attack..."
Princess Bai'an shook her head and said, "If they want to fight a rock with an egg, then come on, there is no need to leave them alive. I, Bai'an, will bear the eternal sin of killing my blood relatives."
Xianjin looked at the face of Princess Bai'an and said inexplicably, "Then, let me join the game."
Why are you hiding!
Fishing without bait?
The profit is not enough to cover the cost?
Is it possible to get something for nothing? !
Is there any business that is sure to make a profit? !
Business people all have strong gambling nature. Xianjin's gambling nature is inherited from her father in her previous life. If there is an 80% profit, she dares to bet all her chips.
"I have a special identity and am tied to the Qiao family. You all love me, but others hate me. I am the best bait."
Xianjin's eyes sparkled, "If we have fought outside, we must have peace inside. As long as Zhaode doesn't retreat, the forces he has planted for more than ten years will remain restless, and you will have a hard time everywhere. I heard from the teacher that the newly revised Great Wei Law has never been implemented, and your new tax on clan tenants has always been just talk. The revision of the imperial examination, the river dams and dikes, the canal cleaning... everything is still pending... You can't kill your relatives without a legitimate reason, I can take on that title!"
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