Zhao Yu roared.

Qin Peng stood there in a daze. She stared blankly at the young man in front of her. All his despair and pain, all his anger and hatred were intertwined in his eyes.

Her lips trembled for a long time, but she couldn't utter a word.

Should she say he was wrong?

But the moment she met his eyes, she suddenly realized that even if he was wrong, she couldn't blame him.

She listened to everything he said and remembered everything.

He was the child she raised as well. During those years in the cold palace, every time she returned, he would wait for her at the door.

She watched him grow from a child to a young man, and she poured all her efforts into this man.

Even if he was wrong, she couldn't really hate him that much.

She didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only remain silent. Zhao Yu looked at her, lowered his eyes, controlled his voice, and slowly backed away: "The past is the past. From now on, you are Qin Peng. Come back with me, and everything in the past will be treated as if it never happened."

Qin Peng didn't say anything.

Zhao Yu trembled slightly: "Are you blaming me?"

Qin Peng couldn't help laughing: "I don't know if I should blame you, Zhao Yu, after all, you killed me."

As he spoke, he recalled what happened in the past: "I'm missing a piece of my memory. Is it related to you?"

"Yes." Zhao Yu no longer concealed it: "I did it. When the Saint was reincarnated for the first time, she needed a guide. This guide would determine the Saint's memory to a certain extent, so the guide is usually the person she trusts the most."

"My mother taught your mother the position of the guide, and your mother taught you."

Qin Peng guessed it, and Zhao Yu responded, "Not bad."

"I vaguely heard that tune, it was you who played it."

"yes."

"Then," Qin Peng asked the last question, "you and Liu Shiyun knew each other when I died, right?"

"She has always been Li Shu's representative for external contacts. She was the one who created the secret line for Li Shu to gather information."

Liu Shiyun has always been good at dancing with the sleeves and is keen on opening a poetry society teahouse. Qin Peng is not surprised by this.

She pursed her lips, and finally asked the difficult question: "Then, her child..."

"It's not mine," Zhao Yu said decisively, "It's Bai Huai's. She wanted to be a concubine and set me up, so she drugged me. I took advantage of her and replaced her with Bai Huai."

Qin Peng's eyes widened. Zhao Yu said slowly, "After she became pregnant, she urged me to take her to Beiyan. I promised her that if she helped me bring you back, I would make her the first of the four concubines."

"So she didn't want to die at that time?" Qin Peng frowned.

Zhao Yu nodded: "According to the original plan, I would take her out of the teahouse that day and replace her body with the fake one. But Zhang Ying asked me to kill her."

"Why..." Qin Peng said in surprise. Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Zhang Ying knows that the child is not mine. Liu Shiyun is actually not worth much. A fake corpse will have some flaws. Others can't see it, but her father may not. Only if Liu Shixuan really believes that she is dead, he will completely side with Zhang Ying to deal with you."

Liu Shiyun thought that fire was a fire of rebirth, but she did not expect it to be a fire of complete destruction.

Qin Peng was speechless. She had a better understanding of Zhang Ying's cruelty.

Seeing that she was in a daze, Zhao Yu pulled up the corner of the quilt that had slipped down for her.

His action brought Qin Peng back to his senses.

"I understand." Qin Peng sighed and closed his eyes: "I'm tired and want to sleep for a while."

"Yeah." Zhao Yu came forward and wanted to help her lie down, but she raised her hand and held Zhao Yu's hand. Zhao Yu looked up at her, as if he wanted to say something, but Qin Peng's eyes were calm and firm.

This was a silent rejection, Zhao Yu understood.

Even though he got her and was about to marry her, this person always rejected him deep down in her heart.

Zhao Yu took a deep breath, but did not force her and retreated.

He felt a silent bitterness spreading in his heart, making him feel like there was nowhere to escape.

The person he had carefully planned for was right beside him. He had fantasized and hoped for him countless times, but he found that it was not as happy as he had imagined.

He wanted to hold the man's hand, but when he saw the other person's frown, he stopped abruptly and dared not move forward.

When Zhao Yu and Qin Peng went to Beiyan, Qin Shuhuai had already received the imperial edict from Qin Ming, summoning him to the palace.

At this time, Qin Shuhuai's troops had all entered the city, and the palace gates had long been closed, as if there was no one inside, and it was silent. Qin Shuhuai's soldiers all surrounded the city, ready to attack.

Qin Shuhuai received the imperial edict in the mansion. After the eunuch read out the imperial edict summoning Qin Shuhuai into the palace, he handed the edict to Qin Shuhuai. Qin Shuhuai respectfully received the edict and opened it, but found that there was another sentence in the edict.

This sentence was written in white wax, and it was impossible to see it without careful observation. However, Qin Shuhuai was very sharp-eyed and could tell at a glance that the imperial edict was wrong. He touched it with his fingers and felt it carefully, and understood that the three words written in wax were: Qing Jun Si.

With this imperial edict, there was evidence that Qin Shuhuai led his troops into the palace in the future, and it was the emperor who gave the order.

Qin Shuhuai understood that Qin Ming was trying to reassure him, letting him know that he would not abandon his followers. Now that Qin Ming was being held captive by Li Shu, the imperial edict could only be passed on with Li Shu's authorization. So Qin Ming handed over the imperial edict to allow him to enter the palace, but this imperial edict would also become his pass to enter the palace in a legitimate manner and Li Shu's death warrant.

Qin Shuhuai nodded to the eunuch who was reading the imperial edict, stood up and said, "Then, after I bathe and change my clothes, I will go to see the emperor."

After Qin Shuhuai finished speaking, he went to his dormitory.

Jiang Chun followed behind Qin Shuhuai and whispered, "Lord Liu is gone. Don't worry, he has already replaced the staff. But for the safety of His Majesty, you'd better not tell the imperial edict too early."

Qin Shuhuai nodded, understanding Liu Shuyan's worries. Qin Ming was now with Li Shu, and Li Shu trusted him because he was her son. If he revealed Qin Ming's position too early, Qin Ming might be in trouble.

It was obvious that Qin Ming's arrangements for today were not accomplished in a day.

Now Zhang Ying and Li Shu rely on the aristocratic army and some of the private armies they secretly cultivate. Qin Ming made friends with Liu Shuyan and planted the seeds of unrest in the aristocratic army. Now he has convinced him and obtained the real core army, and then let himself ambush Li Shu. One by one, every place arranged by Li Shu and Zhang Ying has been planted by him.

Qin Shuhuai never dared to look down on any young man, just like when he designed to make Zhao Peng valued by the emperor, he was only nine years old.

But Qin Ming, who was only eleven years old, was indeed too scheming, which made Qin Shuhuai couldn't help but feel a little admiration and vigilance.

After changing his clothes, Qin Shuhuai rushed to the palace.

Arriving in front of the palace gate, Qin Shuhuai leaned out of the carriage and looked up at the palace gate.

A soldier poked his head out from the city wall and shouted, "Who is coming?"

"The Regent, Qin Shuhuai."

Qin Shuhuai's voice was not loud, but loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.

No one spoke, and it was so quiet that one could almost hear the sound of breathing. At this moment, the sun was setting. Qin Shuhuai was dressed in black and a crown, and the wind made his clothes rustle. He looked calm, looked up at the person on the tower and said, "I am here to see you in the palace in compliance with your majesty's order."

"Your Majesty has ordered the soldiers outside the city to retreat ten feet!"

Qin Shuhuai said nothing, but raised his hands. The soldiers lined up in unison and retreated ten feet.

Seeing that Qin Shuhuai was easy to talk to, the soldier became bolder and said, "Your Majesty has also ordered the Regent Prince to take off his weapons and enter the palace alone."

"presumptuous!"

This time, Qin Shuhuai raised his voice: "I was given a fish-shaped robe by the late emperor, and I can walk in the palace with a sword. I am also granted the grace of Your Majesty, and I can bring dozens of followers with me whenever I leave the palace. Why would Your Majesty issue such an order?! Is it possible that something happened to Your Majesty, and you are using this as an excuse to delay my entry into the palace? Open the door quickly, and don't cause any more trouble, otherwise I will doubt Your Majesty's safety and I will have to force my way into the city!"

Hearing this, the soldier looked hesitant. Someone ran up to the soldier and whispered something to him. The soldier said, "Okay, Regent, please."

As he spoke, the city gate slowly opened. Qin Shuhuai glanced at Jiang Chun, who immediately counted the thirteen people and followed behind Qin Shuhuai.

These thirteen people were the top fighters around Qin Shuhuai. Qin Shuhuai led them forward. After the palace gate was opened, the group walked out.

After entering the palace, a soldier came forward to lead the way for Qin Shuhuai. Qin Shuhuai remained calm and followed the soldier into the long corridor.

There were palace walls on both sides of the corridor, about several dozen feet long, blocking out the sunlight and making it look extremely eerie.

Qin Shuhuai walked on with an expression unchanged, and at the same time asked the soldier who was leading the way, "Why is the palace so quiet?"

The soldier was obviously a little nervous: "Isn't it always like this?"

Qin Shuhuai did not reply. The soldier could not help shaking as he walked forward. Qin Shuhuai said calmly, "Why are you shaking?"

"My humble position... My humble position..."

At that moment, arrows rained down like rain! Qin Shuhuai had expected this to happen, so he took a step forward and lifted the soldier up!

The arrow hit the soldier. Qin Shuhuai jumped up quickly and used the soldier as a shield to climb up the city wall.

The thirteen people following behind Qin Shuhuai threw out ropes from their sleeves one after another. Each of them had an iron claw on their body, which hooked onto the city wall, and they followed Qin Shuhuai's movements nimbly and quickly!

All this happened in just a moment. Qin Shuhuai had rushed to the top of the city wall, and the long sword in his sleeve instantly slashed across the archer's throat.

The remaining thirteen people followed and fought with the soldiers on the city wall!

Countless people rushed forward, and Qin Shuhuai was furious. Everyone's focus was on the fourteen people on the tower, and they didn't notice that a few people quietly came to the city gate.

While Zhang Ying was commanding his men to charge towards Qin Shuhuai, Liu Shuyan came to the place where the city gate was guarded, silently slashed the neck of the soldier guarding the gate, and cut the rope next to it!

The city gate collapsed with a loud bang. The sound shocked Zhang Ying so much that he was stunned for a moment. Then he suddenly reacted and shouted, "Close the city gate!"

However, it was too late. Wei Yan led his soldiers and shouted, "Charge!"

Liu Shuyan led his men to join the battle. For a moment, the people on the tower could not distinguish between the enemy and us. Qin Shuhuai kept an eye on the archers and killed anyone carrying a bow and arrow! Jiang Chun did the same. Before long, many archers on the tower were killed or injured. As the city gate opened and soldiers poured in, Zhang Ying, no matter how dumb he was, could still react to what happened.

Qin Shuhuai knew about their ambush a long time ago!

Qin Shuhuai came in specifically to clear the way for the people behind!

Most of the shooters were killed, and Qin Shuhuai and Liu Shuyan led their men to entangle on the city wall. Even though the corridor was an excellent sniping position, its true strength could not be brought into play.

More and more soldiers poured into the palace and rushed onto the city walls. Seeing this, Zhang Ying gave up defending the city tower and led his men to retreat.

While the fighting was going on outside, Li Shu, who was living in the palace, seemed to have a headache.

Qin Ming knelt down beside her, rubbing Li Shu's head, and said gently, "Mother, are you feeling better?"

"Every time I hear this sound, I get a headache."

Li Shu slowly spoke: "The first time I heard such a sound was thirty years ago... I was only a few years older than you at that time. I was sick and lying in the cave. My sister, brother, father, and mother all went out with swords and spears."

"They told me to stay in the cave and not to go out. They would come back after the battle was over."

"I was sick for ten days," Li Shu slowly opened her eyes with a mocking look in her eyes, "It wasn't really an illness, maybe I would have recovered a long time ago, I was just scared. Because of fear, I didn't dare to accompany them, I just hid in the cave and watched. The leader of Qi was Qin Wenxuan, he brought tens of thousands of people. More than ten times the number of our Wu clan, but they still fought for ten days. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"Mother," Qin Ming lowered his eyes, "Stop talking."

"Why, are you heartbroken?!" Li Shu turned her head suddenly, pinched his chin, and raised her voice: "Do you miss him? I told you, don't think about that dirty man! I gave birth to you, I raised you, he killed my entire clan, and that was your clan too! The fire burned for three days! In three days, the bodies of all the people in our Wu clan were burned clean, the entire village, and I just watched..."

"Mother," Qin Ming felt a little pain from being pinched by Li Shu, but he didn't dare to move, so he could only say, "I'm just worried that you'll have a headache."

“It doesn’t hurt…”

Li Shu slowly let go of him, her eyes somewhat blurred: "I'm not hurt..."

"Ming'er," she anxiously grabbed his hand, "You will help me, right?"

"Yes." Qin Ming looked at her seriously: "My mother's wish is my wish."

"You will avenge the Wu clan, right?" Li Shu's eyes were full of pleading.

Qin Ming nodded: "Yes, I will avenge the Wu clan."

"Kill all those people!" Li Shu was excited, with bloodshot eyes: "Kill the Liu family, kill those loyal ministers, kill all the people with the surname Qin! I want this country, I want the Qin family, pay us back tens, hundreds of times!"

"Okay." Qin Ming lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Don't worry, mother. I will kill them all."

"Okay, okay," Li Shu nodded, "Ming'er, mother loves you," her eyes were full of tears, and she looked at Qin Ming, "Even if you have Qin family blood, I still love you."

Qin Ming didn't say anything. He looked at Li Shu, with a trace of struggle in his eyes, but he still slowly opened his mouth: "Mother, I love you too."

Li Shu was comforted by these words, and her mood stabilized a little. At this time, Zhang Ying came in hurriedly and said anxiously: "Qin Shuhuai knows our plan, and Liu Shuyan has also rebelled!"

Hearing this, Li Shu's face changed and she stood up suddenly: "How did he know? How do you know he knew?!"

Qin Ming didn't say anything. He walked to the candle and lit it.

It was already night, and only Li Shu and he were there. There were no candles, so the room seemed a little dim.

The two people who were busy talking didn't notice his actions. Qin Ming picked up the powder from his fingernails and put it into the candle.

He was very nervous and his palms were sweating a lot.

Fortunately, the two people who were talking were not paying attention to him at all. Zhang Ying said with a cold face: "Qin Shuhuai seems to be determined to attack the city. He brought his men to fight with us in the corridor. Liu Shuyan led his men to open the city gate. Wei Yan led his troops to attack the city and is now heading towards the inner palace. We still have time to leave now..."

"No!"

Li Shu raised her voice: "We have been planning for how many years? Leave? Why leave! Now it just so happens that the Liu family, the Wei family and Qin Shuhuai are all here, let's bury them all here, you lead the noble families to divide up their military power, those family heads are all our puppets, you assisted Ming'er to become emperor, I don't know what they can do!"

Zhang Ying didn't say anything. Li Shu held his hand and said, "It's been thirty years. We don't have many thirty years left!"

Zhang Ying seemed to be touched by these words. He raised his eyes, pursed his lips, and finally said, "Let someone take out everything in the cellar first."

As he said this, Zhang Ying was about to walk out, but as soon as he moved, he realized something was wrong. He turned his head sharply and looked at Qin Ming who was standing next to the candle, and shouted angrily: "What did you do?!"

Qin Ming was frightened and took a step back. Li Shu also reacted and her eyes widened: "You..."

Before they could finish their words, they both felt excruciating pain in their abdomen.

Zhang Ying walked towards Qin Ming anxiously. Qin Ming reacted suddenly. He was one step faster and rushed towards Zhang Ying fiercely. He pulled out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it into Zhang Ying's chest.

The noise inside startled the outside, but at this moment everyone around had been turned away by Dong You. He stood in front of the door with an expressionless face, as if he had heard nothing.

Qin Ming's knife stabbed into Zhang Ying's chest, again and again, as if venting something.

Li Shu watched calmly, her eyes fixed on Qin Ming, sinister and ferocious.

She sipped blood in small sips. When Qin Ming confirmed that Zhang Ying was dead, he slowly turned around and looked at Li Shu who was staring at him.

Li Shu saw him turn around and smile gently, but asked, "Why?"

"You are my child..."

Her eyes were full of disappointment. Qin Ming's heart suddenly shook, and the guilt and fear that had been suppressed day and night surged up.

He did hesitate about killing his mother.

"I've given you many chances," Qin Ming held the dagger tightly, raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face, and said calmly, "Father loves you so much. When I was a child, I wondered why you two couldn't be together?"

Hearing this, Li Shu laughed sarcastically: "You are indeed his child."

"I know your hatred," Qin Ming said calmly, "So I, the Emperor, have been tolerating you. You are from the Wu clan, and the Emperor has always known it, but he pretended not to know. You instigated the concubines to fight among themselves, and the Emperor also knew it, but he still pretended not to know. You let Zhang Ying frame many people, and you and Zhang Ying used money to build private armies, bribe ministers, and disrupt the noble families behind the scenes. The Emperor knows all of this."

"You even instigated Qin Shuhuai to kill him, and you killed him yourself. All of this was done at the behest of the emperor."

Qin Ming's eyes slowly turned red as he spoke: "He is such a good man. He dotes on you so much, and gives you everything you want. He knows that you only have yourself, without the support of those noble families, and he is afraid that you will get hurt, so he deliberately dotes on other women, but in fact, the one he likes the most in his heart has always been you."

Li Shu said nothing, her eyes were calm: "So, I should forgive him?"

“Shouldn’t.”

Qin Ming closed his eyes: "Father said that you shouldn't forgive him. He deserved to die in your hands. But what you shouldn't do is to think about taking revenge on other people."

"Emperor Jing sent troops to conquer the Wu Clan, but my father rebelled and killed Emperor Jing. My father led the expedition against the Wu Clan, but he also died at your hands. This hatred should be resolved, why, why are you still so stubborn?!"

Qin Ming raised his voice: "You killed my father, you instigated the empress to lead the princes in rebellion, you planned the palace coup, and let Zhang Ying send people to burn all the princes to death, just to help me get this position."

"I became the emperor, but you are still not satisfied. You also want to kill Qin Shuhuai, harm your sister, and murder ministers to disrupt the government. Li Shu," Qin Ming called her name, his expression calm: "I have had enough."

Seeing Qin Ming calling her, Li Shu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Well, well, you are really a good son of Qin Wenxuan. I trusted you so much, and always thought you were still a child..." As she spoke, the light in Li Shu's eyes gradually dimmed. Qin Ming knew that this was the look before a person died. He had seen it in his father two years ago.

That night, he was secretly taken back to the palace by his father's men. He saw him for the last time. Qin Wenxuan held him and said gently, "Ming'er, I'm leaving now."

At that time, the palace was surrounded tightly. Qin Ming knew that something big was going to happen. He burst into tears and held Qin Wenxuan's hand tightly, saying: "Don't worry, father, I will definitely avenge you. Who did it? It was..."

"Don't seek revenge," Qin Wenxuan said gently, "I just want to see you and tell you that you must protect yourself when you have no choice... I have an imperial decree here. Even if you kill your mother, I will not blame you."

Hearing this, Qin Ming was stunned.

He had always known about the entanglement between Qin Wenxuan and Li Shu, but he had never thought that one day his mother would really kill his father.

However, when his father was dying, he still said to him: "If you don't have to, don't blame her. Her life has not been easy."

He watched his father's eyes gradually dim, just like Li Shu today.

He knew clearly that Li Shu would pass away soon, and soon he would have no relatives in this world except Qin Peng.

It’s not that I’m not sad, it’s not that I’m not heartbroken.

After all, he was only eleven years old. No matter how smart he was, he was just a child. Seeing Li Shu lying on the ground, he couldn't help but go forward and hug her.

Li Shu saw the struggle in Qin Ming's eyes and waved to him.

"Son..."

She called him.

Tears welled up in Qin Ming's eyes, and he couldn't help but move forward.

Li Shu was not always in a bad state. Many times, when she was calm, she would hug him and gently talk to him about the mountains and waters of the Wu tribe.

That was the obsession she could never forget in her life, and the hometown she could never return to.

Qin Ming squatted down and held Li Shu in his arms.

The blood stained his clothes and he choked with sobs.

Li Shu looked at him tenderly: "If you are so sad, why did you take action?"

Qin Ming looked up at her and said, "If you are so sad," his voice was filled with tears, "why did you still do it?"

Li Shu was slightly stunned and sighed: "You saw it."

On the night Qin Wenxuan died, she sat in the imperial mausoleum and cried.

She didn't know why she was crying, but that night, she suddenly felt very sad. They were clearly enemies, but now that he was dead, she was still sad.

At that time, Zhang Ying was in the palace. According to the original plan, after Qin Wenxuan's death, he instigated the empress and his son to fight against the crown prince, causing palace turmoil. He then trapped all the princes in the palace, burned them to death, and framed the empress.

Qin Shuhuai entered the capital smoothly. He thought Qin Wenxuan died from his poison, so he felt guilty and assisted Qin Ming in ascending the throne.

According to their plan, Qin Shuhuai assisted Qin Ming, and she supervised the country as the queen mother. After developing her own power, she would unite with the aristocratic families to eliminate Qin Shuhuai.

Who knew that Qin Peng would suddenly appear?

Li Shu always knew that this was a road of no return, so she never thought of involving all her children.

Qin Ming had no way to escape, but Qin Peng was different. She planned the best future for her weak and naive daughter, letting Qin Peng marry the eldest son of the country's top family as his legal wife as a seemingly unfavored princess.

But who knew that Wei Yang would die?

Qin Peng had been a widow for more than ten years, and she didn't dare to invest too much emotion in Qin Peng.

But when Qin Peng came back in such an ostentatious manner, she felt heartbroken.

How come she didn't know her daughter was dead? !

How could she not know that with such a huge change, it was definitely not her daughter?

That is Wu Qin's daughter. Only Wu Qin's daughter would be like this.

Wu Qin betrayed her tribe, and they hunted her down. Now that her daughter is in her hands, how could she let her go?

So she stepped back and let Qin Peng come forward to entangle with Qin Shuhuai.

She originally wanted to use Qin Peng as a lever to control Qin Shuhuai, but who knew that Qin Peng had such big ambitions? And after Zhao Yu knew about Qin Peng's existence, why was he willing to do anything to exchange for this woman?

All this shouldn't have happened so early.

They should slowly build up their own power instead of confronting Qin Shuhuai directly at this time.

However, because of Qin Peng's existence, Qin Shuhuai revealed so many weaknesses in advance. Zhao Yu gave them so many opportunities, and Qin Peng built his own power step by step. If Qin Peng was allowed to develop further, the future would be unpredictable.

They couldn't resist Zhao Yu's temptation, and they should have been 80% sure of success when they took action at this moment. Qin Peng left, and Qin Shuhuai must be in a state of confusion. At this time, they summoned Qin Shuhuai into the palace and killed him directly, and united with the noble families to suppress Qin Shuhuai's power, and threatened Wei Yan with Zhao Yu to force Wei Yan to stand on their side.

If Wei Yan wanted to take action, they would ask Zhao Yu to send troops to help. Wei Yan would never let the wolf into the house, so he had to join them.

This should have been a perfect ending.

But Qin Ming betrayed them.

Qin Ming teamed up with Liu Shuyan and planted an undercover agent in the aristocratic army. He also secretly persuaded Wei Yan to pretend to be bribed by Zhao Yu and join their camp. Finally, at this critical moment of the palace coup, he poisoned and killed them.

Every link of their strategy was broken by Qin Ming, but why did it happen?

Because he is her child.

Because he was the one she relied on and looked up to in her life.

Li Shu looked at the child in front of her who was hugging her and crying bitterly, feeling both love and hate in her heart.

She has a mother's love, but she also has endless resentment.

It was her love that caused their tribe to fail, and it was her love for Qin Ming that killed Zhang Ying and ended her thirty-year plan.

Countless hatred surged in her heart. She looked at Qin Ming crying and calling her mother. She tried her best and hugged Qin Ming with her pale hands.

"My son..." She smiled, tears filling her eyes. She pulled the dagger out of her sleeve and pierced Qin Ming's body!

Qin Ming was shocked and looked at Li Shu in disbelief.

This is probably the case for both mother and son. Li Shu never thought that one day her son would kill her, and Qin Ming never thought that one day his mother would actually stab him.

They are always extremely cruel to others, but they always fantasize that others will return their love.

Seeing Qin Ming's eyes, Li Shu finally couldn't hold it anymore.

She slowly closed her eyes and let go of the dagger in her hand.

"Come with me...my son..."

After saying this, Li Shu was silent again.

Qin Ming closed his eyes, endured the pain in his abdomen, and spoke with difficulty: "Dong You, come in and get the Phoenix Seal, and tell the people outside that the Queen Mother has decreed that the entire army shall not resist, lay down their weapons, and let Qin Shuhuai enter the palace!"

"yes!"

Dong You responded immediately, and Qin Ming said in a difficult tone: "You, find an imperial physician to come..."

When Dong You heard this, he realized something was wrong and hurriedly opened the door.

Dong You was stunned when he saw the scene in the room. Qin Ming took out the Phoenix Seal from Li Shu's sleeve and handed it to Dong You. Dong You hurriedly took it, went out and gave it to the chief guard who was guarding outside, and then told his apprentice to call for help. He hurried back to the room and supported Qin Ming: "Your Majesty, what are you doing..."

"Let's, Qin Shuhuai, hurry up..."

Qin Ming struggled to speak. Dong You nodded repeatedly: "I have sent someone to go, it will be over soon, please don't move, I will help you sit down."

Qin Ming was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. He leaned on Dong You, who had watched him grow up, and couldn't help but tear up. Qin Ming felt his eyes gradually darken, and whispered, "Dong You, I thought I would be very afraid of death, but now I suddenly realize that I am not afraid anymore."

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about?" Dong You said with a nasal voice, "Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, and you have the country's destiny to protect you. How could you die?"

"You, stop lying to the kids..."

Qin Ming struggled to speak: "What kind of true dragon emperor is there? If there really is one, how could my father die?"

While the two were talking, Qin Shuhuai had already arrived with his men.

They had already arrived outside the inner palace. After Dong You's men took the Queen Mother's phoenix seal and brought people to ask the soldiers to stop fighting, Qin Shuhuai and his men drove straight in and entered Li Shu's Weiyang Palace.

When Qin Shuhuai and his companions arrived at the gate, a soldier blocked Qin Shuhuai's way and said to him, "Your Majesty has ordered that only the Regent Prince, Liu Shuyan, and Wei Yan enter the palace."

Qin Shuhuai nodded, asked Jiang Chun to stand outside, and took Liu Shuyan and Wei Yan into the hall.

As soon as they entered, the three were shocked by the scene inside the house. Qin Ming was sitting next to Dong You, holding the wound on his abdomen. The imperial physician had just entered the room and took Qin Ming's pulse.

Qin Ming closed his eyes slightly and said with difficulty: "Qin Shuhuai, I'm afraid I can't do it anymore."

Qin Shuhuai's heart moved. He always knew that Qin Peng loved this younger brother, and this younger brother was different from Zhao Yu. He was brave and resourceful, and could bend and stretch. If he grew up, he would probably be better than anyone present.

He is only eleven years old now, but he said these words to Qin Shuhuai calmly. Qin Shuhuai couldn't help but choke up and said slowly: "When your sister comes back, she will want to see you."

Hearing this, Qin Ming slowly closed his eyes and looked at Qin Shuhuai with difficulty.

"This world," he raised his hand and handed over the imperial edict that he had asked Dong You to prepare on the way to Qin Shuhuai. His hands trembled slightly, but he still said firmly: "I'll give it to you."

Qin Shuhuai saw that he was already powerless, so he raised his hand and grasped the other end of the imperial edict. Qin Ming looked up at Qin Shuhuai and said seriously: "You, bring my sister back."

His eyes were firm and clear, and he said seriously: "Don't let the Jiangnan water town soften your heart, Qin Shuhuai, my father said that the reason he took a fancy to you was because of the wolf nature you honed in Beiyan. This country must be conquered before it can be considered stable."

Hearing this, Qin Shuhuai tightly grasped one end of the imperial edict and slowly raised his eyes.

Seeing Qin Shuhuai's gaze, Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother-in-law," he finally revealed the weakness and attachment that only a child could have. He stretched out his hand to Qin Shuhuai, who held him on his shoulder. Qin Ming closed his eyes: "I, miss my sister so much."

The warmest moment in his life was when Qin Peng slept beside him and told him stories.

That was the only person who treated him as a child.

She took care of him, accompanied him, and sincerely wanted to protect him.

Even though he didn't need her protection, even though he knew that the world was so dangerous, he still felt at peace when that person opened her sleeves and held him in her arms.

His sister.

He knew it so clearly.

Qin Shuhuai hugged Qin Ming, his eyes were red and he sniffed.

The imperial physician raised his eyes to look at Qin Shuhuai, and said with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

"say."

"Your Majesty is seriously injured now. I'm afraid he won't survive more than seven days..."

The doctor knelt on the ground, trembling. Qin Shuhuai closed his eyes and turned to look at Wei Yan.

"Is seven days enough for you to find Wu Li?"

Wei Yan was slightly stunned, then reacted. In this world, if it comes to healing and saving lives, I'm afraid no one can surpass Wu Li. He hurriedly said, "Okay."

Qin Shuhuai nodded: "Take His Majesty with you and leave quickly."

Having said that, he asked Dong You to prepare immediately, and then handed Qin Ming to the imperial physician, saying seriously: "Your Majesty will leave the case to you for the next seven days."

The imperial physician breathed a sigh of relief. They were cautious by nature, and although they said it would take seven days, it might actually be eight or nine days.

The doctor nodded and said quickly, "Yes."

Qin Shuhuai responded and walked out holding the imperial edict.

Liu Shuyan followed behind him, his body still stained with blood, holding the imperial edict in his hand, full of murderous intent.

Liu Shuyan looked at his appearance and suddenly remembered the time when Jiang family first met him. The young man was covered in blood, but he was still crawling with difficulty, trying to grab a knife.

Qin Wenxuan was not wrong. This man, who was as calm and elegant as a scholar, had an indelible wolfish nature and passion in his bones.

That wolf nature had been honed by the Southern Qi dynasty's philosophy of moderate governance over the years, and was sometimes even obscured.

Liu Shuyan had a hunch about what he was going to do. When he turned the corner, Qin Shuhuai suddenly said, "I'm going to Beiyan. Now I'll leave the affairs of the inner palace to you."

Liu Shuyan was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you afraid that I will take advantage of the chaos to frame you?"

Qin Shuhuai turned around and looked at him: "Okay."

However, Liu Shuyan knew that this "yes" meant that you can do it, but you will have to bear the consequences yourself.

Liu Shuyan sighed and nodded, "Okay, I understand. So what are you going to do in Beiyan?"

Qin Shuhuai did not answer him, but changed the subject: "Take 100,000 troops from the southern army and 200,000 from the aristocratic army, and send them to Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Huazhou. Order the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War to prepare the military pay."

"You want to start a war?!"

Liu Shuyan raised his voice, and Qin Shuhuai said calmly: "Not necessarily, but maybe."

"Liu Shuyan," he turned around and looked at Liu Shuyan, his voice without a trace of emotion: "Do you know what the strangest thing was when I came back from the north?"

"What I can't understand the most is why the people of Southern Qi are so proud of their integrity and want respect so much, but are so afraid of war?"

"How can you expect peace in a country without even the most basic dignity?"

Liu Shuyan didn't say anything.

The wind mixed with rain blew through the corridor, and the palace lanterns swayed. Qin Shuhuai looked calm: "I will go to Northern Yan to persuade Xiahou Yan to rebel. If I succeed, Southern Qi will attack directly and take the eight states in the south of Yan. If I fail, then no matter what, we must fight."

"We will mobilize our nation and fight all the way to the capital of Yan. We will do what Northern Yan did in the past."

"Wei Yan..." Liu Shuyan hesitated: "I'm afraid Wei Yan is..."