Imperial Capital 66. Ambition and Power

"Empress?" There was silence in the chaotic palace. After a long time, the little palace maid kneeling on the ground called out carefully.

Concubine Liu Guifei's face had returned to its usual calmness, as if nothing had happened, and she said calmly, "Get up. What happened in Prince Li's mansion today?" Mo Jingqi would not go crazy for no reason. Today was the day when Prince Li married Concubine Ping, and nothing major happened. Although Prince Ding's post-marriage comeback recently made him a little anxious, he didn't explode suddenly, so something unexpected must have happened today.

The maid Xie En stood up and walked to Concubine Liu Gui and whispered, "The Queen Mother hurried to Prince Li's mansion, and then the Emperor summoned Prince Li, Princess Li, and Concubine Xian Zhao into the palace. After Prince Li left, the Emperor immediately came to see the Queen Mother. I didn't have time to report to the Queen Mother.

"I don't want to report these things." Concubine Liu frowned, "Summon Prince Li to the palace? What about Prince Li's wedding?" The little palace maid said, "This is exactly what I want to report to the queen. The wedding has been cancelled. It is said that the prince of Zhennan in Xiling took the Princess of Xiling away in anger. It seems that something happened in the resting place of the women in Prince Li's mansion..."

Concubine Liu frowned and waved her hand, saying: "Send a message back to ask mother to come to the palace as soon as possible." Even if one is favored, one will always be slower to grasp the news outside the palace while in the palace.

"I obey your command. Your Majesty... the Emperor..."

Concubine Liu raised her lips slightly and smiled coldly, "It's nothing, he must have been upset with the Empress Dowager. I'll just find a way to vent his anger on him later." The little palace maid pursed her lips and smiled, "Your Majesty knows the Emperor best. But... my master has sent someone to pass a message to you, please... be careful of the Empress Dowager. After all..." After all, the Empress Dowager was a woman who was killed out of the group of noble concubines of the previous emperor. Not only did she give birth to two sons, she was also able to defeat those women and princes and finally help her son become emperor. The Empress Dowager is definitely not a woman who can be easily dealt with. Concubine Liu Gui said calmly: "I know. The Queen Mother is indeed powerful, but... I am not a pushover either!" The Queen Mother is indeed smart and powerful, but her biggest mistake is that she has never figured out what her son is thinking.

Did she really think that Mo Jingqi was the only one who couldn't stand her desire to control everything? As long as there was an ambitious man, no one could stand it, but some people were unwilling to stand it, while others had no choice but to stand it.

Dingguo Palace

Still in the hidden martial arts training ground deep in the Dingguo Palace, Ye Li stared at Qingluan and A-Jian, who were flying in front of her with Qinggong, with a rare gloomy face. Qingshuang, who was also not good at Qinggong, was hiding and laughing. Even Mo Xiuyao, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but smile.

I can't help but quietly think of the arc. Ye Li really doesn't understand, with her body's coordination ability, balance ability and other qualities, and according to Mo Xiuyao, she has a good physique for martial arts, why can't she learn Qinggong! She can use the plum blossom pile or something else freely,

She even mastered the inner strength, which seems mysterious to modern people, so why couldn't she fly? Thanks to Mo Xiuyao who found a set of light skills that are said to be suitable for women to practice, now even Qingshuang has learned it well.

But she just... doesn't feel anything!

In fact, if in actual combat, Ye Li felt that whether or not she knew Qinggong didn't really make much difference. After all, she had no problem climbing up and down a ten-foot-high wall without Qinggong. She didn't think someone with high Qinggong could do better than her in ambushing. Qinggong was more important in close combat.

It is useless. But… the high flying skill is the dream of every Chinese who wants to be a martial artist, isn't it? Since it really exists, based on the principle of "more skills are better than less", why doesn't she learn it?

"Ali, what are you thinking about?" Seeing Ye Li getting angry for a rare time, Mo Xiuyao was very graceful and didn't make fun of her. But just looking at the light in his eyes, one could tell that he didn't want to laugh but was just holding it back.

Ye Li looked at the three people who were making a scene in the martial arts training ground with resentment and said, "I probably don't have the talent to learn Qinggong."

"You don't need much talent to learn Qinggong." Only very good Qinggong requires talent, which is not something that can be determined by Qinggong secrets. Just like the romantic young master Han Mingxi. His martial arts skills are mediocre, and his internal strength is half. If it weren't for his Qinggong skills that are better than many top masters, he wouldn't know

How many times have I died?

This is unscientific! Ye Li felt the veins on his forehead throbbing. This was beyond the limits of the human body. How could it be possible without talent and extremely high internal strength? The most important thing was... it was impossible for a human to fly!

"What was A'li thinking about when she was performing Qinggong?" Mo Xiuyao asked patiently.

Ye Li was a little frustrated, but she still carefully told Mo Xiuyao her thoughts. Mo Xiuyao didn't know whether to laugh or cry after listening to her. "A Li, if you keep thinking like this, you will never learn Qinggong. You are practicing Qinggong while telling yourself that people cannot

Can it fly? "Ye Li knew, of course, that this was almost equal to self-hypnosis. Ordinary people in this era certainly wouldn't have this kind of trouble. But Ye Li was different, even though she had been the best warrior, even though people could fly in the sky on airplanes and even go into space.

But at least the people of that era always had a deep-rooted and indelible idea in their hearts. That is, it is impossible for a person to fly by his own body. So Ye Li always subconsciously wanted to step on something to gain leverage. Once he couldn't find that thing and his body left,

When the distance to the ground reaches the limit distance of the human body in her consciousness, her body will subconsciously enter a self-protection state and then fall down.

"Ari, Qinggong doesn't mean you can fly. You still need leverage, but it's much smaller than what people who don't know Qinggong need. Maybe it's a treetop, or something small, as long as you can control it well enough."

Ye Li looked at him expressionlessly. Mo Xiuyao smiled helplessly, slapped the armrest of the wheelchair with his right hand, and suddenly flew up to the martial arts training ground not far away. After a moment of surprise, Ye Li stared at his voice intently. He saw his hand moving very fast.

He quickly touched a wooden stake on the martial arts training ground, and then turned to another place. Then it was the treetop beside the martial arts training ground. The net rope that Ye Li had arranged on the scene finally fell back into the wheelchair. "Did you see it clearly?" Mo Xiuyao asked with a smile, and stretched out his hand to pull a branch from the treetop.

The goose-yellow flowers that had been folded off were handed to her.

"This is totally unscientific!" Ye Li gritted her teeth and stared at Mo Xiuyao fiercely. Is this a person with a disability? Is this true? In fact, she is the one with a disability, right?

"Huh?" Mo Xiuyao looked at her in confusion.

"I understand." Ye Li took the flower and played with it in her hands, "I need to think about it."

Mo Xiuyao smiled and said, "I think Ah Li is just thinking too much. Or you can actually imagine yourself falling from a cliff of a hundred feet. You have nothing to rely on, and naturally you have nowhere to lean on." Ye Li looked at him silently. She really fell from a cliff of a hundred feet.

I have never jumped from a few hundred feet in the sky. If this is the way to go... every paratrooper will become a master of Qinggong. "I know, I'll give it a try."

Ye Li's attempt was to let Ah A carry her to fly up to the 20-meter-high wooden pole standing beside the martial arts training ground, and then... jump down!

The first time, he suddenly fell down from a height of about ten meters. Ye Li was lucky enough to be caught by a tree branch and then fell into the sand pit at the side of the court.

The second time, he crossed half of the training ground, but failed to find the next place to gain leverage in time, and fell from a height of five meters. He did a good job of protecting himself and only had some scratches.

The third time, he lost control and crashed into a wooden stake on the training ground. The pain was so severe that Ye Li couldn't recover for a long time.

The fourth time...

The fifth time...

Mo Xiuyao sat on the sidelines, quietly watching the slender figure jump down, fly up, and fall down again and again. Then she got up to check if there was any problem, then jumped again and fell again. Mo Xiuyao did not stop her, watching her fail again and again, and then try again and again. For the first time, a kind of intense and unfamiliar emotion quietly surged in his calm eyes. In his deep eyes, there was only the slender figure that kept falling and standing up.

"Mo Xiuyao, you actually abused a woman?!" Feng Zhiyao's voice suddenly rang out in the quiet martial arts training ground. The secret guards who were silently guarding in secret twitched their lips and almost fell from their hiding places.

Feng Zhiyao walked over waving his folding fan, looking at Ye Li in the martial arts training field, and then looking at Mo Xiuyao who was sitting silently beside him, shaking his head and sighing: "Ah Yao, that's your wife, not your enemy. I didn't expect that you have become less and less sympathetic to women in the past few years." Mo Xiuyao raised his head, glanced at him lightly without saying anything. Watching Ye Li falling to the ground, he was not in a good mood. Feng Zhiyao was bored, touched his nose and stood aside silently. After watching for a long time, he asked in confusion: "What are you playing, sister-in-law?"

"Qinggong." Mo Xiuyao said.

Feng Zhiyao's expression was distorted, and his chin was almost poked by the fan. "Practicing Qinggong? This... Isn't she afraid of falling to death?" They all learned martial arts since childhood. Feng Zhiyao himself was born in a wild way and had never been taught by any master. But he had never seen this kind of training method. Are women more desperate than men these days? As soon as he said this, he felt a cold light shooting at him. Feng Zhiyao looked at Mo Xiuyao with an unhappy look and smiled apologetically, and let him go to the side to watch Ye Li's practice.

Ye Li herself didn't know how many times she had fallen. When she finally landed on the ground smoothly, she felt as if she had been beaten up. But she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She felt that she had never felt so satisfied and happy since she came into this world.

"Pa pa pa—" Outside the arena, Feng Zhiyuan clapped his hands and raised his eyebrows at Ye Li with admiration. Qingluan and Qingshuang immediately surrounded her. Qingshuang's watery eyes had already turned red and swollen. She didn't care that there were people around and hugged Ye Li, calling her "Miss" and burst into tears. Ye Li looked at herself, who was a little bit embarrassed. She patted the little girl in her arms and asked her to stand up before walking towards Mo Xiuyao, "Master Feng, we meet again."

Feng Zhiyao sighed: "Princess, you really opened my eyes today."

Ye Li said helplessly: "It's easy for others to learn, but it's extremely difficult for me. Since you want to learn it, you naturally have to spend more time." Mo Xiuyao smiled faintly: "Ah Li, let's stop here today. You can go back to wash up and rest, and then find a doctor to see. Feng San and I are in the study." Ye Li nodded and smiled: "It's not a big deal, it just hurts a little. I'll go back first. Master Feng, goodbye." Looking at the backs of Ye Li leaving with Qingluan and Qingshuang, Feng Zhiyao turned around and asked: "Ah Yao, what are you doing? The Dark Guards and the Black Cloud Cavalry can't even protect the mistress of the Dingguo Palace, and ask her to learn self-defense kung fu herself, right?"

"Master Feng, the princess wanted to learn it herself. The prince taught her." A-Jian said. He had never seen anyone more stubborn and persistent than the princess. If the prince did not allow the princess to learn Qinggong, he really thought that the princess might break her neck because of practicing it secretly.

"It's better to be able to protect yourself than to rely on others to protect you." Mo Xiuyao said calmly. There is no perfect protection in this world. Even the secret guards of Dingguo Palace cannot completely eliminate danger. The more ability you have, the safer you will be in the future. Feng Zhiyao shook his head and sighed, "There are not many men who can match such perseverance and courage. I'm really a little surprised. How could the Ye family raise such a daughter? Even the Xu family..." Even the Xu family is unlikely to raise such a girl. The girls of the Xu family can be talented and smart. But I have never seen someone like Ye Li.

Mo Xiuyao turned his wheelchair and headed towards the study room. "I didn't ask you to come here to discuss Ah Li."

Feng Zhiyao was stunned for a moment, then he looked at the person going away and raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Is Ah Yao jealous?"

Mo Xiuyao's study had long been moved to the newlywed courtyard. This courtyard, which was specially prepared for Prince Ding and Princess Ding, was the largest courtyard in the entire Princess Ding Kingdom, and it even had an independent study building. After Mo Xiuyao moved in, the two quickly re-planned the room.

On the first floor, there is a two-story independent library. The second floor is where the books are stored. The first floor is divided into two parts, one is Ye Li's study and the other is Mo Xiuyao's study. So when the two of them stepped into the study, they saw Ye Li, who had changed her clothes, sitting behind the desk holding a book. Mo Xiuyao

He was not surprised, but just asked, "Why don't you take a rest for a while, A-Li?"

Ye Li waved the book in his hand and said, "It's not appropriate to lie down and rest right after practicing martial arts. I'll read for a while. Do you need to leave?"

Mo Xiuyao shook his head, "Since you're not tired yet, come over and listen together."

Feng Zhiyao looked at the furnishings of the study room. After hearing what Mo Xiuyao said, he raised his eyebrows in surprise but did not express any opinions. Ye Li thought about it and walked over to sit down with a book in her hand. Feng Zhiyao took a curious look and asked, "Huh? Princess, are you reading a book?" Ye Li held a book in her hand.

The book in hand was "The Strategy of War". Ye Li looked down at the book in his hand and said, "I have nothing to do, so I'll read it to relieve my boredom."

Reading military books to relieve boredom is a unique hobby. Feng Zhiyao complained in his heart, but his face was full of interest. "How do you feel?"

"Not bad." Ye Li replied.

Feng Zhiyao was a little unsure of what Ye Li meant by "not bad" and quickly glanced at Mo Xiuyao. Mo Xiuyao was unmoved and asked with a smile: "Ali, what do you think is good about it?" Ye Li hesitated for a moment before saying: "The strategy is well written, but the tactics..." Perhaps it is the difference between modern wars and ancient wars. Ye Li feels that many of the tactics written here are not reasonable at all, and can even be said to be fantastic. Of course, it does not mean that tactics cannot be fantastic. In fact, the best commanders often have wild imaginations. But this book is written... In fact, Ye Li thinks it is more appropriate to call it a novel. This author has definitely never been on the battlefield, Ye Li thought secretly in his heart.

"Strategy? Tactics?" Feng Zhiyao raised his eyebrows.

Ye Li felt a little annoyed, but looked at Mo Xiuyao calmly and said, "Strategy refers to the overall plan and tactics of the war." Mo Xiuyao glanced at Feng Zhiyao and said calmly, "Tactics refers to the specific means, deployment and tactics to achieve the strategy and defeat the enemy. Do you understand?" Feng Zhiyao looked at the calm couple in front of him with frustration. Are they looking down on him for his lack of knowledge?

"What do you think of the tactics, A-li?" Mo Xiuyao ignored Feng Zhiyao's expression and asked Ye Li.

Ye Li shrugged, "Compared to Taizu Bingdian, I think this is more like a legendary novel."

“Ahhh…you’ve even read Taizu’s Military Manual?” Feng Zhiyao screamed.

Ye Li looked at him strangely and said, "My uncle and grandfather both have the Taizu Bingdian. What's so strange about reading it? My uncle taught me." She was not lying. Her uncle did teach her military tactics. But it was less than a month, so the Taizu Bingdian must not have been completed. This sentence also explained why she knew so much military knowledge. The Taizu Bingdian was indeed one of the best military books she had ever seen in this world.

Feng Zhiyao was silent, how come you were born in the Ye family and the Xu family? If you were born in the Murong family, based on the attitude of General Murong in teaching his daughter, maybe our dynasty could have produced a female general. Taizu Bingdian is not just a book. The book has a total of 29 volumes, recording the battles of 17 famous generals from both sides of the enemy in the early years of Taizu's founding of the country. There are also handwritten comments by Prince Dingguo Mo Suyun, which can be said to be one of the must-read books for the military generals of the Great Chu.

"There are a lot of books on military strategy in the study in the front yard. If you like, you can go there and get some," said Mo Xiuyao. This yard was not originally a place for handling official matters, so the books in the study were mostly poetry, classics, or miscellaneous books. There were also a few books on military strategy, but they were not the best. Upon hearing this, Ye Li's eyes lit up. There were indeed a lot of books in this study, but apart from the poems, songs, and biographies of celebrities that she was not interested in, the only books left were some history, geography, and travelogues. She had no interest in the affairs of a certain dynasty or the secret history of a certain dynasty, so she had already read through all the history books before she got married. So she could only read some things like geography and travelogues, but it was depressing to see the scenic spots, customs, and people that could only be seen but not touched.

This couple... I am impressed by you! Feng Zhiyao rolled his eyes as he twitched in his heart.

After getting back to the point, Feng Zhiyao looked more serious and pleasing to the eye. He looked at Mo Xiuyao with some regret and said, "Ah Yao, I'm very sorry. I seem to have neglected a lot in the past few years." Mo Xiuyao raised his eyes to look at him, "What's the matter? Is there any news about Prince Li's Mansion?" Feng Zhiyao nodded and said, "Princess Lingyun thought she was smart and schemed against Mo Jingli, but I'm afraid she doesn't know that she was the one being schemed against."

"What do you mean?"

"It is said that Prince Li's Mansion has already found out that the incense in Princess Qixia's rest room was placed by Princess Lingyun, and that Princess Qixia's room was also placed there by Princess Lingyun's people. But... the maid that the princess mentioned who first rushed into Princess Qixia's room that day was not Princess Qixia's people, nor was she Princess Lingyun's people. Instead, she was... a little maid brought out of the palace by Concubine Xianzhao." Feng Zhiyao said with a serious expression. Ye Li frowned and asked, "That girl..." Feng Zhiyao said, "That girl was secretly killed that afternoon. I have been sending people to keep an eye on Prince Li's Mansion and Princess Zhaoyang's Mansion. When Princess Qixia was taken back, there was no girl with her. It was not until midnight that someone took the body of a girl out of the back door and threw it into the graveyard outside the city. But the girl was disfigured before she died, and she didn't have anything on her body to prove her identity."

"Then how do you know it's Concubine Xianzhao's person?" Ye Li asked curiously.

Feng Zhiyao smiled proudly and said, "The coroner found a little jasmine-scented hair oil between the fingers and on the hair of the girl. This hair oil is said to be a special hair oil made in the best spice shop in the capital. It is very expensive. A small box costs more than ten taels of silver. And in the past three months, only five boxes of this kind of hair oil have been sold in the whole capital. Two of them were bought by Concubine Xian Zhao. So, I guess that girl should be Concubine Xian Zhao's hairdresser. Also, Concubine Xian Zhao changed her hairstyle yesterday morning. According to the judgment of the person I sent who is very experienced in hairdressing, that hairstyle is definitely not made by the same person as Concubine Xian Zhao's previous hairstyle."

Ye Li nodded in admiration and said, "So, the thing is that Princess Lingyun didn't want to marry Prince Li, so she designed to help Princess Qixia enter Prince Li's mansion so that she could regret the marriage openly? And Concubine Xianzhao was also dissatisfied with Princess Lingyun as a daughter-in-law, so she took advantage of the situation to allow Princess Qixia to replace her? But... this doesn't make sense."

"What's unreasonable about that?" Feng Zhiyao was puzzled.

Ye Li said, "Unless Lei Tengfeng was also involved in this, if Lei Tengfeng had not been so forceful in taking Princess Lingyun away, no matter how much Princess Lingyun made trouble, she would still have to get married in the end, right? In this case, not only will her plan fail, but she will also have another opponent in Prince Li's mansion. Or, does she just want to catch Prince Li and Princess Qixia's handle to control them? What if Prince Li and Princess Qixia would rather fight to the death and tell the emperor about her plan? Even if she is Princess Xiling, I'm afraid she won't be able to get away with it."

"Ali, why do you think Lei Tengfeng left in such a hurry?" Mo Xiuyao asked softly.

Ye Li thought for a moment and said, "Did Lei Tengfeng discover that Princess Ling Yun was being plotted against?"

Feng Zhiyao nodded and said, "If Princess Lingyun was still in the capital, the emperor would have to punish her even if he didn't want to if this matter was discovered. But now that she is gone, if the emperor does not want to damage the relationship between the two countries, he can only pretend that nothing happened. He can't send troops to attack Xiling just for this, can he? However, with this incident, Lei Tengfeng's trip to Da Chu was in vain." Lei Tengfeng must have been so angry that he vomited blood because the marriage plan was ruined by that silly girl, Princess Lingyun.

Ye Li sighed, turned to look at Mo Xiuyao and asked, "Should I be glad that I'm not worth him spending so much time to plot against me?"

Mo Xiuyao smiled and said, "I should be thankful. Over the years... Jing Li has impressed me."

Feng Zhiyao curled his lips and said, "I don't think so. The one who is really powerful is the one next to him. If he really had that intention, why would he give up... and choose Ye Ying?"

Mo Xiuyao smiled and said, "How about Princess Li? She is the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue and the younger sister of Ye Zhaoyi."

Feng Zhiyao said disdainfully: "Sister-in-law is also the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue, and the granddaughter of Mr. Qingyun."

"Feng San, do you know why the emperor is willing to let me marry A'li?" Mo Xiu Yao asked.

Feng Zhiyao raised his eyebrows, and Mo Xiuyao said, "The Xu family will not depend on anyone, nor will they help anyone to fight for the throne. The emperor knows this, I know this, and Mo Jingli naturally knows this. He can't get any help from the Xu family at all. On the contrary, if he intends to raise troops to cause chaos or plot rebellion and endanger the people, the Xu family may even become an obstacle to him." It is not a legend that the ancestor of the Xu family personally killed the emperor and tried his best to assist several generations of kings of Da Chu. However, Mo Jingli probably just thought that the Xu family was loyal to the emperor. After all, the real secrets were actually passed down between the emperors of each generation and the head of the Xu family.

"Even so, let's put the Xu family aside. As both are the legitimate daughters of Minister Ye, at least the third lady was arranged to marry by the late emperor, so it's more legitimate," Feng Zhiyao said.

Ye Li pursed her lips and smiled: "I can probably guess this."

The two looked at Ye Li at the same time. Ye Li lowered her eyebrows and said, "My father... should be the Queen Mother's man. He should know the thoughts of Prince Li and the Queen Mother's intentions. But if he marries me, he probably thinks that Prince Li will not value the Ye family in the future, but the Xu family behind me. But Fourth Sister's biological mother's family is weak. If Fourth Sister becomes Princess Li or... the future will be completely different. The Ye family will rise to the top in the future. At present, there is the Queen in the main palace, Concubine Liu Gui is the favorite concubine, and there are many princes under her knees. If my father is really the Queen Mother's man, he will know that Second Sister is not favored. So from the perspective of the Emperor... Second Sister's child wants... the chance is not great. Not to mention that it is not certain whether the child can be born."

Looking back on these days, Ye Li simply admired her father. Everyone thought that he married Ye Ying to Prince Li in order to support Ye Zhaoyi in the palace, but they didn't know that Ye Zhaoyi was actually the chess piece in reserve. What a good plan to build a warehouse in secret, but it's a pity that Ye Ying was not chosen well. If there were two Ye Yues, maybe Minister Ye's idea could really succeed. In fact, it's not that these ancients are stupid, but that I am stupid for always looking down on them. With Mrs. Ye's consistent shrewdness and Minister Ye's prudentness, they have risen rapidly in the officialdom. How could she think that the two were just getting carried away because Ye Zhaoyi was pregnant.

"What a surprising inference." Feng Zhiyao looked at Ye Li and said, "How could the princess think that Minister Ye is the queen mother's man?" I'm afraid that the person on the dragon throne would not have thought of this, but Princess Ding was not wrong.

Ye Li said calmly, "Father seems to express his dissatisfaction with Prince Li from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally, but in fact he has never done anything that would affect Prince Li. Since he has married his most beloved daughter to Prince Li, why does he always express his dissatisfaction with him? It seems like he is doing it for show. The last time the marriage was arranged, it was Princess Ling Yun. It is said that the Queen Mother and Prince Li were not satisfied, so father's attitude was very tough. Of course, this also means that he is worried about the future of the fourth sister. But this time, with my father’s intelligence, it is impossible for him not to see that Princess Qixia will definitely enter the Li Palace. And even if she changes her identity, Princess Qixia’s status in the Li Palace will not be low in the future. But this time, my father seemed to say nothing. Even my fourth sister was sent back by my father on the day she went home. My fourth sister told me that my father had already prepared to send my fifth sister to the Li Palace as a concubine in a month, saying that it was to help my fourth sister consolidate her favor so that Princess Qixia would not take her first place in the future. "

Mo Xiuyao looked at Ye Li and smiled faintly, "Ah Li, what you said is indeed right. Minister Ye... being able to ascend to the position of Minister so early does have something to do with the Queen Mother. However, I prefer to please both sides."

Ye Li blinked and said, "You mean father plans to see which side has a better chance of winning first, and then bet on which side?"

"The level of suspicion today is definitely beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. If Lord Ye is not very loyal, he will not trust him."

Even though she had figured out a lot of things, Ye Li was still a little shocked. Her father, who seemed smooth and was actually smooth, but seemed confused about family affairs, was actually a double-faced spy?

"But what about the Queen Mother and the Emperor?" Ye Li asked.

Feng Zhiyao sneered, "What else could it be? Our Empress Dowager is known as a great woman of her generation, a Yao and Shun among women. She supported the young Emperor to ascend the throne and take control of the world. However, our Emperor is not a pushover. In less than three years, he took back all the power and respectfully asked the Empress Dowager to retire to the harem to spend the rest of his life. Power is something that... if you haven't tasted it, it's fine. Once you have tasted it, it's easy to be unable to stop. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager have been at odds for a long time, and this is something that many dignitaries in the capital know. Although the throne will not change, the person who sits on the throne can change."

"So, the one who is truly ambitious is not Mo Jingli but the Queen Mother?"

"Of course Mo Jingli has ambitions, but he just hasn't had the opportunity. Now that he has the opportunity, why wouldn't he cooperate? Prince Li's Mansion is his residence. Without his consent, even if Concubine Xian Zhao wants to do something, it won't be that convenient."

Ye Li was speechless. No wonder the Queen Mother didn't mind the quarrel between brothers. Didn't she really want her two sons to fight to the death?

"Is power... really that important?"

Feng Zhiyao was startled, and said with a gloomy look: "It may be very important to some people." It was only a moment of gloom, and Feng Zhiyao soon laughed again, blinking at Mo Xiuyao and said: "What do you think, Prince? Since those two in the palace have started to play cards, do you want to follow suit? Or... let's kill them all?"

"Total murder?" Mo Xiuyao glanced at him. "And you will clean it up? You will be responsible for the bloodshed inside and outside the palace. If there are rebellions in various places, will you suppress them? If the Northern Rong invade, will you stop them? If Xiling wants to get involved, will you guard the border?"

Uh… Feng Zhiyao wiped his nose awkwardly. Sure enough, it was not difficult to kill a few people. But the consequences of killing those people were very troublesome.