Yu Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Wei and said, "Wei, why are you worried about Xiao Gu?"
Xiao Wei couldn't tell what feeling Gu Xinglang gave him just now. After thinking for a while, he said, "Just now, the prince consort killed someone. I was scared..."
"What?"
"What?"
The couple looked at Xiao Wei and expressed their surprise.
"I," Xiao Wei suddenly felt a little embarrassed when being stared at by these two people.
Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the bodies on the snow. There were too many dead people, so the princess said, "Maybe being a guard is different from being on the battlefield. Guard, it's okay. Let Xiao Gu take you to the battlefield in the future. After a few more times of getting used to it, you won't be afraid anymore."
Xiao Wei blushed with embarrassment. This kind of consolation would be worse than saying nothing!
"Let's go," Gu Xinglang threw the spear in his hand, whose original owner he didn't know, to the ground, took Yu Xiaoxiao's hand, and said, "Now that the person has been saved, what happens next has nothing to do with us."
"Okay," Yu Xiaoxiao said to Xiao Wei, "Let's retreat."
The hand held in his palm was fleshy and warm, which seemed to soothe Gu Xinglang's restless heart and calm it down bit by bit.
Jing Mo was sitting in an upper room of the inn at this time. He looked up at his chief guard and asked, "What's going on?"
The chief guard said, "We have checked and found that the Second and Fifth Emperors have been summoned to the palace by Concubine Long."
"She hid in the palace," Jing Mo sneered, and said, "It seems that this woman, Long Fei, still has some brains."
The chief guard said: "The execution ground is in chaos now. I even heard people say that Lord Suzaku is dead."
Jing Mo said: "Is Li Xiaoyuan dead?"
The captain of the guards shook his head and whispered back to Jing Mo, "There are people saying all sorts of things, and I don't know which one is true and which is false. And, and..." The captain of the guards hesitated, not knowing if he could say the next words.
Jing Mo said: "Just say it."
The chief guard then said, "I also heard that all the emperors born to Concubine Long were born to her and Prime Minister Ai Jingzhong."
Jing Mo was dumbfounded, suspecting that there was something wrong with his ears, and said, "What did you say? Say it again."
Men actually love gossip, too. The head of the imperial guards looked a little excited at the moment, and said to Jing Mo, "Many people are saying that the emperor born to Concubine Long is not the monarch's son, but the result of an affair between Concubine Long and Prime Minister Ai Jingzhong."
Jing Mo felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Where did this come from?
The chief guard said, "Once this rumor spreads, Concubine Long and Prime Minister Ai will have a headache, right?"
"This woman harmed Li Yuan," Jing Mo said coldly, "If others don't deal with her, I will deal with her too."
The chief guard then calmed down and asked Jing Mo, "Master, what about below?"
"Keep an eye on those two palaces," Jing Mo said, "I want to make sure that the Dragon Concubine is left alone."
"Yes," the captain of the guards replied.
A guard stood in front of the door at this time and reported to Jing Mo in the room: "Master, Princess Linglong's people have been settled."
“Got it,” Jing Mo responded.
The guard ran away again.
The chief guard said, "My Lord, could the group of people going to the execution ground be Princess Linglong and Prince Consort Gu?"
Jing Mo looked up at his confidant. Is there any need to say this? Apart from this group of people, who else would have the guts to do this? Thinking of this, Jing Mo suddenly froze. He was sure that the rumor that Concubine Long and Ai Jingzhong had an affair could not have come from any of the queens. It must have been shouted out by Yu Xiaoxiao's group.
The chief guard was startled when he saw Jing Mo suddenly freeze and stop talking, and asked, "Master, what happened to you?"
Jing Mo coughed dryly and said, "It could only be them who did this."
The captain of the guards said, “Then they have deceived the Lord, haven’t they?”
Jing Mo smiled and said, "They went to rob the battlefield and interfered with the Li royal family's fight for the throne. I didn't know about these things so I wouldn't be implicated by them. The princess and her husband meant well."
The chief guard's mouth twitched. Did those two give his master some kind of drug? Why did his master always think the best of them no matter what they did?
"Hurry up and find Li Hao," Jing Mo said to the chief guard, "You should do it yourself."
The chief guard received the order and asked Jing Mo: "Do you want to kill this Li Hao?"
Jing Mo picked up the teacup and turned it around in his hand, but did not drink it. He whispered, "Since Princess Xiangning and I cannot be husband and wife, Long Fangyan cannot be Qinglong's." He would not marry her, and he could not let any of his brothers take advantage of her.
“What does the Lord mean?”
"The Dragon Concubine and the Azure Dragon King are siblings, and they have a good relationship," Jing Mo said, looking at the celadon teacup in his hand. "If Li Hao died at the hands of Long Fangyan, I think the Azure Dragon Kings would know what to do."
The chief guard understood Jing Mo's intention. It would be best if Li Hao was killed, and all of Long Fei's relatives were killed, so as to frame Long Fangyan. "I understand," the chief guard said to Jing Mo respectfully, "I will arrange it right away."
After the chief guard left, an aide came out from behind the screen and said to Jing Mo, "Master, have you really decided on Princess Xiangning's matter?"
"It's decided," Jing Mo said without thinking for a moment.
The aide asked, "Who is the princess?"
Jing Mo waved for the aide to sit down and said with a smile: "I know what you are worried about, sir. Don't worry, the person who can be my legal wife must be a woman who can help me conquer the world."
The staff member whispered, "But in my opinion, Princess Xiangning is the best candidate now."
Jing Mo still smiled. The emperors of Zhuri were constantly fighting among themselves. His father was furious, but he also gave up the idea of letting his brothers marry the daughters of powerful officials. The royal family was in chaos, and his father would never let the powerful officials in the court get involved in the fight for the throne by marrying their daughters. As far as the present was concerned, Princess Xiangning was indeed the best choice. Although Qinglong's princess was born out of wedlock, she had Long Fangyan standing behind her and was on good terms with Qinglong. Jing Mo knew that this would benefit him without any harm.
The staff said, "My Lord, if you give up Princess Xiangning just because Princess Linglong and Princess Xiangning are not on good terms, it would be a loss."
Jing Mo whispered, "What does this have to do with Princess Linglong? It's just that I don't like this woman."
The aide sighed silently, wondering if the master he assisted had noticed that Princess Linglong's influence was a little too great.
Jing Mo turned the teacup in his hand and sighed softly: "Love hurts."
"Master?" the staff asked hurriedly.
Jing Mo looked at the aide and said, "Looking at Li Luo, sir, what do you think?"
The staff was stunned by Jing Mo's question.
Jing Mo asked himself and answered, "Rather than being the prey, it is better to strike first. Sir, if I fail, Li Luo's fate will be mine."
The wind was whistling outside the window, but the snow was falling silently. The staff member felt that Jing Mo's words were colder than the wind and snow on this winter night, making him feel cold all over.
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