Chu Yeli looked at her like this, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
She had never been so worried about him, never been so eager to plead for him.
Just like when the sun comes out, he always stands on the side against the light, in a corner where she can't see him, and she never looks back.
His trembling fingertips wanted to touch her face, but stopped.
"Let's eat first."
"Don't be angry, wait till you're done eating, and I'll promise you."
Chu Li hoped, "Really?"
"When have I ever lied to you?"
At this point, Chu Li's emotions calmed down a little. He clenched his chopsticks tightly, trying his best to calm his emotions.
She can't mess herself up.
Now that things have come to this, crying is useless. The only way to turn things around is to try every possible way to change the situation.
She took a deep breath, picked up a piece of food with chopsticks, stuffed it into her mouth, and tried to swallow it.
Now, she is much calmer.
Chu Yeli looked at her, "Xiao Jiu?"
"What?"
"Have you ever looked me in the eye?"
Have you ever seen the love and hope in his eyes?
Chu Li said: "You have a lot of things, but have you ever valued what you have?"
People are always like this. They don't know how lucky they are until they lose something. Then they suddenly realize that they once had so many wonderful things.
Chu Yeli said seriously: "No matter how much I have, it's not as good as you."
"Human emotions are complicated, aren't they? If I could decisively tell love from hate, I could just kill you, and there wouldn't be such a tortuous process. But for you, even if this road is tortuous to reach the end, I am willing to do it."
look.
Those who are patient are the winners in the end.
"In the end, I got you."
Chu Li lowered his eyes and said nothing more.
The emperor's uncle would never treat her like this.
In the eyes of the emperor's uncle, she was never an object to be fought over.
In essence, he might never understand the difference between Chu Yeli and the emperor's uncle, the difference between selfishness and love, and she didn't want to say more.
She was preoccupied with business.
When Chu Yeli wanted to say something else, Chu Li had already put down his chopsticks:
"I'm done eating."
The implication is that you should let him go.
“But I haven’t eaten yet.”
"While you're eating, it shouldn't delay giving orders, right? It's just a matter of moving your mouth."
"You're so biased."
Chu Li pursed her lips and just looked at him quietly.
Chu Yeli sighed, put down his chopsticks, and took her out, "Let Xiao Yexing go."
As soon as I reached the stairs, I heard a burst of messy footsteps below, as if something had happened.
Chu Li's heart tightened and he ran over, only to see four or five soldiers holding the struggling Xiao Yexing. There was an arrow stuck in his knee and blood had dyed half of his leg red.
"Commander Xiao!"
Chu Yeli's eyes darkened:
"What's going on?"
"Your Highness, Governor Xiao tried to escape just now, but we had no choice but to shoot and wound him and capture him."
Chu Yeli frowned, seeing that the arrow had pierced his entire leg. If it couldn't be cured, he might become disabled. Even if it was cured by chance, he would have to rest for at least three months.
"Please ask the best doctor to treat him and escort him back to the imperial capital to recover."
"yes!"
Chu Li rushed forward and watched Xiao Yexing being forcibly taken away, his stomach churning uncontrollably.
Xiao Yexing was injured and taken back to the capital, and her newly-risen hope was shattered.
Looking up at the man standing on the stairs, his hazy red eyes were filled with hatred:
"You hurt him on purpose!"
"You clearly promised me that you would let him go! You don't keep your word!"
Chu Yeli came over with a gloomy look in his eyes: "Xiaojiu, we were eating in the box just now, I didn't know that he ran away..."
"Do you think I would believe you? From the beginning, you never intended to let him go. You lied to me!"
Chu Yeli held her shoulders:
"It was the men below who made the mistake. I will not break my promise to you."
"You lied to me! Chu Yeli, you lied to me again! I won't believe you again, I...ah!" When Chu Li was overly emotional, his stomach suddenly ached and his face turned pale.
"Xiao Jiu!"
"Don't come near me!"
Chu Li grabbed the clothes on her chest, pushed him away, and stumbled back several steps, "You are so cruel... Chu Yeli, you are so cruel..."
She walked around him and ran upstairs.
"Xiaojiu, please believe me, I..."
Chu Yeli followed her gaze, but he didn't even see her look back.
He clenched his fingertips, the light in his eyes became more and more fierce and gloomy, and he suddenly raised his hand and slapped the deputy general in the face.
"waste!"
"I can't even see a single person!"
The deputy general knelt on the ground in fear and said, "Your Highness, please calm down. I am useless. Your Highness, please calm down!"
Chu Yeli grabbed his collar viciously and pulled it, a breath of foul air stuck in his chest that was difficult to vent.
"What are you still kneeling here for? Wait for me to call you for dinner!"
The deputy general was so frightened that he crawled out.
The first thing he did when he got out was to send three times more manpower, keep an eye on Xiao Yexing, and never dare to make any mistakes again.
Chu Yeli felt a dull pain in his temple.
"Master, go to bed early," Ah Yu whispered. "You have been doing everything yourself these days, and you still have a long journey to go. You need to rest well."
He had no intention of resting and felt uneasy.
Turn around and go upstairs.
The door is closed.
He stood outside the door, thinking about what Chu Li had just said and the disappointed look in her eyes when she looked at him. He felt like a huge rock was pressing on his heart and he felt very depressed.
After adjusting for a long time, he recovered a little and said in a low voice:
"Xiao Jiu, I sent someone to treat Xiao Yexing. He will be fine."
Inside the house, it was quiet.
"Xiaojiu, please listen to my explanation."
He really didn't know about this.
"Xiao Jiu?"
Why is there no sound?
"Xiao Jiu?"
His brows gradually furrowed, and a bad thought arose in his mind. He then pushed open the door, only to see that the room was empty, with only the window wide open!
Damn it!
-
Chu Li climbed out the window and ran away.
The city was too big, and with Chu Yeli moving in, his people were everywhere, but she didn't have a penny on her. After thinking about it, she decided to run to the local prefect as quickly as possible.
Beat the drum for help.
"Who? Who's banging outside in the middle of the night?"
Two soldiers came out unhappy.
"Don't you know that you can only beat the drum to appeal in the morning?"
Chu Li stepped forward quickly: "I have something urgent to do. I need to see the prefect."
The palace soldier waved his hands and smiled: "Oh, who do you think you are? You can't just see our prefect whenever you want..."
"This is a matter concerning the Regent. If you don't report it, I will use both of you as a sacrifice to my sword when I hold you accountable later!"
"you!"
The two of them felt nervous, but when they saw her tone was stern and didn't sound fake, although they felt uneasy, they still went in to report.
It didn't take long before Chu Li was invited in.
"Please sit here for a while. The prefect will be here soon."
Chu Li nodded.
As soon as I sat down, I heard a joking voice:
"Hey! Isn't this Miss Xie?"
Chu Li turned his head and saw that the person coming was the former Tianshui City Governor Sun and his daughter Sun Yuxue.
Sun Yuxue was surprised:
"This is really weird. I heard about the death of the regent. I thought that with your relationship, you would stay together through life and death. I didn't expect that you would escape back alone."
Chu Li frowned slightly.
Why are the two of them here?
Magistrate Sun is still wearing his official uniform. Could it be that he has been transferred?
"Lord Sun."
"Hey, Miss, I cannot afford to thank you for this!" Prefect Sun waved his hand.
Chu Li stood up and said, "It's an emergency. The Regent is trapped. I hope Lord Sun can allow me to have a group of men and secretly send me out of the city. When the Regent returns to the capital, there will be a generous reward."
Magistrate Sun finally understood.
She came for help.
"Miss Xie, we are deeply saddened by the King Regent's misfortune. We wish we could be sworn brothers with him. I will definitely help you!"
Sun Yuxue smiled:
"Dad, you are confused. The regent is dead. Are we going to look for his body?"
Magistrate Sun was extremely surprised: "Oh? Dead?"
Sun Yuxue covered her lips and laughed sweetly: "Yes, I heard that he fell off the cliff and his body was gone. I'm afraid he was eaten by wild beasts long ago!"
Prefect Sun sighed, "That's such a pity. The regent is so young. God is jealous of his talent."
Sun Yuxue held her handkerchief, and said with regret:
"Isn't it? Oh, oh... The Regent's Mansion is so huge, but there is no one to take over. There is not even an heir. How pitiful."
The father and daughter began to act out a play, each speaking a word and sighing.
Chu Li looked at each other coldly:
"Lord Sun, you are paid by the Great Chu, so you should serve the emperor loyally. The one sitting on the throne now is the Eighth Prince. Given his relationship with the Regent, it is reasonable for you to do your part."
"Thank you, Miss, for your grand gesture."
Sun Yuxue glared at her provocatively.
"Do you think that the current Great Chu is still the same as before?"
joke!
The regent is dead and there is no one to support her. She is just an empty shell, yet she dares to talk big without fear of offending others.
"The regent was incompetent and dismissed my father from his post just because of a small matter. How could a man like him be qualified to be in power? It's a good thing he died. It's a good thing he died! Haha...ah!"
A sudden and crisp slap in the face.
Chu Li's palms turned red from the beating, his eyes were as cold as a sword:
"When you can't get his favor, you start to slander him. Miss Sun, it seems that your upbringing is just like that."
"you!"
Sun Yuxue covered her face and said angrily:
"Who cares about his favor? Humph! There are many good men in the world. I, Sun Yuxue, can't look down on a short-lived ghost!"
"Yeah?"
At the beginning, no one knew who seduced the Regent right under her nose.
The seduction failed, and she became angry and humiliated, and became desperate.
Looking at this rebellious father and daughter, it is not difficult to imagine the current situation of the Great Chu... The country is in turmoil, officials have defected, and the people are in panic. How can the eighth brother cope with it?
Emperor's uncle...
Nothing will happen to you.
I will find you!
Chu Li took a step and was about to leave.
"Stop her!"
Several soldiers stepped forward quickly, forming a semicircle and blocking the way tightly.
Sun Yuxue crossed her arms over her chest and walked over with a haughty attitude: "Xie Wanyue, is this prefecture a place where you can come and go as you please?"
Besides, she slapped her.
Chu Li glanced at the scene and looked at Sun Yuxue calmly:
"Miss Sun, you know the old saying that a lean camel is bigger than a horse."
She hasn't lost her power yet, but he dared to bully her.
Even if she lost power, it would not be Sun Yuxue's turn to act recklessly.
Sun Yuxue sneered: "The regent is gone, who are you trying to scare by putting on airs here?"
"Do you know who I am?"
"Isn't she just a bitch who clings to the regent and becomes lawless?"
Thinking back to what happened, she felt so angry that her teeth itched!
She was younger than Xie Wanyue, prettier than her, and more lovely and gentle than her, but the Regent would not even look at her and severely punished them both.
That blind regent!
Good death!
Things will change over time, haha!
Today, she will avenge her previous shame!
Sun Yuxue clenched her fist and said, "You guys, catch her or I'll smash her face!"
The soldiers pulled out thick wooden sticks and attacked fiercely.
Chu Li subconsciously touched his sleeves, but found them empty. Then he realized that his soft sword had been taken away by Chu Yeli. He immediately took three steps back and grabbed a chair to sweep across the area.
Sun Yuxue was furious:
“Come on!”
Twelve people surrounded him, and even though Chu Li had no weapons, he did not suffer much.
After all, he has been to the battlefield.
Sun Yuxue stamped her feet as she watched, "What a vulgar woman! The Regent must be blind to fall for her!"
Prefect Sun raised his hand, "Don't worry, Xue'er. Tonight, she can't leave this mansion. Now that Crown Prince Dongling is in power, no one can protect her."
"Father, I'm still angry! When she was next to the Regent, she was so arrogant. Just thinking about it, I want to scratch her face so that she can never seduce a man again!"
"And sell her to a brothel!"
Prefect Sun patted her arm and laughed:
"Okay, okay. All up to you."
More than ten people besieged Chu Li, and the two sides fought to a standstill.
Sun Yuxue had evil intentions, so she picked up the dish of fried soybeans on the table, poured them on the floor, and they rolled all over the floor.
Chu Li accidentally stepped on her foot and almost slipped and fell into the splits. Several pairs of hands immediately pounced on her and took the opportunity to capture her.
“Got it!”
"Now, let's see where you can run!"
They twisted Chu Li and brought him in front of Sun Yuxue.
Sun Yuxue curled her lips and rubbed her wrist, "Miss Xie, if you kneel down and beg for mercy, maybe I will be happy and let you go."
Chu Li looked at her coldly:
"The villain succeeds."
"you!"
You still dare to be stubborn!
Sun Yuxue angrily raised her hand and slapped him hard. Chu Li took advantage of the strength of the two people holding her, jumped up, and kicked Sun Yuxue in the abdomen.
"ah!"
"Xue'er!"
This kick sent the man flying four or five steps back, until he fell on his back.
Prefect Sun stepped forward in a hurry, angry and anxious:
"How dare this bitch hurt my Xue'er! Beat her to death! Beat her hard!"
The palace soldiers received the order, picked up wooden sticks as thick as their forearms, and were about to attack when a group of elite soldiers wearing light armor and equipped with long swords suddenly rushed in from outside and quickly surrounded the entire front hall.
Both father and daughter were stunned:
“This… this is…”
"Your Highness Dong Ling!"
Sun Yuxue's eyes suddenly brightened as she saw the elite soldiers clearing the way for the man in black robe, with his hands behind his back. He had a handsome face, was dignified and arrogant, and his noble aura was no less than that of the Regent.
At the beginning, when the Regent dismissed my father from his official position and banished his family from the city, it was His Highness Dong Ling who supported the Sun family.
This kindness can only be repaid with one's life.
Prefect Sun immediately kowtowed and said, "Your humble servant pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Sun Yuxue bowed shyly: "Xue'er, thank you for your courtesy."
Chu Yeli walked over, his eagle-like eyes first fell on Chu Li, and when he saw her being captured by the palace soldiers, his eyes suddenly turned cold:
"What are you doing?"
Sun Yuxue stepped forward and replied:
"Your Highness, Xue'er is punishing a bitch. I'm afraid it will offend your eyes. Order someone to take her away now."
Chu Yeli glanced sideways: "Really?"
Sun Yuxue's cheeks were rosy.
His Highness was staring at her?
She is shy.
Although she is young and pretty, like a green fruit just ripening, I would still feel shy if someone stared at me like that.
She clutched her handkerchief coyly, her voice so soft that it could almost squeeze water out of it:
"Your Highness~ How dare Xue'er lie to you...Ah!"
Bang!
Chu Yeli raised his hand and slapped the man to the ground.
Prefect Sun stepped forward in shock, "Your Highness, what are you doing...ah!"
After another slap in the face, the father and daughter knelt down and hugged each other.
Why?
Why was she the one being beaten again?
"You even dare to touch my people. You're so brave!" Chu Yeli strode forward, kicked away two palace soldiers, and pulled Chu Li into his arms.
Sun Yuxue's eyes widened in disbelief.
What? !
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes Xie Wanyue?
How is this possible!
Why does the Regent like her and the Crown Prince Dongling also like her? What kind of magic does she have?
She doesn't accept it!
Chu Li twisted her wrist hard but couldn't get it free, "Let me go!"
"Let you go and let you go find Chu Dichi? Xiaojiu, how long are you going to deceive yourself? He is already dead!"
"He's not dead!"
"You saw it with your own eyes. Stop kidding yourself."
"He's not dead, he's not dead! Chu Yeli, give me back my sword and let me go!" She struggled hard.
The strength was like that of a pig during the Chinese New Year. If you hold it tightly, you're afraid that it will hurt her; if you hold it loosely, you're afraid that she will run away.
Is she so obsessed with Chu Dichi?
"Okay, okay, I'll send someone to look for his body, and when I present his remains to you, you'll give up!"
With a cold voice, he picked her up by the waist, who was jumping around like a carp, and took her away by force.
"Let me go! Let me go! Chu Yeli!"
When the person walked away and the voice could no longer be heard, Sun Yuxue dared to cover her face and raised a pair of unwilling eyes:
"Why... Daddy, why does the Crown Prince also favor her? Am I not better than her? I am obviously much younger and prettier than her!"
She was unwilling to accept it.
"I want to take the prince back!"
She clenched her fists, stood up, and made up her mind.
Then, a man who looked like a secret guard came over with a sword in hand.
"Who are you……"
Ah Yu glanced at him coldly: "The master has ordered that you no longer need to be the prefect. Lord Sun, you must return to your hometown with your family before dawn, otherwise, the master will order you to be strangled."
Magistrate Sun was shocked all over. He didn't expect that his life of ups and downs would eventually hit the bottom.
He was so angry that he slapped Sun Yuxue in the face:
"You troublemaker! You are the one who has ruined me!"
"father……"
Sun Yuxue covered her face and cried bitterly.
It was clearly Xie Wanyue who bullied others.
Xie Wanyue, you are going too far!
-
Imperial capital.
Chu Yeli sent someone back to the capital to announce the death in advance. When the news of the Regent's death spread, the whole city was shocked:
"The Regent died in battle!"
“How is this possible…”
“Oh my god…”
Shock, compassion, grief, surprise… the capital was in chaos and full of heated discussions.
Among them, the most turbulent was the imperial palace.
Dacheng Hall.
"The emperor's uncle died in the battle... No... That won't happen..." Chu Aotian looked at the urgent news in the letter, his face turned pale, and he shook his head in panic.
How could he die!
He has been on the battlefield for many years and has rich experience. He just wants to destroy King Xiaoyao, so why would he sacrifice himself?
“I don’t believe it…”
"Eighth brother, there is nothing you can do if you don't believe me. This matter has already spread throughout the Imperial Capital!"
The head of all officials, Chu Jinglin, raised his thin lips slightly, his eyes half teasing, half provocative, "From now on, no one will support you."
All the officials lowered their heads, each with different thoughts and expressions.
Chu Aotian clenched the letter paper and said coldly:
"I will immediately send people to Ganzhou to rescue the Regent. I wonder if any of you are willing to go?"
All officials bowed their heads.
For a moment, the huge Dacheng Hall was completely silent.
Qin Muyu frowned and glanced at his colleagues around him. He naturally understood their defection and choice.
"Is there no one willing?"
Chu Aotian pointed at them, "You...you guys...I treat you well on weekdays!"
"Hahaha!"
Chu Jinglin raised his head and laughed, "Eighth brother, eighth brother, don't you understand the situation? The regent is dead, you are just a waste, no one will willingly submit to you."
He stood up, stepped onto the stairs, and moved towards a higher position step by step.
Chu Aotian looked at him coldly: "What do you want to do?"
Forcing the emperor to abdicate?
"Seventh brother, the news of the regent's death has not yet been verified, and you are already so impatient?"
Chu Jinglin sneered:
"I am only making the best choice for the Great Chu. My mother's family has money, which can fill the gaps in the treasury, support the army, stabilize the country, and comfort the people. Eighth brother, why don't you let me sit on the throne?"
"I am the only one who can shoulder such a heavy burden."
Chu Aotian stood up and brushed the table: "How dare you!"
"So what if I am unruly? Who can control me now?"
Chu Jinglin narrowed his eyes coldly, grabbed Chu Aotian's arm and pulled him off the throne.
Chu Aotian has been tough since he was young and is the best at fighting. With just a raised fist, he hit Chu Jinglin's mouth until it bled.
"How dare you hit me!"
"I'm going to hit you, you traitor!"
"Chu Aotian, don't be shameless. If you don't give me the throne, the Great Chu will be destroyed in your hands sooner or later!"
"The Great Chu will only be destroyed by its own people. There are internal strife and internal chaos, and you never unite as one. I have seen through you. Today, even if I have to sacrifice my own relatives for the greater good, I will never give in!"
In the hall, the two brothers confronted each other and started fighting.
When the officials saw this, they were anxious and panicked:
"this……"
"What the hell is going on here..."
"From ancient times to now, no king has ever fought with others in the Great Hall!"
“This, this, this…”
It’s over!
This time, Da Chu is really finished!
There is no hope.
When all the officials were at a loss of what to do, a powerful voice suddenly came from outside the palace:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived—"
Everyone was shocked.
Prince?
They all turned their heads to look, and saw two groups of elite soldiers running over and clearing the way on both sides. The noble man walked up the stairs step by step, approaching the Dacheng Hall. Against the sun today, his figure was reflected in the hall, dragged very high and long, and his aura was enough to instantly suppress the entire Dacheng Hall.
Chu Aotian and Chu Jinglin couldn't help but stop and looked at it in surprise.
He actually entered the palace so brazenly...
Chu Yeli's warm eyes swept over, looking straight at the highest point, the magnificent throne, the symbol of power, and the two people who were wrestling and refusing to let go, and said:
"You two brothers, go fight over there. Get out of my way."
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