It would be fine if it was someone else, but this person is Gu Qin. In his eyes, there is no such thing as personal relationships. Disobedient subordinates usually don't have a good ending. She was really afraid that this person would do something to Xifeng.
Gu Qin glanced at her indifferently, "Are you so concerned about other men?"
She has never cared about his daily life and diet, and there are always other men in her eyes and heart. Now he can't even compare to a subordinate.
"Can you please be reasonable?" Xia Tong frowned helplessly. "In that case, should I also settle the matter of Princess Changyang with you?"
The man looked calm, still writing something on the paper, and said calmly, "He's dead."
Xia Tong: “…”
Feeling that they could no longer communicate, she turned around and left the study room with an unhappy look on her face. Someone once calculated that every couple will have the urge to strangle each other many times in their lifetime, and Xia Tong had this thought now.
She didn't believe that Xifeng was dead, so she should at least see the body. If Gu Qin really killed Xifeng, how could she explain to Fangyu? Although Fangyu didn't say anything, the sadness between her brows became more and more intense these days.
——
At night, the spring rain fell softly, and the whole palace was shrouded in a hazy gloom. The royal guards patrolled everywhere in unison, holding torches high. However, no palace servants were seen walking in the palace today, and only dim candlelight was lit in the tall buildings.
The lights in the Palace of Heavenly Purity were on and a strong smell of medicine filled the air. A pale-faced man was half-leaning on the bright yellow bed, his chest wrapped in a thick gauze that was oozing blood. At this moment, he was just staring at the man in front of the bed who looked somewhat like him.
"Brother, do you really think that I have not made any plans in all these years?"
The man was dressed in a black robe with a gloomy and cold face. At this moment, he put his hands behind his back and looked down at the person on the bed. "It's just that my royal brother is too confident. But I still admire my royal brother very much. He was hit by the Drunken Spring Breeze and still killed dozens of my assassins. But I am not a heartless person. As brothers, I will definitely let my royal brother enjoy wealth and glory and spend his old age in peace."
Xiao Jing, lying on the bed, covered the injured area with one hand and looked at the man in front of him with an unchanged expression, without panicking.
Perhaps because he couldn't bear to see his look of knowing everything, Xiao Ming suddenly sneered, "Brother, you'd better not count on others. Now the palace is full of my people. You probably don't know that your good mother helped me a lot during the few days you were unconscious. As for Gu Qin, I'm afraid he is still immersed in the gentleness of the country, not to mention coming to save you."
"As long as you write the abdication edict, I will let bygones be bygones. Otherwise..." A hint of murderous intent flashed in Xiao Ming's eyes.
It was very quiet outside and no palace servants came in to serve. Xiao Jing was half leaning against the head of the bed with a pale face. It was obvious that he was seriously injured and had been in a coma until now. When he woke up, he saw his own younger brother who was about to force the emperor to abdicate.
"Even if I write an edict of abdication, do you think all the civil and military officials in the court will obey you?"
His voice was neither hurried nor slow. Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming snorted coldly, "Don't worry about this, my brother. Those fence-sitters are just acting according to the situation. However, I will definitely follow my father's purpose and take it as my responsibility to weaken the power of the aristocratic families. I will never let the aristocratic families override the imperial power."
Looking at the high-spirited and ambitious man in front of him, Xiao Jing raised the corner of his pale lips and said, "You rely on the power of the Grand Master, and think he really wants to help you?"
"Of course he won't really help me, but so what? There are no young talents in the Grand Tutor's Mansion right now. As long as this old guy dies, who will be able to punish me in the future?"
After saying this, Xiao Ming suddenly flashed a hint of sarcasm on his face. He looked down at his brother. "How could Gu Qin not notice my actions these days? Why would he come to the palace to rescue my brother? My brother coveted his princess. Gu Qin is such a mean person. I'm afraid he wants to kill you with a borrowed knife. He can still keep a good reputation. Otherwise, why did he hide in the palace and turn a deaf ear to what's happening outside these days?"
Xiao Jing's expression changed slightly, and he frowned, not knowing what he was thinking. He never showed any panic from beginning to end, but he agreed with Xiao Ming's statement. This was indeed Gu Qin's style of doing things. He must have hated himself to the core.
"What do you think, my royal brother, will you write this imperial edict or not?" Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes with a gloomy face.
There was no sound in the palace at night, and Xiao Jing was not stupid enough to shout for help. Instead, he covered his wound and walked towards the desk step by step.
He didn't expect him to be so cooperative. Xiao Ming was suspicious and a little disdainful. He was so afraid of death. This was the good crown prince that his father had chosen.
"We are all sons of the Emperor, so why are we so different? Why are we brothers not as talented as you?" Xiao Ming's palms tightened, staring at the man who was writing an imperial edict in front of the desk. "In order to pave the way for you, the Emperor was determined to demote us to our fiefdoms until his death, just because he was afraid that you would be known as someone who suppressed your brothers. This is really our good Emperor. No matter how well we do, we are afraid that we can't be better than our brother!"
His tone became more violent and cold, giving people an inexplicable chill. At this point, he suddenly laughed in a wicked way, "But I still admire you very much. I thought you were the best in forbearance, but I didn't expect you to be even better. In order not to offend Gu Qin, you actually gave up the woman you liked. I watched her give birth to children for others, while I could only look for concubines who looked like her one after another. I wonder if you feel very aggrieved."
Xiao Jing's eyes changed, the tip of his pen paused, and he continued to write the edict indifferently, as if he didn't hear his sarcasm.
Xiao Ming's eyes became fierce, and his tone gradually became gloomy. "But I am different from my brother. You are a coward and dare not take action against Gu Qin, but I will not! The hatred of genocide is irreconcilable, and I will make that traitor pay the price!"
The whole hall was filled with that cold voice, which made people shudder.
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The drizzle wet the window. Xia Tong was sitting on the couch playing chess with Gu Qin. This time she was still determined to get information about Xifeng. Even if it was a futile attempt, she had to give it a try.
"Wait a minute, I went the wrong way."
The woman held her chin with one hand, quickly picked up the fallen chess piece, frowned and thought for a moment, then quickly put it in another position, without any guilt for regretting her move.
The man opposite seemed to have gotten used to it, and he still put down his chess piece slowly and nonchalantly. However, the woman's face changed, and she studied the chessboard with a deep hatred.
The candlelight flickered enchantingly, casting two slanted shadows on the wall that were particularly long and thin. Xia Tong looked at the chessboard tiredly for a while, and suddenly doubted herself. She couldn't hide her loneliness in her voice, "Am I too stupid?"
Even though Gu Qin gave her so many points, she still couldn't win. How could she be so useless?
"You just realize it now?" He smiled.
Xia Tong immediately glared at him fiercely. This man only knew how to bully her and didn't even let a pregnant woman go. Wait until she gets prenatal depression, and then see what he will do!
Facing those resentful eyes, Gu Qin chuckled and casually placed another piece for her. His tone was cold, "But wouldn't it be even more foolish for me to fall in love with someone like this?"
His nonchalant tone made Xia Tong blush for some reason, as if he was talking about something insignificant. She lowered her head and stopped talking. He knew how to coax people.
Looking at the little face with a slight blush, Gu Qin's eyes gradually softened. Raising this little spy was probably the most unexpected thing he had ever done in his life.
The drizzle outside the window pattered against it. After a while, the man looked at the night outside the window and suddenly said, "You can sleep by yourself today. I have to go to the palace."
"Huh?" Xia Tong was shocked. Seeing that she was about to win the game because of the opponent's letting her win, why did he just leave like that? "What are you doing in the palace in the middle of the night? I can't sleep alone."
The Queen Mother has put them under "house arrest", so why are they going out? Xiao Jing is now in a coma, and no one knows what the Queen Mother has done to the palace. But it's none of her business. It's still a bit cold today, and she doesn't want to sleep alone.
Putting down the last piece, the man looked up at her, raised his lips meaningfully, and said, "I have to go collect the bodies."
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