Chapter 278 He scolded Ah Yan as a scapegoat for Xie Guanlan
After a pause, she glanced at Wei Siqing's cold and beautiful profile, and whispered, "But if mother is really lonely and wants to find someone to understand the changes in the capital over the years, then I reluctantly agree to your correspondence with him."
Wei Si laughed and pinched the girl's smooth face.
Wen Xingluo looked around and suddenly said happily, "He's not staying at Mother's place today, is he? Then I won't go back. I want to sleep with you!"
She seemed to be afraid of being rejected, so she quickly kicked off her soft shoes and climbed directly onto Wei Si's bed.
She pulled the quilt over herself and turned her head to look at Wei Si expectantly.
Wei Si couldn't do anything about her and shook her head helplessly and amusedly.
The other side.
Dragon tent.
Xie Zhe threw a stack of secret letters in front of Xie Xuchi.
Xie Xuchi knelt on the ground and looked down at the letters, "Father, this is..."
Xie Zhe sneered, "It was just sent from the border today! You submitted a petition to the court, requesting that Xie Guanlan lead his troops to attack the southwestern kingdoms. You wanted to use war to deplete Shu County's manpower and financial resources. You wanted to drag the Zhenbei Palace into a quagmire. But I just received news that Xie Guanlan only took half a year to flatten the southwestern kingdoms!"
"Impossible..." Xie Xuchi quickly flipped through the letters. "The Mu family said that most of the Zhenbei Palace's troops are trapped in the southwest battlefield..."
"He's just acting!" Xie Zhe was furious. He picked up the teacup on the low table and threw it at Xie Xuchi. "How could I have such a stupid son like you!"
The teacup hit Xie Xuchi's forehead, and bright red blood instantly flowed down.
He didn't bother to wipe the blood, and his hand holding the secret letter trembled slightly.
Xie Zhe looked at him coldly, "The idea of ​​arranging Xie Guanlan to attack the southwestern countries was proposed by that dog-headed military advisor beside you. Have you really found out whether he betrayed the Zhenbei Palace?"
Xie Xuchi looked at the black words on the paper in silence.
Blood dripped down his chin, spreading a deep red stain on the letter paper.
Xie Zhe softened his tone, "You are my crown prince. After a hundred years, I will hand over power to you, but your current abilities simply cannot reassure me. Ah Chi, prove yourself."
Xie Xuchi still stared at the letter.
He didn't read a single word, only thick blood stains appeared in his pupils.
When I was young, my father said the same thing.
His father wanted him to prove himself, so he framed his brothers and colluded with court officials. He even deeply hurt Ah Yan and lost the only friend in his life.
Throne, friends, father, mother...
Not knowing what he was thinking about, when Xie Xuchi looked at Xie Zhe, he suddenly felt like laughing.
His gaze slowly slid down from Xie Zhe's dark dragon robe.
After a while, he lowered his head and kowtowed deeply to Xie Zhe, "Your son obeys your command."
Xie Xuchi did not return to his own tent, but went straight to Xie Zan's tent.
Xie Zan was playing chess with Wei Ying. For some unknown reason, they had a conflict and Wei Ying overturned the chessboard.
Chess pieces of all sizes hit Xie Zan's face. He closed his eyes in unbearable pain, then raised his fist to block the chessboard that Wei Ying was swinging at him.
The chessboard shattered.
Xie Zan opened his eyes, picked up a basket of oranges next to him and threw them at Wei Ying.
Xie Xuchi was already accustomed to this situation.
He walked in slowly, sandwiched between the two of them, and grabbed Xie Zan's collar. "You are Xie Guanlan's spy in the capital, right?"
Wei Ying leaned lazily against the table, holding an orange in her hand, and whistled with glee.
Xie Zan irritably broke free from Xie Xuchi's hand, "Are you crazy?!"
"Xie Guanlan has already annexed the southwestern states, and Shu County's territory has more than doubled!" Xie Xuchi said sternly, "And all this is thanks to you!"
"How could I know he was so capable?!" Xie Zan retorted, "Besides, you knew the situation at the time. If we had allowed him to develop the tea-horse trade, the entire Shu County's warhorse supply and financial resources would have increased significantly! Is that what Your Highness wants to see?!"
Xie Xuchi was silent.
Xie Zan lifted his robe and sat down, tugging at the collar of his cloak. "I've been your advisor since I arrived in the capital. From the age of fourteen until now, how many hardships have we shared? We fought together to secure your crown princeship. Which of the gunpowder and crossbows in the armory wasn't meticulously designed by me with all my might? It's all for our grand plan. Xie Xuchi, how dare you doubt me?"
The long wind blew the felt curtains.
Outside the tent, the night was dark and there was no sunlight.
Xie Xuchi was a little dazed.
When Xie Zan came to the capital, Xie Yanchen was still a hostage.
Xie Yanchen lost his concubine and was tortured by the eunuchs to the point of madness. He spent his days with rats, ants, insects and snakes. Even if he wanted to repair the relationship, he would run away very far away as soon as he saw him.
That was the critical period for him and his fourth younger brother to fight for power. He tried his best to let his father see that he was a hundred times or a thousand times stronger than his fourth younger brother. Just when he was under increasing pressure, Xie Zan came to the capital.
The fourteen-year-old boy was unruly and even more dissolute than the most outrageous young man in the capital.
He came to surrender.
But Xie Xuchi didn't believe him.
So the next day, Xie Zan brought him the head of his fourth brother.
Xie Zan said that he hated the Zhenbei Palace and Xie Guanlan, and he wanted to help him ascend the throne and snatch the title of Zhenbei King from Xie Guanlan.
He still didn't believe it.
He specially arranged a banquet and ordered the eunuchs to bring A'yan, wanting to see Xie Zan's attitude towards A'yan.
At the banquet, Xie Zan beat A Yan severely.
He called Ah Yan a waste and a scapegoat for Xie Guanlan.
He watched his brothers killing each other quietly, and believed Xie Zan a little bit in his heart.
As the wine flowed, Xie Zan suddenly pointed at Ah Yan, who lay on the ground not far away, his life or death unknown, and said unceremoniously: "Throw this useless person out of the palace. From now on, I will be your most loyal subject!"
At that time, A Yan was really of no use to him.
He would only distract him from his fight for the crown prince position.
So he agreed to Xie Zan's proposal.
After all the ups and downs over the years, he and A-Zan had become the best of partners. They had joined forces to defeat other contenders in the battle for the crown prince position. They had a tacit understanding that even brothers couldn't match. They were the closest and most inseparable monarch and minister in the world...
In the tent, Xie Xuchi drank up the wine in the cup.
The wine tastes fishy and spicy when it enters the throat.
He and Xie Zan drank several cups in a row, laughing loudly as if they had forgotten their previous disagreement.
After laughing, he suddenly said, "A-Zan, do you still remember that in the second year after you entered the palace, I saved your life?"
That year, Xie Zan accidentally broke into Xie Zhe's imperial study.
The twenty-four guards in the dark caught him without any hesitation and wanted to execute him.
It was an early winter with heavy rain. Xie Xuchi knelt in the rain for a whole day and night before he finally begged Xie Zhe to spare Xie Zan. However, he developed a high fever and almost died.
Xie Zan came out of the sky prison, stood guard at Xie Xuchi's bedside, and asked him why he saved him.
"I remember what Your Highness said at the time," Xie Zan shook his wine cup, a smile crimson in his eyes, "You failed to protect Xie Yanchen, but in your heart, my importance has long been the same as his. You said that as long as you are alive, you will not allow me to die, and that you will be my king and subject, and my brother for life."
"Yes." Xie Xuchi also smiled.
As he was laughing, he suddenly stared at Xie Zan and said, "Tomorrow's hunt, kill Xie Guanlan for me."
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