"Someone come here."
Gu Qingyan's voice came from inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Upon hearing this, Yingzhi hurriedly bowed and entered the hall. "What are Your Majesty's orders?"
Upon hearing that it wasn't Qin Wei's voice, Gu Qingyan gradually slowed down his movements and looked up.
Where is Qin Wei?
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Qin is not feeling well... This servant will attend to Your Majesty."
Gu Qingyan pursed his lips. He knew Yingzhi. Since a few months ago, Qin Wei had been intentionally or unintentionally letting Yingzhi show his face in front of him.
Unfortunately, Yingzhi served him very well, knowing his preferences in everything he did.
It's not hard to imagine that Qin Wei was behind it all.
"Come here."
Gu Qingyan suddenly felt a strain in his eyes. "I know that Qin Wei wanted you to show off in front of me."
"Your Majesty, this servant deserves to die."
Yingzhi was a little unsure of the meaning behind Gu Qingyan's words, so he quickly knelt down.
"You are innocent. I just have something to say to you." Gu Qingyan stared intently at Yingzhi, who was kneeling on the ground. "I never keep disloyal people by my side."
"Your Majesty is my master, and I am willing to die for Your Majesty."
"Are you willing to die for me?"
Gu Qingyan's eyes began to deepen. What about Qin Wei?
He investigated these people again, and without exception, none of them were suspicious, except for Qin Wei.
In his previous life, he was just a prince whom no one respected. There was almost no other possibility that he could tell his mother that she had been given a death sentence so promptly, except for Qin Wei.
Furthermore, there are just too many suspicious points surrounding Qin Wei recently.
For example, promoting Yingzhi, and for example... desperately stopping himself from going to pray for his mother the day after tomorrow.
Others might only suspect that Jing Zhao would attack him, but Qin Wei was certain.
"If Your Majesty were to order my death now, I would not hesitate for a moment."
"Get up." Gu Qingyan suddenly lost interest in speaking. "Pour me a cup of tea."
......
In the dead of night, Qin Wei was awakened from his sleep again, drenched in sweat.
Leaning against the pillow, Qin Wei breathed heavily.
He clearly wrote a letter to Pei Lan and He Yu to stop, so why did things still turn out this way?
Pei Lan remained in cahoots with the rebel king. The Great Wei and the Eastern Qing Kingdom were destroyed, but the lady fell off a cliff and perished.
lady......
Qin Wei's eyes were bloodshot. He couldn't imagine what chaos the world would descend into if he couldn't find Jiang Yu, or how much pain his young master would suffer.
Things shouldn't have turned out this way.
Jing Zhao is a ruthless man. Since the master has cornered him, he will definitely come back to take the young master's life.
But the young master insisted on going to pray for the lady's well-being.
Qin Wei sighed heavily, then secretly made up his mind that he would stay by his young master's side the day after tomorrow and not let him suffer any harm.
The Marquis of Dingyuan's residence.
Jiang He was already able to walk, and taking advantage of the quiet of the night, he went out alone.
Sitting at the stone table, Jiang He stared blankly at the bright moon in the sky.
I wonder if Ayu is looking at the sky right now?
Jiang He felt a sharp pain in his heart whenever he thought of A Yu, and even breathing became difficult.
Why did his sister suffer so much in both her past and present lives?
"It's so late, why isn't Your Excellency asleep yet?" a voice rang out. Pei Zhi was sitting on the roof. "This isn't good for your health."
"Young Master hasn't slept either, has he?"
Pei Zhi jumped down from the roof and sat opposite Jiang He. "The day after tomorrow isn't just for praying for blessings, is it?"
"This is a matter for our Daqing, and the young master has overstepped his bounds."
Jiang He's expression instantly turned solemn. "His Majesty is thinking of the Empress, which is why this prayer for blessings has taken place."
Pei Zhi smiled upon seeing this, "It was just a casual question, please don't take offense, Lord Marquis."
"Also, I didn't intentionally spy on the Marquis. It's just that the moon was especially round tonight, so I thought I'd come out and take a look. I happened to see the lights on in the Marquis's courtyard."
Pei Zhi didn't feel embarrassed when she saw that Jiang He didn't respond. She said a few more words to Jiang He and then returned to her own courtyard.
"Azhi, you're being willful again."
As soon as she returned to the courtyard, the voice of the Pei family patriarch rang out. Pei Zhi paused for a moment, then walked straight into the house.
The head of the Pei family glanced at the full moon and sighed heavily.
Ah Zhi still hasn't gotten over what happened back then...
But how can the head of a powerful family have a weakness?
......
On the day of the prayer ceremony, Chang Qing had already sent people to set up layers of defenses along Gu Qingyan's route out of the palace.
Even the common people stayed in their own houses and didn't go out. Everyone was on high alert for the blessing ceremony.
As Gu Qingyan's palanquin slowly emerged from the palace gate, the Pei family patriarch and Pei Zhi, hidden in the shadows, exchanged a glance. "Father, what kind of exciting story do you think will unfold at today's blessing ceremony?"
She really wanted to see how this crybaby emperor would react if he were actually assassinated.
Will she still cry?
“Azhi.”
The head of the Pei family gave Pei Zhi a wink, and Pei Zhi chuckled softly.
They were able to stay here without Gu Qingyan's tacit approval; there are probably several pairs of eyes watching them all the time.
At the Temple of Heaven, Gu Qingyan kowtowed devoutly to the heavens, hoping that heaven would bless Jiang Yu's safe return.
Throughout the entire process, Qin Wei remained tense and stared intently at Gu Qingyan. Except when Gu Qingyan was paying his respects, Qin Wei wanted to stick close to Gu Qingyan the whole time.
But just as Gu Qingyan finished his worship and was about to step down from the Temple of Heaven, an accident occurred.
A group of masked men in black appeared on the scene and immediately engaged the soldiers who had been placed in advance. For a moment, Gu Qingyan was left unattended.
Suddenly, a man in black, brandishing a knife, charged straight at Gu Qingyan. "Gu Lin has driven me to the brink of despair. I have no choice but to kill you. The sins of the father must be paid by the son!"
"Your Majesty, get out of the way quickly!"
Despite Qin Wei's loud shouts, Gu Qingyan seemed to be frightened and stood motionless in place.
"Father!" Pei Zhi's expression changed, and she was about to make a move when the head of the Pei family grabbed her arm. "Azhi, this is just a farce."
With so many assassins guarding the area, how could they possibly sneak in so easily?
Also, why didn't the young emperor of Daqing dodge the swords? Was he scared out of his wits?
Pei Zhi breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief upon hearing this; just now, she...
Just as the blade was about to pierce Gu Qingyan's heart, Qin Wei suddenly dodged and stood in front of Gu Qingyan. The sound of the blade piercing flesh rang out, and a tear quietly fell from the corner of Gu Qingyan's eye.
Was Qin Wei really the mole? If so, why would someone take the fall for him?
Chang Qing and his men captured all the "assassins" in almost a few breaths, while blood continued to gush from Qin Wei's chest.
Seeing the tears in Gu Qingyan's eyes, Qin Wei smiled slowly.
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