Empress, you don't want to be thrown into limbo by your father, do you?

If it wasn't for a mistake, even Li Changshou himself would not have thought of it!
His daring prince and brother, who dared to poach the corner of the emperor's old son, is not the emperor's old son's own son?

Who can believe it?
No, it should be said that no one would doubt this at all!
But since ancient times, in the past dynasties, similar strange rumors have emerged one after another, but there are not many that are actually confirmed by solid evidence.

Maybe it's because the family ugliness cannot be publicized, or maybe it's hard to have any hard evidence for such things, and in the end they can only pass in a daze.

"Gu didn't expect it at first, but now it seems that the entire Huo family was wronged and killed precisely because of this incident."

Li Changshou let out a long sigh on purpose, but his heart was already full of joy.

He had prepared so much, just so that he could sit on the dragon chair justifiably, and it was a group of people who begged him to sit on that seat.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to lure the prince step by step to seek rebellion and usurp the throne!
Let him be arrogant and domineering, let him lose the hearts of the people, and also lose the trust of those important officials of the Qing School in the court.

It's all just to wait for him to replace him, so that he can be convinced by the people of the world with peace of mind, so as not to need to spend energy to put out fires everywhere.

did not expect!
Now Li Cheng's life experience made the situation that he was already sure of winning completely perfect.

"Behind the truth about the Huo family's injustice, there are such twists and turns!"

An Huixuan was also a little moved. After all, the secret and the truth were too shocking. At the same time, she was secretly glad, expressing her true feelings and sighing, "Fortunately, His Highness discovered the truth, and fortunately, it was because of His Highness that we were not able to make our family go wrong again and again." wrong."

Xianmen has always upheld orthodoxy, but they don't know that if Li Changshou hadn't intervened on the way this time, Xianmen sent the heir Bai Luoxian to stay with the prince at first, in order to support the prince to inherit the rule.

Once it is really successful, doesn't it mean that the immortal sect is helping the evildoers?
"Gu is also a mistake, it's just a pity that General Huo and the Huo family, alas..."

Li Changshou pretended to sigh, "According to what Duke Qi said, General Huo learned of this secret by chance back then, and Empress Qi had an affair with someone and gave birth to an evil species in order to prevent her from losing her virginity. He secretly conspired with this thief, Guo Peng, to put the entire Huo family in prison and be killed!"

"Then General Huo?"

"According to Gu's guess, General Huo should have suspected and discovered clues back then, but Empress Qi dared not let him live."

Li Changshou shook his head with a wry smile, "It just so happens that Guo Peng is an ambitious thief, and he hit it off with Empress Qi."

"The biological father of the false emperor Li Cheng is..."

An Huixuan vaguely guessed it, but she didn't dare to confirm it.

"Guo Peng!"

It's bloody, but the truth of the matter is so bloody, the majestic crown prince of a country, the empress and Emperor Qianming gave birth to a prince, who turned out to be the evil son of the empress after having an affair with an outsider!
If this secret is known, one can imagine what the consequences will be.

Therefore, the fate of the Huo family is reasonable. Whoever let the queen realize that General Huo knew this secret, and Guo Peng happened to be General Huo's lieutenant back then, everything was logical.

The two conspired to get the entire Huo family killed.

Just to hide this secret completely!
At the same time, it can also be explained why Guo Peng, who was the governor of Shannan at that time and had more than 8 soldiers and horses, would easily agree to help the prince usurp the throne, just because he is the prince's biological father!

Helping the crown prince usurp the throne is helping himself!

"Your Highness, this matter is very important, this concubine..."

An Huixuan knew that as long as this secret was announced to the world, the false emperor who had usurped the throne and was cast aside by the world would completely lose his legitimacy!
And as the heir of Emperor Qianming, Li Changshou will inherit the rule of the world in a legitimate way!
She, the master of the Immortal Sect, naturally needs to go out!
only.

"It's not early tonight, so don't be in a hurry."

Li Changshou pulled An Huixuan back, waved his hand at the same time, and the lights went out immediately, "It's not too late to leave tomorrow."

"Um……"

……

The news that Qi Guogong's [-] soldiers were defeated and captured had already spread.

In the huge capital city, people were already in panic, but now everyone is even more in danger.

Even in the middle of the night, the palace is brightly lit.

"Everyone is talking! Are you dumb?!"

In the imperial palace, the dragon robe on his body could not bring any comfort at all. Looking at the most important ministers today, Li Cheng's face was very ugly.

"Your Majesty, the capital is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The city is so high and thick that it is hard to break through. With the presence of Lord Zhen Guo, and the [-] imperial guards assisting in the defense, I understand that the rebels will not dare to attack easily!"

"That's right, Your Majesty, as long as you stick to it for a few days, you can issue an order to send troops from all walks of life to rescue him!"

Ever since Li Cheng usurped the throne, the court has almost confirmed that sentence, once the emperor and the courtiers, almost all the former important officials were exiled and imprisoned, but now these people are either incompetent, or they are all supported by Guo Peng.

At the critical moment, none of them are available.

Li Cheng knew it well, and looked directly at Guo Peng, "Does Lord Zhen have any ideas?"

"Your Majesty, please be safe and don't be impatient. There is a minister here, so there is no need to worry."

Saying it means not saying it!

But in this situation, even though Li Cheng is an emperor, there is really nothing he can do, and he can only endure the complaints in his heart for the time being. At the same time, he also regrets a little. If he hadn't listened to the slander and dismissed the prime minister and other important officials, he might not be reduced to the current situation. this point.

"Report!"

Suddenly there was an urgent report from outside the palace, and Eunuch Cao was quickly seen walking in.

"His Majesty!"

"But what news?"

Li Cheng showed concern, and Eunuch Cao nodded quickly, and then sent a secret report to him.

It's just that on the way, the meaningful eyes met Guo Peng secretly.

It was also this look that made Guo Peng frown with suspicion.

The other ministers were all looking forward to it, wondering what the news was in the secret report.

Under everyone's gaze, Li Cheng looked at the contents of the secret report in his hand, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and his expression changed again and again!
Such an obvious reaction fell into the eyes of everyone, and naturally they became more curious.

"Your Majesty, what is the content of the secret report?"

Guo Peng took the initiative to ask, and to be honest, his tone and attitude were already against his courtiers.

But now that he controls the court and the capital, no one dares to do anything.

Li Cheng was displeased, but on the surface he didn't have an attack. Instead, he looked up at Guo Peng with somewhat elusive eyes, and finally said, "Duke Qi is still alive."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone reacted differently.

A trace of disappointment quickly flashed across Guo Peng's eyes, but this look was still noticed by Li Cheng.

Others said one after another, "Your Majesty, Duke Qi is the pillar of the country. If he falls into the hands of the rebels, do you want to send someone to rescue him?"

"Duke Qi is my uncle. Even if the rebel army is defeated, he cannot be allowed to be executed by the rebels."

Li Cheng snorted heavily, and then changed his tone, "Duke Zhen, I ordered you to lead the army to suppress the rebellion, and now you are the only one in the court who can do it!"

Bringing up the old matter again, the key point is that after Qi Guogong, Guo Peng could no longer refuse.

But he still shook his head, "Your Majesty can't, sending troops now is really a bad policy. According to what I see, we should stick to the capital and stand still. Shou Wang Jiangdong raised troops and ran all the way. We can wait for the work and avoid Duke Qi from underestimating the enemy."

In a word, make him work hard?
Totally impossible!
He will stick to the capital and hold the emperor to order the princes!

"Duke Zhen!"

"The minister is thinking of His Majesty!"

Once again, they broke up unhappy, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the contradiction between Li Cheng and Guo Peng, the monarch and minister, had become more and more obvious.

……

"Duke Zhen, the miscellaneous family sent you out of the palace."

After breaking up unhappy, Eunuch Cao appeared halfway and waved away others at the same time.

Guo Peng also waved his hand. He knew that Eunuch Cao had a reason for looking for him.

"There is no one around, the company has something to say."

"Do you know the contents of the secret report that His Majesty read tonight?"

Eunuch Cao smiled sinisterly, and Guo Peng was already curious and skeptical, so he narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Oh? The company knows?"

"That's a secret letter sent by King Shou, and the letter is written in Duke Qi's handwriting."

"What did you write?!"

Guo Peng's eyes flashed sharply, but he couldn't hide his nervousness and murderous intent, while Eunuch Cao chuckled, looked around and then lowered his voice, "The letter is the Duke of Qi conveying the conditions for King Shou's withdrawal."

"What?!"

"Let Your Majesty kill Duke Zheng, as long as His Majesty agrees and implements it, King Shou will immediately retreat back to Jiangdong, and send Qi Guogong back safe and sound!"

As soon as these words came out, Guo Peng's eyes could no longer conceal the killing intent and coldness.

He is a very suspicious person, but he believes eight or nine percent of what Eunuch Cao said!

Why?

Because of guilty conscience!

It was also because Li Changshou's reason for raising troops was on the side of the Qing emperor!
The spearhead was directed at him, Guo Peng!
Even if the whole world knew the purpose behind it, once Li Cheng really killed him, there was indeed a reason for Li Changshou to retreat.

"really?!"

There is a saying called, save others by yourself.

Guo Peng imagined that he was Li Cheng, how would he choose?

Eunuch Cao laughed sinisterly, "Duke Zhen is a smart man."

"Why did the company help Guo?"

Guo Peng's eyes flashed suddenly, there is no such thing as a good show for no reason in the world, everything has a reason.

Eunuch Cao had expected it a long time ago, so he explained unhurriedly, "Your Majesty wants to hide the truth from the sky and forcefully accept the imperial concubine as his concubine, and the empress hopes that Duke Zhen can help."

This reason barely makes sense.

"That's all?"

"Of course not. If the Duke of Zhen is willing to help the empress to become the queen mother, the empress can agree to all the conditions of the Duke of Zhen."

Guo Peng's complexion changed, and his breathing became short of breath.

What Eunuch Cao said, the implication behind it is too complicated, let the imperial concubine become the empress dowager?
The imperial concubine is not Li Cheng's biological mother, how can she become the queen mother?

To become the empress dowager, the only way is for King Shou to ascend the throne as the emperor, which means that the imperial concubine throws an olive branch and asks him to defect!

"Duke Zhen needs to think about it carefully. His Majesty has never spoken to Duke Zhen tonight, and Duke Zhen must be well aware of what this means."

Eunuch Cao said his goodbyes and left, leaving Guo Peng with an uncertain expression on his face.

Why not tell him the truth?

Guo Peng narrowed his eyes. Does this mean that he has a murderous intention towards him and wants to kill him in exchange for King Shou's retreat?
What good is killing him?
He is very clear and can be angry with the people!

Because he personally killed Emperor Qianming, killing him can silence the mouths of the people all over the world!
It can also make Shou Wang go out of the army without a name and be forced to retreat!
The most important thing!
Guo Peng's face was cloudy and uncertain. He thought that the death of Qi Guogong was the death of anyone who wanted to know what happened back then!

Then if Qi Guogong thinks the same as him, and even told the secret...

For a while, Guo Peng's face became more and more ugly. He knew better than anyone that only the dead can keep secrets!

If he were Li Cheng, what would he do to make the throne impregnable?

Soon Guo Peng left the palace in a hurry, but he didn't know that there was a pair of eyes watching his back silently.

"Eunuch Cao, do you think they will turn against each other?"

Under the moonlight, I saw a young man with a half-smile on his face, standing with his hands behind his back and asking with a smile.

Beside him, Eunuch Cao was waiting respectfully.