Kuai Chuan: I really don’t want to be a villain

It was a dark night, with a crescent moon hanging in the sky. The huge capital city fell into darkness, with only a few stars of lights emerging from the palaces where nobles lived.

The night was the best time for plotting. During the day, the debate about the crown prince seemed to linger over the entire imperial city. The emperor, who was so angry with his ministers that he almost fainted, could only roar helplessly.

No matter how talented and wise he is, being childless is his biggest flaw after all.

What's more, the current emperor is not a saint, he is just diligent. In addition to diligence, he also retains the common problem of men in power, lust.

In the grand general's mansion, the three of them sat together with serious expressions on their faces.

"Today, it's time to make a decision." A burly man at the head said coldly.

"General Han said yes, but have you decided whether to choose King Changling or King Changyi?" A scribe on the left asked calmly.

Han Hu touched the beard under his chin and said, "Prince Changling has a reputation as a virtuous man. What do you think, Mr. Huang?"

Before Huang Jue could speak, the young man on the right frowned and said, "Father, I don't think so. I heard that Your Majesty still has bloodline left. Why would you choose the clan over the near and far? Isn't this the right thing to do to Your Majesty?"

Han Hu sneered, "It's ridiculous. After so many years, who can prove that the child is really of His Majesty's blood?"

In the final analysis, it is nothing more than an exchange of interests.

Huang Jue's eyes flashed, "General, do you know where the Prime Minister is?"

Speaking of the prime minister, Han Hu's expression suddenly turned ugly. The Chu Dynasty has been a country for hundreds of years, and even the children in the countryside know that the Chu Dynasty's literary style is only thanks to the king.

The Xie family is the recognized cultural leader of Chu State.

Unlike the Wang family, who had always been reclusive and liked to pretend to be aloof, the Xie family had been committed to serving the Tian family since the founding of the country. One of the family mottos was to serve the world by living in the temple.

Over the past hundred years, the Xie family has produced two Taifus and one Sima. As for official positions such as Minister, there is no need to mention them. Nowadays, Xie's arrogance is getting more and more impressive.

It’s no wonder that the Xie family is arrogant. Xie Anmin can only serve as the prime minister. At most, he has been lucky for ten years, and he has given birth to a good daughter. No matter whether it is literary talent or scheming, she is of the highest class. Since she emerged at the age of thirteen, she has suppressed Kyoto. Countless heroes have come to this day.

Nowadays, the Xie family's daughter has established a firm foothold in the court. Almost all of Xie's actions in the past five years were made by her!

The ministers in the court secretly called her "little prime minister".

At this moment, Xie Xiaoxiang, who was being talked about, had just left Kyoto under the cover of night.

A group of dozens of people stood on their horses, looking at Kyoto in the night. The leader was a woman, and the moonlight happened to cross the clouds and shine on her face. With the light of the torch on the side, her gentle, beautiful, cold and beautiful face became more and more alluring.

A gust of wind blew through Xie Yuzhou's clothes, and she couldn't help but think back to the argument she had just had with her father in the mansion.

The emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and he has no children. The country is in turmoil, and the people in the court are changing their minds. There is an undercurrent, and almost everyone has selfish motives.

Xie Anmin wanted to support the king of Changyi for a simple reason. King Changyi was only ten years old and was the emperor's nephew. He was closely related by blood. At the same time, his parents were dead, so he could be adopted directly to the emperor without any hidden dangers.

But Xie Yuzhou disagreed. The prince was young and could not suppress the ministers. If he taught carefully, whether he would become a wise king in the future or not, it would not be a good thing for the Xie family who was now too powerful.

Mr. Xie cannot add the name of God's Master, otherwise it will be like cooking oil in a raging fire, and he will be attacked by a group of people. But if the King of Changyi is not taught, he will lose the opportunity. After the King of Changyi takes office, the first person to be liquidated is the Xie family.

Xie Anmin looked at the problem from the emperor's perspective, while Xie Yuzhou looked at it from his own perspective.

Neither of them was wrong, but it was obvious that Xie Yuzhou did not have the moral sense of his father who was desperate for the peace of the world.

Xie Yuzhou was thinking about supporting the emperor's own daughter, the royal bloodline who lived among the people.

The people she sent out had already found the man's location. The only person in the court who could compete with the Xie family was the Queen's relative, the Han family. As far as she knows, General Han favors King Changling. If Han Hu is allowed to find Di Ji first, then the other party will definitely attack first, making it impossible for Di Ji to come to the imperial city!

Jiangnan Road is located in the south, with beautiful scenery and rich culture. However, due to the numerous waterways and lush mountains and rivers, there are many bandits and strongmen.

The person Xie Yuzhou and his party encountered today were not bandits, but assassins who carried out assassinations under the guise of bandits!

The flying arrow penetrated the carriage, and just by looking at the force, it was known that it was a crossbow used by the army. Xie Yuzhou, who was hiding behind the tree, looked pale, but his face remained calm.

The fighting was still going on, and the smell of blood was astounding. Even though they used the common death strategy, Xie Yuzhou's men could not eliminate all the enemies. He saw two more fish that had slipped through the net, holding long knives and charging towards them menacingly.

Xie Yuzhou took a step back, calmly raised his hand, and pulled the trigger. The small pocket crossbow in his sleeve fired a series of arrows, killing only one assassin in a hurry.

Another person raised his knife and was about to chop it down. Xie Yuzhou took a step back, but there was no way he could avoid it.

call out!

A strong wind blew past her ears, blood stains bloomed on the assassin's chest, and the silver-white flying knife was still trembling slightly.

When the man completely fell to the ground and died, Xie Yuzhou let out the breath that he had suppressed for a long time. The hands in her sleeves trembled slightly, but she tightened her fingers tightly and dug her nails into her palms to prevent herself from any possibility of embarrassment.

As a daughter of the Xie family, even if she dies, she will not lose her character and pride.

Turning around slowly, Xie Yuzhou saw a woman sitting on a big tree not far behind him.

Her savior.

The man was wearing regular clothes, with his long hair tied up in a ponytail behind his back. He had a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, his hands were propped on the branches, and he was looking at Xie Yuzhou with stern eyes, not evading.

The sun was about to set, and the last ray of afterglow penetrated the leaves and sprinkled on the woman's face, adding a touch of mystery to her originally beautiful and enchanting face.

With a slight push, she fell from the tree with a very beautiful movement. Step by step, she walked towards Xie Yuzhou.

Xie Yuzhou put one hand behind his back and squeezed it repeatedly.

"Which family are you a girl from? You actually provoked so many strong men to kill you." The woman spoke with a clear and pleasant voice. As she approached, Xie Yuzhou noticed her height.

Very tall, taller than most women.

Although he had seen the portrait before, Xie Yuzhou only understood at this moment why his subordinates used such exaggerated words to describe Emperor Ji.

The fact is that no exaggerated words are enough to describe it.

Xie Yuzhou took a deep breath, took half a step back, and bowed. "Xie's daughter, Yuzhou, pays her respects to His Highness."

The air suddenly became quiet, and Xie Yuzhou did not get up when he received no response.

For a moment, she felt her arm being held by someone, and then an irresistible force made her stand upright. She was forced to look at the person in front of her.

There was a weird smile on Di Ji's face, "Xie Yuzhou..." She read these three words, and in those beautiful eyes, there was a complexity that Xie Yuzhou could not see through for the time being.

"You were the first one to find me." She murmured, holding Xie Yuzhou's hand tightly.

"What are you going to do when you find me?" she asked again.