Your Highness, want to run after flirting?

A few days later, news came out from the palace that Emperor Yangdi was seriously ill.After the death of the crown prince, the East Palace is waiting for a vacant seat, which is a great opportunity for Su Jiuxi.

On the one hand, he entered the palace diligently to serve at the side of Emperor Yangdi, and on the other hand, he secretly mobilized troops to control the entire palace.Once Yangdi canonized other princes as princes, he launched a mutiny to seize power.

Xunyang waves are undercurrent, and a bloody storm is coming.

Lan Ziqing had already planned to take Su Danchen away before this catastrophe came, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity, so he didn't take any action.

Just when he was upset, Emperor Yang's order came from the palace.

Lan Ziqing settled down, and followed the white-browed eunuch who came to announce the edict into the palace for an audience.

A well-ordered team of soldiers and horses lined up outside the Dragon's Salimen Palace, surrounding the entire Dragon's Salimen Palace so tightly that it was difficult for a fly to get in and out.

The civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty knelt among the armor and gold spears, trembling uncontrollably.

The atmosphere was tense and solemn.

Seeing Lan Ziqing approaching, the Ninth Prince Su Jiuxi, who was kneeling at the front, had a glint of light in his long and narrow eyes. He got up to meet him, his red lips moved, and he called out "Lan Xiang" indifferently.

Lan Ziqing had already listened to the eunuch who came to announce the situation to explain the situation before Lan Ziqing came. The deadline for Emperor Yang is approaching, and the ninth prince, Chen Bing, is spitting out of the Dragon Palace. The crisis is imminent.

When Lan Ziqing was newly promoted, Su Jiuxi had already been expelled from the pass by Emperor Yang, so there was not much interaction between the two of them.Even after Su Jiuxi's class teacher returned to the court, the two of them didn't meet each other a few times.

Although Lan Ziqing was quite unfamiliar with the Ninth Prince of Yang Kingdom, he had already heard of his ruthless style.

One of the most famous incidents was that four years ago, the Nine Princes killed Song Jiansheng, the son of former Chancellor Song Guang, alive.

No one knew the cause of that incident, except that Song Jiansheng often went in and out of the Ninth Prince's Mansion, and seemed to have an ambiguous relationship with the Ninth Prince.

It is rumored that the Ninth Prince conspired to rebel because of him. Emperor Yangdi was furious when he learned about it, and immediately sent the Ninth Prince to death row. In the end, under the begging of the third prince Su Danchen, he waived the net. , He was relegated to the frontier for the crime of "forming a party for personal gain and having misleading intentions".

What happened afterwards caused a lot of uproar in the court of the Yang Kingdom, and it was hard for people not to know.

Su Jiuxi cut Song Jiansheng alive.

It is reported that the person who betrayed Su Jiuxi and secretly informed Emperor Yangdi was Song Jiansheng.

Later, Lan Ziqing was in charge of Xiangyin, and when he heard about this, he keenly sensed the conspiracy behind it.

From Song Jiansheng's instigation of Su Jiuxi's rebellion, to Song Jiansheng's reporting to Emperor Yangdi, the whole thing was secretly planned by someone with the purpose of eradicating the Ninth Prince.

As for whether this conspiracy was secretly laid out by the Chao clan, or whether the Sima clan was behind the scenes, it is unknown.

All I know is that Song Jiansheng, the son of former Prime Minister Song Guang, played a vital role in this round.

Although Song Jiansheng deserved his own fault, the way of death was horrifying.

It is enough to see that Su Jiuxi is ruthless and has a heart like a snake.

Wearing a silver dragon armor and wearing black gold boots, the rumored Ninth Prince stood tall and tall in front of Lan Ziqing, looking at him with cold eyes like a poisonous snake.

The bright red lips opened slowly, and said, "Lan Xiang."

Unexpectedly, no one would have imagined that the rumored cruel and ruthless Ninth Prince would be so soft and handsome with red lips and white teeth.

Lan Ziqing collected her thoughts, cupped her hands and said, "Chen Lan Ziqing sees His Highness the Ninth Prince."

The white-browed eunuch who came with Lan Ziqing followed suit.

Su Jiuxi glanced at the white-browed eunuch, and said, "Eunuch Li, what's going on."

The white-browed eunuch who was named was the old man next to Emperor Yangdi. Even when Su Jiuxi controlled the entire palace, he was still neither humble nor overbearing, with a calm voice, without the slightest hint of panic.

"Go back to Your Highness Ninth Prince, His Majesty summoned Prime Minister Lan to have an audience."

Su Jiuxi's expression changed, and she couldn't help thinking.

Seeing this scene, the civil and military officials who were kneeling on the ground whispered to each other in a low voice.

When the Holy Majesty was dying, Xuan Lan met with him, could it be for the purpose of establishing a new king.

All the ministers sighed heavily in their hearts as they secretly looked up at the airtight soldiers around them.

Even if the Holy Majesty can establish a new king at this time, it is too late...

Judging from the posture of the Ninth Prince, it is clear that he is putting all his eggs in one basket and he is bound to win.

Thinking of Su Jiuxi's ruthless style back then, all the ministers trembled, as if their tongues had been cut, and they all lost their voices.

After Lan Ziqing bowed, seeing that Su Jiuxi had no other reaction, he took the opportunity to walk inside.

"Lan Xiang stayed behind."

That too cold voice sent a chill down Lan Ziqing's spine.

Su Jiuxi took a few steps to catch up, and said expressionlessly: "Father is seriously ill, it is not suitable to see foreign ministers, Prime Minister Lan, please come back."

"Your Highness Ninth Prince, it is the Holy Majesty's will for Prime Minister Xuan to have an audience. Do you want to disobey the imperial decree?"

The white-browed eunuch beside him said anxiously.

Su Jiuxi gave a cold "hum", "This king is only thinking about my father's body, and I think my father will be considerate of this king's filial piety."

"you!"

Lan Ziqing came out at the right time to stop the white-browed old eunuch who was gnashing his teeth, and turned to Su Jiuxi, "Your Highness Nine, can you take a step to speak."

Su Jiuxi pondered for a moment, then nodded.

I don't know what Lan Ziqing said to him at the side, but Su Jiuxi's long and narrow pupils changed from light to darkness after hearing this, and finally turned into an unpredictable dark light at the bottom of the pupils.

The tense expression on his face eased, he turned sideways to make way, made a "please" gesture, and raised his eyebrows: "Lan Xiang, please."

"Thank you, Your Highness Nine."

Lan Ziqing's expression remained unchanged, and she calmly pushed open the door of Dragon's Saliva Palace under everyone's curious gaze.

The door slams behind him.

The light inside is dim, barely outlining the magnificent furnishings.The red light in the furnace with a dark gold faucet placed on the side is weak, and it can hardly dispel the cold.

Lan Ziqing only felt a wet and cloudy air rushing up from her back.

A vague figure was reflected in the bright yellow bed curtain embroidered with the dark pattern of the dragon badge on the innermost side, and a suppressed low coughing sound came from inside.

"My humble minister, Lan Ziqing, sees Your Majesty."

Lan Ziqing knelt down in front of the bed curtain.

"Cough... flat body..."

The voice that came was old and hoarse, not as majestic as before.

It seems that Su Huang is indeed as said outside, he is seriously ill and will die soon.

Lan Ziqing had mixed feelings in his heart, Suhuang had treated him well in the past three years.

"You can come in here now... Cough... It shows that I didn't misunderstand the person."

Hearing this, Lan Ziqing pondered for a while, then carefully chose his words, cupped his hands and said, "But according to His Majesty's orders."

There was a moment of silence inside, and then a big hand lifted the bed curtain, and the emperor in bright yellow clothes slowly sat up with a low cough.

Lan Ziqing was taken aback by the scrawny man with white hair in front of him.

This is still the tyrant who killed and killed decisively in the troubled times in the past, he clearly looks like an old man in his 80s and [-]s.

"Your Majesty...how did you become like this..."

Lan Ziqing was startled and hurriedly handed over her hands to make amends, "Your servant deserves to die."

"It's okay...cough..."

While speaking, he coughed violently, as if he was about to cough out his lungs.

"Self-inflicted... can't live..."

Those eagle eyes seemed to have lost all light, calm as stagnant water.

The whole person was lifeless, as if he was just holding on with one breath,

With this appearance, he was completely different from the high-spirited emperor in the past.

As a result, Lan Ziqing became more suspicious.

He only knew that Su Huang would become what he is today, all because of a letter from Concubine Li.Concubine Li sent a letter to Suhuang before she died, and then hanged herself in Chenxia Palace,

But when Suhuang saw the letter, he was furious, smashed everything in the imperial study room, and immediately ordered the guards to go to Chenxia Palace to arrest Concubine Li. The corpse vents its hatred.

What was written in that letter could have such a great power.

What kind of secret does Concubine Li Gui hide that can provoke Emperor Yang to hate him so much.

Naturally, Lan Ziqing did not know about all this, and he would not be so stupid as to ask Suhuang.

After Suhuang sighed, he suddenly changed the subject and his voice became cold.

"I know that the end is approaching, but there is only one thing that I can't worry about."

Lan Ziqing came back to her senses, carefully chose her words, and said carefully: "Your Majesty is worried about the Prince Chu."

Emperor Yang didn't answer directly, but his face darkened, and he said: "Does that rebellious man outside the door think that he can force the palace to seize the throne by doing this? It's just a daydream!"

Lan Ziqing frowned.

Among Suhuang's many sons, Su Danchen might not be the one he likes the most, but Su Jiuxi is the one he hates the most.

All this is because of Su Jiuxi's biological mother, Concubine Xian.

At that time, Suhuang had just seized the country from Emperor Li, and because of the unstable foundation, there were powerful enemies outside, and there were remnants of evil making troubles inside, which can be called external troubles and internal troubles.

In order to get rid of the predicament, Su Huang sent envoys to the Rao Country to seek marriage, intending to marry the powerful Rao Country and use the Rao Country's military force to tide over the difficulties.

At that time, the king of Rao country promised to marry the fifth princess to Yang country, but the woman who came to marry was actually a little maid next to the fifth princess of Rao country.

That is, Su Jiuxi's biological mother, the concubine Xian.

Such a great shame and humiliation, how could Emperor Yang tolerate it.

There was another important reason why Emperor Yangdi hated Su Jiuxi, and that was that Su Jiuxi's royal blood was impure.

The maid who came to marry her was not perfect, and in just half a month, she became pregnant with Su Jiuxi...

At that time Emperor Yang cared about Rao country, but he never made things difficult for her, he gave the woman a "concubine" status, and let her give birth to the Nine Princes smoothly.

But after this, a thorn was planted in Emperor Yangdi's heart.

As Su Jiuxi gradually grew up, besides inheriting her mother's splendid and beautiful appearance, there is also a softness in her brows and eyes.

The more Emperor Yang looked at him, the more he felt that he was not like himself, and his disgust grew day by day. Later, he simply moved his mother and son into the side hall next to the cold palace, so that he could not see him.

Even the concubine Xian was lingering on the sick bed, and when she was about to die, she didn't even visit her.

Lan Ziqing heard the obvious disgust in his words, and felt that the rumors were true.

"The crown prince... I don't know who His Majesty prefers..."

As Lan Ziqing said, thoughts raced through her mind.

Now the crown prince and fifteen princes are dead, only the third prince, nine princes, and ten princes are left.

Among them, the bloodline of the nine princes is not correct, and the ten princes are flamboyant and playful, so it is difficult to be a candidate.

There is only one third prince left, Su Danchen.

Lan Ziqing's heart skipped a beat, but he heard him coughing and saying: "The matter of the crown prince...cough...I have already made arrangements. The lonely summoning of Lan Qing is for another matter."

Su Huang sat beside the bed, with a solemn and solemn expression, and a cold gleam hidden in his eagle eyes.

"Lan Qing, draw up an order for me."

After Lan Ziqing said respectfully, she came to the desk, spread out a sheet of immaculate imperial decree, and got ready to write.

After coughing for a long time, Su Huang finally calmed down, and spoke slowly and coldly word by word.

"After a hundred years, I will take the third prince into the clan's mansion and imprison him for life. He will never leave the clan's mansion for half a step."

Lan Ziqing's wrist shook violently, and the ink almost stained the white paper.

……

When Lan Ziqing walked out of the palace gate, her whole body was stiff and her face was pale.

All civil and military officials stretched their necks, staring at his every move, all of them held their breaths waiting for him to announce the heir apparent selected by Emperor Yang.

Su Jiuxi narrowed her ink eyes.

The air suddenly became tense.

Lan Ziqing looked at the people who were looking forward to it, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "The position of the crown prince has not yet been determined, all ministers, please be safe."

The people present made a sound of "sigh", and they were all disappointed.

Only Su Jiuxi pursed her lips, and stepped forward to "invite" Lan Ziqing to a remote corner.

"Lan Xiang really keeps his word."

After receiving the imperial decree hidden in Lan Ziqing's cuff, Su Jiuxi smiled lightly.

It was precisely because Lan Ziqing promised that he would keep the candidate for the crown prince a secret that Su Jiuxi would let him in.

Of course, there is another reason.

Su Jiuxi looked at the content of the imperial decree with satisfaction, hooked her red lips upwards, and said meaningfully: "From now on, brother San Huang will have the appearance of Lao Lan."

Lan Ziqing was in such a mess at the moment, she had no intention of dealing with him at all.After receiving the imperial decree from him, he said a few words before turning around and leaving in a hurry.

"Lan Xiang."

Su Jiuxi suddenly called Lan Ziqing to stop, squinted her long and narrow eyes, and said slowly: "The original content of the imperial decree is to make Brother Sanhuang the heir apparent?"

Mo Mou stared closely at the person in the purple gold official robe in front of him.

Lan Ziqing met his sharp gaze, without changing his face, he said: "The will of the imperial decree is the will of the Holy Majesty."

Su Jiuxi obviously misunderstood what he meant, and after looking at him closely for a while, he laughed softly and said, "Lan Xiang is really smart."

"Sir farewell."

This time, Su Jiuxi didn't make it difficult for him anymore.

After Lan Ziqing strode out for a certain distance, Fang Da stopped panting, his back shirt was soaked in cold sweat, holding the imperial decree tightly in his hands, looking as if he was still in shock.

After a long time, a wry smile appeared on his face.

The imperial decree in his hand was indeed manipulated by him, but the original decree of Emperor Yangdi was not what Su Jiuxi imagined.

but to...

Unexpectedly, Emperor Yang's hatred for Concubine Li has reached such a level,

Thinking of that vicious will, Lan Ziqing felt a chill run down his back.

If the person Yangdi summoned was not him, then Ah Chen would have... just a guess, he was already in so much pain that he couldn't breathe.

Lan Ziqing clenched the imperial decree in her hand, not wanting to stay any longer, so she quickened her pace and rushed out of the palace.

As soon as he left the palace gate, a big bell suddenly sounded behind him, heavy and loud one after another.

Lan Ziqing stopped abruptly.

Only when the emperor dies can the bell be tolled.

Emperor Yangdi died.