After the winter, the weather suddenly dropped, and the critical fortresses of several major tribes at the border were frozen, making it difficult for the enemy to keep out the cold due to insufficient food and grass supplies.

Xiao Jue has been on the battlefield for nearly a month, and he has achieved success all the way, and now he has ushered in God's help. He decisively sent troops to defeat several major tribes.

Today, Xiao Jue has wiped out the rebellious army, and beheaded Xu Zhongyu, a traitor and traitor who was seeking glory before the war.

In the emperor's palace.

Yan Mohou was at the emperor's side, hearing the news from the officers and men, Xiao Qian praised Xiao Jue in front of the ministers, and even rewarded him heavily. When his class teacher returned to the court, he was crowned prince and rewarded the prince Rong's mansion. Many things have been approved by all veterans.

After the people dispersed, Xiao Qian immediately swept a pile of documents on the case to the ground, and said to the loyal subordinate beside him with a gloomy expression: "Don't let Xiao Jue come back, he is in military power now, and he has made military exploits again." , You can’t keep your wolfish ambition any longer, you go immediately and sneak him away on the way back to the imperial court under his command…”

Xiao Qian fell silent, and made a gesture of killing without mercy. The guard understood it, and immediately bowed his head to accept the order.

"My subordinate understands."

"Go." Xiao Qian said.

The guard quickly retreated, Yan Mo still stayed in the hall, Xiao Qian asked him: "Do you have anything else to do?"

Last time the Sixth Princess and the Seventh Princess worked together to sneak Xie Rulan out of the palace. Xiao Qian couldn't deal with Xiao Wei, but he was more than enough to deal with Xiao Xiao. In the end, it seemed that Yan Mo didn't punish her, but he also used Xiao Xiao to lure Xie Rulan away. return.

Since that day, the relationship between Yan Mo and Xiao Qian has become very rigid. Xiao Qian felt uneasy, and even sent Yan Mo to the prison to watch his benefactor Xiao Xingyu die with his own eyes.

After that, he never used Yan Mo again, even if he didn't say anything, Yan Mo knew it in his heart.

Even if Xiao Xingyu died, Xiao Qian knew that Xiao Xingyu had kindness to him, and Xiao Xiao only recognized Xiao Xingyu as his elder brother, so there was already a gap in his heart, and he even went up and down secretly. The six ministers were dismissed and promoted to the grand master with no real power.

The title of Taishi in the current dynasty sounds so majestic, but in fact it is a weak official position. Yan Mo has no position as a minister, and there is no crown prince in the dynasty. What is the use of being a grand master?

Yan Mo felt uneasy, he knew that Xiao Qian would start to deal with him one day, because he had been inseparable from Xiao Xingyu from a very early age.

In the past, Xiao Xingyu was kind to him, and his wife, the sixth princess, was Xiao Xingyu's good sister. At this time, he had seen the situation clearly, so he bit the bullet and wanted to stop the loss in time to prevent Xiao Qian from He blamed the entire Yan clan by himself.

"His Majesty."

Yan Mo knelt down and said: "Your Majesty's country is already very stable. Back then, the Crown Princess concubine entrusted the Yan Clan, and the mission entrusted to the Weichen was considered complete. The Weichen wanted to disarm and return to the land, and never set foot in the officialdom again. I hope that Your Majesty Grace."

"You want to resign?"

Xiao Qian's voice could not be heard to be happy or angry, but since Yan Mo had already moved Princess Rui out, Xiao Qian would not make it too difficult for him in terms of his biological mother.

Yan Mo planned this way, but he also knew the danger, but if he didn't back down, Xiao Qian might not trust him even more. Companion to the king is like companion to the tiger. If Xiao Qian is upset in the future, the next one will be He should be the one who gave the poisoned wine.

Yan Mo lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I am tired of court disputes, I just want to go back to my hometown, and spend the rest of my life serving my parents' spirits as a filial piety, I have no relatives in my family, so I can't move the remains of my parents Going back to the Yan family's ancestral grave is already unfilial, and I feel uneasy."

His Yan family was implicated by Xiao Qian's father, Prince Rui, and even supported Xiao Qian all the way to the throne. This is a great achievement and a great kindness. Xiao Qian will not forget it, and Yan Mo will not let him forget it.

Xiao Qian's complexion was a bit ugly, but after thinking about it, he actually agreed, but said: "Okay, I understand what you mean, I can understand you, and now there is no prince in the court, I will make you the crown prince." Grand Master, I am not demoting you from office, I hope that my crown prince can be taught by you, this is my trust in you."

"His Majesty……"

Yan Mo was a little speechless, Xiao Qian was about to set up a male queen, and the harem had already been cleaned up regardless of the protests of all the officials, and even set a date for the big wedding, just two months later.

He only wanted to pamper Xie Rulan alone, where did the prince come from?

Xiao Qian waved his hand and said: "I know you are tired for a while, so you go back to rest for a while, and I will remove the post of Grand Master first. By the way, Yanhou's Mansion has been sealed up for many years, but you are Great meritorious minister, you have assisted me for many years, I know your filial piety, you have made people clean up the inside and outside of the Hou's mansion, now you can go back with Liumei, it is your home after all."

Resigned from the official position and received a gift, Yan Mo was stunned, but quickly realized that he was about to kowtow to thank him.

At this moment, the chief eunuch Liu Yi rushed in in a panic, knelt down in front of the hall, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Mr. Xie cut his wrists again!"

The hypocritical smile on Xiao Qian's face suddenly turned into frost, he gritted his teeth and slapped the table, glaring with anger, and scolded: "Every day he either seeks death or assassinates me, does he really think that I will always indulge you, Xie Rulan?" Follow him!"

Liu Yi lowered his head to the ground, trembling all over, not daring to say a word.

This kind of situation has happened quite a few times. From Yan Mo's point of view, it has happened many times.

Since Xiao Xingyu drank the poisoned wine a month ago, Xiao Qian forcibly brought him back to the palace, and was assassinated by Xie Rulan that night. If he hadn't reacted in time, Xie Rulan might have cut off not just his strands. hair, but his head was gone.

After that, every time Xie Rulan saw Xiao Qian, she would find all kinds of sharp weapons to assassinate him, but she couldn't succeed every time, which always made Xiao Qian unhappy.

For the past half month, Xiao Qian seemed a little disheartened, he ignored him for a long time, and stopped provoking him.

But if he didn't come, Xie Rulan became even more crazy.

Xiao Qian had people search all the sharp weapons in the palace, even Xie Rulan's eating utensils and drinking teapots were replaced with gold and silver ones, which would not break if dropped.

But in the end he still has a way to toss, he can tear off the curtain and hang himself, and even if he is not good enough, he can hit a pillar.

There are many ways to seek death.

In short, he hurt himself all over, and when Xiao Qian came to see him, he didn't know what kind of weapon he would use to attack Xiao Qian. It was really dangerous and pitiful.

But Xiao Qian couldn't stop going to see him. If he didn't go, what would he do if he really tortured himself to death?

Apart from being angry, Xiao Qian still felt distressed. After taking a breath, he asked again: "What did he take to cut his wrists this time? Didn't he ask you to replace all the porcelain?"

You could tell by the tone that she was nervous. Xie Rulan treated him like this, but he still didn't want to give up on Xie Rulan. Not only was he crazy, but he was too obsessed.

Liu Yi's voice trembled, as if he was about to cry, he said tremblingly, "I don't know... When I left, Mr. Xie had already hurt himself..."

"What's the use of raising you!"

As Xiao Qian said, he kicked Liu Yi to the front of the palace. The poor chief eunuch was over half a hundred years old, and he still had to suffer this crime. Even if he coughed up blood, he crawled back home. At Xiao Qian's feet, he said anxiously: "I know my mistake, I beg Your Majesty to spare me!"

Xiao Qian didn't bother to take care of him anymore, turned around and walked out of the hall, full of anger, with an aura of blocking and killing gods and Buddhas, frightened the servants and eunuchs all the way to kneel down in a hurry, not daring to breathe.

But in the main hall, Yan Mo helped Liu Yi up and said, "Your Majesty is in a panic, Eunuch Liu, you are seriously injured, why don't you take a rest first, and I'll follow to see if your Majesty doesn't get hurt again." what happened."

Liu Yi is a slave, even if he is the most powerful slave in the palace, but the other ministers looked at him with disdain and contempt. It can be seen that Yan Mo not only did not despise him, but also helped him up and cared about his injuries. Liu Yi Looking at Yan Mo in his eyes is different.

"Thank you, Lord Yan. This servant should go with your lord. As soon as he sees His Majesty, nothing good will happen. Your lord was once the best medical officer in the palace. Maybe he can help you if you go."

As if he was in the opponent's arms, a light flashed in Yan Mo's eyes, he nodded and said: "Okay, then Eunuch, let's go over quickly."

When Yan Mo and Liu Yi arrived, the blood stains on the floor of the Jiaofang Hall hadn't been removed, and there were indeed fighting sounds in the hall. Yan Mo went in and saw a bloody jade hairpin falling on the ground.

This was obviously Xie Rulan's weapon of self-mutilation.

And Xie Rulan was being pushed down on the bed by Xiao Qian at this time, the already thin skirt was loosely spread out, revealing most of his naked skin, and his bandaged wrists were pressed tightly against the head of the bed by the other party.

What they saw was that His Majesty the Emperor was pinching Xie Rulan's chin with one hand, and his anger almost knocked off the roof.

The two hurriedly knelt down and lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

In fact, it was Yan Mo and the others who misunderstood. Xiao Qian gritted his teeth and stared at Xie Rulan, saying: "You want to kill me, but I have never committed any crime against you. I am tolerant to you, but how do you treat me? Once I touch you, You're going to bite your tongue and kill yourself... Heh, Xie Rulan, look at what you've become now, living like a ghost all day long, knowing death with all your heart! You know you're going to kill me!"

Xie Rulan's lips were bloodshot, but not much. It should have been stopped in time before biting his tongue, but his face was pale, his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, his eyes were black and blue, and his haggard appearance had no sense of beauty, just like a A walking dead who only knows hatred.

He stared at Xiao Qian, the hatred in his eyes seemed to burn Xiao Qian to death.

It's not that Xiao Qian can't feel heartache, he is also a human being, but now facing Xie Rulan, he doesn't know how to deal with it at all.

Since Xiao Xingyu's death, Xie Rulan has become like this, sitting in a daze day and night, not speaking, not eating or drinking, except in a daze and sleeping, not saying a word, only one obsession in her heart——

Killed Xiao Qian to avenge Xiao Xingyu, and then went to Huangquan Road to look for him.

But Xiao Qian did not regret killing Xiao Xingyu, but never thought that Xie Rulan would be so attached to Xiao Xingyu.

It was as if his only hope for existence in this world had been destroyed by Xiao Qian, and Xie Rulan had long hated him to the bone.

The arrival of Yan Mo made Xiao Qian calm down a little, his face was livid, he loosened the restraint on Xie Rulan, and let go of this person who had become thin and ugly in just a month, he still couldn't hide his anger.

He gritted his teeth and said: "Xie Rulan, I will warn you for the last time, if you mess around again before the Empress Dowager Ceremony, not only will I not forgive you, but the entire palace will be buried with you, even your senior sister , Concubine Fu, and Xiao Xingyu's two younger siblings, I will also send them all to see Xiao Xingyu!"

"...Senior Sister..."

Xie Rulan hadn't spoken for a long time, but Xie Rulan's voice was very dry when he heard Xiao Qian's words. After hearing Xiao Qian's words, his moist red eyes widened, and he rolled down on the bed in a panic, making Xiao Qian extremely nervous.

Seeing him crawling to his side again, due to excessive force, the snow-white cloth wrapped around his wrist was overflowing with scarlet, Xiao Qian's expression was even more ugly.

When the sharp pain came, Xie Rulan finally came back to his senses, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly grabbed Xiao Qian's clothes, looking extremely flustered.

"... Xiao Qian... don't touch my senior sister, and don't touch Concubine Fu and the others..."

"I will do what I say, you can figure it out yourself."

The person in front of him would only take the initiative to talk to him for the sake of others begging him, Xiao Qian's heart sank suddenly, he didn't intend to stay here anymore, he turned around and left quickly.

Just passing by Yan Mo stopped in his tracks a few years ago, Xiao Qian ordered in a deep voice: "Go and bandage him, and if he acts recklessly again, ask someone to tie him up!"

The man in the hall seemed to be whimpering and calling his name, his voice was dry and harsh, and he called him back in a panic, begging him not to touch his senior sister and Xiao Xingyu's mother.

But this time Xiao Qian really left without looking back, Xie Rulan stared blankly at him when he left the hall, and then became dazed again, looking distraught, with a bit of despair in his eyes.

Finally calmed down, Yan Mo and Eunuch Liu breathed a sigh of relief. They went in and helped Xie Rulan up, who was weak because he didn't want to eat, and lost too much blood due to self-mutilation. Mo reapplied the medicine for him with cloth strips and bandaged the wound.

After that, when Yan Mo let go of him, he quickly withdrew his hand, resisting everyone around him, still keeping silent, his eyes glazed over, and motionless.

There was no expression on the face during the whole process, as if there was no pain.

Then Liu Yi had already gone back to rest, Yan Mo asked the little eunuchs behind him to step back first, turned around and washed their hands, then sat in front of the bed, quietly brushed away the long hair scattered on Xie Rulan's forehead, and checked the hair on the corner of his forehead. That faint red mark.

This is the scar left by him when he hit the pole more than ten years ago. Now that the blood scabs have fallen off, the scar is almost too faint to be seen.

After checking, the man still ignored him, and sat in a daze with his brocade quilt in his arms.

Yan Mo thought for a while and asked, "Are you thinking about Your Highness?"

Xie Rulan didn't respond, her eyes were terribly cold and indifferent, staring straight at the end of the bed, as if there was something there, her eyes looked strange.

Yan Mo smiled and shook his head, persuading: "Mr. Xie, it is useless for you to act stupid in front of me. I only advise you. Before the grand ceremony, you must not disobey His Majesty again. Your Majesty has patience." It's limited, and besides, he is the Son of Heaven, even if you hide him in the remotest corners of the earth, he can still find him."

The other party still didn't respond, and didn't even look at him.

Seeing this, Yan Mo let out a long sigh, turned his head closer to Xie Rulan, deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Master Xie, in fact, you just need to calm down before the grand ceremony, so that His Majesty will not be wary of you and relax, and then you have to do something. What, aren't you doing what you want?"

Hearing this, Xie Rulan looked straight at him with murderous eyes, but her face was blank, pale as paper, and her whole body was haggard.

Yan Mo smiled at him, got up and was about to leave and said, "Then I'll go first, Mr. Xie wants to be more open, what's wrong with being the queen of Da Xia, His Majesty will help you out of all difficulties and let you sit down The latter. I have resigned today, and I am afraid that I will not have the chance to see Mr. Xie in the future. This is also my last piece of advice to Mr. Xie, I hope Mr. Xie will think twice."

Suddenly feeling very sleepy, probably because of the soothing incense that Yan Mo asked to light, Xie Rulan blinked her extremely tired eyes, with a bewildered look on her face, wondering if she listened.

Yan Mo was silent for a long while, but his lips curled up quietly, and he retreated silently, and the Jiaofang hall became quiet again.

In the end, she still couldn't bear the exhaustion, Xie Rulan fell into a drowsy sleep, and when she woke up, it was dark, and she was woken up by the wound on her wrist.

The entire hall was very dark, and it seemed that someone lit the candles outside in a trance.

The glaring light made him cover his eyes uncomfortably. A figure was walking in front of the candlestick. Xie Rulan's eyes were dry. She opened her eyes suddenly, and was still a little hazy looking at things outside.

Afterwards, he got up with the brocade quilt wrapped around him, and the dense pain on his left wrist made him very uncomfortable.

Xie Rulan frowned, and opened her mouth to stop the candlelighter outside, she was very displeased, but her voice was weak and had no deterrent effect.

"Didn't I say that no one is allowed in, you get out!"

He doesn't want to be bothered by anyone.

He has a light sleep, and he will wake up when the people around him move, and he will not see Xiao Xingyu when he wakes up, so he is very angry now.

Xie Rulan's temper became very strange during this time, so no one in the palace dared to approach him in his sleep.

But the man outside looked unfamiliar, he seemed to be a newcomer, he opened the delicate bead curtain and entered the room with a candlestick in his hand, he was wearing a eunuch costume, but his figure was not as short as other eunuchs, even taller than Xie Rulan Be taller and stronger.

The man held the food box in his hand, ignored Xie Rulan's murderous cold eyes, and lit the candlestick on the table. The originally dark room was immediately illuminated by the fire, and Xie Rulan also saw the eunuch's face clearly through the light.

There was nothing unique about it, even ordinary and somewhat ugly, and the man's face was stiff, and he pulled out an ugly smile at him, and his voice was hoarse and low, which was very unpleasant.

"Slave Yan Si is from Lord Yan's mansion. He used to serve in front of the Sixth Princess. It was also the Sixth Princess who specially picked a slave to come into the palace to talk with Mr. Xie to relieve boredom. Mr. Xie, it's getting late, and this slave heard that you haven't done anything today. Let someone make some appetizers for the meal, Mr. Xie, please eat some..."

"Get out!"

The eunuch was slightly stunned, and the flattering smile on his face stopped, and he still stared at Xie Rulan relentlessly, with straight eyes, which made the other party even more displeased.

"Master Xie, you don't drink or eat like this, it's not good for your health..."

"Can't you hear? I tell you to get out!"

Xie Rulan was full of anger, but her body was too weak. When she was agitated when she spoke, she would have to pant for a long time, and it looked like she was about to suffocate at any time.

Seeing this situation, the eunuch who was anxious to please him was terrified, so he retreated resentfully, not daring to say any more, but he understood what Manager Liu had specially instructed him before he came in——

Be careful, don't offend the master in Jiaofang Hall.

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