miscalculation

Xiao Yi never expected that after so many years, the Gu poison of the Erhai royal family would reappear.After listening to the pulse sent back by the imperial physician, he understood it.At the beginning, Gu Zhao led the army to kill all the blood of the Erhai royal family, even the baby just born did not survive.He really couldn't figure out why there were still remnants of evil.

Gu poison is very harmful, but according to what they described, Xiao Qian's poison is not half poison, half poison, and there is no disadvantage of the spread of pure Gu poison.Even so, he still ordered Xiao Qian to stay in Lizhou to recuperate and observe again.

Xiao Qian was placed in an extremely secluded mountain forest, and the surroundings were also secluded.The matter of Gu poison was not spread to the outside world, so the outside world believed that Xiao Qian was sick and recuperating.

Xiao Cheng passed by Lizhou transporting grain, and once wanted to visit in person, but was blocked back.Suspicion arose in his heart, which made people inquire everywhere, but there was no news.Only by guarding outside the woods every day and intercepting a letter by chance, did he deduce from the words in the letter that Xiao Qian was poisoned.But the letter was written in a rather cryptic manner, and he couldn't find out more information.

It is said that after Xiao Qian was poisoned and fell into a coma that day, Meng Ke wrote several letters back to Beijing, but they were all stopped by Concubine Ji Shu and never reached Xiao Jue's hands.Then the messenger returned to Beijing to report to Xiao Yi, which made Xiao Jue aware of the news.

Xiao Jue was agitated, so he wanted to go out of Beijing to find Xiao Qian, but he received Xiao Qian's personal letter in time, saying that there was nothing serious.In the next two months, they were mostly letters reporting safety, which was roughly the same as what my father said. He only said that he was not acclimatized to the environment, that his illness was difficult, that he needed rest and could not move, so he stayed in Lizhou.

Xiao Qian's letters came less and less, making Xiao Jue even more uneasy.He repeatedly checked Xiao Qian's letters to himself, talking about lovesickness.That night, he opened and read the letter as usual, but inexplicably felt that there was something wrong between the lines.The handwriting is indeed Xiao Qian's correct, and the tone of speech is also very similar, but looking carefully, it is definitely not Xiao Qian's writing.

As soon as he patted the table, he went to Chuxiu Palace, and broke in regardless of Concubine Ji Shu was about to comb her hair and go to bed.

Concubine Ji Shu said displeasedly: "Jue'er, why do you become more unruly when you get older? How can you just break into your mother's bedroom?"

Xiao Jue threw the letter on the ground, and asked: "These letters were not written to me by my elder brother at all, but concubine mother, you found someone to forge them, are you right?"

Concubine Ji Shu was not surprised when she heard this, and said with a smile: "I was actually spotted by you, my son is really sharp-eyed. It's a pity that you don't have to spend so much time elsewhere, you have to spend your time on that useless person."

Xiao Jue heard the sound in the words, and asked, "Why is elder brother such a useless person? Concubine Mu, tell me the truth, what did you do to him?"

"He traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, and his mother and concubine were in the deep palace, so they couldn't stretch out such a long hand."

"Mother and concubine don't want to hide it from me. Linhua specializes in intelligence and Zhehua specializes in assassination. It's very easy for them to attack eldest brother."

"Jue'er, don't devote yourself to others. Although your elder brother keeps saying that Jiangnan will help you transfer the account books of Tongji Bank, he always carries the ledger with him and refuses to trust those two accountants. He is also of royal blood. Who knows what is on his mind? Why is he willing to hand over the account book to you? If he has been begging for perfection for more than ten years, and even his affairs with you are bitter schemes, what will you do?"

"Brother's thoughts, the ministers will naturally know, so don't bother the mother and concubine."

"Bold! What is your attitude?"

Xiao Jue knelt in front of him and said, "Concubine Mu, tell me honestly, what's wrong with elder brother?"

"It's nothing, don't worry, I won't take his life."

Xiao Jue said: "Since this is the case, I have to go to Lizhou to visit my elder brother in person, so I can feel at ease and hope that my mother and concubine will give me permission."

Concubine Ji Shu snorted coldly and said, "I won't allow it."

Xiao Jue took the dagger and pointed it at himself, saying, "Mother and concubine don't allow me, so my son will die here."

"you dare!"

"If big brother has any troubles, I promise to do more ruthless things than this!"

"Why, can you kill your mother for him!"

"I really don't dare, but for him to imitate Nezha, it's not impossible to cut the bones and return the father and cut the flesh for the mother!"

"Shut up, do you still see me as a concubine?"

"As long as the eldest brother is safe, there will naturally be."

"You... how dare you say such a thing." Concubine Ji Shu couldn't help but shed tears when she heard this.

"Mother and concubine, I still hope to fulfill Xiao Jue."

After hearing this, Concubine Ji Shu said fiercely: "I tell you! If you go today, you will only see him for the last time. If you don't go, he still has a chance to survive."

Xiao Jue was shocked: "Concubine Mu, are you admitting that you sent the person who plotted against eldest brother?"

"Yes. He has already settled the accounts. As long as Zhehua's dark-headed troops receive my signal and snatch the golden hairpin and the account book, he will be useless."

"So, from the beginning to the end, you are using him at all?"

"Of course, otherwise, why do you think the concubine mother left him with you to mess up the palace?"

"Hahahaha... Dirty palace? Concubine mother, tell me, what kind of poison is in the elder brother? I just killed several of your followers before I found the letter you detained. What is the poison mentioned in the letter? What's going on?"

"Even if you kill me, I won't tell you."

"I'm living a life. On the day my elder brother was poisoned, I also felt unwell. When I first heard the news that my elder brother was ill, I became skeptical. Tell me, why?"

Concubine Ji Shu sneered: "You don't need to ask any more questions, to tell you the truth, if you dare to go out of the palace to see him, he will die!"

"Concubine Mu, at this stage, do you really think that I will trust you? There is no way you will let him go, do you?"

"Yes!"

Concubine Ji Shu gritted her teeth and said: "I can't wait to crush him to ashes to vent my hatred!"

Xiao Jue said: "No matter what, I must go to see him, even if I die in Lizhou, I will not regret it."

Xiao Jue walked out of Chuxiu Palace, and then went back to prepare for leaving the palace, he was ready to stop and wanted to leave the palace privately, but when he heard that Xiao Liang had entered the palace, he was coming to visit him.

He had no choice but to greet him, but Xiao Liang pulled him aside and said, "Fifth brother, I asked my father for an order, saying that I want to visit my elder brother. My father has promised to play. I think you must care about my elder brother. If there is any letter Item, let me bring it to him for you."

Xiao Jue stared at him in a daze, thinking, Xiao Liang's question was weird, could it be that he has discovered something wrong with his elder brother?Immediately, he felt that it was impossible. He and his elder brother had always been cautious, so they should not be like this.

Seeing him in a daze, Xiao Liang said again: "Fifth brother, what's wrong with you? But you can't trust Xiao Qi?"

Xiao Jue was worried about Xiao Qian and couldn't care too much, so he said: "I really want to bring him something, but I'm afraid... I'm afraid Xiao Qi won't agree."

Xiao Liang was surprised when he heard this, and said: "That's why I came to look for you, why don't you agree? Fifth brother, what do you want me to bring, but it's okay."

Xiao Jue smiled slightly and pointed to himself: "Of course it's me."

The two were silent for a long time before Xiao Liang asked: "Fifth brother, you are not joking, and Xiao Qi can only do his best. It's just that the father blamed him, you have to take a few more scolding for Xiao Qi, otherwise Xiao Qi will definitely not follow this loss-making business."

Xiao Jue couldn't help laughing and said, "That's natural."

It turned out that that day when Xiao Liang heard about Ji Lan's engagement, he was agitated and restless every day. Hearing that Xiao Qian's illness was recurring in Lizhou, he wanted to visit him.At this time, what he wanted most was to leave the capital for a while and never see Ji Lan again.He really didn't want to hear the news of Ji Lan's engagement, and he was even more unwilling to prepare a gift for him.

What Xiao Liang didn't expect was that he and Xiao Jue's carriage had just arrived at the gate of the city, but they heard someone shouting from behind: "His Royal Highness, King Qin, stop!"

When he got out of the carriage, he saw Ji Lan coming on horseback with a gun in hand, so he asked, "Master Lan, why are you here?"

Ji Lan got off his horse and said, "Your Majesty is afraid that the road will be unsafe, so he ordered the servants to accompany him for protection."

Xiao Liang tilted his head and asked, "Why didn't I hear about my father?"

Ji Lan couldn't see through Xiao Liang's estrangement from him in the past few days, he didn't like it, he just didn't want to.He was afraid that Xiao Liang would not agree, so he had no choice but to tell the truth: "Yes... the minister invited me here."

After hearing this, Xiao Liang asked, "Really?"

Ji Lan said, "Really."

There was no expression on Xiao Liang's face, he just said: "In that case, let's go together."

During the few months of getting along with him, Ji Lan has already figured out his temper, and it is obvious that his anger has calmed down a lot.Ever since Xiao Cheng took three days off for him that day, Xiao Liang claimed to be sick every day and refused to practice martial arts with him.The few times he came to the door, Xiao Liang would lie on the bed, talk to him very politely, calling him Master Lan, and never calling his nickname Jingbo.

He had never seen Xiao Liang angry before, this time he really learned what it meant to be restrained in anger.He really can't stand the straightforward and innocent people who usually put on airs and be polite in front of him.Ji Lan has been thinking about it every day these days, exactly what did he do that day that displeased Xiao Liang.He threw away all the portraits given to him at home, and was reprimanded several times by his grandfather in private.

Xiao Liang didn't want Ji Lan to ride in the carriage with him, just because Xiao Jue was in the carriage.He planned to wait until he was far away from the capital before confessing to Ji Lan.But thinking that Ji Lan is Xiao Jue's cousin after all, and might send him back, he couldn't help feeling worried.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Xiao Jue tugging at his sleeve and shaking his head as a hint. He understood that Xiao Jue was trying to hide Ji Lan all the way, so he nodded in agreement.His only worry was that Ji Lan would at least have to work hard along the way.Thinking of this, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Ji Lan, but he saw that he was looking in all directions without squinting, as if he was afraid that an assassin would rush out.Xiao Liang hated secretly, why didn't this fool look back at me!