In the few months since Gao Zhanming returned to the capital, how many nights he dreamed of Li Jingruo, and how many times he wanted to ask him face to face, but at this moment, Li Jingruo was standing by the candlelight with his hands behind his back, really standing in front of him. However, he seemed to be still in a dream, staring blankly at his lover, unexpectedly losing the ability to speak.

Li Jingruo stretched out his hand to him, and the moonlight and starlight outside the window shone on his cloak, making him seem to be riding the wind, and he might go away at any time.He whispered: "Jun Liang, what's wrong with you?"

The candle flame was blown by the breeze, and the light flickered on and off. Gao Zhanming finally came back to his senses: "Li..."

Li Jingruo smiled, and opened his arms to him, a gesture begging for a hug.Gao Zhanming actually walked over and was attracted by his embrace until Li Jingruo just closed his arms and could embrace his lover in his arms. He punched him with a hateful smiling face, but he was still reluctant in the end, and just stomped on him viciously.

If he didn't pay attention to Li Jingruo's invisible frown, Gao Zhanming would almost think that his feet were made of iron, and there was no response when he stepped on them hard. Instead, Li Jingruo pulled Gao Zhanming into his arms and kissed his side neck : "I miss you so much."

"You miss me? I think you're just thinking that I won't listen to your orders and help you with things?" Gao Zhanming said harsh words, but still put his arms around Li Jingruo's waist.It's been a long time since I've smelled a familiar and pleasant smell from him, my nose is itchy, and the apex of my heart is also a little itchy, and the resentment in my heart has disappeared a lot.

The two of them had been lingering together for a long time, and relieved the pain of lovesickness, so Gao Zhanming got to the point.

"How did you come?"

"I miss you."

"Come on, I'm telling you the truth."

Li Jingruo looked at him innocently: "I really miss you."

Gao Zhanming still didn't believe it: "You...I don't believe you don't have any other goals!"

Li Jingruo sighed: "Thinking about you is the business, the rest is just meeting some old friends and dealing with trivial matters."

Gao Zhanming looked at him with such eyes.

Li Jingruo is really innocent: "If it's not for this important matter, it's not impossible to leave other chores to others. Do you not trust me, or do you not trust yourself?"

Gao Zhanming saw that he had a bit of resentment, so he could only say: "Okay, I believe you. Then what are those trivial matters you mentioned?"

"The main thing..." Li Jingruo paused and said, "I just want to check the situation in Beijing."

"The form in Beijing?" Gao Zhanming frowned.After he followed Li Jingruo's wishes and released Liu Shijia from the capital, there was a dark tide in the capital. Gao Zhanming had a premonition that the balance for many years was about to be broken. Something big would happen soon in Beijing and even in this world. But Gao Zhanming was a little confused as to what this major event would be, when it would happen, and how it would affect it.Who can predict what has not yet happened?

Li Jingruo said: "I'm afraid the Gao family will do something big soon."

"Big thing?" Gao Zhanming asked hurriedly, "What big deal?"

Li Jingruo's expression suddenly became serious, but against the backdrop of the flickering candlelight, his expression was still soft.He said slowly: "I heard that the emperor has not been in court for nearly ten days?"

Gao Zhanming was taken aback.It's autumn, the weather is getting colder, the emperor occasionally feels the wind and cold, and it is true that he has not gone to court for ten days.Gao Zhanming also went to the palace to see that the emperor was indeed coughing profusely, but it wasn't very serious. He thought it would be cured in two or three days, but after ten days, it still didn't heal.The imperial doctor said that it is good to rest and he will recover if he pays attention to conditioning, so he didn't take it too seriously.When Li Jingruo said this, his heart tightened, and he immediately understood: "You mean...how is it possible!"

It was mentioned earlier that the Gao family was going to do big things, and now it is about the emperor's illness. Gao Zhanming, who is so clever, can certainly hear what Li Jingruo meant.The emperor's illness is related to the Gao family?To put it more bluntly, Li Jingruo thinks that the emperor was poisoned by the empress dowager to get sick? !

Gao Zhanming wanted to deny it again, but he opened his mouth and couldn't speak.Why is it impossible?No one in the world knows that the Gao family has power.Now the emperor has started to fight for power, and he is always fighting against the Gao family. Even if it is his own son, Gao Qiang is unwilling to share the power in his hands.Compared with the Li family of his emperor's husband, Gao Qiang clearly preferred his natal Gao family in his heart.What's more, the emperor is now confused by Zhao Yuying. This battle is not between the emperor and the Gao family, but between the Zhao family and the Gao family. Not surprisingly.

Gao Zhanming said, "This is just your guess, right?"

Li Jingruo said: "That's right. I hope too, but I'm overthinking it. After all... tiger poison doesn't even eat babies."

Gao Zhanming was taken aback again.Even if Gao Qiang and Gao Yuanzhao really wanted to seize power and tampered with the emperor's food soup and medicine, it would just make him "occasionally feel cold". They will not want to kill the emperor's life.

Li Jingruo suddenly changed the subject, sat down next to Gao Zhanming, held his hand, and looked into his eyes: "Jun Liang..."

He was so solemn that Gao Zhanming couldn't get used to it: "What's wrong?"

"The situation between North Korea and China is so complicated, what do you think?"

"Me?" Gao Zhanming was a little at a loss, but he still analyzed the overall situation of the court, "The Gao family and the Zhao family are fighting each other, and now..."

Li Jingruo put his finger on his lips and stopped him.He said: "I don't need to hear this. What I want to hear is your plan. "

"My plan..." Gao Zhanming silently repeated.After all, he is not the real Gao family, so he doesn't want to wade into this muddy water.But he has also discovered a long time ago that in the center of power, he can't help himself, so how can he really not help each other?Even if he doesn't agree with many of the Gao family's actions, he still can't help the Zhao family after all.How can there be eggs under the overturned nest?If he can really choose...

Gao Zhanming smiled wryly: "If I could choose, I'd rather be an outsider." Over the years, his happiest days were when he was an official in Jiazhou with Li Jingruo.The sky is high and the emperor is far away, carefree. He was able to stick to his own principles of doing things. At that time, he was really happy.

Li Jingruo looked into his eyes and said softly, "You want to be free."

"If possible."

"Even if you have to leave your family for this?"

"If you want me to say that I want to, yes, I think I will. But there are some things, how can I achieve what I want?"

Li Jingruo was silent for a while, and finally said: "I shouldn't have told you so early, but I don't want to hide it from you. You know, how to do it, how to choose it, and you will never blame me in the future. Do you know Jingruo?" king?"

Gao Zhanming nodded blankly.King Jing was the youngest brother of the first emperor, not a few years older than the current emperor.He married a prostitute of the Gao family, and the eldest son was not much older than the present prince, and had not yet reached the age of ten.

"As far as I know, the Queen Mother's cronies have been in contact with King Jing and his prince in recent years."

"What's the problem?" King Jing's child should also be called Gao Qiang's aunt.

"After Liu Shijia left Beijing, their contact became more and more frequent. I also got news from King Jing that the Gao family asked them to prepare. This child will soon enter Beijing by the end of the year."

"King Jing's child...going to Beijing?" Gao Zhanming was a little confused for a moment. "What are you sending him to the capital for?"

Li Jingruo smiled inscrutably: "Bring this child to the Empress Dowager's lap."

"What?! Even if the queen mother is an aunt and both parents are present, she can't be raised by her aunt, it's too strange!" Gao Zhanming's thoughts were in a mess, trying to sort them out.

There are two princes in the emperor, one is the crown prince where Empress Xu lives. He is more than seven years old this year, but the prince has not been in good health. At the beginning of the year, he contracted tuberculosis again.There are rumors in the palace that Concubine Zhao has lowered the crown prince's head, or bribed the imperial dining room to tamper with the prince's diet. In short, the current prince is not doing well. Gao Zhanming once heard the palace people talking about it. , Said that the little prince is afraid that if he survives this year, he will not survive next year.

The other prince was born to Zhao Yuying.After giving birth to the prince, Zhao Yuying became more and more favored. Although under the strong obstruction of the Gao family, her child was not able to be established as the prince, but with the prince's current appearance, her children are bound to be limitless in the future.If the throne falls to the blood of the daughter of the Zhao family in the future, how can the Gao family have a foothold?For this reason, Gao Qiang and Gao Yuanzhao didn't need to worry too much, they put in a lot of effort in the harem, the emperor favored Zhao Yuying, and the other concubines didn't move at all.

Earlier, Li Jingruo mentioned that the emperor's illness was strange. If the person who killed him didn't grasp the scale for a while, so that the emperor... has two young princes left, Gao Qiang will definitely protect the little prince. Therefore, it is impossible for Zhao Yuying's son to ascend to the throne in one day.But the little prince may not last long, just in case... there is an eventuality, the prince will die, and the son of Concubine Zhao will die too. Who should inherit the throne?

If Gao Zhanming were Gao Qiang, first of all he would not consider the grown-up princes and princes. These people are already full-fledged, and inviting them into Miyagi would be a big trouble for themselves.The rest are the underage princes, the younger the better, the easier it is to control; the ones who have blood relatives with the Gao family are better, so they will be more obedient.The most suitable successor who meets these conditions, Gao Zhanming silently went through in his mind, that is, the son of King Jing.

Thinking of this, Gao Zhanming suddenly felt cold hands and feet.Li Jingruo meant that the Gao family was going to get rid of the emperor, right? !Anyway, Gao Qiang is also Li Changzhi's biological mother!What's more, even if they really killed Li Changzhi, even if the crown prince died, they could really make Concubine Zhao's prince unable to succeed to the throne, but the former emperor had many brothers, and those older brothers were not all easy to fool Yes, why let a bratty yellow-haired child inherit the throne?Even if the Gao family is so powerful that they can settle all those princes, how can they block the mouths of the people in the world?Raising a young son, the heart of Sima Zhao, who is listening to the government behind the curtain, is known to everyone!

Li Jingruo seemed to see through Gao Zhanming's thoughts, his red lips parted slightly, and he uttered two words: "Good omen."

"what?"

"Two months ago, a stone tablet was buried in the well of King Wang's Mansion. When it is useful, that stone tablet should be unearthed."

Gao Zhanming slumped down on the chair and said in a trembling voice, "Is this...really?"

"There is absolutely no deception."

The things in Gao Zhanming's chest seemed to be in a small boat, ups and downs in the sea being beaten by the wind and waves.He knew that his cheap aunt and uncle were lawless, but he never thought that they would dare to do this.Great treason—this is great treason!Even if Chen Sheng said that princes and generals are kind, the world does not have to be named Li, but if people like Gao Qiang and Gao Yuanzhao are really allowed to be emperors...the world will be dark.

Seeing that Gao Zhanming lost his soul, Li Jingruo hugged him to comfort him: "It may not be that far, they have such thoughts, so they made complete preparations first, but whether they will be implemented or not is uncertain."

Gao Zhanming shook his head palely.The current Li Changzhi would never bow his head to his mother and uncle again, because he had already hardened, and if he continued to soften, he would never be able to recover.He thought about getting angry, and the Gao family would never let him get angry like this.If they were really responsible for the emperor's illness, then they have already made a move, so there is no reason to stop it?

After a long time, Gao Zhanming asked, "Jing Ruo... what are you going to do?"

Li Jingruo looked down at his lover in his arms, squinted his eyes and smiled.This is the first time Gao Zhanming has seen a killing and decisive temperament from him.He paused every word: "If they really want to break the order of this world, then I will revive this decadent dynasty!"

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