Spicy rivers and lakes!

At midnight, in Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City.

Wei Zifu had just turned off the lamp and was already going to sleep.

Suddenly the light of a large torch was lit outside, the sound of small footsteps came from outside, and there were many figures outside, as if the king of hell was about to pick up someone, Wei Zifu was terrified. Pushing it open, it was Liu Che who opened the door. He walked in boldly. Where has Wei Zifu seen such a battle?She hurried down and said in fear, "Your Majesty?"

"Find it for me," Liu Che waved his hand to direct his servants to swarm in. He helped Wei Zifu up with one hand, and said, "Don't be afraid."

Wei Zifu looked back in his arms, the whole bedroom was rummaged through, she buried her head in Liu Che's arms, she was about to cry, but Liu Che didn't care, his eyes were still on those people .

At this moment, a servant suddenly shouted: "I found it!" Then he held up a puppet with silver needles and knelt at Liu Che's feet.

Liu Che didn't pick up the thing, but Wei Zifu was terrified, his face turned pale immediately, and he shook his head repeatedly. She had never seen this thing before.

Liu Che said: "What a queen, what a queen! This is what she put under your pillow." He turned around and sat on the messy bed, with his wrists on his knees, still feeling out of breath Come, and said: "She also built a ancestral hall, you know? She cursed you, and the child in your belly!"

Wei Zifu looked at the puppet, still in a daze, as if he hadn't recovered yet.

Liu Che took a long breath and said, "Call Doctor Yushi."

Only then did Wei Zifu come to his senses, and suddenly raised his head, but Liu Che didn't look at her.What is the purpose of calling Doctor Yushi here?

No one can sleep in Weiyang Palace tonight, Wei Zifu is pregnant with a child, but still has to stay with him in Weiyang Palace, I can’t say I’m uneasy, and then I think of the silver needle on the puppet, put my hand on my stomach, He was afraid and panicked, lying under the quilt, his hands and feet were still cold, and he was sweating profusely.

This fact was so sudden that she didn't know it. Liu Che broke into the palace, but she didn't know what happened.Witchcraft is a serious crime. Wei Zifu lay on the bed and thought of the law, as if it involved the royal family, it was a capital offense.Chen Ajiao was domineering and domineering, and repeatedly bullied her, but if Chen Ajiao died because of her, she would only feel scared.

She was lying on the bed by herself, after a long time, there was a sound outside the door, she thought it was the emperor, she sat up quickly, but a servant came in and asked: "Jianzhang Supervisor Wei Qing, please see me."

It was Wei Qing who came.Wei Qing's character is so cautious, he himself would not come to his sister's house in the middle of the night, the emperor must have called Wei Qing to come.Wei Zifu said, "Please come in."

Wei Qing walked in wearing common clothes, and said respectfully, "Wei Mei."

Wei Zifu said, "Did the emperor call you here?"

"Yes," Wei Qing bowed his head and said, "I was going to sleep, so I wasted some time and came a little late."

Wei Zifu looked at him and blamed him: "Can I still blame you for coming late? I know you are cautious, but there are only you and me here, why do you still call me Wei Meiren?"

"Sister," Wei Qing called out, and then asked, "Did something happen?"

Wei Zifu told him what happened tonight, Wei Qing listened, but didn't say a word.

Wei Zifu said: "The emperor called you here because he wanted you to talk to me, but you are fine and don't say anything."

Wei Qing: "This is the emperor's family business."

"Aren't you a member of the emperor's family?" Wei Zifu asked back, "Forget it, I don't want to talk about it, but I'm terrified. I don't know how long that doll has been under my pillow. As long as I think of it, I will At once……"

As she spoke, she choked up, she had been in the harem for less than two years, what kind of life was she living?Frightened.

Wei Qing didn't dare to wipe his tears, so he could only watch, and after a long while, he said a word, "Don't cry."

Wei Zifu wiped his tears for himself, she has the unique posture of a little woman, so men can't help pity her.Wei Qing looked at it and said: "I was on the battlefield, surrounded by danger several times, and I kept thinking about what Gongsun Ao told me. He said that our siblings have nothing to rely on in Chang'an City, and we can only rely on ourselves. I can only win , I can't lose, I want to be our sibling's reliance."

Wei Zifu looked at him, tears dripped down by themselves, she wiped them away, and lowered her head.Wei Qing rarely said such words.

Wei Qing looked at his weak sister, and there was no other way to help her.Wei Zifu is smart, they are as cautious as their siblings, he doesn't need to tell her anything, he can only accompany her through this test.

Wei Zifu calmed down after a while, and said, "You have come back, and you haven't told me yet, so this battle is so dangerous?"

Wei Qing pondered for a moment, and said: "This battle seems to have won, but in fact we lost. The emperor mobilized all the elite soldiers, but Tun Beihai seems to have just asked some friends to help us. This battle has caused us to suffer even more losses. and……"

"and?"

"And they don't seem to want to win." Wei Qing knew that he couldn't say anything more when he said this, so he stopped in time and said, "You don't need to care about these. The emperor makes his own decisions."

Wei Zifu sighed, but didn't know what to think of.

Chen Ajiao is the daughter of the eldest princess Liu whoring, and the eldest princess is the daughter of the empress dowager. If Chen Ajiao's queen is abolished because of her, how will she deal with herself in the harem in the future?In addition, the Empress Dowager didn't like the emperor's conquests, and now that she has lost so much in this battle, although the Empress Dowager didn't say it, she must hate their siblings in her heart.

Life in the palace is more than suffering?

Liu Che was sitting in the main hall, the power in the court had changed, and the doctor Yushi had become Zhang Ou, who was kneeling at this time, besides him, there were a lot of ministers under his feet.

Liu Che said: "I called you here, I have two things to say."

"First," Liu Che said with some annoyance, "Although we won the Battle of Swallowing Beihai, we suffered heavy losses. There is nothing I can do about it. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager put a lot of pressure on me. I can't fight anymore in the short term. Tell me , I can’t fight, what should I do in the future?”

Han Anguo said: "If you can't fight, then cut it."

Speaking of Liu Che's heart ache, he slapped the table and said, "How do you cut it?"

"There are two ways," Han Anguo said, "one is to raise the threshold, and those who enter the rivers and lakes pay more taxes every year, so that the poor cannot afford to go to the gold platform; Officials, high-ranking officials and generous salaries, take people in the Jianghu under their command, and over time, they cannibalize the power of the Jianghu."

Liu Che said: "The second one is good, you can try it."

"Come on," Liu Che said, "Xue Ze, tell me."

Xue Ze said: "My humble minister thought...kill Ning Hechen first, and after Ning Hechen is killed, the emperor can tell the world that since the culprit of the defeat in the Battle of Mayi has been found, the emperor is merciful and can forgive Jiang Hu. , let’s not deal with the Jianghu people for the time being, so that we can fire our guns and withdraw our troops. When the soldiers are strong and strong, we can win the battle with one blow. This will also make people in the world think that it is reasonable for us to be famous, and it is not impossible to fight. Just stop fighting."

Liu Che said: "Kill? Can't kill, what are you thinking?"

Xue Ze: "..."

"How many years will it take to be number one in the world?" Liu Che said, "If we kill him, how can we win? You have never fought a war, so you don't know. This battle hurts me to death. It's hard to find one. I have to make a fortune, and I will keep him useful."

Xue Zenahan said: "Your Majesty, he has a grudge against you."

"He has a grudge against my father," Liu Che said earnestly, "That happened in the last lifetime. Is he guilty of hating me?"

Xue Ze: "Goshawk Zhidu, in the final analysis, was forced to death by the Empress Dowager, this... the Empress Dowager is still living in the East Palace!"

Liu Che waved his hand: "We'll wait until he arrives. When will Dongou hand over people?"

Han Anguo said, "The deadline you gave is three days."

"This is the next day, right?" Liu Che said, "Where are the envoys from Dongou, I will go and remind them tomorrow morning."

Han Anguo froze for a moment, but still had to talk about this question, and said: "Wei Qing came back that day and reported that he saw a young man on the battlefield, who looked similar to the emperor, and he was by Ning Hechen's side, did the emperor ever think about it... "

"Liu Zhuo, right?" Liu Che said indifferently, "Grandma has already forgotten about him, and it's useless to ask for him now. When these troubles subside, I'll think about whether I should bring her back for fun. Got it."

In front of Wei Qing that day, Li Dongqing did not show off his martial arts.So Liu Che didn't know Li Dongqing's ability.

The current situation in the court is no longer what it used to be. In just one year, Liu Che's position has become a little more stable.The empress dowager is really too old, every year is not getting better every year, and this year has not been a big toss.Especially after Huainan King Liu An rebelled, he no longer cared much about him.

It was only this year that Liu Che had tasted the joy of being an emperor.

Zhang Ou knelt down and asked, "Your Majesty, the second thing..."

"Oh," Liu Che said, "there is one more thing. I have seen the queen practice witchcraft in the palace. I have seen it with my own eyes. It is in Wei Meiren's palace. I happen to bring the doll under her pillow. .”

As he spoke, he threw something at the feet of the ministers. Everyone bowed their knees, but now they looked down calmly.It's a doll with silver needles stuck in it.Needles can be heard falling and falling in the main hall.

Liu Che said: "I want to abolish the empress, what do you think?"

The emperor wants to abolish the empress, what opinions can the ministers have?Even if there is, Chen Ajiao can't give birth to a child, what can be done?

Everyone knows that the abolition of the empress is a matter of time. Liu Che is not a person who misses old love, not to mention that Chen Ajiao and him don't even have an old relationship. Liu Che has never liked her since the day he married her.

Han Anguo said: "Your Majesty, this is a serious matter. We still need to investigate thoroughly. Only when we have the evidence can we have confidence in the Empress Dowager and the eldest princess. It is not difficult to abolish the empress."

Liu Che said: "Hey, yes, that's what I mean too. Who, Zhang Ou, you are the doctor of history, you come to handle this matter, find a happy person to investigate, and give me an explanation this month."

Zhang Ou still couldn't grasp Liu Che's temper, so he said courteously, "I'll check it out myself."

Liu Che gave a "tsk" and said, "You don't have anyone under your command?"

Zhang Ou has someone, but Zhang Ou doesn't know who to use and how to use it.

Liu Che felt that he was a waste, and said, "Let's just go to Zhang Tang, that's enough, we all go back to sleep, and I fell asleep too."

The "hush" sounds of the remaining ministers were all from the bottom of their hearts, and their faces were calm.

When everyone came out, Han Anguo waited outside, saw Zhang Ou passing by, and said, "Master Zhang, please stay."

Zhang Ou was also covered in cold sweat and wiped it off. The two of them walked towards the gate of the palace. Zhang Ou said, "Zhang Tang! How did I know that he wants Zhang Tang!"

Han Anguo looked at the road in the distance and said, "Our emperor is indeed an emperor."

What should an emperor be like?The first point is that the heart is as hard as iron.

No matter how coquettish and unreasonable Chen Ajiao is, who can't see that it's all because she wants some favor?It's just a young girl who can laugh from dusk to dawn with a little sweetness, but since Liu Che came to the throne, he has never given Gillian a little sweetness.No matter how crazy she was, she was forced out by Liu Che.

Who is Zhang Tang?After the death of Zhidu, another cruel official of the big man.

In any case, Zhang Ou did not expect that he was asked to handle this matter because he actually wanted Zhang Tang to deal with Gillian.In this case, wouldn't Gillian be another Liu Rong?

It was Emperor Jing's idea that Liu Rong died under Zhidu's hands.It was Liu Che's instruction that Gillian fell into Zhang Tang's hands.Both the father and son have the hearts of emperors, and they have no love for women or their sons.

Zhang Ou said: "Lord Han, I should not have said these things in his position and his government, but I am really stupid and I can't figure it out."

Han Anguo said: "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it."

He just meant that he didn't want to hear it, and the more he heard, the more he made a mistake, but Zhang Ou endured a few steps, and couldn't help it anymore, and said, "Master Han!"

Han Anguo also said: "Master Zhang! Why do you have to know everything!"

"It's rare to be confused," Han Anguo patted him on the shoulder and said, "There are still many uncomfortable things in this world, and you have just begun."

Li Dongqing came out of the mansion of the big singer, looked at the sky, the moon was hanging high.

He hasn't felt this way for a long time: the sky is big and the earth is big, why is it home?

Huo Xun Changming was waiting at the door, and he also stood on a stone pillar. Seeing that he finally came out, he hurried up and said, "How is it? How did you say it?"

"How can I say it?" Li Dongqing sighed and said, "You waited all day? Have you eaten?"

Huo Xun Changming: "It's about time, what should we eat?"

Li Dongqing smiled and said, "Forget it, I invite you to go."

"Damn it," said Huo Xun Changming, feeling something was wrong, "couldn't it be a break up?"

Li Dongqing didn't lie to him, and said, "It's hard to say."

The two found a random restaurant and sat down. They usually don't drink much, so Li Dongqing asked him, "Do you drink?"

Huo Xun Changming said: "You don't know how to drink, and I don't know how to drink, forget it."

Li Dongqing also felt that it shouldn't be ordered, so she smelled of alcohol when she went back, and she only looked embarrassed, which was unnecessary.

"I'll see Liu Che's envoy tomorrow," Li Dongqing said, "see if I can exchange Ning and Chen."

He still had the fish ruler knife in his hand.Huo Xun Changming glanced, Li Dongqing followed his gaze, looked at Yuchidao, and remembered what the singer said.

Under the cold moonlight, the big singer touched the knife and asked Li Dongqing, "Is it just one knife that you owe me? Can you only afford this one?"

The bitterness in Li Dongqing's heart was about to rush out. He owed others a lot, but what could he do?It turned out that what I owed others was as suffocating as carrying a mountain on my back.

Huo Xun Changming said: "You're just too stubborn, Ning Hechen doesn't know about this, right? If he knows, maybe he can do it himself, so you don't need to be in a dilemma here."

Li Dongqing said: "If he finds out, the first thing he will do is to leave."

Huo Xun Changming didn't understand Ning Hechen, but thinking about it again, maybe this would really happen, and Ning Hechen definitely didn't want to make trouble for Li Dongqing.So he was speechless.

No matter how many people he discussed with, in the end he still sat silently like this. There was really nothing he could do about this matter. He stood wobbly on a rope, no matter which direction he leaned, he owed others.

Huo Xun Changming said: "We are brothers..."

He sighed, and said again: "It's really tiring to be a brother with you."

Instead, it was Li Dongqing who comforted him and said, "Forget it, take one step at a time, I don't think you will die too badly."

"Dead?" Huo Xunchang was puzzled, "Don't."

Li Dongqing smiled and said, "Just kidding."

After experiencing many things, he is not as fragile as before, and feels that no matter what kind of difficulties, he just needs to get over it.

So he said to Huo Xun Changming: "This matter, you can't do anything for me, just watch me do it."

It is impossible for Huo Xunchangming to betray the Yueshi, and Li Dongqing will not allow him to betray the Yueshi. He has no intention to owe anyone any more favors.

Huo Xun Changming also felt uncomfortable, and sighed.

Li Dongqing barely ate anything, took a few mouthfuls casually, and said, "I'm leaving first."

If he doesn't go back, he always feels uneasy.

Huo Xun Changming also quickly ate two mouthfuls of meat, and then said: "Let's go together, why should I eat by myself?"

Li Dongqing said, "No, I'll go back by myself."

Huo Xun Changming was stunned for a moment, then he heard Li Dongqing say: "I have to go by myself."

Li Dongqing put down the money, then picked up the knife, turned and went out, Huo Xunchangming watched him go out, always felt that Li Dongqing was not talking about this matter.

The winter in Dongou has never been very cold. In November, it is still mild, even in such a late night.

The bright moon hangs high, and dry branches hang upside down from the eaves. They can be pulled out next year and new branches will grow.

It may be the middle of the night now, and the wonton stalls on the street have all been closed. Li Dongqing dragged her long knife and walked on the road very quietly.

His room is on the first floor. When he usually comes back, he would look up to see if the upstairs window is open. Sometimes Ning and Chen would sit by the window, and he would be able to say hello to Ning and Chen. Sometimes I just fly up to the second floor and go into the house to have a chat.

It was a bit too late tonight, when Li Dongqing looked up, the lights in the window were all off.

Li Dongqing stood under the moonlight, looked up at the window, maybe for a long time, but always felt that the feeling in his heart was sour and astringent, but not bitter.

With a "squeak", the window opened.

Ning Hechen, with loose hair and a wolf fur cloak, looked down at him.

Li Dongqing was stunned.