The king was wrong

"Master, don't worry, just drink some tea to calm down, Madam can't bear the blow for a while, and she will make a slip of the tongue." Seeing Qi Xiaosu sitting in the study with a pale face staring at a paperweight in a daze, the old housekeeper brought a cup of tea to him , try to persuade.

Now that the Duke's Mansion is suddenly exposed to such a crime, everyone in the Duke's Mansion is in danger and can't take care of themselves. Many servants have packed up their things and want to leave the Duke's Mansion, but the guards sent by the emperor are strictly guarded. , couldn't get out at all, so the mansion was in chaos, and the calm scene before was gone.

Qi Xiaosu waved the tea in his hand to the ground without looking at the old housekeeper, and shouted, "Drink tea, what kind of tea are you drinking! At this juncture, I still have the heart to drink tea?"

The old butler was frightened by his glaring look, and knelt on the ground trembling, his eyes were red for a while.

He has followed Qi Xiaosu for many years, and he knows that although his master has now climbed to the position of Duke, it is mostly due to the empress's face and the fact that the prince was on the right side when he seized the throne. In fact, he didn't have much idea Yes, now that the empress has fallen, and the master has been seized of power and placed under house arrest in the mansion, he must be very anxious right now.

Seeing the old butler kneeling at his feet with his head hanging open, Qi Xiaosu sighed, finally suppressed some anger in his heart, stretched out his hand to pull him up and said: "You and I have been together for the longest time in the entire Duke's mansion, and the situation is unknown now. I'm also impatient for a while, don't be offended."

Ever since Qi Xiaosu became the prince of the country, he seldom spoke to others in such an approachable tone, and always deliberately carried a touch of majesty in his words. Today, his tone suddenly eased, and the old housekeeper burst into tears.

"Master, don't say such words, this is really breaking this old slave." The old butler stubbornly knelt on the ground and refused to get up, "Now that this kind of thing happened, the master must be the most anxious one, and this old slave understands! "

Qi Xiaosu looked at the old butler who was prostrate at his feet and couldn't stop wiping his tears, and rubbed the center of his brows wearily, "Oh, it's in vain that I, Qi Xiaosu, have sat on the throne of the country for many years, thinking that the management is good, and the harem is favored by the empress. That said, there were many ministers who supported the friendship in the previous dynasty, but how could they know that once they lost power, there was not even a reliable person, it is really unreliable..."

In order to consolidate his power and stabilize Qi Songjin's position in the harem, he did deliberately win over a group of ministers, many of whom were prominent in the court.But who would have thought that since he was under house arrest for so many days, not to mention anyone pleading for mercy, not even a door-to-door visit. It is really sad that the Shengguo Duke's mansion, which used to be full of people, is now empty.

Poor Qi Xiaosu has been an official in the court for so long and didn't understand that in the court, the only person who can truly speak his mind is the emperor. The so-called king's important ministers have to die, this is what they are talking about.The emperor made it clear that he wanted your life, so who would dare to speak for you again?

Unexpectedly, the old housekeeper thought about it for a while, but suddenly asked Qi Xiaosu: "Master, how about...how about we go and beg the princess, and beg him to help us because of his family background? "

"Princess?" Qi Xiaosu was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at the old housekeeper in surprise, "You mean... Yaoqing? Yes, yes, Yaoqing! He is my Qi family, and he must not stand idly by except for this kind of thing! He is married to Prince Yong, if he makes a move, it means that Prince Yong is also willing to help! But..."

Qi Xiaosu was still a little hesitant, he hadn't treated Qi Yaoqing kindly these years, now that something like this happened, would Qi Yaoqing really be willing to help?

Also, although Prince Yong treats Qi Yaoqing well on the surface, but... But who knows if he is acting for others to see.What if Prince Yong always hated Qi Yaoqing in his heart and wished to see the Duke's Mansion fall?

But now that the situation is urgent, I can't control so much. I can take one step at a time. I only hope that King Yong is sincere in treating Qi Yaoqing and can help in this matter.

"Forget it, butler, grind the ink for me, I'll fix a book, you find two people who know kung fu, and find a way to escape and send it to Prince Yong's mansion."

"Yes."

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"Yaoqing, what are you looking at, so serious?"

Wei Yanxi came back a bit late today due to some delays after the next imperial court. He thought that Qi Yaoqing should have had lunch, but when he entered the room, his princess was sitting at the desk, frowning and looking at her hands. A thin sheet of letter paper with a serious expression on it.

"Ah, my lord, you're back."

Hearing the sound, Qi Yaoqing looked up, put down the letter paper in his hand, got up and walked over, took off Wei Yanxi's cloak and put it aside, glanced at the table, and sighed: "It's a letter sent by my father."

"Oh? Your father?" Wei Yanxi raised an eyebrow, "Why, what did he say?"

"Hmm..." Qi Yaoqing frowned even more, he hesitated to speak, but in the end, he had no choice but to pick up the letter paper and hand it to Wei Yanxi, saying: "I can't tell, the prince should read it by himself."

Seeing that he did not shy away from herself, Wei Yanxi was not polite, took the letter paper and began to read it.It turned out that Qi Xiaosu managed to find two people who knew kung fu, and, hiding from the guards, quietly brought a letter to Prince Yong's mansion and handed it to Qi Yaoqing. I hope that Qi Yaoqing can see that he is from the Shengguo government, please say something nice to the emperor, and let the emperor withdraw the crime of "collaborating with the enemy and treason" for the entire family, and then Help the queen turn over again, so that he, the princess, can sit securely.

"Oh, your father really thinks well." Wei Yanxi sneered, and slapped the letter on the table with his backhand, "I'm afraid it's only at this time that he can remember that there is such a son as you, so he came to beg you."

Qi Yaoqing lowered his eyes to hide the sadness in it, and only nodded slightly.

Although Qi Yaoqing didn't intend to completely let go of this matter, but Qi Xiaosu sent someone to send such a letter on purpose, which really chilled him.All he was thinking about was the comeback of himself and the queen. He wrote so much eloquently, but what was revealed between the lines was nothing more than one meaning. Only Qi Yaoqing helped the queen and the Duke's mansion through this catastrophe. After being hit, otherwise, if the backstage of the Duke's Mansion collapses, the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad, and he can't expect to be alone.

Qi Yaoqing really didn't know whether to be angry or to laugh at this moment, Qi Xiaosu was too smart to use this reason to force him to beg Wei Yanxi, he thought he was the same as him because he admired power alone?If it wasn't for the good deeds he and Qi Songjin did back then, Qi Yaoqing would not have even planned to take over the position of princess.Now that they are in trouble and they are safe and sound, Qi Xiaosu wants to trap him with power and status?

How stupid!

Wei Yanxi saw the sadness in Qi Yaoqing's eyes, and it hurt in his heart.He knew that Qi Yaoqing had always been kind, and this matter meant that Qi Xiaosu would think of ways to help if he didn't open his mouth, but now Qi Xiaosu thought he was preemptive and took advantage of Qi Yaoqing's weakness, but he didn't know that his actions would only make Qi Yaoqing Completely give up on him.

After all, no matter how kind-hearted people are, they always have a bottom line.

His thoughts could not help but drift to what Wei Chengtian said after the morning court today, when he specially called him to the side hall.

"Yanxi, what's your opinion on the Queen and Duke's Mansion?"

At that time Wei Chengtian was playing with a pot of orchids by the window, when he raised his eyes and saw Wei Yanxi brought in by Ji Hong, he casually asked.

Wei Yanxi didn't think too much about it, after all, everyone discussed this matter these days, so he casually bowed and replied: "I really don't know much about collaborating with the enemy and treason, if Dali If the temple really finds out that they have evidence of this crime, then naturally they should be punished according to the law, and they will be punished severely."

"Oh," but Wei Chengtian laughed when he heard the words, "Punishment according to the law, severe punishment? According to the legal system of our dynasty, anyone who colluded with the enemy and treason should be punished for his crime, which affects the nine clans. Now Qi Songjin and King Beidi secretly The communication matter has been investigated, if I really make a decision, your princess will be implicated."

When Wei Chengtian said this, he was careless, but it sounded like thunder in Wei Yanxi's ears.That's right, he almost forgot that Qi Yaoqing and Qi Songjin are half blood relatives, once the blame for the crime falls, then Qi Yaoqing will definitely not be able to escape the punishment of sitting together.

The veins on his forehead twitched, his fists were slowly clenched in his sleeves, but he was thinking quickly about the countermeasure in his mind, how to get Qi Yaoqing out.

"Brother Huang...how did you find out that the Empress and Sheng Guogong were connected with Beidi?" He was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked tentatively.

"I've actually known this for a long time. Yanxi, it's not the emperor who said you. Don't you also think that I have indulged the queen and Sheng Guogong in these few years because I like her?"

Wei Yanxi was taken aback.

"Vicious woman, I don't know how many people have been harmed since she took charge of the harem. I thought that making her a queen would calm her down a bit, and that old guy Qi Xiaosu would also calm down a bit. Who knew... oh, in the end, I was moving Throwing stones at my own feet gave them a chance to do evil, not to mention killing Shuran because of it..."

Shuran, the boudoir name of Concubine Shu back then.

"Brother Huang did this... purely to avenge Concubine Shu?" Wei Yanxi slowly let go of her clenched fists, her palms were stained with sweat, and asked Wei Chengtian hesitantly.

"Yes, but it's not." Wei Chengtian raised his eyes and smiled at him, his voice returned to his usual calmness, "She took advantage of my unpreparedness to persecute Shuran, and I will never spare her in my life when she took advantage of my unpreparedness. I wish I could cut her into pieces and expose her corpse to the sun for three days!"

"But I still endured it. There was no other way. I had just ascended to the Great Treasure at that time. In terms of contacts and connections, I couldn't compare with Qi Xiaosu's. Heh, that's why her father is not cheap. Deng, the Duke of the State has not been in office for a few years, yet he has the guts to reach out to the Jiangnan salt industry, and together with the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion and the governor, he has swallowed a lot of money from me."

"I had just ascended the throne for a few years, and there was no one available in the court, and there were still some old stubborn people who supported the second and fourth children who had not been cleared away. I still needed Qi Xiaosu's sharp knife to wipe out the grass for me, so even if Shuran was killed, I could only kill her." Swallow back your breath and let them continue to be proud."

Speaking of this, Wei Chengtian sighed deeply, looking at the blue sky outside the window, he seemed to see that gentle and soft woman again, that is, the one who was really put on the tip of his heart.