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Big clouds, imperial city, moon and stars are scarce.

Emperor Yunhui had been seriously ill since his return from the National Temple, and he could not stay in bed to handle government affairs until the night before the captain's grand ceremony.

"Your Majesty, Princess Chushan is seeking an audience outside." The servant came to report to Emperor Yunhui.

Emperor Yunhui coughed several times, and said with a sigh of relief: "This child has come several times during the past few days when I was sick. Among my many children, she is the one who cares about my body the most. Let her come in." , Emperor Yunhui frowned again, lowered his head to review the memorial.

"promise."

The servant backed away, and after a while, he saw the servant leading Chu Shan in.

"You all retreat." Emperor Yunhui waved his hand to signal the servants to retreat, "Chu Shan, come, I have a few words, I want to talk to you."

"En." Ye Lingxi watched all the servants leave the hall, then approached Emperor Yunhui, sat beside Emperor Yunhui, and said seriously, "Father, my son, everything has been properly arranged."

Emperor Yun Hui was a little hesitant, "You came back from the National Temple and asked me to call you sick. Is my calling sick really able to save me from the decline of Dayun?"

Ye Lingxi nodded and said, "Father, you can rest assured."

Emperor Yunhui sighed: "I'm already old, I'm afraid it's..."

"Father, don't despair. Now that the moths of the country are in power and the imperial power is unstable, what we can do is to erode the imperial power back bit by bit, so this imperial guard camp is a place that must be contested." Ye Lingxi held Emperor Yunhui's hand, "Only when the imperial guard camp is won back can the imperial city of the father be safe, and only when the imperial city is safe can we have a place to stand, and then slowly eat away at the power of these moths, there will eventually be a Day, father will definitely be able to take back all the imperial power!"

Emperor Yunhui's heart warmed when he heard that, "Father...Father only has you, Chu Shan."

Ye Lingxi nodded and smiled and said, "Father still has four younger sisters. As long as she still thinks of you as your father and Concubine Shen still thinks of you as her father and her husband in her heart, then Shen You, the Great General of Zhen Guo, will still be your father." people, we can concentrate all our strength to overthrow Anle King Cao Ya first."

Emperor Yun Hui sighed, "Fortunately, these silverfish are not on the same path, otherwise, I really have no way to recover, and I am ashamed of my late emperor."

Ye Lingxi shook her head and said: "Father, don't worry, the future will be long, and tomorrow, father will only have to go along with the flow of punishment and reward, and the imperial guard camp will naturally return to father's hands."

"Chu Shan, thank you for your hard work." Emperor Yunhui patted the back of Ye Lingxi's hand lightly, "I will definitely choose a good son-in-law for you in Chu Shan after we eliminate the traitors in the future!"

Ye Lingxi's cheeks turned red, and she quickly bowed her head and said, "Father, I don't want to marry, I just want to protect my father like my aunt, and share my worries!"

Emperor Yun Hui's face turned slightly blue, and he coughed dryly twice, "The deceased is already dead, don't mention your aunt Huang."

Ye Lingxi looked up at Emperor Yunhui, hesitated to speak, and almost asked, why did she treat Aunt Huang like that?But after thinking about it again, these matters should be asked after the father has eliminated the traitors, so as not to annoy the father now, create a gap between the father and her, and ruin tomorrow's major events.

"Nuo, it's my son who is ignorant and made my father sad." After Ye Lingxi finished speaking, she got up and bowed to Emperor Yunhui, "Father, it's getting late now, and my son should go back. "

"Ah."

"My son retire."

Ye Lingxi exited the hall and let out a long sigh.

Standing on the high steps of the palace, looking at the scattered and majestic imperial city in the night, she only felt that the future was rough, and she didn't know how many years it would be before she stood here again, before she could be calm and calm. Nothing to worry about.

"Qi Ziyuan, I must win tomorrow!" Ye Lingxi murmured, although she knew that Ziyuan, who was far outside the imperial city, would not be able to hear her, she still told Feng like this.

On the second day, Lin'an, Maoshi.

The willows are dark green, the imperial city is solemn, and in front of the Qianyuan Hall, the four square rings have been arranged. On both sides of the ring, three rows of weapon racks are neatly placed, and the tops are filled with the soldiers used by the guards today. blade.

Civil and military officials lined up on the left and right, and took their seats one by one. When Emperor Yunhui came here, the three-year Imperial Guard Duwei Grand Ceremony began.

At a quarter of an hour, Liu Ping, the captain of the Imperial Guard Battalion, led a hundred captains of the Imperial Guard Battalion who were qualified to participate in the competition, and entered the arena. They were divided into groups and prepared to compete in the arena one by one.

"The emperor is here—" With the shout of the servant, the tired-looking Emperor Yunhui walked into everyone's eyes with the help of Ye Lingxi.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the officials fell to their knees and shouted long live.

"Everyone is flat." Emperor Yunhui wearily waved his sleeves to signal everyone to get up, and was supported by Ye Lingxi to the dragon chair, where he sat down, indicating that the servants can start today's captain's ceremony.

The servant glanced at Cai Kern hesitantly, and Cai Kern hurriedly bowed and said, "Go back to the emperor, the nine thousand years have not come yet."

Emperor Yunhui's face turned blue, and he could only force a smile and said, "I... I was in a hurry and wanted to go back to rest earlier. I'm getting older, so I'll wait for Cao Qing's house."

"According to the order."

At three o'clock in the morning, Cao Ya, King Anle, slowly appeared in front of the ministers. When he approached the ministers, a strong smell of alcohol rushed to his face. He must have been drinking too much last night, which delayed today's hour.

"My minister was too greedy to drink last night, so I was a little late, please..."

"It's good that the nine thousand year old is here, so don't be restrained, take your seat quickly." After Emperor Yunhui finished speaking, he motioned for Cai Keren to help Cao Ya, who was still a little drunk, to sit down first.

"Captain's Grand Ceremony, let's begin—!"

Following the servant's shout, the drummers on both sides of the arena started beating their drums, the sound was so loud that it was exciting enough to be heard.

After three rounds of drumming, Liu Ping jumped onto the ring and bowed to Emperor Yunhui, "The Hundred Captains of the Imperial Guard Battalion are here..."

"My lord, there seems to be one Qi Ziyuan missing, right?" Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind the ring.

"Xiao Qi? Impossible!" Liu Ping was taken aback. He never expected that this person who should have been dead for a long time would appear in front of his eyes!

Zi Yuan was still wearing the blue school captain's clothes, with high hair crown, her eyes were piercing today, her mind was clear and composed, she must have come prepared, she just laughed and said: "My lord, why did you forget your subordinates? "

Liu Ping came to his senses, and immediately ordered: "Come on, take this person down! This person has colluded with witches and people, and brought disaster to Lin'an!"

Ziyuan flew onto the ring, stood in front of Liu Ping with her hands behind her back, and said with a loud smile, "My lord, who is it that colluded with the witches, brought chaos to Lin'an, and secretly assassinated me, the only person in the know?"

Liu Ping sneered and said, "Absurd! You have been convicted of the crime and the evidence is solid. How can you turn it over with a few words?"

Ziyuan smiled faintly, and Liu Ping felt shuddering at her light and cloudy smile. Ziyuan suddenly turned around, knelt down to Emperor Yunhui and said, "Qi Ziyuan, the captain of the imperial guard, pays homage to my emperor, long live long live Long live."

"You..." Emperor Yunhui looked at Ziyuan carefully, and said in a deep voice, "I received a report from Lieutenant Liu Duwei about the fire in the Town God's Temple, and wrote it clearly. Now that you are not dead, I am a little confused. After finishing speaking, he looked at Cao Ya, King Anle, "Cao Aiqing, I think this matter is a bit suspicious."

Cao Yaman smiled deeply, "The emperor is wise, and he will never leave an unjust case in this world. Since Qi Ziyuan is not dead, and he accuses Liu Duwei of intending to kill someone, there must be some evidence." As he said that, Cao Ya looked at Ziyuan firmly, "Your case is already a certainty, but if you can produce any evidence, the emperor will definitely uphold justice for you."

When Liu Ping heard the word "evidence", he immediately smiled and said, "That's right, Qi Ziyuan, you are obviously bloody today! If you can't produce any evidence, you are still a criminal committed by the imperial court today!"

Ziyuan raised the corner of her mouth with a usual smile, "I can show evidence!" As she spoke, Ziyuan bowed to Emperor Yunhui again, "Show the emperor, my minister came from the City God Temple After the fire, he used his fake death to spy on Liu Duwei secretly, and the heavens paid off, allowing the minister to see Liu Duwei contacting the witches in private."

"You! Nonsense!"

"If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can send someone to search the Duwei Hall of the Imperial Guard Camp, and you will definitely find the small altar where Liu Duwei colluded with the witches and is good at raising Gu insects!" Zi Yuan said loudly, and could not tolerate others Do not believe.

"Haha, how is it possible?" Liu Ping thought that the guard camp is now heavily guarded, and he has never seen this kid sneak into the camp in the past few days, so it is absolutely impossible for him to do anything in the camp.

Emperor Yunhui pondered for a long time, noncommittal.

Ye Lingxi got up suddenly and said: "Father, why don't you let your son go with General Shen to the Imperial Guard camp?"

"you?"

"Ok!"

"Okay! Shen Aiqing..." Emperor Yunhui looked at Shen You, the general of Zhen Guo, and Shen You clasped his fists to accept the order.

"My minister takes orders!" After Shen You finished speaking, he signaled the family generals following him to follow him to the guard camp.

Ziyuan watched Ye Lingxi walk away with Shen You, and then looked at Liu Ping with a smile in her eyes. Although she didn't speak, her eyes seemed to say that Liu Ping was going to die today.

Liu Ping only felt a chill rising from his vest, but he also thought that there was nothing abnormal in the Imperial Guard camp these days. It was clear that Nine Thousand Years had been emphasizing the word "evidence". As long as there was no evidence, Nine Thousand Years would definitely protect him. This is clearly foolproof.

But why...

Liu Ping avoided Ziyuan's smiling eyes, and as time went by, the feeling of fear grew stronger and stronger.

At noon, when Shen You and Ye Lingxi appeared in the sight of all the officials with cold faces, Liu Ping felt the chill in his heart getting stronger and stronger.

"Can you find what Qi Ziyuan said?" Emperor Yunhui asked wearily.

"Going back to my father, I searched carefully in the Palace of the Imperial Guard, and found this small altar filled with Gu worms..." Ye Lingxi approached Emperor Yunhui with the altar as she spoke.

Emperor Yunhui backed away in shock, and said angrily, "Burn these harmful insects quickly!" After speaking, he fixed his eyes on Liu Ping fiercely, "Liu Ping, you are so brave! Raising Gu worms, framing colleagues, come here, take this person down for me!"

"Impossible! No..." Liu Ping couldn't believe that such a thing would happen. In desperation, he caught sight of Ziyuan's still smiling face, and immediately roared angrily, "If it wasn't for you... If it wasn't for you... Kid... I... How could I have today... I killed you!"