I started a boy band in ancient times

Ming Yao continued to go in to accompany the Empress Dowager, while Chu Qi sat outside alone.

He knew that entering the palace this time was just an opportunity that Mingyao found for him with the excuse of the empress dowager, and he would not stay for long. It won't be too long, even in his observation skills, the life of the Empress Dowager is coming to an end.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are the normal state of human beings, not to mention that she is already considered a long-lived person based on the average age in ancient times.She was born into a wealthy family when she was young, and maybe married into a good family when she was young, not to mention the glory, wealth, and respect afterward. In the eyes of many people, she is already the happiest woman in the world.

As for whether she felt so, Chu Qi didn't know.

He just still cares about what she told Mingyao in the end.

Although it seems absurd and unreasonable to a rough listen, it is purely anecdotal and confusing.But the empress dowager is still sane, her brain is still bright, since she was entrusted by her deathbed, how could she speak nonsense for no reason?What's more, it somehow coincides with the rumors that Lan Ningbing said. Could it be that the two refer to the same thing, but there are some deviations in the spread?

Chu Qi couldn't be sure, but he always felt that the Empress Dowager would not make up such words for no reason, at least it had something to do with it.

But now, compared to this clueless matter, he still wants to... take the opportunity to meet Liu Jiyue.

He seems to be spending his free time in Prince Jing's Mansion, but in fact he feels anxious inside. He doesn't know anything about the situation in the palace, and he doesn't know when the "critical moment" will be.The mood is sometimes depressed and depressed, and sometimes flustered. Last night, I saw a sliver of hope from Duan Zhishen, and this morning I was shocked by Chu Jingzhong's words, breaking out in a cold sweat.Even though he later found out that it was the Empress Dowager, he felt a little lucky, but his fear did not diminish at all.

He was really afraid that something would happen to Liu Jiyue where he could not see.

In theory, the empress dowager was seriously ill, so the emperor should also visit her.If King Jing is here, Chu Qi doesn't want to have a few more sweet words with Liu Jiyue, he just needs to take a look at him from a distance, confirm that he is still healthy, and feel more at ease.

——At this time, he can understand Peng Yongyan's mentality, Chu Qi thought with a wry smile.

But surprisingly, the emperor and King Jing didn't show up until the evening of that day, and asked people around, at most, they only said that they were still handling government affairs in Zhaxing Palace.

Chu Qi felt strange, but could only hold back his emotions.

After dinner, the queen mother and Mingyao were both tired, so they changed to the queen to accompany them.The Empress Dowager barely used a little liquid food and water, and she didn't know how long she could last. Even though she was tired of others, Mingyao hadn't slept all day and night, and her body was not made of iron, so she let him rest, and she became more and more exhausted , fell into a deep sleep.

Mingyao originally wanted to go to Gouchen Hall with Chu Qi to sleep, but the queen mother just found a reason, saying that the road was short, and asked Mingyao to go to her side hall to rest.Although this is actually quite inappropriate, Ming Yao often walks in the harem and has the experience of taking a nap in the side hall during his lunch break, so he rubbed his eyes, nodded sleepily in agreement, and insisted on pulling Chu Qi along.

Chu Qi didn't know what he was going to do with the Empress Dowager's bedroom, but he couldn't brush away the sleepy Mingyao, so he thought that Liu Jiyue would know where he was anyway, so if he was free, he would come early, so he would drop by followed.

But unexpectedly, the emperor and King Jing were waiting there together.

The two were still wearing their daytime court uniforms, it seemed that it was really time to deal with political affairs.But the expressions were different, Liu Jiyue's expression was indifferent, showing no sorrow or joy, not even a little bit of sporadic emotions were revealed, even when she saw Chu Qi, she didn't pause, and passed by calmly.

Chu Jingzhong was the complete opposite of usual, his usual calmness and indifference was suddenly broken by invisible anger, he was like a lion whose back had been stepped on, wishing to swallow up all the worrying things in front of him.

He was completely different from the image Chu Qi had when he met him in the morning.

And his gaze at Chu Qi at this time was like breaking the hood that imprisoned the lion.With frost in his eyes, Chu Jingzhong was as sharp as a knife, and gave an order: "Take him down!"

In the blink of an eye, King Jing's personal guards broke in from the outside, held a knife to Chu Qi's neck, and pressed him down hard.

No one expected this scene, the empress dowager's bedroom was filled with the screams of the palace people, even the empress dowager stepped back several steps in horror, and hugged the trembling Princess Zhaohua tightly.Mingyao's sleepiness suddenly disappeared, and he wanted to go forward to save someone but he didn't have the ability, but he didn't want to go back, so he froze on the spot.

Chu Qi didn't fight against him, because he really couldn't figure it out, why did Chu Jingzhong attack him suddenly?Didn't you share the milk yellow bun with him harmoniously this morning?He even felt a trace of warmth from the royal family. What happened that day?

He tried his best to raise his head, met Shang Jing Wang's stern eyes, and heard Liu Jiyue slowly say: "Jing Wang, what are you doing? Could it be that you want to... force the palace at this time? Then you should also use a knife holder On my neck."

"I put a knife on your neck, will you panic? You should be so happy." Chu Jingzhong sneered, and slowly raised his palm, as if Chu Qi's head would fall to the ground as soon as he pressed his hand .

But Liu Jiyue smiled: "King King, you have taught me in the past that threatening other people's lives is the most degrading thing. From now on, there will be no prestige at all, and it will be difficult to control you. How come you have come to this point today? What's more...who can you threaten?"

"You suspect that I am behind the scenes, and you hate me to the core, but you are strictly guarding me, and you can't even get out of this huge palace, and life and death are at your mercy. Not to mention Chu Qi, he doesn't know anything... After raising the knife and falling, what do you want to see?"

He suddenly raised his voice, and his sentences were extremely vicious: "Chu Jingzhong, is it because you feel that the scheme that you endured humiliation, hid your feelings coldly, and worked hard for a lifetime turned out to be a complete joke in the end, so you are so resentful that you can't wait to find him?" To be buried with someone? Heh... just one Chu Qi is not enough for you to vent your anger, it is better to take the world!"

Chu Jingzhong let out a hoarse growl: "Leaving you until today is a joke!"

His demeanor also irritated his guards, all of them tensed up, holding their breath, and the atmosphere in the hall seemed to be a ball of dynamite.

The coldness on the back of the neck spread deeply from the skin to the bone, and all Chu Qi's senses were concentrated on that point, as if he could not feel the existence of the connection between the head and the body in the next moment.But the strange thing is that even in this extremely tense moment of life and death, he is not very scared.

Perhaps it was because he thought Chu Jingzhong's actions were unpredictable and unconvincing.If he really wanted to kill himself, he could have done it long ago, and there have been countless opportunities in the past 20 years, why wait until this time; and if it was related to Liu Jiyue for some other reason... "to vent his anger"?King Jing would really... for this reason...?

Or maybe...he always remembered that Liu Jiyue said that he would protect him.

But his calm mood made the sneer on Chu Jingzhong's face even worse.Chu Jingzhong slowly scanned the people in the hall. Many people were terrified and many people were nervous, but they all regarded him as a scourge of rebellion. He seemed to see hopeless stupidity from these people.

He just looked over one by one, watching everyone who met his gaze bowed their heads in extreme fear. In the end, only the emperor with an indifferent expression, the queen mother who looked away, and the queen mother who was in her arms were left. Princess Zhaohua in the middle is standing.

But the flames of anger around him gradually subsided.

King Jing's personal guard let go of Chu Qi. Chu Qi hesitated for a while, and stood up on his knees. He saw Chu Jingzhong finally laughed angrily: "Yeah, they don't know what you did, Your Majesty, I'd rather you go and say it yourself—”

As Chu Jingzhong's younger sister, it was the first time for the Queen Mother to see him lose his composure, and she already had a very bad feeling in her heart, but she could only bear with herself, pretending to be calm and said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor, The debate in the court is going outside, don't make a lot of noise in the harem, and... make a big fuss, it's not decent."

Liu Jiyue wrote lightly: "I do have a matter that disagrees with King Jing, so I need to refer to the Queen Mother's wishes."

Perhaps it was because Chu Jingzhong was too scary before, the emperor spoke, but the queen mother was relieved: "The Ai family doesn't understand political affairs, so let's discuss it with the prime minister in the previous court."

"No, we still have to listen to the queen mother."

Chu Qi's eyes slowly moved to Liu Jiyue, only to see him shaking his head, as if he had considered his words, and finally said: "Zhaohua is not young anymore, after much deliberation, I still want to make a promise for her." In a marriage, there happened to be two people of the same age. One was Nanmu Crown Prince Xiao Zhijin, who was handsome and talented, and had a high reputation in Nanmu, but although he was not married, he already had a marriage contract; the other was Xi Wan. The prince Teng Feng, he is talented and has outstanding moral character. His younger brother is still a guest in our Chengguo, adding to the kinship. What I mean... I can write a letter to Nanmu to express my wish for marriage, but King Jing hopes to marry Zhaohua. What about Siwan?"

"You, you... Emperor, what are you kidding?"

The queen mother was shocked when she heard this.Not only her, Chu Qi also couldn't understand at all, why did it involve Zhaohua's marriage again?Is it time to talk about this?And even if he really wanted to restart the princess's marriage plan, the emperor and King Jing disagreed. As for the swords that were on the verge just now, would they want to kill them immediately?It's ridiculous!

so--

Mingyao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Why are you talking about Zhaohua's marriage all of a sudden?"

Liu Jiyue took a look at him, and then slowly swept across the people in the hall, the prostrate and kneeling person still hadn't got up.And he opened his lips slightly, watching the backs of those people tremble more and more with every word he uttered: "...Northwest is urgent. Eight hundred miles urgently reported to the army, Xiwan suddenly invaded the border, and the witch clan monsters fought The strength is strong, our army is unstoppable, there are heavy casualties, General Zhenxi is seriously injured, our army is defeated, retreating hundreds of miles in a row, it is difficult to support, please help."

"I have ordered the deployment of [-] troops from the north to support, but... there is no general. General Zhenxi is a rare handsome talent, but he is still lost. The monsters of the witch tribe are defeated by one thousand. It seems that anyone who goes there will be killed. I haven't had time to discuss this matter with the ministers, I only discussed the countermeasures with King Jing, but the candidate was not selected, and King Jing suggested that I choose... a marriage."