I started a boy band in ancient times

Liu Jiyue was a little restless.

Although I should actually get used to it, the residual poison has become more violent in the past few days, my internal organs are burning like burning, and I am suffering all the time. After a sleepless night, when I opened my eyes this morning, I felt more palpitations and panic.

He first attributed all this to his illness, but the Xiwan envoy had already entered the palace, and after completing the negotiations with Cheng Qiushi, the pain that had tortured him throughout his life would disappear in smoke.In this regard, he naturally has some expectations, but at the same time he will also think more.

Leaving aside the mediation with Cheng Qiushi for the time being, what really concerned him was still Chu Qi's affairs.Both Chu Qi and Cheng Qiushi have unique abilities, but they can only be enemies, not friends. The most important thing right now is to ensure Chu Qi's safety.Although the palace is under his control, Xiwan people will also come. How could Cheng Qiushi tolerate Chu Qi's existence for a long time, and he would not doubt the temptation?Won't you have hidden worries?Even though it may be safe initially, it is not guaranteed to be safe.

Therefore, he needs to temporarily send Chu Qi out for an excuse. Ling Feidu will handle the matter well, and Mingyao will tell him the truth. When necessary, Qing Liwei who follows will even secretly help.

And then there's... the rest of the men's team members' questions.Biwu must be sent away immediately. Cheng Qiushi had already guessed that Biwu was related to Chu Qi, not to mention that he was the prince of Xiwan, and he had known Cheng Qiushi in the past. An excuse still needs to be considered.Mingyao, Ling Feidu, and Lan Ningbing are also easy to find reasons to dismiss. The only difficult thing is He Lanyi. No matter emotionally or intellectually, Liu Jiyue is very unwilling to release the group of Beiyong people who intend to kill him. What's more, with the current civil strife in Beiyong, it is difficult to guarantee that He Lanyi will help Chu Qi after leaving, instead of returning to the country to fight for the throne.

Liu Jiyue closed her eyes and frowned, her whole body exuded an aura of impatience, everything was supposed to be like this, but she didn't know what happened to Chu Qi.The guard naturally reported that he hadn't eaten for a day. He asked someone to take two pieces each of lotus seed tuckahoe cake, crystal hawthorn cake, coconut milk osmanthus cake and ginger cake, and then added a few quicksand custard buns to send them over. Once it came, Chu Qi should understand what he meant.

And Mingyao should have explained the reason to him. It's not that he didn't want to tell him personally, but firstly, Cheng Qiushi went to Beijing too fast, and secondly...he was afraid that when he really talked to him, he wouldn't be able to break up with him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something has happened..."

In the midst of depression, Chun Ya'er scrambled and ran in, Liu Jiyue opened her eyes and looked at him indifferently.Chun Ya'er was Chu Jingzhong's hidden stake in the past. Although he was loyal, he was disgusted by him. Not to mention that Chu Jingzhong is dead now, even when King Jing was still there, Liu Jiyue did not trust him. It wasn't that Chu Qi begged for mercy that day, he should have been executed immediately, so he was not entrusted with any work, and if it was really a big deal, it would not be his turn to report it.

Liu Jiyue didn't even lift her eyelids: "Speak clearly."

Chun Ya'er speculated on the emperor's reaction, and tremblingly said: "Yes, it was an accident in the Leng Palace...it was the previous Concubine Shu..."

Shu Concubine Luo Shuyuan is the daughter of the former Taiwei Luo Ji, who was implicated by his father and brother. Although she was spared the death penalty after the accident, she will be lonely for a lifetime.

Liu Jiyue lost interest as soon as he heard it, he almost couldn't remember Luo Shuyuan's appearance, he thought for a while, and said lightly: "Has he died? Forget it, let's bury her as a concubine, and leave the details to the queen. "

"It's not dead..." Chun Ya'er had an expression of wanting to cry, but he moved closer, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "—Yes!"

Liu Jiyue was startled for a moment, then raised her eyes suddenly, and frowned tightly, as if she didn't hear Chun Ya'er's words clearly.

Chun Ya'er knelt down with a plop, crawled over with her knees, and said angrily and anxiously: "The imperial physician has confirmed it, and also found out the adulterous bodyguard. The servant suppressed the news desperately, and few people know about it. Your Majesty... what should I do?" How to deal with them?"

Liu Jiyue didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, he twitched the corners of his mouth unnaturally: "Concubine Shu's move made me underestimate... Did she say anything?"

Chun Ya'er trembled all over, and hurriedly said: "It's all foul language, don't listen to it."

"Say."

Eunuch Chun frowned, and recalled fearfully: "It's just... nothing more than provocative words, calling the holy name and insulting her, saying that since Luo's family has been murdered, she is not missing her. They are all going to die. It's better to disgust you For a moment, I want to see how ugly the expression on your face is when you find out."

Liu Jiyue sneered: "She thinks my crime is light? Do you want to get more people? It's a pity that I didn't vent my anger. She should go underground to complain to Yan Wuzhen's family. Since she thinks so Her father and brother, let her finish it on her own, as for those guards, you can figure it out yourself."

Chun Ya'er took the order to retreat, and just as she retreated to the door, she bumped into Mingyao with a gloomy expression.

Mingyao held a brocade box in his hand, his face was extremely pale, he didn't smile at all, he walked into the hall without even paying respects, and said straightforwardly: "I heard something, is your Majesty going to execute Concubine Shu? What happened?"

Seeing him appear, Liu Jiyue knew that the matter entrusted to him should have some clues, so she couldn't help but relax a little, but when she saw the brocade box in his hand, her eyelids twitched, and said casually without emotion: "It's not important." . . . how is the matter I entrusted you with?"

Mingyao avoided talking about it, his eyes were brightly red, as if he had just cried.

"Your Majesty, you promised me before that if I help you all the time, our Ming family will not be implicated by suspicion."

Liu Jiyue looked at him quietly: "The prime minister has asked to see me many times in the past few days, but I haven't seen him, isn't it just to give him a chance? Do you think...he wants to plead with the people who respect the palace, or to criticize me? what?"

Mingyao lowered his head and said: "My father has always been like that. Everyone is soft in his eyes, careless, easy to deceive, and he doesn't live a transparent life. He is only suitable for being a master, not a prime minister at all. ...He has been living very tired. If he knew that the leader of the Wu clan was coming, he would know that the situation in the Northwest Army had something to do with His Majesty sooner or later. He...he would go crazy. His Majesty sent him back to check and balance King Jing Lifted to this position, now King Jing has fallen, let him come down too."

"There is also the Empress. Like Concubine Shu, she is a victim of the previous struggle, but she is luckier than Concubine Shu. In the past, she was the bargaining chip for His Majesty to bribe the Ming family to serve her. The decorations in the harem are no longer needed. .”

"Mingyao, what exactly do you want to say?" Liu Jiyue narrowed her eyes, her voice suddenly turned cold.

Mingyao bit his lower lip tightly, took a deep breath, and finally said: "I want to leave the capital with my father and sister. Your Majesty may have promised us to reunite after everything is over. The prime minister only needs to resign, and the queen ...It is very easy to create a suspended animation casually."

"...Yes, I said it, but it hasn't come to that time yet." Liu Jiyue stood up slowly, her dark eyes staring at him without warmth, "Why did you suddenly... what happened to Chu Qi?"

Mingyao pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying: "Your Majesty, you may not know that I have always hated you. You only care about brother Xi, whether it is sister or Zhaohua, others can be used and let down Is it? But even Brother Xi, why do you want to make him sad. "

"I know, I dare to say that because I haven't read a few sage books, or I can't understand the meaning after reading them." He wiped away the broken tears, and slammed the brocade box in his hand. As soon as the imperial case was released, the force was as strong as a throw, "Of course, the emperor has the supreme power of the emperor, but maybe I really can't complete the entrustment in the future. This is the last thing I leave to you."

Of course Liu Jiyue could order someone to take him down, such a presumptuous move was enough to drag him out and behead him, but he didn't.Hearing Mingyao's words, his lips moved, as if he wanted to explain something, but in the end he remained silent. He just looked at the brocade box on the imperial case, and put his hand on it, gradually feeling his palm was hot, burning all the way to the The mouth of the heart made the failing heart tremble faintly again.

Not long ago, Ling Feidu also came forward with a similar brocade box, which contained Chu Jingzhong's head. After opening it, he felt happy, comfortable, and wanted to laugh heartily. Not a big deal?

But what about this one?

Liu Jiyue quickly recalled what he had asked Mingyao to do—it was just getting Chu Qi out of the prison in private, then moving him to a safe place, and then locking up the dead men who were close to Chu Qi's stature, waiting for a while. later camouflage.Because Mingyao was a good friend of Chu Qi, Chu Qi would trust him more if he lobbied, and the execution was quick and convenient.

Imprisonment is not a long-term solution, he can't guarantee that Cheng Qiushi won't see it through, so he simply creates a dead face, respecting the prince's mansion, which is reasonable, anyway, he has already shown Luo Shi's unpredictability once, and he is not afraid of Cheng Qiushi's disbelief.Even if he doesn't believe it, Chu Qi will be in a safe place. He has no worries and can go crazy in whatever he does.

——And for Mingyao, is this something unacceptable?Liu Jiyue couldn't understand, but he knew that as a king, he didn't need to understand his courtiers, so he glanced at Mingyao, and opened the box with a sullen face.

He didn't think there would be anything in it that he couldn't look directly at.

And what was stored in the brocade box...was another head.

Eyes closed, peaceful and calm, still dripping blood, a warm head.

It is exactly the same as Chu Qi's appearance.

There was a "boom" in my head, like thunder from the sky, my eyes suddenly went dark, the blood on my face faded, and all the blood gathered in my throat and lips, Liu Jiyue spit out a big mouthful of blood with a "poof", All the scrolls and documents were swept to the ground, and the brocade box also rolled into the distance with a bang.

The hands and feet were cold to the bone, and the residual poison was also attacking at this moment, but Liu Jiyue didn't know where the strength came from. She dragged her body that she couldn't feel, supported the case, and strangled Mingyao's neck tightly, her eyes were about to split, and her voice Like a ghost: "What did you do?!"

Mingyao clutched his throat and moved, and said very softly: "Your Majesty, how can you confuse the real with just the similar stature? It's too deliberate to be completely different after the fire, it's not as good as the extremely similar face I gave you. With your reaction, I know that no one will believe it now."

Immediately afterwards, he was let go before he could struggle further, because Liu Jiyue vomited another mouthful of blood, draining all of his strength.

Hearing the sound, the guards rushed in and put several sword blades on the back of Mingyao's neck. Mingyao gasped for breath and couldn't hold back tears: "Your Majesty, I still have the same wish, I want to be with my family Lijing, if you keep your promise, let me go."

Liu Jiyue casually grabbed something on the case, and smashed it hard: "I want the Ming family to be buried with me!"

The moment he let go of the inkstone, he remembered something again, the angle of his palm changed suddenly, and finally just brushed against Mingyao's forehead, and fell to the ground without injury or pain.

Her heart throbbed violently, she was about to be out of breath, Liu Jiyue trembled her lips, and finally could only say: "...Get lost."

Mingyao sniffed, kowtowed deeply, and left without looking back.

The hall was full of chaos, but Liu Jiyue's eyes were blurred, and he could only hear the loud cry of "Quick pass the imperial doctor". He was glad that he didn't need to devote all his energy to maintain his posture at this time, and he could just fall into deep thought.

The head in the box couldn't be Chu Qi, and he could figure it out after a little calm down. Mo Mingyao couldn't possibly kill his brother Xi, he had clearly arranged for Mingyao to find the dead man Chai Bin.

Chai Bin is Chu Qi's subordinate who has been by his side for ten years. He is absolutely loyal enough, and he is naturally willing to die for his master, and he is not a member of Chu Qi's "men's team". Life and death will not harm his body. One, and the other is that Chai Bin is still in Chu Jingzhong's lineage.

Although Chu Jingzhong is dead, he has been in business for many years, and the people under him still have strength, and they may even sneak into the palace desperately to assassinate him. Naturally, precautions must be taken. The guards in the palace have to be replaced, not to mention those who wander outside. This opportunity to get rid of one not only shows Chai Bin's loyalty in preservation, but also kills two birds with one stone. Liu Jiyue feels that there is nothing missing.

And if Chu Qi objected...he had thought about it too, there would be no chance.He hinted at Mingyao's remarks, so there is no need to be too explicit. When Chu Qi knows, and when they meet again, it should have been a long time, so there is no need to argue about this matter.What's more, it is an honor for the bodyguard to die while defending the lord. Sometimes he is astonished by himself, and is willing to give Chu Jingzhong the honor of dying in battle while guarding the frontier. In these matters, he is already merciful enough.

But now... who is that star in the brocade box?Chu Qi will never have twin brothers, such a similar appearance may only rely on their special abilities, is it Cheng Qiushi?He knows?Or Chu Qi?he does not know?Or is there a third person?Is Mingyao's actions just to annoy him?Did he take Chu Qi to the agreed place? ... He should have been carefully interrogated, and shouldn't have just let him go!

Confused thoughts tormented his mind, and when he finally calmed down his heartbeat and regained his eyesight, the inner eunuch happened to pass the transmission, and Xiwan Guoshi arrived.

Cheng Qiushi held Xinglian in his arms, and seemed to be in a good mood, but he was quite surprised by the scene in the hall, he smiled and scanned around: "It seems that I came at the wrong time? Why is the emperor losing his temper?"

Liu Jiyue was already annoying enough, and when she saw him, she felt even more irritable, and said coldly, "What else could be the reason? The residual poison is entangled, and his life will not be long."

Cheng Qiushi said "Oh" to express his understanding, but his sharp eyes still found something on the ground, he walked straight over without being afraid, grabbed his hair and picked it up, swaying it in front of his eyes and looking at it, his tone was rather hesitant : "This... I just heard that His Majesty put the prince in prison, and wanted to persuade you to release him. Why did you kill him?"

"The national teacher thinks that he is a little too big. How can he let go of the remnants of respecting the king? What's more, he has supernatural powers. After a long time, it is inevitable that he will have long nights and dreams."

Cheng Qiushi smiled and said nothing, he activated the fourth-level observation technique, but the person was completely dead, and he really couldn't see the specific information of the head anymore, so he couldn't confirm whether it was Chu Qi.However, he and Liu Jiyue had conspired together for a while from contact to success, so he knew that he hated Chu Jingzhong, he was also extremely tricky in his actions, and his temperament was capricious, smiling one second and using tricks the next, although I have heard a lot of gossip about pampering and respecting the prince, but it seems that it is not a big news to turn your face immediately at this moment.

What's more, what is it, what is not, he is conceited enough.He stared at the head for a long time, Xinglian turned around in response, Cheng Qiushi immediately threw it away, nodded and said: "Then beheading was done right, it wasn't a fatal wound, he It's easy to save yourself."

Liu Jiyue didn't want to mention this matter again, he rolled his eyelids, and threw out another book in a rather frantic way: "I'm about to die of illness, so you just stand there and watch? Didn't you say that you can cure me?" What? What are you waiting for!"

Cheng Qiushi was well aware that at this time, it was not entirely based on his own ideas, so he deliberately smiled: "No hurry, I also have to make preparations, first go through the process clearly. I will live in the palace with Xinglian , so that I can discuss business with His Majesty at any time, those cuties under my command also need to have a place to live, and I need to ask you to arrange it. Besides, we just fought a war not long ago, and now we are united again. The government declared that it was a marriage between the two countries, so we have to prepare for the marriage of Princess Zhaohua..."

Liu Jiyue rubbed her brows and said: "These are trivial matters, don't take too much effort, the Taiwei Hall outside used to be a temporary rest when the regent went to bed, you can live there."

Cheng Qiushi said: "I heard that Shizi Jing lives on the other side, the furnishings must be more exquisite, Xinglian is the one who lives comfortably, so it's better to live there."

Liu Jiyue glanced at them, covered her lips and coughed in a muffled voice, then nodded lightly.

At this moment, Chun Ya'er ran in with a flustered face again. He looked at Cheng Qiushi who was drinking tea with his legs crossed, but he didn't dare to speak loudly, but went around to the emperor's ear and whispered.

After hearing what he said, Liu Jiyue hummed expressionlessly, and didn't respond, but Chun Ya'er was anxious: "This...Long live, Changle Palace..."

"Go back."

Cheng Qiushi asked curiously: "What happened? Don't worry about me, the emperor can go if he wants."

"It's nothing, the empress dowager caught a sneaky person." Liu Jiyue stood up, "Since that's the case, I'd better take a look, lest the empress dowager be surprised."

Cheng Qiushi expressed his understanding and sent the emperor off in a reasonable manner.

After Liu Jiyue left, he picked up the head of "Chu Qi" and held it in front of Xinglian. Xinglian wanted to turn his head away, but he turned around with his chin pinched.

"Do you think this is Chu Qi?" Cheng Qiushi looked thoughtful, "I think it should be. Look at this kind of person who is cruel and merciless. I will treat you better."

"It's a pity... I wasted my time introducing 'Xinglian' to him."