Meiqiang miserably uses herself as a substitute

It belongs to her, and it is better to have one thing less in the palace. Chen Shu gave him a last look, squeezed her palms, and walked towards the lakeside of the imperial garden.

Xie Yan raised his eyebrows, but the dagger still didn't leave Xiao Ran's face.

Seeing her leave, Xiao Ran turned his eyes backwards, "Hey! She's gone, why don't you let me go quickly?!"

Xie Yan said coldly: "Are you arguing again?"

After finishing speaking, he lifted the knife and cut Xiao Ran lightly behind the ear. Xiao Ran whimpered and begged for mercy repeatedly, "Shut up!"

Only then did Xie Yan relax a little, Xiao Ran took this opportunity to escape, but was caught by Xie Yan again.

"Bastard, what are you doing!" Xiao Ran roared angrily, his mind became hotter, and the words he said became more and more unreasonable, "You keep doing this, don't just like me!"

"Uh..." Xie Yan grabbed a handful of weeds from the rockery and stuffed them into Xiao Ran's mouth with the soil, his voice was cold: "If I don't kill you, it doesn't mean you can die."

"In a place like the imperial palace, the more you do, the faster you die."

Li Ran's mouth was full of dirt, he was so choked that he couldn't speak, Xie Yan strangled his neck, Xiao Ran couldn't swallow, couldn't spit it out, he was so uncomfortable that his face flushed all of a sudden.

Then, he knew the reason why Xie Yan grabbed him.

For some reason, Shen Lihan also appeared in the palace, and walked towards Chen Shu's direction just now.

If Xiao Ran could speak at this moment, he would definitely have to quarrel again.

Eavesdropping on such things is really not very clever.

When Shen Lihan passed by, Xie Yan glared at him and pushed him away.Xiao Ran threw himself on the ground, spit out what was in his mouth, and coughed uncontrollably.

Xie Yan withdrew his dagger and said condescendingly: "I am this kind of person."

Xiao Ran was startled, he could hear him humming?

Looking at Xie Yan's eyes, Xiao Ran froze in place again, wondering how this person will torment himself?

But in the end Xie Yan just gave him a dark look, and said coldly: "You are not much better."

Xiao Ran leaned on the ground with only one hand, unable to get up for a long time, looked at the palace man on the ground, and said angrily: "Idiot! Hurry up and help my prince!"

It was only then that the palace servants realized that Xie Yan had left, and even scrambled to Xiao Ran's side. As soon as he stretched out his hand to help him, they heard Xiaodie's shout from the lakeside.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has fallen into the water, hurry up and announce the imperial physician!"

26. Chapter 26

At the same time as Chen Shu fell into the water, Emperor Mingde summoned Xiao Zhan and Xiao Fei in Yongzhao Palace.

Emperor Mingde didn't say a word, just looked at him, and the serving father-in-law understood, stepped forward to take the bamboo slips, and then walked towards the two of them.

Xiao Ran and Xiao Li stood together, when the father-in-law walked in front of them, he hesitated for a moment.

Xiao Zhan moved his fingers imperceptibly.

This hesitation was noticed by everyone in the hall.Finally, the father-in-law sent the bamboo slips to Xiao Li.

Xiao Yan didn't take it for a long time, but just stared at the bamboo slip, his eyes became deeper and deeper.

The father-in-law noticed something was wrong, and reminded him in a low voice: "Fourth Highness."

Xiao Yan has no tendency to take over.

Emperor Mingde's meaning was obvious, he was telling Xiao Fei in a different way that between him and Xiao Zhan, he valued the latter more.

Emperor Mingde narrowed his eyes and looked at the two people below.

Seeing that Xiao Ji didn't move, the father-in-law began to feel a little embarrassed, and was about to remind him again, when he saw that one hand was taken away gradually.

"Elder-in-law, you have worked hard." Xiao Fei's face was kind, with a smile all over his face.

The father-in-law choked, and after a long while he bent down slightly and saluted, then turned and returned to the front of the imperial court.

Emperor Mingde was a little displeased.

Li'er, this is intentional.

After opening the bamboo slips and seeing the contents above, the topic was quickly changed.

"Father, the northern barbarians are disrupting the border." Xiao Fei looked worried, "They are..."

He didn't go any further.

Emperor Mingde's intention to call them over was already obvious, to discuss with them how to solve the problem.

"The imperial sister is still in Beiyi, and the two countries have a good relationship, how dare they covet Da Chu again?" Xiao Fei looked at Emperor Mingde, then at the bamboo slips in his hand, and said.

In terms of battles, Da Chu is naturally not afraid.It's just that they didn't expect Beiyi to attack so blatantly.

Xiao Zhan stood quietly at the side, did not speak from the beginning to the end, but the light in his eyes became increasingly dimmer, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

Xiao Fei gripped the bamboo slip tightly, "Father, my child is willing to..."

"No!" Xiao Li stopped it, which made Xiao Fei visibly tremble.

He looked at Xiao Ran in disbelief, feeling that his face was terribly dark, "Fourth brother...you..."

He used to think that the fourth brother was not interested in competing for reserves.Otherwise, he would not have made any moves when rumors spread that he was the future prince, as if those rumors were just floating clouds in the sky, and would be blown away by the wind.

But now, he said that he wanted to ask for a fight, but the fourth brother was the first to refuse.

...that's all.

Xiao Fei shook his head helplessly, anyway, he had no obsession with fighting for reserves.As for the position of crown prince, he knew in his heart that his martial arts were not as good as Xiao Zhan's, but he just liked to read some military books and knew some strategies for governing the country.

If you really want to protect Da Chu, the fourth brother is more suitable than him.

"You want to fight?" Xiao Ran looked sideways and looked at him lightly.

Xiao Fei nodded, fearing that Xiao Ran might misunderstand, he hurriedly said: "If the fourth brother wants to, I would..."

Xiao Zhan: "No need."

Xiao Fei paused and looked at him suspiciously.

Xiao Zhan glanced at him up and down, and calmly said: "You have injuries on your body, so it's not suitable."

What's more, the emperor didn't mean to find them to fight when he asked them to come here.

The talents of Da Chu are not so scarce that even a general has to be selected from among the princes.

Xiao Fei seemed to realize something, looked down at his arm that was stabbed by the assassin a few days ago, and stopped talking.

Emperor Mingde quietly listened to the conversation between the two of them, and after a while, he opened his mouth, "This battle is inevitable."

"I asked you to come here, not to choose someone from among you."

Xiao Yan's eyes flashed strangely.

Xiao Fei: "Father, what does that mean?"

Emperor Mingde sighed and looked at them with unknown meaning, and said in a deep voice, "The Chen family."

The clouds blocked the moonlight, and the cold wind outside the house blew the treetops, making a rustling sound.

Xie Yan leaned against the wall, his eyes fell on the slowly moving clouds.

In an instant, there were a few imperceptible footsteps coming from the darkness, Xie Yan heard the sound, his original deep eyes raised slightly, "Here we come."

"Are you waiting for me?" Xiao Yan held a jug of wine.

Xie Yan shook his head, and said lightly: "No."

After a second of silence, he added, "It doesn't matter if you think so."

Xiao Zhan sneered, walked up to him, and handed over the wine, "Ziqin, it's so cold outside, what do you wear?"

Seeing him holding the wine, Xie Yan knew that something must have happened when he entered the palace today, so he asked instead: "What are you here for?"

Don't feel bad, Xiao Fenghuang who came to him told him that he was feeling depressed.

Xiao Yan smiled, "Seeing that you are bored, I am here to relieve you."

Xie Yan followed with a smile and looked sideways at him, Xiao Ran's face was not clearly visible under the moonlight, even so, he could still feel the faint smell of pear blossom wine on his body.

There is sorrow in the wine, the two are mixed together, and they are inseparable.

Xie Yan said softly: "It's you, come to me to relieve yourself."

Xiao Zhan smiled, and returned the original words: "If you think so, it doesn't matter..."

"Chen Shu fell into the water, interrupted the back." Xiao Yan looked at Xie Yan and said, "Did you see Chen Shu fell into the water?"

Xie Yan did not deny it: "I saw it."

But so what?

Everyone knew that Chen Shu fell into the water on purpose.In the end, Chen Shu accidentally sprained her leg by falling into the water, and those behind her could only applaud.

As long as Chen Shu suffers more injuries in the palace, that person will be happier.

Xie Yan looked at the cups on the table, and said in a low voice: "Shen Lihan is also there, and it just happened to come across this."

Xiao Zhan: "You doubt him?"

Xie Yan was taken aback, then looked at him: "Of course not."

"Xiao Zhan, you know that Shen Si made a mistake. If Second Young Master Shen does this again, he will end up being jealous of the emperor, which will do no good." Xie Yan said: "He won't do such a thing."

Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows.

So he thought so.

Shen Lihan is good at writing and has a gentle temper. Just from this point of view, he doesn't seem like a person who would do such a thing.

But Xie Yan said that he didn't do it, but he didn't analyze it from this point, but said that it was not good for the Shen family.

At this juncture, if he still did something unfavorable to the Shen family, outsiders would indeed be suspicious of his motives.

Xie Yan didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so his eyes fell on the flagon: "Your Highness, what happened in the palace, you want to find me to relieve your boredom?"

"Ziqin." Xiao Zhan seemed to think for a long time before saying, "Ziqin, you... all guessed right."

Xie Yan was dazed, straightened his body, and fixedly looked into his eyes.

"Beiyi invaded the border of Great Chu..." Xie Yan murmured thoughtfully, "This seems to be planned."

Xiao Ran: "Before the father finished speaking, he was interrupted by the news that Chen Shu fell into the water."

Xie Yan looked at him with clear eyes: "But you also guessed the back, didn't you?"

"Uh..." Xiao Li picked up the jug and sprinkled the wine, but did not drink it down, "Beiyi invaded, who would not want to seize this opportunity? The Shen family passed by the hunting ground, and they are seizing the opportunity to make up for it. When the crime comes at this time, General Zhenyuan will naturally bear the brunt."

"The four major families... the Fan family is in decline. The old Patriarch Chen is someone who has experienced two dynasties. She is ambitious and knows the truth that the bird is exhausted and the rabbit is dead, so naturally she will not make a move."

Xie Yan said: "Beiyi's arrival is such a coincidence, General Zhenyuan can't fail to see it."

Xiao Zhan said: "Furthermore, the second son of Shen has read military books since he was a child. He will not refuse to explain this to his elder brother."

Xie Yan suddenly thought