Why do you want me to be the leader of the martial arts alliance?

When Qiao Shuyu and He Chenghuai arrived outside the emperor's bedroom, Mu Yunxi and Xiao Luofeng were already waiting at the door, seeing them, Mu Yunxi couldn't help complaining: "You two are not here to protect me What? Why so slow? At your speed, I have been killed several times—"

"Mu Mu, you have His Highness Ninth Prince following you, those people will not kill you openly."

Qiao Shuyu said with a smile. Seeing that the guards at the entrance of the bedroom seemed to be looking towards them, fearing that their identities would be revealed later, he lowered his head and added, "This place is too eye-catching, let's go quickly."

"Um……"

Xiao Luofeng and Ye Sheng also followed them out of the palace, and they all gathered in the same room after returning to the other courtyard.

"Mu Mu, how is the emperor's condition?"

Mu Yunxi said to Ye Tingyuan: "Didn't you want me to help the emperor extend his life? Maybe it will last for a while, but it won't last for a month."

"Only a month?"

"Xiao Mumu, you ate so much delicious food in the palace just now, can you do your best?"

Xiao Luofeng complained, and Mu Yunxi felt wronged: "I've tried my best, if it wasn't because I ate so much delicious food, I wouldn't be bothered to put in so much effort!"

"Then my royal father is really so sick?"

"Your father's illness..." Mu Yunxi hesitated, glanced at He Chenghuai, and He Chenghuai said: "You can say what you want, here are all your own people, it's okay."

"Twilight, are you hiding something?"

"Actually, I was hesitant to say it directly just now, but at that time in front of the emperor, I was afraid that if I said it, it would cause trouble. Xiao Luoluo, in fact, your father is not sick at all."

"What do you mean? He's so weak, isn't he sick?"

"He was poisoned."

Everyone was a little surprised: "Poisoned?"

"Impossible. If my father was poisoned, why didn't the imperial doctor mention it?"

"I have to ask the imperial doctor in the palace what's going on. Anyway, the result of my diagnosis is poisoning."

"But generally speaking, isn't everything the emperor eats tested by someone?"

"The poison in the emperor's mouth is called Lvqiaozi. It is a chronic poison. As long as the amount is controlled every time, people who are not particularly proficient in medical skills cannot find out. years."

"Two years? In other words, the other party started to attack two years ago?"

"Every time I poison the emperor's food for two years, even if I can't find out, I have to be someone close to me to do it, otherwise I wouldn't have this chance!"

Xiao Luofeng shook his head: "My father's meals are also made in the imperial dining room. There are many people in the imperial dining room, so it is not difficult to poison."

Because every time the emperor has a special person to test for drugs before eating, there are generally no surveillance people in the imperial dining room.

"The imperial cooks in the imperial dining room and the little eunuchs and maids who help them generally don't have the guts to conspire, so even if they poison them, they are just ordered by others. The real mastermind must have a high status."

Qiao Shuyu felt that life in the palace was too dangerous. The higher the position, the more traps he had to guard against.

Thinking of the current situation of those women I saw in the cold palace just now, except for He Xuelan, the rest of them are crazy.

Even if it was normal when you first entered, after staying in that kind of place for a long time, it will become abnormal sooner or later.

Moreover, once he was thrown into the cold palace, he would change from being a master to being inferior to a servant. This psychological gap was so huge that it was difficult for anyone to accept it calmly.

As soon as you enter the palace, the gate is as deep as the sea.

"It's a good thing you didn't mention it just now, otherwise you wouldn't be able to leave the palace today."

Xiao Luofeng said helplessly, although he was sad to find out that his father was poisoned by others.

But since even Mu Yunxi can only extend his life for one month, it is useless to say it.

On the contrary, it will cause a lot of unnecessary troubles, and even lead to death.

"Little Luoluo, don't be too sad, people are mortal."

"I'm not sad. Growing up in such a place, how much do you think I have a father-son relationship? Love is the most important thing in the palace."

Ye Tingyuan suddenly asked: "Just now you said that you can only extend the emperor's life for a month, if you don't enter the palace today, how long can he live?"

"Ten days."

"Ten days?" Qiao Shuyu said the surprised words. Although ten days is quite short, Qiao Shuyu's reaction was a bit too weird, so everyone present was a little puzzled.

"Shuyu, why are you so shocked?"

Liu Yutong asked a question, everyone nodded, Qiao Shuyu looked at He Chenghuai: "He Chenghuai, is this a coincidence?"

He Chenghuai shook his head, and Mu Yunxi was a little impatient: "What charades are you playing? Can't you just say it outright? Isn't this tantalizing! He Chenghuai, tell me quickly!"

He walked up to He Chenghuai and raised his head to threaten him. He Chenghuai replied: "Just now when we entered the palace gate, we saw an old eunuch waving and asking why we were so slow. Shuyu and I thought it was the person sent by His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince."

"That's why you two have been gone for so long?"

"Xiao Yuyu, where did you go just now?"

"Yeah, did you really go to investigate the terrain of the palace after so long?"

"We went to the cold palace."

"What? Lenggong? What are you going to Lenggong to investigate?"

Qiao Shuyu was a little helpless: "We were called by that old eunuch to carry the corpse to the cold palace." Although Qiao Shuyu was not a coward, but looking back now, I still feel a little creepy.

Everyone was a little confused, but Xiao Luofeng was not surprised by these things, and explained: "The concubines in the cold palace often die for no reason, and of course some are given to die. Every time they die, they are just carried to the designated Someone will be buried in a complicated place.”

"The imperial palace is indeed a terrible place. A person's life is lost, and it's so calm."

"So once in the cold palace, there is no chance of turning over, but to put it bluntly, those concubines who are not favored don't have a very easy life on weekdays. They all squeezed into the palace desperately, thinking I want to fly up the branches and become a phoenix, but I don’t think about whether I have the ability to become a phoenix.”

Qiao Shuyu said: "We saw Concubine Lan in the cold palace, He Xuelan, the daughter of a university scholar. The little eunuch who led the way told us that Xiao Shuyu's rebellion was for He Xuelan, and He Xuelan didn't know whether he still had feelings for Xiao Shuyu or felt that Guilty, after that I invited myself into the limbo."

"He Xuelan is neither affectionate nor guilty." Ye Tingyuan said indifferently: "The reason why she invited herself into the cold palace is nothing more than to let everyone gradually forget her."

"Why?"

"The treason case nine years ago was always manipulated by a black hand behind the scenes, making the emperor and Xiao Shuyu turn against each other. At that time, the Ye family army was far away on the battlefield, so it was equivalent to removing the emperor's right and left arm, so that he could take the opportunity to plot a rebellion. Ascend to God."

"But his plan was obviously successful, but he still didn't conspire to kill the king."

"The reason why I didn't do it was because I couldn't move it. When the class teacher returned to the court, because of the mountain torrent and the road collapse, the person in charge of repairing the road said that it would take at least ten days to repair it, but because he helped repair it later, it only took Four days."

"I understand. This matter was not reported at the time, so the time the court got from your arrival in the imperial city was six days later than the actual time. The man figured out that you were far away at that time, so he chose to do it at that time, but I didn't expect you to arrive early."

Ye Tingyuan nodded: "Not only did he arrive, but he was also involved in it, making the treason case a big mess. The emperor was actually a little jealous of the Ye family, so he took this opportunity to directly kill the whole family of the Ye family, and the army took him back." In his hand, suddenly there are 10,000+ troops guarding around the imperial city, that person dare not take risks."

"But what does this have to do with He Xuelan?" Qiao Shuyu was a little puzzled, and after thinking about it, he guessed: "Could it be that He Xuelan doesn't like Xiao Shuyu at all, and all this is a trap?"

"Yes."

"My little uncle likes He Xuelan. It is said that he was already talking about marriage at the beginning, but one time he left the imperial city for a few days, and when he came back, he found that He Xuelan had become Concubine Lan. Want to assassinate my father."

"On the one hand, He Xuelan took the initiative to approach the emperor, and on the other hand, he created an illusion for Xiao Shuyu that she was forced. Xiao Shuyu committed suicide several times and forced her to take her away from the palace and fly far away."

"Xiao Shuyu agreed?"

"Well, but what he doesn't know is that the palace has long been heavily guarded. The so-called treason was only mentioned later, in order to cover up the fact that he wanted to kidnap the emperor's concubine."

"Abducted? This He Xuelan is really capable of playing around with two men. Could it be that she was the mastermind behind the scenes?"

Ye Tingyuan smiled: "A mere daughter of a university scholar, she doesn't have the ability to design all this."

"So, He Xuelan is just a pawn of that person. If the army you led hadn't reached the imperial city earlier, then Xiao Shuyu would have been killed that day.

If someone went to assassinate the emperor again, they could put this charge on Xiao Shuyu's head, saying that his subordinates wanted to assassinate the emperor in order to save him. "

"As soon as the emperor died, the palace was in chaos. At this time, who will lead people to quell the civil strife, eradicate the assassins, win the hearts of the people and ascend to the throne?"

"I'm afraid that's what he thinks."

After thinking for a while, Qiao Shuyu said, "It's impossible for just anyone to be emperor, which means that person must be a member of the royal family!"

"It makes sense. The only one who has the opportunity to sit in that seat is the prince... But nine years ago, us princes were still young, and apart from the prince, there was only..."

Qiao Shuyu and Liu Yutong said in unison: "My lord!"