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After Liu Wenchao finished handling the political affairs, Ying Zi came and said in a soft voice, "Your Majesty's invitation."

Ying Xin led Liu Wen towards the direction of the bedroom, and on the way he happened to meet Concubine Li who was delivering medicine to Emperor Huiming.

After Liu Wenchao greeted him briefly, he followed Ying Zi and continued to walk forward. Concubine Li looked at his back thoughtfully for a long time, and she didn't look away until they turned a corner.

The light in the bedroom was very dim, and layers of curtains blocked the innermost dragon couch, so that Liu Wenchao could not see clearly the condition of Emperor Huiming, and could only smell the heavy soothing incense burning in the room.

After Ying Xin brought him to the bedroom, she closed the door and retreated, leaving a space for them to talk alone.

As if he knew it was Liu Wenchao, Emperor Huiming said weakly, "You are here, Qingchuan."

Ever since Liu Wenchao decided to support Li Chengyun as the prince, Emperor Huiming never called him that again.

Liu Wenchao pushed aside the heavy curtains, came to Emperor Huiming's bed and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I am a minister."

"Get up and talk!" Emperor Huiming's eyes slowly turned to Liu Wenchao.

Liu Wenchao was startled, a little dazed, the thin and haggard man in front of him, with a bloodless complexion turned out to be Emperor Huiming, if Liu Wenchao hadn't known him for more than ten years, he would hardly have recognized him.

Liu Wenchao sat on the chair prepared for him a long time ago, a little dazed, not knowing what he was thinking.

Until Emperor Huiming uttered a sound again, pulling him back to reality: "I called you here, because I want to tell you something."

Liu Wenchao said: "Please speak, Your Majesty."

Emperor Huiming sighed: "There is no one else here, so don't be so cautious, I will tell you what is in my heart."

Liu Wenchao listened to him in silence.

"That kid, You Ning, has been smart since he was a child, and he is even more outstanding under your teaching. If I knew, he had that kind of intention to let you be his teacher at that time, and I would disagree with it a hundred times."

Liu Wenchao understood that Emperor Huiming already knew about his relationship with Li Chengyun, and said, "That's all in the past."

Emperor Huiming struggled to regain clarity with his cloudy eyes, stared at Liu Wenchao and said, "I want to know your attitude towards Youning."

Liu Wenchao stood up from the chair and knelt down in front of the couch, and said slowly: "If he doesn't let me down in this life, I will definitely not let him down."

It was as if the flickering candles in the house were extinguished, and the small boat swaying in the wind and rain was submerged by the turbulent waves, the sliver of clarity in Emperor Huiming's eyes completely dimmed.

"This should not be something that the chief minister of a country should say, nor is it something you, Liu Wenchao, can say."

"It stands to reason that's true," Liu Wenchao lowered his eyes, "but I'm also called Liu Qingchuan—"Qingchuan's belt is long and thin, and the chariots and horses go leisurely" Qingchuan."

Emperor Huiming closed his eyes directly, as if he didn't want to look at Liu Wenchao again: "So you are determined to confront me?"

Liu Wenchao said: "I dare not."

Hearing this sentence, Emperor Huiming patted the dragon bed vigorously with his hands as if he was stimulated by something, and said plausibly: "You dare not? I don't think there is anything you Liu Wenchao dare not do. Back then When my teacher Xu Taifu introduced you to the cabinet, I believed that at that time you were wholeheartedly serving the Hua Kingdom and thinking about the country, so I delegated power to you to govern."

When Emperor Huiming said this, he gasped for breath, and when he calmed down, he continued: "A year ago, you wrote a letter saying that the crown prince was abolished, and you wanted to make Youning the crown prince. I rejected you at that time." What did you do in private?"

After a pause, Emperor Huiming slowed down his tone: "Since when did I have a rift with you, the first assistant? It probably started at this time. You know that I don't want to abolish the crown prince, but you still want to go your own way, secretly Colluded with Tang Weizhen to do some tricks, so I had to cut off some of your party members."

Liu Wenchao still didn't look up: "So you want Liu Mingxiao to die?"

If Li Chengyun hadn't led troops to support the sea bandits' siege of Shaozhou, Liu Mingxiao would have died there.

Emperor Huiming squeezed out a smile: "If you don't let him go to Shaozhou, can I have this chance?"

Liu Wenchao raised his head just to meet his gaze, his four eyes met, the turbidity collided with the clearness, Liu Wenchao suddenly felt relieved, this man was no longer like the lofty emperor he used to be, lying on the couch dying, he was just a thin and weak man. The old man, Lee Seung-yun's father.

At this time, Ying Xin cautiously reported outside the door: "Your Majesty, Concubine Li has given you medicine."

After Emperor Huiming asked Liu Wenchao to help him up, Concubine Li came in with a medicine bowl.Liu Wenchao got up to get out of the way, but Emperor Huiming said: "You come to serve me with medicine."

Concubine Li was stunned for a moment, then passed the medicine bowl in her hand to Liu Wenchao.

Emperor Huiming waved his hands and told them to back down.

There were only the two of them left in the dormitory again, no one spoke for a while, it was extremely quiet.

Liu Wenchao stuffed two pillows on Emperor Huiming's back so that he could lean on the head of the bed and take medicine conveniently.

When the spoon was delivered to Emperor Huiming's mouth, Emperor Huiming's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly said, "I'm asking you one last time, are you really determined to be with Youning?"

Liu Wenchao didn't move his hands while feeding the medicine, just like his resolute heart, he didn't move a bit: "Your Majesty, I'm also saying it again, and I will advance and retreat with him."

Emperor Huiming stopped hesitating, opened his mouth and drank the medicine.After drinking the whole bowl, Liu Wenchao laid him down, armpited the bedding for him, and got up to leave.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Huiming suddenly grabbed his hand and said, "Liu Wenchao, do you think you can go out this door?"

Liu Wenchao paused: "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Emperor Huiming said with difficulty: "Didn't you find the Jinyiwei around?"

As soon as the words were spoken, more than [-] Jinyi guards with embroidered spring knives poured out from behind the curtain. They looked at Liu Wenchao like a little white rabbit caught in a wild beast's trap, and they were bound to win.

Ying Zi also came out from the side.

Liu Wenchao turned around slowly, in disbelief: "The emperor wants to kill me?"

Emperor Huiming let him go: "I don't want to kill you either. Keeping you is far more useful than killing you. But I have to kill you again. You Ning loves you deeply. My life is not long. If You Ning ascends the throne After becoming emperor, this country might change hands and change its surname to Liu."

Liu Wenchao: "The emperor knows that I have no interest in the throne. If I have such ambitions, I can unite with him to rebel as early as when Liu Mingxiao was in the palace as the commander of the imperial army."

Ying Xin rubbed Emperor Huiming's legs and feet: "Even if you are not interested in the throne now, who can guarantee that you will not change your mind after a few years, so, Liu Wenchao, you can't blame me, I just stand for You Ning Get rid of all those who can affect his throne. Thanks to Tang Weizhen who ran fast, otherwise I would also get rid of him."

Liu Wenchao looked around, wanting to see if there was any place to escape: "Aren't you afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince will hate you?"

Emperor Huiming glared at him, and said sharply: "I am his father, the so-called blood is thicker than water, what can he do with me, he has not ascended the throne yet! Just one word from me can destroy him." The crown prince. But you are different, as long as you die, he will forget you after a long time, so today, I will get rid of you no matter what. "

Emperor Huiming used his last breath and shouted loudly: "Do it!"

Surrounded by iron walls, there is no exit, and the only gate is guarded by a few royal guards, who are coming towards Liu Wenchao.

If more than [-] Jinyiwei go up at the same time, Liu Wenchao will definitely not be able to fight. Is he really going to die here today?Liu Wenchao thought a little bit self-destructively.

"Wait, Your Majesty, even if you are going to die, let me leave a last word to His Highness."

Emperor Huiming waved his hand, signaling Jin Yiwei to stop first.

"You said."

Suddenly Emperor Huiming coughed, and then spit out a mouthful of blood. Liu Wenchao was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, are you okay!" He was about to step forward.

"Don't move." At this moment, Ying Xin who was on the side seemed to be a different person, and laughed in a low voice, his voice was like a ghost in the dark night.

He stood up slowly, opened the door of the secret room, and pushed out a wheelchair from inside. The sound of the wheelchair turning creaked amid the tension.

Emperor Huiming and Liu Wenchao looked at the same time, and their surprise flashed across. It was Li Yin, the Commander of Jinyiwei whose lower body had been crippled before.

Ying Xin pushed him to the center of the dormitory, then sat on Li Yin's disused lap regardless of everyone's eyes, hooked his neck and said: "You all think that you are so smart that you can play with other people's fate In the palm of my hand, hahaha... Now, it seems that this is not the case! One is the high emperor, and the other is the scheming first assistant, and now they are all in the hands of a little eunuch who is not known. ridiculous?"

Twenty or so guards in Jin Yi also laughed loudly at his words, Li Yin squeezed Ying Xin's chin, stared at his bright red lips, and said dotingly: "Stop talking nonsense with them, hurry up and get down to business!"

Ying Xin got down from Li Yin's lap, took out the jade seal and the blank imperial decree from the hidden cabinet on the side, and put them on the case.Then he helped up Emperor Huiming who was on the couch, and said with a smile, "Please, Your Majesty."

Emperor Huiming didn't want him to help, opened his hand, and said: "You have no roots, you are an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."

When Ying Xin heard this, he suddenly turned his face, and grabbed Emperor Huiming's neck suddenly, his eyes were crazy, it was the hatred he couldn't hide.

"I have no roots, do you think I was born like this? If it weren't for you, how could I become like this."

Emperor Huiming's neck was flushed with suffocation, he used his thin hand like a chicken's paw to forcefully break Ying Xin's hand, but he couldn't break it, he hated it so much, what did he hate?Should he hate himself for not knowing people clearly, trusting the wrong person, or should he hate himself for not being able to subdue even a broken eunuch now.

He gradually stopped struggling and lowered his hands, allowing Ying Zi to strangle him.