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The enthusiasm in his heart was completely extinguished by the scene in front of him. Liu Wenchao avoided Li Chengyun's hand calmly, and raised the corner of his mouth and said, "It seems that I came at the wrong time. I'm bothering you two. Go ahead."

Li Chengyun blocked his way with his body, and said with a smile: "Qingchuan, what are you thinking?"

Liu Wenchao looked at the woman opposite, wearing a pale pink gown, with a few hairpins in her hair, she looked like a lady, and stared at her with a pair of almond eyes in doubt. Only then did Liu Wenchao realize that she seemed to be Chen Xueliang's daughter, Chen Jiaojiao. .

Liu Wenchao said with a smile: "Why, Chen Xueliang also wants to use this trick to curry favor with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with his own daughter?"

"Are you jealous?" Li Chengyun shook his hand again, took him to sit down at the desk, kissed the back of his hand in front of Chen Jiaojiao, and said, "Sit down and listen, she just Come in, you're coming on the back foot."

Seeing that the two of them were not avoiding her at all, Chen Jiaojiao felt a little helpless. She really had hidden a little thought, so she chose this time of night to look for Li Chengyun.

Chen Jiaojiao said: "I want to have a private talk with His Highness."

Liu Wenchao didn't say anything, but he didn't mean to leave either. He just looked Chen Jiaojiao up and down again, and finally said, "You're not the one Li Chengyun likes."

These words seemed to make Li Chengyun very happy. He squeezed Liu Wenchao's hand, looked at Chen Jiaojiao and said, "If you have something to say, you might as well just say it. What you mean, sir, is what I mean."

Chen Jiaojiao tightly squeezed the handkerchief in her hand: "I know that the emperor has passed away without leaving even a handful of ashes, and I also know that the chief assistant was there at that time."

Liu Wenchao narrowed his eyes: "Ying Xin is in the Chen Mansion." This was an affirmative tone, because the only person alive that day was Ying Xin, except for Concubine Li, who was still imprisoned.

Chen Jiaojiao panicked for a moment. She originally planned to exchange this news for her father's life.After gathering her composure, Chen Jiaojiao said, "Do you want to know what he and my father are secretly plotting?"

"Oh?" Liu Wenchao felt a little interesting. A lady from a great family chose to see His Royal Highness in the middle of the night, and her intentions were self-evident: "What do you want?"

Chen Jiaojiao: "I just ask His Highness to spare my father's life and allow us to retire and return home."

Although Liu Wenchao was a little surprised, she didn't take this opportunity to ask to be the princess, but to save her father.

"Allowed, I made this decision for Your Highness." Liu Wenchao touched Li Chengyun with his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Your Highness has no objection!"

Li Chengyun put his arms around his shoulders: "Mr. has the final say."

Chen Jiaojiao turned her eyes away from their affection, she recounted the conversation between Ying Xin and Chen Xueliang that day.

After her father came back that day, she went to the study room. Ying Xin had already been waiting there, and Chen Jiaojiao was a little curious, so she quietly followed.

Chen Xueliang hurried to the study room before he changed into his court clothes. Seeing that Ying Xin was wearing a black gown and his hair was simply tied up, looking like a handsome young man, Ying Xin got up and saluted Chen Xueliang respectfully.

Chen Xueliang passed by him without giving him face: "Eunuch is not serving the emperor in the palace, what are you doing here?"

Ying Xin put down her saluting hand and said softly, "The emperor has passed away."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Chen Xueliang turned his back to Ying Xin, and when he heard this, he immediately turned around and scolded: "How many brains do you have to dare to say such things?"

Ying Xin smiled, took out the imperial decree from the bundle beside him and handed it to Chen Xueliang: "Master Chen, please have a look."

Chen Xueliang almost knelt down when he saw the imperial decree, but after thinking about it, no, if it was really the emperor's imperial decree, why did the housekeeper say that he was embarrassed when he came to the door, he took it dubiously.

After reading a few lines, he was shocked in place: "The emperor said that Li Chengyun will be abolished and Li Chen will be crown prince?"

"Exactly." Ying Xin replied calmly: "That day, the emperor summoned the chief assistant to discuss his private affairs with His Highness. At first there was nothing unusual, but when they talked about their children, they suddenly quarreled and the emperor committed suicide. Heart."

"The emperor has arranged Jinyiwei in the secret room of the bedroom in advance. If the chief assistant goes against the emperor, the emperor will kill him to avoid future worries. Li Chengyun's throne must not be threatened at all."

Chen Xueliang said: "Then how did the emperor die?"

Ying Xin sighed, and then said: "It's a pity, the first assistant seemed to have expected that the emperor would kill him, so he took out a dagger from his bosom and inserted it into the emperor's heart neatly. He stepped forward and wanted to take him down, but the hateful thing was that the traitor knew martial arts, Jin Yiwei couldn't take him down after three or two attempts, so he took advantage of the situation and knocked over the candle in the bedroom, and the fire burned up in one go, and you will also We all know, Li Chengyun brought people to save him."

Chen Xueliang stared at him, trying to see some signs of lying on Ying Zi's face, but unfortunately Ying Zi had already turned the disguised mask into a real skin, no matter how Chen Xueliang looked at him, he didn't see it from his face. Come up with something.

Ying Xin's triumphant smile flashed by, and then he said with a sullen face: "When I went to see the emperor, he was already dying. He took my hand and said, let me write a letter to abolish Li Chengyun and Li Li." Chen is the imperial decree of the crown prince, he also handed over the Jade Seal of Chuanguo to me, and asked me to escape through the secret passage of his bedroom to find you, Master Chen."

Chen Xueliang said: "Where is Yuxi?"

Ying Xin took out the jade seal from the bag beside her and handed it to him.

Chen Xueliang looked at the jade seal for a while, and found that it was the real Jade Seal of Chuanguo.

Chen Xueliang asked him: "What are you going to do?"

Ying Xin said: "Master Chen, please contact the former Ministry. When Li Chengyun is mourning the emperor..."

At this time, someone shouted outside the door: "Miss, what are you doing here?"

Chen Jiaojiao turned her face and found that it was the housekeeper. She suppressed the shock in her heart and pretended to say calmly, "I'm here to have lunch with my father."

At this time, the door of the study was opened, Chen Xueliang came out, Ying Xin followed behind and smiled faintly, this smile made Chen Jiaojiao's scalp tingle.

"How long have you been here?" Chen Xueliang asked.

"Just here," Chen Jiaojiao endured the discomfort in her heart: "Daddy, who is this?"

"Just call me Ying Zi," Ying Zi stepped forward and said.

Although Chen Jiaojiao is a woman, she has read a lot of poetry and books, and has her own views on the government. She doesn't think that the chief assistant who is praised by the people would do such a rebellious thing as assassinating the emperor.

Obviously, there is something else hidden, moreover, she also agrees with Li Chengyun to be the future emperor.

Among the princes who can succeed to the throne, Li Changshuo is incompetent, Li Chen eats, drinks and has fun, and has no interest in the throne. Only Li Chengyun is both civil and military. Everyone can see these, why my father doesn't understand.

She didn't intend to persuade her father to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and hand over the promise, all she had to do was to save his father's life.

That night.

Chen Jiaojiao specially dressed herself up. Ever since she met Li Chengyun at Li Changshuo's birthday party, she fell in love with him at first sight, but at that time he already had a marriage contract, and Chen Jiaojiao didn't want to be a side concubine, so she broke it off. Think about it.

Now that Li Chengyun has dissolved his marriage, it's not that she has never heard of his relationship with Liu Wenchao, but she thought to herself, Liu Wenchao is just a man, and there is absolutely no reason for a man to be a queen. Secondly, the two men can't have children, and Li Chengyun will eventually have Tired of playing that day.

Chen Jiaojiao was already 25, long past the marriageable age for women, she chose to go to Li Chengyun at this time of night, because she wanted to stay overnight in the palace, if Li Chengyun wanted to pamper her, then she could take this opportunity to request to be the crown princess.

However, Chen Jiaojiao was wrong.

Liu Wenchao could not only call Li Chengyun by name and surname, but also make decisions for Li Chengyun, and Li Chengyun would coax him. According to Li Chengyun's love for Liu Wenchao, Chen Jiaojiao had to reevaluate Liu Wenchao's position in Li Chengyun's heart.

When Li Chengyun entered the capital in Khatar, he heard that the leader of the Tatars, Awanlie, verbally insulted Liu Wenchao. Li Chengyun let him die in a cruel way. At first, Chen Jiaojiao didn't believe it. It turns out that she underestimated Li Seungyun's love for Liu Wenchao.

So she gave up the original idea of ​​wanting Li Chengyun to make herself the crown princess, and only asked for this news in exchange for her father's life.

Chen Jiaojiao said: "As for how they will use the jade seal and the false imperial decree, I only hear them talk about the funeral."

On the opposite side, Li Chengyun asked someone to bring Liu Wenchao a midnight snack. Liu Wenchao raised his eyes and looked at Chen Jiaojiao: "Miss Chen, would you like something to eat?"

Chen Jiaojiao shook her head, stood up and said, "I've finished my speech. As for my conditions, I hope Master Liu can speak out."

"Of course," Liu Wenchao said calmly, "However, my father and I have lived together for more than ten years, and I can't bear to see him die at this age."

Chen Jiaojiao secretly glanced at Li Chengyun again, Li Chengyun was stirring Liu Wenchao's supper, and did not look at her the whole time.

Chen Jiaojiao couldn't stay any longer, so she said goodbye and ran away in a hurry.

Before Chen Jiaojiao walked out of the study, Li Chengyun couldn't help it anymore, he squeezed Liu Wenchao's chin and kissed her deeply.

Liu Wenchao was pressed on the chair, raised his head to accept the wet kiss, and let Li Chengyun let him go after kissing enough.Liu Wenchao said in a muffled voice, "Youning, my back hurts."

Li Chengyun's expression changed, seeing his back clinging to the chair, he said distressedly: "Why didn't you tell me to stop just now, let me have a look."

Liu Wenchao refused to show it, saying that he was starving to death and wanted to eat supper, so he brought over the supper that had been stirred cold by Li Chengyun.

Li Chengyun leaned over and said, "Sir, can you not go back tonight?"

Liu Wenchao turned his head and saw a magnified handsome face, and said softly, "Okay."