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In the middle of the night, the imperial palace was as silent as a huge lonely tomb, even with the night lights of the imperial guards patrolling the night.

In this solitary tomb, countless people's desire for power, blood and tears are buried, as well as countless people's wronged souls.

Rather than saying that the imperial palace is a symbol of the emperor's imperial power, it is better to say that the imperial palace is a symbol of bloody power and even death.

Chu Yuelei was sitting on the dragon couch in the warm pavilion of the dormitory. In just a few months, he looked haggard as if he had aged in his 20s. like deep wrinkles.

Only two candles were lit in the Nuan Pavilion, and Si Yuanting was standing by the door. He was called into the palace an hour ago, and before that, he received a secret order to remove all the guards from Prince An's residence.

Because of Chu Yuelei's sudden old age, he looked more sinister than before, with a cold and stern look in his eyes, he looked at Si Yuanting fixedly, and said: "Si Zhuxi is the only one by your side. If you have a relative, are you really willing to let me kill her?"

Si Yuanting had no expression on his face, even those dark eyes couldn't see any emotion, and he replied in a flat voice: "I think that sometimes it is far more dignified for each to settle down to his own destiny than meaningless struggle to the death."

Chu Yuelei let out a sneer of unknown meaning, and said, "I will never allow Seventh Brother to leave a son and a half in this world."

He is not childless, but none of his two princes and one princess can stand on the stage. They are all mediocre people. After thinking about it for a long time, he still can't figure it out. , but they are all ladies from famous families, why did none of his emperor's sons inherit his intelligence, and even his appearance is mediocre.

Na Si Zhuxi was born in the Jiaofang Division, and the Jiaofang Division has regulations that geishas must drink Bizi soup after going to bed, so it is absolutely impossible for Si Zhuxi to conceive his child.Chu Yuezhi should have been ridiculed by people all over the world for marrying a remnant flower and a willow that he had played through a long time ago, but this Chu Yuezhi not only did not get married as low-key as he thought, but also held the wedding reception and wedding ceremony extremely Shanda, in the next few months, often traveled with Nasi Zhuxi, and the love between the couple was even passed down as a good story.He was already very angry because of this, but now Si Zhuxi is pregnant with Chu Yuezhi's heir, how can he bear it?It is no longer possible for him to have a child of his own, so how can he allow Chu Yuezhi to have a child?

Even if he died, he would not let the throne fall into the hands of Chu Yuezhi or Chu Yuezhi's heirs.

"Your Majesty, if you no longer believe in your ministers, you can take back Dongchang and appoint another admiral for Dongchang." Si Yuanting said, the person who went to Prince An's mansion to assassinate this time was Jin Yiwei, who was weak before. Started to reuse Jin Yiwei again, and had already skipped him several times to give Jin Yiwei tasks.

"Why don't I believe in Aiqing?" Chu Yuelei smiled sinisterly, his eyes stretched out towards Si Yuanting in the air like some kind of tangible tentacles, trying his best to crush the person trampled under his feet again Imprisoned in purgatory again, "Aiqing was single-handedly picked up by me. Over the years, Aiqing has assisted me. The only person I trust in this court is Aiqing. Recently, I just watched Aiqing's two major cases in succession. He was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, and even lost a lot of weight, he was afraid that Aiqing would burn out, so he asked Jin Yiwei to share some of the burden for Aiqing."

Si Yuanting took two steps forward and knelt down to Chu Yuelei, saying: "Everything I do is for the Daheng Kingdom, for the people and the Daheng Kingdom, I should bow down and die."

"Really?" Chu Yuelei hunched his back and his neck leaned forward slightly. He narrowed his eyes and said, "If I say that the seventh brother intends to rebel and order you to kill the seventh brother, you will also do it for the Daheng Kingdom." , have you received the imperial decree?"

Raising his head, Si Yuanting's eyes were as sharp as a sharp edge, and facing Chu Yuelei's withered face, which was almost invisible, he said: "As long as it is for the Daheng Kingdom, I will kill anyone."

Chu Yuelei got up slowly, and walked towards Si Yuanting with weird steps in the dim candlelight. His physical condition these days can almost be said to be getting worse day by day. Following the words of Imperial Physician Lu, and that Imperial Physician Lu was brought up by Si Yuanting, how could he trust Si Yuanting as much as before?

"Si Aiqing, you are my servant. If I really die, do you think I will let you live? You have to think about who you should be loyal to." Chu Yuelei no longer had the extra strength to beat and scold Si Yuanting like in the past, even if he walked up to Si Yuanting to speak at this moment, he was already exhausted.

Hearing Chu Yuelei's threat, Si Yuanting's face remained calm: "The object of my allegiance has remained unchanged from the past to the present, and will not change in the future."

Inside Prince An's Mansion.

Chu Yuezhi pulled the sword out of the mouth of the last assassin, while the other dozens of black-clothed assassins lay in disorder in the courtyard, all dead.

Zhou Ji and Wei Yunxiao went to different places to summon the old ministries. The army soldiers guarding the frontier cannot move, but that doesn't mean the troops guarding various places can't either; and now the three most in need of cleaning out of the six ministries have already eradicated corruption. , although it is impossible to eradicate all corruption, at least in the short term, those in the court who are openly fighting against the law will restrain themselves.

Chu Yuelei sent an assassin tonight to target Si Zhuxi. He would never have thought that the fetus in Si Zhuxi's womb was actually his own flesh and blood. He only thought that it was really his and Si Zhuxi's child, and he would definitely kill him.These people who came here were all masters of Jinyiwei. Presumably Chu Yuelei also knew that even if all the guards in Prince An's residence were removed, he would still be there.It's just that Chu Yuelei probably didn't expect that Jin Yiwei has long been worse than before. This is the result of Si Yuanting's deliberate suppression over the years.

Power can corrupt most people, and Jin Yiwei is no exception.During the reign of the first emperor, Jin Yiwei was once powerful and domineering. Although it was not to the point where even the ministers dared to kill them, there were endless incidents of helping the emperor to abuse the people.It is also because of this that after Si Yuanting took charge of the East Factory, he vigorously suppressed the Jinyiwei, and after he handed over his military power, he suggested to Chu Yuelei that some Jinyiwei should be sent to the frontier, even though Si Yuanting's reason was that he could Let Jin Yiwei perform tasks such as collecting military information and instigating rebellion in the frontier. At the same time, he can slowly infiltrate the army, monitor the soldiers he brought out, and slowly separate the soldiers who were loyal to him. The Jinyiwei in the frontier was replaced by the Dongchang guards sent by Si Yuanting at the same time as early as halfway, and the Jinyiwei sent out were all first-class elites. He managed to control Jin Yiwei.

Although the Jin Yiwei who remained in the capital were not useless soldiers and crab generals, it would be too naive if they wanted to use them to restrain Chu Yuezhi.

Killing these people, Chu Yuezhi didn't even get much blood on his body. This is different from the hunters he used to hunt in the forest. Those eunuchs who he regarded as prey were all tortured by him before they died. That's why there was such a strong smell of blood left on his body at that time.But these Jin Yiwei were different, he didn't want to waste too much time, so most of them were killed by sealing their throats with a sword.Just now when these Jin Yiwei attacked him in groups, they probably forgot that he is a prince trained on the battlefield, even a siege would not be more terrifying to him than the swords and arrows coming from all directions on the battlefield, not to mention these People obviously fight alone more often, and the coordination is full of loopholes. It doesn't take him too much effort to finish them off.

Wipe off the blood on the long sword with his sleeve, Chu Yuezhi turned around and saw Si Zhuxi coming out of the room holding his stomach, and hurriedly put away the long sword and went forward to help him, saying: "What are you doing here? There are corpses everywhere, and you are not afraid of moving your fetus."

Si Zhuxi glanced at the corpses in the yard without changing his expression, then saw Chu Yuezhi's concerned face, couldn't help laughing and said: "Look at Cousin Chu's nervous appearance, in the eyes of unsuspecting people, I'm afraid You really want to think that Shixi and Cousin Chu are a loving couple, and Shixi's flesh and blood is really Cousin Chu's child."

"It was originally my child. As I said, after the child is born, I will treat it as my own." After Chu Yuezhi finished speaking, he didn't want Si Zhuxi to see the scene in the courtyard anymore, and supported Si Zhuxi to go back In the room, he said: "Go in, it's so late, you shouldn't have gotten up."

"If Cousin Chu can have a child of his own, I'm afraid he will become a loving father who spoils his children too much." Si Zhuxi also came out of the house when she heard that the movement outside the house had calmed down. She insisted on Chu Yue I don't know much about Chu Yuezhi's martial arts. Although I know that he has been on the battlefield for a long time, I am still a little bit afraid that Chu Yuezhi will be injured if he is besieged. Obediently let Chu Yuezhi help her back to the room.

"Even if I dote on my children too much and don't mind teaching and punishing them, there is still Si Jiu, and Si Jiu will definitely not let me teach my children to be arrogant and reckless." Chu Yuezhi said, he would not have children with others, no matter who Whether he can have offspring, the other father of his child will only be Si Yuanting.

Helping Si Zhuxi back to the bed and sitting down, Chu Yuezhi knelt down and took off her shoes. Si Zhuxi's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and it was inconvenient to bend over, so when he was around, He would help Si Zhuxi, and because of this, he found that Si Zhuxi's feet were swollen due to edema, and his previous shoes became cramped, so he quickly ordered his servants to replace Si Zhuxi with new shoes.

"It's also a pity. If Cousin and Cousin Chu can have their own children, they will surely be the rare ones in the world." After Si Zhuxi sighed, she asked Chu Yuezhi to lie down on his back. Rubbing his sore lower back, he said: "I only hope that after the fetus in my womb is born, under your upbringing, it can be as bright and upright as the two of you, and a good-looking talent."

"This is ridiculous. I am the one who wants to usurp the throne. No matter what, I can't be regarded as an upright person." Covering Si Zhuxi with a quilt, Chu Yue insisted, "Rest in peace, Cousin Chu will not Let anyone hurt Shixi and the flesh and blood in his belly."

Si Zhuxi looked at Chu Yuezhi with deep eyes, and said, "Fairness makes people feel at ease."

Everyone has their own ruler in their hearts, and whether they are upright or not is never their own decision.

Chu Yue insisted on not answering, and only got up and left the room after Si Zhuxi fell asleep again. After closing the door, he summoned a few servants who had been serving in the mansion, and ordered them to clean up all the corpses in the courtyard, and then went to Shower and change clothes in the bathroom.

Even though tonight is over, it doesn't mean it's over. As soon as Yinshi arrives, he will enter the palace to have an audience.Chu Yuelei would know that the assassination failed if he didn't wait for Jin Yiwei's return, and his reaction during the meeting was crucial, and how he should proceed next would all depend on the confrontation between him and Chu Yuelei a few hours later.