Death Princess

During her drowsiness, Chaolu had many, many dreams and heard many, many voices.She seems to have seen the confrontation between father and mother and Leng Tong, and she seems to have gone to the grave of her own parents.In the end, all the scenes stopped in a hut. I was lying on the couch, and beside the couch, my father and my mother were full of anxiety.

Father and mother, your daughter is unfilial, and you are worried again.

After that, consciousness fell into chaos again.

When I woke up again, I didn't know how much time had passed.Her mouth was very dry and her body was weak. Zhao Lu saw the steaming teacup on the desk, and she could touch it with her hand, but she didn't have the strength to reach out.She struggled, and there was an unwilling grunt in her throat. She tried her best to reach the rim of the cup, but the trembling of her fingertips and the bursts of darkness in front of her eyes made her grab it empty.When her finger finally touched the real object, Zhao Lu found that what she touched was another person's hand.

"Are you awake?" It was Father Chaoqing.

Chaoqing held up the teacup and placed it in front of Chaolu, "After the seal, you fell asleep for three days and three nights, and your mother was taking care of her all the time without closing her eyes. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I sent her back to the room in a daze."

"..." When A-Niang wakes up, you will feel good about having Dad.She thought so in her heart, but when Zhao Lu saw the tiredness that couldn't be concealed in Chao Qing's eyes, guilt overwhelmed all other thoughts.

"Do you feel better?" Chaoqing supported Chaolu's back, helped her sit up slowly and leaned against the head of the bed, "For a while, I must feel that my whole body has been emptied, after all, all the internal energy has been sealed, besides, you The original injury was not considered light." He patted the medicine box next to him, "Changing the medicine while you are awake."

Zhao Lu pursed her lips and nodded, and Zhao Qing raised her hand to remove the gauze on Zhao Lu's body.Although the wound had more or less scabbed over, when the gauze was taken off along with part of the scab, Zhao Lu couldn't help moaning in pain from her throat.Chao Qing squeezed the gauze hand and shook it.

Taking a deep breath, Chaoqing slowly approached the wound that ran through the front and back of the left shoulder with the cotton ball stained with medicine. The wound had been sutured with thin black thread, but the scariness of the wound did not diminish at all. Seeing her daughter shrunk involuntarily, Zhao Qing couldn't help but stop her hands: "If I had known this, I should have waited for your mother to change the medicine for you before knocking her out. I really can't stand your crying and howling when changing the medicine. Only your mother can cure it."

"..." Isn't it just a soft snort?Where are the ghosts crying and howling wolves.

"Hey." After hesitating for a long time, Chaoqing still made a move.

"Ow." As soon as the cotton ball touched the wound, there was a scream.

On purpose?

The corners of Chaoqing's mouth twitched, and he gritted his teeth. Under the pitiful expression of his daughter, he quickly completed the action of applying the medicine.

After completing a great job, Chaoqing breathed a sigh of relief, "I don't know how your mother is sewing on human flesh without panting and trembling." While wiping the sweat from his forehead, he stared at the clean gauze in distress, "How about I wake up Yan'er to help you bandage?" He asked tentatively.

"No, no, no," Zhao Lu shook her head like a rattle as if she had heard some terrible news, "Aunt, that's not a bandage, that's a butcher! After applying the medicine, you still press it to see if it's uneven, and after wrapping it, you still tear it Let's see if it's tight." The fear of being dominated by A Niang's healing made Chao Lu shiver.

"Hmm..." Chaoqing, who has always tolerated no one, including Zhaolu Zhaohui, speaking ill of his wife, touched his chin uncharacteristically this time and nodded seriously, "It's true when you say that."

"Ah," Zhao Lu understood, "Have you been tortured before?"

"It's more than tossing." She shrugged meaningfully.

"Smack smack."

"I think back then..."

"Yes, yes, that's how it is, A Niang..."

……

The two of them said this and that, complaining behind Liu Yanxue's back about her butcher behavior.

After a cup of tea, Chaoqing who had just put away the gauze, for some reason, was attracted by another symmetrical scar on the lower right side of Chaolu's left shoulder, "Look at your face, this scar should have been on your shoulder before, right?" ?”

Eyelids twitched, "Hmm." Zhao Lu replied.

"After eight years, it's still the same left shoulder. Why didn't Leng Tong just poke it somewhere? It can save you a lot of attention to the scar." Chao Qing said seriously.

"..." Dad, I can't answer your question.

"Did you come up with a reason for this incident?" Unexpectedly, Chao Qing suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Although it was your out-of-control spiritual power that caused Leng Tong's accidental injury, you have to realize It is true that she was ordered to kill you for the second time."

"..." Lowering her gaze, Zhao Lu didn't answer.

"Judging from the Ziling I found and the poisoned ice crystal your mother found on her, the person who ordered it should be Shadow Gate, who also used the lives of the Oushi siblings to force her to do it. The Oushi siblings, "Chaoqing didn't let this topic go because of her daughter's avoidance, "I heard from Shuangxue and Bofan that you met in the village? Was it really just a coincidence? And why did Yingmen send Lengtong to kill you?" Is it because of Shadow Gate’s own interests? A new deal? Or something else?”

"...I don't know." Unable to resist Chao Qing's pressing question, Chao Lu sighed, "The prince's hiring of Yingmen was facilitated by me and Ahui, but he has no reason to buy the murderer again. If you say that the person who buys the murderer It’s King Ping who will attack me sooner or later, but everything doesn’t make sense. King Ping has Yijiao in his hands, how could he choose such a method that would leave more grounds? Although it is more or less a grievance with Shadow Gate, it is not enough to make them kill people."

"Oh? Then what do you plan to do next?" Chao Qing asked.

"King Chachaping, the background behind him may be much more complicated than we imagined."

Chao Qing didn't comment, but stared into Chao Lu's eyes for a long time, until Chao Lu was completely stared at, and then said: "It's good for you to be clear, and it's better to be cautious. But," stood up, "Lu Er Do you think that in this country, the only people with high positions and powers are the crown prince and King Ping?"

"This..." Hearing this, a string in Zhao Lu's heart tensed instantly.

Dad refers to... Your Majesty?

"20 years ago, when the late emperor was still alive, the three kings seized the throne." A strange emotion flashed in Zhao Qing's eyes, "How much do you know, Luer?"

"Prince Sui colluded with the Yi sect, and took advantage of the late emperor's southern tour, and broke into the palace. Concubine Qin... Grandmother was at that time..." Peeping at Chaoqing's expression, "At that time, she was Princess Lianhua's aunt and the late emperor. I almost lost my life, thanks to Dad, you arrived in time and used illusion..."

"No, the late emperor didn't know who was rescued long before I arrived. I just took advantage of it. And I was able to take advantage of this advantage and rescue your aunt because..." A trace of guilt flashed in my eyes, "You My biological mother died in childbirth, but your father died to save me."

Zhao Lu cast her eyes away, but did not answer.She knew that the death of her biological father had always been a hurdle in her father's heart, but from her own point of view, selfishly speaking, she didn't want to care about what happened 20 years ago, because in her heart , Chaoqing is her biological father, and Liu Yanxue is her biological mother, not the one who has never met...

"As for the person who really rescued the late emperor," Chao Qing stopped mentioning that topic, but continued, "it is the hidden stake that His Majesty placed beside King Sui today. He knew that King Sui was plotting rebellion, but he stood still until At the critical moment of life and death, the first emperor was rescued, but he did not take credit for the rescue. Instead, taking advantage of the chaos in the capital, he directed and acted the scene where the king assassinated the prince of Jianguo, so that the already angry emperor returned to the palace. Afterwards, Cha didn’t even bother to investigate, so he directly abolished King Jing.”

"Your Majesty's removal of Uncle Palm was so smooth, not because Uncle Palm was already disheartened and had no intention of taking the throne because of the death of his mother and concubine, and you..."

"I got in the way again, following the wishes of my father and the prince's second brother, I took my elder brother's family to flee the rivers and lakes, and withdrew from the imperial power struggle?" Chao Qing raised his eyebrows, "Luer, don't you want to say that if I didn't withdraw , will it be me who is sitting on the dragon chair now?"

"..." Dad, you have said it so yourself, how do you want me to answer it.

"If you think so, then you don't understand my second brother's ability at all." Chao Qing put his hands behind his back, "Three kings seized the throne, and King Sui is the elder brother of the first emperor, and he still holds a sword in his hand that can overturn half of the world. The Yi religion of the dynasty; King Jing’s elder brother is much older than the second elder brother, and he has been with the late emperor since he was a child to take care of big and small affairs, and the internal and external forces are even more complicated. Then why, he will be the one who wins in the end, He Kunju?”

"Ning Yuan's true identity is King Qi's younger sister. You know that I have lived and died together with Ning Yuan, and I have the name of master and apprentice. In the end, I can only be a proton in Qi Baibai for eight years. At most, I was assisted by the late emperor. Then there was a civil strife." Chao Qing said again, "And he, He Kunzhe, and Ning Yuan only have the name of a monarch and a minister, but in just a few years, with the help of Ning Yuan, the entire Qi The country bows its head and bows its head."

"Of course, the right time, place and people can't be ruled out, but such an emperor who won the throne and expanded his territory is really as you and Huier imagined. He doesn't know the prince, King Ping and Yi'er in private. Those little tricks you did?"

"Father means that this time..."

"I didn't refer to this incident, but to everything, including the identity of Princess Liuzhi, the battle between the crown prince and King Ping, and even Yi'er's little thoughts." Chao Qing sat back on the couch, "It's the first time he's 12 In [-], I re-appointed my eldest brother who was demoted to a commoner by the first emperor as king, and made Yier, the eldest brother's only daughter, a princess, and even allowed her to read the memorial. What is the intention of the Prince and King Ping mixing up? He slaughtered the spirit clan and controlled the Jianghu, what purpose did we have never thought of? He was sick in bed and died soon, but is it true?"

"What's true, what's fake, what's a show, what's a cover. Lu'er, since you and Hui'er have made up your mind to step into this vortex of imperial power, you have to look carefully at all of this. Don’t miss any one, especially my second brother who always likes to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger. To see through all this, you must first learn to find the most essential starting point. Your Majesty, Prince, and King Ping, each of them is the most essential , what do you want? Besides the three of them, what other hidden forces might be involved?"

"Lu'er, you are a phantom spirit clan. Although you have prophetic dreams, you must not limit your eyes to the misty future and forget to look back." clear?"

"……Um."

Your majesty who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, a force hidden in the dark.

Before she knew it, Zhao Lu was covered in cold sweat.

It is also at this moment today that I and my father have made clear their minds, and my father accepted my decision. When I started to raise some points, Zhao Lu really realized that my father is not just the suzerain of a small Jianghu sect. The patriarch of the Little Spirit Clan——Chaoqing; it is the king of Ji who has seen all kinds of human situations and suffered all kinds of sufferings in the world, who once held the power of killing tens of millions of people, and overthrew the regime of neighboring countries in one fell swoop—— He Kunjin.

Zhao Lu suddenly discovered that compared with her father and those in the capital, she was still naive and young, and she was not as strategic as she imagined, and she had missed a lot, and these omissions may bring about fatal disasters.

Maybe it's time to stop and look back.

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ah, a little late