my lord is sick

As expected, things were exactly as Xiao Chengzhou said, after the peace talks were over, the capital quickly sent a decree to ask Xiao Chengzhou to return to the court immediately.

It was a cold winter day, and there was snow at the border. Xiao Chengzhou and the others set off home with the wind and snow all over their bodies, and moved forward at a constant speed.

Even if the military merits of this army that accompanied Xiao Chengzhou were not enough to be promoted, financial rewards were indispensable, so the faces of the returning soldiers couldn't hide their joy.Xie Yan was also very happy, he was about to go home to see his family, but this joy was suddenly broken by a piece of news when he was approaching the capital—King Hui was forced into the palace!

"Sure enough, I can't help but jump over the wall in a hurry."

In the carriage, Li Wenhua said without any surprise, he slowly poured two cups of hot tea and pushed them to the two people opposite.

Xiao Chengzhou and Li Wenhua had already talked about King Hui's move, so he was not surprised.He first handed the hot tea to Xie Yan who opened the curtain to look outside, then picked up another cup, took a sip, and said, "Brother is not young, he can't wait."

Although Xiao Chengzhou is at the border, there are many eyeliners for him in Kyoto. Since Emperor Zhaoyuan was vomiting blood by the two kings three years ago, his body has deteriorated rapidly. Now that he is getting older, he insists on resisting the pressure of the courtiers and has not established a reserve. .Emperor Zhaoyuan was established as a prince at the age of 15, and succeeded as emperor when he was in his twenties.Changing to King Hui, he will be 30 years old in the coming year, but he is still trembling in front of his eldest prince and prince. His father's attitude is unclear, and the throne that seems to have been in his pocket for a long time is always coveted by his brothers. with.Year after year, if you don't have any concentration, you will be tortured and go crazy.

Xiao Chengzhou took back the three cities, captured the leader of the enemy army, let the enemy country bow its head, let the border war cease, and won peace and peace for the next ten years for Daqi. King Hui, who had a hard time ascending the throne, made things worse.King Hui simply did not do anything, and took advantage of Xiao Chengzhou's return to the capital to force the palace to rebel, threatening Emperor Zhao Yuan to pass on to him, even if Xiao Chengzhou came back by then, it would not help the matter.

All of this was expected, but it was actually in Xiao Chengzhou's layout.

Xiao Chengzhou turned his head to look at Xie Yan, and said softly: "Ayan, I need to take a step first. You are still on your way with the army. When you come back, everything will be fine."

Xie Yan only thought that Xiao Chengzhou was going back to rescue him, and asked, "Don't you need my help?"

"You don't need to go." Xiao Chengzhou held his hand, "I need you to help me cover up and act like I'm still in the team."

Xie Yan nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "My parents—"

"They won't be in danger." Xiao Chengzhou said, "Xie Hou has always been wise to protect himself, King Hui can't threaten them even if he forces the palace."

Xie Yan didn't know that Xiao Chengzhou had been in correspondence with his father for a long time.In fact, Xie Feng, who has been idle for many years, is a general.

Back then, Xie Yan's grandfather was a general who fought with the founding emperor, and he also made great military achievements.However, when Emperor Zhaoyuan succeeded to the throne, the power has come to a time of change from old to new.Those left behind by the former emperor were not reused by Emperor Zhaoyuan, and even feared.Xie Yan's grandfather left early, when Xie Feng was young, he led troops to pacify the Nanling tribal rebellion, and then made military exploits.

Xie Feng knows that if this continues, those who are waiting for the Xie family will perish.After returning from Nanling, he made a quick decision and used military merit as a bargaining chip to reject the emperor's marriage proposal and marry Wu Ling, who rescued him, who had no family background.After Xie Feng returned to the military power, the eldest princess went into the palace and cried to the emperor, saying that she had only such an only son, and hoped that her son would be with her and live in peace.So Xie Feng became an idle prince, a person who was not a threat in the eyes of the emperor.

Originally, because of Xie Feng's actions back then, the Xie family had always been wise and safe during the battle of several princes for the throne. Xie Feng had only guessed that Xiao Chengzhou had the intention to seize the throne, but he was still not sure, so this is why he let Xie Yan approach Xiao Chengzhou one reason.

Although Xie Feng is not in the army, he has not lost contact with some friends who are still in the army in private. Xiao Chengzhou expected that there will be changes at the border, and Xie Feng also learned the news from his friends.Later, Xiao Chengzhou gave Xie Yan a black fox cloak from the northern border, and Xie Feng was sure of what Xiao Chengzhou had in mind.

It's just that Xie Yan and Xiao Chengzhou's Gu and their subsequent relationship were really unexpected by Xie Feng.After Xie Yan left, Xie Feng understood feebly that the Xie family was finally dragged into the vortex.Going ashore again, my shoes and socks are already wet.

Indecisiveness leads to disaster.Xie Feng understands this truth, since the Xie family has been passively tied to Xiao Chengzhou's boat, they can't get away from it anyway, so it's better to follow the trend.As for the relationship between Xie Yan and Xiao Chengzhou, that can only be considered later.

So when Xie Yan didn't know, Xie Feng had been secretly communicating with Xiao Chengzhou for a long time.One of the news about Prince Hui forcing the palace was sent by Xie Feng. Xie Feng may be more aware of the situation than Xiao Chengzhou, and he has already prepared for it.

When Xie Yan heard this, he was not too worried.He looked at Xiao Chengzhou and said, "Then you pay attention to safety."

Li Wenhua couldn't help raising his eyebrows, even though Xiao Chengzhou was not trying to seize the throne, but was really going to save him, but Xie Yan's ordinary tone seemed to be that what Xiao Chengzhou was going to do next was not something that he might be imprisoned and beheaded if he failed, but just It's like going out and opening a door.

Xie Yan was indeed not too worried, he didn't trust blindly, because in his impression, whatever Xiao Chengzhou wanted to do, he never failed.

Later, when it was evening, Xiao Chengzhou left quietly, and the team also quietly lost some people. Because the base was not large, no one noticed.Xie Yan put out all his acting skills, conscientiously acting in the scene where Xiao Chengzhou was still chatting and laughing with him in the carriage. Fortunately, with the cooperation of Xiao Chengzhou's confidants, until the team arrived at the gate of the capital leisurely in the morning of the next day, there was still nothing to do. Dress up.

When Xie Yan arrived, several city gates of the capital city were closed tightly, and the movement of their army was so loud, but no one came to open the city gates.Except for Xie Yan and the others who knew the inside story, the other soldiers were at a loss.

When Xiao Chengzhou left, he said that when Xie Yan returned to the capital with the team, everything would be fine.He did it too, Xie Yan led the team and waited at the gate of the city for half an hour, then he heard a heavy cracking sound from the gate, and Xiao Chengzhou and Li Wenhua, who had changed into riding outfits, appeared in the center of the gate on horseback.

The bewildered soldiers were in an uproar, and they all wondered, didn't their general stay in the car all the time?Why did you suddenly run out the door!

Xiao Chengzhou drove the horse to Xie Yan's side, then turned the horse's head, and said in a low voice: "Ayan, the dust has settled, let's go."

The fact that Xiao Chengzhou could stand in front of him intact meant that he had successfully rescued him——Xie Yan understood it that way.He nodded happily, drove the horse and walked a little behind Xiao Chengzhou, asked his family and friends, and learned that they were all right, a stone fell from his heart, and he felt relieved.

Today is the day of their triumphant return. It is impossible for the people of Kyoto not to know that there are already countless people lining the road to cheer and welcome them, as well as the son and husband of the family who followed the military family who went to the expedition this time, weeping with joy on both sides, without knowing the thrills in the palace.

Xie Yan couldn't help but sigh with Li Wenhua, "Sometimes it's good to be an ordinary citizen."

Li Wenhua said: "How to say?"

"It's like they don't need to worry about King Hui forcing the palace." Xie Yan said casually, "It doesn't matter if you change the emperor after sleeping."

Li Wenhua glanced at Xie Yan with a half-smile, not because of Xie Yan's rebellious words, but because after last night, Da Qi was indeed going to change the emperor, but Xie Xiaoyan didn't know it yet, and really thought they were just going back Help.I don't know how shocked he will be when he hears the news later.

Thinking of this, Li Wenhua was a little melancholy, and also worried about Xie Yan.It was a long time after he met Xiao Chengzhou that he realized that the relationship between Xie Yan and Xiao Chengzhou was different.It was easy to say before, but in the near future, the status of these two people will completely become monarchs and ministers, and I don't know if they can still be the same as before.

At the end of the street, there was a group of ministers who came to welcome him. Xie Yan saw his father and elder brother inside, and immediately waved to them happily.

Xie Feng and Xie He were also relieved to see Xie Yan who was gradually getting rid of his immaturity, but seeing that he was like those soldiers who knew nothing, they looked at each other and sighed complicatedly—it seems It's still the same, only growing tall but not brains, smile, let's see if you can still laugh later!

Xie Yan followed the team to Beijing Zhong Daying to report, and then told Xiao Chengzhou that he couldn't wait to go back to Houfu.

Xiao Chengzhou held him back, "Tomorrow night, I will find someone to pick you up."

Xie Yan nodded and said yes, taking Xiao Chengzhou's reluctance to speak as reluctance, he looked at no one around, and with a face full of "I can't do anything with you", he grabbed the back of Xiao Chengzhou's neck and pressed it down, leaning closer to his lips. He kissed her, then ran and waved with a smile: "Okay, I'm leaving, see you tomorrow!"

Xiao Chengzhou watched Xie Yan slowly run away before turning around and leaving.

Xie's family had been waiting in the Hou Mansion, especially Wu Ling. When Xie Yan left home with a letter, Wu Ling was angry and sad, but as time passed, all these turned into longing for his youngest son.When Xie Yan hadn't come back, Wu Ling couldn't think about it. After Xie Yan stepped into the gate, Wu Ling held it again, with a stern expression on his face, and had to ask Xie Yan to coax him later.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xie Yan said "Mother" with a trembling sound, Wu Ling couldn't hold it back anymore, and her eyes turned red.

Xie Miao and Liu Man were sitting next to Wu Ling, weeping as they comforted Wu Ling, Xie Feng and Xie He had just entered the living room when they heard a whimper, their noses were sore while their heads were a little big.

Xie Yan has been away for three years. When he left, his first-born niece was still a wrinkled pink-skinned monkey. Now she is a plump little white dumpling, held in her arms by the nanny, looking at her curiously. Xie Yan.

Xie Yan contacted the eldest niece and went to see the eldest princess. After some excitement, his emotions gradually calmed down. Afterwards, Xie Feng took Xie He and Xie Yan to the study.

As soon as he entered, Xie Yan had the appearance of listening to the training honestly, and Xie Feng was furious when he saw it, "You returned triumphantly, according to King Hui's temperament, they have already come out to welcome people's hearts, but you just now See them in the line?"

Xie Yan raised his head: "Didn't King Hui be forced into the palace? Brother Zhou went back and rescued him successfully, King Hui must have been imprisoned. As for King Duan and King Yu..." Xie Yan was puzzled and couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to He looked at his father curiously.

Xie Feng sneered angrily, "He'er, tell him!"

Xie He glanced at Xie Yan, and slowly said: "King Hui forced the palace, King Duan had expected it, and in the chaos, he calculated that King Yu accidentally killed the first prince, but he was shot blind by King Yu who reacted an eye—”

"Dog bite dog?" Xie Yan commented.

Xie He rubbed his fingers, resisting the urge to beat his younger brother violently, "Prince Hui forced the palace, and the people around him hinted at it, and these people, in addition to the people of King Duan, also the people of King Cheng."

"King Yu will accidentally kill the eldest prince by mistake. It seems to be a plan by King Duan, and King Cheng's spoiler is also indispensable." Xie Feng added in the face of his son's gradually changing expression, "And King Duan lost one eye, even if the king is blind He is still alive, but his appearance is incomplete, and there is no possibility of succession in this life. Do you know who is the final beneficiary of this chaos?"

Xie He said: "King Cheng has already counted everyone in. Last night he brought troops to rescue him and disrupted the confrontation between the two kings. Both King Yu and King Duan were temporarily imprisoned. Then he entered the emperor's bedroom. I don't know what to say." What, the emperor quickly issued an imperial edict, canonizing him as the crown prince."

"Yan'er, the Brother Zhou you speak of will be the prince from now on. Soon, he will change his identity and become the new emperor, the new master of Daqi."

"Brother Zhou...do you want to be emperor?" Xie Yan's expression was vain, with a sense of unreality from the inside out, as if he was listening to someone else's story.

Xie Feng walked up to Xie Yan, stroking his head, "Yan'er, what are you going to do? King Cheng is about to become the emperor who has owned the Sangong and Six Courts since ancient times."

Xie Yan was at a loss for a while, then he said: "Father, I made an agreement with him long ago, if he marries a wife, I will separate from him."

Xie Feng shook his head, thinking that Xie Yan was fantasizing, but seeing his son lost his mind, he couldn't bear to let him see the reality clearly, forget it, it's a day to escape.If Xiao Chengzhou really wants to betray his faith and use the imperial power to overwhelm others, at worst, he will knock his son unconscious and take the whole family to hide in the deep mountains of Nanling. Anyway, with her wife, a Nanling girl, besides the hard life, he will not be able to live. go down.

It’s no wonder that Xie Feng treats the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but in fact, the emperors have always been virtuous. They need you when they fight for the country, and they can boast about you. They feel that you are troublesome and threatening. provocation to him.Not to mention the special relationship between his son and Xiao Chengzhou, he seemed to really like his son before, but it's hard to guarantee now, or even in the future.

Xie Yan returned to his yard in a daze. No wonder his mother said that Xiao Chengzhou had lofty aspirations before. He never understood it before, but now he understands what these four words mean.

But thinking about the temptation of imperial power, since Xiao Chengzhou has the means, it is not surprising that he has such thoughts.

Xiao Chengzhou was thrown to various dangerous places by Emperor Zhaoyuan when he was less than sixteen. Without a delicate heart, how could he survive the countless assassinations.Xiao Chengzhou's initial impression on Xie Yan was that he was a ruthless person, but his impression gradually changed in the follow-up contacts.Therefore, knowing that Xiao Chengzhou actually calculated the throne into his hands, Xie Yan's initial sense of unreality passed, and he felt that this result seemed quite natural.

As for competing with the eldest son for the seat, Xiao Chengzhou is against the rules in a righteous sense.But everyone has selfishness, put aside this point and change it to the individual, even if it is not for the monstrous rights, it is for the safety of one's own wealth, it is not a bad idea to give it a go.As for Xiao Chengzhou's calculation of the loss of his blood brother's life, Xie Yan felt that the Tian family actually had few true relatives. If he were in Xiao Chengzhou's position and experienced all kinds of neglect and suffering since he was a child, it would be difficult for him to guarantee that he would not choose to leave. Xiao Chengzhou this way.

Xie Yan thought slowly again from his own perspective, since the day he followed Xiao Chengzhou to the border, he and the entire Xie family have been labeled as King Cheng.If Xiao Chengzhou fails to seize the throne, he and the Xie family will not be able to retreat unscathed, at least they will be the first batch of liquidation by the new emperor.Now Xiao Chengzhou has succeeded, except for the relationship between the two of them, at least the lives of Xie's family have been saved.

Xie Yan spent an unreal night, got up in the morning to do boxing, and went to find Zheng Peng and the others after eating.

The three of them were still serving in the army. On the night that King Hui forced the palace, they couldn't even enter the palace gate when they received the news. After Xiao Chengzhou came back, they were able to go in together.The three of them were average in their skills, and they didn't dare to rush forward too hard. It was useless, but they were very satisfied.

The three of them had also matured a lot, but compared to Xie Yan's vague evil spirit, they were not enough.The former Xie Xiaoyan suddenly became a lot taller. This kind of tallness has various aspects, such as body shape, mind, experience and so on.

I haven't seen each other for three years, and the four of them are not unfamiliar with each other. They made a few jokes, as if they were in the past again.They also said that no one expected that Xie Yan would run to the border without saying a word, and start directly as a soldier. People like them can use their connections to start to a higher level.

Then when they talked about Song Yichun, Zheng Peng and the others were very embarrassed, "I didn't expect Song Yichun to follow King Yu all day long, and behind him was King Duan's man. We rushed in with King Cheng, and Song Yichun was holding a knife To stab King Yu, if King Cheng hadn't shot an arrow at him, King Yu would probably be gone."

"Song Yichun intended to take advantage of the chaos to kill King Yu. This crime has been settled, and the Song family is finished."

"King Yu is not much better. He accidentally killed King Hui. Even though King Hui forced the palace, how to execute him is the emperor's business."

"Didn't King Duan also go to save you?" Xie Yan said, it was only King Hui who forced the palace, no matter what King Duan and King Yu were secretly planning to do, they were calling for help.

"You don't know. After King Cheng controlled the situation, King Duan and King Yu knew that there was no possibility. Dog bit dog and bit out a lot of things from each other. When the emperor wakes up, it will be enough for them to drink a pot."

After many years of planning to determine the outcome overnight, this is the winner and loser.

These two days of martial law in the capital, even Zheng Peng and the others didn't dare to sneak out casually, so they could come out for a while.After chatting with Xie Yan, they expressed their envy, jealousy and hatred towards him, agreed to meet again later, and waved goodbye for a while.

Xie Yan started to have nothing to do. When he was an idle playboy before, he was interested in watching and playing, but now he has no interest in anything.Xie Yan simply went back to the Hou's Mansion. After dark, a carriage came outside the gate of the Hou's Mansion. It was Xiao Chengzhou who came to pick him up in person.

When Xie Yan got into the car, Xiao Chengzhou guessed that Xie's family should have told him everything, but seeing that Xie Yan looked normal, he was a little uncertain.

Xie Yan came up and joked, "What's the matter, Prince, you don't recognize me after only a day?"

Seeing that his reaction was better than he expected, Xiao Chengzhou smiled slightly and said, "You've learned to make fun of me."

It was cold, Xiao Chengzhou poured Xie Yan a cup of hot tea and handed it over.

Xie Yan took it, looked at him carefully, and said, "Why do you feel more nervous than me?"

Xiao Chengzhou said it seriously, "I'm afraid that you will abandon me because of the difference between the monarch and his ministers because I am the prince now and the emperor in the future."

"No." Xie Yan said, "Didn't we have an agreement?"

Xie Yan really thought about the agreement that as long as he didn't marry a wife, he would never be separated.

When Xie Yan said this, he was actually testing Xiao Chengzhou. At this moment, he also regarded Xiao Chengzhou as those kings whose hearts are unpredictable.Any agreement and trust are often untested under the huge power.

Xiao Chengzhou's performance surprised Xie Yan, he saw Xiao Chengzhou heaved a sigh of relief, this expression also appeared on Xiao Chengzhou's face on that river bank.Could it be that Xiao Chengzhou was more worried than him?

Then Xie Yan's empty hand was held by Xiao Chengzhou, and Xiao Chengzhou promised: "Ayan, I want to make you the male queen."

Xie Yan almost spit out a sip of tea, coughed a few times, and looked at Xiao Chengzhou with a face of "Are you sick?", "Why me?!"

"Male queen." Xiao Chengzhou said, he wiped the water stains on Xie Yan's chin with his hands, "From now on, you will treat the palace as your second home, go out to play every day or go to the military camp to lead soldiers, as long as you come back at night."

Leaving aside how absurd the male queen Xiao Chengzhou said was, it was unheard of, but Xie Yan felt that the two of them were completely opposite in Xiao Chengzhou's description, and it seemed that Xiao Chengzhou, the future emperor, was like those sad women in the deep palace, who were full of love every day. Looking forward to his return.

"Male empress? Does your father agree? Do the courtiers agree?" Xie Yan felt that it was more practical to think about this question. Xiao Chengzhou just threw this topic out. I don't know whether Emperor Zhao Yuan will be so angry that he vomits blood. Anyway, The courtiers who hit the pillar are likely to come in a line.

"I will take care of all these." Xiao Chengzhou said, "Ayan, in the days to come, as long as you are happy, I will be happy."

Xie Yan saw that he had the appearance of "I have everything to do with myself" again, and said in disbelief: "You don't have this idea long ago, do you?"

Xiao Chengzhou smiled faintly, "Well, the moment I fell in love with you, this thought existed."

"This, it won't work." Xie Yan suddenly didn't know what to say. He was worried that Xiao Chengzhou would disappoint his feelings before, but now should he worry that he will be drowned by the spittle of the ministers in the future? He is doing harm to the country and the demon queen...

Seeing that Xie Yan seemed to be frightened, Xiao Chengzhou couldn't help but back off, "Then what do you do? Don't want me, just give up?" He touched Xie Yan's stomach, "We have been together for three years, if you change Without gender, our children should have given birth to two."

Speaking of children, Xie Yan asked: "That's right, you are the future emperor, after you are with me, you will have no heirs."

Xiao Chengzhou didn't care and said: "Who knows what will happen afterward? I'll just take care of you and me in this life. As for the heirs, there are so many cubs in the royal family, just take one back and raise them, and pass the throne to him in the future."

He spoke so openly, Xie Yan didn't know what to say, so he could only say: "Then, as, as you..."

Xiao Chengzhou touched his face, "Well, you just wait to be the male queen."

"Oh..." Xie Yan responded untruthfully.

Until not long after, Xie Yan was wearing a canonized auspicious suit made according to the emperor's specifications, surrounded by the eunuchs in a trance, and walked towards Xiao Chengzhou on the high platform, looking at the courtiers who looked excited or gratified, indifferent or distorted We finally have a real feeling——

He, Xie Yan, was actually canonized as the male empress of the Great Qi in an unprecedented way.

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