Iron Armored Emperor

The news came from the spies of Northern Yandu City.

One is that Yang Ping is getting thinner and his complexion is different, which seems to be a symptom of taking poppy for a long time.

The second is that veteran Xuanming was left in Beiyan to guard the capital by Yang Ping, who was afraid of death. Xuanming wrote many times to go back to help the Yongzhou battlefield, but Yang Ping firmly refused.

The third is the complaints from the Yan family and the Xie family. The Yan family felt that the Chu army had leaked the news of the cooperation, which almost exposed them to Yang Ping;

For the last two news, Gu Lie had predicted it a long time ago, so he was not surprised.

So Gu Lie quickly approved these two items.

The second point, Yang Ping's loosening is nothing more than seeing the rapid fall of Yizhou and Yongzhou. He wants to escape from Beiyan and seek refuge with the Yier tribe. pay off.

Gu Lie strictly ordered the spies to guard the Beiyan Palace day and night, and if Yang Ping escaped, he would immediately spread the news throughout Leizhou.

As for the third point, Gu Lie is very aware of the Yan family's incompetence and the Xie family's arrogance, and does not intend to continue to tolerate their hesitation and stupidity.

Among the Yan and Xie families, Gu Lie originally preferred to keep the Xie family, but Gu Lie recently remembered how the officials and literati instructed by the Xie family in his previous life slandered Di Qiye...

Gu Lie decided to let them make their own choice, whether to put all their eggs in one basket or to die with Bei Yan while hesitating.

He asked the spies to tell the two families: I, Da Chu, do not accept weak and incompetent people.

In addition, Gu Lie asked the spies to inform the Xie family of Xie Fuchen's news, so as to unravel their doubts about Lu Yi's massacre of the city, which is considered as the utmost benevolence.

Finally, Gu Lie's line of sight fell back to the first one.

Poppy poison.

Gu Lie found it extremely ridiculous.

In her previous life, Liu Mei, that crazy woman, managed to plot against Gu Lie for the sake of Yang Ping, a literati emperor who she imagined was underappreciated and guarded the country.

Unexpectedly, in this life, Liu Mei got her wish and entered Yang Ping's harem, but she still took the wrong path of poisoning her husband.

Gu Lie was never willing to do anything to women and children, but in his previous life he had lost too much because of Liu Mei, so he had to avenge it.

He won't do it himself.

The queen has probed long enough.

Gu Lie finally replied: Tell the queen, whether her plan succeeds or not, the king will definitely save her and Wei's lives.

"what happened to you?"

Di Qiye was holding a bowl, and as soon as he entered the tent, he felt that Gu Lie's expression was different.

As if angry.

Di Qiye put the bowl to the side of the case, and looked down at the secret letter in front of Gu Lie. It seemed that it was good news for Da Chu, and he couldn't find anything to be angry about.

Especially the one that Gu Lie had just approved and the ink hadn't dried yet: "Yang Ping eats poppies? Isn't that a funny thing? Why are you angry?"

"I'm not angry," Gu Lie couldn't say anything about the past life, and changed the subject half-truth, "I was just thinking, what should I do if I get infected with poppy poison."

Di Qiye said decisively, "I'll tie you up and quit you."

In the previous life, Gu Lie used acupuncture and medicinal baths to get rid of the influence of poppies. Hearing what Di Qiye said, he asked with a smile, "How do you quit when you are tied up?"

"It's very simple," Di Qiye said simply and rudely, "Shut up in a small dark room, and the addicts will be tied up, and locked up for as long as it takes to quit."

Gu Lie worried: "Who poisoned you?"

"Do you care about me?" Di Qiye stood by the case and blinked at Gu Lie, "I don't need those spiritual placebos. But in the military academy, you must pass the resistance test before graduation and be injected with torture drugs. But of course I made it through.”

Di Qiye also acted obediently: "So, even if I am defeated and captured, I will not reveal the secrets of Chu."

"Nonsense," Gu Lie said with distress, and lectured him half-seriously, "Talking nonsense."

Di Qiye smiled smugly, and only then remembered the gift he had forgotten, which was an important prop.

"what is that?"

Seeing that Di Qiye took the bowl again, Gu Lie asked curiously.

"Can't you smell it? It's all sesame." Di Qiye held the bowl under Gu Lie's eyes. Fresh rice cakes hammered repeatedly, wrapped in freshly fried white sesame seeds and fine white sugar."

Di Qiye squeezed a fragrant and glutinous ball with his hands: "I asked them to cut into small pieces, you can try it."

"I've washed my hands," Di Qiye deliberately emphasized, as if not having chopsticks is not the problem, but washing hands is the only problem.

Di Qiye's clean, white hands held a ball of glutinous rice cake wrapped in white sesame seeds and sugar, right in front of his mouth.

It seemed that Gu Lie suddenly and truly smelled the aroma of sesame seeds and warm glutinous rice, or maybe he smelled the scent of nightshade that calms the mind.

He couldn't tell.

Half of his mind is warning him that if this continues, if he finally decides to let go, it will make Di Qiye sad.

And the other half of his mind seemed to have the desire to taste something for the first time since he was eight years old. He wanted to know the taste of the ball of glutinous rice cake in Di Qiye's hand.

Gu Lie grabbed Di Qiye's wrist and bit off the food in his hand.

Although it was Di Qiye who provoked it, Di Qiye's ears were red too.After all, he was inexperienced, and he didn't even realize that his earlobes were quickly stained with rouge-like red. He pretended that his heartbeat wasn't out of control, and asked Gu Lie with a chic raised eyebrow: "Is it delicious?"

Gu Lie admired Di Qiye, slowly chewed and swallowed the sweet and glutinous sugar rice cake, took a sip of tea, and then replied very seriously to Di Qiye: "It's delicious."

this man.

Di Qiye had to dodge his gaze for a moment, feeling a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't know what the reason for this dissatisfaction was.

"Then you continue to eat."

Di Qiye ran away unwillingly.

Gu Lie kept looking at his back, and realized that he was already dead, so he couldn't bear to let go.

After receiving the news from the spies, the Xie family held their own and handed over their soldiers. Naturally, Gu Lie was so angry that he yelled at him, but the problem was still not resolved after the scolding. Should he vote for Chu or stay for fame?

Also, how will Xie Lian avenge that beast?

The Patriarch of the Xie family closed his eyes and sighed, the family was gloomy.

Since the old man of the Yan family left, the Yan family has been in a state of no one in charge, and no one is convinced. Now the king of Chu is forcing them to make a choice, and they are even more noisy.

"madness."

Suddenly being scolded, everyone looked angrily, but they all lowered their heads and respectfully called "layman".

Standing up, this is Yan Liuying, the prostitute's daughter of the old man of the Yan family.

She is not yet forty, and she is dressed in a blue-gray dress. The more plain she is, the more her facial features are more gorgeous. She was an unattractive beauty when she was young, and she still has her charm now.

Back then, the late emperor wanted to point Yan Liuying to Yang Ping and let Yan Liuying, who was a few years older, take care of Yang Ping. The old man of the Yan family was not happy, and Yan Liuying was even more unhappy. Hastily betrothed to her daughter.

As a result, before Yan Liuying got married, the son died of a serious illness. The old man of the Yan family was very distressed, so he was not willing to let her go to other people's widowhood to be angry.

The late emperor was dissatisfied with the Yan family's avoidance of giving marriages. At this time, he gloated at other people's misfortunes, and deliberately bestowed on Yan Liuying the title of "Liuying Layman", cutting off her chance to return to vulgarity.

That's why everyone in the Yan family called her a "layman", regardless of family connections.

If it wasn't for being respectfully invited to come here, Yan Liuying wouldn't even want to come and listen to fools arguing.

"The sky is about to fall, Chu Gu is willing to take you, don't look for a chance to run away, and keep it for that bastard Yang Ping to be buried with?"

After saying this sentence, Yan Liuying recited the Buddha's name involuntarily, then turned and left.

Everyone in the Yan family looked at each other, still unable to make up their minds.

Who would have thought that Yang Ping would personally throw a bomb for them when they went to court the next day.

As soon as the four famous lords and the officials entered the hall, they saw Yang Ping sitting on the dragon seat. Usually, Yang Ping would have to wait for a long time for the officials to arrive.

This is already unusual enough, what is even more unusual is that both the queen and concubine Liu were given positions by Yang Ping, one on the left and one on the right under the dragon seat.

Unlike the queen's calm face, Liu Pin didn't seem to know why Yang Ping brought her to the court together, showing anxiety.

So all the ministers were full of doubts, and went through the ceremony step by step, waiting with their ears up to hear what Yang Ping had to do.

Yang Ping ordered the courtiers other than the four famous lords to withdraw from the palace and let them return to the mansion by themselves.

The courtiers of the four famous lords felt even more uneasy.

After all the minor officials left, Yang Ping asked the servant to pass on the three letters that had been copied in multiple copies.

One is a reply letter from the Assassins to Wei Bichen, one is a letter from the Assassins urging them to reply, and the other is a reply letter prepared by Yang Ping himself.

"Masters' family," Yang Ping cried, "this is the end of the world, and it's time to do it for Bei Yan's survival!"

Anyone who still has a bit of blood in the bottom is furious, wishing to rush up and scold this incompetent, irritable and random emperor.

However, after all, there is only one point of blood at most, so there is silence in the court.

Only one person stood up.

Concubine Liu hugged her stomach, scattered the letter paper in her hand, and looked at Yang Ping in disbelief: "Your Majesty! This is a traitor!"

She never imagined that Yang Ping couldn't even hold on to the last bit of integrity.

When she was a young girl, she dreamed about Yang Ping's good qualities, and there was not much left. She never expected that Yang Ping would kill her last breath today, leaving no bones left.

She walked up to Yang Ping in a daze, but her eyes were blurred, and she couldn't see his appearance clearly.

Perhaps she ate too much candied fruit, too.

Yang Ping raised his hand and slapped her.

"Come here! Take Concubine Liu back to the palace!"

The servant half-supported and half-struggled, and took away the distraught Concubine Liu.

Yang Ping's dark eyes scanned the four famous lords and ministers, and asked: "My family, what do you think?"

The officials of the Liu family knelt down one after another and said in unison: "I will obey His Majesty's orders and dare not disobey!"

The courtiers of the royal family followed closely behind, and respectfully said: "The ministers and others advance and retreat with Your Majesty, Your Majesty's eloquent words, and the ministers and others take orders!"

The queen stood up from her seat and saluted Yang Pingping: "My palace will advance and retreat with Your Majesty, and I will obey the order."

Everyone in the Yan family is thinking that the layman is right, Chu Gu is willing to take us in, we should seize the opportunity to run away, the reputation of betraying Yan and turning to Chu is better than dedicating the three states of Beiyan to foreigners and betraying the country to survive!

So the Yan family met each other's eyes, and also knelt down and humbly said: "The Yan family respectfully obeys His Majesty's will, long live Your Majesty!"

The Xie family was silent.

In the end, the Patriarch of the Xie family knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, dedicating land to foreigners to seek peace, this is to leave an eternal infamy, absolutely not!"