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I don't know if it was the undisguised sarcasm in Cui Qiao's tone, or the content of her words, which suddenly angered Chen Qi, who seemed to be quite calm at first. He clenched his hands into fists and smashed hard on the desk Going up, he stared at Cui Qiao: "Throughout the ages, whoever achieved great things did not shed blood and kill? It was just killing some irrelevant people. Even if my great-grandfather knew about it, it would only be because I did what he didn't do that day." Be proud of me for what I dare.”

He took two steps forward, stood opposite Cui Qiao, and stared into her eyes: "Anyway, what you want is to be a queen? Why do you care how I came to be the emperor?"

"Even if I want to be a queen, I still want to see who the emperor is." Cui Qiao didn't care about Chen Qifan's moody and moody attitude, and his expression was indifferent, as if the person in front of him had nothing to do with him no matter what he did.She calmly sat back in front of the desk, picked up the book she had just put down, "It's getting late, Your Excellency, you should go back and rest early."

"Cui Qiao!" Cui Qiao's attitude made Chen Qi suddenly become annoyed, and shouted her name almost hysterically, "Do you think you are still a high-ranking queen now? If you didn't have me, you would have died in Yan In the hands of that good-for-nothing son! Great Wei is over, your younger brother who claims to be invincible but only dares to hide in the northwest at this moment can't change anything, you are the same as this thousand miles of rivers and mountains and everything in this imperial city , have become my everything.”

Speaking of this, Chen Qi closed his eyes slightly: "I'm happy because I've been coaxed, and I've made you my queen. If it makes me unhappy, it's not because I don't want to send you to meet that old man Yan Cheng."

Cui Qiao looked up at him as if he had heard something funny, "I thought you should have known many years ago that our Cui family has never been afraid of death."

"Not afraid of death?" Chen Qi sneered, "Who in this world is really not afraid of death? If it was like what you said, you should have followed Yan Cheng as early as the day he died, so why did you live?" to today?"

Cui Qiao lowered his eyes, and read the book again, obviously he didn't want to reply to Chen Qi's words, such a cold attitude made Chen Qi panic, and a familiar sense of powerlessness flooded his heart again.

Just like more than ten years ago, he personally went to the door to ask for a marriage, and promised everything he had to Cui Qiao, just to let this person go to the southwest with him, but all he got in return was a cold rejection.Later, when he heard the news that Cui Qiao married into the palace and became the master of the harem, he suddenly realized that only by standing on the highest place in the world can he get everything he wants.

Now that he is finally standing here, he still has nothing to do with this person.

Just when Chen Qi almost stretched out his hand to pinch Cui Qiao's jaw, forcing her to look directly at him, there was a very light knock on the door outside the hall, interrupting his movements, and he seemed to wake up suddenly , the hatred in his eyes slowly dissipated, he turned his head to look at the closed palace door, and said coldly: "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, General Li of South Vietnam has something important to discuss with you."

Chen Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, with a somewhat impatient expression on his face, but then he just replied indifferently: "I'll be back now."

After finishing speaking, he returned to the door, picked up the cloak that had just been thrown on the ground, put it on his body casually, and then glanced at the standing still figure in front of the desk: "I will be here someday, I hope to come At that time, you will be able to see the current situation clearly, and you will also be able to think clearly about what choice you should make now."

After finishing speaking, he turned around resolutely and went out the door without looking back.

The door of the palace was slammed shut from the outside, splashing the dust that had accumulated in the bedroom for many days. Cui Qiao turned a page of the book before raising his head and looking at the door thoughtfully. After lightly rubbing it twice, I don't know what to think of, slightly hooked the corners of my lips, and continued to read the book.

The night was getting darker, and the wind was howling outside the hall, unexpectedly similar to Yunzhou City thousands of miles away.

Yan Jing was reading a book in front of the desk. Opposite him, the young man who was looking at the map fell asleep at some point. His breathing was so light, as if he didn't exist, so that Yan Jing didn't even notice it at first.

During this period of time, there were too many military affairs to be dealt with. The placement of the war horses from Beiliang, the coordination of food and grass, the training of the newly added soldiers, and the most important follow-up plan were all on the head of the coach Cui Wei.The young man who has just passed the New Year has left almost all his energy in the army. Even if he rarely takes a little time to go back to the palace, chat with Yan Jing, and play with Yan Jue for a while, most of the time after that, it is like Now, the two of them sat facing each other, busy with their own affairs.

They obviously haven't been in love for a long time, but they seem to have entered an extremely stable state without knowing it. They don't have to stick together all day long, don't have to interact too much, and don't have to say something that makes people blush sometimes Heartbeat love words, as long as you can see that person from time to time, even if it's just like this moment, you can feel at ease.

Perhaps it was because both of them knew that a big battle was imminent, and this battle would determine the future of Wei and each of them.How could he spend this precious time on the love of his children.

In fact, more than one person felt the heavy pressure, and the burden on Yan Jing was even higher than that of Cui Wei.There is no time for him to grieve the spring and autumn, and there is no time for him to adapt to the gap from a waste prince to the future emperor of Wei. Since he took over the world from his father that day, he will not be able to do it again. There is no chance of escape either.He can no longer wait to die like he used to, nor can he pin everything on his young lover—this is his country, and he must bear it himself.

So he lived a life that was almost completely opposite to what he used to say - studying the art of war, discussing military situations with Cui Wei and the generals, practicing martial arts no matter whether Cui Wei was in the mansion or not. The situation, and all kinds of people and things that can be used by oneself or will become hidden dangers of oneself are clearly divided.

In addition, Yan Jing didn't know what else he could do. After all, he knew in his heart that whether it was to fight back to the capital, regain the imperial power, or secure the throne in the future, it would only be extremely difficult. , he must get rid of the past and move forward with an attitude that he has never had before.

The only thing that can be thankful is that even at this point today, he will not be alone.

Yan Jing turned a page of the book in his hand, and couldn't help but look up at Cui Wei, thinking whether to cover him with a thin blanket or simply wake him up and persuade him to rest, originally in his sleep The young man suddenly sat up straight and called out, "Sister!"

Yan Jing was taken aback by Cui Wei, dropped the book in his hand, went straight to the opposite side, hugged the boy into his arms, and whispered his name: "Ah Wei, Ah Wei?"

Cui Wei slowly opened his eyes, facing Yan Jing's eyes, and finally concentrated slowly, then took a long breath, and said in a low voice: "Brother Jing."

"Well," Yan Jing lowered his gaze slightly, and found crystal clear drops of water hanging on Cui Wei's eyelashes, which were clearly affected by the dream just now, so he couldn't help raising his hand, gently wiped it off for him, and asked softly, "Why? , had a nightmare?"

Cui Wei's eyelashes trembled slightly, he closed his eyes slightly, and leaned his head on Yan Jing's shoulder: "I dreamed about Sister."

Yan Jing couldn't help biting her lower lip, rejecting their news. After Chen Qi captured the imperial city, he was extremely cruel to the nobles in the imperial city, but he never heard any news related to Cui Qiao. The queen of a country It was as if it disappeared out of thin air, never to be mentioned by anyone again.

Yan Jing can only comfort herself, which shows that Chen Qi has other plans for Cui Qiao, maybe he will miss a little bit of old feelings, maybe he wants to hold her in his hands like Yan Cong and the others so that he can threaten Cui Wei in the future, or maybe, Cui Wei Qiao took advantage of the chaos to escape from the imperial city, and would soon be able to join them.

But in the end, it was all just self-comfort, even he was already extremely worried, let alone Cui Wei, a deeply affectionate younger brother.It's just that they never bring up this topic on weekdays. After all, it has no use other than to add worry.

But now that Cui Wei mentioned it, he could only respond.

Yan Jing sighed softly: "What did you dream about?"

Cui Wei lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was still immersed in the dream just now and hadn't fully awakened: "I dreamed that my sister lost a lot of weight, and she was wearing a luxurious queen's gown, although it no longer fits well, but it is hard to hide her temperament. She asked me, how is Ju'er, mother is healthy and safe, after I answered them one by one, she smiled with relief."

Cui Wei pursed her lower lip lightly, couldn't help raising her hand to cover her eyes, but continued: "Then she told me that the thing she was most proud of since she was a child was that she was born in the Cui family. Yu Tiandi is also worthy of the ancestors of the Cui family. Even though the path she took afterwards was contrary to what she had originally imagined, she still did not feel the slightest regret. She said that since this is her destiny, then she will Accept it calmly, anyway, the country of Great Wei has also been entrusted, and she can face the late emperor calmly."

Cui Wei's voice suddenly became very soft, and he even sobbed: "Then she jumped off the high city wall. I desperately wanted to run forward, but I couldn't catch anything."

Yan Jing clenched his fist subconsciously, and then slowly released it, holding Cui Wei's hand. He took a deep breath, and then heard his own voice say: "Ah Wei, that's just a dream, a dream It's all fake, your sister is safe and sound now, waiting for us to pick her up."