Your Highness, please detour when you see this seat

Kyoto Imperial Study Room

Several secret reports on the imperial table were placed in Si Kou's eyes, the top one was circled by vermillion, which was particularly eye-catching, and the names of Prince and Kong Ze were impressively among them.

Si Kou's gaze flicked across the table, and the letter between Si Jiyun and Kong Ze was presented in front of him. Kong Ze's choice was beyond his expectation, and what surprised him even more was that Si Jiyun, who had always disdained to participate in court battles, took the initiative. Ask for a balance in the court.

"Little Li, what do you think of the prince?"

Eunuch Li waved back the little eunuch in the imperial study. He had followed Si Kou for nearly 30 years, and he had been by his side when Si Kou was not emperor.

Eunuch Li laughed and said, "Your Majesty's child is naturally a dragon and a phoenix among men."

Si Kou's eyes were a little confused and he frowned tiredly: "Little Lizi, you have followed me for so many years, and you watched the three princes grow up. Do you think I did something wrong?"

Eunuch Li said with a smile without raising his head, "How could your Majesty do something wrong? No one in the court knows about your love for your son."

Si Kou smiled wryly, and showed his sincerity in front of this old buddy who had been with him for many years: "Little Lizi, it's not that I don't like Ji Yun, it's just that I'm afraid... Maybe I'm really old."

What are you afraid of? Si Kou himself can't tell. He knows how he came to the throne, but he doesn't regret it. He is a descendant of the Si family of the Beique royal family. Facts have proved that he was right. ,He succeeded.

Since he came to the throne, he has forged borders/defenses, balanced civil and military affairs, and Beique's national power has grown stronger day by day. He is no longer the Beique who dared to bully even a weak and small country. He is worthy of the ancestors of the Si family.

However, after enjoying the honor brought by the supreme power, he gradually became afraid, fearing that one day he would lose all of this.

So he is always on guard, beware of others, and also beware of his own son, the more capable he is, the more afraid he is.

Si Jiyun's ability and conduct are the best among the three children, but he is still in his prime, a prince who is superior to himself in every aspect, which makes him feel sincere fear.

Si Kou didn't know whether to be happy or sad, a prince with a desire for power would be able to control it better, but this prince who disdained to fight for power still couldn't avoid these power struggles.

Eunuch Li chuckled: "Your Majesty's dragon body is important, why don't you relax."

"Reassuring?" Si Kou glared at him, obviously dissatisfied with his harmony: "Kong Ze uncharacteristically supports the prince, now that Kong Ze, the Qin family, the queen, and the prince have formed a party, how can you make me feel relieved?"

Eunuch Li pretended to be confused: "Your Majesty, isn't Mrs. Kong the old master who is at odds with the Qin family because the son of the Qin family has robbed the daughters of the people and made a scene in court? Your Majesty is too worried..."

Under Si Kou's stare, he slapped himself on the mouth and said with a chuckle: "Xiao Lizi is talkative, Your Majesty, the crown prince is pure filial piety, the third highness is innocent, and the second highness is even more of a god. Your majesty is the most blessed person."

"You can say it." Si Kou said angrily, and the worries in his heart were relieved a lot after he mentioned it, but...

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine Kong Zesi Ji Yun sold in his gourd, he couldn't let it go on like this.

Qianling Mountain Bishui Palace in the Western Region

Ever since Mo Wang came back, he hadn't had a good meal, so Si Jiyun prepared some light food for Tong Fang, and seeing that he still had a gloomy face, he dragged him to the Bishui Palace again.

Mo Wang didn't know what he was going to do and didn't stop him from letting him pull. After a while, the two came to a barren mountain, which was actually the place where he usually practiced.

"what are you going to do?"

Si Jiyun looked up at the sky and looked around, as if to identify the direction: "It's still early after the snow stopped. I saw a lake here just now. Let's go fishing."

When he followed Situ Ping, he saw a lake by accident. At that time, he didn't have time to look carefully and only remembered the general direction.

"Have you been here?" Of course Mo Wang knew there was a lake here, but he couldn't remember when Si Jiyun had been here.

"Go!" He didn't answer but pulled him to run in one direction, neither of them used light work, their footsteps fell on the snow, leaving messy footsteps, and the air was fresh after snow.

Mo Wang followed involuntarily, watching him glance at him from time to time, the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't help getting bigger and bigger.

"arrive."

Mo Wang suddenly felt that his hands were empty, and saw Si Jiyun turning around and standing in front of him with his hands wide open.He smiled slightly and did not avoid letting himself fall into his open arms, with a familiar breath lingering at the tip of his nose: "The lake is frozen and there is floating snow, are you sure there are fish to catch?"

Si Jiyun chuckled, took his hand, rolled up a ball of snow on the ground, used his internal force and threw it towards the lake. There was a clicking sound, and a huge hole appeared in the place where he was thrown.

"Fishing rod?" Mo Wang pursed his lips with a hint of ridicule in his eyes, and glanced at his empty hands: "Bait? Fish bucket?"

He is not ready!

Si Jiyun's face was stiff, and he turned to Mo Huang with a dry smile. He is a prince, and Tong Fang and others have prepared everything in advance for everything.

"Hahaha..." Xingxu Si Jiyun's expression was so rare that Mo Wang burst out laughing.

"Um... Siji... Um..."

His eyes were full of smiles, Si Jiyun never knew that there was such a side of his cold and arrogant lord, so he couldn't help but seal his mouth and swallowed all his smiles.

"Wang'er, I regret it." After the kiss, Si Jiyun hugged his limp body and pressed close to himself, suppressing his passion/tide buried/first took a deep sniff between his neck.

Facing Mo Wang, he overestimated his own self-control.

Don't dare to move, the two are so close, how could he not feel the changes in Si Jiyun's body.

"Cough cough..." Noticing that he had calmed down, Mo Huang coughed a few times uncomfortably, and turned his gaze to the big hole on the lake: "Can you still fish?"

"Fishing!" Si Jiyun said through gritted teeth.

It's a pity that the two failed to catch in the end. Situ Ping pulled Mo Wang out of Si Jiyun's arms with a dark face. If it wasn't for the sake of Mo Wang's sincere happiness, when he saw the two hugging together , I am afraid that he will be pierced directly with a sword.

"Brother?" Mo Wang smiled slightly and didn't explain much.

Situ Ping swayed slightly to separate the two: "Guangyi has something important to report, and he is already waiting in the conference hall."

Si Jiyun rubbed his nose, ignored Situ Ping's threatening eyes, and followed behind the two of them.

When he came to the conference hall, he sat on the right side of Mo Wang, and the two sat in the main seats on both sides of the main hall. Mo Wang was on the left, Situ Ping, Shen Tengwu, and several dark hall masters, and Si Jiyun was on the right. Below them are Tong Fang, Yuwen Feifei, and a group of confidantes. They are clearly different from each other. They don't seem to be discussing important matters, but rather like negotiations between the two sides.

Yao Guangyi rolled his eyes, peeked at the two people in the main seat, and then gave Shen Tengwu a look, and Shen Tengwu gave him a cold look in return.

Wood stakes!

Yao Guangyi pursed his lips secretly, not daring to look at Mo Wang any more, so he turned all his eyes to Tong Fang and the others, with a look of eagerness to find out, of course he first ignored his eyes watching a show.

"Guangyi," Mo Wang glanced at Yao Guangyi indifferently, he was not surprised by his strange expression, he couldn't understand what was going on in this person's mind.

Yao Guangyi trembled all over and looked at Mo Huang with a flattering smile, "Palace Master?"

The expression on his face was probably too hurtful, even Mo Wang, who was as strong as Mo Wang, had to frown: "What's the news about the Nine Dragons Mountain Range?"

Yao Guangyi secretly gave himself a sigh of relief and straightened his expression: "Yu Wentang is indeed followed by two mysterious men in black, but according to the observations of his subordinates, the man in black and the Qi family should not know each other."

"I don't know you? Are you sure?"

"The subordinates confirm that the two sides are extremely alert together, and they are fighting against each other in many things."

Si Jiyun pondered for a moment and asked, "Can you see Yu Wentang's attitude?"

Yao Guangyi thought for a while and said in doubt: "This Yu Wentang can't tell."

"Can't tell?" Mo Wang and Si Jiyun looked at each other, and Mo Wang signaled Yao Guangyi to continue.

"Yu Wentang's subordinates have also known it before, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a dandy. It can be said that he is the same as his brother Yu Wenlang who died in the battle, but according to his subordinates' observations of Yu Wentang in the past two days People are not simple, and they are definitely not as rumored.”

“How come you see?”

Si Jiyun was surprised, he had met Yu Wentang and knew a thing or two, he was just a dandy who almost robbed the women of the people for fighting cocks and dogs, and Yu Wenlang's many times of discipline did not work.To say that he is clumsy, he would rather believe that Yu Wenzhi is loyal and patriotic.

The only thing he liked about his commander Ji Yun was that he especially respected his brother Yu Wenlang, almost to the point of admiration, but it was a pity that Yu Wenlang died in battle in the end.

"He is very familiar with the deployment of the battlefield. He has definitely been on the battlefield and is a fierce general on the battlefield. His subordinates have followed him secretly. There is a dark room in his inner room. I didn't follow because I was afraid of being discovered."

Yao Guangyi said while drawing out the troop deployment map that Yu Wentang had arranged based on his memory. From this picture, no troop strength was wasted at all. It is obvious that Yu Wentang is very aware of the enemy's weaknesses and the surrounding terrain.

Mo Wang and Si Jiyun looked at each other, wondering why Yu Wentang could improve so much within five years after Yu Wenlang's death?

"In addition," Yao Guangyi organized the language to continue: "Yu Wentang is secretly instigating the relationship between the man in black and the Qi family. The Jiulong Mountains seem to have complicated forces, but in fact a large part of the troops are absolutely in Yu Wentang's hands."

"It's in Yuwentang's hands, not Yuwenster?" Si Jiyun frowned and noticed the meaning in his words.

"Yu Wentang! Because he issued a large part of the military orders directly, he didn't even have the intention of asking Yu Wenxi for instructions."

"The direct issuance of military orders can be said to be authorized by Yu Wenzhi. If the subordinates of important military orders do not even have the intention to ask for instructions, then it is questionable who is really in control of this part of the force."

The suspicion was confirmed, but he didn't expect that Yu Wentang was the one who forced Yu Wenxiu to leave the western region.

Si Jiyun pondered, but he really didn't know much about Yuwentang, and the Western Territory had been controlled by the Yuwen family for many years, and the imperial court's control over it was gradually approaching, so that there was almost no information available now.

"Your guess is correct. Yuwenster is gradually losing control of the western region. He urgently needs someone who can break the deadlock in the mountains, so he did nothing during your journey and even concealed the news of his own conquest for you." Mo Huang clenched his lips.

When they all thought that Yuwenxiu appeared in Kyoto because of Si Jichong, only he realized that Yuwenxiu had other plans, and guessed Yuwenxio's embarrassing situation from the unusually calm all the way. No one can compare.

Don't look at Si Jiyun who seems to be being pushed away passively now, in fact, he has a clear view of the trend of the court.

"What are you thinking?" Si Jiyun leaned forward and joked.

Mo Wang's scorching eyes had been on him since just now, and he was probably the only one present who was immersed in his thoughts and didn't notice it.

"It's nothing." Mo Wang picked up the teacup and took a sip. He felt that something was wrong with the entrance, and looked at it suspiciously. The jade-colored teacup contained light yellow water, which was obviously not the teacup he usually used.

His suspicious eyes swept around and finally landed on Si Jiyun, who was pretending to be innocent. Mo Wang looked at the tea in his hand, which was the tea he had just brewed. His eyes flickered, and he finally drank the water in his hand helplessly. The feeling of sweetness is honey water.