Under a lone lamp in the palace room, Shi Le put his hand to his forehead, his loose skin and wrinkles were heavy, and his wheezing sound was dull.

He is still thinking about the gathering of the elders of the township tomorrow, but there is no lack of chaos in his thinking, and many worries and illnesses have made him far from the wisdom of the past, and his mood will inevitably suffer from gains and losses.

During this period of time, he obviously felt the decline in energy, and he was also considering whether to recall the prince back to Xiangguo in case of an emergency. When people reach this age and this status, it is really difficult to be willful again. Especially recently, Shi Le has been more touched, and the deepest feeling is the decision to go south at the beginning of the year, and now it seems that it is really a wrong decision.

Of course, the mistake of Shiler's thinking is different from that of the ministers. It was only with the lingering illness that he became healthy and realized this truth. The reason why he said it wrong was not because of the defeat of King Zhongshan, even if the southern expeditionary army played triumphantly and broke through all the way, it may be a good thing for the country, but not necessarily for him.

He watched the Han Kingdom go from prosperity to strength, then division, internal strife, and finally collapse. thought that with the lessons of the previous car, he would avoid repeating the mistakes of the Han Kingdom, and would be able to pass on the heir of the king again and enjoy the country for a long time. But when he really needed to think about this, he found that the predicament he had to face was more serious than that of Liu, and at the same time, he deeply felt the difficulties and dangers that could not be seen and seen by the Han Shi.

Of course, these problems have always existed, but in the past, with his decisive style and exquisite skills, a considerable part of them could be ignored. But when he himself became weak, these problems became serious. Those who seemed to be obedient and familiar in the past have also had some new changes in his eyes.

Those people may think that they can hide their thoughts and thoughts, but they forget that they are standing in their current position back then, and they know everything about it!

The supreme is invincible, and the sorrow is uncommon, just like the empty temple now.

In the shadow of the hall that the lights could not cover, a little palace maid in a green dress with a delicate demeanor probably thought that the lord could not see her, standing behind the curtain and looking a little restless, or looking left and right to admire the magnificent hall, or occasionally bowing her head in silence, lest someone find out her restlessness. But after all, his active nature was unbearable, and it didn't take long for him to look left and right, and even to look sideways at the Lord who was sitting silently under the lonely lamp.

She may think that no one pays attention, but those small actions that are not lacking in naivety are all in Shi Le's eyes. However, he did not witness the annoyance of the palace man's dereliction of duty, but observed with interest and quietly, his body leaned slightly, and the light of the lamp projected more to that place.

The slightly bright environment made the little palace maid a little at a loss, and she hurriedly retreated behind the curtain, and disappeared in the afterglow of Shi Le's vision. This made him feel a little lost, and he couldn't say why, but not long after, a touch of emerald skirt corners poked out under the curtains, which made Shi Le's heartstrings that had been silent for a long time throb faintly, and he couldn't help but turn his head to face the past.

Not long after, the delicate face of the little palace maid poked out from under the curtain, and looked here again, but suddenly the old face of the lord was facing the position where she was standing, and for a moment the whole person was stunned there, and the delicate cheeks, the hair that was pulled up, and even the slightly messy shirt and skirt all revealed the shyness of peeping at being detected, the panic of being looked down by the high-ranking person, and the horror of being punished.

That's a delicate young lotus......

Shi Le looked at the little palace maid from such a distance, and his heart that had been murderous and hard as iron suddenly softened, and his wrinkled, loose and droopy face moved a little jerky, putting on a smile that he thought was kind. He raised his hand and beckoned to the little palace maid, wanting to admire it up close, which had nothing to do with desire, but just to find an irrelevant person who seemed to be pleasant on this boring night, and talked about the time.

The standby beauty standing nearby also discovered the Lord's demeanor and movements, and was about to raise her voice to ask, but she was so shocked by the Lord's sharp eyes that she didn't dare to speak, and then looked in the direction of the Lord's attention, and was suddenly full of envy for the little palace maid.

The little palace maid who was concerned by the lord was shocked, and hesitated not to know what to do, but Shi Le was extremely patient, and raised his hand again to beckon, and the little palace maid took a slightly hesitant step towards here. At this time, in Shile's eyes, the entire dull hall suddenly became lively because of the movement of people.

At this moment, there was a noisy and chaotic sound of footsteps outside the hall, which not only frightened the palace people standing in the hall, but also made Shi Le's rare good mood disappear. At this time, the person who can move outside his dormitory is none other than Yan Zhen, but Yan Zhen will never be so unrestrained.

At the same time as the mood deteriorated, Shi Le's heart was also alarmed, his body jumped up from the couch, and burst out with agile movements that were incommensurate with his old demeanor, and after a moment of rapid entry, he walked out with a bright sword and a sword, and at the same time subconsciously looked in the direction where the little palace maid had stood before, but there was no trace of the beautiful woman, and he had long since known where to hide.

However, at this time, Shi Le had no time to be disappointed, and several people were walking in outside the palace gate, and the leader was Cheng Yao.

At this time, Cheng Yao, crazy and nervous coexisted, after stepping into the hall, he saw Shi Le standing in the hall with a sword, nervous and suddenly occupied the upper hand on his face, subconsciously bent his knees and raised his hand, and there was a slight pause halfway, and then continued to salute, but the movements and postures were stiff, and the tone was not lacking in jerky and weird: "The minister knocks on the palace at night, or disturbs the lord's dream, and hopes that the lord will not sin." ”

"Who is with you?"

Shi Le stood in place, the blade of the sword pointed directly at Cheng Yao, and the cloudy eyes burst out with a terrifying light, and the whole person was filled with an angry and dangerous aura from top to bottom, and the already bloated and fat body actually showed a trace of uprightness.

When the matter came to an end, Cheng Yao's nervousness in his heart gradually subsided, and before Shi Le could speak again, he had slowly stood up from the ground, took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and handed it to Shi Lang's cronies beside him, and then met Shi Le's terrifying gaze again, and said in a dry tone: "Since the beginning of the summer, there have been many difficulties in state affairs, and the ministers really can't bear to see the lord suffering from illness and worry, and there is no leisure all day long. This heart is sincere, and I hope that the Lord can raise a high pavilion and enjoy the days quietly. The prince is young and strong, he has long been enough to serve as a national responsibility, and the sages work together, and the royal industry will have great prosperity! ”

"I didn't misread you, I didn't misread you! Now you're admitting it, right? ”

When Shi Le heard this, his mood was already extremely angry, and his mouth let out a sneer that was extremely suppressed, he pointed at Cheng Yao, slowly retreated, and retreated to the front of the throne, with a lot of disdain in his expression: "When the mandate of heaven is exhausted, the life of the king, Er Cao also deserves to be harmed!" ”

After Cheng Yao heard this, his face had changed sharply, and the resentment he had accumulated over the years was almost pouring out, and his eyes were even more angry at Shi Le, but he had no respect: "The ministers are inferior, and it is difficult to deal with Mingjun." However, in recent years, the lord has been more stupid, and the old state is no longer there, and he is ashamed of the mediocre things such as the ministers, but if there is no inferior person to accumulate merit, the lord of Hu Ling, how can he be the lord of China! ”

As he spoke, he had already stepped forward, signaled the soldiers to find wine to brew the poison powder he brought to Yan Mu, and pushed it to the front of the case with his own hands: "The following Ling Shang is a big rebellion." Although the minister is vigorous, but still for the country, do not dare to cruel the benefactor, please the Lord drink this cup, since the mystical realm is fun, far from disturbing the pain. ”

After all, he has been in Shile for a long time, and even today, if he wants to kill him directly, it is still difficult to bear the pressure in his heart. Therefore, he specially asked Yan Mu to prepare this poison that can make people lose their minds and fake their deaths, and wanted to retain a harmony at the end of the monarch's journey.

"If I Don't Drink ......"

Shi Le's face gradually showed a hideous state, and he swung his sword to slash at the wine glass, at this time, several brave people poured into the hall, seeing Shi Lang walking in with blood, his eyes suddenly appeared strange, and his demeanor was different from when facing Cheng Yao, there was no lack of grief and anger: "I am self-raised...... trouble"

Shi Lang didn't look at Shi Le at all, and commanded the soldiers to chase and kill those palace attendants in the palace, and the little palace maid who had made Shi Le's heart swaying was here, the green skirt was stained with blood, and her face was no longer naïve, screaming and rushing here, wanting to ask the winner for protection, but halfway through, she was slashed by a knife and flew to death!

"Evil animals, how can they kill innocents!"

Seeing this scene, Shi Le's eyes were already cracked, and he roared and swung his sword and rushed towards Shi Lang.

"The old slave succeeds, and there are more than one or two victims!"

Shi Lang reflexively shot back, and had already kicked Shi Le to the ground, and the grim face lifted the knife towards the fat figure that was rolling on the ground.

"Don't see blood with a bad weapon......"

Seeing this, Cheng Yao couldn't help but speak, and then turned his back.

When Shi Lang heard this, there was no lack of disdain in his eyes, but he still sneered, threw down the knife and tore off the curtain hanging in the hall, and suddenly flicked it directly around Shi Le's head, and his arms were suddenly retracted, Shi Le's fat body suddenly trembled, and the mouth and nose covered by the curtain hissed with lotus lotus, and his legs twitched and slapped the ground, which was already extremely painful.

The curtain in Shi Lang's hand has been strangled for nearly half a quarter of an hour, Shi Le's throat bone has been strangled, and the convulsions of his body have stopped for a long time, Shi Lang's stiff arms gradually relaxed, and the curtain in his hand that was bundled into strips spread out, revealing Shi Le's purple and black face, and his eyes were even more protruding, full of bloodshots, looking straight at Shi Lang.

This inevitably made Shi Lang a little weak-hearted, and he was busy covering his face with the curtain, but he always felt that the dead eyes were still looking at him through the curtain, and he couldn't help but wave his fist and beat it straight to the face under the curtain.

"No, no...... Alas, what a pain it is! ”

It was too late for Cheng Yao to stop it, and blood was already flowing out from under the curtain. He prevented Shi Lang from seeing blood, and it was not all about old love and the kindness of women, you must know that he is in Mingtang right now, and there are still a large number of civil and military officials around him and the sect master, if Shi Lang's death is too miserable, it will be extremely unfavorable for the control of the situation in the future.

Shi Lang was emotional for a while, and destroyed Shi Le's body, and knew that it must not be seen, but fortunately, there was no living mouth in the hall at this time, except for his relatives and cronies, so he ordered someone to wrap Shi Le's remains, and transfer them to the secret room of the side hall with the corpses of those palace attendants, and then transport them out and destroy them after they completely grasped the situation.

At this time, Cheng Yao had already copied out all the runes and the like in Shile Palace, but these runes had no effect in his hands at all. So he only picked out the orders related to the mobilization of the guards, handed them over to Shi Lang, and dispatched the guards to control the civil and military officials respectively. At the same time, this hall was also sealed off, guarded by the cronies brought by Shi Lang.

And Cheng Yao hurried to the queen's palace surrounded by guards, and only by controlling the queen could he cover up the crime of killing the monarch a little.

At this time, the entire Ming Hall had already begun to stir, and the sound of fighting in Shile Palace was extremely abrupt in the night, and it could not be concealed at all. If it weren't for Liu Suo, the general of the Praetorian Guard who was defending the last line, he was too unbearable, and he was easily restrained by Shi Lang, and at this time, I was afraid that the riot would have already spread.

But even if the guards were lost, the rest of the place sensed that something was wrong, but because there was no specific signal sent, even if the people who were alarmed had guesses, they didn't know exactly what happened. The guards scattered throughout the palace also began to throb, but because there was no clear military order, they did not know what to do, so they gathered together and guarded the defense under the constraints of the commander.

As for the guards who were close to Shile's dormitory, there were already several people heading towards the dormitory, but there were people guarding the passage, holding the command of the Praetorian Guard General Liu Suo to prevent them from continuing to approach.

The queen's palace is not far from Shile's sleeping palace, and the palace uproar has also disturbed here, when Cheng Yaoxing came here, there were already palace people looking forward to visiting in the dark beside the road. Seeing this scene, Cheng Yao couldn't help but panic in his heart, you must know that the current situation is far from being controlled, and once the news leaks a little, it will be a catastrophe for him.

However, at the moment, he did not dare to continue to commit murder and kill people, otherwise the riot would only spread more rapidly, so he only let people disperse those palace people who were watching, and at the same time, the speed did not slow down and rushed straight towards the queen's palace. When he walked outside the palace, he raised his fist and gritted his teeth and gave his eyes two blows, and suddenly his eyes were red, his eyes were blurred with tears, and with his sad expression, he was already in a state of pain.

At this time, the queen Liu was also startled, and she was still anxiously waiting for the palace people to report what happened, and soon there was a noisy scolding and old sound outside the palace wall. She was irritable and annoyed in her heart, and was about to send someone to ask, when Cheng Yao's sad cry sounded at the palace gate.

Don't spin the heel, the guard who defended the palace ban entered Guanglu to ask to see, the queen was also a little chaotic at this time, first let people go, and then suddenly woke up to Cheng Yao How could he be like this at night?

However, she didn't have time to react here, and Cheng Yao had already rushed into the palace surrounded by dozens of guards. As soon as he stepped into the palace gate, Cheng Yao suddenly fell to the ground and cried loudly: "The lord, the lord is already immortal, there will be a shocking change in the country, the ministers will quickly enter the guard, please ask Her Majesty the Queen to preside over the overall situation!" ”

"W-what...... Lord, Lord, how can it be...... When, when will ...... happen"

When Empress Liu heard Cheng Yao's cry, the whole person was immediately stunned, and she couldn't speak.

However, Cheng Yao just hid his face and cried, beating his chest, and didn't pay attention to the queen's questioning. After a while, he held back his cry and said quickly: "The great mourning happened suddenly, if there is no good strategy to stabilize, the country may be in chaos." At present, both inside and outside look up to Her Majesty the Queen, please bear with the sorrow, maintain stability inside and outside, and do not let the inside and outside collapse, so that the Lord's life's work will be ruined! ”

"Yes, yes...... Cheng Guanglu, you teach me how to ...... Lord, where is Lord? I'm going to see the Lord one last time! ”

The queen was hiding her face and weeping at this time, and after hearing Cheng Yao's words, she nodded busily. She was also completely panicked at this time, and she had no opinion at all.

Cheng Yao wiped his tears and said sadly: "The lord is still in the palace, but now is definitely not a moment to take into account human feelings, it is still necessary to quickly maintain the situation, and discuss the big deal after the internal and external gatherings." The minister was in unbearable grief before, and shed tears on the way, it should be that rumors have spread, and Mingtang will be uneasy! Please summon the queen to summon the servants and discuss the aftermath together! Heavy ministers mostly use things outside, and only the king of Pengcheng can be trusted in the country. King Pengcheng should be summoned to lead the crowd into the guard as soon as possible, so that the mourning ceremony can be discussed again......"

Cheng Yao's words were carefully arranged by Qian Feng. When a woman is in a state of panic when she is in turmoil, she will instinctively resist if she wants to be poor. And without the queen's cooperation, it would not be possible to cover up Cheng Yao's crime of killing the monarch at all. At present, there are some strategies, and they are all people close to the queen, even if Cheng Yao does not say anything, he must have this idea after he is afraid of internal decision.

Sure enough, after hearing Cheng Yao say this, the queen nodded again and again, even if she sent people out, she didn't know that these people were blocked and took away their warrants after leaving the palace.

At this time, the queen was a little calm, and she was sad, but under Cheng Yao's comfort and persuasion, she asked people to draw up an edict for Cheng Yao to convene the internal discussion of important ministers. After getting this edict, Cheng Yao was determined in his heart, and when he heard the queen's sad words to move to Shile's body, he was stopped by Cheng Yao's delay, and at the same time asked Concubine Cheng to move to the queen's palace quickly.

Because of the large number of palace people coming in and out, the queen's palace is even more chaotic. And in the midst of all this chaos, some of the people close to the queen disappeared. However, the queen didn't have time to pay attention to these for the time being, and for a while she just wept and wept with Concubine Cheng.

Not long after, Liu Yan had been forcibly pulled here, and he was still sleepy-eyed, and he didn't know what was going on. When she heard the queen crying and explaining the reason, she was stunned on the spot for a while.

"At present, the Ming Hall has gradually become chaotic, but fortunately, it has arrived in the service, which is enough to deter the situation by internal orders. If the king of Pengcheng does not return for a day, there will be no stability in the country. The minister will help the servant, and also ask the queen to mourn. ”

Cheng Yao stepped forward again at this time and said.

"I—I don't know...... Guanglu, have you taught me? ”

Liu Yan's in-laws in the service were revealed, and the reaction was worse than that of the queen when he was about to change.

Seeing her brother's panicked appearance, the queen was also sad for a while, so she frowned and said, "Later, Brother and Guanglu will come out together, and it is necessary to stabilize the relationship between the ministers." If you don't know what to do, listen to Guanglu's advice. Go quickly, you two have a heavy responsibility, and you must not corrupt the master's deeds! ”

The queen has her own grievances and dissatisfaction with Cheng Yao, but there is no one else to rely on at this time, her brother is not useful at all, and she only occupies a personal field. Moreover, King Pengcheng will return to the country soon, which is the natural choice to stabilize the current situation, and for now, he can also rely on Cheng Yao for the time being.

At this time, Liu Yan gradually came back to his senses, and understood that at this critical moment, although he himself had no ideas, he had his own resourceful henchmen to advise him, but because he was in Mingtang, the attachés were all outside, so he hurriedly asked the queen for instructions to summon his cronies in. How could the queen refuse, but urged Liu Yan as soon as possible. Cheng Yao was angry when he saw it on the side, the two brothers and sisters clearly wanted to monopolize the power of affairs, and they didn't give him any profits.

The two hurried out, Liu Yan was still thinking about what to do later, suddenly the back of the neck was grabbed, and even though he was tied up by the guards and escorted to a dark room, he was panicking in his heart, and another person writhed out of the dark hall, and when they looked at each other, they knew that they were father and son.

After taking the queen's warrant, Cheng Yao hurried to meet Shi Lang. With this warrant, he can be said to mobilize the two most critical of the ministers, Lu Ming, the general of the guard who commanded the Xiangguo Janissaries, and Liu Zheng, the lieutenant of the division who was in charge of the soldiers of Duxia County.

General Wei Lu Ming doesn't need to mention much, this person is just covering up for a while, and Shi Lang can control all the guards under the capital through this person, controlling the inside and outside. As for Liu Zheng, the captain of Sili, although he is not good with Cheng Yao, he is the prince's teacher, as soon as Shi Le dies, his interests are consistent with Cheng Yao, and with the queen's warrant, there is a lot of room for cooperation between them!

At this time, the Ming Hall had been completely opened, there were fires everywhere, and even the guards had already rioted. Although these two people went straight to the core and were sudden, even if it went smoothly, after all, there was too little manpower available at that time, and it was impossible to be completely without omissions.

Therefore, at this time, the means arranged outside the Ming Hall came in handy, and many outlaws were already on standby, as soon as Shi Lang ordered someone to send out the signal, he suddenly burst out, set fire to kill and plunder. Outside the Ming Hall, a large number of officials, family members, and elders of the township sect had gathered, and the crowd was entangled inside or outside, and it became a thick barrier.

At least before dawn, the entire Ming Hall has become an island, and even if the news spreads, no reinforcements will rush in. And this period of time is the most important moment for Cheng Yao and others to master Jinai!