The autumn night was cold, Dingwu sat on a chair, his legs soaked in the potion, and stared at Liuli, who was skillfully piercing the silver needle into the acupuncture points on his legs.

This is already one of Liuli's thousands of needles, and when all the silver needles are pierced into the acupuncture points, Liuli raised his head, glanced at Dingwu, saw Dingwu looking at himself blankly, smiled softly, and asked, "Has the saint felt more comfortable recently?" ”

Dingwu bowed his head slightly and said with a smile: "In the past few days, I feel that I seem to have some strength in my legs. ”

"That's the meridians have been dredged." Liuli had a hint of joy, "If you recuperate, you will soon recover." ”

Dingwu nodded slightly, and said, "I only hope that I can go to war on horseback like I did when I was young, and trample my enemies under the hooves of horses." ”

"The Holy One will soon be able to grant his wish." Liuli got up, walked behind Dingwu, and said softly: "Holy Lord, the concubine will help you press the acupuncture points on your head." ”

Dingwu bowed slightly, and Liuli stretched out his white jade hands and gently pressed them on Dingwu's temples.

"Liuli, I killed Lin Yuanfang today." Dingwu suddenly said, "Do you know why I killed him?" ”

Liuli said softly: "The Holy Lord is a generous king, since he killed him, there is naturally a reason to kill him." ”

"He wanted to steal my jade seal." Dingwu chuckled and said: "The jade seal is the important weapon of the country, and Lin Yuanfang is also a smart person, but he made such a big mistake, do you know why?" ”

Liuli said quietly: "I think it was Lin Yuanfang's desire for profit, and he was dizzy for a while. ”

"It's not!" Dingwu shook his head and said, "It's because he's scared, that's why he takes risks." ”

"Scared?"

"He thought that my empire was going to end soon, so he was afraid to accompany me to the funeral." Dingwu said lightly: "It is precisely because of fear that he wants to turn his back on me." ”

Ruri just sighed lightly and didn't speak.

Dingwu leaned back in his chair, his eyes slightly closed, and let Liuli gently rub his acupuncture points, "Maybe it won't be long before more people turn their backs on me and leave me, even if it's not a betrayal of relatives, but in the end, I'm afraid there are not many people by my side." He asked softly, "Ruri, if there really is such a day, will you still be by my side?" ”

Liuli's hands stopped, he groaned slightly, and finally said: "Saint, if there is really such a day, even if there is only one person by Shengshang's side, that person must be a concubine." ”

"I'm glad to hear you say that." A smile of relief appeared on Dingwu's lips, "As long as you are by my side, even if everyone in the world turns their backs on me, so what?" ”

Liuli was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Holy Lord, do you regret being the emperor?" ”

Dingwu was stunned and asked, "Why do you ask like that?" ”

The concubine just asked casually. Liuli said softly: "When the saint was still the crown prince, it didn't seem to be as hard as it is now, but after becoming the emperor, he was worried day and night!" ”

Dingwu sighed lightly, "This is not a choice for me. Since I am a descendant of the Xuan clan, it is my responsibility to bear this burden. I know that this burden is very heavy, and sometimes I can't even bear it, and I even think about taking you to drop the burden, without asking about these worldly things, but! Shaking his head, he said: "This country is cast by thousands of people with blood, I am not qualified to throw it behind, even if I really break my bones one day, I can only go to that day." ”

Liuli smiled bitterly: "The Holy Lord is a good emperor, but everything in the Qin State must be borne by the Holy Lord, whether it is right or wrong, it is the responsibility of the Holy Lord." ”

Dingwu smiled faintly, did not speak, just closed his eyes slightly, suddenly, a feeling of exhaustion hit his whole body, Dingwu wanted to open his eyes, but his eyelids were extremely heavy, and he couldn't lift them at all, muttering to himself: "I want to sleep for a while!" Leaning back in his chair, he soon fell asleep.

Liuli stepped aside and stared at Dingwu, her delicate face as calm as water.

After a while, Liuli walked aside, took a cyan coat, draped it on his body, and then walked out of the door lightly, the autumn night was quite cold, it was dark, Liuli raised his hand and covered the head of the mantis with the hat attached to the big hat, and took the door with his hand, and then walked out of the yard quickly.

Out of the courtyard, the two guards outside the courtyard were like stone statues, and Liuli didn't look at the two, but said lightly: "The saint has already gone to bed, no matter who you are, don't disturb the saint." ”

The two guards bowed and said yes, and Liuli left, not going to the main gate of the palace, but going around to the side gate, and after going out, there was already a very ordinary-looking carriage waiting in the alley.

The coachman who drove the carriage was covered in black robes all over his body, and even his head was covered by black robes, and when Liuli got into the carriage, he didn't say a word, and shook the reins of the horse, and the carriage left immediately.

The night was hazy, the carriage was turning, and after turning a few streets and alleys, the carriage finally stopped outside a house, and at the main entrance of the house, there were soldiers guarding, seeing the carriage stopped in front of the door, the soldiers on guard immediately raised their spears and aimed at the carriage, and saw Liuli get down from the carriage, the guards looked at each other, and finally one of them shouted in a low voice: "This is a forbidden place, no one is allowed to approach, who are you?" ”

Liuli's body is like a green willow, he stepped forward lightly, raised a hand, and a gold medal appeared in his hand, seeing the gold medal, the face of the guard changed slightly, and both of them saw that it was the emperor's royal order gold medal, and when he saw the card now the emperor, he immediately knelt on the ground.

"The Holy Divine has commanded me to come and ask a few questions." Liuli's beautiful eyes were calm, and she said softly: "No one is allowed to enter without my orders." Without further ado, he went straight into the courtyard.

The courtyard was deserted, Liuli walked lightly to the main entrance, there was also a guard guarding the main entrance, seeing the gold medal in Liuli's hand, he hurriedly saluted, Liuli said softly: "Open the door lock!" ”

The main entrance was locked with iron chains, and the guard unlocked the door, pulled out the chains, and said softly: "On the orders of the Holy Lord, come to interrogate, and you wait outside the courtyard." ”

The soldier didn't dare to disobey, so he bowed down and retreated, and then Liuli put away the gold medal, gently pushed the door open, and entered the house.

There was a lone lamp lit in the room, hanging on the wall, dim and cold, empty, there was no table or chair, by the faint light of the lone lamp, but at a glance you could see a person sitting cross-legged in the corner of the house, that person faced the corner of the house, sat cross-legged, motionless, heard footsteps behind him, the man was still not moving.

Liuli closed the door of the house with her hand, and then she lifted her hat, revealing the delicate face of the country's Tianxiang, and said softly: "Commander Xuanyuan seems to like this place very much?" ”

When the man heard the voice of the glass, his body shook, and he seemed to be a little surprised, turned his head, and saw the graceful shadow under the light of the lonely lamp, frowned, and said with some surprise: "Madam? Then he got up, and there was a loud noise, but his hands and feet were locked by heavy chains.

Liuli looked at Xuanyuan Shao and sighed lightly: "The Xuanyuan family is loyal to the country, but in the end, Xuanyuan Commander ended up like this, which is really embarrassing." ”

Xuanyuan Shao stood still, looked at Liuli, but his expression was very calm, and asked, "In the middle of the night, I don't know why Mrs. came?" A smile appeared on his lips, "Could it be that the Saint's anger has not subsided, and he wants to execute Xuanyuan?" ”

"Commander Xuanyuan, you blasphemed Concubine Xuehua and committed a big crime, do you think there is still hope to be spared?" Liuli's eyebrows were picturesque, "And Concubine Xuehua has confessed everything, saying that you got drunk and had intentions, you are a smart person, and you don't need me to say something too clearly." With the testimony of Mrs. Snowflake, how can you get away with it? ”

Xuanyuan Shao's face did not change, and said: "These days, I have been thinking, why did Concubine Xuehua suddenly set a trap to harm me? She summoned me to teach her to practice archery, the drunkard did not mean to drink, I always thought that she was just unwilling to fall into the cold palace, and wanted to win over the ministers, to be able to find a good future, she is not really a smart person, and I have already seen the intentions, but that day suddenly came here, but it was beyond my expectations. ”

"Oh?" Liuli smiled softly, beautiful and incomprehensible, "Then Xuanyuan has been ruling these days, can you think about why?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao sighed: "Actually, before I saw Madame, I was still thinking about it, and I didn't completely understand it, but I was about to figure it out, and now when I see Madame, I finally understand everything." ”

"What do you understand?"

"I suddenly understood that the real master may be Madame." Xuanyuan Shao stared at Liuli's misty blue eyes, "For a while, Concubine Xuehua often summoned Mrs. to learn the piano with Mrs., but at the same time, she summoned me to teach archery, at first I only thought it was a coincidence, but now it seems that if nothing else, such a coincidence was only created by Mrs. Although Concubine Xuehua is not stupid, compared to Madame, she is extremely stupid, and she can only be a plaything in Madame's hands. ”

Liuli smiled like a flower, and her voice was delicate: "Commander Xuanyuan is too much praise, Liuli is just a weak woman, and she can't afford such praise from Commander Xuanyuan." ”

Xuanyuan Shao walked slightly, the iron chain rattled, he stared at Liuli and asked: "So Xuanyuan suddenly understood that what happened that day was not Xuanyuan's original intention, let alone the meaning of Concubine Xuehua." And all the coincidental things seem to happen on the same day, and the Holy One will suddenly arrive at the moment of the incident, as if he has been waiting for it to happen, so everything will be understood. He shook his head and said in a heavy tone: "It is the Holy One who leads all this, and it is the Madam who operates all this." ”

Liuli sighed faintly: "It turns out that you have already figured it out. ”

"Xuanyuan holds the military power, and the saint is uneasy, and he wants to take back the military power, but he is worried that Xuanyuan will rebel." Xuanyuan Shao sighed: "That's why he thought of finding an opportunity to cure Xuanyuan's crime first, and after detaining Xuanyuan, he could take back the power of the Guards, and take this opportunity to get rid of Xuanyuan and remove an enemy he thought was a threat." Mrs. has been in contact with Mrs. Xuehua for a while, of course, Mrs. Xuehua is not really learning the piano, she just wants to use Mrs. to do things for her, but it is a pity that she is smart and is used by Mrs. His expression was gloomy: "It's just that the saint doesn't know, as long as he speaks, don't say that the military power in his hand is my life, and he can take it at any time, so there is no need to go to such great lengths." The Xuanyuan family is loyal to Daqin and the saints, and Xuanyuan would rather die than violate the family motto and rebel. ”