Refusing to marry the king of broken sleeves

Chapter 192: A Secret Plan The majestic and majestic palace still gives people a sense of majesty, which makes people feel awe.

Outside the emperor's bedroom, a slender and tall figure was standing outside the hall. He looked up at the gilded plaque before walking in.

As soon as he walked into the gate of the palace, he saw the chief eunuch serving the emperor at a glance, walked up quickly, called out to him, and asked, "Is the emperor inside?"

After the chief eunuch saluted him respectfully, he lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "Back to the second prince, the emperor is resting inside."

"Father is in better health?" Frowning, Huangfuxuan asked in a deep voice, his tone full of deep concern, "You have to be careful in serving."

"The emperor just took the medicine and rested, and his health is much better."

"That's very good." Nodding slightly, Huangfu Xuan put one arm behind his back, put the other hand in front of his body, waved and said, "You go down and do your work first, this king goes in to see Father Huang."

"Yes, this servant will leave." After accepting the order, the chief eunuch retreated respectfully.

Seeing the direction in which the Chief Eunuch left, Huangfu Xuan narrowed his dark eyes slightly, his eyes were deep and complicated, making it hard to fathom his thoughts.

Due to the tense battle in the border town, the emperor was so worried about the battle ahead that he often forgot to sleep and eat, which eventually caused his health to deteriorate day by day. In the first two days, he finally lost his strength and fell ill.

In these two days, he will visit the emperor in the palace, and today is the same as before.

Withdrawing his gaze, he stepped into the hall and walked straight towards the bedroom.

Lifting the curtain, Huangfu Xuan immediately saw the emperor lying on the bed with a sick face.Sitting beside the bed was Mo Yingyu, who was taking care of him very carefully.

Seeing someone coming in, Mo Yingyu subconsciously turned her head to look. When she saw the person clearly, she couldn't help but froze for a while, but immediately regained her composure. Raise the corners of your lips.

Nodding slightly to her, Huangfuxuan shifted his gaze to the emperor lying on the bed, walked to the side of the bed, and respectfully saluted: "I send my respects to father and emperor." After finishing speaking, he looked at Mo Ying again Yu, "I've seen the jade concubine."

"Are you here?" Waved his hand, the emperor thought of a stool next to him, motioned him to sit down, and said weakly, "Only you will enter the palace to greet me every day."

There was a calm expression on Jun Yi's face, Huangfu Xuan lowered his head slightly, and said with a gentle expression: "Father is serious. I think the big brother and the others are also busy with other things, so they can't enter the palace to pay respects to Father. Well, only son-in-law can be so leisurely."

The emperor's calm and majestic face now showed a sickly look, and the originally sharp eyes also looked dull and lifeless.

With a long sigh, he said earnestly: "You don't need to explain for them, you are all my sons, and I still don't understand you?"

"Father said so." Huangfuxuan agreed with a slight nod of his head.

After being silent for a while, he suddenly hooked the corners of his lips, said calmly, and said casually: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Lao Si for several days, and I don't know where he is now?"

It's okay if he didn't mention it, but when he heard about it, the emperor's face suddenly became even more ugly, his eyes were full of anger, and he said with a cold snort: "Hmph, where is he? Just don't come back!"

"Father..." Huangfuxuan's face immediately became serious and tense, and he hurriedly called out, but his eyes secretly fixed on Mo Yingyu.

Sensing his gaze, Mo Yingyu stood up tactfully, bowed to the emperor, and said in a soft voice: "The concubine will not disturb the emperor talking with the second prince, and the concubine will leave first."

"Go." He waved his hand, but the emperor didn't say much.

Straightening up, Mo Yingyu turned around and walked out of the bedroom, but before leaving, she casually aimed at Huangfuxuan.

After only a brief eye contact, Huangfuxuan withdrew his gaze and pretended not to look at her.

After Mo Yingyu left, Huangfuxuan looked at the emperor, frowned, and said worriedly: "Father, no matter how big a mistake the fourth child made, he is your son after all. Can he come back?"

"I really hope I don't have a son like him!" With another cold snort, the emperor scolded, "He left Beijing without permission, does he take my father seriously?"

Xu Shi was furious, and when he finished speaking, the emperor suddenly coughed violently, and his pale face was already flushed.

Immediately tensed up, Huangfuxuan hurriedly stood up and supported him, patted his back, and said aloud: "Father, calm down. It's all my son's fault. My son shouldn't have mentioned the fourth child, and shouldn't have provoked the father." Not happy. Erchen is also worried about the fourth child, and doesn't want him to really go to the border town, and hopes that he can return to Beijing as soon as possible."

"If he really went away and became...cough cough...I will definitely not be able to spare him!" Coughing non-stop, the emperor said angrily, his eyes were extraordinarily sharp, as if Huangfu Yi was standing in front of him generally.

"Father, don't get angry." There was another burst of nervousness, and Huangfuxuan persuaded again, "I think there may be some misunderstanding in this, let's talk about it when the fourth child comes back."

But in the depths of his eyes, there was an imperceptible look of cruelty and complacency, and even the corners of his mouth were slightly raised upwards as if nothing had happened.

"There is Ling Qinglian in the border town, even if he really goes to the border town, don't try to cause any trouble!" Finally he stopped coughing, the emperor lay back on the bed again, and said in a cold voice.

Standing up, Huangfuxuan stood by the bed in an orderly manner, lowered his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Thinking about it, Lord Ling will definitely act impartially and will never show favoritism. Father, you can rest assured, or, Mr. Si didn't go to the border town?"

Frowning into a ball, the emperor waved his hand and said impatiently: "Okay, don't mention him. I'm tired, you should go back first."

It's just the same.The corners of his lips curled upwards slightly, Huangfu Xuan nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I hope father and emperor will pay more attention to his body, and my son will leave." After speaking, he retreated respectfully.

Looking at Huangfuxuan who turned around and walked out of the bedroom, the emperor's eyes became sharper, his face was extraordinarily serious, his brows were tightly furrowed, making it impossible to guess his thoughts, and his pair of sharp eagle-like eyes , but it seems to be able to see through other people's minds.

***

After walking out of the palace, Huangfuxuan stopped outside the palace, looked up at the gray sky above his head, and a charming smile played on his lips.

The weather is getting more and more gloomy, it's going to rain.

With a chuckle, he didn't stay any longer, and walked down the stone steps outside the palace, towards the gate of the palace.

He left the emperor's palace all the way. He just walked out of the gate of the palace and just turned a corner when he saw two familiar figures walking towards him.

The steps under his feet involuntarily paused, he put his hands behind his back, looked deeply at the two voices in front of him, and the smile on his lips became deeper and deeper.

After a pause in the blink of an eye, he walked forward in a steady and rhythmic pace as before, and called out: "Miss Yubi, brother, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet the two of you here." .”

After walking in front of the two of them, he cupped his hands towards them.

After being seen, Huangfu Yan's face looked a little embarrassed, and even his eyes averted a little, and he laughed a few times before he said: "For the past two days, my father has been ill in bed, but I haven't been able to enter the palace. Greetings to Royal Father, I finally have time today, so I thought about going to the palace, but I never thought that I would meet Empress Yubi by such a coincidence."

"Oh? Is that so?" With a calm face, Huangfu Xuan said nonchalantly, "I also just came out of Father's Palace, and Empress Jade Concubine also just left, didn't she?"

Seeing him looking at her, Mo Yingyu also nodded, with a gentle and generous smile: "Yes, I happened to meet the eldest prince not long after I left the emperor, what a coincidence!"

"But isn't Empress Yupin going to leave? How could she go to the imperial father's bedroom with elder brother?" Putting on a puzzled expression, Huangfuxuan asked inexplicably.

His question made the two of them overwhelmed. Both of them looked a little embarrassed, and kept laughing, but they didn't know how to answer.

Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly became awkward, Huangfuxuan tactfully didn't ask any further questions, and changed the subject, "I haven't seen the fourth child recently, why is it so difficult to see the third and sixth child?"

Heaving a sigh of relief secretly, Huangfuyan raised his eyes to look at him, with a puzzled expression on his face, shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on with them these days? But it's not difficult to think about it carefully. Guess where they are. The third child probably is in the brothel at this time, and the sixth child probably stays in his mansion all the time."

After being stunned for a while, Huangfu Xuan laughed helplessly, shook his head and sighed: "The third child and the sixth child are really far apart? One hangs around outside the mansion all day long, but the sixth child always likes to stay in his own mansion , or go to the fourth child's place."

As he said that, he seemed to be remembering something, and said doubtfully: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Lao Si for several days, and I don't know what he is doing?"

Huangfuyan's face became serious, and he looked at him with deep eyes. He pursed his lips, shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Aren't you and I very clear about the style of the fourth brother? No one can do it." Guess what he's thinking."

"That's right." Huangfuxuan echoed, and didn't continue the topic, "Since Eldest Brother is going to pay his respects to Emperor Father, I'll take my leave first."

Huangfu Yan didn't speak, just nodded to him and watched him leave.

After he left, he looked at Mo Yingyu again, with a soft complexion and a clear voice: "Please, Madam Yubi." After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation.

But the direction the two of them were going was not the emperor's bedroom, but the direction of the imperial garden.

***

Outside the lush green bamboo forest, a tall and straight figure stood quietly with his hands behind his back, looking deeply at the piece of green bamboo in front of him, with a calm and peaceful expression on his sharp and clear face.

The sky was gray, and there was a strong wind blowing, whirling and running through this lush bamboo forest, blowing the bamboo leaves flying.He also lifted up the man's flowing black hair, and swept across his bright face like a chiseled knife.

Everything seemed so quiet and harmonious.

However, suddenly, a swift and swift black shadow passed through the emerald green bamboo forest, and stopped firmly in front of the man.

With his head lowered, the black figure respectfully knelt down on one knee, bowed his hands and saluted the man, and said in a deep voice, "This subordinate has seen the Lord."

Just looking down at the black shadow, the man withdrew his gaze, still looked at the bamboo forest in front of him with clear eyes, and asked casually: "Is the matter settled?"

Hearing the man's question, Hei Ying suddenly became nervous, and his face also appeared a little terrified. He faltered and said: "This subordinate is incompetent, and failed to complete the task assigned by the master."

"I didn't expect you to really kill him!" The man snorted coldly, still with a nonchalant expression, "Why didn't you complete the task?"

The man in black was still trembling. Seeing that the man didn't seem angry, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and replied cautiously: "Return to the Lord, when the subordinates and others found him, they saw that he was with a woman." Together. The subordinates and others went up together to take his life according to the command of the Lord. But who knows, he is not easy to deal with at all. The subordinates have no choice but to hold the woman as a hostage. Unexpectedly, that woman is also very powerful. His subordinate was angry for a moment, so he wanted to kill the woman, but he hit him sideways and stabbed him with a sword. The subordinate and others rushed to pursue the victory, but were killed by the two escaped."

After listening to the man in black's lengthy narration, the man's face suddenly became gloomy, and his originally clear eyes were also tainted with a layer of anger at this moment, making him look extraordinarily sharp and frightening.

"You said, there is another woman by his side?" The man asked in a low voice, speaking coldly.

Not knowing why, the man in black was a little puzzled, he didn't understand why the Lord would ask about that woman, but he didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, that woman seems to be very important to him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have saved that woman regardless of his own life."

The man in black didn't notice that the man's body was covered with a terrifying chill, which made people shudder.And in those sharp eyes, there was a coldness and cruelty, even a trace of bloodthirsty ferocity.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the man suddenly raised his leg and landed on the man in black with his foot, kicking him so far away.

The man in black didn't expect it, and he couldn't defend himself, so he could only take the kick forcefully, but immediately, a mouthful of blood gushed out, wetting his black clothes.

The kick came out of nowhere, the man in black was puzzled and even aggrieved, but he didn't dare to complain, and was so frightened that he immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy: "My lord, spare me! The subordinates are incompetent and failed to handle the matter well. For the matter of confession, please let the master let the subordinate go because he has followed the master for such a long time."

"Bastard!" The man ignored his begging for mercy at all, but snapped, "Who told you to touch that woman? Fortunately, she is fine. If you hurt a single hair of her, you will just wait to die." !"

The man was already bursting with anger, and the anger in his chest was already burning like a prairie fire. The raging anger was burning extremely vigorously, and he looked at the man in black, as if he wanted to tear him into pieces.

Apart from Ling Ruoyao, who else could make Huangfu Yi care so much about her, and even risk her life to protect her?

It's just that he didn't expect that Huangfu Yi would be with Ling Ruoyao.

Fortunately, she was fine, otherwise, not only would he not let these men in black go, even he himself would not feel at ease, and would feel deeply remorseful.

"My lord, spare me! This subordinate knows his mistake! This subordinate will never do anything to that woman again!" The man in black was still puzzled, but he knew that it was better to beg for mercy and admit his mistake at this moment.

Although he didn't understand who that woman was, but seeing the Lord being so angry and caring about her so much, it must be difficult for her to come to think of it.

Moreover, that woman was someone close to the Fourth Prince, so if the Fourth Prince risked his life to save her, she would definitely not be an ordinary person.

Squinting at the man in black, the man tried his best to keep his composure, and his face gradually returned to the calmness just now, but there was still anger and coldness that could not be concealed.

With a cold snort, he said again in a low voice: "This time, I will forgive you for the time being. If there is another time, I'd better come and see you!"

"The subordinates will keep in mind the command of the Lord, and they will definitely not make any mistakes again!"

"Okay." After waving his hand, the man interrupted him, his brows furrowed into a ball, "How is the matter in the border town going?"

Seeing that the man no longer scolded himself, the man in black secretly heaved a sigh of relief, his forehead was already dripping with cold sweat: "Return to the Lord, the others have already rushed to the border town, and they will arrive in a few days. The subordinates will come back and report to the Lord first." , and then chase them."

"Have you traveled far away?" The man suddenly asked a somewhat confusing question.

The man in black obviously didn't know the meaning of the man's words, so he had to answer honestly: "It's not far, it's just at Nanhua Mountain."

"Nanhua Mountain?" the man murmured, "Nanhua Mountain is not far from here, but it took you a few days to come back. What's your explanation?"

Although the man said this calmly and carelessly, there was a strong majesty and sternness in his tone, which should not be underestimated.

The man in black shivered involuntarily, lowered his head even lower, but had nothing to say.

"Are you not only incompetent, but also ignorant of the rules?" There was another cold snort, and the man glared at the man in black, "If things in the border town cannot be handled properly, you should hurry up and find someone to collect your corpses for you!"

"Your subordinate obeys." The man in black still looked trembling, and the cold sweat on his forehead became more dense, "Your subordinate will hurry to the border town."

"Go." He waved his hand, but the man didn't look at him again.

After the man in black left, the man sighed and whispered, "Have you accepted him?"

A gust of wind blew by, lifted the hem of his gown, and danced lightly...

***

The days of war have made the border town look a bit lonely, and the people living in the border town are living in fear.

In the camps stationed outside the city, the soldiers are fighting with all their blood to defend their territory and their homeland.

Idlers are not allowed to enter the important area of ​​the military camp, and the large wooden fence surrounds the entire camp and separates it from the outside.

There are several soldiers guarding the gate of the camp. When entering the camp, there are tents one by one, and piles of bonfires, illuminating the world in this dark night.

The camp seemed a bit lively tonight. The soldiers were drinking and talking together, and the atmosphere seemed to be boiling and cheerful.

Just because, we fought a beautiful victory today!

The army of the Sky Kingdom was annihilated by them before they had time to counterattack.

How can such a joyful thing not make them feel happy and have a drink?

In the largest tent in the camp, the leading generals were discussing how to proceed with the next battle.

"I think that the enemy army has been severely injured today. They must not dare to attack easily again, and their morale must have been hit. We should take this opportunity to lead the army to attack the enemy camp and wipe out the enemy army in one fell swoop!"

The person who spoke was a burly and powerful general. His face was covered with beards, his eyes were prominent, and he looked a bit fierce.

"As the saying goes, don't chase after the poor. Although the enemy army has suffered heavy losses today, it is limited to the team they came out to fight. We don't know the situation behind them, so we must not act rashly."

The one who spoke next was a man with a thin figure and a gentle appearance, who did not look like a general at all.

Represented by the two who spoke, the generals were divided into two factions. One faction supported the pursuit of victory and took down the enemy's camp in one fell swoop, while the other faction hoped to act cautiously and not to be impatient.

Neither of the two factions will accept the other, and neither is willing to make concessions. They both hope that the other party can compromise and their views can be adopted.

After a heated debate, there was still no result. In the end, everyone had to turn their attention to the handsome young man sitting at the top, with a majestic expression.

"Lord Ling, what do you think?"

Sitting upright on the chair, he put his hands on the long table in front of him, and the slender index finger of his right hand tapped the table once and for all, with a clear and crisp sound.

Ling Qinglian glanced at the people sitting there, her face was solemn, her thin lips were slightly pursed, her eyes were sharp, but she never spoke.

After looking at everyone one by one, he cleared his throat, and with a slight smile on his lips, he said slowly: "What you said is reasonable, and it is reasonable for no one to accept the other. But now In this way, no matter who I agree with, the people on the other side will definitely not accept it, after all, it’s not that there is no way that everyone can accept.”

"What's your opinion, my lord?" The burly man with bearded face snorted, glanced at him, and said in a somewhat disdainful tone.

These people, all veteran generals who had fought many battles, suddenly took orders from this young man who was on the battlefield for the first time, and they were somewhat dissatisfied in their hearts.

Although under the leadership of this young man, they did win the battle, but this still could not eliminate the resistance in their hearts.

Facing the aggressiveness of the man, Ling Qinglian didn't care, instead she curled her lips into a smile, waved her hand and said, "It's not a good opinion, it's just a little humble opinion."

"In that case, why don't you come and listen, my lord?" It was the gentle man who spoke this time, and his attitude was much more accommodating in comparison.

Nodding slightly towards him, Ling Qinglian cleared her throat again, and then said slowly: "This time the enemy army has been severely injured, which indeed gave us a great opportunity to wipe it out in one fell swoop, but we don't know the situation behind the enemy army. It is also a fact, and it is right not to act rashly."

As he said that, he glanced at the people sitting there, and seeing that everyone was listening to him, he continued: "But if we miss this opportunity, if we want to defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop after it recovers, I'm afraid it will be even worse." Disaster."

"The best way is to kill him right away!" Hearing what he said, the burly man said immediately, his voice was extraordinarily loud, and there was a bit of complacency in his tone.

The gentle man didn't speak, but just glared at him.

"No, it's too hasty to do so." Ling Qinglian waved her hand and vetoed his statement, "I think we can attack the enemy camp at night. Let's send people to the enemy camp to find out what's true before we make deployments. Tomorrow night, we will go to encircle and suppress the enemy camp!"

"Okay!" The gentle man was the first to agree, "In this way, we have learned about the situation of the enemy army, and we have not missed this great opportunity! I agree!"

After thinking about it for a while, the rest of the generals also agreed to attack the enemy camp at night, only the burly man remained, still hesitating.

Ling Qinglian didn't speak or urge him, just looked at him with a smile on her face, her expression was extraordinarily leisurely.

However, just as the burly man was about to open his mouth to speak out his decision, there was a sudden loud noise from outside the tent, followed by a panicked voice: "My lord, there are assassins!"

In the tent, everyone couldn't help being startled, and turned their eyes to Ling Qinglian.

Ling Qinglian also frowned tightly, her face serious and gloomy.Standing up, he took the lead and walked outside the tent.The rest of the people quickly followed.

Walking out of the tent, he saw soldiers running back and forth outside the tent, searching everywhere, and a soldier stood outside his tent.

"What happened?" With a resolute and stern face, he looked at the soldier and asked in a deep voice.

"Returning to my lord, when my subordinate came back from the latrine just now, I saw a figure hiding furtively outside the lord's tent, with a weapon in his hand, my subordinate immediately asked someone to arrest that person together, but I didn't want to be alarmed He, let him escape, and now everyone is chasing him."

"My lord, could it be a spy sent by the enemy?"

Without answering, Ling Qinglian still looked at the soldier with sharp and cold eyes: "Did you see the appearance of that man clearly? In what direction did that man run away?"

Lowering his head, the soldier didn't think much, and replied aloud: "The man ran towards the enemy camp. As for his appearance, the man covered his face, and his subordinates couldn't see clearly, but from Judging from her figure and those eyes, she looks a bit like... Ye Yuan next to the Fourth Prince."

Ling Qinglian froze for a moment, her brows furrowed even tighter, but her gaze towards the soldier became extraordinarily cold...