Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

Yan Bingyun refused to give in and spoke out all the speculations in his mind: "In addition to going through the country, they can also go through Dongyi City and directly appear at the foot of Dadong Mountain!"

"I told you you're stupid and you really are stupid!"

"Who do you think Si Gu Jian is? He can have nothing and kill all the people in the City Lord's Mansion. What is he doing for? It's just for the Dongyi. According to what you said, these 5,000 people who should have died are still alive. Do you think Si Gu Jian will let them pass through his country? These are all the troops of my Qing country. He must be very afraid and unwilling to open the country's borders."

Yan Bingyun couldn't bear it any longer when he looked at his strange father. He slapped the table, causing the water cup on it to jump and liquid to spill out. "I am the acting supervisor of the Supervisory Council. Now that the intelligence shows that there are doubts, I will report it. What's wrong with that? But you, father, are so unreasonable and even suppressed the matter with the old dean. What exactly are you planning to do?"

When Yan Ruohai heard this, his body trembled and his heart became complicated.

“I did this alone.”

The faint words floated in the room, as if they were not real.

"What?" Yan Bingyun couldn't believe it, and then he said in a trembling voice: "Father, do you know the consequences of doing this?"

Once this matter is exposed, the entire Yan family will probably be wiped out in an instant!

What on earth was my father thinking? Why would he take such a risk as to bet the entire Yan family to do this?

"The dean is no longer in Kyoto. Sigh, maybe the dean is no longer alive now."

Yan Bingyun's eyes were blank, and he recalled the scene where Dean Chen seemed to have left his last words, and he fell weakly into the chair.

He understood. With the eyesight of the dean and his father, how could they not see that this was a conspiracy by the eldest princess in cooperation with the Qin and Ye families?

Who is behind the Qin family?

They supported the prince and had been his die-hard supporters before.

And what about the Ye family?

Now the only daughter of the Ye family is married to the second prince.

Add to that the fact that the eldest princess was supposed to be imprisoned, and it seems like they are really rebelling!

"Father, what should our Yan family do now?" Yan Bingyun murmured.

Unexpectedly, Yan Ruohai did not answer this question at all. He just opened the door and said to the trusted guards outside: "Young Master is not feeling well, so let him rest in the mansion. No one is allowed to visit him, and he is not allowed to go out!"

"Yes!"

Yan Ruohai took a few steps and suddenly turned around to ask his son softly, "If you were asked to choose between the courtyard and His Majesty, what would you choose?"

Hearing this, Yan Bingyun finally turned his gaze over.

"The dean asked me this question before in Chen Garden."

"And what was your answer?"

Yan Bingyun shook his head. "I didn't have a definite answer at the time. I just responded verbally. I believe the dean should have seen it."

After a pause, Yan Bingyun slowly asked: "What about you, father? What is your choice?"

There was one thing he didn't say.

In his heart, Emperor Qing would never fail! This might be a kind of blind worship, or it might be a kind of fear, which made him unable to make a decision that went against Emperor Qing.

He is devoted to Qing Dynasty.

But after using this reason too much, it often becomes his excuse.

"Son, I will naturally choose the courtyard, otherwise I would not ask you these questions today." After saying that, Yan Ruohai walked out of the courtyard without looking back.

Perhaps, Your Majesty is no longer alive at this time.

Just like you are afraid of Emperor Qing's methods, I, your father, am also in awe of the Dean's methods.

Since Chen Pingping dared to take action at this time, and even went there in person, he must have some chance of winning.

Chen Pingping would not live long anyway, and perhaps Emperor Qing would not die, but Yan Ruohai believed that the greatest possibility for the two of them would be to go to the underworld together and continue their friendship as monarch and subject!

Chapter 327 A crazy woman trapped in love.

The eldest princess is such a tenacious person. As long as she is not destroyed physically, she will spare no effort to achieve her goal.

Sometimes, people are even willing to risk everything for a goal.

She was hiding in Kyoto, but because of her crazy and arrogant personality, her hiding sometimes seemed ridiculous.

But she was able to survive to this day because she understood where Emperor Qing’s bottom line was. At the same time, she was also taking advantage of Emperor Qing’s desire to train several princes and turning herself into the whetstone.

In this villa, the eldest princess still lives a luxurious life.

At this time, she seemed to be no different from being in the palace, still grinding flower petals and making spices, except that there were more people from the Overwatch Council monitoring her.

In the royal villa, there appeared today a person who had disappeared from everyone's sight for a long time - Yuan Hongdao!

The staff of the Supervisory Council who were monitoring the other courtyards seemed to turn a blind eye and continued their inspections.

Li Yunrui smiled, and her smile was very happy and charming!

In Yuan Hongdao's opinion, this woman is crazy. She has already rebelled, so why is she still following Emperor Qing's order to stay in this royal villa that is specially designed to keep her under guard?

Is it the worry in your heart?

"Is there any news coming back?" Li Yunrui's movements were graceful and his voice was gentle.

Yuan Hongdao shook his head slightly, expressionless.

"Sir, do you think that what I have done is full of mistakes?" Li Yunrui laughed at himself, narrowing his eyes slightly. "It's not surprising that you have this question, sir. It's just that you don't know our Majesty well, and I know him best!"

"I didn't design it too complicated. He's too suspicious. If there's an opportunity, he'll happily fall into this trap without anyone's help."

After that, Li Yunrui closed his eyes, and sighed as if he was feeling sad. "Where is the so-called making the best of a bad situation? It's all bullshit! He's just enjoying it all by himself!"

"And I am just a poor person waiting for news in this courtyard after I have done what I should do!"

Yes, the success or failure of things never depends on her, Li Yunrui.

Sadly, Li Yunrui herself was not sure either. She left all the outcomes to be decided by God and by Emperor Qing himself.

She loves Emperor Qing, but is also afraid that he would be bored playing alone, so she just plays with him!

Perhaps, this is the tacit understanding and romance between the two?

Yuan Hongdao didn't think there was anything to be happy about. He just repeated Li Yunrui's thoughts, "So, His Majesty knew you wanted to kill him, so he waited for you to kill him? And you, Princess, also knew that His Majesty was waiting for you to kill him, but you still did so much, right?"

"Isn't it interesting?"

Yuan Hongdao nodded. "What about the two princes? Do they understand your idea?"

"It doesn't matter, they only have their eyes on that position."

In this rebellion, everything else is just a minor detail. They are just waiting for a piece of news, a piece of news that Emperor Qing is dead, even if he is not dead but recovering from his injuries. The eldest princess wants to create a time difference and create a false impression. When the queen mother hears such bad news, no matter how sad she is, she will come to the front and choose one of the two princes to inherit the throne.

After all, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven to depose the crown prince had not yet been completed and had not been announced to the world.

As long as this decree is not issued, the prince will still be the prince!

Li Yunrui could also guess what the Queen Mother would do at that time. No matter from which angle you looked at it, the Queen Mother would eventually choose to let the Crown Prince succeed to the throne.

"This time, I'm here on behalf of Lord Fan Xian to discuss matters with the princess." Yuan Hongdao straightened his face, stood up and bowed slightly.

The eldest princess looked at him with a smile.

She didn't understand how she and Fan Xian could cooperate, so she didn't say anything.

But she didn't expect that the person who came would be Yuan Hongdao.

In an instant, she understood the whole story.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess?" Yuan Hongdao reminded.

Li Yunrui's thoughts were pulled back, and she chuckled, "You are very good, and so is my husband. Fan Xian is even more extraordinary!"

"Why? Does he want to be emperor too?"

Yuan Hongdao simply shook his head. "No matter what happens next, this is an internal matter of Qing after all. Our enemies have always been the Western Hu and the Northern Qi."

"In the final analysis, it's all for the throne!"

This time, Li Yunrui didn't even want to pretend anymore. Even though Fan Xian was her daughter's husband, she just hated Fan Xian and deeply despised him.

"Brother Hongdao, do you know what it means to kill someone?"

This unconventional thinking made Yuan Hongdao a little uncomfortable. After being slightly surprised, he responded: "Killing people is not the job of a villain. It is probably about controlling the timing and making use of the general trend."

He said he would not kill anyone, but he said it in a long line.

This was no ordinary killing, he used his brain.

Li Yunrui understood that the two were talking about different things, so he explained: "Killing is about who has more people, who is crueler, and whose knife is faster!"

"This fight for the throne is just like that. In my opinion, it is no different from the fight for territory among the gangs in the underworld."

"Now Fan Xian wants to cooperate with me, so what reward can he give me? Just not killing me?"

"Or money or power?"

Li Yunrui smiled slightly: "Brother Hongdao, do you think these things are still important to me now?"

The eldest princess's cold words ended the conversation.

In her heart, she actually wanted Emperor Qing to win. Even if she would die, she still wanted her brother the emperor to win!

Qing Kingdom belongs to Emperor Qing. Even if no one cooperates with her, she will not allow others to destroy it. Even if Li An is a grandmaster, she will not allow it. Perhaps, even fulfilling Emperor Qing's ideas and goals can make her feel happy.

Yuan Hongdao smiled. He already knew what the princess was thinking. As for the other words he had prepared, there was no need to say them out loud now.

After a slight bow, Yuan Hongdao left the royal villa and walked straight towards a small courtyard.

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Fan Xian sat under a tree, leaning against the trunk. Looking at Uncle Wu Zhu, whose eyes were covered with a black cloth and who appeared silently on the big tree opposite, he opened his mouth slightly, with a look of joy on his face.

Wu Zhu exerted force on his feet, jumped in front of Fan Xian and helped him up, his movements were gentle and powerful.

Fan Xian hugged the blind man who looked like a teenager, and patted his back vigorously. Fan Xian could not see that at this moment, the blind man's mouth curled up, revealing a gentle smile.

"Uncle, luckily you're okay! What about those two temple messengers? Did you get rid of them?"

"No."

Wu Zhu shook his head. "We didn't try our best when we were on the top of the mountain. When Li An and Emperor Qing were both injured, we all chose to take action. They killed Li An, and I killed Emperor Qing!"

Fan Xian could already roughly guess what would happen next.

Since the temple messenger's target was not Uncle Wu Zhu, it was natural that he could escape easily.

"Is your Majesty dead? And what about Li An?"

"There was a huge explosion. I and the people in the temple were blown out in another direction. I don't know what happened afterwards. But Chen Pingping's body was nowhere to be found."

Fan Xian's eyes were filled with bloodshot, and he looked dejected when he heard that.

Chapter 328 Did you do this?

In the Hanguang Hall of the Qing Imperial Palace.

Several old maids served the old man sitting on the bed quietly and gently, not daring to utter a word.

The lights in the room were dim. Although there was plenty of daylight outside, there was always a lingering chill in the elderly man's room.

There were countless wrinkles on the old empress dowager's face, and even the nasolabial folds on both sides of her nose looked more furrowed because of her frowning brows. The most powerful person in Qing Kingdom now showed an aging state that was beyond recovery.

"News came from the west that the soldiers have already set out to their positions and the imperial edict has also been delivered. Calculating the time, the battle will begin in less than ten days."

An old but sturdy general was in the hall at this time.

He was sitting on a small stool, looking extremely funny.

He bowed his hands towards the bed and said respectfully, "Don't worry about the Southern Zhao Kingdom. Its king is still young and can't cause any big trouble. On the other hand, the Northern Qi leader Shang Shanhu's offensive is getting more and more fierce. Although he suffered a small defeat a few days ago,..."

The Queen Mother nodded slowly, her eyes were somewhat empty, but more importantly, there was a hint of ruthlessness in them, as if that should not appear in the eyes of a woman of such age.

"General Qin, please feel free to speak."

Qin Ye nodded, and then analyzed: "The Northeast has a large army, but no great generals. After a long-term confrontation with Northern Qi, the quality of the soldiers is top-notch, but no one can check Shangshanhu. Should we let the eldest prince take charge of the army?"

The Queen Mother did not answer his question. She understood that this was just a test from the Qin family: "What about the direction of Dongyi City?"

"There is no unusual movement in Dongyi City."

Now the news of Emperor Qing's death has spread throughout the upper echelons of Kyoto, but no one dares to act rashly.