Just after the Huachao Festival, Quan Qingshi came out of the palace. When he walked, his left leg was a little stiff, so he walked slightly slower than usual.

His leg was disabled, and he had been standing inside for a long time and was already numb.

He didn't like this feeling, but he couldn't see it on his face.

Today, the emperor called him and the Prince of Ying into the palace, saying that he wanted to play chess. After that, the emperor played chess with the prince, and Quan Qingshi watched the battle.

It was said that they were watching the game, but the two of them didn't play twenty sons in total, because the emperor was dozing off later and the game was not finished.

While inside, Quan Qingshi was still thinking about the courtesan conference being held.

The Prince of England was determined to support Dong Qingping and destroy Chuyao Pavilion.

Quan Qingshi is arguing with him.

If the emperor had not called him into the palace, then the scene at this time would have been very lively.

From then on, I went to the palace to meet the emperor again, and it was another month later.

Of course, it is a matter of official business to meet the emperor when the power is strong, but every time the emperor sees him, he will take him to play chess together.

"Speaking of this, I should call you brother, don't be so stern all day long and smile more." The emperor was in his teenage years, and the government was full of hard work, so he was carefree.

"I dare not take it," Quan Qingshi still showed fear: "Your Majesty is extremely noble, how can you downplay the noble?"

"I never thought you were lowly," the emperor looked at Quan Qingshi and placed a chess piece on the chessboard: "There is nothing to be afraid of when a loyal country is to eat the country's fortune."

In fact, the emperor and Quan Qingshi knew each other well that Quan Qingshi was a dog raised by King Yong. He was loyal to King Yong, but he was not necessarily loyal to the emperor.

Therefore, the emperor did not say "the matter of being loyal to the emperor and eating the king's fortune", but instead replaced the king with a country.

He seemed to have said nothing, but in fact he said everything.

For the first time, Quan Qingshi felt that this little emperor was not what people always thought of as ignorant and incompetent. He was actually scheming.

However, the little emperor's scheming was like the peak covered by clouds. Only a corner would be exposed occasionally, and he could not see the whole picture.

Time flies, and two years have passed before, and the emperor is going to visit the world.

Before that, he summoned Quan Qingshi once again, but still did not talk about official affairs, but gave him two things.

A portrait and a slut.

The person in the portrait is Quan Qingshi's biological mother--the Capricorn singer-songwriter, and the Hu Zi is her relic.

Quan Qingshi has received many gifts in his life, but nothing has never touched his heart like these two gifts.

At that moment, he completely forgot about King Yong and knelt down and thanked the emperor.

The emperor's expression was no different from usual. He smiled and said to Quan Qingshi: "Don't thank me. These two things are worthless in the eyes of others. You are priceless treasures. I am afraid it will be difficult for me to come back safely when I visit you. You and I are both descendants of the Li family, so we should do our duty!"

The emperor's words made Quan Qingshi not know how to answer for a while. He knew about Yong's plan, but he never expected that the emperor knew it.

He was still kneeling there, but his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"My uncle has worked hard for many years and is highly respected. It's nothing wrong to give him this seat." The emperor smiled and said, "What do you think?"

When Quan Qingshi left the palace again, he felt as if he was exhausted.

The emperor was far more smarter than he thought. He didn't dare to predict what the situation would be like later.

When facing King Yong again, Quan Qingshi did not mention this at all.

He couldn't tell what was the reason, probably the emperor's words before leaving: "Brother Mu, if I can still be the emperor, I will definitely give you a free self."

Everyone knows what happened later, but the power of the world is clear that it was King Yong who deliberately smeared the emperor in order to get ahead.

But the people are always foolish, so where can they tell the truth or false?

When the deposed emperor was taken back to the capital, Quan Qingshi felt a little disappointed. It was the feeling of the faint thoughts in his heart. But he did nothing and said nothing.

The road is ready, the dust is settled, everything is a foregone conclusion.

Compared with the power of King Yong, the deposed emperor is really weak.

This is not because of his incompetence, but because of how can a puppet who has been undermined since childhood compete with the regent who has been in power?

The deposed emperor, who became Anming Hou, was placed under house arrest in his mansion, with nowhere left.

Trustee Shi is still the most powerful hawk of Emperor Xizheng.

When he returned to the capital and learned about Su Haoyi's death, Quan Qingshi almost never killed anyone.

He took a leave of absence on the grounds of being sick, and locked himself in his house in Fangfei Lane all day long, and no one saw him.

When he returns to the yamen, he becomes more sinister and taciturn.

Until that day, he found a mezzanine in the portrait of his biological mother, and there was another painting inside.

A man in black rode on a tiger with a look of panic on his face.

Quan Qingshi smiled bitterly at Hua. Is An Minghou saying that he is difficult to get rid of a tiger?

That day was the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Quan Qingshi remembered that it was the birthday of An Minghou.

The court, as usual, wanted to give him wine, meat and snacks.

Quan Qingshi suddenly wanted to see him, but the reason was impossible to explain it for the time being.

Quan Qingshi stopped the eunuch who came to give gifts in the palace and asked his subordinates to enter the Anming Marquis' Mansion with a birthday gift.

An Minghou seemed to have no change, he always looked harmless.

When he saw Quan Qingshi, he was the same as before. He smiled and asked him to sit down, and pushed the chessboard over.

"It's rare that someone comes here, let's play chess with me!" An Minghou said with a smile: "Brother Mu."

After only half a game of chess, Quan Qingshi lost his patience.

"Don't you ask why I came?" Quan Qingshi asked him.

"Why are you here?" An Minghou asked, it was obvious that it was not what he wanted to ask, but it was just responding to Quan Qingshi's request.

Quan Qingshi smiled bitterly: "Forget it, I shouldn't have come."

Yes, what is there to say about an aborted emperor who cannot protect himself, a hawk who has troubles and cannot be said!

Quan Qingshi stood up and prepared to leave.

"I know why you came." An Minghou said behind him.

Quan Qingshi turned around and looked at him without saying a word.

"You hate King Yong." An Minghou did not call Emperor Xizheng the emperor.

"You want to get rid of him." An Minghou continued, holding a few chess pieces in his hand and placing them casually.

True Shi still doesn't speak.

"Let's do a business!" An Minghou seemed to be talking to himself: "I can help you, you must give me sincerity."

Quan Qingshi thought a lot in his mind, but he still didn't say a word.

An Minghou didn't seem to need him to say anything, and he still played chess slowly: "Have you ever thought about something? You have been searching for your biological mother's relics but haven't found them, why can I?"

Quan Qingshi was the commander of the Bai Ya Guard. Others found something that he could not find, which only means that the man had more eyeliners and more powerful eyes and ears than his.

"I know you don't want high-ranking officials and generous salaries at all. All you want is someone to accompany you." An Minghou smiled and left the last piece, losing all the game: "If a game of chess is a foregone conclusion, then just admit defeat quickly and start the next game. Do you know what I mean?"

"What do you want me to do?" Quan Qingshi finally spoke.

"Tell the relationship between King Yong and Yushan to the world, and join them in conspiring to frame the empress dowager." said An Minghou.

"Are you sure you can defeat him?" Quan Qingshi frowned.

"You might as well bet." An Minghou did not guarantee him: "I don't like to force others."

Then came the sky-sky fire on Shangyuan Night. That night was expected by the power of the world, but I didn't expect it to be so thunderous and powerful.

The new emperor was restored and his power was summoned to the palace.

"If you want to know something, just ask! I'm not so honest to everyone." The expression on Emperor Yuqing's face did not change at all, which made Quan Qingshi feel that he was scheming.

"Your Majesty had already planned before he left the capital for a tour, right?" Quan Qingshi remembered what the emperor said to him.

"Yes, King Yong set me a trap, but I didn't know that the trap he had was much different from the trap I dug for him," the emperor said, "He only thought of pushing me down and taking the throne himself. But I didn't know that I was using him to reorganize the entire court."

He was right. After King Yong ascended the throne, the officials in the court changed their blood, and almost a few old ministers were left.

"Don't your Majesty feel it's a pity?" Quan Qingshi said: "Even the Gao family, who is the most loyal to you, has been killed."

Perhaps everything cannot be perfect. If you hurt a thousand enemies, you will have to hurt yourself by at least five hundred.

Unexpectedly, the emperor smiled and said, "The Gao family must be eliminated, so that the public grievances will be boiling. But there is still a seedling, so you can save Gaozhao."

"All this is also under the arrangement of Your Majesty?" Quan Qingshi really didn't expect it.

"I am not going to sit on the throne of the emperor safely and be a decent emperor," Emperor Yuqing stood up, feeling passionate: "I want to expand the territory and build a country in a rare way, and to rectify the court's principles and break the old system. These things will definitely be opposed by some well-established ministers. If I do not listen to advice, I will inevitably be criticized and labeled as a single man. These people united and turned into a wall of iron, firmly standing in front of me, making it difficult for me to move forward!"

Quan Qingshi finally understood that this game of chess is no longer a simple battle to seize the throne, but a re-changing of the court and revising the country.

It's really a big game of chess.

"I say this to you because you don't know how to say it out." The emperor returned to his gentle expression: "I have been the commander of the White Crow Guard for more than ten years, and you know the pros and cons of it better than anyone else. Besides, you are here to resign and then hide in the world without asking about the world."
To be continued...