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Chapter 5 The Impermanence of Personnel(1/2)

I looked at the beautiful woman with both talent and lust in front of me coldly, and ignored her words. The two sides looked at each other for a long time before I shouted: "Get out of here. I don't want to kill you, please leave!"

A kind of relief and a kind of sadness flashed through Xie Daoqing's eyes. He gently opened his red lips and said resolutely: "Thank you for your kindness. Daoqing will never let go of your promise!"

I heard her voice full of persistence that a woman rarely has. I understood that she would not compromise. I was also a little annoyed by her ungratefulness and snorted coldly: "Now, what conditions do you think you can talk to me about? The queen, why didn't she come out? I dare to slander me for killing my father, why didn't I come out now? I dare to come out to confront me now? No matter how I want to figure out how my father died, I think I am an old acquaintance with you, and I don't want to make things difficult for you. I will say it again, if you make things difficult for me, I will make things difficult for me."

Xie Daoqing shook his head firmly and said, "At the beginning, everyone said that His Highness killed the emperor. Daoqing once defended his highness, but now His Highness leads troops to the palace, intending to force the queen to make Daoqing feel that his Highness is a guilty act. Daoqing dares to ask, is His Highness not responsible for the death of the emperor?"

I was stunned by what she said, and my heart felt all kinds of feelings. I always thought that my father's death must be someone else's action, but when I thought deeply, the cause of my father's death was that I insisted on the Northern Expedition, which made the Jin people desperately jump into the wall to reveal a picture, causing my father to suffer and die. Seriously, this is completely another manifestation of my failure to kill Boren. I am the true death-seeking talisman of my father.

After Xie Daoqing told me something that I knew but didn't want to admit, I felt guilty for a moment, as if it was not Xie Daoqing who was surrounded here but me.

No, it can't be like this. Even if the father was killed because of me, these people in the palace are the accomplices of the murderer, and they are the ones who should be responsible for this matter.

He shook his hand hard, forcibly excluded his thoughts of self-blame and said loudly: "Father is definitely not a murder. If you let it go, don't blame me if you don't let it go, and if you don't let it go, don't blame me, prepare for the crossbowman!"

A row of crossbowmen immediately stepped forward, and the cold arrows aimed at Xie Daoqing!

Xie Daoqing looked at me and said with no fear on his face: "Your Highness, the Queen is your mother. If Your Highness wants to hurt her, she will kill her mother. This move will definitely attract the scolding of the people of the world. Your Highness will be wise forever. Can you really not see through these? Your Highness, the emperor's death is by no means the Queen. When the Empress announced that His Highness was related to this matter, she had already discovered that it was inappropriate. Originally, the Queen wanted to take back her life, but Shi Miyuan and Shi Taishi stopped the Queen and even the situation developed to this situation today. Your Highness did not go to find the real murderer but led the army to threaten the Queen. Your Highness did not feel that this move would hurt the relatives, and the enemy would be happy. Your Highness must not do things that would be regretted for the eternal period because of a moment of anger!"

Looking at the sincere care that appeared in Xie Daoqing's eyes, I couldn't say what I shot the arrow. After a long time, I said, "Say it, what do you want me to promise you?"

Xie Daoqing showed a gratified smile, as if a hundred flowers bloomed and were indescendable, making my heart softer!

"Daoqing just wants to ask Your Highness to promise not to hurt the Queen!"

"Is this the only thing? OK, I promise you, can you get out of here now?"

"Okay, please come with Your Highness and Daoqing!"

"What do you mean is that the queen is not in the Cining Hall?"

"Yes, the queen left the Cining Hall before the palace came down! There are only some poor palace maids in it now. Your Highness is not trying to make things difficult for them!"

"Oh, that's right, then you still dare to stand here, aren't you afraid that I will really order you to kill?"

"But your Highness didn't do this now?"

I looked at Xie Daoqing's smiling face, and was speechless for a while, and finally asked, "Where has the queen gone?"

Xie Daoqing looked at the soldiers behind me and said gently: "Your Highness wants to see the Queen Daoqing lead the way, but how about your highness's soldiers asking you to stay here?"

I thought about it and asked Zhen Zhiming to lead the team to garrison here, and clean up the place by the way. Lu Wanggui led 500 people to protect me and Xie Daoqing. Now that the palace has been occupied most of the time, I don’t think Xie Daoqing can do anything else.

Follow Xie Daoqing out of Cining Hall and saw a lot of our soldiers cleaning the palace in an orderly manner. The eunuchs and palace maids were ordered to stand in two piles and not allow them to run around. Some soldiers were carrying the bodies together to be transported out. Several people just carried the two bodies to our side. They stopped and looked at me before continuing their mission.

When Xie Daoqing saw this situation, he showed a gloomy expression in his eyes and looked at me and said, "Although Daoqing is not good at hearing in the palace, he often hears His Highness defeating the Jin people on the battlefield. He originally wanted to wait for His Highness to return to the court to see the mighty power of His Highness's army, but he didn't want Daoqing to see how good his highness's army was in this situation. Daoqing felt really sad!"

There is no explanation for this matter. If I want to capture the imperial guards in the palace, conflict is inevitable. There is nothing to say about this. It is just an internal confrontation between two groups that want to spy on the throne of power!

After a moment of silence, I asked differently, "Do you know how my father died?"

Xie Daoqing looked at me and turned his head. After a while, he said, "Daoqing didn't know. Daoqing was chatting with the queen. Suddenly, a guard came in and said that the emperor had passed away and asked the queen to go to Funing Palace quickly. The queen was shocked at that time. Then Shi Miyuan and Shi Taishi arrived. He said that his highness sent someone to kill the emperor and asked the queen to quickly announce the order to attack his highness. The queen did not believe it at first, and then several eunuch palace maids and guards around the emperor came in to testify. The emperor was assassinated by him when he met the person sent by His Highness to deliver memorials. In the face of chaos, the queen was moved by Taishi Shi. The imperial guards in front of the palace commanded Long Meng to lead the army to attack Jiankang, and asked the queen to secretly inform some officials and generals of the killing of the emperor.

Shortly after General Long Meng brought the imperial guards in the capital, the queen had already noticed that it was inappropriate and summoned Grand Master Shi. Daoqing didn't know what he had discussed. However, after the news that General Long Meng was defeated by His Highness's subordinates came, Grand Master Shi declared His Highness a rebellion and re-established the prince. Soon after, His Highness's army drove to the palace."

As for Xie Daoqing's status in the palace, she really had no reason to know more. However, from her story, I found that Shi Miyuan played a key role in the murder of his father rather than the queen. This was different from what I had estimated in advance, but there were still some things that could not be explained. At that time, Shi Miyuan was under my close surveillance. If it were his plan, there would be clues to be found. However, the information at that time did not show any abnormal movements. He only came out to move after the queen announced that his father was killed and publicly announced that I was the one who killed his father.

If it was really him who did it, he should have announced the matter to the world as soon as possible so that his attack on me would be supported by morality, but he did not do so. What mystery is hidden in it? Is it because Xin Tianyuan’s intelligence error? Or, his relationship with the Jin people is much closer than I thought. Even if he sacrifices himself, he will help the Jin people achieve their goals?

I immediately denied the last possibility. Shi Miyuan didn't look like this. If it wasn't the last one, then the first two are the most likely, but which one is it?

As I thought, I suddenly asked, "Do you know that my father was under house arrest?"

Xie Daoqing looked at me in surprise and shook his head and said, "Daoqing doesn't know, hasn't the emperor been good all the time? It's just that the emperor suddenly fell ill some time ago, so he has been recuperating in the harem for this period. All the matters in the court are handled by the empress and Shi Taishi. The queen also told Daoqing that when the emperor is in good health, he will return the affairs in the court to him. Who did your Highness say that the emperor is under house arrest?"

I understood after hearing what she said. It was probably only a very small number of people who knew that my father was under house arrest. If I had not had to tell him, I would not have received such accurate news. After all, it is common for me, my father, to not attend court.

By the way, there is him, why did I forget him!

"Did you know there is a cold tooth supervisor in the palace?"

"General Manager Lengya? Which palace is he from? Daoqing is not very clear!"

When I heard that she didn't know about Lengya, I didn't want to ask anything anymore. Xie Daoqing was talented and beautiful, and she loved her when she saw her. She had a lot of contact with her. If she was really fascinated by her, it would be bad. Although she was nominally my crown princess, the situation has changed suddenly now. If she was asked to follow her around, I would be scruples, such as her relationship with the queen, it made me a little taboo.

Since we are united, we will grow old together! I don’t want political reasons to change the taste of marriage life. This is a kind of pain for both parties. It is in this state of mind that I subconsciously alienated Xie Daoqing. I can even be sure that she will stand on the side of the queen when I conflict with the queen, which means that she is also my enemy.

I want to obtain the power, and the queen will never submit easily. Judging from the development of the current and future situation, it is inevitable that my enemy and I will be hostile! Even if I can let the queen go now, I will still have to deal with it in the future.

After walking in silence for a while, I suddenly found that Xie Daoqing had brought me to the original Prince's Palace, which was later the Crown Princess Palace. What made me even more amazing was that at least two thousand soldiers here were surrounding us and whispering from time to time, as if they were talking about something. Seeing my arrival, some soldiers immediately stopped talking and looked at me with a strange look. If they were not allowed to harass their superiors at will on the battlefield, they would probably have to clamor to talk to me, which could be clearly seen from their anxious eyes.

I stopped Xie Daoqing and asked, "You said the queen is inside this?"

Xie Daoqing's eyes slipped over and said anxiously: "Yes, when His Highness's men attacked the palace, Daoqing advised the emperor to take refuge here. There are so many people here now, nothing happened, will the queen have any trouble? Your Highness, please let them get out of the way!"

I frowned and asked Hua Sheng to see what was going on. Then I asked Xie Daoqing: "Since the queen is here, why do you want to go to the Cining Hall? Aren't you afraid?"

Xie Daoqing did not hesitate at all: "Of course Daoqing is afraid, but if not, how could Daoqing meet His Highness so quickly? If you don't get His Highness's promise, how can Daoqing be worthy of the Queen's kindness to Daoqing!"

I said lightly: "Is that true? Why don't you and the queen escape?"

Xie Daoqing looked at me, hesitated and said, "When Master Shi advised the queen to escape, Daoqing also advised the queen like this, but the queen refused. She said, 'If I were to die, I would have destroyed it with this palace!' If Daoqing and his sisters had not begged, the queen would not have come to the Crown Princess Palace."

It turned out that she couldn't let go of the rights in her hands and would rather die with it!

I understood this truth and smiled coldly: "Why are you sure that I will go to Cining Hall at that time? Also, you said that I am responsible for the death of my father. Do you know something? After talking for so long, you have never answered these two questions. Now it's time to tell me!"

Xie Daoqing turned his head, looked at me with deep and dark eyes, and said with certainty: "If you are wronged in the case of the assassination of the emperor, you will definitely go to the queen to ask clearly with your character, so Daoqing thought that your highness would go to the Cining Hall. As for the emperor's death and the highness who was responsible for it, Daoqing overheard that Master Shi and the Queen said similar things, he blurted out in a hurry at that time. Please don't blame your highness!"

I looked back at her, nodded, and then said lightly: "You go out of the palace after today's incident. This palace is not suitable for the survival of a woman like you who is affectionate and loyal. Don't hesitate anymore. It is not worth wasting your youth in this palace!"

Xie Daoqing turned around and looked at the soldiers in front of him, silently for a while and said in a sad tone of memory: "When His Highness and Daoqing first met, His Highness advised Daoqing to leave the palace. Now Daoqing understands how his Highness has a vision. If possible, can His Highness agree to let the sisters in the Crown Princess Palace have the right to choose this way!"

I smiled and said, "Of course, I can do it. Even the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace are leaving. As long as I am not caught by the queen and the others in the palace again."

Xie Daoqing felt something and asked in confusion: "Why did Your Highness say that? Wouldn't Your Highness ascend the throne in Lin'an?"

I didn't answer her, looked ahead and said, "Hua Sheng is back. If you want to know what happened before, you can ask first."

Xie Daoqing didn't say anything else, but instead took a step back and asked me to ask first to show a kind of wisdom.

I looked at her with appreciation, and then asked Hua Sheng: "What happened before?"

Hua Shengdao: "Report to Your Highness, there are two thousand-man teams of the First Guard Army in front of them. They pursued the remnants of the imperial guards in the palace and arrived at the Crown Prince's Palace. When they saw a wooden sign saying 'Crown Prince Huai's Palace, those who are stole the enemy, die!' After that, the two thousand-man leaders were undecided and had a dispute in front of them, so these soldiers stayed here! They were waiting for Your Highness to order, please give your Highness a message!"

It turned out that this was the case, and she smiled indifferently: "It's interesting, I came up with such an idea. Miss Xie, go in and tell the queen that I will wait for her here and let her come out with peace of mind. I promise that she won't even hurt a hair!"

Xie Daoqing looked at me for a while and said quietly: "Your Highness is really different from before!" After that, he walked forward without waiting for me to say anything.

After I asked someone to find two chairs, I ordered the soldiers in front of me to set up a military formation with the intention of giving her a warning!

After about a cup of tea, several figures appeared in front of them. When they got closer, I saw clearly that the current person was the woman I used to call her mother. She was being helped by Xie Daoqing and walked towards me step by step. Although she wanted to show off her pale face and some blue lips, her pale face and some black lips revealed her thoughts, especially the wrinkles on her face, which made her look very aged and weak!

The maids behind her were already trembling all over and followed her with a blood-colored face. Especially after seeing the shiny weapons in the hands of our soldiers, they were so scared that they were struggling and almost collapsed on the ground.

After seeing the queen's face, my first thought was: she should have put on her makeup before she could come out, it was so ugly!

They did not bring any guards, showing a sense of calmness in desperate situations!

The queen walked to the position where she could see me. Her steps stopped, with an extremely complicated look in her eyes. Under Yaohong's guidance, she sat on the chair opposite me and stared at me without saying a word, as if she wanted to see through me. I looked back at her without showing any weakness, but my mood was so complicated that I was probably not inferior to the former mother in front of me.

It took me a long time to break the silence: "Queen, don't be fine!"

The queen smiled desolately and said in a hoarse voice: "Does the emperor even want to scream "My mother" now?"

I leaned on the back of the chair and said coldly: "Do you still think that I will recognize you as my mother? If you are worthy of being my mother, then my father will not die, and you will not declare that I killed my father. People will humiliate themselves and their descendants will humiliate them. To this point, we cannot blame me. If you want to blame me, you should blame yourself!"

After the queen was silent for a while, she suddenly let out a nervous laugh: "Haha, I don't deserve it, a child raised by me now will say that I am not worthy of being her mother. Okay, okay, I am not worthy, of course I am not worthy of not being my biological child! King Huai, if you have any questions, please ask me, I will never talk nonsense if I know it!"

Maybe it was the stimulation in a desperate situation, maybe it was the contrast between the front and back so that there was a mental problem. Anyway, the queen seemed much calmer in my opinion than when I first met. She felt a numbness and indifference to seeing through everything, and she ignored Xie Daoqing who kept comforting her, and just stared at me.

I turned my gaze with some difficulty and asked softly: "Okay, I ask you, why do you want to put your father under house arrest?"

The queen said coldly: "He violated the evidence fabricated by Chengpiao Astronomy Luo, who was originally fabricated for me, and even said in private that he wanted to kill Shi Taishi. He also indulged King Huai to be against the court. For the sake of the country and country of the Song Dynasty, this is why I did this."

I sneered: "What a noble reason for the country and country of Song Dynasty! Then why did you kill your father and slander me?"

The queen's face twitched a few times, and suddenly coughed sharply. Xie Daoqing quickly massaged her back and helped her chest, and several maids also trembled to help. It took a while before she calmed her down.

After gasping for several times, she suddenly said hysterically: "The emperor is not the one who killed me, you, the king of Huai, you sent someone to kill the emperor. You sent someone to kill the emperor. Everyone in the palace can prove that you killed the emperor. You, the rebellious and ungrateful king of Huai, killed the emperor. It is you, you are a traitor who everyone can kill. Don't be proud. Master Shi has already taken the prince away. In the future, they will definitely avenge the emperor. If you kill your father, you will definitely not die well in the future..."

Before she could continue talking, I stood up after being furious and slapped the armrest of the chair. Before I could speak, the soldiers around me roared and pointed the weapons in front of me, and chopped them into mud at the order.

Xie Daoqing suddenly stood in front of the queen and said righteously: "Didn't your highness forget what you said?"

The anger in my heart churned a few times, and I forced myself to suppress it. I knew clearly in my heart that the queen was almost mentally ill. If I asked again, maybe I would drive her crazy. I took a deep breath and said, "Take this woman away from me. You have lived here these days. You will not lack your daily things, but you should also tell the people inside not to come out at will, otherwise you will not know what will happen. Remember what I said to you. Come and send them back!"

Several guards came up and asked the queen and others to send it back. Before leaving, Xie Daoqing looked at me, and his eyes were filled with heartbreaking melancholy and heartbreak! Seeing this gaze appearing on such a woman, my suppressed anger suddenly disappeared, and what a little bit of melancholy arose!

After they left, I stood quietly and thought silently. The queen's performance shows that she might know the inside story of her father's murder, but it is not her commander who is at most used. As for the words she scolded me, she was unstimulated and abnormal. Although there is a suspicion of diverting the burden in her heart, it also shows that she largely agrees that I sent someone to kill her father, which shows that she is not very clear about how her father was killed. Perhaps, as Xie Daoqing said, when she knew it, her father was dead.

If it wasn't for her biggest suspect, then it was Shi Miyuan, the second suspect, just how did Shi Miyuan do it? Even if there was a Jin man supporting him without a traitor, it would be so easy to kill his father. It seems that I really have to find a few people who were by his father at that time to ask.

Understand this point, I immediately ordered a guard and said, "Go and inform Yue Feng and find out all the eunuchs and palace maids who served by his father when he died. I have something to ask them!"

After the guard left, I asked the two teams of thousands to watch the Crown Princess Palace, looked at the building with my former figure in the distance, and sighed and turned around and left.

The scenery is vague, people and things are completely different, and things in the world are so bizarre and bizarre, making it difficult to understand. Even the parties involved cannot grasp its last direction, and everything can only go with the flow!

When I was about to reach Funing Palace, Mo Ping and several generals came hurriedly with a large group of soldiers. Seeing me stopping quickly, Mo Ping walked out and said, "Your Highness, Deputy Commander Yue and his subordinates captured Funing Palace and found that Shi Miyuan and which pseudo prince Zhao Yuan had escaped from a secret passage. A team of thousands of people had set out from this secret passage to chase him. However, his subordinates searched for Funing Palace but did not find the emperor's body. It was probably taken away by Shi Miyuan and others. Now Deputy Commander Yue is asking the palace maids and eunuchs as His Highness told him that he would come to report to His Highness about Funing Palace first."

I nodded. It was normal for Funing Palace to have another secret passage. Most emperors of all ages were afraid of death. It was inevitable to build a secret secret passage dedicated to escaping. If Shi Miyuan and the others were running away from here, it would probably be difficult to catch up with them. Let's see what Suo Wuchang will do now. I really look forward to seeing what his methods will be!

Seeing Mo Ping's guilty expression, I comforted me: "Just run away, it doesn't matter. We don't have much time. Go and do things that have been booked in advance. We will leave here in ten days at most!"
To be continued...
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