emperor cold concubine

Chapter 288
Although Wenzhou's economy is backward, the city covers a large area and is densely populated. From the moment the cock crows, one can clearly feel the unusual commotion behind the city gate when standing outside the city.

As time went by, the turmoil in the city gradually turned into waves of increasingly intense panic. Young and middle-aged men gathered not far from the city gate, shouting uneasily because they didn't know what happened, and the old city owner trembled. Majestic asked majesticly in the midst of the noise, mixed with women's panic and suspicion, and children burst into tears because of the uneasy emotions between adults... Even if you didn't see it with your own eyes, you only heard these voices, and you knew that the scene was inevitable. It's a mess.

Su Mo and Xie Changting had nothing to do at this time, they just sat quietly facing each other in an open space outside the city gate. There was a chessboard and black and white chess pieces in front of them. It seemed that they were playing chess. Take a closer look. Look but not.

There are only dozens of chess pieces on the chessboard, presenting a sharp and clear situation. The white pieces represent the national power, and the black pieces represent the royal family. The original nine-point balance of the world, now Nanyue has been included in the Cangyue Kingdom.Nai's national strength is not weak, the sunspots are strong, but the royal blood is empty, there are only two white sons, and they seem to be not on the same line.

Lan Guo is completely opposite to Nayi, with more white pieces and fewer black pieces. However, there is a contradiction between the white pieces and the white pieces. Even if Su Mo doesn’t fully understand it, he still knows what it means.
Everyone only seeks their own interests, and the safety of the country is completely invisible and inaudible. They are scheming all day long and eradicating dissidents. Such a royal family, even if there are many children, will only accelerate the country's demise.

But Su Mo was obviously a little puzzled, "The royal family of the Lan Kingdom has never heard of brothers jumping over the wall to kill each other."

Xie Changting said indifferently: "The last master knows too little about the situation in various countries. The prince of the Lan Kingdom is connected to the city, and he has been crowned as the crown prince for only three years. His mother is just a Zhaoyi who is not very favored in the harem. With such an identity, let alone a son. As a prince, even as a general king, the rank cannot be too high, unless the emperor makes an exception due to special and huge contributions, the courtiers have nothing to say."

"The emperor of the Lan Kingdom was a romantic man all his life, and the number of concubines in the harem was the largest among the emperors of the nine kingdoms. If counted by favoring two people every night, there would be no chance for a woman to receive repeated favors within a year. And this Zhaoyi Many people find it absurd to say it out, except for a good time with the emperor more than 20 years ago, it was at the celebration of his son's canonization as prince that he was lucky enough to see the emperor for a second time."

"The reason why her son was crowned prince was firstly to suppress the queen's mother clan. In any country, the interference of foreign relatives in politics is a hidden worry for the emperor to sleep at night. Secondly, it was also because Liancheng once stood in the way of the emperor during a royal hunting ground. I shot a feathered arrow that missed the head and almost accidentally injured the emperor."

"Empress Lan has two sons, both of which are stronger than Liancheng, but because the emperor deliberately suppressed him, he doesn't have much power in his hands, and Liancheng knows this, so he can't wait to make meritorious service. He has spared no effort in establishing prestige, or making military exploits on the battlefield."

"Spare no effort?" Su Mo raised her eyebrows, "I have seen the ability and character of this prince in Langzhou last time, and this girl seems to have sent him a word——Is this prince Lan Lan?" The royal family has no successors, so he was temporarily used as a supplement? Now it seems that the possibility of temporarily using him as a supplement is quite high."

"The empress of Lan Kingdom is surnamed Meng, and she has two elder brothers. Her father is both the head of the state and the minister. The eldest brother holds one-third of the military power in Lan Kingdom. The largest imperial merchant in the country, whose wealth rivals the country... If one of Empress Meng's two sons is appointed as the crown prince, the emperor himself will be in a state of anxiety and cannot sleep at night."

The queen is in charge of the harem, the father is the head of all the officials, the elder brother is in charge of the military, and the second brother is the emperor's merchant... He has military power, military power, and financial power. If the emperor wants to make the queen's son a prince, it is better to abdicate directly.

but--

"Under such strong pressure from the queen's family, how could the emperor confer the crown prince on a son of Zhaoyi as he wished?"

Xie Changting said: "The emperor of the Lan Kingdom relied on the influence of the Meng family when he succeeded to the throne, but he was deeply disturbed and helpless when he ascended the throne. Real power, but it is not so easy to weaken the power of the Meng family in a short period of time, and he does not want to get the infamy of crossing the river and tearing down the bridge."

"I want to do unrighteous things, but also want to leave a good name as a virtuous monarch. How can there be such a good thing in this world?"

"He didn't want his son to fall into this situation. He had a showdown with the queen before the establishment of the prince, and put forward two conditions. If the queen's son is given the crown prince, one must hand over the military power in his brother's hands, and two Then the royal business will be handled by others, and the Meng family will no longer be involved in shopping malls, and half of the family property must be turned over to the state treasury."

"Is the emperor out of his mind?" Su Mo thought it was funny, "When you say this to the queen, you don't tell the queen directly—I'm just afraid of you, because the Meng family is too powerful and has too much money. It's not stable, so how will the queen react? How will the Meng family react?"

"The empress and the Meng family didn't react at all." Xie Changting smiled lightly, "The biggest imperial merchant in Lan Country is also a person who can't help himself. Others don't know, but the second son of the Meng family is clear-eyed, he can secure the royal merchant's position." The position is because someone secretly supported him, although he doesn't know who is supporting him, but once he steps down from that position, not only him, but also everyone in the Meng family will lose their bones."

Su Mo pondered for a while when he heard the words, "Is it Jiyue Villa?"

Xie Changting nodded, "The last master should know that every step of the master's plan has a certain reason. On the surface, the Meng family is an imperial merchant and a wealthy man, but in fact all the lifelines are in the hands of Jiyue Villa. As soon as he moved those thoughts that shouldn't be moved, the Meng family would immediately face bankruptcy, so the Meng family could not agree to the emperor's conditions, and the queen's son would never be the crown prince."

"The queen's son can't be a prince...is this the ultimate goal of Cang Hao?"

"Yes."

"And in order to prevent the emperor and the Meng family from having a chance to turn their cards around, is Lan Nation also doomed to meet the same fate as Nanyue?"

Xie Changting nodded, "This is what the master meant."

Su Mo nodded knowingly, lowered his eyes slowly, and continued to look at other countries on the chessboard. The civil strife in the Western Regions was the most serious. At present, the only two people worth caring about are Mu Guo and Dong Li. Since Xie Changting is in charge of Dong Li, no It may be hostile to Cang Hao, then only Mu country is left.

Hard to support alone.

Su Mo curled her lips into a smile, it was really boring, there was not even a real opponent, in the dead of night, when everything was quiet, Cang Hao wondered if there would be a kind of loneliness that was overwhelmingly high?
I'm afraid not.

Cang Hao's cold and boundless temperament only needs everyone to bow their heads in front of him. For those so-called people who only want to lose but not get, loneliness only exists in their hearts. If there are people who care about them around, loneliness is natural. go away.

Besides, Su Mo smiled lazily. For Cang Hao, who lived alone in Haotian Palace for so many years, the word loneliness may have been integrated into his life for him, and it was very likely that he enjoyed it silently at the beginning. With isolated loneliness.It's just that now that he is in the world, that feeling will probably never come back.

After sitting silently facing each other for three hours, Su Mo quietly watched Xie Changting's twins wandering on the chessboard, and outlined Cang Hao's step-by-step plan to take over the countries like a bag.The expressions of the two did not show the slightest anxiety, as if the nervousness and uneasiness in the city were just a drama. Naturally, no one would really treat it as a drama.

After noon, the killer who went to Lingzhou had returned, not only brought back ready-made pills, but also brought back a piece of news.

The ready-made pills are the detoxification pills developed by the reclusive Mu Lao in Lingzhou for many years. According to the words brought back by the killers, Mu Lao had already expected this day to come and knew exactly what happened.

After Su Mo and Xie Changting looked at each other, they exchanged thoughtful glances, feeling that this incident was too coincidental. Although Bi Yue vowed to trust this person, the lives of 10 people in the city should not be ignored.It is a good thing to have a ready-made detoxification pill, and it saves them a lot of trouble, but they still need to be vigilant.

Su Mo first ordered Biyue to check whether there was any problem with the detoxification pill, and then sent someone to Lingzhou to secretly investigate Mr. Mu, but Su Mo was very surprised by the news he got.

Mr. Mu's wife was poisoned by the same poison seven years ago. After the drug took effect, she couldn't control herself. She was injured when she saw anyone, and the wounded would die. There was a mysterious person who used this to threaten Mr. Mu to serve him, and Mr. Mu was in great pain. Next, he chose to kill his wife with one palm, and he himself was expelled from Fengyilou and lived in seclusion in Lingzhou.

In this way, Su Mo once again overturned her previous point of view. Ever since she discovered the underground palace under the Three Princess Mansion of the Nine Luo Emperor Capital, she always thought that Qi Lang was careless, and Jimo Lian took advantage of it.Now it seems that Jimo Lian developed this toxin seven years ago. At that time, Qi Lang was still a kid in the 21st century who followed her all day long to please her.

And Biyue's inspection result was negative, that is to say, there is no problem with the detoxification pill.

Su Mo recruited Biyu and Qi Lang to order, "Let them mix all the antidote pills into the wells used by all the people in the city first, and send someone to have a secret conversation with the old city lord. Make sure the people take the antidote at dinner time, and tomorrow morning , we set off for Neuilly."

"Talk to the old patriarch? Who will go?"

Su Mo smiled slightly, "Qi Lang, this mission is up to you, you go and tell the city lord that the army of Xishan Camp was brutally attacked by crazy animals last night, in order to protect the people in the city, the soldiers fought fiercely with those ferocious animals In one night, we will die together in the end, just in case, please don’t go out of the city casually in the near future.”

Qi Lang's face froze, "Do you want me to open my eyes and tell nonsense?"

Su Mo smiled, "Are you going?"

"……go."

(End of this chapter)