The first-level Zhaohua Thousand-level Hall

Chapter 190 You Are Too Willful
Xu Qingluo set off from the border, and would arrive in Beijing in three or four days, but he did not return to the capital alone as the emperor and the crown prince had imagined earlier, but came back together accompanied by Lang Cheng.

Naturally, the emperor and the prince were not too surprised by this.

After all, Lang Sheng has never concealed the importance he attaches to Xu Qingluo. In fact, he would accompany Xu Qingluo back to the capital without being summoned. In fact, that is the most likely thing he would do. After all, the imperial decree said that Xu Qingluo should return to Beijing. Later, she married Qin Heng as a side concubine.

Not only were they not too surprised by Lang Sheng's follow-up, even the emperor and the crown prince still expected Lang Sheng to accompany Xu Qing into the capital.

Lang Cheng is very powerful, if he insists on not returning to the capital after this battle, even the emperor will have no choice but to send his henchmen to control the border army before, but as soon as Lang Cheng appeared, those sent out would never Unable to achieve his goal, Lang Sheng fought at the frontier for ten years and won every battle. His prestige and prestige have never been replaced by the closeness of some emperors descended from the sky.

It's just that no matter how powerful Lang Sheng is, he is only ruling the roost at the border. The emperor is worried about what he will do if he stays at the border and sits there and becomes king. .

On the contrary, when he arrived in the capital, he was like a goshawk with broken wings, a beast that lost its fangs, whether life or death was at the emperor's whim.

After reading the peace agreement submitted by the Mobei Kingdom, the emperor naturally agreed. He has no ambition to expand. As long as he maintains the stability of the country during his reign, it is enough to explain to his ancestors.

On the one hand, he was delighted by this big victory at the border, which made Mobei Kingdom take the initiative to make peace; The disrespectful words are added with jealousy.

He also told about Lang Sheng's position in the hearts of all the officers and men at the border. The border knew Lang Sheng but not His Majesty.
Master Li's words became the last straw that broke the camel's back. At that moment, the emperor had only one thought in his mind, that Lang Sheng could not stay.

The Mobei Kingdom took the initiative to make peace, and presumably it would never invade the border again, and Lang Sheng's greatest role was gone.

Instead, the [-] border soldiers who are absolutely loyal to him in his hands now have become the emperor's heart disease.

"Are you all ready?"

The emperor looked at the prince who lowered his head in front of him with a gloomy and cruel expression.

The prince lowered his head below, and reported the emperor's own arrangements in a low voice respectfully: "The imperial guards have been arranged, and the one who goes to the city gate that day to take the lead is an imperial guard who has always been at odds with him in the palace. Deputy Commander, the few who made friends with him have already been dismissed by the ministers. As long as he and the woman enter the city and the gate is closed, we will have the final say. Let me announce his guilt, if he does not plead guilty, he will definitely be killed on the spot, leaving no room for Lang Sheng."

His respectful and cautious appearance is really different from the proud and conceited appearance in the past.

But it won't work if he doesn't change. During this period of time, he has had a really bad time. He fell from the position of the prince, and he fell in such a humiliating way that everyone criticized and ridiculed him. It seemed to be able to trample him off the soles of his feet.

He is fed up with this kind of life, so, at all costs, he has to get up again, and cooperate with Mobei to stand up again. Now, obeying all the orders of the father is also to make himself valuable again, and then take revenge Those who dare to insult him.

Xu Qingluo, Lang Sheng, his good third brother, good fourth brother, ninth brother, and many, many others, and finally this lofty father in front of him, one counts as one, he will not let them go!
When he became the emperor, the prince's eyes flashed with gloom and ambition, but the emperor looked at him with a more respectful and cautious posture of bowing his head.

The emperor looked at the prince's gloomy and cautious look, and frowned. After so many things happened, he really couldn't think of cultivating expectations for the prince. The prince will not let the prince shoot so relentlessly.

"If this matter is handled well, I will remember you well."

The emperor promised the prince so.

The prince knelt down on the ground: "I should do things for my father. There is no merit to speak of. In the past few days, my son has made mistakes again and again. It is shameless for my father to discredit the royal family. It is really shameless." I am sorry that my father has been cultivating me for so many years, my son is ashamed. Now my father can give my son his trust and entrust him with a heavy responsibility, no matter what, my son will die, so I should do this for my father!"

When the crown prince said these words, the expression on his face was really sincere, his eyes were full of guilt and admiration for the emperor, and there were even tears streaming down his face, that expression could be sincere.

Believe it or not, the words and deeds of the crown prince softened the emperor's face: "I know your loyalty and remorse, and I also know some of the grievances you have suffered recently, that's all, get up, let's get things done After you are done, I will make it up to you. Your mother has been worrying about you for the past few days, so you should go and see her."

The prince bowed his head deeply.

No one else knew about the conversation between the emperor and the crown prince except the close confidantes who were waiting on the side. They felt that they kept it a secret, but they didn't know that they had misunderstood some people at the beginning.

The chief eunuch whom the emperor trusted very much.

The emperor is old, the prince is no longer a prince, and the courtiers will not agree with him with that reputation. In the heart of Director Wang, the line that Xu Qingluo gave him is the most likely.

As a close servant of the emperor, he seemed unable to make friends with courtiers and participate in political affairs, but in fact he knew more about some changes inside and outside the court than the emperor.

Thinking of how much the Ninth Prince attached to Xu Qingluo, and thinking of the soldiers and horses in the hands of Lang Cheng behind Xu Qingluo, Director Wang thought about it after the prince left, and found a young eunuch on duty in the outer palace. Said a few words to him.

The little eunuch's face remained unchanged, he nodded and bowed again and again, expressing that he would definitely complete the business that his father and son had entrusted him with.

It seems that the head of the housekeeper just ordered a little eunuch to do things at will.

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The Ninth Prince looked at the little eunuch in front of him, and listening to the other party's narration, he only felt itchy teeth.

He knew that the emperor was cruel, but he never thought that the other party would be so mean and ungrateful.

When Lang Sheng had just narrowly escaped death at the border and won a big victory, he couldn't wait to make a move against Lang Sheng.

The emperor made such a decree for Xu Qingluo to marry Qin Heng as his side concubine, which was to persecute Langcheng.

Lang Sheng and Xu Qingluo saw it clearly, and the Ninth Prince was also aware of the barriers. It was precisely because of his clarity that he found it unacceptable. He could not accept that this person called father was more shameless and ruthless than he imagined.

If Lang Sheng really wanted to be big or self-reliant, it was understandable for the emperor to use any means to deal with him, it was all a contest of power, but Lang Sheng clearly didn't have that intention.

If he had had that thought, Lang Sheng would not have returned to the capital with only a hundred recruits and a dozen personal soldiers last time.

"Your Highness, what shall we do next?"

The little eunuch is the eyeliner of the Ninth Prince, and he is very loyal to him. Naturally, he knows everything about the Ninth Prince, and Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng are behind him to help and support him.

If the emperor and the crown prince were really allowed to deal with Lang Sheng and Xu Qingluo, and the Ninth Prince hadn't been established as the crown prince, I'm afraid it would be bad in the future.

Director Wang told him the plans of the emperor and the prince, and he told the nine princes.

The Ninth Prince shook his fingers, remembering that time when Xu Qingluo blocked the assassin's arrow for him, his brows and eyes lowered, and his eyes had already made a decision: "You go to two people, one is Mr. Wang, and tell him. The other is "

His mother and concubine had long since died and were replaced by a woman in disguise. Xu Qingluo was the only existence in his short life that he recognized as a female elder. He even vaguely regarded Xu Qingluo as his mother in his heart, even though Xu Qingluo Qingluo is only a few years older than him.

As a child of the royal family, the Ninth Prince has experienced so much, and he also has ambitions, but he has always known that having ambitions does not mean that he has to forget all his affection.

He is him, the emperor is the emperor, he will never be like the emperor.

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The pigeon flapped its wings and flew over. It was the fat pigeon used to send messages between Lang Sheng and Xu Qingluo, and it should be in the capital now.

Lang Sheng took off the bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's leg, poured out a small roll of paper, and slowly unfolded it. Looking at the writing on it as small as mosquitoes and flies, his brows and eyes were a little cold.

"Have the emperor and the crown prince made some preparations? Are they ready to welcome you and me?"

Xu Qingluo didn't know when he walked up to Lang Sheng. He didn't look at the note he held in his hand for a long time, but walked to a big rock, brushed it lightly, and sat down gracefully.

She looked very leisurely, as if everything was under control.

Looking at Xu Qingluo's indifferent expression, Lang Sheng slowly clenched the note in his hand, and smiled wryly for a while: "Luo'er, sometimes, I really don't want your guess to be as accurate as you think."

"The emperor's mental art is nothing more than that, but our majesty can't do anything else, but the suspicious and suspicious in the emperor's mental art has learned ten percent."

Xu Qingluo raised the corners of his lips slightly, he was obviously smiling, but his eyes were full of sarcasm.

"I lost."

The note in Lang Sheng's hand fell to the ground. Under the moonlight, the snow-white paper was clearly the plan of the emperor and the crown prince.

Please enter the urn, preemptively strike, communicate with the enemy country, plot wrongdoing, and kill on the spot.

Each of these words reveals a strong murderous and sinister air.

It was a merciless blade.

Xu Qingluo said that the emperor would do something to him, and he knew that the emperor was afraid of him, but Lang Sheng still hesitated when Xu Qingluo proposed to bring the army directly to Beijing.

After all, he couldn't do the thing of taking the emperor's favor first, at least, at the beginning, the emperor really appreciated him.

So Lang Sheng made a bet with Xu Qingluo, if he returned to Beijing with Xu Qingluo with only a hundred entourages, would the emperor give up those original plans.

It's a pity that when Lang Sheng and Xu Qingluo seldom win bets, he forgets this.

But now, the latest movements and plans of the emperor and the crown prince passed from the capital, but the only bit of luck and soft-heartedness in Lang Cheng's heart was condensed a little bit.

He doesn't want to take the blame first, but it doesn't mean he wants to stand still, especially when Xu Qingluo is involved.

Looking at Xu Qingluo's faint smile, Lang Sheng thought of the crown prince's covetousness towards Xu Qingluo again and again, and finally made up his mind.

He took out the loud arrow that he had prepared for a long time from his bosom, waved his hand and shot it towards the sky.

He didn't want the day when the arrow would hit, but when it came time to think it over clearly, Lang Sheng never hesitated.

Now it has reached the point where the arrow is on the string and has to be launched.

The knives of the emperor and the crown prince had been sharpened, and they were just waiting to kill him and Xu Qingluo.

So what if his words follow the meaning of the emperor and prince?

He finally realized his ambition and dream.

It's just Xu Qingluo, he absolutely does not allow anyone including himself to hurt her.

Sound Arrow will communicate his decision as quickly as possible.

The surrounding guards accompanying Lang Cheng naturally knew what Lang Sheng meant by firing the arrow. Not only were they not worried or nervous about it, but they quietly let go of the tense heartstrings.

As long as he could go to the capital with Lang Cheng at this time, he would be his most trusted bodyguards. Even if the emperor and the crown prince were going to do something to Lang Cheng, they knew most of it, even if they didn't know everything about it.

To them, what is an emperor and what is a prince?What do those officials in the court do?

It is a person who sends people to the front line to die in times of war, but ruthlessly withholds the money, food and winter clothes of the soldiers. When there is no war, he keeps placing cronies in the army, wishing to replace all the generals with people close to him.

They are grateful to Lang Sheng for allowing them to survive the wars again and again, and also grateful to Lang Sheng for allowing them to finally end the war with the Western Regions.

Therefore, if they had to choose between the emperor and Lang Sheng to be loyal to one person, there was no doubt that they would only choose Lang Sheng.

People's hearts are made of flesh, whoever treats these soldiers sincerely, and whoever treats them like nothing, they can clearly distinguish them.

Warriors are not as eloquent as those civil servants and talented scholars, they can only do it!
Standing firmly behind Lang Sheng is their decision!

Lang Sheng stood there, looking in the direction of the capital, the color in his eyes was extremely gloomy. According to the current speed, he should arrive in the capital in only three or four days.

At that time, it will be seen who is stronger.

He thought he wouldn't get to this point, but when he really got to this point, he wouldn't lose to anyone.

A pair of woman's hands stretched out from behind, embracing Lang Sheng's waist.

Xu Qingluo leaned her body completely against Lang Sheng's back, and a little bit of warmth was transmitted to each other, making the two hearts extremely close.

"You didn't lose, and I didn't win."

Xu Qingluo's voice was extraordinarily clear in the night, and she rested her head gently on the man's hard back: "This is not about winning or losing between you and me, but a path we must take. You want to protect me, and I want to protect you too, their knives have been handed out, rather than waiting for them to stab you, I would rather kill them before they make a move!"

Xu Qingluo is obviously a delicate woman, but the coldness in her words is more terrifying than the blade.

If an ordinary man listened to Xu Qingluo's words at this moment, he might be startled by her sudden murderous intent.

However, Lang Cheng couldn't help laughing, the depression that had arisen in his heart just now disappeared little by little.

Sometimes, he really has to admit that Xu Qingluo is more decisive and decisive than this man.

She never knew what she wanted, what she wanted to do.

Never hesitate, never back down.

Lang Sheng liked Xu Qingluo's firmness.

Outside the battlefield, he has too much hesitation, too much weakness, he is always hesitating, wandering back and forth on a certain road.

But the appearance of Xu Qingluo made up for the incomplete part of him.

It's like a semicircle, because of the appearance of Xu Qingluo, it will become a complete circle.

Lang Sheng turned around and hugged Xu Qingluo, hugging him tightly.

"Fortunately you're by my side."

Fortunately, you always love me, love such a man who always hesitates.

-

The emperor and the crown prince had a good plan, they received Xu Qingluo and Langcheng's itinerary every day, and on the day when Langsheng and Xu Qingluo entered the capital, the crown prince brought the prepared things and sent them to him with a group of emperors. The imperial guards, with a smile on their faces, led many officials to open the city gates, and welcomed Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng into the capital.

The gate of the capital behind him was slammed shut, Lang Sheng, Xu Qingluo and a hundred followers were blocked between the gate of the capital and more than a thousand imperial guards.

"General Lang, Miss Xu, long time no see."

The prince came out from the road separated by the guards. He was no longer dressed in bright yellow robes, but he was also dressed in an extremely luxurious way. He looked at Langcheng and Xu Qingluo with lofty eyes, as if this In general, he is still the prince in the past.

When he saw that Lang Sheng and Xu Qingluo were locked in the city gate and surrounded by the city gate, the prince was proud of himself, and he restrained himself a lot recently, when he used the victor's When the posture appeared in front of the person he hated the most, he still couldn't help showing off.

"His Royal Highness, no, it should be said that His Royal Highness, it has indeed been a long time."

Xu Qingluo smiled and hooked his lips, saying so.

There wasn't a harsh word, but it pierced the prince's heart more than anything else.

He is now the prince, a prince without power!

The prince clenched his hands tightly, he no longer wanted to be patient, and no longer wanted to take his time according to his original idea.

For a woman like Xu Qingluo, all the arrogant complacency on her face should be stripped off at once, stripped off fiercely, and she shouldn't be given a chance to speak!

"My Highness is indeed not the crown prince, but my Highness still has the power to punish criminals and treacherous officials. Langsheng, you colluded with Mobei at the border, forged military exploits, used the imperial military salary for personal gain for a year, made friends with soldiers, and formed cliques for personal gain. You plotted against the law, and in the end you even agreed to negotiate a peace without asking the court what it meant. You are treasonous, you can be convicted!"

As soon as the prince's voice fell, a row of imperial guards behind him drew their swords from their waists. At the same time, figures appeared on the commanding heights all around. Their bows and arrows were already set up.

Aiming at Lang Sheng and his party from a distance, the sharp arrow clusters even shone dazzlingly under the sunlight.

Among the courtiers who came with the prince, some of them knew the news and their faces were calm, but some of them didn't know the news at all, or they heard the wind, and they didn't think that the prince would be at the gate of the city and couldn't help but make a move. .

For a moment, many people's complexions changed, and they felt a little dissatisfied with the emperor and the prince in their hearts.

Some people thought, even if they were afraid of Lang Sheng, they should not make things so ugly.

Some people thought that since Lang Sheng came, it meant that he was still loyal to the court, so why should he kill them all like this?

Although they knew that the prince would not be able to do what he did without the emperor's instruction, many people were still glad that the prince had been abolished. They thought of the hint they had received from the Wang family, and they secretly wanted to move.

"laugh."

At the moment when the prince's eyes were full of complacency and he was about to wave his raised hand down, a laugh sounded.

It was Xu Qingluo's laughter. Her voice was not loud, but at such a tense moment, she laughed so much that it attracted extra attention.

The prince looked at Xu Qingluo coldly: "Mr. Xu, don't think that you can change something at this time because you are the county lord. The emperor thought that you had meritorious deeds in refining medicine, so you should pay for your meritorious deeds and not hold you accountable for the mutual relationship between you and Lang Sheng." Colluding with the rebellion of the followers, I allow you to marry my highness as a side concubine, and I still don't thank you!"

Beneath those cold and stern eyes, there was a lustful and ferocious look.

He still likes Xu Qingluo's beauty, but this time, he doesn't intend to pity any beauty.

Xu Qingluo is full of schemes and good at sophistry, but without Langcheng, she would be that rootless duckweed, and could only let him rub and squeeze her.

Lang Sheng had been quietly watching the prince's performance like a monkey show. After he made up his mind, he was sure that nothing would happen to him today, but the prince's eyes made him extremely disgusted, and the hands hanging under his sleeves lightly Move lightly.

A faint indisputable light suddenly pierced into the horse's leg under the crown prince.

With a neighing sound, the docile horse under the prince raised its front hooves fiercely, and threw him to the ground amidst the prince's screams.

Those costumes and accessories on the prince's body, and the gorgeous golden crown on his head, fell off one by one, and some even scratched the prince's cheek and wrist.

With a scream, the crown prince looked very miserable.

"Whoever plots against His Highness, come—"

Although the prince didn't see Langcheng doing it himself, he subconsciously felt that someone from Langcheng's side must have done it. He pointed at Langcheng with a grim expression, and ordered the guards to kill Langcheng directly.

The next moment, he stopped his voice, because a long sword landed on his neck, and the cold sword light that drank too much blood was tightly attached to his skin, as long as there was a slight tremor , seems to slit his throat.

The prince looked at Lang Cheng, who was close to him with a sharp sword in his hand, tremblingly, and said in disbelief: "Lang Cheng, you, you dare to rebel!"

The arrows that were supposed to fall with the prince's wave stopped on the string for a moment, while the raised sword stopped in midair.

The prince was abolished, but he is still the prince and the person in charge of this incident.

The crown prince was held hostage, and no one dared to make any further moves without the emperor's explicit intention.

They cannot take responsibility.

And those officials, who already had some dislike for the prince, mostly stood aside and had nothing to do with themselves.

"General Lang, if you have something to say, His Majesty will naturally judge whether you are guilty or not. If you are innocent, His Majesty will give you justice, but you have really committed a crime of treason by kidnapping His Highness."

Seeing that no one came out, Patriarch Wang thought of the letter from the Ninth Prince, and walked out with an amicable smile on his face.

The prince opened his eyes wide in astonishment.

After the quarrel in Wang's mourning hall, the Wang family made him a lot of stumbling blocks.

Before the prince thought of the reason why Patriarch Wang came forward to speak, Xu Qingluo stepped forward slowly and smiled at everyone: "It is true that we should talk about it carefully, for example, if we really colluded with Mobei and almost fell into the border with hundreds of thousands of soldiers Who is the sinner in the dead, for example, who is the traitor who deserves to be hacked to pieces!"

She threw a box out of her sleeve, the box fell, and a dozen letters fell out, as well as some private seals.

That is
The prince's face was pale, like a dead person.

(End of this chapter)