There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 174 Power
After returning to the city, Xia Houjue ordered people to interrogate the bandits.

"If it's the people of the Great Xia Dynasty, give them some money and food to live on, if it's someone else, kill them directly!" His eyes were flat, but he issued the harshest order in his mouth.

"The last general obeys orders!" Several hidden guards clasped their fists and retreated.

The setting sun gradually fell, and the backyard of the small inn was stained with a layer of dark blue night. Tang Wanning watched the people below tie the horses to the stables, fed them with fodder, and then left contentedly.

In the room, she laughed while making tea herself.

"Fortunately, I told you about these bandits today, otherwise... maybe more people will die, no, that's not necessarily the case!"

"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival now, and every time it comes to this season, it's always not peaceful here!" She handed Xia Houjue a cup of milk brick tea, her eyes were unprecedentedly gloomy.

Xia Houjue stared at her with scorching eyes, his face was flat and his heart was pierced by a knife.

In the past two years of marriage, even when she was wronged and ridiculed in the palace, she had never been so depressed.

But now...

"It's... a barbarian!" He turned cold.

"Yes!" Tang Wanning nodded.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival in the Central Plains is the spring flowers and the autumn moon, but the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Northwest is the roaring horn. It used to be, and it will probably be in the future!" She suddenly looked like a torch.

"There is one thing that has been on my mind for a long time, but I have never dared to say it!" Tang Wanning said boldly.

"What's the matter?" Xia Houjue looked serious.

"Can you say it?"

"Say!!"

"It's... about... the Great Xia Dynasty, the prince thinks, is our Great Xia Dynasty really that powerful?" Tang Wanning's eyes were like a torch.

After two years in the palace, she has already figured out the temperament and conduct of several bosses who have supreme power in the palace.

The emperor has a stubborn temper and is extremely suspicious. He always feels that he has guarded the country all his life, and he has made great contributions.

The queen's party is ambitious. For more than ten years, it has been busy whitewashing its reputation and eradicating dissidents, completely disregarding the lives of ordinary people.

As for his cheap husband, he is quite conscientious, courageous and resourceful, but it's a pity that he is bound by all kinds of heavy shackles.

The slightest touch on the interests of the queen's party will result in a charge of 'unfilial piety' and it will be difficult to move forward.

He can only be careful about the layout, restrain his edge, and wait for the opportunity.

"What does Aifei say?" Xia Houjue's eyes flickered, his eyes were as deep as the sea, and he couldn't see his emotions clearly.

"It's literally!" Tang Wan stared at him without fear.

The two looked at each other just like that.

One is magnanimous, brave and fearless, and the other has calm eyes but high mountains and seas.

"Wan Wan!"

Xia Houjue suddenly got up and pulled her into his arms, with a little excitement in his thick voice.

He has been struggling alone in the cold wind and snow for so many years. At the age of six, he has to learn to hide his thoughts, at the age of eight, he has to hide his emotions, and at the age of 15, he has to deal with the queen and courtiers when he becomes the regent.

He is a human being, not a god, and he also has lonely times.

After being cold for so many years, I have seen countless masks of all kinds, countless vain and deceitful faces.

He had long since disbelieved that there was any real love around him. Those women's details and origins were unclear, but their purpose was very clear.

So for so many years, Yuqing Palace is still the same Yuqing Palace, but the women are like passing clouds.

But now, when the words that have been hidden in his heart for many years come out of his crown princess, the feeling at that moment is no less than someone giving a quilt and lighting a basket of charcoal on a cold winter night.

The sadness and bitterness frozen in my heart poured out like a river flowing eastward, although my face was still paralyzed.

"That..." Tang Wanning raised her hands that had nowhere to rest with a look of embarrassment.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"No! You..." It's just too powerful, so powerful that even in the northwest, you can feel the situation in Daxia, while the person who is high on the throne is still immersed in his dream of a great country.

"Since you didn't say anything wrong, please respect yourself, Your Highness!" Tang Wanning slipped out of his arms quietly, and sat back to the side with an uncomfortable expression.

Xia Houjue: "..."

Today is No.90 rejected by my daughter-in-law for eight days. I want to hug her but I am afraid of losing her. My heart is cold.

After a while of embarrassment, the two finally got back to business.

"What are you going to do? Are you really going to wait until a catastrophe happens?" Tang Wanning looked serious.

She doesn't know about the south, anyway, those barbarian tribes in the northwest have been eyeing them for a long time. The last time Dad led an army to attack overnight, they defeated the barbarians.

But they will not change their nature, and after a few years of recuperation, they will definitely attack again, and I am afraid that it will be another big trouble at that time.

"There will be no catastrophe. I have been alone for so many years, and the power in my hands is enough to keep Daxia safe." Xia Houjue sneered, with aloofness and confidence shining in his eyes, which was in sharp contrast to the excited and lonely expression just now.

It's almost impossible to tell which one is the real him.

"Could it be that the generals of the Great Xia Chaotian, South China Sea and North Quartet are all yours? Haven't you been working in the household department?" Tang Wanning was shocked.

Xia Houjue unceremoniously knocked a walnut on her forehead.

"In your heart, Gu doesn't even have the ability?"

If he's "spent his salary and tasted courage" for many years at the empress's knees and didn't even get this little gain, then it would be cleaner for him to die early.

"All the soldiers and horses in the world belong to you, so why do you still..."

"Why do you still feel at ease staying away from the crown prince, not going up or down, lying low and being a small boy?" Xia Houjue leaned on the back of the chair, slightly squinting his eyes.

"Of course!" Tang Wanning pursed her lips.

"You have no shortage of influence. As long as you want, you can take revenge immediately. Kill the queen's mother and son, and make a deal!" If someone kills her mother and kills herself for so many years, why don't you save it for the New Year?
"No, no, no!" Xia Houjue rarely showed a smile, and his dark eyes were calm and breezy.

"Don't be in a hurry, killing the queen's mother and son is indeed a trivial matter, but Gu is so flawless, how can he get his hands dirty?"

"Think about it, the grievances between Gu and the Queen are well known in the world. If the Queen's mother and son died suddenly, then Gu would inevitably be suspected. Forget it. After all, Gu will be a famous emperor through the ages." Xia Houjue squinted his eyes and said calmly As he spoke, his tone was so cold that his scalp tingled.

he continued.

"Gu won't kill them now, and won't kill the empress when she ascends the throne in the future. As long as she is lucky enough to live, then Gu will always enshrine her!"

"I'll let her watch Gu step by step, climb to the throne of her dreams, and let his son kneel under Gu's feet and bow his head to surrender. You say... okay?"

He smiled lightly, with a calm tone, as if he was saying: What shall we have for dinner tonight?

Tang Waning shuddered, and smiled.

"Don't say it, you're still ruthless!"

This guy, who looks so cold on the surface, actually confessed his family to himself, maybe his family has more than that, but...

(End of this chapter)