My country is dying

Chapter 436 Past and Future

Hou Junli looked at her with complicated eyes.

Mi Le took a sip of tea, stared at the tea and said, "If King Qi thinks it's noisy here, you can go back first."

Hou Junli took a slow step and sat down beside her, but looked at her: "The emperor doesn't need to make such a big fuss about today's matter, the Guan family can't shake the foundation of the emperor now, and a maidservant is even more important. possible."

Mi Le turned the teacup and looked at him with a smile: "Isn't I venting my anger for King Qi? The queen mother was slandering King Qi just now. I can't take her, so I had to fold her arm and tell her to be more peaceful in the future."

On the side, when Aunt Chun heard this, she was obviously upset, and subconsciously wanted to pay her. Xiangsi hurriedly pulled her back, winked at her and looked at Xianglan at the same time.

Xianglan came to her senses and hurriedly pulled Aunt Chun out of the pavilion to talk to her outside.

Hou Junli looked at the smile on Mi Le's face that couldn't reach his eyes, and his eyes were dark: "Is the emperor a trustworthy minister?"

The smile on Mi Le's face remained undiminished: "I thought that King Qi and I were on the same line when it comes to the Guan family's affairs."

The implication is that it has nothing to do with belief or not, but to defend against the enemy together.

Hou Junli lowered his eyes and looked at the teacup in his hand: "The queen mother is right. Concubine Yao did not die of illness. She died of poisoning. The bowl of poison brought to her mouth was brought by the minister."

Mi Le drank his tea, his face turned pale.

"Why?" she asked.

"There can be no two tigers in one mountain, and in one world, there can only be one empress dowager as regent."

After hearing this, Mi Le smiled mockingly, and looked at Hou Junli: "So the power of the regent and the queen mother complement each other back then. She protected you as the regent, and you protected her as the queen mother, is that so?"

Hou Junli lowered his eyes: "...It's sort of."

Miller laughed again.

"Your Majesty, I have lost my breath."

Outside the pavilion, there are reports from the palace.

Mi Le listened carefully, but there was no movement outside.She nodded: "Take it away."

After the palace servants took orders, Mi Le looked at Hou Junli again: "Did King Qi really help me back then?"

When Hou Junli met her gaze, he always felt that her reaction was too calm, but now Mi Le, even he couldn't understand her thoughts.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember when we first met?"

The scene of her jumping from a tree and being caught by him subconsciously flashed through Mi Le's mind, but she shook her head for a moment—she knew that the first encounter Hou Junli talked about was not that scene, but the real Hou Le'er and Hou Jun when we met.

It's a pity that she has no memory of Hou Le'er's past.

"Concubine Yao died, and everyone couldn't find the emperor. I heard the news and searched for a long time before I found the emperor in Yao Palace." Hou Junli didn't wait for her to answer, and said on his own .

"Who are you?" The young Hou Le'er shrank in the corner, staring at a pair of red and swollen eyes, holding an old puppet and tremblingly looking at him.

Smiling, he squatted down in front of her, stretched out his hand to brush away the hair sticking to her face, and saw a pair of frightened eyes, obviously terrified to the extreme, but he didn't dare to move.

"Can you take me to find my concubine mother?" Seeing that he didn't make any further moves, Xu Shi gradually became bolder, stretched out her hand and grabbed the corner of his sleeve, and opened her mouth timidly, but her eyes were full of hope. Yi, "They all say that Concubine Mu is dead, but I don't believe it...Can you take me to Concubine Mu?"

At that moment, he seemed to see himself back then.

After her mother died, she was carried out of Prince Qi's mansion, but she hated him until she died, and she didn't want to see him!
In the past, he always thought it was his fault, because he was not good enough, but when he grew up, he realized that there are some people and some things, no matter how good they are, they can't get them.

It's like she was born in the emperor's family.

As a prince, it is impossible to have family affection.

But without family affection, should we live in hell?

He didn't believe it.

Destiny should be held in one's own hands, she is dark, he can be her light, she walks alone, he will take her and step down all obstacles for her.

But things backfired, the child imprisoned himself in his own cage and refused to come out, all his efforts were unresponsive, and all his persistence pushed her further and further away, until that spring in March, when he caught her jumping from the tree, For the first time, she saw a sparkle of light in her eyes.

That is persistent and firm light!It's obvious that he's taking the path of death, but it's more like putting himself to death and then reborn!
At that moment, he firmly believed that he would definitely be able to assist her to become the supreme king.

But it turned out that he was not wrong, but her identity disrupted all his plans.

A woman who can survive in such an environment without crying or fussing, and do everything possible to survive, is like a Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death. If she catches her and turns into a little devil, she will immediately become the king of Hades.

Suddenly, there is a trace of joy in his exhausted life, as if living is also a very beautiful thing.

Before he knew it, there was light for the first time in his walking life.

And she is his light.

"I will protect the emperor." Hou Junli recounted what he said to her when they first met, looked her in the eyes firmly, "I still keep my word now."

"Okay." Mi Le looked at him, "I want the Guan family to disappear from the court as soon as possible, can King Qi do anything?"

Hou Junli looked at her deeply from the bottom of his eyes, as if he wanted to read her true thoughts from the bottom of her eyes.

After a long time, he asked, "When?"

"The sooner the better."

"...Okay." He lowered his eyes and responded, "Give me three months."

On the way back, Mi Le did not accompany Hou Junli.

Xiangsi followed her behind, hesitating to speak several times.

"Send Aunt Chun out of the palace and arrange for someone to protect her. When the time comes, I will pick her up." Mi Le said calmly.

After hearing the words, Acacia became even more puzzled: "What does the emperor mean?"

"Don't ask, just do it."

Xiangsi responded, and took another look at her back, unable to hold back anymore: "Is the emperor reluctant?"

"What are you reluctant to bear?"

"...King Qi."

Mi Le smiled after hearing this, "Really?"

She asked two words back, and there was no emotion in her voice. Xiangsi became more and more confused, but she just felt that this question could not be asked any further, so she decisively chose to shut up.

After all, the emperor is the king of a country. The matter of Concubine Yao has been in the past for so long, and the current court needs Qi Wang very much, not to mention, the emperor and Qi Wang are already husband and wife...

Thinking of this, Xiangsi felt a little relieved, but when she looked up at Mi Le's back, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Does the emperor mean this?

Outside the imperial study.

After Yun Gui heard Hou Junli's order, his face was full of shock: "Your Majesty, if you are not careful in this way, our entire army will be wiped out. Then all your efforts for so many years will be in vain!"

"Do as the king ordered." Hou Junli looked cold.

Yun Gui refused, and suddenly lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down: "My lord, please think twice, your majesty's intentions are clearly revealed. She is getting rid of the Guan family now, and the next one is the lord! It is impossible for her not to pursue the matter of Concubine Yao." !"

(End of this chapter)