Hearing the strangeness in Zhong Qingye's tone, Xing was slightly startled. He quickly turned around and looked back, his brows suddenly frowning.【】

At the entrance of the garden-style arch in the distance, a group of people were walking in the distance. The leaders were three men. They were basically between forty and fifty years old. They had luxurious appearance and extraordinary demeanor. They had been carefully maintained on weekdays.

Apart from the fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, his face still retains the sharp edges and corners of his youth.

Zhong Qingye noticed the clothes they were wearing. They were all dark purple brocade court clothes. Those who could enter and leave the palace should also be important officials of the Eastern Shang Dynasty. But she didn't know whether the differences between the courtiers of the Eastern Shang Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty were the same. She could only wonder about the bead curtains of their imperial court.

From the patterns on their robes, it can be judged that they are all officials of the third rank or above.

The three young men were very impressive and had very serious expressions on their faces. They seemed quite intimidating at first glance, but from Zhong Qingye's point of view, she could tell at a glance what these three men were hiding in their eyes.

Excited and excited.

Behind them, there were a large number of neatly dressed soldiers, with complete swords and clanging armor. The young faces were solemn and solemn, and they followed the three men with expressions on their faces. Their boots stepped on the neatly arranged bluestone floor of the Dongshang Palace.

, there is a crisp sound.

Zhong Qingye habitually stretched out his hand to touch his chin, with an expression on his face as those people kept coming towards them from the entrance of the garden. The length of the queue was almost unforgettable, as if it would never end.

The charming peach blossom eyes were slightly narrowed, and a long and narrow flash of cold light flashed like glass. With a little cunning and contemplation, they calmly looked at the three men coming towards them.

If we saw these soldiers in normal times, it might not be a big deal, but Yelu Meixue, who was on the front foot, had just been attacked. Now Yelu Xie's life and death are still unknown. These three men came sooner or later, and they happened to be here.

Bringing troops into the palace at this critical moment gave Zhong Qingye the most direct feeling that he had bad intentions.

Is it possible that Yeluxie, the emperor, is not so comfortable and has many people with ulterior motives hidden under his command?

Zhong Qingye put down his hands, moved his muscles and bones at will, and his mind was spinning rapidly, looking for detailed records of the courtiers of the Eastern Shang Dynasty in the world structure information that had been in Prince Rui's Mansion.

Xing's thoughts are similar to Zhong Qingye's, and he even understood it earlier than Zhong Qingye. He has been with Yeluxie since he was a child, following him from the prince to the prince, and finally ascended to the throne. There are things that Zhong Qingye doesn't know about.

He understands very well.

The three leading men not far away were all familiar to him, and they were even very familiar to him. They met them at least three or four times a day in the palace, and it was difficult not to remember them.

Starting from the left, the man named Liu Mingming, who is slightly shorter and fatter in stature, is the most famous elder of two dynasties in Dongshang Dynasty. His position is almost as powerful as a prince. His eldest son Liu Chengyu is the most powerful person in Dongshang Dynasty.

Liu Mei, the second daughter of one of the generals, is currently one of Yeluxie's most favored concubines.

The tall man in the middle, with steady steps and every move that exudes the bloody atmosphere of the battlefield, is General Pingze who is in charge of two-fifths of the troops in the Eastern Shang Dynasty. He is also the person who was given the national name Yeluxie.

Uncle Yeluping.

The man on the far right has a short beard and is the thinnest and frailest. His slender eyes smile into a curved arc. On the surface, he looks like a kindly uncle who is usually seen on the street. He has no lethality, but he never dares to do anything.

Little him.

Su Ze is not only a third-rank official of Dongshang, but also born in the famous Su family of Dongshang. His family has a lot of money and hundreds of miles of fertile land. It is difficult to calculate clearly. All his brothers and sisters are extremely powerful businessmen, with more than a thousand people in each.

The large family controls almost half of the economic power of Dongshang. Once it is taken away, the consequences are incalculable.

Generally speaking, these three people are almost evenly matched in the three pillars of the sky. With the addition of the emperor Yeluxie, the Dongshang court is basically divided into four. None of the three people is a fuel-efficient lamp, and each has its own power in the court.

There are different powers and parties. If anyone stamps his foot randomly, the whole Eastern Shang Dynasty will tremble.

Xing's eyebrows were furrowed, and the suppressed smiles on the faces of the three people, the anger in his eyes almost burst out of fire, and his handsome face suddenly looked like a lazy woman's foot wraps that had not been washed for decades.

Usually, these three people are at odds with each other, and they are not willing to give in to each other. In addition, Yelu is obsessed with government and is greedy for pleasure. The three of them are even more intrigued by each other for the sake of political power. They have very little contact with each other, and the smell of gunpowder pervades the entire Eastern Shang Dynasty. This time

I don't know where the sun came out, but the three of them entered the palace together for the first time.

Xing knew very well that these three people all had the intention of treason, but fortunately, they kept each other in check, and no one would let anyone make a move first. In addition, Yeluxie was an emperor after all, and he still had some power in his hands, so no matter who it was,

If you act first, it will not end well.

But I didn't expect that this time the three of them, who had held grievances for decades, would actually unite together. Yeluxie's whereabouts are still unknown. This is not a good sign at all.

Seeing the three people getting closer and closer, Xing took a deep breath, suppressed all the emotions in his heart, showed a slightly stiff smile on his face, walked up to them, cupped his hands, and said with a smile.

"I have met three adults in my humble position."

Liu Yi was the first to wave his hands and said: "Get up, how is the emperor's current situation? Has he been found?"

Xing smiled, stood up straight, and his voice was neither high nor low, neither arrogant nor humble, showing that he was very familiar with this kind of official tone: "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Liu. Your Majesty is blessed by heaven."

A smile flashed across Zhong Qingye's eyes. Her guess was correct. These guys came with bad intentions. Apparently, Xing also noticed it. The meaning of this short sentence was ambiguous and did not indicate any actual situation. It was obvious.

, OK, this is just a side ball with them.

"I had already rested. Suddenly I heard about the fire in the palace. I felt very uneasy. Where is my emperor's nephew now?" Yeluping had an old face and spoke in a military tone. He didn't mean anything and spoke straight to his heart.

asked.

Seeing their mocking probing, Zhong Qingye took a few steps back and walked to Feng and Yelu Meixue. The two of them obviously noticed the situation around Xing, and their expressions changed.

.

Feng glanced at Zhong Qingye searchingly, and Zhong Qingye nodded slightly, his dark eyes dyed with the brightness of the firelight, flashing a look that only the two of them could understand.

Feng's face suddenly became solemn, and he didn't care about Yelv Meixue who was still having a bad temper. He pushed her towards Zhong Qingye and strode towards Zhong Qingye.

Yelv Meixue staggered, and Zhong Qingye reached out to hold her shoulders. He was surprised to find that she was shaking continuously. Her body was weak and thin under the white skin, and her dirty little face was pale and pale, with almost no trace of blood.

The eyes that used to be full of life and beauty have become bloodshot at some point, with red, white and black colors interlaced, full of fear and uneasiness, which makes people feel unbearable.

Zhong Qingye couldn't help but reached out and patted her shoulder, sighing slightly in his heart. If it were in modern times, this child would still be in junior high school, at the right age, with a lot of youth to squander, but in ancient times,

But he prematurely experienced the grudges and entanglements between adults.

After all, she is still a child.

Zhong Qingye's gentle patting disturbed Yelu Meixue. Her whole body trembled suddenly, like a frightened rabbit. She turned around in a panic. A pair of red eyes stared at Zhong Qingye without blinking. Her panic turned into

The sparkling water in her pupils was about to roll down her face.

"Don't cry." Zhong Qingye frowned at her: "Nothing has happened yet, what is there to cry about?"

Yelu Meixue was stunned for a moment, and suddenly grabbed her arm with force. Her fingers were very slender, white and round, and very beautiful. At this moment, the skin was a little broken, and dark red blood was stained on the fingertips. She clutched Zhong Qingye tightly.

On her arms, her nails almost penetrated into her flesh and bones through the material of her clothes.

"Ye Qing, where is my brother? Where is he? Is he okay?... Is he okay?..." The fifteen-year-old girl was completely disturbed by this sudden incident. Panic occupied all her emotions, and she died.

He clutched Zhong Qingye tightly, like a piece of driftwood left behind by a drowning man.

Although he didn't like this girl very much, and he had an unspeakable resentment and estrangement towards her because of Qi Mo's relationship, Zhong Qingye couldn't help but feel a little distressed, frowned and hesitated, and finally comforted her in a soft voice:

"Don't worry, your brother is fine."

Yeluxie will be fine. He is such a clever person, how could he let himself be burned alive?

Zhong Qingye added in his heart.

Her words made Yelumei Xue's eyes light up, and her whole little face suddenly brightened up, looking at Zhong Qingye eagerly: "Really? Is he really okay? Is he really okay? You didn't lie to me, brother, he is really okay.

Are you okay?"

Zhong Qingye's heart wrinkled slightly. The heat that hit her body was clearly transmitted to her nerve cells. She didn't need to turn her head to know that the Chengxian Palace was surrounded by fire at this moment. With this ancient and backward fire-fighting method, if Yeluxie hadn't been destroyed early in the morning.

Rescue him, it must be too late now.

But she couldn't say this to a fifteen-year-old girl.

In fact, as early as when she heard about Yeluxie's accident, Zhong Qingye knew from Yelv Meixue's reaction that this girl actually liked her uncle, and that was probably the case, so she called her Yeluxie like a brother.

Although regardless of whether it is ethical or not for the niece to fall in love with her uncle, judging from the appearance, Yeluxie is at most five or six years older than Yelu Meixue. The two have similar looks, and the delicate look between their eyebrows is as different as the other. They look like the same person when they stand together.

Is it so eye-catching that it can be narrated?

Zhong Qingye couldn't understand before that how could Yelv Meixue, a girl with such an unusual temperament like an ordinary woman, willingly go to Beiqi to become a princess? She didn't believe that this girl didn't understand. She went to Beiqi just to put it nicely.

The good relationship between the two countries is, to put it bluntly, a political pawn. Besides, if someone like Qi Mu wants to break the contract, how can a marriage princess stop him?

Now that we think about it together, Zhong Qingye seems to understand a little bit.

The niece fell in love with her own uncle, not to mention the feudal and stereotyped ancient times, even modern people find it difficult to accept. This girl must also know very well in her heart that there will be no result between her and Yeluxie, and does not want to harm herself and others, so she

Will be disheartened and agree to marry to Northern Qi.

Zhong Qingye looked at Yelu Meixue's delicate eyebrows, and the deep sorrow in those eyebrows was more vivid at the moment. Zhong Qingye was a little annoyed. Along the way, Yelu Meixue was so obvious to Yelu Xie. Why did she just treat Yelu Xie as someone else?

The little girl relies on her relatives without thinking deeply about it?

On the surface, this girl is frizzy and has a very unpleasant temper, but she must be in pain deep down.

well……

Zhong Qingye sighed, Duanduan thought of himself and Qi Mo again, and his mood suddenly relaxed.

No matter how much uneasiness and concern she has in her heart, at least Qi Mo is right behind her. As long as she is willing to look back, she will immediately have an enviable relationship. Compared to Yelu Meixue and Yelu Xie, she already knows how much luckier she is.

.

Why, still can’t you learn to cherish it?

"Okay, stop talking, both of you!" A sudden and stern scolding interrupted Zhong Qingye's thoughts and brought her back to reality. Zhong Qingye hurriedly threw all these emotions out of his mind.

The current situation is unclear and it is not the time to think about this.

The one who scolded Yeluxie was Yeluxie's uncle, General Pingze Yeluping. At this moment, he had raised eyebrows and raised eyes. His face was sharp and full of self-confidence. He was walking arrogantly by taking advantage of his height.

, Feng Er's expressions definitely don't look happy.

Liu Yi stood beside him with a half-smile, his eyes as sly as an old fox, his hands clasped behind his hands in a leisurely manner, and he walked calmly, making the two of them calm.
To be continued...