Zhao Xinran's marriage was resolved, but Zhao Xuan secretly remembered Zhao Bixuan's words, and was also suspicious that she was a woman in the deep palace, so she could even know the secrets of Duke Ji's mansion. Even if Qi Yining favored her, she would never talk about such family scandals in front of the palace concubine. It can be seen that she should have connections in the previous dynasty. Zhao Xuan did not like to be attacked from both sides, so Zhao Bixuan used a method to suppress the direct line and promoted the sanctions, which had violated his bottom line.

He ordered someone to investigate Zhao Bixuan well and wanted to cut off her hands. Thinking that she was the man's favorite woman, he couldn't control the violence in his heart. The news sent back by the spy surprised him very much. The person behind Zhao Bixuan was not Qi Yining or Lao Wenyuanhou, but Qi Jinyu.

He still remembers that when he was a child, Qi Jinyu sneaked out of the palace and got lost at a lantern festival. Zhao Bixuan brought him to him and asked him to send Qi Jinyu back. This was the only time the two of them had an intersection. But now it seems that they still had contact in private. A man protects a woman in this way, and also informs her of the secrets of the previous dynasty to help her take revenge. This relationship is not simple no matter how you look at it. What is Qi Jinyu approaching Zhao Bixuan for? It is simply due to the attraction between men and women? Or maybe you want to plot someone through her?

Zhao Xuan suddenly wanted to see with his own eyes what his expression was when the man learned the true face of the woman he loved the most.

Zhou Yunsheng quickly gave Prince Gong a marriage. In order to prevent things from changing, the Empress Dowager set the wedding in March of the following year and frequently summoned Luo Lan to the palace to accompany him. She did not forget to call Prince Gong to let the couple develop feelings. Prince Gong was handsome and had a noble status. Luo Lan was naturally happy and blushed and followed him to the imperial garden. In addition to his back, there were no other autumn chrysanthemums in her eyes. Zhao Bixuan seemed to have a tendency to abuse herself. She just picked up the two of them to run into each other when they were alone. Seeing them coming together to talk and laugh, their eyes turned red several times and returned to Fengyi Palace and fell seriously ill.

What made Zhou Yunsheng even more irrational was that she actually wanted the second prince from the empress dowager and brought it to the imperial garden together, which caused the second prince to get infected with the cold and had a high fever for several days. The empress dowager learned that she had eaten it alive, but Qi Jinyu felt so distressed that she felt more and more guilty and loved her.

Zhou Yunsheng, facing the two people's traitors and affection, stepped up control of the court. Whether he or Qi Yining before, they had the ability to plan for a thousand miles. Although he had been lazy for three years, some of the power fell into the hands of Prince An and Prince Gong, it took only one month to collapse or recover. Of course, this did not include the Northwest military power.

Zhao Xuan also acted as a showman. The next day he came back, he took the initiative to hand over the tiger talisman, as if he was not interested in power, but the generals in the northwest were all loyal to him. They only recognized people and did not look at the talisman. His handwriting orders were more prestigious than imperial edicts. The tiger talisman is now a piece of broken copper and iron. Moreover, he repelled the northwest divisions, but did not kill them all. It seemed like a wolves drove away the sheep and slaughtered the fattest and beautiful few, and kept the rest slowly. In this way, he not only achieved military merits, but also could control the northwest regime for a long time because of the unstable borders. He was really good at making a decision. He even traded with the various divisions privately and made a big profit.

The spies sent by Zhou Yunsheng could not find out more, but judging from these sporadic signs, Zhao Xuan's power and wealth were probably not inferior to those of the emperor. If he had a rebellious intention, Zhou Yunsheng would not be sure to suppress it with all his might, and the world would be divided half.

Zhou Yunsheng took the tiger talisman and shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he did not intend to interfere in the Northwest affairs.

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A month later, the royal family was going to hold the annual autumn roster. Zhou Yunsheng brought the list of officials and ordered officials of the fourth rank and above and all the royal families to accompany him. Zhao Xuan was naturally among them.

"General, when will we go back to the northwest? Although the capital is good, it is not our territory. It is quite inconvenient to do things." A general beat horses and walked beside Zhao Xuan, his voice pressing very low.

"Wait a little longer, I have something to do." Zhao Xuan looked at the imperial carriage not far away.

The general nodded and did not dare to ask more questions.

When they arrived at the destination, the guards had already set up the camp, and everyone had a short rest and then scattered. Although the Qi family brothers wanted to kill each other, they were very friendly on the surface. Prince Gong was even the emperor's elder brother, the eldest brother, and wanted to hunt deer with him. Seeing that he always looked at Zhao Bixuan, who looked particularly heroic and charming, he knew that he was afraid that he missed Zhao Bixuan so much that he could spit out his eyes.

Zhou Yunsheng had long planned to marry him, but suddenly shouted "There is prey" and led a group of guards to gallop, and soon left everyone behind. Qi Jinyu chased after the horse for a while. Seeing that Zhao Bixuan could not keep up, he pretended to be incompetent in riding and stopped slowly on the side of the road. Not to mention how the two of them enjoyed the stolen time, Zhou Yunsheng entered the dense forest and ran into a snow-white elk, and immediately chased him.

The path in the forest was gradually covered with weeds. If you were riding a horse, it would be hard to move forward. Zhou Yunsheng handed the horse over to two guards to take care of it. He led Meng Kang deep into the stream. He was about to pull the bow and shoot the deer when a man in black suddenly jumped down from the treetops, and was astonishingly fast.

Seeing that he was attacking the emperor, Meng Kang quickly raised his sword to block it. After only a few rounds of battle, he couldn't help but panic. He knew that he was definitely not the opponent of this person, so he immediately blew the whistle hanging around his neck and summoned other guards. Zhou Yunsheng stood outside the battle circle with his bow and arrows on his back, observing the muscle lines outlined by the man in black with great interest.

That's right, the man in black is Zhao Xuan. Not to mention that he was just masked or turned into ashes, Zhou Yunsheng would not mistakenly admit it. He wanted to see what he wanted to do, but soon lost his leisure time. Just because Zhao Xuan became more and more ruthless, he actually became murderous towards Meng Kang.

His pupils shrank violently for a moment, pulled out the sword from his waist, and kicked Meng Kang, who was almost dead, out of Zhao Xuan's attack range. Meng Kang was stunned. Before that, he always thought that although the emperor was practicing martial arts, his strength was definitely not as good as those of the soldiers who were used to blood, but reality told him that he was outrageously wrong. The martial arts of the man in black was rare in the world, but the emperor was not at all inferior to him when he faced him. The two of them collided with swords and weapons, and they went back and forth, and dozens of moves passed in a few breaths, and the moves were dangerous.

After the emperor suddenly joined the battle circle, the murderous aura in the eyes of the man in black quickly disappeared, turning into surprise and appreciation. He fought and retreated, leading the imperial dynasty deeper into the forest without a trace. Following the two of them, they threw away Meng Kang and the guards who rushed over in less than a quarter of an hour.

Zhou Yunsheng didn't believe that Zhao Xuan wanted to kill him, and he didn't hesitate to jump in even though he knew it was a trap.

Seeing that the trees around were getting thicker and stronger, layers of branches and leaves covered the sky and darkened the light around them, Zhao Xuan suddenly increased his offensive, lifted the sword in the emperor's hand, cut his hands and pressed him on the trunk, tied him up with a rope, then pulled off the black cloth on his face, and blinded him instead.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?" Zhou Yunsheng asked knowingly. He was so familiar with the blindfolding trick.

Zhao Xuan did not speak, pinched his jaw and forced him to open his mouth.

The familiar smell penetrated into his mouth, causing Zhou Yunsheng to almost burst into tears. Due to the frustration over the past few months, he could not let him succeed easily while he was addicted to the moment he suddenly started to resist. Zhao Xuan quickly avoided a trick of pulling his vagina and pressed the emperor on the tree trunk again.

"Do you know who I am?" God knows how much Zhou Yunsheng wants to cooperate with him. Being able to hold up this question has mobilized all his energy.

"What does it have to do with me who you are?" Zhao Xuan asked with evil thoughts, "Do you know what your beloved concubine is doing?"

"Don't hurt her!" I care about her death! Zhou Yunsheng scolded him with an inconsistency. He really couldn't hold on anymore. He obviously wanted to hug his lover and recognize him, but he insisted on pretending to be humiliating.

Zhao Xuan snorted coldly and mocked, "You can't help but care about her safety now. It's really a seed of infatuation. When I tell you, Zhao Bixuan is also wandering under someone like you. Do you want to know who that person is?"

"Who is it?" Zhou Yunsheng turned his head and avoided it, thinking that he would do it. He said nonsense. How many villains failed to get things done because they talked too much nonsense. When he dragged the guards to come, you can just wait to suffocate yourself to death!

Zhao Xuan sneered, "It's your good thing..." Before he finished speaking, he lowered his curse and reminded, "Don't touch anyone else during this period, otherwise I won't be so gentle next time I meet."

Are you gentle, mom?! Zhou Yunsheng also heard the footsteps of the guards, and felt indignant and depressed, and a little regretful, but when he thought that he didn't know how to hold back, he felt relieved again.

Seeing the emperor tied with his hands and blindfolded his eyes, Meng Kang and others breathed a sigh of relief. It was a blessing that the emperor had nothing to do. Although they might have lost their lives, they would not implicate the nine tribes. The group quickly untied the rope and took off the black cloth. They were about to apologize, Duke Yu, who received the letter from Fei Ge sent by Meng Kang, also led a line of elite soldiers and knelt down in fear.

Zhou Yunsheng rubbed his eyes, and saw the culprit kneeling at his feet. He was immediately angry and snatched a guard's whip and slapped him hard, and said with a smile, "General Zhao is here in time!"

Several deputy generals were in their hearts complaining about their generals. The safety of the yard was the responsibility of the guards of the capital and the military commanders of the five cities. What is General Guan’s responsibility?

However, Zhao Xuan himself did not feel wronged. He forced the man to whip several times and took the time to look at him. Seeing that his eyes were indeed particularly bright and shiny because of anger and humiliation, the redness at the end of his eyes seemed as if he wanted to come back to life, and his appearance was countless times more beautiful than he thought. Not to mention whip a few times, he would be willing to sacrifice his life.

He swallowed secretly, used his internal force to resist, and broke the whip that the emperor threw over.

When all the generals saw that the whip was damaged, they thought the emperor was too ruthless and felt even more uneasy.

Zhou Yunsheng knew that these whips were tantalizing to his lover. Not only did he not feel the pain, but he was also very happy. He had to stop and ordered, "Search for me, and I must capture the thief alive!"

Zhao Xuan bowed and before he could stand up, another group of soldiers ran over quickly, saying that Prince Gong and Concubine Huiyi had been assassinated.

"What's wrong with the imperial concubine? Are you injured?" Zhou Yunsheng asked anxiously, interpreting the image of his beloved wife as life.

Zhao Xuan glanced at him, and the tumultuous desire in his heart was replaced by the resentment. It seemed that he still refused to believe him. That's right, no one would rashly believe a person of unknown origin. In this way, he would have to teach him a profound lesson next time.

Zhou Yunsheng rushed back to the camp as fast as possible. From a distance, he saw Zhao Bixuan and Qi Jinyu's tents full of guards, and several imperial doctors were in and out, with a serious expression. He walked over to ask about the situation and learned that Zhao Bixuan was not seriously injured, Qi Jinyu was stabbed several times, and the situation was critical.

"Try your best to treat me." After Zhou Yunsheng explained to the imperial physician, he reported to the empress dowager in the palace. The empress dowager immediately wanted to bring the person back, but was stopped by the imperial physician, saying that the injury was too serious and it was not suitable to move, and it would take another ten days and a half months to wait.

Zhou Yunsheng was in the yard for several days, and he was full of respect and respect. Then he led the crowd back to Beijing. When he left, he admired Zhao Bixuan's expression of pain and fear. As for the assassins, he did not catch any of them. They were all very skilled in martial arts and well-trained. They fled to a cliff and leaped down and lost their traces. The commander of the Five City Military and Horses and the Gyeonggi Guards sent thousands of people to search under the cliff, but they didn't even find a piece of rag head, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.

Not only Prince Gong was assassinated, but even the emperor was almost killed. The yamen in charge of the defense of the capital, such as the yamen in the capital, the five cities, the yamen in charge of the defense of the capital were completely cleaned by the furious emperor. Some officials in the high positions were imprisoned, some were removed, and some were demoted. After the wind and waves subsided, all the important positions in these yamen were replaced by the emperor's confidants, and Meng Kang even became the commander of the five cities, with a low official position, but he had quite a real power.

The empress dowager, who had originally installed a lot of people in these places, could only stare at her in anger. She tried every means to plan for the past few years, but she did not expect to fail overnight. Now, she has a good reason to suspect that this assassination was a big drama directed and acted by Qi Yining.

The Queen Mother guessed right. The assassin was indeed sent by Zhou Yunsheng. He didn't think he could kill this pair of dogs. Because the two are the sons of fate in this world, they always have inexplicable power to protect themselves. To put it simply, the protagonist's halo. Unless they commit suicide, it is difficult for others to succeed. Just like in the previous world, Xue Jingyi was clearly as weak as he was, but she survived with more and more severe stimulation and took good care of her body. It can be seen that they don't want to die, and no one can do anything to them.

As expected, those people only seriously injured Qi Jinyu and failed to take his life. With his desperate protection, Zhao Bixuan was even more unharmed. But well, his purpose was to control the defense of the Gyeonggi, and it was not necessary to take the lives of the two of them. It would be too comfortable to die like this.

The empress dowager learned that her son was seriously injured to protect Zhao Bixuan. She was so angry that she almost vomited blood. She immediately called her to Cining Palace and punished her to kneel. Zhao Bixuan thought that the emperor would come to rescue the siege as before, but in the end she was disappointed. She knelt for a day and a night, but the man never showed up.

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Zhou Yunsheng had no time to care about Zhao Bixuan's life or death. On the day of assassination, he appointed Zhao Xuanquan to investigate the matter thoroughly. Now four days have passed, but he has not even found any clues. Naturally, he has to keep the person and "reprimand" him.

When Zhao Xuan arrived at the gate of Deganqing Palace, he heard the sound of the emperor and Meng Kang asking questions and answering in the hall.

"You are eighteen years old this year, and you are a grown-up person. Have you ever thought about getting married?"

"Return to the emperor, three days ago, my wife's legitimate mother made a marriage for me."

"Oh? Which lady is it?"

"I am the second daughter of Lord Wailang Zhang, the official of the Ministry of Works, and the niece of the weak minister's legitimate mother."

"Pushed." The emperor ordered firmly.

"Ah?" Meng Kang replied silly.

"I've pushed it, I will decide your marriage."

Hearing this, Zhao Xuan was already full of anger. He thought that this man had used Meng Kang, but after so many days, how could he not see clearly his sincere protection for Meng Kang? He didn't plan to let Meng Kang fight for his life in the northwest again, but kept him by his side to train him. The chores he searched for Meng Kang were all in line with the other party's temperament.

You don’t have to be a vocational officer in the Five Cities Military Affairs Office. You only need to be ruthless, straightforward, and courageous, and not afraid of offending others. These qualities are complete and have gained the trust of the emperor, and will surely be prosperous in the future.

Why did he care so much about Meng Kang? I must ask clearly next time. Zhao Xuan suppressed his depression and raised his hand to let the newly appointed eunuch go and report. In order to protect Prince Gong, Liuhe had died in the enclosure. When he died, his head was chopped off, and he did not even leave a whole body. The emperor ordered people to bury him for a good life, and turned around and brought his disciple Lin An to the front of the emperor.

In this assassination, the damn thing is dead, the damn thing is retreating, and the damn thing that should be withdrawn, Zhao Xuan could see all the mysteries clearly and clearly, but he didn't plan to thoroughly investigate it. After holding on for a few geniuses, he came to the Hall of Yangxin with almost excitement.

"Your Majesty, Lord Yu is looking for a meeting outside."

"Let him come in. Meng Kang, you go down. Don't worry about the marriage. I will definitely find a good one for you."

"Thank you for your kindness, I will go back and tell your mother." Meng Kang was not satisfied with the marriage at first, but he had to obey his parents' orders. Now that the emperor issued an oral order, he was naturally very happy. When he passed by General Zhao, he almost laughed and broke his cheeks, but he was furious because of the other party's Leng Ruohanbing's eye knife, which made him shudder.

Zhao Xuan walked to the hall to salute, raised his eyes and glanced at the imperial throne quickly, his jaw tense instantly. The man had just finished bathing, his hair was covered with his shoulders, and was stained with a little water vapor. He was loose and wearing a pure black brocade robe, which further highlighted a jade face that was as sharp as a polished one, dazzling and wisps of ambergris dissipated from his skin, refreshing the heart.

It was because he met Meng Kang in this way? Zhao Xuan wished he could return to Qiu Sheng and slaughter the boy with one knife.

Zhou Yunsheng was tortured by this man last time, and this time he called him over, of course he would not make him feel better. He scolded him and threw him into a roar, showing off his might.

Zhao Xuan gradually calmed down while beating and scolding. Seeing that he was dry, he stood up and poured him a cup of hot tea, and then knelt down, thinking in his heart: Let you be free for a moment. Next time I catch it, I will definitely cry in your beautiful eyes.

After another half a month, Zhao Xuan finally found some clues under the urging of the emperor several times and repeatedly, and immediately presented them to the imperial court.

Prince An couldn't understand how those men in black were related to him. They were in the paddocks and were very cautious. Not to mention whether he had the ability to send people in, even if he had, the target of his assassination should not be Prince Gong, but Emperor Sheng. What obstacle did Prince Gong, a prince who had just become an adult, have to send such elites to take his life?

When a discerning person saw that the biggest gainer of the assassination was clearly the man on the throne, but he insisted on framed him. However, he did not dare to say these words clearly, and just knelt on the Golden Palace and kept shouting for justice.

Zhou Yunsheng waved his hand and said that I knew it. He turned around and locked him in the palace and sent Zhao Xuan to search in his mansion. Zhao Xuan never expected that the emperor would hand him such an important task one after another, as if he trusted him very much. But then he thought, could there be a trap set up here?

No matter what, it was set up by that man, even if it was broken, he had to jump down and try it, but the premise was that he was accompanying him. When he arrived at the De'an Palace, the soldiers searched carefully, wishing to smash the wall bricks out and explore them one by one. As expected, they found some banned objects, including private messages from Prince An and several ministers, involving salt taxes, smuggling iron tools, buying war horses, hoarding private soldiers and other deadly content.

It is known to everyone in Sima Zhao's heart.

As soon as the news came out, the court was in an uproar. Prince An, who was still in the palace, immediately left the clan mansion. After several rounds of interrogation, the evidence was conclusive and indisputable. He was dismissed from the title and post and imprisoned in the An mansion. The officials he won either killed nine clans, beheaded or dismissed, and investigated, and no one ended up well.

After two rounds of cleaning, the court officials stood in the Golden Palace and saw many strange faces promoted by the emperor. They all felt frightened and their bones were cold. It is said that the emperor was angry and buried in a million corpses. Although Emperor Sheng's attack this time was not as exaggerated as a million corpses, it could be called a river of blood.

The ministers who thought the emperor was fascinated by the imperial concubine and became weak and stupid, thought they had found a chance to rise to the sky, but now they were completely calm. The tiger also took a nap. The emperor was still suppressing the emperor with thunder at the age of fourteen. If anyone dared to play tricks in front of him, it would be purely seeking death.

After gathering the court, he began to rectify military affairs. In addition to the Northwest garrison, the generals from several other garrisons were beaten one by one, and several were even killed for crimes such as dereliction of duty, corruption, and false military merits. The three armies, which were as chaotic as scattered sand, gradually became a solid piece.

After the purging of the court, the three-year examination began. As the younger brother of the favorite concubine of the dynasty, Zhao Jidong's performance was particularly eye-catching, and everyone was speculating whether he would be on the list this time.

"It's true, that's the younger brother of Concubine Huiyi, the serious uncle, the emperor can't help but love the house and the mistress." Someone joked sourly. The facts were exactly the same as what they guessed. As soon as the imperial list came out, Zhao Jidong's name ranked first and actually won Huiyuan. The students who checked the results started to make trouble under the instigation of those who were interested, saying that the examiner used his power for personal gain, defiling the saints, etc. It seemed that he had expected it, and immediately posted the top ten files on the imperial list so that everyone could see clearly.

Zhao Jidong's articles are not only gorgeous, but also have extremely unique views. Compared with other documents, it becomes more and more excellent. Whether it is the candidate who is on the list or the candidate who fails, he is convinced after reading his articles and never dares to spread rumors and cause trouble. Then in the palace examination, he also wrote a beautiful article, which made Emperor Sheng very happy after reading it. He praised him for his talent in ancient and modern times, and appointed him as the top scholar in the Jin Academy. Later, at the Qionglin Banquet, he even called him to the imperial court to drink a few cups, which seemed to be very important.
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