Chapter 92 Strangers (Modified)

"Don't worry about that!" Hearing that Qi Jiulu hadn't said anything yet, Gong Xiangxiao outside couldn't wait to say, "My father and king have been fighting against the Ji family for many years, why didn't they guard against them? Your queen is willing to come here in person Seeing you? It's not impossible..."

Speaking of this, it seemed that someone coughed secretly, Gong Xiangxiao got the reminder, and his complacency restrained a little, and he said, "Anyway, you just listen to Xinyun's arrangement steadily."

Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, then smiled suddenly, and said: "Then what is the prince still doing here? Do you continue to listen to the wall?"

"..." Gong Xiangxiao was speechless, and said, "You are fast enough to cross the river and tear down the bridge."

Yun Fenghuang didn't answer, and kicked Qi Jiulu lightly. Qi Jiulu understood, stood up, and went out with a smile: "I'll see you off."

Gong Xiangxiao complained: "Why do you turn to your little ancestor again and again? How can you cheer up Fu Gang if you go on like this... Sigh, forget it, look at your worthless appearance, I'm afraid you will be eaten by her for the rest of your life Damn it."

He was muttering, only to hear a sound of footsteps going away——Yun Fenghuang in the stone room listened carefully, besides Gong Xiangxiao and Qi Jiulu, there were at least six or seven other people whose footsteps were very slight, almost impossible Check, it is probably Gong Xiangxiao's bodyguard.

She waited for these people to go a little farther away, then shook off the bag that Qi Jiulu had prepared, and hurriedly put it on.

After a while, Qi Jiulu came back alone, and saw that she had walked out of the stone room neatly dressed, and was looking around with interest: the stone room was not the room she thought it was, but a long and narrow cave, from the traces on the cave wall. Look, this cave should have existed for a long time.

There are a lot of air outlets dug around, and the dark ones don't know where they lead, and the wind comes in from time to time, wandering around the room, so even though the cave is very deep, it doesn't feel stuffy.

It's just some scattered things in the corner, which makes people's scalp tingle: they are all instruments of torture, old and new, and they all have blood stains of different degrees in common.

There was even a piece of what looked like a human bone under the shackles.

"I'll change the place for you tomorrow." Seeing Yun Fenghuang staring at the human bone, Qi Jiulu hurried over and kicked it behind the debris, and said apologetically, "I still have some things to deal with today, but it's too late ...By the way, do you like Jiangnan or Guanwai?"

"Does the Regent's Palace know about your two arrangements?" Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked instead of answering.

Qi Jiulu said softly: "The son didn't ask, and I don't plan to tell them. Anyway, it depends on what you like, and I will arrange it. Didn't you say you like Jiangnan earlier? So I bought Zhuangzi in Jiangnan in advance. The fields and things are all set up as you like. But I thought, after all, we grew up in the north, maybe you are still used to the north. Of course, it is not easy to go back to your hometown, and the climate and customs outside the customs are similar to our home. "

"He didn't ask, because you did these things under his nose." Yun Fenghuang looked at him, and said slowly, "Eloping with the concubine, such a crime, in the future, you and I will pinch him for the rest of our lives." In his hands, even Xie and Qi cannot escape the burden."

Qi Jiulu frowned, and said: "You and I had a private meeting in the palace, and it was originally in his hands. But first of all, he himself was involved in this matter, so wouldn't it be good for him to get out? Second, I am the son of the prince. Confidant, with the son of the world, both prosperity and loss..."

"It's just now." Yun Fenghuang sighed and shook his head when he heard the words, "Gong Xiangxiao is getting older but still has no real power, but the younger brother born by his stepmother is getting more and more attention from the regent king. Since he is unwilling to be regent The king was left in the cold, and he was worried about the instability of the position of the son, so he hurriedly recruited people, trying to make wings... But in fact, his fundamental interest is to follow the regent, so what is he without the regent?"

"The regent once missed the throne of the emperor's younger brother. Because of this, there must be a battle between him and Chunjia—he still needs to join hands with Chunjia to take care of the Ji family, Zheng family, and Cui family. , so it’s fine to help me hide my name after I escape from the palace.”

"But once the royal family's uncles and nephews clear the temple, and they only have a duel between them, do you think... based on my entanglement with Duke Yi's mansion, the regent will let go of such a ready-made stabbing weapon?"

She said before that the Prince Regent would not want anything to happen to Gu Zhen at the moment - not only because Gu Zhen is the daughter of Uncle Zhao Wu, the right-hand man of the Prince Regent, but also because for the Prince Regent, Gu Zhen absolutely cannot die in In the hands of Duke Yi's mansion!

After all, the prerequisite for the emperor and the regent to deal with outsiders such as the Ji family is the delicate balance between the royal uncles and nephews: the emperor has the position of emperor, which is a symbol of orthodoxy, and at the same time has the loyal assistance of important ministers like Duke Yi. Although compared with the deep-rooted Regent, the strength is still lacking, but it is not without strength.

To put it simply: both uncle and nephew felt that I could win after the outsiders who disturbed the situation were dismissed!

But once something happened to the Duke of Yi's mansion, Chunjia would have enough descendants to rely on, and there would be only one Xingningbo mansion left.

The Yuan family was just a prominent local family in the past, and they entered the circle of nobles in the imperial capital only after their nephew became the emperor. Since the first day of the imperial capital, they have been tacitly suppressed by important ministers such as the Ji family, the Zheng family, the Cui family, and so on. It has never developed... It has always been followed by Yi Guogong to wave the flag and shout, and let them support the emperor alone, it can only be powerless.

If the balance of power between the emperor and the regent is so out of balance, the emperor would continue to join hands with the regent to deal with other people if he was stupid. It would be almost as good if he didn't immediately turn his head to promote Ji to deal with the regent!

So at this moment, the Prince Regent absolutely does not want any mishaps in the Duke of Yi's Mansion - and will never allow Empress Ji to use it to create a rift between the Duke of Yi's Mansion and the Prince Regent in order to succeed in Ji's plan to fight for a chance to recover!

However, when Ji and his ilk are dismissed in the future...

Only the battle between uncle and nephew...

What does the Prince Regent still keep Yun's for?

Then when the time comes, no matter how many calculations, guidance, or instigations behind Yun Qike's actions today, there is no excuse for the crimes of robbing the concubine and murdering Jieyu, and the regent cannot take advantage of this. Criticism of Yiguo Duke's Mansion - No matter how Qi Jiulu and Yun Fenghuang try to hide their names, they will probably still be found out as witnesses.

As for what will happen to them after doing so...

Will the Regent take care of it?

Anyway, Yun Fenghuang didn't believe that the prince could be so stupid as to speak morally at such a critical moment. She would never hand over her family's wealth and life to a clan member who didn't understand at all.

Looking at Qi Jiulu at this moment, he said earnestly, "Just now I said that you would arrange for Yunqi Ke to burn Chunban Villa. Gong Xiangxiao never denied it, and combined with the fact that you mentioned the Gu family to the Queen... What you told the Queen, probably With Yunqike as the chief culprit, the Chunban Villa was set on fire, and both Gu Zhen and I were buried in the sea of ​​flames. Well, in my opinion, the scapegoats arranged on the left and right should be burned so that they can’t be distinguished; as for Gu Zhen, in order to prevent the regent from following Chunjia's overall situation is the most important thing, I'm afraid she must die at the hands of Yun Qike in full view."

"In this way, the Duke of Yi's mansion cannot escape a felony, and Chunjia lost his help. In order to balance the temple, he can only choose to reconcile with the Ji family."

"And the queen, for a period of time, can always settle down in her mother's world, so as to plan for the future!"

Seeing Qi Jiulu's silence, which was acquiescence to his speculation, Yun Fenghuang sighed, "But since you are not sincerely cooperating with the queen, the regent cannot allow the queen's plan to come true... At that time, the queen will let us go ? I know you want to say that the Prince Regent will definitely seize this opportunity to hunt down the Ji family!"

She raised her hand to signal Qi Jiulu not to interrupt, "The problem is that although the queen was forced by you to come here to meet us in person, no matter what kind of excuses you have in your hands, it is only useful if the queen has some scruples. Who knows if the empress will expose everything and take revenge?!"

"When the time comes, the regent's position will be high and powerful. It will be easy to separate yourself from the prince. What about the two of us?"

Yun Fenghuang said seriously, "You are young and promising, and you are valued by the prince, maybe they will keep you, but for me, what will they do for safety?"

Naturally, silence.

"...Your Majesty knows how I feel about you, and I will not allow such a thing to happen." Qi Jiulu sighed when he heard the words, reached out to hug her, and said softly, "Besides, I did all this for you. If you have What a mistake, why should I live alone?"

Yun Fenghuang leaned on his chest for a while, then slowly and firmly pushed him away, looked up into his eyes, and said solemnly: "Because you have done too much for me, I I can't watch you throwing away your life just because of me like this—you listen to me, we met in private before, and the left and right Gong Xiangxiao couldn't get rid of the relationship, so let it go."

"If I really leave with you this time, Gongxiangxiao is just like you and the empress want to get me out and use Yunqike as a backing. The matter of the private meeting is one push, two six five!"

"He can completely deny our private meetings these days, and only say that everything is done by Yunqike, and he doesn't know anything—"

"Then we will completely lose the opportunity to blackmail Gong Xiangxiao and the Prince Regent's Mansion, and instead will fall completely under the control of the Prince Regent's Mansion!"

"At that time, if they want us to live, we will live, and if they want us to die, we will die—Brother Lu, are you willing to live such a life?!"

Qi Jiulu was older than her, and when they were young, when the two families hadn't agreed on a marriage, because of their family friends, they were always called according to their seniority.

Every time they met each other, Yun Fenghuang would follow Jiang's instructions and call out "Brother Lu" in a childlike voice. She was too young at that time, and her pronunciation was not accurate, so she often called "Ruoge". The elders found it interesting, and deliberately made excuses for her to shout repeatedly. Qi Jiulu felt troublesome and embarrassed at the time, so she walked away quietly. Seeing this, the elders asked Yun Fenghuang to go with him. At that time, Yun Fenghuang was ignorant , followed behind him repeatedly "Ruoge", and occasionally called out the right words before he was willing to turn around...

Later, the two families agreed to get married, and Yun Fenghuang gradually grew up to be unruly. If he did something wrong or asked for something, he would always be overbearing and call him by his first and last name—even if the elders came to him, he would say "brother" in a hypocritical manner. thing.

For a while, Qi Jiulu fought wits with her just to make her call "Brother Lu" again. Speaking of which, the last time he heard this name was Kongquepo that year.

Thinking of Kongque Slope, Qi Jiulu's eyes darkened, and there was a bit of strange gloom between his brows.

Yun Fenghuang was looking at him, slightly startled when he saw this.

"Ah Huang." Qi Jiulu groaned, clenched his hands hidden in his sleeves unconsciously, his arms were exposed, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "I have thought about everything you said, but we missed it three years ago. We missed it again at the beginning of the year...Chunjia is in full bloom, and the regent is still in his prime, if you don't leave this time, when will we be reunited?"

There was a look of dismay on his face, "The palace has been a dirty place since ancient times. Outsiders only say that you, Mao Jieyu, have been promoted quickly and are deeply loved by Chunjia, but I remember that you have only been in the palace for a few days? You have already lost your children." ! I know that you have had your own ideas since you were a child, and I also know that this plan to mediate between the queen, the prince, and the regent is indeed dangerous, and there will be endless troubles!"

"However, I don't care about waiting until your hair is gray. The problem is that Chunjia's harem will keep you safe. When will it be?"

"Do you remember the incident when you fell off a cliff with Chunjia not long ago?"

"I heard from the person I arranged that I didn't wait for you at the foot of Qishan Mountain, and then I received news that you fell off the cliff with Chunjia and you didn't know if you were alive or dead, and there was an assassin by your side... Do you know how I felt at that time?!"

Yun Fenghuang opened his mouth, and was about to speak, but he grabbed his arm——Qi Jiulu's eyes were burning, with blood in his eyes. I swear, if God gives me another chance, if you can come back alive... I will definitely take you away!"

"When my sister had an accident back then, I couldn't take you away from the turmoil in the Northland; later on in Kongquepo, I couldn't take you away from the pressure of the family; but this time, I will take you away no matter what I say... because I don't know After knowing that I missed this time, do I have another chance?!"

Seeing Yun Fenghuang's expression moved, but he hesitated to speak, his heart sank slowly.