Volume 10, Chapter 742

Chapter 742

Listening to Li Mei'er's words, Yue Ze's heart palpitated. With such a beauty, what more could I ask for?

He waved to the side, and a palace maid came over tremblingly carrying a tray. On the tray, there was a wine bottle and a wine glass. *.* Yueze took the wine pot and the wine glass, filled a glass of wine, and then drank away the maids around him.

The wine in the jug was a rare and fine wine, but it was also laced with a highly toxic substance, a drop of which could kill someone.

Yueze's hand holding the wine glass trembled involuntarily. It would be easy to drink this poisonous wine, and then all his worries would have nothing to do with him. However, he would also be separated from his most beloved woman forever.

Looking at Li Meier's beautiful face, he felt a wave of reluctance in his heart, and said intermittently: "I really want... I really want to stay with Aiji again... even... just one more day..."

Having said this, Yue Ze slowly closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. Then, he suddenly lifted the wine glass and put it to his lips.

"Your Majesty..." Li Meier was shocked, grabbed the wine glass, and said softly: "Your Majesty, you should let me take the first step!"

As she spoke, she made a gesture to drink the poisonous wine in the cup. At this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the palace. Then, the door of the palace was kicked open from the outside, and several wind soldiers came from outside. Rushed in.

Yue Ze and Li Mei'er were both shocked. The latter lost his grip on the wine glass and fell to the ground.

The Feng soldiers who rushed in quickly inspected for a week and found that there was no one else in the hall except Yue Ze and Li Meier, so they all retreated to both sides.

As they separated, another person walked in from outside. This man was wearing the official uniform of a civil servant of the Feng Kingdom. He was of medium build, not too old, and looked like he was under thirty. He had a white face and beardless appearance, and was handsome and elegant. If he had put on casual clothes, he would have been no different from a scholar.

This person is none other than Cai Gui, the general counselor of the Fengguo Political Council.

After Cai Gui walked into the hall, he first looked at Yue Ze, and then looked at Li Meier with complex eyes. After pondering for a moment, he bowed his hands and saluted, and said, "My Excellency, Cai Gui, has met His Royal Highness Prince An...Mrs. Yaning!"

Of course Yue Ze knew Cai Gui. He had met Cai Gui several times when he visited Fengguo Zhenjiang. Unexpectedly, Cai Gui would appear in his palace. Yue Ze was stunned at first, then smiled, smiled bitterly, and lamented: "The king of subjugated country, why does Mr. Cai have to be so polite?"

Cai Gui gave a quick laugh, cleared his throat, and said, "I... I have a few words that I would like to talk to Mrs. Yaning alone. I wonder if His Highness Prince An can make it easier for me?"

His words immediately aroused Yue Ze's alert. He subconsciously grabbed Li Meier's catkins, glared at Cai Gui, and asked in a serious voice: "What do you want to do?"

Cai Gui waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, Your Highness Prince An. I have no ill intentions towards Mrs. Yaning..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Meier gently patted the back of Yue Ze's hand and whispered: "Your Majesty, let me go. I believe in Master Cai's character."

Her words meant Yueze stared blankly at Li Meier. After a long time, he held her hand tightly before slowly letting go. Li Mei'er walked out of the inner room and approached Cai Gui. She gave him a light blessing and then whispered: "Thank you."

She thanked her because Cai Gui did not reveal her identity and did not address her by her first name, but addressed her as "Mrs."

Cai Gui understood what she meant, pursed his lips, and then asked: "You...really decided to die with Yue Ze?"

"Yes!" Li Meier nodded firmly.

"Do you really think he's worth what you're doing?"

"yes!"

"I regret it now, but I still have a chance." As he spoke, Cai Gui approached her and whispered in her ear: "The king has already told me that if Meier is willing, she can stay with the king and be his wife!"

"Please go back and thank the king for your kindness on behalf of Meier. Meier... I can only accept it with my heart." Li Meier looked at Cai Gui, the determination in her eyes was heartbreaking.

well! Cai Gui sighed secretly, looked straight at Li Meier for a long time, and finally nodded helplessly. He waved to a wind soldier on the side, who immediately stepped forward, took off the package on his shoulder, and handed it to Li Meier.

"Sir, this is..." Li Meier glanced at the package, then looked at Cai Gui in confusion.

"There are two sets of Fengjun uniforms inside. While the palace is still in chaos, you and Yue Ze... run away quickly, far away, to a place where no one can find you." Cai Gui He took the package and stuffed it into Li Meier's arms without any explanation.

Unexpectedly, Cai Gui, who only thought about his career, would dare to risk losing his head and let the king and himself escape privately. Li Mei'er looked at him in disbelief, tears welling up unsatisfactorily, and she said in a trembling voice: "Sir..."

"Stop talking, let's go!" Cai Gui randomly took out a dozen banknotes from his arms, without looking at them, stuffed them directly into the package, then took a deep breath and said, "There is nothing I can do. There’s only so much, so hurry up!”

After saying that, he pushed Li Meier hard, and then shook his head to the wind soldiers on the left and right.

Several wind soldiers took out the oil jars they had prepared, opened the lids, and quickly poured kerosene on the floor and walls of the palace.

With tears in her eyes, Li Meier held the package and slowly backed away while looking at Cai Gui.

In the past, she thought that she was just a tool in Cai Gui's heart, a tool to destroy Anguo so that he could prosper. It turned out that this was not the case. She had her own place in his heart.

She suddenly stopped, lifted her skirt, and knelt on the ground with a plop. She didn't say anything, but kowtowed to Cai Gui three times. Then, without any delay, she stood up, turned around and walked back to the inner room to change into the military uniforms of the Feng Army with Yue Ze.

The two sets of military uniforms that Cai Gui gave her seemed to be tailor-made for them. One large and one small, Yue Ze and Li Mei'er wore them just right. Soon, another Feng soldier came forward, took off his helmet, untied his armor, and handed them to Yue Ze. Now he was completely confused, his mind was blank, and he put on the military uniforms and armor of the Feng Army with a blank face.

He couldn't figure out why Cai Gui did this, why he helped him so much. When he was in Zhenjiang, although he had met Cai Gui several times, he didn't have a deep friendship with him, and there was no friendship at all!

When Yue Ze and Li Mei'er put on their uniforms and armor, Cai Gui ordered two Feng soldiers to escort them out of the palace, and he took the remaining Feng soldiers out of the bedroom, lit torches, and threw them into the bedroom.

The palace had been doused with kerosene, and it caught fire easily. In the blink of an eye, the huge palace turned into a sea of ​​fire. The fire spread from the inside out, and soon pushed open the roof of the palace, and the flames jumped into the air.

Cai Gui stood outside the palace, watching the fire burning more and more fiercely, and he also sighed.

No one present noticed that there was a person squatting on the wall not far away. This person was not someone else, but Tang Yin. Now his eye injury has healed, but there is still a little red around the eye socket, but it does not affect his vision.

"It turns out that Your Highness can also be kind and soft-hearted." With a chuckle, Ren Xiao also jumped onto the wall and sat down next to Tang Yin.

Tang Yin turned his head to look at him, pretending to be confused and asked back: "Why do you say that?"

"Lord Cai himself does not have the courage to let King Yue and Miss Mei'er go privately. I guess this must have been instructed by Your Highness in advance." Ren Xiao looked at him with a smile.

Tang Yin shrugged, not making any comment, but also acquiescing.

As Ren Xiao said, even if Cai Gui had great courage, he would not dare to release Yue Ze privately. This was no small matter. If it was reported to the court, not only would he lose his head, but his entire family would probably die, and the Cai family would be exterminated.

"Prince An had done something improper to the princess, but Your Highness was willing to let him live. This is really inconsistent with Your Highness's usual style! Could it be..." At this point, he deliberately did not finish his words, but just looked at him with a smile.

After waiting for a long time, Tang Yin did not respond. He thought it was boring and continued: "Could it be that your Highness has fallen in love with Miss Mei'er and can't bear to see Miss Mei'er die with Prince An?"

Tang Yin, who was silent, suddenly said: "I want to ask you something."

Seeing his serious face, Ren Xiao put away his joking intention and asked seriously: "What is your Highness asking?"

"Does the cultivation level of Lingwu really affect one's character?" Tang Yin frowned and stared at him.

"In theory, it is like this." After a pause, Ren Xiao continued: "However, I think it is a good thing that your Highness's mind has become broad."

Tang Yin rolled his eyes at him, changed the subject, and said in a calm tone: "Miss Mei'er has made great contributions to Fengguo. Letting her and Yue Ze live is also my reward for her. That's all, there is no other intention."

After speaking, he leaned back and floated down from the courtyard wall to the outside of the courtyard.

"Uh... Your Highness is really indifferent!" Ren Xiao Yue Ze's bedroom was set on fire by the Feng Army. The Feng Army also claimed that Yue Ze and Li Mei'er were both burned to death. Not to mention that An Ren didn't know the inside story, even among Feng Ren, there were only a handful of people who knew the inside story.

In order to completely cut off An Ren's desire to restore the country, Tang Yin had to create the illusion that Yue Ze was dead.

However, what even Cai Gui didn't know was that Yue Ze and Li Mei'er had not really escaped Tang Yin's control.

After they quietly escaped from the palace, they were immediately controlled by the dark arrows ambushed outside. Tang Yin ordered the dark arrows to place them in a secluded deep mountain forest. Tang Yin sent people to help them build a place to live. Tang Yin could also provide them with food and daily necessities unconditionally, but the two could not take a step out. There were special people stationed around their residence. It can be said that Yue Ze and Li Mei'er were under house arrest by Tang Yin forever. Of course, this was the limit of what Tang Yin could do.