Chapter 696 The Stubborn Princess

The situation in the world is turbulent.

With the outbreak of war between Nanzhou and Beizhou, people in Dazhao are in panic and countless people are worried.

In Beizhou, the old party of Beiqi and the Dazhao army led by He Wansheng are in a stalemate.

No one expected that the old Beiqi who was not favored by anyone in the past could force He Wansheng to such a point.

As the former god of war in Dazhao, He Wansheng had made many military exploits in the first half of his life and was known as the undefeated god of war. However, facing the momentum of the army of Beiqi, he could not attack for a long time and was entangled with the rebels of Beiqi.

It is unknown whether He Wansheng is just a name or Beiqi is coming in force.

But because of this, more and more people in Beizhou see that the situation is not right. The people of the former Beiqi have been constantly joining the old department, further strengthening the power of Beiqi.

In this way, the entire Beizhou is almost about to fall.

But Dazhao was powerless. Now Dazhao was dragged into the quagmire of fighting on two fronts. In the land of Beizhou, apart from He Wansheng's struggling support, there was no other reinforcement.

No one knew what the future would be like!

But in the eyes of many Dazhao people, now is a time of despair.

In addition, in the Jiangnan region, the rebels of Prince Zhaonan entered Nanzhou and stalemate with the Dazhao court army.

Under such circumstances, the world was boiling, and the capital was the most affected.

Even under the suppression of Jingzhao Prefecture and Qintiansi, once the panic news came, it could not be stopped.

For a time, the folks kept spreading the words that the emperor was guilty.

Since the new king of Dazhao ascended the throne, the world has never been peaceful. Now it is because of the wrong decision of the emperor that Dazhao has fallen into such a predicament, and the people are living in misery.

Countless people with lofty ideals stood up, causing the prestige of the court to be greatly reduced, and there were already signs of collapse.

In the past few days, there have been many people with lofty ideals in the capital who have been marching and demonstrating. They have joined forces with many scholars in the capital to criticize the treacherous officials of the court and petition the emperor to issue an edict of self-criticism.

Although the marchers were quickly arrested by Jingzhao Prefecture and the leaders were thrown into prison, it still could not stop the fermentation of speech in the capital.

With more and more refugees outside the capital, even the city defense army was vaguely insufficient.

The entire Dazhao Dynasty was crumbling.

Under such circumstances, in the early morning of this day, several figures secretly entered the palace from the Qintiansi in the capital.

At the same time.

Su Mansion.

A figure in white fell into the courtyard silently.

The moment she appeared, two figures appeared around her instantly.

However, soon, when the two figures saw each other's appearance, their hearts trembled, their bodies tensed up, as if facing a great enemy.

Zhao Ying stood quietly in the courtyard, ignoring the two people around him, and looked at one of the rooms with a cold gaze: "Is Prime Minister Su here?"

At the same time, the tightly closed door slowly opened, and Su Jianan, with white hair and an old look, slowly walked out of the room.

He seemed to be a little uncomfortable, and his whole body was hunched. This Prime Minister Su, who had dedicated his whole life to Dazhao, was now very old.

"This old minister greets Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Su Jianan's eyes fell on Zhao Ying, and he seemed a little surprised.

"Prince Su, there is no need to be polite!"

Zhao Ying spoke calmly.

"I wonder what the princess came to see this old minister for?!"

Since a few months ago, the princess left the capital and disappeared.

Now, I didn't expect that the princess is back here again. For some reason, Prime Minister Su was vaguely confused.

"Prince Su, someone wants to see you!"

Zhao Ying spoke in a cold tone.

"See me?"

Su Xiang was startled, but when he saw Zhao Ying's calm eyes, he was silent for a while and nodded.

"Okay!"

"..."

In the dim secret room, Su Xiang walked through the complex corridor and came to the outside of a secret room.

"We're here!"

Zhao Ying stopped and glanced at the room.

Su Xiang glanced at Zhao Ying, hesitated for a moment, pushed the door open and walked in.

In the dim room, only two oil lamps were lit, which looked particularly strange.

When Su Jianan walked in, he saw a figure sitting in it with his back to him. But this figure looked vaguely familiar.

Who is it?

"Sir, who is it?"

Su Xiang stared at the burly figure with his turbid eyes, and for a moment he didn't recognize it.

At the same time, the figure with his back to Su Jianan slowly turned around, and then revealed a familiar face of a middle-aged man.

At this moment, Su Jianan Tong Kong suddenly shrank, as if he had seen something unbelievable and shocked, and his whole body almost trembled.

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"You, you..."

"What? Prime Minister Su doesn't recognize me?"

Emperor Zhao sat on the chair, looked at Su Jianan calmly, and spoke.

At this moment, Su Jianan trembled all over and stared at the person in front of him.

Your Majesty?

Emperor Zhao? !

Isn't Your Majesty already...

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Su Jianan's voice trembled, and he couldn't believe it: "You, you are still alive?"

"Yes, I am still alive."

There was a sigh in Emperor Zhao's tone: "I thought I was dead, but I didn't expect it..."

Su Jianan was stunned, staring at Emperor Zhao in front of him. The familiar look and familiar temperament were clearly His Majesty!

Your Majesty... is not dead?

At this moment, even Su Jian'an, who was as steady as an old dog, felt an uproar in his heart.

After a moment, he fell to his knees with a plop: "Old, old minister, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"..."

Streets, alleys.

Li Beifeng leaned at the entrance of the alley and glanced behind it.

Not far over there, there is a mansion. Near the mansion, there are many masters hiding around.

"I didn't expect that you would end up together?"

A chuckle came to his ears. Li Beifeng turned his head and saw a delicate and pretty face.

She looked at him with a half-smile.

"No!"

Li Beifeng shook his head gently.

"Then what's going on?"

The girl followed his gaze and glanced at the mansion behind her, with a smile in her eyes: "Didn't you break up your friendship and become old friends from now on? Why are you involved together again now?"

Li Beifeng glanced at her, "Isn't this what you want to see?"

"Yes!"

The girl nodded, and then asked a little curiously: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Li Beifeng looked a little lazy: "I don't want to say it."

The girl bit her lower lip lightly, a hint of resentment appearing on her face. But soon, she rolled her eyes and smiled: "If you didn't tell me, I would have guessed..."

"Emperor Zhao wakes up. If nothing else happens, you should have made some kind of deal with him, right?"

Zhou Qiuning touched her chin and said thoughtfully: "Now that Emperor Zhao is in your hands, he can't escape your grasp. This means that he doesn't have many bargaining chips with you." Zhao Ying is one of them. …”

Thinking of this, Zhou Qiuning's eyes lit up slightly: "If I guess correctly, the content of your collusion is probably related to Zhao Ying?"

Li Beifeng glanced at her and said angrily: "That's cooperation, what kind of collusion? How ugly?!"

"Isn't it?"

Zhou Qiuning smiled brightly: "The dignified former emperor of the Great Zhao Dynasty cooperates with you, the prince of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Isn't that collusion?"

With that said, she walked up to Li Beifeng, looked him up and down, and then said, "I have a hunch that it's not that simple between you and her!"

Li Beifeng glanced at her but said nothing.

"I also know a secret about her, do you want to know?"

Zhou Qiuning suddenly approached Li Beifeng and said with a smile: "Is this related to you?!"

Something to do with him? !

Li Beifeng's heart skipped a beat. Looking at the flawless face in front of him with a slightly playful and evil smile, he was moved!

Even though he knew that Zhou Qiuning was very likely to lie, Li Beifeng was still slightly moved when Zhao Ying was mentioned about things related to him.

At this moment, a fierce murderous aura struck.

The two of them turned back almost at the same time, and at the end of the alley, a man dressed in white appeared.

He was staring at the two of them coldly.

The moment he saw Zhao Ying appear, Li Beifeng subconsciously felt guilty and wanted to distance himself from Zhou Qiuning.

However, Zhou Qiuning moved closer to Li Beifeng as if on purpose. The next second, she was directly next to Li Beifeng's ear.

At such a close distance, Li Beifeng could even smell the faint fragrance coming from her body.

But then, the killing intent in the air became more and more obvious!

Even the temperature dropped sharply.

Li Beifeng didn't dare to turn his head, and out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of the white clothes, which were as cold as frost.

Terrified.

"She's jealous!"

At the same time, Zhou Qiuning leaned into Li Beifeng's ear and whispered softly, with a slightly naughty and playful tone.

Immediately, she retreated to distance herself from Li Beifeng, glanced at Zhao Ying who was not far away, then glanced at Li Beifeng with a smile, and said meaningfully: "Then, shall I wait for you?"

After saying such inexplicable words, Zhou Qiuning turned and left.

Li Beifeng was left standing there, still not understanding what she meant?

Wait for him?

When do you have to wait?

At the same time, as if he noticed something, Li Beifeng turned around and saw Zhao Ying approaching with an expressionless face.

"you……"

Li Beifeng was about to speak, but found that Zhao Ying turned a blind eye and walked past him coldly.

As if he didn't exist.

Li Beifeng suddenly came to his senses.

Zhou Qiuning... she is deliberately stirring up trouble!

Did she do it on purpose? !

Thinking of this, Li Beifeng looked at the leaving figure of Zhao Ying in white again, thoughtfully.

Is she really jealous?

This facial expression seems to be real?

Thinking of this, for some reason, Li Beifeng's mood suddenly improved a lot.

…

On the other side, somewhere in a courtyard.

Zhao Ying, dressed in white, sat on the roof, looking at the scenery of the capital in the distance.

Not long after, there was sudden movement behind him.

Then, Li Beifeng climbed up from the side, walked to her side, and sighed: "It's so high, I'm a little afraid of heights!"

Zhao Ying turned her head slightly, her eyes were unkind, and she gave him a cold look: "What are you doing here?!"

The tone was cold and without any emotion.

There was even a vaguely angry tone.

have to!

I’m really jealous!

If it had been in the past, Li Beifeng might not have been able to do anything to her.

But Li Beifeng is different now. After his endless journey in this direction, he has mastered the true meaning of life.

shameless!

Li Beifeng sat down next to her and said matter-of-factly: "I'm looking for you!"

Zhao Ying glanced at him coldly and subconsciously moved a step to the side.

However, as soon as she moved a step, Li Beifeng came up to her. She moved again, and Li Beifeng came up again...

"What do you want to do?!"

Zhao Ying stared at him coldly, with a bit of malicious murderous intent in her eyes.

It seemed that she would take action at any time.

"I want to talk to you and explain what happened just now..."

Li Beifeng ignored her murderous aura and said to himself: "She said that just now on purpose, just to make you jealous!"

Zhao Ying didn't speak, staring at him coldly.

"She knows about our relationship, so..."

Zhao Ying interrupted him coldly: "We don't have any relationship!"

"Okay, just pretend we don't have any relationship..."

Li Beifeng spread his hands: "She came here to stir up trouble on purpose. Didn't you find that she always deliberately provokes you? She said she would wait for me just now, but it was actually made up by her..."

To deal with a woman like Zhao Ying, you have to take the initiative to explain.

Otherwise, with her personality, she would definitely not bother to understand the truth of these things, but would only pile up things in her heart, and then secretly bear a grudge...

She can even bear a grudge more than Su Yi!

Li Beifeng couldn't help but sigh. He had to say that Su Yi was similar to her in many ways, but at the same time, she was not as sensible as Su Yi in many ways.

Zhao Ying stared at Li Beifeng's eyes, still expressionless and cool.

After a moment, she turned her head and stopped looking at him.

Li Beifeng looked at her fair and beautiful face quietly, and sighed softly: "Don't be angry."

"I'm not angry!"

She said coldly.

You're angry on your face, and you still say you're not angry?

Li Beifeng wanted to laugh a little, but he held it back.

He sighed softly: "I have nothing to do with her, and I will never..."

Just when Li Beifeng wanted to explain again, Zhao Ying turned her head suddenly and stared at him, and her bright eyes suddenly became a little cold.

"Why, what's wrong?"

Li Beifeng was startled, what's wrong?

"That night a few days ago?" She said expressionlessly.

A few days ago?

That night?

Li Beifeng was still a little dazed for a while, which night?

But soon, looking at Zhao Ying's cold beautiful eyes, Li Beifeng thought of something.

... That night in the restaurant, Zhou Qiuning kissed him?

Zhao Ying happened to see that time? !

"Well, she did it on purpose!"

Li Beifeng felt a little guilty, but still explained: "She knew you were there, so she deliberately provoked you..."

While explaining, Li Beifeng felt something was wrong.

She asked about it on her own initiative?

Doesn't this mean that she cares about this matter?

Thinking of this, Li Beifeng smiled a little more and looked at her.

Zhao Ying saw this, and there was a trace of shame and anger in her cold eyes. She turned her head again and said coldly: "Don't explain to me, I don't care what your relationship with her is."

Well, after asking, you still say you don't care.

What a hard mouth!

However, although the mouth is very hard, Li Beifeng can feel that the coldness emanating from Zhao Ying beside him has decreased a lot.

She didn't seem to resist Li Beifeng's approach.

He was in a good mood. He leaned back, put his hands under his head, and lay on the roof tiles. He looked relaxed and glanced into the distance.

Not far away was the Zhao Palace, magnificent and solemn.

It was hard to imagine that the two would reunite again after a few months and sit together again to watch the sunset.

What about the future?

Li Beifeng was a little confused.

If everything could go according to the plan, the hatred between the two countries could be completely resolved and reconciled.

Then he and she...

At this point, Li Beifeng turned around and looked at her profile quietly.

Under the setting sun, a layer of golden luster shone on her fair skin.

Very beautiful!

Heart-warming.

Zhao Ying seemed to have noticed some strange gazes, but did not turn back, still looking ahead quietly.

But there was a flash of unnaturalness on her fair cheeks.

"You said..."

Just then, Li Beifeng suddenly remembered something and glanced at the distance: "Prime Minister Su, can he agree?"

Zhao Ying was silent and glanced at the distance: "He will."

"He is the most loyal minister to my father, and he was promoted by my father."

Zhao Ying looked at the distant palace with her beautiful eyes and said calmly: "When Zhao Jing murdered my father, Prime Minister Su was very angry, but because of the stability of Dazhao, Prime Minister Su finally endured it for the sake of the great plan!"

Li Beifeng seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly a trace of worry arose in his heart. He looked at her and hesitated to speak.

In the end, Li Beifeng shook his head and said nothing more.

At present, everything is still under his control, and the worry is a bit redundant. Should he think too much?

"Then, we have to prepare well!"

Li Beifeng glanced at her: "What are you going to do?"

The next plan is to abolish Zhao Jing, support Zhao Ying to ascend the throne, and master the imperial power of Dazhao.

Emperor Zhao came to Su Xiang today for this matter.

As for how to abolish Zhao Jing, this requires long-term planning.

Zhao Ying had a blank expression on her face, as if she had a plan in mind: "How he treats my father, I will treat him the same way!"

Li Beifeng was thoughtful.

Then, Zhao Ying suddenly stood up.

"Where are you going?"

Seeing that she was about to leave, Li Beifeng asked hurriedly.

Zhao Ying glanced back at him, "Go and get ready!"

Then, she jumped and jumped off the roof.

She landed on the ground lightly and then disappeared quickly.

Li Beifeng stared at her back in a daze, and sighed after a while.

Has her Qinggong reached the highest level?

At least now, Li Beifeng's strength has barely ranked among the top. But he is still a little inferior in Qinggong.

"It seems that I have to ask Xinyi for advice later!" Li Beifeng pondered.

Although Xinyi's martial arts are average, she does have unique experience and skills in Qinggong. They are all born of the same parents, so it can't be that she can do it and Li Beifeng can't, right?

...

Night falls.

Dazhao Palace.

"Your Majesty, the order has been passed down. We have set up a net in the palace. We just need to wait for him to come and take him down to prevent future troubles!"

He Jing's eyes shone with a bit of fiery eyes.

He hated Li Beifeng to the bone.

At the beginning, Li Beifeng had a close relationship with His Highness and took away his position beside His Highness.

Later, he followed His Highness's order to eliminate Li Beifeng, but fell into his hands and suffered a lot. Fortunately, He Jing did not give up and was finally rescued by His Highness.

Now, it is finally time for him to take revenge!

The Crown Prince of Northern Qi? !

Secretly having an affair with my Empress Dazhao? !

This time, I want to see how you can run? !

The night was quiet, and the moonlight outside the window illuminated Zhao Jing's slightly ferocious and excited eyes.

In the hall, Zhao Jing had a blank expression on his face, and glanced at the night outside the window, his eyes were calm.

Then, he looked at He Jing in front of him calmly, and said silently: "Play a game of chess with me?"

"..."