He ​​walked toward me step by step, and the blazing fire behind him cast a thick shadow on his face, but I could clearly see his eyes shining in the shadow, like a hunting panther.

, approaching his prey step by step.

That bloodthirsty look in his eyes seemed to want to swallow me up.

Just when he was about to reach me, suddenly, a messenger galloped over on horseback. As soon as he saw Pei Yuanhao, he immediately reined in the reins, got off his horse and staggered over: "Your Highness!"

Pei Yuanhao's eyes flashed, and his bloodthirsty eyes immediately stopped, and he turned to look at him: "Huh?"

"Over there at the Nine Gates..."

The messenger's voice became smaller and smaller, and the last few words were whispered. When he finished speaking, a ray of light burst out from Pei Yuanhao's eyes, and he said: "What else did he say?"

"Lord Yang said, Your Highness will decide what to do next, but - this opportunity cannot be missed!"

Pei Yuanhao did not speak, but remained silent for a moment, then immediately turned around and shouted to the people around him: "Get on your horse and go back to the palace!"

"Yes!"

Everyone seemed to have realized something. They were all very excited and hurriedly got on their horses. Just when a long follower led his horse over, Pei Yuanhao was about to get on his horse, but suddenly he remembered something and looked back at me.

I was still standing next to Yao Yingxue's body, and my shoes were stained red with blood.

The expression on his face was a little uncertain for a moment, as if he didn't know what to do with me, but just for a moment, he said to me in a deep voice: "You stay here, and you are not allowed to go anywhere!"

After speaking, he winked to the left and right.

By the time he finished arranging my affairs, the people around him could no longer restrain themselves. He raised his hand and said, "Let's go!" The people around him responded loudly, and all of them rode towards the other end of the long street, whipping their horses and whips.

, and flew away in the direction of the palace.

Soon, the dust raised by the horses' hooves slowly fell, and Qian Wu, Mo Tieyi, I, and I were left. Facing the corpses around us and the fire in the garden, we couldn't say a word, and the air

The burning smell and the beeping sound from the burning fire made the entire long street seem even quieter.

This seems like a nightmare.

I slowly knelt down and looked at Yao Yingxue. She was lying in a pool of blood, her eyes still closed, as if she still wanted to see that person, but he just turned around and left, never looking back. This was for his own sake.

The woman who broke her body; the woman who betrayed him but gave her heart to him; the woman who gave birth to his child, when she died, she didn't even get a single glance from him.

I stretched out my trembling hands and gently closed her eyes - I just hope that in the next life you will not be so infatuated with her.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in front.

As soon as I looked up, I saw a familiar figure walking slowly through the deep night.

Under the firelight, his face was as pale as death, and his whole body seemed to be extremely cold. As soon as Qian Wu and the others saw him, they immediately stepped forward: "Brother, you are here, look -"

Before they finished speaking, Huang Tianba waved his hand gently: "I know everything."

"Pei Yuanhao went back on his word, he actually did such a cruel thing, we - we were used by him!"

Huang Tianba's face became even paler. He was silent for a moment, and then said: "Our people have arrived at the west gate. You should hurry up and prepare to leave the city overnight."

"But——"

The two of them seemed to want to say something else. Huang Tianba said calmly: "Yao Lao is here too. Don't you want to see him?"

As soon as Qian Wu and the others heard Yao Lao's name, their eyes lit up and they immediately turned around and left without saying anything.

After they left, Huang Tianba and I were the only ones left on the long street. I stood up slowly and looked at him standing at the gate of the Villa, facing the fire inside, the flames reflected in his eyes.

, as if his eyes were burning with fire.

I walked up to him: "Master Huang..."

He wanted to say something, but was choked up and couldn't speak. Huang Tianba looked inside, and after a while, he softly said: "Is he in there too?"

"...Yes."

"Already gone?"

"Yes, I've left."

"Is it painful?"

"..." I thought for a long time and said softly: "He was shot through the heart by an arrow. He walked very fast and didn't feel any pain."

"Really..."

Huang Tianba stared blankly inside. For a moment, I couldn't tell what kind of expression he had in his eyes, so I put the jade flute in front of his eyes: "But I saw this on the roadside, Mr. Huang."

You - if you want to stay, just keep it as a souvenir; if you don’t want to stay, someone will deal with it."

Huang Tianba slowly turned his head and looked at the jade flute in my hand. Only then did I see that his eyes were already red.

After a long time, he reached out and took the jade flute.

I looked at him and said with a choked voice: "Master Huang, are we all wrong?"

"Maybe we are indeed wrong," he said in a low voice, with an indescribable hoarseness, but always suppressed, "but I hope that in the eyes of the world, we are not wrong."

In the eyes of the world.

Yes, he will help Pei Yuanhao, not for himself from beginning to end, but for the people of the south, and for the future emperor who may benefit the people of the south. Therefore, no matter how high the price is, he will be happy to do so.
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At this time, Huang Tianba took out a piece of paper and handed it to me. I took it and looked at him with some confusion. He said: "I took Mu Hua to diagnose the emperor's pulse. This is the prescription she prescribed. You can take it."

Give it to Pei Yuanhao, if - if he can use it."

When I heard the last sentence, my heart sank: "What do you mean-"

Huang Tianba glanced at me and said, "Do you know how the Imperial City is doing now?"

"I guess Yang Yunhui has led the Imperial Guards to capture the Nine Gates."

"Now that he has won the Nine Gates, do you think Pei Yuanhao will stop there?"

I was startled and understood immediately. I looked at him with wide eyes: "He is going back now——"

Force the palace and seize the throne!

But - "But the emperor's decree is to pass the throne to the eldest son of the emperor!"

Huang Tianba seemed to sneer: "You know better than me what kind of person he is."

Yes, who is Pei Yuanhao? He is a man who will do anything to achieve his goals. He won Huang Tianba's favor in Jiangnan, used me to poison Pei Yuanfeng, used Huang Tianba's people to get rid of Pei Yuanchen, and took the opportunity to seize

After entering the Nine Gates, he will definitely do what he believes in. Now that he has reached this point, he will indeed not give in!

In other words, the emperor's imperial edict to pass the throne to the emperor's eldest son is just a piece of paper.

But——

Thinking of this, I looked up at Huang Tianba and asked, "Master Huang, is the person Yao Lao is looking for the emperor's eldest son?"

He glanced at me, but he didn't seem surprised: "How did you know?"

"When you were in the prison, you told him that, but he refused to leave. But just now you said that Yao Lao was already at the west gate preparing to leave the city. In other words, he already knew that the person he was looking for was not in the imperial city, and

Tonight, the imperial edict left by the emperor has just been discovered. The edict said that the six ministries should go to find the emperor's eldest son."

Huang Tianba smiled faintly: "It seems that I can't hide anything from you."

I said: "However, I didn't just guess this."

"Oh? Then when did you know?"

I turned to look at the villa that was reduced to scorched earth in the sea of ​​fire, and said, "I guessed it when I knew that this villa was actually the former empress's old residence."

All this cannot be such a coincidence. The paintings hanging in the Emperor's Yonghe Palace are of the scenery here, and when Huang Tianba came to Beijing, he moved directly into this villa; I remember that when he was in Jiangnan, Pei Yuanhao received

In his secret edict, the emperor once revealed that the people at Huisheng Pharmacy had a close relationship with him, and even asked Pei Yuanhao to "not attack them with weapons."

All the signs only indicate one thing - these people at Huisheng Pharmacy have a special relationship with the late Queen!

Therefore, the emperor would rather let Pei Yuanhao show mercy to them than harm any of them.

"Master Huang, what is your relationship with the late Queen?"

"Qingying, have you forgotten what I told you again?"

By the way, he keeps reminding me that the less I know, the easier it will be to escape in the future.

Huang Tianba whispered again: "Pei Yuanhao doesn't know about this matter. I hope that if you really stay with him, it's best never to mention it."

It turns out that Pei Yuanhao didn't know that this villa belonged to them. It seems that not many people knew about it.

I nodded: "Okay."

When I finished saying this, Huang Tianba frowned: "Do you really want to stay with him?"

I was stunned by his question. Of course I didn't want to stay with Pei Yuanhao, but I couldn't leave now because he promised me that when everything was over, he would give me an amnesty. At that time, I could be freed from slavery.

Please leave here openly.

I said: "He and I have already made an agreement."

When Huang Tianba heard this, he looked at me with a slight frown, as if he had something to say, but he didn't say it after all. But I was still thinking about another thing, so I asked him: "Master Huang, what are you doing?"

Do you think he can really succeed?"
To be continued...