Yue Lin looked at the person in front of him and said nothing. Turn around and exit the cell.

After a while, light footsteps sounded.

Gong Sige, who was closing his eyes and said nothing, suddenly opened his eyes wide and turned his head suddenly with a look of joy on his face.

"Your Majesty! You're back!"

Then he asked worriedly, "Is this trip going well?"

Qi Yan looked at the person kneeling on the ground with a cold expression.

Before waiting for Qi Yan's answer, Gong Sige was not disappointed, and asked and answered, "Yes, Your Majesty has always been invincible, how could something go wrong..." 

He raised his eyes and looked at Qi Yan with cloudy eyes.

"Your Majesty is still willing to come to see me in the prison, it must not be because of the relationship between the monarch and the minister in the past..."

Gong Sige sighed, "To be honest, I am very disappointed to see His Majesty here. Live..."

Qi Yan showed murderous intent in his eyes.

"I'm very curious, what deal did Qi Hui do with you to make you dare to betray me."

Gong Sige smiled bitterly,
"I didn't make any deal with the third prince..."

He raised his head and stared closely at the person in front of him. .

"Your Majesty doesn't believe it?"

Qi Yan said nothing, his expression did not fluctuate.

"Hehe...hehe!" 

Gong Sige started laughing in a low voice. Gradually, complex emotions surged in his eyes, becoming paranoid and crazy.

"I asked Mr. Yue to tell that I want to see your Majesty again. In fact, this is just a test. I want to see how much weight that child occupies in Your Majesty's heart..."

"What a pity! What a pity!" 

Gong Sige shook his head. "Your Majesty is wise and talented, and will surely achieve a great cause! It's a pity that a child has held you back!"

Gong Sige looked sad.

"It would be great if this child was born by His Majesty! Whether it's a boy or a girl, he has inherited His Majesty's bloodline. After thousands of generations, the bloodline has never been cut off. But His Majesty is so capricious and entrusted to the Qi family to an outsider!"

"She is my child! Not an outsider!" Qi said angrily. Don't listen to others say that your child is not good.

Gong Sige argued: "I have already investigated clearly, Princess Mingxi is not His Majesty's biological child, she was picked up by His Majesty! If you let an outsider inherit the foundation of the country, have you ever thought about it, Your Majesty, in the next hundred years? After that, when you go down to the underworld, how much face do you have to face the ancestors of the Qi clan!"

"You were a heroic warrior, but in the end, you became the king of the Qi clan's subjugation!"

"It's not worthy for you... " Gong Sige kowtowed.

Qi Yan's eyes showed sarcasm,

"In the end, your allegiance has never been to me, but the Qi's blood that flows through me."

"That's part of Your Majesty..." Gong Sige looked up at Qi Yan, no solution.

He didn't understand the difference between the two.

Qi Yan said indifferently: "Is the Qi family's bloodline so noble? Wasn't it also taken from someone else's hands at the beginning. Also, this country was not inherited by me, it was struck down with a sword with both hands. Did you forget that when Qi Ji was in power, how many territories were left in the state of Qi?"

Gong Sige was silent, when the first emperor was in power, the state of Qi was already in turmoil, he ceded a lot of territory to the surrounding barbarians. Therefore, he has always respected His Majesty who could rescue Qi from the quagmire again.

A sneering smile appeared on the corner of Qi Yan's mouth. Looking back at Gong Sige's eyes, who had been staring at him.

"Aiqing doesn't seem to have a good memory, forgot how I got into this position."

A hint of madness flashed across Qi Yan's eyes.

"I've been tired of all this for a long time. But for my child, I don't mind pretending to be a wise and benevolent emperor. Although it's a pity that I can't slaughter the Qi royal family, but the honor of the royal family, these people don't need anymore. Think about it, isn't it not bad to be an ordinary commoner?" 

If not, just die. This is what it means to be disgusted.

It was only at this moment that Gong Sige realized that what he had always seen His Majesty was all imaginary by himself. The concept of clan blood, which is valued by the world, is nothing to him at all.

Before Qi Yan took the child back, he had already thought of the ending for himself and let out all the blood on his body and shed it clean, otherwise he would burn the body to ashes with another fire...all the dirty flesh and blood. give them all back, only the soul belongs to himself.

The childhood experience and pain had already made Qi Yan's heart twisted and crazy. 

However, it was ridiculous that he was still struggling, struggling desperately, as if waiting for redemption.

Don't let yourself fall into the endless abyss...

He is a lunatic, but for the sake of that child, he is willing to be put on shackles and temporarily become a normal person in the eyes of the world.

Qi Yan turned around, walked out of the cell and said lightly,

"Zhen, hate a self-righteous thing like you the most."

"Squeak!" The cell door was reopened.

Bright light came in through the heavy doors. In an instant, the cell was divided into two worlds...

half dark and half bright.

Gong Sige curled up in a dark corner, watching Qi Yan step by step towards the bright and warm distance.

The corner of his mouth slowly curled into a smile, as if puzzled, but also as self-deprecating...

Immediately into darkness.

**

Half a year later,

the Kingdom of Hand swallowed up the Kingdom of Chu and Jin in one fell swoop, expanding the original territory. The growing ambition made it no longer satisfied with this small territory, and aimed at Qi and Yue.

Even though Hand knew that Qi Yue had formed an alliance, the great success of destroying Chu and Jin had blinded the monarch of Hand. Under the advocacy and instigation of his cronies, he ignored the objections of the courtiers and only repaired it for a few months. Then divided his troops into two separate routes to attack Qi and Yue.

The monarch of the Kingdom of Handan delusionally wanted to unify the countries in the shortest time, and made achievements through the ages to become the real emperor.

However, Qi Yue joined forces, and the spy network distributed in Handan has already penetrated into the court and the public in Handan, waiting for them to throw themselves into the net.

More than a year later, the Kingdom of Handan was destroyed. Only Qi State and Yue State were left to confront each other, and the two countries stood head to head.

Qi Yue took over the territories of Chu, Jin and Handan. Although the power is far stronger than before, after the war, the people, officials, land, cities and many other matters have kept the two countries busy, and they can't free up other excess energy for the time being.

Everyone understands that if you want to stay safe for a long time, you have to settle for the present. People in different countries have different languages ​​and customs, and it is quite laborious to integrate them together.

However, both parties knew that this was only a temporary calm.

Within a few years, Qi Yue each stationed their troops on the banks of the Canglan River.

The war is on again.

**

In May of the forty-fourth year of Zhaowen,

the Prince's Mansion of Yue State.

In the Jade Courtyard, next to the rockery and the flowing water, bushes are growing, and fallen leaves are scattered everywhere.

Under the eaves of the porch, several maids and wives gathered together, lazy and laughing. On the side, a few brooms fell to the ground in a haphazard manner, leaving no one to take care of them.

"Have you heard? Yesterday, the little grandson and the little princess in Yifang Garden celebrated their birthdays, and everyone who went to serve them received a lot of rewards, even the rough maids in the kitchen were given a big red seal."

"I know that! I have a little sister who is serving in Yiyun Garden. I got a piece of woven satin, and I'm worrying about how to make clothes!"

" It 's really a good life, let's see..."

"This crown princess has been sick all day and doesn't care about anything. Now the stewardship of the crown prince's mansion has fallen into the hands of Concubine Lu Side. I haven't been here before, those of us who came out of the courtyard and met people in Yiyun Garden would have to be dwarfs. When will such a day be a head..."

Zi Ye who was about to deliver medicine to the Crown Princess Seeing this, couldn't help scolding angrily:

"You people who are backing the master! The things that have been swept have not been finished yet! You have Xianxin Zuo swearing here, and then I will report to the Crown Princess, and I haven't given all of you to be sold out!" 

After the maid heard it, she slowly picked up the broom that had fallen on the ground, and pretended to clean it up. Secretly pouted,

who doesn't know, the Crown Princess will not care about this...

Pushing open the door.

The curtains were all closed, and the whole room was dark. Zi Ye opened the curtain and saw the princess lying on the bed as always.

"Niangniang, it's time to drink the medicine." 

Ziye knew that the princess was not asleep. After eating this morning, the princess said that she was tired and has been lying down for several hours now.

What's more, the Crown Princess slept during the day and slept at night, without any sleepiness at all. But was depressed and didn't want to pay attention to others.

Xie Qingluan slowly opened her eyes and with the light support of Ziye, she slowly sat up.

The corners of her eyes were red and her face was pale.

"This medicine is useless, I don't want to drink it anymore." Her voice was slightly hoarse and said in a low voice.

Zi Ye said anxiously: "Mother, even for the sake of the grandson and the county master, your body should get better soon!"

Xie Qingluan said softly: "They still have their own father and king."

When it came to Shen Wuye, Xie Qingluan's eyes turned red again. Now, she doesn't want to see that heartless person anymore.

Saying anything is just a show, but it's all deception.

One is two, three is four, and it will never stop.

Over the years, one after another, good and rudimentary people have been admitted into the mansion.

Seeing that the concubine was so depressed, Ziye couldn't help but hurriedly said:

"I heard that the empress dowager in the palace loves the little grandson born by Concubine Lu Fang very much. If this goes on like this, I am afraid that it will threaten the status of His Royal Highness."

Now the prince The stewardship of the mansion is in the hands of Concubine Lu, people with discernment inside and outside the mansion are watching and vying to curry favor with Yi Yunyuan. She is becoming more and more scornful of the princess and the concubine.

Not only that, even the cost of food and clothing in the courtyard with the imperial grandson and Princess Xinrong was not a concern.

"I'm tired, you go out." Xie Qingluan said lightly.

She has no energy to think about other things now. Over the years, she just thought she was a joke. She didn't want to go out and face the pitiful eyes of others.