Concubine, don't flirt: His Royal Highness is hiding something

"Nangong Yan, save me! Save me!" Yu Qiqi struggled hard, unwilling to let herself get close to him.

Nangong Yan immediately stood up from the ground, holding the sword in his left hand, and seemed a little struggling, but he still threatened the king of Xichu with a proud face, "You let her go!"

The King of Xichu County sneered, and lightly stroked Yu Qiqi's tear-stained cheek with one hand, "Not only will I not let her go, but I will also treat her well."

His warm breath covered her face, making her feel sick.

As soon as these words came out, the sword in Nangong Yan's hand slashed towards his neck with strength, and when it was about to fall on his neck, he suddenly flashed and let him miss.

Yu Qiqi, who was thrown aside by him, was held tightly by the guard, unable to move.

"Then let's see, do you have that ability?!" Nangong Yan yelled at him, and the two fought under the torch that was shining all over the sky. He held the sword in his left hand, and the moves he used were also vigorous and vigorous, but the strength was weaker. a bit.

The king of Xichu County was like a gust of illusory wind, flashing extremely fast, confusing Nangong Yan's vision, and seeing a sense of dizziness in his eyes, he frowned, endured the uncomfortable strength in his heart, and tried his best Let yourself stand firm and look for his flaws.

After a while, his eyes froze, and the sword in his hand stabbed out, just in time to hit the creaking hole of King Xichu County, but the sword was a little bit off, only piercing his robe, and did not let him see blood.

He raised his head and smiled at Nangong Yan.The palm was thrown out and hit his heart hard, "Wow!" Nangong Yan spat out a big mouthful of blood, which stained his gold-trimmed robe red.

"Nangong Yan!" Yu Qiqi yelled, tears streaming down her eyes, her eyes were bloodshot, "Stop hitting him, stop hitting him..."

Hearing her begging for mercy, Nangong Yan slowly raised his head, propping the sword in his hand on the ground, so that he could barely stand firm, "Why are you begging him for mercy? If I die, I will die, and I don't need you to follow me He is so humble!" She is his princess, she can only beg for mercy from him, other men cannot enjoy such rights.

"Listen to me, don't fight anymore, if you die, how will I explain to Grandma..." She still remembered what the Empress Dowager said before she died.

Nangong Yan stared at her tightly, his eyes flashed with a layer of complicated emotions, including anxiety, resentment, and pity. "You are the one who is allowed to be saved, and you are the one who is not allowed to be saved. Do you think His Highness is so easy to fool?!" He raised his hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth vigorously.

"I don't want those fierceness anymore, I just want you to live well..." At this moment, all her fierceness was wiped out, only her pleading for mercy to King Xichu was left.

She broke free from the restraint of the guards, ran to King Xichu, knelt down to him, raised her head and begged him, "Let him go, let them go, I'll stay."

"What are you doing?! You get up! You get up!" Seeing her kneeling towards the King of Xichu, Nangong Yan's scarlet eyes were full of anger, and he pulled her up from the ground, but he didn't stand still, but went to the ground by himself. Then he fell down and looked extremely embarrassed.

Yu Qiqi was startled, and when she wanted to help him up, she was stopped by the King of Xichu, who dragged her to his side and raised her jaw with his hand, "Okay, stay by my king's side obediently, The king let them go."

Her eyes trembled slightly, and fell on Nangong Yan, who was still lying on the ground, with cruel eyes, threatening King Xichu, "If you dare to touch her, you will die!"

That tone seemed to be protecting her most beloved thing, preventing others from touching her at all.

The eyes of the king of Xichu County lowered slightly, and suddenly there was a flash of light. The sword in Nangong Yan's hand had been tightly grasped by his internal force, and the blade fell to his neck, "His Royal Highness, you can die in the hands of this king, It is your honor, let this king personally kill you tonight!"

After saying that, he raised the sword in his hand, "Don't!" Yu Qiqi yelled, lowered his head and bit his wrist fiercely, King Xichu frowned, but the strength of his attack did not decrease by half.

Suddenly, a sharp sword flew in the air and stabbed at his wrist. Before the sword in Xichu County King's hand touched Nangong Yan's neck, he had to dodge quickly to avoid the sharp sword that was shining coldly in front of him.

A figure landed firmly in front of them, catching the sword, Chu Peiyu frowned slightly, and lifted Nangong Yan who was on the ground, "Your Highness, I have kept you waiting!"

Outside, there were deafening fighting sounds.

Yu Qiqi was still biting the wrist of King Xichu, the sound of fighting outside made him anxious, he frowned, and slapped her hard on the heart.

"Seven seven..."

Hearing her muffled hum, Nangong Yan hurriedly caught her.

"What's going on outside?!" Duke Xichu asked a guard who ran in from the outside and shouted.

"Jun, the king of the county...Yanjing's Uncle Guo led the Imperial Forest Army to attack from outside. They brought smoke bombs and archers, and the gate of the mansion was quickly knocked down by them." The guard replied obediently.

Hearing this, he loosened the skirts of the guards, turned his head and looked at Nangong Yan with a pair of sinister eyes, "It turns out that His Royal Highness still has a backup."

Nangong Yan sneered coldly, "His Royal Highness has more than this trick. I have already asked Gu Xia to clean up your eyeliner in Yanjing City."

"What did you say?!"

His words were like a bolt from the blue, falling on the head of Duke Xichu, making his eyes wide open for a moment.

"At this moment, I think it should be almost cleaned up." At the end, he added another sentence.

"Catch them all, and don't let any of them go!" Nangong Yan's words completely angered him, and the Xichu County King's sinister eyes fell on them one by one.

"Yes!"

In an instant, more guards surrounded the courtyard.

"Your Majesty, I would like to advise you to stop quickly. If this matter gets worse, you will not be able to come back with King Xichu."

Nangong Yan looked at these guards and opened his mouth to negotiate with him.

"What? Are you scared?" But the king of Xichu County didn't intend to stop, nor did he intend to stop.

"I'm just kindly advising you. It's up to you whether you listen or not. We can fight to the death. It's just that His Highness thinks it's not worth it for you. You killed us, and you have to clean up the bigger mess later. Why do you have to do this? Struggling?"

Nangong Yan knew the troops brought by Chu Peiyu and Shen Feihong, and Gu Xia also knew how to deal with Wu Lian. In this battle, their chances of winning are not high, but even if the king of Xichu County wins Now, he really needs to clean up a big mess later, since there is still a chance to survive, he won't let it go like this!

Sure enough, King Xichu seems to have listened to what he said later.There was a trace of scrutiny in the eyes, and the brows were slightly tightened, "If this king lets you go, will this matter be settled like this?"

"Of course, as long as I take all the responsibility for this matter, I can tell my father when I go back that the king of Xichu County just invited the crown princess to come to his house as a guest, but I was reckless and thoughtless, and I transferred the East Palace without authorization." The Royal Forest Army came to fight with you, and you had to fight me, and you have all the reasons in this matter."

As soon as he said these words, Yu Qiqi's hand gripping his sleeves tightened. He lowered his eyes and comforted her softly, "I'm fine." His voice was still hoarse with fatigue.

The King of Xichu County stared at him closely, thinking carefully about what he said just now. In fact, it was not completely unreasonable. If he lost this opportunity, he could still reorganize the forces and forces in the court, but if If you continue to resist, it is very likely that you will not even have the next chance.

"Well, His Royal Highness, remember what you said tonight." He told Nangong Yan, and then waved to the guards behind him.The guards who surrounded them immediately got out of the way and backed out of a road.

Nangong Yan supported Yu Qiqi and walked outside step by step.Chu Peiyu followed behind him with Ah Jian and Yan Shiqing.

Outside the courtyard, Shen Feihong rushed in with the Imperial Army. Seeing Nangong Yan injured like this, he hurried forward to help, but he refused, "Uncle Huang, stay here first, and when we leave, you can take him with you." The Imperial Forest Army withdrew." The king of Xichu County has always been cunning, he must take care of every step of the way.

Shen Feihong withdrew his hand, nodded vigorously, "I listen to you!"

After the group of people retreated outside the county palace, Shen Feihong also retreated with the Imperial Forest Army. This night, it was safe and sound.

They rushed back to Yanjing overnight.

As soon as Nangong Yan and the others left, Wu Lian also came back from Yanjing City. She knelt down in front of the King of West Chu, "Your Majesty! We, Zhong Nangong Yan, forgot!"

The king of Xichu County stretched out his hand and stopped her, "This king already knows!"

Wu Lian raised her head, puzzled in her eyes, she hesitated for a moment before she spoke, "However, why did you just let them go?"

Speaking of this, the king of Xichu County became angry and yelled at her: "Do you think he only made one-handed preparations? Shen Feihong brought all the imperial forest troops in Nangong Yandong Palace to kill the king's county palace! Are you here?" Why can't Yanjing City notice it at all?!"

Wu Lian was stunned for a moment, then immediately lowered her head, "It's the servant girl's fault!"

He took a deep breath and closed his long and narrow eyes, "Did your people suffer serious losses in Yanjing City?"

"It's not serious. It's just that there has been no news from the county king. We can only evacuate first." Before she went to Yanjing, they discussed it. If everything goes well with him, then she can relax in Yanjing. Open your hands to do it.There is no need to stay behind, but she has not waited for his news.

"what?!"

In an instant, King Xichu opened his eyes and looked at her in shock.

"Well, Gu Xia and the troops in his hands are not our opponents at all. What's more, when Yanjing attacked Nanzhao the year before last, they lost a lot of troops. This time, their heavy troops are guarding the border. We were not fully prepared for our sudden invasion."

at this point.Wu Lian also couldn't figure it out, the king of Xichu County should have expected this a long time ago, but why he couldn't wait for news from him for so long.

He snorted coldly, with a layer of cold sweat covering his back, "Nangong Yan!" He clenched his hands tightly and hit the wooden stake under him hard.

"Don't worry, Prince, we still have a chance!"

Sensing that something was wrong with him, Wu Lian comforted him.

"Get up." Xichu County King sighed, and then continued: "I am to blame for what happened tonight. I shouldn't have listened to that villain Nangong Yan and missed such a good opportunity this time!"

"However, maybe Nangong Yan is right. If we act rashly tonight, there will be even bigger messes to clean up later." She stood beside him and said softly.

Maybe it was still in the regret of tonight, the king of Xichu didn't pay any attention to her, but slowly closed his eyes.Wu Lian nodded at him, and retreated softly.

When the sky was slightly bright, Nangong Yan and the others returned to Yanjing City, and parted ways on the road.Qing Yu took Yan Shiqing back to the Proton Mansion, Shen Feihong went back to his Uncle's Mansion, and Nan Gongyan took Yu Qiqi and Chu Peiyu back to the East Palace.

He opened his mouth and told Chu Peiyu, "Let Zhao Niang take good care of the Crown Princess." Afterwards, he asked an servant to help him back to Chenghe Hall.

Although the wounds on the two of them had been cleaned on the way back, they still had to invite an imperial doctor to come over and examine them carefully.

Chu Peiyu nodded slightly, and took Yu Qiqi and A Jian to Yaoguang Hall.

Li Ri, before Nangong Yan woke up, Gu Xia had already arrived at the gate of his palace, and was stopped by Chu Peiyu, "Your Highness was seriously injured last night, and he hasn't woken up yet, Mr. Gu, please wait a moment."

"is it serious?"

He frowned, with eagerness on his face.

"Let's talk about everything after His Highness wakes up." Chu Peiyu didn't tell him about the injury, lest he think too much.

"Well, I'll wait for him here!" Gu Xia's tone was not good, maybe it was because the matter of last night was not handled well, this meeting will come and I probably won't leave if I don't see Nangong Yan.

Chu Peiyu didn't make things difficult for him either, he let him wait if he wanted to.

It wasn't until sunset that the servant opened the door from the inside and said to Gu Xia, "Master Gu, please come in." The voice was neither soft nor heavy.

Gu Xia turned around, staring at her with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Didn't this make it clear that Nangong Yan knew he was coming early in the morning, but she just didn't want to see him.

He frowned, and walked in bravely. Nangong Yan was sitting on a bench, drinking tea with his head down. He nodded slightly to him, "Your Highness."

Nangong Yan flicked the tea in the teacup with the tea lid, and cast a sideways glance at him. "What's up?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, I don't know who used what happened last night to make a fuss, and it has already caused trouble in the court. Moreover, last night, our soldiers and horses alone could not stop those gangsters. They originally had a chance. Those who invaded the palace suddenly withdrew for unknown reasons..."

His tone didn't sound very good, so Gu Xia had to keep his head down, not daring to look up at him.

"Then why don't you block the wind?" Nangong Yan quietly put the teacup in his hand on the table, but when he put it down, there was a violent sound.

Gu Xia's legs softened, and he almost fell to the ground, "It's not that I didn't block the wind, it's just that those people were really menacing, and I made preparations. The news from His Highness was too late, and I could only hastily summon people. , so I couldn't take care of it..."

There was a layer of sweat left on the forehead, and Gu Xia didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it off.

Nangong Yan just sat and didn't reply to his words. What he said was not completely unreasonable. There were indeed many gaps in asking him to hastily prepare manpower to deal with the King of Xichu.

Just when Gu Xia felt that his whole body was oppressed and he couldn't breathe, Nangong Yan said slowly, "Father, did he punish you?" It was his responsibility to protect the security of Yanjing City, and Emperor Yan Jing wanted to blame him. , the first person to look for is him.

"The emperor scolded that the lowly position was bad for doing things, and the lowly position was easy, so he told His Highness what the lowly position had ordered..." Gu Xia gradually softened from the rigidity just now.

"you!"

Nangong Yan stretched out his finger and pointed at him angrily. He didn't expect that Gu Xia would sell him so soon.Seeing his helpless expression, he took his finger back angrily, "Okay. You go back first!"

"Yes." Gu Xia replied, and hurriedly backed out, for fear that Nangong Yan would get angry with him.

"Your Highness, do you want to enter the palace?" Chu Peiyu walked in from the outside.

"Yes, ask someone to prepare the carriage." He rested his forehead on his hands, and there was still weariness in his words.

"Um."

Chu Peiyu nodded slightly.

Emperor Yan Jing had been waiting for him in the imperial study room for a long time, and when he saw him walking in with frivolous steps, his expression was not much better, "Please explain to me what happened last night."

On the way into the palace, Nangong Yan had already thought of a countermeasure. At this moment, his face was calm and composed, but there was no displeasure. He just replied slowly, "Reporting to my father, what happened in Yanjing City last night was not my son's fault." Wrong, but I took the Imperial Forest Army to the county prince's mansion in Western Chu to snatch the crown princess back without authorization, and I didn't ask the emperor for instructions, so my minister is at fault."

The words he promised the King of West Chu were originally intended to bluff him, and he would never say those words in front of Emperor Yan Jing at this moment.

"Since you know that people from Western Chu want to plot against me, why didn't you inform me earlier, let me arrange it, and take them down in one fell swoop!"

Emperor Yan Jing squinted his eyes, as if he felt that he was having an affair with the king of Xichu County, and wanted to join forces to put him to death.

"Father, the son-in-law was also in a hurry to save Qiqi, and only then did he find out that their people were in Yanjing City, so he hurriedly ordered Commander Gu, and then rushed to Xichu to save her. But unexpectedly, The army of Bing Ma Si is no match for the men of the King of West Chu."

He has already made it clear enough that even if it is deployed in advance, there are not enough people in the Bingma Division to put Wu Lian's men between their teeth.

"Why didn't you tell me about Qiqi's distress?" After all, they were father and son, and it was not so easy for Emperor Yan Jing to believe his words.

"I was afraid that my father would be worried, so I didn't say much. And at that time, the king of Xichu County was in Yanjing City, so this matter should not be revealed too much. If they find out, not only will my son not be able to save seven Seven, the father will also be in danger here. At that time, we will really be tricked by him."

Nangong Yan explained to him one by one the dangers involved.

Emperor Yan Jing's mood gradually stabilized, "I never thought that the king of West Chu County would have such a wolfish ambition!"

"Father, with what happened last night, you must carefully guard against people from Xichu from now on." He frowned slightly, as if there was something in his words.

Emperor Yan Jing frowned, sensing the deep meaning in his words.

After Nangong Yan left, he went to the Liangxi Palace. Concubine Yi had just stepped forward, before she saluted, there was a sound of "Pa!" in her ears, and Emperor Yan Jing slapped her hard, knocking her Knocked down.

He squatted down and grabbed her gorgeous skirt, "If you want me to die, it depends on your luck!"

Hearing this, Concubine Yi let out a sneer, "The emperor's fate is really great, but don't worry, there are plenty of opportunities for concubines, as long as you don't kill them."

She raised her hand and slowly wiped the blood on the corner of her lips.

"Don't worry, you won't irritate me. I have plenty of time to play with you slowly." After he finished speaking, he let go of her collarbone, slowly slid across her collarbone, and pinched it hard with his palm.

"Well..."

There was a painful muffled sound from Concubine Yi's mouth.

With a heavy blow on her collarbone, Emperor Yan Jing stepped out of her Liangxi Palace.Concubine Yi was lying on the ground, her body trembling violently, blood had already oozed from her collarbone, staining her skirt red.

The situation of the king of Xichu County was not much better. At dawn, he prepared a long whip, went to the palace, knelt outside the palace of Xichu King, and knelt for a whole day before the door of Xichu King's palace opened. .

He was wearing a royal robe that dragged the floor, and he came out slowly, the crown on his head was shaking slightly, and his already dyed white eyebrows moved slightly, "Brother, are you hitting my brother in the face by doing this?" ?"

It turned out that he, the king of Xichu County, made such a big arrangement last night and planned it out by himself, keeping his brother, the emperor, in the dark. What did he want to do?Want to seek power and position?

The king of Xichu County didn't say anything, he just offered the long whip in his hands with both hands, and lowered his head to wait for him to deal with it.

"If Brother Huang wants to take this seat, he can tell Brother Huang directly, Brother Huang is not an unreasonable person."

King Xichu's eyes did not fall on him, but only looked at the pavilions and palaces in the distance.

"The emperor treats the emperor with sincerity. The emperor has no intention of seeking power and codifying the throne. He just wants to help the emperor regain Yanjing and Nanzhao!"

His body trembled slightly, and he said these words through gritted teeth.

The King of Western Chu was old, and during his reign, he wanted him to see the prosperity of Western Chu in recovering Yanjing and Nanzhao.

"I always know how you treat me, but this time, you really let me down." He sighed, turned around slowly, and the palace door closed again.

The guard standing on the side stepped forward, picked up the long whip in the hand of King Xichu, and whipped him hard. He frowned and didn't let out a scream.

Sitting in the hall, King Xichu listened to the sound of the whip falling on his back, hitting his heart one after another.

After returning from the palace, Nangong Yan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of Yu Qiqi, he asked Chu Peiyu, "How is the Crown Princess?"

"The imperial doctor said that it was an internal injury, but it will be fine after two days of recuperation with medicine. I think there should be nothing serious." Chu Peiyu replied softly.

After he finished listening, he nodded.

The carriage returned to the East Palace, Nangong Yan got out of the carriage, and went to Chenghe Hall. He didn't sleep well during the day, and the wound on his body was still hurting badly.Suddenly, a figure ran towards him and threw herself into his arms. With a fragrance, she coquettishly whispered to him, "You are finally back."