C7

"The Han Army has gradually begun to sing in all four directions. If the King is satisfied, then how can I, your lowly concubine, continue on with my life? "

In the side hall, Yu Ji was performing 'Overlord Bie Ji', and the moment between life and death was changing. Yu Ji's beautiful and sorrowful singing stirred up countless bitterness and helplessness. Patrol Officer Xiao waved away the servants who wanted to announce the good news to the Princess, before entering the door with Dongling Wan and Song Jingyi. At this moment, Chu Ba Wang called out, "No!" However, Yu Ji had already drawn her sword and slit her throat in front of Chu Ba Wang. On the stage, Chu Batian was holding Yu Ji's body in agony. Below the stage, someone was gently wiping away the tears at the corner of their eyes. Xiao Xun turned to look at Ling Wan in the east, only to see her lips curled up in a mocking smile.

Xiao Xun coughed lightly and said, "All the sisters are here, I have seen a lot of good things today!"

Everyone turned around and saw that the person in front of them was wearing a red, embroidered robe. His eyes were squinting slightly as he smiled brilliantly. The ladies were stunned for a moment before quickly getting up and bowing. Xiao Xun waved his fan out of nowhere and stepped forward. With a smile, he said: "Quickly get up, don't get tired!"

Song Jingyi glanced at Xiao Yan before gritting her teeth and turning her head away. Princess Rongyuan and Xiao Nan flocked in from the left and right, both of them pleasantly surprised.

"Child, even if you want to come back, don't make a sound. Is your father coming back?"

"Father refused to come back. It must have been very bitter outside, so I sneaked back by myself."

"You …" When the wangfei heard that he had secretly returned, she immediately furrowed her brows. "When your father returns in the future, how will you explain this to him!"

"Just a few curses."

Xiao Xun waved his hand in a nonchalant manner. Seeing this, Imperial Concubine Rong Yuan could do nothing about it. She sighed and reprimanded him a few times before putting the matter down. The days were supposed to be spent with women, but because of Xiao Xun's return, it was bustling with noise and excitement. Princess Rongyuan called for Dong Lingwan to sit by her side and listened to him talk about matters outside the walls.

"I saw Aunt Wangfei's appearance and wanted you to be my daughter-in-law!" Song Jingyi blinked at Ling Wan.

"Nonsense." Even though she said this, she still smiled. Eastern Ling Wan was well aware that the wangfei really had such a plan. She had always been on good terms with Wang Concubine and A'Nan. If she were to marry into the Prince's Mansion, her great-aunt wouldn't make things difficult for her. Actually, before she got to know Pu Zi, Dong Ling Wan had always thought that she would marry Xiao Xun. Even now, if she really wanted to marry someone, only A-Xun would be worthy of her attention. But now, the skies of the Royal Capital were about to change.

Eastern Ling Wan had her own concerns. She was currently in her second year of life. She was neither big nor small, just about the age for marriage. It was originally a good thing, but it was a bad timing. When the three kings returned to the capital, they did not know how the situation would change, nor did they know how long this game would last. The marriage could be delayed for a short period of time, but how long could it be delayed?

Once a new party was born, there would definitely be a major change. It could even trigger a war and chaos, and at this time, it was impossible to be careless. She looked down on others, but A-Xun's identity was too special …

King Rong Yuan, Xiao He, and His Majesty, Xiao Xian, were both given by Empress Dowager Song. Furthermore, both of them were given the title of consort when Empress Dowager Song gave birth to Xiao He, and after bestowing the title of Xiao Xian, the late emperor had originally wanted to make Xiao He the ruler of the country. He was admonished by the Emperor to believe that Xiao He was given by Empress Dowager Song when she was still a concubine.

At that time, all the princes were preparing to head to the feudal fiefdom, but the late emperor suddenly became seriously ill and left behind a testamentary edict, bestowing Xiao He the title of Regent and remaining in the capital to assist the still young Xiao Xian. After Xiao Xian came to power, Xiao He was not sent back to the feudal fiefdom. Instead, he was given the title of general and heavily armed to guard the border. However, it was unclear whether this was due to the trust that the Emperor had in him, or whether this trust was due to the fact that there were "no outsiders".

Because of the erroneous words of the station, it was likely that very few people in the world would be willing to give up. All these years, Duke Rong had been secretly accumulating a lot of power, and A-Xun was also the only son of King Rong. Eastern Ling Wan couldn't imagine what kind of chaotic scene that would be!

"Little Wan?" Dong Ling Wan was so engrossed in her thoughts that she ignored Song Jingyi's voice. Song Jingyi looked at Dong Ling Wan who was lost in her thoughts, then looked at the manor behind her. A hint of sadness flashed across her eyes. Dong Ling Wan didn't see it …

Ever since that day, her days had been quite peaceful. Song Jingyi had been detained by the Senior Marquis to study in his mansion, so she had very little time to come to Eastern Lingwan's place. On the other hand, Xiao Xun would often come to the mansion to visit her.

"Did you hear about their return to the capital?"

Dong Ling Wan tapped the chess board with her chess piece, saying with a smile, "I'll find out even if I hide deep in the woods in the next few days!"

"I haven't seen them in ten years. I was only seven when they left the capital. "Speaking of which, we met in the same year. In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed." Patrolling Xiao seemed to be sighing with emotion. He lifted the corner of his lips and a warm smile appeared in his eyes.

"That's right!" There was a hint of bitterness in Dong Ling Wan's words, and her voice was a bit cold. Back then, it was precisely because of the competition within the imperial city that Xiao Xian, in order to stabilize his own position while the three kings left the capital, would bring a group of ladies with great backgrounds into the harem. It was also during this year that Dong Rui Yu stepped into the palace so that his family and loved ones would not be held back …

At that time, Dong Haojie had already planned to move to the capital. With this incident, he had moved ahead. Not long after coming to the capital, Dong Ling Wan got to know Xiao Xun and Song Jingyi. Even though the Emperor had treated her very well and even bestowed her the title of the Fourth Concubine, how sincere was this love of an Emperor? It was just a use! Dong Ling Wan sneered, and subconsciously blurted out, "There aren't many good men in this world!"

Dong Ling Wan's eyes were covered by a layer of mist, and the aura around her body suddenly turned cold. Xiao Xun was startled by her change. Remembering the matter between her and Pu Jing, his heart ached as he unconsciously walked up to her and gently pulled her into his embrace. His words contained not the slightest hint of a joke: "Don't even think about it, he isn't worthy of you. I'll find you something even better. "

Dong Ling Wan raised her head, a hint of confusion in her eyes. She smiled and nodded. "Right."

"Have a drink with me?" Xiao Xun raised his eyebrows, looking very charming.

Dong Ling Wan burst out laughing, and then called for wine from the wine cellar: "Under the heavens, the only one who dares to call me out for wine at any time is you."

"In that case, it would be my honor."

Dong Ling Wan's smile became even brighter as the two of them drank their wine. At some point, a light had been lit in the room. Dong Ling Wan looked at the sky, and glared at him, "You're still not going home!"

After Xiao Xun drank the wine, his face turned slightly drunk. His peach blossom eyes were filled with mist, which made him look extremely charming. He was sitting on a chair with one hand on his head. His eyes slanted slightly when he heard her words. He then looked at her with those alluring eyes of his. He smiled evilly. "I will be staying here for the night."

Dong Ling Wan froze for a moment, then looked at him in confusion. "If you're not going, then you're not going. Coincidentally, I have something to ask you." At this moment, he heard Dong Ling Wan sigh and mocked, "Forget it, let's not ask anymore. Whether it's going out or going back to the mansion, we don't even want to tell anyone. It's not my turn to ask about the crown prince's matters!"

Xiao Xun suddenly remembered the unreadable look in Dong Ling Wan's eyes on the day they returned to the capital. It turned out that she was still concerned about him not communicating with her. Actually, there were two reasons for his hurried return to the capital: one was because the three kings were about to return to the capital, so he came to take a look at the situation. The second reason was that he had heard about the matter of Dong Ling Wan and Pu Jing, and he was afraid that she would be too upset and that something might happen to her body. Inspector Xiao lowered his eyes slightly as he replied in an irrelevant manner, "Now that the Xiao Dynasty is crippled, who do you think will take over his position as the Storage King?"

The Xiao Dynasty was the Great Ye Country's crown prince, also known as the son of the Yue family. Xiao Xian's fourth son was only ten years old this year. As for Xiao Xian's other three sons, their eldest son, Xiao Qian, became King Qi, reaching the age of twenty. One of the reasons for summoning the three kings to the capital was to hold a coronation ceremony for them; the second son, Xiao Han, Guannan Wang, was seventeen years old, and was one of the three great salt merchant of the maternal family; the third son, Xiao Xiao, was fifteen years old.

Xiao Xun's question was extremely natural, as if what he said wasn't a matter of the royal family and was just a passing topic of idle chatter.

"I'm just a young woman, how would I care about the affairs of the court, especially your royal family. They're not allowed to be discussed by me." Dong Ling Wan sipped a mouthful of wine and said with a faint smile.

"What can't we discuss? Why do you have to be so clean?"

"What can I say?" Dong Ling Wan said to herself in a self-deprecating manner.

"You always look like this. You know better than anyone, yet you still pretend to be ignorant. Who can you not see through the current situation?" "There are some things a person can't hide from just because they want to." Xiao Xun held onto a chess piece as he looked at her with a serious expression on his face.

"Ah Xun, you are so good at bluffing that I don't understand. But don't worry, I'm not a high-ranking official, there's no need for me to talk too much about these things, it doesn't matter if I understand or not. What are you blanking out for? Hurry up and focus on playing chess, you better be careful not to lose to me. " Eastern Ling gently laughed as she scolded him.

"Game, one step wrong, one step wrong. But in some chess games, if you want to leave or not, you have no choice but to leave. Xiao Xun walked to her side and gently caressed her hair. His intimate actions did not arouse any displeasure from Dong Ling Wan, and she chuckled, "Wan, life is a game of chess, it's the same in this world. If one cannot avoid it, then there will be no need for meaningless fights. If one is destined to be unable to escape, then one must think about controlling it. "

"In this world, the vast majority of people can only be pawns in the hands of others. Whether you go or you stay, or you grow weak, you never have the right to decide for yourself. Don't think about being a spectator. Some things, even if you are not in the mood to care, others will not allow you to stay out of it. "Thus, if you do not wish to be controlled by others, you must be the one playing chess." Xiao Xun placed the chess piece in Eastern Ling Wan's hand. "Do you understand my words?"

If he understood, how could he not understand? Xiao Xun's identity meant that even if he did not want to 'usurp the position', he would still be suspected and viewed with hostility. He did not know when he would be killed, so why wouldn't he fight for it? Moreover, even if they wanted to take over the world, they didn't have to rebel. As long as they could pull up their troops, they could do so with a reasonable reputation. As long as they were able to stabilize their country, they could erase a part of their history under the pressure of the imperial power.

"I'll be leaving first."

After Inspector Xiao left, Eastern Ling Wan was still reflecting on what he had said just now. It was his stance that the fight for the throne was inevitable!

The sound of muffled thunder could be heard outside the window. It seemed to indicate that a heavy rain was coming. Just like the world …