"Recently, I always feel that I may be the most failed king in the history of the wilderness."
"Where did your Majesty say this?"
"Others have three thousand beauties and gather beauties from all over the world, but I can't even catch one person I like."
At dusk, Zhao Yan put her head with her right hand and lay lazily on the bamboo mat beside the bed.
The black hair is scattered like dark clouds, and the eyes are half closed and half open.
The dim light of the setting sun came in from the window and evenly shone on her body, outlining her plump chest and slender waist, like mountains and valleys, with mountains and mountains.
A pair of delicate white feet poked out from under the crimson skirt, and the tips of her toes dyed with khaki were carelessly playing with a string of pearls.
She still remembered that a few days ago, she pretended to be drunk here and rested for a long time leaning on Gu Xu's shoulder. Although the incense in the room had been replaced twice, she still seemed to be able to vaguely smell the residual scent of him.
"Your Majesty, other monarchs only plunder by force. When they meet a beautiful girl, they will directly take her into the harem without caring about her consent." A maid smiled and brought a plate of desserts in front of Zhao Yan. "How can I be as affectionate as your Majesty?"
Zhao Yan is aloof in front of outsiders, but in front of these maids who are familiar with her, she is approachable, doesn't put on airs, and gets along like sisters. Therefore, the maids dared to tell her some jokes.
"If there was a man in the world who could treat me like the king treats Master Gu, then I would have been willing to marry him."
"Your Majesty, why should a man who doesn't care about friendship be so nice to him? Why don't you find a suitable opportunity to tie him up with a rope and throw him on the bed?"
"What are you thinking about?" Zhao Yan glanced sideways at the maid, "Do you think I am the kind of debauched, dissolute and debauched king?"
The maid immediately bowed her head and admitted her mistake, repeatedly claiming that she did not dare to have such an idea.
However, even though Zhao Yan said this, the scene where she was extremely aggrieved after being hit by Gu Xu's "Binding Talisman" in the "Dragon Secret Realm" appeared in her mind - if she could use this method to take revenge Coming back seems like a good choice.
As I thought about it, I unconsciously felt a little excited.
"Qiu Yan, please find time to write a letter to Liuli Oiran of Luojing Jiaofang Division." After a brief silence, Zhao Yan sat up slightly and looked at her most trusted maid, "You can ask her for me. , has she ever met a man who is as indifferent as wood? How should she deal with such a person?
"But don't mention me directly in your letter. Just say that you have a friend who is in emotional trouble."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Qiu Yan agreed, happily accepting that he had "an extra friend" out of thin air.
"By the way, you can ask her if you can borrow some of the small picture albums with pink covers in her drawer. Of course, in the name of 'a friend of yours'."
Qiu Yan nodded again.
Having said this, Zhao Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, slowly stood up from the couch, and looked at the layers of burning clouds that were as scarlet as blood on the boundary between heaven and earth.
Her thick black hair fell straight down to her waist, like a smooth and shiny waterfall, which contrasted sharply with her bright red dress.
"It's getting dark soon," she murmured softly, "Fellow Daoist Gu, are you ready to take action?"
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Throughout the whole day, Zhao Changqi felt extremely upset.
First of all, when he heard the news that "someone tried to poison Gu Xu and was imprisoned in Jicheng Prison", he knew that his plan had failed.
However, as a person with deep emotions and intangible expressions of joy and anger, Zhao Changqi did not show any obvious emotions of loss or anger.
After all, the identity of the mastermind behind him has not yet been exposed.
He can also analyze the reasons and collect intelligence through the failure of this operation to formulate a more complete plan for the next time.
"I underestimated Gu Xu's ability," Zhao Changqi silently concluded, "The juice of 'Soul Seizing Grass' is an extremely hidden and hard-to-prevent poison. I originally thought that he, who only had the fourth level of cultivation, would It's impossible to detect its presence.
"But now it seems that he either has far better perception than ordinary people, or he has the ability to predict crises. This must be considered when dealing with him in the future."
However, what happened next was somewhat beyond Zhao Changqi's expectation.
Without warning, a group of unknown people rushed into the meeting hall one after another and reported to Zhao Yan that Zhao Changqi and his son had evil intentions and secretly colluded with Da Qi to plot rebellion.
In addition, there is a large pile of impeachment memorials with similar content.
In fact, more than 80% of what these people say is true, with a little bit of exaggeration.
But Zhao Changqi always believed that what he did was extremely hidden and should never be discovered.
He thought that perhaps his niece Zhao Yan wanted to weaken the power in his hands and use this method to test him.
So he immediately denied it and shouted that he was wronged.
After hearing his words, Zhao Yan also expressed sincerely: "I have always seen my uncle's contribution to Dayan in recent years and kept it in my heart. I believe that these people's reports are purely for the purpose of Uncle's slander.
"However, in order to convince the public, I may need to send a few people to my uncle's mansion to conduct a small investigation to prove my uncle's innocence to the world."
"Of course, no problem." Zhao Changqi readily agreed.
All his shady things are hidden in the secret room under the house. Only he and his son Zhao Yu know the exact location of the entrance to the secret room.
In addition, he once hired a formation master to arrange multiple formations for shielding perception, isolating divination, burning important documents, etc. in the secret room.
He believed that the people sent by Zhao Yan would never find anything fishy.
So that night, Cai Shuo, the instructor who once taught Zhao Yan martial arts, brought several guards in black to the mansion where Zhao Changqi lived.
Although the area of this residence is not as large as the Dayan Palace, the furnishings and decorations are obviously much more luxurious.
It is not as square, simple and rough as most of the buildings in the north. Instead, it imitates the exquisite and exquisite gardens in the south, shaded by flowers and trees.
The corridors and roads in the courtyard are connected, decorated with decorations, and the flying pavilions and flowing eaves are magnificent.
Zhao Changqi put down his posture and received Coach Cai and his subordinates politely - he knew that Coach Cai was an honest man who missed old friendships, and he could easily be fooled as long as he was moved with emotion and acted with reason.
With this in mind, he talked endlessly about the flesh-and-blood brotherhood between himself and Zhao Changying, saying that he had always regarded Zhao Yan as his own daughter, and his devout belief in the great Vulcan.
Coach Cai remained silent and did not respond.
But Zhao Changqi saw with satisfaction that there was a hint of emotion in his eyes.
After wandering around the courtyard for a while, Coach Cai turned around and looked at a guard in black beside him: "Did you find anything?"
This black-clothed guard is neither tall nor short, with an ordinary face that is hard to notice.
In his hand, he held a bunch of crumpled talismans tightly.
"I need to take another look." The guard in black said expressionlessly. His voice was stiff and without any fluctuations, as if spoken by an inanimate puppet.
Zhao Changqi frowned slightly.
For a moment, he couldn't remember which one of Zhao Yan's guards was good at using talismans.
