Empress Chu

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Countless shouts rolled in.

Chu Zhao and Xiao Yu inspected the surroundings with smiles, and drove out of the capital surrounded by officials, maids, court ladies and guards.

Looking at the forest that was getting closer and closer in front of him, Xiao Yu sat up straighter, his face was a little stiff, and the next moment his shoulders were embraced by Chu Zhao.

"Ayu." Chu Zhao said softly, "Don't be afraid."

She also looks forward.

"You are wearing a dragon robe and stepping here as the emperor of Daxia. Those who want to kill you will be scared to death, and your parents will be excited and happy for you."

"You don't need to be afraid when you come here, what you are afraid of is them, those bad people, those who want to harm you."

Xiao Yu looked up at her and nodded: "I'm not afraid." He held Chu Zhao's hand, "With my sister, I'm not afraid of anything."

Chu Zhao withdrew his hand.

"Even if I'm not here, even if you're alone, you don't have to be afraid of anything." She said seriously, then patted his shoulder lightly, raised her eyebrows and smiled, "So Ah Yu let me see your hunting skills. "

Originally because Chu Zhao withdrew his hand, Xiao Yu, whose eyes were slightly frozen, burst into a smile instantly, his brows were beaming, and he even waved his arms.

"Sister, you will see how powerful I am!"

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The galloping horses shook the entire mountain forest, the hounds barked wildly, the mountain birds flew wildly, mixed with human voices shouting.

Sitting on the hillside, you can see the intense hunting down the mountain.

"Ayu's riding skills are not bad." Xie Yanfang walked over, raised her hand to cover her eyes, "but her archery skills are not good."

Chu Zhaodao: "He's still young." He smiled again, "And he doesn't need to be good at archery. He's the emperor. Horseback riding and archery is enough to keep fit. Don't obsess over it for entertainment, and don't use it as a means of self-defense."

Obsessed with entertainment, there are lessons learned from his father, the first prince.

As for self-defense, if it really came to the point where the emperor needed to use archery to save himself, it would be a dead end.

Chu Zhao looked up at Xie Yanfang, and said, "Master Xie, won't you set an example for His Majesty?"

Xie Yanfang looked at Xiao Yu who was chasing a flowered deer under the guards: "Ah Yu used to set an example for me, and my sister set an example for me, so she naturally wants Ayu to follow my example—"

When he said this, he looked down at Chu Zhao and smiled slightly.

"This is not because of the deep affection between uncle and nephew, but because Ah Yu will be the emperor. If an emperor takes me as an example since he was a child, then I will always be an example throughout his life, and Xie's status will also definitely be No one can compare."

Chu Zhao smiled: "It's human nature, there is nothing wrong with the Crown Princess doing this."

The crown princess is surnamed Xie, married into the royal family, and will always be a member of the Xie family, planning for her own family.

Xie Yanfang said: "But the prince and sister are both dead. Even if I am excellent in riding and archery, knowledgeable and omniscient, in A Yu's eyes, a person who can't even protect his parents, even him, what? neither."

Chu Zhaodao: "You don't need to belittle yourself, Ah Yu knows that you can't secure the throne without Master Xie."

"Yes." Xie Yanfang said, "I know he knows, and he knows that I will do the same, but setting an example is nothing more than that."

Having said that, he shook his head and smiled lightly.

"Actually, I never thought about being someone else's example. What I want to do is very simple, that is, to make Ah Yu an unprecedented emperor. As for me, as for Mrs. Xie, it doesn't matter if I am an example or if my status is unrivaled. .”

Chu Zhao nodded: "I can see that this is indeed the third son's wish." She looked at Xie Yanfang, "What about me? Can I be the unprecedented queen in the eyes of the third son?"

Xie Yanfang smiled and said, "Of course."

Chu Zhao looked at him with puzzled eyes: "Then why did you kill my people?"

The mountain wind seemed to condense at this moment, Xiaoman who was behind Chu Zhao was motionless, and the guards standing around with their hands hanging down seemed to be unable to hear anything.

Xie Yanfang didn't froze at all, nor was she surprised, and asked seriously, "Are you referring to Zhong Changrong or Deng Yi?"

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Hearing Xie Yanfang's rhetorical question, Chu Zhao sighed helplessly.

Deng Yi——

She turned against Deng Yi because of the fall of Shipo City, or earlier, because Deng Yi wanted to appoint Liang Qiang.

Everything about Liang Qiang was arranged by Xie Yanfang, so Deng Yi was naturally also in Xie Yanfang's planning.

So that fire was not set by Xiao Xun or Deng Yi.

At that time Deng Yi was ordered to be locked up by her, indeed it was the most suitable time, Deng Yi's life could be reaped by Xie Yanfang.

Originally, Deng Yi should have died like this, but he was rescued by Xiao Xun who was hiding in the dark. I don't know whether Deng Yi was lucky or not.

Or is it driven by fate?Chu Zhao stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead, wanting to laugh.

Xie Yanfang sat down, poured a cup of tea on the table, and pushed it to Chu Zhao.

"I know that Deng Yi seems to be the one against the empress, but in fact, you are the ones who have walked together to this day." He said, "In the end, the empress had to kill Deng Yi with her own hands, and she was very sad."

Chu Zhao took the teacup and held it in his hand, saying, "Actually, it's okay, I don't like him that much either."

Xie Yanfang said: "Your Majesty is right to think this way, you and Deng Yi cannot coexist with the court, so for the sake of your Majesty, Deng Yi must disappear."

Chu Zhaodao: "It's for me to get rid of Deng Yi, I can understand that, but you can't say it's for me when you attack Zhong Changrong, right?"

This question seemed a bit difficult to answer, Xie Yanfang sat upright on the felt mat and said, "That's true."

Chu Zhao laughed, and drank the tea in his hand.

"I, Chu Zhao, worked desperately in Yunzhong County to personally lead the army to fight Xiliang, tearing apart those who are selfless for the country and the people. What is my selfishness for?" She said, "Such a smart person like the third son will not know."

She put the teacup on the table and watched Xie Yanfang eat every word.

"I'm here to gain military power."

"Uncle Zhong is the person I trust the most. If you kill him, you will kill me."

The mountain wind howled in the forest, bringing the noise of hunting down the hillside, but it passed away in an instant, and the hillside seemed to be isolated by a layer of hood.

The hood is made up of guards that are visible all around, and guards that are invisible.

Xie Yanfang glanced at the maid who had raised her eyes behind Chu Zhao, and the maid's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

He picked up the teapot again and poured tea for Chu Zhao.

"Although it's absurd, I still want to say that I did this for the empress." He said, looking down at the bright tea, "The military power controlled by Zhong Changrong is only the military power that Chu Zhao can control, not the empress. If the queen wants to gain real military power, she cannot hand over power to her relatives."

He looked up at Chu Zhao.

"Especially relatives that everyone knows."

"The queen should know, so you drove your uncle's family to Qiaoshan Academy, far away from the capital, and didn't give them any official titles."

That's because they will bring disasters to themselves, be used by others, and be bewitched by others. She has seen it with her own eyes in that life, so of course she must avoid it, but——

"Won't Zhong Changrong bring you disaster? Won't be used by others? Won't be bewitched?" Xie Yanfang's voice came faintly, "Zhong Changrong is different from Chu Lan's family, but even if he doesn't intend to hurt you, he can still Can't live without the prying and plotting of thousands of people."

Chu Zhao is silent, in fact, she also saw it in that life.

In order to devour the military power of the frontier army left by his father, Xiao Xun privately indulged Zhong Changrong to be slandered. Zhong Changrong was notorious, isolated and excluded, and swallowed step by step, and these slanders were all added to her. Evil queen, hegemony, Use military power to hold the emperor hostage.

Although she did nothing.

"I know, the empress doesn't care about these things. I think that's what you used to convince the late emperor. You and your relatives didn't hesitate to defile yourself, not hesitate to dominate, and even prefer to have a bad name, even if you use military power to hold the emperor hostage. Let this young boy, Ayu, sit firmly on the throne."

When Chu Zhao heard this, the suggestions and promises she made when she stood in front of the emperor that night appeared in front of Chu Zhao.

"Yes." She smiled, "That's what I told the first emperor at the beginning."

"At that time, Miss Azhao didn't want to be a queen, she just wanted to survive." Xie Yanfang said softly, "Let many people live."

Chu Zhao picked up the teacup he pushed and took a sip.

"It doesn't need to be like this now." Xie Yanfang said, "Now that the empress holds the military power, a puppet is the best choice. The benefits of a puppet, I don't need to say, Miss Azhao knows it too."

A puppet like Liang Qiang, especially when he had a quarrel with the queen, can not only show the queen's magnanimity, but also resist the slander of the officials who divide the court, can gather a group of officials who have dissatisfaction with the queen, and can have no grievances at any time Abandoning——Chu Zhao nodded, with a sad expression on his face: "I know, I know everything."

She sighed softly, with a bit of self-deprecation.

"I know how powerful you are, third son. I knew clearly from the beginning that without you, I would not be able to secure the position of queen, I would not be able to argue in court, and I would not be able to hold The Longwei army is rampant, and it is even more impossible for me to be invincible in battle—"

It took her less than two years to put down Xiao Xun's rebellion, less than two years, it's not that she is good, and it's not that Xiao Xun was defeated by her.

In this life, Xiao Xun is facing her on the surface, but in fact it is still Xie Yanfang.

That day when she asked Liang Qiang to drink, Liang Qiang obviously had a different expression, but in the end she still didn't reveal who that person was.

The one standing in front of him is the empress, the emperor is still young, she can be said to be the most powerful person in the world, but Liang Qiang chose not to speak to her, why?

Why can it be, because that person is the most powerful.

Compared with that person, her queen is nothing.

The same is true for the Wei family in Han County. Even if the defendant finds out the truth, she would not bother to ask her to think about it.

Why doesn't Wei Shi put her in his eyes, because in their eyes, the person is the most powerful.

Chu Zhao sighed heavily, covering his face with his hands.

"But even if I know, so what, I can't do without you, because without you, I wouldn't be here at all."

"So I keep myself from thinking about what you're doing, I just need to see the results."

"Actually, I'm not a good person, let alone impartial."

Seeing the girl leaning on the table with a painful expression on her face, Xie Yanfang was a little helpless, and said, "You think too much, I have said it long ago and repeatedly, you make yourself deserve it, simple To put it bluntly, there is you first, and then I, it was Miss Azhao who stood in front of me and let me see—"

He looked at Chu Zhao.

"I'm more than willing to help."

Chu Zhao opened his palms and looked at him from the cracks in his palms.

"I can see the purity in your eyes, third son, and I believe what you said is true." She said, "That's why I'm confused."

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Confused, this is not the first time Chu Zhao said this to him. Xie Yanfang remembered that when she was fishing in the Royal Garden, she said this sentence while looking at him.

So she wasn't confused about the Wei family in Hanjun.

"I've been watching all these years, and I've seen that you really treat Xiao Yu as an emperor, sincere and calm, neither humble nor arrogant, not even the slightest bit superior."

"But you also communicated with Xiliang, and even manipulated Xiliang's soldiers and horses to attack Daxia's city and plunder Daxia's land, causing the soldiers and people of Daxia to die."

"I have also seen your help to me. No matter how I look at it, I can see your sincerity. I can't pick out any falsehood."

"But you also instigated me to fight with the people around me, and arranged people to take the military power and even life of the people I trusted."

Chu Zhao looked at the young master in front of him and shook his head.

"I'm confused, third son, what are you doing? What are you going to do?"

Xie Yanfang looked at her and said: "I have only one wish from beginning to end, and I only need to do one thing, which is to make Ayu a famous emperor, but Miss Azhao, an emperor is not equal to Daxia."

Doesn't the emperor mean the Great Xia?Chu Zhao was stunned.

"The emperor belongs to the world, or as the saying goes, he is lonely." Xie Yanfang said, "What the emperor wants is that the world, everything, the world, and everything should be used by him."

Chu Zhao was thoughtful: "So you are protecting the emperor Ayu, not the people of Daxia, so—"

"So there's no need to stick to whether it's your side or the other side." Xie Yanfang said, "As long as it can be used by me, why not use it? Whether it's Xiliang people or Daxia people, as long as it's available, use it."

Chu Zhao looked at him with a complicated expression: "The third son's idea——"

She seemed speechless.

"Although my idea sounds unbearable, it is the truth." Xie Yanfang said softly, "I don't intend to offend, if it wasn't for Xiliang people, if it wasn't for the casualties of the people of Daxia, your father couldn't be used by the late emperor, maybe this life is just a A mediocre soldier."

Chu Zhao's complexion changed slightly, but without waiting for her to speak, Xie Yanfang said again.

"I know General Chu's belief is that he hopes that people in the world will be free from disease, so why not put medicine on the shelf to cause dust."

He looked at Chu Zhao.

"But we don't care about ideas, we talk about facts."

Chu Zhao remained silent.

Xie Yanfang looked down the hillside, the deer had finished hunting here, and the geese were singing not far away, it was the wild geese that had been released, the emperor should go hunting geese.