Li Chongyang cursed a few times and felt a lump in his heart, as if all the blood in his body was about to run cold. He took a breath, calmed down, and asked, "Do you know who did it?"
One of the guards said: "Back to your lord, this person has extremely weird ways. He is also good at using poison, and his kung fu is also top-notch. I am afraid he is a killer in the world."
On his way back to the Imperial City from Jingzhou, Li Chongyang was robbed and killed by a woman in black. The woman attacked him three times on the way. The first time, Li Chongyang was unprepared and almost succeeded, but three of the secret guards around Li Chongyang died.
Several guards also died.
The second time I was on guard, the opponent failed and killed a few people before escaping.
The last time was outside the city more than ten days ago. Although they were prepared, the other party used poison. Li Chongyang was not aware of it and was poisoned by the other party and almost died. Fortunately, he met a passing miracle doctor who detoxified him. If
Otherwise it would have been over early.
It has been more than ten days now, and there is still some poisonous blood in his body that has not been drained out.
"A killer in the world?" Li Chongyang frowned, coughed twice and asked again, "What's the news from the Eternal Life Palace? Who wants to buy my life?"
Just as the guard was about to answer, there was a sound of footsteps outside. Soon, a lady wearing sapphire blue embroidered with peonies opened the door and walked in. Seeing Li Chongyang sitting on the bed, she burst into tears instantly.
"My son, are you feeling better?" Princess Shen couldn't help but shed tears, but she gritted her teeth with hatred, "They are the ones who want to harm you! They are the ones who want to harm you! Your father and the king have already been harmed by them.
Die! They are not willing to give in! They insist on your life, right?"
"My son!"
This ‘them’ refers to the emperor’s side.
Li Chongyang's grandfather was the emperor's half-brother, and he was also the Crown Prince Zhaoming who died at Chongyang Pass in the past. However, his Crown Prince Zhaoming was posthumously granted the title. When he died, he was just the Crown Prince of Wu.
When Prince Zhaoming died, Li Chongyang's father was only a five-year-old boy, and his health was not very good, so the emperor, the second son, came to be the heir apparent, and later he became the prince, and finally he became the emperor.
This world.
The throne passed by, and the world fell into the hands of others.
Although Li Chongyang's father was named King Huainan, he became weak and depressed throughout his life. He died of illness as early as when Li Chongyang was three years old.
Li Chongyang's mother, Mrs. Shen, felt that there was a lot of mystery surrounding the Chongyang Pass. It might have been a trap set by the emperor for the sake of the world. Even her husband's death, she felt, was caused by someone else.
Now that Li Chongyang was assassinated and almost died, it was naturally done by someone else, in order to eradicate the root cause. As long as the lineage of Prince Zhaoming is dead, the emperor and others can rest easy.
Although Li Chongyang appeared to be a dandy prince, hanging out among women all day long, and there were countless women in the courtyard, but in fact, in addition to recruiting the old troops left by his grandfather and father, he also gathered a lot of people himself.
people.
Li Chongyang listened to his mother cry for a while and felt a little upset. He had heard these words countless times since he was a child, and he was tired of hearing them.
In the end, she had no choice but to persuade her: "I'm fine. Mother, please stop crying."
Mrs. Shen wiped her tears and said with red eyes: "You are my son and my lifeblood. If there is anything wrong with you, then I won't be able to survive."
Li Chongyang could only continue to persuade: "Don't worry, mother and concubine, the miracle doctor has said that I will rest for a few days and drain out all the poisonous blood, and then everything will be fine."
After finally persuading the person, after she left, he continued to tell people to find out who wanted to kill him and to find Gu You.
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On the other side, the Jiang family of Changning Marquis Mansion was sick with anger.
Because it was Gu Yi who entered Prince Ning's Mansion as a concubine, and because the emperor granted marriage to Qin Ruyue, the daughter of the Duke of Qin, as Princess Ning, everyone in the imperial city discussed the two things together, and trampled the face of the Prince of Changning into the ground.
Hearing this again and again, Jiang couldn't stand it anymore.
Xie Yixiao learned the news and went back to see her. He saw that she had lost weight and had a few more gray hairs around her ears. She felt very sad and her eyes were red.
"Grandma."
Jiang gave up and said, "I'm fine. Why are you crying? Why are you back?"
Xie Yixiao took the tonic soup from Xian Gu, sat aside and fed it to her, and then said, "I'll come back to see you."
Jiang drank the soup, sat against a soft pillow, and finally sighed: "I have been thinking that I am useless. I should have dealt with all these evils long ago.
, it wouldn’t be what it is today.”
Xie Yixiao advised: "Grandma, why do you need to blame yourself? You have already done a good job."
Jiang laughed twice: "What's wrong with me? I'm upright, but not smart enough, and I'm also soft-hearted, which is not good."
If she was tough enough, she would not have let Marquis Changning marry the Zhou family. If she was smart enough, she would not have married the second son to the Sun family. If she had not been merciful, she should not have kept Aunt Xu in the first place.
, there will be no Gu Zhisong, no Gu Yi.
All the things happening today seem to be the causes that were planted in the past, and now they are bearing fruit, which is hard to swallow.
Xie Yixiao probably understood what she was thinking, so he said: "But no one is perfect in this world, and you can't always do everything perfectly."
"Right and wrong, cause and effect, and the good and evil of people's hearts are all unpredictable and variables. Why should grandma stop all things on her own body?"
"Besides, there are gains and losses in things in this world. If we take another path, it may not be better."
When Jiang thinks about it, Zhou can't say that she is bad. She also manages the family affairs well. Otherwise, Jiang would not have delegated power to her so early and left her alone.
Moreover, the Zhou family gave birth to Gu Zhixuan and Gu You. Apart from Gu You who was weird later, both children were very good. Gu Zhixuan was still the most beautiful girl in the current generation and had a bright future. Moreover, the Zhou family had great influence on the Marquis of Changning.
There is also great kindness, and this is not something to be taken lightly.
If we take a different path, it may not be better than today's.
Right and wrong are cause and effect, there are gains and losses.
"My uncle is supporting me at home, and I will have my eldest and third cousins in the future. Even if I can't go up, it won't be too bad. As long as I can hold on, those gossips outside can be ignored.
Just hear it.”
Xie Yixiao felt that the development of the Changning Marquis Mansion today was not entirely the responsibility of one person, nor was anyone without responsibility. The Jiang family had it, the Zhou family had it, the Sun family had it, and even the Marquis of Changning and Mr. Gu also had it.
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The Jiang family also had the same helplessness as the Jiang family. In the past, Marquis Changning wanted to marry the Zhou family. The Zhou family was kind to Marquis Changning, and Marquis Changning was her biological son who had been separated for many years. How could she refuse, causing a rift between mother and son?
As for Aunt Xu, although Jiang and Mr. Gu were not biological mothers and children, they were not without feelings. If a woman was pregnant with her son's child, would she be able to kill him?
Probably she married Mr. Sun to Mr. Gu, but she didn't see the person Sun clearly.
Jiang didn't want to think about this anymore, so she asked her about her engagement with Rong Jiu.