The crown prince Xiao Dingquan was not favored by his father. After experiencing a series of incidents such as the Guan Li case, the spring ejaculation case, the military horse case, and the nursery rhyme case, Xiao Dingquan gradually matured and grew up, and became more determined to emphasize Taoism over technique.After King Qi was demoted from Beijing, Xiao Dingquan wanted to live a peaceful life with Lu Wenxi, but found that Lu Wenxi was threatened by unknown forces.Xiao Dingquan did not want to see another fight and wanted to use the marriage of King Zhao to resolve the dispute.Xu Changping and Lu Wenxi helped Xiao Dingquan reverse the situation at a critical moment. The three joined forces and finally let the people behind the scenes show their flaws.News of Gu Silin's death suddenly spread, and Xiao Dingquan went to Changzhou in person to calm the situation.The emperor finally regretted it and apologized to Xiao Dingquan.

Xu Changping is the unrecognized cousin of the chief secretary of Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace and the crown prince Xiao Dingquan. He is also the driving force behind the frame-up of the crown prince in the Chunwei case and the court trial case.Because of the grudges between his parents, he repeatedly framed the prince. After a trip back to his hometown, he learned from his mother that Xiao Dingquan's biological mother was his mother's savior.Xu Changping, who had mixed feelings, wanted to make up for his mistakes. In the nursery rhyme case, he used the mouth of Lu Wenxi, whose pseudonym was Gu Sese, to remind Xiao Dingquan that Xiao Dingquan's uncle Gu Silin was the initiator of the nursery rhyme case.Xiao Dingquan was very puzzled that Xu Changping betrayed him in the Chunwei case, but then helped him in the nursery rhyme case. He didn't know what his purpose was.

When Xiao Dingquan asked Xu Changping the reason, Xu Changping said nothing, and Xiao Dingquan punished him by not being able to eat until he told him.Prince Zhao secretly sneaked into the East Palace under the orders of Xiao Dingkai and told Lu Wenxi that Xiao Dingkai would help Lu Wenxi take care of her younger brother Lu Wenjin in Changzhou.Xiao Dingkai also entrusted his commander and sent a message to Lu Wenxi, telling Lu Wenxi that he could escape from the East Palace through the back door of the Lu Mansion, so that Lu Wenxi would not reveal his identity and report to Guangchuan County, so that Xiao Dingkai's crime of deceiving the emperor would be confirmed.When Changhe walked out of Lu Wenxi's room, he happened to be bumped into by Xiao Dingquan. Xiao Dingquan knew that people from Guangchuan County were looking for Lu Wenxi, so he pretended to care about Lu Wenxi without knowing it, and thoughtfully fed Lu Wenxi porridge.Wenxi wanted the unhappy Lu Wenxi to tell him the difficulties.Lu Wenxi thought about Changhe's warning but did not tell Xiao Dingquan what he was thinking.

Seeing that he couldn't find out, Xiao Dingquan didn't force it. He hugged Lu Wenxi and said that no matter what it was, he just hoped that Lu Wenxi would get better. He still had many things to do with Lu Wenxi.Xu Changping couldn't stand the hunger but confessed the truth to Xiao Dingquan, saying that his mother was the maid beside Xiao Dingquan's mother. Xiao Dingquan invited Wang Weng, an old man in the palace, to confront Xu Changping.Xu Changping said that his mother's surname was Song, and that his mother served the late empress when she was still in Prince Xiao's palace. His mother became pregnant out of wedlock in the palace, and the first empress helped take care of his mother and helped cover up the situation when she was sent out of the palace.Wang Weng recalled his wife named Song, but when he thought about it, he left the palace with Jiang Shanggong.

Xu Pingchang went on to add that his mother became delirious when she returned to Yuezhou to serve as the Xu family's aunt and practice Buddhist temple.That's why Xu Pingchang said that before he returned home, he misunderstood that the late empress was the one who harmed his mother, so he colluded with Li Baizhou. Later, he learned that the late empress was his benefactor and changed his ways.After Xu Pingchang explained to himself, he pretended to be hungry and fainted.In fact, Xu Pingchang also concealed some facts from Xiao Dingquan, that is, his father was the elder brother of the current emperor.After repenting, he just wanted to stay with Xiao Dingquan and help Xiao Dingquan fulfill He Qinghaiyan's ideal. He hoped that Xiao Dingquan could forgive him when he learned the truth in the future.

Xu Changping asked Xiao Dingquan to have a drink with him. Xiao Dingquan knew Xu Changping's intention and took the lead in saying that he had let go of his grudges. He also thanked Xu Changping for choosing him between the emperor and the prince, and tried to retain Xu Changping.Xu Changping still wanted to return home to fulfill his filial piety because his mother's old illness had relapsed. Xiao Dingquan firmly said that he would send someone to pick up Xu Changping's mother to come to Beijing for treatment. He also promoted Xu Changping to the rank of third-rank official to try hard to retain Xu Changping.Xu Changping no longer shied away and continued to serve as the director.Outside Changzhou City, after Gu Fengen heard the emotion of his father Wuhou De Gu Silin, in order to inherit the heroic bloodline of the Gu family and gain experience on the battlefield, he volunteered to go to the front line.

After returning from battlefield experience, Gu Fengen, who was full of great achievements, was crowned the Marquis of Heyang by the emperor, and made the deputy governor of Changzhou, becoming a responsible general.Xiao Dingquan actually guessed that the Gu family was Lu Wenxi, and ordered people to go to Li Mingan Mansion in Changzhou to find out about Lu Wenxi, and try to bring Lu Wenjin back to Beijing.Unexpectedly, people in Li Mingan's house said that Lu Wenxi was still at the house, but they did not let Lu Wenxi go out to meet guests.Although Xiao Dingquan knew that Gu was not Lu Wenxi, he had already decided that Gu was the person he wanted. He guessed that Gu still didn't believe him and was disappointed for this.And all this was Xiao Dingkai's plan. Xiao Dingkai sent someone to the Li Mansion to tell him that Lu Wenxi was in his house, so that the Li Mansion could help conceal his whereabouts.Xiao Dingkai's purpose this time was to drive a wedge between Lu Wenxi and Xiao Dingquan, so that Xiao Dingquan would not trust Lu Wenxi, so that he would not be afraid of being exposed.

Xiao Dingquan's East Palace was about to move back to the imperial city. Before entering the palace, Lu Wenxi took a calligraphy and painting to say goodbye to Xiao Dingkai. Xiao Dingkai was a little disappointed when he saw that the painting was ink and not Lu Wenxi's own handwriting.Xiao Dingkai lamented that Lu Wenxi still did not change his original intention and only wrote for Xiao Dingquan, imitating the handwriting of his third brother Xiao Dingquan, but he did not know that he was imitating her handwriting.Xiao Dingkai confessed his love to Lu Wenxi, but Lu Wenxi refused directly, saying that the bond between her and Xiao Dingquan was too deep and unmatched.After Lu Wenxi left, Xiao Dingkai was full of hatred and burned the documents he copied from Lu Wenxi, hoping to become like a passerby with Xiao Dingquan.

After Xiao Dingquan moved back to the palace, he seemed to have neglected the Gu family and asked Xie Liangdi to help Wang Guanshi manage the harem, while the Gu family was disguised as a servant and placed in the remote and quiet Anyuan Hall.Mrs. Gu had no worries after seeing the many ornaments sent by the prince.Xiao Dingkai's subordinate Chang An sneaked into the palace secretly, took Lu Wenjin's letters, and made Lu Wenxi deliberately think that Lu Wenjin was in the palace. He threatened Lu Wenxi to help them find out about the transaction between the prince and Wu Houde, and asked Lu Wenxi to give him ink.Lu Wenxi didn't want to give it, so Chang'an only suggested that he would pick it up in a few days, and took a hairpin from Lu Wenxi as collateral.Only then did Lu Wenxi realize that he had been taken advantage of.

Xiao Dingquan still planned to forgive Lu Wenxi's distrust, and while he was drunk, he gave Lu Wenxi a lantern full of Taiye Pond, which was a promise Xiao Dingquan had promised her.Lu Wenxi did not show his happiness, feeling that she was not worthy of Xiao Dingquan's actions. Instead, Xiao Dingquan coaxed her and asked her to enjoy herself in time. Only then did Lu Wenxi show a smile.Then Lu Wenxi greedily bought a lot of lanterns and made wishes. She hoped that Xiao Dingquan would be safe and smooth, which sounded a bit like her parting wishes.Xiao Dingquan felt that making a wish was just self-deception and useless. If he could, he also hoped that he would not hear nursery rhymes on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival. He also hoped that the princess would not die and the prince would be born smoothly.

Lu Wenxi believes that making wishes is still useful. Even if love is extremely stupid and moths fly to the flames, you must still care about the people you love, and asked Xiao Dingquan if there was such a moment.Xiao Dingquan hugged Lu Wenxi and kissed him, saying that this was the moment.But Lu Wenxi still broke away, expressed his intention to leave, and asked Xiao Dingquan to forgive his coldness.Xiao Dingquan's eyes were red, and he felt that Lu Wenxi had no intention, and he had done this for his own sake.Xiao Dingquan knew what Lu Wenxi was afraid of, so he hugged Lu Wenxi and didn't want her to leave.The next day, Xiao Dingquan was still angry that Lu Wenxi wanted to leave, so he directly named Xie Liangdi the crown prince.Zhou Liangdi, Zhang Liangdi and Wu Baolin all offered tea and greetings to the newly canonized Crown Princess and Prince Xiao Dingquan in turn.

Gu Cairen Lu Wenxi also appeared at the end to offer tea and greetings to the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince. Things have changed and people have changed. On the surface, she is calm, but only she knows the turmoil and pain in her heart.Before Xiao Dingquan went out, he ordered Wang Weng to ground Lu Wenxi on the grounds of Gu's illness.Emperor Xiao Ruijian summoned Xiao Dingquan and secretly scolded Xiao Dingquan for being arrogant and extravagant because Xiao Dingquan filled the Taiye Pond with lanterns, asking Xiao Dingquan to reflect.Xiao Dingquan has been staying in the study since he returned to the East Palace. Wang Wen couldn't stand it anymore. He felt that it was inappropriate for Xiao Dingquan to put a pool of lanterns in front of others and leave Lu Wenxi in the small yard without paying attention, so he advised Xiao Dingquan to go for a walk.Xiao Dingquan had his own plan and asked Wang Weng to send copybooks and homework to his fifth and sixth brothers.The fifth brother Xiao Dingkai was very satisfied with the copybook sent by the prince, and planned to visit Yanzuo Palace more often on the grounds of discussion.Xiao Dingquan asked You Ming to monitor the entire East Palace. In order to keep Lu Wenxi safe in the cage, he asked Master Xu to help take care of the affairs of the outer palace. He felt that he might never have the chance to see the magnificent mountains and rivers outside the palace.

Before Mr. Xu left, he asked Wang Weng to come to Taizi Forest. He was curious about why the Taizi tree planted by his father had not been eradicated, and asked Wang Weng to resolve his confusion.Wang Weng told Master Xu that the first empress tried her best to dissuade the emperor from eradicating it and had to keep it. Then the first empress asked Xiao Dingquan to plant another prince tree next to Prince Duo.Master Xu became more relieved about his hatred.Later, Xu Changping also asked Wang Weng to give Lu Wenxi a prescription for Xiao Dingquan's medicine. The implication of the medicine was that the prince had a last resort and wanted to protect her, so he locked her up in the courtyard.The prescription reads "Chonglou, Wangyou, Fangfeng; Xuejian, Angelicae Sinensis, Honeysuckle; Soapberry, Lotus Seed Heart; Horseshoe Asarum, Wangbuliuxing". Lu Wenxi understood what the prince meant as soon as he saw the prescription, butI hope Your Highness will not keep her waiting too long.Three years passed in the blink of an eye, and Lu Wenxi had been staying in the desolate and lonely courtyard without ever leaving the house. The prince also announced that Gu was suffering from a chronic illness and was unable to see guests.One day three years later, Prince Xiao Liu broke into Lu Wenxi's side courtyard while playing with Chang He with the wooden sword given by Xiao Dingkai.And all this was Xiao Dingkai's plan. The sixth prince was young and ignorant and didn't know that this wooden sword was Xiao Dingkai's tool to threaten Lu Wenxi.As soon as Lu Wenxi saw the wooden sword, he recalled that his brother used the sword to protect him, and knew that Xiao Dingkai was reminding him that Lu Wenjin was in his hands again.

Wuhou De was preparing to lead an army of 200,000 troops on an expedition, and sent a letter to the emperor requesting for grain and grass support.But this battle wiped out the treasury that the emperor had managed for decades, which made the emperor very emotional.The emperor showed the memorial to Xiao Dingquan, and blamed the prince for not having the fifth prince share the country's worries on the grounds that the fifth prince had donated all his salary to the national treasury.Xiao Dingquan applied to lift the ban and risked being impeached again by Yushitai. He wanted to supervise the grain and grass of the Ministry of Revenue and increase the amount of land and taxes. The emperor agreed when he saw that Xiao Dingquan was so determined.

Xiao Dingquan had not seen Gu Fengen for three years and missed him very much. He lamented that although he was supervising the grain harvest, he could not experience the hardships of the border with Gu Fengen.At this time, outside the city of Changzhou, Wuhou de Gu Silin was asking his son Gu Fengen to stay in Changzhou and take care of the Gu family's army's rear. He did not trust Li Mingan to hold it, so he wanted Gu Fengen to stay in a corner with Li Mingan's 30,000 troops in Changzhou.But it must not conflict with it.Even at the border, Gu Silin still cared about the affairs of the capital. He learned from secret reports that the fifth prince Xiao Dingkai had made suggestions to raise military supplies, and was praised by the civil and military people in the city. The limelight was approaching the prince, but he openly used paintings to make money, secretly formed a secret alliance with the Yushitai, and speculated that Xiao Dingkai wanted to compete with him.Prince Xiao Dingquan also knew that Xiao Dingquan had a spy from Xiao Dingkai in his harem.

However, Xiao Dingquan could not be informed of this matter to prevent him from being distracted when preparing food and fodder, so he only reminded Gu Fengen of this disaster.During this expedition, Gu Silin also knew that he might have to die in battle to show his courage, but he promised Gu Fengen that he would come back as safely as possible to see his unborn grandson Ruer, but he still blamed himself for harming Gu Fengen and Gu Chengen, leaving Gu FengenHe chose a busy military career.Because he broke Lu Wenxi's vase last time, the Sixth Prince came to Lu Wenxi's side courtyard to pay for her new vase. Lu Wenxi thought that the Little Sixth Prince was very well-behaved and sensible, so he was willing to let the Little Sixth Prince have a glass of water before leaving.Later, the sixth prince came to his third brother Xiao Dingquan's study as usual for class. He strangely wanted to replace the brass ruler with a wooden ruler because he felt that the brass ruler was too painful to hit.This can't help but remind Xiao Dingquan of the scene where he used a brass ruler to punish Lu Wenxi when she was asked to write.

When Xiao Dingquan was teaching Prince Xiao Liu how to write, Prince Xiao Liu accidentally revealed that Gu Cairen could also write "Golden Cross Knife", which made Xiao Dingquan discover that Prince Xiao Liu had met Gu Cairen.Afterwards, Prince Xiaoliu told Xiao Dingquan the details of the two intrusions into Gu Cairen's yard. Xiao Dingquan pretended to interrogate Prince Xiaoliu seriously, but Prince Xiaoliu couldn't help laughing when he praised Gu Cairen for his virtue and virtue.But the next second, he learned from the sixth prince that Lu Wenxi had never mentioned Xiao Dingquan. Xiao Dingquan's expression suddenly turned sour, scaring the sixth prince to tears.Xiao Dingquan didn't mean to blame Prince Xiaoliu. He picked up the little boy and wiped his tears, feeling that he had pampered Prince Xiaoliu to the point of being lawless.The relationship between Prince Xiaoliu and Xiao Dingquan reminded Wang Weng of the way Gu Fengen broke into the East Mansion, and he guessed that Hebohou and Wuhou De were on the front line.

Xiao Dingquan knew that He Bohou was staying in Changzhou and was worried about his uncle's safety. At this time, He Bohou was also looking at the border in Changzhou and worried about his father.The soldiers of the Marquis of Hebo rushed to ask for help from the Marquis of Hebo. They said that there was a dispute between our sergeants and Li's troops outside the east city gate over the grain matter, and asked the Marquis of Hebo to deal with it.In order to avoid conflict, Hebohou killed the horse with a sharp knife and took the head of the deputy general Xiang Shang who was robbing rice to plead guilty to Master Li, implying that Li did not want to disturb the morale of the army when the army was fighting.Li Ming'an agreed to let the matter go, but he didn't expect that three years of experience would make Gu Fengen have the general style of Gu Silin.Because the grain had arrived in Changzhou, Gu Fengen secretly trusted Prince Xiao Dingquan and told Xiao Dingquan that King Zhao Xiao Dingkai had planted spies in the harem. Xiao Dingquan suddenly figured everything out. It turned out that Gu Cairen was the person sent by King Zhao.Xiao Dingquan was very disappointed and rushed to Lu Wenxi's side courtyard angrily.Lu Wenxi did not expect that Xiao Dingquan would suddenly come to see her, nor did he realize the reason behind Xiao Dingquan tearing up the prescription expressionlessly.Xiao Dingquan forced Lu Wenxi to go to bed. Lu Wenxi saw that his condition was not right and wanted to struggle. Xiao Dingquan said that he had not seen him for three years, and Lu Wenxi relented.The moment Xiao Dingquan kissed Lu Wenxi, he still shed tears.

The emperor was furious because of the chaos in Changzhou and kept talking and coughing. He took his father-in-law with him and sent the military report to the prince Xiao Dingquan for reading. The content in it was the confrontation between Gu Fengen and Li Mingan in Changzhou.Xiao Dingquan and Xu Changping discussed countermeasures. Xu Changping analyzed that the emperor would send Gu Fengen to fight to avoid the situation of Changzhou's confrontation. Xiao Dingquan did not want Gu Fengen to fight for personal reasons, but Gu Fengen was helpless for the sake of the country and the people.Xu Changping also saw that even if the battle was won, the emperor would remove Wuhou De, while Xiao Dingquan said that he would have to break up with the emperor to keep his uncle's position as general.The emperor once again summoned Xiao Dingquan and asked Xiao Dingquan to write a family letter and send it to Hebohou along with his imperial edict, which confirmed Gu Fengen's military morale.

Xiao Dingquan felt that this was inappropriate. Supervising grain and fodder was already interfering in political affairs, and having an affair with soldiers was interfering with the army. He only agreed after the emperor promised to protect himself in front of the courtiers.The emperor promised not to seize Xiao Dingquan's position as crown prince, saying that at most he would give Xiao Dingquan a slap in the face.Seeing that Gu Cairen was favored again, Princess Xie also saw that Xiao Dingquan valued Gu Cairen very much. She told Gu Cairen about Xiao Dingquan letting all the sisters drink Bizi Soup, so that Gu Cairen could find a way to keep him because he was worried about the issue of the East Palace heir.The heir of Prince Xiao Dingquan said that he would help Gu Cairen take good care of the heir.On the other hand, Xiao Dingquan had another request from the emperor. He wanted to assign a virtuous and virtuous person to the fifth prince Xiao Dingkai, and asked the emperor to order a marriage so that the fifth brother's vassal and even the Jade Butterfly from the Ministry of Rites were ready.The emperor did not expect that Xiao Dingquan would be so quick to appoint a concubine to the fifth prince, but he agreed.At night, Xiao Dingkai's subordinate Chang An wanted to sneak into Lu Wenxi's side courtyard and use Lu Wenjin's letters to continue to threaten Lu Wenxi, but this time he was caught by Xiao Dingquan.

Xiao Dingquan learned about Lu Wenxi's difficulties from the letter in Chang'an's hand, and the person Xiao Dingquan sent to Changzhou to inquire about Lu Wenxi's news was also Chang'an.Xiao Dingquan wanted to cut Chang'an, who betrayed him, into pieces. When Chang'an's life was threatened, he told what happened to Lu Wenjin at the hands of Xiao Dingkai, and also trapped his family in Prince Zhao's Mansion, asking the prince to spare his life.Xiao Dingquan knew that he had misunderstood Lu Wenxi, and he also knew that Gu Cairen was the Lu Wenxi he longed for. In order to make up for Lu Wenxi, he helped touch up makeup and took Chang'an's hairpin to help Lu Wenxi put it on.Lu Wenxi was not moved to tears. She said that she had shed enough tears in front of Xiao Dingquan and would never shed tears in front of Xiao Dingquan again.Xiao Dingquan wanted to go aside to digest his emotions. Lu Wenxi saw the hairpin that Chang An had taken away in the mirror and knew that Xiao Dingquan did not trust her.

She repeated that she wouldn't shed tears, but she couldn't stop the tears from flowing down. She suddenly picked up the hairpin and stabbed it on her neck.Xiao Dingquan just turned around and warned that Lu Wenxi was about to commit suicide, so he quickly rushed over to stop her. Fortunately, he reacted in time and saved Lu Wenxi. However, Lu Wenxi still suffered a slight injury to his neck.Then Xiao Dingquan didn't go to court early, and wanted to besiege Prince Zhao's Mansion and ask the fifth prince to release him.Xu Changping asked Xiao Dingquan to think twice. He felt that it was not appropriate to have an open conflict during the marriage proposal, and suggested that Jing Wei secretly search for Mr. Lu.Xiao Dingquan hugged Lu Wenxi and asked Lu Wenxi if he still resented him for the death of his father and brother.Lu Wenxi didn't hate Xiao Dingquan, but instead hated himself.

She told Xiao Dingquan that the Mincheng seal was really given to him by his mentor, but she didn't even know Xiao Dingquan's name, so she learned it from Xu Changping.The two let go of each other's past, and Lu Wenxi hoped to tell others that Xiao Dingquan was hers like Xiao Dingquan. Xiao Dingquan promised to be Lu Wenxi's person for the rest of his life, so that Lu Wenxi would stop doing stupid things.Xiao Dingkai learned that Xiao Dingquan had arranged his marriage in a hurry and forced the palace to leave Beijing. He guessed that Xiao Dingquan knew about his plan and was preparing for the next move.

Xiao Dingquan and others knew that the new maid in Lu Wenxi's side courtyard was from King Zhao, so they asked Chang'an to help intercept the letters between the maid and King Zhao to find out the whereabouts of Lu Wenjin.When You Ming reported the situation to Xiao Dingquan, he mentioned by the way that Xu Changping was still in the palace, but Xiao Dingquan didn't even know when Xu Changping entered the palace.Xu Changping entered the palace this time to meet Gu Cairen. While Wang Weng and Xu Changping were waiting in Prince Lin, they talked about how Wang Weng had guessed that Xu Changping's identity was related to Prince Duo three years ago. They talked with Xu Changping about the relationship between the queen and Song Dynasty.Interesting things about my wife.Xu Changping asked Wang Weng to conceal his conversation with Gu Cairen from His Highness...

The next day, Lu Wenxi's personal maid Xixi was sent out of the palace under Wang Weng's arrangement on the grounds of being infected with the epidemic. In front of Princess Xie, Zhong Liangdi said that Lu Wenxi was heartless and unjust, and she also complained about Lu Wenxi.He was the only one favored by the prince.Princess Xie asked the sisters to leave it as they agreed, and prepared to attend the Queen's birthday and the fifth prince's wedding banquet. She lamented that the fifth prince was leaving Beijing after his wedding, and this was probably the last time he would attend his mother's birthday.Before the Queen's Qianqiu birthday, the Five Great Kings Xiao Dingkai made a special trip to see his mother, intending to ask her mother to use her life to prevent the marriage and keep him in the capital.Queen Zhao blamed herself for neglecting her son, saying that Xiao Dingkai was her life-saver, and she cried and asked Xiao Dingkai to go with her to the Qianqiu Banquet%.The Qianqiu banquet was peaceful with singing and dancing. The queen was very satisfied with the emperor's arrangement. She was very proud when she asked Xiao Dingkai to paint the beautiful scenery. However, when the emperor said that the five kings had caused a lot of trouble recently, her face became solemn.The queen secretly said that her son was useless and would only sit back and enjoy the success and be manipulated by others.

During the banquet, the five kings came to Lu Wenxi through the Sixth Prince, but they made no move and were not nervous about their marriage because he had backup plans.The queen dismissed the banquet because she was too tired. She cried while looking at the gorgeous fireworks and promised to let the five kings stay.In the middle of the night, Wang Weng hurriedly came to tell Xiao Dingquan that the queen died. Everyone was shocked. Wang Weng's hands were shaking in shock. Lu Wenxi took over Wang Weng's work and helped Xiao Dingquan change into plain clothes. Lu Wenxi was a little worried.Unable to stop the situation, Xiao Dingquan asked Lu Wenxi to wait for his return at home.The emperor's personal father-in-law Chen Changshi knew that Jiang Shanggong was responsible again, because Jiang Shanggong was present when Princess Ningguo died, and Jiang Shanggong was also present when the queen died. He asked Jiang Shanggong not to instigate the originally innocent Xiao Dingkai.He told Jiang Shanggong that the emperor already knew that the cause of the queen's death was swallowing gold alive, and that the return of Prince Guangchuan to the capital to pay filial piety would lead to bloodshed in the city. He warned Jiang Shanggong that it was wishful thinking to be able to manipulate the fifth prince all the time.In the evening, Xiao Dingquan was also sobering up and relieving his worries about the prince of Guangchuan County returning to Beijing to pay filial piety. Wang Weng looked at the prince's belt that Xiao Dingquan took off and thought deeply, but he did not tell Xiao Dingquan the secret hidden in his heart.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Changshi rushed to the East Palace and ordered the emperor to ban his feet and prevent Xiao Dingquan from going to the morning court. The reason was that Xu Changping often went to the East Palace and colluded with the Jingwei and was impeached by the imperial censor.Xiao Dingquan quickly asked You Ming to send Xu Changping out of the city, but Xu Changping was still in the Prince's Forest in the East Palace.Xiao Dingquan wanted to question him, but Xu Changping said that it had nothing to do with him and that he did it himself.Xu Changping is the unrecognized cousin of the chief secretary of Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace and the crown prince Xiao Dingquan. He is also the driving force behind the frame-up of the crown prince in the Chunwei case and the court trial case.Because of the grudges between his parents, he repeatedly framed the prince. After a trip back to his hometown, he learned from his mother that Xiao Dingquan's biological mother was his mother's savior.Xu Changping, who had mixed feelings, wanted to make up for his mistakes. In the nursery rhyme case, he used the mouth of Lu Wenxi, whose pseudonym was Gu Sese, to remind Xiao Dingquan that Xiao Dingquan's uncle Gu Silin was the initiator of the nursery rhyme case.Xiao Dingquan was very puzzled that Xu Changping betrayed him in the Chunwei case, but then helped him in the nursery rhyme case. He didn't know what his purpose was.

When Xiao Dingquan asked Xu Changping the reason, Xu Changping said nothing, and Xiao Dingquan punished him by not being able to eat until he told him.Prince Zhao secretly sneaked into the East Palace under the orders of Xiao Dingkai and told Lu Wenxi that Xiao Dingkai would help Lu Wenxi take care of her younger brother Lu Wenjin in Changzhou.Xiao Dingkai also entrusted his commander and sent a message to Lu Wenxi, telling Lu Wenxi that he could escape from the East Palace through the back door of the Lu Mansion, so that Lu Wenxi would not reveal his identity and report to Guangchuan County, so that Xiao Dingkai's crime of deceiving the emperor would be confirmed.When Changhe walked out of Lu Wenxi's room, he happened to be bumped into by Xiao Dingquan. Xiao Dingquan knew that people from Guangchuan County were looking for Lu Wenxi, so he pretended to care about Lu Wenxi without knowing it, and thoughtfully fed Lu Wenxi porridge.Wenxi wanted the unhappy Lu Wenxi to tell him the difficulties.Lu Wenxi thought about Changhe's warning but did not tell Xiao Dingquan what he was thinking.Seeing that he couldn't find out, Xiao Dingquan didn't force it. He hugged Lu Wenxi and said that no matter what it was, he just hoped that Lu Wenxi would get better. He still had many things to do with Lu Wenxi.

Xu Changping couldn't stand the hunger but confessed the truth to Xiao Dingquan, saying that his mother was the maid beside Xiao Dingquan's mother. Xiao Dingquan invited Wang Weng, an old man in the palace, to confront Xu Changping.Xu Changping said that his mother's surname was Song, and that his mother served the late empress when she was still in Prince Xiao's palace. His mother became pregnant out of wedlock in the palace, and the first empress helped take care of his mother and helped cover up the situation when she was sent out of the palace.Wang Weng recalled his wife named Song, but when he thought about it, he left the palace with Jiang Shanggong.Xu Pingchang went on to add that his mother became delirious when she returned to Yuezhou to serve as the Xu family's aunt and practice Buddhist temple.That's why Xu Pingchang said that before he returned home, he misunderstood that the late empress was the one who harmed his mother, so he colluded with Li Baizhou. Later, he learned that the late empress was his benefactor and changed his ways.After Xu Pingchang explained to himself, he pretended to be hungry and fainted.In fact, Xu Pingchang also concealed some facts from Xiao Dingquan, that is, his father was the elder brother of the current emperor.After repenting, he just wanted to stay with Xiao Dingquan and help Xiao Dingquan fulfill He Qinghaiyan's ideal. He hoped that Xiao Dingquan could forgive him when he learned the truth in the future.

Xu Changping knew that he was Xiao Dingquan's confidant, and he also knew that King Zhao wanted to cut off Xiao Dingquan's left and right arms by reporting him.Here in Prince Lin, Xu Changping wanted to offer Xiao Dingquan a final plan before he was caught, and let Xiao Dingquan's seven Beijing guards surround and suppress three of King Zhao's Beijing guards.Xiao Dingquan did not want to deal with his brother ruthlessly, and did not want to rebel against him. Instead, he persuaded Xu Changping not to commit the serious crime of inciting the prince to rebel and kill the nine tribes.Xu Changping laughed at himself for his lack of love, but he would not kill the nine tribes so easily, and hinted that he came to Prince Lin for a reason.Xu Changping then lit up the sky lantern according to the plan and asked the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Punishment to arrest him. This was an instruction he gave to the Ministry of Punishment in advance in the name of the prince, with the purpose of exonerating Prince Xiao Dingquan.Xiao Dingquan did not allow the people from the Ministry of Punishment to take Xu Changping to accuse He. His uncle had already died there, and he did not want Xu Changping to be tortured to death by the people accused of He.

However, Xu Changping didn't want to drag down Xiao Dingquan, so he decided to leave.After the officers and soldiers took Xu Changping away, Xiao Dingquan felt that Wang Weng and the others were hiding something from him.Xixi covered her face with a veil and sent a message for Lu Wenxi. She wanted Chang He, King Zhao's subordinate, to tell her the whereabouts of Mr. Lu, so she gave the secret message to Chang He.Zhao Wang Xiao Dingkai heard the court report from Changhe and found that neither the emperor nor the prince acted abnormally, so he wanted to add fuel to the fire.He lived a long life and spread two rumors in the palace. One was that the prince had been disrespectful to the queen all the time, which led to the queen's death and forced the brothers to leave the capital during the filial piety period. The other was that Xu Changping's arrest was related to rebellion.As for the evidence of Master Xu mentioned in Lu Wenxi's secret letter, Xiao Dingkai had already searched Xu's house. Fortunately, Li Chongkui of the Criminal Department did not search carefully enough to help them, saying that Sister Jiang Shanggong's hard work would not be wasted.Xiao Dingquan specially customized a swing for Lu Wenxi. Lu Wenxi thought that Xiao Dingquan was going to declare war on his father during the national mourning period. Xiao Dingquan said that he just wanted to give all the interesting things in the world to Lu Wenxi.Lu Wenxi was very satisfied with the swing. While he was happily playing on the swing, he couldn't help but think of the time he spent swinging with his elder brother and younger brother when he was a child. Thinking of A Jin's absence, he would inevitably feel sad. Xiao Dingquan went to Lu Wenxi's side to comfort her.

After that, the two talked about Xu Changping again, and Xiao Dingquan was sad again.Both of them knew that this game would be bloody again, so they hugged each other to give each other strength. Xiao Dingquan hoped that Lu Wenxi would survive this time no matter what, and Lu Wenxi also hoped that His Highness could protect himself.After Xiao Dingquan presided over the queen's funeral ceremony, he returned to his hometown outside the emperor's palace.The emperor invited Xiao Dingquan to accompany him for a walk, in the direction of Konghe.On the carriage, the emperor gave Xiao Dingquan a chance to explain his relationship with Xu Changping, implying whether Xiao Dingquan was involved in the rebellion.Xiao Dingquan argued that he had always regarded Xu Changping as the secretary given to him by his father, and there was no other relationship.When the emperor saw that Xiao Dingquan refused to admit it, he told Xiao Dingquan that Kong Hewei found a set of prince's uniforms in Xu's house. Xiao Dingquan argued that he lent them to Xu Changping to wear on a rainy day.

The emperor continued to give evidence and took out the prince's jade belt found in Xu's house and threw it to Xiao Dingquan. Xiao Dingquan was stunned. He was unable to defend himself and could only say that someone was trying to frame him.And this jade belt was the evidence that Li Chongkui had not found.The emperor gave him one last chance to explain, but Xiao Dingquan couldn't explain himself clearly, so the emperor had no choice but to take Xiao Dingquan straight to Konghe.Wang Weng hurried back to inform Lu Wenxi that something happened with the jade belt.Lu Wenxi told Wang Weng not to worry and asked where Xiao Dingquan was.At this time, Xiao Dingquan was brought to Konghe by the emperor, and the emperor wanted to interrogate Xu Changping personally in front of Xiao Dingquan.Xu Changping was lying in the lobby with injuries all over his body, which shocked Xiao Dingquan. The emperor ordered someone to splash water to wake Xu Changping up.The embarrassed Xu Changping raised his head and looked at the emperor. The emperor looked at Xu Changping's face and suddenly thought of his brother who had hanged himself.

Li Chongkui woke up the lost emperor and asked him to start interrogation.The emperor ordered someone to take out the jade belt as evidence and asked Xiao Dingquan again why he gave this object to Xu Changping, but Xiao Dingquan remained silent.The emperor ordered people to practice the punishment method of breaking off their feet and hearts in order to force Xu Changping to confess, but Xu Changping refused to admit it.Just when the iron rod was about to hit Xu Changping's feet, Xiao Dingquan stood up and stopped him and confessed that Xu Changping was his guest.The emperor used his guests to lure Xiao Dingquan to participate in the rebellion.Xiao Dingquan didn't answer and blamed King Zhao, guessing that King Zhao was the one who sued him for the second time. However, King Zhao defended himself as coming to gain knowledge.Xiao Dingquan allowed Xu Changping to exercise and wanted Xu Changping to tell the truth.At this moment, King Zhao added fuel to the fire and asked the emperor to use torture to force Xu Changping to confess, in order to destroy Xu Changping's hand.

Xiao Dingquan objected and planned to beat Zhao Wang Xiao Dingkai.The emperor felt that Xiao Dingquan was fooling around and asked Xiao Dingquan to kneel outside the door to listen to the trial.The beating on Xu Changping's hands caused Xu Changping unbearable pain. Xiao Dingquan, who heard the miserable screams outside the door, was very worried.In the end, Xu Changping couldn't bear the cruel torture and confessed.King Zhao still refused to let Xu Changping and Xiao Dingquan go, and pressed Xu Changping if he had heard that Xiao Dingquan would confer the title of King of the opposite sex on Xu Changping after the incident was completed.Xu Changping would rather bite his tongue and commit suicide than implicate Xiao Dingquan.Xiao Dingquan excitedly asked the imperial doctor to save Xu Changping, telling the emperor that if Xu Changping died, his suspicion would be cleared for the rest of his life.The emperor has asked the guards to take Xu Changping to see a doctor because of the serious situation.Xiao Dingquan pleaded not guilty and asked the third division to intervene and retry Xu Changping. He wanted to clear Xu Changping's innocence and required the whistleblower to be present.The emperor asked Xiao Dingquan to reveal how many teams of Jingwei had colluded in order to avoid making the matter more personal.Xiao Dingquan still refused to admit it, so the emperor brought the gold seal of the East Palace and asked Xiao Dingquan to write a letter to the commander of the twelve Beijing Guards in gold-staggered knife script.

Xiao Dingquan smiled sarcastically, feeling that the emperor was going to abandon him again and establish a new heir, so he refused to write a letter to let everyone know that he had broken his trust with the emperor.Xiao Dingquan then confessed that King Zhao would also imitate the golden knife and asked King Zhao to write a letter.King Zhao confessed that Gu Cairen wrote more truthfully than he did, and also accused Xiao Dingquan of using his son-in-law to eliminate the emperor's heirs.The emperor stopped the two of them and asked King Zhao to write a letter. King Zhao's request was that the messenger should change into the uniform of the East Palace and check the letters between the prince and Gu Fengen a month ago.When King Zhao wrote the letter, Lu Wenxi also wrote a letter in the East Palace.The results came out quickly. None of the twelve Beijing Guards went to the military camp. Seven of the commanders gathered outside Danfeng Gate overnight to thoroughly investigate the case, and three gathered at the Zhenwu Commander's residence to impeach the East Palace for treason.King Zhao panicked when he heard the result, and scolded Xiao Dingquan for letting Lu Wenxi spread false news.Xiao Dingquan returned all the humiliations he had planned before to King Zhao, and asked King Zhao to experience the taste of his future master in advance for him. King Zhao said that he would definitely go.

As soon as Xiao Dingquan returned to the East Palace, he questioned Wang Weng and asked him why he helped Xu Changping steal the jade belt and forced himself to ascend to power. He said that he did not want to ascend to power at all, nor did he want to deceive the king.Wang Weng had no excuse and did not know that he would end up in such a state.At this moment, Lu Wenxi appeared and said that she was the instigator of this case. Xiao Dingquan did not expect that Lu Wenxi also knew about it.Later, Lu Wenxi and Wang Weng told Xiao Dingquan Xu Changping's true identity, as well as the jade belt's plan to rescue Lu Wenjin.The emperor punished the prince and King Zhao to be grounded, waiting for the trial of the three divisions.Xu Changping also woke up, but he just couldn't speak. Xiao Dingquan guessed that Xu Changping was afraid of being interrogated by the third judge, so he pretended to be mute to reassure Wang Weng.Xiao Dingquan felt sad for Xu Changping when he went to control the crane, and looked at the tree of Prince Uncle Lin to complete the rest of the work for Xu Changping.On the way to escape with Lu Wenjin, Xixi was chased by King Zhao's pursuers.Xi Xi died trying to protect Lu Wenjin from being shot by an arrow. Xiao Dingquan's men, You Ming, arrived a step too late, but still protected Lu Wenjin.

Changhe was very happy to congratulate Wang Zhao for taking another step closer to his success, saying that Xu Changping was the cousin of Xiao Dingquan and Wang Zhao, and the news had been confirmed. From the market to the emperor's ears, he felt that Xu Changping had the same surname as Wang Jue.The prince's charge of colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty was about to be proven.Chang He also wanted to pass the good news to Jiang Shanggong, but King Zhao was shocked and defeated when he heard the news, and asked Chang He not to go, because he knew that he would be doomed if this happened.The emperor lamented that only Yan'an Palace was his territory, and asked Chen Changshi, a close minister, to tell all the secrets he knew.Chen Changshi dropped poison in advance and risked his life to report to the emperor that Jiang Shanggong instigated Queen Xiaoduan to swallow gold.Hearing that Chen Changshi was going to be poisoned, the emperor anxiously called the imperial doctor.

Li Chongkui had already rushed to stop Jiang Shanggong from committing suicide by taking poison and captured her. During this period, Chen Changshi confessed to the emperor that the reason Jiang Shanggong was using him was because he secretly sent a secret message to the East Palace.Your Majesty, this matter is serious, and you can't believe that your closest ministers are also from the prince's faction.Before the imperial doctor arrived, Chen Changshi died of the poison and fell in front of the emperor. The emperor tried to save him but was unable to save him.The emperor came to the place where Xu Changping was imprisoned and asked Xu Changping's mother's surname.Xu Changping could not speak or write, so he bit his finger and wrote the words “松” with blood.The emperor suddenly realized that Xu Changping was really his brother's posthumous son, and asked Kong Hewei to treat him well.Xu Changping tugged at his dry lips with relief.The emperor ordered people to secretly deal with the rebellious Jiang Shanggong and Wang Shen, the prince who had an affair with the emperor. Li Chongkui brought two pots of poisonous wine, one pot for King Zhao to give to Jiang Shanggong to drink, and the other for Xiao Dingquan.To Wang Weng.When King Zhao gave Jiang Shanggong wine, Jiang Shanggong still wanted to make a last ditch effort. King Zhao asked Jiang Shanggong to do the last thing for him and drink the poisoned wine.On the other side, Xiao Dingquan threatened Li Chongkui with his life to prevent Wang Weng from drinking poisonous wine.

The emperor suddenly realized that he was too harsh on the prince, and ordered people to invite the prince and Wang Weng quickly.The emperor told the prince that Chen Changshi, Chen Jin, committed suicide in order to plead guilty to secretly reporting information to the prince. The prince did not blame Chen Jin for betraying him in the end, he only felt that he was sorry for Chen Jin.Then the emperor thought that because Wang Weng had served the prince for many years, he would not execute Wang Weng and let him retire and return to his hometown.The emperor blamed the prince Xiao Dingquan for causing trouble in the city with a jade belt. Xiao Dingquan wanted to invite all the old people in the palace, including Wu Houde, Song Neiren and others, to restore the truth of twenty years ago. The emperor roared that Xiao Dingquan would make the Xiao family infamy for thousands of years.Xiao Dingquan argued that he wanted to help the emperor clear his name, but the emperor had no choice but to tell Xiao Dingquan that Xu Changping was not like that person.Xiao Dingquan thought in his heart that his father was just as Lu Wenxi said, he would be wary of Xu Changping's life experience and would not dare to uncover the conspiracy case that took place more than 20 years ago.Xiao Dingquan preemptively asked the emperor to release Xu Pingchang, resign his old age and return home, and questioned King Zhao. The emperor agreed after seeing that he was reasonable.

The emperor lamented that the prince had such means but he could not notice that another son had fallen into such a situation. He ordered his secretary Lang to draw up an imperial edict to have the prince imprisoned, demoted the king of Zhao to a commoner, beat him with eighty sticks and exiled him to Lingnan.Only then did the emperor realize that the prince's temperament was not like his, but more like his uncle's.Before Xiao Dingkai was executed, he had a conversation with the prince Xiao Dingquan and guessed that in addition to Xu Changping, Xiao Dingquan’s jade chess was planned by Lu Wenxi.Xiao Dingkai asked if Lu Wenxi was okay, and Prince Xiao Dingquan told him that A Jin had entered the East Palace to reunite with Lu Wenxi.Xiao Dingkai regretted sending Lu Wenxi to the East Palace. Prince Xiao Dingquan said that he had given Xiao Dingkai a chance when he left the capital for his wedding. Xiao Dingkai blamed Xiao Dingquan for not holding the real power before giving him and his eldest brother a chance. He felt that Xiao Dingquan clearly knewThe journey was smooth but he had to chase rabbits and dogs, and he was as lonely as his father.

Xiao Dingquan only wanted Xiao Dingkai to tell about his relationship with Li Mingan, and felt that it would make him shudder that it was a matter of great importance. Xiao Dingkai asked that the emperor should also shudder at the prince Xiao Dingquan, mocking Xiao Dingquan for never getting the country he admired.Xiao Dingquan countered that even if he couldn't get it, he wouldn't hand it over to the matricide.Xiao Dingkai became angry and blamed Xiao Dingquan. He felt that Xiao Dingquan made his mother suffer by watching his sons being deported one by one, and he was trying to help her out.Finally, Xiao Dingkai also revealed the secret of the explosion, saying that the former Crown Princess, Gu Silin, and Gu Fengen all wanted to thank him because the dead soldiers might have arrived in Changzhou City. Those dead soldiers had been loyal to him, but now they were in the hands of the emperor.He also said that Li Ming'an was loyal to him because of the emperor's order, trying to drive a wedge between the emperor and the prince.The prince believed Xiao Dingkai's words and ordered people to beat Xiao Dingkai mercilessly with a cane. He walked out of Prince Zhao's Mansion in tears. The emperor not only issued an imperial edict to Xiao Dingquan to release Xu Changping to return home, but also ordered the rectification of the twelve capital guards.

Jiang Shanggong's conspiracy was exposed, King Zhao was demoted to a commoner, and Xu Changping was acquitted and sent back to his hometown.Before leaving, King Zhao told Xiao Dingquan that Wu Houde and Gu Fengen might be plotted by dead men.When the East Palace Guards escorted Xu Changping to leave Beijing, Xiao Dingquan was still worried and wanted to go to the outskirts of Beijing to see Xu Changping off in person. First, he asked Xu Changping to help contact Wu Houde and Gu Fengen, and second, he wanted to say goodbye to his brother Xu Pingchang.The late empress had already forgiven Song's wife for being framed and only then allowed her to return home. She asked her brother to take care of herself.At this time, the emperor was so angry after experiencing the evil things between King Zhao and the prince that he became ill again.Prince Xiaoliu hurriedly came to see the emperor. The ministers did not see the prince appear for a long time, and began to complain that the prince was unfilial.Someone helped the prince to explain that the prince might go to the outskirts of Beijing to say farewell to Xu Changping, and the ministers felt a little relieved.

The sixth prince, Ah Liang, is very sensible and would like to express his regards to his father before he prepares to leave his residence to study in He Shangshu.Xiao Dingquan, who saw this scene outside the palace, couldn't help but recall that his father had also spoken to him lovingly.When the sixth prince went out and saw his third brother Xiao Dingquan, he reassured Xiao Dingquan that he would take good care of Lu Wenjin for Xiao Dingquan and his sister-in-law. Xiao Dingquan thanked A Liang.Xiao Dingquan hereby apologized for his father's illness and failure to serve him. The emperor did not blame him. Instead, he joked with Xiao Dingquan that he did not recover from his illness so quickly.And Xiao Dingquan not only came to plead guilty, but also asked the emperor whether he sent a dead soldier to kill Wuhou De.The emperor was used to Xiao Dingquan doubting himself whenever he met his uncle Wu Houde, so he showed Xiao Dingquan the advice from He Shangshu. The letter advised the emperor not to be too harsh on the prince.The emperor wanted Xiao Dingquan to confess the few Beijing guards he could dispatch, but Xiao Dingquan refused to confess.Seeing Xiao Dingquan's strict tone, the emperor didn't ask any more questions, and showed Xiao Dingquan the victory report from the front line. What was written in the letter was the victory of the expedition.

Xiao Dingquan cried with joy, feeling that something that had been difficult to achieve for a century was finally accomplished today. He congratulated the emperor for his great kindness. Even the emperor was moved by Xiao Dingquan's sincerity and joy.Just when everyone was very happy, an urgent military report came from eight hundred miles away, saying that Wu Dehou was killed on the way back and died for the country.The news shocked Xiao Dingquan like a thunderbolt. Xiao Dingquan recalled the hints of Xu Changping, Xiao Dingkai and others, and concluded that the emperor had killed his uncle.When Xiao Dingquan recalled this, he was so sad that he vomited blood. The emperor wanted Xiao Dingquan not to accuse him unjustly, but Xiao Dingquan believed that it was him who did it. Xiao Dingquan also congratulated the emperor mockingly, and the emperor laughed heartbrokenly.The emperor ordered the prince to go to Changzhou to greet Wudehou's coffin the next day. In addition to replacing the East Palace Guards with Controlling Crane Guards overnight, he also replaced ten additional commanders of the Beijing Guards. Xiao Dingquan felt that his father had wanted to do this for a long time.Xiao Dingquan was very sad thinking that his uncle Wu Dehou, who loved him, protected him and loved him, was no longer there, and cried bitterly in Lu Wenxi's arms.

Xiao Dingquan regretted being so decisive to his uncle when he left three years ago.The next day, Xiao Dingquan led a group of people to Changzhou through the west gate of the suburbs of Beijing, and Wang Weng also wanted to say goodbye.At the west gate, Wang Weng brought the incense burner to Xiao Dingquan. He thought that Xiao Dingquan would not look at him, but he did not expect that Xiao Dingquan turned around and stood in front of him and asked him to go back.Wang Weng was very grateful to Xiao Dingquan and solemnly bid farewell to Xiao Dingquan.Not far from Changzhou City, thirty miles away, Xiao Dingquan left the men who controlled Hewei at the inn and headed to Changzhou City with his confidants.All the troops of Gu Fengen and Li Mingan were waiting for the prince outside the city gate. Master Li Mingan flattered the prince as soon as he saw him, and Xiao Dingquan didn't want to talk to him.Gu Fengen was also in a bad mood and complained a little bit about Xiao Dingquan. He was even a little reluctant to help the prince lead the horse.During the banquet, Li Mingan specifically mentioned the imperial edict that Gu Fengen should go back to attend the funeral and that Li Mingan himself should temporarily supervise the affairs of Changzhou on behalf of the deputy governor. Gu Fengen had no objection, but Xiao Dingquan looked serious.

After Mr. Li Mingan placed Xiao Dingquan in another courtyard, he also invited Zhang Shaojun, the brother of Zhang Liangdi, an active soldier, to serve Xiao Dingquan. Zhang Shaojun specially brought foot-washing water to honor his brother-in-law Xiao Dingquan.Xiao Dingquan had a bad look on Mr. Li and asked Mr. Li to leave first.When Master Li left, he talked about Lu Wenxi, the daughter of the former censor Lu Ying, and wanted to find out the whereabouts of the Lu family siblings.Xiao Dingquan only replied with the word "safe" and questioned Mr. Li's intention in handing Lu Wenjin over to Prince Zhao's Mansion.Mr. Li's excuse was because the common man Zhao said that Lu Wenxi did this only when he was in Prince Zhao's mansion. Xiao Dingquan did not believe his lies.When Li Mingan left Xiao Dingquan's room, he vaguely felt someone staring at him.

Zhang Shaojun has served in exile for these years and has become more sensible and mature as he fights on the battlefield with Gu Jiajun.While serving Xiao Dingquan to wash his feet, Zhang Shaojun said that he missed his family very much. His sister mentioned in the letter that she was pregnant. He was very happy and longed to be an uncle. He also regretted that he had not studied hard at the beginning, otherwise he would have been able to grow up when his father was still alive.Got second place.Xiao Dingquan also felt that Zhang Shaojun had matured a lot and felt that Zhang Shaojun had grown up.Zhang Shaojun asked Xiao Dingquan not to fight. He was afraid that there would be no one to recognize the body in the battlefield, so Xiao Dingquan agreed to him.During this period, Zhang Shaojun discovered that Xiao Dingquan's feet were severely rubbed from riding a long distance, so he wanted to ask Mr. Li Ming'an for medicine for gold sores.

While Xiao Dingquan was waiting for the medicine for the golden sore, he squinted for a while and smelled the familiar ambergris on Gu Fengen.At this time, Gu Fengen was standing in Xiao Dingquan's room, dressed as a general and equipped with a sword, indifferent to Xiao Qing.Gu Fengen brought the golden sore medicine and applied it on Xiao Dingquan. Xiao Dingquan was sad again thinking about his uncle's absence. He asked Gu Fengen how his uncle Gu Silin died.Gu Fengen did not directly tell Xiao Dingquan the real cause of Gu Silin's death. Instead, he blamed Xiao Dingquan for not taking over the imperial power in one fell swoop despite being in charge of the seven Beijing Guards and the East Palace Guards, and for letting the situation fall to this point. Gu Silin's death was also blamed on Xiao Dingquan's inaction..

Xiao Dingquan saw that Gu Fengen wanted the guards outside to help him apply it, but Gu Fengen informed Xiao Dingquan that all the emperor's personal guards outside could no longer serve Xiao Dingquan.Xiao Dingquan didn't even bother to put on his shoes and ran outside to check. He was shocked to find that the bodyguard outside the door was bleeding like a river.At this moment, Zhang Shaoyun, who came back with the golden sore medicine, was also killed by Gu Jiajun. Xiao Dingquan shouted loudly not to kill him, but it was not as fast as the sword falling on his head. He could only watch helplessly as Zhang Shaoyun slowly fell down while holding the golden sore medicine.Gu Fengen took the grieving Xiao Dingquan back to the room. Xiao Dingquan continued to vomit and blamed Gu Fengen for killing innocent people.Gu Fengen didn't feel that he was at fault, he just helped Qing Jun to kill the people who monitored Xiao Dingquan.As for Li Ming'an and others, Gu Fengen would not let them go. He felt that Li Ming'an was a remnant of King Zhao and should be killed. He told Xiao Dingquan that Li Ming'an was preparing to be killed on the way to help Xiao Dingquan hire a doctor.Xiao Dingquan felt that Li Ming'an was not an accomplice of King Zhao, but Gu Fengen disagreed and felt that although Li Ming'an was not a remnant of King Zhao, he was also the emperor's favorite disciple, and he was still the emperor's lackey.

Not long after, Li Ming'an and his doctor rushed to Xiao Dingquan's elegant house. What he faced was Gu Jiajun's arrow pair. Li Ming'an refused to accept and asked Gu Fengen to come out.Gu Fengen was followed by Xiao Dingquan, who was carrying a sword. Xiao Dingquan asked Li Mingan again if he was a remnant of King Zhao. Li Mingan said that he was loyal to the emperor.Xiao Dingquan drew his sword and did not swing it at Li Ming'an. Instead, he put the sword on his neck and asked Gu Fengen to let Li Ming'an go.Gu Jiajun's guards stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Dingquan's sword. Gu Fengen walked decisively towards Li Ming'an and stabbed Li Ming'an to death in front of Xiao Dingquan. Li Ming'an's blood splashed on Xiao Dingquan's face.Later, Gu Fengen sent a military order to the Gu family army to encircle Li's Changzhou military camp and make a choice for Xiao Dingquan.Xiao Dingquan shouted that Gu Fengen was treasonous and stopped the Gu family army from moving. The Gu family army did not listen to Xiao Dingquan at all and wanted to bloodbath the Li army camp to avenge Governor Gu Silin.Even so, Gu Fengen could not persuade Xiao Dingquan to hand over the surrender certificate and order the army to rise.

At this moment, Xu Changping and You Ming unexpectedly appeared at Xiao Dingquan's Yashe and said that they would help Heyang Hou persuade Xiao Dingquan. Only then did Xiao Dingquan know that Xu Changping and You Ming were also involved.Xu Changping asked Xiao Dingquan to analyze the war situation and plan the route for raising troops, and asked Xiao Dingquan to lead the Gu family army to join forces with the unrectified Jingwei inside and outside.Xiao Dingquan, who was sitting in his seat, remained unmoved and remained silent.Xu Changping persuaded Xiao Dingquan alone and told Xiao Dingquan that Gu Silin, Marquis of Wude, was killed by King Zhao's dead soldiers.Xiao Dingquan laughed at himself, feeling that he had thrown himself into a trap. It was clearly a dead soldier of King Zhao who killed his uncle, but Gu Jiajun asked him to raise his troops and attack the capital with the slogan of revenge for the governor.Xiao Dingquan also felt that Xu Changping did not understand him. Xu Changping knew that Xiao Dingquan was not ruthless and planned a way for him to escape Changzhou because he had a document from the Governor's Palace.Xiao Dingquan didn't want to touch Xu Changping's ultimatum, because Xu Changping would be in trouble. You Ming helped Xu Changping knock Xiao Dingquan out and sent Xiao Dingquan back to the inn outside Changzhou.

In fact, the emperor foresaw the situation in Changzhou City and specifically ordered Li Chongkui to bring 20,000 elite troops behind him. Xiao Dingquan also knew about it, so he also left Li Chongkui in the inn.Xiao Dingquan also knew that Li Chongkui had brought an imperial edict, so he went back to the inn to ask Li Chongkui to call for reinforcements, revise the edict as a document to depose the prince, and returned to Changzhou City to persuade Gu Fengen.Gu Fengen was blaming Xu Changping and wanted him to behead him in public. Xiao Dingquan held the jade belt outside the door and wanted to exchange Xu Changping's life.Xiao Dingquan was very sad to see the two armies fighting each other in Changzhou City and the loss of life.At the city gate, Xiao Dingquan confronted Gu Fengen. At this moment, Li Chongkui led tens of thousands of troops and came. Li Chongkui read out the imperial edict to depose the prince outside the city gate and prepared to attack.Only then did Gu Fengen know that Xiao Dingquan went out to the city overnight to report a message to Li Chongkui. Xiao Dingquan did not deny it and admitted that he had personally changed the edict to abolish the reserve. He felt that in this way Gu Fengen could not use the name of the prince to command the capital.

Gu Fengen was very angry. He had spent so much effort to let Xiao Dingquan take the throne, but Xiao Dingquan was trampling on his thoughts and abandoning him like a coward.Xiao Dingquan felt that such a natural thing would turn him into Xiao Ruijian, and Gu Fengen would become Wu Dehou.Gu Fengen hated him for not fighting, and told Xiao Dingquan that his father, Gu Silin, a generation of heroes, died at the hands of Xiao Xiao. The Tianchang Guard beside him was completely unscathed, but his father was hit by several arrows and was abandoned by a tree, covered in blood ants.And Gu Fengen had to send his wife back to her hometown when she was about to give birth and fight bloody battles.Gu Fengen asked Xiao Dingquan why the Gu family army came after abandoning his wife and children to fight on the battlefield.

Gu Fengen told Xiao Dingquan that all this was to help Xiao Dingquan sit on the throne and allow Xiao Dingquan to fulfill the ideal of He Qinghaiyan in the Celestial Dynasty. However, Xiao Dingquan felt that Gu Fengen was killing innocent people indiscriminately and making excuses to deceive himself and others.Gu Fengen retorted that these people would have died three years ago if it were not for Xiao Dingquan's kindness, but Xiao Dingquan never thought of changing their fate and felt that Xiao Dingquan had been wasting time.Xiao Dingquan told Gu Fengen that there were things he couldn't do rather than something he didn't do, and advised Gu Fengen to stop.

Gu Fengen was not persuaded, Li Chongkui led his troops to attack, and the two armies fought.Gu Fengen still insisted that without the world, there would be no popular support. After repeatedly confirming that Xiao Dingquan's mind would not change, he reluctantly drew his sword and killed himself. Gu Fengen's blood splashed all over Xiao Dingquan's face.Xiao Dingquan felt even more uncomfortable than his own death, and regretted letting Gu Fengen go, while there was still a fierce battle behind him.Changzhou City was breached under the leadership of Li Chongkui, and the emperor sent someone to send an edict to escort the deposed prince back to Beijing. However, Xiao Dingquan became seriously ill from working hard day and night to save the people.The emperor received a new report, blaming Xu Changping and You Ming for taking credit and not returning to Beijing. The messenger interceded for Xu Changping and You Ming before they were allowed to retire and return home.

The emperor turned to the matter of the prince's self-destruction. He said that he would not regret and feel uncomfortable because of the prince's wishes, but he repeatedly checked the prince's medical reports.As autumn turned to winter, the deposed prince Xiao Dingquan kept himself locked up in Chui Gong Hall without seeing anyone.On a snowy day, Lu Wenxi came outside the palace to see the deposed prince. Xiao Dingquan's mood improved slightly after seeing Lu Wenxi.When the two hugged each other and talked, Lu Wenxi used the title of censor to tactfully tell Xiao Dingquan that she was happy.Xiao Dingquan touched Lu Wenxi's belly and cried with joy, feeling that he had no regrets.During this period, while kissing Lu Wenxi, Xiao Dingquan took away the gold hairpin from Lu Wenxi's head.Lu Wenxi understood Xiao Dingquan's hopeless heart. After conveying the emperor's words of concern, he helped Xiao Dingquan send a letter to the emperor.Lu Wenxi bid farewell to Xiao Dingquan at the door before leaving, saying that he has been destined to live forever and ever.

After seeing Xiao Dingquan's love-hate letter, the emperor rushed to Chui Gong Palace overnight, sent away the people around him, and expressed his true feelings as a father to the door outside the palace. He said that he and the late empress were actually in love, and he was very concerned about Xiao Dingquan's birth.joy.The emperor burst into tears and wanted to compensate Xiao Dingquan, but Xiao Dingquan refused to answer or open the door.Just when the emperor turned around, a window was blown open by the wind and snow, and what was reflected in the curtains was Xiao Dingquan sleeping on the bed, with blood on his wrists covering the floor.The emperor saw such a scene through the slit of the window. He called out Xiao Dingquan's nickname, Abao, in grief. When he hurriedly called for help, he fell down on the snow again and again, heartbroken.It's a pity that he can no longer wake up his Abao. Xiao Dingquan has committed suicide by cutting his wrists, and the prop for cutting his wrists is Lu Wenxi's golden hairpin. Xiao Dingquan shed a tear when he was dying. The deposed prince Xiao Dingquan was posthumously posthumous by the emperor.The position of Crown Prince Huide was buried in Huiling.After Xiao Dingquan left, Lu Wenxi missed Xiao Dingquan while swinging on the swing to nurse her fetus, feeling as if Xiao Dingquan was by her side.

In the dead of night, the emperor would often fantasize about Xiao Dingquan sitting opposite him and making medicine for him. Whenever he thought of it, he would cry with grief. At this time, he finally admitted that he was wrong.Xu Changping was in Changzhou to see the vast desert sea and snow-covered mountains for Xiao Dingquan.Watching the sun set in the west, Xu Changping couldn't help but sigh that Xiao Dingquan once longed for the beauty of the country and freedom, but what he cared about was the prosperity of the world and the suffering of the people.This is probably the avenue in Xiao Dingquan's heart. Xu Changping believes that Xiao Dingquan's martyrdom will bring a peaceful world.Five years later, in Prince Lin, Changsha County Prince Xiao Dingliang assisted the young emperor Xiao Chen in planting the Prince Tree, while Li Chongkui looked on with a loving look on his face.Not long after, the emperor also came to see Achen. Xiao Chen was very happy to see Wengweng and ran towards him. Xiao Ruijian jumped up and down.When little Xiao Chen accidentally fell down, Xiao Ruijian would still ask Xiao Chen to stand up on his own with a loving look on his face.When Xiao Chen came to Xiao Ruijian, Xiao Ruijian picked up the little golden grandson Achen and let Achen play with his crown unscrupulously, giving all his love to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Ruijian hopes that Xiao Chen, who is also a treasure, can be a good prince like Xiao Dingquan, and hereby invites Xu Pingchang to be Xiao Chen's young master. However, Xiao Ruijian is worried and will teach Xiao Chen personally to reassure Sanlang.In the pavilion in the mountains of Heqing Haiyan, Xiao Dingquan and Lu Wenxi hugged each other and looked at the beautiful rivers and mountains. Kewai meant, please wait for me.Xu Changping knew that he was Xiao Dingquan's confidant, and he also knew that King Zhao wanted to cut off Xiao Dingquan's left and right arms by reporting him.Here in Prince Lin, Xu Changping wanted to offer Xiao Dingquan a final plan before he was caught, and let Xiao Dingquan's seven Beijing guards surround and suppress three of King Zhao's Beijing guards.Xiao Dingquan did not want to deal with his brother ruthlessly, and did not want to rebel against him. Instead, he persuaded Xu Changping not to commit the serious crime of inciting the prince to rebel and kill the nine tribes.Xu Changping laughed at himself for his lack of love, but he would not kill the nine tribes so easily, and hinted that he came to Prince Lin for a reason.Xu Changping then lit up the sky lantern according to the plan and asked the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Punishment to arrest him. This was an instruction he gave to the Ministry of Punishment in advance in the name of the prince, with the purpose of exonerating Prince Xiao Dingquan.Xiao Dingquan did not allow the people from the Ministry of Punishment to take Xu Changping to accuse He. His uncle had already died there, and he did not want Xu Changping to be tortured to death by the people accused of He.

However, Xu Changping didn't want to drag down Xiao Dingquan, so he decided to leave.After the officers and soldiers took Xu Changping away, Xiao Dingquan felt that Wang Weng and the others were hiding something from him.Xixi covered her face with a veil and sent a message for Lu Wenxi. She wanted Chang He, King Zhao's subordinate, to tell her the whereabouts of Mr. Lu, so she gave the secret message to Chang He.Zhao Wang Xiao Dingkai heard the court report from Changhe and found that neither the emperor nor the prince acted abnormally, so he wanted to add fuel to the fire.He lived a long life and spread two rumors in the palace. One was that the prince had been disrespectful to the queen all the time, which led to the queen's death and forced the brothers to leave the capital during the filial piety period. The other was that Xu Changping's arrest was related to rebellion.As for the evidence of Master Xu mentioned in Lu Wenxi's secret letter, Xiao Dingkai had already searched Xu's house. Fortunately, Li Chongkui of the Criminal Department did not search carefully enough to help them, saying that Sister Jiang Shanggong's hard work would not be wasted.Xiao Dingquan specially customized a swing for Lu Wenxi. Lu Wenxi thought that Xiao Dingquan was going to declare war on his father during the national mourning period. Xiao Dingquan said that he just wanted to give all the interesting things in the world to Lu Wenxi.

Lu Wenxi was very satisfied with the swing. While he was happily playing on the swing, he couldn't help but think of the time he spent swinging with his elder brother and younger brother when he was a child. Thinking of A Jin's absence, he would inevitably feel sad. Xiao Dingquan went to Lu Wenxi's side to comfort her.After that, the two talked about Xu Changping again, and Xiao Dingquan was sad again.Both of them knew that this game would be bloody again, so they hugged each other to give each other strength. Xiao Dingquan hoped that Lu Wenxi would survive this time no matter what, and Lu Wenxi also hoped that His Highness could protect himself.After Xiao Dingquan presided over the queen's funeral ceremony, he returned to his hometown outside the emperor's palace.The emperor invited Xiao Dingquan to accompany him for a walk, in the direction of Konghe.On the carriage, the emperor gave Xiao Dingquan a chance to explain his relationship with Xu Changping, implying whether Xiao Dingquan was involved in the rebellion.Xiao Dingquan argued that he had always regarded Xu Changping as the secretary given to him by his father, and there was no other relationship.When the emperor saw that Xiao Dingquan refused to admit it, he told Xiao Dingquan that Kong Hewei found a set of prince's uniforms in Xu's house. Xiao Dingquan argued that he lent them to Xu Changping to wear on a rainy day.

The emperor continued to give evidence and took out the prince's jade belt found in Xu's house and threw it to Xiao Dingquan. Xiao Dingquan was stunned. He was unable to defend himself and could only say that someone was trying to frame him.And this jade belt was the evidence that Li Chongkui had not found.The emperor gave him one last chance to explain, but Xiao Dingquan couldn't explain himself clearly, so the emperor had no choice but to take Xiao Dingquan straight to Konghe.Wang Weng hurried back to inform Lu Wenxi that something happened with the jade belt.Lu Wenxi told Wang Weng not to worry and asked where Xiao Dingquan was.At this time, Xiao Dingquan was brought to Konghe by the emperor, and the emperor wanted to interrogate Xu Changping personally in front of Xiao Dingquan.Xu Changping was lying in the lobby with injuries all over his body, which shocked Xiao Dingquan. The emperor ordered someone to splash water to wake Xu Changping up.The embarrassed Xu Changping raised his head and looked at the emperor. The emperor looked at Xu Changping's face and suddenly thought of his brother who had hanged himself.