The sky was gloomy and drizzled.

God is very strange this year. He seems to be very stingy with the rain. He always only wants to drizzle, and he refuses to drop a little heavier.

It really makes people love and hate.

But people dare not call God too cruel.

I am afraid that God will be unhappy and will cause drought.

Although the drizzle is light, it is rain at least, so there will be no drop of rain all year like last year.

The second prince Xiao Chengwen chose to walk out of the second prince's mansion in such weather and go to Baiyun Temple.

Today is neither the first day of the lunar month nor the fifteenth day. With the rain, there are few people in Baiyun Temple.

Even the small vendors outside the temple were all hiding listlessly under the thatched hut.

Xiao Chengwen looked very pious when he worshipped incense and Buddha.

Afterwards, he was led by the monk from Zhike and came to the back room.

He sat cross-legged, his heart was silent and his thoughts drifted away.

A long time later, Eunuch Fei woke him up, "Your Highness, the Lord of Zhuyang County has arrived. Just outside the door."

Xiao Chengwen opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and changed his posture, "Please come in!"

"promise!"

A moment later, Xiao, the lord of Zhuyang County, was invited into the back room.

She looked at Xiao Chengwen with a strange expression, "Don't you feel a little strange when you ask me to meet in the temple? This palace is your mother-in-law. If you meet me, just go to the county lord's mansion. Why bother to go to the temple to meet?"

"This place makes people calm! Please sit down!"

Xiao sat on the ground, and the two of them met face to face across the small table.

"What's the matter with you when you meet with me?"

Xiao Chengwen mentioned the teapot and poured tea himself, "I just want to know what you think, Empress, what do you want?"

Xiao raised his eyebrows and smiled, "You can't hold back at last."

Xiao Chengwen put down the teapot and raised his hand to invite him, "Please have tea for the queen!"

Mrs. Xiao picked up the teacup, but did not drink it.

She was looking at the other person, "Are you in better health?"

Xiao Chengwen bowed slightly. This was the respect of the younger generation to the elders. "Thank you for your concern, it's better. Although the summer is hot, you can still go out."

Mrs. Xiao put down the teacup, "I'm not asking you how summer is? Your body should have improved compared to before."

"Why did Empress say this?" Xiao Chengwen asked back.

Xiao smiled, "You have been moving frequently recently. If your body has not improved, you will not be so anxious."

Xiao Chengwen laughed, "The Empress is always paying attention to this Highness!"

Xiao seemed to smile, "You are my son-in-law, so I naturally have to pay attention to you at all times."

"What about you, Empress? What's your purpose? What are the benefits for you to go to Bohai County for Yan Shouzhan? You know that this is a dangerous move that will allow Yan Shouzhan to take the opportunity to grow and weaken the power of the court. Why do you want to help him? He is not very good to you."

Xiao pursed his lips and smiled, and said seriously: "I am just sharing the worries for the emperor."

Xiao Chengwen sneered: "It's okay to deceive the father by saying this. In front of me, the Empress, don't tell such lies."

Xiao teased him, "You are really worried about the country and the people, but Your Majesty does not value your opinions. Even because you participated in the government without authorization, your Majesty dislikes you. Do you think it is worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it! I am a descendant of the Xiao family. I only need to have a clear conscience when I do anything."

Xiao laughed, "This is also my answer. I am going to Bohai County for Yan Shouzhan, and I have a clear conscience."

"How can you be worthy of your guilt? Don't forget that your surname is Xiao."

"So what? Xiao, is it very noble? This palace only has humiliation and hatred. Thousands of lives in the East Palace and tens of thousands of lives involved in the East Palace. This is the deepest memory that the surname "Xiao" brings to me."

"Even if you want to take revenge, you shouldn't joke about the country and the country of Wei. If the 'Crown Prince Zhang Yi' had spirit in heaven, would he agree to you to do this? I'm afraid he would point at your nose and curse, forget your ancestors..."

"You are presumptuous!"

Xiao was furious and his face turned pale, "Xiao Chengwen, I will never interfere with you no matter what your plans are. So, you can't interfere with me."

"Impossible! I can't watch someone poaching the corner of the Great Wei Dynasty and staying indifferent. Especially, the person who poached the corner was surnamed "Xiao".

Xiao Chengwen was resounding and had a firm attitude.

Xiao raised his eyebrows and smiled, "If this palace insists on digging the corners of the Great Wei Dynasty, what do you want?"

Xiao Chengwen snorted coldly, "Then I will completely destroy the Yan family and flatten the Fugui Villa."

"You dare!"

"You can try to see if I dare to do whatever I want with the thousands of guards who are raised in Fugui Villa. For me, I will just say something. The Yan family hides in Shanggu County and does things, but I will not care about it. However, I will never tolerate it if I dare to do anything wrong in the capital."

"Ha ha……"

Xiao laughed loudly, his eyes full of sarcastic expressions, "Xiao Chengwen, Xiao Chengwen, what identity did you say this? From your tone, you seem to regard yourself as the common ruler of the world. Do you think you are the emperor?"

Xiao Chengwen pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

Xiao continued, "If you want to fight for power and profit, I will covet the position in the palace, but I will not be able to control it. But if you dare to move the Fugui Villa and touch a finger of my child, I will sacrifice my life and make you unable to sit in that position forever."

Xiao Chengwen looked serious, "Do you think I will care? In the eyes of all of you, everything that Your Highness does is for that position? It's ridiculous!"

Now it was Xiao's turn to be confused.

Not for that position, and why?

What is the purpose of hard work and half of your life?

Xiao Chengwen snorted coldly, "You don't understand what your highness thinks at all. You are not the first, nor will you be the last. I have said similar things to many people over the years. Whoever dares to dig out the corners of the Great Wei Dynasty is to go against you. I want him to die!"

Xiao frowned slightly, "Are you treating yourself as the guardian saint of the Great Wei Dynasty? Do you think you can defend this country with your own strength?"

"As long as I live for one day, I will definitely be able to keep it?"

"Who instilled this idea in you?" Xiao was very curious.

Xiao Chengwen’s idea is really weird and rare.

If no one was guided, how could he have such a strange idea?

Xiao Chengwen laughed when he heard this.

It is rare that there is real emotion in his eyes, which is pride.

"No one needs to indoctrinate, my Highness has understood his mission since he was a child."

Xiao sneered, "Absurd! If someone hadn't guided you, you wouldn't have had such a strange idea."

Xiao Chengwen smiled sarcastically, "Your Highness's idea is not surprising. What's strange is that you royal relatives are in a state of affairs, without any immediate worries or long-term conspiracy. They numbly watched the aristocratic families and military generals with self-respecting military erode the great Wei Dynasty. If there is a heaven and the country collapses, the damnest one who dies first is you."

Xiao frowned, "What did the late emperor say to you before his death?"

Xiao Chengwen shook his head.

Xiao did not believe it.

Xiao Chengwen sneered, "Last Emperor, I should have called him the emperor's grandfather, but I think he is not worthy. I think you think so too. Today's disaster all comes from the late emperor. The aristocratic family, which was suppressed by Emperor Zhongzong, was left with only one breath, because the late emperor got a breath and took advantage of the opportunity to develop and expand.

By the time my father ascended the throne, the power of the aristocratic family was already spread all over the court. The Zhongzong Dynasty admitted those poor students, who had been driven out of the court by the aristocratic family, and would never turn over. Today's situation had already planted the cause more than twenty years ago."

Xiao raised his eyebrows, "It's rare that you actually have the same view as this palace. The late emperor had great ambitions and talent. If Emperor Zhongzong had not laid a solid foundation for him, his throne would not have been so steadily."

Xiao Chengwen leaned forward slightly and said solemnly: "Do you really think that the death of 'Crown Prince Zhang Yi' was because he was framed and involved in the witchcraft case? All of these are fake."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xiao scolded.

Xiao Chengwen laughed, "I don't believe it. You haven't figured out the real reason for the death of "Captain Zhang Yi". Let me tell you the reason. "Captain Zhang Yi" must die because he supports the imperial examination and he valued poor students. If he ascended the throne, how could aristocratic families and local generals have a way out?

An emperor of Zhongzong had already made them breathless. If there was another "Crown Prince Zhang Yi" who supported the imperial examination and the family would have no way to survive. Therefore, "Crown Prince Zhang Yi" must die! And he would die extremely tragic and extremely bloody.

He should use his death to warn everyone in the world that he dares to violate the interests of aristocratic families. Even the crown prince of the current dynasty would not escape death. Even the emperor of Zhongzong would be played with by them. Therefore, from beginning to end, you hated the wrong person.

The culprit who killed "Crown Prince Zhang Yi" is not the former emperor or the Emperor Zhongzong, but the aristocratic family and military generals in the world. You hate the wrong person and avenge the wrong revenge. There is only one result for digging the corners of the Great Wei Dynasty. The relatives are sad and the enemy will be happy. The Lord of Zhuyang County, please take back your revenge and aim your anger at the aristocratic family. They are the targets of your revenge."

Silence!

Continuous silence!

In the wing room, I heard the kettle bubbling on the small red mud stove.

The tea water in the tea cup and the smoke rises.

The sun shines through the cracks in the door.

At some point, the rain stopped and the sun came out, dispelling the haze on the top of my head.

“No one is innocent.”

As soon as the words came to an end, the tea cup poured down and the tea water rolled out.

Xiao stood up and stopped, "I will really admire you with your tongue and lotus flowers to convince the emperor. Otherwise, you should not be fooled by others in front of me and talk nonsense."

Xiao Chengwen roared angrily, "Are I talking nonsense? The Empress has an answer in her heart. Why don't you dare to face the truth? Are you afraid? Are you also afraid of the aristocratic families in the world? After all, they are powerful and idle people can't deal with them at all."
Chapter completed!