Xia Houhuang took Princess Lianxiang to a remote place and looked around to make sure there was no one following her before he dared to speak with confidence.

"Lian Xiang, how dare you wander around on the street? If Xia Houyuan's people find you, they will definitely take you back. The queen mother is dead, the prince and brother are in prison again, and I have already lost power.

, if you were Xia Houyuan, would you allow people who threaten his throne to exist?"

"I know, that's why I escaped from the palace." Facing her own brother, Princess Lianxiang suppressed the resentment in her heart, showed her weak side, and cried in grievance, "Brother Seventh Emperor, we will

What should we do? How serious is the quarrel between the queen mother and the prince and brother? I think you should know that the father will definitely not help us. I am really scared now, I am afraid..."

She was afraid of death, afraid that she would die first before being able to deal with Qian Diewu.

"Don't count on our mediocre father. He only has immortality in his heart and nothing else. Humph, don't look at Xia Houyuan's current majesty. If he can't meet his father's requirements, he won't be able to sit on the throne for long." Xia Houhuang said.

He was very disdainful. In fact, only he himself knew that he was just comforting himself.

I thought that the throne belonged to the prince's brother, or it belonged to another prince, and it definitely couldn't belong to Xia Houyuan. Who knew...

It's useless to think about it now, why bother thinking about it anymore?

"Even if Xia Houyuan takes the throne soon, I'm afraid we won't be able to survive when he loses the throne! Brother Seventh Emperor, what should we do next? I originally wanted to sneak into Mo Castle and use their support to get through this period.

After a disaster, she was driven out by Qian Diewu. I just attacked her and almost killed her. What a pity." Thinking of what just happened, Princess Lianxiang became very angry.

, if only she could strike faster.

"Don't talk nonsense. Even if there are ten more of you, I can't move a hair of Qiandiewu."

After many lessons, I realized how stupid I was before. When fighting with Mo Castle, you can't fight head-on, you have to outsmart him."

"Outwit."

"That's right, to outsmart, you can only outsmart yourself first, or make yourself stronger. Otherwise, we will only suffer the loss when fighting Mo Castle."

After Princess Lianxiang heard Xia Houhuang's words, the more she thought about it, the more it made sense. The reason why she failed to marry Jimo Wuming was because she fell into Qian Diewu's trick. Otherwise, she would have been the second wife of Mo Castle.

So he nodded in agreement, "Indeed, that Jianren of Qiandiewu is good at scheming, and he accidentally fell into her trap. I also suspect that Jimo Wuxuan fell into her conspiracy because he was so devoted to her."

Isn't it a trap? With Jimo Wuxuan's cold and domineering temperament, would he be obedient to a woman?

"That's their business. We don't have to worry about it. You just need to know that Jimo Wuxuan and Qian Diewu are both our enemies."

"Of course I know they are our enemies, but with our current strength, how can we deal with them?" If Qian Diewu hadn't let her go just now, I'm afraid she would have been killed by Jimo Wuming, but she also

I won’t be grateful to Qiandiewu.

"Find a way to rescue the prince and brother first, and we will talk about other things later."

"Brother Crown Prince is imprisoned in the sky prison. Xia Houyuan must have sent a lot of people to guard him. How can we save him?" She had never thought about rescuing Brother Crown Prince. It wasn't that she didn't want to for a long time, but that she knew she couldn't.

.

Nowadays, it is a problem for them to protect themselves, let alone save others.

"There will always be a way. Let's leave here first and wait until the limelight is over before we act. Let's go." Xia Houhuang checked the people and things nearby and found nothing suspicious, then he pulled Princess Lianxiang towards

Walk down a more remote alley.

However, he didn't know that there were two pairs of eyes staring at them from a hidden corner somewhere.

A man wearing a black robe also put on the hat on the robe to cover his face, so that no one could see his face clearly.

Behind the man in robe, stood a young man, also wearing black.

When the young man saw Xia Houhuang and Princess Lianxiang walking away, he said, "My lord, do you want to take them back?"

"After we rescue Xia Houran, we will take them back together. Today is the three-day period, right? Is everything done in the prison?" The man in black robe was extremely calm, exuding a mysterious aura.

His face was half-covered by the hat, making it impossible to see what his expression was at this time.

"We have already taken care of things in the prison, so Xia Houran has to agree. We can rescue him from the prison at any time, or he won't agree."

"He will agree."

"How can my lord be so sure?"

"Would a person full of hatred be willing to stay in the heavenly prison for the rest of his life? You should follow the plan and it is best to bring Xia Houran out tonight. Xia Houyuan is hosting a banquet for the ministers today, and the people from Mo Castle are also there.

I just happened to be able to pick up something from Mo Castle." The man in black robe smiled slightly, turned around and left, disappearing into the deserted alley after a while.

The young man did not follow him. When the man in black robe walked away, he walked in the opposite direction, which was the direction to the palace.

Xiahou Yuan hosted a banquet for the ministers in the palace, ostensibly to win over people, but in fact he wanted to determine who could continue to be retained and who must be removed, in order to stabilize the chaotic situation.

The officials who came to the banquet were all worried, fearing that if they were not careful, they would be punished by everyone, so they were all very nervous, always paying attention to their words and deeds, and saying as little as possible to avoid causing trouble.

Xia Houyuan had already tried his best to get rid of those who were loyal to Xia Houran. The remaining ones were those who were not firm in their stance, and some were people who acted according to the changing circumstances. For these people, Xia Houyuan chose to temporarily keep them until the situation changes.

Dispose after stabilization.

The banquet hall was extremely deserted. No one dared to speak actively. They were just there to taste the refreshments. Some people were even worried that the refreshments were poisonous and did not even dare to touch them, so they just sat there.

Xia Houyuan knew what these ministers were thinking, and he also knew that the scene was deserted, but he didn't care. He sipped tea and waited for others with great patience.

Xiao Zhou was waiting on the side. He felt that it was already late, but the people from Mo Castle hadn't arrived yet. He was a little unhappy. He whispered in Xia Houyuan's ear: "Your Majesty, the people from Mo Castle haven't arrived yet, so they are not immune."

I don’t take you seriously enough. Jimo Wuxuan is fine, but Qiandiewu..."

Before Xiao Zhou could finish speaking, Xia Houyuan had already scolded him, "Xiao Zhou, you are not allowed to say this kind of thing again, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless. There are some things you don't understand, so shut up."

"Yes, I understand." Xiao Zhou was scolded like this and did not dare to say anything more, but he still felt aggrieved for his master in his heart.

The master likes Qian Diewu so much, so it’s fine if Qian Diewu doesn’t appreciate it, but it’s really abominable that he still doesn’t respect the master.

It's a pity that he doesn't have the final say on this matter, otherwise he would definitely...

Just when Xiao Zhou was secretly thinking of harsh words, the guard came in and reported respectfully: "Your Majesty, Mo Castle and others have arrived and are waiting outside."

When he learned that Qian Diewu was coming, Xia Houyuan showed a rare smile and said excitedly: "Quick, please invite them in."

When Xiao Zhou saw Xia Houyuan's reaction, he murmured in a low voice: "How can the emperor and others make sense? It's really too much."

Xia Houyuan's mind was completely focused on Qian Diewu, so he didn't notice Xiao Zhou, let alone hear his muttering words. He looked ahead, waiting for the person he liked to appear.

He knew that he would never get this woman in his life, and he didn't have many delusions about her. At most, he just wanted to see her a few more times, and that was enough.

Qian Diewu and Jimo Wuxuan walked in side by side. In order to help Xia Houyuan stabilize the overall situation and establish the imperial power, they knelt down and saluted him, "Women of the common people kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor."

Jimo Wuxuan refused to kneel and just stood there. When he saw Qian Diewu kneeling down, he was very unhappy and wanted to pull her up, but she pulled her down instead, "Wuxuan, hurry up and salute the emperor.

"

"For..." Jimo Wuxuan never thought about kneeling down, especially to his love rival. He looked extremely ugly and wanted to refute.

But Qian Diewu didn't let him have a chance to refute, and kept pulling him down, and whispered to him, "Just this once, just once."

He couldn't do it even once when Jimo Wuxuan came, so he didn't kneel down, but simply held hands and saluted Xiahou Yuan, "Kowtow to the emperor."

Jimo Wuming, Sanjunzi and others followed Mo Wuxuan and stood, clasping hands and saluting without kneeling, "Kowtow to the Emperor."

Lin Miaozhu was extremely conflicted. She didn't know whether she should kneel down with Qian Diewu or follow Jimo Wuming and stand and salute. He hesitated for a moment, but for the sake of completeness, he knelt down. But after bending his knees for a moment, he immediately

Was pulled up.

Jimo Wuming didn't let Lin Miaozhu kneel down, so he pulled her and whispered in her ear: "No need."

"But……"

"If you say you don't have to, you don't have to. Just listen to me."

"Oh." Is this okay?

Regardless of whether it was good or bad, it was already like this, and she had to face reality.

Qian Diewu shook her head helplessly. She had already expected that the result would be like this. Just because she had expected it, she did not tell Jimo Wuxuan in advance, lest he object to her kneeling.

She must kneel down this time. Only in this way can the conflict between Mo Castle and the royal family not intensify too quickly, and only in this way can Xia Houyuan's throne be secured more quickly.

"There's no need to be polite. I'm not calling you here today to show off to you. I'm just gathering with you as friends, so all courtesy is waived." Xia Houyuan was not angry because Jimo Wuxuan and others did not kneel down.

He found a step for himself easily. When he saw Qian Diewu still kneeling, he quickly called her up, "Die... Madam, please get up. You are pregnant with Liujia, so there is no need to be polite."

When Jimo Wuxuan saw that Xia Houyuan was caring about Qian Diewu, he felt a little jealous. He didn't want to fall behind Xia Houyuan, so he personally helped Qian Diewu up and said, "Die Wu, get up."
Chapter completed!