He raised his hand and rubbed Jiang Shanshan's head without saying anything.
She looked confused.
"Why, is the emperor just planning to give up? If the defense plan is leaked, he won't think that only Liu Yang can do it, right?"
"What can be dealt with has been dealt with, but only a few."
Jiang Shanshan understood, it meant that nothing that should be dealt with had been dealt with yet.
She smiled, such a court deserved to be almost overthrown by her brother.
When Gu Yuan saw her angry, he didn't explain much.
Soon, Xiao Xuanyi came out of the hall, and the two of them bowed.
Before leaving, he suddenly said to Jiang Shanshan: "Your brother is a good person, take good care of him!"
As he spoke, his eyes slid over Gu Yuan.
The two of them understood what he meant instantly.
Jiang Shanshan's eyes flashed slightly, and he curved his lips and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness!"
Xiao Xuanyi nodded and left with a slight cough.
"Is His Highness the Seventh Prince planning to employ Mingxuan?" Jiang Shanshan and Gu Yuan were walking in the garden, thinking of Xiao Xuanyi's words, they couldn't help but ask.
She really admires the seventh prince, but he is a short-lived ghost!
He will die of illness one day.
It would be unwise for their siblings to put their future on him.
Gu Yuan was silent for a moment and only said: "It's too early to say this now, Your Highness..."
"Um?"
"nothing."
He came back to his senses and said something else, "The sacrifice is coming soon, and the people of Liao State should leave Beijing later."
Jiang Shanshan's eyes lit up, "Oh? Is there a specific date?"
"It's not decided yet, I'll let you know later." Gu Yuan's eyes flashed with a hint of darkness.
Now that the defense map has been found, Daxing can no longer send people to marry him.
And Yeluer must die too!
Gu Yuan was confident that as long as he did not die, no one in the Liao Kingdom would even think of setting foot in the Central Plains in the next thirty years.
Jiang Shanshan's mind was already far away at this time, and he was thinking of dozens of ways to put the man to death.
Later in the evening, Gu Yuan returned to the Duke's Mansion after dinner. After all, he found the defense map and had to go back to discuss the follow-up countermeasures.
As soon as he saw him leaving, Jiang Mingxuan found his sister. It was not dark yet, the sun was gone, and even the wind was a little cooler.
Jiang Shanshan was lying on the lounge chair behind the flowers, eating fruits after dinner.
Jiang Mingxuan squeezed away his mother who was fanning herself, took the fan and fanned herself.
"Sister, does the Seventh Prince want to recruit me?" When he said this, his eyes were extremely bright.
With the high spirits and pride that should be expected at this age.
Jiang Shanshan raised her eyes but remained silent for a moment. It wasn't that she didn't want to say anything, but she suddenly saw the same embarrassed and frustrated man through the young man in front of her.
Almost the same age, but completely different.
She knew his ambitions, and she also knew the arrogance and ambition that literati like them should have.
However, if you want to use these things, you must overthrow the current government and the person who holds the power of life and death in the world.
Of course, the premise of these conditions is that he can have this opportunity.
People are not afraid of not being able to do it, but they are afraid of not having the chance.
Now, he has this opportunity, but the person is not a good candidate.
This is also where Jiang Shanshan struggles.
There is no need to think about choosing the Sixth Prince who can ascend to the throne. If you choose him, you might as well die all over again.
Others are seeking the skin of a tiger. Jiang Mingxuan in the dream is an example. He has gone through all kinds of hardships to get to that point.
It’s just that he can’t match the halo of the protagonist.
She put away her thoughts and said: "The Seventh Prince is indeed a good person, and he is very optimistic about you."
Jiang Mingxuan received the affirmation and immediately laughed.
"But Ah Xuan, the Seventh Prince's illness, I'm afraid he won't live long..."
Jiang Mingxuan understood what she meant, and the heat in his heart suddenly turned away as if cold water had been poured on him.
He calmed down and whispered: "As a prince, doesn't the entire court and even the world have a way to cure him?"
It would be a pity if such a person died!
Jiang Shanshan shook her head, at least she knew not.
Jiang Mingxuan frowned and thought for a long time, and finally figured something out, and said, "But sister, you didn't stop the Seventh Prince from seeing me, and you even had close contacts with the Duke's Mansion. Does that mean you're gambling?"
"How do you say it?" Jiang Shanshan curled his lips.
"You will never have anything to do with the Sixth Prince and the Jiang family. Apart from Prince Qi, I don't see you interacting with anyone else. Don't you think that I'm also optimistic about the Seventh Prince?"
"Indeed."
Jiang Shanshan did not deny it, but it was just something she had no choice about, so she was betting that the Seventh Prince would survive until he came to power.
Even after they ascend to power... by then, their siblings will be stable and no longer have to fear anyone.
Jiang Mingxuan naturally didn't know her plan, but he was relieved when he saw that she could support it.
As for what happens next, once we get to that point, there may not be a better way.
…
In the western suburbs, inside Qian'an Mausoleum.
Two figures escaped the garrison of the tomb guards and came to the tomb chamber.
Xiao Xuanye, who was dressed in black and wrapped tightly, followed the old Taoist priest for several directions, but finally couldn't stand this gloomy place and refused to go any further.
"Taoist Master, is there anything in my father's tomb? If not, we should go back earlier!"
This was the first time that he came to the tomb in the middle of the night.
"Shh!"
The Taoist priest looked solemn. He jumped to the highest point of the tomb and looked down, and then he suddenly realized.
Seeing that he looked wrong, Xiao Xuanye also calmed down.
After a while, the Taoist priest fell down and frowned.
"Taoist Priest..."
"Do you know what this tomb is about?"
"ah?"
How does Xiao Xuanye know this? I just heard that this place is a good place for Feng Shui. After all, there is nothing wrong with the royal cemetery!
The old Taoist priest shook his head, "Looking from the outside, it is indeed a good geomantic place, surrounded by mountains and rivers, but the bad thing is that there are fires from the sky engraved in the tomb, so the so-called water and fire are incompatible."
As he said that, he pointed to the top of the tomb and said, "Then use the Heavenly Death Bureau to suppress it. The so-called Heavenly Death Bureau means twenty-four people with world-famous reputations corresponding to the twenty-four stars, filling the tomb."
Xiao Xuanye listened in a daze, but still felt that it was unusual.
"So, this is what the Taoist said changed my fate?"
"No, your destiny is not here, but the person who arranged this plan not only wants to change your destiny, but even wants to make your father's lineage never get good results for the rest of his life."
Xiao Xuanye looked at him in shock, unable to accept it for a moment.
"How is this possible, how is this possible..."
But when he followed the Taoist priest and actually found the carvings of the twenty-four people with evil names, he seemed to be discouraged and leaned against the cold stone wall.
Not far away is his father's coffin, which is extremely solemn and gorgeous according to the specifications of a prince.
It is the coffin second only to the emperor.
However, at this moment, he only felt ironic.
His uncle who had doted on him since he was a child, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was his biological son, secretly wanted him to never end his life well.
It's ridiculous that he still keeps...
Xiao Xuanye was in a daze, feeling tightness in his chest, an itchy throat, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.