Li Jiao's death was like a splash at this gloomy and misty juncture, although it aroused a lot of speculation and panic among the harem concubines, but it did not set off a little storm.

On the contrary, the succession of the family to the prince and the eldest princess to be raised by the newly sealed Concubine De, all kinds of measures indicate that the situation of Emperor Taixiang is not good.

There were suppressed cries all over the harem.

Many concubines are not as lucky as the queen and Concubine De, and they have no children under their knees, and the ending is inseparable, one is to be martyred, and the other is to enter the royal temple and live a lifetime of the ancient Buddha.

Their lives seem to have just bloomed and come to an end in a hurry, but there is nothing they can do.

At this time, no one outside the palace cared about the fate of these concubines, but waited for Emperor Taixiang to summon him again.

The prince is young, and once the emperor is in power, he will inevitably need a minister regent, and this power is too tempting.

Emperor Taixiang knew his situation, and he really didn't let those people wait long, so he said to Wei Wuxie: "It is said that Xu Mingda, the first assistant of the cabinet, Su He, the second assistant, the six Shangshu, the king of Changshan, the champion Hou, the commander of the Jinlanwei and others will come to see ......."

Seeing that Emperor Taixiang didn't even have the strength to speak, Wei Wuxian hurriedly sent his attendants to spread the word everywhere.

The people who received the news hurried to the palace.

Emperor Taixiang was already difficult to stay, and the place to meet the ministers was in the dormitory.

The vast hall of heart cultivation was empty and silent, except for the sound of clothes rubbing and footsteps made by the ministers walking by.

Through the azure gauze tent embroidered with Fushou pattern, the ministers knelt on the ground: "The ministers meet the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

There was no movement in the tent.

The ministers couldn't help but look at each other.

Could it be that the emperor hasn't had time to explain the aftermath yet-

With this thought, the ministers became more and more nervous.

Wei Wuxian came out of the tent and said loudly, "Your Majesty, please go to the outer world first. ”

The ministers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It turned out that the emperor planned to summon people alone.

Under the guidance of the inner attendants, the ministers came to the outside and waited silently.

Soon Wei Wuxian came out, glanced at the ministers, and finally his gaze fell on Shao Mingyuan's face: "Master Hou, the emperor asks you to go in first." ”

All the ministers looked at Shao Mingyuan one after another.

Shao Mingyuan was the first to be summoned, although he was surprised in his heart, he didn't show any silence on his face, bowed slightly to Wei Wuxie, and walked in with him.

The ministers who remained exchanged their eyes silently, all puzzled why the first person summoned by the emperor was actually the champion marquis.

When Shao Mingyuan saw Emperor Taixiang, he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart.

When he learned that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were acting against Zhaozhao, he was very angry, and he did not hesitate to make a move on the Empress Dowager, and intended to leave an impression on the emperor, which was regarded as a knock on the mountain.

But what he didn't expect was that the emperor couldn't help but be so frightened, and he became like this in a short period of time.

Of course, since he did it, he has no regrets, but he can't help but sigh.

"Wechen has seen the emperor."

Emperor Taixiang looked at Shao Mingyuan fixedly, and after a while, he said softly: "Master Hou is here, come and sit beside me." ”

Shao Mingyuan walked over and sat down as he said.

Emperor Taixiang moved his eyes to look at Wei Wuxie: "Wei Wuxie, I want to talk to Hou Ye alone." ”

Wei Wuxian hurriedly retreated and stood guard outside.

Only Shao Mingyuan and Emperor Taixiang were left in the room, and the smell of medicine seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.

Shao Mingyuan looked respectful, waiting for Emperor Taixiang to speak.

Emperor Taixiang just looked at him without blinking.

Time passed little by little, and Shao Mingyuan was surprised for a long time, and couldn't help but raise his eyes to meet Emperor Taixiang's gaze.

Emperor Taixiang's eyes were deep, and he couldn't tell his emotions for a while.

Shao Mingyuan lowered his eyes and continued to wait.

Emperor Taixiang finally spoke: "That night...... Isn't it Hou Ye? ”

Shao Mingyuan's eyebrows moved slightly.

He never expected that the emperor's first sentence was to ask this.

Could it be that when a person is about to die, he will act unexpectedly?

"Weichen doesn't understand what the emperor means." Shao Mingyuan replied calmly.

Could it be that the emperor saw that he was not successful, so he desperately wanted to get rid of him to vent his anger?

This thought only flashed in Shao Mingyuan's heart, and his face was still calm and calm.

Emperor Taixiang took in his expression, and actually smiled lightly: "Master Hou, I know that it was you that day." ”

How can you not know, since Qingliang Mountain, this person has saved him from fire and water in countless nightmares, and this person's eyebrows and eyes have been depicted by him thousands of times in his dreams.

That night, despite the distance and the man hidden in the shadows, he would not be mistaken by those eyes.

Shao Mingyuan simply lowered his eyes and was silent.

At this time, he disdains to deny it, but he can't admit it.

No matter what the emperor is going to do to him, he will not put a handle on his tongue.

To Shao Mingyuan's surprise, Emperor Taixiang didn't ask any more questions, but instead asked, "Master Hou, for your most precious things, you will take good care of them, right?" ”

Shao Mingyuan was silent for a moment, raised his eyes to look at Emperor Taixiang, and replied seriously: "Yes, for Wei Chen, if anyone wants to destroy my most precious thing, then Wei Chen will definitely do his best to repay it." ”

This is the answer he gave to the emperor, I believe the emperor understood.

Emperor Taixiang smiled when he heard this: "So is the peace of the people of Daliang the most precious thing in the heart of the Hou Ye?" ”

Surprise flashed from Shao Mingyuan's eyes, but he quickly replied: "The peace of the people of Daliang is one of the precious things in Weichen's heart. ”

Since he was fourteen years old, he has traveled thousands of miles north to fight on the battlefield, and has fought countless bloody battles, in order to protect the people of Daliang from the ravages of the Tartars?

Because of the payment, it is more and more unable to be distributed.

"Then I'll be relieved, cough-cough-" Emperor Taixiang coughed, his cheeks quickly turning crimson from the violent cough.

Shao Mingyuan glanced at it and bent down to pick up the golden spittoon beside the bed.

Emperor Taixiang shook his head and weakly pointed at Wei Wuxian outside.

Shao Mingyuan had no choice but to stand up and shout, "Father-in-law Wei, the emperor called you in." ”

Wei Wuxian hurriedly walked in, and when he saw Emperor Taixiang like this, he immediately took the spittoon from Shao Mingyuan's hand and handed it over, but Emperor Taixiang didn't vomit, and pointed at Shao Mingyuan again.

Wei Wuxian was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, and smiled bitterly at Shao Mingyuan: "Master Hou, the emperor asked you to go out first." ”

"Wechen retired." Shao Mingyuan solemnly kowtowed to Emperor Taixiang and withdrew.

Emperor Taixiang opened his mouth to spit at this time, but spit out a few mouthfuls of blood.

"Your Majesty—" Wei Wuxie's face was so shocked that his hand holding the spittoon trembled violently.

"Go and call them all in."

After a while, the ministers knelt on the ground and listened to Emperor Taixiang slowly say through the gauze tent: "Xu Shoufu, the prince is young, and you will have to worry more about national affairs in the future...... Uncle Wang, you are highly respected in the clan, please restrain the prince for me in the future......"

There was no sound in the tent.

The ministers wept.

Soon after, the death knell sounded, and there was no end to mourning inside and outside the palace.

In the late spring of the second year of Taixiang, Emperor Taixiang died, and the first assistant Xu Mingda and the king of Changshan were appointed as auxiliary ministers, and Jiang 11 was re-elected as the commander of the Jinliang Guard, and the champion Hou Feng Zhenbei Wang, and since then he has guarded the peace of the northern land, and he is not allowed to enter Beijing without a call.

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