After being injured, Xiao Yanzhi, who had been neglected by his younger siblings for two years, finally regained the sense of happiness of being surrounded by his younger siblings, and the three of Xiao Ren'an's brothers and sisters had to go to Wucheng's mansion almost every day, even if they just took advantage of lunch to take a look, they had to shake it in front of Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Chunyue had nowhere else to go, and Xiao Yanzhi didn't allow her to leave the Wucheng Mansion without any plans, so Xiao Chunyue stayed in the Wucheng Palace, and together with Xiushui and Lian Sheng, she was responsible for taking care of Xiao Yanzhi's food, clothing, and daily life. Fortunately, the savings stored in the music workshop were taken back with the efforts of Li An and Liu Hanqing, and Xiao Chunyue finally felt a little more at ease.

And Pei Ze really wanted to be by the restless Xiao Yanzhi side all the time, so that Xiao Yanzhi could tell him to honestly heal his injuries, but Xu Liqian's affairs still needed him to deal with, so Pei Ze still spent most of the day in the palace, and after returning to the Wucheng Mansion in the evening, he called Li An and Lian Sheng to the front and asked Xiao Yanzhi carefully what he had done that day.

Pei Ze was very busy, and Xiao Yanzhi, who was recuperating from his injuries, was not idle, and from time to time he would call the officials of the Ministry to the Wucheng Mansion for questioning, and the rest of the time he would take a map of the Tang Kingdom and look at it over and over again, carefully analyzing which relatives Xu Liqian would go to.

At noon, when Xiao Chunyue, Xiushui, and Lian Sheng came to the bedroom with lunch to find Xiao Yanzhi, Xiao Yanzhi leaned against the head of the bed as always, and a few rolls of bamboo slips were scattered messily aside.

"Anyway, it's time for lunch." Xiao Chunyue cleaned up the messy bamboo slips on the bed, and then moved the kang table to the bed.

"Yes, okay." Xiao Yanzhi responded, but the map in his hand still did not put down, and he was looking at it intently.

Waiting for Xiushui and Lian Sheng to put the food on the table, Xiao Chunyue still didn't see Xiao Yanzhi put down the map.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, raised his hand and pulled the map out of Xiao Yanzhi's hand, and said, "I will return this thing to you after you drink the medicine." ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Then can I drink the medicine directly?" ”

"Of course not!" Xiao Chunyue glanced at Xiao Yan and said, "Eat the meal quickly." ”

"Good, good." Xiao Yanzhi picked up chopsticks to eat, but he was still thinking about where Xu Liqian would flee after leaving Chang'an.

Although Pei Ze and the others seem to think that Xu Liqian will stay away from Chang'an to seek refuge with anyone, will Xu Liqian really leave Chang'an? Even if he has been preparing for many years, but he is not completely prepared, is it beneficial for him to leave Chang'an at this time?

"Lian Sheng, after noon, you go to the Ministry of Officials, and ask the Ministry of Officials to send me the record of the replacement of civil and military officials in the northwest after my father ascended the throne."

"Yes, lord." Lian Sheng responded, looked at the sky, estimated that he was setting off at this time, and it was time to pass the afternoon of the ministry, so he whispered to Xiushui, and Lian Sheng turned around and left.

Xiao Chunyue turned her head to look at the back of Lian Sheng who left in a hurry, and then looked at Xiao Yanzhi's thoughtful appearance, then sighed, turned around and sat on the edge of the bed.

"I'm all hurt, why do I have to worry about these things? Aren't there still King Wu Cheng and King Qi doing it? If you are injured, can't you recuperate quietly? ”

Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile: "Sister also knows that I can't be idle, I've been lying in bed for a long time, and if I don't do something, I'm going to suffocate." ”

"If you're bored, find something else to do," Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi finished eating, Xiao Chunyue handed the medicine to Xiao Yanzhi, "Don't do something to ask for trouble, you have to lie in bed for a hundred and eighty days before you mix it in." ”

Xiao Yanzhi was stunned when he heard this, and then he realized that Xiao Chunyue was worried about him.

"Sister is too worried, it's okay."

Xiao Chunyue Nunu mouthed and said: "Don't think I don't understand anything like Jun Meng, I've seen a lot more things than you in the music shop over the years, how can I be fine?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi lowered his eyes, and only after a while did he raise his head to look at Xiao Chunyue, and said: "When they tried their best to pull me into the game, I also tried my best to stay out of the matter, but now when they all want me to stay out of the matter to be safe, I can't really stay out of the matter." I've never had the ambition and great feelings of my family and country, I just want to do something for those who are really good to me. Sister don't worry, I'll be careful. ”

Xiao Chunyue sighed and said: "I thought you would live an ordinary life in your hometown, even if you have nothing to do in your life, you can marry a wife and have children, and spend your life in peace, then everything I do is worth it, who knows that you are destined to live an ordinary life by birth, what else can I, a sister, do for you this time?" ”

As she spoke, Xiao Chunyue's eyes turned red and she looked like she was about to cry again.

Xiao Yanzhi shook Xiao Chunyue's hand, and chuckled: "Why do you want to drop golden beans again?" My sister has suffered enough for me in this half of her life, and the only thing she can do for me in the second half of her life is to make yourself happy. ”

Xiao Chunyue could still hold back her tears, but when she heard Xiao Yanzhi say this, she couldn't help it.

"Who did you learn from to be so eloquent?"

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Probably with my father." ”

"Your Majesty is just your virtue?" Xiao Chunyue burst into tears and laughed.

Xiao Yan raised his chin and said, "He's not as good as me!" ”

As soon as Xiao Yanzhi's words fell, he saw the emperor swaggering in from outside.

"Who is inferior to you?"

Pei Ze and the Ministry of Officials followed behind the emperor, and the two of them looked at the sky and the ground, both pretending not to know anything.

Xiao Yanzhi has never been afraid of the emperor, and he was only slightly stunned at this time, and then showed a flattering smile at the emperor.

However, Xiao Chunyue was so frightened that her face turned pale in an instant, and she knelt on the ground with a bang, opening her mouth, but she didn't dare to make a sound at this silent moment.

"Why is my father here?" Glancing at Xiao Chunyue, Xiao Yanzhi was still sitting on the bed, and he didn't pretend to bow to the emperor at all.

The emperor snorted coldly and said, "I originally wanted to see how your injury is healing, but now it seems that I am worried in vain. Look, you can still speak ill of me behind my back, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal. ”

This kid is really a leisurely appearance at all times, and now that he knows that Xu Liqian has set his eyes on him, he may be worried about his life at any time, and he is still in the mood to comfort others.

"Erchen didn't say anything bad about his father." Xiao Yan said innocently.

"And what did you just say? I don't think that's a good thing to say. The Emperor turned and sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the bed.

Xiao Yanzhi laughed and said, "Of course it's a good word!" If the son can be better than the blue, it must be the father's teaching. ”

"Nonsense!" The emperor rolled Xiao Yan's eyes, "What are you looking at here?" When you are not injured, you don't do it, you have to push everything to others, and now you are injured, let you take care of your injuries and you start to do things again, are you not going to live if you don't work against me? What do you ask the official secretary to do with the records of the officials in the northwest? ”

Xiao Yanzhi immediately turned his head to look at the official book, and said to Xiao Chunyue, who was still kneeling aside, "Sister, help me go and bring the things in the hand of the official department." ”

Xiao Chunyue was stunned for a moment, raised her head and looked at Xiao Yanzhi at a loss.

The emperor gave Xiao Yan a blank look again, and then said to Xiao Chunyue: "Go and help him get it." ”

"Yes." Xiao Chunyue hurriedly stood up, rushed to the front of the official department Shangshu with an arrow step, and realized that he had taken too big a step when he saw the slightly surprised appearance of the official department, and his face turned red when he landed, and he took something from the hand of the official department secretary in embarrassment, and turned around and handed it to Xiao Yanzhi.

Smiled and took something from Xiao Chunyue's hand, Xiao Yanzhi said again: "Sister, can you help make a pot of tea?" ”

Xiao Chunyue nodded hurriedly, then turned around and ran away.

Xiao Yanzhi gave Xiushui another look, and Xiushui followed behind Xiao Chunyue.

After Xiao Chunyue left, Xiao Yanyi looked at the documents brought by the official book, and said to the emperor: "Father, why are you bullying a weak woman?" She is the woman who saved your son's life with her own happiness. ”

The emperor said with a straight face: "Did I do anything to her?" ”

It's this woman's father who married his wife, he can't bully her father, can't he bully his daughter? The father paid the debt to the son, but since he hid the son and sent the daughter to him, then he could only let the daughter pay the debt.

"Yes, yes, you don't have it, father, it's the son's clumsy eyes," as he spoke, Xiao Yanzhi handed the document in his hand to the emperor and said, "Father, do you have an impression of this person?" ”

When he took over the Ministry of Officials, he was just in time for a transfer of civil and military officials in the Northwest to help sort out the list of officials, so he bored to inquire about everyone's net worth background, originally just to pass the time, but now he is using it.

The emperor looked over and saw that Xiao Yanzhi pointed out a general surnamed Zhang, so he replied: "Of course I remember, he is now the general of the Northwest Garrison. ”

"Do you remember his origins, Father?"

"Huh?" The Emperor stared at the name for a moment, then said, "Isn't he an orphan?" If I remember correctly, he was the champion of the martial arts of the year, who invited himself to the northwest to defend against Yidi, and later made many achievements in the battle against the Turks, and was only promoted to general last year. ”

Xiao Yanyi looked at the emperor with a stern face, and said, "It's true that he is an orphan, but does my father still remember who he married after he became a martial champion?" ”

"Married Yun ......" just started, and the emperor was suddenly stunned.

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips, threw the document to Pei Ze with his backhand, and said, "He married Yun Shufei's cousin, and then took his wife to the northwest together." ”

Pei Ze was stunned: "That is to say...... Will Xu Liqian go to the northwest? ”

They have been tracking Xu Liqian's whereabouts, but they have forgotten that they can also start from where Xu Liqian has landed.

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head again and said, "He may not go to the northwest, but he must start paying attention to the movements of the Northwest Army." If Xu Liqian wants to make a last stand, he must need an army to support him. ”

The emperor looked at Xiao Yanzhi, suddenly chuckled, and said, "You shouldn't be an idle person, hurry up and recover from your injuries and come back to help me." ”

"Yes, Father." Xiao Yanzhi responded with a smile, "The official secretary will stay and talk to me for a while." ”

The emperor got up and said to Pei Ze, "You still have to go back to the palace with me." ”

"Yes." Pei Ze raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Yanzhi, then turned around and left with the emperor.

The emperor and Pei Ze discussed countermeasures while walking, and when they reached the hall of the Wucheng Palace, the emperor suddenly stopped, covered his heart and slowly squatted down with a painful face.

Pei Ze and Zhao Kang were taken aback and hurriedly stepped forward to support the emperor.

"Majesty?!"

Zhao Kang held the emperor with one hand, and with the other hand, he was looking for something in his arms in a panic, and after a while, he turned out a porcelain bottle, pulled out the stopper, and poured out two pills.

"Majesty, medicine! Hurry up and take the medicine! ”

The emperor didn't say anything, took the pill and threw it into his mouth.

After a while, the emperor spoke: "Pei Ze, this matter is ...... Don't talk about it! ”

"But Majesty xià ......"

The emperor raised his hand to stop what Pei Ze was about to say, and said, "Let him recuperate with peace of mind first." ”

Pei Ze frowned and silently helped the emperor to stand up.

The emperor's face had softened somewhat, and he took cautious steps forward, and said to Pei Ze in a low voice: "The imperial doctor said that I have a heart problem and cannot be cured, and no one can say how much time I have. ”

Pei Ze's eyebrows were furrowed, and he felt that he should say something to comfort the emperor, but after opening his mouth, he didn't know what to say.

Noticing Pei Ze's embarrassed look, the emperor smiled: "It's okay, I'm used to it." ”

Pei Ze hesitated and asked, "Your Majesty...... When did you find out? ”

The emperor got into the carriage and said with a smile: "I knew it a year ago, at that time, I could toss the imperial doctors in the Imperial Doctor's Department enough, and I even threatened with my life, saying that if they can't cure me, I will punish them nine clans, but there is no way, no matter how many people I kill, I can't save my life." Probably because I have done too many wrong things in my life, and I have carried so many human lives, it is time to repay. ”

Pei Ze followed into the carriage, but hung his head, so that people could not see the expression on his face clearly.

The Emperor said, "Don't worry, I'll finish everything I can before leaving." The sons are all this virtue, it is I who teach me in no way, the courtiers are all this virtue, it is my control that does not matter, and the mistakes I have made cannot be borne by you, especially in other words, it was I who forced him into this world with you, and I can't let him bear more for me.

The thing I am most proud of in my life is that I have such a son, he was not raised by me, and he was not taught by me, but fortunately, fortunately, he still has my blood in his body, and fortunately I sent you to pick him up. I've got to do something for him. ”

Hanging his head and being silent for a long time, Pei Zecai turned his head to look at the emperor and said, "The minister and the king of Shu will always be by His Majesty's side." ”

The emperor smiled and patted Pei Ze on the shoulder, but didn't say anything more.

On this day, Pei Ze stayed in the palace until the evening before leaving, and when he left the palace, Pei Ze was still in a trance.

When Pei Ze returned to Wucheng Palace, Xiao Yanzhi was walking around in the front yard of the palace in a newly made wheelchair, because the most serious injury on his body was a fracture of the lower leg bone, so Xiao Yanzhi specially drew a picture of the wheelchair and asked Li An to send it to Yan Sheng, and sure enough, it was only a few days of hard work, and Yan Sheng sent him the finished product.

"You're back." Seeing Pei Ze, Xiao Yanzhi immediately turned to Pei Ze's face, "The new gadgets sent by Young Master Yan, are they fun?" ”

Pei Ze looked at the wheelchair, and then smiled: "Was it your idea?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "How do you know that I came up with it?" ”

"You can come up with all these new things." As soon as the words fell, Pei Ze bent down and hugged Xiao Yanzhi, "You are hurting more than just the bones in your legs, can't you be honest?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi pouted and said, "The doctor sent by Young Master Yan said that the ribs are not strict and can be moved. ”

Pei Ze gave Xiao Yan a blank look, and then carried Xiao Yanzhi back to the bedroom, and the abandoned wheelchair was pushed back by Lian Sheng and put away, leaving Xiao Yan to use it again with interest.

Being held by Pei Ze, Xiao Yanzhi stared at Pei Ze's side face, and then asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Is the problem of the Northwest Army difficult to solve? ”

Pei Ze came back to his senses and turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi: "It's not difficult, it's a big deal." ”

When it came to war, he wasn't afraid of anyone.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze suspiciously, and asked again, "Is that something else happening?" ”

Pei Ze's eyebrows moved slightly, and he asked rhetorically, "Why do you ask that?" ”

"A feeling." Xiao Yanzhi carefully looked at Pei Ze's side face.

Putting Xiao Yanzhi on the bed, Pei Ze stood by the bed and looked down at Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi also looked up at Pei Ze, and after a while, he didn't see Pei Ze speak, Xiao Yanzhi sighed in his heart, and asked carefully: "Could it be that you are going to go on the expedition tomorrow?" ”

Pei Ze shook his head and said, "The movement of the Northwest Army has not been determined, and troops will not be sent for the time being." Even if you want to send troops, you have to take the time to transfer troops to Chang'an first. The Northwest Army is not easy to deal with. ”

Unable to think of a reason, Xiao Yanzhi glared at Pei Ze and said, "Is it okay to say something directly?" How do you make me guess like that? ”

Opening his mouth, Pei Ze hesitated for a moment, and then asked Xiao Yanzhi: "You...... Do you want to go back to the Wanchun Palace to live? I can let Kong Qing and Xu Ren all go to the Wanchun Hall to guard. ”

This is equivalent to moving the Wucheng Palace's Mansion into the Wanchun Palace, but it is just a different place, and it can still ensure Xiao Yanzhi's safety.

"Back to Wanchun Palace?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze suspiciously, his brain was running rapidly, and he quickly guessed this thing that Pei Ze was unwilling to say directly, "Do you need someone from the Wucheng Royal Mansion to protect the safety of me and my father at the same time?" ”

“…… Almost. ”

Almost? Is that a little bit close?

Xiao Yanzhi continued to guess: "Could it be that my father was injured?" Xu Liqian found someone to assassinate his father? ”

Pei Ze shook his head again.

Xiao Yanzhi was so angry that he picked up a pillow and smashed it at Pei Ze: "Can you give me some hints?" What's wrong with you? Could it be that my father is still running out of time, and he wants me to see him more? ”

Pei Ze took the pillow and hugged it, and looked at Xiao Yanzhi fixedly.

Seeing that Pei Ze didn't say anything, and didn't even have a change in his demeanor and movements, Xiao Yanzhi was a little panicked in his heart: "Hey, why don't you shake your head?" I usually reprimand me for talking nonsense, why don't you say it now? Hey, Pei Ze? ”

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi was about to move, Pei Ze immediately stepped forward, threw the pillow on the inside of the bed, and then pressed Xiao Yanzhi's shoulder.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his hand to hold Pei Ze's hand on his shoulder, and said, "Say, didn't they all decide to let me know?" Doesn't it make me feel worse if you want to say it like this? ”

After staring at Xiao Yanzhi for a while, Pei Ze said with some difficulty: "Your Majesty said...... The imperial doctor said that there was a problem with His Majesty's heart, and it was an injury in the early years that was not good, and now it is incurable, and if he rests, he may be able to ...... I can live longer. ”

As soon as he heard that there was a heart problem, Xiao Yanzhi immediately knew what was going on, but knowing that Xiao Yanzhi always felt that this matter was unacceptable.

"Wasn't it okay before? Why do heart problems suddenly occur? Could it be a mistake? Is it possible that you have been poisoned? Since Xu Liqian and Concubine Yun Shufei have been planning for a long time, will they poison their father? Xiao Yanzhi grabbed Pei Ze's hand tightly, and asked questions one after another.

"The Imperial Medical Department discovered it more than a year ago when I was diagnosing His Majesty's pulse, and since then, I will ask His Majesty for a pulse three times a month, if the diagnosis is wrong, it should have been discovered a long time ago."

"More than a year ago......" Xiao Yanzhi was stunned, and then asked Pei Ze, "You already knew?" ”

Pei Ze shook his head and said, "I just found out today." Majesty told me not to sue you, but ......"

He can understand the painstaking efforts of the Majesty to conceal the words, but the words are a person who values affection, especially family affection, for the words, the Majesty may not be as close as the Xiao family, and it may not be as important as the Xiao family, but in the end, it is a person who has been getting along day and night for more than two years, and His Majesty's connivance and protection of Yan Zhi can be seen clearly, just because he can see it clearly, Yan Zhi has also responded, and now His Majesty is also a family member to Yan Zhi, and he doesn't want to wait until the day His Majesty leaves. In other words, he regretted it for the rest of his life because he didn't know anything, and he knew that that guilt could not be made up in any way.

After settling down, Xiao Yanzhi smiled at Pei Ze, but the smile was so faint that people couldn't see a trace of a smile: "Thank you for suing me." ”

"Do you want to move back to the Hall of Ten Thousand Springs?" Pei Ze asked again.

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said, "It just so happens that Young Master Yan sent a wheelchair over, and I will often enter the palace from tomorrow, so I don't have to move back to Wanchun Palace." Let's just assume that I don't know anything. ”

The emperor was already trying his best to hide it, if he saw that he knew, he was afraid that he would have to pretend that he was fine, and then he would not be able to do anything for the emperor, but he would have to bother the emperor to comfort him.

Pei Ze nodded and said, "Then I'll arrange for more people to follow you." When you want to enter the palace, tell me that if I can be with you, I will be with you. ”

"Yes." Xiao Yanzhi nodded, then turned around and hugged Pei Ze, burying his face in Pei Ze's arms.

Pei Ze quietly let Xiao Yanzhi hold him, and gently patted Xiao Yanzhi's back, which seemed to be a comfort and a companion.