After a few days of close searching, there were still no clues about the remnants of the royal family of the Northern Dynasty. Emperor Zhao was so angry that he couldn't sleep well, and the imperial court soon issued a wanted reward warrant, and began to arrest important criminals throughout the territory of the Dacheng Dynasty.

Late at night, in the imperial study, the lights are still brilliant.

Emperor Zhao kept pacing back and forth with his hands behind him, his face was pale, his heart was irritable, and his whole person was like an angry lion, making people dare not approach.

The eunuch who was waiting on the side did not dare to come out, his body bowed into a shrimp shape, and his head was eager to lower to the floor.

"Someone!" Emperor Zhao suddenly shouted.

The eunuch was so frightened that he trembled, and hurriedly crawled forward on his knees, his head touching the ground and trembling to receive the order: "Slave...... The minions are in. ”

"Go to Changle Palace." Emperor Zhao flicked the sleeves of his robe, and the person had already hurriedly strode out.

A group of palace people hurriedly followed.

In the Changle Palace, Queen Li has not yet rested. At this time, she was kneeling motionlessly in front of the golden Buddha statue with her hands folded, her eyes closed lightly, and her face reverent.

When she heard that the emperor had not set foot in Changle Palace for many days, she did not show joy and expectation on her face. The long eyelashes fluttered slightly a few times before he opened his eyes calmly, and then got up and went out to greet him.

"The concubines greet the emperor." A few steps away in front of Emperor Zhao, Empress Li bowed down, and the palace people also bowed down.

Emperor Zhao stepped forward, gently stretched out his hand to support her, and said in a gentle voice, "Get up quickly." During this time, I have been busy with government affairs, and I can't find time to visit the queen, the queen won't blame me, right? ”

At this time, his previous irritable feelings had disappeared without a trace, and his eyes were full of doting.

But Queen Li knew very well in her heart how much sincerity was in this spoiling. She smiled slightly on her face, and said softly: "The concubine knows that the emperor is busy with government affairs, how dare she blame the emperor, the emperor remembers the concubine in his heart, and the concubine is satisfied." ”

Emperor Zhao waved his hand to the palace people who were waiting, signaling them to withdraw.

After the palace people were ordered to withdraw in an orderly manner, he took Empress Li's hand and walked to the inner hall.

For the warmth he expressed, Empress Li was unfazed and her heart was like water, but the surface article still needed to be done, she held Emperor Zhao's hand back, and asked softly intimately: "The emperor hasn't gone to bed so late, is he worried about the remnants of the royal family of the Northern Dynasty?" ”

When she arrived at the inner hall, she poured tea for Emperor Zhao with her own hands, looking gentle and virtuous.

Emperor Zhao took a small sip of the teacup, then put it down, and then sighed and said, "Yes, I haven't had a good night's sleep in the past few days." originally wanted to hold a birthday banquet for the queen mother to make the old man happy, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen. The queen sent the imperial doctor to the post house today to treat Princess Yunli's injuries, what did the imperial doctor say when he came back? Is Princess Yunli's injury serious? When will it be healed? ”

Speaking of Princess Yunli's injury, Queen Li's face became solemn, "The imperial doctor said that Princess Yunli's injury is not very strict, and it can heal in more than half a month, but I don't know if she was overly frightened that day, Princess Yunli's mental state is getting worse day by day, and she can't eat anything, even the decoction and maid have to work hard to feed her some of it." If it goes on like this, Princess Yunli's body is only afraid of ......"

"This group of waste, the slightest injury can't be cured, what use do you want them!" Without waiting for Empress Li to finish speaking, Emperor Zhao slapped the table angrily and roared.

Empress Li seemed to be startled, and her body couldn't help but step back a little.

Seeing her like this, Emperor Zhao's face softened again, and he pointed to the opposite seat and said, "You can sit down too, don't stand." ”

"Your Majesty." Empress Li bowed down and thanked her, sat down gently, and then persuaded her: "The emperor doesn't need to worry, tomorrow the concubines will send a few more imperial doctors to treat Princess Yunli's injuries." ”

Emperor Zhao didn't say anything more, just drank tea quietly.

But Empress Li knew that he would not come this time simply to visit her or inquire about Princess Yunli's injuries.

Sure enough, after Emperor Zhao finished drinking a cup of tea, he turned the tea cup at will, and asked Youyou: "The prince of Nanling was injured after saving his mother, did the queen send someone to the palace to send some medicinal supplements to visit?" ”

Hearing this, Empress Li's hands clenched unconsciously, the expression on her face became stiff, and she pretended to be calm and said: "The queen mother sent the grandmother beside her, and the grandmother said that the son's injuries are very good. ”

Emperor Zhao stared at her without blinking, taking in the slight changes on her face, and then asked without hearing the emotion: "Does the empress also feel that the prince of Nanling has a sense of déjà vu?" ”

Empress Li's hands involuntarily clenched tighter, and she suddenly shook her head violently, and said in an excited voice: "No, the concubine feels familiar, because the prince is handsome, beautiful like a princess, and gentle like a prince, and the concubine doesn't think he is like the person the emperor said." ”

Emperor Zhao did not refute her words, and continued: "Someone reported to me that an unknown person appeared in Shengjing City, so I asked people to search secretly, but I did not find any suspicious people, but I was always not at ease, so I took advantage of the queen mother's birthday to summon these princes into Beijing to celebrate her birthday, wanting to take the opportunity to see if any of them wanted to have different intentions. Unexpectedly, this birthday banquet actually led to the hidden remnants of the royal family of Beishu, and what I didn't expect was that the prince of Nanling was ...... The first time I saw him, for some reason, it felt familiar. ”

He looked at Empress Li with heavy eyes, and asked the last thing with a solemn face: "Empress, I only ask you one sentence, back then, did that child really have to be buried in the sea of fire?" And your medicine, is it really incurable? ”

Empress Li met his gaze without evading it, and said in a firm tone: "The concubine is not sure that he must have died in the fire, but the concubine can be sure that there is no cure for the concubine's heart-devouring Gu poison in the world, even if he is not burned to death by the fire, he will not live long, and it is impossible for him to appear intact in front of the emperor, so the emperor can rest assured." ”

Although Emperor Zhao's suspicions were heavy, he believed Empress Li's words at this time, in fact, he knew the power of the Heart Devouring Gu, and he also knew that it was impossible for that person to survive, and he came to ask Empress Li tonight to get a positive answer, but it was just to let himself take another reassuring pill.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing. Back then, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he had personally found many people to experiment with the Heart Devouring Gu poison, and at the same time, he also searched for famous doctors all over the world to solve this Gu poison, but no one could solve it. Most of those who were poisoned couldn't bear the torture of the Heart Devouring Gu and committed suicide, and even if they endured it, they didn't survive for three months. What's more, the other party is still a four-year-old child, and there is no chance of survival.

After taking the reassuring pill, Emperor Zhao's mood that had been irritable and suppressed for a few days finally calmed down, and his gaze at Empress Li became softer. In fact, compared to the revenge and revenge of the remnants of Beisu, what he is most worried about now is this matter, after all, Beisu has been dead for more than ten years, and it is difficult to achieve a climate with only a few remnants, as long as more precautions are taken in the future, there should be no big problems. But if this matter is discovered, all his qiē will be ruined.