A few days after the ancestor worship ceremony, a major incident suddenly broke out in the DPRK and China -- Zeng Minzhi, who had been sent to Ningdongcheng two months ago to ask for his guilt, had returned to Beijing, but what he brought back was not King Dongjing, who had entered Beijing to confess his crimes, but the news that King Beijing had trained his troops and prepared a rebellion.

At this time, the crown prince was serving in Huazhen Garden and could not rush back to the capital, so Yin Tianhou was ordered to be the regent and convened a court meeting to discuss the matter. Who knew that at the court meeting the next day, Zeng Minzhi, the servant of the Criminal Department, actually pointed out in public that Xue Lingnan, the right minister, had colluded with King Dong Jing in an attempt to usurp the throne, and the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar.

Immediately, some princelings stood up to defend Xue Lingnan - "Lord Zeng, don't spew blood!" Xue Xiangyuan is in the capital, how can he have a relationship with King Dongjing? ”

Zeng Min Zhisheng tearfully stated his experience, saying that after he arrived in Ningdong City, he did not immediately reveal the identity of Qincha, and first made an unannounced visit, and found that all the barracks were stationed ten miles outside the city, and they practiced every day, and a large amount of grain and grass was transported to the city. He suspected that King Dongjing had bad motives, so he disguised himself and sneaked into the city lord's mansion, and one night held a banquet, he overheard Jiang Huaiying and the generals discussing the matter of raising troops, and peeked into the Jiang family's ambitions. He was surprised, accidentally exposed himself, and escaped from the City Lord's Mansion after nine deaths, and the dozen or so guards he brought with him all died on the way in order to cover him.

"At the banquet that day, I hid in the dark, and saw with my own eyes that there was a military advisor under the throne of Dongjing, who looked exactly the same as the eldest prince of the Xue family who disappeared at the beginning of the year. Didn't you send him to the northeast to support the grain and grass of the king of Dongjing, so that he could support his troops and respect himself? Otherwise, in the barren land of the north, where did he get the military expenses for a prince with a different surname. Can afford to feed 200,000 soldiers and horses!? ”

Zeng Minzhi is the minister of criminal justice, and he has been Xue Lingnan's subordinate for more than ten years, but now he has stood up to testify that Xue Lingnan participated in the rebellion of King Beijing. Suddenly, the princeling's voice also weakened, and only a few diehards still shouted for Xue Lingnan.

"Nonsense! Xue Xiangnai is the grandfather of the crown prince, and he is already a very popular minister, why should he collude with a king with a different surname to rebel, what good is it for him? ”

"Exactly. Zeng Minzhi. Shouldn't you be dazzled, when you see a person who looks similar to Lord Xue, you will refer to the deer as a horse! ”

Zeng Minzhi didn't distinguish between them, and turned to bow to Yin Tianhou. shouted in his mouth: "Taifu is discerning." What the officials said is true. Who knows what benefits King Dong Jing promised Xue Xiang. Let him take the risk. The top priority at the moment is to thoroughly investigate the collusion between the Xue family and the Jiang family, otherwise King Jing of Dongdong will move his troops south. There are people in the DPRK and China who should cooperate with the outside world, and it is too late to see the chaos in the world! ”

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other, and after a while, some people came out one after another, bowing to Yin Tianhou to the end and showing their attitude.

Yin Tianhou copied his sleeves, looked around the court, his eyes stayed on the stiff face of Xue Lingnan, and said in a loud voice: "Now that the self-respect of King Beijing's support for the army has been confirmed, Xue Xiang is suspicious, and he will be sent to Dali Temple immediately to await trial, and he shall not participate in court politics until this matter is investigated." ”

When Emperor Zhaoqing canonized the crown prince, he promoted Yin Tianhou to the crown prince, and the imperial pen personally gave him the right to regent, and even the prince had to listen to his persuasion, so as soon as he opened his mouth, there was no other voice in the court. Even Guo Huai'an, the secretary of Dali Temple, who had a close personal relationship with Xue Lingnan, did not stand up for him again.

Da Tidian stood quietly at the head of the Yi official column, without saying a word from beginning to end. So, after the court meeting, Xue Lingnan was personally sent to Dali Temple by Yin Tianhou and temporarily detained.

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In the evening, Zhu Muzhao returned to Taixi Building, Zhu Qingjue was also there, and the father and son met every day these days because of Yu Shu, a seriously ill patient.

"How's it going, hasn't she woken up yet?"

"Nope." Zhu Qingjue's tone was a little helpless, "I used the best medicine for her, even the few pills of the Nine Turning Heart Pill that my master Medicine King gave me before parting, I couldn't bear to feed her painfully, but she just didn't wake up, and I couldn't do anything." ”

Zhu Muzhao sat down with his eyebrows twisted. His headache was not only that Yu Shu was unconscious, but also that King Dong Jing rebelled. At today's court meeting, half of what Zeng Minzhi said was instructed by him, and the other half was a fake. It turned out that Yunhua really took Xue Rui to the Jiang family. This reminded him of a hexagram of celestial phenomena that he had calculated a few months earlier, a prophecy about the birth of the "Left Auxiliary Star".

One of Yunhua's sons is a great an, and the other son is actually a Zuo Fuxing who can reverse the situation. When King Dong Jing met a destined nobleman, he had the great luck of seizing the world.

His original plan was to take advantage of King Dongjing's rebellion to uproot the Xue family before the crown prince ascended the throne. In this way, the crown prince had to rely on Si Tianjian. But now he has to think about it, did Yu Shu already know the whereabouts of Yunhua and Xue Rui? Do you know that they fled to Ningdong City to help King Dong Jing rebel?

Can he hand Si Tianjian into her hands with confidence.

"Dad, your face is so bad, is there something big going on in the court?" Zhu Qingjue hesitated and walked around his back, pressed his shoulders and neck with both hands, and gave him a massage evenly.

Zhu Muzhao leaned comfortably on the back of the chair and said slowly: "I still remember that you ran away from home that year and made me half angry, but your mother complained that I had been too strict with you since I was a child, and I wanted you to inherit my mantle, but you never obeyed, but after you left, only three months, I regretted it." To tell the truth, your temper is not suitable for staying in officialdom for a long time, I don't want to and don't want to turn you into another me, after I figure it out, I won't care about you anymore, even if you just want to be a doctor and save people, there is no big deal, I will no longer stop you, because I can't do what I want in my life, at least my son can live freely. ”

"Daddy"

Zhu Muzhao patted the back of his hand on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "If one day my father steps down from this position, the Zhu family is no longer prosperous, and if you want to live freely, you have to rely on yourself." ”

Zhu Qingjue asked in a complicated mood: "The emperor's time is short, and when the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, you will have to step down from the post of big lifter, and who will you hand over Si Tianjian to at that time?" Is it a young eunuch? ”

Zhu Muzhao raised his forehead and said, "I have to think again." When Yu Shu woke up, he must ask her first. If she was willing to say the best, if she still had to cover up the whereabouts of Yunhua and his son, he would not be able to hand over Si Tianjian to her no matter what.

The father and son were talking downstairs, the bedroom on the second floor was quiet, Yu Shu was lying motionless on the bed, there was a lamp hanging at the head of the bed, it was hot in summer, her body was only covered with a thin blanket, her exposed hands and feet were tightly bandaged, and her forehead was wrapped in a fine and soft white veil. Fuchsia ointment oozes. Her cheeks were sunken, her complexion was white and transparent, and her eyes were closed, and at first glance she looked like a dead person.

A clear crane chirped outside the window. It was a fairy bird raised on the Jiuqu Bridge. Always happy when it comes. Leave casually, unrestrained.

The crane chirped three times in a row, and Yu Shu, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes. The black and white eyes are hollow. She was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes darkened little by little.

She was unconscious except for her eyes, numbness was often more frightening than pain, but her eyes were calm.

Half an hour later, the maid who took care of her went upstairs with rice soup to feed her, only to find that she had her eyes open, hurriedly put down her things, and ran downstairs to call someone. After a while, Zhu Muzhao hurriedly approached the room, stood on the side of the bed and looked down at her.

"Yu Shu?" He was most afraid that she would hurt his brain, so he opened his mouth and called her by name.

Yu Shu rolled his eyes and looked at him, his lips slowly moved, making a slight sound, he bent down to listen, and only then did he hear clearly what she said-"You saved me." ”

couldn't tell if she was questioning or if she had just woken up and was delirious, so he comforted her and said, "It's okay, it's all over, you are now in Taixi Tower, there is this seat here, no one can move you." ”

Yu Shu's mind was muddy, many voices ran out, many pictures flashed by, the figures in front of him overlapped, and Da Tidian's face suddenly became Xue Rui's appearance, he looked at her with gentle eyes, and told her: Ashu, big brother will always accompany you and will always protect you.

Then Xue Rui's appearance changed to Jing Chen's appearance again, his guilty gaze entangled her, and he said: Xiaoyu, don't be afraid, I won't let people hurt you anymore.

In the end, Jing Chen's appearance changed into the appearance of Qingzheng Daoist again, he glared at her angrily, and asked her: Why do you want to learn the things in the "Xuannu Liuren Book", didn't you swear to the teacher to destroy it, look, you will be punished now!

As soon as her eyes flickered, Qing Zheng disappeared, and an ugly scarred face came up to her, licking his lips and smiling at her, holding an awl in his hand and stabbing her eyebrows fiercely.

Yu Shu's breathing became disordered, she closed her eyes tightly, her lips trembled, and her pale face suddenly turned purple. Seeing this, Zhu Muzhao hurriedly called: "Go and call Qing Jue back, go quickly!" ”

Zhu Qingjue was taking a nap on Tianyuantai near Taixi Tower at this time, and when he heard that Yu Shu was awake, he immediately ran over, and when he saw that she was crazy, he stuffed a pill into her mouth without saying a word, and poured water into her throat.

After taking the medicine, Yu Shu quickly calmed down, she gasped slightly, opened her eyes and turned to Zhu Muzhao, exhaled and inhaled, and tried to make a sound: "Xue, Xue Lingnan, and, and-"

Zhu Qingjue couldn't bear it and interrupted her: "Don't talk yet, you have a good rest." Yu Shu trembled his lips and said stubbornly: "And Xiang, Xiang" Xue Lingnan colluded with the King of Xiang.

Zhu Muzhao gently pushed away his son and stepped forward to listen-

"Jing, Jingchen" Jingchen was ambushed on the way to Beijing, and it was the King of Xiang who revealed his whereabouts.

"Don't kill yes" Don't kill Jingchen because Xue Lingnan wanted to lure Yunhua to appear, but he didn't want Jingchen to be saved by her.

The murder of the "Taishi Academy" Taishi Shuyuan was committed by Xue Lingnan, and King Xiang was an accomplice.

Every time she said a word, Zhu Muzhao's expression became solemn, these things, although he had doubted it before, he couldn't confirm it, but now it came out of her mouth, and it became a fact.

"I know it all, you can rest." He raised his hand in the air and patted her on the shoulder, but saw her squinting and drooping her eyelids, and slowly told him one more thing-

"Yunhua Xue Ruining Winter City." Yun Hua and Xue Rui went to Ningdong City and defected to Jiang Huaiying, the king of Dongjing.

After hearing this last sentence, Zhu Muzhao's eyes when she looked up at her again were immediately different, she seemed to have exhausted all her strength, closed her eyes again, and fell into a deep sleep.

Zhu Qingjue didn't know why, squatted down and touched her pulse, and said in surprise: "I thought she would become a madman even if she woke up, but I really didn't expect her to cry or make trouble." Dad, don't worry, I don't think she's going to die. ”

Zhu Muzhao nodded, got up and walked out: "You stay here tonight, watch her don't have any more accidents, if she wakes up, you can talk to her, comfort her a lot, don't ask her about being in prison." ”

"Huh? Dad-" Zhu Qingjue raised his hand, wanting to say that he hadn't closed his eyes for two days, and she didn't need him to accompany her if her life was not in danger, but Zhu Muzhaofeng left for a while, and didn't give him a chance to protest at all.

He put down his hand stupidly, stared back at Yu Shu's bleak sleeping face, and muttered, "If you don't look like my father at all, I should really wonder if he suddenly found out that you are his long-lost daughter." (To be continued......)

PS:――Tomorrow Valentine's Day, I wish you all a happy time in advance (single dogs can ignore this sentence).