Emperor Chen fell ill, and Doctor Sun was invited to the palace to help him see a doctor.

Tang Ning stood in the courtyard and saw Doctor Sun walking in and asked, "How is it?" ”

Doctor Sun said: "It's just a rush to attack the heart, there is no big problem, just rest for a few days." ”

His son rebelled at the festival he valued the most and wanted his life, and it was normal for Emperor Chen to be angry and sick.

King Kang has been confined in the palace, which is equivalent to being sentenced to life imprisonment, he will not die, but he will not live well.

Because Duanwang's performance at that time was too spineless, it seemed that he was completely excluded from the throne by Emperor Chen.

On the contrary, King Huai, who has always been taken seriously, was entrusted with the important task of handling all matters in the court when Emperor Chen fell ill.

After the festival was over, King Huai's illness was cured.

The aftermath of King Kang's rebellion was dealt with by him, and the Zhang family paid the price for the rebellion, and the head of the Zhang family and several key figures in the clan have fallen to the ground.

Concubine Zhang Xian was beaten into the cold palace, it was a place where it was impossible to come out if you entered, and Concubine Yang died of illness in the cold palace.

Even the former gatekeepers and strategists in King Kang's mansion have been implicated, and the wanted warrants have been sent to various state capitals......

All the soldiers of the Ximen Guards were implicated in the rebellion, although they were able to save their lives, but their identities were reduced to official slaves, and the rest of their lives were digging and mining, building roads, and the glory that once belonged to the Praetorian Guards was gone.

Xiao Jue has been promoted to the general of the Ximen Guard, and Emperor Chen has transferred some people from the remaining 14 guards to the past, and recruited troops in Gyeonggi to form a new Ximen Guard.

The 10,000 forbidden troops that disappeared were not so easy to make up, and most of the troops of the Chen State were deployed in the northwest, and after this incident, the left and right Ximen guards were merged into the Ximen guards, and the sixteen guards were also reduced to fifteen guards.

Of course, this is only temporary, there are many fewer wars in the northwest now, and Emperor Chen has ordered 10,000 elites from the border army to return to Beijing to make up for the losses of the Praetorian Guards.

In this rehabilitation, there was also Wu Liehou.

He was originally a general of Zuo Jinyuwei, and now he is a general of Zuo Jinyuwei.

As for Chen Zhou, who kicked out that crucial kick and performed prominently in front of Emperor Chen, he was also promoted from Zhonglang General to General, and became the famous general of the Beijing Central Platoon.

There has been a lot of turmoil in the DPRK and China in the past two days, and King Kang's rebellion this time is not an exaggeration to say that it is a reshuffle of the forces in Beijing.

Tang Ning didn't get any reward himself, but this was originally deliberate on his part.

When he reaches this position, whether it is a civil or military position, it is extremely difficult to take a step and a half to go up, and it is difficult to reward him and Emperor Chen.

If he wanted any reward, it was him, not Xiao Jue, who took Zuo Xiaowei to quell the rebellion.

On the seventh day after the festival, Tang Ning was finally summoned by Emperor Chen.

The place where Emperor Chen met him this time was not in the imperial study, but in his bedroom.

He sat on the bed, the whole person looked obviously a lot haggard than usual, and when he saw Tang Ning coming in, he glanced at Zhao Man, who was serving in front of the bed, and said, "Man'er go down first, I have something to say to him." ”

After Emperor Chen fell ill, Zhao Man stayed in the palace and did not go home.

She glanced at Tang Ning, then slowly retreated.

Tang Ning watched her leave, and when she retracted her gaze, Chen Huang's voice also came.

"Are you sincere about Man'er?"

This matter was no longer a secret to Emperor Chen, Tang Ning nodded, and said, "The minister will use his life to protect her." ”

"I'm not a good father, not to Cheng'er, ......not to Man'er, as long as Man'er really likes it, I don't want to care about your affairs." Chen Huang looked outside and said, "You treat her well in the future." ”

Tang Ning didn't say "the minister obeys the order" this time, and said, "Your Majesty can rest assured." ”

Emperor Chen sat up straight, breathed a long sigh of relief, and asked: "King Kang rebelled, and King Duan also disappointed me, in your opinion, King Huai or King Run, who is more suitable to be the emperor?" ”

Emperor Chen asked this question very bluntly, Tang Ning hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Your ......."

Emperor Chen waved his hand and said, "Don't be sloppy with me, I just want to hear your thoughts." ”

"King Huai." Tang Ning no longer hesitated, and said: "From the current point of view, it is King Huai, His Majesty King Run is too young, King Huai has outstanding ability, even if King Duan and King Kang are added, the minister also feels that King Huai is the most suitable to be the emperor." ”

"I think so, too." A hint of discoloration appeared in Emperor Chen's eyes when he looked at him, and said: "In terms of talent, he is only below you, and he can't find a few stronger than him, but ......"

Emperor Chen paused in his tone and said, "When I was young, I did some wrong things and hurt him, although he was still young at that time, I am worried that he is still haunted by the things of that year......

Tang Ning said: "Has His Royal Highness King Huai been lingering, after so many years, can't His Majesty feel it?" ”

"It's because I can't feel it that I'm so worried." Emperor Chen sighed and said, "I can't see ambition in his eyes, King Duan, King Huai, and even King Run's eyes have ambitions, but he doesn't have it. ”

Before Tang Ning entered the palace, he never thought that the topic of conversation between Emperor Chen and him would be so sensitive, he didn't know how to answer, thought about it, and then said: "Maybe His Royal Highness King Huai thinks that his identity and background are not as good as those of King Gao and King Kang, so he never thought about fighting for anything......

Emperor Chen shook his head and said, "As a prince, he doesn't have the ambition to become an emperor in his heart, so what will he pretend?" ”

……

Tang Ning chatted with Emperor Chen for a long time this time, and the topic was very sensitive, about the inheritance of the imperial throne, Emperor Chen should not talk to him, but should talk to Wang.

However, after chatting with Emperor Chen so much, Tang Ning also discovered a misunderstanding that he himself, including many people in the court, had always had.

Before King Kang did not rebel and King Duan did not disappoint him, Emperor Chen never listed King Huai as the choice of the prince, and it seems that it was not because he had no identity background.

According to what Emperor Chen said, he did something sorry for King Huai in his early years, although Tang Ning didn't know what it was, but he thought it should be related to Concubine Yang.

This incident led to his suspicion of King Huai, and now that King Kang was defeated and King Duan was eliminated by Emperor Chen, if he was even suspicious of King Huai, this would undoubtedly be a good thing for Zhao Yuan.

King Kang's rebellion this time not only eliminated himself, but also caught up with King Duan by the way, Zhao Yuan was obviously one step closer to that position.

When Tang Ning walked out of the palace gate, a figure slowly stepped into a certain palace.

"Your Highness......" The guards at the gate of the palace saw him and immediately saluted.

King Huai stepped into the palace, and a cold and damp breath came to his face.

This is the famous cold palace, which is used to imprison or rather imprison concubines who have fallen out of favor.

The cold palace is just the name of outsiders, it was originally also the dormitory of a certain concubine, with the same name as "Shuxiu Palace" and "Changning Palace", but because it is damp and cold all the year round, it is gradually abandoned, and even the original name has been lost, and it has become the "cold palace" in the mouth of others.

People live in such cold and damp places, and it won't take long for them to get sick, so few of the concubines who have been beaten into the cold palace in history can live for a long time.

For example, Concubine Yang more than 20 years ago, and Concubine Zhang Xian, who just lived here.

King Huai walked into the palace, and in the courtyard in front of him, there was a person standing.

Concubine Zhang Xian glanced at him and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

King Huai placed a box of pastries on the cracked stone table in the courtyard and said, "Come and see Concubine Xian." ”

Concubine Zhang Xian looked at him and said coldly, "Are you here to laugh at me?" ”

King Huai shook his head and said, "It's Concubine Hui Niangniang, not me, who should laugh at you." ”

Thinking of Concubine Tang Hui, Concubine Zhang Xian's face sank.

King Huai looked at her and asked, "Do you feel very unwilling, you fought back and forth, but in the end you still didn't fight her." ”

Concubine Zhang Xian gritted her teeth and said, "That slut ......"

"Concubine Xian doesn't have to be too angry." King Huai glanced at her and said lightly: "You won't be too lonely here, she will come to accompany you soon." ”

Concubine Zhang Xian looked at him and said in shock: "What do you mean?" ”

King Huai didn't say anything more, but turned straight and walked out of the hall.

Concubine Zhang Xian chased out, the door of the palace was closed from the outside, she lay on the door, slapped the door hard, and said loudly: "Open the door, open the door to the palace!" ”

He shouted only twice, and then his voice stopped abruptly.

It wasn't because her hands hurt or she didn't have the strength, but because she found that there were a series of notches on the wooden door in front of her, which looked to be some years old, and many places had been weathered and decayed.

Each notch has five lines, dark brown, like the marks of something after it has dried up, so that when she looks at it, she can't help but feel cold all over her body.