Chapter 138: Facing the Wall and Thinking

Lu Zhan is Gu Li's widow, although Lu Ji has always disciplined him strictly, he has never moved a finger from him, how could he suddenly start beating him?

Su Li pulled Lu Zhan and asked, but Lu Zhan just cried, kept saying bad things about Lu Ji, and refused to tell Su Li the reason.

Although Lu Zhan was young, he was very old and assertive, and Su Li was afraid that asking more questions would cause him to rebel, so he asked people to take ointment to apply medicine to him.

Most of his face was swollen, his smooth skin was red, swollen and hot, Su Li was a little distressed, Lu Zhan cried enough, turned his head and saw a young man standing next to him, so he yawned and greeted with tears: "Who are you?" Did Aunt Su just buy it back? ”

He had seen some of them in the Su family before, and knew that big families would sometimes go to the street to buy some poor people to come back and help with the work.

"His name is Eleven, he didn't buy it back, Ah Zhan should call him Brother Eleven."

"Eleven? Why is it called Eleven? It's a strange name, are there ten people in front of it? Lu Zhan asked with a blinking eye, looking ignorant, and inadvertently poked the pain in Eleven's heart.

They were all adopted by Qi Niang over the years, and Qi Niang was too lazy to name them, so they were named from the first to the fifteenth in the order they were picked up.

His name was Eleven, and there were ten people in front of him, but now there were only two left.

Eleven lowered his head with red eyes, Lu Zhan immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and subconsciously looked up at Su Li with some confusion.

He didn't know what to do about this situation.

Su Li raised her hand and rubbed Eleven's head: "Don't be sad, there is also Aunt Su, Aunt Su will let them rest in peace." ”

Did the ten people in front of you all die?

Lu Zhan didn't dare to talk nonsense with a tight face, Su Li asked his subordinates to take Eleven to rest, Su Zhan had to pester her, Su Li could only take him to the room first to coax him to sleep.

Lu Zhan was lying on the bed very honestly, his hands were obediently placed at his side, and a pair of black eyes looked at Su Li: "Aunt Su, do you think my father is amazing?" ”

"Amazing, he's a famous town general." Su Li said seriously, although Lu Ji made her angry, Su Li would not smear him in front of Lu Zhan.

Lu Zhan thought for a moment and asked again: "Aunt Su, do you know what my father will be afraid of?" ”

Afraid?

This word seems to have nothing to do with Lu Ji at all, Su Li subconsciously wanted to veto, and the scene at the border pass a few months ago suddenly popped up in her mind, that day she led someone to burn the bodies of the soldiers who had been killed, Lu Ji told her at the time that he couldn't hold on.

Then...... He's scared, isn't he?

Su Li was stunned for a while, and said to Lu Zhan: "Since I met him, I haven't found anything to be afraid of him, if Ah Zhan wants to know, you can go back and ask Lord Guogong." ”

"My dad has something to be afraid of!" Lu Zhan said eagerly, pulling Su Li's sleeve: "Aunt Su, my father has been ...... these days."

"Ah Zhan!"

A loud shout interrupted Lu Zhan's words, and Lu Zhan immediately jumped up from the bed with a carp, stood against the corner of the bed, and was as vigilant as a fried hair: "Don't come in!" I'm ...... these days I slept with Aunt Su! ”

He was very afraid of Lu Ji now, and his eyes full of panic were covered with the red and swollen slap marks on his face, which was very pitiful.

Because Su Li was drunk and crazy last night, Lu Ji didn't dare to break into Su Li's house casually and take Lu Zhan away, and softened his voice: "Ah Li, I'll take Ah Zhan home." ”

"I don't want to go back with you, if you just slapped me, I won't go back!"

Lu Zhan roared angrily, tears welled up again, extremely aggrieved, there was silence outside the door for a moment, Lu Ji's voice became hoarse and tired, with a flattering meaning: "Ah Zhan, Dad will never beat you again in the future." ”

It is said that it hurts in the child's body, and the pain is in the mother's heart, Lu Zhan was brought up by Lu Ji with one hand, why didn't this slap hit his own heart?

Lu Zhan bit his lip and stopped speaking angrily, and it could be seen that he was still very resistant to Lu Ji.

The child is very childish, and even if he is brought back at this time, the father and son may not be able to talk well.

Su Li opened the door and walked out, Lu Ji was standing by the door, his head bowed slightly, and the tall and tall person looked inexplicably depressed and aggrieved.

"What's wrong with your face?"

Su Li asked, and at a glance, she saw a shallow wound on Lu Ji's eyebrow bone, and there was a little blood, but it was already dry, and at first glance, he was beaten by someone with a fierce punch.

"Gu Jiong's hand."

Lu Ji whispered, avoiding Su Li's gaze.

Now that Gu Jiong has recovered his identity, he is Lu Zhan's rightful uncle, Lu Ji slapped Lu Zhan, with Gu Ji's character, it is normal to act indiscriminately with Lu Zhan, and it is normal to be angry for Lu Zhan.

"Ah Zhan is still angry, he has been crying for a long time just now, let him sleep here first, and I will send him back to the Gongfu later or early tomorrow morning, can you tell him well?"

Lu Ji's face tightened, frowning and thinking about Su Li's proposal, and compromised for a long time: "I'll guard him here." ”

The guards of the county lord's mansion are not weak now, what can happen?

Su Li didn't say this sentence, Lu Ji just guarded it if he wanted to, anyway, when he was on duty at the border gate, he could stay awake for three days and three nights at most.

Su Li returned to the room and lulled Lu Zhan to sleep before going out lightly, and Lu Ji really stood straight at the door.

"Ah Zhan is asleep, if you insist on taking him away, wait a while to let him fall asleep, so as not to wake up halfway and cry again."

Su Li whispered, Lu Ji looked at her and didn't answer, her eyes were surging with deep emotions, Su Li didn't want to guess what he was going to say, and blessed herself slightly: "Brother Yi, I still have something to do, please take care of yourself!" ”

After speaking, Su Li walked to the front hall, and after a while, Jing Zhaoyin really sent someone.

The person who came was an official under Jing Zhaoyin, and asked about the relationship between Su Li and Eleven and Qi Niang.

Eleven has been following Qi Niang all the year round, although he was frightened, he went to Jingzhao Yin to report the case but said the matter clearly, after the official asked, let Su Li leave Eleven in Beijing for the time being, tomorrow they will take someone to Longxi County to understand the situation, if the situation is true, they will work together with Longxi County to handle the case.

This is Jing Zhaoyin's consistent process of handling cases, Su Li has no opinion, after sending off the official errand, a carrier pigeon fluttered and flew over, Su Li pinched a small piece of pastry and held it in her hand, the pigeon fell on her hand obediently, Su Li took a small letterhead from the pigeon's feet.

When I opened it, the words on it were very short: the coffin shop was burned, and the person was nowhere to be found.

The same letterhead was sent to the Imperial Front by another pigeon.

Chu Lingzhao opened it and read it, silently burned the letterhead, and after a while, the newly appointed Jingzhao Yin Lin Zheng was introduced by the palace people, Lin Zheng still didn't know how he was suddenly summoned to summons, and he was a little uneasy: "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"Aiqing, please get up!"

Chu Lingzhao said in a deep voice, Lin Zheng stood up and stood respectfully below, with his back upright and his head hanging slightly, showing humility but not humbleness.

Last year's turmoil in the DPRK and China made Chu Lingzhao realize the importance of serving these officials in the imperial city, and the newly selected replacement officials were also carefully considered by him.

Lin Zhengyuan served as the state capital in Jiangzhou, and Chu Lingzhao promoted him when he first ascended the throne, his political achievements were not outstanding, but he was still honest as an official, and more importantly, he was close friends with Zhao Hanzhuo's father.

Chu Lingzhao is very relieved about Zhao Hanzhuo now, and naturally he also looks up to Lin Zheng.

"Can Aiqing still adapt after she arrives in Beijing?"

Chu Lingzhao greeted him like usual talk, and Lin Zheng hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty Xie cares, everything is fine in Beijing, Wechen has already known his subordinates, and he is consulting the files of the past ten years, although the Anjia Rebellion has passed for a long time, but Wechen feels that the patrol of the imperial city cannot be slack, and he is still patrolling according to the previous martial law level." ”

From receiving the appointment to Jingzhong, the time was very short, and it was already very good that he could do so much.

Chu Lingzhao nodded, quite satisfied with his execution.

"Under your jurisdiction, what have happened in Jingzhong recently?"

"This ......" Lin Zheng opened his mouth, his face hesitant.

"Say whatever you want, Aiqing doesn't have to worry about it."

Chu Lingzhao said lightly, his attitude was very lenient, and he faintly had the prestige of the first emperor when he was in his heyday, but he was not as high as the first emperor was at the beginning.

Lin Zheng sighed in his heart, and his face was not obvious: "Back to Your Majesty, the imperial city looks peaceful these days, and there is no abnormality, but yesterday Weichen received a report, the reporter is a teenager of the fourteenth or fifteenth five, the young man claimed to be from Longxi County, his mother was kidnapped, his brother was killed, Longxi County was indifferent, and he had no choice but to go to Beijing to complain." ”

"Longxi County Order is indifferent?"

Chu Lingzhao recalled this sentence, Lin Zheng said impartially: "Whether what the young man said is true or not remains to be verified, but he mentioned another thing, saying that there are many outsiders from Longxi County, most of those people are from the border passes, and they seem to be no different from ordinary people, but in fact they have a tyrannical temperament and are absolutely abnormal. ”

"There is chaos at the border, and it is not uncommon for displaced people to come here."

"What Your Majesty said is very true!" Lin Zheng agreed, and then said: "But there have been several disputes in these days, and Wechen checked the records and found that these disputes are more or less related to the people who visited relatives in the imperial city. ”

Chu Lingzhao's eyes narrowed slightly, he was now very sensitive to this kind of sign.

Sensing the change in his mood, Lin Zheng's expression also became awe-inspiring: "That young man now lives in the Su County Lord's Mansion, his mother seems to have some old friends with the Su County Lord, Weichen has long heard that the Su County Lord is very smart, she will not stand idly by if she wants to come to this matter, Weichen will send someone to Longxi County to verify this matter, if necessary, Weichen hopes that the Su County Lord can assist Weichen." ”

Lin Zheng said this sincerely, and did not have any criticism of Su Li because she was a woman.

"Ah Li is a woman, her mind is more meticulous than ordinary people, and she can often find details that others tend to ignore, but she is now in business, and she should have a lot of things to do, if she doesn't take the initiative to find Aiqing, Aiqing still don't bother her."

Chu Lingzhao's words made Lin Zheng a little surprised, he originally thought that Chu Lingzhao would agree with his proposal, after all, at the celebration banquet, Chu Lingzhao also seemed to trust Su Li very much.

Chu Lingzhao saw Lin Zheng's doubts at a glance, and couldn't help but hook his lips and smile: "Aiqing, although Ah Li is the county lord, there are some things that are too much, and they are more than right. ”

Chu Lingzhao smiled very handsomely, but Lin Zheng's heart jumped.

Su Li takes care of things too much and calls Yue Ju, if he does less things, it will be a dereliction of duty!

"Wechen understands!"

Lin Zheng knelt on the ground with a puff, he was careless just now, this is the first slightly larger case he has encountered since taking office, His Majesty obviously wants to take the opportunity to see his ability, but he thinks that he can take a shortcut to solve the case as soon as possible with Su Li, he is really confused!

Lin Zheng scolded himself in his heart, and cold sweat soaked in his palms, but fortunately, Chu Lingzhao did not dwell too much on this matter.

"It's not too early, Aiqing, please go back."

"Yes!"

Lin Zheng left quickly, it was already evening when Chu Lingzhao looked up after handling government affairs, the palace people lit the lamp, Chu Lingzhao rubbed his shoulders and stood up to rest, and the palace people whispered at the door: "Your Majesty, Xiaoyao Hou asks to see!" ”

Chu Lingzhao moved, remembering Chu Huai'an's performance at yesterday's banquet, and a joke flashed in his eyes: "I don't see it!" He is not allowed to leave the palace for the past few days, let him think about it behind closed doors! ”

There was silence outside the door for a moment, and the voice of the palace people flattering and persuading came intermittently, and without looking at Chu Lingzhao, he could imagine how bad Chu Huai'an's face was now.

Chu Lingzhao couldn't help but feel a little relieved, let this kid eat enough to have nothing to do!

Chu Huai'an walked away from the imperial study with a black face, followed by a tail.

"What are you doing with you?"

Chu Huai'an stopped suddenly, and the palace people were about to cry, and said stubbornly: "Master Hou, Your Majesty has asked you to think about it." ”

“……”

Chu Huai'an's face stinked even more, and he strode forward, and after a while, he met Chu Lingxi, and when he learned that Chu Huai'an was punished for facing the wall, Chu Lingxi laughed very unkindly.

Oh, yes!

Let you talk indistinctly!

Chu Huai'an was so angry that he was about to explode, and he gouged out Chu Lingxi's eyes.

If it weren't for Chu Lingxi's sudden mention of something right, how could he be confused and say the wrong thing?

Kutar hasn't gone yet, who knows what will happen next?

Now it's okay, he recognized Ku Keduo's life for Lu Ji, he didn't get any benefits, and he was hated by Su Li, where can he reason for his grievances?

Chu Huai'an went back angrily, and the palace people immediately called the guards to guard him and didn't let him go out again.

Chu Huai'an lay on the bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, so he got up in the middle of the night and wrote a letter to the guard outside the door: "Send this letter to the county lord's mansion." After receiving the letter, the guard immediately advised: "Don't let others pass it on, let her see it for herself, remember?!" ”

"Yes, Master Hou!"

The guard turned his head and left, muttering in his heart, when did the Hou Ye become so obedient? His Majesty used to close his face to the wall, and he never listened.

How did this guard know that Chu Huai'an was frightened by Su Li last night, and he was very cowardly, even if he went to Chu Lingzhao to marry him now, Su Li probably wouldn't want to marry him again, if he annoyed Su Li again, I was afraid that it would be even more difficult to recover.

The more Chu Huai'an thought about it, the more frightened he became, and scolded Ku Tatar and Hu Ren in his heart, who knew what he wanted, Hu Tatar came early the next morning to ask Chu Lingzhao about someone.

Kutar was trapped in the imperial city and waited for many months, finally waiting for Chu Huai'an and the others to come back, and waiting until the celebration banquet was over, and he couldn't wait any longer.

He was tall and burly standing in the imperial study, looking at Chu Lingzhao with cold eyes, exuding a coldness that would not give up.

Chu Lingzhao didn't find any more excuses to perfunctory him, and asked people to call Chu Huai'an over.

Chu Huai'an didn't get Su Li's reply, he didn't sleep well all night, his face was a little haggard, and his mood was not very good.

Suddenly, he glanced behind him, and saw that the palace people had closed the door and had no intention of bringing people in, and his brows furrowed: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" I want to see my son, what are you calling the prince for? ”

"Your son is dead!" Chu Huai'an said angrily, suddenly turned his head to look at him, he was not afraid, and said frankly: "I killed it." ”

"Impossible!"

Hu Tartar subconsciously retorted, he had seen Chu Huai'an's skills, Chu Huai'an had some ability, but this skill was not enough to kill Hu Keduo.

Unless it's ......

"It's Lu Ji and Hu He!"

Ku Tatar guessed the real murderer at once, and Ku Tatar guessed that Lu Ji and Hu He had a deep hatred with Ku Keduo, only the two of them would kill Ku Keduo desperately, and only the two of them had the ability!

"I said that I killed it, is there a problem with your ears, Your Majesty?" Chu Huai'an retorted impatiently, pursed his lips and didn't speak, his eagle-like eyes stared straight at Chu Huai'an, like some kind of enraged beast.

Chu Huai'an saw that he didn't believe it, and reached out to tear open the collar, revealing a small half of his white chest, and there was a dark red scar on his chest, the injury was still new, and it had just scabbed.

"Obviously he has been defeated, but Ku Keduo refused to surrender, and also abducted the master's woman, resisted to the death, the master led the troops to encircle and suppress, and fought with him to the death, he was unlucky, and died!"

Chu Huai'an slowly put his clothes on as he spoke, and his face became ugly, first, he couldn't accept the fact that Ku Keduo had been killed a long time ago, and second, he didn't know how to deal with this matter.

As long as the murderer changes to one person, he can take the opportunity to attack Chu Lingzhao, but this person is Chu Huai'an.

Kutar didn't expect Kutar to die, but he was sure that Yuanzhao had hurt his vitality, and at least on the surface, he needed to maintain peace with the Hu people and make a temporary truce.

Kutar had already considered how much cattle, sheep, wine, and mineral tribute he would use as the price of this defeat, but now all plans have been broken.

Not only did he lose this battle, but he also took the life of his favorite son!

He didn't believe that his son would be so stupid, and after the defeat, he deliberately provoked.

"You did it on purpose!" Kutar suddenly spoke, his face fierce: "You deliberately designed to harm my son's life!" ”

He was furious, his chest heaving violently, and a grunting beastly roar came out of his throat, as if it would erupt in the next moment.

"Escort!"

Chu Huai'an stood in front of Chu Lingzhao and shouted, and the Imperial Forest Army outside the door immediately broke in and surrounded the Kutars.

Suddenly, his eyes were red with anger, he glared at Chu Huai'an viciously, and then looked at Chu Lingzhao: "Your Majesty, my son is dead, and now you want to stand up to my clan?" ”

Chu Lingzhao's face was calm: "Whether Yuanzhao and the Hu clan are at peace or at war depends on what the king means. ”

In a word, kicking the ball to Kutar seems to give Kutar enough freedom to choose, but in fact it is domineering.

The Hu people want to fight, and Yuan Zhao is not afraid; If the Hu people want to surrender, Yuan Zhao can also reluctantly accept it, showing the demeanor of a great country.

Ku Tatar's face was extremely bad, he knew that Chu Lingzhao hadn't moved him in the past few months, but he still had a little room left, and he didn't want to make the relationship too stiff.

But he lost a son, and this matter cannot be said to be in the past!

"Doesn't Your Majesty intend to give me an explanation for my son's death?"

Suddenly asked word by word, Chu Lingzhao quickly gave a solution: "I can allow the king to take him back to his own territory for a thick burial." ”

What kind of statement is this?

People are dead, no matter how much they are buried, what's the point?

Suddenly Tartar was full of anger, forced to not have a seizure, gritted his teeth and demanded: "I want to see my son's body first!" ”

It's a pity that the body is gone, only a jar of ashes, and I don't know how many people are mixed in it.

Chu Lingzhao glanced at Chu Huai'an before asking the palace people to bring Ku Keduo's ashes, Chu Huai'an did too much to do this, killing people didn't count, and burned people's corpses directly.

The palace people replaced the wine jar containing ashes with a good-looking white jade jar, and the jar was placed on a tray, and the bottom of the tray was lit with a velvet white cloth to look solemn.

However, these couldn't get into the eyes of the Tartar at all, he looked at the altar in a daze, and the whole person was stunned.

What about his son? How did it come to this?

Kutar was in great shock, but Chu Huai'an was still restless beside him and explained: "It's hot in the spring, and there is no way to save and transport the corpse back, so it can only be burned." ”

He said it as if it was a good thing to do!

Suddenly, the hand hanging by his side clenched into a fist, the rattling of his finger bones echoed the sound of clenching his teeth, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out.

"Too much deception!"

Suddenly Tartar roared, and rushed to Chu Lingzhao's table with red eyes, Chu Huai'an protected Chu Lingzhao to dodge, and Suddenly Tartar smashed the good agarwood table case with a punch, and flew to the ground.

The Imperial Forest Army who were surrounding rushed up, and the long knives of several people were caught under the armpit by the Sudden Tartar, and with a strong twist, those people were picked up by the Sudden Tartar, picked up and thrown around, knocking the people around them to the ground.

"Escort! Escort! ”

The palace people screamed in fright, kept shouting at the top of their throats, unsteady the tray in their hands, the white jade altar shook, and saw that it was going to roll down and fall to pieces, and suddenly stretched out a foot from the side, and with a slight hook of the toes, the white jade altar was hooked.

Chu Huai'an held the white jade altar and spun around twice, exited the imperial study, raised his hand and knocked on the altar twice, making a crisp sound: "Kutar, do you want your son's ashes?" ”

Suddenly, Tartar roared angrily and rushed towards Chu Huai'an, stepped out of the door of the imperial study, and a group of guards appeared on the ridge around him, all carrying bows and arrows, the bows were pulled to the fullest, and the silver arrows refracted the cold light, as long as he moved, he would be shot into a hedgehog.

Kutar froze for a moment, in fact, with his skills, it was no problem to use the surrounding terrain to avoid the rain of arrows, or even escape from the palace, but he couldn't just run away.

He stayed here for a few months, not to wait for such an outcome.

Between the lightning and flint, Kutar regained a trace of reason, and he stretched out his hand towards Chu Huai'an: "Give it to me!" ”

Chu Huai'an didn't make it difficult, and threw the white jade altar to Kutar, who caught it steadily.

Chu Lingzhao brushed aside the guards and walked out: "Is the king still fighting?" ”

Hu Tartar hugged the jar and avoided answering, and asked instead: "When will Your Majesty return my people to me?" ”

When Zhao Hanzhuo disappeared, Chu Lingzhao borrowed a warrior from the Kutar envoy group in the name of borrowing people.

"If the king wants, he can do it at any time."

Chu Lingzhao said generously, his face was gloomy, and he said for a while: "Your Majesty will return the person to me first, what happened just now, please give me a few days to think about it." ”

Chu Lingzhao had long expected this to be the case, and smiled slightly: "Then please ask the king to think carefully!" ”

Kutar walked away with Kukeduo's ashes, leaving a mess in the imperial study.

The palace people lowered their heads and trembled to clean up, Chu Lingzhao walked forward with his hands in his hands, and Chu Huai followed behind him silently.

All the way to the Imperial Garden, Chu Huai'an finally couldn't hold it back.

"How do you deal with this?"

"As I said just now, it depends on what Kutar does."

"What if he has to bury Kukedo alone?"

Chu Huai'an asked bluntly, he still had gauze wrapped around his head, and his eyes widened slightly.

Chu Lingzhao turned to look at him, and the palace people behind him spontaneously took more than ten steps back, not daring to listen to their conversation.

"Who do you think should be buried with you?"

Chu Lingzhao rarely talked to Chu Huai'an like this, Chu Huai'an was silent for a while, he was silent for a while, he turned his head to look into the distance, no matter how high the palace wall was, it couldn't block the bright spring light.

"Brother, if I leave, you can help me find a reliable person for her."

Chu Huai'an whispered that he didn't call His Majesty Chu Lingzhao, but called his brother.

He didn't say Su Li's name, but Chu Lingzhao knew that he was talking about her.

"I don't have a grudge against me?"

"There's nothing to complain about, in the past 20 years, I have eaten well, used well, lived freely, and can go like this, which can be regarded as sacrificing my life."

Chu Huai'an really has no resentment, it's just ...... It's a pity that he hasn't had a room with Ah Li Cave yet, but after thinking about it carefully, I feel fortunate that without him, Ah Li can find a better one in the future.

When Ah Li left Beijing alone, he could forget that he was tempted by Lu Ji, and he would naturally be able to do so in the future.

"The emperor's grandfather has a will, and he is actually the one who should sit on this throne."

This is the first time that Chu Lingzhao has said the matter of his will in front of Chu Huai'an, he said it casually, like a small talk, Chu Huai'an didn't pay attention to it, and rolled his eyes: "Come on, how can you sit on it and be a free marquis?" ”

He has no interest in the throne at all, especially after the war in the past few months, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with the imperial power.

However, when it came to the will, Chu Huaian thought of the assassination a few months ago.

"Your Majesty, when Lu Ji and I went to the border to meet the envoys, we were assassinated, and someone said that we were ordered by the Queen Mother to take the lives of the rebels, Your Majesty...... Know? ”

Chu Huai'an asked hesitantly, at that time, Lu Ji sent someone back to Beijing to spread the news, and then there were too many things, Chu Lingzhao didn't say anything about it, and this matter has been stuck in Chu Huai'an's heart.

"Do you think I acquiesced in what the Queen Mother did?"

Chu Lingzhao asked rhetorically, Chu Huai'an was silent, not wanting to beat around the bush anymore.

"To be honest, I don't know, I used to think that I was like a family with His Majesty the Queen Mother, the first time I went to the prison, Ah Li poisoned me, I was not so sure, the assassination came suddenly, but the Queen Mother's token was what I saw with my own eyes, the entire Yuanzhao is Your Majesty's, and I shouldn't be able to hide it from Your Majesty, but I don't think Your Majesty has any reason to kill me."

"Isn't that the will the reason why I killed you?"

Chu Lingzhao whispered, his eyes were deep, and his face was tense like a carved puppet, which inexplicably dispelled Chu Huai's doubts.

"Sincerely, do you know what the biggest taboo has been against superiors since ancient times?"

"Monarchs are suspicious."

"Since you are suspicious, do you think I will keep you?"