At night, the Royal Palace.

"Ahem!"

There was a low cough from an unknown palace, and just listening to the cough, you could tell that this person had been sick for a long time and was very weak.

The candles in the hall were bright, and the palace maids kept going in and out, bringing in hot water and freshly boiled medicine, and bringing out spittoons and cold water.

Three or two imperial doctors gathered in front of the bed and frowned, Chu Liu was lying on the bed, his face was pale, in just a few months, he had lost weight, his eye sockets were sunken, and his face was full of sickness, as if he was about to die if he was not careful.

"Ma'am, drink the medicine."

The palace maid knelt on the ground and reminded gently, Chu Liu shook her head slowly, and the palace maid fed her two spoonfuls, and the pale red medicinal juice overflowed from the corners of her lips, but she didn't feed it at all.

She had been sick for too long, from the scorching summer to the cool of early winter, and it would not be long before the brazier would be burning in the palace.

She knew that the border pass was far away from the capital, but no matter how far it was, the envoys should have entered the capital a long time ago.

She looked forward to it day after day, but she never looked forward to that handsome and chic figure.

Did she encounter an accident on the road and never come back?

Every time she thought of this, her heart ached, hot tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes, and suddenly a tall and handsome figure walked in.

"Be careful!"

Chu Liu sat up excitedly, knocked over the medicine bowl in the palace maid's hand, and she didn't care about the medicine juice spilled all over.

Chu Lingzhao quickly stepped forward and held Chu Liu's hand, the bone-like wrist bone was cold, and it was terrifying to hold in the palm of his hand.

"Aunt Huang, it's me."

Chu Lingzhao spoke in a low voice, his voice was a little hoarse, the imperial doctor and the palace maid all knelt down, and Chu Lingzhao raised his hand to stop their chanting.

"Boil another bowl of medicine and come in!"

"Yes!"

The palace maid should exit the room, the imperial doctors looked at each other, and also left to wait at the outer door for the time being, the door was closed, and only Chu Liu's weak cough remained in the room.

Chu Lingzhao put a few pillows behind her back for her to sit up: "I have sent out the imperial list for people to search for famous doctors among the people, don't worry about the imperial aunt, you will be fine in a short time." ”

Chu Lingzhao comforted, Chu Liu gradually stopped coughing, leaned softly on the pillow and looked at him.

Chu Huai'an is considered to have grown up as the Queen Mother, but how could Chu Lingzhao not grow up under the eyes of Chu Liu?

In the past, the small one grew into the appearance of the world now, which always made people feel a lot of emotion, and some old things invaded his mind with the sickness, Chu Liu couldn't help but smile: "The courtiers thank Your Majesty!" ”

Her voice was so weak that Chu Lingzhao had to lean closer slightly to hear it clearly, his appearance was too deferential, like a modest and polite young man before he ascended the throne.

"The courtiers remember that His Majesty loved to visit the Hou Mansion when he was young, and every time he came, he would sneak out of the house with Jin Zhi to play, and once he forgot the time, missed the time when the palace gate was locked, and rested in the Hou Mansion for a night, and was grounded by the emperor for half a month on the second day!"

Chu Liu said that Chu Lingzhao also remembered that he went to Shangshu Mansion with Chu Huai'an that day, and the two sons and daughters of Shangshu Mansion played with them, and someone took him to the toilet halfway, and when he passed by the back garden, he saw the three pretty young ladies of Shangshu Mansion from a distance.

The three of them sat next to each other in beautiful and gorgeous dresses, and they didn't know what they said, they all covered their lips and smiled, all of them with eyebrows and eyes curved like a bright moon, and they were so beautiful that they were eye-catching.

I don't know if his gaze was too hot, and one of the young ladies turned his head to look at him.

At that time, he didn't feel that he was peeping, and his behavior was not very in accordance with the rules, and he forgot to avoid it when it seemed to the young lady, and collided with a pair of smiling clear eyes, and the smile on the young lady's pink cheeks froze, dyed with a moment of confusion, and the bright and brilliant warm sun recklessly and straightforwardly crashed into his heart.

Then he heard a maid whispering: "Miss, what's wrong?" ”

The voice woke him up, and he immediately stepped away, his heart pounding twice, and the corners of his lips rising uncontrollably.

The person who crashed into his heart was the side concubine who had just made a marriage contract with him.

It's his.

This thought lingered in his mind for a long time, and then slowly fell into his heart, turning into a sweet spring.

His thoughts came to an abrupt halt at this point, and Chu Lingzhao hooked his lips and smiled: "I can always find a lot of new and interesting things, and I always envied him when I was young." ”

When he said such words as envy, Chu Liu's heart was shocked, but he didn't dare to show it, and tried his best to speak normally: "I lost my father at a young age, and my courtiers didn't restrain him well, so I would grow up to be like this, Your Majesty has the love of the first emperor and the queen mother, why envy him?" ”

After speaking, thinking of the matter of the will, he couldn't help but grab Chu Lingzhao's hand: "Your Majesty, I never knew about the will, even the courtiers only knew a little bit of the inside story before the husband died...... Don't worry! ”

Speaking of the back, Chu Liu's tone carried a hint of pleading.

If she could, she would rather Chu Huai'an be born in an ordinary businessman's family, and spend this life in peace and security, without worrying about food and clothing.

Chu Liu said very sincerely, Chu Lingzhao did not rush to answer, only looked at her fixedly: "Aunt Huang, do you know that you will bring the envoy to Xunzhou ten days ago?" ”

Xunzhou is only a few days' journey from Beijing, and it will be possible to arrive in Beijing in less than three days with fast horses, and the envoys will have a slightly slower carriage and horses, and the time of ten days is completely enough to enter Beijing.

"Is he still in Xunzhou? Why don't you bring the envoys to Beijing as soon as possible? ”

Chu Liu asked, happy that Chu Huai'an was not poisoned on the road, but also worried that he had not entered Beijing, and what chaos would happen.

"As early as the day when the envoy arrived in Xunzhou, I sent the emperor to go down to seek medical advice for the imperial aunt, and I had already known the news that the imperial aunt was seriously ill, but I never set off from Xunzhou." Speaking of this, Chu Lingzhao's eyes darkened, and the contours of his face were stained with a cold and hard shadow: "I also want to know what he is going to do." ”

People have arrived in Xunzhou, knowing that their mother is seriously ill but they don't move for a long time, and they don't even have a message, so it's too weird to act like this.

Chu Liu was very sick, countless thoughts flashed in his mind, his temples suddenly ached, and he could only press his temples and gasp and ask: "If you don't return, what does Your Majesty want now?" ”

"There is a letter from Huang Huang to Jin Zhixiu."

Just repaired a book, Chu Lingzhao didn't say anything else, knowing that the stakes were very high, Chu Liu didn't delay, and got up with his sick body to write a letter.

There are thousands of words to say in my heart, but I can't put pen to paper, Chu Liu hesitated for a long time, and only wrote a few words: I am my son, it is very good for my mother, I hope you return safely, don't read it.

Before the ink on the letter paper was dry, Chu Lingzhao pulled the letter paper away, turned around to leave, and Chu Liu followed two steps tremblingly: "Your Majesty!" ”

Chu Lingzhao stopped and turned his head to look at her, Chu Liu's eyes were moist, his miserable white lips opened and closed for a long time, and finally begged without crying: "No matter what you do, please don't hurt your majesty's life!" ”

"If he doesn't hurt me, I won't hurt him."

Leaving such a sentence, Chu Lingzhao turned around and strode away.

When I returned to the imperial study with the letter, there were already two secret guards waiting.

Chu Lingzhao handed the letter to Zhang De, the head of internal affairs, and sealed it with beeswax and handed it to the secret guard, who put it away in his arms, Chu Lingzhao said in a deep voice: "Give this thing to Xiaoyao Hou and bring him a word." ”

Speaking of this, Chu Lingzhao paused, and the secret guard looked up tentatively: "Your Majesty? ”

"Tell him that if he doesn't leave in three days, the Xunzhou Governor will immediately lead troops to surround the post house and deal with it according to the rebellious ministers!"

"Yes!"

The Dark Guard left and quickly disappeared into the night.

The imperial study fell into a cold silence, Chu Lingzhao rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and Zhang De carefully served hot tea: "Your Majesty, drink hot tea and rest for a while." ”

Chu Lingzhao raised his hand to take the tea and took a sip, the slightly sweet fragrance of tea entered his throat, dispelling a little tiredness.

Zhang De hung his head and waited aside, and Chu Lingzhao put the cup aside, just pressing on an unstamped jade decree.

The holy decree was written as early as ten days ago, as long as the jade seal was covered, the military general immediately led troops to surround Xunzhou City and arrest the rebels.

Chu Lingzhao sat in front of the table and looked at this holy decree, his brows twisted into hemp rope, his eyes looked at the jade seal for a long time, and he still didn't reach out to take it after all.

"Your Majesty, the hour is getting short."

Zhang De reminded again, the palace people struck the gong, and watched the time pass again.

Chu Lingzhao didn't move, looking at the holy decree, he basically hadn't slept well in the past few months, and his whole person had lost a lot of weight.

Zhang De sighed, and was about to get a cloak to put on Chu Lingzhao, when he suddenly heard Chu Lingzhao speak: "Zhang De, do you say that Jinzhi will really be opposed?" ”

This question was asked abruptly, Zhang De hurriedly knelt down, and his old face wrinkled into a bun: "Ouch, Your Majesty, how dare the old slave say these things casually!" ”

"Let you be innocent, and say it."

Chu Lingzhao raised his hand and rubbed it twice on the jade seal, this jade seal was taken from the first emperor, and he used the best Lantian jade to find the best craftsmen to carve and build, the tentacles were warm, warm in winter and cool in summer.

This is a symbol of the highest power of the Yuanzhao Kingdom, and it is also the existence that countless people envy and covet.

Now, it's turned into a hot potato.

"This ......" Zhang De hesitated for a moment, seeing that his expression was serious, it was difficult to shirk it again, so he had to speak: "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have treated Hou Ye very well over the years, this is in the eyes of everyone in the world, and Hou Ye and His Majesty are even more like brothers, but ......"

"But?" Chu Lingzhao raised his eyes to look at Zhang De, and Zhang De hurriedly lowered his head: "Old slave...... The old slave lost his words! ”

"I said that you are not guilty, and I will finish my words!"

"Yes!" Zhang De wiped a cold sweat: "Now it is rumoring, everyone speculates that the old Hou Ye was poisoned to death by His Majesty, after all, it is the revenge of killing his father, I am afraid that the Hou Ye will ...... I can't get over this. ”

Chu Lingzhao's expression was stunned, yes, after all, it was the revenge of killing his father.

"Zhang De, how many years have you been serving by your father's side?" Chu Lingzhao asked, Xu is upset and had no one to complain about, and he had a lot of words at this time.

Zhang De was suddenly asked like this, and he couldn't report the specific number of years, so he pinched the index for a while before answering: "Back to Your Majesty, the old slave entered the palace at the age of seven, and arrived in front of the palace at the age of twelve, from the first emperor's accession to the throne to the death of the first emperor, a total of thirty years." ”

"What kind of person do you think my father is?"

"The first emperor Wen Tao Wuluo is a Ming Jun!" Zhang De replied categorically.

Chu Lingzhao heard these words a lot, and the historians wrote a lot in the history books, the great achievements of the first emperor and the heroic strategy of the first emperor established a perfect image in his heart, covering up the bloody wind behind it.

"You say, if my father were faced with the current situation, what would he choose?"

Chu Lingzhao asked again, a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes, as if he was walking in the fog and needed a light to guide him.

Zhang De's body was tense, his head was lowered, and his thoughts were surging and intertwined.

Although Chu Lingzhao said that he was not guilty, this question was too acute, and if he said it wrong, he would definitely not be able to get any good.

After hesitating for a long time, a drop of cold sweat gathered and dripped down his chin.

With a click, like pressing some mechanism, Zhang De gritted his teeth and said: "If the first emperor is here, there will be no future trouble!" ”

To never suffer in the future is to kill Chu Huai'an.

For example, when the old marquis was obviously sick and weak, and he improved slightly, the first emperor couldn't wait to do it, not to mention that Chu Huai'an seems to be a gentleman now, but in fact he is not a waste?

The hand rubbing the jade seal paused, Chu Lingzhao opened his eyes, and the mist at the bottom of his eyes dissipated, leaving only a piece of clarity.

Without any further hesitation, Chu Lingzhao picked up the jade seal and covered the seal.

"Your Majesty?"

Zhang De couldn't help but open his mouth to call, Chu Lingzhao seemed to have used all his strength, and threw the holy decree to him: "Let people pass the decree!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang De collected the holy decree and hurriedly withdrew from the imperial study, and walked towards the internal affairs office in a hurry, the proclamator had just fallen asleep, and when he heard the knock on the door, he immediately woke up and opened the door, Zhang De handed over the holy decree with a solemn face.

The proclamator took it with both hands, opened the holy decree, and saw through the quiet moonlight that the holy decree was finally embellished with the words 'no forgiveness', and his eyes widened slightly.

"This is the will that Your Majesty just made, and I went out of the house overnight to announce the decree!"

"Yes!"

The proclamator received the holy decree, put on his robe and left the palace immediately, but as soon as he passed through the two palace gates, he was stopped by the Imperial Forest Army, covered his lips and nose and escorted him to the emperor's bedroom.

The dormitory was pitch black, and there was no light, and Chu Lingzhao sat on the bed with only his middle coat, almost blending in with the night.

The Imperial Forest Army searched for the holy decree from his arms and presented it to Chu Lingzhao, Chu Lingzhao opened it and glanced at it, and then threw the holy decree to the ground, and the bright yellow holy decree rolled down in front of him, and the three words "no forgiveness" were particularly conspicuous.

"Who gave you this decree?"

"Yes...... It was Mr. Zhang who gave it to the slave himself! The proclaimer replied truthfully, his voice trembling, obviously frightened by the turn of events tonight.

Didn't Mr. Zhang's holy decree be taken from His Majesty? Your Majesty, what kind of trouble is this?

Chu Lingzhao didn't speak again, I don't know how long it took, the door of the dormitory was knocked twice, and seven or eight secret guards poured into the dormitory with a body of blood.

"Your Majesty, I just went out of the palace to deliver a letter, and sure enough, someone intercepted it!"

"Who?"

Chu Lingzhao asked, the secret guard did not speak, and presented a silver token, on which was engraved a lifelike begonia flower.

The begonia flowers are stained with blood and are unusually gorgeous.

Three hours later, the Queen Mother was in bed.

"Biwu!" The Queen Mother called lightly and woke up from a nightmare, her mouth dry.

"Biwu!"

The Queen Mother raised her voice again, but no one answered.

It was already a little bright, but it was still dark in the room, and there was a dead silence when you listened closely.

The Queen Mother chuckled in her heart, subconsciously feeling that something was wrong, and hurriedly got out of bed, a red dot appeared in the room, and the next moment, the candle flame was lit, and Chu Lingzhao's cold face was illuminated, I don't know how long I have been sitting in the house.

"Hongyi, why are you here?" The Queen Mother asked in surprise, and there was a faint bad guess in her heart, but she still held the Queen Mother's shelf and did not lose her manners.

"The hour is still early, how did the queen wake up? But had a nightmare? ”

Chu Lingzhao asked, lifted the teapot and poured a cup of tea, the tea was still hot, and it was steaming.

The Queen Mother took it and took a sip, the palpitations of the nightmare had not subsided, and her heart was even more uneasy.

"I did have a nightmare, the mourning family dreamed that he was back in the palace that day, and someone killed here, and killed all the people around the mourning family." The Queen Mother whispered, the bloody picture in the dream just now came to mind, and she couldn't help but take another sip of tea.

However, before he could swallow this sip of tea, he heard Chu Lingzhao say in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, that is not a dream. ”

"What?"

The Queen Mother's eyelids jumped, and the door of the dormitory was suddenly pushed open, and the rich smell of blood rushed in, dispersing the elegant soothing fragrance in the hall.

The teacup came out of his hand, rolled off the table, and fell to the ground with a crisp 'pop' and cracked in all directions.

The Queen Mother seemed to be frightened by this cracking sound, and stood up suddenly, and the commander of the Imperial Forest Army knelt at the door of the dormitory and shouted: "Your Majesty, the twenty-three people served in the Queen Mother's dormitory have all been executed!" ”

"Emperor!"

The Queen Mother screamed, her breathing became short, she didn't expect that when she woke up, all the people in her palace would be executed!

This is her person, Chu Lingzhao killed someone without even saying a word, what is this? Is she still the queen mother?

Chu Lingzhao's expression did not change in the slightest, he raised his hand and poured himself a cup of tea and drank it warmly, and then spoke unhurriedly: "Queen Mother, I told you last time that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. ”

"When will the mourning family ......"

The Queen Mother still wanted to argue, but Chu Lingzhao put the silver token on the table: "The Queen Mother's people are so powerful, even my secret guards can't defeat them." ”

Seeing the token, the Queen Mother lost her words and her shoulders fell suddenly.

Chu Lingzhao lifted his eyes and looked at her fixedly: "The queen mother's person was left by her grandfather, but the people of the An family have helped you choose training for so many years?" How many troops does the queen mother have in her hands now? ”

The Queen Mother has someone in her hands, this is something Chu Lingzhao has known for a long time, before the first emperor died, he asked Chu Lingzhao to ask the Queen Mother for this batch of troops, but Chu Lingzhao did not do what the first emperor said at that time.

First, the mother-son relationship between Chu Lingzhao and the Queen Mother was quite close at that time, and secondly, when he first ascended the throne, he couldn't get into too much trouble with the Queen Mother, so it has been delayed until today.

"Hongyi, what do you mean by that?"

The Queen Mother asked in disbelief, her body trembled slightly, because of the monstrous anger, she was bent on planning for Chu Lingzhao, but now she only got such a result!

The Queen Mother's eyes were full of disappointment, but Chu Lingzhao was not touched, he sat there with his back straight, and said firmly and unquestionably: "Now that the situation in the DPRK and China is unstable, please hand over the troops in your hands to help her son consolidate the throne!" ”

"Hongyi, the mourning family is dedicated to you, and now you are like this to the mourning family?"

The queen mother questioned, only to feel that she was poked in the heart by her own son, Chu Lingzhao lowered her eyes to hide the emotions at the bottom of her eyes: "The queen mother is good to her son, and the son remembers it in his heart, but it is a serious crime to murder the royal family, and Lu Ji is an important minister of the country, and the queen mother harms the two of them like this, I am afraid that she will bear the infamy of the world, and the son can't watch the queen mother make mistakes." ”

"Making a mistake? Hongyi thinks the mourning family did something wrong? The Queen Mother was so angry that her eyes were red, and bloodshot appeared at the bottom of her eyes: "For you, the Mourning family has even wiped out the last heirs of the An family, and now you are so accusing the Mourning family for outsiders?" ”

"I'm my cousin, not an outsider."

"What about Lu Ji? He dared to leave his post without permission, cut first and then play, and mention Zhao Feiyang's head to see you, so you believe that he has no wolf ambitions? The Queen Mother retorted, and without waiting for Chu Lingzhao to answer, she continued: "If he and Jin Zhiruo really have no shame in their hearts, why should they stay in Xunzhou City and refuse to enter Beijing for a long time?" ”

"My father often said that there is no doubt in employing people, but there is no need to suspect people!" Chu Lingzhao whispered, as if she had already made up her mind to believe in Chu Huai'an and Lu Ji, and the Queen Mother was so angry that her expression was slightly distorted and hideous: "Okay!" Good! Good! ”

She said three good things in a row, her hands trembled so much that she laughed fiercely: "If I knew this was the case, the mourning family shouldn't have let them come back safely!" ”

A certain nerve was stirred, and Chu Lingzhao looked at the Queen Mother keenly: "Before that, did the Queen Mother attack them?" ”

The Queen Mother didn't seem to hear his question, and angrily reprimanded: "Hongyi, you are so soft-hearted, how can you accept such a heavy responsibility?" These two people can kill the eighty elites of the mourning family with only forty people, if they really have the intention to rebel, once they collude with the anti-thieves, they can't resist it at all with the strength of the imperial city, do you want to give up the throne at that time?! ”

Eighty elite!

Chu Lingzhao grasped the key, the hand hanging by his side clenched into a fist, and his chest was burned with anger.

He didn't know when the Queen Mother sent out the eighty elites, let alone how many casualties Chu Huai'an and Lu Ji had brought them!

It is no wonder that the envoys refused to enter Beijing when they arrived in Xunzhou, even if he sent out that the emperor used the Chu Liu clan as a threat, the news of the departure was still delayed.

I see! And so it was!

The Queen Mother wanted to say something more, but Chu Lingzhao slapped the table and stood up: "Come on!" Looking at the Queen Mother, no one is allowed to contact the Queen Mother without my permission! ”

As he spoke, Chu Lingzhao strode towards the outside of the hall, and behind him, the Queen Mother was so angry that she smashed the things in the hall.

The commander of the Imperial Forest Army nervously followed behind Chu Lingzhao: "Your Majesty, how do you ...... now?"

"Immediately transfer twenty elite soldiers!"

"Yes!" The commander agreed repeatedly, but was confused again: "Your Majesty, where are the twenty elite soldiers transferred?" ”

"Go out of the city overnight with me!"

"Yes...... Yes? ”

The commander's eyes widened in astonishment, and he left the city overnight? With Your Majesty? Your Majesty is going out of the city at such a critical juncture?!

……

In the early morning, Xunzhou Station, the sky is still gray, can not see the outside scene clearly, a team of light horses quietly entered the city, before entering the city the horse's hooves were wrapped in cloth, greatly reducing the sound of the horse's hooves.

The group was all dressed in black cloaks, which blended perfectly with the night, and ran straight towards the post station in the city.

When he arrived at the door of the post station, a person dismounted and showed his waist card, and the official of the post station immediately respectfully opened the door and welcomed people in.

The two escorted one of them into the inn, while the others kept the post station tightly guarded, not allowing anyone to approach.

Under the guidance of the official, the three of them came to a room on the second floor, one of them took a dagger and was about to pry open the door bolt, the door of the room next to him suddenly opened, and the person who came quickly grabbed the hand of the person holding the dagger.

"Who ......?"

Lu Ji snorted, the person who was protected in the middle raised his head, the eyes of the two were intertwined, Lu Ji's whole person froze, Chu Lingzhao took advantage of the situation to pull Lu Ji and entered the next room, the two guards followed him like a shadow, and closed the door after entering.

"Your Majesty!"

Lu Ji lowered his voice and shouted that he was about to kneel, but was stopped by Chu Lingzhao: "No need to be polite." ”

"How did Lu Ji get here?" Lu Ji asked in surprise, his brain was shocked by Chu Lingzhao and it was a little difficult to think.

Kyoto is also three days away from Xuncheng, and seeing that the envoy is about to enter Beijing, how could Chu Lingzhao, as the Son of Heaven, leave Beijing rashly?

"There are some things that I dare not fake the hands of others, and I need to come in person to rest assured."

Chu Lingzhao's face was solemn, there was no need to elaborate on what had happened, Lu Ji could also guess the arrogance behind this, just like when he didn't go through a lot of playing, he directly left his post and went to the northwest to take Zhao Feiyang's head.

"Your Majesty, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Lu Ji bowed his hand, which was still the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and it was still a gesture of submission.

Chu Lingzhao twisted his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't care about it so much, and explained straight to the point: "The assassination of your eighty secret guards before was sent by the queen mother, I didn't notice it for a while, and almost killed Aiqing and Jinzhi's lives, it was my fault, I did have two doubts about you two in my heart, but I never thought of meeting you with Dao Rong!" ”

Chu Lingzhao spoke extremely quickly, but he was extremely frank.

As an emperor, he can come here today, and his courage and magnanimity have far surpassed those of the previous emperors.

On the night of the assassination, Chu Huaian was resentful and resentful, and even jokingly said that he wanted to kill Kutar and provoke a war between the two countries.

Lu Ji didn't, he was rational and restrained, but his heart was not completely untouched, but today's move by Chu Lingzhao swept away the negative emotions in his heart.

How fortunate he was to be loyal to such a wise and courageous king, and not to be a straw bag who was consumed by the lust of profit and did not distinguish between right and wrong!

His heart was slightly hot, and Lu Ji knelt on the ground all of a sudden: "The minister and the marquis have never had two hearts for Your Majesty, please be aware of Your Majesty!" ”

What he said smashed to the ground, making Chu Lingzhao's heart that had been hanging for a long time fall to the ground slightly, but he still had some doubts in his heart: "Aiqing and Jinzhi have no two hearts, why do you stay here for a few days?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Master Hou is sick!"

"Sick? When was this? Why has no one reported the matter? ”

"After entering the city, he fell ill on the second day, and there were many people in Xunzhou City who had similar symptoms, and the minister was worried that it was the plague, so he advocated not returning to Beijing for the time being, so as not to introduce the plague into the capital, and the minister had already written a letter to send it to the imperial city, didn't Your Majesty receive it?"

Chu Lingzhao's face sank like water, and he shook his head solemnly: "I didn't receive it, if I hadn't ventured to come today, I'm afraid that in two days, the Xunzhou Prefecture would have led troops to encircle and suppress the rebels!" ”

Between retaining the ministers of the humerus and killing the rebels, he chose to retain.

This kind of courage is very human.

Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Chu Lingzhao said decisively: "I shouldn't stay longer, after dawn, you and Jin Zhi will set off to bring the envoys into the city, and I will order the imperial doctor to be on standby to control the condition!" ”

"Yes!"

After leaving the post station and turning over the horse, the cloak and hat were blown off by the wind, Chu Lingzhao immediately put on the hat, looked up and inadvertently saw the window on the second floor move, as if someone had been watching the movement downstairs just now.

With a slight condensation in his eyes, Chu Lingzhao looked at the official on the side: "Who lives in that room?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's the princess of the Hu people!"

"Your Majesty, your subordinates will investigate immediately!"

"No need, go back to Beijing immediately!"