In the middle of the night, a rush of footsteps broke the tranquility of the Zhonghe Palace, the extinguished lamps and candles were lit one after another, and Chen Hongzhi, the imperial medicine envoy, walked in with a cat step, and asked softly: "Do you sleep down?"

As soon as he fell asleep, Chen Hongzhi said: "You foolish foodies, you haven't taken medicine yet, how can you just fall asleep." ”

Left and right smiled and said: "It's rare for everyone to sleep peacefully, and if you feel sleepy, you can sleep, so why bother." ”

"What do I mean by doing too much, how can people get better if they are sick and don't drink medicine?"

Li Chun snorted in his heart when he heard this, this Chen Hongzhi really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, I am sick, and if I don't drink medicine, I will have to die and bastard.

"That, you, go and wake everyone up, you two, go, get ready to serve everyone and drink medicine"

Li Chun's brows furrowed, why is this old slave so annoying, acting as a prestige in front of me, who gave you the guts

Chen Hongzhi was shouting at a few little eunuchs, and suddenly heard a cough full of dissatisfaction from inside, and suddenly his hands and feet were numb and weak, and his whole body seemed to have fallen into an ice hole, and he was cold to the bone.

The Tang Dynasty has been temperamental and moody recently, beating and scolding and even abusing and killing the people below, how many people have died at his hands in recent years, in just half a year, he has changed three of the medicine envoys alone, two dead and one seriously injured, what a tragedy, what's wrong with him, gratuitous nonsense.

"Which dog thing is there to arrange me, I'm a patient, I'm going to die if I don't drink medicine, right?"

"No, don't die, the minister's crime deserves ten thousand deaths, the minister's crime deserves ten thousand deaths, the minister is talking nonsense."

"Nonsense, I see you're a dog with itchy hair, looking for a cut"

Chen Hongzhi fell to the ground, shivering coldly, and didn't dare to say anything. The left and right attendants are also trembling with fright, the temper of the Son of Heaven has not been very good recently, the service is a little inconsiderate, beating and scolding is a trivial matter, and if you don't get it right, you have to lose your head.

There are not twenty or eighteen in the month of serving and being tortured and killed, and once his old man loses his temper, he will completely kill innocents indiscriminately, regardless of whether you are guilty or not, as long as you are not pleasing to the eye, your little life will be gone.

A group of people are like frozen chickens, waiting to be killed, and there is no anger at all.

Li Chun stood up tremblingly, a little top-heavy, his body staggered, a little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to support, and was pushed away by him, the eunuch was not careful, and he didn't fall down.

The emperor pushed it casually, not to mention the power of a thousand jun, you dare not fall.

"Drag it down, cut off your head."

The little eunuch was so frightened that he didn't even have the strength to breathe.

"It's you who said that I am sick and will die if I don't drink medicine"

"No, no, the minister should die."

"Dare to say why don't you dare to admit it, are you laughing at me as a faint king, killing innocents indiscriminately"

"Death to the Minister"

"With such a loud voice, are you deaf at my laughter?"

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"You dog slave, I died without drinking medicine, who is it good for, is it good for you Chen Hongzhi?"

In addition to kowtowing constantly, Chen Hongzhi only dared to cry;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Li Chun suddenly felt a little funny, what was the point of scaring a poor medicine envoy with the respect of the Ninety-Five, so he was angry with himself, ignored these minions, and went to sleep.

He turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly felt a little blocked in his heart, he stood still, rubbed his heart, and it was still blocked, so he designated Chen Hongzhi and said: "You are fast, I am good"

When Chen Hongzhi was crawling and trembling, Li Chun's eyes were dull, there was air in and out, and his body seemed to have been suddenly drained of the trunk of a dead tree, swaying in the wind. Chen Hongzhi suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when he mustered up the courage to look up, he saw that under the dim light, the emperor's face was pale like a ghost.

He shouted, "Everyone."

Before the person got up, Li Chun covered his heart and smashed at him like a dead stump, Chen Hongzhi lay on his stomach and didn't move, the thing came too suddenly, he didn't have time to move.

With a bang, the emperor fell to the ground.

"Everyone" Chen Hongzhi was the first to jump up and hold Li Chun, this month, he has fainted for the third time, usually when he wants to faint, he can always step forward in time to support him, this time he was indeed frightened, he was numb and couldn't move, and let the king of ten thousand times fall to the ground like a dead stake.

In a hurry, Chen Hongzhi's courage also fattened, he picked up Li Chun and put his head on his knees, staring blankly at the devilish face of defeat.

"Blood, there is blood."

A little eunuch cried out in surprise, and sat down on the ground with a pop, trembling with his tongue, and could no longer move.

Li Chun accidentally broke his lip when he fell, and some blood flowed out. Everyone was shocked and speechless, according to the tyrannical temper of the Son of Heaven recently, this bit of blood was enough to cut off their heads seven or eight times.

Some people were speechless and trembling, and some people cried out loud, and the crying became louder and louder, and the cold heart of Chen Hongzhi, who was crying, also woke up.

What to do, what to do

Once the beast in his arms wakes up, is he still alive?

He worked hard and served his father with trepidation, what is it for, in order to get ahead, in order to glorify the ancestors, in order to seal his wife and son, in order to eat with a mouthful of food, but now he can't even save his life, even if he can escape this time, next time, he will accompany the king like a tiger, not to mention a mad tiger

What to do, what to do

Chen Hongzhi's forehead couldn't tell whether it was cold sweat or hot sweat, he looked around and saw all the faces of dying and struggling.

One by one, he just cried, and he didn't even have the courage to fight when he died, no wonder he could be unscrupulous.

The dog has to jump over the wall when he is in a hurry, the rabbit has to bite when he is in a hurry, and the waiter is also a human, how can he be like an ant and make people pinch to death and not even dare to put a fart.

Chen Hongzhi wiped his sweat with his sleeve, turned his heart sideways, and said to the left and right: "Wipe away your tears, everyone is just sleepy and asleep, look at him, sleep so fragrantly, you and others are all cheered up and waiting carefully." Go, everyone's medicine is cold, go change the bowl of hot one. You, go to the door and keep guard, everyone is asleep, don't disturb anyone. Everyone is working hard in the world, and it is rare to be able to sleep peacefully, so let the old minister serve him and sleep for a while. ”

Chen Hongzhi said, lifted Li Chun's head, put it in his arms, blocked his mouth and nose with thick clothes, pressed it tightly, and freed his other hand, gently patted his back, and sang the nursery rhyme that his mother hummed for him when he was a child.

The inner servants suddenly understood something, wiped away their tears one by one, crawled away, and performed their duties.

This night, inside and outside the Zhonghe Palace, it is quiet and pleasant, everyone knows that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is sleeping soundly, the emperor can sleep peacefully, the Tang Dynasty is very lucky, and the world is very lucky.

An hour later, Chen Hongzhi's eyes were as deep as water, his whole body was cold, but his heart was very hard.

A group of chamberlains quietly surrounded the queen, like a swarm of bees guarding the queen bee, Chen Hongzhi looked at everyone, and saw a lot of anxiety and expectation.

He nodded at everyone, put his hand gently on Li Chun's neck, and didn't feel anything, the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty had no pulse.

"Everybody fell asleep, this time they really fell asleep."

The privy envoy Wang Shoucheng was woken up in the middle of the night, and sat motionless like a piece of wood, allowing his "children" to comb his hair, wash his face, and dress. Being woken up in the middle of the night, he has long been accustomed to it, so he doesn't feel anything, as usual, he washes his face with cold water, drinks a bitter and heart-deep strong tea, rubs his red and swollen eyes, and pinches his stiff face, so that he can cry and laugh later.

Can wake him up in the middle of the night, there is only one person in the world, this person has become more and more difficult to serve recently, Wang Shoucheng's numb nerves because of the existence of this person, suddenly became painful, and therefore became extremely acute, every time the face saint is a test of life and death, every time the face saint returns, there is a kind of pleasure for the rest of his life, but this pleasure does not last long, as a privy envoy, his task is to serve the secret in front of the car, the face saint is a matter of all the time, when is such a hard day a head

I think when I was in Xuzhou as a prison army, how high-spirited I was, a gray hair boiled out in the palace, in Xuzhou in just a few years from white to black, at that time I had a ruddy complexion, black hair, loud voice, can eat and pull, people call themselves "Wang Banxian", what a high-spirited person.

In the past few years of entering the palace, the status has been rising, but the whole person has been abolished since then, the Houmen is as deep as the sea, and the palace is deeper than the sea, and it is completely a monster that eats people and does not spit out bones.

Look at the past two years, the hair is white, the face is swollen, the whole person is deformed, and the old colleagues dare not recognize each other when they meet, what kind of world is this.

It was Chen Hongzhi who came, Chen Hongzhi was the medicine envoy he recommended to the Son of Heaven, although the official is not big, the position is very core, he is a clever person, has a city government, is loyal to himself, is a material that can be made, and there must be something important to tell him when he visits late at night.

Wang Shoucheng was suddenly a little annoyed, since it was Chen Hongzhi who came, why bother to clean it up.

"The owner knows that everyone has returned to heaven."

"Back to Heaven"

Wang Shoucheng was shocked, but he didn't call out, the Son of Heaven is terminally ill, and it is a matter of time before he returns to heaven, and now it is neither too early nor too late, or just right.

He stood up, walked around the house, turned around and asked Chen Hongzhi: "Everyone is sick and dead."

Chen Hongzhi replied: "Naturally, he died of illness. ”

Wang Shoucheng said: "That's good, block the news, and the relevant people will deal with it as soon as possible, so don't leak the news." ”

Chen Hongzhi replied: "Hongzhi understands. ”

Wang Shoucheng helped Chen Hongzhi to get up and instructed: "For today's plan, I want to ask the prince to ascend the throne as soon as possible." ”

Chen Hongzhi reminded: "Will Lieutenant Liang be informed of this matter?"

Wang Shoucheng smiled: "That's natural, I'll go and ask Lieutenant Liang." He looked at his robe, felt that it was too neat, loosened his belt, and trotted all the way to the right Yintai Gate, where he greeted the arrival of Liang Shouqian, the lieutenant of the Right Shence Army.

Liang Shouqian was not very surprised by the violent death of the Son of Heaven, and said immediately after meeting: "Without further ado, please ask the privy envoy to go to Shaoyang Courtyard with me and urge the prince to ascend the throne." ”

Wang Shoucheng looked left and right, pulled Liang Shouqian aside, and took out a testament from his sleeve: "Brother Xusi, don't worry, take a look at this." This is His Majesty's testament, and Li Yun, the king of Yan, will inherit the unification. ”

"Hmph, this edict must be fake, fabricated by the henchmen of Tutu Chengguang."

Liang Shouqian knew that this edict was fabricated by Wang Shoucheng himself to blame Tutu Chengxuan, and Tutu Chenghuang was Wang Shoucheng is a sworn enemy, so if he didn't take this opportunity to get rid of Tutu Chenghuang and his favorite king Li Yun, how could he rest assured

Wang Shoucheng insisted on killing Li Yun, and Liang Shouqian was also happy to see it, and the contradiction between him and Tutu Chengguang was also very deep.

Wang Shoucheng said: "Whether to inform the concubine of this matter, please ask her to decide." ”

Liang Shouqian said: "The concubine is the biological mother of the prince, and she will be the queen mother in the future, the stakes are very high, and it is not appropriate to hide it from her." ”

The two of them have decided to discuss it, and they came to see Guo Guifei overnight, Guo Guifei saw the edict prepared by Tutu Chengxuan, she was stunned, and asked the two of them in tears, Wang Shoucheng destroyed the edict with his hand, and said: "This is a trick done by Tutu Chengxuan, I can't do it, please persuade the prince to ascend the throne immediately." Guo Guifei said: "Military affairs, what do I have to do with a harem concubine, it is all up to the two ministers of the Pillar State to preside." ”

Liang Shouqian said to Wang Shoucheng: "Everyone trusted you the most during your lifetime, the situation is difficult, please come forward to preside over it, I, Liang Shouqian and 100,000 soldiers of the right army, are waiting for dispatch." ”

Wang Shoucheng received the support of Guo Guifei and Liang Shouqian, no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the right army of Shence to enter Chang'an, guard the palace, and control the dangerous passes in Guanzhong, enter the Shaoyang Courtyard to pick up the prince Li Heng, and ordered the four prime ministers to enter the palace, announced the death of Li Chun, and finalized the prince's enthronement with everyone. Wang Shoucheng also privately sent a secret letter to Lin Ying, the military envoy of the Longxiang battalion sitting in Huazhou, and ordered him to take necessary measures against Tutu Chengxuan.

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