Zhou Xuan went out of Jinling to Songjing Kaifeng on February 16, and returned to Jinling on June 13, four months before and after, longer than last year's trip to and from the Southern Han Xing Palace, very homesick, but now the emperor Li Yu is seriously ill, King Jing and his party are planning to make trouble, Jinling City is still prosperous on the surface, but the undercurrent in the interior is turbulent, Zhou Xuan wants to be his happy and happy prince, he must defeat King Jing Li Kun and help the prince Li Jian ascend to the throne, so he can't go back to Xiangluanfang Mansion with 20 personal soldiers, Twenty Yu Lin Wei rushed to the East Palace with Lin Heishan to see the crown prince Li Jian.

Fang Cai didn't feel any strange from usual in the market, but as soon as he entered the imperial city and the palace city, he immediately felt a tense atmosphere, Jin Wuwei and Yu Linwei patrolled back and forth, and the East Palace was heavily guarded.

When the crown prince Li Jian heard that Wu Guogong Zhou Xuan had returned, he was overjoyed and welcomed out of the palace gate, and the entourage of the guards was followed by more than 20 people.

"Third child, why are you here?" Zhou Xuan asked in surprise.

The three idiots said: "Didn't the master ask me to protect the East Palace?" ”

Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, at this very moment, you should follow His Highness." ”

Li Jian said: "My brother is really worried these days, day and night looking forward to Cousin Xuan's return to share my worries, fortunately Cousin Xuan came back in time." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I learned the news in the Daimyo's Mansion on the 27th of last month, and I knew that the matter was urgent, so I rushed back from more than 2,000 miles in just 16 days. ”

Li Jian said: "Cousin Xuan is hard, Cousin Xuan hasn't met his father and queen mother yet, my brother will accompany Cousin Xuan." There are some things that we talk about while walking. ”

Zhou Xuan and Li Jian walked to Daxing Palace, Li Jian told Zhou Xuan about the condition of his father Li Yu, saying that the imperial doctor ordered Qin Que father and daughter to consult with other imperial doctors many times, but they were helpless against Li Yu's wind disease, and Dr. Qin Xiong thought that the disease was in the cerebral veins, blood stasis and blockage, and it was difficult to heal without Hua Tuo's wonderful hands——

Zhou Xuan nodded secretly, Qin Yuezhang's medical skills are really better than the imperial doctors in Beijing, Li Yu This is a cerebral thrombosis stroke, if in the future life. It can be treated with surgery, but in this Tang Kingdom, only by relying on traditional Chinese medicine to promote blood circulation and dissolve stasis can alleviate its symptoms, and the extent to which it can be recovered depends on Li Yu's own creation.

Zhou Xuan said: "Brother Jian." Since His Majesty is seriously ill, he cannot speak, and he cannot go to court. According to the story of the Tang Dynasty, you should supervise the country as the crown prince and act as the government of the court, which is all justified, why are you in a hurry to live in the East Palace so far? ”

Li Jian said angrily: "My father was sick for half a month, and some courtiers proposed that I be in charge of the country, but Li Kun and his party strongly opposed it. Wei Xuan and Huangfu Jixun are both in power, saying that their father has always been strong and healthy, and a small wind disease will be cured soon, so why bother the prince to supervise the country, and spread rumors. To say that I am in a hurry to get to the top is a big unfilial piety. ”

Zhou Xuan frowned and pondered for a while, and asked, "What does the queen mean?" I thought: "Xiao Zhouhou is very knowledgeable, and she is Li Jian's biological mother, she will not sit back and watch Li Jian and Li Kun fight to the death, at this time, let Li Jian supervise the country and gain a firm foothold, then Li Kun sees that there is little hope, maybe he will be his King Jing honestly, Li Jian has already said." Li Kunruo is his own prince. He will not force Li Kun to his death. ”

Li Jian said: "My father's mind is quite clear, and the queen mother once asked my father's opinion on the matter of the crown prince's imprisonment. The father didn't nod, so he kept dragging it down, and it is estimated that the queen mother is also afraid of Li Kun's power, and she is afraid that Li Kun will immediately be difficult when she learns that I am acting as the ruler of the court, so she hesitates. ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "There are a total of 12,000 people in the two forbidden armies of Yulin and Jinwu, how many of them have taken refuge in King Jing?" ”

Li Jian said: "There are not many people who really take refuge in Li Kun, but there are many generals of the forbidden army who are very close to Huangfu Jixun, only Lin Ji, the deputy envoy of the left army of Yulin Wei, is firmly on my side, but Lin Ji has only been transferred to the deputy envoy of the left army for half a year, and he has not yet been able to fully master the left guard of Yulin. ===”

Zhou Xuan nodded and said: "In addition to the loyal and military guards of Brother Heishan, the eight guards of Jinling are basically the cronies of Huangfu Jixun, although they may not necessarily rebel with Huangfu Jixun, but as long as Your Majesty returns to heaven with the dragon and the king of Jing and then orders the government and the opposition with the alliance of brother and brother, these people will soon be able to be used by King Jing, which is really worrying." ”

Li Jian was silent.

Zhou Xuan asked: "Has Qi Hong's water army arrived?" ”

Li Jian perked up and said: "General Qi's 10,000 sailors are stationed on the north bank of the Bailuzhou Wharf, practicing on the river every day, this is a big help from our side, and Huangfu Jixun does not dare to act rashly, also because of the presence of General Qi Hong." Zhou Xuan was a little relieved, and he couldn't understand it in his heart, Li Yu was sober-minded, how could he not understand the joints, if he really wanted to drag on until his life whimpered, shouldn't this Tang Kingdom be in chaos?

The twilight is dreary, the sultry is abnormal, the Daxing Palace with silk bamboo bell chimes and singing and dancing in the past is now shrouded in mournful clouds and mist, although the palace is tall, it makes people feel breathless.

Li Yu was in the dormitory of Zichen Palace, the lights were not very bright, the chamberlain and the palace were solemn and did not dare to make a sound, and the eunuch Bai Lishi saw Zhou Xuan, his face was happy, and then he smiled and whispered a few words of greeting, and said: "The princess and the princess are also inside, and His Royal Highness King Jing is also inside. After that, he went to report, and soon came out and said: "Niangniang invites His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of the Kingdom to go in." ”

Zhou Xuan and Li Jian followed Bai Lishi into the dormitory, and saw a wide curtain cloud bed, separated by a screen, one side of the light was still bright, and the other side was only a palace lamp, presumably Li Yu was afraid of seeing the light.

Xiao Zhouhou greeted him under the attendants of several palace maids, the light and shadow were bright, and the posture was graceful, Zhou Xuan hadn't seen Xiao Zhouhou's appearance clearly, and he didn't notice where Qin Que was, so he fell to the ground, and said in a choked voice: "Aunt Wan'an, my nephew and nephew learned the news three thousand miles away, and rushed back in the starry night, Your Majesty Jiren Tianxiang will definitely be cured, aunt must not be anxious." ”

Xiao Zhouhou's voice also choked up: "Nephew Xuan, get up, I don't know why, seeing Nephew Xuan come back, my aunt's center of the earth is also much more stable, Your Majesty talked about you yesterday, I hope you will come back as soon as possible." ”

Zhou Xuan was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "Didn't you say that the old father-in-law Li Yu can't speak, why do you still talk about me?" He stood up and asked, "Is Your Majesty safe now?" Can a courtier-in-law come and see him? ”

Xiao Zhou said: "Nephew Xuan, I'll ask Your Majesty what he means." ”

Xiao Zhouhou's waist and limbs, his footsteps were fine, and after walking into the dimly lit screen, the slender back of the moment before the dim darkness brought fresh vitality to this dull dormitory-

Daxing Palace is tall and spacious, and it doesn't feel hot on a hot day, but this year's summer is particularly dull and hot, and Xiao Zhouhou, who has ice muscles and jade bones, also feels that it is very hot, maybe Li Yu is seriously ill, she is anxious and depressed in her heart, so she feels that the weather is extremely hot, so Xiao Zhouhou did not wear those complicated and nepotistic palace clothes, only wore a half-sleeved cheongsam designed by Zhou Xuan, no waist, no tie, curved and elegant-

Although Xiao Zhouhou's back was beautiful, Zhou Xuan only glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze, turned his head to look for Qin Que, but first saw King Jing Li Kun on the side, that King Jing Li Kun's eyes were hot and complicated, and he was still staring at the eight screens, feeling that Zhou Xuan was watching him, so he nodded sideways to Zhou Xuan and Li Jian, and didn't say anything. ^^^^

Qin Que walked out from behind several female officials, looked at Zhou Xuan with bright eyes, and said in a low voice: "Husband-"

These days, this beautiful female imperial physician often accompanies Xiao Zhou to take care of Emperor Li Yu, and sometimes summons her into the palace in the middle of the night, and she is very tired every day for nearly two months.

Zhou Xuan didn't have so many scruples, stepped forward and hugged Qin Que's waist, gently kissed her under the shadow of her eyes, and said softly: "The finch has worked hard, and the eye circles are blue." ”

Qin Que couldn't hold back his tears, and quietly wiped away the tears in his sleeves with Zhou Xuan's sleeves, smelling the smell of sweat on Zhou Xuan's body, as well as the smell of water and earth, the husband is really hard, he hurried back after three thousand miles, and he had no time to repair it, and the tent was messy.

After nearly half a year, there was a lot to say, but at this time, there was only silence between each other, and Zhou Xuan held Qin Que's hand and stood quietly outside the screen.

Although there are more than ten people in the dormitory, it is very quiet, Zhou Xuan's eyes are not good, but his ears are very smart, only the subtle sound behind the screen a few zhang away, there is a soft and thin voice of Xiao Zhouhou, and there is a phlegm and vague voice at the bottom of the throat, which is naturally the emperor Li Yu is talking, but Zhou Xuan no matter how he holds his breath and concentrates, he can't hear what Li Yu is saying, it seems that only Xiao Zhouhou, who has been with him for many years, can understand his meaning.

After a while, Xiao Zhouhou came out and said, "Jian'er, Kun'er, and Xuan's nephew, the three of you come in-" Looking at Qin Que who was holding hands with Zhou Xuan, he smiled slightly: "Imperial Doctor Qin also came in." ”

Zhou Xuan, Qin Que, Li Jian, and Li Kun followed Xiao Zhou Hou into the screen, only to see a low table in front of the bed, and an octagonal glazed palace lamp hung on the wall, the light was yellow, and the talented emperor Li Yu, who was suave in the past, was half lying on the bed at this time, and it was not the silver white of the past, but withered white, like a grass stem in winter, lifeless. Li Yu's face was dull, and when he saw Zhou Xuan, his eyes turned for a moment, if it weren't for the careful little Zhouhou, he wouldn't have noticed that he nodded.

Xiao Zhou Hou said: "Nephew Xuan, Your Majesty recognizes you." ”

Zhou Xuan hurriedly knelt down, and when he saw Li Yu stretching out his hand, he didn't know what to do, so he didn't dare to make a mistake, and looked sideways at Xiao Zhouhou.

Xiao Zhouhou said softly: "Nephew Xuan, reach over and let Your Majesty touch you." ”

Li Yu's withered right hand pressed on the back of Zhou Xuan's hand, patted it, and stretched out his hand to Li Jian, and when Li Jian also put his hand on the edge of the bed, Li Yu stretched out his hand to King Jing Li Kun again, and Li Kun also quickly knelt down and rested his hand on the edge of the bed.

Li Yu laboriously folded Li Jian's and Li Kun's palms together, and then motioned to take pen and ink, trembled, and wrote four words on the paper of Chengxintang - "Brothers."

Li Jian called out with tears in his eyes: "Father-"

Li Kun also shouted: "Your Majesty, Uncle-"

Li Yu pressed his hand on the overlapping hands of Li Jian and Li Kun, snoring and saying something, no one else could understand, only Xiao Zhouhou listened attentively, and asked in a whisper from time to time, Li Yu nodded.

Xiao Zhouhou's beautiful and dignified face was solemn, and he said: "Li Jian, Li Kun took the order-

Li Jian and Li Kun were already kneeling, but at this time, they withdrew their hands and knelt in front of the bed, and they didn't dare to come out.