The process of the court discussion was calm, and the Ming Dynasty hall had not seen such a unified view of the people for many years...... ybdu。

Those who can attend the court meeting are all old foxes who have been rolling in the court for many years, from the cabinet scholars to the six books, all of them are the human spirits of the people, and now the emperor's life is in danger, and the vassal king is ready to move, it is the time of internal and external difficulties, if you still insist on not letting the border army increase the defense of the Beijing division, if there are any changes in the future and the border army will not be able to rush to help, who has the courage to bear this infamy through the ages?

After a period of silence in the Wenhua Palace, Yan Song, the secretary of the Ministry of War, first stated that it was imperative to transfer the four armies from outside the army into Beijing to increase defense, Yan Song was the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the defense of Gyeonggi was within his authority, so it was understandable for him to take the lead in expressing his position.

After Yan Song's statement, the ministers in the palace looked at each other and were speechless for a long time, and then Yang Tinghe suddenly nodded slowly in silence, with the attitude of Yan Song and Yang Tinghe, everyone echoed and agreed, and the matter of mobilizing the four outer armies was settled, even though the palace Liang Chu Mao Cheng and others had the intention to oppose it, but when they thought that if the four outer armies did not enter Beijing, in case of any change in the defense of Gyeonggi, none of them could afford the responsibility for the rise and fall of Sheji, so they had to reluctantly agree.

After noon, several fast horses rushed out of the city with the military order of the Tongzheng Division, and rushed to Xuanfu, Datong, Liaodong and other border towns, the cabinet of the Beijing Division, and the chief of ceremonies and supervisors jointly drafted an edict on behalf of the emperor, ordering the chief military officers of the four border towns to transfer their troops and horses into the customs to defend Gyeonggi, and the remaining soldiers and horses to closely monitor the various departments of Mobei Tatar Warat.

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Continuous half-moon sunny day. Today's Jingshi finally rained heavily, and the raindrops mixed with the roar of huge thunder poured down on this hot land without reservation.

The heavy rain in the afternoon stopped, the gray sky was still sprinkled with sporadic rain, outside the gate of the Leopard Palace, a carriage drove from the west end of Jinshui Street, stopped twenty zhang away in front of the gate of the Leopard Palace, the warrior of the Forbidden Palace guarding the Leopard Room had not had time to come forward to ask, the carriage curtain was lifted, and Qin Kan, who was dressed in a dark yellow python robe, stepped out of the carriage. Stand quietly in the empty square in front of the palace gate. Looking up at the gloomy sky, his eyes radiated a loneliness that was more bleak than autumn.

The warriors in front of the palace gate saw that it was Ning Guogong, who was in power, and they were so frightened that they stood still one after another, and saluted with their swords in unison.

Qin Kan stood in front of the palace gate like this. I don't know how long I stood there. He spoke slowly.

"Please go out of the palace to see me."

After a hundred households bowed. Hurriedly ran into the leopard's room.

Not long after, Zhang Yongxing, the master of ceremonies, ran out in a hurry, and the once high-spirited Ming minister. At this moment, his face was full of defeat, obviously getting closer and closer to the ten-day period, and Zhu Houzhao had not yet woken up, he was becoming more and more desperate.

Three steps and two steps ran in front of Qin Kan, Zhang Yong tried to squeeze out a smile, and said with a hint of crying: "Grandpa......"

Qin Kan smiled at him, the smile was not fake, it was strange, at this critical moment, he could still laugh, and he smiled so sweetly.

"Grandpa Zhang, I want to go into the leopard room and visit an old friend who is sick."

Zhang Yong looked at Qin Kan deeply for a moment, and sighed: "Now everyone in Beijing is in danger, and they are planning for the future, but the grandfather still remembers His Majesty, and being able to know the grandfather is the greatest blessing in the life of the miscellaneous family, but it is a pity that such a person who values love and righteousness has been scolded by the people of the world for more than ten years, is God blind, or is the world blind?" ”

Qin Kan smiled bitterly: "Perhaps...... It's because everyone lives too clearly. ”

The scenery of the leopard room is still the same, walking in from the palace gate, whether it is the pavilion or the corridor of the water pavilion, it is the picture sketched by Zhu Houzhao himself, and it seems that it has not changed at all for more than ten years.

Qin Kan's steps were very slow, like an old man in the twilight of his life calmly passing the rest of his life in the sunset, Zhang Yong was by his side, looking anxious and about to speak, knowing that this was not the time to discuss matters, Zhang Yong had to sigh and gossip with Qin Kan.

The two walked to the door of the main hall of the leopard house, where the security was already very strict, the corridor and the square outside the hall were full of forbidden palace warriors with bows and swords out of the sheath, and a group of eunuchs and palace maids stood in two rows of geese at the door.

The closer he got to the main hall, the more solemn Qin Kan's face became, until he stood outside the door of the main hall, Qin Kan's expression was filled with sadness, and he seemed to have lost the courage to lift his feet and enter the hall at this moment.

Zhang Yong had already burst into tears, and cried: "Grandpa, go in and take a look at Your Majesty, these days he is lying inside, he must be very lonely, I just want to talk to you, grandpa......"

Qin Kan's eyes were also red, he pursed his lips, and immediately raised his feet and walked into the main hall.

In the middle of the hall, Zhu Houzhao was lying on the bed with a pale face, wearing only a bright yellow satin shirt, and he could only be seen from his slightly undulating chest that he was still alive.

Qin Kan saw this scene at the first glance when he entered the hall, and his heart couldn't help but feel very sour, and tears rolled in his eyes.

"His Majesty has been like this since he was rescued, the miscellaneous family and Gu Da used them to kneel in front of the bed every day to talk to His Majesty, no matter how he begged him, he didn't wake up, he had been on the throne for 14 years, fighting with courtiers, fighting with anti-thieves, fighting with Tartars, fighting for all these years, there was scolding inside and outside, and the miscellaneous family knew that His Majesty was tired, he didn't want to wake up......" Zhang Yong wiped his tears, the more he said, the more tears fell, and finally simply covered his mouth and whimpered.

Qin Kan looked at the unconscious Zhu Houzhao for a long time, and his voice was extremely hoarse when he spoke.

"Grandpa Zhang, please ask the palace people to bring wine, and I will accompany His Majesty to have a few drinks."

Zhang Yong nodded while wiping his tears, turned around and ordered the wine and food to go.

Not long after, several palace maids entered the hall with a short-legged wooden table, rested on the side of Zhu Houzhao's bed, and everyone put the wine and food on the table one by one, and bowed silently and retreated, and Zhang Yong also followed out of the hall with interest.

There was also a group of old imperial doctors wearing official clothes standing in the hall, who were glared at by Zhang Yonglin before leaving, and all the imperial doctors also hurriedly withdrew from the main hall.

There were only two people left in the huge hall, Qin Kan and Zhu Houzhao, Qin Kan sighed sadly, exhaled a turbid breath in his chest, gently stroked the hem of his robe, sat cross-legged on the smooth mirror-like floor of the hall, stretched out his hand to hold the pot and filled the two delicate small cups on the table with wine.

Raising his glass and looking at Zhu Houzhao's pale and silent face, Qin Kan shed tears before speaking.

"Alone without the railing, infinite rivers and mountains, sometimes easy to see and sometimes difficult. Your Majesty, the monarch and the minister have been siblings for more than ten years, how can you bear to abandon the country and the old people? (To be continued......)