Great Zhou, the capital, the imperial palace.

The moonlight seeped in through the half-closed window, and a silvery white patch was scattered on the ground.

The breeze blew in, and the white curtain swayed gently.

A eunuch pushed open the door, entered lightly, blew out two candles, and looked up, only to see His Majesty kicking the quilt, one arm exposed.

The conscientious palace people gently stepped forward and covered the quilt for Emperor Zhou.

"What people!" In the night, Emperor Zhou suddenly woke up, his eyes were cold and full of murderous aura, he pulled out a long sword from under the pillow, and a sword penetrated the chest of the palace man.

The palace mouth vomited blood, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, it's a slave...... Minions......"

The palace man fell to the ground with his chest covered, Emperor Zhou looked at his corpse coldly, held his head with one hand and thought for a while, calmed down the horror in his eyes, but after a moment's effort, his eyes had regained their calm, and shouted: "Someone!" ”

Several guards immediately entered, and when they saw the corpse on the ground, they knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"This man wanted to assassinate me, but I killed him and dragged his body out!" Emperor Zhou said, "Let's all step aside!" ”

"Subordinates obey!" The maids trembled and dragged the corpses of the palace people out, and the night returned to calm, as if nothing had happened, and there was only one less insignificant person by His Majesty's side, and there was only a lonely ghost in the palace, and nothing had changed.

Emperor Zhou couldn't sleep anymore, he opened his eyes and looked at the top of the bed, until the night gradually faded, the day came, and it was time for him to go to court again, he was still the Great Zhou Emperor who made the four seas surrender!

In the Imperial Garden, a curtain of flowers rains down, covering the floor in the early morning.

Concubine De was feeding the goldfish by the lake, and Aunt Ping said behind her: "The news just came that His Majesty killed another eunuch last night, and this is the second case this month!" ”

"Murder in a dream? Assassin? Can he deceive others, can he deceive himself? Concubine De sneered and said, "What he is suspicious about now is getting heavier and heavier, there is no one around him who he trusts, who else can he trust?" He believed in no one but himself! So, who will be the next to suffer? ”

"Since His Majesty last time said that he wanted to establish Niangniang as the queen and was rejected by Niangniang, he seems to be a lot colder to Niangniang, there are few people in the palace, I heard that Your Majesty has favored two palace maids, and asked Concubine Yun to serve!" Aunt Ping said, "At that time, Niangniang, you wanted to protect the second prince, but you didn't expect that the second prince didn't survive, so you were also suspicious of Your Majesty!" ”

"What if he is suspicious of me?" Concubine De sneered and said, "He only has two sons, and both sons were born to me!" No matter how ruthless his heart is, he won't want to pass on this throne to outsiders, right? ”

"It is said that the body of the princess has not been found, but the slave maid guesses that the princess is not dead!" Aunt Ping said, "Since General Bai Shao was able to survive at the beginning, then the princess is not impossible!" ”

"I hope so!" Concubine De said, "Haoran, that kid has to watch carefully, I don't know if the Jiang family will be affected, and I don't have the ability to keep the entire Jiang family, but I can at least keep that kid!" ”

"Yes, the slave will pay attention!" Aunt Ping said, "The things in the capital have been turned upside down in the blink of an eye!" There has never been peace in this palace......"

Inside the palace of the king of Chu.

"What are you doing here? You go away! Zhao Yang'er stood in front of the eldest brother's door, and said angrily when she saw Zhao Qu's figure.

Zhao Qu smiled slightly: "I'm just coming to see the eldest brother, you don't need to be so angry, right?" ”

"Humph!" Zhao Yang'er crossed her waist and said disdainfully, "You are not my second brother at all, you are not with us, you still let that bad woman arrest me, I don't have a brother like you at all, you don't really care about the eldest brother, you just want to harm him, I won't let you in, you go away, go away!" ”

"Yang'er, you are still a child, you don't understand many things!" Zhao Qu said with a wry smile.

"I'm a kid, I'm not smart, but I can see who's bad and who's good!" Zhao Yang'er looked at Zhao Qu hatefully, "I also know who is good to me and who is not good to me!" ”

"Okay, okay, I admit that I was sorry for you for that incident at the beginning, but I didn't mean it, I can't help myself, the adult world is very complicated, it's not black and white, you know?" Zhao Qu sighed, "If you don't let me in, I won't go in, I know that you are all guarding against me, if I go in, he will have three long and two short, but it will be difficult for me to get rid of suspicion!" Let's go! ”

Zhao Qu shook his head and left, since the King of Chu took Zhao Ling back, he was full of wariness of him, although he didn't say that he would be driven out of the Chu Palace, but he told Zhao Quan and Zhao Yang'er that he was His Majesty's person without reservation, so that they could stay away from him.

You know something! You only have Zhao Ling in your eyes, how could you ever care about what happened to me in those years? Have you ever cared when I became Your Majesty's person, and why did I become Your Majesty's person?

Zhao Qu once vowed to get the approval of his father and brother, and now with the support of His Majesty, in the business field, it can be said that he has suppressed the king of Jin and become a hot upstart in the capital, compared to the waste man lying in the house, that is the noble person that everyone in the capital is more willing to befriend, he has now surpassed the eldest brother, but his father still won't look at himself, no matter what he does, he can't get his father's approval, right? But it doesn't matter, compared to what he wants to do, his father's approval is nothing!

Zhao Quan watched Zhao Qu leave coldly, trotted over and asked, "Yang'er, why is he here?" ”

"I don't know, he wants to see his big brother!"

"Did he go in?"

"I ran away!" Zhao Yang'er hugged his arms and said.

"Well done!" Zhao Quan praised, "The current situation of the eldest brother is not very good, but he can't let him see the eldest brother, even if he won't harm the eldest brother, if he goes in and mocks a few words, it will not be good for the recovery of the eldest brother!" ”

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of my big brother!" Zhao Yang'er raised her chin slightly and said.

After a while, I saw Concubine Liu coming to deliver the medicine, and when I saw the two brothers and sisters, I smiled and said, "I saw you two little door gods again!" I can understand your feelings about wanting to protect your eldest brother, but you still can't delay your studies, there are so many subordinates and guards here, you don't have to worry too much about your eldest brother! ”

"Yes, Aunt Liu!"

The two of them followed Concubine Liu inside, Zhao Ling was still lying on the bed, and Yan Yan was carefully shaving for him.

Yan Yan is Jiang Xiaoyu's confidant, and now that the princess is gone, she is afraid that she will be bullied in Zhuyuan, so Concubine Liu simply transferred her over to serve the prince, this girl is loyal, and she will take care of the prince, so she can rest assured.

"I've seen Concubine Liu!" Yan Yan got up and said.

"No need to be polite, how is the son today?" Concubine Liu asked.

"Today is very good, I took medicine and ate two bowls of porridge!" Yan Yan lowered her eyes and said.

"That's good!" Concubine Liu asked the maid to bring the medicine bowl over, and after trying the medicine herself, she fed Zhao Ling to take it.

"I look much better today!" Concubine Liu smiled slightly, "If it goes on like this, it won't take many days to recover!" ”

"Actually, you don't have to hide it from me!" Zhao Ling struggled to get up, and Concubine Liu hurriedly asked someone to help him get up and put the pillow behind his back.

Zhao Ling continued: "My own body knows ...... by myself."

He looked at his hands, squeezed his fists slightly, and said: "My hands have no strength at all, and I am afraid that my martial arts will be useless this time!" ”

"Don't think about it......" Concubine Liu wanted to persuade and comfort him, but seeing that Zhao Ling didn't have much sadness and disappointment on his face, he sighed slightly, and he couldn't say the comforting words in his mouth anymore.

"What time is the new year?" Zhao Ling paused and asked.

"It's the fourth day of July!" Concubine Liu said.

"Sister Su Xuan's death day is coming!" Zhao Ling muttered, "When the time comes, please Aunt Liu prepare, I want to worship Sister Su Xuan!" ”

"Good!"

Zhao Ling's eyes looked into the distance leisurely, and said with a slight smile: "Speaking of which, my marriage to Xiaoyu is almost one anniversary!" Time flies! ”

"Is there anything else that Aunt Liu needs to do?" Concubine Liu asked.

"Nothing!" Zhao Ling shook his head lightly and said, "I'll tell you when I think about it that day!" ”

"Good!" Concubine Liu fed Zhao Ling and drank the medicine, "Then you have a good rest, I'll go back first, and I'll come to see you tomorrow!" ”

Zhao Ling nodded.

Concubine Liu called all the maids who were waiting for the prince over, and after giving some good instructions, she left worriedly.

Zhao Quan and Zhao Yang'er immediately approached and asked, "Big brother, are you better?" ”

"Big brother, how are you feeling now?"

"Big brother, Zhao Qu was going to see you just now, and I scolded him away, he is not worthy of being our relative at all!"

Zhao Ling was silent for a moment and said to Zhao Quan and Zhao Yang'er: "You two remember, although Zhao Qu is not a good person, after all, blood is thicker than water, and he will not return you for no reason!" You don't get close to him, but don't offend him, he's not so ordinary, and you have to be smarter, and you have to learn to protect yourself, you know? ”

"Got it, big brother!" Zhao Quan nodded and said.

"What is the situation of the Jiang family now?" Zhao Ling asked again.

"It doesn't seem to be moving!" Zhao Quan said, "Your Majesty doesn't seem to have any plans to do anything to the Jiang family, the Jiang family is very calm, and then they will be with us every day!" ”

"That's good!" Zhao Ling said, "Quan'er, you have to be smarter, you have to protect your brother, but don't come hard, once there is any situation, go to your father or the king of Jin, and let them deal with it, you know?" ”

"Got it, big brother, I'm measured, I won't let others hurt Haoran!" Zhao Quan said.

Zhao Ling looked at him, but remembered his former self, at that time they had sworn to protect each other, but now, they are still like this.