Just when Zhao Ling rushed back with the disaster relief team in the direction of the capital, the people who were arranged by Zhao Xuan in Jeju City had already passed the news of the situation in Jeju City to King Xuan's mansion.

Zhao Xuan sat behind the desk, and when he saw the letter presented by his subordinates, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he slapped the letterhead in his hand on the table: "This can't kill him!" He's got a big life. ”

The strategist who was raised by Zhao Xuan in the mansion came up and picked up the letter on the desk and read it carefully, and at the same time tightened his eyebrows, and looked at Zhao Xuan worriedly: "Lord Wang, the situation is not right." ”

"This king also knows that the situation is not right, Zhao Ling can come back alive from Jeju City, and this time he comes back, this king will be in trouble."

The strategist said: "Lord, this is not what you say, and you think that the emperor's attitude is wrong." ”

Zhao Xuan turned his head to look at the strategist, his eyes were gloomy and dark, as if he was about to stir up a deep pool of whirlpools, cold and cold.

"Go on."

The strategist said: "Although our dynasty attaches great importance to literature and light on military force, it has never slackened in the management system of the army; The founding ancestor of the Zhao family once set a clear and strict law, except for the order of the Son of Heaven, no one in the imperial army is allowed to leave the garrison at will, and those who dare to commit it will be punished as the crime of anti-thief and rebel; However, the mob rebellion in Jeju City was quelled by Chu He with the Black Armor Army of Qingju, what does this mean? ”

Looking at Zhao Xuan, who was stunned by his words, the strategist continued: "This shows that either he Chuhe really dares to defy the world's condemnation and dare to privately dispatch the imperial court garrison, or all this is the handiwork of the Son of Heaven; My lord, our current situation is not clear, we always thought that the emperor did not like Zhao Ling, so we were able to suppress him in a grand manner; However, Chu He's move has confused us, but if we assume that we have misunderstood the divine will from the beginning, then we will be finished. ”

Zhao Xuan shook his head in disbelief, and his pupils shook violently because of shock: "No! This is impossible, his father's favorite prince is this king, since he was a child, his father has never even hugged Zhao Ling, how could he suddenly fall in love with this son? You must have guessed wrong, you must have guessed wrong! ”

The strategist's collar was pulled up hard by Zhao Xuan, who rushed up, and the strategist trembled with fright, and hurriedly spoke out to comfort Zhao Xuan.

"The prince is angry, all this is a baseless speculation, and the prince should not believe it; Lord, I'm afraid the queen doesn't know the news of Jeju City yet, should you go into the palace and report the situation there to the queen? ”

Report to Jiang?

Zhao Xuan slowly loosened the collar of the strategist, and a mocking smile appeared on his face: "That woman, she thinks she is smart and has everything, she wants to be the yellow finch behind the praying mantis catching cicadas, but she doesn't know that she is about to become the prey of others; If Zhao Ling can come back alive, do you think he will let go of the queen and the king? ”

"Lord Wang, I know that you are still a little unable to accept all this for a while, but please listen to the next word."

The strategist took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress the coolness and trembling that came out of his heart, and gave Zhao Xuan advice: "Although the queen made a mistake in Jeju City and let King Ling come back alive, we can't underestimate the talents and resources available in the hands of the queen. Lord, to put it mildly, you have been playing the image of a well-behaved son in front of the queen all these years, and now, when it comes to the point of cold lips and teeth, the queen cannot abandon you, and you cannot leave her; Only if the two of you are now clinging to each other can you stop King Ling, who is growing stronger. ”

Zhao Xuan looked at the strategist's eyes full of wisdom, as if thinking about weighing the weight of his words, and finally, nodded: "Yes, the most useful chess piece of this king now is her Jiang family, and now that Zhao Ling has come back alive, her chess piece is naturally going to move." This king has been her son for so many years, and she can't listen to this king call her queen mother for so many years, right? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Xuan's face showed a sinister smile: "Actually, it is not too bad for us that Zhao Ling can come back from Jeju City alive this time, at least one thing is beneficial to this king." That is, the Jiang family can no longer hide her strength, forcing her to support this king wholeheartedly and help this king to sit on the throne of the Ninety-Five. ”

The strategist agreed with Zhao Xuan's words, bowed down and said, "Here, I wish the prince all the best if he can come true and succeed." ”

Turning his head and looking at the strategist silently, Zhao Xuan picked up the letterhead from the desk, walked to the door of the study and shouted outside: "Prepare the sedan chair, this king wants to enter the palace." ”

……

After the half-pillar incense, in the Zhenghe Hall located directly south of the imperial city, Emperor Showa was leaning lazily on the step, allowing his personal palace attendants to kneel on the ground and beat his legs lightly and heavily.

Recently, perhaps because the weather is getting warmer, people have become a little lazy, often feel weak, just want to rest on something for a while, and every time he rests, he will fall asleep unconsciously, and when he opens his eyes again, it is either evening or night, and a lot of time is so he sleeps.

It is precisely because of this that there have been a lot of twists and turns on the dragon case that have not yet had time to be criticized, and every time he sees the stack of twists and turns like a hill, he feels that his eyes hurt, his head hurts, and his brain hurts.

At this moment, just thinking about it, he felt that it was starting to hurt.

Seeing Emperor Showa twisting his eyebrows uncomfortably and starting to rub his temples by himself, the loyal eunuch Fu Chief, who had followed Emperor Showa since he was a child, quickly got up from the ground, put aside the dust pressed in the crook of his arm, walked up and took Emperor Showa's hand, and gently held the acupuncture points on his head for him.

Laughing and asking, "Your Majesty, are you satisfied with such strength?" ”

Emperor Showa, who finally felt a little more comfortable, let out a long hum, opened his cloudy eyes and looked at the head of Fu, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Fusheng, you have been serving by my side since you were a child, I still remember that when I was a prince, my personality was also stubborn, either climbing the wall or climbing the tree, in order to serve me, you also suffered a lot." ”

It was rare to hear Emperor Showa mention of the events of the year, and the face of Chief Fu also showed a smile, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were squeezed into four or five layers.

"What did Your Majesty say, the slave can take care of Your Majesty and serve Your Majesty, that is the servant of the slave, and the slave does not dare to say bitter."

Emperor Showa smiled and pointed at Mr. Fu: "You, now you are also learning to flamboyant." ”

After laughing, Emperor Showa sighed again and continued: "Maybe it's because I'm old, I've always felt a little powerless lately, and I always like to reminisce about the past. I am the prince born to a concubine, and my brain is not very good since I was a child, compared with the brothers on the top of my head, I am indeed not smart, I still remember that my father once said such an evaluation to me, saying that my greatest advantage is that I am honest, if I stick to this advantage, I can also be an idle prince in the future. When this evaluation spread in the harem, I don't know how many concubines ridiculed, they laughed at the mother concubine, what is the use of having a son, can not be favored by the Son of Heaven, entrusted with important tasks, and was judged by the Son of Heaven not to be able to inherit the unification, destined to be an idle prince who can only eat, drink and have fun. ”

"I was sad and sad for such words, after all, I also hoped that my biological father would be able to praise me more, and hope to be affirmed by my father; However, at that time, the mother concubine told me that she felt that the words 'honest duty' were the best compliments she had ever heard in her life, and she did not think it was a denial or insult. At that time, I didn't understand why my mother was so satisfied, obviously I smeared her, so that she couldn't raise her head in front of other mothers who gave birth to princes, why she could still smile so brightly. It wasn't until I had my own child and sat on this throne that I finally understood that my mother was the smartest and most transparent woman in this world, and she was the one who loved me the most. ”

Mr. Fu listened to Emperor Zhaohe's words, and the smile on his face gradually put away: "Yes, the Empress Dowager Zhaohui is indeed the smartest and most penetrating woman, and the slave still remembers that the Empress Dowager likes to hold His Majesty's hand to see the plum blossoms in the plum garden of the harem when she is alive, and the plum blossom dim sum made by the Empress Dowager is also the most delicious. ”

"You gluttonous old thing, when my mother was alive, she often made pastries for me to eat, you should ask yourself, whose stomach did so many pastries end up in? I haven't been willing to eat a few pieces, but they have all been taken away by you, old glutton. ”

Mr. Fu was counted down by Emperor Showa, and immediately smiled: "That's not because Your Majesty loves the minions, and the minions dare to have such courage." ”

"It's a pity that the mother didn't live to see the day when I put on the dragon robe. It's ridiculous to say, the concubines and brothers who once laughed at my clumsiness, tried their best and conspiracy, but in the end they didn't get what they wanted, but I, the prince who was not favored, finally got what I never dared to think about. Thinking about it, they should be extremely unwilling, otherwise, they would not dare to jump out one by one to play those tricks after I ascended the throne. ”

Manager Fu is a talker, "Your Majesty is the destiny of heaven, even if you don't fight or grab, you are the true dragon son of heaven; As for those clowns who jump off the beam, they are naturally inferior to Your Majesty. ”

"Yes, those people are all beam-jumping clowns, and right now, there are a few beam-jumping clowns in front of me who dare to make waves."

The look of memory on Emperor Showa's face was put away, and at the same time, it was replaced by the coldness and sharpness in his eyes.

Mr. Fu immediately understood what Emperor Showa meant by this, and the strength of Emperor Showa's temples gradually lightened, and even his breathing became much shallower.

Because, from the master he has served since childhood, he smells blood.

And this kind of smell, he has only smelled it twice in his life, the first time is the death of the Empress Dowager Zhaohui, His Majesty rushed to the Yuming Hall with the sword in his hand, and slashed to death a concubine who participated in the murder of the Empress Dowager Zhaohui, and the second time is this time.

It seems that the wind in the capital is about to blow again.