Li Sangrou sat behind the Shunfeng Express Shop, with her feet on the edge of the table, holding the newspaper that had just been printed, and slowly looking at the will of the Lichu.

Lu Hepeng was sweating profusely, steaming like a steamed bun that had just come out of the pot, and rushed to Li Sangrou's side, panting like a bellows, and raising his hand at Li Sangrou, but he couldn't speak.

"Mr. Lu, what's wrong? What's wrong? Walk slowly, don't stand. Da Chang stepped forward, grabbed Lu Hepeng's arm, and carried him around in a circle.

"Alright, alright." Lu Hepeng was carried by Da Chang and walked two or three laps, and he finally gasped.

"Dadang, the family, the uncle, the prince." Lu Hepeng was able to speak, but he still couldn't say a sentence.

"I see it." Li Sangrou shook the newspaper in her hand and threw it on the table. "What's wrong?"

"What? This one! Lu Hepeng glared at Li Sangrou, stayed for a moment, and sat down on the chair, "It's too, it's not much, it's good." I went back. ”

Lu Hepeng stood up and walked out.

Da Chang glared at Lu Hepeng, watched him walk through the courtyard, walked away, walked to the table, and reached for the newspaper.

The edict of the establishment of the prince, Da Chang read it very quickly, and all the things that he couldn't understand at a glance were skipped, almost from beginning to end, and what came into his eyes, a title, plus the word Gu Jin, was all understood.

"Uncle has made a prince? Boss you? Dachang stayed for a moment and looked at Li Sangrou.

Li Sangrou sipped her tea and squinted at Da Chang with a smile.

Da Chang blinked a few times, "Is it for the Golden Retriever?" ”

"Hmm." Li Sangrou smiled, "First, we have no grievances with their Shen family, and second, he shouldn't have destroyed the Liu family." ”

"Let's escort the prince back and put it in their eyes, maybe this is revenge." Da Chang said in a muffled voice.

"We've just taken over the business. If they want to think so, it's their bastards.

You can't just follow their reasoning because they're bastards and stupid.

Dachang, you remember, no matter what world it is, it is the world of smart people, no matter how many fools there are, they are just numbers, and stupidity is not power. ”

"I'll take care of the warehouse." Dachang turned around and left.

The boss is going to talk nonsense again, he needs to leave quickly!

……………………

Chuifu Palace.

The emperor was half lying down and half sitting on the kang, and in front of the kang, Gu Jin was sitting in a wheelchair and looking at the emperor with a pale face.

"You got your wish." The emperor coughed for a while and looked at Gu Jin.

"Like A-Niang, what I wish in my life is that Daqi can unify the north and the south, and the people of the world can truly live and work in peace and contentment." Gu Jin met the emperor's gaze.

"Did you regret it when your aunt left? She should hate me a lot. The emperor met Gu Jin's gaze, and for a moment, he avoided it.

"A-Niang walked very peacefully. A-Niang didn't regret it, and she didn't hate you, she just regretted that she didn't know anyone, she said that you have the ability to be a king, but you don't have the mind and bearing to reign in the world, she asked me not to be like you. Gu Jin's voice was gentle and calm.

The emperor pursed his lips tightly.

"A-Niang told you that she wants to help you unify the north and the south, and be a male lord who can be called an ancestor, she doesn't care who you love and who you love, and she doesn't care if I can inherit the treasure.

She said that if there is no more suitable than me among our brothers, I should be the best, but if there is someone more suitable than me, I should take a step back, be a brother's support, and be a good minister and a good general.

Her words came from the bottom of her heart, but you never believed her. ”

"Shen told me that she thinks what your aunt said is true. But people change. The emperor bit the last sentence heavily.

Gu Jin looked at him for a moment, and said with a smile: "Before A-Niang leaves, tell me: Don't think about starting a war and dominating the north and the south while you are alive."

A-Niang said, you saw the martial arts army once in Jianle City, and she was scared, but unfortunately, she didn't see it until very late. ”

A trace of anger appeared on the emperor's face.

Gu Jin looked at him, "This one, I've watched it all these years, and I feel that what A-Niang said is not all right."

You are not all frightened by the samurai army, but also, when you were young, when you were young, you were too precarious, too frightened, and later, you were very greedy for peace and ease, you were afraid of fear, you were afraid of worrying, you were afraid of failure, and you were afraid of death. ”

"Nonsense! I'm going to die now, have I ever been afraid? The emperor took a sip.

Gu Jin looked at the emperor and didn't speak.

The emperor avoided Gu Jin's gaze again.

"Shen is a poor person, don't wronged her. As for the second child, your brother has been in love since he was a child, and I don't worry about him. For a long time, the emperor said with a tired face.

"Well, don't worry." Gu Jin nodded.

"Qi Liang takes the river as the boundary, and no one can hold that river, once the war starts, no one has a way to make swords, guns and iron hooves, only ravage the other party's people's land, once the fight starts, it is a melee.

No matter who wins, it's a miserable victory, you have to think about it. The emperor leaned back on the pillow and looked at Gu Jin.

"The prince of Nanliang is more anxious than us to unify the north and the south." Gu Jin looked at the emperor and said.

"You young people. Scold! The emperor sneered, "I can't last a few days, I can't care so much."

Man, there really must be a spirit in the sky......"

The emperor's words suddenly stopped, stayed for a while, and smiled bitterly, "Forget it, it's better to be in ashes."

Let's go. Excerpts or something, no matter what, don't hand it here again, this Daqi is yours.

I am very tired, let me live for a few days, let me and An An go alive. ”

"Okay." Gu Jin's heart was sour, he shook the bell, and two sturdy chamberlains came in, lifted their chairs, and walked out of the Chuifu Palace.

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Just entered the wax moon, at dawn, the death knell rang in the deep palace.

Hearing the first bell, Li Sangrou got out of bed, put on her dogskin coat, went out to the porch, looked at the gray sky, and squinted to listen to the melodious bells.

Dachang and the dark horse came out of the wing room one after the other.

The dark horse looked dazed, "Early in the morning, what bell is ringing?" Howling? What is this for? "The dark horse stabbed Dachang.

"The emperor is dead." Da Chang replied in a muffled voice.

"Huh? Oh! The black horse stayed for a moment, "It's really a howl." What about us? ”

"Go to the shop early, there must be a lot of letters today." Li Sangrou replied and turned to enter the house.

The steward on duty at the shop was probably awakened by the death knell, and by the time Li Sangrou and the others arrived, the steward had already cleaned the front of the shop, lit a heating stove, and the groom was also busy cleaning the stables.

The big head picked up half a pot of hot charcoal from the heating stove in front of him, and brought it into the small tent at the back of the courtyard.

"What are you doing here?" Li Sangrou looked at the blind man.

"It's too cold, come over and make a fire." The blind man said, took a chair, and sat down next to the small stove.

Li Sangrou carried water to boil water.

"I originally thought that the emperor, no matter how he could survive next year, he would last until the year after next. Alas! The blind man stretched out his two hands to the stove, shivering.

"How's that Nan Liang guy?" Li Sangrou sat down opposite the blind man.

"How do I know!" The blind man has no good airway.

"It's only been more than 20 years since it was really peaceful. Before, it was just a mess.

The army of Nanliang once arrived directly under this Jianle City, and came all the way from Jiangnan, could it be that Mrs. Taiping flew over? Later, he returned to Jiangnan, could it be that he retreated politely as a guest?

Before that, you called, I called, and it didn't break, right?

On that river, it is clear for a while, red for a while.

To be truly peaceful, it is not that the Northern Qi destroyed the Southern Liang, but that the Southern Liang destroyed the Northern Qi, and this battle could not be avoided. Li Sangrou spoke, watched the fire rise, and put the copper kettle on it.

"I know, alas!" The blind man sighed.

On this day, the blind man did not go anywhere, but nested in that little tent, dozing and napping.

On this day, as Li Sangrou expected, there were a lot of people who came to send letters.

But at the door of the Shunfeng Express shop, but there is no excitement, the people who come to send the letter, no one takes the car, even the horseback is very rare, almost all of them are alone, running all the way in with their necks shrunk, sending letters, and then running back with their necks shrunk.

In the evening, snowflakes fell, and it was dark very early, and the blind rice man followed Li Sangrou, in the heavy snow, and went back to Fried Rice Lane.

……………………

Maybe it's because the snow in the first month of Layue is too big, and the national funeral in the imperial city is extremely silent, and even the entire Jianle City is in a silence.

It wasn't until the new emperor ascended the throne that it seemed to break the silence and silence, and let the city of Jianle reveal the joy of the New Year.

The day before the sacrificial stove, Li Sangrou followed Ruyi and went up to the east corner tower.

Gu Xi was dressed in plain white, standing on the lookout of the East Corner Tower, and beckoned to Li Sangrou, "Look, that's your shop." ”

Li Sangrou stood next to Gu Xi and looked at the other side of the moat, her small courier shop, the vegetable patch, the small tent, the stable in front, and, at the front, her big banner fluttering high in the wind.

The flag was indeed very high, and standing at the top of the corner tower, she looked at the big banner that was waving in the wind almost at eye level.

"I can see it very clearly." Li Sangrou's eyes fell, looking at the white stubble wooden tea table covered in snow, those bamboo chairs, and Dachang's shovel, and even her copper kettle.

"Go down and talk, you can't stop guarding here." Gu Xi turned around, and Li Sangrou went one after the other, and got off the lookout.

"Let's go?" Gu Xi looked at the leather jacket on Li Sangrou's body, and he couldn't see any skin, but it was obviously very thick, and it seemed that it could stop the cold wind on the city tower.

"Okay."

The two men walked slowly along the city wall.

"Shen Niangniang and the emperor left together." After walking out of a long distance, Gu Xi suddenly spoke.

"Huh?" Li Sangrou was stunned and didn't react.

"The first emperor left in the early morning, and when he was dying, my eldest brother and I, as well as the second child, were all in the side hall.

On the day of the establishment of the crown prince, the emperor saw his eldest brother, and after that, he was not allowed to deliver excerpts to the Chuifu Palace, and he did not see anyone.

The eldest brother said that the emperor said that he was very tired, and he wanted to live in peace for a few days, and he wanted to leave in peace.

Even the imperial doctors, the former emperor only allowed them to diagnose the pulse once a day.

It was Shen Niangniang who called us in and said that the emperor was going to do a great job. ”

Gu Xi's words paused, and after a long time, he continued: "When we entered, the first emperor had just taken his last breath.

When people are dying, there are a lot of rules, there are a lot of things to do, very busy and chaotic, we didn't expect that it was the second child, what about the mother?

The mother was in her west room, neatly dressed, crooked on the couch, already poisoned.

The mother left a letter, very short.

She said that she was very tired and didn't want to hold on any longer, so she asked her eldest brother not to blame her. ”

Gu Xi's throat choked.

Li Sangrou pulled the green sheepskin jacket and wrapped herself tightly.

"The second child was in front of the spirit and cut his own hair.

My father, begging for the rest of his life to guard the soul of the first emperor, after the first emperor and his mother saved the palace and stopped in the funeral palace, my father changed into monk's clothes, lost his hair, and wrote to the emperor.

The second brother and his father are still known only to the eldest brother, me, and the three ministers.

My father was originally leading the envoy of the mountain envoy, and on the day of the second child's death, he was given the name of the deputy envoy of the mountain tomb, so as to hide it from people for the time being. ”

Li Sangrou paused and looked at Gu Xi.

"My father and the emperor have a very good relationship." Gu Xi met Li Sangrou's gaze and explained: "At the beginning, my grandfather formed an alliance with Xianzong because my father had a very good relationship with the emperor, my father was an only son, and my grandfather made an alliance with Xianzong for my father's plan. ”

Li Sangrou let out a long sigh.

Gu Xi glanced at Li Sangrou, lowered his eyes, and walked forward for a long time before continuing: "There are a few words, the emperor asked me to tell you." ”

"Huh?" Li Sangrou looked at Gu Xi, but Gu Xi didn't look at her.

"Early tomorrow morning, there will be a will to the Yongping Marquis Mansion. Shen Niangniang posthumously sealed the queen, Yongping Houfu also has a reward, Shen He, Shen Ming's book and food double, Shen Mingyi is the doctor of the four products. ”

Li Sangrou's eyes narrowed slightly, and slowly relaxed.

"The emperor said, the mother takes poison, the second child is a monk, your revenge is enough.

Originally, even the emperor and I have always regarded the second child as the prince, and the court and officials from all walks of life are even more so.

Now it is the emperor who has ascended to the big treasure, the second child is out of the house, and the mother has taken poison, these can only be concealed for a while, but I am afraid that the first month will not be released, and the ministers of the court and officials from all walks of life will have to know.

These are enough to make the people's hearts fluctuate inside and outside the government and the opposition, and if they kill Shen He's father and son again, it will be extremely unwise in the hearts of the people.

Moreover, the case of the Liu family's destruction has been concluded, and there is no reason for a retrial. ”

Gu Xi looked at Li Sangrou, who was expressionless, and lowered his voice: "Forget it, the second child is out of the house, the mother is gone, and the Shen family has nothing to rely on, just a group of waste, dead or alive, there is no difference." ”

Li Sangrou laughed when she heard this, "There is no difference between life and death? Indeed, there is no difference between life and death. ”

"Forget it." Gu Xi stopped, looked at Li Sangrou, and persuaded in a low voice.

"No, is there any other way?" Li Sangrou looked at Gu Xi.

Gu Xi choked for a moment, and spread his hands with a wry smile.

"Go back, it's too cold." Li Sangrou wrapped her sheepskin jacket tightly and turned around and walked back.

"Go down from the front, close to Fried Rice Alley." Gu Xi hurriedly called Li Sangrou, went a little further, and went down to the imperial city.

Returning to Fried Rice Lane and having dinner, Li Sangrou sat under the porch, facing the charcoal basin, looking at Wangwang's charcoal fire.

Concubine Shen Xian's poisoning, she didn't expect that the second prince would abandon the world, but she had thought of it.

Like him, a person who is too slender and sensual cannot bear the truth of his birth, he does not have the fortitude and courage to commit suicide, all he can do is to abandon the world and escape.

As for Gu Xi's words, she had already thought of it, and she had already thought of it.

It has always been like this, and the world has always been like this.