The heavy rain for several days washed away the city exceptionally clean, and in a trance, the thin caftan could no longer resist the oncoming cold wind, so it announced the coming of early winter.

In Yiyun Palace, Xia Man hooked the charcoal fire in the hook furnace, the flames began to beat, and a stream of warmth spread, put down the tongs, and then walked to Xiao Mo and said, "Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, I always feel cold." ”

Xiao Mo looked at Xia Man's outfit, and couldn't wait to wrap himself into a ball, and couldn't help laughing: "It's only early winter now, you are so afraid of the cold, if you get to Layue, won't you even dare to go out of the door." ”

Xia Man pursed his mouth, stretched out his hand, and said, "Look, it's all red, I'm afraid I'm going to get frostbite in a few days." ”

Xiao Mo looked at it, and sure enough, there were a few faint red marks on her white hands, and they were still a little swollen, so he took her hand, wrapped it with his own hand, rubbed it, and said, "It's warm now." ”

Xia Man was a little embarrassed, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but Xiao Mo's hand was too strong to move, so he had to let him hold it, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

Seeing this, Xiao Mo became teasing, and deliberately snorted into his hands, "Isn't it still cold?" ”

"No, no, no." Xia Man hurriedly shook his head, and when Xiao Mo was distracted, he pulled out his hand with a force, and said with a smile: "The prince's Yiyun Palace is like spring all year round, how can I be cold, it's not cold." ”

"Oh, it's not cold." Xiao Mo looked at Xia Man, leaned over, and approached Xia Man, the two could almost feel each other's breathing, just when Xiao Mo wanted to tease her further, Zhong Si asked to see her outside the hall, with eagerness in his tone, Xia Man took the opportunity to take two steps back and stand aside.

Xiao Mo straightened his body and passed Zhong Si into the hall.

"Lord, there is news from the inner court, the emperor suddenly fainted this morning, and now the imperial doctor is treating him, I'm afraid it's a little bad."

"Do you know why you fainted?" Xiao Mo had a gut feeling that something big was going to happen.

Zhong Si shook his head and said, "I don't know yet, but Imperial Doctor Jiang told me privately that if there is no improvement within three days, there will be no medical treatment." ”

Xiao Mo realized that the situation was not good, so he ordered: "You quickly inform Zhou Chang, increase deployment on the border, and then secretly bring a team of men and horses to lurk in Yecheng, so that Qianying will gather the people under his door and wait for deployment at any time." ”

"Yes." Zhong Si hurried away with the order.

Xiao Mo stretched his waist, and Xia Man stepped forward to squeeze his shoulder, "Are you ready to act?"

"Eventful, just in case." Xiao Mo opened the dark compartment under the desk, took out the talisman inside, and turned it in his hand, his eyes full of murderous intent.

Xia Man was a little worried, and said, "King Jing leads the Praetorian Guard, and Concubine Cheng also has one in her hand, do you have a way to deal with it?"

"Qianying's subordinates are capable of many people, these Praetorian Guards are not a problem, what really worries me is that the Northern Dynasty and the Heavenly Wolf Department will take advantage of the fire to loot." Xiao Mo's slender index finger tapped on the table, as if he was thinking, "It's too early to say these words, no one knows what the scene will be in three days." ”

Xia Man thought so, nodded to himself, but in an instant, he remembered something again, and said: "King Qi hasn't been to Heng Wangfu for two months, it's not normal." ”

When Xiao Mo heard this, he felt that it was a little strange, recently this fourth brother seemed to be deliberately avoiding him, and he had never met once in the upper and lower dynasties, in the past, it was common for the two of them to meet, "This matter is negligent on the part of this king." ”

"Last time, I felt that he was a little talkative, you have to talk to him." Xia Man recalled the last time he saw Xiao Xun, and it seemed that his whole person became a little depressed.

"When the matter in hand is settled, I will go to him." The most important thing for Xiao Mo at the moment is to think about how to defend against foreign enemies.

The news of the fainting of the Light Saint Emperor had not yet come out, but the queen also knew about it, and she had a calculation in a hurry.

"Cuilan, this matter is very important, tell the inner palace, whoever dares to spread the word will be killed." The queen has been a vegetarian for many months, a little thin, and her face is tired.

Cuilan stepped forward and offered the new hot tea, and then said, "Don't worry, Niangniang, it has already been arranged." ”

"The guards of the Prince's Mansion have also been changed, so that the Auxiliary Duke can prepare." The queen was about to enter with hot tea, and said: "Ambush good people, if other princes enter the palace, they will all be shot!"

"Yes."

"It's been a long time since I've seen the emperor in this palace, let's go and take a look." The queen had a haircut and sideburns, and her expression was complicated.

Not long after, the queen arrived at the Xuanlin Palace, the hall was filled with a strong smell of herbs, the maidservants went back and forth to change the hot water, saw the queen arrived, knelt down and asked for peace.

"The queen mother Wan'an."

"All down." The queen sent off a group of servants, and personally carried the medicine bowl to the couch of the Guangsheng Emperor.

"Your Majesty, you and I are childhood sweethearts, but I don't want to get to this point." The queen blew a spoonful of herbs, and when the medicine cooled, she sent it to the mouth of the Light Saint Emperor, but the potion flowed down the corner of her mouth to her neck and soaked into her clothes.

The queen took out the towel and wiped off the overflowing herbs, moving gently and slowly, especially on the lips, and wiped it repeatedly, "For the sake of Wei'er, the concubine can't help you." ”

After wiping it, the queen threw the towel into the stove where the medicine was boiling, and after a while, green smoke came out, and the towel ceased to exist.

The queen got up, smiled at the corner of her mouth, regained her demeanor in a moment, and even with tears in her eyes, she held the hand of the Light Saint Emperor, and said affectionately: "Your Majesty, you can't have anything." ”

On the second day, Emperor Guangsheng did not come to court early, the queen said that the emperor occasionally felt a cold, so he retired from the ministers, Xiao Mo sneered, the reason for which he couldn't be clearer, and another day, that is, when he saw the difference, he had patience to wait.

When he returned home, he saw Xiao Xun from a distance, so he stepped forward and stopped him, "Fourth brother." ”

Xiao Xun was in a trance for a while, but he still smiled and called, "Third brother." ”

"Let's go together." Xiao Mo didn't have any extra words, just walked with Xiao Xun.

On the way, Xiao Xun wanted to say something several times, but in the end he didn't say a word, Xiao Mo noticed his strangeness and asked, "Something on your mind?"

"A month ago, my mother asked me to enter the palace and asked me to be careful of my third brother." Xiao Xun stopped and looked straight at Xiao Mo with a sense of exploration in his eyes.

"Hahahaha." When Xiao Mo heard this, he actually laughed, and said, "So, you are guarding against me?"

Xiao Xun shook his head, "I've never been on guard against the third brother, but I don't understand why the mother concubine is like this." ”

"Could it be that Concubine Cheng thinks I'm going to hurt you." Xiao Mo was confused, and thought about it carefully, Concubine De lived in the inner palace and had no quarrel with the world, how could there be such a thing.

"The third brother naturally won't harm me." Xiao Xun arched his hand, intending to make amends, "It was I who fell into filial piety and hurt my brother's dislike, so please forgive my third brother." ”

Xiao Mo raised Xiao Xun's hand and said with a smile: "Such a trivial matter is nothing to worry about, so why should you take it to heart." ”

Xiao Xun still wanted to make amends, so Xiao Mo changed the topic, "The wind in the palace is not in the right direction, don't enter the palace recently." ”

"Third brother, what do you mean?" Xiao Xun has been absent-minded recently, so he naturally has no intention of paying attention to the government and politics, and when he heard it, he couldn't help frowning.

Xiao Mo looked around, then approached Xiao Xun, and said in his ear: "Father and Emperor are in poor health, I am afraid that it is dangerous, the queen has already taken action, you have to be more careful." ”

Yun Soul came to report this morning that the Prince's Mansion had changed its guards, and the Praetorian Guards had also been mobilized, so I was afraid that the sky would change.

As soon as Xiao Xun heard this, he understood the power of it, and said, "What do you need me to do?"

"Now that there are internal and external troubles, I have made some arrangements in the city, but I don't worry about the border." Xiao Mo was not worried about the guards in the city, but the Northern Dynasty was a big trouble.

"Then I'll leave the same day and guard the border."

"Okay, be careful."

Now that the situation in the palace has changed dramatically, it may be safest to let Xiao Xun go to the border.