The second prince had no choice but to agree to do so, so he immediately sent someone to invite Zhang Xiuhe into the palace. However, before this, Chu Yaocen had already gone to see Zhang Xiuhe.

Zhang Xiuhe has been extremely honest these days, and he has never even gone out. When Chu Yaocen came to his small building, he also met him on the second floor, and ordered someone to prepare a pot of sake, as if he was afraid of attracting attention, so he was extra careful about everything.

"Brother Lu, you're finally here." Zhang Xiuhe was smiling and smiling calmly, estimating that he didn't even know what had happened recently.

"yes, it's been a few days since I last explained my intentions to you. How have you been thinking about it these days? Have an idea to work with me? Chu Yaocen looked at him and asked.

Zhang Xiuhe was silent for a long time, sighed and said: "I really didn't think about being an enemy of the Wu royal family, I just felt that with my talent, it was too wasteful to just do business, I just wanted to do my best to solve the problems of the Wu Kingdom." At first, the royal family of Wu, including my father, was so disappointed in everything I did, they didn't trust me at all. ”

Chu Yaocen raised his hand and said, "Brother Zhang doesn't have to say too much, just answer me if you want to." ”

Zhang Xiuhe looked at Chu Yaocen and asked solemnly, "Are you serious?" You help me seize the power of Wu State, and after I succeed, I will lend you troops to go to Li State to defeat Yin Sheng? ”

Chu Yaocen nodded: "Li Guo, Yin Jihui and Yin Sheng are going all out to fight against the enemy Yin Yongmin and Yin Lihui, and they can't take care of Wu Guo." If you really have the idea of interfering in politics, you need to do it as soon as possible, and when the time comes, the infighting in the country of Li will be almost over. ”

Zhang Xiuhe nodded at first, then felt a little inappropriate, and said, "Can it really be so fast?" I've been thinking for the past few days that I don't have any soldiers or horses, I don't have power, I just have money. I really don't have any chance of winning. ”

"But when you have a day, now the old emperor is critically ill, and he may die at any time, the crown prince is also dead, the second prince and the third prince are not in the climate, even if the queen has dealt with government affairs with the emperor before, she still has no ability to suppress the ministers of the court. As long as you work with the second prince and the third prince first, and solve the affairs of Bei Di well, the ministers of the court and the central government will naturally notice your ability. Chu Yaocen said.

Zhang Xiuhe was surprised for a long time after hearing this, and asked in disbelief: "What did you say?" Is the crown prince dead? Your Majesty is critically ill? ”

Chu Yaocen sighed and said, "Yes, maybe it is also destined by God to ask you to take on the responsibility of governing the Wu Kingdom." The second prince and the third prince really can't do it. ”

Zhang Xiuhe frowned slightly, almost in disbelief...... But he knew that the man in front of him who had plans for himself should not lie to him, and the prince should really be dead.

"Why did the prince die?" Zhang Xiuhe lowered his eyes and asked.

"I heard that after the prince came to talk to you that day, he went directly to Totokh, wanting to find trouble with Totokh, but he didn't know that he was held hostage by Tokhtar. Later, I and Qing ...... Your cousin Yao Cen and I tried to save the prince, but when we saw the prince, the prince's body was already stiff, and it seemed that he was already dead. Now Tokhtar is under our control. Chu Yaocen explained.

A trace of worry flashed in Zhang Xiuhe's eyes, and he said, "If this is the case, the second prince will definitely think that I killed the crown prince, how can I be allowed to interfere in the government affairs?" ”

"The royal family of Wu was originally sparsely populated, but now His Majesty is critically ill and the crown prince is dead, so it's really not good without you." Chu Yaocen smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, your cousin will know how to do it." ”

As soon as the words fell, someone went upstairs to report to them, saying that the second prince had sent someone to ask for a meeting.

Tooff looked at Chu Yaocen, and when he saw that he looked confident, he asked someone to bring the people of the second prince up.

The result was to let him enter the palace, but he did not explain what it was.

So Zhang Xiuhe and Chu Yaocen hurriedly entered the palace.

Several people in the palace seemed to be a little embarrassed when they saw Zhang Xiuhe, and they also had different ideas in their hearts. Zhang Xiuhe also feels the same. The second prince seems to be still blaming Zhang Xiuhe for being the indirect murderer of the crown prince, and he is unwilling to have more contact with him, so since Zhang Xiuhe, he has gone to accompany the queen.

The third prince probably told Zhang Xiuhe about the current situation, and the situation was the same as what Chu Yaocen said, that is, now the royal family of Wu State has encountered an unprecedented crisis, and they need to be united.

After listening to all the words of the third prince, Zhang Xiuhe nodded, and thought about what he needed most now, so he asked Chu Yaocen: "Brother Lu, how long can Your Majesty live?" In this situation, he should not be aware of it, right? ”

Chu Yaocen nodded: "Your Majesty is in danger, you must not be stimulated in any way, and the news of the prince's death must not be let him know." ”

Zhang Xiuhe nodded, everyone was silent for a moment, and Qingdi went over, wanting to talk to him about his plan.

The emperor lying in the dormitory, I don't know how he knew that Zhang Xiuhe was also here, so he sent someone to call him, saying that he wanted to see him.

Zhang Xiuhe was a little strange, but it was over.

After entering the emperor's bedroom, the emperor raised his eyes and looked at him with great difficulty, barely showed a smile, waved his hand to let the people around him go down, and let Zhang Xiuhe get close to him.

Zhang Xiuhe stepped forward and saw that the old emperor, who was handsome and handsome a few days ago and seemed to have nothing to do, had become like this in just a few days, and he also had a lot of indescribable feelings in his heart. However, he felt that Lu Yin said a lot, and it was precisely because of the old emperor's illness that he had the opportunity to succeed.

Now if he died, he would have a better chance.

"The other day, I was suspicious of you, I was wrong, you are a good boy, I shouldn't have spoken to you like that." The old emperor opened his mouth softly and said to Zhang Xiuhe.

Zhang Xiuhe smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, I won't take it to heart." ”

The old emperor's cloudy eyes didn't know what was hidden, he looked at Zhang Xiuhe for a long time, and finally didn't say anything.

But Zhang Xiuhe didn't intend to say nothing, he was silent for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty, do you know? The prince was killed by Tokhtar. The second prince and the third prince should not kill Tokhtar to avenge His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and quarreled, and the queen mother was already sad and unable to extricate herself and fell unconscious, Your Majesty, we need you to preside over the overall situation. ”

"What? Is the crown prince dead? The Emperor suddenly felt a mouthful of old blood almost spurting out of his chest, and it took him a lot of effort to swallow it back. But it is clear that the death of the crown prince has hurt him too much, and he can support his life for a while, and he consumes most of it.

When the emperor saw Zhang Xiuhe nodded, his head fell unconscious with a "buzz".

Zhang Xiuhe silently stood by the side, waiting for the emperor to come to his senses, and when he looked up, Zhang Xiuhe was still sitting beside him.

He waved his hand and said, "You go out and call Lu Yin over." ”

Zhang Xiuhe quickly twisted his brows, wondering in his heart, what did he call Lu Yin to do? Isn't Lu Yin an insignificant role for their Wu royal family? He thought about it for a while, probably because the old emperor felt that Chu Yaocen was a miracle doctor who could save his life at the last moment.

So Zhang Xiuhe nodded and went out. But when Chu Yaocen heard that the old emperor was going to see him, he was also inexplicable for a while before he went in to see him.

The old emperor came in from Chu Yaocen, and his eyes kept rolling on him. After Chu Yaocen finished saluting and walked to his side, he raised his hand gently, as if he wanted to touch Chu Yaocen's face.

Chu Yaocen didn't move, and let the emperor do this, but the emperor's hand only stayed in mid-air for a moment before falling again.

He raised his head to look at Chu Yaocen and muttered, "It's really like ......"

Chu Yaocen was still a little unsure, and couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, what is it really like?" ”

"The contours of the face and mouth are exactly the same as your mother...... "The emperor sighed and said, "I also remembered just now that the girl who calls herself Chu Yaocen still looks very different from Lan'er, but you are almost seven points similar to Lan'er." You're Chu Yaocen, right? If Lan'er's child really calls it this name......"

After hearing this, Chu Yaocen was silent for a long time, then laughed lightly, nodded and said, "Yes, I am Chu Yaocen, and the Chu Yaocen you think is my wife." ”

The emperor's hand was on Chu Yaocen's hand and asked him, "Then what do you want to do when you come to Wu Kingdom?" Are you here for revenge, or are you here to ......"

Chu Yaocen hurriedly shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't mind, I'm willing to call you uncle." I came to Wu because I wanted your help, and because I was dead in Li. But I didn't expect Qingdi to come to Wu as me, and I didn't expect that after I arrived in Wu, there would be such a big change in Wu. My identity in Wu and everything I did in Wu were all things that I had to do as a last resort. I don't have any hatred for you, so what's the point of revenge? ”

The emperor laughed helplessly and said, "I shouldn't live long, right?" Just now, Xiu He came in and specially told me the news of the prince's killing, which caused my body to suffer a more serious blow. ”

"What? He told you? Chu Yaocen sighed and said, "He's too anxious, as far as I'm concerned, I don't want you to die, whether it's from the needs of the plan or from the perspective of human feelings." ”

The emperor couldn't help but wonder and asked, "What's your plan?" ”

Chu Yaocen smiled slightly and did not answer.

The emperor thought about it, and didn't want to ask him anymore. Wu Guo is like this now, as long as he doesn't come with the idea of bringing disaster to the country and the people, then he can do whatever he wants.

But there is one more thing that the emperor must confirm. He held Chu Yaocen's hand tightly, and said, "Yaocen, I don't care what you want to do in the future in Wu Kingdom, can you promise me one thing?" ”

Chu Yaocen didn't agree directly, and asked: "What's the matter?" ”