Facing the expectant gaze of the royal family of Wu Kingdom, Chu Yaocen just sighed and said, "It is indeed a disease of rocks, once this disease occurs, it is not far from death." I just detoxified His Majesty's tendons, and it won't take long for His Majesty to wake up, but I really can't guarantee how long Your Majesty will live. ”

Hearing Chu Yaocen's words, everyone present felt incredulous, and the third prince walked up to Chu Yaocen excitedly and asked, "Why?" This is impossible, my father's health has always been very good, my father has never drunk too much, nor has he indulged in lust, and now you tell us that my father is not saved, how is this possible? ”

The third prince is considered to have a docile temperament in the royal family, but now he is the most excited one. Chu Yaocen glanced at him lightly, as far as he was concerned, the third prince considered things more thoroughly, but he had no opinions, and now as soon as the emperor fell, he was caught off guard. If the crown prince was really killed later, it would definitely be difficult for the third prince to become a big deal.

The second prince was also very excited, but his excitement was different from that of the third prince, his eyes were full of anger, and he said: "Holding the eldest brother hostage, and angry with the sick father, our Wu State and their Beidi feud is settled!" I'll lead the troops on a march now and go to Pingbei Zhai! ”

As he spoke, the second prince was about to leave, but the queen grabbed his arm and said with red eyes: "Aren't you messy enough?" Do you know how far Beidi is from our Wu country? Do you know that when Wu Guo went to Bei Di, he either passed through Li Guo or took a detour for a year to arrive? You led your troops through Lebanon, and the Lebanese Congress turned a blind eye? Can you think about it yourself? ”

After hearing this, the confession in the eyes of the second prince flashed, and he immediately asked the queen: "Queen Mother, did we swallow this evil breath like this?" ”

The queen did not answer.

Chu Yaocen's eyes gently swept over everyone present, the two princes looked clueless, Xiaohu was still sobbing on the side, and Qingdi went over to comfort her. It seems that only the queen is the calmest and more thoughtful now. His children are not very sensible. If the emperor really can't afford to be sick, and the crown prince can't come back for a while, then the queen can only be allowed to govern. If he were the Emperor of Wu, he would have done so in the face of such a situation.

After a while, the eunuch who was waiting beside the emperor came and called the queen and their children in.

Xiaohu also rubbed his eyes and went in.

After no one was outside, Qingdi got up, walked to Chu Yaocen's side, and asked suspiciously, "Yaocen, is the emperor really hopeless?" ”

Chu Yaocen nodded: "Of course, if there is salvation, why should I tell them like that." ”

Qingdi twisted his brows: "I thought you were deliberately causing turmoil in the royal family of the Wu Kingdom, and you said such things to scare them." After all, the emperor's illness came too suddenly, and unlike the old emperor of Li Guo, who was full of illnesses by himself, he really didn't have the slightest reason to get sick, I really can't figure out how Emperor Wu would suddenly become terminally ill if he lived like this......"

"In fact, even if the disease of the rock is detected early, it is difficult to save it, and we can only rely on the sick person to fight this disease by themselves, and no matter how good the doctor and medicine are, they are helpless." Chu Yaocen also sighed: "Life is like this, and many times there is no reason. A person who is alive and well may die suddenly, and a person who drinks and indulges all day long may live a long life. ”

Qingdi nodded silently, yes, this is really uncontrollable. Moreover, as soon as the old emperor falls ill now, Wu may be facing civil strife.

After a while, the eunuch suddenly came over again and said to Qingdi: "Young Master Chu, Your Majesty please go in too." ”

Qingdi and Chu Yaocen glanced at each other, and followed the eunuch in.

The prince and the princesses were standing aside, and the queen was standing by the emperor's bedside, and when she saw Qingdi coming in, she touched her red eyes and stood up, letting Qingdi stand in front of the emperor.

Qingdi passed, and saw that the emperor had his eyes open, and he looked fine except for his pale face. He looked at Qingdi with a smile and said, "Yaocen, the world is impermanent, I really didn't expect that I would suddenly fall ill at this time." ”

Qingdi was silent for a moment, and said: "Please Your Majesty don't give up, I asked Lu Gongzi again just now, and he said that although the medicine stone is useless, if the sick person has enough ability to fight the disease, there is still a chance to recover." ”

The emperor smiled and said: "I don't think about this now, the rock disease you are talking about, my imperial grandfather used to have it, he was very painful before he died, I thought at the time, the imperial grandfather must be because he does not pay attention to the way of health, he will suffer from this disease, I will never be like him in the future." I haven't done anything that the doctor doesn't look good for, but I'm still sick. This is fate, and I can't escape. ”

The emperor's low voice was accompanied by Xiaohu's sobs, even if Qingdi had no feelings for the emperor, he felt a little sad at the moment.

"Your Majesty, I'm ......" Qingdi opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. She didn't know what the emperor was asking her to do at this moment, she should be with her family at this time.

"Yao Cen, you are my sister's child, although you have been exiled, now that you have returned to Wu Kingdom, are you willing to stay in Wu Kingdom, help the royal family of Wu Kingdom, and protect the country of Wu?"

Qingdi was stunned for a moment, and now he finally understood the emperor's intentions. Her identity as Chu Yaocen is tied to half of the treasury of the Li State. The emperor brought up this matter, Qingdi must not be able to refuse now, and if she refused, the royal family of Wu immediately drove her away.

"I do, it's my duty." Qingdi hurriedly replied.

The emperor smiled and nodded, and said: "Now that the crown prince is in his hands, although I don't want to watch him do this, I won't marry you and Xiaohu, maybe, I can only sacrifice him......"

Qingdi raised her eyebrows, and suddenly felt a thrill in her heart, and then she thought that the emperor sold her family affection, probably not because of her Chu family's background, but because he wanted to marry her to Tokhtar in exchange for the peace of the prince. Now that he has talked about this level, should he pretend to be puzzled, or stand up and say that he is willing to marry and exchange his happiness for the prince's life?

Qingdi was struggling with what he should do, while speculating about the emperor's intentions, but at this moment, Xiaohu walked to Qingdi's side, looked at the emperor and said, "Father, I am willing to marry Tokhto, and change the safety of the emperor's brother." ”

"Nonsense!" The queen yelled at Xiaohu and said, "What are you marrying?" We won't ignore you for your brother's sake. ”

"No, this detachment is too much, I will never swallow this breath!" Qingdi heard Xiaohu say this, so she turned her head to look at her, it was the first time she saw such a resolute gaze in Xiaohu's eyes, Xiaohu continued: "He thought that our Wu country would not dare to go to war with them, he thought that we had to endure his humiliation, you may not want to go to war with him at this time for some national affairs, for long-term peace and stability, but when it comes to me, I will not be biased, bully my family, I will make him pay!" I want to marry Bei Di, I want to make their Bei Zhai people miserable, and let him know whether it is right or wrong to forcibly marry me! ”

"Don't mess around!" The queen rebuked her.

But Qingdi thought about it, but suddenly smiled and said, "Yes, we can't swallow this bad breath, we must pay the corresponding price." ”

Qingdi said this kind of thing, everyone looked at him, and the second prince didn't feel like she was the kind of person who sneered, so he asked curiously, "What is my cousin's idea?" ”

Qingdi nodded: "Think about it carefully, Tokhtar dares to be so indulgent in Wu State, but he just thinks that no matter what he does, it is unlikely that Wu State and Northern Zhai will start a war, and Wu State will not bypass Li State to attack them, and if Wu State and Northern Zhai can cooperate, one north and one east will besiege Li State...... But on second thought, we don't want to go to war with them, do they want to go to war with us? Even if we kill Totok, will Bei Zhai ignore the tiger eyeing the country of Li and come thousands of miles to attack the country of Wu? ”

The emperor nodded and said, "We all understand what you said, Bei Di will indeed not come to war with us, but we don't want to hurt their people to show our friendship." ”

"Then Bei Zhai also wants to be friendly with Wu Guo, why would he hurt Wu Guo's people?" Qingdi sneered and said: "There is a word in Li Guo, which is called thin hatred and widowhood, that is, if a person does not hold grudges, he often will not remember the kindness of others to him, and vice versa. Bei Zhai is obviously like this, he will not remember your forbearance of him, but when it comes to major events, he will not remember the bad things you have done to them. ”

The Emperor was silent for a moment, and as if persuaded by Qingdi, he nodded.

"What we have to do now is to rescue the prince, so it is still necessary to give in to him first. However, it is too dangerous for Xiaohu to let Xiaohu marry him, so it is better to let me marry him, and after he releases the prince back, I will kill him. Qingdi said in a calm tone, "Anyway, they Bei Zhai don't dare to attack us, and they Bei Zhai don't dare to look for us because of their own losses, don't you say yes?" ”

The emperor thought for a moment and nodded, "It's indeed a good idea, but wouldn't it be too dangerous for you?" ”

Qingdi shook his head: "Just let Lu Gongzi protect me, Lu Gongzi will definitely guarantee my safety." ”

"What about the 100,000 catties of grain? I also asked for this. The second prince reminded.

"I'll negotiate with him about this." Qingdi Road.

The royal family was silent for a moment, and the emperor took the lead in acquiescing to Qingdi's idea and behavior, and said: "I was sorry for your mother before, but now I am sorry for you, I really wronged you." ”

Qingdi shook his head: "I like Cousin Xiaohu very much, if I let my cousin take risks, my heart will be uneasy." ”

The queen looked at Qingdi silently for a long time, and suddenly leaned over and was about to kneel, Qingdi hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, and said in surprise: "Niangniang, what are you doing here?" Don't do that. ”

The queen looked up at her and said, "We will remember your kindness." ”

Qingdi smiled faintly, don't remember, she will come back.

They talked about some other things, and after they came out, Qingdi wanted to go back with Chu Yaocen, planning to go back and talk to him about what he had just thought. Xiaohu suddenly ran up to her and said gratefully, "Cousin, thank you for everything you have done for me. From now on, you will be my little tiger's biggest benefactor and most important friend, and I will definitely repay you in the future. ”