The little eunuch immediately knelt down and replied: "Back to the emperor, King Rong is sick and has been crying endlessly, and the queen asked the servants to come and invite you to take a look." ”

"Queen? When did I pass the seal? Chu Li changed his gentleness when he treated Mu Qingyan, and he was like thunder, "Am I a doctor?" Can I get sick if I see it? ”

Mu Qingyan blinked and withdrew his gaze. She knew in her heart that Chu Li killed the chicken and respected the monkey and angered him, no matter who he was, he had to suffer such consequences.

Chu Li saw that Mu Qingyan didn't react at all, and couldn't help but feel uninteresting, "Why don't you go and ask the imperial doctor to take a look, kneel here and wait for death?" ”

The little eunuch got up in embarrassment and went out of the door, running away.

The drum sounded for the third watch, and Mu Qingyan fell asleep on the windowsill.

Xiao Xianzi came in and whispered softly in Chu Li's ear, "Mu Zheng has returned to the house, and he has not entered the palace!" ”

Chu Li was furious, "A bunch of waste! ”

Mu Qingyan seemed to be woken up by him with his half-closed eyes, and looked at him in a daze for a while.

"Don't challenge my patience again, let you be presumptuous one last time today, go!" Chu Li's face darkened completely, strode away from the Zhaoyang Palace, and hurriedly went to the front hall.

He didn't know that as soon as he walked on his front foot, a black shadow fell silently from the Zhaoyang Palace.

"The young master has an order, find a chance to stay in the Zhaoyang Palace." The man whispered.

Sijiu's face turned blue with anger, since the young master left Beijing, he has been in the public's field of vision as Miss Mujia. Although he was plundered into the palace by Chu Li, but in the end he is a man, how can he stay with Chu Li all night?

The man moved his hand and threw him a packet of things, "Tomorrow put it in the spice and light it, the stand-in has been arranged, you just need to make him angry." ”

Sijiu is helpless, the young master has a lot of bad intentions, and this time Chu Li is afraid that he will be unlucky.

A few light ups and downs disappeared into the palace, and Sijiu yawned and went to bed.

After entering the shift on the second day, as Chu Li said yesterday, he entered the door with a body of alcohol, "Xiao Xianzi, let people close the door of Zhaoyang Palace, even if Chu Yue escapes from prison, he is not allowed to report." ”

Mu Qingyan's eyes were red, and he was crying alone at the table.

Chu Li strode closer, sat opposite her, and poured a cup of tea to eat.

With a low voice, he called for Qingyan, "Wait for me to change my clothes, no one will disturb me tonight." ”

Mu Qingyan remained motionless, her eyes looked at him defiantly, and a mocking smile came out of her lips, "What if I don't follow?" ”

"Don't force me to use force!" Chu Li's eyes flashed with a dangerous light, "It's boring to sing too much if you want to capture the old and indulge, I don't think you have promised Nangong Yin, are you still not satisfied?" He tugged at his belt and suddenly stopped, "Could it be that you are also delusional about the posterior?" ”

Forty-nine glared at him disdainfully, "What if I say yes?" Standing up a few steps away from the table, "You dare to usurp Chu Yue's position and ascend to the sky in one step; Since I have been plundered into the palace by you, and my reputation is gone, why can't I have a delusional hope for the supreme descendant? ”

Chu Li couldn't hear anyone say that he usurped the throne, and there was anger in his eyes, "The world of Eastern Chu naturally has to be handed over to the most capable person; Chu Yue has no virtue, so I should inherit my father's will and save Dongchu from danger. ”

Sijiu smiled presumptuously, "You save?" He glared at him with disdain and sneered in a dumb voice, "You put down the Lucheng Rebellion?" When the two countries of Nanzhao were besieging the city, you won the heirs in Beijing, and you were willing to do it with each other. ”

Chu Li was successfully angered by her.

"Dongchu is a country surnamed Chu, although others have the merit of quelling the chaos, they are also the courtiers of Dongchu, shouldn't they serve the dogs and horses of Dongchu?" There was a sense of indignation in his anger, "I have enjoyed the peaceful and prosperous era of Dongchu, and I have to do my best for Dongchu." Suddenly looked at Mu Qingyan with realization, "Yes, Mu Qinghan has a meritorious role in quelling the Lubei Rebellion, after tonight, how about I make him the lord of Lucheng?" Are you satisfied? ”

Mu Qingyan's eyebrows were crooked, and he smiled sarcastically, "Chu Li, I am no longer perfect, can you still be strong?" ”

Chu Li was stunned, and then smashed the Huali round table in front of him with one palm.

His eyes were blood-red from the smell of wine, "Sure enough, it's as rumored to be, I just want to try your taste!" "Bypassing a pile of broken wood to bully Mu Qingyan, he stumbled under his feet.

Mu Qingyan didn't resist either, and whispered in his ear mockingly, "You're really not a picky eater!" ”

Chu Li was irritated by her, the movements in his hands couldn't help but become heavier, and there was still a trace of clarity in his mind, "When I try it, I will naturally know, and you don't have to deliberately provoke me, I will condemn you today!" ”

threw Mu Qingyan to the bed, shook it first, took off his shoes and boots, tore off the imperial robe and threw himself on the bed.

"Don't shake around, I'm dizzy!"

Sijiu saw that the time was almost up, so he pointed at the acupoint on his chest, and then moved away, looking at Chu Li faintly on the bed, and let out a sigh.

After a few steps, he got out of bed, carried a woman who was hiding behind the bed and ordered an acupuncture point and threw it on the bed, carefully fed a pill, tore off her clothes, and half-covered it.

After a cup of tea, Sijiu untied the acupoints of the two, hung down the bed, and jumped onto the beam.

When the deed was done, he simply wrapped the woman in her previous appearance and hid her behind the bed.

"Someone!" Sijiu called someone in a calm voice, "Prepare hot water, I want to bathe." ”

Taking advantage of everyone's hurry, he sent the woman out of the window, and the person who answered him took him out. He went to the screen and washed up before going to bed, ripped off his clothes and hair, and untied Chu Li's acupoints.

It's just that he didn't dare to sleep, he stared at the fourth watch.

Xiao Xianzi called softly outside, "Your Majesty, it's time to go to court!" ”

After calling a few times, the emperor didn't respond, so he had to come in boldly with a dragon robe and fold up the curtains, "Your Majesty, it's time to go to court!" ”

"Hmm!" Chu Li woke up, turned his head to look at Mo Qingyan, who was lying on the side of the bed, and ordered, "Be quiet, don't make noise to the concubine." ”

Xiao Xianzi responded, waited for Chu Li to dress, and hurriedly walked out of Zhaoyang Palace.

Sijiu breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the people who came in to serve, "Don't come to quarrel with me, the emperor won't see you when he comes!" ”

The palace maid didn't dare to respond, so she had to close the door and window and go to the outside room to wait.

On this morning, Chu Li really issued a holy decree, regardless of the opposition of his cronies and ministers, he named Mu Qinghan as the lord of Lucheng, and sent a large number of rewards to Shuiyue Villa.

This summer's rain is abundant and continuous, and the Wei River, which has been stable for three years, once flooded, and all of them were flooded during the green wheat heading season, and the grains were not full to the grain of rice.

discussed the danger for two days in a row, and overtook the duty of patrol to supervise; However, the treasury was empty and there was no relief money, so no one asked for help.

Qin Xiangguo was sick on the bed, worried about state affairs.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to go."

After Chu Li ascended the throne, his cronies had already isolated Qin Xiangguo, and his position as Xiangguo had long been in vain, so that Qin Xiangguo had been unable to go to court for several days after saying that he was ill.

Hubu Shangshulou He hurriedly stopped, "Xiangguo is sick and weak, he can't withstand the epidemic along the way, and he is afraid of danger, so it's better to go back to the house to recuperate." ”

Several people rejected Qin Xiangguo's petition one after another.

Chu Li agreed, "Qin Xiangguo, now that Eastern Chu is empty, please do your best." ”

Qin Xiangguo lamented in his heart: There is a war on the border that has not been settled, and the DPRK and China have changed their heavens; Now that the country is in a natural disaster, but he doesn't think about making up for the leaks, he only blindly flatters, how can the survival of Dongchu not be in danger?

"The old minister takes the order."

Chu Li was bored in his heart, and retreated straight to the Zhaoyang Palace.

Mu Qingyan didn't give him a good face, he came twice and saw her sleeping on the bed and not coming close. He was not too reluctant to think she was shy, just sat down and left.

Daxiangguoji Temple.

In the ruined courtyard in the northeast corner, a young man in a dark red brocade robe sat cross-legged at the offering table, his eyes closed, his expression relaxed, not knowing what he was thinking.

An extremely old, half-mad old monk slept on the ground snoring and snoring.

Suddenly, a strange wind blew in the courtyard, and the old monk turned over and continued to snore, muttering in his mouth, "Coming?" ”

The dilapidated wooden door was blown open by the wind, and a black shadow blew in.

"Give him wine again?" The visitor looked at the mad monk lying on the ground with a smile, and sat down beside the man in the brocade robe.

The man in the dark red brocade robe was Dongfang Fengjue, and after Mu Qinghan left a book, he returned to Linchuan alone.

"Grandpa Duanwang only has this kind of love in his life, how can he be subject to the precepts, and it is not impossible to follow the example of the Western Maitreya monk today." Dongfang Fengjue smiled faintly, his eyes full of sorrow.

Mu Qinghan put away his naughty words.

"The army will return in half a month, Chu Li is still fledgling, so make plans early."

Dongfang Fengjue didn't seem to hear it, lowered his head and pondered for a long time, but finally couldn't hold back the thought in his heart, "Is she okay?" ”

Mu Qinghan knew what he meant, nodded lightly, and only said after a while, "Although you die nine times, your life is still there after all; I've been in a coma for months, but I don't know if I can wake up! ”

The smile on his lips was very bitter, but there was great worry in the happiness.

"It's me, it's the rivers and mountains of Dongchu that hurt her!" Dongfang Fengjue's mind was heavy, "Although the external enemy is peaceful now, the internal worries are still there, although I have no intention of the emperor, I can no longer let go of the world she exchanged for her life." ”

The two were speechless.

Suddenly, Dongfang Fengjue sighed faintly: "I hope that from now on, the country will be picturesque, and she will be free in the world for half a lifetime." ”

Mu Qinghan's eyes were sharp, and he whispered softly, "Not only her, but two more small ones." Looking up at Dongfang Fengjue's eyes, "Although it is less than a month, it is still healthy." ”

Dongfang Fengjue was stunned for a moment, and then comprehended, "Okay, good!" Smiled sincerely, "It's great that she won't give up if she has a tie!" ”

"The scourge lasts for a thousand years." There was a murmur behind the two, which made both of them laugh.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, Dongfang Fengjue took the Tiger Fu of the Prince of Eastern Chu as an order and personally led an army of 500,000 to force the palace; All of Liwang's henchmen were captured, and only Chu Li and An Yuqing fled in a hurry with some cronies. There were also some alert people who left early.

That night, Zhongshan Annex.

The guards received an order from King Liwang to kill all the prisoners in the other courtyard. When the guards broke down the door, half of the people in the crowded courtyard were gone.

There was no trace of forced entry in the courtyard, but the people were gone.

Then Xiang Tianqi led people to surround the courtyard, captured everyone alive, and ordered people to tear down the courtyard into ruins and cease to exist.

Yongshou Palace.

The Queen Mother sat alone, stunned.

A grandmother came in lightly, "Niangniang, someone is here." ”

The Queen Mother stood up violently, "Alas! He sat back on the stool again, holding his waist with one hand and kneading it constantly.

"Mother, flashed to your waist?" Mama immediately stepped forward to support her, "Slowly stand up and move, yo, don't worry!" Mama screamed in fright.

"Be quiet, it's not a big deal, go out and have a look." The queen mother helped her mother with one hand and hurriedly walked out.

Dongfang Fengjue entered the gate of Yongshou Palace, and his heart was already soft. Seeing the Queen Mother come out, she hurriedly stepped forward to support her, "Why bother to take it out, it will always come." ”

The Queen Mother was already in tears and choked up, "Jue'er, is Jue'er really you?" grabbed Dongfang Fengjue's arm and almost fainted from crying.

Dongfang Fengjue bent his knees and knelt down, "Auntie, it's Chu Jue who came back late!" ”

"It's not late, it's not too late." The Queen Mother was crying so much that she couldn't stand steadily, and the two grandmothers were supporting her, "For more than 20 years, my aunt has thought of you every day, but she never knew that you were still alive." ”

Dongfang Fengjue personally held the queen mother and half-hugged her into the inner room. Yizi tried to tear for her, "Aunt take care, Jue'er will not leave again." ”

The queen mother has thousands of words in her heart, but at this time, half a complete sentence is not true, she just hugged Dongfang Fengjue and did not let go, as if she was afraid that as soon as she let go, he would scatter like a dream.

"You were just born that year, that's all...... It's such a big ......" The queen mother choked up with her hand: "I kept it in my sister's palace for two days before you were born; My sister tried her best to save you, but when you came to this world, she closed her eyes forever...... "The queen mother kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief, "I only cared about crying at that time, and you died in the blink of an eye......"

The Empress Dowager held Chu Jue's hand tightly and looked at him with good eyes, "Your eyes are very similar to my sister, God has mercy, you must have heard my daily prayers." ”

Chu Jue was infected with her sadness, stretched out his arms around her shoulders, and his eyes were red.

The Empress Dowager and the deceased Empress Mingze were originally sisters, born in Zhongqin Houfu. The elder sister promised to the original crown prince Ze, and later Chu Ze inherited the throne and was crowned queen.

can make people, Emperor Mingze collapsed young, although there were several concubines, but there were no heirs, leaving only his sister alive. Emperor Mingyu of Later Ming naturally inherited the throne and respected her as the queen.

Many years later, she learned that Chu Yu had fallen in love with her sister before she married Prince Ze; Regardless of the opposition of his ministers, he left his sister, kept her in captivity in the deep palace, and was named a concubine. But he was wrong, less than eight months after the collapse of Emperor Mingze, his sister gave birth to a son.

Chu Yu knew in his heart that this child was the widow of Emperor Mingze, and he was also the heir to the throne. Just before my sister gave birth, the inner three floors and the outer three floors allowed people to keep my sister's Zhaoyang Hall airtight, and the inside and outside of the hall were full of his eyeliner.

Later, his sister died of dystocia and the child also died, so he gave up, but he still hid her in the concubine's mausoleum as a concubine.

The queen mother is docile and cowardly, and her heart is pure.

All afternoons were spent crying and laughing. When it came to dinner, Dongfang Fengjue personally served the soup; The queen mother picked a few of the foods she liked on weekdays and gave him a few clips, watching him eat slowly, there was indescribable satisfaction in her heart, and the tears that she could not stop welled up again.

Disperse until late.

The queen mother entered the Buddhist hall and did not come out all night.