Hearing the eunuch's report, Li Cong was not surprised, he knew that Yan Yan would definitely come to see him when he came out of Cining Palace.

So he glanced at the queen first, although the queen was a little reluctant, she also stood up, and happened to meet Yan Yan head-on after going out, "Your emperor's uncle is waiting for you, how is the queen mother?" ”

"Back to the queen, the old lady of the Queen Mother is closing her eyes after taking medicine." Yan Yan bowed and replied.

"Okay, I'll see her go." The queen found a reason for her departure.

Yan Yan didn't think much about it, and followed the eunuch into the door, and before she could kneel down, Li Cong stopped her, "No need to be polite, be careful of the child in your belly." ”

Yan Yan heard this and curtsy, and after getting up, Li Cong ordered her to sit on the cushion opposite, but Yan Yan didn't dare, and still sat sideways on the edge of the kang.

Li Cong also asked about Li Xi and Li Ran's situation first, and then carefully looked at Yan Yan's face, "You must have suffered a lot these days, right?" Is the little girl alright? ”

Yan Yan was stunned for a moment before he realized that the "little girl" in the other party's mouth referred to Lu Jin, and hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, our whole family, oh, no, our people in Mingyuan have all drunk Artemisia annua water, and they have not been infected." ”

Li Cong pulled the corners of his mouth when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "This time I borrowed your light again." I'm ashamed, I didn't expect that I have lived for forty years, and I haven't seen the problem as thoroughly as you, and this time without you, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

Li Cong's shame not only refers to the matter of Artemisia annua, but also the Kong Ming lantern found during the Lantern Festival, and further on, there is also Yan Yan's persuasion not to cooperate with the Jurchens, at that time Yan Yan firmly told him that the Jurchens were not credible, but he was biased.

Not only that, but he also accepted a Jurchen princess as a concubine, and he also favored her, and then promised to join forces with the Jurchens, it is no exaggeration to say that if there were no favorable conditions offered by the Jurchens, there would be absolutely no Jurchen and Khitan trips between the prince and Lu Duan, and there would be no Yeluda being arrested, and there would be no war.

In addition, the Kong Ming Lantern incident once again showed that Zhou Lu had a problem, the Zhou family had a problem, Yan Yan had told him one doubt after another before, but his people had not found out the problem again and again, and he had repeatedly relented to the Zhou family.

Therefore, the mistake made by Li Cong this time was fatal, if it wasn't for Yan Yan's vigilance, the Khitan prince would definitely have been rescued, and the Khitan people had no worries, but they were afraid that they would soon invade the Great Zhou.

At that time, coupled with the Western Xia and a Jurchen who had bad intentions and waited for the benefit of the fisherman, the consequences of this war were unimaginable.

"Uncle Emperor, don't say that, there are too many things you have to think about every day, and I happen to be idle, and I like to ponder, plus I have seen Zhou Lu himself, I have some intuitive feelings, but unfortunately, I couldn't find his abnormality earlier." Yan Yan blamed himself.

In fact, she really didn't expect the other party to be so despicable, and actually thought of using malaria to achieve her own goals, for this reason, Yan Yan was a little skeptical of her previous judgment, is this Zhou Lu a traverser?

It is unreasonable for a person who has been baptized by modern higher education to be so devoid of compassion and humane care, you must know that the medical conditions in this time and space are not generally poor, and once this disease is rampant, thousands of people will die.

But if it is not a peer, it makes no sense that he knew that he came to Yan Yan after listening to the song "A Laugh in the Sea", and he also did business with her so generously to buy her seeds, and finally gave her a night pearl with a lot of money, what did this person want to do?

Besides, if it is not a peer, the other party will use Kong Ming Lantern to transmit information so skillfully?

Also, how can he be sure that this Khitan prince will definitely understand his intentions?

Yan Yan asked this, what she wanted to know was whether there were other internal responses in the palace, or whether there were Khitan eyes and ears in the court.

"The people of the Zhou family have been controlled by the people of the Imperial City Division, it is said that this Kong Ming lantern has indeed been prepared by the Zhou family on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, as for the Zhou Lu you said, he really hasn't gone out these days, and he is staying at the Zhou family to prepare for marriage, this is exactly what I can't figure out, if it weren't for the prince who listened to your suggestion and arranged two secret guards, he might really have escaped."

After speaking, Li Cong looked at Yan Yan, "Could it be that there are two Zhou Lu, that is to say, there is a stand-in for this Zhou Lu?" ”

"Back to the emperor, this is exactly what I want to say, the Zhou family must know that the basket is bigger this time, so they came up with such a remedy. But what I can't figure out is why he wants to pass on the news through Kong Ming lanterns, the left and right Khitan has reached an agreement with the Jurchens, why do you have to make such a big fanfare, and the people who directly ordered Concubine Chen to find the Khitan prince are not unaware? Yan Yan asked.

Li Cong shook his head, the Khitan prince was imprisoned in the cold palace, although he could move in the courtyard, the gate to the cold palace was sealed, and there were four guards guarding it, if there were no special circumstances, except for the designated eunuchs who went to deliver food, outsiders were not allowed to approach there.

This is also the reason why the Khitan people want to make malaria in the palace, only the emperor, the queen, the prince and others are sick, and the palace is in chaos, they can fish in troubled waters.

In addition, if he didn't hint at this Khitan prince in advance, I was afraid that he might not be willing to believe the people who came to contact him, and thought that it was Da Zhou's side that was deceiving him.

Seeing that his confusion had been solved, Yan Yan got up and wanted to say goodbye, but suddenly thought of one more thing, "Back to the emperor, if the Jurchen side knows about Concubine Chen, I'm afraid that they will openly turn their faces, I don't know if the emperor can deal with it?" ”

Yan Yan was really worried that this war would repeat the tragedy of the Northern Song Dynasty, so he couldn't help but ask more.

And the current situation is even worse than the Northern Song Dynasty in another time and space, because the Great Zhou Dynasty is now equivalent to one enemy and three enemies, and the economic strength of the Great Zhou is not weaker than that of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is difficult to say how long this war can last.

Fortunately, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not emphasize literature and ignore military force, which can be seen from the treatment of these military generals, but Yan Yan is not clear about what the combat effectiveness of these armies is.

What Yan Yan didn't think about was that what she said just gave Li Cong an excuse, Li Cong had been hoping that Yan Yan could use his housekeeping skills to help build this artillery, with this artillery, what was he afraid of the Khitan, Western Xia, and Jurchen joining forces?

"Yan'er, I remember that more than two years ago, I asked you for a promise, and you promised to spare no effort to help me, haven't you forgotten this?" Li Cong leaned back, looked at Yan Yan and said.

Yan Yan nodded, her mind spun quickly, she wanted to know what conditions Li Cong would make.