Not to mention that there is no half tael of Coptis chinensis, even if there is, if he can be fed the medicine by Zixi himself, Chu Chen is willing to drink two more bowls.

Qiu Yan retreated and closed the door.

"It's a medicine for the body." Zixi said, scooping a spoonful with a spoon and sending it to his mouth, "You just mysteriously said that you wanted to tell me a secret, why didn't you say it?" ”

"Say it now." Chu Chen said, "It's about the secret between the eldest princess and the current emperor. ”

"Huh?" Zixi was surprised, "There are secrets between them?" ”

Chu Chen opened his mouth and swallowed a mouthful of medicine, shaking his head: "To be precise, it should be regarded as a secret of the royal family." ”

With the help of drinking medicine, Chu Chen simply told the secret.

The Chu royal family secretly hides an army of five thousand men—or not an army, perhaps more akin to the mysterious forces of the hidden guards.

This force has been hidden in the shadows, loyal to the imperial family, and maintaining the throne of the orthodox emperors of successive dynasties.

Generally, when there is no crisis and civil strife in the imperial family, this force is not easy to appear.

Before the first emperor died, he left an edict, and the content of the edict was about the current emperor and the eldest princess Chu Ning.

Emperor Xian knew that Chu Ning's ability was strong and hoped that she could become the guardian of the Xiling royal family, so he gave her great power.

But Chu Ning's existence was a taboo for the emperor, and in the same way, Chu Ning did not take the emperor in his eyes.

The first emperor was worried that a conflict would break out between the emperor and Chu Ning in the future, which would bring disaster to the imperial family, so he left a legacy for this mysterious hidden guard.

In the future, as long as the eldest princess Chu Ning has no intention of rebellion, the emperor will not be able to kill her.

Otherwise, they will be given the right to depose the emperor.

Similarly, if the emperor does not have the intention of killing the eldest princess, but the eldest princess has the intention of killing the king, he will also give him the right to kill the eldest princess.

Therefore, the general meaning of this edict is that the eldest princess cannot directly kill the emperor, and the emperor cannot dispose of Chu Ning at will.

It is a constraint on the emperor and the eldest princess.

"This edict, the emperor and the eldest princess both know?" Zixi asked lightly.

Chu Chen nodded: "It's not just them, most of the royal family knows about it." ”

Since they are required to restrain each other, it is necessary to let them know the stakes in advance and let them restrain each other.

Zixi smiled: "Edict? It's a useful thing. ”

The emperor is in the ninety-five dignity and holds the power of life and death in the world, but he can't kill the eldest princess - provided that the eldest princess does not rebel.

And in addition to the righteous punishment of the Holy Decree, anyone who wants to use assassination to deal with the eldest princess is afraid that it is very impossible.

Therefore, this edict directly guarantees the absolute safety of the eldest princess, as well as the eternal sacred status of the eldest princess's mansion in the imperial capital.

Chu Ning herself is an indifferent and impersonal person, and with this edict, she can act without any scruples - of course, with her temperament, maybe even without this edict, she will not have any scruples.

The edict constrained the emperor's murderous intent under jealousy.

And for Chu Ning, she had no reason to kill the emperor in the first place, so this edict had no binding force on her at all-

…… Maybe not necessarily.

The first emperor of Xiling actually left this edict, and there is naturally a reason for it.

"Chu Chen." Zixi spoke, "If killing the monarch is not illegal, do you think Chu Ning will kill the emperor?" ”