The atmosphere in the palace has become more and more dignified and depressed day by day, the palace people don't even dare to make footsteps back and forth, and they don't even have to talk as little as possible unless necessary, and the concubines have long consciously stopped competing for favor, and they are all stuffy in their palaces and don't go out, for fear that they will accidentally make the emperor in a bad mood look unpleasant, and even lose their lives.

Recently, the imperial court has even defeated the generals, not only failed to block the invading frontier barbarians, but even the rebellious princes and kings could not resist, the rebels are about to hit the capital, the emperor's face is getting more and more ugly day by day, and his temper is even more at all, the palace has died a lot, and a lot of things have been smashed in the imperial study.

The emperor was furious in the imperial study: "Waste! Idiot! They all eat rice! The rebels are almost in the capital, but there is no useful general who can suppress them! What do you want? ”

The minister below trembled on his knees tremblingly, not daring to say a word.

The emperor was tired of scolding, and finally stopped, finally took a breath, and suddenly asked, "Hasn't Zhou Zhan recovered from his injuries yet?" ”

"This ...... The imperial doctor said that General Zhou's injuries were too serious, and he couldn't recover well in half a year. The eunuch replied with fear.

The emperor picked up the paperweight in front of him again and smashed it on the ground: "Something that you can't use at a critical moment!" "I don't know if it's Zhou Zhan, or the paperweight, or the ministers kneeling in front of me.

The Emperor sat quietly for a while, not understanding how he had come to this point, had he done wrong by replacing the ruler of the army with his own henchmen?

He began to wonder if he had done the right thing to do by killing all his generals.

No, how could he doubt himself? The emperor resolutely refused to admit that he was wrong, he was the emperor, how could the emperor do something wrong? It is also the fault of the courtiers that there is a fault; It's the fault of the generals and soldiers who don't know how to fight; It is the fault of the barbarians who dare to invade the frontiers; It's the fault of the brothers and uncles who are guilty of rebellion and wolf ambition!

The emperor blamed all the faults on others, and deceived himself into refusing to admit that he was at fault in killing the heroes in the first place, and refused to admit that it was the incompetence of his own chosen henchmen and generals that led to the uncontrolled situation of the war and the consequence of losing most of the territory today.

Now that the army of the King of Nanyang is gradually approaching the capital, and soon the city will be besieged and forced into the palace, will I flee or would I rather die than give in? The Emperor had already begun to think about the way back.

He has always been complacent that he is high up, can control everything, and likes to play with other people's fate in the palm of his hand, but he never expected that one day, his own fate will be controlled by others.

Outside the capital, many refugees fleeing the war had already appeared, but the gates were closed, and they were not allowed to enter. There is also a lot of noise in the city, there are fewer people setting up stalls on the streets, and many shops are closed.

In Zhou's mansion, Zhou Zhan is still good and good, and he is not worried about the situation outside at all.

An Nan finally couldn't help it, pulled out the book in his hand, and asked, "What hole cards do you have?" The rebels are all on your doorstep, and you don't have to be nervous! ”

"Where do I have my hole cards? Isn't it because Madame is ready for the way back? I believe in Madame's ability, so naturally I am not in a hurry or worried. Zhou Zhan opened his only eye and tried to show his devotion and trust in An Nan.

An Nan impatiently ripped off the gauze that bandaged his other eye, covered his intact eye, and stretched out his index finger to poke at the eye he had just reappeared, and he closed his eyes suddenly.

So An Nan knew that this man was pretending to be blind, and his eyes were good.

"I've been pretending to be blind for so long, but you can bear it!" An Nan patted him on the shoulder angrily, and then remembered something, and pinched his tightly wrapped right arm, squeezing hard, Zhou Zhan did not react, but smiled at her very gently and innocently, yes, the injury on his hand was already healed.

"How did you hide from the Emperor?" An Nan asked curiously, the emperor was eager to send the imperial doctor three times a day to see his injuries.

"I have a friendship with the Imperial Doctor." Zhou Zhan smiled and wrapped the gauze back into his eyes with both hands, his right hand was very flexible, and the dense bandaging did not affect his movements at all, An Nan watched his slow and logical movements, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

"Since your body is fine, then I can go to sea with peace of mind." An Nan said.

Zhou Zhan paused for a moment and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry to go to sea?" Don't you wait for the war to end before leaving? When the dust settles, I'll go overseas with you. ”

An Nan sighed and said, "You also see how tense the situation is now, how many displaced people are outside the capital?" They thought that there would be a way to survive if they fled to the capital, but they couldn't even enter the gate of the capital, how desperate it was. I want to go and see the territory I let people buy earlier, and arrange and plan there earlier, so that I can take these poor people away sooner. ”

"I didn't expect Mrs. to have such a good heart for the people, but she was narrow-minded for her husband, thinking that Mrs. was just escaping. Do whatever you want, Madame. Zhou Zhan sighed,

"Even my wife, a female streamer, has the mind of a grand duke and selflessly thinking about the people of the world, but I can't do anything as an official of the court, and I am really ashamed of my husband."

An Nan heard him praise his selflessness, and his face was a little red, because she was actually not as noble as he thought, she was just to gain more merit so that her spirit could recover faster, although she sympathized with these people, but she saw them more as people who could be used, but this use was beneficial to both parties, so she would not be weak or guilty.

"Don't worry, I'll come back, if you are not tolerated by the new emperor after the war is over, then hide and take you away when I come back." An Nan comforted Zhou Zhan.

Zhou Zhan suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, did she think that she would be settled by the emperor and that she would be in a catastrophe? However, he was not annoyed, but agreed, and chuckled: "Then I will bother Mrs. to come to save me." ”

An Nan nodded solemnly, he used so much of his silver, and he should save him from leaving!

The day after Annan discussed with Zhou Zhan, he packed up his things and quietly went to Qinghai City, taking a group of people who were desperate and willing to leave their hometowns and go overseas, and embarked on a long sea journey.

This time, Zhou Rui also followed An Nan to do all kinds of work under his steward in the maritime base, and finally became a down-to-earth, modest and studious person, no longer seeing the cowardice when he first came back, but full of energy, in front of An Nan, he was finally able to raise his head and hold his chest high.

An Nan was surprised by his change, and praised him: "Good job", he actually turned red again and was about to cry, I don't know if he remembered the stupid thing he did when he didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth and had a complicated feeling in his heart.