The road is bound to be bumpy. Although the Youge Mongolia is in civil strife, there are only a few people like Donghuan who collude with the enemy for internal fighting. The Qin army encountered many Mongol tribes along the way south, and all of them had to experience a fierce battle without exception.

The last tens of thousands of horses left around the emperor were all cavalry in a thousand, all of whom were highly skilled, and these tribal cavalry that came to intercept them from time to time did not pose a real threat. Empress Dowager Jingwen really made a move, but it was too far away to catch up.

It is not a problem for the army to return to China smoothly, but the problem is that Tuoba Hong's body can't hold on.

Speed is a big problem, the Mongolian soldiers and horses sneak attack all day long, no matter how fast you think, you can't get up fast.

A post official hurried back to the capital to deliver the message, and the news was received in the capital, and he should have left to come.

***

Takubahiro woke up after a few days in a coma. His eyes were foggy, and everything he saw was dark. Fear rose in his heart that he had never felt before, and he habitually raised his finger: "Someone is coming..."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you awake...... Yun Dan's face was not much better than his, Tuoba Hong was in a faint for three days, and she cried for three days, crying so much that her face turned purple. She went to call people in a panic, but she couldn't even walk steadily, and her mood fluctuated, and she accidentally hit her head on the door frame.

"Concubine Zhen...... Really? "The Emperor really can't see clearly. Soon an attendant came in to serve medicine and change towels, and the emperor smelled the tranquility of lilacs around him, and frowned: "This is Jingbian City?" ”

Jingbian City, a large city of the Huns, has been slaughtered by war for thousands of years. It is not rich in the north, and there is no rare iron ore and gold mine, but it is because of the cliffs and canyons on all sides that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, which has become an important border town. The only commendable product in this place is lilacs.

Since the Qin army captured here, the lilac offerings in the palace have been much better than in previous years.

After five days of long-distance travel, he finally left Mongolia and arrived at Jingbian City. There are tens of thousands of Qin troops stationed here, and Jingbian City held a prisoner sacrifice ceremony half a year ago, which can already be regarded as the territory of Qin. All localities received urgent reports from the Holy Driver, and Jingbian City, which was located in Beisai, took the lead in sending 10,000 pioneers to meet the Holy Driver, and hurriedly moved the emperor back.

At that time, Tuoba Hong's condition was already very difficult. The imperial doctor discussed for a long time, saying that it was a bumpy road, and the emperor's old wounds had been bleeding nonstop, so it was best not to rush anymore. Jingbian City does not have to worry about the danger of war at all, but this kind of barren and wild ghost place does not even have high-grade medicinal materials, and the climate is dry and cold, which is not conducive to recuperation.

It is said that the war is bitter, but where is the suffering? It doesn't matter if you don't eat well or sleep well, but if you are sick and injured, you can't be treated.

Concubine Zhen and the courtiers were helpless, but when the emperor fell ill five days ago, he sent a message back in time, and at this time, the imperial doctor of Liang, who was nearly eighty years old, and a group of national soldiers were on the way to Beisai. Mountain ginseng from Changbai Mountain, snow lotus from Tibet, etc., should also be delivered tomorrow. Two years ago, the emperor was very well prepared before he set out for the expedition, and he brought all kinds of rare tonics, but he used them up when he was injured in the last battle of Dajiaoyu.

Concubine Zhen covered her forehead and got up and went out to fetch water. As soon as the emperor woke up, the people who served all around him poured in, and the people in front of the emperor were well-trained, but their faces were not in chaos. The four imperial doctors were panicked and restless for days because they couldn't cure the emperor, and Tuoba Hong's henchmen and attendants saw that their master was in a bad situation, and they were all saddened that life was worse than death.

The medicine maid came in with a bowl, and Concubine Zhen took it to feed the emperor, and her voice was hoarse: "...... I heard that Dali in the south produces a kind of red fruit, which can cure miasma poison, and Manager Yao personally brought people over, which should be useful......"

Tuoba Hong breathed calmly and looked at the beams above his head without saying a word. It was normal for Fang to be black when he woke up, but after waiting for a long time, he still couldn't see clearly. You can see the outline of the tea cup book or something, but the small words on the plaque in the room are unrecognizable.

He stretched out his hands and clasped the bed rail, and gripped it so hard that he realized that he had no strength at all.

I have never been so scared in my life.

An emperor who sits on the world, everyone prostrates at his feet, he is a god-like existence. He was in control, and the lives of others seemed insignificant to him, so what could make him afraid?

He was still dissatisfied with the status quo and wanted to have a wider world and more dazzling power, so he fought in all directions and invaded neighboring countries. Eventually, the surrounding nations were subjugated like his people, and he finally became the ruler of the whole world.

He has a strong force, so he always wins. The only thing that cannot be defeated is death.

Takubahiro suddenly remembered the year before his father's death. He was the fifth son, and his father, the emperor, was already very old at that time, seventy years old, and living to the age of fifty-four should be content for the commoners, of course, for the emperor this is far from enough. In the last year of his father's life, he studied Taoist magic every day and sought the elixir of immortality.

He has always hated his father's mediocrity, and when he succeeded to the throne, he was a hairy boy in his early twenties, with the most precious youth. He sat on the throne for another twenty years, and he always believed in "strange powers", and felt that Taoist elixirs were nothing more than some deceitful evil arts. He was only forty-two years old, and it was far from the time to think about such a thing.

But now, I was exhausted with my fingers, and the old wound in my shoulder was so painful that my bones were numb. This feeling of hopelessness......

He smiled helplessly, it turned out to be so fast......

"Take the jade seal and put it in front of my eyes." He commanded. If you let the princes come from the capital, it is estimated that it will be too late, and the jade seal will be seen in front of you, and you will be able to get it immediately when you use it.

Concubine Zhen trembled. She jumped up and hugged the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't say such things. The concubines are still waiting to follow the emperor back to the capital and accept the worship of the new king of the Huns......"

***

For the next few days, the emperor rested in Jingbian City.

Concubine Zhen served him closely, and the imperial doctor Xuelian hung her life, saying that she could still support it for a while.

Lin Yuan didn't take the opportunity to fight with Concubine Zhen. For her, the mother of the East Palace, could it be that brushing her presence in front of the emperor could make Tuoba Qi's name written on that piece of paper? Time is running out, and more important things should be done.

She didn't expect it to be so soon, and she couldn't tell what it was like. Before all the preparations have been made, we will face the toughest challenges.

It wasn't until another four days later that it rained heavily, and the weather in July and August was shivering. In the desolate land of the north, it either does not rain or rains at once, and the sparse vegetation on the surrounding mountains is also prone to mudslides. A guard attendant rushed into the main room with his head full of **, and knocked softly on the door inside: "Holy Lord, Concubine Shu is asking to see you outside." ”

There was a suppressed dry cough from Concubine Zhen. It was raining and it was cold, and Concubine Zhen guarded the emperor day and night, and she caught a cold when she was tired. And the situation of Tuoba Hong on the sickbed is even worse, the seriously ill need a warm and comfortable place to recuperate, and it has rained heavily in a ghost place like the border city.

Tuoba Hong had just taken the medicine, dozed off with his eyes half-closed, and heard the word Concubine Shu's eyelids move slightly. Yun Dan gritted his teeth and asked the emperor if he could see it.

Takubahiro sighed almost inaudibly. It seemed like a long time before he nodded slightly.

Lin Yuan waited outside the door for a long time before waiting for permission. She walked into the back room with her head bowed, and unlike a few days ago, there was not only a bitter smell of herbs, but a heavy curtain hanging from all the window sashes, and only a dull gray was left when the light came in.

"The emperor can't see the scorching sun, and he can't hear half of the noise." Yun Dan lowered his head softly and spoke to Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan nodded: "The palace won't bother the emperor, but send some things and leave soon." ”

The emperor summoned Concubine Shu, Yun Dan did not dare to enter as usual, and stood honestly in the hall with his hands down after putting down the bead curtain in the inner room. She was suspicious in her heart, this concubine Lin had already lost her dignity, and the emperor guarded her, and sent many henchmen to guard her all day. Why is it called "Hongu" today?

Anyway, at this time, she didn't have the heart to worry about Concubine Shu. After thinking for a while, he called the imperial attendants and asked them when Yao Fusheng would arrive, and whether the red fruit of Dali had been delivered.

Thinking of this, my heart is desperate, Dali does have some medicinal materials for the treatment of miasma, but it is not effective, the officials on the side of Dali are worried about miasma all the year round, if there is really a good medicine, why this.

Lin Yuan walked quietly in the inner room. At first, he was calm and calm, but at this time, his heart became heavier and heavier. The man in front of her is her husband who has been with her for thirteen years, the father of her children, and the people in the palace fight and the overlap of imperial power are not worthy of love, but what they have is another thing instead of love. Years of support and companionship, that is the dependence of survival, stronger than passionate love.

For so many years, she always thought that Tuoba Hong was a strong emperor, and she used all means to get the most precious power and glory in the world by relying on the emperor.

However, her emperor is on the way to decay.

"Your Majesty?" Lin Yuan walked in slowly, and she saw that the man on the bed had his eyes open, thinking that he had just woken up. She placed the box in her hand on top of the small table.

Takubahiro didn't speak. After a long time, Lin Yuan's feet hurt, and he reached out and grabbed Lin Yuan's fingers.

Lin Yuan lowered his head to look at his hand. Thin, swollen joints.

He is a vain person, and this one action exhausts his strength. Lin Yuan didn't dare to let him talk more, so he quickly knelt down and said, "The concubine knows that she is not worthy of the emperor's love. In the harem, the queen's mother is in the world, and Concubine Zhen is charming and charming, and the concubines are not as white as the concubines. The emperor is sick, and the concubine is useless, but two days ago, I accidentally got a taste of black silk grass, and I heard that it can treat miasma. ”

As he spoke, he took the box and twisted out a few small black pills from it.

Tuoba Hong coughed a few times: "Wu Sicao, I remember, there are clouds in ancient books......"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is something that is hard to find, it was abundant in Miaojiang a hundred years ago, and it was sold to the Central Plains at that time, but it was only the same price as mountain ginseng, and it was nothing......" Lin Yuan took the medicine bowl and melted the two pills with white water.

Compared with the thousand-year-old mountain ginseng, the black silk grass is indeed not a rarity, it is an antidote, and the medicinal effect is limited, it can only detoxify snake venom and miasma.

"But then the grass dried up, and the black silk grass could no longer grow, do you remember, when you succeeded to the throne, you gave the only spoonful of black silk grass seeds left in the palace to the king of Lanling, and ordered him to cultivate it in the white lake. But there is no ......result," Lin Yuan said softly, her voice as gentle and sweet as in the harem of the capital: "Miaojiang and other places have more miasma, and without Wusi grass, those who are deeply poisoned will not be able to save them." ”

It wasn't until the plant disappeared along with the sakira that people realized its preciousness. Because it is irreplaceable, people with pulmonary hemorrhage caused by miasma poisoning, using any medicinal herbs will not help, and no black silk grass is a dead end.

Her fingers were still clasped on Tuoba Hong's hand, and seeing that the emperor did not mean to let go, she also held it tightly.

Tuoba Hong's breathing was very steady, and Lin Yuan listened quietly, but he didn't dare to look at his pale face. There was no movement for a long time, Lin Yuan squeezed out a light smile, lowered her head and said: "The concubine uses the rouge of Lamei today, which the emperor liked very much in the past." Do you remember? ”

Hiroshi Tuoba also smiled. After a while, he said: "My Yuan'er is beautiful no matter what. You look at your fingers, it's like the root of a shallot. It's a pity that I'm not young anymore. ”

Having said these words in one go, he began to gasp. Lin Yuan gave him a smooth breath: "What can the emperor say about this, the concubine is already twenty-six years old." A woman withers after thirty, but a man is in the prime of life after forty. ”

She's right. But a woman who is really captivating the country and the city, where can thirty be called a hurdle? Empress Shangguan in the palace is five years older than her, last year the emperor won the victory on the front, and returned to Beijing with good news, and all the officials and women in the capital entered the palace to worship the queen and the East Palace. Everyone praised: "The middle palace is really stunning."

Saying this, Lin Yuan's eyes suddenly became sour. She hid her face and began to cry.

Takubahiro watched her cry. "Yuan'er, I can't love wholeheartedly, and neither can you." He closed his eyes: "Don't be sad. I know that Donggong has never rebelled, but if something like that happens, I have no choice but to ......"

He remembered that thirteen years ago, when he first met Lin Yuan, it was under the plum tree. In fact, the real first time was when he was a draft girl, but he had long forgotten it.

For many years in the Imperial Palace, he has enjoyed the worship of thousands of people, and Lin Yuan has also treated him wholeheartedly. It's just that after being canonized from the East Palace, he seems to have noticed a trace of alienation.

He sensed the crack in Lin Yuan's perfect face, he couldn't say what it felt, maybe it was just the intuition behind the huge familiarity after years of getting along. Especially after Yun Dan entered the palace, this intuition was the strongest, compared to Yun Dan, Lin Yuan did love him, but this woman did not give everything.

But he always thought that the reason for this "imperfection" was because of the East Palace and because of the heir. Qiqi disagreed with him politically, which caused him to be unhappy from the bottom of his heart, Lin Yuangui was a concubine, and his daily comprehensive service made him feel that their mother and son were good to him for the throne, not sincerely.

At this time, when he was dying, he couldn't tell—

Is it because Yuan'er doesn't have enough love, or is she suspicious by nature and misunderstands their mother and son because of the matter of seizing the heir?

"You can't love wholeheartedly", Lin Yuan heard him say this, how could he not guess what he was thinking.

She couldn't make a sound, but the tears flowed more and more.

In this life, between her and Tuoba Hong, in all fairness, Tuoba Hong treats her better. The emperor is of course the most affectionate person in ancient times, but she is more stingy and ruthless than the emperor.

Even if there is Qiqi later, and there are more than ten years of dependence, she and this man are just "husband and wife". The right people to get together to live better.

Tuoba Hong is at least tempted by her beauty, where has she ever given a little sincerity.

She doesn't regret it. She knew very well that what she had in place of love was just as precious. She is the woman beside the emperor, the mother of the prince, and the bond between the nobles and courtiers of this dynasty. She and Tuoba Hong are already relatives.

"The concubine doesn't blame the emperor." She whimpered: "On the contrary, the concubine is very grateful to the emperor. The concubine and the prince had no disagreement, and the concubine always believed that Zhang Kaishan was wronged. The emperor has the emperor's difficulties, and he fought all day long, but Zhang Kaishan led hundreds of thousands of defenders of the capital to break through the gate of Juyong Pass, even if he didn't have any objections, he would be damned......"

How thrilling is this? Although Zhang Kaishan has been shouting injustice, and all the soldiers have also knelt on the ground to plead guilty, what if they really have a rebellion? As long as there is a probability of one in ten thousand, Tuoba Hong must execute Zhang Kaishan, because he can't afford this one in ten thousand risk.

"The emperor is suspicious of the concubine and the crown prince, but you didn't have the intention of killing in the end, and the concubine is very grateful......" She covered her face and sobbed.

If Tuoba Hiroshi was really ruthless, it would be the most appropriate way to execute their mother and son together, but he didn't do that.

And he also retained Lin Yuan's position as a concubine and Xiaoqi's position as the East Palace.

Hiroshi Tuoba sighed softly.

Rebellion is a big deal, even if there is murderous intent and struggle in his heart, he still can't be ruthless.

After Zhang Kaishan was beheaded, he sent his henchmen back to the capital to monitor the East Palace and thoroughly investigate the matter. The East Palace was under house arrest by him, and the people who served beside him were sent to the Criminal Department for interrogation, and sure enough, it was found out that the East Palace and Zhang Kaishan had a very close relationship, and Zhang Kaishan led the army to Juyong Pass that day, which was also the order of the East Palace himself.

He had long known that his Kiki had befriended important ministers in the court. Although there is displeasure, but there is no anger, this is not unforgivable, which prince has not done something similar?

And in the Zhang Kaishan incident, all the spearheads were pointed at the East Palace. Tuoba Hong really couldn't find any solid evidence of rebellion - what secret letters, private dragon robes, and the like. But Zhang Kaishan is a henchman of the East Palace, and he was ordered by the East Palace to come to Beisai to "rescue", how can people believe that the East Palace is innocent?

Tuoba Hong is also bitter in his heart, he is unwilling to face the fact of "rebellion". He spared no effort to investigate thoroughly, and finally came up with a few words from the mouths of several witnesses - it was General Zhang who was summoned by the East Palace the night before he left, and when the two discussed the matter, they did mention "saving the driver" and so on.

"Mistakenly believing that the enemy army has attacked Juyong Pass, so they are attacking the city", this statement seems to be reasonable.

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