Five years later

Dayan Kingdom, Tianhe thirty-two years.

In the Chengqian Palace, the emperor was still in a coma on the bed, and there were many people standing in front of the dragon bed, such as Imperial Doctor Zhang, the queen, Liu Guifei, the third prince, the fourth prince, and so on.

After Imperial Physician Zhang finished taking the pulse, the queen hurriedly asked, "Imperial Physician Zhang, how is the emperor's body?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, the emperor ......" Imperial Physician Zhang paused slightly, and then continued: "The emperor is just working too hard for the country, so he will suddenly faint after hard work, as long as he has a good rest, it is not a big deal." ”

The queen's face softened a little and nodded slightly. The rest of the dorm room also breathed a sigh of relief.

The queen turned to the people in the house and said, "You all go back, the palace is here to guard, too many people will disturb the emperor's rest." ”

"Then my sister will retire first, and my sister will take care of the emperor here," Liu Guifei saluted the queen, turned to the others and said, "Let's all go out together." ”

Out of Chengqian Palace, Concubine Liu Guifei said to Imperial Physician Zhang: "Imperial Physician Zhang, this palace has always felt a pain in the heart in the past two days, so I bother you to go back with this palace and show it to this palace." ”

"Yes."

In the main hall of Jingren Palace, there were only three people, Liu Guifei, the third prince and Imperial Doctor Zhang, and Su Momo stood at the door of the palace to guard them.

Concubine Liu Guifei looked at Imperial Doctor Zhang, with a look of understanding in her heart, and slowly spoke: "Imperial Doctor Zhang, there are no outsiders here, let's be honest." ”

Imperial Physician Zhang said slowly: "The emperor's time is running out. ”

Although Liu Guifei had expected this to be the case, she was still a little excited when she heard it with her own ears, and she glanced at the third prince, "So, we have to start preparing?" ”

"The emperor's illness has invaded his lungs, and the gods are incurable, and they can suffer for two months at most."

"Okay, Hongu knows." Liu Guifei nodded slightly, "You go out of the palace first, if you stay in the palace for a long time, it will arouse the suspicion of others." ”

"The minister will retire first." Imperial Physician Zhang stood up and saluted Liu Guifei and the third prince, turned around and walked out of Jingren Palace.

After Imperial Physician Zhang left, Concubine Liu Guifei stood up excitedly and took the hand of the Third Emperor, "Did you hear clearly, it's only less than two months." We must be prepared. ”

Xiao Hua frowned, "Although the eldest emperor brother is still in the military camp and can't come back, but the second emperor brother and the fourth emperor brother are still there, you also know that the fourth emperor brother is the most beloved by my father, as long as he is here, no matter how good we prepare, I'm afraid it's useless." ”

"My stupid emperor, you are so unconfident in yourself?" Liu Guifei laughed, "The second prince can't play a role, mainly the fourth prince, as long as we find a way to trick him out of the palace for a while." ”

"How to deceive?" Xiao Hua asked.

"Xiao Feng is very smart, but he is very filial to the emperor. As long as we take advantage of this, it will not be difficult to trick him out of the palace. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Hua became interested, "The mother concubine said quickly." ”

"Seven years ago, during a tour, the emperor got a fiery red fox, do you remember this?"

"I remember that I was caught seven years ago when I was on patrol in Izumo Castle, passing through the mountains and forests outside the castle. Why did you suddenly talk about this? Xiao Hua was puzzled, "Didn't I hear later that I scratched my father and was beaten to death by my father in a fit of rage?" ”

"You only know one but you don't know the other, and the emperor also went to the palace that year. At that time, the emperor liked the fire fox very much, praised it for its spirituality, and teased it every day. ”

Liu Guifei walked to Concubine Xiang and sat down. But once when the emperor was about to eat the apple that had just been picked from the tree, the fire fox suddenly went berserk, and pounced on the emperor at once, knocked down the apple in the emperor's hand, and scratched the emperor's hand. The emperor was angry and scolded: Beasts are beasts! Then he picked up the horsewhip beside him and whipped it several times with his own hands. The fox eventually fled into the woods and was never seen again. ”

"Escaped? Isn't it dead? Xiao Hua was surprised, this was a bit different from what he had heard.

Liu Guifei took a sip of tea and continued: "The apple that was knocked to the ground by the fire fox was picked up and eaten by a minion, but soon after, the minion was poisoned and died, because the apple had a violent snake venom. According to the judgment of the imperial doctor, it was because the poisonous snake climbed over the tree and touched the apple, so the apple was highly poisonous. ”

"In this way, the fire fox actually saved my father's life."

"That's right," Liu Guifei smiled again, "By the time the emperor understood the reason for the sudden madness of the fire fox, the fire fox had already disappeared, and the emperor had been blaming himself for this, regretting that he had hurt it without figuring it out." ”

Xiao Hua understood that there must be a reason for the mother concubine to suddenly mention this matter, "Mother concubine, just say it directly." ”

Liu Guifei smiled incomprehensibly, "Although this incident has passed for a long time, the emperor has always remembered in his heart that it is the biggest regret of his life that he will not be able to see that fire fox again in his lifetime." We can use this to trick Xiao Feng out of the palace. ”

"Does the mother concubine want the third emperor brother to go out to find the fire fox?" Xiao Hua thought about it and understood the plan of the concubine, and frowned slightly, "The fire fox doesn't know where it is, and the father's health is so bad now, how can he go out of the palace to find a fire fox at this time." ”

"The imperial doctors who diagnosed the emperor's pulse are all our people, and only we know the emperor's condition, and the people outside don't know it at all, so the vigilance of the queen and Xiao Feng will not be so high." Liu Guifei already had a comprehensive plan.

"That year, the emperor went out to patrol Xiao Feng with him, so he knew everything about the fire fox, as long as we released the news, someone had seen the fire fox on the mountain outside Izumo City, and he would definitely go to find the fire fox in order to fulfill the emperor's wish."

Xiao Hua is not as optimistic as Liu Guifei, Xiao Feng has been smart since he was a child, both civil and military, standing out among many princes, and he is also the son who is most valued and loved by the emperor.

"Emperor, just wait and see." Liu Guifei sneered.

After a few days, rumors gradually spread in the palace that someone had seen a fox with a fiery red body near Izumo Castle, and since foxes are generally white, and almost no one has ever seen the red one, so the news spread more and more widely, and the more bizarre it became.

The third prince, Xiao Feng, was in the Chengqian Palace, personally waiting for the emperor to drink medicine.

"Has anything special happened in the past two days?" The emperor was half-lying on the dragon bed and asked slowly.

"If nothing happens, my father will recuperate with peace of mind and take care of his body quickly." Xiao Feng handed the empty medicine bowl to Gonggong Li next to him.

"Alas......" the emperor sighed, "I am old, the imperial doctors say at every turn that I am too tired, I can still go out of the palace to hunt in the past few years, and now I can't even control what is happening in the palace." ”