The two sword-carrying officials who went to Cining Palace to report the news came in a hurry, and whispered a few words in the ear of the leader of the knife-carrying officials, and the leader of the knife-carrying officials nodded, turned his head and arched his hand towards Song Nan and said: "Grandpa Guo, the Queen Mother just went to Fengtian Hall to meet the ministers, and this edict cannot be invited; Without the permission of the Queen Mother, the inferior rank cannot let you in. ”

Song Nan was surprised in his heart, the Queen Mother went to Fengtian Hall to meet the ministers, obviously related to the edict, it seems that she wants to announce the edict in advance in front of the ministers, this hand is called chasing ducks on the shelves, the edict is announced, and it will be a foregone conclusion after announcing it to the world.

Song Nan said coldly: "I went back to Beijing from afar, I didn't drink a sip of tea, and I heard that the emperor was seriously ill, so I was even more worried; Entering the palace is nothing more than to see the saint, which is actually very common. Since the Queen Mother has no time, you will let me in to see the emperor first, and I will leave when I see it, and if the Queen Mother blames it afterwards, I will take it for you. ”

The leader of the official with the knife shook his head and said: "That's not possible, the Queen Mother Yizhi said, if you don't have the permission of her old man, let people in casually, disturb the emperor's recuperation, and our brothers will all lose their heads." ”

Song Nan looked at him sideways and said, "Then you don't plan to let me in?" ”

The leader of the official with the knife arched his hand and said: "Please forgive the prince of Zhenguo, there are also hardships for the lowly rank." ”

Song Nan sighed and said: "That's it, you forced me, this matter is a secret matter, I can't say it, but you do everything you can to stop it, I can't do it, knowing this secret is not good for you, if you lose your head because of this, don't blame me for being unpredictable." ”

The leader of the official with the knife was a little clueless, looked at Song Nan and said with a smile: "Don't scare me and others, we are just ordered to do things, if you want to meet the emperor, you can go to Fengtian Palace in person to ask the Queen Mother to give her an order, and we will naturally let you go." ”

Song Nan's face turned cold and beckoned: "You come here." ”

The leader of the officer with the knife asked suspiciously: "What are you doing?" ”

Song Nan said, "What's your name?" ”

The leader of the official with the knife said: "Zhenguo Gong, the villain knows that he offended you today, but the villain can't do anything, please take care of it." ”

Song Nan said quietly: "You are Chang Sheng, the chief knife officer of Cining Palace, right?" ”

The leader of the officer with the knife was taken aback, nodded and said, "It turns out that Zhenguo Gong knows the villain. ”

Song Nan said: "Chang Sheng, come here with your ears, I'll tell you a reason why you have to let me in, if you don't listen, I'm afraid I'll regret it for the rest of my life, not only will you lose your head, but your parents, wives and children, relatives and friends will lose your head." ”

Chang Sheng and the officers with knives looked at each other suspiciously, and one of the officers with knives said in a low voice: "Brother Chang, go and listen to what he says, it doesn't hurt to listen to it anyway, if it's an alarmist, let's ignore it." ”

Chang Sheng hesitated and frowned, and finally stepped down the steps to Song Nan, Song Nan beckoned: "Come here, I don't want this secret to be heard, the more people who know this secret, the chance of losing your head is greater." ”

Chang Sheng frowned and said: "Zhenguo Gong can't joke with the lowly rank, the lowly rank is just an errand." As he spoke, he tilted his head sideways.

Song Nan smiled and said: "I understand, this secret is ......" Song Nan's voice was suddenly lowered, Chang Sheng couldn't hear it clearly, and involuntarily brought his head and neck closer, and suddenly felt that the wind around his neck was suffocating, and his instinctive body jumped back to dodge, but he was half a beat slower, and one arm was already tightly wrapped around his head and neck.

The officers with swords are all strong martial arts people, their heads and necks are strangled, but they are not chaotic, and their hearts have already flashed seven or eight moves to get out of trouble, the most effective moves are subconsciously used, one hand grasps the arm on the neck and twists, and the next moment is the reverse grappling move of the short body and flipping the enemy's arm.

However, after using half of the strength of his hand, he suddenly froze, because there was a cold object on his left temple, and at the same time, Song Nan's cold voice sounded in his ears: "As soon as you move, I will smash your head, see if your head is hard or the steel ball in my fire gun is hard." ”

The double-barreled firearm equipped with Jinyiwei has long been famous all over the world, its power is known to the world, and Chang Sheng has naturally secretly seen the power of the firecracker, and he doesn't have to think much about the question of whether his head is hard or the steel ball is hard, the answer is obvious.

After a short period of consternation, the officers with knives on the steps reacted one after another, drew their blades and rushed down from the top of the steps, surrounding Song Nan.

Chang Sheng raised his hands and shouted, "Grandpa Guo, what is this for?" The humble rank has never offended you, and the humble rank is only ordered to guard the Heart Cultivation Palace, but there is no disrespect for the grandfather of the country. ”

Song Nan said coldly: "Of course I know that you are acting under orders, and the order you received is probably not to let me Song Nan see the emperor, I don't want to bother with you, so I have to take you hostage." ”

Chang Sheng shouted: "Grandpa Guo, what is the use of you taking me?" They still won't let you in, you are trespassing into the emperor's bedroom, this is a great crime of rebellion. ”

Song Nan pushed his head with a fire hammer and shouted: "Nonsense, how can I break into the emperor's dormitory privately, I am on the emperor's secret order, but someone wants to stop me from seeing the emperor." ”

Chang Sheng said: "Grandpa Guo, why do you bother to make up this lie to deceive us, you are in the south to quell the rebellion, the emperor moved to the Heart Cultivation Hall more than ten days ago, the emperor is seriously ill and can't speak, how can he give you any secret decree?" ”

Song Nan said: "I knew that it was in vain to talk to you, and you wouldn't believe the reason, so I took you hostage; You should know that Gonggong Zhang has been out of the palace for a few days, but what did he do? ”

Chang Sheng was strangled out of breath, and said in a hoarse voice: "It is rumored in the palace that Zhang Yong and the traitor Zhu Chenhao colluded, and I heard that the rebels were exterminated and absconded. ”

Song Nan scolded: "Phew, I knew that I would detain the basin, Zhang Yongke is not afraid of crime and absconded, he went to pass on the secret decree to me on the order of the emperor, and someone insisted on planting him to confuse him, that is to create rumors to confuse the public." I know that it is in vain to tell you this, but since I promised to tell you this secret, I must tell you, and now I will get out of the way for me, I will meet you by the emperor's holy decree, and whoever dares to stop it will resist the decree, and the first one to die will be your victory. ”

Although Chang Sheng and the others had doubts in their hearts, Song Nan said that he had a nose and eyes, and Zhang Yong did come to see the emperor before he disappeared, could it be that he was ordered by the emperor that day? No, it is said that the emperor can't speak, and he didn't say a word to Zhang Yong, how can he issue a secret decree?

Song Nan didn't have time to rub shoulders with them, and took Chang Sheng hostage and walked to the Heart Cultivation Palace, the two attendants on duty at the door were already frightened and disappeared, and there were also shouts and footsteps in the Heart Cultivation Palace, obviously the guards in the hall were also coming; Song Nan ignored it, held Chang Sheng and rushed to the palace, and shouted in his mouth: "The Duke of Daming Town has come to meet with the emperor's secret decree, and those who obstruct it will be punished for rebellion, and they will be beheaded all over the house and killed the nine clans." ”

Dozens of officers with knives gathered one after another, holding blades around Song Nan, but in the face of Song Nan, the prince of Daming Town, he was prestigious, and it was not easy to do it; In addition, Chang Sheng, the chief officer with a knife, fell into the hands of Song Nan, and Chang Sheng is very popular on weekdays, and everyone also supports him, and he will not act rashly.

There were also people who clamored to step forward and were eager to try, but they were stopped by other people, and someone in the panic whispered: "Brothers, don't be impulsive, go and ask the Queen Mother Yizhi to make a decision again, I didn't have to give Brother Chang's life in vain." ”

"Yes, this is the Duke of Daming Town, the hero who has just quelled the rebellion, we can't make a fool of our brains. Besides, in case the prince of Zhenguo is really the emperor's secret decree, what else can we stop? Do we still disobey the emperor's decree? ”

Soon this opinion became the mainstream, although these people did not have a high status, but they had been in the palace for a long time, and they had seen a lot, not like ordinary soldiers who had no brains, the more at this time, the more cautious they were, so they thundered and did not rain one by one, and moved in Song Nan's footsteps, and did not come forward to really stop them.

In the midst of the noise and noise, Song Nan had already held Chang Sheng hostage to the front hall to the back hall of the Yang Xin Palace, the place of the Yang Xin Palace was not big, and the rest place of the back hall was nothing more than the East and West Warm Pavilion, Song Nan swept his eyes, and saw the eunuch and palace maid in front of the East Warm Pavilion running in a panic, and knew in his heart that the emperor would be in the East Warm Pavilion, so he walked over with Chang Sheng, and dozens of guards with knives followed closely, but always kept a distance.

Song Nan saw the opportunity, kicked the door of the warm pavilion open with a reflexive kick, stretched out his hand and pushed Chang Sheng out, his body was submerged in the warm pavilion, and the sound of snapping sounded, it was the sound of the latch on the door. Chang Sheng was released, and all the officers with knives stepped forward to push the door and break in, Chang Sheng touched his neck and shouted: "Stop." ”

Everyone hurriedly stopped, and a small leader said, "Brother Chang, aren't we going to find out Zhenguo Gong?" ”

Chang Sheng shook his head and said: "You are dizzy, the emperor is inside, let's go in and fight with people, if you hurt the emperor, do you still want your head?" Zhen Guogong was holding a firearm in his hand. ”

"This ......" everyone was dumbfounded.

"Did you send someone to report to the Queen Mother?" Chang Sheng asked with a sigh of relief.

"I have already ordered someone to go to the Heavenly Temple to report it."

"That's it, everyone just stay here and wait for orders, and don't take any chances. The relationship between the prince of Zhenguo and the emperor is the best, and he will never be unfavorable to the emperor; In matters between adults, let's make less decisions on our own, and wait for the Queen Mother to decide. ”

Everyone thinks about it and thinks it makes sense, could it be that they broke through the door of the East Warm Pavilion and went in to fight with the Zhenguo Gong of the Dynasty? The Empress Dowager's decree said that the emperor should recuperate and no one else was allowed to disturb him, but didn't the cabinet scholars come several times this morning? The Duke of Zhenguo rushed back to see the emperor all the way, which was reasonable, even if the secret will was fake, there was nothing unreasonable about ordinary audiences. Everyone has a scale in their hearts, but they don't dare to say it.

Outside the warm pavilion, several eunuchs and palace maids looked at Song Nan who rushed in with firearms in surprise and stood in a daze; Song Nan said in a low voice: "Where is the emperor?" ”

Mu Ran, a little palace maid with a delicate face, pointed to the room behind the hanging door in the inner room, Song Nan nodded, and was about to move, but suddenly stopped and ordered: "Untie your belt." ”

Several eunuchs and palace maids didn't know what they meant, and Song Nan shouted in a low voice: "Don't you want to live?" ”

I understood this sentence, the five eunuchs and the palace maid were busy untying the cloth strips of their trouser belts, and Song Nan pointed to the little palace maid and said, "Tie their hands and feet." ”

The little palace maid didn't dare to disobey, so she tied the hands and feet of several other palace maids and eunuchs with her trouser belt, and apologized while tying them: "Father-in-law Zhao, father-in-law Xu, Wang Shanggong, Sister Liu, I'm sorry, I can't do anything." ”

After all the ties were tied, Song Nan stepped forward to check it, but it was also very strong, and ordered the little palace maid to find a few cloth towels to block the mouths of several people, and then Song Nan said to the little palace maid: "You follow me into the inner room, and if you are obedient, you will save your life, otherwise you will be covered with iron sand in the fire." ”

The little palace maid was so frightened that she almost peed her pants, this person had a beautiful face, but she was full of murderous energy, she couldn't offend her, she smashed her face and became a hemp, how to see people in the future? So he nodded softly.

Song Nan motioned to the little palace maid to lift the pearl curtain, the little palace maid hurriedly stepped forward to lift the bead curtain, Song Nan sighed, tucked the fire gun back to his waist, dressed up, patted the dust on his body, and slowly walked into the inner room.

The inner room was quiet, the curtains blocked the sunlight outside, and three candles lit on a candlestick were placed on the bedside table, which illuminated the scene in the room clearly. On a large bed, the brocade quilt was slightly raised, and there was a slight sound of breathing, and in the corner of the bedside, a copper finch spit a faint incense in its mouth, but it also covered up the smell of feces and urine in the house and the faint smell of blood.

Song Nan knew that the one lying on the bed was Zhengde, although Zhengde was not a tall and strong physique, but it was also a normal height, and the slightly bulging part of the bed at the moment looked more like a child's body, rather than Zhengde lying there.

Song Nan slowly approached the bed, Zhengde's face could not be seen clearly under the shadow of the curtain, Song Nan beckoned the little palace maid to approach, signaling her to hold a candle on the side to take care of it, the candlelight moved slowly, the shadow of the curtain was slowly removed, and Zhengde's face slowly appeared in the shadows; At the moment when he saw Zhengde's face, Song Nan's whole body stiffened, and tears slowly oozed from his eyes.

What a face it was, sunken and shriveled skin, cheekbones jutting out like mountain peaks, sallow and gray eyes, dark and wrinkled eye sockets. In any case, this face cannot be matched with the identity and age of his owner.

Zhengde is only twenty-two years old, in the prime of his youth, who would have thought that he was already like this, this face is the face of an old and dying person, how can there be half a point of vitality and half a point of vitality.

Song Nan's mind came to mind when he met Zhengde for the first time at the roast duck shop on Fork Street, and Zhengde was handsome and energetic at that time. Only nine years have passed, and the vigorous young prince has transformed into the dying situation in front of him, how can it not make Song Nan feel sorry in his heart, he rarely sheds tears, he can't control the tears in his eyes, and he doesn't want to control them, so he lets the tears flow out.

"Your Majesty...... Emperor. Song Nan called softly, Zhengde didn't react, if it weren't for the slight breath in his mouth, he would be no different from a dead man.

"Your Majesty, the minister Song Nan has come to see you." Song Nan whispered in Zhengde's ear, he couldn't give up, Zhengde had to wake up, and he had to talk to Zhengde.

The little palace maid who was holding the lamp on the side couldn't help but say, "This ...... This lord, the emperor doesn't seem to be able to hear people talking, for so many days, many adults have come to visit, and the emperor has not said a word, the queen mother ...... The Queen Mother came to see the emperor, and the emperor never sobered up......"

Song Nan waved his hand and said, "Bring water." ”

The little palace maid hurriedly put down the candlestick, poured a cup of warm water into the pot on the table and brought it over, Song Nan sat at the head of the bed, raised Zhengde's head slightly with one hand, and put the water cup on Zhengde's lips with the other hand to feed him, Zhengde's teeth were clenched, and the water flowed down Zhengde's mouth, and Zhengde did not swallow at all.

"Come, open the emperor's mouth." Song Nan said.

The little palace maid was startled, waved her hand and retreated: "Slave maid...... The slave did not dare. ”

Song Nan shouted in a low voice: "Then you will feed the emperor mouth-to-mouth." ”

The little palace maid's face turned pale, she had no choice but to step forward, she didn't dare to look at Zhengde's face sideways, she held Zhengde's face with her two small hands, and her thumb forcefully broke Zhengde's upper and lower lips, which revealed Zhengde's neat Bai Sensen's teeth, which was even more hideous and terrifying, and the little palace maid was so frightened that she almost fainted.

Song Nan sighed and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has offended. With his free hand and a hard squeeze on Zhengde's cheeks, Zhengde's mouth finally opened slightly, and a rancid breath rushed out, and the Chinese wanted to vomit. Song Nan held his breath and quickly poured warm water into his mouth, but listening to the gurgling sound in Zhengde's throat, although a lot of water overflowed, he finally drank a lot.

Song Nan asked the little palace maid to get a wet cloth towel again, carefully wiped Zhengde's face, and finally put the cold towel on Zhengde's forehead, and sat on the edge of the bed in a daze. The little palace maid stood aside with her hands hanging down and didn't dare to come out, and from time to time she peeked at Zhengde and Song Nan in fear, then hurriedly closed her eyes and turned her head, not daring to look more.

The air in the room was as solid as thick muddy sand, and it was uncomfortable, and in the silence, you could hear the panicked footsteps outside the warm pavilion and the voices of the eunuchs and guards who couldn't hear clearly.

Song Nan stared at Zhengde's face, his heart was anxious, Zhengde showed no signs of waking up at all, if he couldn't wake up, then he would come in vain today, and he didn't know if he would be able to see the emperor next time. Song Nan got up with some hesitation and sat down suddenly, scaring the little palace maid on the side with her apricot eyes wide, I don't know what happened to this adult.

"You go to the door and look, and you are not allowed to look into the room." Song Nan made up his mind and commanded in a low voice.

The little palace maid was eager to leave the bed as far as possible, and hurriedly agreed to walk quickly outside the hanging door, and took a few heavy breaths of the slightly fresh air outside. Song Nan in the room reached out and took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, hesitated for a moment, and finally poured out two pills with trembling hands.

"Your Majesty, the minister is not a big rebel, the minister tried his best to prevent the emperor from taking this pill, but now at this time, the emperor needs to wake up and explain the major affairs of the society, so the minister has the courage to give the emperor two pills, and the emperor will kill or kill when he wakes up, and Song Nan will dispose of it."

Song Nan leaned over and whispered in Zhengde's ear, his hand moved quickly, he stuffed two pills into Zhengde's mouth, and poured a mouthful of water, the pill melted in his mouth, dissolved in the water and flowed into Zhengde's abdomen.

Before the tea time, Zhengde's breath became heavy, his eyelids began to tremble, and his face was slightly ruddy. Song Nan hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the minister is Song Nan." ”

Zhengde's heavy eyelids finally opened slowly, his eyes stared blankly at the top of the bed, panting very much.

"Your Majesty, you're finally awake." Song Nan said happily. The little palace maid at the door opened her mouth wide and looked at this qiē, the emperor didn't eat for so many days, and no one could make him sober, this adult actually poured water and wiped his face to make the emperor wake up, is this adult a miracle doctor?

"Why don't you hurry up and get the pillow?" Song Nan said in a low voice.

"Uh-oh." The little palace maid hugged two pillows like a whirlwind, Song Nan had already helped Zhengde to sit up, and the little palace maid put the two pillows on Zhengde's back and neck, so that Zhengde could lean comfortably.

Zhengde breathed a few breaths, looked at Song Nan weakly, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Song Nan, you're back." ”