Chapter 4: Punishing the False Emperor
Xuanjia withdrew from his arms, picked up the medicinal herbs on the side, and ran out on his feet, ready to boil medicine for him.
Xuanjing didn't worry about her, afraid that she would be burned, so he told Gu Chenran to look at Xuanjia.
"Oh, no, Jiajia will still do this."
She waved her hand very arrogantly and rejected the two.
"Little brother, you and Daddy will stay here and discuss how to defeat those big bad guys."
Xuan Jing and Gu Chenran glanced at each other, and they both saw pampering and helplessness in each other's eyes.
"Your Highness is really frank and cute, smart and clever."
Gu Chenran smiled brightly and took the lead in praising Xuanjia.
"I think so, too."
Hearing that someone praised his baby daughter, Xuanjing and Yourong were very proud.
"But Your Majesty, now I am afraid that the only courtiers who have learned that you have been killed are ministers and my father, and in addition, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty do not know the truth. If this continues, I am afraid that the DPRK will be in chaos, so please think about it in the long run. ”
Gu Chenran withdrew his smile, and Jun's face was full of serious expressions.
"Well, that's true." Xuan Jing lowered his eyes, making people unable to see clearly, but the corners of his mouth hooked a cold smile, "Then let's make a plan!" ”
Xuanjia came back with the medicine carefully, and heard the eldest brother in the house discussing something with his father.
"Tomorrow the man will have a sacrifice, and the minister thinks it is a good opportunity. So ...... so."
Xuanjing's eyes were slightly constricted, and his expression was awe-inspiring.
"Okay, then follow Gu Aiqing's strategy."
Xuanjia blinked, stared at the medicinal juice in his hand tangled for a long time, and walked in with a puffed face.
She didn't want to disturb her father's work, but the medicine didn't work well when it was cold!
"Daddy."
Xuanjia stretched out his little lotus-like arm and handed the medicinal juice to him, "Daddy drink the medicine." ”
Xuan Jing took the medicinal juice and drank it without hesitation.
But in the next second, a dry thing was shoved into his mouth.
Xuanjing subconsciously wanted to spit it out, but he felt a hint of sweetness on the tip of his tongue.
“…… Dried apricots? ”
"The medicine is so bitter, just take this!"
Xuanjia frowned, she had just secretly tasted a small bite, and she almost didn't cry bitterly.
Xuan Jing stared at this soft little ball, and his heart was mixed.
He was the Ninety-Five Emperor before, although his subjects respected him and feared him, but no one really cared about him, and he was a real loner.
But this little ball, who is not as tall as his legs, just treats him as an ordinary person.
Xuan Jing hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand and rubbed Xuan Jia's hairy little head stiffly.
Gu Chenran looked at this warm scene, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
However, he didn't say much, but said in a respectful voice: "The minister will retire first." ”
Xuan Jing bowed his head slightly, and an undercurrent surged under his eyes.
Tomorrow will be the beginning of his reclaim to the throne.
Early the next morning, Xuanjing drank the medicine and fell into a deep sleep.
Xuanjia carefully covered his father with a quilt, and then easily climbed over the wall and walked out of the cold palace.
The emperor suddenly announced the worship of his ancestors a few days ago, the time was pressing, and the palace was so busy that no one had time to notice the small balls mixed in it.
Xuanjia blinked his moist deer eyes, mixed with the group of palace maids, and marched to the altar with the procession.
Xuan Han was dressed in gorgeous clothes and was awe-inspiring.
He took the incense from the Ministry of Rites and was about to light it.
However, after trying it three times, the incense swayed, and some smoke came out of front of it.
The Ministry of Rites Shangshu had already turned pale, and if it weren't for the wrong time, he would have knelt on the ground with weak knees.
Xuan Han's expression was even more solemn, and the ominous premonition in his heart deepened a little.
He hid his uneasiness, forced his composure on the stage, and just as he was about to bow his waist and prepare to offer incense, a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the distance.
Bang!
Xuan Han was startled, and the incense in his hand fell on the platform.
Before he could come back to his senses, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites on the side exclaimed: "Your Majesty, the tablet, the tablet is bleeding!" ”
Xuan Han was stunned, and subconsciously looked at the ancestral tablet enshrined on the platform.
The tablet, which was originally polished to a shiny finish, was like a living thing, shedding dazzling blood!
The ministers were suddenly panicked, and the whispers were endless.
"This is a bad omen!"
"I've never encountered this kind of thing in my dynasty, I'm afraid that the emperors don't have something to say......"
Although they didn't dare to say it explicitly, Xuan Han naturally understood the meaning of their words.
"Don't panic! I have always been prosperous, and I don't know where I came from! It must be that the enemy country can't see the good of our country, and it will make trouble on this big day of sacrifice! Don't panic! Let them succeed! ”
The ministers looked at each other and felt that what he said also made some sense.
Xuan Han waved off the incense burner on the stage, "Come on!" Investigate this for me! ”
Xuanjia hid in the shadows and took in all of this.
This should be the plan that the big brother and his father said, but ...... It seems that it is going to fail, Jiajia has to think of a way!
Xuanjia gently closed his eyes, trying to gather his spiritual power on the leaves that turned into a wisp of green silk on the top of his head.
The blue-green spiritual power flashed away, and the good weather that was originally blue and white was instantly covered with dark clouds and thunder.
The rumbling thunder rang in everyone's ears.
This vision descended from the sky, and the ministers immediately forgot all about Xuanhan's excuse just now.
"No matter how hard the enemy country is, it is impossible for the heavens to send down thunder!"
"It's damned! It's really God who is angry! ”
Xuan Han had long lost his initial momentum, and his face turned the color of pig liver.
"Someone! Come! Are they all dead! ”
Obviously, Qin Tian has calculated the days, why is this kind of ghost weather happening again!
Don't...... Is it really ......
Xuan Han shivered fiercely, and a bad premonition came to his heart, and he was about to order the forced end of this sacrifice.
"Boom!"
An arm-thick thunderbolt suddenly fell at his feet, splitting the platform into a piece of charred wood in an instant.
Xuan Han was startled, and subconsciously took a step back.
But the thunder seemed to have eyes, and one after another brushed his body and fell, until he was standing on the edge of the stage and staggering, and then disappeared.
The sky suddenly cleared at this time, and if it weren't for the scorched brown, no one would have dared to believe what had just happened.
"Your Majesty, such a vision is probably a sign of heaven's damnation!"
The loyal and upright Imperial Doctor couldn't hold back any longer, and risked his life to admonish, "Your Majesty has recently killed loyal ministers for no reason, I'm afraid that I have angered the ancestors and ancestors!" Your Majesty! It's better to stop it as soon as possible! ”
"Ridiculous!"
Xuan Han's eyes widened with anger, his eyes were bloodshot, "I am the true dragon emperor!" When you say such things, are you going to rebel! ”
He waved his hand, ignoring the dissuasion of the Ministry of Rites on the side, and shouted: "Drag this disobedient man down and kill him!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the courtiers who were still hesitating could no longer stand idly by.
Even if they are wise enough to protect themselves for a while, if this continues, they will die at the hands of this tyrant sooner or later!
"Your Majesty, no! Lord Lin is a loyal minister! ”
"If Your Majesty is obsessed with it again, I am afraid that the society will be in danger!"
Seeing that the ministers obstructed one after another, Rao is an arbitrary tyrant like Xuanhan, and it is not good to insist on going his own way anymore.
He clenched his fists fiercely, glanced at the Imperial Doctor, and said coldly: "There are demons who are haunting today, the sacrifice is temporarily suspended, and I will drive back to the palace!" I'm going to ask a master to catch a demon! ”
Looking at his back as he left in embarrassment, Xuanjia couldn't help but reveal two small dimples.
The big bad guy bullies Daddy, and next time Jia Jia will scorch his ass too!
She flicked her two little pigtails and walked in the direction of the cold palace, but was suddenly stopped by a clear male voice.
"Jiajia."
Xuanjia paused, looked back, and immediately bent his eyebrows.
"Big brother!"
For some reason, looking at her immature smile, Gu Chenran also felt a lot more comfortable, he showed a shallow smile, raised his hand and touched her cute pigtails.
"Why are you here?"
Xuanjia blinked and lied in a low voice: "Jiajia wants to see the excitement." ”
Gu Chenran glanced thoughtfully at her immature cheeks, nodded slightly, and took her tender little hand: "Let's go back together." ”
The two avoided the eyes of the guards and quietly slipped back to the cold palace.
In the cold palace, Xuanjing, who was immobile, was anxiously looking out of the door.
Seeing the two of them entering the door talking and laughing, the anxiety in his eyes calmed down a little.
"Daddy!"
Xuanjia pounced on Xuanjing's bed like a bird, and inserted the flowers given to her by Sister Yingchunhua on the roadside into Xuanjing's bun, "There are a lot of people outside today, it's so interesting!" ”
Although Xuanjing didn't like this squeamish thing, because Xuanjia picked it himself, he didn't take it away, but just kept looking at the top of his head.
Gu Chenran's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his mood was a little delicate.
His Majesty has always been fierce and decisive, and he could not imagine that he could be so patient with a small thing.
"Jiajia, you go to the yard to play, I have something to report to Your Majesty."
Xuanjia nodded obediently and ran out on his short legs.
Gu Chenran reported the sacrifices one by one, especially describing the unexpected thunder in detail.
"That's exactly the case, presumably that villain will not dare to act rashly and wantonly kill the minister in the future."
Xuan Jing snorted coldly, his eyes revealing murderous intent.
"It seems that God has helped me this time."
Xuanjia, who was hiding behind the door and eavesdropping, couldn't help but evoke a sweet and greasy smile.
She's not "God", she's a lucky four-leaf clover!
The two discussed their future plans in the house, and Xuanjia squatted in the yard to dry the herbs for his father.
He was busy working when a dog barked not far away.
Xuan Jiacai raised his head, and his hand was empty.
A big dog with a black back and yellow hair came out of nowhere, and took the herbs in Xuanjia's hand.
"Good dog! Give it back to Jiajia! ”
Xuanjia was anxious, this was the medicine she had finally gotten through, if it was broken, her father would not be able to recover!
But the dog shook his ears, opened his paws, and ran.
Xuanjia was already short of calves, and he had no way to take the dog for a while.
One person and one dog circled around the yard a few times, and Xuan Jia was so tired that he was out of breath and couldn't catch the dog.
Just as she was about to use a spell to catch the big dog, there was a sudden commotion in the cold palace.
Xuanjia hurriedly hid his small body and quietly went to check, and the dog also crawled down and followed Xuanjia's ass.