After Zhou Zhong handed the booklet to Chu Zhaozhao, he saw Chu Zhaozhao hand it to the little emperor who was sitting not far away.

He gasped and craned his neck to watch.

Until Chen Luo finished reading the booklet, Zhou Zhong didn't speak again.

"Let's talk about who else in the court is doing things for King Huai." Chen Luo closed the booklet and asked the person on the bed.

Zhou Zhong was stunned for a moment, and hesitantly fell his gaze on Chu Zhaozhao on the side.

Chu Zhaozhao instantly understood his eyes.

It's just that I don't want her to hear it...... Or maybe she thought she was cheeky and didn't want to go out.

"Then I'll go out for a walk." Chu Zhaozhao said and walked outside.

Chen Luo spoke up, "No, you are here to protect my safety." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Zhong's face changed.

As a third-generation minister, figuring out the emperor's mind has become something he subconsciously does, and the emperor deliberately said it to him.

How can he, a person who can't even get out of bed, threaten the emperor's safety?

Zhou Zhong had a wry smile on his face, and then said a few names, and he let out a long sigh.

"The minister knows that he has committed a great crime of rebellion, but the minister begs the emperor, for the sake of the minister's later repentance, he can bypass ......"

"Do you know that King Huai killed and injured nearly 2,000 people in order to mine the ore in the mountains around Zhao County?" Chu Zhaozhao couldn't help but interject, "In the name of the imperial court, he privately stationed troops with the intention of rebelling, you should know what needs to be paid behind this." ”

What is it.

It is the lives of thousands of people.

Zhou Zhong's face turned pale.

It's just that Chu Zhaozhao's mouth kept talking, "Lord Zhou said that he repented later, but if we didn't find out about Zhao County, if King Huai raised troops, if he really hit the capital, would Lord Zhou open the city gate to welcome everyone?" ”

These words are really heart-piercing and true, but they are directly like a sharp blade, poking at Zhou Zhong's heart.

Compared with the white face just now, Zhou Zhong is about to fall now.

He propped his hands on the edge of the bed, but his arms trembled profusely.

"The criminal minister......" Zhou Zhong burst into tears, "The criminal minister was blindfolded for a while, and the sons of the criminal minister did not seek to be motivated. ”

"You can guarantee that he will become, not the first to kill the hero?" Chu Zhaozhao was a little angry.

It stands to reason that after being an official in the court for so many years, how can he not even know this truth.

Or rather, I don't want to think about it at all.

Chen Luo glanced at the puffing little girl next to him, he reached out and pulled her back, "Zhaozhao, don't be angry." ”

In this matter, the little girl has personally participated in it, and she has long been angry in her heart.

Not to mention the death of nearly 2,000 people and the destruction of 2,000 homes.

"I won't let you go, and I won't let go of King Huai." Chen Luo stood up, and his demeanor was full of imperial domineering, "Before I came, I read my father's evaluation of you, a rare capable minister." ”

When the words fell, Zhou Zhong directly spit out a mouthful of blood.

But he laughed disregardlessly, "First Emperor...... The old minister can't stand the first emperor. ”

remembered the importance that the exhausted emperor valued him back then, and tried his best to pave the way for him several times, allowing him to come up step by step.

He knows how difficult his path is!

"I need to lend you one." Seeing that he was almost thinking, Chen Luo lowered his voice, "If you are willing to atone for your sins, I will protect your family." ”

Zhou Zhong responded.

Chu Zhaozhao stepped forward to check his pulse, and found that his body was in tatters, and it seemed that he was already at the end of the crossbow before.

She asked, "Do you want to be cured?" ”

"No, you don't."

"No, you don't."

Two voices sounded at the same time, and the voice fell on Chu Zhaozhao's ears, and Chu Zhaozhao nodded.

She didn't want to be cured either.

Let such a person die happily, and I'm sorry for the people in Zhao County who have been squeezed.

So she pulled through her purse and found a pill that had never been used, "After taking this pill, it will gather the essence in the body in one place, and you can live happily for a month, but when you die, you ......."

"It's going to be painful, right?" Zhou Zhong smiled.

Without hesitation, he took the medicine, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it dryly.

……

When Chu Zhaozhao and the two left, they took Zhou Ruoyao away.

The first thing he did when he returned to the palace was to make Zhou Ruoyao a concubine, and then arranged her in Yuqiongxuan and let her live with Yu Concubine.

This move caused an uproar inside and outside the palace.

Chu Zhaozhao didn't know how the news spread outside, but she got up early the next morning and saw Mama Wei coming.

"Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is looking for you."

She said in a low voice, "Probably because of the fact that you brought the girl from the Zhou family back to the palace last night, the Queen Mother was a little embarrassed after hearing about it this morning. ”

In fact, she still said it lightly.

The queen mother was not just a coward, she almost wanted to call the emperor over and beat him up, and scolded the emperor several times.

I stopped it myself, and said that I would ask the queen mother what was going on.

Mama Wei pursed her lips, the queen mother's performance towards the queen's mother, whether she was persuaded or not, she didn't look like a daughter-in-law, she really raised a daughter.

Chu Zhaozhao didn't have time to exercise, so he hurriedly followed Mama Wei.

As soon as she entered, she sensed that something was wrong in the house.

"The Queen Mother." Chu Zhaozhao smiled like a flower butterfly and pounced on the queen mother's body, "Queen Mother, let's have breakfast together today." ”

The Queen Mother looked at the little girl holding her with a somewhat complicated expression.

She didn't beat around the bush at all, "Why did you bring the girl of the Zhou family back and make her a concubine?" ”

Chu Zhaozhao glanced at Mama Wei.

Mama Wei hurriedly beckoned everyone out of the door.

When there were only the two of them left in the house, Chu Zhaozhao whispered, "Zhou Zhong has a relationship with King Huai, this time we went to Zhao County and found evidence of King Huai's rebellion, but this is not a good time to move him." ”

"But what does this have to do with her entering the palace?" The Queen Mother did not understand.

Chu Zhaozhao was stunned.

In the end, the villain sighed, "Zhou Ruoyao grew up under the knees of the old lady of the Zhou family since she was a child, she has no relationship with her parents, and the Zhou family will be exiled in the future, Zhou Zhong was afraid that she would be sold by her parents, so he asked me to protect her Ichigo." ”

Although she has never liked Zhou Ruoyao very much, she unconsciously responded last night.

Probably because of Zhou Zhong's maintenance of his family?

Or is his teaching to Zhou Ruoyao over the years more sincere in his feelings for this granddaughter?

It's all there, Chu Zhaozhao thought.

"What about the future? She's going to be in the palace all the time? The Queen Mother asked again, "What if those people take this opportunity and want to send all their daughters to the palace?" ”

A series of questions stunned Chu Zhaozhao.

"But...... Is it true that Miyazato will not be drafted in the future? Chu Zhaozhao pursed his lips, "I haven't seen a harem that doesn't have a draft." ”

The queen mother's words really seem to be thinking about her, not for the emperor's little brother.

Don't they all say that the royal family wants to pass on the lineage?