Chu Zhixia returned to the Autumn Leaves Mountain Residence, vomiting in the dark, and his hands and feet were weak. Yuzhu hurriedly helped her and hurriedly beckoned someone to ask for a doctor. Chu Shixia couldn't say a word, just grabbed her arm and shook his head.

At the right time, Shen Zhou kicked open the door and strode in, and took her from Yuzhu's hand forcefully. Shen Zhou grabbed her shoulders from behind with one hand to keep her from falling, and gently patted her back with the other to smooth out her chaotic breathing.

"How can this be, how can you vomit like this when you go out?" Yuzhu was so anxious that she stomped her feet, "Shen Zhou, haven't you been following the eldest lady?" ”

Shen Zhou shook his head at her and motioned for her to go out first.

Chu Zhixia's fingers spasmedly grabbed Shen Zhou's sleeve, and his trembling body slowly calmed down.

"It's not him," Chu Shixia muttered, "not the regent." ”

Shen Zhou didn't ask her what she wasn't the regent, he just stood quietly behind her.

The meaning of the regent is very clear, everything Chu Shixia does in the imperial capital is under his control. Including the first assistant to fight against him, and the emperor to retract his authority little by little, all within the scope of his permission.

In the previous life, it was to the point where there was no need for the regent to kill Chu Mingxiu. Chu Mingxiu has no real power and no troops in the imperial capital, and the regent even holds the emperor in the palm of his hand, so there is no need to be afraid of Chu Mingxiu - Chu Mingxiu is only useful to him if he is alive.

Chu Zhixia's mind flashed one name after another, the regent Chen Bang, the first assistant Zhuang Songbai, the crown prince Bai Huan, and the celebrant Wang Xianfu...... These names coincide with the secret report she memorized one by one, and there are inextricable people and relationships behind them.

It's not the regent, who else could it be, who else could it be? Who has the ability and motive to ask for Chu Mingxiu's life?

There are many people who want to kill him, and there are very few people who may kill him.

Shen Zhou raised his hand to cover her ears, and Chu Zhixia looked at him in confusion.

"Don't be afraid," Shen Zhou's sign language was slow, as if to tell her to see the truth word by word, "With me, you won't die in the imperial capital." ”

"Just now, were you there too?" Chu Zhixia asked in a daze.

"I'm in that plane tree." Shen Zhou said frankly.

"So close." Chu Zhixia grabbed his palm and felt a little relieved, "Shen Zhou, I'm not afraid, I just hate that I can't find them, and I can't kill them." ”

"If you can't kill people, I'll kill them for you."

——

Embrace the snow pass.

"The Beidi people have withdrawn to the north, and it seems that they don't plan to fight to the death with us." Chu Mingxiu circled a large area on the sand table, "Now that spring is warm, I think they don't want to spend the days of licking blood on the tip of the knife, so they have to go back to the pasture." ”

"But they died so much, that's all?" The stunned Qing subordinate said, "Could it be a feint to retreat?" ”

"The pastures of Beidi are very precious, more than a dozen tribes are fighting for those few fertile pastures, if they can't grab them, more people will die of starvation than they will die in the war with us." Chu Mingxiu waved his hand, "The city defense of the pass is still the same, and the rest of the people can breathe a sigh of relief and change the military defense on a later date." ”

"General Xie!"

The subordinates clenched their fists in unison, and after a while, they all dispersed.

Chu Mingxiu sat alone in the camp tent to restore the sand table, he knew every grassland and water source in Beidi well, and also benefited from his memorization of the map of Beidi. Even with your eyes closed, you can restore the sand table.

Suddenly, someone opened the door and walked in, but there was no sound.

Chu Mingxiu realized that something was wrong, and when he looked up, he saw Chu Mingyan lift his hood, revealing an ice-white face.

"Big brother?!" Chu Mingxiu hurriedly went over to close the door, turned on the extinguishing charcoal fire, and gradually warmed up in the tent, Chu Mingyan's face looked better.

"Why are you here? If there is something, it is good to ask someone to pass on the word. Chu Mingxiu saw his face and knew that something was wrong, "Something happened to Changle?" ”

Chu Mingyan sneered, sat down on the main seat, and slapped a secret report on the sand table. The holy mountain of the Beidi people in the sand table was half collapsed in an uproar, and it was unbearable to see.

"She killed the regent's people as soon as she came out of the north of the country, recruited cats and dogs in the imperial capital, scolded the regent's daughter, beat the son of Dali Siqing, and beat the companion of the three princes." Chu Mingyan counted his sister's fierce achievements, and his knuckles were knocked on the secret report, "She also met with the regent in private." ”

Chu Mingxiu's eyelids jumped when he heard this, "Is she going to die?" ”

"It's not like her, Chang'an." Chu Mingyan shook his head, "Although Changle is stubborn, he never messes around in major matters. I felt that it was wrong since she invited herself to go to the imperial capital, why did she think that it was more serious for you to go to the imperial capital than to expose us lying in front of the envoys of the imperial capital? ”

Chu Mingxiu shook his head, "I only go back to see her a few times a year, isn't she always sticking to you?" ”

This is true, since Chu Mingxiu went to Yongxue Pass to take up his post, he has little chance to return to the clouds. Chu Zhixia was both respectful and afraid of Chu Mingyan, but he relied on him even more.

Chu Mingyan pondered for a moment, "Before leaving, did Changle say anything to you?" ”

Chu Ming Xiuzai thought about it carefully, and after a long time, he didn't say anything: "She said that she dreamed that I died in the imperial capital. ”

"It's ridiculous!" Chu Mingyan laughed angrily and coughed for a long time.

——

Imperial capital, too learned.

Chu Zhixia was lying on the bookcase with a sad expression, the newly transplanted magnolia flowers outside the window were luxuriant, and two thrushes were chirping. Several noble ladies hid small bronze mirrors under the scrolls, and looked at their makeup by the spring light outside the window.

Chu Zhixia was so annoyed that he tore off the corner of the page and formed a ball and bounced it onto the branch of the magnolia tree. The branches trembled, and the thrush flew away in terror.

Several noble ladies looked at her sideways, and they turned back in fright by her cold expression.

A figure walked by the window, brushed off the magnolia petals all over his body, picked up the paper ball, smoothed the wrinkles on it, and handed it to Chu Shixia from the window.

Chu Shixia looked at the hand and saw a face with straight eyebrows, a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it.

"In Xia Yandu, Miss Chu, we meet again."

Chu Zhixia remembered that it was the little Marquis Yan who spoke up in the library, and then Shen Zhou understood the word "Yaksha" without a teacher, thus triggering a vicious battle.

The number of hereditary titles in the imperial capital is unknown, and there are two dukes, five marquises, and seven earls in this small school alone.

However, without real power, the title is just an empty shell.

Yan Jue was wearing Yu Linwei's uniform, with a long sword at his waist, which was quite a bit of a long body. He stood by the window, and many of the girls glanced at him quietly, and were conceited and reserved, refusing to look at him more.

"What a coincidence." Chu Zhixia smiled lazily.

"Unfortunately, I'm here to pick up my sister." Yan Jue politely bowed to her and beckoned to a girl in the school, "Auntie, come here." ”

Shu, beauty also.

Chu Zhixia couldn't help but turn his head to take a look, only to see that in the corner of the school, a girl who was as thin as a cat stood up. The girl cowered, her shoulders were buckled, her head was so heavy that she couldn't lift it, and her long hair hung down so that people couldn't see her face clearly.

I can't afford such a glamorous name.

For these days, Chu Zhixia didn't even notice that there was a person sitting in that place.

"So, let's go first." Yan Jue took the girl's hand and said to Chu Shixia, "Then, let's go first." ”

"Is Yan Jue still doing that little captain in Yulinwei?"

"It's already good to have a school captain, do you think he can afford to take the imperial examination? Why, you pity him for not meeting him, then you ask your father to fight for an official position for him! ”

"If he marries you, it won't be good to say that the Marquis of Yongyi's Mansion will be revitalized!"

The girls were giggling and shoving, pinching each other's flushed and hot faces. Yan Jue is handsome and upright, not as stubborn as the boys in Taixue. Although neither of them will marry Yan Jie, they are happy to joke with him.

The Marquis of Yongyi's Palace.

Chu Zhixia remembered that Hou Yan was brave and died in the seventh year of Xiangfu. The emperor announced to the world that the brave and resolute Hou Yan decided to privately transfer troops and intend to rebel. Soon after, Yun Zhong received an obituary, saying that Chu Mingxiu was suffering from a vicious illness and died violently in the imperial capital.

In the flash of light, it was as if something was connected. But it's like a hazy fog through a layer of mist, and you can't see it really.

Chu Zhixia suddenly rolled out of the window, and the study school was quiet for a while.

"What happened to her—what happened to her?"

"Maybe you think we're arguing, right?"

——

The Yongyi Marquis Mansion is a military and martial family, but it is not like the Chu family who is in charge of military power. After Lao Yongyi died, the family's big house, second room, and third room fought to the death, the trees fell and scattered, and Yan Dui, a pair of brothers and sisters, had a very difficult time in the imperial capital.

"My mother is frail, and the house is poor, so there are not many subordinates." Yan Jue personally made tea, and said apologetically, "If there is any inconsiderate hospitality, please forgive Miss Chu." ”

"It doesn't matter, I only have one maid with me at home. When my eldest brother collects military expenses every year, he can't wait to deduct all the bricks in the palace and sell them. Chu Shixia pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's quiet here, it's very similar to in the clouds." ”

"Miss Chu doesn't think it's good." Yan Jue smiled.

There was a bookcase next to the two, and Yan Shu was lying on the bookcase writing stroke by stroke, so quiet that only the sound of the brush brushing the paper and the sound of breathing.

"Thank you, Little Marquis Yan, for coming out for me that day." Chu Zhixia pondered.

Yan Jue smiled bitterly, "Don't thank me, Miss Chu has been listening to it for so long, and she doesn't care about this when she thinks about it." ”

"I have a question, I hope the little marquis will answer it." Chu Zhixia said respectfully.

"Miss Chu, please speak."

"Your Majesty is just when you are employing people, didn't you hand out an olive branch to the little marquis?"

These words were bold, and Yan Jue's face changed almost immediately. But Chu Zhixia did not move, there was no calculation or temptation in his expression, and he was so frank that Yan Jue was ashamed of himself.

The emperor wants to be in charge of the government, but the Manchu civil and military forces are either the people of the first assistant or the regent, and he must have his own henchmen, otherwise it will be difficult to support himself. Yan Jue has skills, family background, uprightness, and walks in the palace from time to time, which is really the emperor's best choice for employing people.

Yan Jue slowly exhaled, "Miss Chu is insightful. I heard that you chanted at the gate of the imperial capital, 'Within the four seas, it is not the king's land', and I thought that the Chu family was also loyal and brave ministers loyal to His Majesty. ”

"I may not be loyal and brave, but the Chu family must not be a chaotic minister and thief." Chu Zhixia's hand holding the teacup was a little hard, "So, how long have you been doing things for Your Majesty?" ”

"Since I entered the Feather Forest Guard." Yan never hid it, "What's wrong with this?" ”

According to such a trajectory, Yan Jue in the previous life must have played an important role in the emperor's seizure of power. Such a person was killed by the emperor, if not really deliberately rebelled, there was only one reason - he disobeyed the emperor in something very important and had to be kept secret.

Yulin Weisi is in charge of military defense, even if the emperor intends to promote, he can only be the general of Yulin.

The Habayashi Guard and the Forbidden Army jointly defended Miyagi.

Chu Zhixia raised her hand and pressed her temples with a faint pain, brought down the teacup on the table, and the hot water splashed her.

"Miss Chu?!" Yan Jue frowned, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's okay, it's just that some people don't adapt to the soil." Chu Zhixia said a little weakly, "Little Marquis Yan, do you have any relationship with our clouds?" ”

"My grandfather was awarded the title of brave and resolute, and it was with the king of Zhenbei that year that he fought against him. My grandfather often said that he was so fame and fortune that he didn't deserve to go back to the clouds. Yan Jue said worriedly, "Miss Chu, do you want me to send you back?" ”

"No need." Chu Zhixia was a little stunned.