Bell ~ bell ~ bell, there was a slight knock on the door of the closed door of the Horse Mansion. After a while, the gatekeeper removed the gate and opened it. Two men in black cloaks appeared quietly in front of the door, and it was dim at midnight, and they could not see their faces clearly, even the carriage behind them was tamed by the coachman without making a strange sound.

This man said, "Eh, are you?" ”

I saw the man in front of him striding into the door, looking panicked, and hurriedly asked, "Are the princess and the colt already resting?" ”

Then the light of the Horse Mansion, this time the person saw an old man who was a little bloated and over the age of sixties, "The villain doesn't know?" The man didn't stop, and ran straight to the house, "Liu Concubine!" Something is wrong! ”

"Hey, who's you?! Don't break in! ”

A man in the back with slightly gray temples and about forty years old followed, holding the shoulder of this subordinate and saying, "It's okay! He's like that, he's in a hurry when he gets down to business. ”

At this time, the person saw the face of the person behind him clearly, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Doctor Han! It's you back! ”

There was a man sitting in the hall, and when he saw someone running in in a hurry, he immediately got up to greet him. It only took a moment to hold the old man's arm. This person is the husband of Princess Yunkai of the current dynasty, the concubine Liu Zhan.

"Liu Luma, the emperor is about to die!" The old man said anxiously.

"Lord Lu Duan, what's wrong with the emperor?"

"According to my diagnosis, the emperor is afraid that he will not survive tonight." The middle-aged man in the back said.

"Brother Han Ji, even you are helpless?"

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, the normal state of human beings. When the emperor has reached the end of his life, no matter how superb his medical skills are, no amount of panacea will help. ”

"Then I'll enter the palace with the princess immediately?"

"I'm afraid I can't get in, and now everything in the palace is blocked by Wang Jien. Few people know the news that the emperor is seriously ill, and we only saw the emperor after Wang Jien was not paying attention and dressed up. The old man said hurriedly.

"How so? Is it possible that Wang Jien wants to rebel?! ”

Han Ji said: "Rebellion? It's not impossible. He wants to abolish the crown prince and intends to set up Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, to ascend the throne! ”

Liu Zhan said in surprise: "Brother Huang? The imperial brother has long been crazy, he wants to establish the imperial brother, but I am afraid that the ministers of the court and the central government will not agree. ”

"It was because the King of Chu was delirious that Wang Jien made him the emperor, so that he could better control the government in the future." Lu Duan analyzed.

"Horse, the old man has received the news that Wang Jien and the queen have planned to join forces to establish the king of Chu on the throne. Now all news in the palace has been blocked, and the crown prince does not know about it. If the emperor dies and the crown prince is not in front of the palace, Wang Jien unites with Queen Liu, which is very likely to allow the king of Chu to ascend the throne. At that time, I was afraid that the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty would fall into the hands of Wang Jien. Lu Duan's expression was a little anxious.

"Wang Jien has been quiet for so many years, and it is finally about to start." Liu Zhan muttered.

"That's what we're here for." Lu Duan added: "Liu Juma, although the old man is the prime minister, Wang Jien has many henchmen in the palace, and he can't fight Wang Ji'an after all, I'm afraid that when the time comes, the prince and the queen, plus those ministers who have long colluded with Wang Jien, will be able to cover the sky with one hand and tamper with the edict." Saying that, Lu Duan knelt down and said solemnly: "It's about my Great Song Dynasty, so please ask Liu Juma to agree to the old decay!" If you don't agree, I'll kneel here tonight. ”

"Master Lu, what are you doing here!?" Liu Zhan helped Lu to stand up and said, "But I promised the emperor that the Jiang League would only manage the affairs of the rivers and lakes and would never interfere in the affairs of the imperial court." Besides..."Liu Zhan thought of something, but didn't say it. Then he asked, "Then what do you want me to do to lead people to support the crown prince?" ”

"Liu Zhan, we didn't ask you to bring someone to help the prince ascend the throne, I just hope that you can drag Wang Jien tomorrow."

"Brother Han, what do you mean?"

Lu Duan said: "Tomorrow, I will find a way to introduce Wang Jien into the Edict Pavilion, please be sure to keep him there, and don't let him leave." If he is not there, his henchmen will not dare to act rashly, I will quickly go to the palace to summon the crown prince, let the prince succeed to the throne, the overall situation is decided, and they will be all over. ”

Liu Zhan said with a firm face: "Okay, I understand." ”

"Pony. This matter is related to my Great Song Dynasty Foundation, please be sure to drag Wang Jien. Lu Duan emphasized.

"Don't worry, Lord Lu, I will do my best!"

"With your words, the old minister will be relieved." Lu Duan said: "I need to hurry to the prince's mansion now and tell the prince about this." ”

"Wait, Lord Lu, it's late at night, the prince's eyes are noisy, you go over now, you will be watched." Han Ji hurriedly said.

"Imperial Physician Han, do you have any ideas?" Lu Duan asked.

"Liu Zhan, can the princess sleep?"

"Yunkai was still playing with the two children just now, so he shouldn't have fallen asleep. I'll take a look. ”

With that, Liu Zhan walked to the back of the hall, through the corridor, and towards the room. When he arrived at the door, the maidservant girl outside the door came to see him and whispered, "Horse, you are here." ”

Liu Zhan asked, "Hanfeng, is the princess still in the room?" ”

"The princess is still in the room, but the young master and the young lady have already slept, and the princess has ordered that no one should come and not to report loudly. Ordered me to come into the house softly and tell me that it was. So I hope you have a quieter voice. Hanfeng said.

"Okay, I got it." As he spoke, he knocked softly on the door.

"Who is it?" A soft voice asked.

"Yunkai, it's me." Liu Zhan replied softly.

After a while, the door opened gently, facing the fragrance, wearing an embroidered light blue dress, a woman's face was warm, her forehead was sweaty, her hair was simply tied into a ball with a head rope, and she was gently patting the two children sleeping on the bed, this woman was the Yunkai princess of the Great Song Dynasty. Yun Kai looked at Liu Zhan with some tired eyes, only to see that she stretched out the index finger of her right hand and put it in front of her mouth, and made a small sound of "shh~", signaling Liu Zhan not to make too much noise. Then he covered the two children on the bed with a thin blanket, walked out slowly, and gently closed the door. said to Hanfeng and the others: "The two children have rested, you take good care of them." Then he turned his head and pointed to the road he was going to take with his finger, Liu Zhan nodded, and the two walked side by side.

Liu Zhan took out the sweat towel from his arms, helped Yun Kai brush away the fine sweat on his forehead, and said gently: "Just let the subordinates do this thing." ”

"The children are always sticking to me, and I'm a little worried about being a mother when I hand it over to my subordinates."

Liu Zhan snorted.

"What's wrong? Brother Zhan. Yun Kai asked softly.

"Brother Han and Master Lu are here, and they are now in the front hall, and it seems that the emperor's body is dying."

"Father's body, even Brother Han can't do anything about it!" Yun Kai sighed lightly, "My father succeeded the emperor's great cause, collected the Northern Han Dynasty, fought the Khitan, unified the Central Plains, worked all his life, and now is the destiny of heaven coming?" ”

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, the normal state of people, my father is a little bit of a life, and death may not be terrible to him."

"I understand this, but it's still a little sad."

Liu Zhan saw that Yunkai's clothes were a little dirty, thinking that it was caused by playing with the two children, and said, "By the way, don't you go to change your clothes and comb up?" ”

"It's okay, it's important to get down to business, and I can't care so much about it."

"Uh, good"

The two walked into the hall, and Yun Kai asked, "Brother Han, Lord Lu, how is it?" ”

Lu Duan bowed, "The old minister has seen the princess." ”

Yun Kai said: "Why did Lord Lu visit the office late at night? ”

Lu Duan said what he had just discussed.

"I see, no wonder I went to the palace to visit my father a few days ago, and the prince has been perfunctory to me. He didn't let me see my father. ”

"At the moment, there is something that must be done by the princess." Lu Duan said firmly: "It's up to you to tell the prince about this." You and the crown prince are sisters and brothers, and if I go with Imperial Doctor Han, it will be too eye-catching. Moreover, the prince must have Wang Jien's eyes and ears on his side. ”

"Yes, you and the crown prince are sisters and brothers, and if you go to see your brother, others will not suspect anything. And you're just a woman, and not too many people will be wary of you. Therefore, I have just discussed with Master Lu, and it is most appropriate for you to go on this matter. Han Ji said.

"Okay, I'll be over early tomorrow. Be sure to tell the prince about it. ”

Lu Duan took out a sign with the words "Da Gradual" written on it and handed it to Yunkai. "Just give it to the prince tomorrow. It was late at night, and the old minister retired first. ”

Yun Kai returned: "Okay, Lord Lu, go back and rest early." Lu Duan also signaled to Liu Zhan and Han Ji, then walked out, went out of the gate, looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one, he got into the carriage and left in a hurry.

In the hall, each of them was pondering, the three of them did not say a word, they didn't know what to say, this matter is not a child's play, people live and live, they are willing to seek happiness and comfort, this matter is sudden, it is related to their own fate, and it is also related to the future survival of the country.

Yun Kai suddenly said: "Brother Han has been here for so long, and the people don't give him tea. It's late at night, Brother Han will stay today, I'll arrange it. As he spoke, he motioned for his servants to prepare refreshments.

"Are you sure?" Han Ji asked Liu Zhan.

Liu Zhan took a deep breath: "Seriously, I don't know. Wang Jien has profound internal strength, extraordinary strength, and a golden bell cover is as hard as Wang Bahu, and no one knows where his cover door is. My master Hua Tieshan couldn't win against him back then, and I don't know if I can win tomorrow. ”

"If you do your best, even if you can't win, as long as you can hold him back, as long as Lord Lu helps the prince succeed to the throne, he will send someone to pick you up."

"Well, that's already the case, and we can only do our best. What's more, it's not just for Yunkai, but now there are also Yue'er and Tian'er. Even if you die, I will also drag Wang Jien !! Liu Zhan paused, "And... I promised him too. ”

After he said it, Liu Zhan and Yun Kai both showed sad expressions on their faces, and Han Ji immediately said, "What can't die!" Although the leader of the Hua League did not win against Wang Jien back then, Wang Jien did not win against the leader of the Hua League. If it weren't for the villain, how could the leader of the Huameng die!! Liu Zhan, now your martial arts are no longer inferior to the Huameng master back then, what is there to be afraid of that dead eunuch. ”

Liu Zhan suddenly woke up: "By the way, a few people should be sent to protect Lord Lu tomorrow, tomorrow Lord Lu will act, someone will inevitably obstruct him, and Wang Jien's subordinates are also numerous!" How can it be done without sending people to protect it?! I'll go out of the city now to find Hua Feng. ”

Han Ji said with a smile: "Don't worry, there is a more suitable person than Hua Feng." Li Zhentian. ”

Liu Zhan was relieved after hearing this, and said, "Is the earthquake coming?" It would be great if Lord Lu was protected by Zhentian. It is worthy of being a doctor, or Brother Han, you are thoughtful. ”

"It's nothing, it's just a trifle."

After a while, a few subordinates prepared some dishes and snacks, and took some tea and wine, "Brother Han, let's have a few drinks today!" ”

"Good! There is wine today, and there is drunkness today! Don't worry about tomorrow! ”

"Just have a few drinks, there's something big tomorrow!" Yunkai reminded.

Liu Zhan said: "Hehe, Yunkai, don't worry, Brother Han and I have our own measure."