Empress Dowager Xu only felt that the boredom of these days had disappeared, and she raised her gorgeous lips and beckoned to the guard commander outside.

"You go to the palace of the king of Qi, spread the will of the mourning family, and let the king of Qi lead the troops to support the south."

The commander of the guards is now a confidant of Empress Dowager Xu, and he was surprised for a moment when he heard this, and he couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked: "Can King Qi lead the troops?" ”

Not to mention that he broke his leg, he has been drunk and dreamed of death in the house in the past few years, and he has become an authentic wine bag and rice bag.

Empress Dowager Xu smiled coldly, "The royal family has raised him for so many years, and it is time for him to contribute." ”

Commander of the guards: "But the ability of King Qi, I'm afraid I can't hold ......"

"What the mourning family wants, is that he can't hold the south." Empress Dowager Xu's eyes flashed with calculation, and the smile on her lips became deeper and colder.

Seeing this, the commander of the guards felt a chill down his spine, and he didn't dare to ask again, so he hurriedly took the order and left.

Empress Dowager Xu saw that the weather was good, and she was in a good mood, so she wanted to take a walk in the palace.

So he called the palace maid who was waiting for him and ordered: "Prepare a sedan chair, and the mourning family will go to the Taide Palace to have a look." ”

The palace maid promised, stepped forward to support her carefully, but couldn't help muttering in her heart, it is the Emperor Taishang who lives in the Taide Palace, since the four princes ascended the throne, the Queen Mother ordered someone to move the Emperor Taide Palace, and there are only a few times to go behind.

It can be said that the current Emperor Taishang is just holding a breath, and he has been able to hold on until now because there are many precious medicinal materials in the palace, otherwise the Emperor Tai's body that was hollowed out by the elixir would have died a long time ago.

She didn't dare to say these words, and after helping the Empress Dowager Xu into the Taide Palace, she bowed down and retreated.

Empress Dowager Xu retired from all the palace people, she walked slowly to the bed in the inner hall, the hall was dim, the windows were closed, and there was a smell that could not be described.

Her eyebrows and eyes bear the marks of age, and her eyes look indifferently at the unconscious person on the bed.

Emperor Hongjia is still alive, his breath is so weak that it is almost negligible, he has long been unable to speak, he cannot open his eyes, and he lies in bed all day long, like a living dead.

Empress Dowager Xu took out an embroidered handkerchief, she wiped off a layer of ash on the edge of the bed, sat down expressionlessly, and stared at Emperor Hongjia's face.

Long.

"Your Majesty." She still called him that, but it was different from the delicate and tactful she used to be, and the tone of her voice on the spot was as calm as stagnant water.

She began to talk about the past.

"The concubine married His Majesty at the age of eighteen, and in the blink of an eye, so many years have passed."

"I think at the beginning, Queen Liu, Concubine Fang and the concubines, the three of us entered the palace in the same year, at that time, the three women competed with each other, no one obeyed anyone, and everyone wanted to win the first place."

As she spoke, she raised her armoured hand and lifted the futon that Emperor Hongjia had covered.

"The three of us have been fighting for several years, Concubine Fang and Queen Liu have given birth to princes, but only the concubines have given birth to one daughter, and they have really endured the snubbing and ridicule......"

"The concubine's life is not good, she has served Queen Liu for three years before and after the saddle, and the concubine thought that as long as the concubine worked harder, His Majesty would be able to see the concubine's good, but it's a pity that ......"

"The concubines still remember that Your Majesty came back that day and was overjoyed."

"Except for the time when she ascended the throne, this is the second time, the concubine saw such a happy smile on His Majesty's face, and the concubine didn't hold back, so she asked Your Majesty, what good things happened."

When Empress Dowager Xu said this, she laughed at herself, "It wasn't until that day that the concubines understood that when His Majesty likes someone, he will be happy like a hairy boy." ”

It's just that this liking is not for her.

"Your Majesty likes Ning Shurui, but that woman is stupid, Your Majesty can take a fancy to her, it's her blessing, but she doesn't appreciate it."

Empress Dowager Xu thought of the arrogant and beautiful woman, and laughed mockingly.

Since Ning Shurui entered the palace, where can Emperor Hongjia still tolerate other people in his eyes.

Even if that woman didn't have a good face for him, he ran to Mingwei Palace all day long, thinking about how to make her happy.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Xu's face gradually became gloomy.

She looked at Emperor Hongjia's lifeless face, and said resentfully: "Your Majesty is really ruthless, that woman gave birth to Lu Ronghuai, Your Majesty can't wait to give him the crown prince, and what about the concubine, the concubine gave birth to Rong Ze desperately, but Your Majesty didn't even look at it!" ”

Speaking of the last sentence, Empress Dowager Xu suddenly raised her voice, almost yelling at the person on the bed.

Empress Dowager Xu's breathing was rapid, and after her breath calmed down, she quickly showed a smile again.

"Fortunately, all this has passed, Your Majesty, in your life, you are quite pitiful, the woman you like doesn't love you, as for the son you like...... Oh, it won't last long. ”

"The country of Lu can only belong to the son of the mourning family."

After Empress Dowager Xu vented in front of Emperor Hongjia's bed, she left the Taide Palace refreshed.

She turned her head and went to Lu Rongze.

But he was told that the Seventh Prince came to find him something, Lu Rongze listened to it for a long time, and now he is not in good spirits and has rested.

Empress Dowager Xu thought of Lu Rongze's pale and pale face, her mouth moved, and she sighed, "Since he is resting, the mourning family will not bother him, and King Ping has already left?" ”

King Ping is none other than Lu Rongbo, the seventh prince.

Eunuchs should be.

Empress Dowager Xu didn't stay any longer, and led a group of people away.

It wasn't until the person was completely far away that the eunuch turned around and knocked respectfully on the door of the temple.

Inside the house, Xu Zhizhi put down the book in his hand, exhaled, and said jokingly: "It's so dangerous, my aunt almost came in." ”

Lu Rongze sat by the window, he seemed a little distracted, he didn't know what he was looking at, and he didn't respond for a long time.

"Cousin?" Xu Zhizhi shouted.

Lu Rongze came back to his senses and slowly turned his head to look at her.

Xu Zhizhi looked at his face that was so thin that there was almost no flesh, the shallow smile on her lips also faded, she inhaled softly, and solemnly promised: "What my cousin handed over to me, Zhizhi will definitely complete." ”

Lu Rongze didn't look much better than the living dead Emperor Hongjia, his face was withered, his eyes were deep-set, and his body was so thin that it seemed like a gust of wind could blow him away.

Such a terminally ill person, who even the Tai Hospital once said would not live for a few months, has survived until now, which makes everyone sigh.

It's just that Xu Zhizhi looked at his gray face, a little unbearable, she has always been bold, and she immediately said what was in her heart.

"Cousin, otherwise, you might as well not be the emperor."

Lu Rongze just looked at her quietly, his eyes were too calm, and there was not even a trace of fluctuation.

Xu Zhizhi: "How tired it is to be an emperor, you get up early every day and are greedy for darkness, and you can't finish the things, cousin, your body must be well cultivated, maybe you can get better." ”

"Now my cousin is closed, the power is in my aunt's hands, and everyone outside says ......"

"Say what?" Lu Rongze opened his lips and his voice was hoarse.

"Say, speak...... Say you're a puppet emperor. After Xu Zhizhi finished speaking, he shrunk his neck.

Xu Zhizhi regretted it a little after speaking, and the atmosphere in the hall became silent because of her words.

After a while.

Lu Rongze smiled, turned his head back slowly, and looked at the white clouds in the sky.

"It's getting late, let's go back."

"Cousin......" Xu Zhizhi twisted his fingers and said worriedly: "I'm sorry, Zhizhi said the wrong thing." ”

"You're not saying the wrong thing."

"But ......"

"Let's go back."

After Xu Zhizhi returned, he learned that the king of Qi was going to lead his troops to the battle.

It is said that after receiving the holy decree, the king of Qi scolded in the palace, if it weren't for his inconvenient legs and feet, and the guards stopped him, he would have rushed directly into the palace to quarrel.

The king of Qi made a fuss, but three days later he was still invited into the carriage and led 80,000 soldiers to the south.

In the south, only the soldiers and horses of the Chu State are now, and without the help of the Duan State, the speed of the siege has slowed down significantly, and the Chu State has not been able to get any benefits after several stalemates.

When Lu Ronghuai led his troops to take half of the city of Liu State, he finally couldn't sit still and wrote a letter to the lord of Duan State.

The two formed an alliance at the beginning, he took a lot of effort, and later acted in a play with Duan Guo, which successfully stinked Lu Ronghuai's reputation, although Lu Ronghuai is on the offensive at the moment, he has lost the hearts of the people, as long as they add more fire, it will be difficult for Lu Ronghuai to turn over.

It's just that Duan Guo, who should have been in harmony with him inside and outside according to the plan, for some reason, has been very quiet for more than half a month, and has not moved at all.

He was so anxious that he wrote to inquire about the situation.

After waiting for about five days, Duan Guozhu's urgent letter was delivered to him.

Along with the letter, there was a square brocade box.

The box is exquisite and elegant, and the materials are good, and it is a first-class gift box that will only be used when the six countries pay tribute.

The lord of Chu put the letter aside and couldn't wait to open the lid of the box first.

"Ahh

The next moment, the lid of the box fell to the ground with a 'snap', and the lord of Chu sat on the throne, frightened by the rotten and smelly human head in the box.

The eunuchs and maidservants in the palace also screamed and hid behind the pillars.

The Lord of Chu stared at the head of the box, his fat face twitched with muscles due to excessive tension, and he trembled and stretched out his hand to take the letter.

His hands trembled so badly that he tore it three times before he tore open the envelope.

Lord Duan's reply was brief.

Only four words.

'Resign to fate. ’

And the owner of that head is the lord of Liu Guoguo.

was sent by Lu Ronghuai to the Lord of Duan, how could the Lord of Duan not know that this was Lu Ronghuai's deterrence, he weighed it again and again, and decided not to help Chu State attack Lu State.

Therefore, after the letter from the lord of Chu, he transferred the head to him.

The Lord of Chu stared at those four words and angrily tore up the letter.

"Someone! Go and call Liu Mingyue over! The Lord of Chu roared angrily.

The palace people were so frightened that they crawled to call people.

After a while, Liu Mingyue hurried over.

He saw the rotten head on the table at a glance, his face paused, and then he gave a salute to the lord of Chu.

"Is there something to find the lord of the country?"

The lord of Chu had a gloomy face, "Liu Mingyue, the widow was willing to save you at the beginning, because he saw that you hated Lu Ronghuai as much as the widow, as the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, the widow erased the traces of your escape and let you stay in the Chu country, but as a result, you repay the widow like this?!" ”