Capital.

Royal Palace.

A middle-aged man walked quickly towards the palace.

The middle-aged old man was about 60 years old, but he was still energetic and his steps were windy. He soon arrived in front of a palace in the palace.

"Ouch..."

In front of the palace, an eunuch saw the old man appear and hurriedly came up from afar.

"Su Xiang, why are you here?"

The eunuch looked flattering and bent down.

The old man had no expression on his face: "Where is Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is practicing in the hall with several Taoist priests... Su Xiang, are you trying to see Your Majesty?"

The middle-aged old man said in a deep voice: "I have something important to see Your Majesty!"

As he said that, he took a step forward towards the hall.

"Oh, Su Xiang stayed..."

The eunuch quickly stopped the middle-aged old man, with a look of anxiety on his face.

"Su Xiang... That, Your Majesty has an order today. No one will see you when Your Majesty and the Taoist priest practice!"

The middle-aged old man glanced at him coldly: "Do you want to stop me?"

"Don't dare..."

The eunuch shook his head quickly.

As the eunuch around His Majesty, he is also a big celebrity around His Majesty. On weekdays, those ordinary officials have to give him some face when they see him.

After all, no one wants to offend anyone around His Majesty casually.

But the Su Xiang in front of him clearly did not take him seriously at all.

Not only that, he not only had no complaints, but even had to persuade him kindly.

For nothing else, it is because the Su Xiang in front of him is the only prime minister of the Dazhao Dynasty.

Su Jian'an!

When His Majesty ignored the government affairs for several years, this Su Xiang, who alone supported the order of the entire court and maintained the normal operation of the dynasty, made great contributions to Dazhao and had a high prestige.

In today's court, no one dares to underestimate Su Xiang.

Naturally, he, a small eunuch, would certainly not be taken seriously.

"Su Xiang, I know you have an urgent matter... But Your Majesty did give instructions today. If you force yourself in, you may be angry!"

Su Jianan had a gloomy face and he said coldly: "Angry?"

"I have very important things to report to Your Majesty. It is related to the safety of my Zhao Dynasty. The situation is urgent!"

"Your Majesty, he favors those slutty people and plays with things and is distracted... My Dazhao is now in a critical situation. What reason does he have to be angry?"

If it were someone else who dared to talk about His Majesty like this, he would probably have been dragged out and chopped off long ago.

But the Su Xiang in front of him was fully qualified to say such words. As a veteran of the two dynasties, Su had assisted the late emperor in quite some years. He was the most trusted minister around the late emperor. At the same time, he was loyal to Dazhao and devoted himself to his entire life until his death.

Even His Majesty nowadays respects Su Xiang very much.

"What Su Xiang said...is something that happened in Beizhou recently?" the eunuch asked carefully.

Su Jianan glanced at him and said coldly: "Your Majesty already knows?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know yet, but..."

The eunuch hesitated for a moment and sighed softly: "This matter has been spread to the capital, and the slave naturally heard some rumors. However, long ago, His Majesty had handed over the full responsibility of the Beizhou affairs to the Imperial Heaven Department to handle..."

"Your Majesty is confused!"

Su Jianan was angry and said angrily: "Your Majesty has ignored the government affairs in recent years, but he still believes in the Imperial Heavenly Department so partially. In recent years, the Imperial Heavenly Department has relied on the power given by His Majesty and has unscrupulously made me mess up... Something will happen sooner or later in this Imperial Heavenly Department!"

"Now, dozens of officials in our Beizhou have been assassinated within half a month, which is really horrifying... If this matter is not taken seriously, what can it be?"

"The old party of the Northern Qi in Beizhou is full of ambitions and eyeing them. This matter must be theirs. If they don't wipe out the remnants of the Northern Qi, when they grow stronger, it will be a difficult time for me to tell the truth!!"

Su Jianan's face was very gloomy and solemn.

He is very clear about the importance of the situation today.

If the old party of Northern Qi is not eliminated for a day, there will never be peace in the Great Chapel!

However, the eunuch beside him sighed: "Su Xiang, your feelings are only understood by your slave, but Su Xiang, you are not unaware of it..."

"Over the years, the land of Beizhou has been unstable. In order to maintain the order of Beizhou, Your Majesty even sent General He Wansheng, the first general of Northern Qi to guard Beizhou. However, what about? There was no improvement."

"In recent years, in order to suppress the Northern Qi uprising, our soldiers of the Zhao Dynasty have been exhausted and damaged, but they have never seen much miraculous results... His Majesty does not want to eradicate those remnants, but it is not that simple..."

"Su Xiang, don't worry. This time, the Beizhou officials were assassinated, Your Majesty will definitely not sit idly by... But today Your Majesty is practicing with several Taoist priests. If Su Xiang breaks in at this time and annoys Your Majesty, it may be counterproductive."

"Your Majesty's character, Su Xiang must know better than me..."

Su Jianan's face was still gloomy, but he also gave up his plan to break through.

He naturally knew His Majesty's character. In recent years, His Majesty has less and less taken care of the government affairs, especially since this year, His Majesty has almost completely ignored the affairs of the court and is determined to hide in the harem to pursue the way of immortality...

There was a smoky mess above the court.

If it weren't for his efforts to maintain it, the Dazhao court would have been in chaos.

As for the outside of the court, the Qintiansi made a mess in the world, he was willing to take care of it, but he was also powerless.

Seeing Su Xiang gradually calm down, the eunuch beside him struck while the iron was hot and continued to speak: "Don't worry, Su Xiang, I will tell Your Majesty about this matter at that time... At that time, Your Majesty will definitely summon Su Xiang, and please Su Xiang go back first..."

“…”

In the main hall.

Empty.

Several figures sat cross-legged on the cushion of the hall.

Put your hands together, close your eyes, and chant something.

After a long time, the middle-aged man in front of the cushion slowly stopped his work, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and opened his eyes.

"Congratulations to your Majesty!"

Several other Taoist priests sitting on the cushion opened their eyes one after another.

"Your Majesty's strength is one step closer!"

"It's a joyful congratulations. Your Majesty has a deeper understanding of this method of immortality. Asking for the Tao is just around the corner!"

“…”

The middle-aged man is the current Emperor Mingde of Dazhao.

At this moment, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt relaxed and at ease.

Every time he practiced this method of immortality, he felt his body relaxed more and more, as if he was back to his youth.

The mental power is extremely strong.

He was very happy and waved his hand: "Thanks to the guidance of several Taoist priests, I will give you a reward!"

Several other Taoist priests immediately knelt down and thanked them.

After several Taoist priests left, the hall became quiet.

Emperor Zhao slowly stood up and planned to leave.

At this time, the eunuch outside the door hurriedly walked in.

“Is there anything important happening?”

Emperor Zhao asked casually.

The eunuch on the side replied: "Su Xiang had been here before, but His Majesty was practicing with several Taoist priests, so he was persuaded to go back by the old slave!"

"oh?"

Emperor Zhao frowned slightly: "Su Xiang is here to find me, what's the point?"

Su Xiang is now assisting the state in charge, and he handles the affairs of the country in normal times. He is here to look for him, is it because something happened?

"Your Majesty, something happened in the North State..."

The eunuch quickly explained in a low voice.

After listening, Emperor Zhao's eyes suddenly became cold.

"Does of officials in Dazhao have been assassinated?"

"Who did it? Have you found out?"

The eunuch whispered: "The Imperial Heavenly Department has been involved... However, there is no news yet!"
To be continued...