In Ziyun Palace, where the most powerful ruler of Zhongzhou lived, sandalwood scented the air, bells rang, and the palace, which had been silent for a long time, finally became a little bit popular.
"I'm just feeding him a few mouthfuls of porridge, why are you nervous?" The queen casually glanced at the mysterious man holding a copper bell in the corner, ignored the alert gaze, walked straight to the bed, lifted Yaohuang up, and fed him with a bowl.
A few mouthfuls of porridge.
After Yi Chenxuan left, Princess Yanhu's bodyguard Ji Sanqian had been guarding the door of the inner palace. As soon as the mysterious person inside rang the bell, he would quickly break in. Even if the queen wanted to escape, she would not have the ability, let alone Ji San.
Yi Chenxuan, who was skilled in Qiangfu, thoughtful and suspicious, forced the queen and Eunuch Tao to take poison before leaving. If Ji Sanqian hadn't delivered the antidote on time, the two people closest to Emperor Yao would have been angry.
Die from despair.
The ringing of the bell had alarmed Ji Sanqian, who pushed the door open and entered. Seeing that the Queen was feeding Emperor Yao to eat porridge, she couldn't help but frowned and looked at the mysterious man with questioning eyes. The mysterious man shook his head and made several meaningless strange noises in his throat, while behind him
With a hint of apology, he reached out and pulled up the black veil, leaving only his lowered eyes exposed.
After entering the capital, you can't leave in vain. Ji Sanqian walked to the couch with his hands behind his back. He glanced at the porridge bowl in the queen's hand and rummaged through the food box next to him. After making sure that there was nothing wrong, he snorted and left.
The queen calmly continued to ladle the porridge in the bowl, moved her body slightly, and happened to have her back to the mysterious man, taking the opportunity to look at Yaohuang. At this time, the mysterious man saved energy and did not control Yaohuang. Although Yaohuang could not
He could not move to speak, but his consciousness was clear. The look he looked at the queen was clear and profound, and everything he wanted to say was contained in it. The queen nodded without any trace, and when Emperor Yao looked back with peace of mind, he suddenly put down the porridge bowl and looked helplessly at the mysterious
The man looked at him and said, "Chamber pot, quickly bring the chamber pot!"
The mysterious man seemed to be accustomed to such orders. He sighed and kicked the chamber pot to the side of the couch.
"Slow down, hold on." The queen drove Yao Huang to the edge of the bed, bent down to pick up the chamber pot, and then carefully and neatly untied Yao Huang's belt and clothes. After a moment, the sound of dripping water reached her ears.
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Yaohuang, who could not move, was in a state of incontinence.
Yaohuang loves to be clean. When the queen was not imprisoned with her, the mysterious person was always taking care of her. He often ignored her and behaved roughly. But after the queen came, she became much better. She was not too dirty but was very meticulous and never let Yaohuang
Therefore, even if she felt a little uncomfortable, often as soon as Emperor Yao had an idea, the Queen would already prepare a chamber pot and serve her carefully, truly worthy of the name of his wife.
As an old couple for decades, no matter what happened or what grudges they had, she was always the one who understood and cared about Yaohuang the most.
The queen lowered her head and was busy, so she didn't see a flash of emotion in Yaohuang's eyes. However, the mysterious man saw it clearly and turned his head without knowing what he was thinking.
"Pour it down, it smells weird if you leave it in the room." After the service was completed, the queen raised her finger to the urinal and gave the order to the mysterious man as a matter of course. There was no one else in the room, and the queen was not allowed to leave as a hostage.
In the inner palace, the unlucky job of emptying the chamber pot can only fall on the mysterious person.
The mysterious man hesitated for a long time, and finally reluctantly approached and grabbed the chamber pot. He held his nose with one hand and had a look of disgust on his face. Fortunately, Eunuch Tao knocked on the door and walked in. The mysterious man hurriedly stuffed the chamber pot into the room as if he had found a savior.
In the hands of Eunuch Tao.
"Oh, this, this... I just came to inform you that the general is waiting outside to see you!" Eunuch Tao held the chamber pot with a miserable look on his face, but the mysterious man's eyes were firm and he refused to take the chamber pot back. Eunuch Tao
He shook his head and sighed aggrievedly, and then picked up the porridge that was mostly left on the table: "Has the emperor finished his meal? The remaining servants took it away to avoid accidentally knocking it over and burning it."
"Go ahead, go ahead. Remember to bring clean clothes later. The emperor hasn't changed his clothes for two days." The queen waved impatiently, and Eunuch Tao carefully bowed his waist and exited the palace.
All the actions of the Queen and Eunuch Tao were carried out under the supervision of the mysterious person. There was no chance to hide any small tricks. In addition, there was Ji Sanqian outside who took the trouble to search and check. Eunuch Tao, who was only holding a chamber pot and a bowl of porridge, did not
Being suspected, he went all the way outside the palace to meet Ou Suiliang.
"My general, the emperor is still not in good health. The queen is taking care of you inside and has no time to do anything. You should come back another day." Eunuch Tao bowed with his back to the palace door, and there was nothing unusual in his tone.
But his eyes desperately flicked towards the bowl of porridge in his hand.
Ou Suiliang was a little confused and lowered his head to look at the porridge bowl: "The emperor just had a meal?"
"Yes, the Queen specially ordered the kitchen to make the Emperor's favorite rock sugar mountain date porridge, but unfortunately I only had a few bites."
Rock sugar mountain jujube porridge? Ou Suiliang took a breath, thought about it, and deliberately raised his voice: "I only ate so little. It seems that the emperor is really not in good health recently. Okay, I will come back another day. Eunuch Tao will take care of the emperor at night.
Be careful, it has been windy and rainy these past two days, don't let the emperor catch the wind and cold, and don't let the queen be too tired."
"I remember this, my servant. General, please go slowly."
Eunuch Tao bowed to say goodbye, and Ou Suiliang turned around and walked out of Ziyun Palace. However, his destination was not the General's Mansion, but in the direction of the Prince's East Palace.
An old friend who has known each other for decades, Ou Suiliang knows exactly what Yaohuang likes. Naturally, he also knows the reason why Yaohuang only eats a little bit of porridge. Rock sugar mountain jujube porridge. It’s a joke. Yaohuang hates sweets the most. He can only eat them if he can.
There's a ghost!
He hurried to the East Palace, and before waiting for the maid at the door to pass the news, Ou Suiliang had already rushed into the side hall and grabbed the bewildered Zhan Ting: "Find a way to contact the prince and ask him to delay the war on the front line. No matter what, he must wait until I
Rescue the emperor!"
Ou Suiliang's expression was too serious, and Zhan Ting couldn't react for a moment. He opened his mouth half-open and couldn't say a word. After a long while, he swallowed: "Something happened to the Emperor? His Highness is far away in Zhao Kingdom, how can I contact him?
…”
"Why don't you go there yourself? No, you'd better stay. I won't be able to do anything without you." Considering that Zhan Ting's kung fu is the best among all the guards, Ou Suiliang had to give up his original idea and look for someone else.
The way out is, "Find someone the prince can trust to deliver the message. The sooner the better. I heard from other ministers that the emperor issued an imperial edict a few days ago forcing the prince to divorce Bai Yatou and send out new troops to attack the Zhao capital. If he goes too late, I'm afraid
It will lead to irreparable consequences. Zhan Ting, you silly boy, remember what I just told you. Never tell others what to do or what to do. Just wait for my news."
Zhan Ting was overwhelmed by Ou Suiliang's uncharacteristic nervousness, and subconsciously nodded repeatedly. Fu Chu happened to be passing by with his head down and a book in his hands. Zhan Ting hurriedly pulled the person over and pushed him in front of Ou Suiliang: "General, what orders do you have for him?"
Say, I...my brain is not very bright."
Even in such a tense atmosphere, Ou Suiliang was still laughed out loud by Zhan Ting's shy and ashamed expression. He turned to Fu Chu helplessly and patted the young man's thin shoulder heavily: "I often see the prince discussing things with you. I think he is a trustworthy person."
, this important matter is entrusted to you, it is related to the safety of the emperor and the life and death of Bai Yatou, you must convey the message to me."
"General, please give me a call, Fu Chu will do his best." Fu Chu knew that Ou Suiliang was from the group that supported Yi Chen, and seeing the urgency on his face, he knew that he had something extremely important to explain, so he immediately cheered up.
Without further delay, Ou Suiliang explained to Fu Chu in more detail what he had just explained to the war court, and even handed over his pass token and general's golden order to Fu Chu's hands, which showed his level of trust.
"In other words, the emperor's current situation is probably due to coercion, and the person who is coercing is not the empress?" After listening to Ou Suiliang's explanation, Fu Chu pondered for a moment, "If you speculate like this, the person behind the scenes is most likely to be
The fifth prince holds the imperial edict, and there are still his accomplices in Ziyun Palace, so the queen and the emperor cannot act rashly and can only send information through Eunuch Tao to attract the attention of the general."
Being able to quickly deduce these details can be regarded as a clever mind. Ou Suiliang admired Fu Chu even more and nodded heavily: "That's why I am anxious to have someone tell the prince. The fifth prince has already gone to Zhao Kingdom with the imperial edict.
The imperial edict is the destiny, and the destiny cannot be violated. No matter which path the prince chooses, he will be ambushed, or he will be emotionally unwilling to obey the order and be dethroned by the fake emperor's order, giving the fifth prince a chance to regain power; or he will choose another path.
, I really wrote a letter of divorce and severed the relationship with Bai Yatou as husband and wife... Alas, if any of those two children is missing, it is equivalent to losing half of their lives. It is really a crime, a crime..."
"General, don't be anxious. I will pack up and rush to Zhaoguo immediately. The affairs here are still under the control of the general." Fu Chu bowed deeply, suddenly remembered something, hesitated for a moment and then said softly, "I heard that Miss Ou has been in charge recently.
I have recurring nightmares and the situation is very bad. If the general is not in the general's mansion..."
Ou Suiliang's eyes darkened and he smiled bitterly: "Xiao Yu has a strange disease, but I can't always keep her careless of business. The Queen went to Ziyun Palace for many days and didn't come out. I was afraid that they would have another argument, so I wanted to take a look.
Yes, I didn’t expect so many things to be involved.”
Fu Chu did not continue to ask further, and nodded slightly. He went back to his room and simply packed his things, then said goodbye to Ou Suiliang, Zhan Ting and others, and hurried out of the palace with Ye Huawan, who wanted to go with him no matter what.
Looking up at the approaching evening sky, Ou Suiliang let out a long sigh, a bit of vicissitudes of life revealed in his steely bones.
Seeing the unification of Zhongzhou and the stability of the world, how could these unreasonable disasters happen? Will the mistakes they made when they were young finally get retribution? Retribution will be retribution, the cycle of cause and effect, the way of heaven is clear, it is just suffering for innocent people, those who have passed away
Those who are alive, their descendants who are in dire straits because of their past sins.
"Son..." A tired sigh echoed lowly in the empty room. Zhan Ting turned around and saw only the leaving figure of a veteran who was over fifty years old. Therefore, only he knew the trace of bitterness in the corners of Ou Suiliang's eyes.
What he didn't know was that whether he noticed something strange in Ziyun Palace or whether Fu Chu rushed to Zhao Kingdom, it was already too late.