Emperor Wu's eyes showed satisfaction, and he looked at Zuo Zonghe beside him: "Zonghe, I really didn't misjudge you."
"You were calm and calm in the face of danger during this trip. You successfully brought Zuo Chongming back to the capital. You made a great contribution and gave Xuantian a fortune pill..."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zuo Zonghe felt happy.
He originally wanted not to seek merit, but to seek no faults. Unexpectedly, he got great luck and encountered an unexpected surprise.
"Okay, let's get down."
Emperor Wu glanced at the door casually, nodded and ordered: "Closely monitor the Champion House and report any situation as soon as possible."
"yes."
Zuo Zonghe agreed easily.
But when he and Hu Mei left the imperial study, he suddenly realized - what did this mean?
Hu Mei said in a deep voice: "It depends on what the Holy One wants, Zuo Chongming will not die this time."
"Right."
Zuo Zonghe nodded: "Since Princess Yuyan is fine, her guilt is insignificant, and the Holy One cannot deal with a prince unnecessarily."
"It's a pity that I can't escape the first grade of junior high school, but I can't escape the fifteenth grade. I'm just lucky this time. Now that I've entered the capital, I can't get out."
Hu Mei said: "Commander, if we can seize the handle that can crucify him during the surveillance process, it will be a great achievement."
Zuo Zonghe glanced at her and said meaningfully: "I think so too. Please pay more attention to this matter."
He can guarantee that Hu Mei will tell the seventh prince about this matter.
This matter involves the support of the Prime Minister and his family. The Seventh Prince will definitely go all out. Even if Zuo Chongming is not guilty, he will have to find something guilty...
The inner guard is best at doing this kind of thing, so the seventh prince's plan will definitely involve him, Zuo Zonghe.
At that time, if he tries to perform better, it will not be difficult to win the other party's favor, which will give him an extra way out.
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Soon after, there was the sound of rustling footsteps.
Zuo Chongming and his party finally arrived at the door of the imperial study.
Liu Fu took a few steps forward and raised his voice: "Your Majesty, the champion, Hou Zuo Chongming, has arrived."
After a few breaths, a deep voice came from the palace: "Come in."
Crunch~!
Zuo Chongming stepped into the room with his head held high.
Compared with the daytime outside, the light in the room is obviously much darker.
He squinted his eyes slightly, adjusted, and looked at the figure on the seat attentively.
Compared with the last time we were separated, the current Emperor Wu was much older, especially the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, which seemed to have been carved with a carving knife.
No matter the mental state, physical condition or temperament, it is incomparable to the past. It is like a man in his prime suffering from some incurable disease.
For a moment, I recovered my thoughts.
Zuo Chongming bowed in a deep voice: "I, Zuo Chongming, see you, Your Majesty."
"No gift."
Emperor Wu stared at him for a long time, then suddenly waved his hand: "Liu Fu, you all go out first, I want to have a private chat with my son-in-law."
Wait until everyone has left and close the door.
Emperor Wu suddenly stood up, walked down the steps and came to Zuo Chongming, looking at him carefully.
After a while, he asked without warning: "Why did you come back?"
Zuo Chongming showed a puzzled expression: "I should follow the Holy Majesty's will."
Emperor Wu stared at him with a sarcastic smile: "Do you follow it? Haha... Why did the news of Yuyan's poisoning spread?"
Zuo Chongming replied neither humble nor arrogantly: "At that time, I wanted to take advantage of the plan and wipe out the Liansheng Sect in one fell swoop."
"No."
Emperor Wu said categorically: "There are quite a few women around you. If you are just taking advantage of the situation, you can use other excuses. Why is it that it is reported that Yu Yan was poisoned?"
Zuo Chongming lowered his head and replied: "Because the princess has a distinguished status, if it were someone else, the Liansheng Sect might be suspicious."
"There's no excuse for that."
Emperor Wu twitched the corners of his mouth and forced out a stiff sneer.
Although the reason was perfect, he found it ridiculous and ridiculous.
Emperor Wu could conclude that Zuo Chongming went to Beijing this time, ostensibly because he was ordered to return to Beijing, but in fact he wanted to come back.
Because of this, he deliberately exposed his flaws and spread the news that Nan Yuyan was poisoned, prompting Emperor Wu to issue an edict to escort him back to the capital.
In this way, this news will send a signal to the court officials, ministers, and all parties - Emperor Wu is determined to kill Zuo Chongming!
In fact, Emperor Wu really wanted to kill him and wanted to kill him. This is absolutely correct.
But the problem is - Nan Yuyan is not poisoned!
This gave rise to another problem - Emperor Wu's reason for wanting to kill Zuo Chongming was no longer tenable, and he could not take action.
Of course, Emperor Wu could also ignore everything and forcibly kill Zuo Chongming.
But the problem is, after killing... what to do?
The news that Nan Yuyan was not poisoned may have spread and reached the ears of all forces as early as Feizhou arrived in the capital.
At that time, if Emperor Wu forcefully kills Zuo Chongming again, it will definitely cause the officials to think too much.
They would think - today Emperor Wu killed a prince because of a rumor, will he compile a new rumor tomorrow and kill others?
It happened that Emperor Wu was in poor health, and no one could guarantee whether he would go crazy before his death.
Once this idea arises, everyone in the court will be in danger.
Everyone is afraid that they will be next, whether they are a member of Emperor Wu's "crazy list".
If the government's policy is unstable and people's hearts are distracted, it will inevitably lead to chaos in the court.
Once the court is in chaos, the world will naturally be in chaos.
so…….
The situation that Emperor Wu was facing now was that he could kill Zuo Chongming right now, but he couldn't.
Because he simply couldn't afford the series of consequences that would follow.
"call……"
Emperor Wu took a deep breath and changed the subject without warning: "I'll ask you again, why did Wei Wen die?"
Now that Nan Yuyan was poisoned, this reason has become invalid.
If you want to kill Zuo Chongming again, you must find a new reason.
For example, Wei Wen's death?
Zuo Chongming shook his head in confusion: "I don't know. I heard that he got into an argument with someone while wandering and committed suicide in public in anger."
"Suicide in public? That's awesome..."
When Emperor Wu heard this, he laughed angrily, suddenly turned around and stared at him, and asked word for word: "Do you really think... I don't dare to kill you?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, he was like a crazy tiger, with a ferocious expression that wanted to devour anyone, his eyes were filled with thick bloodshot eyes, and he was shooting out with a sharp edge.
The four eyes looked at each other for a long time...
Zuo Chongming took half a step back and said in a deep voice: "I don't understand why the Holy One wanted to kill me? What did I do wrong?"
"Of course, there is an old saying that goes well. If the king wants his minister to die, he will have to die. If the emperor insists on his death, he should commit suicide..."
"good!!"
Emperor Wu suddenly interrupted him and said angrily: "Since you said that, then I... want you to die."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zuo Chongming turned over his hand and took out the Guhong Sword.
Ignoring the humming cry of the divine weapon, he drew the sword with a slight push of his thumb and stabbed towards the heart without any hesitation.
The edge of the sword is sharp, and a cold light suddenly appears.
The tip of the sword pierced the clothes and broke the flesh.
Just when he was about to pierce his heart, a figure suddenly appeared next to Zuo Chongming and lightly held his wrist.
Bang~!
The Guhong Sword fell to the ground with a sound, and bright red blood drops fell, dyeing the carpet with a few plum blossoms.
"I'm tired, please leave."
Emperor Wu's tired voice came, and the hoarse tone contained a bit of helplessness.
Before Zuo Chongming could speak, he felt his body suddenly lighten up and was sent out of the imperial study room by the people beside him.
Crunch….
Before Liu Fu and others could react, the door closed again like a flash in the pan.
After a while, Liu Fu suddenly looked at Zuo Chongming, with shock clearly written in his eyes: "Master Hou, you are okay... Um, are you okay?"
"nothing."
Zuo Chongming lowered his head, looked at the Guhong Sword that had been sheathed, and hid a look of amusement in his eyes.
Someone showed up to stop his suicide, which was expected.
To take a step back, even if no one stops him, Zuo Chongming still has the Lotus Heart Jade Puppet on his body, and the physical injuries that passed through his heart will not cause him to burp.
Liu Fu subconsciously glanced at the door, a little unsure: "Now..."
Zuo Zhongming said loudly: "Since Your Majesty is tired, I will come back another day."
As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Wu's deep voice came: "The champion Hou Zuo Chongming will participate in the court meeting from tomorrow."
"According to the decree."
Zuo Chongming followed all etiquette and turned around and left the palace without any hesitation.
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In the royal study.
Emperor Wu pressed his eyebrows with a headache, and suddenly said: "Aunt, am I a little too small-minded?"
"It's normal."
A woman in palace attire walked out of a side room and sighed sadly: "Any king would feel terrified when meeting a minister like Zuo Chongming."
Zuo Chongming's demeanor, actions, and responses just now were all seen by her.
It was precisely because of this that she felt an indescribable feeling of palpitations.
The other party's response was too perfect and calm. This was by no means a subconscious reaction. It was more like he had anticipated this scene in advance.
Emperor Wu sighed softly, closed his eyes and said, "Ever since Liu Binghui was exposed, he knew that I was going to deal with him, and we knew each other well."
"This visit to Beijing seems to be my will, but in fact he deliberately revealed the news and used me to get rid of his heart and let me send people to bring him back to the capital."
The woman frowned slightly and said thoughtfully: "It's impossible that this guy Zuo Chongming doesn't know how many enemies he has in the capital."
"The fact that he still dares to come here on his own initiative can only mean that he has a reason to come and a certain purpose that he has to achieve."
Emperor Wu said helplessly: "I think so too, but what is his purpose? I still can't figure this out."
"He is just a Yuanhai realm warrior now. He is surrounded by enemies everywhere and has no backup at all. What can he do in this situation?"
The woman pondered for a moment and said abruptly: "Have you ever thought about a possibility?"
"What?" Emperor Wu was stunned for a moment.
The woman pondered: "At the beginning, when he mentioned to you his plan to use the crown prince's position as bait to mobilize the princes to fight for each other and influence the ministers to take sides...could it be a premeditated plan?"
These words were like a bolt from the blue, hitting Emperor Wu's Tianling Gai directly, causing goosebumps all over his body and feeling heartfelt palpitations.
He was lost for a while, and then he whispered in disbelief: "How... how is this possible?"
The woman stared at him and said seriously, word for word: "It's not impossible."