Gu Fengyuan's funeral did not take long and he was buried quickly.
Princess Huaichang also disappeared from public view, and no one dared to ask where she went and what happened.
Mu Yunhan's health improved day by day, and after half a month, the red spots on her body finally faded away.
She was worried that there would be problems with her blood, so she took the blood and fed it to the mice after she recovered. Fortunately, everything went as usual.
Her blood could still detoxify the poisoned mouse, but she never dared to use it on Gu Fenglin, for fear that there was something bad hidden in it that would harm him.
Gu Changqing also agreed with her approach and thought it would be better to be cautious and observe for a while.
Anyway, with the box of pills against it, it wouldn't have any impact on Gu Fenglin.
The Qi people's 200,000 troops arrived at the border, but they surrounded and refused to attack, posing a great threat and pressure to the whole Zhao State.
Special envoy Jiang Xu changed from his previous aggressive attitude and spent his days eating, drinking and having fun without suggesting peace at all.
However, the people in the DPRK did not feel relaxed because of riots in the north.
Although Gu Fenglin had reconciled with the emperor during these days, he actually just moved back to live in the Priest Palace and did not go back to handle government affairs.
His relationship with the palace is neither far nor close. He performs his duties as a priest full-time and does not ask or care about anything else.
The emperor had no intention of asking him to go back, but just found some excuses one after another to reward him.
Mu Yunhan guessed that sooner or later the emperor would re-appoint Gu Fenglin, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.
Early that morning, as soon as she and Gu Fenglin had breakfast, someone from the palace summoned Gu Fenglin to enter the palace.
Gu Fenglin entered the palace calmly, where the emperor was discussing government affairs with the newly appointed prime minister Pei Youzhong.
He thought he would have to wait for some time, but he never thought that the emperor would summon him immediately.
Pei Youzhong walked out and saluted him: "Congratulations, Lord Priest."
Gu Fenglin smiled faintly, returned the courtesy, and entered the imperial study calmly without asking any questions.
Zhao Xing looked up from behind the case and looked at him, silently taking off his hat.
Half of the black hair on his head has turned white, and he has also lost weight.
This is showing weakness.
Gu Fenglin sighed and said, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
Zhao Xing said softly: "I never thought that such a day would come. When I took over the country from the late emperor, I thought that I would be a wise king and would be famous throughout the ages."
But reality dealt him a heavy blow, leaving him helpless.
There are riots in five counties in the north. The reason is that there is a severe drought this year, summer grain cannot be harvested, and it is difficult for the people to even drink water.
However, local officials only want to exceed the tax amount collected last year and do nothing to lower the tax amount.
It doesn't matter if you can't hand it over, you can take cattle, pigs and horses to seize property, expropriate houses and then sell land.
So people were forced to death. The son of the family who happened to be forced to death had a violent temper. He couldn't hold it back and took the lead in causing trouble and riots.
The local officials did not reflect and make corrections, but instead suppressed the people with all their strength, and the oppression became even more severe. The victims who had no way to survive killed the local officials and raised flags to revolt.
Their banner was to clear the emperor's side, welcome the priests, and kill all the dogs.
The emperor originally planned to send troops to suppress it, but found that with the current situation of Zhao State, there was no way to start a war both internally and externally.
Moreover, it is a critical moment for collecting summer taxes. If it is not handled properly, it will have a very bad impact on the southern counties and other northern counties.
"I want Gu Qing to go to the north to appease the refugees." Zhao Xing bowed deeply.