The Chen residence was quiet in the thick of night, and the large room with only a few people seemed even more desolate.
The lights in the study were bright, Chen Liehu was sitting on a chair, with a bowl of soup in front of him, exuding a strong smell.
Chen Liehu coughed a few times, covered his mouth with his hands, and asked, "They are coming again? What did they say?"
During the day, Young Master Yang brought a group of people to Chen's house and called the door, saying that they wanted to see Chen Liehu. The housekeeper refused because he was detained by the king's order. However, these people insisted on seeing Chen Liehu, saying that the state of Wu was at a critical moment.
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Chen Liehu didn't see them, so the housekeeper sat with them for half a day.
The steward sighed and carefully told the story about the emperor driving King Wu out of the palace.
"The palace gate is now closed, and His Majesty's three hundred soldiers are guarding it to prevent anyone from approaching," he said. "Everyone outside is scared to death."
When he heard the news, he was a little scared. It was a scene he had never imagined. He had followed Chen Liehu before and saw the princes and kings surrounding the palace in the capital. The emperor was so frightened that he did not dare to come out to see anyone.
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Since when did the princes, kings and emperors change?
Since the Rebellion of the Five Kingdoms, the emperor who had suffered a lot and the princes and princes who were proud of their ambitions have all begun to undergo new changes. One of them was working hard to govern while the old king died and the new king did not know the sufferings of the world - Chen Liehu silently.
Everyone still thought that the emperor was afraid of the princes and kings, and that the princes and kings had strong soldiers and horses and the court did not dare to offend them. However, this has actually changed.
"They said that the king treated the Taifu like this because he was too scared. The second lady used weapons to force the king in the palace, so the king had to agree to meet the emperor."
Weapons? I don’t know about this Chen Liehu, and his expression changed. Danzhu? Alas, she dared to kill Li Liang, so it is not impossible to use weapons against the king——
If that's the case, then——
"Your Majesty does not believe that Miss Danzhu did such a thing on her own, thinking that it was the Taifu who instigated her behind the scenes. The Taifu has also defected to the court." The steward then told what the young masters said, "Even the Taifu has betrayed the King. The King
I was sad and scared, so I had no choice but to welcome the emperor in. Finally, I couldn't help but get angry, and took advantage of Taifu to make trouble, so I locked you up."
That's right. The king was right to lock him up. Chen Liehu picked up the medicine bowl: "Then what do they mean?"
The previous words could appease the master's heart that was hurt by the king, but the butler didn't want to say the next words and hesitated and remained silent.
Chen Liehu stared: "Say!"
"What Mr. Yang means is that you go and rebuke the emperor." The steward could only say helplessly, "This will allow the king to see your intentions, eliminate the misunderstanding, and the crisis can be resolved as the king and ministers work together as one."
After he said that, he took a step forward and spoke urgently.
"Master, you can't go. You have no military symbols and no military power now. We only have dozens of guards at home, and there are three hundred people on the emperor's side. If the emperor gets angry and wants to kill you, no one can stop him-"
Chen Liehu laughed loudly, drank the medicine and stood up.
"So what if there are three hundred soldiers and horses? He is the emperor, and I am the tutor granted by the great ancestor to the princes and kings. If he wants to kill me, it will not be that easy!"
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The lights flickered, and Chen Danzhu sat in front of the case and looked at her face in the mirror, with distant eyebrows and skin like snow, familiar yet unfamiliar, just like everything and everyone in front of her, she seemed to understand and yet not understand.
Ah Tian gently put down a bowl of tea and looked at Chen Danzhu worriedly. After the man finished telling her what he wanted to know and left, the second lady remained in a daze like this.
"Master Yang, why are they looking for the master?" she couldn't help but ask.
Yang Jing and others were in the restaurant. Although the private rooms were tightly guarded, it was still a place where people came and went. It was easy for the guards to find out what they were talking about. But when they went to the Taifu Mansion, they had no idea what they were talking about.
"What can I say? The king has been driven out of the palace. Someone needs to drive the emperor out." Chen Danzhu said slowly while looking in the mirror.
Ah Tian understood and said: "But there are many people around the king? How can you let me go?"
"Everyone around the king is rich and valuable." Chen Danzhu said, "Only the one with the surname Chen is lowly. He deserves to die."
Ask your father to find the emperor, and any fool knows what will happen.
My father opposed the emperor's entry into Wu, but the emperor had already decided to destroy Wu. When the two sides met, it was inevitable that it would be life or death.
That must be the death of my father.
Although the emperor only had three hundred soldiers, he was the Son of Heaven, and as for my father, standing on the land of Wu, when he really wanted to fight to the death, he was alone.
The king and his ministers were waiting for him to scare the emperor, and it didn't matter whether he lived or died.
"A Tian." She turned to look at A Tian, "I have become a sinner in the eyes of Wu people. In everyone's eyes, my father and I should die to be worthy of the King of Wu, right?"
From the moment she killed Li Liang, she became Li Liang in the eyes of Wu people in her previous life.
A Tian shouted to Miss: "No, they don't dare to mess with the emperor, they only dare to bully Miss and Master."
There are so many princes, powerful men, and the King of Wu has been bullied in this way. They should all go to the palace to question the emperor and argue with the emperor. Sprinkling blood in front of the palace gate is not in vain to call him a good man of Wu.
But they didn't. They either closed their doors tightly or held angrily discussions outside, but what they discussed was to blame others and let others do the work.
"Miss, we ignore them." A Tian hugged Chen Danzhu's arm and said with tears, "We are not going to the palace, we are going to persuade the master -"
Chen Danzhu stretched out his fingers to wipe A Tian's tears and shook his head: "No, I don't advise father."
Then, isn't it very dangerous? If the master sees the young lady, he will kill her, especially when he sees the young lady standing next to the emperor. A Tian looks at Chen Danzhu. Could it be that the young lady is discouraged and wants to die?
Already?
Chen Danzhu smiled and stretched out his hand to scratch her nose: "It's so easy for me to live, so I won't die easily. This time, if someone else has to die, it's our turn to live well."
A Tian doesn’t understand even more, what does it mean to live so easily, what does it mean to let others die, and why did the lady scratch her nose? She is one year older than the lady——
"Go and ask the guard to let them come in in a responsible manner. I have something to say to General Iron Mask." Chen Danzhu pushed her away. "Go and prepare a carriage. I will go out early tomorrow morning."
Although A Tian was puzzled, she still obeyed Chen Danzhu's instructions. When she came out, she still called someone. They said they were guards, but in fact they were still monitoring, right? What was this? A Tian simply stood in the corridor and repeated Chen Danzhu in a low voice.
In Danzhu’s words, “Someone can take charge of things.”
Someone seemed to be moving in the night, but no one came out immediately. After waiting for a while, someone came out. This person must be someone who can take care of things. A Tian motioned to him to come into the room, "Miss, I have something to say."
The guard went in, and A Tian thought for a while, since the lady can use these people, she shouldn't be polite, so she called for them again.
Then another guard stood up.
Ah Tian was not polite: "Let's rent a car. The lady will go out tomorrow morning."
The guard responded and turned to leave. A Tian added, "By the way, I went to Xinghua Tower in Xicheng to buy a bowl of braised deer tendons and mixed it with rice for the lady."
It's a command once and twice. The deer tendons in Xinghualou are not easy to buy. When I'm at home, I have to get up very early to get them.
