That night, Zhao An just sat stiffly beside the phoenix couch.
In the lonely Cining Palace, there seemed to be the sound of ghosts crying and howling wolves echoing in my ears.
There are nine murals in the secret room, but the ninth one only depicts the capital city and has no content. It seems that this reincarnation has not yet come to an end.
Zhao An felt that his body was extremely weak and his spirit was also listless.
Fortunately, when the sky brightened outside the window, he didn't see the original owner's sister coming out of the side hall. However, despite this, Zhao An still felt that his hands and feet were cold as if he was seriously ill, and he wanted to find a safe place to sleep.
The safest place in the entire capital is next to Yunzhu.
Luo Qingshuang woke up. Her cheeks were swollen under the action of Baiyao. Seeing Zhao An's sluggish expression, she couldn't help but be startled, "Slave, why do you look so bad? Are you sick?"
Zhao Anqiang cheered up and said humbly: "The Queen Mother feels sorry for this slave. I just feel the cold. It doesn't matter."
"In that case, you should go back and have a good life, and don't forget the Ai family's instructions."
"Here."
In this way, Zhao An walked out of Cining Palace in a daze. The sun was shining brightly outside, but it could not dispel the gloom that was suppressing his heart.
Zhao An didn't know how he got back to the Nourishing Heart Palace. He was in a daze and didn't even notice the empress coming to her.
The empress stepped forward to support her and said anxiously: "Did the Queen Mother hit you again?"
Zhao An shook his head, sat beside the dragon bed, and weakly recounted what happened last night.
The empress was startled, "You must be too brave. If the Queen Mother finds out that you are trespassing, be careful not to get out of Cining Palace. And who is the red shadow you are talking about? Why don't I know?"
"you do not know?"
Zhao An was slightly startled, as she hadn't met the original owner's sister yet.
That’s all, it’s not important.
Now I just want to have a good sleep. Anyway, the mission is coming to Beijing today, so after I sleep, news will come naturally.
Zhao An stayed in Yangxin Hall all morning.
At three o'clock in the morning, the Nanliang Kingdom's envoy entered the capital. The team entered through the south gate. There were hundreds of people in the group, headed by a few carriages, and behind them were many local specialties as tribute to Daxia.
The people in the capital rushed to watch and point. The leader of the Nanliang Kingdom, the general, rode a tall horse majestically, looking at the people in the capital with a slightly disdainful look.
Among the crowd, Qian Yu, Xu Ruqing and Jiu Yin were also there, and some officials and officials stopped to watch.
In a corner somewhere, Luo Xiaoxiao stared at the delegation with a cold look on his lips. Luo Sheng beside him said: "There are many people here, but I don't know if they are hiding evil or not."
Luo Xiaoxiao said: "It's just barbarians from other countries, I don't believe they dare to cause trouble in the capital."
While he was talking, officials came to greet him on the central avenue. They were from the Ministry of Rites. The leader was Xiao Tian, Qinglulang who was personally appointed by the empress.
Faced with Xiao Tian's enthusiasm, the leading general looked arrogant. He sat high on his horse and did not get down immediately. Instead, he slowly stopped the team and then picked up his whip and clasped his fist at Xiao Tian. He was from Nanliang. The country's missionary escort general, Li Daoqi.
"I'll go, are you so arrogant?"
Among the crowd, Qian Yu frowned.
Jiuyin said indifferently: "As expected, the purpose of Nanliang Kingdom's coming to Beijing is to spy on the truth and not to pay tribute sincerely."
"It turns out it's General Li. I'm disrespectful. I've prepared a banquet at Honglu Temple."
Xiao Tian was tolerant. Although the other party didn't take him seriously, he behaved gracefully.
If this is the majesty of the Heavenly Kingdom, then the people will not be happy. If there is no discord between the two sides, the rotten vegetables and rotten eggs specially brought by the people will come in handy.
Xiao Tian and a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites led the way and led the delegation into Honglu Temple.
Xu Ruqing said: "General Qianyu, I think there seems to be an important person in the carriage. This time Nanliang enters the capital, I am afraid that it will cause us problems."
"Don't be nervous. We have Mr. Zhao. I don't think Nanliang will make any waves."
Qian Yu has full confidence in Zhao An, but he doesn't know why Zhao An is silent. With Zhao An's character, he should just disguise himself and join in the fun.
After a while, Xu Ruqing returned to Tianshuiyuan with Jiuyin.
This was also her own intention, because no matter how safe the new city was, it was useless. She still wanted to stay in the capital and fight alongside Zhao An, and maybe she could help.
Soon, the sound of singing, dancing and dancing came from Honglu Temple.
In the harem, Zhao An only woke up in the middle of the afternoon and felt a little better. The empress had already asked someone to prepare ginseng soup. She rarely had the leisure and elegance to feed him with her own hands and told him about the current situation.
Not to mention the mission's arrival in Beijing, this morning at court, Jia Chuan, the Minister of War, united with a group of military officials to impeach the Queen Mother, saying that the foreign relatives had entered the capital and disrupted the imperial court. They also said that the new city was colluding with the foreign relatives and hiding people.
Zhao An rolled his eyes, "I know that Lao Deng can't sit still. Your Majesty, don't pay attention. Let them make trouble. The bigger the trouble, the better. When the trouble becomes unstoppable, let the Queen Mother stand up and clean up the mess." "
"I'm just afraid that the finally stable situation in the DPRK will fall into chaos again."
The empress' fair face was filled with sorrow.
It is true that she is a puppet emperor, but as the king of Great Xia, she should avoid turmoil and devote herself to the peace of Great Xia.
Zhao An said calmly: "If you don't break it, you can't establish it. Daxia has too many problems. Back then, the late emperor killed all my family members. Officials from my father's line were either killed or exiled. Only the martial arts members of the King of Chu's faction were left in the court. Now the King of Chu After returning after the fall of the Chen family, Your Majesty dares to say that he does not want to usurp the throne?"
The empress said: "The King of Chu is disabled and can no longer rule the world."
"If he can't, what about his son?"
Zhao An's words stopped the empress, and she laughed at herself: "I can't handle it anymore. Come and help me mediate with them."
Zhao An drank the ginseng soup in one breath and said: "I want your majesty to send secret guards to my old home in Donghai County. There is a tomb underneath. Please draw a map."
"Grave?" The empress looked suspicious.
Zhao An slapped his forehead and told her the inside story. The empress was shocked on the spot, "You mean, there is a tomb under the imperial city that is a replica of the tomb under Donghai County? How is this possible? You have to know that there has been no such thing in all dynasties. Maybe the tomb is built at the foot of the imperial city, which will ruin the fate of the country!"
Of course Zhao An knew how outrageous this was, but how could it be true if he saw it with his own eyes!
The empress paced back and forth with a sullen face, shaking her head constantly.
She followed Luo Qingshuang to the secret passage, but she didn't see it was a big tomb. She only thought it was a secret tunnel dug out. In order to avoid one day when Da Xia's energy was exhausted and the city was besieged by the enemy, the royal blood could sneak in and save the city. , make a comeback.
Seeing that she didn't believe it, Zhao An immediately asked Huang Zhong to go to the archives to get the engineering documents from past dynasties for a look.
