It is said that "people are in high spirits when happy events occur." However, after Du Chong was promoted to the second rank of Minister of Internal Affairs, his face became increasingly haggard, and his head also had clearly visible white hair.
He was originally just a local official. If Xia Muchao hadn't discovered and helped him in time, he might still be working in the fields with a back injury.
Life and death are unpredictable, let alone wealth?
"A man dies for his confidant." He was willing to die for Xia Muchao, but he had no chance anymore, so he had to repay Xia Chengxuan.
The palace garrison is related to the safety of the royal family, and even directly related to the life and death of the emperor. Xia Chengxuan entrusted such an important and important task to himself, how could Du Chong dare to be negligent?
In the past four months, he has been busy non-stop, eager to do everything with his own hands and check everything properly. As time went by, my body became sluggish, and the old injury on my waist came back to trouble me.
Xia Chengxuan knew that he was working hard and persuaded him to take more rest several times. Du Chong only agreed verbally and then forgot about it. He was always alerting himself in his heart: "Don't make any mistakes again!"
What happened in Tianmen City was not his fault, but he has never been able to let it go.
"If I had acted more carefully, I might have been able to detect the unusual movements of Prince Yun and the Zhao thieves, and I could have warned the prince earlier, so that the prince would not be martyred, and I would not have tired Jian Ting, Xu Kuan, Master Yong Zhu, and others. Master Haezhi, Master Hundun...Master Chongming and a group of royal soldiers lost their lives."
The House of Internal Affairs was outside the palace, and Xia Chengxuan didn't want Du Chong to rush early and late every day, so he had a small house built for him in the Deacon Hall of the House of Internal Affairs and took his wife and children there.
"In troubled times, special things should be done!" Xia Chengxuan used this sentence to reply to the advice of Feng Benchu, the head of the Ministry of Rites.
Fortunately, the palace has three floors: the outer perimeter, the inner perimeter, and the inner garden. The outer perimeter is separated from the inner garden by nine lines of defense. Since the emperor has said that special matters will be dealt with, His Highness and his group of ministers cannot say more. After all, the story of the dead soldiers of the Jue Kingdom attacking and killing the important officials of Dahua is still fresh in our minds. It is not impossible if someone repeats the same trick and takes Du Chong's family members and forces him to do something as a last resort.
Before the o'clock bell rang, he went to light the lamps. In the past April, he was the first to come to the deacon's hall for duty almost every day.
At the end of last month, Xia Muzhou reported that the Zhijin Guards found traces of the activities of Jue's dead soldiers in the capital. However, their whereabouts were soon lost again, which may be detrimental to the court.
Because of this matter, Du Chong has not rested for three hours in the past ten days.
There are thieves lurking under the emperor's feet. How can he, the chief official of the imperial palace, sit still?
It's just that with the huge crowds, it's not easy to find a few thieves who are good at hiding in the huge capital city. In addition to carefully checking for leaks and setting up cards, good luck is also needed.
Yes, the court often needs luck to handle cases.
"Du Chong!" Chu Zhong called out hurriedly as soon as he entered the Deacon Hall of the Internal Affairs Office.
Du Chong was carefully looking at the submission from the Jin Wei Mansion in his hand. When he heard Chu Zhong calling him from outside, he suddenly felt an ominous feeling in his heart.
"Uncle Chu, come here so early, but what's the urgent matter?"
Chu Zhong stood still in front of him, took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.
"What?" After Du Chong read the letter, his expression changed drastically and he asked anxiously, "How is the princess now?"
After learning that the Jue people were moving around the capital, Du Chong strengthened the palace defense and discussed with Xia Muzhou several times on defensive measures. Unexpectedly, it was still a step too late.
Chu Zhong looked sad, his face was full of pity, his eyebrows trembled slightly, and he replied in a low voice: "The princess is sleeping, the imperial doctors have seen her, and they don't know why. It is exactly what the letter said. "
At Yinshi, in the patrol room of the Fu Bing, a wooden box was suddenly thrown in outside the door. When he picked it up and looked at it, there was a letter inside. The Fu Bing hurriedly presented the letter to Chu Zhong.
When Chu Zhong opened the letter, his face turned pale instantly, and he hurriedly led people to call Xia Chengyi out of his dormitory.
Zi Teng walked to Xia Chengyi's room in a daze, and after calling several times but still not getting her answer, she realized something was wrong, and finally understood why Grandpa Chu, who had always been a man of few things, suddenly brought someone to wake him up.
"This matter must be reported to the emperor immediately. Let's go and find the emperor!" Du Chong collected the letter and returned it to Chu Zhong, saying softly.
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Hen Hongchen's injury was far more serious than Yun Xiaoyang said. She was afraid that Mei Yuanchen would worry, so she deliberately said it lightly. However, it was true that the injury would not affect her life.
Firstly, Hen Hongchen has a good foundation in internal skills and a strong physical foundation. Secondly, Yun Xiaoyang has confidence in his medical skills.
Since the acupuncture site was in the waist and abdomen, only Hen Hongchen and Yun Xiaoyang were left in the room.
"Are you from Suxin Palace?" Hen Hongchen suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Yun Xiaoyang, and asked seriously.
The analgesics in Zhenwuguan are used to numb and hypnotize. Hen Hongchen was so painful that he was sweating all over, but he lost consciousness soon after taking the medicine. However, more than an hour had passed, the effect of the medicine was gradually weakening, the pain in the injury became more and more intense, and she woke up.
Before she woke up, her face showed a slight look of pain, and there were beads of sweat on her forehead and neck. Yun Xiaoyang had been wiping her sweat with a hot handkerchief.
She was not surprised that Hen Hongchen woke up at this time. What was strange to her was why Hen Hongchen asked herself if she was from Suxin Palace as soon as she woke up.
"Yes, I am from Suxin Palace." Yun Xiaoyang chuckled and replied, "You are seriously injured and there is congestion in your abdomen. I will give you an acupuncture soon to drain the congestion."
She was actually a little happy to learn that she was not Haitang. Everyone is selfish, which woman would be willing to share a lover?
"Although she looks like Begonia, she is not Begonia after all..." After hearing Zhanwei's words, her heart suddenly relaxed a lot.
"When I was in Jinzhou in July, I asked the disciples of Suxin Palace to bring two little kids to Tianxinzhou. Did they... did they bring them with me?" Hen Hongchen seemed to have not heard her words and was minding his own business. asked.
In the past few months, there were always people from the Nine Halls around her. She was too tired to avoid it and had no time to find out the news about the two babies. This was a knot in her mind. Although she was lying on the bed just now, she vaguely heard someone calling "Master Yun" and "Suxin Palace" and so on. After some association, she guessed Yun Xiaoyang's identity. Therefore, the first time she woke up she One sentence confirmed her identity.
Yun Xiaoyang held her hand, so she relaxed and replied with a smile: "Yes, the palace sent me a message saying that both the boy and the girl are in good health. Now they both have mothers in the palace. I'll take care of you, nothing will go wrong, just rest in peace and recover."
Seeing her smile, Hen Hongchen felt a twinge of affection in his heart. But after all, she had a cold temperament, and after holding back her "thank you" for a long time, she still didn't say it out loud.
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In the past few months, not only had Du Chong been forgetting to eat and sleep, but Xia Chengxuan was also thinking very hard.
National enemies, family hatred, national affairs and family affairs, what kind of things should he not worry about and plan?
"Zhao Qianming...Zhao Qianming is still alive!" He has not forgotten his father's blood feud, his mother's resentment, or the poisonous oath he made.
Shatuo is a vast country with few people, and nothing is more valuable than people. Zhao Qianming led 50,000 people to surrender, and the entire Shatuo Kingdom was overjoyed.
After Xia Chengxuan ascended the throne, he appointed Ran Jiangong as the general stationed in the north, commanding the northwest border defense and garrison troops. He was Xia Chengxuan's biological uncle, and he guarded Dahua's northwest gate without hesitation.
Yesterday, the Ministry of War submitted a report from Ran Jiangong. Zhao Qianming led the original army stationed in the north to Xiaoxiankou, seeming to be preparing for a long-term stationing. This is a God-given opportunity for revenge.
However, he is now General Shatuo. Once Ran Jiangong leads his troops to kill him, how can Shatuo stand idly by?
What's more, there are the Snow Kingdom in the north, Jue Kingdom and Xianma in the south...
"The revenge for killing my father must be avenged, and the revenge for killing my father must be avenged!"
“Dahua’s empire must not allow for any loss, no room for loss!”
After thinking about it all night, he couldn't come up with a solution that would satisfy both parties.
"Your Majesty, Master Du Chong and Eunuch Chu are outside the palace asking for an audience." The old eunuch on duty leaned over and walked over gently to inform.
