Jiang Ning's raised hand slowly fell down. He looked along the scabbard. After seeing the person clearly, he bowed.
"Old slave has met the prince."
"Eunuch Jiang, there is no need to be polite."
The sword holder put away his sword, raised his hand slightly, and gave Jiang Ning a virtual support. Although his words were polite, there was an air of arrogance in his brows.
This person is the eldest son of Duke Zhenguo, General Lin Zhipeng of Wuwei, and the eldest brother of Concubine Lin.
"Today's discussion, the imperial concubine gave your majesty advice and suggestions, which took a lot of energy. She is currently pregnant with a dragon fetus and needs a good rest... Eunuch Jiang, you should know which is more serious. ?”
Jiang Ning paused, lowered his eyes and bowed his head, and respectfully replied: "Don't worry, old slave."
While the two were talking, a clear female voice came from the tent.
"Who is making noise outside the tent?"
"His Majesty, Weichen's mother heard that Madam has had a bad appetite recently, so she brewed the jujubes that Madam likes with her own hands and asked Weichen to send some to Madam."
"Really? Brother, bring it in quickly!" A clear female voice jumped for joy.
Hearing this, Lin Zhipeng smiled and said: "It's already getting late, so I won't disturb your majesty and your concubine's rest. I'll ask Eunuch Jiang to bring the jujubes in. If your concubine likes it, just taste some before going to bed."
After saying that, he raised his hand, and the boy behind him handed a food box to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning carried the food box into the handsome tent.
In the handsome tent, Xiao Yi and Lin Feifeng did not go to bed, but were sitting at the desk playing chess.
"Fourth sister's chess is becoming more and more sharp. Second brother lost this game." Xiao Yi threw the chess and smiled.
"It's not like the second brother gave in to the younger sister. Otherwise, none of the ten younger sisters would be able to win!" Lin Feifeng raised her eyebrows with a smile in her eyes.
Lin Feifeng is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhen. She is of noble birth. She is not only strong in martial arts, but also beautiful in appearance. Her beauty is indistinguishable from male to female. When she puts on men's clothes, she looks like a handsome young man. When she puts on women's clothes, she looks like a graceful and beautiful lady. She can be either male or female.
In her early years, she traveled around the world dressed as a man and made friends with many men in the world, but no one discovered that she was a girl, including Xiao Yi.
Back then, she and Xiao Yi were sworn brothers who were bound by blood. Later, she discovered that she was a daughter, and Xiao Yi married her without saying a word, so the relationship between her and Xiao Yi was particularly different.
"After this battle is over and I return to the palace, I will hand the prince over to your palace for you to teach him."
Lin Feifeng was startled and looked down at her bulging belly. Why should she teach other people's children?
"Isn't it inappropriate to send the prince to my palace when the queen sister is still here?" Lin Feifeng frowned and covered her eyes, and said slowly.
"Why mention her?" Xiao Yi frowned, displeasure rising in his eyes, "She only has the kindness of a woman, and she has always been coquettish and stupid. Don't let the prince be influenced by her."
"So in the eyes of the second brother, I am cruel and cunning?" Lin Feifeng raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Yi playfully, seemingly angry but not angry, both charming and provocative.
Except for Lin Feifeng, no one else in the world dared to be so presumptuous in front of Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi couldn't help but smile and said: "The fourth sister has a gully in her chest, she can mount a horse and shoot arrows, and she can plan and make plans. She can be called a strange woman in the contemporary era. Only someone with such literary skills and military skills is worthy of the prosperous queen of the day. Educate the prince of Tiansheng."
Is this... to make her your queen? Lin Feifeng was first shocked and then delighted! I couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, and for a moment I couldn't believe what I heard.
Seven years! She waited for seven whole years, from the initial yearning for her, to the despair, until she no longer had any hope, and she never thought about happiness, but it suddenly fell down! She clutched her sleeves tightly, her beautiful eyes filled with tears.
"It's such a great thing, why are you still crying?" Xiao Yi joked funnyly and handed over a handkerchief.
Lin Feifeng looked at the handkerchief, and she couldn't help but hesitated as she wanted to lean against it shyly.
She raised her eyes and looked at the man in front of her. This man was a decisive emperor, a general on the battlefield, and a strategist, but he was not a good lover. If you expect him to talk about love and coax people... the one in the cold palace is a lesson learned from the past.
Lin Feifeng silently suppressed her excitement, took the handkerchief, and sat upright.
"Why suddenly..." Lin Feifeng asked.
"The prince is getting older, and he cannot be allowed to outlast the women in the palace." Xiao Yi said calmly.
Lin Feifeng's eyes narrowed slightly, it turned out to be for the prince. Even though Xiao Yi was so disdainful of his biological mother, he never thought of deposing the prince!
Lin Feifeng wiped the corners of her eyes to hide the emotions in her eyes, thinking that she, Lin Feifeng, had conquered the world with Xiao Yi, why should she give it up to Shen Zhuo's son?
Lin Feifeng gently stroked her belly, feeling the slight movement from her belly with her palms.
"My dear, if your father doesn't want to give it to you, I will personally get it for you when my mother ascends to the throne."
After Lin Feifeng went to take a bath in the small tent next to him, Xiao Yi turned his head and looked at Jiang Ning, who had been silent and seemed like a background board.
"Did something happen in the palace?"
Jiang Ning's scalp tightened. Unexpectedly, just a few words at the door of the tent made Xiao Yi guess the clue. How dare he hide it. So he took a step forward and said: "Xiao Fuzi sent a message saying that the empress in the cold palace is seriously ill and may...not be good."
"Are you sick again?" Xiao Yi said coldly, impatient pressure coming towards him.
Jiang Ning lowered his head, not daring to express his anger.
Who knows that the one in Leng Gong really has a lot of criminal records? In the few years after the two got married, Xiao Yi was busy with political affairs and occasionally did not return home. As time went by, Shen Zhuo would become "sick" and Xiao Yi had to rush back home immediately to get better. Later, Xiao Yi got angry about this once, and after that, Shen Zhuo never got "sick" for no reason again.
But in the three years since he was in the cold palace, no matter whether he was really sick or fake, Shen Zhuo had never said a word.
"All the people in Tai Hospital are dead?" Xiao Yi glanced at Jiang Ning and his voice became colder.
Jiang Ning was speechless and didn't know how to answer. This, this has nothing to do with the hospital! Imperial doctors are not allowed to enter the Cold Palace. If you want the people in the Cold Palace to be treated, the emperor must issue an order.
"If the people in Taiyuan Hospital are not dead, then we will draft an order now and drag them all out and behead them." Xiao Yi said lightly.
Jiang Ning knelt down with a thump, lowered his head to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "I will send the imperial doctor to see a doctor immediately."
After saying that, Jiang Ning walked out of the handsome tent with trembling steps. He took out the red gold fish talisman made by Ouchi and asked the first-class chamberlain Zhang Feng to rush to Kyoto eight hundred miles away. With this order, he asked Tai Hospital to immediately send people to the cold palace for consultation. Anyone who stood in the way would be killed. !
After finishing the matter quickly, Jiang Ning sat down in the chair. Only then did she feel that her body was chilling, and her whole body was soaked in cold sweat. He clearly sensed that Xiao Yi had murderous intentions just now in his rage, and really wanted to kill everyone in Tai Hospital!
"well......"
Jiang Ning sighed. As a person who served Xiao Yi from childhood to adulthood, he watched how Xiao Yi ascended the throne and became emperor step by step with blood on his hands. At the same time, he watched how Shen Zhuo turned against Xiao Yi and walked into the cold palace step by step. While everyone was congratulating Concubine Lin on her pregnancy, he only hoped that Leng Palace would be safe.
Just as Jiang Ning regained her breath and prepared to rest, she heard the sound of drums coming from the Chinese army commander's tent.
In the middle of the night, drums were suddenly beaten and the tent was raised to discuss matters. Jiang Ning was shocked. Could there be an enemy attack? Jiang Ning immediately sent an eunuch to inquire about the situation. The news returned by the little chamberlain was that Xiao Yi had decided to attack head-on at dawn.
Huh? Didn’t I say before that we should first besiege without attacking, and then attack with skill when we find the right time?
Jiang Ning frowned, why is His Majesty so anxious all of a sudden? Are you in a hurry to return to the DPRK?
The war outside Agu City is about to break out, but thousands of miles away in Kyoto, the years are quiet. Although the moon is already in the sky, the lights are still brightly lit in the restaurant and the singing stage, and people are coming and going in front of the stalls of the small merchants and hawkers in the night market.
The Tiansheng Dynasty was founded for more than 3,000 years. The country has always been strong, the people have been prosperous, and life has been prosperous. Although the new emperor took the throne not long ago, there were many twists and turns during the period, but apart from some gossip after dinner, it did not have much impact on the lives of the people in Kyoto.
Suddenly a beam of fire shot into the sky, and everyone on the street screamed in surprise.
"Look, look! It's gone!"
"Oh my god, that's the palace. The palace is in trouble!"
There was chaos in the palace at the moment. The servants in the palace and the imperial guards on duty all ran back and forth with buckets of water in their hands, busy putting out the fire.
It's just that the fire came too suddenly and the intensity of the fire was too steep. In just a moment, flames shot into the sky, lighting up half of the imperial city. Thick smoke billowed into the sky. The water used to put out the fire was just a drop in the bucket and not enough.
In the center of the fire scene is the cold palace.
In a small side room where the flames had not yet spread, three men in black were kneeling in front of a dilapidated wooden bed, looking nervous.
"Your Majesty, follow this slave and leave quickly. If you don't leave, you will really be burned!"
"Mother, didn't you agree to follow the plan before? If you don't have the strength, then let your subordinates carry you away!"
"The third general is still waiting for you in Mobei! My dear!!!!"
A woman in plain clothes reclined on a simple wooden bed. She looked pale and sick. It was Queen Shen Zhuo who was thrown into the cold palace.
"Where's the little stone?" Shen Zhuo's voice was hoarse, as if his throat was broken.
"Eunuch Fulai is guarding the East Palace. The prince will be fine."
"You take the prince away as planned. I won't leave." Shen Zhuo's breath became weaker and weaker.
The three people in front of the bed were shocked and couldn't help but knock their heads to the ground.
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
"Empress! You should not only think about yourself, but also think about the prince!"
Shen Zhuo smiled miserably: "My consumption has already exhausted my body. Even if I go out with you, I won't be able to survive half a month. Why bother with this if I just add another burden?"
She took a breath and continued: "The imperial concubine is now pregnant. The Lin family has worked hard to plan this fire. If they don't see my body, how can they let it go? By then, no one will be able to leave. Only I will die... ....It’s the little stones that have a chance of survival.”
Shen Zhuo closed his eyes, panted for a moment, and then said slowly: "When I was young, I was willful and indulgent. I didn't listen to the advice of my sister and brother, and mistook the tiger and wolf for my beloved. As a result, I harmed the entire Shen family. Dad is gone. , Grandma is gone, brother and sister are both gone..."
Shen Zhuo's eyes penetrated the dilapidated window lattice, and a tear slipped from her face and landed on her heart. Regret? Those who regret, regret day and night.
"If it weren't for the little stone, I wouldn't have the nerve to survive until now. Now that the third brother is still here, you can hand over the little stone to him for me, and you will fulfill the love of our master and servant. Tell the third brother, from now on , Xiao Shitou’s surname is Shen, not Xiao.”
Shen Zhuo spread out his tightly clenched palms, and there was an exquisite jade tablet lying on it.
Ying'er, the personal maid, recognized that this was a first-year gift from Princess Pingyang to Shen Zhuo, and Shen Zhuo had never left her. Shen Zhuo raised his hand slightly, and Ying'er immediately caught it.
"Let's go. Let's all go. I'm tired and it's time to rest."
Shen Zhuo finished speaking weakly and slowly closed his eyes. The three of them stepped forward to investigate and found that Shen Zhuo had actually held his breath.
"Boom!" With a sound, the door that was burning with flames collapsed, and scorching heat accompanied by thick smoke poured in crazily.
The three men in black looked at each other and quickly carried Shen Zhuo to the open space outside. Although he couldn't take the empress away with him, at least he couldn't let her body suffer the pain of being burned.
At this time, the entire Cold Palace was filled with thick smoke, covering the sky and the moon.
The three of them knelt in front of Shen Zhuo and kowtowed three times, then flew away and disappeared into the thick smoke.
