you got on my tail

The atmosphere in the imperial city was tense, and countless palace people were shuttling back and forth. The eunuch who had led the way for Bai Xuehe earlier retreated. Wei Lan stood in front and nodded slightly, signaling to continue to lead the way for him.

Bai Xuehe looked around, then smiled and said: "It's been a long time since I haven't seen such an array in the palace, what happened?"

"The queen mother is ill, and the emperor sent many doctors." Wei Lan explained in a low voice, pulled him forward, and then reminded in a low voice, "The emperor is in a bad mood. After you enter, you must be careful when you speak."

"Yes." Bai Xuehe nodded, "Thank you, Mr. Wei."

The road led by Wei Lan does not lead to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but extends all the way to the Royal Garden. Fu Jiying stands alone in the garden without any attendants.

It is not taller than the palace, the imperial garden is small and elegant, but at this time the winter is approaching, even if the family is rich, it can't control the withered vegetation, it looks very desolate.

"Your Majesty." Wei Lan knelt down and returned in a low voice, "Lord Bai is here."

Bai Xuehe knelt down and said with a gentle smile: "See the emperor."

"Xu Yan pleads guilty and asks me to deal with Xu Gao. Ai Qing is not hiding, is she?" Fu Jiying turned her head and squinted at Bai Xuehe, who happened to raise her head, her face was pale and very thin.

Fu Jiying was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly didn't continue to ask, but frowned and stepped forward to check his pulse. Bai Xuehe got up with him and coughed twice half-truthfully.

"Are you really sick?" Fu Jiying frowned, probed his forehead again, looked at Xiao Sebeifeng and said regretfully, "Let's go back."

There was a charcoal fire in the warm pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Wei Lan was waiting outside the door, and Bai Xuehe went in with Fu Jiying, Fu Jiying lowered his eyebrows and motioned for him to sit, then took a memorial and stuffed it in.

Bai Xuehe sat down with the memorial, and Fu Jiying raised one leg and reached for the tea bowl.

The memorial was written by Xu Yan, every word is earnest, there are countless clichés in it, in conclusion, everything is done by Xu Gao, the iron ore produced are all home-made ironware, all of them have been sold, so they can’t be found, as his brother Changzhi's family was not strict, so he begged the emperor to demote his post and punish him with a salary. Xu Gao was sentenced to death according to the law.

In order to cause a sensation, he even pleaded guilty and let the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty know that General Xu killed his relatives righteously.

Bai Xuehe was also a little helpless, frowning worriedly.

"It seems that Xu Yan is not a fool, and he did not rebel as Ai Qing expected." Fu Jiying predicted that Bai Xuehe had finished watching, and continued to smile: "And they have a deep brotherhood, even at the expense of their own brother."

Bai Xuehe said "Oh", it turned out that Xu Yan wanted to put Xu Gao to death, that's why the Queen Mother became seriously ill.

"King Yu's foundation is unstable. Xu Yan feels that this is not the time to rebel, and he doesn't want to let go of power." Fu Jiying lowered his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and stared at the front as if aiming. The prince was orphaned, and they didn't move at all."

"But there is no trace of the iron objects." Bai Xuehe quickly added, "As long as you can't find out where the iron ore went, don't let your guard down!"

"Yeah." Fu Jiying nodded and asked, "In that case, should I invite Xun Luo to discuss it?"

"No." Bai Xuehe quickly replied, "Although General Xun is loyal to the emperor, General Xu did not raise troops."

Fu Jiying smiled, with a knowing light in his eyes, "Then what does Aiqing mean?"

"Force him to rebel." Bai Xuehe answered truthfully, "The fifteenth day of next month is General Xu's birthday, and the plum garden outside the capital is in bloom. The emperor can go out of the city to celebrate for him, and let Lord Wei lead his troops there."

"Xuehe, I'm afraid you don't understand this." Fu Jiying smiled, looking at him with gentle eyes, "Although Wei Lan is a commander, he is not good at fighting soldiers. He can't win Xu Yan."

"I know." Bai Xuehe nodded, raised his head to test cautiously, "General Xu knows that the leader of the army is Lord Wei, so he will feel that it is the emperor's order. At the same time, he feels that there is nothing to be afraid of. Prepare his troops with peace of mind. At that time, let General Xun wait for you." Outside the door..."

Seeing Fu Jiying smiling at him all the time, Bai Xuehe became a little hairy, gradually suppressed his voice, took a half step back and asked: "Are you too stupid, what is wrong with what you said, Your Majesty..."

"I've been listening to you all the time, and I don't think there's anything wrong." Fu Jiying spoke softly, "Why do I think that you look very bad."

Bai Xuehe didn't wear official clothes when he came, only a homely cotton padded jacket, the clothes looked very thick, but the belt tied around his waist was still very slender.

Bai Xuehe is not very old, so although his face is sharp, he only looks pretty, but the bones on his body are shockingly thin.

"Really?" Bai Xuehe looked surprised, a little unbelievable, "I thought it was a cold, do you have other illnesses?"

Fu Jiying lowered his head, his eyes locked on the cigarette pipe at Bai Xuehe's waist. After silence, he sighed and asked tentatively, "You are doing this now because of your loyalty?"

Bai Xuehe nodded, he had said flattering words many times, and it was impossible for him to care about saying it again, but at this moment he felt that there was no need to mention it again.

"You go back first, I will do as you said." Fu Jiying squinted his eyes like a sign before hunting, "Xu Yan has to be removed, and the capital is about to start a massacre, and I am suddenly curious about what King Yu will do. "

King Yu is a child, and so is Bai Xuehe in his heart.

Suspicions abounded in Fu Jiying, and the decree that had to get rid of Xu Yan suddenly disappeared. He didn't know who was behind it, let alone where Prince Yin was. Even so, he still believed that, like Lan Ziqing who had no bones left, King Yu is a man of integrity.

But Fu Jiying would not believe that this provocation had created an eternal estrangement between their brothers.

Bai Xuehe sighed lightly, not too regretful, but slightly regretful.

"You go down first, go down and have something to eat." Fu Jiying didn't keep him to have a meal with him, but ordered him to sit in the side hall, "It's freezing cold, I asked them to make wine rice balls for you."

Bai Xuehe regained his smile and left with a thousand thanks. Fu Jiying sat down, holding the oranges on the table in a daze.

After a while, someone knelt down in front of the door, and he got up and motioned for that person to come over.

"Zhou Huaimin." Fu Jiying raised his hand and looked seriously at the white-haired old man in front of him, "Tell me, how much does Xitong ointment hurt your body?"

"Is there any way to quit?"

Xitong ointment has been banned for many years, and the imperial doctor Zhou rarely heard of it, but the emperor asked questions like a cannonball, and he still had to answer bravely, but he hesitated a bit.

"Think slowly." Fu Jiying waved his hands impatiently again, "There are so many books in the hospital, go back and look through them."

Imperial Physician Zhou stepped back again, his brows were completely puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask any questions.

Fu Jiying was inexplicably irritable, and walked around the courtyard a few times with her hands behind her back, feeling a thousand emotions welling up in her heart.

After living for nearly 30 years, he discovered for the first time that the word "regret" still appeared in his mind.

……

The decree will be delivered soon.

On the one hand, the Holy One praised Xu Yan's righteous killing of relatives, and rewarded Xu Gao Lingchi with the death penalty with great grace, and even prepared to arrange for Xu Yan's birthday, so he paid a visit to the Meiyuan, the palace in the suburbs.

The capital is densely populated, but Meiyuan is the royal palace, so it is naturally sparsely populated. There are no people in a radius of a hundred miles, and the terrain is open, and it is close to the north gate of the capital.

This place is very suitable for fighting with weapons and killing people.

Even so, Xu Yan still didn't take action to raise troops, he received the imperial edict with a smile, and thanked him a thousand times without frowning.

Xu Gao has already moved from the Imperial Prison to the Tian Prison, which is where the death row prisoners are held. They go deep into the ground and never see the light of day. Many people have been driven mad or committed suicide before they died.

Despite facing the death penalty, Xu Gao still didn't have the courage to commit suicide. He slumped in the corner as if his bone marrow had been drained, his eyes fixed on the spider's web.

Xu Gao stretched out his hand and severed the spider web. The little spider hung down in a daze and crawled along the wall. Xu Gao quickly raised his hand and crushed the spider to death.

Even if he died, he was not willing to just do this to replace the dead ghost, so he began to bow his head, thinking about how to bring Xu Yan together, they were originally brothers, even if they died, he shouldn't be the only one.

At this moment, there was a sudden movement from the transom. Xu Gao raised his head and saw a mouse-like thing sprinting down. The thing was much bigger than an ordinary mouse, like a weasel and a fox.

Xu Gao touched the wall and got up, retracted a little bit into the corner, and opened his mouth wide to call someone.

Just when he opened his mouth, a person appeared out of nowhere in the air, and that person used his hand as a knife to slam the back of his neck.

Xu Gao didn't make any sound, just like a pile of sand, slowly collapsing.