The General Is As Urgent As Law

Eight days ago.

Cen Lixuan stood outside the Anshang Hall and waited, and Jiang also stood outside with him.

Cen Lixuan was announced by Eunuch Mu at dusk, but before he knew it, it was completely dark.

The evening wind blew a chill on the person's body, but Cen Lixuan stood upright, as if he was not affected at all.

In fact, even Jiang's leg hurts from standing - the wound on his thigh hasn't healed yet, so standing or walking for a long time can't help itching.

After Cen Lixuan waited near the palace gate and returned to Wei Lin, he returned to the Jiangzhen Terrace.

What he never expected was that Eunuch Mu was waiting for him at the Jiangzhen Terrace, saying that it was the emperor who had summoned him.

Seeing that Jiang had nothing to do, Cen Lixuan took Jiang along with him.

Who would have expected that when the emperor arrived at the Anshang Palace, the emperor was resting, so the two could only wait outside.

Eunuch Mu has gone in to see it three times, and the emperor still hasn't woken up.Seeing that the time was getting later and the wind was getting colder, Eunuch Mu frowned, planning to make a decision without authorization, and said softly: "Ninth Prince, Your Majesty is sick now, why don't you go back to rest first? It's cool in the night , if it catches a cold, it is the slave's fault."

Jiang also thought this proposal was excellent, but Eunuch Jiang was a slave after all, so there was no reason to answer for his master.So he could only look helplessly at Cen Liyu in front of him, please hope that Cen Liyu would agree to Eunuch Mu's proposal.

Cen Lixuan shook his head: "Eunuch Xie Mu is concerned, since the emperor summoned, we should wait."

Jiang also quietly rolled his eyes behind him.

Since Cen Liyan declined, Eunuch Mu had no choice but to wait outside the hall with the two of them.

About half an hour later, there was finally movement in Anshang Hall.The little eunuch waiting inside gently opened the door and said, "Eunuch Mu, the emperor is awake!"

Eunuch Mu hurriedly said "wait a moment" to Cen Lixuan, and then entered the hall.

Jiang also saw that there was no one else, so he leaned forward and complained in Cen Lixuan's ear: "Waiting for so long, aren't you cold?"

"It's a bit cold." Cen Lixuan said.

Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Jiang also touched Cen Lixuan's side face.Good guy, his face was blown like ice by the wind.Jiang also didn't know what Cen Lixuan was planning, but fortunately, the emperor woke up, and he should be summoned. At least he followed into the palace, and it should be much warmer.

After a while, Eunuch Mu came out and said respectfully: "Ninth Prince, Your Majesty invites you in."

Cen Lixuan nodded and stepped into the Anshang Hall.

Jiang Ye had never been in the Anshang Palace before, but he had looked at the palace dedicated to the emperor many times outside the palace - because Wei Lin was often on duty here.An Shangdian looked very gorgeous from the outside, and Jiang followed him in, still a little curious and expectant in his heart.

There were not many lights in the hall, and the outer room was a little dark. Eunuch Mu led Cen Lixuan to the inner room, and Jiang naturally followed and planned to enter the inner room, but was stopped by the little eunuch: "Grandpa, please wait outside."

"Okay." Jiang also had no choice but to stand with the little eunuchs and wait.

Cen Liyu entered the inner room shyly. The emperor was lying on the couch, looking very bad.Cen Lixuan just glanced at it, got a general idea, and then bowed politely, knelt down on the ground and said, "I pay my respects to my father."

This big gift looks very natural, but there is a lot of attention in the inner bottom.

Generally, when the prince sees the emperor, if it is not in front of foreign ministers, he usually does not need to perform this grand ceremony.Cen Lixuan acted like this, the emperor saw it and had mixed feelings in his heart.

Right now his body is getting thinner and thinner, and the princes are all concerned about winning over the ministers, but this youngest son, who can't even see himself, often sends letters to greet him, with concern between the lines.

He watched Cen Lixuan salute so shyly, and the strangeness between them was obvious because of this courtesy.I don't know if it's easy to feel sad because time is running out, or because I think of the cute appearance of Cen Lizhen in his arms, smiling and calling his father, the emperor's eyes become moist.

"Good boy, get up," said the emperor.

"Thank you, father." Cen Lixuan got up from the ground, and made every move perfectly.

Eunuch Mu quickly went up to tell the emperor to help him up, and put several soft pillows behind him.The emperor continued: "Come to my side."

Cen Lixuan was a little dazed, he lowered his head, just quietly raised his eyes to look at the emperor, then immediately looked away, standing timidly where he was, not daring to move.

Seeing his appearance, the emperor felt more and more that he really neglected this young son too much.

"Come here, sit with the emperor." The emperor said patiently.

Only then did Cen Lixuan take a step forward and walked cautiously to the side of the couch. The emperor stretched out his hand to him, and Cen Lixuan hesitated for a moment before putting his hand on it.

Then the emperor gently pulled him and let him sit on the edge of the couch.

Cen Lixuan kept his head down, and the emperor asked softly, "Why do you keep your head down?"

Hearing this, Cen Lixuan slowly raised his head and said, "Father Emperor Tianwei, I dare not offend you." The emperor watched him raise his face, the red eyes already explained the problem.

"Yu'er, do you blame me for treating you coldly all these years?" the emperor asked.

Cen Lixuan hurriedly shook his head vigorously: "Father is busy with political affairs, and Xuan'er does not complain."

The emperor held Cen Lixuan's hand while reaching out with the other to touch his face.Cen Lixuan and Concubine Jin really looked exactly alike, at this moment he was sitting a little far away, and the emperor couldn't touch him when he stretched out his hand.But the next moment, Cen Lixuan obediently stretched his head over, letting the emperor's somewhat rough palm caress his cheek.

"It's cold outside, isn't it cold?"

"My son is not cold."

After saying this, the emperor heard

There was a slight sound, like the sound of water droplets hitting the bedding, so small that it was almost inaudible.Cen Lixuan raised his head, tears had already flowed down his cheeks, leaving a little trace of tears.

The distance was so close that the emperor could see the tears rolling in his eyes as he tried his best to hold back.

"Why are you crying?" the emperor asked.

In Cen Lixuan's impression, only when he was hugged by his father when he was young, did he get along so close.From now on, the father in my memory will always have a dignified face, and occasionally he will be very heroic when he smiles, but it is always at some palace banquets or ceremonies.

Cen Lixuan was always placed at the end, no one could see him, and no one wanted to see him.

Even this father who loved him very much, he can only look at each other from a distance in the dark corner.

The emperor's question seemed to touch the sadness in Cen Lixuan's heart. He suddenly threw himself on the emperor, crying uncontrollably from his throat: "Father..."

The emperor stroked Cen Lixuan's hair, coaxing softly: "Good boy, why are you crying?"

Cen Lixuan cried for a long time, raised his head, and said in an almost pleading tone: "I just hope that I can always be by my father's side."

"Father's time is numbered." The emperor said, "If you want to come to the palace in the future, come here."

Hearing this, Cen Lixuan stood up, knelt down and saluted again: "Thank you, Father, for your kindness."

"Get up, get up, don't move and salute." The emperor smiled.Probably moved by Cen Lixuan's filial piety, the emperor suddenly became emotional and began to cough again.

Eunuch Mu quickly took the silk and wanted to give it to the emperor, but Cen Lixuan stretched out his hand to take the silk, and while gently comforting the emperor, he wiped the corner of the emperor's mouth with the silk.

The emperor coughed up a lot of blood foam and looked very frightening.His cough finally stopped, Cen Liyan carefully wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth, held the silk in his hand, and inspected it carefully.

Cen Lixuan said hesitantly: "Father is ill, is it... related to mother and concubine?"

The emperor shook his head: "It's none of your business."

"My son is talking too much."

Cen Lixuan handed the silk back to Eunuch Mu, and it happened that the little eunuch outside came in with the soup.Eunuch Mu took the decoction and said, "Ninth Prince, it's time for the emperor to take the medicine."

Cen Lixuan stretched out his hand to pick it up without thinking, "I'll do it."

"This..." Eunuch Mu hesitated, but before he had time to ask the emperor what he meant, Cen Liyan had already taken the decoction from him, and then carefully fed the decoction to the emperor spoon by spoon.

Jiang also stood in the outer room and waited. The injury on his leg was so painful that he had no choice but to listen to the conversation inside.If he didn't divert his attention, he really doubted that the wound would burst open at any time.

He was still listening to the conversation in it, and he sighed inwardly a few times. It's so strange to appear in the royal family.Thinking about it again, Jiang couldn't help but think of his own father.He suddenly regretted not listening to Wei Lin before, and took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to go home and have a look. If he went back then, he wouldn't have to be hung up and beaten.

After continuing to listen, Jiang Ye's attention changed again.He suddenly felt that the emperor's voice sounded familiar, but he recalled it carefully in his mind for a while, and he couldn't remember where he heard it before.

Jiang has also been in the palace for so long, so it is certain that he has never met the emperor.

So why does it sound so familiar?

The more Jiang Ye thought about it, the more curious he became, and he almost forgot the pain in his leg.

At this moment, a guard came in to deliver a message to Mr. Mu.Jiang also watched the guard approach Mu Gonggong and said a few words. Eunuch Mu's expression turned a little bit bad, then he waved his hand, and the guard left.It's a pity that they spoke too secretly. Although Jiang Ye could see it, he couldn't hear a word.

Eunuch Mu entered the inner room with a nervous expression, and then Jiang Ye heard the sound of porcelain falling to the ground and breaking, and the emperor's furious voice came one after another: "You bastard!"

"Emperor calm down!"

He didn't know what was going on inside, the emperor's scolding made even the little eunuchs in the outer room kneel down one after another, Jiang didn't know why, so he could only follow suit.

"The Xue family is really daring! I said that I am not allowed to leave the palace, but dare to openly resist the order!"

"Father, don't get angry, the dragon's body is the most important thing!" Cen Lixuan's voice rose a little bit.

Cen Lixuan continued: "Come here, clean up this place quickly."

The little eunuch outside quickly wanted to get up, and Jiang also saw the right opportunity. He held down the one kneeling next to him, whispered "I'll go", and then he followed another little eunuch into the room with his head down. up the inner room.

After entering, the two immediately cleaned up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.

Jiang also waited for the opportunity to see the real face of the emperor, maybe they had seen it somewhere?This voice is all too familiar.

All the debris on the ground was picked up, Jiang Ye and the little eunuch bowed together, ready to leave.

Jiang Ye took this opportunity to look up at the person on the couch.

The emperor was furious and his face was very bad. Cen Lixuan sat beside him and didn't speak at this time.

Immediately afterwards, there was a crisp clang, and all the porcelain pieces Jiang Ye had just picked up fell to the ground again.Jiang Ye opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Qiye???"

Jiang Ye's actions stunned everyone present.

Eunuch Mu was the first to react, and quickly scolded: "Bold!"

Jiang was also brought back to his senses by the scolding, and with a "plop", he knelt down on the ground, and because he was too surprised and nervous, he didn't look at his feet, and his right knee directly knelt on the tile.Jiang also gasped in pain, but didn't dare to cry out, and didn't dare to look up at "Seventh Master" on the couch again.