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He used to enjoy the warmth he gave him with peace of mind, but he never thought about the future or the future.

There is no future, Xun recalled.

It's not that Yan Zhaohe has no future, but that he has no future. If he and Yan Zhaohe stand together, it will make Yan Zhaohe have no future at all.

Xun Zhui tossed and turned on the bed and finally put on his clothes and opened the door to the courtyard. The residual heat of summer was no longer enough to fill the night with vivid cicadas.The tree that was planted in the yard when it was young has also grown and sparrows nest in it.Xun Zhui has never seen a magpie visiting his yard, just as he has not been able to live a truly happy day in these years.

But this is enough, even if it is not sincere happiness, it is enough for him to recollect for the rest of his life.

"Fly away." Xun Zhui stood under the tree and looked up, through the overlapping branches and leaves, the moonlight shone faintly.

He didn't dare to make a loud noise, he was afraid that the sparrows would really hear it, and the birds would disappear when they woke up tomorrow morning.

The next day, the palace held a big banquet to welcome the emperor, and the time was set at dusk.

Since the plague has long been exempted from the early court to reduce the number of foreign officials entering the palace, in a sense, the probability of the spread of the plague is also avoided.King Chong entered the palace early in the morning to pay his respects, and before Xun Zhui got up, he waited outside the palace, and the palace servants brought the washing utensils in like running water, and it took more than an hour for Xun Zhui to come out of the bedroom.

"See Your Majesty, all blessings, Your Majesty." King Chong saluted with a smile on his face.

Before Xun Zhui said he was flat, King Chong got up and was only two steps away from him, Xun Zhui looked calm and waved his hand to call the little eunuch beside him to stand in front of him.

The little emperor looked so indifferent and had nothing to do with himself. King Chong had long been aware of it. He smiled and said, "I can finally let go of my hanging heart seeing His Majesty being a good brother."

The little eunuch between the two trembled, and Xun chased the little eunuch. The little eunuch was already afraid of being pushed by Xun chase, and even panicked and lost his focus, he rushed towards King Chong.Li Chong took a step to the left to get out of the way of the little eunuch, with a smile on his face without any irritation.

Xun Zhui turned around and bypassed the two of them, King Chong followed immediately, "Your Majesty will take a walk with you."

"..." Xun Zhui quickly walked a few steps away from King Chong, and followed him all the time. The prince said openly, "His Royal Highness, what His Majesty means is that you should greet the Queen Mother first after you finally entered the palace."

King Chong said with a smile: "Of course the Empress Dowager is going there, but Your Majesty has just returned to the palace. As the elder brother, I should come and see if my younger brother is safe."

Dog skin plaster, Xun Zhui cursed in his heart.

King Chong said he was going for a walk, and he really followed Xunzhui around the Imperial Garden twice. Xunzhui couldn't even sit on the swing, so he finally found a gazebo to rest.Wang Gonggong asked Xunzhui in a low voice beside Xunzhui if he wanted to go back?Xun Zhui was about to nod his head, but saw the maid who had left beside King Chong reappeared before taking a walk, her footsteps were hurried but her expression was very natural, she whispered something in Li Chong's ear, Li Chong nodded.

Taking advantage of Li Chong's raising his head, Xun Chau quickly withdrew his eyes and leaned against the stone table with a weak face. Eunuch Wang said at the right time: "Your Majesty has been out for a while, why not go back? Seeing that the sun is going to be red this afternoon, we will go shopping after sunset. Cool off."

Li Chong agreed: "Your Majesty's son is not good, and now I send your Majesty back to the palace to rest."

Xun Zhui's appearance wasn't all pretending at all, he didn't like to walk around too much, he thought about walking halfway, Li Chong couldn't stand the boredom and left, but he didn't expect that he would suffer in the end.

After returning to the palace, Li Chong did not stay, but left on his knees, and the prince summoned the young eunuch to follow quietly.

The little eunuch sent a letter, and Li Chong went to the Empress Dowager's Palace.

Xunzhuilanlan lay on the mat and ate red bean soup, stuffed red beans into his mouth with a spoon in his left hand, and dipped a pen in his right hand to write: "Let the eighth princess go to the Empress Dowager's Palace to pay her respects."

"Your Majesty, this..." the prince hesitated.

"Your Majesty, the eighth princess asks to see you." As soon as the palace man outside the door finished speaking, someone knocked the palace door open with force, and the girl ran over quickly with her skirt in her hands.

"Brother Emperor!"

Xun Zhui looked in a bad mood, and before he could stop it, the shadow in front of him flickered, and the bowl in front of him disappeared.

Li Yuluan was still out of breath, picked up the red bean soup and gulped it down, "Why don't you call me for such a good thing!"

Xunzui opened his mouth, and finally waved his hand with a sigh. The prince smiled and said, "This old slave is going to get the rest of the soup."

"No, no, I'll leave later!" Li Yuluan hurriedly held back Eunuch Wang, "Don't bother Eunuch Wang to pick it up again."

After finishing speaking, Li Yuluan looked around, the prince understood immediately, and quickly led the palace people back.

There were only two brothers and sisters left in the hall, Li Yuluan sat on the footstool with her skirts pulled, her upper body lying on the mat next to Xunzhui's shoulders.

The little girl was about to say something, when she saw the words written on the piece of paper at Xun Zhui's hand, she couldn't hide her excitement after seeing it clearly: "I thought so too, I wanted to ask the emperor to allow me to go to the queen mother to pay her respects, since the emperor and I thought the same..."

"Yuluan, kneel for a while longer in front of the Empress Dowager's Hall," Xun wrote.

"Ok?"

If it wasn't for the Queen Mother's movement, Li Yuluan wouldn't have come to find King Chong so soon after he left.Xun Zhui recalled how King Xia Chong left when he left, and wrote: "You can go after Li Chong leaves."

"I know." Li Yuluan nodded, "But will the Empress Dowager come to tonight's banquet?"

It's hard for a patient infected with the plague to get out of bed, but can he still hold on to the banquet?Xun Zhui put down his pen and said, "Today may be very hard."

"Brother, please speak."

"Kneel in front of the Empress Dowager's Hall for a moment and leave, and kneel again in the evening, you take this." Xun Zhui found a small wooden tube beside the pillow, which was exactly the same as the one that Ivy Villa summoned Xiao Ti.

"Tonight's banquet has a total of eighteen dishes in the imperial dining room. If the Empress Dowager does not attend the banquet, these dishes will still be delivered as usual. You count carefully. No. 11 dish is steamed fish. Once you see this dish, pull it here. thread." Xun chased the white cotton thread on the wooden tail, "point the other end to the sky."

"I've played with this kind of fireworks before." Li Yuluan nodded and took it away.

"The person who comes will protect you, obediently follow behind that person and don't run around." Xun Zhui warned.

"It will be chaotic tonight, Brother Huang may not take care of you."

"I know." Li Yuluan nodded seriously and said, "Brother Huang, don't worry about it. Although Yuluan is not of much use, as long as it is something in the harem, you can rest assured, Brother Huang."

In the afternoon, Yu Niesheng came into the palace to check Xunzhui's body, and Song Nanping would have followed him.

"There is something wrong with the patient he admitted." Yu Niesheng said while opening the medicine box.

"How are your eyes?"

After washing his hands, Yu Niesheng came to Xun Zhui, "Let me see."

Xun Zhui raised his head obediently, Yu Niesheng supported Xun Zhui's chin with his left hand, and gently raised his lower and upper eyelids with his right hand to check, "Song Nanping told me about your symptoms, it's not a big problem."

Is it a big problem to vomit blood?Xun Zhui was surprised.

Yu Niesheng shook his head and said, "The problem I'm talking about is not that you are not sick enough, but that you can be cured, as long as you don't drink the medicine that Bo Yan used."

"Did he even tell you this?" Xun asked.

"No, he didn't tell me the antidote." Yu Niesheng sighed. It was Bo Yan who chased Xun for this poison. With Bo Yan's temperament, it is absolutely impossible to develop any antidote.

"I researched it myself, do you believe me or not?" Yu Niesheng asked.

Xun Zhui nodded.

"Isn't he weird?" Yu Niesheng laughed suddenly, "He let me know all his secrets." It was Bo Yan who took the initiative to tell Yu Niesheng about poisoning the emperor. At that time, Bo Yan told himself that he Yu Niesheng couldn't believe his ears when he was doing such a big thing of conspiracy and rebellion.

"Sometimes he doesn't allow me to drink soothing soup." Xun Zhui said to himself, "Maybe he is afraid of my death."

"If he dies, he will definitely drag me to die with him." Yu Niesheng sighed.

The two talked to themselves, sitting together and staring stupidly at the crooked neck tree in the courtyard, Yu Niesheng was the first to wake up, "Where is your small kitchen? Let's drink a dose of detoxification today."

Yu Niesheng jumped off the stool and searched in the medicine box he brought, muttering, "Drink this one today? No, it's easy to vomit blood after drinking it. This is also fine. You are too weak to drink now. "

Xun Zhui stared at Yu Niesheng's back in a daze, and wanted to run for a while.

For the sake of Xunzhui's health, Yu Niesheng finally went to the Imperial Hospital to make a new prescription, cooked it himself and watched Xunzhui drink it.

The reception banquet is a feast for the whole court, and even the family members of the officials are invited.If the courtiers had daughters, they would bring the best and most beautiful ones, and if they didn't, they would try their best to choose one from the clan.Xunzhui did not accept concubines, and even the banquet rarely participated in the whole process in person. Now that King Zhao has not returned, the emperor will definitely sit at the end. If the little emperor takes a fancy to someone, it will be a great thing for Guangzong Yaozu. Who doesn't want to fight for the first place in the emperor's harem? A concubine?

The little emperor returned to Beijing intact and didn't say a word whether King Zhao was alive or dead. Everyone wanted to ask, but they didn't dare touch the bad news.

Usually when King Zhao is around, King Zhao takes the initiative to make trouble. The little emperor is angry but will not convict, but outsiders may not be...

When the banquet started, there were still more than a dozen young couples who were not seated. In front of Xun Zhui was the corresponding list of seats for all the courtiers, each one of them knew who hadn't come in the past.

"His Royal Highness Pei Wang is here!" The summoning eunuch standing under the steps outside the palace shouted.

When Li He arrived in the hall, Xun changed into a brotherly and respectful smile, walked off the dragon chair with the support of Wang Gonggong, and slowly descended the steps to Li He. Li He was sweating profusely and had shortness of breath. Those who came over, Xun chased and waved, and immediately a palace maid brought up a cool handkerchief.

Wang Gonggong Dai Xun chased, "Your Majesty means to wait for His Highness, Your Highness wiped off his sweat."

Li He took the handkerchief and was led to his seat by the palace servants. After sitting down, he subconsciously glanced at the empty chair opposite.

Xun Zhui wrote on the paper: "Brother Chong Huang sent someone to say that something happened in the house to be dealt with, and the aunt in charge of the Queen Mother said that the Queen Mother had a bit of a cold, since Brother Huang arrived, let's hold a banquet."

After Li He finished watching, he raised his eyes to meet Shang Xunzhui's gaze, Xunzhui's eyes that were still smiling just now became extremely indifferent at this moment, his back was facing the courtiers so only Li He could see it.

When the two looked at each other, Zhao Chuanzhi, who presided over the banquet, raised his voice and said, "Today is His Majesty's reception banquet, and all of you are bringing your family members with you, so you don't have to be restrained to have fun."

After hearing this, all the ministers echoed, and the young girl laughed with relief.

Xun Zhui also smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "Brother Huang must have a good time."

Li He had never heard Xun Zhui speak before and replied in surprise, "What your majesty said is true, what your majesty said is true."

"Brother Huang came today, I'm very happy." Xun Zhui bent down to tidy up Li He's messy clothes, and while tidying up, said in a soft tone, "They're all brothers, I don't want not a single brother left today."

As soon as the words fell, Li He's face immediately showed a trace of fear.

Seeing this, Xun Zhui comforted him, "Bah, bah, I made a mistake."

"I don't want outsiders to think that I don't have a brother."

After finishing speaking, Xun Zhui withdrew his hand and blocked Li He with his body, he made a gesture of invitation to the courtiers, Zhao Chuanzhi clapped his hands twice and looked at Xun Zhui, then smiled and said: "Serve."

……

"It's so beautiful." Chu Yang stood by the city wall and looked at the sky, but it wasn't enough, he reached out and grabbed the air.

"Snapped!"

He was slapped off before he finished catching him, Chu Yang said angrily, "Who!"

At some point, an old man in coarse clothes stood beside him. He was hunched over but looked extraordinarily energetic. Fang Yun smiled and said to Chu Yang, "This is the first time you've experienced this, are you nervous?"

Seeing that it was Fang Yun who quickly extinguished his anger, Chu Yang rubbed his hands and said, "A little bit."

"A little?" Fang Yun raised an eyebrow.

"Uncle Fang, don't laugh at me, this time is different from before."

"What's the difference?" Fang Yun asked.

Chu Yang held the saber, rubbed his thumb on the hilt for a moment, and said, "I have been in command of the Forbidden Army for a few years, and most of the people who have settled for Yan Zhaohe are rebellious officials or assassins. There are many rules for joining the Forbidden Army, but there are two most important ones. important."

After experiencing all kinds of tempering on the battlefield in the frontier, he is one of the best masters in himself.

Both are indispensable.

"I haven't experienced the battlefield, and I'm not a master." Chu Yang sighed, looking at the refugees who were waiting in line not far away to enter the city.

Refugees are not allowed to gather at the root of the imperial city, but these refugees have nothing to lose, so they simply put up tattered tents around the city gate. Only then did the refugees move out of a road for carriages and horses.

After tonight, they will definitely regret coming to the capital. Chu Yang couldn’t bear to see the faces of the refugees who were smiling because they were able to receive treatment. He let go of the hilt of his sword and was about to walk back. Fang Yun called him to stop and pointed to somewhere .

"Is there anything else, Uncle Fang?" Chu Yang looked in the direction Fang Yun pointed.

Chu Yang froze for a moment.

Lighting up at night, the Empress Dowager's palace was brightly lit, and the aunt in charge ran out to persuade the eighth princess to go back.

Li Yuluan looked at the back of the aunt in charge, her knees were burning with pain, and she whispered while holding the index finger and middle finger of her right hand with her left hand behind her hands.

"tenth."

"tenth."

"The tenth way."

"Eleventh...the eleventh way!"

……

"call out!"

A bright bright yellow streak rose from the darkness.

Seeing the fireworks in the night sky, the palace man holding the imperial meal asked his companion, "Is the House of Internal Affairs preparing fireworks for Your Majesty tonight?"

Another palace man who was carrying the imperial meal asked inexplicably, "What fireworks?"

The palace is peaceful and quiet, and the dancers are graceful and graceful. The musicians sitting on the left back playing instruments have long been exhausted and replaced by a new group of people.The ministers blushed from drinking, and some boldly sat across the table, hooking shoulders with their colleagues.The female relatives gathered together to discuss the rouge and gouache that the youngest daughter's family liked, and from time to time looked shyly at the seemingly frail boy sitting on the steps.

Xun Zhui looked on coldly, the food and drink in front of him remained unchanged, only the pumpkin crisps just served made him reluctant to eat a piece.

"Your Majesty, it's burning." Zhao Chuanzhi hurried in from the side hall and chased Xun in a low voice.

"Pretty?" Xun Zhui didn't even lift his eyelids.

Zhao Chuanzhi simply organized the news from Zhang Dazhong's order, "The fire in the south of the city is as red as the water dyed red by the cloth workshop."

As expected of the servant of the Ministry of Punishment who has no literary talents at all, Xun chased tut tut.

"Where's Li Chong?" Xun Zhui finally changed his posture, just in time to see Li He who put his hands under the table and watched the dancers dance nervously.

"Kang Qing's army, who King Chong arranged to enter the capital, is setting fires all over the capital. Kang Qing's army, who was hidden in the forbidden army before, is fighting against the forbidden army on the city wall. King Chong is attacking outside the city. If the city gate is lost, he can immediately lead his army into the city."

"How many people did he take with him?"

"It hasn't been calculated yet, but the spies said that many people in the team are not like locals." Zhao Chuanzhi said this slightly veiled.

"There are three types of people on the border of our country." Xun Zhui stretched out three fingers, "The soldiers stationed there, the barbaric Xiongnu, and the shrewd Beiyan."

Master Zhao, what kind of person are you talking about?

Xun Zhui picked up the pen on the table and wrote a few words on the paper with the list of ministers. After writing, he kicked the little eunuch who was pouring wine. After seeing the words clearly, the little eunuch ran down and stood in front of King Pei and said After hearing something, Li He quickly raised his head to look at Xun Zhui and shook his head at the same time.

After getting the answer, Xun chased his satisfied eyes with his hand resting on his chin.

Zhao Chuanzhi took a closer look, and found that the little emperor had written five words—isn't the dance beautiful?