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The emperor was sent back to the Kunning Hall to rest at night, and at dawn the next day, Xiao Youqing appeared in the main hall of the former court, ordered the crown prince to supervise the queen to listen to the government, and dispatched Huo Qing, the former deputy commander of the Yinping Hou Palace, to lead the Pingxi army and horses to lead the Gyeonggi The imperial guards who stayed behind rushed to the southwest to defend against the enemy, but were opposed by the old-fashioned faction. Huo Qing was questioned because of his humble background, and the ministers of Shangshu were finally severely reprimanded by the queen and returned without success.

In the early morning of the same day, he also ordered the two major organizations of the Imperial City Department, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to thoroughly investigate the matter, blockade the West Mansion and the Ministry of War, and send out the forbidden army to interrogate all the officials of the two agencies in Beijing.

The three officers of the Imperial City Division, with Xue Jin as the security guard, and Xue Jin as the head, and all of them served as the internal servants of the province, Xiao Youqing sat in the inner court and looked at the roster of personnel entering and leaving recorded by the Neidongmen Division presented by Xue Jin, and ordered: "You The three people will examine the various ministries of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, and remember that none of the officials should be missed. Also, send people out to check all the people who have entered the customs from Gyeonggi to the southwestern states and counties in the past six months, and the paperwork is also required. "

Xiao Youqing looked at the roster of the Neidongmen Division, the officials of the Ministry of War were the most closely related, so he frowned and said: "The matter happened in the southwest, and the border military defense was jointly managed by the Ministry of War and the Privy Council. Then he ordered the Ministry of War to move its focus to the southwest, because the terrain in central Shu is dangerous, there must be internal thieves, and the deployment of the Privy Council in the southwest is only to assist the deployment of troops from the side, so the Ministry of War is the most suspicious, but the Privy Council cannot rule it out."

"Fang Xianggong is the official's confidant, and he is upright. It is absolutely impossible to do such a thing of stealing the country."

Xiao Youqing propped his forehead, "You know it, and I know it too. Do you think those ministers don't know? Fang Zhiyan presided over the reform and tried his best to persuade the officials to send troops. This hit their knife."

Xue Jin bowed and stood up, "Who would want to do this, and what is the significance of doing it? The country was invaded by foreign races during the war, and the people were displaced. What is the reason for this?"

Xiao Youqing lowered his head and thought carefully, "The most complicated thing in the world is the human heart. There must be a reason for people to act, whether it is for themselves or for others."

Xue Jin also frowned and said: "Because of this matter, the officials were forced by those ministers, and they were so angry that they fainted in the court. Who on earth has such ulterior motives."

"The official family..." Xiao Youqing looked up, "You have been working for the official family for decades, do you know who the official family has had any grudges with?"

Xue Jin raised his hands and flashed through the past quickly in his mind, and then shook his head, "The government has always been impeccable in doing things, eliminating evil affairs, even if they don't eliminate them, they will find a way to catch people's handles, and they would rather kill by mistake than let them go. Those who can grievances are gone now. It's this world."

Xiao Youqing shook his head, "Some grievances are on the surface, and some are not even known to you. No one can eliminate all hidden dangers in this world, even the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year."

Xiao Youqing slowly put down his hand and rubbed the back of his hand, "Because he is the son of heaven, he is trapped in this city forever, so the most inconspicuous and subtle things are the most invisible. If you can see the end of the autumn, you can't see it. If you can't see it, how can you see it?" Xiao Youqing looked up, "There are too many things we can't see."

Xue Jin stepped forward and knelt down, adjourning the head with the courtesy of a monarch and minister, "I am willing to be the eyes of officials and saints."

"Go and check, don't let anyone go, if you can't find it..." Xiao Youqing rubbed his hands, looked coldly, "Find someone to replace him."

"My lord, I would like to follow the instructions of His Highness the Empress."

On October 15th, [-]th year of Qianyuan, Huo Qing, Marquis of Yinping, was ordered to quell the chaos. The empress wore military uniforms and the crown prince read the three armies to send him off.

"The current state of the official family can't leave the imperial city, so let me see the general off instead."

Huo Qing put on his armor and got off his horse and bowed his hands to the Queen, "Her Majesty, please be at ease. Your Majesty cleared the charges for my minister and gave me an official position. Those scholars in the court don't trust me. Only Your Majesty never doubted me and gave me the honor of being an extremely human minister." The position is like a minister's reborn parents. The minister can take the blame for his elder brother to die for his son. He has been a minister of the emperor for fifteen years. The emperor treats his ministers like a king and a father. "

"What the general said." Xiao Youqing waved his hand, and the servant came forward with a glass of imperial wine, "Don't worry about Southwest."

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The soldiers are about to go to war, and all the officials are sending them off, so the Kunning Palace is very deserted. Since the emperor fell ill, the crown prince supervised the country and the queen was in charge of the government. In the Kunning Palace, only Princess Fuqing was left to serve in front of the bed day and night. Empress Dowager Li also Will visit from time to time.

The Hanlin medical officer made Sun Hongda go into the palace twice a day to give injections, and Princess Fuqing stopped the palace servants from the Department of Pharmacy of Shangshi Bureau outside the palace, "The official family needs to be quiet, so give it to me."

Blessed by several palace officials, "Yes."

The little girl carefully crouched in front of the couch with the soup, "Is Daddy feeling better today?"

The emperor forced himself to open his eyes. This time the fainting was worse than the previous defeat of the Marquis of Nanyang. As a result, he had not been able to stay in bed for many days, and the time of deep sleep was longer than before. Seeing the crying face of the little princess, the emperor looked up. Gently caressing the corners of her eyes, "Don't cry."

Princess Fuqing put down the medicine bowl, got up and sat on the edge of the couch to help the emperor up, then picked up the medicine bowl again, and dared to feed it to "Father" after trying it herself

"The empress and my elder brother are going to Nanxun Gate to send off the soldiers who are going to war."

The emperor leaned on the pillow with his hands down, swallowed a mouthful of the bitter soup and asked, "Who is leading the army?"

Princess Fuqing gently blew on the soup scooped up from the spoon, and immediately sent it to the emperor's mouth, "It's Uncle Huo."

The emperor hesitated for a while and then opened his mouth to drink it. Princess Fuqing asked: "But what's wrong? Your Majesty has said too much about the previous dynasty, and your Majesty can't pay attention to it. If Daddy has anything to say, tell Ru Hua or Mr. Qi."

The emperor shook his head lightly, "Your mother has her own judgment, she is no worse than anyone else, but father feels guilty."

Princess Fuqing gently put down the bottomed medicine bowl and tightened the quilt for the emperor, "Daddy is so kind to your mother, sometimes even Ruhua envies that your mother can be by my father's side every day. "

The emperor held Princess Fuqing's hand, but he didn't have much strength. He opened his eyes guiltily, "Daddy's most sorry person is your mother, who failed to do many things that he promised."

"Even if the officials understand it in their hearts, aren't they still unwilling to change it? What's the use of saying so much?" The tone of the woman who entered contained complaints and anger.

Xiao Youqing came back from Nanxun Gate and changed the military uniform for the military parade back to the regular uniform. After entering the room, he said a few words to the emperor, and then Princess Fuqing got up and said, "Good luck, ma'am." back away.

Xiao Youqing watched the empty bowl on the bed table approaching the emperor and sat down slowly, "Don't torment yourself like this, okay, you're not made of iron."

The emperor propped himself up, and Xiao Youqing sat close to her and stretched out his hand to support her, and then he helped the person slowly leaning towards him and hugged her in his arms.

Xiao Youqing frowned, stretched out a helpless hand and gently stroked her back, suppressing the soreness in her heart, suppressing the fear in her heart, "I don't know how to persuade you now."

The emperor leaned against Xiao Youqing's arms, breathing evenly, "It will be fine, I know my own body."

Xiao Youqing breathed a sigh of relief, "If you knew that you would lie here for a few days and won't be able to get out of bed? You are not allowed to go anywhere during this time, and you don't have to worry about outside affairs. I will take care of it for you, if you believe me. "

The emperor clutched Xiao Youqing's sleeves with the remaining strength, trembling and wanting to cry, "I'm really, really sorry."

Xiao Youqing raised her trembling hand to caress her shoulders and neck, her hair ran through between her fingers, and there was a little white hair in the black hair, "Have you ever thought about it, what would I do if... if you left , looking at you, I ask myself every day if I can persevere, constantly affirming and negating, I need to persevere, even if it is empty, even if there is only a walking dead left.”

"No," the emperor let go of his arms and embraced Xiao Youqing, "I will never break my promise to you again, how could it not even be for 30 years?"

"Do you think 30 years is enough?"

The emperor couldn't answer, but he had a wish in his heart that he didn't dare to hope, "How can it be possible, it won't be possible in 100 years, 1000 years or 1 years."

In the evening, the Imperial Academy sent Sun Hongda to the inner court for consultation and injection. Half an hour later, Sun Hongda decided to replace Zhang Fangzi for the emperor, and then he went out of the palace to report the situation to the queen.

"The official's health has improved recently, as long as he takes more care and doesn't get angry, he can slowly recover."

Xiao Youqing twisted her sleeves and raised Liu Yemei worriedly, "This time..."

Sun Hongda shook his head, "It's more serious than ever. The officials have been working hard for a while, and what happened in the southwest happened too suddenly."

"Don't let her be her heart knot, let her do it..." Xiao Youqing raised her slender eyebrows again, "Maybe there is no winning or losing in this world, and sometimes people who are alive are more tired."

Fei Pao listened to the Queen's words and lowered his head, "Life can never be happy. After going through ups and downs, whether it is plain or ride the wind and waves is actually the choice."

"There are always two sides to things. Good and bad always coexist. If she didn't have this ambition, she and I wouldn't be sitting here chatting and laughing with others. At least we can decide what we can decide for ourselves is better than ordinary people. Much more."

"A lowly person has a lowly person's troubles. No matter who he is, whether it is joy or sorrow, the key lies in whether he can deal with it with a normal heart. But people are contradictory. If there are too many things to care about, pain and troubles will become more difficult. It followed." Sun Hongda shook his head lightly while holding his sleeves and bowed, "I still have to report to the Empress Dowager that she is safe, so I will take my leave first."

"Dr. Sun has worked hard these past few days."

"It's the duty of a minister, I just hope that Her Royal Highness can persuade the officials more."

Xiao Youqing nodded, "I will."

It was night, after feeding the emperor and taking the medicine, it took nearly half an hour to coax her to rest, and Xiao Youqing did not leave the Kunning Hall until the emperor was asleep, blowing the cold dew, and went to the previous court to deal with the accumulated political affairs.

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The next day, Huo Qing, the Marquis of Yinping, led the rest of the former officials to carry out the conquest, while the Imperial City Secretary was still investigating the case, and the Fang clan was still imprisoned.

The emperor was ill, and the prince supervised the country, but because he was too young, the military and political affairs in the north and south of the front line were handled by the empress alone, and the military orders were issued to the front line by the empress' order instead of the order of the crown prince.

In the previous two times, Xiao Youqing, the supervisor of the country, stepped back to the right to let the prince of the supervisor of the country take care of himself. Now the emperor is seriously ill, and the prince has been registered as the heir.

Apart from government affairs and military affairs, there is another difficult matter right now. Fang Zhiyan, the member of the Privy Council, is still in prison, and the investigation by the Imperial City Secretary for several days has found no clues.

The servant with gray temples hurriedly walked into the Chuigong Hall, "His Royal Highness Qizuo, the old general Li Shiji of Shangzhu Kingdom is asking to see you."

Xiao Youqing closed a booklet, "Old General Li?"

The servant nodded, "General Li was helped into the palace, he came in a hurry."

Xiao Youqing frowned deeply, "Please come in, General Li."