Better to live forever [Rebirth]

The emperor received a warning from Ning Heng when Zhu Dingbei and Ning Heng were rushing back to Luojing.

Dark head: "Your Majesty, although Lord Changxin has no evidence, but this matter is rather credible, please be more careful in the near future, and don't leave the protection of the hidden guards."

The dark guards never thought that one day they would get a secret letter from the Ning family that someone wanted to assassinate the emperor, but regardless of whether it was Changxin Houye who was worrying too much at this time, it was related to the life and safety of the emperor, they would only hold 1 cautions, and could not There is no relaxation.The emperor did not answer, and acquiesced to Anshou's words.He frowned and was thinking about something. After a long while, the eunuch Dongsheng entered the room and said, "Your Majesty, there is a message from the Palace of Compassion and Ning that the Empress Dowager wants to arrange a family banquet. Please come and reunite with Your Majesty. The servant asked a lot. Concubines of high rank have been invited."

The emperor said softly, "Can the Empress Dowager take it physically?"

The eunuch Dongsheng replied: "I have consulted the Imperial Physician Wu of the Imperial Hospital, and he said that... the Empress Dowager's Lingtai is clear today, but... it's just two days ago."

Although the words are subtle, the meaning is very clear. The seriously ill queen mother mobilized many people to have a reunion dinner before she was buried.

In this way, although the relationship between the emperor and the queen mother was weak, he agreed.

That night, when Yu drove into the Palace of Compassion and Peace, the imperial concubines had been waiting for a long time, except for the "sick" sixth prince who was left in the palace by Concubine Yu for fear of bumping into the Empress Dowager's luck.

The Empress Dowager was still listening to people chanting scriptures in the house, and the princes and concubines had not seen her face yet. As a son of man, to show his filial piety, the emperor ordered him to come out after ordering the meal.The Empress Dowager's eyes were much worse, and when she saw the bright yellow halo, she shouted loudly: "Your Majesty..."

Aunt Qiyu frowned, and hurriedly saluted, "I have seen Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live."

Singing so solemnly, the queen mother came back to her senses. She put her hand on Aunt Qiyu's hand, got down from the bed, and said with a smile: "Look at me, I disturbed the emperor." Thinking that seeing His Majesty the First Emperor, maybe the time is approaching, and the First Emperor can't wait to let her go down to continue the relationship between husband and wife.

She asked the maid who was chanting scriptures to step down, stood up and said to Emperor Zhenyuan: "When people are old, they like to be lively. There will be no such opportunities in the future. I hope the emperor will not blame the family for mobilizing the teachers."

Emperor Zhenyuan said: "The queen mother is serious. The imperial doctor said that you are in good health, you will be raised in the palace, and you will get better. Please relax your mother and cherish yourself."

In the past, the emperor hated the queen mother because he always believed that she killed his adoptive mother.But time has passed, and the truth of the past has also surfaced. Although he can no longer have a heart of love for Queen Mother Ning, he still has some guilt.And when the person is about to die, although he doesn't care about the queen mother, he is more lenient.

The queen mother laughed again, "Everyone is mortal, and the Ai family knows their own body. After so many years, the Ai family can also get together with the late emperor, there is nothing wrong with it."

The emperor couldn't answer, so he shut up.Fortunately, a group of people arrived in the palace soon, the princes and concubines paid homage one after another, the queen mother had no relationship with the queen, but instead recruited concubine Chen to come forward and serve him vegetables.Everyone present here more or less knew what this meal meant, and no one raised the question of the position that Concubine Chen should take instead of the Empress Dowager, and they fiddled with the Empress Dowager.

The meal was quiet, and at the end, the queen mother called several grandsons to come before her.She looked over one by one. This was the last time she saw these children. It is every old man's expectation to have children and grandchildren. Although she did not give birth to herself, as the emperor's aunt, he watched these children grow up. , is no different from his own grandson.On such a day, the eldest prince who lived in seclusion in the mansion and the fourth prince who had been relegated to be the county king were also allowed to enter the palace by the emperor, but only the sixth prince was not seen, so Empress Dowager Ning asked.

Concubine Yu hurriedly said: "Empress Dowager, Yu Jun fell asleep early after taking the decoction, and didn't dare to offend you, so he didn't let him come."

Although the empress dowager has been away from the harem for a long time, she also knows the situation of the sixth prince, and she feels a little distressed when she hears the words: "It's nothing, Aijia only hopes that his health will be better, and he will suffer all kinds of suffering in this world at a young age, Aijia Yu couldn't bear it. Concubine Yu, you are a good person, take good care of him, you guys, the Ai family only hopes for your harmony and beauty."

Everyone thanked the Queen Mother one after another, enjoying themselves.

Not long after, the eunuch came in and asked Li Tao, Minister of the Household Department, to see him, and the emperor found an excuse to leave.The concubine and the prince were left to accompany the queen mother, and the task he assigned to the household department was to make an emergency calculation of the post-war income and expenditure.

The money received from the Huns has already entered the treasury, but compared with the silver taels that will be spent after the war, it still cannot fill the gap.Soldiers who have done meritorious service should be rewarded, dead and wounded soldiers should be compensated, damaged weapons and armor should be replenished, damaged cities should be rebuilt, and the Xiongnu newly included in the territory should be allocated money for management. A large sum of money to spend this cold winter... Oh, and now I have added flowers for the Empress Dowager's funeral, all kinds of things, there are too many places to spend money.

The gold and silver that could be directly used in the trophies of the Xiongnu were not enough to fill the gap, so they naturally had to ask for it from the Nanman and Dongyi.

This is why the emperor has been dragging the two sides to request the truce of the credential is not processed.If Dajing wants to stop the troops, there will always be a price to pay. Since they are unwilling to become Dajing's vassal state, when the Ministry of Households calculates how many gaps there are this time, then Nanman and Dongyi will have to make up for it ten times.

At this time, the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.

The old Hou Ye received the warning sent back by Zhu Dingbei one step later, and what he said to the old Hou Ye was more thorough than what he said to the emperor.

Old Hou Ye had a dull dinner, then discussed with Gu Chao'an what to do.

Gu Chao'an pondered for a while, and said: "Since Ning Heng has already informed His Majesty, the Emperor must be more careful. He is not counting the Imperial Forest Army, but he also has hidden guards, which are enough to protect his hidden guards."

"That's what I said, but I just feel uneasy in my heart." Old Hou Ye wiped his face, "When Changsheng left Beijing, I said that Zhen Feihe left a group of dead soldiers. Now there is no Zhen Feihe. Feihe, these dead men became Yu Deng's people. To be honest, we have nothing to fear from him. Just look at his secretive behavior. He killed Zhen Feihe without blinking an eye, and ordered him to The pirates are retreating, this guy is unpredictable, I'm afraid, they still have some tricks to come up with."

Gu Chao'an pursed his lips, and said after a while: "His Majesty's mind is still higher than that of you and me. He is the Emperor Dajing, and his life will not be calculated so easily. Uncle, please be at ease. These people are given to us, but we can't let them protect the emperor blatantly, can we? We will discuss everything after Changsheng returns."

Hearing this, Old Hou Ye sighed, "The child Changsheng is finally back."

The child raised by his side always amazes his grandfather who is half buried in the ground.He has Gu Chaoan by his side, how the Qiang people turned their backs and how the Huns were defeated, he also heard Gu Chaoan tell a little bit about the secrets, even if it was not the whole truth, he was already quite surprised.It is really unimaginable that it is his little grandson who has not yet been crowned the weakest king Kuanglan.

Thinking about how they returned to Luojing from Xianbei in embarrassment at the beginning, how did they ever think that there would be today's scene?

Gu Chao'an was also looking forward to Zhu Dingbei's return. He said to the old Hou Ye: "Uncle, when Changsheng comes back, I... want to go back to Xianbei, and then go south to Guangzhou."

Old Hou Ye was taken aback.

Gu Chaoan said with a smile: "My mother is not in good health now. The day Nanhai County fell, I was worried. Thinking about it carefully, I really deserve to be a son of man. For so many years, I have never been filial by her side, and let her do it for her." I was terrified, really... After this matter is over, I will go to Xianbei to see the coach, see Xiao Huzi again, and say goodbye to him personally. I am wronged that this child should be named under my name, and my mother and I will stay in Guangzhou in the future. If I don’t come out again, I’ll take my place for a hundred years, let that child pay homage to Qingming cold food, and just change his name and surname.”

The old Hou Ye retorted: "Now that your Liang family has been rehabilitated, you are no longer a criminal minister. Although you cannot be restored to office, you are still a good citizen. Since the Zhu family let the child kowtow to the ancestors of the Liang family, it is you The descendants of the Liang family should naturally be recorded in the name of the Liang family!"

Gu Chaoan shook his head, "Miao Huzi is my son, I never thought of denying it. It's just uncle, how many eyes are on the Zhu family nowadays, he is the young grandson of the Zhu family, and he stayed with the emperor for two days If the surname of Liang is suddenly changed, how should people in the world talk about him? Talk about the Zhu family? I just hope that the child can grow up safely and smoothly. If I am healthy, I can come to Guangzhou to see him Just look at me, and I'm content."

"But……"

"Uncle, just listen to me."

Gu Chao'an's language is gentle but tough.

The next day, Zhu Dingbei and his party had already turned from the sea route to the river channel. Counting the days, they would arrive in Luojing in two days.

Shui Sheng entered the room and said, "Master, there is news from Zhu Xiang that the imperial palace has been put under martial law."

Ning Heng patted Zhu Dingbei's head, and said to him: "You can rest assured now? Use more at night, you haven't eaten well in the past few days."

Zhu Dingbei nodded.

Uncle Ning reported from the side: "Patriarch, there is news from the imperial hospital that the empress dowager is terminally ill and there is no cure. I'm afraid it's only a matter of two days."

Ning Heng frowned, smiled at Zhu Dingbei who was worried about him, and said in a low voice, "It's okay." He told Uncle Ning to let the boat go faster, and if possible, he wanted to send the Queen Mother for the last time.

But no one expected that before they entered the capital, the emperor suddenly had an emergency and stopped court to lock the palace.