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"Not necessarily." The emperor said quietly, "My nephew, who was only three years old, was extremely intelligent. Didn't his body be found back then? So it can be seen that he must have survived."

Hearing this, Mr. Yu shook his head: "When the East Palace was on fire, he was only three years old. It is normal for a three-year-old child to be burned to the bone in that fire. Look at the bones of adults. Isn’t it all burnt limbs? If there is a skeleton of a three-year-old child, then even if this old man goes to heaven, he will be dragged out!”

The emperor said firmly: "I always have a feeling that he will definitely live! Maybe these things are his intentional movements, and he wants me to live in fear forever!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a flash of impatience in Mr. Yu's eyes. If he hadn't been the leader of the shadow guards and hadn't been allowed to leave the shadow guards, he would have quit.

The emperor was suspicious all day long, doubting this and that, but it was always in vain. From more than ten years ago until now, the shadow guards traveled all over the country of Chu, just to find the whereabouts of the orphan of the former prince. One after another children similar to the former prince's orphan were born, but in the end they had no clue.

Such things have long since bored him.

After a while, he said, "Your majesty, why don't you let Daoist Chen do the math, where is the prince's orphan? The old man will take the shadow guards to arrest him."

The emperor's face turned cold: "What does Mr. Yu mean by that?"

"Since Daoist Chen has the ability to make your majesty immortal, he must be no different from an immortal. If that's the case, why can't you just tell the majesty where the prince's orphan is? Or is he just a liar who pretends to be a ghost?"

The emperor's face was extremely ugly, Mr. Yu's words were clearly mocking him for not knowing people clearly, but how could people like Mr. Yu know that his frail body was gradually getting stronger, and he was no longer the sick body before. He could even ask three concubines to accompany him overnight.

However, Mr. Yu is the leader of the shadow guards. If Mr. Yu hadn't helped him back then, he would not have succeeded in poisoning the late emperor. He could only hold back his anger and waved his hand: "It would be better for Mr. Yu to say this in front of me." Send some people to look for it, especially the Lu family, I always feel that Lu Shikai is not a good guy."

Mr. Yu raised his head, glanced at his face strangely, then lowered his head again: "Yes."

This look made the emperor very uncomfortable, he squeezed his hands tightly, wishing to ask Mr. Yu what he meant, but he still held back.

However, the disagreement between the two over the years has already made the emperor feel impatient.

After Mr. Yu left, the emperor said in a low voice, "Get out yet?"

Li Dehai smiled awkwardly: "Old Man Yu is too powerful, the servant dare not show his face."

"Are you afraid that he will scold you for flattering the Lord again?" The emperor sneered as if he had already seen through it, "I didn't expect you, Mr. Li, to be afraid of people at times."

Li Dehai sighed: "It's one thing for Mr. Yu to be powerful, but he's also good at martial arts! I'm really afraid that he won't like me, so I cut off my head with a knife. At that time, I won't be able to serve you anymore." You!"

The emperor had a smile on his face, and after hearing Li Dehai's words, his eyes changed.

"What did you say?"

The emperor stared fixedly at Li Dehai without blinking.

Cold sweat broke out on Li Dehai's forehead: "The slave just said it casually, the emperor calms down!"

"Tell me, what are you afraid of, Mr. Yu?" The emperor asked again patiently.

Li Dehai could clearly feel his anger at the moment, he lowered his head, and said cautiously: "I'm worried... Mr. Yu cut off the head of the servant with a single knife."

The emperor closed his eyes, and the fear in his heart made him fidget.

How did he forget?In the past, Mr. Yu was able to cooperate with himself to poison the late emperor because he disagreed with his political views. Now that he disagrees with him, does he also have murderous intentions towards himself?

The hair on the emperor's back stood up, and he sat down on the chair, feeling cold all over his body.

"Go!" The emperor pointed to the outside of the palace, gritted his teeth, and said, "Go let Xie Yan come to see me!"

Thinking about it, no one can be trusted, his own son is not reliable, Chen Daochang has no power to restrain the chicken, the front foot of the Pei family has just been dismissed by him, and he cannot be reused immediately, only Xie Yan, he was promoted by himself , Be loyal to yourself!

His voice trembled, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and even his hands were shaking.

Li Dehai trotted away immediately after being surprised.

"The slave will do it now!"

Seeing Li Dehai leave, the emperor's eyes gradually returned to normal.

He kept turning the Buddhist beads in his hand, numbly thinking about every dispute he had with Mr. Yu before, and every time he thought of a dispute, cold sweat would flow down his back.

However, he was sitting in the hall at the moment, not daring to leave at all.

I'm afraid that if he makes a slight move, some shadow guards will get rid of him.

He was relieved when he saw Xie Yan arrive.

"Xie Aiqing!" The emperor held Xie Yan's hand tightly, his eyes were very sincere, "I have something to ask."

Xie Yan immediately bowed his body; "I am terrified!"

Seeing that he was so respectful, the emperor immediately thought of the disdainful look in Yu Laocai's eyes.

He hated him so much that he said, "Do you know the Shadow Guard?"

Hearing this, Xie Yan raised his head and asked in puzzlement, "Is it the person you trust the most, the emperor, the shadow guard who protects you all the year round?"

The emperor nodded, and said quietly: "Over the years, there have been a total of 150 shadow guards, all of whom were carefully selected from various armies by my people. My safety depends entirely on their protection."

Xie Yan listened, but never spoke.

Seeing his appearance like this, the emperor admired him even more.

But when he thought of the big knife hanging above his head, he felt uncomfortable. After taking a deep breath, he said, "But I feel that it's not good to trust the shadow guards like this. It is a sharp blade, but if this sharp blade is stabbed at me, it will definitely make me miserable."

Xie Yan's drooping phoenix eyes showed a dark chill, but he still had doubts on his face: "The emperor's words are..."

"I would like to ask you to do me a favor." The emperor patted the armrest, his tone was flat but concealed murderous intent, "uproot these shadow guards for me!"

Hearing this, Xie Yan opened his eyes wide and was shocked: "The Shadow Guard is the person you trust the most..."

"No!" The emperor shook his head, "When they have two hearts, they are not the ones I trust. The only ones I really trust are you and General Pei."

Speaking of this, the emperor winked at Li Dehai outside.

Li Dehai walked out quickly, and under the gaze of the emperor, he handed the letter he had just written to Xie Yan.

"Master Xie, this records the base camp of the Shadow Guards, and the habits and weapons they are good at using of the 150 Shadow Guards. What the Emperor means is that you bring some good hands and get rid of all these people directly."

Xie Yan immediately accepted the letter: "Your Majesty's request, I will do my best to fulfill it for you!"

The emperor was very satisfied with his attitude; "Well, well!"

Three consecutive "good" words are enough to reflect the emperor's current mood, "I know that there is nothing that you can't do without thanking the banquet!"

Xie Yan put the letter away carefully, and said in a deep voice: "After three days, I will definitely give you an explanation."

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to the emperor and strode away.

Seeing his back, Li Dehai said in a slightly sour voice: "Your Majesty, you really treat Mr. Xie preferentially, and you don't even allow him to salute you."

"For such a talent, I naturally want to treat him with courtesy." The emperor was in a good mood and said with a smile, "Even that guy Lu Shikai, although I don't like him, still allows him to stand and talk to me!"

Li Dehai suddenly realized: "That's right, people like Mr. Lu are indeed a clear stream in the court. Although he has some relationship with the former prince, with him around, the taxes paid every year are much higher!"

The emperor smiled; "That's right, Lu Shikai is a good censor, as long as he does things for me with all his heart, and he doesn't have any dissenting ideas, I won't make things difficult for him too much. I always have to give some face to the Lu family."

Li Dehai nodded again and again, seeing the smile on the emperor's face increased, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

It is really tiring to pretend to be loyal in front of the emperor every day.

……

The Empress Dowager's palace was rare and deserted.

Since the smallpox passed, even though the queen mother has recovered from her illness, she still doesn't see outsiders anymore, just for fear of affecting her own body.

However, the door of the temple, which was closed today, was opened for one person.

"Why didn't the prince come in?" The queen mother was infected with smallpox, even though she had recovered, her body was not as strong as before. Now she is full of white hair, and her face is full of wrinkles. She is already an old woman. .

Chu Yunyi, who was kneeling outside the hall, saw the aging appearance of the queen mother at a glance. He cursed Gu Qingqiu secretly in his heart, lowered his head and said to the queen mother: "Grandmother, I am guilty!"

His eyes were full of tears, as if he was holding on to not fall.

Seeing him like this, the Queen Mother sighed: "What are you doing? Even if you did something wrong, the Ai family is your real grandmother, and the Ai family will still take your life?"

Hearing this, Chu Yunyi felt even more guilty.

"Get up!" The queen mother sighed, "Come in and talk! Do you want Aijia to come out to greet you in person?"

Chu Yunyi had no choice but to stride into the hall.

Qinggu was not there, the queen mother didn't like these people who served her, so she simply shunned them all, only the grandparents and grandchildren were in the hall.

"What happened?" The queen mother patted Chu Yunyi's shoulder very kindly, "You tell the Ai family all about it."

Chu Yunyi is her direct grandson, with the Jiang family's blood running down her body, she doesn't care about those princes from other families, she only cares about Chu Yunyi, seeing Chu Yunyi's haggard face now, she thinks something serious has happened.

After a moment of silence, Chu Yunyi spoke with difficulty: "Grandmother, it's that prescription..."

"Gu Qingqiu, that idiot, she got a prescription for treating smallpox from nowhere, she said it was very effective, and so did the group of quack doctors in the Tai Hospital, so the father used this prescription for you, who knew it would kill you? You have had a high fever for three nights in a row, and the prescription she gave is even worse than the one given by the Lu family to the common people!"

The queen mother frowned when she heard this, she suspected that she had fallen in love with Gu Qingqiu from the very beginning, but she never said it out.

It's just that, when she became more suspicious of Gu Qingqiu because of Chu Yunyi's words, she heard a name from Chu Yunyi that she had never thought of.

"The Lu family?" The Empress Dowager's eyes instantly turned cold, "Why did the Lu family appear in the capital? Why did they have a prescription for treating smallpox?"

Chu Yunyi never noticed the murderous look on her face, and said in a straightforward manner: "Master Lu came to Beijing to report on his work, but he didn't expect to encounter smallpox, so he disclosed the prescription in the name of the former princess, and posted it At every gate of the city, this prescription really has a miraculous effect, and the smallpox, which the hospital was helpless, was cured like this!"

"I didn't expect that the former Crown Princess would have such abilities."

As soon as these words came out, the queen mother's fingers trembled: "Nonsense! How could that woman have such a great ability! This is clearly done by Lu Shikai on purpose! Let everyone remember her!"

"Where's your father? Didn't he stop it?"

"No."

Chu Yunyi replied honestly.