The night passed.

The emperor slowly woke up on the dragon bed.

In a few days, the emperor aged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The white hairs on his head protruded one by one, and even the wrinkles on his face became more numerous.

Since returning to his youth, the emperor has been very concerned about his appearance. He has to take out the glass mirror every day to observe his face carefully, but these few days, he dare not even touch the mirror.

"Li Dehai..."

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he was startled by his own hoarse voice.

He sat there stupidly, and didn't notice it until Li Dehai walked in front of him.

"Your Majesty." Li Dehai reminded softly.

As soon as the emperor turned his head, what Li Dehai saw was the emperor's eyes that were reddened by anger.

Li Dehai's heart trembled, but he quickly lowered his head again, not daring to say a word.

At this time, the emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Where is Daoist Chen? When will he be able to relieve the Gu worms in my body?"

Since the last time he knew that Gu Qingqiu knew the southern border Gu, the emperor blamed Gu Qingqiu for his inaction, thinking that it was Gu Qingqiu's deliberate murder of him.

And when he urgently summoned Chen Daochang after learning about this, Chen Daochang also said that this Gu can be solved.

But these three days of hard work have passed, and his body is getting weaker and weaker, but he still hasn't waited for Chen Daochang's antidote!

The anger in the emperor's heart suddenly surged up.

Hearing this, Li Dehai quickly lowered his head, and suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't you let the imperial doctors from the imperial hospital come over and take a look for you? They are the most powerful doctors in our Chu country, what if they can find a way to relieve the voodoo? "

However, the emperor's face was gloomy, and he sneered at Li Dehai's proposal: "They are all quack doctors! They can't even practice longevity pills, so you expect me to believe in their medical skills?"

"Go and urge Daoist Chen!" The emperor said angrily, "Tell him to move faster!"

Li Dehai caught a glimpse of the emperor's face, and had many thoughts in his mind. Finally, he knelt down in front of the emperor with a plop, showing embarrassment: "Your Majesty! It's not that the slave didn't urge Daoist Chen, but... Daoist Chen said a long time ago that this gu Insects are very rare, even he has to study them carefully."

"Trash! A bunch of trash!" The emperor was so angry that he kicked Li Dehai's heart.

Seeing Li Dehai spit out a mouthful of blood, his face did not change at all, but he said in annoyed voice: "It's just a small bug, how long will it take him? Is it possible that I have to wait until all of my energy is consumed?" Is this Gu worm sucking dry?"

Over the past few days, the emperor has tried countless methods, trying to rekindle his vitality and regain his glory, but the facts are always not as good as he wants!Even if Mo Liyu's young and vigorous body stood in front of him, he would not be moved!

Thinking of this, the emperor's eyes became even more sinister.

Seeing that Li Dehai was still kneeling in front of him, the emperor was so angry that he kicked him fiercely again: "Hurry up and go to the Zhaxing Pavilion!"

"Slave obeys!" Li Dehai had a mouthful of blood in his mouth, but he didn't dare to spit it out. He swallowed the blood forcefully, and limped towards the outside.

Zheng Li just came in, seeing Li Dehai's appearance, he felt a chill down his spine.

Even a confidant like Li Dehai who has been by the emperor's side for decades is still in such a state of embarrassment. Fortunately, he did not listen to the emperor's words at the beginning.

Thinking of this, he was afraid for a while.

"What are you doing outside? Why don't you come in?"

The emperor's cold cry brought Zheng Li back to his senses.

He immediately walked into the Tai Chi Hall with small steps, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, something is wrong. Our imperial guards patrolling the palace were found dead in the cold palace today!"

"Lenggong?"

When the emperor heard the news, what he thought of was not the death of the imperial army, but the word Leng Gong.

His eyes were extremely cold: "Which cold palace is it?"

"It's the cold palace where the concubine Xian was imprisoned." Zheng Li whispered, "When our people found out, the blood on the guards' bodies would be drained, and they are all... and you specially selected them .”

Hearing this, the emperor's eyes became completely cold: "Is this true?"

"It's absolutely true. I have carefully confirmed it. They are the people you specially selected. They are patrolling around the cold palace precisely because of your previous orders."

Listening to Zheng Li's words, the emperor thought of his previous order.

He was worried about someone hiding in the palace who would be dangerous to him, and he had always been wary of Concubine Xian, but Concubine Xian had a good family background, so he couldn't let Concubine Xian die in the palace without knowing why , when the time comes to spread the word, will his reputation still be lost?

That's why he made people stare at Concubine Xian to prevent Concubine Xian from getting in touch with people with evil intentions.

"Where is Concubine Xian?"

"Concubine Xian...has disappeared."

Zheng Li said this with a trembling voice.

The emperor's face became completely ugly. He closed his eyes, calmed down for a while, and then said coldly: "Go and investigate! If you want to see people, you need to see dead bodies!"

"I want to see who has the guts to play tricks right under my nose!"

As the emperor spoke, he already suspected that he had fallen in love with Concubine Xian.

He frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Go to Chen's house and check."

The Chen family is the mother's family of Concubine Xian, and the Chen family is also a family of military generals in charge of an army of [-]. He is really afraid that Gu Qingqiu, who is on the run, will have contact with these generals in the capital.

"Are there any other clues from Yanshan?" the emperor asked again.

Hearing this, Zheng Li said in shame: "There is no clue, I'm afraid the Crown Princess and others have already escaped."

The emperor closed his eyes and cursed viciously: "Trash! A bunch of trash! Tens of thousands of people can't even catch thousands of people! No matter how big Yanshan Mountain is, can it hide the traces of thousands of people?"

Zheng Li was so ashamed that he knelt on the ground, wishing he could get his head into the cracks in the ground.

But soon, when the emperor was thinking with a cold face, he spoke again: "Your Majesty, I feel that... if the Crown Princess leaves the capital with the little emperor's grandson, where can they go?"

Hearing this, the emperor narrowed his eyes and glanced at Zheng Li: "What? What do you think?"

"I feel that...they might go back to Shu." Zheng Li said in a low voice, "The rebels in Shu are well known, if the Crown Princess takes the little emperor's grandson to Shu, the rebels in Shu will follow suit. Are you famous?"

Hearing Zheng Li's words, the emperor sneered and said, "It's really stupid! Do you know whose banner the Shu rebels are fighting for?"

Zheng Li was a little puzzled, and the emperor's smile became more and more sarcasm: "They are fighting under the banner of the former prince!"

"In my opinion..." the emperor thought for a while, and said, "They will definitely go to Jiangnan! Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, as long as they occupy Jiangnan, they can have the confidence to challenge me!"

What the emperor said made Zheng Li completely dumbfounded.

Zheng Li never expected that under his deliberate guidance, the emperor would forget about Qingzhou.

His eyes were complicated, and after a while, he reminded in a low voice: "But there are [-] soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River. How can they be opponents when thousands of them pass by?"

"I feel that...they are more likely to go to Qingzhou. Your Majesty, do you still remember General Wei in Qingzhou? Didn't he receive the grace of the empress dowager to save his life? Maybe he will help the prince for the sake of the empress dowager." Where's the concubine?"

After being reminded by Zheng Li, the emperor immediately remembered this matter.

He slapped the table hard, gritted his teeth and said, "I forgot that Wei Guangfei was there! He is insidious and cunning, and he is disrespectful to me on weekdays. If Gu Qingqiu leads people to Qingzhou, it is really possible..."

Thinking of this, the emperor was shocked.

Qingzhou has a full [-] soldiers and horses!

He lost his voice: "Tell Pei Anlin immediately to go to Qingzhou to arrest Wei Guangfei!"

"As for the commander of the Qingzhou garrison..." the emperor was stunned.

For a while, he really couldn't think of who to let him do this.

The emperor's face changed for a while, and he finally placed it on Zheng Li's body.

"You will be the commander of the Qingzhou garrison for the time being."

When the emperor said a word, Zheng Li immediately knelt down.

Although he had expected it in his heart, Zheng Li still did not expect the emperor to say this sentence in such a relaxed tone.

He faced the emperor's decree with a very terrified expression: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that I can't take on such a big job because of my low ability! You'd better change it!"]

"The two sons of General Pei are rare generals, maybe..."

"One Pei Anlin in Chu State is enough, is it possible to have two more? Then the Chu State should be changed to Pei State!" The emperor sneered, "I will never let the Pei family touch the military power again. of!"

Now the emperor wants to wait for the eldest princess to take back all the private soldiers in her hands after a hundred years, so why would the Pei family be in charge of the army again?

Hearing this, Zheng Licheng said with trepidation: "There are still many generals in the court, all of whom are brave men. They are more experienced and more..."

"But I can't trust them." The emperor gritted his teeth, "Whoever can support Gu Qingqiu and her children may be able to rule Chu! How can I rest assured? People are ambitious, and if they are not sure, they will abandon them." I switched to Gu Qingqiu!"

The emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Only you! I am the most reassured!"

Before Gu Qingqiu falsely accused Zheng Li and Concubine Chen, Zheng Li must have hated her, so how could he cooperate with her?

And Gu Qingqiu probably wouldn't put Zheng Li in his eyes either.

Although the emperor didn't say it clearly, Zheng Li had clearly felt what he was thinking.

Zheng Liben already knew the result under Xie Yan's suggestion, and Xie Yan had already made arrangements for it, so he closed his eyes, and accepted the emperor's order with a look of reluctance.

"The minister obeys the order!"

"That's right." The emperor patted him on the shoulder, "You are doing well in Qingzhou. After this hidden danger is completely resolved, I will naturally give you the honor and reward you deserve!"

"Sir, thank you Lord Ron!

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