Chongxi [rebirth]

Han Chan was temporarily placed in the side hall of Zhaochun Palace.

He was hot, his face was flushed red, but his thin lips were dry and pale, and his black hair, which was always neatly bundled, spread out.There seem to be more silver threads on the temples than before.

Li Zong didn't go in, he stood in the courtyard, looked at the situation inside from a distance through the open palace door, Cui Xi held an umbrella beside him, and said in a low voice: "It's windy outside, may your majesty go in and have a look? "

"..." Li Zong didn't answer, but just stood there.

After quite a while, the imperial physician inside finished administering the needles, and forced another bowl of decoction to be poured down. Then he ordered his servant to watch over him, closed the door and window and pushed it out.

As soon as he went out, he bumped into a group of people in the courtyard.The imperial physician was taken aback, hurried forward to salute, and consciously reported Han Chan's situation.

"Too... Mr. Han was depressed in his heart, and the wind and evil entered his body, which caused the high fever. Fortunately, he was in good health in the past, and his foundation was good. The minister gave the injection in time. As long as he survives tonight, he will be fine. gone."

Li Zong didn't answer, just waved his hand.

The imperial physician backed away winkingly, and Zhaochun Palace became quiet again.

This was originally a very remote and abandoned palace, because the harem was vacant, no one lived in it for a long time.Occasionally, a few birds landed on the dead tree in the yard, singing twice, but it was even more desolate.

After standing in the cold wind for a long time, Li Zong finally entered the hall.

There are heaters in the four corners of the hall, so it is not cold.But there is still a stale and decadent smell floating in the air.

When he reached the door of the inner room, he waved his right hand back, Cui Xi immediately understood, and stopped in front of the door of the inner room.

Li Zong entered the inner room alone, and the servant who was guarding the side retreated quietly with a very winking look.He stood by the couch with his hands behind his back, looking down at the unconscious Han Chan from top to bottom.

People who were ill became thinner and haggard. For so many years, Han Chan was always cold, unapproachable, and even unattainable.He had never shown such a haggard underdog posture.Li Zong's gaze slowly moved from the silver thread on his temples to the fine lines at the corners of his eyes.The face is still the cold and beautiful face, but the corners of the eyes have been stained with wind and frost.

The hand behind his back trembled, Li Zong couldn't help stretching out his hand, but he stopped when it was about to fall on his cheek, froze for a moment, and finally took it back.

The sleeping person seemed to feel something, his eyes trembled under his thin eyelids, his chapped lips were slightly parted, and he murmured like a gossamer.

Li Zong leaned over to get closer, and the person he called just now was "Zong'er".

His eyes trembled, and he turned around in embarrassment, but the hand hanging by his side clenched uncontrollably, revealing his emotions.

Only when he was young, Han Chan would call him this way, the clear voice, with the same cold temperature as his face, but every time he called "Zong'er", it was as if the cold melted into water, With gentle warmth.

Later when he grew up, Han Chan never called him that way again, only "Prince", "Your Majesty", cold, alienated, full of uncomfortable chill.

He closed his eyes and exhausted all his strength to calm down.Looking back, Han Chan seemed to have fallen into a coma again, and the low call seemed to be just his illusion.

After staring at him in silence for a long time, Li Zong just turned and left.

After leaving the inner room, Cui Xi greeted him and bowed to report: "Servant Ye asked to see him and said he has something important to report. He has been waiting in the Taigan Palace for a while."

"Show the Taiqian Palace." Li Zong left a sentence and walked out first.

Cui Xi took a step behind, turned his head and glanced at the closed door, and then followed.

In the Taigan Palace, Ye Boru had already waited for a while, and he made up all the reasons on the way into the palace.

Therefore, when he saw the emperor, he reported the matter of the dark room without any guilt.

Putting the dark room on the table means that even if Han Chan regains favor in the future, he can no longer pursue the theft of the antidote from the dark room; , can further deepen the emperor's trust in him.

"Zhao Mingquan, Zhao Mingxi..."

After listening, Li Zong showed a thoughtful look on his face: "When the imperial grandfather was still there, there seemed to be a Zhao family."

He was not yet born at that time, and many things were mentioned by his father and veterans later.Zhao Mingquan was once an official to Shang Shuling, and was deeply relied on by his grandfather, that is, Emperor Chengzong, and the Zhao family also rose to the top because of this.Later, Zhao Mingquan became the tutor of the former prince Li Xun, and his power should not be underestimated.

However, when the crown prince Li Xun went to the south to control the flood, unfortunately he contracted the epidemic and passed away. Emperor Chengzong changed his father to be the crown prince.

On the other hand, Zhao Mingquan once opposed the establishment of his father as the prince because of disagreement with his father's political views. It is said that after several quarrels in the court, he resigned in anger and retired.Until many years later, the Zhao family was involved in a kind of treason case for unknown reasons, and was sentenced to be executed.

"Cui Xi. You go and get the files of the Zhao family and have a look. There were still males surviving at that time." Li Zong said after thinking for a moment.

Cui Xi led the order to go out of the palace to search for the files, and it took two quarters of an hour before he came back with two files in his hand.

Li Zong took it and read it carefully, his eyes were fixed on one place, and his expression seemed to be stunned: "There is really a person..."

——It was written in the dossier that after the Zhao family was involved in the treason case, they were sentenced to be executed. However, at that time, the second son of Zhao Mingquan's younger brother, Zhao Mingxi, had been living in Guizhou for medical treatment because of his frailty, so he happened to escape the catastrophe.At that time, the government issued a sea arrest document, and searched for several months but found nothing.

Calculating the age of the second son when the accident happened in the Zhao family, he should be about the same age as Han Chan.

"He is the orphan of the Zhao family..." Li Zong murmured while holding the file.In the lowered eyes, there was a trace of dark light.

"No wonder, no wonder."

He suddenly remembered what Han Chan had said to him.

Han Chan said that the father was not in the right position back then, the reason why he made his elder brother the prince early and deliberately suppressed the other children except the prince was because he was afraid of a repeat of the past.He also said that when the prince Li Xun had an accident in the South, the princess was about to give birth. After learning of the news of the prince's death, she was frightened to give birth. inside.But in fact, no one knew that when the fire broke out in the East Palace, the Crown Princess sensed the crisis and tried her best to give birth to the child, and asked her confidants to escape with the newly born child...

Thinking of this, Li Zong's eyes darkened.At that time, he questioned how Han Chan knew about these old things.Han Chan only said that it was entrusted by his father before his death, telling him to cut the weeds and root them out in case of emergency.

But now looking at the various evidences before him, he suddenly doubted that statement.

Perhaps the reason why Han Chan knew these old things was not because of his father's dying instructions, but because he was the orphan of the Zhao family.

Zhao Mingxi's second son lives in the middle of Guizhou, and no one knows his appearance.After the Zhao family's accident, it's okay for him to change his face.And if he was the orphan of the Zhao family, then all these actions would make sense now.

Zhao Mingquan used to be the former prince's teacher, and the Zhao family was the backbone of the former prince's faction. The conspiracy case involved was already full of doubts and could not stand scrutiny. Father, with all these things connected together, this treason case is more like what his father did to keep his mouth shut to vent his anger.

But Han Chan escaped by chance, changed his name and surname and sneaked into the East Palace.There is also a reason.

—He did it for revenge.

The emperor's father died a long time ago. If he still doesn't stop now, is he going to take revenge on himself, or the Beizhao royal family?

If this is the case... Li Zong rubbed his fingers unconsciously over the file, and suddenly felt a strange sense of relief in his heart.

At least Han Chan didn't really hate him and wanted him to die, he was just implicated by his licentious and fatuous father.

"You all go down." Li Zong put away the file, and Shen Ning glanced at the people present, "I don't want others to know about this matter."

Ye Boru and Cui Xi bowed together: "I would like to obey your Majesty's order."

Only then did Li Zong throw away his sleeves, and took the two volumes with him to Zhaochun Palace.

After the people left, Ye Boru straightened up slowly, touched the cool white jade bottle in his sleeve, and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously.

Cui Xi who was at the side glanced at him, and suddenly said: "Have you ever heard of Mr. Taifu's deeds?"

"?" Ye Boru restrained his expression, and said without knowing it: "Of course I have heard of it. Your Excellency is amazing and admirable." It's... ah."

Cui Xi looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, put his hands in front of his body, and said calmly: "Teacher Han Chan is as wise as a demon, and as cunning as a fox."

Ye Boru became more and more confused, and he didn't know why he suddenly mentioned Han Chan to himself.But Cui Xi is the emperor's confidant, so he naturally didn't dare to show his impatience, he just smiled perfunctorily: "The Tai Tuo is the teacher of the Son of Heaven, naturally he is different from ordinary people like me."

Seeing that he really couldn't figure it out, Cui Xi shook his head and smiled, walked past him, and said with a light smile: "The last sentence Ye Shilang said is absolutely right."

As soon as the words fell, he had already passed by him, and walked out of the hall unhurriedly, leaving only a blurred back in the snow.

Ye Boru glanced at it, then touched the jade bottle in his sleeve, and hurried out of the palace.

On the other end, Li Fengqi received a post from Ye Boru, inviting him to meet at the Izumo Temple the next day. In the letter, he specifically stated that Ye Yunting must be accompanied by him. It was revealed between the lines that he had found the clue to the antidote. Li Fengqi refused to attend the appointment.

"Tsk," Li Fengqi flicked the post with his fingers: "Just that old fox Han Chan, how can he really find the antidote so easily? Why don't I believe it?"

Ye Yunting's eyes fell on his own name in the post, he took a sip from the teacup, and said with a smile: "I'll find out if I go and have a look tomorrow? If it's fake, you won't suffer. At most, it's just a waste of time. It's true." ...that would be even better."

Li Fengqi thought so too, but he wanted to see what other tricks Ye Boru could play.