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Duan Shiyu sat on the top seat, took a sip of wine, slammed the glass on the ground, and yelled at Yu Chiyuan: "Almost!! I almost caught him!!! Why did you hold me!!!"

Yu Chiyuan was not convinced, and replied: "Isn't the situation critical at that time!!"

Duan Shiyu closed her eyes and said, "If you were in the past, you would definitely go with me, why are you so cowardly now!"

"I love you??" Yu Chiyuan took off his helmet, threw it on the ground, and roared, "You are the emperor now!!"

"So what!"

Yu Chiyuan said: "If you die! Dayu is hopeless!!"

Duan Shiyu turned around, sat back on the futon, spread her legs apart, put her elbows on her legs and wiped her face, concealed her anger, and said, "You and I grew up together, you understand me."

Yu Chiyuan said: "You were not so eager for quick success before."

Duan Shiyu raised his head, clenched his fists, and said, "I almost captured Gao Zhan alive!"

Yu Chiyuan roared: "You almost died!"

Duan Shiyu shouted: "He is right in front of us!"

Yu Chiyuan kicked his helmet away and shouted: "I quit!! I want to fight again, and I want to protect you. I am no longer a general!!"

"you!!"

Yu Chiyuan turned around, walked out of the watchtower, and shouted: "I will quit this general!! Whoever loves to do it!"

"you come back!!"

"Quit!!" Yu Chiyuan angrily walked out of the watchtower.

Seeing Yu Chiyuan coming out, Zhang Ziwen and Ji Qingyun stared at each other with wide eyes.Zhang Ziwen ran to find Yu Chiyuan, and Ji Qingyun went into the house to find Duan Shiyu.

Duan Shiyu rubbed his forehead, heard the voice, raised his head, saw that it was Ji Qingyun, closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to speak.

Ji Qingyun smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the general... did nothing wrong this time."

"Yes." Duan Shiyu said, "I know."

"Then Your Majesty, why is Long Yan so angry?" Ji Qingyun asked.

Duan Shiyu raised his head, pointed at the door, and said angrily: "He said...he said she quit! He also said that he wanted to protect me. Do I need his protection?"

Ji Qingyun: "..."

Duan Shiyu withdrew his hand and said depressedly: "Well, I know, I know that I am too eager for quick success, but...who can stand his temper."

Ji Qingyun said with a smile: "At the beginning, he scolded King Wu."

"Huh?" Duan Shiyu asked in surprise, "He? He scolded King Wu?"

"Ah."

"Ha..." Duan Shiyu laughed, looked outside the door, and said, "Fortunately, King Wu didn't gain power, otherwise this guy would have died a long time ago."

Ji Qingyun nodded and said, "He is also afraid that something will happen to His Majesty."

Duan Shiyu's anger had long since dissipated, and he said, "Well, I know, I was wrong this time."

Ji Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "Your Majesty, have you quarreled with him before?"

Duan Shiyu thought for a while and said, "Rarely, when I was in the camp when I was young, he was probably the one who protected me."

Ji Qingyun pinched Duan Shiyu's shoulder, and said: "Your Majesty, he is concerned about His Majesty. As the saying goes, care will lead to chaos."

"Yeah, I know." Duan Shiyu pulled Ji Qingyun's hand away, and said, "It's also my fault, I really want to catch that Gao Zhan."

Speaking of Gao Zhan, Duan Shiyu's face was full of resentment, and at this moment Zhang Ziwen happened to walk in.

When Duan Shiyu saw Zhang Ziwen, his irritability rose again. He glanced at Zhang Ziwen and said, "Sir, I am very happy."

Zhang Ziwen was expressionless, he touched his face, not knowing why.

Duan Shiyu stood up like an angry child, and said, "I didn't catch Gao Zhan, sir, you are very happy!"

Ji Qingyun raised his head, looking at the sky speechlessly.

Zhang Ziwen said, "I haven't."

"You have!" Duan Shiyu pointed at Zhang Ziwen's face, approached, and said, "Look at you, your eyes and mouth are clearly smiling."

Zhang Ziwen touched his face and explained, "I didn't smile."

"Humph."

Zhang Ziwen said: "I'm worried about His Majesty's injury and want to come and see His Majesty. Since His Majesty is fine, I'm leaving."

Duan Shiyu grabbed Zhang Ziwen and licked his lips. He wanted to get angry, but seeing that Zhang Ziwen was really angry, he let go of him and said, "Let's go!"

Sure enough, Zhang Ziwen walked out without looking back.

……

In the evening of the same day, the scouts sent an urgent report that Yu Lian'er had breached Xiangze County and sent a letter, imploring the emperor to send troops to occupy Xiangze, lest Puyangye counterattack.

Duan Shiyu didn't expect Yu Lian'er to be so fierce, so he hurriedly sent troops to Xiangze.

A few days later, the Empress Dowager of Kyoto sent a letter stating that the envoys to the Kingdom of Lettuce had already set off and asked Duan Shiyu to return to the palace immediately.

Duan Shiyu did not return to the palace, but led Changsha King's army and Yu Chiyuan to attack Gaozhan's Wuyang County, and Yu Lian'er divided her troops to pursue Puyangye.

Another five days later, the letter from the envoy to the Kingdom of Lettuce had reached an agreement with the monarch of the Kingdom of Lettuce to attack the Kingdom of Yue, but the condition was that when the thieves from the Kingdom of Yu could be eliminated, they would help the Kingdom of Lettuce get rid of the invasion of the Kingdom of Yue.

The State of Lettuce attacked the State of Yue, and the State of Yue had to withdraw the army that helped Gao Zhan, and dragged it back to the State of Yue to resist the State of Lettuce.Gao Zhan lost the rear support and retreated steadily.

Five days later, Ku Tuo handed Duan Shiyu a secret report sent by Xiao Zhongling. The secret report mentioned that the Supreme Emperor was in poor health and seemed to live soon, and that the Supreme Emperor wanted to take advantage of Duan Shiyu's absence in the palace to re-establish a new emperor.Although this matter was suppressed by the Empress Dowager, there were still some courtiers in the court who were loyal to the Empress Dowager, so Xiao Zhong ordered Duan Shiyu to return to the palace immediately.

Duan Shiyu recalled that the Empress Dowager summoned him into the palace urgently, presumably this was the matter, but the Empress Dowager didn't say anything about it.

Duan Shiyu gritted his teeth angrily, and handed the secret report to Ji Qingyun and Zhang Ziwen.

After reading it, Ji Qingyun handed the secret report to Zhang Ziwen and said, "Your Majesty, do you know why some people still want to stand up?"

Duan Shiyu said: "Because of the father."

Ji Qingyun shook his head and said, "Not exactly."

Zhang Ziwen glanced at the secret report and said, "Your Majesty needs to arrange his own people."

Duan Shiyu said angrily: "The empress dowager has all the power! How can I get in?"

Ji Qingyun shook his head and asked, "What's your birth mother's name, Your Majesty?"

Duan Shiyu turned her head, looked at Ji Qingyun with bright eyes, and said, "Zhao."

Ji Qingyun smiled and said: "Your Majesty, how many people with the surname Zhao are officials in the court? I'm afraid even the members of Prime Minister Xiao's clan can't keep up."

Duan Shiyu knew that Ji Qingyun wanted him to arrange someone from his mother's side to be an official in the court, but in the future, his relatives would inevitably interfere with the court affairs, so he frowned, in a dilemma.

Ji Qingyun saw what troubled him, and said: "When His Majesty truly grasps the power, it will be too late if he wants to cut it."

Duan Shiyu said: "Where is the Empress Dowager?"

Zhang Ziwen said: "Now there are two empress dowagers. Empress Dowager Xiao has the support of the empress dowager and wants to establish a new emperor, but your majesty also knows what the empress dowager means. Now that empress dowager Zhao wants to win over her own people, how can the empress dowager not support it?" ?”

Duan Shiyu raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhang Ziwen.

Zhang Ziwen was expressionless and lowered his head.

Duan Shiyu wanted to catch Gao Zhan with his own hands, but he had to go back to the palace at this time. He walked up to Zhang Ziwen and said, "I'll go back to the palace first, Mr. Ziwen, wait for me."

Zhang Ziwen said respectfully, "Yes."

"Hmph." Duan Shiyu waved his hand and told Ku Tuo to go down and pack his things.

……

As Zhang Ziwen and Ji Qingyun expected.When Duan Shiyu returned to the palace, the Miaolang named "Er Yue" had been promoted by the Empress Dowager as Taishi.

During the days when Duan Shiyu was not in the palace, the ministers had no court discussions, and they often played at the Empress Dowager's Promise Palace.

When Duan Shiyu returned to the palace, the first thing he did was to resume court discussions.He sat behind the imperial case, looked at the courtiers kneeling in the hall, and did not speak for a long time.

The emperor did not speak, and the courtiers did not dare to speak.

Duan Shiyu scanned all the people, remembered their faces in his heart, and said slowly, "I heard that when I'm no longer in the palace, someone wants to plot rebellion!"

Duan Shiyu almost gritted his teeth and roared out the word "rebellion".

The courtiers still dare not make a sound.

Xiao Zhongling looked up at Duan Shiyu, walked to the seat, held the slip of paper, and said: "I have something to play."

"Well, say it."

Xiao Zhongling said: "It's only now that the King of Wu has committed a disturbance. Song Xuanli, the official censor, has already subdued the law, and many courtiers in the palace have something to do with it."

Duan Shiyu hooked the corner of his mouth and hummed.Xiao Zhongling raised his head and said: "Tingwei has already taken these people to question. Therefore, many official positions are vacant, and if the official positions are vacant, orders from superiors cannot be delivered in time. If they cannot be delivered in time, they cannot be completed in time."

Duan Shiyu pretended not to understand, and asked: "Then what does the prime minister mean?"

Xiao Zhongling held up his master's hand and said: "I have recommended a group of talents to Your Majesty, all of which are here."

Duan Shiyu said: "Bring it up."

Ku Tuo ran down and handed the play to Duan Shiyu.Duan Shiyu glanced at the list above, most of them were surnamed Zhao, he nodded and said, "Yes."

Right Prime Minister Darkin hurried out and said, "I also have a list here."

Duan Shiyu and Xiao Zhongling looked at each other, and said with a smile: "Oh... this matter always comes first, then Prime Minister You is a step late."

Darkin was neither humble nor overbearing, and a little arrogant, and said, "Why don't you take a look first, Your Majesty."

Duan Shiyu had no choice but to let Kutuo go down and bring up the memorial.He looked at the list presented by Zuo and smiled again.

He smiled, and the courtiers didn't know why, so they laughed too.

Duan Shiyu glanced at Dalkin, and slapped Xiang Yuan heavily, the courtier quickly shut up.

Duan Shiyu said: "Is this the list you drew up yourself?"

Darkin said: "Yes."

Duan Shiyu said: "No."

Darkin raised his head, looked at Duan Shiyu, and said: "There are talents selected by the Supreme Emperor in the list."

Duan Shiyu threw down the memorial and said: "So, go talk to the Empress Dowager and see if she agrees. If she agrees, I will agree. Let's disperse."

……

Empress Dowager Xiao threw the cup on the ground, with tears in her eyes, pointed at Xiao Zhongling, and cried, "Father, your surname is Xiao! Not Duan, nor Zhao! Why are you helping others!"

Xiao Zhongling looked sad, and said helplessly: "Daughter, daughter, don't you see the situation clearly? Even the empress dowager is facing the emperor!"

Empress Dowager Xiao shouted: "But the Supreme Emperor is still alive!"

Xiao Zhongling shook his head and sighed, and said: "If it was before, there was room for the Supreme Emperor to delegate power a long time ago, so how can he abolish this emperor now..." Xiao Zhongling felt something was wrong, he suddenly turned his head, looked at Empress Dowager Xiao, and asked: "Yes Aren't you playing tricks?"

Empress Dowager Xiao wiped away her tears, unwilling to say: "That seat shouldn't be his."

Xiao Zhongling was furious, and shouted: "Stupid daughter!!! Why are you so stupid!!"