The sleeping hall is filled with a strong smell of medicine, soaked in the smell for too long, the bitter smell seems to have seeped into the cracks in the wood, it seems that there is no way to get rid of this except for demolishing the whole palace Deep-rooted herbal smell.

Under the strong smell of medicine, the father and son who were lying and kneeling on the dragon bed looked hazy, as if separated by a layer of veil. Da Qi's future fate was also shrouded in a layer of mist, and his future was uncertain.

The prince knelt by the bed and called softly: "Father, Father!"

The emperor narrowly escaped his life from the hands of demons and monsters. After breaking away from the thick black, he slowly opened his eyes, and saw a vague figure kneeling in front of the window. His heart skipped a beat, thinking it was another monster , hurriedly dodged back, but there was no way to avoid it on the bed, so I could only close my eyes, tilt my head sideways, and shouted weakly: "Don't, don't come here."

"Father, Father, I'm a minister!" the prince shouted hastily.

The emperor squinted his eyes, and the fog in front of him gradually dissipated, and he gradually saw that the black figure beside the bed was the prince, his most trusted son, "Prince."

The emperor's cloudy eyes were moist, and the emotion in his heart was indescribable for being able to come back to see his son.

"Father, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?" the prince asked in a low voice.

The emperor shook his head, stretched out his hand to signal the prince to grab it, the prince did as he did, and stretched out his hand to hold the emperor's withered palm.The emperor looked at the prince with reluctance and said: "Father can't eat now, Saburo, you have to be strong without your father by your side in the future, learn to be independent, and learn to be decisive. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask Hua Jinyuan, Ask you, Uncle Min, and the other assistant ministers, do you understand?"

"Father, don't say that." The prince choked up and said: "Father will live to be a hundred years old. My son has just got married and has not yet given birth to your grandson. Father will watch the grandson be born and grow up. And the son ... The son can't do it, he can't be independent, the son still has a lot to learn, and he can't do a lot of political affairs."

"Confused, father can't help you for the rest of your life, cough cough cough."

"Father, father, the son really can't take on the big responsibility, so the father will be fine, he will be fine." The prince dare not face the wind and rain with his only son. When the emperor was here, he couldn't cope with the endless government affairs. The emperor is gone. , he really has nothing to do.

"You bastard, you..."

"Father, in fact, the second brother is capable of both civil and military affairs, and is proficient in government affairs. He is worthy of a great responsibility." The crown prince flinched. He felt that Qi Chengqian was more suitable for the throne than himself.

"No." The emperor said firmly: "After you ascend the throne, you have to do three things. First, kill Qi Chengqian; second, get rid of the Lou family; middle."

"No, father, that's not okay. That's the emperor's brother, it's the grandfather's house, and the queen mother doesn't like the scenery of the palace. Sending her to the palace will make her lonely." The prince shook his head quickly.

Relying on his own will to survive, the emperor barely broke free from the darkness and came back to life. Now that he heard what the crown prince said, he almost turned his back, "Zhuzi, Qi Chengqian is better at winning people's hearts than you. He has a lot of plans. If you don't kill him, he will die." It will shake your throne; the Lou family is so powerful that they refuse to hand over the military power, and they must be eliminated; your mother is strong, and you listen to your mother's words, and you will definitely be influenced by her after registration."

"No, no." The prince cried and shook his head, kneeling and backing away again and again, "Father, it's impossible, my son can't do it."

"Ahem, you..." The emperor was out of breath, and he couldn't breathe, and passed out again.

"Father, what's the matter with you? Come, come, come!"

In the silent dawn, there came a heavy and dull bell, one, two, three, nine in total!

Lou Yinan and Qi Chengqian didn't sleep well tonight, they always felt that something big was going to happen, but at dawn they really heard the sound of the death knell coming from the palace.

The bell has stopped, but the sound is still vibrating in the ear, disdainful for a long time.After being silent for a while, Qi Chengqian said: "Get up, you are going to enter the palace."

"Okay." Lou Yinan stood up first, shivering from the cold even though the house was burning with the heat of the floor, went to the window and opened a small slit to look outside, and the heavy snow like goose feathers fell down, covering the sky and the sun . "It's snowing outside, Agan, wear more clothes."

"It's snowing, it's snowing today." Qi Chengqian got up with all his clothes on, and went to Lou Yinan's side to look out, "The road is not easy to walk with such heavy snow."

"Take a pair of thick-soled felt shoes so you don't slip."

"Well, I'll pay attention."

There was heavy snowfall, and it lasted for six or seven days. Judging by the momentum of the falling snow, it is estimated that there will be more snowfall. The entire capital city was shrouded in snow, adding a sense of sadness and uncertainty about the future to Da Qiping who lost the emperor.Standing on the tall city tower, the crown prince and Prince Min were covered with a thin layer of snow in a short while. They watched a motorcade going away, and they did not leave even though the crown prince could not be seen.

Standing for a long time, his hands and feet became cold, Prince Min touched his frozen fingers, "Your Majesty releasing Prince Ning is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain, so he should stay in the capital forever to avoid future troubles."

The emperor, that is, the newly enthroned prince frowned. He had heard this kind of words a lot recently. The queen mother said the same, the father-in-law Hua also said the same, and now the prince Min said the same. Why did he do this?Blood is thicker than water, that's his elder brother. There is a folk saying that a brother is still connected to a broken bone. If he encounters any trouble in the future, Brother Huang will definitely be the first to help. He firmly believes that Brother Huang is not The person they said coveted the throne. "Shut up, don't say such things in the future, Brother Huang won't do anything to offend me."

Prince Min sneered in his heart, looking at the white sky with distant eyes, he didn't know what he was thinking. "It's time for His Majesty to change his mind."

The prince was silent, with a deep sadness on his face, his father was gone, his brothers were divided, his family left the capital, and all the political affairs swarmed him, but he was not prepared at all, even the one who claimed to use Not used to it either.

After all, the prince is still the prince, a piece of mud that can't support the wall, even if the emperor ordered him to get rid of Qi Chengqian, he didn't do so, and of course he didn't do it to the Lou family.In this world, Prince Min's father and son didn't act in time, they made things difficult, and the emperor died early. The crown prince, Gu Nianlou's family, had made great efforts and wanted to keep Lou Zhenshan in the capital, but Lou Zhenshan said that border issues were important. Go to the northwest as soon as possible to quell the war.

The crown prince was reluctant in every possible way, but he still watched Lou Zhenshan settle everything in the mansion at a very fast speed, and took the whole family to Xinggu County. It is also a rare auspicious day.

As for the empress, she is kind to her half-brother and her maternal ancestral family, not to mention her own mother, and even obeys the advice of Lou, who is already the Empress Dowager.

"If you move faster, you'll have everything you need." Lou Yinan and the Lou family's convoy walked five miles away, bid farewell to their parents and family after leaving the capital, and ordered people to pack up their things to meet Qi Chengqian immediately. And the Loujia convoy continued on its way, and had to arrive at Zhuangzi in Tongzhou before dark, and then continue to set off after a day of correction.

The fiefdom that the new emperor gave to Qi Chengqian is in the Rongcheng area, which is the most remote and remote place in Qi. The largest provincial city, Rongcheng, is not as prosperous as a small town on the outskirts of the capital. For the fief.Even if the current emperor didn't obey his father's words and kill Qi Chengqian, he still took a little extra precaution and sent him to a place of bitter cold. Of course, the empress dowager also played a vital role in this matter, otherwise The emperor's mind could not think of such a way.

"Understood, young master. Hurry up, everyone, have you packed everything?" Shi Mo shouted loudly against the cold wind.

"It's ready." Others responded one after another.

Lou Zhenshan and his wife knew that Qi Chengqian and Lou Yinan were going to remote places like Rongcheng, so they packed a bunch of things and asked Lou Yinan to take them there, if it was not convenient in the capital, let Lou Yinan take them now.

The wind was heavy and the snow was heavy, and the carriage couldn't go fast at all. Lou Yinan was impatient, so he ordered a few people to go first, and left the steady Mo Mo to guard the convoy to meet later.

In fact, Rongcheng is not far from Xinggu County, that is, two to three hundred miles away, and it takes only three or four days to arrive.Rongcheng is the place where the ancestors of the Qi family made their fortunes. This ancestor dates back to the Great Qi Dynasty, and is the most distant ancestor of the Qi family.The founding emperor of the Great Qi State was a branch of the Qi family of the Great Qi Dynasty, and the bloodline of the Qi family in Rongcheng was much farther away. It was already beyond the five clothes, but he could not write two characters of Qi in one stroke. The Qi family in Rongcheng said In the end, he was still the ancestor of the royal family of the Great Qi Kingdom.

It's just that this ancestor was far away after all, and Rongcheng has long since changed from what it used to be, and has become miserable.Moreover, it borders Xia Kingdom, which is a frontier land. Although the water and soil are good and there are many treasures, but Xia Kingdom is strong, no one rushes to the mountains and forests to collect mountain treasures. !But there are many unruly people in the backcountry, and the people in Rongcheng are aggressive, so it is very difficult to manage, not to mention the magistrates there, even the prince doesn't give face.

Braving the wind and snow, Lou Yinan hurried on his way, and when he arrived at the place agreed with Qi Chengqian, it was already midnight, it was already late, and the lights of the post station could be seen from a distance like a little fluorescent light, extremely dim.

As soon as I arrived at the post station, I saw Bao Youfu wrapped in a heavy cloak coming out of the station after reading out the decree. When he met Lou Yinan, he just smiled and said, "Lieutenant Lou is leaving here too, let's go to the post station quickly." Rest. It’s cold, it’s cold today, Ah Xie, our family has to go to report, so let’s go first, this damn weather, it’s freezing to death.” Bao Youfu rushed back with people cursing, if there were more After several such errands, his life will be on the road.

Lou Yinan frowned deeply, entered the posthouse and asked where Qi Chengqian lived, and then hurriedly pushed the door in. There was a burst of heat inside, and it was very comfortable.Sighing comfortably, "It's freezing outside, it's killing people, why don't we rest here for a few days and wait for the snow to lighten up before we go on our way?"

Qi Chengqian put down the book in his hand, and waved his hand to ask Qiushuang and his servants, Lou Yinan, to take off their heavy clothes, put on the toasted home clothes, and take a sip of warm almond tea, Lou Yinan felt alive , It's really too cold outside.

Qi Chengqian waited for Lou Yinan to change his clothes before he took out the imperial decree, "Your idea seems to be in vain, some people don't want us to leave after the snow stops."

Lou Yinan opened his eyes and frowned, "It's absurd to limit us to Rongcheng within one month." Lou Yinan was more concerned about Qi Chengqian's body, which was already as heavy as July. Yes, it's definitely not possible to hurry this way.

It will take at least one and a half months to go to Rongcheng. Now the weather is cold, the wind is heavy and the snow is strong, and it may not be possible to arrive in two months.To get to Rongcheng in one month, you have to travel day and night and work hard.

"This is the emperor's order, and the emperor's order is hard to disobey." Qi Chengqian smiled coldly, "Just as he said, we will speed up our journey after tomorrow and arrive at Rongcheng as soon as possible."

"But your body..." Lou Yinan said worriedly.

Qi Chengqian rubbed his belly, "It's okay, I'll be fine with Rong Yi by my side." If he wanted to do big things, his current body is not suitable, at least he should take the child out of his stomach before discussing big things.

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