My lord, wake up

There were hundreds of words scattered on the letter paper, Zhuo Ying knew every word when he took it out alone, it was undoubtedly written by the Holy Majesty, but the combination made him feel strange.

The Holy Majesty wrote three things in the letter; first, he got the news that Chen Si and Ning Yuan, the commander of the Guanwei Army responsible for guarding the city of Luan, have already been reorganizing their troops and will soon invade the imperial city. It will be a tough battle for the Jinwei army in the imperial city.

Second, Xing Chenxiu revealed his identity at this time, just as he wanted.The Wei family has been loyal to the country for several generations, and the Zhenbei army is brave and good at fighting, and it is currently the largest army in Ran Ying. If the imperial city is breached, as the emperor, he will not be able to survive.At that time, he hoped that Xing Chen would practice the Tiger Talisman and lead the Zhenbei Army back to the city, strangle the rebels and inherit the throne.

Third, he forced Zhuo Ying to leave the imperial city to deliver the letter for him. After his death, whether it is good to let Zhuo Ying go out of the palace to live away from the imperial city, or let the other party continue to serve as the commander of the shadow guard, he only asks Xing Chenxiu to replace him. She is well protected.

A burst of dizziness hit, Zhuo Ying supported the desks at the side, tried to stabilize his figure, opened his red eyes after a long while, did not answer Xing Chenxiu's question, but knelt down again and said: "I beg the prince to bring the soldiers back immediately." Luancheng, if the sage... I beg the prince to deal with his subordinates according to the laws of the country."

According to the national law, if the leader of the shadow guard fails to protect the monarch, he will be quartered by five horses, and his body will not be buried, but must be exposed to the hunting grounds to be eaten by wild animals.

"Master Zhuo get up first, it's not the time to say this yet. Besides, I think you understand better than anyone else why the Holy Majesty wants to protect you."

If it were a year ago, Xing Chenxiu might not be able to understand why Xing Chenmu let Zhuo Ying leave at this time, but now that he and Wei Yan are in the same mind, when he thinks back to the things he saw between the two in the past, it has already changed. Can feel the deep feeling.

He forced himself to calm down quickly, and said to Wei Yan who had also read the contents of the letter clearly: "A Yan, you go to reorganize the army immediately, and leave [-] soldiers and horses for Li Tu and Lu Yishui to guard the border. Together with me, lead the battle." All the other soldiers, set off immediately and return to Luang City."

"Okay." Wei Yan also knew that the situation was urgent, and immediately turned and left after hearing this.

Xing Chenxiu looked at Wei Yan's back in a daze. When the Holy Majesty sent him to this border, he had guessed the other party's plan and conceived of various possibilities, but he did not expect that the Holy Majesty did this to make this The soldiers and horses were left to him.

Apart from Zhenbei Army, gaining Wei Yan's trust is equivalent to gaining the support of his father Wei Lin and even Li Tu's father Li Shunjiang at the same time. As long as he kills the rebels, he can ascend the throne smoothly.

Suddenly remembered something, Xing Chenxiu turned his head and asked: "Where is the Queen Mother? Can you still stay in the palace?" @无限好文，全在晋江文学城

"No, the Empress Dowager went out of the palace to pray for blessings at the Shangqing Temple, and the Holy Majesty sent General Wei to lead the troops to escort her." Zhuo Ying bit her lip, hating herself for being stupid, hating herself for not being able to see through the Holy Majesty's intention earlier, and even being agitated by those few words Take the initiative to leave the imperial city.

Xing Chenxiu also immediately understood when he heard the words, counting the days, it is indeed the time when the Queen Mother goes out of the palace to pray for blessings every year, and letting Wei Lin escort him is precisely to protect Wei Lin, so that Wei Lin can be used by him in the future.

Since last year, a large number of Luancheng soldiers have been mobilized to support the border, and tiger charms and tokens have been handed over to him to reveal his identity in the army. Wei Lin was sent to leave Luancheng to escort the Queen Mother. Every step is actually to lure Chen Si to send troops.

At the same time, Xing Chenmu sent all the people he wanted to protect out of the game, but he was the only one left in the game.

Before the chess game started, Xing Chenmu had already prepared for the worst, knowing that once it started, he might not be able to get out of his body, but he did it anyway, because it was the fastest and most direct way to get rid of all the chaos in one fell swoop. The party, the method of purging the ruling and opposition parties.

Maybe there is another purpose, he wants to use this method to return the throne to Xing Chenxiu...

Xing Chenxiu closed his eyes, and that day more than ten years ago appeared in his mind.

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It was the sixth year of Fulu, and the eldest prince Xing Chenxiu had just turned ten years old.

Just after noon, there was a sudden rush of footsteps outside Zhu Jin's palace. Xing Chenxiu was resting on the soft bed due to the recent wind and cold. When did even a servant disappear.

His biological mother, Empress Chen, died of illness two years ago. The emperor was busy with government affairs and rarely cared about the affairs of the harem. The nanny also returned to her hometown to take care of her life because of her health a few years ago. In this huge palace, the people who really care about him have long been Very few.

The maids and eunuchs in Zhu Jin's palace were gradually bought by the masters of other palaces, and they delivered letters diligently on weekdays, but when he really fell ill, he was nowhere to be seen. Not much decent.

There was no mother's family to rely on in the palace, and the emperor was not in a hurry to establish a prince, so these palace people became more and more unscrupulous.

Xing Chenxiu was already accustomed to this, and was about to get up to check the situation, but at this moment the wooden door was pushed open from the outside.

A group of small figures scrambled and rushed into the house. After falling down, they quickly got up and closed the door, and hurried to the front of the collapse, "Brother, no...it's not good!"

Seeing that it was Xing Chenmu, Xing Chenxiu had a softer look in his eyes, he squatted down and patted the dust on his clothes: "What happened, don't worry, just speak slowly."

"You can't be slow, it's too late. Concubine Ning said that she would come to visit you, but I heard with my own ears that she said that the medicine she gave you was poisoned, and now she is bringing that medicine to this side with Concubine Li. !"

It turned out that half an hour ago, Xing Chenmu was flying a kite on the courtyard path where the noble concubine lived in the harem, and the kite accidentally fell into a bush. When he pushed aside the maid beside him and squeezed into the bush to pick up the kite, he happened to hear Concubine Ning's conversation with her personal maid on the other side of the bush.

The main idea is to take advantage of the opportunity of Xing Chenxiu's illness to get rid of him, and then put the blame on Concubine Li who is not favored in the palace.

Once Xing Chenxiu is not around, the second prince born to Concubine Ning will be the eldest. If the emperor compromises with the Queen Mother and makes Concubine Ning the queen, it will be logical for the second prince to ascend to the throne.Even if the emperor does not stand up for a while, there are ministers in the court to support, and the empress dowager and concubine Ning are in the ear of the harem, this prince should be among the second and third princes.

The abacus was really good, Xing Chenxiu sneered after hearing it, and before he had time to say more, footsteps came from outside again.

He immediately lowered his voice and said to Xing Chenmu: "Mu'er, you hide under the soft couch first, don't come out no matter what you see or hear, wait until I call you, understand?"

"it is good!"

Xing Chenmu crawled into the bottom of the couch nimbly, and just hid, the door was pushed open again without warning.

Xing Chenxiu moved slightly to block the people under the couch, and saluted concubine Ning and Concubine Li, why are you two here at this time?"

"My palace heard that the eldest prince was ill, so I came to see it with my concubine Li's sister, but this servant of Zhu Jin palace is too unruly, and I didn't see anyone all the way." Concubine Ning said. Pausing here, she said to the two maids behind her: "Shui'er, Yue'er, you can take care of the First Prince here for the time being, and return to Ningxi Palace after the First Prince recovers."

"Yes, ma'am."

Xing Chenxiu lowered his eyes, "Concubine Xie Ning is considerate."

Concubine Ning nodded in satisfaction, and turned to let the servants bring up the tray, "This is the medicine that I specially asked someone to go to the Imperial Hospital to cook for the eldest prince. It is specially designed to treat wind and cold, so drink it while it's hot."

Just as he was talking, the third prince's nanny ran in in a panic, "Your Majesty, the third prince fell down in the garden, go and have a look."

Concubine Ning immediately showed a distressed look, Xing Chenxiu cooperated and said: "The third brother fell, Concubine Ning, please go, it doesn't matter to me, besides, is there still Concubine Li?"

These words reached Concubine Ning's heart, and Concubine Ning was proud of herself, feeling that everything was under her control, and she left with the nanny after a few polite words.

When Concubine Ning left, the First Prince was still fine, so even if something happened afterwards, it would not be blamed on her.

She was proud of her plan in her heart, but unfortunately she didn't know that Xing Chenxiu had worshiped Doctor Hua as his teacher long ago, not only had he been familiar with medical books for several years, but he also knew all kinds of poisons very well.

Xing Chenxiu took the bowl of medicine and smelled it, and he knew it in his heart, it took a few days for the poison of "Hongluan San" to go out after taking it, and the symptoms at first were like wind-cold.He will have fever and cough first, and after about two days, he will have difficulty breathing until he dies.

It's not a poison that can block the throat with blood, but because the toxicity is not obvious in the early stage, it is easy to be misdiagnosed and miss the best time to detoxify. When it starts to have difficulty breathing, the toxicity has already spread to the whole body, and there is no way to recover.

Xing Chenxiu put the bowl back on the tray: "I've always been afraid of bitterness. I'll take a candied fruit before taking the medicine. The bitter taste in my mouth will go away in a while."

Concubine Li didn't know that this medicine was different, so she said after hearing the words: "Good medicine tastes bitter, and the eldest prince is just right with candied fruit."

Xing Chenxiu walked to the low cabinet at the side, squatted down and took out a white porcelain bottle from the innermost part by taking the candied fruit, poured a medicine in his hand, thought for a while and pinched half of it secretly, and then covered the candied fruit on the On top of that, she got up and walked back to Concubine Li.

He drank the bowl of medicine in front of everyone, took the candied fruit and the hidden antidote, and said he was sleepy after a while. Concubine Li took her maid and left, leaving Shui'er and Yue'er in the room to serve her. with.

Sure enough, after a few hours, Xing Chenxiu started to have a fever. He said hoarsely to the two people who had been standing beside the couch: "I feel a little uncomfortable, please go to the imperial hospital and invite Physician Hua to come for me."

The two maids are Concubine Ning's confidantes, upon hearing this, they just took it as a matter of course, Shui'er went to invite the imperial physician, Yue'er found an excuse and left to report to Concubine Ning.

When both of them were far away, Xing Chenxiu said, "Mu'er, come."

When Xing Chenmu climbed out of the bed, his face was already covered with tears. He didn't understand why his brother couldn't escape even though he had discovered Concubine Ning's plot in time.

Seeing this, Xing Chenxiu sighed slightly, and wiped off the water stains on his face with a handkerchief. The fourth younger brother has turned seven years old this year. Because his mother and concubine Shu have no desire to compete for favor, he was not exposed to too many harem battles. In the past, I had my own protection, so it is rare to still have a child's heart.

"Does Mu'er want to be emperor?"

Xing Chenmu always respected this elder brother the most, he raised his head in horror when he heard the question, his little head shook like a rattle.

Xing Chenxiu just smiled, got off the soft couch, picked up a pen and quickly wrote a letter and handed it to him: "Bring this letter to Concubine Shu for me."

"Mu'er, remember, in this palace, troubles cannot be avoided. Only by truly sitting in that position and becoming a strong man can you protect the person you want to protect."

"If I become a strong man, can my elder brother recover my health?"

"That's natural. I'm fine. It's just a plan to follow Concubine Ning's wishes. If you gain power one day, I will definitely not need to do this anymore."

The little Xing Chenmu nodded with a vague understanding: "Okay, then I will be the emperor, so that no one can bully the elder brother and the concubine mother."

The author has something to say:

The prince is now thinking, when my younger brother was still a bun, he was so easy to deceive

Now it's not cute at all

(There is still a little more to recall in the next chapter, and I will return to the palace after the end~)