Chapter 43 fourth quarter

Here they come! The emperor suddenly raised his head, and in the empty hall, the flames of red candles rustled, but he knew that it was not wind, but murderous aura. They are finally here! He clenched his fists subconsciously, held his breath, and stared at the front until a human shape gradually appeared there.This person was dressed as an eunuch, with only one skin on his face and no facial features. Sure enough, it was exactly the same as the one in "Xin Gong Shang Xian". No, it's still different.The Yin soldiers did not enter during the banquet held in the Linde Hall as said in "Xin Gong Shangxian", but directly broke into his sleeping hall.

The faceless eunuch approached the emperor step by step. "Who are you?" the emperor asked, "Are you Li Zhongyan?" The faceless eunuch ignored his question completely, and suddenly approached the emperor, and was face to face with him. The emperor was horrified to see a dagger appeared in the hand of the faceless eunuch—pure hook! "No!" he exclaimed in horror. Chun outlined a sharp flash of light, coming straight from the head.In desperation, the emperor did not know where the courage came from, and stretched out his hand to grab the wrist of the faceless eunuch holding the knife, and fought with him.

Pure action clattering to the ground! The emperor rushed forward, grabbed the faceless eunuch's throat with both hands, and exerted all his strength... "Big, everyone! Please forgive me..." Someone was screaming, the voice was intermittent. It's Tutu Chengcui!The emperor withdrew his hands abruptly, Tutu Chengcui breathed a sigh of relief, and Zi coughed desperately with his face flushed. "why you?" "It's me, everyone!" Tutu Chengcui panted, "Everyone summons this slave. As soon as I entered the hall, I saw everyone resting at their desks and didn't dare to disturb them. Who knew that everyone rushed over suddenly. Ouch, this slave almost Just..."

The emperor collapsed: "Oh... I had a nightmare," looking at Tutu Chengcui, "Are you alright?" "I'm fine, I'm fine." Tutu Chengcui straightened his robes, knelt down to the emperor again, and when he raised his head, there was a tear in his voice, "Everyone, what's wrong with you?" The emperor smiled wryly and shook his head: "It's nothing, I...just tired." Suddenly looking around nervously, "Where is Chungou? Where is Chungou?" "Here it is!" Tutu Chengcui picked up the dagger from the imperial case and held it in front of the emperor.

Only then did the emperor breathe a sigh of relief: "It's good to be here." He leaned on the imperial couch and closed his eyes, and stood beside him without daring to let out a breath of air, with a sad and fearful look on his face. After a long time, the emperor said softly: "I never expected that in the end it was Du Qiuniang who brought Chungou back to my side." "Yes." Tutu Chengcui replied cautiously, "I have brought Zheng Qiong'e out of Yehuluo as everyone ordered, and asked her to serve Du Qiuniang." "Yes. Du Qiuniang doesn't know anything about the rules in the palace. With Zheng Qiong'e by her side, I feel relieved."

The emperor opened his eyes and motioned for Tutu Chengcui to help him sit up. "How are you preparing for that?" he asked. Tutu Chengcui replied: "Most of the important ministers in the court have reached a consensus, and we are waiting for everyone to make up their minds." The emperor was silent. Tutu Chengcui probed: "Should we draw up the imperial edict first?" The emperor glanced at him: "No hurry." "yes." After a while, the emperor sneered: "I won't be promoted to immortal immediately, what are you busy with?" "Everyone!"

"Don't be afraid." The emperor said, "The hexagram '姤' of the second image in "Tui Bei Tu" has reached a consensus since Empress Zetian - Li Tang should not be a queen. I owe Guo, but The Guo family is too powerful, and I have to guard against it. The Tang Dynasty will never have another Wu Zetian! In the tenth year of Yuanhe, I made Heng'er the prince, which was a compromise. So in the eleventh year of Yuanhe, riding in "Xuanji" In the case of "Picture", I have already clearly told the Guo family that I will never stand up and let her die. I thought that there was still enough time to educate the prince and alienate him from the Guo family. Truthfully If you can’t do it, you can change the crown prince, but I don’t think about myself... I don’t have time to deal with the Guo family slowly. The crown prince must be changed, but it can only be done with one blow, otherwise King Li will have no way out. So this matter is more urgent , but the more you want to slow down, do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand." The emperor closed his eyes again, for a long time, he said leisurely: "In the past few days, I have been thinking about the past events in the first year of Yongzhen." Tu Tucheng Cui listened with bated breath, his expression becoming more and more sad. "From the time when I was conferred the crown prince to the first few months when Emperor Nei Chan and I ascended the throne, I still feel terrified when I think about it now, and I am terrified later. If there was any carelessness at that time, let alone the throne, I am afraid that I would be doomed forever." The emperor opened his eyes, looked at Tutu Chengcui and said, "Do you still remember? Those 'killing ambergris' at that time helped a lot."

"Of course I remember. It's just that who did those assassinations is still a mystery." The emperor nodded: "You said...would it have something to do with Yulongzi?" "Jade Dragon Son?" "That's right. Only now do we know that the late emperor had the Jade Dragon in his hands. The Jade Dragon could command all the sects in the world, and the assassinations from Chang'an to Luoyang to Chengdu must have been done by different assassins. But they were done in such an orderly manner, and they were all named Ambergris. So I suddenly thought these days, could these assassinations be done by people from the Taoist sect?"

"Everyone is saying that the first emperor ordered the Jade Dragon Son to send out assassins to kill Ambergris?" "What do you think?" Tutu Chengcui took a deep breath: "I think everyone is right!" "It's a pity, but now I don't have jade dragon seeds in my hands." After saying this, the emperor was silent for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly, he stood up and said, "Where is Chen Hongzhi? You go and call Chen Hongzhi, I want to take the pill." Tutu Chengcui was startled: "Everyone, now is not the time to take pills."

"I have a terrible headache! Call him!" Tu Tu Cheng Cui remained motionless. "what's wrong with you?" "Everyone!" Tutu Chengcui fell to his knees and said in a trembling voice, "Everyone, please don't take the pill anymore!" The emperor looked at him blankly. Tu Tucheng mourned and mourned: "Everyone, you have worked hard and worked hard day and night for the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years. Others may not know it, but I can see it all! I don't understand "Tui Bei Tu", I only know everyone There is nothing to blame for the people of the country! If there is no everyone, the Tang Dynasty will not be able to have the weather it is today, I am afraid it will be in danger long ago! I only heard that those who know the current affairs are outstanding, but everyone is going against the trend. Don't say anything about the instructions of the gods. In my view, the gods have no right to judge you! The Tang Dynasty cannot do without you! Everyone!" He became more and more angry, tears burst out of the corners of his eyes, and he simply "Boom, boom, boom" knocked his head. "Okay, I know your intentions." The emperor smiled strangely, "Pei Xuanjing came here before, and she said the same thing as you." Tutu Chengcui raised his head and stared straight at the emperor.There was already a bruise on his forehead, and he looked ridiculous and sad. "I originally thought that she came here to beg me to let her go out of the palace. Who would have thought that she actually expressed that she didn't want to go out of the palace, and even advised me not to take the golden pill." The emperor snorted coldly, "Hmph, if she asks to go out of the palace, she He's dead now! Pei Xuanjing is really smart, even beyond my imagination." Tutu Chengcui didn't understand the meaning of the emperor for a while, so he didn't dare to answer. "You can bring her back from Tai Chi Palace tomorrow. It's too shabby there, it seems that I treat people too harshly. From now on, let her live in Yuchen Temple." Tutu Chengcui replied hesitantly. "There is one more very important thing, I want to instruct you." The emperor suddenly lowered his voice, and Tu Tu Cheng Cui hurried forward. "After I become immortal..." After a pause, the emperor said, "You will kill Pei Xuanjing immediately, and you must do it yourself. Remember?" Tutu Chengcui shuddered, and hurriedly said: "Yes, I obey the order." "However, as long as I still have breath, no one is allowed to touch her."