Shu Blossoms

Chapter 577

Three days later, the princess' mansion lost a female guest, and Jiankang palace gained an unremarkable beauty.

All the families in Jiankang City have also heard that the emperor, who has been sick for a long time, has accepted a commoner woman. Does this mean that His Majesty's body is much healthier, or that His Majesty is really in a good mood today!

As for the reason for the joy of the Emperor's Sacred Heart, many well-informed gentry patriarchs thanked the guests behind closed doors, sighed and began to discuss how to deal with the coming storm.

Two days later at midnight, the messenger soldiers galloped into Beijing wearing mourning clothes. The messenger soldiers stopped in front of Xuanyang Gate. The guard was shocked when he learned that General Han was killed, but he was careful and stopped the messenger after thinking about it. The soldier persuaded: "Brother, don't enter the city if you dress like this. If you trust me, I will send you in personally!"

The messenger soldier hesitated a little, and thanked with clasped fists, "General Yang, this letter is urgent, and I trust you!"

General Yang Shou let people take the messenger soldiers to take a rest, and he solemnly put the letter in his arms, walked through the palace gates, and headed for Xianyang Palace.

He waited outside the gate of Xianyang Palace for a long time. The cold winter wind blew through his body and chilled his heart. Only then did the servant come out to reply, "Today His Majesty is resting in the harem. It's too cold, General Yang, come in and warm up!"

Yang Shoujiang knew that the little servant was talking about the corner where the eunuchs rested, remote but able to escape the cold.

He was a little moved, but he thought that it was too remote to see His Majesty in the first place, and he might miss it.He touched his chest to take the letter that seemed to be hot, shook his head and refused: "Thanks to the inner prisoner, I will wait here, the military situation is urgent, if there is any delay, the general will not be able to afford it!"

Hearing the words, the little inner supervisor stopped persuading, turned around and left.

Yang Shoujiang waited until a rosy glow appeared in the sky, his teeth were trembling, and he looked around in a daze. Suddenly, not far away, he walked slowly from the end of the road, and he hurried to greet him excitedly. He went up, but when he lifted his feet, he fell to the ground. He had stood there all night, his feet were numb and stiff from the cold, and he couldn't walk at all.

He got up in embarrassment, and managed to slow down. At this time, Yu Tuo also stopped not far in front of him, with the same majestic yet gentle voice, "Yang Qing, I slept too deeply last night. Wake up." I just heard that you have an urgent report. But after waiting all night, it must have been frozen, so hurry up and warm Yang Qing with a bowl of hot soup."

What Yang Shoujiang was about to say was blocked again, so he had to follow Emperor Zhou into the Xianyang Palace. He was really anxious. Before Emperor Zhou could sit still, he immediately knelt down and took out the letter with blood on it. Said: "Your Majesty, General Han encountered an accident on his way to the northern border and was killed!"

When Emperor Zhou heard the bad news, his body seemed to be shaking uncontrollably. Gao Han hurriedly helped him to sit down, and said in a deep voice: "My condolences, Your Majesty, your body is important!"

"What happened? Report it quickly!" Emperor Zhou asked with a suppressed voice.

Gao Han quickly took the letter from Yang Shoujiang and presented it to Emperor Zhou.

Emperor Zhou looked at the bloodstains on the letter for a long time, with deep eyes, Gao Han reminded him "Your Majesty", and then he took out the letter and read it carefully.

For a moment, Yang Shoujiang, who was kneeling down, heard Emperor Zhou's chilling voice of hatred: "Tuoba Yu harmed my great Zhou Zhushi, and I will never die with you!"

Yang Shoujiang lowered his head and felt that these words sounded a bit strange, but he couldn't put them into words. He just thought that His Majesty was overwhelmed by the death of General Han and hated Wei very much.

Apart from these, Emperor Zhou didn't say anything for a long time, and only asked Yang Shoujiang to go back to rest, but when he walked to the entrance of the main hall, Emperor Zhou's hollow voice suddenly came from the empty hall, "Why is Yang Qing here to deliver the letter, send the letter back?" Where is your messenger?"

General Yang Shou was about to open his lips, but he didn't know what he thought of, and he retracted the words that came to his lips. He turned around and replied respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty, the messenger soldier must have been traveling all night and was seriously injured. When I arrived at Xuanyang Gate, I handed the letter to the general and passed out after saying a word. The minister knew that the matter was urgent, so he could only resign without permission, Your Majesty, forgive me!"

"Follow the matter urgently. What is wrong with Yang Qing? If the messenger soldier is still alive, let him come and give me a message. I want to ask about the events of that day!" Emperor Zhou's voice was sad and weak, and Yang The guard's heart skipped a beat when he heard it, but he didn't dare to show any strangeness, and still replied respectfully: "I obey."

When they left, Emperor Zhou looked at the blood-stained letter on the table, muttering to himself and saying to Gao Han: "Except for one thing on my mind, I thought I could sleep peacefully, but why do I feel that there is nothing in my heart?" On the contrary, it’s empty chatter!”

Gao Han didn't know how to reply, so he had to pick up Emperor Zhou's concern and said, "Your Majesty, the Great Wei is so bullying. Now that the Great General has been killed, with the evil intentions of Emperor Wei, I don't think we will let this opportunity go, shall we? Take precautions one or two."

"What you said is that the hatred of General Han can't be forgotten like this." Emperor Zhou muttered to himself, then rubbed his brows and got up, "You go to the previous court to send a message. General Han was killed. I can't help but stop court In three days, if it is not an urgent matter, Shang Shutai will take care of the matter in the middle of the court, and report it to me when it is urgent!"

Gao Han waited on Emperor Zhou to rest for a while, and then hurried forward to pass the decree.

General Yang looked back at the servant who had come with the holy order, and returned to Xuanyangmen worriedly. When he heard that the messenger soldiers had only rested for two hours, he hurried back without waiting for a reply. , He couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and scolded his subordinates, "Why don't you keep him, Your Majesty still wants to ask questions!" Then he turned around and apologized to the little servant: "I'm really sorry, let the eunuch come for nothing."

The little eunuch was also a little scared, "It's okay for Nubai to go, but how should I go back and report to His Majesty? What should I do if Your Majesty is angry?"

Yang Shoujiang pondered: "It's all my fault that my subordinates are not doing their job well, otherwise, I will accompany the servant for another trip!"

The little servant had no choice but to follow General Yang's advice, and the two of them went back to Xianyang Palace, just in time to hear that His Majesty had heard the news of the general's death, so he spit out a mouthful of heartache, he was in the process of raising a general, and couldn't manage.

General Yang checked Gao Han's message and went back to Xuanyang Gate to be on duty, but Emperor Zhou, who had slept in Xianyang Palace, suddenly opened his eyes and asked Gao Han, "Is King Ling back?"

Gao Han thought for a while and said: "If King Ling returns to the capital, he will return to the palace, but he has not entered the palace yet, so he hasn't returned to Beijing yet!"

Emperor Zhou nodded and sent Gao Han out, "Send someone to the Mansion of the King of Mausoleum to inquire, and the King of Mausoleum will let him enter the palace as soon as he returns to the mansion. I have something to ask."

After Gao Han left, Emperor Zhou looked towards the dark place, where a figure walked out, and after careful inspection, he knew that it was the man in black who had appeared before.

"Why are you late? The matter is done?" Emperor Zhou asked in a deep voice.

The voice of the man in black replied was a bit vain, presumably he was seriously injured, "It's half done!"

"What's going on?" Emperor Zhou's tone was a little displeased.

"Our manpower is limited. Only the great general is dead. That great Wei man was prepared. We were almost ambushed. Many people died, and we had to go around a lot before we could come back!" The man in black seemed to seldom say this in one breath Too much talk, it's a bit awkward!

(End of this chapter)