Jinghong Tower

The reason why King Jin retreated was that he was injured.

King Jin was attacked on the way to Pingshan Guard. Four assassins were assassinated, two of them escaped and the other two committed suicide on the spot.

"The assassin was masked, and the gender of the two who escaped was unknown, but the ones who committed suicide were all women!"

Xiaoli's face was filled with excitement.

He Ran and Li Jinxiu exchanged glances. They both thought of the same thing, that is, those cases in recent years were all female assassins. Even the original owner who pretended to assassinate King Jin but actually assassinated Princess Jin was also a female assassin. .

Li Jinxiu scolded: "Zuo Xiaoai, that bastard, must have known by now that I am so courageous that I would not dare to send someone to assassinate the King of Jin without the order of the boss!"

Just because she had been an assassin, Zuo Xiaoai suspected that she was the mastermind behind these female assassins, and even sent Xi Zuo to the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion. If she hadn't crawled out of the same trench, Li Jinxiu would have killed Zhending long ago. , tore Zuo Xiaoai into pieces.

He Ran asked Xiaoli: "Where did this news come from?"

It was definitely not news sent by Pigeon. She was definitely the first to know about Pigeon's news. Only when she was lazy would she let Xiaoli read it to her.

"Battle report, eight hundred miles of urgent battle report, the person who delivered the battle report shouted to the city, I'm afraid everyone in the capital knows about it." Xiaoli heard what the guests downstairs said.

Li Jinxiu thought of what He Ran said, "The third and fourth children are not Zhou Chi's flesh and blood." However, He Ran didn't say anything more and only said half of the words, as if there were ten thousand little paws scratching an itch. The more itchy.

But Li Jinxiu was so upset that when he heard the news about King Jin, he sneered.

He Ran said to Li Jinxiu: "Don't get excited yet. Let me ask you, if you were leading the troops and were suddenly attacked and you were seriously injured, what would you do?"

Li Jinxiu was startled: "The top priority is, of course, to suppress the matter of my injury first, so as not to shake the morale of the army. Huh? Is this a lie?"

He Ran raised his eyebrows: "I don't know if it's fake or not, but I don't believe it anyway."

He Ran didn't believe it, but the emperor did.

He was overjoyed. Even God was helping me!
  Therefore, I am the right one, the beloved of God!

"Take advantage of this opportunity to send envoys to negotiate peace. Do you think it's okay for you?"

Several pavilion elders looked at each other, didn't they take advantage of your illness to kill you? How do you think that when the enemy retreats, you rush to catch up and negotiate?

Guo Shoufu took a step forward: "Your Majesty, we have a large army in front of us and reinforcements behind us. Although the King of Jin is approaching fiercely, he is struggling. At this time, it is reported that he is seriously injured. In my humble opinion, it is not yet true whether this news is true. Awaiting verification.”

The emperor was stunned: "Isn't this the news from the front? Besides, the Jin army has indeed retreated."

Guo Shoufu continued: "The news from the front is true, and the Jin army's retreat is also true, but who can say that this will not be false news released by the King of Jin. Besides, the retreat may be just his strategy to lure the enemy. .”

The emperor returned to the harem angrily, and the young chamberlain came to inform him. The empress dowager asked him to go to Cining Palace as soon as possible.

The emperor had no choice but to go to Cining Palace. The Empress Dowager looked displeased: "You actually believed in the treacherous plot of the rebellious ministers and thieves, and you actually want to send someone to negotiate for peace? You are getting more and more stupid!"

Hearing the word "stupid", the emperor felt like five thunderbolts struck his head. Before, the Empress Dowager's attitude towards him was that she hated iron, but now she directly called him stupid.

He is the emperor!

He is the lord of the world!

The emperor didn't know how he got out of Cining Palace. He didn't go back to the palace, but walked to the Imperial Garden. Yuan Xiaodong, the junior chamberlain, is the godson of the eunuch Yuan Ying and now follows the emperor everywhere.

The emperor saw Yuan Xiaodong following behind him and waved: "Come here."

Yuan Xiaodong walked carefully to the emperor with small steps. The emperor asked: "Can you swim?"

Yuan Xiaodong smiled and said, "I don't know how."

The emperor pointed to Jinbo Lake in front: "Jump down!"

Yuan Xiaodong was stunned, clenched his fists, took a deep breath, ran a few steps quickly, and jumped down with a thud.

The emperor stood on the shore, looked at Yuan Xiaodong struggling in the water, laughed so hard that he bent over.

Yuan Ying came over after hearing the news and saw a group of servants standing by the lake. The emperor was still laughing, but Yuan Xiaodong saw that he had no strength to struggle anymore. Yuan Ying stamped his feet anxiously and shouted at the servants: "What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and save people?"

The servants looked at the emperor who was still laughing, and then at Yuanying. Some people went to get bamboo poles, and some tried to jump off. After a while, Yuan Xiaodong was rescued, and he was already dead.

Looking at the servants who were still patting Yuan Xiaodong's body, the emperor suddenly felt very boring. The group of dog slaves in front of him were boring, the old men in the court who could just be his grandfather were boring, and his role as emperor was boring.

He said one thing, and these old men had ten sentences waiting for him, and when he returned to the harem, there were also reprimands from the Empress Dowager.

He has been pro-government for a long time, but this pro-government is like a joke. He is pro-government but cannot give orders in the court. What kind of pro-government is this?
  Besides making the little chambermaid jump into the lake, what else can he do?
  The emperor did not allow the servants to follow him, so he walked towards a corner of the palace alone. This was his former residence. After the death of his mother and concubine, he lived here alone.

The emperor knocked on the door, and an old chamberlain opened the courtyard door. When he saw the emperor, he quickly knelt down on the ground.

The emperor raised his legs and walked in. He had not been here for three years. The place was dilapidated compared to before, and the flowers and grass in the yard were wilting and lifeless.

The emperor walked to the ginkgo tree on the west side of the courtyard. He knelt down and said softly: "Sister Shen, I'm sorry."

It turns out that being the emperor is so meaningless, and it turns out that being the emperor cannot make him happy. If he had known this, he would not have told the imperial grandmother that Sister Shen was pregnant.

That way Sister Shen can still chat with him and tell him things outside the palace as she did before.

Sister Shen was only fifteen years old when she entered the palace. At that time, her mother-in-law had long been unloved and was in poor health.

Sister Shen's handkerchief is the daughter of the mother-in-law's cousin. Because of this relationship, Sister Shen has visited her mother-in-law several times.

After the death of his mother and concubine, he became a helpless prince and was in a difficult situation. Sister Shen often came to visit him and even scolded the palace officials who neglected him.

Sister Shen said that she has a younger brother who is the same age as him.

It only took a dozen days from the time the emperor's brother got sick to the time he died. Before that, the emperor's brother was in good health and energetic.

Just before Brother Huang got sick, Sister Shen came to see him once. After saying a few words, Sister Shen rushed out of the house and squatted under the ginkgo tree to vomit. He asked Sister Shen if she was sick. Sister Shen’s face Her eyes were red, but there were tears in her eyes: "Your Highness, what should I do, what should I do?"

Later he told the Empress Dowager about it
  The emperor squatted under the tree for a long time. When he stood up, his legs were numb.

The old chamberlain wanted to help him, but he refused and walked out of the palace with difficulty. He would never come back here again.

The old chamberlain looked at his back and shook his head slowly. He walked under the ginkgo tree, dug up the soil there, and dug out a porcelain pillow. He shook it, and there was a crisp sound of collision from the porcelain pillow. He stretched out his hand. I went to dig it out and took out a little rabbit carved from white jade. The little rabbit was tied with a string. The string was so old that the original color could no longer be seen.