Powerful

Chapter 562
At that time, Shen Du was sitting in the meeting hall of General Xijiang Wei's mansion, discussing with Zhu Youji and Fu Huaide the countermeasures to repel Xisheng.

Suddenly, he felt a tremor in his heart, as if something broke in his heart, which made his expression change instantly.

He tried to calm down, but he felt that his mind was getting more and more chaotic, and he didn't even know what Zhu Youji was talking about.

Shen Du has experienced this trembling feeling before.At that time in Xishan Lihua Forest, when Shen Su was injured and unconscious, he had this feeling; when Gu Yan was giving birth to Yuan Yuan, he also had this feeling when he looked at the pots of blood.

Now, this trembling feeling is so strong that his hands and feet tremble a little.

His complexion became so ugly that other people in the meeting room couldn't help but stop, and their eyes fell on him.

Fu Huaide asked with concern: "Ji Zhi, how are you doing?"

Shen Du is his sister's son-in-law, and he even saved him in the deep cliff of Wuling, so the relationship is extraordinary.Moreover, Shen Du came from Jingzhao to Xijiang to fight against the enemy, which made Fu Huaide think highly of him.

Shen Du didn't know what to say, so he could only force a smile and said, "I'm sorry, I suddenly feel quite bored, so let's leave for a while."

After finishing speaking, Shen Du stood up, cupped his hands towards the crowd, and staggered away from the meeting hall, still flustered in his heart.

After leaving the meeting hall, he immediately called Ru Nian and asked, "Is there any news from home?"

Ru Nian shook his head, and replied that there was no new letter.The news they recently received was that the Seventh Prince of Gu Yandao might be unfavorable to his plan, and there was nothing new about it.

Shen Du took a deep breath, trying to calm his ups and downs, and then said: "Send a letter to your family immediately and see if there is any reply. I always feel that something bad happened."

When Ru Nian and Qu Xuan heard this sentence, their expressions also changed.The two of them have been in the Shen family for so many years, so they naturally know what Shen Du means by "bad things".

Qu Xuan immediately said: "Master, I will send a letter to Jingzhao immediately."

They are now in Xijiang, and there is another war here in Xijiang. They can't do much except deliver the letter.

Shen Du frowned, suppressing the trembling in his heart, then turned around and strode back to the meeting hall.He really wanted to return to Jingzhao immediately to see if his father and A Bi were well.but……

Before he returns to Jingzhao, he must drive the Xisheng army back to Xisheng!
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At the same time, Shen Su, prison No. [-] in Jingzhao Tian Prison, was coughing intermittently, with blood swimming around the corner of his mouth, looking shocking.

The prison guards in the sky prison looked at this skinny old man from a distance, and they couldn't imagine that this man was the iron-blooded emperor; let alone imagine that the old man in front of him actually killed the king in the Zichen Palace!
Now, the emperor was seriously injured and passed out, leaving only a breath of life and death uncertain, and the murderer who murdered the emperor was brought to the sky prison.

Prison No. [-], Jia Zi, which had been vacant for more than ten years, finally came, and it was still such an old man.

For a moment, the jailer felt incredible, so he could only look at Shen Su with complicated eyes, and cautiously guarded outside the No. [-] cell.

Shen Su didn't pay attention to the jailer's gaze. After coughing, he just focused on smoothing the clothes on his body, the blood-stained clothes.

The blood on it is not his, but Qu Chan's.

The old servant who had followed him all his life finally stood in front of Shen Su, blocked the fierce achievements of the Huben army, bought Shen Su a little time, and waited for the arrival of Queen Mother Zheng.

After hearing the chants of "The Empress Dowager is here", Qu Chan felt his body loosen, and couldn't hold it anymore, and fell in front of Shen Su, like a fallen old pine.

The last words Qu Chan said before he died were: "Master...wait...wait for young master..."

At that moment, Shen Su felt his heart was empty, and then he coughed earth-shatteringly, as if he coughed out his heart and lungs.

In the end, he only coughed up a big mouthful of blood and sprayed it on the gray cloth shoes in front of him.

Empress Dowager Zheng in Dingyuan Temple is here.

There was blood in Shen Su's mouth, and he really wanted to say something to Queen Mother Zheng, but he spat out another mouthful of blood, and then passed out.

When he woke up, he was already in the sky prison, and he was still in the No. [-] prison.

Prison No. [-], Jia Zi, detains the most heinous criminals, and there is absolutely no pardon.Now, Shen Su is locked up here.

His movements were so focused, as if the whole person was immersed in it, he didn't even know that prison No. [-] was coming, and he didn't come back to his senses until the jailer knocked on the iron fence.

The person who came to Prison No. [-] was Empress Dowager Zheng.

That's right, the only person who is related to Shen Su and can still come to Prison No. [-] is Empress Dowager Zheng.

An iron fence separated Shen Su and Queen Mother Zheng. One was in the prison and the other was outside.

Shen Su knew why Queen Mother Zheng came.This woman who was once the most honorable in Dading was a soft-hearted person from beginning to end.Otherwise, she would not have renounced her oath, entered the Zichen Palace, and came to the No. [-] Prison.

Empress Dowager Zheng looked at Shen Su who was curled up into a ball, her eyes gradually became moist, and her voice was choked in her throat, unable to swallow.If possible, she would rather close her eyes and never see everything in this world again.

However, no, she is still alive.

Only at this time did she understand what Shen Su meant when he got the Jiufeng Order.
"I also ask your empress to take pity on his descendants for the sake of friendship with him."

When Shen Su said this at the time, she only thought that Shen Su asked her to help cover up Shen Du's life experience, but she didn't think that Shen Su had long wanted to die, and had already decided to go to the palace to kill the king...to kill her son!

The "pity" that Shen Su said was originally here: remove Shen Du from the matter of killing the king, keep Shen Du, and keep the only descendant of the Yuan family. ——For the sake of friendship with him, I feel pity for his descendants.

Now her son is seriously injured and comatose, but she can't pursue the murderer, let alone... use the Shen family to pay for his life.

Shen Su looked up at Queen Mother Zheng, and said in a dark voice, "Mother, Ah Bi... Yuan Yuan..."

The Empress Dowager Zheng was able to come in time, Gu Yan must have noticed something.Before entering the palace, Shen Su had secretly ordered the Shen family to escort Gu Yan and Yuan Yuan away from Jingzhao.Now, how are they doing?

Until the end of his life, this was the only thing he could worry about.

Empress Dowager Zheng wiped away her tears, and said lightly: "If you really feel pity for them, you shouldn't act in Zichen Palace. That's... your student, how dare you, how can you be willing?"

How can you give up?Emperor Chongde is his only student and the emperor of Dading, how dare he?How can you give up?Dare not, reluctantly, I still did that.The dagger that symbolized his glory was stuck in Emperor Chongde's left chest.

This is the end of the matter, and it is useless to say these things.

Shen Su closed his eyes tiredly, listening to what Queen Mother Zheng said, for some reason, he felt a little relieved.

The Seventh Prince broke his leg, and he is recuperating in the Seventh Prince's Mansion at the moment, so he can't intervene in the court affairs at all; now the power of Dading is in the hands of Queen Mother Zheng;

In Zichen Palace, the Empress Dowager Zheng couldn't suppress the matter of Shen Su's regicide, so she threw Shen Su into the prison, and waited for the emperor to wake up before making another decision;
As for Gu Yan and Yuan Yuan, they are still in the Shen family, and they are still guarded by the Huben Army.Empress Dowager Zheng seemed to have forgotten these two people. The courtiers only cared about the life and death of Emperor Chongde, not him.

Maintaining such a situation has done the best of Queen Mother Zheng, and it is also the greatest pity of Queen Mother Zheng.Even though she was heartbroken when she was doing these things.

Shen Su coughed, and when he paused for a while, he asked, "Your Majesty... the most regretful thing in your heart, what is it?"

Empress Dowager Zheng did not expect Shen Su to ask such a question.When she was living in seclusion in Dingyuan Temple, she felt that the greatest regret in her life was the death of Duke Dingguo, which she could never get over.

Her son killed the person she loved and respected the most in her life.

However, at this moment, what Empress Dowager Zheng regrets the most is no longer this.Her biggest regret is that she didn't raise Emperor Chongde herself, so that... everything that came after her.

The corners of Shen Su's lips were slightly raised, and there was light in his eyes. He smiled and said, "My biggest regret... I can't wait. Ah Qu asked me to wait, but I can't wait..."

In the eyes of Empress Dowager Zheng, Shen Su's eyes were frighteningly bright, and his pale face was frighteningly thin.At this moment, Empress Dowager Zheng thought of the words "returning to the light".

She knew that Shen Su was about to die.The person in front of her had clearly killed her son, why would she still feel sad because he was about to die?
The tears that Empress Dowager Zheng wiped away poured out again. Life is hard, but that's all.

Shen Su also knew that he was about to die.

At this moment, those years of experience in the army, those turbulent court affairs, and even those inexplicable regrets and illnesses are gone.All he saw was the child he saw in Luzhou.

That child looked at him vigilantly from his ragged clothes, and gradually got close to him, and began to call him "Father"; later, the child grew older, and then called him "Father", and would only make fun of him around him. To make him happy; later, the child carefully carried a swaddling baby and said with a smile, "Father, you are now a grandfather!"

Shen Su seemed to see Shen Du rushing back from Xijiang, rushed into the dungeon, knelt down in front of him, and kept calling him "Father, Father".

Shen Su tried his best to straighten up, stretched out his hand to hug Shen Du, and the smile on his face deepened.

Empress Dowager Zheng stared blankly at Shen Su's movements, and watched him stretch out his hand with a smile, as if hugging something... hugging the void.
Empress Dowager Zheng covered her mouth tightly, and the tears fell even more fiercely.

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Three days later, the emperor died, and Empress Dowager Zheng took over the administration.At the same time, the first good news came from Xijiangwei.
One month later, Xisheng retreated, General He Hu died, Xisheng's army was almost wiped out, Dading was victorious, and the ninth prince Zhu Xuanzhi was born, making great contributions.

Afterwards, Shen Du galloped thousands of miles back to Jingzhao, but he never saw Shen Su again.

Shen Du was greatly mourned, killed the seventh prince and the empress, supported the ninth prince Zhu Xuanzhi to ascend the throne, and the country began to be peaceful.

(End of this chapter)