When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

Chen Fu glanced up secretly and wondered why the emperor didn't say anything while reading the letter for such a long time.

After a quick glance, I saw that the emperor's face was not good and he looked incredulous.

The way he held the letter paper did not change, as if he had encountered something he couldn't figure out.

After a long time, the emperor slowly put down the letter and asked Chen Fu:

"This letter was sent from the post station, not delivered by the secret guards?" I still can't figure it out.

Chen Fu lowered his head and answered cautiously, "Your Majesty, it was delivered by the post station messenger. I thought it was delivered to the wrong place and almost missed it."

The emperor asked again: "How long has Uncle Chen been gone?"

Chen Fu: "Your Majesty, it has been eight days."

Emperor: "Yes, we have been gone for eight days, how come we haven't arrived yet?"

Chen Fu's heart skipped a beat. Eight days have passed? Did Chen Guojiu not arrive at the King of Dongshan for eight days?

How can this be?

He didn't dare to talk nonsense and kept his head down, pretending to be a quail.

After a long time, the emperor spoke slowly:

"Chen Fu, in addition to the letter we received today, how many other letters have we received from King Dongshan? How many letters asking for food have we received in total?"

Chen Fu swallowed and replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there is only one recent letter."

The emperor murmured, "Yes, there is only one letter, but he said he wrote three letters asking for help, all of which were sent by the secret guards. But why did we only receive one?"

Prince Dongshan also said that he had written three letters to the court. Why didn’t anyone tell him?

When Chen Fu heard this, he felt the hairs on his back stand up. Was the letter from King Dongshan intercepted by someone?

Who is so bold?!

The emperor stopped reviewing memorials and just sat there quietly in deep thought.

They sat there until dark, but the emperor still showed no intention of getting up. Chen Fu could not wait any longer, so he leaned forward to persuade him:

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, and the Queen is waiting for you to have dinner."

The emperor still didn't move, he was like an old monk in meditation.

Chen Fu brought a cup of honey water and gently advised: "Your Majesty, please drink a cup of honey water to moisten your skin, okay?"

The emperor finally responded. He slowly stood up and said to Chen Fu, "Let's go out and take a walk."

Chen Fu put down the honey water and quickly followed the emperor.

The emperor and his entourage are now living in a separate courtyard with a garden, but it is obvious that the emperor is not in the mood to visit the garden, especially since it is already dark.

The emperor walked back and forth on the small path in the courtyard, becoming more and more irritated, and finally, unknowingly, he walked to the outside of the room where the queen lived.

Through the window he could see the shadow of the Queen reading a book. She had always been so virtuous and would never take the initiative to disturb him while he was doing his work.

Chen Fu thought the emperor wanted to see the queen, but the emperor just stood outside for a while and then left.

Chen Fu sighed inwardly and could only follow.

After the emperor returned to the room, he waved his hand and asked Chen Fu to leave.

"Ziwei!"

A person fell silently.

Emperor: "You should ask your apprentice to go there in person to see where Uncle Chen is and why he didn't send the grain to Tan County on time.

Then, tell Uncle Chen Guo to send the food to Dan County immediately, and then go back home and reflect on your mistakes. Don’t come back to me. There is no place for him by my side. ”

Ziwei, who had always been as steady as a rock, was so shocked by the emperor's words that she looked up into his eyes. Seeing that he was serious, Ziwei only replied with one word: "Yes!"

He quietly disappeared into the house.

The emperor was angry, but sad inside.

Chen Guojiu has always been regarded by him as his right-hand man. Because he is the queen's brother, he has always treated Chen Guojiu differently.

I didn't expect that something went wrong with him.

Is comforting disaster victims a trivial matter?

How dare he?

Even the King of Dongshan, the provincial capital near Dan County, couldn't allocate grain. How could they dare to do that without anyone's instructions?

Then no matter who this person is, he deserves to die!

But it happened to be him, Uncle Chen!

The emperor felt betrayed. If Chen Xu was not the emperor's uncle, he would have chopped off his head immediately!

He pounded the table hard a few times to vent the dissatisfaction that was accumulating in his heart.

Just tell me! Where did this evil wind come from? It turned out to be the Chen family!

The Queen’s family home!

A truly famous and noble family!

But it turns out that he is so cold-blooded and heartless that he can disregard the lives of innocent people just to eliminate dissidents?

Why did King Dongshan threaten the Chen family?

The emperor really doesn't have the energy to figure out what's going on in Chen Xu's dog head. He is just heartbroken that the Chen family has let him down for so many years.

If you were to ask who he is most partial to, it would definitely be the Queen and the Chen family behind her.

Although the queen did not give birth to a prince, she was always the first in his heart.

Although he was the emperor, he did not have many concubines in his harem. On the one hand, he was not greedy for beauty and wanted to be a wise ruler. On the other hand, he was willing to take the queen's feelings into consideration.

He wanted to support the queen until old age and did not want to be a pair of resentful lovers.

He even wanted to choose his heir from the queen's womb.

But what did the Chen family do behind the scenes?

"Somebody come!"

Chen Fu knew that the emperor was in a bad mood, so he waited not far from the door. When he heard the emperor calling someone, he immediately pushed the door open.

The emperor ordered him: "Bring Lou Ding to me."

Soon, the leader of the secret guards, Lou Ding, appeared in the room alone.

Emperor: "Lou Ding, what's going on with the secret guards of King Dongshan?"

Lou Ding looked up at the emperor in confusion. The emperor asked with a fake smile:

"I heard that the secret guards sent by King Dongshan to relocate food didn't get any food, and they didn't return either? Is this a rebellion against heaven?"

When Lou Ding heard the emperor getting angry, he immediately knelt on the ground to explain:

"Your Majesty, the secret guards around King Dongshan can only be transferred by King Dongshan. No one else has the ability to transfer them."

The emperor was furious: "You mean I transferred them away? Didn't I allow them to deliver food to the victims?"

Lou Ding was confused for a moment. Yes, the emperor would never demolish his own wall.

Lou Ding said anxiously: "Your Majesty, only you and your token can be transferred away as secret guards, otherwise they would not dare to leave their posts without permission." That is a capital crime.

The emperor immediately grasped the key, his secret guard token!

"Chen Fu, where is my token now?"

Chen Fu was stunned for a moment, then he remembered and said:

"Didn't you give all the important tokens to the Queen?"

The emperor walked out and quickly found the queen.

The queen looked at the emperor with sweat on his forehead and said angrily, "Look at you, why are you so anxious?" Then she took a handkerchief to wipe the emperor's sweat.

The emperor calmed himself down, then asked casually:

"Give me back the token I left with you. I need it urgently." His tone was a little urgent.

"Oh! Okay, I'll get it for you right away." Seeing that the emperor was in a hurry for it, the queen did not hesitate and stood up immediately.