After the failed attempt to pretend to be dead, the sickly child was favored by the treacherous mini

"Don't be afraid, Your Highness. I have left Dingxi County for Your Highness. Everyone in Dingxi County will protect My Highness."

He shook his head, and kept shaking his head: "No, I don't want anyone else, I only want Luo."

"I don't want anything except A'Luo. I don't want anything."

This world belongs to the people, and these mountains and rivers belong to all the people.

But Chen Luo is Xia Che's Chen Luo.

"Junior brother and Aru developed the antidote, and Azhou brought it back, so Your Highness, please don't blame them, they have done a great job."

“The greatest thing in the world is the imperial palace, the highest thing in the world is the imperial power, and the coldest thing in the world is the human heart.”

"A Luo is useless. She cannot accompany Your Highness on this lonely road of imperial power and leave Your Highness with peace and tranquility. I hope Your Highness can live a long and peaceful life for the rest of his life."

"A Luo is useless. If Your Highness finds a beautiful woman tomorrow, you can bring her into the harem and she will accompany Your Highness on behalf of...A Luo...for the rest of his life..."

"The child is still young. If Your Highness finds a good man and has children in the future, please treat An'an and Ning'an well for A'luo's sake."

"A Luo is not a daughter who listens to her parents. I don't have time to kneel down in front of them to apologize. Your Highness, please take An An and Ning Ning with you to apologize on A Luo's behalf."

Xia Che did not dare to interrupt Chen Luo at any point, for he was afraid that if he spoke for a long time, his Luo would not be able to finish what she was saying.

Chen Luo had no strength left to raise her hand, which was covered with needle holes, and her hand fell into Xia Che's arms.

Xia Che lowered his head, and his burning tears fell on Chen Luo's cold brows.

"Che, I will only marry A'Luo in this life."

"Che, there will only be one queen, A Luo, in this life."

"My A'Luo, you will always accompany me through this long journey to the underworld, right?"

Han Zhou, who had rushed from the medicine distribution site upon hearing that Xia Che had returned, rushed into the main courtyard. The moment he heard Xia Che's increasingly desperate wails, he was heard.

What I saw before me was An An and Ning Ning crying and hugging each other.

Han Zhou took timid steps.

The words that Chen Luo asked last night when Cheng Yangqiu would return lingered in Han Zhou's ears.

That was Chen Luo’s last question about whether she wanted to test the poison with her own life.

He knelt heavily on the ground with his forehead touching the ground. When he stood up again, his face was already bright red.

The wound on his shoulder was insignificant. Han Zhou held An An and Ning Ning, who were crying, and walked into the bedroom with trembling steps.

The person was put down and the door was closed.

The snow was raging, the Luo Garden was dyed white, and Han Zhou was alone in the wind and snow.

The spring flowers that belong to Korea were all blocked in this winter.

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The secret guards who were originally scheduled to rush to Dingxi County to poison the people failed to return as scheduled.

Xia Hong knew that the poisoning and assassination had failed.

Those traitors must be killed when they enter the palace.

Xia Hong now places all his hopes on the border troops. As long as he can recall these people, he can still kill these rebels.

The secret guard who returned empty-handed with the imperial edict knelt in front of Xia Hong:

"My Lord, the Northern Border Army said that the imperial edict did not have Lord Shen's signature, so it was a false report."

"The Northwest Army said that this imperial decree was a ploy to trick them back to the Divine Capital and then massacre the three armies for treason, so they refused to return to the Divine Capital."

"The troops in the southern and eastern borders all say that Lord Shen is a loyal minister and will definitely not rebel. Your Majesty, please do not test them again."

Xia Hong once issued an imperial edict, but the eunuch who delivered it did not inform Shen Jinmo, which caused a small disturbance in the court.

From then on, Xia Hong announced to the world that any imperial edict issued by the palace without Shen Jinmo's signature would be a fake one.

Suppressing his anger, Xia Hong said in a cold voice: "Take the imperial edict and go with me."

The door of the dark room where Shen Jinmo was was pushed open. After such a period of mutual testing, the former monarch and his subject had found an extremely delicate balance.

As long as Shen Jinmo drinks the cartilage powder obediently, Xia Hong will not come to make trouble for Shen Jinmo for no reason.

As long as Xia Hong kept resorting to coaxing, deceiving and threatening, Shen Jinmo would not let the poisonous insect torture Xia Hong too much.

He threw the imperial edict in front of Shen Jinmo's desk: "Sign it for me, and I will stop poisoning your mother and grandmother."

Shen Jinmo didn't believe a word of what Xia Hong said.

But he cooperated very well and gave Xia Hong the signature he wanted.

Seeing Xia Hong leaving with the imperial edict with the signature, Shen Jinmo stood up and followed him a few steps. At the moment when Xia Hong looked back fearfully, Shen Jinmo shattered the last bit of hope in Xia Hong's heart.

"Xia Hong, have you ever thought that even with the signature, you still can't call back the three armies?"

"When I ascended the throne, I first imprisoned all the military commanders in the world, leaving the soldiers stationed on the borders leaderless."

"If we cut the salaries of the armies, we will force them to work on the farm and prepare for the attack when they are exhausted."

"Then destroy the world-famous Tiger Mighty Army, kill Han Zhou first, and then destroy the Zhongqin Marquis's family and their people."

"Marquis Wu'an returned victoriously. Not only did you arrest him, you also drew a picture album of the process of his severe interrogation and circulated it to the people of the world to see."

"These three armies are no longer yours. Even if you issue a hundred imperial decrees, you will not be able to recall any of them."

Shen Jinmo did this day after day, allowing Xia Hong to watch helplessly as the sins he had committed over the years gnawed away at him.

Shen Jinmo wanted to hand hope to Xia Hong again and again, and then destroy his hope with his own hands.

In fact, this approach would not necessarily make Shen Jinmo happy. He just felt that he should do this while waiting for Xia Che to return and before handing the world over to Xia Che's hands.

Xia Hong walked forward with his back to Shen Jinmo, his steps becoming slower and heavier.

Wherever it passed, it left behind spots of dirty blood.

All his strength gone, Xia Hong suddenly lunged forward and fell heavily to the floor.

Seeing a satisfactory answer, Shen Jinmo calmly returned to his bed, enjoying the shouts outside that were getting louder and louder.

Xia Hong was carried out of the underground palace, with the smelly blood dripping from his mouth all over the Golden Palace.

The smell of sandalwood was strong. Doctor Shu, who was kneeling beside the dragon bed treating Xia Hong, took out a face towel soaked in medicine while Xia Hong was unconscious and covered his mouth and nose tightly.

Each diagnosis and treatment was more difficult than the last, and Doctor Shu was doing his best to save Xia Hong's life.

It was not because of the friendship between the monarch and his subject, but the person in front of him who had caused him and Lou'er to go against each other should not die too easily.

Human nature cannot withstand temptation, let alone threats.

If Xia Hong had not threatened Lou'er's life, if Xia Hong had not tempted him with power, Doctor Shu felt that he would never have come to this point today, and he would not have been responsible for so many deaths.

Noticing that Xia Hong was beginning to wake up, Doctor Shu skillfully threw the face towel under the dragon bed.

The chief eunuch helped Xia Hong sit up, and Doctor Shu prescribed some medicine for him.

After finishing the cup of medicine, Xia Hong regained some spirit.

"Doctor Shu, how long will it take for the antidote to be available?"

What he was asking about was the method to cure the poison and also the date of Shen Jinmo's death.

The generals at the border could not be recalled, and Xia Hong's only chance of winning was among the civil and military officials in the court.

Regardless of victory or defeat, Xia Hong is going to kill Shen Jinmo now to vent his anger.

But the prerequisite for all this is that there must be a cure for the poisonous insect in his body.