In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

"..."

It took him four days to reach Kyoto.

Zhu Zhizhou sorted out his tattered clothes and shouted directly to the guards at the city gate: "Open the city gate quickly, the border is in danger!"

"I am the governor of Zhaozhou!"

Hearing this, the drowsy guard was suddenly awakened!

After reading the pass from the magistrate of Zhaozhou, I found no problem.

And the official seal really belongs to Zhu Zhizhou...

Bewildered, they hurried to open the city gate for the prefect and immediately sent him in.

"Your Majesty, urgent news from the border!"

The emperor was attending the morning court when he suddenly received urgent news from the border!

Moreover, the prefect of Zhaozhou came in person to deliver the urgent news from the border to them.

Suddenly, the government and the public were shocked!

I don’t know what happened!

Prime Minister Wang and Duke Liang looked at each other, and their expressions gradually became very ugly.

If I remember correctly, Bai Lu seems to be in Zhaozhou right now.

At this moment, the emperor seemed to have noticed something, his face also turned ugly, and he hurriedly said: "Why do I remember that Bai Lu is in Zhaozhou!"

"Is she treating the plague in Zhaozhou right now?"

"Could it be that... a plague has broken out in Zhaozhou???"

Hearing this, the ministers were almost scared to death.

"Ah, White Snake is in Zhaozhou?!"

"Oh my God, if there is a plague in Zhaozhou, what will happen to White Snake? What should we ordinary people do?!"

They in Dawu have been in trouble this year. The war over there was finally settled, but a plague broke out here.

The ministers felt as if the sky was falling.

"This is just speculation."

Wang Shoufu coughed twice and said to the crowd, "Ministers, please be patient. Your Majesty, don't worry. Lady Bai is a lucky person."

"Even if something does happen to Zhaozhou, she will be safe and sound."

"Why don't we summon the governor of Zhaozhou and find out what's going on first?"

"Yes, yes, yes, call Zhu Zhizhou over quickly."

Even the emperor felt upset and lost his composure when he heard that something might happen to Bai Lu!

It has to be Prime Minister Wang.

After the Zhaozhou prefect came in, he knelt on the ground with a plop, tears streaming down his face: "I'm sorry, I deserve death, I'm sorry to Lady Bai, and I'm sorry to the people of Zhaozhou!"

"White Snake was captured by the Turkic Khan!"

"Captured by the Turkic Khan?"

Everyone was stunned, and then quickly asked: "What did you say???"

"You are in Zhaozhou. How could the Turkic Khan appear in Zhaozhou?"

Zhu Zhizhou knelt on the ground and said to the stunned crowd, "I don't know why the Turkic Khan is in Zhaozhou... It just so happens that White Snake is in Zhaozhou... So he captured White Snake!"

"That man was very arrogant. He told me that if I didn't use Pei Huizhou to exchange for Lady Bai, he would kill her immediately, and he would rape her first and then kill her!"

"And let countless people rape White Lady!"

"???"

After hearing these words, the whole court fell silent!

Everyone was stunned by the Turkic Khan's arrogance.

The emperor was so angry that he was shaking all over. He pointed at Zhu Zhizhou and said angrily, "How can there be such a madman in this world?!"

"How can he be so shameless!"

Zhu Zhizhou immediately knelt on the ground and cried, "I didn't mean to insult our Lady Bai. I was just telling you the truth!"

"After all, Lady White is a beautiful lady, if she fell into the hands of the Turkic Khan, who can guarantee that something like this wouldn't happen?"

Before he could finish his words, he was immediately interrupted by the emperor: "Enough!"

He knew that it was normal for the Turkic Khan to be so shameless as to do such a thing.

But the emperor really couldn't accept it.

Moreover, there are so many ministers at this time. What if Bai Lu’s reputation is ruined?

"The Turkic Khan will be cut into pieces!"

Duke Liang was so angry that he gritted his teeth at the emperor and then hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, how about... we immediately send troops to Zhaozhou and rescue Lady Bai!"

"No!"

Just as the emperor was about to agree, he heard Zhu Zhizhou beside him crying, "Your Majesty, if you send troops to rescue White Snake, the Turks will definitely take action!"

"Since the Turkic Khan was able to plant troops in Zhaozhou and capture Lady Bai, he must be aware of what's going on here."

"If we send troops, he said... he would kill White Snake first, and he would rape her first and then kill her!"

After hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the court fell silent.

They were so angry that their heads ached. "How could this Turkic Khan be so shameless as to want to treat our White Lady like this? Who does he think he is?!"

"Sister Bai is the benefactor of the entire Dawu. If she hadn't helped cure the plague, how could she have fallen into Zhaozhou's trap?"

"Your Majesty, you must rescue Lady Bai!"

"..."

The emperor rubbed his head and felt a splitting headache, but he didn't know what to do.

"The current situation... is it necessary to let Pei Huizhou come out to replace Bai Lu?!"

The emperor narrowed his eyes.

Zhu Zhizhou nodded immediately and cried, "Pei Huizhou is a sinner for all eternity. He actually rebelled against the Turks!"

"And the Turkic Khan actually captured White Snake and held her hostage just for someone like Pei Huizhou..."

"Your Majesty, my Lords, we must help rescue Lady Bai! Pei Huizhou is a jerk to begin with, it doesn't matter whether we want him or not."

As he said this, he knelt on the ground and cried bitterly to the emperor.

"I am deeply grateful for Lady Bai's kindness to Zhaozhou, so I am willing to resign from my position as governor of Zhaozhou. I implore Your Majesty to send someone to rescue Lady Bai. You must save her..."

"If I hadn't discovered the plague in Zhaozhou and asked Lady Bai to come here, I'm afraid Lady Bai wouldn't have fallen into such danger."

Seeing his cowardly appearance, the emperor frowned, with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

"As the governor of Zhaozhou, you encountered this situation, but instead of stabilizing the situation locally, you actually came all the way to Kyoto. You are truly a coward!"

All of a sudden, all the civil and military officials in the court snorted at him, and they all looked at Zhu Zhizhou with contempt.

Then Zhu Zhizhou cried out, "Your Majesty, my Lords, I do not want to be so cowardly."

"But I really have no choice! The Turkic Khan threatened me with White Lady and drove me out like that, saying that if I didn't come out, he would kill her."

"I have no choice but to come out."

Everyone was filled with contempt as they listened to what he said.

Only the emperor narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing the Zhaozhou prefect. Then, waving his hand, he said in a deep voice, "Come here, throw the Zhaozhou prefect into the prison. I want to see if he tells the truth."

This person is definitely not such a brave but foolish person. The Turkic Khan must have said something to him, which made him become like this.

"..."

In the imperial study, Zhu Zhizhou knelt on the ground and said to the emperor very respectfully, "Your Majesty."

"Now you can tell the truth."

Zhu Zhizhou's face turned bitter, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, I confess everything!"

"The reason I came here... is for my daughter!"

"Whatever the Turkic Khan tells me to do, I will do it! If I hadn't come, my daughter would have been dead."

"Your daughter?"

After hearing this, the emperor was stunned.

Zhu Zhizhou burst into tears and said, "My daughter was captured and insulted by that abominable fellow... and then imprisoned by him! He held my daughter's life in his hands, passing her around as a concubine..."

"For the sake of my only daughter's life, I really have no choice...whatever he says is what I will do!"

"This time...if I hadn't come, my daughter would have been completely hopeless!"

After hearing this, the emperor fell silent.

He didn't know what to say at this time, so he just frowned.

"Get up."

"Since there are reasons for this, I won't be too harsh on you! But you also understand that as a local official, you actually ignored the people under your jurisdiction for the sake of your own daughter. Ultimately, it is your fault..."

"If you were an ordinary person, you would have given everything for your daughter! But you are the governor of a state, you are the people's father and mother!"

"You enjoy the support of the world, so you must stand up at the critical moment. Otherwise, why would the world support you?"

"But for the sake of your family, you still abandoned these people!"

"I can imagine right now how chaotic Zhaozhou would be without the local officials. Maybe Zhaozhou would be occupied by the Turkic Khan because of your momentary negligence..."

"How many other families' daughters are as miserable as yours?!"

The emperor sighed and felt extremely tired.

After hearing this, the governor of Zhaozhou lowered his head silently.

He had already prepared to commit suicide.

As long as he could tell the emperor about this matter and let the emperor save his daughter's life, he would feel it was worth it.

He is willing to pay any price.

In addition, the appointment of Zhaozhou prefect was actually made after careful consideration.

I came to Kyoto specifically to inform the emperor of this matter. This is already helping the people of the world. The emperor will naturally send people to Zhaozhou when he returns. They can cooperate with Bai Lu from inside and outside to resolve the Zhaozhou issue...

The magistrate of Zhaozhou was thrown into the sky prison, but he was willing.

When the emperor saw Zhu Zhizhou's back, his eyes became complicated for a moment, and then he became furious.

"Manager Zhang, call Prime Minister Wang and Duke Liang over here immediately!"

"Yes!"

Prime Minister Wang and Duke Liang were soon summoned.

"What do you think?"

The emperor asked seriously.

Then Prime Minister Wang was the first to say, "Right now, the most important thing... is to block all outside news."

"We must not let anyone know that White Snake was captured. This would be bad for her reputation!"

Duke Liang also nodded and continued, "I think so too."

"Our White Lady is extremely intelligent, how could she be kidnapped for no reason? She must have good fortune!"

"And the Turkic Khan knows that Lady Bai has a strong temper. If he did something like that to her, she would definitely try to commit suicide... Then we wouldn't be able to threaten her with anything. It would definitely not work."

"So at this moment, let alone what he could do to White Lady, even yelling at her, beating her, scolding her, or not giving her food would be out of the question."

The emperor's expression gradually became better, and Prime Minister Wang nodded with great satisfaction.

Then the Duke of Liang said slowly, "We shouldn't worry about Lady Bai's safety right now. What we should worry about now is what will happen to the people of Zhaozhou!"

"Once Zhaozhou is resolved, White Snake will be back!"

The emperor nodded and said in a deep voice: "As for Zhaozhou... you must lead your troops in."

"But how should we lead the troops? Will it attract the attention of the Turkic Khan?"

Duke Liang pondered for a while and exchanged a glance with Prime Minister Wang. They both understood instantly that what the emperor said was to pave the way for releasing Pei Huizhou.

They all laughed, and then said to the emperor, "Then, Your Majesty, is the only way to rescue Lady Bai now to release Master Pei?"

After hearing this, the emperor coughed twice. Just as he was about to say "Indeed", he heard Duke Liang speak righteously.

"If Lady Bai needs to release Master Pei to save her, then Lady Bai will not want to live in humiliation."

"Why not just leave it at that and let White Lady die there."

"???"

After hearing these words, the emperor was so angry that his nose almost turned crooked: "No, what do you mean by this?!"

"You want Bai Lu to die there?!!!"

"How can I explain this to Madam Zhao in my grave?"

"And now she's a hero to the world. How can I let a hero die alone in Zhaozhou, and in such an ignominious way?"

The emperor flew into a rage and pointed at the Duke of Liang, saying, "You, you, you...you are truly a formidable figure!"

"Have you forgotten how Bai Lu helped you back then?!"

Upon hearing this, Duke Liang forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to talk to me about these trivial matters."

"I didn't say I wouldn't save Lady Bai."

"I'm just saying, Pei Huizhou must not be released."

The emperor's eyes flickered, and then his tone weakened a little: "Then tell me, if we don't release Pei Huizhou, how can we save Bai Lu?!"

Duke Liang and Prime Minister Wang looked at each other. Prime Minister Wang shook his head silently, and Duke Liang stopped talking.

Afterwards, Prime Minister Wang said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, Lord Pei must be released, but after that, he must be recaptured."

"We are absolutely confident that after releasing Master Pei, we can rescue Lady Bai and then capture Master Pei..."