Yu Lingbo left the East Palace and walked towards the door, he was a little surprised when he pushed open the main hall door.

Even if His Majesty is taking a break today, there shouldn't be so few people, right?

Those colleagues in the past were basically not here, only a few faces he didn't know were there to sort out the edict.

"May I ask where did Cai Ge go? Why didn't he come to work today?"

Yu Lingbo thought about it, and decided to ask someone to clarify.

The unfamiliar little official replied: "My lord, I don't only know that it was like this when I came here this morning."

"Is that so...thank you."

"You're welcome, my lord, please help yourself."

Yu Lingbo walked out of the door to go to the province, although he felt a little strange, but he thought that he would go to Dali Temple to find Tu Muxiang, although he thought it was a bit strange from now on. , but in the end he was the only one who passed out from drinking.

However, when he arrived at Dali Temple, he realized that there were very few people here, and none of them were familiar people.

"Qili is not there..."

It's strange, let's forget about Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province. Since His Majesty is sick in bed, there will be no edicts to go down, and the Sixth Ministry will be more leisurely, but Dali Temple is independent of the Sixth Ministry. Why are there so few people?Even if you are off court, you still have to do your normal work...

He was a little puzzled, why the palace seemed to have changed after only one night.

As Yu Lingbo walked, he paid attention to other places in the palace.

He found that the little maids who were as light as sparrows in the past are now like flowers wilted by the rainstorm, all of them are walking quickly with their heads down, and there are more soldiers patrolling the palace roads, and the atmosphere of the whole palace has become heavy stand up.

There were strange faces everywhere, and he couldn't see Li Luosu, Yu Lingbo felt a little uneasy.

By the way, there are still people he knows well in the capital!

Thinking of those two people who were idle at home, he quickly left the palace.

***

It's already winter in the capital, and most of the chrysanthemums in the Autumn Frost Garden have withered, leaving only a few late-blooming branches still swaying in the cold wind.

Mei Shiliang was sitting in Tao Youran's study, drinking tea over a charcoal fire, and watching him arrange the pot of orchids there.

"Hey, Yannian, don't you like tending to the crab claw chrysanthemums in your garden the most? Why are you starting to tinker with orchids now? You don't even go to your precious autumn frost garden?"

Tao Youran didn't go to see him, but concentrated on cultivating the soil for the pot of orchids. While shoveling the soil with a small flower shovel, he said, "The flowers in the Autumn Frost Garden have passed their flowering period, just wait for them to regenerate branches and leaves next year, but the orchids It is not as cold-resistant as chrysanthemums, if you don’t take care of them in winter, you will not be able to recover from frostbite.”

"Then who gave you this orchid? I remember that you never looked at other flowers when you went to the flower market."

Tao Youran was silent for a long time before answering, "Probably Zihui."

Hearing what he said, Mei Shiliang was puzzled: "What is approximate? Don't you know who sent your own flowers?"

"This orchid appeared in my garden by myself. Of course, I don't know who gave it to me, but it should probably be Zihui."

Mei Shiliang thought about Qu Changlan's temperament, and really thought that it might be him who did it, so he nodded.

"That's right, according to Zihui's character who always likes to do things secretly behind the scenes, it's really possible."

Tao Youran knew that he probably still remembered the incident of diarrhea back then, so she just smiled and didn't talk to him.

"Speaking of which, have you heard from Zihui recently?"

Mei Shiliang frowned and said to him, "I haven't received a letter from Tianjian for ten years."

Thinking of the pile of Jingguo noodles that had been eaten three days ago, Tao Youran put down the shovel, shook her head, and said, "I haven't received anything from Zihui for ten years. I don't know that he and Yu Rong are in Yangzhou how's it going."

"Could it be that the postman slowed down because of the cold weather?"

Mei Shiliang peeled an orange, eating it while talking about wild thoughts.

"How come... No matter what, I hope they will be safe and sound in Yangzhou this winter."

The room was filled with warm silence when the butler suddenly opened the door to report.

"My lord, Yu Shizhong from the province is here to visit."

Tao Youran was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't react for a while. It stands to reason that he had been suspended for a while. Except for Mei Shiliang who would come to him from time to time to chatter, almost no one had visited him.

"Yu Shizhong? Isn't that the companion who grew up with His Majesty? Why is he here?"

"Invite him in now."

"Yes."

Yu Lingbo walked into the study with a little chill, and bowed to them.

"Mr. Mei, Mr. Tao, Qingtai has something to tell you, because I don't know how to contact the Taifu, so I can only come to you."

Seeing his solemn expression, Mei Shiliang quickly asked him to sit down and talk.

"Tell me slowly if you have something important, we will help you pass it on to Yu Rong."

"I don't know if the two gentlemen have received the news that they will rest for one month?"

"Holiday? Another month?"

Mei Shiliang was greatly surprised. Generally, the emperor would not suspend the court if it was not a major event, let alone a one-month holiday in a row, unless...

"What happened to him, Your Majesty?"

"After I entered the palace this morning, I heard that His Majesty suddenly fell ill and announced that he would rest for a month. Although he has been consulted and treated by the imperial physicians, he is not sure when he will recover, and all political affairs are now in the hands of Prime Minister Su. processing."

Mei Shiliang was a little surprised after hearing this: "Why did Your Majesty suddenly become ill? Is there anything unusual about him recently?"

Yu Lingbo shook his head, and said, "Except for being a bit more diligent in grading papers recently, there is nothing unusual."

Tao Youran frowned and asked, "Then have you seen His Majesty with your own eyes?"

"No, when I arrived at the East Palace, Prime Minister Su said that His Majesty had taken medicine to rest, and there were more patrolling soldiers in the palace than before, so I didn't go in."

Tao Youran and Mei Shiliang glanced at each other, feeling a bad premonition in their hearts.

"It seems that something happened in the palace."

***

Duanmu Yao has been in the mountains for almost ten days.

The temperature in the mountains is lower than that in the towns below, especially at night, when the air-conditioning is like an awl piercing straight into the bone marrow.

Fortunately, Qu Changlan brought him some necessities for the winter, so that he could live on.

"Are you really not planning to go down the mountain?"

"Originally the enemy was in the dark, and I was in the light. Now I am also in the dark. Isn't it good that they can't find me, or go out and be a target for them to practice?"

The white air exhaled by the two spread in the cave. Duanmu Yao untied the bandage on his abdomen to change the dressing for himself. Now the wound has scabbed over, and it should heal in a few days.

"By the way, what's going on in the capital? Did Qinghan and Yannian reply?"

Qu Changlan shook her head and said, "It's been ten days since I wrote last time, but there is still no reply. I don't know what happened to them."

Duanmu Yao frowned when he heard the news of the disconnection.

Were the two of them also attacked?And the little guy doesn't know what to do in the palace by himself.

Thinking of this, he felt a little anxious.

"Zihui, we must find a way to contact them. I'm afraid something will happen if there is no one around His Majesty."

***

After Li Luosu was caught by Poppy's men last night, he was taken to the most remote cold palace in the whole palace.

Poppy did not detain him, but left him here, leaving two soldiers to guard the gate.

"Hmph, do you look down on my martial arts? You only let two soldiers guard the gate, and you are not afraid that I will run away."

Li Luosu was a little angry. He was teased by Duanmuyao for not being able to read well when he was a child, and now that he has succeeded to the throne as emperor, he should be looked down upon by a traitor. He really couldn't swallow it.

I can definitely escape.

Although the palace wall is tall, he still decided to try to climb over the wall first, but unfortunately, after searching around, he couldn't find anything to use as a foothold. No.

He suddenly missed Li Weixuan. He knew that he should have learned from her, the sixth sister, that she can climb over walls and trees at any time. With his three-legged cat skills, he can only climb over the walls of ordinary people's courtyards. , Facing the palace wall as high as these three people, he really has nowhere to start.

Since it is impossible to climb over the wall, we can only break through from the main entrance.

He picked up two fist-sized stones in the yard, then walked to the door and shouted to the outside: "Come on! Help! There are monsters here! Come and save me!"

After shouting, he hid behind the door, clenched the stone tightly and prepared to sneak attack the person who opened the door.

At the moment when the palace door was opened, he rushed out, but was easily restrained by someone who came.

"It's you?!"

Tu sank into the water and threw Li Luosu on the ground, looking down at him.

Li Luosu's heart was full of bewilderment and resentment when he saw the people who were close to him raise troops against the palace with their own hands.

He stared at Tu Shenshui, and asked in a low voice: "Why you? Why did you force the palace? Is there anything I can do to you!"

Tu Shenshui squatted down, also stared at his face, and said: "I wonder if Your Majesty has ever heard of a country called Xue Guo in this world?"

"I haven't heard of it, what are you talking about?"

"Since Your Majesty doesn't know, then I will tell you that Xue Guo was destroyed in Xiping 19, that is, two years before His Majesty was born, and the person who destroyed Xue Guo was the former emperor, and I was the former emperor. Xue Guoren."

Looking at Tu Shenshui's indifferent gaze, Li Luosu was shocked for a moment and didn't know what to say. As an emperor, he never thought of such things as national hatred and family hatred, because in his world, from birth, He lived a life of peace in the world.

"...I see. Is this the reason why you never seriously teach me martial arts? Is it because you think that one day you can easily kill me so that you can take revenge? If so, now is a good time for you to do so. It must have been very hard for many years, right?"

Li Luosu laughed contemptuously at him, but Tu Shenshui was unmoved.

"I didn't kill you before, and I won't do it now."

"Why? I'm not the kind of person who can change his face and continue to live after the country is ruined and his family is destroyed!"

Tu Shenshui ignored his sarcasm, but there was some subtle sadness in his expression after hearing these words.

He stretched out his hand to caress Li Luosu's face, and said softly, "Because I once used him as your substitute, but now that he's gone, it's up to you to be his substitute."

"...What nonsense are you talking about!"

Tu Shenshui took out a makeup knife from his bosom and put it in front of his eyes, said: "I heard that Your Majesty went to Xiaoxiangfang to look for Lord Furong before, but Lord Furong died suddenly after that night."

He pulled the makeup knife out of the scabbard, and the silver-white knife was still stained with solidified blood.

Li Luosu was shocked when he thought of the famous prostitute in the capital who looked very similar to him.

"No... I didn't do this, there is no need for me to do such a thing!"

He wanted to break free from Tu Shenshui's control, but the hands that held the knife all year round had already covered his neck.

Li Luosu felt it was difficult to breathe, he struggled and said, "Tu Shenshui, you lunatic! I said I didn't do it! Let me go!"

Tu Shenshui looked at him, with a madness in his eyes mixed with the pleasure of revenge and unbearable regret.

He raised the thin makeup knife and said to him softly: "Whether it was done by you or not, it is your turn to pay the debt."

After speaking, he stabbed the makeup knife into Li Luosu's calf.

"Your Majesty, don't even think about running away, otherwise how will I protect you?"

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