Chapter 231 The Chu People Attack

After lunch, they said goodbye and left.

Prince Jing insisted on seeing them off to the gate.

The Eighth Prince saw his weak appearance again and couldn't help but tear up: "Fifth brother, you have to be well."

Prince Jing smiled and said, "Okay."

The emperor said, "I will send a royal physician to see you."

This time Prince Jing did not object, but nodded: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor glanced at him and got into the carriage.

The clatter of horse hooves.

The eighth prince asked the emperor: "Brother, is it true that the fifth brother will not live long?"

The emperor looked at him and finally nodded.

Prince Jing is able to live until now because he is a prince, and this is possible only because he uses the best medicine in the world and the best doctors have tried their best and used all their skills.

But people's fate seems to have been determined long ago.

Prince Jing won't live long.

No one can change this.

The eighth prince was very sad.

He decided to go up the mountain early and pray to the Buddha to bless his fifth brother to live a few more years.

An Jiu poured them tea, but the Eighth Prince was not in the mood to drink it. He was depressed all the way. When they arrived at his mansion, they put him down.

The eighth prince waved goodbye to the emperor, and the emperor smiled at him.

When the curtain was lowered, the smile on the emperor's face disappeared.

Obviously, he was not in a very good mood.

"What do you think?" The emperor lay down next to An Jiu.

An Jiu paused and looked at him in surprise.

The emperor smiled and said, "I am tired. I will rest for a while."

An Jiu felt a little uncomfortable, so she changed her position and let the emperor rest his head on her legs so that they could both be more comfortable.

The emperor smiled softly again.

【yeah! 】

"Prince Jing knows." She answered the emperor's question.

Prince Jing's words seemed to be fine.

As for why not asking the emperor...

This can also be explained.

Knowing such a big secret of the emperor, who would be eager to tell it?

The last one who came forward to take the throne, Prince Ruyang, is still in prison.

The emperor let out a breath without expressing any opinion.

He never jumps to conclusions when things are still undecided.

Besides, he was sleepy.

So he fell asleep with Anjiu as his pillow.

The carriage was shaking slightly. An Jiu looked at his sleeping face and reached out to gently brush away a strand of hair from his face.

It was already afternoon when the emperor returned to the palace. He had a nap and felt refreshed. Then he found Xiaojiu staring at him with puzzled eyes, as if he was not sure who he was.

The emperor suddenly felt like joking.

[Scare Xiaojiu and see if she can recognize me. ]

An Jiu "..."

This feeling of looking at the answer before doing the question...

She looked at the emperor's stern face and was speechless.

"Your Majesty, we have arrived."

She didn't want to play some childish game of guessing who I am with the little boy.

The emperor frowned: "Do you recognize me?"

An Jiu nodded.

She has already seen the answers, so it would be strange if she got the questions wrong again.

The emperor exhaled and said helplessly: "Is it still not working?"

After returning to Guanghua Palace, Xiao Fuzi said that Concubine Shu had returned and was now living in Tonghua Palace next to Cining Palace. The late emperor had only a few concubines still alive, and Concubine Shu was the biological mother of Prince Duan and the adoptive mother of Prince Jing, so her status was very noble.

After all, she was the late emperor's concubine, so the emperor thought he should go and take a look at her tomorrow.

After dinner, the emperor gave the pile of memorials to An Jiu and asked her to help sort them out. He stood in front of the map and stared at the map of Chu, but his mind was blank.

Later the emperor fell asleep and the tyrant came.

As a hard-working worker who seamlessly connected, An Jiu couldn't help but say to the tyrant: "I want to sleep tonight."

The tyrant nodded.

but……

An Jiu was asked by the emperor to ask about him and Prince Jing.

The tyrant opened his big eyes and played dumb.

"I just ate the sugar cake, but it wasn't as delicious as the one you made," he said.

[We can’t let Xiaojiu find out. ]

[Absolutely not.]

No matter An Jiu asked again, he didn't say anything, and he didn't even want to think about it.

This made An Jiu even more suspicious that the tyrant was hiding something from her.

But she really couldn't ask anything, and soon she couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep.

The tyrant stared at her for a while, then stood up and walked out.

The secret guard still didn't catch up.

In the early morning, An Jiu was the first to wake up. It was getting late, so she glanced at the emperor who was still sleeping soundly. She thought of how uncomfortable it felt every time she was woken up by the tyrant.

If he wasn't a tyrant, Anjiu would have beaten him to death long ago.

But now...

An Jiu smiled and woke the emperor up.

"Your Majesty, it's time to attend the morning court."

The emperor turned over and covered his head with the quilt.

He didn’t know what was good about this rotten dynasty. He just wanted to sleep.

An Jiu looked like laughing.

"His Majesty……"

The emperor covered his head with a quilt.

The emperor didn't wake up until Eunuch Li urged him outside. He looked at An Jiu with a sad look on his curly hair. After a while, he said, "You, come together."

An Jiu "..."

What are you doing, what are you doing, what are you doing?

Although she was awake, she still wanted to lie in bed. Even if she was just daydreaming, it was the happiest time of her day.

She stared at the emperor's annoying face.

Dog emperor, dog emperor, dog emperor!

I get up early, but I can't stand others sleeping in...

So An Jiu also got up. The emperor and Eunuch Li went in, and she and Xiao Fuzi waited.

Standing in this place, I can vaguely hear voices inside, but I can't hear clearly what is being said.

An Jiu yawned and turned to look at Xiao Fuzi. Seeing that he was motionless, he moved closer and discovered that he had fallen asleep while standing.

I admire you.

I admire you so much.

When the quarrel sounded, Xiao Fuzi woke up instantly. Seeing An Jiu staring at him, he looked puzzled: "Xiao Jiu, what are you looking at me for?"

Did Xiaojiu find out that he didn't wear cotton pants again today?

An Jiu said with a smile: "Little Fuzi, you fell asleep."

Xiao Fuzi shook her head and denied: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, how could I fall asleep while on duty?"

An Jiu "..."

"Is there a quarrel in there?" Xiao Fuzi also heard the quarrel.

An Jiu nodded: "Maybe."

I feel like today is not going to be a pleasant day.

Soon, the emperor came out angrily, and Eunuch Li motioned for them to follow him.

Everyone hurried towards Guanghua Palace again.

【They are all bastards.】

[I want to kill all these rubbish. ]

After returning to Guanghua Palace, the emperor ordered King Jing to enter the palace.

And An Jiu also knew the reason for their quarrel this morning.

After the war with the Western Rong broke out, the Chu people really attacked, but the emperor had sent people to warn them in advance, so they failed to break into the city. The people and soldiers of Nanlin City held out for more than half a month before the news was sent back to the capital.

In the court, most people were against it. They believed that the war with the Western Rong had exhausted the country's strength, and if they went to war with the Chu people again, the whole of Daxia might be in danger.

At that time, the emperor asked the officials who opposed it how to solve the problem without going to war.

"They actually said they would give Nanlin and the four surrounding cities to Chu. The Chu people would naturally not fight if they saw the advantage."

The emperor slammed the table heavily and said, "I will not give up even an inch of my kingdom."

He is not afraid of fighting. At this point, fighting is actually good for him...

King Jing also showed anger: "Whatever you say, I will listen to you."

The emperor said something in King Jing's ear.

King Jing paused and looked at the emperor: "Can those powerful people give us money and food obediently?"

The emperor sneered: "If they don't give it to them now, they will have nothing when the Chu people attack them."

It's the same whether it's in the south or the northwest.

There is no money in the national treasury; all the money is in the hands of powerful clans.

Only by fighting can the emperor have an excuse to move against them, and only then can he have the opportunity to move against them, disintegrate them, and take back the land and money in their hands...

He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.