After Emperor Jingxuan left the court, he had no intention of reviewing memorials, so he left Prime Minister Guo to accompany him for a walk in the garden.

Prime Minister Guo was a veteran of three dynasties. When Emperor Jingyan, the Empress Dowager's husband, was in power, he entered the Hanlin Academy as the top scholar. At that time, he was not favored.

It was after the late emperor inherited the throne from his nephew that he was impressed by Prime Minister Guo’s talents and promoted him to the cabinet. He rose rapidly from a minor cabinet minister to first a cabinet minister and later the prime minister.

It can be said that Prime Minister Guo was a favorite of the previous emperor and an old minister whom Emperor Jingxuan trusted very much.

"Your Majesty has been troubled these days and has lost a lot of weight."

Emperor Jingxuan sighed: "Qin Canglan's life or death is uncertain, and I feel a little uneasy."

Emperor Jingxuan had complicated feelings towards Qin Canglan.

He was afraid that Qin Canglan was more powerful than his master and wanted to take back the Qin family's military power, but he didn't want anything to happen to Qin Canglan.

As long as Qin Canglan is alive, he will be the sharpest sword for the Great Zhou to intimidate Northern Yan.

You don't have to use it, but you can't do without it.

In fact, over the years, he has been working hard to train a new general. It used to be Qin Jiang, but Qin Jiang was defeated by Su Cheng and couldn't even keep his military power.

Jing Yi has good qualifications, but he is young after all, and he is not from a family of military generals. He lacks military achievements and barracks experience, so it is inevitable that the soldiers of the three armies will not submit to him.

The Leng family's few are not so good...

Wei Ting is the most suitable candidate. He is a man of both civil and military talents, has military merits, and is the grandson of Lord Wu'an.

But the Wei family was once the confidant of King Nanyang, and there was always a thorn in his heart.

Prime Minister Guo comforted him, "The old Protector of the Country is a lucky man, and he will be safe and sound."

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Eunuch Quan came running over excitedly, "News from the Imperial Observatory!"

Emperor Jingxuan hurriedly said, "Hurry up and tell me!"

Eunuch Quan laughed and said, "The old Protector of the Country has woken up!"

Prime Minister Guo’s expression froze.

Emperor Jingxuan was delighted: "Haha! Lord Guo, you got it right!"

Prime Minister Guo closed his eyes. Why was he so rude?

Emperor Jingxuan said, "Come here! Go to the Imperial Observatory! My dear Lord Guo, come with me to see Qin Canglan!"

Prime Minister Guo suppressed the complex expression that flashed across his eyes and cupped his hands, "I obey your order."

…

Doctor Fu was the first to discover Qin Canglan's awakening.

Su Cheng happened to go to the toilet at that time.

Three days of waiting in vain, Su Cheng is unhappy! Qin Canglan: "How about... I wake up again?"

Su Chengzhen thought about it and said, "Okay."

“…”

Overall, Qin Canglan was seriously injured, and the remaining poison in his body had not been cleared, so he was very weak.

Doctor Fu went to make medicine for him.

There were only the father and son left in the room.

Su Cheng sat on the stool in front of the bed, not knowing what to say and feeling a little at a loss.

Qin Canglan smiled weakly: "Cheng'er...did you call me dad?"

I thought Su Cheng would deny it as usual, but he replied in a low voice: "Yeah."

Qin Canglan suddenly became agitated and blood gushed out of his wound, but fortunately it was wrapped with gauze.

"Can you... call me again? I'm unconscious... I can't hear clearly... I thought I was dreaming..."

Su Cheng hesitated for a moment, gathered his emotions, and opened his mouth to call dad.

"Your Majesty has arrived—"

Su Cheng shut up for a second.

Qin Canglan's face darkened.

Emperor Jingxuan was unaware that he had disturbed the happy family life between father and son. He came to the bed in high spirits, and looking at Qin Canglan who was alive, he felt relieved.

"I heard that you woke up, so I came to see you."

Qin Canglan: It doesn’t matter if you don’t come.

Qin Canglan turned to look at his son, and Emperor Jingxuan blocked Su Cheng completely.

Qin Canglan: “…”

"Old Protector of the Country." Prime Minister Guo stepped forward and looked at Qin Canglan carefully. "How do you feel?"

"Don't worry, it's not a last gasp." Qin Canglan said coldly.

When Prime Minister Guo heard this, he realized that Qin Canglan was completely alive.

There was a flash of panic in his eyes, which was seen by Qin Canglan.

Qin Canglan sneered: "I'm not dead, Prime Minister Guo seems disappointed?"

Prime Minister Guo smiled and said, "How could that be? I am so happy. Great Zhou can be without anyone except the head of the Qin family."

Qin Canglan chuckled and said, "Is it okay without His Majesty?"

Prime Minister Guo almost couldn't hold it in.

The civil servant was very good at speaking, but he never expected that one day he would be confronted by a military general.

Emperor Jingxuan glared at Prime Minister Guo and asked Qin Canglan, "My dear Qin, who hurt you like this?"

Prime Minister Guo's heart tightened.

Qin Canglan said weakly: "I forgot."

Prime Minister Guo secretly felt relieved.

Qin Canglan said with a sneer: "Oh, I remembered it again."

Prime Minister Guo shuddered! "Who is it?" Emperor Jingxuan asked in a deep voice.

Qin Canglan glanced at Prime Minister Guo meaningfully and said bluntly, "Guo Huan."

Prime Minister Guo said sternly, "Old Protector of the Country, be careful with your words! How could my grandson hurt you? Do you have any evidence?"

Qin Canglan said: "The dagger is a gift from Wei Liulang to Guo Huan."

evil creature!

How arrogant is it to kill someone with your own weapon? Prime Minister Guo wanted to kill Guo Huan: "It's just a dagger. It's not surprising to have two identical ones."

Emperor Jingxuan had a good impression of Guo Huan. If someone else testified against Guo Huan, he might have the same reaction as Prime Minister Guo.

But the other party was Qin Canglan.

He is a trusted minister who has the merit of following the emperor.

Emperor Jingxuan frowned and asked, "Is there any witness?"

"Yes." Qin Canglan said calmly, "Supervisor."

Sikong Yun, who had just arrived at the door to see the emperor, staggered! You old man are so bad...

…

"Yes, I saw him... I wasn't sure at the time... I just felt that his figure was somewhat similar to that of Master Guo... Ah, is he really Master Guo?"

"Why didn't you stop it? It's too late to stop it."

"The direction of escape... is towards the Prime Minister's Mansion..."

"Why didn't I bring the person back to the Imperial Observatory for rescue when I was at the scene? I went back to call for help, but Lord Wei and Miss Su were faster..."

As the most powerful charlatan in the Great Zhou... er, no, the Supervisor, Sikong Yun could lie without blushing or beating his heart, and his logic was perfect.

Emperor Jingxuan asked seriously: "Since you know such an important clue, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Sikong Yun looked innocent: "I told you, I told Lord Wei!"

Wei Ting, who was blamed before he even woke up, said: "..."

"Where are the people from Wei Ting?" Emperor Jingxuan asked with a frown.

Lord Fu reported: "He is lying in the next room, unconscious for several days. Lord Wei was already injured, and that day he risked his life to protect the emperor and fought a desperate battle with the White Lotus Sect. Now, his injuries are even more serious."

Emperor Jingxuan was still a little skeptical at first, but when he entered the room and saw Wei Ting unconscious with his hands wrapped like big dumplings, he suddenly felt that Wei Ting was really miserable.

Emperor Jingxuan could not bear to call Wei Ting to task again, so he said in a cold voice: "Come here! Pass on my order to arrest Guo Huan!"

…

Qin Canglan was already weak, and he had been talking for such a long time that by the time Emperor Jingxuan and his entourage left, he had fallen asleep again.

Su Cheng poked his head into the house.

Thinking of the unspoken word "Dad", he quietly came to the bed and called out in a very small voice: "Dad."

He sat down and raised his voice a little: "Dad."

He looked back and made sure that no one was coming. He shyly laid his head beside Qin Canglan.

"father--"

Qin Canglan smiled weakly, raised his hand covered with scars and years, and patted his head gently: "I heard it, son."

I rack my brains every day to ask for votes, but today I saw that I have turned gray at a young age.

Please have some mercy on the author's hair, and vote if you have money, okay?

(End of this chapter)