At Tianque Pass, Shen He walked quickly through the tents, walked outside the commander's tent and called out in a low voice, "Master."

In the general's tent, Lu Yanluo and Chu Xuan sat opposite each other, and in front of them was a map of a deep canyon less than five miles away from Tianque Pass.

In the past few days, Chu Xuan's army has been attacking swiftly and unstoppably. Tatuo has almost no ability to fight back, so they simply began to avoid fighting and tried to delay time.

But Tatuo wanted to delay, but Chu Xuan didn't. Lu Yanluo's arrival brought news from the capital. Knowing that the capital was full of crises, Chu Xuan naturally wanted to end the confrontation with Tatuo as soon as possible. They needed to guard against Kong Chenyang's sneak attack from behind. If the capital finally fell into Kong Chenyang's hands and he sent troops to attack, Tianque Pass would be attacked from both sides.

In recent days, Chu Xuan has been thinking about how to launch a surprise attack on the Tatuo army from the flank, win quickly, and end this war once and for all.

Hearing Shen He's voice, Chu Xuan looked up and asked someone to come in. Calculating the time, it was time for news to come from the capital.

Sure enough, when Shen He entered the room, he held an envelope in his hand and respectfully placed it in front of Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo: "Master, Princess, this is a secret letter from Miss Qin Er, and there is also news from our secret guards in the capital that Nan Yue was drowned in Taiye Lake and died. Less than five days later, Cabinet Minister Kong Chenyang was found dead in the mansion."

Chu Xuan calmly took the secret letter from Shen He, while Lu Yanluo looked at Shen He in surprise, unable to believe: "They are all dead? So soon?"

[Is this dog emperor having a last burst of energy? He moved so quickly that he even managed to deal with Kong Chenyang.]

Chu Xuan lowered his head and glanced at the contents of the letter, then handed it to Lu Yanluo and said, "The information in Qin Xuelin's letter is similar to the information sent by our people, but she said in her letter that Nan Yue was dealt with by her own people."

Chu Xuan chuckled: "She is so brave. I never thought that such a weak little girl, who has only been in the palace for a short time, would dare to kill someone."

Lu Yanluo sneered and rolled her eyes at Chu Xuan: "What do you know? When people are pushed to that point, they can do anything. If Nanyue hadn't been so cruel and ruthless and killed the unborn child of Miss Qin Er, how could Miss Qin Er do this? The child can't die in vain. I have to seek justice. If it were me, Nanyue would have died countless times."

Chu Xuan knew he couldn't win the argument, and he didn't want to upset Lu Yanluo over such a small matter, so he quickly smiled and said, "Madam is right, it was Nanyue who really wanted to die. But to be honest, our Majesty acted quite quickly this time. Not only did Nanyue not say anything, but he also dealt with Kong Chenyang, which finally saved us from a worry."

"Kong Chenyang." Lu Yanluo sneered: "He is so smart all his life. I thought it would take some time to kill him, but I didn't expect it to be so easy."

Chu Xuan shook his head and laughed sarcastically: "No matter how foolish the emperor is, he is still the master of the imperial city. He has been entangled in it for many years. How can Kong Chenyang easily deal with him? As far as I know, he has a group of royal secret guards who are responsible for the safety of the emperor. They never show themselves in public. I am afraid that these people are working for him this time."

Every emperor in a high position is afraid of death. Since the day he ascends the throne, he will train a group of death warriors for himself who can save his life at the critical moment.

Lu Yanluo was very disdainful when she heard this: "So what? He was poisoned by Nanyue and Kong Chenyang. I have confirmed it when I left Beijing. He won't live long. Even with my elixir, he is destined to not survive this winter."

The two men looked at each other with disappointment in their hearts. By then, there would surely be another bloody storm. Hopefully, the crisis in Tatuo would have been resolved by then, and they could free up their hands to deal with the chaos in the capital.

However, things went against their wishes in the end. In the winter of the 17th year of Qingfeng, the Tatuo army was beaten and fled by the Cheng family army led by Chu Xuan. After reaching the Sanshan Mountains in Mobei, the two armies confronted each other again.

At this time, news came from the capital again that the emperor was critically ill and Prince Liang Chu Han was by his side.

When Lu Yanluo received the news, her first reaction was that something was going to happen. The news that Qin Xuelin had brought before said that the emperor was afraid of Southern Xinjiang. After Nan Yue's death, he removed Concubine Xian from her position as Concubine and changed her title to Concubine Shen. Even Prince Liang was punished by the emperor.

But less than a month later, Chu Han went to Taiji Palace to take care of his illness. The two things were too contradictory, and he was afraid that the capital would be in chaos.

At this moment, in the Taiji Hall of the imperial city, the emperor, who was so thin that he looked unrecognizable, was lying on his back on the dragon bed with his eyes closed and his breathing weak.

Chu Han entered the Taiji Hall as a prince and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving.

At the morning court a few days ago, the emperor's already weak body finally couldn't hold on. He vomited blood and fainted on the spot. He was then carried back to the bedroom and has not woken up since.

Originally everyone thought that the emperor was seriously ill, but unexpectedly on the second day, the news that the emperor was poisoned spread like wildfire. The virtuous concubine who was demoted to Shenpin quickly reappeared in front of everyone relying on the name of King Liang.

The former court and the harem began to stir at once.

On the second day after the emperor fell into a coma, Concubine Xian completely blocked the entire harem on the grounds that someone was plotting to murder His Majesty. Before Lu and Qin Xuelin could figure out the situation, Concubine Xian personally led people to Guanju Palace and took Qin Xuelin away directly. She locked her up despite the objections of Lu and other concubines.

The name is that Qin Xuelin poisoned the emperor.

The emperor fainted, King Ye and King Su were far away at Tianque Pass, and only Chu Han was given the task. Pushed by some people with ulterior motives, he once again showed his ambition to ascend the throne.

The ministers reported that the emperor did not have much time left and that they should send someone on horseback to Tianque Pass to inform King Ye and King Su. After all, the court had not yet appointed a crown prince, and once the emperor passed away, the country could not be without a ruler for a day.

However, as soon as the ministers brought up the idea, Chu Han rejected it against all objections.

"To be disrespectful, I know that you are worried about the succession of the new emperor, but King Ye and King Su are currently confronting Tatuo. It would be inappropriate to recall them now. Moreover, the matter of my father being poisoned has not yet been determined, and King Ye has 300,000 troops under his command. He is now returning to the capital. What are you recalling? Is it a jackal with ulterior motives, or a son who has returned to mourn?"

"Don't forget, everyone. Concubine Hui and Princess Ye are good sisters who talk about everything. Her story is extremely strange. I once sent people to Concubine Hui's hometown, Dongchen Country, to inquire about the news."

"Although Dongchen is dead, its people are still alive. I heard from local people that when the Night King broke into Dongchen, some of the royal family ran away or died. Dongchen did have a princess, but she was already 20 years old and had been married for a long time. How could she become a teenage girl? So the identity of Concubine Hui, Princess Dongchen, is completely fake!"