Chapter 348 The hand holding the sword can no longer lift anything
Yun Zhao fell silent.
She gave Xie Jingmo the medicine because—
Deputy General Gao took the initiative and said, "You are not willing to give up either, right?!"
"Yun Zhao, you're pretty amazing, aren't you?"
"Back when we were at the frontier, we narrowly escaped death, but you saved us. It can be said that without you, there would be no generals at our frontier."
"Why can't it be done now?"
Yun Zhao lowered his head, placed his hands on the table, and slowly clenched them.
"Alright, what's the fuss?" Xie Jingmo walked in from outside, one hand hooked around Deputy General Gao's neck, "Isn't it just a hand? Why are you so upset? You're still crying here. Let's go and have a drink."
Xie Jingmo pulled Deputy General Gao away.
But soon, more people arrived.
They all came to ask how Xie Jingmo's hand was.
Finally, Lieutenant General Lin also came to ask,
Yun Zhao lowered his head, unable to hide it any longer, and said, "The hand holding the sword can no longer lift anything."
Lieutenant General Lin frowned, "If that's the case, can he still ascend the throne and become emperor?"
An emperor who couldn't even lift a pen?
If this isn’t funny, what is?
Yun Zhao was silent for a long time.
Lieutenant General Lin whispered, "Zhao Zhao, you are in a difficult situation. If Xie Jingmo cannot protect you, you should make the choice that is best for you."
Yun Zhao sighed softly, "I understand."
She herself doesn't really care, but the affairs of the generals in the court are related to everyone's life.
This is very important.
Deputy General Lin finally said, "Think it over and tell me later. I have been training those secret guards you asked me to lead before. Don't worry, whatever you want to do, your brother-in-law will be your support."
Yun Zhao nodded, "Thank you, brother-in-law."
Vice General Lin came and left.
The room was empty.
When Vice-President Gao arrived, Yun Zhao was in the imperial study.
Deputy General Gao was very drunk and sat sadly at the bottom of the steps, wiping his tears.
"Yun Zhao, you know that Xie Jingmo and I are good friends."
"Do you know why I'm good to him?"
Yun Zhao lowered his head to read the memorial.
Deputy General Gao would tell this story every time he got drunk, and she had heard it a hundred times.
"Because he saved my life."
"Hey, who is he!"
"He was a wealthy prince in Kyoto. He risked his life to save me. I was stunned at the time. I thought, what a fool! How could he risk his life to save a small soldier like me?"
"I don't understand."
"I just can't figure it out."
"I asked him later, and guess what he said?"
"He said that I was his soldier, a brother who had been through thick and thin with him."
"Don't you think it's funny?"
"He's a prince, and he said he was my brother. I was so flattered. I was so happy that I didn't know what to say."
"Then I kept following him, always following Xie Jingmo."
"Except for being a bastard about you, Yun Zhao, he hasn't done anything wrong, really!"
Deputy General Gao drank too much and finally lay down on the ground and fell into a deep sleep!
Fu Hai said this was not proper, and Yun Zhao said, "If we take him back now, my sister-in-law will be worried. Let him sleep here and give him the blanket."
When Fu Hai came back with the blanket, he sat on the steps at the door.
Look at the sky.
Fu Hai was by his side.
Yun Zhao gently asked Fu Hai, "Fu Hai, tell me, can I take a gamble?"
Fu Hai lowered his head and said, "Yes."
Yun Zhao smiled and said, "Can I? But my luck in gambling has always been bad."
"I really want to try, but it's not just my life, it's the lives of so many people."
Fu Hai smiled and said, "How do you know they are unwilling to take a gamble with you?"
Yun Zhao lowered his head and smiled. "They have families, just like Deputy General Gao, he has a wife and daughter. There are so many people. Human life is too fragile. It can be shattered with just a slight squeeze."
Fu Hai lowered his head and said nothing.
Yun Zhao sat on the steps, propping up his chin. "But I... still really want to, regardless of the consequences, risk my life, and give it one more try."
"The last one!"
Fu Hai smiled softly and said, "I don't know about others, but if Yun Zhao wants to give it a try, then Fu Hai is willing to give up his life and give it to you!"
Yun Zhao chuckled, "Thank you then."
Fu Hai stood behind Yun Zhao and looked up at the sky.
That day, the sky was cloudless and filled with stars.
Deputy General Gao suddenly sat up from the ground and yelled at Yun Zhao, "Try! We will try with you! Yun Zhao, don't be afraid! It's just a death! We are not afraid!"
Finished.
He fell down again without consciousness.
Yun Zhao was stunned for a moment, then smiled. She looked quietly at the lotus leaves outside and whispered, "Then let's give it a try."
A few days later.
Xie Jingmo dragged Deputy General Gao out for drinks every day.
Yun Zhao didn't stop him.
After she left the court, she stayed in the Imperial Hospital to read medical books. When Mu Chengyan came, Yun Zhao was reading with fascination and lowered her head.
Yun Zhao didn't look up and let him sit down opposite him.
Mu Chengyan asked, "Empress Dowager, the Spring Examination is approaching. I wonder when you will decide to remove Xie Jingmo as the chief examiner?"
Yun Zhao said calmly, "Are you so anxious?"
"Don't you and Yu Xiang already know that his hand is broken?"
"Why are you still afraid of a man whose hand is broken?"
When Yun Zhao said this, Xie Jingmo just walked in. After hearing this, he looked indifferent.
Mu Chengyan said: "But this matter must be concluded in the end."
Yun Zhao nodded. "Really? Then what do you think if I were to be the chief examiner myself?"
Mu Chengyan frowned when he heard this.
Just as I was about to speak,
Then Xie Jingmo took the lead and said, "No!"
Yun Zhao picked up the pen, drew a line somewhere in the medical book, and then turned to the next page.
Xie Jingmo said: "You can't be the chief examiner yourself, Empress Dowager."
Yun Zhao said, "Why not? Being a disciple of the Emperor is so important. It would be most appropriate for me to be the chief examiner myself."
Yun Zhao smiled, "Why, are you afraid that I'll get my tendons cut like you?"
Yun Zhao turned to look at Mu Chengyan, "Regent, don't you think this is such a coincidence?"
Mu Chengyan pursed his lips.
Yun Zhao continued, "Or do you think I'm unworthy of being the chief examiner?"
Mu Chengyan immediately said, "That's not what I meant."
Yun Zhao smiled, "That's great, this matter is settled. If there are any accidents, then come to me. I want to see how many people's tendons I have to break before this can be accomplished."
That’s all I have to say.
Yun Zhao waved his hand and asked Mu Chengyan and Xie Jingmo to go out.
Mu Chengyan left first.
Xie Jingmo looked at Yun Zhao's pale face and asked, "Don't you know this is very dangerous?"
Yun Zhao didn't even raise his head. "Don't you like drinking? Go find Deputy General Gao. I'm busy here."
Xie Jingmo frowned and sat in his seat in silence for a long time.
"You...what are you planning in your mind? Tell me."
Yun Zhao didn't look up. "No, just go ahead and do your thing."
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