A country cannot be without a master for a day, and the palace cannot be without a king for a day.
Any imperial conquest will usually return as quickly as possible when returning to the court.
Looking at road flowers idle, that's what idlers do.
Kings are never idle.
However, the royal army of the Great Chu Dynasty stayed in Wancheng.
Wancheng originally belonged to the land of Han. It was a territory divided by the Great Chu Dynasty when the Han Dynasty was destroyed. Wancheng and Lushan were only separated by a few city walls, but it was only a hundred miles away. city.
It is not a wise thing to stay in such a place more.
However, almost everyone in this royal team knows why.
Emperor Chu's real oil was exhausted and the lamp dried up.
Many people know that the longest reigning emperor has had physical problems for a long time. With the beginning of Lushan League, with Lushan's violent fluctuations of heaven and earth vitality, and the fall of several masters at the end, his spirit Qi and God also seemed to be completely exhausted, and all the serious illnesses in the body also broke out.
Emperor Chu's reputation outside the country is not good, he is lustful and mediocre, and he doesn't like government affairs, but the veterans who have followed him for many years know that his low-key and peaceful, even stupid is just his way of being a man.
His invisibility and disregard are often just tolerance and letting go.
Therefore, no one underestimated him in the Great Chu Dynasty, and not many people even opposed him.
You can criticize him, you can despise him, but respect him.
The palace in Wancheng was built as early as when Emperor Chu came.
On the dragon bed in the palace, Emperor Chu leaned on the soft couch, his gaze wanted to concentrate, but it was a little loose, so his face was calm, but he couldn't help feeling a little helpless and sentimental.
Zhao Xiangfei looked down at him and held his hands.
"I thought you could at least insist on returning to the imperial city."
She said slowly, "I didn't expect so soon."
Feeling the softness and warmth of her hands, Emperor Chu smiled slightly, and said, "I didn't expect it to be so soon, who would have thought of meeting Mo Shoucheng at the Goddess Summit."
Concubine Zhao Xiang remained silent, but her hands began to exert a little force, and the knuckles began to light up.
"Don't do that." Emperor Chu shook his head.
Concubine Zhao Xiang shook her head stubbornly, looked at him and said, "It doesn't matter if you died on the way to the battle, but dying on the way back from Lushan... It's too bad for your reputation, I don't want to hear about it in future generations Some people said that you were so frightened by Emperor Yuanwu's Yijian Pingshan that your old illness relapsed and you died before you could survive in the capital. Although you and I have never had a good reputation, I don't want you to die again when you leave. What a reputation to bear."
"It doesn't matter." Emperor Chu shook his head again, looked at her and said, "I just want you to endure."
"Still?" Zhao Xiangfei didn't understand what he meant.
Emperor Chu nodded: "In order to govern the country in the future, you just need to endure... You don't need to do anything, you just need to endure, no matter how much you suffer, you will endure."
Zhao Xiangfei still didn't understand, and asked, "Why?"
"Because this will allow our Da Chu to exist longer than Da Yan and Da Qi." Emperor Chu smiled, and said: "Maybe it may not be possible to survive Da Qin."
Zhao Xiangfei looked at him and wanted to say something, but she felt something, and her soft hands became stiff.
Emperor Chu smiled wearily, and said: "No matter what kind of person you will become in the eyes of Chu people and historians, I will hand over Da Chu to you, and I am very relieved."
After saying this, he slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep as if tired.
Zhao Xiangfei held his hand, looked at him for a long time, and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do well."
Then, she stood up, turned and walked out.
"His Majesty is dead."
Her voice resounded in the cold palace, and then turned into another thunder in this late spring.
"Your Majesty is dead!"
There was a sound of heralds and mourning.
Her figure was frozen like a statue under the eaves of the palace, her complexion was like jade, but she never saw any sadness.
It's not that there is no sadness, but for many people, there is no time for sadness in life.
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The Chu emperor collapsed on the way.
As for Changling, it was at the end of spring in the twelfth year of Yuanwu. When the news spread to the streets and alleys, the most honorable mistress of Changling returned to Changling, and returned to her harem.
When her figure appeared on the stone path lined with terracotta warriors on both sides, Fusu was already waiting on the stone path.
Seeing Fusu saluting happily, her perfect pupils had a look of doting, but soon became absolute calm.
"You can no longer participate in the Minshan Sword Club."
She looked at Fusu and said.
Fusu's body trembled slightly, his face suddenly turned pale, and he asked: "Mother, why?"
"I know that friendship is very important to you, and I also know that I promised you to let you participate in the Minshan Sword Club."
The queen looked at him gently, and said: "I agree to you to participate in the Minshan Sword Club, so that you can walk freely outside the palace, but your status is different."
Fusu was dumbfounded.
"Because there is no accident in the Lushan League."
The queen raised her head, looked at the distance of the Changling Mausoleum, and said softly: "So you will soon become a prince... It is nothing for a prince to walk outside, but it is impossible for a newly established prince."
"The prince is going to participate in such a sword meeting, and the etiquette is not right. And I can no longer give you a lot of time to play... You have a lot to learn and a lot to do."
"I think you should understand."
Hearing these words, Fusu lowered his head.
He understood these principles, but he couldn't stop being sad.
"I know you're a little sad, but as long as that boy from the liquor store is good enough, you will naturally have a chance to date."
The queen seemed to see through what he was thinking, and her voice softened a lot: "The young man performed well in Wushan, I am very satisfied, and naturally there will be a big reward."
Hearing her words, Fusu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he became happy, happy for what happened to his friend.
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
In his opinion, since she even said "heavy reward", this reward is naturally very heavy, and a very heavy reward may ensure that Ding Ning can successfully pass the Minshan Sword Club and enter the Minshan Sword Sect to practice.
It's just that he doesn't know that a person has many aspects, and a noble mistress of Changling like her often divides a matter into many aspects.
Rewards are only one aspect of it.
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"It's so extravagant and extravagant. There are so many flowers carved on a window lattice, but chopping wood and burning it is more suitable than the door panel, which just saves some effort."
"This is iron birch, it's not that easy to split."
A man in rough clothes holding a chopping knife looked suspiciously at the wooden window lattice on the ground, which was just a few more marks, raised his head, and said to Ding Ning who reminded him in disbelief: "How can this wood be so hard?" This level?"
"It will sink in water, of course it is hard."
Ding Ning smiled slightly, and said: "If you want to chop it for firewood, you need a big axe. I'm afraid that this hatchet will be chopped until tomorrow morning."
"Bah! A window sill is so exquisite, how much work does it take to carve such a pattern from such a hard wood? How much money is wasted with so many fancy decorations?"
The rough-clothed man holding a hatchet spat and inserted his trousers belt, but he no longer wanted to waste any energy on the window lattice, and at the same time said contemptuously: "No wonder the Chu Dynasty took such a big advantage of us. Years later, they will not be able to beat us, and instead they will give us a large piece of land."
Ding Ning smiled and didn't say any more. Following the eyes of the rough-clothed man at this time, he saw a courtyard.
This courtyard occupies a huge area and has many buildings. It must have been extremely gorgeous at first, but at this moment, at a glance, it turns out that the roof tiles are broken. Not only the buildings inside have been demolished, but even the high walls have been smashed. Lots of stains, lots of big holes torn out.
Shen Yi followed Ding Ning.
Looking at the dilapidated scene in the courtyard through the big hole in the wall, Shen Yi couldn't help sighing at this moment: "Unexpectedly, in just a few days, the Liling Monarch's Mansion has become like this."
No one knows the conversation in the deepest part of the Great Floating Prison.
However, everything was in line with the words of the strongest military adviser in the history of the Great Qin Dynasty.
When the atmosphere of carnival spread wantonly in the streets and alleys of Changling, many people inevitably thought of hatred.
In the beginning, many Changling people who lost their relatives in the battle with Dachu just smashed the things they could grab casually at the courtyard wall of the Liling Monarch's Mansion angrily.
But when more and more people gathered, such anger became uncontrollable and turned into a frenzy.
Only on the first day, the courtyard wall and gate were broken, and many valuables were looted.
On the second day, some furniture and furnishings were looted.
On the third day, even valuable vegetation and some useful wood were taken away.
Beginning at night on the third day, even some stones and house beams were pulled down and dragged away with ropes.
At this time, in many streets and alleys of Changling, scattered objects of the Liling Monarch's Mansion can be seen everywhere.
The Liling Monarch Mansion, which was once considered legendary in Changling, has been turned into ruins in just a few days.
On the first day when the Liling Lord's Mansion was undergoing changes, Ding Ning went to the scene to watch the excitement. As he expected, the people staying behind in the Liling Lord's Mansion saw that the situation was out of control, and they had already put everything to the practitioners or As for the valuable things of the court, those who take away are taken away, and those that are destroyed are destroyed.
All he can do is to see if there are any clues left that are valuable to him and allow him to obtain some information.
Obtaining clues in subtleties, for the entire Liling Mansion, a few days is naturally not enough.
Like many Changling people who are extremely satisfied every time they enter the dilapidated Liling Mansion, Ding Ning also entered the Liling Mansion again.
The shabby settled man with a hatchet stuck obliquely in his trouser belt wandered in the unattended Liling Lord's Mansion very contentedly. Ding Ning and Shen Yi who followed him into the Liling Lord's Mansion through a hole in the wall walked to the depths of a collapsed building. half of the building.
At this time, Li Yunrui was also walking into the Liling Lord's Mansion from another place.