After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine - Chapter 89
[Chapter 89]
Early the next morning, Jiang Suizhou got into the carriage and went straight to the palace to attend the great court meeting.
He hadn’t slept well the night before, and didn’t fall asleep until the second watch, and got up again at dawn.
But he knew that he had to go to this great meeting.
Once he said that he would not go away, the palace would definitely send an imperial physician to diagnose and treat him. Huo Wu Jiu is in his courtyard, everyone knows it, if outsiders come, once they see the clues, they will reveal the truth.
He had to bite the bullet and get into the car.
The carriage shook all the way and made him dizzy, and when he got off at Kaiyangmen, the early morning sun made him dizzy again.
He frowned, pulled up his robes and walked towards the palace.
According to the approximate speed, Huo Wu Jiu should have reached the south bank of the Yangtze River in the past two days. But he hadn’t received any news at all, and he didn’t know if his side was going well…
He walked all the way through the vast white marble square in Kaiyangmen and entered Guangyuan Hall.
He came very early, but Pang Shao, who was always late, was already waiting in the hall. Several officials around him were talking around him, but he seemed to be lacking in interest, as if he had something on his mind.
Jiang Suizhou raised his eyebrows, thinking about it in his heart.
Pang Shao was abnormal, he must have done or was about to do something abnormal. I don’t know if I can hear the clues at the court meeting for a while, if not, I still need Xu Du to investigate…
He was thinking to himself, but saw Pang Shao looking at him.
He only glanced at him in a hurry and passed him, but there was an inexplicable coldness in his eyes, which left Jiang Suizhou behind.
He retracted his gaze, and had some bad premonition in his heart.
Could it be that Huo Wu Jiu’s matter has already been noticed by him? But why there was no movement in the house, and no one who saw him came to investigate.
Jiang Suizhou glanced at Pang Shao, then turned his head and looked outside the hall.
The strict guards were displayed around several palace gates, and the ministers were scattered on the square filled with sunlight, slowly coming to Guangyuan Hall.
At this time, he had already entered the palace, and naturally he could not leave before the meeting. Just wait for the morning to pass, and he needs to go back as soon as possible to see what happened.
After half a cup of tea, the courtiers had already arrived, waiting quietly in the hall. According to the habit of the post-principal day, he would have to wait at least another quarter of an hour before he would be late.
But at this moment, the voice of the eunuch singing and drinking rang out.
The officials knelt down to pay homage, and the latter sat on the dragon chair.
Jiang Suizhou felt even more uneasy.
When things go wrong, there must be demons, not to mention that today, Pang Shao and the queen seem to be a little abnormal.
He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, but he couldn’t help but keep thinking about Huo Wu Jiu.
Although these two are different from usual, they are stable and not anxious at all, could it be that Huo Wu Jiu has been exposed and the plan has failed? Jiang Suizhou knew that he should not distrust Huo Wu Jiu so much, but he couldn’t help but care about it.
With unease in his heart, he finally survived the meeting.
He breathed a sigh of relief and saluted along with the civil and military officials. Seeing that many courtiers had withdrawn, he also turned around and mixed into the crowd of courtiers.
But at this moment, the back master on the dragon chair opened his mouth.
“Fifth brother,” he said. “Wait first.”
The expression on his face was the same as usual, but Jiang Suizhou felt a little uneasy in his heart. After thinking for a while, he took advantage of his pale face because he hadn’t slept well, coughed a few times, and said with a hoarse voice and a forced smile: “Brother Huang… I’ll give you the sickness, and I have to rush back to the house to take medicine.”
Seeing the queen, the lord moved his body and leaned back on the dragon chair.
“There is something important,” he said. “This matter needs to be left to you, no one else can.”
Jiang Suizhou’s eyebrows moved slightly and asked, “I don’t know what the emperor said about it?”
He saw that the queen was silently looking at him.
“There is still more than a month, and it will be the death day of the emperor’s examination.” He looked cold, and looked at Jiang Suizhou quietly and his tone was also very blunt. “I think about the Ministry of Rites holding a ceremony for the emperor’s examination. Fifth brother, now the emperor’s examination is only you and my two sons. Are you unwilling to do these things?”
Jiang Suizhou coughed, and his face was pale at this time. There was an abnormal flush, and he looked sick.
He quickly thought about it in his heart.
The biggest rift between the later master and the original master is probably due to the favoritism of the Spirit Emperor. Because of this matter, the Queen’s face was cold to him, and he insisted on keeping him. Could it be that Pang Shao persuaded him from the side?
No wonder Pang Shao looked so strange this morning.
It makes sense to think so.
But Jiang Suizhou still had doubts in his heart. He hesitated and glanced at the queen, then turned around and looked outside the hall.
After the court meeting, officials were not allowed to stay in the palace unless they ordered an edict. At this time, the officials in the court had already dispersed, and in front of the palace gate in the distance, there were already guards and eunuchs to close the door.
Jiang Suizhou was shocked.
How can the palace gate be locked in broad daylight!
But at this moment, he heard Jiang Shunheng’s sneer behind him.
“Does the fifth brother want to resist the decree?” he asked. “It’s okay. Come here, please invite His Royal Highness King Jing
for me.” Three or four tall guards arrived immediately, blocking Jiang Suizhou’s back path.
The old eunuch standing behind Jiang Shunheng walked down the steps without a smile, and bowed slightly in front of Jiang Suizhou.
“His Royal Highness Prince Jing, please?”
The eunuch looked up at him with an unfathomable smile.
Jiang Suizhou’s heart froze, and his original uneasiness was suddenly confirmed.
At this time, he had fallen into the net of heaven and earth alone.
——Lou
Yue left the palace, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw Lou Wanjun waiting anxiously at the gate.
“Father!” She stepped forward.
Lou Yue hurriedly asked, “What’s the matter?”
Lou Wanjun shoved a note into Lou Yue’s hand.
“Huo Wu Jiu has news.” She said. “It was delivered just now.”
Lou Yue hurriedly unfolded the note.
Then he saw the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing above, the iron hook and silver painting, it was Huo Wu Jiu’s handwriting.
“It’s done, and you can return in three days. Quickly surround Lin’an, and don’t let Pang escape. There will be changes in the city at any time, so be sure to protect Jiang Suizhou.” The
last few words were written extremely solemnly.
Lou Yue took a deep breath.
“It’s done.” He said, and was about to enter the house quickly. But he saw Lou Wanjun grabbed her arm and asked, “Where’s King Jing? Huo Wu Jiu already said, you should pick him up sooner rather than take him directly to the army, it’s safer.”
Lou Yue nodded and said, “You’re right. To be a father, you need to go outside the city to deploy troops first. You should immediately send someone to go to Prince Jing’s mansion to pick up Prince Jing.”
Lou Wanjun responded, turned and went to the gatehouse to lead the horse.
But at this moment, there was a slight noise from the eaves at the gate of the mansion. Lou Wanjun looked up, and saw a figure, rushing up from the deep alley next to her, and fell in front of her with a neat jump.
“Who!” She was startled.
But seeing that the man didn’t stop in front of her at all, he strode out and pulled out Lou Yue who was about to leave the city in a hurry.
As soon as Lou Yue turned his head, he recognized that this person was one of Huo Wu Jiu’s subordinates in Beijing.
“General Lou, there is a change in the palace,” he said.
Lou Yue frowned: “What?”
Then he heard the man hurriedly say: “The palace gate is locked, and His Royal Highness King Jing did not come out.”
Lou Yue was startled, turned around and rushed out of the city.
Lou Wanjun hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed him.
“Where is father!” she asked.
Lou Yue hurriedly said: “Where else can we go! There are soldiers and horses outside the palace at this time. If we enter the city to save people at this time, Xu may still be able to catch up!”
After speaking, he couldn’t help but reproach himself in a low voice: “It’s my fault for leaving too early. You should wait for King Jing!”
Lou Wanjun frowned so anxiously.
“Are you bringing troops into the city to save people faster, or is it the emperor who kills people faster?” she asked anxiously.
Lou Yue stopped in place.
“That’s good!” He was so anxious that he lost his mind.
But I heard Lou Wanjun ask the person who reported the letter: “Pang Shaoke came out just now?”
The man replied, “I came out early.”
Lou Wanjun gritted his teeth.
“Father,” she said. “Now, there’s only an exchange.”
Saying that, she pulled out a horse from the porter and flew up.
“Go outside the city and block Lin’an immediately. I’ll go to Pang Shao’s mansion and see if I can catch him alive,” she said. “Even if they can’t be exchanged, the two sides have hostages in their hands, and the emperor will not dare to kill people easily.”
——The
messages sent to the palace one after another.
Pang Shao’s men and horses hurried away with the imperial decree after the great court meeting. But they didn’t expect that these people were intercepted before they left the city.
It was Lou Yue’s soldiers who cut him off.
The more than 40,000 people actually blocked all the eight gates of Lin’an City. For a time, the people and officials of the whole city were besieged in the city, and it was difficult for a bird to enter and exit from Lin’an.
Lou Yue reversed.
The Empress was so angry that she trembled all over, and she only hated that this reckless man had learned to rebel. He couldn’t think of a way, and immediately sent someone to the Da Situ Mansion, asking them to quickly invite the Da Situ to discuss countermeasures.
Unexpectedly, the Grand Situ Mansion was empty, and Pang Shao did not know where to go.
Only the servants and a few unloved concubines and concubines and concubines were left in the mansion, and Pang Shao himself, along with his youngest son and confidant, disappeared.
Pang Shao had already fled while taking advantage of the chaos that had just sealed the city.
The queen was in a hurry in the golden hall, just waiting for Pang Shao to help him, but he didn’t expect…
He sat on the dragon chair and listened to the report of the hurried return of the Royal Forest Army, and didn’t say anything for a moment.
After a long time, he opened his mouth hoarsely.
“Uncle, he must have gone to rescue me.” He said. “That’s right. What use are the people in the city today? Only by looking for soldiers and horses outside can we relieve our troubles.”
No one around dared to speak out.
After a while, the eunuch beside him couldn’t help but said, “Your Majesty…”
But the Lord took a deep breath after hearing this.
“Mate,” he said. “However, my uncle promised me that he would stay in the city to protect me at all times. Why would he break his promise?”
The eunuch next to him was speechless.
The Lord laughed after hearing this.
“I’ll wait,” he said. “Uncle will not not come back. What’s more, the old thief Lou Yue only locked the city gate, but didn’t make much movement? I don’t believe it, he dared to bring troops into the imperial city and dare to kill me. I just care Wait, wait for my uncle to come back and save me.”
After he finished speaking, he stood up and left without saying hello.
As soon as he took two steps out, he stumbled a bit, almost fell, and supported the pillar with the golden dragon beside it.
“Your Majesty!” The maids and eunuchs around him hurried up to help him.
“Your Majesty, don’t worry! Lou Yue’s move must be aimed at the big Situ, and he won’t really do anything to the Emperor…” The old eunuch persuaded hurriedly.
But after hearing the Lord say: “Shut up.” The
old eunuch quickly fell silent.
The master lowered his eyes.
He thought that when the demon concubine died, the eccentric father died, he sat on the throne, and his uncle treated him so well, he would no longer stand alone and be left alone like he used to be. .
However, he did not expect that one day he would be abandoned by his uncle.
“Your Majesty…” The old eunuch said in a trembling voice.
But after hearing this, the Lord took a deep breath.
“Jiang Suizhou, is he already locked in a dungeon?” he asked.
The old eunuch responded quickly, “Yes.” The
queen smiled.
“Let’s go then,” he said. “I’m still going to discuss matters with this younger brother.”
–
Jiang Suizhou was tied up by those people when he left the hall.
He had already anticipated what it would be like.
These people are really overkill. With such a dilapidated body, how could he need to be tied up like this? Even if you let him go, he can’t get out.
But…he was relieved.
To make the late master take such a long time to capture him, that is, Huo Wu Jiu has not fallen into their hands, and it has already happened, so they have to turn around and arrest him.
That being the case… at least Huo Wu Jiu is safe.
He was pushed and shoved all the way to a remote part of the palace, entered a simple and solemn palace, and then was taken into a cell sunk underground.
There seemed to be no living people in the cell, but the smell of dampness and blood was very strong.
The smell was a little familiar, like the smell on Huo Wu Jiu when he first met Huo Wu Jiu that day.
I think this is the dungeon where the felons are imprisoned in the palace.
Jiang Suizhou couldn’t help but smiled bitterly in his heart.
The person behind him really looks down on him.
These people opened the door of a cell, threw him inside, locked the door and walked away. Jiang Suizhou fell on the wet and rotten straw, and his whole body hurt from the fall. He took a breath and began to look around at the bad situation.
Gloomy and decadent, with dark red blood on the straw and walls.
Jiang Suizhou had long heard that no one who entered this dungeon lived for three days. After all these years, the only exception was Huo Wu Jiu, there was no one else besides him.
Jiang Suizhou lowered his eyes and sighed.
Thinking of his broken body, which takes a few steps to walk, there is no chance of becoming a special case.
By this time, he was actually calmer, and he didn’t have much fear.
He originally thought that he was afraid of death, but he didn’t expect that the real half-legged step into the gate of hell, he was not so afraid, but was glad that the thing he had been worried about when he was in the court did not happen.
Huo Wu Jiu is safe, that’s fine.
After all, in history, he was only a sickly prince who was remembered a few times, and Huo Wu Jiu was a treasure that Shi Jia treasured dearly.
After all… he would rather be locked here than let Huo Wu Jiu suffer a little.
He sighed.
He just felt a little pity.
It’s a pity that maybe when I die, only I know what I want to get a snack.
He closed his eyes.
After some time, messy footsteps could be heard outside the dungeon. When he opened his eyes, he saw that someone had come to open the prison door. As soon as the door opened, before anyone else could come in, two little eunuchs hurriedly moved a chair into the cell, and then retreated.
He saw the black hem embroidered with golden dragons.
is the master.
He looked up and saw the bloated fat man wrapped in a dragon robe, stepped into the cell with a blank expression, and sat on the chair. Many eunuchs and guards rushed in, and for a while, the narrow cell became lively.
However, until everyone came in, there was no sign of Pang Shao.
Jiang Suizhou looked at the back master, and saw that the latter was also looking at him.
For a time, their eyes met, and both of them were cold-eyed.
Seeing the back master leaned back on the chair.
“Someone,” he said lazily. “Hang him up for me first.”
Jiang Suizhou vaguely saw the clue.
The appearance of the queen is clearly not here for interrogation.
Rather, it’s more like venting anger.
[End of This Chapter]
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