At night, Taicheng, where the imperial palace and the various departments were located, was under strict security. Because of the fall of Jingkou, the enemy light cavalry appeared in the suburbs. At this time, soldiers and horses were already stationed everywhere on the outer fences of Jiankang City, and Taicheng was even more strict, with the city gates closed, and the imperial guards seemed to be facing a great enemy.

In order to prevent the Zhou army from attacking Taicheng, Taicheng strictly prohibits any unidentified person from approaching. The soldiers patrolling the streets outside the city can shoot arrows to any approaching person who does not listen to the warning. The curfew has been implemented even prohibits everyone from appearing on the street for no reason.

At this time, the Lifang was dark and bright in Jiankang City, but the lights in Taicheng were dim, and fire dragons were wandering from time to time. The imperial guards were lit torches and patrolling, and the ignition lights and the stars in the sky shone together, forming a strange night view.

At the top of the palace wall, Chen Shujian, the King of Changsha who had been patrolling here, looked at Jiankang City under the night sky and frowned. Zhou State fought undeclaredly. The navy succeeded in the sneak attack on Jingkou, and the opponent would face Jiankang next. Therefore, whether he could defend Jiankang City became the key to the battle.

At this time, Jiankang City was very cautious. As long as you stick to the city, you would not give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. However, Chen Shujian did not dare to take it lightly, because he was afraid that the enemy would have any backup plan to wait for it.

When he thinks that everything is in control, he often falls into the trap of the enemy. Chen Shujian has suffered a loss and still remembers the unbearable past.

A few years ago, Chen Shujian led his troops to fight fiercely with the Zhou army. He was defeated and captured by the trap. He was then imprisoned. Although he soon stopped staying in prison, he was under house arrest by the Zhou State.

Later, when Zhou and Chen had a good relationship, Chen Shujian was released by Zhou and returned to Jiangnan. After this disaster, Chen Shujian became taciturn and had a new understanding of life.

If the Chen State is gone, civil and military officials will be appointed in the New Dynasty and continue to be officials. Even if they are killed, their families who have lost their country will be stared at and life will become difficult.

So only after Chen Guo was one day, and they and their families would be better.

At the critical moment, only the royal family deserves absolute trust, and the empress dowager also thinks so, so King Chen Shujian of Changsha was entrusted with important tasks and was in charge of Taicheng, while King Chen Shuying of Yuzhang led the troops and defended against invading enemies.

Chen Shuying and Chen Shujian are the third and fourth sons of Emperor Xuan Chen Xu. Today, Chen Shubao is unconscious, and it is the time when they both assume the heavy responsibility. As for the favored people of Kong Fan and others, they finally rolled aside to blow the north wind.

The Queen Mother's arrangement after discussing with the important ministers today was quite popular. Chen Shujian didn't know what Chen Shuying thought, but he thought it clearly. No matter what, he must keep Jiankang thoroughly.

If he needs to reward the soldiers and encourage the morale of the army, and the national treasury is insufficient, he is willing to spend all his family's wealth to reward the army, because once the city is broken, the property of the royal palace cannot be preserved. It is better to use it to reward the army and protect the country.

As long as the attacking enemy is dealt with properly, the invading enemy will inevitably be able to do anything under the strong city. After all, Jiankang has many troops, and the strength of these enemy troops coming from the sea is limited.

Chen Shujian was thinking about the current situation, but saw several people coming in a hurry, and the person in front of him was the eunuch Li Shandu.

The eunuch who was favored by the emperor was now unconscious. Li Shandu and others were guarding the bedside, but now they appeared here. Chen Shujian felt aroused: Could it be that the officials' family has woken up?

As a result, Li Shandu was ordered by the Empress Dowager to ask him to take a trip to Hongfan Palace.

Hongfan Palace is the palace where the empress dowager lives. Chen Shujian knew that the empress dowager should have something to ask him to discuss, so he walked down the city and left for Hongfan Palace. As for Li Shandu, who was following behind, he was very disgusted.

Li Shandu and Cai Tuoer were the two eunuchs that the emperor favored the most. They were very arrogant before. When they saw the royal kings, Chen Shujian was disgraced when he met Li Shandu.

Now, Cai Tuoer caused the emperor to be poisoned and fainted, and committed suicide for fear of crime. However, Li Shandu lost the emperor's support and was in panic as if he was a broken dog. Finally, he knew his identity, but he was just a castration that was neither male nor female.

Without the support of the emperor, even a dog is worse than a dog.

Chen Shujian had no good feelings for these eunuchs. Although the disgust in his heart was not directly reflected on his face, Li Shandu, who was "good at saving people", could still feel the coldness. Seeing that the vassal king who is now in charge of Taicheng was not very willing to talk to him, he could only listen to his voice.

When he was leading Chen Shujian into Hongfan Palace to meet the Empress Dowager, Li Shandu took his leave, walked on the dim palace road, looked at the pavilions and pavilions under the night sky, and sighed.

He was so badly harmed by Cai Tuoer. Now the official family is in a coma. Once there is a few bad things, Li Shandu and other eunuchs favored by the official family will be in trouble.

Even after passing this level and waiting for the new king to succeed, Li Shandu felt that he was still in trouble. By then, he had to clean the feces buckets and was blessed by the Buddha.

But this is the fate of eunuchs, and it is useless to think too much. Eunuchs depend on the emperor. If the emperor changes another person, then they will naturally use the eunuchs they trust. For example, after the death of the late emperor, their confidant eunuchs will also be neglected to drink the northwest wind?

As Li Shandu thought about it, he was depressed and walked towards his residence. He stayed at the official house for a day. It was the time of rotation and was called by the Queen Mother to run errands. Now that he had nothing to do after running, he had to go back to sleep.

When he returned to the dormitory, Li Shandu sat alone in a daze, thinking about how to please the prince so that he could have a good end in the future. He did not expect the prince to continue to use him after he ascended the throne, but at least he gave him a way out for his careful service to the imperial concubine.

The crown prince Chen Shen was born by the imperial concubine Zhang Lihua. It was precisely because Zhang Lihua was the most favored by the emperor that Chen Shen had the opportunity to become the crown prince. When Zhang Lihua was alive, Li Shandu served him carefully and gained the trust of the other party.

Therefore, Li Shandu urgently hopes that the prince will ascend the throne in the future, and be able to remember the old love and let him go.

As he thought about it, Li Shandu sighed again. If Zhang Lihua had not been in the chaos, he would have been the queen now. As the prince's biological mother, he would have been the queen mother after the prince ascended the throne. With the support of Empress Dowager Zhang, how could he be in trouble?

The crown prince is young and will inevitably need the queen mother to assist in the throne. At that time, Zhang Lihua holds great power, so who dares to make things difficult for him, Li Shandu?

However, Zhang Lihua has already died. If the prince succeeds to the throne, he can only rely on the Empress Dowager. Li Shandu knows that he has to stand aside all the time, and it would be great that he can save his life by then.

The future is uncertain, and the more I think about it, the more I feel more and more nervous. Li Shandu got up to tidy up his couch and was about to rest, but he felt a letter under the pillow and immediately froze: Someone has come to his dormitory and left this letter.

He went out to look around and made sure that no one was peeping. Then he closed the door, opened the envelope under the light, and pulled out the letter paper.

Li Shandu looked at the letter, but after reading it for a while, he was so scared that his face was pale. He was so shocked that he threw the letter paper on the ground and was about to run out.

But after walking a few steps, Li Shandu looked around the room with sweat, then looked up at the beam of the room, and found no ghosts. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at the letter paper on the ground for a while, then walked back to his original position and picked it up.

Li Shandu was very familiar with the handwriting on the letter. It was written by the late concubine Zhang Lihua, and he would never admit his mistake.

The officials were tired of government affairs, and all officials had to submit the memorials through Cai Lin'er and Li Shandu. Then the officials took the time to take a look and often made a decision with the imperial concubine Zhang Lihua.

Cai Lin'er and Li Shandu sometimes cannot remember the content of the official memorials. Zhang Lihua wrote the terms himself and never missed them. Therefore, Li Shandu is very familiar with Zhang Lihua's handwriting and can confirm that the handwriting of this letter will never be copied by someone else.

This letter was written by Zhang Lihua to Li Shandu, and Zhang Lihua has long been no longer alive.

This is a well-known fact. The emperor also posthumously named Zhang Lihua as the queen, so when Li Shandu saw Zhang Lihua's handwritten letter, he was so scared that he thought Zhang Lihua's ghost was coming to him.

But Li Shandu soon thought of another possibility, that is, Zhang Lihua was not actually dead, but was considered dead because it was unknown to everyone. So what he wrote to him now is not a ghost, but a living person.

The official family was unconscious and probably couldn't last long. So after the prince ascended the throne, he found Zhang Lihua...
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