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116 Retreat

Now people finally realized what happened, Empress Chen and the others ran towards Emperor Jiading regardless of the danger.And Lu Fang, who had already retreated with Tu Yu, also understood the seriousness of the matter, and now the most important thing for them was to get the Supreme Emperor into their hands.

Just as the two looked at each other, and were about to launch an attack on the Supreme Emperor, who was still alive and dead, they heard the sound of war drums and horns from the north, followed by the sound of horseshoes.

Lu Fang touched his severed hand, glanced at Mu Xu who had regrouped the remnants of the army, and sighed inwardly that his success had fallen short.He was decisive, he hurriedly grabbed Tu Yu who was extremely unwilling, shook his head at him and said, "My lord, there is nothing to be done, quickly withdraw the troops."

Seeing that the cooked duck flew away, Tu Yu was not willing to let it go, "General Lu, the emperor may be in danger. As long as we can control the emperor's grandfather, then I can hold righteousness in my hands."

"The veteran knows, but there is no time. Hearing the sound of horns and horseshoes, it is obvious that the reinforcements from the capital have arrived. If we don't leave, the whole army will definitely be wiped out. The most urgent thing is to take a detour and retreat north before the court reacts. As long as we can return to Ping'an Prefecture, the Yanmen Gate will be closed at that time, the prince can retreat to separate one side, and advance to wait for the opportunity to move, waiting for the right time."

Facing the earnest Lu Fang, Tu Yu, who knew what was in his heart, could only stomp his feet resentfully, then glared at Mu Xu, who had ruined his event in the distance, and said unwillingly, "Withdraw!"

Then the two got on their horses under the protection of their personal guards, and left in a panic with the remaining [-] cavalrymen.

Mu Xu has no time to talk to them at this moment, he has come to Emperor Jiading, because of the spear stuck in his body, Mu Xu has no way to turn him over, so he has to squat down, lift his head slightly, and try breath.

At this time, Empress Chen rushed over with some important officials and imperial doctors, and asked eagerly in a hoarse voice, "Xu'er, how is your uncle?"

Mu Xu had already breathed a sigh of relief at this time, he said happily, "Your Majesty is still breathing."

After hearing this, Empress Chen immediately ordered the imperial doctor to treat the emperor.The imperial doctor checked the emperor's injury first, and then said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, your majesty was injured at a critical point. Now, if you want to treat the wound, you must pull out the weapon on your body, but in this way..."

"Just let go of the treatment. No matter what happens, I will forgive you for your innocence." Before Queen Chen could speak, with the support of Dai Quan and several other eunuchs, the Supreme Emperor who came to check the situation spoke.

He made a decision, and even Empress Chen didn't object, so the others naturally wouldn't step into this muddy water and talk nonsense.

The imperial doctor listened to the words of the Supreme Emperor, so he dared to let go. He first ordered people to lift Emperor Jiading to the big tent, and then drove everyone out, leaving only a few imperial doctors inside.

After leaving the big tent, the Supreme Emperor couldn't hold on any longer, and fainted when his head was tilted. Empress Chen had to order someone to send him to the tent next to him for rescue.

Seeing Empress Chen with a tense expression, Mu Xu came to her, knelt down and pleaded guilty under the eyes of all the surroundings, "Your Majesty will not suffer such a serious injury if I hadn't acted on my own initiative."

When Empress Chen heard this, she was taken aback for a moment, and then took two steps forward. She didn't dislike Mu Xu's body covered in blood, and helped him up with her own hands, "Nephew, get up quickly, I can't blame you for this." Speaking of this, she used The majestic eyes glanced around, and all the people who looked at her bowed and saluted, and then she spoke,
"Before His Majesty was taken hostage, he had already decided to die for the country. As the king of a country, how could he become a prisoner of traitors? Therefore, the son of Prince Dongping first resisted the powerful enemy and bought us time. After that, he took His Majesty Rescued him from the hands of the enemy, lest he suffer great disgrace. Therefore, instead of being at fault, he has merit."

"I believe that when His Majesty wakes up, he will be rewarded heavily. Therefore, I hope that the clans and ministers of civil and military affairs present will uphold their hearts and not spread any rumors. Otherwise, I will never forgive you lightly!"

Lin Ruhai and Tu Rui in the crowd were immediately overjoyed when they heard that the queen had personally sponsored Mu Xu, and hurriedly took the lead in shouting, "Follow the imperial edict!"

As soon as they took the lead, the rest of the people naturally followed suit. Since the queen has spoken for the prince of Dongping, they naturally don't need to foolishly offend the queen and the palace of Dongping.

Mu Xu was extremely moved when he heard what Empress Chen said. Although he knew that there was a high probability that he would be fine, it was inevitable that he would not be talked about in the future.Now that Empress Chen has identified the matter in advance, she is not afraid that others will use this as an excuse to attack him again.

Immediately, he bowed to Empress Chen gratefully, "Thank you, Madam, for taking care of me."

Empress Chen shook her head and smiled bitterly, "I'm just telling the truth, my nephew doesn't have to be like this." After she finished speaking, she didn't say anything more, she just looked into the tent, and from her trembling hands, it could be seen that she was far away from him at this moment. Not as calm as he appeared.

After waiting for a while, there was no news from inside, but Chen Ting rushed over with the Dragon Army.Seeing the scene like this, he hurriedly grabbed an acquaintance to ask about the situation, and when he knew what happened, he felt a chill in his heart.You must know that if he hadn't taken away most of the soldiers and horses, such a major event of collapse of the world would not have happened.If the emperor is not good, he will definitely be held accountable, although he is only following orders, but at that time, who will care about these things?

Thinking of this, he prayed that the emperor was fine, and at the same time came to the queen to plead guilty, "I am late in saving you, please punish me!"

Empress Chen naturally wouldn't blame her younger brother, but she didn't have the heart to say more, she just said lightly, "Okay, get up, you're just following His Majesty's orders, what's your crime?"

"Thank you, Madam Long En!" Chen Ting stood up, nodded to Mu Xu, and then stood at the door of the big tent without saying a word, acting as a guard.

I don't know how long it took before I saw an imperial physician coming out. Before he could speak, Empress Chen asked, "How is it, how is your Majesty?"

The imperial doctor replied with evasive eyes, "Your Majesty is awake, please come in and talk." Empress Chen was overjoyed when she heard that, she turned her head and told Mu Xu and Chen Ting, "You two handle the camping affairs, and you can handle it yourself. Discuss." After speaking, without waiting for the two to reply, they hurried into the big tent.

Hearing that the emperor had woken up, everyone at the scene was relieved, but some sensible people knew that the emperor's situation must not be optimistic.Mu Xu is one of them. He has observed the emperor's injuries at close range, so he understands better than others that in the absence of surgical operations in ancient times, suffering from such injuries can only mean one thing, that is, the time of the emperor. Not much more.

However, he still had a happy expression on his face, which made people think that he was happy for the emperor to escape from danger.Then he discussed with Chen Ting, and Chen Ting led people to guard and clean up the camp, while he himself took the [-] soldiers left by Chen Ting to protect the safety of the emperor and the Supreme Emperor.

Mu Xu originally wanted to dismiss all the people at the scene, but then he thought, if the emperor died on the spot, he might ask some important ministers to promulgate his will.So he didn't care about these people, and just stood outside the tent like a door god.

However, in the camp, as soon as Empress Chen entered, she could smell the pungent smell of blood and medicine. She didn't care about these, and hurried to the emperor's bed, only to see that Emperor Jiading's chest and abdomen were covered with gauze, and there was no blood on his face. A little blood.

She walked gently to Emperor Jiading and sat down, just holding his cold hand, tears flowed down her cheeks.

Knowing that the queen was coming, Emperor Jiading opened his eyes with difficulty, resisting the pain, and said in a weak voice, "You all go down, the queen and I have something to say."

When there were only the husband and wife left in the room, Emperor Jiading said, "I hate that I was careless for a while, so that I fell into such a situation." Before he could finish speaking, he coughed violently.

Empress Chen was so frightened that she stood up immediately, and immediately wanted to send the imperial doctor in, but Emperor Jiading stopped him, "There is no need to let people in, I have something important to explain to you."

"Your Majesty, you'd better take a rest first, the injury is serious, what's the matter, wait until you recover." Empress Chen persuaded with tears streaming down her face.

(End of this chapter)