"Your Majesty, you are angry..."

"If I had known this, why bother? Did the Queen want to tell me this in the first place?"

Concubine Yun was silent for a while, and then slowly continued: "If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place? Haha, I'm afraid this is what the prince wants to say to me."

"Your Majesty's words are serious. Xuanlou is a junior, how could he have such sinful intentions?"

"You don't have it. What's the use of it? Say you are timid. You have never done anything to despise the imperial power. Say you are courageous, but you are timid in many things. It is difficult to achieve success in a cage.

Tiger, trapped water dragon, there are so many people who are afraid of you, but you insist on shackling yourself, I feel heartbroken when I see it."

Li Luo smiled casually and said, "Thank you, Madam."

"Thank you for what?"

"If it weren't for the empress, I'm afraid I would be even more angry about gambling today, haha."

Concubine Yun smiled, her eyes were bottomless, revealing a look that shocked Li Luo, and she softly replied: "I will never regard you as a thorn in my side. Even if that day comes, I will

I won’t feel sorry for you either.”

Li Luo's expression changed slightly, and he replied in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's words are serious. Thank you very much for your kindness. Xuanlou is frightened."

"You don't have to pretend to be pretentious in front of me." Concubine Yun snorted and continued, "Of course I have my own selfish plans for what I do. I don't intend to hide it from you, and you can see it clearly. Palace

If something is not good for you, I won't ignore it, but if you seek death, that's up to you."

Just as Li Luo was about to answer, he heard Emperor Wanlong calling softly from the brocade couch: "Lou'er, you are back, what are you talking about with Concubine Yun?"

Li Luo stood up, bowed, and replied in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the matter in Shuzhou has been settled for the time being. Xuanlou has come to the palace to pay the order."

"Okay, okay, as long as it's Xuanlou's business, I'm always at ease. No matter what you do, just feel free to do it. Don't care what others say, I will support you."

Li Luogong thanked him. It seemed that someone had said something in Emperor Wanlong's ears. Emperor Wanlong didn't say it clearly, but he could guess it.

"Brother Four Emperors..."

"This rebellious beast is more likely to fail than succeed, huh." Emperor Wanlong snorted coldly, sat up straight with the help of the palace maid beside him, and shouted angrily.

Li Luo looked at Emperor Wanlong on the brocade couch, and his heart tightened for no reason. It had only been a few years, but Emperor Wanlong's body had already been hollowed out by wine and sex to such a state, his cheeks were sunken deeply, and his eyes were hollow.

There was a gray and gloomy color hidden underneath, the eyes were red, not clear and bright, but rather turbid, as if covered with a layer of twilight, just like the setting sun in the depths of the sunset, without any sparkle, leaving only the shaky old state.

"Your Majesty, I have a message from Xuanlou."

"you say."

Li Luo glanced at the two palace maids on the brocade couch. At this moment, he bowed his head obediently and remained silent. Occasionally, he would look curiously at the Ninth Prince Da Gan in the hall. Li Luo hesitated to speak, Wanlong

The emperor did not seem to notice it, and had no intention of dismissing the maid. Li Luo sighed secretly and said bluntly: "Brother Four Emperors acted carelessly, did not observe things, and did not know people well. His crimes should be punished, but please don't do it, Your Majesty."

We must punish the Fourth Emperor Brother severely."

"Huh?" Emperor Wanlong looked at Li Luo in shock and asked, "You want to protect him?"

Li Luo was silent for a moment and replied in a deep voice: "Yes."

"Can I ask why? In my opinion, you don't seem to have a close relationship with Prince Ji."

"Xuanlou's intercession on behalf of the fourth emperor brother has nothing to do with personal affairs. Now that the war in Beifu is stalemate and Shuzhou has just been settled, Zhuocheng is really not easy to see trouble again."

Emperor Wanlong said oh, noncommittal, neither agreeing to Li Luo nor insisting on punishing him. Li Luo guessed that Emperor Wanlong would listen more or less, or that Emperor Wanlong didn't care about what happened to King Ji at all.

Emperor Wanlong asked a few questions about the affairs of Shuzhou, but he was already losing interest. He actually never mentioned the matter of taking back the Emperor's Talisman. He didn't know whether he had forgotten it or did it on purpose. After a few words, Emperor Wanlong began to feel sleepy.

Yawning, Li Luo did not ask him to excuse himself, but there was probably nothing to hide about the self-evident situation.

"emperor."

"Well," Emperor Wanlong yawned for a long time and asked sleepily, "Is there anything else?"

Li Luo thought about it for a while and said calmly: "A country cannot be without a king for a day, and all the princes cannot be without growth for a day. Can you please ask the emperor to choose a prince and confirm the position of heir apparent?"

There was silence in the Yangxin Palace. Concubine Yun looked at Li Luo in surprise, her lips slightly opened. She did not expect that Li Luo would propose the idea of ​​establishing a crown prince at this time.

Over the years, there have been not less than a hundred but eighty petitions to Emperor Wanlong to ask him to establish a crown prince. However, Emperor Wanlong never showed even the slightest hint of his intention to establish a crown prince. Although the courtiers discussed and quarreled incessantly, everyone was confused.

I am drunk and sober alone, the whole world is confused and I am alone pure, and now, the proposal to establish a prince finally came out from Li Luo's mouth.

Concubine Yun glanced at Li Luo regretfully, lowered her eyes and remained silent.

The two palace maids were completely silent, and the only thing that could be heard in the hall was Emperor Wanlong's increasingly heavy breathing. Suddenly, Emperor Wanlong pushed away the beauty in the palace beside him, causing the two women to scream in surprise and shivering beside the bed.

Shivering. Regardless of the emperor's manners, Emperor Wanlong walked down from the royal couch barefoot, stumbled to Li Luo, and shouted like a maniac: "Establish the crown prince, establish the crown prince! You all let me establish the crown prince, because you are looking forward to it.

Will I die soon?"

Li Luo was taken aback. He did not expect Emperor Wanlong to have such a violent reaction and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Xuanlou..."

"Shut up! It's enough for them to make noises in my ears. Xuanlou, you are the person I trust the most. Do you expect me to die as much as they do? Tell me, is it? Isn't it!?" Emperor Wanlong

He grabbed Li Luo's shoulders with his hands and roared.

Li Luo did not break free, but was more surprised and confused. He did not expect that Emperor Wanlong's seemingly weak body could actually have such great strength, and his shoulders were gripped with pain.

Emperor Wanlong stared at Li Luo with a ferocious look, like a ferocious and trapped beast with no way out, with balls of will-o'-the-wisps coming out of his eyes, burning Li Luo who was very close at hand.

"I'm not dead yet! I'm not dead yet! Can't you wait any longer!?" Emperor Wanlong roared, vented, and shouted crazily, which could be clearly heard outside the Yangxin Hall.

Li Luo looked at Emperor Wanlong blankly, with a somewhat sad expression. He gently pressed Emperor Wanlong's hand and whispered: "Uncle, Xuanlou has never thought of it this way. I believe in you just as you believe in me!

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Chapter completed!