In Guangling Gonggong, the current Chen State Palace, the prince Chen Shen is visiting his father. Emperor Chen Shubao, and he talks with the queen Chen Wuhua from time to time. Chen Shubao has not been able to sit up since he was unconscious that day.

However, when it was gratifying, Chen Shubao became aware. Although he could not speak or move, his eyes opened, he could understand other people's inquiries and made choices in a blinking manner according to different questions.

Chen Shubao did not reject Chen Wuhua who was waiting around him.

Since the day of the accident, Chen Wuhua has been by Chen Shubao's side. Of course, the specific care of the emperor was carried out by palace maids and eunuchs. Chen Wuhua did not need to take care of the emperor.

The young crown prince Chen Shen was not born by the empress Chen Wuhua. His biological mother Zhang Lihua was deceased and was posthumously named the queen. However, Chen Wuhua's position as queen is real, so for Chen Shen, the concubine Chen Wuhua, his mother was his mother.

When Zhang Lihua was alive, she was the most beloved woman of the emperor and posed a serious threat to Chen Wuhua. However, since Chen Shen became the crown prince, he respected his legitimate mother and queen Chen Wuhua very much.

Although Chen Shen is not as close as Chen Wuhua to Chen Yin, and has a deep affection with Chen Wuhua, the etiquette he should have is a little bit too much. What should his children treat his mother? Chen Shen will treat Chen Wuhua.

So although the relationship between the two is not as sympathetic as a real mother and son, it is not what many people think of as a passerby.

Because Zhang Lihua was the most favored by Chen Shubao, Chen Shen was also the most loved by Chen Shubao among the princes, but Chen Shen did not arrogantly and acted recklessly because of this.

Chen Shen is not only smart, but also has a good character, a solemn and dignified appearance, and has the noble style of a royal family. Unlike his father, he never indulged in wine and sex. Chen Wuhua spent a while with him, at least he did not dislike the other party.

Therefore, what the two of them said during the conversation was not hypocritical. Before they knew it, they talked for almost half an hour, while Chen Shubao listened silently.

Seeing that the time was almost the same, Chen Shen left. After leaving the emperor's bedroom, the originally filled smile on his face gradually calmed down, and then he was frowning.

Although Chen Shen is young, he is young and mature. Although he is growing up in the Shen Palace, this does not mean that he is ignorant of the world. His father was suddenly paralyzed, Zhou Guo fought undeclaredly, and his grandmother took charge of the overall situation. It seems that things have improved, but Chen Shen knew that this was just the silence before the storm came.

The Zhou army that invaded Jiankang still occupied Taicheng, which wiped out the majesty of the court and severely hit the morale of the soldiers.

Although the Zhou army in Huaibei and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River have not yet taken action, the other side will sooner or later come out. How will Chen, whose national strength is exhausted, resist these tiger and wolf troops?

Although they are safe in Guangling now, if Jiankang cannot be recovered as soon as possible, once the Zhou army in Huaibei invades southward, they will soon be able to attack Guangling City. Without the protection of the natural danger of the Yangtze River, how long can Guangling City be defended?

Therefore, the Zhou army occupying Taicheng must be driven away as soon as possible, and the capital was restored to Jiankang, and the Yangtze River should be used to resist the Zhou attack.

Only by doing this can we temporarily stabilize our position, but it is also an unavoidable fact to resist the attack of Zhou.

Not to mention the Zhou Navy rushing upstream, once the break through the interception, it can go directly outside Jiankang City.

Thinking of this, Chen Shen could not stay calm. The country was in a storm, but he could not do anything.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness?"

The call brought Chen Shen back to reality from his distress. When he looked closely, it was the eunuch Li Shandu in front of him. He was just thinking that it was strange that he suddenly remembered that he had sent someone to call Li Shan to come here.

Since Li Shandu got Zhang Lihua to "instruct the secrets" in his dream, killing Kong Fan, a treacherous charlatan who tried to lead the wolf into the house, and suggesting that the empress dowager avoid Shitou Shou for a while, Chen Shen's trust in Li Shandu suddenly increased, and he was eager to connect with his mother's soul through Li Shandu.

He missed his mother and hoped to see her again, but since then, Li Shandu never had Zhang Lihua's dream again.

Chen Shen didn't give up and asked Li Shandu every day. Although the answers he received disappointed him every day, Chen Shen was still very persistent.

Now, Li Shandu's answer is still "no". Chen Shen was a little disappointed. Perhaps his mother had done her best to save him and exhausted his "mana" so she could no longer give him some advice.

As he thought about it, Chen Shen couldn't help but clench his fists. He hated so much, very much hated his incompetence.

If he could be like the King of Bin of Zhou, he could fight well and repeatedly rescue the country from the brink of destruction, he would be able to turn the tide in the current dilemma.

He has heard from someone that the crisis that the other party once faced was also extremely thrilling, but in the face of many difficulties, King Bi faced difficulties and turned bad luck into good times again and again. If he could be like the other party...

By defeating the enemy in a row with one's own strength, and using continuous victory to keep the enemy from the border, at least to protect the health of Jiangnan...

But this is impossible.

Looking at the setting sun in the west, Chen Shen felt a heavy heart. He was the prince, not to mention saving the country, even his own relatives could not be saved.

In this Guangling Palace in Jiangbei, besides praying for the Buddha's blessing, he could only hope for his mother's spirit in heaven, to guide him and turn bad luck into good fortune.

In a corner of the palace, Li Shandu returned to his residence. Because he had made many great achievements, the empress dowager and the prince valued it. He did not need to squeeze together with other eunuchs and could have his own dormitory.

Close the door, Li Shandu took a deep breath, walked towards the couch, bent down and reached under the pillow, but found nothing.

While looking forward to Zhang Lihua's handwritten letter still did not appear under his pillow.

Li Shandu sat by the couch in a daze. The prince's earnest gaze impressed him just now, but Zhang Lihua's handwritten letter never had a second magical letter since that day.

Zhang Lihua should still be alive, not dreaming, so Li Shandu is like a drowning person, trying hard to grasp this straw floating on the water, hoping to turn bad luck into good times in the chaos.

According to Zhang Lihua's request, he advised the Empress Dowager to escape to Shitouzhu and then to Guangling. Now he has escaped the disaster, but what should we do next? No news came from Zhang Lihua.

Zhang Lihua's arrangements are like this, and I think there must be a deep meaning. Li Shandu can't figure out what this "deep meaning" is, so he can only take one step at a time.

After sitting for a long time, he got up and walked out of the room, watching the afterglow of the sunset, and was fascinated.

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When the afterglow of the sunset disappeared on the horizon, night fell, and the hilly areas became dark one after another, and somewhere in the woods were even darker. Looking up, strange black shadows were everywhere, enough to make the timid people unable to move.

On the winter night, it was extremely cold, and there was no pedestrian in the woods. There was no other movement except the sound of wind blowing the grass and trees. At this moment, the cry of sheep in the forest seemed particularly strange.

The two lambs were tied under a tree by someone, looking around in horror, making trembling screams. The screams seemed weak and powerless in the howling north wind, but they could make people hear them clearly.

Thirty steps away, a ragged boy lurking under a big tree.

He was wearing a piece of rag, with some snow falling on the cloth, holding a crossbow in his hand, with arrows on the arrow groove, and a wooden bow and a few feather arrows beside him.

The boy was at the edge of the woods, and the cold wind blew, making the bones cold. Although the boy lying on the ground was so cold, he opened his eyes wide and stared at the two lambs tied in front of him.

The weather was very cold, and he was short of food and clothing, so he couldn't bear it for a few days. If he steals the lamb from the man's house as bait, he will definitely be beaten afterwards, so he can't go back.

But he has no relatives and has no relatives, and his tribe members can surrender. He just wanders alone, and it is unknown when it will become a road.
Chapter completed!