The emperor sat beside the couch, holding Xun's hand, and remained silent. .

Under the light, Xun's eyes were closed, his face was pale, and the blood stains remaining on the corners of his mouth were very dazzling. The emperor took out the towel from his sleeve, carefully wiped away the blood stains, looked at the blood on the towel, carefully folded it up, and retracted it into his sleeve.

"Your Majesty..." Xun's eyelids trembled, but he still couldn't open his eyes.

"Lingjun, I'm here." The emperor patted Xun's hand lightly. "Sleep well, don't worry, the sky will not fall."

Xun's mouth raised slightly, and his frown slowly relaxed. After a while, the snoring sounded softly and Xun fell asleep. The emperor put his hand back under the quilt, stood up, nodded at Tang Ji beside him, and walked out. Zhong Yao stood in the corridor. Seeing the emperor coming out, he hurried forward to salute. The emperor signaled Zhong Yao to follow him. The two were farther away from the side hall where Xun was, and the emperor spoke, "What did Jiang Gan and Ling Jun say?"

"I am not present, I don't know what they say, I can only guess."

The emperor was surprised. "Are you there?"

"Yes. I'm twenty steps away."

The emperor raised his head, looked at the stars in the sky, and thought for a moment. "So, don't Sun Ce want to make a big deal?"

Zhong Yao remained silent.

After a while, the emperor took back his mind. "Say whatever you know, and be as detailed as possible, and don't miss any details."

"Which." Zhong Yao responded, and told him the story of Jiang Gan coming to meet him and meeting Xun, and it was written in the original form without any leakage. After that, he pulled out a list from his sleeve and handed it to the emperor with both hands. The emperor took it and saw it, and laughed: "What if we have half of the meeting?"

Zhong Yao was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty, I will not keep a single penny, I will give it to Your Majesty. Sun Ce is dissatisfied with the court. This year's tribute tax may be stopped, and the court's expenses are insufficient. If these gifts can be relieved slightly, it is better than the squandering of the court." He paused and said, "It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Sun Ce is so generous that he wants to bribe me. This is bait, which smells delicious, but it is actually fatal."

The emperor couldn't help laughing and gently shook the gift list. "You are a sensible person. However, I can't go too far, half is enough. Especially these Nanyang papers are too wasteful for others to use, only your calligraphy is worthy of."

Zhong Yao quickly said a few humility. The emperor returned the gift list to Zhong Yao, took two steps forward, and said, "Then tell me what Sun Ce is dissatisfied with the affairs of the court, and he actually wants to stop the tribute."

"I think that although Sun Ce is young and crazy, he still has a minor degree of importance. Even if he is a little dissatisfied with the court, he will not stop tribute and lose his words. He does this as a result of extortion from the court. If there is no sufficient reason, he will not do this."

The emperor nodded and signaled Zhong Yao to continue.

"The reason for this is that some people are disobedient and the court did not punish them in time, which led Sun Ce to believe that Taia was in a rebellious manner. The court was no longer His Majesty's court, but someone's puppet."

"Who is someone?" The emperor looked back at Zhong Yao, his eyes cold.

Zhong Yao was shocked, raised his head, and faced the emperor's gaze. He suddenly realized that the emperor had grown a lot taller recently, and was almost as good as him. When he lowered his head, the emperor was even taller than him.

The emperor smiled silently, looked at the rising moon in the distance, and said softly: "Yuanchang, let the king be like the moon, although it is bright, it is cold. You are a torch that can not only light but also keep warm. If you are sick, you will take the Shangshu Ling and supervise Guo Yi's case."
Chapter completed!