The Zhou Dynasty made some preparations in Tokyo... In fact, it had already begun when we returned from the Battle of Jinyang last year; the attack on Shu at the beginning of this year was just a prelude, and it was even just a preliminary preparation for this war.

Xiang Xun was first recruited back to Beijing; Han Tong served as an inspection inside and outside the capital. The envoy of Wu Yue returned to the south and took away the Zhou Dynasty's edict, allowing Wu Yue to reorganize his army and prepare for war, and attacked the Southern Tang Kingdom together; he also sent envoys to order the Nanping Kingdom (Jingnan) to transfer troops to the war.

In mid-May, the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty decided to start a war against the Southern Tang Kingdom. He sent Prime Minister Li Gu to go first, and appointed the former army camps in Huainan, and also served as the governor of Shouzhou, Luzhou; Han Lingkun, Shi Yanchao and other dozen military generals, guards, horses and infantry, and several entourages. Ten days later, Chai Rong held a banquet in Jinxiang Hall to celebrate Xiang Xun's achievements, and rewarded Xiang Xun, who was returning to the court, and gave him a generous reward of the armored clothes, gold belts, silver utensils, silk, and horses. Then Xiang Xun was left behind as the leader of Tokyo, sentenced to Kaifeng Prefecture, and was in power to the position of the guards. Wang Pu and Han Tong were appointed as deputy, staying in Tokyo.

At the end of May, Chai Rong heard from Li Gu that the Zhou army had set up a floating bridge in the Huai River and crossed the Huai River. Shi Yanchao's vanguard attacked and defeated thousands of Southern Tang troops under the city of Shouzhou and marched to the besiege of Shouzhou. Chai Rong ordered the deployment of troops from various routes to deploy troops and horses; he led the elite troops of the Palace Front Office out of Tokyo, and the troops from all over the country advanced to Huainan, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops to strengthen the people.

Shouzhou became the entrance to the Zhou army's defense line through the Huaihe River, located in the middle of the Huaihe River, southeast of Tokyo. Chai Rong sent people to urge Li Gu to attack the city, hoping to occupy Shouzhou as the foothold of the army to attack Huainan.

Fu took the army as she wished. She rode a large carriage driven by four horses. The spacious carriage could reduce some bumps and the road was relatively flat. However, the weather was very hot, and the sun was on the roof, and the closed space in the carriage was like a steamer.

From time to time, she asked the female official to open the curtains for breathability. The curtains were opened, and she could also see the vast scene outside from the carriage. The Zhou army marched on the plains, and several roads in the wilderness were lined up with troops, and the continuous dust and fog covered the sky, as if the whole country was migrating.

Fu's thoughts were also diverted to major events because of this spectacular scene. She thought for a while, recalling some impressions of Prime Minister Li Gu, and thought to herself: It would be better to let Li Gu lead the vanguard army, commander Li Chong, the commander of the guards. She thought about it and gave up the idea of ​​making suggestions to the officials. Who knows how the officials thought about Li Chongjin?

Suddenly, a nausea surged in his heart. Fu came to his senses and retching. Mu Shanggong next to him hurriedly took the white handkerchief under Fu's mouth. Fu reached out and took the handkerchief over, covered his mouth, and his face turned pale.

Mu Shanggong was shocked and said, "Empress, it doesn't matter, right? I immediately notify Cao Tai to find a doctor for you."

"Let's go." Fu grabbed Mu Shanggong and frowned, "If I ask myself to go to war with the army, I can't stand it even if I can't stand it in this comfortable carriage, why do I come out to do it?"

Mu Shanggong said: "You don't have to come out at first. The official family is a peerless wise ruler. You will definitely beat the Southern Tang Dynasty. The empress doesn't have to worry."

Fu shook her head, her voice feeling tired, "The soldiers outside are not sad when walking under the scorching sun, don't be surprised."

Mushang Palace looked at the queen with concern. The queen's appearance was indeed very delicate. Her slightly pointed chin added a bit of natural beauty to her appearance, and she looked weak. She was usually comfortable in the palace, and she suffered a lot when she went out to war.

The central army led the emperor's ceremonial guards, as well as many civil servants and eunuchs, and walked very slowly. The scorching sun was exposed for three consecutive days, and the troops had not yet arrived in Chenzhou. Fu's family had been hot in a square closed "steamer" for three days, and seemed to have gotten used to it. The palace maids around him felt a little relieved. However, Fu was listless all day long and said it was too bumpy... The road here was indeed flat and the carriage was wide, but the bottom was hardwood and naturally there was no shock absorption facilities, so it was really bumpy when walking. Just relying on the soft cushions laid in the carriage to reduce vibration, the soft blankets made the people inside feel hotter.

Just at noon that day, the sky suddenly became dark clouds, and a few thunder sounded. After a while, I heard a "crackling" rapid raindrops hitting the roof of the car. The heat on the ground steamed the rain water. Fu sighed softly: "It's finally cool!"

After a while, it started to rain heavily. The eunuch Cao Tai rode his horse to the side of the carriage, and walked off the horse and reported: "We will arrive in Chenzhou in two more hours. The government asked everyone to rush in the rain and station in Chenzhou again."

The heavy rain was blown into the carriage by the wind, and Mushanggong quickly pulled the curtain to cover the rain. However, the rain was too heavy, so the silk wool in the carriage was soaked in a short while, and the clothes of the two people in the carriage were also wet by the splashes splashing in from the gaps in the bamboo curtains.

"Cough cough cough..." Fu covered her little mouth and coughed a few times. Mu Shanggong was very anxious and touched her forehead with his hand, and immediately said, "Oh, it's so hot! What should I do?"

Fu ate a few times, took a breath and said, "Didn't you say you'll arrive in the town in two more hours? When you arrive in Chenzhou, you ask Cao Tai to report to the official's house and say I'm sick."

Mu Shanggong said, "Did the Empress just last for two hours?"

Fu Shiqiang smiled and said, "You are looking for a doctor now. He has no place to boil medicine after he has caught the medicine. It rains so heavily outside, and there is no village or shop in front of the village and behind... The officials have issued an order to stay in Chenzhou before they can stay."

Fu felt that she had no strength at all, and she felt nauseous in her heart, her dizzy and carriage was shaking again, as if the world was spinning. The most uncomfortable thing was the headache, which was much harder than just the pain. She wanted to sleep for a while, but she was so nervous that she couldn't sleep.

Seeing her appearance, Mu Shanggong didn't care about following her will, so he quickly called Cao Tai and asked him to report to the emperor. After a while, Cao Tai returned and said, "Let the groom hurry up, drive the car to Chenzhou first, and then settle down for the imperial doctor to see the doctor. The straight horse soldiers in the inner palace will escort us."

The carriage and horses accelerated, rushed to Chenzhou and asked the local officials to arrange the mansion, and quickly carried Fu into the bedroom. Mu Shanggong and the palace maid changed her wet clothes and hung a layer of gauze in front of the bed to cover it. After a while, an older imperial doctor brought his followers and bowed into the room with his box. He asked someone to take out the queen's hand and take the pulse. The imperial doctor carefully pinched his index finger on her wrist. No one dared to vent his anger loudly and waited quietly.

After a while, the imperial doctor said, "The pulse is weak, the body is too weak, and there is also the poison of dampness and heat."

Then the imperial doctor walked out of the bedroom, sat down in front of the table outside and grind ink and wrote the prescription. Cao Tai reminded next to him: "The empress is delicate, so you have to prescribe medicine well."

The imperial doctor touched his gray beard and said, "Dadfather-in-law keeps the medicine residue, it's okay if the medicine is not sick. How dare I prescribe tiger and wolf medicine for the queen?"

Cao Tai said again: "But you have to prescribe the right medicine. If you take it, it means you don't take it. Isn't that delaying the Empress's condition?"

The imperial doctor sighed, unable to answer, and picked up his pen and wrote carefully.

In the evening, the army arrived at Chenzhou to station. The emperor came to the mansion guarded by the inner palace and set up the headquarters here. Then he went to the inner courtyard to visit Fu. He lifted the curtain and walked in. Fu saw that it was an official family and struggled to sit up. Chai Rong hurriedly stepped forward and pressed her, and said kindly, "Don't move, lie down with peace of mind." He turned back to look at the eunuch-palace maid standing beside him and asked, "What do the imperial doctor say, what disease does the queen have?"

Cao Tai hurriedly knelt down and said, "Report to the emperor, the imperial doctor said that the queen was weak and was suffering from damp heat."

Chai Rong nodded, just as he was about to say something to comfort him. At this moment, an eunuch outside whispered: "Emperor, Shouzhou has sent someone to come and said there is something urgent."

Chai Rong hurriedly said to Fu: "You should rest assured to recuperate, I will come when I go."

Fu said in a flash of energy: "The big thing is important, I just felt the wind and cold occasionally."

After a while, someone outside said hurriedly: "The Southern Tang Army has a large number of reinforcements to Zhengyang and wants to take a warship to attack the vanguard's brigade. Prime Minister Li ordered Shi Yanchao and other troops to attack Shouzhou City to retreat and guard the buoyant bridge."

Then he heard footsteps and the group left the inner courtyard.

Only then did Fu remember that she wanted to think about how to imply that the official family came, but she was in a splitting headache and panic, and couldn't calm down and think about that matter. Now that the official family has left again, she had to give up.

After a while, she coughed again. Mu Shanggong hurriedly asked the palace maid to help her turn over and gently stroke her vest. From the beginning, Fu's body was very soft as if there were no bones, and she let the nearby servants do it.

She whispered again: "Let Cao Tai go over and serve next to the official family to see what the official family is doing and how the war is going ahead."

Mu Shanggong was anxious and said, "Empress, don't think about those things. It is the most important thing to take good care of your body."

The palace maid brought the prepared soup. Mu Shanggong tasted the hot and cold first, and then blew a few breaths, which made people help Fu up and drink the medicine. The palace maid brought the hourglass to time again, and he was carefully and on time every time he fed the medicine.

Unexpectedly, the daily medication still did not improve, and Fu's illness became worse and worse. After a few days, she fell into a coma every day and was unconscious. She could only eat soft white rice porridge and didn't want to get any drops of oil and meat.

Chai Rong believed that the imperial doctors of the army were not good at medical skills, so he issued an order to send Kuaima to Tokyo to summon other imperial doctors. Everyone was in a hurry and arrived in Chenzhou for a few days. The imperial doctors diagnosed Fu overnight, saying that they had suffered from the heat and could not diagnose any serious illness. Everyone thought about the prescriptions they had taken before, and carefully checked the residue left behind, and prescribed some medicines for Fu to continue taking.
Chapter completed!