Before we knew it, it was already dawn.

Ma Zhou raised his head, his eyes covered with blood. He blew out the candle in front of him, feeling dizzy and tinnitus.

It was a long night.

The cold morning light spread into the room through the window. He picked up the letter on the table that had been reading all night and put it in his arms. Turning back, he could see the yard downstairs.

The wife was spreading with her son, and the daughter was running happily in front of her with a puppy, making bursts of laughter.

Next to him were maids and servants from Duke Xu's mansion followed.

This is an ordinary morning that cannot be more ordinary, for them.

But for Ma Zhou, it was a heavy morning.

After sleepless all night, he finally believed in the mysterious letter that suddenly appeared on the table. The contents of the letter were absurd at first glance, but after careful consideration, it was very likely.

Especially after comparing many recent events, he slowly figured out clues.

Gradually outline a clear picture.

Before they knew it, they fell into a terrible situation.

Morning haze.

It was not a good morning.

There is no golden rising sun, no warm sunshine, only the cool morning breeze, and the low and heavy lead layer.

Ma Zhou walked to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and the water flowed out. He turned on the other faucet, and the hot water was released.

After half a basin of water was connected to the ceramic basin, he turned off the faucet and tried the temperature with his hand. It felt as good as usual, and it was just right warm.

He picked up the toothbrush, then picked up the toothpaste, applied a little, and then began to brush his teeth. While brushing his teeth, he stared at the bronze mirror in front of him, looking at the pale and messy self.

"Stay calm, keep calm, everything should be as normal as possible, and not let others see anything."

He stopped, took water and rinsed his mouth.

Take a towel and wash your face.

Then shave your face, trim your beard, comb your hair, and tie your hair bun.

As usual, he took the initiative to clean himself up.

Although he is now a true Duke, and is still the prime minister of the dynasty. He also has a lot of profits when he takes the Li family's sailboat, Ma Zhou is still used to washing and dressing by himself.

I looked at my face carefully in front of the mirror and felt that my face was still a little too pale, with dark circles and red bloodshot eyes.

He patted his face lightly, causing a little blood to appear on his face.

It took him a long time before he finally left the door.

After getting up and washing up, Ma Zhou also had breakfast with his wife and children as usual.

Ma Zhou likes the atmosphere of the Li family, so when he is at home, the whole family eats at the same table instead of separate meals.

My daughter played with the puppy for a long time this morning, and obviously had a good appetite. She held a spoon in her hand and ate it in front of her. Her son seemed a little picky about food. Facing the food in front of her, she avoided her face and refused to let her mother feed her.

Ma Zhou ate all the food in front of him like a wolf.

He was indeed hungry for a long night.

The son said dissatisfiedly, "I don't want to eat this."

Ma Zhou raised his head and looked at his son. His son was only over two years old and was very spoiled. His wife did spoil the child a little.

"Eat yourself and finish this bowl of rice well." He said with a cold face. His tone was very bad, and his face today was ugly, so he was frightened and wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to cry, tears rolling in his eyes.

"Okay, don't scare the child," said the wife.

Ma Zhou's eyes turned from his son to his wife, "He is already two years old, but you still dote on him like this all day, just hurting him. Look at the children of Wenyuan, his family has more than a dozen children, but one of them is as coquettish as him? I don't eat this one and the other one. When I was young, I didn't eat breakfast at all. There were only two meals a day, and every meal was full of porridge."

"The porridge was not so good at that time. It was porridge mixed with bran, all of which were water, and the rice grains in the porridge could be counted."

Seeing that Ma Zhou was so angry this morning, his wife was so tactful that she didn't argue with him.

My son also began to eat porridge honestly.

Ma Zhou looked at the sudden quiet table and felt that he had passed, but he didn't have time to waste here today. He said I'll leave, and then got up and left.

When he became a monk, he tried his best to pretend that everything would be normal.

As always, go to the morning court first.

When the morning court came, the prince came to the court and everything was the same.

After the morning court, Ma Zhou first went to the school of the Secretariat to handle official duties for a while, then packed up his things and went to the palace.

Today, it was his turn to preach for the prince, and all this had been arranged long ago.

Half an hour later.

Chengqian walked into the lecture hall.

He had already changed his clothes from the morning court and wore a bright yellow regular dress.

"The horse is early."

"Your Highness, morning."

Chengqian sat down and prepared to listen to the class.

Ma Zhou was not in a hurry to give a lecture. He walked to Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, please leave your left and right."

Cheng Qian was a little surprised, but waved his hand to let the left and right retreat.

Ma Zhou took out the letter of unknown origin from his arms and handed it to Chengqian.

"What's this?"

"Please watch it first before talking about it."

Cheng Qian opened the letter with doubt and slowly looked at it, but the more he looked, the more surprised he became, his eyes widened, and his breathing became rapid.

"Is this true?"

Ma Zhou shook his head, "I can't be sure if what is written on it is true."

"What does it mean, isn't this what you found?"

"I would like to forgive my crime. I have never found any news before. This letter was not written by me, and the discovery on it was not found by me. But after I went home yesterday, I found it on my study table. But I asked everyone in the mansion, but I didn't find anyone entering my study, and I didn't see anyone delivering a letter to my mansion."

Cheng Qian looked at the letter in his hand and became more and more surprised.

"Don't worry about who sent him to your study table for now. I want to know, is this true?"

"I don't know, but I thought about it all night and felt that many of the things mentioned above were by no means groundless. Many things have actually revealed clues. As long as I analyze them carefully, they cannot be separated. I mean, this matter is true."

Chengqian exclaimed, "Why is Grandpa Emperor like this?"

Ma Zhou sighed, "Your Highness, the Supreme Emperor did not take the initiative to abdicate during the Xuanwu Sect change back then, but it was just helpless."

In one sentence, everything is revealed.

Cheng Qian nodded.

"We must stop all this." Cheng Qian said, "We will go to the Daming Palace to meet the Supreme Emperor."

Ma Zhou stopped him, "Your Highness, please be careful. The more we are at this time, we are more careful. We don't know whether the Daming Palace is safe. We don't even know where the plan of the Supreme Emperor and the others are now. We don't know who has turned to the Supreme Emperor. We don't even know who can trust us."

"Everything must be cautious."

Chengqian sat down.

Sighing in anger.

"If Taibao is here, it would be great. With him, everything will be fine."

"Ma Xiangguo, what should we do now?"

Ma Zhou felt that things were very difficult, and it was not ordinary people who wanted to make trouble, but the Supreme Emperor. The founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty was the emperor's father and the grandfather of the prince who stayed in the prison.

After six years as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Ma Zhou didn't know who was the enemy and who was his friend now.
Chapter completed!