Records of the King of Xin'an County

"tonic?"

The next day, after Du Jialan entered the palace, he told his best friend what happened yesterday, without any concealment.

Princess Changning noticed the key point very keenly: "Is there really such a tonic with outstanding curative effect? ​​Or, is it just someone who wants to infiltrate the Du family to influence your actions, and then influence me and A Niang?"

This so-called tonic can not only "restore youth" but also "help pregnancy and childbirth", which made her immediately think of Queen Du.At the age of Her Majesty the Queen, it is natural to care about preserving her appearance.Regardless of whether they are favored by saints or not, eternal youth is the desire of most women.As for the matter of pregnancy and childbirth, if Her Highness the Queen really believed that the dragon heir was unstable, even if she was resting in bed, she would feel uneasy, and maybe she would need more curative medicine.

Therefore, this seems to be nothing more than an act of donating medicine by the daughters-in-law of the Du family, with the intention of "helping" their sister-in-law to win the favor and children of their husbands.In fact, there is a great possibility that the drug will be "effective" for the princess of Xin'an County, and this drug is specially dedicated to Empress Du and Concubine Zhou De.If it is really motivated by someone with a heart, this drug may indeed seem to have a good effect, but it will definitely bring about the same terrible side effects.

After all, at such a critical moment, some people with treasonous intentions never wish to see the birth of His Highness the Crown Prince.On the contrary, there was chaos in the palace, Xin'an County Prince's Mansion was involved, and Chang'an City was completely in chaos, so they had an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Of course, the princess of Xin'an County has already thought of this, so she sighed because of the actions of her natal sisters-in-law: "If it weren't for this, I really would not have imagined that I have taken every precaution, but I still can't prevent my natal family from being credulous. They may There is no malice, and even good intentions to offer me the medicine. But I never thought that this kind of tonic is just a game carefully set up by some people." As for what will happen to their bodies if they take this medicine rashly, she also has no idea. I can't control it anymore.

"According to what they said, this kind of tonic should be very commonly used among the family members of many high-ranking officials and families recently." Li Hui continued, "In my opinion, if the Jiangxia County King wants to plant a dark thread, he will definitely not just pass it through. Xin'an County Prince's Mansion will realize it. After all, it only depends on a few people, and there are too many variables in the middle. Maybe he will take the opportunity to promote the trend of taking medicine and attract everyone's praise. Naturally, more female relatives will dedicate this medicine to Aunt, as long as one person succeeds, there will be chaos in the palace."

Princess Changning nodded slightly: "The female family members who can get close to Auntie are either the royal family or nobles, or the family members of high-ranking officials and families that can be counted. As long as chaos can sweep the palace and this family, it will be enough to make people in Chang'an panic. They can even be framed. This family conspired with Shengzhou's rebellion and took advantage of the opportunity."

Li Hui said: "That's right. So, I originally thought that maybe I could use a tactic to lure the enemy. But now that I think about it, I can't act rashly. You might as well investigate carefully first. Those so-called people who are effective after using it, if they are not pretending, then It must have been influenced by others to use the medicine. When the source is traced, it is naturally the person who first donated the medicine and boasted that the medicine is useful. Not surprisingly, it must be related to Jiangxia Junwang."

"I'll ask Luo Niang and the others to inquire about it through the banquet." Princess Changning said, "Or I can ask my aunts to come forward to get more information quickly." People who want to please Princess Qinghe and Princess Linchuan don't know A few, those who are interested must also hope to use their influence in the palace, and they will soon surround them.

"Inquiring is a very normal reaction." Li Hui said again, "Just use two lines of light and dark to investigate together."

The two cousins ​​discussed it properly in a few words. Du Jialan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and suddenly said: "I don't know why, I just thought of Concubine Yuan Shu." Her eyes moved slightly, her voice was still faint, but full of trustworthiness : "If time goes back a few months, isn't Concubine Yuan Shu the one who needs this kind of tonic the most? She sent people back to her natal home frequently a while ago, maybe it was someone who quietly donated the medicine? Over the years, she has How many medicines for child-seeking have been used - only this medicine is available, and she successfully conceived a dragon heir..."

Princess Changning was stunned, and said in a low voice: "So, even if the chaos in the palace doesn't start from A Niang, it will start from Da Yuan. This Jiangxia County King really made all kinds of preparations. Starting from A Niang, there will naturally be unrest inside and outside the palace; starting from the great Yuan family, there will also be ways to cause trouble."

"Don't worry, I have sent someone to track the contacts between Yuan's family and Jiangxia County Prince's Mansion. In a few days, there will be news." Li Hui is no longer surprised. Du Jialan, who has an outstanding intuition, can find these seemingly unrelated The context of the matter, "You focus on attracting Beauty Yuan, and let her be our support. As long as Beauty Yuan is there, Concubine Yuan Shu's affairs can be under our control, so there is nothing to be afraid of." .”

Princess Changning and Du Jialan nodded in agreement.

After thinking for a while, Li Hui said again: "Actually, I am more concerned about the Du family's hot spring village. Jiangxia County King, it is not likely that all the conspiracies and tricks are directed at the female family members. He will do anything by any means. It is possible to make good use of it. If this hot spring village is sold to the Du family at a discount through his hands, it is very likely that it will be hidden in another world."

"Then I'll find an excuse recently to take over that hot spring village." Du Jialan said, "It's best to check it secretly so that there will be no hidden dangers."

The three of them sat together, discussing countermeasures in a low voice, but the atmosphere didn't look dignified.Empress Du, who was resting on the long couch in the inner hall, gently held Yan Shi's hand, looked at them from a distance with a smile, and sighed: "Looking at them like this, I feel much more at ease. Unknowingly, they also I have long been able to take care of myself. Brother and sister are united, no matter what big or small problems we encounter, we will naturally be able to solve them smoothly."

"Indeed." Yan raised the corners of her lips, "Ask them what they are busy with, but they need my help, and they actually say——Aniang just needs to have a good rest, and we can handle small things by ourselves. Turn around and give it to me." Da Lang delivered the letter, but he didn't know what to discuss mysteriously."

"Since it's their filial piety, we simply let go and let them go." Empress Du said with a smile, "I want to wait and see if they can wipe out those people who were secretly watching in the end." "If they really can do it, then even if she encounters the life-and-death situation back then, she can be completely relieved.

The two sisters-in-law smiled at each other, and slowly turned their gazes to Princess Yong'an and County Lord Shouyang who were concentrating on playing on the other side, and County Lord Xin'an who was watching over them while playing games with Shang Gong, and casually talked about all kinds of irrelevant things. little things.

"Speaking of which, it's time for Huanniang (the head of Xin'an County) to get married. The second sister-in-law must have been worried for a long time. Does the third sister-in-law have any good candidates? Before she returns to Beijing, we will meet a few times and we will meet her when the time comes. Mentioning it, there is no need for her to waste time and worry in her heart."

"I did think of a few good gentlemen. However, considering the prudence of the second brother, we will remove a few who are particularly prominent or have outstanding official careers. The remaining two or three are also good matches for Huan Niang. .”

"...Original Erlang from sister Linchuan's family should have a good marriage. Dalang from sister Qinghe's family is a bit inappropriate in age, but he is only a year or two older. It doesn't hinder anything. That's all. , presumably the second brother is definitely not willing to marry Huanniang high, so the third sister-in-law might as well tell me which good families she has her eyes on?"

Even though there are undercurrents surging inside and outside the Daming Palace, in the Penglai Palace at this moment, the years are quiet and peaceful.

Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.The counter-insurgency war on the other side is in full swing.Although the sage's royal driver had just crossed the Yellow River and headed north towards Taiyuan Mansion, Ashina Zhenchuo, the deputy chief of the East Road March, had already led [-] fat horses and strong cavalry one step ahead to the vicinity of the battlefield.The troops on the middle road set off early, and the army came to Yanzhou to set up camp, and then sent several generals to divide into two groups and marched quickly to attack the enemy's stronghold in Shengzhou.

As for the West Route Army, they also rushed over from Shazhou thousands of miles away with lightning speed, picking up those horse thieves who suspected of being connected with the King of Hejian along the way.At the same time, brave and skilled frontier guards from Lingzhou Dudufu, Liangzhou Dudufu, Xiazhou Dudufu, Fengzhou Dudufu and other places were requisitioned, and they invaded several Jimi Prefectures, and quickly sent those Turkic and Tiele tribes who were suspected of rebellion get it under control.Young and old, young and old, all tied up as captives, waiting to be used to surrender to the enemy.

Li Jing, king of Tianshui County, as a vanguard along the way, rushed to Shengzhou first, as a support for the Central Route Army.Because there were pigeons passing letters back and forth to deliver news, on the way, he met the dusty Du Shilang and Du Chongfeng and his party.At the beginning, there were nearly two hundred members of the Wang family and the elite members of Du Chongfeng's subordinates, but now there are only dozens of them left, and almost all of them have large and small wounds, and their faces are full of tiredness.

Li Jing looked at Du Chongfeng, whose face was full of wind and sand, and for a moment he didn't dare to recognize him. The bottom of his heart turned into a soft stream in an instant, and there were strands of pain gushing out.Even though he didn't know how to react, he instinctively stepped forward to support his best friend, and brought him and everyone into his tent.

Even in the spacious tent, it seemed extremely cramped with dozens of people crowded at this moment.Du Chongfeng was about to tell him what he had guessed about the Hejian County King's movements, so he waved his hand: "It's not too late, you should use some dry food first." Everyone was so skinny, especially the My best friend is even more thin, as if a gust of wind can blow him away, probably only bones are left on his body, how can he not feel distressed?

Du Chongfeng was startled, and couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth, and smiled calmly: "That's fine. We haven't eaten and rested properly for so many days, so we should recharge our batteries before we can continue to fight the enemy." They have hardly eaten any decent hot food in the past ten days, and their rest is just squinting and squinting.Right now, I don't know whether to eat warm food first or sleep first.

Therefore, when the stewed meat soup made of dried meat and dry food was served, everyone immediately gobbled it up.Even though the taste is hard to describe and it is not the same as what they ate in the past, at this time it is nothing more than a delicacy for them.After eating several bowls of meat soup in two or three bites, the tribals began to stagger around.Some people even fell on the people next to them while holding unfinished meat soup.Dozens of big men huddled together and fell asleep, and suddenly they snored loudly.

Du Shishilang looked at them with a gentle expression as before.As a child of an aristocratic family, he naturally couldn't be as rough and bold as them. After eating two bowls of meat soup gracefully, he suppressed his drowsiness and talked to Li Jing about his experiences in these days: "There are a lot of wounded. When they went to the nearby Zhuangzi arranged by Sun Rong for treatment, there were only a few people who died. However, in the end, only these dozens of people were able to follow me here."

"Having not yet reached the vicinity of Xiazhou, due to the frequent intervention of another force, King Hejian completely escaped our pursuit and fled into the vast desert. However, Sun Rong investigated several suspicious places in Xiazhou for a period of time. We just took a short rest and continued to chase. We arrived at a lair two days ago and found that they had taken away food, grass, gold and silver. Presumably, the next move of King Hejian was Hurry back to Shengzhou."