Reborn as King again

Plague is an infectious disease, and those inner eunuchs who were infected with the plague were all sent out of the palace and placed in houses on the outskirts of the capital, under special supervision and isolated.

And the fact that Li Mujing was infected with the plague could not be concealed. He claimed that he would not be able to go to the morning court for ten days in a row.

Li Mujing is thirty-four this year. In his prime of life, he has never suffered from any illness. It stands to reason that he can sit on the throne for at least 20 years, but now a plague suddenly came, and Li Mujing fell ill. All the ministers We ran out of ideas for a moment.

Because of the plague, Li Mujing had to be isolated in the Qianlong Palace. Except for the special eunuchs and imperial doctors, no one was allowed to visit him, for fear that someone would be infected again.In fact, when it comes to the plague, the imperial physicians don’t have any particularly good solutions. They only prescribe medicines that treat the symptoms but not the root cause. The plague is inherently difficult to cure, otherwise so many people would not die each time.

Now that Li Mujing is no longer in court, he can only stay in Qianlong Palace to slowly recover from his illness. Prince Li Yi will take care of all the affairs of the court and the public, and his teacher will assist him.Since the news in the palace was kept secret, the ministers didn't know how Li Mujing's condition was. If it was really terminally ill, they would have to consider the new emperor's ascension to the throne.

Fengyi Palace

Zhou Ling was sitting on a chair, sipping tea slowly, and playing with Li Wei in his arms.At this time, his close maid Osmanthus came to report, "Empress, Grand Master Xia is asking to see you outside the palace, can you see me?"

"Let him in," Zhou Ling said.

"Yes."

After a while, Grand Master Xia walked in with a livid face, as if he was about to explode any moment.Grand Master Xia greeted Zhou Ling, and then said: "Empress Empress, I have some private things to tell you, see if you can let others step down first."

"All the eunuchs in Fengyi Palace are from this palace," Zhou Ling said with a nonchalant smile, "Master Xia may as well speak up if he has something to say."

Grand Master Xia glanced at the eunuchs guarding the hall, and asked in a low voice, "You did it, right? The emperor was infected with the plague."

Zhou Ling smiled slightly and said, "Since Grand Master Xia already knows, why bother to ask again."

"Ling'er!" Xia Taishi didn't care about etiquette, and loudly criticized: "Do you know that you will make our Xia family unrighteous by doing this! If outsiders find out, it will be a great crime to punish the nine clans! "

"So what?!" The current Zhou Ling doesn't care about this at all, "Could it be possible to sit and wait for the emperor to abolish me?!"

Grand Master Xia sighed, and said: "We can take a long-term view, and things may not be as bad as you think."

"A long-term plan?" Zhou Ling sneered when he heard the words: "Let you give me up and let me live like a living dead in the palace like Xia Zhiyuan?! I don't think he is so stupid!"

"Ling'er!" Grand Master Xia blushed, wanting to explain.

I only heard Zhou Ling say: "You don't need to say anything more, we are grasshoppers on the same line, and you have no other choice but to listen to me."

"What are you going to do, don't drag us into the water!" Taishi Xia looked at Zhou Ling in horror, and said, "Don't you love the emperor very much? Why do you want him to die all of a sudden?!"

"Love?" Zhou Ling said with a self-deprecating smile: "Yes, I love him very much, but he is not worthy of my love for him!" When Zhou Ling first became a queen, it was like a dream. Li Mujing treated him very well, so nicely It can make him forget about hatred.

Zhou Ling used to really focus on Li Mujing in everything, and he considered everything for him, but sometimes people's hearts are really unpredictable, just when Zhou Ling wanted to be with Li Mujing for the rest of his life, Li Mujing changed his mind and did not , or he has no heart at all, all he fancy is his good skin.

Zhou Ling gradually realized that his position in Li Mujing's heart was far inferior to others. He was no match for Jia Wanru's empathy, who could cater to Li Mujing's preferences at any time, and he was not as capable as Wen Liu, who let him stay in the cold palace. Li Mujing never forgets.As the empress, Zhou Ling sincerely planned for Li Mujing, but Li Mujing regarded his sincerity as a donkey's liver and lungs!

Zhou Ling stood up, hugged Li Wei, walked slowly towards Grand Master Xia, came to his side, and said softly: "Grand Master Xia, don't forget, you sent people into the palace for the source of the plague. , now you have nothing to do but listen to me."

"Ling'er!!" Taishi Xia's legs felt weak for a moment, and he almost couldn't stand still. After a long while, he said: "You told me...that you can get rid of Concubine Wan and regain the emperor's favor. I just helped you, I didn't let you harm the emperor..." At the beginning Zhou Ling told him that he could win back the emperor's heart and get rid of Jia Wanru, so he helped Zhou Ling get the clothes worn by the people suffering from the plague and secretly gave them to him. Enter the palace, and secretly send people to lure a few refugees from Luoyang City, and send the children to the palace.

Zhou Ling looked sideways and smiled. If he hadn't lied to Grand Master Xia like this, how could he have gotten the source of the plague so quickly, "Is there a difference? They are all harmful, so why not..."

Grand Master Xia really couldn't stand Zhou Ling's frivolous tone, he gasped and said, "I am your father! You have the blood of our Xia family in your body, if you do this, you will implicate the entire Xia family!"

When Zhou Ling heard Taishi Xia's words "I am your father", the hand that was originally open to support Li Wei was tightly clenched into a fist, and the nails carved red marks on the palm.Zhou Ling was silent for a long time, trying his best not to get angry and to be patient. When he calmed down, he said: "I did this for the good of our Xia family. When the emperor dies, our Xia family will be in the government and the public." the world."

"The Xia family's world?!" Grand Master Xia seemed to hear a joke, "The emperor passed away, the crown prince ascended the throne, and behind the prince is the Jia family. How can our Xia family still have a place at that time?!"

Zhou Ling didn't think so: "As long as I'm still the queen, our Xia family has a lot of hope!"

"Just because of your relationship with the prince?" Taishi Xia felt that Zhou Ling's thoughts were too naive, "You and the prince are incompatible, do you think he will obediently respect you as the queen mother when he ascends the throne?! You have such a beautiful idea .”

"Who will support that kid as the new emperor?" Zhou Ling had planned everything, "The so-called prince, establishes a son and establishes a son, and now he is not the only son. The emperor adopted Wei'er in my name before." Next. We can support Weier as the new prince and let him take the throne. He is so young, he must listen to me, and listening to me is the same as listening to the Xia family." Zhou Ling said, smiling into his arms Li Wei grimaced, "Wei'er, give your mother a smile, okay?" Sure enough, Li Wei smiled obediently, revealing two or two newly erupted teeth.

"You...you want to abolish the prince?!" Taishi Xia looked at the baby in Zhou Ling's arms. This approach is too bold. The emperor is determined to pass the throne to the prince Li Yi.

The corners of Zhou Ling's lips curled up slightly, and he said, "Why not? I am the empress, and the emperor is no longer able to manage the affairs of the court and make judgments. I should help from the side."

Grand Master Xia shook his head and refused to say anything, "Aren't you afraid that the emperor will recover? At that time, he will definitely let you die without a whole body!"

"You say that because you don't understand the emperor's condition." Zhou Ling recalled the scene when he visited Li Mujing in Qianlong Palace in the morning, and said, "I'm afraid the emperor really can't bear it."

"You mean...?" As a foreign minister, Grand Master Xia couldn't see Li Mujing, but Zhou Ling was different. Zhou Ling was the queen, and he should know Li Mujing's current situation best.

Zhou Ling closed his eyes and said silently: "I went to see the emperor today, and he was covered with rashes all over his body, and his face was beyond recognition. He had a bad temper and kicked me out. He couldn't accept this fact, and he didn't want to Seeing people, at most one month later, the emperor will definitely die."

"You..." Grand Master Xia looked at Zhou Ling in horror, as if looking at a stranger.

"So, in this one month's time, the crown prince must be abolished, and Wei'er will be made the new emperor!" Zhou Ling raised his head, met Taishi Xia's gaze, looked at him directly, and said, "You Do you dare to take a gamble?"

"..."

"Except for the second uncle, all the generals holding heavy troops are stationed outside the capital. Without the emperor's order, no one can bring troops back to the capital privately. Otherwise, it is tantamount to rebellion, even the vassal. The person in charge of the city gate seems to be Xia Zhichen, the son of the second uncle. Even the generals of the Imperial Forest Army are members of our Xia family's henchmen. In this way, everything inside and outside the capital is under our control. The Jia family has no military power in their hands. When necessary, shoot troops and surround the entire Jia Mansion..."

Grand Master Xia still felt that something was wrong, "Impossible, you have no name for the abolished prince, and no one will stand by your side."

"It's easy for the prince to do something wrong in the harem," Zhou Ling had long wanted to punish this ignorant brat, "I am a queen, and I hold the phoenix seal in my hand. The emperor wants to abolish the empress except the mother No one outside knows that now the emperor can't leave the Qianlong Palace at all, the whole palace is equivalent to being controlled by me, when the time comes to make Wei'er the new emperor, as long as the mother nods, what is there to be afraid of?"

Taishi Xia closed his eyes tightly, pursed his lips, and refused to make a statement for a long time.

"Grand Master Xia, as long as this month passes and a new emperor is established, our Xia family will rule the court." Zhou Ling knew that since he murdered Li Mujing, the entire Xia family's future has been on the line. It was cut clean.

Grand Master Xia was slightly taken aback, and gritted his teeth: "Okay...Okay."

After receiving Taishi Xia's reply, Zhou Ling smiled with satisfaction.At this time, Li Wei, who was tired from playing, fell asleep in Zhou Ling's arms. He couldn't understand what the two adults were talking about, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

After Xia Taishi returned to the mansion, he immediately summoned his younger brother Xia Ligang and his confidants to discuss the matter. The road had been cut off, and they had no other choice. The only thing they could do was to support Zhou Ling and abolish Li Yi. , Make Li Wei the new emperor!