Zhuo Qihua

In Shoukang Palace, Zhang Xian brought a large wooden box to see the Empress Dowager, saying that he was ordered by Long Live to give the Empress Dowager a gift.The queen mother dismissed all the servants in the palace except Aunt Shen, and asked Zhang Xian to present the gift.The box was opened, but there was a person inside, who was Shi Yuexiao secretly brought by Zhang Xian from Dongsi Institute.Shi Yuexiao's face was terrified, her mouth was blocked, her face was pale, and her lips were abnormally purple, which was the color of palsy.The two Wusi brought by Zhang Xian lifted Shi Yuexiao out of the box and forced her to kneel down.

Queen Mother: "Raise your head and let the old man see her appearance."

Zhang Xian squeezed Shi Yuexiao's chin with two fingers, and raised her head.The queen mother looked at it carefully, and said: "It looks like Shi Fangyun, no wonder he is so stupid."

Shi Yuexiao was trembling all over and wanted to struggle, but her little strength in Wu Si's hands was like a mantis holding back a car.The Empress Dowager didn't ask Zhang Xian to take away the girl's gag, and said to herself: "When your mother Shi Fangyun first entered the palace, I was still worried, afraid that the emperor would be addicted to women. But after a while, I didn't worry anymore. It's true. Your mother is really stupid. She thought that if she had a good appearance, she could be favored and achieve a high position. But she fell out of favor before she gave birth to you, and she herself still can't see why she fell out of favor. It's just that you can't compete with others." Facing this girl, the Empress Dowager did not feel the joy of seeing her own granddaughter at all, only extremely disappointed.

The queen mother didn't care whether Shi Yuexiao could understand her meaning, looked at Shi Yuexiao's eyes that looked like Shi Fangyun, and continued: "Zhaoyan, Chunyan, Zhuang, and Jing who entered the palace with your mother have all become aunts. The lord of the first palace. In terms of appearance, they are no match for your mother. But your mother is dead, but they have the prince by their side, and they have no worries in their lives. Even in this deep palace, there is no need to fight for each other. Backstabbing to frame You You. If your mother is willing to be her concubine honestly and dutifully, she will not die, and you will not be born with a heart attack."

Shi Yuexiao sobbed softly, with tears all over her face.The queen mother said: "Why are you crying?" Then she said: "You really should cry. Originally, together with Bi'er and Shuang'er, you would become a serious royal princess, enjoying the title and being loved by others, but after you were born You were sent back to the Shi family, everyone thought you were dead, you would never be a princess, you would always be a daughter of the Shi family who would die at any time, you really should cry."

Shi Yuexiao was filled with some kind of hatred in her tearful eyes.

The queen mother took a sip of water, helped Shen Gu's hand to stand up, walked slowly in front of Shi Yuexiao, and slowly squatted down.Raising his hand to wipe Shi Yuexiao's tears, he sighed, "You really should hate, child."

Shi Yuexiao hid back, trying to avoid the Queen Mother's hand.

Queen Mother: "The one you should hate is your mother, the woman who gave birth to you."

Shi Yuexiao's eyes suddenly shot out some kind of scorching light, as if shouting, you killed my mother!

Queen Mother: "Your palsy is caused by your mother's fight for favor."

Shi Yuexiao was stunned, and then she tried hard to break free from the control, she didn't believe it!Her mother was killed because she was too beautiful and was envied by others!She was born with palsy, and she was also murdered!

Queen Mother: "This is the reason why she fell out of favor. In order to win favor, she cried every day and every night when she was pregnant with you, in exchange for the emperor's love. Every concubine who has just entered the palace has a pregnancy manual , it clearly stated taboo things during pregnancy, including not crying and keeping a happy mood, but your mother ignored it. In order to win favor and keep the emperor, she did everything she could. When you come down, you will suffer from paralysis." After a pause, the Empress Dowager wiped Shi Yuexiao's tears again, and said regretfully, "Originally, your disease can be cured, but your mother gave up."

Shi Yuexiao stopped crying, her eyes widened in disbelief.

Empress Dowager: "For palsy, you can just change your heart. Your mother is connected to your mother and daughter. If you exchange your mother's heart for you, you can live. But your mother gave up without hesitation. You. Do you know why she dared to cry every day and every night when she was pregnant with you, without any fear of affecting your health? "

Shi Yuexiao was shaking like a sieve, and her throat was whimpering, she didn't want to listen!

Queen Mother: "Because she bribed the imperial physician, she knew in advance that she was pregnant with a daughter, so she dared to cry and make trouble without any fear of hurting the child in her belly. Because you are a daughter, you will be hurt if you are hurt. She's pregnant with a dragon... Tell me, would she still go on like that regardless?"

Shi Yuexiao's breathing became rapid, the queen mother stood up, and helped Aunt Shen back to sit down.Shi Yuexiao's breathing became more and more rapid, and she was already out of breath.Zhang Xian was about to remove the cloth from her mouth, but the queen mother raised her hand: "Send her back."

Zhang Xian looked up.

Queen Mother: "I've seen you too, I can send her back."

Shi Yuexiao was obviously ill, and she had to take medicine in time, but the queen mother stopped Zhang Xian's actions and asked Zhang Xian to send her back directly.Zhang Xian sank his mind and signaled to the two Wu Temples. The two Wu Temples put Shi Yuexiao, who was about to faint, back into the box and closed the box.

Zhang Xian took the person and the box away, and Shen Gu said, "Master..."

The Empress Dowager said expressionlessly: "What the emperor couldn't do, I did for him. Although this child can't do anything, but one or two are ungrateful. If it wasn't for you, 11 years ago She deserves to die. She can hate anyone in this world, but she can't hate Shunxi. What happened back then, the crown prince and King Qi were afraid that they didn't know the truth, and Huangguixie and Deguixie would not tell their sons The old body is to let her know what the truth is, let her know who she should hate. With her appearance and body, being imprisoned in the East Fourth Institute is also torture. If she can't make it through, go see her earlier Mother is also good, she can ask her mother if what I said is true or not."

After Zhang Xian sent the person back to the East Fourth Institute, he returned directly to the Wanci Hall.When Zhang Xian came back, Emperor Yong'an was playing backgammon with Zhuo Ji.Zhuo Ji lay bored, but he was injured and unable to move, so Emperor Yong'an accompanied him to relieve his boredom.Zhang Xian came back with a normal expression, quietly replaced Feng Xi, and served the two masters.

Emperor Yong'an played a few games of backgammon with Zhuo Ji, and had afternoon tea with him. After Zhuo Ji fell asleep again, Emperor Yong'an went out to ask Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian said in a low voice: "The empress dowager just told Shi Yuexiao the truth about that year, and then asked her servants to send him back. It's just... that Shi Yuexiao was stimulated, and on the way back, she fell ill and died in one breath. Come up, go."

Emperor Yong'an glanced at Zhang Xian, then picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.Putting down the teacup and saying: "How to deal with it, how to deal with it, she is just a daughter of the Shi family."

"Slaves understand." Zhang Xian continued to ask, "The servants around Shi Yuexiao were also arrested, those people..."

Emperor Yong'an still glanced at Zhang Xian, and Zhang Xian bowed knowingly: "Your servant will do it now."

When Zhang Xian left, Emperor Yong'an called Feng Xi and issued an imperial decree to His Excellency Wen Yuan.

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On the fourth day of August in the 22nd year of Yong'an, His Excellency Wen Yuan issued an edict to establish enlightenment academies in all prefectures of the country.At the beginning of January in the 25th year of Yong'an, the imperial examination system was completely abolished in Mata country.Officials will no longer rely on imperial examinations for selection.As soon as this edict was issued, the whole country was in an uproar.Those who are still burying their heads in their studies and want to pass the imperial examination to enter the imperial court and glorify the lintel want to cry without tears.And those students who accepted the new school system and aimed at each college were elated.

Emperor Yong'an gave two years as a buffer, and the Ministry of Household Affairs will allocate special funds to establish enlightenment academies across the country.In this way, the education system of Mata country officially moved in a completely different direction.

The aftermath of the assassination incident continues to ferment.Various colleges and civil and military ministries in the country conducted a top-to-bottom inventory.All the masterminds involved in the assassination were executed or beheaded for public display, and the rest of the people involved and the family members who were sitting together were all sent to Shanghai to be used as human resources and sent to overseas territories of the Mata State.Nearly 1 people were involved in this incident.All those involved in this case who are not guilty of death will be exiled overseas forever on a sea boat.

At the same time, Emperor Yong'an also issued an order to encourage the people of Mata to settle overseas.If good citizens are willing to go overseas, the imperial court will issue a reward.Many ordinary people dragged their families and took the rewards from the imperial court to go overseas to make a living.For the people of Mata country, there are mountains of gold and silver everywhere overseas, which is much better than staying in their hometown to plan food.

The most intuitive thing about the development of Mata country in recent years is the straight-line increase of population.The most intuitive problem brought about by the skyrocketing population is the land problem.Emperor Yong'an encouraged the people to go overseas, firstly to stabilize overseas territories.Second, it is also to alleviate this contradiction.Third, the people of Mata country go out, and the culture of Mata country can spread.Mata country is marching towards his great empire step by step.

On the eighth day of the eighth day of the eighth day of the Evergreen Festival, because Zhuo Ji was injured, Emperor Yong'an didn't make a big deal.On this day, important court officials and wives entered the palace to celebrate the queen mother's birthday.At the palace banquet in the evening, Emperor Yong'an appeared together with the prince, the prince, and the king of Qi, with the empress and concubine, but Zhuo Ji was missing.Also because of the absence of Zhuo Ji, the atmosphere at the scene was a little depressed.

Halfway through the palace banquet, Wang Bao appeared with Qin and Aunt Hua in his arms.Seeing the two of them, the depressed ministers immediately cheered up.Wang Bao and Aunt Hua presented a song "Lovesickness" to the queen mother, and made the queen cry again, and the large and small Qushes in the capital were excited again.

"...The most willing to forget the ancient poems, the most dismissive is lovesickness. Staying in love is afraid of being laughed at, but also afraid of being seen clearly. In spring, I see red beans blooming, but I don't see any lovers to pick them. Fireworks are surrounded by romance. True love is not here..."

In the car, Zhang Xian said: "Cu Zu sang and cried the Empress Dowager again."

Emperor Yong'an: "He didn't do it."

Zhang Xian pursed his lips and smiled, and then said: "When I chose 'Lovesickness', others would only think that I sang it for you, Long Live."

Emperor Yong'an liked to hear these words, he chuckled twice, then he stopped laughing and sighed.Zhang Xian: "Long live?"

Emperor Yong'an: "Since I took him out of the West Third Courtyard, he has never been absent from the Evergreen Festival. His seat is empty tonight, and my heart is also empty."

Zhang Xian echoed: "Isn't that right. The slave girl saw that the seat of Chu Chu was empty, and she was also chattering in her heart."

Emperor Yong'an left the banquet halfway, leaving the crown prince to continue to preside over tonight's palace banquet.When they arrived at the Wanci Hall, Zhuo Ji was taking a bath, and Emperor Yong'an went straight into the bathroom.In the bathroom, Zhuo Ji was sitting by the bathtub with a towel wrapped around his lower body, Chang Jing was wiping his back, and his hair had already been washed.As soon as Emperor Yong'an came in, Zhuo Ji was surprised: "Is the palace banquet over?"

Emperor Yong'an: "I left early. Didn't you say you can't touch the water?"

Zhuo Ji: "I can't take it anymore, I just wipe and wash my hair without going into the water."

Emperor Yong'an raised his hand: "Undress me."

Zhang Xian took off the clothes for Wan Sui, then handed the clothes to Chang Jing, and let Chang Jing go out.

Emperor Yong'an walked behind Zhuo Ji with a bath towel around his lower body, saw the scabbed but still shocking bullet hole on his back, his face was gloomy for a moment, then sat down, picked up the cloth towel: "You still have to be careful, don't get infected again." gone."

Zhuo Ji: "No, I didn't touch the wound with water."

Seeing His Majesty like this, Zhang Xian also went out with a wink.

Zhuo Ji's body can't be said to be pure and flawless, but after being raised by Emperor Yong'an for so many years, it can be regarded as having some flesh, and his skin is also much more delicate.This time, there was one more glaring gunshot wound on the arm and one on the back.When Zhuo Ji changed his dressing, he tried to avoid Emperor Yong'an as much as possible, just because he didn't want him to feel uncomfortable.He didn't expect Emperor Yong'an to come back halfway, otherwise he wouldn't take a bath at this time.

Gently blowing on the wound, Emperor Yong'an wiped Zhuo Ji's back and said, "The song you asked Wang Bao to sing made the Queen Mother cry again."

Zhuo Ji smiled and asked: "Has the Queen Mother rewarded me?"

"Yes. The queen mother gave you the bracelet she wore today. I brought it back for you."

Zhuo Ji: "When I'm discharged from the hospital, I'm going to thank the Queen Mother."

Of the fifteen bracelets given to the Empress Dowager by Emperor Shenzong, almost half of them have been given to Zhuo Ji by the Empress Dowager one after another in recent years.Huang Guixie only got one, and the others didn't.

In the past, when the two of them took a bath together, it was Zhuo Ji who wiped Emperor Yong'an's back.Today, it was Emperor Yong'an who wiped Zhuo Ji's back. He was not very proficient in business, but the two of them were not in a hurry, so Emperor Yong'an still scrubbed Zhuo Ji's back and forth.After that, Zhuo Ji put on a bathrobe and called Zhang Xian to wipe Emperor Yong'an's body.

After taking a bath, Emperor Yong'an helped Zhuo Ji to walk slowly in the room.Now when Zhuo Ji took a deep breath, his wound would hurt very much, and he couldn't exert any force on his upper body, and the bumps in his movements would hurt his wound.But he really couldn't lie down anymore, it would be good to get out of bed and take a walk.

At night, Zhuo Jiwo listened to Emperor Yongan's arms about tonight's palace banquet.After Emperor Yong'an finished speaking, Zhuo Ji said: "Your Majesty, I will go to the palace banquet of the Double Ninth Festival."

Emperor Yong'an: "Hu Pengju said that you have to take good care of yourself for two or three months before you can grow up."

Zhuo Ji: "Go out to be lively and lively, and go out to be unlucky."

When Emperor Yong'an heard it, he immediately felt that it made some sense, and thought about it: "Then you go and sit for a while and then go, go with me."

"it is good."