The general said she doesn't take a wife

In the evening, Bei Chenling stayed in Yuyan Palace and had dinner with Lin Aoxue and Yunyan. When she left, she winked at Lin Aoxue and smiled with deep meaning in her eyes. Lin Aoxue still felt a little hot even though she had a straight face.

Lin Aoxue stayed in Yuyan Palace for one night, and was woken up by Yunyan early the next morning. Yunyan urged Lin Aoxue not to sleep too late at night. Although she woke up early in the morning, she was in good spirits.

Yunyan didn't cook every day either, this morning's breakfast was prepared by Yunyan instructing the cook in the imperial dining room, but in order to take care of Lin Aoxue's body, Yunyan asked the cook to make a medicinal meal according to her instructions.

The chefs in the imperial dining room were at a loss at first, because they had a recipe specially prepared for the empress, but Lin Aoxue ordered that all affairs in the harem were arranged by Miss Yun, and these cooks and palace people understood in their hearts that they The Empress has some unusual preferences.

Yunyan got the special favor, and she came and went in the palace, no matter where she went, no one dared to stop her.

Lin Aoxue and Yun Yan had breakfast together, and then went to Xuande Hall early, she came earlier today, when she arrived at Xuande Hall, some courtiers were still not seated.

Seeing Lin Aoxue coming so early, the courtiers panicked, and those who arrived later were even trembling with fright.

However, Lin Aoxue didn't say anything, and when the time was almost up, she asked the palace people around her to announce that she would go to court.

Although the prime minister did not have a pleasant conversation with Lin Aoxue yesterday, he still arrived at the court on time today and was not absent. Lin Aoxue looked towards the prime minister, and the prime minister also looked back at her and bowed his head to her.

Lin Aoxue felt relieved, although the prime minister said that he would retire and return home, he was not really angry with her.

From the early morning, everything was the same as usual, no one mentioned to Lin Aoxue about Li Huangfu, but no one took the initiative to ask the Empress about the arrangements for Empress Li, Lin Aoxue brought up some important matters in the memorial presented yesterday After discussing with the ministers, he said again:

"Do you have any other matters to attend to?"

For a moment, the officials in the court looked at each other, they didn't dare to offend the empress, but these people still had a heart for what Lin Aoxue said yesterday before going to court, and wanted to know what Lin Aoxue was planning, but no one dared to be the first bird .

Therefore, after Lin Aoxue finished speaking, no one uttered a word for a long time.

The prime minister obviously knew the concerns of these ministers, but he didn't stand up. Lin Aoxue understood his attitude, he just wouldn't say anything to stop her, but whether she could persuade the courtiers in the end, and what method she used, he didn't want to interfere.

After a long silence, suddenly a civil official named Yang Yu stepped forward, bowed to Lin Aoxue, and then said:

"Your Majesty, I have something important to announce."

Lin Aoxue raised her eyebrows, seeing his solemn expression, she nodded and said:

"You said."

Yang Yu bowed again, and then said:

"Your Majesty, there was a plague of insects in Bian Nan, which destroyed a lot of fertile land, and also caused a plague. Now the disaster is serious, and there are already some victims who have died."

Lin Aoxue frowned slightly, with surprise on her face, she thought that Yang Yu was going to raise objections to what she said yesterday that she wanted to marry Yunyan, unexpectedly she was careless, but hearing what Yang Yu said, Lin Aoxue's expression also changed Get serious:

"Pest plague? Plague?"

Yang Yu nodded, took out a memorial from his arms, and continued:

"I just got this document recording the disaster situation this morning. Please have a look at it, Your Majesty."

"Bring it up."

Lin Aoxue's face was serious, the palace servant immediately went over to take the booklet from Yang Yu, and handed it to Lin Aoxue.Lin Aoxue took the memorial, opened it, and soon, the expression on her face became more and more serious. In the end, her eyes showed shock, and she said angrily:

"How could this be?!"

The insect plague in Bian Nan was strange. The people who saw the insect plague described that the insects were black and strange-looking. They looked like witchcraft. These insects not only gnawed on the crops in the fertile fields, but also hurt people.

People died after being stung by insects, but it brought extreme panic to the people in Biannan, because people who were stung by insects would suffer from a strange disease. He became insane, his body became weak, and finally he festered and died.

The most frightening thing is that this disease can also infect people, but in just a few days, many people in Biannan have suffered from this disease. For a while, people panic, and soon some people think of the disease in Beijing three years ago. The mutiny, as well as the witchcraft used by the people of southern Xinjiang that appeared in the Canary Tower in the capital at that time and later in the battle for the throne.

Biannan is rich in water and soil, and it is very prone to insect plagues. When the Beichen royal family was in power in the previous dynasty, Biannan did not have serious insect plagues, but most of those insects would not attack ordinary people. Although they would destroy the farmland. Famine, but not so chaotic.

The imperial court also had its own way of dealing with the insect plague in Bian Nan, but obviously, this year's insect plague was different from those recorded in previous years.

When Lin Aoxue saw the description on the memorial, she became furious. When the phrase "poisonous insect suspected of being a witchcraft" appeared in front of her eyes, with her shrewdness, she didn't understand the purpose of Yang Yu's submission of this memorial. Her eyes shone coldly, and she suppressed her heart Angry, he looked up at Yang Yu and asked:

"Master Yang, when did the pest plague in Biannan begin?"

Yang Yu bowed his head and answered truthfully:

"About ten days ago."

Ten days!

Lin Aoxue was furious, and the timing was really precise, it was the day when Lin Aoxue led the army to suppress the southern border and brought Yunyan back.Lin Aoxue gritted her teeth, she had already expected what Yang Yu would say, as expected, before she could ask, Yang Yu took a step forward and bowed to report:

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the stinging insects that appeared in this pest plague are very similar to the witchcraft manipulated by Dr. Yun three years ago."

"What's more, in the three years since Dr. Yun left Ningguo, Ningguo was originally in good weather and the country was safe and peaceful. Why did such a change happen when Dr. Yun came? Ten days ago, it was the day when His Majesty led the army to bring Dr. Yun back. , These two things are too coincidental."

Lin Aoxue was furious, and the moment Yang Yu's words fell, she slapped the desk case loudly, and with a bang, it resounded throughout the Xuande Hall.In the court hall, all the officials were startled, and at the same time bowed down without thinking, knocked their heads on the ground, shivering, and shouted for His Majesty to calm down.

Yang Yu also knelt and kowtowed, but he didn't show the shyness and timidity of other courtiers.

He came prepared and intentionally attracted Bian Nan's insect plague to Yunyan, and aimed at Yunyan with the insect plague, not allowing Lin Aoxue to marry Yunyan, let alone Lin Aoxue making Yunyan his queen.

There was fire in Lin Aoxue's eyes, but she couldn't punish Yang Yu for this, and she couldn't act rashly and seal the mouths of these courtiers, otherwise, she would definitely get a bad reputation of not distinguishing right from wrong, good from bad.

His methods are much more sophisticated than those of Wang Desheng and Chen Rui.

Lin Aoxue was trembling with anger, but anything related to Yunyan could always take away her sanity, but she had to force herself to calm down, forcefully suppress the burning fire in her chest, suppress her anger, and try her best to maintain calm.

She has been in a high position for a long time, and she knows that the more irritable she is, the easier it is to lose her position when being led by the nose by the enemy, so that these courtiers who are secretly planning how to oppose her will be caught.

She took a deep breath, the dim light in her eyes was flickering, she managed to calm herself down, looked at Yang Yu with a cold face, and tried her best to make her tone more peaceful:

"Your Majesty Yang, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately! This seems to be a coincidence, but it has not been verified. Bian Nan has also had insect infestation in previous years. No matter what, the facts should be used as evidence. The most important thing now is Go to investigate the cause of the insect plague, appease the people affected by the disaster, and send an imperial doctor from the palace to suppress the epidemic, instead of speculating about the insect plague here and blaming the innocent!"

Lin Aoxue spoke too seriously, and Yang Yu didn't argue any more. He bowed his body and replied respectfully:

"Yes, this minister shouldn't speak indiscriminately and make random guesses."

But with what he said just now, it is enough to attract the attention of other ministers in the court, he just came out to remind, so that at least until the matter of the bug plague in Bian Nan is resolved, Lin Aoxue will not dare to mention the matter of Na Yunyan as a concubine again .

Lin Aoxue snorted coldly, she didn't say to let Yang Yu take charge of the matter directly, she only said that she would send an imperial envoy to Biannan to investigate the disaster situation, and then she would give the ministers a reply.

Afterwards, the atmosphere in the lobby was very solemn, no one mentioned Lin Aoxue's desire to marry Yun Yan, and no one dared to speculate about the relationship between the bug plague in Bian Nan and the Gu worms.

With nothing else to do, the palace servants announced the disbandment of the court. Lin Aoxue was in a bad mood after coming down from Xuande Highness. She returned to the Imperial Study Room, and in a fit of rage, she waved the booklet on the table to the floor.

With a bang, the palace servants outside the imperial study knelt on the ground, but Yunyan's doubtful voice came from the door:

"What made His Majesty so angry?"

Seeing Yunyan coming, Lin Aoxue had to put down her temper, but she still couldn't hide the anger in her eyes. With a livid face, she handed the memorial that Yang Yu handed her to Yunyan, and said patiently:

"Yan'er, just take a look."

She didn't want to hide these things from Yun Yan. She was not someone who could hide her words. With Yun Yan's intelligent temperament, even if she didn't say anything, Yun Yan could still know that she was pretending to be serious, and she could get out of her mouth with insinuations. Knowing the truth, she simply told Yunyan about the insect disaster and let Yunyan come up with her ideas together.

After Yunyan took the booklet, she opened it and looked at it twice, Xiuli's brows were also wrinkled, doubts appeared in her eyes, she blinked, and said strangely:

"Insect plague? Or Gu worms?"

Lin Aoxue was furious, she sat down on the chair in front of the case, took a deep breath, and said through gritted teeth:

"That's what Yang Yu said, but no one is sure if it's a Gu worm. He also said that the time when the insect plague broke out was similar to the time when you returned to Ningguo. The two are too coincidental. Hmph, I was thinking about it secretly It was a good plan to frame you!"

The meaning of Yang Yu's words is that the insect plague in Biannan was caused by Yunyan. Even if it was not a man-made disaster, it was a natural disaster. How can a person who is in trouble be the queen of the empress.

Ever since Yang Yu presented this document in the court hall, Lin Aoxue had been holding back her anger and had nowhere to vent her anger. If she wasn't the king of a country, she would have chopped off Yang Yu's head!

Moreover, after Yang Yu talked about the insect plague today, the courtiers in the court obviously became more hostile to Yunyan. Under such circumstances, if Lin Aoxue insisted on marrying Yunyan, maybe something would happen.

Lin Aoxue hated her so much, but these things could not be solved by her momentary courage and pressure on the courtiers. The harder the pressure is now, if this matter is not handled well, it will become more serious when it rebounds later.

If Lin Aoxue lived up to the reputation of disregarding the life and death of the people, disobeying loyal advice, and killing Zhongliang, water can carry a boat and capsize it, she would dismount just as she got up.

Yun Yan finished flipping through the booklet, then put it on the table again, looked at Lin Aoxue with a smile on her face, and said:

"I'm so angry? Have you thought of a countermeasure yet?"

Lin Aoxue gritted her teeth and shook her head helplessly. It was really a coincidence to say that this incident had nothing to do with Yunyan, but it seemed that there was no silver 300 taels here.

The only thing she can think of now is to send someone to investigate first. The insect plague must have nothing to do with Yunyan, but how to convince the people and the courtiers that this matter has nothing to do with Yunyan is a headache.

Seeing Lin Aoxue's frowning, Yun Yan shook her head with a smile, went up and sat down on Lin Aoxue's lap, then put her ear next to the latter's, and said with a smile:

"How about the insect plague, your Majesty has never seen it, and I have never seen it. I just heard what Yang Yu said. According to my opinion, why don't Your Majesty take my wife to Biannan to see if the insect plague can be eliminated? I am not sure, but I still have a way to deal with the plague."

Lin Aoxue heard the words, the anger in her heart gradually suppressed, and some light came into her eyes. She tilted her head and thought about it. Yunyan's medical skills are excellent. Although the place where the plague broke out sounds dangerous, but there is Yunyan, the plague is nothing they can do Lin Aoxue wasn't too worried, she believed that her smoke could suppress any kind of plague.

As for the situation of the disaster, it is better to see it with your own eyes than to hear it from others.

Lin Aoxue patted Yunyan's hand in surprise, and said with a smile:

"Yan'er, you are really my think tank, so I will follow what Yan'er said."

As for the insect plague, Yunyan knew the art of witchcraft, and must have a better understanding of insects than others. Even if the insects causing the insect plague were different from the insects that practiced witchcraft in southern Xinjiang, Yunyan must have her own unique way to deal with them.

Lin Aoxue made a decisive decision, immediately called Bei Chenling to the Imperial Study, and told her that she was going to visit Biannan in the next few days, Bei Chenling was shocked, because she just heard that there was a plague in Biannan today, Lin Aoxue was going to Biannan, She didn't understand what Lin Aoxue was for, but it was too dangerous. Bei Chenling refuted Lin Aoxue's words at the same time:

"No, sister Xue, it's too dangerous, how can you go to Bian Nan yourself?"

Lin Aoxue waved her hand and explained:

"Ling'er, I think you also know what Yang Yu said in the court hall today."

Bei Chenling understood, but she didn't understand. She frowned and continued to persuade:

"Ling'er is aware of Sister Xue's worries about her, but Ling'er firmly disagrees with this matter. Sister Xue can send someone to investigate carefully, but she shouldn't put herself in danger."

Lin Aoxue was extremely helpless, Bei Chenling was worried about her safety, so she was not allowed to go to Biannan, but if Yunyan wanted to go, she would of course follow, so she just confessed to Bei Chenling:

"I'm not going alone..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Bei Chenling had already snatched a sentence:

"You can't even bring a guard!"

Lin Aoxue leaned back in the chair, turned her head to Yunyan for help.

Yun Yan couldn't help laughing, seeing Lin Aoxue's pitiful face, she couldn't bear it, so she had to say:

"Ling'er, I let her go."

Bei Chenling stared at her in disbelief, but at the same time she was very puzzled.In terms of caring about Lin Aoxue, Bei Chenling thinks that even she is far less than Yunyan. Lin Aoxue's safety is undoubtedly Yunyan's concern. Why this time, Yunyan took the initiative to ask Lin Aoxue to put herself in danger?

Facing Bei Chenling's puzzled and questioning eyes, Yunyan smiled unabated, and explained:

"I asked Mu Xue to go to Bian Nan. Of course, it was not for nothing. I will go with her. Since the lord said that the pest plague in Bian Nan is like a witchcraft, why don't I, a person who is good at witchcraft, not go to see it? Okay? Besides, with me here, Ling'er doesn't have to worry about what the plague will do to Mu Xue, we will be back soon."

Bei Chenling didn't know how to refute.

What Yun Yan said was very reasonable, she couldn't think of words to refute, and she couldn't persuade Yun Yan like Lin Aoxue.

Bian Nan's insect plague was not a very serious matter at first, but when Yang Yu brought Yun Yan to the court, he intentionally involved Yun Yan, and this matter became serious. Yun Yan was the biggest victim, Lin Aoxue and Yun Yan were going to Bei Chenling had no reason to stop her from verifying the truth.

She pursed her lips silently, with a serious expression on her face, but she heard Lin Aoxue say to her:

"Ling'er, we will be back in about five or six days from here. In the court hall these few days, I asked Ling'er and the old prime minister to take care of me. I said that I was caught in the wind and cold, and I will take care of it for a few days. I won't see any guests."

Seeing that Lin Aoxue and Yunyan had made up their minds, Bei Chenling had no other choice but to help them get rid of this lie.In the end, Bei Chenling sighed helplessly, with a wry smile on his face, and compromised:

"Sister and Sister Xue must come back unscathed. If you don't come back, no wonder Ling'er will go to Bian Nan to find you."

Lin Aoxue was helpless, she knew that Bei Chenling would do what she said, so she promised a few more words, and finally reassured Bei Chenling.

On the same day, Lin Aoxue ordered people to secretly prepare chariots and horses, and left the palace with Yunyan, heading straight for Biannan. There was news in the palace that Lin Aoxue was sick from the cold and needed to rest for a while, so she took a rest for a few days in the early morning.

Bian Nan is not far from the capital, and the horse-drawn carriage takes about a day's journey along the official road, otherwise Bian Nan's disaster would not have spread to the palace so quickly.

After Lin Aoxue ascended the throne, she took a group of former soldiers and trained them as secret guards and confidantes. This time she led Yunyan to Biannan, and she brought more than a hundred confidants to follow to protect Yunyan's safety.

Lin Aoxue's private visit this time was considered a private visit, so she changed her disguise again. She didn't change back into men's clothes, but for the first time, she wore a light-colored skirt and a half-silver mask covering her face.

Yun Yan's eyes lit up when she changed into this dress, she leaned over and kissed Lin Aoxue's neck, leaving a kiss-sucking mark.

Lin Aoxue was ashamed, and subconsciously tugged at the skirt of her clothes, trying to cover the hickey on her neck, but Yunyan said that it would be more charming to cover up halfway, as if their upcoming trip was not to a dangerous disaster area, but to travel in mountains and rivers, Enjoy the scenery.

The carriage approached Biannan staggeringly all the way, and when it was ten or twenty miles away from the main city of Biannan, victims appeared on both sides of the road. They were some people who were not infected with the plague, and walked in the opposite direction of the carriage. I want to leave Bian Nan.

The closer you get to Biannan, the more victims there are on the road. On the way, Lin Aoxue lifted the curtain of the car and looked out. The people on both sides of the road stopped and went, and some of them hadn't eaten for several days and looked very weak.

Lin Aoxue frowned tightly, and murmured:

"It seems that Bian Nan's disaster is very serious."

Yunyan nodded, thoughtfully:

"Is the disaster situation in Bian Nan similar to this in previous years?"

Lin Aoxue shook her head:

"Although there are records in the books in the palace that there is a plague of insects in Biannan from time to time, there is no conclusion on how long it takes and how serious it is. This is the first time I have seen it."

"In that case, we can only see the situation after entering Bian Nan."

Yun Yan looked out the window and said.

Lin Aoxue's carriage soon arrived at Biannan, and there were guards at the gate of the city. Because of the serious disaster in the city, they did not allow any outsiders to enter the city. Only people who were confirmed by the city's doctor to be free from the plague could leave the city.

The hidden guard who was driving took out a token and an imperial decree written by Lin Aoxue from his pocket, to the effect that he sent imperial envoys to Biannan to investigate the source of the plague, and invited the imperial physician to control the disaster.

The guards guarding the city immediately bowed down and kowtowed, calling out "Master Imperial Envoy", and stopped blocking the way of Lin Aoxue and others.

The car drove all the way into the city, and walked around Biannan City along the road in the city. People infected with the plague can be seen everywhere on the streets of the city. There are the most people in the medical hall and ruined temple, and a large part of them are dying. The skin was festered and pus-filled, and his life was hanging, and he might die at any time. It looked extremely miserable.

Lin Aoxue sat in the car all the time, with a serious expression on her face. They didn't see the protagonists of the pest plague in the downtown area—the poisonous insects, so Lin Aoxue ordered the hidden guards to drive the car to the farmland in the suburbs.

The carriage ran over the narrow dirt road, and the fields and villages appeared in Lin Aoxue's field of vision. Most of the crops planted in spring in the farmland were eaten by insects, and those insects died shortly after biting people. A few days after the outbreak of the insect plague, the poisonous insects Not much remained, but some traces could still be seen in the fields.

On the way, Yun Yan suddenly motioned for the carriage to stop, and when the carriage stopped at the edge of a field, Yun Yan lifted the window and reached out, a black bug flew over lightly and landed on her fingertips.

Lin Aoxue was terrified, fearing that the insect would bite Yunyan, she called out in amazement:

"Smoke."

But Yunyan turned her head and made a silent gesture to her, Lin Aoxue closed her mouth, but seeing the black insect vibrate its wings twice and stop at Yunyan's fingertips, it didn't intend to sting Yunyan.

The eyes of the poisonous beetle are blue, the transparent wings have netted lines, and there is a tail needle under the abdomen. It looks like a kind of poisonous bee hanging on its legs, but it is different from the ordinary poisonous bee. Look at it. It sounds very strange.

"It's a poisonous bee."

Yunyan sighed softly, rubbed a handful of white powder with the other hand, and sprinkled it on the worm on her fingertips. The powder stuck to the poisonous worm, and the poisonous worm quickly lost its balance and slipped down from Yunyan's fingertips. Fell to the ground motionless.

"How do I remember that the poisonous bee didn't look like this?"

Lin Aoxue showed doubts, Yunyan turned to look at her and smiled:

"These are poisonous insects of a different species. They are indeed somewhat similar to the poisonous insects brought by the nurse from southern Xinjiang. I am afraid that they are indeed related to the batch of poisonous insects three years ago."

Lin Aoxue was very surprised by Yun Yan's words, her brows became more and more wrinkled, and she couldn't figure it out:

"Why is it related to Gu worms?"

Yunyan didn't answer and asked instead:

"Didn't all the people who died in that war not be cremated?"

Lin Aoxue didn't expect Yunyan to ask this question suddenly, she thought about it carefully, and then answered:

"It seems that some corpses were not burned after they were claimed by relatives and friends."

Yun Yan heard the words and sighed:

"That's where the problem lies. It's not completely unreasonable to insist that this pest plague was caused by me. I was negligent at the beginning. I should tell you clearly that all those corpses must be burned, otherwise there will be troubles later."

At the beginning when Que Rong died because of that battle, Yun Yan was too sad, she only cared about setting up Que Rong, and forgot to tell Lin Aoxue about it, if those soldiers who died because of Gu worms were not burned away, their blood contained Gu worms The poison will leave hidden dangers.

The blood soaks into the ground, and the plants that grow after absorbing the blood will also be affected, and the ordinary bugs born from these plants will become weird because of this.

And the blood of the person who cast the Gu is also poisonous, so is Yunyan, and so is Que Rong, which is why Yunyan immediately cremated Que Rong's body and put the ashes into the jar.

"The reason why the pest plague broke out after three years is because this subtle change takes time."

Lin Aoxue was dumbfounded when she heard that, she never imagined that the insect plague would happen like this, she took a deep breath, turned her head to look at the farmland outside, and murmured:

"Then what should we do now?"

It was true what Yang Yu said, this pest disaster was caused by clouds and smoke, although the reason was different from what Yang Yu said.Three years ago, Yunyan's Gu worms played a crucial role in the war to seize power, and Yunyan could not be blamed for not doing a good job of cleaning the battlefield.

Yun Yan is still calm, now that he knows the root cause of the insect outbreak, he only needs to prescribe the right medicine. The trouble is not these insects, but those people who are infected with madness.

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