Force a good concubine

The emperor was not in the palace at this time.The imperial hospital sent people to report, so the king moved his fetal gas, and it had already started. The queen mother went to visit, and the emperor naturally moved to accompany him. Gu Yuan failed to pay the order. According to the regulations, he should be on duty in Longdaomen like other officials Waiting in the room to listen to the transmission, but Cui Sanshun turned his eyes and added a sentence on his own initiative: "Young master has ordered, Gu Nushi's handwriting is good, copy the "Ksitigarbha Sutra" and use it later, the pen and ink are full of ink. It's ready, please?"

Before Cui Sanshun finished speaking, the eyes of other people in the duty room immediately fell on Gu Yan like sharp arrows.It is a custom in Beijing that whenever a family member gives birth to a child, in order to ensure that the newborn child will be happy and easy to raise, and have a long life span, they often copy the "Ksitigarbha Sutra" and go to temples to worship it. The courtiers who are good at calligraphy copy the scriptures for the emperor. The meaning is that such an honor was placed on Gu Yan when the rumors inside and outside the palace were turbulent, but it only made others look sideways.

Gu Yan remained calm, kowtowed and stood up. She stepped out of the guard room when she heard someone behind her angrily snort: "Traitor!" Although he deliberately lowered his voice, it was only separated by a window, how could it be separated?The people inside and outside the window could hear clearly. Cui Sanshun's smiling face froze. Taking the opportunity of getting down the bamboo curtain, he took a sneak peek, and saw a black-faced and bearded sixth-rank civil servant, with a face that seemed to be divided between good and evil. His face was full of anger, and after thinking about it for a while, he remembered the identity of this person.

Eunuchs hold grudges the most, although according to the rules they can't talk about politics, but they have been immersed in the palace for a long time, and they have a set of tactful skills.As if nothing had happened, Cui Sanshun accompanied Gu Yuan into the tunnel, turned around two screen walls, and sent her to the platform of Qinghe Hall, and then bowed to Gu Yuan with a smile and confessed: "It's about to In the summer, Qin Tianjian chose a date. After the Buddha’s birthday, the palace put up canopies, but the master was not free. Before leaving, he ordered me to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to see the materials and craftsmen. I will just go there and not be in the palace. I served here—the young master had a word of mouth before leaving: Today, the young master is coming back late, so please feel free to eat dinner on time, so you don’t have to wait." Then he praised, "Our young master is careful, I'm thinking about everything, I don't have a good lunch today, and I'm worried that Gu Nushi is also not doing well!"

Gu Yan had already entered the palace gate with one foot, and took it back, looking back at Cui Sanshun: "Why didn't you enter well?"

"I heard that it's a stupefied young censor from Wuzhou called Cui Yan, who speaks out loud when he plays the right song, which offends my master." Cui Sanshun looked loyal and indignant, "Even if he is a disciple of Mr. Ge, You can't contradict the real dragon emperor! Gu Nushi knows that our young master has always been magnanimous, and he only treats his courtiers with a pleasant face, but clay figurines also have earthy nature. Being pissed off by that Cui man, he only took a few chopsticks for lunch. Cui is not forgiving, saying that he will hand over a sign to see you in the afternoon, if this entanglement continues, what if the dragon's body is hurt by anger?"

"Wuzhou?" Gu Yuan frowned slightly, and he already understood most of it.

The emperor has recently added a new rule to the review of documents. The stack of documents on the far right of the dragon case was picked out for Gu Yuan to read. The small pile of notebooks was left alone on the case, and the empty Nuan Pavilion was extraordinarily deserted, which made Gu Yan involuntarily startled.

Usually at this time, the emperor must have put down his pen and greeted him, or put some rare gadgets to appreciate together, or the two of them drank tea and took a nap at Ruyihua, or handed over the three or five booklets in his hand. , Discuss with yourself.Because he wanted to maintain a tolerant attitude, the emperor didn't talk too much in front of his foreign ministers. Most of the time he let the courtiers debate and mediate the conclusions. However, in front of Gu Yuan, he was very aggressive and arguable, and often spoke out many fallacies in an ingenious way. Come on, make Gu Yuan dumbfounded.

Since when did the figure of that person pacing with his hands behind his back in the warm pavilion become an indispensable part of his eyes?With this thought, Gu Yan's mind immediately became disorganized.She gently put down Cui Yan's memorial in her hand, took out a white booklet, wrote a few scriptures in the letter, then stopped writing in astonishment, staring at the words "Thus I Heard" written in vermilion on the paper in a daze.

The paper, brush and ink used by the courtiers to enter the scriptures have long been stipulated, and it is not the first time for him to copy scriptures for the emperor. How can he just pick up the imperial pen and write?Is it because the emperor has been too casual with him recently, and even made him forget his sense of proportion?Gu Yan only felt that her mind was very relaxed, and strange thoughts that she would not have in the past came one after another, as if there was no rest, let alone fatigue, but an unusually high-spirited joy, she took a deep breath He took a breath, suppressed the idea of ​​going to Suiwang's mansion to meet the emperor, sat down on the edge of Ruyihua, and read the small stack of documents carefully word by word.

Just as the emperor expected, it was almost time for Yujia to return to Qinghe Palace.She came out of the apse to bathe and change clothes in a hurry, and saw that Gu Yan was still sitting next to Ruyi Flower as when she entered the door, holding a booklet and meditating, as if she didn't know anything about her surroundings, she couldn't help being surprised, and stepped forward to take Gu Yuan Glancing at the notebook in his hand, he frowned and said, "What's so good about this Cui Yan's notebook? I saw that his notebook was written without shame, and thought it was some capable minister with insight. Only after meeting him today did I understand. This person is unreasonable and unreasonable, so you don't have to think about it——Ah Yuan, why is your face so pale? Are your hands so cold?"

The emperor was very concerned about Gu Yuan's body, so he turned his face and ordered Cui Chengxiu to invite the imperial physician. Gu Yuan quickly stopped him and forced a smile at the emperor: "The minister thinks that Cui Yan's book makes sense—my father also mentioned Fushou Ointment when he was in Japan. It is said that although it has a miraculous effect on treating dysentery, I heard that many earth kings in Tianzhu took this product for a long time, and they were as thin as a sick man, and rebellious as a madman. It can be seen that this product can only cure diseases with poison, but ordinary people cannot use it.”

"I have sent people to check the classics, and also asked the imperial hospital. This thing was paid tribute from Siam in the previous dynasty. It is called Wuxiang. It is a first-class alchemy of Wushisan. It must be as dry as Wushisan. It is fierce." The practice of burning mercury to make alchemy has existed since ancient times, although the emperor and his courtiers did not believe in those illusory things, the government and the opposition have always allowed this kind of practice to be done by the people, so the emperor did not particularly take Gu Yuan's words to heart , only said, "If you say it's banned just because it's not good for people to enjoy it, then spirits are also banned, and that's not an excuse."

"Nowadays, in the town of Zhenning Prefecture, more than ten boxes are imported every day. It may not be used for curing diseases and practicing medicine, right?" Gu Yan said seriously, "If the same is true for other coastal cities, then hundreds of boxes of Fushou Ointment will be imported that day. There are so many boxes, if the coastal people are addicted to this thing, wouldn’t the drug sellers have all these people in their hands?”

The emperor still didn't take it seriously: "My people in Daqi have been educated by saints, although some people are greedy and ignorant—" Before she finished speaking, seeing Gu Yuan's face getting paler, she hurriedly shook Gu Yuan's hand again, "It's still so cold ? A Yuan, you—"

"I'm fine." Gu Yan shook his head and pulled the emperor back, "Fushou ointment is different from ordinary alchemy products. If it is really contaminated once, it will last until death. It is a harmful poison, so you must be careful."

"I'll let the Luan ceremonial staff check it out tomorrow." Gu Yuan insisted on not passing on the imperial doctor, and the emperor couldn't force it, so he covered Gu Yuan's hand for a while, and felt his fingers warmed up in his palm, so he was relieved .Seeing that the worried look on Gu Yuan's eyebrows was still lingering, she reached out and snatched the booklet and put it aside, and pulled Gu Yuan back to the apse, "If you are still worried, I will ask Cui Yan for me tomorrow, and have a look." It depends on the situation, Zhe Zizhen will stay in the middle school first, and make a decision after everything is found out—is this the head office?"

Gu Yan forced a smile, nodded towards the emperor, and avoided the emperor's closeness without any trace: "I'm not in good spirits today——"

The emperor blushed slightly: "I won't make trouble with you today. Let's behave ourselves."

Sure enough, she lay down with Gu Yan in a regular manner, until she heard that Gu Yan was breathing evenly and fell asleep, then she quietly reached out and gently held Gu Yuan's hand.

King Sui tossed and tossed for seven or eight hours before he gave birth to a little princess. It was Yinzheng when the grass fell, and when the news was reported to the palace, the emperor had already had breakfast and stood on the platform in front of the palace to hear the happy news. , and said to Cui Sanshun who came to announce the good news: "When will the queen return to the palace?"

Cui Sanshun was full of smiles, and kowtowed to the emperor again: "Eunuch Cui Xi passed on the word, saying that the old lady will accompany the old concubine Sui to cook first, and then return to the palace in the afternoon. go kiss."

The empress dowager and the old concubine Sui had a very good relationship, and these things were reasonable. The emperor nodded, got off the platform, boarded the eight-carrying Ming Huang imperial chariot, and called Cui Sanshun to his side: "After A Yuan returned to the palace yesterday, see Whoever said something, report it to me."

The emperor's tone was calm, but Cui Sanshun's eyes lit up immediately.I didn't waste my energy to blow the wind, although Gu Nushi was still unmoved at the time, but listening to the young master's tone, I still have my heart for Cui Yushi!He suppressed his joy, described Cui Yan's disrespect emphatically, and added a few teasing words: "Young Master Mingjian, if this is the case, even if the servant listens, I will feel wronged for Gu Nushi!"

The emperor's face darkened.In her opinion, Cui Yan used the pretext of banning drugs to admonish the emperor to expel all Western businessmen, which is already considered outrageous, and he also spoke rudely to Gu Yuan, which should be punished, but Gu Yuan still spoke out to defend , Is it because he is concerned about his own reputation and deliberately compromises?

"Send someone to listen to what Cui Yan said to A Yuan. Report it truthfully!"

"Your maid obeys the order." Cui Sanshun bowed and kowtowed, covering his face with joy, watching the imperial chariot go away, turned around and entered the Longdao Gate, glanced at the guard room through the window, picked up the porcelain pot calmly, While pricking up his ears, he carefully watered the pots of orchids under the window.

Cui Yan came very early, and he and Gu Yuan were the only ones in the duty room, with the same tough tone, very condescending: "Selling such poison into our court shows that the Westerners are not kind to our court. The thing, I don’t know how many disasters are hidden, it’s better to get rid of it once and for all!”

Gu Yan's tone was still very gentle: "Justice can only be done rightly. I have one more thing to ask. Since this drug is so harmful, I don't know if the poison will be passed on to others?"

"Pass it on to someone else?"

"If we sleep and eat together—"

"That's not true. After all, it's just a blind medicine, and the properties of the medicine haven't changed."

"That's good." Gu Yan seemed relieved, stopped asking any more questions, turned around and went out, she seemed to be preoccupied, and she was not surprised at Cui Sanshun, she just smiled slightly, "Your Majesty has already gone to court?"

"Yes," Cui Sanshun threw down the water bottle, saluted Gu Yuan, and pouted into the house, "Order the little one to serve Nushi, but I don't know that Nushi—"

"Don't do Mr. Cui's business." Gu Yan frowned palely, as if he was enduring some pain, "I'm going to visit Prince Gong's Mansion, I wonder if my father-in-law can prepare for me?"