Fairy Road Return [comprehensive]

The gloomy weather cleared up on the third day, and Yongzhang Hall was still surrounded by Xuanyi Guards and Imperial Guards. Every minister who came to Yongzhang Hall to report affairs would pay attention to these tall and straight figures. , On the guards with little facial expressions, the tight situation of five steps, one post and ten steps, one sentry made all the ministers fantasize about it.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials brought his workbook and reported his work. His job is the annual official assessment. This year is not the three-yearly big assessment time for all officials in the world, but the small assessment time for officials in Beijing. When he came Carrying a dense list, he left with a dense list after the report. He thought His Majesty would leave the list and consider it carefully, but His Majesty was ill and lacked energy. After listening to his narration, he waved his hand and let him take it away. up.

This is not normal, Minister of the Ministry of Officials is worried, is His Majesty really so sick?

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials looked back, Li Deying sent him respectfully outside the hall as usual, while Concubine Zhen was holding a teacup with warm boiling water in it, and she was carefully feeding it to His Majesty spoon by spoon, the light was not enough Bright, looking at His Majesty's ashen complexion in such dim light, he had the illusion of seeing a ghost, so he turned his head quickly.

Li Deying raised his eyebrows, and sent the Minister of the Ministry of Officials all the way to the door of the bedroom. He lowered his head slightly: "I won't see you off, my lord, please go."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials stuffed the book into his wide sleeve, and when he heard Li Deying's voice, he immediately thought of it. He quickly turned around and saluted, with a three-pointed smile on his face, and said: "Don't dare, Manager Li is full."

He poked his head slightly, with a sad face on his face, and asked: "Mr. Li, has your majesty's condition improved? How can it take so long for your majesty to recover from a cold and fever with such a national expert like the Tang imperial doctor?" ?”

Li Deying's expression froze for a moment, and then he said uncomfortably: "My lord is right, your majesty has taken the medicine prescribed by Tang Yuyi, and he is much better. It's just that the weather is too cold. After all, your majesty is over 60 years old, so naturally he will be fine." Go slow."

"That's good, that's good. I will go back and offer a few more sticks of incense to the Buddha, and beg the Buddha to bless His Majesty with a speedy recovery." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials clasped his hands and said sincerely.

He bowed a few times before slowly leaving Yongzhang Hall.

Li Deying had a slightly sad look on his face, and he turned around slowly until the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was nowhere to be seen, and the expression on his face was not revealed until he returned to the front hall and closed the door.

Emperor Jing Yuan sat on the warm couch against the wall on the right. He flipped through the book in his hand, glanced at Li Deying, and said, "What do you see?"

Li Deying stopped smiling, stepped forward a few steps, sat down on a small stool in front of the couch, and said in a low voice: "Master He is very concerned about His Majesty's dragon body, and he also said that he would put a few more incense sticks in front of the Buddha to bless His Majesty's dragon body." Get well soon."

"It's just high-sounding words, this old boy can't be stable." Emperor Jing Yuan snorted coldly, He Yuanzhang is indeed talented, he is here, he can be stable, once he spreads something bad, he will start to mess up.

Li Deying didn't say anything more, he had served His Majesty for decades, so he knew all the courtiers well, although he was not as good as His Majesty's vision, but he had his own ability to see people.

On this day, naturally not only the Minister of the Ministry of Officials came to report the affairs, but also other ministers, some came together, some came alone, but no matter what they reported, the emperor who was seriously ill and lying on the dragon bed had heard of it. After that, they feebly let them decide for themselves. Through the heavy curtains, the ministers couldn't see the emperor's expression, so they couldn't find out whether the emperor's condition was improving?

Li Deying is especially popular. Every time he sends a minister, the minister will catch him and say a few words of concern for His Majesty, but his stereotyped answer is that His Majesty is recovering and there is no major problem. Take a good rest for a while In a few months, when the next spring begins, His Majesty will definitely recover.

The ministers couldn't see it, but the princes who came to visit the sick every day could really see the whole body of Emperor Jing Yuan. The degree of bruising on his face did not change at all, but it became more and more serious, and his energy was seriously lacking.

This kind of ghost makeup is naturally made up, but it is a fact that Emperor Jing Yuan's face has become thinner, because every meal he eats is vegetables, fruits and nutritious soup, which can only guarantee the basic needs of the body, and there will be nothing more.

As for the bowl of poisonous chicken soup, it was eaten by a poodle brought from the cat and dog room. The poodle was too old to walk, and its hair had almost fallen out. , In the first few days, it was full of energy, and even the bare back grew new yellow hairs, but it didn't last long. After the poodle ate poisonous chicken soup for ten days, it walked quietly one night Bright red blood flowed from the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and anus. When the little eunuch who took care of it found it, it was already stiff.

The little eunuch went back and forth to Li Deying, and Li Deying went to see it on purpose. He was shocked immediately, and turned his head quickly, not daring to look at the poodle. The place, buried in the ground is safe."

The little eunuch was a little ignorant, but he didn't raise his doubts, he just obeyed the chief executive's orders.

Li Deying reported back to Emperor Jing Yuan truthfully, Emperor Jing Yuan paused his hands flipping through the book, his expression froze, he closed his eyes, and said: "It really is poisonous."

Such delicious chicken soup, the chicken soup that I wanted to swallow whole, turned out to be a deadly chicken soup, just like the mushrooms in the forest, the brighter and more beautiful the mushrooms are, the more poisonous they are.

Afterwards, Liu Wu, the commander of Xuanyiwei, came back and said that Xuanyiwei had many outstanding guards. Liu Wu was promoted to be the commander after the original commander retired. He is now over [-] years old and is also cultivating successors. up.

In fact, Liu Wu has always been unable to figure out why His Majesty transferred Wencang away to Peicheng to train the navy many years ago, and over the years, although Wencang has achieved great success and a happy family, His Majesty never transferred Wencang When he returned to Beijing, even if he was going to Beijing to report on his duties, His Majesty would not let him return to Beijing. Instead, he sent officials from the Ministry of Officials to Peicheng.

Although the face of His Majesty in front of him was pale, his eyes were piercing, and Liu Wu lowered his eyes slightly to report the matter.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Mr. Cheng, the commander of the infantry, really has a change of heart." Liu Wu reported to several generals in the army. Such a thing of forcing the palace to rebel cannot be done without soldiers, so Emperor Jing Yuan ordered Liu Wu to watch Looking at the Imperial Guards and other armies, see which generals can't bear it, and want that contribution from the dragon?

Emperor Jing Yuan nodded, his expression turned serious, and Liu Wu continued to report. To be honest, there are some information that Liu Wu has not figured out too clearly, because the whole capital is in chaos now, and there are many people fishing in troubled waters. People who are people, people who are secretly other people, and people who may actually be a third person, Liu Wu feels dizzy.

Liu Wu first made himself completely clear and finished the report, and then reported that he was not very clear, but he did the statistics himself, so he directly handed the statistics on the paper to Emperor Jing Yuan.

"It was reported by the people below." Liu Wu pointed to a guard at the gate of Xihuamen Palace, and he said with a slight frown: "This guard was originally insignificant. He was originally a member of King Qing, and his wife beat around the bush with The servant girl next to Princess Qing became friends, and this guard took refuge in Prince Qing, but the day before yesterday, he suddenly handed over a large sum of money to his wife. The concubine handed it to him from the maid. He won it back from the casino when he and Faxiao went to the casino. The subordinates thought it was strange. He never entered the casino, but he entered the casino that time. Every time he bet, he won. The subordinates found out that Liu Boshang, a businessman in the capital, lost money to him on purpose, and Liu Boshang is one of the pockets of Prince Cheng, so this guard may have been bought by King Cheng under the instruction of Liu Laofa."

But with such an obvious context, Liu Wu doubts that it is just smoke/mist/bomb.

Emperor Jing Yuan looked at the statistics in his hand, and Liu Wu did it in detail. He looked at the guard, then at Liu Boshang, thought for a moment, and said coldly: "It's not the third or the fifth, this Liu Boshang There are many masters behind him. Liu Boshang not only bought one guard, but more than [-] people, but the guards he bought were not for one master."

He had a slight idea in his mind, and continued to look at the others. They were all the guards in the imperial guards, especially the bottom guards. They fluctuated very frequently, and everyone moved, causing the whole mess.

"Boss, him." Emperor Jing Yuan sighed, the boss is just a little straightforward, once an idea is deeply ingrained in his head, it is difficult to change it, unless it involves his own interests.

Like he thinks that Luo Chuyun is very good now, because Luo Chuyun has no interests related to him, maybe it is involved, such as the issue of heirs, it is definitely Luo Chuyun's tricks, but the boss can't find out, so He felt that Luo Chuyun was his best wife, and he gave her supreme trust.If one day the boss ascends to the throne, he will change his view of Luo Chuyun only if he has many sons, but Luo Chuyun draws his salary from the bottom of the pot and directly leaves him with only her eldest son in the backyard. Under such circumstances, Even after the boss becomes emperor, he will not doubt his wife.

After reading it, Emperor Jing Yuan closed the paper and said angrily, "One and two are fools, and they don't even know they've been tricked."

Liu Wu's mind turned quickly, what does His Majesty mean, someone is manipulating behind this?So who is it?Look at His Majesty's attitude, could it be the Princess of Ming County or Princess of Jing County?

Only these two concubines, His Majesty has the meaning of hating iron but not steel, especially the Jingjun princess, who has many ministers under her skirts, but she has not been discovered by Jingjun Wang and her lover, this is so good, Liu Wu can't help Thumbs up in my heart.

Just thinking of this, Liu Wu was puzzled again in an instant. Since Princess Jingjun has such an ability to evade, why didn't they find out when Xuanyiwei followed her up and investigated her?

Now Emperor Jing Yuan is "seriously ill in bed", and the three imperial doctors who are in charge of seeing the doctor are also imprisoned. Of course, these three imperial doctors are well aware that they can do whatever His Majesty tells them to do, and there is no embarrassment at all. place.

Wang Rongcheng, Royal Physician Wang, he was finally able to go out of the palace and go home today, but he changed his clothes when he got home, and found out that there were guests in the mansion.

The guest was both unexpected and expected, he knew that someone would come to him to inquire about His Majesty's condition, but he thought it was just a servant of a certain prince, but he didn't expect the prince to go out in person.

The third prince walked up to the top with a very contented expression.

"The veteran sees the king of the county." Doctor Wang gave his son a fierce look with his lowered head. When this incident is over, he must throw the son of barbecued pork into the wild for a good experience.

Royal doctor Wang thought about it, it should not be that the third prince is so impatient, even if Cai Concubine is sincere to His Majesty, it is impossible to ignore his cousin, why is the third prince the first to jump out?

No reason, because he is stupid!

"Doctor Wang doesn't need to be too polite. This king is just wandering around with Tonghe, but I don't want such a coincidence to run into Royal Physician Wang leaving the palace and returning home."

Physician Wang slandered in his heart, don't be thick-skinned, obviously he came here specially to find out the news.

Doctor Wang's son, Wang Tonghe, is not ignorant of the recent mess in the capital, but he is not politically sensitive enough, so he is not wary of the third prince, after all, they have always been close friends.

Then the third prince brought up the matter of Emperor Jing Yuan's illness, and Wang Tonghe was acting as a lubricant in the middle, and Wang Yuyi's face collapsed even more seriously, but he still said that His Majesty's body is well taken care of, even if the cold and fever heal slowly , but it is also the reason for the weather. When spring begins, His Majesty will recover soon.

When he said this, his hands were clenched tightly together. In fact, this was also an expression of his unconscious nervousness. Ever since he became the emperor's exclusive imperial physician, Wang Rongcheng hadn't felt this kind of nervousness for a long time. If it was because of his poor performance that he spoiled His Majesty's important affairs, then ten of his heads would not be enough to cut off.

But thinking of acting in front of all the officials in the capital, Wang Yuyi suddenly became a little excited again. It is really not an easy task to deceive those old foxes in the officialdom!

Although the third prince didn't get 100% certain news, but he felt that from the look of Royal Physician Wang, he was [-]% sure of the news that his father was seriously ill.

Not only Royal Physician Wang, Li Deying, Tang Yuyi, and Hua Yuyi have all suffered a lot of sugar/clothes/cannons/bombs. Li Deying stood firm, but still showed a tangled expression of being tempted, but in the end he expressed his gratitude to His Majesty. Sincerity gained the upper hand, so he did not betray His Majesty, and the three imperial physicians of Tang Dynasty were slowly bewitched by these sugar-coated/cannon/shells, and revealed His Majesty's physical condition to those who bribed them.

The three imperial physicians of the Tang Dynasty went in and out of the Yongzhang Hall every day with weeping/mourned faces, but after entering the inner hall, their expressions relaxed, and facing His Majesty was the most relaxed time for them.

Emperor Jing Yuan was reading a newspaper. He had many kinds of newspapers at hand. He had a copy of all the newspapers in the entire capital. He just wanted to see what people outside thought about this matter.

With his hint, the court daily reported the matter comprehensively, and was still analyzing who would be the next emperor after he, the emperor, became ill.

The Imperial Court Daily commented on every prince, especially the eldest prince to the sixth prince. What contributions have these six princes made in the past, and what is their personality like?How many women are there in the backyard?How many sons and daughters... I analyzed it in an all-round way.

"This report makes people laugh and cry." Emperor Jing Yuan couldn't help scoffing at the analysis report about the boss. That guy didn't add women to the backyard because he couldn't have a son. How could he have so many women? Deep love with Luo Chuyun and his wife?

The three imperial physicians of Tang Dynasty looked at each other in blank dismay, and the three of them did not say anything, waiting for His Majesty to speak.

Emperor Jing Yuan put down the newspaper in his hand and said, "You guys have done a good job." Then he asked again, "Have you found out what kind of medicine was added to that chicken soup?"

The three imperial physicians of Tang immediately lowered their heads, with shame on their faces. They had studied the chicken soup thoroughly, but they didn’t know what medicinal material it was made from. Of course, they had already figured out the effect. Of course, it is not just that the body is not nourished, no matter how healthy the body is, after taking this kind of tonic, it is afraid that it will not be too far away from death.

The three of them stayed in the dormitory for half an hour before leaving. The expressions on the faces of the three of them changed to calm after stepping out of the threshold. No matter how the guards outside analyzed the expressions on their faces, they couldn't figure it out.

He walked in with a tray, and she put the tray on the round table in the middle of the room, and then took out the emperor's exclusive bowls, chopsticks and dishes from the long cabinet next to it.

Emperor Jing Yuan looked at her silently. He is 64 years old this year. She is ten years younger than him, and she is already over 50 years old. She looks a little younger than her actual age, about the same as those noble ladies in the capital who are in their forties.

Under Li Deying's guidance, Manman rushed into the inner hall like the wind, and saw her father and emperor eating, and mother and concubine sitting aside, although the two did not speak, the atmosphere was very warm.

"Father, mother and concubine." Manman chuckled.

When He saw her daughter, a smile appeared on her face unconsciously. She got up and walked over, saying, "Manman is here, can I have breakfast?"

It's almost noon, haven't you had breakfast yet?Manman rolled her eyes, nodded and shook her head: "I ate it, but my father ate so deliciously, I feel hungry again."

Emperor Jing Yuan sneered: "You know how to compete with me for food!" When something got into his daughter's mouth, it seemed to become a supreme delicacy, and Qiongye Yulu was nothing more than that.

Manman stared at his father's ghostly makeup for a while, then looked away in disgust, the corners of Emperor Jing Yuan's eyes twitched, this daughter has been honest and lovely for more than ten years.

After half an hour, Manman left, and she couldn't stay here for long, otherwise what would she do if she was overwhelmed?

Although Manman could stay a little longer because of He's taking care of Emperor Jingyuan, it was only a quarter of an hour longer than when the other three sisters came to visit Emperor Jingyuan.

The princess frame was unimpeded all the way. Manman didn't dare to go out to socialize for fear of inadvertently revealing his father's affairs. Even Wang Jian and his wife hadn't seen each other. If she cheated on her when she was not prepared, and ruined the affairs of her father, then she would have committed a serious crime.

The older a person grows up, the more innocent his mind becomes. Manman has always had a good relationship with his two younger brothers, the Fifth Prince and the Sixth Prince, but after the two of them entered the court and began to run errands, this relationship gradually began to drift apart. Return to the ordinary royal family's ordinary sibling relationship.

"Sister Sihuang?" Manman was thinking about a problem when she suddenly heard a voice calling her. She didn't react until the other party called again. She opened the curtain and saw beside the carriage, six The prince stood there like a shy plum blossom blooming in the cold wind.

Manman blinked: "Sixth brother?" She is a little confused now, should she chat with this younger brother to catch up, what if he is here to trick her?

Seeing that the sixth prince stepped into the carriage and then sat opposite Manman, Manman rolled her eyes and put down the curtain.

"Fourth sister, you just came out of the palace, did you see the father?" Compared to their sons, the father believed in his daughter more, especially the fourth sister. Since she was recognized, her favor has never diminished. The sixth prince sighed deeply in his heart. In the past ten years, the relationship between their siblings has gradually weakened due to various reasons.

Manman nodded, her expression was serious, but she didn't know what expression to make, such a deadpan expression should be the expression with the fewest mistakes.

"Yesterday, when I went to visit my father, my father didn't wake up. He only stayed for a while and then came out. Now I was about to enter the palace, and I saw Fourth Sister's carriage."

The sixth prince paused, glanced at Manman, sighed and said, "The undercurrent is raging in Beijing, has Fourth Sister ever thought about it?"

"In the future? Why do I think so much? The son-in-law said, I don't have to worry about the outside things, he will take care of it." Manman was relieved in her heart. Didn't the sixth brother come to tease her about the father's illness? good.

So it is useless to find her as a princess. Although the son-in-law listens to her, she listens to the son-in-law even more, so it is useless to win her over.

The sixth prince couldn't help smiling, Manman felt that she saw the bitterness in his smile, she couldn't help pursing her lips, the sixth brother is only in his 20s, his father is in good health, he has more opportunities than his elder brothers.

But Manman thinks that the sixth brother's brain is also not enough. If he can't play with the government, it's better not to get involved in the muddy water. Wouldn't it be comfortable to be a leisurely king?

Changing the subject, Manman asked about the sixth prince concubine and his nephews and nieces, and finally the conversation with the sixth prince reached a good point, and the sixth prince didn't leave alone until he sent Manman back to the princess mansion.

Manman looked at his back and wondered if it would be bad for him to hike?Should the coachman give him a ride, or lend him a horse?

After the Sixth Prince and Man Man parted ways, they did go to the palace to visit Emperor Jing Yuan. This time he was lucky, and when Emperor Jing Yuan was 'awake', Emperor Jing Yuan talked to him for a quarter of an hour.

The news that the sixth prince stayed in Yongzhang Hall for an extra quarter of an hour quickly reached the ears of interested people, and everyone was guessing, what did His Majesty talk about with the sixth prince?

Of course, it is not just the sixth prince. When the other princes visit His Majesty in the palace, if they are lucky enough to meet His Majesty sober, they will always stay a little longer. The princes can't help but suspect each other. other brothers?

Under such a strange atmosphere, New Year's Eve is ushered in. When the capital comes to winter, most of the time is snowed. Originally, the New Year's Eve reunion day should be a day of joy for the whole family. This year, because of the emperor's illness, the New Year's Eve palace banquet was cancelled. Yes, in the past, His Majesty would bestow blessings on the ministers, but this year's blessings are all done by the nine princes. The nine princes blessed them, and those few books are from the famous and powerful families in the capital.

Li Xie looked at the upside-down blessing on the door, and murmured in his heart, he might as well write it himself, the level of the third prince is far behind.

Every family outside the palace had a family reunion, enjoying the fireworks in the sky and the snow scene in the yard. At such a sensitive time, the world should try to keep a low profile.

Until the news came from the palace that His Majesty vomited blood, of course it was not a news with great fanfare, it was Concubine Zhen who was overheard when she secretly ordered the maid to wash a bloody handkerchief.

"Your Majesty, are you injured?" the palace maid asked nervously holding a bloody handkerchief, her eyes darting back and forth on Concubine Zhen, and she asked again: "Could it be that your concubine's menstruation is back?"

Concubine Zhen couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "I'm already at this age, I graduated last year."

From the sound of the maid's breathing, it could be heard that the maid was relieved, and she heard Concubine Zhen sigh and say: "This is not my blood, don't ask so many questions, how can you have so much curiosity in your child's family?" ?”

The maid left, Concubine Zhen looked around and returned to Yongzhang Hall, the little eunuch who eavesdropped hurriedly left this place of right and wrong.

When the butler came back to report, Manman listened with her ears sideways, her eyes were straightened, and as soon as the butler left, she couldn't help but lie on Li Xie's shoulder, whispering to her ear, "I didn't expect that concubine mother can also act."

Li Xie couldn't help laughing, who in this world can't act?The He family doesn't know how to act, so how can he raise the vines so big in the Xuanping Hou Mansion?

The two were playing around, but the young and old in other mansions were not in a good mood. How seriously ill is His Majesty?This is vomiting blood, is it hopeless medicine?

In less than an hour, the news spread from the palace, and everyone who should know knew it. No one knew how many people were fishing in troubled waters. Thinking about the total of nine princes, even the last three The prince is young and does not have his own team in the court, but because of their identities, the ministers who like to take the edge of the sword may not support the weak king, and they mean to be the assistant minister, so this muddy water is even more muddy .