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Tang immediately took the matchmaker to ask for marriage, of course, there was no problem with the eight characters, and then the marriage date was discussed. Because the Queen Mother asked for the marriage to be completed as soon as possible, it was also scheduled for the next day. And there was a plague going on in the palace, and no one was allowed to go out and walk around at will. Therefore, Yang Xianmao's marriage was relatively simple, but he still took all the procedures that should be followed. According to the scale when he married the lord of Bai Zhi, he walked around the capital.

At this time, Yang Xianmao's prescription had been used throughout the city, and most of the patients had been cured, and the people of the whole city were grateful to Yang Xianmao. When they heard that this little man had married another prince and the lord of the county, they were all amazed, and they all came to the streets to cheer in gratitude, adding a festive flavor to the marriage of this life-saving benefactor.

The lord of Yaoxiang sat in a sedan chair and saw that the people of the whole city came out to cheer for his marriage. I was surprised and happy in my heart, and at the same time I was very happy that my husband had such a popularity.

There were very few people from the royal family, not only because the plague prevented them from moving around at will, but also because they really could not understand the marriage, and the two county lords married a little Langzhong, feeling that the dignity of the royal family was damaged, so they made all kinds of excuses not to attend. But there is one person here, and that is Zhao Jie. He had to come, not only to congratulate him, but mainly to find Yang Xianmao to save his mother.

Yang Xianmao had already estimated that Zhao Ge would come, so after the inspection, he called him aside to speak alone.

Yang Xianmao said: "There is only one person who can save your mother's illness, and that is your father." You must take her to your father's bedchamber and tell your father that he will keep your mother, or your mother will die. As for who will harm her, your father knows in his heart, and you don't need to ask more. You also have to ask your father to ask the emperor to heal your mother. He has my recipe, and he will cure your mother. You don't ask me why, just do what I say. ”

Although Zhao Ge is young, he is already very sensible. Hearing Yang Xianmao say this, he knew that the royal family had too many secrets, so he nodded solemnly to indicate that he remembered.

Zhao Zhe returned to the palace and told Yang Xianmao's words to his mother as they were, and under Yang Xianmao's treatment, Concubine De's condition did not continue to deteriorate, but it did not improve. Concubine De had always wondered in her heart, but now after listening to Yang Xianmao's words relayed by her son, she immediately understood what was going on. struggled to get up at the moment, wrote a letter, and asked his son to personally send it to the emperor's bedroom to meet the emperor.

Since the plague began to spread, the emperor saw that everyone was far away and could not approach without permission, even his son Zhao Xu came to see him. Song Shenzong sat on the high platform far away, and after reading Concubine De's letter, he pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered his guards to go to Concubine De's bedroom in person and take Concubine De to live in his bedroom. He lived in the room next to him, and at the same time sent someone to pass on the miracle doctor.

After Concubine De was taken to the emperor's bedroom by the emperor's guards, Doctor Fei also arrived. prescribed a prescription to Concubine De, and soon Concubine De's illness improved significantly.

Empress Dowager Gao originally wanted to wait for Yang Xianmao to get married and then ask him to enter the palace to continue the mission and kill Concubine De. Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly silently took Concubine De to his bedroom, and changed a doctor to treat her.

Empress Dowager Gao knew that she couldn't control this Fei Shen Doctor, and it happened too suddenly, which caught Empress Dowager Gao off guard. She couldn't imagine that it was Yang Xianmao who was playing tricks in the back, and thought that the emperor had seen through her idea of killing Concubine De, and she couldn't help but be a little indignant. I wanted to wait for the emperor to release Concubine De, but I didn't expect that in the following days, Concubine De actually lived in the emperor's bedroom and did not leave.

Empress Dowager Gao was very angry, so she sent a decree and asked someone to call Concubine De to her bedroom, saying that she wanted to discuss things. But the eunuch went with the edict and came back, and he didn't bring it with Concubine De. Instead, the report said that the guards said that no matter who let Concubine De out, they must get the emperor's permission, even if they come up with a decree, it is useless.

Hearing the eunuch say this, Empress Dowager Gao was even more sure that it should be the emperor who had discovered her conspiracy, and she was even more annoyed, but she couldn't help it for a while. Annoyed, she went to her back garden to relax.

The last time the rats were drilled out of her back garden, and after all the rats were destroyed, it was found that there was a big hole in her back garden, and there was a tunnel with a foot basin in it, which should be a rat nest. But no one dared to get in, and they just filled the hole with stones.

Although the gardener later bulldozed the ground again and planted new grass, there are still some differences between the new grass and the original one. Every time she saw this place where rats came from, she was extremely irritable. Why didn't the rats come out of another dormitory, but from her?

Although no one said it, she always felt that others were talking in private, and it was she who caused the plague, which also made her feel extremely depressed. Even the murderous intention towards Concubine De came from her mood to a large extent.

There was no way to eradicate this huge rat nest, because she didn't know if there would be more rats down there. What if you dig down and dig out more rats? So I can only block it for the time being. When the plague had calmed down, she had to find a way to deal with the terrible and hateful rats, such as pouring water into them and drowning them.

When the Queen Mother thought of pouring water into it, she suddenly found that the turf was wet. There is no rain in the capital these days, although the outside of the city is still besieged by floods, and the water level has not dropped significantly. But where did all this water come from in her yard, could it be the water sprinkled by the maids and eunuchs who got up early?

However, she quickly dismissed this possibility, because the palace maids and eunuchs would only water the flowers in the garden, but not the grass. Is that who threw the water here? But it's not very likely, it's her back garden. She was the only one walking here, and no one else would come in, let alone bring water here and splash it.

Where did the water come from? Empress Dowager Gao didn't know why she became interested in this issue. And once this question entered her mind, it became extremely intense. For in a short time there was more water on the ground than before, and it had already made the lawn glow.

At this time, the two eunuchs who followed her also seemed to find out about this situation, and they couldn't help but be puzzled. The eunuch turned back to the other palace maids and asked, "Who spilled the water here?" and all the palace maids quickly shook their heads together.

Empress Dowager Gao didn't look back, she stared at the stall more and more, and found that the water was not so clear. This made her even more curious, so she took a few steps forward, lifted the hem of her skirt and squatted down to take a closer look. In just a few moments, the waters on the earth expanded in scope. It had already flooded her feet and wet her shoes.

"Niangniang, back off, this water is coming out of the ground!"

The eunuch hurriedly came up and wanted to help the queen mother up and leave. But he immediately noticed that the Queen Mother was trembling all over. He stared at the ground as if he had seen some terrible scene. So the eunuch also followed and looked closely, and this look really scared him to tremble. - It turned out that there were countless cracks in the ground, and the water was coming out of the cracks. And the gap is gradually expanding, and what is coming out is actually turbid yellow water.

A terrible thought flashed through Empress Dowager Gao's mind: Did the flood enter the city? How could the flood outside the city appear in the city, and also appear in the palace and in her own bedroom?

Before she could figure out this question, the place where the countless cracks were violently torn apart by an invisible giant hand. A terrifying flood more violent than any fountain suddenly erupted from the ground, rushing the Empress Dowager Gao, who was squatting there, directly into the air and falling on several palace maids behind.

Then the rolling flood rushed out of them, rushing the Empress Dowager Gao and the dozen palace maids and eunuchs, and calling for help.

A huge fountain had appeared in the area where the rats had been drilled, and a terrible flood rushed out of it, and rapidly widened the hole to a width of more than ten feet. Floodwaters continued to emerge from below, spraying into the air and spreading in all directions.

Empress Dowager Gao and those palace maids and eunuchs did not actually escape, but were washed out by the flood. The guards outside didn't know what was going on, and came over to save them with water. However, the continuous flood washed out, and they themselves were unstable on their feet, so they could only follow the queen mother and eunuchs and other palace maids to be washed out of the palace.

This sudden flood frightened all the people in the palace, and the flood came so fast that it was knee-high and still pouring out.

The Emperor was reviewing the recitals when the guards rushed in and told him the terrible news, leaving him stunned. I don't know what the reason is, there is a terrible plague in the palace, and now there is a terrible flood, is it really that the heavens are going to die?

He didn't know that the flood was actually caused by the emperor himself, to be precise, by the previous emperor.

Before Tokyo Bianliang became an imperial palace, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, including after the Later Zhou Dynasty, several small countries were set to Kaifeng. Due to the frequent wars, I don't know which emperor in Kaifeng, the capital of Dingdu, built a secret escape passage in the palace, which leads to the outside of Kaifeng. In order to maintain strict secrecy, all the migrant workers who built this secret passage were also executed. Only a very small number of core members of the imperial family knew that there was such a secret passage, which was reserved for the emperor and his concubines to escape. But before the emperor could use this secret passage, he died, and this secret passage became a secret unknown to outsiders.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, successive emperors continued to repair and expand the palace, but this secret passage has not been discovered. This secret passage has passed for a hundred or two hundred years, and many places have collapsed. In fact, it is no longer possible to use it as a passageway, and the exit outside the city has been naturally closed after a hundred or two hundred years.