The torture-like heat of summer slowly subsided, and the autumn wind and autumn rain drifted, and the sycamore leaves in the courtyard of the high gate began to fall. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It rained again at night, and the sycamore leaves that fell in the yard were stained with rainwater, and after a while, the sharp-eyed and fast-legged eunuch picked up the wet leaves with a thin bamboo pole and threw them into the dirty bag.

Zhou Shufei, who got up early in the morning, finished dressing up, and quietly watched the sweeping eunuch outside the window to clean up the ground, and after a while, the wet and covered with fallen leaves on the green brick floor, in a blink of an eye, only the green bricks could be seen, and the little eunuch splashed it with water two or three times, and the scrubbing was clean, and the slightest trace of leaves and mud was invisible.

Zhou Shufei looked up at the cloudy and uncertain sky.

It was gloomy, and a large dark cloud moved slowly, I wonder if this dark cloud will rain heavily, or will it be blown away by the wind quietly, leaving no trace?

Just like the actions of the crown prince this time, will it shock the government and the opposition, and the blood will not stop, or will it slowly disappear in silence? In any case, someone will sweep away the damp and muddy blue brick floor, throw the dirt into a bag, and leave this splendid Great Inner Forbidden Palace far away, and the mud on the ground will be washed away by the water.

The palace maid presented a bird's nest porridge and said in a low voice: "The third old lady of the Zhou family handed over the dishes and invited them to come in." ”

On Wednesday, the lord was in charge of the affairs of the Zhou family, and his wife usually did not hand the saucer into the palace. Concubine Zhou Shu picked up the silver spoon and tasted the bird's nest, and in the blink of an eye, she understood her intention to enter the palace.

"Let her enter the palace tomorrow. Concubine Shu commanded lightly.

With the change of dynasties, a family of poetry and books like the Zhou family has always stood still, and naturally has its own way. The general affairs can best perceive the slightest changes in the market, the price of rice and grain is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the Wednesday master, who is familiar with the general affairs, naturally pays more attention to it. Now that the grain harvest season has passed, last year can be said to be a good year, a large number of new grain poured into the market, the price should naturally drop slightly, but the prince secretly rebelled, must first arrange grain and grass, now the price of grain in Gyeonggi is one or two points higher than in previous years, Wednesday Lord keenly grasped such a weather vane-like message.

Mrs. Xu came to the palace on Wednesday, presumably to visit her, and to reward her as usual, presumably her father and the clan knew how to deal with this turmoil.

Concubine Zhou Shufei frowned, a few thoughts turned and turned in her heart, stretched out her well-maintained hand that was still as slender as a girl, beckoned the palace maid back, and said with her eyebrows lowered: "That's it, just go on as usual, and give a command, the third lady is also older, so she can work less." ”

The Zhou family has deep roots, and they can still protect themselves in the turbulence, and the current time is still considerable... It's still early, so there is no need to implicate the Zhou family too early.

Concubine Zhou Shufei put down the bird's nest in her hand, and was about to get up and pace in the palace room, when the palace maid told her that Imperial Doctor Xu from the Tai Hospital came to ask for peace and security.

Imperial Physician Xu is calm and has always had a good reputation, and he is the next imperial physician by default. Coincidentally, since Concubine Zhou Shu entered the palace, it was this Imperial Doctor Xu who asked for peace for her.

Carefully checking the pulse, Concubine Zhou Shu is naturally fine, but this Imperial Doctor Xu doesn't seem to want to leave immediately, and when the palace maid serves tea, she takes out a small round box of carved red peonies from the medicine box, and says with a smile: " In this box is a medical woman in the Tai Hospital according to the ancient method, through the old and new, developed the anti-aging cream, the minister looked at her to make it, the use of medicinal herbs is quite exquisite, this anti-aging cream is also the medical woman tried, said that the effect is quite good, can nourish the skin, is the most suitable for this late summer and early autumn use. ”

Concubine Zhou Shufei smiled gently, let the palace maid take it and put it in her hand to enjoy it, and chatted: "Imperial Doctor Xu is really meticulous, the palace is feeling that the weather is dry and unpleasant, so Imperial Doctor Xu sent such good things." As he spoke, he gently peeled off a small piece of the white paste and applied it to the back of his hand, with a surprised smile on his face, "It's really good, it's not greasy at all, the north always paid tribute to the nourishing cream used in autumn and winter, but it's a pity that it's greasy and tiresome." I don't know if Imperial Doctor Xu can bring more? Hua Concubine always muttered that the air in the south of the Yangtze River was moist and nourishing, but this time in the capital, she felt dry, if the Imperial Doctor had any superfluity, the palace would be cheeky to ask the Imperial Doctor for a box for Hua Concubine. ”

Imperial Physician Xu stood up respectfully and saluted: "Originally, I should have prepared a few more copies, but now I want to let Niangniang speak, it is indeed inappropriate for the minister to think about it this time, it is better for Niangniang to send a few people to the Tai Hospital to get it." ”

Concubine Zhou Shu looked at the several palace maids beside her, waved her hand, and those people retreated and went to the Tai Hospital with the little disciples of Imperial Doctor Xu at the door.

"Imperial Doctor Xu, what do you have to say?" Concubine Zhou Shufei put away the carved lacquer box, and her expression suddenly became much more solemn.

"I can't hide anything from my mother. Imperial Physician Xu looked respectful, "Imperial Physician is chatting with his ministers over there these days, I am afraid that the queen's illness is getting more and more serious, and now she can't use more decoctions, so she can only use Yangrong Pill every day to hang her life." ”

Concubine Zhou Shufei was surprised in her heart, her face became a little heavy, and she asked Imperial Doctor Xu a few more questions, and then asked the palace maid at the door to send Imperial Doctor Xu out.

Then throughout noon, Concubine Zhou Shufei frowned and wondered what this Imperial Doctor Xu's words meant.

Since the emperor went to see the queen last month, the hospital reported the news that the queen's illness was worse day by day, and she was quite terminally ill and incurable, but after all, she continued to take medicine every day. But before, she heard that the hospital came to report the queen's illness, but what she said was that the queen's old illness had relapsed and she had become ill from overwork, and since the emperor had let her live and recuperate now, I am afraid that there would be no problem in living for another three or five years.

How could he become terminally ill so quickly? Now he can't even use the decoction?

Since the emperor went to visit the queen last time, this Imperial Doctor Xu had hinted that she could secretly handle the queen's afterlife.

I'm afraid this is what the emperor meant.

But why did the emperor take the queen's life for no reason?

Could it be that the queen has done something unseemly behind her back? What unseemly deeds can the queen do behind her back? Unless she wants to rebel with the crown prince......

Concubine Shu felt that she should be right to think like this. After all, the prince is becoming more and more ridiculous now, and the emperor has not pursued the inexplicable disappearance at the beginning, and later forced two Jiang family girls to prostitute themselves during the day, and the emperor does not seem to have punished him, and he was already extremely disappointed in the prince at that time. What's more, Imperial Physician Xu also said that the queen can no longer enter the decoction medicine, and can only use the Rongyang Pill to hang her life, the corners of Concubine Shu's mouth bent slightly, she has always heard that terminally ill people use ginseng soup to hang their lives, but they have never heard that this Rongyang Pill can hang their lives.

Isn't it strange that it is in this Rongyang pill?