Chapter 38: Forty Thousand
The prince was not poisoned. When everyone worshiped the Seven Princes in the Xuande Palace, he was holding a few palace maids drinking and having fun, so happy. Hearing the sound of the palace people and the guards pulling outside the door, although he was extremely annoyed, it was not easy to come forward, so he had to hurriedly clean up and lie back on the couch again.
Several eunuchs followed the guards and insulted them, saying that Concubine Cheng was bold enough to dare to take the prince to the mourning hall without authorization, and if the prince's illness worsened, she couldn't afford to pay for her ten heads. However, a group of minions dared to humiliate even the dignified concubines, which shows how far the prince has no one in his eyes on weekdays.
However, these guards were not stunned at all, and directly carried the "unconscious" prince to the simple shelf bed, and said angrily, "What are you arguing about, how many times have you said it, it's not Concubine Cheng who wants to see the prince, it's the Seventh Prince!" If you delay the affairs of the Seventh Prince, you should be guilty of death! β
What Seven Princes is not Seven Princes, didn't he die early? Where would a few eunuchs believe this nonsense, they followed behind all the way and scolded, and some people thought that the emperor was in the Palace of Raising the Heart, and they would not know about it, so they ran to complain. The prince lying on the bed was also full of suspicion, but he was even more annoyed, the concubine was so bold, this was to see Gu fall into a coma, thinking that Gu would never wake up again, right?
Thinking of this, he immediately decided to wake up at night and clean up all those rebellious ministers and thieves!
The group walked quickly to the Xuande Palace, and the heavy door of the hall automatically opened, bringing out a cold air flow. The guards shivered in unison, but they didn't dare to hesitate in the slightest, and hurriedly went in. The eunuchs and palace maids who followed behind and scolded also entered, and when they saw the emperor surrounded by everyone in the corner, and saw the faint candle flame, it felt wrong.
Where, where is the candle flame this color? Shine all the people like a ghost with a blue face and fangs! What's going on? At this moment, the white flags with blood characters fluttered slowly in the yin wind, which made them understand that what the guards said before was true, and it was really the seventh prince who wanted to see the prince.
Several palace maids were frightened, screaming and crying. Several eunuchs were not much better, and they were already kneeling on their stomachs.
The prince's eyes were closed, and he didn't know what was going on outside, but he felt that the sky seemed to be darkening, and the temperature had dropped suddenly, and then there was a ghost crying wolf howling in his ears. Caught off guard, he almost jumped up, but he held back in time.
The guards put down the bed on the shelf, and the troubled Chongling platform surrendered his life, "Qi Qi Seven Princes, Qi Qi Gui Concubine Niangniang, people have been brought." β
Suddenly, the collapsed tablet was erected with a soft "beep" sound. However, even such a subtle movement also knocked on everyone's hearts like thunder. Everyone was obviously about to collapse in fright, but they couldn't help but look up at the spiritual platform, and saw that the handwriting on the tablet oozed a lot of blood for no reason, and it fell to the ground dripping along the edge of the table, staining a piece of red. This scene, Mo said that he saw it with his own eyes, even if he thought about it casually, he felt extremely terrifying. A person's resentment can be so thick that it turns into blood and tears, which shows how much hatred he has with this resurrection.
The ministers in front of them were okay, and they were scared and frightened to get used to it, but the eunuchs and palace maids who came with the prince were unprepared, and they all screamed and fainted, and a stinking liquid slowly flowed out from the crotch of their pants.
The prince became more and more suspicious when he heard the movement, but he did not dare to "wake up" immediately.
Xiao Guifei has seen a big scene in the end, and she hasn't fainted to death, but it's almost the same. She felt her heart swellβto the extreme, and even the slightest tremor could shatter it. She clutched her chest, wanted to scream, wanted to beg for mercy, and even knelt down and kowtowed, but because her blood was frozen, she couldn't do anything.
She could only watch as Concubine Cheng picked up the tablet and walked to her son step by step.
In the end, it was the emperor who overcame his fear and said in a trembling voice, "Concubine Cheng, what do you want to do?" I order you to throw it away. β
In response to him was a sneer from Concubine Cheng. At the same time, a thick black mist poured out from the tablet and slowly converged into a figure. Everyone looked at it and was immediately frightened. It turned out to be really the Seventh Prince, and he appeared! He, he walked towards the prince!
The guards standing on both sides of the shelf bed immediately dodged away, but the unknown prince was still lying peacefully.
Regardless of whether the ministers usually have a good impression of the prince or not, they all feel a little pity for him now, and they are still pretending to be dizzy at this time, and they don't know how to write the word "death".
Only the emperor thought that his son's fate was really hanging by a thread, and hurriedly shouted, "Emperor, let your brother go!" He was also poisoned, and it really has nothing to do with your death! β
"You are willing to be a fool, but this king is not. This king is not so stupid as you that he doesn't even know who killed him. The Seventh Prince smiled suspiciously.
Hearing the familiar voice, the crown prince couldn't pretend anymore, and suddenly opened his eyes, and saw the Seventh Prince, who had been dead for many days, staring at him with red eyes. He fell on his back in fright, then rolled off the shelf bed, and before he could stand up, he hurriedly crawled towards the emperor and Xiao Guifei, faster than running.
"You, aren't you dead?" He broke down and shouted.
"Aren't you in a poisoned coma? This king sees that you are very good, and you have kung fu to have fun! The Seventh Prince sneered.
The ministers followed his line of sight, but saw that the prince opened his shirt in a panic, revealing the red marks on his collarbone, which showed what kind of intense love he had experienced before. Is this what a comatose person should look like?
The Queen Mother had such an expression. Concubine Cheng's eyes were cracked, and she hated to stab the prince directly with a knife. The emperor's eyes were complicated, and he was speechless for a long time. He's not really stupid, he just doesn't want to dig deeper. However, even if the prince was not poisoned, he still refused to believe that the poison could be caused by the prince. This child has been filial since he was a child, not like Ji Changye, and he was born rebellious.
When the prince saw the bloody white flags and tablets, and the blue candles, he already knew that he was a ghost. He was originally a straw bale who was strong on the outside and dry in the middle, and where could he maintain his demeanor at this time, he ran towards the door of the palace with a rolling belt, and shouted hoarsely, "Don't come here, it's not you who are alone, it's Ji Changye, if you want revenge, just look for him, don't come to find Lonely!" Lonely never did it! β
"These lies are told and even demons do not believe them. This king has all the human and material evidence in his hands, and he won't talk nonsense with you today, so let's take my life! Before the Seven Princes could speak, there were many ghosts in the hall, all of whom were the palace maids and eunuchs who were executed by the emperor in this poisoning incident, including the chief administrator of Ouchi.
They didn't say a word, and together with the Seven Princes, they turned into black mist, wrapping themselves in layers on the crown prince. Others could only see the black mist surging, and they could hear the prince's miserable howl, but they didn't know what he had suffered, and a lot of blood seeped out of the black mist, slowly dyeing a large piece of red. The Xuande Palace, which was already gloomy, was now filled with a strong smell of blood, and it became more and more like the eighteenth layer of hell reappearing.
Such a scene finally defeated Xiao Guifei. She threw herself out from behind the emperor and shouted screaming, "Seventh prince, please let the emperor go, the poison was ordered by me, and it has nothing to do with the emperor!" β
The Queen Mother always wanted to kill Concubine Xiao, and when she heard this, she immediately said, "Wow, you not only poisoned the good grandson of the Mourning family, but also wanted to poison the son of the Mourning family to death!" You're a rebel! β
The word "rebellion" hit the emperor's heart hard, causing him to stumble a few times. No, no, the concubine and the emperor won't treat me like this! is to comfort himself in this way, but he also gradually wants to understand that if the third prince, the seventh prince and himself die one after another, who will benefit in the end. What's more, the prince was obviously not poisoned, but he pretended to faint, he, Xiao Guifei, the imperial doctor, and even many civil and military ministers joined forces to deceive themselves!
The emperor is indeed deaf, and when he favors certain people, he is eager to spoil them to heaven, but once he doubts them, he will quickly turn them away. Emperors are affectionate, but even more ruthless, as has been the case since ancient times.
After figuring it out a little, many of the tricks behind it became clear, and the emperor couldn't stand the blow and spurted blood from his mouth again. The Queen Mother hurriedly supported him and comforted him in a trembling voice, but Cheng Guifei spat at him, then snatched the guard's knife and rushed behind Xiao Guifei to slash again and again.
Xiao Guifei wanted to drag the emperor in the black mist, but she didn't dare to do it, and when she hesitated, she felt a pain in her back, and the person was already paralyzed. She turned her head and opened her mouth, her throat gurgling and bubbling blood, and she finally died on the spot before she could even say a last word. At the same time, the black mist also dissipated, and the corpse of the prince, who had been skinned and dissected, fell to the ground with a thud.
Concubine Cheng held the knife, first laughing lowly, and then laughing wildly, as if she had gone crazy. A wisp of black gas swirled around her a few times, then slowly dispersed.
This qiΔ happened so quickly that the ministers couldn't come back to their senses for a long time. Only Ji Changye covered Youshu's eyes at the right time and whispered to him not to look. Ah Da and Ah Er shook their heads secretly, the initiator of the heart path was this little demon star, how could he be afraid?
As the saying goes, death is like a lamp going out. As soon as Xiao Guifei's mother and son were demonized, they died in front of his eyes, and the emperor suddenly remembered their good intentions, pointed to Cheng Guifei, and asked the guards to arrest this sinner. The guards were still hesitating, but they saw a black shadow slowly appear in the air, and when the candle flame illuminated her miserable white face, it was actually Concubine Lan, who had been dead for more than ten years.
The hearts of the ministers who had just put it down were now hanging high again, and they all lamented in their hearts: Why did they go one after another? Isn't it over yet? Who will you seek revenge this time? Remembering that Concubine Lan died on the bed of the third prince, they all looked at the corner where each other was standing.
But the emperor's heart was clear. Back then, it was he who personally erased the traces of the prince's rape and murder of Concubine Lan and the blame of the three princes, and she appeared at this time, and she must have come to take revenge on herself. It's still the same saying, don't do bad things and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Although he was shocked when the Seventh Prince appeared before, he was still able to hold on, and it was not until he saw Concubine Lan that he finally understood why Concubine Xiao was so frightened and incontinent.
Death was so close to him, so close that it only took a gust of wind to take him to hell.
Without waiting for Concubine Lan to speak, the emperor first begged with tears, "Lan'er, I was wrong!" I shouldn't have helped the prince cover up his crimes, causing you to die in vain. I will ask the Living Buddha of Uszang to come and surpass you and hold a 7749-day ceremony for you. Forgive me this time! I can't stand you, and I wish to make up for it in the next life! β
"Knowing that Ji Yongchang raped and killed the palace and blamed the third prince, not only did you help the palace avenge his grievances, but also erased the evidence for him. Could it be that in your eyes, only Ji Yongchang is a human being, and we are all livestock? Hongu was still pregnant with the dragon seed in his belly when he died, and you ask him if he would agree! Before the words fell, a black shadow emerged from Concubine Lan's stomach and slammed into the emperor's left chest.
The emperor raised his hand to cover it, but it was in vain, and then Concubine Lan also turned into a black shadow and drilled in. The pain ensued, causing the Emperor to groan and roll to the ground.
The Queen Mother barely suppressed her fear, tore off his dragon robe and profane clothes, and was stunned. I saw that the skin on his chest actually bulged out two pustules, one large and one small, and the pustules festered out of the shape of his facial features, exuding a pungent stench, and beating like a heart, and each beat involved the emperor's nerves, making him howl miserably and pain into the bone marrow.
"Why is it a ghost sore?" A certain minister who was standing closer couldn't help but exclaim.
The hall was suddenly in an uproar, and it was already understood that the emperor was hopeless. They couldn't have imagined that the tragedy more than ten years ago was also committed by the prince, and the third prince also carried the black cauldron. The emperor was so confused that he knew that the prince had raped and killed his mother, and he was not as good as a beast, but he even praised his valuable character and was registered as the prince. No wonder Concubine Lan didn't turn a blind eye, even if she wanted to come back for revenge after more than ten years, she still used such a lose-lose method.
Tragic! Injustice! When the yin wind completely dissipated, all the doors and windows were opened, and all the ministers rushed out in the brilliant sunset, but only these six blood-drenched characters remained in their minds.
The Queen Mother did not dare to move the emperor, so she had to summon the imperial doctor to the Xuande Hall immediately. Ji Changye hugged Youshu and looked silently for a while, and then slowly left under the sympathetic eyes of the ministers.
He once thought about vending himself and making his father regret it, but now, when all his predictions came true, he was not happy.
There were many empty wine jugs on the table, and he pulled the young man into his arms while drinking, and asked drunkenly, "The Seventh Emperor Brother can come back, and Concubine Lan, who has been dead for more than ten years, can also come back, why can't the Queen Mother?" Where has she gone, do you know that I have been thinking about her? β
Youshu has no experience in taking care of alcoholics, but she takes over the work of taking care of children. He hugged the young man's head, stroked the back of the other's head, and coaxed, "It's good that she doesn't come to see you." This means that she has no attachment and has been reincarnated. β
"yes, you mean, she's living somewhere else now?" Ji Changye grabbed the young man's shoulders.
"Yes, death is not the end, but another beginning. She's going to have a new life, so you don't have to worry about her, and you don't have to worry about it all the time. You have to look forward. Youshu poured chicken soup for the soul on the master, and carried him back to the bedroom with the help of Ah Da and Ah Er.
Ji Changye muttered these words, and the haze in his heart really dissipated a lot. Yes, he wants to look forward, the queen mother is gone, and there is Shu who is still there. Whether it is a death row prisoner or a forbidden palace, Youshu is willing to work for him, and this friendship is no lower than maternal love. Thinking of this, Ji Changye hooked his lips and smiled.
Youshu drove Ah Da and Ah Er away, saying that he would stay to take care of the drunken master, and was about to bend down to undress, but was fascinated by the other party's extremely gentle smile. He looked at it in a daze for a while, then covered his flushed cheeks and said, "It's weird, I just inhaled dragon qi, why do you want it now?" Yes, it must be because of the blood loss, I have to make up for it.
He quickly wiped the half-asleep master clean, went outside to wash his face, and then carried a box of dried red dates inside. Placing the dried red dates between his legs, he stuffed them into his mouth one by one, but his eyes were staring directly at his master's lips, which were extraordinarily red and moist because of the drinking.
accidentally ate a moldy red date, he hurriedly spit out the bitter flesh, and went to the ear room next door to find tea and rinse his mouth. The tea was bitter, and after a few large cups, his mouth became more and more tasteless, and he couldn't help but think of the master's sweet and fragrant Longjin, and immediately swallowed a big mouthful of saliva.
"I'll just dip a little bit, and I'll eat dumplings with dipping sauce. Moreover, Longjin is a good thing, no matter how much you eat, you can't eat too much, and you can still save your life. He returned to the house, and while comforting himself, he picked out a large, plump dried red date, stuffed it between his master's teeth, and threw it into his mouth.
I don't know if it's a psychological factor, the dried dates dyed with dragon qi are harder than before, and they are also greatly supplemented, which is beneficial to themselves without harm. You Shu can't stop it, pick one grain and stuff one grain, stuff one grain and swallow one grain, and wake up Ji Chang who has fallen asleep in the past.
Youshu is a greedy person, he forgot his shape while eating, and simply pressed the master under him, pried open his teeth and sucked out, because he sucked out many times, and wrapped people's tongues and lower lips into his mouth and licked them non-stop, without finding that the other party's eyes had been opened.
Ji Changye is a dead man, and he has to be sober at this time, not to mention that he is in a state of emotional turmoil, so he hugs the young man before he has time to think about it......
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When I woke up the next day, I saw the young man in the crook of my arm, and I saw the red dates rolling down all over the ground under the bed, and Ji Changye couldn't come back to his senses for a long time. It wasn't until there was a knock on the door outside that he immediately covered the young man's ears and whispered, "Wait a moment." β
Carefully pulled out his arm, and lifted the quilt to look at the young man's physical condition, Ji Changye's heart was full of turmoil, and it was difficult to calm down. He wanted to punch himself hard, but he was afraid of alarming the sleeping boy, so he could only get dressed lightly and go to open the door for Ah Da.
"Shhhh He raised his index finger and stopped Ah Da from opening his mouth.
Far away, Ah Dafang said, "Master, Wei Guogong and several old princes want to see you, do you think you can arrange it?" "This is to prepare for the final battle for the throne, after all, there are still two princes alive. Although the sixth prince is as stupid and incompetent as his father, he is better than cowardly and easy to control, and has now been pinched in the palm of his hand by the queen mother. For the interests of her mother's family and in order to control the government for a long time, the Queen Mother united many ministers and wanted to push him to the throne.
Ji Changye naturally has an arrangement, and he moves his whole body. He stopped and looked back in the direction of the dormitory, his expression both nostalgic and self-reproachful. How could he treat Youshu like a child, how could he make him lie under him covered in blood.
If he woke up, how would he see himself? A drunken and immoral Meng Lang villain?
Ji Changye shook his head, and he didn't dare to face it. He took a deep breath and instructed, "Arrange for them to come to the king at once." Besides, ask a doctor to help Youshu take a look, and her mouth is tight. After reading it, send Youshu back to his house, and don't let him be involved until the matter settles. β
What kind of doctor please? Did the master know about Youshu's bloodletting? Ah Da didn't dare to ask more, so he hurriedly took the order and left, and it was not until he returned to the room that he realized why he had a tight mouth. This injury looks like that's what caused it!
Ah Da and the Imperial Doctor felt extremely embarrassed, but Youshu generously let them see it. In the last days, there are people at the bottom who can't eat or wear clothes, and people's shame has long been wiped away by disasters, and so is he. If you really scream because you have exposed a piece of meat, you can wait to feed the zombies.
There was no shame, but the guilt was rising, he took good medicine and put on good clothes, and then he remembered: It seems that he forcibly took away the master's dragon essence last night? This time it's a real dragon spirit, word for word! Although it is a great thing, the master is drunk, not willingly.
Thinking of his shameless demeanor, Youshu couldn't help baring his teeth. His little dimples always like to be weird, as long as his lips are slightly brushed, they will be exposed, which doesn't look tangled, but sweet and proud.
Ah Da was more and more impressed with him, this kid was really a dangerous person, not only did Xiao think about the master, but also took action! He must be sent away as soon as his master instructs!
Thinking like this, Ah Da quickly prepared a carriage to send the young man away, and Youshu also felt that his heart was weak and hurriedly agreed. With the dragon spirit in hand, the life talisman is safe, and he will no longer have to stick to his master all the time in the future.
After moving into a new house and raising it for a few days, when the body was completely recovered, Youshu picked up the Song family who were hiding in Quanzhou. Because they had the token of the King of Jingzhou in their hands, they were unimpeded all the way and were courteous. Now the only two remaining princes are three kings and six kings, and each has a fifty percent chance of ascending the throne, and naturally no one in the capital guards dares to offend.
The people below thought so, but the nobles of the court secretly started a game. The queen mother originally thought that the three princes did not have a deep foundation, but unexpectedly, seven of the eight major princes were willing to support him as the master, and several old emperors and uncles also supported him, and a large number of courtiers were gathered in a few days.
The Queen Mother was anxious, but she also knew that the power of the Xiao Guogong Mansion alone could not compete with it, and after thinking about it, she could only put her mind on the word "orthodox". What is Orthodoxy? In the royal family, the concubine of the Empress Yuan is not called orthodox, and the prince and prince are not orthodox, only when the emperor dies, the name clearly mentioned in the succession edict is called true orthodoxy.
Seeing that the emperor was getting weaker day by day, the Queen Mother hurriedly took a blank edict to find her son.
All the bad things that the emperor has done in his life are related to the mother and son of the queen Yuan, and the sins he has suffered should also be on them one by one, just imagine how he is willing to let the third prince ascend the throne? After listening to the queen mother's appeal, he ordered the imperial doctor to feed himself a bowl of fierce medicine, and after the effect of the medicine was exerted, he sat up and picked up a pen to write.
As soon as he wrote a line, Ji Changye led a group of ministers to slowly enter, with an unpredictable expression on his face.