Chapter 22: Doubts

The imperial city of the eastern capital, Hui'an Palace, is positive

After King Xin woke up, he didn't want to stay in the Shang Hospital's room all the time, so he returned to his residence Hui'an Palace with the support of the eunuchs.

When Emperor Chu heard the news, he immediately drove there, originally he was angry and wanted to blame Song Lin, the king of letters, but when he saw Song Lin lying on the bed, his face was still pale, he immediately felt pity, even if he was angry in his heart, it was not good to lie at this time.

"The son visits his father."

Song Lin heard that Emperor Chu had come to his palace, and he hurriedly got up to pick up the car, and when Emperor Chu saw this, he sighed slightly, stepped forward to support Song Lin and said, "Okay, you don't have to be polite if you have an injury, lie down quickly." ”

"Thank you, Father." Song Lin nodded.

Emperor Chu sat on the edge of the bed and asked, "Lin'er, how are you feeling?" Does the wound still hurt? ”

Song Lin said: "It's just a few internal injuries, Doctor Wen said that he will basically recover after one night of recuperation." ”

Emperor Chu said: "You tell me, how did you suffer internal injuries? ”

"This Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· This is an injury sustained during a martial arts contest with the imperial brother. When Song Lin said this, he was obviously a little hesitant.

"Speaking of this, I would like to ask you again, how did you defeat your eldest brother and eleventh brother by yourself?" Emperor Chu stared straight at Song Lin and asked.

"I Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·" Song Lin didn't know how to explain it for a while.

Emperor Chu continued: "Yu'er's martial arts, I know, his martial arts teacher is a famous martial arts master, the Qingxu Taoist of the Sanqing Palace, many major events in the rivers and lakes, he has to be invited to preside, so he is not often in the palace. I have also seen his ability, he can smash a huge rock with one hand, Yu'er has such a famous teacher, how can his martial arts attainments be poor? There is also your eleventh brother, who likes fist and foot kung fu since he was a child, and I specially ordered the northern general Yan Ziyi to teach Qi'er martial arts in the army. ”

After that, Emperor Chu glanced at Song Lin meaningfully: "I'm very curious, Lin'er, which master you have met to teach you to be able to defeat two brothers who have achieved great learning, even I am shocked, I'm afraid that even the Yulin Army can't beat you now." ”

Song Lin hurriedly sat up, and crossed his hands and said, "Father, don't misunderstand, it's a fluke that the sons can beat the emperor's eldest brother and eleventh brother." ”

"You still dare to deceive me!"

Emperor Chu stood up directly angrily, Song Lin was so frightened that he trembled, and the palace maids and eunuchs around him were furious when they saw Tianyan, and they all knelt on the ground.

"Doctor Wen told me that when you competed with Yu'er and Qi'er, you took a medicine that can enhance your physique! Your internal injuries are caused by the side effects of this medication! It's just a competition between brothers, and it's not a battlefield to kill the enemy, why do you have to do it so badly? Now Yu'er and Qi'er are still unconscious! I really didn't expect that you would care so much about your brotherhood and love you so much, you really make me feel cold! ”

Emperor Chu's continuous accusations scolded Song Lin so much that he couldn't raise his head.

"What about the medicines? Where did you put it? Take it all out to me! Emperor Chu said.

Song Lin pointed to the bookshelf with a trembling hand: "In the blue bottle in the third grid." ”

Emperor Chu gestured to the serving eunuch beside him with his eyes, and the eunuch nodded knowingly, then walked to the study, and soon saw the blue bottle that Song Lin said, he reached out and probed inside, and sure enough, he found a sandalwood box.

The eunuch held the wooden box in both hands and presented it to Emperor Chu, and when Emperor Chu opened it in his hand, there were indeed three black pills with a strong herbal flavor inside.

"What is this?" Emperor Chu asked.

Song Lin said: "This is a qi boosting pill, it was given to me by a wandering swordsman in Yanzhou, he was poor and was about to starve to death, so he reluctantly cut his love and sold this pill that can increase his strength three times in a short time, but after the effect of the medicine, there will be side effects of irritating the internal organs." Seeing that he was pitiful, Erchen bought it, and by the way, he took self-defense. ”

Emperor Chu was furious, threw the Qi Lifting Pill to the ground, and trampled it vigorously, while scolding: "You are really crazy to use this kind of thing that harms others and yourself against your own brother!" ”

Under Emperor Chu's indiscriminate stepping, the Qi Lifting Pill turned into a lump of black powder.

Emperor Chu said: "Punish you for three days!" You are in the Hui'an Palace to reflect on me! ”

"But tomorrow is the queen's birthdayΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·" Song Lin said in a voice as thin as a mosquito.

"I don't want to see you on the Queen's festive day!"

Emperor Chu roared angrily, and then drove away from Hui'an Palace.

Song Lin looked at the back of Emperor Chu leaving, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked into an extremely imperceptible smile.

Dongdu West City Zhengtongfang Spiegel Division at the end of the year

"Is it done?"

In the inner hall of the Spiegel Division, Si Cheng He Qian stood with his hands in his hands and asked Gao Qing, who was kneeling on one knee.

Gao Qing, who joined the army in his thirties, said with a forked hand: "It's done, the secret letter handed by 'Catfish' said that he replaced the real product with three black chicken blood tonic pills, and he had put away the real product by himself." ”

"Good!" He Qian smiled and praised, "Although His Royal Highness King Xin will inevitably suffer some grievances, but in this way, I can have more contact with King Xin in the future." ”

Gao Qing said: "'Catfish' also said that His Royal Highness King Xin will talk to Si Cheng tomorrow night, and the location will be in Cuitingzhai." ”

"Got it," He Qian smiled and nodded, "You quickly go and inform the 'Catfish' and let him tell King Xin, and I will go as promised." ”

"Whoa."

The Imperial City of the Eastern Capital, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, is noon

In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Emperor Chu was lying flat on a recliner, four palace maids massaged his hands and feet, and five braziers had been placed around him for heating.

"Li Quan, why do you think my most beloved son would do such a stupid thing?"

Emperor Chu closed his eyes, and opened his mouth to ask Li Quan, the eunuch next to him.

This Li Quan has served Emperor Chu for more than 20 years, and he is about 50 years old, his face is full of wrinkles, half of his hair has turned gray, and he always shows a smiling face. He has been with Emperor Chu for so long, and Emperor Chu has long known him, so some royal family affairs will also be asked to him.

"This, it's Your Majesty's family matter, how can the slave know?"

Li Quan replied in the same way as always.

"You," Emperor Chu smiled and shook his finger at Li Quan, "Always so careful, but it's okay, you have to talk less and do more things in the palace." ”

After a while, Emperor Chu sighed: "Maybe I am too arrogant about this son, he has been to Yanzhou for so long, and his temperament is wild, it seems that I have to find a time to correct him back." ”

"Your Majesty." Li Quan said with a cross-handed voice.

Of course, every time Emperor Chu suddenly made a decision in private, he said so, a regular sycophant.

At this time, a palace man hurriedly entered the palace and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Huai have woken up. ”

"Okay," Emperor Chu got up, and the palace maids also stopped and stood aside, "I should also go and see the crown prince and King Huai." ”

After that, he drove away from the Heart Cultivation Hall and went straight to the Shang Hospital's room, and as soon as he entered, he saw Song Yu and Song Qi two brothers half-sitting on the bed, taking decoction.

"See Your Majesty."

When the people in the palace saw Emperor Chu coming, they knelt down to greet him.

"Yu'er, Huai'er, how are you feeling?" As soon as Emperor Chu entered the room, he asked urgently.

When Song Yu and Song Qi saw their father coming, they both struggled to get up to greet each other, and Emperor Chu waved his hand and said, "You are injured, you don't need to be polite." ”

Song Yu said: "With the brilliant medical skills of the imperial doctor, Erchen has already recovered most of the time. ”

Song Qi also said: "When you come out, the internal injuries are painful, and the rest of the skin injuries are not in the way." ”

Imperial Physician Wen said on the side: "The old minister doesn't dare to be greedy for merit, thanks to the strong body of the two highnesses, he naturally recovers quickly. ”

Emperor Chu sat on the edge of Song Yu's bed, watching his two sons being beaten like this, his face was full of love and pity, he said: "Alas, it's all because my father is too fond of Lin'er, causing him to be arrogant and willful, unscrupulous, and actually so cruel to his own brothers, you can rest assured, I have punished him for being grounded in Hui'an Palace for three days, and I have also sent some rewards to your palace, which should be compensated." ”

"Thank you, Father." Song Yu and Song Qi both thanked him.

Song Yu said: "Father, tomorrow, my eleventh brother and I still want to participate in the queen mother's birthday." ”

"No, you are injured and can't move around at will, and Doctor Wen also said that you need to recuperate." Emperor Chu refused.

Song Yu begged: "Father, how can I and my eleventh brother be absent on the birthday of the queen mother?" If we weren't there, the queen wouldn't be happy. ”

Emperor Chu pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Wen Zhe and asked, "Imperial Doctor Wen, what do you say?" ”

Wen Zhe crossed his hands and said: "It stands to reason that internal and external injuries need to be recuperated, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Huai are physically strong and stronger than ordinary people, if someone is serving by the side, they can still walk around the palace." ”

Emperor Chu nodded, and finally said, "Okay, since Imperial Doctor Wen has said so, I will allow it." ”

"Thank you, Father." Song Yu was overjoyed, and Song Qi also grinned and thanked him.

"In that case, you must recuperate in the infirmary today and listen to the words of the Imperial Doctor. I had other things to do, so I'll go first. ”

Emperor Chu patted Song Yu and Song Qi on the shoulder, then turned to leave.

"Let's go!" Li Quan shouted, and walked out of the Shang doctor's room with the palace attendants surrounded by Emperor Chu.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

After Emperor Chu left, Wen Zhe crossed his hands at Song Yu and Song Qi and said, "The old minister will go to the medicinal materials warehouse first and grab medicine for the two highnesses." ”

"It's too hard to hear too much." Song Yu nodded at Wen Zhe.

"Don't dare, this is the duty of the old minister." With that, he turned around and entered the medicinal herb storehouse.

"Go down first."

"Whoa." Everyone answered, and they went out of the medical room.

Song Yu saw that those palace people had already retreated, so he said to Song Qi: "Don't you think King Xin is a little strange." ”

"What's so strange about him, hasn't his father already punished him?" Song Qi looked puzzled.

Song Yu said: "That's because of this." In the final analysis, this competition was picked out by us first, and the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids didn't see it, so they naturally didn't know the inside story, but King Xin was the one involved, why didn't he tell the story first? If he had told his father the reason, it would not be the current situation, but why didn't he say it? ”