Chapter 149: Cornered
Yun Xiu and Ling Xiao were both stunned. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test
Approaching the end of the year, the weather is bad, and the recent turbulence of the times, the palace generally does not invite eunuchs and concubines, unless there are special circumstances.
Although Yun Xiu is the wife of the Hou Mansion, she has not been given an edict and almost does not enter the palace, and everything she hears in the palace knows from the mouth of the lord of Pingkang.
But Ling Xiao is different, he has heard that the right and wrong in the palace have been talked about for more than ten years, and of course it is also the credit of the county lord.
He subconsciously grabbed his slender wrist and whispered alertly: "Call me sick, I can't go." “
"But??"
Yun Xiu pursed her lips and was hesitating, when an old woman's voice came from under the porch: "Mrs. Yun, it is snowing today, the Nine Emperors ask the Empress Dowager to say goodbye, the Empress Dowager remembers that Brother Huan and the Nine Emperors are of the same age, and said that it is good for the children to have a few more playmates, and the old man is worried about your two little brothers, please ask the lady and the child to enter the palace to enjoy the snow." “
These words are nothing more than two meanings, the first empress dowager feels sorry for the nine princes and wants to find a playmate for the prince; The second empress dowager has always remembered the two little sons of the Ling family.
The former is easy to say, but the latter deserves careful scrutiny.
Since the frequent occurrence of the head of Pingkang County, he has been resting in Changchun Garden, rarely in contact with the outside world, not to mention walking around the palace, the old marquis is resolutely opposed to taking children into the palace, as long as the empress dowager does not mention it, the Ling family pretends to be confused, and has to get by.
Yun Xiu took advantage of the old lady's conversation. Flipped through the yellow calendar, ordinary days, nothing to pay attention to.
Why do you want your child to enter the palace? Don't be a Hongmen feast??
"Madame Yun." The old lady is urging outside.
"Hey, just come," the other party couldn't allow Yun Xiu to think too much, she gave Ling Xiao a look, pulled out her hand, and put on a cloak to go out, "The Empress Dowager is worried about it, my family's two unsuccessful little things are stubborn, unruly, and afraid of entering the palace and colliding with nobles." “
The old lady is an old man, she looked Yun Xiu up and down, and said with a smile, "Madame, don't see outside." The Empress Dowager likes children, but when she is old, she thinks the palace is deserted, and she doesn't want to pay attention to right and wrong, she just wants to be happy. “
Why do you want to celebrate other people's children?
Yun Xiu didn't dare to show her heart, followed her grandmother's words, said yes repeatedly, and gave Chunliu a look.
Chunliu immediately entered the house, and came out after a while, with a large bag of bulging silver in his hand, and stuffed it into the arms of the old grandmother: "This is a little bit of my grandmother's heart, please grandma to drink tea." “
The old lady looked at the silver, then looked at Yun Xiu, and like a mirror in her heart, she pushed back and said, "Madam." I can't help it, the old slave is just a messenger for the queen mother. “
Yun Xiu smiled and said: "Mama, it's cold and freezing, I'm sorry for you to run in person, I don't want to go, a little tea money, don't be too little." “
A bag of silver, at least two hundred taels.
The old lady put it in her palm and weighed it, and her tone suddenly eased a lot: "Madam, the Empress Dowager is waiting in the palace, why don't you hurry up and change your clothes and go with the old slave." “
"That's what I mean," Yun Xiu nodded, "It's just two children, I really can't go, and I will say a few kind words in front of the Queen Mother." “
The old lady pretended to be concerned and asked, "What's wrong with the two little brothers?" “
Yun Xiu sneered and made up the head: "The child wants to go to Changchun Garden, and my marquis spoils him, so he asks someone to send it." The boss was stubborn, got up at night to pee and found that it was snowing, while the nurse was asleep, woke up the second child, the house was warm and didn't feel it, and ran out in a single clothes, fortunately, the little girl was clever and found it early, but she was still cold, and she had a fever at dawn. “
The old grandmother said "yo": "Both children are sick?" “
"It's not," Yun Xiu leaned over and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Because of this, the Hou Ye is still losing his temper, and I haven't eaten less." “
The old lady was skeptical, even if she knew that Zhongyi Hou was in the house, it was impossible for her to confirm it, so she only asked, "Can you ask the imperial doctor to see it?" “
"I've asked the doctor to see it," Yun Xiu sighed, "You came in time, if it's later, I'll go with the Hou Ye to watch the child, I'm afraid you'll be in vain." “
She took a bite of "Hou Ye", Ling Xiao listened speechless in the room, thinking that he usually used him as a shield, and he was all good and bad.
Turning his head, Yun Xiu entered the house, the smile on his face was gone, and he frowned and said to Ling Xiao: "I can't hide, you remember to send someone to Changchun Garden to talk to your mother-in-law, in case you go to the palace to pick up the child over there again." “
"I know what to do." Ling Xiao looked at her and advised, "It's you, be careful when you enter the palace alone, you can get out and go back early." “
Yun Xiu said that she knew while changing her clothes.
Even under the cover of snow, the palace in winter still can't hide the majestic momentum, and there is a faint air of decadence.
Yun Xiu followed behind the old lady with affection, thought for a moment, understood where this decadence came from, and entered the harem from the palace gate, except for the two of them, I didn't see any other palace people, and the huge palace was like a charming empty city.
At the same time that her figure disappeared into the harem corridor, the news quickly spread to the imperial study.
Wang Fu trotted into the hall, knelt down, and reported: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's people just came to report, saying that the wife of the Marquis of Zhongyi has entered the palace, but??"
Emperor Jing Wen raised his eyes, "But what?" “
Wang Fu replied honestly: "It's just one person, no children." “
"Oh?" Emperor Jingwen's tail voice rose, and he put down his pen without smiling, "Grandmother Huang agreed?" “
Wang Fu nodded: "It is said that the two children are sick at night and it is inconvenient to go out." “
"Sick at night?" Emperor Jingwen snorted coldly, "It's so coincidental to be sick." “
"But no," Wang Fushun said, "the slave also feels strange, but I'm afraid that the Ling family will take precautions." “
"Prevention?" Emperor Jingwen was slightly confused, and there was a chill in his eyes, "So Xie Zongren came to visit, and the purpose was obvious." “
"The slave is stupid and doesn't dare to make a judgment," Wang Fu speculated on the holy will, "But Lord Xie left with the front foot and left, and went to the Hou Mansion with the back foot, what is the purpose, the slave can't figure it out, isn't it looking for another backer?" “
Emperor Jingwen didn't think so: "Xie Zongren has been a concubine for a few years, how can he get out of harmony?" It's not so much to find another backer, it's better to find a good way out, and it's more appropriate to take refuge in me than Concubine Min. “
Wang Fu thought about it, it was this reason, and took the opportunity to show his loyalty: "Lord Xie wants to break away from the concubine and join you, how to prove his sincerity, the emperor can't be careless." “
"People's hearts are unpredictable, there are few sincere people, and there are many people who think that snakes, what they fancy and what I give," Emperor Jingwen groaned slightly, "You pass on Xie Zongren to see you, and by the way, go to Shoukang Palace again, and tell the imperial grandmother that you will hold people down first, and I will make other arrangements." “
Wang Fu received the order.
After just a stick of incense, Xie Zongren appeared in the imperial study.
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At the same time, Yun Xiu was on pins and needles in front of the Empress Dowager.
She didn't know what the Empress Dowager was thinking. From the beginning of the church to the present, after singing two paragraphs, the old man didn't say a word except to watch the play, she wanted to leave, looked at the grandmother next to her, and the grandmother turned a blind eye.
Yun Xiu could only continue to wait.
waited until the third scene was sung before the Empress Dowager slowly spoke: "It's weird and boring." “
As soon as the words fell, several actors looked at each other and knelt down one after another, with the meaning of apologizing.
"Get up." The Empress Dowager's expression was wistful, "That's all there is to singing, I'm tired of listening to it, it's not as lively as the Nine Emperors here." “
The implication is to blame Yun Xiu for not bringing the child.
"I'm afraid of being sick for you." She got up with her eyebrows lowered, ready to kneel down and apologize, but was stopped by the Queen Mother.
"It's done, don't talk about hypocrisy," the Empress Dowager said slowly, "Is the county lord in better health?" “
Yun Xiu replied in 1510: "It's still the same, the doctors in the Tai Hospital have seen it, and the famous doctors in the city have also seen it, and they all said that it is difficult to cure the root cause, and it mainly depends on maintenance." “
The Empress Dowager sighed: "I am old and have many problems, which is inevitable." “
The grandmother on the side echoed: "The slave saw the county lord's mother at the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet, and I saw that my complexion was not as good as before. “
"It's all fate." The Empress Dowager sighed again, turned her head and asked Yun Xiu, "What is the name of your second boy?" “
Yun Xiu: "Back to the Empress Dowager's words, a single name is a mortal word, mortal mortal." “
"The mortal mortal," the Empress Dowager seemed to understand, and said with a smile, "Who took the name?" “
Yun Xiu said: "The folk women are shallow and ugly, and they can't think of profound words, so they just wish that the child will be safe for a lifetime, and it will be ordinary and smooth." “
The Empress Dowager hummed and said to the grandmother next to her: "Listen, listen, this is the true heart of a mother, not seeking wealth but peace." “
The grandmothers echoed one after another, and Yun Xiu smiled appropriately, but she couldn't figure out what the queen mother meant.
The Empress Dowager smiled, the corners of her mouth gradually sank, and she began to sigh again, "Now the palace is almost sincere." A few imperial heirs are still young, and the master and the master can't control it, and the mourning family is thinking about finding a few official eunuchs to accompany them. “
Yun Xiu also wanted to sigh when he heard this, whether it was to accompany him or for other purposes, the children of the official eunuchs loved to read?
Brother Huan'er's enlightenment has been changed to three, Ling Xiao doesn't care, she is annoyed, she wants to give the queen mother an idea, but she is afraid that the emperor will not be able to do it.
She probably didn't say anything for a long time, and the mother-in-law next to her reminded in a whisper: "Mrs. Yun, Mrs. Yun??"
Yun Xiu came back to her senses, saw the Empress Dowager's eyes on her, and said what she wanted: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, Brother Huan'er doesn't like to read, and Mr. will leave a few angrily." “
The Empress Dowager was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and laughed, and quipped: "Ouch, the lord of Pingkang has a live baby." “
As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in the warm pavilion became lively.
Yun Xiu was not as restrained as when she first came, the Empress Dowager asked about Brother Fan, she answered fluently, and when she saw the lunch hour, she naturally couldn't stay to eat, so she got up and said goodbye.
The Empress Dowager didn't keep it, and asked her grandmother to send her off.
On the way out of the palace, a light snow began to fall again, and Mama couldn't help but speed up her pace, and Yun Xiu followed behind.
Approaching the gate of the harem, Mama curts. "Mrs. Yun, the slave can only be sent here, and the little eunuch will be arranged to take you over on the way out of the palace in front, wait for a while."
Yun Xiu felt strange, and couldn't say anything wrong for a while, so she had to nod in agreement.
After waiting for a long time, the little eunuch hurriedly ran over from the road ahead and asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, is it Mrs. Yun from the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion?" “
Yun Xiu said yes.
The little eunuch made a gesture of please: "Madame comes with the little one." “
Yun Xiu clutched his cloak and followed behind the little eunuch, and the more he walked behind, the more wrong it became.
"This little father-in-law," she said, looking around, "I just came in this way, you didn't go wrong, did you?" “
"You can't be wrong." The little eunuch smiled and turned back, turned into a narrower path, and said, "Madame, please." “
Yun Xiu looked at him, and then looked at the road that could only pass through one person, hesitated and took two steps forward, and suddenly covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief.
An extremely strong fragrance filled his nasal cavity, and Yun Xiu struggled for a moment before his limbs went limp.
"Quick! Fast! The little eunuch who led the way called the other two people who had already laid an ambush, "Put it in a sack, carry it out, hurry up!" “
Yun Xiu is not heavy, two eunuchs are responsible for lifting, and one is responsible for leading the way.
Except for a few feet of white cloth under the corner, there is no abnormality.
When Yun Xiu was conscious, the medicinal properties had already begun to attack, and the boundless internal heat spread to her fingertips, and then flowed back to the chest, circulating all over her body, and what was worse was that the heat slowly gathered and went down, until it was crispy and numb somewhere, she knew the feeling too well.
"Help, help--"
Regardless of where he was, Yun Xiu took off his cloak and placket, and relied on the remaining sobriety to push the locked Linghua partition door, and shouted through the crack in the door.
No one responded, and the north wind blew in with snowflakes, bringing a little coolness, and then it began to heat up again.
"Who, who the hell is it??" Yun Xiu's legs couldn't support it, so she slid down the door and muttered to herself, "Why do you want to hurt me?" “
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were misty, her upper body was close to the crack of the door to absorb the coolness, a pair of slender jade hands were holding the door, and her figure was bewitching and kneeling on the ground, never realizing that there was a person lying in the dark behind her.
The aroma exhaled by Yun Xiu drifted away with the wind, and Xie Zongren smelled it as soon as he woke up, frowning for a long time, and also realized that something was wrong.
He touched the antidote pill that he always had in his arms, but fortunately he didn't lose it, Lisuo opened it, took a small bite, and left most of it for Yun Xiu, and was about to get closer, when the other party suddenly arched his body and rubbed his legs back and forth.
Xie Zongren's breath was stagnant, even if there was no aroma, he couldn't stand the scene in front of him.
For a moment, they wanted to rush forward regardless of it, but reason returned, if something happened that shouldn't have happened, neither of them would want to get out of this house alive today.
Yun Xiu must die with him.
"Xiu'er, take the medicine, detoxify." Xie Zongren hugged the person from behind, dragged him to a windless place, stuffed the pill into her mouth, and whispered, "You can't blow the wind, you can bear with it anymore." “
"Don't touch me??" Yun Xiu was a little delirious, he couldn't recognize the person in front of him, he was not Ling Xiao based on his intuition, he didn't have the strength to struggle, he could only cry, "Don't touch me." “
"I won't touch you," Xie Zongren was afraid that she would freeze, so he reached for the cloak, wrapped it, and kept talking to her to distract him, "It's me, do you know who I am?" “
Yun Xiu shook his head and began to beg again, "You let me go, please, please??"
Xie Zongren didn't have a way, "The door is locked, and we can't get out." “
Yun Xiu was still crying.
Xie Zongren was very shaken, the closer the other party got to the stronger the aroma, he was a little uncontrollable, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "Xiu'er, I am Xie Zongren, your husband in your previous life, we have been together, otherwise I will help you?"
Before he finished speaking, Yun Xiu began to struggle slightly, and he didn't know where he got the strength, and crawled in the direction of the door, whispering something in his mouth as he crawled.
Xie Zongren was afraid that she would blow the disease, so he dragged the person over again, and leaned on his arms to hear what she said.
Yun Xiu said: Ling Xiao, I was wrong, I will never enter the palace again??
At this time, she was still thinking about Ling Xiao.
Xie Zongren poured cold water on his head like a pocket, and his heart was cold from the inside out, and he was immediately deflated.
All desires vanished, and Xie Zongren sat on the ground in a daze, watching Yun Xiu crawl to the crack of the door, crying and crying, unable to do anything.
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And Ling Xiao accompanied the county lord of Pingkang and the two children to have lunch in Changchun Garden, and then returned to the Hou Mansion, but he didn't see Yun Xiu, and he was drumming in his heart, afraid that she would not go well in the palace.
However, he couldn't enter the harem, and was about to enter the palace to inquire about the news, when there was a hurried footstep under the corridor, and it was the front yard steward who spoke, "Little Hou Ye, the eldest grandmother may have had an accident." “
Afraid of something, Ling Xiao didn't care about putting on a big hat, got out of the house, and said eagerly: "What's the matter?" “
"Sent by a man from Jiu'an Hall," said the forecourt steward with a lot of knowledge, "you smell the smell of this veil." “
Ling Xiao sniffed closer, left immediately, and said angrily, "What about others? “
"Go," said the steward, "the servant asked him to wait in the flower hall, but he refused, and followed the carriage from the house, and did not even enter the flower gate." “
"Did you say anything?" Ling Xiao turned around and went in to grab the big one, and came out quickly, "Find a thin dog to follow and prepare the horse." “
The steward said yes, and then answered the previous question, "Little Marquis, the coachman said that Lang Zhong came out of the palace, do you want to tell the old man?" “
"No need," Ling Xiao waved his hand, "I'll go alone, and no one will tell me." “
The steward answered and sent him out.
Because the taste was too special, Ling Xiao followed the fine dog all the way to find it. In the end, the dog stopped in front of a big house, the door was closed, there was no plaque, and the steps in front of the door were covered with snow and no one cleaned them, but there were messy footprints.
Ling Xiao was worried about fraud, picked up the dog, climbed over the wall through the corner door, and continued to look for it.
It seems to be an empty house.
The dog finally stopped in front of the inverted seat hall where the next person was resting.
Ling Xiao slowed down and listened intently, and there was a woman's whimpering cry through the crack in the door, and there was more than one person in the room.
He drew his saber, lightly opened the window, and when he looked in, he recognized the clothes on the ground.
Ling Xiao's pupils shrank suddenly, and his qi and blood surged. Ignoring the dangers or pitfalls, open the window and jump straight inside.
Xie Zongren was still in a daze one moment ago, and the next moment he was frightened by the coldness on his neck, and the sharp blade could seal his throat with blood at any time.
"I didn't take advantage of the danger." He forced himself to stand up and hurriedly explained, "When I came out of the palace, I was knocked unconscious from behind before I got into the car, and then I woke up and locked up here with her." “
Ling Xiao's eyes were full of anger: "How can she know Chinese medicine?" “
"I don't know." Xie Zongren said honestly, "You killed me, I don't know, the emperor recruited me into the palace, and asked a few questions about the Ministry of Works." “
"Wait!" He suddenly reacted, "I got it! “
"Know the! Hindsight! Ling Xiao pushed him away and went straight to Yun Xiu. Picked up the clothes and wrapped the person, held the waist in his arms with one hand, and held the knife in the other hand, aimed at the crack of the door and slashed hard, and broke the door.
The pill of interpretation began to work, and Yun Xiu felt the tenacity of the north scraping on his face, and blinked desperately, trying to see the other party's appearance clearly.
As soon as she moved, Ling Xiao's arm subconsciously tightened, and her deep voice was blown away by the wind, "Is it better?" “
Yun Xiu didn't come to his nose to be sour, and choked up: "I'm uncomfortable." “
Ling Xiao was not sure: "Do you recognize it?" “
"I recognize it." Yun Xiu gasped heavily, gritted his teeth and popped out a few words, "Ling Xiao, Zhongyi Hou." “
Ling Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, tightened the reins, and said, "Let's go to the small house." “
All the people in the small house have been kicked out, and there is no need for anyone to serve them tonight.
Yun Xiu had an impression of Xie Zongren feeding the medicine, and then what happened until she regained some consciousness from the horse, and there was a complete blank in the middle.
She was still hot and dry, and the fragrance between her noses lingered for a long time, and she smelled Ling Xiao's heart.
He didn't know how much medicine he gave it, but it was definitely more than the ordinary amount, Yun Xiu collapsed to the extreme, and from the moment he entered the house, he completely indulged, went crazy and picked up the other party's clothes, and absorbed the coolness.
Everything is like a stormy wave crashing on the shore, the tide is surging, and the waves are fierce.
It lasts from the afternoon to the night.
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In the middle of the night, the snow is falling heavily, and if you listen closely, you can hear the sound of fluttering.
Emperor Jing Wen put down the last approved piece of music and stretched his waist, as if he was in a good mood.
Wang Fu came in with a supper and whispered: "Your Majesty, the pigeon soup boiled in the imperial dining room today is made with deer antler and ginseng, which is a great supplement." “
"Let it go." Emperor Jingwen stood by the glass window with his hands in his hands, looking at the falling snow under the palace lamp, and slightly curled the corners of his mouth, "After tonight, Xie Zongren begged for benevolence." I don't know if Marquis Zhongyi will spare him a dog's life. “
Wang Fu rarely said back: "Your Majesty, the slave guesses that Marquis Zhongyi will not kill Lord Xie." “
In fact, these words are what Emperor Jingwen said in his heart, "How can you see it?" “
Wang Fuyin smiled: "Your Majesty, no matter whether Lord Xie gets his wish or not, Marquis Zhongyi will hold a grudge, he is desperate, either take refuge in the concubine Niangniang, or devote himself to the emperor, and be a grass on the wall, I'm afraid he can't, otherwise he won't know how to die on the street one day." “
After a pause, he patted his ass and said, "The emperor is a chess master, and he is a generation of Ming Jun." “
"Wang Fu. You remember," Emperor Jingwen Long Yan Dayue, "what is the most reliable, the interests are the most reliable, do you think that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military really bow down to the vassals?" No, I have what they want. “
Power is such a good thing.
As for Xie Zongren, he is a smart person, from the moment he understood the emperor's intentions, evil was born from the guts, and with the help of medicinal properties, he rushed to the princess's mansion, and the tenth princess was locked in the house with the two of him for unknown reasons, and was tossed fiercely.
The tenth princess went from frightened to surprised to frightened, the process was very not good, she couldn't feel the other party's love, it was more from instinct, and after the rampage, there was a void in vain.
"Your Highness, don't say I don't want to touch you." Xie Zongren said in a cold voice when he was dressed, "I didn't touch you before, for your sake, your mother, imperial brother, and imperial uncle each wanted to put me to death, and it didn't do you any good to follow me." “
The tenth princess sat up barebacked, pressed the quilt against her chest, frowned and asked, "Why are you telling me now?" “
"Because you're stupid." Xie Zongren made no secret of his dislike for the royal family, "I advise you not to beg them for your own cleverness, then I will die faster." “
After a pause, he turned to look at her: "Do you want me to die?" “
The tenth princess shook her head desperately, "I don't want to." “
Xie Zongren: "If you don't want to, just be obedient." “
After saying that, he was about to leave, but was stopped.
"Xie Zongren," the tenth princess pursed her lips, "If I am pregnant, do you want this child?" “
"Whatever you want." Xie Zongren didn't reply, "If you don't want to die, you can live." “
The door opened and closed, and the tenth princess watched Xinchang's silhouette walk by the glass window, wanting to cry but not wanting to cry, because she showed a little dissatisfaction, and Huan Zhi would definitely tell Concubine Min that Xie Zongren was going to suffer again.
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