Chapter 456: The Conversation Between Emperor Zhou E and Qi Jiuniang

Early in the morning, Emperor Zhou E woke up.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was in a wooden house.

Struggling to support his body and sit up, Zhou Ehuang felt that his body was very warm underneath, and his body was covered with a soft quilt.

On the kang beside her, two middle-aged women were lying in their clothes, sleeping soundly.

Emperor Zhou E touched the mattress under his body, the top layer was a linen sheet, and the bottom was covered with several layers of thick animal skins.

She reached under the hide, touching the hard, hot surface of the ondol.

Zhou Ehuang was secretly surprised, this bed is very weird, it feels very hot to the touch, but sleeping on it, I feel hot all night, very comfortable.

The winter in the south of the Yangtze River is cold and damp, even in the palace of Jinling City, the heating is just a charcoal basin, but the house is still cold, and I can't feel a trace of warmth.

The heat emitted by this hard bed makes people feel warm and comfortable, especially for those who are seriously ill and afraid of the cold.

Zhou Ehuang remembered his experience in the past few months, it was a nightmare.

When autumn approached, the weather changed suddenly, and I contracted the wind chill. The disease was ferocious, causing a high fever that did not go away for more than ten days. Later, after the treatment of the imperial doctor, he finally saved his life and went away with a high fever. But he coughed incessantly every day and had a low-grade fever.

The imperial doctor tried his best, and the prescription was changed one after another, and I don't know how much I ate the precious medicinal materials, but there was no sign of improvement at all.

But to add insult to injury, because of his illness, he put his second son Li Zhongxuan, who was only four years old, in another hospital to raise. At the beginning of September, Zhong Xuan was playing in front of the Buddha statue, and the big glass lamp was touched by the cat, and the young son was frightened and became ill, and died of it.

Emperor Zhou E was grief and blamed himself, so his condition became more and more serious.

What's even more frustrating is that the lord of the country, Li Yu, actually cheated on his sister Zhou Jiamin behind his back!

At that time, Emperor Zhou E was discouraged and wanted to die quickly. Before he could take action, late that night, a group of mysterious people broke into the dormitory, forced himself to pour a bowl of potion, and then fainted.

When he woke up, Zhou Ehuang found himself tied up and unable to move his body at all. And it's gagged and can't make any sound.

She felt her body jolting, she should be in the middle of a carriage.

I don't know how many days I walked, except for eating and being able to come out at my convenience, the rest of the time I traveled in the carriage.

After a few days, the mysterious person who escorted him poured himself a bitter potion every day.

The potions really had some effect, and she obviously felt that her condition had improved a lot, her cough had lessened, and the duration of her low-grade fever was getting shorter and shorter.

After more than ten days of trekking, the carriage came to the seaside. After boarding a sea ship and after another four days of sailing, we arrived here yesterday.

What kind of place is this? Why do these people tie up dying people like themselves? Emperor Zhou E was puzzled.

At this time, the woman beside her heard the sound made by Emperor Zhou E when he got up, and immediately got up.

She was about thirty years old, with a very ordinary appearance, a black and red face, a very thick body skeleton, and rough skin on her hands, which looked like the result of years of hard work.

The woman smiled and said, "This lady, you woke up." Would you like to drink some water to moisten your throat? ”

Emperor Zhou E felt that his throat was burning, and he must have had a fever again last night, so he nodded and said softly: "Trouble lady, please give me some water to drink." ”

The woman quickly got out of bed, picked up a steaming iron kettle from the iron stove next to the kang, then walked to the table and poured half a bowl of boiling water into an empty bowl.

She put down the iron kettle, picked up the teapot on the table, and poured some boiled water into the boiling water bowl.

Then she scooped a little honey from a clay pot with a spoon and put it in a bowl and stirred it slowly.

After the honey was completely dissolved in the water, she picked up the bowl, walked to Zhou Ehuang's side, and carefully fed her water.

Emperor Zhou E took a sip of some sweet honey water, and felt that his throat was much more comfortable.

She signaled that she had had enough, and the woman turned back and placed the bowl on the table.

"Lady, you must be hungry, I'll go and bring you breakfast."

The woman turned around and was about to leave, when Zhou Ehuang hurriedly spoke:

"Don't leave this lady yet, I have something to ask you."

The woman turned around and said with a smile, "Lady, excuse me." ”

Emperor Zhou E sat up as straight as possible, maintaining the demeanor of a queen:

"May I ask this lady's surname?"

The woman smiled humbly: "What is the name of Gao, my name is Yang Cuixi." Lady, don't be polite to me, Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Jiang have explained, let the two of us take good care of you. ”

"Thank you Mrs. Yang, who are Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Jiang? Where is this? ”

"Hey, the emotional lady doesn't know Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Jiang yet. Mr. Zhao is the big leader here, and Mrs. Jiang is his wife. You ask where this is, this is Qishan Island. ”

"Qishan Island? Is this an island? Which country governs this island? ”

"This lady, may I ask your surname? We've been talking for a long time, and I don't know what your last name is. ”

Emperor Zhou E smiled: "I'm tired of Mrs. Yang asking movingly, my maiden name is Zhou." ”

Yang Cui said happily: "Then I will call you Mrs. Zhou, you ask us which country is under the jurisdiction of Qushan Island, I will tell you the truth, no country can control us here." ”

Emperor Zhou E felt very strange: "Why is there no country to govern here, is this in the vast sea?" How far away from the Central Plains? ”

Yang Cuixi waved her hand and said proudly: "No, no, it's very close to Mingzhou, and it takes half a day to get there by boat." We are not under the control of Wu Yueguo here, because two months ago, Wu Yueguo provoked us. The big leader, Mr. Zhao, was angry, so he went to Hangzhou City with more than 2,000 kills.

We burned the camp of Wu Yueguo's sailors, broke through the city of Hangzhou, and arrested Qian Hongyu, the lord of Wu Yueguo. How comfortable we are in charge of ourselves. ”

Emperor Zhou E felt like he was listening to a book from heaven, and this Yang Cuixi was too ashamed. It seems that they should be a group of pirates, can they break through Hangzhou City? And arrested the lord of Wu Yueguo? It's just laughable!

Yang Cui was happy to see that Emperor Zhou E obviously didn't believe it, and didn't say anything, so she woke up another woman and went out to get food for Emperor Zhou E.

Zhou Ehuang talked with the woman named Liu Feng for a while, and found that what Liu Feng said was exactly the same as Yang Cuixi, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, these two women said the same, didn't they all arrange it in advance? Who made these two women deceive themselves? What purpose do they have for themselves by making up such nonsense?

Emperor Zhou E thought about it repeatedly, but he still couldn't figure it out.

At this time, the door of the wooden house opened, and a cold wind blew in, and Emperor Zhou E couldn't help but shiver.

She looked up and couldn't help but be stunned.

A beautiful woman wearing a black hooded mink fur walked in, the woman looked at Emperor Zhou E with a smile, and squatted down to salute:

"The queen mother is blessed with Jin'an, the little girl has given you a gift."

Emperor Zhou E was very surprised, and was a little incoherent: "Qi, Qi Jiuniang, you, you are here like this?" You, were you also caught? ”

Qi Jiuniang walked to Emperor Zhou E's side, sat on the edge of the kang, and looked at Emperor Zhou E with a smile: "Queen Mother, the slave family was not arrested, this is my home." ”

"Your home? Didn't you tell Cui Dao from Mingzhou? So here you are? ”

"Queen Mother, the slave family is with Cui Daoshu Gongzi, but our whole family has moved to Qishan Island."

"Why don't you live in the bustling city of Mingzhou, but come to this remote island? Still hanging out with a bunch of pirates? Don't lie to me, were you captured by pirates? ”

"Hahaha," Qi Jiuniang couldn't help laughing, "Queen Mother, it's not what you think, let me tell you the truth, my husband Jun Cui Daoshu Gongzi is one of the leaders here." Together with his six sworn brothers, he created this foundation, and this Qishan Island is the territory of our Seven Seas Company. The slaves weren't kidnapped by the pirates. ”

"Not a pirate? But what is the difference between my actions and pirates? They kidnapped me from Jinling City. Emperor Zhou E said with some annoyance.

Qi Jiuniang shook her head: "Queen Mother, we invited you here to save your life." You are in the palace of Jinling City, and you are already seriously ill, and you will soon die, right? ”

Emperor Zhou E thought about it, Qi Jiuniang was right, so he nodded gloomily.

Qi Jiuniang continued: "After my husband's righteous brother Na Zhe knew that you were seriously ill, he persuaded several other brothers to send capable men to Jinling City. We paid a great deal to buy off the palace guards and a few powerful eunuchs to steal you out of the palace.

Then these people created another fire, burned down your dormitory, and threw a female corpse about your size into it, so as not to arouse Li Yu's suspicion. Quelled the matter, do you say we are easy? I heard my husband say that in order to save you, we spent more than 100,000 yuan on money alone. ”

"Ah," Emperor Zhou E was shocked, "you mean that you have created the illusion that I am dead, and the lord of the kingdom has not the slightest suspicion?" ”

Qi Jiuniang nodded: "That's it, according to the news from Jinling City, Li Yu was very sad and held a grand funeral for you." ”

A little thought in Zhou Ehuang's heart was shattered, she originally thought that these bandits were just trying to extort some money from Li Yu, and Li Yu would definitely give it. But now that Li Yu is dead, and he is on this lonely island hanging overseas, it seems that it is extremely difficult to escape! Emperor Zhou E was very depressed, and couldn't help but hide his face and cry bitterly.