Chapter Twenty-Four: A Few Families Rejoice, Some Families Grieve
With the end of the half month of free clinics, Jinnan also ushered in Chinese New Year's Eve.
Lime finally received a reply from her brother today, and the reply was very simple, only six words, "Everything is fine, don't read it." ”
Lime stared at the six powerful words for a long time before she put them in an envelope and pressed them under her pillow. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I hope nothing happens to my brother's side.
Lime got up and hesitated for a long time in front of the closet, her hand slicing over the white dresses, and finally resting on a blue dress.
This was brought to her by Xiu Yi yesterday, and the news of the divine doctor's free diagnosis had reached the ears of Emperor Jinnan, and the emperor wanted Xiu Yi to take her to the Chinese New Year's Eve luncheon that the monarch and courtiers congratulated today.
The period of filial piety has not yet expired, and she should not have gone to any celebrations, but the emperor has decreed that she can't make it difficult to repair.
Since you are going, you can't look pretentious, and it will not work to go to the luncheon in plain clothes.
She changed into a dress and put on light makeup. Looking at myself in the mirror, I was a little strange.
For more than a year, she has been wearing plain clothes and white veil to cover her face, and she has forgotten how she looks when she changes into other colors.
Lime put aside the green veil that Xiu Yi had prepared for her to cover her face, and when she went to face the saint today, she still didn't wear this green veil.
The door squeaked, and Lime didn't look back to know who was coming, and then Xiu Yi's handsome face was reflected in the bronze mirror, he stood behind her, and saw her wearing a cyan dress, Xiu Yi raised the corners of his mouth.
"I'm ready to go." Lime said, standing up.
Xiu Yi looked at her, but frowned, and he said, "What about the veil?" Why don't you wear it? ”
"I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go to the saint today, wearing a veil." Lime replied.
Xiu Yi ignored her, looked around for the veil he brought, and finally found it on the table not far away, he took it, put it on for her very carefully, and then smiled with satisfaction.
Lime thought it was funny, he was like a child today, and she joked, "Am I ugly?" Take me out and make you lose face? ”
Xiu Yi squeezed her hand, looked at her carefully, and said seriously, "It's not ugly, but this king just doesn't want others to see it." ”
Lime blushed, looking at his narrow eyes, faintly glad in his heart, thanks to the veil he had put on, otherwise he would have made fun of himself again when he saw his blushing appearance.
Lime was carefully watched by him all the way, and he was held by him when he got on and off the carriage. Lime thought to herself, if she got used to him spoiling herself like this in the future, would she never be able to do without him again.
He took her by the hand and told her about the palaces and scenery along the way, and introduced her to the ministers who traveled with him, and the taboos in the Jinnan Palace.
With him, the journey was not boring, and it didn't take long to arrive at Zhengyang Palace, where the luncheon was held.
The men and women in the Zhengyang Palace sat separately, all the ministers and ladies had almost arrived, there were not many seats left, Lime found a suitable place to sit down, and the luncheon began.
After a song and dance, the emperor took the lead in speaking, and the ministers toasted together, the important ministers of the ministry came forward to report their duties, and then the ministers attended one by one to congratulate, this period of time after the scene, the emperor finally remembered the miracle doctor of the free clinic.
"Yi'er, I heard that the divine doctor who has been in my Jinnan free clinic for half a month has a lot to do with you, and he has been living in the Prince's Mansion all these days, is this rumor true?" The Emperor asked.
"Back to my father, it's true." Xiu Yi got up and left the table, came to the center of the main hall, bowed and replied respectfully.
"Today, the divine doctor has arrived?" The Emperor asked.
"Back to my father, the divine doctor has arrived." Xiu Yi replied.
Lime got up, came to the front of the hall, stopped at Xiu Yi's side, and bowed down, "Grass people Zhuo Lime see the emperor." ”
"Divine doctor, please." The emperor said, this woman is fresh and elegant in green clothes, and her posture is wonderful, but the green veil covering her face is really a bit of a bad scenery, "The divine doctor came to my Jinnan for free consultation, and he didn't take a penny, and the people praised him. Come, give wine! ”
A little eunuch trembled and came to the lime with a glass of wine, and the lime was just about to stretch out his hand, Xiu Yi had already taken the cup, and he bowed down and said, "Father, the divine doctor is not strong enough to drink, and the son of the minister drank this cup on behalf of the divine doctor." ”
The emperor paused, and his face was a little gloomy, "That's right." ”
"Thank you, Father." Xiu Yi thanked him, raised his hand and drank the wine in the cup.
I thought of giving wine to this woman and letting her take off her veil and drink, but I didn't expect his son to intervene in it.
The emperor rubbed the prayer beads in his hand, and after a plan and heart, the curve could not save the country, so he smashed the yellow dragon directly, caught her off guard, made up his mind, and the emperor straightened his body and said, "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, a day of celebration." The divine doctor wore a green coat and covered his face with a green veil, which really looked deserted, which was incompatible with the festive atmosphere in the hall. ”
The corners of the mouth under the lime veil couldn't help twitching, what the emperor said was really far-fetched, but he just wanted her to take off the veil, she said, "Back to the emperor, the period of filial piety of the lime has not expired, and she should not have participated in any celebrations, but the emperor summoned her, the lime felt very honored, and naturally she couldn't live up to the emperor's favor." Lime was afraid that the plain clothes and white yarn would come to offend the emperor, so he changed into a green dress and green yarn, but he didn't expect to offend the emperor. Although Tsing Yi is a little colder, please ask the emperor to see that Lime is keeping the filial piety and not to pursue Lime's sin. ”
"The divine doctor still goes around for free medical treatment during the filial piety period, and I also admire it very much in my heart, so naturally I will not blame the divine doctor." When the emperor heard this, he played Tai Chi with Lime again, and he said, "But today is Chinese New Year's Eve after all, and it is not appropriate for the divine doctor to cover his face with green veil......
"Father." Xiu Yi suddenly spoke loudly, interrupting the emperor's words, he opened his mouth, the hall instantly quieted down, try to ask who dared to interrupt the emperor's words, everyone was silent, for fear that the emperor would be angry and be implicated, Xiu Yi continued, "Filial piety comes first, since the divine doctor is in the period of filial piety, please ask my father to stop embarrassing the divine doctor." ”
After Xiu Yi finished speaking, he saw that the emperor's face was a little gloomy again, he really gave birth to a good son, and he was against him everywhere.
The atmosphere is getting more and more tense, and Lime can't be silent anymore, she can't let Xiu Yi have a dislike with the emperor because of herself.
"Your Majesty, Lime did not intend to disobey the will of the Saint." Lime blessed her body, breaking the tense atmosphere in the palace, she said, "It's just that the period of filial piety has not expired, and many taboos really make Lime involuntarily." After the three-year filial piety period, Lime will definitely come to the emperor to ask for guilt. ”
When the emperor heard this, his face softened, he cleared his throat, laid out the score, and said after a while, "I am not an unreasonable person, since the divine doctor can't help himself, I am not reluctant, so let's go back to the table." ”
"Your Majesty." Lime blessed her body and returned to her seat, she looked at Xiu Yi who was pouring herself a drink on the seat, and felt a little sad in her heart, if she really made their father and son have a dislike because of herself, what should she do?
Lime looked at him and was worried, but Xiu Yi looked at her without warning. Looking at each other, she was stunned, and Xiu Yi smiled at her, making her let go of her heart.
Halfway through the luncheon, the songs and dances in front of the hall were one after another, one after another.
When Lime was bored, a young lady from a family came to Lime with two glasses of wine in her hand, "The divine doctor is benevolent, and provides free medical treatment for the people of Jinnan. Both glasses are fruity and not intoxicating. ”
This young lady who called herself Si Le was petite and exquisite, very cute and well-behaved, and the attention of many people in the hall turned to her.
The lime was not easy to refuse, so she took a cup of fruit brew and sent it to the veil, she sniffed it, this fruit brew was fragrant and pleasant, and there was no difference, and it was sure that there was no problem with the fruit brew, so the lime drank it with confidence.
Xiu Yi, on the other hand, kept looking at her until he was sure that there was nothing wrong with her cup of fruit brew.
After a long time, Lime realized that something was wrong, her body became hot for no reason, and there seemed to be something crawling in her heart, crispy and numb, and then she began to feel dizzy.
Lime held his forehead and looked at Xiuyi, who was dealing with several toasting ministers at the moment.
Lime clenched her fists, letting her nails sink deep into her flesh, skepture through pain. She doesn't have to take her pulse for herself, and she knows that she still makes people calculate.
The heart is getting hotter and hotter, Lime gritted her teeth, this hall can never stay any longer, she got up, and she didn't have time to put on the fox fur, so she left the hall quickly.
Lime stood on the bridge in front of the hall, and the cold wind blew through her, and she instantly sobered up.
Today, there are many people with mixed eyes, and it is inconvenient to use the crescent moon, so she held the dagger she carried with her in her hand and unsealed the internal force for herself.
She had never heard of this kind of poison, and she could be tricked quietly, and the effect of the medicine was extremely domineering and strong, comparable to a prosperous introduction.
Lime held on to the railing, clenched the dagger, and suppressed the poison with internal force, keeping herself conscious. She must know who is trying to harm her.
A man appeared beside her, sinister smiling in her ear, "Divine doctor, does this poisonous taste good?" ”
"Who are you?" Lime looked back, the man she had never seen before.
"I want to see what the miracle doctor that my two brothers planted looks like? How capable are they? Lime's demeanor didn't look like she had been poisoned, and although he was puzzled, he immediately realized that she must be holding on.
The man raised his hand to rip off the veil of the lime, and the smile on his face was disgusting.
"Brother? Those two beasts are inferior to your brother? Lime sneered, and she stepped back a little, dodging his hand.
Now Lime had made up his mind to let him taste the same broken arm as his brother.
When the man was annoyed and stretched out his hand again roughly, the corner of Lime's mouth was grinning, and he quickly raised his hand, and the dagger was unsheathed.
Just as he approached the man's arm, a sudden spasm and sharp pain in his chest began, and Lime deflected his hand, and instead of removing his arm, he cut off the flesh from his arm.
The pain in her heart grew even more, Lime's consciousness was blurred a little, and the man's heart-rending shouts were not heard very well, and she could no longer hold on to the railing, and lost her balance and fell off the bridge.
On a cold day, the river under the bridge froze firmly, and the limes fell, but there was no expected pain, only an urgent call in the ears.
Xiu Yi hugged her, his eyes reddened. When he saw her empty seat and the fox fur that was not worn away, he knew that something had happened to her, and he was still late.
"Less words!" Xiu Yi sealed her internal force, but she couldn't restrain the spread of flowers.
"Brother, let me see." Feng Shaoyan hurried over, followed by the ministers who heard the news, and finally even the emperor arrived.
Feng Shaoyan diagnosed the pulse of the lime, and the flower guide broke through the limit, and the speed of spread was doubled, and there was not much left of the medicinal effect of the life-sustaining pill, and he could no longer resist the flower lead.
Feng Shaoyan frowned, and his hand on the lime vein trembled involuntarily.
His little junior sister was in front of him at the moment, gradually passing by at a speed visible to the naked eye, but he couldn't do anything.
It was when he was in despair, Lime coughed without warning, Xiu Yi didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly calmed her down.
In a short time, Lime vomited out a mouthful of blood, and the blood fell on her blue dress, and it was a pitch-black mass.
Feng Shaoyan hurriedly took her pulse, and his tightly locked eyebrows stretched out for a while, and his face was shocked, "Senior brother, Lime is saved!" Although the toxicity of the flowers is strong, but the lime has a poison that is not weaker than the flowers, the poison spreads wantonly in the body of the lime, and it happens that the lime is unsealed and uses internal force to fight, and the flowers are not suppressed, and they also begin to spread, and the two poisons meet and fight, and they have the effect of fighting the poison with poison, and the black blood of the lime is to spit out most of the toxins in the body, and only a small part of the residual poison in the body is not cleared at this time. ”
"What did you say?" Xiu Yi asked in a deep voice, with danger in his eyes, "Another poison?" What is poison? When was poisoned? ”
"Not long after the poisoning, it should be today." Feng Shaoyan trembled and took the lime from Xiu Yi's arms, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva carefully, "It's a poison." ”
When the carriage drove out of the Xian Palace, it was already dark, and Lime woke up in a bump, and she supported the man to his feet, but she saw the man's iron face.
The carriage flickered, and she fell into his arms again, and he held her tightly and said coldly, "Be honest. ”
"Fighting poison with poison, the flowers in your body have been solved by most of them, and only the remaining poison has not been cleared." Xiu Yi looked down and saw her eyes rolling around, and knew what she was thinking, "Shaoyan took you back to the house and let you soak in the medicinal bath, but the residual poison was stubborn, and it was only suppressed and not removed." ”
"Senior brother took me back to my house, where did you go?" Lime thought about it and asked.
Xiu Yi's hand holding her tightened again, he stroked her hair, and said softly, "I naturally won't keep the person who hurts you." ”
"It's strange to say, how can a prince of the prime minister's mansion who has never set foot in the rivers and lakes have such a strong poison in his hands?" Lime wondered.
Xiu Yi's expression changed slightly, and the hand on the lime's hair paused slightly, but he didn't answer.
Lime didn't say anything more, just leaned into his arms, never feeling so secure.
Since returning to the Prince's Mansion, the sky has been filled with snowflakes, and the snow has gradually become heavier, and by midnight, it has developed from the initial flakes of ice crystals to goose feather snow.
After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, when Lime went to sleep, Xiu Yi stood alone in the courtyard, thoughtful. His expression was slightly dazed, the heavy snow was reflected in his dark eyes, his eyebrows were slightly locked, and his eyebrows were full of unbearable and struggle.
At this moment, a thin layer of snow had accumulated on Xiu Yi's shoulders, but he didn't notice it.
This sudden heavy snow can cause a few families to be happy and a few to be sad.