It was not until the second half of the night that the emperor slowly calmed down and fell into a deep dream.

However, in Rao's sleep, he also vaguely heard someone in his Hong'er.

One after another, the sound came into my ears.

He also felt a warm, hot hand, pulling his hand tightly.

When the emperor finally woke up, it was already dark.

The emperor was a little confused, not knowing whether it was a dream or a reality.

The familiar sound of "Hong'er" came again.

The emperor slowly opened his eyes, and a figure appeared in his blurred vision, and the owner of the figure sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, holding his hand, and looking at him with extremely kind eyes.

Why does this man look so much like the younger brother of the little miracle doctor?

Xiao Jingkong's little hand patted the back of the emperor's hand, and called out in the kind tone of Zhao Xiaobao's grandmother next door to coax her great-grandson: "Hong'er~"

The emperor was clever, his body shook, and he woke up from a drowsiness!

The emperor recuperated in Bishui Hutong for seven days, and the stitches were removed at the place where the needles were sewn, and the healing was good.

Father-in-law Wei's injuries are also recovering well, that is, he is old, and the healing rate of fractures is slower than that of young people, but the injuries in the rest of his body basically have little effect.

The days of living in Bishui Hutong are the most relaxing moments in the emperor's life, since he can remember, he knows that he is a prince from a low background, and Concubine Jing treats him very well, but he can't erase the shadow of his birth in his heart.

After that, he was separated from the government and was suppressed by Concubine Liu and the prince's brother, and he was walking on thin ice all the time.

And it was easy for him to survive until he ascended the throne as the emperor, and there was a Empress Dowager Zhuang who listened to the government.

He never let up for a moment.

This time, it was a blessing in disguise, and I enjoyed a few days of leisure.

It's just that he can't really hide in Bishui Hutong and be a shopkeeper for a lifetime, he is the king of a country, and he carries the country of Zhao.

After dinner that day, the emperor planned to drive back to the palace.

The emperor announced to the public that he was recuperating in the palace, and in order to confuse the enemy's sight, the emperor specially transferred the master of Ouchi to the palace and surrounded the palace impenetrable.

No one can guarantee that there will be no second assassination, so be careful.

At the same time that the emperor set off from Bishui Hutong, Gonggong Wei quietly went to the palace, and he would accompany the "driver" from the palace to the palace in a high-profile manner.

Before the emperor got into the carriage, Aunt Liu suddenly ran over shyly, handed him a purse, and ran away with her face covered!

Emperor: "......"

Gu Changqing escorted the emperor back to the palace.

Sitting in the carriage back, the emperor always felt that something was strange, and he couldn't figure out what was wrong after thinking about it.

Until he entered the imperial study, Gonggong He reported to him: "The Queen Mother has fallen ill, she has been sick for several days, and she has been insisting on going to the court, and today she finally couldn't hold it anymore, and fainted in the phoenix on the way back to Renshou Palace." ”

The emperor suddenly realized, and he said that it was strange, it turned out that the poisonous woman had not gone to Bishui Hutong to spy on him in the past few days.

The emperor's first reaction was to be happy, and that poisonous woman would also fall one day.

The second reaction was a little worried, first he was assassinated, and then the Queen Mother fainted, it was a lot of turmoil when they were separated, not to mention that they were connected together? It is easy to cause unrest in the people's hearts and panic in the court.

"Didn't get it out, did you?" The Emperor asked, frowning.

He Gonggong said: "No, Renshou Palace covered the news strictly, only saying that the Queen Mother was reviewing and reviewing the folds, concentrating on handling the government affairs, and no one was allowed to disturb it." The queen mother fainted halfway, and the slave had been secretly monitoring the queen mother before she found out, if she entered Renshou Palace and fainted again, I was afraid that even the slave would not get the exact news. ”

Renshou Palace was originally an iron wall, and after the Queen Mother was infected with leprosy, there were a number of people in it, and now even a fly can't fly in.

The emperor had a very bad impression of the Empress Dowager Zhuang, and he was very prejudiced, and he felt sorry for the Empress Dowager Zhuang, but he doubted most of them: "Why is it so coincidental?" She just got sick when I was about to come back today? It's not like it's trying to confuse me, is it? ”

This one...... He Gonggong is unknown.

The emperor sneered: "I just returned to the palace, I should go and ask the queen mother to say goodbye." ”

The emperor went to Renshou Palace.

Gonggong He is the emperor's secret stubble, and the emperor asked him to go back, so as not to let people see that he has anything to do with him.

As for Gonggong Wei, he had an arm injury, and the emperor let him go back to the house to rest, only bringing a little eunuch.

This posture, at first glance, I didn't pay much attention to the Empress Dowager Zhuang.

As soon as the emperor arrived at the gate of Renshou Palace, he was stopped by the Ouchi master of Renshou Palace.

"The Queen Mother has an order, and she doesn't see anyone." Ouchi is a master of the road.

The Emperor sneered: "This is anyone, including me, the king of a country? I would like to know, when will this palace be a place where I can't go? ”

The master of Ouchi glanced at him suspiciously, all the time, Your Majesty, did you know it on the first day?

Emperor: "......"

The emperor has a toothache!

That poisonous woman is too powerful, and he, the Ninety-Five, can't break in!

Just when the emperor's face was about to turn black, Gonggong Qin stubbornly brushed the dust out.

He saluted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty forgives me, the Queen Mother is your mother, and she can't see you alone if she doesn't see anyone, Your Majesty, please." ”

Gonggong Qin made a gesture of please.

Gonggong Qin is the confidant of the Empress Dowager Zhuang, and his every move represents the meaning of the Empress Dowager Zhuang.

Gonggong Qin led the way and led the emperor to the Empress Dowager Zhuang's bedroom.

The emperor thought that Empress Dowager Zhuang was fine, and he was playing tricks, but when he saw the phoenix bed with the curtain closed, a layer of ominous premonition surged in his heart.

Gonggong Qin came to the side of the bed and gently opened the curtain, revealing the pale Empress Dowager Zhuang on the phoenix bed.

Such a Empress Dowager Zhuang is too unfamiliar.

She always appears majestically in front of people, even if she is dressed in coarse linen clothes in Bishui Hutong, it is difficult to hide the fierceness in her eyes.

But at this time, she was lying there quietly, her breath was free, and she was indeed seriously ill.

"How could it be...... Such? The Emperor was surprised.

Gonggong Qin sighed: "Why is the Queen Mother like this, Your Majesty really has no points in her heart?" ”

That's a bit of a contradiction.

But the emperor was so shocked that he didn't bother to bite the words for a while, what Gonggong Qin meant...... Empress Dowager Zhuang's illness is related to him?

How can it be?

He hasn't done anything lately!

…… Don't...... Was that night?

The Emperor thought it was impossible.

This poisonous woman can't wait to deal with him quickly, so that she won't take care of him all night, and she won't call him like Concubine Jing.

All he heard was a voice from a dream.

But this can't explain the "Hong'er" in Xiao Jingkong's mouth.

If he hadn't heard and seen it, how could he imitate the appearance of an adult and take his hand and call Hong'er?

The emperor's mind was a little messy.

He refused to accept this fact in his heart, not only because he refused to believe in Empress Dowager Zhuang's kindness, but also because he felt the long-lost warmth that night.

In a daze, he seemed to feel that Concubine Jing was back again.

If it is really Empress Dowager Zhuang, isn't she saying that she has the breath of Concubine Jing? This is a blasphemy against Concubine Jing!

He doesn't accept it!

Nonrecognition!

"Father-in-law Qin, the queen mother's medicine is cured." A palace maid entered with a medicine bowl, caught a glimpse of the emperor in the hall, and hurriedly bowed, "Your Majesty! ”

The Emperor waved his hand impatiently.

The maid placed the medicine bowl on the bedside table.

The emperor's gaze unconsciously chased the medicine bowl over, and with an inadvertent glance, he caught a glimpse of a small iron box on the bedside table.

Something familiar.

He didn't let himself think about it.

At this time, Empress Dowager Zhuang was also woken up by the movement in the dormitory, she was a person who had seen strong winds and waves, and her expression did not change much when she saw the emperor's pestle in front of her bed.

"Queen Mother, it's time to drink medicine." Gonggong Qin said with a smile.

"Take it away, mourning the family will not drink." Empress Dowager Zhuang said lightly.

She was so weak that even her eyes and tone had lost their former sharpness.

Gonggong Qin smiled and said, "Your Majesty has come to see you." ”

Mrs. Zhuang said expressionlessly: "The mourning family doesn't want him to look at it." ”

Since piercing the window paper, as long as the two are not on the Jinluan Palace, they almost no longer pretend to be filial piety to their mother and son.

The emperor stood tall in front of the bed, looking at her condescendingly.

At this moment, he really felt that she was old, and she might not live for a few years, once she drove the crane west, the power of the government would naturally return to his hands.

Thinking so in his heart, he said sarcastically: "If the queen mother goes like this, the Jinluan Palace will be lonely in the future, and there will really be no one to discuss the government with me." ”

Empress Dowager Zhuang glared at him coldly: "Unfilial son." Don't be delusional, the mourning family will definitely live longer than you. ”

The Emperor looked at her for a long time.

Empress Dowager Zhuang struggled to sit up.

Gonggong Qin hurriedly stepped forward to help her, took the decoction and handed it to her.

Empress Dowager Zhuang drank a bowl of bitter bile decoction in one go, and there was not a drop left.

After the Empress Dowager drank the medicine, the emperor left Renshou Palace.

He didn't rush back to his bedroom, but went to the imperial study, and he asked people to call the prince and test the prince's homework in the past few days.

The emperor found that the crown prince's arithmetic had improved greatly: "Who taught these topics? ”

The prince paused and replied, "Hanlin Academy." ”

The emperor looked at the crown prince and said, "I know that your arithmetic is taught by the Hanlin Academy, which Hanlin official am I asking?" ”

The prince reluctantly opened his mouth: "Xiao Xiu." ”

"Is that him?" The emperor's eyes lit up, and then he smiled happily, "I am really right, your arithmetic has not improved for many years, I thought that your qualifications were dull, but now it doesn't seem to be counted, you can still learn it with an excellent master." ”

How did the prince take this?

It's just powerless to refute, okay?

I can't say that you are wrong to praise my father, I am indeed stupid.

In all fairness, the crown prince's qualifications are not bad, although they are not as good as the emperor's eldest son, King Ning, but they are far better than the rest of the princes.

But the prince is biased, he just doesn't like arithmetic, but the emperor attaches great importance to arithmetic.

Originally, the emperor just tried it, but he didn't expect it to be effective, and he nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, let him come over to give you a lecture next time." ”

The prince's face changed: "Father! ”

The emperor looked at him lightly: "What?" Do you have an opinion? ”

The prince realized that he had lost his temper, arched his hand, and said, "Erchen...... The son was just wondering why his father wanted a revision to give a lecture to the son? Didn't the father value his sons? ”

Letting a newly appointed Hanlin official give a lecture to the prince of a country is a bit perfunctory to the prince no matter how you look at it.

The emperor put down the fold in his hand and looked at the prince with a frown: "I don't value you, I will try my best to teach you?" You are the prince of a country, can you not always care about the opinions of others? ”

The prince snorted: "Erchen doesn't care what others think......

"What's that?" The Emperor asked in a deep voice.

The prince wanted to speak and stopped.

The emperor frowned: "If you don't say anything, you will retreat." ”

The prince lowered his eyes and said: "He looks too much like his cousin, and when his sons see him, they will always think of his cousin who died early, and they will feel sad." ”

The emperor thought thoughtfully: "So you have to be sad to learn?" ”

The prince was stunned.

Wait, Father, you seem to be wrong about me!

The emperor snorted: "Your historiography is also a little unsatisfactory, and in the future, historiography will also let Xiao Xiu give lectures." ”

The prince is going crazy!

It's not enough to see you once in ten years, but it's time to see you twice in ten years!

The crown prince clenched his fists: "Father! ”

The emperor had made up his mind, waved his hand and said, "It's decided, you go back, and let Xiao Qi come to my side in the evening." ”

I haven't seen the little fat man for a few days, so it's strange that I miss him.

The emperor is not an ordinary father, he is a gentleman first, and then a father, but in the past few days of recuperating in Bishui Hutong, he always sees Xiao Jingkong dangling in front of him, which makes people want to be a father.

Of course, it's not for Xiao Jingkong to be a father, that kid is too ghostly, he can't resist.

He wants to find back the sense of accomplishment of being a father in his little fat man.

After the prince left the imperial study, the emperor asked him to call King Ning again.