Chapter 155: Sacrifice of Life
Recently, Jingshifang has been instructed to stop going to the West Sixth Palace to collect signs, and the Queen Mother and the Queen have tacitly not asked about this matter.
This is the attitude that Shen Tingnian gave them, and the emperor also said with his actions that he had no choice.
Those who have been in the palace for a long time are used to not seeing the emperor for many years, but the new batch of young people are very uncomfortable, they are extremely boring, and they don't want to do nothing.
They tried their best to find out the news of the emperor, groped for his whereabouts, and tried to have a chance to meet, and some of them danced every day in the pavilion of the imperial garden where he had passed, and practiced their voices in places with good scenery with good voices...... But none of these flatteries worked.
In addition to the vertical arch hall, the Wenhua hall and his own dormitory, the emperor has no time to go out and hang out, Shen Tingnian's energy is limited, and the heavy responsibility of taking care of Brother Zhan is still borne by him, who teaches children at this stage to be the most difficult to bring.
In this way, they just don't hate Shen Tingnian, and they begin to blame her, but now that they have to deal with Shen Tingnian, there are not many means they can use, first of all, the things that can enter Yan Xitang will be stuck, and secondly, she herself is studying medicine diligently, and there is an old imperial doctor with excellent medical skills by her side, and it is difficult not to be found when she enters, and in the end, she and the emperor basically sleep and eat together, and there is no way to treat them differently.
It can be described as a rat trap.
Shen Tingnian felt that the days were passing quickly, he didn't do anything of his own every day, and most of the day passed as soon as he opened his eyes, and then looked at Brother Zhan, it was half a day away.
Approaching the seventh day of the fifth month, Pu Yangxu changed his mind again and wanted to take Shen Tingnian and Brother Zhan to the Yunmeng Mountain Royal Palace.
The two-month-old Brother Zhan can already look at the person holding him, his big eyes are dark, his eyelashes are long and dense, and he will grin, and he has a natural little curly hair, no matter who sees him, he can't help but touch it, the outline of his eyebrows and eyes looks like Pu Yangxu at a glance, and if he looks closely, he feels that his nose and eyes are more like Shen Tingnian.
When the Queen Mother learned that they were going out of the palace, she came to Yanxi Hall to see Brother Zhan for several days, and she was reluctant to let go as soon as she hugged her, and she wanted Pu Yangxu and Shen Tingnian to go out of the palace by themselves, and Brother Zhan left her to take care of her for a few days.
Shen Tingnian personally sorted out Brother Zhan'er's clothes, and did not answer, only doing his own thing with a smile, instructing Yuezhu for a while, and locking the bridge for a while, as if he was busy.
The Queen Mother didn't mention it anymore because she was bored, and she refused to leave, so the nurse took Brother Zhan over to feed, and she sat and drank tea.
After a morning passed, I didn't feel that I was annoying, but I heard that she was coming, and the emperor of the next dynasty would not come, so I directly criticized the folds in the imperial study. When will the Queen Mother leave, and when will he pass.
On the seventh day of the fifth month, the weather was clear, with blue sky and white clouds.
Yunmeng Mountain is also known as Yunmeng Mountain, the mountain scenery is unlimited, the strange pines and strange rocks are craggy, Ruimu Yao grass, Feiliu Waterfall, it is a famous mountain in the suburbs of Beijing, and the carriage will arrive in one day slowly.
At the same time, Yunmeng Mountain belongs to the Yanshan Mountain Range, Yanshan has always been a battleground for soldiers, so there is a place here that is not known to the world, hiding the royal secret guard training camp, and all the imperial guards climbed out from here step by step.
After Pu Yangxu ascended the throne, he didn't have time to come here to have a look, this time in the name of his birthday, he killed two birds with one stone, not only to relax and relax, but also to inspect this secret guard training camp.
The Yunmeng Mountain Royal Palace is built next to the mountain, and the pavilions and pavilions have unique scenery.
Leaving the palace, the sky is vast, the climate is pleasant, and people are at ease, Shen Tingnian simply didn't want to leave anymore as soon as he came.
After arriving, after a night of repair, adults and children are a little excited about traveling, Shen Tingnian showed on his face, there was always some smile in his eyes, and I don't know if the woman who gave birth to a child has a tenderness like water, anyway, Pu Yangxu has forgotten the original Shen Tingnian's cold and arrogant appearance in the eyes of outsiders, and Brother Zhan'er's performance is to grin when he teases.
On the second day, their tour officially began.
Meander along the mountain road and go up the mountainside, green mountains and green waters, birds and flowers, all for the gains, a group of people arrived at the first rest point, half-mountain pavilion, you can look at the waterfall that flows straight down on the opposite side, and you can look down at the deep pool under your feet, look up is the strange stone peak angle that stands obliquely.
After sitting down on the paved soft collapse, Shen Tingnian didn't plan to go up, drinking tea made from freshly brewed spring water, enjoying the scenery while watching the people around him tease Brother Zhan.
"Is it the first time for the emperor to come here?"
"I came here a few times when I was a child, and the scenery is the best at this time," Pu Yangxu vaguely remembered that Emperor Renwu brought him to play, and there was no memory of anything else, "There are still a few days, you can play slowly." โ
"Then I won't go up, I can't walk, and I don't want to go."
"You, you said before that you want to go to the top of the mountain to see all the mountains." Pu Yangxu walked back to her, sat down too, and handed the child under her nose, "Look at Brother Zhan'er smiling, it seems that he still likes the outside......"
"Don't let him put his eyes on the sun," Shen Tingnian stretched out his hand to cover the top of Brother Zhan'er's head, and wiped the sweat on Pu Yangxu's forehead with his other hand, "He didn't know how to blink when he was dazzled, he knew silly music." โ
The family of three was happy, and even the people who followed and waited were all smiling.
Pu Yangxu took Shen Tingnian and Brother Zhan to play for a day and rest for a day, and saw all the scenery worth seeing in Yunmeng Mountain, like a folk couple leading their children out to play, it was really easy and comfortable.
It's just that Brother Zhan is still too young, and his happiness is not affected by the outside world.
On the fourth day, Pu Yangxu was going to do something serious, and went to Houshan to select a group of imperial guards who were going to take this trip back to the palace, and left Shen Tingnian's mother and son in the arranged venue, basking in the sun and watching the scenery.
The periphery is covered with layers of guards, and the entire Yunmeng Mountain has also been cleared, and there are no outsiders, which can be described as safe.
There are also guards patrolling the mountain every half an hour on the mountain road, in addition to the people brought by Pu Yangxu, there are also people from the secret guard camp who were originally in Yunmeng Mountain.
"Deputy Leader Zuo, the road ahead is not passable, let's go around the mountain road over there."
"Why doesn't it workโ"
"They said it was the Imperial Concubine Niangniang in front of the scenic pavilion......"
The Great Zhou Dynasty now has and only one concubine, that is, Concubine Xi.
Xiao Zuo was stunned on the mountain road, he was only transferred back to Yunmeng Mountain this month, something like that happened, the emperor left him alive, and he didn't want him to follow anymore, and he saw Shen Tingnian and the little prince again so soon, he was a little incredulous.
"You guys go back first, I've dropped something and I'm going back to look for it."
He couldn't say why, he just found an excuse to leave, and went around the familiar path to the front of the scenic pavilion, surrounded by tree shadows, and he could barely see Shen Tingnian, who was sitting on the soft collapse with the child in his arms, and then he couldn't help but get closer quietly and jumped up the tall tree.
"Niangniang, it's a moment, it's time for the little prince to breastfeed."
Under Yuezhu's reminder, the nurse also came over from the side, Shen Tingnian handed the child to her, and instructed: "Wait a while and then feed, there is some wind today, let them close the curtain to block it, so as not to choke on the wind when Brother Zhan drinks." โ
"Quickly bring the curtain over, and four more people will lead the four corners...... "Suoqiao came from a few places on the table, and from a short distance, she just put down a plate of fresh fruits picked from Yunmeng Mountain, and when she approached, she was displeased again, "You don't need the maids from the other garden to come over, they all look demonicโโ"
Originally, in order to welcome the arrival of the emperor, the maids in this garden were replaced by a group of beautiful women, and there was no need to guess what they had in mind.
The tall maid who approached with the curtain immediately froze in place, her face flushed and she was in a dilemma, and then when Suoqiao came to pick her up with a cold face, Su'er pushed her, and deliberately shouted in her mouth: "What is so great about you who are slaves!" ! โ
Everyone thought that she was provoked by the lock bridge and was defenseless, but she rushed straight to the direction of the nurse holding Brother Zhan, and Shen Tingnian stopped in front of her without thinking about it.
At the last moment, Xiao Zuo leaped out from among the shadows of the trees and came out with his sword.
The maid saw that she couldn't get close to Shen Tingnian's body, so she immediately raised her hand, and shot three short arrows with a strong crossbow in her sleeve, the tips flashed blue in the sun, Xiao Zuo swung her sword and turned to block two, and the remaining one was jumped by him and reached out to grab it.
The poisonous juice stained the skin and immediately corroded a large piece, and when he let go of the arrow, his five fingers were already bloody and blackened.
The guards rushed to take down the maid, only to find that she had died of poison.
This happened almost and ended faster, and the nurse who was holding Brother Zhan lowered her head and teased him, and she didn't know what was going on when she looked up.
Xiao Zuo was drenched in cold sweat and didn't even look back, so he quickly flashed back to the mountain road and disappeared in an instant.
Shen Tingnian opened his mouth, speechless, and the blood-stained arrows in the sun still fell on the grass, piercing people's eyes.
"Niangniang, are you okay?" Yuezhu helped her and asked anxiously, although she was only two or three steps away just now, she couldn't pounce, if it wasn't for Xiao Zuo's appearance...... Although the arrow may not be able to hit, it will eventually be in danger of life.
It's terrible, and the crisis comes so suddenly.
Shen Tingnian shook her head, she didn't want to say a word, although she didn't see the front, but she knew who that person was.
There is such a person who is kind to her, and for whatever reason, why is she not happy?
There are other people who should be really unhappy -
Pu Yangxu rushed to hear the news, dealt with the scene, and after calming Shen Tingnian again, he took them back to the residence of the other garden, and then went to take down the steward of the other garden and all the maids who might be involved.
There will be no useful information for a while, and the person who can do such a thing is naturally a dead man, who may hide in this place for years just to wait for an order and become a useful pawn.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Zuo, he just woke up-" Chen Luo led Pu Yangxu to the northeast of the other garden, and whispered about the aftermath of the incident, "It's just that the poison is attacking too quickly, if you keep one arm, I'm afraid you won't be able to wait for the antidote and die." โ
If the pain of corroding flesh and blood can make a man hiss, then the pain of wielding a knife and cutting off an arm is really painful.