Chapter Forty-Six: The Prince Is More Than Alone
Meng Guifei sneered disdainfully, glanced at the crowd, looked at Zhao Zhong who nodded on the side, and asked, "Have your qualifications been carefully tested?" β
"Back to the concubine Niangniang, it's all tested."
"Oh? When did they begin to heal the king? β
Zhao Zhong glanced at the queen at a loss, and begged for help with her eyes.
The queen smiled and said, "Tomorrow." β
"Then sister, have you thought about who will go first?"
Obviously, the queen hadn't thought about it yet, her eyes kept scanning the crowd, and finally pointed at Qin Suchun and said, "Let's start with her." β
Meng Guifei immediately pursed her lips, looking dissatisfied, "Sister, in my opinion, she has to go first." β
The concubine pointed her finger at Mu Yun.
"Mu Yun?" The queen shook her head calmly, looked embarrassed, and reminded: "She is Wang Quanlin's adopted daughter. β
"I naturally know, but because of this, he should be the first to heal the king."
"This ......"
"Sister." Meng Guifei shouted delicately: "Do you think, if we arrange for Mu Yun to be the first to heal the king, won't this also give the king face?" β
"But ......"
"No, I'm not feeling well." Yuan Shuang led Su Mu and Jiang Ling into the main hall. After saying that, she wanted the queen on the throne to salute respectfully, and glanced at the concubine.
Meng Guifei glared at Yuan Shuang, and said in a strange manner: "They were selected to enter the palace to treat your father's illness, so what qualifications do you have to take Mu Yun away." β
"I am my father's daughter."
"Your father has many daughters, and your sister Yuan Qi has just returned from Dahan, no matter how unwell she is, she didn't ask the imperial doctor to treat herself, and she still stays by your father's side every day."
As she spoke, Concubine Meng glared at her viciously and continued: "But you, like your mother, will only make something out of nothing!" β
"Guifei Niangniang, what is it out of nothing, you know better than me in your heart, right?" Yuan Shuang asked.
"Yuan Shuang, don't be rude!" The queen said in time: "Concubine Yu went to Nanxiang, and the people will take care of her, as for whether it is something out of nothing, who is out of nothing, the palace will find out." β
Yuan Shuang's unconvinced chin responded: "Yes, thank you Queen Mother." β
Seeing that the people here were all aimed at herself, Meng Guifei didn't have the heart to stay anymore, so she got up and nodded casually, and said, "It's almost summer, and the palace is also lacking, so I won't accompany my sister." β
"You guys go down first." The queen breathed a long sigh of relief and instructed Mu Yun and the others.
"Queen Mother, this Meng Guifei is really arrogant, don't you ...... too" Meng Guifei was not present, Yuan Shuang also seemed familiar, and walked quickly to the queen's side and asked.
"Yuanshuang, this is the harem that everyone wants to enter, they all think that this is heaven, the best place in the world, but no one knows that in this city wall, without the grace of the king, it is better to live than a pawn in the market."
A few simple words exhausted the queen's helplessness, sadness, and loneliness......
"Su Mu, come here!" The queen called.
"Yes."
The queen looked at him carefully for a long time, and said with relief: "It is very much your father's demeanor. β
"The Queen's Mother......"
The queen raised her hand to interrupt him, and said in a serious tone: "This palace knows what you are thinking, but this palace wants to tell you that eggs can't hit stones." β
"But Su Mu also tried his best."
"Although he is not my biological son, and he is not close to this palace, but if he calls this palace as a mother, this palace will not let him be hurt. He is still the prince, and the palace will try its best to protect him and the people of the country on this day. β
Su Mu was taken aback, he didn't expect that a country would be able to endure such a situation after that.
Yuan Shuang blinked her big ignorant eyes, looked back and forth at the two of them, and asked, "Queen Mother, what are you talking about?" What does this have to do with the prince's brother? β
"This matter has nothing to do with your mother's." The queen shook Yuanshuang's hand. Ordered: "Jiangling, send the princess back first, I have something to say to Su Mu alone." β
"Yes." Gangneung, who has honestly shut his mouth since he entered the palace, just wants to be his follower at this time.
"Queen Mother......" Yuan Shuang muttered reluctantly.
The queen waved her hand at her with a determined look in her eyes, "Go ahead." β
"Son's resignation!"
"Subordinates retire!"
When everyone left, and only Su Mu and the queen were left in the palace, the two looked at each other, but there was no hostility in their eyes.
After a while, the queen got up, walked to Su Mu's side, like an old acquaintance, and asked with concern, "How are your mother's eyes?" β
"There is Lao Niangniang's concern, it's still the same." Su Mu was a little helpless.
"Senior sister, this person is stubborn, and she drove back all the imperial doctors who were sent there." Speaking of this, the queen's serious tears flashed with meaning, "She must still hate me, right?" β
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"It's not that I didn't save your father back then, it's that your father was too stubborn, and I really couldn't help it."
"My subordinates know."
The queen looked at Su Mu and couldn't help but sigh again: "It's just that I didn't expect that you are as stubborn as your father." β
"Bo Yan is the crown prince, with the support of the ministers of the court and the central government behind him, and the support of Meng Guifei, you can't fight him. You must know that the king is now seriously ill, maybe he will become the new king of Tianfeng one day, you have taken revenge, what should Tianfeng do? What about the people of Dawn? β
"In the struggle for power, someone must sacrifice, if everyone can't let go of hatred like you, then the world has long been gone."
"Daddy, it's ridiculous to be dedicated to heaven and push the king to the throne, but in the end he was killed by some gossip. Niangniang, there is not only one prince in the harem. β
The queen was quite shocked and scolded in a low voice: "What nonsense are you talking about? β
"How can he become the new king by ignoring people's lives and framing Zhongliang?" Su Mu asked rhetorically, and the queen was speechless.
"The third prince, the sixth prince, and the little prince are all better than him, but they are just a little bit unlucky."
The queen stared at Su Mu incredulously, and said in horror: "Are you trying to rebel?" β
"It's not a rebellion, it's just seeking justice for yourself."
"Smack!" The queen slapped the table in annoyance and scolded, "You are as foolish as your father." β
"Subordinates retire!" Su Mu bowed his head in displeasure and left.
I heard the sound of a cup smashing on the ground behind me, and then the nervous shout of the palace maid was heard: "Queen Niangniang, your hand is bleeding." β
"Quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor."
The queen angrily stopped: "Don't go, the hands of this palace are fine!" β
Su Mu, who left, hesitated for a moment, and then quickened his pace.
I still remember when I was a child, she was not a queen, and he called her "aunt". She is so bright and moving to appear in Su Mansion. Every time she came, she would bring all kinds of strange things, which made Su Mu, who was a child, look forward to the arrival of this aunt every day.
"Mu'er, this is called Tao Xiangqiu, you shake it." It was the plaything she had given Xiao to her when she came to see him for the last time.
The pottery ball is about the size of a palm, hollow inside, and contains projectiles or small stones that rustle when rolled.
Thinking of this, Su Mu felt a little sad, and then he never saw her again, but he heard from his mother that she had entered the palace and became the queen above ten thousand people under one person.
After her father's accident, her mother broke with her completely, and she blamed her for not helping and burning everything she sent. Since then, Su Mu has never mentioned this aunt again.
Back at Fengyang Pavilion, Jiang Ling saw that he was preoccupied, and shouted in a low voice: "Su Mu! β
Su Mu heard the voice and stopped for a moment, and then Mai Kaile took a step.
Gangneung fell in front of him, blocked his way, looked at it, and asked, "What did the queen say when she left you behind?" β
β¦β¦ Su Mu didn't want to answer.
Jiang Ling continued to ask: "Is it related to revenge?" β
"Revenge? What revenge? Yuan Shuang overheard the conversation between the two and immediately rushed out.
"Nothing!" Su Mu replied perfunctorily, and was about to go back to the room.
"Stop!" Yuan Shuang ordered, waited for him to stop, stepped forward, and asked, "Don't you want to know why Mu Yun entered the palace?" β
"Not interested." Su Mu said coldly.
Jiang Ling grabbed his hand and nodded hurriedly, looking curious, "I think, I think!"
"It's all bad made by that demon concubine!"
"Isn't that obvious?" Jiang Ling secretly glanced at Su Mu.
Yuan Shuang snorted coldly, "Why do you have to choose a group of medical women every few years?" Is it because the imperial doctors in the palace are not enough, or are they not skilled enough? β
"You don't have a fever, the imperial doctor in the palace is not skilled enough, so ......" Jiang Ling was suddenly stunned, and glanced back and forth at Su Mu and Yuan Shuang in astonishment, "Could it be that the doctor girl is just an excuse?" β
Yuan Shuang saw that he was enlightened, and gave him a thumbs up, "Since the demon concubine entered the palace, the palace began to select medical women from Mingjian to enter the palace, ranging from three to five each time. β
"And their ultimate goal is not to cure their father's illness, but to serve their father, if someone is pregnant and gives birth to a prince, they will be raised by the demon concubine, if they give birth to a princess, they will be killed together with the child, and they will not be subject to the palace rules, and they will not even be able to enter the ancestral grave after their death."
Listening to the cruelty and ruthlessness of the royal family, Su Mu didn't feel clenched his fists.
"If you don't get pregnant, can you leave the palace?"
Yuan Shuang glanced at the naΓ―ve Jiangling, and said coldly: "Then you can only wait for death in the palace." β
"But the outside world is not like this, if this is the case, then why did the governor send Mu Yun in, isn't this pushing Mu Yun into the fire pit?" Jiang Ling glanced at Su Mu, hoping that he could give him an answer.
"No one outside will know about such a secret." Yuan Shuang said affirmatively.
Su Mu fell into deep thought, it was the night he had just returned from Qinghe.
Wang Quanlin summoned him and told him about Mu Yun's entry into the palace......
"Su Mu, Mu Yun, this kid has you in his heart, he never recklessly speaks and acts, you were appointed by the king to marry, and you are the future husband of Princess Yuanshuang today, and it is not easy to get too close."
"And who's going to protect her?"
"Song Zirui." The Metropolitan Governor paused, "You and Yuan Shuang enter the palace and find a way to meet the sixth prince, Mu Yun will be fine with Song Zirui." β
Jiang Ling's hand shook in front of the distracted Su Mu, and shouted, "Su Mu? Su Mu, what do you want?"
Su Mu blocked his hand and glared at him fiercely.
"Are you really not about Mu Yun?" Gangneung asked.
Su Mu didn't speak, and walked straight back to his room.
Yuan Shuang leaned over to Jiang Ling with a confused face and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with him?" β
"How do I know, maybe it's broken." After that, Jiang Ling pointed to his head.