Chapter 64: Returning Home
"Mo Xiao, where are you?"
Su Nianqing whispered, Mo Xiao was her only hope at this time, in this boundless cold, she hoped that he could come to save her.
But in the end, he closed his eyes, and Mo Xiao didn't come.
I don't know how long later, the heavy door of the ice cellar was opened, and there was a piercing "squeak" sound, the door was too thick, and the sound dragged on for a long time.
Su Nianqing was awakened by this voice, opened her eyes with difficulty, and glanced out of the door, in the darkness she only saw a person who lit a fire, but she knew that it was Mo Xiao.
A little smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, his eyes were half-closed, and he finally came.
Mo Xiao quickly untied the rope, fortunately the fox fur cloak was still on her, but her body was still very cold, the fox fur was frozen, and the navy blue palace clothes were even more frozen, sticking to the ground.
Mo Xiao took her into his arms and pulled the palace clothes stuck to the ground with one hand.
"Mo Xiao, is that you? There you are. Su Nianqing said in an almost murmuring voice, she thought she was dreaming, or imagining before she died.
"It's me, I'm coming."
Mo Xiao's voice was very soft, gentle as he had never been.
"I'm going to die, am I?"
Mo Xiao finally ripped off the palace robe and picked up Su Nianqing with both hands, "No, close your eyes and rest, I'll take you home." ”
Go home, Mo Xiao never said that he would take Su Nianqing home, he always only said that he would take her back to the palace, and the word "go home" easily blurted out today.
He strode out of the ice cellar, and took off his clothes to wrap Su Nianqing, her body was so cold that it was almost stiff.
If Mo Xiao had known that Su Nianqing was in the ice cellar, would he have directly agreed to the request of the five princes?
Su Nianqing fell asleep, and said from time to time: "Mo Xiao, I don't want to die." Or, "Brother, let's go." Nonsense like that.
Mo Xiao hugged her petite body, her heart was also mixed, her little face was pale, her brows were furrowed, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes, she must be waiting for him!
When he arrived at the palace, Mo Xiao directly carried Su Nianqing to the backyard, and ordered someone to boil hot water and charcoal fire.
Yuzhu didn't dare to ask, so he only whispered: "Lord Wang, the water is boiled." ”
Mo Xiao picked up Su Nianqing from the bed again, and entered the bath directly with her, the temperature of the hot water came, Su Nianqing's face began to become ruddy, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly, as if she was enjoying it.
Mo Xiao looked at Su Nianqing and gently opened his lips, "Su Nianqing, your face ......"
At first, I thought she was very similar to Moyu, but the more I looked at it, the more I looked at it, the more she looked like it, especially the way she laughed, it seemed that she was the only one in the world, but Su Nianqing would not smile at him like that, and she had not been since she got married.
Suddenly, Su Nianqing tightly grabbed the clothes on Mo Xiao's chest, "Mo Xiao ......"
Mo Xiao lowered his head, Su Nianqing's face was flushed, and he was a little abnormally red. Mo Xiao stretched out his hand to probe his forehead and realized that Su Nianqing had a fever.
Su Nianqing frowned, as if she was very uncomfortable, she reached out and took off her clothes, and when she saw it, she took off her dirty clothes to her shoulders, revealing a snow-white patch.
Mo Xiao hurriedly took her moving hand, "Don't take off your clothes." ”
He was afraid, he didn't dare to look directly at Su Nianqing. After almost half a year of marriage, he was afraid that his princess would take off his clothes in front of him?
Mo Xiao held Su Nianqing's hand tightly with one hand, hugged her with the other, carried her out of the bath, and handed her to Yuzhu.
"Change the princess into clean clothes."
Yuzhu looked at Mo Xiao, "Lord Wang, you ......"
She wanted to say that the prince went to change his clothes first, but after thinking about it, where were his clothes in the backyard, so she kept silent.
Mo Xiao walked towards the study, at this time it was already the fifth watch, the cold wind blew Mo Xiao shivered a few times, before soaking in hot water, at this time, the cold wind blew on the wet clothes, cool into the bones.
The imperial doctor came over and worked for a while, and it wasn't until dawn that Su Nianqing's face looked better, and Mo Xiao was always there during this period.
Mo Xiao sneezed twice in succession due to the hot water and the cold wind, and Yuzhu brought ginger soup, "Lord Wang, you can drink some too!" ”
Mo Xiao took the ginger soup, drank it in one gulp, and got up, "Take good care of the princess." ”
Today's court is not so simple, and there are many things waiting for Mo Xiao.
He, Mo Xiao, is not something that anyone can threaten.
met Su Yanze at the gate of the palace, and the two walked to the main hall together.
The two of them have a tacit understanding, and the same is true today. The emperor said that during this period of illness, except for the early dynasty, which was presided over by the emperor, other political affairs were handled by Mo Xiao.
The five princes are radiant today, with a proud face.
Hurry up and go down in the morning, when Yang Zhihu, the head of the household department, walked to the main hall and bowed his head, "The minister has a book to play!" ”
"Yang Aiqing, what do you have to do?" The emperor looked at Yang Zhihu, he had always done things safely, and he was very relieved that the officials handed it over to him.
"Today, the minister wants to consult the Ministry of Officials to test Liu Chengyin, he knows the law and violates the law, accepts bribes, and abuses his power."
Lord Yang talked about Liu Chengyin's various crimes, and the Ministry of Officials set up the Examination Division, which was originally in charge of the disposition and discussion of civil officials, and handled the Beijing inspection and the big plan. But he bent the law for personal gain, took money, and changed it at will.
The emperor slapped the table, "Isn't Liu Chengyin your subordinate?" How do you manage it? ”
Yang Zhihu knelt on the ground, "The minister is derelict in his duties, but Lord Liu's ministers can't take care of it, and they don't dare to take care of it!" ”
Liu Chengyin is the younger brother of Concubine Rong, that is, the uncle of the fifth prince, who can he afford to manage these two relationships?
The fifth prince looked at Lord Yang, "Yang Zhihu, you are talking nonsense!" ”
Yang Zhihu said this, everyone understood, and what he meant was that their mother and son protected Liu Chengyin.
Yang Zhihu raised his eyes and glanced at the five princes, took out the letter from his arms, and presented it with both hands, "The minister has evidence, is it nonsense that the five princes will know after listening to it." ”
The father-in-law presented it to the emperor with both hands, and the emperor was furious, "How can this be reasonable, this palace belongs to the Liu family!" After speaking, he looked at the fifth prince, "Old Five, your uncle is amazing, is it tomorrow the world of his Liu family?" ”
The emperor was already suspicious, and now the five princes only dared to kneel on the ground and didn't dare to say a word.
The emperor took the case again, and said word by word: "Go and tie Liu Chengyin to me immediately!" ”
Mo Xiao spoke at the right time, "Yesterday, the fifth brother was sympathetic to the busy affairs of the son, and said that he would share one or two, and the son-in-law had handed over the Praetorian Guard token to the fifth brother yesterday, and he was about to report to his father today. ”
The emperor waved his hand, "What to give?" What to pay? He first sorted out Liu Chengyin's affairs. ”
The fifth prince couldn't say anything, so he only glared at Mo Xiao fiercely.
This is Mo Xiao's plan, yesterday he asked Shao Chun and Su Yanze to thoroughly investigate Liu Chengyin overnight. Therefore, starting from Liu Chengyin today, the five princes will not be able to take away the military power of the Praetorian Guard, although it is not the eldest husband's doing, but the treatment of Mo can be regarded as treating Mo in the way of others, and governing his body.
The fifth prince clenched his fingers and counted everything on Mo Xiao's head.
Su Nianqing woke up at noon, her eyes fixed on everything familiar in front of her, did she die again yesterday? She remembered that feeling, the boundless cold, she still felt cold at this time, and it was cold in her bones.
Yuzhu brought the decoction, "Miss, drink the medicine quickly." ”
Su Nianqing came back to her senses and looked at Yuzhu, "Medicine? ”
It seemed that after experiencing life and death, Su Nianqing's voice almost came out of his throat.
"Yesterday you burned all night......"
Yuzhu talked about Su Nianqing's experience last night, and his face couldn't hide the joy, because the prince personally hugged Su Nianqing back.