"Aiqing, is Madame's body better? Do you want me to send some more imperial doctors over to give Madame a careful examination? ”

"Don't dare to worry about the emperor!" Gu Changfeng gave up.

"Aiqing, is this angry with me?"

"Don't dare!"

"I know that it was I who failed to protect your lady and caused her to have an accident in my harem. But Yan Qing, you were also very unkind to my beloved concubine that day, but look, did I blame you because of my beloved concubine? ”

"That's because the emperor knows in his heart that Concubine Jing's death has nothing to do with the minister, let alone the minister's wife."

"Really? But everyone inside and outside the palace knows that it was Aiqing who choked Concubine Ai's neck and made Concubine Ai shameless, which made her commit suicide by hanging herself. ”

"Concubine Jing should still be in the dormitory, it just so happens that the minister's wife is extremely good at autopsy. Whether this Concubine Jing committed suicide by hanging herself from the beam, or the other reason, she knew it at a glance. ”

"It's my favorite concubine, Aiqing, it's a little embarrassing for me to say that. That's it, you and I don't have to mention this matter from now on. ”

"Obey."

"Alas!" The emperor sighed: "What good do you say about being an emperor, you see it as a fake, and you hear it as a lie." But the emperor is also a human being, not a god who knows all things by pinching his fingers. Sometimes, it's really impossible to tell who is telling the truth and who is telling a lie. Once they were deceived and made the wrong will, the people did not say that the courtiers had fooled the emperor, but that the emperor was a fool. Yan Qing, you and I have known each other since childhood, and we are old acquaintances, do you and I have to be so rigid about monarchs and ministers? ”

"Minister, don't dare!"

"I don't dare to say it, but I don't really dare in my heart. Forget it, you're getting bored. The emperor waved his hand: "Yan Qing, your official is getting bigger and bigger, but your courage is getting smaller and smaller, but the lady you married is more interesting." ”

"The minister's wife is extremely boring."

"Are you blind? Yan Qing, you're really getting more and more annoying. The emperor stretched out his hand and poked, and before Gu Changfeng's forehead fell: "Concubine Jing died by hanging from the beam, there are many rumors in the palace, according to the rules, she must be sent to the imperial temple first, and the senior monks in the temple will carry out the excess." I also handed over this matter to Aiqing. ”

"Minister, obey the order."

"Huanyan's matter, if Aiqing has time, you might as well check it out. Although I don't care about these things in the harem, it is a bit too much to reach out to the imperial heir. ”

"But the emperor never seemed to want Concubine Jing to ......"

"Whether I want to or not is my business, and I hate others to make decisions for me for this kind of thing."

"Minister, obey the order." Gu Changfeng retreated.

In the imperial study, the eunuch lowered his head and asked, "Your Majesty, what about these excerpts to impeach Gu Xiang——"

"Where did they come from, and where did they go back, they were all champions who had passed the imperial examination, and they couldn't even write an impeachment excerpt. What is justified and evidenced, and what is fabricated out of thin air, can't you tell the difference? It's just that they're confused, and they still want me to be as confused as them, and in the end I become a faint king. ”

"The emperor must not be angry, these adults are afraid that they are also a little anxious."

"Impatient? Yes, they are anxious, anxious to spoil Gu Yanqing, anxious that Gu Yanqing will rely on my grace to clean them up one by one. This is not easy to give a chance to be caught, but it is not impeached according to death. The emperor picked up an excerpt: "This just shows how stupid they are." An official like this, even if Gu Yanqing doesn't clean it up, I can't stand it. ”

"Hey!" The eunuch sighed: "If there are more officials like Gu Xiang in the court, the emperor will not have to be burdened, and you will not have to think about those troublesome things all day long, and you will not have to let Gu Xiang become the target of public criticism." ”

"What you say is reasonable, and what you say is extremely reasonable, but where can I find this official like Gu Yanqing?"

"I heard that there are many high-ranking people in the people, why don't you go to the people to look for it, Your Majesty?"

"Folk? It's a good idea. The emperor tugged at his sleeve: "You go and prepare, let's find a zodiac auspicious sunrise palace." ”

Qinglong Mountain, a royal monastery.

"Miss, do we want to add some sesame oil money?" Errong and Youbai helped Yan Suwen into the main hall with one left and one right. On the main hall, there are mostly people who worship the Buddha, and the merit incense next to it is also stuffed with sesame oil money.

Qinglong Mountain is located in the east of Yecheng, because when the sun rises, there is the scene of the green dragon holding the moon, so the Great Wei Dynasty built a royal temple on the mountain at the beginning of the dynasty. The royal temple is magnificent, and the incense is more prosperous than other temples. The people who went up the mountain were both simple worshippers of the Buddha, and there were also those who deliberately came to make friends with dignitaries and nobles by worshipping the Buddha. There are also some who are purely for the word "royal", as for what to do after coming, I can't say clearly, I just feel that when I enter the temple and worship the Buddha in the temple, my identity can be noble.

Yan Suwen didn't come to worship the Buddha, she came to do an autopsy.

Concubine Jing's coffin is parked in the side hall of the temple, and if you want to go to the side hall, you need to pass through the main hall. After entering the main hall, there are people burning incense and kowtowing everywhere, and it seems a little strange if you don't follow the incense.

Originally, Yan Suwen was not in awe of these gods and Buddhas, but after reliving his life, he also believed in the saying that there is a plan in the dark.

"Errong, incense!"

"Youbai, you go and add some sesame oil money!"

"Yes, Miss!" Youbai took half a penny of silver and handed it to the monk who was guarding the merit box, and the monk recited the sentence Amitabha, took half a step back, and pointed to the merit box.

"What's the matter, is this because my young lady gives less money?"

"Sin sin, sin is not what the poor monk means. Monks, do not dye yellow and white things, so the poor monk can't accept the half of the silver given by the donor. ”

"Monks can't touch yellow and white things, so what about the money in this merit box? Who is responsible for taking it out? ”

"In the case of the benefactor, the money was given to the Buddha, and the merchants who supplied the incense and candles came to collect it regularly. The merchant took the yellow and white things, and left the incense candles and incense oil for the Buddha. If there is any left, it will always be kept in this merit box. ”

"It's the first time I've seen this, and the royal monasteries are different from those small ones."

"Amitabha." The monk clasped his hands together: "Look at the dress of the female benefactor, it is not the lady and lady of an ordinary family. Excuse me, is the young lady from the Prime Minister's House? ”

"My young lady is the wife of the prime minister of the Yecheng Prime Minister's Mansion, but she doesn't like to hear people call her that."

"What should the poor monk call Madame?"

"Xiangye's surname is Gu, and Miss likes to be called Mrs. Gu." Youbai covered his mouth and smiled: "By the way, we are here to find Xiangye today." Little master, do you know where Xiangye is? ”

"In the side hall, Madame, please, two female donors, please."

Bypassing the Buddha in the middle of the main hall, he was about to detour from the main hall to the backyard and lift the bluestone steps under his feet when he suddenly heard a terrible scream. Yan Suwen hurriedly followed the sound and saw a young woman in a light blue cloth dress sitting under the ginkgo tree in the backyard, with a child in her arms. The child was crying, and small hands poked out of the quilt. Judging by the height of the child, it is no more than half a year old at most.

"Little master, what's the matter with the woman and the child?"

"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the woman's surname is Chen, and she is the wife of the Chen butcher under the mountain. She was holding the daughter of two people in her arms, named Yue'er, who had just turned half a year old a few days ago. I don't know what's going on this month, and I'm always frightened. Once frightened, they will cry incessantly, and in severe cases, their entire little face will be red. Chen Butcher and his wife also found a doctor for Yue'er, but the child was too young to use medicine, so they went up the mountain to ask the Buddha for protection. This side hall is enshrined in Guanyin Niangniang, every time the moon is frightened, just go to this side hall to worship, the moon will get better. But in recent days, this side hall has not been able to enter. ”

There is a coffin of Concubine Jing parked in the side hall, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. But this child cried pitifully, if he continued to cry like this, he was afraid that his little body would not be able to stand it.

Yan Su raised her foot, and was about to step forward to check, when she suddenly heard the young woman crying: "Yue'er, mother's little Yue'er, what's wrong with you?" Don't scare your mother, cry, cry out, you cry quickly. Yue'er, Yue'er, mother's little Yue'er. ”

"What's wrong with this kid?" Yan Suwen stepped forward quickly, but saw the child who was still crying just now, and he couldn't stop vomiting at this time, and the corners of his mouth were full of milky bubbles.

"Save my child, ma'am, I beg you, save my child." Seeing that someone stepped forward to ask, Yue'er's mother didn't care about anything, knelt on the ground with the child, and kowtowed to Yan Suwen desperately: "My Yue'er is dying, madam, I beg you, save my Yue'er." ”

"Eldest sister, don't worry, let me see the child." Yan Su asked carefully and took the child over: "I just heard from the little master that your child is easily frightened, but is it true?" ”

"It's true." The young woman nodded quickly: "The villagers said that there was something dirty entangled in my Yue'er, so let me take her to the temple to ask the Buddha for blessing." The first few times I came, it all worked, but in the past few days, we are not allowed to enter the side hall, and my Yue'er is about to die. ”

"Don't worry, think about it carefully, what did Yue'er do or encountered before the first episode?"

"Nothing." The young woman shook her head at first, and then said, "There is one thing, but I don't know if it has anything to do with my Yue'er's illness. ”

"What's the matter?"

"My mother-in-law wanted me to give birth to a son for the Chen family, but Yue'er turned out to be a girl. The mother-in-law was not in good health and had a big temper, and when she saw that Yue'er was a girl, she was about to throw her out. I was so frightened that I couldn't even think of my freshly finished body and crawled out of bed. At that time, the mother-in-law's voice was a little loud, and Yue'er seemed to be frightened. ”

"And after that?"

"After that, it was nothing, but when the moon was full, my mother-in-law drank some wine, and when she entered the house, she fell to the ground, and this impartial hit the corner of her forehead, and she shed a lot of blood at once. I was anxious and hugged Yue'er over, but when Yue'er saw her mother-in-law's appearance, she cried again. Since then, I have been crying every few days, and I can't stop coaxing. ”

"Yue'er is not scared of illness." Yan Suwen rolled up Yue'er's little sleeves, originally intending to cut her pulse, but after seeing the things that shouldn't appear on her little arms, her face instantly became gloomy.