Chapter 42: The Dream is Far Away
"Oh well! Obey the Queen Mother! Crown Princess Song Yanran looked at Queen Su in front of her, and forcibly suppressed the displeasure in her heart, for the sake of the child in her belly, she had to endure it, even if she wanted to give birth to a pair of wings behind her and fly in front of Prince Nan Xuanye, she also had to protect the child, this is her future dependence, and it is also the guarantee of all her lives, everything, she has to give birth to the child on her body well.
At this time, Queen Su took care of both sides, taking care of the prince Nan Xuanye who had a safe pregnancy on the one hand, and taking care of the sick prince Nan Xuanye on the other hand, and running around on both sides.
At this time, he snubbed a lot in front of the people of the East Palace Prince's Mansion, and the ministers who always ran to the Prince's Mansion before also gradually decreased, and only Cheng Yu was always by the side of Prince Nan Xuanye. Looking at the listless appearance of the prince Nan Xuan, who had been lying on the bed in a drowsy state, Cheng Yu's heart was sour for a while.
The prince Nan Xuanye in front of him was pale, lying quietly on the bed, the brocade quilt was covered around his waist, his eyes were slightly closed, he was sleeping quietly, and the sound of the quiet needle drop around him could be heard, desolate and resentful, these describe the disappointment of the woman, helplessness, it is not an exaggeration to put it in front of the prince Nan Xuanye in front of him, but these always look embarrassing.
Cheng Yu was still looking at the prince Nan Xuanye in front of him in frustration, and the lotus shadow outside the window held a bouquet of evergreen branches that had just been picked from the garden and inserted them into the vase beside Prince Nan Xuanye, adding a vitality to the dull and lifeless room.
"Is the prince awake?" With the sound of a cool and mellow voice, Queen Su, who was wearing a cyan long dress, walked in the direction of Cheng Yu with the support of Lotus Shadow.
"Back to the queen mother, in the past few days, except for the imperial doctor who came to prick the needle and feed the medicine on time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been in a coma, without any consciousness of awakening, when will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wake up! Cheng Yu was worried to death! Cheng Yu knelt on the ground and cried after speaking, he was really afraid that the prince Nan Xuanye would fall like this, he really didn't expect that the prince Nan Xuanye in front of him was so affectionate to Xia Yinbing, such a radiant man, wanton life, infinite affection, charming, he would not fall easily, he was not an infatuated little student, he was a great man with a tiger in his heart and sniffing roses, but he didn't expect that in the end, he still did not escape the level of Xia Yinbing, a beauty.
"Imperial Doctor, is it a quack? After watching it for so many days, it doesn't work? Queen Su paced back and forth in the room impatiently, sitting down from time to time with a handkerchief and gently wiping Nan Xuanye's cheeks, with a sad expression and great emotional fluctuations, looking anxiously at Nan Xuanye in front of her.
"Someone! Go to the palace and ask for a doctor! If the prince doesn't wake up today, the imperial doctor in the East Palace won't sit! Just take your head off! Has Donggong been a quack doctor now? Empress Su no longer had the slightest patience, and was about to order the imperial doctor of the East Palace to be pulled out and cut off her head.
"! Spare your life! Spare your life! At this time, the imperial physician of the East Palace, who was grabbed by the guards and dragged out, was so frightened that he cried and begged for mercy loudly, his voice was miserable and unbearable.
"Queen Mother! Queen Mother! …… His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is manual! At this time, at the critical period when the imperial doctor was dragged out to cut off his head, Cheng Yu made a surprised sound.
"Wait!" Queen Su waved her hand to stop the guards, looked back at the direction of Prince Nan Xuanye, and saw that Prince Nan Xuanye, who had been in a coma for nearly four or five days, finally woke up slowly, raised her hands slightly, raised her head in a weak spirit, looked at the noisy scene outside, and twisted her eyebrows slightly.
Empress Su had been staring at Nan Xuanye in front of her, and naturally observed the prince's displeasure, and looked at the poor imperial doctor who was about to be pulled out and beheaded: "Let him go, let him come over and give the prince a second look!" ”
"Thank you, Queen! Thanks a lot! Old minister, obey! The old lady doctor was really frightened, crawled all the way in the direction of Prince Nan Xuanye, his legs were weak and his feet were weak, the whole person was frightened, he stood up tremblingly, walked to Prince Nan Xuanye's forehead to check his pulse, and re-examined.
"Queen Mother! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has slowly recovered, and now as long as he recuperates well for a period of time, his body will slowly get better, but His Royal Highness the Prince's mood and spirit are still a little weak, and it depends on His Royal Highness the Prince's own slow recovery! The old lady slowly raised her head and looked at the change in Queen Su's expression in front of her.
"Okay, you continue to follow your prescription for diagnosis and treatment, it's too hard to be a doctor! Come, bring a reward! After Empress Su finished speaking, the guards outside quickly brought a hundred taels of gold and silver and sent it to the imperial doctor.
At this time, the imperial doctor who had just picked up a life from the ghost gate was still on the verge of collapse, looking at the reward sent in a blink of an eye in front of him, almost his heart was about to jump out, on one side was the cliff that cut off his head, and on the other hand was the gold and silver of the reward, and his life was almost to be explained here, but unfortunately this imperial doctor had no way back, when he worked hard to get to the position of the chief imperial doctor of the East Palace, didn't he just pin his head to the belt of his trousers, and face the danger of being beheaded at any time? The master of a rich and powerful family is always not easy to serve!
At this time, Nan Xuanye opened his eyes slightly, looked at the person in front of him, and felt anxious in his heart, Nan Xuanye is no longer alone, he represents the interests of all the princes and the party behind the position of the prince, he is not himself for a long time, and he can't come by his own temperament, people are floating in the rivers and lakes, how can they not be stabbed, people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, every step he takes now has already pushed himself to the road of fighting for imperial power, this is his life, and it is also his life task, and it is a difficult choice that must be walked up.
"Thank you, Queen!" After the old lady doctor received the gold, he quietly retreated, and only he found out that when he returned to his own residence in the East Palace after leaving Zhaoyang Palace, he closed the door and had already collapsed to the ground and began to pee his pants.
"Prince, are you awake? How do you feel now, what do you want to eat, the queen mother will send someone to do it for you! Queen Su excitedly circled around Nan Xuanye, who had woken up in front of her, her heart was resurrected again, and an excited smile appeared on her face again, no matter how difficult the road ahead is, she will definitely support this son all the way, not afraid of life and death, must go all the way to the end, their mother and son have no way out, either you die or I die, imperial power has always been forged by blood and tears!
"The child is fine, Queen Mother, go back and rest first! Today I just want to rest quietly for a day, and tomorrow I will start to make new plans, and make new plans for every step in the future! ”
Queen Su looked at the prince Nan Xuanye in front of her in surprise, only to see Nan Xuanye raise her eyes and look at her mother: "Queen Mother, please give me the last day of time to say goodbye, the child wants to say goodbye to the past, Nan Xuanye is still the former prince, he will not change, since he has chosen this path, he will go down bravely, a woman does not represent anything, but there will always be a time when I am willful, please give me the willfulness of the last day, I want to wave goodbye to it!" ”
At this time, the prince Nan Xuanye, his emotions were almost choked for a while, he was not a person who was easy to have emotions, but until now he has been decadent for more than ten days, he has almost exhausted half of his life's strength, a man who once did not take women seriously, did not take feelings seriously, and all his energy was on the road to power, just like a monk who has been eating Buddha for a long time, once he tastes it once, steals it once, after the first acquaintance, the whole person's life is actually an adventure, gambling on his political career fate, this is the most risky one, has not yet experienced the allure of emotion, but has tasted the punishment and betrayal of emotions in advance, this is the first big heel planted by Nan Xuanye in his life! He actually didn't want to admit that he had fallen in love with Xia Yinbing, and you had this woman.
"Actually, the child always thought that it was just an emotional game between me and her, but I didn't expect to fall into it so deeply!"
"Prince! It's just a dream, the Queen Mother allows you to keep such thoughts and states for this day, this is the last day, the other Queen Mother doesn't want to hear it, you also have to think about your identity and future! Stop there! Queen Su sat on Nan Xuanye's side, looked at her son who was still mentally weak in front of her, and severely reprimanded and stopped her.
Nan Xuanye looked at Queen Su in front of her, her heart sank inexplicably, she stopped talking, closed her eyes alone, and fell back on the mat quietly, closing her eyes to recuperate, at this time the lotus shadow behind her had already sent a bowl of soup and medicine.
"Come, the queen mother will feed you a decoction!" After Queen Su finished speaking, she took the decoction from Lianying's hand, and gently scooped a spoonful with a spoon and put it on her mouth and blew it gently, but she hadn't sent it to Prince Nan Xuanye's mouth yet, her left hand was light, and she raised her eyes to see that Prince Nan Xuanye in front of her took the soup bowl and drank it in one go.
Queen Su looked at the scene in front of her with both regret and pride, regret that she did not have the opportunity to serve her son so closely, since birth, the prince Nan Xuanye was held and left his side, according to the standard of the prince, learn to practice martial arts, read, take care of the child with a wet nurse, read with a teacher, check the homework with the old emperor, all she can do is to look at it from afar, look at it from afar, between mother and son, respect and closeness, strict more than gentle, many things, she is hard to speak, and estrangement is inevitable.
"Queen Mother, I'm done drinking, you go back early, rest early, it's been hard these days!" Prince Nan Xuanye tried his best to make his voice sound pertinent and powerful, instead of lying on the bed softly and waiting for someone to serve him, now his future has been greatly affected, and his father has caught him missing the decadent appearance of women, which has to be said to be another important blow to Nan Xuanye!
At this time, just when Empress Su wanted to go back, Lianying quickly came back and said to Empress Su and Prince Nan Xuanye in front of her: "Returning to the Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Song of the Military Department and Song Chengxuan, the guard general of the Northern Frontier, have visited!" ”
"Let them in, it's just the right time, it seems that the prince doesn't have time to remember the past, now we have more important things to discuss!"
Prince Nan Xuanye put on a regular dress with the help of Cheng Yu at this time, still lying on the bed, and smiled lightly: "What the queen mother said is that the child has no problems now. ”
The mother and son were greeting, and Song Shijie, the secretary of the military department, and Song Chengxuan, the eldest son, had already walked in one after the other.
"Meet the Queen Mother, Your Royal Highness the Prince!" Song Chengxuan and Song Shijie saluted together to Queen Su and Nan Xuan in front of them.
"Get up! Now that we are all a family, you are welcome, please take a seat! Lotus Shadow, tea! Stand down, y'all! With Queen Su's order, many people silently withdrew together, and after Lianying brought two cups of tea, she also automatically withdrew and closed the door.
Nan Xuanye looked at Song Shijie and Song Chengxuan in front of him, hooked his lips and smiled: "What is the court like now, are they all telling me about Nan Xuanye's jokes?" Father-in-law, brother-in-law, it's hard for you, I've been contributing to Nan Xuanye's affairs, so that you can watch other people's jokes in the court! ”
Song Chengxuan looked at the people in front of him, and couldn't help but say it: "His Royal Highness the Prince, there have been a lot of rumors about you in the capital now, and the emperor is also very disappointed in you, and now many things in the court have slowly shifted to the side of the King of Southern Xinjiang. ”
"Cheng Xuan! Shut up! Song Shijie, the secretary of the military department, looked at Nan Xuanye in front of him and still maintained a relaxed face, without any expression, but he couldn't help but stop the eldest son's outspokenness, now is really not the time to say these nonsense, it will only increase the negative emotions of the prince Nan Xuanye!
"It doesn't matter, Chengxuan has always been Xiao Wang's brother in life and death, he can say this, it is exactly what Xiao Wang I need at the moment, there is one who stands on the side at any time and pours cold water on Xiao Wang, this is a very good thing, it can stimulate fighting spirit more, why not, the more the merrier!"
"The day before yesterday, the emperor broke through the most embarrassing scene of the prince, lost a lot of temper, very annoyed, the emperor has been in retreat, and it can be said that he is deaf to what is happening outside, he now learns the news of the prince, it is obvious that he was provoked by someone with a heart, prince, this time is the best opportunity you give the opponent to attack you! You have to remember this lesson! ”
The crown prince Nan Xuanye did not have any response to this matter, looked at the three people in front of him, including Queen Su, Song Shijie, and Song Chengxuan, and replied directly: "Even everyone, it is Xiao Wang that I have recklessly this time, and now I just want to find an opportunity to redeem my father's negative image of Nan Xuanye, and make my father happy again, in this way, it is just right to redeem our decline!" ”
"Actually, this time the emperor has already given us a chance, didn't I hear that the emperor ordered the queen to prepare a birthday banquet for the virtuous concubine Ruan Hongmei? It is better to take advantage of this birthday banquet, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the initiative to ask the emperor to go to the northwest to deal with the pacification of horse thieves, the horse thieves in the northwest have formed a lot of hidden dangers, the past three officials of the Great Zhou faction were assassinated by horse thieves, and now where is obviously the formation of a horse thief's comfort nest, as long as he continues to make military achievements, to restore the emperor's decadent image of His Royal Highness the Prince, in this way, the emperor will also take care of the father-son relationship and pay attention to His Royal Highness the Prince again! ”
The words of the military department Shangshu made the eyes of Queen Su in front of her light up, she turned around and looked at the prince Nan Xuanye in front of her, and saw the prince's weak body in a flash, thought for a while and muttered: "The prince's body needs more than ten days of rest to recover, but the birthday of the virtuous concubine on the fifteenth day of this month is about to begin, and the palace will start to continue to operate this matter in a few days, and she will be angry when she thinks about it, and a queen in this palace wants to give a concubine a birthday banquet!" What a rage! ”
Queen Su's pretty face turned red, her face was full of murderous aura, the ten finger guards rubbed against each other, and the sharp nail covers were about to be inserted into Concubine Xian's face now.
"The queen and forbearance, this is the old man from the people around the virtuous concubine Niangniang's daily preferences, as long as you prepare according to the list above, there will be no big problems, besides, the virtuous concubine Niangniang is just a concubine in the end, she is not qualified to make any statement to the dignified queen, you personally prepare, it is already enough to give the virtuous concubine face!"
"The crown prince is not loved by the emperor now, and the palace has to personally prepare a birthday banquet for the proud concubine, how do you feel that all the unlucky things have been encountered by our mother and son!"
Empress Su's eyes sank, and she looked at Song Shijie, the secretary of the military department on the side: "Have you recently installed our people in the two places of the king and the concubine of Southern Xinjiang?" ”
Song Shijie immediately nodded affirmatively: "Go back to Niangniang!" It has been arranged a long time ago, but the situation in front of us does not seem to be favorable to us at all, the current prince of southern Xinjiang and the virtuous concubine Niangniang are particularly vigilant, our people can't get close at all, they have any secret conversations, they will send people to guard everywhere, and it is very difficult to steal the news! ”
Prince Nan Xuanye listened to Song Shijie's words with his ears pricked up at this time, and smiled slightly: "It seems that it is really Xiao Wang and I have missed it, they are thieves and vigilant to guard against us, then we will deal with them in the same way, in the future, any of us will discuss the news, except for our own people, no one should take it, maybe the person we trust every day is the villain they raise or has been bought by them, Queen Mother, don't trust the lotus shadow around you too much!" ”
Queen Su's eyes sank, and she thought for a long time: "Okay! The prince is right! ”
"In the future, in addition to our own people, any people who come close will be killed immediately! Also, Nan Yanlie, the king of Southern Xinjiang, and Concubine Xian are close to anyone every day, and what are the officials who often run to their side! Let's start with those officials, grab these people's pigtails, as long as they have anything to do with the king of southern Xinjiang, we must find out, at the birthday banquet of the virtuous concubine Niangniang, why don't we join them! Look at how the father wants to deal with the virtuous concubine and the king of southern Xinjiang, of course, deal with it carefully, if it is really not suitable, we will refer to them at the court meeting about the king of southern Xinjiang, about the virtuous concubine Niangniang, naturally we had better find out the pigtails, if it is not suitable, as long as the king of southern Xinjiang is not happy, the birthday banquet of the virtuous concubine Niangniang, I am afraid that it will not be much worry! ”
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