Chapter 48: The Earthquake
She knew that diagnosing Emperor Jianning's pulse would not play the slightest role in Emperor Jianning's condition, but it seemed that only by feeling Emperor Jianning's weak pulse would her heart be slightly calm.
Seeing that Ning Xiao persuaded Ye Tingfeng, Ning Shi picked up a thin brocade quilt from one side and covered Ye Tingfeng's body, and raised her hand to put down the bright yellow bed curtain.
Listening to Kaede's long breath, the pain in my head was terrible. She pressed her forehead against Emperor Jianning's shoulder and slowly closed her red and swollen eyes.
I didn't sleep all night, and I worked hard again and again, and I was already very tired when I heard it at night. She sniffed the familiar smell on Emperor Jianning's body, and her consciousness slowly became blurred.
In the haze, Ye Tingfeng felt that someone gently picked her up and put her down, took off her palace clothes, and untied her chest.
Breathing became smoother, and the night listened to the maple head tilted and fell asleep.
In his sleep, he was excited, and he opened his eyes violently. What caught the eye was Emperor Jianning's smiling face.
The spirit is very good, and the eyes are shining like ink spots.
Ye Tingfeng stretched out his hand to caress Emperor Jianning's slightly white handsome face, and asked in a stunned voice, "Wanyan Zhe, am I dreaming?" ”
Emperor Jianning shook his head, and said with a smile after spreading out Ye Tingfeng's bun, "You didn't dream. ”
Listening to the night, Feng fiercely stuck his head in Emperor Jianning's arms, and choked up. The slender hand probed into Emperor Jianning's bedclothes, and Ye Tingfeng touched Emperor Jianning's hot skin.
Her heart tightened, she looked at Emperor Jianning with teary eyes, and asked in a trembling voice, "Wanyan Zhe, what Gu did you fall into?" ”
"I ......" Emperor Jianning stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Ye Tingfeng's eyes, and said with a smile, "I'm fine, Mu'er, I'm really fine." ”
"It's still hot." The little hand grossed on Emperor Jianning's chest, and Ye Tingfeng bit his lip and said with red eyes, "It's cold for a while, it's hot for a while, it scares me." ”
Emperor Jianning pressed Ye Tingfeng's small hand moving around, and laughed in a low voice, "Obedient, don't move, I don't have the strength now." ”
Seeing the ridicule in Emperor Jianning's eyes, Ye Tingfeng pinched Emperor Jianning hard, and said angrily, "At this time, you still have the heart to laugh!" ”
"Who made you look good?" Emperor Jianning's burning lips fell behind Ye Tingfeng's ears, causing Ye Tingfeng to shudder.
Lowering his head, Ye Tingfeng saw that he was only halfway through his bright yellow bedclothes, and the placket was wide, revealing a piece of snow tenderness.
"It's not you yet! You're not well yet! "I heard Feng pull the brocade quilt at night and wrap himself tightly.
"It's not comfortable to sleep in clothes." Emperor Jianning woke up and saw that Ye Tingfeng's eyes were red and swollen, and he was still wearing the palace clothes he wore when he left Guan Ju Palace yesterday, so he knew that Ye Tingfeng had been keeping watch in front of his bed all night.
Lu Shi's voice came from far away, "Queen Mother, Prime Minister Meng Cheng has arrived." ”
Emperor Jianning was surprised when he heard this, "What are you doing with Meng Zizong?" ”
"Wan Yan Zhe, if you don't wake up, I won't be able to support it." Ye Tingfeng shed tears again, bit his lip and said, "Today, Prime Minister Yu Cheng came to see you with an eight-hundred-mile rush, there was an earthquake in Zhangcheng, and the officials stationed in Zhangcheng colluded with Caokou and supported the army to rebel......
Chapter 264 The actual situation in Zhangcheng Zhangcheng was much more serious than what Ye Ting Feng said, otherwise she wouldn't have been so flustered.
Dayue Mountain has many fields and few roads, and Zhangcheng is near the water, which has become an important waterway transportation hub in the eastern part of Dayue. The earthquake in Zhangcheng not only turned thousands of houses in Zhangcheng into ruins, but also blocked the Huaihe River outside Zhangcheng.
The river that changed the course of the river was like a wild beast out of the cage, rushing straight to the Yuandong adjacent to Zhangcheng, and flooded the Yuandong in less than three days.
Zhangcheng and Yuandong turned into ruins, and tens of thousands of people were displaced.
At such times, the officials and generals stationed in Zhangcheng and Yuandong not only did not send troops to relieve the disaster and appease the feelings of the victims, but instead united to raise troops and rebel on the grounds of natural disasters, inciting the people to rebel.
Today, the rebel army has reached 20,000 men, of which 8,000 are renegade regulars, and the rest are desperate victims.
Emperor Jianning didn't care that his health was not good, he called Ning Shi Ningxiao to come in and change his clothes, and put Prime Minister Meng Cheng in the study.
Meng Cheng only learned about Zhangcheng's affairs in the afternoon, and when he heard that Prime Minister Yu had knelt in front of the Qingxin Hall for a long time, he only got an unknown will, and he was very confused.
It just so happened that there was a decree in the palace to urge him to enter the palace, and he even had to change his official uniform in a hurry.
After Emperor Jianning went to the study, he couldn't sleep at night. She asked Ning Shi to smile and find her clean clothes, and she got up.
It happened that Liu brought the prince and Wen Qing in, and Ye Tingfeng asked Wen Qing to bring the prince back to Guan Ju Palace.
Now that Emperor Jianning has woken up, although the matter of Gu poison has not yet been clarified, she has put down a boulder in her heart.
In less than half a pillar of incense, Emperor Jianning successively passed Yu Lang, Lu Boyun, Liu An, Xie Donghua, Liu Wenming and several other courtiers who were quite important in the court on weekdays to enter the palace and discuss the affairs of Zhangcheng together.
During this period, Ye Tingfeng has been sitting in the inner hall of the Qingxin Palace, looking at the darkening sky and feeling worried.
Ning Shi and Ning Xiao had said that it would take at least three days for Emperor Jianning's Gu poison to pass each episode. She was afraid that Emperor Jianning would fall after discussing things with his ministers, which would make the entire government and the opposition panic.
At two o'clock, Ning poems were given to the night to listen to the maple meal. Several little palace maids came in and placed a bowl of rice porridge and a few side dishes with meat and vegetables in front of Li Qingcao.
"Is the emperor available for dinner?" Listening to the night maple raised his head and asked Ning Shi.
When Emperor Jianning woke up, he made noise and entered the study, and he didn't come out for almost two hours at this time.
"The queen, the emperor is busy with government affairs, and he will have dinner after discussing things for a while. You can use some first......" Ning Shi replied.
Ye Tingfeng nodded, reached out to take the small lotus leaf-shaped porridge bowl, and took a sip with a white jade spoon.
"Queen Mother, you can use some more dishes, these are all you like to eat." Ning Shi picked up the chopsticks and gave the night to listen to the maple cloth.
"I'll do it myself." Ye Tingfeng picked up the silver chopsticks and ate the vegetables himself.
The warm porridge and delicious side dishes fell into the stomach, and the spirit of Ye Tingfeng was much better.
Zhiliu came in and stood beside Ye Tingfeng, and said to Ye Tingfeng, "Queen Mother, the prince has already had dinner, and today's martial arts use half a bowl of sweet osmanthus porridge more than in the past." ”
Ye listened to Feng nodding and concentrating on eating.
There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the partition, and it was silent again.
Emperor Jianning walked in from outside, saw that Ye Tingfeng was eating, and slowly walked to Ye Tingfeng's side and sat down.
Ning Shi hurriedly added a bowl of porridge and handed it to Emperor Jianning.
Ye Tingfeng had porridge in his mouth and put his left hand on Emperor Jianning's right wrist.
"What are you doing?" Emperor Jianning's hand holding chopsticks paused there, raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.
Swallowing what was in his mouth, Ye Tingfeng replied, "Give you a pulse." ”
"Will you check the pulse?" Emperor Jianning became interested, and after putting down the porridge bowl, he asked, "Why have I never heard you mention it?" ”
"Because I didn't need it, I forgot it myself." Listen to Kaede's disapproving reply.
"So, what's wrong with my body?" Emperor Jianning looked at the little woman in front of him who had pulled her hair in a simple bun, and said softly, "But it's good?" ”
Ye listened to Feng didn't reply, and after letting go of Emperor Jianning's hand, he scooped up a spoonful of porridge and handed it to Emperor Jianning's mouth.
Emperor Jianning's skin is still hot and scorching, but his pulse is very strong.
"Judging by the pulse, you are not sick." Ye Tingfeng put down the empty spoon and put some side dishes into Emperor Jianning's bowl.
"That's disease-free." Emperor Jianning picked up the dishes and chopsticks to eat by himself, with a light smile, and ate sweetly.
After the two finished eating, Ning Shi asked the little palace maid to come in and collect the table, and Ning Xiao turned around and retreated.
In the interval between listening to Feng drinking tea at night, Emperor Jianning got up and went to the study, and came back after a while, and handed a book of folds to Ye Tingfeng.
Ye Tingfeng took it and put it on the small table to open it, and saw that it was the one she had passed through Zhu Pi. She originally only wrote six words on the fold, but now the fold has been approved by Emperor Jianning.
Putting the fold to the side, Ye Tingfeng lowered his head and said with a weak heart, "Wanyan Zhe, will you blame me?" Look at the excerpts, fall Zhu criticism, and fake the holy decree ......"
"What do you say?" Emperor Jianning asked softly.
Ye Tingfeng raised his head slightly, looked at Emperor Jianning's unhappy and angry face and guessed, "It should be, no." ”
If he was really angry, he would have yelled at her a long time ago, where would he have a meal with her.
"Actually, I blame you in my heart." Emperor Jianning sat down beside Ye Tingfeng, sighed and said, "You shouldn't drop Zhu Pi on the fold, and what you shouldn't do is let Yu Lang out of the palace." ”
Ye Ting Feng was dumbfounded, and defended with Emperor Jianning, "At that time, he knelt outside the Qingxin Palace and didn't leave, he had to see you before leaving, and you didn't wake up, I ......"
"Mu'er, if you don't drop Zhu Pi on the fold, it's not too much to blast him out of the palace. But if you fall into Zhu Criticism, you can't let him out of the palace. With a light sigh, Emperor Jianning analyzed, "The handwriting of the Zhu Pi you fell is different from mine, but I am afraid that Yu Lang will already know that I am not lightly ill the moment he sees the excerpt." He insisted on seeing me just to find out. Asking for nothing is equivalent to verifying the conjecture in his heart......"
Ye Tingfeng's face turned pale because of Emperor Jianning's words, she pulled Emperor Jianning's sleeve and asked, "I, I didn't get into trouble, I shouldn't look at the excerpt and shouldn't be so reckless......"
"Fortunately, I woke up in time." Emperor Jianning looked at Ye Tingfeng, who was in tears, and said, "Mu'er, remember, if there is a next time, you can directly detain Lang in the palace and not let him leave the palace." He said to the public that he was discussing with me, and that the news of my serious illness and unconsciousness must not be allowed to spread outside the palace. ”
Ye Tingfeng nodded again and again, and grabbed Emperor Jianning's hand tightly and said, "I'm afraid, I'm afraid that something will happen, and I have already let Mrs. Miao and Qing Xiuyi be monitored." ”
"That's not enough, Mu'er, you have a phoenix seal in your hand, if something really happens, the first thing you have to do is not to go and see a few concubines who have imperial heirs, but to dispatch the Imperial Forest Army to completely block the connection between the palace and the outside world......" Caressing the green silk of the night listening to Feng, Emperor Jianning smiled, "Then ......"
"Not then!" Hearing that fear suddenly rose in Ye Tingfeng's heart, she raised her hand to cover Emperor Jianning's lips to prevent him from saying any more, "Wan Yan Zhe, you are good, this kind of thing will not happen." Today I panicked......"
Emperor Jianning hugged Ye Tingfeng, who was trembling slightly, into his arms and continued, "Then get the jade seal and put Yu'er on the throne......"
Emperor Jianning woke up, but his illness was not cured. When it was time to arrive, Emperor Jianning fell into a coma again, and his body temperature rose and fell back and forth in the two heavens of ice and fire.
With the experience of the previous day, listening to Feng at night commanding Lu Zhi, Zhiliu Ningshi smiled and prepared a brocade quilt, a stove, an ice box, and ice water.
From the time of the day until the sky was getting brighter, Emperor Jianning's body temperature returned to normal. It's just that his face is very pale, and there is no trace of blood.
When Emperor Jianning had already fainted for a long time when he came to the Qingxin Hall the day before, he didn't pay attention to how many times Emperor Jianning's body temperature had burned and dropped in a panic.
This time, she remembered with her heart that Emperor Jianning's body temperature would change every half an hour. From fainting and burning hot, to now slowly coming to normal, a total of seven transformations.
After Zhiliu and Ning Shi smiled and packed up all the warm and cool things in the dormitory, Ning Shi walked to Ye Tingfeng's side and said, "Queen Mother, you haven't closed your eyes all night, the slave has turned off a few palace lights, you can rest for a while." ”
Ye listened to Feng nodded, and did not insist as much as the day before. Emperor Jianning had already woken up once, and she had three points of confidence in her heart.
Raised his hand to take off the hairpin that fixed the bun, and said to Ning Shi, "Let Lu Shi spread the word, the emperor's dragon body is not safe, and he is still closed today." ”
Ning Shi nodded, helped Ye Tingfeng to lie down on the dragon bed, and raised her hand to put down the bright yellow bed curtain.
Ye Tingfeng looked through the tulle and watched Ning Xiao and Zhiliu extinguish the candlesticks that were burning in the dormitory one by one, leaving only two.
The light in the dormitory dimmed.
After about half an hour, the light in the dormitory became bright again.
It's dawning.
Ye Tingfeng turned over, hugged Emperor Jianning's arm and buried his face in it. She hoped that she would fall asleep soon, and when she opened her eyes again, Emperor Jianning had already woken up like yesterday.
It's a pity that Ye Tingfeng didn't get her wish, and she was woken up by Ning Shi in less than two hours after she fell asleep.
After looking at the bright yellow dress in front of him for a moment, Ye Tingfeng reached out to his side fiercely.
Emperor Jianning has not woken up yet, and his body temperature is normal, just like when he was in a coma yesterday.
After exhaling deeply, Ye Tingfeng set his eyes on Ning Shi's body, "But something?" ”
"Queen Mother, Mrs. Miao came to visit the emperor." Ning Shi's eyebrows tugged at a pimple, and she looked at Ye Tingfeng and said, "The slaves and maids can't stop it, so they can only come in and pass it." ”
Ye Tingfeng's head hurt badly all of a sudden, and his face turned pale, "What kind of mess is she coming......
"The queen mother, the slave is incompetent." Ning Shi bowed her head and admitted her mistake, her face full of guilt.
"It's none of your business." Ye Tingfeng shook his head and said, "She is a lady, you are a slave, if she really doesn't care about anything, you can't stop it." Fortunately, I haven't come in yet, so let's change my clothes......"
Mrs. Miao stood outside the Qingxin Palace, standing against the huge sun for half an hour, and fine sweat appeared on the side of her forehead and nose. The tightly wrapped chest was stuck to the back with sweat, and it was a little itchy.
She looked at Mei Xiang, the palace maid carrying the food box beside her, and said coldly, "You go and ask Gonggong Lu again." ”
can sit in the position of the lady, and Mrs. Miao's eyeliner in the palace is not harmonious. She already knew that the national teacher had not entered the palace to treat Emperor Jianning's illness at all, and she had also heard that the seemingly indistinguishable Qingxin Hall would be busy at night during the day.
In the harem, what is the fight for, what is the fight? Isn't it all the favor given by Emperor Jianning?
Emperor Jianning is here, and these concubines can be dressed and fed, and they are high. If Emperor Jianning is not there, how he will live in the future, there are two to say.
Mrs. Miao has a son under her knees, so she doesn't have to worry about the future, but the honor of the first queen mother since the founding of Dayue really made her heartbroken.
Mei Xiang was embarrassed after listening to Mrs. Miao's words, raised her eyes and looked at Mrs. Miao, and said yes weakly, carrying the food box to inquire with Gonggong Lu, who was standing in front of the Qingxin Palace.
Just half an hour ago, Mrs. Miao spoke very politely to Lu Shi, and she had the posture of breaking in.
Who is Lu Shi? Lu Shi was the great eunuch in front of Emperor Jianning, and he was the chief eunuch of the entire harem.
Mrs. Miao is the master, and she has three princes raised under her knees, so she is deeply favored by Emperor Jianning, so there is no need to be afraid. But she Meixiang is just a palace maid, and she is a palace maid who is not favored by Mrs. Miao, she is afraid that she will lose her life unintentionally.
Lu Zhi stood in front of the Qingxin Palace, bowing his head in the direction of Mrs. Miao, and his heart was extremely unhappy.
He has been by the side of Emperor Jianning since he was a child, and it has been twenty years now.
When Emperor Jianning was the king of Jin, others had to look up when they saw him. Now that Emperor Jianning is the emperor, his status is even higher.
The concubines of this harem, regardless of their position, are polite when they see him, when have they ever suffered such an embarrassment today.
But no matter how angry he is in his heart, he can only endure it. Now Emperor Jianning is sick, and if he comes out here, he can't afford to bear it.
Therefore, seeing Mei Xiang walking towards him with something in her hand, Lu Zhi was not only bored, but also nervous in his heart.
The two minions stood together with very different thoughts, and before they could say a complete sentence, Ning Shi walked out of the Qingxin Palace.
Ning Shi's eyes swept over Lu Shi's body, and she stepped in small steps to Mrs. Miao's side, and bent down and said, "Mrs. Miao, the queen mother will pass you in." ”
Mrs. Miao raised her eyebrows, and her face showed a proud look.
She knew that Ye Tingfeng was here, and if she didn't know that Ye Tingfeng hadn't left in the Qingxin Hall for two days, she wouldn't have been worried in her heart.
In the inner hall, Ye Tingfeng was holding a bowl of mutton soup and drinking.
The best lamb was saved into small balls and simmered for two hours. The fragrance is overflowing, and the stomach is warm when drunk.
Mrs. Miao walked slowly to Ye Tingfeng, with a trace of worry on her jade face, and bent down, "The concubine is the queen mother." ”
"Mrs. Miao, please get up." Ye Tingfeng put the bowl down, took the brocade and wiped the corners of his mouth, his eyes cut around Mrs. Miao's body like a knife.
Mrs. Miao stood up straight, raised her beautiful eyes and glanced at Ye Tingfeng.
Eyes met with the cold gaze of Listening to Feng in the night, Mrs. Miao lowered her head weakly, her heart became inexplicably nervous, and the arrogance when she humiliated Lu Zhi outside the Qingxin Hall disappeared at once.
Ye Tingfeng didn't rest well, his eyes were astringent, and he was shaken by the gold ornaments on Mrs. Miao's head and subconsciously turned his head, and his eyes hurt faintly.
"Queen Mother, the concubine heard that you are here to serve the sick since the emperor is sick." Mrs. Miao lowered her head and said respectfully, "It's been two days and two nights, and even the iron body can't stand it." So I wanted to come to the Qingxin Palace to have a look, no matter how much the concubines didn't use it, they could also take a look at their eyes, help the emperor serve a cup of tea, and hand a water ......"
Feeling that there was no trace of softness on Ye Tingfeng's body, Mrs. Miao's voice became lower and lower, and finally she was like a mosquito and a fly.
Mrs. Miao said a lot, and only two of them were her sincerity, she wanted to go in to see Emperor Jianning.
Ye Tingfeng looked at Mrs. Miao again, raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, "Mrs. Miao has a heart." ”
Mrs. Miao looked up and looked at Ye Tingfeng again, and she didn't know what to say next. I only felt that today's night listening to Feng was different from the past, which made her feel cold in her heart.