Chapter Ninety-Eight: A Chance Encounter in the Garden
Dark Eight honestly reported the matter of the prince returning the sachet in the garden and the girl bandaging her wound to King Duan.
King Duan pondered for a moment and said, "In the future, if it is not related to the girl's safety, don't report it." The king sent you to protect her, not to spy on her. ”
Dark Eight: But Dark Seven has explained, the son of the world is very dangerous!
Today, King Duan made an appointment with Yu Shizi, Zhao Xiaohou, Shen Da, and Cheng Shao to have dinner in Lianyun Pavilion, and told him about the suspicion that Ji Guifei was going to kill the queen.
"The queen has been bedridden for many days, recuperating behind closed doors, and it is not difficult to poison her, but I don't know how the Ji Party will blame the prince." King Duan looked at Shizi Dao, and he didn't know what happened last night.
"If you want to add sin, there is no excuse!" Shizi recovered an iceberg face and sneered: "It's just that if I don't destroy her Ji Party, I still won't die."
"The calamity of the Ji party, the calamity of the eunuchs, the calamity will not be eliminated for a day, and the country will be restless for a day." King Duan picked up the flask and poured a full glass for Shizi, "If you remind me, I will return it to you as it is." There are many things that we don't want to do or not, and it's up to us whether we do it or not. ”
Shizi raised his head and drank the wine dry, nodded and said, "Okay!" I'm out of the way, I want to see that I've retreated to such a situation, who else has to be forced to do so! ”
Shen Congxi also drank it all.
After the crown prince was deposed, his father and younger brother were in a panic, and finally the queen protected the eldest sister Shen Shunhua, but now the queen is sick again, if the queen is not there, the eldest sister is there, I don't know how it will change one day.
Last night, his father Shen An and his younger brother Shen Congcao had a secret conversation with him, wanting to find out if King Duan had the heart to be on the throne. said that the prince's old ministry was still holding the heart of making a comeback, but if the queen fell, the trees would fall and scatter, and they would each take refuge in the next new lord to support.
"My father said that most of the old ministers in the court agree to establish a long, and you have already occupied a 'long', unless, Ji Guifei becomes the successor, then the king can occupy a 'long' word." Shen Congxi said: "So the position of the queen is very important, and the queen can't fall!" ”
Cheng Hanbai remembered the conversation between his father and him before returning to Beijing, and also said: "The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the people who have you Duanwang, and the generals of the important towns on the nine sides, are mostly inclined to you, and there is no decent military power in the hands of King Xian, if you want to talk about martial rebellion, King Kang, who has the support of Dongchang, is stronger." ”
"The chamberlain is not monolithic." Zhao Muzhe said, "They are divided into several parts internally, between the East Factory and the West Factory, Jinyi Guard, and the Overseer, no one obeys anyone. Besides, although Ji Chuan is only in charge of Jin Wuwei, his power is much greater than that of my Yu Lin Wei. ”
"Chaos is our chance." Xie Ruijiao put down the cup in his hand, and glanced at several partners in front of him with a torch-like gaze: "The arrow is on the string, you can live if you advance, and you will die if you retreat!" ”
"That's right! If you can live, you will die! Xie Yuanyu couldn't help but want to applaud Xie Ruiji.
After enduring it for a long time, and finally waited for King Duan to speak, several people in the audience became excited, and whispered about the situation between the DPRK and China and their own judgments.
"My sister entered the palace this morning, and it was Concubine Xu who summoned her." Cheng Hanbai whispered to Xie Ruijiao.
Xie Rui's eyebrows skipped a beat: "You let her enter the palace as little as possible, the situation in the palace is too complicated, I'm afraid that she will be used." Especially don't get involved in the queen's illness, now is the time when the relationship is delicate, if she falls into it, then we will be passive. ”
Cheng Hanbai's younger sister Cheng Haitang is exercising in the imperial garden with her godgrandmother Concubine Xu. Haitang and Concubine Xu took off their shoes together and walked back and forth on a section of cobblestone road wearing only cloth socks.
"Concubine Niangniang, as long as you insist on walking a cup of tea every day, and then soak your feet in medicinal herbs when you go back, the symptoms of cold hands and feet will slowly disappear." Haitang helped Concubine Xu sit down slowly, and Moshu put on shoes for the concubine.
"No matter! I'll leave this old bone to you to toss! Concubine Xu smiled, "I'm also tired, you go to Qinghe Palace to see Concubine Ji, I'm going back to the palace." ”
After sending off the concubine, Haitang sat down, took off the cloth socks and shook them clean, and was about to put the socks back on, when a laugh came from the side: "Nizi from there, dare to take off your shoes and socks here?" ”
Begonia didn't care that she didn't even wear her socks, so she hid her two bare feet under her skirt.
A thin young man came out of the bushes, he coughed lightly twice, and took two steps forward, he saw that Begonia did not look like a palace maid, nor did he look like a concubine, so he asked again, "Who are you?" Walk around this palace at will, how come I have never seen you? ”
Haitang saw that he was weak and sickly, and the sleeves of his clothes were embroidered with dragon patterns, so he hurriedly saluted him and said: "Courtier Cheng Haitang, I have seen the six princes!" ”
"You know me?" The sixth prince had just turned sixteen years old, but he looked several years older than Begonia.
"Courtier...... Guess. Begonia was still pulling her skirt, taking care not to show her feet.
Xie Ruibin saw her embarrassment, smiled, and coughed a few times: "I don't look at you, you quickly put on your shoes and socks and then reply." With that, he turned away.
Haitang hurriedly put on her shoes and socks, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, Sixth Prince." ”
Xie Ruibin walked to the stone she had just sat on and sat down, a layer of sweat was already on her forehead, and when the wind blew, she couldn't help but cough again.
Haitang carefully observed his complexion, and remembered that Xie Ruizhu had said that Xie Ruibin's illness was brought out of his mother's womb, so he looked at it a few more times.
"What do you think I'm doing? Haven't you ever seen anyone get sick? Xie Ruibin was a little angry.
"I've seen people get sick, but I've never seen people get sick and die." Haitang said seriously: "You have fetal poison in your body that has not been removed. ”
Xie Ruibin smiled and said, "I thought you could say something!" This old saying is not the same as everyone else! ”
"You have poison in your body, but it's not the cause of your cough." Begonia blinked and said, "Has this been said too?" ”
Xie Ruibin was silent, and the imperial doctor always said that it was the fetal poison that had not been exhausted, which caused him to be ill for a long time and the poison entered his heart and lungs, so he coughed constantly.
"Would you like me to take the pulse?" Begonia tilted her head and asked him.
Xie Ruibin didn't speak, hesitated for a moment, but still stretched out his hand. Begonia crouched at his feet and placed his wrists on his own thighs. Despite the underwear, he could still feel the two thin long legs of the six princes.
Haitang carefully tasted the pulse, and motioned for him to change hands to confirm it. He quickly withdrew his hand and stood up.
"Sixth Prince, I saw it right. Your fetal poison comes from the poison that your mother drank when she was pregnant with you, and although it was detoxified, some of the toxin has been passed on to you through the afterbirth. The toxin has actually been suppressed by your body and slowly settled on your feet, which is why you have recently started to walk painfully. ”
Xie Ruibin was shocked! His legs below the knees did have a light layer of black, but the doctor said that it was caused by too little activity and blood stasis. So he had to go out for a walk even if he endured leg pain.
Cheng Haitang's diagnosis is very different from what the doctor said!
"Your cough is caused by the deficiency of yin and yang, and the deficiency of lung qi and yin, which is what we call tuberculosis." Haitang looked at his uncertain face and said slowly.
Xie Ruibin's hand clenched into a fist.
Haitang comforted him and said, "It's still too late to heal." Acupuncture three times, first try to remove the toxins in the legs, tuberculosis treatment time is not long, but if you want to return to a normal physique, it will take some time. ”
Xie Ruibin looked up at her, as if trying to read what kind of person she was on her face.
After a while he said, "I don't want people to know that you have treated me, especially my mother." The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. We've wanted it too many times over the years...... You, are you going to leave the palace? ”
Haitang shook her head and said, "I'm going to see Concubine Ji before I go out." ”
"Concubine Ji? Are you familiar with my third brother? Xie Ruibin asked curiously.
Haitang pursed her lips and smiled: "My brother is Cheng Hanbai, and they are more familiar. ”
Xie Ruibin nodded and smiled lightly: "It turned out to be General Cheng's daughter, no wonder she is very bold." Your brother shot Prince Warat a few days ago, and he was very majestic, very good! ”
He thought about it and said, "Since I am a friend of the third brother, I will go and ask the third brother if he can borrow his palace to cure the disease." ”
Haitang nodded, made a blessing and retired, and turned around and went to Qinghe Palace.