CHAPTER XX
The snow fell all night, and finally stopped at sunrise, Concubine Rong also woke up at this time, Su Jin'an accompanied by the palace people to check Concubine Rong's pulse again, this time without Rong Chengyi's accompaniment, Su Jinan cut the pulse through the gauze tent, although she couldn't see Concubine Rong's complexion clearly, but from the pulse, the toxins in Concubine Rong's body had been basically cleared, and after confirming that Concubine Rong was fine, she instructed the palace people to pay attention to some matters that needed attention and exited the inner room.
Su Jin'an was about to go to her "master" Xie Huai at this time, and happened to meet an attendant who came in to invite her, saying that the second prince had been invited, Su Jin'an saw Xie Huai when he went out of the palace, and the two were taken to the side hall together.
In the side hall of Qionghua Palace, there were chamberlains and palace maids guarding the door, they stood respectfully with their heads bowed, and even their breathing was cautious, feeling like they were afraid of disturbing someone, but Su Jinan didn't care, after all, it was the first time she entered the palace, maybe these palace people are usually like this.
The attendant who led the way led Xie Huai and Su Jin'an to the hall, bowed down and said, "Second Highness, Lord Yan, the divine doctor and his disciples have arrived. ”
Su Jin'an's body stiffened for a moment when she heard the words "Lord Yan", she thought she had heard it wrong, she quickly looked up, and then saw Rong Cheng'an's iconic eyes, as well as the temperament that was colder than ice and snow, Su Jin'an was sure that this person was Rong Cheng'an, her body was even more stiff, it was really a coincidence, she just bumped into him the night before yesterday and was assassinated today, and he was bumped into the palace in disguise today, Su Jin'an was a little speechless.
Xie Huai, who was walking in front, also paused slightly when he heard the title of King Yan, but then returned to normal, and then knelt down and saluted: "The grass people see the Second Highness, Lord Yan." ”
Su Jinan hurriedly knelt down, silently reciting in her heart: You can't recognize me, you can't recognize me. However, it backfired, and Rong Chengjiao already recognized her the moment Su Jinan just raised her head.
"Alright, you go down." Rong Chengyi opened his mouth to the waiter who led the way.
The chamberlain who had been instructed quickly retreated, and Su Jinan felt that he was definitely twice as fast as when he came in.
"Alright, get up, there are no outsiders here." Rong Chengyi's voice sounded above his head.
Su Jinan lowered her head and slowly followed Xie Huai to get up, wanting to shrink into the corner and be an "apprentice" with no sense of existence, but it was obviously impossible.
"Jin'an, what are you doing standing so far away?" Rong Chengyi asked Su Jin'an a little strangely.
Su Jin'an, who was named by Rong Chengyi, wanted to cry without tears, she didn't want to deal with unpredictable people, Rong Chengyi gave her the feeling that it was too dangerous, he looked at Su Jin'an and always felt that her secrets had been discovered, she didn't want to be recognized, but she was directly named, Rong Chengyi is really a good teammate.
"This is my fifth brother, you saw it last time." Listening to Rong Chengyi's words, Su Jin'an had the urge to cover his mouth, and preemptively said before he could say the next sentence: "Second prince, the business is important." ”
Rong Chengyi immediately reacted, Su Jinan probably didn't want the fifth brother to know his identity, but even if he didn't say it, wouldn't the fifth brother recognize it? He can remember everything that the fifth brother has seen, but he is not talking about Su Jin'an.
Su Jinan saluted Rong Chengyi wordlessly, then took out a few pieces of paper from his cuffs, and said to Rong Chengyi: "This is the medical record I wrote and some precautions and suggestions for future conditioning, in triplicate, Concubine Rong left one from Niangniang, I gave one to Imperial Doctor Han, and this is for you." ”
"It's still thoughtful." Rong Chengyi took the paper in Su Jin'an's hand, looked at it a few times, and then put it away.
"Niangniang's poison has been removed, as long as I take care of it, can I leave the palace?" Su Jinan asked Rong Chengyi.
"I'm here to take you out of the palace, and I happened to meet the fifth brother and we were together." Rong Chengyi continued: "Let's go, I'll take you out of the palace." ”
"Fifth brother, go and take a look at the concubine, I'll be back in half an hour." Rong Chengyi said to Rong Chengyi.
"Hmm" Rong Chengjiao responded, and then walked out of the side hall first.
Su Jinan and Xie Huai followed behind Rong Chengyi, and as soon as they walked up the palace road, they saw a small chamberlain hurrying towards them in the distance, and Su Jinan had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, the little chamberlain walked up to Rong Chengyi and saluted: "See His Royal Highness the Second Prince, Your Majesty heard that Niangniang went to visit, and now she is in the Qionghua Palace, Your Majesty said that she wants to meet the divine doctor invited by His Royal Highness." ”
Su Jin secretly said in peace of mind, if she saw the emperor, wouldn't she be guilty of bullying the king?
Rong Chengyi glanced at Su Jin'an and said to the little waiter: "Well, I know, let's go." ”
"Don't worry, I will deal with it, whatever Your Majesty asks, you will answer, and I will go back and forth if you can't answer the questions." Rong Chengyi whispered to Xie Huai and Su Jin'an.
Within a moment, Su Jin'an came to Concubine Rong's bedroom again, unlike last time, there were a lot more people inside this time, and the chamberlains and palace maids stood in the courtyard in an orderly manner, roughly estimating that there were no less than thirty people. This time, Xie Huai and Su Jin'an did not enter the hall directly, but waited under the steps at the door to be summoned.
The sun has risen, but the temperature has not risen, it is still as cold as when Su Jin'an went out last night, and there is a white mist drifting between her breaths, Su Jin'an clenched her hand into a fist and shrunk it into her sleeve, in fact, she is also quite afraid of the cold. Su Jin'an's nose and ears were frozen red, looking like a rabbit. Today is the third day of the first lunar month, and I don't know if my grandfather knows about the news of her entering the palace, Su Jin thought to herself.
A quarter of an hour later, a father-in-law with a whisk came out and said to Xie Huai: "The two of you are the apprentices of the divine doctor, you have been waiting for a long time, Your Majesty has an invitation." ”
"Don't dare, father-in-law first." Xie Huai said modestly.
Su Jin'an moved her frozen feet and stepped up.
Father-in-law Chang took Xie Huai and Su Jin'an to the side hall, and said outside the door: "Your Majesty, the slave has invited someone." After that, a palace maid opened the door curtain, and the two followed Chang Gonggong in.
The room was very warm, and Su Jinan felt as comfortable as soaking in warm water, and the warm feeling made her even feel a lot less nervous about facing the king of a country.
Su Jin'an walked a few steps, and just saw a yellow figure, and before he had time to see the emperor's face, he honestly followed Xie Huai to bow down to the emperor: "Grass people Xie Huai and his disciples knock to see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe." ”
The emperor didn't let them get up immediately, but after a few breaths, he said, "Calm down, you are the miracle doctor that the second child said?" Did you cure the poison in Concubine Rong? The emperor's voice was gentle and mellow, although there was an irrefutable momentum, but it was not as serious as Su Jin'an imagined.
"The divine doctor doesn't dare to be a doctor, the grass people are just lucky, they happened to see this poison when they traveled abroad before, so they know the antidote to it." Xie Huai said respectfully.
After getting up, Su Jin'an's afterglow caught a glimpse of Rong Chengyi and Rong Chengyi, I don't know if it was her illusion, Su Jin'an always felt that there was a line of sight that kept staring at her, but she didn't know where it came from, she was just about to take a sneak peek, but as soon as she raised her eyes, she saw a pair of dark eyes, and the owner of the eyes was looking at her inquiringly, Su Jinan was startled, quickly lowered her head and stood up, and bowed her waist a few more points. Su Jin'an didn't show it on her face, but she was a little broken in her heart: who would tell her why the emperor was staring at her! What a situation!
Su Jin'an didn't know, the moment she lowered her head, the emperor looked at her like a frightened rabbit and lowered his head to reveal an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
"Don't be modest, since you have merit, then I will naturally reward it." The Emperor said slowly.
"Father, it's better for the sons to do this, the divine doctor saved the mother concubine, and the sons should do something for the divine doctor, so the reward will be handed over to the sons." Rong Chengyi took the emperor's words and said.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, I'll go see Concubine Rong again, and send the divine doctor out of the palace first." The emperor seemed to have lost interest in the doctor for some reason, and got up and left.
Su Jinan lowered her head, and saw the palace maid and eunuch embroidered with dragon patterns and soap boots with a slip of smoke passing in front of her eyes, she felt a lot more at ease, fortunately the emperor did not delve into it, otherwise this matter would definitely not be covered, although it is not a bad thing, but there is always a suspicion of neglecting the royal family, so it is best now.
The emperor's departure relieved several people in the room except Rong Chengyao, and Su Jinan was a little tired: "Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, can I go home now?" ”
"Of course, I'll send you back, otherwise Mu Qing should find someone to ask me for." Rong Chengyi smiled and said to Su Jin.
However, before a few people left the palace gate, they were stopped by a palace maid, Su Jinan hung her head and tried to control her urge to break out of the door, she kept telling herself to be steady, to be low-key, and it was important to get out of the palace.
"Second Highness, Niangniang, please come over." The palace maid wearing a lotus-colored palace dress said respectfully to Rong Chengyi.
"Okay, you go down first, and I'll be there later." Rong Chengyi hesitated for a moment and said.
"Yes, the slave and maid are gone."
"Then I won't send the two more, I will let Chen Qing take the two out of the palace, he is my trusted father-in-law, there is a carriage waiting at the gate of the palace, and the two will be sent to the place they want to go." Although Rong Chengyi said it to Xie Huai, he actually said it to Su Jin'an, after all, there are many people here, and it is not good for him to talk directly to Su Jin'an, a "little apprentice".
Su Jin'an just wanted to get out of the palace as soon as possible at this time, and she didn't care who took her away, so she hurriedly bent down and thanked her, and went with Xie Huai to the direction of leaving the palace with the father-in-law named Chen Qing.
"Fifth brother, do me a favor." Rong Chengyi turned his head to look at Rong Chengyi.
"Do what?" Rong Chengjiao was puzzled.
"Help me send Jin An back to Mei Xiumiao's house, I promised Su Mu that my daughter would be handed over to him intact, it's hard to break my promise." Rong Chengyi approached Rong Chengyi and whispered.
"It's not what I promised." Rong Chengjiao looked at the direction in which Su Jin'an disappeared, not knowing what he was thinking.
"So please do me a favor, I can't go, so I'll work hard for you to be a younger brother and help me go," Rong Chengyi patted Rong Chengyi's shoulder and said.
"There is no next time." Rong Chengjiao said and walked out.
"Okay, okay, next time I won't let you do this kind of errand, then thank you fifth brother." Rong Chengyi thought that he would have to take a lot of words, but he didn't expect him to agree so easily, which made Rong Chengyi a little surprised.
After several twists and turns, Su Jin'an walked out of the palace gate, and now she can finally relax a little, she kicked the snow particles on the side of her shoes, rubbed her numb ears and cheeks with her hands, and glanced back at the majestic palace gate, no matter how brilliant the life inside is, she prefers the ordinary world outside the door, and feels that even the air is the taste of freedom.
"Su ...... Childe, I also received the orders of the second prince, so I will leave first, and there is a carriage waiting for you over there. Xie Huai didn't know what to call Su Jin'an, so he reluctantly called Su Gongzi, and pointed to a carriage parked not far away and said to Su Jin'an.
"Okay, just please." Su Jinan is in a good mood now, even if there is no carriage, as long as she leaves this palace gate, she will always have a way to go home.
After Xie Huai said goodbye, the attendant in front of the carriage walked to Su Jin'an and saluted: "This is the son of the Su family, and the villain was ordered by the second prince to wait for the prince here." ”
Su Jinan nodded and said, "Well, it's me, let's go." ”
Su Jin'an stepped on the low stool and got into the carriage, but the moment she lifted the curtain, Su Jinan froze, she blinked her eyes twice, thinking that it was her own illusion, otherwise how could Rong Chengyi be inside, but the reality told her that it was not an illusion.
"Why is the prince here?" Su Jinan was so surprised that she didn't even salute, and blurted out.
"Come in, cold." Rong Chengyao's words are always so concise and to the point.
Su Jinan actually wanted to quit, but looking at the warm little charcoal stove in the carriage, she decisively sat in the car, it was so cold outside, why couldn't she get along with herself? Didn't she just kill a few assassins in front of him, didn't she just wear men's clothes and went into the palace to save someone, and she didn't do anything wrong, did she? Besides, didn't she save him, she didn't have to be weak at all, Su Jinan did a psychological construction for herself.
Rong Chengjiao knocked on the wall of the carriage twice, and then the carriage moved, heading in the direction of Meifu.
Su Jin'an moved to the place where the carbon stove was placed, and took the lead in breaking the silence: "The prince hasn't answered me yet, why are you here?" ”
"Entrusted by someone." Rong Chengjiao leaned against the wall of the car and said half-squinting.
It seems that Rong Chengyi asked him to come, Su Jinan was a little speechless, Rong Chengyi asked such a big Buddha to send her, and she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"Then the courtiers will thank the prince." Anyway, she didn't have the right to refuse, Su Jinan silently added in her heart.
"No need, you saved Concubine Rong, I grew up in Qionghua Hall since I was a child, and I should call her a mother concubine, and I should send you all the way." Rong Chengyan's eyes turned to Su Jin'an when he spoke.
"I see." Su Jinan nodded, "What did the prince look at me, was there something wrong with me?" ”
"You want to hide from me?" Rong Chengjiao said bluntly.
"No, where did the prince start." Su Jinan said with a "shocked" face.
"I'm afraid that if I tell me about your murder, my heart will be empty?" Rong Chengjiao said coldly.
Su Jinan was really a little surprised this time, this person is a roundworm, is this a mind reading?
"No, no, I believe that the prince must be a man who keeps his promises, right?" Su Jinan said a little flatteringly.
"Snort-" Rong Chengjiao sneered.
What kind of answer is this, Su Jinan really wanted to reply with a sneer, but she still endured it and told herself to be calm, so Su Jinan did not take the initiative to speak again for the rest of the journey. Rong Chengjiao didn't mean to speak, he had said enough today, so the carriage drove towards the Mei Mansion in a quiet atmosphere between the two of them.