Chapter Seventy-Two: Containment
"After using the same meal, why is there something wrong with my aunt and nothing else is okay?"
"I also thought it was strange at the time, and I specially checked Ah Yuan's meal, and it was really fine, but Ah Niang only used the meal in the wine fairy that day, and the imperial doctor also said that she used unclean food, except for the wine fairy, I really can't think of any other possibilities."
"I saw in the miscellaneous notes that a person who was hit by Gu had diarrhea, not because the food was unclean, but because of the ghost of Gu worms."
Rao Cheng Chan had a premonition in his heart, but he still couldn't help but tremble slightly, the Gu worm only existed in legends before, and it was an extremely terrifying existence in the south, if it weren't for the mysterious fire man, she wouldn't have imagined that the Gu worm would appear in the capital anyway.
"If it's really Gu, what should I do?" Cheng Xuan's voice trembled uncontrollably, "If it's poison, you can still ask a famous doctor to help solve it, but it's ...... Gu."
I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who can solve it, and thinking of the tragic situation of the burning man that Cheng Jin just said, Cheng Zhan is almost unable to support it.
"Eldest sister, don't worry, although the Gu worms in Nanban are terrible, but the doctor is not without solutions, Queen Zhuang Jing used medical skills to solve Gu in Nanban back then, that is, the imperial doctor in the palace has never obtained her true inheritance, and the master of Hongshan Academy must also be able to solve it."
"The Southern Barbarian Gu worm has never appeared in the capital, how can the imperial doctor in the palace understand it? Hongshan Academy...... The master has never gone down the mountain, how can he ask him to explain the Gu to A-Niang? Cheng Chan said urgently.
"If A-Niang really falls for the Gu, no matter how difficult it is, we have to find a way, but at the moment, it may not be really the Gu, and the eldest sister should not be in a hurry." Cheng Jin comforted, "You just said that the shopkeeper Yan was sent to Zhuangzi, I wonder if you can find him?" I would like to ask him a few words. ”
Cheng Chan nodded, "I'll send someone to bring him for questioning tomorrow, but that Zhuangzi is far away from the capital, and I'm afraid it will take three or four days to go back and forth." ”
Mrs. Cheng was angry with the shopkeeper Yan and sent him far away to Zhuangzi, the farthest from the capital
"This matter cannot be delayed, I will go to Zhuangzi early tomorrow morning to ask him."
"No," Cheng Chan glared at her, "It's very chaotic outside, and you're a troublemaker, so you stay at home obediently, and you can't go out and run around, I'll go and tell my mother, don't go to Dajue Temple for the time being, and wait for this limelight to come." ”
"Eldest sister, do you think that the two sides will go to war tomorrow? It's not what you might think it is. Cheng Jin couldn't laugh or cry, "Whether it's the emperor's cousin or King Qi, they are not ready, although there must be a battle, but at least it will have to wait until a year later, you can't stay at home all day long because you are afraid of accidents, right?" ”
"Can King Qi wait that long?" Cheng Chan shook his head slightly, "The emperor's cousin is already in power, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to King Qi, does he have to wait until a year later, and all the officials in the south will be purged before he does it?" Isn't that a win-no-chance? Now that the situation is on the verge of breaking out, nothing in the world can be prepared to be foolproof. ”
"But Princess Qi is not dead yet, Princess Qi is such a son, the prince of Qi is in the capital, he handed over his life to the emperor's cousin, if King Qi wants to rebel, the emperor's cousin will immediately behead the flag of King Qi's son, so Princess Qi will never let King Qi rebel when she is alive."
"But Princess Qi is not in good health, who can guarantee how long she will live? There is also a much-loved side concubine in King Qi's mansion, and this Princess Qi is afraid that it will be gone. ”
"With the Governor of Wuzhou here, King Qi doesn't dare to act rashly, I see that this Princess Qi is not an ordinary person, otherwise she can't be a princess in King Qi's mansion for so many years without being favored."
That Princess Qi herself is a weak woman, but she is the beloved daughter of the Governor of Wuzhou, the Governor of Wuzhou has five sons, and she has only such a daughter, whether it is the Governor of Wuzhou or the five brothers of Princess Qi, she is very fond of her.
Wuzhou was formerly known as Wuzhou, the martial arts are extremely prosperous, everyone practices martial arts, training soldiers everywhere, fifty percent of the world's famous generals come from here, so it is renamed Wuzhou, and now nearly half of the soldiers and horses of the Liang are in the hands of the generals of Wuzhou, so there is a saying that "those who get Wuzhou win the world".
Zhou Liang, the governor of Wuzhou, is a native of Wuzhou, and is deeply respected by the people of Wuzhou.
If King Qi and Princess Qi are in love, Zhou Liang will not hesitate to lead the soldiers and horses of Wuzhou to support him, but King Qi and his wife have been in a discordant relationship since they got married.
At that time, King Qi had not yet been crowned king, but he was just an ordinary child of the clan, but Zhou Liang valued King Qi and repeatedly mediated the affairs of his daughter and son-in-law, and never moved the idea of letting his daughter return home.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, King Qi was crowned king, and Zhou was named Princess Qi, this day should have been better and better, who would have thought that King Qi welcomed a side concubine with Nanban blood into the house, gave birth to a concubine Xiao Qinglang, and did everything to spoil the concubine and kill his wife.
Zhou Liang was furious, but regretted it too late, the Zhou family was already a member of the Heavenly Family, and he had entered the Imperial Family, if he wanted to reconcile, it would be disrespectful to the Heavenly Family, and he was the most taboo thing about the Wuzhou Metropolitan Governor who held the military power, not to mention that the Zhou family couldn't let go of his young son, so he had to grit his teeth and be trapped in the back house of King Qi's Mansion to deal with the concubine.
Although King Qi doesn't like Princess Qi, he is afraid of the governor of Wuzhou, and Mingli didn't dare to take Princess Qi and Xiao Qingming seriously, but the side concubines in the palace did not do anything less.
Later, Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, and King Qi, who had a firm foothold in the south, moved his mind that he should not move, and Su Xiang, who was an auxiliary government in the court at that time, came up with a way to check and balance, that is, to let Xiao Qingming, the son of King Qi, enter Beijing as a hostage.
This proposal seems to be difficult for people to accept, but King Qi is disgusted with this eldest son, and it is not impossible to let him enter Beijing to be a shield for him, and although Princess Qi is reluctant to have a son, she would rather Xiao Qingming live in Beijing than live in the palace.
She knew very well that King Qi's heart was completely biased, although Xiao Qingming occupied the position of the son of the world, and promised her father that Xiao Qingming would inherit everything, but they never believed King Qi's nonsense from beginning to end, if Xiao Qingming did not leave, King Qi could let him die at any time to make room for Xiao Qinglang.
So Su Xiang's seemingly provocative proposal was quickly successful, and the Wuzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was completely separated from King Qi, and now King Qi has to guard against not only Emperor Longqing, but also his father-in-law Zhou Liang, and Princess Qi Zhou is the biggest trump card in his hand, as long as Zhou does not die, Zhou Liang will not do things absolutely nothing.
And Princess Qi also understands this, suppressing King Qi not to rebel easily, it is so many ways to contain it, no one dares to act rashly, the world has been peaceful for so many years, but I heard that Princess Qi's health is not good, I am afraid it will not last too long.