Chapter 25: Doubts
The leaves of the winter forest have fallen, and the spring has returned. Kwai weed grows at the bottom of the valley, and the heart is not illuminated.
Feixia Palace
"Ahem... Liu Yin covered her red lips slightly, and after a cough, she couldn't help frowning slightly. At the age of thirty, she is still beautiful and moving, and her face is pale with a sickly face. In the past few days, she has been infected with a cold and has a terrible cough.
"Niangniang, it's time to drink the medicine" Forsythia came to the table with the medicine bowl, and when Liu Yin saw the black decoction, her brows unconsciously furrowed even deeper.
"Let's put it there for now"
At this time, the green pothos hurriedly came back from outside, "Niangniang, the slave just saw Li Xiurong from the outside and seemed to be coming this way... ”
Liu Yin coughed a few more times and chuckled, "Come on, what's the panic... ”
In this palace, I have always seen newcomers laughing, ignoring the sorrows of old people, and there is nothing more favored than this Li Luwei at the moment. Who would have thought that the daughter of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, who had been friends with the eldest princess for the first time in the palace, suddenly became the emperor's concubine one day. Li Luwei is not only young and beautiful, but also good at singing and dancing, and gave birth to the Seventh Prince a few months ago, and now it is the time when grace is in full bloom.
"Li Xiurong has arrived!" With a report from the attendant outside the hall, Li Luwei stepped into the Feixia Hall with a few entourages.
"What is my sister doing!" With a crisp sound, there was a strong fragrance, Liu Yin put down the needle and thread in her hand and looked at the person, Li Luwei was wearing a goose yellow dress today, with a brocade belt at her waist, and her girlish figure was outlined. She couldn't help but look at it a few more times, "Why does my sister have time to come to my palace today?"
Li Luwei glanced at the steaming medicine bowl on the table, and couldn't help but take out a silk handkerchief and cover her nose, "Sister, what kind of medicine is this, it tastes so bad."
Liu Yin chuckled, "Recently, I have occasionally felt a cold, and I haven't seen any improvement, I have been drinking this medicine for a long time, and I don't feel any taste, my sister is not surprised."
Li Luwei hurriedly walked away from the table and sat aside, "It will be the emperor's birthday in a few days, I don't know what gift my sister has prepared for the emperor this year." ”
"I'm still the same as in previous years, sewing a new robe for the emperor."
Li Luwei glanced at the dark red embroidered robe spread out on the table, and made a dress, it was really boring. I thought so in my heart, but what I said was.
"If you want to say that my sister's craftsmanship in making clothes, even the embroidery girls in the palace can't compare, and my sister made a few sets of clothes for Fu'er before, and my sister thinks it's very good-looking."
"Hehe, if my sister likes it, when my robe is ready, I will make a few cold jackets for His Royal Highness the Seventh."
"Then there is Sister Lao," she said, she stood up, straightened her cuffs, and said, "Then my sister won't bother my sister, I have to go and see what gifts the other sisters in the palace have prepared."
"My sister please, I won't send it"
The group came in a hurry and left in a hurry, only the rich smell of fragrant powder still wafted in the house, and it did not disperse for a long time. Forsythia on the side muttered a little dissatisfied, "I really don't think of myself as an outsider anymore."
Liu Yin just shook her head slightly, glanced at the black medicine in the bowl on the table, and then she picked it up, raised her head and drank it.
For Xiao Yan's birthday, Xiao Qingyue volunteered to carefully prepare a song and dance... She goes back and forth to the dance workshop in the palace every day, and she is tired and exhausted every day, and the busy days can make her temporarily cut the pain in her heart...
Xiao Youyu looked at the people who went out early and returned late every day, and felt very uncomfortable. The last time she came back from the Frost Flower Palace, Xiao Qingyue locked herself in her room for two full days. She could only explain outside the door that she and Su Xing didn't do anything to be sorry for her, but she couldn't explain why Su Xing would say something like that... She once went to the Tai Hospital to find Su Xing, but was told that because of the outbreak of plague in several villages outside the city, Su Xing took the initiative to ask the emperor for a free clinic in other places... She had no choice but to do it...
And it is not only Xiao Youyu who is looking for Su Xing, but also Liu Yin... Her uneasiness has gathered more and more as time has passed...
The weather is getting colder and colder, Xiao Qingyue came out of the dance practice room early today, on the way back to the Feixia Palace, her steps involuntarily walked towards the Frost Flower Palace, although there were no more plum blossoms, but she still wanted to take another look. Just a glance...
At this time, on the bare ground in the courtyard, in addition to some weeds, there was also a person...
Xiao Qingyue looked at the familiar figure and walked in slowly, the person obviously didn't notice anyone coming.
She shouted, "Rue, what are you doing here!" ”
Hearing the voice, Rue Xiang hurriedly turned around in fright, "Bye... Meet the Moon Princess... Slave... Slaves... Not... Didn't do anything."
Staring at the very powerful person with her head down and trembling, she obviously felt that something was wrong, "What is not being done, what are you doing!" ”
"Slave. . . Slaves... It's true.. Not... Not... Rue Xiang was so panicked that she couldn't even speak clearly.
Xiao Qingyue's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and she could feel that Rue Xiang was very alarmed by her sudden appearance. She couldn't think of what she was panicking about... I looked at the empty ground on the side.,There seem to be some traces of plum blossoms left on it.。。
"You come here often?"
Rue Xiang was startled, lowered her head and hurriedly replied, "Slave... Slaves... Not often ... It's the first time."
Doesn't come often ...
But the way she stood there just now didn't look like it was the first time, it looked more like she was waiting for someone...
Intuition told Xiao Qingyue that the person in front of her was deliberately hiding something...
Seeing that she was deep in thought, Rue Xiang hurriedly said, "It's nothing, the slave and maid retreated first" She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would reveal more flaws...
Xiao Qingyue looked at her for a while, then nodded, "Well, okay... ”
After receiving a response, she didn't dare to delay for a moment and left in a hurry...
Xiao Qingyue stared at that back for a long time, and the doubts in her heart became bigger and bigger...
General's Palace
In the study, Shen Yifu was pacing back and forth with a pensive face, and Shen Yuzhang on the side also had a serious face...
After a while, Shen Yifu seemed to have made a decision,
"You can't wait any longer, after the emperor's birthday this time, you will ask the emperor to marry you and marry Princess Yue"
"If the emperor doesn't agree, there are many children of this family who haven't married a wife in the court."
"Having said that, in terms of identity and status, who can compare to you"
Shen Yuzhang thought for a moment and said, "Father, don't forget, the hospital of Tai Hospital has not yet married a wife."
Shen Yifu didn't think about it and said, "You don't have to worry about this Su Xing, Mei'er should be with him at this time... ”
Hearing him say this, Shen Yuzhang couldn't help frowning, "Didn't Momei go to her aunt's house?" "How can you be with Su Xing.
A few days ago, Shen Momei suddenly said that she was going to live at her aunt's house in the west of the city... Don't....
Shen Yifu said with a smile, "The plague broke out in several villages outside the city, and Su Xing took the initiative to ask for a free clinic, and at this time, Mei'er suddenly said that she was going to your aunt's house, is this a coincidence?"
In fact, Shen Yifu had already discovered who his daughter cared about, so he turned a blind eye and fulfilled her.
When Shen Yuzhang heard this, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, it seemed that his father was deliberately trying to win over Su Xing...
"Father means...
Shen Yifu looked scheming, he paused and said, "I have a plan to recruit Su Xing to be my Shen family's fast son-in-law, this Rujun is already the crown princess, and when you marry Princess Yue, our Shen family's position in Jiankang is bound to be more stable."
Hearing him say this, Shen Yuzhang didn't dare to agree, people's desire for power seemed endless, but he disdained these, but his father was keen on all this...
Shen Yifu looked at the silent person, walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and continued.
"Father knows what you are thinking, since His Royal Highness was made the crown prince, although the other Highnesses have not moved on the surface, they are secretly cultivating their own forces. Especially these five highnesses, there are now some ministers in the court who support him."
Xiao continued?
"His Royal Highness is divided into foreign places, even if there are some forces in the court, it should not threaten the crown prince," Shen Yuzhang said the question in his heart.
"Alas... I heard that His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness handed the emperor several folds before and after, and they all deliberately mentioned that they wanted to be transferred back to Jiankang, but I am afraid that it will be sooner or later."
Shen Yifu's worries are not unreasonable, the current crown prince is too generous, and his methods are not ruthless enough. If the fifth prince Xiao continues to gain power in the future, it will be difficult to compete with him. He can only prepare for a rainy day now.
At this time, a village twenty kilometers away from Jiankang City...
Su Xing was dressed in cloth clothes, sitting in a makeshift shed, and was diagnosing the pulse of one villager after another... And Shen Momei, who was also dressed in cloth, was helping to apply the medicine on the side. . . The two of them look like husbands and wives...
At this time, a middle-aged woman came to the shed with a basket.
"Doctor Su, stop and rest with your lady, I'll bring you a cake."
Su Xing hurriedly got up and thanked, "There is Aunt Lao Li."
"It's me who wants to thank Dr. Su, if it weren't for you and your lady, my old man wouldn't have survived a long time ago."
That aunt was called your lady, which made Shen Momei on the side blush, and Su Xing did not explain the relationship between the two as before this time, so that the sweetness in her heart grew rapidly...
Half a month ago, a plague broke out in a nearby village, and several surrounding villages were infected. After Xiao Yan found out, he planned to send two doctors from the Tai Hospital to the free clinic, but Su Xing took the initiative to ask for permission at this time. He chose to leave the palace at this time, not so much to share the emperor's worries and solve problems, but to escape. He had to use this time to figure out what he was going to do next... It's just that what he didn't expect was that he actually met Shen Momei here...
When all the villagers received the medicine and went back, Su Xing cleaned his hands and prepared to eat...
"Aunt Li, I told you before that Miss Shen is not my wife."
As soon as these words came out, Shen Momei's shy face gradually cooled down...
The woman said, "Doctor Su doesn't need to explain, my aunt understands" After speaking, she glanced back and forth between the two ambiguously.
If it's not a brother and sister, it's not a husband and wife, such a handsome couple of men and women together, in the eyes of outsiders, it must be hidden from the house, eloped...
Su Xingjian was useless no matter how he explained, but fortunately he didn't bother to say it, so he directly picked up the things in the basket and ate them...
At this moment, in Jiankang City, because it will be the emperor's birthday in two days, all the children of the royal family have arrived in Jiankang from other places, and the city is not lively...
Xiao Xu sat in the carriage, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, this time he came to Jiankang, and he would not go back!