Chapter 208: Hidden Dangers in the Deep Palace
Intimidated by Yan Hong's momentum, Yan Qi came back to his senses and hurriedly said: "Since the Queen Mother is still waiting for a reply, then you should go quickly, don't let the Queen Mother wait in a hurry!" β
Yan Hong retracted the anger in his eyes and said, "Thank you, Brother Huang!" He took Sima Hongyan's hand and walked towards the inner hall.
Seeing Yan Hong and Sima Hongyan's hands holding together, Yan Qi's face changed color, and his heart was bitter. If it weren't for the other brothers beside him, he almost wanted to rush up and snatch Sima Hongyan back from Yan Hong.
Yan Hong pulled Sima Hongyan until he turned the corner, then he let go of his hand, and he was secretly proud in his heart. It turned out that the eldest brother's gaffe gaze at Sima Hongyan was all in his eyes, Yan Hong was competitive for a while, so he deliberately took Sima Hongyan's hand in public and took her away, which stimulated Yan Qi well.
The open and secret battles between men, the jealousy of Sima Hongyan has seen a lot, she naturally knows Yan Hong's thoughts, but now is not the time to worry about these, the top priority is to see the emperor's situation first, and how to deal with the queen mother.
The two walked through the hall to the inner hall, and along the way they also saw the harem concubines headed by the queen. When Yan Hong passed by with Sima Hongyan, the queen gave Sima Hongyan a cruel look, and Sima Hongyan didn't see it. But Yan Hong glanced at the queen with a cold face.
Sima Hongyan has always wondered why Yan Hong doesn't have a good face for these harem women, and Yan Hong has never mentioned his mother. Seeing Emperor Yanzhen's wives gathered here, Sima Hongyan wondered if Yan Hong's mother was also standing among them.
Yan Hong took Sima Hongyan all the way to the Queen Mother's bedroom, Emperor Yanzhen was lying on the bed, the Queen Mother sat next to her with a sad face, and several imperial doctors knelt on the ground and did not dare to get up. It seems that the Queen Mother must have just lost her temper at these imperial doctors.
Yan Hong and Sima Hongyan stepped forward and knelt in front of the Queen Mother to salute, and when the Queen Mother saw him, she hurriedly asked the two of them to get up, and urgently asked if they could find the cause of the emperor's illness. Yan Hong glanced at the other people in the room out of the corner of his eye, and asked the queen mother instead of answering, "I don't know how the emperor is now?" β
The Queen Mother pointed to a chief physician who was kneeling on the ground and said, "You and His Royal Highness the Nine!" The leading imperial physician immediately replied: "If you go back to the Queen Mother and Your Highness the Nineth, the emperor's situation is much better than when he was in Longyang Palace. β
"Nonsense!" The Queen Mother shouted angrily: "No big deal? Then why hasn't the emperor woken up at this moment? You quacks will only use some cheap words to coax the mourners! said before that the emperor was in danger, but now he said that the emperor was fine. Tell you, the emperor will have three long and two short, and the mourning family will definitely cut off your heads! The imperial doctors were horrified, kowtowing and shouting: "The queen mother atons for her sins!" β
Sima Hongyan, who was silent on the side, found out how the queen mother lost her temper at every turn, and asked for people's heads at every turn. In this kind of emergency, she will do nothing but get angry, what is the most noble woman in the world? A sake bag rice bag!
Sima Hongyan was arranging the Queen Mother in her heart on the side, and Yan Hong was helpless when she saw the Queen Mother losing her temper. He waved his hand at the kneeling physicians and said, "Go down!" I have something to say to the Queen Mother! Also, the emperor's affairs, you are not allowed to say half a word to anyone, understand? β
The doctors were relieved, said yes together, and then crawled out of the house.
Only the Queen Mother, Yan Hong, Sima Hongyan and the lying Emperor Yanzhen were left in the room. Yan Hong stepped forward to take a ride on Emperor Yanzhen's pulse, only to feel that Emperor Yanzhen's pulse was stable and powerful, a little better than the time he woke up before. He gently shook Emperor Yanzhen's arm and shouted softly: "Father! Father! β
The Queen Mother glanced at Sima Hongyan, who was speechless, and then said to Yan Hong: "No need to call, the mourning family just called the emperor for a long time and didn't wake up!" Let's think of something else! β
As soon as the Queen Mother's voice fell, Emperor Yanzhen slowly opened his eyes, and said in a weak voice: "Hong'er, you are here!" It's hard work for me to pretend well for half a day! β
The Queen Mother was stunned, surprised, and shouted: "Your Majesty! YouβAre you awake? Pretending to be hard? Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? β
Although Emperor Yanzhen woke up, he couldn't exert any strength on his body, so he reluctantly smiled and said to the Queen Mother: "Please forgive the Queen Mother, just now Hong'er warned me not to wake up for the time being for the sake of my safety, and I had no choice but to hide the Queen Mother." I'm fine, please let the Queen Mother relax! β
The Queen Mother cried with joy and hurriedly said: "It's good to wake up!" Just wake up! β
There was no one else in the house, and Yan Hong whispered to the emperor and the queen mother: "Father! Dowager! Just now, Erchen and Miss Sima have found the organ to assassinate the emperor in Longyang Palace, it seems that someone is planning to kill the emperor, there is no doubt about it! β
The Queen Mother glanced at Sima Hongyan and said to Yan Hong: "Can you find out who did it?" β
Yan Hong replied: "There are no clues for the time being, but since we have found his way to harm people, we only need to follow the vine and find the murderer." However, this method is rather peculiar, and it may take some time to investigate. Let's let Miss Sima talk about it! β
Sima Hongyan stepped forward to salute, and then he told the methods he used in Longyang Palace, as well as various means of trying, and finally how to restrain himself with a magnet before finally discovering a strange silver stone, and took out the wrapped magnet from his arms and showed it to Emperor Yanzhen and the Queen Mother, but this thing is very dangerous, and Sima Hongyan did not open the package.
Emperor Yanzhen and the Queen Mother are the first time they have heard of such a bizarre thing, and it is even more incredible that there are stones in the world that can kill people, and when Sima Hongyan finished speaking, Emperor Yanzhen and the Empress Dowager looked at each other, and they were speechless for a long time.
At this time, Yan Hong asked, "Father! Who can enter and leave Longyang Palace on weekdays? β
Emperor Yanzhen thought for a moment and said, "This is not good, sometimes I will meet with the ministers to discuss things, and I will summon the ministers to the Longyang Palace. Sometimes I was busy until late at night, and I slept in Longyang Palace. However, I also stay there from time to time, and most of the time I go to rest in other palaces. If you add the palace maids and eunuchs who are waiting, there will be more people who have entered Longyang Palace! β
Sima Hongyan said: "It seems that the person who wants to harm the emperor must know the emperor's daily routine very well, so he will choose to set a trap in Longyang Palace." The emperor needs to be more careful these days, and the person I want to do is hidden in the palace. β
"Huh?" The Queen Mother was shocked and said: "There is such a big crisis hidden in the palace, how can this be good?" β
Yan Hong hurriedly comforted the Queen Mother and said: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to worry, Hong'er has sent more forbidden troops to strictly inspect the emperor's living and strictly monitor the people in the palace, as long as the emperor tries not to be alone, it is not so easy for others to calculate the emperor in the palace." And this miss will definitely make this murderer die down and disappear for a while. During this time, Erchen and Miss Sima will do their best to track down, and they will definitely be able to find the person who assassinated the emperor! β
The Queen Mother nodded, changed to an amiable expression, and said softly to Sima Hongyan: "Miss Sima, this time the mourning family is in a hurry, and I blame you, don't take it to heart." The injuries on the body still hurt or not, and the mourning family will let the doctor take a good look at it for you. This time you have a meritorious role in saving the driver, and the mourning family must reward you well! β
Emperor Yanzhen asked, "What?" Sima Hongyan is injured? Queen Mother, did you beat her? β
Hearing that Emperor Yanzhen was particularly concerned about Sima Hongyan's injury, the Queen Mother was slightly unhappy and said, "What's wrong with the mourning family?" At that time, Sima Hongyan was the biggest suspect of harming the emperor, if she didn't punish her, how could she be allowed to speak? β
Emperor Yanzhen asked casually, his tone was inevitably a little complaining, and when he saw that the Queen Mother was unhappy, he hurriedly laughed and said: "The Queen Mother is not in a hurry, just because Sima Hongyan still has to command and participate in the Five Nations Competition, and the injury at this time will not affect the overall situation of my Yanling, so I am in a hurry to speak for a while, please don't blame the Queen Mother!" β
In fact, the Queen Mother is not really angry, she just doesn't understand why the emperor and the prince are so concerned about this Sima Hongyan? Although Sima Hongyan is different, he is just an orphan of an old minister. Could it be that the emperor and the Nine Emperor Princes, both old and young, were moved by her beauty?