Chapter 109: Northern Xinjiang
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The news that the Cangyi clan sent someone into the palace to assassinate the prince caused an uproar in the court. The next morning, the important ministers led by Uncle Sun Guo were excited, and they were about to ask the emperor to send troops to attack the Cangyi clan, but Qi Cheng belatedly finished interrogating the man in black, and presented the man's confession in blood, revealing that the real mastermind behind the man in black was the second prince.
Uncle Sun Guo's faction shouted that he was wronged, and Qi Cheng submitted evidence one after another. In addition to the second prince sending people to pretend to be people from the Cangyi clan to assassinate the prince, there are also letters that the second prince has exchanged privately with the leaders of various tribes in northern Xinjiang in recent years, as well as the previous southward treatment of the flood, the Sun family disregarded the life and death of the people, raised prices, and made profits from it, in order to protect the Sun family, the second prince concealed it and did not report it, delaying the management of the flood, and harming hundreds of people who died in the flood.
The ministers were in an uproar, the emperor was furious, and the Sun family was thoroughly investigated, and the second prince was confined in the palace and was not allowed to go out.
Three days later, all the evil things that the Sun family had done over the years were found out, not only taking advantage of the flood to profit from the people, but also participating in the buying and selling of officials, and even with the help of the second prince, secretly selling weapons to various tribes in northern Xinjiang, instigating turmoil in northern Xinjiang, and deducting military salaries from military camps in northern Xinjiang.
The crime was outrageous, the evidence was conclusive, and the next day the Sun family was sent down, and the adult male dependents were all beheaded, and the minor male dependents were exiled to the wilderness of Lingnan and could never return to the capital.
Sun Guifei, who was favored for a while, was also thrown into the cold palace and never returned to favor.
In the East Palace, in the prince's bedroom, the queen looked at the ashen and unconscious prince on the bed, tears rippled in her eyes, and asked Doctor Feng on the side: "Divine doctor, Lin'er's poison really can't be solved?" ”
Divine Doctor Feng's face was heavy, and he said hesitantly: "This poison in the prince is very treacherous, I have only seen it in a broken medical book, it is not that there is no cure, but to make the antidote requires a special medicinal material." ”
The queen mother was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "What medicinal herbs?" As long as it is in this world, this palace will definitely be found. ”
"Niangniang, this flavor of medicinal materials is not so easy to find, the book records, this poison from a tribe in northern Xinjiang that rarely interacts with outsiders, in the holy mountain they have guarded for generations, there is a strange flower that only blooms once every ten years, their people call it the holy flower, this special antidote is the holy flower they guard. Those tribes in northern Xinjiang have been in turmoil with us in the past few years, even if it is the emperor, how can it be easy to ask for the holy flower? Divine Doctor Feng paused, and then continued: "What's more, the poison in the prince is about to penetrate into his heart, and I can protect him for another month at most." And the capital is far away from the northern frontier, even if you hurry up, it will take a month to go back and forth on the road, not adding the time to successfully obtain the holy flower. ”
The joy on her face turned into bleakness, and the queen's body shook, and her face was sad, "Could it be that this palace can only watch Lin'er leave and can't do anything?" ”
Divine Doctor Feng was silent for a moment, and then arched his hand and said, "Niangniang take care of the phoenix body." ”
The queen mother looked at the prince who was breathing weakly on the bed, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said calmly: "Divine doctor, you are wrong, this palace does not need to send people back and forth on the road, as long as people get the holy flower in the north and send it back to the capital." ”
“…… What does the mother mean? Doctor Feng asked in surprise.
"With tens of thousands of troops in the northern Xinjiang military camp, is it still no match for a small tribe? This palace will go to ask the emperor now, and Lin'er must not be allowed to have trouble! The queen mother said and took the palace maid to ask to see the emperor.
"It's broken, it's bad, in order to save the prince, is this going to be tough or not?" Divine Doctor Feng frowned, turned around twice in place, and just as he didn't know what to do, Qi Cheng came in from outside the hall.
Divine Doctor Feng stomped his feet and hurriedly told him about Fang Cai.
"With the Holy Flower, you promise to save the crown prince?" After hearing this, Qi Cheng frowned and asked in a deep voice.
"How can I guarantee this? It's also the first time I've come into contact with this poison in the crown prince, but that book was left by my master, so I can't be wrong. Divine Doctor Feng was a little anxious, "Now is the time to talk about this?" I should think of ways to stop the queen mother. Now that the northern Xinjiang is already unstable, the queen mother has to send soldiers to rob the holy flowers of other tribes, if the tribes resist, is it possible to want to slaughter all the tribes? What do other tribes think about such banditry? ”
"Follow me to the emperor." Qi Cheng pondered for a moment, and then strode out of the East Palace with Divine Doctor Feng to the imperial study.
"Madam, the prince hasn't come back yet, why don't you eat first?" As twilight approaches, the grandmother in the courtyard comes to ask if the kitchen will deliver food.
"No, wait a little longer." Ji Yunyun looked out the window and frowned, before Qi Cheng entered the palace, he said that he would just go to see the prince and come back to accompany her to eat, but now he has been gone for almost an hour and has not come back yet.
Mama bowed and retreated, and waited for nearly half an hour before Qi Cheng came back.
"Why are you only coming back now? I let the kitchen serve the meal. Ji Yunyun asked Chun Tao to go to the kitchen to say, and she went behind the screen to change Qi Cheng's clothes.
"You haven't eaten yet?" Qi Cheng changed his clothes and led her to sit down on the couch, "There are some delays in the palace, I should send someone back to tell you." ”
Ji Yunyun asked, "What's the matter?" Isn't the prince's poison cured, awakened? ”
"I'm talking to you after dinner." Qi Cheng pinched her soft little hand and pursed her lips.
The two sat facing each other, distributed vegetables to each other, finished the meal, and asked the subordinates to clean up the table, Qi Chengcai said: "I want to go far away and go to Northern Xinjiang." ”
Ji Yunyun was surprised, "What? ”
Qi Cheng hugged her and sat on his lap, and said that the prince needed the holy flower to detoxify, and then said: "If you rashly let the northern Xinjiang military camp send troops, it is tantamount to starting a war against northern Xinjiang, and if you anger the tribes in northern Xinjiang at that time, they will unite, and it will be the people and the soldiers of northern Xinjiang who will suffer." So I asked the emperor to go to the north in person and bring back the holy flowers that the prince needed. ”
"It turns out that the news that the crown prince is okay is fake, and it was deliberately released to confuse the second prince......" Ji Yunyun only reacted now, she frowned and worried: "That is the holy flower of someone else's clan, how can you ask for it?" ”
Qi Cheng said: "Do you remember the Cangyi Clan? I have some friendship with the crown prince and their current patriarch, when the prince killed the former patriarch of the Cangyi clan and supported him to the throne, he owes the prince a favor. When he was in Northern Xinjiang before, he had heard of the Holy Flower in his mouth, and he was familiar with that tribe. This time, with his help, it shouldn't be too difficult. ”
So that's the case, no wonder he was able to find evidence so quickly that the person who assassinated the crown prince was a fake Cangyi clansman, all of this was a game he set up for the second prince, and he would plan it.
"Then you bring a few more guards with you, in case it doesn't work, don't take risks, protect your own safety, I'll wait for you to come back in the mansion." Ji Yunyun stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder and asked with concern, "When are you leaving?" ”
"Doctor Feng can only save the prince's life for another month, and he will set off early tomorrow morning." Qi Cheng put his arm around her waist, lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, "I can't come back in time to accompany you back to the Gongfu to send your eldest sister to get married." ”
"It's okay, you just need to come back safely." Ji Yunyun put his arms around his neck, remembered and said busily: "Don't my father and mother still know about this?" It's not too late, go tell them it's too late tomorrow morning. As he spoke, he got up from his lap.
"There's no hurry." Qi Cheng hugged her and kissed her for a while before going to see Prince An and the princess.
Early in the morning of the second day, before dawn, Qi Cheng woke up, and tossed all night last night, the eyelashes of the person in his arms were closed, his red lips were slightly open, and he was still asleep.
"Knock knock" Feng Ji knocked on the door outside and called in a low voice: "Shizi, the horse at the door is ready." ”
Qi Cheng got up lightly, not wanting to alarm the person in his arms, but as soon as he got out of bed, the person behind him woke up.
"This is leaving? I asked someone to bring hot water in. Ji Yunyun was sleepy-eyed and sat up from the bed with his arms propped up.
"You go back to sleep, I'll call someone." Last night, she didn't stop until midnight, Qi Cheng stopped her and went to call someone outside the door by herself.
Ji Yunyun was sore and soft, but he still got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and went to help him change his clothes behind the screen.
"Let's go after breakfast, it won't take much time." Ji Yunyun tied his belt for him, the journey from the capital to Northern Xinjiang was far away, and he had to go back and forth on the road for a month, and he would definitely have to hurry day and night, and there would be no rest time in between.
"No, the concubine asked the kitchen to make a bag of dry food, just take it with you on the road to eat." After Qi Cheng finished washing, he hugged her and kissed her again, "Wait for me to come back." ”
"I must come back safely." Ji Yunyun reached out and grabbed his collar and said a little apprehensively.
"Don't worry." Qi Cheng kissed her forehead again, picked up the burden he had packed last night, and took Feng Ji out of the door.
Ji Yunyun stood at the door and watched them come out of the yard, and Chun Tao came over and said, "Madam, it's still early, let's go back and sleep for a while." ”
Ji Yunyun nodded, rubbed her sore, swollen lower abdomen, and went back to the house. Since she got married, she has never slept alone, and now that Qi Cheng is suddenly gone, she is a little unaccustomed to it, she tosses and turns in bed for a while, she is really sleepy, and then she closes her eyes and falls asleep.
After Qi Cheng left, Princess An was afraid that Ji Yunyun would be bored living alone in the courtyard, so she had to ask her to talk every day, and Qi Yan also went to her to play chess and read books from time to time. From time to time, she has to go back to the mansion to see Ji Yunting, Ji Yunshu and Yan Shuangshuang, and her life is not difficult.
In October, there was not much time left before Ji Yunshu got married, and Ji Yunyun returned to the mansion to see her.
When she arrived, Yan Shuangshuang was also there, and she was now pregnant, with a slightly convex lower abdomen. The three of them talked for a while, and at noon, Ji Yunshu asked people to go to the kitchen to say something, and the three of them ate together.
There is a fish soup stewed into milky white in today's dish, and as soon as it was served, Yan Shuangshuang covered her lips and waved her hand again and again: "Take it away, take it away, I feel nauseous when I smell it." ”
This is a dish for Ji Yunshu, I didn't watch out that Yan Shuangshuang was also here, so he was negligently brought up, and the maid hurriedly picked it up and wanted to take it away.
Ji Yunyun also smelled the smell, only to feel a burst of fishy breath into her nose, and her stomach suddenly turned over, she reached out and pressed her chest, bent over and retched.