Chapter 4: Dark Night Knife Light
Su Mi only felt that his consciousness was blurred for a while, maybe he just had a nightmare, a voice lingered in his ears, muttering, why are you so tired, just sleep like this, don't think about anything, don't do ...... Her body floated like a cloud, but suddenly a burst of darkness came up and surrounded her, making her unable to breathe, and the pain that almost suffocated made her wake up suddenly.
She struggled to open her eyes, this one movement almost exhausted all her strength, it seemed that the whole world was still dark, she moved slightly, am I already dead? Could it be that this is already the hell of Hades?
"Master!?" An exclamation was Mi Qing, she had been guarding the bedside, and when she saw Su Mi open her eyes, she suddenly screamed in surprise.
"I ......" Su Mi struggled to say something, but she didn't listen to the call, she struggled to get up, but felt that her hands and feet were sore.
Mi Qing hurriedly stepped forward to support Su Mi, handed over tea, and fed Su Mi two sips before Su Mi relieved himself. Looking at everything around her, she came to her senses, and her memory slowly came back, she was still alive, and she was living well in this harem of Daqi. That sword is not an ordinary sharpness, and he is really fatal! I don't know whether to be happy or sad, Su Mi lost her mind for a moment.
It's just that she hasn't remembered the past for a long time, she relaxed and leaned on the cushion, and even recalled the past events when the city was broken, was it the feeling of life and death that frightened her?
Since she is not dead, she has a ...... to face
"What time is it now and what's going on?" Su Mi suddenly came to his senses and asked hurriedly. Her voice was still a little hoarse, and I don't know if it was panic or dryness.
"The master has fainted for a day and a night." Mi Qing said anxiously: It is already a moment of mid-hour, and it will be dawn in another hour.
What the? One day and one night!
Now Su Mi's mind spun quickly, "Has the imperial doctor come over to see it?" "Wouldn't it be better if she was pregnant......
"The imperial doctor has come to see it," Mi Qing also realized this, and her face was very ugly, "It was He Ling from the Tai Hospital who came to check the pulse of Niangniang." ”
Su Mi's face turned pale in an instant.
It was she who miscalculated!
Originally, her plan was to take this opportunity to consolidate her favor, and there would be newcomers coming in the harem all the time, and the favor she got with her beauty talent could not last long after all, Concubine Yun was an example that could not be repeated, but once she gave up her life to block the sword successfully, it was different, no man would not be moved or shocked by a woman who was willing to die calmly for herself, even if he was the emperor of the Ninety-Five Supreme, even if his favor decayed, this kindness was also a good way to save his life.
It's just that after the sword, he will definitely be impacted, and he can just use this plan to justifiably miscarry, as long as there is a moment of effort, he can use acupuncture to temporarily change the pulse, and hide from the world, although the plan to use this child to calculate Ni Guifei will not succeed, but in exchange for the emperor's life-saving grace is also very worthwhile, very cost-effective, after all, such an opportunity can be met but not sought.
But the implementation of all this requires one's own sobriety as a premise.
She didn't expect that the sword of the man in Tsing Yi was so powerful, he could penetrate the jade pendant and enter the body, she would not be able to withstand the sword and faint, and she didn't expect that the sword was still smeared with poison, in fact, the original poison was nothing to herself, she always liked to fiddle with drugs when she was a child, and her father-in-law was afraid that she would eat something by mistake, so she took a lot of elixir to strengthen her body since she was a child, and her resistance to poison was far better than that of ordinary people, so she was confident that she did not have a trace of negligence. After deciding on the plan, under the pretext of preparing the decanting soup, he asked Mi Qing to return to the Caiwei Palace to prepare for his miscarriage. However, because the sword caused her to lose too much blood and faint, she could not diagnose and detoxify herself in time, so she fell unconscious and delayed.
Now she has been injured and in a coma for a day and a night, this time is enough to completely destroy the whole situation, first of all, her fake pregnancy can't escape the eyes of the imperial doctor, how can there be a seriously injured fetal image but it is not affected at all, and the slightest thing remains unchanged.
This is what my father often said about the principle that it is up to people to make things happen and to succeed in heaven, Su Mi smiled self-deprecatingly. One mistake and a complete loss.
"Did he say anything?" Su Mi asked after a moment of silence, a bitterness in her voice.
"Imperial Doctor He didn't say anything, that is, the master is very dangerous this time, if he doesn't wake up within two days, it will be dangerous, Xiao Luzi and they are all in a hurry."
"He didn't say? Regarding the abnormality of my fetal image," Su Mi's voice contained a glimmer of hope.
"No, the slave maid has been with him, and the emperor was also here at the time, and he didn't say anything about the fetal image from beginning to end. The emperor didn't ask. "Mi Qing is definitely authentic.
Su Mi thought about it for a while, and immediately understood, this He Ling was only afraid that he was also a cautious person, at that time, he was already dead, and he would be a hundred in two days, of course, for a dead person, of course, there was no need to make trouble, add more variables for no reason, and cause trouble for himself.
It seems that he is also a person who knows how to protect himself.
Maybe his luck this time was not bad, He Ling didn't leak the news. What's next? Su Mi quietly sorted out the thoughts in her mind.
"Master, what should we do?" Mi Qing asked anxiously.
"What about the others?" Su Mi looked up and asked.
Mi Hong and Xiao Luzi waited for a day, exhausted, and the slave maid let them all go to sleep, and only the slave and maid were here alone for the night. Do you want to wake them all up? ”
"No need," Su Mi asked again, "Did I tell you what you had prepared?" ”
"Yes, the slave is ready, and it is hidden in the kitchen, and no one has seen it." Mi Qing nodded in response.
"In that case, go and prepare," Su Mi raised his head and ordered. "Don't alarm anyone, get rid of this 'kid' first."
Now I have to take one step at a time, first of all, I have to drain this "child", if the news of my wake-up spreads, there will be an imperial doctor to come to diagnose and treat it immediately, and it will be absolutely impossible to hide it at that time. That imperial doctor He Ling didn't seem to be very powerful, since he knew that he was judging the situation and was a smart person, he should live in a good position.
As long as he didn't leak his own affairs within this day. Su Mi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she thought secretly.
Qianqing Palace, Nourishing Heart Palace.
Qi Long walked around anxiously, he hadn't closed his eyes for a day and a night, and the recent series of news that made him unhappy.
First the Assassins! The palace night banquet of the Great Qi Dynasty, the inner palace family banquet located in the inner courtyard of the deep palace, there were assassins who broke in, many concubines were killed, and more people were injured.
This made him unprecedentedly angry and frightened, and in less than half a day's effort, he connected several wills to urge the personnel of the Criminal Department to step up their efforts to solve the case.
Soon, the results of the post-mortem search of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple came out.
The materials of the assassin's clothes are all Cang Aya, which can only be produced in Yongzhou, and most of the weapons have no clues, but an old Pu knife was found to be the configuration of the old Liang guards in Broken Yong Pass, and there is still an engraving on it.
Yongzhou was originally the territory of the Liang State, and now it is the fief of the Ni family, Ni Yuan was the general of the Liang State before returning to the Great Qi, leading the army to garrison the Broken Yongguan Pass and guarding the Yongzhou. In order to recruit Ni Yuan, the first emperor specially promised to divide Yongzhou, one of the nine states in the world, as the fief of the Ni family, and never regretted it, and set up a Danshu boundary monument as an oath, and the Ni family's power in Yongzhou can be called deep-rooted.
Based on these things alone, can it be concluded that the assassins are related to the Ni family? Qi Long has not yet been mediocre to such a point, especially when Ni Yuan is fighting in the south and the north at this time, and he is of great use, he will definitely not do such a thing to destroy the Great Wall.
And the assassins were divided into two groups. Most of them lurked in the Shen Qing class summoned by the Wang family appointed by the queen, and only one of them killed the Ni family's subordinates at the palace gate, pretending to be him and sneaking in, and most of the assassins were hidden in the Wang family's troupe, so the Wang family could not escape the suspicion of assassination.
In fact, Qi Long is not only concerned about who planned this matter, after all, Daqi has conquered cities and conquered countless countries over the years, and there are too many enemies. But when Qi Long calmed down, he immediately realized that this incident was a rare opportunity for him, and he could use it to weaken the power of the Wang family, which he had long looked down on, and Ni Yuan, who was increasingly suspected of being a high-ranking master.
The Wang family can be described as the first door of the Great Qi, when at the beginning of the Qi State of Qi, he followed the King of Qi to make repeated military exploits, and after a hundred years of development, the foundation is strong, especially in recent decades, successive generations of queens are born in the Wang family, and the prince is also born by the daughter of the Wang family, so that in the eyes of all the people of the Qi country, the Wang family seems to be the descendant of the Great Qi in general, and the daughter of the Wang family seems to have entered the middle palace It seems to be an established law. Over the years, the Wang family's behavior has become more and more rampant, and now most of the courtiers in the court of Daqi are from their faction, and the number of famous and powerful people in Daqi seem to have an in-law relationship with the Wang family, which makes him deeply worried. He deliberately promoted Ni Yuan, who had a shallow foundation in the court, in order to suppress the Wang family.
And Ni Yuan, although he has been obedient and reclusive since he returned to Daqi twenty years ago, he has always been grateful and virtuous since he was activated, abiding by courtesy and acting in a low-key manner. But in the past few years, he has destroyed Pingshu, won many battles, and his prestige in the army has become increasingly heavy, and in Kyushu in the world, their Ni family still occupies Yongzhou as a private fief, and their power should not be underestimated. This time, he recalled him to the capital on the grounds of celebrating the New Year, because he didn't want his influence in the army to develop too much.
By taking advantage of the Assassins' moment, he could have beaten them properly.
But soon his plans came to naught.
After the Queen Mother heard the news of the assassin yesterday, she was "sick" again because of her anger and worry, and this time the "illness" seemed to be much heavier than before, but she still held on to her sick body, and immediately issued an edict to call the queen who presided over the dinner party to be severely trained, and now the queen stays in Cining Palace to serve day and night. In this way, he categorically can't move the Wang family at this time, so as not to make the queen mother's illness worse, Daqi rules the world with loyalty and filial piety, and he can't leave a name of unfilial piety as the king of a country. Not only could he not give the Wang family a look, but he needed to give an order to appease them.
And Ni Yuan, as soon as the results of the autopsy from the Criminal Department were sent to his desk, the news came that Ni Yuan had also been assassinated and seriously injured, which made the assassin incident, which was already difficult to trace, even more confusing. The next day, he received a request from Ni Yuan to resign from the Ministry of War and return home to recuperate from his injuries. Qi Long had no choice but to give another burst of kind words and encouragement.
After all these twists and turns, it seems that all he can do is to punish the guards and reward Prince Yu and others who fought bloodily. It really made him extremely angry.
And what made him most heartwarming was that he had just received a secret report that Nan Chen once again used Chen Qian, Prince Cheng, as the guard of Jianye City.
Jianye City is the front-line battlefield of the confrontation between Qi and Chen. Chen Qian is the younger brother of Emperor Nan Chen, Prince Feng Cheng, is the first famous general of South Chen, in the past ten years, the Qi army has suffered defeat in his hands several times, until last year a heavy bribe of the ministers, widely sent a fine rumor that Chen Qian has the emperor's appearance, is the reincarnation of the real dragon, and the gods possess Yunyun, and finally made Emperor Chen afraid that his younger brother usurped the throne, so he deposed his military power, threw it into idleness, and lived in seclusion in the capital.
However, in this year's battle situation, Ni Yuan led the Qi army to win successive battles, beat Nan Chen to a miserable situation, and ceded the land to seek peace. Now at the moment of crisis, he is going to be reactivated again! The report said that as soon as Chen Qian arrived in Jianye City, he began to rectify the military defense, sent spies to various places to investigate, and the meaning of subduing the lost territory was clearly revealed. In this way, it seems that there will definitely be a battle in Kaichun, and Ni Yuan, who originally commanded the army to deal with Nan Chen, made it clear that he would not be able to go out this time. Even if he doesn't know the military, Qi Long knows that changing commanders before the battle is a taboo in the army......
Nothing went well!
Qi Long slammed the teacup in his hand to the ground, venting the powerlessness in his heart, he was really the emperor.
With a "bang", the broken cup smashed right at the feet of Gao Shengnuo, who trotted in.
"The Emperor...... The emperor ......" Gao Shengnuo was startled and knelt down in panic, since the assassin incident, Qi Long has been in a particularly bad mood, and those who are serving around them are also extra careful, and they are worried that they will lose their heads in a daze.
"What kind of system is it to be so flustered?" Qi Long shouted.
"Yes, yes, the old slave is guilty, the old slave is rude, the old slave is guilty...... Gao Shengnuo hurriedly kowtowed
"What the hell is going on?" Qi Long asked impatiently with a wave of his hand.
"Your Majesty, it was someone from Caiwei Palace who came to report the news, and Concubine Su woke up." Gao Shengnuo replied.
"Awake?!" There was surprise in Qi Long's voice, which was the first good news he had heard in the past few days.
"But ......" Gao Shengnuo hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Concubine Su's child has a miscarriage. ”
"What?!" Qi Long's figure shook, he was silent for a moment, and his voice couldn't tell whether it was sad or happy: "I'll go over and take a look." ”
When Qi Long hurried to Caiwei Palace, Su Mi had already miscarried.
For Qi Long, the grief brought to him by the news of this miscarriage was not as intense and unacceptable as when he heard this kind of news before, perhaps hearing the news of Su Mi's awakening was enough to make him feel too happy and grateful, which greatly diluted the blow of losing the child.
He had also looked forward to this child, but when the imperial doctor told him that Su Mi was afraid that it would be difficult to preserve, he had no interest in asking about this child, after all, even the mother had no hope, let alone a fetus less than a month old.
Now that he heard the news that Su Mi had woken up and the child was gone, he didn't know whether to be sad or happy for a while, after all, Su Mi had woken up after all, and he didn't want to expect too much.
He hurried to Caiwei Palace, the courtyard was already full of imperial doctors and inner prisoners, he ignored the salutes of everyone, and quickly entered the inner room, and saw Su Mi sitting on the bed.
Su Mi's hair was scattered on her shoulders, and the crystal teardrops in her red and swollen eyes were dotted, lined with a bleak and pale face, and her poignant eyes, which made people can't help but feel a kind of sadness.
He hurriedly stepped forward to take her hand, "Mi'er, it's so good!" If only you could wake up. ”
"Your Majesty ......" Su Mi's face was bloodless, her pale face was full of sadness, and she said in a sad and astringent voice: "The concubine might as well die, the concubine and the emperor's child ...... like this" As he spoke, tears slid down Su Mi's white cheeks.
Qi Long saw a heartache, he couldn't imagine that the woman in front of him was so weak, but she was able to rush forward to save her life at a critical moment in the shadow of the assassin's fierce sword.
"Mi'er, don't be anxious, we will definitely have more children in the future, and I will definitely treat you well in the future. We will have many, many children. He held Su Mi's hand tightly and said.
"Your Majesty!" Su Mi lay on Qi Long's shoulder and began to cry.
Qi Long hugged her in his arms and comforted her softly.
Su Mi's eyes were full of tears, and Qi Long comforted him for a long time before he slowly stopped his tears and stabilized his emotions. Just when the two of them were tender and sweet, Gao Shengnuo outside made a long announcement: "The queen has arrived." ”
Then the curtain was lifted, and the queen walked in. Looking at the situation in the house, the queen was slightly stunned, and then saluted Qi Long respectfully.
"Isn't the queen serving in Cining Palace?" Qi Long asked, with a hint of displeasure in his voice, "Why did you rush over so quickly." ”
Of course, he also knew in his heart that the Queen Mother's old man's illness might not be as serious as she said, and it might not necessarily require the queen to live in Cining Palace overnight, but this kind of clear means of protecting the Wang family made him helpless and helpless, and he had nowhere to vent in his heart, and he was not very polite to the queen's words.
The queen was stagnant, but the family banquet she presided over was mixed with assassins, and according to reason, she should be punished, thanks to the protection of the queen mother, she was saved from blame. And Qi Long is not so good about her face is also expected.
She quickly calmed down and said respectfully: "The concubine originally served at the queen mother's place, and as soon as she served the queen mother to rest, she heard the palace attendants around her come to report on Concubine Su's sister. The concubine wanted to be related to the emperor's heir, and it was very important, but she couldn't delay it, so she hurried over. Then Xiang Su Mi asked with a concerned expression, "How is my sister's body?" Hongu heard the news, but he was in a hurry. ”
When Yurui delivered the news, she was sleeping peacefully, got up and thought for a while, and then remembered the secret report of the little palace maid, after all, she couldn't put her mind at ease, so she rushed over, but she didn't expect Qi Long to be here.
"Xie Niangniang is worried, the concubine is fine, it's just ......" Su Mi looked sad, but still said respectfully.
"Hmm......" The queen's eyes flashed a glimmer of light, and she turned away, her face was still a little sad, and she comforted softly: "Sister, don't be sad, my sister is still young after all, as long as she takes care of her body, why worry about having no heirs in the future?" ”
"That's exactly the truth," Qi Long said, patting Su Mi's back lightly, "Mi'er don't be sad." You are weak in your own right. ”
The queen smiled gracefully and said to the outside: "Which imperial doctor treated Concubine Su?" ”
"It's a lowly position," an imperial doctor from outside immediately stepped forward and responded, "The lowly position is Liu Cheng of the Tai Hospital." ”
"Huh? Bengong remembered that Su Concubine's pulse had always been in charge of He Ling, why didn't he come over? It's too dereliction of duty. The queen asked, somewhat surprised.
"Back to Niangniang, Imperial Physician He took turns off yesterday, and he was on duty well today, but the hour has not yet arrived, and he has not yet arrived at the Imperial Hospital, so he will be replaced by his humble position." Imperial Physician Liu replied.
As far as the eye can see, the sky outside is still dark, and now it is only the end of the Yin Shi and the beginning of the Mao Shi, and it is definitely not the time for the imperial doctor to enter the palace to work.
"Then let me ask you how is Concubine Su's pulse?" The queen asked, and the words were entirely a hint of the queen's concern for the harem sisters.
"Back to Niangniang's words, fortunately, thanks to the blessing of our emperor, the residual poison in Su Concubine Niangniang's body is gone, and the sword wound has not deteriorated, although she has just had a miscarriage, but the pulse is very peaceful, it doesn't seem to have any big impact, and it will heal after a few days of recuperation." Doctor Liu replied.
Qi Long also let go of his heart when he heard it inside, hugged Su Mi and said, "That's good, Mi'er has always been weak and sick, and I have been worried." ”
"Yes," the queen said with a smile, "this is really a great event, it is all the emperor's blessing and the Buddha's blessing." As he spoke, a trace of imperceptible hesitation crossed his expression, and he paused, but said, "But how could Concubine Su suddenly have a miscarriage when she woke up?" Originally, the palace was overjoyed when she heard the news that her sister had woken up, but she didn't expect the next thing to be...... Alas......" turned to the imperial doctor and asked, "What's wrong with the fetal image of Concubine Su before the miscarriage?" ”
"This ...... Guilty of lowly duty, dereliction of duty, and when lowly duty was called to rush over, the mother was already ...... I haven't diagnosed the pulse before the miscarriage, so I don't know. "Imperial Doctor Liu was busy pleading guilty, and at the same time secretly complained, what is wrong with us, who told you not to call people early, it will be too late when you come over.
Su Mi's tears flowed down silently, her face was bleak, and she couldn't cry.
"Okay, okay," Seeing that Su Mi couldn't help but be sad when she heard the child she had just lost, Qi Long interrupted the queen and said, "Don't mention it again this time." ”
"The concubine thinks that Concubine Su's miscarriage this time is a little strange, why don't you summon Imperial Doctor He over and ask together?" The queen hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, and still said.
The queen herself has never given birth, and she doesn't know much about medicine, but she also knows that it is not normal for a sword to have no effect on the fetus. Last time, she ordered Yurui to pass on the edict to He Ling, but He Ling was on duty and went home.
"What's the difference?" Qi Long said a little impatiently.
"My sister didn't have any signs of miscarriage when she was injured before, but now she woke up and had a miscarriage...... I'm afraid that something is wrong, after all, it's about the dragonborn, and the stakes are important, Your Majesty. Seeing that Qi Long was a little moved, the queen hurriedly said: "And I see that my sister has been in poor health, maybe there is some hidden disease, but it is better to treat it as soon as possible." Doctor He has always been responsible for diagnosing his sister's pulse, and if he is called, he can also discuss it with several imperial doctors to learn more about his sister's physical condition, so that he can recuperate in the future, which is also for the sake of his sister's body. ”
These words were reasonable and orderly, Qi Long also felt reasonable, nodded and said: "It's okay, Mi'er's health has been bad, and now she has been hit hard, it should be discussed by a few of them, and they should also come up with a feasible way to regulate and recuperate." ”
Su Mi couldn't help but change her face, she had planned to send a few people away, summon He Ling to lure and coerce again, and subdue him, so that his doubts would not dare to be revealed. But now that the queen and Qi Long have to make it clear who is present, how should she behave?
Why did the queen insist on summoning He Zero? What did she know? What to do?
The queen couldn't see a hint on her face, and she had already quickly ordered the people around her: "Go and find Imperial Doctor He." Be sure to find it. ”
Yurui hurriedly responded and turned around.
Qi Long saw that Su Mi's face was not good, and thought that she was still sad for the child, worried that her old injuries had not healed, and she was about to make a sad transition, so she hurriedly comforted.
Su Mi reluctantly smiled and responded, but all kinds of thoughts were quickly turning in his heart, how to do it?
All of a sudden, everyone in the room had different expressions. The thin moonlight outside the room fell down, and the moon was still full of water.
It was already early in the morning outside, but the winter sun had always come out very late, and it was time to go to work, and it was still gray outside, and the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital, He Ling, had just walked out of the house at this time, and on the way to the Tai Hospital, he rubbed his hands and sighed, "This ghost weather ......"
I was turning into a small alley, but I suddenly saw a tall figure standing in front of me.
"Who?" He Ling was shocked. Robbers?
The figure of the person who came seemed to be about to melt into the night, he turned around, and at the moment before the imperial doctor could call for help or move, a shining knife light slashed, and a round light diffused.
At the same time, the sun rose, and in this moment when day and night intertwined, people couldn't tell whether it was the sword light or the daylight.
The visitor turned his head slightly, and a halo of light enveloped his face, outlining the delicate outline and the crisscrossing old scars on his countenance......
The floating stars in the sky are still shadowing, as if reflecting all living beings in the world, floating in the dust.
The blood has spread......