XXXVIII. Infanticide
Gu Lengyi's face was embarrassed, and he hesitated for a long time before he said slowly: "Concubine Wan is now accompanying the emperor in the Qianqing Palace, the emperor is still the same, the eldest princess, please go in and see it yourself." ”
Jian Huaizhen nodded, and walked into the Qianqing Palace with Jiang Shaoheng, after arriving at the Qianqing Palace, Jian Huaizhen couldn't help but be startled by the situation in front of him, Zhu Jianshen sat there, his eyes were dull, and the whole person was like a clay sculpture, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a living person.
He sat there, as if he was stunned, and when he saw Jian Huaizhen, he didn't say a word.
Wan Zhen'er was so anxious on the side that she pushed him hard, but after pushing for a long time, he didn't react at all.
"How is the emperor?" Jian Huaizhen struggled to calm his voice.
As soon as Wan Zhen'er looked up and saw Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng coming, she hurriedly stepped forward to kneel down for Jian Huaizhen, and said hello to Jian Huaizhen in a loud voice.
When Jian Huaizhen saw her anxious appearance, he helped her up with his own hands and asked, "How is the emperor now?" ”
Wan Zhen'er heard Jian Huaizhen's question, tears were about to flow, and she said very sadly: "The eldest princess of the emperor, Zhen'er has tried all her ways to bring the emperor back to his soul, but the emperor seems to have become a wooden man, no matter what Zhen'er says, he can't listen to it." And his world seems to be completely different from ours, he doesn't know who Zhen'er is at all, and he doesn't have Zhen'er in his eyes. He doesn't say a word, he doesn't do anything, what do you say about that? ”
After Jian Huaizhen heard Wan Zhen'er babbling so much, he only felt cold, they tried their best to save the emperor, but the emperor has become like this now, so what should I do?
Although Jian Huaizhen is proficient in medical science, she doesn't know much about things like soul dementorship, as for what method Zhu Jianchen used to capture Zhu Jianshen's soul and what method she used to control Zhu Jianshen, she didn't understand it at all.
In short, in her opinion, these things are close to folk demon law.
She frowned, stepped forward, glanced at Zhu Jianshen a few times, and felt very sad in her heart for a while, she thought about it, and then said to Jiang Shaoheng: "Brother Jiang, you said that if I use my internal strength to heal the emperor's injuries, will the emperor's situation be better?" ”
Jiang Shaoheng shook his head and said: "I have also heard a little about this kind of thing, I heard that he is an evil art from Wu Sizang, which can confuse people's minds, and I think the emperor has also fallen for this." If you want to remove the emperor's soul dementorship, I'm afraid it won't be a matter of one or two days. The so-called bell still needs to be tied to the bell, according to what I see, what the princess should do now is to quickly think of a way to arrest King Jing, and maybe King Jing can think of a way to restore the emperor to his original state. ”
When Jian Huaizhen heard him say this, he was very sad for a while, and after a while, he pursed his lips and said, "Since this is the case, I have to do this." Zhen'er, these days have also suffered you, you have to take good care of the emperor, if there is anything, you must report to the palace as soon as possible, you know? ”
"Yes, Princess." Wan Zhen'er nodded, she looked around, and asked Jian Huaizhen, "Hey, why didn't Concubine Tang come?" Could it be that Concubine Tang Shu still refuses to forgive the emperor? ”
After hearing her say this, Jian Huaizhen's whole person suddenly looked like an ice sculpture again, and he was stunned there, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
Jiang Shaoheng said softly: "Concubine Tang Shu, she has already died." ”
"What? Tang Shufei is dead? Wan Zhen'er exclaimed: "What's going on? ”
Jian Huaizhen shook his head and said, "These things are no longer important, the important thing is that you must take good care of the emperor, and you must not let the emperor have any three strengths and two weaknesses, you know?" ”
Wan Zhen'er nodded and said, "Zhen'er knows." ”
Jian Huaizhen nodded and said to her: "I know that in this matter, you have made great contributions, and when the emperor comes to his senses, the palace will definitely let the emperor reward him for his meritorious deeds." In these days, no matter what, you must be optimistic about the emperor, and you must not let the emperor have any mistakes. If the emperor has any differences, then the Ming Dynasty will inevitably have some differences, do you know the powerful joints? ”
"Zhen'er understands everything, please rest assured, princess." Wan Zhen'er said in a loud voice.
Jian Huaizhen nodded, and walked out with Jiang Shaoheng, and after coming out, Jiang Shaoheng said goodbye to Jian Huaizhen with a smile.
Jian Huaizhen saw that he was injured, so he said to him: "Brother Jiang, you might as well stay in this palace for a few more days, not to mention that you are injured again." ”
Jiang Shaoheng shook his head, his eyebrows were a little gloomy, and he said slowly: "For me, this palace is really like a cage, even if it is an extra day, it is a constraint. If it weren't for the princess in this palace, I wouldn't have come in anyway. Now, since I can help the princess accomplish great things, it's time for me to go back. With that, he said goodbye to Jian Huaizhen.
At that moment, Jian Huaizhen really wanted to tell him to leave with him, and never asked about the rights and wrongs in the palace again, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed them back.
Because she knew that she was the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, and the responsibility she had on her body was definitely not half a star, so she couldn't make any mistakes at this time no matter what.
If she chooses to throw away the Ming Dynasty at this time and follow Jiang Shaoheng away, then she will be sorry for the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.
She remembered that her father, Emperor Zhu Di, once held her hand before he died, and said to her, let her assist the emperor no matter what, be optimistic about the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and not let the Ming Dynasty have any losses, this is the mission on her shoulders.
Since she was a princess, she was destined to do such a thing, and it was her duty, and because of these, she lost a lot of things. Life has its ups and downs, and many times it may be like that.
Therefore, she nodded and said to Jiang Shaoheng: "In this case, Brother Jiang takes care all the way." If anything happens, send someone to inform me. ”
Jiang Shaoheng nodded, and also said to her: "Princess, although this deep palace is not as sinister as the wind and waves on the rivers and lakes, it is also a turbulent undercurrent. If there's something you can't handle alone, be sure to find a way to tell us, and we'll help you no matter what. ”
Jian Huaizhen nodded very movingly, and said goodbye to Jiang Shaoheng, and after Jiang Shaoheng left, she stood there alone, but seeing the decaying grass between heaven and earth, the eaves of the palace were like the wings of a giant eagle, surrounding people all the time, making people feel infinitely suffocated.
That feeling made her feel like a dark cloud in her heart, there were a thousand words, but she couldn't say them, it was really uncomfortable, very uncomfortable, but maybe this was her fate, wasn't it?
She has no choice, the only choice is to go on, she is pacing slowly on the road to the palace alone, there are petals falling on her shoulders, every step she takes is like stepping on the tip of her heart.
She didn't know what else she needed to face next, and now that the emperor had been hit by the soul dementorship, she didn't even know who she was, let alone anything else, which was really painful for her, but she was helpless.
Jian Huaizhen thought to himself, now, if you want to save the emperor, there is no other way, there is only one way to use, that is, quickly find a way to go back and look through the medical books to see if there is any way to save the emperor.
And for the people of the world, naturally they can't say that, they can only say that the emperor is sick, but fortunately, his body is much better now, and some things can be handled on behalf of the emperor, otherwise, the world really doesn't know how to mess up.
In the following days, Jian Huaizhen sent people to track down Zhu Jianchen's whereabouts, kept checking the medical books, and discussed with the imperial doctors how to rescue the emperor, but she couldn't help it after thinking about it for a long, long time.
More than ten days have passed, on this day, the sky is refreshing, there are gusts of breeze blowing on people's faces, itching and crispy, making people feel refreshed.
After reading countless medical books, Jian Huaizhen felt a little tired, so he walked leisurely and walked to the Qianqing Palace to see the emperor.
After arriving at the Qianqing Palace, Gu Leng thought that Jian Huaizhen was coming, and hurriedly knelt down and said to Jian Huaizhen: "The eldest princess, the old slave will immediately go to tell the emperor and Wan Guifei that the eldest princess has arrived." ”
After finishing speaking, he was about to go inside, Jian Huaizhen waved his hand and said, "No need, is the emperor okay these days?" Recently, the palace has been anxious to read medical books to treat the emperor, and rarely comes to visit, and I don't know what the emperor's situation is. ”
"The eldest princess of the Emperor Qiqi, the old slave is not very clear, Wan Guifei and Mama Chen take care of the emperor, and let the old slave in from time to time."
When Jian Huaizhen heard him say this, she felt a little comforted in her heart, Wan Zhen'er had indeed done a lot of bad things that were not tolerated by heaven before, and she was also very scheming, but finally in dealing with the emperor, she was still one heart, thinking of this, Jian Huaizhen also felt very comforted.
As long as Wan Zhen'er takes care of her, she is not afraid of the emperor's three long and two short, after she walked in, she saw that Wan Zhen'er was really talking to the emperor, and said a few words, but Zhu Jianshen didn't react at all, Wan Zhen'er was angry and anxious, and almost burst into tears.
Mama Chen persuaded her on the side: "Niangniang, this matter is not urgent, isn't the eldest princess already studying the method of healing the emperor now?" I believe that it won't be long before the emperor will wake up, and when the time comes, Niangniang will be able to reunite with the emperor. ”
"Hmph, the eldest princess is studying the way to heal the emperor, she has been healing for so long, and she has thought about it for so long, but she hasn't come up with it, and she doesn't know what the eldest princess is thinking in her heart, what should the emperor do if she goes on like this. The palace can only trust the eldest princess now, but the eldest princess does not give the palace a little confidence, and the palace ......"
As soon as she said this, as soon as she looked up, she saw Jian Huaizhen standing in front of her, her face suddenly turned pale with fright, and she hurriedly knelt down to ask Jian Huaizhen for peace, and while asking for peace, she whispered: "It's Zhen'er who is not good, Zhen'er has a lot of grievances against the eldest princess just now." In fact, Zhen'er didn't think so in her heart, but Zhen'er had been by the emperor's side for so many days, and seeing that the emperor's dragon body had not improved, she was anxious, and she said so many rebellious words for a while, and asked the eldest princess to forgive Zhen'er. ”
When Jian Huaizhen heard her explain, he waved his hand, personally stepped forward to help her up, and said to her gloomily: "Actually, what you think in your heart, why don't you understand this palace?" If it is the palace, it is naturally in a hurry, the emperor's illness has not improved for so long, why is the palace not in a hurry? The palace has also read a large number of medical books, and has also consulted with the imperial doctors, but there is no way at all, and if it goes on like this, the palace is also very afraid that the emperor will be like this for a long time...... Dementia. As she spoke, her brow furrowed, and she fell into deep contemplation.
Everything she said was the truth, what is the difference between the emperor's current appearance and dementia? The whole person seems to have fallen into a great panic, and he is completely different from the usually high-spirited emperor.
When Wan Zhen'er heard Jian Huaizhen say this, she stepped forward to help her and said to her: "The eldest princess, in fact, you have excellent medical skills, and you will definitely be able to save the emperor." Zhen'er is only a temporary resentment, in fact, Zhen'er is completely confident in the medical skills of the eldest princess, we will definitely be able to wake up the emperor, and ask the eldest princess to put her body first in everything and not hurt her body. The eldest princess has researched medicine to wake up the emperor, and then there will be hope for the Ming Dynasty. ”
When Jian Huaizhen heard her say this, he sighed helplessly and said: "This palace also hopes that there will be such a day, so that this palace can see that the emperor's body is not as good as day by day, and the emperor is demented all day long, why is this palace not distressed?" And King Jing is so scheming, Luo Kailing almost searched the capital, but he didn't find his whereabouts. Whenever this palace thinks of this, it is also worried. ”
Jian Huaizhen and Wan Zhen'er chatted for a while, although Jian Huaizhen has always looked down on Wan Zhen'er on weekdays, and Wan Zhen'er is hostile to Jian Huaizhen, but no matter what, they have the only hope in their hearts, that is, they hope that Zhu Jianshen can get better as soon as possible, and it is this hope that binds the hearts of the two of them tightly together.
The two talked for a while, and Jian Huaizhen instructed Wan Zhen'er to take good care of the emperor no matter what, and only after the instructions were finished, did she leave.
After Jian Huaizhen left, she thought carefully about the ins and outs of this matter, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the matter was a little difficult to explain, no matter what, Zhu Jianchen must have given Zhu Jianshen some kind of medicine, so she made him like this, she didn't believe that there was really any soul dementoring technique in heaven and earth that could take away people's souls, this was nonsense at all.
But what kind of medicine allowed the emperor to be controlled by Zhu Jianchen, and what Zhu Jianchen said, the emperor had to follow his wishes, but he didn't seem to react to other people at all? Whenever she thought of this, she couldn't figure it out.
In this way, more than ten days passed unconsciously, and what made Jian Huaizhen most depressed was that Luo Kailing's army had turned over almost the entire capital, and the disciples of Candle Shadow and Confession were also searching everywhere, but there was no whereabouts of Zhu Jianchen at all.
Zhu Jianchen is like evaporating from the world, as if there is no such person in the world at all, all of which makes people feel very incomprehensible.
Jian Huaizhen had no better way for a while, so he had to slowly study the medicine, and on the other hand, Zhu Jianshen's body really underwent strange changes, and his body was getting weaker and weaker day by day.
At first, he was just a little stupid and stupid, and like a wooden man, but now, not only that, his face is getting paler and paler, his body is getting thinner and thinner, and the whole person looks as if he is weak and untouched, and Zhu Jianshen is completely different from the previous Zhu Jianshen, and he can't find the slightest trace of the high-spirited shadow of the year.
Wan Zhen'er and Jian Huaizhen watched him get thinner and thinner day by day, getting weaker and weaker day by day, they were very anxious, but they were helpless, Jian Huaizhen had to send someone to recruit civilian doctors in the world, no matter what, maybe there are some famous doctors and national hands in the people who can treat Zhu Jianshen.
Although Jian Huaizhen herself thinks that her medical skills are also very clever, no matter what, she believes that there must be someone in heaven and earth who can solve the soul dementoring technique, since someone can perform the soul dementoring technique on Zhu Jianshen, then how can no one solve it?
In the end, after discussing with the ministers, she decided to post the emperor's list all over the country and invite someone to treat the emperor.
Wan Zhen'er became even more worried when she heard that Jian Huaizhen had sent courtiers to post imperial lists all over the country and find someone to treat the emperor.
On this day, she and Mama Chen took care of Zhu Jianshen, seeing that Zhu Jianshen did not improve at all, and the whole person looked more stupid and stupid, without half of the previous spirit, Wan Zhen'er fed Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianshen vomited again, Wan Zhen'er had to tell the palace maids to clean up for him.
After cleaning up, there was food from the imperial dining room, Wan Zhen'er was just about to feed Zhu Jianshen, but when she saw Zhu Jianshen's ghostly appearance, she couldn't help but be very angry, put the bowl on the table, and said hatefully: "It was not easy for the palace to rescue the emperor, but it turned out to be the consequence now." The palace has been serving this stupid emperor for a month, but I didn't expect that the eldest princess had no news at all, and I don't know if the eldest princess really has no news, or refuses to heal the emperor. ”
Mama Chen heard Wan Zhen'er's complaint, walked up to her, and said to her: "I'm afraid Niangniang is too worried, no matter what, the eldest princess should not fail to heal the emperor, after all, the emperor is the heart of the eldest princess and her most beloved person." ”
Wan Zhen'er smiled coldly and said: "That's not necessarily, everyone knows that the eldest princess has excellent medical skills and strong martial arts, if she wants to heal the emperor, how can she wait until now?" The emperor is just a soul taken by someone, and nothing else. Last time, the palace proposed to the eldest princess that he should invite a Taoist priest to do the trick so that the emperor could get his soul back, but he was refuted by the eldest princess. The eldest princess also reprimanded the palace, saying that the palace was misleading and spreading rumors that were unfavorable to the emperor in this palace. But if she really wants to cure the emperor in her heart, she should try any way, why would she prevent this palace from looking for a Taoist priest? ”
Mama Chen hurriedly stepped forward to comfort Wan Zhen'er and said, "Niangniang, maybe you have been very sad to serve the emperor these days, so you have such an idea. The eldest princess should be single-minded to the emperor, after all, the emperor is the only heir of the Ming Dynasty, and the eldest princess is very optimistic about King Jing, and the only person she can be optimistic about is the emperor. ”
"No matter what, even if what you say makes sense, it is always in the heart of the palace, and the emperor is the most important. Because the palace knows that the emperor's life is connected to the life of the palace, once the emperor has three longs and two shorts, the palace will be nothing at that time. This palace is single-minded and loyal to the emperor. After saying this, she couldn't help but get a little angry again.
"Mother, why do you have to do this? Even if that's the case, there's no need for the mother to get along with herself, don't you say? Mama Chen had no choice but to persuade her.
Wan Zhen'er smiled coldly and said: "It's not that this palace can't get along with herself, you have also seen that the emperor on whom this palace relies has now become like this." If the emperor continues like this, his condition will only get worse and worse, and when he used to be, he was indeed hit by the soul dementorship, but it was just that the whole person became a little stupid and stupid, but now? But it's completely different, I don't know if you found it? With that, her eyes looked into the distance.
Hearing her keep complaining, Mama Chen had no choice but to say to her: "Niangniang, don't complain anymore, complaining won't do you any good?" Right? Instead of complaining, it's better to think of a way to make the emperor sober up. ”
"Don't you want to do it? In order to make the emperor sober up, this palace doesn't want to try what kind of method, but anything is useless. If something happens to the emperor, and the palace is also dragged to the funeral, Mama Chen, you will definitely not have a good life at that time. The so-called prosperity and loss are all lost, which is what is said. When she said this, she just looked at Mama Chen quietly.
When Mama Chen heard her say this, she said to her: "What Niangniang said is very reasonable. It's just that now, we can only listen to the eldest princess, after all, the eldest princess may still have a chance to save the emperor. If we make an arbitrary claim and give the emperor medicine without authorization, maybe the emperor will get sicker and sicker. ”
After she said this, she glanced at Wan Zhen'er worriedly: "The so-called stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, no matter what, the emperor is still alive and well." ”
"What about being alive? Is there a difference between the emperor's current appearance alive and dead? Wan Zhen'er said indignantly.
Mama Chen didn't dare to say a word, and at that moment, Gu Lengyi hurriedly walked in, knelt down for Wan Zhen'er, and said repeatedly: "Qi Niangniang, Gu Leng Yi has something to do with Qi Niangniang." ”
"What's the matter with you?" Wan Zhen'er looked at him silently and said angrily.
"Qi Yu Niangniang, the slave has something important to find Niangniang. I don't know who gave this letter to the slave, but the letter indicated that the letter was going to be given to Niangniang, so I hurriedly brought it to Niangniang, so as not to delay Niangniang's major event. After saying this, he took a few steps forward and handed the letter to Wan Zhen'er.
Gu Lengyi brought the letter to Wan Zhen'er, Wan Zhen'er looked at him for a long time and asked, "Whose letter is this?" ”
Gu Leng shook his head and said blankly: "The slave doesn't know, the slave was on duty, and suddenly heard someone call my name, so I went over to take a look, who knew that when I came back, I found that there was more of this letter around me." And the letter said that it was going to be handed over to Wan Guifei, and the slave didn't dare to hesitate, so he immediately handed it over to Guifei Niangniang. ”
After hearing him say this, Wan Zhen'er nodded, she thought about it, and was afraid that this letter would be poisonous, so she caught a glimpse of the little palace maid standing next to her, and said to her: "Son, you come and open this letter to the palace." ”
The little palace maid didn't know what it meant, so she stepped forward to open the letter, Wan Zhen'er saw that she was holding the letter, and there was no mistake, so she took the letter with confidence.
Mama Chen and Gu Lengyi saw it, and they both admired Wan Zhen'er's far-reaching scheming.
After Wan Zhen'er unfolded the letter, she carefully read the contents of the letter, and found that it was an anonymous letter, and no one's name was written on the letter, but it was written: "Wan Guifei, you must be worried about the emperor's illness now." If the emperor has any three longs and two shorts, then your concubine's position will not be guaranteed, so I can't bear to see you so sad every day, so I helped you think of a way to heal the emperor, whether you believe it or not, it's up to you. In fact, the method is very simple, that is, you need to find a hundred newborn baby boys, a hundred newborn baby girls, each of them want their ten drops of blood mixed together, and then add white bamboo, gastrodia, peony, angelica, liskin, ginkgo seeds, decoction, when the time comes, use the baby's blood as medicine, and the decoction medicine will definitely cure the emperor's soul. This dementorship is originally a very evil thing, so it can only be restrained by very evil methods, if you don't believe it, then I have nothing to say. Strangers respectfully. ”
After Wan Zhen'er read the letter, her face suddenly turned pale, and her heart was surprised and happy, crazy and angry.
What is surprising is that if you really want to get the blood of a hundred baby boys and a hundred baby girls, it is really a very difficult thing; The joy is that I finally found a glimmer of hope in the helplessness, maybe the emperor is really saved, no matter what, this is something worth celebrating; The crazy thing is that this method is inevitably a little too unbelievable, if in the end it can't cure the emperor's illness at all, then what should I do? The angry thing is who gave her this letter, but hid in the dark and did not speak, what is the idea of this person's heart?
In short, she has a lot of things in her heart, and she doesn't know where to start.