Chapter 43: The Unexpected Man
The emperor fell ill on Concubine Zhang's bed!
Although Zhang Guifei tried her best to suppress the matter, rumors still followed. With the support of the courtiers, the crown prince temporarily became a prisoner.
This is the last thing she wants. Once the emperor dies and the crown prince is in power, he will definitely start to deal with political enemies. In the past, when the Liu family and the Zhang family were friends, the fourth lady of the Liu family became the crown princess, so she would also benefit. Now it is turned against him, and the Zhang family has been destroyed again. Relying on the emperor's favor, it is fortunate that it is not involved in himself. If the Liu family takes advantage of the situation to take a bite at this time, she Zhang Guifei will bear the brunt.
She had to find a way to wake up the emperor.
On the other side, the queen was in full swing to prepare for the prince's marriage. Although the crown prince is not born to herself, after all, she is the queen, and she must ensure the stability of the court. Once the emperor dies, the new monarch and the new queen must be in place in one step.
With the support of the courtiers, the queen set the marriage of the crown prince.
The prince watched all this calmly. The queen and Zhang Guifei fought against each other, and she belonged to the queen's party on the surface, but was actually firmly held in the hands of the queen. At this time, if you follow her wishes step by step, even if you become an emperor in the future, you will be an emperor.
What's more, he is a little selfish. He didn't want his beloved woman to become the target of public criticism at this time.
The attitude of Sima Pestle, the general of the DPRK, has always been very ambiguous, and even the old fox with Liu Huairen swayed. These two people will have an absolute advantage if they are pulled by either side. The queen asked the prince to marry Liu Huairen's daughter to show her courtship, and Zhang Guifei was also thinking about it at this time.
Whatever has happened before, we have to put aside our preconceptions.
To her surprise, at this moment, Mrs. Liu quietly gave her a secret letter. The content of the letter is full of the deep sisterhood of the past. It turned out that Mrs. Liu valued her mother's family more than her husband's family, and she and Liu Huairen were increasingly suspicious, and she was already in Cao Ying's heart in Han.
Mrs. Liu's meaning is very clear, she will always stand with her sister.
In fact, the emperor's illness Zhang Guifei is clear. Wang Changde told her that although the secret pill is easy to use, it can't be used too much. Zhang Guifei relied on her youth and wanted to take the opportunity to have another prince, so she inevitably took heavy medicine. The emperor is an acute illness caused by excessive intercourse.
Wang Changde told her that if she wanted the emperor to wake up, the fastest way was to find a seven-grade Great Qi Replenishing Pill. As long as one goes down, it's good. It's just that Wang Changde's level is low, and he can't refine such a high-grade pill.
Zhang Guifei also made a difficulty. In the territory of Dongshan Country, even money can't buy such a good pill. After thinking about it, Zhang Guifei secretly let her daughter Zhuanghua go out of the palace and go to the rivers and lakes to find a good way for strange people.
The county lord of Zhuanghua didn't dare to slack off, she only stayed with two maids and hurried to a place called Luoshui City. Luoshui City produces good elixirs, and you should be able to try your luck there.
After walking for three days, the county lord of Zhuanghua finally arrived in Luoshui City. Although Luoshui City is not big, it is extremely prosperous. There are flower streets and willow alleys everywhere, and although the county lord of Zhuanghua has no intention of enjoying it, she knows that this kind of place is the most well-informed.
She dressed herself as a noble boy and walked into the most famous flower street in Luoshui City. It is built along the river and sings and dances from sunrise to sunset. The girls here are divided into upper, middle and lower three classes, and the top class is often the head of a certain flower building, the Oiran, such a woman generally entertains dignitaries, and there is no certain power and introducer in the local area can not be invited. Although a middle-aged woman can ask for help if she has money, she has to put some effort into kissing Fangze, and she has not failed to achieve her goal three or four times. Inferior women are the most pitiful, driven away by the oppression of higher status, and have to walk the streets and alleys every day. As long as they give some money, they will do anything. Guests can find different women if they pay different prices.
Lord Zhuanghua grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, and he didn't know these twists and turns on the rivers and lakes. The people in the secret door are all clever words, and a few words of rhetoric will make the county lord of Zhuanghua cloudy, and the useful information is not set out at all, and a lot of silver has been spent in vain.
A month passed, and seeing that there was not much money on his body, the county lord of Zhuanghua had to stop fighting. At noon that day, the county lord of Zhuanghua was hungry, so she had to find a stall at the mouth of the alley and sit down. The stall owner brought her a bowl of shredded chicken noodles, and the county lord of Zhuanghua ate it depressedly.
The alleys are full of secret prostitutes. Some wrestler porters walked in and out in groups. Lord Zhuanghua only felt spicy eyes, she turned her back and just ate the noodles by sucking.
Not far behind her, three or four laborers surrounded a petite Sister Hua and laughed: "Sister Xiaohua, give me a dance, and I will reward you with money." ”
That Sister Hua is not very old. She was wearing revealing clothing, and the smell of inferior incense powder made Zhuang Huajun dizzy. The tugging of a few laborers made her already small clothes more and more crooked. There was indescribable horror and disgust in her eyes, but there was a big smile on her face, and she said sweetly: "Master, then you listen well." ”
A little song came out of her mouth. Lord Zhuanghua was so shocked that she put down her chopsticks, and she looked into the alley.
She has heard this song, it is the little herding cow that Liu Zhaodi played with bamboo leaves at the Flower Dynasty Festival that year.
This song is only owned by Dongshan State, how can you hear it here? The lord of Zhuanghua County looked intently into the alley, and saw that Sister Hua was humming a tune and laughing with others. Halfway through the jump, a laborer couldn't help but pounce on her.
"I can't stand it. ”
Sister Xiaohua smiled coquettishly while leading him to the depths of the alley. After a while, the unbearable sound became one. Lord Zhuanghua couldn't help but look away, she hid under a big tree not far away, and waited quietly.
Half an hour later, a few laborers walked out with their pants in their hands. Lord Zhuanghua held back the nausea in her heart, and she walked into the alley.
Sister Xiaohua is tidying up her clothes. At this time, her hairpin was obliquely faded, and the rouge on her face was also a mess. Lord Zhuanghua covered his nose and approached her: I saw that she had a thin face with melon seeds, not very good-looking, but by no means ugly. It's just that half of the mask on that face seems to be covering something. Lord Zhuanghua only felt that this person was unusually familiar, she thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized: "Ah!"
Sister Hua was startled by this sound, and as soon as she raised her head, she immediately turned around and ran away. Lord Zhuanghua chased after her: "Stop!
That Sister Hua ran faster and faster, and she was about to catch up. The county lord of Zhuanghua simply didn't do anything, picked up an apple from the stall and threw it over, only to hear a sound, and Sister Xiaohua fell to the ground.
"Don't look at me, please don't look at me!"
Sister Xiaohua cried. Lord Zhuang Hua suddenly had a score in her heart, and she walked in front of her.
"Let's talk in a different place. ”