Chapter Ninety-Six

Emperor Jingyuan frowned and glanced in the direction of Zhao Min, a touch of sympathy flashed in his eyes, and then he turned sideways and bowed his head to the Empress Dowager and said, "Yes, it is all up to the Empress Dowager." ”

The Empress Dowager summoned the guards waiting outside the door to come in, and asked the guards to go directly to Zhao Min's palace to search.

"Back to Your Majesty, Empress Dowager. The guard knelt on one knee, clenched his fists above his head, and said against his head, "The minister found this in Gongzi Min's dormitory, and asked His Majesty and the Empress Dowager to take a look." ”

"You don't have to submit it to Your Majesty and the mourning family, just let Miss Lin San take a look. The Empress Dowager sat upright on the upper seat, with a majestic posture, and only lowered her eyes slightly, "Miss Lin San, take a good look and see if this thing is poisonous, but you can't ask Concubine Zhuang Shu to harm people in vain." ”

"Yes, the courtiers obey. Lin Wan kowtowed to the upper position, and then reached out to take a small porcelain bottle with a reddish-brown wooden stopper handed over by the guard, after she opened the cap, she slowly put the porcelain bottle under the tip of her nose, sniffed it gently, and saw that it was tasteless, so she said, "This poison is colorless and tasteless, the courtiers want to confirm it one step further, please Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager are in charge, you can choose a live one among the prey animals of the sons of the day, and Rong Chennu will try it first." ”

Emperor Jingyuan glanced at the Empress Dowager, but when he saw her nodding slightly, he said, "Accurate." ”

Li Fuquan got his life, bent down towards His Majesty with a whisk of dust, and then went out in person.

The entire Liuqing Palace was silent at the moment, and the sound of a needle falling on the ground could be heard, Lin Wan held the porcelain bottle in his hand, and glanced at Zhao Min, who was already sweating with fright, and was looking at her with an almost pleading look. Lin Wan quietly retracted his gaze, looking calm and confident on his face, his heart was actually turbulent.

The Empress Dowager set up a bureau, but in fact, she was also set in. In this game, the Queen Mother won and did not lose.

If she didn't rush out in time to feed Concubine Zhuang Shu with pills that could temporarily alleviate the toxicity, Concubine Zhuang Shu would have died this time, not to mention, and it would also cause discord between King Yi and King Su, which would lead to the two states fighting each other. And she has pills that can alleviate the toxicity on her body, and it is impossible not to save Concubine Zhuang Shu, so the Empress Dowager ordered someone to go to Gongzi Min's bedroom to get the poison hidden in advance, and asked her to test it, if she said that it was poison, Gongzi Min would die, or provoke a conflict between the two states.

When the time comes, maybe the Lin family and the Xue family will be involved, and the gains outweigh the losses.

At this moment, the only thing Lin Wan could do was to prove that the medicine she had searched from Gongzi Min's palace was non-toxic, she held the white porcelain bottle tightly in her hand, flexibly shook out a pill from her sleeve and put it into the porcelain bottle, and then gently closed her eyes.

The recipe for this pill was found by her from a medical book, and she thought that since the poisoned person could slow down the spread of toxicity after eating it, then mixing this pill in a porcelain bottle containing poison did not know if it could delay the onset of toxicity. Whether it works or not, she can only try this, and there is no other way at this moment.

After a while, Li Fuquan hugged a lively little white rabbit, and bent down in front of the Empress Dowager and Emperor Jingyuan with a whisk: "The slave chose one, and it is still alive." ”

The Empress Dowager glanced at Li Fuquan, and Li Fuquan understood and handed the lively white rabbit to Lin Wan.

Zhao Min was sweating all over his head at the moment, he was paralyzed and half kneeling and half sitting on the ground, looking at Lin Wan intently at the moment, with fear and pleading in his eyes.

Lin Wan bowed politely to Li Fuquan, holding the rabbit in one hand and the porcelain vase in the other. Li Fuquan helped hold down the rabbit's limbs, and Lin Wan shook two drops of the medicinal juice in the porcelain bottle into the rabbit's mouth, and then nodded at Li Fuquan, signaling him to let the rabbit go.

After the rabbit landed on the ground, it did not run around, but there was no problem in the slightest.

is alive, and he is still alive and well, Lin Wan's current situation is really relieved from the bottom of my heart.

The Empress Dowager clenched the armrests with both hands, a trace of cruelty flashed in her eyes, and even her body froze. But he couldn't have a seizure, and could only watch the rabbits in the hall scurry around.

Li Fuquan's eyes lit up, and then he hugged his fist towards the upper position and said: "The medicine in this porcelain bottle seems to be non-poisonous. ”

The person who suggested that he should order someone to search for Zhao Min's dormitory immediately stood up and shouted: "This is impossible! This medicine must have been dropped by someone, and it is obviously poisonous, the Empress Dowager, ...... at that time."

"You still can't stop talking!" The Empress Dowager's long Kodan was deeply pinched into the flesh, her body trembled with anger, she glared at the man fiercely, and after trying to calm the anger in her heart, she said with a smile, "Sure enough, I wronged Gongzi Min, who suggested that Your Majesty and the mourning family send someone to Gongzi Min's dormitory to search? Pull it out and beat a hundred boards." ”

Zhao Min's body went limp, fell down, and then prostrate on the ground.

Concubine Zhuang Shu naturally didn't want the two brothers of King Yi and King Su to meet each other, and she was deeply relieved to see that the crisis had been eliminated at this moment. But there was still no strength in her body, she was supported by her grandson Zhao Yong, walked to the side, and saluted the Empress Dowager and said: "The concubine is not feeling well, I want to go back to the palace to rest first, and I hope that the Empress Dowager will approve it." ”

Lin Wan also knelt down and said: "The concubine is weak at the moment, and the courtiers want to be by the concubine's side." ”

Before the Empress Dowager could speak, Emperor Jingyuan said, "I'm ready." ”

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Lin Wan and Zhao Yong helped Concubine Zhuang Shu into the inner room, and Concubine Zhuang Shu smiled lovingly and put their hands together.

"Grandmother is old, sooner or later she will have to go, and it doesn't matter if you are later or sooner or later, it's just that grandmother can't watch you become your own children, and she is really unwilling to be afraid of death. She was weak, and without saying a few words, she gasped for breath, but there was a smile on her face, she raised her hand and touched Lin Wan's face dotingly, "Wanwan, it is really his blessing to be able to marry you in this life." With you by his side for the rest of his life, he will be much happier. ”

After speaking, he seemed to choke a little, so he coughed hard.

Zhao Yong hurriedly said: "Grandmother, don't talk, your grandson understands in his heart." As he spoke, he gently patted Concubine Zhuang Shu's back with his hand to help the concubine smooth her breath, "Grandmother has cultivated her grandson for many years, and her grandson is no longer the Zhao Yong when she first came to Beijing, you can rest assured that your grandson will definitely take you back to Yizhou safely, so that you can reunite with your father and mother and son." ”

Concubine Zhuang Shu said: "I miss your father too, but with my current body, I don't know if I can survive until that time." She coughed twice and said, "But these don't matter, my grandmother should have followed Emperor Taizu a long time ago, but she couldn't rest assured that your father and king could not bear it, so she endured to live for so many more years." Now that your father is full of wings and you have grown up, your grandmother is gone, and she is at ease. ”

There were hidden tears in Zhao Yong's eyes, he was really reluctant to give up his grandmother, in his heart, his grandmother was a person who was closer than his mother.

Lin Wan held Concubine Zhuang Shu's hand tightly and said, "Concubine Niangniang, don't worry, I will definitely heal you." When the time comes, let's go to Yizhou together, you can live with me and my son, and we will take care of you. Her eyes were also hot, but seeing that the atmosphere was a little solemn at the moment, she forced a smile and said, "Although this kind of poison is rare and poisonous, but, fortunately, at this moment, the poison on your body has been suppressed, Wan'er will ask for a decree to return to Beijing tomorrow, and she will not play in the future, hide in the small medicine house every day, and concentrate on developing an antidote for you." ”

Concubine Zhuang Shu gently stroked Lin Wan's face with her hand, and said with a pleased smile: "You are really a good child, if you hadn't helped Zhao Min get out of danger, I'm afraid that Zhao Min's child would be worried about his life at this moment." You not only saved his life, but also saved the war in Yizhou and Suzhou, and I don't know how many poor people you saved invisibly. ”

Zhao Yong tilted his head to look at Lin Wan, then stretched out his hand to hold her delicate soft pancreas tightly, and his other big hand held Concubine Zhuang Shu's, his eyes were solemn.

Lin Wan didn't shy away from the concubine's presence, and when he saw Zhao Yong's face with injuries, he said with concern: "How is your injury?"

Zhao Yong's dark eyes narrowed slightly, and he shook his head at her lightly and said, "Thanks to Brother Xue's secret help, I won the success of the accident, and the injury is not a big problem, you don't have to worry." ”

Lin Wan glared at him fiercely, and said solemnly: "It's okay to lose, otherwise let the concubine worry about you, you will be very unfilial." ”

Zhao Yong choked lightly, but he didn't reply for a while, but a smile appeared in his eyes, and his eyes were much gentler, and he patted her round head lightly with his big hand.

The three of them sat quietly together for a while, chatting about some family matters, and suddenly it began to rain heavily.

Concubine Zhuang Shu heard the sound of the rainstorm crashing wildly on the window paper, struggled to straighten up, and sat on the edge of the window with the support of the two juniors, quietly looked at the rain curtain outside, and said with emotion: "This day is changing, the sky is still clear during the day, and now it is raining heavily." ”

Lin Wan also looked at the rain curtain outside, and suddenly thought of something in his heart, and his eyes lit up.

At this time in the last life, there was an epidemic in the entire Dayan, and the epidemic brought really devastating damage to Dayan. Of course, what brought her Lin Wan was also devastating damage. At that time, the northern Turks took advantage of the instability of the Central Plains and took the opportunity to invade the border, and the empress dowager personally ordered her grandfather to take a group of Xue family sons to the battlefield.

After that, the grandfather's family was framed for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and the battle was killed and killed, and the Xue family has declined since then.

This plague seemed to come faster than Lin Wan imagined, Lin Wan asked for a will, braved the rain before setting off to return to the capital, and heard that His Majesty had ordered everyone to return to Beijing immediately.

Because someone came to report that in a small village at the foot of the mountain, half of the people suddenly died overnight.

I invited him to go to the autopsy, saying that the people who died in the village were all suffering from the plague, and the plague was contagious, and when the news came back, Emperor Jingyuan decided to return to Beijing in the rain, and ordered a few imperial doctors to go to the small village to inquire about the situation first. Plagues have always been prevalent in spring and summer, but now it is the rainy season, and the rain is flooding, which is a great disaster.

Lin Wan sat in the carriage with a serious expression, because she was not sure that she could overcome this natural disaster.

Huatang was very worried, but seeing that the master's face was not good, she hesitated and said: "Girl, you will offend the Empress Dowager, if the Empress Dowager holds a grudge and orders the girl to go to that village to save the people, how can it be good? ”

Lin Wan said: "This is a natural disaster, even if the Empress Dowager decrees, you can't unreasonably ask me to go against the sky." However, in the end, there are so many human lives, even if her old man doesn't give me an order to save these people, I should do my best. Not to mention...... What's more, it is the rainy season now, the water in the river, the water in the ground, everywhere is open, maybe one day the epidemic will flow to Beijing, when the time comes, who can save a life, but it is up to fate. ”

The painting hall was a little frightened, she reached out and gently lifted the curtain on the side, looked at the rain curtain with some sadness, and prayed in her heart, hoping that everyone could survive this natural disaster.

Xue Ying learned that her daughter was going home first, so she waited at the gate of the Hou Mansion early, and when she saw her daughter coming back, she hugged her daughter tightly in her arms.

Lin Wan was very calm, and only said: "Mother, it's windy and rainy here, let's go back to the house and talk." ”

Xue Ying knew that her daughter would be drenched in the rain when she returned to the capital first, so she called someone to prepare hot soup and soup soup early, and now her daughter came back, she quickly ordered the girl to make hot soup, and accompanied her daughter into the clean room to help her take a bath with her own hands. Washing and washing, Xue Ying couldn't help crying, and the tears came rushing and dripping into the bathtub.

Lin Wan was frightened, and hurriedly asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" Is it that your daughter is not at home, and your father is bullying you?"

Xue Ying snorted: "He dares to bully me!" Her eyes were red, and she only gently raised her hand and poured hot soup on her daughter's fair and tender body, sobbing and said, "Mother already knows, Your Majesty has married Gongzi Yong for you, if you don't marry in the capital in the future, where can your mother see you all the time." My precious daughter, if she marries and goes to Yizhou, she can't see her every day because of her mother, what should she do if she is wronged?"

Lin Wan hurriedly comforted: "Mother, don't worry, my daughter won't be bullied." It's your mother, your daughter is not filial, not only makes her mother worried, but she can't be by her mother's side all the time in the future. Afraid that his mother would be worried, he promised again, "But don't worry, my daughter has only been away from you for a few years, and after a few years, my daughter will definitely return to you." When the time comes, the daughter must come back to her parents' house every day to talk to her mother. ”

Xue Ying felt that what she said was all coaxing words, and she cried more and more.

"Your grandmother treated your mother as a child, and you also used your mother as a child this time to coax you. If you get married, you will be someone else's family in the future, where is it that you say you want to go back to Beijing? Wanwan, if you live well in your mother-in-law's house, your mother's heart will be comfortable, if your mother-in-law's family bullies you, how can you be a girl's family?"

Lin Wan thought of his previous life, his eyes were gloomy, and he said casually: "They dare to bully me and my sons, I will poison them." ”