[Vol. 1] Verse 207: The Woman of Shame and the Woman of Shame

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In the first three years (71 BC), winter is gone, and vitality has come. produce

A few blizzards a few years ago dressed Chang'an as a girl dressed in silver, pale but youthful, and the spring sun spread on the creaking snow, which has gradually shown to melt.

People got up early as usual, and the big families called a few men and maids to clean the snow in front of the door, in order to meet the guests who did not know when they would come to the door.

The Great Sima General's Mansion has already been swept clean, because its owner, Huo Guang, has always been a person who loves cleanliness, and he is also thinking about the guests who visit, so he will not slip because of his hurried steps. For more than ten years, his mansion has been full of people, often visited before dawn, and often entertained late at night.

In the past ten years, Huo Guang has dealt with countless urgent tasks in the house, no wonder there is a saying in Chang'an that there are two temples in the Han Dynasty, one is Weiyang Palace, and the other is Huo Guang's house.

After hearing such gossip, Huo Guang also got angry and scolded people. But Huo Guang is a pragmatic person, he understands that as long as he builds the Han Dynasty as strong as an iron bucket, so that the people of the Han Dynasty can live a life of abundant food and clothing, no amount of gossip can hurt his body.

That's what he thinks, and that's what he does.

Therefore, he has remained in authority for many years, and he is as secure as Mount Tai.

Today, a guest came to Huo Guang's mansion early, and the strange thing is that this guest did not come to look for Huo Guang, but to visit Mrs. Huo Guang.

The single name of the person who came was a derivative word, and the word was a young husband, and he was the wife of the Yeting Hu Wei Chun. Yan Ke is not an ordinary woman, she understands medical skills, often goes in and out of the mansions of high-ranking officials and nobles, and treats those noble women, and is quite famous in the capital. A few days ago, she was recruited into the palace by Liu Xun to treat Queen Xu's postpartum sequelae.

It was with his medical skills that Yan got acquainted with Mrs. Huo Guangxian. Now she came to visit Mrs. Huo early in the morning, not because Mrs. Huo was sick, but because she was entrusted by her husband to ask for a prison supervisor for her husband.

She may not know that her stepping into the Huo Mansion will contribute to a major event that will hurt Liu Xun for a lifetime.

Liu Xun's pain, like the creaking sound of stepping on snow, approached step by step.

Mrs. Huo's single name is obvious, she was not Mrs. Huo originally, she was a servant girl of Mrs. Huo.

Huo Guang's original wife Donglu had a daughter, married to Shangguan An, who is the biological mother of the current Empress Dowager. When the Donglu clan was still there, Huo Guang showed great affection for her maidservant. It is obvious that Huo Guang gave birth to a child and was accepted by Huo Guang as a concubine.

Later, the Donglu clan died early, although Huo Guang let Xian's stepwife become the justifiable Mrs. Huo, Huo Guang did not take any more concubines after that.

Mrs. Huo can become a wife from a servant girl, and firmly grasp the heart of the world's most powerful minister, without two brushes, it is absolutely impossible.

The world is so strange, Huo Guanghuo above the temple has sharp eyes, and he is quite accurate in knowing and employing people, but he was confused by the girl around him, only knowing that she is a good wife and mother in her heart, but she doesn't know that she is a veritable fierce woman.

Huo Guang would never have thought that just a few years after his death, this fierce woman would destroy his children and grandchildren, so that the Huo family would disappear from the temple from now on.

Now, this fierce woman is going to do something earth-shattering.

Mrs. Huo was excitedly waiting for the arrival of the female doctor Yan in the inner hall, and as soon as she saw Yan's figure, she giggled, strode forward quickly, walked up, grabbed Yan's hand, and asked her sister and sister shortly.

The female doctor Yan was stunned by Mrs. Huo's enthusiasm, that Mrs. Huo has never looked at anyone else, even if she has some friendship, it is difficult to see him so enthusiastic, and regardless of her own identity, she and a small medical officer called Sister Dao Sister up, and it seems that Mrs. Huo came to ask her to do something.

The female doctor thought about it, this is a good sign, and she should be able to do it today. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile.

The two of them talked about it in the inner hall for a while, and the female doctor Yan mentioned her husband's request for an official by the way, but she didn't expect Mrs. Huo to agree in one bite, which made the female doctor Yan happy.

After a cup of tea, Mrs. Huo led the female doctor to the secret room, and finally said what she wanted to do.

As soon as her voice fell, the female doctor Yan panicked.

"Madam, poisoning the queen is a big crime for the Nine Clans."

"What are you afraid of, now that my husband is in power, who dares you to be disadvantaged? Besides, my husband has long wanted to make the little girl extremely expensive, if it happens, he will only reward you heavily, how can he cure your crimes! ”

"This....the queen enters the medicine, and the people taste it now, and if she is not careful, she will reveal the filling." The female doctor Yan still couldn't make up her mind.

"A woman is pregnant and sick, and she dies for a lifetime, as long as you do it without knowing it, who will suspect that the queen is poisoned and died", she saw that the female doctor Yan was still in shock, and continued, "Young husband, as soon as Queen Xu dies, the little girl will become the queen, if my family is extremely expensive, I will share the wealth and nobility with you, and life and death depend on each other, so you don't have to shirk anymore." ”

The female doctor Yan glanced at the lady in front of her in a panic, and noticed that there was something in her words, and when she asked for it, she was threatening, she knew Mrs. Huo, she was vicious, and she was bold, and she didn't dare to do anything with her husband's power.

Whether or not to do this thing depends on her little medical officer, if she insists on not doing it, it is estimated that she will not be able to get out of this secret room alive, because Huo Shi will definitely kill people and destroy their mouths. If she did this, although she risked killing her head, as Mrs. Huo said, this was a good time to become rich and rich.

After thinking about it, the female doctor finally gritted her teeth and nodded, and Mrs. Huo immediately giggled, took her hand and walked out of the secret room.

The female doctor listened to her laughter, but she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine.

The agreement between the two women bypassed all eyes and ears, and no one knew that danger had befallen the Jiaofang Palace.

Liu Xun is still looking forward to the better weather in the beginning of spring, and his beloved queen can get better as soon as possible, watching his beloved woman fall ill in order to give birth to his own children, his heart is really uncomfortable.

Empress Xu's illness is not serious, and the illness after childbirth can be slowly recovered through recuperation and taking some warm decoctions. However, Liu Xun couldn't see Queen Xu being tortured by illness for a day, so he was anxious to pass on the edict, looking for female doctors, and waiting for Queen Xu day and night.

On this day, the female doctor Yan couldn't hold back the trembling of her hands and feet, she exhaled a few breaths in front of the palace gate, and then forced herself to pass the palace gate calmly, and approached the queen's bedroom step by step. Hidden in her sleeve was the pill she had made all night.

This pill is not poison, if ordinary people taste it, they will only feel hot all over the body, and it has a tonic effect, but as soon as the mother eats it, it will become hot poison, and the weak body will die in a moment.

She took the prescriptions prescribed by the imperial doctors from the Tai Hospital, quickly mixed her own pills into it in a no-man's corner, and when she arrived at Queen Xu's bedroom, she took the pulse of Queen Xu as usual, said some comforting words, and then took out the pills and asked Queen Xu to take them.

Empress Xu was suffering from illness, and she couldn't take care of it, so she picked up the pill and swallowed it with warm water. The female doctor Yan struggled very much in her heart, and she even had the idea of stopping Empress Xu from swallowing the pill, but in the end, the desire overcame her conscience.

She watched as Empress Xu swallowed the pill without saying a word, her palms were full of sweat.

After a while, the medicinal power attacked, and Queen Xu didn't feel particularly comfortable, so she asked, "After taking the pill in this palace, I suddenly felt heavy on my head, could it be that the pill was poisonous?" ”

The female doctor Yan panicked, "How can it be poisonous?" ”

She hurriedly called someone to pass on the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor came, and took the pulse, but couldn't say why.

But Queen Xu became more and more unwell, and even drenched in cold sweat, and her pulse was scattered.

When Liu Xun hurried over from the Yizheng Palace, Queen Xu's body was already cold.

"No...."Liu Xun let out a wail, shaking the entire palace, and shaking the female doctor Yan who was kneeling beside her to tremble.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother, wake up, wake up..." Liu Zheng, who had just turned five years old, pushed the queen mother lying on the pillow with his immature little hands, but it was a pity that his queen mother would never get up again.

Liu Xunping withdrew from everyone, he sat beside Xu Hou in his arms, tears like beads with broken threads, sprinkled on the edge of the bed, and soaked into the jade carved border with deep reluctance.

Liu Zheng raised his little face and asked Liu Xun with a red face: "Father, mother... How about the queen mother.. What... Don't wake up yet. ”

"The Emperor... His mother wanted to say that your mother would never wake up, but he couldn't bear it, so he said, "Your mother gave birth to a little sister for you, she is so tired and tired, she needs to sleep more... Emperor, take a good look at your queen mother..."

Liu Xun couldn't say any more, he choked and turned his back on his face, wanting to wipe away his tears and not let Liu Zheng see it, but he didn't want to, no matter how he wiped it, he couldn't wipe it clean.

In the first three years (71 years ago), Liu Xun lost his favorite, and he gave him the honor that the queen who helped him when he was poor and gave him the honor of mourning the queen.

The sudden collapse of the queen is not a trivial matter, but Liu Xun only cares about sadness, but forgets the strangeness. Some officials thought that the matter had been put on the agenda, and proposed that the emperor should send all the medical officers involved in the service to prison and strictly investigate the matter.

Liu Xun read the recital, and then suddenly woke up and immediately approved. The female doctor Yan was imprisoned with the medical officers, but no matter how the torture was used, everyone cried out for injustice.

Mrs. Huo was also very flustered when she learned that the emperor had ordered a strict investigation, and if the female doctor confessed, the Huo family would face a catastrophe. In desperation, she could only tell Huo Guanghe the truth of the matter.

Huo Guang was shocked when he heard this, and almost slapped him, he rarely scolded angrily, "Stupid woman, you want to kill my family." ”

Mrs. Huo couldn't stop sobbing with a sentence, and she said while sobbing, "The wood is already in the boat, and I can't regret it, and I hope that my husband will quickly try to prevent it from affecting the house." ”

Huo Guang was also dizzy, he pulled Mrs. Huo back, and quietly thought about countermeasures by himself.

He paced back and forth in the study, thinking hard about how to save him, and Huo Guang thought, "If you confess, you will be punished by the Nine Clans." We must try to release the medical officers, lest they will not be able to endure the torture and tell the truth. ”

Huo Guang wrote to Liu Xun the next day, saying that the queen died of illness after giving birth, or it was fate, and asked the emperor to mourn. None of the medical officers would have the courage to poison the queen. Besides, what good is it for them to poison the queen. Therefore, the emperor should still let them go, so as not to be criticized by the world.

Liu Xun thought about it carefully, Huo Guang's words were not unreasonable, so he released the medical officer, and the matter ended here.

A year later, Huo Guang's youngest daughter Huo Chengjun was made queen, and the glory of the Huo family reached its peak.

Empress Xu was thrifty and Empress Huo was extravagant, but Liu Xun could only turn a blind eye until that day came.