Everyone listened to the prince's instructions and combined an iron drill with a pickaxe, and sure enough, the ground was dug up about two feet.

"Your Highness... My brothers dug it out! ”

One of the guards shouted with joy.

Immediately afterward, more soldiers shouted.

Yuan Zhi stepped forward like a little boy, jumping up and down, and saw that the surface of the turned dirt was completely black, forming a strong contrast with the snow.

It's all coals in large chunks.

In later generations, electric drills could only be used at the moment, using the chisel method, the combination of chisel and iron pickaxe, and hammer.

Finally, dozens of hundreds of pounds of coal were successfully dug up.

Dissolved into more than a dozen catties, pieces of coal, Yuan Zhi was ecstatic in his heart.

What a blessing from heaven.

This kind of fine coal, only three feet deep from the surface, can be produced

Coal up.

I dug like this for almost two hours, and it was getting late.

Yuan Zhi looked at it, and the coal that had been excavated had reached tens of thousands of catties of coal, and he asked the post official to order the digging to stop, and everyone rested in place, prepared lunch, and returned to the camp after the meal.

This time itself was to prospect for minerals, and now the results are good, and the rest is systematic mining, including road construction.

Taking lunch to free, Yuan Zhi called Fan Hu, Wei Changjin, and Gao Jin together, and arranged affairs while eating dry food and drinking water.

"Qianniuwei left a team to set up camp here to guard this open-pit coal mine, and Lord Wei immediately sent people to Xianyang County, asking the county guard to immediately organize migrant workers, even prisoners, to mine in the mountains, and produce one million pounds of coal before the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and after the beginning of spring, the Langzuiling Coal Mine can be established here."

The ministers promised.

After arranging the affairs, Yuan Zhi felt very relaxed, and looked at the weather, about three o'clock in the afternoon.

"General Fan, pack up and return to Miyagi before dark."

"Yes."

Fan Hu was ordered to arrange an escort.

Half an hour, Yuan Zhi's Luan drove on.

Along the way, the cavalry did not run too fast, and before dark, the prince's team entered the palace in a mighty way.

As soon as I passed the Xuanwu Gate, I saw Xie Bi, the general of Qianniuwei, and Ji Hong, the governor of the secret guard, coming forward to greet him, but his expression was very solemn.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Yuan Zhi frowned, and his sharp eyes swept over the two in front of him.

Xie Bi and Ji Hong glanced at each other, but he still opened his mouth, "Something happened in the East Palace, Concubine Lan... She fell..."

"What?" Yuan Zhi roared in pain.

He didn't care about saying anything more, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the snow dragon horse flew out like an arrow and ran towards the East Palace.

"Prince, slow down!"

“？？？”

A group of people rode up after them.

……

The main hall of the Xianglan Hall of the East Palace.

This place has long been in chaos, in addition to Qianniuwei's insistence on his post, the palace maids, eunuchs, and grandmothers inside go in and out, boiling hot water and pouring blood and so on.

"Concubine Lan is bleeding profusely and her life is in danger."

"The fetus in the womb fell, and it was caused."

"The chief imperial physician, Dr. Hua, is using a needle to stop the bleeding, I don't know if it will work?"

“？？？”

Some ordinary little eunuchs and palace maids sighed outside the main hall.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." The eunuch who guarded the door shouted.

Everyone stopped, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "His Royal Highness the Prince..."

The prince in military uniform, with a solemn expression, only took off his helmet and didn't care about taking off his armor, strode through the gate and went straight to the main hall.

The main hall was brightly lit, the fireplace had long been lit, and the temperature in the room was not low, but the smell of blood was strong, and it seemed very stuffy.

I saw Cao Feilan as pale as a corpse, lying on her back on the bed, her eyes closed tightly should be in a coma, and the bedding was stained with blood.

Hua Chen and one of his assistants were putting silver needles on Cao Feilan's acupuncture points.

This should be hemostasis.

The prince came in, and Hua Chen was still concentrated.

Acupuncture is not a joke, and a slight carelessness can endanger the patient's life.

Yuan Zhi was very clear about this, he approached and didn't make a sound, just waved everyone out.

After about a stick of incense, Hua Chen straightened up and snorted, "Okay, the bleeding has finally stopped." ”

His face was pale and sweat was pouring out from his forehead, and his assistant reached for a handkerchief to help wipe it off.

"Doctor Hua, you have worked hard, how is Concubine Lan?" This was the first time Yuan Zhi opened his mouth after entering the palace gate.

Hua Chen was stunned for a moment, and did not reply to the prince's inquiry directly, but said very calmly, "Your Highness, Concubine Lan is awake, you talk to her first, and the minister is waiting for you in the side hall, and the specific report will be reported later." ”

With that, he turned and walked out of the main hall.

After a long period of rescue, Hua Chen looked very tired, and he needed to take a short rest.

Yuan Zhi heard this, and his heart chuckled.

He watched Hua Chen disappear when he went out in a daze, and then walked to Cao Feilan, who was lying at the head of the bed.

The bed was low, and Yuan Zhi knelt on the bed pedal, holding her left hand with both hands.

Cao Feilan's eyes were open, her eyes were empty, her expression was dull, and her palms were cold.

"Lan'er, you have suffered, I will never leave you again when I come back, and I will guard you." Yuan Zhi said sadly, his voice slightly choked.

Cao Feilan was so tired, her lips trembled, and she snorted: "Your Highness, I... Our children... It's gone... My mother didn't either... It's gone..."

As he spoke, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

She had no strength to cry, though she was in so much pain that she wanted to cry.

"Be strong Lan'er, everything will pass, the child is gone, we can regenerate, anyway, we are still young, Cao's mother is unfortunate, Lone must find out the truth and avenge you." Yuan Zhi kissed her hand and choked up.

"Your Highness, don't cry, you are the prince."

"Well, don't cry, take a good rest and recuperate slowly, don't worry, there is a doctor with excellent medical skills here, what medicinal materials do you need, go to heaven and earth, and find all the lonely."

"Hmm." Cao Feilan moved her lower lips, and her mood was much better.

Yuan Zhi put her hand in the futon, pulled the corner of the quilt for her, and walked out of the main hall.

He stabilized his mood, and first called the personal palace maid Xiaoqiu and the eunuch, and asked them to open the window lattice, and the fireplace could be burned, so as to maintain the indoor temperature, and at the same time let the air in the house convection, to ensure sufficient nutrients.

In a state like Cao Feilan, in addition to blood transfusion, she also had to take oxygen.

When the prince stepped into the side hall, Xie Bi, Ji Hong, and Gao Jin all got up and gave up their hands, but Yuan Zhi turned a blind eye.

He walked straight to Hua Chen, who was reclining on a couch and closing his eyes.

"Doctor Hua, how is Concubine Lan's condition?"

Yuan Zhi pressed Hua Chen, who was about to get up, with both hands, dragged a round brocade stool next to him, and sat on it.

Hua Chen glanced around, and stopped talking.

"Go out, shut the door, and no one shall disturb you." Yuan Zhi asked the eunuch and the palace maid who were standing in the corner of the wall to leave.

Despite this, Hua Chen took a deep breath and tried to calm down his voice.

"Your Royal Highness, Concubine Lan fell down the steps, she was about five and a half months pregnant, naturally she couldn't save it, and Mama was careless when cleaning the palace gate, Concubine Lan had a heavy hemorrhage, and when Weichen arrived, she was dying,"

"Weichen can only take the risk of using acupuncture points to stop the bleeding, Amitabha, finally stopped, but Concubine Lan's original qi was greatly injured, and she recovered to live on her own, at least for more than a year, and her body will be weak and sick from then on, especially afraid of cold."

"There is one biggest problem, she can't clean the uterus at the moment, I'm afraid she will be infected, and she can't get pregnant again, and she has to try her best to have sex... Few. ”

Brilliance's few words are forced, and the real meaning should be nothing.

Yuan Zhi's face was very ugly when he heard this.

She knew in her heart that this was actually a death sentence for Cao Feilan and deprived her of all her rights as a woman.

"But please rest assured, Concubine Lan's body is recovering, Weichen will go all out and use the best potions to recuperate, I will come over regularly to inspect, and one of his assistants can be kept in the Xianglan Hall for a long time."

"Then thank you Dr. Hua, Concubine Lan's medication can be listed separately and submitted for approval." "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is polite, these are the responsibilities of the micro-ministers, if His Royal Highness has no other instructions, the micro-ministers will retire." Hua Chen got up and bowed his hand.

"Doctor Hua, please."

Yuan Zhi respectfully sent him to the door of the side hall, and he didn't return until Hua Chen pedaled away.

The prince sat on a single couch, his face was gloomy, he looked at Ji Hong with sharp eyes, and said in a low voice:

"Duke, now you can tell me the reason for the incident, how did Concubine Lan fall down the steps!"

The prince didn't speak quickly, and his voice was not high, but he was subdued and frustrated word by word, and he came out of the bottom of his throat, gritting his teeth.

Ji Hong broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, he knew that this was the prince's efforts to suppress the anger in his chest.

"Your Royal Highness, Concubine Lan fell down the steps in front of the main hall because she heard that her mother died suddenly, her emotions suddenly lost control, and she rushed out to prepare to go out of the palace to visit.

"Who sent the news of Mrs. Cao's death to her, and how did Mrs. Cao die?" Yuan Zhi clenched his fists, his face was pale, and he chased after him.

"Before His Royal Highness arrived, the slave spleen had just found out that Mrs. Cao had been poisoned in chicken soup and died of poisoning on the spot, just an hour before Concubine Lan fell."

"What about the murderer?"

"Afraid... Suicide in fear of sin! Ji Hong replied tremblingly!

"Smack..."

As soon as the words fell, a blue and white porcelain teapot on the desk was thrown to the ground by the prince, and the bones were immediately shattered, and the tea splashed.

"Ji Hong, are you guilty?"

Yuan Zhi was so angry that his eyes were red, the green tendons on his forehead burst out like earthworms, and the person stood abruptly and pointed at Ji Hong.

This is the first time that he has called Ji Hong by his name since he was in charge of the country, and he used to be called the governor and the governor of discipline.

It can be seen that he is really angry this time.

"The slave is guilty, please punish His Royal Highness the Prince." Ji Hong knelt on his knees, stretched his hands forward, and slammed his head on the ground.

Xie Bi and Gao Jin, who have been watching from the sidelines, usually have a good relationship with Ji Hong, how can they sit idly by and not save them at this life-and-death juncture.

Xie Bi also knelt down on his knees next to Ji Hong, and arched his hand:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, please calm his anger, the Governor has always been loyal to the royal family, dutiful, this incident he did not expect, the security measures are not effective, please Your Highness read in the service of His Majesty and the Crown Prince for so many years, please forgive him once."

Gao Jin also knelt down beside Xie Bi to plead.

The love of these two people, the prince can't help but give it.

Yuan Zhi sat down again, tilted his head back and looked at the roof beam, sighed, and raised his right hand slightly, "Get up." ”

Xie Bi saw that Ji Hong was trembling, his eyes were still in a trance with tears in his eyes, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Duke? ”

He thought that Ji Hong blamed the prince for not being emotional.

"It's okay, I'm guilty."

This incident is a long-planned serial plan, from the poisoning of Mrs. Cao to Concubine Lan's falling steps, which not only punished Cao Kesheng and Cao Feilan's father and daughter for their rebellious family behavior, but also murdered the prince's first child.

Kill two birds with one stone, kill people and punish the heart!

But Ji Hong just didn't expect that the enemy would break through from the innocuous Mrs. Cao.

"Your Highness, the slave maid made an unforgivable mistake, focusing the secret guard's attention on spying on the enemy and finding evidence of corrupt officials, after Lord Cao Kesheng left the Jingshi, the slave and maid lowered the security level of Mrs. Cao and relaxed many links, but I never expected that the bloody hand gate was eyeing Mrs. Cao, and a simple dead man action would make us suffer heavy losses."

No matter what, it is also commendable that Ji Hong can recognize his mistakes.

In the contest between the two sides, it is impossible for one side to win all battles without any flaws, otherwise, it will be a man of God.

The most important thing is to be wise and good at summarizing.

"Well, in view of your loyal protection to the royal family for so many years, this time you will be alone, cancel all rewards throughout the year, and be fined for half a year."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness." Ji Hong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What can be solved with money is a trivial matter.

Xie Bi and Gao Jin also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since the Duke has realized his mistake, it is not too late to make amends, what is the next step for the secret guard?" Yuan Zhi sat up straight and asked.

"Your Royal Highness, since it is a serial scheme, their ultimate goal is Concubine Lan, and I am investigating who passed the news of Cao's mother's death to Concubine Lan."

"Because of an hour, the Jingzhao Yin Mansion Iron Capture Camp has only arrived at the scene not long ago, the news is blocked, and the news of the death has not yet been made public, how can the East Palace know? There is only one answer, that is, the enemy planned it, and an hour after the poisoning was carried out, he quietly told Concubine Lan. ”

"For the assassination of the Bloody Hand Gate, the secret guards are-for-tat, they do the first year of junior high school, we do the fifteenth, and they don't return the incivility, and end up the nine strongholds he has planted in the Jingshi."

Ji Hong had thought about it in advance, and now he reported it to the prince.

Yuan Zhi held his chin in contemplation for a moment, then looked up and replied:

"Find the undercover ghost in the Xianglan Hall of the East Palace, I completely agree, but I can't worry Concubine Lan, you can take any means, secretly arrest the suspects, send them to the edict, whether they are summoned or not, all of them will be secretly executed."

"Also, the undercover agents of Cao Mansion and Funing Palace that have been identified before will be secretly dealt with this time, and the personnel of Xianglan Palace, the palace maids and grandmothers will be replaced, including the female official Xiaoqiu, and a group of people with no background will be selected from outside the East Palace."

"This matter requires a secret action, and I don't want to make a rumor come out and make the palace maids panic, so this matter is discussed and implemented by Ji Hong and Gao."

"Yes."

Ji Hong and Gao Jin said in unison.

"As for the revenge against the Bloody Handmen, Lone does not approve."

Yuan Zhi paused and emphasized.