Chapter 44: Showdown

Early morning.

The little eunuch arrived as promised, carrying Li Qing to the Zhenfu Division, and the soft sedan chair was bumpy and quite comfortable.

Regardless of the size of the official position, the Beijing official travels in a sedan chair, even if he is poor, he will slap his swollen face and become fat.

In fact, it is not a problem to raise a few sedan chair men with the help of the pacification envoy, but Li Qing feels that it is not necessary, it is not far from the yamen and the palace, there is no need to spend that money, and there are not so many people living in the house.

With fewer people, there is more private space.

In the morning, Li Qing recruited nearly 400 people, and the total number had exceeded 1,000, so he began to mess up in the afternoon.

The house was handed over to Zhang Jing, he has nothing to do now, Lao Zhu explained that he recruited 3,000 people in two months, under the propaganda of 'recruitment revelation', it is not a problem at all, and he doesn't need to be so rushed.

During a nap at noon, Lianxiang shyly entered Li Qing's house to make up for her mistake last night.

In the afternoon, Li Qing tasted tea and read the Da Ming law, which was comfortable and fulfilling.

Now that 'the limelight is tight', he can't go to the palace for the time being, so he can only stay at home and enjoy the begonias listening to the rain, fishing by the stream, blowing the flute under the moon, and turning the flower stream from the hole...... Plain and fun.

During this period, Wanling also had the courage to enter his house shyly, but he drove him back.

It's too small to get your hands on.

On ordinary days, time always flies quickly, and before you know it, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the 3,000 people of Jinyiwei have been recruited, so they can start training when Liu Qiang and them come back.

The persimmons in the courtyard were red, and the women stepped on the ladder to pick two large baskets, put an apple, and they could eat it in two days.

After picking persimmons, the three girls 'dressed up' again, went out to buy wine and vegetables, and came back with moon cakes, and worked hard all afternoon and made a lot of dishes.

In the evening, the four of them drank and admired the moon in the courtyard, played the piano and made music, and ate moon cakes......

Li Qing likes this slow-paced life very much, but he also knows that if he wants to maintain this kind of life, he must first do his errands well, so he entered the palace the next day.

Queen Ma was in a very good mood, her daughter was no longer looking for death and life, and she had a Mid-Autumn Festival reunion with her children and grandchildren last night, and she didn't care about Li Qing's mistakes.

"Niangniang, tomorrow will be the next stage of acupuncture." Li Qing reminded, "You can't travel at will anymore during the acupuncture period, if you have anything to do, hurry up!" ”

"So fast?" Queen Ma was surprised, "Li Qing, you honestly, how is the current health of this palace?" ”

"It's fine."

Queen Ma frowned, "What is this called, how much time is there left in this palace?" ”

Li Qing smiled bitterly, "Where is this minister saying well, many situations are uncontrollable, Niangniang, you are a strong man." ”

"Tell me about it." Queen Ma said, "This palace has the right to know how long it is, right?" ”

Li Qing was helpless, "Ideally, it can be the New Year." ”

"Not ideal?"

"Before and after the wax moon."

Empress Ma nodded lightly, "In other words, there are only about three months left in the palace?" ”

"Hmm."

"That's short!" Queen Ma sighed, and then was relieved, "It's also very good, if it weren't for you, this palace would probably have been buried in the ground." ”

Li Qing saw that she was in a bad mood and comforted: "As long as Niangniang keeps a good mood, she may be able to start spring next year." ”

Queen Ma smiled bitterly, "By the way, if that master of yours comes, can you extend some time for me?" ”

"It's hard." Li Qing shook his head, "He is also a human being, far less divine than the rumors." ”

"Yes, doctors can heal diseases, but they can't cure lives, it's the greed of this palace." Queen Ma sighed slightly, and said seriously: "There is only so much time left, I don't want to stay in the dormitory all day and wait for death."

I want to go out and see it often, and spend time with my children and grandchildren. ”

Li Qington felt a headache, "Niangniang, if you want to do this, you may ......"

"It's my choice!"

"......" Li Qing couldn't resist her, so she had to say, "Nachen will go back and revise the treatment plan again." ”

"Hmm." Queen Ma's expression softened a little, "Don't worry, no matter what, before you die in this palace, you will be asked for peace, and you will not let the emperor blame you." ”

"Xie Niangniang."

Outside the Qianqing Palace, Li Qing let out a long sigh, feeling quite heavy.

In fact, if Queen Ma is willing to be obedient, he is sure that she will survive this year, but then... She would be afflicted with illness.

However, he respected Queen Ma's choice.

Comparing his heart to his heart, if he were to change himself, he would not want to lie in bed and wait for death all the time.

"Li Qing." Zhu Biao walked quickly, "How is the condition of the queen mother?" ”

"Niangniang's phoenix body is worry-free for the time being." Li Qing arched his hand, "The next stage of treatment is about to be." ”

Zhu Biao frowned, and said unhappily: "How did you do it, the queen mother was obviously about to recover some time ago, why is the condition getting worse now?" ”

"......" Li Qing was silent for a moment, and simply said part of the truth, "Your Highness, Niangniang's body is already difficult to return, and it can only be maintained for now." ”

"What?" Zhu Biao was furious, "Didn't you say it could be cured?" ”

"It can be cured, but it can't be cured." Li Qing said truthfully, "Your Highness, so many doctors in the hospital are helpless, and the minister really tried his best." ”

"You ......"

Zhu Biao was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but he quickly calmed down again, "How long can it last?" ”

"This minister is not sure."

"Let's go, go with Gu to see the emperor."

"The minister still has something to do." Li Qing waved his hand again and again, he really didn't want to face Lao Zhu.

Zhu Biao didn't care if he wanted to or not, so he took him and walked to the imperial study.

In the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang learned that his sister-in-law was dying, and immediately panicked, he was not as gentle as Zhu Biao, so he opened his mouth and came:

"If you can't cure your mother, you won't live."

As soon as Li Qing saw this posture, he simply had a direct showdown and took a preventive shot in advance, which was better than telling the truth about Queen Ma's funeral at that time.

"Your Majesty, even if you kill me, you won't be able to save your mother." Li Qing was very calm, "Weichen is just an ordinary man, not an immortal, and human life will come to an end......"

"We don't care about that." Zhu Yuanzhang said murderously, "The day of the queen's funeral is the time when your head falls to the ground." ”

Li Qing is too lazy to argue, even if he is full of mouths and encounters an unreasonable person, what can he do?

Zhu Yuanzhang was incompetent and furious for a while, and gradually regained his senses.

"How much time does the Queen have?"

"Probably...... Two months! ”

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just calmed down, roared again: "It's only two months?

Are you going to fucking see a doctor? ”

Seeing Lao Zhu like this, Li Qing was a little glad that he had told the truth at this moment.

Otherwise, when Lao Zhu is angry, he may really cut him, and now Lao Zhu is annoyed, and he will not kill him easily, so it will be good to accept it slowly.

"The queen must be allowed to live for another ten years." Zhu Yuanzhang said domineeringly.

Li Qing was silent.

"Five years, then."

Li Qing was still silent.

"Two years, no less." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "Don't challenge our limits. ”

Do you think this is a vegetable market to buy vegetables, and you can still bargain...... Li Qing looked sad: "Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for being rude, the mother is already terminally ill, and it is the same for whoever comes." ”

"I'll go to your mother's ......" Zhu Yuanzhang was annoyed, pulled out the sword next to the throne and beckoned to Li Qing.

Groove !!

Li Qing was startled, he didn't have the mentality of 'the king let the minister die, and the minister had to die', so he hurriedly dodged.

The Longquan sword is extremely sharp, and Lao Zhu is angry again, if he takes a sword, he will be crippled if he doesn't die.

It's not easy to be angry!

The more he hid, the more angry Zhu Yuanzhang became, and the sword rushed to his vital point, and Zhu Biao couldn't persuade him even if he wanted to.

Li Qing ran out of the hall while hiding, and shouted: "Zi said: The small stick is accepted, and the big stick goes."

The emperor is the father of the Ming Dynasty, how can Weichen, who is a citizen, trap the monarch's father in injustice?

The minister is not afraid of death, but cares about the reputation of the monarch's father......"

There is wind under his feet, and he is called fast when he runs.

Lao Zhu is in his fifties, where can he catch up, after a while, Li Qing is gone.

"Bastard, bastard......"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he smoked, grabbed the tree and chopped it indiscriminately.

Li Qing didn't care about the court etiquette anymore, ran all the way in the palace, went straight home out of the palace gate, tied the door, leaned on the door and panted.

Too wide to be afraid~

After waiting for more than an hour in fear, he still didn't see the edict from the Qin mission, Li Qing's heart was finally put back in his stomach, and it seemed that Lao Zhu had calmed down.

"Sir, what's wrong with you?"

"It's fine." Li Qing waved his hand lightly, "I was chased and killed." ”

"Your Excellency is now a pacification envoy, who dares to hunt you down." Lianxiang crossed her waist and hummed, "I'm really tired of being alive." ”

"......" Li Qing rolled his eyes, "Your Majesty." ”

Third Daughter: (⊙o⊙)...

"Don't be afraid, it's nothing." Li Qing comforted, "It's good if the emperor's anger is gone." ”

Wan Ling said worriedly, "Is Mr. really okay?" ”

"Don't worry, I'll run away if there's something wrong." Li Qing smiled, "Let's go cook!" ”

Seeing that he was still in the mood to laugh, the third girl put her mind at ease and went to work with the vegetable basket.

After these days of practice, the three daughters' cooking skills have become more and more sophisticated, and the food is good and delicious.

After lunch, Li Qing began to study treatment options......